Volume 105, Issue 44
Stories from the February 26, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Is our generation of smart, young, ambitious students really going to settle with what the Obama administration is doing to the economy? Within five short years, we are going to be the ones entering the workplace, earning salaries, seeking careers, taking loans, paying taxes and finding jobs. It’s no secret that our economy is in […]
How does one go about directing a play with no constructed characters or set? For junior Vanessa FitzGerald, meeting this challenge meant the opportunity to present “4.48 Psychosis” to the University theater community. “I had never thought about directing before, but this play was something that just hit my heart so much I had too,” […]
One of history’s most controversial debates came to the Marvin Center Monday night. Turkkaya Ataov, a professor at Ankara University in Turkey who is internationally recognized for his vehement denials that the 1915 massacre of Armenians was a genocide, presented a lecture entitled, “How to Come to Terms with One’s Past: Searching the Truth Behind […]
Funny man turned author Eugene Mirman, who plays Eugene on “Flight of the Conchords,” will be at Barnes and Noble in Georgetown Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. promoting his newly released advice book, “The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life.” Mirman sent two jokes our way. The first: People think that children […]
Voting for Student Association elections began at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, but some candidates were out hours beforehand, handing out palm cards and free food to lure supporters. Though many candidates hung around Kogan Plaza all day spreading the word about their campaign, the tone of the day was quieter than the pomp and circumstance […]
If you have $5:It’s that time of the month. Hit the Black Cat this Saturday, Feb. 28 at 9:30 p.m. for “Bliss,” the dance party brainchild of area DJ and GW alumnus Will Eastman. Tickets are $7. If you have $10:Johnny Cash gave his legendary performance at California’s own Folsom Prison in 1968. Channel the […]
An article published in the Washington Post Monday asserted that the School of Medicine and Health Sciences has downplayed the severity of the problems leading to its recent academic probation. The SMHS, which was placed on a two-year probation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in October, has repeatedly declined to make their probation […]
I hope, I truly hope and pray, that your SA endorsement’s claim that your editorial board spent 10 hours questioning potential candidates for the SA is a gross exaggeration. How could you? And more importantly why would you spend 10 hours of your time speaking with equally misguided candidates for an ineffective and unnecessary student […]
GW’s 92-88 overtime win went a long way to keeping their postseason dreams afloat, but a lot has to happen before anyone can start making reservations for Atlantic City. The come-from-behind, grind-it-out victory was a lesson in the rewards of resilience that will serve them well should they stray from their oft-stated mission to take […]
District voters will soon have a vote in Congress, a top D.C. official told members of the local Foggy Bottom Association on Tuesday evening. “A little piece of justice came to the District today,” D.C. City Council Chairman Vincent Gray told audience members at the FBA’s monthly meeting, referring to the U.S. Senate’s consideration of […]