Volume 96, Issue 60
Stories from the April 27, 2000 issue of the GW Hatchet.
UPD arrests Colonial Computers shoplifter A University Police officer arrested a female suspect at Colonial Computers April 12 after she was caught shoplifting, a UPD official said. A Colonial Computers employee stopped the officer and alerted him that the person was stealing several computer disks, said Dolores Stafford, director of UPD. Stafford said after the […]
Originally Published 04/27/00 April 203:02 p.m.Loeb’s Deli, 15th and I streets, N.W. In a desperate search for Kosher Passover food given the dearth of options at J Street, Provisions Market and the nearby Watergate Safeway, I racked my brain for dining options. Loeb’s Deli appeared on my tongue from somewhere deep in my subconscious. I […]
Shoe and apparel manufacturer and anti-sweatshop target Nike posted Tuesday on their Web site the reports of student monitors who visited 32 factories this spring. The reports painted a picture of factories that may not match the sweatshops students learned about in American history, but nonetheless are still plagued with problems. Despite several critical portions […]
Every once in a while, television produces a gem. In the case of the new NBC mini-series, The 70s, it’s more of a rhinestone. The follow-up to last year’s The 60’s, the two-part series that shows the history of the decade through the experiences of four friends who spend their twentysomething years in the land […]
William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States, will address Law School graduates during their commencement ceremony May 28. Rehnquist accepted the invitation to speak at the ceremony, in part because of close ties with GW Law School Dean Michael Young. Young served as a clerk to Rehnquist before he was appointed chief justice. […]
5 Hatchets Ever wonder if storybook characters have a bad day? In Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical Into the Woods, a little reality is thrown into fairy-tale life. GW’s Departments of Music, and Theatre and Dance will perform Into the Woods this weekend. In the first act, the storybook characters behave just as they did when […]
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, in which the BSA is attempting to ban gays. This action not only stands on dubious legal footing, but it runs counter to the very reason young men join the Boy Scouts. The BSA wishes to overturn the New […]
Where: 2003 18th StreetCrowd: odd mix of people, most who seem to know each otherGetting In: ID checked at the doorPrices: every drink you could ever want is $2Food: who wants it when drinks are $2Dancing: none whatsoeverPick-ups: small space, lots of people, raging hormones, you figure it outPluses: every drink is $2Minuses: no dancing, […]
As The Hatchet noted (April 24, p. 4, Enough talk), the Faculty Senate is now considering a sexual harassment policy. It is one proposed by an ad hoc committee the Senate created in December 1998, consisting of both faculty and administration members. That committee conducted a thoughtful yearlong review before it made its recommendations for […]
GW’s creative community is thriving. In recent years, the number of student theater groups, a cappella groups and other creative ventures has skyrocketed. And there’s another group to add to the list – Washington Free Collaboration. The organization, which was started a few months ago by Antonietta Vicario and Jamie Fennelly, is an opportunity for […]