The Hoya: January 22, 2016

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FRiDAY, January 22, 2016

A FAREWELL TO BOWIE

Following the death of the British rock star, DC reflects on its history with Ziggy Stardust.

Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., Dies Beloved Georgetown professor and pioneering philanthropist dies at 72.

EDITORIAL To address sexual violence on campus, students must be proactive.

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OPINION, A2

GUIDE, B`

GU Admits Student Tax Form Error Emily tu

Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Employment Office sent out student employee W-2 forms to incorrect addresses this week.

A W-2 form indicates the annual amount of taxes withheld from an employee’s paycheck and is used to file federal and state taxes. It contains sensitive information including a Social Security number, which is often used in cases of identity theft, as it is treated as a form of identification for personal records including bank accounts, credit cards and loans.

According to the payroll office, all W-2 forms are to be mailed to each employee’s permanent address as stated on MyAccess by the end of January 2016. Student employees may also access their forms online in the Georgetown Management System.

“I hope Georgetown will take responsibility for putting the identity and security of its student workers at risk.”

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Project Lighthouse, announced by the Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health Committee this week, will allow students to communicate with trained peer supporters on concerns regarding mental health through a unique online chat forum.

Project Lighthouse Announced

bethan saunders (sfs ’17) Affected student

Director of Payroll Services Claudette Richardson declined to comment regarding the reasons behind the error and the office’s response.

In an email sent to student employees Jan. 21, Associate Vice President for Benefits and See W2, A6

Sarah Griffin Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health Committee announced the creation of the Project Lighthouse mental health initiative Jan. 13, which will implement a peer-to-peer online chat service to let Georgetown students anonymously communicate with trained supporters on issues such as stress culture, sleep problems and thoughts of self-harm.

The initiative plans to welcome its first class of peer supporters through an eightweek training period from February to March, garnering support and resources from professionals in Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services and Health Education Services.

After training volunteer peer supporters, Project Lighthouse will conduct a beta test in early April to evaluate student interest and begin plans to transition into full ser-

vice by final exams in May. The initiative will tentatively be in operation every day of the week on evenings and nights, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

GUSA Deputy Chief of Staff Ken Nunnenkamp (MSB ’16) said Project Lighthouse’s creation follows longstanding planning for a peer-driven mental health initiative, inspired by programs at other schools such as Cornell University’s Empathy, Assistance See LIGHTHOUSE, A6

Survey Seeks to Address Campus Sexual Violence Syed Humza Moinuddin Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown University released its first Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey to the student body Jan. 14 to gather relevant data on the prevalence of sexual violence on campus and to promote a better understanding of the issue among community members.

It is the university’s first initiative of 2016 to bring renewed attention to the issue of sexual assault. The survey will remain open to students until Feb. 6, and its results will be published in May 2016.

GUSA Opposes Security Bill Molly Cooke

conduct outside of its current jurisdiction, which includes

The Georgetown University Student Association met with student government leaders from other Washington, D.C. universities Thursday to discuss a proposed bill that would allow for expanded jurisdiction for private security officers, including campus police.

The bill, which was introduced by D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) Dec. 16, includes new regulations for special police officers, which include campus security, housing project staff and hospital officers. Under the bill, the Georgetown University Police Department would have the ability to enforce the code of

“We have serious concerns about the extent to which police can be trained to control offcampus areas, concerns about civil liberties.”

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Connor rohan (COL ’16) GUSA Vice President

buildings that the university owns, operates or leases.

“A campus or university special police officer … may exercise his or her authority as an officer outside the property or area he or she is appointed to protect,” the bill reads. “[This is] pursuant to a public safety plan submitted

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to, and approved by, the Chief of Police.”

The bill was introduced in response to the death of Alonzo Smith, a D.C. resident who died while in the custody of private security guards, with the aim of increasing training requirements for special police.

The bill is co-sponsored by Councilmembers LaRuby May (DWard 8), David Grosso (I-At Large), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Anita Bonds (DAt Large) and Phil Mendelson (DChairman).

Student association presidents from George Washington University, American University, Howard University and Catholic University attended the consortium

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A new bill introduced by D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffle (D-Ward 5) would extend the jurisdiction of the Georgetown University Police Department beyond the front gates of campus.

President John J. DeGioia announced the survey’s release through an email to the student body Jan. 14. The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action initiated the survey in partnership with the Office of Assessment and Decision Support and the Office of the Provost.

The survey comes from a template developed by the Association of American Universities in late 2014. It was specifically tailored to Georgetown through the work of the Sexual Assault Working Group and a misconduct climate

NEWS Q&A with Title IX Coordinator

The university’s first full-time Title IX coordinator Laura Cutway plans to collaborate with student groups.

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NEWS John Q. Pierce Retires

Sports Rivalry Revived

NEWS IPPS Fellows Share Goals

OPINION Let Lighthouse Lead the Way

University Registrar John Q. Pierce announced his plans to retire to the student body Jan. 9.

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The IPPS fellows for the spring 2016 class discuss their ambitions for the current semester.

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The Georgetown men’s basketball team will face an old Big East rival in UConn on Saturday.

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Project Lighthouse gives students the opportunity to take control of campus mental health issues.

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to relive traumatic experiences. The survey- makers decided that they would have to include very descriptive and potentially upsetting language to ensure that the survey yields meaningful data. The language has the potential to trigger students who have dealt with sexual assault issues in the past. These students should not feel pressured to take on the emotional stress the survey might create unless they feel prepared to do so. Unfortunately, when administering surveys such as these, specific and possibly upsetting language can be a necessary evil.

However, the students that are capable of taking the survey without this emotional toll should do so to assist in working towards a safer campus and hopefully save future students from having to deal with the aftermath of sexual assault. Students and administrators should continue to work together and use the data from the survey to make informed and sensitive decisions on how to make Georgetown’s campus a safe space.

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Georgetown University recently released its first ever Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey on Jan. 14. Two working groups, the Sexual Assault Working Group and the Climate Survey Working Group, collaborated to identify the proper first steps to take towards reaching the ultimate goal of eradicating sexual assault on Georgetown’s campus. As such, it is essential that students recognize and support these efforts put forth by the administration and students. All students should consider taking the survey in order to provide the most accurate data to the working groups. The data, when released, will give these groups the ability to accurately assess the sexual assault climate on campus and consequently devise a plan to respond to concerns raised by survey responses. Survey coordinators estimate that programs inspired by survey results will be created over the summer break and implemented in the fall of 2016.

However, for some students, the language used in this survey may trigger them

Hold the Foam — D.C. no longer allows businesses to use Styrofoam food containers.

Pluto 2.0 — Scientists have found evidence of another planet in the far reaches of our solar system, possibly replacing the demoted dwarf planet Pluto.

Bhaaad to the Bone — A Virginia man was charged with the theft of 10 goats with the intent of selling them to a meat market. The goats were returned unharmed to their owners.

Ice-Cold Drinks — The Hotel Dupont is opening up their traditional bar made of snow, keeping D.C. residents warm with “Star Wars”-themed cocktails.

Burrito Break — In response to the E. coli, salmonella and norovirus outbreaks connected to Chipotle meals, the restaurant chain has announced it will close all locations Feb. 8 for a meeting about food safety.

Blizzard Bust — D.C. has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of a blizzard this weekend. Don’t plan on using major roads or taking the metro, as both will be shut down.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Michelle Xu

Lighting the Way Created by the Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health and supported by the Georgetown University Student Association, Health Education Services and Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services, Project Lighthouse is a student-led initiative aiming to catalyze change in how the student body perceives mental health issues on campus. Project Lighthouse is an anonymous online chat service that allows Georgetown students to communicate with their peers about any problems or concerns they might be dealing with, from academic stress to thoughts of self-harm. Many students have cited disappointment with university policies regarding mental health and lackluster services from CAPS. This initiative is one of many examples of students renewed focus and growing conversation about mental health at Georgetown.

Research cited by the Cornell Chronicle demonstrates that students who feel anxious or depressed are far more likely to turn to their peers than to mental health professionals for help. Project Lighthouse thus presents a promising forum for students to find support from fellow student volunteers who have been trained to respond to mental health concerns. The anonymity of a chat service can be less intimidating than an official appointment with a clinician, and the accommodating

6 p.m. to 2 a.m. hours allow for greater accessibility. In that sense, Project Lighthouse serves as a good intermediary service and first step for students who might not necessarily feel the need to speak to a medical professional, but who could significantly benefit from having someone to talk to.

While Project Lighthouse has the potential to be a wonderful service, Georgetown must make sure that peer counseling and student-led projects do not become a substitute for broader university-led reforms regarding mental health. For example, Empathy, Assistance & Referral Services, a similar peer-support program at Cornell University, implemented a permanent $1 million budget increase for Cornell’s Health Services and the hiring of new counselors in conjunction to their online program. Similarly, the Georgetown administration must support student mental health initiatives with more than just words. Assisting with long-term goals for the program, such as the establishment of a permanent office space for Project Lighthouse volunteers, is an important way in which the university can demonstrate its commitment to support students struggling with their mental health. The establishment of Project Lighthouse should be seen as the beginning, not the end, of the conversation.

State of the University Early last week, President Joseph Castro of the California State University of Fresno delivered his school’s first “state of the university” address. The address, which kicks off an annual series designed to strengthen relations between Fresno State’s alumni, administrators and surrounding local leaders, is a model of community building that Georgetown’s administration ought to consider following.

The benefits of an annual “state of the university” address would be numerous.

Perhaps most valuably, such an address would provide students and alumni with a better understanding of Georgetown’s goals over the coming year. In the process, alumni and administrators would be able to work more cohesively towards fundraising goals, thus creating more interest in expanding the Georgetown endowment.

Moreover, a yearly rundown of the Georgetown community’s objectives would help contribute to students’ sense connection to their peers at a university where a uniform “school spirit” often struggles to coalesce.

