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O’DONOVAN, UPFRONT

The former university president discusses retirement, faith and Beau Biden.

EDITORIAL The university should consider creating a minor in disability studies.

RISK TAKERS Meet the six student speakers featured at TEDx 2015.

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NEWS, A4

GUIDE, B1

Profiling Claims Close Thread Amid outcry, MPD, BID end retail security ‘Operation GroupMe’

Aly Pachter

Special to The Hoya

private sectors to discuss clean energy initiatives nationwide.

Conference highlights included a fireside chat between Kerry and University President John J. DeGioia at the State Department on Tuesday and a keynote address from Secretary of Energy Ernest

After facing allegations of racial profiling, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and Metropolitan Police Department shut down a conversation thread on a group-messaging app meant to identify potential shoplifters Sunday.

The BID and the MPD implemented the group message, dubbed “Operation GroupMe,” in March 2014 to help local businesses communicate with each other and the police to notify the community about shoplifters or dangerous situations.

Nearly 400 users communicated on the forum.

Since March, store employees and District police have sent more than 6,000 messages about suspicious shoppers or potentially dangerous situations. Many of the messages are pictures, often taken in secret.

A review by the BID found that of the 3,000 messages sent in the group chat since January, almost 70 percent of the people described as “suspicious” were black.

Following reports in The Georgetowner in August and The Washington Post last week, the BID decided to disable Operation GroupMe, according to a statement CEO Joe Sternlieb posted to the BID website Oct. 18.

“The overriding goal of our retail

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COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

University President John J. DeGioia discussed Pope Francis’ encyclical with Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday.

GU, Google Hold Energy Summit Kristen Fedor & Jack Bennett Hoya Staff Writers

Georgetown and Google co-hosted Secretary of State John Kerry’s Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum on Oct. 20 and 21, gathering federal officials and executives from both the public and

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Around 400 Georgetown retail employees used a disbanded group messaging forum to share tips about possible shoplifting suspects.

Disability Course Cluster Established Matthew Larson

in the philosophy, English and theology departments are required to attend the lectures and workshops, which are The Disability Studies Minor Work- also open to all students. The cluster ing Group collaborated with three aca- includes “Bioethics and the Abnormal demic departments this semester to es- Body” in the philosophy department, tablish Georgetown’s “Introduction to Disfirst Disability Stud- “We envision a very ability Studies” in the ies Course Cluster, English department a program that en- interdisciplinary and “Religion and Disgages three classes in program because ability Studies” in the monthly lectures and theology department. interactive workshops disability touches The second lecture, with leading scholars everyone.” which took place in the field.

Wednesday, featured LIBBIE RIFKIN According to Enga discussion on the Member, Working Group lish professor Libbie framing of transgenRifkin, who is a member of the working der identity as a disability in contemgroup, the cluster marks an initial step porary Japan from Karen Nakamura, in advancing the creation of a disability a professor of anthropology and East studies minor at Georgetown, Asian studies at Yale University.

“The clusters are sort of a first step poIn September, students participated tentially toward a minor,” Rifkin said. Students from three courses See CLUSTER, A6

Hoya Staff Writer

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The College Recovery Program will complement services currently provided by Health Education Services, giving support to students recovering from alcohol and substance abuse.

Grant Funds Recovery Program Ashwin Puri Hoya Staff Writer

Health Education Services received a $10,000 grant from the Stacie Mathewson Foundation to establish the College Recovery Program, Georgetown’s first on-campus program focused on addiction recovery and prevention.

The CRP will provide support and resources for students in recovery from alcohol and drug substance abuse, addiction and eating and mental health disorders. The grant will go toward the program’s formation and continual funding.

Patrick Kilcarr, director of the Health Education Services Center for Personal Development, who is heading the CRP, said that the program will create a supportive community of students to eliminate the stigma

associated with addiction recovery. “[CRP offers] these students not only programming but connections with one another. It’s called a campus recovery community, so it gives individuals the opportunity to interact with one another, to strengthen one another ... to move towards their own personal potential,” Kilcarr said.

“This initiative has the potential for providing a healthy, supportive and affirming environment as they readjust.”

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tion founded in 2011 dedicated to addiction recovery and prevention for young adults. The SMF has provided funding for other college recovery programs, including those of the University of Nebraska Omaha, the University of Mississippi and Reno’s University of Nevada.

The SMF receives funding applications from universities that wish to establish their own CRPs. There are more than 100 CRPs established across the country.

Currently, Counseling and Psychiatric Services offers clinical care for students undergoing addiction recovery. However, according to Kilcarr, there is no program specifically focused on addiction.

“Beyond the individual level, we’ve never had anything really substantial for our students

FEATURED NEWS DC + Paris

Georgetown Law and HEC Paris have partnered to create two new dual-degree programs.

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SPORTS Seeking Perfection

Sports Battle for First

OPINION Katrina@10: Coming Home

BUSINESS Spotluck

The Georgetown men’s soccer team is focused on achieving a perfect Big East record.

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A symposium on the disaster’s 10th anniversary will reinvigorate a sense of home and purpose.

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Georgetown and DePaul, tied for first place in the Big East, will face off Sunday in women’s soccer.

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A Georgetown graduate’s local startup is the most popular free dining app on the iTunes App Store.

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Send story ideas and tips to news@thehoya.com

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OPINION

THE HOYA

Friday, october 23, 2015

THE VERDICT

A Rotten Program O’Donovan Hall serves around 3,000 students per week — slightly less than half of the student body — and receives a near-constant barrage of student criticism. Recognizing the poor reputation of Leo’s among students, Aramark has made efforts to incorporate greater student feedback to improve its services. These efforts will go to waste, however, if dining hall administrators are not proactive in improving the dining hall experience and solving some of the dining hall’s chronic problems.

Student complaints about the quality of the food and services, interpreted by administrators as meaning the lack of lean protein options, resulted in the daily grilled chicken station on the lower level.

With requests for more fresh fruit options, fresh grapes are now available almost daily, with fresh pineapple and strawberries also appearing more frequently. But these efforts have been underwhelmed by a Department of Health Food Establishment Inspection Report which rated Leo’s, in its “Risky” category and cited instances of insect, rodent and animal food contamination. The root cause of initial student complaints was never truly solved; the introduction of more fresh fruit and lean protein options does not improve the quality of the food if facilities remain unclean.

More recently, Leo’s and Georgetown University’s Health Education Services have put an emphasis on free nutrition consultations with Director of Health Education Serives Carol Day and full-time dietician, Ivy Mumo. However, despite increased marketing and advertising, especially of Mumo’s services, the plurality of students remains disengaged and has not taken full advantage of these opportunities. Leo’s administrators should make Mumo’s work visible to students by making her directly available to them at meal times. On the educational side, restructuring the Georgetown Campus Dining website’s “Eat Well” section to allow students to plan out meals and get quick, easy advice is also an option.

Students with common dietary restrictions also should not have to arrange a special appointment to figure out what they can eat at the cafeteria to maintain a balanced diet.

From a consumer responsibility standpoint, Leo’s could do far more to make it easy for those students to eat well.

Rather than providing retroactive advice on how to navigate Leo’s options and focusing attention on a little-used consultation service, dining hall administrators must be proactive toward student needs if they are to change Leo’s current reputation.

The Engelhard Project, a Georgetown program that incorporates health and wellness issues into the classroom, celebrated its 10th anniversary this month. The project encourages in-class project-based academic explorations into the issue of student wellness, which has proven extremely relevant to Georgetown’s stress-laden environment. More professors should incorporate the Engelhard curriculum and values to create a university environment that cohesively promotes wellness in its multiple dimensions.

The current 19 Engelhard classes, ranging from “Immigrant Ethnography” to “Foundations in Biology,” provide an excellent forum for students to create a personal connection with wellness in unique, seemingly disconnected contexts. For instance, Sarah Stiles’ course on social entrepreneurship requires a commitment to a personal wellness routine, physical or mental, where students set goals for themselves. Although not explicitly connected to build social enterprises, the exercise is useful in creating balanced, well-rested leaders and students who can effectively contribute to such organizations.

Moreover, there are profound potential social benefits of universitywide curricula that promote a dialogue on well-being. Immersing themselves in topics like stress, community well-

being and sleep deprivation allows students to form lasting perspectives on how to live the ideal of cura personalis. In-depth research into a culture of wellness creates advocates for broad change, or at least a better-informed population that can help itself in to reform a stress-centric society.

Engelhard should be expanded. More introductory courses should field an Engelhard component, like reflective exercises that help students cope with dense material or even group meditation exercises, so that students receive exposure to the topics early and often. The expansion does not necessarily have to confine itself within a course. Perhaps there is an opportunity to create capstone courses that specifically deal with Engelhard issues — for instance, senior theses in psychology that can deal with topics of wellness.

Outside the classroom, an emphasis on activities that work in tandem with Engelhard topics can be beneficial. Field work in the broader Washington, D.C., community on wellnessrelated topics can be powerful and interesting extracurricular initiatives. Students can partner with existing wellness organizations, like Hoya Health Hut, or create new ones that affiliate themselves with similar goals to the Engelhard Project.

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Blast from the Past — After 30 years of waiting, fans get to see the day that Marty McFly travelled to in the movie “Back to the Future Part II.” Unfortunately for Cubs fans, the movie writers didn’t get everything right.

