The chicken chain racked up five health code violations earlier this month.| The GW Hatchet
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Softball Head Coach Matt Klampert said he was drawn to Foggy Bottom because of the program’s strong foundation including Atlantic 10 titles as recently as 2022 and talented players former head coach Chrissy Schoonmaker recruited.| The GW Hatchet
On the first day of classes, my roommate and I sat down with a tower of tacos in Western Market to test from both Mexican eateries to see which restaurant wins the title of best taco in Western Market.| The GW Hatchet
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser provided an update on crime in the District and the state of affairs in the city as President Donald Trump's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department nears 20 days.| The GW Hatchet
Two students have co-founded an independent afterschool program that aims to bridge the gap left after officials shuttered a tutoring service organized through the Nashman Center late last semester.| The GW Hatchet
The move is the latest instance of President Donald Trump’s administration wielding power over D.C.| The GW Hatchet
First-year resident halls will have 24-hour security coverage, while upperclassmen housing will only offer security guards overnight.| The GW Hatchet
The Student Advocate’s Office will provide a team of dedicated advocates that assist students and organizations going through the conduct process.| The GW Hatchet
Elliot Mamet, a research associate and lecturer at Princeton University, said home rule has never been “under attack” as much as it is today by President Donald Trump’s administration and discussed the history of D.C.’s delegates navigating and progressing the city’s fight for autonomy.| The GW Hatchet
The email said plans were determined to be too extensive to allow for continuation with the plan.| The GW Hatchet
Three GW swimmers competed at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend.| The GW Hatchet
Head coach Brian Thomas said the team’s 17 new freshmen will help him develop a program that competes year round.| The GW Hatchet
Thomas is the only current swimming and diving head coach to have coached two A-10 programs back-to-back.| The GW Hatchet
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Serving the GW Community since 1904| The GW Hatchet
After three years of steady progress under Head Coach Chris Caputo and an impressive spring of roster building, I’m cautiously optimistic about what this fall will bring for GW.| The GW Hatchet
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Serving the GW Community since 1904| The GW Hatchet
Men’s basketball is back in the gym, experimenting with new lineups and working toward their postseason goals.| The GW Hatchet
GW will implement a hiring freeze for positions supported by operational funds until at least Oct. 1, limit non-essential discretionary expenses, review procurement contracts and planned capital expenditures and likely lay off some faculty and staff.| The GW Hatchet
If elected as vice president, SGA Sen. Ethan Lynne said he will relay student organization funding and meeting space concerns to University administrators.| The GW Hatchet
Aly McCormick said the Student Government Association has “lost the plot.”| The GW Hatchet
The referendum serves to gauge student opinion on the SGA president and vice president holding full voting positions on the Board of Trustees.| The GW Hatchet
Lauren K. Harris, who born and raised a Metro ride away from campus in Takoma, said she wants to provide students with the opportunity to love the District as much as she does if elected SGA president.| The GW Hatchet
The SGA election isn’t Ethan Fitzgerald’s first rodeo.| The GW Hatchet
A University spokesperson said the Board of Trustees will not consider the addition of two voting student trustees.| The GW Hatchet
A total of 2,190 students — about 8.5 percent of the roughly 25,600 eligible voters — cast a vote in the SA’s election last week.| The GW Hatchet
Junior Arielle Geismar and Sophomore Demetrius Apostolis won their respective elections to the Student Association presidency and vice presidency.| The GW Hatchet
In interviews, nearly 40 students said they did not vote in the election because they didn’t know the SA was running an election.| The GW Hatchet
The District is considering Friendship Place, a housing provider for people experiencing homelessness, as a services partner for The Aston, a spokesperson said last week.| The GW Hatchet
As the NCAA permits GW to begin directly paying its athletes for the first time Tuesday, student-athletes said the landmark NCAA settlement could unlock new revenue streams, expanding how they benefit from their athletic contributions.| The GW Hatchet
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University officials announced the number of programs with cuts to funding in an email released this month.| The GW Hatchet
For the first time in more than 40 years, men’s basketball will host the Georgetown University Hoyas this fall, GW Athletics announced Wednesday in a release.| The GW Hatchet
Students and faculty working in Bell Hall said fluctuating temperatures, black mold, asbestos, ceiling leaks, vermin and malfunctioning windows have hindered their research and created an unsafe environment for at least four years.| The GW Hatchet
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Chick-fil-A will soon return to campus after a nearly three-year hiatus.| The GW Hatchet
