April 12, 2004

Lacrosse continues streak The GW lacrosse team beat Massachusetts and La Salle this weekend to remain undefeated in the Atlantic 10. The Colonials used six goals from freshman Laura Hostetler to extend their winning streak to five games, the longest in the program’s three-year history. On Sunday, GW came back from a 7-3 deficit and […]

Several hundred people rallied in Lafayette Park across from the White House Saturday afternoon to peacefully protest the use of troops in Iraq and the Bush administration’s support of Israel. The protest, followed by a march through the city, was sponsored by the group Act Now to Stop War & End Racism. Organizers said the […]

A recent internal review of the University’s art department calls to phase out visual communications and printmaking, while strengthening photography and new forms of media. The department of fine arts and art history finalized a report this semester that assesses equipment, personnel and space needs. “This plan has as its goal a review of what […]

Guitarist Tim Kiser jumps into the air during DFL’s performance at the Battle of the Bands in the Hippodrome Thursday night. Groups were competing to perform at Spring Fling Saturday. Bands Exit Clov and The Sunday Mail won the contest.

GW is working to create an Office of Grad Life to serve graduate students’ non-academic needs. The office, which is in its initial stages, will sponsor social events to create a cohesive environment for graduate students. A Web site, which was launched earlier this semester, also addresses graduate students’ questions about various aspects of campus […]

My brief honeymoon with John Kerry is officially over. After a late charge in the primary season – based largely on the perception that he could beat President George W. Bush – Kerry has seemingly returned to the longwinded, visionless politician he resembled until his surge in Iowa. Unfortunately for America, that means the likelihood […]

Posted 11:52am April 12 by Adela Maskova U-WIRE Washington Bureau Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., made a 10-minute speech to a crowd of approximately 200 during a rally for workers’ rights held at George Washington University, Friday afternoon. “The increase in living wages is a women’s issue and it’s a children’s issue — it is […]

Students celebrate during the Gospel X-Plosion event on Friday.

There is a bit more to the story than was reported in Thursday’s Hatchet regarding the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s decision to bring a representative from Jews for Jesus to campus (“Groups host Jews for Jesus,” April 8, p. 6). A member of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship left me a voicemail on the Friday prior to […]