March 16, 2000

Volume 96, Issue 51

Stories from the March 16, 2000 issue of the GW Hatchet.

Four out of five old men prefer David Holt to The GW Journal

Perhaps right as you read this, I’m winging my way toward Notre Dame (on your dime, sucker!) to cover GW’s overachieving women’s basketball team. I’m particularly excited because I was just told this afternoon that we have a women’s basketball team, and I can’t wait to find out if this is true. (I only wrote […]

GW analyzes faculty diversity

GW is making strides to maintain a level of diversity in its faculty, according to the annual Report on Recruitment and Retention of Women Faculty and Faculty of Color. Presented to the Faculty Senate last Friday by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the report lends insight into the demographic makeup of […]

Julia Roberts helps bolster mediocre Erin Brockovich

According to Fortune magazine, Julia Roberts is the most powerful celebrity in Hollywood. She is the only actress that can command a $20-million salary and for good reason. Her films routinely bring in more than $100 million dollars, the benchmark for economic success in the motion picture industry. But Roberts is not infallible. People only […]

The Soul of Wit

Nothing can prepare you for the emotional journey you take while watching Wit. But then again, nothing can prepare you for cancer. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Your stomach will ache from nausea. You will experience everything that Dr. Vivian Bearing endures during her battle with fourth-stage metastatic ovarian cancer. Bearing, a doctor of 17th-century poetry […]

Study shows increase in frequent binge drinking

WASHINGTON – Frequent binge drinking increased on college campuses in 1999, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study released Tuesday. But as the number of frequent binge drinkers rose, so did the number of students who abstain from drinking alcohol. According to the study, one in five college students reported they refrained from […]

Bar Belle: Third Edition

Originally Published 03/16/00 Bar: Third EditionWhere: 1218 Wisconsin Ave., NW Crowd: twentysomethings and upGetting In: you’ve been reading the Bar Belle long enough to knowPrices: take some money if you want to partyFood: nadaDancing: upstairs you can groove, downstairs you can swayPick-ups: definitelyPluses: dancing, option of a low-key or crazy partying nightMinuses: can be tighter […]

Faulty campus plan

The Foggy Bottom residential community, as you can well imagine, resonates well to the voted conditions of the Student Association Senate’s endorsement of the GW Campus Plan. The majority of Foggy Bottom residents feel the campus plan is unfair in that it is not detailed enough to allow for serious consideration (e.g., unspecified uses for […]

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Cortisone complaint

Some questions have arisen about who exactly made anonymous comments to The GW Hatchet (Students question use of cortisone in college athletics, March 6, p. 1) regarding treatments for a knee injury. I am a member of the men’s varsity crew, and I do have an injured right knee. Since January, this injury has prevented […]

Classifieds (3/13)

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