Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
November 20, 2019
Volume CXXXVIV Issue 22
Civil liberties protests in Hong Kong continue to escalate By ROBERT BIRD
Ted Hui, who is a pro— democracy lawmaker who stayed on campus during the clashes, was one of the individuals who escorted several dozen students out of the university on Tuesday evening was quoted as saying, “This is not a surrender…The time has not yet come for us to surrender our arms. Instead, we must continue the fight, and fight for what we know to be correct.” Hui was not arrested, which he said “shows there is political selection in who they arrest and that there are arbitrary arrests.” The police questioned eighteen individuals on
the spot and may face further questioning, according to the city’s chief executive Carrie Lam. “There will be special arrangements for minors who intended to achieve a peaceful and reconciliatory resolution. It will be decided in the coming weeks.” Albert Ho, a former pro-democracy lawmaker, claims to have been assaulted on his route home from work in a separate incident though the motivation of that attack was unclear. Meanwhile, protestors and police continue to clash without many signs of stopping.
By TEAGAN LILY amounts of sleep Staff Writer needed for different On Tuesday, Nov. 19, a age groups. NEXUS called “Just Sleep Georgetown stuOn It” was presented in the dents were categoCooke Memorial Ballroom. rized as young adults, The Nexus was presented which showed that by the students of Dr. Prices we need seven to nine ‘PSY470 course called The hours of sleep. This Psychology of Sleep and was news to some THE GEORGETONIAN / ANDREW ALVEY students who had Dreaming. The presenters started Students visit the sleep clinic at Harrison Memorial Hospital. answered four hours off by asking the attendees get each night?” The room nine. of sleep earlier. questions about their sleep filled with students answered After hearing the audiThe presentation then habits. They first asked, “How in very different ways, rang- ence’s answers, the presenters moved into talking about many hours of sleep do you ing from four hours of sleep to moved into the recommended REM (rapid eye movement)
sleep. REM sleep is a kind of sleep where dreaming is more likely to happen and is characterized by rapid eye movements. NREM (non-rapid eye movement) is when your brain waves are low, and there is a sense of calmness during your sleep. One of the most informative parts of the discussion was the discussion about health effects and sleep. These are particularly important for college students. Continued on pg. 2
Staff Writer After a three day standoff between students and police, a prestigious institution in Hong Kong was turned into a battlefield. Currently, around 50 protesters are still hold up inside the university in Hong Kong. By the following morning, most had either surrendered or fled the campus once they were pinned on all sides by the police. On the third day of the standoff, only 100 protestors remained inside. Several hours later, the remaining holdouts stayed at around 50. Heavily armed officers sur-
rounded the school on Sunday after more than 1,000 protestors had spent the previous day clashing with the police, which gave the protestors few options but to surrender and face arrest. The battle at Polytechinc University, in which the police fired more than 1,000 cans of tear gas and rubber bullets, represented the force’s most direct intervention onto one of the city’s university campuses. A number of students had escaped by rappelling from a nearby bridge to be whisked away by painting motorbike drivers, while others failed in
an attempt to flee through a sewage pipe. As much of the territory remained gripped by the drama at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the central government in Beijing on Tuesday condemned a decision by a Hong Kong court that overturned a ban on face masks worn by protestors. Since June, these protests have been ongoing, starting due to legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, and have expanded to a broad range of demands for police accountability and greater democracy.
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Final Weeks at Georgetown page 3
Omicron Delta Kappa Induction this Friday page 7
Disney +: Is it really worth it? page 9
“The Office” Hot Takes: Best and Worst Characters page 11