Volume 98, Issue 37
Stories from the January 17, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The GW gymnastics team, led by senior Devin McCalla, opened the 2002 season with a thrilling come-from-behind victory to win the GW Invitational. The Colonials were in third place heading into the final rotation when they posted their highest score of the meet on the floor exercise to win the six-team competition. McCalla (9.875), Lindsay […]
Hatchet Reviews Movies AMC Union Station AMC Courthouse Plaza Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle Cineplex Odeon Foundry Cineplex Odeon Inner Circle Cineplex Odeon Uptown Lowes Pentagon City 6 Music 9:30 Club Nation DC Black Cat AMC Union Station 50 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. (703) 998-4262 Ali (R) 1:30, 5:00, 8:30 A Beautiful Mind (PG-13) 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, […]
American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday for conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens abroad, aiding and abetting terrorists and other charges. If convicted in federal court, Walker’s maximum penalty is life imprisonment. The U.S. Department of Justice is appropriately affording Walker, a U.S. citizen, his due process […]
Posted 11:00 a.m. Jan. 18 – Every time the Colonials made a run, the Xavier Musketeers had an answer. Xavier jumped out to a quick 10-point lead at the Smith Center Thursday night, and GW couldn’t get any closer than six point the rest of the way. Led by sophomore Romain Sato’s 23 points, Xavier […]
It’s good to be back in The Hatchet. My semester off really helped me sort out some spiritual and physical problems I had with my Spanish-channel habit. It was tough, but my three-month stay at La Iglesia del Cabr?n, located deep in the rainforest jungles of Idaho, really helped me establish my sense of self […]
Posted 12 p.m. Jan. 19 — There were 15 lead changes between GW and the Temple Lady Owls in Friday’s home game, but only one mattered: Anna Montanana’s buzzer-beating put-back off Ugo Oha’s missed three that gave the Colonials a 54-53 win. GW (10-6, 5-0 Atlantic 10) took the lead after Marsheik Witherspoon’s lay-up tied […]
On Dec. 3, a life was lost. A troubled soul found a way to deal with his pain. My brother, Joe Spradlin, was a great man. Many people knew of his love of music and drums. I know that I’ll always remember the beat that went on in his head. That constant beat was his […]
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Living and learning in Washington, D.C. is one of the GW’s most attractive qualities. New students arrive to find the their city, campus and dorms shrouded in history – a history telling tales of triumph, commemoration and struggle. In order to better exploit the abundant supply of landmarks, museums and buildings in D.C. and across […]
Three hundred years ago, letters were the only way to communicate long distances. They took weeks, even months, to pass hands between the sender and recipient. Now, more than 100 million people, including just about every college student you know, are chatting in real time over the internet. The invention of the telephone came in […]