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TUESday, february 26, 2013

BULLDOG TO BULL

Former Hoya Ian Christianson signed with MLS’ New York Red Bulls on Friday.

COMMENTARY Conclave must select a new pontiff who is fit for the 21st century.

SPORTS, A10

NSSC Draws Big Donation

OPINION, A3

MINIMUM WAGE The D.C. minimum wage would climb if the president’s proposal passes.

HEATING PLANT The long-dormant heating plant on 29th Street continues to attract bids.

NEWS, A4

NEWS, A4

Groups Vie for Funding

PORTER’S HOUSE

Student Center will bear name of Healey family, planning moves forward

Student requests exceed available GUSA budget by $600,000

Andrew Wilson

Caroline Welch

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Hoya Staff Writer

With Georgetown’s Feb. 20 announcement that the Healey Family Foundation will make a major donation to the New South Student Center, plans for the center’s construction are under way.

The Healey Family Student Center will cost approximately $21 million, $10.7 million of which has already been raised. The amount of the gift from the Healey Family Foundation has not been disclosed, but the building will bear the family’s name.

The foundation facilitates the philanthropy of Thomas (C ’64) and Meg Healey, their son Jeremy (COL ’95) and his wife, Megan Healey (COL ’95), and Megan and John Hagerty, daughter and son-in-law of Thomas and Meg. They are of no relation to University President Fr. Patrick Healy, S.J., the namesake of Healy Hall.

The center will include a central “great room,” a pub, a terrace and space for study groups and dance studios, along with the Students of Georgetown, Inc.’s proposed salad and smoothie shop.

The Corp polled students about this storefront in Sellinger Lounge See HEALEY, A6

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Sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. went 12-for-19 from the floor at the Carrier Dome on Saturday in an historic 33-point performance that powered his team’s 57-46 win. No other Hoya scored in double digits in front of the largest crowd in college basketball history, but Porter Jr. and Georgetown’s defense were enough to snap the Orange’s 38-game home winning streak. See story on A10.

Student organizations requested more than $1.57 million at the annual GUSA Budget Summit on Sunday, far exceeding the $970,000 available for allocation by the GUSA Finance and Appropriations Committee.

Unlike last year, which saw a marked increase in available funds due to Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform that hiked the student fee from $100 to $150 over two years, this year’s slight increase from $960,000 to $970,000 resulted from inflation.

The Georgetown University Student Association considered budget proposals from 26 groups at the summit, including those from a number of advisory boards and the Georgetown Program Board.

The Department of Campus Ministry presented a budget proposal for the first time, requesting $23,950 on behalf of eight faith-based student groups. Though a Campus Ministry Advisory Board for student organizations has been proposed, it has not yet been approved. The funding requested from GUSA on Sunday would supplement the existing See BUDGET, A7

Justice andPeace Nears DC Reads Protests School Closures Approval for Major Katherine Seevers Special to The Hoya

Emma Iannini

Gillis confirmed the uncertainty surrounding the major.

Hoya Staff Writer “It is up for consideration but has The College Dean’s Office ap- not been approved,” he wrote in an proved a preliminary budget for email.

Lance will create a commita Justice and Peace Studies major, marking the first step toward tee composed of faculty from the the establishment of a program program’s steering committee to that has been the focus of stu- write the proposal, which will subdent advocacy in recent months. sequently be submitted to the curThe budget, which Interim JUPS riculum committee. Final approval Director Mark Lance said would would then come from the board of cover salaries for adjunct professors directors.

Kyla Mcneeded to teach adClure (COL ditional courses and “We are looking very ’15) and Gibuyouts of profesanna Maita sors’ time currently hopefully in the (COL ’15), who allotted to teaching spearheaded in other depart- direction of a major the JUPS maments, encouraged officially forming in jor effort, said faculty to create a that they were proposal to present the next few years.” excited about to the College ExGIANNA MAITA (COL ’15) the recent ecutive Board. With Advocate for JUPS Major progress. knowledge of the “We are budget that would be allotted for the major, faculty looking very hopefully in the direcand students will be able to draft a tion of a major officially forming in the next few years,” Maita said. “For realistic proposal.

“This is the first step,” former that, we are very excited, though JUPS Director and current Director we know there is still a lot of work of the Center for Social Justice An- to be done.”

According to McClure, they were dria Wisler wrote in an email. “The proposal for the major will now go inspired by JUPS courses they took through all of the regular proce- as freshmen and originally hoped to pursue a JUPS minor. dures to gain approval.”

“We had both been impacted by Lance agreed, stressing that the JUPS major is still in the early devel- our Intro to Justice and Peace Studies courses and saw the value in the opmental phase. “[College Dean Chester Gillis] has field of study,” McClure said. “Forencouraged us to submit a proposal tunately, we found a good network for a major, and the college has pro- already in place by faculty who had vided a budget sufficient to staff already begun to think about makthe courses,” Lance said. “But a new ing JUPS a major.” major proposal has not even been put together.”

See JUPS, A6

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Fifteen D.C. public schools will close next year as part of a plan to reduce expenditure on the District education system through consolidation, prompting concern from Georgetown students involved in the literacy program D.C. Reads.

Under the School Consolidation Plan of 2013, authored by District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (SFS ’92, GRD ’07), Kenilworth Elementary School in Northeast D.C., where 42 Georgetown D.C. Reads tutors assist students Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, would close in July. Current Kenilworth students would be relocated to either Thomas Elementary School, which would provide transportation, or to Houston Elementary School, where they would have to walk close to a mile to get to school.

Just Education D.C. — an educational reform advocacy group composed of D.C. Reads tutors, Georgetown students and community members — organized the walk from Kenilworth to Houston Elementary to draw attention to the route’s danger from several hazards, including traffic. About 20 Georgetown students participated in the demonstration.

“To walk from Kenilworth to Houston is to cross an interstate highway then go through Deanwood Metro, which you can imagine is not necessarily what you really want your 5- to 10-year-olds from your community doing,” said Matt Kerrigan (SFS ’13), a coordinator for the D.C. Reads program.

Kenilworth Elementary only has about 170 students and suffers from low enrollment, like many of the schools scheduled to shut down.

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Members of DC Reads joined a march decrying the planned closure of Kenilworth Elementary School, one of 15 slated to close in D.C. this year.

DCPS hopes to save money by closing these small schools and transferring the students to other schools in the system.

“We actually want to use the savings from subsidizing small schools to be able to create schools that have the budget to focus on teaching and learning,” Henderson said on the

Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMV Radio Nov. 14. “It’s going to be reinvested in the classrooms that the students are moving to, to be able to provide them with things like reading interventions, better extracurricular activities, all kinds of things.”

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT

C EDITORIALS C A Glaring Omission in NSO C Founded January 14, 1920

Dialogue and awareness on campus regarding sexual assault was a much-discussed topic during the Georgetown University Student Association executive campaign season, and a number of candidates proposed adding a sexual assault seminar to New Student Orientation. This is an essential initiative that should be implemented in time for this fall by the newly elected executive and under NSO’s leadership.

NSO is an opportunity to educate students not just about campus layout, lore and logistics but also about important situations and issues that freshmen are unlikely to have encountered in high school. Once on the Hilltop, freshmen are likely to be bombarded with new realities, venture outside their comfort zones and make dangerous mistakes during their first few weeks of college. Educating freshmen about sexual assault — high-risk situations to avoid, on-campus resources to utilize, consent education — would be an effective preventive measure against the kinds of actions that often fall into a gray area and are difficult to prosecute or cope with, and

NSO is the ideal forum.

A sexual assault education component to NSO could in many ways be modeled after Pluralism in Action, which raises awareness of racial and cultural differences on campus. The serious undertones, coupled with the stirring personal accounts that define Pluralism in Action, are elements that could make a powerful impact if integrated into a sexual assault event. Existing events such as “R.U. Ready?” have a strong message behind them, but many students do not take advantage of these seminars.

A defining benefit of NSO events is that they are mandatory and thus have a captive audience. The unfortunate truth is that in order for sexual assault education to reach the whole student body, events must be compulsory. It is a difficult topic to bring people to discuss.

The best way to prevent on-campus sexual assault is a conversation that is worthwhile for every student to participate in, but for that idea to become a reality, sexual assault education must begin from day one of a student’s college career.

Like a Good Neighbor Last Friday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson held the semester’s first collaborative luncheon, an informal meeting run by his office to promote an ideas exchange between group leaders and senior administrators. Last week’s discussion centered on one of the university’s most persistent challenges: town-gown relations.

Despite various concessions last semester, including the elimination of registration for on-campus parties and the announcement that Magis Row would no longer house students, tensions between neighbors and students still run high. The university’s topdown communications campaign encouraging students to be less rowdy when out at night continues to be disregarded, but student cooperation can be harnessed if the right channels are utilized.

Georgetown’s social life — officially or unofficially — is largely organized through student groups and clubs. If club leadership, which often already appoints positions for planning and execution of social gatherings, were to take a more active role in promoting appro-

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On the House — Now through March 3, GOCard merchant of the week Tuscany Pizza will offer two 24 oz. bottles of Coke, Diet Coke or Sprite with any purchase of one large pizza.

One for GU — The 1634 Society will be celebrating the end of their One for Georgetown campaign with free GUGS burgers and entertainment Thursday night in Sellinger Lounge.

No Silver Lining — Nominated for his role in the film “Silver Linings Playbook,” Bradley Cooper (COL ’97) lost the Academy Award for Best Actor to Daniel Day-Lewis on Sunday night.

A Comedian Unplugged — Comedian Mike Birbiglia (COL ’00) is slated to perform his one-man show “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend: Unplugged” at the Davis Center through Friday.

Metro Mire — Friday’s scheduled sequestration measures could cut funding for Metro repairs as well as the rest of the federal budget.

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US ... @PJCinfo Feb. 23 Interesting piece in @thehoya on last week’s @SecularismEdgeconference that we organized @jcaps1 Feb. 23 The Carrier Dome is officially closed #Hoyas #Syracuse @ thehoyasports @kevintjoseph Feb. 23 Does Otto get an invite to the Stewards after this game? @GtownVoice @thehoya @ ErinMeadors Feb. 23 @thehoyasports great in-venue reporting! Hoya Saxa! #05!

priate neighborly conduct, residents of the Georgetown neighborhood might find themselves less frequently disrupted by the sound of loud groups of students. This is why events like Olson’s collaborative luncheons provide a fitting forum for such improvements.

But the university has to keep its end of the bargain, too, namely by faithfully following through on the Healey Student Center pub.

Providing an on-campus locale for undergraduates will be an important contingency in keeping students from eliciting chagrin from the university’s neighbors. To be effective, however, the university must continue to keep student leaders involved in the planning process of the pub and carry that through into management and staffing.

