Volume 100, Issue 8
Stories from the September 4, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Worm Girl is the loser we all loved to hate in high school, except she’s half-worm, half-girl, and all the more unstoppable for it. She’s got no friends, but that doesn’t keep her from thinking that she does. Nor does she let her wormy body get her down – she can talk hair, makeup and […]
After returning home from the smoky haze of a D.C. bar, most GW students immediately dump their stench-filled clothes into their laundry bags before hitting the sack. But students at New York City and California universities can come home smelling fresh after a night at the bars, since the two locations have outlawed smoking in […]
Masked and Anonymous “Masked and Anonymous” (Sony Pictures Classics) is roughly what you’d expect to get if you stretched a Bob Dylan song out to 112 minutes and added pictures. Semi-lucid, vaguely metaphorical narratives make for excellent rock and roll music, but when transmogrified and beamed onto a movie screen, the result is the motion […]
In the campus world of both Jews and Muslims, few things evoke such emotion as the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Because this issue strikes such a deep chord with so many people, the debate surrounding it often spirals into emotional, factless rhetoric. As a result, it is easy to surmise that those on the extremes are guiding […]
Where: 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Getting in: carded at the door Cover: $5 Specials: Tuesday night $1 beer is long gone; now bottles are $2 Dress: standard GW “welcome back” attire: mini-skirt, tank-top and flip-flops for girls; polo-shirt and denim for guys Three simple words had been written in my planner for weeks now: “Dollar […]
At 22nd and G streets, the Smith Center is a serviceable albeit antiquated home to several GW sports teams. But with a seating capacity of just 5,000 people, the arena is an equipment shed compared to the facilities at nearby University of Maryland. In fall 2002, the $108 million Comcast Center became the Terrapins’ immaculate […]
Former GW basketball star SirValiant Brown will face a jury trial in D.C. Superior Court beginning Sept. 30 for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Once the second-leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball and an NBA hopeful, Brown could be sentenced to up to 180 days in prison and fined $1,000 if convicted. […]
For sophomore volleyball player Shannon Parks, the team goals for this season are simple after last year’s second place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship. “We want to defeat Temple, our rival, and take the A-10 Title.” With that goal in mind, the Colonials started the season impressively, winning their first three matches to finish […]
The University named Megan Wise the new head coach for women’s tennis and women’s squash last month, replacing Helen Andrews in tennis and Sarah West in squash. Wise comes to GW after serving as an assistant coach for men’s and women’s tennis at the University of Connecticut. She has also coached at the high school […]