Volume 104, Issue 39
Stories from the February 7, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Every conference has its perennial cellar dwellers. The programs that, year in and year out, are at the basement of the standings. It is to these teams that other squads dare not lose. Wednesday night, the GW men’s basketball team fell victim to one of those bottom feeders, La Salle, 80-58 at Smith Center. The […]
The University offered invitations to Democratic candidates as well as several national television stations to hold a debate on campus before three local primaries next Tuesday. On Feb. 12, primaries will be held in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Two-hundred-thirty-seven Democratic and 119 Republican delegates will be sought after in what is often called the […]
Web Extra Excavation for the new residence hall on F Street is largely complete, and work is now beginning on a foundation for the $75 million building. Excavation of the residence hall began this fall, and construction is expected to be completed by fall 2009. It will be 10 stories high with three below-ground garage […]
As a Washington Post sports columnist, Mike Wise has covered everything from the Olympics to basketball star Gilbert Arenas. He ghost wrote Shaquille O’Neal’s autobiography and spends time all over the country chronicling Washington sports figures. But if not for GW law student Jason Coates, Wise thinks he could have been dead. Last week, the […]
Web Update Sunday, Feb. 10, 1:10 a.m. Junior Wynton Witherspoon hit a three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left Saturday to give GW a 57-54 victory over Dayton University. The win is the Colonials’ first since Jan. 10, snapping their seven-game losing streak. Witherspoon finished with 19 points while classmate Rob Diggs added a career-high 29 points […]
Hundreds of students gathered in two Marvin Center ballrooms Tuesday night to watch the election returns and cheer in support of their favored candidates. Democratic students split their support between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and the lead candidate on the Republican side was John McCain. “Youth came out in big numbers and they are […]
Having the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Super Tuesday falling on the same weekend, I knew it was going to be a rough couple of nights. With nothing to do but put my drinking heels on, I hit the town and colored the capital green, purple and gold as I headed to Adams Morgan to […]
On the eve of Super Tuesday’s primary elections, students put themselves in the presidential candidates’ shoes and had a heated debate of the prominent issues voters would be considering the next day as they went to the polls. Monday night’s one-hour debate was hosted by GW Housing Programs and held in the Strong Hall Piano […]
In recent weeks, Student Association leaders have lobbied the administration to diminish the unpopular mandatory minimum spending at J Street. Both sides have been in serious discussions about how to balance Sodexho’s financial needs to operate at GW and the appeasement of student concerns. The crux of the supply-and-demand problem lies in the quality of […]
Few buildings on campus carry a more infamous name than Thurston Hall. Until recently, prospective students could experience their first taste of the 1,100-student, freshman dorm as part of GW’s STAR Tour Program, but frequent problems encountered in touring the residence hall have led to its elimination as a tour stop. Kathryn Napper, dean of […]