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FALLING INTO FASHION

In this week’s Guide, style-savvy students sport vintage autumn wares from a local boutique.

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UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: REGENTS HALL ON PACE FOR JULY 2012 COMPLETION

Halloween crime dominates the discussion at the latest ANC 2E meeting BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

Monday’s Halloween shooting and crime spike in Georgetown drew the attention of attendees at the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

Several city officials tried to assuage community worries about the surge of crime on Monday, as Metropolitan Police Department Captain Jeffrey Herold provided members of the Georgetown and Burleith communities with further information regarding the incidents.

According to Herold, the 17-yearold male victim, who was shot in the head on the 2800 block of M Street late on Oct. 31, is in critical condition at The George Washington University Hospital. Commenting that MPD made arrests promptly, Herold said that his homicide unit hopes to close the case within the next few days.

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Regents Hall, the official name of the new science center, is slated to house office space, teaching labs, a cafe and study space. See photo essay on A5.

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Tests Stolen From MSB Mailroom Campaign On Track To Reach Goal in 2016 KELLY CHURCH Hoya Staff Writer

Students were forced to retake exams after their tests were stolen from the McDonough School of

Business mailroom last week.

Some time between Oct. 25 and 26, an unknown person took documents from the MSB mailroom.

The theft primarily affected MSB adjunct lecturer James Dalkin’s ac-

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The McDonough School of Business is considering implementing new security measures after three tests were taken from its mailroom last week.

counting class, requiring the three students whose tests were stolen to retake the exam.

“I regret any inconvenience this has caused, but it relates to circumstances beyond my control,” Dalkin wrote in an email sent to affected students.

One of the students affected, Anthony Mastroianni (COL ’12), a cartoonist for THE HOYA, said that the accounting exam was administered electronically, but Dalkin asked his students to print and submit a hard copy of their answers. Three students had experienced technical issues that precluded their electronic responses from being recorded and had submitted their own hard copies.

With those hard copies stolen, no record of their test answers remained. The trio retook the test earlier this week during a regular lecture.

Dalkin was unsure about whether or not anything else was taken,

GLENN RUSSO Hoya Staff Writer

Following last weekend’s public launch of Georgetown’s $1.5 billion capital campaign, the initiative remains on track to reach its goal by 2016 after reaching the $799 million mark Tuesday.

Raking in a number of verbal and written commitments, the Office of Advancement recorded a haul of $21 million over the weekend’s events.

Vice President for Advancement R. Bartley Moore indicated that the

campaign, which is expected to last 10 years, will meet its objectives.

“We are confident we will reach our goal in that timeframe,” Moore said.

To continue the push, the university is planning smaller-scale launch events in 10 major cities with strong alumni presence over the next 18 months and a student campaign drive slated for the spring semester.

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OBAMA STUMPS FOR JOBS BILL NEAR KEY BRIDGE

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A Legacy: Feeding the Applicant Pool ADRIANNA SMITH Special to The Hoya

When Emily Bertsche (SFS ’12) arrived on campus three-and-a-half years ago, she may have been across the country in a brand-new environment, but she was surrounded by some familiar faces.

As one of 10 graduates of St. Ignatius College Prep, a Jesuit school in Chicago, Ill., to matriculate into Georgetown from her grade, Bertsche could tackle college with a built-in community.

“The best part of going to Georgetown [with so many people from high school] is that you have a guaranteed support network from the get-go,” she said. “It’s great because we have a shared past and present.”

St. Ignatius is among several of

Georgetown’s “feeder schools” — high schools that regularly send large numbers of applications to the university. The close relationship these schools have with

“I love that we have a common history, and we can talk about ‘that kid’ from high school.’”

HANNAH KLUSENDORF (COL ’12) Alumna of Chicago’s Loyola Academy

Georgetown can be a boon to prospective students both during the application process and after they have found their way to the Hilltop.

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TALLYING THE NUMBERS During the Early Action segment of the admissions cycle for the class of 2015, the university saw upwards of 50 applications from seven high schools across the country that admissions counselors target.

Four of the Northeast’s elite boarding schools — Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey — topped the list, sending 69, 66, 65 and 62 applications respectively.

The next six schools on the list include Regis High School in New York with 55 applicants, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts

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With the Key Bridge as a backdrop, the president urged Congress to pass the jobs bill in Georgetown Waterfront Park Wednesday. See photo gallery online.

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EDITORIAL

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Spice Up Your Schedule “Knights of Old & Harry Potter.” “Philosophy and Star Trek.” “Sociology of Hip Hop: Jay-Z.” No, these undergraduate courses aren’t academic lite. In fact, they could transform your academic journey at Georgetown.

As pre-registration looms yet again, students should consider expanding their horizons by signing up for at least one course unrelated to their academic program.

All students are required to take 120 credits and 38 to 43 classes in order to graduate.

But that hardly means that each of those classes needs to fall inside a student’s major, minor or certificate. Across each of the undergraduate schools, the core curriculum retains its foundation in the liberal arts. That doesn’t mean just taking classic English and philosophy requirements, though, for the true value of a liberal arts education is that students are exposed to a rich variety of ideas, discussions and dialogues.

In order to fulfill requirements, perhaps students need to box themselves in, but if given the chance, the government major should check out a computer science class or the finance major a sociology course, for example.

It goes without saying that our university boasts an impressive lineup of undergraduate, pre-professionally oriented schools. It’s natural to want to take advan-

tage of classes in the McDonough School of Business, the School of Foreign Service and the School of Nursing and Health Studies.

There is a time and a place to learn skills distinctly associated with certain career paths, but for now, students should sample from the vast course offerings and escape from their ambition-driven comfort zones.

Students concern themselves so fully with assembling the picture-perfect transcript that they inhibit their personal intellectual growth and overlook potentially life-changing courses in the registration process. Much of the appeal of a Georgetown education is the opportunity to take unique classes. It is not uncommon at Georgetown to find students who stumble upon double majors, minors, certificates and other interests by accident because of the flexibility built into schedules and gentle nudges of guidance from their advisers or mentors.

With an abundance of fascinating courses in the directory this pre-registration season, we encourage all students to branch out and take a class: It may be your favorite class at Georgetown, or it may even inspire a minor you hadn’t thought of before. If nothing else, it will provide a welcome diversion from the slew of career-focused courses we typically flock to.

And who knows, it might inspire you to chart a new life path of your own.

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who responded in time should have been elated about the opportunity, the process was unfair to the students who were not fortunate enough to have won the lottery in the first place, not to mention those students who weren’t plugged into social media or leaving a White-Gravenor classroom Friday morning.

Of course, waiting in long lines is not ideal, as shown in the lead-up to past visits from Gen. David Petraeus, Bradley Cooper, Hillary Clinton and President Obama. The president’s address, given in McDonough Arena last year, tempted too many students to skip classes just to stand in line, while other less-patient event-goers simply cut the queue, depriving those who had been waiting for hours of any chance to nab a ticket.

President Obama’s second speech did offer another model, in which students in specific academic programs, relevant to the speech topic, were given first privilege. This approach penalized students for their majors, however, undermining our intellectually openminded campus.

No matter the system, vying for a spot at a top-notch speaker event will always be a stress-ridden ordeal atop students’ regular load of commitments. But in planning for future high-profile visits, event organizers should provide access to those students most committed to attending; requiring they line up at a particular location to register for a lottery would be a wise first step. Those who persevere would have a greater likelihood of seeing results, while those with a mild curiosity may just give the trek a skip.

THE VERDICT by The Editorial Board A True Fright Night — Six people were shot in the District on Halloween night, including one 17-year-old on M Street in Georgetown.

Early Exit — The men’s soccer team fell to St. John’s last night in the first round of the Big East tournament. They now need an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament to continue their season. See page A10 for details.

Good Vibrations — The Phantoms and the GraceNotes will host the D.C. A Cappella Festival in Gaston Hall this Saturday and the next, featuring several groups from “The Sing Off.” We’re Not Alone — Neighbors around the University of the District of Columbia are beginning to echo the complaints of Georgetown residents, arguing for slower growth and less student parking.

It’s Christmastime in the District — The lottery for tickets to the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony opened on Thursday.

Off the Web “Jay-Z: Not a 21st-Century Homer” Article posted Oct. 31, 2011 Comment posted Nov. 2, 2011 Anonymous: I find it interesting that the writer of this article has a problem with this class, but no issue with classes like “Philosophy of Star Trek” or the class that deals with “Harry Potter.” What is the issue with utilizing modern topics, artists, characters and mediums to engage in discussion about sociology?

I took professor Dyson’s class last fall, and my issue with the class was not the content (looking at the history, sociology and art of rap), rather the ignorance that tends to spew out of students that cannot step out of their privileged lives to understand the story, struggle, transcendence and triumph of rap artists.

Obviously, there are rap songs that offer nothing to society or students attending a prestigious university, but to discredit the work of Jay-Z, what it represents and the fact that his work can be used as a diving board into broader and imperative social issues is completely ignorant. I understand that this is an editorial section of the The Hoya but is it really respectful and up to Georgetown’s standards to discredit an entire course that a professor has prepared and that has been approved by the school? Really?

Your ignorance is neither amusing nor entertaining. I would hate to bring up the term racist, but honestly, that is the most prominent adjective that comes to my mind. Maybe it’s time that you open yours.

Comment posted Nov. 2, 2011 Anonymous: I find it interesting that while these commenters denounce Mr. Wu for a fallacious “appeal to authority,” their entire point rests on ad hominem arguments. First, they call him racist in an attempt to make his point seem beyond the pale of reasonable discussion, and then they challenge his qualification to speak because, after all, he’s just a college student; what does he know? Disapproving of something related to black culture does not make you racist, and being a college student does not invalidate your arguments.

Mr. Wu, to be honest, does not make a great argument against it, but rap music should not be the subject of college courses. The obscene poems cited by the last commenter are studied because the sources we have on Classical culture are limited; if people were studying our culture 2000 years later and they turned up a compendium of Jay-Z’s lyrics as part of the few surviving records, I would expect they’d study those, too. But the fact is that we have a wealth of better ways to study our own culture than by examining Jay-Z’s lyrics. While these might be useful when taken as part of a broad spectrum of indicators about the state of our culture, there is no reason to dedicate an entire semester to them, especially not in an introductory-level course.

The real problem, though, is the sorry state of the entire discipline of sociology, which has never been put on a proper foundation. I’m sure the actual reason that there are 134 students in that class is that it gives them a free period they can “BS” their way through with any sort of interpretation they want, with no objective standards.

I myself like disco music, but that doesn’t mean I should be able to get college credit for coming up with “creative” interpretations of the lyrics of “I Should Be So Lucky”

by Kylie Minogue. I suppose that makes me racist against Australians.

