Volume 106, Issue 45
Stories from the February 25, 2010 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
GW students in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps are lobbying the University to receive three credits for their ROTC classes, but the University is still determining if the coursework merits the credit increase. Currently, 49 GW cadets take Army ROTC classes through a program at Georgetown. Cadets receive half a credit a semester for […]
GW jam band East Coast Caravan has a wide variety of musical influences, as evidenced by these 10 songs. Be sure to check out their April 9 show at The Red and The Black, or listen to their new EP, “Plantin’ The Seed.” 1. “Blast Off” by Lettuce 2. “The Sky is Crying” by Stevie […]
This past Monday may have been George Washington’s 278th birthday, but it also marked the 150th anniversary of a different form of George – the dedication of the George Washington statue that stands in Washington Circle just north of GW Hospital. According to the National Park Service Web site, the statue was dedicated in 1860 […]
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean declared the college-age generation will be able to break the gridlock of partisanship in Washington at an event hosted by the College Democrats in the Marvin Center Wednesday night. Dean discussed a range of topics – including the 2008 presidential election and the upcoming midterm elections – but […]
“Gorilla Manor” Local Natives Unlike many bands these days with sounds that seem to focus on a lead singer or front man, L.A. quintet Local Natives works as a collaborative group. On the Natives’ debut album, “Gorilla Manor,” the band bases its sound around carefully arranged vocal harmonies. From the opening lines of “Wide Eyes,” […]
About a dozen second-year students in the School of Public Health and Health Services have left the program before completing their degree in recent years, citing financial reasons for their early departure. One member of University’s Board of Trustees is trying to reverse that trend. GW alumna and trustee Zoe Beckerman initiated the donation of […]
Dwayne Smith and his teammates understood the context surrounding Wednesday’s men’s basketball game against La Salle. Head coach Karl Hobbs may not want his players to follow standings too closely, lest they become distracted from the process of playing, but the freshman forward was aware that the Colonials’ loss in their last game kept them […]
“Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Low wages have got to go! Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Abuse has got to go!” These were the chants of two dozen people gathered across from the Square 54 construction site last Wednesday. Made up of former employees of a group contracted to work on Square 54 and representatives from D.C. […]
An appeal filed by a community group challenging Square 54 was denied this month, and another appeal on the methodology the University uses to count the number of students on campus is awaiting response from GW. The Foggy Bottom Association, a community group currently led by a GW alumnus and a current GW student, had […]
Former economics professor Robert Dunn died last Thursday evening of an apparent heart attack, chair of the department Robert Phillips said Tuesday. Dunn taught at GW for 41 years, teaching both microeconomics and macroeconomics, as well as international trade and finance at the undergraduate and graduate level. He retired in 2009 and was one of […]