Volume 97, Issue 46
Stories from the February 22, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Some students said discrepancies between campaign postering rules at GW’s Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses are unfair because they restrict Mount Vernon residents from receiving candidate information. The Joint Elections Committee designates two locations for candidates to put up campaign posters at Mount Vernon, a more limited area than at the Foggy Bottom campus. […]
Residents of the University-owned apartment building at 2109 F St. received letters Feb. 1 telling them to leave by May 31, no matter how long their leases run. GW has the legal right to revoke the leases, but its use of this privilege is alarming. Giving just four months notice and providing no accommodations for […]
Students say they are still downloading away despite a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that could result in a shutdown of Napster, a free on-line music swapping service. The court ruled last week that Napster must prevent users from sharing copyrighted materials. Napster officials said preventing music sharing is a near-impossible […]
Student Association election campaigning intensified Wednesday afternoon as candidates jostled for prime positions to hang posters starting at 5:30 p.m. The strategies began early in the morning, ending in one injury and at least one physical confrontation over wall space. The Joint Elections Committee will investigate one alleged campaign violation for a car covered with […]
GW is assessing its options following last week’s Board of Zoning Adjustment decision to cap undergraduate enrollment at 7,380 until the University houses 70 percent of full-time undergraduates on campus. The restrictions are part of the BZA’s conditional approval of GW’s campus plan for the next eight years, which prevents the University from constructing buildings […]
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Hoopla, a weeklong event organized by the Program Board, Student Activities Center and Student Association kicked off Wednesday night at the men’s basketball game against Fordham University. The festivities will continue until Sunday, when the women’s basketball team faces the University of Rhode Island at 2:30 p.m. PB Chairman Seth Weinert said the goal of […]
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As a senior at GW, I am accustomed to a certain level of journalistic incompetence from The Hatchet, particularly in the area of arts reporting. But as a fine arts major nearing graduation, I was dismayed by the ignorance displayed in The Hatchet’s recent feature on First Friday, the monthly D.C. “gallery-hopping” ritual (Feb. 12, […]
The GW men’s baseball team lost to host James Madison University 4-2 Tuesday afternoon at Long/Mauck Stadium. The loss drops the Colonials to 1-3 record early in the 2001 season. The Colonials held a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the seventh inning before James Madison (3-3) began its comeback. The Dukes scored two runs […]