Volume 99, Issue 61
Stories from the April 14, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The GW baseball team returned to Atlantic 10 play last weekend searching for just its second conference win, a seemingly easy task for a team that had not been swept in an A-10 series in four years. But as the bad weather that kept the Colonials off the field for much of the last three […]
For the hundreds of spectators who lined Washington Harbour Saturday afternoon, the GW Invitational Crew Classic was both a social event and a chance to enjoy one of the National Cherry Blossom Festival’s premier events. For the host Colonials, it was their best performance in nine years. The GW men’s and women’s crews combined to […]
Mann places 14th in NCAA regional all-around Junior co-captain Rachel Mann placed 14th in the all-around competition at NCAA Regionals in Athens, Ga., Saturday. Mann was the lone representative of the GW gymnastics team at Regionals, as the team failed to advance for the first time since 1999. Mann tallied a 38.325, turning in her […]
The GW women’s water polo team advanced to the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Eastern Championships after a fourth-place finish at CWPA Southerns in Lewisburg, Pa., this weekend. The team will travel to Cambridge, Mass. April 25 for its seventh-consecutive Eastern appearance. The top finisher from Easterns will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. […]
Students will be required to attend a summer session between their sophomore and junior years if the administration approves a suggestion from a University task force studying different academic calendars. The task force, the Alternative Academic Calendar Committee, is also researching a switch to a four-by-four system, in which students would take four classes at […]
The GW men’s tennis team wrapped up its season with a sixth-place finish in the Atlantic 10 Championships Sunday, losing to Saint Joseph’s in the fifth-place match at the Oxford Athletic Club in Monroeville, Pa. Second-seeded St. Bonaventure beat No. 1 seed Richmond to take the title and the accompanying automatic NCAA tournament berth. Duquesne […]
War demonstrators flocked to the streets of the city this weekend to peacefully demonstrate for and against U.S. intervention in Iraq. The demonstrations coincided with the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, meetings that traditionally draw anti-globalization protesters. But the majority of the marches, speeches and activism Saturday and Sunday […]
A photo caption (“Club Action,” April 7, p. 15) misidentified the subject of the photo. The woman pictured is freshman Sarita Borgenicht. The article “Students rally against rape” (April 10, p. 7) incorrectly identified the Alliance for Sexual Assault Awareness as the Sexual Assault Awareness Alliance. The article “The Big Hunt” (April 7, p. 11) […]
For millions of Americans, the Capitol building is a beacon of freedom, the epitome of liberty and equality. Yet, for District residents, this domed edifice represents the unattainable – and just another building they pass on their way to work. D.C. residents, burdened with the same responsibilities as every American citizen, are unique in that […]
The University is experiencing an acute classroom shortage, according to a report released to faculty leaders Friday. An exploding undergraduate population, coupled with city regulations limiting non-residential building, are leading administrators to consider scheduling classes during non-traditional times, as well as other changes. Despite a “building boom,” the number of classrooms available in the next […]