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THE HIDDEN HOMELESS

COMMENTARY Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., talks hope and “The Hunger Games.”

Just steps from GU, an unconventional community carves out a life along the canal.

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ATF Basic plans for the ATF were approved by the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts.

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MEN’S LACROSSE The Hoyas hope to avoid a losing season by beating ’Cuse Saturday.

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GSC Members Protest Labor Rights Abuses Bias Site Mariah Byrne Hoya Staff Writer

About 20 members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee protested alleged labor rights abuses by Georgetown licensee Adidas in front of University President John J. DeGioia’s office Wednesday afternoon.

According to GSC member and demonstration organizer Samuel Geaney-Moore (SFS ’12), Adidas failed to pay workers of an apparel factory in Tangerang, Indonesia that closed in March the $1.8 million they are owed in severance pay. Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for Licensees states that the university’s licensees must provide terminal compensation for all of its contractors. According to Geaney-Moore, Adidas is therefore in violation of the university’s code.

The protesters presented a letter addressed to DeGioia and met with Joseph Ferrara, his chief of staff, in the Philodemic Room.

“It was a very cordial, respectful meeting,” Ferrara said. “I know they’re serious, and I respected that.”

According to Ferrara, the con-

cerns of the student protesters have been shared with DeGioia, who was in a meeting at the time of the demonstration, as well as Vice President for Federal Relations Scott Fleming and university spokeswoman Stacy Kerr.

The issue of labor rights in Indonesia was raised at Tuesday’s meeting of the university’s Licensing Oversight Committee, which is currently chaired by Fleming and has several student members. The committee spoke with a representative of Adidas Tuesday and is investigating whether the company is violating the university’s code of conduct.

“We are in the midst of those conversations,” Fleming said.

He noted that terminating Georgetown’s contract with Adidas is ultimately a legal decision.

He is attempting to arrange a meeting with the university’s counsel by next week.

According to Geaney-Moore, the university has known about the issue for several months. GSC members chose to protest today after a week of planning in hopes of having the problem addressed by the end of the semester.

“For months, we’ve been talk-

Inactive Since 2010 Annie Chen

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based on applicants’ goals and interests. The core program enables applicants to pursue either a full-time research program abroad or teach while conducting side research projects. Additional scholarships allow winners to teach abroad or enable foreign students to study in the United States.

Last year, Georgetown nabbed

In response to public debate over a proposal by the Georgetown University Student Association executive team to include an LGBTQ-friendly checkbox on freshman housing forms, GUSA is forming a working group to evaluate that proposal and other potential means of increasing on-campus safety for LGBTQ students.

The LGBTQ safety and wellness working group, which will be led by GUSA Transitional Secretary Sam Ungar (COL ’12) and Secretary of Diversity Affairs James Saucedo (MSB ’13), plans to meet twice before the end of the academic year.

“We’re looking forward to having productive conversations about ensuring health, safety and wellness for LGBTQ

Georgetown’s Bias Related Incident Reporting System, intended to document and address issues of prejudice on campus, has not updated its online record of bias incident statistics since August 2010.

The maintenance of the website is the responsibility of the university’s bias reporting team, which includes representatives from the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action and the Department of Public Safety.

The system allows members of the university community to file online incident reports and then receive information about their rights and available resources.

According to Dennis Williams, chair of the bias reporting team and director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, the team continues to receive reports and provide consultations to students but has not updated its public records.

“It is inexcusable that we don’t have it updated,” Williams said. “We are working to update the numbers for the 2011 and 2012 academic year during the summer.”

The group was formed based on recommendations by the Hate and Bias Reporting Working Group, which was created by University President John J. DeGioia in the spring of 2004 to address intolerance on campus. According to Sivagami Subbaraman, director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, the bias reporting team no longer has the personnel required to keep the system functioning as it was designed.

“All of us are doing this on top of everything else we do,” she said. “We don’t have a person dedicated to keep [the system on] track. It was maintained for a long time, and then that person left the job. It’s a matter of finding somebody to do it.”

A total of 133 reports were filed between the system’s inception in fall 2004 and spring 2010, the last semester for which records are available. The university saw an average of 11.75 incidents per semester, recording a minimum of five in fall 2008 and maximum of 25 in spring 2009.

Williams was unable to pin down a concrete average for the number of recorded

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Students demonstrated outside University President John J. DeGioia’s office Wednesday afternoon. ing about this at the university through the more quiet channels,” Geaney-Moore said.

Ferrara said that the Office of the President welcomes all student concerns and plans to have the ap-

propriate members of the administration investigate the claims made by the GSC by next week.

“The door’s always open, and I was happy to meet with them,” Ferrara said.

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From left: Cecily Raynor (GRAD ’12), Alexandra Dudzuik (SFS ’12) and Stephen Szypulski (SFS ’12) are three of the 10 Georgetown students who have received Fulbright awards so far this year.

GU Has 10 Fulbright Winners Heather Flynn Hoya Staff Writer

Ten Georgetown students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships thus far in this year’s selection process.

The recipients, who include seven seniors and three graduate students or recent alumni, will use their scholarships to study in eight countries on four continents, from sites in Jordan and

Malaysia to Brazil and Kosovo.

The Fulbright Program, which is run through the U.S. State Department, awards about 7,500 grants each year to recognize academic merit and leadership potential as well as to fund research initiatives.

Scholarship announcements will continue through the end of June.

The Fulbright Program comprises multiple grant categories

Weekend Tries to Increase Minority Enrollment Sarah Patrick Hoya Staff Writer

With universities across the country competing for top students, Hoya Saxa Weekend aims to attract minority students through a weekend of campus immersion.

On Thursday, 83 accepted students joined current Georgetown students to participate in the 11th annual Hoya Saxa Weekend.

Born as a pre-admission program called Minority Hosting Weekend, the program has evolved into what Dennis Williams, director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, calls “GAAP plus.”

While attendees participate in all Georgetown Alumni Ambassadors Program events, they also arrive a day earlier, stay a day later and live in campus housing with student hosts.

First-time host and past program participant Daisy Franco (SFS ’15) said that

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the weekend is crucial for attracting students to the university.

“For me, going to Hoya Saxa Weekend was the deciding factor on whether or not I would come,” she wrote in an email. “I understand how important this weekend is, and I want to be available to other students to help them with their decision.”

Events include a reception with staff and faculty, a showcase that highlights the different cultural performance groups on campus and a bus tour of the District. “[The weekend] truly shows minority students from different backgrounds that if they come to Georgetown, there is a niche for them,” Donna Hernandez (SFS ’13), Hoya Saxa Weekend co-chair, said.

Though Asian Americans, blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans represent about 30 percent of admitted students,

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OPINION

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FRIDAY, April 20, 2012

THE VERDICT

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EDITORIALS

Respecting Relay Despite the jovial atmosphere Relay For Life provides, it’s important to remember that the event is a serious and reflective occasion for many.

Tonight, out of respect for the cause and their fellow attendees for whom Relay is much more than just festivities, students should refrain from excessive drinking before arriving at MultiSport Facility.

The annual event, which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, is of course designed to be fun. Several campus groups use the opportunity to showcase their talents through various performances as students march around the field. Clubs set up booths and provide attendees with the chance to win prizes. Relay is a great opportu-

nity for students to spend time with each other while supporting an important cause.

But for some students, it’s tempting to treat Relay like just another party.

Organizers take precautions to prevent alcohol consumption by screening bags at the gates, and for good reason. Drinking at Relay or arriving intoxicated disrespects those for whom the night has significant personal meaning, as well as organizers who have poured so much effort into preparing the event.

If we feel the need to pregame an event like Relay, we’re better off not going at all. But as a fun gathering to support a cause that’s important to so many, Relay is a refreshing kind of celebration.

A More Competitive Place — Georgetown University School of Medicine received over 11,000 applications this year — the third highest number in the country.

No More Late Night — Mayor Gray’s proposal to allow bars to stay open later would not apply to 20 percent of D.C. bars that already have agreements to close early with their local providers.

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Let the Films Begin — Filmfest D.C. is screening 80 films from more than 35 countries at various venues across the city until Sunday.

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The Price of Late Fees Preregistration can be a stressful process.

And it’s even worse when you encounter an unexpected error message because your student account has been blocked.

The Office of Student Accounts is responsible for charging all tuition and housing fees, as well as overdue library fines and other small service charges on a student’s account. If a student has unpaid fees of more than $100, he or she is then blocked from using MyAccess. Given the fact that students must use checking accounts to make such payments, it is unreasonable to block them from preregistering for fines less than two weeks old.

During the academic year, the Office of Student Accounts doesn’t accept credit card payment; students can only pay with a checking account. Late fees for media rental from Gelardin or utility charges for those living in townhouses can add up quickly. Many students do not have immediate access to checking accounts with enough cash to pay off these

Get Your Paws on That — The sixth Annual Fashion for Paws runway show featured over 60 dogs and raised over $625,000 for the Washington Humane Society Saturday.

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Hoyas Against Cancer — Georgetown’s annual Relay For Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society takes place tonight. See our coverage on A5.

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fees and are thus restricted from signing up for their courses or requesting official transcripts in time to meet job application deadlines.

It is fair for the university to ask students to pay their bills before they can use MyAccess to preregister or request transcripts for internships. Otherwise, fees might go unpaid for months. But punishing students by blocking them from preregistering for recent fees is unreasonable.

Students should not be locked out of MyAccess for fees incurred within two weeks of pre-registration. Alternatively, the Office of Student Accounts should allow students to pay off these fees using major credit cards so that they can do so in time to meet deadlines.

