Volume 106, Issue 15
Stories from the October 5, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Celebrating the school’s 125th anniversary Thursday afternoon, the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science said construction of the proposed Science and Engineering Complex is essential to the program’s continued success. Nearly 100 students and faculty members gathered on the lawn of Tompkins Hall to eat cake and ice cream, participate in trivia […]
A student employee of the Graduate School of Political Management launched a Web site this month that aims to provide resources for aspiring politicos under 30 years old. Bryce Cullinane, who works in the GSPM’s admissions and marketing department, launched PoliticsUnder30.org on Sept. 15 after a year of development. The site is currently run by […]
Clad in blue T-shirts and carrying handcrafted posters, about 100 students rallied in front of the White House South Lawn on Friday to show support for the public health care option. The group, organized by the College Democrats, boasted representatives from GW, Georgetown, Catholic and the D.C. Federation of College Democrats. The group of students […]
Men’s soccer wins again The GW men’s soccer team continued its winning ways on the road this weekend, defeating Rider 3-0 on their own turf Sunday to register their third consecutive victory and second straight shutout. Senior Nikolay Aleksandrov, a defender, opened the scoring in the 10th minute with his second career goal from 35 […]
University Yard traded in its usual crowd of twenty-something college kids for about 200 parents, children and business owners during Alumni Weekend’s first annual Taste of GW and Family Carnival on Saturday. The event hosted nine vendors from local D.C. restaurants owned or operated by GW alumni and regular student spots like Tonic and Wasabi […]
When seniors Liz Edwards and Dan Fielden met four years ago in an Introduction to Logic class, they never thought their fate would be intertwined. They were officially proven wrong two weeks ago, when Fielden popped the question in a paddleboat on the Tidal Basin. For the smitten couple, marriage seemed the most logical thing […]
Students and faculty members joined more than 6,700 people in the 23rd annual AIDS Walk Washington early Saturday morning. The event, which started at Freedom Plaza at 13th and K streets, shut down K Street as participants walked towards the U.S. Capitol to raise funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS, which studies have shown affects one […]
Weather has a huge impact on how we dress for the day. You certainly don’t want to put on your brand new studded flats or buttery soft leather jacket when there’s an 80 percent chance of rain. We all want to look and feel fabulous, but sometimes the elements prevent us from being fashion trendy. […]
With more than a month remaining before this season’s opening tip, GW men’s basketball head coach Karl Hobbs wasted no time introducing his team to its fans with Thursday’s Colonials Run, a three-kilometer jog around the reflecting pool that gave fans a chance to run alongside the Colonials. A total of 127 students, staff and […]
We are all going to die. Slowly. Painfully. Unless, of course, we use some of that conveniently placed “Fight the Flu” hand-sanitizer in the lobby of the buildings on campus. Perhaps I am the only one, but has anyone else grown incredibly weary of GW’s anti-swine flu campaign? One has to wonder what kinds of […]