February 1, 1999

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to an audience of breast cancer survivors, their families and doctors Thursday evening in the Betts Theatre, paying homage to a woman whose courageous spirit inspired them all. As Jo Oberstar, wife of U.S. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), lay in a hospital recovery room, she told her husband breast cancer was […]

David Howard, formerly the head of the District’s Office of Public Advocate, was talking to two of his closest aides Jan. 15 about the lack of money available in his office’s budget. He said, “I will have to be niggardly with this fund because it’s not going to be a lot of money.” Last week, […]

Fifteen jaws dropped at the news. Sitting together in the Ames cafeteria Friday night, Mount Vernon students who said they had chosen the women’s campus for its tight-knit community expressed an array of emotions when they were told their campus’s Pelham Hall would house men this fall. The women expressed disappointment that the traditions of […]

MBB-men’s basketball Monday: no games scheduled Tuesday: no games scheduled Wednesday: MBB at La Salle-7 p.m. Thursday: no games scheduled

The article “Students protest coed room policy” on p. 1 of the Jan. 28 issue of The GW Hatchet should have quoted Senior Assistant Dean of Students Mike Walker as saying, “Living on campus is a privilege, not a right.”

The old saying goes, “I went to a basketball game last night, and a track meet broke out.” Well, who says GW doesn’t have a track team? Thursday night, Tom Penders finally got 100 points out of his team, and his scoreboard-breaking style had its Foggy Bottom coming-out party. We should have known something was […]

Helen Stetter’s e-mail inbox has been flooded with more than 300 messages relaying complaints from professors who are frustrated with the size, layout or location of their classrooms this semester. Stetter, a GW scheduling officer who retired Friday, has been wading through the requests all semester. The process became more problematic for the spring semester […]

The GW men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams enjoyed their last home meet Saturday at the Smith Center, as both teams ended the regular season with victories against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The Colonial men defeated UMBC 124-106, placing first in nine of 13 events, while the Colonial women placed first in 10 […]

Increased efforts by the Student Association to publicize the allocation process spurred high student group response this year, said undergraduate Sen. Caity Leu (ESIA). “It was simply publicized better this year and people are becoming more aware,” Leu said. “Communication was a lot bigger problem last year than it was this year.” “A few groups […]

The GW gymnastics team put together one of its best performances of the young season but still lost to both the University of Kentucky and North Carolina State University in Lexington, Ky., Friday. The Colonial women scored a total of 191.700, just five-hundredths of a point behind the Wolfpack. Kentucky won the tri-meet with a […]