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MAKE IT SIX

EDITORIAL Suspect description in DPS alerts could do more harm than good.

New No. 15 Georgetown continued its winning streak against Marquette.

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LAWSUIT GU is battling a lawsuit for alleged discriminatory hiring practices.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Several Georgetown alumni are working to deliver cheap data to Africa.

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Candidates GUSA Tickets Diverge on Budget Proposals Spar in VP Debate Emma Hinchliffe Hoya Staff Writer

BUDGET REQUESTS

GUSA funding, outreach dominate first debate of executive leadership race

Appelbaum & Cleary

$48,500

Corbin Johnson & Vandegriff

$41,500

Tisa & Ramadan

$44,600

Walsh & Silverstein

$41,500

Warren & Logerfo

$31,145

Annie Chen

Hoya Staff Writer

The five vice presidential candidates for the GUSA executive advocated their tickets’ respective platforms yesterday in a debate largely centered on funding reform and the student association’s relationship with the student body.

Approximately 40 students attended the debate at White Gravenor Hall, which featured one hour of sparring in advance of the presidential debate Feb. 18.

While the other candidates emphasized their experience both inside and outside the Georgetown University Student Association, Rob Silverstein (SFS ’14), who is running alongside Spencer Walsh (MSB ’14), stressed that the pair is no less qualified despite its lack of prior involvement in the student government.

“Spencer and I don’t feel [that] having GUSA background makes you qualified to better understand students’ needs on campus,” Silverstein said.

When asked to evaluate the term of current GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13), candidates largely agreed that the executives’ main achievement was successfully raising the evidentiary standard from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing.”

“When GUSA does one great thing each year … most freshmen don’t know what GUSA does,” said vice presidential candidate Joe Vandegriff (COL’14), who is running with GUSA Senator Shavonnia Corbin Johnson (SFS ’14).

“So we have to constantly build on that and strive for so much more than just a referendum a year.”

Maggie Cleary (COL’14), who is running with former Student Activities Commission Chair and current member of the GUSA executive cabinet Jack See DEBATE, A7

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Candidates for GUSA president and vice president submitted budget proposals Sunday in anticipation of the Feb. 21 election, outlining a specific fiscal plan for their terms and requesting corresponding funding from the university.

Jack Appelbaum (COL ’14) and Maggie Cleary (COL ’14) requested $48,500, the most of any ticket this year. Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) followed with a proposed budget of $44,600, while Shavonnia Corbin Johnson (SFS ’14) and Joe Vandegriff (COL ’14) requested $41,500 for the upcoming year, as did Spencer Walsh (MSB ’14) and Rob Silverstein (SFS ’14).

Cannon Warren (SFS ’14) and Andrew Logerfo (COL ’14) submitted a proposed budget of $31,145 with the title “Smaller Is Better.”

Georgetown University Student Association President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) requested $23,400 during their 2012 campaign — not including funding for Collegiate Readership, which costs

around $15,000 — the lowest of the contenders in the 2012 election.

This year’s funding requests are a fraction of what some candidates proposed last year, when Colton Malkerson (COL ’13) and Maggie Cleary requested $165,000 and Tyler Sax (COL ’13) and Michael Crouch (MSB ’13) requested $76,000.

There was some confusion among candidates regarding budgeting for the Georgetown University Farmer’s Market and Collegiate Readership, a program which distributes newspapers on campus at no charge to students. Most candidates allotted between $10,000 and $16,000 for Collegiate Readership in their budgets. Corbin Johnson and Vandegriff, however, did not specify it as a line item in their budget, but Vandegriff said they would like to continue the program. This would increase their budget by at least another $10,000, surpassing Appelbaum and Cleary in funding requests.

Similarly, all candidates except Walsh and Silverstein budgeted $5,000 for the farmer’s market in their plans. Walsh said that he See BUDGET, A6

Details of New South Pub Established in Memo Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

Student staffing and events for patrons 18 and over were among the main tenets of a memorandum of understanding between GUSA and Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson regarding the New South Student Center pub.

The Feb. 7 memo was the latest development in the effort to create a student center on campus that serves alcohol, which originally began with a movement to reopen Healy Pub, a proposal that was formally denounced by University President John J. DeGioia in November 2011. The New South pub is slated to open in fall 2014.

The memorandum, which was signed by Georgetown University Student Association President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13), as well as Olson, represented an understanding between GUSA and the university, guaranteeing student

input and involvement in the development process.

“I am very pleased that we have reached a clear understanding with students about the vital student role in the New South Student Center,” Olson wrote in an email. “Students have played a tremendous role in the design of the center and in expanding the project through their generous support. It is heartening to know that we are committed to the same goals and are working together effectively to bring this new student center to life.”

Gustafson agreed, stressing the importance of putting the agreement in writing.

“We all came to a verbal understanding about what we would want in New South — all those things are written up in the memorandum — and we wanted to formalize it in writing, get all parties to sign on, so it could be something that is referred back to and held in See PUB, A7

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An agreement between GUSA and GU ironed out details for the operation of the pub designed for the New South Student Center.

GU Law Student Gets Motives Questioned in First Papal Four Years for Meth Resignation in Six Centuries Hiromi Oka

Hoya Staff Writer

One man’s pursuit of a degree from Georgetown Law Center came crashing to a halt Jan. 31 when he was sentenced to four years in prison

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Marc Gersen (SFS ’04) was charged with intention to sell 500 grams of methamphetamines.

for selling methamphetamines.

Marc Gersen (SFS ’04) pleaded guilty to selling wholesale quantities of meth after police found over 500 grams of the drug in a Dec. 1, 2011 deal that was intercepted by authorities.

Gersen had an experience as a Georgetown undergraduate that was defined by success. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an academic honor society. He won a medal in the Philodemic Society’s Hamilton Homecoming Debate in 2003. He graduated summa cum laude with a 3.91 grade point average and was recognized as one of the best economics students in his graduating class.

But for Gersen, the academic challenges of graduate school proved trying.

According to a sentencing memorandum obtained by The Hoya, Gersen began using and selling meth during his time at the University of California, Berkeley. Although he was able to attain a Masters in Economics in 2007, he was forced to abandon his Ph.D. studies.

His downward spiral started after

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Hiromi Oka

Hoya Staff Writer

Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that he would resign as head of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming only the fifth pontiff to step down from the position in the history of the papacy and the first in over 600 years.

Benedict, 85, cited “advanced age” and health as factors in his decision.

“Both strength of mind and body are necessary — strength which, in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me,” he said Monday in Rome.

Members of the Georgetown faculty expressed astonishment upon hearing the news.

“It is rare that the world is surprised in today’s age, but no one knew this was coming, no one in the Vatican,” said Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry.

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Pope Benedict XVI, shown here at a mass at Nationals Park in April 2008, announced his resignation for health reasons Monday.

Others, though equally surprised, said they had recognized the pope’s health beginning to decline.

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., an assistant professor in the government department, said that while Bene-

dict still seemed “fairly vibrant,” the pope had slowed down in recent years and was often seen riding in a cart.

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OPINION

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tuesday, february 12, 2013

THE VERDICT

EDITORIALS

Public Disservice Alert Two dark-skinned black males, average weight, average height. One has dreadlocks and was seen wearing high-top sneakers; the other was wearing a hooded jacket with yellow and blue.

This is the gist of the descriptions sent to students Saturday by the Department of Public Safety. They describe two men who were expected to be targeting Georgetown for burglary, specifically expensive items like iPads and laptops.

We don’t question the veracity of this tip-off, the importance of preventing crime or the occasional need for police to report the identities of suspected criminals. What we do question, however, is whether a report as vague as that sent by DPS can do more harm than good to the Georgetown campus community.

The issue at hand is not specifically one of race, although racial profiling is certainly a sensitive issue in the United States with both the police and the public. Rather, the concern is whether such a non-descriptive description of the suspects can actually do anything to stop crime. If one of the suspects had a particularly unique characteristic or if there was a photograph or police sketch available, then a warning would certainly be appreciated. Instead, we have a description that could apply to the majority of black men, attracting unfair attention to the innocent while doing nothing to accurately identify the guilty.

Consider, furthermore, that the descriptions

offered were not necessarily generated by experts.

How easily can the average person estimate another’s weight, for example? Would it be as precise as “about 140 lbs.”? Should students call the police every time they see a black male of average height and weight in their dormitories?

Without more specificity, these details don’t warrant mass publicity. Of course citizens should always contact the police regarding suspicious behavior of anyone, but this warning is more likely to elicit false suspicion and 911 calls than anything else.

The underlying objective behind these DPS alerts is to keep the university community in the know on potential risks to their safety and encourage them to take the appropriate precautions, such as taking extra care to lock their doors. The benefit of providing further information about the suspects in these alerts — especially if vague or overarching — should be weighed against the cost of causing unwarranted suspicion of innocent individuals.

We commend the service DPS provides the university community and have no doubts that it is diligently looking for the individuals involved in crime. DPS should, however, exercise more discretion in deciding what information is actually helpful to the public. Efforts like these done on behalf of public safety can occasionally become a public disservice.

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Restaurants Running — The Georgetown Metropolitan reported that 15 Georgetown restaurants closed in the last year, up from 11 the year before and only five in 2010.

On the House — Receive a free beverage or cup of soup at Cafe Tu-o-tu this week when purchasing a sandwich, wrap or panini with your GOCard.

Open Bar — GUSA members came to an agreement with administrators yesterday providing for a pub to be built in the New South Student Center.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON by Arturo Altamirano

Expanding the Zip Fleet One of this week’s most popular IdeaScale proposals suggested that the university add at least one Zipvan to Georgetown’s recently expanded fleet of Zipcars. This would be a worthwhile extension of the university’s contract with the company.

Georgetown’s current fleet of eight Zipcars comes in a range of sizes, but Georgetown has yet to contract with the company’s companion service, Zipvan. Bringing Zipcars to campus was a focal point of last year’s Georgetown University Student Association campaigns, and it is generally regarded to be among the most appreciated achievements of the current GUSA administration.

The proposal, however, highlights the continued need for vehicles designed to transport larger groups and items. Whether they are student leaders making trips to Costco to supply a cookout or individuals moving between houses within the Georgetown neighborhood, various

members of the Georgetown community would find a significant need serviced by the addition of Zipvans.

Universities all over the country have initiated contracts to bring Zipvans to their students. Although Georgetown would be the first in the D.C. area, many peer universities, including some in urban locations such as Los Angeles, have already established these programs on their campuses. If Georgetown continues with the policy in place for renting a Zipcar — where an individual, independent of his student group, signs a contract with the company — it should face no additional liability or financial burden while offering a feasible alternative to the cumbersome process of renting out university vans.

Hopefully, the proposal will receive enough “likes” in the coming weeks to drive the idea forward. If it does, campus leaders should continue to expand this popular and productive service.

Food Trucks a Hilltop Staple On any given weekend night, scores of Georgetown students can be found not only on Village A rooftops or bars on M Street but also in front of Lauinger Library. These regulars certainly aren’t waiting in line to find a study spot in Lau — rather, they are waiting to enjoy a latenight bite from Fojol Brothers or Fire & Rice.

Introduced last semester, food trucks have become a staple of on-campus nightlife.

In response to neighborhood complaints regarding the noise, disturbance and trash generated by late-night student activity, food trucks were brought to campus as a short-term solution to alleviate tense town-gown relations.

