Volume 105, Issue 5
Stories from the September 2, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
University President Steven Knapp said he has no immediate plans to question the nation’s drinking age, despite a movement by prominent higher education leaders who say the law encourages dangerous behavior. The Amethyst Initiative, created by Middlebury College President Emeritus John McCardell in July, has been signed by 129 college and university presidents who feel […]
Many students and parents at this year’s move-in said that volunteers and careful organization made the normally hectic day a little less stressful. About 7,000 students moved into their University housing assignments Saturday with the assistance of 900 volunteers, including University President Steven Knapp, his wife Diane and 60 Colonial Bellhops, said Seth Weinshel, assignments […]
When junior Julie Krumwiede moved into her first off-campus townhouse in May, she was not prepared for the nightmare she entered. Her new home had inches of mold and floodwater throughout the kitchen, and the bank had just foreclosed on the house days before she and her two roommates moved in. Now the D.C. government […]
University President Steven Knapp stressed during the Freshman Convocation Monday that the class of 2012 should have an active role in the nation’s capital and participate in environmentally friendly activities. Members of the incoming freshman class filled almost every seat in the Smith Center and were welcomed by 35 administrators, deans and professors at the […]
Finding a late-night study spot or booking a group meeting in the Marvin Center could be a little easier for students this fall because of several initiatives announced last week. Columbian Square, located on the first floor of the building, will remain open 24 hours from Monday to Thursday, until 2 a.m. on Fridays and […]
Students having trouble finding Pelham Hall should look no further than the pile of rubble and debris on the Mount Vernon Campus. The residence hall was completely leveled during the first stage of a major renovation that will triple the existing number of beds in the building and add additional space for dining and student […]
Tuesday Find Your Way Let upperclassmen assist you in negotiating campus. 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Kogan Plaza, University Yard, Thurston Hall, Marvin Center, Academic Center and Mount Vernon Quad Ice Cream With Your Neighbors Enjoy free ice cream with the GW community and Foggy Bottom/West End residents. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Kogan Plaza […]
The same artist that brought you the mural in Columbian Square depicting hippo and rowing illustrations has embarked on another, more public project on F Street that chronicles the growth of the Foggy Bottom community. Alumnus Calder Brannock is the brainchild behind the mural being painted on the side wall of the Foggy Bottom Grocery […]
For Bill Cosby, life is simple. “All a man needs is a good woman and a half-smoke,” he told a crowd of about 150 people at the historic Lincoln Theatre on Aug. 21. A good woman may be hard to find, but anyone can easily get a half-smoke at Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street. […]
When Jillian Roth allowed a donor registry to swab her mouth in Hillel four years ago, she never expected it to amount to anything. But this July, Roth got a call that changed her life. The 2005 alumna heard from the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, who had matched her bone marrow to a […]