Volume 103, Issue 25
Stories from the November 13, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
For Dartmouth College to have a chance to beat the GW men’s basketball team, it could have tried to force more than five misses from Carl Elliott. Big Green may have wanted to keep an eye on Rob Diggs, who blocked three shots and scored nine points. The Ivy League doormat may have even considered […]
A local elected body voted three to two Thursday to oppose GW’s commercial investment plans on the old hospital site south of Washington Circle. The Foggy Bottom/West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission, which advises the D.C. Zoning Commission on local development, opposed the University’s plans for a large commercial complex. The proposal for Square 54 includes […]
It’s “Iron Chef,” D.C. style. Next Wednesday, the D.C. Central Kitchen (DCCK) hosts its third annual Capital Food Fight to raise funds for the work of the Kitchen. Tickets grant access to food samples, an auction and the battle royale. Similar to the popular Food Network Japanese import, local chefs take a secret ingredient and […]
The Faculty Senate unanimously voted Friday to wait until April to make a decision on the four-by-four plan. The four-by-four final report was distributed to faculty at the end of October with an attached memo asking the schools and the Faculty Senate to vote on the plan by mid-January. A four-by-four curriculum would change GW’s […]
The dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences told the Faculty Senate Friday that her school will likely not be able to comply with the Faculty Code’s demands on percentages of tenured and tenure-accruing faculty by 2012. “It’s plausible, but not a guarantee by any stretch of the imagination,” SPHHS Dean Ruth […]
SULGRAVE, England – University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg discussed the importance of freedom of speech Saturday at Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George Washington, to a group of British intellectuals and GW alumni. Trachtenberg’s visit to England was part of a multinational tour to bid farewell to GW alumni and other friends of the […]
The Associated College Press named The Hatchet’s Web site winner of its Online Pacemaker award for the first time since the ACP created the award in 1995, the organization announced last month. Formerly known as the Best of Net competition, the Online Pacemaker was the first nationwide competition for online college student publications. Pacemaker awards […]
Comedian Bob Saget performed for a sold-out crowd in Lisner Auditorium Thursday evening, marking the second time in two years that he has visited campus. Saget, who is now widely known for his risque humor, starred in family-themed television shows during the 1990s. Many students remember him as clean-cut Danny Tanner from “Full House,” though […]
Afghanistan’s ambassador to the U.S. stressed the need for economic investment in his country last Friday at the Elliott School of International Affairs. His Excellency Said T. Jawad spoke at the School of Business’ Sixth International Development Forum about the economic future of Afghanistan, a post-conflict nation. His speech was followed by a panel discussion […]
Fred Flatlow can still remember when they took his father away. On Nov. 9, 1938, Hitler’s secret police, the Gestapo, arrested Flatlow’s father. The crime? Being Jewish. His father was one of the many Jews rounded up on Crystal Night, when the Nazis destroyed Jewish shops, homes and synagogues across Germany. Broken glass littered the […]