Volume 105, Issue 34
Stories from the January 22, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Amid the two million people crowded on the National Mall to watch President Barack Obama’s inaugural address, I promise that there was at least one Republican there. I’ll spare you the melodramatics and I won’t launch into some somber soliloquy of reflection and history. It truly was an incredible moment for me, though not because […]
One would be hard pressed to find more appealing entertainment for Democrats under the age of 35 than Barack Obama and Kanye West. At the Youth Ball held at the Washington Hilton Tuesday night, both the new president and the rap star made appearances before an adoring crowd. “It’s a pretty tough act to beat,” […]
It has come to my attention that Student Association Executive Vice President Kyle Boyer, with the approval of several senators, is considering a major initiative to reduce the library fee from $50 to $25 dollars and to transform that fee from an opt-out donation to a mandatory fee added to each student’s tuition bill. The […]
He was talking to us. He was talking to the senior contemplating a career in the Foreign Service and the freshman wondering if he has what it takes to become a teacher in a low-income neighborhood. He was talking to the sophomore who volunteered at a homeless shelter in the midst of tough times. He […]
As the country celebrates the inauguration of its first black president, the first black president of GW’s Student Association, who held office in the early ’90s, is making accomplishments of his own. Kyle Farmbry, now a professor at Rutgers University, will soon publish a book titled “Administration and the Other: Exploration of Diversity and Marginalization […]
Our library fee system is in definite need of a change in almost any form. The current format, an opt-out “voluntary” donation of $50, is far and away the most dishonest way that we could fund our library. And any alternative, including recently proposed $25 mandatory fee, is a good one. The opt-out system is […]
Having begun as a GW student organization, the Global Language Network has now become a nationally recognized organization, with ambitions to extend its reach globally. Founded by alumnus Andrew Brown during the fall of his senior year in 2005, the Global Language Network offers free language classes in up to 55 different languages. In August, […]
Millions flocked to D.C. this week, took in the revelry and left with memories to last a lifetime. Don’t count the Villanova Wildcats among them. Unable to get a hotel amid the mass migration to the capital, the team had to drive to GW the afternoon of the game. Only a few hours later, the […]
The GW women’s basketball team ended its final nonconference game on a high note, but Wednesday’s narrow win against Villanova highlighted adjustments that must be made in order for the team to excel in Atlantic 10 play. Outscored in the second half, the Colonials held on to a seven-point lead to win 67-60, despite a […]
To make the hunt for cheap textbooks easier, the Student Association announced last week they will partner with BrunoBooks.com, a Web site that compiles and compares textbook prices from the GW bookstore with various Internet booksellers. While legal issues raised by the University stalled the project’s progress in December, it was launched in time for […]