Volume 103, Issue 35
Stories from the January 25, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
While D.C. struggled to clear the streets of snow and ice Sunday, New Hampshire pop-punk legends The Queers struggled to get into the city – and not just because of traffic. “We were playing north of Harrisburg and our bus broke down. We drove an hour away to get a rental truck, drove back to […]
During his interview with The Hatchet, Demetri Martin is looking for parking. “Two dollars for every 15 minutes?” he asks a woman. “I don’t want to park here. That’s really expensive. I hate Los Angeles. What a terrible place.” The New York-based comedian usually moves by skateboard or bike. He’s driving around L.A. to work […]
College students around the nation may have to pay back less of their student loans under new legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill passed 356-71 last week and would halve the interest rate on Stafford loans, a type of federally sponsored financial aid, by 2011 if passed by the U.S. Senate […]
If you have $5 Head over to Busboys and Poets, the caf?/bookstore at 2021 14th Street N.W., Saturday at 11 p.m. You can grab a delicious bite to eat, or for just $3, you can spend an evening with Jack D. Ripper, Bat Guano, and possible world destruction by watching the Stanley Kubrick classic “Dr. […]
Click to see a slideshow of GW students. Four years ago, James Zarsadiaz was involved in student government, yearbook and community service in his high school in California. Now a junior at GW, Zarsadiaz lists the following activities under his Facebook profile: Asian Student Alliance, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Philippine […]
Imagine this list of credentials: deputy U.S. representative on the U.N. Security Council, Emmy-award winning ABC News national security and Moscow correspondent, President Bill Clinton’s assistant secretary of state for South Asian Affairs and a negotiator with Taliban officials for the release of terrorist Osama bin Laden. This may sound like the combined resumes of […]
Student Association President Lamar Thorpe proposed a dramatic overhaul of the SA’s structure that would reconfigure the legislative and executive branches in the annual state of the SA address Tuesday night. The plan – which is outlined in a proposed constitution – would keep the SA Student Court, but creates an Executive Board that would […]
While games and jokes characterized the GW’s College Democrats State of the Union address viewing party, the College Republicans hosted an event to provide a serious environment Tuesday evening. “People’s negativity toward the President is old. I wish I could hear something positive,” said Michael Zekas, a sophomore in attendance at the CRs’ party in […]
Like other schools nationwide, grades at GW are on the rise, but not necessarily because students are earning it. Some officials and faculty members believe that grade inflation is a problem at the University, but have decided not to take action against what they see as a futile situation. “Everybody recognizes that (grade inflation) is […]
A message from Saint Joseph’s head coach Phil Martelli to a GW fan sitting behind his bench: the things said about Mrs. Martelli were completely out of line. Karl Hobbs, GW’s head coach, also has a message for that fan: stop, because those kinds of insults are disgustingly inappropriate. “I would prefer not to comment […]