Volume 106, Issue 18
Stories from the October 15, 2009 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Imagine standing in the center of the room with the spotlight on you. Each person in the audience is looking at just you, waiting to be amazed. You’re sweating and your heart is fluttering as you wait for the music to begin. This is your moment. For 20 dancers in the Department of Theatre and […]
I’m pretty sure my parents know I’m having sex – as much as I can get my hands on, actually. Luckily they have never found any embarrassing sex items in my room and I would rather they don’t read my column (yes Dad, I mean you), but let’s be honest – they’re not stupid. During […]
A recent initiative to transform abandoned police and fire call boxes on campus into works of art is bringing creativity to the mundane. The University has two call box projects in the works. One, located at 21st and H streets, contains a collage of different pieces of art on campus, and the other, at 20th […]
More than 10 years ago, the story of Matthew Shepard, a man killed in a small Wyoming town for being gay, captivated the country. On Monday, the story got a new chapter. “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later,” was performed Monday at the Lincoln Theatre and simultaneously at more than 100 theatres worldwide. The piece […]
Men’s soccer at La Salle, Philadelphia, Pa., Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Fordham, Bronx, N.Y., Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Women’s soccer at Saint Louis, St. Louis, Mo., Friday, 8 p.m. at Charlotte, Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, 1 p.m. Women’s volleyball at North Carolina Central, Durham, N.C., Friday, 6 p.m. at Charlotte, Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, 2 p.m. Men’s water […]
The student-run coffee cart near Gelman Library will soon be back in business after a D.C. councilmember helped secure permission Wednesday for the cart’s owner to return to the H Street spot. Junior Simone Freeman’s coffee cart – known as Sol Café – was shut down last week after a D.C. health inspector, government investigator […]
Wisconsin Avenue was bustling Saturday afternoon with hungry pedestrians, lively musicians and an aroma that could make any food connoisseur drool. Responsible for such activity was the 15th annual Taste of Georgetown event, and aspiring food critic Paloma Aelyon gave HatchetArts a sampling of the best of the 26 restaurants that were cooking up the […]
Ask me who one of my favorite contemporary political heroes is, and you may be surprised at the answer. She’s actually a Democrat, serving right here in Washington D.C. as the D.C. Chancellor of Public Schools – Michelle Rhee. Rhee, appointed to the position by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in 2007, has launched a war […]
View Walking Tours in DC in a larger map Washington D.C. is a smaller city than you would expect, so it’s easy to see the sights and have fun at the same time just by walking around. Trek to some of the most interesting – and little-known – spots the city has to offer with […]
If you have $5 Go support your theatre friends by seeing a performance of 14th Grade Players’ “The Foreigner” Oct. 15-18. Tickets are $5. If you have $10 Catch D.C. band Gaslight Society at The Red and The Black Oct. 17. Tickets are $8. If you have $20 Check out Danish rock duo The Raveonettes […]