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The parade, criticized by some Democrats for its high cost and timing on Trump’s 79th birthday, stood in contrast to the thousands of “No Kings” protests across the country and a “Refuse Fascism” demonstration decrying Trump’s policies just blocks from the White House.| The GW Hatchet
The National Institutes of Health has canceled at least five GW research grants this month, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.| The GW Hatchet
Researchers at GW said President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federally funded research last month have put their studies in a state of limbo.| The GW Hatchet
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Contractors started renovations last month to replace all windows due to some not being able to stay open in Bell Hall and ensure all spaces have heating, ventilation and air conditioning units after many spaces did not have HVAC.| The GW Hatchet
The letter condemns the estimated $18 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health proposed in the fiscal year 2026 federal budget.| The GW Hatchet
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University staff members said they have to juggle their finances to make ends meet after officials announced halts to annual merit-based increases in late April to address budget issues.| The GW Hatchet
Serving the GW Community since 1904| The GW Hatchet
GW Police Department Chief James Tate is on leave effective Friday after officials hired a third-party firm to investigate the department’s arming implementation process.| The GW Hatchet
Upon repeated questions from four faculty senators, University President Ellen Granberg and Vice President for Safety and Operations Baxter Goodly said they could not comment on human resources or personnel issues for confidentiality reasons.| The GW Hatchet
The GW Police Department faces more than five months of turnover and leadership vacancies at the completion of its contentious three-phase plan to arm 22 officers with 9 mm handguns.| The GW Hatchet
The GW Police Department has armed all supervising officers, with the capacity to arm about a third of the force.| The GW Hatchet
Senators said the resolution’s requests will encourage a community forum with the Faculty Senate and remedy the Board of Trustees’ alleged violation of shared governance principles.| The GW Hatchet
The letter states the “abruptness” of the Board’s announcement limits community feedback on the decision to arm some GWPD officers before its implementation.| The GW Hatchet
The announcement has raised concerns among students that the move will increase the rate of violent encounters at the hands of GWPD officers, especially toward Black and brown students.| The GW Hatchet
Interim University President Mark Wrighton said the Board of Trustees approved a policy to arm roughly 20 GWPD officers with 9 mm handguns.| The GW Hatchet
Students praised outreach efforts from GWPD this fall but said the department should advertise its events more effectively, so more students know about them.| The GW Hatchet
GWPD adopted a series of reforms late last month that feature a revamped training program, community involvement and body-worn cameras.| The GW Hatchet
James Tate will head the GW Police Department beginning Jan. 21. He will be the fifth person to oversee the department since early 2018.| The GW Hatchet
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Serving the GW Community since 1904| The GW Hatchet
Tate’s resignation follows a Hatchet investigation last month that detailed previously undisclosed departmental safety violations and internal disarray.| The GW Hatchet
Former GW Police Department officers said the yearlong rollout of the controversial plan to arm some police officers was riddled with safety violations that went undisclosed to the community.| The GW Hatchet
Ellen Granberg – the first woman to serve as GW’s president – will take over the helm of GW from Interim University President Mark Wrighton and will begin her term on July 1.| The GW Hatchet
The Community Advisory Team invited community members to weigh in on the Good Neighbor Agreement, a tenant-neighbor agreement for an unhoused shelter slated to open next month.| The GW Hatchet
More than 120 students attended a vigil mourning Palestinians killed during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas.| The GW Hatchet
Local housing advocates said The Aston’s delayed opening may form a bottleneck within available housing as more people seek warmth during hypothermia season.| The GW Hatchet
A group of unnamed local property owners is making their second attempt to sue D.C. and stop the conversion of a former GW residence hall into a shelter for medically vulnerable unhoused people.| The GW Hatchet
Members of a local governing body elected Courtney Cooperman and Chris Labas to represent the community during the conversion.| The GW Hatchet
Members of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission congratulated Ellen Granberg on the start of her term as the University’s 19th president.| The GW Hatchet
The D.C. Council approved D.C.’s $27.5 million contract to buy the Aston from GW and convert it into a non-congregate shelter for unhoused people last week.| The GW Hatchet
A local governing body passed a resolution in support of the Department of Human Services’ proposal to convert the former residence hall into a non-congregate shelter Wednesday.| The GW Hatchet
The Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission sought feedback Wednesday on a proposal to convert the Aston into a non-congregate shelter.| The GW Hatchet
The pro-Palestinian encampment has reached day three and dozens of students slept just across the yard’s gates on H Street in solidarity with the protesters.| The GW Hatchet
