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Stories from the April 19, 2007, Print Edition

Maureece Rice 2.0

by Jake Sherman

Maureece Rice has never liked interviews. Until this year, he tried to duck media conferences after basketball games with teammate Carl Elliott, scurrying up the stairs to the exit at Smith Center. It was a maturity thing, he said while looking down at his cell phone Tuesday afternoon in the 22nd Street arena.

Rugby squad scrums in D.C.

by Ian Humphrey

There is an old adage that soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen. GW's gang of gentlemen, the Colonials rugby team, is in the midst of its best season in more than a decade. A large part of the team's success can be attributed to a recent surge in rugby's popularity in the United States, especially in the Washington area, club president Justin Slotnick said.

Varsity Roundup

Softball The Colonials dropped two games to Maryland Wednesday afternoon at Robert E. Taylor Stadium in College Park, Md. GW lost the first game 8-1 and lost in the second 8-0, which was shortened to five innings. Junior Caroline Howe drove in the only run for the Colonials (18-18), which had five hits between the two games while the Terrapins had 21 hits.