Volume 103, Issue 26
Stories from the November 16, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Students discussed the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and student activism at the latest R.E.A.L. Conversations event Monday. The discussion, “Is the Civil Rights Movement Forgotten? Keeping Student Activism Alive,” encouraged open dialogue with the crowd of about 45 students at Eckles Library on the Mount Vernon campus. Guest speakers included Garland Vincent, a […]
Of all the current job openings and unfilled positions in higher education, the GW presidency is likely the most coveted, the most competitive and the most highly sought. The Presidential Search Committee is tasked with finding a new leader for a school that has been on the rise for more than a decade. GW’s academics […]
All the blinds are drawn on a brand-new tour bus that reads “The Format” on the window. Inside, the stagnant air smells heavy with the tinge of smoke (of several varieties), stale food, and body odor. Two small plastic guitars sit in the back room of the bus. “We’re all about Guitar Hero,” says lead […]
Drug Law Violation 11/10/06 – JBKO – Unknown time – case closed A UPD officer responded to a noise complaint in the residence hall. When the occupant opened the door, the officer smelled marijuana. The community director was contacted and conducted an administrative search, finding 7.8 ounces of marijuana. The subject said the marijuana was […]
A few weekends ago I took a trip to the University of Virginia to visit one of my best friends from high school. We spent the time catching up, while he gave me a tour of the beautiful campus designed by Thomas Jefferson and the very decent nightlife that takes place there. We came to […]
Recent changes to federal grant programs have largely ignored recommended changes by various higher education organizations, several organization officials have said. In July, the Department of Education dispatched a Federal Register bulletin outlining rules and regulations for the Academic Competitiveness Grant and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant programs. These rules […]
Students explored multiracial identities on campuses and in the workplace at a panel discussion Tuesday night in Phillips Hall that was part of Mixed Race Awareness month. Remix, GW’s Racially and Ethnically Mixed student organization, hosted the discussion called “Caught in the Mix.” The Mixed Race Awareness program began last year as a weeklong project, […]
I’ve been trying to get off club promotion juggernaut Jetset Mafia’s listserv for months. Their barrage of e-mails beckoning me to places with names like “Dream,” “Home” and “Fur” has somehow, week after week, failed to entice me to suit up in a tube top and subject myself to mild sexual assault. But last Friday […]
A Korean company wonders if Americans consider social sites like MySpace to be as close to their hearts as their friends. Cyworld, the Korean equivalent of networking sites like MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook, hopes that American teenagers and college students are open to meeting a new friend. That friend is Cyworld. Launched in America in […]
President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton attended a ground-breaking ceremony Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial near the Tidal Basin. “We have gathered in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, to the ideals he held and to the life he lived,” Bush said. “Dr. King showed us that a life […]