Volume 99, Issue 63
Stories from the April 21, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Posted 10:00 p.m. April 20 by Elspeth A. Weingarten U-WIRE Washington Bureau With the United States’ seizure of the Iraqi leadership last week from the capital city of Baghdad, the war is moving quickly. Scholars predict where the U.S. government expects to be in the next week. “We’ve moved into a less exciting period which […]
With subway fares on the rise and the University’s purchase of The Gallery in Virginia, the administration should work to ensure a Metro student discount. Public transportation discount programs for college students already exist in cities such as Chicago, Atlanta and Cleveland, but D.C. has yet to create one of its own, although is has […]
When current seniors came to GW, one of the first things the University told them was that every student receives their own @gwu.edu e-mail address for life. However, consistent Webmail snafus, backups and slow-downs have now caused the University to change this policy. Alumni Relations recently sent an e-mail to alumni who continue to use […]
Boycott Bar Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury McFadden’s, not to praise it. For years I’ve enjoyed going out to bars in D.C., but ever since the brute on Pennsylvania opened there has been something wrong with the bar scene, mainly a lack of people. At first I wrote it […]
Q: Everyone tells me I give good blowjobs, but I’m not so sure that I do. How can I know if I do? -Curious Chick: If you have gotten nothing but positive feedback from the guys you’ve hooked up with, then I would certainly take their word for it and stop worrying! Instead of asking […]
It is a balmy spring day and the air of graduation is upon me. In just a few short weeks I will be sitting back in my fold-out chair on the Ellipse, listening to the redundancy of graduation speeches and talk of “that war” and “that day in September,” but basking in the glorious knowledge […]
Last month GW participated in “The Great American Meatout,” a day-long celebration of all things vegetable in which several J Street stations abandoned meat in favor of vegetarian and vegan dishes, while Provisions doled out samples of meatless treats. Many students could be overheard grumbling about the lack of cheesesteaks and chicken Caesar salads, rolling […]
It’s hard to believe marijuana was once not only legal in the United States, but an accepted pharmaceutical drug. A little more than 150 years ago, W. B. O’Shaughnessy, at the Medical College of Calcutta, found the leafy green plant helped alleviate pain and relax muscles. Over the next half a century, doctors worldwide prescribed […]
The Grooming Lounge 1745 L St. N.W. Monday, March 31 . 4 p.m. Among the office buildings and lunch break eateries that crowd L Street between 18th and Connecticut is an inconspicuous edifice. It is the entrance to one of the area’s newest and most popular salons. Here’s the catch: it’s a male salon (I’ll […]
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 […]