Volume 100, Issue 10
Stories from the September 11, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Everywhere I go, students are talking about “reality television” shows, from the kids skipping class at Kogan Plaza to the bastion of intellectually devoid speech – the Mount Vernon shuttle bus. First it was MTV’s annoying “Real World,” then came “Survivor” and now the suicide-inducing “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” One must paradoxically turn […]
Travel to the District is returning to pre-September 11 levels after an initial tourist drought cost the city millions of dollars a day. But experts are reporting an uneven recovery as many families, prompted by terrorist alerts, have stayed away from the city in large numbers. Immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, closed attractions, tighter security […]
Where: 1811 14th St. NW Getting in: carded at the door, “x’d” if under 21 Prices: Concerts $5 to $15, the red room acess is free Dress: Indie rocker Belle rating: 3 bells It’s been said that the word hipster has replaced yuppie as the past decade’s most overused pop culture idiom. That being said, […]
FB celebrates Community Day Students, faculty and residents of Foggy Bottom gathered Tuesday to celebrate the city’s Foggy Bottom Student and Community Day. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams proclaimed the day in hopes of fostering a partnership between the GW student body and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The relationship “has helped create one of the most […]
Canada is the home and native land to some 31 million people. Over 90 percent of those millions are nestled snuggly up against the American border. The rest of their enormous country is kept pristine for a few Indian tribes, elk, salmon, and, yes, polar bears. Canada is America’s largest trading partner. Most of their […]
Thursday September 11 moment of silence 8:46 a.m. September 11 Memorial 8:30- 9:30 p.m. Quad Rain Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by the Student Association, Jewish Student Association and Muslim Students Association Friday Indian Students Association kickoff event, free food and music 7:30 to 10 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom “Anger Management” 8 to […]
Something for professors to learn It has come to my attention, that every one of my classes no longer begins with discussion of the chapter, an article, or lecture of any kind. Recently, the first ten to 20 minutes of class are devoted to the professor trying to figure out how to use the technology […]
SA pushes back allocations deadline Student organizations have until Sept. 26 to hand in their initial allocation budgets to the Student Association, two weeks after the original deadline. All organizations wishing to get funding from the SA must turn in budgets. They can be submitted at the SA office in Marvin Center room 424. For […]
Hollywood romance is a sick thing. Boy meets girl, sparks fly, a conflict is found, a conflict is overcome, let’s get married. This standard plot construction is something of a disease that just can’t be cured at the box office. But now I breathe a chest full of fresh air; at last there’s a film […]
Liqour Law Violation 9/7 – 1957 E St. – 1:09 a.m. Case Closed Metropolitan Police notified University Police that they transported an intoxicated student to the emergency room for excessive alcohol consumption. Referred to Student Judicial Services 9/6 – Thurston Hall – 1:25 a.m. Case Closed UPD found an intoxicated student vomiting on the floor. […]