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EDITORIALS

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Founded January 14, 1920

Biden Blues — After months of exploring a presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden declared that he will not run for the presidency, allowing the Hillary train to steam on.

Season 3? — After Lamar Odom woke up from his comatose state, Khloe Kardashian and Lamar decided to call their divorce off, claiming that their love never stopped.

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SkaterJack Breaks Records — Georgetown University announced that bobbleheads of Jack the Bulldog on a skateboard will be given out to the first 1,500 fans at the first basketball home opener, and will be “the first mass-produced canine bobblehead on a working skateboard.”

Car2Go Allows You2Go — Uber launched UberPOOL in Arlington, which allows users to share taxi rides with strangers in order to get cheaper fares than the regular Uber prices throughout the District.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Michelle Xu

Embody Engelhard

Access the Community Georgetown’s first Disability Studies Course Cluster is well under way thanks to collaboration between the university’s English department and Disability Studies Working Group. This exciting development undeniably advances Georgetown’s Jesuit values while addressing the lack of disability engagement on campus. In the absence of a disability cultural center, offering increased disability-related curricula and programming advances awareness of disability at Georgetown. Students must fulfill their communal responsibility for all Hoyas by calling for the institution of such courses and programs in the near future.

Currently, the Disability Studies Course Cluster comprises three existing courses: “Introduction to Disability Studies,” “Bioethics and the Abnormal Body” and “Religion and Disability Studies.” These courses encourage students to engage with ethical principles, social justice movements and cultural diversity through the lens of disability awareness — all hallmarks of the university’s Jesuit identity. A further institutionalization of this vision through the establishment of a disability studies minor would go a long way in building upon the momentum of this course

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cluster. The demand for the continuation of the dialogue exists; administrators must capitalize on this drive.

Disability discourse at Georgetown too often focuses on issues of access at the expense of acknowledging disability as a culture and a community. A disability studies minor would ensure that disability in all its forms is given the weight it deserves, helping to make the campus inclusive to all students. Additionally, further consideration should be given to a disability cultural center as a place to celebrate what remains largely unrecognized on campus. This center would serve as a resource for students with disabilities to coordinate educational programming on topics such as disability rights activism, disability culture and disability public policy.

The introduction of the new course cluster seeks to correct one of Georgetown’s deficiencies. But to truly understand disability as something beyond a brokenness that requires “accommodation” and “repair,” student activists must continue to lobby for a minor, more course clusters or even a disability cultural center. Only then can the university cultivate a more nuanced understanding of disability as an identity on campus.

This week

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Be sure to check Chatter, The Hoya’s online opinion section, throughout the week for additional opinion pieces.

Robert Danco (SFS ’18) ruminates on immigration reform and the various positions of the hopeful presidential candidates on that front:

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Immigration reform is one of the hot-button issues for the upcoming election — after all, who can forget “the Donald” demanding that the Mexican government pay for a wall?

Reform has been a legislative item as of late, with Senate legislation in 2013 introduced by the Gang of 8 and executive action taken by President Obama in November 2014. But proposals take many different forms, ranging from fence building to amnesty granting.”

Find this and more at

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OPINION

Friday, october 23, 2015

Missing Class

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VIEWPOINT • Ashley

When I Talk About Going Home

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he narrative of Georgetown students who fall into finance and consulting careers after graduation is well-known throughout campus. I have always considered myself to be the type of person who would do what she loves, no matter what.

But as a senior, I find myself coming face to face with the very real lure of financial security. In previous years I scoffed at the idea of hordes of seniors flocking to consulting and the like.

Yet, I have watched many friends and acquaintances do the same for a wide variety of reasons. They flock because they either actually love it, aren’t sure what else to do or are ambitious.

There are immense expectations for Georgetown graduates. We are supposed to become exceptional people with high-powered careers or impressive humanitarian records.

Entering the banking or consulting world is, for some, an instant gateway to prestige and validation. The conversation about Georgetown students settling for impressive careers instead of pursuing their riskier passions is centered around the dissonance between doing what you love and doing what will impress others.

If money factors into the debate, it typically does so in the form of the warning that money cannot buy happiness and that it shouldn’t impact people’s decisions to follow their hearts. This view seems at first generally benign, albeit idealistic. But the dismissal of making money as a valid concern when choosing a career path shows a certain degree of privilege. It means that people have the security to say that everything will turn out OK even if they don’t end up living in Manhattan as a banker making six figures. Everything has always been OK, so it always will be. But the prospect of financial security is a strong draw for those who have never had it.

For low- and middle-income graduates, entering a high-paying field is not just a chance at a lavish lifestyle, but also a chance to develop personal and possibly familial security and to up open a world of choice. Having financial security means peace of mind and something many take for granted: being able to choose what to do with that wealth. Taking a risk to follow your dreams is difficult when you don’t have anyone to fall back on.

There is pressure to make the degree worth it and definite pressure to relieve the crushing weight of student loans.

Income is not an unreasonable or vapid concern for lower-income students.

On the other hand, there are still those who claim students on financial aid should only study for high-demand, high-paying jobs to, in a sense, earn their keep. Low-income students have as much of a right to study and pursue what they love, against the odds, as upper-class students. But as fields like the arts and humanities are generally derided in favor of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, it is harder and harder for financially struggling students to justify following a riskier career path that they may love. For students aiming to be artists, writers, actors, journalists and more, censure from naysayers is frequent and discouraging. Imagine the same social pressure toward “practical” fields, with the added burden of foreseeably low salaries or spotty pay, no savings to fall back on and student loans.

Low-income students need encouragement to do what they love.

As a part of the larger problem of the overly preprofessional culture at Georgetown, lower-income students must be included in the conversation.

The experience of future planning is even more fraught for these students than for students from privileged backgrounds. By openly discussing these experiences, all Hoyas can have the opportunity to reflect more deeply on their choice of vocation and break through the expectations and assumptions, whether their hearts lie in dance or finance.

As for me, I’m choosing to do what I love, but to approach it with pragmatism. I plan to teach English next year, and look forward to becoming a career teacher, a job where I can actually use my English degree, not succeed in spite of it. As I navigate choices among fellowships, service years, and masters programs, I am acutely aware of the cost of each. I have been told too many times how little teachers make to be ignorant of that fact.

Money does inform my decisions, but it will not dictate my path.

Laura Owsiany is a senior in the College. Missing Class appears every other Friday.

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f this were an op-ed about leaving, I’d be two months too late — the “official remembrances” of Katrina: citywide commemorations, the flood (no pun intended) of news articles and prime-time and ten year “specials” are already a thing of the recent past. But this piece isn’t about leaving; it’s about coming home.

In the interest of full disclosure, I barely remember Aug. 29, 2005, the day that has become ingrained into our collective memory as the date of one of the greatest natural disasters in American history. Huddled with my family and hundreds of other displaced people in a Holiday Inn in Oxford, Miss., I was for the most part both physically and mentally removed from the quickly deteriorating conditions at home, as my parents made a point during the evacuations of keeping my brother and me away from the disaster pornography that evening news sites packaged as “extreme weather updates.”

For me, therefore, Katrina will always be associated with late October, as my parents packed up the room of our (different) Holiday Inn in Opelousas, La. The single constant in our lives up until that point had been the presence of each other and our remarkable talent for finding the best gas station barbecue that south Louisiana had to offer.

We packed for three days. We were displaced from New Orleans for two months and four days; from our flooded home, nearly two years. Yet those facts say nothing of the spaces in between, the people who unsuspectingly willed themselves into our lives in our time of need — a Mississippi couple who offered us their backhouse for a penny, the staff of every Holiday Inn in which we stayed (four total) who put up with me and my brother running around the lobby in our pajamas, the countless church dinners, clothing giveaways and words of kindness from complete strangers and, even now, the individuals who continue to shape the New Orleans of 2015.

Katrina@10 reflects the work of several of these individuals. On

There are New Orleanians and southeast Louisianans all over this campus. Although many of us bore witness to destruction, we have also born witness to renewal.

Friday, the conference will tease out, over three panels, the role of Hurricane Katrina in our understanding of media, collective memory, history and social justice via a diverse array of speakers, a documentary screening and a discussion and jazz performance by the acclaimed Donald Harrison, Jr. This is not a conference about leaving, but about coming home and some of the many difficulties and decisions with which we have grappled in this endeavor. I feel that it is so sig-

nificant for us to be holding the conference at this time — just when so many of us first begin to come home.

There are the seemingly simple questions we asked, like which flood insurance policy to get (answer: likely no one will insure you); and then the harder ones — how do we incorporate sustainability into the rebuilding process, ensure the fair treatment of day laborers, construct a socially just city that is true to our rich culture yet still reflects complex understandings of socioeconomics, race and class relations?

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Right now, in the midst of soaring housing prices and encroaching gentrification, there are questions about our identity as a city. Yet, I’d like to think at the very least, we still bear some resemblance to journalist Chris Rose’s characterization of New Orleanians in his postKatrina work, “One Dead in Attic”: “We dance even if there’s no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and frankly, we’re suspicious of others who don’t.”

