Volume 103, Issue 47
Stories from the March 8, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The Law School’s Creative and Innovative Economy Center is located in Foggy Bottom, but its projects can be found around the globe. This month the center released a report on piracy of “Bollywood” movies – a name for the Indian film industry – and increasing the availability of medicine in order to solve the AIDS […]
After an almost two-week hiatus, the No. 5-seed GW women’s basketball team took the court Saturday afternoon to face No. 12-seed Boise State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Despite the lengthy break since the Colonials’ early exit in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament on March 4, GW showed it wasn’t […]
“Kettle of Fish,” a romantic comedy written by indie-director Claudia Myers, opened this Saturday to D.C. audiences. The film sports an impressive cast of notables like Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon and Eddie Kaye Thomas Modine plays Mel, a saxophone playing ladies man who can’t seem to find a meaningful connection with a woman. On nights […]
Worlds apart from the collegiate hustle and bustle of Foggy Bottom, the 14th Street neighborhood retains a cooler mystique punctuated by glowing pockets of theater, ethnic carryout and edgy galleries. The difference is palpable and enticing. Actually, there’s something quite magical about the chilled solitude of 14th street on a March evening. Even more magical […]
Posted Monday, March 19, 11:52 p.m. LOS ANGELES, March 19 — GW women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown said it was a game of heart. Texas A&M coach Gary Blair said it was a game of composure. But in the end, it was a game that sent one team to Dallas for the Sweet 16. And […]
“‘Drunk Kid Catholic!’” “‘Arienette!’” “‘The City Has Sex!’” “It’s a new song,” says the thin man on stage with shoulder -length raven hair. “It’s on our new album.” The crowd murmurs something not quite approaching approval, unsure of what to think. They wanted the hits, if that’s what you could call them. And so it […]
Last Friday night, my friends and I launched a girls-night-out attempt to occupy ourselves with something other than getting drunk – a trek down to E Street to catch Forest Whitaker as really, really bad guy Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” It turns out that Whitaker won something called an Oscar for […]
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 12:28 p.m. The vice president returned to the GW Medical Center late Tuesday morning for his second time this month after experiencing discomfort in his lower left leg. Dick Cheney went to his cardiologist at the Medical Faculty Associates for further treatment of a blood clot in his leg. The vice […]
Imagine gazing at an army a million strong bent on destroying you, your family and your city. What would be your reaction to the sight of such an ominous force, knowing that only a few hundred soldiers stand between your city and imminent destruction? A Spartan would laugh. Such is the setting of “300” (Warner […]
Three 18-year-old men – one reportedly carrying brass knuckles – allegedly attacked two freshmen on campus Monday night, according to police reports. Freshman Lee Gautier said he left his room in Thurston Hall to go to the gym and noticed three black males watching him at about 10:15 p.m. Monday. He said he thought their […]