Volume 107, Issue 41
Stories from the February 10, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A trustee emeritus pledged $8 million to the School of Engineering and Applied Science to establish a scholarship fund for prospective students. The scholarship program will provide merit scholarships to 20 elite engineering students selected by a panel of SEAS alumni, faculty and engineers working in the field. Clark Scholars, named after benefactor A. James […]
The University launched a campaign to offer resources and counseling to smokers looking to kick their habit, going against the national trend of colleges banning smoking on campus all together. Rather than instituting a smoke-free policy, the University started the “Be a Quitter!” campaign, which offers a hotline to call for information on support services […]
Cybercrime is escalating at GW, mirroring the findings of a recent report released by a top information technology company. GW has seen growth in both the number and type of computer security incidents at the University, paralleling computer security company McAfee’s report that cybercrime has been increasing by double digits every year. The top scams […]
It looked like the GW women’s basketball team was building some momentum after ending a program-worst 11 game losing streak. Entering their matchup Wednesday, the Colonials were coming off a two-game winning streak and were poised to match their season best winning streak by adding a third. Consecutive victories weren’t in the cards, however, as […]
I planned to write about relationship sex but the idea seemed unnecessary upon second thought. Anyone who is in or has been in a relationship is well versed in the better sex brought on by familiarity and intimacy. Instead, I pen my latest column to Mr. Lonely Heart, the man who is going without a […]
The process of redistricting the District kicks into gear next month, bringing with it the age-old question of how the city’s transient student population should be represented. D.C.’s population broke the 600,000-person mark in the 2010 Census – which some attribute to the Census’ policy to count students at their college residence, rather than their […]
It feels a little bit like an episode of “The Bachelor.” Okay, that’s probably a bit of an exaggeration. But something’s not right. It’s like a McFadden’s on a Thursday night or a GW journalism class: too many girls, not enough boys. It’s Friday night dinner, and usually it doesn’t feel this way. Usually going […]
GW students may have a new excuse for all of those in-class distractions professors complain about. The University inched up the rankings on Sporcle, a popular trivia quiz website created in 2007, moving from No. 23 last week to No. 16 for the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. Factors considered for top 25 […]
If one of the responsibilities of our political officials is to dress in a way that makes their messages easier to digest, the male speakers had a great deal to learn from their female counterparts at Live from the White House: Making and Shaping the News, featuring four former presidential press secretaries, in Lisner Auditorium […]
The University’s highest governing body is set to approve next year’s tuition increase and financial aid pool amount at its quarterly meeting this Friday. The University will likely request between $155 and $159 million toward financial aid from the Board of Trustees, Robert Chernak, senior vice provost and senior vice president for Student and Academic […]