The Hoya: September 10, 2013

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WHEN STARS ALIGN With Corboz back in the lineup, the Hoyas defeated Delaware 3-0.

EDITORIAL A satellite residence could fracture the campus community.

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TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DPS will begin issuing citations for traffic violations on campus.

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TEACH FOR AMERICA Georgetown is one of the top suppliers for the national program.

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University Mulls Satellite Residence OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN MOUNTS Proposal to house undergraduates several miles away follows campus plan commitment Sarah Kaplan & Eitan Sayag Hoya Staff Writers

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Zach Singer (SFS ’15), Georgetown University Student Association chief of staff, addresses several dozen students at the front gates Monday in a rally for “One Georgetown, One Campus.” The campaign has distanced itself from GUSA.

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An announcement that the university is considering an undergraduate residence outside the Georgetown neighborhood has met intense resistance, as student leaders launched a campaign Monday to get the proposal scrapped altogether.

Administrators clarified Monday morning that the satellite residence is just one option under consideration to help meet the 2010 Campus Plan commitment to provide housing for an additional 385 students by fall 2015. Yet leaders of the “One Georgetown, One Campus” campaign said it was important to voice student opposition as soon as possible.

“The wide response from students I’ve talked to has been that this satellite campus is flatout unacceptable,” Georgetown University Student Association Chief of Staff Zach Singer (SFS ’15) said at a press conference to announce the launch of the campaign Monday evening. “We can’t wait for the university to come to a decision and be told, ‘This is what we’re doing.’”

Though the campaign is not technically a GUSA initiative, it is being spearheaded by Singer and GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14).

Details of the satellite residence option, which emerged in a series of private forums with student leaders held last week, are still fuzzy. The university is considering leasing sites as far as the Clarendon and Court House metrorail stations in Virginia, as well as locations north of campus on Wisconsin Avenue and near Capitol Hill. Potential sites would be judged based on the availability of high-quality housing and Metro accessibility, and could house anywhere from 100 to 385 students. Details on the locations under review are expected later this month.

Administrators objected to students’ characterization of the tentative proposal as potentially divisive for the student body.

“Even if most students don’t like the option, to be blunt and crass about it, most students don’t need to live there,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said. “If there is a subset of students who say See SATELLITE, A6

“We can’t wait for the university to come to a decision and be told ‘this is what we’re doing.’”

CLARENDON, VA.

Zach Singer (SFS ‘15), Campaign Director for “One Campus, One Georgetown”

2.1 miles from main campus 9 minutes by car

“Even if most students don’t like the option, to be blunt and crass about it, most students don’t need to live there.”

CAPITOL HILL 5.6 miles from main campus 16 minutes by car

TODD OLSon Vice President for Student Affairs

“I’d challenge student leadership to think about whether [a referendum] is the most effective mechanism to have their voices heard right now.”

WISCONSIN AVENUE 2 miles from main campus 8 minutes by car

LAURALYN LEE Vice President for Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives

In DC, Free Parking Rangila Participation Capped Could Come at a Cost Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

A D.C. Department of Transportation proposal to provide free, citywide parking to Washington, D.C visitors has residents concerned with what is already a scarce resource

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Neighborhood groups fear that scarce parking could be lost.

within the Beltway.

The August announcement of proposed visitor parking came after Georgetown’s announcement of a vehicle ban for all undergraduates, which took effect this fall.

The current visitor parking system in D.C. allows residents living on residential roads with permit parking to apply for two-week parking passes at local police stations. The proposal, however, would allow visitors to register online for a visitor placard that would be valid for one year. The placards will not have any information about the car or its driver, allowing the passes to potentially be used for multiple vehicles.

Since 2008, DDOT has sent placards directly to some residents in Wards 3, 4 and 5 as part of a pilot parking program. Limited areas of Wards 1, 2 and 6 were added in 2012. Wards 3, 4 and 5 have a lower population density than other areas of the city, which See PARKING, A5

After record sign-ups, waitlisting process confounds students Christopher Zawora Hoya Staff Writer

Not every interested student will be able to participate this year in Rangila, a first for the South Asian Society’s 19th annual dance show.

More than 600 students crowded into the Intercultural Center auditorium for sign-ups last Tuesday, and approximately 60 students have been placed on a waitlist. Last year, 550 students danced in 11 sold-out performances.

No prior dance experience is required to participate in Rangila, and it is unclear what factors determined who was placed on the waitlist. Rangila Coordinator Smiti Mohan (MSB ’15) said that seniority was considered, although some seniors did not secure spots in the show.

“The waitlist is partially determined by seniority but also somePublished Tuesdays and Fridays

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More than 600 students applied to Rangila this year, forcing coordinators to create a waitlist and limit each student to one dance. times we factor in the preferences of the dancers as to what they put as their top three. It is honestly determined on a case-by-case basis, and we try to be as objective and fair as possible,” Mohan said.

While there is not it set by the Center Engagement on the participants allowed,

a hard limfor Student number of the show’s

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residential campus community is a cornerstone of the Georgetown undergraduate experience. It stimulates social engagement and a sense of unity, something in sharp contrast to fragmented college campuses around the District.

Although space is scarce on the Hilltop, there is overwhelming interest in keeping centralized housing off the chopping block.

But with the university bound by its promise to move 385 students out of the surrounding neighborhood, Georgetown’s tight-knit living community may be in jeopardy. While the introduction of a remote student residence is undesirable, much of the initial reaction to this proposal has also been misguided.

Georgetown faces some tough decisions down the road, and this proposal must be considered in proper context.

From the moment the 2010 Campus Plan agreement was reached in the summer of 2012, it was clear that unwelcome consequences for student life were on the horizon.

Yet while the requirement to move students to new housing was set in stone, the creation of a satellite residence was certainly not. Alternative housing options remain on the table, and the day when undergraduates are bused several miles to and from campus is far from imminent.

Moving 160 students — or as many as 385 if approval for the Northeast Triangle Residence Hall is delayed — would be a major blow to student life. The satellite housing option presents a logistical challenge to those who elect to move there and hinders their ability to contribute on campus. Many questions need to be addressed by the university to ensure that this would be administered fairly and without divisive social consequences.

When the university seeks government approval for any sort of development, one of the first questions inevitably asked is what other options were considered and why were they rejected. We hope this satellite residence is being considered simply to justify an alternative solution. Moving a portion of the student body miles away sets a precedent that breaks from the vibrant student life that has been nurtured by our residential community’s core values. No matter the circumstances, that may be too much to tolerate.

A PREMATURE OUTCRY

While Georgetown University Student Association leaders have been successful in rallying students against satellite housing, their response has thus far struck the wrong tone. The university’s willingness to solicit student input on satellite housing early on in the decision-making process was a leap forward in administrative transparency from this summer’s unilateral decisions, namely regarding the removal of former mascotin-training Jack Jr. and a vehicle ban for undergraduates. After pleading for a great role in deliberation, GUSA’s response does not put students’ best foot forward at the negotiating table.

Though there are fundamental problems with satellite housing, administrators have been careful to emphasize that the project is in preliminary stages, would be temporary and would be a voluntary option likely targeted at upperclassmen.

Some student leaders have reacted by painting a premature picture of a campus forced into diaspora by mandatory housing miles away from campus.

Most misguided in the “One Georgetown, One Campus” campaign has been the decision to solicit signatures for a campus-wide referendum targeted for Sept. 26. If students vote against satellite housing when no viable alternative is presented on the ballot, what actually is achieved? Last year’s referendum to raise the evidentiary standard for disciplinary violations from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing” was powerful because it led to a tangible change in policy.

This referendum, however, fails to provide a solution to a situation that requires a response in some form or another.

An overwhelming vote against satellite housing would be rendered meaningless if it simply puts us back at square one while the clock ticks on campus plan deadlines, and the viability of GUSA referendums as an advocacy tool would suffer as a result. If even 100 students vote in favor of satellite housing in a referendum — enough to fill the proposed satellite residence — can the effort be considered a victory? Student leaders are right to fight decisions unfavorable to students, but that advocacy is weakened when it is reduced only to a voice of dissent.

GUSA has been outspoken in opposing proposals to find housing, but what’s in demand now are viable alternatives. That’s where student advocacy must be directed.

ONE GEORGETOWN, SEVERAL SOLUTIONS

The legally binding constraints of the 2010 Campus Plan agreement to house 385 more students on campus by fall 2015 provide no good options for the university. But some are still better than others.

The best option is to ask for an extension of the 2015 deadline from the D.C. Zoning Commission. This would not represent a failure on the university’s part to meet its legal obligations, but rather a recognition that the initial timeline was unreasonable and unduly constrictive from the start. Ever since the campus plan agreement was signed 14 months ago, the university has moved swiftly to establish a thorough master planning process to meet its obligations and think strategically about the utilization of Georgetown’s limited space. It was always unlikely that the administration would be able to fully engage students in a responsible planning process under this restricted timeline. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E should acknowledge this fact and join the university in requesting an extension from the zoning commission. It would serve in the interest of both parties.

However, if the neighbors choose to be as recalcitrant as they were during campus plan negotiations, the university should seek to exhaust options on campus before heading outside the front gates. The Northeast Triangle, which promises to add 225 beds, should be fast-tracked even as the Old Georgetown Board continues to stall the approval process. The university should then look at existing spaces on campus for its next 160 beds. One clear option is the remodeling of the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, despite its financial value. Other alternatives, such as an expedited buyout of the Kober-Cogan Building from MedStar or a fourth wing addition to the Southwest Quad, should also be thoroughly reviewed.

Only when all these options are explored and exhausted should the university turn to satellite housing. A set of preconditions would have to be met: It would have to be explicitly temporary and house as few students as possible. Most important, however, it cannot exacerbate division in the student populace by segregating any particular segment of the student body unjustly.

There are no good options under the time frame imposed by the campus plan agreement. But in order for student input to be productive, students should engage the university by asserting not only what they don’t want, but also what they do. While the administration and the student body have been at odds in recent policy decisions, now is a time to underscore our shared interest in a thoughtful and tactful strategy for university development going forward.

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The proposed satellite residences would be disastrous setbacks for Georgetown. With the announcement of this proposal, it has become clear that the 2010 Campus Plan agreement poses a true existential threat to the Georgetown community, which will be irrevocably harmed if students are cut off from the social, extracurricular and religious community that drives life on the Hilltop.