Curb Lines, Not Enthusiasm Each year, we’re lucky enough to have access to a buzz-worthy lineup of speakers. Last week, we welcomed back one of our most esteemed alumni: President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68). For students interested in seeing Clinton speak, the university utilized an online lottery system to narrow down the list of ticket holders who would be permitted entry.

This setup, while intended to be a fair way to allocate seats, fails to reward the students most invested in hearing from the speaker at hand.

Requiring students to enter a lottery by asking them to head to a pre-determined location on campus would more effectively filter prospective attendees. It would deter those with a passing interest in the day’s agenda who would otherwise sign up online, while rewarding those with enough commitment and wherewithal to venture to the ticket line far in advance.

As we saw in Clinton’s speech, it’s too easy to sign up. Students with uncertain Friday schedules or those only intrigued by the president’s celebrity status threw their hats in the ring anyway, precluding those seriously interested in attending the speech from this rare opportunity. When all students can enter with the click of a mouse, the chances of a genuinely interested student listening to a venerable speaker drop significantly.

Last week, the system fumbled, as organizers scrambled at the last minute to fill up lottery winners’ vacant seats in Gaston. On Facebook, statuses alerted of the open seats, and many students leaving their classrooms in White-Gravenor were approached with a rushed offer to see Clinton speak. Though the students

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Comment posted Nov. 2, 2011 Msaba: For someone so well-versed in obfuscatory academic jargon, the author seems completely unable to recognize the “appeal to authority” fallacy. It takes no effort to say that the Greek canon is important; they’re already accepted as the founding texts of Western thought. But it takes genuine intellectual rigor (and open-mindedness) to examine Jay-Z’s work as you would a poem or text and to critically reflect on what Carter’s music (and its popularity) says about the American experience.

Really, you give the whole game away with your lines about how rap “frolics in the gutter.” The crux of your sweeping indictment of hip-hop as a genre rests on some very hoary and racist assumptions about people of color.

Let me put it more succinctly: Who is really going to be remembered by history?

Jay-Z, the chronicler of America’s urban decay, or Stephen Wu, the Georgetown grad who scribbled this jeremiad in defense of some fantasyland socio-academic order?

CORRECTIONS The article “ReImagining GU, One Grant at a Time” (The Hoya, A1, Nov. 1, 2011) originally states that Breaking the Bubble has led one trip this semester. The group has, in fact, run five excursions.

The article “No Students Hurt in Burleith Fire” (The Hoya, A7, Nov. 1, 2011), misidentified the home of the neighbors who rescued the resident of 1930 37th St. as 1929 37th St. The rescuers’ home address is actually 1928 37th St. The article “Kenya Trip Sparks Interest” (The Hoya, A6, Sept. 30, 2011) identified Professor Donald Daniel as “visiting professor in the Center for Peace and Justice Studies.” The center should read “Center for Peace and Security Studies.”

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COMMENTARY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Lauren Reese & Mike Schoppmann

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Matthew Hoyt

The Blueprint for Academia Seven Billion People: Jay-Z and hip-hop add just as much to modern culture as the study of ancient Greek classics.

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s students who took “Sociology of Hip-Hop” in the spring of 2009, we believe that Stephen Wu’s viewpoint (“Jay-Z: Not a 21st-Century Homer,” The Hoya, A3, Nov.1) on Jay-Z alternates between ignorance and condescension. The author’s limited knowledge of Jay-Z, or hip-hop itself, dooms the piece from the start. His poor grasp of the culture, reduced to a problematic description of “crude and unpleasant,” immediately discounts his ability to form any sort of broad conclusion about the course or the man himself.

At the core, Wu’s piece typifies our culture and academia’s response to the work of minority artists. Wu, consciously or not, is embodying our society’s apprehension and bias in appreciating the work of seemingly “uneducated,” structurally marginalized minority voices and represents the barriers that prevent black artists from par-

ticipating in critical discourse in our country. By devaluing the artistic merit of Jay-Z and the genre of hip-hop, Wu is perpetuating the trend in America of venerating white, affluent, male voices at the expense of other identity groups historically pushed to the outskirts of the intellectual sphere i.e., African Americans, Latinos, women, LGBTQ-identified Americans, etc.

In the same vein, we wonder if Wu would take issue with the philosophy department at Georgetown offering a class that studies “The Wire,” a television drama that delves deeply into the lives of Baltimore citizens. Created by David Simon, the show explores many of the same themes evident in Jay-Z’s music: the struggle to overcome one’s surroundings, the hopelessness of the ghetto and the conflicts of being a poor urban youth. Would the author discount this course and this show for the same reasons he attacks Jay-Z? After all, they both represent “an element of modern American society that many find crude and unpleasant.”

Moreover, Wu mistakenly implies that engagement with classical texts and critical analysis of hip-hop are mutually exclusive.

In fact, knowledge of canonical literature arguably enhances one’s ability to glean cultural and philosophical meaning from contemporary works. We’d encourage Wu and others who identify with his opinion to apply the same scholastic rigor dedicated to dissecting the works of Homer and Sophocles to the lyrics of Jay-Z and other hip-hop poets ranging from Rakim to Eminem.

Maybe you’ll uncover the parallels in the dramatic competitions of ancient Greece and the ciphers in rap that fuel literary and poetic excellence within the genre. Or perhaps you’ll come to view Jay-Z’s transition from the streets to the board room as a modern epic narrative in the Homeric tradition of oral poetry that alludes to the struggles of being black and successful in America.

At the end of the day, Wu’s understanding of Jay-Z as a gutterdwelling, crass musician has the same intellectual weight as believing that the aforementioned Homer married Marge and appears on Fox each Sunday.

LAUREN REESE and MIKE SCHOPPMANN are seniors in the College.

THE RAW DEAL by Anthony Mastroianni

Rethinking the World W e live in an exploding world. Reaching seven billion people and counting as of approximately this week, we’re constantly pushing (and expanding) the brink of sustainable life. Yet, as equilibrium biology tells us, the earth will eventually buckle. It’s inevitable.

Even though resource and space depletion won’t occur until the distant future, there are plenty of indications that humanity is bracing for impact. We’re subtly changing the way we live. Most people take in less food, take up less space and use fewer materials.

Sometimes these deficits are self-inflicted: We feel guilty about humanity’s destructive nature and respond by recycling or buying eco-friendly products. Other times and in other places — especially developing countries — these limits are a part of life. Eating fatty beef or driving gas guzzlers is simply unaffordable.

Although the amount of change varies, it’s certain that we’re all sacrificing (whether we want to or not).

All these sacrifices mean we’re less comfortable in the crowded world we now share. This brings up a challenging, but interesting question: Should this be the last generation? Philosopher Peter Singer raised that very question, in a piece in The New York Times. Should humans willingly stop reproducing if it contributes to the world’s degradation?

Most people are quick to discard arguments against human reproduction. (We were, after all, born — a fundamental bias.) But that doesn’t make the argument against future life, as David Benatar describes in his book “Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence,” any less valuable.

In fact, the only way to respond to the problem of generational existence — how mounting populations affect future generations — is by confronting anti-reproduction critiques. By challenging the premises of Benatar’s views, we can with full conscience support life as an ideal and a practice. Like Malthus, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche before him, Benatar is best characterized as a pessimistic philosopher. What makes him a pessimist is his outlook: Life serves as a series of meaningless ends, all of which amount to nothing more than death.

Within this perspective, each child’s existence is detrimental to the sum existence of all children. New persons reduce collective resources, slowly draining the vitality of all human life from the bottom upward. The root of this argument is as much practical as it is philosophical: Humanity constantly makes the world a worse place.

Fortunately, we’re not limited to a pessimistic understanding. In fact, it’s worth challeng-

ing the premises behind Benatar. A response might be threefold. First, an optimistic framework for humanity’s future does exist; second, we need not accept life as ends-driven; third, the origin of each individual life is inherently positive.

For the first point, consider the limitations imposed by pessimism. Benatar’s arguments, though aimed to protect us from ourselves, do so in a confining manner. The pessimistic approach enslaves us within the limits of ourselves.

By cutting off reproduction, we accept as a forgone conclusion that humans are brutish and fallible. This nips human potential at the bud.

To replace the pessimistic frame, I suggest a notion of humanity bedded in invention, energy and productive forces. Even as we speak, innovators are finding ways to make life better. Despite setbacks, mankind makes gigantic leaps at regular intervals. Electricity, space travel and the Internet are just a few modern examples. Human history is a story of constant advancement.

Second, even if the world crumbles as predicted, life’s ulterior sanctification (God, science or whatever justifies and creates) makes it worth living. Instead of living from end to end, we live as part of a greater process. It’s perfectly human to see life’s aim as some higher thing, attained through the course of life.

Benatar’s assertion that everything eventually leads to death is insufficient to explain human principle and psychology. By nature of having beliefs, most people live with greater resolution. This purpose defies pessimistic definitions of limited human foresight.

Finally, life is more or less a random occurrence. We don’t choose to come into being but instead rely on the reproductive luck inherent in context, circumstance and our parents.

What’s important, though, is the fact that creation and reproduction — the forces behind this luck — are optimistic acts. Each new life exists as an emblem of human success and evolutionary prowess, both of which are positive expressions. At the foundation of all life, then, is an act that embodies human optimism.

Whether reinforcing human optimism, expressing higher purpose in our beliefs, or acting to influence and improve existence, humanity makes its own case for reproduction. The better question to ask isn’t “Should this be the last generation?” but rather “How can we reach humanity’s full potential?” In our exploding world, the answer will come from us.

MATTHEW HOYT is a senior in the College.

He shares with Mike Meaney a joint column, The State of Nature, which appears every other Friday.

Campaign for the Future Andrew Toporoff Multumque Unum

Beyond a Typical Education Margaret Delaney

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arlier this week, Fr. Maher, S.J., passed out an article in my “Jesuit Education” class. In the October 2006 article, Stanley Fish, a longtime college professor and contributor to The New York Times, argues that a professor’s job involves two main tasks: to “introduce students to the material” and “equip them with the skills that will enable them, first, to analyze and evaluate those materials, and second, to perform independent research after the semester is over.” His is a cutand-dry professor-student relationship of “teaching the material and conferring the skills.”

Fish does not pretend that moral or political issues will not be brought up in course curriculum. But he advises professors to shy away from engaging in these questions, rather encouraging individuals to “academicize” them: to “detach it from the context of its realworld urgency … and reinsert it into a context of an academic urgency.” I understand what it is he means; in an academic setting, there should be a careful and conscious effort made to thoroughly understand both sides of an issue as well as any controversies surrounding it.

But I believe that to “academicize” issues of moral or political significance is to stop short of the task of an education.

What good is it to analyze an issue without challenging students to thoughtfully consider their own stance?

