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Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor

Hannah Marr is a sophomore double majoring in journalism and mass communication and history from New York, New York.  She is The Hatchet's 2023-2024 assistant news editor for the Student Government beat.

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Student Government Association Vice President Demetrius Apostolis speaks about his general allocations fund plan.

SGA votes to change student organization funding structure

By Hannah Marr and Molly St. Clair
April 25, 2024
An Xfinity Wi-Fi router

GW to centralize wireless networks this summer

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
April 25, 2024
Interim Vice President for Safety and Facilities Baxter Goodly – top row, second from the left – updates council members on the University’s closure policy.

Staff Council asks GW to raise staff wages to account for high inflation

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
April 22, 2024
Biological Sciences Department Chair Guillermo Orti presents a report at Fridays Faculty Senate meeting.

Faculty senators discuss changes to executive committee in wake of GWPD arming

By Tyler Iglesias and Hannah Marr
April 15, 2024
SGA Sen. Ethan Fitzgerald (CCAS-U) reacts to his presidential win.

Ethan Fitzgerald clinches SGA presidency by slim margin

By Molly St. Clair and Hannah Marr
April 13, 2024
Student Government Association Legislative Assistant Liz Stoddard, top left; former SGA Sen. Emmy Ly (GWSB-U), top right; former Chief of Staff Cordelia Scales, bottom left; and SGA President Arielle Geismar, bottom right

Gender disparities reflect sexist incidents in SGA, female students say

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
April 8, 2024
The contest for the SGA Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Senate seats will be the most cutthroat Senate race, with thirteen candidates running for eight seats.

SGA Senate sees spike in candidates, lags in graduate participation

By Hannah Marr and Max Porter
April 8, 2024
SGA Sen. Dan Saleem sits before the Joint Elections Commission during his hearing Friday night.

Saleem pleads guilty to campaign violations, to remain on SGA ballot

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
April 5, 2024
Student Government Association Sen. Dan Saleem (CCAS-U) at an SGA meeting in November.

Saleem faces SGA disqualification after alleged premature campaigning

By Hannah Marr and Grace Chinowsky
April 4, 2024
SGA Sen. Dan Saleem (CCAS-U) uses a Swiffer to put up campaign posters between Smith and Phillips halls.

SGA candidates launch campaign period at postering day

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
April 4, 2024
Junior Lauren K. Harris.

Junior, Kogan flea market coordinator announces run for SGA president

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
March 28, 2024
Sophomore SGA Sen. Ethan Fitzgerald (CCAS-U)

SGA senator, mental health assembly co-chair stages presidential bid

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
March 24, 2024
Student Bar Association President Shallum Atkinson at an October meeting.

SBA president vetoes bill asking national bar examiners to cut mental health question

By Hannah Marr and Tyler Iglesias
March 8, 2024
Posters for the 2023 Student Government Association election.

SGA election set for April 11 and 12, pending senate approval

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
March 8, 2024
Faculty senators gathered for Fridays meeting.

Officials present annual academic metrics update

By Hannah Marr and Natalie Note
March 4, 2024
Students line the rows of an Elliott School auditorium for last years Student Government Association election.

SGA reforms elections commission after delays, pushing election into April

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
February 26, 2024
University President Ellen Granberg sits during a Faculty Senate meeting this semester.

Officials to hold faculty, student discussion sessions to inform strategic plan

By Rachel Moon and Hannah Marr
February 26, 2024
GW RAGE Co-Presidents Stephanie Spector (left) and Maddy Niziolek (right) pose for the camera.

SGA Senate, reproductive rights advocates push for abortion pills in the SHC

By Jenna Lee and Hannah Marr
February 12, 2024
Student Government Association senators gathered during the SGA meeting Monday.

SGA Senate reforms JEC ahead of election season

By Hannah Marr and Emma Fudacz
February 8, 2024
SGA Deputy Secretary of Student Justice Carson Consiglio and SGA President Arielle Geismar sit on the steps of District House, which will soon offer housing for transgender and nonbinary students.

Officials to add LGBTQ+-inclusive housing next fall after SGA collaboration

By Hannah Marr and Ryan J. Karlin
February 5, 2024
Student Government Association President Arielle Geismar at Fridays Board of Trustees meeting.

Trustees rename SA to SGA after student advocacy

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
February 4, 2024
Student Bar Association place cards.

SBA Senate ratifies four new law student groups

By Hannah Marr and Lena Frankel
January 25, 2024
Members of the Student Association Senate during the meeting Monday.

