Volume 99, Issue 54
Stories from the March 10, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
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 […]
About 50 eighth and ninth graders from D.C. public schools spent the day at GW Friday learning what it means to be a college student. The day’s events, sponsored by the GW group Planning for College Success, included an introductory session in the Hippodrome, discussions about the pre-teens’ concerns about attending college and a Liquid […]
As your car inches ahead the monotony becomes unbearable. You’ve moved only a few feet since starting the engine. Hunched over the steering wheel, your legs fall asleep. Perhaps you can still see your house from where you sit. And, of course, just as you enter the lane that seems to be moving the fastest, […]
The University of Virginia’s Medical School assistant dean spoke to a group of 20 students Friday afternoon about the benefits of pursuing a career in the field of medicine. Hosted by the Minority Association of pre-health students and the American Medical Students association, Moses Woode’s lecture focused on the “keys to the M.D. promised land.” […]
Hatchet Editor in Chief-elect Mosheh Oinounou said he hopes to strengthen student trust of the newspaper, gain more reader feedback and continue The Hatchet’s role as a watchdog over the administration and student groups next year. The Hatchet editorial staff elected Oinounou, a junior from Prairie View, Ill., Sunday. He will assume his new position […]