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SHOOTING AT 28TH AND M

A teenager suffered serious injuries amid the Halloween festivities on M Street and Pennslyvania Avenue.

RIVALRY INTENSIFIES

Tempers flared in the Hoyas’ 3-1 conference quarterfinal victory over rival Syracuse.

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BRINGING THE ARITHMETIC BACK TO WASHINGTON

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Campaign Debuts to Fanfare Public launch brings capital campaign total past $800 million mark JAKE GREEN & ANDY MILLER Special to The Hoya

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Former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) addressed his fiscal record in Gaston Hall Friday during a symposium examing his adminstration’s performance. See story on A7.

Flanked by the likes of basketball legend Alonzo Mourning (COL ’92) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Mike Meaney (SFS ’12) raised his glass to Georgetown’s future on Friday, ringing in the largest fundraising drive in university history.

“We know that, all too soon, our generation’s time on this Hilltop will come to a close, and it will be time for a new generation to arrive,” Meaney, the Georgetown University Student Association president, said shortly after 7 p.m. on the steps of an illuminated Healy Hall. “But we look forward to the future and to the challenges ahead.”

The kickoff toast for the $1.5 billion “For Generations to Come” campaign took place next to a high-class tent on Healy lawn — complete with a gourmet buffet, trendy music and wait staff clad in formal wear — which was open to the public.

But the launch wasn’t just a showpiece; over the weekend, the university raked in over $20 million in donations, surging past the $800 million mark thanks in large part to four hefty gifts from donors.

A $5 million donation from Chair of the Georgetown University Board of Directors and former

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Students fill their plates with an assortment of culinary treats at Friday’s launch party, held inside a decked-out tent on Healy lawn.

NFL Commisioner Paul Tagliabue (CAS ’62) will be divided equally among need-based undergraduate scholarships, scholarships for student-athletes, the LGBTQ Resource Center and funding for strategic initiatives, according to the university website.

Campaign Chair William J. Doyle (CAS ’72), who also serves on the board, gave $10 million over the weekend to permanently endow a project he created in 2009 named The Doyle Initiative, which

aims to deepen the university’s own commitment to tolerance and diversity and tackle the challenges and opportunities of a globalizing world.

The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs also took in $5 million from its original backer William Berkley, also a member of the board. Combined with an anonymous $5.5 million contribution earlier last week, the campaign entered See CAMPAIGN, A5

SAC Approves New ReImagining GU, One Grant at a Time Funding Guidelines MARIAH BYRNE & MARGARET VIATOR Hoya Staff Writer & Special to The Hoya

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Fiscal year loans, designed for general club activities use, are due at the end of the spring seThe Student Activities Com- mester, whereas non-fiscal year mission voted unanimously to loans span multiple academic adopt a comprehensive budget years — a maximum of four sesystem Saturday, marking the mesters — and are designed for end of a push for student activity T-shirt sales and other long-term funding reform that has lasted fundraisers.

Shuo Yan Tan (SFS ’12), former more than a year.

“With the formal adoption treasurer of the International of our new system of budget- Relations Club and current chair ing and event approval, we have of the Georgetown University achieved the goal we set for our- Student Association Student Life selves at the beginning of the se- Report Committee, was a vocal mester,” SAC Chair Andy Koenig participant at the first-draft pre(COL ’12) wrote in an email. “To sentation.

“SAC should overhaul the current pro- “We have achieved the be applauded for incorporatcess of student ing the input of o r ga n i z a t i o n goal we set for ourstudent leaders budgeting and event approval selves at the beginning and addressing the flaws of the in the span of of the semester.” past two fundtwo months systems,” reflects the ANDY KOENIG (COL ’12) ing Student Activities Commission Chair Tan wrote in dedication and an email after commitment to success not only of SAC com- viewing the approved funding missioners, but of the student guidelines. “The comprehensive organizations that have been in- budget system addresses many of the issues that have been raised volved in the process.”

The new system was unveiled before, and I am particularly apat a roundtable presentation preciative of the travel fund and on Oct. 19 attended by student ad hoc fund, two improvements group leaders, and the final plan that recognize the nature and was approved Saturday with dynamics of student group proonly small modifications to the gramming.”

Tan was not as optimistic first draft.

The group decided upon a about the removal of many adsliding scale that will fund 100 ministrative checks in the newly percent of costs under $5 per adopted system, however.

“The system as it was proposed person, 75 percent of costs between $5 and $7, 25 percent of seems to have insufficient checks costs between $7 and $15 and 0 and balances against abuse. Movpercent of costs above $15 per ing forward, I encourage student person. Among the additions leaders to work with SAC to enwas food expense funding for sure that money is spent prudently,” he wrote. student groups.

With the new system officially SAC also approved a new loan policy, offering student organizaSee SAC, A7 tions two different loan options.

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Though the majority of projects sponsored by the annual ReImagine Georgetown grant have cemented themselves in student life, the grant is only the first step to becoming a campus fixture.

The grant was an initiative formed in 2003 as a collaborative effort among The Corp, the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union and The Hoya as a way to reshape the undergraduate experience. Since then, representatives from the organizations have convened once a year to provide the seed money that will help innovative students get their projects

off the ground.

“With the ReImagine Georgetown grant, we are really looking for ideas that are sustainable, and ideas that

“It really is easy to make it happen once you approach the right people.”

MELISSA GADSDEN (NHS ’12) Co-founder, GU Farmers’ Market

will really help to improve what it’s like to be a Georgetown student,” Ariana Klener (MSB ’12) said, one of the GUASFCU representatives on the

committee.

A PUSH FORWARD The application, which was due Friday, asks participants to reflect on the way their proposal can affect the student experience on the Hilltop and evaluate the feasibility of their plans, according to Carolina Delgado (SFS ’12), a Corp representative on the grant selection committee.

The committee that selects the annual recipients is composed of six members — two representatives each from The Corp, The Hoya and GUASFCU. The prize money offered to the winners can range anywhere from See REIMAGINE, A5

TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW: WEEKEND FLURRIES DUST CAMPUS

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An unseasonable storm Saturday afternoon sprinkled the John Carroll statue and the campus with a light snow.

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Founded January 14, 1920

A Capital Start While the banners proclaimed it was for generations to come, the capital campaign made sure current students, faculty and staff all enjoyed its ceremonial kickoff event.

The university launched its $1.5 billion capital campaign Friday in spectacular fashion — and undergraduates at the center of all the festivities, a highly laudable and strategic gesture by the administration.

“Think About it: An Afternoon of Ideas” presented the campus community with a series of Georgetown’s most notable names and faces — Madeleine Albright, John Thompson III, Paul Tagliabue, Ted Leonsis, Alonzo Mourning, Prince Turki bin Faisal al Saud — that was free to anyone

who wanted to drop by and listen.

Following the talks, Georgetown held a celebration for the main campus.

Georgetown University Student Association President Michael Meaney (SFS ’12) was selected to give the toast in honor of the event alongside President DeGioia and Mourning on the Healy Steps. Afterward, Georgetown students were treated to music and a free gourmet dinner in a heated tent on the front lawn. All the while, banners displayed on the four buildings of the front lawn illuminated with elaborate lighting.

With gestures like this, the administration made a movement both for today and tomorrow, making us appreciate our roots even before we leave the gates behind.

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Snowtober — D.C. was spared the power outages, travel delays and downed trees that hit the rest of the Northeast Saturday but still experienced some snowfall.

Marathon Sunday — More than 20,000 runners completed the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, which wound through D.C.’s monuments, Georgetown and Arlington.

Popcorn Tax — Mayor Vincent Gray is proposing a 5 percent tax on movie theater concessions in an attempt to fund taxbreak incentives that entice filmmakers to shoot in the District.

Collateral Damage — Plaster dislodged during the August earthquake fell down Friday in Union Station, closing the iconic main hall for the weekend.

The Lion Sleeps Nearby? — Several Glover Park residents have reported seeing a mountain lion in the past several weeks near wooded areas.

“Not The Left Wing’s Tea Party” Article posted Oct. 28, 2011 Comment posted Oct. 28, 2011 Anonymous: Sure, the “occupiers” are not like you. They dress differently and act differently.

Some of them do bad things. You have one thing in common with them, however. You, like them, are a member of the 99 percent of the population of this country which is getting [explicit] by the top 1 percent. You differ from them in one important way: They are protesting against getting [explicit], and you are not.

our commitment to the environment and waste hundreds of sheets to single-sided printing as we hasten to print the slides for that class starting presently.

Meanwhile, on the other side of campus, University Information Services has always provided users with double-sided printing. This amenity would be great, except for the fact that UIS has historically operated at a loss and therefore couldn’t fund our campus’s capacity for printed documents. More concerning, there isn’t actually a single library on campus that uses UIS as a printing provider. While the group’s green efforts are to be commended, they’re effectively rendered useless.

Now is the best time for Lau to make the switch as they make positive changes like the electrical system upgrades. Eco-friendly practices must be made a priority by administrators and by students. While starting the conservation conversation may be a small step, if it can lead to halving our paper usage, our campus will be better off.

Comment posted Oct. 29, 2011 Anonymous: Occupados hobos do not have an agenda, only complaints. Those complaints against Wall Street greed and money are legitimate. But Obama is the worst offender of Wall Street greed and money, yet the Occupados love Obama. Hypocrites they are, the Occupados.

Comment posted Oct. 29, 2011 Anonymous: ... I take off my hat to the black flag before anything that follows this line of antiquated and poorly-argued chauvinist reason.

This country needs to reinvent itself or it will fall further to the wayside of history’s failed peoples. I won’t explain how, because there are literally people in the streets all over the country trying to get the word to be heard. (That’s a bad sign, Republicans should know from all that Bible reading.) The “hobos” will win or God help us.

“An Overlooked Problem: Addressing Adderall Use” Article posted Oct. 25, 2011 Comment posted Oct. 26 Anonymous: Add, speed, uppers, call them what you like, amphetimines have been around college campuses for decades.

In addition to the potential for addiction, there is another problem caused by any drug or medication (legal or illegal) that keeps you from sleeping.

Eventually you have to sleep, or you will begin to suffer from sleep deprivation.

Comment posted Oct. 28, 2011 Anonymous: Thanks for your article. “60 Minutes” had a piece on this topic a few months back that came to the same conclusion. Also worth noting, just because a doctor prescribes it doesn’t mean it is a “legitimate” use. I know a handful of people personally who got into Georgetown without Adderall but went to see psychiatrists and told them they were having trouble focusing. The doctor would ask 5 questions and a few minutes later write a script for 60 pills a month with a recurring refill.

Our generation is all about doing more with less and in less time. If one can ace an exam with 10 hours of pure studying or three hours of “addy” studying, people will go with the latter and use that extra time to do anything else. Pointing to studies about the potentially negative health impact of usage won’t do anything on a large scale; it will take something bad to happen nearby. Fortunately, that hasn’t happened (as far as I know), but it may take decades to come in the form of heart disease.

Fighting Against the Noise No one expects to leave college with a criminal record when the offense in question is playing lighthearted music with friends on a Saturday night.

We understand that we are obligated to respect our neighbors, yet we question if the punishment of jail time as outlined in the D.C. noise ordinance really fits the crime of having too much fun on the weekend.

With the advent of student arrests, we’re shocked by the severity with which the noise ordinance is being enforced.

