In the corner of the Marvin Center parking garage is a gray door outlined with orange paint. Parked outside the door are five bicycles with book bags and helmets hanging from them. The door's sign also is outlined in orange. It reads in bold letters: EMERG.
It is 5 a.m. Eyes glazed and stomach churning, panic sets in. Even after staring at an open textbook all night long, it does not seem like it is enough.
Wild parties, day trips to different states, dinners in Georgetown and nights at the movies - all before finals. According to many students reading week does not just mean late nights poring over books.
After making Jerry Maguire, actor Tom Cruise and writer-director Cameron Crowe made plans to work together again. Once they saw the Spanish film Open Your Eyes, which Crowe says they "couldn't stop talking about," they knew what their next project together would be.
Usually, actors spend weeks, even months, developing a character. But when Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei took a part in the independent film In the Bedroom, she found herself working on a slightly shorter schedule. Instead of the usual preparation time, Tomei told The Hatchet during a phone interview, first-time writer/director Todd Field "gave me three days notice to get up to Maine and create this character.
Harold Ramis may be best known for his infamous portrayal of Dr. Egon Spangler in the Ghostbusters films, but he also wrote for such comedic films as Animal House and Groundhog Day. It would seem that a veteran of this caliber is above association with untested newbies in the entertainment industry.
GW is facing a housing shortage of its own making. There are more undergraduates at GW this year than ever before after administrators admitted record-breaking freshman classes four years in a row. And as the spring housing lottery approaches, the math isn't adding up for students in need of housing.
GW presented plans to the Zoning Commission for the construction of two new residential buildings along 23rd Street. One is a row of townhouses to be built on what is now the Smith Center parking lot. The other is a 700-bed residence hall planned for the empty lot across from the Smith Center and the Health and Wellness Center.
Student deaths are without question the hardest stories for a student newspaper to report. Balancing our duty to cover important events that affect GW with a responsibility to respect ramifications of making a private life public is a judgement game that will never completely satisfy all readers.
Even President George W. Bush's harshest critics have to admit that thus far the military operation in Afghanistan has run surprisingly smoothly. Luckily for those who still would not trust Bush as far as they could throw him, there is plenty to complain about concerning security measures taken since Sept.
"Giambi Will Don Pinstripes for Seven Seasons,'" was the headline I read on ESPN.com before I nearly fell off my chair. Actually, I was not surprised at all. Angry was more like it. How could the American League champion New York Yankees sign major league baseball's most valuable player runner-up and one of the two most coveted free agents of the 2001-02 off-season, when only the year before they signed the top free agent pitcher after winning the World Series? The fact of the matter is good teams get better, and bad teams get worse.
When 25 Israelis were killed last weekend by three suicide bombers, the Palestinian Authority signaled they were no longer partners for peace with Israel. Rather, the PA believes the only way there can be peace is if Israel is destroyed and replaced with a Palestinian state, which they claim is their right.
I am skeptical about the article, "Groups promote campus recycling" (Nov. 29, p. 1) which is an attempt to convince GW students and faculty that the University does actually recycle. Every morning for two years, I watched the GW housekeeping staff mix trash and recyclables into the same bags.
All at once, GW icon Manouch is being forced off of campus while food trucks foul up the area outside Kogan Plaza and its million dollar gates. GW and the D.C. government should follow New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's example in setting up marketplaces for vendors.
The Colonials stormed back and erased a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Providence College 83-77 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Saturday. The win, the Colonials' third in which they trailed by 12 points or more at the break, moved GW to 7-3, its best start in five seasons.
A different Colonials women's basketball team than GW has seen in recent games showed up at the Smith Center Sunday to beat DePaul University 74-61. After a disappointing loss to Georgetown Wednesday, making this season GW's worst start in 12 years, the Colonial women ended their two-game slide and used the win to regain confidence lost in the past two weeks.
The Colonials play five games over winter break, including their first four Atlantic 10 Conference games. Three of those games are against weak A-10 teams, giving GW ample opportunity to start its conference season strong.
With the women's basketball team's tough early season games out of the way, each of the seven games over winter break are a must win - and a likely win - for a team off to a disappointing 3-4 start.
"We've been two and four before, no?" women's basketball coach Joe McKeown laughs at Sunday's post-game press conference in response to a question on how his team is responding to its worst start in 12 years.
District agencies supported GW plans for two new residence halls opposed by neighborhood residents at a Zoning Commission hearing Thursday.
About 440 Hall on Virginia Avenue residents were left homeless for about seven hours Friday after a sprinkler and several fire alarms went off at 5:14 a.m.
As Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria closed its doors last week, owners George and Van Fleishell left some customers disappointed and some questions unanswered about a new location and use of $500,000 in GW funds.
GW is "playing catch-up" with universities across the nation by trying to lure more gifts from alumni, corporations and foundations. The current fundraising total for GW is significantly below those of rival schools and may be contributing to high tuition costs for students.