Spearheaded by the current Georgetown University Student Association executives, this initiative — judging by the lines of students during late-night hours — has benefited not only

the university’s neighbors but also its students.

Even in this upcoming GUSA executive election, multiple candidates have pledged ongoing support for these late-night additions, suggesting that the trucks offer GOCards as a method of payment. In addition to being convenient, food trucks also offer exposure to aspects of Washington, D.C. cuisine not found in the surrounding Georgetown neighborhood — and certainly not inside O’Donovan Hall.

Amid the daily refrain of dining-related gripes — whether they be about the lack of an East Campus Grab ’n’ Go or the suspect meatloaf at Leo’s — food trucks provide a welcome diversion while fostering an appreciation for local food and a refreshing change from the monotony of limited late-night cuisine.

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TUESDAY, february 12, 2013

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VIEWPOINT • Gustafson

LETTERS OF THE LAW

The Best Ticket to GUSA Success Mark Joseph Stern

‘Roe’: A Case for Liberty S

ince the day Roe v. Wade was decided, the pro-life movement has perpetuated the myth that the ruling is invalid, absurd and rooted in a fanciful interpretation of the Constitution. This tactic is not only brilliant as a strategy, but an utterly dishonest denial of a fundamental constitutional right.

At the heart of Roe is not the so-called “right to privacy” but rather the guarantee of liberty. The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.” That sweeping command has inevitably presented problems of interpretation for our judiciary. Moreover, the exact definition of “due process” is eternally elusive. Does it merely mean that a citizen must receive a fair trial before having her liberty snatched away?

Or could the light of liberty shine, at times, entirely beyond the state’s reach?

Conservative and liberal justices alike have agreed that it does. Time and time again, the Supreme Court has found that certain laws are too egregiously intrusive to survive the Fourteenth Amendment’s commitment to liberty. A law that deeply invades our sphere of personal freedom is not a valid law at all; its very enforcement would violate the Constitution. This legal doctrine, known as “substantive due process,” is the basis for many of the last several decades’ most cherished rulings — the Court did not, as the pro-life movement often suggests, concoct it exclusively for Roe. In a 1961 case concerning birth control, Justice John Harlan II, a conservative appointed

by Dwight D. Eisenhower, defended substantive due process, describing it as “a rational continuum which, includes a freedom from all substantial arbitrary impositions and purposeless restraints.”

Harlan considered access to contraceptives to be integral to this freedom. The Court agreed in Griswold v. Connecticut and Loving v. Virginia, which struck down laws banning interracial marriage. Writing for a unanimous Court, Chief Justice Earl Warren declared, “To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State’s citizens of liberty without due process of law.”

Surely the pro-life movement concurs with this sentiment.

Roe v. Wade, then, was little more than a logical extension of these hallowed principles. In Roe, Justice Blackmun, a conservative appointed by Richard Nixon, wrote for a 7-2 majority that a state may not force a woman to carry an unwanted child to term; to do so would obviously infringe upon her personal sphere of liberty. The Court found that the government may not place restrictions on abortions within the first three months of pregnancy, but allowed increasing regulations after that point, drawing the legal line at viability. A fetus, Blackmun noted, is not a “person” by any constitutional definition; rather, it represents the potential for a person. Mandating that a woman who bears this potential within her body spend nine months pregnant, give birth and possibly face a lifetime of regret or hardship trespasses upon any sound definition of liberty.

That reasoning is firmly rooted in precedent and in the text of the Constitution.

It remains good law today. The Court most recently reaffirmed it in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, when Justice Kennedy, a conservative appointed by Ronald Reagan, proclaimed that first trimester abortion bans violate the “realm of personal liberty which the government may not enter.” The Casey court did narrow Roe somewhat, writing that abortion restrictions must not pose an “undue burden” for women. According to the Court, this standard permits several first trimester regulations, such as ultrasounds and waiting periods. Yet the basic principle of Roe was upheld — and has been ever since.

When the pro-life movement argues against Roe’s reasoning, then, it is arguing against a constitutional doctrine central to modern American jurisprudence. The movement’s rejection of substantive due process is a rejection of the notion that our constitution preserves a zone of personal liberty for every — real, living — citizen. Such ideas were once tenets of conservatism, but modern conservatives’ blinkered fixation on abortion rights has forced them to redefine their basic objectives. The core of Roe v. Wade was developed, formalized and upheld by conservative justices. It is sound reasoning and sound law; to deny that is to repudiate our Constitution’s promise of liberty.

Mark Joseph Stern is a senior in the College. LETTERS OF THE LAW appears every other Tuesday.

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s banners are painted, flyers printed and dorms canvassed in anticipation of this year’s Georgetown University Student Association elections, I am reminded of what an honor it has been for Vail and I to serve you as the vice president and president of GUSA. With your help, we have made tremendous progress in the last year, from tackling big projects like reforms to the Code of Student Conduct and the implementation of Student Activities Fee Endowment Reform to realizing smaller ideas like improvements to recycling and student access to residence halls.

As we prepare to pass on the torch, we hope that the winners of this race will continue this progress. All of those who are running have demonstrated their commitment to making Georgetown a better place. However, we believe that one ticket has the experience, vision and spirit of service that make them the best candidates for the job.

Vail and I are endorsing Jack Appelbaum (COL ’14) and Maggie Cleary (COL ’14) for GUSA president and vice president.

Jack has been a campus leader, increasing opportunities for students to innovate and thrive. Members of the Student Activities Commission have known for years that the funding system and event approval process were cumbersome and harming student programming and innovation. When Jack joined SAC, he didn’t accept the status quo. Instead, he led the charge as part of a team of commissioners to make the funding system more effective and responsive to student needs and to streamline the event approval process to make it quicker and simpler for student groups.

That passion for making student life better made Jack a clear choice to work with GUSA on the 2012 Student Life Report, a comprehensive document that examined nearly every aspect of student life on the Hilltop and made over 60 recom-

As we prepare to pass on the torch, we hope that the winners of this race will continue the progress. mendations for improvement.

Maggie, too, has been an effective campus leader. When GUSA needed someone to build relationships with and to solicit ideas and feedback from students and student groups, Maggie stepped up as the GUSA director of executive outreach. She worked tirelessly to grow the student body’s involvement and input in decisions about student life on the Hilltop.

She brings the vital experience of having been the head of a student group herself, having served as chair of the Georgetown University College Republicans.

Additionally, Vail and I are particularly thrilled that Maggie is helping to organize Georgetown’s first “Elect Her” conference in April 2013 to encourage and train more college women to run for student

government.

Jack and Maggie share the same approach Vail and I have to improving student life. They take a look at the values we hold dear — community, justice, fairness, student input and student autonomy — and then see if we are living up to those values.

We see that approach not only in what Jack and Maggie have accomplished thus far on the Hilltop but also in their platform.

I hope Vail and I have helped to bring Georgetown more in line with those values, but Jack and Maggie know there’s still more work to be done.

For a fairer Georgetown, Jack and Maggie propose to expand the “clear and convincing” standard of evidence to off-campus incidents, accelerate the timeline for making conduct decisions and

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require cases to be thrown out if they are not decided in a determined time frame and work to ensure that minor conduct mistakes from freshman year are expunged in light of good behavior later on.

For a more just Georgetown, Jack and Maggie also propose to make the Justice and Peace Studies program a major, to connect the business school and Center for Social Justice with programs geared towards social entrepreneurship and to provide additional support for just employment policies.

For a more student-friendly Georgetown, Jack and Maggie propose comprehensive funding reform to further expand freedom for student groups to put on more innovative programming, to increase access to space on campus for students and student groups and to create a web app that operates as a marketplace for Georgetown students to buy and sell event tickets, books and other goods easily and in one place.

And for a safer Georgetown, Jack and Maggie propose adding more blue safety lights in West Georgetown, Burleith and on campus, improving the bias incident reporting system, ensuring that those found guilty undergo bias education and increasing resources to educate and protect against rape and sexual assault while providing more resources and support for survivors.

Jack and Maggie have demonstrated their commitment to serving the Georgetown community through the countless hours they’ve already logged to make our campus a better place. In our experience, we have found that leadership requires a spirit of service, and by this measure Jack and Maggie represent leadership at its best.

Vote Jack and Maggie for Georgetown Feb. 21.

Clara Gustafson is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. She is president of the Georgetown University Student Association.

VIEWPOINT • Prindiville

Star Too Scandalous District’s Taxation For TV Show Viewers Needs Representation

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very Thursday night, my to symbolize all African-American friends and I gather to watch women in the same way the stars of ABC’s “Scandal” and it never “Love and Hip Hop” were not. The fails to keep us guessing about what question is not what Olivia Pope’s will happen next. But the show does character does but why a character’s more than keep its audience on the actions take precedence over Kerry edge of its seats for entertainment Washington’s role as the star. purposes: Every episode prompts While the desire for fair portrayal is viewers to analyze both its thrill completely understandable, it seems factor and writer Shonda Rhimes’ that many, like Jones, want the unrepolitical correctness in her portrayal alistic from Olivia. They seem to want of African Americans — particularly her to be the safe role model living the women. cookie-cutter lifestyle by day and hunt“Scandal” points toward a new era ing crime by night. in network television. Finally, AfriThe logic behind this is clear: Peocan-American women are being de- ple watch television and create genpicted in positions of power. Indeed, eralizations about certain groups the show, which centers around of people. Because people naturally Olivia Pope, a brilliant political con- stereotype based on what they see, sultant, is a positive stray from cul- it is important that they see Olivia ture-tainting reality television like as being perfect; that would then “Love and Hip-Hop.” A dignified and be the image non-African-Ameripoised professional can viewers have of who shies from African-Americans. some of the stereoAs Melissa Harris types people have Perry notes in her of black women is book “Sister Citiwhat many once zen,” “Loss of social craved on television. standing is an everHowever, Olivia’s present threat for sinful flaw — her afindividuals whose fair with the Presisocial acceptance is dent — is the center based on behavioral of criticism and traits rather than Khadijah Davis continues to raise unconditional huquestions about the man value.” And show’s racial repre- Olivia Pope was not meant the actions of one to symbolize all sentation. are still perceived as Views about her African-American women. being the actions of character are varied many. and at times extremist. As a contribTelevision characters are never utor to “The Feminist Wire,” Bran- meant to be role models. But because don Maxwell explained his views this show is widely considered to be in “Olivia Pope and the Scandal of barrier-breaking and pioneering, it is Representation,” arguing, “In most reasonable for many to expect perfect episodes, Pope is little more than a representations. But if Olivia were political mammy mixed with a hint perfect and had “Scandal” been porof Sapphire who faithfully bears the trayed as a fairytale, the show would burden of the oh-so-fragile American have faced a very different fate. NonePolitical System on her shoulders.” theless, this perceived obligation still Obviously, her character is flawed: affects the show: While it tackles Good acting portrays characters as themes like infidelity and interracial imperfect human beings. When Star relationships, both performers and Jones asked Rhimes on Twitter why writers unfortunately feel the necesOlivia chooses to love a married, un- sity to treat the images they convey ethical and immoral man and ignore all too delicately. the love of an available and positive black character, Rhimes responded, Khadijah Davis is a sopho“Because this show is not a fairy tale more in the School of Nursing & and Olivia is not a role model.”