Early last week, a Residence Life area coordinator sent an email to students living in university townhouses informing them that students from another District university were arrested for violating the city law. While the exact circumstances of the arrests remain unclear, what is certain is that police officers from the same jurisdiction that patrols Georgetown university arrested multiple students for being too loud.

Technically, late-night revelers can be arrested for making “an unrea-

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A Double-Sided Dilemma It’s not easy being green, but it should be. Printing at Georgetown is one of the least eco-friendly aspects of campus life.

Lauinger Library has failed to embrace the environmentally friendly practices of the 21st century. The system of libraries across campus does not adequately advertise or subsidize any form of double-sided printing. Though library printers have always allowed double-sided printing, the cost is the same as single-sided printing and involves tech-savvy skills. In a day and age with increasing environmental concerns, Lau needs to subsidize double-sided printing to reduce our campus paper use.

When professors try to save students the cost of buying additional books for just one assignment by uploading PDF files online or our campus community prints readings and essay drafts, we use a lot of paper. And we can: All libraries on campus provide us with a surplus of paper to guarantee we can print away to our GOCard debit dollar limit. As a result, we forget

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sonable amount” of noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Consequences for violating this ordinance range from a $500 fine to up to 90 days in prison. Although students were up in arms when the law was announced, we never thought the D.C. Council’s move would result in police reports.

Let us be clear, students’ rights to enjoy their rented property — including playing music and having guests — do not outweigh their neighbors’ rights to sleep. Students also are obligated to follow police orders and should face the consequences — up to and including arrest — for not doing so. It is not just, nor is it acceptable, that students have been arrested merely for being noisy.

As the ordinance becomes less of a hypothetical situation and more of a reality, however, student anger has been reignited. We understand that we shouldn’t expect to have free reign of the neighborhood. That said, we also shouldn’t expect to have blemishes on our permanent records for neglecting to turn down the music in time to prevent a 911 call.

“Bengals Win in Palmer Trade” Article posted Oct. 28, 2011 Comment posted Oct. 28, 2011 Alberto Quiroga: The Raiders won too, since this is being considered an upgrade from Campbell. If you watched the game against the Chiefs you notice that Boller cannot give confidence to this team, and actually, you just need to see the highlights of the game to know how bad Boller was. The Raiders save the season with Palmer after Campbell’s injury. If you know the Raiders well, you must remember Gannon who clearly took the Riaders to the Super Bowl ...

“No Laughing Matter” Article posted Oct. 25, 2011 Comment posted Oct. 25, 2011 Anonymous: “Studies estimate that 20 to 25 percent of women have been sexually assaulted by the time they leave college. These, however, are only the known cases. Many more go unreported each year because victims are afraid to speak out against someone who, in many cases, is a familiar assailant.”

This is flatly untrue. Those studies you cite take into account cases that aren’t reported to authorities. The numbers at Georgetown roughly mirror nationwide numbers, fluctuating between one in four and one in five women being sexually assaulted by the time they leave college, i.e. 20-25 percent. Your editorial says that the real number is far higher without any backing up for that. On an issue like this, it is important that we don’t laugh and also don’t spread falsehoods. I think if you actually attended Take Back The Night events or R U Ready?, the events you scoldingly encourage students to attend, you would know these facts.

Your editorial also doesn’t recognize what 90 percent of sexual assaults at Georgetown actually are: acquaintance assault, when the survivor is able to identify the attacker as someone they know. Your examples are exceptions to the rule. This would be the first bit of information I would suggest getting out there, in terms of changing campus culture. As much as no one (including, I guess, The Hoya’s Editorial Board) knows the 20-25 percent number, even fewer people know the 90 percent number.

Sexual assault can also physically harm the survivor. Something you don’t actually mention.

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COMMENTARY

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Repaying the Place That Gives So Much Sydney Schauer It’s Tradition

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elcome back to the workweek, people.

Halloween in and of itself could have kept us plenty busy, what with the need to find a costume, carve a pumpkin and practice covering our eyes every five seconds so as not to ever catch anything even remotely frightening while watching “The Exorcist” in Gaston Hall.

But Friday night was a big night on campus, and not just because some were already decked out in their spooky best. The gargantuan tent that had been sitting on the front lawn for days finally started to fill with tables, chairs, a dance floor and eventually, spectacular food and drinks. The lights that had been carefully placed in front of some of our gorgeous historic buildings were about to be lit. And last but not least, we were to be told why all these wonderful things were being bestowed upon us.

We were celebrating the start of a new tradition at Georgetown, and that tradition would be one created specifically “for generations to come.”

I wish I could claim that last line as my own, but credit is due to the Office of Advancement and the University’s Board of Directors. The organization that coordinated the student portion of the event we all enjoyed Friday night, the 1634 Society, works closely with these offices to pioneer student involvement in an effort of this kind. I had a chance to talk to one of the society’s Board of Directors, Bryan Satterly (SFS ’13), and he explained to me the importance of the affair and what he hoped it would mean for Georgetown in the coming years.

Satterly began by informing me that the mission of the 1634 Society is to procure and protect the future of Georgetown and ensure Georgetown’s tradition of excellence. While I liked his buzzword,

I couldn’t help but ask him, “What does that mean?”

According to Satterly, a recent study shows that over 80 percent of Georgetown graduates claim that their time on the Hilltop was life-changing. Yet, less than 30 percent of graduates gave back to their beloved institution last year. The 1634 Society is trying to change this statistic. Their Capital Campaign is a new initiative to raise $1.5 billion, in coordination with the 1634 Society by 2016, and they hope that this campaign will mark the beginning of a new tradition of philanthropy.

As I was thinking about what he said, I started to realize that this tradition is going to be different from the others that we celebrate in many ways. Most obviously, we won’t be able to take a snapshot recording our completion of the custom. But then, maybe we can. It won’t be a blurry action shot of someone jumping off John Carroll or running through the fountain in Dahlgren Quad, but it might be a picture of Healy in 25 years, still standing in all its glory, students pouring out of its doors. It will be those students who still receive world-class education because we gave back to the place that continues to give us so much.

The truth is, Georgetown is forever a part of our lives. We have learned here, we have lived here and we have grown here.

For each of us, that means something a little different. Some of us will find future spouses here, some discover deep passions, and all of us will make lifelong friends. For these reasons and so many more, it is our duty to participate in this tradition so that those who come after us will have the opportunity to have the same life-changing experience that we did. It is our responsibility to help ensure our tradition of excellence by promoting a tradition of philanthropy for generations to come. Georgetown never really leaves us; how could we ever leave Georgetown?

Georgetown never really leaves us; how could we ever leave Georgetown?

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A Generation Marked by Fear Michael Meaney and Matthew Hoyt The State of Nature

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fter the Lusitania, the Battle of the Somme, the first Wall Street crash and rampant unemployment, during vitriolic politics and national division, we had a New Deal. Our leaders told us to have no fear.

Even after Hitler’s rise and after the Holocaust, all of which preceded Stalin’s rise and the crisis in Cuba; after Watergate, after the malaise and the economic turmoil that followed, after the Berlin Wall fell, we returned to having no fear.

But now, after the Twin Towers fell, after body bags were shipped home from countries whose names we didn’t recognize, after Katrina sunk New Orleans and after the second Wall Street crash, things are different.

Despite bin Laden’s demise, despite withdrawal from Iraq and despite successive government bailouts, fear remains. This time, fear may be here to stay.

The first decade of the 21st century inspired tangible new fears — terrorism, cyber warfare and diabolical greed. But it has also inspired an unconscious form of fear. For those of us whose political and economic consciousness were formed during this century, fear has intractably shaped those formations. Now, instead of striving against fear and toward greatness, we succeed by embracing our fear of failure. More importantly, we sidestep the real issue — fear itself.

The internalization of fear is especially true for us high-achieving college students. We thrive not because we can escape fear, but because we

integrate it into our actions in order to hedge against it. In high school we played three sports, too scared to commit ourselves to excellence in one. We also chaired three clubs, too afraid one was not enough to get into Georgetown. We brought this mentality with us to college, too, and it affects our social lives. We drink when we seek intimacy because we’re afraid we can’t handle the real kind.

We take mid-level, Wall Street or Capitol Hill jobs because we are too afraid to define our passions and live them out fully.

With the passive integration of fear into our psyches comes a diminished risk tolerance. We take few risks because we are afraid they might lead to failure. For example, we do not take hard electives because it could damage our GPAs. We don’t form real relationships because we are afraid of getting hurt. As a generality, we don’t challenge the status quo because we have learned the comfortable complacency of conforming to it.

Some might say that living cautiously and minimizing failure is a good thing in itself. But then there’s a paradox: There’s no growth in a comfort zone and no comfort in a growth zone. If we don’t take risks, how can we possibly grow? How can we learn from our shortcomings and improve ourselves? Most importantly, how can we confront fear itself?

The ongoing failure to overcome social challenges and psychological fears calls into question the prospects for our nation as a whole. Broadly, it’s a cultural problem — one that stems from the fear of confronting our shortcomings. In the words of The New York Times columnist David Brooks, “There’s abundant evidence to suggest that we have shifted a bit from a culture that emphasized self-

effacement — I’m no better than anybody else, but nobody is better than me — to a culture that emphasizes self-expansion.” Instead of working together to counter fear, we muddle it with our own internal interests and self-consciousnesses.

Central to a countries’ strength — or, at least, America’s strength — is the collective will of its people to be a nation. Our cult of individual self-expansionism, compounded and perpetuated by our acquiescence of fear, paints a grim picture. Despite all existing inclinations, society must stop accepting fear. Instead, we should confront it, challenge it and conquer it.

For this to happen, we need to invoke an earlier time in American history when we came together, when we were not stilted by fear, and worked cohesively to claim America’s greatness. We need a moment inspiring national resilience. We must return to a society that realizes that there is far more that unites us than there is that divides us. America’s history — our history — is chock full of examples, reaching from the first western pioneers and up to the first astronauts.

The challenge rings out, and the next generation of American leaders must respond. That’s us — the same high-achieving college students. If we’re to embrace one thing during our college years, it’s this: There is no fear worse, no more debilitating, than fear itself.

Michael Meaney is a senior in the School of Foreign Service and Matthew Hoyt is a senior in the College.

They are the president and director of communications of the Georgetown University Student Association, respectively. THE STATE OF NATURE appears every other Tuesday.

THE DISCONCERTED DEMAGOGUE by Daniel Yang

Sydney Schauer is a junior in the College. She is a board member and the tour coordinator of Blue and Gray. IT’S TRADITION appears every other Tuesday.

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Hitting the Books: A Library’s Purpose Using libraries as places to study and browse Facebook diminishes their real purpose — to educate.

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f Georgetown were suspended on its own, as a microcosm without the rest of the world looming outside the front gates, we would probably go to the library for fun.

We would pick up books at random about whatever piqued our imaginations, just like little kids play with toys and read fairy tales.

Now let’s assume Georgetown is spatially on its own, but food, water and electricity all cost money. Darwinian theories would suggest that we’d become competitive and specialized — but still, we’d probably go the library for fun. Having secured our position on the predator chart, for example, as a barista at More Uncommon Grounds who lives in a Copley dorm, we’d accept our daily workload while retaining a curiosity for new knowledge. Since we wouldn’t need to choose majors and classes that directly related to our jobs, we wouldn’t associate the library with loads of homework. Rather, the classes that we took could engage in a discourse with our natural inquiry into history, philosophy or art.

