Volume 100, Issue 5
Stories from the July 7, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Actor Robert Duvall reminisced about his 40-year acting career, legendary films and the acting methods that have propelled him to the top of the film world at Lisner Auditorium last week. With a career including almost 100 feature films and a laundry list of awards and honors, Duvall has been an essential piece of many […]
GW officials hoped students would be able to use the indoor tennis courts at the Mount Vernon Campus by this summer, but problems with the facility persist. After a cement problem on one court last fall required reconstruction, further problems caused the air-compressed bubble that covered half of the 12 courts to be removed after […]
The family of a GW employee who was killed in a botched police operation last October is suing the city, claiming officers’ “intentional and reckless” behavior led to her accidental shooting. On October 31, the employee, Odetta Emanuel, was at the wheel of a car that was pulled over by a plainclothes Metropolitan Police officer. […]
Monroe not drafted Recent graduate Chris Monroe, the all-time leading scorer in GW men’s basketball history, was not selected in the NBA Draft June 26. Before the draft, Monroe reportedly worked out for the Washington Wizards along with fellow local standout Steve Blake of Maryland. The Wizards ended up taking Blake in the second round […]
Years from now, Americans will look at the Supreme Court’s recent decision to repeal Texas’ sodomy law as a stepping stone for greater freedom for gays – the gay community’s Brown v. the Board of Education. The law, a draconian measure driven by ideology and religion rather than by any sense of equality, prohibited anal […]
(U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – It’s official. The Atlantic Coast Conference has opened its doors, and the University of Miami and Virginia Tech have walked right in. The schools will begin ACC play in 2004-2005. Miami turned down a financially lucrative last effort by the Big East to keep the Hurricanes in that conference. In the […]
Late one evening in 1986, Dan Rather was attacked and savagely beaten on Park Avenue in New York. According to reports, his attackers were two well-dressed white men; they accosted Rather, shouting variations of the phrase “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” Who they were and what they wanted remains unsolved. Cherry Red Productions’ new play, […]
Posted July 14: University officials are still considering whether to begin construction on the new business school building after a small victory in District court last week. The D.C. Court of Appeals temporarily lifted a city-imposed moratorium on the construction of non-residential buildings last Thursday. GW had hoped to break ground on the building in […]
With 12 incoming freshmen set to join the GW softball team next season, it appears the Colonials have the firepower to improve on their 3-36 inaugural season. Now, suddenly, the only problem is they don’t have a coach. After just one year in the dugout, head coach Leslie King Moore resigned last month to become […]
If Americans know who won the NBA Finals last month, they must have caught the highlights on SportsCenter. Before the confetti was even wiped from the floor in San Antonio, the news came from Nielsen Media Research that not too many people saw what the Spurs were celebrating when it happened. In fact, television ratings […]