As students, many of us are still learning to cope with real-world situations and responsibilities — like paying bills. Blocking us from classes during preregistration isn’t going to teach us anything.

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THE RAW DEAL by Anthony Mastroianni

Freedom to Chews Eating at O’Donovan Hall is a rite of passage for most Georgetown students.

But while it is understandable that freshman meal plans are compulsory, sophomores shouldn’t share the requirement.

Leo’s isn’t all bad: As freshmen get to know their surroundings during the whirlwind of their first semester, it’s handy to have a familiar space to find hot meals. Additionally, the forced bonding that comes from finding someone to eat with during the first days of school can lead to enduring friendships.

But after a year of trekking to the one dining hall on campus, Leo’s loses its novelty; many sophomores grow tired of the food offered in the cafeteria. By their second year on campus, students have figured out alternative dining options, and those lucky enough to have scored coveted apartments can have block plans. Even those in dorms might

eat out or order in too often to make meal plans worth it.

University policy states that all sophomores are required to purchase a meal plan. Though this requirement is not always enforced, and all students, regardless of class, are eligible for exemptions for medical or religious reasons. The university should refrain from making meal plans mandatory for sophomores. Second-year students are more than capable of both deciding whether they should purchase meal plans and providing for themselves if they do not.

The Leo’s dining experience offers many benefits for freshmen, and the meal plan requirement makes sense for the newest members of the Georgetown community. But after the first year of a student’s undergraduate career, meal plans should not be compulsory; sophomores should have the autonomy to chew on their own food choices.

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VIEWPOINT • Nikita Buley

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AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT...

Vermonter Finds Her President Snow on Hope Footing on the Hilltop I I was a pretty big shock to Georgetown, and Georgetown was a pretty big shock to me.

I am from central Vermont, arguably the U.S. capital of liberals, agnostics and hippies. Across from my house, there is a cohousing unit — complete with shared heating and septic systems — full of stereotypical Vermonters. My father is an organic farmer who sells his soup at the organic cooperative grocery store and rarely wears anything fancier than dirty Carhartts and mud boots.

My sisters, my mom and I enjoy combing through thrift stores, consignment stores and the dump (yes, where trash goes) for fabulous used clothing. In high school, I took belly-dancing classes, raced on the alpine ski team and created the world’s prettiest PowerPoint presentation on the history of maple syrup.

People’s reactions to my stories and experiences have been amusing, to say the least.

When I told my friends I had a pet flying squirrel for three years, they laughed before asking, “Wait, really?” A friend, in response to my being atheist: “You would be.” And perhaps the best was a classmate’s reaction three weeks into freshman year: “Wait, your dad is actually an organic farmer? And you actually have 300 chickens? I thought you were joking!”

While the people around me got used to my oddities, I also had to adjust to a brandnew culture. Students here are actually religious, which was bizarre to me. No one at home is Catholic, and even the most devout Christians in my town rarely go to church.

I had never really experienced racial or political diversity, either. The only Indian girl I had ever met in Vermont had been adopted by white parents, and there was one black family in my town. And about half the people here are Republican, which was astounding to me — I only knew a handful of conservatives growing up.

And as for clothes, I’ll just say that I had never heard of Vineyard Vines or seen boat

shoes before I got to the Hilltop.

Despite, or perhaps because of, the bewilderment and awe that characterized my first year at Georgetown, it was and still is my dream school. And quite frankly, I’m happy it’s been such a strange experience.

People’s reactions to me and my life seem more educational than some of my classes, and I don’t think I could have learned nearly as much around people who thought me familiar and usual.

After my first semester here, I went to a neighborhood dinner back home with my parents. When my neighbors asked me the usual questions about how school was going, I responded that Georgetown felt a little strange, but that I loved my classes and I felt like I was starting to fit in. One neighbor, a professional potter and excellent cook, cryptically told me that it was good for me to struggle a bit. She said that part of growing up is being unsure where you belong and experimenting with what you are until you figure it out.

Slowly but surely, I’ve found a home here, my little niche. The difficulties I faced adapting to Georgetown have been a big part of my growth into a more mature, well-rounded person than I was in high school. Georgetown has taught me that when thrown into any kind of bizarre social situation, you figure out what the atmosphere is like, decide how you want to fit into it and then adapt.

That’s how a community is formed, and that’s how we all learn to live together and cooperate. And that’s why Georgetown has such a strong sense of community: Coming here, we’ve all realized it’s best to mesh with the people around you, accept their differences, maintain your own uniqueness and move on with life.

Which, I’m realizing now, is probably exactly what the hippie from across the street was trying to tell me.

Nikita Buley is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business. She is a deputy copy editor for The Hoya.

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US Laws and Media Obscure Racist Realities W

hat do the mysterious death of a appearance garnered massive coverage in the soldier in Iraq, the death of a teen American and international media. The case in Florida, the controversy sur- received the attention of the FBI, the Dutch air rounding a class at Georgetown last fall, the force and the governor of Alabama.

Both cases involved the death or disappearwar on drugs and voter ID laws all have in ance of a woman under mysterious circumcommon? stances. Yet Johnson was black, and Holloway The answer is stealth racism.

That is, racism that is not overt, but rather was white. Johnson’s death received limited subtle and insidious, and therefore harder to coverage and investigation, but Holloway’s case detect and combat. Unlike the overt racism of became an international phenomenon.

In the case of Trayvon Martin, it is worth askthe past, stealth racism is manifested through policies and rhetoric that ostensibly appear ing what role race played. If Martin were white, would he still be alive? benign.

The same semester as Dyson’s “Sociology of In the summer of 2005, Private LaVena Johnson was found dead in Iraq. At the age Hip-Hop” class, two comparable classes, “Phiof 19, she was one of the first black women to losophy & Star Trek” and “Philosophy & The die in the war on terror. When her body was Wire,” were offered with no controversy at all.

In the case of drug laws, the punishment found, it was covered with bruises, scratches and bite marks. She had several shattered for crack cocaine (more commonly used by teeth, a broken nose and a black eye. Her hand blacks) is far more severe than the punishhad been covered with flammable liquid ments for powder cocaine (more commonly and subsequently torched and acid had been used by whites). As a result, black males account for 50 percent of poured on her crotch. The the prison population, deArmy declared her death a spite only accounting for suicide, and to this day reabout 12 percent of the fuses to investigate the case overall American populafurther. tion. All this is despite the Just this past February, fact that studies repeatTrayvon Martin, a black edly demonstrate that teenager, was gunned down people of all races use and in Florida after a confronsell illegal drugs at similar tation with a neighborrates. hood watch volunteer who Sam Blank Like the literacy tests thought Martin was suspiand poll taxes of the past, cious. Martin was in fact voter ID laws appear race visiting his father, who lived By confronting stealth neutral. However, in pracnearby, and coming back they have a disprofrom a convenience store racism can we form a tice, portionate effect on poor with Skittles and iced tea. and minority voters. The This past fall, a class more perfect union.

Brennan Center for Justice taught at Georgetown by estimates that 11 percent of noted academic Michael Eric Dyson, “The Sociology of Hip-Hop,” at- eligible voters lack proper identification under tracted widespread criticism for being in- these laws. However, among blacks, the numsufficiently intellectual. Stephen Wu’s view- ber is 25 percent.

Voter ID laws represent a hidden poll tax. point in The Hoya criticizing the class (“Jay-Z: Not a 21st-Century Homer, A3, Nov. 1, 2011) Instead of having to pay at the voting booth, argued that the course was “poppycock” and Americans are now required to pay to get the proper identification to vote. that it couldn’t “stand intellectual muster.”

On the surface, none of these cases appear to Under the policies of the war on drugs, crack cocaine receives significantly harsher penalties be instances of racism. However, through closer than powder cocaine, despite the fact that both examination, they can all be seen as examples of stealth racism and reveal how discriminadrugs are pharmaceutically equivalent.

Finally, in the last several months, multiple tion and bias continue to have a profound efstates have moved to further restrict voting fect upon our society.

Many Americans believe that racism is no rights by passing voter identification laws, which require voters to show certain approved longer a problem in our society. However, as forms of identification in order to vote in elec- each of these cases indicates, rather than eradicating racism, we have driven it underground tions.

At first glance, none of these cases would ap- where it has continued to fester and metastapear to be instances of racism. However, closer size. Only through confronting the phenomanalysis reveals the profound influence of rac- enon of stealth racism openly and directly can we hope to move forward and form a more ism on each of these cases.

The same summer of Private Johnson’s perfect union. death, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba under suspicious circum- Sam Blank is a senior in the College. This is the stances. Unlike Johnson’s death, Holloway’s dis- last appearance of IMPERFECT UNION.

recently finished “The Hunger Games,” the first part in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy, about a post-apocalyptic America where an oppressive government orchestrates a grim spectacle in which two teenagers from each of the nation’s 12 districts battle to the death in a competitive reality television show of sorts.

I even snuck away on Holy Saturday to watch the wildly successful movie. In the movie, there is a scene in which the evil President Snow counsels Seneca Crane, the orchestrator of the macabre annual games. Explaining why there must be only one winner, Snow says diabolically, “Hope: It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective; a lot of hope is dangerous. Spark is fine, as long as it’s contained. So, contain it.”

Ironically, just a few hours later, I preached about hope at the Vigil Mass for Easter in Dahlgren Chapel. In the Christian tradition, hope ultimately rests in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is God’s most eloquent demonstration that death and violence will not have the last word. Life triumphs over death, love over hate and, yes, hope over fear.