SA Senate investigates closure of dining halls during finals week, opens questionnaire

By Hannah Marr and Molly St. Clair
January 25, 2024
Demonstrators push down the National Mall behind a March for Life banner.

Thousands gather in March for Life, demand federal abortion bans

By Hannah Marr and Molly St. Clair
January 21, 2024
Student Association senators vote on a resolution.

Lack of communication from officials stalls SA progress, senators say

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
January 16, 2024
Student Association Sen. Ethan Fitzgerald (CCAS-U) shakes hands with SA Sen. Simon Patmore-Zarcone (Law-G), two of the SAs representatives on the University-Wide Programs Fund committee.

SA fine-tunes events fund as student leaders adjust to funding updates

By Hannah Marr and Diana Anos
December 11, 2023
Officials to prohibit student events in U-Yard, Kogan Plaza through end of semester

Officials to prohibit student events in U-Yard, Kogan Plaza through end of semester

By Fiona Bork and Hannah Marr
December 8, 2023
The Student Association Senate convened to approve allocations for student organizations Monday.

SA Senate votes to allocate more than $265,000 to student organizations this spring

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
December 7, 2023
Student Association President Arielle Geismar sits in the University Student Center.

SA to create councils for Jewish and Muslim student advocacy, pending senate approval

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
December 4, 2023
Student Bar Association Sen. Bernard Baffoe-Mensah during the meeting.

SBA, GW Law to discuss adding fall break pending student feedback

By Hannah Marr and Emma Khodaverdian
November 30, 2023
Members of the Board of Trustees sit during a meeting this semester.

Trustees reject SA initiative to add voting student trustees

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
November 30, 2023
A protester raises a pro-Palestinian sign during the demonstration in Kogan Plaza Wednesday.

Students rally in Kogan, march to F Street House to protest GW SJP suspension

By Cade McAllister and Hannah Marr
November 16, 2023
First-year law student Jaden Cloobeck addresses the Student Bar Association Senate during a meeting this month.

SBA Senate approves two new law student organizations

By Hannah Marr and Lena Frankel
November 16, 2023
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at GWU project messages onto the wall of Gelman Library in October.

GW suspends SJP for three months after anti-Israel library demonstration

By Hannah Marr and Rachel Moon
November 14, 2023
Student Association Sen. Ethan Fitzgerald (CCAS-U) listens to senate deliberations during a meeting this semester.

SA Senate to vote on resolution requesting student voters join Board of Trustees

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
November 13, 2023
Officials close library due to water outage after leaky valve floods H Street intersection

Officials close library due to water outage after leaky valve floods H Street intersection

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
November 9, 2023
District Houses H Street entrance.

District House wins SA sustainability composting competition

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
November 6, 2023
A sea of pro-Palestinian protesters flooded Freedom Plaza on Saturday to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.

Tens of thousands march to call for cease-fire, demand end to US aid to Israel

By Cade McAllister, Hannah Marr and Erika Filter
November 6, 2023
SBA President Shallum Atkinson at a September meeting.

SBA president creates professional development fund

By Hannah Marr and Sachini Adikari
November 2, 2023
Onlookers congregated in Kogan Plaza last week as pro-Palestinian demonstrators projected anti-Israel and anti-GW statements onto the east wall of Gelman Library.

Local student groups, GW organizations respond to library projections

By Cade McAllister and Hannah Marr
October 30, 2023
University President Ellen Granberg at a Faculty Senate meeting last semester.

Granberg denounces students who projected anti-Israel, anti-GW messages onto Gelman

By Cade McAllister and Hannah Marr
October 25, 2023
Students project a message onto Gelman Library.

Students project anti-Israel, anti-GW messages onto library, sparking outcry

By Cade McAllister and Hannah Marr
October 25, 2023
The Student Association Senates Graduate Student Support Act.

Students supports SA initiative to bolster creation of graduate governing bodies

By Hannah Marr and Jennifer Igbonoba
October 23, 2023
Student Association senators met Monday to vote on a bill to request a change to the organizations name.

SA Senate formally requests Board of Trustees to change student body’s name

By Hannah Marr and Sachini Adikari
October 19, 2023
The Student Associations organization space, in March 2021.

SA initiative allows students to propose ideas to executive branch

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
October 12, 2023
Student Association President Arielle Geismar at the October Board of Trustees meeting.

SA president asks trustees to change name of student government body

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
October 6, 2023
The Student Bar Association discussed the Universitys shelter-in-place policies during Tuesdays meeting.

