Volume 104, Issue 20
Stories from the October 25, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
With midterms finally over, I was looking forward to a stress-free and relaxing weekend – even the Bar Belle can use a break every once in a while. Unfortunately, tranquil was a term far from the minds of several who protested the IMF and World Bank on Oct. 19. The so-called neo-liberalists approached the M […]
Freshmen have a vote in the Student Association Senate for the first time in several years. The Senate appointed three voting senators, including SA Sen. Julie Bindelglass (CCAS-U), a freshman, to the body Tuesday night in Columbian Square. “I am excited to be in the position both to represent CCAS students and to show that […]
Web Update Friday, October 26, 3:45 a.m. Conservative author David Horowitz defended his conservative views and lashed out against GW’s administration at a speech on campus Thursday night, one day after he was booed off stage at Emory University. Horowitz is the organizer of a nationwide event to raise awareness about radical Islamic states – […]
If you have $5 Remember that Bush White House scandal not too long ago that brought down a CIA agent, a veteran journalist and a certain “Scooter” Libby? Meet the woman that started it all as Valerie Plame Wilson discusses and signs copies of her new book, “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My […]
The Phi Sigma Sigma sorority will host its annual Amazing Race philanthropy event this weekend to support My Sister’s Place, a local shelter for battered women and children. “I think that it is great that we can help out women in need of such a support system by working together as a sisterhood,” Phi Sigma […]
Toots & the Maytals: Light Your Light There is nothing in the world that can stop the legendary reggae singer and his famous band from making new music. On his latest album, Toots brings in two very special guests to compliment his music, with Derek Trucks on the album’s new single “Johnny Coolman” and Bonnie […]
In “RIAA issues an additional pre-litigation notice” (Oct. 22, p. A2), The Hatchet mistakenly classified an e-mail sent to a GW student as a pre-litigation letter. The letter was a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice. In “Grad programs draw foreign students” (Oct. 18, A6), The Hatchet misidentified the Council of Graduate Schools as the Counsel […]
Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor Former Nixon speechwriter and game show host Ben Stein walks by Marvin Center on his way to Nooshi, a sushi restaurant on 19th Street, Tuesday evening. Stein lives in The Watergate.
Thursday David Horowitz Conservative author David Horowitz will speak to the Young America’s Foundation as part of the organization’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. 8 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center Room 302 Sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation, GW Chapter Reducing Poverty in Developing Countries: The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Role in Globalization and Stimulating Growth Ambassador John […]
Assault 10/20/07 – Southwest D.C. – 4:41 a.m. – case closed Two female GW students reported they were at a club in Southwest D.C. when a male groped one of them and lifted up her dress. A physical altercation ensued, and the D.C. Fire Department arrived on the scene. The students had been drinking and […]