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FAST FRESHMAN

D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 19 points in GU’s win over Duquesne.

COMMENTARY Georgetown should do more to educate students on the university’s history.

SPORTS, A12

SAFETY An unknown individual asked a student to enter his unmarked vehicle.

OPINION, A3

STUDENT LIFE The Campus Life Working Group convened for the first time Sunday.

NEWS, A6

NEWS, A6

Bono Entertains Gaston, Calls for Activism GU Makes Emma Hinchliffe Hoya Staff Writer

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Bono combined humor with a serious message about the need to address global health issues through economic development at his speech in Gaston Hall Monday evening.

Turnout Up, Creates Long Lines at Polls

U2 frontman and social activist Bono spoke about the fight against global poverty and AIDS in Gaston Hall Monday evening.

The event was co-sponsored by Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan and the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at the McDonough School of Business.

Bono criticized the prevalence of attack ads in the presidential campaign, joking about a scenario in which universities ran attack ads.

“Hello, we’re Georgetown and we approve this message. … Syracuse: a school whose mascot is a fruit,” he said in a mocking, baritone voice.

More seriously, he called for Americans to focus their energy on global health issues rather than partisan politics.

“I’d like to hear an attack ad on See BONO, A5

LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED

Emma Iannini

Special to The Hoya

Many students voting in the District of Columbia and northern Virginia last Tuesday encountered long lines and delays at polling places, which in Georgetown were partly because of a surge in student voter turnout.

Arianne Kaldewey (SFS ’15) and Kelly Pierce (MSB ’15) both spent almost three hours at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the polling place for Georgetown University and the surrounding area.

“People were definitely frustrated because there was not only general disorganization but also a lack of communication regarding the hold-up,” Pierce said.

“As a student with a schedule, I know that the unforeseen time commitment was … frustrating for many.”

For some students, the delays ultimately prevented them from voting at all.

Natasha Khan (COL ’16) said she did not end up voting as a result of the wait times at the polling center. Khan had wanted to register at Duke Ellington but decided against it after seeing the line at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“I only spent five minutes in line at Duke Ellington,” she said. “Because I realized from the length of the line that it would probably take another few hours before I could vote and I didn’t want to take that long … I decided to leave.”

According to Agnes Moss, the public information officer for the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, the problems at polling centers in the District were likely a result of high voter turnout.

Although the board is still in the process of collecting and analyzing Tuesday’s data, Moss said that a rise in the number of absentee ballots from 2010 to 2012 could indicate that voter turnout in the District was higher than it was two years ago, when early voting was first introduced.

“There were 22,000 people who cast their ballots during the early voting period for the mid-term elections [in 2010].

This year, there were over 58,000. That shows you the trend of what [overall turnout] could be once we’re finished counting the ballots,” Moss said.

Moss was adamant that a lack of voting machines or unpreparedness on the part of poll workers did not cause Tuesday’s widespread delays.

“We came to the conclusion that that number of machines would be sufficient See ELECTIONS, A7

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Attempts to dry the court at halftime of GU’s scheduled season opener Friday against Florida aboard the USS Bataan could not prevent the cancellation of the game. See story on A11.

Alumni Buy Saxbys, Aim to Grow Offerings

Full Switch To SaxaNet Lack of security, openness cited as university abandons older HOYAS Wi-Fi network Hiromi Oka

Hoya Staff Writer

The university will convert its wireless coverage entirely to SaxaNet and GuestNet by Nov. 14, at which time the unsecured HOYAS network will be removed from all access points on campus.

The change was announced in a broadcast email sent from University Information Services Associate Director William Anderson Friday night.

Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis cited the lack of security and openness of HOYAS as reasons for eliminating the network.

“HOYAS is insecure, and it doesn’t have appropriate security controls,” she wrote in an email. “HOYAS permits all outbound access which can let compromised computers attack other machines.”

Throughout this semester, UIS has warned students and staff about phishing incidents, which include the attempt to acquire personal information — username, passwords and bank accounts — through phony emails.

UIS released its fourth notification in 2012 about a phishing incident Friday, an hour after the announcement of the complete change to SaxaNet. SaxaNet provides encryption for all wireless traffic, which prevents hackers from accessing private information.

The university also plans to expand Wi-Fi access in the southwest corner of campus, installing 81 new wireless routers in New South and 214 such devices in the Southwest Quad by spring 2013, according to Davis.

“Funding has been approved, and UIS is working with [Georgetown University Facilities and Student Housing] and the contractors to schedule the work in student rooms,” Davis wrote.

But many students remain frustrated by unreliable Wi-Fi connections in certain parts of campus, especially the Southwest Quad.

“It’s very slow,” Southwest Quad resident Rachel Park (SFS ’13) said. “I don’t know if it’s just my computer or my location, but sometimes I have to log in like every two minutes. In my room, I have to use a cable to get some workable Internet.”

Andrew Wilson contributed to this report.

O’BRIEN PROFESSES FINAL VOWS

Braden McDonald Hoya Staff Writer

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The new owners hope to retain the “mom-and-pop feel” of the popular O Street coffee shop.

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Georgetown alumni James Hilson (COL ’08), Eric Rodawig (COL ’07) and Ken Martin (MSB ’07) returned to the neighborhood last month as the new owners of the local Saxbys franchise.

According to Hilson, the three friends have had their eyes on the O Street branch of the national coffee chain since graduating from Georgetown.

Hilson, a former opinion editor of The Hoya, worked in the coffee shop as a student in 2007 and 2008 and developed a relationship with former owner Jack Egle. According to Hilson, Egle contacted him when he decided he was ready to sell the franchise. “[Egle] wanted to put it in the hands of people who he knew really cared, people he was confident in … people who care about the Georgetown community and … feel like they’re part of the Georgetown See SAXBYS, A7 Published Tuesdays and Fridays

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Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., completed the final stage of his 16-year journey to become a fully fledged Jesuit Sunday. See story on A4.

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OPINION

THE HOYA

TUESday, November 13, 2012

THE VERDICT

C EDITORIALS C Lost Chance to Honor Vets C C Founded January 14, 1920

Sometimes, practicality must give way to principle. Such is the case with Veterans Day, which universities ought to have honored by canceling classes yesterday.

Government offices, banks and many businesses were closed across the country Monday in observation of the holiday, which occurs Nov. 11 and fell on a Sunday this year.

While the parades and memorials had come and gone, the day off sends an important statement — not as a free day to play hooky but as a time to pay additional tribute to those who have served in the military.

Some colleges, such as Howard University in D.C. and Harvard University, were closed Monday. But many schools, including Georgetown, went about business as usual.

The assumed rationale for doing so is understandable: Thanksgiving break is a week away, class time is valuable as the semester winds down and Georgetown took Colum-

bus Day off one month ago.

It sends a bad message, however, to suggest that a preferred semester scheduling takes precedent over a national holiday that honors men and women who have served this country. Many students were oblivious to the fact that Veterans Day even took place, and a day off from school draws attention to this somber occasion while showing our appreciation for students and alumni who have served in uniform. It’s also worth noting that Memorial Day — the national holiday that remembers those who have died while serving in the military — occurs after the conclusion of final exams in May, preventing the student body from observing it as a university.

If a day honoring a Spaniard for reaching the Americas merits this recognition, so too does a holiday with the significance and sentiment of Veterans Day.

TA Variable Needs Solving “The TA grading is frustrating.” “Quality depends a lot on the TA.” “My TA was great, which made working on the paper much more bearable.”

The quality of a teaching assistant can make or break a course, as demonstrated by the above testimonials taken from professor evaluations on RateMyProfessors.com. Yet despite their obvious impact on a student’s experience in a class, TAs remain unknown variables during preregistration.

The current manner of assigning students to TAs is arbitrary and happens long after students have registered for a course. As long as randomness in assigning TAs is allowed to persist, it would be practical and productive to offer information about a course’s TAs during registration.

Many classes, especially introductory courses, rely heavily on TAs to lead discussion sections, grade papers and help students with difficult material. There are even instances in which TAs determine students’ final grades.

There is variability in the quality and rigor of professors within departments, and students are given the opportunity to read eval-

uations and choose among these professors during registration. Why, then, is it acceptable for the assignment of TAs — who wield a significant amount of influence in many classes — to be left to chance?

At a minimum, TAs should be listed for a course during the Add/Drop period of registration, when students would be able to pursue or avoid certain graduate students based on reputation or personal experience. Many TAs work with the same course for multiple semesters and develop a performance record, which would allow for quantitative feedback to be provided on MyAccess as it is for professors. Making TA information and reviews available during this time would allow students to avoid being locked into an unwanted situation.

It warrants mentioning that the need for these proposals only arises when such levels of influence and variability exists among teaching assistants. If TAs did not hold such power in determining the outcome of a course, perhaps evaluations of them would not be necessary. For now, however, students should not be subjected to the random nature of TA assignment.

Leo’s Secret Recipe There’s an enigma wrapped in a mystery at Georgetown, and it’s being served at O’Donovan Hall.

Curiosity about the ingredients and preparation that go into dining hall cooking inevitably leads some students to consume the food with skepticism — or to shun it altogether. It doesn’t help matters that Leo’s was cited for eight health code violations this September.

Students deserve greater transparency and would benefit from having Leo’s recipes made more readily available.

Food labels in the dining hall identify potential allergens like soy or gluten and offer limited nutritional information. Yet just as commercial foodstuffs include a comprehensive list of ingredients on the packaging, so should Leo’s provide specific details of its cooking ingredients. Such information is available online but is often hard to find (hint: you won’t find it under the “nutrition” tab),

and full ingredient lists are not given for all dishes.

Burying this information on an obscure Web page may be a start, but it’s not satisfactory. Few students have the foresight to thoroughly research the menu options in anticipation of a trip to Leo’s, and those who do will find that listings are patchy. It would be well worth the effort to print menus with dish ingredients and complete nutritional content that would be available in the dining hall for student viewing. There were once computers in Leo’s that provided this information, but they recently disappeared.

As a general rule, more information is better when it comes to food consumption — for students’ health and for their peace of mind.

There have been enough troubling revelations about what goes on in Leos’ kitchens this semester, and when it comes to food ingredients, students should be spared the suspense.

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Thanksgiving Eve Harvest — The last farmer’s market of the year will be Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Copley Lawn.

Licensed to Rent — Georgetown University Student Association passed a resolution Sunday night lowering the age for ZipCar rentals from 21 to 18.

Paying Dividends — The Corp announced plans to implement a “Shareholder Card,” which would allow customers to earn points and benefits.

All Mops on Deck — The men’s basketball season opener aboard the USS Bataan in Jacksonville was cancelled Friday after the first half due to dangerous condensation on the court.

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Thomas Christiansen (SFS ’15) on the GOP redefining its narrative: This wake-up call to the GOP came 17 minutes too late, as the party watched Ohio, then Virginia, then every single swing state go to President Obama. In response, conservative politicians and pundits have initiated a conversation on how to reinvent a party obviously disconnected from America’s electorate.

The Republican Party’s fundamental disconnect, however, lies not with America’s voting preferences but rather with the deep themes of the American experiment. During my lifetime, I have watched the Grand Old Party (an incredibly magnificent name for a party so narrow) evolve into a sounding board of cynicism inclined to negativity, intolerance and obstructionism: “No, the government can never help.” “No, you can’t get married.” “No, abortion never makes sense.” “No, you can’t have any path to citizenship.”

Frighteningly reactionary, the Republican Party has lost its sense of evolving narrative, choosing instead to continually retell Ronald Reagan’s story without Reagan’s faith in the narrative.

Scott Stirrett (SFS ’13) on the Republicans learning from Canada:

This past week, Barack Obama became the first president to be reelected with relatively high levels of unemployment since Franklin Roosevelt. His re-election and the Democrats’ resounding victories are testaments to the skill of the Obama campaign as well as some long-term American demographic changes.

