Volume 98, Issue 46
Stories from the February 19, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The GW men’s baseball team salvaged a win against host UNC-Greensboro Sunday after losing the previous day’s doubleheader in the team’s first extended series. The Colonials opened the season last week with a solid win against Norfolk State, scoring seven runs in the seventh to solidify a 12-2 win. Pitcher Greg Conden earned his first […]
The Colonial women clinched the Atlantic 10 West this weekend with a win over Dayton Friday and extended their winning streak to 14 games with a win over Xavier Sunday. Duquesne (13-12, 8-6 A-10) remains in a distant second place in the West, while St. Joseph’s (19-6, 10-4 A-10) and Temple (15-10, 10-4 A-10) share […]
GW tuition increases in recent years is similar to hikes at other institutions around the country. Boston, Emory, Northwestern and Yale universities each have been increasing at similar rates for the past several years for technology upgrades, facilities and faculty raises, although GW’s is the highest. While GW officials cited the school’s popularity as a […]
Rufus Wainwright has performed at D.C.’s 9:30 Club several times over the past year, and each time the stage has been shortened and the dance floor expanded to accommodate an ever-growing audience. If his following keeps growing, Wainwright told a packed house Saturday night, he soon will perform outside the club. Wainwright’s success deserves its […]
As a black woman and member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, I found The Hatchet article (“Greek policies split groups”) on Feb. 14 to be an outrage. I believe the article was a true offense to the black Greek-letter organizations, and all black students here. The article seriously lacked significant content and offered absolutely no […]
When students log on to the GW Web page Feb. 22, they will see an updated site with more organized content, said officials in GW’s Interactive Multimedia Application Group. The new page will have a sharper, blue background and will now fit all screen sizes, IMAG officials said. Steven Chang, senior designer of IMAG, said […]
Long Story Short: Jack Nicholson goes to a mental hospital. Finally. Alan Says : The amount of space we have to write will not do this movie justice. Many consider One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Fantasy Films), based on Ken Kesey’s novel, to be one of the greatest movies of all time. The film […]
The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 13: “Washington police are building what will be the nation’s biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. Capitol, a move that worries civil libertarians.” Foggy Bottom Metro station camera inaugural Feb. 15 log entries: 8:30 a.m. – Large […]
About 25 students listened to two Jewish immigrants tell their personal stories about their aliyahs, or immigrations to Israel, Wednesday night at Hillel. Ethiopian immigrant Tsaga Melaku and Ukrainian Ronnie Vinnikov discussed the anti-Semitism they faced in their home countries before moving to the Jewish state in a discussion sponsored by the Jewish Agency and […]
A 39-year-old substitute teacher from Brooklyn, N.Y., claims a GW student has been threatening him through postings to an internet newsgroup and violating University internet usage policy. The man, who requested to remain anonymous because of ongoing legal proceedings, said he sent a complaint to Information Systems and Services last month but GW officials failed […]