Curiosity for books and knowledge wouldn’t be curbed by the pressure of time or the fear of failure in the real world. No falling job market would be seeping in through the front gates.

So, from where does this current misunderstanding of the library stem?

When libraries were first popularized by the printing press 400 years ago, the golden age of libraries saw a rise of book collections in Italian citystates. During that time, the primary purpose of libraries was to cultivate discovered knowledge and continued thinking. Scholars came to find an alternative module by which to understand an accepted theory or to learn new ones. It is in the spirit of libraries that this message comes across: We must halt our receding curiosity for knowledge.

Today’s libraries are the result of a centuries’ old shift. We now use them to confirm accepted information and uphold it with established theories.

Regurgitating information for our classes or merely using the quiet environment to work on assignments is one thing. But, universities are taking an ambitious leap in the life of a library.

Different floors have been designated for different purposes. Lau 2 is the most concrete example of a conference hall or social spot, which swerves from the library’s natural focus of inward thought. Lau 4 and 5 are furnished with separated tables and isolated cubicles. They physically appear to retain that contemplative element of libraries, but if you zoom in on what students are really doing, they’re probably checking Facebook.

But that shouldn’t taint the whole bearing on what Georgetown’s, or indeed any university’s, students do at libraries. Many are actually writing papers or reading for their classes.

The problem of receding curiosity for the fascinating new information in the library — reading the books that aren’t assigned — is reflective of a larger change in the liberal arts education.

Georgetown is not a vocational school. There is a core curriculum that exposes students to multiple models through which they may solve problems and understand the world.

But it is becoming easy to slide by some core requirements with advanced courses taken in high school.

Many students shape Georgetown into a vocational university, and that’s why the library only appeals to them as a place to concentrate and find books on subjects they need. It is high time that we recognize our true role as students at a liberal arts university is to expose ourselves to multiple outlets of thought. In order to do so, we should use the library to learn something unassigned.

Otherwise, we might not recognize the thick walls of Lau must shelter our curiosity and nurture our intellectual growth.

After all, no student should graduate from a university without roaming the stacks of its library, catching sight of a fascinating book and sitting down in the aisle to read it.

MASHA GONCHAROVA is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service.

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Jay-Z: Not a 21st-Century Homer

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wice per week, 134 undergraduates proceed into class to discuss the sociology on hip-hop, viewed through the lens on rap person Jay-Z. When I initially heard about the course, I thought it perhaps a clever, ironic dig at modern sociological methodology and the dismal state of contemporary musical culture.

As such, I was stunned to learn that this is a genuine academic offering in Georgetown College, a school that purports to be intellectually serious and maintain a commitment to real liberal education.

The syllabus, which prudently drops the rather extravagant original subtitle of the course as “Urban Theodicy,” gives a broad outline of the class structure, covering literary analysis, race relations and the “sociology of knowledge” manifest in the rapper’s life and compositions. The prism through which this prospect wide and various is viewed is the work of one Shawn Carter, who goes by the stage name of Jay-Z. Carter represents an element of modern American society that many find crude and unpleasant, so it is important to understand the viewpoint of this particular party. It is less appropriate, however, to spend an entire course on this material and pretend that it fulfills a serious academic purpose.

Perhaps, though, I protest too much.

Perhaps there is some scholarly merit in this class and too much rigidity in my own conception of the liberal arts. After observing a few class sessions, however, I remain convinced that the course cannot stand intellectual muster.

The fundamental reason why we ostensibly study Jay-Z is because of his “important cultural impact,” replete

with an ordered hierarchy of discipline, politics and excellence. Now, his conception of excellence may or may not accord with Ciceronian virtus, but even this can be bemusedly contemplated until the claim is uttered that he is in some way an inheritor of the great Homeric tradition.

“Were he alive during the period of ancient Greece,” the course professor charges, Carter “would be regarded as a god in terms of literary and poetic expression.” This is poppycock. The claim is so wildly risible that it almost singlehandedly discredits the entire project.

The proposition that Jay-Z is in the same galaxy as — much less the heir to — the preeminent epic poet of human history represents a basic misapprehension of either Jay-Z’s importance or the

We dissect the lyrics of “Big Pimpin’,” but we don’t read Spenser or Sophocles closely. development of Western thought and literature over 2,500 years.

Who honestly thinks that the productions of Carter can compare in any way, shape or form with the Homeric corpus? The great bard inclines toward the divine; he brings to light much of the character of human nature and puts man in communion with higher things. Rap music frolics in the gutter, resplendent in vulgarity and the most crass of man’s wants.

Charlton Heston once read out the lyrics of a hip-hop song called “Cop Killer” at a record company’s shareholder meeting. Those words have no place on these pages, and likewise no

place in serious scholarship. As Allan Bloom, one of the most eminent critics and observers of modern life and education noted, this type of music has “only one appeal, a barbaric appeal to sexual desire,” to inflame the base emotions, which proceeds to do nothing less than “ruin the imagination of young people and make it very difficult for them to have a passionate relationship to the art and thought that are the substance of liberal education.”

The stakes of this type of class, then, are no small matter. It speaks volumes that we engage in the beat of Carter’s pseudo-music while we scrounge to find serious academic offerings on Beethoven and Liszt. We dissect the lyrics of “Big Pimpin‘,” but we don’t read Spenser or Sophocles closely. Our pedagogical commitments are disordered, and I think that in our heart of hearts we know this.

When I asked a peer what class I was sitting in on, with a bit of embarrassment, she sheepishly admitted that it was “sociology … of hip hop.” Her blush confirmed what we all know: At this ancient school, with the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we should not be spending our time in sorry endeavors.

We want to learn what is real and important to the human person, and we understand that Jay-Z is not Homer; he is not a “literary god,” and he is ultimately unworthy of this place and this noble mission. If there is one benefit of this class, though, it is that it brings up the civilizational question of what we will bequeath two millennia hence to students: Presenting the majesty of the “Iliad” or the sad tale of Carter’s sound and fury.

STEPHEN WU is a junior in the College.

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Members of the Georgetown University Student Association senate voted Sunday to begin a senatorial redistricting process that they hope will allow for more equal representation of the student body.

The bill passed at Sunday’s meeting, which establishes a committee to draft a plan, received the 14 signatures necessary to bring it to a vote just minutes before the meeting was adjourned.

The eight-member committee will begin working on the initiative this week. It will be composed of Vice Speaker Nate Tisa (SFS ’14), a representative of GUSA’s executive branch who has not yet been selected, the three members of the Georgetown University Election Commission and three senators to be chosen by Senate Speaker Adam Talbot.

Although the project is still in preliminary stages, Tisa has set Nov. 20 as the date on which the redistricting plan will come to a vote in the senate, where it must achieve a two-thirds majority to pass.

Tisa reasoned that he wants to ensure the plan is completed and passed before Thanksgiving break to avoid the risk of delaying the bill to next semester, when the presidential election could interfere with the redistricting process.

According to Tisa, issues with misrepresentation first arose in 2009, when the number of senate seats was reduced from 35 to 25.

“I don’t think they had the time or the resources at that time to do [redistricting] analysis,” he said.

Although senate seats were eliminated evenly across classes, the four at-large seats retained are often won by upperclassmen. Two more at-large seats were added in 2010, increasing the possibility of a skewed representation.

GUSA Election Commissioner Adam Giansiracusa (SFS ’12) said that the senate has become a more efficient and ambitious body since the 2009 redistricting.

“A lot has changed in two years,” he said. “It’ll be a chance to refresh and look back at how the GUSA senate can more accurately represent the student body.”

In Sunday’s senate meeting, Talbot cited a Sept. 27 editorial in The Hoya (“GUSA: An Association Lacking Representation,” A2) as a motivating factor in the redistricting decision. The editorial criticized the allocation of seats by residential area instead of class and called for a freshman at-large seat.

According to Giansiracusa, although many freshmen have won at-large seats, the way the senate currently allocates seats underrepresents them, especially since they are often those most enthusiastic about running for office.

“You see a skewed representation,” he said.

According to Tisa, the redistricting committee’s final plan will likely leave the division of senate seats by residence hall in place.

However, he said that he is open to adjusting the way that some of the six at-large seats are allocated to make them more representative of the wider campus community.

“I do believe that you will see more representation for freshmen,” he said.

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GU Expands Latin American Presence SARAH PATRICK Special to The Hoya

As part of an attempt to strengthen ties with Latin America, students, faculty and administrators traveled to Peru this month to attend the first Latin American Leadership Summit.

The conference, which took place in Lima, was organized by the Alumni Relations Office and the Latin American Board in collaboration with alumni groups in Latin American countries. Luis Miguel Castilla, Peruvian minister of finance and economy, was one of the keynote speakers at the summit.

Diane Garza, academic coordinator for the Latin American Board, said that the conference was part of an ongoing effort to position Georgetown as the premier U.S. university in engaging Latin America.

The summit was the first time presidents of the various Latin American alumni clubs gathered to share their experiences about Georgetown.

“The alumni were especially interested in learning how they could help interested, qualified students from their home countries make it to Georgetown,” Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., who attended the summit, wrote in an email.

The six students who participated were all members of the Latin American Student Association, an organization of about 170 students that promotes Latin American culture on campus.

Alma Caballero (SFS ’13), secretary for LASA, said that the experience allowed her to network with alumni and meet the president and prime minister of Peru.

“It’s basically two days where everyone gets together, talks about Georgetown [and]

shares the Georgetown love. It’s an amazing experience,” Caballero said.

While at the summit, Carnes gave a presentation about undergraduate education at Georgetown and held a Mass in the Jesuit community’s chapel in Peru for former and current students.

“Georgetown has been one of the most important and well-known universities in Latin America,” Carnes wrote in an email.

“Many of its graduates have returned to their home countries for important roles in government, business, education and nongovernmental organizations.”

Students from Latin America make up 13.6 percent of the international students in this year’s freshman class, comprising 1.5 percent of the total class.

Organizers aim to continue holding such summits once a year. They plan to hold next October’s meeting in Colombia.

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ReImagine Georgetown Provides Launchpad for Clubs REIMAGINE, from A1 $500 to $10,000.

In its first few years, the competition struggled to gain applicants.

In academic year 2007, it failed to award any grants.

Yet as it has grown, the program has established itself as a competitive fixture in the fall-funding landscape.

Grant recipients have included programming series, new institutions and one-time events, such as Saxa Service Feast, an eating competition for charity held in spring 2009, and Address: Unknown, a performance project about D.C.’s homeless that combined a show in April 2009 by Nomadic Theater with community service.

According to Klener, the prize money is intended to help a group begin to implement its project, but is not meant to sustain them continuously, a reality mirrored by the limited success of some of the funded projects.

Most winners have used the grant to establish themselves until they were eligible to apply to be a Student Activities Commission-sponsored student organization. The RIG committee also sets benchmark dates for money distribution in order to prevent groups from misusing the funds or spending them too quickly, according to Delgado.

