Volume 100, Issue 34
Stories from the January 12, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
One of the key figures in the GW men’s basketball team’s rise to prominence in the early 1990s died Friday at the age of 32. Yinka Dare, who led the Colonials to the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and 1994 before playing in the NBA, reportedly suffered a heart attack at his New Jersey home. According […]
Over Christmas break Pat Robertson once again set a new standard for idiocy when claiming that God had revealed to him the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. Apparently, our Almighty Creator decided to take a break from controlling the universe and come down and talk politics with everybody’s best friend Pat Robertson. Any ideas […]
The most you can say about Pete Rose as a man is that he never killed anybody. The least you can say about Pete Rose as a player is that he never took an inning off. And that’s what divides this debate so sharply. Does a despicable man who happens to be one of the […]
A federal jury sentenced the confessed murderer of GW student Jonathan Michael Rizzo to death last month. On Dec. 23, the jury of nine men and three women read the ruling to a silent and motionless Gary Sampson, who is the first person in more than 50 years to receive a death sentence in a […]
Jewish students who traveled to Israel this winter said visiting holy sites and meeting Israelis made them feel more connected to the country than before. Despite security concerns, 56 GW students spent a week and a half visiting Jerusalem, floating in the Dead Sea and climbing Masada as part of the semi-annual Birthright Israel trip. […]
In an effort to raise awareness of D.C.’s lack of representation in Congress, the city will hold a non-binding Democratic primary Tuesday. The Democratic National Committee has frowned on the city’s decision to hold a primary before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, two events that traditionally mark the start of primary season. […]
At 3:15 on Monday afternoon, the day is over for most kids at Bancroft Elementary, a public grade school in Mount Pleasant. But the student tutors from GW, American and Howard universities brought by Heads Up and the D.C. Reads program have just arrived, and their challenges for the day are starting to add up. […]
Monday First day of classes Play auditions – “A Night at the Theatre” 8 p.m. Marvin Center room 414 Same time and place Tuesday Sponsored by 14th Grade Players Anthropology Colloquium 12:30 to 2 p.m. Hortense Amsterdam House room 202 2110 G St. N.W. March for Women’s Lives planning meeting 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Marvin […]
With the introduction of Colonial Cash this year, purchasing textbooks at the GW Bookstore has become even more convenient for students living on or near campus. Book sales at the bookstore have remained steady since August, even as students continue to turn to online dealers looking for cheaper book prices. Students cited amazon.com, half.com and […]