Volume 97, Issue 58
Stories from the April 12, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
The first image in director Marziyeh Meshkini’s The Day I Became a Woman is a makeshift raft’s empty mast – two sticks tied together without a sail filmed against a cloudless blue sky. But the film soon weaves its own sail with a touching plot and beautiful scenery. Meshkini’s episodic tale of three Iranian women […]
Thursday- Mtennis at A-10 Champs TBA Friday- Mtennis at A-10 Champs TBA Saturday- Baseball vs. Dayton noon (DH) Rowing at GW Invitational All Day Mtennis at A-10 Champs TBA Sunday- Baseball vs. Dayton noon Golf at Cleveland St. Invitational All Day
The addition of two new Greek-letter organizations to GW’s campus provides more opportunities for students to get involved in fraternities and sororities. While GW’s expanding Greek-letter community may be viewed as weak, consisting of younger, smaller groups with scarce funds, this may be the University’s opportunity to build new customs, possibly in a Greek Village […]
Uninspired, unimaginative and hackneyed are just a sampling of words that spring to mind while listening to the Toadies’ new album, Hell Below/Stars Above (Interscope). The album simply recounts the bland and stagnant mid-’90s alternative scene the Toadies played a prominent role in. This replay in itself is of little surprise, considering that Hell Below/Stars […]
Students applying to GW graduate programs in the Columbian School of Arts and Sciences said online applications have hampered the process and believe the school lost some of their application materials they submitted. Maureen Fleming, a current GW senior majoring in political communications, said the CSAS office had no record of her application as of […]
The “DC CARES” initiative against underage drinking was out in full force again last week, and as students and residents of D.C., we ought to be asking our police a serious question. How does the Metropolitan Police Department justify their use of significant police resources and manpower to catch underage drinkers, while more than 1,500 […]
With summer quickly approaching, students looking for the perfect pick-me-up album to get a weekend of clubbing started off right should flock to stores Friday night. Pete Tong’s Essential Mix is a smooth, funky house/techno journey that will surely usher in a rush of ecstatic weekend pleasures. Tong is a national icon in England, where […]
GW’s Greek-letter community will add two new members next fall, as members of the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association that head fraternities and sororities on campus voted in favor of expansion. The Panhellenic Association voted March 7 to reverse a decision last year that rejected expansion, and the IFC approved Pi Kappa Phi fraternity for […]
UMass: Head Coach Steve Lappas- 19th head coach in the 92-year history of UMass. Lappas had been at Villanova for nine seasons (174-110) (.613) record. He is 47 years old and is 230-172 (.572) lifetime in his 13 years as a Division-I coach. He also coached four years at Manhattan College. In his years at […]
Fireworks start off Monday evening’s World Wrestling Federation event “Raw is War” with a rowdy crowd cheering and chanting in Fort Worth, Texas. Above his theme music, wrestling superstar The Rock challenges Stone Cold Steve Austin for a rematch from Sunday night’s Wrestlemania X-Seven, the proclaimed Super Bowl of the WWF. The commentator screams into […]