Volume 100, Issue 27
Stories from the November 10, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Stephen Glass was once a respected young journalist, loved and cared for by his editors and co-workers at The New Republic magazine. Glass was 25 years old in 1998 when editor Charles Lane fired him from The New Republic after editors discovered that a number of his articles had been fabricated. Glass created fake Web […]
The Recording Industry Association of America has threatened lawsuits against students and universities in an attempt to curb the massive influx of copyright infringement occurring over peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as KaZaA. As a result, many colleges face a choice – eliminate file-sharing capacity over the university network entirely and risk student wrath or chance […]
The GW men’s basketball team used 13 players in its first exhibition game of the season, but for the second straight year, junior Tamal Forchion was not one of them. An unspecified pulled muscle sidelined Forchion while the rest of the Colonials overcame 22 turnovers to beat the Universal All-Stars, 97-74, at the Smith Center […]
The proposed alternative academic calendar could possibly have a great financial benefit for GW but less tangible costs to students could outweigh the increase in revenue. The Residence Hall Association finds it necessary to explain our position against the proposed changes on the current academic calendar. If a new calendar is put into place, students […]
Coaches and administrators lauded the Atlantic 10’s expansion plan at GW’s annual basketball media event Friday, calling it both financially and competitively beneficial to the University and the league. The A-10 announced Thursday it will expand from 12 to 14 teams beginning in 2005-06, when the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and St. Louis University join […]
The GW men’s soccer team clinched the sixth and final seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament Saturday after battling through two overtimes to tie the Richmond Spiders, 1-1. The Colonials put themselves in good position to make the tournament after last weekend’s wins against LaSalle and Fordham. But when Rhode Island beat Massachusetts Friday, GW […]
Debates over policy and politics are driven and sustained by clich?s. Though I have no way to quantify this, I’ll bet the sum total of most Americans’ political knowledge is embodied by clich?s. “Keep your laws off my body.” “Leave no child behind.” “Building a bridge to the 21st Century.” “No taxation without representation.” Of […]
For five years now, it’s been the same old answer to the same old question. “Oh, George Washington? Yeah, they’ve got some good young guys. They’ll be really good … in a few years.” We heard it when Val Brown and Chris Monroe were freshmen. We heard it when T.J. Thompson and Tamal Forchion were […]
In one game last season, as in many others, point guard T.J. Thompson looked over at head coach Karl Hobbs late in the game. Visibly fatigued and in need of a breather for the final stretch of the second half, Thompson’s demeanor told Hobbs the sophomore needed a break, which is exactly why Hobbs pretended […]
Among many things I have enjoyed while at college, high on the list is meeting people from all over the world. But this cherished aspect of attending school in the District may be changing. According to a report by the Institute of International Education, enrollment by international students in the past year increased by less […]