Volume 102, Issue 20
Stories from the October 20, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
After selling its initial allocation of 800 seats in less than one day, the Colonial Army will receive an additional allocation of 200 seats in the Smith Center for basketball games. The organization, which is devoted solely to the basketball program, will offer “Colonial Army Gold Club Memberships.” These memberships will be coupled with a […]
Hezbollah not so nice I was a little disappointed with Geoff Bendeck’s column, “GW Expat: Face to Face with Hezbollah.” While I do not understand how study abroad status makes him an expat, it is not so important to me. What I am concerned with are his analysis and assessments, which I believe to be […]
The volleyball team earned city bragging rights Tuesday by rallying to topple Georgetown at the Hoyas’ McDonough Gymnasium. It was the team’s third straight win. GW dropped the first game 28-30 despite their late offensive surge before taking the next three games 31-29, 30-23 and 30-22 over two hours and two minutes. “It doesn’t matter […]
The University has forced DJ’s Fastbreak, a popular on-campus eatery, to stop charging customers a fee for using Colonial Cash, a GW official said Tuesday. The counter-service restaurant located at 22nd and G streets has been adding a five-cent surcharge on all Colonial Cash purchases for at least a month, and possibly as many as […]
With the New York Yankees’ exit in the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs, no GW alumni will be taking the field the rest of October. Despite the loss, two GW graduates are still making news in the baseball world. Sam Perlozzo was named manager of the Baltimore Orioles Oct. 12. Perlozzo was […]
The last time Jon Stewart was on campus, it was Colonials weekend – and the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” certainly shook up GW’s political climate. His appearance on Crossfire, in which he accused the hosts of the show of “hurting America,” caused CNN to rethink the mission of the program, ultimately canceling […]
Crew The GW men’s crew team began its fall season with the 2005 Occoquan Chase Regatta in Lorton, Va. The GW varsity squad placed second behind Virginia. The freshman eight beat the Hokies and Georgetown. GW returns to action at the Head of the Charles Oct. 22-23 in Boston. M. Soccer Freshman Michael Rollings was […]
University officials expect about 5,000 to 6,000 parents and alumni to congregate on campus to attend the more than 80 events associated with this year’s Colonials Weekend. Rodney Johnson, GW’s director of freshman and parent services, said he hopes the weekend will be as successful as planned. “It’s imperative we do a good job to […]
There are several defining characteristics of British films that, aside from obvious differences in speech and dialect, set them apart from American productions taken from the same genre. British dramas, for example, tend to exercise more control than American dramas in their generally slow, more deliberate treatments of plots and storylines. While American television and […]
Liquor Law Violation 10/16 – Thurston Hall – 2:20 a.m. – case closed Complainants called to report an individual lying on the ground in a hall in the dormitory. The female, who was found throwing up in a garbage can, was identified by University Police officers and assessed by EMeRG members, who determined she needed […]