Volume 105, Issue 45
Stories from the March 2, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Program Board announced Sunday that the Spring Fling and Fountain Day concerts will be combined this year to form “Fountain Fling,” an all-day event on the Mount Vernon campus on April 25. PB said the event was moved to the Mount Vernon campus after they learned that the Smith Center would not be available as […]
The future of the United States’ relationship with Russia is uncertain, said Elliott School of International Affairs professor Hope Harrison, who recently returned from a trip to the country. Harrison traveled to Berlin and Moscow last month on a five-day “Senior Study Tour” to discuss the current state of American and German relations with Russia. […]
Students from conservative organizations on campus joined nearly 9,000 fellow conservatives and Republicans – who showed fresh energy after last year’s electoral defeats – in D.C. over the weekend for CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. The four-day long event, which featured some of the biggest names in conservative politics and punditry, drew participants […]
Students got more than a typical J Street dinner last Wednesday night. Lucky Dub, a Bob Marley tribute group, filled Columbian Square with music and poetry, bringing the Black Heritage Celebration to a close with the help of several student music groups. The audience, some of which came straight from Ash Wednesday services, danced and […]
After overcoming the potential awkwardness of a blind date at Bangkok Joe’s in Georgetown Thursday night, sophomore Stephanie Mayer and first-year graduate student Adam Hughes attempted to convert Adam’s knowledge of physics into a mutual understanding of another science: chemistry. The laws of attraction may bring these two together again. Stephanie Mayer Year: Sophomore Age: […]
The University announced last week that it has enrolled in the government-sponsored Yellow Ribbon Program as part of a greater effort to provide assistance to veterans on campus. A product of the new GI Bill passed last year, the Yellow Ribbon Program is a voluntary agreement in which the U.S. Veterans Administration will match any […]
Academy Award-nominated director Robert Bilheimer spoke about the importance of addressing human rights across the globe and the impact of new technology in documentary filmmaking Wednesday night in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Bilheimer, director of documentaries The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out, A Closer Walk and Not My Life, discussed […]
Overachieve (verb): to achieve success over and above the standard or expected level. During Karl Hobbs’ nine years as head men’s basketball coach, that word has become synonymous with what has been dubbed “Hobbs-speak,” a set of words and phrases the coach resorts to during every interview. During the team’s 2005-2006, Hobbs said the team […]
Shouts of “Stop the hate!” could be heard blocks away as nearly 60 students made their way from Kogan Plaza to the White House to protest the military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy on Saturday. Allied in Pride organized the protest after freshman Todd Belok was dismissed from GW’s NROTC last semester for kissing another […]
With senior day festivities in full swing and a shot at the second seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 tournament up for grabs, there was plenty for the GW women’s basketball team to celebrate before its regular season finale. After a 59-49 loss to Temple in front of a larger than usual Smith Center crowd, […]