September 4, 2007

Paul Chapman was first exposed to photography in second grade, when his dad turned his closet into a dark room for a science fair project. This year, Chapman will be utilizing everyday household items, such as dryer lint, to depict the molecular beauty of the universe through a lens. Chapman is completing his final semester […]

FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 2 – Sophomore Erick Perez-Segnini had nothing to lose when he took a chance from 20 yards out with less than ten seconds remaining in the final overtime of the GW men’s soccer team’s match against Howard. Miss, and the teams tie as expected. Score, and Perez-Segnini achieves a rare feat – […]

The days of cheap birth control are over. College students used to be able to get brand name contraceptives at discounted prices at their campus health clinics due to promotions. But a 2005 federal law known as the Deficit Reduction Act changed the calculations that drug companies use when paying Medicaid rebates to states. This […]

FAIRFAX, Va., Sept 2-Although it was last-second heroics by sophomore Erick Perez-Segnini that clinched the GW men’s soccer team’s 3-2 double-overtime victory against Howard Sunday afternoon, the team can look back to a mid-August training trip to one of soccer’s capitals as the reason the Colonials came out on top. “(Our) trip to England is […]

Ever get that feeling where your brain’s about to burst and your body feels restless? That feeling may be more than the one you usually get after a night full of partying, studying or whatever else you do. That feeling could be exhaustion. According to Web MD, a medical Web site, there is no set […]

For junior Emily Metz, keeping in touch with her long-distance boyfriend is as easy as minimizing her Microsoft Word document and maximizing his live feed from New York. Metz and boyfriend Josh Meredith use a Web camera to keep in touch. It’s a real-time camera that allows you to send a video of yourself to […]

University officials found a rabid juvenile bat in a widely used academic building last week, prompting them to issue a campus-wide alert about the dangerous animal. On the morning of Aug. 21, a housekeeper found an unconscious bat on the fifth floor of Funger Hall, an academic building located at 22nd and G streets. University […]

We’ve got a secret surprise hiding under our covers this year. The Hatchet will bring you two anonymous columnists – a guy and a girl – to report on sex at GW. This week we uncover Samson, our male sex columnist. Editor’s note: Names have been changed to protect the naughty. It took me quite […]

In “An escape from the concrete jungle,” (Aug. 30, p. B10) The Hatchet mistakenly identified ISS as Internet Security Systems. The acronym stands for Information Systems and Services. In “New faces in relations,” (Aug. 30, p. A9) The Hatchet mistakenly identified Adrienne Rulnick and John Kudless as Adrienne Kudless and John Rulnick. The Hatchet also […]

Students moving into on campus residence halls Saturday relied not only on family members to help unpack cars or transport boxes. More than 600 student volunteers and University President Steven Knapp were also on hand to help students settle into freshman residence halls. Knapp and his wife Diane helped students move into residence halls, including […]