Volume 101, Issue 28
Stories from the November 11, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The GW women’s basketball team closed out its preseason with a 70-55 win over UMMC Ekaterinburg Wednesday night at the Smith Center. Seniors Jessica Simmonds and Anna Monta?ana powered the Colonials, scoring 22 and 14 points, respectively. Monta?ana added 12 rebounds and nine assists, one dish away from a triple-double. However, the win did not […]
Students kicked out of an off-campus townhouse last month because of safety concerns have continually re-entered their former home, prompting GW and area residents to work together to ensure they stay out. After complaints from GW and area residents, inspectors from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs last month visited the house at 1016 […]
Destruction 11/2 – Public Property – case closed Unknown vandals sprayed graffiti on the GW sign outside of the former Quigley’s pharmacy on 21st Street. No suspects Disorderly Conduct 11/4 – 1957 E St. – 2:50 p.m. case closed A student discussing his grades with his adviser became loud and aggressive when he was told […]
Opposition from GW’s top two officials will effectively kill Student Association senators’ efforts to put a student on the Board of Trustees. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Board of Trustees Chairman Charles Manatt said they do not support a bill that will be voted on in the Senate next week. If the bill passes, […]
This past weekend, the unrecognized fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu were ejected from the Kappa Kappa Gamma charity kickball event for breast cancer prevention and awareness. This page agrees that in order for University recognition to be significant, certain restrictions must exist on the official interaction between recognized and unrecognized Greek-letter groups. […]
Jose Castillo was fired from his job at the Chicago Police Department more than 20 years ago. Since then, he has bounced between D.C. and Chicago, struggling to find housing. “It’s a big business to keep people homeless,” laments Castillo, a father of three who now calls the streets of D.C. his home. He said […]
When the College Democrats executive board met for the first time after John Kerry’s defeat in the election last week, football was the first order of business. “We’re playing the College Republicans this Saturday,” events director Stacey Garfinkle told the board. “We are not losing to the Republicans.” “Can we play tackle?” one board member […]
Has this really been a most unfortunate year for Cai Guo-Qiang? His careful plans, papering the walls of some Hirshhorn gallery space are after all, unrealized. When first entering “Unlucky Year: Unrealized Projects from 2003-2004,” the Hirshhorn’s exhibit of nine of Guo-Qiang’s preliminary drawings, viewers are hit with the strong scent of gun smoke. Of […]
The Department of Homeland Security Wednesday lowered the “high risk” terror alert for five financial institutions in D.C, New York and New Jersey to “elevated risk.” Homeland Security officials told The Washington Post that the alert level was lowered because tight security measures put in place since the alert was issued in August have eliminated […]