It seems incredible that the university could simultaneously plan the New South Student Center and Healey Family Pub, specifically designed to give students more on-campus socializing options, and then consider a proposal to ship students off campus, out of reach of these options.

Georgetown must finally make a stand against the campus plan and its damaging effects on the student body.

If not now, when it literally threatens to divide us, when?

CALEB WEAVER is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service.

I first heard about the prospect of housing undergraduate students in Virginia last spring. At that time, it was my understanding that this apartment style housing, located near the Rosslyn Metro, would be designed to appeal to a very limited number of upperclassmen who had internships on the Capitol Hill, as well as some graduate students.

Interestingly, one of the students at the meeting actually asked, “So, just out of curiosity, who in this room would like to live in Rosslyn, Virginia?” No hands went up.

I believe in ultimately meeting our commitment to the community to bring 385 undergraduates back onto campus or out of the Zip code, if we do it right.

And, I believe that we can do this right, but a residential satellite campus in Virginia, designed to house large numbers of undergraduates, should be off the table.

JOSH SHINBROT is a sophomore in the College. He is a GUSA senator.

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VIEWPOINT • Alvarez

Roadblocks on Our Path to Citizenship O

Bebe Albornoz

College Essays Still Ring True

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escribing yourself to an admissions council is really the first icebreaker in college. For me, it started in September of my senior year of high school, when — like many high school seniors — I found myself staring at a blank Word document wondering how to break the ice.

Four years later, my younger cousin is now in the throes of college essay-writing, and it feels like any moment she’ll call me asking for advice and guidance. I began by offering suggestions and quick grammatical edits but quickly realized I should hold myself back from helping too much. These essay questions — posed by an unbeknownst stranger who holds much of your hopes in their discernment — are deeply personal. At least, they should be.

It is interesting how much of college is wrapped up in that preliminary icebreaker. I’ve gone back and reread my essay for Georgetown numerous times throughout my time here on the Hilltop. I am nothing to the literary giants I’ve studied as an English major here, but by some luck, the words I formed at 16 still bring me to life at 20.

The Georgetown experience is unique to each student, and I’ve found that we can find unity in understanding our differences.

One of our first collective experiences as incoming freshmen comes during “Pluralism in Action.” During the program, when

I find it interesting how much of Georgetown is wrapped up in that preliminary icebreaker: the admissions essay. excerpts from a number of admissions essays were read aloud, mine happened to be one of them. I remember how distinctively anonymous I felt in that gymnasium sitting in a sea of strangers, and I realized that my essay, no matter how deeply personal, was meant to be communal.

Our Jesuit motto, cura personalis, translates to “care of the whole person,” and as I enter my final year as an undergraduate here, I realize how much of that care has come from my classmates. For as many late nights as we spend in Lau or for as many titles we win in a sporting arena, our biggest success comes from forming deep connections with those around us. And for me, these are often the people whom I overlooked at first glance or even for the first three years of my time here.

The contours of my personality that I etched so carefully into ink in my admissions essay have been softened and hardened, bent and stretched by the individuals I’ve encountered during my time here.

I have laughed, cried and thought with the people who also found their way here by breaking the ice one afternoon during their senior year of high school.

I could use this column to go into my personally important moments here at Georgetown, but this piece is not intended to be the deeply personal kind. It is not selfish, but communal. If Georgetown required a departure essay, I would echo the crux of this column in it. I would thank the living, breathing people of this campus for introducing me to myself and for lighting up every word of that first essay — teaching me the first lesson of a Georgetown education.

Bebe Albornoz is a senior in the College. Through the Hoya Lens appears every other Tuesday.

n June 27, 14 Republicans joined Senate Democrats in the best attempt Congress could muster to fix our nation’s broken immigration system — passing its comprehensive immigration reform bill by a vote of 68 to 32. The bill was far from perfect.

Many immigrants — namely the poor, recently deported, recently arrived and LGBTQ — were shut out from the conversation. The “path to citizenship” described in the bill crisscrossed by red tape and border militarization became the name of the game. Despite these flaws, many in the immigrant community, including me, recognized the bill’s triumphs as well. The legislation offered the strongest support for childhood arrivals, or youth eligible for the benefits of the Dream Act, and provided us the opportunity to be formally recognized by the country we call home. After years of inaction and legislative failure, when comprehensive immigration reform passed in the Senate, the feeling was marvelous.

Hope lingered.

But that was June. The bill has since gone ignored by the House, and the road to immigration reform now seems longer and messier than ever before. Republicans in the House have made it clear that they plan to tackle immigration reform on their own terms: a piecemeal approach in which heightened border enforcement would come before any sort of legalization.

Perhaps the House leadership feels no sense of urgency because they do not face the daily impositions of a broken immigration system. They are not the ones who have to wake up every morning with limited choices about where to go, where to

We must do our utmost to convince lawmakers that each immigrant is worthy of citizenship. work and how to get there.

In reality, millions of families continue to live in danger and fear as this process drags on. Talented undocumented American students will continue to graduate high school with little hope of attending college. Immigrants will be unjustly detained and potentially removed

from the country. American children will go without seeing their fathers and mothers. Those few coveted college degrees will go unutilized. Our reality is urgent.

Immigrant rights are human rights, and immigration is now, more than ever, an issue of justice.

For this reason the push for immi-

gration reform has drawn support from multiple communities: faith, labor, LGBTQ. Yet somehow we must continue to exhaust ourselves convincing lawmakers that each hardworking immigrant is worthy of American citizenship. The battle for immigration reform is ongoing.

Even as I recall my own excitement the last time we were close to a victory, I know that now we cannot expect to withdraw and reap any benefits. From my conversations with leaders in the midst of the movement, it’s clear neither they nor I will rest until President Obama signs a just bill into law.

Although legislation has stalled in the House, do not expect the issue to disappear. Instead of comprehensive reform, there will likely be long and drawn out debates over smaller bills. Many expect to see the Dream Act, which seems logical given its content’s widespread support. The Dream Act would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented students and young workers brought to the United States by their parents as children. Under it, students could effectively apply for financial aid and receive in-state tuition to attend public colleges and universities.

While there is much speculation about what to expect next, all we can really do is wait, see and react to these future battles.

I hope to see action in the House before the end of the year. Though these bills are expected to be more restrictive, the dialogue they provoke will be invaluable in shaping any potential laws and, consequently, millions of lives.

Citlalli Alvarez is a sophomore in the College. She is president of Hoyas for Immigration Rights.

VIEWPOINT • Waller-Bey

ENGAGING BIOETHICS

ow do you spell ‘Hip genre and its cultural meaning Hop’?” taught from definitions and This question examples provided by the most struck me as odd after spend- unreliable source of them all: ing three years at an institu- Urban Dictionary. tion rich in knowledge and There were a number of committed to diversity and things wrong with the conserving others. It was especial- versation, mostly due to my ly shocking because the profes- professor’s previous lack of sor who posed the question had exposure to such a prevalent just finished explaining his 20 genre of music and reliance on years of experience working in a less-than-sound source. What Georgetown’s music ministry. if none of my classmates had How could someone know so raised their hands to inform much about music — its com- him there was a thing such pilation and how to play it as Christian Hip Hop music?

— and not know how to spell If not, our dialogue surroundarguably the most influential ing music genres used in wormusic genre of my genera- ship would have been limited tion? His question illustrated to a view that illustrates socia deeper issue in what scholars ety’s easy dismissal of subculdeem appropriate or worthy tures. Georgetown stresses the of examination and research. importance of intercultural Can musicians use Hip Hop to dialogue and often addresses express their praise and wor- compassion and understandship? Our class received an an- ing toward dominant cultures. swer when Most the profesn o t a b l y, sor identiwhen proMy professor’s ignorance fied each fessor Miabout Hip Hop led me to genre of chael Eric music he Dyson anquestion what texts are believed nounced u s e d he was worth studying.

Christian dedicating musical ela course ements to to examinworship God. Hip Hop wasn’t ing the sociology of Hip Hop, one of them. focusing on rapper and entreAfter the professor ques- preneur Jay-Z, there was quite tioned his own ability to the a backlash from parents and spell the popular genre, my scholars who judged the muexpectations of his views of sician unworthy of an entire these “non-traditional genres” course. Whether or not one were bleak. I then took to heart considers Jay-Z comparable his response when a classmate to Shakespeare, the situation mentioned that there were in- made me question the texts deed Christian Hip Hop artists that scholars and faculty feel — very successful ones at that. are worthy of examining.

His bewilderment turned into This was not the first classintrigue, and I left class feeling room experience in my unsomewhat pleased that my pro- dergraduate career at Georgefessor was discovering another town where the decision to realm of Christian music. speak up meant being looked Our next class proved just at as “that black girl,” but afas intriguing. I was right: My ter several years of experience, professor had been inspired to I now recognize the value in research Hip Hop and was ea- acknowledging my experience ger to share his newly gleaned of the minority regardless of information with us. He began the pushback. While some may by informing the class that believe that ignorance of culthe first website that showed tures outside of salmon-colored an overwhelming amount of shorts is bliss, this attitude iginformation on hip-hop was nores our call to be men and Wikipedia and — like every women for others, so to answer scholar knows — Wikipedia the question that my professor is not a reputable source. Re- earnestly asked at the beginlieved to hear this, I listened ning of class last Wednesday, carefully to what would be H-I-P (no hyphen) H-O-P. an entire class lecture on the origins of Hip Hop, its com- Aya M. Waller-Bey is a senior in pilation, musicians in the the College.

he Kennedy Institute of Ethics My highly speculative, but not unhere on campus is developing informed, guess about MOOCs, then, “Introduction to Bioethics” as is that MOOCs will become yet ana massive open online course set to other pedagogic tool. As professors, launch April 15. we will choose both books and onAs a graduate fellow working on line material for our students to use, the core design team at the Kennedy and if we do it well — both in creating Institute, I’ve lately been having the the material and in using it — the stufollowing conversation a lot: dents’ experience will be enhanced Colleague: “Hey, how was your as a result. summer?”

