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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 being unnecessarily sent to the GW Hospital for intoxication, and I wanted to get the story right. I d...

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 writing: The GW Hatchet staff editorials by The GW Hatchet Editorial Board

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 campus expansion; managing editor Parth Kotak breaks down the racial history of GW; managing directo...

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-mile (222km) coastal route along the Suffolk coast. It will run from the Essex/Suffolk border near Man...

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 they were white. “I can only wonder how Jan. 6, 2021 would have unfolded if these rioters were Bla...