Volume 98, Issue 15
Stories from the September 27, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Hearts in Atlantis tells a story of friendship showing the trials involved in growing up. Such themes may seem simple and generic, but the majestic presentation of these themes in the new film give it an enduring quality – endearing it to its audience. The death of a childhood friend brings Bobby Garfield (David Morse) […]
The album Tenacious D (Epic Records) is the work of vocalist-guitarists Jack Black and Kyle Gass. They first gained recognition from their 1999 HBO TV-series, also called “Tenacious D.” The duo earned even more popularity on the silver screen. Jack Black has made cameos in High Fidelity, Saving Silverman and I Still Know What You […]
Latino fraternity La Unidad Latina, Fraternity, Inc. has only one remaining GW member after losing eight members to graduation in recent years. Rudy Alvarez, a junior and computer science major, is the sole member. The fraternity was founded in 1982 at Cornell University. The Chi chapter was established in 1997 to include GW, American and […]
Michael Jordan will return to basketball playing for the Washington Wizards next season. Basketball fans around the country are thrilled at his return despite some questions whether he will be as good as he once was. Jordan’s return to the game is certainly a headline-making event, but even more stunning are some of the choices […]
Our long rest is at an end. America’s youth, sheltered for so many years from hardship and conflict under a blanket of security woven by our forefathers, are now called to the front lines in what the president has called “A war between freedom and fear”. And now, the great task of ensuring that the […]
J.B. Nassif knelt on the floor of the crowded ambulance, pushing aside a tangle of IV bottles and trying to monitor three patients, while two medics worked on a burn victim in critical condition. “I wanted to hold his hand, but I couldn’t because each finger was covered with gauze.I was afraid the skin would […]
While I laud Jared David’s conviction and am impressed with the courage it takes to publicly attack two local chapters of national fraternities, I am appalled by the slanderous statements and deliberately hurtful sentiments he presented in The Hatchet’s Forum section (“Rogue chapters corrupt,” Sept. 20, p. 5). It would seem to me, a senior […]
In the days since the Sept. 11 tragedy, I have heard people saying the war America is entering into is a “holy war” or a “war against Islam.” I have also heard people use the term “jihad,” treating the word as if its sole meaning is for Muslims to fight against the West. Muslims are […]
Mount Vernon Shuttle Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 shuttle pickup location will move to HOVA Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 every 20 minutes from 8 a.m.-12 a.m. every 30 minutes from 12 a.m.-3 a.m. Sept. 29-30 normal shuttle schedule Oct. 1 every 20 minutes from 8 a.m.-12 a.m. every 30 minutes from 12 a.m.-3 a.m. […]
People tend to think of themselves as invincible and that the universe centers on them. Very rarely do we step aside to think how another person’s life is affected at that very moment – if they have lost a loved one, if they are stressed from work and so on. I think it is safe […]