October 27, 1997

Volume 94, Issue 2

Stories from the October 27, 1997 issue of the GW Hatchet.

Colonials fall to surprising Xavier, Dayton on the road

The GW men’s soccer team lost two games on the road this weekend to Atlantic 10 rivals Xavier and Dayton, both of which are having surprisingly good seasons. Xavier is now 7-1 in the A-10 conference, while Dayton is 6-3. The Flyers finished the season undefeated at home after beating GW. In the preseason A-10 […]

Madredeus places spell on audience

Through a background of complex acoustic rhythms came the angelic voice of Teresa Salgueiro, singing with Madredeus at Lisner Auditorium Friday night. By the end of the night, the audience was in love with that angel’s voice, and with the band. The night began on a humorous note when Carlos Trindade on synthesizer delayed the […]

GW Fraternities Combat National Opinion in Wake of Hazing Deaths

The GW Interfraternity Council has 102 additional members as a result of its September 1997 rush process. In the same month, the 12 fraternities of the IFC were among the many students across the nation shocked by the recent deaths of two freshmen fraternity pledges at Louisiana State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The […]

Entertainment Listings

MOVIES AMC Courthouse 82150 Clarendon Blvd. Arlington, VA(703) 998-4AMC The Full Monty (R)Fri. 1:45, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00Sat. 2:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15Sun. 2:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:00Mon.-Thur. 5:45, 8:15, 10:15 In & Out (PG-13)Fri. 1:30, 5:30, 8:15, 10:30Sat. 2:00, 5:30, 8:15, 10:30Sun. 2:00, 5:30, 8:15, 10:15Mon.-Thur. 5:45, 8:15, 10:15 L.A. Confidential (R)Fri. 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45Sat. 1:30, […]

SA reorganizes advocacy service

The Student Association is revamping its Student Advocacy Service in an effort to provide a more personalized touch to student government, SA officials said. The reorganized service will provide students an outlet to address administrative and academic grievances, and general concerns about student life. SAS is meant to serve as a safety net to catch […]

Zeglis named AT&T president

Chairman of the University Board of Trustees, John Zeglis, was named the new president and chief operating officer of AT&T earlier this month. A key figure in AT&T’s major strategic efforts during the last 15 years, Zeglis is credited with drafting the plan that broke up the Bell Telephone System in 1984, overseeing AT&T’s lobbying […]

News Briefs

SA’s Academic Update helps students online GW students now can access the Academic Update online starting Monday Oct. 27. The update provides course and professor evaluations collected by the Student Association at the end of last semester. The new World Wide Web site will include information about more than 900 courses offered at the University. […]

A virtual interactive conversation about and with Mr. `P.’

Since I’m shameless and like to see my name on the Internet, I’ve been perusing the Net pretty regularly since we here at The GW Hatchet have gone global. I’ve found some pretty interesting stuff. Two things I’ve found are tremendously funny. First, Rush Limbaugh does this “conversation” with people by taking their words out […]