April 25, 2011

My friends like to joke about me being a columnist. If anyone crosses me, they say I’ll write them up in a Hatchet column. 4-RIDE takes too long? Column. I find a fly in my food at WOW? Column. Someone didn’t read my column? Column. Of course, that’s not how The Hatchet operates, and it […]

University officials are still reviewing how new sexual assault guidelines will affect GW policies, three weeks after the Department of Education issued a letter to schools explaining their obligations under the gender equality law Title IX. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a 19-page “Dear Colleague” letter under the umbrella […]

I’ve never really understood our University’s admissions slogan. I came to visit campus for the first time as a senior in high school and, emblazoned on the visitor’s packet were those three magical words: “Something Happens Here.” Which I thought was silly. After all, something happens everywhere. And it’s not as if GW made any […]

Lucky Dub was formed in D.C., but the band’s musical influences and members are not defined by the District. About to set off on a show-filled summer, the funk-inspired band has certainly come a long way from playing at Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house parties. The diverse 11-member band – with strong foundations in reggae […]

The purpose of the athletics review, forums I want to personally thank the more than 300 members of the GW community who have participated in two open forums on the future of athletics at the University. GW President Steven Knapp and I, along with members of the University-wide athletics steering committee, have participated in both […]

Mark De Barros and Alexandra Sanchez poured over documents and researched case history like the rest of their GW Law School peers this semester. But the two students’ work will have real implications when the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears Veléz v. Colombia next year – the case of Colombian journalist Richard Veléz, who […]

Each year, graduating editors are given 30 final column inches – “30” was historically used to signify the end of a story – to reflect on their time at The Hatchet, published in the final issues of the year. I’ve thought about this day for months. The day my Hatchet career would end. The day […]

Each year, graduating editors are given 30 final column inches – “30” was historically used to signify the end of a story – to reflect on their time at The Hatchet, published in the final issues of the year. It was around 1 a.m. one night during my freshman year, and I was getting ready […]