Volume 103, Issue 38
Stories from the February 5, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
GW’s Masters in Business Administration program is the 67th best in the world, according to the “Financial Times’” 2007 top full-time global M.B.A. programs report. GW ranked 75th in the 2006 report and 97th in 2005. “Our alumni are making great strides in the corporate world, fulfilling their dreams, testifying to and demonstrating the value […]
The Princeton Review may say GW students live like kings (look at their annual “Dorms Like Palaces” rankings). But take a look at the exterior of the West End – one of GW’s older residence halls – and you might wonder what kind of royalty lives inside. Outside of the West End, wires dangle down […]
Carvings, the newest dining venue on campus, will open by the end of this week in the first floor of Potomac House, according to the restaurant’s owner Paul Park. Officials had previously said the dining venue in GW’s newest residence hall would open early last semester. “As with most construction projects in D.C., it is […]
GW alumnus Jeremy Pollok still comes back to campus to watch his favorite Colonials on the basketball court, but to him there’s one big post-game problem. “There is no place (on campus) to go before or after the game to hangout,” he said. So Pollok decided to bring a new branch of his Mount Pleasant […]
The freshman arrested in mid-January for allegedly picking up a box containing marijuana from the GW Package Center is due in court next week for two drug charges. Sriram Prakash will go before the D.C. Superior Court next Monday for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, said Channing Phillips, spokesperson […]
Q: How can students learn how to use the new iHousing system? A: There are a number of ways – one where a student doesn’t need to leave their room, they can go onto the GW Housing Programs Web site, and there is an entire section on iHousing with FAQ, screen shots, policy information, procedures, […]
Chaplain James J. Yee spoke Wednesday about his experiences serving 76 days in a Guantanamo Bay detention camp after being accused of espionage, spying and aiding alleged Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners. The GW Islamic Society sponsored Yee’s visit to campus, which packed the Marvin Center’s Grand Ballroom with audience members interested in hearing Yee’s first-hand […]
GW’s 20-year Campus Plan will go before the D.C. Zoning Commission Monday for possible approval after Catholic University’s proposed campus plan amendment passed during a single public hearing late last month. Monday’s hearing for GW’s plan, which is a proposed agreement between the city and GW on restrictions for future campus development, is the seventh […]
News of GW’s endowment breaking $1 billion was largely met with apathy among students last week. This number means nothing to the average GW student because we have no context in which to place it. One billion dollars is an enormous amount of money – it seems that we could easily get newspapers back in […]
With the new Democratic majority in Congress, some young conservatives may be wondering how the change will affect their chances of getting an internship or job on Capitol Hill. Most professionals and experienced students close to the issue agree there are plenty of opportunities for everyone. “I don’t think Republican students will have any trouble […]