I recently made a trip to my alma Me: “Exciting! I am working on mater where my wife and I shared a developing one of Georgetown’s very meal with some of our undergradufirst MOOCs!” ate mentors. Our college is very small Colleague: “MOOC? As in, those and heavily focused on the liberal huge, online courses that are threat- arts. When asked about my current ening to destroy the university sys- work, I steeled myself for another tem?” iteration of the conversation that beNo one who is working on a MOOC gan this reflection. can pretend not to What I got instead, have thought about however, was a wonthe impact of MOOCs derfully reflective on higher education. openness to the poAs an ethics institute tential of MOOCs. All in particular, the KIE three professors sitteam has done a lot of ting at our table immesoul-searching about diately remarked on the promises and chalthe promise that such lenges that MOOCs repa technology holds for Travis N. Rieder resent. a small college like The noble promise theirs. As my adviser Let’s work to make from all those years of a MOOC is to “democratize education”: sure MOOCs have a ago put it: “You rethrough them, anyone member what it’s like positive influence. here: We do our best with access to an internet connection can to provide an intimate learn from world-class professors. education, but we’re not a research One of the worries, though, is that university. Our perspectives are difthis isn’t quite right. As a friend put it ferent from those of the professors to me earlier this year, “MOOCs don’t at Georgetown or Harvard. How democratize education; they democ- could it hurt to expose our students ratize information.” The distinction to these brilliant thinkers and their here is supposed to highlight the dif- ways of doing philosophy? When ference between an interactive edu- you choose a liberal arts college, you cation of the kind my students get make a trade-off: You gain personalin their Georgetown classroom, and ized education but pass on the opwhat can be gleaned by having infor- portunity to learn from world-class mation delivered. scholars. Isn’t it clearly a benefit to Further, many academics see on- be able to bring some of the latter line education as a threat to the tradi- into the curriculum?” tional university education. The fear Our undergraduate professors is that administrators, motivated by were not worried about being turned financial considerations, will gladly into glorified teaching assistants. I take the opportunity to educate suppose that using an uninteresting more students with fewer faculty, by MOOC poorly could have that result, employing large-scale, minimally in- so this seems like an exceptionally teractive — or non-interactive — edu- good reason to make good MOOCs cation models. For those of us with and lobby for using them well. We at a dedication to the liberal arts, this the KIE are going to do our best on sounds dark indeed. the former front. It sounds like my But I doubt that MOOCs will re- alma mater is ready to make progplace traditional education so thor- ress on the latter. I hope that more oughly. MOOCs by their nature have colleges and universities come to emone-way teaching as their strength brace a similar perspective, so that and interaction as their weakness. we can work together to ensure that There is actually another technol- MOOCs have a positive influence on ogy with that exact same portfolio: higher education. textbooks. Just as the advent of textbooks did not destroy the university Travis N. Rieder is a graduate felsystem, I doubt that making text- low in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. books free for everyone would do so Engaging Bioethics appears every other Tuesday. either.

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“Hearing very honestly and frankly from TFA alumni what they’ve Hoya Staff Writer learned, how they’ve grown and This year’s crop of Teach for how their assignment shaped them America corps members comes in ways they didn’t expect was by from universities around the coun- far the biggest apparatus that was try, but an especially high number working with me as I applied,” said of new teachers for the 2013-2014 Fischer, who teaches students beschool year came from Georgetown, tween the ages of 16 to 19 at an alwhich sent the second-most num- ternative continuing school in San ber of graduates to the program.

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Georgetown, which sent 40 grad“I wanted to do something imuates to TFA, tied with the Univer- pactful when I graduated,” said sity of Pennsylvania for the sec- Wise, who teaches ninth and 11th ond-place spot. Harvard University grade English in Las Vegas. “I heard and Vanderbilt University, which about TFA from recruiters on cameach sent 45 graduates to join the pus and other friends who had 5,900-member corps, tied for first. joined the organization.”

Over TFA’s 23-year history placBegoun said Georgetown’s coming corps petitive atmomembers as sphere preteachers in pared him for l ow - i n c o m e TFA. communi“The ability ties, exactly to be involved 525 Georgein many actown alumni tivities while have participarticipating pated in the in a rigorous two-year proacademic setgram. ting helped DJ WISE (COL ’13) “Many of me to tranTeach for America Corps Member the students sition more interested in TFA have demonstrat- easily than some of my peers into ed a dedication to volunteerism, the difficult balance of work, planleadership and service activities ning, human interaction and gradduring their time at Georgetown uate coursework through TFA,” Beand seek out ways to continue goun said. serving others after graduation,” Fischer emphasized dialogical Cawley Career Education Center As- skills developed at Georgetown as sistant Director of Marketing and essential to engaging his students.

Communications Kelly Burns said. “[Georgetown] gave me a tool set Although the Career Center does that allowed me to think, reflect not specifically recruit students and engage with people when I for TFA beyond holding informa- didn’t come from their background tion sessions, several campus of- and couldn’t possibly imagine their fices often recommend students experience,” Fischer said. to apply to the program. For exThe TFA experience, for some, ample, Eric Begoun (SFS ’12), a TFA pays off most through the relationmember who teaches seventh and ships formed with students. eighth grade English in Baltimore, “One of my students the other was recruited through the Center day told me that Georgetown was for Social Justice at Georgetown, her dream school. She is just a where he worked as an After School freshman right now, and she alKids mentor and as an Alternative ready knows where she wants to go Spring Break leader. to school,” Wise said. “I’m more deOthers, like DJ Wise (COL ’13) and termined than ever now to ensure Michael Fischer (SFS ’13) applied to that she and other students of mine the program based on recommen- can attend a school like Georgedations from recent alumni. town when they graduate.”

“I wanted to do something impactful when I graduated.”

After a negative response to new taxi regulations from private car service Uber and other digital dispatchers, the D.C. Taxicab Commission has created a panel to review current regulations and vehicle definitions.

The panel, which is composed of four commission members, seeks to alleviate Uber’s concerns about its new UberX line, which launched in August. Uber traditionally owns a fleet of town cars and SUVs and also offers a digital dispatch service for traditional taxis.

UberX, however, uses smaller and cheaper cars such as the Toyota Camry Hybrid at prices that are lower than traditional taxis. These cars do not meet the regulatory weight requirement under newly implemented DCTC regulations, preventing them from being licensed as black cars.

According to DCTC spokesperson Neville Waters, UberX’s system creates an uneven playing field for traditional taxi companies.

“I think much of the motivation of UberX is to ward off the competition of other services like Lyft [another taxi dispatch app], and those are considerations we are trying to take into account,” Waters said.

Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt and General Manager Zuhairah Washington disagreed and said that the new regulations hindered competition too severely.

“He calls it unfair competition; we call it cheaper and better rides for the people who live, work and play in and around D.C.,” Holt and Washington wrote in an August blog post.

The issue has received attention from Mary Cheh, Ward 3 councilmember and chair of the D.C. Council’s Transportation Committee, who had been a vocal supporter of Uber since it came to the District two years ago. In an attempt to counteract the new regulations, Cheh wrote several letters to DCTC condemning the regulations and is working on a bill which will be potentially introduced September 17.

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A new D.C. Taxicab Commission panel will review current regulations as they pertain to Uber and other digital dispatch companies. lations are anti-competitive and anti-consumer.

“Uber is committed to continuing to deliver better, more reliable and more affordable transportation options to District residents and is exploring options for maintaining a full range of options in D.C.,” Hourdajian wrote in an email. “We appreciate Mary Cheh’s leadership pushing for consumer choice, driver opportunity and innovation for the District and applaud her continuing to stand up for District consumers in the face of DCTC regulations that do just the opposite.”

Waters added that he was hopeful that the panel would be able to successfully negotiate between all different sides.

“I think it would be ambitious to say that in the next 30 days, the panel members will craft new regulations. But I can say it is very likely there will [be] some modifications of what the current regulations are,” Waters said. “Hopefully we reach a resolution that allows all those services to operate with our primary concern being the protection of the consumer.”

This is the latest development in Uber’s continued clash with DCTC. Earlier this year, DCTC proposed new regulations standardizing the look of cabs, as well as a new credit card payment system for taxicabs, the Modern Taximeter System, with which Uber would be incompatible.

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Owolabi (COL ’15), a program assistant for the African American Studies Program at Georgetown and co-director of A group of students launched the Cura CPI’s research committee.

Personalis Initiative this summer to push Owolabi hopes to expand CPI from its the university to emphasize diversity in core group of fewer than 10 people. its curriculum.

“Now we’re going to focus more on the CPI stems from an initiative that Presi- grassroots student organizing than on dent John J. DeGioia launched in 2009 in the administration,” Owolabi said. “We response to a series of bias-related inci- need it to be a big push rather than just a dents. small group of students who want some“We’re basically students who wanted thing.” to examine the progress of diversity of Though Owolabi said the university Georgetown, largely to respond to the has granted verbal support to the initiapresident’s 2009 initiative on diversity,” tive, she said it has not yet made any of Kevin Magana (COL ’14), co-chair of the the changes CPI members want to see. initiative’s fundraising committee, said.

“The administration says that they Magana said that want to do a lot, but giving students an unthey don’t do it.

“It’s a lot of talk and then derstanding of diver[It’s] a lot of talk and sity should be part of then no action on dithen no action on Georgetown’s mission versity issues,” Owolabi to educate the whole said. “A lot of them are diversity issues.” person. interested in the work “At Georgetown I CPI does, but then they haven’t had the oppordon’t give us the reESTHER OWOLABI (COL ‘15) CPI Research Committee Co-Director tunity myself to engage sources to implement in studies of my own the changes we want to culture, which is the broader Latino- see.”

American culture,” he said. “I believe CPI has already succeeded at working Georgetown has a responsibility to edu- with the administration in some areas. cate the whole person.”

“This semester we’re aiming to carry Brandon Anderson (COL ’14), co-chair out a survey that measures student perfor both CPI’s fundraising and research ceptions and opinions of diversity at committees, agreed.

Georgetown,” Magana said.

“Georgetown touts the significance of Over the summer, CPI worked with developing leaders for the 21st century,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Anderson said. “If our students do not Olson, Vice President for Institutional understand the sensitivities of particular Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny, cultures, then Georgetown has failed to Acting Executive Director of the Office of prepare to compete in the 21st century.”

Assessment and Decision Support Ardoth Anderson said the initiative’s first goal Hassler and Director of Curriculum, Asis to increase the diversity of George- sessment and Pedagogical Practice at the town’s curriculum.

