Volume 98, Issue 6
Stories from the August 27, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Probably the greatest hurdle Bubble Boy faces is convincing the general public that it is not as bad as its own promotional trailers make it out to be. Instead of the goofy slapstick and crude toilet humor one would expect from a movie aimed at the mallrat audience, Bubble Boy (Touchstone Picture) delivers cruelly sharp […]
I am writing in response to The Hatchet’s editorial “Balancing Justice,” which argues against the death penalty in the case of Gary L. Sampson. You wrote that “State officials handing over criminals who commit state crimes to their federal counterparts are blurring an important distinction between state and federal power,” but what has occurred in […]
As Bjork’s stylistically singular, entirely idiosyncratic music moves forward, an expectation follows that she will reach a musical plateau. If her album Vespertine (WEA/Elektra) is the musical zenith of past efforts it has been made out to be, we kindly suggest she take a few steps back and find a new path to perfection. Vespertine […]
Sigma Alpha Epsilon President Andrew Hopkins on his chapter’s plans for its new house regarding parties with alcohol: “We’re not going to supply the campus like previous years. We plan to have smaller parties and invite mostly brothers and their friends.”
Pizza for breakfast, Burger King for lunch and a sensible J Street dinner. While this diet may shed points, it will also help you pack on those college cuisine pounds. For students who hope to slim down instead of beef up during their college career, GW offers variety of ways to stay fit through different […]
President Bush prepares for busy fall President George W. Bush returned to Washington Aug. 30 from almost a month at his Texas ranch, one of the longest sojourns of a sitting president. His return comes on the eve of Congress’s arrival and the beginning of what is expected to be an intense exchange over his […]
First-year graduate student Chasta Jones wears rubber gloves when she walks down D.C. streets. But this is not an attempt to begin a new fashion trend in town. Her gloves serve a purpose – to keep her hands clean as she picks up trash littering our capital’s streets. “I want to act rather than complain,” […]
Originally Published 08/27/01 Teaism restaurant 800 Connecticut Ave. August 24, 2001 12:05 p.m. Hungry and thirsty on the Friday before school starts, I picked the wrong time to buy textbooks from the GW Bookstore. I knew I could not contain my hunger waiting in a line that wrapped down the stairs. I needed to go […]
Both GW men’s and women’s soccer teams hosted preseason games on the new soccer field at Mount Vernon Campus last weekend. Less than a week after its unveiling, the field is forcing the teams to adjust to a faster game than their old grass home, South Riding Field in Virginia. On a mostly sunny and […]
A shock rippled through a GW community scattered around the country July 28, when sophomore Jonathan Rizzo was reported missing in his small Massachusetts hometown. News of his violent death July 31 spread through a network of Kappa Sigma fraternity members and friends. Thousands gathered to mourn the loss and remember a man who had […]