Volume 104, Issue 11
Stories from the September 24, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Student Association Sen. Richard Fowler (U-At Large) resigned on Friday citing personal reasons. In a letter to Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger, Fowler said he was tired of his name being dragged through the mud by the press and that he was going to advocate for students in new ways. Fowler was not available for […]
As tuition at GW and other private universities continues to rise, some of the school’s neediest students may soon receive more financial aid from the federal government. Congress increased the amount of money available for the Pell Grant by passing the College Cost and Reduction Act Sept. 7. Pell Grants are sums of money given […]
Social activist Felipe Luciano called on the Latino community to embrace other people of color and move forward together during the Latino Heritage Celebration’s keynote address. “Latinos, you have a mission in this world,” he told the crowd at Betts Theater last week. “You are the future of the world and yet we run away […]
More than one year after GW purchased an ambulance, EMeRG is still waiting for governmental approval to use it on campus. The ambulance, which the University purchased for $7,000, last year is sitting idle in a parking lot 30 miles away from Foggy Bottom. The University continues to wait for approval from the D.C. Fire […]
Eckles Library celebrated its 20th anniversary last Monday with cake, balloons and a library-goer’s staple – coffee. Fred Siegel, associate vice president and dean of freshmen, said Eckles Library on GW’s Mount Vernon Campus intends to continue providing intimate and useful services to students, 25-cent coffee included, as it continues to move forward and grow […]
Media and public affairs professor Steven Livingston celebrated the release of his most recent book, “When Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina,” with a book-signing session at Busboys and Poets restaurant last week. Over the span of his career as a reporter and a scholar, Livingston has focused on […]
Monday Community Service Info Session Learn about the many ways in which you can give back to your community. Alternative Spring Break, DC Reads, Jumpstart and the Neighbors Project will all be present. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Marvin Center- H St. Table Sponsored by the Student Activities Center and the Office of Community Service […]
Students participating in the JASON Project learn about science in an exciting way. Courtesy of the JASON Project Tim Samaras chases tornados for a living. Now he is sharing his experiences with middle school students through the JASON Project, headquartered at GW’s Virginia Campus. “Operation: Monster Storms,” which was launched earlier this month, is the […]
When University President Lloyd Elliott arrived on GW’s campus for the first time in 1965, he was a hated man. Succeeding Thomas Carroll – who died unexpectedly of a heart attack – Elliott took the reigns of a campus rife with the tension of the 1960s. “We had an immediate collision,” Elliott told The Hatchet […]
In “Obama holds rally in D.C.” (Sept. 20, p. 2), The Hatchet erroneously reported that more than 600 people attended the rally. About 4,000 people were in attendance. In “GW F.E.E.D. under fire” (Sept. 20, p. 1), The Hatchet ambiguously described Multicultural Student Service Center Director Michael Tapscott’s feelings about the program. Tapscott has always […]