Volume 106, Issue 39
Stories from the February 4, 2010 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The Student Association’s mid-year report found that more than half of the SA’s cosponsorship funds remain, the chair of the SA’s Finance Committee said Tuesday, adding that student organizations that have not made good use of their SA money may risk having it reclaimed. There is currently $166,064 remaining in the cosponsorship fund for the […]
Disorderly Conduct 1/29/10 – Academic Center breezeway – 1:50 a.m. – Case closed University Police responded to a report of a student urinating in the Academic Center breezeway. On contact with the subject, the officers found that he was intoxicated. He was assessed and transported to GW Hospital. Referred to Student Judicial Services Drug Law […]
There may be snow on the ground but spring break is right around the corner. Not sure what to do? We’ve put together five options for a vacation, all at different price levels to suit any budget. Cruise | Ski Resort | Staying Home | Europe | Canada Sometimes North America just gets too boring. […]
The joy of amusement parks – from devouring bright pink cotton candy to winning the biggest teddy bear – always meant a little more for Jeryn Koritzinsky. Especially the thrill of roller coasters. The looming mechanical structures, the clicking gears and the carts suspended mid-air intrigued Koritzinsky at the age of five and, ever since, […]
Professor Sean Aday told a packed Marvin Center Amphitheatre to always think before “going into the hut” during GW’s Last Lecture Series Tuesday night. Setting his story in Laos, Aday spoke about 45-year-old Francis, a doctor who invited Aday and his travel party to drinks, only to shock them at the end of the night […]
Rescuers were working to extricate a victim from the collapsed remains of the university in Port au Prince when they suddenly heard another voice. Trapped under multiple collapsed floors and desperately needing medical attention, the woman called out to the rescue personnel – which included a team of GW doctors and volunteers working to free […]
Federal research grants awarded to the University fell more than 18 percent in 2009 after a research grant funding a diabetes research center was moved elsewhere, the University’s chief research officer said last week. Federal grants declined from $110 million in 2008 to $90 million in 2009, which Vice President for Research Leo Chalupa attributed […]
The scene at Of Montreal’s Thursday show at the 9:30 Club: extras dressed as priests and prepubescent boys roamed the stage, lead singer Kevin Barnes crucified himself and group members sported neon costumes. So, pretty standard antics from the Athens, Ga., quintet. Opening with the melodic number “Suffer for Fashion,” the concert started off relatively […]
A recent phone call home left Gabe Bellowe stressed and anxious. The freshman from Colorado – who is without a job and reliant on student loans – recently spent 2 hours on the telephone discussing financial issues with his father. Bellowe is one of many students who worry about the cost of living in a […]