Volume 106, Issue 24
Stories from the November 5, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Members of the GW community gathered Monday night at a local church to share their stories and emotions about the day the Berlin Wall fell, 20 years after the historic event. The event – held at The United Church, or Die Vereinigte Kirche, a German church on the border of GW’s campus – commenced a […]
Web Exclusive Professor Richard Skolnik spoke to over 80 students about his passion for his career in global health in a lecture called “Completing the Unfinished Agenda” on Tuesday evening. The “unfinished agenda” includes preventing issues regarding civil conflicts, Skolnick said. “The oppression of women in many countries is beyond imagination. There are appalling problems […]
Upcoming Games Men’s basketball vs. West Georgia (exhibition), Smith Center, Saturday, 1 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Rhode Island, Mount Vernon Athletic Complex, Friday, 2 p.m. vs. Massachusetts, Mount Vernon Athletic Complex, Sunday, 1 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Duquesne, Smith Center, Friday, 7 p.m. vs. Charlotte, Smith Center, Sunday, 1 p.m. Men’s squash vs. Georgetown, Friday, […]
Web Exclusive Finally! GW has actually been ranked No. 1 in something – the size of our former president’s compensation. Checking in at whopping $3.7 million, our ex-president (and current faculty member) Stephen Joel Trachtenberg raked in more than twice as much as the nation’s next highest-paid former University administrator in 2007-2008, according to the […]
Members of the Greek-letter community gathered in the Marvin Center Monday night to ask pointed questions to leaders of University departments about student rights and responsibilities. Students at the event addressed panelists from the Center for Alcohol and Drug Education, Student Judicial Services and the University Police Department, among others. Attendees were candid about a […]
The Graduate School of Educational and Human Development held a panel discussion Tuesday evening at the School Without Walls in an attempt to reassert itself against popular competitors like Teach for America. A panel of GSEHD professors and administrators emphasized the value of the school’s traditionally structured education programs at the event, which was designed […]
Get to know a couple of GW’s student athletes a little better. Mike Holland Senior, Soccer Hometown: Reston, Va. Major: Chemistry Favorite TV Show: 30 Rock Favorite Ice Cream: Oreo McFlurry Hidden Talent or Hobby: Mountain Biking Leah Hill Junior, Volleyball Hometown: Ontario, N.Y. Major: Psychology Favorite TV Show: Amazing Wedding Cakes Favorite Ice Cream: […]
The recent alleged anti-gay assaults of two Georgetown University students has stirred both the Georgetown and GW LGBTQ communities and raised questions over whether gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender students are safe. Around 200 people attended a vigil in support of the victims on Monday night in Georgetown’s Red Square, and students had gathered there […]
The University was 60 students away from exceeding the city-imposed enrollment cap for the Foggy Bottom campus this semester, likely reflecting increased interest in the University, but posing a problem for GW’s future growth. With the level of students close to reaching the full-time student cap, the University is looking for ways to decrease the […]
Foggy Bottom residents are hungry – for a place to buy groceries. Community members expressed their desire for a new supermarket and other retail options, like casual restaurants and nail salons, as part of a community poll held online over the summer. The results of the consumer-retail survey were explained at a community meeting Tuesday. […]