October 15, 2001

It was a successful weekend for the women’s soccer team as the women picked up two conference wins against St. Joseph’s and Temple at home. The Colonials gained some ground in Atlantic 10 standings after ending a three-game conference slide. GW is now 2-3 in the A-10 and 5-6 overall. Christine O’Malley made six saves […]

Jason Safdie’s excellent article about Quadir Amiryar in the Oct. 8 issue of The Hatchet (“Professor promotes Afghanistan peace,” p. 7) omitted one very important fact about his subject. Although Dr. Amiryar has taught courses as a part-time adjunct faculty member in recent years, his primary work for the past 22 years has been in […]

I was watching President George W. Bush’s press conference Monday feeling somewhat helpless just as I have for the past month. At the end of the conference, he said the American Red Cross is putting together a relief fund for the children of Afghanistan, and he urged the children of the United States to give […]

Four GW students were hospitalized early Friday morning after a fight that began at Paper Moon restaurant in Georgetown and ended with a brick thrown through a window near GW’s campus. At least eight students were arrested for alcohol-related crimes. Witnesses said an argument began between two GW students at about 1:45 a.m. inside the […]

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Students carved pumpkins, heard media greats and danced the “electric slide” with parents and family members Saturday and Sunday during Family Weekend, two days GW officials said provided a welcome relief from recent national security tensions. Students’ parents and siblings flooded campus for the opportunity to mingle with GW faculty and staff and touch base […]

Readers last Thursday got what may have been an uncomfortable taste of freedom of speech. On page four, The Hatchet printed a cartoon depicting what appears to be a naked pledge from the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity being told to eat excrement on the floor by a young man wearing a T-shirt that reads “Proud […]

A house at 910 New Hampshire Ave., dubbed the “7-Eleven house” by GW students because of the 7-Eleven store next door, is now home to five members of the unrecognized Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Long known on campus as a top spot for keg parties open to students for a few dollars at the door, […]

GW Pride members shared their coming out stories with students walking through Kogan Plaza Thursday afternoon during the 14th annual National Coming Out Day. “I came out when I was a senior in high school. I basically didn’t want to hide anymore,” junior Matt Robbins said about the first time he revealed he is gay. […]

Birthright Israel announced a month-long extension for applications to this winter’s free Israel trip, open to any Jewish student who has never visited the country in an organized program. Program officials cited recent terrorist attacks and violence in the Middle East for the decline in applications, which were originally due Oct. 5. “Sept. 11 set […]