Volume 104, Issue 3
Stories from the June 20, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The first time Jennifer Bodine rode a bike, it got the best of her and she broke her 5-year-old leg. Decades later, the GW first-year graduate student is showing the bike who is boss. In May, Bodine won a major race at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships in Lawrence, Kan., in thrilling fashion. […]
Like every school and organization, GW has plenty of slang terms and phrases that make little sense outside of Foggy Bottom. Let this companion to Webster’s English dictionary serve as your guide to avigating the bizarre world of Thrustin’, The Vern and much more. 4-RIDE: GW’s free shuttle service. It runs from dusk to dawn […]
University officials said this spring that drug distribution violations rose during this past academic year. While many of the students arrested for dealing marijuana were prosecuted in District court, they faced severe consequences within the University’s own judicial processes. The University’s punishment for drug distribution can be as severe as expulsion, and several vocal students […]
Hobbs to coach, Adair and Hollis invited to U-19 tryouts GW head men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs will serve as an assistant coach on this summer’s U-19 USA Men’s Basketball team, which will participate in 2007 FIBA U19 World Championships, held July 12-22 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Rising sophomore forward Damian Hollis will tryout for […]
October Foley Page scandal comes to GW campus When former Member of Congress Mark Foley was charged with having an inappropriate relationship with House pages, former pages at GW flocked to the media to express their support for the program. GW has a high population of former pages, and students were featured in national media […]
A self-study by Student and Academic Support Services showed that more than half of the department’s employees consider resigning each month and more than a quarter consider quitting each week. The study, conducted to help one of the University’s largest departments function more logically, showed that students often feel connected to the University through niches […]
Recent graduate Michael Parker was selected in the 24th round and 753rd overall by the New York Mets on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft June 8. Parker was an Atlantic-10 First Team All-Conference selection after batting .373 with 60 RBIs and 10 home runs in the 2007 season. He led the […]
Student X spends most of their time during the first few weeks of September goofing off and partying every weekend. By November they have their first chemistry test, a 10-page English paper due, no cash, have used half their GWorld debit dollars getting late night nachos at 7-11 and to top it off, cannot stand […]
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Even before incoming students enter the University, they are setting records for GW. The University accepted a record-low 36 percent of those who applied for undergraduate admission, a statistic administrators say highlights the high caliber of this year’s incoming class. GW’s graduate schools were also more competitive this year. Diane McQuail, the assistant dean of […]