Volume 103, Issue 28
Stories from the November 30, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A homemade video recently posted on the video sharing site YouTube presented a master and slave scene with a man in blackface being beaten for not following commands. The video was made by three white students from Texas A&M University in College Station. Titled “The Adventures of Jeraboem” and two minutes long, the video begins […]
GW may have the highest tuition in America, but have you ever thought of the true value our tuition brings us? This year’s freshmen will pay $37,820 a year in tuition for the next four years, no small sum; however those students will not have a fall break and many will stay until Dec. 22 […]
Posted Saturday, Dec. 2, 1:18 a.m. Twenty students, including six GW students, were arrested at about 4 p.m. Friday for protesting on White House property without a permit as a part of the World AIDS Day rally. The students dressed themselves as needles, pill bottles and doctors with coats stating “Missing Doctors.” They were released […]
Check numbers and facts about adjuncts This might seem a bit technical for most Hatchet readers, but let me correct a few minor factual inaccuracies in Mr. Grossman’s otherwise fine article “Court of Appeals hears GW case against part-time professors union” (Nov. 20, p. 1). At one point in the article, the author writes that […]
Thursday Blood Drive 1 to 7 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by Colonial Donors Friday Free HIV Testing Find out your status on World AIDS Day. 1 to 3 p.m. Marvin Center 301 Sponsored by GW Student Global AIDS Campaign, Student Health and the Student Association World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil Join in the […]
The first thing you notice when The Living End takes the stage for a live performance is the bass. It’s a stand up bass that you rarely expect to see outside an orchestra or a smoky jazz club, but here it is being hammered on to keep up with the punkabilly beats of this Australian […]
A 19-year-old sophomore was arrested earlier this month for possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and is scheduled to appear before the D.C. Superior Court Monday. University Police officers received a call about a loud party in JBKO, according to a police report. When officers arrived on the scene, they smelled a suspicious odor […]
Cat Power is, quite possibly, indie’s most infamous performer. Any fan knows just how far her reputation precedes her. Blame it on the alcohol; blame it on her sensitivity; it has been such a shame to hear indie’s finest female singer-songwriter struggle to perform. Fans love to recall their Cat Power story. It seems everyone […]
Two seniors are spearheading efforts to revive GWTV – a student organization that has been largely inactive so far this year. After three months of sporadic programming on the channel, seniors Matt Saunders and Curtis Raye have begun recruiting students to join the executive board of GW’s television group. Channel 6 is on the air […]
The GW administration was handed another legal defeat this week in the ongoing dispute over part-time faculty unionization. Less than two weeks after a U.S. Court of Appeals heard GW’s case against the creation of a part-time faculty union, the court denied the appeal. It ruled that the University must decide to bargain with the […]