Volume 105, Issue 3
Stories from the June 13, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
While many students are taking a break from GW, Student Association President Vishal Aswani is still on campus this summer, taking steps to address campaign promises and goals for his presidency. Aswani, a senior, said he is working hard on a myriad of different projects including the creation of an online test bank and increasing […]
Thursday, June 26 The city will not sell Stevens Elementary School or the land surrounding the 140-year-old building after it closes this summer, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said Tuesday night at a Foggy Bottom Association meeting at St. Stephen the Martyr Church. The mayor said the city might lease the property at 21st and L […]
Whether you are allegedly having sex with a tree or urinating in public, remember local police are always around the corner. Here are the most notable run-ins with the law from last year. Assault 10/14/07 – The Dakota – 3:08 a.m. – case closed A male student reported he was asleep when his roommate entered […]
Sunday, June 22 All student e-mail addresses will have different domain names when GW switches to Google Mail this fall, the University announced last week. Beginning in August, the student e-mail suffix will change from “@gwu.edu” to “@gwmail.gwu.edu.” Students will have six months to transfer their messages from their Colonial Mail accounts to the new […]
September SA, officials question homelessness initiative over funding During the first Student Association meeting of the year, the senate tried to allocate $6,000 for T-shirts, buttons, banners and other material to promote a local homelessness campaign called GW F.E.E.D. The legislation for the initiative was later vetoed by SA president Nicole Capp – the only […]
Monday, June 30 A GW alumna who dedicated her life to humanitarian work died after a bomb blast in Sadr City, Iraq last Tuesday. Nicole Suveges, 38, a 1998 recipient of a master’s degree in international development from the Elliott School of International Affairs, was one of ten people killed in the blast. She was […]
Heidi Penna comes from a big family. The incoming freshman softball player is the sixth of 10 children – four brothers and five sisters – and the fourth of her clan to step into the world of college athletics. Her oldest brother Robert pitched for Barry University in their native Miami, while elder sisters Missy […]
Thursday, July 10 An incoming freshman died in his hometown of Moorestown, N.J., on Tuesday when an elderly woman hit his bike with her car – just four days before his 18th birthday. Will Christianson, 17, had been on campus only a week earlier for the fourth session of Colonial Inauguration. Those close to him […]
Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say you’re not leaving Foggy Bottom for suburban Chicago. Tell us you’re coming back to GW and turning your brand new roster into a third-straight Sweet 16 appearance. Coming back to take new names like Tara Booker and Tiana Myers and put them on the same level as Beck, Joens […]
Monday, June 30 By his own account, Mike Bozeman has not missed a beat in adapting to his new position as head women’s basketball coach. He just moved down the hall to the bigger office overlooking 22nd street and picked up where his predecessor and mentor, Joe McKeown, left off. McKeown stepped down in early […]