Volume 99, Issue 45
Stories from the February 6, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Exhibitions Viscom Art Show Dimock Gallery in Lisner Auditorium is hosting an exhibit of graphic art by senior fine arts students concentrating in visual communication. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Auditions Forbidden Planet Productions Forbidden Planet Productions is having auditions for Neil Simon’s “The Star-Spangled Girl,” directed […]
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In his new romantic comedy, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Matthew McConaughey plays a slick, urbane super-hunk entangled in a haven’t-we-seen-these-antics-in-another-(bad) movie-before relationship with co-star Kate Hudson. But don’t mistake McConaughey’s character for his true self: McConaughey is more Texas cowboy than city sophisticate, and more bent on “just livin’” than laboring […]
Posted 11:30 p.m. Feb. 6 by Melissa Kronfeld U-WIRE Washington Bureau Hispanics are now the largest minority group in America, according to Census Bureau figures released in late January. The Hispanic population, which reached 37 million in July 2001, has surpassed the country’s African-American population, which remains at 36 million people. With the U.S. population […]
Now the District is batting again, and the count appears to be in its favor. The Montreal Expos are relocating for sure, and D.C. is one of three finalists. The city is close, but can it finally come through? Last week, six District representatives flew to New York to meet with Major League Baseball’s Relocation […]
Posted 11:35 a.m. Feb. 7 by Zeb Eckert U-WIRE Washington Bureau Chief The nation’s terror alert system will be raised to orange this afternoon, the highest threat level in nearly a year, the Associated Press is reporting. The announcement will be made at a 12:30 p.m. news conference with Attorney General John Aschcroft and Homeland […]
For the fourth time this season, the GW men’s basketball team showed that it has the talent to compete with the top teams in the country. But once again, it lacked the maturity to execute when the game was on the line. Sophomore T.J. Thompson scored his fifth straight point with nine minutes left to […]
Like that girl you meet in a bar who gives you her number but doesn’t return your calls, the Colonials are a tease when it comes to big games against Top 25 teams. They excite you by leading or staying close in the first half, they taunt you further with a second half run, and […]
World Bank seeks interns The World Bank, located at 18th and H streets, is looking for student interns for its summer 2003 season. The organization will accept resumes until Wednesday. Students can drop off hard copies of their resumes at the front desk of the Career Center on the first floor of the Old Main […]
Daleo responds to allegations Executive Vice President Eric Daleo publicly responded at Tuesday’s meeting to recent allegations by Sen. Mark Hershfield (Law) that he inappropriately used Student Association funds to finance the GW Farmer’s Market without Senate approval. Stating he “believe(s) we followed the proper channels” in planning the event, Daleo also noted that he […]