Volume 103, Issue 38
Stories from the February 5, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
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 […]
It is difficult for a person to have the confidence to succeed in most endeavors while facing an identity crisis. Inherently, competing inclinations prevent such a person from utilizing their energy and talents toward a single purpose. Such is the case with a University as well. At GW, dichotomous forces are simultaneously advocating a classic […]
Politics and rock music do not usually go hand in hand, but the founder of Hopeless/Sub-City Records and the Take Action Tour, Louis Posen, has managed to break down that barrier and force the two to join forces through a nationwide music and awareness tour. The 6th annual Sub-City Take Action Tour aims to educate […]
Tell me your name, and in less than a minute, I can know where you go to school, where you live, your screen name, who your friends are and what you did last Friday night. Give me another minute and a search engine, and I will know your home address, phone number, the particulars of […]
More than 400 students from over 39 states gathered in the Nation’s capital February 2-5, 2007, for the Global Justice Conference on AIDS, Trade and Child Survival. This was the first joint conference of Global Justice’s three student campaigns, the Student Campaign for Child Survival (SCCS), the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC), and the Student […]
Who cares about green? Regarding the Hatchet’s article “How Green is GW?,” (Feb. 1, p. 1) am I the only one who doesn’t care? I think GWU should concentrate on optimizing academic and residential experiences before worrying about anything that won’t make a difference for its students. -Jason Vines, Fall 2006 graduate Event host misidentified […]
The student loan saga continued Monday when shares of the nation’s largest provider of loans dropped the most in 14 years. According to Bloomberg, SLM Corp’s stock fell 8.8 percent on the New York Stock exchange, “the biggest one-day percentage decline since February 1993.” The drop in SLM, or Sallie Mae, shares occurred in response […]