Go The Distance: Austin, Texas
Book fast to get a ticket to Austin for spring break. People from all over will flood Austin for the South by Southwest music festival.
February 4, 2013
Volume 109, Issue 38
Stories from the February 4, 2013 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Staff Editorial: A statute of limitations limits victims rights
A student pays tuition and can live in a residence hall, buy food at campus dining halls and go to Student Health Service through the duration of his or her GW career. But if the University’s new sexual assault policy is to take effect, after a year and a half, a student cannot report a […]
Marissa Fretes: Work out gym hours to reflect student schedules
The University should look into closing the gym earlier on Fridays and Saturdays, and keeping it open later in the week and earlier on Sundays.
Doug Cohen: A new debate on paying collegiate athletes
Some argue that the NCAA cannot continue to pretend that college sports are amateur athletics.
Bamboo bikes start new cycle
Matt Wilkins, part of a winning Clinton Global Initiative University team last year, has created a bike-sharing program in cities that lack the cycling infrastructure in D.C.
Bar Bro: Waiting for a real dive bar
The Bar Bro brings you the best dives in the District. He isn’t classless – just low-class.
Colonial win streak snapped with La Salle defeat
The Colonials looked lost on both ends of the floor during much of the first half in Saturday’s game, and the Explorers made them pay.
Librarians trove through Twitter for social media researchers
Correction appended While hashtags and tweets seem to disappear amid the endless torrent of Twitter conversations, the staff at Gelman Library is preserving them for history. Laura Wrubel and Daniel Chudnov, who help run the library’s technology arm, developed a tool, now in its early stages, that gathers data from Twitter to simplify social media […]