Volume 96, Issue 36
Stories from the January 24, 2000 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Regis Philbin talked about him almost as much as Kathie Lee talks about Cody. Rosie O’Donnell begged him to be on her show in front of a live, national audience of millions. He was recognized at supermarkets and on the streets of New York. But he’s not an average star. Since early January, GW alumnus […]
The 1980s saw a host of influential bands from Britain, but most people on this side of the Atlantic probably never heard of them. Groups such as the Smiths and Jesus and Mary Chain shook up the bland world of ’80s new wave and pop with new ideas, styles and sounds. Another group with the […]
The troops convened to talk strategy at Gelman Library the Monday before they were to head home for Thanksgiving break. But the meeting of the 20 or so student activists of the GW chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops proceeded with less-than military precision. Their major goal was clear: persuading the school’s administration to cease […]
The quiet voice of GW’s new Executive Chef Kevin Brown was barely audible over the sizzling food cooking on the stoves around him in the Marvin Center’s catering kitchen. Despite winning six Culinary Olympic Gold Medals, Brown says he’s still not completely comfortable speaking up about himself. But when prompted, it’s easy to see that […]
If GW is a magnet school for budding politicians, as some believe it is, then it is only fair to say the University is rife with students who believe in improving the world, even if some dream of their own political careers in the process. Because so many of these student idealists have chosen politics […]
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Members of GW Students for a Sensible Drug Policy traveled to New Hampshire Jan. 13 to question presidential candidates about drug policies. The members of SSDP, a student organization concerned with promoting the regulation, taxation and control of illegal drugs, attended events at College Convention 2000. At the events, they discussed the misuse of illegal […]
A new initiative approved by the Federal Communications Commission Thursday may allow WRGW, GW’s radio station, to switch over to an FM station. The FCC approved plans to create Low Power FM radio stations nationwide. This approval will allow smaller religious, community and educational broadcasters to expand their airwaves. WRGW officials said they hope the […]
No matter what one may think of the opinions expressed in either The Hatchet’s Jan. 18 editorial, Stars and Barred (p. 4) or in Brian Schoeneman’s response (Jan. 20, p.4, Flag Misunderstood), this topic has raised an interesting question in my mind: With the myriad and complex problems facing black Americans, why are the National […]
A Grinnell College student was robbed and murdered in northern India after completing a fall study-abroad program administered by GW last semester. Jamison Curran, a 21-year-old junior at Grinnell College, studied in Madurai in the fall term of GW’s South India Term Abroad. He was robbed and murdered while traveling alone in the northern town […]