SBA president and senator request guide about University’s safety procedures

By Hannah Marr and Lindsey Spain
October 5, 2023
Student Association senators voted 24-9-3 to pass the Survey Accessibility Act during the SA meeting Monday.

SA Senate allows senators to distribute surveys to students, despite mixed opinions

By Hannah Marr and August Friebolin
October 5, 2023
A student scoops up a fresh batch of onion rings at Shenkman Dining Hall.

SA vice president to launch dining hall focus group

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
September 28, 2023
GW monitoring impact of potential government shutdown

GW ‘monitoring’ impact of potential government shutdown

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
September 22, 2023
SBA President Shallum Atkinson at a September meeting.

SBA Senate requests advisory opinion from SBA Supreme Court

By Hannah Marr and Barry Yao
September 21, 2023
A vending machine sits empty in District House

Officials restock contraceptive vending machine after it sells out in less than two weeks

By Hannah Marr and Lydie Lake
September 18, 2023
The Eatery at Pelham Commons, the dining hall in the basement of West Hall, will now offer breakfast on weekdays from 7:30 to 9 a.m.

Officials add breakfast meal time to Vern dining hall

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
September 18, 2023
Senators scheduled a special meeting on Thursday evening to vote on budget allocations.

SBA Senate disperses more than $100,000 to law student organizations

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
September 11, 2023
MPD arrests man for assaulting police officer at District House

MPD arrests man for assaulting police officer at District House

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
September 8, 2023
GW Police Department Chief James Tate, pictured in 2020.

GWPD announces cost of arming officers

By Hannah Marr and Ayah Mahana
September 6, 2023
Senators scheduled a special meeting on Thursday evening to vote on budget allocations.

SBA Senate adjourns meeting without allocating student org funds

By Ayah Mahana and Hannah Marr
September 6, 2023
The vending machines’ placement in the basement of District House, which is open to students 24/7, means contraceptives will now be accessible to students around the clock.

Officials install two new contraceptive vending machines with subsidized costs

By Hannah Marr and Anna Fattizzo
August 28, 2023
The Student Association Senate in a May meeting.

SA Senate fills seven vacant seats, discusses sustainability committee

By Hannah Marr
August 11, 2023
The strong winds, which reached 84 mph on the Vern, knocked down several trees on the satellite campus.

Officials restore power to Vern after major storm

By Hannah Marr, Assistant News Editor
July 30, 2023
Jack Gipson, a rising sophomore living in West Hall, said the Vern lost power at about 5:30 p.m., during the peak of the storm.

Thunderstorm rumbles through D.C., leaves Vern residents without power

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
July 29, 2023
Sounds of the blue line stations accompanied by photos of the metro stations

Metro begins installing taller faregates, aims to target fare evasion

By Hannah Marr
July 28, 2023
Kym Rice, the director of Corcoran, said officials do not plan to put any additional Corcoran programs on hiatus.

Alumnus’ estate bestows $3 million art collection to display in campus museum

By Hannah Marr
June 15, 2023
Online graduate student enrollment increased by about 600 students, while the number of online, nondegree students increased by 26 in the same period, according to institutional data.

GW ranks No. 25 in Peace Corps’ ranking of volunteer-producing universities

By Hannah Marr
June 8, 2023
Members of the Student Association Senate discussed their policy goals for the next academic year via Zoom last week.

SA Senate plans to allow mobile GWorld access to Gelman Library, add GWorld to mobile payment apps

By Hannah Marr
June 6, 2023
Researchers in the chemistry department use the telescope to research greenhouse gas concentrations.

GW joins prestigious academic association

By Hannah Marr
June 4, 2023
Former Student Association President Christian Zidouemba, left, began his term with a 14-member cabinet, adding 13 positions during the year, but current SA President Arielle Geismar, right, hopes to increase membership to a total of 39.

SA president to expand executive cabinet to pre-Zidouemba numbers

By Hannah Marr
May 22, 2023
The senate unanimously passed the Constitutional Amendments Act of 2023, which adds a referendum to the ballot for the April 5 and 6 elections asking students to approve amendments clarifying language in the SA constitution.

Former SA President Zidouemba reflects on successes, internal adversity of tenure

By Hannah Marr
May 22, 2023
Bowser said she accepted the honorary doctorate of public service on behalf of the 37,000 people who work for her in the D.C. government to make the District a “great place.”

Bowser receives honorary doctorate, congratulates graduates at CCAS commencement

By Hannah Marr and Rachel Moon
May 22, 2023
Student Association President Arielle Geismar holds a sign in Kogan Plaza during a protest last month against the Universitys decision to arm some GW Police Department officers next fall.

