Volume 103, Issue 21
Stories from the October 30, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
On Halloween, little kids go trick-or-treating, many high school kids egg houses and play pranks on neighbors, and college kids tend to go out drinking. Americans today associate candy, late-night pranks and carved pumpkins with Oct. 31, but the spooky holiday has ancient roots that trace back to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
Monday Apples For Adoption Eat apples and support adoption and pro-life policies. Kogan Plaza 1 to 5 p.m. Free Sponsored by Colonials for Life Progress Through Poetry See D.C. slam poetry and get excited about upcoming midterm elections. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom 8 to 10 p.m. Free Sponsored by the GW College Democrats and the […]
For the past month and a half, my male roommate and I have had the pleasure of sharing a bathroom with two girls. Besides the occasional hairs in the sink and the tubs full of makeup, it was like sharing a bathroom with anyone. The oh-so-socially-progressive experiment was running marvelously until we received an e-mail […]
Two GW strangers, freshmen Dan Wessel and Lindsay Leshin, met at Firefly restaurant in Dupont Circle for an early Sunday dinner, good conversation and a few laughs Dan Dan: I’ve never been on a date before, let alone a blind date. I had heard stories from friends about blind dates that didn’t turn out well, […]
The 58 students in “Analysis of Business Issues” class are using community service projects to hone their business skills. Community service becomes a business venture for the students, who will compete in groups and present their project strategy and results in December to a group of outside judges. The judges will then select the best […]
Kids and their parents enthused with Halloween spirit packed University Yard and the Mount Vernon quad on Saturday for the fourth annual Kidsfest, sponsored by Neighbors Project and the Residence Hall Association. About 150 children attended the events including some GW faculty and their children, organizers said. Entertainments included face painting, cookie decorating, a cakewalk […]
Extending their losing streak to three games, the women’s soccer team lost to La Salle 2-1 in double overtime Saturday afternoon at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex, ending the Colonials’ season. The loss deflated the Colonials’ hope of qualifying for the Atlantic 10 Championship. It was the last game for seniors Shari Taylor and Molly […]
U.S. Ambassador John R. Miller, director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State, will leave his post to become an international affairs research professor next spring. Miller, who oversees efforts to combat slavery around the world as a senior adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, […]
In a special session Sunday, Gallaudet University’s governing board voted to “terminate” embattled incoming President Jane Fernandes, the Washington Post reported. Fernandes, who was appointed in May to replace current President I. King Jordon, has faced opposition from alumni, faculty and students because she has been able to speak since childbirth and did not learn […]
The GW athletic department suspended freshman basketball player Hermann Opoku for 11 games because of his play on an Austrian club team that may have included professional players. Jack Kvancz, the director of athletics, said the University has been investigating the matter for nearly five months. Kvancz said he believes that Opoku was never paid […]