Volume 106, Issue 5
Stories from the August 31, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Monday Student Performance Showcase Watch students sing, dance and act at this Welcome Week Event. Betts Theatre | 8 p.m. Tuesday Student Organization and Services Fair Enjoy free food while learning about the various clubs and activities around campus. University Yard | 7 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday Free Coffee and Condoms The Student Health […]
The University has received 11 percent more applications for financial aid compared to last year and the total percent of students receiving aid from GW has risen to 64 percent, the University’s top financial aid officer said last week. Daniel Small, executive director of the Office of Financial Assistance, said his office worked closely with […]
The University has saved $10 million from construction costs at Pelham Hall and will use part of the money to transform Ames Hall into an academic building, administrators said last week. The project – currently in the planning stages – is slated to begin in the fall of 2010 and will be the first project […]
A new eTextBooks program offered by the GW Bookstore lets students buy a digital version of a limited number of textbooks and save an average of 40 percent over the hard copies, GW Bookstore manager Bob Blake said last week. Through the program – which began this semester for about 100 textbooks – a student […]
In the months leading up to my freshman year at GW, I experienced something of an identity crisis. The crisis, though, wasn’t with my identity – it was with the identity that I was encouraged to create. I was an 18-year-old diehard sports fan who enjoyed sarcasm, politics, Will Ferrell movies and Mexican food. The […]
University President Steven Knapp urged freshmen to participate in public service and take advantage of GW’s extensive alumni network and accomplished faculty at Freshman Convocation Sunday afternoon in the Smith Center. A majority of the more than 2,500 freshmen attended the event, which was followed by a barbecue in University yard. “No matter what you […]
Some GW landmarks are such an integral part of student life that it can seem like they have been on campus forever. Cone E. Island, the go-to, “only at GW” ice cream parlor, celebrates 25 years on GW’s campus this November. While GW’s campus has seen a lot of additions over the years, Cone E. […]
Less than a month after the Princeton Review ranked GW the most politically active school in the country, two student-led publications are looking to foster political debate on campus – albeit on different sides of the fence. The Blue Line and The Colonial Review are new liberal and conservative outlets, respectively. The Colonial Review, the […]
A top national environmental organization no longer considers GW as one of the least eco-friendly schools in the nation, according to the group’s annual rankings, which were released last week. GW climbed to the 81st spot – out of 135 schools ranked – after being named one of the five least sustainable schools in the […]