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GW staff hung a giant American flag from Lisner Hall overlooking the encampment
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BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police Department reportedly rejected a request from GW officials to clear student protesters from the U-Yard encampment early Friday morning, The Washington Post reported Friday evening
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will not teach a Constitutional Law Seminar this fall, according to an email addressed to students in the seminar that was obtained by The Hatchet. Thomas is no longer listed as a lecturer on GW Law’s course list
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BREAKING: GW suspended Students for Justice in Palestine at GWU from organizing or participating in campus events for at least 90 days after four of its members projected anti-Israel and anti-GW messages onto the side of Gelman Library last month
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BREAKING: The Board of Trustees votes to retire the Colonials moniker in the 2023-24 academic year, following years of pressure from student activism
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BREAKING: Sen. Elizabeth Warren will deliver the keynote address at the in-person Commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021 this October
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BREAKING: Officials will announce Friday that GW will participate in U-Pass, providing students with access to unlimited Metro rides after a years-long push from student leaders
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BREAKING: University President Thomas LeBlanc will retire at the end of the 2021-22 academic year, he announces in an email to the GW community
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BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the Metropolitan Police Department’s reported refusal to clear the GW encampment. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, MPD Chief Pamela Smith invited to testify. Story to come
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BREAKING: Officials announce that all students, faculty and staff coming to campus this fall must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning
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BREAKING: Officials announced that MSNBC host and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will deliver this month’s Commencement address. Story to come
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BREAKING: Officials suspended an unnamed student accused of tearing down posters of Israeli hostages in the GW Hillel building Friday, according to a statement from a GW spokesperson. Officials have removed the student from campus pending completion of the student conduct process
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BREAKING: A GW Alert states a dangerous individual escaped from GW Hospital. A large police response has been reported on campus, including a helicopter flying above Foggy Bottom and K9 officers
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BREAKING: GW will open three all-you-can-eat dining halls in fall 2022 as part of a drastic overhaul of the University’s dining system
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BREAKING: Board of Trustees votes to rename Marvin Center as "University Student Center" after decades of protests over Cloyd Heck Marvin’s racist and antisemitic legacy
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BREAKING: SA President Howard Brookins resigned from his position, according to a letter sent to officials and SA leaders Sunday
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BREAKING: Students allowed to take courses as pass/fail this semester
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4 years
Minutes after Joe Biden was projected the 46th president of the United States, thousands took to the streets in D.C. in celebration 📸Ari Golub | Staff Photographer
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BREAKING: Officials have selected Revolutionaries as GW's new moniker, replacing the nearly century-old Colonials nickname
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4 years
BREAKING: Jessica Krug resigned from her faculty position, according to an email from Provost Brian Blake and CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck. Story to come
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BREAKING: The Student Association’s executive cabinet voted to remove SA President Christian Zidouemba from office and appoint Vice President Yan Xu, according to a letter Xu sent to SA leaders Friday.
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The GW Hatchet
3 years
Students raised $250 on GoFundMe to surprise a beloved Vex driver, “Mrs. G,” with a birthday gift
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The GW Hatchet
8 years
A crowd has formed outside the White House to protest two recent shootings of black men by police officers.
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More than 50 pro-Palestinian students pitched tents in University Yard beginning at about 5 a.m. Thursday, joining a movement of encampments at more than a dozen universities nationwide
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3 years
BREAKING: GW to hold in-person Commencement on the National Mall for classes of 2020 and 2021 this October
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Day four of live coverage of the GW encampments is ongoing. Follow along here:
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4 years
BREAKING: The Board of Trustees Task Force of Environmental, Social and Governance Responsibility recommends divesting GW’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry by 2025, according to an email sent to the GW community this afternoon
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The GW Hatchet
3 years
Fact check: true
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very bizarre how we have a well-known place in the nation's capital called "foggy bottom"
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The GW Hatchet
4 years
BREAKING: The University will continue online instruction this spring in light of ongoing pandemic concerns, officials announced at a Faculty Senate meeting
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BREAKING: Fully vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear masks indoors at all GW-operated facilities, officials announced in an email.
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NEW: Brandon Hill, the SA executive vice president, was sworn in as the organization's president this evening, about one hour after Howard Brookins stepped down from the role
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The GW Hatchet
4 years
The decision leaves Howard University as the last higher education institution in D.C. with an enrollment greater than 10,000 that still plans to bring students to campus, according to its Fall 2020 reopening plan
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BREAKING: AU announced that it will go fully online for the fall semester, cancel on-campus housing and discount tuition by 10 percent. AU will provide emergency housing. Story to follow.
