Volume 98, Issue 11
Stories from the September 13, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
It is important to focus on the issues surrounding World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies as the demonstrations against the organizations draw near. But the recent decision by the University to shut down for five days during the planned demonstrations and Monday’s Hatchet staff editorial (“Closing campus”) citing “protester violence” as a reason to […]
What can be said about a play that rarely feels like a play? “Race of the Ark Tattoo” is an incredible cross between a garage sale and an interactive performance art piece. It blurs many lines with only one “character,” a narrative so incredibly loose that it could more safely be called a collection of […]
On my way to class this morning, I was painfully aware of the two armed soldiers parked on every corner from my room to campus. In light of yesterday’s tragedy, I know these men are here for our safety, but at the same time, my worst nightmare has been realized. Our generation has never lived […]
Thirteen years ago, Detective Jack Sawyer appeared in Stephen King and Peter Straub’s “The Talisman.” The authors have joined forces once again to pen the newest adventures of the hero of their first collaboration. “Black House” takes place 20 years after “The Talisman.” The journey begins in French Landing, Wis. All is not well: the […]
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg explaining why he would consider re-opening classes Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 if the World Bank / IMF meetings were cancelled: “We are not a feather in the wind of circumstance.”
Posted 11:45 p.m. Sept. 13-Responding to a national address from President George W. Bush, GW has requested professors, students and staff to observe a national moment of silence at noon Friday for those lost in Tuesday’s tragedies at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. The University will also participate at a national candlelight vigil at […]
The conclusion of the 1972 National Commission on Marihuana (sic) and Drug Abuse was that marijuana should be legalized. President Richard M. Nixon personally appointed the commission, which included four physicians and four members of Congress. Although times have changed, marijuana policy has not despite these findings. According to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the […]
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The recent attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon caused GW coaches to cancel practices and forced athletic department officials to consider their next step. The GW men’s soccer game against St. Francis College, originally scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Vernon field, was postponed and may not be re-scheduled. Most GW athletic […]
The GW golf team got off to a rough start last weekend finishing 21st out of 27 colleges competing at the Navy Fall Invitational in Annapolis, Md. Thomas Blankvoort’s five-over-par 147 was the low score for the Colonial and placed him in a tie for 20th overall out of 142 competitors. The Colonials shot a […]