Hope is a fundamentally human experience. We are hardwired to hope. To quote the poet Alexander Pope, “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”

We innately long for lasting meaning, security, love, intimacy, joy and peace. In the Catholic imagination, these are holy longings because everything that is human is in the playground of the divine.

But here’s the challenge: Too often, these human longings meet frustration. A loved one dies. We lose our job. We get dumped by a significant other.

We do poorly on a paper. The Red Sox lose again. Such is life.

Yet, we still hope, because hope is the most resilient of human longings.

For Christians, such resilience

rests in the good news of Easter, a resilience shared by other religious traditions that profess an ultimate reality beyond this one.

Our deepest human longings will be fulfilled and our losses will be redeemed by the God who created us. To borrow from Alban McCoy, Catholic chaplain at the University of Cambridge, hope “gives rise to a confidence that the whole of our lives and the whole of creation is encompassed by and taken up into an

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We hope because it is the most resilient of human longings. inconceivable and infinite Love.”

St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, put it simply: “In God alone we place our hope.”

Freud called such hope a delusion, and Marx called it an opiate. But such is not the case for those here on the Hilltop. While we read Freud, Marx and even “The Hunger Games” in our spare time, we are in the business of harnessing hope. This is not shallow optimism, a naive flight of fancy or an escape from reality. On the contrary, hope meets head-on the beauty and brokenness of reality and allows us to find meaning, even in loss and suffering.

This time of year, we often look to nature to remind us how hope springs from the eternal.

From branches once barren shoot hints of green.

Now, expand your vision. You can see hope in action in the

student who takes time every week to tutor in D.C., the chemistry major who persists in his or her research despite a few failed experiments, the athlete who keeps training despite the physical rigor and tough losses and the young lover who risks to love again or to forgive after being betrayed.

When I first began teaching in a high school in my 20s, a mentor told me not to look for instant gratification. Teaching, he said, is an act of hope. Day in and day out, you lay down your life for your students with the hope that some day, what you do or say will make a difference in their lives and their world — like planting seeds for trees whose shade or fruit you will never enjoy. With hope, the planting or teaching is reward enough.

Before I professed vows as a Jesuit, I was nervous in the face of such a commitment. After many years as a priest, a wise Jesuit told me that the vows are great acts of hope. There are no guarantees in life, except that God will be with you, which is enough cause for hope for the future.

To return to “The Hunger Games,” why is hope so dangerous? Because, to quote Pope Benedict, “the one who has hope lives differently.” Hope breeds long-term commitment.

Hope is the fertile ground of imaginative thinking and transformative action, which controlling dictators like President Snow don’t like very much.

Hope cannot be contained.

The spark of hope easily catches fire. And lives, families, communities, campuses and countries change as a result.

Fr. O’Brien, S.J., is the vice president of mission and ministry. Fr. O’Brien, Fr. Maher and Fr. Schall alternate as the writers of AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT... , which appears every other Friday.

This is the last appearance of this column for the year.

ALWAYS THE SUNNY SIDE by Sania Salman

VIEWPOINT • Dan Healy

Catholic Identity, to a Point

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n Friday, March 30, The Guide published an article about the evolution of Georgetown’s Catholic identity (“The Problem of God” G8 – G9, March 30, 2012). Examining how Georgetown currently portrays its Catholic roots reveals an interesting contradiction: The university is often conflicted on how to enhance its competitive position relative to others while maintaining its Jesuit identity. At times, that conflict becomes starkly evident.

Georgetown ought to examine more closely how much it wants to integrate — or not integrate — its Catholic heritage into the everyday life of the university.

All students — especially those at top universities — value the flexibility to choose their own experience in college. Increasing Georgetown’s emphasis on its Catholic principles would likely mean instituting more specific and stringent requirements for religious studies and the practice of Catholicism in particular. This could result in some students who do not want to be pushed towards one particular faith’s favoring other universities over Georgetown.

Currently, engagement with the university’s Catholic heritage is largely dependent on individual student preferences. A student can complete his education at

Georgetown without ever having a Jesuit professor, taking a class on Catholicism or learning about the founding principles of the university. On the other hand, he can choose to major in theology and spend their time on the Hilltop completely immersed in religious dialogue.

Right now, Georgetown tries to have it both ways: The university portrays itself as deeply grounded in its Catholic and Jesuit traditions, while at the same time making those traditions nearly invisible — if a student so desires — around campus.

There are several advantages for Georgetown in moderating the prevalence of its heritage. First, it helps avoid making students of different faiths feel alienated or unimportant. Second, it allows for a range of diverse viewpoints, including those that run directly counter to the Catholic faith. In effect, Georgetown is prioritizing the broadest range of students and increasing its standing among the top universities in America over providing an education that centers on the Jesuit and Catholic identity.

Georgetown must be explicit about the qualities that define it as a Catholic institution and how those qualities differentiate it from non-religious institutions. On its

website, Georgetown states that its Jesuit tradition “promotes the university’s commitment to spiritual inquiry, civic engagement and religious and cultural pluralism.” The goal of a Georgetown education is to promote the value of “men and women in service to others,” as well as to bind “people across backgrounds, faiths, cultures and traditions.” These are all just and honorable aims, but it is not clear how they are unique to the Catholic and Jesuit traditions. Regardless of its faith affiliation, any university can make intercultural engagement and religious diversity part of its goals. They are also goals that every university should aspire to, not just those with a Catholic heritage.

Using this approach, the university provides a less dogmatic and more competitive education in terms of attracting the best high school students. However, Georgetown is merely paying lip service to the traditions that it says are so central to its spiritual and intellectual life. The unfortunate reality is that in its attempt to be a “global research university rooted in the Catholic faith,” Georgetown must choose to emphasize either the research or the Catholic element of that sentence.

Dan Healy is a junior in the College.

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Georgetown Questions Online College Cost Tool KELLY CHURCH Hoya Staff Writer

After the federal government unveiled an online cost comparison tool to help families manage the expenses of college education last week, the tool has drawn criticism from colleges for misrepresenting the amount of debt students are likely to incur.

The Financial Aid Comparison Shopper, which was released as a beta version by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allows prospective students to compare up to three universities and calculates the student debt that will be incurred each year. It bases its calculations on the overall cost of attendance and subtracts the average value of scholarships and grants awarded to determine the amount of money that a student would need to borrow.

“Now, more than ever, students and their families need to know before they owe,” CFPB director Richard Cordray said in a press release.

According to Scott Fleming, associate vice president for federal relations, the numbers that the website provides overestimate the actual debt incurred by attending Georgetown or similar institutions.

“I’ve talked to several of the associations of higher education institutions that we belong to and I think it is pretty broadly felt … that the data is confusing,” Fleming said, adding that it was unclear how the CFPB calculates costs.

The tool reports the expected amount of debt in terms of how many $50 textbooks it would cost every month to pay back the loan in 10 years. The construction of the website is part of an ongoing project between the CFPB and the Department of Education and provides data for more than 7,500 schools.

For Georgetown University, the site estimates that the average student would be required to take out over $27,000 in loans each year and would need to pay about $1,637, the equivalent of

33 textbooks, each month for the next 10 years in order to repay those loans.

According to Fleming, the average total student loan debt for Georgetown’s Class of 2011 was about $12,000, and the university’s Office of Student Financial Services limits the total cost of student loans to $17,500 for all four years when creating a financial aid packet. The online tool, however, estimates that students would be required to borrow more than six times that amount in a four-year period.

Tony Pals, director of communications at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, echoed Fleming’s concerns.

“The website grossly overestimates the average yearly debt of students,” he said. “The number that you see for annual debt on the website would be the total debt of students after 4 or 5 years of study.”

Fleming said that it is possible that a student who does not qualify for financial assistance, and whose family does not wish to pay anything out-of-pocket, may borrow more than the estimated amount. He added that financial aid is a case-by-case issue and those averages are not representative of the actual cost of attendance.

Fleming expressed concern that the site may affect prospective students’ university choices because its launch coincides with the release of college acceptances.

“We think it’s really distorted, and quite frankly that’s frustrating,” he said. “[Prospective students] may look at this test site and get a very distorted sense of what it’s going to cost to go somewhere to college. That’s worrisome.”

Pals agreed, but also feels that the website may have some uses for prospective students.

“I do want to note that the website can be useful for comparing financial award letters,” he said.

“The problem is in order to get to that part of the site you have to go through pages that are using inaccurate data.”

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The GU Farmers Market has moved its vendors to Copley Lawn near Red Square for the spring semester.

Market Revamps for New Semester MARGARET VIATOR Hoya Staff Writer

Building upon early popularity, the GU Farmers Market grew to incorporate new vendors and aims to expand its outreach and educational efforts this year.

This semester has brought four new vendors selling products that include homemade crafts, kettle corn, fresh meats and gluten-free desserts. Whole Foods will also provide cooking demonstrations every other Wednesday.

This season also will also include a speaker series titled “Fresh Foods, Fresh Thoughts.” The market will feature lectures by Georgetown professors on April 25.

“We are piloting. We are probably going to do one or two lectures and see where it goes to see if we want to continue it next semester,” Donald said.

Gadsden hopes that subjects explored by these speakers will vary from the theology or philosophy of food to sustainability and agricultural issues. The new Dean of the Science, Technology and International Affairs program Timothy Beach is lined up as a potential lecturer.

The market’s leadership, Bre Don-

ald (NHS ’12) and Melissa Gadsden (NHS ’12), decided to move the weekly event, which will be set up every Wednesday until May 9, on Copley Lawn. The pair decided to move th e market from the Healy Circle to the edge of Red Square beginning this semester.

