Volume 103, Issue 8
Stories from the September 14, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Thorpe’s VPs confirmed in first Senate meeting of the year Student Association President Lamar Thorpe announced a new age of SA cooperation in his annual State of the SA Address in front of a full house on the fourth floor of the Marvin Center Tuesday night. Referring to the SA’s image of being plagued by […]
Everyone has terrible days – days during which you feel like you stink and have nothing going for you. When I’m having one of those days, I have a simple solution: I take a stroll over to 2025 F St., known to your average Colonial as Package Services. Package Services you ask? Wouldn’t the long […]
Senior Katie Sagal has completed 18 credit hours each semester since her freshman year. That’s three credits – or one traditional class – more than what is required to achieve full-time student status. “I’ve always wanted to be a dorky over-achiever,” Sagal said. With the payment of fulltime tuition, undergraduate students can take up to […]
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity raises about $700 for charity The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity raised about $700 for its national philanthropy Push America at its second annual Pie-a-Pi-Kapp event that took place yesterday in Kogan Plaza. Pies were sold for $3 and participants were allowed to throw their pies at the fraternity members from a […]
As fall approaches, GW will once again be split down the middle … twice. The greatest rivalry in sports plays out on the baseball field while an even bigger rivalry plays out in politics. Whether you’re a Democratic Yankees fan or a Republican Red Sox fan, it’s certain you’ll be hugging and celebrating the walk-off […]
A GW student was arrested Monday night for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old woman at 12:12 a.m., according to the University Police Department. Both UPD and Metropolitan Police reports state that a male student ran up to the woman near the GW Hospital on Washington Circle and tackled her to the ground. The student then fled […]
Student Association President Lamar Thorpe announced Tuesday night that the University would begin offering free HIV testing through Student Health Services, an initiative many students in the SA have been pursuing over the last three years. “We must collaborate to protect the sexual and physical health of GW students,” said Thorpe, a senior, in his […]
There’s something happening at Mount Vernon We are writing in response to the article, “Welcome Week kicks off year” (Sept. 11, p. 6). While we appreciated The Hatchet’s overall coverage of Welcome Week, we were disappointed that the reporting did not extend beyond events that were held on the Foggy Bottom Campus. Welcome Week at […]
Confession: I didn’t mind “Garden State” the first time I saw it. In fact, I almost enjoyed the college-age oriented montage of fancy camera shots, the 20-something angst, and the slow, emotional soundtrack following Zach Braff’s crush-worthy character. I’d also like to stress the phrase “first time,” because five minutes after my roommate popped in […]
An expert on Central Asian conflict spoke about his travels in the region and reactions to his observant Judaism in predominantly Muslim countries during a speech in the Marvin Center Monday night. Elie Krakowski discussed his professional work in Pakistan, Iran and other Asian countries as the guest speaker for a kick-off event for Mesorah […]