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Each year, graduating editors are given 30 final column inches to reflect on their time at The Hatchet, published in the final issues of the year. Journalists historically used “-30-” to signify the end of a story. You don’t need raw journalistic talent to work at The Hatchet – you just need to care. I learned that lesson early on at GW. In October of my freshman year, I hurried back from a Halloween party to write a Hatchet story. It was one of my first – I’d heard students were be...

The Society of Professional Journalists named The Hatchet the best all-around student newspaper in a regional awards ceremony this weekend, in addition to 14 other honors. Mark of Excellence award winners from Region 2, which includes collegiate newspapers in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina, will move on to SPJ’s national competition in New Orleans this September. The Hatchet won in the following categories: Best all-around student newspaper: The GW Hatchet Editorial wri...

Congrats, GW – you’ve made it 200 years strong. Since your establishment two centuries ago, you’ve changed nicknames, altered admissions practices and participated in tons of protests. In commemoration of this milestone, the editorial board deliberated GW’s best and worst moments. Opinions editor Hannah Thacker looks into the history of the Colonials moniker; contributing opinions editor Andrew Sugrue lays out the evolution of GW’s tuition costs; culture editor Anna Boone comments on ...

Natural England unveils plans for final stretch of coast path in Suffolk Improved public access to section between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh. From: Orford Quay is just one of the sights along the new section of coast path in Suffolk Proposals for improved public access to a 39-mile (62km) stretch of coast between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh have been unveiled today, Wednesday 3 February 2021, by Natural England. When established, this fifth and final stretch of the path will complete a 138-mi...

Would it surprise you the manner in which college newspapers discussed the January 6 protest in Washington, DC? Opinion on the Capitol attack ran the gamut: an all-out assault on liberty and freedom, to white supremacy run amok, to the end of all civilization as we know it. Starting right in the nation’s capital, Hannah Thacker in George Washington University’s The Hatchet writes that the “only reason right-wing mobs got away [they got away with it?] with an insurrection” was because ...

Natural England investigated for putting up environmentally disastrous fish barriers in bid to encourage weeds The Environment Agency is investigating its sister organisation, Natural England The Angling Trust said the move would impact fish Natural England is under investigation for putting up "environmentally disastrous" fish barriers in an effort to encourage weeds. The Environment Agency is looking into its sister organisation after it erected two separate fish barriers at Gravel Dyke and H...