October 25, 2010

Not so helpful financial aid</P I would like to make a few brief comments on the content in the staff editorial published in last Thursday’s issue of The Hatchet on the allocation of more funds to financial aid. The editorial board makes it sound as if all the guilt falls on the students. And I’m […]

A female reported to the Metropolitan Police Department that her laptop had been snatched out of her hands Friday night in the heart of the Foggy Bottom Campus, but no Crime Alert was sent out to the GW community about the incident. According to an MPD alert sent out over a community listserv, the victim’s […]

View District haunted tours in a larger map D.C. Ghost Tours Location: Lafayette Square Park Meeting place: Dolley Madison House, located at 1520 H St. When: Nightly tours offered March to mid-November from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Winter hours vary. Price: $15 for ages 12 and up, $8 for ages 7 to 11, free for […]

Two GW Law School professors have endorsed a California ballot proposition calling for the taxation and control of marijuana, similar to alcohol regulations. Proposition 19 would allow adults over the age of 21 to cultivate and purchase up to one ounce of marijuana for consumption without criminal punishment. The measure would grant the state and […]

Two Georgetown students and one University of Richmond student were arrested Saturday and are being charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, after police uncovered a drug lab in a freshman dorm on the Georgetown campus. Georgetown’s campus police uncovered the lab Saturday morning in Georgetown’s Harbin Hall, and after initially believing the lab was for […]

I’m not normally one to make assumptions, but based on my recent experience, I’m forced to believe that Mother Nature is on crack. And dressing appropriately for her addiction is a battle I lose everyday. Weather.com is my crutch in times like these, but it isn’t of much help to me when it tells me […]

As we move into the second half of the fall semester, it is a good time to take a moment and think about where we are and where we want to be – both as students and as a community. Looking back at the past few weeks, it is hard not to feel both a […]

Monday Going Viral: How Campaigns are Using Social Media Moderated by Politico’s Ben Smith, the panel discussion will look at the ways candidates used social media this election cycle. Jack Morton Auditorium  6:30 p.m. Tuesday “An Eye on Food” Film Series Ana Sofia Joanes, producer and director of “Fresh,” will screen and discuss her […]