January 20, 2011

One of my first Hatchet columns argued that the University should force professors to use Blackboard to some extent in every class – at the very least mandating syllabi and the professor’s contact information be posted. While much of the piece focused on the benefits Blackboard brings to a class, my main point was that […]

Softball team announces new assistant coaches Dan Sperl and Liza Fuller will be the new assistant coaches for the softball’s team upcoming season. They’ll join the program’s new head coach, Stacey Schramm, in taking over an embattled team that went just 6-38 last year. Sperl, who hails from Center Strafford, N.H., joins the Colonials after […]

Looks like those 1,000-page Congressional bills have finally paid off. D.C. is the most literate city in the nation, a recent study found. Capturing the No. 1 ranking on the list is a bump up from last year’s survey, when the city held second place, behind Seattle. This year, Seattle and Minneapolis trailed behind D.C., […]

A welcome surge of spirit What don’t you like about GW? Whether it’s a pesky aunt or a wide-eyed prospective student, this is the most common question we are asked about our University. The answer is always the same: J Street sucks and there’s no school spirit. I agree that it would take a culinary […]

The University-sponsored resource center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students is without a coordinator for the second time in two years, and now members of the community are pushing back against GW for not filling the spot. A statement from the Dean of Students Office said the University is evaluating current staffing positions in […]

Jonathan Reid Gealt “Thirteen Stories Down” (Sh-K-Boom Records) “Thirteen Stories Down” is the debut album of musical theater composer Jonathan Reid Gealt, a graduate of the Boston Conservatory. The album features some of Broadway’s biggest stars right now such as Kate Baldwin, Natalie Weiss and Tituss Burgess performing Gealt’s music. “Thirteen Stories Down” has an […]

Nearly 7,000 textbooks have been rented through the GW Bookstore a little more than a week and a half into the spring semester. Bob Blake, director of the GW Bookstore, said students have saved $225,000 in textbook costs by opting to rent rather than purchase their books outright this semester. About 11,000 books were rented […]

It’s been a tense time for Greek life at GW. With the news that three Greek-life chapters are being charged with hazing and alcohol violations, and with the prospect of punishments being announced for some of those chapters, GW’s fraternities and sororities have seen better days. But mistakes by individual organizations should not outweigh the […]