Volume 100, Issue 18
Stories from the October 9, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
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 […]
All that is romantic about falling in love is soon dispersed in the passionate opening scene of “Dopamine” (Sundance Film Series). As Rand (John Livingston, TV’s “CSI” and “JAG”) and Sarah (Sabrina Lloyd, TV’s “Sports Night”) begin kissing intensely, Rand doesn’t describe the butterflies in his stomach or his weak knees, but rather, the chemical […]
Posted 12:47pm October 11 by Ilana Weinberg U-WIRE Washington Bureau The Bush administration is under fire recently, after two senior administration officials allegedly revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent to syndicated columnist Robert Novak and five other journalists in July. The Justice Department has begun an investigation to track down the White House […]
Where: 1927 Florida Ave. N.W. Cover: None Carded: At the bar Dress: Casual Specials: $10 “kick the keg” midnight movie; happy hour specials 5-7 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Back home in the suburbs, where strip malls and fast food joints rule the land, 25-screen, stadium-seating movie theater megaplexes have been popping up like crazy. While […]
When a gas-fueled blaze erupted Tuesday on 23rd Street after workers demolishing the old hospital ruptured a gas line, University administrators promptly enacted contingency plans that ran surprisingly smoothly. Students witnessed calm hospital employees evacuate about 120 patients to an emergency triage center set up in the Smith Center and University Police Department officers working […]
WRGW records Senate meeting WRGW recorded the Student Association Senate meeting live for the first-time Tuesday night in an effort to increase student accessibility and interaction. Students heard the proceedings live on the WRGW Web site, www.gwradio.com, and will soon be able to listen to archived copies online. “It was a very well put together […]
Fan Fare, the abandoned dining option that served ballpark foods in the Marvin Center ground floor, will go down as one of the worst food venues in recent GW history. Luckily for students, GW will soon replace it with Montague’s Deli – the old J Street favorite replaced by the Salad Garden this fall. While […]