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Volume 47.14 November 15, 2012 Editor-in-Chief: Leigh Finnegan Managing Editor: Keaton Hoffman Blog Editor: Vanya Mehta News Editor: Gavin Bade Sports Editor: Kevin Joseph Feature Editor: Connor Jones Cover Editor: Neha Ghanshamdas Leisure Editor: Mary Borowiec Voices Editor: Claire McDaniel Photo Editor: Lucia He Design Editors: Amanda Dominguez, Madhuri Vairapandi Projects Editors: Christie Geaney, Cannon Warren Puzzles Editor: Tyler Pierce Assistant Blog Editors: Morgan Manger, Isabel Echarte Assistant News Editors: Julia Jester, Matt Weinmann Assistant Sports Editors: Chris Almeida, Steven Criss, Keith Levinsky Assistant Leisure Editors: Will Collins, Julia Lloyd-George, Kirill Makarenko Assistant Voices Editor: Sara Ainsworth Assistant Photo Editors: Julian de la Paz, Matt Thees Assistant Design Editor: Lauren Ashley Panawa

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Consider B of A, (Product) Red’s social impact On Monday, U2 frontman Bono came to campus to speak about the potential for political activism to address poverty and related social ills. The event was co-sponsored

by Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan.

Students should take this opportunity to critically examine the altruistic credentials of both Bank o f America and Product (Red), Bono’s side project. Neither institution provides a satisfactory model for social justice.

Bono has made a name for himself as an activist against HIV/AIDS and poverty in Africa. He co-founded (Product) Red, a charityoriented business model that lets high-profile brands use the recognizable (Product) Red logo on their products. In exchange, these brands donate a portion of their profits to the Global Fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Although certainly awareness-raising, (Product) Red has been criticized for capitalizing on charitable sentiments—and the attendant social cache—to bolster corporate profits. The effect is something akin to greenwashing, where the social

good of a product is less meaningful than branding might suggest. Indeed, during (Product) Red’s first year, companies invested over $100 million in (Product) Red advertisements, while donating only $18 million to the Global Fund.

Of course, some charitable effort is better than none. It would be difficult to argue otherwise. But deploying firstworld buying power as a tool for combatting poverty in the developing countries belies the high human cost of producing these products around the world. In particular, the National Labor Committee for Worker and Human Rights has criticized (Product) Red’s contract with GAP, which has historically been tied to sweatshops.

(Product) Red, too, has weathered criticisms for not requiring that its vendors maintain anti-sweatshop policies.

(Product) Red’s branding obscures the fact that the high incidence of disease in Africa is exacerbated by extreme poverty, which is in no way helped by consumerism in the U.S.

While (Product) Red does some good in the global fight against disease and poverty, Bank of America’s co-sponsorship of a talk on activism is a parody of “corporate social responsibility.” As the largest bank in the U.S., Bank of America has been one of the most egregious perpetrators of rampant foreclosure since 2008—over 3.6 million homes nationwide. Most recently, the National Fair Housing Alliance accused Bank of America of neglecting the upkeep of homes in lowerincome, predominantly minority neighborhoods, contributing to neighborhood decline.

This from a bank whose on going predatory lending practices were a large contributor to the 2008 housing crash.

Before Bank of America insinuates itself into conversations about altruism and charity, it needs to reform its business practices at home. Students should take a critical look at Bank of America’s business practices when their CEO comes to introduce Bono; they should also consider the farreaching impact of the brands promoting the (Product) Red logo.

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A vote for a minor party could make it major Last week’s elections marked a significant victory for the District’s Libertarian Party. Although he predictably lost the race for D.C.’s House Delegate seat to 11-term incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton, Libertarian contender Bruce Majors’s 13,462 votes easily exceeded the 7,500 votes required to secure the Libertarians major party status.

In a demonstration of the utility of voting for third-party candidates, the Libertarians will now be automatically on the ballot in any District election over the next four years, without having to waste time and resources on accumulating the signatures required for minor parties to secure a spot.

Importantly, they will have the chance to broaden the political dialogue during the next election cycle. The Libertarians’ victory demonstrates the practical benefits of voting for a minor party candidate.

As a major party, the Libertarians now have ballot access for the next District general

election. This marks a considerable success for the third party, which will consequently be able to conduct primary elections for Libertarian candidates. Primary winners are nominated directly to the general ballot, allowing major parties to sidestep the painstaking process of circulating nominating petitions for each individual candidate. The D.C. Statehood Green Party has qualified for ballot status since November 1998.

As far as requirements for ballot access, which each state decides for itself, DC’s regulations are pretty lax. Oklahoma, for example, requires independent or unqualified party candidates to acquire the support of more than 3 percent of the last vote cast to appear on the ballot.

There are plenty of other significant obstacles which face third parties across the U.S. Most notably, third parties simply do not have access to the monetary resources needed to compete against the two-party

establishment. The herculean effort required to ensure candidates are on the ballot excluded the Green Party’s Stein/ Honkala ticket from this year’s presidential ballots in 13 states, and the Libertarian Johnson/Gray ticket in three.

D.C.’s major parties have a clear advantage over minor parties because they are able to direct their time, effort, and money toward mounting a solid campaign instead of toward garnering signatures. With major party status, the Libertarians and the Statehood Greens are able to focus on increasing visibility to make sure that their alternative perspectives are heard in the political dialogue of election season.

In this case, the lesser-of-two-evils argument which is often used against supporters of third-party candidates is invalid. In securing major party status, the Libertarians demonstrated the utility of voting for a minor party, especially at the local level.

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Section 5 of Voting Rights Act still necessary On Friday, Nov. 9 the Supreme Court agreed to review Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a key piece of Civil Rights-era legislation that requires the U.S. Department of Justice to approve any changes to the election rules in jurisdictions with a history of segregation. Due to increasingly widespread attempts to suppress the votes of poor and minority citizens through voter ID laws and convoluted redistricting schemes, Section 5 is not only still necessary but should also be expanded beyond the mostly southern states it currently applies to.

The Voting Rights Act’s challengers from Shelby County, Ala., claim the law is an overstep of federal authority, imposing targeted regulations that are prejudiced against oncesegregated Southern states. Edward Blum, director of the Project for Fair Representation, a group backing the challenge, told U.S. News that “the America that elected and reelected

Barack Obama as its first African American president is far different than when the Voting Rights Act was first enacted in 1965.” For Blum and others attacking the act, such electoral protections are both unnecessary and unconstitutional.

But we do not live in a post-racial society.

In the lead-up to this election, Republican state legislatures in Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin attempted to muscle through strict voter photo ID laws, which would disproportionately disqualify minority voters.

While none of these voter ID laws went into effect before the election, some will become law in the coming months. Particularly in purple states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, these laws could significantly impact Democratic turnout. In the last election, 93 percent of Blacks voted for President Obama for a second term, as did 71 percent of Hispanics.

On the question of constitutionality, if the federal government has any role to play, it is to protect every citizen’s constitutional right to vote. Equal ballot access is fundamental to any functioning democracy. In fact, the Voting Rights Act as it stands probably does not go far enough. Both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania do not fall in Section 5’s “historically prejudiced” category, yet both are attempting to enact voting rules that are just that: prejudiced.

While the courts have no powers to extend the Voting Rights Act, Congress does.

Congress ought to look at revamping the landmark 1965 legislation to address contemporary vote suppression strategies across all 50 states. To preempt any attempt at minimizing the impact of poor, minority, or immigrant votes, Congress should give the Department of Justice the right to approve any attempts to change election laws in any state as such changes often bode of racism or prejudice.

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Laptop protection progam begins after spate of thefts

by Miles Gavin Meng These days, Georgetown students’ laptops are disappearing quicker than Liam Neeson’s loved ones in a French brothel.

With eight laptops reported stolen so far this semester, DPS launched a laptop theft prevention initiative in late October, in which students can sign up with LoJack for Laptops, a tracking software, for a reduced rate.

Last Friday, Chief Technology Officer of the McDonough School of Business John Carpenter cautioned students about the second laptop theft in the MSB this month.

“Every single one of these thefts occurred because somebody left their computer unattended in a public space,” he said. “Even worse were the incidents where laptops were taken from students’ dorm rooms, but even then, their rooms were unlocked.” These thefts appear to be simple crimes of opportunity.

Until students take more care with their belongings, however, these thefts will almost inevitably continue. Considering the two most recent thefts targeted new

top-of-the-line MacBook Pros, retailing for as much as $3,500, the thieves’ motivation is clear.

Carpenter says not falling victim to theft is rather easy.

“Don’t leave it in a public space. You might think that a conference room or a breakout room is not a public space, but it is,” he said. “They don’t have locked doors and anyone can walk by, see your computer, and wander out with it.”

Should your laptop disappear, new tracking software like Apple’s “Find My Mac” app and LoJack for Laptops can, if already enabled, help track down your computer, send threatening messages to its captors, and, as a last resort, erase its entire hard drive, protecting your personal information.

Jay Gruber, Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, endorsed the software wholeheartedly. “They’re extremely effective,” he said. “One of the great things about LoJack for Laptops is that we work with the company who liaisons with law enforcement agencies. If somebody’s laptop is stolen from Georgetown

and turns up in Philadelphia, they facilitate working with the Philadelphia police department and getting it back.”

Usually priced at $39.99 per year, LoJack and Georgetown have partnered to offer the software to students for $13.95 per year. However, few students seem to have purchased and installed any type of tracking software on their computers.

Carpenter also stressed the importance of internal laptop security. “The biggest mistake you can make is having your computer remember your passwords,” he said. “If it gets taken, that person could have access to all your personal or financial information on the computer.”

On Tuesday, Sam Smith (COL ’16) returned from his chemistry lab to a breakout room in Regents Hall to find his backpack, books, and laptop gone. “I’d left it out there a few times before and nothing had ever happened to it,” he said. “I didn’t think people went trooping through Regents looking for free loot, but I guess I was wrong.”

HOYAS wireless network eliminated

by Isabel Echarte On Wednesday, Georgetown’s University Information Services removed the WiFi network HOYAS due to its lack of security. According to an email from UIS, the removal is part of the University’s “Fast Deployment Wireless” project focused on replacing first-generation wireless routers. SaxaNet and GuestNet have now completely replaced HOYAS, providing students with safer WiFi networks, Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis said.

“HOYAS was an unsecured wireless network that the whole school used to use,” said Tech Center Special Projects Coordinator Kevin Perlow (MSB ’13). “Basically, the biggest issue was that you could intercept wireless traffic using Firesheep or Wireshark, and that just isn’t good.”

According to Perlow, these two “packet sniffing” programs can detect and intercept wireless traffic on these open networks, allowing for information to be stolen. Using sites that begin with “https” could prevent this, but some sites do not encrypt, or conceal, passwords. Davis explained that the school began its removal of HOYAS about two years ago because of these risks.

Although GuestNet is open and unsecured as HOYAS was, it prevents information theft and virus attacks by blocking almost all ports, which are communication endpoints. Port 80 is the exception, allowing for web traffic but blocking other functions, such as the downloading and sending of emails.

SaxaNet, on the other hand, is a WPA2 Enterprise encrypted network, meaning everyone using the network has a unique ID and password. A virus would not have the login information necessary to access the network.

Adoption of WPA2 Enterprise comes with some costs. As a Microsoft product, it is not as compatible with Mac software. Perlow said the Tech Center has noticed the WiFi works well on Windows but “cuts in and out” on Mac computers, denying users a consistent connection.

“The Internet connection has been very problematic,” said Macbook user Irem Cesur (MSB ’15). “It’s been worse than ever, and it affects our studying.”

Perlow says the struggles come with the territory. “Other schools use the same software,” he said. “I was over at [the University of] Chicago a year ago, and they were using it, too ... So if people are frustrated by

it, they should just keep in mind that this is kind of the best that there really is for this.”

UIS has been working to improve Internet access.