Center for New Designs in Learning and “That means increasing the number of Scholarship John Rakestraw. courses offered on diversity and also the CPI has also reached out to faculty and depth to which this diversity is taught,” alumni, some of whom were involved in Anderson said, citing potential minors the initiative’s predecessor organization, in Latin American and Asian American the Student Commission for Unity, which studies. previously sought to facilitate diversity CPI’s leaders also hope to increase the and dialogue within the Georgetown diversity of the student body and univer- community. The commission, which sity faculty. started as a Georgetown University Stu“I think it’s really important that stu- dent Association committee and eventudents engage in diversity or have conver- ally broke off in 2009, disbanded in 2012 sations related to diversity,” said Esther after its senior leadership graduated.

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IdeaScale Usage Varies Across Departments Madison Ashley Hoya Staff Writer

In the past year, students have steadily posted their ideas and concerns on Georgetown Ideas, a web platform for community suggestions run through IdeaScale, but use across departments has been inconsistent.

The online platform run through IdeaScale was launched in spring 2012 by University Chief Operating Officer Chris Augostini and Program Manager for New Media and Digital Strategy Michael Wang to create a digital dialogue with the student body.

Since then, Wang has seen the small online community evolve into a dedicated group of students, faculty and staff.

“We have found that the Georgetown staff community wants to be engaged as well,” Wang said. “They are excited to contribute and join in on the dialogue, so that’s what we’ve been thinking through: how to better facilitate this dialogue.”

One of the campus institutions that has latched on to Georgetown Ideas has been Lauinger Library. Of the 27 ideas that Georgetown Ideas has marked as completed since it was launched in spring 2012, five of these are related to the library. Library staff generally responds to all queries related to Lauinger.

“In general, the library is very eager to respond to all of our users — anything that’s easy for us to fix we’d love to do that,” Program and Events Coordinator for Lauinger Library Jennifer Smith said.

The library implemented an online booking feature for study rooms after Shirley Adelstein, a government doctoral candidate, suggested it in a Georgetown Ideas post.

“I had spoken with folks at the library about it before and I thought perhaps this might be something worth posting,” Adelstein said. “I was pretty surprised how quickly the library responded. I think that IdeaScale was one part of a number of elements that moved the initiative forward.”

University Information Services have also found that the student input on Georgetown Ideas, in many cases, can help refine projects that are already in the works. A post last year for full campus Wi-Fi on the site garnered 390 votes.

“It was pretty clear to everyone that ubiquitous Wi-Fi is something we’re striving for,” Wang said. “But in terms of where do students want to see it, we saw a lot of enthusiasm toward the lawn and that appeared originally on IdeaScale.”

Georgetown Ideas also allows administrators to prioritize projects while facing already limited budgets.

“In addition to helping us define what a particular problem is, students are helping

us determine within the constraints of a limited budget what we should tackle first,” UIS Director of Communications Laura Horton said.

Some students are dubious that administrators are actually seeing their posts on the forum.

“I feel like I’ve got a lot of support, feedback, comments and in that way its had a positive effect, but I also haven’t seen any actual results from the post,” said Greg Miller (SFS ’14), who frequently posts ideas on behalf of the Office of Sustainability. “The process by which those ideas are translated into action isn’t very transparent.”

Miller cited mislabeled idea cards and the lack of a vote change function as two main problems with the current system.

“There are sustainability ideas that have been completed that have never been moved into that category by the administrators,” Miller said. “There’s no feature to change your vote even if you click it by accident.”

Conway Yao (SFS ’14), a frequent poster on the site, is also frustrated by the lack of response by some administrators.

“I think if all administrators could take a closer look and, if they’re not going to take action, at least post something,” Yao said.

“Maybe some things are just not feasible from their perspective, but if they could at least address those things, then the students could get a better idea of what sort of products are feasible and which aren’t.”

Wang believes that administrative responsiveness is one of the growing pains of the system.

“The idea of crowdsourcing feedback is still new, and we are hard at work raising awareness in the community so that our administration can better collaborate and engage with students,” Wang said.

Wang notes that Auxiliary Services in particular already has alternative methods of student feedback in place.

“There has been a lot of new leadership in Auxiliary Services. They’re already doing a lot of outreach via social media — they’re not short of feedback mechanisms,” Wang said. “Just because they’re not using Georgetown Ideas yet doesn’t mean they’re shirking on communication.”

Smith does not fault fellow departments that are not able to offer the same kind of Georgetown Ideas presence as herself and her colleagues in the library.

“A lot of it is just having the time and having the resources to respond to [the posts].

If I was a department that had no ability to respond to comments on IdeaScale I think it would be pretty demoralizing to go on the site,” Smith said. “Fortunately, in the library, we’ve been able to address all of the concerns.”

have garnered more adamant opposition to the proposal. The area of Ward 2 that participated in the pilot program did not include Georgetown.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E has found issue with the DDOT’s “one-sizefits-all” policy, ANC2E Commissioner Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14) said.

“These regulations allow every house to have a permanent guest pass, and that’s just not feasible in our area,” Prindiville said. “We already have limited parking, and I think the legitimate fear is that these passes could be sold. It’s just going to make it difficult for everyone to park here.”

Prindiville stressed that the new policy infringes on residents’ rights to park freely in the area where they live.

“I think all residents here have a right to parking, and that includes a more stringent regulation on visitor parking,”

Prindiville said.

Prindiville believes that the DDOT proposal could be changed or delayed due to the strong reaction throughout the city.

“Every single neighborhood association has come out against it,” Prindiville said. “I think the community response on this has been almost universal. I think that will be heard at DDOT — I hope that it will be heard — because the system will just exacerbate parking issues.”

Prindiville compared the DDOT regulations to the university’s parking ban.

“I submit that students should have that right, too,” Prindiville said. “They vote here, they live here, they’re fullfledged residents. There’s no reason they should be discriminated against.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson disagreed that the DDOT proposal had any bearing on student parking rights.

“The university strongly be-

lieves that most students do not need cars at Georgetown,” Olson wrote in an email.

Prindiville clarified that the two issues are separate.

“Although I’m really frustrated by the university’s stance on parking and putting regulations about parking in the Code of Student Conduct, this is a permit issue [for visitors],” Prindiville said. “It’s a bureaucratic decision that could wreak havoc on the parking situation here.”

Georgetown University Student Association Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Peterson (COL ’14) agreed and added that it would be unwise for students to attempt to use this expansion of visitor parking rights as a stepping stone for student parking rights.

“This probably isn’t the right issue to engage on,” Peterson said. “We need to work together to form a more livable community and engage our stakeholders and try to voice our way through.”

SFS Networking With ‘Friends’ Andrew Wilson Hoya Staff Writer

As School of Foreign Service upperclassmen look beyond Georgetown to the professional world, a hallmark SFS program connects them with “friends,” or alumni mentors who provide opportunities for guidance and networking.

The Friends of the SFS program was originally created

by Dean Emeritus Peter Krogh about 30 years ago and has been overseen for the past 25 years by Dean Andrew Steigman.

“The initial group of friends were drawn largely from distinguished personal friends of Dean Krogh, but as they dropped out, I’ve shifted the program to include only SFS alumni, many of whom are more recent graduates,” Steigman wrote in an email.

The program includes a list of 24 friends who mentor up to 12 volunteers, meeting with them at least twice a year, One of these mentors is Zaid Zaid (SFS ’97), a lawyer with Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C. Zaid said he tries to meet with students more than just the required two times.

“I’m happy to stay in as much contact with students as possible,” Zaid said.

SFS friends are given the freedom of both how and where

they conduct their meetings.

“It’s always been at my home, and it’s usually dinner. It’s relaxed and we have an informal conversation,” said Hillary Thomas-Lake (SFS ’88), who has been involved with the program for seven years.

A volunteer student coordinator facilitates the interaction between the student groups and mentors.

“The SFS sometimes struggles to connect its students with alumni in a professional

“It’s a nice network to build over time.”

FRANK SAMOLIS (SFS ‘73) SFS Friend

capacity,” student coordinator Ted Hocter (SFS ’14) wrote in an email. “Dean Steigman’s program has really been the only official SFS career outreach that I’ve seen for undergraduates.”

Sometimes, mentors can be not only a source of advice, but also a key connection for an internship or job opportunity.

Frank Samolis (SFS ’73), an SFS friend who currently works as an international trade lawyer in the District, has hired past mentees at his firm after their graduation from law school.

“It’s a nice network to build

over time both for the mentor and the mentee,” Samolis said.

Thomas-Lake, a co-founder of LTL Strategies, an African development firm, has also hired past SFS mentees.

“A few instances we end up with people who will end up in my office,” Thomas-Lake said. “The different students I’ve been in contact with have been pretty dynamic and selfstarting.”

The 24 mentors have a variety of careers, ranging from diplomats to journalists.

“I was drawn to the program because I’m actually interested in defense contracting and the man I’m partnered with, Matthew Billingsley (SFS ’90), has experience at Booz Allen Hamilton and he now works for Boeing,” first-time participant Matthew de Silva (SFS ’16) said. “I’m interested in learning about his career and how he’s gotten to where he is now.”

While eager to be a friend once again, Samolis wishes he could have had this opportunity during his time in the SFS. “It’s been a terrific program.

There wasn’t anything like that when I was an undergrad in the School of Foreign Service,” Samolis said. “I enjoy it because it’s always great to work with students.”

Students can sign up for the program now until Sept. 17 in the SFS Deans’ Office.

Students Cut From Rangila RANGILA, from A1 coordinators, Mohan and Neal Seshadri (COL ’15), are hoping to bring the number of participants down to, at most, last year’s count of 550.

“We love having so many people sign up, but it’s also really unfortunate because we can’t accommodate every single person,” Mohan said.

Rangila coordinators and choreographers hoped limiting the number of people in the shows would improve the quality of the dances.

“One of the most common critiques we had last year was that there are so many people on stage, it just looks like one big blur of color,” SAS Vice President Mariam Ashraf (COL ’14) said. “We needed to find that balance of making the audience happy and making sure that the dancers don’t feel like they are one of a million.”

The SAS and CSE decision was also motivated by concerns about overcrowding the Gaston Hall stage.

“It’s come to the point where we are worried we are breaking the stage,” Ashraf said.

