Volume 98, Issue 37
Stories from the January 17, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
(U-WIRE) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As many of us prepare to enter the “real world” in May, the job market we are encountering does not resemble the job market our predecessors faced when they graduated. I am not alluding to the economic downturn that seems to be slowly festering in America that all the newspapers, news […]
The season of the Cinderella Bears will come to an end Saturday in Soldier Field, where the Bears host the Philadelphia Eagles. This game will be a match of dominating defenses and, in the end, the Eagles’ balanced offense and a duo of running backs, Duce Staley and Correll Buckhalter, will create too many problems […]
The Pleasure Place Tuesday, Jan. 15 7 p.m. The scene: a very windy night in Georgetown with a couple of friends. The destination: some sort of sex shop. The mission: to find the perfect and funniest gag gift idea. Now, let me begin by saying that I am defifinitely not an expert when it comes […]
GW housing officials have eased off a new requirement that all sophomores live in campus housing next year by making it easy for students to claim exemptions. The University will now allow sophomores to move off campus by signing a form indicating they cannot afford to live in a residence hall or have another extenuating […]
Two teams enter Friday’s game with identical records, histories and expectations. Both GW and Temple, (9-6, 4-0 A-10) have been crushed by top-five teams, including Temple’s loss to No. 3 Vanderbilt University last week and GW’s loss to No. 2 Tennessee early in the season. Both teams have had success against lesser, mediocre conference teams. […]
Students, faculty and staff are moving into a new law school and a revamped Mount Vernon Campus residence hall this semester after months of construction delays. Officials cited weather and permit delays that postponed the completion of these projects, both of which were scheduled to open in the fall. The townhouse-style addition to the GW […]
A D.C. Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Dec. 19 in a discrimination suit that would have cost GW $42,000 in damages for charges against Athletic Director Jack Kvancz. Judge Joan Zeldon threw out the case because the jury issued “conflicting verdicts” in response to two key questions she issued. Jurors answered “no” to the […]
Maintenance staff in the Schenley spent this week repairing 12 radiator leaks, a sewage backup and replacing the floorboards in one sixth-floor room after students returned to find water damage after winter break. Workers from the Trammell Crow Company, who manage the Schenley residence hall through GW’s Office of Property and Real Estate, patched flaking […]
Two Delta Gamma members were trapped in a burning Statesman apartment after waking to the smell of smoke early Tuesday morning in a blaze that destroyed most of their possessions. Lieutenant Kevin Stuart, a fireman who responded to the scene, said a cigarette or other smoking material caused the fire, and the smoke detector did […]
Newly appointed special academic programs head Donna Scarboro will send students to the Olympics, Australia and Europe under one position at GW this year while she attempts to consolidate academic and study abroad programs. Scarboro’s office will serve as an umbrella for any academic program that involves more than one school and will examine study […]