“The Fast Deployment Wireless project replaced 311 first-generation wireless radios located in 19 buildings this summer,” Davis said. “The project improved wireless security and performance but did not address the need for complete wireless coverage in all campus buildings.”

This project is a part of the University’s Wireless Everywhere project, which will begin by adding 81 new routers in New South and 214 in Southwest Quad.

“Funding has been approved and UIS is working with [University Facilities and Student Housing] and the contractors to schedule the work in student rooms,” Davis said. UIS expects this part of the project to be completed during the spring 2013 semester. Their goal is to eventually cover the entire campus, including outdoor areas—a big change from just a few years ago when ethernet cables were required in many areas.

“I didn’t really have WiFi in any of my dorms until junior year,” said Bill McGoey (MSB ’13). “I think it’s kind of ridiculous that Georgetown waited so long to implement WiFi.”

“We’re trying to emphasize to students that there are ways that they can protect their laptop[s],” Gruber said. “We want people to be able to use cable locks, we want people to carry their laptop into the bathroom with them, we want people to register their laptops with LoJack for laptops. In the end we really want to serve the students.”

Alex Miller (MSB ’13) recounted her experience from three years ago. “My laptop, my iPod, my roommate’s laptop, and her DSLR camera were stolen from our room in McCarthy,” she said. “It was Halloween and the kids got into the building by telling the security guard that they were trick-or-treating around campus. If no one answered, they tried the door. My roommate went to the bathroom and didn’t lock it. When I got back, she was sobbing and saying we had been robbed. Other than collect a report from us, DPS did nothing.”

When given the chance, Miller tried to take the law into her own hands. “About a week later, a girl I had never seen before walked quickly past me, head down, with

two laptops under her arms,” she said. “I called after her and she sprinted to the staircase and started running down. I was pretty sure they were the same people, so I chased after her. By the time we got to the lobby, DPS already had a group of other kids rounded up and in handcuffs with a pile of like 15 laptops stacked up on the guard desk.”

While security both in dormitories and around campus has increased substantially as part of the initiative, DPS still has not caught any of the thieves responsible for this semester’s incidents.

“We’ve used a lot of different law enforcement techniques to try to locate these people but the campus is very open in a lot of places where students use laptops,” Gruber said. “What worries me is losing all the information that a student has on a laptop: all your work, all your contacts, all your photos, and not a lot of students back that up. If students would just close their laptops and take them along when they go somewhere, we would cut our laptop theft down by maybe 90 percent.”

Students salute Education Week

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This week, Georgetown DC Reads and DC Schools Project collaborated to host a number of events in commemoration of National Education Week.

On Tuesday Nov. 13, Toby Campion (exchange student, pictured above) performed at an Open Poetry Slam on education issues, while Dr. Douglas Reed moderated a debate on Charter vs. Public Schools on Wednesday evening.

Upcoming events include a debate on anti-racism in classrooms on Thursday, Nov. 15 and a Conference Day featuring keynote speaker Carol Rasco, Mother of America Reads, on Friday.

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Students in control of Outdoor Ed. until new director is found

by Matthew Weinmann With its director’s visa expiring, the Georgetown Outdoor Education program, which organizes backpacking, rock climbing, and kayaking excursions for Georgetown students, is now in the hands of its students as the Center for Student Programs searches for a new director.

Former director Sam Bonfield took over last spring for Russ Watts.

“It was just an interim position. It was sort of thrust upon [Bonfield],” said rock climbing coordinator Zack Sawyer (COL ‘15). “He took over the reins for a couple months ... but it would have been his if he had wanted it.” Bonfield declined a request for an interview.

Members of the program liked Bonfield, and thought highly of him. “Sam was a great director who helped us students create an organizational structure we could manage ourselves with the departure of Russ,” wrote Georgetown Rock Instructor Program coordinator Phil Rogers (MSB ‘14) in an email to the Voice. “[Bonfield] brought a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the program,” wrote current student

director Alexandra Moran (SFS ‘13) in an email. “Thanks to Sam’s leadership, Outdoor Ed. had a very successful fall season. We led pumpkin picking trips, whitewater rafting trips, backpacking trips, and weekly indoor and outdoor rock climbing trips.”

Bonfield’s departure did not come as surprise to the program.

“We had known from the beginning that Sam would have to leave because of visa expiration, so his departure had been factored in for a while,” Rogers wrote.

Under both Watts and Bonfield, the program developed a strong student leadership team, including the creation of a new position, student director, to serve as a liaison between the director and the student managing team.

The student management team consists of a Base Camp Manager, Publicity Coordinator, and Rock Climbing Coordinator.

“Together we manage trip-related finances, plan events, and are in charge of trip-staffing coordination,” Moran wrote.

The student leadership is confident the program will remain strong. “Sam’s departure will not greatly affect the program,” Moran

wrote. “Students can still look forward to Wednesday night ski trips starting in January.”

“We can do much of what we did before, we’re still in really close contact with the CSP,” Sawyer said.

“We can lead all the same trips.”

But some things are up in the air, including the incoming Georgetown Outdoor Adventure Training class, which trains future guides for the program. “It will happen,” Sawyer said. “But when it happens, who knows?”

The search is on for a new director. “Applications have already gone out and are being sorted through,” Sawyer said.

“The position is listed on the HR website, which lists the required qualifications. Interviews will be conducted in late November, December and, if necessary, January,” wrote CSP director Erika Cohen-Derr in an email to the Voice.

“I hope to have someone full time in the role in the first half of the spring semester.”

Throughout the search period, CSP has sought student involvement. “CSP really wants students’ opinions, because we’re the ones who have to work with this guy,” Sawyer said.

Minimal progress on the minimum wage

Back in 2008, when incoming President Barack Obama still seemed to incarnate progressive aspirations for a wide-reaching wave of social and economic reforms, he spoke about a very basic policy move to improve the lives of the working poor: an increase in the federal minimum wage. As part of the “Obama-Biden Plan” to tackle poverty—which noted that the former Illinois Senator was a “lifelong advocate for the poor”—the President-elect promised to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, and index it to inflation.

Four years later, the federal minimum wage remains at a paltry $7.25 an hour, paling in embarrassing fashion to its counterparts across the industrialized West. To put that into context, the United Kingdom’s minimum wage is about $9.80 an hour, and France’s is roughly $12 an hour.

The U.S. minimum wage is not even close to a living wage.

The poverty line for a family of four is $23,050, which means that any full-time worker earning

wages under $11.06 an hour is below that line. For these minimum wage workers, and the tens of millions of other American workers whose wages keep them well below the poverty line, basic necessities like food, transportation, and housing are barely within reach. In fact, a recent report showed that households working the entire year at minimum wage cannot afford the fair market rent for two bedroom housing in any state in the country.

Out of the administration’s many reneged promises during its first term, this ranks among the most inexcusable. That Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress didn’t prioritize this issue out of some genuine concern for the poor isn’t surprising. But what is genuinely shocking is that amid a recession—and now sluggish recovery—raising the minimum wage actually makes basic economic sense, especially when that wage is so low in the first place.

An increase would put more money into the hands of workers, boost consumption, and help

generate economic growth. Leaving millions of workers unable to purchase basic goods is just illogical from a purely economic point of view.

Of course, raising the minimum wage isn’t a solution to everything. Past experience has shown that businesses adjust by raising prices—for instance, inflation wiped away much of a wage

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A bi-weekly column about national politics and policy increase in France in the early 1980s. Also, an increase in the minimum wage clearly does not alter the other structural factors responsible for poverty and accelerating inequality in the American economy, including wage repression, a regressive tax code that’s riddled with corporate loopholes, and the position of the U.S. in the global capitalist economy.

But to the roughly four million workers struggling to get by from paycheck to paycheck, an increase

But beyond determining the new director, Bonfield’s departure has brought the entire direction of the Outdoor Ed program into question. “What the vision of what Outdoor Ed is going to be, that’s the even bigger question,” Sawyer said. “Sam had this very distinct vision, and you know we have our own vision.”

One idea Bonfield had was to create “Outdoor Rec,” which, according to Moran, “will consist of more guideonly trips and additional training opportunities for guides.”

Sawyer said many guides quickly feel burned out from the workload. “Also when you’re guiding a trip, you can’t really expand on your

own because you have to stay so far within your comfort zone—you can’t take a risk,” he said.

“So far, Outdoor Ed has only been a service outlet, to provide Georgetown students with climbing trips. There is a lot of desire to make this a club as well,” Sawyer said, due to the current workload required of guides. “It’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of responsibility, and it’s all on you.”

On whether or not Outdoor Ed. will continue on the path toward being an officially recognized club, Sawyer said it was too early to tell.

“That trajectory has already been set, but that could change, the director can do whatever he wants with it.”

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Outdoor Education members take part in a club-sponsored climbing excursion. would make a huge difference.

It matters if you’re struggling to keep up with increasing food and gas prices, but your paycheck stays the same. And it matters if you’re trying to support a family, but can no longer afford to pay your increasing rent.

Back in 2009, it seemed possible that the Democratic Party, in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, would champion an increase in the federal minimum wage. Unfortunately, the prospects for that look rather grim at the moment, especially with the obstructionist, anti-poor Republican Party in control of the House.

But if there is any reason to not abandon all hope, recent months have seen an uptick on this front.

Democrats from the House Progressive Caucus—the closest thing there is to a social-democratic political formation in the U.S.—introduced a bill this summer to raise the federal minimum wage to its 1968 level and finally index it to inflation. We can hope that this effort, however futile it may be, will continue in the 113th Congress, if only to keep the issue on the agenda.

Meanwhile, as most of Congress refused to budge on the matter, people finally took this issue into their own hands: in Albuquerque, San Jose, and Long Beach, coalitions of labor unions and community activists organized referenda to boost the minimum wage, all of which passed last week.

These victories, small as they are, remind us of the substantial support that exists for an increase, and the need to build a movement to push for it. Perhaps some unions could dedicate resources toward building a movement on the federal level, or perhaps demands might emerge from a potential progressive coalition organized to oppose the so-called “grand bargain” on deficit reduction.

Ultimately, though, like nearly any other progressive legislation the Left hopes to win during Obama’s second term, an increase in the federal minimum wage will likely come from a social movement with roots among those who need the reform the most, and not from the Congress they elected.

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Whittington scores career-high to pace Hoya victory

by Keith Levinsky Now that’s more like it.

After limping through their season opener, a Georgetown squad without star forward Otto Porter Jr. (2-0, 0-0 Big East) defeated Liberty (03) 68-59 at the Verizon Center in the regional round of the Legends Classic. The Hoyas were led by sophomore forward Greg Whittington, who did his best Porter Jr. impression with a career-high 18 points to go with 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Sophomore center Mikael Hopkins and junior forward Nate Lubick added 13 points each against an undersized Liberty squad. Freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera continued his impressive start to his Georgetown career, recording 11 points in Porter Jr.’s absence.

The sophomore was held out of the contest because of a mild concussion sustained in the season opener against Duquesne.

The final score isn’t quite indicative of a game that was decided early, even though the Hoyas struggled to close out the Flames from behind the arc. Liberty shot a sizzling 52.6 percent from three-point range to keep themselves within striking distance.

“We are [usually] a good threepoint defensive team,” Head Coach John Thompson III said. “That was not the case there. They got Sundays down at the park shots and they went in.”

Despite their inefficiency closing out of on the perimeter, the Hoyas attacked Liberty on each end of the floor. After initially falling behind 4-0, Georgetown used a suffocating press to go on a 17-0 run highlighted by 7 points from Lubick.

The Hoyas would allow the Flames to shrink their lead to seven points, but Georgetown would extend its lead to 16 points, 41-25, before halftime. Freshman forward Stephen Domingo would score four points, good for his first two collegiate field goals, while Whittington registered 14 of his 18 points in the frame.