A “state of the university” address would also allow more fruitful interaction between Georgetown and its surrounding neighborhoods. Though Georgetown currently houses a robust Office of Community Engagement, too often its initiatives and opportunities are unknown to those beyond campus. A high-profile address such as the one proposed here would advertise the work of community engagement staff to a wider audience than Georgetown’s immediate neighbors, thus furthering Georgetown’s commitment to the “common good” in the D.C.-Metro region.

In light of Georgetown’s historically weak endowment, strained or otherwise nonexistent relations with its neighbors and lack of a cohesive student culture, administrators should consider the potential benefits of an annual “state of the university” address. In the absence of such broad and direct communication, Georgetown risks underutilizing not only its extensive alumni network, but also its surrounding community and student body.

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Be sure to check Chatter, The Hoya’s online opinion section, throughout the week for additional opinion pieces. dARIA eTEZADI (SFS ’17) discusses gender inequality she observed while abroad in Morocco: The Western perspective on gender inequality is based on the premise that women have historically been stereotyped as inferior to men and have therefore been denied access to the same opportunities — both at home and in the workforce.

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Yet, here in Morocco, gender inequality takes on a whole new meaning: The culture here feeds the idea that women have a stronger work ethic and are subsequently positioned to fill the roles of both the breadwinners and the homemakers; traditionally, men here have accepted these gender roles and enjoyed the luxury of sitting around and smoking cigarettes for four or five hours on a Wednesday afternoon.

Well, then, doesn’t that mean that the women here should be treated with more respect and revered as higher-class citizens?

Try again.”

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OPINION

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Pop Politics

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When it Comes to Hookups, It Is All a Game

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ome may say he’s a musclebound meathead. Others may say he’s a terrible actor and that “Fast and Furious” is objectively not a good movie franchise – which, while we’re all entitled to our own opinions, is just not true.

Whatever you may think, there are a few things that make Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson great.

First: his truly impressive follower-tofollowing ratio on Instagram. Second: his dog. Third: the ways in which he helps deconstruct the typical idea of masculinity.

But wait, you say. Isn’t he a 10-time World Wrestling Entertainment world champion? Doesn’t he almost always play the hero role in action movies?

Doesn’t he spend half his day lifting weights heavier than me? Yes, yes and yes — and I’m frankly impressed by your Dwayne Johnson trivia knowledge. But those very attributes are exactly what makes Johnson’s deconstruction of masculinity so interesting.

You only need go as far as his Instagram page to start to get what I mean.

The first thing you’ll see is a truly impressive number of selfies, although that’s to be expected from the man who set the Guinness World Record for themost selfies taken in three minutes at a whopping 105. While the selfie is a phenomenon of younger generations, it’s mostly used by women and girls and has been diagnosed as a symptom of vanity that will ruin life as we know it and probably jumpstart the robot apocalypse — although the last one is only according to your grandpa.

Johnson’s selfies have many elements in common with the selfies most girls take: pre-, mid- and post-workout bod, friends and his dog, an adorable little French bulldog named Hobbs who accompanies Johnson to most of his workouts and has absolutely no fear of being suplexed.

Johnson’s enthusiasm for participating in the selfie trend takes a bit of wind out of masculinity’s sails.

If you scroll a little further, you’ll see more dimensions of Johnson’s personality. He makes fun of himself in a lighthearted way — especially during October of last year, when his mentions were flooded with people posting pictures of themselves dressed as him for Halloween — and he isn’t afraid to show how much he loves his parents.

Dog selfies and regrettable Halloween costumes make rejection of preconceptions of masculinity seem kind of fun and easy, don’t they?

Now it’s time for the tough stuff.

In November of 2015, Johnson spoke candidly on the Oprah Winfrey Network about his struggles with depression, which began in his early 20s when his career as a football star was burning out. Although falling out of stardom is not something that many of us here at Georgetown have experienced, Johnson’s experience as he tells it is incredibly relatable: He had always been successful at his chosen activity, football, and to him, being cut meant that he wasn’t enough.

The feeling of falling short, of having given your all and still not making the cut, is a feeling that can resonate with people of all ages, especially students at Georgetown. I know I’ve been between that rock and hard place many times before.

It’s hard to imagine The Rock — now a talented actor, director and professional wrestler — as anything other than the healthy, successful, smiling person he is today. What’s really impressive about his transformation, though, is that he isn’t afraid to acknowledge it. Johnson speaks openly about being in a depression so powerful that he wanted to do nothing but stay home and clean the walls. In a society where depression is something to be kept under wraps, especially by men, that baldness, pun fully intended, is important. The idea that men must be emotional brick walls beyond the acceptable emotions of anger, excitement and football is not a new one, but the stigmas against both mental health and men talking about emotion combine to make conversations about depression very difficult, especially with an audience listening. Johnson gives both of those stigmas the people’s elbow and delivers a poignant and important message that “on the other side of your pain is something good.”

Now, the struggle to deconstruct and detoxify the concept of typical masculinity can’t be smacked down WWE-style with just a few selfies. But the fact that Johnson makes progress in fighting against it while squatting the equivalent of my tuition in weight is the reason why you can catch me on campus wearing my “You’re my Rock, My Dwayne, My Johnson” T-shirt any day — when the weather warms up, that is.

Femi Sobowale is a senior in the College. Pop Politics appears every other Friday.

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s I graduate this semester with a degree in economics, I’m still having trouble figuring out what exactly I’ve learned in those countless lectures filled with supply-anddemand graphs and equations. By no stretch can I call myself an economist — yet, as I reflect on my coursework at Georgetown, I have come to realize that economics is less about learning models and theories and more about bringing a new and rigorous perspective to everyday life. There are so many instances where we can approach ideas and concepts from an economics state of mind. Take, for example, something near and dear to a lot of us: hookup culture.

In this simple model, we have two actors — I refrain from assigning genders or sexual orientations to either one — who are in a situation where they encounter each other after recently hooking up. Each player now has two options: They can either a) pursue the other person by starting up a conversation or b) brush off the incident as if nothing happened.

We are also going to make some assumptions. There is no history — this is the first time they have hooked up.

Each person does not know if the other person is interested.

Pursuing the other person is contingent on that actor actually being interested in the other person. Therefore, if one person is not interested in the other, that actor will not pursue. These two players go to a small school like Georgetown, where there is a high likelihood of seeing the other person again in public.

In creating the game, we essentially have four possible outcomes: a) both pursue each other, b) both ignore each other, c) one pursues and the other doesn’t and d) vice versa. If both pursue, the implication is that both are interested in each other, which makes this most optimal outcome — again, only if both are interested. If the two end up

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In a school where there is already a preconceived notion of hookup culture, individuals go in with the automatic assumption that everyone is out there just for a good time. not pursuing each other, there is no harm done. However, if one pursues and the other doesn’t, it is personally embarrassing for the one who pursues upon rejection.

If each person knew what the other wanted, we would always have two possible outcomes, termed “Nash Equilibria:” Either both pursue or both don’t pursue. These outcomes are bolded in the table above. If you recall your introductory economics or international relations classes, the situation we have here is very similar to the classic “stag hunt” game.

However, an important distinction is that the actors make their decisions based on what they perceive the other person’s preferences to be. Therefore, even if one person is interested in the other, that person’s perception

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of the other’s disinterest will cause that person not to puruse the other.

As a result, there are situations where two actors who like each other would be better off if they had chosen to “cooperate,” but instead, they both end up choosing to “defect” because they are unsure of what the other person thinks. At the same time, there is the very real outcome of taking the chance and pursuing someone but being rejected because that person does not reciprocate interest.

How often will these “sub-optimal” outcomes occur? It depends on how people generally perceive each other.

In a school where there is already a preconceived notion of hookup culture, individuals go in with the automatic assumption that everyone is out there just for a good time. Addi-

tionally, unsuccessful first iterations of a game, i.e. getting rejected, can further incline people to take fewer risks in later iterations and make defection their automatic strategy. Finally, at a small school like Georgetown, there is the added factor of constantly seeing familiar faces on campus. This even further disincentivizes people from pursuing the other person in fear of potential social awkwardness as a result of rejection.

What are the takeaways from this?

The first is how distorted perceptions of other people can end up further perpetuating hookup culture. When we mistakenly assume that everyone else is only interested in hooking up, we automatically become risk-averse and much less willing to take interest in the other person. In reality, the situation may not be so dire: A recent survey by the American Psychological Association found that 63 percent of college men and 83 percent of college women said they would prefer a traditional relationship to hooking up. The misperception that no one wants to date only reinforces stereotypes of hookup culture.

Second, as I demonstrate in my model, there isn’t a high risk to pursuing someone. The worst-case scenario is that you are rejected and you have to deal with some social ramifications.

However, if we assume the payoffs I assigned above, it’s probably worth it to take the risk. Given that more people are willing to date than we think, our expected returns on pursuing may not be all that bad.

As someone who is about to graduate this May, I can personally speak about how misperceptions of hookup culture warp the way we view others. So my leaving advice is this: Take the chance.

For the lack of a more elegant explanation, your expected return is still pretty good.

Anirudha vaddadi is a senior in the School of Foreign Service.

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A Guiding Light Keep Your Friends Closer: For Mental Health Burning in Saudi Arabia

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dvocacy surrounding insufficient mental health resources on our campus is as commonplace and substandard as O’Donovan Hall’s food and lame jokes about its grungy food. However, while lousy garbage jokes may last only a few fleeting seconds, a negative experience with mental health resources at Georgetown can define one’s college experience. It is only appropriate, then, that a new initiative — Project Lighthouse — has launched, providing students with an anonymous, peer-to-peer online mental health resource supported by volunteers seeking to assist their fellow students.