The ongoing conflict with Georgetown’s neighbors is more a reflection of the school’s location than of particularly disruptive students. The views and priorities of students will rarely align with those of the university’s neighbors, but a compromise can be reached if cooperation from all parties involved is prioritized.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Arturo Altamirano

More Common Ground Professors are often an untapped resource on campus. While listening to their lectures or participating in their classroom discussions are certainly enriching in their own right, there is an added benefit to one-on-one interactions. Such person-to-person engagement with a faculty member can lead to enhanced learning, more substantive breakthroughs and greater insight.

Yet between juggling a full course load and extracurricular commitments, finding time to meet with a professor and develop a relationship can be difficult. Some — especially those younger and newer to the Hilltop — can find the idea of approaching a professor intimidating.

One program that helps students meet professors is the Midnight MUG office hours program, in which participating faculty members who set up shop for office hours on Lau 2 are rewarded with a free drink credit for themselves and their students. While the financial incentive is definitely a bonus, the location itself — a student hub, rather than the austere innards of a profes-

sor’s tiny office — is the true draw. The university apparently recognizes this importance, serving as benefactor for the program.

The casual atmosphere provides a sort of “neutral territory” where students can feel more comfortable. What would otherwise be a stiff question-and-answer session becomes a friendly conversation. The program should be expanded to other on-campus locations, such as Sellinger Lounge or the third floor of Regents Halls by the Einstein Bros. Bagels kiosk. More professors should be encouraged to participate in the program, which would not necessarily lead to professors having to provide more office hours. Perhaps a system could be created in which their current hours could be split between their offices and other, more student-friendly locations.

All Georgetown professors are required to hold office hours. Conducting at least some of them on student turf would help ensure that a greater number of students are encouraged to engage with one of Georgetown’s greatest assets: its faculty.

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CORRECTION The caption on the photo “Thursday Night Live” (A4, Feb. 22, 2013) incorrectly stated that the Kenan Thompson event was held by the Georgetown Program Board and the Georgetown University Lecture Fund. The event was put on solely by the Georgetown Program Board.

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he clock reads 1 a.m. I am sitting at my desk, blearily bathed in the glow of my MacBook. I am not studying for a test, nor am I trying to finish a paper; I am instead binging on Netflix’s new series “House of Cards.” Based off of a BBC miniseries of the same name and starring Kevin Spacey, the series is an excellent tale of political intrigue. The entirety of the first season was released online all at once; Netflix claims this will change the way we watch TV. This got me thinking about how much our consumption of media has changed and what effect that might have on our realworld politics.

The use of video streaming sites like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video is highest in my and most Georgetown students’ age group: those 18 to 24 years old. According to a recent survey by consulting group Accenture, 82 percent of people in that age group watched some streaming video, and 60 percent watched at least a quarter of all the TV they consumed online. A Nielsen study from last year confirms this trend. It found that, while people aged over 65 spend an average of 48 hours a week watching TV, those in our age group watch only 22 hours of TV a week on average. Young people are not only consuming most of their television online but also doing so at a significantly higher

Young people are not only consuming most of their television online but also doing so at a higher rate. rate than other demographic groups.

Given this data, Netflix made the correct business decision in releasing “House of Cards” solely online. As more people ditch their televisions for the Internet, networks will have to think of ways to catch up. Why watch something on TV when I can watch it — ad-free — online? Plus, it encourages the kind of binge watching that I described earlier. Kevin Spacey himself said it well in a recent interview with the BBC: “You ask your friends about what they did this weekend; they say, ‘Well, I watched three seasons of ‘Breaking Bad’ and two seasons of ‘Game of Thrones.’’” Spacey’s friend in this case might be Bill Clinton, but even stars have the same viewing habits as the rest of us.

But what does this trend mean for our future political discourse? In 12 years, elections are likely to be solely online affairs.

Everything — from ads to conventions to voting itself — will be done on the internet. This trend began in 2004, when Howard Dean’s primary campaign solicited online donations. The formula was perfected in 2008

by Barack Obama. Even in an age of Super PACs, the online Democratic machine found a way to win in 2012. Meanwhile, younger voters continue to grow as a portion of the electorate.

In 2004, young voters made up 17 percent of the electorate and were 19 percent eight years later. Young people voted overwhelmingly for President Obama; they form the base of his coalition alongside women and minorities. Because most of the younger set spend their free time online, it is vital that campaigns reach out through email and social networks. During the campaign, I was bombarded with sometimes ten emails a day from the Obama folks asking for money. Honestly, it worked. Like an NPR pledge drive, their constant contact wore me into submission. And after I was done contributing, I would go right back to Netflix. Nowadays, how I consume media is analogous to how I consume politics.

Will we binge on politics in the same way we binge on Netflix? Given that I visit The Huffington Post as well as The New York Times’ and The Guardian’s websites multiple times daily, that may have already started to happen. After all, this past election saw more GIFs, tweets and texts than ever before. It is our generation’s task to use these tools wisely, to keep our leaders accountable and to promote a higher level of discourse. The internet can give anyone a platform to voice their political opinions. If that power is misused, our entire political system could be shown to be nothing more than a house of cards.

Evan Monod is a junior in the College.

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nless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you are probably aware of the Hunger Games franchise. If you have somehow managed to avoid its pervasive influence, however, Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of young-adult novels focuses on a post-apocalyptic society called Panem, where a tyrannical Capitol rules 12 outlying districts, forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games. One boy and one girl from each district fight each other to the death until one is crowned victor.

In the opening scene of the film, protagonist Katniss Everdeen exclaims in anguish, “24 of us go in, and only one comes out!” Until recently, I hadn’t really given this line much thought; I always just figured that the creation of the Hunger Games ritual was a manifestation of the author’s own political commentary or desire to create a tortured teenage love affair between two of the participants. But once I became a senior and full-time employment began to burden my mind on a regular basis, “The Hunger Games” began to take on a whole new meaning.

Last semester, I attended a recruitment information session for a midsized, respected management consulting firm. There were probably 100 others like me in the room, donning business professional attire and scribbling furiously in Moleskine notebooks. My friend nudged me as we sat down and whispered, “I hear they only hire one person from Georgetown a year.” The summa-magnawhatever of the room likely relaxed his shoulders, but I started sweating profusely. I then remembered Katniss’ exclamation and couldn’t help

I’ve noticed two different types of job-hunters in the Class of 2013: Katnisses and Peetas. feeling like I was competing in a Hunger Games of sorts myself.

I know that, while the economy is still in a dire position, finding a job in 2012 or 2013 is by no means the absolute worst position to be in. I once interned for a woman who was hired from her internship at Lehman Brothers in 2008 and was later told they weren’t sure where to put her upon graduation. However, it can hardly be said that it’s easy to find a job nowadays, as was made brutally clear to me by my friend’s comment in that room.

I’ve begun to notice there are two different types of job-hunters in the Class of 2013: Katnisses and Peetas. Af-

ter they arrive in the Capitol, Katniss and Peeta share a conversation that is probably ingrained in the minds of thousands of Americans as a result of the film’s ubiquitous trailer. Frustrated, Peeta laments, “I wish there was a way to show them that they don’t own me, that I’m not just a pawn in their Games.” Katniss, considering this, replies, “I just can’t afford to think like that.”

The same is true for those of us engaged in the hunt for full-time employment. There are those who, like Peeta, seek something other than a desk job at a bank, consulting firm or major corporation. They want to “ex-

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plore their passions,” find a job that they will “truly enjoy” and not dread getting out of bed for in the morning.

They want to fight back against the campus recruiting process or the institution of corporate America. Then, there are those who, like Katniss, don’t necessarily care that their first job may not be their “dream job.”

They have a goal. They want to make money — maybe to pay back their loans, maybe to be that guy who buys tables at clubs every weekend — and they know what they need to do in order to get to the position they want in five or ten years’ time. They are doing what they need to survive; the first job is simply a means to an end.

Maybe I’ve come up with this theory because the Katnisses and Peetas of the world are just the ones who won’t shut up about this. I’m sure there is a gray area that people seek between the Peace Corps or Teach for America and the corporate machine. I’ve found it harder to be like Peeta recently, however, and have noticed some Katniss-like tendencies on my part. Quite frankly, the prospect of being unemployed come May 18 is scary. It makes me want to do anything for financial stability or to avoid moving back in with your parents. But the most advice I can give to myself and others in my position is to recognize that the process will be challenging — perhaps even more challenging than the majority of our educational pursuits — but the hard work will matter in the end.

And if nothing else, I know the joint KFC and Taco Bell in Leavey Center is hiring.

Alyse Amato is a senior in the College.

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New Pope Must Lead Grand Old Tactics Church to Reform Need Refocusing

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he Catholic Church is cur- ing beginning-of-life issues, for inrently at one of the more im- stance, stand as a guiding light for portant stages in its leader- the Church’s actions in the world. ship cycle: The transition from one The new pope must be a strong pope to another. Just a few weeks advocate for those teachings and ago, Pope Benedict XVI announced others and a man of sufficient inthat he would be stepping down tegrity to advocate for these beliefs from the Papacy and retiring to even in light of sometimes deep a monastery to focus more on and grave opposition. prayer and meditation. He will be But at the same time, perhaps the first pope to step down in sev- the next bishop of Rome will be eral centuries. able to enact changes that the Shortly, the Cardinals will as- Church so desperately needs. semble in Rome to choose a new Hopefully, he will shift more of Pope, and the 24/7 media coverage the Church’s institutional power surrounding the rich ceremonies to social issues. Advancing the of their election will begin. The ideas of Catholic social teaching is Catholic Church will be at the an important and sometimes necenter of world wide media cover- glected duty of the Holy Father. As age — and for good reason: With the Church’s membership underover a billion members and huge goes a demographic shift from humanitarian operations in every Europe and North America to corner of the world, the Catholic Africa and Asia, the Church will Church is one of the most impor- need to push for economic and tant non-governmental institu- social justice. It must be made extions in the world. pressly clear that socioeconomic The new pope will need the issues, particularly in the develleadership and oping world, are strength of charissues of life just acter to guide the as much as the Church and its use of contracepfaithful followers tives. through a preIn addition, carious time in almost certainly, the history of the the new pope institution. An will have to conincreasingly vistinue to press ible geographic Alex Honjiyo & Pat Gavin for changes in and doctrinal dishow the Church connect between deals with sexual He must adapt the Church memberabuse and any ship and leadersins comChurch to the needs of other ship will prove a mitted regularly significant chalits newest members. under its supervilenge for the new sion. With luck, pontiff. Mass attendance in the these types of changes will allow western world is declining, slowly the Church to flourish in new in America and rather drastically environments in the developing in Europe, even in places histori- world and regain some of its lost cally viewed as Catholic strong- strength in America and Europe. holds, such as Ireland. Rising We need a Holy Father with secularism, strong public back- leadership and integrity for the lash and internal dissatisfaction 21st century and one with the regarding institutional cover-ups ability to address challenges in a of sordid scandals will need to be rapidly changing world. He will addressed — and much more ac- have to deftly balance the prestively than they have in the past. ervation of tradition with the The Church’s stances — especially progression of necessary change. its approach to contraception — He will have to adapt the Church have drawn significant scrutiny, to the needs of its newest memespecially as it relates to public bers while ministering to those health problems in the develop- burned by scandal and shame in ing world and new health insur- the West. The election of the next ance mandates in the United pope will determine whether or States. not the Church thrives or falters The new pope will hopefully in the coming decades and how bring fresh insight to these prob- the largest church in the world lems. He will need the strength will minister to its faithful. Saint and foresight to take stands on im- Peter, pray for us. portant Church teachings while also enacting progress on issues Pat Gavin and Alex Honjiyo that need to change. The new pope are seniors in the College and should stand up for the funda- School of Foreign Service, mental beliefs of the Church. All respectively. AGGIORNAMENTO of the Church’s teachings regard- appears every other Tuesday.

