Volume 100, Issue 57
Stories from the April 5, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
GW students exercised their second amendment right to bear firearms on Saturday at National Rifle Association headquarters. The NRA and National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Va. welcomed 20 members of the College Republicans for a tour and lessons in safe gun handling. Students also practiced shooting semi-automatic pistols in an underground range. “If we can […]
Freshman Matthew Saunders, an electronic media major, said he was accepted to several of the top communications schools in the country but thought that GW would best help him launch a career in television direction. He said he was attracted by the School of Media and Public Affairs’ selectivity and its boasting of hands-on experience […]
The GW women’s lacrosse team kicked off Atlantic 10 conference play on a high note Friday, upsetting No. 19 (Coaches Poll) Richmond 8-7 under soggy conditions at Mount Vernon Field. The win is the Colonials’ (4-5, 1-0 A-10) first against a ranked team in their three seasons as a varsity program. The players said they […]
Sophomore Elon Shore recalled his best memory of Philip Augustin under a purple sky in Kogan Plaza Thursday night. “I was walking down the aisle, and I tripped, and I knocked over my books,” said Shore about an embarrassing moment he had in class last year. “The seniors in the class kind of laughed, but […]
Cheer and Dance place high in Daytona Beach The GW cheer and dance teams had a successful weekend in the Chik-fil-A Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla. The dance team finished in seventh place out of 25 teams, and the cheer team finished fourth out of 13 teams. Both squads improved over […]
Posted 11:22pm April 4 by Melissa Kronfeld U-WIRE Washington Bureau Michael Newdow has become an American hero and an American villain. Newdow is the atheist physician turned lawyer who has brought the pledge of allegiance case to the Supreme Court. Having just recently been accepted by the Supreme Court Bar, Newdow’s request for “representation prose” […]
The GW men’s tennis team swept Towson last Friday, marking the Colonials’ eighth victory in ten matches after they began the season 1-4. Senior captain Matt Hane continued his solid play for GW (9-6, 3-2 Atlantic 10) at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Towson’s Chris Rowland. “The key was breaking (Rowland’s) […]
Posted 11:43pm April 4 by Aaron Huertas U-WIRE Washington Bureau Former White House counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke has been in the middle of an election year political fire-storm, testifying before a Congressional Committee on the attacks of Sept. 11 2001 that the Bush administration did little to prevent those attacks and that the war in […]
With the recent hype surrounding Atkins, South Beach and numerous other low-carbohydrate diets, one wonders if eating no breads, pastas or sugar is really the answer to losing weight. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dietary Guidelines recommend eating six to 11 daily servings of grain-based products that are high in complex carbohydrates – foods such […]
Posted 11:46pm April 4 by Jane Black U-WIRE Washington Bureau Those who ran unsuccessfully this election season for the Democratic Party’s presidential bid may be out of the political spotlight, but are far from being out of political view. At one point, the race for the Democratic bid included ten contenders. Former Vermont Gov. Howard […]