In today’s edition, I hope to have set a tone for our coverage of the teams this season based on two points: processes and people. With both teams in the process of trying to build themselves back up, focusing solely on outcomes would be misrepresentative of “the story” of each team’s seasons. The means, in these circumstances, are just as important as the ends.

As far as the “people” aspect, we hope that our coverage has helped our audience become more familiar with the Colonials themselves. There are roughly two-dozen members of the two teams, not to mention a full coaching staff, and with each person comes any number of possible stories. Hopefully this issue is only the beginning of telling them.

With that said, please feel free to provide us with any feedback you have about the issue or our coverage, be it here or by e-mail at sports@gwhatchet.com. Thank you and enjoy.

“The Supreme Court’s Public Information Office has asked to approve any quotes you use from the Justice’s speech,” Duggan said. “You can send the quotes and/or article to me and I’ll pass it to them. They’re quite prompt so hopefully for those on a same or next-day deadline, we can get that approved ASAP.”

A month later, The New York Times has reported that Kennedy, who the newspaper notes is “widely regarded as one of the court’s most vigilant defenders of First Amendment values,” made the same request of another student publication, the paper at New York’s Dalton School.

The New York Times reported: “The justice’s office received a draft of the proposed article on Monday and returned it to the newspaper the same day with ‘a couple of minor tweaks,’ [Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathleen] Arberg said. Quotations were ‘tidied up’ to better reflect the meaning the justice had intended to convey, she said.”

Our policy allows any source to review – but not revise – their quotes for accuracy before publication if asked, whether the source is a Supreme Court justice or a freshman.

If you didn’t notice, the header on our Web site today has three colorful hats on it. Why? Because it’s our birthday!

The Hatchet turns 105 today. Our first issue came out on Oct. 5, 1904, and was called “The University Hatchet.”

If you’re in a particularly generous mood, feel free to send us a birthday gift here. Otherwise, use today as an excuse to eat a cupcake.

In past years, we’ve put out a special section in the paper that focused on the top bars and clubs that GW students frequent. This year, though, we kept that feature a little more succinct, put it on two pages in our main section, and I’m very happy with the way it came out.

Life Editors Hadas Gold, Max McGowen and Miranda Green have mapped out your potential evening, night and next morning, and Production Managers Erica Steinberg and Rachel Lee put together a tight and eye-catching design. Never to be out done, Web Director Andy Nacin took our print product and adapted it well to an easy-to-use Web interface.

These are the kinds of projects we hope you take note of, and we want to continue in the future. The Hatchet serves the you, the students. What other student-friendly features or stories do you want to see in the campus newspaper?

• Emily Cahn looks at how the University’s endowment has fallen over the last year. Even though the fund is down 18 percent, administrators say that by comparison, GW has fared well in the economic downturn.
• Amy Rhodin has the interesting story of a GW professor and three of her students who traveled to Africa to teach art to the local community. Matt Rist writes about a similar group that went to India.
• Our back-to-school section has a rundown of some new fashion trends, places to go on cheap dates, and some advice on how to meet a new mate this fall.

I hope you check out these stories and more on our Web site, but make sure you take a look at the print version of the paper, too. We’ve just completed a great redesign of the print product – one that I think will catch your eye when you see it on newsstands this year.

Like usual, our next issue comes out on Monday. Let us know in the comments or on Twitter what you think we should be covering.