Of course professors should not try to force a viewpoint or a

position on an issue upon their students, but to let them grow complacent with merely investigating a topic without making it somehow meaningful, without paying attention to its real world context, is to do an equal disservice to them. It hollows out the core of a good education. It puts academics in an ivory tower and leaves students woefully unprepared to enter the real world where they will inevitably need to grapple with these questions rather than settle comfortably into academic ambivalence.

Granted, Fish’s views offer a pretty extreme opinion. Undoubtedly, Fr. Maher gave us this handout as a way of getting the class to think about and articulate what it is that a good col-

Georgetown is committed to educating the whole person: mind, body and spirit. lege professor, and more broadly, a good college education does (the class is, after all, called “Jesuit Education”). I have to say that in reading Fish’s article, I found myself feeling incredibly grateful that the professors I’ve had at Georgetown, and the education they have given me, have not subscribed to Fish’s job descriptions. Far from it.

I should probably back up here and explain that for most of my life I romanticized college life. Part of that idealization was thinking that all of my professors would be some sort of amalgam of the following: the lifelong mentorship in Mr. Feeny, the self-deprecating humor of Albus Dumbledore and

the acute sense of justice of Atticus Fitch. Hey, a girl can dream.

I’m sincere in saying that I have seen these dreams come to fruition in college. As an English major I’ve had professors open my eyes to the worlds of new authors and differing worldviews and encourage me to understand that the humanities, particularly literature, are something to be valued and contemplated, because they get at the heart of what it means to be human. My bioethics and philosophy professors do more than merely introduce opposing viewpoints on complex issues or what is considered intrinsically good — they stop to ask us to reflect on what we believe, what we will promote, in our own lives. I’ve had Jesuit priests teach me about liberation theology, interreligious dialogue, Vatican II, about living intentionally and cultivating a rich “interior life.” The list could go on and on.

Certainly Georgetown is in a unique position as a Jesuit university committed to educating the whole person: mind, body and spirit. It is this holistic approach to learning, to the understanding that the goal of an education is to mold not just the minds of students, but to help shape you as an entire person (and not merely as a repository of facts), which makes Georgetown such a wonderful place to live and learn. Here, professors need not worry about the “crossing over the line” that Fish mentions, because, quite frankly, the very credo of this university impinges on those carefully drawn lines.

Margaret Delaney is a senior in the College. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE appears every other Friday.

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eorgetown lacks a good quantitative measurement. When compared to similarly competitive academic schools, our relatively new endowment so inadequately reflects our prestige. But there are measurements of our university even more substantial than the monetary standard.

We know that the values which we inherit as Georgetown students — cura personalis, the ability to think and the urge to act for others — are significant. In fact, they transcend rankings or tangible measurements. Factors like endowment size may be meaningful for a quantitative way that others perceive us, but through the ineffable measurements of community, we foster a much more real personal identity. Occupying a new spot in a national ranking would do little to change our internal relationships.

It’s easy to quantify everyday life: We measure intelligence through grades, but we hardly ever consider the importance of less quantifiable qualities like insight, critical thought and academic risk taking.

Similarly, these empirical tendencies affect our ability to truly recognize the character of the university beneath the cold facts.

But we still can’t shake the fact that that our endowment size matters, and we have been working to enhance it since it was first created in 1989.

Despite the crescendo of efforts to bolster the endowment, the $1.5 billion dollar challenge still comes as a shock. It is a monumental goal not eased into a tradition of giving but dropped into a scene that only until recently held a stigma against the very idea of campaigning.

The campaign is full of promise. Its slogan, “For Generations to Come,” looks to further the tradition of Georgetown through extending academic opportunity to those in need, developing new cutting-edge programs, advancing our faculties and bolstering infrastructure. Yet even President DeGioia’s words on the front page of the campaign website reveal the double edged sword: “Now it is up to us … to secure Georgetown’s place in the first rank of the world’s universities.”

If we place these empirical measurements above measurements of character, we run the risk of letting facts dictate our relationships,

when they should merely be following from the values and bonds of the community.

I was 10 years old when I received my first allowance, a king’s ransom of $5 per week.

My mother awarded it on Sunday, a day that always feels more like the end of the week than the beginning. The practice came to define my state of being; live a week, collect five dollars. Being able to measure my existence in terms of the five-dollar bill gave me some delight.

Yet, Georgetown is not taking another trip past “Go” and collecting for its efforts. The campaign is an investment in the future, one made on the basis of past merit but nevertheless forward-looking. On a student level, we should have an acute sense of the fact that the campaign is more than some monumental paycheck; after all the campaign is not meant to retrospectively validate a job welldone.

As we stand on the threshold between an old and new model for Georgetown, we need to exercise extreme precision in how we perceive the campaign.

We can either deem it the end of the old era or the beginning of the new. If $1.5 billion came to define the university to this point, we would fall into complacency or feel satisfied with our work, but if we recognize that the investment reflects our values while looking ahead, we will keep Georgetown on the frontier of progress.

Maybe this is an idealistic sentiment. As DeGioia’s words suggest, the campaign will commemorate our achievements in as much as it will extend into the future. But the fact remains that when the initiatives this campaign begets eventually become obsolete, the enduring values of Georgetown will continue to guide us toward success because they transcend a price tag.

Those leading the campaign have positioned it on the front end of Georgetown’s future. But such a grand proposal may cloud our ability to see that fact. As students, we need to remind ourselves that while a successful campaign might reflect the worthiness of our mission and virtues, it does not by any means bring closure to our achievements thus far. The campaign may have publicaly begun on Friday, but we should have the prudence to see it as the beginning of things to come.

We should have the prudence to see the campaign as the beginning of things to come.

Andrew Toporoff is a sophomore in the College. MULTUMQUE UNUM appears every other Friday.

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Panel Decries Troy FROM THE WEB Davis Execution GALLERY MARISSA BROGGER Special to The Hoya

Arguing for the abolition of the death penalty and the need for judicial reform Tuesday night, Troy Davis’ sister and other panelists condemned Davis’ controversial execution.

Davis, who was convicted of the 1989 murder of a police officer, was executed in September amidst a media firestorm of questions surrounding the legitimacy of the verdict after several witnesses recanted their testimony.

A petition calling for a clemency in Davis’ case gathered almost one million signatures, renewing a nationwide debate about the death penalty in America.

“It’s incredibly important to discuss this in light of the events that transpired,” Zachary Allard (GRD) said.

Tuesday’s panel, organized

by Carolyn Forche, director of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, was the first of a new Lannan Center discussion series called “Matters of Urgency.” The panel also included Lawrence Hayes, a death row exoneree and co-founder of Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Laura Moye, director of Amnesty International USA’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign and Kimberly Davis, activist and Troy Davis’ sister.

The panel began with a film that covered the campaign to appeal his sentence and made

the case for Davis’ innocence.

“Troy Davis is not just a case.

Troy Davis is a human being,” Jen Marlowe, the film’s director, said before introducing Davis’ sister.

Kimberly Davis gave an emotional testimony as she shared stories from her childhood. She recounted that after being diagnosed at age 14 with multiple sclerosis, she was told she might never walk again. It was her brother, she said, who sat at her bedside each day, withdrew from school, enrolled in night classes and started to work to help his family.

“He was my hero,” she said.

Other panelists also touched on their personal connections to death row.

Hayes described his conviction, time on death row and eventual release, the experiences of which have inspired him to co-found the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and become involved with the Davis family’s struggle for justice.

“The integrity of the American judicial system is as low as it ever can be. … We need to take back our justice system,” he said.

Moye argued for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States, noting that two-thirds of the world’s countries have already done so. She also emphasized the racial disparities in the application of the death penalty.

“In a country as sophisticated as ours, surely we can move past caveman-like retributive justice,” she said.

Check out photos from President Barack Obama’s jobs address at the Georgetown Waterfront Park Wednesday afternoon.

MULTIMEDIA Get a behind-the-scenes look at Regents Hall, the new science center set to be completed in July. See video at thehoya.com.

GALLERY See photos from a panel on politcal media featuring editors from Politico, Google News and PolitiFact.com sharing their experiences.

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Director of Music and Liturgy Jim Wickman, on the upcoming changes to the Catholic liturgy. The new changes aim to conform more closely to the original Latin text.

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Ambassador Pushes for Child Protection KELLY CHURCH Hoya Staff Writer

Muni Figueres, Costa Rican ambassador to the United States, stressed the importance of international child protection in a keynote address at the “Kids in Between: Exploring a Unified Strategy for Child Protection in the Americas” conference Thursday morning.

“Truly the greatest test of any human grouping is its ability to nurture children,” Figueres said. “A country’s richest resource is, of course, its people.”

The conference, which was co-sponsored by the International Social Service and the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, focused on the need for a childcare system that caters to those who are neglected by the child protec-

tion system in the United States, Mexico and Central America.

During her keynote address in Lohrfink Auditorium, Figueres described the conference as just the first step toward international child protection.

“This is the beginning of a series … of explorations of diagnostics in Latin America’s children’s issues,” she said.

Figueres said that there are several ways to measure a country’s developmental capacity, including their treatment of women, the elderly, the disabled and animals.

“We are, after all, like the U.S.; a nation of immigrants and very proud of it,” Figueres said.

But according to Figueres, immigration can lead to the separation of families, creating the necessity for an ISS

presence in Latin America.

The organization, which aims to help children, adults and families separated by international borders, offers services such as tracing documents, child protection alerts and training for legal and social service personnel that deal with international cases.

“ISS combines thinking with action,” she said. “This conference is important, it’s necessary. It’s more than timely, it’s urgent.”

Figueres said that she thought organized crime, drugs and weapons represented the most pressing issues in child and family protection.

“I think that there is a deep sense of urgency that we can tap into,” she said, adding that she wanted to focus on raising awareness of these issues in the United States.

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Dahlgren Donors Remember Roots

Capital Campaign’s Progress $799 million has been raised as of Nov. 1.

The Campaign for Georgetown: For Generations to Come (2006-Present)

$1.5 billion $1.35 billion $1.2 billion $1.05 billion $900 million $750 million $600 million $450 million $300 million $150 million

8%

Three Forms of Giving Current Use or Expendable

41%

Intended to be used in full when received, e.g. scholarship funds

51%

Endowment Third Century Campaign (1995-2003)

Intended by the donor to be invested and held

Capital Projects

Received and held for a period of time to be spent when building or capital project is initiated

18% 51% 31%

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Campaign Weekend Yields $21 Million CAMPAIGN, from A1 may be either increased or met sooner than expected.

“Despite the economic challenges that all of us are living through, there is the possibility for us to continually improve our results for Georgetown year over year for the life of the campaign,” Moore said.

The flurry of speaker panels, toasts and galas on campus last weekend was scheduled to coincide with the usual annual fall meetings of the Board of Directors, Board of Regents, alumni Board of Governors and a number of other governing institutions. The festivities were paid for by the Office of Advancement, which did not receive extra funding to offset the significant expense of the project. Additionally, there was no registration fee for attendance.

