Volume 94, Issue 1
Stories from the October 23, 1997 issue of the GW Hatchet.
New Jersey will be one of two states electing a governor Nov. 4 to serve into the 21st century. New Jersey’s Democratic Party has nominated Jim McGreevey as its candidate to unseat incumbent Republican Christine Todd Whitman. While believing in and practicing fiscal responsibility, Jim McGreevey believes that government can and should provide necessary services […]
The GW crew team hit the road again last weekend and traveled to Boston, Mass. for the Head of the Charles meet, where it earned positive results. The women’s eight team finished 18th out of 50, despite losing approximately 10 seconds after hitting a “crab,” a rowing term for a swell in the water. This […]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 1997 Peace Prize jointly to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and its coordinator, Jody Williams Oct. 17. Though the Nobel Committee applauded Williams for starting “a process which in the space of a few years changed a ban on anti-personnel mines from a vision to a feasible […]
At age 17, Paul Thomas Anderson wrote the first version of Boogie Nights (New Line Cinema). In the next 10 years, two hours were added to the half-hour original. Inspired by his childhood in the San Fernando Valley, the capital of porn-making, Anderson said he always has wanted to write the backstage story of the […]
Senior Chemar Smith should soon break the all-time points scored record of the GW women’s soccer program as her career and her team’s season comes to a close. With four regular season matches left on the Colonial women’s schedule, Smith needs just one point to become GW’s all-time leading scorer. So far this season, Smith […]
SCORPIO (Oct. 22-Nov. 21) The only decent programs on TV are “The Simpsons” and “SportsCenter,” so there’s really no need for you to watch the tube all day long. Get out and do something productive. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You need to find a new boyfriend/girlfriend because your relationship is stale. You’ve already met this […]
MS-men’s soccerWP water poloWS women’s soccerWVB women’s volleyball*Princeton, N.J.**Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday: no games scheduled Friday: WS vs. Xavier 3 p.m.MS at Xavier 7 p.m. Saturday: WVB at Virginia Tech 7 p.m.WP at CWPA Southern Division Playoffs*Crew at Head of the Schuykill 8 a.m.** Sunday: WS vs. Dayton 1 p.m.MS at Dayton 1 p.m.WP at CWPA Southern Division Playoffs*
For Coach Jim Hopkins and the GW cross country teams, last Friday was filled with mixed emotions. The high of both the men’s and women’s teams performing well at the ECAC Championships in New York City was cut short when teammate, Sara Johanson, suddenly collapsed during the race and was rushed to the emergency room […]
The GW swimming and diving program began its season Sunday when the women’s team defeated Navy by a score of 141-102. The relay teams were supposed to swim in their first races of the season at the Capital Relays Saturday, but the meet fell through when organizers failed to prepare for the event. “It was […]
In college football’s era of 60-point blowouts, cream-puff schedules and coaches like Steve Spurrier consistently embarrassing opponents, sportsmanship is a rare trait. Yet when Joe Paterno and Penn State show some class by respecting opponents and not running up the score, the team suffers in the polls. How did the sportswriters and coaches across the […]