Volume 106, Issue 29
Stories from the November 23, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The author of the controversial amendment to the House of Representatives-approved health care bill is rejecting the findings of a Nov. 16 report authored by five GW professors in the School of Public Health and Health Services. The study found that the Stupak-Pitts amendment – which is designed to restrict how abortions could be offered […]
Huddled under the protective covering of a rainproof tent in Kogan Plaza, GW students escaped the monsoon-like rains last Thursday night to pledge their time and money to budding entrepreneurs in the third world. Those who participated in the event were engaging in one of the latest trends sweeping international development: microfinance. They were attending […]
The United States needs a clean energy revolution, Congressman Jay Inslee told audience members at an event Thursday evening in Funger Hall. Rep. Inslee, D-Wash., serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is known for his efforts in Congress regarding green technology. Also the leader of the recently proposed New Apollo Energy Act, […]
Tuesday Yoga on Mount Vernon Take a free yoga session on the Vern to unwind before going home for break. Hand Chapel | 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball faces Princeton Check out the men’s basketball team during its second home game of the season. Smith Center | 7 p.m. Friday Post-Thanksgiving dinner at the […]
In a game where the GW men’s basketball team put up nearly 100 points, it would be easy to say the offense played well. But in Saturday’s 94-51 win over UMBC, it would be a mistake to overlook the Colonials’ (3-0) defense, which held the Retrievers to 30.6 percent shooting, forced eight steals and blocked […]
Despite a growing national trend toward socially conscious investing, University officials say the school has no plans to change its investment policies to mandate such guidelines. Socially responsible investing, or SRI guidelines, often prohibit investing in companies that fund war or genocide, mistreat workers or break child labor laws, produce “sin” products, or contribute to […]
This year’s GW women’s basketball team brings a lot to the table: energy, speed, toughness, to name a few. Yet there is one key characteristic they lack: experience, as was exemplified in the team’s up-and-down two-game weekend split. Sunday at Ohio, the Colonials (2-1) endured a rough first half, shooting just 10-for-35 from the field […]
Seven Indian dance teams from across the country brought the Lisner Auditorium stage to life Saturday night at the ninth annual Raas Chaos competition hosted at GW. Raas is an energetic traditional Indian dance style with colorful costumes, intricate formations and synchronized routines. The performers bounced to Indian beats and used colorful sticks made from […]
After a 21-win regular season that helped them earn the fifth seed in the Atlantic 10 postseason, the GW women’s volleyball team fell 3-2 to Temple in the first round of the tournament Friday in Dayton, Ohio. The Colonials (21-12, 8-8 A-10) traded sets with the Owls, winning the first and third but dropping the […]