The 150 people who filled the Jack Morton Auditorium Friday to hear Newt Gingrich as a guest on a BBC broadcast were surprised to find former presidential Chief of Staff Bill Kristol discussing terrorism instead.
Mount Vernon Campus officials expect the Somers Hall addition to be complete in time to house 41 students returning from a study abroad program next semester.
The Student Association vocalized student support to bring Manouchehr Nava's hot dog vending business on campus with a resolution last week. Nava, popularly known among students as "Manouch," said he is currently approaching the University about selling food late at night on campus.
Professor Maurice East will use his political connections to offer a foreign policy class with former President George Bush as a guest lecturer one last time next semester.
Seven years ago Jimmie's Chicken Shack frontman Jimmi Haha appeared on the "Jerry Springer Show" as the boyfriend of a girl who worked her way through college in the dominatrix industry.
As a plane crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11, the D.C. Fire Department sent all available ambulances to the scene, leaving the city void of emergency vehicles for other local calls. The fire department borrowed emergency response vehicles from Georgetown University's Emergency Medical Response Service (GERMS) for extra support, but GW's Emergency Medical Response Group (EMeRG) received no calls.
'A Night to Unite' raises money for WTC victims Dining Services lengthens Starbucks hours Former Reagan campaign adviser awarded fellowship AOL-Time Warner CEO to discuss TV war coverage
GW told Residence Hall Association members Wednesday it will require all sophomores to live on campus starting next year. The announcement comes late in the game for the RHA , which will now be unable to achieve its goal to eliminate the housing waiting list.
Civil Rights panel criticizes Bush Congress stalls on economic stimulus Bag screening machines costs double Smithsonian fears Bush budget cuts
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Posted 1:30 a.m. Dec. 13- Court proceeding began this week in a sexual discrimination case against GW. Former head trainer Jacquelyn Jenkins is suing the University in D.C. Superior Court because she was not allowed to work with the men's basketball team for the 1999-2000 season, her first year at the post.
Posted 1:35 a.m. Dec. 13- City zoning officials Tuesday finalized the language of an order that requires GW to house 70 percent of its undergraduates on campus and outside Foggy Bottom by next fall. University lawyers have said since October, when the order was drafted, that GW is 1,400 beds short and will be unable to comply by the September 2002 deadline.
Posted 1:40 a.m. Dec. 13-Fewer than 300 students turned out to vote Tuesday on possible changes to the SA and student behavior policies. SA members said short notice prevented many students from hearing about the election.
Posted 1:50 a.m. Dec. 13-Chanting together and displaying union pins, J Street workers left their work stations and stopped working for one minute at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday to protest what they call unfair labor practices.
The look, feel and scope of GW's campus might seem foreign to a returning alumni as the University continues to add more students and buildings. The trend is particularly noticeable this year.
Confronting University policies and battles with former GW President Cloyd Heck Marvin marked the beginning of the ground-breaking journalism career of Eileen Shanahan. The 1944 GW alumna and former Hatchet editor in chief died Nov. 2 in her D.C. home at the age of 77.
The Hatchet's scholarship fund is looking for one final push to reach the $100,000 before it is put use. The newspaper is also working against the clock as the University prepares to remove financial crutches.
A lot of GW alumni would love to be in David Holt's shoes.
The main focus of The Hatchet is and always will be gathering and reporting the news, but Grant Wernick wants to make the package it comes in as appealing as possible.
Please find enclosed an original print from November of 1968 for your consideration for inclusion in Hatchet memorabilia.
This has certainly been a busy time to head any publication. But to be at the heart of the activity during such historic times is something for which there is no preparation. Considering the number of GW students from the New York area, it is surprising that none lost a parent in the Sept.
Cookie Olshein (production coordinator, '88) won $135,000 on the now-defunct game show "21. "
Greetings from Foggy Bottom. I was planning to write about the importance of deadlines and how the experience of producing a student newspaper was both the best and worst experience for college students in learning the value of meeting deadlines. But then again, you already know that from personal experience, so I'll simply mention the deadline we all share now.
The following Hatchet alumni have slipped out of contact. If you information about any of them, please let us know!
GW Professor named "Outstanding Older Worker" of D.C. 79-year old GW professor Max Ticktin was selected as this years's Outstanding Older Worker of D.C. as part of the fourth annual National Prime Time Awards. Ticktin, an assistant professor of Hebrew Language and associate director of the Judaic Studies program, also teaches contemporary Israeli literature and history of modern Hebrew literature.
Posted 2:00 a.m. Dec. 31 -GW’s three biggest players fouled out in a 97-87 home loss to the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Friday evening, making it impossible for a five-guard lineup to overcome a 15-point second half deficit. The loss ends both GW’s three-game winning streak and its non-conference schedule (7-4).
GW played with a four-guard lineup and shot nearly fifty percent from the field en route to a 96-82 home victory against St. Bonaventure Thursday night. With the win, the Colonials (8-4, 1-0) opened A-10 conference play with the same grit that has led them to a successful start and knocked off what GW head coach Karl Hobbs has called the best team in the A-10.
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