Volume 104, Issue 25
Stories from the November 12, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Kaden Trifilio is a freshman. At the beginning of the year, he said he was “full of self-doubt.” But this doubt, he said, was not because of classes. It was because he, once a female, was considering becoming a male. For Trifilio, life as a transgender student on campus can sometimes be complicated. “So far […]
The second time was a charm for GW’s volleyball team. Despite losing at Charlotte a week and a half ago, the Colonials proved they belonged in the Atlantic 10 tournament with an impressive win at home against the 49ers Friday on Senior Night. GW won 3-1 (30-20, 30-21, 25-30, 30-25) in front of 212 fans […]
A former senior fellow at GW was cleared of any suspicion last week that he plagiarized or fabricated while working for ABC News. Alexis Debat was dismissed as a senior fellow for GW’s Homeland Security Policy Institute Sept. 13, following allegations by the French Web site Rue 89 that he fabricated interviews with prominent political […]
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9 It didn’t look like anything special, but Kim Beck’s lofty rainbow three-pointer from the left wing did much more than ice the women’s basketball team’s 79-59 win over the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday. Beck’s basket with just under four minutes remaining in the second half made the Georgia native the […]
By day, senior Bren Belovarac spends his time taking classes to graduate with a major in Japanese language and literature. But by night he is hard at work learning facts that won’t help him pass his Japanese midterm – but that is exactly why he does it. Belovarac is the president of the GW Quiz […]
It was a game about pride, rather than points. The GW men’s soccer team was looking to finish on a high note, despite being eliminated from postseason play. And with a 2-1 win over the LaSalle Explorers on Senior Day, the Colonials finished at 9-8-2 overall and 3-4-2 in conference play. But for the 11 […]
Freshman Heather Niemetscheck remembers what it feels like to need a break from home – especially when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. The experience prompted her to start working with students to create a sleep-away camp for children who have parents with cancer. “It’s good to separate yourself from that tense atmosphere,” Niemetscheck said. […]
Law enforcement in northwest D.C. will soon implement a new technology designed to identify any gunshots in the area. ShotSpotter is a fine-tuned audio recorder which can identify the sound of a muzzle blast and then instantly alert the Metropolitan Police Department. The technology is already used in MPD’s 7th District, located across the Potomac […]
Web Extra The third-ranking official in the State Department stressed the importance of engaging with the rest of the world and avoiding isolationism while addressing students and faculty at the Elliott School Friday. “After 9/11, every American should reject isolationism” said R. Nicholas Burns, under secretary of state for political affairs. “It doesn’t serve our […]
The buying, selling and transporting of more than half a million women and children each year has garnered the attention of the international community, but one GW professor doubts human trafficking is as serious a problem as many claim. Ronald Weitzer, a faculty member in GW’s sociology department, said he believes the actual number of […]