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ebt limit. Fiscal cliff. Sequestration. Government shutdown. We’ve heard these doom-and-gloom buzzwords far too many times in political debates over the past few years. Repeated Washington-manufactured budget crises have been a drag on the U.S. economy and have undermined Americans’ confidence in their political leaders. They’ve also seriously damaged the Republican brand, recasting the Grand Old Party not as one of prosperity but as the slash-and-burn party of the wealthy.

As a fiscal conservative and a Republican, I am sympathetic to the concerns of those in my party who feel that these cries are the only realistic means of achieving deficit reduction. But this deficit reduction pales in comparison to the scope of our long-term fiscal problem. In budget negotiations, our leaders have haggled over such deficit panaceas as small income tax rate hikes, a switch to the chained Consumer Price Index and small cuts to the growth rate of federal spending. Meanwhile, despite the best efforts of Rep. Paul Ryan (RWisc.) and the House GOP, the tens of trillions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid unfunded liabilities that are the crux of the problem remain untouched.

Republicans should continue to champion deficit reduction. They should continue to pass budgets that reform Medicare and Medicaid and solve long-run problems. But they shouldn’t continue to engage in sporadic budget debates that barely scratch the surface of the problems that plague our public finances and damage the GOP brand. That’s not smart policy, and it’s definitely not smart politics.

Instead, Republicans should reclaim their identity as the party of prosperity for all. Specifically, they should transform their core message from one of fighting constant budget battles to one of delivering economic growth and prosperity for all Americans.

To be successful, the Republican growth agenda must be tailored to fit the economic problems we face now.

The GOP cannot expect to influence policy and win elections if it refuses to rethink how to best apply its fundamental principles to the problems of the day.

Consider, for instance, the GOP’s unwavering dedication to cutting the top individual marginal income tax rate. The principle behind this policy is clear: When Americans have control over their own money and markets are allowed to work free from the burden of high income tax rates, economic growth is more likely. But that principle does not imply that cutting the top tax rate is always the best policy.

Put aside for the moment the fact that, in recent elections, this policy has reinforced the idea that the GOP is beholden to the country’s wealthiest citizens at the expense of everyday Americans. Republicans must acknowledge that economic conditions are constantly changing, and in today’s world, the growth returns to income tax rate cuts may not be as robust as they were during, say, the Reagan revolution of the 1980s.

Republican leaders shouldn’t continue to propose the same economic policies merely because they have become part of a dogmatic party doctrine. The GOP will only win back the trust of the American people and rebuild its reputation as the party of economic growth if it can reapply its principles to the 2013 economy.

In Indiana, former Gov. Mitch Daniels modernized his state’s infrastructure, boosted the state economy and saved money doing it through innovative private-public partnerships. In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal pioneered innovative education reforms that empower students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to choose the educational option that best suits their needs.

In Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Dakota, Republican governors have allowed companies to safely explore revolutionary new methods of gas and oil extraction that have boosted state economies and driven down unemployment rates — unemployment in North Dakota currently sits at 3.2 percent.

Fresh, principled ideas like these have created prosperity for Americans of all backgrounds, shrunk state budget gaps and boosted governors’ approval ratings. A cohesive and innovative growth agenda can do the same on a national level. It’s the right policy choice, and it’s the right political choice. Republicans must continue to be the adults in the room and advocate for the necessary reforms to fix our long-term fiscal problems. But there’s no reason to continue to spend huge amounts of political capital on budget battles when, with the realities of divided government, meaningful results are few and far between.

The GOP will only be successful in the future if it can reclaim its identity as the party for prosperity and growth for everyone. Such an agenda will benefit all Americans, lessen the economic drag of political brinksmanship, brighten Republicans’ electoral prospects and better position the GOP to achieve meaningful deficit reduction and reform in the future.

ALEX CAVE is a sophomore in the College. He is chair of the Georgetown University College Republicans.

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DC May Implement Plant Auction Heating Up $10 Minimum Wage EMILY BROWN

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After President Obama proposed to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $9.00 per hour in his State of the Union address, Washington, D.C. officials have begun to consider the effects of this wage increase on the local economy, including the possibility of raising the minimum wage in D.C. beyond the federal government’s new benchmark.

Under the D.C. Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992, the city’s minimum wage is set permanently at one dollar above federal minimum wage.

The District’s minimum wage currently stands at $8.25 per hour and would increase to $10 per hour if the federal proposal is passed by Congress.

Mayor Vincent Gray has said that he supports an increase of the minimum wage and would even consider measures to independently raise it in D.C. if Congress does not do so.

“From a workers’ perspective, it’s a good thing,” Gray told The Washington Post. “If you work 2,000 hours each year, that still only puts you at $20,000 a year, which is very challenging economically.”

Some worry that changing the district’s minimum wage policy could hurt local businesses and cause unemployment to rise.

“Our minimum wage is set at one dollar more than the federal rate, and this rule was adopted with good reason. I support the continuation of that policy,” D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans, the Chairman of the Finance and Revenue Committee, wrote in an email.

Evans noted, however, that economic costs must be take into account.

“It is a tough but important balance to make sure that we don’t inadvertently reduce the number of jobs available by increasing the costs on our small businesses or impairing our competitive position.”

Many entry-level student jobs on campus, such as student guards, some clerical assistants and student assistants at Lauinger Library, are paid minimum wage. Dean of Student Financial Services Patricia McWade expressed doubt that a higher minimum wage would result in fewer employment opportunities for students on campus.

“Georgetown depends a great deal on student employment,” McWade said. “I would imagine that most departments would make the case to keep hiring as many students as they have been, assuming they need them all. I don’t think that this is going to have much of a negative effect on our students or their ability to get jobs on campus.”

Economists are divided on the validity of concerns about unemployment effects resulting from wage increases.

In a January report, William Wascher of the Federal Reserve Board and University of California, Irvine economists David Neumark and J.M. Ian Salas concluded that the overall evidence warns of a tradeoff between higher wages and unemployment, but others have said that the proposed wage increase is small enough to result in minimal job loss.

Economics professor James Albrecht said that typical supply-demand model would not be able to accurately depict the effects of a minimum wage increase.

“Workers aren’t like bananas — workers are very heterogeneous and jobs are very heterogeneous,” Albrecht said.

“This sort of market clearing supply-demand model isn’t a very good picture of that market.”

He also cited empirical studies comparing markets where the minimum wage was increased and markets where it remained the same. In these cases, he said, there were few negative effects associated with minimum wage increases.

“My reading of the evidence is that, at least for minimum wages at the level we’re talking about in the [United States], it is hard to believe that the unemployment effects are going to be very large at all,” he said.

Some Georgetown students paid minimum wage say that the current pay is fair for them but that the proposal would be significant for full-time workers supporting a family.

“That would be good for the community, just because the living expenses of D.C. are very high as compared to other cities,” Johanny Lopez (SFS ’15), a student guard at Village C West, said. “For the job I’m doing, it’s fair; for other people in the city, maybe it’s not.”

“The pay is pretty fair for what I’m doing,” Erik Sutton (SFS ’16), a student guard at Lauinger Library, said. “But I’m happy because it’s more money in my pocket.”

Over a month after the auction for the Georgetown West Heating Plant began Jan. 18, the bidding for the historic building has reached $15.5 million and continues to rise.

The plant, located on a two-acre site at 1021 29th St. NW, is owned by the United States General Services Administration. The building itself is 20,000 square feet and has eight stories.

Bidders must pay an initial deposit of $500,000 to participate in the auction and must bid in increments of at least $200,000.

The auction entered a soft closing period Feb. 19, meaning that it will close if 24 hours pass without a new bid.

As of press time, the property had received over 30 bids from five different potential buyers, with the highest bid at little over $15.5 million.

Marc Waddill, senior vice president for government services at commercial real estate firm Jones Long LaSalle, which has been hired by the GSA to market the plant, could not predict how high the auction will go.

“The entire auction process and the framework behind it is to encourage competition and maximum price,” Waddill said.

While anonymous bidding makes it difficult to speculate which firms are interested in the property, Waddill said that interested buyers are likely large D.C. developers who intend to completely convert the facility’s use.

Potential companies that may be driving up the property price could include real estate developers EastBanc, Hines and Akridge, among others, according to local news blog Georgetown Patch, which based its findings on companies who had attended an Oct. 2012 industry meeting regarding the heating plant sale.

Although no one has won the auction yet, local politicians are already expressing concern about what will be built on the heating plant site.

Last summer, Councilman Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) wrote a letter with interest group Friends of the Georgetown Waterfront Park asking GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini to require restrictions that would require the future owner of the property to leave the southern half of the prop-

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The Georgetown Heating Plant, located near the Waterfront, has drawn five potential buyers who have driven the site’s price to over $15 million. erty vacant for a public park. “[Evans] is very supportive of seeing this being put toward some sort of neighborhood productive use,” said Ruth Warner, Evans’ committee clerk.

However, GSA Deputy Press Secretary Dan Cruz said that construction on the property will be a matter of negotiation between the new owner and the District government.

“The future use of the site will be determined by negotiations between the successful bidder and the D.C. government, which is responsible for establishing appropriate zoning for the site and administering various regulatory and planning procedures,” Cruz said.

Whoever purchases the property must also contend with the site’s historic status, which includes obtaining permits and approval from the Old Georgetown Board and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts for any changes to the site appearance.

In addition, it will be the buyer’s

responsibility to treat any environmental consequences of redevelopment. A Human Health and Risk Assessment completed in 2011 stated that there would be no unacceptable risks to chemicals in soil and groundwater samples, but a December 2012 Final Environmental Assessment by the GSA stated that runoff during construction could indirectly impact Rock Creek or the C&O Canal and the area’s floodplain.

Cruz declined to comment on the potential environmental impact of redevelopment.