The Georgetown Alternative Music Series, which won $5,000 in 2009, planned to sponsor on-campus concerts, particularly by undergraduate and local artists. However,

GAMS’s first and only concert was in November 2010, featuring emcee, producer, singer and songwriter Kokayki, DJ Beach and D.C. student bands Rising Suns and Sea Dog. Nonetheless, the temporary success of GAMS does not reflect the overall path of RIG grant winners, many of which have become wellknown institutions.

HARNESSING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT A major theme for past winners of the RIG grant has been increasing opportunities to engage with communities both inside and outside the gates.

The 2009 winner DC Students Speak has become a political presence in the past year by mobilizing student engagement with the D.C. government and the Georgetown neighborhood, as well as connecting Georgetown to other universities in the District.

Another 2009 winner, DiversAbility, is a recognized SAC organization that focuses on stimulating conversation about disabilities.

“We aren’t an advocacy group,” Jeffrey Kosmo (MSB ’12), president of DiversAbility, said. “We are more about talking about issues and getting the discussion started. The point is to get people on campus to think about what it means to have a disability and to think about it in a different way.”

The group works to foster dialogue through holding movie screenings and conducting monthly flyer campaigns that focus on specific issues

such as autism and obsessive compulsive disorder. Events like Ability to Express, where participants come together to share what having a disability means to them, aim to provide students with an outlet for expression.

For Breaking the Bubble, a 2010 winner, participation has dkyrocketed, according to its founders Sammy Magnuson (COL ’12) and Kitt Wolfenden (SFS ’12), a former columnist for THE HOYA. The project aims to get students off campus so they can experience the District outside the confines of Georgetown.

“Reimagine Georgetown really made this possible for us because it provided us with an outlet other than [the Student Activities Commission] to go through.” Wolfenden said. “We couldn’t have done it without them.”

So far this semester, Breaking the Bubble has put together a guide to D.C. and led about 15 people on a tour of classic destinations on U Street. Wolfenden and Magnuson have also planned excursions exploring soul food, music and photography in the District for the month of November.

The pair has been saving the rest of the money they won last fall for the coming spring, so they may continue holding events until the group becomes SAC-recognized.

HOMEGROWN FAVORITES ReImagine Georgetown grants have also gone to organizations that hope to make the campus more en-

vironmentally friendly.

The Georgetown University Sustainable Garden Initiative, which won a grant in 2008 and was also recently recognized as a SAC organization, established a community garden behind Kehoe Field that allows students, faculty and staff to grow their own plants and food.

The garden is maintained by two coordinators and five volunteers, who are given full control over their plot and the crop it yields. This year, a resident assistant signed her whole freshman floor up for a plot, according to Coordinator Maddie Howard (COL ’12).

“The plots switch hands every year as well as over the summer, so that different people are planting all the time,” she wrote in an email. “The garden itself is really just the land.

The coordinators are just there to help people use it.”

The garden’s coordinators were pleased with the money they originally received, which sustained the group for a full year before it became sponsored by SAC, according to Howard.

This year, more dirt and raised beds will be added to the garden in order to allow more people to participate in the project, Howard said.

Another RIG recipient, the Georgetown University Farmer’s Market, originally began as a class project by co-founders Melissa Gadsden (NHS ’12) and Bre Donald (NHS ’12) although the white tents on Healy Lawn quickly became a

campus staple this fall.

Because of the success of the pilot run conducted in the spring, Gadsden and Donald decided to pursue their initiative fully this semester.

A combination of the ReImagine Georgetown grant money and funds from the Georgetown University Student Association allowed the Farmer’s Market to set up camp every Wednesday for six weeks, providing students with access to fresh produce, local vendors and food trucks from the D.C. area.

The market is currently on seasonal hiatus until it starts up again in late spring, although Gadsden said that possible holiday-themed markets for Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day are in the works. According to Gadsden, leaders hope the market will continue for years to come.

“We really want to use the farmer’s market as a meeting place for students, a place where students can advertise and communicate.

We really want every student to be a part of it,” Gadsden said.

For all of the projects funded by the ReImagine Georgetown grants, the biggest obstacle has been determining how to get started.

“ReImagine Georgetown really makes ideas more possible. It provides for a smoother transition. For us, when we came up with our idea, a lot of student groups embraced us and a lot of administrators helped us out. It really is easy to make it happen once you approach the right people,” Gadsden said.

Administrators Issue Noise Warning Email LAURA ZHANG

Special to The Hoya

Students from a neighboring D.C. university were arrested last week by Metropolitan Police for violating the district’s noise ordinance, according to an email sent to Alumni Square and townhouse residents Thursday evening by Hall Director Viraj Patel.

The Office of Off Campus Student Life was tipped off about the arrests by a Metropolitan Police Department source. Though Patel confirmed that students who were arrested were not affiliated with Georgetown, they live in Police Service Area 206, which includes the Georgetown campus.

“As you look forward to .... Halloween festivities this weekend, ... we wanted you to be aware that D.C. police are enforcing nighttime noise laws, and these laws should be taken seriously,” Patel wrote in the email.

The Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act of 2010, signed by Mayor Vincent Gray on Jan. 19, 2011, went into effect on Feb. 2, 2011. The ordinance prohibits D.C. residents from making “unreasonably loud noise” between 10 p.m. and 7 p.m. Violators of the law can be fined up to $500 or face up to 90 days in prison.

According to Rocco DelMonaco,

vice president for public safety, the university notified students in hopes that they would adjust their noise levels for the weekend with the ordinance in mind.

“We want students to be aware that [Metro] Police are enforcing D.C.’s nighttime noise laws,” he wrote in an email. “In proactively educating our students about this law, we hope to prevent incidents where [Metro] Police become involved and hope to help keep noise levels down in residential areas.”

The law has sparked controversy since its inception with critics calling the language of the statute too vague allowing police subjectivity to be the sole determinant of whether or not a person is arrested.

DC Students Speak, an organization that advocates for the 85,000 college students in the District, said that while the law should be followed, it should be more fully defined.

“A law that is on the books is a law that should be respected and adhered to fully and at all times. That being said, the new amended noise ordinance is too vague and results in a waste of valuable D.C. police resources,” Communications Director Jason Gerson (COL ’14) said.

Hoya Staff Writer Mariah Byrne contributed to this report.

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Students, faculty, administrators and alumni celebrated the capital campaign kickoff in the tent on Healy Lawn Friday night.

Alumni Return for Campaign Events CAMPAIGN, from A1 its public phase with a bang.

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Two firetrucks and an ambulance responded to billowing steam resulting from a burst pipe in Copley Hall Sunday morning.

Copley Evacuated in Burst Pipe Fire Scare MARIAH BYRNE Hoya Staff Writer

Copley Hall was evacuated Sunday at 12:20 p.m. after large amounts of white steam were seen pouring from the roof and basement of the building.

The steam was released by a broken pipe in the building’s boiler room, according to a Department of Public Safety officer. Outside doors of the building were opened in order to release the steam.

D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene with two fire trucks and an ambulance at 12:30 p.m.

Maintenance workers had to shut off equipment in the boiler room in order to address the break, according to D.C. Fire and Emergency and Medical Services.

Students and staff were allowed to re-enter the building at 12:45 p.m., and D.C. Fire left the scene at 1:07 p.m.

AN AFTERNOON OF IDEAS A number of Georgetown notables, including Mourning and former secretary of state and university professor Madeleine Albright, moderated panels Friday as part of the weekend’s events.

Think About It: An Afternoon of Ideas, focused on topics ranging from studentathletes to modern capitalism. The event’s master of ceremonies, Interactive Communications Manager for the Advancement Office Anupam Chakravarty (SFS ’10) described the discussion as a way to highlight the university’s commitment to higher learning and the advancement of knowledge.

Mourning, who spoke first, described the importance of preparation and strong relationships to success.

“Adversity introduces a man to himself,” he said. “This is something that I quickly learned through my life’s journey as I tried to reach what I defined as personal success.”

Following Mourning’s speech, University President John J. DeGioia moderated a discussion on issues related to student-athletes. At the talk, John Thompson III, head coach of the men’s basketball team, focused on the need for reform of recruitment regulations while Tagliabue discussed his objections to paying student-athletes.

The next panel focused on health care issues in the United States. Howard Federoff, executive vice president for health sciences, interviewed Lucile AdamsCampbell, associate director of minority health and disparities, on inequalities in the U.S. system.

Adams-Campbell emphasized the need for increased targeted prevention of disease and equality of health care.

The final two discussions concerned broader political issues. The first includ-

ed Albright and Prince Turki Al Faisal, former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States.

Secretary Albright said that the world is undergoing a fundamental shift, with technology and other factors increasing the relevance of international organizations.

“The real change is the appearance of the non-state actors,” Albright said. “It is very hard to get leverage on non-state actors, and that is part of what we are trying [to do].”

Al Faisal agreed that technology has had a profound impact on global relations.

“The world has changed, and I see that in my children and grandchildren,” he said. “We hardly speak the same language. They have the whole world in their hands.”

The second political discussion, which featured several former U.S. Representatives and the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, debated capitalism in the United States in the context of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

To close the program, Ted Leonsis (CAS ’77), owner of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards, reflected on finding happiness. In an argument that echoed the capital campaign kickoff’s values, Leonsis said that happiness cannot be found through wealth, but instead from forming meaningful relationships and giving back.

JAM-PACKED WEEKEND Though the toast and the panel discussions served as centerpieces to the weekend festivities, the activity on campus spanned from Thursday to Sunday.

On Saturday, a Mass at Dalghren Chapel was held to celebrate the campaign and the $6 million offering by L. Francis Rooney III (CAS ’75, LAW ’78) and his wife Kathleen Rooney (SFS ’77), which will fund the massive chapel restoration project taking place over the next few

years. Presided by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the service was attended by notable alumni and benefactors.

Additionally, on Saturday, hard-hat tours of the New Science Center, set to be completed in fall 2013, were held for weekend registrants. Professor John Glavin also offered tours of the “Doors of Georgetown,” the theme for the public campaign launch.

For alumni who attended the toast, however, the kickoff became a circular return to their own Hilltop.

Michael (CAS ’78) and Martha Brown (FLL ’78), who traveled from Los Angeles to attend the event with their daughter Morgan (COL ’14), couldn’t help but remember their own times in Healy.

“I loved standing here and watching this with my daughter and husband and thinking of all the times I stood in this circle starting 35 years ago,” Brown said.

“We’re pretty much embedded in the blue and gray,” her husband added.

“We’re delighted to be here to support the school.”

For many current undergraduates, the event served as a reminder of the greater community that the university encompasses.

“It’s a great opportunity to come together and celebrate what this university is and what it can be for future generations,” said Nick Troiano (COL ’12), one of several student leaders asked to stand on Healy steps for the event.

But DeGioia summed up the weekend’s goals early in his toast Friday night.

“We share this belief with the generations who have come before us, who imagined and achieved the Georgetown that we know today,” DeGioia said. “It is their hard work and commitment to this community that provides the foundation for our vision for Georgetown for this generation and for generations to come.”

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Tricks and Treats: Tutoring Programs Hold Annual Fall Fest KELLY CHURCH & UPASANA KAKU Hoya Staff Writers

Tossing footballs, jumping on moon bounces and wrapping their tutors in toilet paper on the Southwest Quad, over 150 D.C. public school students participated in this year’s Fall Fest on Sunday afternoon.

