Volume 105, Issue 35
Stories from the January 26, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
On Sundays, Laura would sit to my left at the Life desk at The Hatchet. She would typically be in jeans and ballet flats and be wearing shiny blue nail polish and pink lip gloss. Laura was in charge of “This Week in GW History.” She would leaf through old bound editions of The Hatchet […]
Inaugural float a waste of resources If there was one good thing to be said about our inaugural parade float, it would be that it provided our school with one of the strongest uniting forces this campus has experienced in recent memory: We are all united in agreement over its complete and total repulsiveness. But, […]
SEOUL, Korea Most nights I go to dinner with other students and professors at places that specialize in violently spicy seafood soup, slabs of grilled bacon or red pepper chicken and glass noodles. Seoul has an incredible number of restaurants and it is normal for people to eat out almost every night, especially students, because […]
Four days after the sudden death of sophomore Laura Treanor, the causes of her passing remain largely a mystery to her friends and family. Even as the details of that night emerge, few help explain why the 19-year-old never woke up Friday morning. Laura Treanor, 1989-2009 Friends remember Treanor at memorial service, Catholic Mass Cause […]
There was a lot going on in Sunday’s men’s basketball game against Rhode Island: two overtimes, 141 shots, 183 points, 10 double-digit scorers, 12 ties, a dozen more lead changes, clutch free throws, timely three-pointers and countless opportunities to win. In the end these factors added up to a 94-89 score and, most importantly, GW’s […]
Evelyn “Betty” Elliott, wife of University President Emeritus Lloyd Elliott, passed away Thursday. She was 91. Lloyd Elliott served as president of the University from 1965 to 1988. Elliott School of International Affairs Dean Michael Brown said Evelyn Elliott was proud that the school was named after her family, and said she was involved in […]
There was a day not so long ago when GW men’s basketball team could count on a series of lucky breaks and fortuitous bounces to propel them to victories in a close game. Those days are no longer, but despite surface appearances, all is not lost with this current Colonials team. When discussing a team […]
Extensive renovations are underway at the School Without Walls on G Street, and school officials hope the multi-million dollar project will modernize the visibly aging 125-year-old building to provide much-needed resources for academics. Construction on the building, located adjacent to the new GW residence hall on F Street, began this fall and is on schedule […]
Why did you decide to go to college? Sure, you may claim it was to expand your horizons, to make lifelong friends, to learn to live on your own and so on. But beyond these surface reasons, I think most students – and practically all parents – will agree that the main motivation is to […]
A townhouse on H Street may soon get a seven-story addition because of a zoning map amendment approved by the D.C. Zoning Commission this month. The building, near Au Bon Pain at 2013 H St., has been redistricted and is now considered to be within a business zone, rather than a residential one. The Health […]