“Although Healy Circle is what you see right when you walk into the gates, Red Square is really a busier spot and definitely more of the heart of campus,” Gadsden said.

The pair noted, however, that Healy Circle was more accessible for the vendors, who now have to unload their goods behind White-Gravenor Hall and then park their trucks next to McDonough Arena.

The change in location has made it more challenging to include food trucks, a staple of the market last semester. The team is hoping that the trucks, which included Sauca and Sweetflow, will participate in future markets by parking outside of the front gates.

While outside companies currently comprise of all the market’s offerings, Donald and Gadsden hope to open up opportunities for students to sell goods as well.

Initially a project of the 2011 ReImagine Georgetown grant, the market also

secured funding from the Georgetown University Student Association when it launched last spring. This year, the market has secured additional funding from a variety of sources, including the Office of the President and continued support from GUSA. As the farmers market grows, organizers plan to charge vendors $60 per week to supplement the outside funding.

“The goal is to make the market more sustainable and less reliant on GUSA money,” Gadsden said.

Gadsden and Donald will graduate at the end of this semester and are searching for new leadership for the project, which they began work on last fall.

“Because we are both graduating, we have had a leadership meeting for the transitional role. There are about five people who are going to take over the market as [it] expands to more community and philanthropic work in the city,” Donald said.

Donald hopes that the market will continue to expand.

“Although a ton of students might not buy groceries regularly, they might start incorporating that into their food schedules,” she said. “I really think it is only going to keep on growing.”

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Since its founding in October, the Student Group Union has worked to begin building a foundation for greater cooperation between university student groups.

The SGU aims to work closely with the Georgetown University Student Association and the Center for Student Programs to advocate on behalf of student organizations.

In its first few months, the SGU has focused primarily on defining its mission, recruiting groups to sign its constitution and establishing relationships with the clubs it represents.

“We weren’t able to get too much started because we wanted to make sure that we built the relations before we jumped headlong into emailing people we don’t have relations with,” the media representative on SGU’s executive committee and Co-Editorin-Chief of Ye Domesday Book Emily Coccia (COL ’15) said.

Going forward, the SGU hopes to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations that emerged from the 2012 Student Life Report.

“We are really working with [GUSA] to take some ownership over the recommendations and have them implemented to better the lives of student groups on campus,” Chair of the executive committee Aman Shahi (COL ’13) said.

The group also intends to make HoyaLink, the online portal for student organizations

created this year, more user friendly and push for a centralized room reservation system.

“It seems easy enough to change if we’re willing to work together,” Coccia said.

Members of the SGU executive committee are also working on instruction guides to teach student leaders how to navigate the Office of Campus Activity Facilities. Representatives for each category of student group have individual goals as well. Coccia’s include increasing the diversity and transparency of the Media Board.

The SGU held its first summit meeting Sunday to inform constituents about ongoing projects and plans for the future. It was the first of the SGU’s meetings, which are set to take place once every fall and spring semester.

“The whole purpose of the summit was to provide some context on where we came from, what we’ve done since we’ve been created and what we plan on doing going forward, while at the same time getting feedback on all three of those steps from our constituent groups,” Shahi said.

The summit began with a formal presentation by Shahi, followed by a town-hall-style feedback session and a brainstorming session about the ways in which diverse student groups can collaborate.

“The activities allowed student leaders to meet one another in a fun context, but also have some ideas for possible collaborative events in the future,” Shahi said.

DPS BLOTTER Thursday, April 12, 2012

Safety officer when he was stopped by DPS.

Theft, Leavey Center Bike Rack, 2 a.m.

An individual reported the theft of a scooter from the listed location.

Burglary, Henle Village, 2:30 a.m.

A student reported that an unknown male suspect entered the dorm room and stole an electronic device.

Friday, April 13, 2012 Theft of Services, 36th and Prospect Streets, 1:20 a.m.

A cab driver reported that a male passenger refused to pay his fare and fled from the cab.

Assault, Poulton Hall, 4:43 p.m.

A student reported being assaulted while on the 1300 block of 37th Street.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 Theft of Services and Assault, 37th and P Streets, 12:05 a.m.

A cab driver reported that a male passenger refused to pay his fare and fled from the cab.

The suspect assaulted a Department of Public

Monday, April 16, 2012 Alcohol Violation, 1312 36th St., 2:13 a.m.

DPS officers investigating a noise complaint made contact with students at the listed location who were found to be under the age of 21 and consuming alcoholic beverages.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Theft, Sellinger Lounge, 5:19 p.m.

A student reported that his wallet was stolen out of his bag while at the listed location.

The blotter is compiled weekly by the Department of Public Safety.

Tonight, a year of work by those involved with Relay For Life will come to fruition in an all-night celebration honoring cancer survivors and recognizing strides made toward finding a cure.

Relay For Life was first brought to Georgetown in 2006 in the organization’s largest inaugural collegiate event.

Since then, the university has raised almost $1.9 million, and Georgetown has consistently been among the highest fundraising collegiate relays in the country.

This year, 155 teams made up of 1,712 participants will participate in Relay. Teams have collectively raised a total of about $185,000.

Last year, Relay had raised more than $300,000 by the time of the event. According to Cochair DJ Wise (COL ’13), fundraising got off to a slow start this year.

“We have noticed that people have been waiting to fundraise until the end,” he said. “We want people to know that cancer does not wait. The more money we raise now, the more lives we save.”

Relay teams formed by student organizations are the event’s main source of fundraising. Hoya Blue is this year’s biggest fundraiser, having raised more than $12,000. The team’s captain, Rachel Carrig (COL ’13) ,is also the top individual fundraiser for the event with almost $8,000 raised.

Although the event occurs in the spring, Relay is a year-long process. Planning in the fall involves recruitment, publicity and meetings with representatives of university facilities, external relations and the Department of Public Safety.

“Right after Relay, we start planning for the next relay,” Wise said.

The university partners with organizations at other schools, focusing this year on a competition to raise more money than Syracuse University. Student groups, like the College Democrats and College Republicans, often challenge each other to fundraise as well.

All of the money raised for the event goes to the American Cancer Society. ACS then divides it into three categories — cancer research, caregiving for cancer patients and advocacy focusing on legislative action.

Funds for caregiving go to support Hope Lodges, free hotels where cancer patients can stay if they have to travel for treatments. Georgetown’s Relay program visits a lodge in Baltimore a few times each year.

Relay For Life gets almost half of its funding through the President’s Office, Students of Georgetown, Inc., the Center for Social Justice and What’s After Dark. The American Cancer Society also helps to pay for the event.

According to Wise, Georgetown’s costs are half of what Relay programs in other parts of the country incur.

“The goal every time we have to take money is to turn that into more money. For every dollar we take, we want to turn that into two dollars to give back to Relay,” Co-Chair Ryan Muldoon (COL ’13) said.

According to organizers though, at the end of the day, success is not about the amount of money raised.

“Everything we do is missionbased. It is about making a difference in people’s lives and helping people to find the reason why they relay,” Matt Archambault (COL ’14), Relay For Life co-chair, said.

Basic ATF Plans Approved by US Commission of Fine Arts Mariah Byrne Hoya Staff Writer

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved preliminary plans for the university’s Athletic Training Facility during its monthly meeting Thursday.

According to the commission’s secretary, Thomas Luebke, the board approved the building’s location, overall shape and intended use as well as its architectural relationship to surrounding buildings.

The two-story, 125,000-square-foot building is slated to be built adjacent to McDonough Arena. Its ground floor will house practice space,

office suites and locker rooms for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, while the lower level will provide a weight room, training room, equipment room, team meeting space and additional locker rooms for other student athletes.

The commission also provided comments regarding further development of the design and discussed, but did not vote on, plans for the exterior of the facility.

“What was not on the table today was an approval of the outside … architecture of the building,” Luebke said.

The university must now in-

corporate the commission’s suggestions into current plans.

Revisions must be submitted to the Old Georgetown Board, an advisory commission that reviews projects on behalf of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.

Plans for the ATF were approved by the OGB when they were put before the board last week for the third time.

Initial designs for the building were approved by the D.C. Zoning Commission during the 2000 Campus Plan process and by the OGB in 2006, but the project had to be resubmitted after being put on hiatus during the 2008 financial crisis.

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LGBTQ Issues Discussed LGBTQ, from A1 students at Georgetown,” GUSA Vice President Vail KohnertYount (SFS ’13) said.

GUSA has reached out to specific students about joining the working group, but membership is open to all undergraduates. Meetings, however, will be closed to the public.

GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and KohnertYount included the LGBTQfriendly checkbox in their campaign platform, but the proposal has drawn significant criticism since the pair’s election. In a viewpoint published in The Hoya (“Acceptance Shouldn’t Be Optional, But Expected,” A3 March 27, 2012), Nick Shaker (COL ’12) criticized the measure for implying that tolerance is

optional.

“I think [Gustafson and Kohnert-Yount are] doing something that is very noble, and I’m thrilled to see institutional efforts in place to increase support and eliminate alienation of the LGBTQ community,” Shaker said.

“I just think this is an oversimplified way of going about it.”

According to GUSA Senate Speaker Adam Talbot (COL ’12), an LGBTQ-friendly checkbox on the freshman housing form would address a pressing safety issue and allow other resources to work toward resolving the larger problem of intolerance of the LGBTQ community.