This conference should not be the end-all, be-all for Georgetown’s conversation about Katrina and the ongoing rebirth of one of the greatest cities in America. There are New Orleanians and southeast Louisianans all over this campus. During Carnival season, you can spot us by our obvious purple, green and gold apparel or the occasional sporting of Brees/Bushera Saints gear, but for the most part, we are just present. Do not shirk away from asking us our story. Although many of us bore witness to destruction, we have also born witness to rebuilding and renewal. We are fiercely loyal to our city and way of life — one that continues to be threatened by political ineptitude, poorly engineered levees and receding wetlands, but which nevertheless unites us in a common narrative.

Because in New Orleans, if you’re not related by blood, you’re related by association: from Red Bean Mondays and Mardi Gras Tuesdays to cries of “Who dat” and “Where y’at?”, to where ya went to high school which is probably where ya mama n dem did too.

Katrina@10 is a chance for others to tell their story, to talk about what it means to go home, to tap into this collective memory. It is also a critical call to action, an understanding that there is still much work left to be done and that the new New Orleans is, very much, still 10 years young.

Madison Ashley is a senior in the School of Foreign Service and a contributing editor for The Hoya.

HOYA HISTORIAN

Vera Stark Deserved Slavery Inextricably Tied A Happy Ending To Georgetown’s Growth

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hen I first read “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”, I thought it was a comedy. I really did. To myself — and those who watched it when it was performed Oct. 8 through the 11 — the whole first act had the conventional comedic formula, led by a smart heroine. Scene 1: Vera, a young aspiring actress in 1930s Hollywood, works for a crazy boss.

Scene 2: Vera lives with two bickering roommates. Scene 3: Vera meets a handsome love interest.

Scene 4: Vera puts on a hilarious scheme, grabs the attention of some powerful film executives and reconvenes with her love interest from scene 3.

I fell in love with Vera, who was smart, charming and full of wit.

After reading Act I, I was excited to see her success in Act II. After all, we know what happens after a meet-cute, a scheme and a breakout performance by an aspiring performer. Ever since Shakespeare wrote his first comedy, audiences have known that plays with conventional devices like those in “Vera Stark” often meet certain expectations: a successful career, a marriage and maybe some slapstick humor along the way.

But not this one. This play was much different.

In Act II, we discover within five minutes that Vera Stark is gone: All that remains of her are a few film clips and a group of haughty academics trying to reclaim Vera by fighting over her legacy. The beautiful, talented woman we grew to love in Act I vanished after a brief 10-minute intermission.

Suddenly, Act I was put into perspective. It ran much deeper than I thought. “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” was never a comedy and it was never going to be. I realized that the signs were there all along; I just didn’t notice them. Vera Stark was not an aspiring actress in the 1930s. She was an aspiring black actress. For that reason and for that reason only, she would never, in any reality or fiction, get the typical comic ending.

Vera Stark, like many actors of color in early Hollywood, became famous by playing a flat, background and highly stereotyped role: a mammy slave. Vera’s talent is squandered as she spends 40 years playing slave characters so unimportant that, according to her, screenwriters “didn’t even bother to give [them] last names.” In the final scene, Vera finally goes rogue, lashes out and comes to terms with the fact that her life — her legacy — is a sassy stereotype.

What other resolution could we expect?

I admire this play not only for its comic value, but also for its ability

to tell the truth with clarity. Too often in our culture the “truth” is some tainted perspective, some political maneuvering on the part of the “truth-teller” to paint a world that is realistic to him but not universal in reality. With “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” playwright Lynn Nottage articulates the experience of one individual that conveys the experience of a million individuals. There is nothing more truthful than that.

But what is so significant about a fictional creation? Why should I harp on for 800 words about a woman who does not exist? Because Vera does exist. Her character was based on real women like Hattie McDaniel, Louise Beavers, Theresa Harris and many other black actresses who never had the opportunity to play beyond their stereotype and whose lives similarly trail off into history after their short appearances on screen.

Vera is present and alive in recent Emmy Awards winner Viola Davis’s powerful proclamation that “the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.”

What I tried to convey when I directed this play is that Vera deserves the comic ending Nottage sets us up for in the first act. Vera earned the comedic formula; she checked all the boxes and passed with flying colors, right down to the crazy boss, meet-cute and witty banter. She deserved convention.

She deserved a happy, successful life. But it has become apparent to me that the only people who ever seem to benefit from the comforts of convention are white.

And yet, I do not believe in using the past to impose white guilt. It is not productive. I do believe in the past’s ability to change our present and future ---- to go to a play about the past and discover what we find true about our own present. What I loved most about “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”, was that each and every night, the audience always laughed with Vera, not at her. Humor connects us; what we find funny reflects what we think is true.

I like to think that when an individual reads this play or sees it on stage or perhaps writes his own play, that he is perpetuating a world with a greater awareness of how racism and sexism often undermine an individual’s opportunity for success and happiness.

I hope that I get to live in a world where it is undoubtedly realistic that Vera Stark gets a conventional comic ending.

Caitlin Ouano is a junior in the College. She directed “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.”

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he facts of the sale are well town had arrived. The message was known: In 1838, Thomas F. Mulle- received, and prominent Washingtody and William McSherry, then nians enrolled their sons in Mulledy’s the president of Georgetown, sold 272 Georgetown. Martin Van Buren’s son Jesuit-owned slaves south. The sale was attended, as did the children of the vicious and controversial. Mulledy, D.C. mayor and the widowed empress fearful that some slaves would escape of Mexico. if word of the sale got out, arrived unBut the Mulledy generation faced a announced on the Jesuit plantations problem. It wanted to build a world-class and brought sheriffs in case he faced university and that required cash. But a resistance. Families were split. Slaves prohibition on Jesuit institutions being lived out their lives in captivity in the able to tuition prevented it from obtainDeep South. And, as a consequence of ing resources the way it is done now. the transaction, Mulledy was shipped Rome expected that Mulledy and his feloff to Europe, where he spent the next lows would raise the cash by soliciting several years in ignominy. donations or by rerouting the profits But that story does not make it clear from plantations. But donations were why we have Mulledy Hall. How, after not forthcoming, and the plantations this tragic and disgraceful affair with did not produce profits. a marred, stained and toxified MulleIn 1833, William McSherry wrote a dy, did Georgetown come to name a report on the 1,100 acres the Jesuits and building (one as grand and central as their slaves farmed at St. Thomas Manor, Mulledy’s balconied red namesake, no “The proceeds of these 1,100 or 1,200 less) after him? Administrators did acres,” McSherry complained, “was nothit because Mulledy, ing.” On the other hand, who was visionary, he estimated that selltireless and deeply ing the 45 slaves could flawed, wrenched generate $16,000 for Georgetown forward. the general fund, which Thomas Mulledy bears went in part to supportthe lion’s share of ing Georgetown. the responsibility for In 1838, the stars what Georgetown has aligned for a sale. become. Crucial to Mulledy’s ambitious Matthew Quallen Mulledy’s charge forvision had placed his ward, however, was immediate successor, the liquidation and The sale was a key William McSherry, disposal of the Sociat the helm of a unipart of what made ety’s slaves. The sale versity saddled with was a key part of the Georgetown what it is. debt. Mulledy had beprocess that made come an administraGeorgetown become tor within the Marywhat it is. land Province. The longevity of slavery Mulledy — a quick-witted and quick- in Maryland seemed in doubt and the tempered son of Irish immigrants — be- price of slaves was higher than ever. came president of Georgetown College So that year, Mulledy got permission in 1829. He was young then, only 35, and from Rome and agreed to sell the slaves part of a wave of young Jesuits assum- for more than $100,000, with $17,000 ing positions within the American or- of the profits used to pay building der. These Jesuits, Emmet Curran’s Irish debts at Georgetown. troika of Mulledy, McSherry and Ryder It is tempting to view Mulledy and (after each of whom a campus building the sale as a blip in Georgetown’s hisis named), wanted to break away from tory, but in fact, it fits very cleanly. The the old model of Jesuit education. In sale helped transform Georgetown and that model, rural plantations furnished the province from a backwater area funds and sites of contemplative living to focused on plantations to a primarily support educational projects. educational, urban and increasingly Mulledy and his compatriots, how- well-reputed enterprise. It infused the ever, recognized that cities, now teeming system with long-awaited cash. It also with Catholic immigrants, were becom- defused a large portion of the debt that ing the front lines for Jesuits. By continu- had ticked away like a time bomb for ing to focus manpower and efforts on Thomas Mulledy, who was, in fact, one plantations instead of urban schools, of Georgetown’s most important archithey feared the Jesuits would give up cru- tects. The sale helped accomplish alcial ground. most all of Mulledy’s goals for GeorgeMulledy rapidly integrated George- town in the 1830s and solidified our town University into the city and updat- university’s ascendancy. He wrenched ed its facilities. He improved the library, Georgetown forward. And so we named added a museum and tripled the num- a building for him. With Mulledy, the ber of boarders at the university — from good and the bad are inseparable and 20 to 60 — and then nearly doubled it to crucial to one another. over 100. At an enormous expense, the university constructed Mulledy Hall. Matthew Quallen is a senior in the Its elaborate details, in contrast to the School of Foreign Service. Hoya boxy restraint of the buildings that came Historian appears every other before it, sent the message that George- Friday.

