Volume 99, Issue 63
Stories from the April 21, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
April 20 has come and gone like a puff of smoke from a bong, but the stoner’s New Year has a long history of which most people are not aware. While cynics may say 420 (pronounced four-twenty) is just a lousy excuse for pot-heads to do what they usually do with a clear conscience, I […]
Students taking the Metro next fall may pay higher fares as city transportation officials struggle to close the gap on a $48 million budget shortfall. The budget change will not affect plans to create a student discount card program, officials said. The Metro Board Budget Committee, which wants to increase passenger revenues by $24 million, […]
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development now ranks 19th among national schools of education in this month’s U.S. News and World Report, a jump of 16 slots from last year’s 35. The GSEHD also ranked ninth among private institutions, up from the 11th spot, which the school held for four consecutive years. Temple […]
Next season’s highest-ranked recruit for the GW men’s basketball team gave fans a glimpse of the future Thursday night at the MCI Center. Ricky Lucas, a 6-foot-5 swingman from Herndon, Va., had 11 points and nine rebounds despite playing a team-low 14 minutes in the regional game of the 30th annual Jordan Capital Classic. The […]
With a larger-than-expected crowd, the Chinese American Student Association kicked off its first annual fashion show by adding 50 extra seats to the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom before the program started. With food, music, dancing and fashion, the free event drew more than 150 students. The first half of the show was dedicated to traditional […]
The GW women’s tennis team earned a fifth-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships at College Park, Md. this weekend. The fifth-seeded Colonials lost to eventual runner-up Massachusetts but went on to beat Dayton in match for fifth place Saturday. Second-seeded Temple won the tournament for the first time since 1995, defeating fourth-seeded Massachusetts in […]
The GW baseball team won the second annual Jackie Robinson game, beating Duquesne 11-5 in the front end of Saturday’s doubleheader. The Colonials (24-11, 4-5 Atlantic 10) went on to win their next two games to sweep the series and extend their winning streak to five games. Freshman Tom Shanley won the Jackie Robinson award […]
The number of students hospitalized for alcohol-related incidents has almost doubled from last year to this spring, according to a report released this month. Despite the increase in hospitalizations, there has been a slight decrease in the total number of liquor law violations. Seventy-four students were hospitalized as of April 18, compared with 38 students […]
The GW men’s basketball team will add six new faces to its roster next year and all are expected to be immediate contributors, head coach Karl Hobbs said. The Colonials have received letters of intent from guards Ricky Lucas and Carl Elliot and verbal commitments from J.R. Pinnock and Jaaron Greene. Transfers LaFonte Johnson and […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, criticized the war in Iraq and underscored the importance of promoting civil liberties to a packed Funger Hall Thursday. Sharpton promised he would not impose his religious beliefs on others and scolded the Bush administration and religious conservatives for blurring the line between church and state […]