Volume 104, Issue 28
Stories from the November 29, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Thumbs Up: Faculty union progress After years of intense legal battles and University politics, the adjunct faculty union is well on its way to having a working contract addressing job security and salaries. As of now GW relies on 1,502 part-time faculty members, not all the prominent government officials or the prized journalists the University […]
HARRISONBURG, Va., Nov. 27 — Over the past couple of seasons, GW women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown has talked about how he no longer wants his team to be giant killers but instead be the giant. Against James Madison University Tuesday night, that was the case – but it backfired. This time, the Dukes were […]
We have all had our post-break, awkward small-talk elevator rides as we run into friends we haven’t seen since before everyone left for Thanksgiving. You know, the whole “Heeeey! What’s up? How was your break? Relaxing? Yeah, me too.” Sure, it was good to get away from school for a few days, but while I […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 – If it is any consolation for the 2-2 GW men’s basketball team, it kept close with the No. 1 team in the country for 20 minutes. But as the game progressed and the University of California-Los Angeles pulled away for a 83-60 win in front of 9,691 here at Pauley […]
Worshipped by hipsters, M.I.A., the daughter of a terrorist and a genre-defying artist, has set the standards for edginess and fun ever since she first hit the music scene. Her sophomore album, “Kala” (Interscope), set the bar even higher. After her first album, “Arular,” she was a well-established artist, and she could have hired any […]
Eta Beta Rho, a Hebrew honors society, held its first induction Wednesday night in an intimate setting – the home of Yaron Peleg, a GW professor who advises the society. Eta Beta Rho is a small honors society rooted in the study of the Hebrew language. Though Hebrew is closely affiliated with the Jewish faith, […]
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 – From the moment opposing teams walk into the University of California-Los Angeles’ Pauley Pavilion, they are barraged with reminders that they are entering the home of not only the best team in college basketball, but also the home of the best teams to ever play in the NCAA. Before the […]
“I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company) is an incredible film that draws beautiful narrative circles around the perimeter of its central character without ever letting the viewer inside to meet the real Bob Dylan. The flawless Cate Blanchett leads a stellar cast in this nontraditional film, which uses six distinct actors to portray different stages […]
A car fleeing the scene of an armed robbery crashed across the street from Mitchell Hall Saturday night, according to police reports. The vehicle, a white Ford Thunderbird, ran over two parking meters and snapped a small tree in half before crashing into several planters owned by the General Services Administration, a government agency, a […]
With all the mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, bean casserole and pumpkin pie stuck in my stomach from Thanksgiving, I wasn’t sure if alcohol would be able to affect my blood for the next month. Yet as luck would have it, another birthday rose to the occasion this past weekend and I knew I would have […]