Other changes Mohan and Seshadri have made this year include limiting students to one dance each and increasing the number of seniors in the senior Banghra, which is now at 150 participants, so that non-seniors can fill other dances.

Mohan and Seshadri expect a portion of students to drop out in the first few weeks,

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Record Rangila sign-ups forced the South Asian Society to cut interested students for the first time in 19 years. which will allow for other students to come off the waitlist.

Some students are upset that they were unexpectedly waitlisted.

Laura Grannemann (SFS ’14), who is on the waitlist for senior Bhangra, said that she was told this year’s sign-ups would not guarantee a spot in the show.

“They pretty much told me it was unsure from the beginning, but you expect there wouldn’t be a problem, but

I guess I was basing that expectation off previous years,” Grannemann said.

“I was very excited about dancing in Rangila after attending signups, so receiving the waitlist email Sunday night was a disappointment,” said Katherine Seder (MSB ’16), who is on the waitlist. “If I get off the waitlist, I will definitely still participate. I do not want to miss out on this fun and unique Georgetown tradition.”

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Crowds gathered at the front gates for the launch of the “One Georgetown, One Campus” campaign Monday evening. Student leaders called for abandonment of any satellite proposal.

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The Georgetown University Student Association offices are decorated to support “One Georgetown, One Campus,” though GUSA is not officially affiliated with the campaign.

Satellite Housing Proposal Sparks Student Backlash SATELLITE, from A1 ‘under the following conditions this would be kind of interesting,’ then it might make sense to pursue as an option.”

“My concern is that some of the information out there could be counter-productive,” added Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives Lauralyn Lee, emphasizing that the university is still in the early stages of figuring out how to meet its legal obligation to provide extra housing.

Administrators added that they had always planned on organizing public discussions about the housing options being considered, even though the focus group sessions held last week were all private. Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey cited lessons learned from campus backlash to a lack of input on the original Northeast Triangle Residence Hall proposal in July.

Tisa said the Northeast Triangle, originally set to be completed across from Reiss Science Building for fall 2015, may be delayed. Olson did not confirm this but acknowledged that there are many challenges to building on campus.

“We know that this is a complex city in which to build buildings, and

we’re doing our very best,” Olson said.

Despite these setbacks in Georgetown’s efforts to meet the requirements of the campus plan agreement, Tisa, Singer and other campus leaders who spoke at Monday’s press conference said they considered the option of satellite housing unacceptable under any circumstances. Students of Georgetown Inc. CEO Lizzy MacGill (COL ’14) emphasized the impact that the dorm would have on students’ ability to engage in extracurricular activities, while College Academic Council Vice President Parnia Zahedi (COL ’15) argued that it would limit opportunities for after-hours intellectual dialogue.

“This satellite campus will divide Georgetown in two,” Tisa said. “It puts our shared identity at stake.”

According to Singer, members of the “One Georgetown, One Campus,” campaign will spend the next several weeks collecting 300 signatures on a petition to get a referendum on the idea of an off-campus residence added to the ballot for the upcoming Sept. 26 GUSA senate election.

Though GUSA has held referendums in the past — last year’s vote to support changing the Code of Student Conduct’s evidentiary standard from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing” is a recent example —

this is the first time in Tisa’s memory that one has been added to the ballot via petition rather than as the result of a GUSA senate vote.

Tisa said the decision to promote the referendum via petition rather than through a senate vote will demonstrate that opposition to the satellite resi-

“The satellite campus will divide Georgetown in two. It puts our shared identity at stake.”

NATE TISA (SFS ’14) GUSA President

dence is a cross-campus phenomenon.

“There are so many student leaders who are passionate about this that we didn’t want to pigeonhole it by labeling it as GUSA,” he said. “Those groups can reach out to students much better than we can.”

Referencing the fact that the “One Georgetown, One Campus” Facebook page had received more than 400 likes in the 24 hours since it was created Sunday, he added, “I love GUSA, but I don’t think we could get that many Facebook likes overnight.”

He and Singer hope that the referendum will demonstrate student

opposition to the idea and force the university to remove it from consideration. University spokeswoman Stacy Kerr emphasized that Georgetown was not considering a satellite campus — a term that has been used by the “One Georgetown, One Campus” campaign — similar to The George Washington University’s Mount Vernon campus. Kerr said that the satellite housing option would be strictly residential.

But Singer dismissed this distinction.

“It’s the ‘satellite’ word that’s the issue,” he said. “People are nervous about, is this truly going to be a livinglearning community if you’re busing people in from 20 or 30 minutes out?”

Aside from the hotly disputed issue of a satellite residence, neither administrators nor students were able to speak concretely about alternative methods of creating space for 385 extra beds.

Morey said that the university is also looking at additional construction on campus, mentioning Harbin patio, Kober-Cogan Building and the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center — a proposal that had been considered as part of the campus plan but was scrapped in July for financial and logistical reasons.

Morey would not specify which of these were most likely.

When asked what options he would consider an acceptable alternative to the off-campus dorm, Tisa was also unable to offer specifics.

“There’s potential for renovation,” he said, before pivoting back to the satellite residence. “The problem is that [administrators] are not looking into the other options with the same vigor as they’re looking at the satellite campus … and that’s a Band-Aid solution.”

For now, Olson said that the satellite dorm option remains under consideration and will be discussed at an unspecified series of discussions with students in the coming weeks, even if a referendum is held on the issue.

“Certainly student feedback in that form would be taken very seriously,” he said, adding that majority opposition to the option would not necessarily remove it from the table.

Lee also urged students not to let the referendum to the satellite residence overshadow an opportunity to make clear what options they would consider acceptable.

“I’d challenge student leadership to think about whether [a referendum] is the most effective mechanism to have their voices heard right now,” Lee said. “I would hate to see all of the energy focused on what [students] don’t want and lose the opportunity to tell us what [they] do.”

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As classes begin in earnest and students return to Lauinger Library this semester, the look of the second floor may be a shock to some. The library’s overhaul eliminated half of its shelving, leaving the space empty for the time being.

“The library made several space improvements this summer,” Lauinger Library Program and Events Coordinator Jennifer Smith wrote in an email. “These projects are all part of our long-term space planning process in order to accommodate our users’ needs.”

Shelving on the second floor is now restricted to the east side of the floor, with the west side cleared. The cleared space is in the process of being converted into an additional seating area over the next few weeks, complete with carpeting and additional chairs and tables.

“We’ve heard from students and seen ourselves how crowded the second floor can get during peak study times,” Smith wrote. “By changing this space from stacks to a study area, we’re hoping to alleviate some of this crowding and give our students more room to do their work.”

Some students think that the changes alter the ambience of the floor.

“I feel like people are more productive … but it changes the vibe of it somewhat. People are more visible to each other, so they’re more aware of what they’re doing. That el-

ement of socializing is not going to be the same,” Ambika Tripathi (SFS ’15) said. “It’s too bland, too sterile, like a classroom setting.”

The space previously housed bound periodicals, which have been relocated to off-campus shelving at the Washington Research Library Consortium that students can access through the library’s online request system. Lauinger staff utilized several years’ worth of usage information to determine which periodicals to keep. Certain journals are also now available online.

The study spot will likely regain some of its usual level of activity when Midnight MUG reopens Wednesday. The storefront, which has been repainted and rearranged, will operate with limited hours until Sept.

23, closing at midnight instead of 2 a.m.

The library’s changes extend beyond the second floor. Microforms have been exiled to the lower level while government documents have been relocated to the second floor. Study rooms feature technological improvements, with 42-inch LCD projector systems and new whiteboards in addition to repainting. The fifth floor has also had some of its collections moved in preparation for renovations.

“We try to undertake these projects during the summer to be as least disruptive to our users as possible, but there may be other times during the year that we make some additional changes due to the impending renovation on the fifth floor,” Smith wrote.

A delegation of Georgetown students is forming to attend Power Shift, a biennial environmental justice conference for college student and young adults.

The leaders of Georgetown’s Power Shift delegation have started campaigning to bring about 25 students from the university to join the more than 10,000 participants from colleges across the nation.

The conference, the fourth of its kind, will take place at the end of October in Pittsburgh.

“The idea is to give students the tools and the training to go back to their communities and enact a grassroots, environmental movement,” Annie Wang (COL ’16), the leader for Georgetown Power Shift, said. “It’s dedicated to issues of climate change and environmental justice.”

The conference is sponsored by We Are Power Shift, an online community of environmentally active youth.

The series of conferences began in 2007 in Washington,

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“If we take the training and enact it on campus, then I think we would have done our job.”

ANNIE WANG Leader of Georgetown Power Shift

heard of. The vast majority of people leading workshops are totally anonymous.”

The conference will conclude with a hallmark Power Shift action event where conference participants march into Pittsburgh and protest businesses with unsustainable practices.

Currently, Colligan, Wang and other Georgetown students are reaching out to students to see who would be interested in attending the conference.

The delegation leaders are looking to partner with an on-campus group such as the Office of Sustainability or the Center for the Environment to gain funding for students to attend the conference, which is expected to cost approximately $100 per student. The price could change depending on transportation and hotel costs.

“The big thing we’re looking at right now is we want to make it affordable for the students to go,” Wang said.

Students see the conference as an opportunity to bring increased environmental and sustainability awareness to Georgetown.

“I really just want to learn more about the environmental movement in general,” Wang said. “The conference is a gateway to something that could really help our school.

If we take the training and enact it on campus, then I think we would have done our job.”

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Students study on the second floor of Lauinger Library, part of which was cleared in order to add additional study areas. Remaining renovations will happen in the next few weeks.

D.C., and was organized by the Energy Action Coalition.

The Georgetown students will participate in workshops and listen to speakers involved in the sustainability movement while at the conference.

“I’m most interested in hearing from full-time activists that are doing really cool work,” Jesse Colligan (SFS ’14) said. “I think I’ll be exposed to a lot of names and faces and organizations that I’ve never

Campus visitors and Jesuits on golf carts will need to pay close attention to a new initiative by the Department of Public Safety meant to address high incidences of oncampus traffic violations.

The educational effort, which will be rolled out in three stages before DPS begins issuing citations for traffic violations this fall, comes after DPS officers conducted a survey of on-campus traffic last year.

The survey found minimal attention paid to stop signs, with a 5 percent stop sign compliance rate for golf cart drivers and a 0 percent compliance rate for bicyclers.

