Volume 108, Issue 3
Stories from the June 13, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
GW plans to earmark funds for the development of new study abroad programs for underrepresented majors, an idea stemming from the Innovation Task Force. The amount GW will spend has not yet been determined, Robert Hallworth, director of GW’s Office for Study Abroad, said, but the money will be used to create at least three […]
Something happens here. As those three words are displayed on admission packets and recited during campus visits, you’ve been bombarded with this quintessential GW motto for quite a while. But now that you’re here at Colonial Inauguration – your college experience just weeks from beginning – you are likely left wondering, what exactly is it […]
September SPHHS declared GW’s most selective school The School of Public Health and Health Services was the most selective undergraduate school at GW last year. According to data given to The Hatchet, 9.4 percent of first-time applicants were admitted – 20 percent fewer than the School of Business, which had the second-lowest rate for admittance. […]
I just wrapped up my freshman year as dean of students, and I hope some of my experiences might resonate with what a typical freshman might feel. As I reflect on a great year, there are certainly some lessons I learned that might be helpful as you begin your first year at GW. 1. Come […]
An online tool for users to add funds to SmarTrip cards online will launch within the next month, a spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said June 9. The agency will randomly select 5,000 SmarTrip users to participate in a pilot program to test the payment upload system within the next month, Dan […]
This page annually features words of advice to incoming Colonials from the people who have been to their own Colonial Inaugurations, and rarely do we offer advice to the other CI visitors: parents. To the parents of the members of the Class of 2015, I know some of you are walking around campus and putting […]
The Hatchet’s weekly crime log keeps a tab on campus crime, including some one-of-a-kind cases. Below is a list of the year’s most memorable crimes. Unlawful Entry 8/28/10 – 11 p.m., Location: University Mall, Case closed. University Police officers responded to a report of a disorderly woman attacking people with her umbrella. They discovered she […]
A legal battle between the University and a student convicted for sexual assault might be settled through an out-of-court resolution, according to court documents. A freshman, under the pseudonym “John Doe” in the documents, filed the lawsuit against GW April 8, alleging that Student Judicial Service’s flawed disciplinary process wrongfully deemed him guilty of sexual […]
It is easy to hate GW. The University can be bureaucratic at its best and uncaring at its worst. Students can be cruelly apathetic and superficial. Professors can be unmotivated to teach and unwilling to listen. At times, the administration’s priorities and students’ wishes are so innately contradictory it is comical – Gelman Library renovations, […]