February 5, 2001

It hurts. I mean it hurts so bad to be this cool. Painfully hip. I have my finger on the pulse of coolness. It is easy for me to recognize what is cool these days: retro. The retro style has been slowly filtering into American culture since the mid-’90s. It lies at the foundation of […]

Graduation is still months away, but many seniors said they are already experiencing complications and anxiety that come along with the ceremonial walk across the Ellipse. “My biggest problem is that classes I need have gotten canceled,” said Mary Margaret Mcoeroy, an international affairs major. “I had to change my concentration in order to fulfill […]

Horror is a difficult genre to evaluate. Even popular horror films often lack interesting and original content. Only when one goes in to a horror movie with low expectations does the film’s quality stand a chance of surprising. But even low expectations cannot help Warner Bros. new release Valentine. Although Valentineis well directed and offers […]

It’s not often that I feel compelled to write a letter to an editor of a newspaper, but something I read in the Jan. 25 edition of The Hatchet warranted my reaction. In the new features column that doles out love advice to students, I got red in the face when I read a question […]

Students from the Jewish Student Association and the Black Students? Union and members of the surrounding community crowded into the conference room at Hillel to watch the ground-breaking movie From Swastika to Jim Crow Jan. 29. Hillel, the BSU and the GW Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in cooperation […]

Young Liane Angus was too busy playing kickball, dodgeball and climbing trees to think too hard about beauty pageants. Her interests did not change much as she outgrew dodgeball and joined GW’s rugby team. But sometime between the scraped knees and rugby injuries, she attained the poise and intelligence to become a real pageant queen. […]

In the Feb. 1 issue of The Hatchet, I was quoted saying how I did not care what my constituents or the Residence Hall Association said (“SA approves finance reform,” p. 1). I just wanted to tell the RHA and the rest of the student body that I do care what my constituents think in […]

Johns Hopkins University graduate student Volvick Derose promises to save students hundreds of dollars on textbooks with a new Web site launched Jan. 31. The site offers students an opportunity to exchange books with other students without any fees or markups. “We pay too much for textbooks,” said Derose, who is pursuing a degree in […]

A group of students inside and outside the Student Association are seeking to place a referendum for a new SA constitution on the ballot in this year’s SA elections. Among other provisions, the new constitution would split the SA Senate into two groups – one representing graduates, the other one speaking for undergraduates. In some […]

Last semester marked a dark period for GW’s Greek-letter community as two of its member organizations were found in violation of the University’s hazing policy. Student Judicial Services handed down suspensions of two and three years to Alpha Epsilon Pi, a traditionally Jewish fraternity, and Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically black sorority, respectively. The fact […]