What is clear from the election results is that the GOP is going to have to build genuinely diverse bases of electoral support. The Conservative Party of Canada has been successful because it has been able to build meaningful relationships with ethnic minority communities.

If the GOP is to remain a party made up primarily of white Christians, then it is going to not be in the White House for the foreseeable future.

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CORRECTIONS The article “Taking an Honest Look at Honest Abe” (G14, Nov. 9, 2012) was incorrectly attributed to Abby Keeble. It was written by Hoya Staff Writer Jaclyn Proctor.

The article “GU Re-Energized in Green Efforts” (A1, Nov. 9, 2012) incorrectly stated that the university’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by about 17.5 percent in 2010-2011. It dropped by about 20 percent in 2005-2006.

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OPINION

tuesday, NOVEMber 13, 2012

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GHOSTS OF HOYAS PAST

VIEWPOINT • Chung & Troiano

National Debt Looms History Holds Us Together For Next Generation W T

he election is over.

Barack Obama will serve another term as president. Supporters rejoice, detractors mourn. The American people made a choice Tuesday that will dictate the direction of public policy for at least the next four years. But that doesn’t mean our job is over.

During each of their campaigns, neither Obama nor Mitt Romney adequately addressed the most pressing problem facing our country today: the national debt.

Whether this issue is addressed in the coming years will determine the United States’ viability as a world power in the 21st century and, with it, the legacy of our generation.

It’s perfectly understandable why the candidates wouldn’t suggest serious reform during the campaign season — to do so would have been electoral suicide. But as of Tuesday, Obama has secured his position in the Oval Office. It’s time to let him hear our voices.

For far too long, Congress has kicked its $16 trillion can down the road, running up a dizzying tab for future generations — yeah, that’s us — to pay off.

Both Democrats and Republicans will have to commit to entitlement program reform, tax reform and a leaner, more efficient military. If the debt is allowed to continue growing at its current rate, it will cripple the ability of our proud nation to exercise its most basic roles: protecting and providing for its citizens. Sound frightening? That’s because it is.

These are the facts. Our national debt has surpassed $16 trillion, and every day it grows by an average of $4 billion. In 2011, the deficit exceeded the annual GDP level for the first time in U.S. history.

Some deficit spending is widely accepted by economists as a method of national economic recovery, especially during a recession. But with the working population shrinking every day and no effort on the part of politicians to scale back spending, this is quickly developing into a crisis.

If this crisis continues, we will not only lose the trust of other governments but also face a lack of funding for national programs that we now take for granted. Think about this: By 2033, the government will only be able to pay out 75 percent of promised Social Security benefits.

The choice future leaders will inevitably have to make is to either finance the debt or provide for the people. The fact that our

generation’s future hangs in the balance clearly demonstrates that both parties will have to work together in order to find a solution that benefits the American public.

Now, this isn’t one of the hyperbolic hypotheticals thrown around by self-styled deficit hawks in campaign ads. The Chinese government isn’t going to call in all their loans tomorrow, and anyone who tells you otherwise is insulting your intelligence.

However, that doesn’t mean our ballooning debt is in any way acceptable. The time will come when the United States is forced to look itself in the mirror and make some serious changes in order to remain a viable state. If things continue as they are right now, the moment will come when our generation is faced with challenges that will be unfathomably difficult, if not impossible.

So start the process now.

As young voters, we have seen the debt skyrocket in our lifetimes, and it is now our chance to make this transition. The Georgetown community has a long history of good will and leaving the world a little better than it was when we found it.

So let us continue to pave a path that will improve the standing of our economy for generations to come. Let us not sit back and allow the debt to rise without limit; let us ask for the media, the people and the politicians to think with us to make our futures a priority.

This is a call to thoughtful action, a chance to amplify our voice. Call your representative. Write to your president.

Sign the petition for The Can Kicks Back campaign, which seeks to highlight these concerns on Capitol Hill and create a longterm deficit reduction agreement in 2013.

Force those who dug us into this $16 trillion hole to lay the foundations for a way out.

The legacy of our generation should involve lifting this country to greater heights than ever before, not flailing to keep the nation’s head above the rising tide of irresponsible spending We deserve better than that. We’re capable of better than that. It’s time for the can to kick back.

Christian Chung is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. He is a staff member of The Can Kicks Back. Nick Troiano graduated from the College in 2011. He is co-founder and field director of the initiative.

atching Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., take his final vows to the Society of Jesus this Saturday morning in Gaston Hall gave me a vision of Georgetown. This vision exemplified everything that I hoped to convey through this column; most importantly, the idea that Georgetown is more than an “elite research university” that sits on the perimeter of Washington, D.C. As I watched O’Brien kneel to take his vows, I imagined all of the Jesuits before him who had professed those same words, walked these same halls and looked down on the same flowing Potomac River. Those great men who have guided our institution through 200 years of triumph and turbulence and have a commitment to Georgetown that many of us cannot begin to imagine.

What are the Georgetown Jesuits but the most visible form of the spirit of Georgetown? Members of the Georgetown community past and present have given Georgetown its magis — its “more” — not because they are individuals studying diverse and removed disciplines but because they are members of a community exploring common values. Through my stories, musings and discoveries, I have attempted to show that a respect and reverence towards the history of our alma mater is crucial to its continued flourishing. Our history grounds us and directs us; without it, our community stumbles toward vague and empty promises of “academic excellence.”

But before I lose myself in prose, I want to offer three recommendations in summation of my column.

The first is that Georgetown needs a museum, no matter how big or small. Carroll Parlor is a start, but there needs to be a dedicated display area for the artifacts that have found their way into boxes, locked cabinets and basement vaults across campus. These hidden treasures are so diverse and so rich in history that I believe they hold

some meaning for everyone in our community.

The second is that there need to be interdisciplinary seminars on the history of our alma mater and how it relates to various areas of academia. The School of Foreign Service is exploring the possibility of a course on the unique role Georgetown has played in American international relations. Imagine how inspiring it would be for students in each of the major disciplines to learn not about distant theories and discoveries but about the Hoyas before them that were

Kevin Sullivan

A respect and reverence towards the history of our alma mater is crucial. pioneers in those very fields.

Finally, Georgetown should add a stronger and more in-depth history component to New Student Orientation. While it is already a packed few days, our newest students deserve an earlier opportunity to find their unique love for Georgetown so that their time here is even more valuable and meaningful.

What can these recommendations and a stronger sense of our place in Georgetown’s past and present offer? The first great “lesson” is that what happens on our Hilltop truly does influence the world. Founded at the time of our newly constituted nation, John Carroll built a school based in pluralism and religious freedom. The men who graduated from our tiny

academy went on to be the most vocal political leaders defending our most treasured freedom: that of religion. After the devastation of the Civil War, Georgetown came together under the Blue and Gray to find the common heritage that was buried under the ashes of terrible war. Following World War I, Fr. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., saw the need for Catholic diplomats to guide a morally sound and just foreign policy as America rose to global prominence. In the rapidly changing arena of American Catholic higher education, Georgetown was a pioneer in reaffirming the necessity of a “centered” pluralism and discovering how a Catholic university can continue to bring the Church to the world and the world to the Church in a new age.

Understanding this can lead students to return from their Washington ambitions and re-engage themselves within the hallowed walls of this university.

The second great lesson is that we are Hoyas for more than four years. Many leave the front gates for distant countries and diverse callings, but if they have truly found the spirit of Georgetown, they know that the Hilltop is always a home to them. In my column, I have argued how the university can create stronger connections and passions that will stay with students for their entire lives.

But in the end, loving Georgetown will be easy for many of us because it has simply shaped who we are: unique men and women for others, grounded in the past of this great institution and humbled by those who have gone before us.

By embracing our history, the idea of “Ghosts of Hoyas Past” will become irrelevant. Instead of Hoyas past and Hoyas present, there will only be Georgetown forever.

Kevin Sullivan is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

This is the final appearance of GHOSTS OF HOYAS PAST this semester.

SCRIBBLES OF A MADMAN by Ben Mazzara

TALK IS CHEAP

Unlocking the Door To Scarce Campus Space T

he Georgetown community features place, which would save time and streama wide variety of clubs and student line the meeting process. organizations, which range from the Furthermore, the list of clubs and stuGeorgetown University Grilling Society dent organizations on Georgetown’s webto the International Relations Club. All of site is in need of improvement. Many of these organizations need space to meet the links to groups’ websites are broken or and organize on campus, and this can put lead to pages that have not been updated a squeeze on the already limited amount in years. Updating this page and redesignof space available. ing it in a more user-friendly format would Students currently can reserve rooms on- help students see the opportunities they line, but this process is often lengthy and have to participate in student groups that frustrating. Given that classroom space is they might have missed at the Student limited, the university ought to leave more Activities Fair. The page that lists student rooms open at night and restructure its on- clubs could then be linked directly to the line reservation system. room reservation page, Student organizations making it easier to coorwould have an easier dinate meetings for varitime organizing and inous organizations. dividual students would Along with improvbe able to use campus ing its method for room space more efficiently. reservations, the uniThe registrar currentversity should examine ly maintains the online its policies on locking classroom reservation buildings and classsystem, which gives prirooms after hours. The ority first to academic Rafik B. Hariri Building Dan Healy courses, then non-credit originally had limited courses and finally stuaccess for non-business dent groups and indischool students after The university should vidual students. Reserv10 p.m., and the classing a room requires inside are usually make organizing meetings rooms submitting a form with locked after the end of one’s personal informaand finding space easier. the academic day. In Retion and the purpose of gents Hall, classrooms the meeting. are also locked, restrictWhile this information is necessary, the ing students’ access to this new study system itself is not adequately transparent. space. These are valuable resources on a The university could allocate space more campus that is already short on space, and efficiently through a system that employs they are squandered when students are technology similar to that of a Google Doc. consistently locked out of empty rooms.

There would be a list of all the spaces availGeorgetown has a vibrant mix of stuable on campus, sortable by date, time and dent groups and organizations, and in location, which would give students up- order to strengthen the student commuto-the-minute knowledge of which rooms nity on campus, the university should take were available. Having a master list would whatever steps it can to make organizing also make it easier for students to find al- meetings and finding classroom space easternative free spaces when popular rooms ier. Student clubs are a vital part of Georgeare booked. town’s identity, and the enthusiasm with This system would also help student which they operate is evident every year. groups recruit and retain more members. With the university as a willing partner, Any Georgetown student could log on and students will have the resources and supsee when and where groups are meeting port they need to ensure that there is a diinstead of having to sort through packed verse mix of organizations through which bulletin boards and email inboxes to find students can express themselves. meeting information. Likewise, student groups could get their message out more Dan Healy is a senior in the College. This effectively. All information about meeting is the final appearance of TALK IS CHEAP times and locations could be found in one this semester.

VIEWPOINT • Shetty

In the Know on Knowledge

D

uring one of my trips to Lauinger Library last week, I noticed something unusual. As I took a seat in one of the wooden cubicles, I saw some words carved deeply into the surface of the desk, one of those permanent etchings that are added to library furnishings year after year, reminders of the travails of Georgetown students before us.

What I read was, compared to the other nonsensical inscriptions I had seen, rather surprising: “I miss learning for knowledge, not grades.”

Reading those words made me stop and think for a moment. Apart from the fact that I would never expect to find such thought-provoking rhetoric among the expletives scribbled across library cubicles, something else occurred to me: I kind of missed that, too, but not as much as I did in high school.

As I come to the end of my first semester at Georgetown, I’ve been mostly integrated into the college academic atmosphere. Needless to say, college is a world away from high school. Gone are daily classes, weekly assessments and pointless worksheets. There is, of course, less structure to college.