The Hoyas continued to increase their lead in the second half, capturing a seemingly insurmountable 56-

35 lead eight minutes into the second half. Liberty, however, refused to give in as their three point shooting kept them in the game. They would eventually cut the score to 65-52 with 2:32 remaining in the game. “[Liberty] played extremely hard,” Thompson said. “That team could have come in here hanging their heads and they didn’t. They fought and they scrapped.”

Following a career-high in rebounds in the season opener, Whittington made sure the Hoyas didn’t face another nail-biter, posting the highest point total of his career with an array of mid-range jumpers and inside moves. Typically relegated to perimeter shots, the sophomore was forced to fill in with an all-around game, boding well for when Porter Jr. eventually returns to action.

“Greg can do a lot of different things. He has that responsibility/burden to do a lot of different things,” Thompson said. “I don’t think it’s any surprise to look and see that he scored points today, no more than it was a surprise that he had 15 rebounds last game.”

Thompson and the players recognized that their defense allowed Liberty to shoot 42.9 percent from the field, an alarmingly high total considering the height disparity.

One of the ways it must improve in this regard is through player communication. Whittington, Thompson said, will be key.

“I thought our communication on defense was not good,” Thompson said. “[Whittington] has a very good feel. He knows what he should be doing and what everyone else should be doing. That’s something he has to do also.”

The sophomore certainly wasn’t without help last night; in addition to his 13 points, Lubick grabbed 8 rebounds and recorded 2 assists. He emphasized that his role in this defense as a leader needed to improve.

He also stressed that the team’s aggression needs to be better.

“We use these games to find ourselves, to find out what this team’s identity is going to be,” Lubick said. “We have to go into each game acting like it’s the last game we are going to play. I think we

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Jabril Trawick got his first career start last night.

have struggled to do that the last few games.”

As for Porter Jr., his status is unknown for the next game. Thompson did not know either way but hinted that the Missouri native – who warmed up before the game and was a demonstrative cheerleader on the sidelines during – was doing well.

“I think he is coming along fine,” Thompson said of his star.

“He is progressing. It is mild, it is not serious.”

No matter what, though, Thompson recognizes that this young Hoya team needs to perform with or without Porter Jr. “Yes, he is one of the key members of our team,” Thompson said.

“Regardless of who is in foul trouble or injured. We have enough other people in that room. We have to step up and figure it out.”

Next Monday, Georgetown continues their Legends Classic slate during a pivotal matchup with No. 13 UCLA. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. at the brand-new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

the Sports Sermon “Like sex in the shower and Mike Brown’s Princeton offense, playing college basketball games on an aircraft carrier is an idea that sounds great but in reality is disastrous.” - Grantland writer Mark Titus some time to gel with mainstays Gasol and Bryant. Add Nash’s injury to that mix, and it’s no wonder the Lakers couldn’t mesh.

But they would have. There was far too much talent on their roster and too many pieces that ostensibly fit into a dominant lineup to assume otherwise.

Eventually, Brown’s iteration of the Princeton offense would have worked with the group of cerebral players assembled in Los Angeles.

Now, the Lakers stand at a precarious crossroads, having deemed Brown’s tenure a failure and not bending over backwards to give Jackson the job in his place.

Instead, they opted for offensive guru Mike D’Antoni, of the Suns’ “seven seconds or less” notoriety.

His teams in Phoenix and New

and New York was the personnel present, factors that were beyond Phil Jackson is considered by his control. In Phoenix, managemany to be the greatest basketball ment became stingy and failed to coach in the history of the NBA. bring back players like Joe JohnHe won 11 championships in 20 son. The other guys present, playyears—a record unheard of in ers like Amar’e Stoudemire, were coaching at any level, in any sport. brilliant offensively but fairly susThere’s one big caveat here: pect on the defensive end. When for every one of his coaching D’Antoni was reunited with Stoustints, he has been handed a ridicdemire in New York, the same ulously stacked roster. In Chicago, defensive liability became visible. he had this guy named Michael Coupled with Carmelo AnthoJordan, who some people might ny’s sporadic defensive effort and consider to be a decent basketpenchant for ball-stopping isolaball player. With his second stop tion plays on the offensive end, in Los Angeles, he had Shaquille D’Antoni never stood a chance.

O’Neal in the prime of his career This is where the mature perand a young Kobe Bryant at his sonnel on the Lakers will help disposal. A few years later, he him. The Pringle man look-alike came back to coach Bryant in his has never had a post defender prime with a formidable supportlike Howard (Tyson Chandler ing cast of Andrew comes close, but Pete Rose Central Bynum and Pau Gawe’ll cancel that Da bettin’ line sol around him. out because of StouBut the track demire), let alone a Dookies Margin Hoyas record speaks for seven-footer in Ga(underdogs) (duh!) itself—with all the (favorites) sol to complement talent in the world, him. Bryant and Wizards Washington teams have to ex- Opponents Metta World Peace UCLA ecute and part of Georgetown are two of the greatShabazz that has to do with Tottenham Geriatric Ward est defensive playArsenal coaching. A lot of it ers in the game at has to do with developing trust York were unreal offensively, as their respective positions. in a coach’s system, something he made players like Chris Duhon This time, for someone like Jackson did to perfection with look like legitimate me who doesn’t think D’Antoni Jordan and then Bryant. It’s also Offense, simply put, has never is a bad defensive coach, there’s something Laker management been a problem for D’Antoni. In no excuse to fail. In a similar never allowed former coach Mike Los Angeles, he will be reunited sense to Brown, though, the curBrown to develop with the team with Nash and have the ultimate rent Laker coach has never had a before summarily dismissing him pick-and-roll partner for him in fair ending. He’s been made to be five games into this year’s season. Howard. Couple that with Ga- a scapegoat in both Phoenix and LeBron James for one, who sol’s preternatural passing ability New York. Phoenix never got played under Brown in Cleve- and Kobe’s, well, Kobe-ness, and over that hump because of the land, felt it was an unfair move the expectations grow once more coach’s defensive shortcomings

by Laker management. “I think to championship or bust. or it was D’Antoni’s fault that he it’s unfortunate,” James said.

It’s the other side of the ball couldn’t harness the talent of An“I just don’t think he got a fair where D’Antoni has often been thony and Stoudemire. shake, honestly. With the short- criticized. Here, though, where I In both cases, the pundits ened season last year, and five believe the majority of pundits are have been wrong. D’Antoni has games into this year, he didn’t re- wrong about D’Antoni. In Phoe- often worked with flawed rosters ally get a full season.” nix, with such a rapid offense, and in some cases, has encounIt’s a fair point, especially more possessions will naturally tered bad luck. This time, the forconsidering the new personnel lead to a higher scoring output mer problem is erased. Like JackBrown had to work with. Dwight from the opposition—it doesn’t son in his successful years, he has Howard and Steve Nash, despite mean there’s no defense present. a full deck to work with. With his their immense talent, needed His undoing in both Phoenix latest stop, he just needs to deliver.

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Football wins behind McCabe’s heroics Hoyas fall after strong WNIT

by Joe Pollicino After struggling midway through the season with four straight losses, the Georgetown football team (5-5, 2-2 Patriot League) has managed to rebound as it defeated Bucknell (2-8, 0-5 Patriot League) this past Saturday at Multi-Sport Field 10-3. This is the Hoyas’ second consecutive win, and also snaps a four-game losing streak against the Bison.

The story of the day was the Georgetown defense as they held Bucknell to 168 yards of total offense and seven first downs. The Hoyas dominated the Bison on third down especially, as the Bison went 0-for-11 on third-down conversions.

“I thought our kids came into today with a great attitude,” said Head Coach Kevin Kelly following the win. “Their backs were against the wall and they fought back.

There was no question that game was a streetfight.”

“Defensively, we wanted to take it to them right from the start and stop the run game,” added

senior linebacker Robert McCabe.

“Working off of the Lafayette game, this was probably our most complete defensive game from first quarter to fourth quarter and I was proud of all of our guys.”

McCabe led the effort with 12 tackles, breaking his own record for most tackles in a single season. For his performance, the Patriot League named McCabe the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season.

“He’s the best defensive player in the history of Georgetown football,” Coach Kelly said of McCabe’s accomplishment. “Everybody looks up to him and respects him. He studies the game well and is very coachable. He has all of the characteristics that make up an excellent football player.”

With great field positioning to start their first possession, the Hoyas opened up the scoring as freshman quarterback Kyle Nolan led the Hoyas on a seven-play 28-yard drive that resulted in a 20-yard field goal by junior kicker Matt MacZura, giving the Hoyas a 3-0 lead.

Stephen Skon stepped in admirably for injured starter Kyle Nolan.

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Vikings embody the NFL

Since I was a kid, I rooted for the Vikings. Even though they sucked, the Vikings were my team because they were my Dad’s team (he met Fran Tarkenton when he was young), and I loved them despite all of their flaws.

From my Nordic-themed onesies as an infant to my oversized Daunte Culpepper jerseys as an awkward preteen, I was Purple and Gold through and through.

For me, the Vikings embodied the NFL. Sundays we watched the Vikings (and the Patriots sometimes—the Vikings didn’t always air on NESN). The Vikings were “Dad time,” defining a significant part of my relationship with my father, embodying the fraction of our relationship that was sacred: Sunday football.

However, as I grew up and learned what a tight end actually was, I learned that my beloved Vikings were the worst. Between their record and their reputation off the field, Minnesota did, in reality, suck. However, over the past

month--and in viewing the beginning of their season--I’ve realized that I was right all along. The Vikings really do embody the NFL. For starters, let’s look at the case of Adrian Peterson. Last week he was arrested for getting into a physical confrontation with an off-duty police officer, but after hiring Roger Clemens’ attorney, all charges have been dropped, and the Vikings’ game plan has remained unchanged.

Because I am living abroad, I only heard of this all after the fact. In my reflective state, I suddenly realized how much this example meant. On a weekly basis we hear about the bad behavior of athletes, but we always ignore it.

From Metta World Peace to Chad Johnson to Michael Vick, we forgive our sports heroes for their despicable behavior in turn for their athletic talents. In response for their purely athletic contributions, we offer our undivided support for the winning teams.

And because of the support

During their second series of the game, the Hoyas were once again afflicted by injuries at quarterback.

This time, it was Nolan who suffered a shoulder injury after being tackled on a scrambling play in the first half. Nolan was replaced by the same player for whom he stepped in earlier in the year, sophomore Stephen Skon. Skon was effective for the Hoyas throughout the rest of the game, completing 19-of-29 pass attempts for 231 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Skon showed great poise throughout the game, especially in the second quarter, as he led the Hoyas on a 9-play 80-yard scoring drive, culminating in a 28-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Kevin Macari with 6:37 left in the first half to make the score 10-0.

A 37-yard field goal from Bucknell early in the fourth quarter put the Bison on the board.

However, that was all the Bison could muster against a revitalized Georgetown defense.

Georgetown looks to finish the year with a winning record, as the team takes on Holy Cross (1-9, 1-3 Patriot League) in its final game of the season this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Multi-Sport Field. A win would be the first time the Hoyas have had two consecutive winning seasons since 1998-1999.

“We’ve got great character.

We’ve had that all year,” Coach Kelly said when asked about his team’s resiliency. “We have one game left and we want to have a winning season. That’s now the goal.” of the Minnesota dynasty (ultimately due to fandom, of course), they will continue to be successful. They’re 6 and 4 for goodness sakes; they’ve recorded the same number of wins as the Pats! Peterson has been released, and the Vikings essentially escaped the scandal unscathed because of their opportune bye-week. The

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idea of “celebrity” has become entwined with the sports franchise, and viewers cannot continue on without their favorite ESPN2 headline scandals.

