September 16, 1999

The Interfraternity Council wants self-governance, but past experience shows that a self-governing Greek-letter system would be ineffective at best. With self-governance, the situation would likely arise when a fraternity member would have to discipline a fellow member. Many fraternity members must pledge allegiance to their fraternities. It’s hard enough to get peers to punish each […]

Author Dinesh D’Souza told the GW Federalist Society at the GW Law School Tuesday that affirmative action is not a valid solution to racism because behavioral differences among racial groups lead to different levels of achievement. D’Souza, author of “The End to Racism,” refuted the idea that genetic factors or differences artificially manufactured by society […]

During the New York Knights’ mid-season downfall, Roy Hobbs was told time and time again in clubhouse meetings that losing is a disease in “The Natural.” Hobbs, the greatest hero of any baseball motion picture, stormed out of the meeting because he couldn’t sit and listen to it anymore. Hobbs went on to knock the […]

Since my rebuttal to Lora Machel’s article (“Cold truth about guns, society,” Aug. 30) from the Arizona Daily Wildcat appeared in The GW Hatchet Sept. 2 (“Guns don’t cause violence”), two other writers have penned pieces in opposition to my own. Most recently, Adam Brenneman’s article in Monday’s Hatchet (“Sensible guns laws to stop the […]

ThursdayMTennis at ITA Clay Courts (Baltimore) FridayWSoccer at Auburn-3 p.m.WVBall at Duquesne-7 p.m.MTennis at ITA Clay Courts (Baltimore) SaturdayWVBall at Fordham-7 p.m.Golf at Yale Intercollegiate (New Haven, Conn.)MTennis at ITA Clay Courts (Baltimore) SundayMTennis vs. South Carolina St.-10 a.m.WSoccer at Georgia-2 p.m.Golf at Yale Intercollegiate

Acting as a true conduit of the students, the Student Association Senate passed three finance bills Tuesday. The three pieces of legislation cap the executive budget at 20 percent of the total SA budget, cut the executive budget by $10,000 from last year’s allocation and allocate money to over 80 student groups. In these bills, […]

Runners open season At the Navy Invitational last weekend, the GW men’s cross country team finished third overall behind American and Maryland and ahead of the University of Richmond. Navy was disqualified. On the women’s side, GW placed fourth behind Navy, American, and Richmond. -David Holt

In a poll of 500 college women, more than half of respondents said they knew at least two classmates with an eating disorder. In a second poll, of 490 college health officials, 70 percent called eating disorders “common” on their campuses. source: People magazine, April 12, 1999

An NBA-sanctioned charity game, which was set to take place Saturday at the Smith center, was canceled Tuesday because of low ticket sales. The All-Star Classic in the Capital was scheduled to feature a variety of NBA star players such as Chris Webber and Marcus Camby. Only 37 of the $20 and $30 tickets had […]

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