Volume 106, Issue 32
Stories from the January 11, 2010 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Robert H. Smith, a University trustee emeritus and local entrepreneur, passed away Dec. 29 in Winchester, Va. of a stroke. He was 81. In February 2008, Smith made the then-single largest donation in GW’s history, giving $10 million to renovate the Smith Center, which was named after his father, Charles E. Smith. “We at The […]
Hollis scores 1,000 point On the final shot of his 23-point performance against Xavier Sunday, senior men’s basketball forward Damian Hollis reached a career milestone, scoring his 1,000th point as a Colonial. Hollis is the 42nd GW men’s basketball player to reach that mark and the first since former teammate Rob Diggs did so last […]
A 1994 GW graduate was laid to rest in his hometown Jan. 9 after being killed last month in a suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Harold E. Brown, Jr. was one of seven Americans killed by a terrorist attack Dec. 30 in Afghanistan’s Khost Province, near Pakistan. Brown, 37, was a native […]
Your room most likely consists of the basics provided by the University – a bed, a desk, a dresser, a chair, and maybe a couch and some tables. But what looks like average pieces of furniture can actually be turned into your own home gym – the perfect place to work on that new year’s […]
The District is seeking federal funds to help offset the costs associated with a storm that dropped nearly a foot and a half of snow on the region last month. The District Department of Transportation’s annual budget for snowstorm cleanup is $6.2 million, spokesman John Lisle said Friday, and the late-December storm cost approximately $4 […]
Web Exclusive Six on-campus buildings will be submitted for landmark nominations in a Jan. 28 hearing, a staff member involved in the process said. Madison, Fulbright, JBKO, Munson, the John J. Earley Office and Studio at 2131 G Street and the H.B. Burns Memorial Building at 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue will all be submitted to the […]
Incidences of theft, fraud, robberies, disorderly conduct, harassment, and destruction occurred on and around campus over winter break, University Police Chief Dolores Stafford said. Stafford said several individuals reported bizarre behavior constituting harassment and stalking to UPD, including a Jan. 4 report from several staff members regarding phone calls from a male subject about coursework […]
Web Exclusive More international students are attending American colleges than ever before, but difficulties obtaining and understanding visas can stop students from traveling home during breaks. More than 2,000 international students studied at GW in the fall of 2008 – the last year for which data is available – and Seth Weinshel, the director of […]
The University has launched new efforts to promote fundraising devoted to student aid after more students applied for increased financial assistance last fall than in the entire 2008-2009 academic year. In a letter to the GW community last month, University President Steven Knapp announced the establishment of the Power and Promise Fund. The University hopes […]
Correction appended Web Exclusive More than a dozen D.C.-area colleges and universities will be subpoenaed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in an effort to determine whether undergraduate admissions offices discriminate against women in an effort to correct gender imbalances on campus, a spokeswoman for the commission said. Subpoenas will be issued to the […]