Adjusting to two-hour classes and lecture halls is something that will take time, and whether these aspects of college promote more intellectual stimulation than high school did remains to be seen. But I think that Georgetown gives the

promising first impression that all students can find their passion in some activity or class on campus.

But the real measure of an education is tantamount to what someone scribbled onto my cubicle desk at Lau: That is, does the opportunity to learn for knowledge, not grades, exist?

From what I’ve gleaned in my short time here the answer is both yes and no. Yes, college classes are more focused and concept based.

The emphasis on memorization is less prominent, and professors are more often concerned with attaining a level of intellectual stimulation than they are with overwhelming students with a litany of obscure facts.

But, at the same time, grades will always matter. Courses that unfairly stress minor details will invariably exist. And that reality is not always a bad thing. In a university where most are naturally curious and academically accomplished, there is good reason to make assessments tougher — but only to a certain extent. I think Georgetown has a healthy balance between traditional classes that include heavy textbook readings and courses that inspire students to explore what they love in less conventional ways. The former are part of any university, and the abundance of the latter determines the intellectual goals and quality of an education.

I think part of the beauty of college is the chance to learn purely

for the sake of knowledge, and the more opportunities we have to do so, the better. The environment at Georgetown doesn’t seem overly competitive. It’s an environment that fosters — perhaps even demands — deep intellectual forays and leads students to explore their interests for personal edification. I’m sure there are other perspectives on the university’s intellectual environment, but I think all students can agree that Georgetown has a wealth of opportunities aimed toward stressing how knowledge itself is more important than the attached number or letter.

The student who etched those powerful words onto the desk at Lau was expressing a sentiment that many hold. That student might have just received a reminder of how grades often render the quest for knowledge a shallow pursuit. It’s a system that produces people with a breadth of knowledge but no depth. We end up only scratching the surface and never really penetrating the deeper issues. Luckily, I think I’ve arrived at a university where the deeper questions matter. And as I transition into my second semester, I hope to find more opportunities to gain knowledge in ways that are fruitful beyond the grades I receive.

ROHAN SHETTY is a freshman in the McDonough School of Business.

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Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. (COL ’88) professed his final vows to the Society of Jesus in Gaston Hall Saturday.

The profession of final vows marks the end of the formation — the formal teaching period for a Jesuit. The ceremony requires the priest to reaffirm his commitment to poverty, chastity, obedience and the Jesuit mission.

Held during the 11:30 a.m. Catholic Mass, O’Brien’s final vows reaffirmed his dedication to the Jesuit service of the Church and the world.

“For me, the vow profession is a recommitment to my life as a Jesuit,” O’Brien said in an interview with THE HOYA. “This is a life I’m now living at Georgetown, and it’s a recommitment to service and ministry I offer at Georgetown.”

The profession of final vows is the sixth and final step in becoming a Jesuit, and it ended O’Brien’s 16-year journey. The other stages included a two-year period of novitiate studies, a three-year period of first-level studies, a three-year period of regency that includes educational and spiritual training, a three-year period of theology studies, five years of ministry and a period of tertianship — preparation for the final vows.

After graduating from Georgetown, O’Brien studied politics and earned a law degree from the University of Florida. He began practicing corporate law, but felt that something was missing from his career as a litigator. Seeking a higher level of fulfillment, he began work as a high school teacher and started considering a life in the priesthood.

“When I practiced law, the idea of becoming a Jesuit priest came back in a very big way. In order to discern that call, I left my law practice,” O’Brien said. “In teaching at this high school, my call to become a Jesuit priest became stronger each year.”

Throughout his years of service, O’Brien has taught at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, worked in the Office of University Mission and Ministry at Fordham University, served as an associate pastor at Holy Trinity Church in Washington D.C., volunteered in the Jesuit refugee services, hospitals and jails and lived abroad in lesser developed countries.

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Fr. O’Brien, S.J., reaffirmed his committment to the Jesuit order by completing his final vows on Sunday morning during Mass in Dahlgren Chapel. tor of Campus Ministry. In August 2011, O’Brien was named vice president for mission and ministry.

“A Jesuit’s life is characterized by study, work and prayer. It is a mix of those three things,” O’Brien said. “I bring all of that to my work here now at Georgetown.”

The Mass was conducted as an open service, with Rev. James Shea, S.J., the provincial of the Maryland province of the Society of Jesus presiding over the ceremony. O’Brien delivered his vows before the sacrament of Communion.

“Whatever greatness we aspire to, it must run through the lives of those who have the least — the poor, the homeless, the neglected, the undocumented, those bearing the burdens of injustice in our world,” O’Brien said at the ceremony. “In the end, this day is not about one man’s profession of vows but a religious community’s commitment to something larger than ourselves. Final vows are a promise in an act of hope for the future.”

University President John J. DeGioia also spoke at the ceremony.

“There is a finality that we recognize.

All doubts are removed, [and] there is no question regarding Kevin’s acceptance of

the responsibility of total commitment,” DeGioia said. “But final does not mean that Kevin stops growing.”

Above all, the ceremony was a celebration of O’Brien’s impact in the Georgetown community.

“The example that Fr. O’Brien sets everyday as a model is commendable,” Rev. Stefanie Chappell, Harbin Hall chaplainin-residence, said of O’Brien’s work. “He makes me want to take my commitment to faith more fully and seriously.”

Knights of Columbus member Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) agreed.

“This is our way to give back to Fr. O’Brien and his achievements within the community,” Sullivan said.

Not one for resting on his laurels, O’Brien said he now looks forward to continuing his service for the Church, the Georgetown community and the world.

“My work with the poor in this country and in other countries always reminds me of the heart of my calling as a Jesuit. Wherever I am, whatever I am doing, I must always keep the needs of the poor and marginalized close to me,” O’Brien said. “That’s when a Jesuits vocation is lived most authentically.”

The Georgetown University Student Association began recruiting students to serve on an advisory committee to assess the quality of religious life on campus and craft the GUSA Mission and Ministry Report.

The committee will comprise about 12 students in addition to co-chairs Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) and Laura West (COL ’13), representatives from the Georgetown University Office of Campus Ministry, Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. O’Brien, S.J., and university chaplains.

Applications for student spots on the committee were sent out Nov. 6 and are due today. Sullivan will select the student representatives by the end of the week, according to West, who also serves as GUSA secretary of mission and ministry.

Sullivan lauded the new initiative.

“This is the students’ first opportunity to have a formalized voice to have this kind of discussion,” he said. “It’s a big step in the right direction.”

According to West, the group aims to gather data to gauge the role of campus ministry and religion and offer suggestions to improve ministry on campus. Sullivan said the committee hopes to release its report by the end of the 20132014 academic year.

“We want to make sure we focus on all aspects of campus ministry — so in the classrooms, extra-curricular and co-curricular,” West said. “We want to be intentional and not too broad in our scope and recognize that campus ministry plays a role in a lot of aspects on campus.”

The committee and the Office of Campus Ministry will release a campus-wide survey early next semester to measure student opinion about religious

life on campus. The group will also organize focus groups and formal discussions on religion and gather information from other Catholic schools in the District to compare experiences, according to Sullivan.

“We hope to have hard data ready by the end of the next semester and spend the end of the next calendar year working on compiling the information and writing the recommendations,” West said.

The idea for the working group arose from the Student Life Report, a 10-year plan released in February 2012 that outlined ways to improve the quality of the on-campus experience. It was also inspired by the Task Force on Georgetown’s Catholic and Jesuit Identity, a faculty commission report released in 1997 that explored ways that Georgetown could enhance its Jesuit identity.

“The Student Life Report stated that the spiritual life merits its own study separate from the student life report,” Sullivan said. “The Student Life Report called on others who would be more qualified to perform the report.”

After gathering data, the group will present its insights to the Office of Campus Ministry, university faculty, administrators and students.

“We wanted to present a report that takes some of the insight that has come from student discussions … so we can get a better understanding of how religion manifests itself on campus and where our weakness[es] and strengths are,” West said. “The goal is to provide the university with a set of both commendation and recommendations about how religious and spiritual life can continue to flourish on campus.”

Hoya Staff Writer Annie Chen contributed to this report.

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Paul and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) were among several politicians in attendance at U2 vocalist and humanitarian Bono’s speech in Gaston Hall Monday evening.

Bono to Students: ‘Cuts Shouldn’t Cost Lives’ BONO, from A1 malaria,” he said.

Bono went on to speak about the effects budget cuts have on populations that depend on foreign aid for famine and AIDS relief.

“Cuts shouldn’t cost lives,” he said. “We must not let the economic recession become a moral recession.”

He discussed the efforts that are necessary to make a difference, challenging the idea that social change can be affected through a one-dollar donation at the grocery store.

“If you want to turn the world right-side up, it’s not going to take a minute or an hour or a day. It’s going to take your whole life,” he said.

Bono emphasized the importance of fostering independent economic growth and investment in developing countries and the pitfalls of reliance on foreign aid, comparing growth in China to growth in Africa.

“We used to talk about Asian tigers … but this is not an African tiger. This is a lion,” he

said, predicting that Africa’s future economic development would mirror China’s recent rise to prominence.

Bono closed his speech with an appeal to the American ideals of equality and the pursuit of happiness, saying that support for global health and development initiatives is an extension of these values.

“These aren’t just American ideals anymore. … These truths, your truths, they’re self-evident in us,” he said.

Students said they appreciated Bono’s advocacy efforts in addition to his stage presence.

“It was very inspiring. Obviously he’s very passionate about what he does and really believes that all of us can make a change,” Nadeen Hussain (NHS ’15) said. “He encouraged us to think outside the box and make change.”

“He was very personable. He was both a rock star and innovative,” Lee Stromberg (MSB ’13) said. “He had the charisma of a rock star but the ability to connect with people very easily.

Government professor Cynthia Schneider’s course “Diplomacy and Culture” may be quintessentially Georgetown, but its students are far more diverse.

Schneider uses Soliya — an online site that promotes constructive dialogue through video chat — to foster interactions between her students sitting in White-Gravenor and undergraduates from countries across the world.

“People always talk about people-to-people diplomacy,” Schneider said. “But so often it is not actually there because people are so concerned with strategic interests instead of cultural understanding.”

Soliya allows students to participate in cross cultural dialogue focused on Islamaphobia and East-West relations.

“My students get to see a different way of looking at things,” Schneider said. “Instead of focusing on differences, they get to see what they have in common with people who hold different beliefs and different perspectives on international affairs.”

She said that this openmindedness is essential in

international relations and is particularly needed today, especially between the West and Muslim societies.

Students are spending eight weeks this semester engaging in discussion with students from Germany, Jordan, Indonesia and Morocco through Soliya.

The discussion topics range from religion and politics to more controversial issues, such as gay rights.

“There truly is a lack of understanding between our cultures,” Michelyne Chavez (SFS ’15) said. “Last week, when one of the groups tackled the issue of gay rights, a girl from Jordan was very against it and felt attacked by the other students for her beliefs.”

Two student facilitators, who participated in the program before, guide the conversation to keep it on track, but conflicts still arise.

“Last week, we talked about 9/11, which was extremely controversial,” Grace Song (SFS ’14) said. “Students from Egypt and Pakistan denied the fact that Osama bin Laden was behind the 9/11 attacks and proposed that the attacks could have been a conspiracy by the U.S.” Despite these tensions,

Chavez said the talks could also be deeply emotional.

“Soliya creates a very raw experience that is so moving to be a part of,” Chavez said. “We can’t experience the same kind of learning or emotional connection from simply reading books or articles or even from listening to a professor.”

According to Peter Janssens, associate director for instructional resources at Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, the program helps foster both technical and interpersonal skills.

“The core skills that students learn in Soliya — like how to deal with tensions, build relationships and work with authentic materials, for example — are skills that should most definitely be implemented in other courses.”