Seven GW alumni in the House of Representatives signed the letter and other members of Congress disavowed Tuesday’s demonstration.| The GW Hatchet
The teams have both won their respective championships three consecutive years.| The GW Hatchet
Officials will bar SJP from sponsoring or organizing on-campus activities on GW property and from using any indoor or outdoor University facilities for at least the next 90 days.| The GW Hatchet
About 40 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside of the Smith Center on Friday afternoon as officials inaugurated University President Ellen Granberg.| The GW Hatchet
The president and chief executive officer of Friendship Place, the District-based housing provider that will supervise The Aston, said they will announce their program manager selection “soon.”| The GW Hatchet
Officials will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in The Aston by up to six months after an unnamed group of local property owners filed a second lawsuit last month attempting to block its conversion into a shelter.| The GW Hatchet
More than a dozen students said they got sick after eating at dining halls, but officials denied the cases were linked to the meals.| The GW Hatchet
Senators approved an act that will create a special committee to assess and address student’s concerns regarding dining hall health violations.| The GW Hatchet
University officials instructed four student demonstrators from Students for Justice in Palestine to stop projecting phrases protesting the Israel-Hamas war, messages some deemed antisemitic.| The GW Hatchet
Editor’s note: This article contains live updates of day five of the encampment. To read live updates from day six, click here. The pro-Palestinian encampments – once divided between University Yard and H Street – entered its fifth day Monday after protesters breached the metal barricade Sunday night. More than 100 tents are spread throughout...| The GW Hatchet
Editor’s note: This article contains live updates of day four of the encampment. For live updates of day five, click here. The pro-Palestinian encampment in University Yard entered its fourth day Sunday morning, as dozens of tents remain in the plaza and more than 30 additional tents spill onto H Street. Demonstrators pitched about a...| The GW Hatchet
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are in University Yard, preparing to stay overnight.| The GW Hatchet
Editor’s note: This article includes The Hatchet’s live coverage of the seventh day of the University Yard encampment. For live coverage of day eight, click here. Protesters begin the seventh day of their encampment Wednesday under scrutiny from members of Congress for the near week-long demonstration. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) urged Congress Tuesday to hold...| The GW Hatchet
Updated: April 27, 2024, at 1:27 p.m. Student protesters said at their rally Friday that officials suspended seven students from GW immediately. “The administration announced readily to seven students that they are suspended, effective immediately,” said a speaker at Friday’s rally. “They each have nine counts of misconduct.” “Is this what safety looks like?” the...| The GW Hatchet
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will call on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith to testify next Wednesday.| The GW Hatchet
MPD rejected requests from GW officials to clear protesters from their encampment in U-Yard early Friday morning, the Washington Post reported Friday afternoon.| The GW Hatchet
Demonstrators sustained their presence in U-Yard far past the 7 p.m. deadline set by officials for protesters to clear the encampment, but have yet to face direct pressure from police to vacate the area.| The GW Hatchet
Officials announced the University partnered with the D.C. Department of Public Works to install the bin in Kogan Plaza on June 25.| The GW Hatchet
It is time to stop the war. It is time to end the terror. It is time to release the hostages. It is time to end the occupation.| The GW Hatchet
Since his hire in 2018, Thomas has built not only GW’s winningest program but one of the most successful mid-major swimming teams.| The GW Hatchet
Hundreds of police arrested 33 protesters at the University Yard encampment early Wednesday morning, clearing the pro-Palestinian encampment just before it was about to hit its second week.| The GW Hatchet
Protesters enter the 12th day of the encampment with the final exam period in full swing and ire over University President Ellen Granberg’s reported refusal to meet with organizers. Granberg said in a statement Sunday that the demonstration has not been “peaceful or productive” due to incidents like the breach of the barricade that enclosed...| The GW Hatchet
Granberg said on Sunday that all of the University’s efforts to end the “potentially dangerous” encampment or deter protesters from escalation have failed.| The GW Hatchet
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators donned ponchos and rain jackets and rain flies remained on tents as the encampment in University Yard experienced unrelenting rainfall throughout the night. Organizers held a press conference Saturday where they said the University had formally refused to meet with protesters Friday to discuss their demands of support for pro-Palestinian student organizers and...| The GW Hatchet
Ethan Fitzgerald captured 37 percent of the vote in the first round of ranked-choice ballots before narrowly defeating Lauren K. Harris in the fourth round.| The GW Hatchet