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Students Share Stories of Risk-Taking at TEDx TOM GARZILLO Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown will host its fifth TEDx conference tomorrow in Gaston Hall.

With the theme of “Risk Takers,” the daylong event will be divided into

three different sections, with the subthemes “Inspiring the Uninspired,” “Fail Forward” and “High Risk, High Reward.” Each section will feature four speakers highlighting different stages or factors in the risk-taking process. After each session, partici-

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TEDx, which is a national program of nonprofit, self-organized local

events, is a subset of the TED global conference series. In previous years, dozens of TEDx events have been hosted in the Washington, D.C. area.

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James, a senior in the College studying government, environmental studies and music, will discuss her experience participating in a political protest and her subsequent arrest.

“It is about the way that civil disobedience and aspects of risk-taking are a way to participate in the democratic process,” James said. “I want people to come away with the sense of what their various passions mean to them.”

James has led environmental efforts on campus through her role as secretary of sustainability for the Georgetown University Student Association, as well as her role in GU Fossil Free. She directs the Georgetown Environmental Leaders initiative, a coalition of student groups, academic departments and university offices that work toward sustainability goals.

James partook in a study abroad program in 2014 to Denmark, Sweden and Germany, where she studied corporate social responsibility and renewable energy systems.

Outside of Georgetown, James has worked for several sustainability organizations, including Environment Georgia, the American Council on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Business International. With SBI, she authored a chapter of an upcoming book about the sustainable wine industry. James intends to enter environmental policy or environmental consulting upon her graduation.

Baxter is a senior in the College studying women’s and gender studies with a concentration in globalization and poverty.

Baxter’s speech will focus on various anecdotes from his personal experience.

“I plan to inspire the crowd by sharing little bits of my life story and weaving those stories together in order to hopefully bring people a little bit of happiness,” Baxter said.

Baxter has had an eclectic Georgetown experience, from congressional internships to partnering with an all-natural Colombian coffee startup called Sunniva Caffe.

This summer, Baxter worked with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) to successfully draft and introduce legislation designating June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

He has also worked in a variety of D.C. youth programs, including the After School Kids Program, the Sursum Corda Tutoring Program, Childfund International and the Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles, Calif.

He is currently working in the D.C. campaign office of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and plans to work fulltime with the campaign following his graduation before transitioning to Teach for America next year.

Keale is a senior in the School of Nursing and Health Studies studying health care management and policy with minors in government and art history.

On campus, Keale serves as a co-chair of NHS Academic Council and vice-president of the Georgetown University Academic Health Chapter. She is also an NHS peer advisor.

Her talk will address the personal risk she took in coming to Georgetown two years after an autoimmune disease left her paralyzed from the chest down.

“I’ve come to realize that when we don’t admit the risks we take we can’t fully celebrate the moment when we overcome them,” Keale wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “I’ll be sharing my story in hopes that others feel empowered to reflect upon challenges they face and then celebrate the fact that they’re working through them.”

Keale said that she has been hesitant to share her story and detail the struggles she faced when she left her support system at home to begin life on the Hilltop.

“Even still today, saying this leaves me feeling vulnerable, and I don’t want anyone to know that I at times I have struggled,” Keale wrote.

sity, including partnerships with restaurants and food vendors at TasTED and a food market in Healy Circle on Saturday. Tickets for TEDx, which are free for Georgetown students and $20 for nonstudents, are available for reservation online.

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Patrick Lim SFS ’16 Jatovsky and Lim, both international politics majors in the School of Foreign Service, will give a joint talk about the Syrian refugee crisis through the perspective of their friend, Sami, who won a scholarship opportunity to study in Canada after living in the Zaatari refugee camp for three years.

“We met Sami last year when studying abroad in Jordan,” Jatovsky wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “In giving this talk, we hope to raise awareness of an issue that becomes all the more pressing by the day.”

Jatovsky, who speaks Hebrew and Arabic, has lived in both Israel and Jordan. His regional focus is on the Middle East, particularly the Arab-Israeli conflict.

He co-founded J Street U Georgetown, an advocacy group, and collaborated with Lim to help start the Foundation for the Advancement of Refugee Education. He is a peer advisor in the Office of Global Education and a Bunker fellow in Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

On campus, Lim is involved with the Brilliantly British Club and writes for the U.S. Middle East Youth Network. He has also served on the Diplomatic Ball committee.

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Scott Dennis COL ’16 Dennis is a senior in the College studying government and philosophy.

In his TEDx talk, he will address the work that the university has done on the issue of mental health.

“I wanted to express to people that taking a risk and opening up about their mental health is a vital part to the recovery process for the entire Georgetown community,” Dennis wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “Being an active participant in these conversations is about more than sharing a story, it’s also about others hearing that story,” Dennis wrote.

On campus, he is most involved with Active Minds, a group that strives to promote positive conversations surrounding topics of mental health and mental wellness.

He is also involved with the Students of Georgetown, Inc.’s Philanthropy Committee, which redistributes the profits of The Corp back into the student body in the form of grants and scholarships.

Outside of Georgetown, he is an AmeriCorps member, a position through which he participated in a variety of governmental projects.

After graduation, he hopes to go on to a career in public service and further pursue his current interests on campus.

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Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States Prasad Kariyawasam talked about the growth of democracy in his home country in the Intercultural Center on Wednesday.

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Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States Prasad Kariyawasam expressed his optimism for political and economic reform in his country at a speech in the Intercultural Center on Wednesday night.

The event, titled “Sri Lanka: A Tale of a Resilient Democracy,” was organized by the Asian Pacific Forum and the Asian Studies Program.

Asian Studies professor Irfan Nooruddin, who moderated the event, said that Kariyawasam’s speech is an example of the School of Foreign Service’s growing interest in the South Asian region. “[The visit] is part of a broader agenda to build the presence of South Asia in the SFS,” Nooruddin said.

“Some say South Asia has been neglected in most conversations. ... But the ambassador’s visit is a step in the right direction to bringing its issues and importance to the forefront of discussion.”

Kariyawasam served as Sri Lanka’s diplomat to India, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland before becoming ambassador to the United States. Throughout the discussion, he provided examples from his political career to explore a wide variety of topics.

Kariyawasam began by stressing the importance of democratization in Sri Lanka.

“Democracy is a work in progress, and it was hard to say our government was democratic,” Kariyawasam said. “Sri Lankans decided ... to go through with a free and fair election, and the democratic institutions were strengthened.”

Sri Lanka, which gained its independence in 1948 after 150 years of British rule, is the oldest democracy in Asia. Since it became independent, the country endured a 25-year civil war between the government and minority ethnic groups.

Kariyawasam said that al-

though the conflict ended in 2009, the government still faces significant challenges in overcoming its history of oppression. “[The] last government was authoritarian and operated with impunity,” Nooruddin said. “Yet the mood has moved from pessimism to optimism with the revitalization of democratic principles. Sri Lanka is once again a bright spot for democracies.”

“Democracy is a work in progress, and it was hard to say our government was democratic.”

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As the conversation progressed, Kariyawasam addressed Sri Lanka’s improving relationship with the United States. In September, both countries agreed to draft a resolution that would focus on post-civil war reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka.

However, the ambassador said that the relationship between the two nations has not always been favorable.

“There were many areas of dissonance in the relationship, especially in the areas of human rights,” Kariyawasam said. “Since the elections, we are increasingly on the same page.”

Kariyawasam said that Sri Lanka is also positioning itself to continue strong economic growth.

The country’s gross domestic product growth rate has remained above 6.5 percent since 2009, a higher rate than those of India and Pakistan.

According to Kariyawasam, the Sri Lanka’s po-

sitioning as a trade hub is important to its economic prosperity and international relationships. Seventy percent of the world’s oil passes through the region, providing incentive for Sri Lanka, India and China to strengthen their relations.

“We are in the intersection of a power play with world commerce and world powers,” Kariyawasam said.

“Our partnerships and the liberalizations of our economy will only allow for further prosperity.”

Amanda Zhu (MSB ’17) said she was unaware of the country’s recent social, political and economic progress prior to Kariyawasam’s speech.

“Sri Lanka is usually talked about tangentially in relationship to China and India,” Zhu said. “But people should be paying attention to it more. The shift into a more democratic government is a success story, but so are its economic and political developments.

Its regional importance will only expand.”

Yohan Senarath (SFS ’17), a student in the Asian Studies Program, said Kariyawasam is one of the most effective political operators and commentators in Sri Lanka.

“I find him to be an oxymoron in the world of diplomacy. He is genuine, insightful and incisive when it comes to providing sharp analysis on the relevant issues,” Senarath said. “These qualities are what make the ambassador one of the most respected diplomats working today.”

Senarath said that he hoped the conversation will change commonly held perceptions about Sri Lanka.

“Most Americans consider Sri Lanka a noteworthy country, but not at the level of importance that is shared by actual policymakers,” Senarath said. “You are only likely to see the nation feature more prominently as future issues centered within the region continue to play out.”

Former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Javier Solana spoke about challenges the European Union and transatlantic community currently face at the Mortara Center Tuesday afternoon.

Solana, who also formerly served as secretary general of the Council of the European Union, currently serves as president of the Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics in both Barcelona and Madrid, as a distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and as a senior visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

The talk began with a discussion of the 2008 economic crisis and its longstanding effect on the European Union. Solana argued that the crisis was especially influential for the E.U. because it was in the infancy of economic unification.

