Volume 106, Issue 34
Stories from the January 19, 2010 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
In the spirit of the new year, I have a confession and a resolution to make. It’s time to come clean and be clean. Meet Dirty Jersey, my friend-turned-lover and partner in crime on our mutually assured path to destruction, disease, pregnancy or all of the above. That’s right, I’m the queen of stupid decisions […]
Web Exclusive Miriam’s Kitchen, a local shelter serving the area’s homeless, has added a new dinner service to its popular breakfast hours starting Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The program will require more money and volunteers but the new initiative is designed to meet more of the needs of those visiting the Kitchen, said Scott […]
Two simple ingredients, three flavorful meals. Bread and cheese can go a long way in a college student’s diet, and these variations can serve for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The best part – cheap, cheap, cheap. Even if you don’t have a kitchen, these versions of the classic grilled cheese can be easily adapted. Simply […]
Web Exclusive A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday against a recent proposal to call for a referendum on same-sex marriages, representing yet another legislative victory in the campaign for gay rights in the District. Opponents of same-sex marriage saw the referendum, which would state that “only marriage between a man and woman is valid […]
Her team took 63 shots on Saturday, missing 46 on its way to a 10-point loss, and all Ivy Abiona could do was write it down. Circles for makes, X’s for misses on white paper with black lines recreating the markings of a basketball court. It’s a bit of a role adjustment for Abiona, a […]
The scene in the halls of Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School was one of organized chaos Monday, as more than 500 GW students, faculty and staff picked up paintbrushes to help refurbish the run-down school in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest D.C. Monday’s event was the biggest Martin Luther King Day of Service in GW […]
The GW women’s basketball team hosted the defending Atlantic 10 champions at the Smith Center Saturday, and though the Colonials never led and walked away with their fourth straight loss and 12th in 13 games, head coach Mike Bozeman did not seem overly disappointed with his team’s play. “I thought it was a hard-fought game […]
GW received a record-breaking 20,475 undergraduate applications this year, representing an increase of 3 percent from last year and making admission to the University this year more competitive than ever, University administrators said this week. Executive Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Kathryn Napper said Monday that applications following the Jan. 10 deadline reached 20,475, an increase […]
The GW gymnastics team opened its season at home Sunday, finishing third place in the six-team Lindsey Ferris/GW Invitational at the Smith Center. The meet featured five other teams, including event-winner North Carolina as well as Temple, Cornell, William & Mary and the University of Pennsylvania. The invitational honored program alumna Lindsey Ferris, who died […]
Professors may have to stop blaming Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for their students’ unfinished papers and poor grades, according to a study from the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics. Contrary to popular myth, there is no correlation between student grades and heavy usage of online social media, the study found. […]