Health Studies. THE ETHNICITY OF Olivia Pope was not created to be an FEMININITY appears every other idol for little girls. She was not meant Tuesday.

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n Tax Day, hundreds of thousands of residents of the District of Columbia, including many Georgetown students, faculty and staff, will write checks both to the Internal Revenue Service and the District government. These District residents, however, will not be able to decide where that money is spent unless voters support a budget autonomy referendum in April.

Like parents doubting a small child, Congress believes the citizens of the District cannot be trusted with their own money. Unlike every other taxing jurisdiction in the country, the District cannot spend its own revenue without congressional approval. While the city’s elected council develops a budget, which is signed by the elected mayor, congressmen from across the country — most of whom have never called the District home — have ultimate say on the city’s budget. Recently, the House has struck line items from the District budget, undermining the city’s elected leadership and using its residents as pawns to further their national agenda.

Philosophical opposition aside, congressional control of the District’s budget has practical implications. Congress approves the District’s budget by continuing resolution. On March 27, the continuing resolution that appropriates federal funds will expire. The District’s budget is included in the resolution. If Congress does not vote to renew the continuing resolution, both the federal and District governments will shut down. This means that many city services will close, including the Department of Public Works, the District Public Library System and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. A shutdown would ostensibly be quite visible — and smelly, as trash pickup would be cancelled.

In September 2011, when a federal government shutdown was imminent, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the District’s non-voting delegate to Congress, introduced the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation

Act to allow D.C. to continue to spend its own money during a federal shutdown. It was defeated on a party-line vote.

After many failed attempts to gain budget autonomy directly from Congress, the D.C. Council recently decided to put the question directly to the taxpayers. The era of Congressional bullying might be over if D.C. voters approve the Budget Autonomy Referendum on April 23.

At the heart of the proposal lies a simple principle: Taxpayers should decide where their taxes are spent. While this is a founding principle of our democracy, a double standard has long been applied to the capital of our democracy.

For years, many argued that the city could not be trusted with its own money and required the guardianship of the more enlightened members of Congress.

Regardless of Congress’ track record of fiscal responsibility, the District has made headlines for financial health, ending fiscal year 2012 with a $400 million surplus.

Our elected officials have proven that they can spend their constituents’ tax dollars wisely. Residents of the District have proven that they can — and do — exercise their right to vote to remove leaders of whom they disapprove.

Even with an undemocratic inhibition to its effectiveness, local democracy is alive and well in the District. The voters and taxpayers of Washington can be trusted like all other citizens to decide the fate of their tax dollars.

Although federal politics in Washington may be a chess game, the taxpayers of D.C. should not be the pawns. The time has come to end one of the many ridiculous inequities found in the nation’s capital by voting “for” the budget autonomy referendum on April 23.

peter prindiville is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. He represents single member district 08 on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E.

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Shops to Take Advantage of Sunday Alcohol Sales LILY WESTERGAARD Hoya Staff Writer

Liquor stores in Washington, D.C., have begun to apply for permits to sell alcohol seven days a week after new legislation was passed striking down the city’s prohibition of alcohol sales on Sundays.

The D.C. Council passed the Omnibus Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Emergency Amendment Act Dec. 18, 2012, repealing the city’s blue laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol on Sundays.

The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration began accepting applications Jan. 16 from stores wishing to expand their hours. According to the application form, liquor stores would be permitted to sell and deliver alcohol between 7 a.m. and midnight on Sundays.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E Representative Bill Starrels, whose constituency includes part of Georgetown, said he was consulted as the bill was being developed. According to Starrels, the lift on the Sunday ban was part of a more comprehensive update to the Alcoholic Beverage Control’s rules. He expressed his support for the revised law.

“The bottom line is, everybody thought it was not a bad idea,” Star-

rels said. “Hopefully, [this] means more money for the city,” he added. “If people want to drink on Sundays, they can drink on Sundays.”

Applications are currently being accepted by the ABRA on a first-come, first-served basis. As of last week, 59 liquor stores have applied. The retailers vary in size and location, with large national retailers like Costco as well as local Georgetown stores such as Wagner’s Liquor and Dixie Liquor among those that have submitted applications.

Russ Banaray, owner of Wagner’s Liquor at 1717 Wisconsin Ave. NW, sees the expanded hours as an opportunity to increase revenue.

“Sometimes [Georgetown students] do ask if we’re open on Sundays,” he said. “We don’t know, but we’re hoping it’ll help our business. … Everybody else will be open Sunday, probably. If we don’t stay open, we’ll probably lose our revenue and customers to other stores.”

Banaray said that he expects Wagner’s to start Sunday alcohol sales this summer.

Sean Clark, managing partner of Dixie Liquor at 3429 M St. NW, said that he expects a smooth transition to Sunday service and anticipates the store will adopt its new hours by the end of February.

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Area merchants are making the most of the blue law repeal by applying for permits to sell alcohol on Sunday. we’re certain we’re going to get [the permit],” he said.

Clark, however, does not anticipate that the expanded hours will significantly increase profits.

“We have to be open because if any of our competitors are open, we have to do the same,” he said. “It’ll probably

be a ghost town on Sundays because everybody stocks up on Saturdays and sleeps it off on Sundays, frankly.

It’ll probably just make us work more hours, but we can’t take the chance that one of those guys up the road will be open.”

Both he and Banaray said that their

stores’ Sunday hours will be shortened compared to their hours the rest of the week.

Towne Wine & Liquors on 1326 Wisconsin Ave. NW did not respond to requests for comment.

The District joins 37 states nationwide in allowing liquor sales on Sunday.

Attorney Alleges Georgetown Law Center Age Bias MALLIKA SEN

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Georgetown University is fighting a lawsuit that accuses the Law Center of age discrimination in hiring practices.

In July 2011, Nicholas Spaeth, former attorney general of North Dakota, lodged a suit against six universities for failing to grant him an interview during the Association of American Law Schools’ faculty recruitment process during the 20102011 academic year. Spaeth, who was 60 when he applied, said he faced discrimination because of his age.

“Among the documents we’ve reviewed, there were a number of ageist remarks by members of the faculty that were key in making the decision … to reject Spaeth’s application,” Spaeth’s attorney, Lynne

Bernabei, said. She believes the documents reveal an implied favoritism toward younger candidates.

Georgetown University Law Center spokesperson Kara Tershel and Georgetown’s attorney, William Nussbaum, declined to comment for this story, citing university policy on pending litigation.

The Law Center typically follows two types of hiring practices. The first targets tenured professors at other universities. The second offers entry-level positions and puts professors on a tenure track.

Spaeth, who held a one-year visiting professorship at the University of Missouri School of Law, sought an entry-level post.

Law Professor Nina Pillard, however, reviewed Spaeth’s application and found him unfit, per the hiring criteria.

In a Feb. 1 motion for summary judgment — a request made by defendants asking for a ruling in their favor — Georgetown argued that Spaeth’s application was dismissed because of the candidate’s aversion to composing original, legal, scholarly writing. The document cites a 2011 article that Spaeth wrote for the National Law Journal in which he dismissed academic legal research as too “theoretical.”

But according to Bernabei, teaching ability is the only hiring criteria advertised by the Law Center in writing.

The university’s motion also said the university had a “particularly pressing need” to hire tax scholars and that Spaeth’s application did not indicate that he was interested in teaching tax law or had published any research in that area.

Bernabei countered that her client was teaching tax law at the time he applied for the interviews.

According to the University of Missouri’s faculty profile, Spaeth’s courses included Banking Law, Basic Business Principles for Lawyers, Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Regulation.

Bernabei believes the hiring process favors younger candidates with fellowships or personal recommendations.

“There is pervasive age discrimination, generally,” Bernabei said.

“People think younger people are more productive and have more potential.”

Due to the nature of the AALS’ faculty recruitment procedure, Spaeth never applied directly to the Law Center or most of the other universities against which he filed a suit.

Spaeth has dropped the claims against all universities he initially sued with the exception of Georgetown and the University of Missouri.

According to Bernabei, Spaeth did not have the financial resources to pursue all the lawsuits and felt he had the best cases against Georgetown and Missouri.

Spaeth seeks a position on the Law Center’s tenure track as well as damages incurred from not receiving a salary for the 2010-2011 school year.

This is not the first time Georgetown has been sued for age discrimination. Most recently, the university settled a case in April 2005 with employment law firm Lippman, Semsker & Salb that alleged that the university practiced discrimination in the firing of University Information Services employees. The terms of the case remain confidential.

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GIRA Grant Funds Alum’s Debate Initiative in Africa Lacey Henry

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Kelvin Moyaka, a former student at St. Aloysius Gonzaga in Nairobi, Kenya, always avoided public speaking until his school began participating in regular debate competitions.

“This made my English teacher persistent in inviting me to public speaking competitions,” Mokaya said.

“In as much as we had to do the research, we also had to come up with workable solutions to the problem, which was after doing some real critical thinking.”

This program was the Kenyan Urban Debate League — a group founded by Dylan Groves (GRD ’13) and Morten Seja (GRD ’13) through a grant from the Georgetown International Relations Association.

GIRA is currently accepting applications for its third annual Global Grant Competition, which awards up

to $2,500 to undergraduate and graduate Georgetown students who propose projects promoting the teaching and understanding of international relations worldwide.

“Georgetown is about being men and women for others, and a lot of people have great ideas to fulfill that statement,” GIRA Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Kuo (MSB ’13) said.

“Any opportunity that people have to further our mission is really great and something that we are excited to support.”

Last year, GIRA awarded grants to two projects: KUDL and the Diversity Initiative.

With their GIRA grant of $2,500 to KUDL, Moyaka and Seja were able to extend work they had begun through internships with nongovernmental organization Somali Family Services.

“We saw it as a great opportunity for students to become more politically engaged, gain a sense of empow-

erment about their involvement in political and social issues affecting them and to get them excited about reading, research and public speaking,” Groves said.

Seja agreed.

“The idea was to give students not just a voice but also make them critically engage with society,” Seja said, acknowledging the increased importance of this goal in St. Aloysius, a school that educates children orphaned by AIDS. The two students worked with St. Aloysius administrators to enroll approximately 30 students in KUDL, leading weekly debate practices and setting up competitions debating Kenyan political and cultural issues.

KUDL also teaches 30 students at the all-girls Loreto Convent Valley Road secondary school, also in Nairobi.

“This was a first in so many ways,” St. Aloysius Assistant Principal Kennedy Apopo said. “The students who

were involved really sharpened their speaking skills. They learned how to research using Google, as each debate required a great deal of research as a part of preparation. The students also had opportunities to discuss and debate contemporary issues in society — both regional and international.”

The Diversity Initiative, which received a $2,400 GIRA grant, was founded by Patrick Deem (SFS ’14) to foster greater interest in study abroad in August 2011. He and Michelle Chen (SFS ’14) used their grant to give six $400 scholarships to supplement outside study abroad scholarships for students who would not normally be able to afford the study-abroad experience.

Diversity Initiative volunteers, who are former exchange students, contact D.C.-area public and charter schools to encourage interest in studying abroad during high school and college among their students.

Study-abroad scholarships — like

those awarded by the State Department — exist, but many are nonnegotiable and cannot be altered to suit individual students’ needs. The Diversity Initiative supplements State Department scholarships to cover extra expenses.

