March 13, 2008

Correction appended A popular speech and hearing science professor resigned abruptly last week and later sent an e-mail to a student indicating discrimination influenced her decision. Linda Bland Stewart, known to her students as “Dr. LBS,” indicated she could not divulge specifics about her departure but that she “can no longer tolerate discrimination.” “I regret […]

In multiple post-game press conferences this season, GW women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown has said he always tries to think positively. And even after the Colonials’ 63-59 loss to Xavier in Sunday’s Atlantic 10 semifinal, McKeown and senior guard Kim Beck said the same thing: GW must move on and look forward to the NCAA […]

Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter will headline this year’s annual Fountain Day concert and festival, scheduled for April 26 on the Mount Vernon Campus. Darius Zelkha, Ritter’s manager, confirmed in an e-mail that Ritter and his band will perform at the event. Swetha Ramaswam, a member of the Mount Vernon Programming Council, the organization responsible for the […]

Assault on a Public Official 3/7/08 – Public Property on Campus – 11:11 p.m. – case closed A 4-RIDE driver contacted the University Police Department because he observed a woman having trouble walking. Officers made contact with the individual, who was unaffiliated with the University, and called an ambulance to take her to the hospital. […]

The D.C. Independent Film Festival got off to a roaring start last Thursday night, March 6, at GW’s own Jack Morton Auditorium, located inside the School of Media and Public Affairs building. This year’s festival, spanning 11 days, will feature a total of 108 films, 24 themed-film showcases, daily receptions, film seminars and various musical […]

Web Extra Political psychologist Jerrold Post listened to a Palestinian terrorist nonchalantly discuss how he murdered a Jewish woman on a hijacked Egyptian flight, but this meeting was just part of the job for the GW professor. Post, director of the GW political psychology program and a former CIA profiler, discussed this interview and other […]

Voter turnout for this year’s Student Association general election hit record highs, according to election results released by the Joint Elections Committee. But according to a survey conducted by The Hatchet, GW students on average were apathetic about the SA. About 64 percent of the 527 students surveyed said they did not care about the […]

Michelle Anne Farrell is a filmmaker. So was Joe O’Ferrell. Arguably the most-anticipated feature-length documentary at the D.C. Independent Film Festival Monday evening, “Unraveling Michelle,” (A Tough City Bitch Production), recounts the full transgender transformation of filmmaker Joe O’Ferrell into Michelle Anne Farrell – spending a worthy 85 minutes of self-conscious energy grappling with issues […]

Student Association Sen. Vishal Aswani (SEAS-U) will be the next SA president. Aswani, a junior, got 55 percent of the more than 3,000 votes cast edging out SA Sen. Kevin Kozlowski (U-at-Large) for the SA’s top job, the Joint Elections Committee announced after 9 p.m.. “It was one hell of a runoff,” Aswani said. “(Kevin […]

Correction appended As the value of the U.S. dollar continues to plunge compared to the euro and the British pound, GW students abroad are beginning to feel the pinch. Ryan Fox is a junior studying abroad in London, where the British pound is approximately double the value of the U.S. dollar. He worked throughout the […]