By now, every Hoya who has ever read a newspaper, bi-weekly magazine or fourmonth-old Stall Seat Journal is familiar with the conversation surrounding mental health resources at Georgetown. Too many Hoyas are unable to dependably access the resources they need to combat stress, depression and anxiety. Recent national surveys conducted by the National College of Health Assessment in the spring of 2015 demonstrate a significant need to address these concerns: In a period of 12 months, 56.9 percent of college students nationally report feeling “overwhelming anxiety,” 58.8 percent of students reported feeling “very lonely,” and 85.6 percent of students reported feeling literally “overwhelmed by all they had to do.” While we were the candidates who pledged to use your tuition dollars to buy a margarita machine, we also believe students ought to be able to turn to reliable mental health resources when they are in need. And we’re working on both.

Until now, Counseling and Psychiatric Services and Health Education Services have been the only places students could turn to for mental health support on campus.

Though we applaud the professionals who provide muchneeded services in these offices, inadequate funding and logistical challenges have prevented many Hoyas from receiving a proper level of care.

Last semester’s Mental Health Open Forum highlighted the limitations of CAPS services due to an increasing caseload, a ratio of 1:1,035 students to staff members, and office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (“Hoyas for Mental Health,” The Hoya, 10/27/15.

Recognizing this administrative shortcoming, many students, specifically those in Active Minds at at Georgetown University, Actively Moving Forward and Creating Survivors, have made great strides in improving education and mitigating the mental health stigma at Georgetown. Project Lighthouse, the most recent advancement in the accessibility and scope of mental health resources on campus, builds upon the work of these groups through its leadership by students, for students.

Through Project Lighthouse, students will receive instantaneous service in realtime. The program is designed to take on a high volume of students, ensuring flexible and timely access to someone willing to listen and assist.

Students will be able to speak with understanding and knowledgeable peers.

The program directors of Project Lighthouse have worked with mental health advocates from across campus to specifically address issues that students have faced in the past when trying to access resources. Not unlike a literal lighthouse guiding ships in the fog of “The Wash,” Project Lighthouse will serve as a “guiding light” by expanding access to resources and pointing the way forward.

The program will train student peer supporters (in a similar manner to the Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service) who will be available from 6 p.m. - 2 a.m., seven days a week to anonymously chat with fellow Hoyas.

Project Lighthouse’s potential to impact the lives of Hoyas depends on this inaugural class of peer supporters. A strong, committed first class of supporters is absolutely essential to the success of this program.

We urge any and all interested students to explore this opportunity further, and hope that many of you will answer the call to serve as men and women for others within our community.

We can think of no better way for motivated students to help fight the epidemic of mental health issues on our campus.

Except for donating your brain to science. Maybe that.

Joe Luther is a senior in the College. Connor Rohan is a senior in the College. They are the president and vice president, respectively, of the Georgetown University Student Association.

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n Jan. 2, Saudi Arabia executed 47 Shi- public carried out several ballistic missile tests ite Muslims accused of sedition, ter- in late 2015, acts that, while not prohibited rorism and plotting to overthrow the by the nuclear agreement, did violate UNSC ruling royal family. One was prominent cleric Resolution 1929, which bans “any activity reNimr al-Nimr, an outspoken Shiite rights ad- lated to ballistic missiles.” Hesitant at first to vocate and critic of the regime. The mass kill- levy sanctions for fear of angering Tehran, the ings immediately drew global criticism from Obama administration caved to domestic critihumanitarian groups, with an Amnesty Inter- cism and now plans to impose appropriate national director characterizing the events as economic penalties. Iran, however, declared a “monstrous and irreversible injustice.” that new sanctions would scuttle the agreeWhile Saudi actions constituted a fright- ment, and while such threats are likely hyperening violation of human rights, their most bolic, the incident reflects the necessity of proalarming consequence concerns the future of ceeding cautiously if the United States wishes already tense relations between Saudi Arabia to secure its hard-fought objective. and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the preConscious of stumbling blocks that could carious Shiite-Sunni political dynamic. Coun- potentially derail the controversial accord, the terproductive Saudi behavior, if not addressed United States has sought to minimize tensions promptly, could jeopardize diplomatic prog- with Iran through all possible means. Specifiress on a number of fronts and exacerbate hos- cally, this entails adopting a more balanced potilities gripping the volatile region. As a result, sition on the Saudi-Iranian rivalry, including the Obama administration must reexamine urging both sides to refrain from provocative its Saudi policy in order to actions and condemning the balance the continuation of executions and the attacks on integral strategic collaborathe Saudi embassy in a similar tion and minimize unneeded manner. Whereas in the past, provocation. the U.S. would have offered The fallout from Nimr alnear-unconditional support Nimr’s execution rapidly to its Saudi allies, post-nuclear escalated to a full-scale interdeal dynamics stipulate that national crisis. After receiving tempering hostilities, rather news of his death, protesters than bolstering the strategic Matt Gregory ransacked the Saudi Embassy superiority of the Sunni Gulf in Tehran, prompting the kingstates, will remain the foremost dom to sever all diplomatic and economic rela- U.S. ambition in the region. tions with Iran. Bahrain, Sudan, Somalia and DjiAlleviating Saudi-Iranian tensions necessibouti quickly followed suit by cutting ties with tates the Obama administration’s finding an Iran, while the United Arab Emirates recalled its effective means of steering Saudi policy toward ambassador but retained trade rights. more conciliatory practices. Primarily, it must This domino effect further heightened assure Saudi King Salman that the kingdom’s tensions between the Sunni bloc, comprised security will always supersede that of Iran in of the Persian gulf states, Jordan, Egypt and terms of U.S. prioritization. Reaffirming AmerTurkey, and the “Shiite crescent,” of Iran, Iraq, ican partnerships with Persian Gulf nations, Lebanon and the embattled Syrian regime of potentially through new arms agreements, Bashar Assad. Strategic competition between while undertaking an expanded role in the the sects previously manifested itself in Yemen, Syrian and Iraqi conflicts could contribute to where the Iranian-backed Houthis are rebelling demonstrating this intent. Furthermore, reasagainst the Saudi-backed government, and in suring the Saudis of the U.S. commitment to Syria, where Iran and Hezbollah directly aid Assad’s ouster as the final consequence of neAssad against Sunni insurgent groups backed gotiations in Syria could assuage Saudi fears of

by Gulf donors. The recent nuclear agreement encirclement by pro-Iranian regimes. between Iran and six world powers — the UnitConcurrently, the United States must exed States, Russia, China, Britain, France and plicate that continued Saudi provocations, Germany — also became a Shiite-Sunni politi- including overtly aggressive rhetoric and opcal battleground, as Saudi Arabia and its part- pression of the minority Shiite population, ners lobbied against easing sanctions on their will not be tolerated. The kingdom must be regional adversary. reminded that spoiling Syrian peace talks Traditionally, the United States has consis- due to disagreements with Iran would incur tently aided the Saudis and their allies, seen the disfavor of the entire international comin the Obama administration’s $46 billion in munity and could jeopardize future military new arms export agreements with the king- and economic collaboration. Moreover, the dom. Nevertheless, the United States cannot United States should promise to respect the afford now to ignore the necessity of engage- Saudi position on the situations in Yemen and ment with Iran as a means of addressing criti- Bahrain, but emphasize that expanded stracal Middle Eastern challenges. Primarily, the tegic assistance is contingent upon mitigatrecent diplomatic spat could jeopardize the ing unnecessary animosity with Iran. Saudi Dec. 18 UN Security Council resolution set- Arabia will unquestionably remain a crucial ting the stage for a ceasefire and negotiations partner in the Middle East, a fact of which its to determine a framework for peace in Syria. leadership should be consistently reminded.

Hopes for these talks were already dim, but However, the Saudis possess the spark that unless the adversarial hegemons work to pre- could ignite a broader Shiite-Sunni war, and vent animosities from hindering cooperation, the United States must affirm that it will not the international community’s best hope of stand by as Riyadh plays with fire in a powder alleviating the crisis will be doomed before it keg of a region. even begins.

The U.S. position is even further compli- Matt Gregory is a junior in the School of cated by its determination to preserve the Foreign Service. Sense of the Middle landmark Iran nuclear accord. The Islamic Re- East appears every other Friday.

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Registrar John Q. Pierce Retires Fr. Curry, SJ, of Dog Tag Bakery Dies

SARAH GRIFFIN Hoya Staff Writer

Former University Registrar John Q. Pierce (CAS ’72) announced in a Jan. 8 email to the Georgetown community that he has left the position of registrar and will instead serve as an assistant provost in the registrar’s office before retiring at the end of the spring semester.

Pierce has worked at Georgetown for over 40 years, and has served as university registrar for 32 years.

Pierce began working for Georgetown in the School of Continuing Studies as a student worker before moving on to work for the registrar’s office after he graduated in 1972.

During his tenure as university registrar, he has overseen the automation of Georgetown’s course registration, as well as the implementation of the MyDegree Audit system.

Pierce was recently recognized with the Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program Board of Advisors Award for his longstanding contributions to the university.

“I pray that you will be happy, successful and committed to the service of others so as to make the world a better place.”

JOHN Q. PIERCE (CAS ‘72) Former University Registrar

“It has been an honor and a pleasure for me to be able to serve Georgetown and its faculty and students as University Registrar for the past thirty-two years,” Pierce wrote.

“I pray that you will be happy, successful and committed to the service of others so as to make the world a better place as you move through your life.”

In an interview with THE HOYA, Pierce said that he is proud of Georgetown’s commitment to Jesuit education and values and is grateful for the impact Georgetown has had on his life.

Pierce said that he is looking forward to spending time with his grandchildren during his retirement and that he may audit a language class at Georgetown.

The university has not yet announced who will replace Pierce as registrar.

A long form feature on Pierce’s tenure, accomplishments and views on Georgetown’s transformation and future direction will appear in a forthcoming issue of THE HOYA.

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University Registrar John Q. Pierce (CAS ’72) announced his plans to retire in an email to the student body Jan. 9 after working at Georgetown for 40 years and holding the position of university registrar for 32 years.

