Volume 98, Issue 64
Stories from the April 29, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The Student Association Senate Rules Committee’s reasons for rejecting Dani Greenspan as vice president of undergraduate policy – a lack of leadership experience and understanding of the SA – are unsubstantiated and ignorant. Not only did Greenspan serve as president of an international youth organization, he spent a year between high school and college living […]
Head Coach Tom Walter said if anything, Sunday’s rainout of the GW – Richmond contest will give closer Mike O’Connor some extra rest. Other than that, Walter said playing Monday instead of Sunday is neither good nor bad for his team, which will compete for first place in the Atlantic 10 West with the nationally […]
Bodies on bodies, packed tightly under steel and concrete and built on the sweat of the masses. New York is grimy with their remains. It’s a cold city, jarring its inhabitants with constant motion. New York is the epicenter of culture, sometimes cruel but undeniably influential. I’m not from New York, but I wish I […]
The eighth-seeded Colonials finished where they started – in the eighth place at this weekend’s Eastern Championships hosted by Princeton University. The GW women’s water polo team notched one win in a tournament that gave its postseason berth to tournament winner Michigan. After losing to first-seeded Michigan 9-2 Friday afternoon, the Colonials ratcheted up their […]
When picturing a binge drinker, who are the stereotypical candidates? While most think of the fraternity brothers of Animal House or jocks crushing beer cans over their heads, recent research shows females are increasingly hitting the bottle and tapping the keg. A study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, published in the American […]
Two GW sophomores will begin a 4,000-mile bike ride from New Haven, Conn. to San Francisco May 30. Evan Johnson and Steve Carlson will join 28 other students from Yale and Villanova universities, the universities of Arizona and Colorado and Virginia Tech this summer for nine weeks to build homes for Habitat for Humanity and […]
President George W. Bush’s newest front in the “war on terrorism” is the classroom, and it will seriously harm academic freedom in this country if his preposterous ideas take effect. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Bush is considering banning foreign students from learning certain “sensitive” subjects. In theory it would keep terrorists from […]
The University responded to Zoning Commission requests last week by putting dollar figures and timeframes on offers for final approval of the new Elliott School project. Community members said the proposal is still unsubstantial, and have until May 7 to officially respond. The Zoning Commission will rule on the package May 13. University General Counsel […]
Before this season, every Atlantic 10 Women’s Rowing Championship has ended the same way: Massachusetts in first, GW in second. At Saturday’s A-10 race on Cooper River in New Jersey, the Colonials were hoping the roles would be reversed – but they did not count on Rhode Island to knock them into third. Massachusetts won […]
Students discuss Sex in the Univer-city GW student group Voices for Choices is coordinating with D.C.’s Planned Parenthood host a “Safer Sex in the Univer-city” party Tuesday from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Thurston Hall TV lounge. Condoms and information about safe sex and birth control will be distributed to students, and Kim Buck […]