Volume 103, Issue 18
Stories from the October 19, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
If you have $5 Give it to our local religious organization, or your local chapter of the ACLU, and go to Politics and Prose on Tuesday for an appearance by Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins, whose new book The God Delusions again places him firmly within the center of the debate on the utility and rationale […]
General curriculum requirements. C’mon folks, they’re not that bad. At least you can rest assured that everyone else has to do them, too. As for me, I’m actually a fan of GCRs and think that we should have more of them here at GW. After you put away the pitchforks and douse the flames, I […]
The University is making final preparations for thousands of families and alumni to descend on the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses this weekend. University officials said they expect about 1,000 alumni and up to 4,500 family members at this year’s Colonials Weekend, which lasts from Friday until Sunday. Organizers of alumni events said they […]
As a music snob, I’m tempted to dismiss anything MTV does as another marketing ploy to sell bad music to pre-teens and scenesters who don’t know any better, but I stand corrected. On Nov. 2, MTV-U, a channel exclusively for college students, will premiere this year’s MTV-U Woodie Awards. Like MTV-U itself, college students across […]
Last August, the State Plaza Hotel was found guilty of coercing employees to oppose its workers’ unionization attempt. Court documents showed that hotel management fired the employee who was leading the unionization fight and delayed negotiations to break up the union. These actions were taking place in a hotel where several GW students’ parents are […]
“What’s that?” said 40-year-old graduate student Dennis Comer when asked about his thoughts on Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. Comer is working toward a master’s degree in publishing and takes classes at GW’s Alexandria campus, a learning center with seven classrooms located in a Virginia shopping center. Far from living the life of an average Foggy Bottom […]
Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe 1517 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Fall of senior year is upon us, and last year’s rush of piss-drunk 21st birthdays has slowed to a sad, sober trickle. But last Sunday, a friend drove down all the way from Massachusetts to party in the District on her last night of fun before she […]
We can understand the Gallaudet issue Why is it “unlikely” that elected student leaders at our University, which prides itself on community involvement, political awareness and international outlook, “can fully comprehend the complexities of the standoff at Gallaudet?” (“SA must leave Gallaudet issue alone,” Oct. 16, p. 4). It seems acceptable, even desirable, for us […]
Posted Thursday, Oct. 19, 6:35 p.m. Updated Friday, Oct. 20, 6:13 p.m. var uslide_show_id = “0265298f-1095-4b0c-be2b-6a41fb4574ba”;var slideshowwidth = “468”;var linktext = “”; An abortion demonstration broke out on campus Thursday when three anti-abortion organizations came to Foggy Bottom as part of a nationwide tour. Nearly 150 GW abortion rights activists gathered throughout the afternoon to […]
John Mayer “Continuum” Columbia Records From the first note of John Mayer’s long-awaited third studio album, “Continuum,” it is clear that Mayer has spent three years expanding his musical style. After a strong showing from his second effort, “Heavier Things,” many believed that Mayer had burned himself out and couldn’t live up to the hype […]