Volume 104, Issue 30
Stories from the December 6, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Thursday Arab Hafla The Arab Students Association will be hosting a traditional Hafla celebration featuring Middle Eastern delights, crepes, a live DJ, belly dancing and hookah. 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and third-floor terrace $5 Admission Sponsored by the Arab Students Association Friday Ice Skating Extravaganza Join the Organization of Latin […]
Members of the Progressive Student Union launched a letter-writing campaign urging the University to adopt a code of conduct that lays out the minimum requirement for pay by contractors in its buildings. The group said Securitas, a private security firm in 2000 Penn, pays a starting wage of $8.75 per hour. GW owns the building. […]
The inauguration of University President Steven Knapp has rekindled the hopes of students who wish to see more transparency in exactly how our tuition money is being spent. With a new resolution coming out of the Student Association concerning the process of divestment, such a goal seems within reach. As perhaps one of the most […]
Liquor law violations increased 78 percent this semester over last year, and more students are requiring medical attention, a University official said. The University Police Department crime log lists 252 liquor law violations since the beginning of the academic year. This is up from 142 such violations in fall 2006. “On the normal course of […]
University must make violations known The story “University busts APES leaders” (Dec. 3, p. 1) reveals what seems to be a frightening abuse of power by University officials that every student should know about. I am a third-year law student at GW and don’t know much about this group, but no matter what they were […]
Above from left to right: Vermont Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Peter Welch stand after lighting the Capitol Christmas tree, below, Wednesday morning. (Ben Solomon/senior photo editor)
1500 New Hampshire Ave. N.W. When it comes to bars, we all have an itty bitty amount of Irish in us no matter what our family lineage. It just so happens, I have a lot of Irish in me and I proudly showcased it this past Friday night at Biddy Mulligan’s. Located in Dupont Circle, […]
Following a marketing model similar to Radiohead’s latest release “In Rainbows,” poet, actor and musician Saul Williams recently released “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!” for free on the Internet, with the option given for fans to pay. Williams teamed up with Nine Inch Nails guru Trent Reznor to produce his third album, which […]
Alex Ellis/assistant photo editor GW graduate student Kathleen Kelley plays Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op.15 by Anton Arensky at Chamber Music Masterpieces Wednesday night.
As they wait for renovations on their dilapidated classrooms to begin, School Without Walls students said they prefer their old school in Foggy Bottom to their modernized temporary location and are anxious to return. “We don’t have to worry about bricks falling from the roof here at Logan, but I still wish I was spending […]