“We bore the full expense because we thought it would be neither polite nor effective to charge people to attend the launch of a major fundraising campaign,” Moore said.

After beginning its quiet, first phase in July 2006, the $778 million raised before the public launch was the largest five-year fundraising effort in university history.

With just under $600 million of the total commitments in the bank, the rest of the commitments have been pledged for payment within five years.

For Moore, the goals of the weekend’s events were twofold.

“One was to demonstrate to our community of alumni, parents and friends how thoroughly and carefully we have

thought through the objectives of this campaign,” he said. “The second objective was we wanted students to feel and see and be engaged by the events of the launch weekend. … It is important to me that students understand that we work as hard as we do … because it helps make everything that happens at the university, even right now, today, possible.”

Donations are separated into three categories. The first are current-use gifts which are meant by the donor to be spent immediately, such as scholarship donations. These make up 51 percent of the current campaign funds.

The endowment donations, which make up 41 percent of the money, are invested and then the annual return from the investment, assumed to be about 5 percent, is spent each year.

Capital gifts, which are intended for major, one-time infrastructure investments -— typically for buildings or equipment — compose 8 percent of the donations so far. The lower portion of funds earmarked for capital projects reflects the smaller emphasis on such improvements in contrast with previous campaigns, which included objectives like the Southwest Quadrangle.

“This is a comparatively less capital-intensive campaign,” Moore said.

Allocation of the $1.5 billion raised will take a four-pillar approach, according to Moore.

The first pillar, student access and excellence, will receive $500 million, with $400 million allocated to undergraduate programming and the remainder appor-

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tioned to graduate programming. The top priority of this allotment is financial aid, including both individual and aggregate needs.

The second pillar, faculty access and excellence, also will be granted $500 million for salaries and research.

The third pillar consists of $200 million for student life and capital expansion, including funding for the planned Intercollegiate Athletic Center and New South Student Center. However, a majority of the sum will go toward programmatic improvements, including mission and ministry.

The fourth pillar, transformative opportunities, will be allocated $300 million. The most nebulous of the categories, transformative opportunities, is designed to advance the mission of the university in the future.

“As a part of the university-wide process of planning for the campaign, we asked every campus and every unit to identify big ambitions that to be truly transformative would require very significant levels of donor support,” Moore said. “We identified a smaller number of those we thought were … most promising or the likeliest to meaningfully engage our donor community.”

Prominent ideas include an expansion of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and an integrated environmental studies program. Moore emphasized that the focus of the pillar could change with donor feedback.

“In a way it is a free marketplace to see which receives the required level of donor support,” he said.

ANNIE CHEN

Special to The Hoya

For L. Francis III (CAS ’75, LAW ’78) and Kathleen (SFS ’77) Rooney of Naples, Fla., who contributed $6 million toward the ongoing restoration of Dahlgren Chapel, ensuring the future of the sacred space was a cause close to their hearts.

According to Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., the Rooneys met at Georgetown and frequently attended Catholic mass at Dahlgren. Francis Rooney also served as a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

“They were interested in giving back to the community.

When the university presented them this idea, they felt it was the perfect chance,” O’Brien said. “Dahlgren was an important place to Francis and Kathleen’s faith. They want to share that gift with future generations of students.”

The university announced the Rooneys’ gift Saturday at the Mass of the Thanksgiving honoring the donors, at which Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop emeritus of Washington, presided.

“This chapel is at the center of everything we are. The donation will allow the liturgical life, the prayer life and the worship that goes on in the chapel to continue. It will allow us to maintain the chapel as our spiritual home for another century,” O’Brien said.

Although other gifts have been received, the university will continue to solicit donations in order to cover the $7.5 million dollar cost of construction.

“Donors include those who went to Mass and who were married at Dahlgren,” O’Brien said. “This is just a wonderful way to give back, because the chapel is the university’s spiritual home, the heart of the campus and the symbol of who we are as a Jesuit school.”

The Rooneys’ donation will be used primarily to reinforce the chapel’s eroding founda-

tion and renovate its interior.

The money was donated through the couple’s non-profit, the Francis and Kathleen Rooney Foundation, which supports a variety of charitable causes.

The Rooneys also contributed $10 million to Notre Dame University to create the Center for the Study of American Democracy in 2008. The gift was part of the $1.5 billion “Spirit of Notre Dame” campaign, which was the most extensive fundraising effort in Catholic higher education at the time of its announcement.

Francis Rooney is the majority owner in Manhattan Construction, the firm that is organizing the repairs to the chapel. Rooney was also chief executive officer of Rooney Holdings, an investment and holding firm.

Throughout October, Manhattan Construction has been focusing on utilities and soil erosion work so that future repairs may be conducted, according to an update from the Catholic Chaplaincy. Vegetation was removed from around the chapel, and digging has begun around the perimeter of the building.

Cracks on the chapel’s rose window and falling plaster led the university to temporarily close the chapel in the fall of 2007.The window was removed in 2009 to protect the glass after it was observed that the window was bowed.

Renovations to the chapel’s foundation are scheduled to be completed first to prevent further cracks in interior walls and stained glass windows. Interior repairs including new seating and lighting will follow. The stained glass windows, which have not been cleaned for over a hundred years, will be removed, refurbished and reinstalled in the course of the renovations.

“The chapel will remain open throughout the restoration, except for maybe a few days when we remove the stained glass windows,” O’Brien said.

Science Center to Promote Interdisciplinary Study

The building is split into three zones. The east wing features research and teaching labs, while the west side contains student lounges and faculty offices. The center core houses recitation rooms and utilities.

The open stairwell will extend throughout all five floors. The third floor will include a planned cafe space and an entrance to Sellinger Lounge in the Leavey Center.

The labs are designed to emphasize cross-subject collaboration and flexibility. The layout fosters modern scientific research methods.

The area between Rafik B. Hariri Building and Regents Hall will become a green space with a garden where students can relax and study.

The building, which is Silver LEEDcertified, was designed to be enviornmentally friendly. It will feature bamboo doors and utilize natural sunlight to cut down on energy use. A green roof will top the second floor.

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After Theft, MSB MPD Allays Crime Concerns at Meeting To Up Security ANC, from A1

MSB, from A1 but thought that a finance class may also have been affected.

“I know the dean’s office has looked into the matter and has developed some new procedures for mail security,” Dalkin said.

The mailroom is currently open to the public during regular business hours, a policy that is now being re-evaluated.

University officials and MSB Deputy Dean and professor Pietra Rivoli declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.

Hoya Staff Writer Matthew Strauss contributed to this report.

DPS BLOTTER WEDNESDAY OCT. 26, 2011 Theft, Launginer Library, 4:41 p.m.

A student reported that she went to use the restroom and left her wallet unattended. When she returned, she found her wallet missing. The suspect fraudulently used the credit cards inside the wallet at various retail establishments. There are no suspects or witnesses.

FRIDAY OCT. 28, 2011 Simple Assault, 36th and N Streets, 1:00 a.m.

An intoxicated student was physically assaulted.

There was a verbal argument which led to the physical altercation. The suspect fled the scene prior to DPS’s arrival. There are no suspects or witnesses.

Drug Violation, Nevils Hall, 2:40 a.m.

DPS officers investigating a noise complaint discovered drugs and drug paraphernalia. The items were confiscated and submitted into evidence. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

Theft, Lauinger Library, 6:06 p.m.

An individual attempted to exit the library when the sensor of the gate sounded. The individual pulled something off of an item that he was carrying and placed the item in the trash before exiting the location. The item in the trash was a set of headphones which had not been checked out. The case is under investigation.

Drug Violation, Henle Village, 11:24 p.m.

A DPS officer investigating a suspicious odor complaint discovered drugs and drug paraphernalia.

The drugs and paraphernalia were confiscated and submitted into evidence. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 2011 Unlawful Entry, Village C West, 1:35 p.m.

An individual had accessed the listed location without showing an ID. A lookout was obtained, and the individual located was identified as a student, and escorted out of the building. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

Drug Violation, Harbin Hall, 1:58 a.m.

A DPS officer made contact with two individuals after one of the individuals was observed dropping drug paraphernalia out of his pocket. The individual is not affiliated with the university. Further investigation revealed that the other suspect was in possession of prescription drugs that belong to another party. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

Alcohol Violation, New South, 10:01 p.m.

While on routine patrol, a DPS officer made contact with students who attempted to evade the officer upon seeing him at the listed location. The students were in possession of alcoholic beverages. The case has been referred to student conduct.

SUNDAY, OCT. 30, 2011 Alcohol Violation, 3500 Block of O Street, 1:50 p.m.

A DPS officer made contact with underage students who were in possession of a keg of beer. The students were observed trying to evade the officers.

The students were identified. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

Disorderly Conduct, Kennedy Hall, 2:38 a.m.

DPS officers responded to the location in reference to a male who was harassing another student and reportedly being loud and boisterous. The student was identified. The case has been forwarded to student conduct.

MONDAY, OCT. 31, 2011 Theft, Hoya Kids, 12:20 p.m.

Several staff members reported that money was missing from their wallets. There are no suspects or witnesses.

Robbery-Snatch,3700 Block and P Street, 7:57 p.m.

A student reported that she was robbed of her personal items by six individuals dressed in black clothing. Three suspects were identified and arrested. The case is under investigation by MPD. Unlawful Entry, LXR, 9:30 p.m.

An Allied Barton Guard advised a DPS officer that an individual had accessed the listed location without showing an ID and refused to stop when challenged. A lookout of the individual was given out and the individual was located and detained. The individual is not affiliated with Georgetown University. He was officially barred from campus.

TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 2011 Failure to Comply, Lauinger Library, 1:48 a.m.

A female tried to gain entry into the library without showing any identification. The female was identified. She was escorted off campus.

Defacement of Property, Harbin Hall, 3:28 a.m.

A student claimed responsibility for making obscene drawings on the door of a residence. The student was identified. The case has been referred to student conduct.

Theft, ICC Bike Rack, 2:30 p.m.

A student reported that he had locked his bike at the bike rack. When he returned several hours later, he found his bike missing. There are no suspects or witnesses.

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

in Georgetown Monday night, MPD made three robbery-related arrests and recovered three firearms, including one that may have been involved in the M Street shooting, according to Herold.

Herold blamed the outbreak of crime, which occurred despite a significantly heightened police presence in the area in anticipation of Halloween festivities, on an unexpected change in the nature of the crowds that usually flock to Georgetown for the holiday.

“This is my 22nd Halloween in Georgetown. It was a different dynamic this year. There were roving bands of people, less Halloween revelers and more people looking for trouble. … It was

a little bit more dramatic than ever,” Herold said.

