Volume 103, Issue 35
Stories from the January 25, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
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 […]
More than 20 GW students joined an estimated 30,000 anti-abortion protesters in a march to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday on the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The “March for Life” has been held annually since the first anniversary of the Jan. 22, 1974, court ruling. Roe v. Wade determined anti-abortion laws […]
var uslide_show_id = “ac62992f-ac8d-483d-8457-399afed9bf70”;var slideshowwidth = “468”;var linktext = “”; Senior Carl Elliott has spent the last three seasons making big plays in big situations. Now, he has taken freshman Travis King under his wing. Considering Elliott’s play in a 74-65 win over Saint Joseph’s Wednesday night, that is not such a bad place to […]