Volume 104, Issue 59
Stories from the April 28, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The Hatchet’s year-end wrap-up of GW’s ups and downs. Thumbs Down: Dining woes continue Another year, another dining disaster. Despite high hopes for Sodexho and J Street changes, mandatory spending for freshmen and sophomores has tainted campus dining this year. Late developments allowing mandatory funds to roll over are welcomed, but the University and Sodexho […]
D.C. taxi drivers are still fighting to keep the existing zone fare system, despite an announcement last week from Mayor Adrian Fenty mandating they install time-and-distance meters by May 1. His announcement came a day after a D.C. Superior Court judge ruled that the mayor has the power to require the installment of meters in […]
Wednesday, May 7, updated May 9, 3:47 p.m. Freshman Miles Beatty and junior Cheyenne Moore, two scholarship athletes, have been dismissed from the men’s basketball team, the athletic department announced Wednesday. “Certain expectations are placed on our players both on and off the court,” head coach Karl Hobbs said in a news release. “They did […]
Don’t forget the arts I would like to thank Calder Stembel for his recent Opinions piece about the arts at GW (April 24, p. 4). As a member of GW’s arts community, I find that we are an often-overlooked part of the University. GW is constantly publicizing how every GW student will experience at least […]
Some top administrators are second-guessing the validity of a report released this month regarding the decline of “elite” freshmen attending GW. The Faculty Senate report, called the “Decline of Elite Freshmen Admissions,” said a lack of National Merit Scholars and a drop in early decision applicants meant less top-tier students were attending the University. Carol […]
Thursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m. An energized crowed packed into Lisner Auditorium Friday night to see the first showcase of GW’s hip-hop dance team, Capital Funk. The inaugural event, called “Capital Funk Showcase 2008: U Betta Work,” also included local dance groups, lyricists and poets. “The energy was great,” said sophomore Kalie Kelman, co-captain of […]
Web Extra When most people look at GW sports, they tend to ignore anything that happens outside of men’s basketball. That is likely only magnified this year, as the squad had one of the worst seasons in program history. But the team’s troubles on and off the hardwood should not be the focus in a […]
The Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools visited Stevens Elementary School Wednesday night to relieve concerns over the impending closure of the 140-year-old Foggy Bottom school. Amid a tense atmosphere, Chancellor Michelle Rhee explained that the closure of Stevens – first opened as a school for freed slaves – was in the best interest of D.C. […]
Web Extra University students from the master’s of business administration program rolled up their sleeves early Saturday morning to help cleanup Jefferson Junior High School in Southeast D.C. Starting at 8 a.m., 46 students repainted the school’s basketball court, cleaned out bug-infested locker rooms and planted fresh grass in front of the building. The “work-a-thon” […]
Correction Appended School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Timothy Tong will leave the University this spring to become the next president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Tong unexpectedly resigned this November after eight years at GW, without giving a public reason for stepping down. He declined to comment to The Hatchet about whether […]