Volume 106, Issue 17
Stories from the October 12, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Correction appended New men’s rowing head coach Mark Davis brings with him an array of job titles built over 16 years in the business: assistant coach at Hobart, head men’s and women’s coach at Colby, assistant women’s coach at Texas, head men’s coach at California-San Diego and freshman heavyweight coach and head recruiter at Yale. […]
David Sedaris, an American author, essayist, and radio contributor, shared excerpts from his new untitled book, past essays, and recent diary entries in Lisner Auditorium last Wednesday night. Sedaris, who has visited GW in October for several years in a row, is currently on tour and Washington is the eighth stop of 33 cities he […]
After a season-opening 21 straight road games over its first month of play, the GW’s men’s water polo team finally got the opportunity to play in its refurbished home in the basement of the Smith Center Thursday. Although the excitement brought out a sizeable crowd, and senior John-Claude Wright tied his career high with six […]
The chairman of the Board of Trustees joined a group of panelists in the Elliott School during this month’s Alumni Weekend to discuss the future of investing and how agriculture may be the way to go. W. Russell Ramsey was the keynote speaker for the third annual Ramsey Student Investment Fund Conference. This year’s topic […]
Men’s soccer drops two To begin A-10 play The GW men’s soccer team was outscored 10-1 over the course of two Atlantic 10 road losses this weekend, falling 6-0 at No. 15/25 Charlotte Friday and 4-1 at Saint Louis Sunday in their first conference competition this fall. With their scoring leader, senior Andy Stadler, sidelined, […]
Clara Richards’ summer nights were filled with tests, projects and homework; she was a typical graduate student working towards a degree. But during the day, Richards went to work – in Argentina. Richards is one of many students from the Political Management and Governability program within the Graduate School of Political Management. The curriculum focuses […]
“What 1993 Oscar-winning actor made his debut in ‘A Bronx Tale’?” Christian Jones, a large, happy man with a goatee, bellows over a crowd of trivia participants on the third floor of Tonic Restaurant on a Monday night. What would normally be a deafening roar of 50 people chatting over drinks and food suddenly becomes […]
A male unaffiliated with GW was taken into custody Friday morning after he allegedly tried to touch several females while they slept in their rooms in Thurston Hall. The male entered five different Thurston residence hall rooms between 4:30 and 5 a.m., and attempted to initiate sexual encounters, according to a Metropolitan Police report of […]
Telemarketing. It often carries a bad connotation, bringing up images of call centers in India that try to sell you a timeshare. But at GW, they don’t call them telemarketers. Instead, callers and connectors are the terms of choice. The University’s Colonial Connection call center contacts alumni, parents and friends of the University to update […]
Monday Fall Film Series: ‘The Hangover’ Watch one of this summer’s most popular comedies, ‘The Hangover.’ A GWorld gets you and a friend in. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom | 8 to 10 p.m. ‘Coming Out Week’ features veteran as keynote speaker Lt. Dan Choi, an army combat veteran of the Iraq war, will speak about […]