Volume 102, Issue 40
Stories from the February 9, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
If you have $5 Head over to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage to see members of the Kennedy Center’s opera house orchestra perform on Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m. Seven musicians will play selections from Mendelssohn and Taneyev. The Millennium Stage offers free shows everyday at 6 p.m., so be sure to check out […]
Drug Law Violation 2/5 – Mitchell Hall – 1:45 a.m. – case closed University Police officers were dispatched to a report of suspicious odors on a floor in the dormitory. When officers arrived there were four individuals in the room, three of whom were not affiliated with GW. Three grams of marijuana, in addition to […]
Posted Friday, Feb. 10, 2:35 p.m. The GW Board of Trustees voted on Friday to raise tuition rates for the 2006-2007 academic year by the lowest amount in more than two decades. At their winter meeting in 1957 E St., the 35-member body raised tuition for undergraduate students by 3.9 percent. The incoming freshman class […]
When did Harrison Ford become MacGyver? In Warner Bros. new movie “Firewall,” Harrison Ford takes his iconic tough-guy persona to a ridiculous new level. Ford plays Jack Stanfield, doting husband and father, and senior banking executive. One day Jack thinks he’s meeting with another client, but it turns out to be an elaborate plan orchestrated […]
Thursday Spring Film Series: “All the President’s Men” and “Top Gun” 7 p.m. Marvin Center, Third Floor Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board and the GW Call to Serve Campaign Friday Ann Coulter Hear what this popular and controversial conservative figure has to say. 7 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by the College Republicans […]
“De dun de duh … de dah .” We all know how the song goes, and of course, without fail the popular song (and cell phone ring tone) was a fixture in the new movie “The Pink Panther.” MGM and Columbia Picture’s newest film is stacked with an all-star cast including Steve Martin as the […]
Senate passes election charter The Student Association Senate passed the new Joint Elections Committee Charter Act at Tuesday night’s meeting in the Marvin Center. The charter establishes the rules that will govern candidates and voters during the spring 2006 election process. The charter aims to rectify many of the problems that were experienced during last […]
Max no longer coming to campus Author Tucker Max said he will no longer be appearing on campus this week after the fraternity he was originally scheduled to speak with decided to no longer host him. Max, author of the recent book “I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell,” is a self-described inappropriate drunk. The […]
In its Feb. 6 issue The Hatchet misspelled the name of Cheri Griffin (“A ‘divine’ struggle,” p. 3). The Hatchet also erroneously named Griffin the president of the graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta. She is actually the third vice president of the undergraduate chapter. The Crime Log in the Feb. 2 issue erroneously reported […]
By calling for a GW-Georgetown basketball matchup in a letter this week, D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans envisions an event that hasn’t occurred since 1982. With Wednesday night’s win against Dayton, the men’s basketball team matched its best start (19-1) in more than 50 years. It is clear that D.C. houses two of the nation’s premier […]