November 3, 2003

Musician Ben Folds entertained a crowd of about 3,400 students in the Smith Center on Saturday night using a piano, his sense of humor and audience interaction. The Program Board sponsored the show, which began with a 30-minute set by rock artist Dante Mizetti. Folds performed songs from his solo albums and the Ben Folds […]

Posted Tuesday, Nov. 4, 7:08 p.m. GW student-athletes will be playing in a bigger and likely more competitive Atlantic 10 conference in two years, when two schools will join the league. A University official told The Hatchet late Tuesday afternoon that the A-10 will announce its expansion plan on Thursday. After the Big East conference […]

The University may expand academic programming for GW students wishing to study the Middle East on campus or abroad, following a recent administrative trip to the region. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Lehman and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Timothy Tong returned from a 10-day trip […]

Kappa Sigma and Phi Sigma Sigma captured the top fraternity and sorority titles at this year’s Greek Week, an annual competition and charity fundraiser for Greek-letter organizations. Groups participated throughout last week in a skit night, Greek a God and Goddess competition and date auction, among other events. Greek-letter organizations raised at least $5,100 for […]

Jeff Diamond, the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Tennessee Titans, spoke to around 75 business students Friday morning in the Hall of Goverment, sharing his experiences from 28 seasons in the National Football League. Diamond traveled to Washington this week to visit his son, GW senior Brett Diamond, during the Titans’ bye week. […]

I don’t normally do this sort of thing. I have to admit, though; I’ve always found the idea of racing in women’s clothing a little compelling. I can’t explain it, but ever since I found out about it freshman year, I’ve been strangely drawn toward the High Heel Race, held on Q Street in Dupont […]

Question: I can’t hook up with someone unless I’ve been drinking that evening. I’m not always drunk – sometimes just tipsy – but I need alcohol, otherwise I’m too nervous and shy. Is that bad? -Needs to loosen up Chick: The saying goes that if you can’t do something sober that you can do drunk, […]

The GW men’s soccer team put itself in a position to return to the Atlantic 10 Tournament after two convincing wins against conference rivals Fordham and LaSalle this weekend at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex. The team’s seniors led the way, as Fabio Andrade, Arnar Johannsson and Jason Popik combined for four of the team’s […]

The GW men’s and women’s cross country teams both placed sixth overall at the Atlantic 10 Championships in Philadelphia last weekend. The men fell short of their original team goal to be in the top five, although senior Darrell Andruski secured a coveted spot on the 2003 men’s all-conference team. Last year, the women placed […]

Rep. Howard McKeon (R-Calif.) introduced a bill last month that aims to penalize colleges and universities that raise tuition more than twice the rate of inflation over a three-year period. While the bill is well-intentioned, it is absurd to give the federal government such imposing control over private universities. GW raised its tuition 10.2 percent […]