Volume 105, Issue 47
Stories from the March 9, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Web Extra With Spring Break around the corner, students are attempting serious dieting to whip their bodies back into shape. But beware, diets can only go so far before they become dangerous. Many try popular diets like WeightWatchers and The Zone to lose weight. Those diets count calories, limiting participants to 1000 to1400 calories a […]
The independent body that oversees Student Association elections voted unanimously early Thursday to remove presidential candidate Kyle Boyer from the runoff election.
When the sun rose Saturday morning, the men’s basketball team still had a chance at qualifying for this week’s Atlantic 10 tournament, salvaging their season and preventing embarrassment for a second straight year. But by the time the referee tossed the ball in the air to start the Colonials’ season finale Temple, that hope was […]
First lady Michelle Obama stopped by Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen located just off campus at 24th and G streets, to serve hot meals to homeless men and women Thursday afternoon. The first lady doled out risotto, steamed broccoli, fresh biscuits, muffins and fruit salad Thursday afternoon, said Sara Gibson, director of development at Miriam’s […]
It’s been a disappointing season for many fans of the men’s basketball team. But for members of the Colonial Army, the team’s largest fan group, it’s also been a ripoff. More than 100 students paid $15 for membership in the organization this fall – a fee that usually pays for barbecues, T-shirts and other events. […]
The University has saved an average of 10 to 20 percent on construction costs this year because of falling energy and material costs, as well as a quiet construction market. In recent years, the cost of petroleum-based building materials – including energy, steel and cement – rose as the thriving construction market was busy with […]
It might have been 60 years since they were in high school, but the residents of St. Mary’s Court didn’t show their age Friday night as they danced at the 10th annual Senior Prom. Lined with pink and silver balloons, the community center at St. Mary’s Court was filled with members of Greek-letter life, who […]
When the GW Alumni Association offered journalism professor Janet Steele the opportunity to forgo D.C.’s frigid February weather to accompany a group of GW alumni on a seven-day cruise through Southeast Asia, it didn’t take long for her to say yes. The excursion was one of several short-term travel programs that the Alumni Association offers […]
Monday Symposium on the Humanities in a Civil Society Join a panel of scholars in a discussion about the significance of studying the humanities. Guest speakers include David Souter, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and University President Steven Knapp. 5 p.m. Jack Morton Auditorium Conversational Hebrew for Beginners Learn Hebrew for free […]
Year in and year out, we get some sort of campus racial “controversy” or a prominent feature in The Hatchet lamenting the disarray of race relations at GW. Our new attorney general Eric Holder said that we Americans are too “cowardly” to have a conversation about race in this country. He’s clearly never been to […]