Volume 100, Issue 33
Stories from the December 8, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
By day, Kim Kass is a senior double majoring in political science and Latin American studies, but by night, “LuvKassanova” is a self-described addict who can’t live without one of the most popular pastimes, instant messenger, commonly known as IM. Using six screen names (“SNs” in IM speak) on America Online, the Microsoft Network and […]
Posted Friday, Dec. 19, 12:57 a.m. To find the origin of why the GW women’s basketball team dominated the University of Oregon at the Smith Center Thursday night, you actually have to look back more than 15 years. At that time, GW head coach Joe McKeown was at New Mexico State University, and he was […]
“Here in Spartan splendor strolled the faculty in black silk robes; here waited the carriage of President John Quincy Adams as he attended a new professor’s opening lecture; here Stephen Chapin presided over the institution that was to become The George Washington University,” wrote the late Elmer Louis Kayser of a section of town not […]
Posted Saturday, Jan. 3, 11:15 p.m. St. Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson could not do much last January in his team’s 74-68 loss to the GW men’s basketball team. In that game, the eight-time A-10 player of the week scored only eight points on 2-for-10 shooting. Almost a year later, Nelson got some payback by racking […]
The clock is ticking – the start of Hanukkah is just 11 days away and Christmas is in two weeks – but luckily for you, sales at the mall never seem to end. No matter if your shopping list is long or short, filled with people naughty or nice, consult this gift guide to find […]
In his upcoming film “Paycheck” (Paramount Pictures), Ben Affleck plays a genius whose work for high tech corporations requires that his memory be periodically erased. “Paycheck” is directed by acclaimed action film director John Woo (“Broken Arrow”, “Face/Off”) and has a cast that includes Uma Thurman and Aaron Eckhart. In a recent Hatchet interview, Affleck […]
Business as usual In the Dec. 4 Hatchet, Zej Moczydlowski gave readers a lesson in “Business in the real world”(p. 4). I must first point out that Aramark, the AFL-CIO and the Progressive Student Union have been dealing with business in the real world long before he or I gave our two cents. While Mr. […]
Posted Friday, Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m. Students in midst of studying for finals got a break Wednesday night, as faculty members and staff served them an assortment of free food at Midnight Breakfast. The biannual breakfast offered eggs, French toast, pastries, fried potatoes and fruit to the more than 2,000 attendees. Themed “Camp GW,” the […]
Choice CDs ?????Missy Elliott, This is Not a Test (Goldmind/Elektra) ?????Jay Z, The Black Album (Roc-a-Fella) ?????Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista) ?????Bruce Springsteen, The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Legacy Recordings) ?????Johnny Cash, Unearthed (Lost Highway) ?????Ryan Adams, lloRnkcoR (Lost Highway) ?????Blink 182, Blink 182 (Geffen) ?????The Strokes, Room on Fire (RCA) ?????Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe […]
Posted Tuesday, Dec. 30, 11:35 p.m. The GW women’s basketball team played its closest game yet against No. 5 (Associated Press) Tennessee Tuesday night at the Smith Center but still could not find a way to beat the Lady Volunteers, losing 65-51 and falling to 0-4 in the all-time series between the two teams. The […]