Still, the Vikings can push through the “celebrity” problem, but they still have to face the problems of talent. These are the problems that plague the NFL of today, the inordinate, over-populated talent pool. Christian Ponder was no one’s first choice for QB, but

by Brendan Crowley For your average basketball team with a first-year coach and few experienced returners, a “rebuilding” year, highlighted by plenty disappointment, would be expected and acceptable. But this year’s Hoya women’s team refuses to fit that mold.

The Hoyas (2-1, 0-0 Big East) kicked off the 2012 season on Friday night at home versus Sacred Heart University, winning with ease 90-63. The Pioneers were no match for the feisty Georgetown defense, turning the ball over 27 times and shooting a dreadful 30 percent.

The win advanced the Hoyas into the next round of the Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), where they met Delaware University. The Blue Hens entered the game ranked 10th in the nation but were forced to play without star guard Elena Della Donne, the nation’s leading scorer last season with 28.1 points per game.

Capitalizing on her absence, the Hoyas shocked the Blue Hens on their home floor, winning a hard fought game 62-56.

“Our kids were able to fight through the adversity,” Brown said, “and I’m extremely proud of them. They played well…It’s big. It showed them everything we’re doing in the gym, everything that we’re teaching...we use all those things.”

he has still shown himself as a talented individual who can hold his own and show off his skills in front of the entire NFL. Especially at the beginning of his season, he was remarkable, showing up much more experienced leadership and shuttering the program to a 4-1 start.

But with talent--and attentive celebrity status--comes failure.

Ponder threw 6 picks in his next 4 games, and was only able to produce one win.

But let’s take a step back. Isn’t this typical of the NFL? Are we not used to the disappointment of college MVPs? Are we jaded to expect our “heroes,” these green recruits that come to “revamp” the program, will become womanizers who just make page six news?

Unfortunately, I would argue yes. We are conditioned to expect this level of behavior from our athletes. We are not surprised when our idols are suspected, charged, and released for their crimes against society. We didn’t bat an eyelash when Chad Johnson was accused of beating ex-

As they were all of last season, the Hoyas were anchored in their first two games by the prolific scoring abilities of senior guard Sugar Rodgers. After scoring 22 points and pulling down 10 rebounds against Sacred Heart, Rodgers exploded for 35 points against Delaware, shooting a highly efficient 52 percent from the floor.

“Sugar was doing work,” Brown said. “That was a Kobelike performance.”

Despite the early season successes, Rodgers herself stressed some areas where they need to improve.

“Our defense. We only turned Delaware over 22 times,” she explained. “I think we can do more than 22…We actually gotta stay out of foul trouble, we couldn’t press. We only have ten people, you know, so we don’t have that many fouls.”

Apart from Rodgers, Coach Brown also talked at length about other great performances against Delaware.

“The freshman came in, Ki-ke [Rafiu] and Dominique [Vitalis] came in and played well for us for about five minutes,” he said.

The Hoyas ended their WNIT run last night, falling to North Carolina 63-48 in the semifinals. They’ll look to regroup on Monday against LSU at McDonough Arena.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

wife Evelyn Lozada, even though every loyal Twitter follower could see the cyber-love between them.

So why would we be shocked by the Vikings, who merely have one player on Perez’s radar?

They’ve got the quick, young, attractive, celebrity QB. They have the arrestee, who makes up for poor behavior with his unparalleled athleticism. They have a history of disappointment and loss, tied neatly together in that they’ve never won a Super Bowl.

And they have the inflammatory kicker and newcomer, who makes headlines with his political statements--do me a favor: Google Chris Kluwe.

All in all, the Vikings are ripe for a campaign of their own, a campaign to the Super Bowl.

While they may not be a team comprised of winners, the band of misfits may really be all we need in this new sports world, halffueled by entertainment, and half by hope.

Show Abby your longship at asherburne@georgetownvoice.com.

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casting a major: The success of Georgetown’s Theater department by connor jones “When I came here, we had four cocurricular theater groups, [which] were doing anywhere from eight to 10 shows a year—that is an extraordinary amount of activity for a University of our size,” said Ted Parker, a retired theater professor who came to Georgetown in 1999. “A friend of my father’s was a theater professor at [a small college]. They had about 10 people in their faculty. They did four shows a year, and they thought that was about all they could handle.”

When the Department of Theater and Performance Studies was established at Georgetown in 2006, it was well over 100 years after the founding of student theater groups. Because of this dynamic, the Department was required to take a different approach to drama pedagogy. Even though Georgetown had produced comedic and dramatic greats such as Mike Birbiglia (COL ‘00) and Bradley Cooper (COL ‘97), no formal curricular program existed to support their pursuits.

With only seven full-time faculty and seven additional adjunct and visiting faculty members, Georgetown’s Theater Department is planning to put on a total of 10 performances for the 2012-2013 academic year. While the Theater Department only graduates an average of 15 majors per year, hundreds of students more participate in these productions.

“I think there was a big fear that we were going to take out the co-curricular [groups]—’I think!’—I know! I know there was a big fear,” said Maya Roth, Chair of the Department of Performing

Arts. “And I promised that I would not, and we have not.”

Years after the establishment of Georgetown’s major in Theater and Performance studies, theater groups at Georgetown have excelled with the support of a core of dedicated theater faculty. In turn, student theater groups have enriched the Department to create an even more energetic theater scene.

“The vibrancy, the independence, the strength of [the co-curricular groups] was a vital part of theater at Georgetown’s campus. And now, student groups are just as vital as they always were,” Parker said.

“And now we’re up to anywhere between 11 and 14 productions a year, including the theater program.”

“It’s pretty extraordinary,” Roth said.

“Since we started the major, we have been getting buzz, and it’s partly because we’re doing things differently and so that attracts attention. … I’ve had professionals coming from D.C. theater to see the shows I direct—you don’t usually have that.”

For a school whose academic theater program is only seven years old, it is remarkable that earlier this year Georgetown’s Department of Theater and Performance Studies was ranked second among theater programs at American universities outside of New York by Backstage, a national drama trade magazine. The only school ranked superior was Augsburg College, a small school in Minnesota.

What made this external praise all the more surprising was that the program achieved this status lacking the tradi-

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Mask & Bauble performs Putnam County Spelling Bee in February 2012.

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Allie Villareal (COL ‘12) performs her thesis project, The Bi(g) Life. tional ingredients for performing arts success: capital and personnel. “What we didn’t have is a lot of money, or a lot of people,” Roth said, adding that the Department made up for it “in terms of a kind of talent and distinctive approach.”

The beginnings of an academic theater program at Georgetown date back about 12 years, when the Middle States Commission of Higher Education found the University lacking in the arts.

“The Middle States Review process … found in 2000 that Georgetown lagged behind other comparable schools with regard to the arts. Among our peer schools (e.g. research universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford as well as … academically-strong Catholic institutions such as Boston College, University of San Francisco, and Catholic University), we were the only one not to have degree programs in Theater and in Music,” Roth wrote in an email to the Voice. “That was fairly damaging in the campus review, for it suggested a relative disregard of both the arts in and of themselves—and as windows onto the liberal arts.”

Since then, the University realigned its priorities to better support the visual and performing arts. In the same time period, both Studio Art and Music were added as

majors as well, and more of the University’s space and resources were dedicated to the arts.

According to Ted Parker, the theater faculty in 1999 consisted of just two people. Georgetown’s first step was to hire a professor specifically to oversee the creation of a devoted department.

“In response, Georgetown immediately committed to growing theater and music, specifically, and the arts more broadly,” Roth wrote. “I was hired in response to that, for example, and part of my hire was to steward the growth of the major, a core faculty cadre, and the Davis [Performing Arts] Center.”

While Dr. Roth remains modest about her accomplishments, Dr. Parker extols her role. To the question of what lead to the fast growth of the Department, Parker immediately responded: “I can answer that in two words: Maya Roth.” According to him, “The vision she has for a theater major and for a theater program and her rigorous adherence to that vision” is largely responsible for the major’s success.

The major in Theater and Performance Studies rejects typical notions of what a theater major should teach. It forgoes the model in which theater students pick a specific major—acting, set design, playwriting, film, or dance—and instead requires them to wade through the various disciplines of drama coupled with the College liberal arts requirements.

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georgetownvoice.com “We’ve had a lot of students transferring here from [New York University’s] Tisch [School of the Arts], partly that’s because we are liberal arts and we let you take more electives. It’s also because we’re not so regimented. That’s very Georgetown,” Roth explained. “It’s precisely because we cross over. The way in which we’re mentoring individual trajectories and having these touchstone courses that everyone takes encourages crossing. So if we were a factory and a conservatory program, we wouldn’t be doing that.”

Theater majors have found that the emphasis on wide-ranging study informs all aspects of their performance and teaches them skills that they would not have learned at other schools.

“Our department’s focus on performance studies is what sets us apart from most programs. It’s something we share with only a few other schools in the country. Here’s the way I think of it: the pedagogical goals of most theater programs are largely craft-oriented. They’re trying to churn out the best actors, directors, designers possible from a technical point of view,” said Justin McCarthy (COL ’13), a senior TPST major who is writing a play as part of his senior thesis project.

“Our program takes a theoretical step back from that and asks, ‘Why are we making theater in the first place, how can we learn from it, and how can it help people?’” he said. “In conservatory programs, for the most part, you’re really not allowed to engage seriously in academic study that doesn’t directly concern theater.”

Other students say the major’s reliance on both theory and practice informs them in a critical artistic point of view which other programs ignore. “I think Georgetown is the perfect balance because you get learn how to really think critically but you still get the training

that you need,” said Elizabeth Helmer (COL’13), a senior TPST major. “I think that’s a really good balance that I don’t think every program has.”

While other theater departments across the country may excel in specific aspects of art, the institutions do not let their faculty and students cross disciplinary boundaries. The frustration with this divide has brought a few lauded names in the theatrical field to the University.

Originally from Australia, Christine Evans entered the Georgetown faculty this fall as an assistant professor, having previously held a position as Briggs-Copeland lecturer at Harvard University. Her works have been featured internationally at the Playbox Theater in the United Kingdom, and she has received numerous awards for her playwriting and directing.

Evans joined the faculty at Georgetown to take advantage of the Department’s unique approach. “I think the program at Georgetown is tremendously exciting. It’s singular in having an artistscholar mix in its focus, so that there’s equal focus on critical work and creative work,” she said. “That really fits my background, because I have the academic interest on the theoretical side, but I am also a practicing artist.”

Not only does Georgetown merge the creative and the theoretical, but the academic Department also connects directly to the student groups.

“Harvard was wonderful, but my focus there was really all about playwriting and building a program for playwrights, and I wanted to work a little more widely.

So this gives me a greater opportunity to do that,” Evans said. “Playwriting classes weren’t connected to a theater program because Harvard doesn’t have a theater major. It has a huge extracurricular theater scene, but there isn’t the connection with academic courses.”

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Brigadier General Joseph DiBartolomeo addresses Georgetown ROTC Earlier this semester, Mask & Bauble put on History Boys.

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Theater groups traditionally start up in opposition to the exclusivity of the department shows. Many schools only allow majors to participate in department productions, and, even then, they disallow freshmen from auditioning. The productions at Georgetown take the exact opposite approach; anyone is allowed to audition for any performance, and theater groups regularly put on co-productions with the Department.

“At a lot of schools, you have to be a major to audition. Our auditions are open to anyone across campus. We can do that because there’s so much theater happening on this campus,” Roth said. “Undergrads don’t tend to get access to resources in the way that Georgetown students do.”

At other schools, the model is for students to work their way up the department chain, and only later in their career would be able to star in or direct a play of their own. At Georgetown, however, students are able to work in productions as early as freshman year, and direct multiple plays.

At the same time, selectivity connotes prestige, and letting all students participate in a single program might hurt the reputation of Georgetown Theater in the eyes of onlookers. Roth does not see it that way; to her, auditions serve the purpose of acquiring the best people for each part.

