Volume 105, Issue 40
Stories from the February 12, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
More needs to be done to close the achievement gap in the United States, a former Bush administration U.S. secretary of education said during a presentation at the Marvin Center Tuesday night. About 40 students gathered to listen to Rod Paige, Allen Sessoms, president of the University of the District of Columbia, and James Bryant, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Valentine’s Day was not exactly sweet for the GW men’s basketball team this year, getting no love from a rowdy homecoming weekend crowd at Charlotte in a 69-51 blowout loss to the 49ers. The game escaped the Colonials’ (7-15, 1-9 Atlantic 10) grasp quickly, as the 49ers took off on an early […]
Recently, President Obama announced that the government will mandate that officials working for companies receiving government aid cannot make more than $500,000 a year. Along those same lines, Washington State University President Elson Floyd just took a $100,000 pay cut in response to the current economic situation. University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann gave back […]
Valentine’s Day is upon us once again, and as people scramble to make dinner reservations or find a way to get that teddy bear delivered just in time, all this lovey-dovey stuff makes me wonder, is love really necessary? Do we really need Valentine’s Day? “Valentine’s Day has no meaning. It’s just another excuse to […]
We’ve all heard the adage, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?” Well, the old system of dating was a long, confusing barnyard transaction. The New York Times recently ran an op-ed piece decrying the death of dating and the prevalence of “hooking up,” or a sexual relationship between two […]
Romantic Mark and Orlando’s – 2020 P St. N.W. – American // 202-223-8463 This little-known Dupont Circle restaurant has a small menu, but quality trumps quantity. Mark and Orlando’s has two levels. The top floor is an intimate, homey space, where an appetizer and entrée can combine to less than $20. The bottom tier is […]
Every year, the Black Student Union, along with other black organizations on campus, celebrates the past and the present with the annual Black Heritage Celebration. This is a time when we can truly reflect on the progress those of African descent have made throughout the world. In commemoration of what we have achieved, the BSU […]
Sports add to educational experience I would like to dissent strongly from Niketa Brar’s column suggesting that GW de-emphasize its commitment to building dorms and sports (“Time out for GW sports and dorms,” Feb. 9, p. 4). Intercollegiate athletics offers more than simply a way for a campus to come together. Varsity sports are GW’s […]
The Student Association found itself in a complicated legislative battle this week after a bill regarding candidate registration requirements was passed by the senate and vetoed by SA President Vishal Aswani – spurring a sequence of events that could potentially delay the upcoming elections. The body voted to overturn Aswani’s veto of a bill to […]