April 6, 2006

In a Feb. 27 Hatchet editorial essay, Adam Connor wrote about a personal catastrophe that probably sent chills right into the very bones of most students at GW. His iPod died (“iSolated: iPods and an alternate reality,” p. 4). Worse, his old iPod also died. For 10 long days, Adam had to walk the streets […]

Cermignano out GW women’s basketball team assistant coach Lisa Cermignano accepted the same position at Vanderbilt University, Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz said Wednesday. Cermignano, a graduate of the GW class of 1997, joined the coaching staff in 2001 as an administrative assistant and had served as assistant coach since 2002. She was an assistant […]

While many will look ahead toward new leadership at GW with about a year left of a Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presidency, some will find themselves looking back, examining who exactly this man was who reshaped the character and reputation of the University – and how he got to where he did. Anyone asking Trachtenberg about […]

During the spring semester of 2002, the Palestinian Intifada was at its height. Multiple suicide bombings occurred every week in Israeli caf?s and on buses. Israel reoccupied Palestinian population centers, bulldozing houses and launching missiles aimed at top figures in Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The Israeli military had just undertaken its controversial raid into Jenin, […]

Thursday Al Franken Political commentator and author will broadcast his weekday radio show live from GW Free, RSVP by e-mailing uevents@gwu.edu Noon to 3 p.m. Jack Morton Auditorium Medical School Fair 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by American Medical Students Association Friday Black Family Reunion BBQ Come to this old-fashioned […]

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg got a lot of advice from his food Tuesday. On the day he announced his retirement from GW after nearly 20 years in Rice Hall, the cap to his soda told him “You’re doing the right thing.” A late dinner at a local Chinese restaurant yielded a fortune cookie that said, “Overlook […]

There is always that one person in the gang that becomes “the gooey stuff” that holds everyone together. In “Ice Age 2: The Meltdown,” that happens to be my favorite character, Sid, a lisping sloth voiced by John Leguizamo. Brought to us by 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, the second installment of the […]

Anchor Bowl raises money for Service for Sight charity Anchor Bowl, a weeklong fundraising event hosted by the Delta Gamma sorority, raised about $8,775 for Service for Sight. The national charity for glaucoma and eye screenings trains seeing dogs for the blind and supplies glasses to those who cannot afford such services. Members from the […]

Lamar Anthony Thorpe was born in a women’s correction facility in Los Angeles. At the ripe age of 2 days old, Thorpe was adopted by people he came to know as his parents, two Mexican immigrants who did not speak English. From being born in a prison to learning English in elementary school, joining the […]

Some plays have stuck around because of their quality and continued relevance. And then there is Arena Stage’s The Rainmaker. The Rainmaker is dated in the worst way: it presents a central situation so old fashioned it seems absurd. Here’s the deal: The Currys live on a ranch somewhere in the western United States during […]