Volume 96, Issue 10
Stories from the September 7, 1999 issue of the GW Hatchet.
With the millennium approaching, it is a time for many people to look at where they have been and where they are going. Throughout the school year, The GW Hatchet will be exploring different aspects of the University community, how it is changing and what the future holds, through a continuing series: “At the Millennium: […]
GW wins one, drops three The men’s water polo team opened its season Saturday and Sunday at the Navy Labor Day Tournament in Annapolis, a double-elimination 15-team invitational. The Colonials won its opener versus Boston College 7-3, but then dropped its next three, losing to Bucknell University 12-8, Salem-Teikyo 11-10, and the Massachusetts A Team […]
The GW Career Center is offering a food studies program for students interested in food service careers and policy issues. The program will provide students with knowledge in specific areas of food studies, including the social, political, economic, historical and cultural background of food services, according to a Career Center course description. Administrative Coordinator Amy […]
Tuesday:no games scheduled. Wednesday:WSoccer at George Mason-4 p.m.WVBall at Georgetown-7 p.m. Thursday:no games scheduled. Friday: WVBall vs. Brown (Navy Tournament)-4 p.m.
The Center for Academic Technology is taking shape this year to provide “vision, planning and technical support” to activities that blend technology with academics and research, according to a department description released by CAT. After last year’s break-up of the Computer Information Resource Center (CIRC), CAT will overlook projects including the Instructional Technology Lab, Prometheus, […]
Vertical Horizon’s latest release, Everything You Want (BMG), is a welcome follow-up to the band’s last release. The four-man band of vocalist Matthew Scannell, acoustic guitarist Keith Kane, bass guitarist Sean Hurley and drummer Ed Toth makes good on the pop-rock scene but doesn’t stray too far from the band’s music, which was ready for […]
GW will hold a dedication ceremony to celebrate the erection of a monument in honor of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in October. The dedication of the Pushkin statue will be held at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 19 at the corner of 22nd and H streets. After the dedication ceremony, guests can participate in a salon at […]
How to make a winning album: Take equal parts of the best of Oasis and R.E.M. Mix them together and sprinkle in a bit of heroin. Don’t think it would work? Listen to the beautiful music the British group Shack created on its album H.M.S. Fable (London) and you might just change your mind. The […]
Applications for Community Service Aide positions poured into University Police this semester because of salary raises and the use of new recruitment techniques, said UPD Director Dolores Stafford. UPD is looking over 31 applications to fill the nine CSA positions still open. The influx of applicants is a first in recent UPD history after last […]
August 31, 1999MTV Open Casting Call at Champions4 p.m. I start my trip to the open casting call for MTV’s ninth season of “The Real World” and “Road Rules” with good journalistic intentions. I will throw myself onto the casting couch to find out what it feels like to be one of the rejected twenty-somethings […]