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BREAKING: The history department is looking to continue Jessica Krug's fall classes without her as the instructor, according to an email sent to students in her classes. Krug began teaching Latin American and African history this week. Story to come
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As we continue our live coverage of the U-Yard protest, we hope you'll consider donating. We're fully independent of GW, and your support will help us pay rent for our office, fund needed equipment and print our weekly newspaper. Donate here:
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The GW Hatchet
3 years
BREAKING: Students living in Townhouse Row are being temporarily moved to hotels after officials evacuated the spaces Sunday evening after reported “environmental concerns,” telling students their relocation will likely last at least 2-3 weeks
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The GW Hatchet
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Officials made the announcement following a student petition that has garnered more than 900 signatures calling on the University to cancel classes on Nov. 3
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BREAKING: Fall classes at GW will be held entirely online with "limited exceptions," and students living off campus will receive a 10 percent discount on tuition
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The GW Hatchet
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Among the Republicans who will visit, per a media advisory: Reps. Lauren Boebert, Anna Paulina Luna, Byron Donalds and Eric Burlison. The release says they’ll meet with GW leadership and tour U-Yard at 3 p.m.
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Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will walk through the GW encampment Wednesday, according to Punchbowl News
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The GW Hatchet
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BREAKING: Junior SJ Matthews elected as Student Association president in the first SA presidential runoff in seven years. Story to follow
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The GW Hatchet
3 years
Dr. Anthony Fauci will receive the President’s Medal – the highest honor that can be bestowed by GW’s president – alongside Dr. Cindy Liu and professor Andrew Maurano, who have helped combat the COVID-19 pandemic at GW and in D.C.
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The GW Hatchet
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PHOTO: Students protested the Board of Trustees' recent decision to arm some GW Police Department officers throughout the Commencement ceremony Sunday. Photos by @SageRussell13 and @audenyurman
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Heather Swain, who was announced as GW’s new vice president for communications and marketing earlier this week, will withdraw her offer following criticism for her role in a sexual assault case while she worked at Michigan State University
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6 years
BREAKING: @GW_Students Senate unanimously approves resolution calling for the removal of GW's Alpha Phi chapter and the implementation of sweeping new diversity measures. Story to follow.
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3 years
Hatchet reporters are on the scene and investigating
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Officials are set to install a contraceptive pill vending machine in the University Student Center this week in an effort to support students’ access to reproductive health resources following SA push
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3 years
BREAKING: The three remaining @gwstudents_ cabinet members are calling on SA President Howard Brookins to resign amid claims of sexual harassment that emerged tonight. We are contacting the parties involved. If you have any questions/ concerns, please contact @eic @gwhatchet .com
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The GW Hatchet
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BREAKING: 54 percent of voters approve a referendum to replace the Colonials nickname
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The GW Hatchet
4 years
GW will make a decision on in-person fall classes by June 15, with the possibility of extending that deadline by a week as we near that date, University President Thomas LeBlanc said at a faculty meeting today. Rest of coverage of Faculty Senate to follow
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The GW Hatchet
8 months
NEW: GW has just issued a shelter in place alert
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BREAKING: A GW Alert states a dangerous individual escaped from GW Hospital. A large police response has been reported on campus, including a helicopter flying above Foggy Bottom and K9 officers
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The GW Hatchet
4 years
Breaking: Federal government rescinds DHS and ICE rules that would have prevented international students from staying in the United States if they take only online classes this fall
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BREAKING: The Joint Elections Commission found incumbent SA President Christian Zidouemba guilty of violating an election rule prohibiting the impersonation of other candidates while campaigning, disqualifying him from next week’s election
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The GW Hatchet
2 years
Thomas is “unavailable” to teach the course this fall, the email from co-lecturer Gregory Maggs states. The withdrawal comes a month after officials declined to remove him from his role as a lecturer after he voted to overturn Roe v. Wade
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So far Howard, Georgetown, American and UMD have all announced they'll be closed tomorrow. It is never fun to be the odd man out, #GWU .
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BREAKING: Board of Trustees votes to allow students to take a free 18th credit starting in fall 2019. Story to follow
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The GW Hatchet
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A 10 p.m. alert confirms that MPD has left campus and the suspect is not believed to be in Foggy Bottom. All in-person classes and events will resume Thursday, GWPD will increase campus patrols and University buildings will be accessible only with a GWorld card, per the alert
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4 years
The Hatchet is aware of multiple allegations of sexual assault by a recent graduate. We are reaching out to the parties involved.
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Former GW Law adjunct professor Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the Supreme Court. Upon joining the court, she will become the third sitting justice to have taught at GW Law
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The GW Hatchet
7 years
@deray came to campus to talk about the power of protest and students' roles in creating change.