Schneider added that Soliya can be a powerful tool in a world that needs innovative young thinkers.

“There is diplomacy going on in every minute of this program, and it focuses on the actual people and what they go through and believe every day rather than diplomacy that only involves strategic interests,” she said.

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Half the Sky, a global advocacy group that seeks to empower women and girls, formed a new branch at Georgetown this semester.

Moriah Lenhart-Wees (COL’13) was inspired to create Georgetown’s Half the Sky chapter after reading the book “Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” The book, which was co-authored by New York Times journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, tells the stories of individual women who overcame oppression through economic and educational opportunity.

According to Lenhart-Wees, college students will form a key component of the movement.

“One of the ways that the authors of the book are seeking to spread awareness about their campaign is through college students,” she said.

Currently, Georgetown’s chapter includes five ambassadors who act as liaisons between other chapters throughout the world “Half the Sky is not going to acquire club status, per say,” Lenhart-Wees said. “We are part of the GU Circle of Women, and we’re going to work within that organization while communicating with the international Half the Sky movement.”

Fellow Half the Sky ambassador Stephanie Arzate (SFS ’15) also joined the group after reading Kristof and WuDunn’s book.

“As the title of the book itself says, women hold up half the sky,” Arzate said. “I do not believe that a country can reach its full potential if its women are not given the equal opportunities to lead and learn.

More than anything, I hope that our tenure as campus ambassadors allows others to understand more about how female empowerment truly is the key to solving some of the most critical issues the world faces.”

Kristof and WuDunn encouraged readers to take action in their own communities and educate their friends and family about the challenges that women face in the developing world.

The book, which was published in 2009, rose to the number one position on the New York Times’ non-fiction bestseller list after its release. The authors have also partnered with PBS and several celebrity actresses, including America Ferrera and Meg Ryan, to air a four-part miniseries.

Georgetown’s Half the Sky chapter will hold its first event, a screening of part of the miniseries Nov. 13 in the Intercultural Center auditorium. The Georgetown University Circle of Women and the Georgetown Women’s Center are cosponsoring the event.

“Our call to action … was to bring the whole idea of Half The Sky to campus through the film and other venues of action, and that definitely aligns with the type of work that GU Circle of Women tries to promote,” said Katia Teran (SFS ‘13), president of GU Circle of Women

and a Half the Sky ambassador.

“The film is just the introductory portion of our project,” Lenhart-Wees said. “We’re showing it to explain to people what the Half the Sky movement is.”

The screening will emphasize the importance of education and economic empowerment for women.

Lenhart-Wees said that the main difference between Half the Sky and other women’s advocacy groups on campus is its ability to form partnerships with grassroots organizations around the world.

“I believe that working directly with the women who are themselves experiencing oppression and not through an outside aid organization is a much more effective way to empower them,” LenhartWees said. “Our goal is to work with those women in communities all over the world to bring to life the solutions they themselves have already come up with. … I just want people on Georgetown’s campus to realize that the world is bigger than Georgetown and that although women on our campus are doing pretty well, we should extend that and try to help women around the world reach that level of education.”

Teran agreed.

“Women and girls in the developing face issues that impact issues on a larger scale,” she said. “We need to change the hearts and minds of both boys and girls and raise the value that these societies assign to their women.”

GUSA to Shift Website Platform Annie Chen

Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association website is currently offline while the organization transfers its site to a more user-friendly platform.

Previously, GUSA’s website, GUStudentAssociation.com, was published on Drupal, a content-management platform. The new site will have a georgetown.edu URL and will be supported by Wordpress.

According to GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13), this will enable better integration of the student government into the campus community.

“The thought was that we would have some more institutional ability with a georgetown.edu website and just have all the documents stored at one place,” she said.

Gustafson said she anticipates that the change will result in a more efficient website with more storage capability.

“We don’t really need the functionalities of what Drupal could offer versus [the] Wordpress platform, so we de-

cided to switch over, and also our storage would be here at Georgetown,” Gustafson said.

GUSA Senate Speaker Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) agreed with Gustafson.

“It will be a lot more accessible for students and easier for us to update,” Tisa said.

Currently, GUSA relies on social media and university emails to communicate with students, while the GUSA senate stores its meeting minutes at box.net, an online file sharing website. However, while the minutes are open to the public, few students are aware of the existence of that information.

Tisa said it is important to make GUSA senate records available through the official GUSA website so students can communicate openly and efficiently with their elected representatives.

“Transparency and engagement has been a huge priority this year, and the new site will take it to another level,” Tisa said.

According to Gustafson, the website transfer process has

taken longer than expected because all georgetown.edu student organization websites are being re-evaluated to increase cohesiveness.

“I think it is a necessary thing to happen because the university had disconnected approaches to technology in the past, so I’m really happy that this re-evaluation ... is going on,” Gustafson said.

“There has been a huge push in trying to have a cohesive approach to technology and website hosting. … I think we’re also part of that process,” Gustafson said.

According to GUSA Secretary of Information and Technology Michael Crouch (MSB ’13), the next step includes an evaluation of the proposed university-affiliated GUSA website by University Information Services.

“We are not doing too much right now besides waiting on administrators,” Crouch wrote in an email. “The issue is not just about the GUSA site, it’s about defining requirements for hosting any sort of site on the main Georgetown URL.”

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Strange Driver Solicits Student Kelly Church Hoya Staff Writer

An unknown person claiming to be a university employee solicited a student to enter his vehicle Monday morning, according to a broadcast email from Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety Jay Gruber.

According to the e-mail, the student was walking in Burleith near campus when the unknown suspect approached. Though the suspect claimed to be a university employee, he did not have a Georgetown University identification card and was not driving a university vehicle.

The student did not enter the vehicle and reported the incident to the police.

Though it has so far ap-

peared to be an isolated event, Gruber sent the broadcast to inform the university community of the incident and remind them of necessary safety precautions.

In the email, he advised walking in well-lit areas, staying aware of surroundings and walking without earbuds in addition to stressing that people should never accept rides from strangers.

“Luckily for us, the student didn’t go over and called the police immediately,” he said.

“We thought this would be a good time to send out tips to our community.”

According to Gruber, the university never instructs employees or contractors working for the university to assist or provide rides for students in unmarked vehicles. All uni-

versity employees who work in public safety positions have Georgetown identification, many wear uniforms and all university vehicles are marked with logos.

The university does offer shuttle and ride services to students, but these services are clearly marked as being affiliated with the university.

Such services include Department of Public Safety escorts, Student Neighborhood Assistance Program team members, Safe Rides vehicles and neighborhood shuttles.

“It’s like we hear when we’re young: Don’t take a ride with strangers, [and] don’t talk to strangers,” Gruber said.

Hoya Staff Writer Lily Westergaard contributed to this report.

Working Group Talks Space Annie Chen

Hoya Staff Writer

As part of the university’s efforts to improve the oncampus social atmosphere, the Campus Life Working Group met Sunday afternoon to discuss how the university utilizes student space.

The group, which was formed in September 2012, includes five subcommittee chairs: chair of the subcommittee for space Jack Appelbaum (COL ’14), co-chairs of the subcommittee for policies Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and James Heine (COL ’13), Associate Director for the Center of Student Programs Amanda Carlton and student chair of the Campus Life Working Group and at-large member of The Hoya’s Board of Directors Sam Schneider (COL ’13). These chairs serve Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord and Joan Riley, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies.

Led by Olson, the group aims to develop proposals about ways the university can improve the vibrancy of social life.

At the meeting, GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) said that the group will be vital to the implementation of the campus plan, which committed the university to housing 90 percent of undergraduates on campus by the fall of 2025.

“It’s important to address how we are going to change policies to [give] incentive [to] students to move social life back on campus,” Gustafson said.

The working group is com-

posed of three subcommittees formed to address issues of space, policies and events and programming.

According to Appelbaum, the working group plans to re-evaluate how the campus uses space and examine how space impacts social and academic life.

“Are there underutilized social spaces and academic spaces? Are there spaces on campus that are being monopolized by certain groups?”

Appelbaum said. “We need to re-envision the usage of space and discuss the potential impacts on student social life.”

However, GUSA Senator Nolan DiConti (COL ’15) stressed

“I don’t foresee students’ going into Healy to socialize on weekends.”

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the importance of also addressing problems of over-utilizing spaces, referencing the use of Kehoe Field, which he said club sports teams must often compete to reserve.

The meeting also explored the possibility of expanding study and social space in Healy Hall.

“I don’t foresee students’ going into Healy to socialize on weekends, but it can be an alternative study space for Lau,” GUSA Vice Speaker Zach Singer (SFS ’15) said.

Gustafson also agreed that Healy Hall could become a unique academic space.

“The thing I really like

about Healy is it’s a historic, iconic building on campus,” Gustafson said, “It would be great to make it as a space to allow students to socialize and study and be intellectually empowered by its surrounding historic significance.”

Students at the meeting said that they were concerned that both Healy Hall and the New South Student Center are not located in the center of campus.

In response, Lord emphasized the importance of having multiple social places throughout campus.

“You have to have a number of smaller spaces strategically planned around campus [to] make them accessible,” Lord said.

The remaining conversation focused on students’ dissatisfaction with enforcement of party rules and students’ relationships with Department of Public Safety officers.

GUSA Senator Jay Factor (COL ’14) said that most students see parties that are held off campus as less likely to be broken up due to campus policies.

“Off-campus parties seem to have more leeway, and it is less likely that they will call the same attention as oncampus apartment parties,” Factor said.

Singer said the inconsistent enforcement of policies for on-campus and off-campus parties further exacerbates misunderstandings about those policies and the role of DPS. The working group aims to solicit more student inputs through surveys and town halls to improve the quality of social life on campus throughout the year.

Area Schools Ban Smoking Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

Though many of Georgetown’s peer institutions are becoming smoke and tobacco free, the university currently has no plans to implement a similar ban.

American University made an announcement Nov. 5 that it will enact a campus-wide smoking ban in 2013. According to an Oct. 5 American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation newsletter, it joins more than 600 college campuses nationwide.

In addition, The George Washington University will soon announce a smoke-free policy effective beginning in the 2013 school year Nov. 15, according to the GW Hatchet.

In a memorandum to the AU campus community, University President Neil Kerwin cited health reasons as the driving force behind the new policy.

“The U.S. Surgeon General has determined that tobacco use in any form, active or passive, is a significant health hazard,” Kerwin said. “There is no safe level of exposure.”

But Maria Riquezes, a sophomore at American, was critical of the impending ban.

“I have heard people say that this move is a logical

next step to earn some sort of environmental award,” Riquezes said. “I personally know that it’s going to be very hard for some students to deal with. I think college is an adult environment, and the ban somehow makes it seem childish.”

Though the Georgetown University Medical Center is smoke-free, the university does not have plans to ban smoking on the rest of campus, according to Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh.

GUMC became smoke free Jan. 2011, according to an email sent Jan. 3 from Executive Dean of the School of Medicine Howard Federoff to Medical Center staff. Federoff cited the university’s Jesuit values as the basis for the ban.

“Our smoke-free policy helps us … care for the whole person and community,” he wrote.

On the main campus, smoking is currently prohibited in all indoor locations and within 25 feet of building entrances and windows, as required

by D.C. law.

Some students, however, were in support of creating a smoke-free environment on campus.

“I hate having to walk by all of the smokers outside of [Lauinger Library] every day,”

Colin Sawyer (SFS ’16) said. “I think that Georgetown should implement a smoke-free policy … [so] college students are discouraged from starting or continuing to smoke. It would protect the health of students from both first- and secondhand smoke while making the campus much cleaner.”

Other students felt the university should not regulate smoking on campus.

“I don’t think the university should implement a totally smoke-free policy,” Alex Barnes (SFS ’16) said. “It would be very inconvenient for smokers to have to walk off campus to smoke several times a day.

