Volume 98, Issue 29
Stories from the November 12, 2001 issue of the GW Hatchet.
1) GW Colonials Record Last Season: 22-10, 14-2 in A-10 (2nd) Head Coach: Joe McKeown (13th season) 2) Xavier Musketeers Record Last Season: 31-3, 15-1 in A-10 (1st) Head Coach: Melanie Balcomb (7th season) Plays GW: Feb. 17 at GW Two-time defending A-10 champion Xavier looks to follow up on a run that took them […]
Before the Sept. 11 attacks made air safety an international priority, GW was already working with the Federal Aviation Administration to improve airline security. The FAA will allot $3 million a year to create a GW-led consortium designed to improve safety and security of foreign air carriers operating in the United States. The FAA announced […]
New coaching staff expects big new things Colonials forced to draw from fountain of youth Zone defenses to counter size Early challenges for man who must do it all Ready or not, they’re here Men’s Atlantic 10 East Men’s Atlantic 10 West Women’s Atlantic 10 East Women’s Atlantic 10 West Students forgive and forget Women […]
Last year, they finished second in the Atlantic 10 Conference and second in the A-10 Tournament with a 22-10 record. While they received an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament, they were ousted in the first round. The Colonial women hovered around the top 25 but never cracked the national rankings. The end result: the […]
At the far end of the court, Terrance Ealey, a senior forward, is shooting short-range jumpers and kissing light lay-ups off the glass. At the other end, T.J. Thompson, a freshman point guard praised for quick moves and tough defense, is dribbling, squaring up, dribbling, and squaring up again. Players are beginning to sprinkle in […]
The new pub and grill on the Mount Vernon Campus is anything but ordinary. There are restaurant-style booths, coffee-house-style couches and bar stools in a ski lodge setting. A deck outside the pub overlooks GW’s future NCAA Division I softball field. The Oct. 9 kick off of the pub and grill was celebrated with free […]
GW among Washingtonian’s 2001 ‘turkeys’ A prominent Washington magazine called GW a “turkey” in its November issue for closing the campus and telling students to go home for October World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings that never happened. GW joined Gary Condit and former President Bill Clinton among others who were awarded Washingtonian magazine’s […]
Hemp-clad students mingled with activists in business suits at the Student Leaders in Drug Policy and Justice conference at GW this weekend, which crossed party and ideological boundaries to oppose the drug war and support Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. The conference, hosted by SSDP, drew about 250 students from across the nation to […]
GW students flocked to Red Cross Headquarters not far from campus or other sites to donate blood following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But now the Red Cross will destroy as many as one of every five of the donations they have received. This action seems ludicrous considering the near constant pleas the agency usually […]