Volume 95, Issue 33
Stories from the November 19, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
GW men’s basketball head coach Tom Penders said he was glad his team got a tough game from George Mason University before the Colonials traveled to Assembly Hall to take on the University of Illinois Tuesday. The close call in the first game paid off in GW’s second game, as the Colonials (2-0) came from […]
Jody Bolz remembers when her father’s calls to his dead relatives pierced the slumbering silence of the night. Alzheimer’s disease had erased his identity and much of his memory. “Which one are you?” he would ask his daughter, a poet and GW creative writing professor who was recently honored by her peers for her work. […]
WBB-women’s basketballSD-swimming & diving *swimming at American, diving at Georgetown**Reebok Classic, Boston Thursday: WBB vs. William & Mary-7 p.m. Friday: SD at Potomac Classic* Saturday: SD at Potomac Classic* Sunday: WBB vs. Florida-1 p.m.**
GW artists will gain more practice space when renovations to Marvin Center expand the facilities of the University’s theatre and dance department. Currently, the ground floor of the Marvin Center houses a two-story dance studio. But as a result of the renovations, the first floor will be boarded over to create more room for the […]
The GW women’s basketball team trailed Georgetown University for most of the first half but prevailed 72-54 in its season opener Monday night at the Smith Center. With less than 10 seconds left in the first half and the Colonial women trailing 34-33, Chasity Myers made a steal off a trap near the endline and […]
Two off-campus robberies in the past week have University Police Director Dolores Stafford warning students to be cautious about security when they step off campus. Two students, a male and a female, reported they were robbed at gunpoint at the intersection of South Carolina Avenue and 9th Street Monday night. The victims told police that […]
The GW crew program wrapped up its fall competitive season last Sunday, when the novice boats hit the water at Princeton University at the Belly of the Carnegie. Only the novice boats (made up of freshmen and first-year rowers) competed at the event. The men fielded two boats, and the women entered three. The men […]
The Student Association Senate’s ad hoc Greek Affairs Committee heard testimony Sunday from GW fraternity members that later will be released in a report to administrators and the University’s Board of Trustees. In his testimony before the committee, Interfraternity Council President Neil Smith spoke of the accomplishments of the Greek-letter community. He said this fall’s […]
From the roar of the crowd at the Smith Center Wednesday night, it was clear the mostly GW audience hadn’t seen a show as big as Blues Traveler since the last time the band played here in 1995. After a solid performance by opening act The Tragically Hip, a Canadian version of REM, John Popper […]
Students now will be able to remain in Gelman Library’s fourth-floor study lounge until 2 a.m. after University administrators approved funding for additional security. The two-hour extension kicked off Monday night with a ribbon-cutting party. Students packed the library’s fourth-floor lobby, eating desserts and drinking coffee. At midnight, members of the Student Association and Gelman […]