Volume 105, Issue 24
Stories from the November 6, 2008 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
About 30 people waited in line for the Washington Post special edition this Wednesday at the E Street CVS Pharmacy, one of six retailers selling the commemorative election paper. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage The edition, which cost $1.50, was sold at 7-Eleven, CVS, Giant, Harris Teeter, Safeway and Shoppers […]
Saturday, November 8 The GW men’s basketball team hit the floor for the first time this season today, and once they hit it they didn’t stop, cruising to a 101-71 victory over West Georgia in an exhibition game at Smith Center. Junior Damian Hollis led all scorers with 18 points, connecting on four of five […]
It was a somber ending to a spirited evening at the Republican National Committee’s election night event at the Capital Hilton on Tuesday. Supporters of Sen. John McCain at the RNC fell silent near 11 p.m. as they watched months of hard work disappear when Barack Obama was projected to be the country’s next president. […]
An offer has been placed on the former home of former University president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg after more than a year on the market for $4 million, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz said. University officials have said the profits from the Bancroft Avenue house will fund the multi-million dollar renovations to the F […]
President-elect Barack Obama won a decisive victory among a mock electorate of international students who tested a new voting system that uses invisible ink at the University Tuesday. One hundred and eighty-seven people voted in the election, in which only foreign-born students were allowed to participate. Of those students, 149 voted for Obama, 26 cast […]
Never was GW’s proximity to the White House more evident than at the moment hundreds of students left Kogan Plaza and sprinted down Pennsylvania Avenue to President-elect Barack Obama’s future home. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage Chanting “Yes we did!” “USA!” and “O-ba-ma!” they swarmed the gates with unrestrained energy […]
In Monday’s Campus Calendar (Nov. 3, p. 2), The Hatchet erroneously reported that “Real conversations: The people’s choice analyzing America’s election selection” was on Nov. 3. The event will be held on Nov. 10.
Thursday The Skin of Our Teeth Watch the Forbidden Planet’s Production of a show about a family and the disasters they must face. Tickets are $5 at the door. 8 p.m. Lisner Downstage Casino Royale Charity Benefit Play poker and other casino games with your peers for charity and the chance to win an iPod […]
The last games of the GW women’s soccer team’s season went much the way the entire year had: with good effort, good teamwork, quality goals scored and a couple weak ones allowed. The end result: one win and one loss to finish a season in which GW just did not seem to have luck on […]
You’ll have to forgive head women’s basketball coach Mike Bozeman for not being too upset about his team’s 71-66 exhibition game loss to the DT-3 All-Stars. With seven new players – including six freshmen – it came as no surprise to the first-year coach that the team’s play looked disjointed at times. Graduate Kim Beck, […]