“It was a global event no doubt, but for the European Union, it was very important because we didn’t have at that time the whole structure of the monetary union finished,” Solana said. “Therefore it has been more difficult to get out of the crisis … and we are still suffering with how to completely overcome the problem of the economic crisis.”

According to Solana, the economic crisis caused a divide between northern and southern Europe.

“The European Union began to create a line.

I suppose that the line is imaginary for the moment between the North and the South. The crisis was better controlled in the North of the European Union and it was more difficult to control in the Southern Part of the European Union,” Solana said.

He also mentioned that the United Kingdom fluctuating on the issue of leaving the European Union is a prominent issue that has deep consequences for the E.U. Solana spoke to the issue of the east-west divide in the E.U. that he attributed to the crisis in Ukraine and the influx of refugees into Europe.

Discussing the first cause of the east-west

divide — Ukraine — Solana suggested working solutions to the problem, including placing increased sanctions on Russia and possible International Monetary Fund efforts to promote energy independence for Ukraine. Solana also argued that relative failures in the Arab Spring have led to the great influx of refugees into Europe, which is especially dramatic because of its geographic location on the Mediterranean Sea. With regard to the refugee crisis, Solana expressed his belief that the European Union is tackling the issue in an appropriate and effective manner.

“I think the response of the European Union … is the adequate one. We are trying to resolve that problem and we are going to do it by allocating in different countries of the European Union refugees,” Solana said.

He also discussed solutions to the many problems the E.U. currently faces. His first piece of advice was to finalize and cement the economic unification of Europe. Secondly, Solana suggested that the union undergo a unified energy policy.

“We have to do something very, very important with energy. .… We have to move in a direction of constructing this policy,” Solana said.

Diego Garcia Represa (GRD ’16), who attended the event, said he was honored to have the opportunity to speak to such a pivotal actor in the European Union’s government.

“I am a foreign student — I am Spanish — so from the European Union … having the former secretary general of NATO here, it’s an honor and a unique opportunity. I have never had the chance before even in my country or in the Union, so I am honored,” Represa said.

Another attendee, Felix Petri (GRD ’17) said he found Solana’s unique view of the north-south and East-West divides in the EU fascinating.

“I hadn’t really thought about it that way in terms of east-west divide still being a thing. …I was particularly interested in what he had to say about that,” Petri said. “It definitely leaves me with something to think about.”

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Former Secretary General of the North American Treaty Organization Javier Solana shared his thoughts on the challenges of transatlantic relations in the Mortara Center on Tuesday.

GULC, HEC Paris Introduce Dual Degrees Jessie Yu

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The Georgetown University Law Center and HEC Paris have partnered to create two dual degrees — a Master of Business Administration/Master of Laws and a Grande Ecole Master in Management/ Master of Laws — with the first incoming class to begin fall 2016 and graduate in spring 2017.

The degrees were created in response to discussions among professors, students and the Alumni Board. Primary facilitators of the program include GULC adjunct professor Alberto Alemanno, HEC professor Dorothy Mayer and Chair of the European Alumni Board Delphine Addlard.

After initial discussions, the European Alumni Board formally presented the idea to GULC. GULC Dean William Treanor said the creation of these mixed business and law degrees came as a response to increased interest in programs that combine the two fields.

“At a time in which so much business practice and so much legal practice is global, you’re getting a U.S. LL.M. from a great American law school and an MBA from a top French business school,” Treanor said.

“You’re very prepared for a global business practice and a global legal practice. ... I think it’s going to be very powerful and very appealing.”

Students will spend the first year studying at HEC Paris, ranked the No. 2 business school in Europe by the Financial Times in 2014, studying core degree requirements. The second and final year for both programs will be completed on GULC’s campus and include more specified curriculums.

“The first year is the general year. So, you would typically do quantitative methods and statistics and organizational behavior,” Treanor said. “The second year, the year in which you specialize, rather than taking some specialized courses at HEC, you’re taking legal studies at Georgetown. So it’s essentially, the year of legal study at Georgetown substitutes for the year of specialization at HEC.” The MBA/LL.M. program requires students already have a law degree and at least three years of professional experience, while applicants interested in the MiM/LL.M. program must already have a bachelor’s degree in law. Both programs require applicants are fluent in English.

Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs Caryn Voland explained the standards for language and

experience that will determine admission to the program.

“We will be looking for people that have done well academically,” Voland said. “They will need to show language fluency at the same level we require of all of our students which is generally a full score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. ... So, strong academic background, professional is required for the MBA and English fluency.”

Voland also emphasized the degrees as a way for graduates to distinguish themselves in the competitive legal industry.

“There are some law firms that send their associates to be trained with an LL.M. in the U.S. because they want more business-savvy lawyers,” Voland said. “All over the world, lawyers are looking to become more competitive and distinguish themselves, so I think that this is an opportunity if they want to show their commitment and understanding of business concepts.”

The degrees do not incur any extra charge or financial change, since students pay HEC Paris tuition for their first year and Georgetown fees for their second one.

Georgetown also offers dual degrees with Tsinghua University in China and provides study abroad opportunities in various universities, including Yonsei Law School in South Korea, Amsterdam Law School, Keio Law School in Japan and ESADE Law School in Spain. Georgetown’s dual-degree program with Sciences Po in Paris for a master’s of international affairs served as model for the HEC collaboration, according to Voland.

Additionally, Treanor indicated that the GULC is interested in expanding its current dual degree offerings.

“We’re actually in the process of looking at other schools around the world that have similar dual degree programs,” Treanor said. “We’re open to expanding this structure.”

HEC Paris Director for International Affairs François Collin also highlighted the dual degree as an opportunity for both the universities and the students to expand their perspectives.

“Students come to HEC with a variety of academic backgrounds, and we look forward to expanding the number of lawyers who will bring their previous legal experiences and perspectives to their study of business here,” Collin said in a GULC press release.

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GRANT, from A1 until now,” Kilcarr said.

According to Director of Health Education Services Carol Day, the CRP will also serve to facilitate a social and supportive space for students who choose not to consume alcohol.

“Our new Campus Recovery Program helps provide social and programmatic support for those who are choosing not to drink. We know that many students do not drink alcohol and the CRP will contribute to supporting engaging, fun, non-alcohol, social events as well as much needed support for those in recovery,” Day wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The CRP will host its first social event, a screening and discussion of the documentary “The Anonymous People,” followed by a discussion on the power of recovery, in the Healey Family Student Center on Nov. 9.

At the moment, Kilcarr said that he is open to suggestions from the community regarding the future structure and format of the CRP. “What we’re trying to do now is to get as many students interested and involved as possible to create a core group — a core cadre of students — and then let them begin to really develop the program and move it in the way that they want, rather than direct it towards them,” Kilcarr said.

The CRP will also work with existing organizations on campus such as CAPS and the Georgetown University Student Association to recommend the program to students who could benefit from a college recovery community. According to CAPS Director Phil Meilman, the CRP will complement existing programs at Georgetown to further support students in recovery.

“Any additional services we can provide them in their journey toward improved health are beneficial,” Meilman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This ini-

tiative has the potential for providing a healthy, supportive and affirming environment as they readjust to college life.”

Director of Student Outreach and Support in the Division of Student Affairs Katie Boin said she is hopeful that the CRP can positively impact Georgetown students by creating a powerful social community.

“I think this is a wonderful initiative that will allow students to form a community and network that will support their sobriety,” Boin wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The social network that can blossom with this type of program has the potential to be really powerful and meaningful to those exploring the social realities of being a college student in recovery.”

According to GUSA Undersecretary of Mental Health Ben Johnson (NHS ’17), the CRP is a notable example of students and administrators working together to design programs that support student health.

“I am happy that students and administrators are addressing and working to improve the state of mental health on campus,” Johnson wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Mental health is an advocacy topic that is only just getting started, and I’ve been inspired and impressed by the degree to which many students are already deeply passionate about the subject.”

Katherine Iannuzzelli (NHS ’18), the student liaison from HES to the CRP, helps Kilcarr with programming and further development of the CRP. Iannuzzelli said that CRP is essential in creating a healthy environment for all students.

“College is a difficult place to live in recovery, and this program aims to support this group on campus through fun and educational events.

We hope to create a fun and energetic community that encourages a healthy college experience without alcohol and drugs,” Iannuzzelli said.

Moniz in Lohrfink Auditorium at the McDonough School of Business on Wednesday.

Kerry opened the two-day forum with remarks Tuesday morning, citing examples of climate change, including that 19 of the hottest 20 years in history have occurred in the past two decades. He called on participants to use the forum to collaborate and think of long-term solutions.

“The solution to this particular challenge — climate change — is actually just as simple as the realization that it is the challenge that it is,” Kerry said. “We have investment leaders here today, representing trillions of dollars of assets under management, focused, not on abstract discussions, but on real, tangible initiatives that will actually bring about a clean and sustainable future.”

Kerry spoke about the United Nations Climate Change Conference that will be held in Paris this December as a goal for international progress.

“The road through Paris is paved with investment decisions that you’re going to make not tomorrow, but today,” Kerry said. “The good news is that even as we get a better and better understanding of the dangers of our carbon-based economy, we are also getting a better understanding of the many ways we can improve in the ways we power our world.”

