Volume 103, Issue 24
Stories from the November 9, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Student Association President Lamar Thorpe’s nominees to the Student Court spoke about what they would like to see for the future of the SA’s judicial branch before their confirmation hearings in the next week. Junior David Rosenbaum and sophomore Christopher Wimbush joined second-year law student Michael Gore last week as Student Association President Lamar Thorpe’s […]
Rebuilding. Inexperienced. New beginning. Those are the types of phrases that GW men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs is using to describe this year’s team, which features just two players who played every game during last year’s historical season. With the graduation of Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Mike Hall and Omar Williams, as well as the departure of […]
If you have $5 Head to Alexandria, Va., where you can ignore all your mother’s advice from childhood and spend a day playing with swords. Go to Gadsby’s Tavern Museum at 134 N. Royal Street, and enjoy the Swordsmen’s Rendezvous. Tours are from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., last an hour and require a reservation […]
Although the College Board recently reported that the rate at which college tuition fees are rising is not as rapid as in previous years, families are still feeling the effects of tuitions which increase faster than the inflation rate. The College Board’s data shows that although the inflation rate is 3.82 percent, tuition at a […]
The Alpha Delta Pi sorority held its annual Jail and Bail fundraiser this week to raise money for families with children fighting medical illnesses. Advertising for Jail and Bail began last week when signup sheets were available to students on the H Street terrace adjacent to the Marvin Center. At the table, GW students were […]
The success of last year’s basketball seasons increased more than just school spirit on campus – donations and merchandise sales are also up. “There has been a positive increase in the annual funds and ticket sales, as well as the support for athletics in general,” said Executive Director of University Advancement, James Ledyard, who declined […]
You probably know Christian Bale as Batman. You might know him as a singing and dancing newsboy who made your heart melt with every syllable uttered in his New York circa 1899 accent. It’s possible that you have recently been introduced to him as an emaciated insomniac or a murderer/Huey Lewis and the News enthusiast. […]
Sen. George Allen, R-Va., conceded a tight electoral race to Democratic challenger James Webb on Nov. 9, giving Democrats control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994. Webb’s victory means that the Democrats took control of six seats previously held by Republicans, the exact number needed for a Democratic majority in […]
Hip-hop star Ludacris is coming to the Marvin Center Dec. 1 as part of the YouthAIDS “Kick Me!” Campaign for World AIDS Day. GW is the last stop on the rapper’s four-university tour across the country. He will also be speaking at UCLA, Northwestern University and NYU. The event, which is aimed at raising awareness […]
The University administration is amid a historic attempt to revoke the tenure of an engineering professor who has been teaching at GW since 1986. A hearing panel of the Faculty Dispute Resolution Committee held seven sessions between January and April 2006 to determine if administrators met criteria to revoke professor Debabrata Saha’s tenure, according to […]