March 26, 2009

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon’s reading in the Jack Morton Auditorium Monday night included pieces ranging from his thoughts on President Obama’s election to his own son’s circumcision. Chabon appeared as part of the English department’s Literature Live program, which introduces students to prominent Jewish-American authors. Chabon read two of his newest short stories and […]

Burglary 3/11/09 – Tompkins Hall – open case A student employee told University Police Department officers that he left his backpack locked in an office in Tompkins Hall. When he returned the next day he noticed that a camera was missing from the bag. Liquor Law Violation 3/12/09 – 12:22 a.m. – New Hall – […]

French chanteuse Jil Aigrot is tentative to compare herself and Edith Piaf, the legendary singer profiled in the 2007 film “La Vie en Rose.” Still, for some, the comparison seems an inevitable one. Aigrot, who will perform a collection of Piaf’s music at the Lisner Auditorium this Saturday, was featured as the singing voice of […]

Adam “Doseone” Drucker is one of the founders of anticon. Records, a label that specializes in music that falls somewhere between hyper-confessional poetry and avant hip-hop. Over the past 10 years he has produced paintings, spoken word albums, board games, electronic music and rap under a variety of names, including Subtle. At South By Southwest […]

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Commencement ceremony on the National Mall, University officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Widely regarded as one of the most powerful players in the Obama administration, Emanuel is a veteran of the Clinton White House and a former Illinois congressman. As chairman […]

Hatchet reporters Ani Mamourian and Alex Carusillo asked musicians (…and a bouncer) at Austin’s South By Southwest to share their tips for success. Here’s what they offered: Bill Gray of The Mae Shi:“Don’t fuck over the people you love … that’s my only moral. And I still break it. I guess it’s inevitable … all […]

Indie rock band Spoon will headline Program Board’s first-ever Fountain Fling concert event on the Mount Vernon Campus late next month. The Mount Vernon Programming Council announced Wednesday that the band, characterized by its upbeat and slightly electronic sound, will play a full set at the April 25 festival – a combination of the annual […]

Sex, love and money are the focus of shows performed by Generic Theater Company and the 14th Grade Players this weekend. While Generic will focus on the annals of the real estate business with “Glengarry Glen Ross,” 14th Grade Players will present a period comedy, Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw’s “Man and Superman.” “Glengarry Glen […]

For those of you still paying attention, we are hopefully nearing the end of our marathon Student Association election season. In light of former SA presidential candidate Kyle Boyer’s removal from the ballot, The Hatchet’s Editorial Board re-examined the qualifications of the two candidates still eligible for the office, sophomores Nick Polk and Julie Bindelglass. […]

The trial of a former GW counselor facing drug and gun charges this week was peppered with colorful testimony, much of which detailed an extensive history of drug abuse and allegations that he dealt drugs from his apartment adjacent to campus. Lawrence Cannaday, 52, worked as a counselor in the Multicultural Student Services Center from […]