Volume 107, Issue 1
Stories from the May 10, 2010 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Brian Ellerbe, who has been an assistant coach for the GW men’s basketball team since last July, will leave to take the same position at DePaul University in Chicago, the coach announced last Thursday. Ellerbe, who has previously been a head coach at Michigan and at Loyola -Maryland., will join the staff of new Blue […]
Assault 4/30/2010 – Public property on campus – 2:01 a.m. – Case closed University Police responded to a report of a possible fight. Officers made contact with a student who said he was hit in the face after a verbal altercation with a subject, who had fled the scene before officers arrived. No identifiable subjects […]
The District of Columbia is synonomous with power, politics and, most recently, taxes. On the heels of the 5-cent bag tax, which goes toward cleaning up the Anacostia River, D.C. councilmember Mary M. Cheh proposed a new tax on soda products the last week of April. The tax of 1-cent-per-ounce on soda is aimed at […]
Monday Telling the Untold Stories SMPA and the Pulitzer Center will screen the winning videos from “YouTube: Project Report,” a contest for aspiring journalists covering underreported issues. Jack Morton Auditorium | 6 p.m. Tuesday Hike and Wine Join TRAiLS for a morning hike through a Virginia state park, accompanied by a group wine tasting at […]
Former first lady Laura Bush discussed memories from her childhood, her courtship with former President George W. Bush and the causes she continues to fight for Thursday night in front of a packed Lisner Auditorium. Bush traveled to Lisner to promote her new memoir, “Spoken From the Heart,” which was officially released May 4. The […]
If James Tague isn’t the oldest graduating senior this year, he thinks he’s pretty close – he’ll turn 27 in the middle of June. Tague graduated from high school with a 1.8 GPA and went to work for several years at a grocery store, never thinking he would end up back in school. “I had […]
Despite an increased emphasis on sustainability and the creation of an Office of Sustainability last fall, GW was not listed in the Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges released April 20. The guide acknowledges colleges that boast green features, such as buildings certified as environmentally friendly, carbon emission reducing plans and green parks – […]
“People say that everything you need to know, you learn in kindergarten,” graduating senior Scout Seide said. “But everything I learned, I learned in student theater.” Knowing all her life she wanted to pursue theater, Seide has been in GW’s student theater program since the first week of her freshman year. “I found my niche […]
GW taught me many things, but one of the most important lessons I learned was to look beyond the classroom. From taking advantage of D.C. through internships or employment, choosing from nearly a hundred countries for study abroad programs, or through involvement in student groups and organizations, GW offers us countless ways to apply what […]