The event, held by the D.C. Schools Project and DC Reads, was designed to encourage students from underachieving schools to consider attending college. Students in the Sursum Corda program, a tutoring initiative run through the university, also were in attendance.

“We are dealing with populations

where between 5 and 7 percent of our students will attend and graduate a four-year university,” DC Reads coordinator Hannah Klusendorf (COL ’12) said. “I think exposure like this makes college more tangible.”

Klusendorf estimated that about 150 undergraduates volunteered at the event, including tutors and members of campus organizations who set up booths for the visiting students. Groove Theory and the Step Team also performed at the festival, and tutees trick-or-treated in McCarthy Hall.

“It’s a fun outlet for the kids to see their tutors in an academic environment have fun on the weekend,”

said Caroline Ackerman (SFS ’14), a tutor at Reed Elementary School who was manning a scratch art booth for the tutees.

While this is the first year the D.C. Schools Project and DC Reads organized Fall Fest, Klusendorf said she was happy with the way it turned out. Previously, Georgetown Outreach for Learning and Education was responsible for the event, but the group disbanded after successfully lobbying for the minor in education, inquiry and justice.

“There’s a lot of logistical stuff going on right now,” Interim Director of the D.C. Schools Project Carlos Ojeda (MSB ’11) said. “Amazingly

enough, it’s going well.”

Saquan, a tutee who only gave his first name, said his favorite part of the event was watching the step team.

“We’re going around to the different booths,” he said. “We went trickor-treating, and we went over there, [to] get face paint.”

Klusendorf said she enjoyed seeing Georgetown students and DCPS students interact outside of the classroom.

“I think it’s really heartwarming to see everyone organize around a common goal,” she said.

For video footage of Sunday’s events, visit thehoya.com/news.

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Tutors with DC Reads and D.C. Schools Project threw a fall celebration for their students on the Southwest Quad.

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GLENN RUSSO Hoya Staff Writer

Students packed Gaston Hall Friday afternoon for a chance to see former President Bill Clinton and a collection of his closest advisers discuss the economic legacy of his administration and its relevance today.

Sponsored by the Clinton Foundation, the groups of panelists discussed Clinton’s achievements, including the elimination of the national deficit and the longest period of economic expansion in U.S. history that yielded the first federal surplus in over 30 years.

The discussion was designed to draw comparisons between the economic and political challenges during the Clinton era and the today.

“When I came here in December of 1991, the country had at that time manifestations of many of the underlying economic realities that are gripping us today,” Clinton said.

The event consisted of two panel discussions, followed by an address from the former president. The panels mainly consisted of former aides and cabinet members, whom Clinton credited with the success of his administration.

“Basically I could have had a lobotomy and succeeded as president because of them,” Clinton jested.

Former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin offered background on the economic climate in which Clinton took office.

“He made the difficult decisions and worked unceasingly to implement the decisions he had made,” Rubin said.

Clinton was introduced by former Congressman Scott Murphy (D-N.Y.), who outlined the former president’s work toward globalizing the country.

To cap the symposium, Clinton described his vision for the future based on the economic realities of today.

“For a country that depends on the idea of opportunity, the idea of social mobility … when we have unemployment at nine percent, … it’s about more than just economics,” he said.

He attributed his administration’s fiscal success to eliminating overspending by the federal government.

“People ask me all the time: ‘What great new idea … did you bring to Washington?’ And I say, ‘arithmetic,’” he said.

Clinton clarified that he believes the economic situation confronting President Barack Obama is worse than the one he faced in 1993.

“Our economic strategy began, but did not end, with getting a hold of the debt and turning around the deficit,” he said. “[However,] the particular solution we pursued is not applicable to this moment, because the problem is different.”

The former president urged the Congress to come together, work to reduce inequality and accept the role of government and the value of that role in the

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economy.

“We’re so concerned that we have too much government that sometimes we slip a gasket and then have to deal with the aftermath.”

The first panel discussion preceding Clinton’s speech centered on the major legislative battles fought in 1993 by the administration over a deficit reduction plan.

“The country was hurting.

Washington was broken and people wanted to know, in specific terms: what are you going to do about it,” Bruce Reed, former director of the Domestic Policy Council, said.

Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder described his forecasts for the economic expansion under Clinton’s policies.

“We were not forecasting a surplus in 1998. It never crossed my mind in 1993,” Blinder said.

He attributed some of this unexpected success to the technology boom of the ’90s.

Other panel members including former Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers Laura Tyson, former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Pa.) and former Cabinet Secretary Thurgood Marshall Jr. also recalled Clinton’s commitment to bipartisanship and the challenges of passing acceptable fiscal reform.

The second panel, chaired by former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, focused on the funding priorities of the administration and how they remain relevant today.

“He wanted to balance the budget. But he always told us, we have to balance it the right way, with our priorities,” Bowles said.

Former Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor explained the ultimate goal of the Clinton platform.

“We were going to engage the world,” Kantor said. “We are now the greatest trading nation on earth. We weren’t when he started.”

Other panelists including former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, former Associate Director for Domestic Policy Neera Tanden and former Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling described their roles in tailoring policies to fit both priorities and budget constraints.

They focused specifically on Medicaid, children’s health insurance and education.

“He thought it was his job to make America a better place.

He wanted to do something positive. And it was leadership,” Bowles said.

In closing, Clinton laid out one goal that he said should trump all others when making decisions.

“All that matters is whether people are better off when you quit than when you started. …

The rest of this will all seem like a passing experience,” Clinton said.

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A fire broke out early Sunday morning at a non-student residence at 1930 37th Street. While the extent of the damage is still unknown, no injuries were reported, according to Oscar Mendez, acting public information officer for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services.

According to Director of Off-Campus Student Life Anne Koester, the university has no records of any Georgetown undergraduate, graduate or medical students living in the house in Burleith where the fire occurred.

A woman living in a neighboring home, who requested anonymity because she was considering a legal case against the townhouse’s owners for damages to her own residence, said that she and her family tried to control the fire.

“I was asleep … when my daughter ran upstairs screaming about a fire.

My daughter’s boyfriend and my son rushed outside in their pajamas and poured buckets of water on the fire,” she said.

“If the girls at 1929 hadn’t called, we wouldn’t be alive.”

Two other neighbors rescued an occupant of the burning house, who was found dazed in the burning building according to the interviewed woman.

These neighbors also notified the woman and her family about the fire and called 911.

The fire was reported at 2:36 a.m., and the fire department responded three

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Six firetrucks responded to the scene early Sunday morning after a fire broke out in a non-student residence on the 1900 block of 37th Street. minutes later according to Mendez. Six fire trucks and at least two ambulances responded to the scene, along with the standard Metropolitan Police Department deployment. MPD taped off the 1900 block at the time, and fire trucks began to leave the residence at 3:40 a.m.

The cause of the fire is still under in-

vestigation, but Mendez said it started in the basement of the townhouse. No residents were found in the house when D.C. Fire and EMS responded to the scene, he added.

Hoya Staff Writers Upasana Kaku and Matt Strauss contributed to this report.

GUSA Spearheads SafeRides Upgrades BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association is working with the Department of Public Safety and the Office of Facilities and Student Housing to implement the installation of GPS trackers in university transport vehicles.

While the initiative is in its early stages, GUSA is looking to partner with DoubleMap, a provider of GPS tracking technology. The objective is to place devices in all GUTS and SafeRides vehicles so that students can track the location of these services via a website or smartphone application.

“What is so attractive about this is that it helps to solve a lot of problems in one initiative,” GUSA Vice President Greg Laverriere (COL ’12) said.

DoubleMap has worked with transportation shuttles at Indiana University and Butler University in Indiana and has offered to implement the technology at Georgetown free of charge.

Laverriere added that GPS tracking would lessen the time DPS takes to inform students about SafeRides schedules and to dispatch vehicles while also serving as a way to increase stu-

dent use of the free transportation.

“If I’m in a bar on M Street or in a movie theater, I could use the GPS system to figure out when to leave. …

It decreases the number of students walking back late at night, decreasing noise,” Laverriere said.

The program is the latest in a series of GUSA transportation initiatives.

Earlier this year, GUSA partnered with the university to add a third neighborhood shuttle on M Street from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., Thursday through Saturday nights. This Friday, GUSA will also reintroduce a program that allows GUSA members to drive SafeRides vans.

Though the plan was initially put in place by former GUSA President Calen Angert (MSB ’11) and Vice President Jason Kluger (MSB ’11) in 2009, various logistical and administrative hurdles have delayed the initiative’s implementation this semester.

The initiative will have one GUSA member drive one van per weekend, though GUSA is looking to expand the program with the ultimate goal of institutionalizing SafeRides as a fully student-run service.

A GUSA work-study program that would allow non-GUSA members to

serve as student drivers is also in the works, though GUSA President Mike Meaney (SFS ’12) stressed that the particulars of the project are still being hammered out.

These initiatives would further a growing trend of upgrading Georgetown’s late-night transportation services in order to alleviate noise on weekends.

“The M Street shuttle is one of several initiatives the university is investing in to maintain the quality of life in the neighborhoods around campus,” university spokeswoman Stacy Kerr wrote in an email.

According to Kerr, the shuttle has seen 8,977 riders to date, averaging roughly 309 students per day.

Jake Sticka (COL ’13), the Georgetown student representative on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, added that the M Street shuttle has been well received by the surrounding community.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E Chair Ron Lewis was less certain about the effectiveness of the M Street shuttle in reducing noise and rowdiness in the neighborhood.

“I’m gathering data now from everyone in the community,” he said.

Club Budgets Due in Two Weeks SAC, from A1 on the books, SAC student organizations will need to quickly apply their new guidelines to the spring semester budgets due Nov. 11.

This next step is a priority for SAC, according to Koenig.

“Although we have reached this

benchmark, our work is far from over. Our attention is now shifting to making sure that student organizations understand the process and can get the help they need in constructing and submitting a budget,” he wrote.

SAC commissioner Eric Neidle (SFS ’12) believes the new system will promote better interactions between stu-

dent groups and their assigned commissioners.

“I expect that SAC and its member groups will be able to work together more than [they have] in the past to promote student group programming and to refine the system to even better meet student group needs,” he said.

GERMS Racks Up Homecoming Calls HIROMI OKA

Special to The Hoya

Alcohol-related calls to Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Services have held steady this semester, ac-

cording to GERMS. Of the 250 calls GERMS received from early move-in through Halloween weekend, 49 were alcohol-related, representing 19 percent of the total. This rate of alcohol-related calls

Calls Spike During Holidays 19.6% of GERMS

calls this semester have been alcohol-related, a 1.5-percent increase from last academic year.

35.7%

of the 28 calls GERMS received on Homecoming Weekend were alcohol-related.

31.8% of calls during Halloween weekend were alcohol-related.

DATA: GEORGETOWN EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE SERVICES; KAVYA DEVARAKONDA/THE HOYA

is 1.5 percent higher than last year’s.

This Halloween weekend alone, GERMS received 22 calls, 32 percent of which were alcohol-related. Homecoming weekend was GERMS’s busiest of the semester, with 28 overall calls, 36 percent alcohol-related.

GERMS Director of Public Relations Emily Malavenda (NHS ’13) pointed out that these figures do not accurately reflect the breakdown for all calls throughout the school year. The student-run EMS adds a secondary crew for weekend nights and holidays when more calls are expected, such as homecoming and Halloween.

