March 24, 2011

This year’s Student Association presidential election comes down to one simple question: Do you want an SA insider or outsider? Both candidates have serious flaws they never addressed before asking students to cast votes, flaws that will hopefully be acknowledged before a winner takes office. But there is no golden choice or obvious candidate this […]

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board renewed the liquor license for the local restaurant Bayou last week, after the restaurant and a neighborhood group finalized a cooperative agreement that sets guidelines for the restaurant’s operations. The Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission, along with five other individuals, had filed a protest against Bayou’s reapplication […]

For New Orleans residents like myself, whose memories of?Hurricane Katrina?are indelible, the tragic aftermath of?Japan’s tsunami?seems eerily similar.?Waves washed homes off their foundations, piled cars on top of houses and dumped large boats inland as if they were children’s toys.? After Katrina, Japan’s government and citizens came to our aid right away. Within 24 hours […]

The District’s Office of Planning recommended last week that the Zoning Commission approve the plan for the Science and Engineering Complex, but encouraged GW to revise its design to accommodate another Foggy Bottom Metro entrance. The approval is conditional and will be reevaluated if GW fails to provide a detailed drawing illustrating the streetscape before […]

As members of one of the most politically active universities in the country, GW’s capacity to help goes far beyond political campaigns – we’re capable of so much more. Every day, we each make a difference to change something about the world we live in within our own interests, jobs, internships and academics. But for […]

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans introduced legislation last week that, if passed, would nix the sales tax exemption for all District street vendors, including the popular food trucks that frequent GW. The bill would require food trucks and street vendors to pay the same 10 percent sales tax as brick-and-mortar restaurants. “I’m concerned with two […]

Today marks the final day of the Student Association runoff elections. Students must choose between two candidates vying for the position of SA president, and two candidates running for executive vice president. Seeing as the candidate pool has dramatically decreased since we printed our original endorsements, The Hatchet’s editorial board reiterates its endorsements for Chris […]

The Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarship, now in its 22nd year, provides full four-year scholarships covering tuition, room and board, books, and other fees, amounting to more than $200,000, to area students who have demonstrated academic excellence. Knapp, joined by admissions office director Karen Felton and mascot Little George, went to different high schools across the […]

President Barack Obama pledged to improve government agencies’ responsiveness to Freedom of Information Act, but a study by GW’s National Security Archives found that despite a presidential memo, barely half of the federal agencies have made strides to improve the FOIA process. Obama issued a memorandum in 2009 promising his administration would “disclose information rapidly […]

The National Cherry Blossom Festival begins Saturday, kicking off spring by celebrating the blossoming trees that draw more than 1 million visitors to the District annually. The 16-day event, a tradition that spans nearly a century, marks Japan’s 1912 donation of more than 3,000 cherry trees to the District. The trees are planted along the […]