GW students are reputed complainers. Seemingly whenever something goes awry, students are prepared with the hackneyed invective that since they pay so much in tuition everything should be perfect. The lack of a fully completed J Street represents the latest target for student anger.
The Republican National Committee came prepared that July day when John Kerry announced John Edwards as his running mate. Only minutes after the announcement, talking points from the RNC and Bush-Cheney '04 spewed forth on cable news channels from Republican spinners.
I have been speaking with numerous students and administrators about the direction of the Student Association this year. Everyone I speak with is excited about our vision, and together, we are excited about turning student apathy into real action with tangible results at GW.
There are a little over 20 of us here in the Hatchet editorial office, editors and designers working in a cramped space on the top floor of a two-story townhouse. Add dozens of writers and photographers who contribute to these pages each year, and you have a pretty interesting mix of people.
A bit far
As two serious-minded athletes step onto a dimly lit stage, the crowd erupts with cheers. The two men - one draped with an American flag, the other more conservatively clad - make their steady approach toward one another, as "Eye of the Tiger" permeates through the smoke-saturated room.
Every year, sports video game fans anticipate its release. Electronic Arts Sports' hard-hitting Madden football series is back for its fifteenth year and is once again better than last year's version. Madden improves its flaws and adds new features to enhance game play and realism.
If you're used to lounging on your bed at home while surfing the Internet with a wireless connection, you may find yourself frustrated at GW, where wireless access is confined to specific hot spots on campus. The University currently prohibits students from setting up wireless access points for personal use, but legal alternatives exist to expand your Internet mobility.
Everyone at GW is on thefacebook.com, an online friends network that connects students from several universities through friends, classes and interests. Well, not everyone, yet. But since GW logged on August 21, more than 2,500 students have signed up and are searching their social connections and classmates for familiar faces.
Ladies and gentlemen, the census is in: girls, put some clothes on, and boys, put your collars back down. The sultry D.C. summer is winding down, and fall fashion is bringing more conservative looks into the stores. "Brown is definitely the color for the season," said Derreck Dunning, assistant manager of the Dupont Circle Sisley and personal stylist.
Wed. Nov. 10Randolph-Macon (Exhibition) 7 p.m. Mon. Nov. 15 @ Wake Forest (Preseason NIT) 7 p.m., ESPN2 Thu. Nov. 18 American or VCU (Preseason NIT) TBA Sat. Nov. 20 Morgan State 2 p.m. Wed. Nov. 24 @ Preseason NIT Semifinal TBA Fri. Nov. 26 @ Preseason NIT Final TBA Sun.
Replacing key contributors is never an easy task for an athletic team. Naturally, a rebuilding process follows. Last season, the GW volleyball team lost three seniors. But in the offseason, the Colonials have spent their time retooling and changing their style of play.
Junior Mike Hall likes playing at the Smith Center. And so does the rest of the GW men's basketball team, which went 11-1 at home last season. "It's a great home court," Hall said. "I like the smallish feel of it." When the gym is packed with 5,000 screaming fans, the Colonials enjoy quite a home court advantage.
If the upcoming 2004 GW men's basketball season was a Dickens' novel, it would be "Great Expectations," not "Hard Times." Wait, what did I just say? I think I just blacked out like Will Ferrell's debate scene in "Old School." But seriously, people are expecting big things from the Colonials this year.
Women's soccer drops season opener to VCU
Program Board is holding Fall Fest two weeks earlier than usual due to scheduling conflicts. The annual event, which will feature three bands, free giveaways and food for 2,500 people, will be held on Saturday and will cap off Welcome Week festivities, scheduled to end Friday night.
Despite police checkpoints and some blocked roads in Foggy Bottom, last weekend's move-in process proceeded without any significant complications to the relief of students, parents and University officials. "It's gone tremendously smoothly - just as smoothly as last year," GW spokesman Eric Solomon said.
Wednesday Tree Planting Ceremony Commemorating the 100th anniversary of GW's name change from Columbian College 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kogan Plaza Student Organizations Fair 5 to 7 p.m. Mount Vernon Quad Sponsored by the Student Development Center Wacky Wednesday: Design on a Dime Buses will leave the Mount Vernon Clock Tower for Target at 7:30 p.
GW-sponsored election poll shows Kerry leading Bush
Although construction of a Starbucks in Gelman Library will begin this month, University officials said the coffee shop may not open until next semester. The construction project, which involves the installation of the coffee shop in the library's first-floor 24-hour reading room, has gutted the space.
University officials encouraged GW freshmen to explore the city and their interests at the annual freshman convocation Tuesday. The convocation formally inducted members of the class of 2008 into GW with speeches from administrators and guest speakers in the Smith Center.
GW signed an agreement to discuss a future academic relationship that could open a campus in Jeju, an island off the coast of South Korea. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg signed the agreement, called a Memorandum of Understanding, on Aug. 15 during a visit to South Korea to accept two honorary degrees.
Residents and administrators were surprised to find the newly-opened Ivory Tower vandalized only hours after students moved in to the apartment-style dorm Saturday. On Saturday night, an unknown number of vandals damaged exit signs, an air conditioning unit and an elevator, in addition to ripping bulletin boards off several walls.
The University plans to merge the romance and Slavic language programs as its academic departments face campus-wide budget cuts. The anticipated reorganization is only one of the measures being taken by the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences after GW authorized $4.6 million in campus-wide budget reallocations last spring.
Several days after the Aug. 28 deadline, some of the new dining venues in the renovated J Street have yet to open. Amelia Powell, Aramark's marketing director, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday that students can expect J Street to be fully functional on Sept. 6.
More than 20 students watched their Mount Vernon Shuttle bus burst into flames late Tuesday night after being evacuated from the vehicle. No injuries were reported in the fire, which took place on Foxhall Road in front of the German Embassy, near the Mount Vernon Campus.
An unidentified individual posted terrorist propaganda onto the Web in March using an Internet connection at GW. Since officials did not learn of the situation until July, they were unable to track the user. The individual used a laptop to illegally obtain GW Internet access and create a makeshift file-transfer protocol, which is used to transfer files onto the Web.
Disorderly Conduct 8/25 - Medical Faculty Associates building - case closed A female subject was verbally abusive and combative with staff at the MFA. Witnesses said that after being treated and released from the emergency room for a toothache, staff informed the subject that they could help no further and suggested contacting a dentist.
D.C. councilman threatens Virginia baseball group If Major League Baseball awards Northern Virginia the soon-to-move Montreal Expos instead of Washington, the team may not be able to use RFK Stadium as a temporary home as originally planned. At a news conference Saturday at the Wilson building downtown, city Councilman Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) said the city could pass legislation banning a Virginia team from playing in RFK Stadium during its first year, The Washington Post reported.
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