Volume 105, Issue 18
Stories from the October 16, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
As The Hatchet’s own poll this week made abundantly clear, GW is a liberal campus. However, conservatives everywhere at GW know that the College Republicans have been leading the fight this year to make our stance on the issues known, even to none-too-friendly liberal ears. Last week, our organization held a phenomenally successful – even […]
Web Extra The University pulled out all the stops for its most generous donors at the second annual President’s Ball held at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Wednesday night. The Ball attracted about 300 donors, all of whom donated at least $1,000 to the University in the past year. School of Media and Public Affairs […]
On Jan. 27, 1992, Octavia thought about putting an end to her life. At 23 years old, her mother had been stabbed repeatedly by her second husband and placed on life support. Octavia was forced to drop out of college, take care of two younger siblings, pay the mortgage and make a living. Nearly two […]
Welcome, GW parents. By now, your child’s room has been frantically cleaned, with racy posters and beer cans shoved behind the dirty clothes hamper in the back of the closet. They have put on their cleanest clothes and met you with a big hug. But it’s a different hug than the ones you’ve received before. […]
Friday, Oct. 17 An academic accreditation organization has put GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences on probation for failing to meet several regulations, university officials announced Wednesday. After an accreditation review, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education said the school had problems in several areas, “including curriculum management, lounge and study space for students, […]
Multiple basketball recruiting Web sites reported Wednesday that the GW men’s basketball team has landed its first verbal commitment for the 2009-10 season. Kinley Branch, a senior at Stone Mountain High School in Stone Mountain, Ga., has committed to play for the Colonials next year, according to rivals.com and scout.com. ESPN’s basketball recruiting and a […]
If you have $5 Catch campus a capella groups perform A Capella-Palooza this Saturday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on 23rd Street. Tickets are $5; proceeds will benefit the Ngabolo Primary School. If you have $10 Cart your parents over to the Marvin Center Betts Theater for the New Plays […]
Vice President Dick Cheney was treated for an abnormal rhythm in the upper chambers of his heart, called an atrial fibrillation, at the GW Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. White House doctors discovered the atrial fibrillation when Cheney met with them on Wednesday morning. As a result, he cancelled a fundraising appearance for Republican congressional candidate […]
A senior administrator wrote a letter to Faculty Senate members last week outlining an admissions strategy altered by recent turmoil in the financial and credit markets. The letter emphasized providing more financial aid to continuing students rather than allocating funds to attract new “elite” freshmen. Robert Chernak, senior vice president of Student and Academic Support […]
Oasis Dig Out Your Soul (Reprise) Memo to all rock critics: It is OK to compare Oasis’ sound to the Beatles now. Doesn’t it feel so good to be able to say that and be right, after 15 years of being wrong but saying it anyway? All it took was Ringo’s son playing drums, I […]