Volume 99, Issue 58
Stories from the April 3, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
“War is for fagots.” Two kids, four words and two meanings. In the utter simplicity of a card game, two young men set the stage for what will become an entrancing evening of intelligent comedy. Originally written in response to the 1991 Gulf War, Anthony Neilson’s “Penetrator,” in a newly updated form, is currently on […]
Baseball The GW Club Baseball team is in the process of rescheduling 14 of its games that were scheduled over the past six weeks. The team is scheduled to play a cross-town match-up against Howard University at Bannekar Field in D.C. Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6. All field information and game times can […]
The GW men’s rugby team knows how to have a good time. And they should – in the rugby world, partying is almost as important as playing. Often extending invitations to the teams they just battled on the field, the rugby team throws parties in apartments, houses and has social events in Froggy Bottom Pub […]
St. Bonaventure will remain a member of the Atlantic 10 conference after its men’s basketball team forfeited its final two games last month, university presidents decided in their bi-annual meeting held Tuesday at GW’s University Club. The 12 university presidents of the conference discussed St. Bonaventure’s ongoing investigation into the use of an ineligible player […]
The GW baseball team missed six straight games due to inclement weather last weekend, but when the sun finally came out, so did the Colonial bats. The buff and blue drove in 23 runs in two days to win three straight games, improving their season record to 19-7. The Colonials took a doubleheader from Towson […]
The GW gymnastics team won its sixth straight Atlantic 10 title Saturday in Philadelphia but the score was not enough to give the team a bid to next weekend’s NCAA Regional Championship in Athens, Ga. Junior Rachel Mann was named an all-around competitor and junior Lindsay Parks and freshman Tiffany Jones were named alternates to […]
Unsubstantiated While it is always a tragedy for any girl – regardless of nationality – to be killed asserting her right to protest (which incidentally is not recognized in the Palestinian-controlled parts of the West Bank), Bernard Pollack’s column “Remembering Rachel Corrie’s plight” (March 27, p. 4) irresponsibly concluded that an Israeli bulldozer ran over […]
Softball swept at home The GW softball team dropped both games of a home doubleheader to James Madison University Wednesday at Mount Vernon, sinking their inaugural season record to 2-17 overall and 0-4 in the Atlantic 10. The Colonials did not score a run in either game, losing the first 5-0 and the second 4-0. […]
Over the last several days, we have had a very tough issue to examine and an even tougher decision to make. As you may already know, GW is preparing a case against the city to repeal the Board of Zoning Adjustment orders concerning campus housing. This weekend, University officials approached the SA to file an […]
In his book “Recruiting and Hiring Minority Employees” Richard Young writes, “Government neutrality in the area of (black America) is the moral equivalent of approving past racist crimes.” Affirmative action means taking positive steps to end discrimination, to prevent its recurrence and to create new opportunities that were previously denied to qualified minorities and women. […]