“No student should ever feel that they are so vulnerable in their own living situation during their freshman year that they have to leave Georgetown,” he

said. “Unfortunately, you’re not going to reach everyone through events on campus. … So if there are people on this campus who don’t want to live with a gay person, you should not force a gay person to live with them.”

While Talbot will not be part of the working group, he said it was important that discussions about LGBTQ tolerance continue.

According to Gustafson, efforts to implement the proposal are on hold so that GUSA can evaluate feedback generated by the working group.

“I don’t want to move forward on anything and thereby disempower this group that has convened to seriously talk about this issue, so making sure those conversations are lengthy, fruitful and effective is our goal right now,” Gustafson said.

Weekend Ups Minority Yield WEEKEND, from A1 they make up about 22 percent of Georgetown’s student body.

While the annual yield among black students has historically been about 30 percent, lower than the university’s overall yield of 46 percent, last year the figure rose to 40 percent.

According to Center for Multicultural Equity and Access Program Coordinator Jacqueline Mac, Hoya Saxa Weekend greatly increases the yield rate for minority students. About 70 percent of the weekend’s attendees enroll at Georgetown, she said.

When the event’s predecessor, Minority Hosting Weekend, was cancelled after 1999, the yield rate for minorities dropped, Williams said. In response, the program was reborn as Hoya Saxa Weekend in 2001.

“It’s an opportunity for an amazing group of students who normally wouldn’t have the chance to come to campus before they choose, and now they can see what Georgetown is like

and experience the strong minority community that we have here,” Brittney Blakely (COL ’14), Hoya Saxa Weekend co-chair, said.

The CMEA pays for all transportation costs for weekend attendees, spending about $40,000 on 83 students this year.

“Once anybody’s here, you’re able to see the campus first-hand and fully embrace it,” Hoya Saxa Weekend transportation coordinator James Saucedo (MSB ’13) said. “And it’s only then that we can increase our numbers and see more students of color actually enrolling here.”

The program operates on a first-come, first-serve basis until space is full. While the cap varies every year, the Office of the Provost has provided increased funding for the last two years to allow more students to attend the event.

Only minority status, not financial situation, is considered when extending invitations to accepted students, because financial aid packages are often not completed when invitations

for Hoya Saxa Weekend are sent out, according to Mac. While GAAP does not have a hosting program, the Office of Financial Aid identified 10 students as being otherwise unable to afford a GAAP visit, paid for their transportation to campus and had them live with current students for the weekend.

According to Lia Glavin, senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions, roughly 400 students attend each GAAP open house, making it difficult to ensure that all visiting students have the best experience in a hosting situation.

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission Robert O’Rourke said the admissions office directs such efforts toward first-generation college students.

“For us, we are particularly interested in working with students who are first-generation college bound, so often those are the kinds of students who we can make that opportunity available to as part of the process,” he said.

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Bias Team Lacks Personnel BIAS, from A1 incidents for 2011 and 2012, but said it fell between 10 and 24. Almost all of the reports were cases of verbal, physical or online harassment.

Other types of incidents include destruction of property, vandalism and sexual assault. According to Williams, the majority of those who filed bias reports have been targeted because of their sexual orientation.

Williams and student leaders added that these statistics do not accurately reflect the number of bias-related incidents that occur on campus, which may be much higher.

“We live in a society and culture that shames victims and leads people not to want to report when things like that happen,” Georgetown University Student Association Secretary of Diversity Affairs James Saucedo (MSB ’13) said.

Saucedo emphasized that it is important for statistics on bias-related incidents to be publicly available.

“We need to know at what numbers and what frequency [bias-related incidents] are happening, just like we need to know how often people are getting robbed or having laptops stolen,” he said.

According to former former treasurer of GU Pride and GUSA Senator Laura Kresse (SFS ’12), many students are likely to ignore bias-related incidents.

“I think people have a misconception of what a bias incident is. Sometimes it’s clear and cut, while a lot of other incidents are more subtle,

such as slurs when you walk by,” Kresse said.

Subbaraman echoed Kresse’s sentiments.

“Students might think, well, I get called this name 10 times a week, am I going to report it 10 times?” she said. “It’s because that’s what we’re trained to do, to not make a big deal of it, to not overreact, to ignore it.”

However, Subbaraman also emphasized that the reported numbers are key to improving campus equity and safety.

“If I cannot document to higher-ups that these micro-aggressions are happening on a day to day basis, I can’t ask for more sources, personnel or more training,” Subbaraman said. “There is power in the numbers, and sometimes students don’t understand that.”

According to GUSA Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13), GUSA’s Student Advocacy Office hopes to publicize the system by compiling and distributing a victims’ rights pamphlet.

Saucedo added that further publicity efforts could include posting the incident reporting forms on more university websites and sending out incident summaries to all students.

Williams agreed that reporting should be more greatly encouraged among the student body.

“When you file a report, it’s not snitching, it’s not whining, it’s not trying to get somebody else in trouble,” Williams said. “You’re performing a community service. You’re doing this to prevent it from happening again to the next person.”

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Eyes on the Stars: Students Aim MSB to Raise $15,000 for To Revive Astronomical Society GU Service Organization MEGHAN PATZER Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown University Astronomical Society, housed in the Heyden Observatory, is the living legacy of the Jesuits’ mission to advance astronomy at Georgetown.

“The Astronomical Society connects the past of the school with our present because now we are in charge of preserving this building and this legacy every time we have a meeting,” club officer Nicholas Childress (COL ’14) said. “Our work to repair the observatory gives me a real sense of ownership with the school and its legacy as well as something to be passionate about that is unique to Georgetown.”

Physics faculty member Fr. James Curley, S.J., founded the observatory, a national historic landmark, in 1841, while Fr. John Hagen, S.J. was responsible for the installation of an equatorial telescope in 1888.

Because the telescope has been rendered obsolete by a crack in the dome of the scope, the Astronomical Society employs newer equipment to star-

ning more programming next year too, possibly including a trip to the Naval Observatory,” Oswald said.

Since the astronomy department closed in 1972, resources directed at astronomy have waned. However, the new leadership is looking to repair some of the Observatory’s damaged equipment as part of its plan to breathe new life into the organization.

“Repair of the equipment, particularly the telescope, would be very expensive, so we are exploring fundraising outlets. Because of the high costs, though, it is a slow project,” Oswald said.

The leaders also hope to improve the organization’s visibility on campus.

“The society is currently working on ways to promote interest and involvement on campus. Sometimes it’s as easy as setting up a table and asking students, ‘Hey, have you ever wanted to go into the observatory?’” Graham said. “Once we can foster that kind of interest, it’s usually pretty easy to keep those first-time visitors coming back.”

gaze during weekly meetings.

“Our … meetings in the observatory include looking up and discussing astronomy news and relevant topics, along with breaking out the telescope to look at the moon and Mars if the weather is good,” Club President Matthew Oswald (COL ’14) said.

Though last year the group was largely inactive, Oswald, Childress and the club’s third officer Alexander Graham (COL ’14) have revitalized the society by creating a new programming schedule.

“At the beginning of the year, my friends and I were interested in joining, but the club was defunct. The leaders had all graduated, so we got into contact with a member, and decided to reregister and reinvigorate the club,” Oswald said.

This year’s activities have included a speaker from SpaceX, the company that recently announced the success of a new line of private rockets that could make space travel commonplace, and trips off campus.

“We also had a camping trip this semester to escape the light pollution of the city. I’m plan-

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MBA students will pick either the HOYA Clinic, Hoya Outreach Programs & Education or the Center for Social Justice to receive $15,000 Friday as part of a community service program launched by the McDonough School of Business.

MBA student Robert Wright, who is vice president of community service for the Evening Student Government Association in the MSB, spearheaded the project as a way to engage in active fundraising and create camaraderie among the graduate programs.

“It is really hard to prioritize charitable giving,” he said. “If we can do a great thing by raising money and do it in a way that gives people an opportunity to talk about this, that would be an outcome that would benefit not only the current group receiving the funds, but also help Georgetown students to inform their future giving as well.”

The goal of the ModFour campaign, which was named after the module system that divides academic terms in the business school, is to raise $10,000. Participants will solicit donations primarily from graduate business school students, but Wright hopes to reach out to Georgetown undergraduates and faculty as well. The Office of Advancement also an-

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nounced today that an anonymous donor has volunteered to contribute $5,000 to the campaign. At the end of the fundraising period, the money will be given to the winner of Friday’s vote.

Development Coordinator of the HOYA Clinic Liz Truelove said that the clinic relies on outside funding in order to continue its services in Southeast D.C. “As a totally volunteer-driven group, we absolutely rely on grants and fundraisers like this to keep everything running,” she said. “I didn’t even hesitate and we got right in the running.”

Ray Shiu, associate director of CSJ, said that he would put the $15,000 awarded to the ModFour winner toward extending the center’s summer programs in D.C. elementary schools, while HOPE Chair Ivana Robinson (MSB ’13) said that the winnings from ModFour would allow the organization, which runs the Mobile Soup Kitchen and organizes Georgetown’s annual Hunger and Homelessness Week, to reach a wider range of individuals across the D.C. area.

“With a lot of our programs, the problem isn’t [not] having enough volunteers.

The problem is that we only have enough funds to give out a certain [number] of meals per week,” Robinson said. “The money would allow us to reach these people and even expand our programs into other neighborhoods.”

This semester, three Georgetown students attempted to gauge the values of the current college-aged generation through the Millennial Values Fellows program offered by the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

The fellowship culminated in the Millennial Values Symposium, a conference for students around the country to discuss the intersection of faith and moral values among the Millennial generation, which began on campus Thursday and continues through today.

