Nahed Turkestani rushes to the back of the ceramics studio and dumps more than 150 pounds of gray, wet clay onto a canvas-covered table. Spreading the clay into an seven-by-two foot panel, Turkestani leaves the clay to set and begins working on thin panels from her sketches, forming and sculpting palm trees, windows, doors and other architectural pieces to add to the large panel.
Bored on a Saturday afternoon? Can't think of anything to do? Want a huge Celtic knot on your back? Here's a suggestion: Venture to one of D.C.'s safe and reputable tattoo parlors and pick out a clever design or part of your body to pierce. Fatty's Custom Tattooz, in Dupont Circle, and Jinx Proof, in Georgetown, offer friendly atmospheres and a knowledgeable staff.
The GW gymnastics team placed fourth in Saturday's NCAA Regional Championships at Penn State University, failing to earn the school its first-ever bid to NCAA Nationals.
The GW baseball team swept Fordham in a three-game series last weekend with a 4-3 win in a back-and-forth finale Sunday at Barcroft Park. The Colonials also won both games of a doubleheader Saturday. Senior Mike Bassett is poised to break GW's all-time career homerun record, having tied it with his 49th and 50th homeruns Saturday.
A heartbreaker and a blowout. Those words describe the weekend for the GW women's lacrosse team, which was dealt an 18-4 loss Sunday by visiting Temple, and a 15-14 loss by St. Joseph's Friday.
The GW men's tennis team won its eighth straight match Saturday, squeezing by visiting St. Bonaventure for a 4-3 win. The win against the Bonnies followed a 4-3 victory over Xavier Friday.
The GW women's water polo team defeated Bucknell and Villanova but lost to Princeton in Lewisburg, Pa., last weekend. In the last matches before the Southern Championships, GW improved its record to 14-5 overall and 6-2 in conference play.
He's a troll. Short and stocky with a bitter, twisted temperament. He's traded insults with Batman, given smoking tips to Method Man and played ball with Michael Jordan. Actor-director Danny DeVito has his hands in a lot, everything from producing to acting to set design.
Picture this. You are 26 years old and have just been elected to the U.S. Congress where you will serve in the House of Representatives as its youngest member. No one in your family has ever held elected office. Your parents call you crazy. But as loving parents often do, they support your quest, regardless of how outlandish it may seem.
Long Story Short: George Clooney, Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg are Desert Storm soldiers that try their best to steal Saddam's gold while at the same time freeing the oppressed masses. They may be pretty boys but in this movie they're some bad-ass dudes. Alan Says: Three Kings (Warner Bros.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex industrial society." It is for this reason that the landmark Higher Education Act was passed in 1965 to insure every child in America more equal access to education. In 1998, Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) tacked a provision onto this law that is against the very spirit of the Higher Education Act.
Hopefully, you have received this e-mail from one of your friends concerned for the health and well-being of Jessica McKinley. Jessica is a 17-year-old girl from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, who lives with a fatal case of agoraphobia, the abnormal fear of being in open spaces. She has lived all of her life indoors, and now, thanks to the internet, my best friend can forever visit foreign lands and the town next door right from her seat by the fridge in her father's den.
GW to remain open for protest Israeli cabinet minister to address students Bhangra Blowout tickets on sale Delta Gamma hosts Anchorbowl Terrorism expert discusses U.S. effort in Afghanistan The Out Crowd hosts day of silence
University of California recalls students from Israel Slavery committee threatens to sue Harvard Syracuse students protest Giuliani as commencement speaker Students have more free time, study says
GW's student leaders strutted their stuff on a catwalk at the first-ever Food and Friends Date Auction Thursday night in the Hippodrome. Hundreds of enthusiastic students cheered on participants as fierce competition broke out over who could attract the highest bid. Stud
As Secretary of State Colin Powell prepares to travel to the Middle East to attempt to broker a cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians and quell the recent upsurge in the violence, students and Middle East scholars disagree over who is to blame and possible solutions to the conflict.
The Alpha Phi sorority claimed victory Sunday at the Watermelon Fest Olympics, an annual two-day competition that collects non-perishable food and money for charity. Eight sororities participated this year.
As GW develops its 43 acres in Foggy Bottom to full capacity, the Virginia Campus in Loudoun County is busy expanding from 50 to 90 acres in a long-term plan to innovate its current graduate and research programs and introduce new opportunities.
A day of protests by the Progressive Student Union Thursday culminated in a picket line outside the MPA building an hour before the taping of CNN's "Crossfire." About 20 students and community members who gathered for the evening demonstration said they were protesting Oncore Construction's alleged abuse of foreign workers working at the Virginia Campus who obtain work visas through Oncore. The demonstration was one of many on campus Thursday, a national day of protest.
A 1998 law created by Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 strips students convicted of selling or using drugs of their federal financial aid. During the 2000-01 academic year alone, more than 47,000 applicants for federal financial aid were stripped of some or all of their assistance because of past drug convictions. Even Souder is pushing to change the 1998 law. It is time to rethink the negative effects of denying people the best weapon for fighting poverty - education.
Despite cross-campus advertising and a popular band, Saturday's Freshman Block Party on the Quad drew a smaller turnout than organizers had hoped for.
GW's Virginia campus, located in Loudon County, is growing. The acquisition of the PSINet building and its surrounding land for $27 million gave the Loudon campus an additional 40 acres of space, nearly doubling the size. And GW reports that tuition dollars from students on the main campus have not gone toward campus improvements, no small accomplishment for a University that is getting very creative in coming up with some sound business partnerships.
The Freshman Block Party is just that, a freshman party. It was planned by freshmen for freshmen ("We Wanna Ride, April 4). Upperclassmen were invited to come by and enjoy the concert, but they were not the target audience. It's not as if upperclassmen have been attending every year and suddenly this right was taken from them. If you even remember the last Freshman Block Party, you went when you were freshmen and now the current freshman will go. Get over it.
Can the GW community lighten up just a little? It seems as though every week a GW student is complaining about how an article offended them in some ridiculous way. To say that The Hatchet loses credibility because it has a little fun on April Fool's day is just absurd.
In reference to the ("Snatchet distasteful") letter in the April 4 Hatchet, I ask Aaron J. Aisen to quit whining.
The server that controls 21 machines on the first, third and sixth floors in the Gelman library received a major virus last Friday. The backup server was unable to be brought online, and information technology specialists had to reconstruct the old server from scratch.
The reviews are in. Some were disgusted, some were insulted but the overwhelming majority of our readers who contacted us have taken the April Fool's issue of The Snatchet in the spirit it was delivered. We were crude, impolite and crass, but we just wanted to make you laugh.
Patagonia CEO Michael Crooke admitted Wednesday that "dirtbags" are his favorite people. Speaking in Funger Hall to about 80 people, mostly MBA students from the School of Business and Public Management, he explained that they are the consumers who truly appreciate Patagonia's products and company mission.
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