“For example, some students will already have passports, some will not. … Some students have special medications, some will not,” Deem said.

“It was these specific individual costs that we tried to help deserving students with through the GIRA grant.”

Currently studying abroad in Menton, France, Deem said that he is excited to continue his work with the Diversity Initiative when he returns to the United States. “[The grant] allows you to do things that I know I wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise,” Deem said.

GIRA is accepting applications for its 2013 grant competition until Feb. 27.

Gala Fundraises for Pakistan Facilities to Adopt New Request Tracking System Christopher Zawora Special to The Hoya

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The Office of Planning and Facilities Management will begin the testing of Archibus, an improved online tracking system for facilities requests, this summer, with the goal of campus-wide implementation by fall 2013.

Vice President for Planning and Facilities Robin Morey will oversee the introduction of the system with the help of an outside firm Computer Facility Integration.

Archibus, the system for which former Georgetown University Student Association President Mike Meaney (SFS ’12) and Vice President Greg Laverriere (COL ’12) advocated during their term, is intended to lessen slow response times and improve communication regarding work requests in response to student and faculty concerns about the antiquated current system.

“Right now our system does not provide very robust capabilities. It’s quite old,” Morey said. “[The current] system has not been keeping up.”

Archibus will allow students and faculty to submit work requests online, which will then be sent directly to the mechanic provid-

ing the service. The system will also compile data about buildings on campus, which will allow the facilities office to track and address recurring problems, as well as to group work requests for the same building in one batch.

“Being able to respond in a timely manner and have all that information going to one place I think will help a lot,” GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) said. “Response time is the major goal.”

Archibus is intended to increase the facilities office’s accountability to students and faculty.

“Students are the customers when it comes to facilities issues. It will also help faculty and staff who are using different rooms [and] different buildings,” Gustafson said.

The website will provide an opportunity for students and faculty to submit feedback after their orders have been processed.

“When you have that instant feedback and that data, I think that adds a level of accountability for us to help manage our business and provide better service,” Morey said.

According to Morey, the university will also use Archibus as an inventory management system to track stock and automatically replace frequently used items.

In honor of Malala Yousefzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban for her advocacy for girls’ education, the Georgetown University South Asian Society sponsored a fundraising gala Saturday night.

The event gained particular relevance after Yousefzai was nominated Friday for a 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy and bravery.

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman, deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs Linda Specht and Adnan Ahmed and Hasnain Aslam from The Citizens Foundation spoke during the event.

The event also featured performances by GU Jawani and Sania Salman (SFS ’14) and Dzarif Wan (MSB ’15), who performed Alicia Keys’ song “Superwoman.”

Rehman recognized Yousefzai’s commitment to her cause.

“Indeed these are high stakes, and I think there has to be a clear recognition of the kind of blood and guts that people like Malala and her parents put into the battle for daily survival,” Rehman said. “There are many other Malalas out there.”

However, Rehman also acknowledged that Pakistan has not done enough to improve its education system.

According to Rehman, the Pakistani government is making strides in its efforts to promote both women’s rights and education. The Pakistani Embassy, for example, supports Generation Next, a program that creates a platform for networking between Pakistani and Pakistani American students.

Coupled with the work of organizations like the Citizens Foundation, which employs approximately 6,000 female teachers and hopes to operate 1,100 schools throughout Pakistan by 2018, these internation-

al initiatives have a significant effect, according to Rehman.

Specht connected Yousefzai’s experience and education in Pakistan to U.S. foreign policy.

“Through our collective work we have supported girls’ education in Pakistan, but there is a lot left to do and millions left to reach,” Specht said.

She also noted that when girls go to school, they do not marry as quickly and have fewer children, which helps to reduce poverty in the long run.

“A country’s prosperity is fundamentally linked to the education of girls and women,” Specht said.

The speakers’ remarks were generally well-received by the students and alumni in attendance.

“Hearing the ambassador speak was really enlightening.

It’s interesting to hear the government’s perspective,” Mackenzie Trumbull (COL ’16) said.

Funds from the event will be donated to the Citizens Foundation.

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GUSA Budgets Law Student Jailed for Meth Reflect Ambiguity METH, from A1

BUDGET, from A1 would like to continue to support the market, but had been told that it would be self-sufficient by next year. But according to farmer’s market Director Lexi Cotcamp (MSB ’15), no such decision has been reached.

All candidates allotted between $10,000 and $15,000 for the GUSA Fund.

Appelbaum and Cleary allotted funds for specific proposals included in their platform, such as cosponsorships of pluralism and social justice programming and a proposed landlord fair for students seeking offcampus housing. Their budget also includes funding for areas of student life not normally addressed by GUSA, such as student-professor dinners.

The pair included $2,000 to continue GUSA’s Mission and Ministry Report and $500 to continue its Intellectual Life Report, while maintaining funding of $1,000 for the Student Advocacy Office.

Appelbaum said his ticket’s budget emphasizes the areas he and Cleary see as most important for GUSA to address.

“It shows a commitment to what GUSA is involved in, a commitment to programs that work effectively and a commitment to programs we proposed,” Appelbaum said. “It will give GUSA the resources to positively affect student life.”

Tisa and Ramadan included funding for new proposals, including development of a mobile app outlining the Code of Student Conduct, a “Spring Fest” and funding for recycling bins in campus apartments.

The pair reduced funding for the Student Advocacy Office from $1,000 to $500, noting that the organization will receive some direct university funding next year.

Tisa emphasized the importance of increasing GUSA’s budget this year.

“Something that was clear from my role as speaker this year was that Clara and Vail’s budget was too low.

GUSA is growing, and we need money in order to do things,” Tisa said.

“We made the budget larger to give more flexibility to make sure not to

dip into the reserves again this year.”

Walsh and Silverstein’s main addition to the GUSA budget was $6,000 to fund shuttles to and from Verizon Center on basketball game days, in addition to a $2,500 expansion of the SafeRides program. The pair allotted $500 for a career fair for start-up companies and $500 for technology improvements.

“We’ve put together a good budget.

It supports our platform and lines up well,” Walsh said.

Corbin-Johnson and Vandegriff’s budget’s defining feature is a request for $15,000 to implement Georgetown University Transportation Service buses on weekends and to and from Verizon Center. According to Corbin-Johnson, GUTS buses used to run on weekends and were funded by an outside grant until a few years ago. She hopes to use the allotted $15,000 to restart the shuttles and then search for another such grant for future years.

The ticket’s budget also specifies $2,000 for renovations to Lauinger Library, $1,500 to improve handicap accessibility on campus, $3,000 to promote and assist the Center for Social Justice and $1,000 toward creating a greener campus.

Vandegriff acknowledged that his ticket’s platform is ambitious.

“It’s a little bigger [than Gustafson and Kohnert-Yount’s] but not in a way that’s unsustainable,” Vandegriff said. “It’s all built into our platform directly related to improving student life.”

Warren and Logerfo’s budget, while significantly smaller than others, includes discretionary funding for both the executive and senate along with funding for Collegiate Readership and the farmer’s market. The ticket cuts funding for SAO from $1,000 to $250 and includes $1,000 for the “Rat Attack Challenge,” a rat-hunting competition to highlight the severity of the rat problem on campus.

Though these budget proposals represent the ideal amount the tickets will receive, they are still subject to the university’s approval once a ticket is elected.

he had issues writing his dissertation.

“Marc had never failed at anything academic before and had an emotional breakdown,” one of his parents wrote in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton. “I tried to reach out to him, but Marc didn’t talk to us about his problems until it was too late. … He had already gotten involved with drugs.

Our family has not been the same since.”

According to his parents, Gersen had a life filled with emotional challenges long before he had even started his undergraduate life at Georgetown. He suffered from depression and trichotillomania — a disorder that causes a person to pull out his hair — as a child and developed a stutter in sixth grade.

But Gersen was successful in masking these complexes throughout his undergraduate life and well into his graduate studies.

John Givens (SFS ’03), who was in the debate club and Delta Phi Epsilon with Gersen at Georgetown, was also at UC Berkeley to attain a Masters degree at the same time that Gersen was studying for a Ph.D. Givens said that Gersen appeared normal while in California.

“He seemed like he was doing well,” Givens said. “An econ Ph.D. is a really tough sort of thing but it seemed like he was doing pretty well.”

Babette Wise, an assistant psychiatry professor at Georgetown, confirmed that functional addicts like Gersen are able to disguise their illness for prolonged periods of time.

“I’ve seen a lot of very intelligent, capable people who function like he did. The school and work are the last things to go,” Wise said. “They can just sort of function out there in the community and if they’re smart, that helps because even if they’re inside physically and emotionally falling apart, they can get by.”

Gersen entered a San Francisco inpatient program for his addiction while he was at UC Berkeley, but The Washington Post reported that he pleaded no contest to ec-

stasy possession in 2009 and was charged with drug possession in 2010.

Later that year, he enrolled in Georgetown University Law Center, where he continued fighting his meth problem but managed to keep his GPA at 3.48 or higher.

“I now know that he accomplished all this while struggling — not successfully, I’m afraid — with his personal demons,” Georgetown law professor Louis Michael Seidman wrote in a letter to the judge.

“Throughout this period, he was dealing not only with the usual stresses of the first year of law school but also with all-consuming drug addiction. He was trying desperately to get into a program that would help him and to get his life under control. His law school performance — remarkable under any circumstances — is truly incredible given the other things going on in his life.”

Georgetown Law Center Dean of Students Mitch Bailin also wrote to the judge that Gersen had already sought help by April 2011 at a D.C. drug treatment facility but relapsed in October. After police searched Gersen’s Dupont apartment during Thanksgiving break in 2011, Gersen was arrested in December, and his alleged drug network has led to charges against at least three other people, according to The Washington Post.

Although family, friends and professors testified to Gersen’s character in the defendant’s sentencing memorandum, the prosecution painted a much less sympathetic portrait of Gersen.

“What emerges from accounts of his fellow drug dealers, his customers and his own words is of a drug dealer who believed that because of his intellectual ability, he was able to outwit law enforcement and avoid detection,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Magdalena Acevedo and Patricia Stewart wrote.

Wise pointed out that while functional addicts can appear selfassured, prolonged use can cause a person’s self-esteem to decrease.

“Someone becoming an addict has nothing to do with how smart [he or she is] or how charming [he or she is],” Wise said. “The irony is

that someone could become more fearful and less confident because they start thinking, ‘I need this drug,’ and then sometimes there’s a fear that someone might find out.

Someone who might be fairly confident and smart in the beginning could deteriorate emotionally the longer they take it.”

Wise also said that addicts may need a motivation to get help.

“Sometimes they need a consequence in order to stop,” she said.

“It could save his life, this arrest.”

Gersen’s time in jail appears to be helping him overcome some of his issues.

According to a letter from Gersen’s friend Katie Einspanier (SFS ’05, LAW ’08), Gersen began reading “The Brothers Karamazov” while in jail and has been contemplating his mistakes. He has also made Christmas cards for inmates and taught in the jail’s GED program.

Professors who have visited Gersen in jail agree with this assessment.

“He understands that he is where he is because of choices that he has made,” Seidman wrote. “He understands as well that, although he cannot undo what has already happened, he can make the best of what is to come.”

Judge Walton recommended that Gersen serve his sentence in a prison camp in Florida, close to his parents, and enter a 500-hour drug treatment program provided by the Bureau of Prisons.