Over the course of a school year, GERMS typically receives 900 to 1000 calls. Although GERMS services both the university and surrounding neighborhoods, calls originating from campus are the most common.

Of the total number of calls this semester, 68 percent ended in transport to the Georgetown University Hospital, while the remaining 32 percent of patients refused treatment and transportation to the hospital.

The majority of calls made to GERMS are due to sports injuries, according to the GERMS website.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011

SWIMMING & DIVING

COMMENTARY

Georgetown Struggles in Big East Opener Cards a Blueprint For Victory GRAHAM WELCH Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown swimming and diving team kicked off conference play against Villanova, Connecticut and Rutgers at the Big East Quad Meet in Storrs, Conn. this weekend.

Despite some individual bright spots, the Hoyas struggled overall.

On the men’s side, the Hoyas finished in third and last place, losing 188-161 to Villanova and 255-92 to Connecticut. Rutgers did not field a men’s squad at the meet.

The women did not fare any better, finishing last after being outscored 267-86 by Villanova, 286-67

by Connecticut and 297.5-55.5 by Rutgers.

Leading the Blue and Gray was junior Paul Quincy, who kept up his hot start to the season. The Hoyas’ long and middle-distance specialist finished first in both the 500-yard

and 1,000 freestyles.

In addition to these performances, Quincy finished second in both the 200 freestyle and the 400 individual medley. The 500 freestyle victory was Quincy’s third consecutive win this season. His time of 4:45.72 was 2.61 seconds ahead of the closest competitor.

Quincy’s 1,000 freestyle time of 9:35.01, in addition to being 6.40 seconds ahead of the next closest finisher, shaved 18.22 seconds off his last performance on Homecoming weekend against Towson.

Aiding Quincy was sophomore Christian Kilgore, who had three top-three finishes of his own, including a second-place performance in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.07. This time shaved more than a full second off his most recent race against Towson.

Kilgore also managed third-place finishes in the 200 individual med-

ley and the 100 breaststroke with times of 2:00.68 and 1:00.74, respectively.

Sophomore Lauren Opatrny led the Georgetown women with a fifth-place performance in the 200 backstroke in a field of 16, with a time of 2:08.53. Opatrny also placed seventh in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

While Opatrny did not match her three-victory performance against Towson, she provided encouraging signs for the future.

Senior Brian McAllister, the Hoyas’ only entrant in men’s diving, posted a pair of third-place finishes.

In addition to a bronze medal in the men’s 3-meter dive, McAllister finished third in the meet’s final event, the men’s 1m dive, with a score of 167.85.

Sophomore Shannon Donohue was the best of the women’s divers at the meet, finishing seventh in

the 3m dive. Freshman Lauren Kahan provided the Hoya’s best performance in the 1m dive, with a score of 186.90 — good enough for eighth place.

Despite the overall disappointing results, the Hoyas received strong performances across the board.

Freshman Michael Ng provided two third-place finishes in the 100 backstroke and the 200 freestyle.

Ng and Kilgore also finished second in the men’s 200 medley relay, along with sophomore Matthew Mandel and senior Greg Germain.

Their time of 1:37.15 was less than a second too slow.

The team will compete next Nov. 11 and 12 against Princeton, Lehigh and The College of New Jersey at the Princeton swimming and diving invitational in Princeton, N.J. They resume conference play the following week at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

GU Tops ’Cuse in Tense Playoff Matchup WOMEN’S SOCCER, from A10 in an effort to pressure and stifle Georgetown’s offensive weapons, Syracuse was left with acres of open field behind its back four — space that speedy senior striker Camille Trujillo, the most accomplished goal-scorer in program history, exploited in the early going.

A long, cross-field ball from senior forward Sam Baker found a streaking Trujillo alone with the keeper inside the penalty area in the first minute. Syracuse sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Anghel parried Trujillo’s effort, but freshman midfielder Daphne Corboz was waiting to pounce on the rebound. Corboz calmly converted her golden opportunity, placing the ball into the back of the net for her 10th goal of the season a mere 52 seconds from the opening whistle.

In the 19th minute another through ball, this time from senior midfielder Kelly D’Ambrisi, found Trujillo on a trademark penetrating run through the heart of the defense. The Hoyas’ leading goal-scorer received the ball in the center of the pitch, rounded the final Orange defender, and wrong-footed Anghel, stepping past the goalie and composedly slotting the ball home into the empty net.

While the Blue and Gray were thrilled by the quick start, the twogoal advantage instilled a sense of complacency that was enough to cause concern among both coaches and players. “[I] asked them to come out flying and set a high tempo … but to be honest probably the worst thing that could’ve happened to us was scoring so early,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “I think we got into the mindset of ‘this is going to be another 6-0 game,’ and I just didn’t think we played well.”

Wells, too, noted that her team struggled to connect following the early offensive display.

“Scoring early on is obviously a good thing, but I think also our mentality shifted a little, maybe not

for the best,” she said. “[We were] a little too confident, because I don’t think we played the game like we usually do possession-wise and to our feet. I just don’t think we got into a rhythm the way that we usually play.”

Georgetown controlled the run of play for the remainder of the half, but Nolan was blunt in addressing his team during the break.

“I’m a performance guy, and I told the kids this at halftime: that I thought the first-half performance was the worst performance of the year, and that I knew they [could] do better,” Nolan said. “We have to find ways to perform well, and then the results will take care of themselves.”

The Hoyas continued to dictate play in the second period, and added to their lead when a shot was blocked by the hand of an Orange defender in the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Anghel produced a fine save on Wells’ attempt from the spot, diving to parry the effort off the post. However, the rebound fell to Wells, who made good on her second opportunity, settling and converting from short range in the 51st minute.

The visitors added a consolation goal in the 76th minute, heading home a shot which followed from a corner kick, but the Blue and Gray’s three goals were enough to secure the 15th win of the season — equaling the school record set in last season’s run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Aggression and intensity boiled over in the waning minutes as Georgetown’s attempts to close out the result drew the ire of their frustrated opponents. The angst gained critical mass in the 85th minute when Syracuse junior midfielder Tina Romagnuolo was assessed her second yellow card for dissent in less than 60 seconds and shoved Georgetown sophomore defender Alex Bushman on her way off the pitch.

“It was definitely physical, and it obviously got out of hand with the

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Syracuse’s Tina Romagnuolo was ejected from Sunday’s game.

red card,” Wells said. “I’m still taken aback a little; I’ve never played in a game that was like that.”

Just because the Hoyas have now realized their goal of reaching the Big East semifinals for the first time since 2007 does not mean that their appetite for success is satisfied, however.

“We set our goals as we go, and as we started to get down the run of it we felt that this was the year we wanted to get back to the Big

East tournament and solidify ourselves as one of the top four teams in one of the best conferences in the country,” Nolan said. “The next step now is to make a Big East championship.”

Georgetown now travels to face top-seeded tournament host West Virginia, who beat the Hoyas 3-1 at North Kehoe field on Sept. 30. The Blue and Gray’s bid for redemption will kick off at 5:30 p.m. on Friday in Morgantown, W. Va.

MEN’S SOCCER

Senior Day Bittersweet as Hoyas Fall to Friars MAGGIE LAW

Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s soccer team faced rain, sleet and snow before falling to Providence College, 2-1, in its last game of the regular season Saturday. The No. 19 Hoyas scored early in the first half, but two unanswered goals sealed the victory for the Friars (10-6-1, 5-3-1, Big East). Georgetown finished the regular season with a record of 10-4-4 overall and 5-3-1 in Big East play.

Junior midfielder Andy Riemer struck first for the Hoyas just eight minutes into the game. A free kick from sophPROVIDENCE 2 o m o r e midf ieldGEORGETOWN 1 er Steve Neumann was initially saved, but Riemer scored off the rebound on a bicycle kick to put Georgetown up 1-0.

Georgetown was unable to hold onto the lead, however, as Providence scored twice within a three-minute span to take a 2-1 halftime lead.

“To Providence’s credit, they came out and worked harder than [we did] in the first half. They

picked up a lot of second balls and the stats were in their favor,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “We got a good early goal, but we let in two very uncharacteristically soft goals. You can’t do that against a team like Providence and expect to get a result.”

Providence’s equalizer came in the 12th minute when senior defender John Raley sent a cross to sophomore forward Greg Davis, who beat his defender in the box and ripped a shot into the upper right corner of the net.

The Friars then took advantage of a rebound three minutes later with a goal from freshman midfielder Marcos Ugarte. Freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez made the first save for Georgetown, but Ugarte capitalized on a failed clear attempt and fired into an open net for what turned out to be the game-winning goal.

The Hoyas came out strong after the break, generating twice as many scoring chances in the second half as they did in the first.

Georgetown’s best chance came late in the game on a header from Neumann, but his shot ricocheted off the crossbar.

“Once we were down, I think the

guys came out and put forth an extraordinary effort in the second half,” Wiese said. “We generated a couple good chances and their goalie made a couple good saves.

We just didn’t have enough time to get it done.”

The Blue and Gray outshot the Friars in the second half, 8-3, and 12-10 overall. Providence held the advantage in corner kicks, taking four to Georgetown’s three.

“Providence was happy keeping 11 guys in their half, and they just defended for 45 minutes,” Wiese said. “They made it very hard to get behind them. It’s tough to break down a good team that’s organized and that’s happy with bodies behind the ball. I think Providence was in that mindset in the second half and it worked for them.”

Providence senior goalkeeper Jhojan Obando totaled five saves, including four in the second half, for his 10th win of the season. Gomez racked up two saves in net for the Hoyas.

The result was the third consecutive Big East road win for the Friars and the Hoyas’ second conference loss at home.

“This result would have been an important one for the NCAA tour-

nament. It’s an opportunity loss,” Wiese said. “But I think the game we play on Wednesday, if we win it, will be the game that punches our ticket to the NCAA tournament.”

Georgetown has already clinched a Big East tournament berth with its impressive conference record, and the team expects a fifth or sixth seed in the Blue Division. Seeding will be announced this afternoon, after Notre Dame and Seton Hall face off in the final conference game of the season.

“We’ve made it harder for ourselves this year, but we’ve made it so that when we get to [New York’s] Red Bull Arena, it’ll be a much more memorable run. These upcoming games are all great opportunities,” Wiese said.

The first round of the Big East tournament will take place on Wednesday afternoon at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals will occur at Red Bull Arena.

“All we can do is really just think about the next game at hand and prepare for it,” he said. “If you look at our results, we’ve been a pretty good road team. I don’t think this team’s afraid to play anyone, anywhere.”

Preston Barclay

Turning Two in the 202

W

hile it’s undoubtedly a surprise to most of the baseball world that the St. Louis Cardinals emerged as the 2011 World Series champions, those in St. Louis and more specifically those within the Cardinals organization would tell you otherwise.

Like all contenders during the season, the Cardinals were buyers at the trade deadline with the thought that a few midseason moves could add the final pieces to a championship-caliber puzzle.

As a mid-to-large market club with a payroll of nearly $110 million, the St. Louis front office was able to utilize substantial funds to make worthwhile free agent signings and acquisitions, but at the same time needed valuable contributions from cheap and young players. Some players, like Albert Pujols and Chris Carpenter, have been with the club for years, while others arrived in St. Louis for the first time in July and August.