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Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., professor of Catholic studies and theater and founder of Dog Tag Bakery, died from heart failure Dec. 20 at the age of 72. Curry worked at Georgetown for 10 years.

Curry also served as director of the Academy for Veterans, a program that serves to assist veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan who have been disabled in the line of duty with emotional rehabilitation, employment assistance and other services.

Dog Tag Bakery, which he founded in December 2014, seeks to employ veterans and their spouses while teaching tangible business skills. The bakery also has a partnership with the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies to offer employees night courses in small-business administration and entrepreneurship.

Curry said in a 2014 article in The Hoya [“Bakery Prepares for Launch,” THE HOYA, Nov. 14, 2014] that the bakery offers veterans the chance to pursue their dreams.

“Everyone should make the most of this opportunity. All of you veterans have great business ideas and you may find someone here with a similar idea and the means with which to make your dream come true,” Curry said.

Before joining Georgetown, Curry founded both the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped, which offered disabled individuals the chance to perform, and the Belson Bakery Training School, which serves to teach disabled individuals how to bake and work at the bakery.

Curry is also the author of two cookbooks.

Curry was well known at Georgetown for his unique “Theater and the Catholic Imagination” class, which served to teach expression and culminated with a tap-dance performance around campus, including in O’Donovan Hall and the Intercultural Center.

Rev. Joseph E. Lingan, S.J., wrote in a campus-wide email Dec. 21 that Curry’s religious and charitable work came hand in hand.

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Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., of Dog Tag Bakery and the academy for veterans died Dec. 20 at the ward manifestation of his inner hunger for the Lord,” Lingan wrote in the email. “He sought to share that hunger with others, and to help others satisfy such hunger through an encouragement to deepen one’s faith by stretching one’s imagination and heart.”

Curry said in an article in Saint Joseph’s University magazine that faith is what allowed him to be successful in life.

“At six because of my arm, I was told I could not be a soldier. I could not be a priest. I could not be a doctor,” Curry said. “Well, I have a doctorate, I’m a priest and I’m working with the military.

I think that’s proof that it’s not smart to circumscribe God.” Curry received the Distinguished Service Award of the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities in 1987, and received 25 honorary degrees from universities and colleges, including Georgetown University and Fordham University.

The New York Times, The Boston Globe and the Washington Post all published obituaries for Curry.

Curry earned a Ph.D. in theater from New York University in 1977, a M.A. in theater from Villanova University, and his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph’s University.

A memorial mass for Curry will be held on Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. in Dahlgren Chapel. Full obituary to come.

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The Institute of Politics and Public Service welcomed its spring 2016 class of fellows to campus for orientation Jan. 14.

The orientation marked the beginning of a semesterlong term for the five fellows, including former President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla (GRD ’89), senior politics editor for The Daily Beast Jackie Kucinich, former Deputy White House Political Director and Special Assistant to the President Patrick Dillon (COL ’99), former Mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., Alvin Brown and former deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign Katie Packer.

For Brown, the program offers the chance for the fellows to engage with and learn from students in a political conversation.

“It’s a great opportunity to really connect with young people at one of the greatest institutions in the world and give them that perspective outside the Washington Beltway, to learn from them, see what’s on their minds, really try to inspire them to get involved in public service,” Brown said. “How do they view the world, and what matters to them?”

Chinchilla highlighted the program as an opportunity to gain insight from a new generation of students.

“The most important thing that I learned in politics was about listening to the people,” Chinchilla said. “I am interested in continuing to listen to others, mostly young people. They are bringing fresh views to many problems. I think that if we want to continue to stimulate political participation, we for sure need to learn from them.”

Over the course of eight weeks, the fellows will each lead weekly 90-minute discussion groups on a range of contemporary political topics and hold office hours open to all university students.

Kucinich, who will host a group called “Politics, the Culture Wars and the 2016 Primaries — What Makes the Republican and Democratic Primary Voters Tick,” said that the idea for her topic developed naturally due to the timing of the program.

“The Republican primary and the Democratic primary are starting at the same time as our discussion

groups are,” Kucinich said. “So it’s a very natural thing to want to talk about. At The Daily Beast we cover a lot of politics, pop culture and culture wars, what makes people tick. This election has all of that.”

Packer, who will lead a group titled “The Force of Women in the Political Arena,” explained both the historical and current importance of the subject.

“I’ve spent the last couple of years communicating with women from a campaign standpoint,” Packer said.

“What can we do looking forward to engage women to fully occupy the role that women should have in our society, in our public life? I thought it was an interesting historical and forward-looking issue to discuss, particularly for young women.”

Dillon, who will discuss “The NeverEnding Campaign: How Politics & Campaigns Matter Even More When the Election’s Already Over,” emphasized the need to develop a balanced outlook on politics.

“I believe that politics is and can be a force for good. I am aware that just saying that is not something that people automatically believe,” Dillon said. “I thought it was important to show how that works so students get an exposure to what that actually looks like in real life.”

Brown emphasized the need for politics to have both a national and local focus, a message he said he hopes to impart through his discussion group, “Success and Struggles of a 21st Century Mayor.”

“It comes out of my own personal experience and wanting students to really understand what happens at the local level and how the future of cities will be successful if we get those bright minds back out of the Beltway into the local community,” Brown said.

Chinchilla expressed the desire to expose students to new perspectives of the political landscape through her group, “Latin America and the Hispanic Community in the U.S. in the Context of the 2016 Presidential Campaign.” “[I hope to] bring my perspective as a foreigner, discussing how some of the views could impact the future scenarios between the United States and Latin America and in other regions, which depend on the public policy and political processes in the United States,” Chinchilla said.

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Clockwise starting top left, Alvin Brown, Laura Chinchilla, Patrick Dillon, Jackie Kucinich and Katie Packer, who comprise IPPS’ spring 2016 class of fellows, described their plans for their semester at Georgetown University.

In addition to the discussion groups, each fellow will be assigned a five-person student strategy team to aid them in research and promotion of the program. Applications to join these teams closed Jan. 20 and successful applicants will be notified next week.

The teams will also take part in a political hackathon to identify and provide prescriptions to contemporary political issues, which they will present at the end of the semester.

The solutions will be published online in the IPPS publication 37th and O. For Kucinich, the program will be crucial in facilitating a dialogue between students and fellows from which both sides can benefit.

“Learning from the students is going to be one of the best parts of this whole process,” Kucinich said. “One of the things I hope they take away from what I’m doing is an understanding of the crazy way we pick our leaders every four years and how fun it can be to watch it.”

Packer said that she hopes to inspire students to become further involved with politics and potentially pursue careers in the field.

“Beyond what I hope to take away, my hope is to ignite a curiosity, or desire to dig deeper,” Packer said. “I also think that [students are] coming of age at a time when there’s a lot of cynicism about politics. ... I think it’s much maligned, and that most people who run and hold office are good peo-

ple who are in it for the right reasons.

This hopefully will give the students a view into that, where they can see that there is still some nobility to it.”

Dillon echoed Packer’s sentiments, particularly emphasizing the opportunities offered to students at Georgetown and his excitement about helping them develop their interest in public service.

“I’m a big believer in the power of what a Georgetown education can do and the opportunities it opens up, particularly here in D.C.,” Dillon said.

“To the extent that there’s students here trying to figure out what their path is ... I hope that I can help them think through the ways they might do that and help them move a little bit farther down that path.”

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“I think a year and a half ago to two years ago [GUSA] brought up the idea of starting a program on campus similar to what Cornell has called EARS — they do mostly just phone call and in-person visits — but it’s the same thing, a peer-topeer, student-run program,” Nunnenkamp said. “Cornell was one of those schools that I think suffers some of the highest rates of [depression]. It was a particularly effective program there.”

GUSA Undersecretary of Mental Health Ben Johnson (NHS ’17), who leads the GUSA Mental Health Committee, said Project Lighthouse fills an existing gap in mental health services on campus through directly connecting students to peers and focusing on the initial symptoms of mental illness.

“Our endeavor is to fill the gap of something very easy to access, of something that is not scary,” Johnson said.

“This is a service that students can go to if they’re very confused and they don’t need to identify a big issue [to talk] about … it’s when they’re in the initial stages of feeling confused about where to go, Project Lighthouse will be their supporter.”

Nunnenkamp said Project Lighthouse serves as a way to lessen the workload for CAPS and other university mental health resources while providing a valuable service to students.

“There are a lot of great things that CAPS does and unfortunately due to funding problems, they’re over capacity, so this helps pick up the difference given the high volume of students who feel like they’re experiencing mental health problems.”

Nunnenkamp also stressed that Project Lighthouse will maintain a relationship with CAPS, but that Project Lighthouse advocates will not serve a direct role as formal counselors.

“We’re working with CAPS very closely — we’re very clear that we’re not counselors — we’re supporters, advocates, people who are just there to listen,” Nunnenkamp said.

Nunnenkamp said the response from potential applicants has been overwhelmingly positive.

“I’ve been so blown away by the en-

thusiasm and level of interest people have shown,” Nunnenkamp said. “A lot of our volunteers are coming from a psychology background … we’re lining up several other Georgetown professionals who are in the psychology department to talk and participate in the program as well.”

While the Project Lighthouse initiative will exist separately from the GUSA Executive, President Joe Luther (COL ’16) said he plans to support the initiative and is excited about the expansion of mental health resources on campus.

“Mental health has been a serious issue for us since Connor and I first began our GUSA campaign,” Luther wrote in a press release. “We are thrilled that Hoyas are actively working to improve and expand the mental health resources available to fellow Hoyas.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson also expressed his support for Project Lighthouse and acknowledged the importance of student initiative in increasing mental health resources.

“I really appreciate the students’ initiative and care in pursing this initiative,” Olson wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I know they understand the importance of thoughtful training and strong preparation to assure that this is a valuable resource for our students.

I am enthused to see this moving forward.”