Throughout his speech, Kerry continually stressed the economic benefits of addressing climate change.

“The real kicker is that innovations in clean energy and energy efficiency is that they don’t just stave off the worst impacts of climate change. They’re also going to grow our economies and employ our communities,” Kerry said.

Following Kerry’s introduction, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell moderated a fireside chat with Kerry, DeGioia and Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment Co-Chair Jeremy Grantham.

Mitchell specifically asked DeGioia about the impact of Pope Francis’ June encyclical on the university’s efforts in the area of climate change.

“It did not disappoint. It truly was an extraordinary moment and had served already to inspire us to try to determine how could we, as a university community, respond differently in this moment,” DeGioia said. “Any time we get a little bit self-satisfied or complacent, we just have to take a look at that encyclical and realize there is a significant gap between our current reality, the way we are living, and what he is asking us to do.”

DeGioia spoke primarily about the university’s academic approach, referencing the Global Social Enterprise Initiative and the Georgetown University Law Center’s Georgetown Climate Center.

DeGioia cited the Georgetown Environment Initiative as a main factor of the university’s efforts since its November 2012 launch.

Funded by a $20 million anonymous donation, the initiative encourages environmental study across Georgetown’s main, medical and law campuses.

“What we’ve tried to do with the Georgetown Environment Initiative … was harness the power of our institution to look at the integration of policy, law, business, science and try to make the kinds of contributions that universities can make to this dialogue,” DeGioia said.

In his keynote address, Moniz echoed Kerry’s emphasis on the upcoming Paris conference. He

cited the recent climate deal between the United States and China as evidence that upcoming conference will result in positive progress.

“I do think it’s fair to say that the optimism of our accomplishing something substantial in Paris is significantly greater than it was a year ago,” Moniz said.

Additionally, Moniz touched on both the short-term and long-term goals for effective climate action.

“We will have to keep squeezing down on carbon emissions, on greenhouse gas emissions in general,” Moniz said. “And that’s the time period where a word I will use a lot today, innovation, is going to be absolutely central to meeting not just long-term goals, 10 or 15 years, but also continuing progress that we will need to make beyond that.”

He specifically referenced the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy that promotes and funds renewable energy and green technologies and spoke about the department’s broad approach to finding clean energy options.

“Our view has been called ‘all of the above.’ Our view is, the goal is low carbon in the energy sector.

We believe that there is not one low-carbon solution,” Moniz said.

“So what we believe is that our job is to enable any approach to low carbon to compete for a place in the marketplace.”

Moniz concluded the address emphasizing that Paris was not the end point for seeking new, environmentally secure energy solutions.

“So those are some of the things on our minds as we are heading into Paris,” Moniz said.

“But, as you can see, we will be really thinking hard about the path from Paris, which is when we really have to work hard to meet our goals in 2025 and beyond.”

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RETAIL, from A1 community is to ensure that everyone who visits Georgetown feels welcomed, comfortable, safe and that their civil rights and individual dignity are protected and respected,” Sternlieb wrote. “So long as there are questions about how this app is being used, this goal cannot be met.”

The BID declined to comment and the MPD did not respond to requests for comment.

Ky Wright, a black senior sales associate at Nine West, used the forum at the Banana Republic on Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, where she previously worked.

Wright said that the messages she saw on the app were chiefly about black people.

“Me personally, I only saw black male, black male, black male, black woman, black male — even darker-skin black male too. And I was like, ‘oh, it’s only black people on here,’” Wright said. “It made me uncomfortable. Maybe they’re only paying attention to AfricanAmericans to see if they’re stealing.”

According to messages obtained

by The Washington Post, the forum often referenced racial stereotypes and lacked substantial suspcious behavior.

“Suspicious shoppers in store,” an American Apparel retailer said.

“3 female. 1 male strong smell of weed. All AfricanAmerican. Help please.”

True Religion, Lacoste and Vineyard Vines employees also said they used the app but declined to comment.

Store manager of L’Occitane Will Chapin said his store did not use the app. He added that the current negative media attention has confirmed his decision to discourage its usage.

“I would be more worried if I had a staff situation and they were to put something on that and it would get out,” Chapin said. “To not be on it is probably a little bit safer for the company on our end.”

Chapin said that he did not blame the businesses themselves for the misuse of the program, but rather the specific employees that used the app in the context of profiling.

“You have stores that, I think, use it legitimately,” Chapin said.

“I don’t think it’s the business. It’s probably the person at the time working for the business.”

Urban Outfitters Housewares Manager Jessica Kearns agreed that the fault lies more with the staffers who use the app.

“I think it’s about the people you hire,” Kearns said. “I think we’ve trained our people better than that.”

Kearns added that she did not see the benefit of the app in regard to real-time communication.

“It’s kind of ineffective in my opinion,” Kearns said. “I’d rather just call the police.”

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A group message among local retailers, intended to expose potential shoplifters, was shut down following allegations of racial profiling.

Timothy Wickham-Crowley spoke about the racial profiling that plagues shopping communities.

“What I think we have now is basically a new type of offense, which is SWB: shopping while black,” Wickham-Crowley said.

“It’s not shopping while black in general. It’s obviously shopping while black in certain types of neighborhoods.”

Wickham-Crowley added that black shoppers tend to have to alter themselves in order to put white retailers at ease.

“In some sense, they have to bend over backwards in the way they dress, talk, comport themselves,” Wickham-Crowley said.

“So that in terms of everything, right down to body language, a person running a retail establishment is not going to be concerned about them.”

Wickham-Crowley expressed hope that the attention brought

to this issue will result in change for the Georgetown business community.

“It’s disheartening, but it’s not something I am surprised by,” Wickham-Crowley said. “I think that with all the media publicity that is showing attention to it, it is bringing a light on the negative aspects of the app.”

Marisa Colon (COL ’19) described her experiences shopping in Georgetown and said she is unsurprised by the way retailers were using GroupMe. “As a black person with white friends, I’ve noticed that when I go into stores on M Street I might get looks or I might not get the attention that I feel I should get,” Colon said. “I’m not surprised.

It’s unfortunate because it could be used as a means of communication with the police in a beneficial way, but I’m not surprised that it is not being used that way.”

in the first workshop, which was titled “Disability, Dignity and Ablution: Rituals of Care.” The program was led by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, an English professor at Emory University, and it examined ideas of dignity and disability in the context of religious and secular imagery.

The third lecture will focus on disability in the Holocaust, with details to be announced.

The DSMWG was formed two years ago by a group of faculty members from different academic departments to advocate for the establishment of a disability studies minor. In 2014, students also expressed their support for disabilities rights advocacy through a #BeingDisabledAtGeorgetown online campaign, which also pushed for the creation of a disability cultural center. The center project, which received support from the Georgetown University Student Association last year, has yet to receive university approval.

Rifkin, who initially conceptualized the program last year, said that it helps students become more aware of disability culture.

“Young people are coming up through a culture where they are surrounded in different kinds of ways by people with [disabilities],” Rifkin said. “We envision a very interdisciplinary program because disability touches everyone.”

The working group organized three events for this semester with the support of faculty in the three departments, as well as the Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative, GUSA, the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, the Academic Resource Center and the LGBTQ Resource Center.

According to Rifkin, the cluster, which is currently in its pilot program, will continue with three new courses in the spring semester.

This semester, the three courses are taught by theology professor Julia Watts Belser, philosophy professor Rebecca Kukla and English professor Sara Schotland.

Kukla, who teaches “Bioethics and the Abnormal Body,” said that creating clusters of similar class subjects from different departments has been a universitywide goal for the past few years.

“Georgetown in general has been trying to get a program off the ground where undergraduate courses fall into thematically related clusters,” Kukla said.

“In this case, the cluster is around disability theory and disability studies.”

Kukla said the professors in the cluster are granted extensive academic freedom, with the ability to guide their classes in a number of directions. The only standardized element of each class is preparation for the three guest lectures and workshops.

“We’re also coordinating between professors to make sure that the students are getting thematically linked perspectives on these topics,” Kukla said.

“But it’s really the visiting speakers and workshops that are tying the three classes together.”

Belser, who teaches “Religion and Dis-

ability Studies,” said that the courses explore how the fields of history and anthropology shape disability culture, which is a difficult term to define.

[Disability studies] Belser said. “The workshop sessions are asking the students to think about how history and anthropology can transcend the narrow confines of the classroom. It invites us to think about the social consequences and social significance of disability.”

Belser said that as students become increasingly aware of disability issues, she hopes the classes and lectures can help them become more informed on largely misunderstood topics.

“Disability raises a lot of public questions at the beginning of life and at life’s end,” Belser said. “Right now, a lot of conversation is happening about rightto-die movements or assisted suicide.”

Belser said that the cluster will also allow students to draw connections between disability studies and their own experiences.

“Students are hungry for an opportunity to think about disability,” Belser said.

“The thing about disability is that once you start looking for it, it’s everywhere.”

Disabilities rights activist and former GUSA Secretary of Disabilities Affairs Lydia Brown (COL ’15) said the cluster will bolster the establishment of a disability studies minor.

“Georgetown can use the course cluster pilot as a steppingstone toward establishing a full, formalized minor in disability studies,” Brown wrote in an email to The Hoya.

