March 8, 2007

The general election ended two weeks ago, but one Student Association Senate seat is still being contested. Former Senator-elect Matt Cohen (SoB-U) is filing paperwork with the SA Student Court to appeal the invalidation of his election, he told The Hatchet Tuesday night. After the general election, Cohen was disqualified for surpassing the $500 senatorial […]

In February, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg offered to loan the daughter of late Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke money for tuition to be paid back after she settles a dispute over her father’s estate. While some were startled by this proposal, this is not the only time Trachtenberg has offered to help students using […]

The Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity hosted its induction ceremony for its inaugural class of 29 members Friday. The reception and public induction ceremony took place at the Odd Fellows Lodge, at 24th and G streets. In addition to the new members of the chapter, representatives from the national Kappa Alpha Order office and other GW […]

Deciding what to wear to work can be a difficult task, which is why two multicultural sororities had businesswomen walk the runway at a fashion show Monday night. The Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi sorority and the Sigma Psi Zeta sorority sponsored the event, “The Professional Guide to Success: What to Wear?” fashion show, in […]

University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg took heat at a recent Faculty Senate meeting for handing out a University-sponsored loan to the daughter of a multi-millionaire former Washington Redskins owner. Ultimately, the discretionary funds under the control of top-level administrators, such as the funds used to provide the aforementioned loan, send a convoluted message to students […]

Audience members at former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s speech Thursday will be the first group able to ask unscreened questions on his tour of colleges. Carter, who has already visited Brandeis and Emory universities, has until now only answered questions that have been through a screening process. Students at the event Thursday will be given […]

As some students drink and party on beaches in tropical locations this spring break, others will build up a sweat while building houses in New Orleans or caring for the poor in Central America. Over the past few years, GW has seen the rise of so-called alternative spring breaks, in which would-be vacationers volunteer their […]

A film on radical Islam recently shown on college campuses across the United States has sparked controversy in its wake, causing some campuses to cancel future showings. Director Wayne Kopping’s documentary “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” has aired to crowds at such institutions as New York University and University of California, Los Angeles. […]

First in a series of profiles on GW student organizations. The Organization for Latino American Students: a place where everybody knows your name. At least that’s how the members describe their group. “We are not just a student organization, we are a family,” said OLAS president Priscilla Monico, a senior. “And that sense of family […]

Half of the student-employees working at WOW Wingery and Cafe quit Monday over frustration with management and complaints about wages. Four of eight students working at the southwestern-style chicken wing venue tendered a letter of resignation to managers of Sodexho, the University’s food-service provider. When the undergraduates began their employment at the start of the […]