According to The Washington Post, Gersen could be released as early as 2014 if he successfully finishes the program.

Those who attended school with Gersen say that his tribulations may serve as a cautionary tale for others.

“I’ve read the articles and they make it sound like there’s a certain sort of logic to it where Marc thought he was smarter than the system,” Givens said. “Yeah, Marc was a smart guy, but [he] always seemed to me very similar to a lot of Georgetown people. I guess maybe the lesson here is that, in a way, this could have happened to any of your classic Type A Georgetown students.”

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perpetuity and not just in conversation,” Gustafson said.

According to the agreement, all part-time employees will be students, though full-time employees will be hired externally.

In addition, the pub vendor will form a committee comprised of students, members of Student Affairs, a GUSA representative and a representative of University Services to determine menu selections, student programming and advertising.

The memorandum also states that the pub will serve alcohol on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings during hours comparable to local bar hours. Additional hours will be determined with GUSA input.

To address the problem of deterring underage drinking while encouraging underage participation, there will be evenings for students aged 18 and over and wristbands or hand stamps to distinguish underage students.

According to Gustafson, the exact details of this policy still need to

be ironed out.

“The main idea is that if you’re going to have a resource for students to use on campus, then a majority of students on campus need to be able to use it,” Gustafson said. “And so having a safe and fun way to have 18-plus nights is essential to making New South a place where everyone loves to go and spend time, whether you’re a freshman who can’t buy a beer yet or an upperclassman who can.”

Gustafson said that additional discussion is still needed.

“I think it’s a delicate balance that Georgetown hasn’t really had to explore too much in the past,” Gustafson said. “It’s something that needs to be talked about some more — about how that will work..”

Pub service will extend out onto the New South terrace, which is directly accessible from the pub.

During bar hours, students will be able to bring food and alcohol onto the terrace. According to Gustafson, the student body will name the terrace with input from the Office of Advancement.

In comparing NSSC with the

Leavey Student Center, Gustafson said that it would be more of a sitdown location, especially with the pub area.

“Leavey, while we definitely sit here and do our homework, is more of a walkway through campus for a lot of people who come to campus,” Gustafson said. “The hope is that the student center is a way for [all students] to be themselves in a safe and exciting space where they don’t have to go very far, and they can hang out and order a beer, a glass of wine or just a snack.”

Gustafson added that NSSC, located near O’Donovan Hall, Lauinger Library and freshman dorms, would be more focused on the undergraduate student population.

“My hope would be for the New South Student Center to be a place where you might walk through, but you’d probably stay and hang out a bit as an undergraduate,” Gustafson said. “It’s over by Leo’s and in an area where mostly undergraduates will go. I hope it will be a place for undergraduates — just undergraduates — to be.”

VPs Clash in GUSA Debate DEBATE, from A1 Appelbaum (COL ’14), praised the current leaders’ efforts to broaden GUSA’s engagement with student groups but pointed out that the pair fell short of its goals to expand club autonomy over funding and event planning.

Andrew Logerfo (COL ’14), who is running with two-year GUSA senator Cannon Warren (SFS ’14) was asked to address how his ticket should be taken seriously as its main platform is a plan to hold a rat-hunting competition.

“It’s not a joke. It’s a serious problem. These are dangerous animals. Rats are dangerous.

They carry diseases,” Logerfo said.

“They present a terrible threat to our usually beautiful campus after six o’clock. … The real goal behind this is to basically shove

the issue [into] the face of the administration.”

Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14), who is running with GUSA senate Speaker Nate Tisa (SFS ’14), cited producing concrete results as GUSA’s most effective way of increasing engagement.

“Actually show that GUSA is a capable body, and then people will put credibility behind GUSA — then they will get more involved,” Ramadan said.

Candidates clashed on the question of improvements to SAC’s funding system. Cleary stressed her running mate Appelbaum’s experience as former SAC chair, which she said makes her ticket the most qualified to enact comprehensive funding reform.

“SAC is still broken. And I think after his year as SAC commissioner chair, Jack came to the conclusion that it cannot be

completely fixed. And the only solution is to completely redo the funding system,” Cleary said.

Ramadan suggested that individual advisory boards serve as a model for SAC as a whole.

“There is no specialization when SAC has 100-plus student groups that have almost nothing in common,” Ramadan said. “You already have an infrastructure [through advisory boards]; you already have a blueprint on how students groups are funded.”

Logerfo agreed that SAC is adequately functional but rejected the GUSA Fund, a popular alternative funding source.

“I don’t think SAC is in terrible shape. I think, more importantly, the GUSA Fund should start being condensed. Who needs the funding for last resort? That should be condensed into SAC,” Logerfo said.

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“Given the modern technology, people are saying, ‘Gee, maybe it wouldn’t be good to be in decline [and lead],’” Carnes said.

O’Brien agreed.

“I think this is a great act of humility that he actually chose to step aside when he is of sound mind but clearly of deteriorating health,” O’Brien said. “I think he is saying, ‘Let’s do this now, before it gets bad.’”

However, Fr. David Collins, S.J., an associate professor in the history department, said that Benedict’s decision was likely more motivated by the changing role of the papacy.

“Today, if the pope doesn’t have a savvy tweet within 30 seconds, people wonder what’s wrong,” Collins said. “That’s a key reason why popes have to remain energetic to the bitter end. … I’d say it has more to do with modern technologies and the role of the church.”

Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger in Marktl, Germany, will leave his position Feb. 28 after serving nearly eight years as pontiff. He was elected April 19, 2005, by the College of Cardinals after Pope John Paul II died April 2 of that year at age 84.

Most agree that Benedict’s resignation presents a new situation for the Catholic Church, even though historic precedent exists.

Pope Gregory XII was the last pontiff to resign in 1415. He stepped down during the schism, which saw the papacy split between Rome and Avignon. Three other pontiffs, Celestine V, Benedict IX and Marcellinus, have also given up the highest position in the Catholic Church.

Collins indicated that these events took place during times of intrigue when popes faced pressure from fellow Catholics and do not reflect modern times, although they helped establish precedent.

“The legal possibility of a pope resigning has always been there,” Collins said. “John Paul II would frequently bring up [that] ‘A father doesn’t resign from his family,’ [but] this pope said from the time he came into office that … it would be appropriate to resign [under certain circumstances].”

Benedict’s decision may also set its own precedent, according to Collins.

“I think we’ll see this as something more regular now,” Collins said. “This can be something that can be talked about and won’t be breaking hundreds of years of tradition.”

Following the announcement, Catholics have become more concerned about the future of the church and have begun to speculate about who might become the next pontiff.

“There’s often significant continuity between popes, so I don’t anticipate radical changes with a new pope,” Georgetown College Dean Chester Gillis said yesterday in an interview on “CBS This Morning” on Monday.

Gillis’ prediction indicates that the next cardinal to take the highest position in the Church could have a similar position to Benedict, who had a reputation as a conservative.

“A lot of people believe, and I would agree, that it will be another relatively conservative pope, which is what is needed at this time where there’s a lot of questions that need to be answered for a church that is facing growing secularism and is engaging in interreligious dialogue,” Co-Chair of the Georgetown University Student Association Mission and Ministry Report Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) said.

But the question of where the new pope will come from is still up for debate.

“My thinking is that the cardinals will elect a pope from the southern hemisphere,” O’Brien said. “My hope is that they will go south. It would be good for the Church.”

“There’s strong speculation that it could be the first African pope, which I think would say a lot about the church,” Sullivan said. “The Church in Africa is representative in the sense that there are deep questions about the role of the Church in society and also a lot of interreligious questions.”

Although Benedict still has about three weeks left in Vatican City, people have begun reflecting on how the pope will be remembered.

“I think his legacy will be having solidified the Church during a very difficult period with the sexual abuse scandal,” Gillis said on the show. “It only became exacerbated over the years both in the moral turpitude [and] in the financial consequences for this, and that was a very heavy burden to bear and he stood up to that. … I think he’s brought us through this very difficult period.”

While Benedict broke hundreds of years of tradition with his choice to resign, the pope still stands in the eyes of many Catholics as a symbol of strength.

“The witness of humility is so powerful to me,” Carnes said. “He reminds us that the church is so much bigger than one priest or one minister. It really is something that the Holy Spirit moves forward.”

Hoya Staff Writer Ted Murphy contributed reporting.

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Anti-Suicide App Wins Prize Board OKs NSSC, Caroline Welch Hoya Staff Writer

Spencer Walsh (MSB ’14) won the $750 Sweetgreen Innovator Award for Madison’s Angel, a nonprofit organization that aims to prevent teenage suicide by monitoring Twitter accounts, in this year’s revamped Startup Hoya Challenge.

After last year’s challenge attracted 50 applicants with only 20 percent presenting socially conscious business models, Co-Chair Darius Babel (MSB ’14) decided to create a new competition, held this past Thursday evening, that focused on socially responsible business models.

“We might just be event planners on the surface … but I like to think we took some spirit in noticing a problem and solving it,” Babel said, emphasizing that the term “socially responsible” does not limit startups to the nonprofit sector.

“What we hope to do is raise awareness throughout the schools, not just in the business school,” he said. “This isn’t just a not-for-profit; it can be a wide variety of things.”

The competition featured eight socially conscious business initiatives founded by students that ranged from a nuanced system for donating to the homeless to a reintegration program for formerly incarcerated individuals. Each group gave a three-minute pitch followed by a two-minute question-and-answer session with the panel of five student and five faculty judges.

Walsh was inspired to found Madison’s Angel when his best

friend, Madison Cox, committed suicide after tweeting his intentions hours before.

“After he committed suicide, we took a step back and thought, ‘What could I have done to prevent this?’” Walsh said. “I wished I could have given him a phone call. Even if that phone call may have not changed the outcome, it still would have been nice to talk to him and remind him that everyone cares for him.”

Users of the technology — especially parents whose children have been diagnosed with depression — can register their child’s account with the service to be notified if their child tweets certain buzzwords suggesting suicidal intentions.

While developing Madison’s Angel, Walsh encountered problems differentiating between dangerous uses of certain buzzwords or words used in jest.

“If you took the word ‘kill,’ someone could say, ‘I’m going to kill myself,’ or you could say, ‘Georgetown’s going to kill Syracuse,’” Walsh said.

“We started making the software more refined and the past about six months have been testing the software and fine-tuning key words.”

Madison’s Angel has been wellreceived by its test audience of 200 of Walsh’s family and friends.

“Even on a small scale, it’s great feedback,” Walsh said. “There haven’t been any situations as serious as Madison’s yet, but there have been some that was just being lonely … and the parents would just know that and have the chance to

call their kid.”

Looking ahead, Walsh said he hopes to transition his product to a beta stage where he can test the response on a larger scale. The National Suicide Prevention Agency asked Walsh to release his product a few months ago, but Walsh wanted to perfect the service to honor his friend.

“We wanted to make sure this was a good thing for Madison, so we wanted to make sure we weren’t tossing out a bad product in his name,” Walsh said. “It is such a strong cause, and there’s a strong story behind it, and the more publicity we get, the more we feel like we’re remembering Madison. You always look at something like this and think, ‘Out of all the bad that happened, what good can we make of it?’”

Joshua Leslie (COL ’13) took second place for Himalayan Spirit 8848, a for-profit clothing line manufactured in the Himalayan Mountains in his home country of Nepal.