The GSA is selling the property as part of an effort by the Obama administration to use federal real estate more efficiently and eliminate unneeded property from government books, according to the auction website. The heating plant, built in 1948, was previously used as an industrial steam generating plant but has been out of use since 2000.

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At Home, Students Bill to Ban Door Knocking Fails To Dine With Faculty Annie Chen

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A new Residence Life program will fund student-faculty dinners, allowing juniors and seniors the opportunity to invite professors to their homes for informal discussions beyond the classroom.

Applications for the program, titled “Digesting Georgetown: A Moveable Feast,” opened on HoyaLink Jan. 31.

According to Reynolds Hall and Kennedy Hall Director Alexis Hendrix, who is spearheading the initiative, the program is intended to foster dialogue between faculty and students and facilitate additional learning.

The program is designed for groups of three or more junior or senior students who wish to meet with either a faculty member or an academic dean. Students may only apply once per academic year and must order under $100 worth of food from a list of preapproved restaurants.

According to Hendrix, student reaction has been largely enthusiastic, and several groups of students have already submitted applications.

Samantha Lin (SFS ’14) and Luke Carter (COL ’14) applied with a group of friends and were approved to invite Fr. Steven Fields, S.J., to dinner.

“I love my professors, and I love getting to know them personally, and Georgetown would pay for our dinner?” Lin said. “Of course I’d do it. I’d go out to dinner of my own volition with my professors, and the fact that Georgetown would fund it was even greater.”

Lin added that she wanted to take advantage of an opportunity for meaningful conversation outside of the classroom.

“I honestly just want to have a good conversation with some of my greatest friends and one of my favorite professors,” Lin said. “Conversations are so underrated, and no one ever seems to have time to sit over a meal and talk about

something other than classes.

Back at home, family dinners are crucial, and we often stay at the dining room table for hours just chatting.”

Carter agreed, citing the dinner as a chance to discuss a wide range of interesting topics.

“I expect our conversation to range from theology to politics to what we’re doing this weekend,” Carter explained. “But no matter what we talk about, I’m sure that it will be a fun and enriching evening.”

Lin added that Fields was an obvious choice. “[Fields] makes an effort to get to know us outside of class and always slows down to have a real conversation with us,” Lin said.

Fields also expressed enthusiasm for the dinner.

“It is simply wonderful to be invited, and I appreciate my hosts a great deal,” Fields wrote in an email.

Hendrix said that the name “A Moveable Feast” was taken from an Ernest Hemmingway quote.

“In his memoir, [Hemmingway] writes, ‘If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast,’” Hendrix said.

Lin said that she hoped “A Moveable Feast” would reinforce an important aspect of the Georgetown education experience: a focus on dialogue rather than strictly academics.

“Here at Georgetown, I find that we are so busy — we are always rushing off from dinner to some meeting or class or week,” Lin said. “But when we slow down and talk about the things closest to our hearts over a good meal in the comfort of friends ... that is the real spirit of Georgetown where I can learn about and from others.”

Application deadlines are Feb. 16, Feb. 25 and March 25, depending on the desired date of the dinner, and the dinners will occur between Feb. 18 and May 1.

By a margin of 17 to 3, the GUSA senate voted down an act that would have called for a campuswide referendum regarding the permissibility of door-knocking by candidates during GUSA senate and executive elections.

Bill sponsor and Georgetown University Student Association Senator Cannon Warren (SFS ’14), who ran in this past GUSA executive election unsuccessfully and whose campaign involved no door-knocking, argued that door-knocking is an unnecessary burden on students.

He cited a poll that The Hoya conducted for this past GUSA executive election, in which 58 percent of the 793 students polled indicated that they found intrusive door-to-door knocking the most unpleasant campaign method, the most of any campaign method on the list. “[Door-knocking] does cause a lot of distress for a lot of students,” Warren said, “We’re capable of conveying our information without knocking on people’s doors insistently in a competitive effort trying to get that one vote out of someone else.”

GUSA Senator Sheila Walsh (COL ’14), however, questioned what outreach methods could be used to educate students about this proposed referendum, considering that it bans the primary method used during past GUSA referendums.

“I’m curious about the outreach effort campaign you would use to pass this type of referendum, because I’ve had experience in three different referendums, and doorknocking was the primary mechanism for us getting out the vote and educating the student body about the referendums that we thought were so important and that ended up passing overwhelmingly,” Walsh said.

Warren disagreed and specified the distinction between door-todoor campaigns in elections and referendums. The bill would ban door-knocking only in campaigns. “[Elections] are just so competitive. You want to be the one to get there and knock first and knock more often, which is not what re-

ally happens with referendums,” he said.

Several senators voiced opposition to the bill. GUSA Senator Ben Weiss (COL ’15) said students could consider candidates’ doorknocking when voting if they are against such campaign methods.

“If voters hate people doorknocking, then you don’t vote for the person,” Weiss said.

GUSA Senator Nolan DiConti (COL ’15) said that other social media serves as more of a distraction than door knocks by candidates.

“I don’t see how door-knocking is harming to our studies. I think Facebook does more harm to our studies,” Diconti said.

“We have a responsibility to get to know our constituents on a less superficial basis.” shane thomas (col ’15) GUSA Senator

Recalling experiences of doorknocking when she campaigned for her senate seat last fall and on behalf of tickets in this year’s presidential election, GUSA Senator Abby Cooner (SFS ’16) underscored door-knocking’s function of keeping students informed and engaged.

“Some people really are interested in what you have to say and you can tell they care about what you want to say. And if they had learned about something that they wouldn’t have otherwise and become more engaged in student politics because of it, then I feel like [door-knocking] is important,” she said.

GUSA Chief of Staff Jake Sticka (COL ’13) also emphasized the effect that door-to-door campaigning has on election turnout rates.

“The last few elections have been record-breaking in terms of turnout rate, and a lot of it happened because of the door-knocking efforts,” Sticka said. “In terms of institutional legitimacy, having that sort of turnout and having the executives … be able to advocate saying that more than 50 percent of

the student body voted for them is very important and won’t happen if it weren’t for door-knocking.”

GUSA Senator Chandini Jha (COL ’16) agreed.

“What we’re really weighing here is the marginal week of annoyingness where you can choose not to open your door versus the whole idea of GUSA having institutional legitimacy as an organization that tries to reach out to people,” Jha said.

But GUSA Senator Shane Thomas (COL’15) said that the student government should seek out alternative ways to engage the student body.

“Right now as senators, I think we are biased because we run for elections and we want to get support, and one of the ways we do that is by door-knocking,” he said. “I think it’s ineffective and shallow, to be honest. We have a responsibility to get to know our constituents on a less superficial basis.”

Some senators also pointed out that the issue did not warrant a referendum.

“When we consider this in a larger context of everything else GUSA wants to tackle … that I think will be more directly going to serve student body, I think this is a distraction and something that I think will undercut our legitimacy,” Walsh said. “If this is something that were such a huge issue, I think more students would be vocal about it.”

Weiss echoed Walsh’s sentiments and cited the referendums on the Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform and Code of Student Conduct reform as issues vital to student interests and questioned the comparative weight of Warren’s proposed referendum.

“This is not something so significant that we should waste a referendum on [it],” Weiss said.

Thomas disagreed and said that it was necessary to obtain student input through a referendum.

“This is us asking our constituents what they think. At a very fundamental level, that’s our main responsibility: listening to our constituents and then making the decision,” he said.

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Cory Doctorow Science Fiction Author

“The thing is, Apple doesn’t want you to have an app that tells you every time another person is killed by a drone in Pakistan.”

“Why hang out with people who you know you’re going to want to splinter off from? We form groups like Occupy where we all walk together until we part ways, and all we have to do is walk in the same direction.”

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Science fiction author Cory Doctorow cautioned students against overreliance on technology Monday afternoon.

The talk, titled “Together We Are Superhuman: How Technology Gives Communities Superpowers,” was sponsored by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the

Georgetown University Lecture Fund as part of an ongoing series on the increasingly network-driven world.

In his talk, Doctorow used the word “superhuman” as an analogy for technology.

According to Doctorow, a superhuman can do the work of more than one. Through networks and computers, workers are able to organize and be more efficient as “superhumans.” For example,

“Computers and networks have given us the power to be superhuman.

But computers and networks have also been given the power to take away our superhuman-ness.”

networks and social media played active roles in recent movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring.

Doctorow concluded his speech on a cautious note, warning students about dependency on technology.

Despite the benefits, overreliance causes humans to become vulnerable to the possibility of technological malfunction.

GU Students Protest Closure CLOSURE, from A1 DCPS officials reiterated in an interview with The Hoya that the current plan increases efficiency.

“Consolidating schools will allow DCPS to spend resources more efficiently and to provide a better complement of services to students at all schools,” DCPS Press Secretary Melissa Salmanowitz said.

However, Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette Alexander, whose constituency includes Kenilworth Elementary, said that DCPS should be investing more money in Kenilworth, not less. “[What] we want to see are the resources put into the schools where there is low enrollment and there is low performance so that parents can be attracted back to those schools,” Alexander said. “A lot of our parents are opting out of their neighborhood schools because they don’t feel that they can achieve the best outcome for their [kids], and that’s why there’s low enrollment.

“There is not a shortage of young people in Ward 7, but there is a shortage of confidence that our schools are offering the best for our young people.”

Some students agreed, adding that it was a sign of disconnect between the city and the people.

“Kenilworth has been one of the most underserved communities in D.C.,” Kerrigan

said. “This closing of public spaces in the Kenilworth community is just sort of a symbol of that lack of engagement from the D.C. city council and from D.C. city offices.”

Apart from the transportation concerns, critics say that eliminating a school is eliminating a focal part of the community. After the closure of a recreation center and a public park in 2009, the school is one of the only public spaces left in the community.

“The focal point of every

“Saving money at the expense of students and student well-being is not a positive.”

HELEN CONWAY (COL ’15) D.C. Reads Coordinator

community is the school,” Alexander said. “That’s why people decide to move to an area. That’s why people who are planning to have children decide whether they’re going to stay somewhere or not.”

Some Georgetown advocates agree that decisions about the school system must look beyond finances.

“Saving money where you can is always a good thing, but more importantly, saving money at the expense of students and student well-being is not a positive,” Helen Conway (COL ’15), chair of the D.C.

Reads Advocacy Committee, said. “I understand the need for school closings from a fiscal standpoint, but I don’t think that the decisions were made with students at the forefront of the decision. Fiscal concerns shouldn’t come before student success and community success because these schools are vital parts of these communities.”

Other Georgetown students do not entirely oppose the school’s closure but object to the way it is being done.

“We’re not saying that the closing of the school is the ultimate mistake, because a lot of the community members feel that closing the school might be a better option because of underenrollment,” Cat Skolnicki (COL ’13), a D.C. Reads coordinator who helped organize the walk, said. “We are against the solution as it is now.”