I think there are better ways of dealing with the problem that protect clean air for nonsmokers while minimizing the restrictions on smokers.”

Students on both sides of the issue added that smoking does not seem to be a priority for the university, nor is it a major issue on campus.

“Most of the roundtables and other discussions have been about food [and] technology, which I think are more important to a larger section of the student body and the school,” Andrew Haddad (SFS ’15) said. “I don’t think there is a huge smoking community at Georgetown, though people certainly still do it.”

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As part of its efforts to phase out paper fare cards, WMATA has installed machines that allow transit users to purchase SmarTrip cards in all of its Metro stations.

SmarTrip Kiosks Installed Throughout Metro Adam Bacigalupo Special to The Hoya

After months of delay, every Metrorail station is now equipped with vending machines for SmarTrip cards.

According to a June press release from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, vending machines were supposed to be installed in all stations by September.

However, WMATA decided to delay the installation after disability advocates complained about a lack of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The newest machines, which cost $12,000 each, are universally accessible because of features that allow both sight- and hearing-impaired Metro riders to use them.

Though older machines without such features remain in some stations, they will be

replaced in 2013.

Previously, public transit users had to purchase SmarTrip cards at vendors such as CVS and Safeway or order them online.

The installation of the machines is the latest of many steps in WMATA’s plan to replace all paper fare cards with SmarTrip cards. Eighty-four percent of Metrorail users and 90 percent of Metrobus users now use a SmarTrip card, according to The Washington Post.

The change comes after WMATA began charging an additional dollar on top of the normal Metro fares for paper fare cards this July. In comparison, SmarTrip cards can be purchased for $5 and allow access to all of D.C.’s public transportation systems in addition to several regional bus services, such as Fairfax Connector and Loudoun County Transit.

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SAXBYS, from A1 community culture,” he said.

While the team declined to comment on the price they paid to purchase the franchise, Hilson said that the trio was attracted to buying the business because of the fondness the coffee shop has shown for the Georgetown community.

“There’s a great camaraderie … between the Saxbys employees and the different customers that we serve,” Hilson said. “I think Saxbys has a great relationship with the community, and it’s nice to be part of that relationship and atmosphere.”

Rodawig, formerly a viewpoint editor of THE HOYA, added that the team feels fortunate to be assuming a leadership role in one of the best-known businesses in the area.

“There aren’t a ton of businesses right in Georgetown, and the ones like [Booeymonger’s] and [The] Tombs are kind of institutions and have been part of the community for a long time. We’re excited to be part of the community [for the] long term, as there aren’t too many opportunities for

that,” he said.

Rodawig said that the new owners hope to build on the success the franchise has established during its six years of operation by expanding product offerings at the location.

“We are looking to expand some of [our] products, like yogurt, smoothies and oatmeal, and we would like to add some soup, especially with the colder winter months,” he said. “We would like to make our own sandwiches in there … rather than having them delivered fresh daily from a deli.”

He added that the team will seek to maintain the “mom-andpop” feel of the coffee shop by continuing to source products locally and adding menu boards designed by a local artist.

“Our goal is to have that local, small-business feel,” Rodawig said. “The touch of an owner who’s in the shop every day ... [is] someone who can make the shop have that feel.”

Hilson said that the team is considering accepting GOCard as a form of payment, a service that was removed from the coffee shop earlier this year.

The Cura Personalis Initiative, a new student-run effort, will seek to address issues of diversity on campus and bolster students’ perceptions of the university’s identity.

Spearheaded by Guadalupe Fernandez (SFS ’14), president of the organization, and Zenen Jaimes Perez (SFS ’13), the initiative was launched in September, when students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and the Vietnamese Student Association began raising questions about the level of diversity on campus.

“A lot of clubs were already having these dialogues,” Antony Lopez (COL ’14), a participant in the initiative, said. “We had all had these conversations at the same time and just decided to come together and do something about this.”

The initiative aims to establish a network of students and alumni who are interested in discussing diversity and create a fund through the Office of Advancement that would allow alumni to donate money to programs that promote and celebrate minority groups on campus.

The group’s three main goals include creating a cultural and ethnic studies center, bolstering

academic offerings in minority and ethnic studies topics and increasing support for scholarships, events and mentorship for minority students.

“We’re reaching out to [alumni],” Carly Rosenfield (COL ’14), another participant, said. “We’re saying, ‘We understand the way you feel.

We’re trying to change that and we need your help.’”

Rosenfield added that Georgetown needs to provide more opportunities for students who are interested in ethnic studies.

“A student could go through Georgetown never taking a class [that is] not based on either the United States or Europe,” Rosenfield said. “Georgetown is very much behind its peer institution[s] in terms of the breadth of its academics.”

Unlike many of its peer institutions, including Boston College and the University of Chicago, Georgetown has neither a general education requirement for a diversity-based class nor an ethnic-based department of studies.

While the university offers an African American studies program, there is a difference between a department and a study program.

A fully-developed program can offer tenure to professors, while in a study program, professors must

attain tenure in a different department or remain adjunct.

The group raised awareness about their efforts at the Students of Color Alliance Unity Dinner, a gathering held on Nov. 5 that brought together students, faculty and administrators to discuss topics ranging from the role of racial and ethnic groups to ways to increase collaboration between SOCA and other organizations on campus.

The dinner allowed the members of Cura Personalis to get feedback on their proposals and garner support for their efforts.

“I was really excited by their presentation,” said James Saucedo (MSB ’13), a student who attended the dinner. “I saw the initiative as taking the [Student Commission for Unity’s] recommendations and bringing them back to campus.”

“The time is right for a lot of changes to occur,” Lopez said. “There are a lot of things that Georgetown does well. Our goal is getting them to work together, centralizing them [and] creating oversight.”

Initiative members are optimistic that Provost Robert Groves will be responsive to their efforts, citing his recent blog post about diversity.

“The fact that he’s listening — that’s a good first step,” Fernandez said.

Panelists Advise Students, Discuss Career Planning GUTHRIE ANGELES Special to The Hoya

The Latin American Student Association held a corporate leaders panel event as a part of the Second Annual Latin American Career Conference Friday afternoon in Riggs Library.

The panel included Maximo Blandón, managing director of Stephens, Inc. and co-head of the International Group; Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, CEO of Strategic Investment Group; Carlos Zalles, president and Chief Investment Officer of LW Investment Management, and Amparo Mercader, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Professor of operations Ricardo Ernst moderated the panel.

The panelists discussed career planning for college students and emphasized the importance first jobs have on a person’s career path.

“You have to look at [your first job] in context of what’s in front of you and what you’re going to get out of that job,” Blandón said. “I think it’s important as you’re coming out of college to think of [your fist job] as a great first step in [your] future.”

Ochoa-Brillembourg warned prospective employees of the danger of changing jobs too frequently, specifically citing the two-year mark as a goal for any young employee.

“I cannot tell you the number of deserving people interviewing for our firm, and, when I see that they

change jobs every two years, I do not hire them because those are people who are immature [and] they live off hopes.”

Mercader began as a financial reporter in Uruguay and said that adapting to American customs was important to her career path.

“Coming from a Latin American background, learning the culture, adapting to the U.S. culture and way of doing business — giving yourself to that process is important to your career,” Mercader said.

Each panelist also brought up his or her own preferences in job candidates. Many stressed the importance of communication skills in the job interview process.

“Is that person engaging, are they somewhat aggressive, and are they able to articulate a point of view by being poised? Those are the things that I think are going to be very important,” Blandón said.

Zalles, meanwhile, asked each individual three questions: “‘What are your strengths?’ ‘What are your weaknesses?’ ‘How much are you worth?’”

“If they don’t know how to negotiate how much they’re worth, they’re not going to negotiate very well with clients,” Zalles said.

Mercader stressed the importance of listening in addition to speaking during an interview.

“The people you are talking with in an interview probably think very

highly of themselves and you have to let them talk,” Mercader said. “I sometimes see candidates coming in, and they know what they want to say, and they’ll say it no matter what and they don’t listen. You need to make sure the words you say are powerful and then let the other person talk.”

Blandón also compared the importance of preparation for a career to the preparation for an interview.

“One of the absolute keys is you better know everything there is to know about that company,” Blandón said. “What you’ve been able to achieve in your resume has to translate into reality, and that means [you have to] be prepared when you walk in the door.”

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Large student voter turnout at polling stations in Washington D.C. and Virginia for the Nov. 6 elections resulted in long lines and extensive waits for voters.

Board to Review Turnout Data ELECTIONS, from A1 based our historical data from 2008,” Moss said.

Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14), who was elected the commissioner for single-member district 2E 08 of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E Tuesday, said that he believes high turnout by same-dayregistration voters accounted for delays but stressed that the Board of Elections and Ethics should have been better prepared.

“There were two factors,” he said. “One, the precinct seemed a little unorganized. … The other issue, specifically for Georgetown students, was there was abnormally high turnout, specifically in my single-member district, so the Board of Elections [and Ethics] ran out of ballots for that district twice.”

Craig Cassey (COL ’15), who was elected commissioner for SMD 2E 04, said that students had to wait while ballots were reprinted, which contributed to delays.

Moss attributed the disarray that Pierce and other Georgetown students witnessed at polling places like Duke Ellington to the fact that there were a few poll workers who did not show up

for duty.

Moss added that, according to policy, everyone in the District who was in line by 8 p.m. was allowed to vote.

“Precinct captains were instructed, and they knew very well that anyone who made it to the line by then could cast their ballot,” Moss said.

According to Moss, there are a number of other factors besides high turnout that the Board of Elections and Ethics will take into account when analyzing Tuesday’s data, including the inefficiencies that specialized ANC ballots may have caused.

“There were over 661 ballots in the city due to ANC races,” Moss said. “What that means is that when you go up to the check-in clerk, you have to give him or her your ANC district, and there were over 90 ANC races throughout D.C. You had to get a special ballot for each and every one of those, so that probably came into play.”

Nonetheless, Georgetown students urged that the District take into account the growing volume of students who want to participate in local elections.

“I think there was a miscalculation of how many Georgetown students were

not able to fill out absentee ballots for their home state and would want to register to vote in D.C.,” Kaldewey said.

Cassey said that while students should be encouraged to register before the delay of the election to minimize wait times, he emphasized that it is still important to cater to same-day voters.

“There will always be a population we should empower with the chance to vote … through same-day registration,” he said.

Prindiville added that he has already raised concerns about issues regarding sameday registrants with the ANC and plans to launch a discussion with the Board of Elections and Ethics soon.

According to Moss, the board has just begun the process of evaluating Tuesday’s data and identifying the issues that caused the delays.

“We’re now reviewing what were all the factors that came into play and how we can take them into consideration moving forward,” she said. “All decisions [and] all preparations are based on historical data. Everything has to be justified by data so we can use our resources in the best way possible.”

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Hoyas’ D Locks Down Bison Josh Simmons Hoya Staff Writer

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Senior midfielder Andy Riemer (20) came up big in Sunday’s final against Notre Dame at PPL Park, tallying two goals in his side’s devastating loss.

Despite Big East Loss, GU Earns No. 3 Seed CHAMPIONSHIP, from A12 been so absolutely gutted from a loss.”

A tweet from senior defender Jimmy Nealis, meanwhile, simply read, “33 seconds.”

Georgetown had taken a 1-0 lead into halftime after Riemer found the back of the net in the 39th minute amidst a scrum in front of the Notre Dame goal, and Neumann had another apparent goal waved off just two minutes later.

Nonetheless, the team appeared to have all the momentum at that point, backed by a small but noticeably pro-Hoya crowd in the Delaware River stadium.

It wouldn’t take long out of the locker rooms for the Irish to put a quick end to any premature engraving.