University cars and trucks stopped 60 percent of the time, while privately owned vehicles stopped 45 percent of the time. Contractor vehicles were the most compliant, with a rate of 66 percent.

“As a department, we noticed anecdotally that people weren’t obeying traffic signs,” Chief of Police Jay Gruber said. “We noticed a lot of near misses.”

The first phase of the DPS effort, which has been in effect for the past three weeks, focuses on education. Officers in full uniform, accessorized with traffic vests, are stationed at problematic intersections during peak hours to flag down traffic law violators. DPS has operational jurisdiction only within the campus gates.

Each phase will last for several weeks with no concrete timetable in place. The second phase will expand from education to written warnings, which will not carry a fine. The third phase will combine verbal cautions, written warnings and fines issued at officers’ discretion.

“Our goal is not to give citations out,” Gruber said.

“If we’re successful in the first two phases, we’d rather educate the public and have them listen to us the first time.”

Citations are universitybased, and do not fall under D.C. government jurisdiction. As such, citations consist solely of fines, not driver’s license points. Careless driving carries a $100 fine, while failure to yield right-of-way is a $50 fine and failure to halt at a stop sign — a problem Gruber describes as rampant — is also a $50 fine. For every mile exceeding the campuswide 15-mph speed limit, $5 is added to the charge.

Drivers issued citations have the right to appeal to DPS. If violators fail to pay, DPS will forward the charge to a collections agency.

Because of a recent transfer from paper records to an electronic database, traffic violation records from past years are not available. Gruber, however, said he believed DPS officers have not issued many citations. Pedestrians have not been involved in accidents, but minor accidents between vehicles have occurred.

“As we grow as a pedestrian campus we’re concerned about pedestrian versus vehicle collisions,” Gruber said.

While the department’s education efforts target vehicle operators, Gruber does not believe that students are fully absolved of culpability, citing a lack of situational awareness while crossing the street, largely due to texting.

Fr. Otto Hentz, S.J., an associate professor of theology, has driven a golf cart for the past year because his hip is injured.

“Some [students] are bent over and working on their messages or Twitter or whatever, and they’re totally absorbed. You can drive right up to them before they notice,”

Hentz said. “Other times they notice, but they turn back to their conversation and don’t move.”

The police department has reached out to the management of the organizations permitted to use golf carts as part of this fall’s program.

There is no separate driving protocol for the carts.

Hentz said he received no instruction prior to operating his cart.

“I think they were relying on common sense,” he said.

The nonexistent rate of compliance for bicyclists draws concern from the police department.

“We will be targeting bicyclists as well. They are bound by traffic laws when using streets. They are sometimes the worst offenders,” Gruber wrote in an email.

Avid cyclist Greg Miller (SFS ’15) disagrees with the lumping of bicyclists with other vehicular traffic.

“I think making cyclists stop at stop signs hurts them more than letting them go through them. I think on campus, since all of the roads are privately owned, the university could definitely create such a possibility that doesn’t necessarily conform with D.C. traffic laws,” Miller said.

Three weeks into the educational effort, Gruber sees a noticeable change in driver habits.

“People aren’t very happy.

It’s not something we’ve done here very often, so it’s a culture change,” Gruber said. “Anecdotally speaking, I can see one of the major intersections outside my window and there’s major compliance. People absolutely know what we’re doing, especially university employees who drive vehicles.”

The department will conduct follow-up surveys after each phase, using the same metrics as the original survey.

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Hoyas Win One in NC, Prep for GW at Home juliana zovak Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown volleyball team traveled to North Carolina this weekend and competed in three closely contested matches in the Campbell Tournament, sweeping one match in three sets but dropping the other two, both of which went to five sets.

The Hoyas (3-4) started off against Indiana State (4-2, 0-0 Missouri Valley), and each squad traded sets to take the match to the decisive fifth.

“We were starting to get a good connection with our setter and our middle, so that was really pleasing for us,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said.

In the final set, the Sycamores jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, but the Hoyas came back with five straight points to go ahead 7-5. The teams traded points to tie the set 14-14, but Indiana recorded two kills to win 16-14 and clinch the match.

“I think that the biggest challenge with Indiana State was just being able to finish,” Williams said. “At the end, we just got really tense and we were right there in the match, we just could not capitalize on the opportunities that were given to us.”

The offensive trio of sophomore Lauren Saar and juniors Dani White and Alex Johnson continued its stellar production, totaling 35 kills, 38 digs and 11 blocks.

Freshman Shannon Ellis saw some floor action, compiling six kills and leading the team with eight blocks.

“Shannon Ellis was a huge momentum booster against Indiana State. She came off the bench and provided a spark on the floor with several huge kills and big blocks,” Williams said.

The Blue and Gray then took on North Carolina Central (0-8, 0-0 MEAC), looking for redemption for their tough loss earlier in the day.

Georgetown battled in the first set to pull away 25-17. They didn’t look back in the second, where they easily won 25-9 after a 15-2 run that included three straight service aces by redshirt senior Annalee Abell.

The Eagles made a push in the third set, but Georgetown stayed strong to finish the sweep 25-23.

“We talked about that game being about us and really just focusing on the details.

Making sure that we hit our spots, making sure that we were taking good swings into the court, making sure that we’re executing passing lines,” Williams said.

Saar again led the push with 12 kills, while White added eight kills and five blocks.

“She just goes out, she works hard, she stays nice and steady and very even-keeled and I think that that gives her the ability to pass well for us,” Williams said. “She doesn’t make a whole lot of mistakes and when she has an opportunity to go for it, she goes for it.”

On Saturday, Georgetown moved on to the finale of their tournament appearance against host Campbell (5-2, 0-0 Big South).

The Hoyas came out to a stellar start, winning the first two sets and needing only one more to seal the deal.

“What we did just so well in the first two sets is we passed lights out,” Williams said.

“And so we had three options, four options, to set on every single play, whether it was from our passing or in transition, and we ran with it.”

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Junior outside hitter Alex Johnson had 11 digs in the Hoyas’ win over N.C. Central.

But after a rough start, Campbell responded and took the final three sets to win the match.

“They kicked their serving up a notch and we just could not get back into that passing rhythm the rest of the match consistently, and that was all the difference in the world,” Williams said.

For the third straight game, Saar led the team in kills with 15 and also tallied a teamhigh 29 digs. White had 14 kills, and freshman setter Caitlin Brauneis led all players with 50 assists.

Georgetown will seek to even their record this Wednesday in their home opener against George Washington (3-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10).

“It’s our first opportunity to be at home, and I know that we cannot wait for that.

We’re going to be super high energy and ready to go,” Williams said.

If Georgetown can use its deep and experienced roster to finish games, they will be a formidable threat on the court. Williams is confident that her players will step up to the task.

“The majority of our hitters are upperclassmen who are experienced. They’ve been there before, and they’re really starting to understand how we do things at Georgetown, and we’re able to take advantage of that,” she said.

The Colonials are coming off a five set win over Elon and are led by senior Rachael Goss, who posted her second consecutive doubledouble of the season.

“George Washington is a tough team.

They are experienced, they’ve got a very talented young coach, and so they’re going to come out fighting us,” Williams said. “They want to own the rights to D.C., and so I think we’re going to have a battle on our hands.”

the sporting life

MLB Should Address PED Use in Present Context MAJD, from A10 basketball fans have long accepted that the brand of basketball that enabled Wilt Chamberlain to average 50 points a game in a season is long gone. But baseball, perhaps because its highly segmented nature gives the illusion that there are fewer variables at play, still clings to the idea that you could compare the talents of Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds purely on their stats.

This is pure fantasy; Babe Ruth had tremendous natural gifts, but he did not have access to the nutritional tips or the advances made in analyzing optimal hitting mechanics that Bonds did. On the other hand, Ruth also didn’t have to contend with 80 years of advancement in pitching.

Even since Bonds hit 73 home runs in a season roughly a decade ago, the landscape of pitching has changed dramatically. Back then pitchers were not throwing off-speed pitches for strikes nearly as much; players would sit on anything that spun and wait for a fastball. In today’s MLB, there is no longer a fastball count, and players are faced with a larger array of pitches and scenarios that they have to be prepared for. This has resulted in the lowest batting averages and the highest strikeout totals that the game of baseball has seen in decades. Simply put, rallying against steroids because they cheat the game is ultimately fruitless. Hitters and pitchers have both had access to PEDs, balancing each other out – and as the current

hitting trend shows, pitchers have retaken the balance of power that was lost earlier in the steroid era – so the issue at heart is cheating the “pure” records of old; since different eras of the MLB are no more comparable than those of the NFL and the NBA, the cheating argument is somewhat trivial.

Make no mistake, though – I am not endorsing PEDs. If PEDs simply made you stronger, then I would see them as nothing more than an excellent supplement that every athlete should take – after all, athletes get a boost in nutrition and muscle gain from eating a lot of protein before and after workouts, and nobody views that as cheating. The real issue with PEDs is that they are dangerous; instead of rallying against the “tainted” advantages that PEDs bestow upon athletes in an effort to teach kids about ethics, we should be focusing on the negative side effects that make PEDs bad, such as liver damage, aggressive behavior, depression and – most importantly – stunted growth when used by kids. After all, the example sports set for children is at the heart of this matter. But as long as Selig continues to play the blame game and wax poetic about the purity of baseball, the true dangers of PEDs will remain sidelined, allowing other sports entities such as the NFL – in which PEDs are far more rampant – to continue to play dumb about the issue.

Darius Majd is a junior in the College. The Sporting Life appears every Tuesday.

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beyond the field

Benefit Rule Must Go A

few weeks ago, we heard of another scandal involving another high-level college athlete and the controversy over the NCAA’s “extra benefit” rule. Currently, the NCAA prohibits student-athletes from receiving any form of extra financial gifts or compensation outside the scholarships they receive. Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy winning Quarterback at Texas A&M, was being investigated by the NCAA and later suspended for exactly one-half of one game for selling his autographs.

This scandal highlights the need for the NCAA to revisit the “extra benefit” rule and adopt the Olympic model allowing players to seek compensation off-campus.