She added that if the building is repurposed as another public community space, the closing could have positive effects. According to the DCPS reorganization plan, city officials are open to discussing the development of a recreation center on the site of the elementary school, and the school will reopen when there is sufficient demand.

“If they can use the building for something that is going to help build the community’s infrastructure, like a recreation center, then maybe the closing of the school will be a good thing,” Skolnicki said.

JUPS Proposal Gains Ground JUPS, from A1 Maita and McClure presented a proposal to Gillis in the fall, from which research will be incorporated into the official major proposal. This budget approval is the first development the pair has heard since their fall presentation.

Maita said that she hoped to take an active role in the major’s development.

“I’m looking forward to working with an incredibly passionate group of faculty members and students in drawing up proposals for the major, and I am excited to see how a greater wealth of courses can further enhance the dialogue, thesis projects and relationships in the JUPS community,” Maita said.

In addition, McClure expressed enthusiasm about an

Dean Joins US-Japan Council Delegation Christopher Zawora

“To do more than one person can do is ‘superhuman.’ We have spent the last tens of thousands of years to find better ways of organizing ourselves and each other.”

increased JUPS presence on campus.

“Given Georgetown’s emphasis on Jesuit ideas and values, I am very hopeful that students will respond positively to the development,” McClure said. “The major puts Georgetown in a unique position to be able to attract even more students who have a passion for creating peace and working for justice.”

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tity, governmental or business to speak with individuals from other cultures to better understand how their world views might be difMartin Iguchi, dean of the School of Nurs- ferent,” Iguchi said. ing and Health Studies, will travel to Japan as a Iguchi said that the delegation was helpful to member of the U.S.-Japan Council’s 2013 Japa- Toyota during its mass recalls in 2009 and 2010. nese American Leadership Delegation from “The politicians and business leaders find March 8 to 13. that the feedback from a diverse group of JapaSince 2000, the JALD program has sent del- nese Americans is useful in understanding how egations of 10 Japanese Americans, all of whom Americans are thinking about their country,” are leaders in their respective fields, to meet Iguchi said. “A few years ago during the crisis with Japanese leaders to exchange ideas and at Toyota, with their sudden acceleration, there strengthen the relationship between the two was a lot of very frank discussion. They were countries, both important trading partners to able to help Toyota better understand how the one another.

American consumers were perceiving their re“I see this as an opportunity to highlight the sponse to the issue.” work that we are doing globally as well as lookApart from his role as dean of the NHS, Iguing to develop addichi is an adjunct behavioral tional opportunities,” scientist at the RAND CorporaIguchi said. “The mis- “Japanese Americans tion, where he formerly served sion really is to build play this unique cataas the director of the Drug stronger ties with one Policy Research Center. He has of the primary trading lytic role in maintaining a conducted extensive research partners with the U.S.” about drug addiction, drug Iguchi was selected strong and vibrant U.S.policy, the criminal justice sysfor this year’s delega- Japan relationship.” tem, health disparities and HIV tion in December 2012 transmission. laura hayes because of his track reThe delegation will also meet U.S.-Japan Council Senior cord of leadership and with Japan’s political and busiCommunications Manager knowledge in medical ness leaders in Tokyo, including research. His research Shinzo Abe, the new prime minhas special relevance because of the challenges ister, and members of the Japanese National Japan is facing after the 2011 earthquake and Diet, the country’s parliament. ensuing nuclear crisis.

“The whole point of this program is to go “He was a great bridge between education to Japan ... while they are meeting with highand health,” U.S.-Japan Council Senior Com- ranking individuals from all sectors of society munications Manager Laura Hayes said. “He … [and] to build people-to-people connections,” has really expressed interest in forming part- Hayes said. “It’s a two-way street; we want them nerships down the line with Japanese counter- to bring lessons home from Japan and share parts in the area of health.” knowledge for the U.S.” For the first time this year, the delegation The JALD program allows members of the will travel to Fukushima Prefecture, the region delegation to gain a better understanding of most affected by both the 2011 nuclear crisis how each country is viewed by the other, acand earthquake. Arriving on the second anni- cording to Iguchi. versary of the incident, the delegation will parHayes said that the U.S.-Japan Council ticipate in a symposium about recovery efforts, hopes the delegates will maintain their reladisaster management and revitalization of the tionships after returning from the trip. region.

“I think we both believe Japanese AmeriIn addition to U.S.-Japanese relations and en- cans play this unique catalytic role in mainergy policies following the 2011 nuclear disas- taining a strong and vibrant U.S.-Japan relater, the delegation will address rising tensions tionship,” Hayes said. with China and South Korea over disputed Iguchi added that he hopes the trip will islands, immigration policy, economic policy not only strengthen ties between Japan and and the growth of nonprofit business in Japan. the United States but also allow him to pro“I think it’s a really positive step for any en- mote Georgetown and the NHS abroad.

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With Donation, Plans for NSSC Move Forward HEALEY, from A1 Thursday. The service, tentatively named “The Corp New South Student Center Salad and Smoothie Shop,” is expected to launch in fall 2014 when the student center opens.

It will serve made-to-order and premade sandwiches and salads along with yogurt and baked goods. Drink selections will include smoothies, coffee, soda and iced tea.

“What we’re really trying to do is bring The Corp to the next level,” CEO Michael West (COL ’13) said.

“We want a very fresh, healthy feel.”

According to draft floor plans, seating will consist of two long tables, one against a wall and another in the center of the store. Based on the floor plan, the new service appears to be larger than The Corp’s current coffee shops, and according to West, the store occupies over 2,000 square feet.

According to Director of Marketing Keaton Bedell (COL ’13), The Corp is working with the university and Restaurant Consultants, Inc., a food service development company, to develop the designs.

“We spent a lot of time asking ‘What do Hoyas want this to be?’” incoming Director of Marketing Emily Coch (COL ’15) said of the informal survey. “The idea of this is for students to come and comment on

what they want.”

Staffers asked passing students about current food service methods on campus, such as the buffet and made-to-order stations in O’Donovan Hall. Positive responses were recorded on Post-it notes that were subsequently pasted on a board in a representation of what students preferred.

Students were also asked about restaurant ambiance, which could

be anything from open and upscale to casual and cozy.

“Some place like Baked & Wired is more homey, but you’re not going to have a big meeting there,” Coch said.

However, West said that The Corp’s location would likely be secondary to the New South Pub. Members of the Healey family did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

GUSA Evaluates Student Budget Proposals BUDGET, from A1 Campus Ministry funding system.

GUSA’s Finance and Appropriations Committee also controls funding for GUSA as a whole. Presidentelect Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President-elect Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) requested $44,600 for GUSA’s yearly operations, as per the budget they presented during their campaign for executive office. GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) requested only $23,400 last year, but that figure excluded funding for the Collegiate Readership Program, which costs roughly $15,000.

The Fin/App Committee will draft a bill with selective cuts to student group funding requests because of the $600,000 discrepancy between requests and available funding. Committee chair Sheila Walsh (COL ’14) wrote in an email to The Hoya that while requests by advisory boards are generally given priority because they serve the greatest number of student groups, the committee will pay particular attention to proposals that address new space constraints resulting from the construction of the Healey Family Student Center in New South Hall.

“We evaluate each individual proposal based on its merits and look for areas where it is reasonable to cut,” Walsh wrote. “This process is inherently contentious given the volume and magnitude of organizations applying for SAFE funding; however, I am confident Fin/App will make responsible and well-reasoned decisions.”

Walsh, who participated in the discussions for SAFE reform last year, added that further growth in the endowment would be the ideal solution to the funding shortage.

“It is my personal belief that the Student Activities Fee will need to be increased again in the near future if we hope to fund student life adequately and ultimately allow Georgetown students to innovate and expand programming,” Walsh wrote in an email.

The Media Board requested $70,000, while the Performing Arts Advisory Council requested $32,410 and the Advisory Board for Service Organizations requested $195,000.

The Advisory Board for Club Sports requested $316,050 — $88,050 more than the $228,000 they received this year.

“We requested a large increase from last year because we want to implement an athletic training program, and club sports has been in need of athletic trainers for a long time,” ABCS Chair Meredith Kolff (SFS ’13) said.

Kolff said that individual teams request approximately 20 percent in funding increases each year, but she said that ABCS reduced some teams’ requests before submitting them to GUSA Fin/App and encouraged teams to fundraise independently.

This year, ABCS will have to reach into its reserves in order to send teams to national competitions. Kolff said ABCS factored in more funding in this year’s budget request because teams are competing more frequently, though most of the proposed increased funding is for the athletic training program.

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The GUSA Finance and Appropriations Committee considered budget proposals from advisory boards Sunday.

The Student Activities Commission, which was a focus among candidates for GUSA executive, requested $315,522 — more than double the $150,000 it received last year.

“The reason why the increase is so large is because our groups are putting on more exciting programs and are pursuing more ambitious agendas,” SAC Chair Jennifer Chiang (SFS ’15) said. “They’re all doing a great job, even with small events like cultural events that raise awareness. We really want to support all of our groups.”

Chiang said that student groups will be adversely affected if GUSA de-

cides to fund less than they requested, as was the case in the 2012 cycle. Last year, SAC requested approximately $209,000 but received only $150,000.

“Whatever we get from GUSA goes straight to our groups,” she said. “The less money we have, the less money we can give out.”

Meanwhile, ABSO requested additional funding for further club development. ABSO Chair Morgan McDaniel (SFS ’13) said that its groups’ growth would be hindered if GUSA did not meet ABSO’s funding requests.

“We’ve had a huge number of ap-

plications for new club development last semester and this semester, and I think that is unprecedented numbers for all advisory boards, and so we’re requesting more money to support that process,” she said. “It would affect our ability to allow our groups to expand at the rate that they are projected to.”

The Fin/App Committee will release a draft budget Wednesday, which will then be open to comment by clubs and other members of the student body. The GUSA senate will vote on the final budget March 17.

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Stands in Way at WBC

Beno Picciano Hoya Staff Writer

What a difference the faceoff can make.

A week after falling to Lafayette in the opening possession of overtime, Sunday afternoon’s matchup with Navy marked Georgetown’s turn to keep the ball out of enemy hands in the extra session.

Redshirt junior defender Tyler Knarr scooped up the face-off, and after the Hoyas retained possession on a blocked shot, junior attack Jeff Fountain slotted home the game-winner with 2:04 remaining in overtime to give the Blue and Gray (1-1, 0-0 Big East) a 9-8 victory over the Midshipmen (2-2, 0-0 Patriot).

It was a crucial result for Georgetown, which recorded its first win of the spring, and for first-year Head Coach Kevin Warne, who registered his first victory on the Hilltop. Perhaps more significantly, the Hoyas showed resilience by flipping the script of last week’s gutwrenching defeat, which featured a second-half collapse and a sudden-death defeat in overtime. This time, the Blue and Gray battled back after trailing the vast majority of the first half and repeatedly answered the Midshipmen’s blows in the fourth quarter.