“If you’re taking a class, that doesn’t mean you’ll be in a show. The [best] do rise in the top,” Roth said. “So the co-curricular theater, in a way, makes it easier for us to not to have to take care of casting everybody. For the students who want to go on in the field, your best course is moving across the clubs and us or having us as your home, but we’re able to work with the students who are most rigorous because that’s who bubbles up.”

While theater allows students a way to express themselves on stage, Hoyas generally tend to value practicability over the arts. Students, however, have found ways to incorporate the competitive Georgetown culture into their work often use the skills that they learned in theater to inform their lives after college.

“I can see how people sometimes perceive that because we are at Georgetown, we are being churned out as politicians, as lawyers, as foreign service officers, as doctors, and as businessmen,” said Swedian Lie (COL ’13), a senior theater major.

“But what I love most about theater, and about Georgetown, is that Georgetown students are so very rarely just interested and devoted to one thing. We’re all, for better or for worse, committed to an incredible array of goals and pursuits.”

According to McCarthy, students who major in theater do not always go on to act, produce, or direct professionally, but instead use their time at Georgetown to explore contemporary issues which students care about.

“There’s always plenty of students involved in TPST who plan to take a more traditionally ‘Georgetown’ professional route after graduation,” McCarthy said.

“We’re always trying to make theater that captures Georgetown’s distinctive qualities—our international identity, our cul-

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A joint production of Macbeth ture of commitment to social justice, etc.

We want to engage the student body and make art that people at Georgetown care about—if that means we’re gonna put on a play about Credit Suisse, we will!”

Other productions try to engage the Georgetown community by bringing up social and political issues. As part of the production for the play Faraway, on which theater major Alice Cash (COL ‘13) worked as assistant director, the producers staged weeklong demonstrations in attempt to spark dialogue among the play’s attendees and Georgetown students as a whole.

“It’s all about war, and it’s this dystopian society where these people are forced to make hats for political prisoners who were about to be executed. What we did after the show is that we had a talk back each night where we actually engaged the community,” Cash said. “Different Georgetown students would wear a hat each night and walk in this paradelike fashion on the stage and afterwards we would have a discussion [about what the play meant].”

Even more fundamentally, the theater program teaches students both the acuity of thinking on the spot, as in a production, and offers them a way to express themselves in a medium that is interactive.

“Maybe it doesn’t prepare them for running analyses at Goldman Sachs, but it prepares them for an interview and being able to think on the ball, or prepares them to deal with something that they’re going through in life,” Helmer said. “Even though some people say theater isn’t practical, I would say it’s the most practical, because it prepares you for what other classes here don’t prepare you for.”

Even after participants in Georgetown’s theater programs leave the Hilltop, members of the Theater Department insist that thinking will be one of the most important skills they carry on as they pursue various career paths.

“Imagination is so critical for civic engagement. The world is changing so quickly, you can’t prepare for a field and expect that it’s going to be the same when you graduate, let alone in 10 years,” Roth said. “You need the ability to imagine, to work with groups, to create projects, and to engage fields and research using a range of modalities. Theater is imminently prepared to help people with that.”

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Farmers Fishers Bakers hooks diners at the waterfront

by Julia Lloyd-George “I’m sorry, but it might be a few minutes—our filtering system is backed up,” my inhumanly smiley waitress at Farmers Fishers Bakers informed me when I asked for some water. An inhouse water filtering system is one of the many ways the new Washington Harbor eatery, which opened last week, is endeavoring to keep up a program of sustainability in line with its mission to honor the sources of everything in the restaurant.

Whether it’s the food on customers’ plates or the recycled wood chairs they’re sitting on, Farmers Fishers Bakers puts an incredible amount of care into ensuring a sense of responsibility and superior quality go into every plate they serve.

The owners of the restaurant redesigned the original Farmers & Fishers after the April 2011 waterfront flooding forced its closure.

Renovating the award-winning American bistro known for comfort

food, they were successful in updating the original concept and transforming it into an upscale destination with a vastly expanded menu.

“Everything about Farmers Fishers Bakers is completely fresh—from the menu to the bar,

ment company’s Partner and Concept Developer, according to an official press release. “We are looking forward to sharing it all with guests and the entire region, and we know that folks are really looking forward to this next concept.”

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“Trust me, guys, there’s a line extending to the White House right outside” to the interior design and the expanded outdoor patio,” said Dan Simons, the restaurant manage-

Simply walking into the K St. venue, which overlooks the brand new ice-skating rink at the Harbor,

the McDonough School of Business, Bono came to Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall to do what he does best: entertain and inspire.

“I will, of course, be dropping the odd cultural reference to give the impression that I know where your generation is at,” he said, addressing his student dominated audience. “I do not. I don’t even know where I am at…The first existential question of this class might be, what am I doing in Healy Hall? I could be down having my third pint down at The Tombs.”

But Bono was right where he belonged. And his advice for the target audience? “Trample the likes of myself on the way to where you’re going. If we’ve got anything useful, take it. If not, ignore us,” he said in a post speech interview.

Bono knows who he is--a rock star of the highest order, one of the most recognizable and influential people on the planet and one of the few who can get away with only one name. At one of the heavier moments in his speech, he stopped and had to laugh to himself: “Rock star preaches capitalism.” (He also did a more than respectable Bill Clinton impression, afterwards

saying, “Clinton is a bigger rock star than me.”)

But even with his immeasurable success and influence, Bono is not satisfied. Above all else, the native Irishman is a seeker.

“I really hate when people come up to me and say ‘you haven’t changed,” he said. “I go ‘Wow, now that would be a disappointment.”

Bono has not only changed himself for the better, but also the world. He co-founded ONE, an organization which now has over 3 million members, and (RED) which has raised over $200 million dollars to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa, and his and others’ work with the Drop the Debt campaign has allowed 48 million children to go school.

“You want data? I got data,” he said.

But let’s not forget how we know Bono in the first place— as the lead singer of one of the world’s biggest bands, U2. The band has been together since 1976 without a single notable feud or breakup, a feat almost unheard of in the music industry.

“It’s just the sense that you become a kind of dog and pony show. We don’t have to do this.

We’ve been blessed. We don’t have to do things for any other reason than music.”

is a notable experience. An impressive sushi bar emblazoned with the American flag (because nothing says “born in the USA” like sushi) can be seen to one side, while a bar and softly lit seating area dominate the vast layout. Nautical décor hanging from the ceiling celebrates the fishers, while miniature farm scene dioramas pay homage to the food’s farming origins. Crafty details like these are fun to discover and, if nothing else, make good talking points.

The menu can be overwhelming—with more than 60 different items, it’s a nightmare for the indecisive. To start, the main menu features sharing plates like brick oven pretzels and baked clam “stuffies” for the table. Everything on the menu is regionally inspired, featuring both southern dishes like jambalaya and American classics like New York-style pizza and burgers.

For the herbivores, there are also several vegan options.

The sushi bar is particularly excellent, with creative combinations like compressed watermelon and caramel sauce adding to traditional

tuna fare. With reservation-only seating and a world-class chef, it’s certainly worth trying. However, portions are Lilliputian and prices are anything but—this would probably best be left for a parental visit.

Saving room for dessert is a must at Farmers Fishers Bakers, as churros and coconut cake emit a siren call for the sugar weary. Ignoring it would be regrettable—these concoctions, baked fresh every day, make the perfect ending to an incredibly satisfying meal.

A dedication to excellence and sustainability gives the restaurant a cult-like aura, as its website advertises opportunities to “join The Farm” and emphasizes the principle of seeing everything “through the eyes of the farmer.”

Potential social utopian influences aside, it’s a refreshing aim to keep customers in the loop about the path from farm to table.

Evidently, Farmers Fishers Bakers is the kind of business that promotes a lifestyle instead of a product. Consider me a convert.

And it’s the music that has allowed him to come to speak at Georgetown with such gravitas.

The music allowed him to get out of Dublin, eventually to see the United Kingdom, and ultimately the world. And sitting smack in the middle of that world was Africa, the origin of humanity itself.

When he saw the despair in Africa, ‘birth camps’ acting as death camps and an entire continent wrought with injustice and corruption, he could not just look on: he had to act. To the audience in Gaston, he spoke of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and the vision that he had.

“He had what they call a conversion of the heart. He saw God’s work. And the call to do God’s work. Not just in the Church— in everything, everywhere…

And once he knew about that, he couldn’t unknow it. It changed him, it forced him about of bed to go change the world. And that’s what I’m hoping for here, in Georgetown with you.”

Bringing the audience to tears, Bono closed, “When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God’s eyes, or even just in your eyes, then your life is forever changed. You see something that you can’t unsee.”

Bono goes where the streets have letters for names

by Tim Barnicle Bono wants you to trample him.

And he’s dressed for the occasion, decked out in a Bond villainesque custom tailored black suit, complete with a black corsage sewn on the lapel, black V-neck t-shirt, and small diamond stud earrings to compliment the wraparound sunglasses that have become his signature—today in a light shade of purple. At 52, Bono shows a few more wrinkles and grey hairs, but he beams the same charisma and earnestness that began shocking the world in the early 1980’s as he sits down for an exclusive interview with the Voice and WGTB Georgetown Radio.

But before you can grant Bono his wish and start stomping the selfproclaimed “evidence-based activist,” Bono himself would first like to do some trampling of his own. His enemy: poverty. Or, as he calls it, “the biggest obstacle in the world” and “the defining struggle of our generation.”

When he stepped to the podium inside Gaston Hall, all eyes shot to the front and the room fell into an anxious smattering of whispers and cameras shooting like Henry repeater rifles.

On behalf of the ONE campaign, (RED), Bank of America, and

Kirill Makarenko

“Wait, you’re not going to sing? Screw activism, get the hell out of Healy Hall!”

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A movie that is all Silver Linings A Blue & Gray X-mas

by Gabrielle Gold “Is that crazy enough for ya?

Want me to take a shit on the floor?”

With this inquiry, Jack Nicholson’s legendary character in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest aptly summed up countless false impressions about mental illness. And while Hollywood has tackled some of the most contentious issues in our society, mental illness remains a subject that is rarely broached.

Taking a serious look at this oft-ignored or misrepresented subject and the effects it can have on a family, David Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook challenges typical conventions of mental illness with its candid portrayal of Pat Solatino (Bradley Cooper) and his struggle with bipolar disorder. With a dynamic cast, Playbook proves a heartfelt, enjoyable film, managing to combine the best of drama and rom-com in a way that is touching without proving uncomfortable or unrealistic.

The story centers on Solatino, a former teacher who was recently released from a mental hospital after an eight-month stay. Solatino went willingly as a part of a plea deal after a violent incident and a misdiagnosis. Starting from this bleak point, Solatino tries to rebuild his life and stay positive, while living under the watchful eye of his parents.

Back at home he reconnects with his friend Ronnie, masterfully played by John Ortiz, and his wife Veronica, played by Julia Stiles.

Showcasing the difficulty of reintegration into one’s community and the pressures of family life, Stiles and Ortiz remarkably capture the hardship of trying to support a friend in such a transition.

In the performance of his career, Cooper plays Solatino with a dignity which showcases the varied nature of bipolar disorder. With “Excelsior” as his motto, Solatino always searches for a silver lining, and strives not only to do better but to prove to himself and others that

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Gotta get down on Black Friday

In just a few days, the most anticipated day of the shopper’s calendar year is about to arrive: Black Friday! With this most sacred shopping day approaching, we, as your columnists, want to make sure you are well equipped to make the best of those few hours of unparalleled opportunity.

We aren’t telling you to camp out in front of Saks the night before, of course (though we would worship you if you did), but just in case you feel inclined to test your shopper’s stamina, here’s what you should look out for to make an impression at your boyfriend’s Christmas dinner or that oh-so-hot New Year’s fête.