The company focuses on increasing gender equality and aiding those in poverty by planting a seedling for every article of clothing purchased to aid the reforestation of mountain regions in Nepal, creating jobs for rural families and building girls’ toilets in local schools.

Himalayan Spirit released its first collection in December 2012 and currently offers five women’s pieces, three men’s pieces and a unisex scarf. Leslie plans to use his profits to install solar panels in the buildings where his clothing line is produced.

Probes Dahlgren Plans Drew Cunningham Special to The Hoya

Though the Old Georgetown Board approved revised plans for the New South Student Center, eliminating one hurdle from its path to completion, the board asked for further revisions to the proposed renovations of Dahlgren Quadrangle in a public hearing Thursday morning.

OGB members primarily expressed concern about new lighting planned for the Dahlgren Quad area, which would replace current light fixtures with more efficient LED lamps and add additional lights to illuminate the chapel’s stained glass windows during evening masses.

“We’re going to need more information … on some of these light fixture installations to decide whether conceptually it’s OK,” OGB member David Cox said.

Cox added that the university should limit vehicular traffic in the quadrangle to prevent future damage.

Carvalho and Good, the landscape architect firm hired to renovate the quadrangle, is revising the plan to accommodate the board’s suggestions and concerns and, if they finish the modifications in time, will present to OGB at the board’s next meeting March 7.

According to Brian Stephenson, a landscape architect for Carvalho and Good, additional plans include the rehabilitation of paving and landscaping in addition to modifications to area lighting. These renovations will complement the renovation of Dahlgren Chapel, which is due to be completed this summer.

Stephenson emphasized that the most substantial part of the project is the paving

rehabilitation because the current tile and granite have deteriorated under the weight of the vehicular traffic during events and maintenance routines. The proposal calls for sturdier, thicker bricks and granite slabs over a reinforced concrete base.

Architect Joseph Tattoni of the New Jerseybased ikon.5 presented modified plans for NSSC, a new student study area and lounge space due to be completed by fall 2014, to the three-member panel. The modifications responded to concerns about landscape continuity, lighting and other design elements that were voiced during the board’s January hearing. The proposal also modified the location of the center’s gate at the intersection of Prospect Street and Tondorf Road to ensure that emergency vehicles can smoothly navigate the area.

The new proposal extended the landscaping surrounding the proposed student center, using it to soften the design’s hard edges, a major concern of OGB in January. Tattoni presented the new plan with schematics, images and a scale model of the student center.

“The model is very elegant,” OGB member Anne Lewis said. “When you look at this thing, I find the cut-off end very pleasing.”

OGB members were pleased by Tattoni’s revisions to NSSC. “[Georgetown did a] tremendous job in listening to us last time,” Cox said. “At every turn, it’s just shown a much stronger set of solutions.”

NSSC plans will next be evaluated by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. If the commission approves the designs, Georgetown will receive a permit to begin construction, which would be contingent on fundraising for the project through the capital campaign.

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Conference Realignment Rally Falls Short in Overtime Won’t Kill Competition M JOHNNIES, from A12

arch may still be a couple weeks university boards are reaching their deciaway, but the madness has arrived. sions on which conference to leave or join This past weekend’s lineup of based on concerns about football and the college basketball matchups showcased the associated TV deals. Everyone knows that level of intensity that we have come to ex- college football is the real cash cow of colpect from NCAA hoops. The saying “It ain’t legiate athletics, but it never feels good to over ’til it’s over” took on new meaning be reminded of it. Colleges — like all other when junior guard Ben Brust of Wisconsin institutions — have to mind their budgets, heaved a desperate shot from just over half- but the jockeying for the fattest contracts court in the final second of regulation to and most attractive season schedules has force overtime against then-No. 3 Michigan. left me wondering what college sports are Exciting as that game was, though, it even about.

Thankfully, games like the ones I had the paled in comparison to the tension and energy of the night game between Louisville privilege to watch this weekend are my reminder. and Notre Dame in South As troubling as the issue of Bend, Ind., which extended realignment can be, it’s imto five overtime periods — the portant to remember that the longest regular-season game in game will remain the same.

Big East history — before Notre Yes, some treasured rivalries Dame ultimately prevailed. may fade, but others will sureIn a sport where teams dely develop to replace them. fine themselves and their style Conference records may lose of play by their conferences, it Laura Wagner some gravitas, but teams’ makes sense that intraconferplaying styles won’t be alence records, such as longest One season of tered: Basketball is basketball. games, are valuable. But what For the past year, online fohappens when these conferences cease to exist as we know flashy plays and rums and social media have rife with complaints them? With teams dropping exciting wins been about realignment and preand entering conferences fastdictions of inevitable doom er than Kim Kardashian can will not do. for the NCAA. Born from get married and divorced, the Big East may soon enough literally be history. fear about what is in store for the future While the Louisville-Notre Dame game of many fans’ favorite sport, these feelings will undoubtedly be one for the record make it difficult to remember that the books, part of what made it so epic was the changes in conference alignment are instifact that it was a fight between two con- tutional changes made by boards of trustference rivals. After all, it’s not as if it was ees and university presidents. The changes the longest game ever — that distinction won’t affect the way John Thompson III belongs to a legendary battle between Cin- draws up his defensive strategy; they won’t cinnati and Bradley in 1981, which went to change Otto Porter’s uncanny ability to seven overtime periods before the Bearcats grab offense boards when it really counts; finally pulled out the victory. The Big East and it certainly will have no bearing on the has a storied past and plenty of tradition to Hoyas’ drive and determination.

When college basketball players take the go along with it, but realignment is about more than just records and is not limited to court, they are not concerned with whether the guys on the other side are heavy favorthe Big East, either.

The question is what that means for the ites, total unknowns or conference rivals. rivalries. Will Georgetown still play the Winning is the only thought and the only hated Syracuse Orange? Will Syracuse even goal. This mindset is what fans love about continue to be hated as a non-conference college basketball — every game has the pofoe? Will Maryland students still proudly tential to be an upset and every team plays wear their “Duck Fuke” t-shirts now that like it has a shot at winning.

The realignment of NCAA conferences UMD has abandoned the ACC? (Having a fair number of friends at Maryland, I’m has added uncertainty to an already unpregoing to go ahead and say yes to that last dictable sport, but no matter which teams one, but the point stands.) Realignment has are playing which and in what conference, raised numerous questions for universities the desire to win will remain constant.

Changes are inevitable in any game, but, and fans alike, most of which only time will in the end, you can’t realign competitive be able to answer.

Tradition and sports go hand in hand, spirit. and no one likes to see a good thing come to an end. It is especially easy to be bitter Laura Wagner is a sophomore in the about the realignment process as a college College. GAME OF CHANGE appears every basketball fan because it’s obvious that Tuesday.

softball

Hoyas Stumble, Find Footing in First Tourney Rachael Augostini Hoya Staff Writer

With hopes of starting off its season on a positive note, the Georgetown softball team headed down to Miami this past weekend to participate in the 2013 Panther Invitational, hosted by Florida International. The reality, however, wasn’t so favorable, as the Hoyas (1-4) dropped their first four contests before finally getting on track in their fifth and final game of the tournament.

The Blue and Gray kicked things off against North Carolina State (4-1) Friday morning.

Georgetown took an early lead in the first when junior right fielder Allie Anttila hit a double and then crossed the plate on a single up the middle from senior catcher and cocaptain Shikara Lowe. Lowe would go 2-for-3 on the day, driving in the Hoyas’ only run.

The Wolfpack scored two runs through four innings to keep the Hoyas within striking distance, but a three-run fifth from the opposition put Georgetown away for good, settling the final score at 5-1.

Just hours later, Georgetown took on tournament hosts FIU (1-5) with sophomore pitcher Megan Hyson was on the mound.

Hyson gave up three runs in the first and one in the second, putting the Hoyas in a quick hole. Although the next couple of innings were unproductive for both teams, the Blue and Gray began making up ground in the fifth. Freshman shortstop Samantha Giovanniello — who had an excellent debut weekend with four hits and three runs — got on base with a single and moved to second when Anttila was hit by a pitch. Both Giovanniello and Anttila advanced on a single from Lowe, and the Hoyas got their first run off a wild pitch. Hyson was up next, and her groundout to second was enough to score Anttila, cutting the Panthers’ lead in half. The Hoyas would add one more in the sixth, but the comeback ultimately fell short, resulting in a 4-3 loss.

Even so, Head Coach Pat Conlan saw Giovanniello’s contributions as a definite bright spot.

“I thought Samantha Giovanniello had a

good first weekend,” Conlan said. “She has an excellent bat and really sets the tone for our offense at the top of the order.”

Georgetown faced its toughest opponent when it took on Kansas (4-1) twice on Saturday, and the Jayhawks brandished their superiority almost immediately. Similar to their matchup with the Wolfpack the day before, the Hoyas got out to an early one-run lead. And while the game remained close — with Georgetown only trailing by one going into the fourth — Kansas’ six-run inning off sophomore pitcher Lauren O’Leary and junior pitcher Hannah Slovacek gave it an insurmountable seven-run lead. The Jayhawks would go on to tack on one more, claiming the first game of the series 9-1.

Hyson took the circle for the nightcap, but the Jayhawks’ bats were once again unkind, as they lit her up for five runs and ten hits. Down 3-0 in the sixth, the Hoyas put up two to cut the deficit to one, but the Jayhawks answered back in the bottom of the inning to bring the game to its final 5-2 scoreline.

“We had runners in scoring position on a regular basis,” Conlan said. “We now need to find a way to get the big hits to drive in those runs.”

Lowe agreed with her coach.

“We left a lot of people on base this weekend, and a few more runs change a few of those games,” she said.

In the final day of the tournament, Georgetown would again face off against FIU. This time, however, would have a refreshingly different outcome, as the Hoyas earned their first victory to stop their skid. Hyson pitched a three-hit shutout, and Lowe had two hits on the day and scored one of the Blue and Gray’s two runs in the 2-0 win.

“Despite our four early losses, we competed.

We never stopped fighting.” Conlan said. “I loved that about our team this weekend.”

“The team was just ready to win,” Lowe echoed. “We knew we had to put the pressure on FIU early and never let up, and that is exactly what we did.”

The Hoyas are back in action this weekend when they travel to Greenville, N.C., to participate in the East Carolina Tournament.

scoring drought for the Hoyas with 1:46 remaining, the Johnnies ended the half on an 18-2 run and took a 34-25 lead into halftime.

“We stopped playing defense.

Our transitional defense was awful for a good portion of the game,” Brown said. “They got run-outs and easy lay-ups off of us. I think that once we got back and defended better, we closed the gap pretty quickly.”

The Red Storm’s first half momentum continued into the second half, as a trey just under a minute in pushed their lead to 14, their largest of the contest. But, led by senior guard Sugar Rodgers and freshman forward Dominique Vitalis, Georgetown responded, crawling to within three with 14:25 left.

Still — hampered by turnovers, missed shots and fouls — the Hoyas faded once more.

Rodgers, though, truly put the team on her back and took over in the closing minutes of regulation, scoring on four consecutive possessions to cut the hosts’ lead to 63-60.

