Volume 104, Issue 49
Stories from the March 13, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Oh, Eliot Spitzer – tisk tisk. You naughty boy. Haven’t you learned anything about sex and politics? In case you haven’t noticed over the past several years, they don’t tend to mix very well. Following a string of Republican sex scandals over the last year and a half – including Louisiana Sen. David Vitter and […]
Pat Metheny’s new release “Day Trip” (Nonesuch Records) is the first trio album that the jazz-fusion pioneer has recorded in nearly eight years. While Metheny’s more recent work with his group has consisted mostly of tightly arranged compositions for a large ensemble, “Day Trip” marks a shift to the trio format showcasing the improvisational prowess […]
Breaking News Monday, March 24, 10:05 a.m. Julian Bond, the chairman of the NAACP, will deliver this year’s keynote address at Commencement, the University announced today. The May 18 appearance on the National Mall coincides with the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. University spokesperson Tracy Schario said the school recently extended the […]
I knew I was out of the running for becoming a member of The Order of the Hippo when April of last year rolled around. My junior year was nearing completion and I figured I wouldn’t get to wear or hide the shiny golden hippo-shaped pin. I held out a little hope that maybe I’d […]
Vitality is timeless. As in, yeah, old people have wrinkles. But they also have sex, pump iron and hit nightspots dancing, apparently. “When you focus on a subject documentary-wise you really learn a lot about human relationships,” says Matthew Bardocz, director, editor and co-producer of “Off the Rocker,” a film recounting the experience of a […]
Tuesday, March 25, 12:22 a.m. STANFORD, Calif., March 24 – Bank. Swish. Buzzer. Ballgame. And that was it. After 39 and a half minutes of trailing a step behind University of California, senior Sarah-Jo Lawrence’s four-foot floater dropped effortlessly through the net and sent the sixth-seeded GW women’s basketball team’s bench screaming into the Sweet […]
Journalist Marvin Kalb pressed Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s legendary foreign correspondent, about her experiences covering dangerous conflicts and questioned her decision to risk her life for her career at the National Press Club. Amanpour, an award-winning journalist, spoke about the perils of reporting abroad, but stressed the importance and necessity of journalism in a democratic society. […]
Although GW’s Foggy Bottom campus can seem like a protective bubble, the University is located in a city with some of the nation’s highest crime rates. Last year the District experienced a 7 percent increase in homicide rates as well as increased rates of non-fatal shooting and gun related violence, according to Metropolitan Police Department […]
Tuesday, March 25, 12:22 a.m. STANFORD, Calif., March 24 – Amid some court controversy, a shocked crowd and general disbelief was senior Sarah-Jo Lawrence of the sixth-seeded GW women’s basketball team in the arms of her teammates, with a smile as wide as the state of California is long. After all, the guard had just […]
Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove will return to GW for a Young America’s Foundation lecture at the end of the month. The Republican strategist who helped mastermind the election and re-election of President George W. Bush will address members of YAF, a campus conservative group, at 7 p.m. on March 28. […]