As part of the symposium, the Berkeley Center and the Public Religion Research Institute released a survey of 2,000 college-age Millennials about the moral and religious values that inspire young adults and how those values impact their political views and voting preferences.

“The survey … provides insights into younger Millennials’ outlook on the future and explores significant shifts between their current religious affiliation and the religious tradition in which they were raised,” Berkeley Center Director Thomas Banchoff wrote in an email.

According to the results, which were published Thursday, the majority of the Millennial generation, a group that selfidentifies as more diverse than the overall American population, cites jobs and unemployment as critical issues facing the United States.

The demographic also believes that economic reform is necessary to address economic disparities, wants at least some form of abortion to be legalized, supports gay marriage and advocates granting permanent legal status to undocumented immigrants through the DREAM Act. Millennials are more divided, however, over their belief in the concept of the American Dream, their identification with political parties and who they currently favor for the 2012 presidential election.

“We’re getting a broad-based picture of what 20-somethings across the country

think or believe in,” Millennial Fellow Colin Steele (SFS ’12) said. “The point will be to say … this is us, as we stand here at the cusp of taking some of our own authorship and ownership in decision-making, policymaking and leadership. We’re making a statement about what a sample of thoughtful 20-somethings say is important to us.”

College-aged Millennials are also divided in their thoughts about current racial tensions. According to the survey, 46 percent believe that the government has paid too much attention to the problems of minorities in the past decade, while 48 percent agree that discrimination against whites is as big a societal problem as discrimination against blacks.

“The goal is to get a better understanding of how our generation conceives of the intersection between politics, values and religion,” Millennial Fellow Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) said. “For our generation, there are a lot of conflicts with that intersection that have escalated. We have a vested interest in talking about why that intersection has come to the forefront of our lives.”

The 16 Millennial Values Fellows, students from universities across the United States, were chosen through a national competition after submitting blog posts reflecting a strong stance on issues affecting their generation.

In addition to the formal discussions, fellows are invited to a panel featuring authors Joshua Foer and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and founder of the Christian social justice organization Sojourners Jim Wallis, as well as a dinner with University President John J. DeGioia and Special Olympics CEO Tim Shriver.

The Berkeley Center plans to continue the dialogue by conducting another survey and repeating the fellowship program next fall.

According to Millennial Fellow Aamir Hussain (COL ’14), the survey and conference will demonstrate that the values of the current college generation are changing and diverse.

“It’s good to show that every generation is not monolithic,” he said. “They have dif-

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Fulbright Winners to Research, Teach on Four Continents FULBRIGHT, from A1 a record 22 Fulbrights, placing it among the top producers of award winners in the nation. Thirteen of the 22 had been announced

by April 25.

Stephen Szypulski (SFS ’12), who will study in Poland, decided to apply for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program after studying abroad in Warsaw during the spring of his junior year.

His research proposal will allow him to study the evolution of the Catholic Church in Poland and its response to 21st-century issues.

“My undergraduate career has mostly focused on Eastern Europe, Poland, Russia and Ukraine,” Szypulski said. “This program is a good way to use my languages, Polish and Russian, in a region and culture I’m very interested in.”

Alexandra Dudziuk (SFS ’12), who studied abroad with Szypulski at the Warsaw School of Economics, has been accepted to the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program.

Dudziuk, who will be teaching in Poland, expects the Fulbright Program to offer her a different perspective on living abroad.

“Study abroad is one experience, but I’m looking forward to study abroad being something completely different, because I won’t be with a full group of Americans,” she said.

Cecily Raynor (GRD ’12), who was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study contemporary Brazilian literature at the University of Brasilia, believes the funding and extra time is necessary for dissertation research and projects.

“Do research on the country you want to go to and all the universities in that country, and find somewhere really dependable that will offer support,” she said as advice to future applicants.

Other recipients so far include Johanna Caldwell (SFS ’12), Derek Dangerfield (COL ’12), Dudziuk, Shirley Lung (GRD ’12), Laura Molloy (COL ’11), Elizabeth Saam (SFS ’12), Sarah Stodder (COL ’12), Szypulski and Alyssa Warren (SFS ’12).

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Senior midfielder Erin Lovett leads the Hoyas with 10 assists on the season despite starting only seven games. Georgetown takes on Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.

GU Shooting for No. 2 Seed IRISH, from A10 an average of 10.8 per game.

For Coach Fried, the key to beating the Irish rests with the knowledge that Georgetown is capable of winning by limiting its errors.

“The thing we have to focus on is execution,” Fried said. “We have the talent to play with anybody, but we have such a tough schedule that we also have the ability to lose to anybody.”

Describing the Hoyas’ schedule this year as “tough” may be an understatement. Georgetown has already faced six ranked opponents

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this season, and Notre Dame will be its second contest against a top-10 team.

The Irish have also had a difficult slate this year, though they enter the match with the momentum of a three-game win streak.

And while Notre Dame and Georgetown already have an intense league rivalry, this matchup is crucial to the final Big East standings. Georgetown, Notre Dame and Rutgers are currently tied for third in the league at 4-2, behind Syracuse and Loyola, who are tied for first.

The winner of Saturday’s contest will assume sole possession of second place.

Just when everything seemed to finally be right for New Orleans’ sports franchises, the city’s terrible sporting luck finally caught up to them.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans squads were in a state of disarray.

The Saints, often referred to as “The Aint’s,” were left without a home field. Things on the field weren’t looking great either. The season before Katrina, the Saints finished a woeful 3-13 and faced another season without a playoff appearance.

In basketball, the Hornets had just wrapped up an 18-64 campaign. After the terrible effects of the hurricane, the Hornets played in Oklahoma City for two seasons and seemed destined to leave New Orleans.

After Katrina though, those teams picked up the city of New Orleans in the only way that they could — they came home and won.

The Saints added Drew Brees and Sean Payton and made the playoffs the very next year. The Hornets did the same, as the addition of Chris Paul proved to be enough to turn the team around. The year they moved back to New Orleans full time, the Hornets won their division.

But since those peaks, New Orleans’ teams have fallen spectacularly. The Saints were recently found to have a bounty program that resulted in the suspension of Sean Payton for a year, the suspension of their interim head coach for six games, and left their former defensive coordinator facing a potential lifetime ban from the NFL. It’s also been widely speculated that suspensions for some of the players involved are forthcoming.

Since the Hornets came within one win of the West-

ern Conference finals in 2008, the team has been purchased by the NBA, threatened to move to Kansas City, traded their star player for practically nothing — twice, but that’s another issue entirely — and are currently in the midst of a brutal 19-42 campaign.

The success of sports teams does tend to be cyclical, with teams experiencing rough times before drafting or trading for quality young players who then lead their team back to the glory, but the Saints and Hornets’ demise following their post-Katrina surges is staggering.

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The Saints’ and Hornets’ demises following their post-Katrina surges is staggering.

After years of positive coverage, one can now safely assume that any given ESPN headline about the Hornets or Saints is going to be the bearer of bad tidings. The only recent headlines concerning the Saints involve the tapes that emerged of former Saints coach Greg Williams telling his players to target 49ers running back Frank Gore’s head.

And the news concerning the Hornets isn’t any better.

The NBA-controlled Hornets traded Paul to the Lakers, only to have the move rejected by the league. The re-

jection of the trade by David Stern was as absurd a move as a commissioner of any sport can make by meddling with the activities of a team to the point that the on-court product is far from where it could have been.

Stern did, however, announce that the 2014 All-Star Game will take place in New Orleans, but that’s little consolation for a city whose team went from having all-stars Chris Paul and David West to Chris Kaman and Eric Gordon.

So where does New Orleans go from here? For the Saints, despite a tattered image thanks to the scandal, the team is too talented to be kept down for long. After Sean Payton comes back from his suspension, this team should keep right on winning thanks to Drew Brees’ incredible throwing abilities and the team’s overall talent.

New Orleans’ NBA franchise faces a much tougher road.

With a record currently worse than that of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Hornets are in rough shape. New Orleans is locked into a deal with Emeka Okafor, who was paid $12 million this season, for the next three years. That’s a bad sign for things to come. Hopefully, the Hornets’ new owners will have a different vision for this team.

Both of these stories are a shame for many reasons, but mostly because the people of New Orleans deserve much more than two debacles of franchises. Hopefully, each team will have learned their lesson and move forward, past the stains that 2011 and 2012 have left on this proud city.

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Georgetown Tries for Winning Year however, the Orange have not been adept at late comebacks, so the Hoyas hope to have a similarly fast start Saturday.

Syracuse, though, has an answer for any and all offensive woes in senior attack Tommy Palasek. The Johns Hopkins transfer has led the Orange with 18 goals and 17 assists on the season.

Aiding Palasek as scoring threats are sophomore attack Derek Maltz, junior midfielder JoJo Marasco and redshirt senior attack Tim Desko.

Each has totaled more than 20 points for Syracuse this year.

On the other side of the field, however, the Orange have struggled.

Three different men have started the game in goal this year, which never inspires confidence. Those three goalies — freshman Bobby Wardwell, sophomore Dominic Lamolinara and redshirt sophomore Matthew Lerman — have saved less than half of all shots on goal, an area where Syracuse is outpaced by its rivals.

Georgetown will need to take advantage of this deficiency by playing smart and taking good shots to boost its shooting percentage. The Hoyas will also require more offensive production from the trio of senior midfielder Zack Angel and junior attacks Zac Guy and Jason McFadden.

The team may also make some adjustments, especially to the midfield rotations, since players are tiring

more quickly in the heat of the early spring.