Then, with 38 seconds remaining, the Blue and Gray took their first lead of the second half when freshman guard Katie McCormick connected from deep to give her team the two-point lead. Undeterred, St. John’s tied the game at 65 on a layup with 18 seconds left to send things into overtime.

In that overtime period, the Blue and Gray were unable to keep their momentum going and could not keep up in the eventual 76-72 defeat.

Rodgers led all scorers with 29 points, and Vitalis posted her first career double-double with 21 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.

“Dominique did a great job.

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Senior guard Sugar Rodgers scored 29 points — including 17 in the second half — to lead all scorers in a 76-72 overtime loss to St. John’s.

She did a good job of getting on the boards and getting putbacks,” Brown said. “I think Sugar did a wonderful job getting her the ball under the basket — in her comfort zone.

[Vitalis] was also excited at the opportunity of starting — that is a big thing as a freshman.”

Despite the heart-wrenching loss and that they’ve now lost six of their last nine games, the Hoyas have hardly played poorly and have been receiving great performances from unexpected players. In their last two contests, two freshmen scored

21 points — McCormick in the first and Vitalis in their most recent outing.

“First of all, [McCormick and Vitalis] aren’t freshmen anymore — we have played too many games,” Brown said.

“Playing for me and because we have had injuries, they have gotten the opportunity to play.

I think when you see those two kids, you see that the future isn’t as bleak as everyone thinks it is.”

The Hoyas next face Syracuse today at McDonough Arena.

Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.

track & field

Springer, Dennin Excel at UW Patrick Musgrave Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown track and field was split across the country this weekend, with some members of the squad heading west to compete in University of Washington’s Husky Invitational and others staying in the area for the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite meet in the final weekend before the Big East Indoor Championships.

The men’s distance squad stole the spotlight in the Evergreen State, with two All-Americans, senior Andrew Springer and graduate student Mark Dennin, returning to competition after a week off and running some solid 5000m times.

“I think that Springer and Dennin ran really good races. I think that they are both capable of running faster, though,” Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Patrick Henner said. “There were a lot of people in the race, and they were working way too hard in the second mile. They never were able to settle in, and so their last two laps were not as fast as they could have been. I was very pleased with their efforts, however.”

The large field size was definitely a challenge to manage, as Springer and Dennin found themselves running in a large pack in about 20th place after the mile mark. In the second mile, Springer and Dennin had to move up into better position, which took a significant amount of energy to execute and probably cost them some time. However, Springer ended up running 13:51, and Dennin

was close behind with 13:54.

Springer’s time was the fourthfastest in Georgetown history, while Dennin’s 13:54 was the seventh fastest, beating his own best which had previously held that distinction.

“I would say the theme is ‘close but not quite there’ for the men’s team for this meet — I think our guys are all ready to run faster,” Henner said.

Women’s distance also performed well out West, particu-

“The theme is ‘close but not quite there’ for the team — I think our guys are all ready to run faster.”

Brandon bonsey Cross Country Assistant Coach

larly in the 3000m.

Sophomore Katrina Coogan led the charge for the Hoyas in the 3000m, taking fifth place overall in 9:04. Junior Madeline Chambers, who took 10th in 9:09, followed her, and senior Rachel Schneider was next across, claiming 15th in 9:17.

Henner noted that the women’s race plan called for getting out quickly at the gun and holding in the top five places.

Coogan did an especially good job of this, keeping an even pace most of the way and finishing strongly.

“Katrina Coogan definitely had the performance of the weekend for the team,” Henner said. “9:04 is pretty darn special — it’s a great time and the No. 2 time in Georgetown history.”

On the other side of the country, another group of Hoyas was likewise making strides towards the Big East meet.

Just as the women performed in Washington, men’s distance was out in force at the Virginia Tech meet, with a number of athletes placing in the top 10 of the mile run. Senior Bobby Peavey won the race with a time of 4:08, junior Michael Reher took third in 4:10, and sophomores John Murray and Collin Leibold placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in 4:11.

Sophomore Ryan Gil, meanwhile, took ninth in 4:13.

These standout performances are made only more impressive considering that the athletes had spent the week training for a Saturday meet in Boston before the snowstorm in New England forced them to move to a Friday evening meet in Virginia instead.

“Peavey is ready to run around a four-minute mile — he just needs to be in the right race in the right situation — and all the guys really put in a great effort in the mile,” Henner said.

Next weekend is the Big East Indoor Championships, meaning that the full squad will be united again in Cleveland, Ohio, to compete for conference honors.

Asked about his team’s preparation for that meet, Henner explained that there would be nothing out of the ordinary this week in terms of training.

“Most of the athletes raced this past weekend, so we’re going to do a workout on Tuesday of this week but pretty much just rest after that,” he said.

men’s basketball

GU Seals Tight Rutgers Win RUTGERS, from A12 After Lubick fouled out with six minutes to play, things were looking grim for the Hoyas. Porter Jr. and Hopkins would come through, though, as a series of clutch rebounds and free throws

delivered the win.

Hopkins recorded 14 points, while Smith-Rivera added 13 on 5-of-7 shooting. Carter scored 23 to lead the Scarlet Knights.

As the conference season reaches its conclusion, Porter Jr. and Syracuse’s Michael Carter-Wil-

liams are considered the frontrunners for the Big East player of the year award, and the former’s late-game performance Saturday, along with another strong effort in Monday’s win against Marquette, will certainly add fuel to his candidacy.

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Sophomore guard Jabril Trawick had a largely ineffective 28-minute shift Monday night against Marquette, but Georgetown’s three double-digit scorers more than compensated.

Win Sends GU Into Second MARQUETTE, from A12 down low. Senior center Chris Otule scored eight of Marquette’s first 11 points to put the Golden Eagles on top by five. But the Hoyas’ big men toughened up in the post and gave the offense a chance to go ahead.

“Our big guys got a rhythm of what they were trying to do,” Thompson III said. “So we didn’t necessarily make a tactical change — we just did a better job of guarding them.”

With Marquette up 11-6, Georgetown responded with back-to-back threes from junior guard Markel Starks and a fast-break layup from freshman guard D’Vauntes SmithRivera to take the lead.

“It’s time to win,” Starks said of his mindset at that moment. “You’ve got to make plays.”

And in the end, the Blue and Gray made enough plays to win Monday.

In typical fashion, defense was the key last night for the Hoyas, who held the Golden Eagles to just 23 first-half points. Georgetown uncharacteristically relied on forcing turnovers instead of contesting shots — Marquette committed 12 first-half turnovers, which led to 15 Georgetown points, almost half of the Hoyas’ point total in that time span — but allowed Marquette to shoot almost 50 percent from the field.

Even so, Georgetown’s tenacity was enough to elicit praise from Williams, even if that tenacity primarily feasted off of sloppy play from his team.

“They are really good defen-

sively, and the numbers back that up,” Williams said. “But some of our turnovers were absolutely unforced.”

Marquette came out strong in the second half, using an 11-4 run to close within a possession. But Williams’ technical foul led to four Georgetown points before Marquette could touch the ball again, and the Golden Eagles wouldn’t threaten again.

Despite leading throughout the second half, Thompson III resisted experimenting with lineups the way he has in the

“It’s time to win. You’ve got to make plays.”

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past. Only seven players saw action — the five starters plus Smith-Rivera and sophomore forward Moses Ayegba, who only played for eight minutes.

Instead, Georgetown relied on its veterans and tough play to pull through. Junior forward Nate Lubick, coming off of his worst performance of the year against Rutgers, chipped in 10 points, eight of which came at the free-throw line, in addition to his four rebounds and four assists.

Sophomore forward Mikael Hopkins, who stepped up with 14 points when Lubick was in foul trouble against the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, followed up with another solid showing against Marquette.

“Mikael got nine rebounds,”

Thompson III pointed out. “He did a good job in that regard, but he’s supposed to do a good job in that regard. … I think if you want to talk about Mikael, the one thing you should talk about more than anything else is his defensive job, trying to make it hard for [Marquette junior forward Davante] Garner to get the ball where he wanted it.”

But both times, the Hoyas were put in a difficult spot — first when Georgetown was down early in the first half and then again when Marquette made a run in the second half — they turned to Starks and Porter Jr., who were the game’s top two scorers with 16 and 21 points, respectively.

“Otto is one of the best players in the country — he’s consistently shown that,” Thompson said. “He’s one of the few players in the country who takes pride in and excels in every aspect of the game. … And all of that is under the umbrella of how to put us in the best position to win.”

Much of the Hoyas’ recent success stems from Porter Jr.’s aggressiveness, as the Missouri native has scored more than 15 points in eight of the team’s past nine games and notched double-digit figures in rebounding in three of those games. Still, on a national scale, Porter Jr.’s rise to stardom has gone largely unnoticed, perhaps because he prioritizes well-roundedness over flashiness.

Asked if he minds flying under the radar, the sophomore simply replied, “No, not at all.”

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lthough hype surrounded the likes of in 23 starts in 2012. If the Orioles hope to reBryce Harper and Mike Trout entering turn to the playoffs in 2013, they will have to 2012, nobody could have anticipated rely on Bundy and up-and-coming third basethe seasons that the eventual rookies of the man Manny Machado to provide the spark to a year would put up in 2012. The consensus top squad that (very) luckily made the postseason prospects entering the year, the two managed in 2012. to eclipse even the loftiest of expectations.

Trout — the less heralded of the two (at least in Wil Myers, Outfielder, Tampa Bay Rays the public’s eye) — put together the best rookie season of all time, while leading all of Major Of all of the major offseason trades, no young League Baseball in wins above replacement, player on the market was more coveted than an advanced statistic designed to measure the then-Royals outfielder Wil Myers. Myers and overall value of a player’s performance. (Harper several others were dealt to Tampa Bay in exfinished a more-than-respectable 26th.) At least change for pitchers James Shields and Wade one disgruntled Hoya columnist thought that Davis in a futile attempt by the Royals to maybe Trout was the slam-dunk choice for American become relevant in 2013. Regardless, the Rays League MVP, but entrenched, old-fashioned were wise to acquire Myers, who profiles as a voters thought Miguel Cabrera — the winner middle-of-the-order right field bat as soon as of baseball’s mystical “Triple this year. Knowing Tampa Bay, Crown” distinction (leading they will likely keep Myers in the league in home runs, runs the minors for a month or two batted in and batting average) to gain an extra year of control — ultimately catapulted him on him before he reaches free above Trout despite advances agency. But, when he is called in statistics that claimed Trout up, Rays fans can expect a was truly the most valuable. solid average to accompany exBut that’s an argument for cellent power. Myers clubbed another day. With the 2013 37 home runs between AA season around the corner, and AAA, second in all of the Preston Barclay examining the next wave of minor leagues, with an impotential rookie phenoms is pressive .314 average to boot. important given their immeUltimately, Myers projects as As rookies, Bryce diate and often unexpected .270-.290 hitter with 30-plus Harper and Mike Trout ahome impact on the pennant race run potential. and postseason. The odds of exceeded even the uncovering another Trout are Billy Hamilton, Outfielder, Cinminiscule, but below are five loftiest expectations. cinnati Reds players who have the opportunity to join baseball’s wave of Reds center field prospect young stars in 2013.

Billy Hamilton may be the fastest man alive.

