Volume 96, Issue 7
Stories from the August 26, 1999 issue of the GW Hatchet.
The Big East Conference announced Tuesday it would add Virginia Tech as a full member starting in the 2001-2002 season. In response, GW Athletic Director Jack Kvancz said Wednesday that move would have no effect on GW’s conference status, and, if he had his way, the Atlantic 10 would remain an 11-team conference for basketball. […]
Sophomore golfer Thomas Blankvoort’s close tournament calls during the summer provides the GW men’s golf team with strong promise for the upcoming season. Blankvoort shot a 6-over-par 149 (72-77), and missed the round of 32 by only one stroke at the invite-only 1999 North-South Amateur Tournament held Aug. 9-12 in Pinehurst, N.C. “It’s a putt […]
MS-men’s soccerWS-women’s soccer Thursday:no games scheduled Friday:no games scheduled Saturday:no games scheduled Sunday:MS Alumni Game, 10:30 a.m.WS vs. Maryland -1 p.m.
GW students constantly hear how fortunate they are to be going to school in Washington D.C. There’s politics. There’s internships. Then there’s more politics. But students living in the District are blessed in yet another way. There’s also the arts. With The Kennedy Center literally in GW’s backyard, the National and Warner theaters a Metro […]
GW’s Turkish Student Association led efforts to raise money and help students cope with the loss of family and friends in the wake of last week’s earthquake in Turkey. The earthquake, registering a magnitude of 7.4 and centered in the northwestern city of Golguk, in the region of Marmara, struck close to home for many […]
Originally Published 08/26/99 Bar: The Big Hunt Where: 1345 Connecticut Ave., NW Crowd: twentysomethings with a smattering of those in their thirties Getting in: need an ID to get by the door Prices: the D.C. norm – $3.25 for a Bud or Bud Lite. Plus, a good special Thursdays – $3 pints of Red Hook. […]
– magnitude of 7.4 – 12,500 deaths so far, 33,000 injured – Officials estimate final death toll could reach 40,000 – 42 countries and 38 international organizations have sent aid to Turkey since the earthquake Sources: Red Cross Web site, CNN.com, disasterrelief.org
Plenty of white guys in khakis and Polo shirts shmoozed at the College Republicans’ Welcome Week reception Tuesday night. But almost as many women and a smattering of minority students participated in the kick-off event as well. Almost 250 GW students gobbled chicken wings and mozzarella sticks on the CR’s tab in the crowded party […]
The Community Living and Learning Center launched a pilot program this fall designed to train sophomores as community facilitators in GW residence halls. Assistant Dean of Students Mark Levine said CLLC needed to expand its pool of CF applicants because housing options increased on campus when the University turned the former Premier Hotel into the […]
The new plan for the off-campus fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon is to “demonstrate that we are not the nuisance everyone thinks we are,” President Jared Reiss said. A year ago, Sigma Alpha Epsilon members found themselves reading a letter from the University threatening legal action if fraternity brothers did not curb their behavior. Administrators sent […]