Volume 104, Issue 12
Stories from the September 27, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Colonials Invasion, the basketball season’s opening event, will feature an entertainer after a one-year hiatus. GW spirit director Nicole Macchione-Early said the event will be held Oct. 26 at Smith Center. She said the University cannot announce the performer because a contract has not yet been signed. “It will be something different that has not […]
The student body rejected a referendum to increase the student fee in a special election Tuesday, leaving the Student Association short of money it would like to allocate to student organizations. More than 1,400 students voted in the online election with 52 percent voting against the increase, according to a news release from the Special […]
Only three senators are looking over academic affairs for the Student Association Senate after several resignations. The SA Senate academic affairs committee has lost four senators, leaving only SA Sen. Nathan Brill (SoB-U), the committee’s chairman, SA Sen. Isa Bacardi (SPHHS-U), a senior, and SA Sen. Jenn Jackson (SMHS-G), a graduate student, to handle the […]
The Inter-Fraternity Council’s judiciary board decided to further investigate a complaint that the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity initiated contact with potential new members before the sanctioned rush period. The fraternity allegedly passed out free pizza and palm cards outside of Thurston Hall last week, according to several people with direct knowledge of the board’s proceedings. […]
Men at GW will have the next week and a half to decide if they want to go Greek. The Inter-fraternity Council began its annual fall recruitment Monday and for the remainder of this week and next, individual chapters will host a variety of events until “bids” – formal invitations to join- are given out […]
D.C. City Council members are reconsidering emergency legislation passed this summer to sell public land near the West End Library after community groups raised concerns about the expedited process. A bill passed this summer would sell Square 37 – located just two blocks from campus near Washington Circle – to a private developer. The public […]
In “GW F.E.E.D. under fire” (Sept. 20 p.1), The Hatchet erroneously stated that only the College Republicans and College Democrats received more than $6,000 from the SA during budget allocations. In addition to those groups, Global Languages, the Jewish Student Association, Panhellenic Association, Inter-Fraternity Council, Medical Student Association and Student Bar Association received more than […]
Sports Calendar Sept. 28 Women’s Soccer Xavier – 4 p.m. – Mount Vernon Campus Volleyball Temple – 7 p.m. – Smith Center Men’s Tennis ECAC Tournament – All Day – Flushing, N.Y. Women’s Tennis George Mason Invitational – All Day – Fairfax, V.a. Varsity Roundup Women’s soccer For the second straight time, the Colonials found […]
Three of the four complaints levied against Tonic’s liquor license have been withdrawn, leaving owners with one obstacle in the way of an open bar. The remaining protester is Michael Kimmel, a lawyer who represents more than 60 residents of the Letterman House and other nearby buildings. At an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hearing last […]
Thursday mtvU presents: The Devil Came on Horseback Filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern follow U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle through the horrors of Darfur in this riveting documentary. A free screening will be followed by a Q & A with Steidle. 8 to 11:45 p.m. Marvin Center; Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board Friday […]