In the past few years, an increasing number of universities have created a disability studies program, including Syracuse University, the University of California Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Brown said that she hopes students in the cluster will be able to apply what they learn in class.

“Ideally, students taking disability studies courses and attending related events would develop more nuanced consciousness of ableism in society and perhaps be better positioned to incorporate a disability justice analysis into their other coursework, campus activities and future employment,” Brown wrote.

GUSA Undersecretary of Disability Affairs Dani Zamalin (NHS ’18) said that the cluster is instrumental in educating students about the significance of disability studies.

“It is no secret that disability studies and accessibility issues come with a certain amount of stigma,” Zamalin wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The first step in eliminating this is education.”

Emmy Buck (COL ’16), who is a student in Besler’s class, said that she enjoyed both the first workshop and her class, as it gave her a diverse understanding of disability from a variety of perspectives. “[The cluster] has been absolutely amazing,” Buck said. “It’s taken both a literary and theological approach … in a way that allows you to get a greater understanding of what is currently going on within the disability community.”

Hoya Staff Writer Tom Garzillo contributed reporting.

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the Patriot League with the Rookie of the Week honor. “[We] just got back to the little things, the fundamentals,” Kiselick said. “It’s kind of hard to go over what’s going to happen in the game. Bottom line is, if you don’t do the fundamentals, things aren’t going to go well for you.”

Next, the Hoyas will look to return to .500 when they face off against the Bison this weekend.

Bucknell has won six of the last seven matchups against the Hoyas, and in nine of the last 10 games between the two teams, the final score has been decided by 10 points or fewer. Last year, there were six lead changes before the Bison squeaked out a 22-17 victory.

“If we can stop the run and put the pressure on their quarterback, I think that’s going to be a big deal,” Sgarlata said.

Bucknell enters Saturday’s matchup looking to end its two-game skid.

Last week against Army (2-5), the Bison led or were tied for all but six minutes and 10 seconds of the matchup. Junior quarterback R.J. Nitti completed 17 of 33 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, clearing 3,000

passing yards for his career. Senior running back Matt DelMauro rushed for 105 yards on 18 carries.

Defensively, the Bison defense kept Army’s running game to 4.3 yards per carry. Sophomore safety Connor Golden led the Bison with a career-high 13 tackles and two interceptions. Bucknell went on to lose the close matchup 21-14, bringing its record to .500.

“It [will be] a typical Patriot League game,” Sgarlata said. “If we can be consistent, eliminate the penalties and turnovers, I think we’ll have some success.”

Points could be rob sgarlata at a premium for Head Coach both teams this weekend. This season, Bucknell has limited opponents to 17.3 points per game, which is No. 13 in the Football Championship Subdivision and best in the Patriot League. However, Georgetown is second in the conference, allowing 24.4 points per game.

“I think it’s going to be exactly 100 percent playing the whole game,” Kimpela said. “Not falling too far from behind and having to fight back but starting from the first play all the way down to the last.”

The Blue and Gray are set to kickoff at 1 p.m. Saturday against the Bison at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pa.

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“If we can be consistent, eliminate the penalties and turnovers, I think we’ll have some success.”

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She’s in the ER now with an eye injury. So we need to see the outcome of that,” Nolan said.

Moving forward, this injury changes the team’s reliable formation.

“We don’t have a natural replacement at left back. I had to put [sophomore midfielder] Chloe [Knott] there, and she’s not left-footed,” Nolan said. “She battled really hard and she did her best but it’s not naturally where she wants to be or feels comfortable. So we’re going have to see what we’re going to do.”

Despite this injury, several key players have continued to perform well throughout the season. Sophomore midfielder Rachel Corboz

scored two goals in last Thursday’s game and scored Georgetown’s second goal against Marquette. These achievements led to her being named Big East Offensive Player of the Week.

The Hoyas are continuing to work on other aspects of their offense, especially the connection between Thomas and junior forward Grace Damaska.

“We’re still getting used to each other; this is our first year playing together. So I think towards the end of the season we’ve really come together,” Thomas said. “So I think we’ll look at the tape and say, ‘Okay I should’ve done this, you should’ve done this.’”

Kickoff against DePaul is set for 2 p.m. in Chicago, Ill.

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Freshman outside hitter Liv King has recorded the second-most kills for the Hoyas with 210 on the season, averaging 2.53 kills per set. She also has the second-most overall points on the team with 233.5.

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After a pair of hard-fought losses on the road, the Georgetown volleyball team (8-14, 2-7 Big East) is preparing to host St. John’s (14-10, 4-5 Big East) and Providence (10-13, 1-8 Big East) in a pair of Big East games this weekend.

Georgetown dropped a pair of tough matches last time out, starting with a 3-1 loss to Xavier (10-10, 6-3 Big East) Friday. A day later, Butler (7-15, 3-6 Big East) handed Georgetown another 3-1 loss. Both the game against St. John’s and the matchup with Providence began with a first-set victory for the Hoyas, but in the end they were unable to pull out the final win.

“In the second set, something changes, and I think the problem is the team isn’t 100 percent sure what that is. So that’s what we’re working on figuring out so that in the future we can get those second matches,” freshman outside hitter Liv King said.

Still, while the outcome was not what it was hoping for, Georgetown found plenty of positives to bring back to the Hilltop with it.

“We bounced back from the loss against Xavier, and we were still coming out hard and hungry

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Junior midfielder Bakie Goodman has played in 56 out of 57 games in his career for the Hoyas. Goodman was a member of the Big East All-Rookie team his freshman year.

Hoyas Seek 7th Shutout conference play, the Hoyas have outscored their opponents 8-0 over five games and are one of two teams with an undefeated conference record.

In the aftermath of their first win of the season, a number of Georgetown players stated that they did not want to drop a game for the rest of the season.

On Sept. 7, that seemed unrealistic. Now, that goal is very much in sight.

“After the UCLA game, when we got our momentum back, we started talking about how we’re not going to lose another game the rest of the season. ...

Ever since then it’s been in the back of our minds. Keep going, stay undefeated, keep winning.

I think that’s what is spurring us on,” Goodman said.

Next up for Georgetown is St. John’s (3-8-3, 1-2-2 Big East).

The Red Storm has struggled this season, starting the year

with five straight losses. The team’s three victories have come against teams that have a combined seven wins this season, while opponents have outscored it 18-11.

St. John’s is one of a handful of opponents in this stretch of Georgetown’s schedule who have not performed well this year. After the win over DePaul and the upcoming match against St. John’s, the team will return to Shaw Field to play Seton Hall (0-11-1, 0-5 Big East), which has lost all but one game this season. After a shocking road loss to Seton Hall last season, Head Coach Brian Wiese has not had to worry about keeping his players focused this year on teams that might be easy to overlook.

“The Seton Hall game from last year is all you need to remind them about,” Wiese said. “The players have a really healthy respect for every single team in the league. … This isn’t

One adjustment the Hoyas hope to make is improving their hitting against the Red Storm’s block, which gave them trouble in their previous match. King will be the one of the Hoyas tasked with avoiding that block. “I spend a lot of time in practice and also during games working on tooling the block, hitting around the block, hitting over the block, so this’ll be a good opportunity for me to test all those things,” King said.

Overall, the team is optimistic.

Sophomore setter Meghan Richard, who transferred from Seattle University this year, praised the team’s progress.

“I think it’s been awesome, especially since we had so many new people. We started off sort of incohesive, but slowly we’re getting to a point where we’re all playing really comfortably with each other. I think that’s really unique for this team,” Richard said.

The team will be celebrating that progress, as well as some special events, this weekend. Sunday is Georgetown’s Dig Pink match in support of breast cancer awareness. The team will wear pink shoelaces and ribbons. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game.

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with great energy and camaraderie on Saturday against Butler, and that showed on the floor.

Even though we dropped that second match, we were very pleased with our effort,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said.

King echoed her coach’s sentiments, emphasizing the positive spirit within the team.

“Even though we dropped the match, we had a really fun time playing. The team morale was really high, the energy was really high, we were playing 100 percent, and that’s always fun to remind yourself why you love volleyball,” King said.

The Hoyas will look to harness that energy this weekend for a pair of games at McDonough Arena. Georgetown hosts St. John’s Friday at 8 p.m. before facing Providence on Sunday at 2 p.m.

The Hoyas have already faced both teams this season, recording a victory against Providence and a loss to St. John’s.

“Now we know who they are; we can go back and look at our first match against them and make adjustments from that, and we can look at the things they’ve been doing most recently and try to make adjustments to that,” Williams said.

a game that anyone is looking past in the very least.

Of course, even a struggling opponent presents challenges.

According to Wiese, that challenge will take the form of 6-foot5-inch freshman forward Mike Prosuk. Prosuk leads the Red Storm in goals scored in 2015 and will look to end the Hoyas’ streak of five straight shutouts.

“That’s going to be the big one. I think it is just handling him in transition and handling them on set pieces. [Those are] the biggest things for St. John’s and how they are creating their goals right now,” Wiese said.