In response to a concerned neighbor’s question about how the events would affect MPD’s planning for next Halloween, Herold said that the enlarged force would likely shift its focus from policing parties to controlling crowds.

“Next year, you’re going to see even more of a presence. Our eye will be less on festivities in bars as opposed to crowd control.

Last night was a crowd control issue, rather than a party issue,” he said.

Herold added that while the strengthened police presence in the area did not prevent the shooting, it allowed MPD to make arrests quickly.

Despite Monday night’s events, Lt. John Hedgecock stressed in

his monthly crime briefing that the shootings don’t reflect the recent downward trends in violent crime in the area, which he said would have dropped 23 percent since last month if not for the events of Oct. 31.

“This is an incident that doesn’t occur in this part of the city,” Herold said.

U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia Ron Machen said that the six shootings that occurred across the city Monday night are reflective of a broader increase in violent crime in the District, which he blamed in part on problems in D.C. schools and the economy at large.

“Crime is down, but violent crime is up, and there are a lot of reasons for it. Overall across the city, the truancy rate is very

high … and a lot of it has to do with tough economic times,” he said. “And this [resulting] behavior we’re seeing is very aggressive.”

Machen pledged to employ the law to its full extent to address and prevent similar youth-based crimes in the future.

“We have no reluctance to charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults,” he said.

Though discussion of the shooting monopolized most of the conversation at the meeting, local construction projects were also briefly discussed. According to ANC commissioner Ed Solomon, the ongoing rehabilitation of O and P Streets is running on schedule and parts of the project will be completed as early as December.

Changing the Liturgy, One Phrase at a Time BEBE ALBORNOZ Special to The Hoya

Before changes to the Catholic liturgy come into full effect Nov. 27, campus ministry has been gradually implementing the alterations at services in Dahlgren Chapel.

The modifications, which are aimed at unifying the global Catholic community, will affect prayers and the call-and-response dialogue between priests and the congregation, along with other aspects of the Mass. Almost every sentence of the liturgy will be altered in some way.

Students who attend Sunday mass at Dahlgren Chapel have been introduced to some of the musical response changes over the past three weeks. Changes to the words of the liturgy will take effect on the first Sunday of Advent.

According to Director of Music and Liturgy Jim Wickman, the changes are the product of 10 years of study conducted by scholars, liturgists and biblical experts aimed at bringing the language of the Mass closer in line with the original Latin text.

“What we have now is ‘formal equivalence,’ which means a literal translation from the Latin — no paraphrases or general meaning of the Latin,” Wickman said.

The current language used by the Church, called “dynamic equivalence” and put in place by Second Vatican Council, is not a literal translation. “[Dynamic equivalence] seeks to try to get at the heart of what is meant,” Fr. Patrick Rogers, S.J.,

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Changes to the English translation of the Catholic lliturgy are being gradually incorporated into on-campus services.

director of campus ministry, said.

Throughout the fall semester, priests have taken time during the liturgy to explain these changes and why they matter.

“These words touch upon important Scriptural references [that allow us] to enter more deeply into the mystery that is the Catholic Mass,” Rogers said.

“We want to have some kind of a standard so that people can enter into the same dynamics when they come out of the Mass.”

The university has held two

information sessions in Dahlgren during the month of October to create dialogue about these changes with students.

Monsignor Andrew Wadsworth, general secretary of the committee that wrote the English translation, will attend the third and final information session on Nov. 16 in Dahlgren Chapel.

Kieran Halloran (SFS ’14), an active altar server and member of the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Students Association, said that he first heard about the

changes to the liturgy a year ago.

“It is important [to have these changes] because, especially with prayer, you want to be doing the best that you can do to get to the essence of the Mass,” Halloran said.

Wickman said that he hoped that the information sessions would help students to understand why the changes are important.

“We feel our responsibility is to give students a good grounding in their faith to live that faith,” he said. “This is part of it.”

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For Feeder School Freshman, Hilltop Feels Like Home FEEDER, from A1 and Chaminade High School in New York with 53 each, St. Ignatius College Prep with 48. Harvard-Westlake School in California with 45 and Winston Churchill High School with 45.

The Jesuit tradition can often play into many students’ application processes. Regis and St. Ignatius are two premier Jesuit high schools on the top-10 list.

Georgetown Visitation, an allgirls Catholic school just outside the front gates, regularly produces more than 20 applicants to the university each year, nearly half of whom end up studying on the Hilltop, according to a Visitation college information packet. Of the 26 Visitation seniors who applied to Georgetown in 2010, nine now attend the university.

Application information for the Gonzaga College High School, an all-boys D.C. Jesuit standard, and Loyola Academy in Chicago, was not yet available for the class of 2016’s application process, but in years past an average of five to 10 students from each of these schools have matriculated each year.

“I can’t really speak for all of Gonzaga but if it were a feeder for any college, I guess it would be Georgetown,” said Brian Potochney (SFS ’15), a graduate of Gonzaga. “People definitely seemed particularly excited when I would say I was coming here, not just because Georgetown is well-known, but also because of the whole Jesuit connection.”

According to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon, Georgetown relies on these schools

to supply a substantial number of applicants.

“Year to year, we know we’re going to get a good number of applications from [them] and a regular flow of students,” he said.

FOSTERING A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP The Office of Undergraduate Admissions reaches out to prospective students at high schools that regularly send students to the nation’s top universities through receptions for local students, college conferences and personal visits by admissions officers at about 350 high schools every year.

According to Deacon, the majority of these stops are at schools with a strong history of student interest in Georgetown.

“High school visits are a traditional, but not the most effective, form of outreach in the college process,” he said.

After all, students at feeder schools often hear about Georgetown from their high schools’ alumni and faculty with a Blue and Gray background before visiting the school.

“The president of my high school had also gone to Georgetown and is close friends with my family, [so] I also had the great fortune of hearing about Georgetown through his eyes before making my final decision,” said Madeline Molo (COL ’12), another Ignatius alum.

Although Georgetown is not required to accept a certain percentage of students from the surrounding area, the university makes an effort to establish ties with many of D.C.’s Catholic schools. For students at these targeted schools, a closer connection with Georgetown and

their shared institutional values play into their May-time decisions.

“I definitely feel like the Jesuit universities were more popular choices among Gonzaga students than among kids in other high schools around here,” Potochney said. “Coming from Gonzaga, I had a lot of Jesuit universities on my radar that I would never have considered had I gone to public school, including Georgetown.”

WHAT’S IN A NAME Despite their high application rate, college counselors and students at feeder schools often reject the title.

“I don’t believe in the word ‘feeder.’ We send a good number of students to Georgetown every year, but Gonzaga students look all over the place,” Eli Clarke, director of college counseling at Gonzaga, said.

“I can’t give an average of the number of students we send to Georgetown, since it varies: some years there are more, some less,” he added.

Suzanne Colligan, director of college counseling at Georgetown Visitation, also hesitated to put her school in this category.

“Georgetown is a popular choice, but [it] is only one among other schools to which we send a lot of students,” Colligan said.

According to Molo, high schools’ unwillingness to call themselves “feeders” may link back to the term’s negative connotation.

“I think of feeder schools as schools that automatically have an ‘in’ with a university and [that] somewhat gives it a negative connotation,” she said.

Vying for Council, Greig Backs GU ELIZABETH GARBITELLI Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown resident and D.C. council candidate for Ward 2 Fiona Greig voiced support for some off-campus student housing and university expansion as she announced her campaign against incumbent Jack Evans.

Greig, who has been a Ward 2 resident since 2007, will face off against Evans in November 2012.

Evans has occupied the Ward 2 seat for the last 20 years and been historically less supportive of Georgetown’s expansion. Last election cycle, Evans won the seat with 65 percent, according to the Evans camp.

Though she was hesitant to fully endorse the 2010 Campus Plan, Greig said that she would like to work with the university and neighbors to create a practical plan for growth.

“I don’t think there’s enough support for it [in the community], but I do think the university should be allowed to grow, and I’d like to look further into its provisions,” she said, Greig added that she agrees with some tenets of the current plan.

“I do believe that Georgetown is a permanent institution in this neighborhood, and the students deserve to have a say,” she said.

“Even if they’re here for only four years, that’s comparable to the amount of time some professionals stay [in the area].”

In response, Evans said that he supports the university as a part of

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the District. “[Georgetown] is an outstanding university and welcome in the community,” Evans said, adding that he has no set position on possible stipulations to the campus plan proposed by the D.C. Office of Planning that call for the university to house all students on campus by 2016.

In regards to neighborhood accusations about raucous student behaviors, Evans said that incidents should be evaluated on a case-bycase approach.

“You can’t generalize [about students],” Evans said. “It just depends [on the individual].”

Greig expressed support for offcampus student housing, an issue that has been the focal point of neighborhood frustration with the university.

“Students should have the right to live off campus,” she said. “I think students should feel proud of the neighborhood they live in and feel that they are neighbors. I don’t want a few bad apples to sour the whole batch.”

She also suggested that she would help Georgetown establish a satellite campus location at the Georgetown waterfront. “[It] could be very proximate for students,” she said.

But Greig added that she thinks the university’s administration needs to continue to take action such as monitoring party activity to boost its accountability to neighbors.

“The university needs to be very proactive [and act as] a steward in the neighborhood on behalf of stu-

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dents,” she said.

ANC student representative Jake Sticka (COL ’13) said that he found Greig’s willingness to interact with students encouraging. “[At a meeting in White-Gravenor Hall] she spoke to students, she took questions and she has reached out to me several times,” Sticka said. “I think we need a councilmember to engage with students, and I appreciate her moderate stance on the Campus Plan.”

Sticka said that Greig’s position in regards to the university makes her a unique candidate.

“That’s a significant difference between her and Evans. She really does understand what a key role the university plays in Ward 2 and the city,” he said.

Craig Cassey (COL ’15), the campus captain for Greig’s campaign, said Greig could become an advocate for students’ needs.

“She believes that students should have a voice [and] that we are a main part of Georgetown” Cassey said. “[Greig] is happy to see two student spots on the ANC board [as] she feels we have been underrepresented in the past.”

According to Cassey, Greig’s oncampus campaign team will be promoting voter registration and providing ways for students registered in different cities to switch residency.

Ash Das (MSB ’15), Greig supporter and campaigner, said that the student vote will play an important role on election day.

“It’s really up to us to mobilize [Greig’s] campaign,” Das said.

Deacon denied that students from feeder schools have a higher chance of admission at Georgetown.

“The only advantage that these feeder schools have is that admissions knows the schools better and is familiar with their curriculum,” he said.

Deacon emphasized that, despite the number of students that come from feeder schools, over half of the students at Georgetown are the only individuals to come from their respective high schools.

