Volume 107, Issue 39
Stories from the February 3, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
University Police Department officers arrested a man dubbed as the “lunchtime bandit” Tuesday, an alleged burglar who reportedly began breaking into vehicles parked in campus parking garages during lunch hours in December. UPD Chief Kevin Hay said the subject has allegedly broken into six cars during lunchtime and stolen more than $1,000 worth of electronics […]
The Student Association Senate voted to strip power from the SA’s election oversight body Wednesday night, taking away the body’s ability to file campaign violations against candidates in an effort to lessen the number of violations this election cycle. The vote to strip the Joint Elections Committee of it’s power to file campaign violations comes […]
Howard Dean and Newt Gingrich traded polite but partisan jabs while debating health care and national security at Lisner Auditorium Tuesday night. The former Democratic National Committee chair and the rumored 2012 presidential candidate stressed that despite sitting on different sides of the aisle, both career politicians could agree there needs to be a fundamental […]
The University is scrapping its current website management system – part of a $1 million website revamp started nearly two years ago – claiming it no longer suits GW’s online needs. GW revealed its website redesign project in 2008, announcing plans to use a content management system called Vignette for its reliability. But 18 months […]
As the fervor of discontent grows in Cairo, some Egyptian students at GW have sought to preserve the passion of their countrymen. More than 6,000 miles away from the protests that have swept through their home country, the students are participating in protests and demanding revolution. Hours after President Hosni Mubarak announced Tuesday he would […]
Thursday The Social Network Watch the movie that chronicles the creation of the social-networking phenomenon Facebook. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom – 9 to 11 p.m. Friday Musical Cabaret Corsets and a singing candle are two things you’ll find at Forbidden Planet Productions’ musical cabaret. West Hall Theater – 7 and 10 p.m. Live at the […]
Clarification appended Creating a second entrance to Starbucks, building additional group study space and even installing a fish tank were floated around as ideas to fix an aging Gelman Library Wednesday, at an open forum for students looking to inject their opinions into the renovation plans. A University-hired architect presented a potential plan for remodeling […]
While GW’s arts community is an entity in its own right, the divide between the academic arts community and the District has pushed local nonprofit organization Day Eight and its arts magazine, Bourgeon, to call for more arts journalism. “I think it’s important to have someone translating to the public what art means for themselves, […]
A collection of documents that belonged to a lifelong civil rights advocate will come to Gelman Library this spring. William Taylor, who passed away over the summer, was an attorney and lobbyist who advocated on behalf of African-Americans during the civil rights era and played a major role in drafting civil rights legislation. “The collection […]