Volume 100, Issue 53
Stories from the March 25, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Note to Reader: Here follows a brief explanation of the extended absence of “Hart Murmurs” from this newspaper: I relocated to Grand Forks, N. D., after the stress of writing an extremely sporadic humor column combined with last year’s devastating Red Sox playoff loss put me in the emergency ward one too many times. I […]
Posted 12:20 p.m., Sunday, March 28 — Metropolitan Police are investigating the apparent drowning of a male GW student in the Tidal Basin late Saturday night. University Media Relations specialist Matt Lindsay identified the student as sophomore Philip Augustin, a resident of Crawford Hall. Lindsay declined to comment further on the details of Augustin’s death, […]
The University canceled the GW softball team’s season Monday after seven games due to multiple injuries that have kept the team off the field since Feb. 29. Amid allegations that head coach Shaunte’ Fremin mentally and physically abused players, the University also hired an independent investigator this week to look into Fremin and the athletic […]
What if you received a card in the mail stating that you had been erased from your lover’s memory and that you should under no circumstance attempt to contact her? Written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry and starring an eclectic cast including Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo and […]
The introduction and proliferation of Internet file sharing programs has crippled the music recording industry. The software has enabled thousands of students to download nearly any song on demand. This ability has also drastically reduced the commercial sale of CDs. In an effort to reverse the trend, the Recording Industry Association of America has launched […]
Posted 4:00pm March 28 by Vanessa Maltin U-WIRE Washington Bureau Mary Brown, director of operations for Life Pieces, remembers when Maurice Kie and his brother Donnell walked through the door of Life Pieces seven years ago. Maurice was in elementary school and had such a negative attitude that he rarely spoke to anyone. With the […]
Horizons Theatre Company is the longest running women’s theater company in the country. Established in 1977 by (among others) artistic director Leslie Jacobson – chair of GW’s Department of Theatre and Dance – and the film and stage actor Robert Prosky (“Mrs. Doubtfire”), the company has presented the District with professional dramatics of a different […]
Students on this campus feel threatened. Civil liberties such as the right to privacy and free speech are at stake – and we have the chance to do something about it. At 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, the Student Association Senate will vote on a resolution seeking to protect the rights of all students on […]
Posted 4:01pm March 28 by Aaron Huertas U-WIRE Washington Bureau Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry was endorsed by his former rival and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean during a rally at the George Washington University held Thursday. Dean and Kerry emphasized the importance of mobilizing young voters in the coming election. Young people who supported […]
Marlon Wayans stars with Tom Hanks in the upcoming comedy “The Ladykillers” (Touchstone Pictures). He plays Gawein, the “inside man” of a heist, taking on the job of janitor at a casino. Wayans recently sat down with The Hatchet to discuss his latest film, what he has learned from working in the entertainment industry and […]