Volume 96, Issue 30
Stories from the November 15, 1999 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Eight months ago, I was elected executive vice president of the GW Student Association. I wanted to serve the students, and I wanted to serve the students as executive vice president. However, one of the duties of the executive vice president is to become president if the president is unable to fulfill his or her […]
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Following a massive melee in the bleachers at a high school football game in Decatur, Ill., six students were expelled for two years from school because of the well-intentioned, but harmful, zero-tolerance policy on fighting in the school district. The controversial expulsions rightfully brought the absurdity of zero-tolerance fighting policies to light. At the urging […]
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The Ohio State University women’s rugby club was barred from competition for going topless in front of the Lincoln Memorial earlier this month, a harsh penalty for a harmless, and completely legal, stunt. The past weeks have been a painful odyssey for the team, ending lamentably when the Midwest Rugby Union ended the team’s season. […]
Student Association members reported a theft in the SA Thursday. Parts of the SA’s Ricoh copier, two boxes of forms and a box containing various office keys were reported stolen, University Police Director Dolores Stafford said. She said the theft probably took place sometime between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Stafford said whoever committed […]
Online registration received mixed reviews from students after preliminary glitches in the system occurred when students began registering for the spring semester last week. Some students raved about the efficiency of the new system, which debuted earlier this month, because it allowed some students to register in less than five minutes. Others said they had […]
If freshman SirValiant Brown and the Colonials continue to play like they did in Sunday afternoon’s 120-78 victory over the Nantucket Nectars, two things need to happen. Someone in the Sports Information Department better buy new record books, and the cheerleaders better buy some more T-shirts to throw into the crowd after three-pointers. If this […]
GW’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity held its second annual Powder Puff Football Tournament Saturday at the fields near the Lincoln Memorial. Five of the seven recognized sororities showed up ready to play flag football. The event, which was a benefit for the Special Olympics as well as a social event to enhance Greek-letter relations, began […]
The bust A group of serious-looking men and women dressed in business suits, casual clothing, police uniforms and army fatigues quickly went to their third floor destination in Thurston Hall Wednesday afternoon. Fear penetrated students within earshot of the group’s first words. Police, search warrant, an officer yelled after a few loud knocks on a […]