Molo added that the large number of alums from her high school that attend Georgetown is more attributable to the schools’ shared values than her high school’s “feeder school” status. “[It] has a lot to do with the Jesuit identity of Ignatius and of Georgetown and the experience that students have going to a Jesuit high school that they might want to continue at university,” she said.

A PREORDAINED LEGACY For alumni of Jesuit feeder schools, the benefits of attending lasts beyond the application process.

“I really enjoy going to college with people from my high school,” said Hannah Klusendorf (COL ’12), one of 11 Loyola graduates to join the Class of 2012.

Though Klusendorf did not intend to keep in touch with her high school classmates while at Georgetown, she ended up living on the same floor of Harbin Hall with two other Loyola graduates her freshman year and has roomed with them for the past two years.

“I love that we have a common history, and we can talk about ‘that kid

from high school’ or ‘that teacher’ or ‘that dance,’” she said. “I love Chicago, and I get to hang out with it every day [through friends from Loyola].”

George Burton (COL ’13), a graduate of Georgetown Prep, agreed that matriculating to Georgetown from a feeder school offered social advantages during his early days as a Hoya.

“I feel like [knowing so many classmates] provided for an easier transition into college,” he said.

Potochney said that, though he felt a similar sense of camaraderie on campus with his peers from Gonzaga, the larger campus size caused many of them to drift apart.

“Having a few familiar faces around campus has been nice, especially in the first few days when I didn’t really know anyone else.

But these days, I’ll only run into kids from Gonzaga maybe once or twice a week. I’m friendly with all of them, but we’re not super close,” he said.

Aside from the familiar faces and longtime friends, graduates of feeder schools value the ability to study at a university that carries out the same values that their high schools do.

“Even though my high school and college religious experiences have been very different, there have definitely been common threads: the opportunities to do service, have a meaningful liturgy, focus on cura personalis.”

Klusendorf agreed.

“I believed [in high school] and still do now that Georgetown’s Jesuit identity sets us apart from other top-tier universities. I am proud to still be part of a community that wants to be men and women for others,” she said.

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New Projects Aim to Boost Town Ties BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

The university launched two new projects this week in an effort to strengthen Georgetown’s relationship with the surrounding community.

On Thursday, President John J. DeGioia sent out a blast email to faculty, students and staff urging them to sign a online petition in support of the Campus Plan.

In his appeal, he stressed that Georgetown is the largest private employer in the District and cited The Washington Post’s Oct. 24 editorial in support of the Campus Plan.

He also called attention to the measures Georgetown has taken in recent months to improve the safety and cleanliness of the community.

“Together, the names of hundreds of members of the Hoya family can send a message that we support strengthening Georgetown’s position as a worldclass university,” he wrote.

The petition has received widespread support within the university, with large numbers of students sharing DeGioia’s letter on Facebook.

Kerr said that the appeal will also be distributed to District-area alumni,

friends of the university and neighbors.

She hopes that the letter, in tandem with the university’s public relations efforts, will improve neighborhood opinions of the university in the runup to the next Zoning Commission hearing about the plan on Nov. 17.

“We believe we have an impact in the community, and this letter is a way [for community members] to demonstrate support for our contributions,” she said.

Wednesday saw the release of Rocky’s Report, a weekly update from the Office of Public Safety intended to educate and inform the Georgetown community on neighborhood safety issues.

According to university spokeswoman Stacy Kerr, the report will be written by Georgetown Chief of Police Rocco Del Monaco in an effort to establish clear communication with Georgetown residents about recent incidents in the neighborhood.

“Rocky will separate fact from fiction, set the record straight and give a report directly from the folks who are in the neighborhoods responding to concerns and proactively working to keep us safe,” Kerr wrote in an email.

Kerr said that while much of the

content of Department of Public Safety and Metropolitan Police Department investigations are confidential, the university wants to communicate as much information as possible to the surrounding community.

“Conversations between the leadership and officers at DPS, officials at the university and MPD … sometimes contain confidential information, but there is also a lot going on that is helpful for the community to know, and we think it is important for us to present information in a way that is understandable to people sitting around their dinner tables,” she told The Hoya.

Rocky’s Report will be sent to neighborhood email listserves and posted on Georgetown’s neighborhood communications website: neighborhood. georgetown.edu.

The initiative is the latest in a series of measures designed to ramp up engagement with the surrounding community and demonstrate Georgetown’s status as a good neighbor. To date, Georgetown has transported 9,300 students on its new M Street Shuttle, picked up 120 tons of trash in twice-daily trash patrols and paid for additional MPD presence in order to smooth over contentious relations with neighbors.

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Hall Deserves Spotlight Corey Blaine

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n the Sunday before Halloween, I filed into the third row of a church service in the small basement of a coffee shop in downtown D.C. Normally I wouldn’t make my way halfway across the city to attend a sparsely populated contemporary Christian service, but that night I was about to hear one of the greatest athletes in American history speak.

After the speech, I and a handful of other athletes attending the church for the sole purpose of hearing the talk made our way to the miniscule stage to shake his hand and gush over his presence. It was an once-in-a-lifetime experience, but something about the talk just seemed wrong.

How can a man who is the greatest American to have ever played his particular game only attract a few fans for a public appearance in the basement of a coffee shop?

Sure, marathoner Ryan Hall and his wife, Sara (a gold medalist in the Pan Am Games) had only announced their appearance on Twitter that day, but this does not seem like a large obstacle when one considers how quickly the word is spread when the Caps’ Alex Ovechkin is spotted downing drinks in Rhino. When considering that only 11 men — all from Africa — have ever covered 26.2 miles faster than Hall, it is amazing that only a few college-aged runners showed up to meet a living legend. After all, if Michael Jordan were to give a speech in McDonough Arena, how early would Georgetown students begin to line up for the chance to see “His Airness”?

This is not ignoring the gap in revenue produced by running and basketball. It would be foolish to even pose the argument that Ryan Hall should be compensated in a way comparable to LeBron James or Alex Rodriguez, seeing as thousands of fans turn out to see these superstars. However, it is far from foolish to expect a little bit more support and fame for the fastest American of all time.

Hall’s lack of fame is mostly promoted by sports media outlets like ESPN. While Hall is training in the mountains of northern California, far from any kind of media exposure, LeBron James is making an appearance on SportsCenter while riding a bike in Akron, Ohio. After finishing the Boston Marathon in

two hours and four minutes, Hall received a small article linked on the corner of ESPN’s website. Of the articles currently gracing that section, one is a story on a trio of Georgia running backs who tested positive on a recent drug test and will not be available to play for New Mexico State.

Based on publicity alone, 21st-century America places the same importance on the lifetime of dedication and training it takes to run a marathon in two hours and four minutes (a time once again achieved by only 12 men in the world, including Hall) and a failed drug test for three football players preceding what will surely be a nonconference slaughter.

This is the system that needs to be changed, but you’ll never hear runners like Hall demand it. During his entire talk, he never once complained that he’s never graced the cover of Sports Illustrated or that poker receives more airtime than track and field. Instead, Hall spoke of how amazing of an opportunity it is for him to pursue his dreams, and he seemed to be genuinely enthused to meet every single fan that night.

Distance running will never gain the following that sports like baseball and basketball have because of its very nature. For anyone less than a devoted fan, it’s almost painful to watch men take the exact same steps for over two hours. Nearly any sports fan can sit back and appreciate the drama of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, but only an exciting sprint finish in a major distance race can garner any kind of excitement in an running event (as the “Duel in the Sun” proved).

That’s not to say that these men don’t deserve recognition, just that they face a natural barrier — the lack of stimuli in watching their sport. In a world where an average sports fan can name about five NASCAR drivers, it’s not a stretch to think that an elite runner should be widely known.

As I stood in front of the fastest American runner of all time and rambled embarrassingly, I couldn’t help but notice the genuine smile Hall possessed. It’s almost the nature of being an anonymous hero; you still appreciate every time you hear that you’ve inspired anyone. Hall doesn’t necessarily want a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated, he’s just happy to live out his dream. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve the accolades that should come with his success.

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Sophomore safety Dustin Wharton (43) makes a tackle in the Hoyas’ victory over Lafayette.

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“You only look one week at a time. This week we have Fordham, and we’re not thinking about Lehigh,” Kayal said. “We’re thinking about how to beat Fordham. Once we beat Fordham, we’re going to take that ‘W’ into the game against Lehigh.”

Even though the game may not mean as much for the team’s overall record, playing in front of family and friends motivates the squad.

“It’s going to be a big day not only for myself but for the rest of the seniors. Everyone has a lot of family coming in so it’s going to be a big day. Everyone wants to play really well in front of his

family and friends,” Heimuli said. “It’s also our last home game, so we want to finish the season 4-0 at home and our careers with a win at home.”

The Rams, despite — or, perhaps, because of — their probationary status, have struggled this season. Their sole win came against Columbia and they have been on the receiving end of a series of blowouts. Still, Head Coach Kevin Kelly isn’t taking anything for granted.

“Fordham lost to I-A football teams. They lost to UConn, and they lost to Army, [and] they’ve also had some injuries,” Kelly said. “They are a really talented football team in all phases, and we’re going to have our hands full on Saturday.”

But Saturday is really about

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Georgetown’s seniors. The de facto championship is a week away. The final home game is a chance to recognize the commitment they made to turning around the team and putting the program on the cusp of one of its biggest wins in years.

“The word I have for [the seniors] is respect. They could have easily given up on the program. But I respect and appreciate their efforts over the four years,” Kelly said. “It’s a life lesson when you look at it. When you put your head down and keep grinding, good things can happen. Hard work and all the good things that athletics can teach you showed up here with this senior class.”

Kickoff is at 1 p.m. tomorrow at MultiSport Facility.

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Season-Best 301 in NC

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After dropping his first decision to Virginia Commonwealth in Georgetown’s home opener, Gomez helped the team to a 10-game winning streak that included two double-overtime victories, a pair of draws and six clean sheets.

In late September, Gomez earned three consecutive nods on the Big East Weekly honor roll — more than any other goalie in the league this season. He earned those plaudits after leading the Hoyas in four straight shutouts, including a Big East victory against Villanova.

Two weeks ago he was named Big East goalkeeper of the week for his performance against Marquette and then-No. 1 Connecticut. Gomez tallied seven saves in the two road games, including five against Marquette, this year’s Blue Division Regular Season Champion.

“If you look at some of the key things he has done, he has singlehandedly kept us in games and maybe even won us some games or made some key saves when we were winning that kept us winning,” Wiese said. “Those things are absolutely priceless and he has done it regularly throughout the year.”

Before coming to Georgetown, Gomez had already generated big hype in the Midwest. The freshman earned four varsity letters from Webster Groves High School in Missouri, posting eight shutouts as a senior while helping the Statesmen to a South Conference Championship. He also earned a spot on the first team all-state class three and a spot on the ESPN Rise all-state team in Missouri.