The NCAA has maintained that the “extra benefit” rule is important for two reasons. The first is that these athletes are “amateurs” and to be treated like students, not paid employees of the university. The NCAA even runs ads with the slogan, “Most of us [athletes] will go pro in something other than sports” to highlight this idea, but the fact of the matter is student athletes are part of a multibillion-dollar industry yet are prevented from benefiting financially from it in any way.

The second explanation for the “extra benefit” rule is that if student-athletes were allowed to receive compensation, then it would give schools with better financial resources a competitive edge over smaller schools as they can shell out more money to student athletes. This would give those schools an advantage in recruiting top players, supporters of the rule argue. In reality, though, this is already the case as wealthier schools can afford better coaching and facilities. Additionally, they have more media exposure, which also improves

their ability to recruit top players.

Big-time college sports have become more “big business” than amateur competition. Athletics, on many college campuses, have grown to become multimillion-dollar systems. Schools are constructing ornate athletic facilities that rival those at the professional level. Conference realignment has brought together schools that do not share geographic proximity or historical tradition because it makes for the most lucrative television deals, and coaches

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Student-athletes deserve to profit from endorsements. on many campuses (including Georgetown’s) are the highest-paid employees.

Even though athletes like Manziel are given a college education for free, considering the amount of money they are bringing to the school, a free tuition is pennies on the dollar and both the schools and the NCAA know this.

The irony of the whole Johnny Manziel situation is that the same week the NCAA was investigating Manziel, Texas A&M sold a dinner with Manziel to a group of boosters for $20,000 for its 12th Man Foundation, which helps raise money for the school’s athletic department. The NCAA allows universities to benefit financially from players, yet if the player sought any financial compensation of his own he would be ineligible to play under current rules.

This system is unfair to players and borders on exploitative. The NCAA should adopt the rule followed by Olympic athletes that stipulates that athletes are not paid for their participation, but can make money off their own name through endorsements, autograph signings and other activities. Michael Phelps or Missy Franklin are not paid for their efforts on Team USA, but can receive endorsement deals from Nike or paid for public appearances and the same should go for college athletes like Manziel.

Players do not need to receive a check from their school, but considering how commercialized college sports have become it would not hurt the integrity of the game if, for example, each player of the Georgetown Basketball team were to receive a check from Nike for wearing their shoes on the court.

The NCAA has already seen the commercialization of college sports and including players in that process is the only fair way for the NCAA to operate. The NCAA should follow the Olympic model and allow athletes to profit from their own name, treat its athletes as employees of the university, or radically redefine college athletics to competitive amateurism. Such a move would reduce the scale of the current system, and since I do not see a future where Ohio State would want to become Holy Cross, the first option is the fairest way forward.

Johnny Manziel may have only received a petty suspension, but hopefully his case serves as a wake-up call to the NCAA to change its position on the “extra benefit” rule.

Nabeel Zewail is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. Beyond the Field appears every Tuesday.

FIEld hockey

GU Maintains Optimism Tom hoff

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The Georgetown field hockey team entered the weekend hoping to end its losing skid with wins over Towson on Friday in College Park, Md. and Lock Haven on Sunday in Lockhaven, Pa. The Hoyas came close to beating Towson, eventually losing 3-2, but were routed by Lock Haven, 5-0.

The weekend started off well, as the Blue and Gray struck first in their Friday home game against the Tigers.

Sophomore forward Sarah Butterfield, who scored one goal last season, scored her second of the young season on an assist from junior forward/ midfielder Molly Denzel, her first assist of the season. Butterfield’s and Denzel’s success in the game was a welcome sight to their teammates and coaches.

“Sarah and Molly have both had pretty significant time over their years, but they’ve been working really hard, and I saw drastic improvements this past spring from both of them. To see great improvements out of them is really fun to watch,” Head Coach Tiffany Hubbard said.

Unfortunately, the Hoyas’ lead did not last long. Less than three minutes later, Towson scored the first of their three straight goals, two of which came in the first half. Georgetown’s defense held strong in the second half, allowing only one goal, but the offense could only muster up one second-half goal from freshman midfielder Maria McDonald.

Towson outshot Georgetown 14-10, but The Hoyas tried nine corners compared to The Tigers’ six. Because the game was so close, the Hoyas and Hubbard will take away many positives from the game.

“Towson is by far the best game we’ve played to date – now we didn’t play a full 70 minutes of hockey – but it was

best game so far,” Hubbard said. “We did give up three goals and lose, but the opportunities that we missed out on are simple things to fix.”

From a confidence standpoint, Hubbard feels that the Towson game is exactly what the team needed.

“Overall, even though we came up short, the girls being able to see that they can do that is huge for their confidence and mentality.”

However, whatever confidence the Hoyas gained from the Towson game was shortlived, as they were beaten soundly, 5-0, at the hands of the Lock Haven Lady Eagles on Sunday.

“It was our first trip on the road, and with a young group, it was tough to really be in it right away,” said Hubbard.

“We started out flat. We had to come out sharp, and we didn’t, and we paid for it.”

The first half was a nightmare for Georgetown, as they gave up four goals in only 25 minutes. While sophomore forward midfielder Emily Weinberg had a great scoring chance in the 21st minute, Lady Eagles goaltender Elaina White made a nice save, nullifying Georgetown’s only great chance of scoring in the first half.

The Hoyas did improve in the second half, only allowing one goal on a penalty stroke.

After giving up 11 shots in the first half, the Hoyas held the Lady Eagles to eight in the second. Also, Georgetown had three quality scoring chances within a minute with less than 10 minutes to go in the game.

But the abysmal first half will stay on the field hockey team’s mind for some time, especially since the Towson game was so promising; the Lock Haven game was a rough spot that Georgetown wants to make sure doesn’t happen again. “[They were] two completely different games, two completely different teams,” Hubbard said. “We need to evaluate the week in two different games. It’ll be easy for us to do, because we didn’t play our style of hockey [on Sunday].”

But Hubbard’s positive outlook has not changed: “We know what we did wrong, we know what we need to fix. If anything, with the mentality of these girls, it’ll be a wake-up call that we need.”

As the Hoyas have fallen to 0-4, such an outlook from the team is completely necessary to keep building and turn the season around.

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Junior midfielder Molly Denzel (17) assisted sophomore Sarah Butterfield for the Hoyas first goal against Towson.

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Hoyas Overpower Delaware in Win this for a long time,” said Corboz. “It was great to get newfound control over the back out there and play match. Less than three min- with the team again.”

Corboz, who was Georgeutes in, a corner kick played by junior forward Audra town’s leading scorer last Ayotte was mishandled by year, finished up the day Delaware junior goalkeeper with an assist in the 88th Jess Figueroa at the near minute when she played a post and knocked into the ball forward to junior forback of the net by Kroening ward Vanessa Skrumbis, — the defender’s first goal who combined with fellow junior forward Jessica Clinof the year.

From there, it was ton to set up Clinton for the smooth sailing for the Blue goal. The score gave Georgetown a 3-0 lead and was the and Gray.

“I thought [that early goal final nail in the coffin for in the second half] took the Delaware.

Nolan was happy to see sting out of the game a lithis star midfielder back on tle bit,” Nolan said.

The most important de- the pitch but cautioned velopment of the second that it will be a while before Corboz is at half for full health.

G e o r g e - “I’ve been waiting for “She’s town was getting a the sea- this for a long time. It little stronson debut was great to get back ger each of junior day,” Nolan midfielder out there and play said. “It’ll Daphne take her a C o r b o z . with the team again.” couple of The New daphne corboz Junior midfielder returning from injury games to Jersey naget back to tive was named preseason Big East her regular self.”

The victory marked the offensive player of the year but has been recovering third straight shutout for from a leg injury that had Georgetown. It has now kept her off the pitch before been close to 300 minutes since redshirt sophomore Sunday.

After subbing on in the goalie Emma Newins last 65th minute, Corboz imme- surrendered a goal.

“A shutout is always diately made her presence Kroening said. felt, using her deft touch to great,” create several chances for “That’s our goal every the Hoyas. For the junior, game.”

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Junior forward Jessica Clinton scored the Hoyas’ third goal in the 88th minute to seal the victory.

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The Hoyas were able to exploit holes in the Wildcat defense as they scored 35 unanswered points. In addition to the spectacular offensive performance, the Hoyas defense proved its mettle, allowing only one touchdown while also forcing two interceptions.

Although the Hoyas dominated the game, the Wildcats got off to a strong start. In their first four possessions, Davidson totaled 164 yards of total offense, including a five-yard touchdown pass.

Georgetown, though, made defensive adjustments and held Davidson scoreless and to just 126 yards of total offense for the remainder of the game.

The Blue and Gray scored first, on their second possession of the game. After senior Rohan Williamson intercepted senior quarterback Jonathan Carkhuff on Davidson’s 25-yard line, senior running back Nick Campanella capped the fiveplay drive with a two-yard touchdown, giving Georgetown the 7-0 advantage.

On their ensuing possession, the Wildcats answered with a 17-play drive that tested the Hoya defense. Faced with a third and goal on the Georgetown five-yard line, Carkhuff completed a touchdown pass on a fade route to tight

end senior Reese Williams. Georgetown managed to block the ensuing extra point, maintaining a 7-6 lead.

“On defense, they had us on our heels a little bit [in the beginning]. They had a couple of formations that we didn’t adjust real well to so we had to fix that,” Kelly said. “As a football team, I thought that the first quarter was a little helter skelter, and then we settled down and started playing. “ Georgetown responded on their next series. Kempf exposed the weaknesses in the Davidson secondary as he kept the drive alive with a 12-yard completion to senior wide receiver Zack Wilke and a 17-yard completion to sophomore wide receiver Jake DeCicco. Senior running back Dalen Claytor finished the drive with a 12-yard touchdown run with 8:26 remaining in the first half extending the Hoya lead to 14-6.

In the final minutes of the first half, the Hoyas were able to take a commanding lead with two quick touchdowns. The Blue and Gray took over on downs at the Wildcat 22-yard line after an unsuccessful Davidson fake punt.

On the next play, Kempf found DeCicco on the post route for a 22-yard touchdown, giving Georgetown the 21-6 lead with under two minutes remaining in

the first half.

For the Hoyas, that was more than enough time to put another seven points on the board. On Davidson’s next offensive play, Wharton intercepted the ball when he slipped front on a pass over the middle and returned it 24-yards for the touchdown. giving Georgetown a 28-6 lead, which it would take into the half.

