October 9, 2003

Dear Red Sox fans at GW and around the world, We can take the Yankees this year. Why? It seems as if the Yankee conglomerate is actually threatened by this year’s Red Sox team. Joe Torre said it’s the best Sox lineup he’s ever faced and George Steinbrenner moaned about the Red Sox one-upping New […]

Posted 12:54pm October 11 by Nell McGarity U-WIRE Washington Bureau With 54.7 percent of the state voting in favor of recalling Governor Gray Davis, Dem, and despite allegations of mistreatment of women among other things, actor and former Mr. Universe Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rep, has successfully won the governorship of California. Garnering 48.1 percent of the […]

The Student Association finalized its student organization fall allocations Tuesday with about 20 minutes of debate and a relatively calm meeting. Although almost a dozen groups protested their initial allocations last year, only a handful groups voiced concerns this year. The SA quickly responded to organizations’ concerns by giving new groups $150 or denying returning […]

Oh, those Red Sox. With their shaved heads, ‘Cowboy Up’ T-shirts and late nights out at the bar together. So cute, aren’t they? I mean, aren’t they just the most lovable thing about baseball since Harry Carey? And their offense, my goodness, their offense – every batter is a threat. Add Pedro and Lowe to […]

A line stretched to the corner outside Washington’s 9:30 Club last Thursday as Super Furry Animals began their hour-long opening set for Grandaddy. The lights dimmed and an absurd, sonic assault began against a video-projected background of colors, psychedelic shapes and old newsreel footage. At one point, a looping video clip of Vladimir Lenin was […]

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear GW’s case against a city housing order prohibiting the University from building nonresidential facilities. While the decision brings an end to GW’s three-year battle against the order in federal court, University officials said they would continue to seek the order’s reversal in the D.C. Court of Appeals. […]

Softball wins three in D.C. Challenge The GW softball team took three of four games over the weekend in the D.C. Challenge, beating Catholic twice and splitting two games with Howard at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex. Freshman pitcher Jennifer Hrycyna led the Colonials (5-2 in exhibition play), recording one victory as a starter and […]

The Hatchet caught up with Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild before the show last Thursday at Washington’s 9:30 Club to talk about the road, the new album and the state of the music industry. Hatchet: First off, how’s the tour going? Jim Fairchild: Good. It’s a joy to be with the Super Furry Animals … and […]

Presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich and Green Party leader Ralph Nader berated politicians for neglecting issues affecting District residents at a rally in northwest D.C. Tuesday night. More than 500 people rallied for issues affecting D.C., including voting rights, health care and funding for public libraries. The rally, held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church […]

Is “CATS” the worst show in Broadway history? Loaded question, I know. It’s difficult to gauge, and even more so to qualify, what the masses crave in any given era, but during his reign over the New York and London box offices, Andrew Lloyd Webber managed to release one show after another, each assembled out […]