September 11, 2000

Volume 97, Issue 10

Stories from the September 11, 2000 issue of the GW Hatchet.

Letters to the editor

Moderate measures Regarding your editorial (Security snafu, Sept. 7), thank you for taking an interest in Gelman Library. Often the accomplishments and problems of the library are ignored, so I’m glad for the attention, even if it is negative. In the future, if you want all the facts before you write an editorial or article […]

Serving up a side of BA beef

Am I a cow? This is the thought that blasted through my head right in the middle of my philosophy class. A look of despair crossed my face as if I had just been told that the Meximelt machine at Taco Bell is broken for the fifth time in four days. I am in the […]

District office rejects GW campus plan

The mayor’s Office of Planning recommended in a report Friday that the Board of Zoning Adjustment deny GW’s campus plan because the plan does not conform to District code. Although the BZA makes the final decision regarding the campus plan, a negative endorsement from the planning office could sideline the proposal. The BZA, which is […]

Men’s cross country finishes in third place

The GW men?_s cross country team displayed the fruits of its pre-season effort Saturday afternoon, finishing third out of six teams in the U.S. Naval Academy Invitational at Annapolis, Md. Freshman Darrell Andruski led the Colonials in his debut, placing 15th out of 60 runners. Andruski finished the five-mile course in 26:02, just 52 seconds […]

The Heurich House Hidden uncovers D.C. secrets

You have family and friends coming in for the weekend to visit and it is your job to entertain them. They have come all this way. They want to see Washington. You suggest the Smithsonian; they have been there. You suggest the FDR Memorial; they have seen it. You suggest a White House tour; they […]

GW students follow national trends

GW’s incoming class is more interested in learning and discussing politics than the general college freshman population, according to surveys of the high school habits of college freshmen conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education and GW. The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac published a yearly compilation of statistical information about college students and universities […]

Cypress Hill rocks GW

GW students and staff took to the Quad Saturday afternoon to eat free food, grab giveaways and watch rap group Cypress Hill perform its classic hip-hop hits. Program Board’s annual Fall Fest was – by most student accounts – a success. About 3,500 students drifted from cotton candy and snow cone stands to an inflatable […]

Gators bite down on GW’s winning streak

The GW volleyball team established itself as a team that can compete with nationally-ranked opponents at the Golden Bear Classic this weekend. But the Colonials failed to prove that they can beat them, as they dropped a three-game match to 12th-ranked University of Florida at the Recreational Center in Berkeley, Calif., Friday GW attacked the […]