“Athletics is an unbelievable teaching tool, and it allowed us to learn from last week and to progress this week,” Warne said to guhoyas.com. “We’re far from done, but I’m happy for the guys. They responded to the coaching staff this week, and we got a W.” Georgetown fell behind three different times after battling back to make it 5-5 midway through the third quarter.

Senior attack and preseason all-Big East first-teamer Brian Casey fired in the equalizer to knot things up at 8-8 with 2:22 remaining in regulation before Fountain’s overtime winner brought relief to the home supporters at MultiSport Facility.

“I got the ball back up top to Zac Guy, saw no one was guarding me, so I cut to the back side,” Fountain told guhoyas.com. “[Guy] hit me with the pass from up top, the goalie stepped out and I just put it low.”

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Junior attack Jeff Fountain scored three times against the Midshipmen, including the game-winner in overtime. ways so pretty for the Blue and Gray. After Casey opened the scoring with a strike just seven seconds after the opening face-off, the Midshipmen methodically built up a 4-1 lead in the second quarter — an advantage that they maintained until Fountain cut the lead to 4-2 with 1:38 remaining in the half.

Georgetown was finally able to bring the contest level at 5-5 on an effort from sophomore midfielder Charles McCormick with 5:26 remaining in the third quarter. The two teams traded goals — the Hoyas always providing the response — until the hosts finally ended the back-and-forth affair in extra time.

Warne was quick to praise Knarr, who emerged with the ball on 13 of 19 face-off attempts, including 9 of 11 in the second half. Knarr’s 12 ground balls also helped the Hoyas rectify one of last week’s glaring weaknesses: time of possession.

“I thought Tyler Knarr was

awesome today,” Warne added to guhoyas.com. “It’s unique facing off with a long stick, but Tyler is quick enough to get the ball out and he did a great job.”

Fountain and Casey accounted for five of the Hoyas’ nine scores on the afternoon, while McCormick added a pair of second-half goals.

The narrow decision was nothing new for a matchup between these two programs, but Georgetown’s win was no surprise, either. Since beginning the Boyle Cup series of yearly matchups in 2005, the Hoyas have emerged victorious seven times in eight installments of the competition. However, a single goal has separated the two sides in five of those contests, and three of which have been decided in overtime.

The Blue and Gray will now head south for the start of spring break, travelling to Dallas next Saturday for a neutralsite meeting with Dartmouth (0-1, 0-0 Ivy League). Face-off is set for 1 p.m. at SMU Stadium.

Men’s Basketball

Huskies Waiting to Pounce Ashwin Wadekar Hoya Staff Writer

As hard as it may be, it is already time to move on.

The last time Georgetown beat Syracuse at the Carrier Dome — Feb. 9, 2011 — the Hoyas dropped their next road contest to eventual national champions Connecticut one week later. The Blue and Gray are hoping that history does not repeat itself Wednesday.

Given that UConn is ineligible to compete in the Big East tournament due to concerns with the team’s Academic Progress Report rating, Head Coach Kevin Ollie stated in the beginning of the year that the Huskies’ goal is to win the Big East regular season title. Connecticut currently sits

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Junior guard Markel Starks had just two points in last year’s matchup with UConn.

two games behind Georgetown in the standings, so a head-tohead win would go a long way in realizing that goal.

Do not be fooled by Connecticut’s seven losses: six of those were by single digits, and the lone double-digit loss — a 15-point defeat to then-No. 1 Louisville — was close until late in the second half.

Like the Hoyas, the Huskies start no seniors, instead relying on a lineup led by junior guard Shabazz Napier, whose 17.2 points per game put him at fifth in the Big East. Rounding out the backcourt are sophomore Ryan Boatright and freshman Omar Calhoun, while sophomore DeAndre Daniels and junior Tyler Olander down low.

The three guards account for over 60 percent of Connecticut’s scoring, so it will be important for sophomore guard Jabril Trawick and junior guard Markel Starks to stay out of foul trouble.

Against Syracuse, Trawick picked up three early fouls after getting another starting nod and only played 20 minutes the entire game.

UConn runs a similar offense to that of Rutgers, whom Georgetown just squeezed past Feb. 9, 69-63, after doing a poor job of locating all of Rutgers’ shooters on the court. Napier in particular is a confident shooter for the Huskies, making 41 percent of his shots from three-point range; almost half of his shots come from beyond the arc.

Georgetown, meanwhile, has been tough to pin down on the offensive end. There is no denying that the Hoyas are starting to come together offensively, but

their most recent performances have defied the trends that mark typical John Thompson III teams.

Instead of spreading out the scoring relatively evenly and emphasizing team scoring, two players took turns scoring 33 points this past week: first, freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera against DePaul and then sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. against Syracuse.

Still, Georgetown was not a one-man show either night.

Rather, the Hoyas committed to passing around Syracuse’s vaunted zone Saturday, often using 30 seconds of the shot clock or more until they found the best possible look. It just so happens that Georgetown’s best shot is often the one that Porter Jr. takes.

While the Hoyas are continuing to gain national attention — and Porter Jr. is gaining traction as a national player of the year candidate — Georgetown is also starting to develop a target on its back in its lofty perch atop the Big East standings. The Hoyas climbed the national rankings amid skepticism from analysts and fans, and they will need the same mentality in order to maintain their position there.

And that is what makes Wednesday’s contest at Connecticut so important. Both teams are talented and well-coached; the team that wants to win more will come out on top. To avoid a late-season collapse, Georgetown needs to prove it can continue to win games even after emotionally draining victories like its most recent one over Syracuse.

Tip-off between the Hoyas and Huskies is slated for 7 p.m.

evoid of its own World Cup and denied win Encarnacion and Nelson Cruz, the Dominiinclusion in the most recent Summer can Republic is my favorite in the group. VenezuOlympics, baseball lacked a consistent ela arguably has an an equally impressive squad, and legitimate world showcase until the creation though, with reigning MLB MVP Miguel Cabrera, of the World Baseball Classic in 2006. The tourna- Felix Hernandez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Elvis Andrus, ment will occur for the third time in 2013, run- Pablo Sandoval, Miguel Montero, Carlos Gonzaning from March 2 to March 19 and featuring 16 lez, Martin Prado and Gerardo Parra. Puerto Rico countries from four different continents.

— led by Carlos Beltran, Yadier Molina, Alex Rios The United States failed to meet expectations and Angel Pagan — got some tough luck with this in the two previous installments of the WBC — draw. just once finishing in the top four (fourth place in 2009) — as has the Dominican Republic, whose First Round — Pool D: United States, Mexico, best finish was fourth in 2006. Japan, on the oth- Italy, Canada. Picks: United States and Mexico er hand, has dominated the event, winning both to advance tournaments while enigmatic Cleveland Indians The United States — with heavyweights at the pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, formerly of the Bos- plate like David Wright, Ryan Braun, Giancarlo ton Red Sox has swept the tourney’s MVP awards. Stanton, Adam Jones and Joe Mauer and rising Although I am a profound believer in the vari- stars on the mound such as Craig Kimbrel and ability in baseball when the game Gio Gonzalez — is my favorite for is reduced to just a few contests, not only Pool D but also the enthe United States and Dominican tire tournament. Second place Republic appear to once again be for the tourney’s final group, the favorites. The tournament’s however, appears to be a battle format, however, enables several between Mexico and Canada. Ulteams to have a legitimate opportimately, I will take the former, tunity at a championship: It starts which boasts stars like Yovani off with four pools of four playGallardo and Adrian Gonzalez Preston Barclay ing internally, with two teams that outduel the likes of Justin from each pool advancing into Morneau, Brett Lawrie and othtwo new groups, with a double- This time around in ers. elimination format. The top two the WBC might be Second Round — Japan, Cuba, teams from these pools then play in knockout semifinals and finals.

South Korea, the Netherlands. the U.S.’s year.

Let’s dive into this year’s World Picks: Japan and Cuba to adBaseball Classic predictions. vance This is easily the weaker of the two secondFirst Round — Pool A: Japan, China, Cuba, round pools. Look for Japan to advance to the knockout rounds and Cuba to narrowly edge Brazil. Picks: Japan and Cuba to advance Japan and Cuba, easily the group’s frontrun- South Korea for the second position, with an ners, both boast rosters of players unknown to expected breakout from the aforementioned most American observers, with squads composed Abreu. entirely of domestic league players. Unfortunately for MLB fans, that means no Yoenis Cespedes Second Round — Dominican Republic, Veneor Aroldis Chapman from Cuba due to political zuela, United States, Mexico. Picks: Venezuela restraints, but outfielder Jose Dariel Abreu might and United States to advance be the country’s next big star. Likewise for Japan, Wow, what a group. While Mexico is no 24-year-old pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is a legiti- slouch, the battle to advance will ultimately mate anchor for Japan’s pitching staff and a po- come down to the other three squads. With tential MLB ace. each posing excellent lineups, the teams with the best pitching staffs will ultimately have the First Round — Pool B: South Korea, Nether- edge, which tilts things in favor of Venezuela lands, Australia, Taiwan. Picks: South Korea and the United States.

and the Netherlands to advance

Another team featuring solely domestic players, the South Korean squad is a legitimate threat in the tournament after a runner-up finish in the 2009 competition. The Netherlands, which possesses some excellent young talent, was dealt a blow upon recent revelations that top MLB prospect Jurickson Profar of the Texas Rangers will not take part in the tournament.

Even so, the squad should still have enough to advance, with former star Andruw Jones and future stars Andrelton Simmons of the Atlanta Braves and Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox leading the charge.

First Round — Pool C: Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain. Picks: Dominican Republic and Venezuela to advance

If there is one “Group of Death” in this tournament, it is Pool C, with three MLB star-laden heavyweights in Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. With a roster featuring Robinson Cano, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Ed-

Knockout Rounds — Japan vs. United States, Cuba vs. Venezuela. Finals — United States vs.

Venezuela. Champion: United States The best way to pick single-game scenarios is to rely on talent, and the United States and Venezuela simply possess the best players of the four remaining teams. It would be interesting to see if Venezuela would pit Anibal Sanchez in the semifinals and save Hernandez for the title, as well as if the United States would likewise keep Gio Gonzalez for the finals.

While it may be safe to hedge my bet by saying one of my three favorites (United States, Venezuela and Dominican Republic) will win the title, I believe 2013 will be a breakthrough for the Stars and Stripes, with the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton establishing himself as a leading MVP candidate as we approach the 2013 MLB season.

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Former Captain the First Hoya to Sign 2013 Contract CHRISTIANSON, from A10 one — and one that not every MLS draftee achieves — but Christianson acknowledged that a stacked depth chart in central midfield means that the real work still lies ahead of him.

