Volume 106, Issue 11
Stories from the September 21, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Even as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced last week that the recession is likely over, University officials said they recognize that many GW families are not yet out of hot water. Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz said the largest impact of the recession at GW has been on the financial stability […]
Hysterics have never been alien to American politics. Between the temperance movement, student protests in the 1960s, doubts of President Bush’s legitimacy, and the present paranoia, there have always been in our public discourse those who have abandoned the politics of prudence to engage in ideological shouting matches. We emphatically reject the accusation that GW’s […]
GW plans to convert part of the GWorld office on the Marvin Center’s fifth floor into student space, Marvin Center officials said last week. The office, currently located next to the Hippodrome, will move to the first floor where the FedEx Kinkos store used to be. The company’s contract with the University expired on July […]
Don’t listen to what the pundits say about our generation; as a college student, you should be the first in line to oppose President Obama’s health care plan. On the surface, it may seem like the Democrats’ plan will be a boon for our generation. Cheap insurance? Good benefits? We should be clamoring for it! […]
A deficit of student debt coverage As I picked up a copy of The Hatchet last Monday, I was struck by the page one article on the high amount of debt carried by GW students. Thinking that this is a big and important story, I flipped back to the opinions section to see what was […]
Finding a job after graduation may prove to be difficult for the class of 2010, but the GW Career Center is launching new initiatives to help seniors navigate the tight market. About 7 percent fewer seniors will receive jobs than did the class of 2009, according to a report published by the National Association of […]
Correction appended Speaking before a packed room in the Elliott School Thursday night, a recent alumnus tried to answer why a historically peaceful nation like Rwanda erupted into violence in 1994, leaving an estimated half a million to a million people dead. Omar McDoom, who received his master’s degree from the Elliott School of International […]
School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean David Dolling wants 100 percent of his engineering students to go abroad. Historically, only five or six SEAS students per class study abroad during their four years at GW, but Dolling said in an interview last week he wants that to change. To encourage SEAS students to take […]