“It was 14-6 and then — bam — it was 28-6, so that was huge going into the half,” Kelly said. “[When it’s] 14-6, you are talking about a one-possession football game, and then it was 28-6, so I am sure there was some doubt in [Davidson players’] minds going into halftime. It gave us confidence.”

As opposed to last week against Wagner, when the Hoyas saw a 21-7 halftime lead disappear, Georgetown remained in control in the second half. The Hoyas capitalized on great field position on their second drive of the second half and put together a two-play, 17-yard touchdown drive, which gave them the 35-6 advantage. The Blue and Gray would score once more late in the fourth quarter, when Kempf rushed 15 yards for a touchdown to give Georgetown a 42-6 victory.

The Hoyas will return to the field on Saturday to play host to the Marist Red Foxes. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.

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Sophomore wide receiver Jake DeCicco had a 17-yard reception to set the Hoyas up for their second touchdown.

Senior defensive back Rohan Williamson (7) tackles wide receiver Desi Dockery. Williamson also had an interception.

men’s soccer

Georgetown Falls in Double OT Laura Wagner Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown men’s soccer Head Coach Brian Wiese was pleased that the team was going into Sunday’s game against No. 9 New Mexico (2-0-1) with the lower ranking, because as he said in a previous interview, “It’s always easier to be an underdog.”

Unfortunately for the No. 11 Hoyas (22), their underdog status wasn’t enough to compensate for tired legs, and the Blue and Gray endured a tough 1-0 overtime loss.

From the start, the Hoyas were playing on their heels due to the Lobos’ dynamic offense, which outshot Georgetown 15-7 overall. For the Hoyas, senior forwards Gabe Padilla and Steve Neumann both recorded three shots and sophomore forward Melvin Snoh added one. The Lobos’ 15 shots came from eight different players, posing a challenge for the Georgetown defense.

“I thought they caused a lot of problems for us on our home field,” Wiese said. “They came out and played very well, I think they did a lot of things they wanted to do for the first half.”

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Senior forward Gabe Padilla came off the bench in the first half and took three of the Hoyas’ seven total shots in their double-overtime loss to New Mexico.

But in the 18th minute, it looked like the Hoyas would tally the first goal when Brandon Allen managed to knock a pass past the New Mexico keeper. The goal however, was called back; Allen was a hair offside, a problem that cropped up repeatedly for the Hoyas during the entire game.

“We had a few chances that we could have buried and a few offsides … that we could have held our runs a little more,” Neumann said.

With only a couple chances on goal to begin with and eight offside calls, Georgetown’s opportunities to score were few and far between. “[New Mexico has] an experienced back line. Their center backs are good …

They were smart with letting us run offsides, but the timing for us wasn’t good today,” Wiese said. “If we were a little better with that, that’s maybe how we could have gotten ahold of the game.”

The Lobos, who had nine corner kicks compared to the Hoyas’ zero, kept Georgetown’s back four of sophomores Josh Turnley, Cole Seiler and Keegan Rosenberry and freshman Joshua Yaro busy for all 104 minutes until an unlucky bounce resulted in a New Mexico goal and ended the game.

When junior keeper Tomas Gomez saved a shot by Lobos junior striker James Rogers, it fell to the feet of redshirt freshman defender Nicholas Rochowski, who put it away, solidifying a disappointing result for Wiese and company.

“In the overtime periods, it looked like it was just going to be a tie, and then the goal they got was really out of nothing,” Wiese said. “It’s unfortunate that you have to lose a game like that, but when you play top-level teams, you’re going to lose those games sometimes, and the trick is just to make sure you win some of them as well.”

The Hoyas will have a chance to win their next game against Duquesne (4-0) at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Shaw Field. The Dukes, though undefeated, have a relatively easy non-conference schedule compared to Georgetown’s, their wins coming against Longwood, Oakland, Howard and Incarnate Word.

After Georgetown’s overtime loss, the Duquesne matchup should be a welcome opportunity to chalk one up in the win column.

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Team Effort Propels GU Cruises Past Delaware returns; Hoyas to Decisive Win Corboz Brenn, Kroening CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

Before Saturday’s home opener against Davidson, the last time the Georgetown football team took to MultiSport Facility for an official game was Nov. 17, 2012, when they were routed 24-0 by Holy Cross. On Saturday, the Blue and Gray looked like an entirely different team — and played like one, too.

After the close week-one loss to Wagner, the Hoyas (1-1, 0-0) took on the Wildcats (0-1, 0-0), overpowering them in front of a sell-out crowd en route to a 42-6 victory.

“It is awesome,” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said. “I’m happy for [the players] because this is a great group and they work extremely hard and the reward is to win games.”

Six different players scored touchdowns for the Blue and Gray, including senior linebacker Dustin Wharton, who returned an interception 24 yards at the end of the first half. Led by redshirt senior quarterback Isaiah Kempf, who earned a Patriot League weekly honorable mention for his performance, the Hoya offense dominated the Wildcats, amassing 375 yards of total offense. Kempf threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.

“I give a lot of credit to Davidson — their schemes were good … but we were able to execute,” Kempf said. “But I give them a lot of credit, their offense, especially, was playing well in the first half which kept us off the field.”

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Senior running back Dalen Claytor rushed for 30 yards and scored a touchdown on a 12-yard carry to put the Hoyas up 14-6 over Davidson at the end of the first half.

and Clinton score.

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The No. 13 Georgetown women’s soccer team (6-0), fresh off a 2-0 midweek win over NC State in Raleigh, N.C., returned to the Hilltop on Sunday afternoon to shut out Delaware (1-4) 3-0.

Despite the difference in the two squads’ records, the match was relatively even through the first half. Delaware was dangerous in the middle of the field, creating solid possession in the midfield but few shots on goal.

“They’re a feisty team,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “If you’re not at the top of your game, they’ll punish you.”

For the Hoyas, breaking down the Blue Hens initially proved to be a difficult task.

“They played a formation that we haven’t faced this year,” said Nolan. “We tried to train for it, but until you get into the game, it’s hard to figure out. We ran into problems with the same formation when we [beat] Virginia Tech in the NCAA tournament last year.

Last year, we changed to match it, but this year, I wanted us to try to figure it out.”

Although the Delaware formation shut down some usually reliable offensive options for the Hoyas, it opened up others, especially for senior outside backs Colleen Dinn and Mary Kroening, who pushed forward and created opportunities for the Blue and Gray.

MEN’S SOCCER

Georgetown Shuts Out WVU in Win LAURA WAGNER Hoya Staff Writer

The stands were full at Shaw Field for the Georgetown men’s soccer team’s (2-2) home opener against West Virginia (3-1-2) on Friday afternoon, and the Hoyas didn’t disappoint. From the first touch to the final whistle, the Blue and Gray played aggressive, fast-paced soccer and earned the 3-0 victory over the Mountaineers.

The Hoyas struck first 14 minutes in, when junior midfielder Austin Martz played a ball to sophomore midfielder Keegan Rosenberry, who crossed it to sophomore forward Brandon Allen. Without hesitation, Allen put the ball away in the left corner to go up 1-0.

Five minutes later, the Hoyas were at it again, this time with freshman midfielder Bakie Goodman getting in on the act.

Goodman chipped the ball over the defense, and Allen was there to volley it into the upper right hand corner of the net.

For his goal-scoring heroics, Allen was named the Big East player of the week.

“It was a great play from the whole team,” Goodman said. “[Freshman forward Alex] Muyl dropped the ball off to me, I saw Brandon coming on the other side and sort of put it up there and he finished it off.”

Both teams had some chances as the clock wound down on the first half, including a free kick from senior forward Steve Neumann that was bobbled by West Virginia junior goalkeeper Lee Johnston but then cleared, and a shot from Allen that missed just wide. The Hoyas went into the break up 2-0.

In the second half, Mountaineer sophomore defender Francio Henry, who had already earned a yellow card in the first half, committed a foul on Neumann and was shown the red. West Virginia maintained the pressure, but playing a man down and facing a two-goal deficit proved too much for the Mountaineers. Three Hoyas also

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Senior forward Kaitlin Brenn scored the first of the Hoyas’ three goals on an assist from senior forward Colleen Dinn.

In the first 15 minutes, Kroening created several chances with dangerous crosses from the right flank. The Hoyas finally found the back of the net in the 19th minute, when Dinn whipped a cross into the box that senior forward Kaitlin Brenn knocked in.

Despite taking a 1-0 lead into the half, happy faces on the Georgetown sideline were nowhere to be seen. “Sloppy” was the word used repeatedly by Nolan and his players after the game to describe the team’s effort in

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drew three yellow cards in the match (one of which was for having 12 players on the field), but Head Coach Brian Wiese attributed the physicality to the teams’ ability to play in transition and not cheap shots.

“I thought it was played for the most part [in a] pretty honest way,” Wiese said. “[In games like this], both defenses are going to be in positions at different points where they’re flying in.”

Seven minutes after Henry was sent off the field, the freshmen tandem of Muyl and Goodman paired up for the goal that sealed the win for the Hoyas. In the 63rd minute, Muyl threaded the ball to Goodman, who snuck it past the keeper, to net his first career goal at Georgetown.

“It was really exciting,” Goodman said.

“I was happy to contribute to the team in

that way and hopefully we can keep doing it.”

Wiese wasn’t at all surprised by Goodman’s play.

“Bakie just sees the game really well, he’s weighting his passes right,” Wiese said. “The second goal was a really, really great pass by Bakie. It wasn’t just an assist— it was a really good assist.”

With the game in hand, Wiese tinkered with the line-up, subbing in 11 players in the second half, compared to only four in the first.

“If we have the opportunity to play someone for 70 minutes or 80 minutes versus 90, that makes a difference for Sunday, so that was more of the thinking there — to try to keep legs fresh for the weekend,” Wiese said.

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Freshman forward Bakie Goodman scored his first career goal as a Hoya in Georgetown’s 3-0 win over West Virginia on Friday. He also had an assist.

the first 45.

“I thought [that] in the first half, we were sloppy and the game was closer than it needed to be,” said Nolan.

Kroening agreed.

“The first half definitely wasn’t one of our better halves of the season,” Kroening said. “It was pretty sloppy.”

The second half, however, was a different story. From the opening whistle, Georgetown exerted a

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