The 2011 Cardinals represent an excellent blueprint of how to put together a winning, cohesive ball club, so to recognize when and how they did it is a worthwhile exercise.

Like the aforementioned Pujols, many players were “homegrown” products — either drafted or signed as amateurs and developed in their minor league system before reaching the pros. Although hard to imagine now, Pujols was amazingly not drafted until the 13th round (402nd overall) of the 1999 draft.

Other key players like Lance Lynn (first round, 39th overall, 2008) Yadier Molina (fourth round, 2000), Skip Schumaker (fifth round, 2003), Allen Craig (eight round, 2006), Jason Motte (19th round, 2003) and Jaime Garcia (22nd round, 2005) were all drafted and brought up by the Cardinals, with most of them being under-the-radar prospects.

Although the farm system is obviously useful to develop players, it can also be used to acquire veterans in trades. After using the 13th overall pick in the 2008 draft on first baseman Brett Wallace, the Cardinals sent him to the Athletics in July 2009 (along with pitcher Clayton Mortensen and outfielder Shane Peterson) for Matt Holliday.

A free agent after that season, Holliday resigned with the Cards for seven years and $120 million in 2009.

Ironically, World Series MVP David Freese came to the club in the exact opposite manner. After being drafted in the 9th round of the 2006 draft by the San Diego Padres, Freese found his path to the big leagues blocked by the likes of Chase Headley and Kevin Kouzmanoff. Before the 2008 season, Freese was fatefully shipped to St. Louis for former all-star center fielder Jim Edmonds, who was in the twilight of his glittering career.

Many other players throughout the roster were acquired primarily through free agency. Drafted originally by the Blue Jays, starter Chris Carpenter came to St. Louis in 2003 after injuries derailed his career in Toronto. Although he was forced to miss the entire 2003 season, Carpenter went on to win the NL Cy Young award in 2005 and has been the ace of the St. Louis staff ever since.

Fellow rotation mainstay Kyle Lohse also came to St. Louis in 2008 after a relatively mediocre career in Philadelphia, signing a one-year, $4.25 million deal with the Cards before re-upping with a four-year, $41 million extension. After being acquired in a three-way 2010 midseason trade, rotation mate Jake Westbrook re-signed with the club through 2012 with a club option for 2013.

This offseason brought Lance Berkman and Nick Punto on one-year deals after lackluster 2010 seasons. Berkman’s resurgence was a shock, and he was ultimately a bargain at $8 million.

Perhaps the greatest move conducted by General Manager John Mozeliak, however, was a controversial and seemingly crazy three-way trade July 27 with the Blue Jays and White Sox. In two two-team deals, the Cardinals shipped former top prospect and budding star center fielder Colby Rasmus to Toronto with pitchers P.J. Walters, Trever Miller and Brian Tallet, while acquiring starter Edwin Jackson, relievers Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepczynski, outfielder Corey Patterson and three players to be named later or cash.

The deal was a shock to the baseball community, as Rasmus had essentially been groomed to be the next face of the franchise if Pujols were to leave this offseason.

But problems with manager Tony LaRussa made the move possible, and Mozeliak’s bold play — along with a little luck — ultimately wound up constructing a World Series champion.

Preston Barclay is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business. TURNING TWO IN THE 202 appears every Tuesday.

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THE HOYA

COMMENTARY

Second Place Cuts the Deepest Nick Fedyk

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Senior setter Ashley Malone (3) and freshman middle blocker Dani White (9) rise to block a spike against UConn. White had 16 kills in the Hoyas’ win at Seton Hall.

Hoyas Win Two in NJ VOLLEYBALL, from A10 and nine ties, but with the score knotted at 24, the Pirates took the next two points to finish the set.

The fifth and final set was once again a struggle for both teams, but the Hoyas emerged victors after winning the final three points, the last two coming off kills from freshman outside hitter Alex Johnson.

The win called upon every member of the Blue and Gray, who hit an impressive .267 collectively. Georgetown out-dug the hosts, 88-61, and out-blocked their opposition, 15-9. Individually, Johnson led the Hoyas with 24 kills, while middle blocker and fellow freshman Dani White added 16.

Senior setter Ashley Malone contributed offensively and defensively, posting matchhighs in digs (23), assists (48), and hitting percentage (.538). However, much of the spotlight belonged to senior libero and captain Tory Rezin, who, with 17 digs, became Georgetown’s new all-time dig leader and solidified an outstanding career.

After a short ride down the New Jersey Turnpike, the Hoyas returned to action on Sunday against Rutgers. A leaky roof at Rutgers’ College Avenue Gym caused the match to be moved to a side court, where Georgetown fought off another comeback

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attempt to take the match in the fifth set.

In the first set, the Scarlet Knights jumped out to an early 6-3 lead, but the Hoyas responded with six straight points and did not lose the lead again in the set.

The Blue and Gray further elevated their play in the second set, posting a .438 hitting percentage and winning the set to go up, 2-0.

But like Seton Hall, Rutgers was able to regroup at intermission and captured a tightly contested third set. The fourth set was again close, but the Scarlet Knights won six of the last eight points to force a fifth set.

The deciding set went to the Hoyas, as junior middle blocker Lindsay Wise closed out the battle with one of her 13 kills.

Malone turned in another phenomenal performance for Georgetown, notching 46 assists and posting an outstanding .714 hitting percentage. Johnson led the way in kills with 17, and Rezin and freshman libero MacKenzie Simpson each recorded 12 digs. The Hoyas again were able to outblock their opponents en route to victory.

The Blue and Gray will try to extend their current four-game win streak and solidify a spot in the Big East tournament when they head to Tampa, Fla. to take on South Florida (9-14, 5-5) Sunday.

he Texas Rangers were one pitch away from winning the World Series. Neftali Feliz was one inch away from throwing the final strike. Nelson Cruz was one step away from making the final out of the season. They could have won it. They should have won it.

But somehow, they didn’t. It all came undone for the Texas Rangers last week, and the St. Louis Cardinals were the ones hoisting the trophy at the end of the day. When it mattered most, Texas just wasn’t able to get the job done. Frustration, disappointment, heartbreak — these are emotions that the losers of every championship game feel.

But rarely is the pain of losing felt as spectacularly as it was Friday at Busch Stadium. The greatest sense of failure occurs when you barely fail, when you just narrowly miss your target, when you get so close to success that you can taste the champagne in your mouth and feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins. It’s when you know you should have won, yet didn’t. It’s when you play well for 178 games but lose the 179th.

No one wants to be in second place at the end of the season. As the wise Ricky Bobby once said, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” Second place sucks. Everyone strives to be the best, not the second best.

The Texas Rangers have finished in second place in each of the last two seasons. They might become baseball’s version of the Buffalo

Bills, who lost four straight Super Bowls in the early ’90s. As an upstate New York native, I know the pain of defeat. Like the Bills, the Rangers have never won a championship in their 50-year history.

Yes, they’ve come close, but close doesn’t count. Struggle and pain can define a franchise, and that may be the case in Arlington.

That’s why I could not help but sympathize with the Rangers at the end of game seven. Manager Ron Washington looked like he was about to cry and owner Nolan Ryan had a blank stare of disbelief on his face. A friend of mine who is a hardcore Rangers fan couldn’t even bear to watch most of the game, and he probably won’t be answering phone calls or wearing his Josh Hamilton jersey for a few months.

As for myself, I was torn as I watched St. Louis celebrate. On the one hand, I wanted to cry along with the Rangers, defeated and helpless as they were. On the other hand, I became very angry at the Cardinals, who had just won their 11th World Series and their second since 2006. Why do they need another ring? Wouldn’t Texas claiming their first-ever victory be a much happier story? St. Louis played the role of the arrogant, selfish jerk who spoiled the party.

This hate is found in every major sport. Unless we are legitimate, home-bred fans of teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Yankees or New England Patriots, we can’t help but despise teams that keep winning and winning. Why? First of all, repeats are boring.

With the exception of hardcore Lakers fans, who really wanted to see them win the NBA Finals five

times in the last decade? Kobe is exciting to watch, but when he was raising the trophy for the fifth time in 2010, the moment had lost its luster. We politely applaud the team for its greatness, but we’re just not thrilled or excited anymore.

But when the Celtics beat the Lakers in 2008, the feeling was quite different. Although it was the Celtics 17th title, it was only the first for veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. They had finally slayed the dragon of Kobe Bryant, already fat with rings.

That same year, the underdog Giants shocked the New England juggernaut in one of the greatest Super Bowls ever. And the Arizona Cardinals were oh-so-close to upsetting the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers the following year. I’m still pretty upset at those “One for the Other Thumb” T-shirts.

I can’t deny that there are plenty of Lakers, Patriots and Steelers fans out there. But you also have to remember that there are a lot of haters, too. In a society that prides itself on equal opportunity and economic freedom, we don’t like monopolies of power. We love those Horatio Alger stories, when underdogs defeat the odds and go from rags to riches. It’s an exciting and inspiring moment when a team reaches the top for the first time.

But the best stories aren’t always written. Last Friday, the Texas Rangers just barely missed the American dream.

Nick Fedyk is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service.

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CROSS COUNTRY

GU Primes for Nationals ASHWIN WADEKAR Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s men’s and women’s cross country teams took another step toward their goal of peaking at the NCAA tournament, as the women took third place and the men finished in second place in the Big East championship in Louisville, Ky. this past weekend.

Villanova won both races by a large margin, but the results marked the ninth time in 10 years that the men have finished in the top two of the Big East.

The focus for both cross country teams this year has been progress. The regular season has simply been the means to improve in order to peak for the NCAA tournament. “[Our place] shows we’re doing exactly what we wanted during this year,” Assistant Coach Michael Banks said. “We want to get better and better as the season goes and on and keep making process with our racing.”

The means for improvement has simply been competition. Racing experience has proved crucial for the younger members of the team.

“Even though it’s cross country, our guys have been learning to put together a race and execute a race plan,” Banks said. “For some guys it’s winning, for some guys it’s running a certain time, and for some guys it’s just scoring.”

Freshman John Murray has benefited from racing experience during the regular season, and he showed his improvement this weekend coming in as the Blue and Gray’s fifth-fastest runner and finishing 37th place overall.

“I was very pleased with Murray’s race,” Banks said. “He went out there and put himself right with the guys I told him to run with.”

Still, experience proved crucial for the Hoyas. Senior Mark Dennin finished seventh overall and first for Georgetown. Following Dennin were graduate student Alex Lundy and junior Andrew Springer, who finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and graduate student T.C. Lumbar, who came in 20th overall.

“Lundy, Springer, and T.C. all ran right behind their pack.” Banks said. “But [in] any other race they could have been right in front of their pack. Like I said, we’re going to keep getting better and having a shot at beating [Villanova] in regionals. They have a very talented and experienced team but we have a very good team as well.”

Looking forward, the Hoyas are focusing on NCAA regionals and then nationals.

“We’ve got to keep working hard like we have been,” Banks said. We aren’t where we want to be, we want to keep making progress,

keep executing the race plan. Workouts will fine-tune us.”

But Banks doesn’t want to become too narrow-minded with the team’s approach to the cross country season. Because most cross country runners compete in both indoor and outdoor track later this year, Banks has to keep a perspective on what Georgetown wants to accomplish.