Leading up to next Sunday’s season opener against Portland, Christianson said, the Red Bulls have thus far been primarily employing a 4-3-3 system that features a star-studded midfield of newly arrived Brazilian legend Juninho, Australian hero Tim Cahill and occasional U.S. international Dax McCarty.

“I don’t expect to just come in and start, just come in and step on the field,” Christianson said. “Right now I’m just taking it day by day.

It really depends on how I continue to play and if I continue to impress [subbing] on in games.”

The Iowa native did shine in preseason for the Red Bulls, earning rave reviews from the New York Post when he notched the opening goal in a 2-0 debut win over the Columbus Crew on Feb. 1. That quick start was aided in part by his comfort within the aforementioned 4-3-3, a formation that Christianson said closely parallels that of Georgetown.

“All three of us [Christianson, junior midfielder Joey Dillon and junior attacking mid Steve Neumann] kind of had that freedom to go where the game told us to go,” he said. “That interchange and that free-flowing formation that we played at school fits my style well.”

“I think it’s a good set-up for him,” Wiese echoed. “It’s a place where the personnel, the opportunities are ones [where] he might get some real chances to contribute early in his career.”

The Hoyas rode a Red Bull-esque emphasis on possession and ball control to the national title game last season, typically picking their

opponents calmly apart over the course of the full 90 minutes; 16 of the team’s 19 wins in 2012 came either by one goal or in a shootout.

But the wins did indeed come, and if firstyear head coach Mike Petke can enjoy anywhere near the kind of success that Christianson and Co. did, suffice it to say that the New York front office would be ecstatic. The East’s third seed in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs, the Red Bulls fell 2-1 on aggregate to D.C. United in the conference semifinals.

Next year’s edition of the MLS postseason, meanwhile, might very well pit a couple of Georgetown alumni against each other, as centerback Tommy Muller (first round, 15th overall to San Jose) and forward Andy Riemer (Supplemental Draft, sixth to Los Angeles) could follow Christianson’s lead in inking deals with their respective clubs by the end of the week.

Left back Jimmy Nealis (second round, 37th overall to Houston) — an all-Big East second team selection in 2012 — reaggravated an ankle injury from his college days during training camp and as a result will not be signed by the Dynamo, Wiese said.

Nealis, who Wiese explained had played with the injury throughout most of the Blue and Gray’s historic 2012 campaign, will therefore be rehabbing in the District for the next few months or so before renewing his efforts to latch on with an outfit in MLS. For now, though, let’s say we leave the spotlight on one “thrilled” new Hoya pro.

“Just being able to sign with the Red Bulls is…” Christianson started. He paused for a couple seconds, grasping for the right words, then let out a laugh.

“There’s no other way to describe it — it’s just really cool.”

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Game of Change

Storming Too Big a Risk T

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Junior forward Andrea White wasn’t the Hoyas’ go-to option in crunch time against the Panthers, but her offensive rebound allowed her to win the game at the charity stripe.

White Secures Last-Gasp Win Over Pitt at the Line Carolyn Maguire Hoya Staff Writer

The game between Georgetown and Pittsburgh on Saturday was tied at 70 with 37 seconds left, and the Hoyas had possession.

Everyone in the Petersen Events Center knew, then, that senior shooting guard Sugar Rodgers was looking to be the hero.

And Rodgers did indeed take the last shot, but it was junior forward Andrea White who sealed the team’s triumph in Pittsburgh.

With four seconds remaining, Rodgers drove to the basket and missed, only to have White grab the offensive board and get fouled on the put-back attempt.

Ice in her veins, White would convert both attempts from the stripe, giving Georgetown (14-12, 5-8 Big East) the hard-fought 72-70 win over Pittsburgh (9-17, 0-13 Big East).

“Andrea came from the right box … and then flew through everyone in the air and got the rebound. When she went back up, she got fouled, and they had to call it,” Head Coach Keith Brown said. “Andrea is probably the unsung hero on this team. She is extremely quiet and no-maintenance — she just does everything you need her to do, even when she is hurting.”

The Hoyas dominated the Panthers inside, outscoring them 30-20 in the paint en route to a victory that ended Georgetown’s fourgame losing streak.

“The worst team in the world to play is a team that hasn’t won. I have to give [Pittsburgh] credit,” Brown said. “I think Pitt played extremely well — they played well enough to win. They knocked down shots and were doing a good job on defense, but then our seasoning just came through at that point.”

Both teams got off to quick starts, and the Panthers found themselves with a 10-9 lead with just over 14 minutes remaining in the first half. But the Hoyas, sparked by a threepointer from sophomore guard Jasmine Jackson, went on a 16-0 run to open up a 15-point advantage.

The Blue and Gray’s subsequent cold shoot-

ing and fouls combined to allow the Panthers to claw back into the game, though. Pittsburgh had cut it to 32-28 with 44 seconds remaining in the half, but another trey by Jackson with three seconds remaining sent the Hoyas into the locker room with a sevenpoint lead.

The visitors’ momentum continued early into the second half, as a jumper by freshman forward Dominique Vitalis extended Georgetown’s lead to 12. Nonetheless, the Panthers were once again poised for another run.

This time the Hoyas were plagued by turnovers, which led to Pittsburgh’s getting easy baskets in transition. Within 10 minutes, the Blue and Gray’s 12-point lead had become a six-point deficit.

“We were taking quick shots,” Brown said.

“But we didn’t really do it to ourselves — they did it to us. They defended really well. They did a tremendous job.”

In spite of that Pittsburgh defensive pressure, Rodgers came up with back-to-back threes to kill the skid, tying the game at 56-56 with 6:40 remaining. The rest of the contest was a back-and-forth affair, but phenomenal play by White and Rodgers down the stretch sealed the road win.

“They played like the veterans that they are. Sugar is going to get a lot of contact in the game, but they both were poised,” Brown said. “They had a big crowd — it was their [breast cancer awareness] game — but [Sugar and Andrea] were poised and calmed everyone down.”

Three Hoya players reached double figures in the victory. Rodgers led all scorers with 23 points while also nabbing six steals; White posted a double-double, with 19 points and 12 rebounds; and Vitalis tallied 11 points.

“It was a much-needed win,” Brown said.

“I think we have been playing hard, but even though they play hard, the team doesn’t always see success, and that’s when it is hard to keep the morale up. I think the win puts some more wind in our sails — it was a big win for us.”

The Hoyas will next be in action today at DePaul. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m.

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he final buzzer sounds.

The fans throw their arms in the air in one collective motion. A guttural cheer fills the arena. The players mob each other on the court.

The greatest thrill in sports is watching your team emerge victorious after a long, hardfought game. It is human nature to want to join with the players in their triumph and celebrate a victory that may soon become legend. This desire is especially strong in college athletics, where players and students are united by classrooms, dining halls and house parties. The result: thousands of fans streaming from the stands to the court to partake in a mosh pit of celebratory exhilaration following a win. This may sound like the fairytale ending to every sports story.

It’s not.

Storming the court. Rushing the field. Invading the pitch.

No matter the name, these traditions are not only flawed — they are dangerous.

A celebration that used to be reserved for huge upsets and championship victories, storming the court now happens with such regularity that the act has lost its true character and magnitude. If baseball teams celebrated with champagne showers in the locker room after every win, then popping the bubbly after winning the division championship would be meaningless.

The same holds true for storming the court.

College fan bases have forgotten that very few victories warrant this type of celebration. A prime example of this was when Duke fans tried to storm the court following their school’s victory over North Carolina two weeks ago. One cannot deny that the teams are bitter rivals, but the No. 2-ranked Blue Devils were heavily favored to defeat the unranked Tar Heels, and Duke prevailed by only five points. The Tar Heels showed up to play, while Duke looked sloppy. This was a victory that called for Duke fans to heave a huge sigh of relief and go home, not to try and storm

the court. Yet try they did.

The Cameron Crazies began swarming the court as the final seconds ticked off the game clock, only to see an annoyed Mike Krzyzewski angrily waving his arms, clearly signaling for the students to get off the court. He, at least, knew that this game did not warrant a court storm, rivalry or no rivalry. The students shamefacedly made their way back to their seats, and Coach K’s legendary influence further cemented its place in college basketball lore.

There are some games when storming the court truly is an

Laura Wagner

My sister could have been badly injured on the football field. honest expression of fans’ joy over watching their team win a statement game against a higher-ranked opponent, however.

When the Maryland Terrapins beat Duke 83-81 at home Feb. 16, Terps fans flowed like water onto the court, a sea of red and yellow.

As a Maryland native and Terps fan, I was ecstatic about the win, but I was an anxious mess watching the thousands of students (some of them my friends) pack onto the court. My anxiety stemmed from more than just fearfulness of large crowds; it was from knowing personally just how quickly these celebrations can turn from jubilant to traumatic.

My twin sister rushed the field after the Virginia football team upset Georgia Tech in the Cavaliers’ 2011 homecoming game. She was caught in a crowd, pushed down, trampled and unable to stand up.

Crushed under a pile of bodies, she could not breathe. Fortunately, a friend was finally able to extricate her from the heap.

Had he not been there, I do not like to think of what might have happened.

Though injured and shaken, my sister was lucky. There have been many others who were not.

In 2004, Joe Kay was a star high-school basketball player from Tucson on the eve of his 18th birthday. After his team won a game against a rival school, fans swarmed Kay, and, in the commotion, his carotid artery was severed, causing a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side. Kay would never play basketball again.

Then there’s the case of Richard Rose, a student at the University of Minnesota-Morris who died from head trauma he sustained while rushing the football field after his school secured a double overtime homecoming victory in 2005.

Tragedies like these are rare, but even one is one too many.

Though some conferences, such as the SEC, ban courtstorming and levy hefty fines at schools whose students leave the stands, the NCAA itself has no rules against this type of celebration. If this rash of court-storming persists and the trend of students running onto courts (or fields) continues to increase, it is only a matter of time before the number of injuries, and even deaths, rises as well.

On March 9, the Georgetown basketball team will host Syracuse at the Verizon Center for the last time as Big East rivals, and already there has been discussion about postgame court-storming prospects. Now I’m as excited for the game as the next Hoya fan, not only because of the tremendous history between these two schools but also because this game marks the end of an era.

Georgetown students haven’t stormed the court in years, and if there were to be a game after which storming would be appropriate, this would be it. If Georgetown wins, I will understand if fans rush the court.

But I won’t join them.

Laura Wagner is a sophomore in the College. GAME OF CHANGE appears every Tuesday.

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GU Holds on Against Tigers Josh Simmons Hoya Staff Writer

There were 13 minutes left on the clock, and the No. 15 Georgetown’s women’s lacrosse team (2-0, 0-0 Big East) had just seen a sizeable six-goal advantage cut in half in just two minutes.

Suddenly, for the first time all game, No. 17 Towson (0-2, 0-0 Colonial) appeared to have more energy than the Blue and Gray, with all the momentum going against a seemingly flustered Hoya squad.