According to Director of Health Education Services Carol Day, Project Lighthouse is a result of thoughtful collaboration between mental health professionals and students.

“The students that have been working on the Project Lighthouse initiative have collaborated with many key individuals in the university as part of their planning process,” Day wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We expect the service that trained students will eventually be providing will be a valuable resource for students to get support and link to important resources.”

Director of CAPS Phil Meilman expressed CAPS’s continuing support for Project Lighthouse.

“We look forward to supporting this new and creative venture at Georgetown and hope it will be of great benefit to students,” Meilman said.

GUSA Vice President Connor Rohan (COL ’16) said Project Lighthouse increases awareness of mental health issues on campus and will reach an increased number of Hoyas.

“Project Lighthouse will allow more students to receive assistance, improve knowledge about professional resources on campus, and reduce the stigma associated with seeking out mental health resources,” Rohan wrote.

Nunnenkamp said Project Lighthouse’s eventual objective is to standardize its curriculum in order to share resources with other colleges and universities nationwide.

“We’re hoping in the coming semesters to standardize and we hope we can create — starting at Georgetown, but then spreading to other schools — a national standardized curriculum and certification based on the work we’re doing here.”

According to Johnson, the Project Lighthouse initiative’s name symbolizes the program’s purpose.

“When we were trying to come up with the name of this project … we wanted to move away from acronyms because we didn’t just want to be another Georgetown organization,” Johnson said. “To me, a lighthouse is a service to help people find their way.

It’s a light in the darkness.”

Michael Knuth (MSB ’16) said Project Lighthouse’s continual availability would greatly aid Georgetown students.

“On campus, we have this culture where we try and pretend everything’s okay instead of admitting that we need help, so just having that availability would really benefit students on campus here.”

Nick Ebert (SFS ’18), who is applying to be a Project Lighthouse program participant, said he was drawn to the initiative because he wants to help peers in their time of need.

“I know that with CAPS it’s very hard to get an appointment after the start of the semester. It’s either at the beginning or you almost can’t get one,” Ebert said. “This would be an opportunity for ... enough people [to be] around to provide that resource all the time. It’ll be good to have people on the ground, able to talk.”

Survey Launches SURVEY, from A1 survey working group in order to gather the most relevant data possible.

Twenty-seven universities such as Harvard, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania have all utilized the same AAU survey in their efforts to collect data on sexual assault prevalence on their respective campuses.

Georgetown University Student Association Secretary of Student Safety Maddy Moore (SFS ’17), who also serves on the Sexual Assault Working Group, said the greatest strength of using an AAU-based survey is the ability to compare the results with other universities.

“You are able to see and collect data on the communities students are a part of,” Moore said. “Whether that is based on identity or campus affiliation, our hope is that after synthesizing the data, we can come across patterns or particular groups that are impacted by the issue of sexual assault.”

“This survey will continue to give us an idea of the resources available and how they have been tapped into.”

Rosemary Kilkenny Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity

The arrival of this year’s misconduct climate survey follows renewed attention and community demand for action with regard to the issue of sexual violence. In 2014 President Barack Obama established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault to spearhead the fight against sexual violence on college campuses.

The U.S. Department of Education also released its own guidelines for schools to address sexual violence in April 2014, inspiring universities to begin developing and utilizing sexual assault climate surveys to better understand the violence’s pervasiveness and inform future policy.

“The university’s survey on sexual assault is a tool that is going to be critical for future progress on this issue,” GUSA President Joe Luther (COL ’16) said. “Too often we are told that there simply aren’t enough statistics to justify policy or structural changes. This survey is going to inform conversations on an administrative level for a long time and it’s crucial that we have accurate statistics to work with.”

Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny, who also serves on the Sexual Assault Working Group, noted that in order for Georgetown to find the most effective policy measures, the survey needed to be tailored specifically for the university and gather a wide variety of data.

“The first goal was to access the extent to which sexual assault and sexual misconduct is on our campus,” Kilkenny said. “How prevalent is it? How widespread is it? Is it occurring in particular areas and locations? Is there a disparity between the undergraduate and graduate level? This will give us the opportunity to know.”

Kilkenny also emphasized the importance of seeing how well-informed students are about the prevalence of

sexual assault and the resources available to victims.

“This survey will continue to give us an idea of the resources available to students and how they have been tapped in to,” Kilkenny said. “For those students who may have been a survivor of sexual assault, it may be good to know why they didn’t come forward, so there are places in the survey where students can identify such areas.”

While the survey is a major step forward in an effort to gather data on sexual assault on campus, other universities have encountered issues with gathering enough student participation to make informed judgments and craft effective policy. In order to overcome the issue of participation, a marketing group was established to create effective marketing strategies.

The marketing team’s strategy has focused on drawing attention to the survey through various slogans placed on table cards, posters in dorms and a banner in Red Square. A thermometer has also been set-up in Red Square to represent ongoing student participation in the survey. The thermometer includes participation levels attained by schools such as Harvard and Yale in order to incentivize the student body to surpass those numbers.

“We pretty carefully studied other schools and how they went about their marketing strategies, so we took what we liked from them and combined it with what we thought would work best at Georgetown,” misconduct climate survey marketing group member Grace Smith (COL ’18) said. “But the success of the survey depends on the participation of each and every one of us.

It’s our voices that will be the most impactful, and this survey is the platform for all of us.”

Current reactions to the survey have been positive, with many students welcoming the chance to be part of an important and influential dialogue.

Jackson Cushner (COL ’17) said he appreciated the initiative the survey represents, but hoped the rest of the student body will take it upon themselves to continue the dialogue on an individual level.

“It’s great that Georgetown and other schools are making an effort here, but the solution really exists on an individual level,” Cushner said. “Individuals who respect the dignity of other individuals won’t sexually assault them, period. It’s not about statistics or fear or anything like that, it’s about respect.”

Smith said she appreciates the steps the university administration has taken by implementing the survey and other intiatives such as planning a town hall on sexual violence in the spring and the introduction of new Title IX Coordinator Laura Cutway.

“One of the biggest takeaways is that the administration really does care and is listening and is actively making efforts to improve the resources for students who are impacted by the issue,” Smith said.

Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said the survey is an integral part of a broader plan by the university to combat sexual misconduct on the hilltop.

“Our long-term goal is to do everything we can to eradicate sexual assault, sexual violence on our campus,” Olson said. “This is a long-term effort, but this survey along with the educational efforts we have in place, the resources we have in place, the staff we have in place, this is all aimed in that direction.”

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Bill Expands Campus W-2 Forms Mailed Incorrectly Police Jurisdiction The Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health Committee announced their new online peerto-peer, anonymous Project Lighthouse mental health initiative Jan. 13 to help students confront concerns..

WORKFORCE, from A1 Payroll Charles DeSantis explained the error and stated that the office has since mailed forms to correct addresses.

“The inadvertent mailing of your personal information to an incorrect address resulted from a onetime error in the course of processing student-workers’ year-end tax forms,” DeSantis wrote. “The University deeply regrets this occurrence.

We assure you that we take the privacy and security of your personal information very seriously. … Please accept our sincere apologies for this occurrence.”

DeSantis stressed the possibility that the form information may be misused and urged student employees to remain aware of potential risks to their credit security.

“You may wish to explore the information and guidance offered by the Federal Trade Commission on how to protect yourself from identity theft. In addition, you may request a free copy of your credit report, and even put a fraud alert on your credit report,” DeSantis wrote.

Cawley Career Education Center employee Gina Kim (SFS ’18) received another student’s form, prompting concerns over the whereabouts of her own form.

“The personal information that was on it was someone else’s name,

their Social Security number, their address, which is weird because it was sent to my address,” Kim said.

“If this person’s form was sent to my house, then where is my form, becomes the question. It was very weird to experience.”

“I hope Georgetown will take responsibility for putting the identity and security of its student workers at risk.”

Bethan Saunders (SFS ’17)

Bethan Saunders (SFS ’17), who works as an undergraduate research fellow at the Mortara Center for International Studies, discovered after logging into GMS that her W-2 form had been sent to an incorrect address.

“I am really confused and worried about how this happened, especially on such a large scale,”

Saunders wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I found out on Facebook from a friend who posted about her issue and warned that many people were affected. She encouraged us to check GMS to see if our W2s were safe, but when I checked mine I saw that my W2 was on its way to an address in NY. Very far from my home of California!”

Misty Li (MSB ’17), who works in a residence hall office, expressed concern over the university’s lack of a rapid response. At the time of her comments, the office had not yet corresponded with employees on the issue.

“My main issue is how the university hasn’t sent any communication out yet, and also how they haven’t given us any steps on how to proceed, given that it’s been over 24 hours,” Li said. “It’s alarming for us to log in to GMS to find a different address there. Now every single person that’s dealing with it is dealing with it through word of mouth, ‘who should I contact’,’ what should I do’.”

Saunders emphasized the need for the university administration to rectify its mistake.

“I hope Georgetown will take responsibility for putting the identity and security of its student workers at risk and do something to fix this and guarantee our credit security as soon as possible,” Saunders wrote.

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GUSA President Joe Luther (COL ’16) and Vice President Connor Rohan (COL ’16) said that GUSA does not support the bill’s clause expanding GUPD’s jurisdiction.

“GUSA is universally opposed to this bill,” Rohan said. “We have serious concerns about the extent to which police can be trained to control off-campus areas, concerns about civil liberties.”

Rohan also disapproved of giving the university’s neighbors the power to contact GUPD directly. Currently, neighbors must report problems concerning Georgetown students living off-campus to the Office of Neighborhood Life.

GUPD Chief Jay Gruber said that GUPD is in favor of the bill and clarified that GUPD does not plan on using some of the powers granted to it under the bill, including the ability to actively monitor off-campus areas.

“We’re in favor of the bill, but our focus is narrower than the wording of the bill,” Gruber said. “All we’re interested in is responding to student conduct and administrative violations in the designated area off-campus.”