Finley one-timed a pass from the top of the box to the left corner in the 51st minute, and the lead was evaporated.

To the Blue and Gray’s credit, however, they didn’t let the game get away from them. Notre Dame was more or less restricted to counterattacking in the second half, as two-touch combinations in the opposing half of the field helped Wiese’s players keep possession and calm themselves back down.

Following an ambitious foray upfield, Nealis found Riemer for his second tally, and the title seemed all but assured. But the Irish worked it to the outside in the final minute, and the subsequent cross fell right onto the head of an open Besler to knot it up at two apiece.

Notre Dame then nearly won it in shocking fashion with three seconds left, but a dangerous effort trickled just wide of sophomore Tomas Gomez’s left post.

“We were obviously a little disappointed — Notre Dame with that late secondhalf goal — but we were determined [and] decided to win the game immediately or as soon as possible,” an understated Riemer said after the game. “Both teams were tired, but we just tried to work it out.”

Wiese was proud of his players’ response to the last-gasp equalizer as they headed to overtime.

“The interesting thing about this team — and I think why we’re having the season we’re having — is that when I’m looking at these boys and we’re getting ready to go out for that first overtime period, yeah, there’s disappointment there, but

there’s still resolve. There’s still confidence. And they’ve had that all year,” Wiese said. “That’s something you can’t really coach. It’s character, and it’s topbottom down.”

Yet despite that committment, Notre Dame completely controlled play in the first 10-minute period of overtime. Still, with nothing to show for it, the game progressed to the second overtime, where, with just over a minute before penalty kicks would have been needed to settle the match, Finley struck again to end the game.

“We actually thought in the first overtime that Notre Dame really carried that first 10 minutes, and that second 10 minutes — of course the one we lose — we carried,” Wiese said. “I thought we were the team that was going to maybe win it, or it was going to go to penalties. I’m looking at that last few minutes, and I’m saying, ‘Well, either way we’ll [at least] go to PKs, and we’ll take our chances there.’ It’s just a funny game you play. … It’s a cruel game sometimes, too.”

Sunday’s fixture was certainly more cruel than funny for the Blue and Gray, whose collapse is sure to sting going forward: The title would have been the first in program history, and this standout senior class was painfully within reach.

Heartbreak aside, though, Wiese had a number of positives to take away from the experience.

“This is exactly why you play in the league. You try to solve teams like Notre Dame and break them down, and I thought the guys did an absolutely terrific job,” he said. “You’re 30-plus seconds away from winning the whole thing. I’ve said all year that Notre Dame is the best team we’d played, and I think [they are] one of the best in the country, so I think the fact that for long stretches we outplayed them and were the better team for a big chunk of the game [speaks] to where the program is at this stage and where this group of seniors has taken it.”

This, of course, isn’t the end of the line for Georgetown, who will begin NCAA tournament play on Sunday at home after earning the No. 3 overall seed and a first-round bye. And, hardened by their experience at PPL Park this weekend, the Hoyas seem poised to do some serious damage on the national stage.

The Georgetown football team (5-5, 2-2 Patriot League) muscled its way back to .500 with a 10-3 win in a defensive slugfest Saturday afternoon against Bucknell (2-8, 0-5 Patriot League) at MultiSport Facility.

“Our kids came with a great and aggressive attitude today,” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said.

“I’m really proud of our guys — their back was to the wall, and they fought back.”

In a season of revolving quarterbacks, freshman quarterback Kyle Nolan went down with a shoulder injury on the team’s second series and was replaced by sophomore quarterback Stephen Skon.

A Long Island native, Skon did enough in relief to earn the win, completing 19 of 29 passes for 231 yards, with one touchdown and an interception on a day in which junior running backs Nick Campanella and Brandon Durham also left in walking boots.

“That’s the character of the football team,” Kelly said. “If guys go down, [the] next guy steps in, and that’s happened all year.”

From the outset, Georgetown looked like the fresher and stronger of the two sides. The defense, in what became a consistent pattern, forced a threeand-out and a quick punt on Bucknell’s opening drive.

A strong punt return by sophomore wide receiver Kevin Macari then set the Hoyas up with prime field position at the Bison 32-yard line. Taking advantage of a roughing-the-passer penalty, the Blue and Gray were set up with 1st and goal, but Nolan could not find the end zone.

Nonetheless, junior punter/ kicker Matt MacZura’s 20-yard field goal was good, putting Georgetown up 3-0 almost immediately.

From there, both squads held firm for the rest of the first quarter, with the hosts’ defense looking especially strong. Along the way, a 39-yard MacZura field goal attempt was blocked, and Skon replaced the injured Nolan.

In that opening quarter, star senior linebacker Robert McCabe, the Hoyas’ captain, broke his own single-season record for tackles. The record was just one of many McCabe has destroyed this season, and his standout performance led the team on the day with 12 tackles and two sacks.

“I have been here seven years, but I think [McCabe] is probably the best defensive player in the history of Georgetown,” said Kelly. “He’s just an excellent football player.”

In the second quarter, Bucknell started its possession in Georgetown territory off of a

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Senior linebacker Robert McCabe (4) was named Patriot League defensive player of the Week after Saturday’s win. short punt, but the defense held firm and forced another threeand-out.

The overall numbers for the defense on the day were simply remarkable: The Bison were held to a minute 168 total yards of offense, while going 0-for-11 on third down.

“We knew coming in this was going to be a street fight,” McCabe said. “This was probably our most complete defensive game.”

On the ensuing drive, Skon orchestrated a masterful series that featured two long thirddown conversions to Macari and junior wide receiver Zack Wilke.

Then, a beautiful 28-yard pass down the sideline to Macari — who is emerging as a true star this season — put the Hoyas up 10-0, a score that held until halftime.

“Kevin Macari, to me, is the best receiver in the league,” Kelly said. “We have some really good receivers and, if you throw the ball up in the air, they’re going to go up and get it.”

Out of the locker room, the game became even more of a defensive struggle than it was in the first. Both sides failed to make a dent in the scoreboard in a third quarter that was highlighted by two missed field goals — first Bucknell pulled a 23-yard chip shot, and then MacZura missed a 29-yard kick of his own.

Toward the end of the third quarter, a desperate Bison squad attempted a fake punt, but, on a crucial play, the Blue and Gray were ready and Bucknell turned the ball over on downs. “[Bucknell Head] Coach [Joe] Susan felt like he wasn’t moving the football, and he wanted

to change the momentum of the football game, so he gave it a shot,” Kelly said. “We made the play.”

In the final quarter, Bucknell finally put itself in a position to score a touchdown when it marched into the Hoyas’ red zone following Skon’s lone interception.

However, the defense buckled down once again; McCabe came up with a clutch 8-yard sack, and then a 26-yard touchdown pass was called back due to holding, forcing the visitors to settle for a 37-yard field goal.

Even with Georgetown’s lead trimmed to a sole possession, the last eight minutes of the game were devoid of much drama.

Following traded three-andouts, Bucknell had its last chance at its own 43-yard line and no timeouts. After quarterback Brandon Wesley was sacked, the Bison were forced to go for it on 4th and 11, but a mad scramble resulted in a toss that fell incomplete.

From there, Skon took two knees, and Georgetown’s 10-3 victory was secure.

While the win was not pretty, it was heavy in the key ingredient that makes Kelly so proud of this year’s banged-up squad: resilience.

“We’ve got great character, and we’ve had that all year,” Kelly said. “Now, we’ve got one [game] left and it’s Senior Day. We want to have a winning season.”

Georgetown gets its opportunity to end the season with a winning record in its final game against Holy Cross. The matchup is set to take place next Saturday at MultiSport Facility at 1 p.m.

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After Home Opener, Questions Linger About Post Play Evan Hollander Hoya Staff Writer

Less than 48 hours after leaving the Slip ’n Slide that passed for a basketball court aboard the USS Bataan, the Georgetown men’s basketball team found itself locked in a pitched battle that it didn’t seem to expect 647 miles north at Verizon Center Sunday night.

From all appearances, the journey to play aboard a naval vessel did nothing to help the Blue and Gray gain their sea legs. At points against Duquesne, it seemed as if the Hoyas’ hands were as slippery as Friday night’s floor.

We don’t know what the box score would have looked like had Georgetown taken on Florida for a full 40 minutes. But with the benefit of a complete game Sunday, several trends have become apparent early in the season.

For starters, freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera has made a statement faster than hardly anyone anticipated. Yes, the Oak Hill Academy product was highly touted and made quite the splash in Kenner League play this summer. But the rookie’s statistics Sunday were eye-popping, as Head Coach John Thompson III explained in his typical low-key manner.

“He was open, and he can shoot, and he can score and he’s a very good passer — it just so happened tonight that he was the recipient. We needed that. We were struggling a little bit, and he made

shots,” Thompson III said.

Did he ever. The freshman went 6-for7 from the floor, including 4-for-4 from beyond the arc. He also knocked down three of his four free throws, leading to a tally of 19 points.

One reason the freshmen guard stood out was the relative absence of junior Markel Starks in both the Jacksonville no-contest and in the early going against the Dukes.

Although he ignited as the game went on, Starks nevertheless finished a poor 3-for-11 overall. Georgetown’s starting point guard, who seemed early on to be more of a hardwood headache than a floor general, turned the ball over twice and only notched one assist.

The only exception was a fast break in which Starks wisely dished the ball to Smith-Rivera for an easy lay-in. There again, however, the freshman got the credit.

Although he turned the ball over twice, that was not as bad as the total of sophomore center Mikael Hopkins, who recorded four turnovers playing in the post. That illuminated another trend, this one particularly disturbing: Georgetown’s question marks around the hoop.

Sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. left the game early after a hit to the head, and it is a credit to his teammates — particularly sophomore Greg Whittington and junior Nate Lubick — that his absence didn’t sink the team.

Whittington was particularly aggres-

sive on the glass — the sophomore notched 15 boards in his 40 minutes, 12 of which came on the defensive end. That limited shot opportunities for the Dukes, although they still finished with eight more field goal attempts than the Hoyas.

Lubick has shown a new dimension in both games, but it would be much more helpful for the Hoyas if he could finish the attempts he has been making. His 3-for-8 tally looks worse when you consider that four misses came around the rim.

What was perhaps most surprising was the small number of players in Georgetown’s rotation. Of the 14-member roster, only six saw more than six minutes of playing time.

One surprise entrant to the court was junior center Moses Ayegba. After sitting out last season with a torn ACL, he was painfully slow — and it seems that he has a ways to go before he can make a significant contribution to the Hoyas.

LEONEL DE VELEZ/THE HOYA While the game was too close for comfort, the pitifully small crowd Sophomore center Mikael Hopkins scored 13 points and displayed some of 8,213 — including one half-empty solid post moves in Sunday’s win but also turned the ball over four times. student section — was never in much doubt that Georgetown would notch school, blown chances at the charity roles in the post. the victory. stripe might be the eighth deadly sin.

Fans cannot control whether that It took clutch free throws to seal the But even worse, perhaps, is how few improvement will come against Liberty deal, however, which raises the Hoyas’ people attended Sunday night’s game. tomorrow or if Porter Jr. will make it final, eminently correctable problem: Part of being a fan is watching a onto the floor after his apparent injury missed free throws, of which there squad develop, and the Blue and Gray Sunday night. What they control is enwere nine. will certainly be doing a lot of that as suring that there are more than 8,123 For a basketball team at a Catholic they sort out sloppy guard play and people in the Phone Booth to watch.

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very student-athlete wants to make it Hollis would be the unquestioned leader to the big show. The benefits of be- of the Hoyas and the big man on campus.

Alongside Otto Porter Jr., he would be coming professional are tantalizing.