Firstly, the word on the street is that some stores are going to open their doors on the night of Thanksgiving itself. So if you’ve

had too much pumpkin pie, get off your ass and get a head start. Remember, it is only once a year that prices are at this all-time low. Girls, this is the only time we will condone athletic wear for uses other than exercise. Black Friday sales get messy, violent, and chaotic. Often times there aren’t fitting rooms available. Our best advice to you is to slip on a pair of black leggings and a tank that will make it easier to try on clothes in front of many preying shoppers.

Now that you’re ready for the game, here are things to keep an eye out for: First, fall designer finds are going to be on sale, so if there’s a pair of statement pumps you’ve been eyeing, or even some highend boots, be on the lookout! This is a great opportunity to grab something unique and designer that’s

he is doing better. Cooper balances this tension beautifully, his optimism overcoming any clichéd associations and carrying the film in a sincere and inspiring way.

While the supporting cast impresses, it is the interaction between Cooper and co-star Jennifer Lawrence that really stand out. Lawrence shines as Tiffany, a dancer and the young widow of a policeman who also has bipolar disorder. Lawrence wows in this role, portraying her character with humor, seriousness, and overwhelming depth. Cooper’s and Lawrence’s undeniable chemistry brings their scenes to life, whether in more serious moments—like when Tiffany defends Solatono from his father, artfully played by Robert DeNiro—or in more playful scenes of the pair dancing.

Unlike other dramatic films on similar subject matter, Playbook does not pigeonhole bipolar disorder and the characters suffering from it. Instead, it allows room for Cooper and Lawrence to navigate the trials of life not as afflicted people, but as human beings. While such a serious issue could potentially dishearten viewers, the film displays a full range of emotions and narratives.

At one point in the movie, Solatino says that “Life is not a PG feelgood movie. Real life often ends badly.” Despite such dark sentiment, Playbook leaves its audience with a remarkable and unexpected sense of hope and fulfillment. been out for just one season (unfortunately classic or iconic pieces are almost never on sale). But Black Friday is also a great time to purchase basics like cashmere sweaters and winter jackets, which often sell for a lot less. And, ladies, if you’ve got that special occasion coming up

haute Mess

by Julian de la Paz & Neha Ghanshamdas a bi-weekly fashion column

this holiday season, please do yourself a favor and purchase something sparkly because we want to make sure you stand out!

Gentlemen, grab your workout shoes and head to your favorite store with your eye on the top two winter essentials that will make you the envy of the annual holiday party. This winter, go beyond the

by Mary Borowiec While Daniel Day Lewis’s eerily precise embodiment of the 16th president in Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated Lincoln will go down as one of the Great Emancipator’s finest portrayals, another layer of Lincoln his yet to be discovered in Georgetown’s A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration.

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel with music by Daryl Waters, A Civil War Christmas makes its D.C. Premiere in the Davis Performing Arts Center on Nov. 17. A special holiday production, Civil War is co-produced by the Georgetown University Theater & Performance Studies Program, the Music Program, and Nomadic Theatre.

While this work may surprise those expecting the typical holiday canon, director Prof. Nadia Mahdi explained in an interview with the Voice that the department chose Civil War exactly because it wasn’t The Christmas Carol or The Nutcracker. ”The play is wonderful and surprising and such a great thing to see instead of your typical holiday fare,” she said, adding that it’s interesting “to see a play written by a living playwright, focused on American history instead of Dickens’s England.”

Similarly, Civil War was selected for how well it fits into the

traditional oxford button-down with a staple that will make you pop: the bold patterned shirt. Don’t shy away from adding some color to your wardrobe. This article is a great way to get even more inventive with your creation by mixing pattern on pattern.

Despite the countless occasions that we have been told to avoid this fashion faux pas, the time has come to rock your striped button-down with a patterned tie. This rule applies to any and all patterns: checkers, stripes, plaid, and yes, even polka dots. Just make sure to stick with the same color family, violet for example, and this fabulous combination will take you from your family’s Thanksgiving dinner to the New Year’s Eve celebration.

And if your holiday plans involve escorting the Hermione Granger in your life to the Yule Ball, be sure to add a topcoat to comple-

Performing Arts Department’s season theme of “War and Peace.”

Mahdi described the play’s draw, its setting on Christmas Eve, as “a window of peace” in the midst of the U.S. Civil War, which “challenges our conceptions about how war and peace work.”

This overlap of ideas of war and peace is further illuminated by the show’s music. Drawing on carols and hymns of the Underground Railroad, Water’s contemporary arrangements of these songs pull the story together.

While Civil War intrigues as an atypical holiday production, the play’s most fascinating element is actually offstage: an exhibit in the Davis lobby exploring Georgetown’s Civil War history.

Arranged by dramaturges Nina Billone Prieur, Ph.D., an assistant professor, and Sasha Elkin (COL ‘14), with the help of G.U. archivists, this exhibition aims to create “a space in which the audience can immerse themselves into the context of the show...at a more personal level than, say, a museum exhibit,” Elkin explained in an interview with the Voice.

Whether you want to see student attempts to rival Lewis’s uncanny Lincoln portrayal or to learn about how Georgetown evolved from a bastion of the Confederacy into a stronghold for the tri-state, A Civil War Christmas hopes to appeal to Scrooges and Tiny Tims alike.

ment your formal robes. The topcoat is one of the most versatile garments you can have in your closet, so do choose carefully. A slim, deep charcoal gray that stops right above the knees should do the trick, so be sure to put this staple at the top of your Black Friday shopping list. Although it can be on the pricier side, consider the topcoat a valuable investment that adds volume to any look, whether it is a camel colored turtleneck paired with cobalt corduroys or a dried rose buttondown with blue spruce jeans.

This holiday season go out on a limb to try something out of the ordinary and reach for the extraordinary by stretching your style, originality, and creativity to the max.

Camp out on Black Friday with Julian at rdelapaz@georgetownvoice.com & Neha at nghanshamdas@georgetownvoice.com

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C r i t i c a l V o i ces

One Direction, Take Me Home, Syco Records “We’ll keep doing what we do / Just pretending that we’re cool,” begins the chorus of lead single “Live While We’re Young,” the apparent motto of English-Irish boy band One Direction. The group’s sophomore effort fits this mold rather perfectly; Take Me Home continues in just one direction, and that is a path towards more one-syllable words and less substance than an episode of Maury.

The 13 love “songs” on the album are hardly worthy of said title; nothing in the overproduced, empty, rhyming-for-the-sake-of-rhyming lyrics hints at any emotion even close to the barest conception of love.

Certainly, “Little Things” harks back to Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130,” but the whining vocals and the troublingly awkward chorus shatter any illusion of a comparison with the

thunderous force, leaving only disappointment.

Tracks like “Over Again,” which feigns sentimentality with smooth vocal harmonies and at most four hardly audible recurring piano notes, epitomize this inability to formulate effective lyrical content. A verse rhyming “so low” with “solo” and “polo” is perhaps the most salient feature of the song; the sporadic changes in line length and lyrical rhythm ultimately destroy the record.

Instrumentation is predictably lacking on the rest of the LP as well.

The most prominent acoustic guitar performance occurs on “I Would,” a track boiling with unusually upbeat themes of jealousy. Just 20 seconds into the song, however, the three welcome yet bland guitar chords are eclipsed by pounding kicks and other assorted electronic drum beats that melt indistinguishably into the rhythms of remaining songs.

Still, the most troubling aspect of “I Would” is the line, “I can’t compete with your boyfriend / He’s got 27 tattoos.” This lyric, which could otherwise be attributed to an attempt at irony, is the only example of potential sarcasm on Take Me Home. The realization quickly sinks in, sending chills down the listener’s spine: these kids are serious, and this band is a lost cause.

The return of that 90’s show

Back in my Catholic school days, I learned the story of Lazarus, the man whom Jesus raises from the dead in one of his most renowned miracles.

I’m sure back then this was a pretty big deal, but these days, there seem to be an awful lot of people who can pull off resurrections, or at least temporary ones.

For evidence, look no further than last week’s news about Girl Meets World, a spin-off of the beloved ‘90s teen sitcom Boy Meets World which Disney reportedly has in the works.

The show will supposedly center on Cory and Topanga’s daughter, as she follows the same coming-ofage struggles that her parents did so many years ago.

Naturally, as they are wont to do in the presence of any ‘90s throwback, millennials flipped their collective shit over the prospect of this show. And I hate to play the Mr. Feeney to your Cory

and Shawn, but guys, let’s think before we celebrate.

Revivals aren’t unique to television; they’re also common practice among films and Broadway shows.

Leaving Broadway aside—I fell asleep during Phantom of the Opera and therefore have no credibility— film and television revivals generally fall into two cases.

In the first, the nostalgia factor doesn’t really apply. Think 2000’s Charlie’s Angels, the new Melrose Place, or any comic book franchise, including this summer’s The Amazing Spider Man. For a lot of these movies and shows, the revival is largely born out of laziness.

Sometimes this is a good move—it turns out that Doctor Who, like its titular character, travels through time pretty well. But in other cases, the conversation goes like this: “Well, we could come up with our own concept about a bunch of spoiled, attractive young

Representing a nearly $50 million share of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction is severely overpriced. The band unfortunately has not been reduced to harassing hurried vacationers with burned copies of Take Me Home on the streets of Las Vegas; instead, The Huffington Post declared 2012 “The Year of One Direction.” One can only hope that we choose a new direction soon.

Voice’s Choices: “Live While We’re Young,” “Rock Me” —Kirill Makarenko

Crystal Castles, (III), Fiction Records Crystal Castles producer Ethan Kath said that for its new album, (III), the band recorded each song in just one take, because “the first take is the rawest expression of an idea.” people engaging in soap-opera-like behavior, or we could call it 90210, rely on name-recognition to get us off the ground, and count on the target audience being too young to have ever seen the original to call us out.” Boom, instant bad television.

The second is those, like Girl Meets World, for which success

idiot box

by Leigh Finnegan

a bi-weekly column about television hinges on nostalgia. With a movie this is a fine approach, because you only need your audience to see it once. They go, they watch, they relive their childhoods for a few hours, and they go home and tell all of their former sixth-grade classmates to do the same.

TV, though, is a bit trickier.

A TV show doesn’t just need an audience to watch the first episode; it needs them to be dedicated, to watch it week by week,

And he was right; in this aptly-titled third release, Crystal Castles creates a dark, synth dystopia that is both riveting and disquieting, volatile and visceral. Though the new release builds on Crystal Castles’ distinctly haunting electronic sound, with (III) the band takes a decidedly more somber turn.

The album is colored by an eerie sense of anticipation, as if you’re waiting for a horror movie to start or a rollercoaster to take off. Through (III)’s alarming atmosphere of anxiety and unease, Crystal Castles has created art for art’s sake.

(III)’s heavy bass and reverberating, almost inaudible vocals create a nightmarish wonderland that is both unrefined and undeveloped and full of lo-fi beats. Every song, even the arguably more upbeat ones, falls into this bleak musical abyss. The album’s second single, “Wrath of God,” is loaded with jarringly aggressive electronics and vocalist Alice Glass’s signature piercing wail.

It’s almost impossible to discern what Glass is saying over the pounding and all-encapsulating beat, but even without the lyrics the song’s anxiety, presumably about the wrath of God, is omnipresent.

The track titles themselves hint at the album’s unease and obsession with base desires and fears. Tracks such as “Kerosene” to either engage with the characters or just with the show’s mindless entertainment value.

When the target audience is the same as the original series, things can get hairy. On the one hand, the new Arrested Development is essentially picking up where the old one left off. Given that its adult or semi-adult viewers of yesteryear have the same sense of humor that they did when the show met its untimely demise, this resurrection will likely not be a problem.

Boy Meets World, however, ran its course in due time. Our generation grew up with the Matthews boys and their gang, watching them navigate and then graduate high school, turn down Yale to be with a guy (Topanga, your name is bad and your decisions are worse), get married, explore higher education, and the like.