Gomez began playing soccer at a young age with a strong influence from his father, who played in Colombia. His career didn’t take off until seventh grade, however, when he was asked to play for St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer, an elite club team Gomez played for Scott Gallagher up until his arrival on the Hilltop this fall. While it was initially unclear whether he would play for the Hoyas this season, Gomez’s performance in the preseason earned him a starting position.

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Freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez has recorded seven shutouts for the Hoyas this season. watching them with their club or high school and it is just a different level,” Wiese said. “So how is someone like that going to make that adjustment or jump from that level to the college level? Tomas has done it seamlessly. He really has been a revelation for the group and hugely important for the success we have had this year.”

“At the beginning it was kind of rough,” Gomez said. “It’s always tough changing from high school to college. I just got used to it a lot earlier than I thought I would.”

At Georgetown, Gomez’s success as a goalie is due largely in part to his leadership and authority on the field. Despite his underclassman status, he holds a firm command on the Hoyas’ back four,

which is comprised mostly of juniors and seniors.

“It’s funny how the older guys will feel it,” Wiese said. “I’ll hear Tommy Muller, Slingerland, Nealis and Ibu and those guys talk about him and say ‘You just don’t feel like he will let them score.’ When you have your backs saying that, it’s a real tribute.”

“Some defenders are thinking we can’t let these guys shoot, because if we let them shoot it’s going to go in,” he continued. “They defend really well because they are nervous of the goalies. But the guys have gained a lot of confidence from what they feel from Tomas. That is a real tribute to what he has done so early in his career.”

“It’s always scary putting a

freshman back there with a lot of responsibility, but he has definitely stepped into that role,” junior defender Jimmy Nealis added. “He has come up big and made some really big saves. We have to rely on him again this weekend.”

The Blue and Gray were bounced from the first round of the Big East tournament last night, but if they are selected to the NCAA tournament field, Gomez will have a huge role to play if the Hoyas are to advance. But the freshman doesn’t seem too worried.

“A lot of people asked me if I could handle the pressure, but when you’re actually playing you really don’t [feel] it,” he said.

“You’re just attuned to the game. I think I will be able to deal with it.”

Last weekend, the Georgetown women’s golf team made an impressive showing at the Fighting Camel Fall Classic in Blues Creek, N.C., which featured teams from across the nation, including Illinois, North Dakota State, Delaware State and Eastern Kentucky.

Despite tough conditions, the Hoyas managed a season-best score of 13-over par 301 and finished third overall out of 12 teams.

Georgetown got off to a slow start at the tournament, which was compounded by rains that postponed play on the first day after 27 holes. Prior to the final round, Georgetown shot 34over par 322 in the first round and 29over par 317 in the second. The steady improvement along the tournament only continued as Georgetown finished strong en route to an impressive 13-over par 301 in the third round of the tournament. Overall, the Hoyas finished with a total 76-over par 940.

Campbell, the home team, finished first with a score of 38-over par 902, a 21-stroke lead over second-place finisher Illinois, who scored 59-over par 923, only 17 shots ahead of the Hoyas.

Rounding out the top-five at the classic were Wichita State at 81-over par 945 and Old Dominion at 86-over 950.

Highlights of the Hoyas’ weekend included strong performances by junior Katie Skinner, who posted a career-best finish of 18-over par 234 and a tie for 10th place. Meanwhile, senior Joan Dulieu saw an impressive 20-spot rise from 30th to 10th, putting her in a tie with Skinner. Her weekend was capped off by a strong 1-over par 73 final round.

Additionally, sophomore Alice Choi shot a 3-over 75 in the final round on her way to earning a 19th place finish. Senior Eunae Jo tied for 27th place at 25-over par 241 and freshman Isabelle Galantino tied for 36th place at 26-over par 242.

Despite first-round struggles, the Hoyas were nonetheless impressive last weekend at the Fighting Camel Classic.

The tournament marks the last event of the fall calendar for the women’s golf team, who will next travel to the College of Charleston in February for the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic.

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Hoyas Seek Revenge Against Mountaineers Do Cheaters WOMEN’S SOCCER, from A10 NCAA tournament resumebuilding, both sides are 6-1 since their high-profile clash and enter the rematch all but assured of a spot in the Big Dance.

Georgetown has outscored opponents by a 23-6 margin in October and leads the conference with 2.6 goals scored per game, while West Virginia has won six straight by an aggregate count of 18-2.

The Hoyas have reason to be confident, given their recent form, but an away date with the Mountaineers has proved a particularly formidable fixture in past years. The Blue and Gray are 3-13-0 in program history against the favored hosts and have prevailed just once all-time in Morgantown, where West Virginia has outscored opponents, 28-4, over the course of the season.

History may paint a bleak picture for Georgetown hopefuls, but if this year’s Hoyas have taught their followers anything, it is that history is perpetually waiting to be rewritten. After

last season’s thrilling run to a program-best Elite Eight finish in the NCAA tournament, the Blue and Gray have set a school record with 14 regularseason victories in this fall’s campaign. A win today would set the school record of 16 overall victories in a season, and while Georgetown has achieved its goal of reaching the Big East seminfinals, more milestones remain.

“We can’t just be satisfied with making it to the Big East semifinals. We want to win the Big East championship,” Nolan said.

“We’re two games away from it, we’re every bit as good as the other teams that are here and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t do it if we play well. I told them, let’s just focus on playing well.”

Early goals have been abundant for Georgetown this season — for better or for worse — and the Hoyas will be focused on kicking off with high intensity and focus. It took just 55 seconds for the Blue and Gray to find themselves trailing the Mountaineers in September’s clash, but Georgetown has also been

the beneficiary of quick strikes.

Freshman midfielder Daphne Corboz put the Hoyas on the board within 52 seconds on Sunday, and senior forward Camille Trujillo scored at the 24-second mark in an October meeting with Pittsburgh.

If the Hoyas are to progress, it will undoubtedly be due in large part to its core group of six seniors. They have realized a team goal of earning a semifinal berth in the conference tournament — a first for every team member with the exception of redshirt senior Ingrid Wells, who advanced to this stage in 2007.

The senior class is unique in the diversity of positions and team roles it encompasses: Goalkeeper Elizabeth Hanna and defender Gabby Miller control the back line, while Kelly D’Ambrisi and Wells fill vital midfield roles.

Finally, dangerous forward Sam Baker accompanies Trujillo, who holds school records in both single-season and career goals scored. Leading from every section of the field, the soon-to-be graduating class fuels, inspires, and molds the character of the

team as a whole.

Thursday night, four seniors received Big East conference honors, a tribute to their success and a reflection of the respect which they command among opposing coaches. Wells, D’Ambrisi and Trujillo garnered conference first-team honors, while Baker was named to the conference third team.

“They’ve led on the field … this year this senior group has been exemplary in how they have managed to stay focused on task,” Nolan said. “It’s a huge accolade. I think it’s more than any other team in the conference. It just shows the respect the conference has for these three kids … it just shows you what these kids have done.”

In addition, Corboz, who has tallied 24 points on the year, including 11 goals, received thirdteam honors.

The Hoyas’ kickoff against the Mountaineers is set for 5:30 p.m. this evening in Morgantown, the site of this year’s conference semifinals and finals.

The match will be broadcast live on CBS College Sports.

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Freshman outside hitter Alex Johnson (16), shown against Connecticut, has made a splash her rookie season. Johnson leads the team with 281 kills and 315.5 points and is third in assists with 36 on the season.

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The Georgetown volleyball team (14-10, 6-5 Big East) will look to run their win streak to five this weekend when they travel to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida (9-14, 5-5 Big East).

“I’m really proud of our team.

They displayed a lot of fight and played low-error volleyball,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “It was an amazing, absolutely amazing weekend.”

Last weekend’s road sweep of Seton Hall and Rutgers catapulted the Blue and Gray into seventh place in the Big East standings, tentatively placing them in the field of eight teams that will compete at the Big East tournament.

The Hoyas are riding a four-game win streak and the Bulls come into the match losers of three straight.

However, they still sit in ninth, only a half-game behind Georgetown in the standings. That and the fact that Georgetown’s final two games are against the second- and third-ranked

teams in the conference in Louisville and Cincinnati, respectively, makes Sunday’s game critical for both teams’ Big East Tournament hopes.

USF ranks near the bottom of the league in most offensive statistics but has been a very strong blocking and serving team thus far. The Bulls rank second in the league in blocks per set with 2.55 and fourth in service aces per set with 1.46. “[South Florida] has talent on their roster and they are well coached.

Their gym is loud, and their fans are right on top of you,” Williams said.

“We are going to have to fight tooth and nail and there are still no guarantees,” she added.

Belgian-born freshman outside hitter Valerie El Houssine has led the Bulls offensively with an astounding 295 kills, and her 3.51 kill-per-set average is good for fifth in the conference and the highest of any freshman.

South Florida has also received steady offensive production from two other outside hitters in sophomore Kayla Walton and

junior J’Beria Davis. Defensively, the Bulls are carried by senior libero Janice Rivera and sophomore middle blocker Andrea Rodriguez Gomez. Rivera has totaled 330 digs on the year, while Rodriguez Gomez leads the team with an impressive 1.35 blocks per set, second in the conference.

However, as Coach Williams has stressed all year, the Hoyas will not worry too much about their opposition but rather will focus their energy on playing low-error volleyball and capitalizing on offensive opportunities.

“We have looked at their tendencies and will work on defending them, but we are going to play Hoya volleyball – passionate, purposeful, gritty, leave-it-all-outthere volleyball,” she said.

And although the Bulls bring a solid team defense to the table, the Blue and Gray are certainly equipped with the offensive weapons to counter it. While South Florida has El Houssine, Georgetown has two talented

freshmen of its own in outside hitter Alex Johnson and middle blocker Dani White. Johnson leads the team with 281 kills, while White is tied for the team lead in blocks with 54 and has also posted the conference’s fifth-best hitting percentage with .311.

To aid their offensive efforts, the Hoyas also boast steady senior leaders in captain and libero Tory Rezin and setter Ashley Malone.

Rezin has posted 356 digs on the year, while Malone has added 263 to go along with an impressive 10.06 assists per set, good for seventh in the conference.

The Hoyas will look to be on top of their game in the crucial match, which is set to begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the USF Recreational Center, and Williams has faith in her team going into it.

“I am confident in this team and in this team’s talent, focus and desire to do great things,” she said. “Every day they come to work and improve, and I don’t expect anything different.”

Never Win?

Matt Emch

Riding the Pine

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fter beating Ohio State in the Elite Eight last year, Kentucky coach John Calipari was facetiously asked what it felt like to coach in his first Final Four. The question was tongue-in-cheek but still ruffled some feathers of those who support the Wildcats. While Calipari had previously been to the Final Four with Massachusetts and Memphis, both appearances were vacated due to scandals that happened under his watch.

