Volume 103, Issue 34
Stories from the January 22, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
School of Business undergraduates presented strategies for improving businesses using information and technology in a bi-annual competition last week in Duques hall. Students in various sections of the school’s introductory administration class worked last semester to develop a mock strategy to alleviate a problem facing businesses or society. Each class’s top group faced off in […]
Don’t be turned off by the grim title: “God Grew Tired of Us,” currently at Landmark E Street Cinema, is as uplifting as a movie about Sudan has any right to be. It helps that the film isn’t really about the civil war that killed millions of people and displaced millions more. Director Christopher Quinn […]
Donning hats and gloves on a chilly Saturday morning, more than 200 GW students joined other college volunteers to help a D.C. shelter in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students, led by project coordinators, visited a service center run by the Center for Creative Non-Violence, a non-profit organization that houses, feeds and […]
Potential presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are leading over democratic presidential potentials like Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, according to the first 2008 GW Battleground Poll released Wednesday. McCain holds a 53 to 43 percent lead over the current democratic frontrunner, Clinton, and a 51 to 39 percent lead over Obama. Former […]
Karl Hobbs seldom makes freshmen available to the media, so when Damian Hollis strolled into the media room after GW topped Charlotte 76-68 Saturday afternoon, reporters seemed surprised. Hobbs said there was an ulterior motive in letting the freshman forward, who had 13 points against the 49ers, speak to reporters. “As you can see he’s […]
Junior Whitney Allen’s contributions to the No. 11/13 GW (AP, ESPN/USA Today) women’s basketball team cannot usually be seen on paper. Head coach Joe McKeown said that she would defend any opponent. But with 14 points in the Colonials’ 67-55 win at Xavier Sunday afternoon, Allen showed she can be dominant on the other side […]
With GW’s 76-68 win over Charlotte Saturday, the Colonials gained an 8-7 all-time edge over the 49ers and extended its home-court winning streak to 23 games. Although to a much lesser degree than last season’s court-rushing insanity, Saturday’s Atlantic 10 match up had its share of drama. The Colonials (13-4, 4-1 A-10) came back from […]
Editor’s note: First in a series about the monitoring of social Web sites. A former Congressman is likely to visit Townhouse Row this semester to help a fraternity tackle an image problem – one that’s occurring in cyberspace. New president of Pi Kappa Alpha John Galmiche set up a committee to find marketing consultants to […]
Swimming splits results against George Mason The men’s and women’s swim teams competed against George Mason at the Smith Center Sunday afternoon. The men were victorious, 116-112, while the women fell to the Patriots, 139-96. Gymnastic finishes second in Invitational The GW gymnasitcs team finished second in a field of four at the GW/Lindsay Ferris […]
When U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson was rushed to GW hospital and underwent brain surgery in mid-December, the hospital had to deal with another “VIP patient.” When politicians and other celebrities check into the hospital, the security and public relations staffs both for the hospital and for the patient are often called in to handle the […]