Volume 105, Issue 16
Stories from the October 9, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A bill designed to increase transparency in the student organization financial process was sent back to committee at the Student Association senate meeting Tuesday night when the SA adviser encouraged senators to allow the University general counsel to review it. The legislation, written by Sen. Logan Dobson (CCAS-U), would allow students to view how student […]
Deerhoof Offend Maggie (KILL ROCK STARS) If you can’t live with incomprehensible lyrics about things like hoofies (whatever the hell those are), Deerhoof probably just isn’t for you. Otherwise, you’ll be pleased to know that their latest effort might just be the best thing they’ve done. All it took was them trying to be a […]
Thursday Jesus for President? Faith and Politics: Then & Now Learn about the history of religion and politics in the Supreme Court and political parties from a renowned Georgetown professor. 7:30 p.m. 805 21st St., Room 310 Friday Project PB&J Come make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless while earning community service hours. […]
Ah, humor! “Charlie on Parole,” the short film produced and directed by beast.Films, will premiere this Saturday, Oct. 11 in the Betts Theatre. Thanks to Darren Miller (’09) and Kevin Mead (’09), and Paul Briganti of the School of Visual Arts for providing us with choice tracks from the original score – which boasts music […]
Like it or not, the gossip blog Juicy Campus is the latest hot topic on campus. Juicy Campus users can anonymously post anything they want about anyone with no repercussions, and students have reacted strongly to the recent launch of its GW edition. They should. GW students should make a decisive effort to undermine the […]
The GW lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community celebrated the grand opening of a new resource center in the Marvin Center Monday as part of National Coming Out Week. The new facility, located on the building’s fourth floor, is designed to provide additional services and support to LGBT students and to foster a larger LGBT […]
Correction appended Tuesday’s Student Association meeting demonstrated, in a nutshell, why students become so frustrated with the SA. Not only did the senate hand out allocations money in a questionable fashion, it also failed to pass Sen. Logan Dobson’s (CCAS-U) transparency bill that would have allowed students to see how the allocations money is used. […]
America is a land built on freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom to get drunk on anything we desire. America is a land of choices: between beer or vodka, peppermint schnapps or airplane bottles of tequila, rubbing alcohol or paint varnish. On Wednesday, the D.C. City Council passed Councilman Jack Evans’ […]
The pillars of indulgent corporate capitalism have collapsed, and the working class has been pinned by the rubble. The fiscal crisis has been slowly developing for nearly a decade and has quickly unraveled within the past month, culminating with the failure of Washington Mutual and the drastic drop of the Dow Jones industrial average. The […]