But now, with Girl Meets World following the same gen-

and “Affection” build on the hostile sound, while simultaneously creating a sense of intimacy amid the harsh synth. Crystal Castles constructs a unique paradox with (III): the layers of electronic white noise create a feeling of emptiness while the music maintains a haunting personal quality, as if the band is sending a message in a foreign language that you don’t understand.

On (III), Crystal Castles continues the explosiveness that marked their earlier albums, but also taps into something deeper and fundamentally darker.

Glass’s shrill vocals, layered on top of the ever-building, searing bass, creates the atmosphere of stress and anxiety that defines the album. This tension—heightened by the album’s duality of emptiness in sound and strange personal feel—captivates the sinister side of your imagination and immediately puts you on edge. (III) is riveting to listen to but its ominously grim world is inherently disturbing. After listening to all 12 tracks, (III)’s ethereal dreamscape will leave you tense and weary.

Voice’s Choices: “Wrath of God,” “Plague” —Marjorie Fuchs eral story arc, it’s abundantly clear that we are far too old to be consistent fans of a show set in the awkward teenage years.

We’ll tune in for the first episode or two, but even if the original actors reprise their roles, the remake will be too different from the original and will quickly run out of nostalgia gas. And if it isn’t different or good enough to compete for the now-teenage audience in the oversaturated high school drama market, then the next generation of Matthews kids likely won’t ever get to graduate on-screen.

But maybe I’m wrong, and Girl Meets World will delight us 20-somethings in every way we hope it will. At the very least, it will be better than 2008’s attempted reincarnation of Knight Rider—I don’t think Jesus Himself could have saved that one.

“Figure it out” with Leigh at lfinnegan@georgetownvoice.com

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Life lessons from Georgetown’s own lifelong learner

by Kevin Joseph Every so often, and more frequently now that I’m a senior, I find myself in a bit of an academic rut. Whenever it happens, I tend to take a step back and do something pseudo-intellectual—read a book, talk to an alarmingly philosophical roommate, or write my Sports Sermon (just kidding). A great deal of the time, though, I simply head to my inbox and click on a folder with over 100 emails in it, all with some attached document that can tell me something about just about everything. No need for Reddit to aggregate information for me, I have Fr. James V. Schall’s emails for that.

Granted a great deal of those emails are from his weekly correspondence over my two semesters of class with him. Even so, they include class-wide attachments with his insight on every philosopher a Georgetown student encounters over four years, from Aristotle to Nietzsche. But some email exchanges are just between the two of us, mostly after I’ve read a work of his and asked him about it. To every question, Fr. Schall somehow

manages to scrounge up the perfect response piece, often one he had written years earlier.

These bits of wisdom from Fr. Schall aren’t just relegated to my inbox. In total, he has published over 30 books and hundreds of articles on a range of topics. Although his expertise is political philosophy, he’s written about sports, music, and most prominently, education.

I believe his book on books, Another Sort of Learning, should be required reading for every Georgetown student. Find a copy and read the lengthy subtitle—I promise you’ll be immediately hooked.

My relationship with Fr. Schall began in the spring of my sophomore year and changed everything about how I look at academia. His classroom model was different from anything else I had thus far experienced at Georgetown; Fr. Schall was always sure to distance himself from the reading at hand, emphasizing that the author, not himself, was the teacher and that the professor’s role was simply to facilitate dialogue and provide commentary. The crucial element of his class was to immerse oneself in

the reading and draw conclusions.

Grades were pushed to the side, just the way he wanted it.

With Schall, it was all of the little things that lit a fire in me for the subject. He saw himself as a lifelong student, often reminding us that he learned something new every time he reread the works we discussed.

His passion for the material was apparent, as was the importance he placed on the classroom experience. He knew the names of the nearly 100 students in our introductory Elements of Political Theory class by the end of the first month.

For him, an absence wasn’t a slight against him, but a disservice to the student for missing out on an opportunity to learn.

Still, there was one personally troubling part of Fr. Schall’s ideology, namely his view on internships.

“This is what you are told that employers look for, but that is the problem. College is not for getting a job, however necessary it is to make a living,” he once told me of interning.

For a typical Georgetown student wired to do a million things at once and focus on the next step, such a recommendation is quite radical.

I started this semester registered for Fr. Schall’s Political Theory and Natural Law, but ultimately had to switch out. The ironic part was the reasoning for my move: a scheduling conflict with my internship. I just assumed I could finish my Georgetown experience with one final dose of Fr. Schall the following semester, which is why it hit me so hard when he told me of his impending retirement.

In a selfish way, another semester with Fr. Schall would have capped off my Georgetown experience perfectly. The topic doesn’t matter, as he taught me that I could gain an appreciation for any reading as long as I give it due time and consideration. On a larger scale, though, Georgetown loses a living legend at the end of this semester, one who has influenced thousands of Hoyas over 30 years.

But aggregate student numbers don’t adequately evaluate Fr. Schall’s impact. Once students take a class with Schall, they often becomes hooked, and follow his progression of classes throughout their Georgetown careers—“Schall lifers,” they’re called.

previous Hoyas, as Georgetown ranks third in TFA recruits for a school of its size. It’s not that she doesn’t want to be a teacher either, and it’s not that she doesn’t want to teach disadvantaged students.

Her problem with the program runs deeper.

“I just don’t agree with their model,” she told me.

The model she referred to is Teach for America’s training program for new recruits, and I stand firmly with her judgment. The program consists of a five-week teacher bootcamp where hundreds of starry-eyed 22-year-olds fresh out of their graduation gowns are supposed to learn not only how to teach, but how to teach the most

disadvantaged, challenging student populations in the country. Then they’re plopped down in classrooms from Anacostia to Appalachia with the expectation that their raw intellect and youthful drive will allow them to prop up the most troubled schools and inspire the most educationally-deprived students to academic success.

If it sounds like a recipe for disaster, that’s because it is.

Educational scholars and teachers of all stripes say it takes years to become competent in the profession, not weeks or months.

Dwayne Williams, a teacher trainer and evaluator for D.C. Public Schools, tells his teachers they won’t be good at their job until they’ve spent at least 1,000 days in the field. With very few exceptions, TFA recruits simply aren’t properly prepared when they arrive in the classroom, and a growing body of evidence suggests they aren’t serving students as well as they could be.

A 2010 study commissioned by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice finds, for instance, that “students of novice TFA teachers perform significantly less well in reading and mathematics than those of credentialed beginning teachers.” In other words, TFA may market itself as an organization that can help pull students out of poverty and deprivation, but they are, at least in the beginning, worse than the traditionally-certified teachers they wish to supplant.

What’s more, TFA recruits usually don’t stay in the profession long enough to become effective teachers. The same Great Lakes Center study found that over half of TFA teachers leave after their mandatory two years of service are over, and over 80 percent leave after three years. Comparing that to the 50 percent rate of attrition after five years for traditionally-certified teachers, it’s hard not to have questions about whether most TFAers actually end up helping a significant number of students.

Even so, the now 20-year-old program continues to grow. This year TFA will place over 5,000 eager college grads into classrooms, up from about 2,900 only five years ago. The organization seems to have found a niche in charter schools, where many experienced teachers have been kicked to the curb only to be replaced by green recruits.

Last year over a third of TFA teachers were put into charters, a marked increase from 13 percent in the 20072008 school year.

If there’s any silver lining to this story, it’s that alternatives exist to both the TFA model and traditional certification strategies. Teacher residency programs popping up around the nation seem to hold special promise. Urban Teacher Residency United, for instance, puts prospective educators through a year long apprenticeship with a proven teacher acting as a mentor while providing for living expenses and subsidizing the apprentice’s

I never quite reached that level.

Still, for me it wasn’t so much Fr. Schall’s lesson plans or syllabi, but rather his approach that changed my life. The lessons I learned from Fr. Schall about fostering a lifelong passion for learning will stay with me forever.

Outside of the class space he occupied in White Gravenor 201 three times per week, Fr. Schall’s departure is going to leave a glaring void on the Hilltop. Future Hoyas will not get that same classroom experience from just any professor — a tragedy in its own right. But Fr. Schall’s retirement should rightfully be a celebration of a life full of scholarly thinking and teaching. For the legendary teacher, it is a deserved break from the classroom, one that’s far overdue. But for the 84 year old selfproclaimed student, the learning won’t ever stop.

Kevin Joseph is a senior in the College.

His man-crush on Fr. Schall ain’t got nothing on his bromance with good old Pope Benedict, a real OG.

Teach for what? Troubling questions surround the TFA model

by Gavin Bade For most students, landing a highly competitive and coveted job is a momentous occasion, complete with the obligatory call home to Mom, a boozy celebration with friends, and the immense relief that you won’t be living under an overpass after all. But for one student in my Democracy and Education class, acceptance into Teach for America was met only with a dismissive shrug, and she subsequently turned them down.

Now, it’s not that the program isn’t prestigious enough. TFA accepts only about 10 percent of students who apply, and she would be following a path well trodden by

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In apples to apples, TFA is “drunk and disorderly” and “stealing golf carts.”

master’s degree. The teachers commit to three years of service in their assigned district and are supported with observations and feedback throughout that time. At least from the standpoint of teacher retention, the program seems to perform well—85 percent of recruits stay in their assigned school past the three year mark.

The University of Chicago runs a similar residency—the Urban Teacher Education Program—and claims an even higher retention rate: 92 percent after five years. On the whole, teach residency programs like these offer a more serious and holistic approach to teacher certification than the fast and loose strategy of Teach for America.

In the end, no reasonable person can deny both students and the teachers themselves would be better served if every TFAer went through a year long residency rather than a five-week training spree. If our politicians and policymakers are truly serious about improving American education, they should reject TFA’s quick fix approach and embrace more comprehensive training strategies. Our children deserve better than undertrained teachers, and that means they deserve far better than what Teach for America is today.

Gavin Bade is a junior in the SFS. The only thing you’ll ever catch him teaching is the Dougie to the Philodemic Society.

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Oh, zombies! Disease prevention lurches to the forefront

by Claire McDaniel Through different stages of my life, I’ve always been haunted by certain temporal terrors. From death by fire after a particularly gruesome PSA when I was in the fifth grade to being mauled by wolves after one too many viewings of Peter and the Wolf at the tender age of six, there’s always been plenty of fodder for my nightmares. In recent months, a quick succession of scary movies, The Walking Dead, and the trailer for World War Z, and in general the preponderance of zombies in pop culture have been the focus of my neurotic fears.

There isn’t anything about zombies that isn’t terrifying. They combine the cross-cultural taboo of cannibalism with the universal fear of death and disease, resulting in a lurching subhuman wretch that never, ever stops following you around and trying to eat your brains.

The worst part though, is that no one is safe. Brains are brains no matter your race, socioeconomic status, or sexuality.

If you aren’t having your brain cells munched on by an undead corpse, then you’re constantly at risk of becoming a zombie yourself. Suffice it to say, I’m petrified. And I think we are woefully

The only thing contagious here is Bieber fever. Don’t stop Beliebin’.

KAREN BU

Testing teachers’ tolerance

It’s Education Week, a week of lectures and panels put on by the D.C. Schools Project and D.C. Reads, and Georgetown students have been exploring issues like racial diversity, income inequality, and immigration status in an educational context. These events are making me impatient to graduate and, if I’m lucky, to start working as a teacher. But as motivated as I am now, a few worries are putting a damper on my excitement.

Jokes about the meager salary that awaits me aside, it’s hard for me not to think about some of the bigpicture problems that aren’t being adequately addressed by politicians and education policy makers.

