Volume 94, Issue 26
Stories from the March 2, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
(U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. – An offer made Wednesday by President Clinton to reduce interest rates on student loans is good news to university students across the nation. The reduction Clinton is touting will cut the interest rate on student loans from 7.8 to 7 percent, potentially saving each private university or college student who […]
In only its third season, GW’s hockey club became champion of the Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association with a 4-2 win over Navy Feb. 22. GW finished 17-2-2 in its second season in the league. The team beat defending league champion Georgetown 12-3 in the first round of the playoffs and came from behind in the […]
GW’s new Center for Integrative Medicine will fuse contemporary science with traditional healing when it opens its doors April 1. “Twenty-first century medicine is all about re-assessment – and a new appreciation of what tradition has to offer,” said Dr. John Pan, the center’s director. Stepping back to innovate, reviving ancient practices to achieve a […]
The GW men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up one the most successful seasons in GW history by breaking five conference records and 13 school records – and had numerous other personal accomplishments at the Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 19-21. The men’s team won 10 of 16 events and finished a close second […]
The story “Few voters turn out for forum” (The GW Hatchet, Thursday, Feb. 26, p.1) should have said SA presidential candidate Jason Ditzian proposed GW students leave their mark on the University through their student groups, not the Student Association.
The GW women’s basketball team is sitting on a bubble that is about to burst. After losing a heartbreaker to Virginia Tech in the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals, the Colonial women (19-9) are going to need a little help from the selection committee to get an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. With the semifinal […]
Zach Radford, a candidate for a Columbian School of Arts and Sciences senate seat, was banned from campaigning in all residence halls Thursday after twice violating a rule, according to Joint Elections Committee Chair Terry Goddard. Goddard said Radford received a ten-point fine for a poster placed on the walls of Thurston Hall, and a […]
Duncan Phillips began the Phillips Collection in 1918 seeking to create an intimate and comfortable environment in which to view art. It was first named the Phillips Memorial Art Gallery in memory of his father and brother who died within 13 months of each other. Phillips opened it in the family home, where he continued […]
GW’s Black Peoples’ Union is hosting its annual Black History Celebration, pushing beyond February’s Black History Month to continue pride-inspiring programs. “The goal we set out at the beginning of the year was to help our students academically, culturally and socially,” said BPU President James Allen. “I think we are serving that purpose through the […]
Its name means one – and the band Mono creates one unique sound. It has one album. It has one hit. And it has one problem: its debut album, Formica Blues (Mercury Records) demonstrates Mono’s style, but that’s all it does. The first track, “Life in Mono,” is the album’s highlight. The song, featured on […]