Life is really about the little things. Some treasure sunny days, cool nights or a soft bed. In my case, as I waited for my interview with The Juliana Theory, it was the sight of Eat 'N Park smiley cookies. The sugar cookies, with their white glaze and colorful smiley faces, are as Western Pennsylvania as you can get.
You know where it is You know it's free You know what to wear You've seen me there on Thursday afternoons in clay-covered sweatpants, getting an early start on happy hour. You've seen me straggle in at 2:30 a.m. in a formal dress, having decided that one more pitcher is more important than whatever fancy fiesta I have been attending.
As an English major, with a less than loving relationship with Shakespeare's work, it seems odd to admit that Shakespeare can actually be hilarious. What can I say? It's just plain funny, especially when performed by as talented a cast as this one. The Royal Shakespeare Company is the cast I speak of, presenting a showing of mastery in their production of "As You Like It.
In Being John Malkovich we view the film's namesake as a staunch performer, resigned to intellectual snobbery. He's anal retentive, obsessive and unquestionably dull. Is this the real man we see, or perhaps simply a comic shadow? As Malkovich himself said in a recent Hatchet interview, it may be a bit of both.
"There's a weird experience I had with Al (Pacino) once: we left some place and all of a sudden the people on the street were stopping. For a second and a half I got kind of excited like 'oh, something's going on. Somebody's here.' I was curious. Then I realized, it was fucking Al.
"We want to come home to a warm penis." Politicians can be a pathetic lot, especially when politicizing the temperature of phallic organs. It's been said that we see the politician on the podium wearing a mask, but rarely at home taking it off. It's also said that tragedy plus distance is comedy.
Comedy "The Fantasticks" - Generic Theatre Company presents the musical "The Fantasticks" directed by Allison J. Wottawa Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Friday at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at Lisner Downstage. Theater ReceSs - The improvisational comedy group ReceSs will hold its final show of the school year Friday at midnight in the Marvin Center Betts Theater.
City of Ghosts in theaters Friday Don't pay eight bucks for this. Even the matinee price is stretching it. That being said, MGM's City of Ghosts is a decent movie, taking place in mysteriously exotic Cambodia, involving kidnapping, murder and prostitution.
Whether they've needed it or not, GW pitchers have had a huge cushion of run support to fall back on lately. With Tuesday's 17-5 win over Bucknell University, GW notched its 11th win in a row, matching the fifth longest streak in school history. During the run, GW (30-11, 7-5 Atlantic 10) has scored at least seven runs in every game.
The GW softball team was shut out in both games of a doubleheader against Maryland Tuesday, marking the 15th and 16th games this season in which the Colonials failed to score a run. The Colonials (3-32) were defeated 6-0 in both contests in College Park, Md.
Over the past several years the GW community has seen a rapid growth in the use of technology to make the daily lives of our students easier. There has been an exponential growth of online services over the past few years, including web-based registration, retrieving grades, receiving textbook list and buying books, completing the financial aid award process, viewing tuition accounts status and many others.
BARCELONA, Spain - When we left off, our muckraking hero had volunteered to do what no other GW Hatchet columnist dared - convert the image of the United States abroad back to the soft, cuddly teddy bear it had been in the days of Truman and Eisenhower. It wouldn't be easy, but nothing about being a GW Hatchet columnist is.
MC post office set to close The Marvin Center post office will close May 16. Officials said full postal services will be available at Student Package Services and at Mount Vernon Campus Mail Center beginning fall 2003. Student Packages Services is located at 2025 F St.
New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger once described making the transition from the newsroom to an executive editorial position as "coming down from the hills to shoot the wounded." While my tenure as editor of the Hatchet is coming to an end, I like to think the only battles I've fought, as a reporter or editor, have been for GW students.
Stronger coverage As the tragic events involving the suicide of Ki-Seong Kim and attempted murder of his significant other unfolded, I have found myself increasingly bothered by the way this newspaper chose to cover this horrible tragedy. I understand the fragile and intricate nature of a story like this, but I feel that The Hatchet lacked a certain element of intestinal fortitude in reporting the real facts.
I've always thought it odd that there's never been a movie made about the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series. It's just a reoccurring reflection, obviously not so consuming a contemplation that I actually take matters into my own hands and write one myself.
