January 30, 2012

The Hatchet’s wrap up of GW’s ups and downs.

A student leader is pushing back against a new policy at the Lerner Health and Wellness Center that cuts late-night workout hours.

The University’s refashioned student life arm has developed broad themes to steer programming for its four class-year-focused teams over the next semester. Since the launch of the student services umbrella organization last fall, the Center for Student Engagement’s four teams spent months gauging the needs of their specific populations – freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, […]

Few black people at GW can avoid what I call those ill-fated “black moments,” whether it’s a racially insensitive remark from a peer or a missing GWorld. See, I can still remember the look of skepticism on my fellow City Hall resident’s face as I tried to explain to her I was a student who […]

There are few things more frustrating in collegiate life than constructing your class schedule. As I sat in my room this holiday break, tweaking my schedule for spring semester and scanning a long list of open courses, I had a familiar epiphany: There are a number of economics and science classes that I would like […]

If you ask Nemanja Mikic, he probably wouldn’t say that the best part of his game against Fordham Saturday afternoon was the four three-pointers he drained.

The application process to gain entrance into a class featuring four guest lectures from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has yet to be determined, a University spokesperson said. Thirty students will ultimately be allowed to enroll in the GW School of Business course, which will begin March 20, University spokeswoman Jill Sankey said. “It’d be […]

Head coach Mike Bozeman is known for his candid quotes. It was ironic, then, that he chose to borrow a phrase from arguably one of the least quotable figures in sports to describe the challenges his team faces with its depleted roster.  “I learned something from the head coach in New England: ‘Everybody’s good,’ ” […]

International students will face fewer barriers to studying in the United States because of a recent effort by President Barack Obama to simplify visa applications. An executive order issued Jan. 19 is designed to encourage travel and tourism in the U.S. and spark economic growth for American businesses. “Every year, tens of millions of tourists […]