Volume 105, Issue 22
Stories from the October 30, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Board of Trustees Chairman Russell Ramsey told an audience of 200 people at the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Monday night to refrain from watching CNBC during the financial crisis because “it’s the People magazine of the financial markets.” Ramsey, a co-founder of Friedman Billings Ramsey Group who now runs a private investment firm, was joined […]
Focus on service, not résumés As a senior at GW, it disappoints me to once again see my school only concentrate on teaching us the corporate ladder and how to climb as quick as possible (“How to get a job in this economy,” Oct. 27, p. 4). Over four years here, I have rarely seen […]
In “Gelman Library receives FBI files on columnist Jack Anderson” (Oct. 27, p. 2), The Hatchet misstated the recipient of the files. The files were originally given to the Associated Press, and they will be moved to Gelman Library this month.
Josh Wolf/Hatchet photographer Anthony Salvanto, survey manager for CBS News, speaks alongside panelist Sara Hebel, a Chronicle of Higher Education editor, about a poll of youth voters.
Three prep school basketball players have verbally committed to play for the GW men’s basketball team next year, sources said. Daymon Warren, David Pellom and Dwayne Smith have pledged to play in Foggy Bottom next season, their coaches confirmed this week. Their commitments bring GW’s total number of pledged recruits for next year to four, […]
Theft 10/19/08 – 9 p.m. – off campus – case closed A male affiliated with the University returned to his vehicle parked off-campus when he saw two suspects emerging from his car. The individual chased the suspects for two blocks and caught one. He waited for Metropolitan Police Department officers to detain the suspect. A […]
Thursday Bingo Night Try your luck at bingo for a chance to win prizes from the bookstore, Tonic and Apple. 7 p.m. Health and Welnees Center, 4th Floor Friday Trick or Treat at the Knapps Stop by University President Steven Knapp’s house for delicious Halloween treats. 6 p.m. 1925 F St., N.W. First Annual Jack […]
The gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com is here to stay and should remain uncensored, creator Matt Ivester said during a lecture at Georgetown Tuesday night. In a tense auditorium filled with Georgetown students, Ivester answered student questions for the first time, responding to the school’s student government leaders who called on administrators to ban Juicy Campus […]
For the GW men’s soccer team, it’s getting down to the wire. After enduring a grueling schedule that saw them play 11 of their first 14 games on the road, the Colonials must travel one last time with more at stake than ever. Richmond, their opponent on Saturday, is a team on the rise. After […]
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, discussed the necessary ingredients of a successful health care plan at Ross Hall Monday evening, but she remained mum about her husband’s scandal. The noted health care advocate, who has battled breast cancer and endured the fallout from her husband’s admitted affair, looked ahead to […]