SA president advocates against GWPD arming decision to officials

By Brooke Forgette and Hannah Marr
May 12, 2023
Student Association Vice President Demetrius Apostolis swears in incoming SA senators during Mondays meeting.

SA Senate votes to create dining reform special committee, swears in senators

By Hannah Marr
May 5, 2023
Nathan Nguyen, the director of the Legislative Budget Office, said the approval rate of requests granted to student organizations increased to 36 percent this cycle, a jump from the 29 percent approval rate the previous cycle.

SA senators divvy up $265,000 among student organizations

By Hannah Marr
May 1, 2023
SA senators approved bills like the Graduate Student Inclusion Act and the Graduate Student Housing Act, which urge officials to “bolster” the graduate student experience through campus residence halls and involvement opportunities.

SA Senate passes 13 pieces of legislation in final meeting of term

By Barry Yao and Hannah Marr
April 27, 2023
Students line the rows of an Elliott School auditorium for last years Student Government Association election.

SA voter turnout drops to lows not seen in at least a decade

By Hannah Marr
April 20, 2023
Geismar pledged to highlight sexual assault resources on campus, push to hire more mental health counselors and facilitate roundtables between administrators and students.

Arielle Geismar elected SA president as student voter turnout continues descent

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
April 15, 2023
The senate unanimously passed the Constitutional Amendments Act of 2023, which adds a referendum to the ballot for the April 5 and 6 elections asking students to approve amendments clarifying language in the SA constitution.

Zidouemba will not run for reelection, drops Student Court case against JEC

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
April 6, 2023
Six presidential candidates took the floor for over an hour, and two vice presidential candidates sparred in a separate debate.

SA candidates talk Title IX, student organization financing in debate

By Hannah Marr and Lydie Lake
April 6, 2023
The Student Association Senate must confirm the dates of SA elections, which must end by April 14, according to SA bylaws. The senate’s schedule states its next regularly scheduled meeting is slated for April 10.

SA Senate confirms election dates for April 13 and 14

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
April 1, 2023
Chief Justice Yun-Da Tsai said the court will issue a final judgment on the case before May 1 instead of immediately because neither the plaintiff nor the defendant requested a prompt decision.

Three prospective SA candidates file complaints in Student Court

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
March 30, 2023
SA Sen. Linsi Goodin, CCAS-G, the chair of the finance committee, gave a report on the preliminary requests received during the general allocations process for the fall 2023 semester.

SA Senate approves $1.31 million budget for next academic year

By Anna Fattizzo and Hannah Marr
March 30, 2023
Higher education experts said the uncertainty of the pandemic helped drive faculty who may have retired to the security of guaranteed income.

Student activists petition against investments in weapons companies

By Hannah Marr and Ellie Vasko
March 9, 2023
SBA Sen. Anissa Tanksley said students should not have to sacrifice their mental health and their small amount of free time to fight a barrier that is “unnecessary.”

SBA Senate asks law journal competition to help part-time students with earlier start

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
February 23, 2023
Autism Research Club student leaders said they currently have 15 registered members and plan to host organize fundraisers and host speaker events with professors specializing in autism research.

Student organization prepares plans to promote autism awareness, research

By Hannah Marr
February 13, 2023
SA Sen. Linsi Goodin, CCAS-G, and chair of the finance committee, said the deadline would normally arrive this week, but said the current deadline doesn’t give student organizations enough time to apply to keep their unused funds.

SA Senate pushes back deadline to reclaim student organization funds

By Erika Filter and Hannah Marr
January 26, 2023
Neharika Rao, the SAs executive secretary of diversity, equity and inclusion, and Aiza Saeed, the executive cabinets communications director, worked with officials to develop the logistics behind installing the machine and pricing the contraceptives.

Officials to install contraceptive vending machine in student center after SA push

By Olivia Emerson and Hannah Marr
January 23, 2023

Student Association Senate establishes student justice commission

By Hannah Marr
November 29, 2022
WiCyS leaders said 71 students are registered as members and plan to continue hosting weekly meetings this year to expand membership.

Organization to empower women, nonbinary students in cybersecurity

By Barry Yao and Hannah Marr
November 14, 2022
The organization’s leaders said members will pull from personal experiences with violence and poverty in Venezuela to inspire their activism.

Venezuelan student organization to distribute aid, support migrants in D.C.

By Faith Wardwell and Hannah Marr
October 17, 2022
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