If the bill is implemented, Gruber said that GUPD would only respond, as it does now, to off-campus situations if the Office of Neighborhood Life is unable to send one of its own members to investigate a neighbor’s complaint.

“We wouldn’t do anything that’s

proactive. … It’s a very narrow area where we would be doing these things,” Gruber said. “We wouldn’t be patrolling in the neighborhoods looking for loud parties. We would wait for somebody to make their complaint.”

Rohan emphasized distinctions between Metropolitan Police Department and GUPD responses to conduct violations as another factor behind GUSA’s opposition to the bill.

“The actions that MPD takes are going to be different than the actions that GUPD takes,” Rohan said. “When GUPD enters the area … the potential for code of conduct violations to be pursued by GUPD and forwarded to the Office of Student Conduct is much greater, even if what a student is doing may not be illegal under D.C. law.”

Gruber said that he understood concerns over GUPD being able to enforce the code of conduct in areas offcampus, but also expressed the view that GUPD may better respond to student conduct violations than MPD. “I understand the students’ apprehension of thinking that another group of people will enforce [the code of conduct],” Gruber said. “[But] I think it’s better handled internally by my department than someone calling MPD.” The bill has been referred to the Council’s judiciary committee and requires a signature from Mayor Muriel Bowser as well as a 30-day congressional review before it can take effect.

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Professor Discusses Q&A: Cutway Talks Title IX Role ‘Star Wars,’ Politics Ian Scoville Hoya Staff Writer

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Professor Dan Nexon drew comparisons from the “Star Wars” saga to modern political science at a conversation in the Mortara Center for International Studies on Wednesday. The event, titled “Star Wars as Political Science Fiction,” was attended by over 50 people as part of the Mortara Center’s Culture and Politics lecture series. Director of the Mortara Center Kathleen McNamara said the event aimed to begin the new semester on a light note.

“The goal of the event was, number one, to have fun at the beginning of the semester, before everybody’s sort of buried in their books,” McNamara said.

Nexon, a “Star Wars” fan since he saw the original movie when he was five years old, used his knowledge as a political scientist and academic to explore various features of the movie franchise as both a cultural phenomenon and political science fiction. Using a flashing blue lightsaber as a presentation pointer, Nexon connected a variety of theories and arguments from international relations and other academic disciplines to aspects of the films that represent cultural barometers, political critiques and general social mythology. Nexon focused much of his talk on “Star Wars’” most recent release, “The Force Awakens”, which is the third highest-grossing film in history at press time, with a global profit of over $1.88 billion. Nexon explored the controversy surrounding the casting of the main characters of the film.

“The new version has been widely celebrated and even decried by a few, for having a different kind of cast of characters: a female Jedi in training ... an African-American male and a Hispanic man,” Nexon said. “We think it’s important, if you have certain kinds of values, to see different kinds of faces, different kinds of genders, different kinds of races represented in something like ‘Star Wars’.”

Nexon said the mass media representation of these different types of characters contributes to the general shaping of popular attitudes and public imagination, especially among younger viewers.

“To me personally, as somebody who has a daughter, who loves science fiction and fantasy and has had a very difficult time with the ways in which popular culture gets filtered down to her, it was really exciting to see this [type of casting] for the first time,” Nexon said.

Nexon added that the political impli-

cations of the movie franchise have occasionally appeared in the national political forum, particularly in 1983, when President Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative, a missile defense system aimed to protect the country from nuclear attack.

“Critics soon labeled [the SDI] Star Wars to discredit it, and say ‘Oh this is science fantasy, it could never be true,’” Nexon said. “This is a horrible tactical blunder, because what is the purchase of “Star Wars” on the imagination?

It’s the good guys fighting the evil empire, and so the advocates of Star Wars quickly appropriated that label and turned it against their critics.”

Nexon said the fantasy universe stands with other complex fantasy fictions as commercialized forms of folklore.

“In our modern society, we don’t have folklore anymore, which is public property. Folklore is commercially owned; it’s produced through mass media,” Nexon said. “Now, the fact is, I think that ‘Star Wars’ is modern folklore, and I would make the same claim about ‘Harry Potter’, but ‘Star Wars’ is really in some ways our most powerful folkloric product of the last half-century.”

Nexon concluded the discussion by emphasizing how examining one’s own culture deeply, as in the case of “Star Wars”, can be an enlightening experience.

“One way to approach this stuff is to say that this is just commercial entertainment, that you should just sit back and enjoy it,” Nexon said. “But where’s the fun in that?”

Nivu Jejurikar (SFS ’18) said she appreciated one of the talk’s lessons about the relationship between culture and politics, noting how closely related the two fields are in both the film saga and reality.

“I think that one point that was interesting was that culture and politics affect each other symbiotically … so I thought that was an interesting concept and one that is applicable not only to the ‘Star Wars’ series but also to other movies and works of art that are a part of our culture,” Jejurikar said.

Preston Marquis (SFS ’16) said he enjoyed the critical engagement of “Star Wars” fans at the event.

“It’s not very often you get a bunch of ‘Star Wars’ nerds in the same room to have a very intellectual discussion about the real-world applicability of what ‘Star Wars’ means,” Marquis said. “It was a great day for Star Wars fans and for political science students alike.”

Laura Cutway began as Georgetown’s first dedicated, full-time Title IX coordinator Jan. 11, replacing temporary coordinator Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny.

Cutway will be responsible for enforcing Georgetown’s sexual misconduct policy, investigating sexual misconduct and leading the school’s sexual misconduct education efforts.

Cutway previously served as the sexual assault and relationship violence liaison in Health Education Services at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was charged with confidentially assisting survivors of sexual assault and raising awareness about sexual assault. Before that, Cutway served as director of the Office of Disability Services at the Law Center and the learning disability coordinator at the Catholic University of America.

Cutway earned a Master of Science in counseling and human relations from Villanova University, where she also earned her undergraduate degree.

In an interview with The Hoya, Cutway discussed Georgetown’s current climate toward sexual assault, her plans for the role and why she has pursued a career in social work.

What does Georgetown do well with regard to addressing issues of sexual assault, and what can it do better?

I think naturally I’m very proud of Georgetown and the way that they’ve handled sexual misconduct, and the stakeholders that have been involved — they’ve been very active in this arena for years. We’ve had a sexual assault working group for over two decades; people that have been very passionate about this work. I think the depth of our resources is one of our biggest strengths right now; we have many people devoted to this work. We have three full-time, confidential counselors.

I think our [Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey] that we just launched is a huge strength right now; it’s actually a really ideal time for me to join the team. I’m going to get hopefully a lot of really good information from that that I can then use to prioritize my initiatives moving forward. … In terms of things we could do better, I’m going to take a lot of guidance from the climate survey, to see what actually is going on on campus. I’m going to take a lot of that feedback from the students to see where I need to prioritize my initiatives.

I think, in general, educating 18,000 people on this issue is probably the area we need to do more work with

— it’s a challenge. Just the numbers alone, it’s a big school, it’s hard to get people all on the same page about where to go, what all these definitions mean, what are the roles of certain people, so I think that in itself is a challenge … Streamlining some processes will help in navigating ‘who does what?’ and ‘where do I report things?’ and ‘what does that actually mean?’

What are your long-term goals for Georgetown in regard to sexual assault?

I’d love to get rid of sexual assault completely on campus, but I think, more realistically, providing a framework and confidence in our system so that people know what they would be getting involved in if they were to report, that they feel comfortable in that process, and confident in that process, that they’ll be able to feel heard throughout the process, both complainants and respondents. I want everybody to feel like it’s an equitable process and that along the way they have these resources that can help them, guide them, help them figure out what’s the best decision for them …

As long as that whole process works, I think that would be a great place for the school to be in.

With that, [I hope to implement] some prevention mechanisms [like] bystander intervention … if I can build that training … [to shift] the culture to be a place where we take care of one another. And I think we do [that] in many ways, but to really give people the courage and empower them to actually stand up when they see that something doesn’t feel right.

What will having a dedicated, full-time Title IX Coordinator bring to Georgetown? Why is it important?

It’s hugely important. I think there are … many people doing really good work, but it’s often in addition to the other good work that they’re doing.

[As a full-time person], I’ll have the time and the space to be able to really devote to what this role needs. And I think having a person that can see all the different themes that are emerging and see all the different needs, I can pull together and help manage that for the different folks that are involved and bring everybody together and make it a much clearer process for the students.

What do you see as the most important aspect of your role?

It would be hard to name one. I would say there would be two that would be equally important to me.

One would be our response. I think [administration response] is hugely im-

portant for a student going through an assault, for the respondent also going through a claim, making sure that there’s a fair process in place.

And then also the training and education would be the other piece that’s fundamental to my role. That’s how we create change and make a culture shift and make this into an environment where it’s safe and respectful of one another.

Georgetown University Student Association and the administration reached an agreement in September to improve the campus climate towards sexual misconduct. What will your role be in helping to implement the agreement?

What do you plan to do?

I see GUSA as a huge partner; they know the climate right now and can educate me on where the needs are.

I think I’m there to help navigate their concerns that they bring up.

The more consistent language we have out there about resources and confidential counselors and Title IX the better. But just making sure that it’s consistent, I think sometimes there can be a problem where many different people are trying to put information out there that’s great, but we want to make sure that it’s all consistent language and consistent messaging so that people are clear, and it doesn’t become a more confusing process.

Your career experience so far has revolved around social work including addressing sexual assault. Why is it important for you to work to address these issues? Why did you go into this field and why are you still in it?

I think the honest answer is it’s been the most rewarding work that I’ve done. Working with somebody that’s gone through a sexual assault, you can really reach them at a time in their life when many other supports in their life aren’t as helpful; it’s not as comfortable to talk to your parent or friends or ministry, and so this is a time when you can really make a difference with somebody and you can … your response to somebody when they’re going through a trauma like this, can really aid in how the healing process works for them. … I also see it as that we have a responsibility to all of our students and so making it a fair process for everybody going through it. I see myself as an advocate: I’m not an advocate anymore for just survivors; I’m an advocate for all students.