But, sometimes, athletes attempt to make the cornerstone of the Hoyas’ offense, the jump before they are ready, and Hollis with plenty of opportunities to improve Thompson is a case in point. Forgoing his his game after an underwhelming junior senior season at Georgetown, Thompson season. Next year, he would likely have an even better shot at getting drafted and declared for the NBA draft last spring.

The question that’s arisen since then is playing in the NBA. And did I forget to mention that Holwhether or not his departure was worth it.

A month after going undrafted in June, lis would be back in college, some of the Hollis was picked up by the Oklahoma City most fun and exciting years in life? It is Thunder, a perennial title contender. He difficult to put a price on something like that. signed a three-year contract Of course, you can’t rewith the team, but it would ally blame him for leaving be short-lived. Thompson early. Maybe he didn’t like was soon demoted to the being at Georgetown or Thunder’s Development was ready to break into League affiliate, the Tulsa the working world. Last 66ers, where he is currently year, Hollis had an outside playing. chance of getting drafted, On the bright side, so why not roll the dice?

Thompson has his foot in Nick Fedyk He had an even better the door, and there will be chance of being signed as plenty of opportunities to climb up the ranks. Last At this exact moment, a free agent, so why not forgo his senior season? year, 27 percent of NBA Hollis could be back Hollis might end up in players had some D-League the NBA one way or anothexperience, including at Georgetown. er, maybe even this year. standout Jeremy Lin. But But that’s not the point. success is far from guaranIf he had stayed at Georgeteed, and the last two years town, he probably would have gotten to on his contract are conditional.

The D-League is no slouch. It is filled the big show anyway.

Unless he had a complete meltdown with many second-tier college players like Kevin Jones and Darius Johnson-Odom, or a freak injury, an extra year in college guys who arguably have better resumes would have boosted his basketball rethan Hollis and will definitely give him a sume, not diminished it.

I wonder what Hollis is thinking now. run for his money.

But it is still the D-League. The 66ers are Did he make the right choice? I do not one of 16 teams that no one really pays think so. He could be playing for a premuch attention to, filled with handfuls of mier college basketball program and livwannabe NBA players whose names are for- ing on the Hilltop.

Hollis gave up a lot when he left this gotten unless they get called up to brighter lights. And for the time being, Hollis is one school. For what? For playing with the 66ers. For living in the middle of noof those names.

There is potential that next month or where. For making $20,000 a year. That next year might be better. But in evaluat- doesn’t really sound like what he wanted, ing the wisdom of Hollis’ decision to leave at least not yet.

Next year, Porter Jr. will have to make early, the only thing that matters is what the same decision. I wonder if he is willhe is doing right now.

At this exact moment, Hollis could be ing to make the same sacrifices. back at Georgetown. Imagine what he sacrificed to play for the 66ers. Imagine what Nick Fedyk is a junior in the School of could have been if he had stayed. As the Foreign Service. MORE THAN A GAME lone senior and leading outside shooter, appears every Tuesday.

progresses this week.

“He’s being monitored,” Thompson III said. “We’ll see what happens tomorrow and as the week goes on.”

Forward Greg Whittington filled in admirably in his classmate’s absence, however. The lanky wing played all 40 minutes, scored eight points and pulled down 15 boards, including a huge rebound of guard Jabril Trawick’s missed free throw when the Hoyas were up three with 28 seconds to play.

“I knew I had to step up and get more when my teammate went down,” Whittington said.

“I just went up to go get that rebound. There’s nothing to it — I just went and got it.”

Porter Jr.’s absence — as well as some possible early-season jitters — made for a painfully sloppy game for the Blue and Gray against a team picked to finish last in the Atlantic 10.

The Dukes committed 16 turnovers but forced the Hoyas into 17, including four from sophomore center Mikael Hopkins.

Georgetown struggled to break through Duquesne’s zone all game.

“I didn’t think they looked as comfortable running their offense as they normally do, maybe not knowing which was the right guy to take the shot,” Duquesne Head Coach Jim Ferry said of Georgetown.

Hopkins put up an uneven performance in first full career start, dominating with polished post moves one possession and inexplicably losing grip on the ball the next.

“I thought he was OK,” Thompson III said of Hopkins, who scored 13 points. “We’re going to need him to be good, not just OK.” Junior forward Nate Lubick struggled from the field as well, though he played an excellent defensive game and cleaned up on the glass. Add in the Georgetown starting back-

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Junior forward Nate Lucik (34) showed newfound aggressiveness on the USS Bataan and against Duquesne. court’s inability to connect from long range, and the offense was in dire need of a savior.

Enter Smith-Rivera.

The freshman sank all four of his three-point attempts and scored 14 points in the first half to help an anemic Georgetown offense maintain a slim fourpoint lead heading into the break. His 19 points were the most in a freshman debut since Mike Sweetney scored the same amount against Bethune-Cookman in 2000.

“He was open, and he can shoot, and he can score, and he’s a very good passer,” Thompson III said. “It just so happened tonight that he was the recipient. We needed that.

We were struggling a little bit and he made shots.”

The Hoyas improved slightly on offense in the second half and even took a 10-point lead at one point, but Duquesne sim-

ply wouldn’t go away. Senior guard Sean Johnson and junior guard Jerry Jones kept the Dukes’ heads above water with clutch play after clutch play, including a late corner trey from Jones that brought his team within three points with under a minute left.

But when the going got tough, Georgetown got going.

The defense forced the Dukes into costly turnovers, and Whittington and Smith-Rivera each hit crucial free throws in the closing seconds to deliver the win.

The Hoyas have overcome their first major challenge of the year in winning without their star player. Whether they’ll have him back for Wednesday’s game against Liberty remains to be seen, but if Smith-Rivera’s performance Sunday was any indication of things to come, the team is in good hands.

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GU Drops Finale as Hoyas Take Second in Big Al Wise Closes Out Career Calvin Aubrey

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Will Edman

Hoya Staff Writer

Heading into the weekend, the Georgetown volleyball team viewed its second trip to Tampa, Fla., to play South Florida as an opportunity for redemption at the end of a season of turmoil. But the Hoyas (7-21, 1-14 Big East) could not stop the Bulls from taking the final match of the season in a three-set sweep, 15-25, 23-25, 22-25.

“It’s frustrating because we didn’t accomplish everything that we were trying to this season,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said.

The Bulls topped the Hoyas in five tough sets in their first matchup on Oct. 14, but Georgetown could not muster a similar effort Sunday after USF started the game on fire, as prolific performances from outside hitters J’beria Davis and Kayla Walton allowed the Bulls to hit a preposterous .577 in the first set.

Georgetown put up a fight in the second set after the Bulls stretched an early lead into a 19-13 advantage. Thanks in part to three kills from redshirt junior Annalee Abell, Georgetown brought the score back to 23-22. Once again, though, the Hoyas could not complete the comeback, and Davis dropped the hammer to give USF a 25-23 victory.

The third set was similar, as the Bulls took an early lead and the Blue and Gray’s comeback attempt fizzled at the end of the frame. Freshman outside hitter Lauren Saar contributed all six of her kills in the final frame, but there was simply no more willpower to finish a close set.

With the season ending in yet another disappointing loss, the Hoyas are already thinking ahead to a future that is considerably brighter than this year’s gloom. George-

town’s only graduating senior is team captain and middle blocker Lindsay Wise, whose unconditional enthusiasm helped to galvanize the team during several matches.

“Lindsay, our senior captain, is graduating, so we’re going to need to cultivate some new leadership,” Williams said. “Lindsay’s been a great blocker for us throughout her career.

She’s just a nurturing, good, work-hard kind of person who’s extremely responsible and takes care of everything she needs to on and off the floor, and that example that she sets for us is one that will be missed.”

If that leadership void can be filled, however, Georgetown will look to improve substantially during spring training.

“Spring training is an awesome time for us to work on the individual skills so that everybody can get the chance to tighten up their own things personally,” Williams said.

“It also gives us a great opportunity to work on some other areas.”

Much of the offensive workload next season will fall on sophomore middle blocker Dani White, who led all Georgetown hitters with a .304 hitting percentage and became the Hoyas’ biggest offensive threat by the end of the season. Defensively, the Blue and Gray are in the good hands of sophomore libero MacKenzie Simpson, whose relentless effort allowed her to become a back-line cornerstone.

Apart from its offensive and defensive stalwarts, Georgetown also boasts a pair of all-around players, sophomore outside hitter Alex Johnson and Saar, who will continue to contribute from all areas of the court next season.

With an abundance of youth and a team which will remain almost entirely intact, the Blue and Gray will hope that a productive offseason will lead to redemption in 2013.

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Coming off a three-week break from competition, the Georgetown swimming and diving team took on Lehigh, Princeton, The College of New Jersey and Fordham this past weekend at the Big Al Open at Princeton.

Racing a tough Tigers squad whose swimmers placed first in 30 of the 36 swimming events, Georgetown nonetheless posted many strong individual performances, and both the men’s and women’s sides swam well in relays.

“Everything went pretty well, according to plan, pretty much what I expected from what we’ve been doing,” Head Coach Jamie Holder said. “We got some good races in. I was pleased with the performances overall.”

In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the men’s A squad — consisting of senior Paul Quincy, freshman Austin Evenson, sophomore William Lawler and freshman Cal Rohde — took third place with a time of 7:06.88. The woman’s A relay, meanwhile, finished fourth, as freshmen Erica Fabbri, Nicole Tronolone, Fiona Kane and senior Sarah Chiles combined

for a time of 8:00.38.

“Our distance events were the strongest,” Holder said. “We had some really good performances from [freshman] Shannon McNulty and Nicole Tronolone in the mile. …

Paul Quincy in the 500 and the mile also was kind of a standout. [Junior] Matt Mandel did really well in the sprints.”

Quincy finished third in both the mile and 500 freestyle, with times of 15:59.63 and 4:36.46, respectively.

Evenson followed closely in the mile, taking fourth place with a 16:11.48.

On the girls’ side, Tronolone stopped the clock in 17:49.00, earning her the third place position in the mile.

Sophomore Emily Hall, McNulty and Chiles finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in this event.

Mandel and sophomore Michael Ng both turned in strong performances for the men’s team. Mandel finished ninth in the 50 freestyle, sixth in the 200 freestyle and 12th in the 100 freestyle. Ng focused on the shorter distances, taking third in the 100 backstroke in 52.40 and hitting the wall eighth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.65. Continuing his big day, Ng then finished in 1:58.61 in the 200 backstroke to earn him ninth place in the race.

Freshman Erin Timochenko similarly stood out on the women’s side.

Showing her versatility, she placed eighth in the 50 free, seventh in the 100 fly and 14th in the 100 back, in addition to swimming several relays.

Sophomore Casey Bandman put up the best individual finish for the women’s team with her fifth-place finish in the 400 individual medley.

The team will next head to Lewisburg, Pa., for the Bucknell Invitational this weekend. Georgetown will face stiff competition in that meet, including talented Yale and Bucknell squads, but Holder is confident that his swimmers will continue to build on this season’s performances.

“I expect significant improvement for this weekend. We’re going to be rested a little bit, so [the team] will be ready to go.

You should see some season bests — hopefully some lifetime bests from some people this weekend,” he said. “I’m not really concerned too much about where we end up placewise, more concerned about what we’re trying to do as a team: swim fast, get a lot of Big East cuts this weekend.”

The meet will start at 10 a.m. Friday and will last through Sunday.

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Georgetown Seeded Third Overall Ryan Bacic

Hoya Staff Writer

Sunday may have brought extreme heartbreak for the No. 4 Georgetown men’s soccer team, but Monday’s announcement of its No. 3 overall seed in the 2012 NCAA tournament should assuage some of the Hoyas’ disappointment.

Notre Dame, who defeated Georgetown, 3-2, in double overtime in the Big East tournament final Sunday, received the top seed, while local foe Maryland took the second.