This fact brings up a very basic question: How does the NCAA still allow him to coach?

Known for being a tireless recruiter and vicious competitor on the court, Calipari started off his head coaching career at UMass in 1988.

While UMass was not a typical basketball powerhouse, Calipari, with the not inconsiderable help of one Marcus Camby, was able to take the Minutemen to five straight NCAA tournaments. His last season in Amherst was by far his most successful, as the team went 35-2 in the regular season and made it to the 1996 Final Four. Except the NCAA says that his team was never there.

The aforementioned Camby, the best player in college hoops during the 1995-1996 season, was found guilty of taking over $40,000 in illegal benefits while at UMass. Agents supplied him with money, jewelry, rental cars and prostitutes, which he willingly accepted and even requested. The idea was that the agents would throw a little swag his way in hopes that they would be hired to represent him when he made it to the NBA. After the NCAA uncovered this little arrangement, they stripped UMass of its 1996 tournament victories. Calipari pled ignorance, and people widely accepted his excuse because it was the first time his name had ever been dragged through the mud. Even so, Calipari decided to leave Amherst at the end of the season.

After a failed coaching stint in the NBA, Calipari decided to try his hand at the college game again. This time, Memphis was his destination, and he intended to win there at all costs.

The first scandal Calipari had to withstand was in 2001, his first season as head coach, when he successfully recruited his first star player to Memphis: Dajuan Wagner. In the process, Wagner’s father was able to secure an assistant coaching job at Memphis as part of his son’s commitment, despite lacking a college degree himself. While not technically a violation of the NCAA rules, it was a pretty shady practice.

Things quieted down on the scandal front for a few years, and Calipari was able to win at a pretty steady clip. After two consecutive Elite Eight appearances in 2006 and 2007, the Tigers were poised to get over the quarterfinal hump.

Besides returning all five starters from a team that had won 33 games, they welcomed superfreshman Derrick Rose.

The team, led by Rose, ended up winning 38 games en route to an appearance in the national championship game. But after the season, it was discovered that Rose had had a stand-in take the SAT in his name and was retroactively ruled ineligible. Therefore, the entire season was forfeited and the banners taken down.

During the investigation, it was found that teammate Robert Dozier was guilty of the same offense. After scoring a very solid 1260 on his SAT the first time around, the University of Georgia had asked Dozier to retake it due to his heinously low PSAT score. He did and scored a 720, which, according to the Educational Testing Service, was one of the biggest drops in SAT history. Dropping from the ranks of the top 20 percent of test-takers to the bottom five percent raised a red flag for Georgia, but don’t worry: Calipari found a way for him to become a college student.

Accordingly, Dozier enrolled at the Laurinburg Institute, which had become a pipeline for the Memphis basketball program. After he had found a way to become academically eligible with Calipari’s help, Dozier enrolled at Memphis and became a starter on the Final Four team. After the season, the NCAA launched an investigation of the Institute. They concluded that courses, grades and diplomas from the school would not be accepted due to concerns about its academic programs and oversight.

These are just a couple of examples of the kind of program that Calipari runs. Indeed, I didn’t even mention the Tyreke Evans nepotism scandal, which is eerily similar to the Wagner situation. Or how Eric Bledsoe’s GPA jumped from a 1.9 to a 2.5 from his junior to senior year. Or Enes Kanter’s getting paid for playing in Turkey, which, luckily for Calipari, was exposed before Kanter could play at Kentucky.

Or … well, you get my point.

Calipari certainly had to be a good salesman to convince Kentucky that scandal wouldn’t blight his program again, but maybe the school just wants to win. Regardless, Calipari will bounce to another job before a new scandal can rock his program, which leaves Kentucky to clean up the mess. Bob Knight, who was also known to tango with the NCAA, says it best: “We’ve gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking, and that’s why I’m glad I’m not coaching. You see, we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.”

Me neither, Coach.

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ONLINE AT HOYA PARANOIA Basketball recruit T.J. Warren, who Georgetown was pursuing, announced that he will attend N.C. State.

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“Hard work and all the good things that athletics can teach you showed up here with this senior class.”

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Versatile Goalie Makes a Splash Hoyas Fall to SJU In Opening Round MAGGIE LAW

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At first glance, it’s hard to tell that Tomas Gomez is a freshman. While his height and build are molded perfectly for his goalkeeper position, they also give him the appearance of a much older player. And with the way he has played this season, it’s hard to tell the difference between the rookie and his older counterparts.

Gomez has gotten his Georgetown men’s soccer career off to an impressive start, finishing the regular season with a record of 9-4-3 and surrendering just 14 goals in 16 games — a remarkable feat for anyone, let alone a freshman at the Division I level.

“Tomas is a kid that, in the recruiting process, you look at him and you say that this kid has all the tools,” Head Coach Brian Wiese. “He can organize, he can shot-stop, he has good feet, he can kick well and distribute well in general.”

The rookie has played over 1,500 minutes for the Hoyas this season, starting 16 games and posting seven shutouts in regular season play. He is currently ranked third in the Big East with a goals against average of 0.82.

He also has 58 saves to credit, and his save percentage of .806 places him fourth in the conference.

But Gomez’s keen field vision and command in net are what solidified his role as the team’s defensive anchor this season.

“He has a good presence about him,” Wiese said. “You look at him, and you’re like, ‘I feel pretty good.’ You don’t why you say that but you go, ‘I See MEN’S SOCCER, A8

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Freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez, shown making a save against Providence, has been instrumental in the Hoyas’ success this season.

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Hoyas Prepare for Senior Day Clash With Fordham EVAN HOLLANDER Hoya Staff Writer

When Georgetown’s football team (7-2, 3-1 Patriot League) takes the MultiSport Facility for Senior Day date with Fordham (1-7) Saturday, they will be bidding farewell to seniors who have stuck with the program through four years of both trials and triumphs.

After an embarrassing, winless 2009 campaign, the Hoyas have turned things around the last two seasons.

With a win over Colgate homecoming weekend, they secured their first winning season since 1999, and next Saturday they will play Lehigh for the Patriot League championship.

Still, the defining characters in the drama of the last four years for the Blue and Gray have been the seniors. They

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Senior kicker Brett Weiss, shown against Davidson, has been named Patriot League special teams player of the week twice.

the Hoyas right from the kickoff as sophomore midfielder Jimmy Mulligan knocked in a shot to The Georgetown men’s soccer grab the lead only seven minutes team (10-5-4, 5-4-1 Big East) ex- into the contest. St. John’s domiited the Big East tournament last nated play for the rest of the first night after they fell to St. John’s half, outshooting Georgetown, (11-6-2, 5-5-0 Big East) in Queens, 7-2, and won the corner kick N.Y., falling 2-1 to the third-seed- count, 3-1. ed Red Storm.

Even with the Red Storm’s St. John’s goals in the seventh pressure, the Blue and Gray and 49th equalized in the 38th minute to m i n u te s make the score 1-1. Georgetown ST. JOHN’S 2 w e r e was awarded a penalty kick and GEORGETOWN 1 e n o u g h junior midfielder Ian Christianto end son converted. the Blue and Gray’s hopes to adReturning from the intermisvance. St. John’s sion, the Red was the No. 3 Storm once seed from the Big “The biggest story again struck East Red Division, ... when you play St. quickly.

St. while GeorgeJohn’s junior town was the No. John’s is how you midfielder Jack 6 seed from the handle their field.”

Bennett played Blue Division. the ball to freshThe Red Storm defender BRIAN WIESE man Men’s soccer Head Coach Tim Parker, who started out the season on a tear, scored, giving winning seven of their first 10 the Johnnies a 2-1 advantage. games. They had struggled of The Hoyas worked to level the late, however, dropping two con- score for the rest of the second secutive contests to Rutgers and half. But despite recording more Cincinnati. shots (8-4) and corners (3-1) than “The biggest story always when St. John’s in the second half, they you play St. John’s is how you could not manage another goal. handle their field,” Head Coach Georgetown, which was Brian Wiese said. “The fans are ranked in the top 25 for much of right on top of you, they get a big the season, hopes to gain an atcrowd. It’s a bouncy, hard field to large bid the NCAA tournament play on.” after the early conference tournaThe Red Storm pounced on ment loss.

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went 2-8 their freshman year and then dropped to 0-11 during their sophomore season. But the Hoyas that have stuck with the program didn’t want to be defined by those records.

They were key cogs of the resurgent squad that went 4-7 in 2010. This season, on both offense and defense, the Class of 2012 has been integral to Georgetown’s best season in more than a decade.

“It says a lot about the seniors that we still have. We have a lot of kids that have come through the program and dropped out because of different reasons,” senior co-captain and defensive back Wayne Heimuli. “But all the guys [who stayed], it shows their commitment to the team and the program and the school.”

Senior wide receiver and co-captain Jeremiah Kayal also sees major strides the team has made, with rebuilding last year and reloading this season.

“I really think the biggest thing is the way we’ve grown as a team. Coming in freshman year, kind of struggling for freshman and sophomore year,” Kayal said. “And then seeing the growth from sophomore year to junior year and then putting it all together this year.”

With the game against Lehigh a week from Saturday determining the league championship, Senior Day will be a time for celebration — but the team also recognizes that that a win would mean a lot for momentum going into next week.

After deciding to offer football scholarships this season, Fordham has been placed in a kind of limbo that means games against the Rams do not count in Patriot League standings.

Still, the seniors — and the rest of the team — are taking the game seriously, both to generate momentum and to have one final shining moment in front See FOOTBALL, A8

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Senior forward Sam Baker has assisted on eight goals this season, good for second on the team.

Seniors Lead GU to Morgantown BENO PICCIANO Hoya Staff Writer

In last Sunday’s 3-1 dismantling of Syracuse in the Big East quarterfinals, the Georgetown women’s soccer team brushed aside concerns about the difficulties of beating a team twice in one season. Tonight, the Hoyas hope the trend they bucked holds true.

The Hoyas face a role reversal in this evening’s Big East semifinal

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in Morgantown, W.Va. as the Blue and Gray (15-5-0, 8-3-0 Big East) look to exact revenge on No. 12 West Virginia (15-4-1, 10-1-0 Big East) after a 3-1 home defeat at the Mountaineers’ hands September 30.

Facing opponents who have produced goals all season on corner kicks, crosses into the box and long-range shooting efforts, Georgetown Head Coach Dave Nolan feels that his team knows what to expect. Now, success hing-

es upon execution.

“We’re not going to do anything different, we just hope to do it better,” Nolan said. “We need to defend corner kicks well, we need to mark players tight off crosses and we need to just do a good job of making them work hard for their shots.”

While their mid-season meeting was viewed as an opportunity for See WOMEN’S SOCCER, A9