A full-version of this question-andanswer session will be posted online at thehoya.com.

Obama Proposes Executive Gun Control Initiative Charlotte Allen Hoya Staff Writer

In response to the recent series of mass shootings around the country, President Barack Obama outlined a set of executive actions to address the issue of gun violence in a speech given from the White House Jan. 5.

The president began his address by referencing recent shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., and Colorado Springs, Colo., repeatedly emphasizing the frequency and magnitude of gun violence in America.

“We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency,” Obama said. “It doesn’t happen in other advanced countries. It’s not even close. And as I’ve said before, somehow we’ve become numb to it and we start thinking that this is normal.”

Acknowledging that gun control had turned into a fierce partisan debate, Obama noted that he recognized the validity of the Second Amendment but also said that it is possible to reduce gun violence within its bounds.

“We understand there are some constraints on our freedom in order to protect innocent people,” Obama said. “We cherish our right to privacy, but we accept that you have to go through metal detectors before being allowed to board a plane. It’s not because people like doing that, but we understand that that’s part of the price of living in a civilized society.”

The executive actions outlined by the president in the second half of his speech featured requirements imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on licensing and background checks for firearm sellers. They also include the Federal Bureau of Investigation overhauling the background check system with over 230 additional staff and 200 new ATF agents to enforce gun laws as well as establishing an internet investigation center to track illegal online firearms trafficking.

With regard to mental health and gun control, the Obama Administration is also proposing a $500 million investment to increase access to health care and the Social Security Administration. The Department of Health and Human Services is also revamping legal barriers for people prohibited from owning guns for mental health reasons.

As he concluded, the president spoke of the challenges and realities of gun violence and the continued need for action.

“Yes, it will be hard, and it won’t happen overnight,” Obama said. “It won’t happen during this Congress. It won’t happen during my presidency. But a lot of things don’t happen overnight. A woman’s right to vote didn’t happen overnight. The liberation of African Americans didn’t happen overnight. LGBT rights — that

was decades’ worth of work. So just because it’s hard, that’s no excuse not to try.”

Georgetown Against Gun Violence President Emma Iannini (SFS ’16) expressed optimism about Obama’s executive actions.

“It certainly will make a difference,” Iannini said. “The main constructs of the executive actions are going to make the system not only more efficient but also more comprehensive.”

However, she said that these actions do not address several major loopholes in gun purchase legislation.

“This isn’t going to completely erase the problem that is caused by the gun show sale loophole and the internet loophole — we need Congress to ultimately fix those problems once and for all — but it will make sure that fewer individuals who should not be allowed to have dangerous firearms don’t fall through the cracks,” Iannini said.

GAGV Vice President Sarah Clements (COL ’18) echoed Iannini’s sentiments on Obama’s recent actions.

“As an advocate working on this issue I always want to be celebratory of any steps that we take to move forward,” Clements said. “It was a big win — there is more that our movement wants to get accomplished in the near future, but at the same time, it’s really nice to have something we can grasp on for now.”

Clements said that the executive actions are important in enforcing laws already on the books.

“Knowing that so many incidents of gun violence are preventable just adds to the grief but is also the motivating factor,” Clements said. “It’s all about gun safety, safe storage, and making sure we have the legislation in place that protects our families.”

McCourt School of Public Policy Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Mark Rom expressed a more skeptical outlook on the recent policy action.

“We are a country just awash in guns,” Rom said. “So any actions that we take are unlikely to have a major impact on gun violence both because of the extent of guns out there and also because of the difficulty of actually enforcing things that would make gun safety higher.”

Rom emphasized that any executive action requires federal funding and that Congress is likely to try and block this funding. He attributed this to America’s unique stance on guns.

“It is important to note how unusual the United States is in how polarized we are on this issue,” Rom said. “There is more consensus on background checks and that is important, but it is also striking that, given this consensus of the public on background checks, Congress has been completely unwilling to take any actions to make those background checks more thorough and more uniform.”

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The Impact Of Another Dimension SOLTIS, from A10

Thingiverse, the prime online repository of 3D model files, which any printing hobbyist can download for free.

Far from the Islamic State, students and faculty at Georgetown have access to these same technological capabilities.

Two state-of-the-art 3D printers sit on the first floor of Lauinger Library for use by the Georgetown community. The purchase of the two printers was motivated by feedback from the community, excited about 3D printing technology.

Communities like our own may still be unsure of how to use this technology or what to use it for. Requests for prints in the Makerspace are few and most are for one-use academic purposes, such as a simple model of the Eiffel Tower for a French class or a transfixing physical pattern that represents sound waves.

The Gelardin New Media Center in Lauinger Library offers a free course on Tinkercad, a 3D design platform that normal people can use without taking a summer course at MIT. After sending in a file for printing, a specialist at Gelardin edits the file to optimize chances of a safe printout. Professional 3D printing is pricey and printing objects can cost anywhere between 15 cents to $175 per centimeters squared depending on the printing method and the materials used for printing. The library thankfully only charges people for the cost of the plastic filament used in the printing process and not for their service as well.

Most consumer-ready 3D printers print with plastic filament, a long, plastic noodle wrapped around a spool. The extruder is a small, heated vessel that melts the plastic filament, which emerges from the extruder through a nozzle onto the print surface.

Precise motors, following code instructions from a “slicer” program, move the nozzle through the three-dimensional print space. The slicer looks at the 3D image and generates a winding path that puts the nozzle in the right places to pour plastic.

The student body has not yet unlocked the artistic and entrepreneurial potential of this tool. Although most of us go through enough grief trying to get twodimensional printers to do our bidding, getting familiar with an additional dimension is worth the struggle. I do not expect everyone to directly undermine the destruction made by radical militants in the Middle East, but I believe that 3D printing gives everyone the ability to enhance our 3D world in a unique way. After all, you don’t even have to build anything – you just have to draw it.

Patrick Soltis is a sophomore in the College. innovation smack talk appears every Friday.

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$189 K Upgrade Enhances Lau Wi-Fi WI-FI, from A10

second floor and the third floor circulation desk area, received additional wireless coverage.

Barry Arnold, Director of Network and Data Center Operations for UIS said that students should notice improved wireless service in the library in the coming weeks.

“I’d like to say [that students are] going to see improved coverage,” Arnold said. “There have been a lot of dead spots and a lot of areas with slow coverage around Lauinger that without a doubt should be noticeably better, and as far as speed … whether they’re uploading or downloading files, they should notice improvement.”

Arnold added that technicians are still working to make final adjustments to the system and that some time is required for the new wireless network to function at its maximum capacity. The system will improve as its frequency settles down and as its WAPs communicate with one another for optimal performance.

Lauinger library’s new WAPs operate at processing speeds of 115-130 megabits per second (Mbps) on all networks, while the old system operated at 30-50 Mbps.

According to techworld.com, data transfer speeds of 50 Mbps and above make collaboration on such platforms as Google Docs much easier and are also sufficient to perform large operations such as streaming movies in full HD. The current Wi-Fi upgrade comes after a major 2013 initiative to optimize wireless systems throughout Georgetown’s campus for its approximate 12,000 to 14,000 daily Wi-Fi users.

Nicholson said that the upgrade of the library’s systems were part of this effort.

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After upgrades to GU’s oldest Wi-Fi system in Lauinger Library, WAP processing speeds on all networks in the library increased from 30-50 megabits per second to 115-130 megabits per second. been putting in additional Wi-Fi across campus so we could get to a state that we call ‘the ubiquitous,’ [meaning] wherever you went across campus, you would be able to get a Wi-Fi signal,” Nicholson said.

Nicholson added that the university’s emphasis on wireless systems reflects a current trend in computer use.

“Increasingly, more and more people are going wireless,” Nicholson said. “You are no longer tethered to a land connection, [and] everyone is using Wi-Fi for what they need.”

UIS continues to work to maintain and enhance Georgetown’s wireless network, managing the approximately 5,400 WAPs that keep it run-

ning. The UIS has already improved the wireless system in the past year by adding and replacing WAPs in the Intercultural Center Galleria, Red Square and Healy Lawn. The ICC currently holds a tentative position as the next candidate for a full upgrade following budgeting talks later this year.

Nicholson said that UIS appreciates student help in monitoring the quality of campus Wi-Fi systems.

“I would encourage, if students find a particular dead spot, or that the signal is not quite right, please just to let us know … so that we can be proactive and we can get out there and assess and put more signal and more access points, if needed, in a particular area,” Nicholson said.

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Gruber aims for all residence halls to implement these new security measures once funding becomes available.

“All the residence halls have it with the exception of Copley, LXR and Walsh,” Gruber said. “We didn’t have the extra funding.”

According to Gruber, the changes in security measures are not a result of any particular incident.

“The decision was made a year ago.

We collaborated with Residential Living on the project and it took some time to work through the procurement and installation process,” Gruber wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Gruber said he had concerns about the university’s previous security measures, which required students to swipe their GOCards on exterior doors

and with a student or security guard.

Gruber said this system was vulnerable to human error and exacerbated when large groups of students enter residence halls.

“We were concerned about the human factors elements of checking the GOCards of every person entering a residence hall and wanted to go up the elevators and the stairs. It is sometimes difficult to check every GOCard, especially when large groups enter a building,” Gruber said.

Electrical Systems Analyst Alvin Brown said these changes affect campus residence halls but that on-campus apartments such as Village A and Nevils are not affected.

Gruber does not anticipate that the new security measures will cause any significant changes to student life.

“All we are requiring is one extra GOCard swipe to accomplish what

students have always done to enter a residence hall,” Gruber wrote.

