February 12, 2007

Let’s face it — many singles feel more rejection than romance on Valentine’s Day. So, it’s a good thing that the holiday inspires its fair share of anti-Valentine events for the romance rejects (or those who reject romance). “What is Valentine’s Day? Where did it come from? What makes the Patron Saint of Love so […]

Nearing the commencement of her fourth year in college, Eve has learned quite a few things about sex. Eve, The Hatchet’s anonymous sex columnist, will share her observations and (sometimes dirty) thoughts about sex at GW with the population that fuels her fire. Editor’s note: names have been changed to protect the naughty. After advertising […]

So I was reading the latest sex column in The Hatchet the other day, and as I was finishing up (literally), I remembered that it’s February and Valentine’s Day is coming up. Oh, “Eve”- if only I had a girlfriend like you… Now, for me, Valentine’s Day has never really been all that special. I […]

A lot has happened in the 770 days since the GW men’s basketball team last lost at the Smith Center. Karl Hobbs, in his first job as head coach, architected the resurgence of a mid-major program and made this campus rock. He took a once-slumping program and turned it into a top-10 team before a […]

It all began with a love of the St. Louis Rams. Boy likes football. Boy’s favorite team makes it to the playoffs. Boy goes to watch the playoffs over at a friend’s apartment. Boy meets girl. Two years later, boy asks girl to marry him. It may not sound like your traditional love story, but […]

W. Russell Ramsey will be GW’s next chairman of the board of Trustees, the University’s highest governing body voted Friday. Ramsey has served as the vice chairman of the board and chairman of the investment and real estate committees as well as the presidential search committee. Ramsey said that as he starts his term as […]

Carvings owner Paul Park said his venue is finally “ready to feed” GW’s students. The restaurant in the University’s newest residence hall, Potomac House, opened Friday after months of delays. In early November, The Hatchet reported that Carvings’ opening, originally scheduled for first semester, was to be delayed until at least January. Park said the […]

GW’s top academic administrator has given in to criticism that he may be personally biased against the tenured professor the University has been trying to fire. Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald Lehman agreed last month to step down as the decision-maker in a historic tenure revocation case amid attacks to his objectivity. Lehman […]

Freshman Philip Aftuck is spending his second semester of college back home with his jaw wired shut for the next four to six weeks, and will be on a strictly liquid diet. Aftuck was reportedly assaulted in The Exchange bar two weekends ago and later hospitalized due to major injuries to his jaw. The 19-year-old […]

After helping to train members of the FBI and writing reports for the State Department, GW professor Kathryn Newcomer is using her experience to help D.C. with another pressing issue: the city’s taxicab system. Newcomer, who is the director of the School of Public Policy, conducted research for a slew of federal agencies, including the […]