April 22, 2010

Administrators in the School of Media and Public Affairs have renamed the school’s five-year dual-degree program after students complained the program takes longer than five years to complete, the program’s coordinator said last week. The accelerated program, which allows students to earn both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees from SMPA, actually takes five and a […]

Last month a frenzy around the nation’s capital – and throughout the country, for that matter – centered on the House of Representatives’ passage of a health care reform bill. But a major component of that bill has not been given sufficient attention. When Congress passed the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act last […]

Most people who meet Tianyi Zha outside of the gym don’t recognize him as a slam-dunk champion. Zha, a junior from Changzhou, China, is 5-foot-10 and his hands are too small to palm a basketball, but appearances are not always what they seem. Just ask New Orleans Hornets point guard and three-time NBA all-star Chris […]

Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the Smith Center Tuesday afternoon, announcing a repeal of a Bush-era policy that allowed universities to rely on student surveys to prove they were meeting the gender equality law known as Title IX. The announcement, which also featured remarks from Senior Adviser to the President Valerie Jarrett and Secretary […]

Men’s basketball redshirt junior point guard Travis King confirmed Wednesday he will be attending the University of Maryland-Baltimore County next year, beginning work on his master’s degree in sociology and playing out his final year of eligibility on the UMBC basketball team. King, who will be graduating in May, missed nearly all of what would […]

Assault 4/15/2010 – Panda Café on Pennsylvania Avenue – 9:15 p.m. – Case closed A student reported to GW Police that he was sitting at a table at Panda Café and stood up when a subject walking down the street hit him on the chin and continued to walk. The complainant did not need medical […]

GW found itself in the middle of a widely publicized conflict between two D.C. councilmembers this week over a contract the School of Public Health and Health Services has with the city. D.C. councilmember Marion Barry, Ward 8, said last Thursday he would try to block the renewal of a contract between SPHHS and the […]

Men’s water polo honored for academic excellence The GW men’s water polo team was recognized this week as one of the top programs academically in the nation, placing five players on the 2009 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic Team. The Colonials’ team GPA of 3.35 is the third best in the nation, trailing […]

Each year, graduating editors are given 30 final column inches – “30” was historically used to signify the end of a story – to reflect on their time at The Hatchet, published in the final issues of the year. Copyediting is one of those thankless jobs. You get everything right, but no one ever says, […]