Volume 102, Issue 46
Stories from the March 2, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Thursday Gelman Student Advisory Board meeting Come have your say in the perennial debate about noise in Gelman 6 to 7:30 p.m. Gelman 208 Palestinian benefit dinner Come for dinner and entertainment, with proceeds going to support the SOS Children’s Village in Bethlehem 6:30 to 10 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom $10 for students, $25 […]
New York City detectives are still searching for clues in the gruesome murder of GW graduate Imette St. Guillen, whose body was found last Saturday night wrapped in a quilt in Brooklyn off the Belt Parkway. St. Guillen, a 24-year-old graduate student at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, graduated magna cum […]
Election committee sets dates Candidate signature sheets are due Thursday, March 2 at 6 p.m. for students running in the Student Association, Program Board and Marvin Center Governing Board election set for next month. The Joint Elections Committee, the election’s oversight body, announced last week that all candidates must have the forms, with the requisite […]
The GW men’s basketball team, which is one game away from going undefeated in conference play, will likely have to go through the Atlantic 10 Tournament without its most-heralded player. Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu had successful surgery on his meniscus in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, and began rehabilitation that day. He returned to D.C. Wednesday and may […]
Big names in American movies today from Martin Scorsese to Steven Spielberg to Wes Anderson have roots in independent film productions. Just two years ago, indie movies became the two biggest sleeper hits of the summer: “Garden State” and “Napoleon Dynamite.” Looking at this year’s roster of nominees for best picture at the Oscars, one […]
Warren Brown, star of the Food Network’s show “Sugar Rush,” addressed a crowd of nearly 200 in the latest installment of Class Council’s “How Do I Become A.” series Wednesday night. Brown graduated from GW Law School in 1998 and is the owner of two eateries in the D.C. area: the bakery CakeLove and a […]
We’ve all had the experience. A song gets stuck in your head and you just can’t stop that internal melody. “I listen to the drums in all songs, and when I hear a sick rhythm or drum beat, it just loops in my head, and sometimes I can’t even pay attention to anything else,” musician […]
The Mount Vernon Campus will begin hosting its own annual version of Harry Potter’s House Cup this spring – without the flying on broomsticks – in order to foster a better sense of community and create competition among residents. The Vern Cup, which is being hosted by the Sports and Recreation Committee of the Mount […]
It’s no fun having to deal with expectations. Just ask Belle and Sebastian. While some bands try to climb their way out of mediocrity, the seven-person group from Glasgow, Scotland, has the trickier task proving they can still be the band that first wowed listeners a decade ago. They caught critics’ attention with their sardonic […]
Posted Saturday, March 4, 3:55 p.m. PHILADELPHIA – Senior Jessica Simmonds had 18 points and 12 rebounds Saturday to lead the GW women’s basketball team to a 61-51 victory over Richmond in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. “I thought she was a warrior today,” coach Joe McKeown said after the game […]