Volume 99, Issue 54
Stories from the March 10, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Though Metropolitan Police arrested at least 27 people at anti-war protests outside the White House Saturday, International Women’s Day demonstrators were relatively peaceful as they protested impending military action in Iraq. Code Pink, a coalition of women’s groups formed out of concern for the safety of children at home and abroad, organized the rally of […]
On a day when fans paid tribute to the Colonials’ past, the GW men’s basketball team caught an encouraging glimpse of the future Saturday on Senior Day at the Smith Center. The afternoon was as much a celebration of Chris Monroe’s career as a basketball game, but freshmen Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Mike Hall took care […]
Posted 12:00 a.m. March 12 by Carolyn Polinsky U-WIRE Washington Bureau Iraq is not cooperating with demands for weapons disarmament, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday in an effort to garner support for a war against the country. He warned that Saddam Hussein would face very real […]
After the elections, many students want to know more about their elected leader than where he stands on campus issues. SA President-elect Kris Hart met with The Hatchet on Saturday to discuss his plans for his term as president. Hatchet: So, who is Kris Hart? Kris Hart: I’m just a normal guy. I grew up […]
The game clock read 0:00. His teammates watched from the bench and more than 3,000 fans chanted his name as Chris Monroe stood at the foul line. The senior made his first shot, missed his second, paused to take a few dribbles and sunk the third, ending his career at the Smith Center with a […]
Posted 11:30 p.m. March 12 by Carolyn Polinsky U-WIRE Washington Bureau Ambassador Ruth Davis, the director of the State Department’s Foreign Service, is calling upon women to enter a field that she says dates back to the days of the Queen of Sheba: Diplomacy. March 15 marks the final day for Americans to sign up […]
Softball: The Colonials struggled in their inaugural season opening weekend, dropping both games at a tournament in Hampton, Va. The women, however, remain positive as they prepare for their long-awaited first home game as a varsity team. The first-ever GW Division I varsity softball game will take place at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex this […]
Anna Montanana is the best overall player at GW, man or woman. Chris Monroe and Cathy Joens are great scorers. Ugo Oha is tremendous down low and Mike Hall looks like he’ll be putting up consistent double doubles in the future. But nobody combines it all like Montanana. Head Coach Joe McKeown told me last […]
St. Bonaventure University President Robert Wickenheiser resigned Sunday in the wake of controversy surrounding the Bonnies’ men’s basketball team. Other school officials could be next, as head coach Jan van Breda Kolff, Wickenheiser’s son and assistant coach Kort Wickenheiser and athletic director Gothard Lane have all been placed on administrative leave, pending review. Last Monday, […]
They lost seven players to graduation and the Major League Baseball Draft last year and have 10 freshmen on their roster, but the Colonials are still defending champions of the Atlantic 10. And they’re playing like it. In a weekend that featured record-breaking pitching and a combined 54 runs to boot, the GW baseball team […]