Volume 104, Issue 47
Stories from the March 6, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
With recent findings indicating that key GWorld partners have lost significant revenue this year following the implementation of mandatory J Street spending, we are concerned that this ill-conceived policy change is destroying valuable partnerships in Foggy Bottom. Notable campus staples such as Froggy Bottom Pub, Panda Cafe, Pita Pit, Au Bon Pain and Berticci’s note […]
Web Extra Experts on Pakistan criticized President Pervez Musharraf and said the country’s youth need to end their apathy toward politics in an event in the Marvin Center Monday. Last month Musharraf’s party was defeated in the parliamentary elections, but the Bush administration has continued to support Musharraf’s heavy presence in politics. During the seminar, […]
A group of juniors from a local school for students with learning disabilities are taking field trips to GW to learn about the college experience and the different jobs offered on campus. “It’s a great introduction for students with severe learning disabilities,” said Sharon Burns, mother of Kingsbury Day School student Eric Burns. “I’m very […]
Web Extra Student Association President Nicole Capp is working to establish two standing committees within the SA executive to look at campus safety and facilities. The new committees – the SA Safety and Security Affairs Committee and the SA Facilities Advisory Committee – will attempt bring SA and GW administrators together to discuss issues of […]
Less e-mails, more information It is seldom that I find myself in agreement with the opinions found on this page, let alone in active pursuit of the same goals myself. As someone who is often extremely supportive of most actions the administration takes, sometimes blindly supporting policies for the betterment of the student population, I […]
Breaking News Posted Thursday, March 6, 6:05 p.m., Updated 10:35 p.m. Senior Maureece Rice was kicked off the GW men’s basketball team, the University announced Thursday evening. In a news release sent to members of the media shortly before the Colonials faced Charlotte in North Carolina Thursday evening, men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs said the […]
Kyle Boyer took a liking to politics at an early age. Boyer, who won the general election for Student Association executive vice president last week, fell in love with politics at 8. The sophomore said his interest in the subject began when he followed the 1996 presidential race between Democratic president Bill Clinton and Republican […]
Web Update Saturday, March 8, 9:43 p.m. PHILADELPHIA, March 8 — Everything from drizzle to downpours have been coming out of the Philadelphia sky this weekend, but Saturday at the GW women’s basketball team’s game with Rhode Island, mother nature wasn’t the only one making it rain. The match-up was postponed more than two hours […]
More than 1,000 people passed through Tuesday’s Off Campus Housing Services Fair, which was sponsored by IKEA and held in the Marvin Center’s Grand Ballroom. “We didn’t expect this exact volume of people, but we had hopes,” said Brian Hamluk, director of off-campus student affairs. The fair lasted from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and […]
Over the last four seasons, this current senior class of the GW women’s basketball team has garnered more than a handful of awards and titles. But when it has come to those pesky three games in early March, the Colonials have faltered. No. 13/12 (AP, ESPN/USA Today) GW has gone 0-for-3 in the Atlantic 10 […]