Despite Gruber’s hope that students will not be inconvenienced by the new security measures, Alice Beneke (COL ’19) said the new changes are inconvenient and redundant, since there are already other security barriers in place.

“It’s really inconvenient and I think its honestly kind of pointless because you already have you swipe into the building and then you have to give your GOCard to be swiped by the student Guard,” Beneke said.

According to Gruber, other universities in the area already have similar measures in place.

“Most universities would have a system to use a card to get into the residence halls and also access the elevators and stairwells,” Gruber said.

Kieran Jenkins (MSB ’18) said he does not mind the new changes and

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believes it is a necessary step for safety.

“It’s not really a big difference. It just takes like a second to swipe and honestly with everything going on it is probably better to have the security,” Jenkins said.

Matt Treacy (COL ’19) said he also understands the reasoning behind the changes but still sees some flaws in the new security measures.

“I think it’s not super necessary — plus if I were someone that actually wants to do something weird in the dorms I would just wait until someone swipes in and goes in the elevator,” Treacy said.

GUPD is also developing an alarm management system, which will alert GUPD anytime an exterior door of a residence hall is left open for an extended period time or is propped open.

This new system will be ready in a few weeks.

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Mary Marchese (COL ’18) said that she is happy with the UIS reform of the library’s wireless systems.

“I am really appreciative of their efforts,” Marchese said. “I haven’t really noticed a difference yet, but I am sure the more time I spend in [the library], the more I will figure it out.”

However, Lenart said that the campus Wi-Fi systems could still be improved.

“I’d like to see some improvements made either by UIS or the university to kind of improve that for students in the future to have much easier Internet access that’s faster and easier to use for studying and general things that we do on an everyday basis,” Lenart said.

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Sweetgreen opened its first West Coast storefront in Los Angeles last year.

“I hope that people understand that it’s not so technical, that the technology is at a stage where it’s ready [for public use],” Soltis said.

Students and faculty are already using the new Gelardin resources and other similar Makerspace-type facilities on campus. Kevin Durham (MSB ’19) often uses the video cameras at Gelardin for his internship at Common $ense, a nonprofit organization that advocates for safe technology and media.

Durham indicated that he greatly appreciates the center’s services which include both rental of and training for the use of multimedia equipment.

“They not only provide you with the equipment, but also with the training on how to use it correctly,” Durham said.

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business Student Security Tightens in Residences bits William Zhu Hoya Staff Writer

MSB Professor’s Winning Advice for Powerball lottery McDonough School of Business professor of finance Allan Eberhart offered suggestions about the historically high $1.5 billion Powerball lottery in a recent installment of the Georgetown “Ask a Professor” video series.

Eberthart advised against buying a ticket as a matter of statistics, but said that if someone were lucky enough to win the prize, his first move should be hiring a trustworthy financial adviser with a flat or hourly fee. Eberhart’s recommended investment is Treasury inflation-protected securities, the closest to a risk-free investment in his opinion. Otherwise, Eberhart counselled giving to a meaningful charity and being appreciative.

33 Percent of McDonough graduates enter Finance Poets & Quants’ 2015 analysis of employment found that the McDonough School of Business sent 33 percent of its graduates into finance jobs last year. The median percentage for top25 business schools is closer to 20 percent. By comparison, the business schools closest to Georgetown in ranking by U.S. News and World Report, University of Washington’s Foster School of Business and Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business, weighed in at 8 percent and 20 percent of graduates entering the finance field, respectively.

MBA interest shifts from banking to real estate Reflecting a shift of preference of MBAs from banking to real estate, Georgetown invested $10 million into a new real estate center at the McDonough School of Business last April. “[Banking] is what everyone thinks they’re supposed to do, as opposed to want they do,” Director of the real estate center Matthew Cypher said in an interview for the Financial Times. The percentage of top-25 business school graduates entering the banking field has dropped 6.8 percent from 17.4 percent to 10.6 since 2008.

Meanwhile, real estate equities are on a steady rise, giving the market a new face of strategy and innovation.

Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy offers First Elective Fourty-three MBA students selected as the inaugural cohort for the Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy this semester will begin their coursework with their first elective, “The Nonmarket Environment in D.C.” this semester. Two other new elective courses, “The Miracle of Markets?” and “Strategies Beyond the Market” are soon to be introduced. The Nonmarket Strategy Certificate program is open to enrolled MBA students, who are competitively selected. The first class was welcomed at a launch reception

The Office of Residential Living activated new GOCard security measures at the start of the semester that limit access to stairwells and elevators in residence halls to increase campus wide security.

A recent email sent from the Office of Residential Living and Department of Public Safety to the Georgetown community noted that students will be required to swipe their GOCards to access the elevators and stairwells of residence halls. These security upgrades have not been implemented in Copley, LXR, Walsh and on-campus

“We were concerned about the human factors elements of checking GOCards.”

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apartment buildings. Students will still swipe their GOCards with the security guards in their buildings.

“Starting spring semester, access to upper floors of residence halls will require the use of your GOCard at the stairwells and elevators. In order to access upper floors, you will need to swipe a valid GOCard,” Georgetown University Police Department Chief Jay Gruber and Assistant Dean for Residential Living Stephanie Lynch wrote.

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The Office of Residential Living installed GOCard readers in the stairwells and elevators of a majority of the university’s residence halls. Budget limitations prevented security upgrades in LXR, Copley and Walsh.

Lau Devotes Space to Creativity Cheryl Liu

Hoya Staff Writer

The Gelardin New Media Center will open a new space on the first floor of Lauinger Library to foster creativity within the Georgetown community by March 1.

The new area, called a MakerSpace and funded by a $15,000 donation from the Caroon Fund, will feature several types of creative tools, ranging from 3D printers to sewing machines to power drills.

Gelardin department head Beth Marhanka said that the idea for a Makerspace at Georgetown originated from the Maker movement, which encourages invention through hands-on experience and has become increasingly popular over the past 10 years.

“The Maker movement is sort of the next phase that began with the Digital Maker movement,” Marhanka said. “This is a whole movement from people who are craving to just make things ... it’s really about getting people to be more innovative and creative.”

Makerspaces have appeared in dozens of libraries across the country, including at Xavier University, the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“This is an ideal place for a Makerspace, because we serve the entire community.”

BETH MARHANKA Department Head, Gelardin

Inspired by these other universities, Marhanka took the opportunity to begin the project when the space, which used to hold microfilms, was cleared out.

Marhanka also visited a large do-

it-yourself design lab in Arlington, Virg., called TechShop, to generate ideas for Georgetown’s Makerspace.

“When I went to the TechShop, I thought, we can do a lot of this.

Then I thought, what if we did?

What would happen?” Marhanka said. “If you give smart people cool tools, then you just see what happens.”

Marhanka stressed that the primary purpose of the Makerspace is to foster creativity among the entire community, whether that be Georgetown residents, students or faculty. She hopes that students who don’t usually have the opportunity to work with technology or arts will take advantage of this new resource on campus.

“What we want to do is create interdisciplinary, shared space that you don’t have to be part of the program to have access to ... that’s why this is an ideal place for a Makerspace, because we serve the entire community,” she said.

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University Information Services implemented a $189,000 upgrade of the Lauinger Library Wi-Fi system, the university’s oldest Wi-Fi hotspot, after students expressed concerns about the reliability of the old system.

Library to better suit all of our students,” Nicholson said.

The library’s 72 existing wireless access points or WAPs — the sources of Wi-Fi in a given area — were re-

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placed and repositioned. About 12 more WAPs were also added. High traffic zones, such as the library’s

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for UIS, said the new wireless upgrade aims to improve the library’s Wi-Fi for all students.

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he Islamic State group, in an effort to eliminate artifacts without Islamic significance such as sculptures in museums or valuable remnants of ancient architecture, has caused immense destruction in the Iraqi and Syrian cities it captures.

Naturally, historians and artists across the world are mortified at this unreserved busting spree that targets the irreplaceable fragments of history left by some of humanity’s oldest civilizations. In March, militants armed with power tools and sledgehammers attacked a historical archaeological site in an ancient Assyrian city in Iraq, Nimrud before demolishing it with explosives and bulldozers. Since the supporters of these artifacts cannot link arms and block the militants from overrunning a site, they have instead set out to preserve these bits of history digitally, where the Islamic State militants cannot get them.

In a UNESCO initiative, volunteers on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa equipped with 3D cameras are rushing to document at-risk artifacts into 3D image files before any harm can come to them.

Morehshin Allahyari, an artist in San Francisco who spearheaded this 3D printing project, “draws” the 3D images herself based off photographs of smashed artifacts.

The artifacts do not remain mere virtual images, since artists create plastic versions of the original objects with 3D printers based on the collected image files. Morehshin has already begun printing her own models, embedding inside the printed replications flash drives containing scores of information about the original artifact. Like a hydra’s severed head, every smashed statue will yield a thousand replications, thanks to 3D printing technology. First-century relics are already available on

GU’s Oldest Wi-Fi System Receives Overhaul From Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 of this year, University Information Services completed an approximately $189,000 overhaul of the Georgetown University Lauinger Library Wi-Fi system and general connectivity infrastructure.

The project was completed with outside contractors, including the Virginia-based Knight Point Systems, and used Advanced AirMagnet software to assess the wireless system during its replacement.

In 2015, Lauinger’s wireless system was the oldest on campus. The university decided to upgrade Lau’s Wi-Fi system after noticing the inconveniences the older, slower system caused for students.

Last year, Joseph Lenart III (MSB ’17) and a group-mate went to the second floor of Lauinger Library to collaborate on a project. However, they were unable to use Google Docs effectively because of Wi-Fi connectivity issues and had to resort to email correspondence.

“I think, unfortunately, the report kind of suffered because it felt more like my group-mate’s information and my information, but not really connecting the places where we could have synergistic benefits in the report,” Lenart said.

Judd Nicholson, Interim Vice President and Chief Information Officer

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