Volume 103, Issue 46
Stories from the March 5, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Monday The Kalb Report: The Future of Journalism Come listen to a panel discussion by executives from various media organizations. Free tickets available at TicketMaster. 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. National Press Club Sponsored by the University, the National Press Club and Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center Tuesday Arabic Circle: Bingo Come play, have fun and enhance […]
Pouring on the SPF 40 is something that we’ve been told to do at the beach since we were little kids. But how important is it that students take the proper precautions next week on spring break while basking in the sun? Susan Haney, clinical program director for Student Health Services, said she thinks sunscreen […]
W.H. Auden was known for his muffled speech. “If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me, there is no use raising your hands because I am also near-sighted,” he once told an audience. Auden himself couldn’t appear at the Folger Shakespeare Library’s reading last Tuesday night, having died in […]
The Student Association Court ruled that the election oversight body must reconsider a decision against SA Presidential candidate Marc Abanto that could disqualify him from last week’s runoff election. In “Joint Elections Committee v. Abanto,” which originated from a complaint by a student before the runoff election took place, the JEC issued one penalty to […]
Junior Stephanie Robichaux, a double major in journalism and anthropology, is spending the spring semester studying with the Semester at Sea program. A few times this semester she, along with other students spread out across the globe, will share her experiences and observations abroad as one of The Hatchet’s “GW expats.” After a week at […]
The RCHN Community Health Foundation announced last week a $2 million gift to the GW Medical Center’s Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy. This is the largest gift to date to the School of Public Health and Health Services, according to a University press release. “We are deeply grateful for this gift, which will […]
About 400 students danced for a good cause in the Continental Ballroom Sunday at GW Dance Marathon’s annual Hippothon. The six-hour event, which raises money for the local Children’s National Medical Center, is the culminating event for GWDM, which donates all the proceeds to charity. The event featured continuous music, free food, competitions and prizes. […]
After the Faculty Senate voted last month not to recommend the latest four-by-four proposal to GW’s nine schools, many faculty members are saying that students need more information about the plan that would change GW’s credit structure. At the meeting, faculty members expressed doubt about the extent to which there needs to be an overhaul […]
CINCINNATI, March 4 – The last time the GW women’s basketball team did not make it to the final of the Atlantic 10 tournament, in 2004, the Colonials lost to Saint Joseph’s in the semifinal round. History repeated itself Sunday afternoon, when the No. 5-seed Hawks defeated top-seeded GW 57-55 here in Ohio. It was […]
Someone walking past the Jack Morton Auditorium Saturday evening might have mistaken the event there for a Hollywood-caliber awards show. The Black Heritage Celebration Committee hosted the Multicultural Student Awards last weekend, which recognized student organizations and specific individuals who have made an impact in the multicultural community. About 100 people attended the event, which […]