Volume 95, Issue 29
Stories from the November 5, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
GW Professor John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute and Center for International Science and Technology Policy, took to the airwaves this week to explain to viewers in America and Europe the significance of the space shuttle Discovery’s research mission. Logsdon said astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) got the public to pay […]
Danny Ponzo was terrified the night before he left. The GW freshman lay awake in bed, contemplating the challenges of the upcoming weekend – the obstacle courses that would leave his body bruised for days, the nighttime land navigation exercises that would require him to navigate through a pitch black forest with only the faint […]
Students spent Tuesday night learning about the ancient art of mendhi by decorating their hands with henna paste as part of a monthly series of “how to” programming sponsored by the South Asian Society. The Indian name mendhi refers to the process of staining one’s palms and feet with a paste made from henna plants. […]
“I want to live,” cries Peter Sorin (Troy Miller), endlessly puffing on a cigarette as he wrenches and writhes from undefined but painful ailments. Sorin, a former district attorney, exemplifies the feeling of dissatisfaction and aversion for life in each character of Anton Chekhov’s, “The Seagull.” In his typical style, Chekhov unfolds the tale of […]
IFC cancels party patrol The Interfraternity Council announced the fraternity party patrol will not come to GW as earlier reported, IFC President Neil Smith said. Smith said the idea of the party patrol was sparked by a relatively new self-governing policy. As a result of the policy, members of the IFC executive board patrol fraternity […]
Leave it to Adam Sandler to resurrect the phrase “open up a can of whoop ass” and the term “needledick.” Yes, the professional goofball who cracked up people with Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and – one could argue – The Wedding Singer is back. And his latest movie, The Waterboy (Touchstone Pictures) is sure to […]
IFC cancels party patrol The Interfraternity Council announced the fraternity party patrol will not come to GW as earlier reported, IFC President Neil Smith said. Smith said the idea of the party patrol was sparked by a relatively new self-governing policy. As a result of the policy, members of the IFC executive board patrol fraternity […]
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Green U? Hardly I recall reading an information packet GW distributed to all prospective students. When I came to look at the school, I picked up one of the packets. I was taken aback when I read that Vice President Al Gore had designated GW a “Green” University. Although this was not my sole reason […]
The recently founded GW chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People might be young, but Latoyia Harris, the group’s vice president, said the organization already has begun to make a difference. “From looking at our first three months, we have definitely united (GW’s) black community,” said Harris, who helped acquire the […]