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The Black Student Union has raised more than $9,000 in three days to support three organizations working to cover arrested protestors’ bail and legal fees
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NEW: Police arrested murder suspect Christopher Patrick Haynes on Thursday, according to a Washington Post report. Haynes’ escape from police custody at GW Hospital last month plunged the Foggy Bottom Campus into a four-hour shelter-in-place order
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Brookins is an SA senator who ran on a platform to improve the financial aid office and curb food insecurity. He will be the first black @GWStudents_ president in a decade
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Fourteen-year-old Curtis Lawrence is one of the youngest full-time students in GW history
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BREAKING: SA Senate confirms Catherine Morris as executive vice president for the remainder of the term
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NEW: The suspect was arrested earlier today and charged with homicide, per an MPD release. The Foggy Bottom Campus remains under a shelter-in-place order after he escaped from police custody at GW Hospital at about 3:30 p.m.
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The GW Hatchet
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NEW: GW has just issued a shelter in place alert
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A GWPD officer took out a baton while walking toward student protesters in U-Yard after demonstrators broke down GW’s barricades
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Student Coalition for Palestine members are protesting U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. They hung a giant Palestinian flag from the roof of 1959 E St., next to where she's speaking Thursday. The flag was removed after about five minutes. Story to come
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#GWU students are participating in a walk-out in Kogan Plaza to protest Donald Trump
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3 years
NEW: @GWStudents_ senator Thomas Falcigno, CPS-G, announces plans to begin impeachment proceedings for SA President Howard Brookins, who has been called on to step down in recent days amid claims of sexual misconduct (1/2)
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Clips from a pair of recordings appear to show University President Ellen Granberg saying she wished she could expel students who engaged in certain types of pro-Palestinian speech, clips a GW spokesperson said distorted Granberg’s message
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People fled to the National Mall today to celebrate the heaviest snowfall in two years. Some joined a snowball fight, while others teamed up to build a snowman
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BREAKING: Officials say in an email to the GW community that the University will continue with mostly virtual operations this summer but will initiate "phased reopening" in lead-up to fall
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2 years
BREAKING: The SA’s former chief of staff is suing President Christian Zidouemba in Student Court, contesting the legitimacy of his presidency after the executive cabinet voted to remove him in July. (1/2)
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A total of 219 faculty members across 11 of GW’s schools and colleges signed a letter urging the Board of Trustees to reverse its decision to arm roughly 20 of the GW Police Department’s 50 officers this fall
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Officials announced Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will continue teaching his constitutional law seminar after thousands called for his firing after he voted to overturn Roe v. Wade
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BREAKING: GW to reimpose its indoor mask mandate effective Saturday, following the District's own announcement of a citywide mask mandate taking effect the same day
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For the first time in four years, the University is considered one of the top 200 schools in the world
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The Metropolitan Police Department launched a death investigation after receiving a report of an unconscious student in Guthridge Hall Tuesday
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Panda Express will take the place of the former Beefsteak location on the corner of 22nd and I streets in the late fall and will accept GWorld
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1 year
The University announced in an email Thursday that a free weekly shuttle between the Foggy Bottom campus and Safeway begins operations on Saturday and will operate each Saturday throughout the spring semester
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1 year
NEW: Social justice advocate, attorney and author Bryan Stevenson to deliver 2023 Commencement Address, according to a GW release. Stevenson is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit working to end mass incarceration
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GW Law faculty are pushing officials to rescind Attorney General William Barr’s honorary degree after Barr ordered protesters in front of the White House to be dispersed
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The GW Hatchet
8 years
The federal government and @AmericanU are both closed tomorrow. Still time to reconsider, #GWU .
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BREAKING: SA presidential candidates SJ Matthews and Justin Diamond will face off in a runoff election next Thursday after no candidates garnered enough votes to secure a win tonight. Story to follow
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The GW Hatchet
1 year
BREAKING: Residence Hall Association President Arielle Geismar has been elected Student Association president. SA Senate Chairperson Pro Tempore Demetrius Apostolis has been elected SA vice president. Story to come
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The GW Hatchet
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Police mark up a whiteboard with details about the search, including the locations of possible sightings of the suspect. Photo by Erika Filter
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Images From the Scene: Photos capture the police presence near GW Hospital after a man charged with homicide escaped the custody of the Metropolitan Police Department
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The GW Hatchet
6 years
BREAKING: Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs Peter Konwerski will step down from his position next semester. Story to come.
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GW alumna Tanya Chutkan, a U.S. District Court judge, will preside over former President Donald Trump's election fraud case
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4 years
OPINION: Krug wrote that she should be “canceled,” adding that she doesn’t even know what being “canceled” means. I have an answer for her – Krug must leave the University
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