Georgetown Head Coach Ricky Fried then called a timeout to gather his girls in the game’s critical moment. He decided to keep the message simple.

“The only thing I really told them was to take a big breath and smile,” Fried said. “It wasn’t about us having to do anything different than what we had done previously — it was about relaxing.”

As it turned out, that little bit of zen was all that Georgetown needed: The Hoyas scored on their next possession right out of the timeout and were able to comfortably hold off the Tigers from there for a 13-10 victory.

Junior midfielder Kelyn Freedman, who scored the crucial goal, credited her success to the playcalling and her teammates’ work in setting her up.

“We drew up one of our plays that we go to,” Freedman said. “[Junior midfielder] Hannah [Franklin] had a great pass on it and the whole offense executed it really well.”

The game was a tale of two halves at MultiSport Facility, the first of which was dominated by the Hoyas, as the hosts controlled possession, pace and the scoreboard in the opening frame.

The Blue and Gray went into the locker room up 9-4, thanks in part to sophomore attack Caroline Tarzian, who scored all of her

five goals before intermission.

After the game, Tarzian echoed Freedman’s comments in deflecting praise from herself and pointing it toward her teammates.

“I think our offense moved really well as a whole,” she said.

“Most of our goals either came from assists or we were wide open.”

The second half lacked the flow of the first and quickly turned into a messy contest that was at times hard to watch. On a wet and cold field, players failed to complete simple passes and catches and often slipped while in stride.

In a defensive struggle, it took the Tigers over 15 minutes to net their first goal out of the locker room.

The game then started to get out of hand partway through the second half, as multiple yellow cards were issued to both sides.

While Towson bore the brunt of the referee’s disapproval, Freedman said the Hoyas were expecting such a brutal grind of a matchup based on the tape they had studied of the Tigers.

“We knew coming into it [that] it was going to be physical,” Freedman said. “I think it got a little out of control at times — there were a lot of fouls called, and we needed to break down our feet and fix that.”

Though the Tigers struggled to find the back of the net, they were kept in the game by sophomore goalkeeper Kelsea Donnelly, who made 11 saves on the day. Donnelly’s effort in the cage was still not enough, though, as Georgetown regained control after Towson’s surge midway through the second half.

The only other time the outcome became uncertain was late in the second half when Towson went on another run, scoring two straight goals to once again

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Junior midfielder Kelyn Freedman scored two goals in the win over No. 17 Towson. cut the margin to three with just over four minutes left on the clock.

This time, the Blue and Gray did not need a timeout to regain their composure, as they calmly controlled possession without any threat until the clock struck all zeroes.

After the convincing win over the ranked Tigers, Fried expressed his belief that the win would forge confidence in his team and be a sign of things to come.

“Today was a momentum builder for us,” Fried said. “This wasn’t a make-or-break game with the second game of the season, but I think beating a quality opponent on our field and the way we beat them says a lot about where we are right now as a team. If we can continue to build, it will bode well for us in the future.”

The Blue and Gray are home once again for their next game against Princeton at 4 p.m. Friday.

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He had to make plays, and he made them all day.

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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim on Otto Porter, Jr.

The number of consecutive home games Syracuse had won before Saturday’s loss to Georgetown.

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JT III Porter Jr. Silences Carrier Dome Star forward carries Hoyas to 57-46 Unsung win in last Big East game at Syracuse ’Cuse Hero PAT CURRAN

and-forth start to the second, Porter Jr. took over the game. He scored in every way imaginable SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The “Hoya — three-pointers, tip-ins, free Saxa” chants rained down from throws — somehow imposing the rafters as nearly 35,000 Syra- his will on the Orange without cuse fans shuffled out of the Car- breaking the flow of the comrier Dome in stunned silence. plex Georgetown offense.

There was still a minute left “To play like that up here on the clock. against that kind of opponent — Sophomore forward Otto Por- that takes a special kind of playter Jr. singlehandedly lifted No. er,” Head Coach John Thompson 11 Georgetown (21-4, 11-3 Big III said.

East) to a 57-46 win over No. 8 After holding the advantage for Syracuse (22-5, 10-4 Big East) Sat- much of the gritty first half, Syraurday afternoon, in what is likely cuse bowed out with a whimper to be the archrivals’ penultimate rather than the roar that Hoyas meeting as conference foes. fans have become accustomed Porter Jr.’s 33-point, eight-re- to. Offensive futility in the face bound, fiveof Georgesteal pertown’s zone fo r m a n c e turned into cemented frustration, him as the frustration favorite for into defenBig East sive break33 POINTS | 8 REBOUNDS player of and 12-19 SHOOTING | 5 STEALS downs the year defensive 5-10 3-PT. SHOOTING and added b r e a kto his case downs into for Wooden wide-open Award consideration. looks for Porter Jr. “He just dominated the game,” With 4:52 to play and the Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim Hoyas up four, Porter Jr. elevated said of Porter. “He really won the for a long three to cut off the game. He had to make plays, and Orange momentum and put the he made them all day.” game nearly out of reach. Syra“I thought I was pretty good,” cuse senior Brandon Triche ran Porter Jr. said afterwards. into the Georgetown star on his The game had all the mak- closeout, sending both players ings of an instant classic, and tumbling to the ground. for much of the afternoon, it apAnd because it was that kind peared that it would come down of day, the shot went in. to the final seconds. The Orange “I don’t how that went in, but leapt out to a 12-4 lead in the it did,” he said. “I was speechless.” opening minutes, but the Hoyas Speechless or not, Porter hamclimbed back quickly and took a mered the nail home by sinking one-point lead on a thunderous the free throw and completing Porter Jr. dunk. the four-point play. The orangeThe two teams fought a war clad crowd began streaming toof attrition for the remainder ward the exits minutes later, havof the half; with baskets nearly ing witnessed a home loss for the impossible to come by, even a first time in 39 games over the five-point lead seemed comfort- course of more than two years. able. Syracuse forwards C.J. Fair The Hoyas move into sole posand James Southerland coun- session of first place in the Big East tered Porter Jr. by stopping each with the win and Marquette’s loss Georgetown run with a well- to Villanova. They play at Connecttimed basket, but none of the icut Wednesday, but that wasn’t stars could score often enough on anyone’s mind Saturday night. to give his team a real cushion.

Instead, McDonough Arena That is, not until the second half. was aglow with the kind of joy After a Syracuse run to close only a win over Syracuse can the opening frame and a back- bring.

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t’s been nearly three days since Georgetown’s incredible win at the Carrier Dome, and the postSyracuse celebrations are already only a memory; John Thompson III and company are zeroed in on tomorrow’s game at Connecticut.

But in the afterglow of Otto Porter Jr.’s nearly flawless performance, the role of the Hoyas’ reserved head coach in the win has gone largely unnoticed.

This game was as much the story of a battle of coaching giants as it was a hero’s epic. As dominant as Porter Jr. was, he never took the game over on his own terms. Everything he did Saturday, he did within the flow of Thompson III’s offense. So while the star sophomore deserves all the praise he’s getting right now, it’s important to acknowledge the coach’s role in the win.

I wrote before the game that Thompson III and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim know each other’s schemes so well that little comes as a surprise — much of the entertainment for basketball junkies, then, manifests itself in the coaches’ game-day wrinkles.

Predictably, Boeheim tweaked his 2-3 zone in an attempt to neutralize Georgetown’s star. As a freshman, Porter Jr. had nailed jumper after jumper from the high post, forcing the zone to collapse on him and freeing up shooters.

Boeheim had his guards clamp down on the free throw line Saturday, making it all but impossible for the Hoya guards to work the ball into Porter Jr. and daring Nate Lubick and Jabril Trawick to beat the Orange from the outside.

That’s where Thompson III came in.

The presumptive Big East coach of the year moved his star to the perimeter in an effort to stretch the Syracuse zone and breathe life into his team’s offense.

Porter Jr. hadn’t been a threat from deep in the teams’ last meeting, but a summer of practice had put him among the Hoyas’ top three-point weapons. But to move the team’s best player from the position in which he was most effective the year before was a risky move.

To put it mildly, it paid off.

Porter Jr.’s 33-point explosion will go down in Syracuse-Georgetown lore, and it wouldn’t have happened without Thompson III abandoning a previously successful strategy early in the game.

The in-game adjustments didn’t stop there. After starting center Mikael Hopkins had a string of mistakes that helped the Orange get back in the game in the first half, Thompson III started regular backup Moses Ayegba to begin the second frame.

Ayegba had been effective in the first half but was nearly perfect — within his role, of course — in the second. He snagged 10 boards, five of them offensive, and his monster block of Rakeem Christmas was the biggest play of the game by anyone not named Otto.

There were many unsung heroes in a game that the media portrayed as Porter Jr.’s coming-out party as Big East player of the year. For example, Trawick’s penetration off the dribble led directly to open looks in crucial moments.

But at the end of the day, John Thompson III outcoached Jim Boeheim in their most high-profile meeting to date. That deserves as much commendation as Porter Jr.’s heroics.

PAT CURRAN is a junior in the College

and former sports editor of The Hoya.

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Christianson Inks One-Year Red Bulls Deal RYAN BACIC

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Major League Soccer has officially doubled its Hoya tally: Former Georgetown men’s soccer captain and All-American Ian Christianson has signed with the New York Red Bulls.

In an exclusive interview Monday with The Hoya, the 22nd overall pick of Jan. 17’s MLS SuperDraft revealed that the contract, which was announced by the Red Bulls Friday, is a one-year senior deal with three club options that can be exercised following each season.

Christianson is the first player under Head Coach Brian Wiese to sign with a team in the United States’ top flight, joining Dan Gargan (MSB ’05) of the San Jose Earthquakes as the only two Georgetown players currently on MLS rosters.

“It means a lot to me, obviously, [Wiese] bringing me in there and just kind of believing in me and what I wanted to do during my time at Georgetown. As far as that goes, I’m really proud,” Christianson said. “It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to play professionally, and hope-

fully this starts a long legacy of Coach Wiese’s players making it in MLS.” The average MLS player makes $143,500 a year, a number that drops to $93,500 if one doesn’t include the salary of more highly-compensated Designated Players like Thierry Henry and Robbie Keane. While Christianson did not disclose the exact salary dictated by the contract, he did express that it was “a little better than what I was expecting coming into the league straight from college.”

And deservedly so, according to his former coach.

“As someone who worked with him for the last four years, I’m not surprised [by his signing],” Wiese said. “He’s always had a professional mentality in how he’s done it. He’s always had all the traits to compete at that level, and we’re just really happy that he’s been given the opportunity by a team to stick it out and ultimately start a long career with a really great organization.”

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Central midfielder and 2012 Georgetown captain Ian Christianson became the first Hoya alum to enter MLS since 2008.