Volume 108, Issue 1
Stories from the May 9, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Students seeking full-time jobs after graduation will face a more optimistic job market this year, as the National Association of Colleges and Employers predicts a nearly 20 percent rise in hiring of graduates. The association’s spring job outlook survey anticipates employers will hire 19.3 percent more graduates this year than in 2010, the first time […]
Sarah Leibach had an itch for nonprofit work, but couldn’t find an organization to meet her interests. So she started her own. Leibach started Camp Kesem, a student organization that runs a camp every summer for children whose parents are battling cancer. “Most of my practical skills have come from the camp, because we fundraise […]
GW is considering changes to its mandatory dining program, but decisions will not be made until the University can assess the effects The Avenue complex will have on student dining. Adjustments to the Sodexo dining program are in the works after student leaders advocated for changes over the past year. The often-criticized meal plan requires […]
A professor of English and human sciences was selected as a prestigious Guggenheim Fellow, one of 180 selected this year. The competition, in its 87th year running, grants fellowships to artists, scientists and scholars with demonstrated accomplishments in their fields. Jeffrey Cohen was selected from a pool of 3,000 in 2011. Cohen is the director […]
Nighttime Monument Tour Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE As the weather gets hotter and more people view the monuments by day, take a stroll down to the monuments after having dinner in D.C., and view them in a different light. It is a cooler, quieter and completely different feel compared to going during the […]
The Metropolitan Police Department is piloting an anti-littering program to keep streets tidy in D.C.’s Fourth District. Pedestrians caught littering on streets or sidewalks in that region will receive warnings during May and will be subject to a ticket and a $75 fine starting June 1. The Fourth District includes D.C.’s upper northwest and northeast […]
When Brendon Kelliher started playing baseball, the bat was bigger than he was. The Sandwich, Mass., native eventually filled out and developed his talents on the field. But as a senior in high school, Kelliher was scouted by only one Division I collegiate baseball program. It was disappointing, he said, but not unsurprising – it’s […]
In September, for the first time in more than 40 years, the classrooms of the School of Engineering and Applied Science will not be filled with the sound of professor Peter Bock engaging students in discussions of machine intelligence. After a career at the University spanning 44 years, Bock is retiring at the end of […]
Trip Stewart graduated in December but said his departure from the University won’t feel official until he walks across the stage to receive his diploma May 14. The political science major and criminal justice minor said he needed to save money, so he graduated a semester early, along with almost 300 of his peers, to […]