Volume 99, Issue 24
Stories from the October 21, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
While a recent study showed that 42 percent of college students have used dietary supplements, most experts said supplements’ health risks outweigh perceived benefits. The University of North Florida, which conducted the study, surveyed 1,000 college students. Respondents said they were looking to increase energy, relieve stress and promote weight loss by taking supplements. Creatine, […]
Despite student complaints, officials said they have no immediate plans to install high-speed Internet access in the West End or Pennsylvania House. Students living in the two residence halls are the only on-campus residents without Ethernet or cable modems. Although students were informed about the residence halls’ lack of high-speed access, Resnet has already received […]
More students petition Boston U. chancellor (U-WIRE) BOSTON- Nearly two weeks after five Boston law students sent a petition protesting Chancellor John Silber’s order to disband the Boston University Academy Gay-Straight Alliance, a group of 368 students from the College of Fine Arts also petitioned. Three CFA freshmen, Lee Evans, Ava Eisenson and Therese Barbato, […]
More than 150 GW students and at least a dozen area residents spent a brisk Saturday afternoon cleaning up Jamba Juice cups and cigarette butts in the largest ever Foggy Bottom Cleanup. Sponsored by the Student Association and Residence Hall Association, the semiannual event, now in its fourth year, was organized to promote GW-community relations […]
The GW men’s soccer team swept a four-game home stand with wins over Temple and St. Joseph’s this weekend increasing its winning streak to a season-high four games. Junior goalkeeper Eric Lund recorded his third shutout of the season to remain undefeated in the net in 2002. Lund saved all six of Temple’s shots on […]
Sophomore Kate Williams goes to the gym seven days a week for at least an hour and a half, in addition to playing club volleyball twice a week. “I have always been an athlete and I just have to work out to feel like it’s a normal day,” Williams said. “All of my classes are […]
Junior forward Kim Warner lifted the GW women’s soccer team back to .500 with a goal in each of the Colonials weekend wins at St. Joseph’s and Temple. With her 12th goal of the season against Temple Sunday, Warner became the Atlantic 10’s leading scorer and gave GW what head coach Tanya Vogel called “one […]
U-WIRE) Washington, D.C.- The American Civil Liberties Union filed an improper search lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department on behalf of Mitchell Fernandors, a D.C. resident who accused police of violating him during a routine body search when an officer allegedly used his hand to examine Fernandors’ rectal region. The type of search is so […]
The GW men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams started their seasons in impressive fashion Friday at the Potomac Relay Invite. The GW swimmers competed at American, where the women took home first place and the men finished second. The women won handily, winning eight out of nine events and finishing 47 points ahead of […]
Protestors demonstrate against war in Iraq Organizers said they expect “tens of thousands” of protesters to attend a demonstration Saturday condemning a potential war in Iraq. The event, which will be held simultaneously in Washington and San Francisco, is sponsored by the International Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition. “The polls show […]