Volume 95, Issue 60
Stories from the April 5, 1999 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Last season, Fordham ended one of the best seasons on record for the GW baseball program with a win in the rain-shortened Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals. But the Colonials exacted a bit of revenge by sweeping the defending A-10 champion Rams in convincing fashion at home this weekend. “We wanted revenge,” junior Ryan Dacey said. […]
The GW men’s and women’s crews both rowed in Massachusetts Saturday, where the women came away with a win and two second-place finishes. In Boston, the women’s varsity eight boat took second to Boston University and finished ahead of the U.S. Naval Academy. GW finished in a time of 6:49.4, five seconds behind BU. The […]
The GW golf team finished 11th in a field of 30 in one of its biggest events of the year, the William & Mary Kiskiack Invitational, held March 29-30 in Williamsburg, Va. James Madison University won the event with a score of 586 (10-over), followed by the University of Richmond with 593 (17-over). The Colonials […]
Moorehead promoted to head volleyball coach Yvette Moorehead was named head coach of the GW women’s volleyball team Friday. Moorehead, who became GW’s assistant coach in July 1998, replaces former head coach Susie Homan. She resigned in January after nine seasons as head coach.-Dustin Gouker Two gymnasts reach NCAAs Although the entire GW gymnastics team […]
Sometimes bad movies have good sound tracks. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels isn’t one of them. The soundtrack suffers from the same flaws as the film – it’s tragically bland with a few colorful moments. What could be expected from amateur British filmmakers who tried vigorously to mimic elements of highly successful gangster films? […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be the keynote speaker at GW’s University-wide Commencement ceremony May 16 on the Ellipse. Tutu gained international fame as one of the most prominent and outspoken figures during the fight to end apartheid in South Africa. Tutu, a 67-year-old native of Klerksdorp, South Africa, served as General Secretary of the South […]
Ron Howard is known around campus as “Mr. GW” – the smiling, easy-going ally of students, administrators and alumni. Friends from way back when and just this year alike are eager to share their glowing memories of Howard, GW’s director of alumni admissions for the past decade. They came from all across the country Tuesday […]
The female student who claimed she was assaulted in a Mitchell Hall bathroom last week admitted to University Police that she filed a false report, UPD Director Dolores Stafford said. The student told UPD last week an unidentified person entered the women’s bathroom on the eighth floor of Mitchell and threw a knife and two […]
The pettiness and intensity of the Student Association presidential elections disgusted me. I am sure many others were similarly disgusted. I happened to be in a computer science class when several Phil Meisner posters went up in flames before my eyes. Needless to say, I was shocked and surprised. Part of the problem surrounding the […]
Students can now pound the pavement with other runners twice a week as part of a new running group called Jews in Shoes, which organizers said may spice up the running scene at GW. GW sophomores Aaron Bernay and Healey Sutton created the running group, which will hold two runs a week throughout the semester. […]