If the back line can halt Prosuk and his teammates and if the offense can produce on the road, then Georgetown has every chance of extending its winning streak. The team is in as good a form as any in the nation, and a victory Saturday means moving one step closer to a historic run through conference play.

ning’s interceptions have been returned for touchdowns and another occurred in the end To blame this all on Manning would be zone. On some of Manning’s interceptions the absurd. In his 19th season, he has learned to defenders have simply made a play — every quaradjust to a new offense brought on by Head terback runs into that and Manning should not Coach Gary Kubiak that emphasizes two be singled out. things largely outside of his skill set: operatHowever, increasingly, Manning tries to ing from under center and moving out of the force throws into small windows, and depocket on play-action passes. The new offense, fenses are having success by feigning blitzes combined with several key injuries to the of- and having linebackers drop into coverage. fensive line, has made it difficult for the Bron- Arm strength, never one of Manning’s relacos’ offense to gain consistent traction. tive fortes, could be playing some role beCouple all of this with the fact that Denver is cause many of his passes seem to hang in the currently 28th in the NFL in yards per attempt air and defenders have been able to undercut on the ground and it seems clear that Manning receivers’ routes to intercept the ball. is trying to take on too much responsibility. The All of these issues have led some fans to a running game was solid last week against Cleve- somewhat logical conclusion: The Broncos land, with Ronnie Hillman rushing for over 100 should bench Manning. However, this is yards to lead the Broncos to a season high of 152 rash and unnecessary for a few reasons. yards. But it is still inconsistent.

First, Manning still has In four of their six games, the the unwavering support Broncos have rushed for fewer of the locker room. Even than 70 yards, and Kubiak’s ofthough the defense has Despite Peyton fense relies on a strong running largely been responsible game to set up the pass.

Manning’s early for the successful start, To Manning’s credit, there is no sign that it is season struggles, the there have been times this year when affecting team chemistry. the offense has helped to secure Manning would Broncos must rely on Benching victories. For instance, Manning cause a divide that curand company executed a flawless his experience as they rently does not exist and two-minute drill in Week 2 to tie jeopardize players’ faith in the game in Kansas City, and the enter a difficult portion the coaching staff. offense produced 10 points off of their schedule in the Second, Manning still two fourth-quarter turnovers by gives Denver the best the Lions in Week 3 to cement a chance to win. With Nocolder months.

24-12 win. However, despite movember games against ments of promise, the offense the Green Bay Packers, has been poor overall.

New England Patriots Football Outsiders has Denver ranked last and Indianapolis Colts on the schedule, Manin total offensive efficiency by a significant ning is the only quarterback on the roster amount. With a -27.9 percent rating, Foot- with the experience and ability to navigate ball Outsider’s advanced statistics essential- those games and the complex wrinkles that ly say that Denver’s offense is 27.9 percent the Broncos offense is sure to face. worse than an average league offense.

Regardless, Denver has two weeks to prepare Manning has also thrown at least one inter- for what will be the toughest month of its seaception in each of the first six games for the first son. With their strong defense and an emerging time since 1999. Manning is tied for second in running game, the Broncos are surely Super the NFL in percentage of passes that are inter- Bowl contenders, and while the road to the cepted at 4.2 percent, which is nearly 50 percent playoffs is still months away, the contenders are higher than his career rate. Because the Broncos beginning to separate themselves from the rest also throw the ball at one of the highest rates of the league. As Denver’s hype train begins to in the league, the quantity of interceptions has leave the station, there is no doubt that Manbeen astronomical by Manning’s standards. ning should remain the conductor.

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Georgetown aims to clinch a spot in the Big East tournament this weekend.

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We have confidence in our kids and in our coaches and what we’re doing scheme-wise.”

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Junior midfielder Bakie Goodman has treated fans at Shaw Field to impressive displays of technical skill this season. He has blown past defenders, dribbled through entire opposing midfields and, in one of the highlights of the season, bounced the ball off another player while spinning in order to find space down the sideline for an attacking run. Goodman has always been good with the ball at his feet, but this season has included some standout moments.

“It’s always been a part of my game. It’s just maybe coming out a little bit more,” Goodman said. “Being more confident, and everyone

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has confidence in me to do those kinds of things.”

Goodman has good reason to be confident. He has started all 13 games this year, playing the full 90 minutes in the No. 9 Georgetown men’s soccer team’s (9-2-2, 5-0 Big East) most recent match, a 1-0 win over DePaul (3-11-0, 2-3 Big East).

His one goal and one assist do not stand out on the stat sheet, but he has been an important piece of the offense from his outside midfield position all season.

The rest of the team will be confident in itself as well. It has won seven straight matches and nine of its last 10. It has been almost two months since the team’s last loss. In See JOHNNIES, A7

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Senior quarterback Kyle Nolan threw for 194 yards and recorded a rushing touchdown in Georgetown’s 1713 loss to Colgate. Nolan has 1484 passing yards and 10 passing touchdowns so far in the 2015 season.

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Junior midfielder Bakie Goodman has started all 13 games this year.

Goodman was the sixth-leading scorer for the Hoyas in 2014.

After going .500 in its two-game home stand, the Georgetown football team (3-4, 1-1 Patriot League) will begin a two-game road trip at Bucknell this Saturday. The Hoyas will face another strong defense in the Bucknell Bison (3-3, 0-1 Patriot League). Their last time out, the Blue and Gray fell just short of a win. Colgate was leading 17-0 by the fourth quarter, and Georgetown’s hopes were slim. However, the Hoyas responded with a field goal, a 10-yard

touchdown run and another field goal.

Senior quarterback Kyle Nolan connected on 21 of 38 passes for 194 yards and recorded the rushing touchdown in the game against Colgate. Senior running back Jo’el Kimpela and junior wide receiver Justin Hill both turned in great performances, as Kimpela rushed for 104 yards and Hill recorded eight receptions for 98 yards.

“We have confidence in our kids and in our coaches and what we’re doing scheme-wise,” Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said. “We just need to

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execute better in the first half, and I think we’ll have a better result if we can do that this weekend.”

Georgetown’s defense turned in another strong performance. After allowing 17 first-half points, the Hoyas held the Raiders scoreless in the second half, setting up the offense’s comeback bid. Kiselick recovered two fumbles, and junior linebacker Leo Loughrey recorded 14 tackles. Freshman defensive lineman Brennen Sawicki had 12 tackles in the loss and was recognized by See BUCKNELL, A7

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The Georgetown women’s soccer team (10-5-1, 5-1-1 Big East) is set to face DePaul (11-3-3, 5-1-1 Big East) Sunday on the Blue Demons’ home field. Since the DePaul game is the second-to-last game in regular season play, the pressure is mounting as the Big East tournament approaches.

After DePaul’s tie with St. John’s (13-2-1, 5-1-1 Big East), the Blue Demons dropped in the national women’s soccer rankings from No. 18 to No. 20. Currently, DePaul, Georgetown and St. John’s are tied for first place.

A win for the Hoyas on Sunday could give them a lead in the conference going into the final stretch of the regular season.

“It’s going to be an exciting game. It comes down to whether we get a top-two spot and a bye in that Big East tournament, so you know, we’re both fighting for first place at this point,” graduate student forward Melissa Downey said.

Freshman forward Franny Cerny was the only Blue Demon to find the back of the net against the Red Storm. The goal came off a deflected shot by Cerny’s teammate, junior forward Abby Reed.

Currently, senior forward Elise Wyatt leads the team with 26 points, having recorded 11 goals and four assists for DePaul. The Blue Demons have outshot every one of their opponents so far this season. Senior goalkeeper Alejandria Godinez has made 30 saves this season while allowing only eight goals.

The Hoyas began this week coming off a disappointing re-

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n the surface, the Denver Broncos have nothing to worry about. They are 6-0 as they head into their bye week, but the echoes vibrating off the sides of the Rocky Mountains could not sound more nervous: Something is, or has to be, wrong with Peyton Manning. The Broncos may be undefeated, but that is largely because of their physical and punishing defense and the right leg of kicker Brandon McManus.

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Senior forward Crystal Thomas has recorded the second-most shots on goal for the Hoyas this season with 50. Thomas has scored five goals this season and recorded three assists for a total of 13 points. sult against the Marquette Golden Eagles (6-6-4, 3-2-1 Big East), whom they led 2-0 until midway through the second half. After establishing a 1-0 lead in the first half with a goal by sophomore defender Taylor Pak, things seemed to be going well for the Hoyas, especially in the 57th minute when the Golden Eagles received a red card and were forced to play with 10 players for the remainder of the game. This,

however, led to some complacency on the Georgetown side and added aggression for Marquette, who ended up scoring two goals late in the game, resulting in a tie.

This disheartening finish is motivating the team to improve as it inches closer to the postseason.

“I think we’re really clicking and trying to figure each other out now. So it’s kind of perfect timing, and we know what we

Despite the Broncos’ 6-0 record, Peyton Manning does not have impressive numbers.

need to do so going forward we’re definitely going to do that,” senior forward Crystal Thomas said.

Going into Sunday’s game, Head Coach Dave Nolan hopes to shorten the list of players who are out of commission.

“We have to stay healthy. We lost Drew Topor [against Marquette] from a smack in the face.

When quarterback Peyton Manning arrived in Denver in 2012, the Broncos made scoreboards spin by averaging nearly 33 points per game in the regular season. Now, three years later, Denver is averaging a mere 23 points per game. This includes four defensive touchdowns, which means the offense generates fewer than 19 points per game.

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