Coach Karl Hobbs is a reserved leader, evidenced not by his courtside demeanor but his humble attitude regarding purported success. Last year, when the buzz surrounding his squad was loud and ESPN's Andy Katz named the Colonials the season's "it" team, Hobbs let his humble nature show.
When you talk with Athletics Director Jack Kvancz about the Smith Center, he likens it to a 1959 Cadillac. "I can change the carburetor, I can change the wheels. It looks good and it runs good, however, there's not a whole lot more I can do with the car. It is what it is, a 1959 Cadillac," Kvancz explained.
Take a look at the GW men's basketball roster this season, and you'll see the most talented team the school's had in years. Take a look at their schedule, and you may wonder if they'll ever have a chance to prove it. After a breakout season last year that featured back-to-back wins over two ranked teams, GW will this year face a significantly weaker non-conference schedule scant on big-name opponents.
In order to fill holes in their rosters, men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs and women's basketball head coach Joe McKeown took opposite approaches in recruiting for the 2005-2006 season. Hobbs went after athletic guards and swingmen to replace T.J. Thompson, while McKeown went after big post players to take the place of Anna Monta?ana.
It's the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 1 and the GW women's basketball team is in the middle of an intrasquad scrimmage. Three weeks after Colonials Invasion, the official beginning of basketball season, the squad is practicing in anticipation of what lies in the upcoming winter months.
Team wins space law competition A team of students from the GW Law School was named the 2005 world champions of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition last month. Third-year law student Kristie Blase and 2005 graduate Olivia Hussey defeated finalists from the National University of Singapore on Oct.
In the wake of last month's devastating earthquake in the Pakistan border region, eight doctors and nurses from the GW Hospital traveled across the world to lend their hands and medical expertise to injured victims. The volunteer team of medical professionals, dubbed Operation Heart Beat, traveled to Garhi Dopatta in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir Oct.
America is a deeply religious and spiritual society. Some of the most deeply religious men in American history have been its founding fathers. The founders, however, saw the need for religion as a means to enlighten democracy to guide a set of basic values.
If you are a student paying more than $50,000 a year to attend a university, you are going to expect to receive a certain amount of cosseting. You are going to expect access to luxurious dormitories and multi-million-dollar wellness centers. You are going to expect to be entertained and mollified by your university for every second spent outside of class - and eventually, within classes themselves.
When Merve Kavakci tried to take her oath to enter the Turkish Parliament in 1999, other members of the national assembly shouted "get out" for 45 minutes. One of only a handful of women in the 550-member body, the Elliott School of International Affairs professor expected some opposition from her fellow parliamentarians, but she wasn't prepared for everything that happened.
"It's one of those things that definitely gets people's attention," said Gary Joynes, a D.C. native who has lived in the Statesman, with many student neighbors, for four years.
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW's many expats. "I don't know, I'm not really from anywhere, my passport says U.
Though the controversy surrounding former American University President Ben Lander has played in the headlines this fall, throughout most of the mid-20th century GW was enthralled in one presidential controversy after another. On Saturday, 2005 GW graduate and former Hatchet editor Andrew Novak spoke about former GW President Cloyd Heck Marvin at the annual D.
University of Massachusetts senior Heather Makrez, a member of her school's board of trustees, said she loves her job because it forces university administrators to listen to her. UMass officials said they welcome Makrez's comments and encourage students to have a say in how their school is run.
Was it mercury poisoning or typhus? Was it a murderous relative or a night on the town? What exactly was it that killed the famous Bard, William Shakespeare? James Starrs, a GW law and forensic science professor, is trying to find out. To solve historical mysteries such as Shakespeare's death, Starrs likes to go straight to the source: the body.
Student Health Services has postponed its annual flu shot clinics because it has not yet received enough vaccines. The University's regular flu shot provider, Medical Faculty Associates Pharmacy, did not supply any vaccines this year.
About 40 students, faculty and Hillel staff members attended a discussion about soldiers' experiences fighting in a war of biblical proportions Friday night at Hillel. Two Israeli Defense Force soldiers spoke of their experiences in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a memorial event for the 10-year anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Despite failing to qualify for the Atlantic 10 tournament a year after winning it, the GW men's soccer team was determined to end the season with some excitement. Three second-half goals in less than three minutes gave the Colonials a 3-0 victory over La Salle.
The Colonials may have played the spoiler this weekend in beating two Atlantic 10 teams competing for a bid to the conference tournament. GW (12-15, 5-8 A-10) broke a three-game losing streak by sweeping Charlotte on the road followed by a win against Fordham at the Smith Center.
A new season brings new coaches to Foggy Bottom. Both the men and women's squads will benefit from the addition of a new assistant to their coaching staffs. This season the Colonials welcome Phil Rowe, formerly the head coach at several New Hampshire colleges, to the men's staff; and Mike Bozeman, an acclaimed high school coach from Maryland, to the women's staff.
In high school, Raymond Brown had the makings of a great college athlete. He had talent; as a senior, his Maryland high school named him to his county's all-star football team. He was versatile; as well as football, he could hold his own in basketball, baseball and track.
Last month's dismissal of American University President Benjamin Ladner for embezzling nearly a half million dollars in school funds wasn't the ideal way for freshman Ed Newman to begin his college years. But if you ask Newman what he thinks of his school's former leader, his answer might surprise you.
Posted Wednesday, Nov. 9, 5:15 p.m. Updated 6:19 p.m. The May 21 Commencement ceremony will take place on the Mall, University officials announced late Wednesday afternoon.
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