November 6, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. – Hours before President-elect Barack Obama won Virginia by a slim margin, members of the College Democrats and College Republicans made their last push in the battleground state – fighting for votes one resident at a time. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage Virginia, a commonwealth which last voted […]

If you have $5: Get ethereal with Forbidden Planet Productions for their performance of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Lisner Downstage. Tickets are $5. If you have $10: Check the Black Cat this Wednesday, Nov. 12 for DJ and tropical punk courtesy […]

The cheers of the College Democrats swelled after CNN called states for Barack Obama in the Marvin Center on Tuesday night, coming to a thundering crescendo when the Illinois senator was declared the next president of the United States. The applause echoed limply in the adjourning ballroom, where the College Republicans watched quietly as the […]

TYSONS CORNER, Va. – Former Virginia governor and GW graduate Mark Warner easily won a Virginia U.S. Senate seat Tuesday night. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage Warner garnered more than 60 percent of the vote in the election, defeating Republican opponent and former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore. “I am proud […]

This election timeline is a recap of the events at GW and around D.C. leading up to Tuesday’s historic announcement. The briefs are taken from our continuous blog coverage. Click for PDF (672kb)

Forty years after U Street was torn apart by riots in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., D.C.’s historically black neighborhood broke out into emotional and dramatic celebration when Barack Obama was announced as the country’s first black president Tuesday night. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage A […]

While local D.C. politicians greeted voters outside the polls in Foggy Bottom Tuesday morning, GW junior John “Jack” Coleman was right beside them, not as a supporter but as a candidate. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage Coleman campaigned as a write-in candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A06 commissioner. Yet he […]

All of the nearly 4,000 tickets for GW’s Inaugural Ball sold out on Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after they were made available for purchase. Visit the Newsroom for <strongThe Hatchet’s Continuous Election Night Coverage University spokeswoman Tracy Schario said GW will maintain a wait list, but she said the 4,000 tickets sold represent […]

An important factor in understanding the recent economic downfall is comprehending the difference between public perception of the economic crisis with its reality, a business reporter of The New York Times said at the Elliott School on Wednesday. Diana B. Henriques, a senior writer at The New York Times and a GW alumna, tried to […]