Volume 106, Issue 22
Stories from the October 29, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A University environmental challenge has saved more than 300,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and more than 2.6 million gallons of water since the beginning of the year, according to data released earlier this month. Between Sept. 1 and Oct. 16, students living in University-owned housing used 6.6 percent less electricity and 9.6 percent less water […]
Web Exclusive Your college degree ain’t worth what it used to be. Gone are the days when a college degree represented the gold standard of education – and students are looking desperately for ways to distinguish themselves. At the same time, students have developed a perception that modern careers require a diverse skill set. The […]
A woman arrested for breaking into an Ivory Tower residence hall room in August has been missing for more than a month and a warrant is still out for her arrest, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Shunita Ellerbe, a 29-year-old Southwest D.C. resident, arrived to court Sept. 15 for her status hearing. […]
Web Exclusive President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday that would extend hate crime protection to victims of bodily harm based on their actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act was created after two separate bills extending hate crime protection were introduced in both the House and […]
Estelle Gelman, a former GW Board of Trustees member and the philanthropist behind Gelman Library’s renaming, died Friday at her home in D.C. Gelman, 83, was born Feb. 25, 1926. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the Mount Vernon College and served on the GW Board of Trustees for 11 years. In 1980, […]
Web Exclusive In the midst of the recent financial crisis, the GW School of Business has added a new course to its curriculum aimed at increasing financial literacy among college students. The course, entitled “Personal Finance,” will be offered to juniors and seniors from any major and will cover topics such as taxes, investment and […]
Swine flu has hit colleges and universities hard across the country, and the virus may make students think twice before participating in a beloved pastime – drinking games. Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a university in upstate New York, were recently advised by the head of the school’s student health center to refrain from playing […]
Web Exclusive Registration for spring classes begins in only a few weeks and the Student Association has launched a GW page on an upstart class-ranking Web site to make the schedule of classes easier to navigate. GW’s presence on the Web site CourseRank.com was launched last week and aims to help students find information on […]
Assault 10/23/09 – Property on campus – 10:06 a.m. – Case closed University Police Department officers responded to a report of an argument between a pedestrian and a driver over who had the right of way. When UPD officers arrived, MPD had already separated the two men. No further action Disorderly conduct 10/25/09 – International […]
Web Exclusive Four groundbreaking female journalists were honored for their courageous coverage of often-dangerous international stories Monday at a panel discussion led by award-winning journalist Marvin Kalb at the National Press Club. The awards, part of “An Evening Honoring Courage in Journalism,” went to three foreign female journalists, Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnés Tailé of […]