October 2, 2008

In “Back from war, a new fight” (Sept. 29, p. 1), The Hatchet erroneously reported that Kevin Blanchard was the vice president of GW Veterans of America. He is the vice president of Student Veterans of America, the national organization.

New blood is running through the veins of the GW women’s basketball program. The coaching staff is new. Seven of the team’s 15 players are new. But one thing that has not changed for the upcoming season is the level of expectations: high. New head coach Mike Bozeman inherits a program accustomed to success under […]

Nick Gingold/senior staff photographer Junior Tarah Henick, left, and senior Zarha Ahsan smoke hookah during Junior Class Council’s Hookah Night Wednesday night in Kogan Plaza.

Thursday Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party Come watch Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin debate on television and enjoy free food and drinks! 8:30 p.m. MC Grand Ballroom Friday Disarming Libya: Background to an Agreement Learn about Libya from Robert G. Joseph, the former undersecretary of arms control and international security for the State […]

Looking only at the statistics, one might not guess that the GW men’s soccer team could have scoring problems. After all, the team averages two goals per game, has yet to be shut out and went into Tuesday’s game at Virginia Tech having scored five goals in their last three match-ups, all away from home. […]

Students need to grow up. And GW and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood need to let them. Next week, the University Police Department will begin using a new procedure to address noise complaints involving students in off-campus housing. Previously, UPD officers have merely documented off-campus noise violations, rather than actively responding and resolving them as they […]

Arming UPD will not make campus safer Arming campus police is a disturbing proposition. Research has shown that armed officers are more subject to gun violence and gun-inflicted suicide. Putting guns in the hands of campus police would not have prevented or interrupted the Virginia Tech incident because the shooter had barricaded the doors. A […]

Sarah-Jo Lawrence is a hard woman to get a hold of – and for good reason. The 2008 graduate is now a Presidential Administrative Fellow at GW, and even though she is not spending as much time on the court as she did last year, she is on campus more than ever. “A lot of […]

So here I am, up at 2 a.m., as usual. Talking to friends on MSN Messenger while halfheartedly watching CNN, as usual. Trying to ignore the fact I have to get up in five hours, as usual. That’s when a friend who is serving in Afghanistan logs online. Ecstatic as I am to talk to […]

Women’s Soccer: Friday, Oct. 3 vs. Massachusetts, 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 vs. Rhode Island, 1 p.m. Volleyball: Friday, Oct. 3 vs. Dayton, 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 vs. Xavier, 2 p.m. Men’s Water Polo: Thursday, Oct. 2 at California Baptist, 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4 at Claremont Convergence Tournament