“I’m wondering now if we need to get some other people out there in different roles,” Urick said. “As the weather starts to get warmer, we need to take a look at that.”

Either way, Urick is hopeful that senior leadership will help carry the team through the next two games and help secure a winning record.

“You rely on some of these older guys to step up [and] exert themselves leadership-wise,” Urick said. “The key for us is that we have two more games we need to deal with, and we need to deal with it in a positive way.”

Georgetown faces off against Syracuse at 3 p.m. Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y.

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Streaking Hoyas Await Notre Dame Kyle Franco Hoya Staff Writer

Three weeks ago, Georgetown (1818, 5-7 Big East) was in the midst of a seven-game losing streak and had no conference wins. Since then, the Hoyas have won seven of their last 11 games and have taken Big East series against Rutgers and Villanova.

Now, the streaking Georgetown squad will face some of their toughest competition of the season when Notre Dame (19-16, 6-6 Big East), fresh off a series win against Cincinnati, comes to town this weekend.

In last season’s matchup, the Irish won the first two games of the series and the Hoyas won the Sunday finale. Each of the three games was decided by one run, and close games are likely again this year.

Notre Dame features the dangerous three-pronged offensive attack of junior catcher Joe Hudson, sophomore outfielder Eric Jagielo and sophomore first baseman Trey Mancini. Hudson has five home runs and a team-leading 30 RBI on the year, while Jagielo leads the team with seven home runs to go along with 29 RBI. Mancini has added four home runs and 27 RBI. To compliment their potent offense, the Irish rely heavily on the arms of senior Will Hudgins and junior Adam Norton. Hudgins is 3-1 on the season with a 2.30 ERA, while Norton is 3-2 with an ERA of 3.96.

Despite tremendous power and solid pitching, the Irish have posted a weak 2-10 record on the road this year, so the statistics are not

as strong away from South Bend.

If the Hoyas can play mistake-free baseball, they should benefit greatly from the home field advantage.

To neutralize the lethal Notre Dame offense, Georgetown needs senior Will Harris and sophomore Jack Vander Linden to stay hot on the mound. Both starters are coming off dominant outings against Villanova that gave the team another boost of confidence.

Confident pitching and continued success from junior leadoff hitter Justin Leeson, redshirt junior Mike Garza and senior Rand Ravnaas give the Blue and Gray a good chance to win this series and continue their hot streak.

The first game of the series is slated for Friday at 4 p.m. at Shirley Povich Field.

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Povich Field Draws Eclectic Crowd [my] tenure at that fine institution, I spent approximately two weeks of “Grab a beverage, or maybe a burg- my life — a little over 16 days — traveler … and come out to Harbin Field ling in vans to and from that field,” for Saturday’s doubleheader against former first baseman Dan Capeless St. Joseph’s, starting at noon,” wrote (MSB ’11) said jokingly. “It has its John Nagle, a columnist for The Hoya, positives and negatives, just like anyin 2000 as the team faced an uncer- thing, and being confined in that tain future. “Catch ‘em while you small of a space for that amount of can” (Georgetown Athletics Losing time … it’s a team bonding thing.”

Its Foundation.” The Hoya, February While the pitcher no longer turns 25, 2000). his back mid-windup to the towerOn March 1, 2001, Georgetown ing Harbin Hall, Georgetown basetook to the diamond for the first ball has carried on business as usual. time ever at Shirley Povich Field, At 18-18, the Blue and Gray are fara sparkling new hitters’ park in ing better than they have in recent Bethesda, Md., which it still occupies seasons, and with an entire month to this day. While the “ping of the left in the season, their total of five metal bats resounding off the ICC” conference wins already matches Nagle recalled is now absent, the last year’s total. new ballpark brought with it a new Although no one can deny that chapter for the oldest intercollegiate a venue closer to campus would be sports team on campus. ideal, the Hoyas have maintained a “[Shirley Povich Field] has become workmanlike attitude and an accoan asset,” Head Coach Pete Wilk, modating approach to their situathen in his second year, said in an tion.

April 2001 interview with The Hoya.

“For an off-campus field, it did a “[At the old field] you’d have lacrosse good job for us. It was a place to call girls walking around, people would home,” former outfielder Tommy come by looking for me, the kids Lee (MSB ’10) said. “It becomes a secwould walk out 10 minutes late after ond home, so yes, [we] liked it. Do we talking to an English professor — this wish we could have played on camstuff going [on] that takes your atten- pus? Absolutely. Who wouldn’t?”

Attendance and recruiting were tion off the field. Now there are no distractions. When we’re out there, also affected by the transition. While it’s baseball” (“A Home Away From student turnout at competitions Home.” The Hoya, 4S, April 24, 2001). suffers, the Hoyas attract a more However, the issue of practicing eclectic audience of local families, and playing a solid 15- or 20-minute amateur teams and affiliates of the van ride away from campus was not university. The team has occasionto be ignored. With baseball already ally arranged for fan transportation aperfect very time-consuming timing for sport, the to and from the field.

In terms of attracting talent to the added commute time has at times yourdifficult holiday specials been for players’ busy sched- Hilltop, Hoya baseball team alumni ules. Despite the inconvenience, it were clear that Georgetown’s repucontact sales@thehoya.com tation and standing in a competitive has also facilitated team bonding.

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importance than the length of a bus ride. “[The field] wasn’t anything to move the needle,” Capeless said of his recruitment. “It wouldn’t have swayed me … given the university itself.”

Lee transferred from Winthrop University, home to one of the finest ballparks in college baseball, but offered further testimony to the importance of viewing the Georgetown program holistically.

“Frankly, Georgetown plays in a great conference, Northeastern based. … [At] a lot of those other places, you’re going to be baseball focused, and academics might be second in your mind, whereas Georgetown is very close in aligning the two,” he said. “Once I got there, it was the best move I ever made.”

While memories of the GU Baseball Diamond are relics of a bygone era, the program is moving on and could be switching locations again in the future. Though concrete steps are still a long way away, the relocation of the Hoyas to a closer ballpark — in nearby Virginia, for example — is a priority for successful program alumni, who could potentially push for a change in the future.

Until then, one can use the upcoming study days to remember a time when the scent of Cracker Jack and popcorn wafted across the Hilltop and the bellow of the home-plate umpire rang loud and clear from Yates to the campus cemetery. Or you can seize the afternoon by hopping on the Red Line to Bethesda: Georgetown hosts Notre Dame for a four-game series this weekend, with the opening pitch coming at 4 p.m. today.

s if conference realignment Brown is best known for his work in hadn’t injected enough un- the NBA, and his championship seacertainty into the Big East’s son with Detroit in 2004 will surely future, two recent major offseason be an asset in the era of wooing onedecisions will go a long way toward and-done recruits. But he was also a shaping Georgetown’s league in the solid college coach, even though the both the near future and the long last time he worked an NCAA sideline term. was in 1988, when he won a champiFirst the Big East excluded Con- onship with Kansas. necticut from the 2013 Big East tourI have my doubts about Brown, esnament, meaning that the Huskies pecially because he’s benefited from — who will already miss the NCAA favorable set-ups everywhere he’s tournament as a punishment for low gone. Leading blue-chip programs at graduation rates — won’t get to travel UCLA and Kansas is a far cry from trywith the league’s other 14 teams to ing to revive a moribund school that New York City for championship hasn’t seen an NCAA tournament bid week. since 1993.

The punishment came as no surStill, the announcement does sigprise and was absolutely fair. As many nal a commitment from the Big East’s among the Huskies faithful acknowl- new basketball members to improvedge, UConn Head Coach Jim Cal- ing their programs as they join the houn failed in his responsibility to league. UCF has tried to do the same meet the NCAA’s fairly lax Academic within Conference USA, although a Progress Rate standards. With the recruiting scandal has tarnished the team excluded from the Big Dance school’s image. Houston, also, will do next season, it would have made no what it can to recreate its glory days sense for Connecticut to compete for of the 1980s. an automatic bid by playing in the Big Regardless of his success in the near East tournament. future, Brown conBut UConn will restitutes yet another turn to regular comgem in the array of petition after next seacoaches the nation’s son, something that premiere basketball cannot be said of Syraconference has colcuse and Pittsburgh, lected. That should who stick around for be a benefit in years the 2012-2013 season to come as the Big after their contract East navigates more Evan Hollander dispute with the Big uncertain territory.

East proved intracRumors are rampant table (West Virginia, For now, the Big that the Atlantic another casualty of Coast Conference East still has a realignment, has alwill displace the ready left for the Big Big East’s cherished bright future.

12.) basketball tournaSo while the Orment at the World’s ange and the PanMost Famous Arena. thers will help offset the Huskies’ ab- Beyond obvious contractual oblisence next season, more work had to gations, the heart of the ACC lies be done to ensure the league’s surviv- much closer to Tobacco Road than al. Commissioner John Marinatto has to 33rd Street in Manhattan, so pounded the pavement, and by 2013, this development seems unlikely. the league will actually increase its A bigger threat might be continued size to include 18 basketball schools. realignment. Louisville and CincinnaWhile the key driver of college ti have both been suggested as possisports revenue is football, the addi- ble additions to the Big 12. While Loutions of Memphis and Temple — and isville has been temporarily placated their strong basketball traditions — by the additions of Memphis and make sense from a hoops perspective. Temple, which Cardinals Head Coach What many fans were wary of, howev- Rick Pitino championed, it might be er, was the admission of Central Flori- hard to entice the pair of Ohio River da, Houston and Southern Methodist. schools to stay if the Big 12 makes a For much of the league’s predomi- better offer. nantly Eastern Seaboard fan base, it The NCAA might also be tempted to was pretty jarring to see the names of give the conference less respect, espethose schools flashed across the video cially as some of the teams best known screens at Madison Square Garden. to the selection committee — such as But it isn’t just geography that gives WVU, Syracuse and Pitt — depart. basketball enthusiasts pause.

