Volume 102, Issue 36
Stories from the January 26, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Anyone who thought that senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu was having a down season will need to reconsider after Wednesday night. Mensah-Bonsu had a breakout game in GW’s 94-78 win over Duquesne with a career-high 29 points at the A.J. Polumbo Center in Pittsburgh. “I think (GW head coach Karl) Hobbs emphasized getting me the ball coming […]
Start the slideshow! Posted Saturday, Jan. 28, 5:20 p.m. If you look up the term “statement game” in a basketball dictionary, Saturday afternoon’s 81-62 win over Rhode Island may show up. The No. 14/15 GW men’s basketball team bolstered its ranking after erasing a six-point halftime deficit to top the Rams 81-62 in front of […]
After a win and a loss last weekend, the GW women’s basketball team has two opportunities this weekend to get back to its winning ways. The Colonials will host Fordham Friday at 7 p.m. and then travel to Richmond for a 2 p.m. matchup with the Spiders on Sunday. Neither squads have defeated a Joe […]
Government in constitutional quandry Student Association members met Tuesday night with a plan to resolve a constitutional crisis. They were unsuccessful. On Monday evening the SA Student Court invalidated a proposed new constitution that students voted on in a December election. Upon the court’s announcement the same constitution that has been in effect for the […]
Thursday AMSA meeting Learn about membership and events at the American Medical Students Association general body meeting. 6:30 p.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Parties and Party Substitutes: Russia’s Relationship with Democracy in Comparative Perspective Henry E. Hale will examine the inner workings of the Russian government and its problems with political party development. 6 to 7:30 […]
Destruction 1/22 – 619 22nd St. – case closed University Police responded to a report of vandalism that occurred at an on-campus townhouse between 4 a.m. and noon. An officer found that two windows in the house had been broken and it appeared that someone had thrown bricks through the windows. -No suspects or witnesses […]
Americans know and cherish the work of Andy Warhol for his silk-screened images of the famous, among them a turquoise and pink Marilyn Monroe, endless repetitions of Elvis and a somber Jackie O. Warhol’s understanding of celebrity, though, went beyond red-carpet glamour and flashbulbs – he knew that with celebrity came great peril, which he […]
For some bands, there’s no place like home. For others, there’s no place like wherever they happen to be. Take sonic rebels The Hold Steady, whose convoluted Brooklyn-by-way-of-Minneapolis heritage leaves them without a musical demographic to adhere to. Don’t call them Midwest rock even though they sound like The Replacements – and don’t you dare […]
Sigma Chi prepares to colonize The Sigma Chi fraternity will be joining the men’s Greek-letter community this spring as colonization begins next month for the group’s Foggy Bottom chapter. The University invited Sigma Chi to return to GW’s campus in October, after an eight-year hiatus. The fraternity, which has already been in contact with students […]
DC9 1940 9th St. N.W. The first weekend back on campus always provides some of the best memories of the year. Everyone is excited to be back, and no one has all that much homework. These two factors yield a result that generally entails a lot of drinking. I’m glad this weekend was no exception. […]