Volume 103, Issue 30
Stories from the December 7, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
GW has been recognized for having one of the most politically charged campuses in the nation, so it is fitting that GW graduate students are working to improve America’s voting system. Stefan Popoveniuc and Ben Hosp worked with students from across the Unites States and Canada to develop Punchscan – a system that allows voters […]
The year was 1957. Marvin Kalb was studying in Harvard University’s Widener library when a woman walked over and said a man named Edward R. Murrow had called for him. Kalb assumed it was a joke and told her to forget about it. “I didn’t believe it for an instant,” he said. Why would Kalb’s […]
Nothing about this game was typical. The GW men’s basketball team played the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore smack dab between two high-profile marquee games. The Colonials had only one day of preparation, after recovering from its down-to-the-wire win over Virginia Tech two days earlier. Through their morning-after eyes, the squad was looking westward to Saturday’s […]
Simple Assault 12/03/06 – 600 block of 23rd Street – 3:43 a.m. – closed Five male students were walking together when an unknown male, unaffiliated with GW, asked the group for directions. However, the man did not know where he wanted to go. The group proceeded, and the subject followed. He struck one of the […]
Thursday How Do I Become a CEO Before the Age of 40? Join GW alums and get the inside scoop. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Funger Hall 103 Sponsored by the GW Alumni Association, Career Center and Class Council Fall Film Series: The Black Dahlia Take a study break and catch this free flick. 7 p.m. […]
Five minutes into the first half of GW’s 79-56 win over the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Tuesday night, sophomore forward Cheyenne Moore stepped onto the Smith Center court to play in a game for the first time. This season, the Baltimore native had yet to check into a contest as he nursed a stress fracture […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest spoke about the CIA and how the attacks of Sept. 11 have changed her job as a national security correspondent and the world’s political landscape. The lecture, titled “The CIA’s Secret War on Terror” was hosted as part of the Elliott School’s Distinguished Women in International Affairs series and about […]
Two Greek-letter organizations teamed up with the University to sponsor sexual jeopardy and condom relays as part of an event last week to promote sexual health and discuss the role alcohol plays on college campuses. The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and Student Health Services’ Health Outreach Peer Educators sponsored the […]
Thousands of students from all over the world are applying for an ambitious new academic program that seeks to impart education in a completely multicultural setting – onboard a sailing ship. Over 8,000 students from 175 countries have applied for the program, known as The Scholar Ship. The program will take students on a 16-week […]
On Monday, D.C.’s outgoing leader celebrated the work of GW’s outgoing leader. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams declared Dec. 4, 2006, “Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Day” in honor of the departing president’s commitment to community service at the University and in Washington. The presentation took place on the second floor of the Media and Public Affairs Building. […]