But for now, the Big East still has The best of the trio, UCF, finished a bright future, especially if the new last season with a record of 22-11 and teams make the same move as Southlost in the NIT first round. Houston ern Methodist and elevate their level struggled to stay at .500, ending the of play in preparation for a jump to year 15-15, and SMU actually had a los- the Big East’s brighter lights. ing season at 13-19.

And that’s why the announcement Evan Hollander is a sophomore in that Hall of Famer Larry Brown will the School of Foreign Service and dephead to Dallas to helm SMU is such uty sports editor of The Hoya. TOP OF good news for the Big East.

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GU Rolls Past Tigers, Hopes to Down Friars Rachael Augostini Hoya Staff Writer

After notching their first two Big East wins last weekend, the Georgetown softball team (17-26, 2-9 Big East) stayed on a roll against Towson (20-23, 5-7 CAA) Thursday when they knocked off the Tigers, 3-1, in an extrainnings thriller.

Senior pitcher Mackensey Carter started in the circle for the Blue and Gray and put forth one of her best starts this season, especially with runners on base. Despite giving up nine hits, the senior allowed only one base runner to score, when Towson got on the board first with a run in the second inning.

Thanks to a Towson error, the Hoyas were able to tie it up in the fifth. And Carter shined in the bottom of the seventh with the game tied at one apiece. The Tigers had a runner on second with two outs, but Carter locked down and forced a ground ball that sent the game into extra innings.

The Hoyas put the game away in the eighth, when junior catcher Shikara Lowe walked and subsequently scored on a double from senior right fielder Cara Savarese. But Georgetown wasn’t done, as sophomore second baseman Hannah Slovacek’s single brought around Savarese to give the Hoyas insurance going into the bottom of the eighth. Carter allowed one

hit but was able to finish the game unscathed with the Hoyas on top.

The Hoyas have today off before they head to Guy Mason Field tomorrow for a date with Providence (14-28, 5-8 Big East), as Georgetown looks to keep its Big East tournament hopes alive.

The Hoyas’ pitching will be a vital part of this weekend’s results. Because none of the Friars is currently hitting .300, freshmen pitchers Megan Hyson and Lauren O’Leary should be able to continue their success in the circle, giving the Hoyas a good chance of earning the win.

“In order for our pitchers to maximize their innings pitched, we need to throw first pitch strikes, stay ahead in the count and keep our pitch counts low,” Head Coach Pat Conlan said.

The Hoyas can also show off their offense against the Friars, who have struggled with pitching as well.

Georgetown’s bats have at times caused trouble for opponents this season. If numerous batters can get on base this weekend, the Hoyas have a chance to get closer to their goal of the Big East tournament.

“I thought we played with a great deal of confidence against St. John’s,” Conlan said. “If we can bring that same attitude to the Providence games, I like our chances.”

First pitch is set for noon tomorrow at Guy Mason Field.

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Georgetown Aims for Upset Against Irish Leonard Olsen Hoya Staff Writer

The No. 15 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (8-5, 4-2 Big East) will try to rebound from last weekend’s loss to Syracuse when it plays host to No. 7 Notre Dame (11-2, 4-2) this Saturday. The Hoyas were crushed last Saturday in a road contest against the second-ranked Orange and now face another formidable foe in the Irish.

In preparation for that, Georgetown Head Coach Ricky Fried and his team are not dwelling on the

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Junior midfielder Kelsi Bozel is third on the team with 32 points.

Syracuse loss, but are instead excited for the competition that lies ahead. “[The team] knows what we didn’t do last weekend, and we are focused on making the corrections,” Fried said. “We’re looking forward to taking on a Big East opponent that’s a huge rival.”

Playing tighter defense is certainly one correction the Blue and Gray will have to make in the aftermath of the Syracuse loss. The team allowed the Orange to score 22 goals on 69 percent shooting.

Notre Dame’s strong attack won’t look much different than Syracuse’s potent offense, since the Fighting Irish rank second in the conference in both goals and points per game with averages of 14.4 and 21.5, respectively.

Individually, Notre Dame relies heavily on senior attack Maggie Tamasitis, who leads the team with 66 points and an incredible 48 assists. Those tallies have made her the conference leader in both categories.

“Everything really revolves and goes through [Tamasitis]. If she gets on a roll, they are very hard to stop,” Fried said.

Sophomore attack Lindsay Powell leads the Irish with 37 goals, while junior attack Jaimie Morrison has added 31 tallies this year.

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Number of losing seasons the men’s lacrosse team has had in Dave Urick’s 22 years. The Hoyas are 5-6 with two games to play.

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Senior midfielder Zack Angel leads Georgetown with 17 goals this season. The Hoyas need a win at Syracuse this weekend to avoid their first losing season in Head Coach Dave Urick’s tenure.

Hoyas Look to Stop Skid at ’Cuse Evan Hollander Hoya Staff Writer

Although a loss to Notre Dame Sunday effectively ended its postseason hopes, Georgetown’s men’s lacrosse team (5-6, 1-2 Big East) will travel to No. 15 Syracuse, trying desperately to salvage a winning season.

The Hoyas have now lost three games in a row, dropping an overtime decision to St. John’s and falling, 15-7, at Villanova before Sunday’s loss to the Fighting Irish. The Orange

(7-5, 3-1 Big East), meanwhile, are riding high. Last Tuesday, they beat Hobart, where Georgetown Head Coach Dave Urick coached for 10 years. They went on to thump Rutgers, 19-6, last Saturday.

Since coming to the Hilltop in the 1990 season, Urick has never had a losing season, but the Blue and Gray have finished exactly .500 twice in the last four years. Urick’s squad will have to down a very competitive Syracuse team to break even this year.

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“They played well. That’s indicative of what they’re capable of,” Urick said after Sunday’s game.

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Men Face Louisville Today

Beno Picciano Hoya Staff Writer

With finals inching closer by the day, the end of April brings a mass migration of anxious Hoyas to the Rafik B. Hariri building, where spacious study lounges and convenient group work rooms make for the ideal cramming location. Today, Georgetown students flock to the impressive building with worries of flunking their finance classes. But 12 years ago, on the very same ground, a bystander’s biggest concern was being hit by a foul ball.

With home plate nestled at the midway point between Yates Field House and Reiss Science Building, the GU Baseball Diamond — home of Hoyas baseball — lay proudly in the heart of the Hilltop. Facing the south side of campus, the ballpark occupied the space currently filled by the Hariri building, MultiSport Facility and Regents Hall, and beyond the right field fence lay the foundations of a fledgling Southwest Quad.

The Georgetown baseball program dates back to 1866. But in 2000, after a 134-year stretch that saw the team play on Copley Lawn, Old Varsity Field and the Diamond, a season-ending loss to Connecticut on May 15 marked the end of an era. As the first campus plan of the new millenium was drawn up, Georgetown faced many of the same issues as it does today — a shortage of on-campus student housing and pressure for improved classroom buildings.

But the renovations to campus came at a cost: The boys of summer were suddenly homeless.

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The site of the old GU Baseball Stadium is now occupied by the Hariri Building, Regents Hall and part of MultiSport Facility.

All season, the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams have been preparing for the Big East tournament, which got underway yesterday in Tampa, Fla. The women’s squad (16-5, 5-2 Big East) won their first-round match with ease yesterday, defeating Seton Hall (715, 3-6 Big East), 4-0. The men’s team has a date with Louisville this morning at 9 a.m.

The fifth-seeded women had a strong start, sweeping the doubles point. Sophomore Tina Tehrani and junior Vicky Sekely routed their counterparts, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles, and freshman Sophie Panarese’s and sophomore Madeline Jaeger turned in an 8-2 win at No. 3.

The Hoyas kept the momentum going in singles, winning three straight matches to seal a 4-0 win over the Pirates. At No. 3, Sekely downed her opponent, 6-1, 6-1. Tehrani won her No. 2 match, 6-1, 6-0, and Jaeger’s 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 clinched the match.

Because the Blue and Gray had sealed the match, Panarese and sophomore Kelly Comolli, playing No. 6 and No. 4 singles, respectively, did not finish their matches, although both players had already won their first sets. Senior captain Lauren Greco trailed, 6-2, 5-1, when play in her match stopped.

The Hoyas will advance to play No. 4 seed DePaul today at noon. The Blue Demons (14-7, 5-2 Big East), ranked No. 69 in the nation, earned a bye in the first round of the tournament. Georgetown and DePaul did not go head-to-head during the regular season, but results against shared opponents indicate today’s match should be a close one: Both teams beat Connecticut during the regular season and lost to South Florida.

The men’s team (14-7, 2-1 Big East) en-

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Senior Lauren Greco and the Hoyas take on fourth-seeded DePaul tomorrow. ters the tournament on a roll, having won six of their last seven contests and coming off a big win over rival Villanova in the regular season finale. They are slated to kick tournament play off against No. 2 Louisville (16-8, 0-1 Big East) today at 9 a.m.

The Cardinals boast an impressive out-ofconference record, but dropped their only Big East game against Notre Dame.

Should the Hoyas win, they would play the winner of St. John’s-Marquette on Saturday at noon.