“The training we’ve done is going to pay off these next couple weeks, but I want to keep the bigger picture of outdoor track in May and June in mind,” Banks said. “We’re not going to sacrifice everything to have the best cross-country team we can [at the expense of track].”

On the women’s side, the team finished in third place behind Villanova and Providence in a very competitive top half of the conference. The Big East currently includes four of the top 10 and six of the top 25 teams in the country.

“I think, going into the Big East [championship], on any given day, any of the top five or six teams could have won,” Assistant Coach Chris Miltenberg said. “But on any given day, we could have run really well, like we did, and still finished in third.”

Senior Emily Infeld led the way for the Blue and Gray, finishing fifth overall. Junior Emily Jones finished in 13th while classmate Kirsten Kasper placed 15th. Freshman Katrina Coogan and Annamarie Maag came in 20th and 24th, respectively.

In only her second race of the season, Infeld made major strides coming off of a minor hip flexor injury. But Miltenberg was most impressed with Kasper’s performance.

“Kasper was one of the ones I was most excited about,” Miltenberg said. “She raced so confidently and assertively by the end of the race. It was a big step forward and it’s exactly what we needed from her.”

Over the next couple of weeks, the women, like the men, will turn their focus to regionals.

“The best way to race at nationals is to race hard at regionals,” Miltenberg said. “We’re going to keep emphasizing things we want to do in the race — we need to be assertive in the middle and competitive at the end.”

And with Villanova and West Virginia in Georgetown’s region, the race could very well echo the Big East championship this weekend.

But despite the third-place finish for a team that had lofty pre-season expectations, Miltenberg is convinced the team is on the right track, primed to peak at the national championship.

“Things are coming together even more than they look on paper,” Miltenberg said.

“We’ve endured a lot of ups and downs, and I’m really proud of how these girls handled it.”

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Junior quarterback Isaiah Kempf, shown against Colgate, scored on a 27-yard run in the third quarter. Kempf completed only four pass attempts for 55 yards in the snowstorm.

Hoyas Advance Title Hopes FOOTBALL, from A10 midway through the first half, the rest of the half was solely punts and turnovers until Weiss knocked another field goal through the uprights with 1:16 remaining in the half.

During this key stretch, the Blue and Gray forced four turnovers. Senior cornerback Jayah Kaisamba picked up a fumble, and senior defensive back David Quintero intercepted a pass from Holy Cross senior quarterback Ryan Taggart three drives later.

The two others both came during the second quarter on special teams, as senior wide receiver and captain Jeremiah Kayal picked up a Holy Cross fumble off of sophomore Matt MacZura’s punt and Weiss recovered a loose ball on the kickoff following his second field goal.

At the start of the second half, with conditions on the field worsening, the Hoyas abandoned the pass and be-

gan to exclusively run the ball.

The strategy worked, with the Blue and Gray rushing seven times for 55 yards on the first drive after the intermission, culminating in a 27-yard scoring scramble by junior quarterback Isaiah Kempf, aided by big blocks down the field to give him room to run.

While Kempf completed 4-of-13 pass attempts for 55 yards, his contribution to the run attack and the backfield’s tough running was vital to the squad’s success in the slippery snow. Senior running back Chance Logan led the way for the second straight week, carrying the ball nine times for 78 yards, with his second to last touch going for a 34-yard touchdown to seal the game.

Sophomore running back Nick Campanella’s strength running between the tackles complemented Logan’s quickness, a combination which kept the ball in the Hoyas’ hands and the Crusaders’ defense on their heels. Campanella ran 17 times

for 46 hard-fought yards.

Senior defensive end Andrew Schaetzke and junior linebacker Robert McCabe once again stood out on the defensive side.

Schaetzke’s two sacks earned him the Dr. Edward N. Anderson Award, given for the most outstanding performer in the Holy Cross Family Weekend game. He also was named Patriot League defensive player of the week.

McCabe contributed 13 more tackles to push his season total to 107.

Because games against Fordham are not included in Patriot League standings due to the Rams’ decision to start offering football scholarships, next Saturday’s senior day will have little practical impact on the Patriot League championship.

Still, seniors such as Kaisamba, Logan and Schaetzke will say goodbye to a program that they have led to prominence in their final season on the Hilltop. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the MultiSport Facility.

Sports

WOMEN’S SOCCER Hoyas (15-5, 8-3 Big East) vs.

West Virginia (15-4, 10-1 Big East) Friday, 5:30 p.m.

Morgantown, W.Va.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011

WHAT’S INSIDE Maggie Law recaps the men’s soccer team’s 2-1 loss to Providence on Senior Day.

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UPCOMING GAMES: BIG EAST VOLLEYBALL

Syracuse 3 Pittsburgh 0

St. John’s at Pittsburgh Friday, 7 p.m.

Villanova 2 Seton Hall 3

Notre Dame 3 St. John’s 1

Villanova at South Florida Friday, 7 p.m.

“Next season, as we will have many seniors, I predict that we will dominate much of the Big East and shock teams with our level of skill and commitment.”

Field hockey junior forward Charlotte Tierney

FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S SOCCER

GU Finally Earns First Big East Win RAE UNDERBERG Special to The Hoya

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Redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells (9) lofts a shot over Syracuse goalkeeper Brittany Anghel for the Hoyas’ third goal.

Hoyas Break Quarterfinal Curse BENO PICCIANO Hoya Staff Writer

After going 282 long minutes over three years without a goal in conference tournament play, Georgetown (15-5, 8-3 Big East) took just seconds to snap its streak of scoreless soccer on Sunday afternoon. The Hoyas struck early against archival Syracuse (7-8-3, 6-5 Big East) with a goal in the first minute en route to a 3-1 victory in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.

West Virginia at UConn Friday, 7 p.m.

Victims of back-to-back 1-0 doubleovertime defeats at the same stage of the competition in 2009 and 2010, the Hoyas SYRACUSE 1 punched their ticket to GEORGETOWN 3 Morgantown, W. Va., with a scrappy victory against an aggressive Orange side.

“We just needed to take care of business today. It wasn’t a pretty game at all, and I don’t think we played our best, but we still got the win [and]

that’s what good teams do,” redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells said.

After defeating their New York rivals 3-1 Sept. 23, Georgetown faced an aggressive and at times ugly affair in the always-difficult rematch. The visitors successfully disrupted the Blue and Gray’s rhythm offensively but posed little threat to the Georgetown defense throughout the afternoon.

Playing with a high defensive line

Traveling to Providence, R.I., this weekend, the Georgetown field hockey team (3-15, 1-5 Big East) overcame a rain delay to defeat Providence (4-14, 1-5 Big East) in overtime, 3-2, for their first win since early September.

Even in the midst of a nor’easter, the Hoyas had a positive outlook for their season finale that was only bolstered by junior forward Charlotte Tierney’s first-half goal. Tierney scored after collecting a pass from junior forward Catherine Shugrue, who earned her fourth assist of the season on the play. The Blue and Gray’s momentum was short-lived, though, as the hosts answered with a goal off a penalty corner only two minutes later.

With the score tied, 1-1, some impressive play by goalie Kelly Mosser kept Georgetown grounded after the intermission. In the first start of her college career, the freshman made several important saves on several scoring opportunities and kept the game tied in the face of intense pressure from Providence.

The first goal of the second half was scored by Georgetown junior midfielder Caitlin Hickey on a deflected corner from fellow midfielder and classmate Laura Thistle. This combination marked Hickey’s second goal of the season and Thistle’s team-high fifth assist. Once again, though, Providence equalized off a penalty corner, the game-tying goal coming with just

12 minutes remaining. Another close call on a late penalty corner from Providence gave the Blue and Gray a scare, but junior midfielder Katy Wingo made a great save to force an overtime period after the 70 minutes of regulation play.

A second goal from Tierney, coming off junior forward Annie Wilson’s perfectly timed cross, capped an exPROVIDENCE 2 citing overtime.

GEORGETOWN 3 Tierney’s strike was aimed perfectly into the upper right-hand corner, her second goal of the game and fifth of the season.

“We were able to successfully execute our offensive opportunities against a tough Big East opponent,” Tierney wrote in an email.

With this win in hand, the Blue and Gray’s disappointing season is over, but Tierney is optimistic for next fall.

“Next season, as we will have many seniors, I predict that we will dominate much of the Big East and shock teams with our level of skill and commitment,” Tierney wrote in an email.

“I think that this year was a building year in which we all stepped up and drastically improved our field hockey skills, while next season we will demonstrate our ability to outplay any competition we are up against.”

With nine juniors returning for their senior season next year, the future looks bright for field hockey on the Hilltop.

VOLLEYBALL

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FOOTBALL

GU Victorious in Worcester Snow Bowl ANDREW LOGERFO Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown football team (7-2, 3-1 Patriot League) trekked eight hours north to Worcester, Mass., this past weekend to take on league-leading Holy Cross (4-4, 2-1 Patriot League). But the Crusaders were not the biggest obstacle the Hoyas faced, as driving snow blanketed Fitton Field and reduced second-half visibility to nearly zero.

On a day where the weather was making headlines all along the east coast, the Blue and Gray hoped to make a headline of their own by dispatching the Crusaders and keeping their postHOLY CROSS 6 season destiny in their GEORGETOWN 19 own hands.

A win against the Crusaders would set up a Patriot League championship matchup with Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 12.

And win is just what the Hoyas did, controlling the game from kickoff until final whistle. The 19-6 victory was the result of a consistently dominant defense and a tough running attack — two of the team’s calling cards during this successful season.

Georgetown’s defense got off to a hot start before the Family Weekend crowd of 4,000, forcing Holy Cross to punt on the first possession of the game. On their opening drive, the Blue and Gray took the ball 61 yards before the offense stalled and senior kicker Brett Weiss connected on a 28yard field goal to give the Hoyas the early lead.

With the wet snow beginning to fall FILE PHOTO: SARI FRANKEL/THE HOYA

Senior tailback Chance Logan, pictured against Colgate, rushed for a touchdown

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Senior setter Ashley Malone had 46 assists and a .714 hitting percentage to lead the Hoyas in each category against Rutgers Sunday.

Georgetown Jumps to Seventh After Sweep LEONARD OLSEN Hoya Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Georgetown volleyball team (14-10, 6-5 Big East) came away victorious from two five-set thrillers on the road, defeating Seton Hall (14-11, 5-5 Big East) Friday, 25-13, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 15-11, and Rutgers (819, 1-9 Big East) Sunday, 25-17, 2518, 21-25, 23-25, 15-13.

With the two victories, the Hoyas improved from 10th to seventh in the current Big East standings and put themselves in a better position to make the upcoming Big East tournament in Milwaukee, Wisc.

In the first match of the weekend, the Blue and Gray jumped all over the Pirates early by building

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a 12-2 lead in the first set. They never looked back. The second set proved SETON HALL 2 to be more of GEORGETOWN 3 a struggle — the RUTGERS 2 s c o r e was tied GEORGETOWN 3 11 times — but the Hoyas pulled away by taking five straight points to overcome an 18-16 deficit.

Seton Hall, however, came out of the intermission fighting and was able to capitalize on Georgetown’s weak .114 hitting percentage in the third set. The fourth set was back-and-forth throughout and featured four lead changes See VOLLEYBALL, A9