Volume 99, Issue 31
Stories from the November 14, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
With the cunning of a fox stalking its prey, a young Japanese swordsman carefully tracks his adversary’s every move. At this moment, concentration is absolute, conscious thought is suppressed and action is completely instinctive. The swordsman recognizes an opening and pounces on his opponent. With an explosion of force, he combines the grace of an […]
The GW volleyball team got a confidence-booster going into the final weekend of the regular season Monday night with a non-conference win on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Senior Night. The 3-0 win marked the second consecutive Senior Night spoiler for the Colonials, who also swept LaSalle Saturday. The victory gave the Colonials their […]
Field Hockey Three GW field hockey members, sophomore goalie Ashley Koen and senior forwards Katie Fitzpatrick and Amanda Hill, played in the National Field Hockey League’s All Star Game Saturday, Nov. 9 at the University of Maryland. The Colonial Field Hockey team is currently 3-4, with losses to Maryland and NC State Oct. 19 and […]
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Israel to relinquish Palestinian land in a speech at the University of Maryland Wednesday, calling surrender of land the best chance for peace. Annan spoke to a crowd of more than 10,000 faculty and students at the university before meeting with President Bush at the White House later […]
The novice crews finished strong at the Belly of the Carnegie, the team’s last race of the season, at Princeton Nov 10. Head Coach Steve Peterson said the competition, which included many top crews on the East Coast, was a good indicator of how the team would do in the spring season. The men’s novice […]
The GW men’s basketball team’s last exhibition game Thursday night was supposed to be a tune-up for the team’s young core of players but head coach Karl Hobbs took it one step further, giving nearly every player a chance to shake off the rust. Ten different Colonials played 10 minutes or more as GW beat […]
Two homeless D.C. residents refuted stereotypes and presented their stories of misfortune and recovery in a candid talk before about a dozen students Monday night. The two Washington residents who spent several years sleeping on the streets spoke about drug addictions and begging for food. The speakers, 55-year-old Frederic Savoy and 46-year-old Renee Lucas, talked […]
Staring across the San Fernando Valley from atop Sepulveda Pass, one is confronted with an endless expanse of shopping malls, parking lots and freeways – the staples of suburban American life. This is the valley. It’s the place that gave us Disney, valley girls and Lucille Ball. Nestled within this seemingly innocuous part of the […]
Outgoing Republican Maryland Congresswoman Connie Morella urged females to have pride in themselves and discussed the obstacles she faces in front of almost 100 people Tuesday evening at the Mount Vernon Campus. The occasion was the 85th Mount Vernon College “Founder’s Day,” held annually around the birthday of school founder Elizabeth J. Somers. GW purchased […]
Nine p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, I was so engrossed in my baby chemistry notes it slipped my mind that Joe and Jill Q. Uninformed were deciding this country’s future in voting booths across the country. Flipping on CNN Headline News, I drummed my fingers to a salsa beat as I waited for a pressing story […]