Volume 98, Issue 46
Stories from the February 19, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Dining officials said student suggestions spurred recent changes in campus food venues. J Street has added new food options, hours and service as a result of recommendations made by the Student Association’s Dining Services Commission. Starbucks has extended hours from 11 p.m. to midnight, and new kosher, vegan and vegetarian products are now available in […]
Consider for a moment that the cadavers about whom Sarah Nir’s Feb. 14 (“Dead dates make good companions”) column jokes chose to donate their bodies for medical research. Consider for a moment that there are surviving family members who might take comfort from the prospect that their loved ones will be treated with some level […]
With unseasonably warm weather expected to continue this week, students may decide to get out and see the District. Here are a selection exhibits and IMAX shows currently offered at museums along the National Mall: The National Air and Space Museum Exhibits: Voyage – A Journey Through Our Solar System (outdoors) In this outdoor exhibition […]
Art students submitted a petition this month and are negotiating for permanent space in the Lisner Auditorium’s Dimock Gallery. They complain there is not enough space to hang student art, and have even used walls in the Gelman Library for displays recently. The Dimock Gallery formerly held the University Art Gallery, which moved last spring […]
After a 14-point loss at Xavier Thursday, the GW men’s basketball team traveled to Duquesne with hopes of winning its first season series and ending the team’s longest losing streak since losing 13 straight in 1988-89. But a 79-69 loss Saturday now crystallizes the notion that GW may not win again this season, and reminds […]
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? If a Student Association election happens and nobody notices, did it really happen? Yes, and that’s just what most of us on campus are hoping for this year. It is nothing new for students to go about their daily […]
GW officials said the man arrested outside the Pentagon last week and currently being held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service could be the same individual who attended GW for three semesters in 1998. The man, listed as Sultan Rasheed Al-Zaabi, 23, on a Virginia driver’s license police obtained and his passport, also carried identification […]
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 […]