Volume 108, Issue 1
Stories from the May 9, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
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 […]
Graduates attending the University-wide Commencement ceremony will face lighter security measures compared to last year’s. Students will not pass through metal detectors before the ceremony on the National Mall, a procedure required last year when first lady Michelle Obama was present, Assistant Vice President for Events and Venues Michael Peller said. This year, New York […]
Peter and Kristi Balazy didn’t want to scour campus with their noses to the ground to search for the bricks etched with their names. Instead, the husband and wife team designed a website that searches graduates’ names and maps out where each brick is plotted. “Coming back to campus and seeing our bricks and remembering […]
Shuttle bus service The University will shuttle graduates and parents from the Foggy Bottom Campus to the National Mall from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. On campus, buses will be stationed between 21st and 22nd streets. Board a bus by 8:30 a.m. to arrive in time for the procession. Metro service The Metro opens at […]
Baseball earns Atlantic 10 series victory The Colonials had mixed success in their weekend series with Saint Louis, winning the first two games but dropping the last. It was their second Atlantic 10 Conference series win of the season. GW (14-33, 6-12 A-10) was propelled in Friday’s 12-2 win by senior Brendon Kelliher, who hit […]
Four seniors on the men’s tennis team still have one last brand-new experience to check off in their undergraduate careers. Andy Erickson, Erik Hannah, Chris Kushma and Yan Levinski will be traveling with the rest of their team to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, the program’s first NCAA championship tournament trip. The […]
The University is in talks with its food service provider to remove the Wendy’s location in J Street. The eatery’s removal is part of ongoing discussions with Sodexo and GW regarding potential changes to J Street for fall 2011. Wendy’s is one of the few outside vendors on campus that accepts dining dollars credited to […]
If implemented, locations will open at 9 a.m., with the ceremony begining at 11 a.m. Graduates, faculty, platform party and dark-red ticket holders will report to the Smith Center. All other guests should proceed to the locations listed below: Guests of CCAS…………………………………………………………………..Marvin Center Guests of GSEHD…………………………………………………………Lisner Auditorium Guests of CPS………………………………………………………………..Lisner Auditorium Guests of SEAS…………………………………Media and […]
You are what you eat, or in the case of GW students, you are what you can buy with your GWorld. Junior Melissa Eddison, current president of the Food Justice Alliance, wants students to get better acquainted with their food, in hopes of ultimately making healthier and more informed choices. Eddison is the recipient of […]
The University is denying a freshman’s allegations that Student Judicial Services conducted flawed hearings and falsely found him guilty of sexual assault, saying in court documents that his case lacks merit and will likely flop. GW’s rebuttal is a response to a lawsuit the student, named under the pseudonym John Doe in court documents, filed […]