Volume 100, Issue 58
Stories from the April 8, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet.
False assumptions I am writing in regard to two political cartoons that appeared in issues of The Hatchet in the past two weeks. The first depicted John Kerry’s rally at GW, and the second showed a girl getting ready to go to the Health and Wellness Center. Both portray the GW community as rich and […]
Four years ago, senior Matt Hane came to GW on a mission to be successful playing Division I tennis. To Hane, winning is everything. “Competition is pretty much everything I play for,” he said. “There are certain kinds of guys. Some just go out there and love to play tennis just for the sport, and […]
Posted: Friday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. — A crippling computer worm has forced the shut-down of several GW Web sites and will delay class registration until at least Monday, officials said. Officials prevented access to the Banner System and several other sites starting Friday afternoon in an attempt to escape the devastating effects of a […]
GW men’s basketball head coach Karl Hobbs came to Foggy Bottom three years ago with a reputation for recruiting star talent, and it appears he is on the verge of attracting one of the greatest high school players in Philadelphia history. There are strong indications that Maureece Rice, who broke Wilt Chamberlain’s high school career […]
Women’s Water Polo struggles at ECAC Championships The GW women’s water polo team went 1-2 this weekend at the ECAC Championships at Brown University. The Colonials opened the tournament with a 7-6 overtime win over Harvard University but struggled the rest of the way. The Colonials dropped its second game to Hartwick College 11-4 and […]
Rowers from across the nation will meet on the banks of the Potomac River Saturday for the 17th annual GW Invitational Crew Classic. Teams from the University of Tennessee, Columbia University, the U.S. Naval Academy, St. Joseph’s and Georgetown are set to compete with GW in the event, which coincides with the closing of the […]
After releasing its luminous new album, Transatlanticism, last fall, the Seattle-based band Death Cab for Cutie is bringing a blend of lush vocals and delicate instrumentation to the masses. Just a few hours before Death Cab’s set at the 9:30 Club last Saturday, I was ushered through a tour bus strewn with jean jackets and […]
About a month ago on the Metro, I recall reading an article in The Washington Post regarding the scientific advance of facial transplant surgery. It literally referred to slicing the face off one person and slapping it on the sanded down face of a patient far beyond the benefits of Botox. While reading it, situations […]
The Prince and Me Once in a while a film comes along that makes you feel unspeakable pain not unlike having the entire surface of your body burnt by a candle, square inch by square inch. As this happens, it’s not uncommon for your thoughts to turn to the small, starving children in Third World […]
Ever wanted to see Chandler and John McClane in bed together? Well, yippie-ki-yay, motherf***ers; here’s your chance. In the Warner Brothers film “The Whole Ten Yards,” Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry reprise their roles from the original “Whole Nine Yards.” Willis’ hitman Jimmy the Tulip has retired to a life of domesticity with restless wife […]