Volume 108, Issue 41
Stories from the February 13, 2012 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Monday Valentine’s Day bake sale Indulge in Valentine’s Day treats in a bake sale to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Marvin Center H St. Terrace – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Laura Holgate on WMDs Listen to the senior director for weapons of mass destruction terrorism and threat reduction at the National Security Council […]
Correction appended The Panhellenic Association announced Feb. 10 the three chapters in the running to become GW’s 11th social sorority. After months of reviewing 12 applications from chapters across the country, Panhel narrowed the candidates for colonization to Kappa Alpha Theta, Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Delta. Panhellenic President Marta Cofone said an extension committee, […]
Administrators are skeptical about the trajectory of online education after a startup company made a splash last month by offering free online courses taught by universities’ top professors. Udemy, a for-profit company that allows users to create and sell courses, tapped into professors’ knowledge base with the launch of The Faculty Project Jan. 26. Twelve […]
After 24 years of service to the University, one of the student body’s enduring allies has decided to retire.
The Metropolitan Police Department is ramping up tactics to shrink the number of robberies of electronics, which have accounted for nearly half the District’s robberies so far this year. About 40 percent of the 476 robberies in 2012 involved snatching cell phones, iPods or tablets, according to MPD data. D.C. saw 4,146 total robberies last […]
Boxcar is a gastropub with a distinctly British décor. It offers an extensive wine list, a decent beer selection – including some imports – and unusually good food for a pub.
Collaboration is the MSSC’s greatest attribute Last week, I came across The Hatchet’s article, “Culture clash spurs unease in LGBT center’s space” (Feb. 2, p. 3). As an openly gay student who regularly uses the LGBT Resource Center, I was shocked. What was this “culture clash” that I had somehow missed since the Resource Center […]
It’s pretty exciting that 2012 marks the 100th year of GW calling Foggy Bottom home.