One key issue: I’m not thrilled about the sad reality that, if I work in a public school, my students will inevitably have to undergo a battery of standardized tests at various points throughout the academic year. In the D.C. Public Schools, for instance, second through 10th

graders devote two weeks to the series of tests known as the DC CAS. Kids as young as seven are made to sit at their desks for half the school day, for days on end. (As a tutor with the D.C. Schools Project, afterschool programming on these days was usually devoted to playing Guess Who.) What’s more, if I’m a really unlucky teacher, my school district might tie test scores to how much I get paid, or even to whether I get to keep my job. With IMPACT, DCPS’s teacher assessment system, 50 percent of my final score would be determined by my students’ test results. This “value-added” model measures, in effect, the amount of knowledge that a teacher can put into his or her students’ heads, which is unfair to teachers for a number of reasons.

First is that standardized tests aren’t really representative of all the learning that goes on in a classroom.

Students do master concepts in

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unprepared for the inevitable onset of the zombie apocalypse.

Now, I’m not saying we should all ponder the best weapon with which we should arm ourselves in order to wreak maximum levels of zombie carnage. (The obvious choice is a baseball bat or battle-axe, if you cared to know, since they don’t need ammo.) What I’m saying is that as a society we should really think about what to do in the case of a pandemic of the zombie virus, the likes of which we have never seen before.

A disease like the zombie virus strains our fervent belief in the triumphs of modern medicine, but so do many diseases that we still fight every day. Malaria kills thousands, one out of every three people on this planet is currently infected with tuberculosis, and don’t even get me started on drug-resistant strains of deadly bacteria floating around in hospitals.

We are all so convinced of our ability to fight and beat any disease the sick and twisted mind of Mother Nature can throw at us, that we’re blind to just how mistaken that belief is.

As comfortable as we are with our 21st century medicine, we need to face facts. If we are confronted with a disease for which we have no effective cure, our multi-billion dollar healthcare machine will

not be able to do anything. In my imagination, people will turn into zombies. In real life, they will die.

If you doubt this, just look to HIV/AIDS. There is still no cure, decades after its emergence, and preventive measures to stop the progression to AIDS are the most we can currently do. As children of the ‘90s, we missed out on the paralyzing fear that spread across the world in the mid-‘80s about the AIDS epidemic.

We don’t know what a disease can do to fracture society, other than what we’ve seen in Contagion or The Walking Dead. We don’t know the primal fears that can take over in pandemics, when no one is safe from infection and there is no known cure.

As healthy 20-somethings, the most there is to worry about are sniffles or maybe getting mono from that sketchy DFMO at that one party.

But we all need to get real-there’s worse shit out there than mono. By believing in the infallibility of modern medicine, or the strength of civilizing forces in the face of imminent death, we’re setting ourselves up to be the guy that always gets left behind and eaten by the zombies.

I’d like to think that, subconsciously, the world has started to come around to the idea that there are microscopic organisms lurking

class, but they also gain knowledge, skills, and habits that can’t be tested in a multiple-choice format. Besides, a classroom where the teacher is an information authority, bestowing knowledge upon students whose minds are merely blank slates, probably shouldn’t be our goal.

Standardized tests are also really hard—not only because they’re drawn-out and mentally taxing, but also because they’re biased, operating on the idea that students coming from diverse families all have the same background knowl-

outside challenges that accompany students to school: Some might arrive hungry and unable to focus, for instance, or having not slept properly because of parents’ unpredictable work schedules, or completely lacking support at home from caregivers with the time to practice literacy and math skills.

The American Federation of Teachers, the nation’s second-largest teachers union, unanimously voted at its last convention to adopt a resolution stating that standardized testing is undermining education. And at this point, it doesn’t seem like anybody is really arguing that standardized testing is a reliable way to evaluate students’ abilities or teachers’ effectiveness; they’re mostly just saying that it’s the most efficient option. But if we take shortcuts in educating our youth, we shouldn’t be surprised if they don’t achieve everything we hope they will as adults. Critics of American public education often point to Sweden or Finland as models of academic excellence—a problematic comparison, given vast differences in demographics and citizen perceptions regarding the role of government—but we can find examples of better options than standardized testing here in the U.S. as well. FairTest, a Boston-based organization which promotes unbiased testing, mentions Wyoming and New York as home to districts which have

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edge. But a kid from a workingclass home in Columbia Heights isn’t going to have the same sorts of basic cultural assumptions that one from an upper-middle-class family in Potomac does.

The value-added approach linked to these high-stakes tests creates a situation in which teachers’ job security depends on students’ test scores—the ultimate incentive to teach to the test, sapping part of the fun out of teaching. Federal policies which force schools to emphasize test scores, like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, overstate a teacher’s ability to overcome

around just a mutation away from killing everyone ever. It’s the only logical reason I can come up with for why we are so fascinated with zombies. Even the Center for Disease Control jumped on the bandwagon, and released a report last year detailing what to do in case of a zombie apocalypse. Do you know what else the CDC deals with? Pandemics.

Maybe, then, this omnipresence of zombies in pop culture will do some good. Someone, somewhere, must realize that it’s about damn time to stop focusing on who slept with which ex-general, or whether J-Biebs and Selena actually broke up or not, and put the time, effort, and money toward figuring out and dealing with deadly diseases. Since there’s only the fate of the human race in the balance, I think readjusting our priorities should be at the top of our lists.

But until we get our heads out of our collective asses about disease prevention, I’ll be keeping my zombie-destroying baseball bat under my bed, thank you very much.

Claire McDaniel is a junior in the College.

She’s already called dibs on Healy tower for the zombie apocalypse, so don’t even try to hide there. developed alternative solutions.

There, student assessments consist of four or five distinct tasks which use a combination of measures to provide a more complete picture of students’ progress.

Recent months have seen backlash from teachers and parents. One teacher has begun selling wristbands emblazoned with the words “Just Let Me Teach.” Another recently wrote an article in which he calculated that his classroom spent 738 minutes over three weeks preparing for and administering the tests. A Florida mother launched the website “Testing Is Not Teaching” in response to standardized tests.

These three individuals aren’t the only ones realizing that we need to find a better way to make sure our schools are best serving our children—they’re part of a growing movement pushing for less testing. Groups opposed to standardized testing are up against federal laws like No Child Left Behind and plenty of politicians and policy makers claiming to have kids’ best interests at heart.

After spending two summers teaching a class of 11 adorable seven-year-olds, I can’t wait to get back into the classroom. But it seems clear to me that while standardized tests may be ostensibly meant to ensure quality education for students, overemphasizing them does far more harm than good.

50 shades of blue and gray Here’s the ninth installment of the Voice’s serial romance novel-cum-murder mystery, “50 Shades of Blue and Gray.” The next chapter of this steamy thriller is all up to you—send your 1,000-1,500-word submission, under your real name or your fake one, to editor@georgetownvoice.com by Monday night at 10 p.m., and we’ll pick our favorite for next week’s back page.

The masked figure approached Tony as a flash of lightning illuminated the lithe curves of her silhouette. The light glinted off her Guy Fawkes mask, exposing the grotesque curved lips of the smile. As the woman approached Tony, he could tell she was examining him, probing every inch of his body with her eyes. He could sense that the woman’s smile was just as depraved as that of the mask she wore. Chills ran down Tony’s body. He knew he should be scared, but he couldn’t help wanting to see what lay beneath the mask.

“Who are you? Why are you doing this?” asked Tony.

“Tony! I’m offended! I’m surprised you don’t recognize me… Then again, I know you never pay attention in class,” she said as she touched her finger to his lips and traced a line over his chest and down his abs stopping as she reached his belt buckle.

Tony swallowed, he still felt weak from his earlier ordeal. This woman set his heart racing and he could feel his blood pulsing through his veins. It took all his willpower to keep himself from stirring. The woman’s voice sounded familiar but he couldn’t quite place it. His brain was working furiously, going through everyone he could remember from his classes, but none of them seemed to fit. He tried to speak but no words came out.

“Still no ideas?” she purred as she turned away from him and walked toward the window, her black stilettos clicking against the tiled stone floor. She switched on a little desk lamp, which dimly illuminated the room.

Tony looked around desperately, trying to figure out where they were. The room was small, and sparsely furnished, the only pieces of furniture being the table that held the lamp and a dark, antique trunk under the window. But Tony was captivated by the woman who he now saw was dressed entirely in black leather, tightly hugging her voluptuous curves. She bent

over, putting her assets on display as she reached inside the dark interior of the trunk.

Tony was breathing heavily. His willpower was spent and his body began to betray him. Corinne was now just a distant memory as his mind was dominated solely by this mysterious seductress. She stood up slowly and spun around, grasping a firm, black riding crop in her hand.

She caressed it gently as she walked toward him, her hips swaying fluidly from side to side like a cat slinking toward its helpless prey.

“I take it your curiosity is growing, and I see something else is too…” she murmured, looking pointedly below his belt through the eyes of the mask. Tony remembered the touch of her finger there only a moment before. His jeans grew tighter. She was so close to him, if she took one more step their bodies would be pressed together against the cold stone wall. Tony tried to thrust himself toward her out of anger and passion but grunted with pain as he was violently reminded of the belts that restrained him.

fore the sting had subsided, she kissed his aching skin and began to trace with her tongue the line her finger had traced earlier. This time she didn’t stop at his belt, instead she unhinged it and deftly ripped it off in one smooth motion.

She began to undo his fly and he grunted with pleasure when his Levi’s dropped to the floor.

His professor stood up and began undoing the restraints tied around his wrists. Tony collapsed onto the ground next to the shattered mask and felt the blood return slowly back into his arms. He rolled onto his back, the cold stone floor frigid against his bare skin. He looked up to see his professor completely nude. He didn’t understand how she had slipped out of her clothes so quickly, but he didn’t care.

“Oh, Professor…”

The woman laughed lightly and leaned in as if she was about to kiss him, but instead she whispered in his ear, “I see you’re paying attention now.” Tony closed his eyes and breathed deeply, trying to calm himself. As he inhaled he noticed the distinct scent of perfume. And then he knew.

The moonlight cast a glow on her perfectly formed breasts. Judging by her body it was impossible to tell that she was so much older than he was, but her movements were unlike those of the girls Tony had been with—this was clearly a woman of experience. Just when he thought he couldn’t handle any more, she threw her head back and cried out. As she convulsed, Tony let out a guttural moan. She collapsed onto him, and they both lay still, trying to catch their breath.

“It’s you!” he cried out.

After a few minutes, the professor stood up.

She stepped back and hit him across his bare chest with her riding crop. “Shhh,” she hissed. “I didn’t say you were allowed to speak.”

“What now?” asked Tony, as the memories flooded back to him and he remembered how dangerous this woman was. “How can I trust you after what happened to my friends? I know you’re somehow involved with these murders.”

Memories flooded through Tony’s brain as the welt on his chest throbbed. He knew this woman! He saw her every Monday and Wednesday in his Intro to Psychology lecture, but he never imagined that this sleek dominatrix could be the same woman who wore frumpy tweed skirts to class.

“Professor!” he gasped.

She slipped off the mask and let it fall to the floor. “Guilty as charged,” she whispered.

“I never wanted to kill anyone, but Corinne left me with no choice.”

“You killed Corinne? But why?” Tony yelled, appalled and betrayed.

“She was helping me get to you, I was the one sending her those messages. But she got too close to you. She had to go. You are mine.”

Tony was shocked. She was right; he never had paid attention in that class. How had he not noticed how beautiful she was?

“And the others?” Tony asked, terrified to hear the answer.

“Are you the one behind everything?” Tony asked, still stunned.

Tony sat in stunned silence as his professor slipped into a coat and vanished into the darkness. Too numb and exhausted to move, he lay naked on the floor, wondering what to do next. He knew no one would believe what had just happened; he could barely believe it himself. As he looked out the window he remembered: there was still another killer on the loose.

“Of course not. I don’t work alone, and I would never waste my time on those other silly boys. I’ve had my sights set on you.” She forced the riding crop to his chest and pressed her mouth against his. As Tony struggled against his restraints his professor pulled away and struck him again with the riding crop. Be-

“I never touched any of them, I only wanted you.”

—Anonymous