Now, that might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but the man can certainly fly, swiping a Jurickson Profar, Infielder, Texas Rangers record 155 bases — yes, 155 — in 2012. While he If the soon-to-be 20-year-old Curacao native’s does not pack much of a punch, he is a solid conname does not ring a bell, surely his play will tact hitter with excellent plate discipline, walkin the coming months. Despite the presence of ing 86 times last year. Although Cincinnati acElvis Andrus and Ian Kinsler in the middle of quired outfielder Shin Soo Choo to man center Texas’ infield, the Rangers will get creative in field, Choo is a defensive liability, and it will be 2013 to ensure Profar’s bat and glove find their hard to suppress Hamilton much longer. Expect way into the lineup, perhaps by moving Kinsler at the very least a late season call-up and a potento first base or the outfield. Profar rocketed his tial weapon on the base paths in the postseason. way through Texas’ farm system, ultimately producing an excellent stat line with a .281 bat- Oscar Taveras, Outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals ting average, 14 home runs, 16 stolen bases and patience at the plate with a 66/79 walk/strikeBlocked in the outfield in St. Louis by a solid out ratio just as a 19-year-old in AAA. After belt- trio of Matt Holliday, Carlos Beltran and Jon Jay, ing a home run in his first career MLB at-bat the 21-year-old Dominican Republic native can last year, Profar appears destined for a magical be expected to get the first call upon injury. Alcareer full of 20-20s and a regular .300 average though his impact will likely be less significant on top of one of the best gloves in the game. than the peers above him on this list simply due to opportunity, Taveras projects as the best pure hitter of all of them and will be a full time Dylan Bundy, Pitcher, Baltimore Orioles member of the Cardinals’ outfield on Opening The only pitcher to crack my list, Bundy — Day 2014 at the latest. The athletic Taveras put also 20 — shot through Baltimore’s system even together a .321 average in AAA last season, with faster than Profar, reaching the majors in his 23 home runs and even 10 steals. With a rocket first full season out of high school. Bundy pro- arm, he projects well in right field but can also files as an ace and the best pitching prospect play passable center field, much like Harper since Stephen Strasburg, with an arsenal that with the Nationals in 2012. includes a high-90s fastball, an above-average curveball and a quality changeup that ulti- Preston Barclay is a junior in the McDonough mately led to a 2.08 earned run average, 0.92 School of Business. TURNING TWO IN THE 202 WHIP and 119 strikeouts in just 103 2/3 innings appears every Tuesday.

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InFirstYatesMatchesSince’07, Women Endure GW Surge Tim Eldridge

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The Georgetown women’s tennis team faced off against George Washington on Saturday in the two squads’ first meeting since a Colonials win during the 2008-2009 season. The excitement level for the Hoyas was compounded by the fact that they were coming back to the Hilltop after three straight outings on the road.

Head Coach Gordie Ernst, who was unavailable for comment, indicated earlier to THE HOYA that he welcomed the chance to play at Yates, especially since it marked Georgetown’s first match in the gym in six years. The fans validated his anticipation, as those who came out to support the team helped propel the Blue and Gray to a hard-fought 4-3 victory.

George Washington had already defeated Howard earlier this year, meaning that Georgetown’s victory Saturday solidified them as one of the top squads in the D.C. area.

The Hoyas started off the match strong, winning the doubles point thanks to wins by the team of graduate student Liz Hamlin and freshman Taylor Perz as well as that of junior Madeline Jaeger and sophomore Sophie Panarese. That success was only a sign of better things to come at the start of singles play, as Georgetown went up 3-0 thanks in part to straight-set victories from senior captain Vicky Sekely and junior Kelly Comolli. Two close three-set losses followed, though, to bring the previously secure score to 3-2.

The match then came down to courts five and six, on which Hamlin came up big for the team with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory to cement the match for Georgetown. The Blue and Gray have been on a tear recently — having now won four straight after falling in their

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Georgetown tennis went up three matches to nothing Friday before GW stormed back. first match — and are looking to build on the momentum they have accumulated as they enter the crux of the spring season.

Next up for Georgetown will be a trip to Philadelphia for a match Wednesday with Temple, a team that has dropped three straight matches to start the season 1-5. Georgetown and Temple have both played one common foe in Campbell, against whom the Hoyas pulled out a 3-2 win while Temple fell 2-3.

Despite the difference in record, the match looks to be at least competitive as Georgetown tries to extend its win streak to five.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Hoyas (13-10) vs. Syracuse (19-3) Tuesday, 8 p.m.

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COMMENTARY

TALKING POINTS

The Reds’ Billy Hamilton is one of five prospects who might break out in 2013.

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I can’t sit here and say I felt the momentum change.

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Men’s basketball Head Coach John Thompson III

GU’s new AP and coaches’ poll ranking, a spot they had previously occupied the week of Jan. 7.

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HOLLANDER

Double Bye in Reach I

f there was any doubt that the Big East remains the nation’s deepest basketball conference, it was put to rest in five overtimes in South Bend Saturday night. No. 12 Louisville, which remains in the top 15 this week despite losing four times already in conference play, fell in the fifth extra period to now-No. 21 Notre Dame.

The Irish, meanwhile, had been walloped earlier in the week by No. 6 Syracuse, whose sophomore guard Michael Carter-Williams is vying with Georgetown sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. for Big East player of the year.

There is little debate that the Orange, in their final season as a member of the Big East, are once again the league’s best team.

But beyond Syracuse, the picture is much less clear, and Georgetown — at least as it stands now — is in the mix for a top-four finish and the attendant double-bye into the Big East quarterfinals.

Marquette, although it didn’t truly show it last night, is tough — as its victory over the Hoyas just after the New Year showed —but the rest of the Golden Eagles’ conference schedule so far is filled with the Big East’s worst teams.

Despite the depth of the conference and the number of good teams at the top of the standings, the Big East is soft at the bottom.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before.

DePaul, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Providence are some of the weakest, and Rutgers — as the Hoya faithful saw over the weekend — cannot be counted on to put up much of a fight, even at home.

So what, then, is the prognosis for the rest of Georgetown’s schedule?

Home dates against Rutgers and DePaul are not much cause for concern. Games at Villanova and UConn, meanwhile, are tough but manageable.

Even without graduated standout forward Yancy Gates, who ended Georgetown’s Big East tournament hopes last season, Cincinnati remains an incongruity with the Blue and Gray’s system. A victory at Fifth Third Arena on Friday is unlikely.

That leaves just two pivotal games to determine whether the Hoyas will start playing at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday or Thursday.

Of course, as all basketball fans are well aware, that isn’t the only reason to care about whether Georgetown beats Syracuse.

In a perfect world, the Hoyas could hang two defeats on the Orange and send them from the Big East in the same way John Thompson Jr. “officially closed” Manley Field House.

That would be magical, but Porter’s best chance to make his case over Carter-Williams — and Georgetown’s best chance to put an exclamation point on a remarkable rivalry — will come in the final game of the regular season.

With a double bye on the line, that game should be more than worthy of cutting short one spring break day in Punta Cana in favor of the colder climes outside the Phone Booth.

EVAN HOLLANDER is a junior in the College and a former sports editor of The Hoya.

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Sophomore forward Mikael Hopkins (left) had six points, nine rebounds and three blocks in 27 minutes Monday night. Freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, meanwhile, put up seven points and two rebounds off the bench to complement junior starter Markel Starks’ 16 and four.

Porter Jr. Leads Way in MU Redemption ASHWIN WADEKAR Hoya Staff Writer

After 28 minutes of play, the referees finally listened to the incensed crowd at Verizon Center and assessed a technical foul on Marquette Head Coach Buzz Williams for arguing a call. Sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. calmly sunk

both free throws and scored on the next possession, and his team went on to halt a Golden Eagles rally en route to a 63-55 Georgetown victory Monday night.

The technical foul seemed like a definite turning point in the game, but don’t tell that to Head Coach John Thompson III. “I can’t sit here and say I felt the

momentum change,” Thompson III said.

Neither team shot particularly well, and in a game that saw 33 total turnovers and 41 total fouls, there was no single moment that turned the tide. Instead, Thompson felt the Hoyas pulled this one out like they’ve done so many times this year: possession by possession.

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“This is the Big East — it’s a rough, physical game. It always has been, [and] it always will be,” Thompson III said. “You’ve just got to keep playing.”

Marquette jumped out to an early lead, utilizing size underneath to bully Georgetown’s post players See MARQUETTE, A11

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Vitalis Double-Double RAC Trip Proves No Not Enough in Loss Obstacle for Hoyas PAT CURRAN

CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

There is little consolation after a tough loss like the one the Georgetown women’s basketball team suffered at the hands of St. John’s Saturday. The Hoyas (13-10, 4-6 Big East) fell 76-72 in overtime to the Red Storm (11-10, 5-4 Big East) on the road, but the future still looks bright for Georgetown given its phenomenal freshman performances on the day.

The Blue and Gray — who were without junior forward Andrea White and junior point guard Samisha Powell — had taken a twopoint lead with 38 seconds remaining in regulation, but the Johnnies managed to tie it to send it into overtime, where they would eventually triumph by four.

“We did a pretty good job — the girls really fought back,” Head Coach Keith Brown said. “Due to injuries, a couple of girls played who aren’t used to playing. I think that it was a game we could have stolen on the road, but I think the team played extremely hard. It came down to a mental mistake — we had the last shot and missed it.”

The Hoyas jumped out to quick start, opening with a 7-1 run before the Red Storm stormed back

keeping Georgetown on the defensive. But Starks and freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera Neither icy weather nor a red- answered nearly every Scarlet hot opponent could stop No. 20 Knight three with a timely bucket Georgetown (17-4, 7-3 Big East) of their own, and the teams enfrom earning its fifth straight tered the locker rooms knotted victory on Saturday afternoon, a up at 33. gritty 69-63 win over host Rutgers With their best rebounder and (12-10, 3-8 Big East). passer benched, their star player Junior guard Markel Starks struggling from the field and their scored 20 points to lead the Hoyas. hosts lighting it up from threeSophomore point range, forward Otto The Hoyas were in the Hoyas were Porter Jr. added in desperate 19 points, 14 desperate need of a need of a spark. rebounds and They got it, but four assists, and spark Saturday against it came from it was his clutch the Scarlet Knights. an unexpected three-point source. with less than They got it from an Oft-criticized six minutes to sophomore go that put his unexpected source. center Mikael team on top for Hopkins scored good.

10 of his team’s first 15 second-half It was clear from the start that points, including a rim-rattling Georgetown wasn’t going to have tip dunk that all but silenced the an easy time. The Hoyas ran into Rutgers Athletic Center crowd. trouble early on when junior But both the Scarlet Knights’ hot forward Nate Lubick, who was hands and the Hoyas’ foul trouble coming off the best game of his continued into the second frame — career, picked up his second foul sharpshooting guard Myles Mack less than five minutes into the began to heat up, and Georgetown game. sophomore Jabril Trawick picked Rutgers sophomore Eli Carter up his fourth foul early in the half. quickly caught fire, hitting circus shot after circus shot and See RUTGERS, A10

Hoya Staff Writer

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Freshman forward Dominique Vitalis posted 21 points and 11 boards. to tie things up. After Georgetown surged ahead to take a 23-16 lead with 7:41 left in the first half, St. John’s re-established control and proceeded to hold the Blue and Gray scoreless for the next six minutes of play. Although sophomore forward Brittany Horne broke the See JOHNNIES, A10

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