I've always thought it odd that there's never been a movie made about the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series. It's just a reoccurring reflection, obviously not so consuming a contemplation that I actually take matters into my own hands and write one myself.
After another year of passing judgment on a slew of University changes, The Hatchet thought it pertinent to revisit the good, the bad and the in-between changes that took place during the 2002-03 school year. Thumbs up * 4-RIDE - Administrators were able to find an extra $181,000 to improve and expand the 4-RIDE system, operated by the University Police Department, in the midst of a University budget crunch.
Burglary/Non-force4/24 Lafayette Hall Open case A male student reported that several items, including a Swiss Army Knife and a DVD, were stolen from his room. Destruction4/23 New Hall Open case A piece of paper attached to a billboard was lit on fire. The University Police Department is investigating the incident.
Senate considers cabinet appointments The Senate confirmed all of Student Association President Kris Hart's cabinet nominations up for consideration at the second official 2003-2004 Senate meeting Tuesday. "I'm very pleased that all my nominations on the table were confirmed unanimously and without objection," Hart said.
Of course it's four in the morning. Of course this should have been done last night. Of course I feel like there's coffee coursing through my veins rather than blood. There would be no other fitting way to end my year in The Hatchet office or academic career at GW.
Four GW students studying abroad in China recently returned to the United States after their study abroad programs were cut short amid fears of the potentially deadly SARS virus. Several East Asia programs organizers said they are also considering canceling summer and fall programs.
In the article "Friends, family recall fond memories of Ki-Seong Kim" (April 28 p.1), The Hatchet incorrectly attributed a quote to David Pang. The following quote should have been attributed to Jung Kang." No one can really answer what went through his head or why things happened.
Students taking 4-RIDE next fall should experience shorter wait times, as the University is allocating more funds to hire more drivers and purchase additional vehicles for the escort service. The service received an additional $181,000 for next year to supplement its current budget of $500,000, University Police Chief Dolores Stafford said.
At 2:17 on a Monday morning The Hatchet newsroom is unusually quiet. The editors still left in the messy office at 2140 G St. are downstairs in the production room, busy proofing pages, adjusting headlines and making final changes. A little laughter rises up the stairs as they chat, with red pens and highlighters in hand.
Students used 75 percent less paper from the Gelman Library System compared to last year, library officials said this week. They are attributing the decrease to the University mandatory printing fee, instituted last fall. Officials called the addition of a 7-cents-per-printed-page fee "successful," as it saved the University money and resources, including paper and toner.
Students may see a dramatic change in the format of the language lab in coming years, officials announced this week, including new activities and more extensive support than the current lab provides. Columbian College of Arts and Sciences officials said they are unsure when the proposed Center for Language, Learning and Teaching will open, but they have set up a task force to research the benefits of the program.
Interfraternity Council members said they anticipate the University approving a new self-governance policy before the end of the semester, which would give the IFC jurisdiction over the majority of fraternity violations on campus. The IFC would decide punishment for a fraternity when it commits a violation such as serving alcohol to minors or having an unregistered party, said IFC President Norman Pentelovitch.
In a continuing effort to expand Greek-letter life on campus, the University and the Interfraternity Council welcomed Alpha Epsilon Pi back to campus last week after the nationally Jewish fraternity left two years ago. Alpha Epsilon Pi is the second newly-recognized fraternity on campus this year.
Approximately 190 rising juniors and seniors are still without housing after this year's lottery, housing officials said Wednesday. But all rising sophomores, including more than 170 who were on the list after the weekend's lottery, have campus housing for next year.
A GW task force exploring a mandatory summer session and an alternative course structure will postpone its Thursday deadline to allow for further investigation. The task force will reconvene during the third week of May to establish a new deadline, said Phil Robinson, outgoing Student Association president and a member of the subcommittee on student issues.
When University of Maryland sophomore Elizabeth Meejung Lee arrived at Washington Hospital Center Friday afternoon, doctors had little hope that she would survive through the night. Her former boyfriend, GW junior Ki-Seong Kim, shot her in the head before killing himself in a College Park parking garage.
Posted 12:14 p.m. May 6 President Bush proclaimed victory in Iraq last week, giving a colorful speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was headed for shore in California. Although Bush said much of the fighting is over, there is still much work to be done in Iraq and in the war on terror. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September 11th, 2001, and still goes on," the president said.
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