In total, eight Big East teams made the field of 48, with UConn claiming the fourth seed, Marquette — whom the Blue and Gray defeated in the semifinals — the seventh and Louisville the 10th.

With that degree of quality within the conference, Head Coach Brian Wiese expressed his belief after Sunday’s loss that the Big East tournament would provide the best possible preparation for what they will face going forward this postseason.

“It’s an incredibly difficult tournament to win, the Big East. We’ve

always talked about it as a very reasonable facsimile of the NCAA tournament,” Wiese said. “[Each match] is a neutral-site game, and I think it’s a pretty true indicator of maybe where [we] are.”

Of course, the Hoyas would have liked to be a bit farther along than they were when they woke up Monday morning, having come within mere seconds of earning the program’s first tournament crown.

Even so, Wiese felt that the collapse would provide a lesson that his team could take with it as it embarks on its quest for a national title.

“From an NCAA point of view, this is a battle-tested team, and this is just another great experience to add to that,” he said. “I think the path that this group has taken to get to this day and be in this situation — you don’t get any more of an NCAA tournament-type setting than what you just went through there. It’s one of those things where, if you find yourselves in that situation [later on], they’ll say, ‘We’ve been here before.’”

Georgetown may be saying that as soon as the second round, when

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Junior forward Andrea White was the Blue and Gray’s leading scorer with 24 points in Georgetown’s win over Sacred Heart.

it will face the winner of the game between Charlotte and AlabamaBirmingham. Charlotte, which was similarly unseeded last year, ended as the tourney’s Cinderella by making a shocking run to the championship game, where it eventually lost, 1-0, to No. 1 North Carolina. The 49ers actually beat UAB last year on that run, having topped the Blazers, 3-1, in the Round of 32.

Virginia Commonwealth, coming in at No. 14, is the only other seeded team in the Blue and Gray’s six-team sub-region, but sixth-seeded UCLA looms as a tough potential matchup in the quarterfinals. The Bruins won their fourth Pac-12 title in five years on Friday with a win over San Diego State.

Wiese, however, knows that his team will be up to any challenges that come its way.

“They’ve responded to [adversity] all year, and it’s what gives me some real optimism about having a deep run in the NCAA tournament, which is going to be the next focus for this group,” he said.

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Blue and Gray Advance Politics Sadly Viewed as a Sport To Face UNC in WNIT T JOHNNIES, from A10 phenomenal play of junior forward Andrea White, who scored 24 points and chipped in seven boards and five steals.

“I think that Andrea is one of those kids that is coming into her own her junior year. She played behind those seniors last year,” Brown said. “I told her that if she could give us a whole year, she could be one of the most improved players in the league.”

Rodgers also contributed a doubledouble with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

“I think her game is at a different level,” Brown said of Rodgers, who was a preseason All-American. “She can do it all now — she can score the basketball, rebound the basketball and she can be a great leader on and off the floor.”

Despite the wide margin of victory, the Georgetown defense turned in a subpar performance, especially in transition.

“We must play better defense. One of our goals was not to give up more than 60 points, and we gave up 63,” Brown said. “Our motto is to defend, rebound and share the ball, and we didn’t do a great job of defending in the second half.”

Regardless, the win advanced Georgetown to play Delaware in the second round of the WNIT, and they went on to upset the Blue Hens — who were without All-American senior forward Elena Delle Donne — with a 62-56 win. The Blue and Gray handed Delaware its first regular season loss in 18 contests and its first home loss in 15 games. “[Delle Donne not playing] is one of the factors why [Delaware] probably played so hard. Delaware wanted to show everyone in the country and us at Georgetown that it can play without her,” Brown said.

Even though they did not have to get past Delle Donne, the victory is a definite resume-booster for Georgetown.

“A win like that [moves you up] in the rankings,” Rodgers said. “That is all I was thinking about the whole time.”

Rodgers was in control of the game from the tip-off, scoring Georgetown’s first eight points and giving her team the early 8-0 lead. But Delaware quickly responded and cut the advantage to one after an 8-1 run.

It still wasn’t until just over three minutes remained in the first half that Delaware took its first lead at 23-22, one that, seconds later, it extended to three points.

Georgetown would tie it up again at 2828 soon after, but the Blue Hens drained two free throws and took a 30-28 advantage into halftime.

The Hoyas opened a five-point lead after the intermission, led by Rodgers’ seven straight points. Georgetown’s strong defense helped it maintain the lead until a three-pointer by Delaware with 6:33 left in the second half tied the game at 44.

But the Hoyas responded quickly, and sophomore guard Jasmine Jackson’s jumper put them up for good.

Down the stretch, clutch free-throw shooting and solid defense put Georgetown in position to pick up the 62-56 win.

Rodgers led all scorers with a staggering 35 points — the most points an individual has ever put up against the Blue Hens. “[The defensive effort] was much better.

We have to play that way. We are an up-anddown team, a transition team. We want to be regarded as a defensive team. We want to be able to hold people and put as much pressure on them as we can,” Brown said.

“We caused 22 turnovers, and we were in foul trouble, so we couldn’t get the pressure that we normally do full court, but we did a great job in the half court.”

With the win, the Hoyas moved into the national polls and advance to the semifinals of the WNIT. Georgetown will take on North Carolina on Wednesday in Chapel Hill. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

he United States is a great country for a number of reasons. But when political bipartisanship turns into Super Bowlesque celebration, I think it’s time to look in the mirror.

I didn’t run to the White House last Tuesday night; frankly, I’m surprised so many people did. As a sports fan, I’m always the first one to find new reasons to celebrate: a broken record, a historical performance, a win over a rival — whatever it is.

But at a time of high unemployment, surging debt and increasing hardship, the celebratory nature of American politics seems more suited to a Redskins-Cowboys clash at FedEx Field than something in the corridors of power that impacts millions of people.

I’m not going to undersell the importance of sports. From the Berlin Olympics to ping-pong diplomacy to the South African Rugby World Cup, there are copious examples of how sports can bring nations together as well as tear people apart.

It may be more than a game — in some cases, much more — but a large part of what makes sports so appealing, especially in this country, is that it allows for a distraction from the rigors and hardships of everyday life. It allows people to forget about the struggling economy, and ,frankly, the corrosive political environment.

Cheering, booing, parading: They are all acceptable in the context of sport but only because the population has come to terms with how relatively unimportant it all is and that its place in society goes only so far. People understand that such practices aren’t defensible in other areas.

You might cheer loudly for a monster dunk at the Verizon Center, but would you scream about

a well-delivered presentation at work? You might clap or pat your coworker on the back, but anything else would be considered taboo. You would be forgiven for honking your horn at three in the morning after a playoff win, but would locals trying to sleep be so forgiving if it was due to the stock market reaching a monthly high?

Sport is great because it allows people the illusion of a greater quality of life. Politics, on the other hand, affords no such thing, so why

Arik Parnass

In politics, winning the election is only the beginning. do people continue to react like it does?

The difference between whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney had been elected president last week would have been immense. All you need to do is listen to five minutes of a debate or read two paragraphs of a political column to realize the huge gulf in ideology and policy between the two candidates.

For months, all we saw were attack ads, hate speech, scandals and threats. It wasn’t a pleasant time to be around anybody with strong political feelings. The fact that Obama got an estimated 50.6 percent of the popular vote — barely more than half — shows the incredible divide

that pervades this country.

Unlike in sports, where division makes everything more fun, division in society only leads to conflict — not battles on the field but rather battles in the political arena, on the streets and sometimes on the battlefield.

Tuesday night shouldn’t have been a time for Obama supporters to cheer in front of the White House — a symbol for all of America, not just the Democratic Party. Instead, it should have been a time for relief on their part, reflection on the cost to society of such division and forward thinking about how the country can be brought together.

Not “brought together” in a false sense but brought together in a meaningful way.

The fact is, no matter who the president is, the United States is in trouble in many ways. I’m not a political expert, so I couldn’t tell you all of them. But as a sports columnist, I can tell you that politics is not a game, no matter how much confetti you drop or how many horns you sound.

Obama may have won the election, but that doesn’t mean that the Democrats won or even that the Republicans lost. That will be determined by how much of a recovery this nation is able to make over the next four years.

In sport, you win the championship, and that’s all there is. In politics, winning the election is only the beginning. That these election results were celebrated in such a way shows that too many Americans see winning the election as being more than half the battle, rather than only the first step on the road to recovery that it truly is.

Arik Parnass is a sophomore in the College. CANDID CANADIAN appears every Tuesday.

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Fouls, Defense Among Opener Called at Halftime Hoyas’ Early Concerns Connor Gregoire Hoya Staff Writer

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Heading into this season, Georgetown’s women’s basketball team had one certainty: Sugar Rodgers. Playing with the star senior guard were nine relatively unknown faces, and no one knew quite what to expect on the court.

“I like to say this — we have one senior and nine freshmen,” Head Coach Keith Brown said. “Even though everybody is not a freshman, they did not play.”

Judging from the first two games of the season, though, it looks like these nine “freshmen” are more than capable of picking up the slack for the No. 25 Hoyas (2-0, 0-0 Big East) after the loss of seven graduating seniors.

The Blue and Gray had an outstanding opening weekend, thrashing Sacred Heart (0-1, 0-0 NEC), 90-63, on Friday night and upsetting then-No. 11 Delaware (1-1, 0-0 CAA) on the road, 62-56.

Georgetown’s victory over Sacred Heart was an ideal start to the season for the Hoyas; not only did they win comfortably, but they were able to showcase new players in key roles as well.

The standout of the game was surprisingly not Rodgers but junior forward Andrea White. The Virginia native demonstrated a soft touch around the rim, contributing 24 points on a remarkably efficient 11-of-13 shooting along with seven rebounds, five steals and three blocks.

The Hoyas began the season desperately searching for an inside presence to complement Rodgers’ outside threat. If Friday was any indication, White could be that player.

Brown was not surprised by the junior’s performance and believes she has the potential to be a much-needed consistent offensive threat for Georgetown.

“I think Andrea is one of those kids who actually is coming into her own as a junior,” Brown said. “If she could give us a whole year, she could be one of the most improved players in the Big East.”

While the 90-point offensive explosion led by White was impressive, the Blue and Gray remain a defensiveminded squad and needed to do better on that end.

That’s why, even after the 27-point victory, Brown was not satisfied with his group’s performance. The Hoyas forced 27 turnovers, but they also failed to get back on defense on more than one occasion and gave up an abundance of open three-point looks to the Pioneers.

“We must play better defense,” Brown said. “Our motto is to defend, rebound and share the ball, and we did not do a great job of defending in the second half.”

Sunday’s statement win over Delaware showed an immediate improvement on that side of the floor.

The Blue Hens were considered dangerous on both sides of the floor despite coming in without preseason AllAmerican Elena Delle Donne, and most analysts pegged them as clear favorites.

Georgetown held Delaware to just 36.2 percent shooting from the field and turned a halftime deficit into a sixpoint victory with lockdown defense.

The Blue Hens turned the ball over 22 times and struggled to find open looks, while being held scoreless for the first 6:39 of the second half.

Even with a defensive performance that would thrill most teams, Georgetown still sees significant room for improvement.

“I think we had an okay game,” Rodgers said. “We’ve really got to fix our defense. I think we can force more than 22 [turnovers]. And we’ve really got to stay out of foul trouble.”

Foul trouble has been one of the few concerns so far for the Hoyas. The Blue and Gray racked up 16 fouls Friday against the Pioneers, and that number increased to 21 against the Blue Hens.

With a 10-player rotation, Georgetown cannot afford to have valuable players relegated to the bench.

However, Brown doesn’t mind the early foul issues his team has had this season. The head coach views fouls as a price that must be paid to be an aggressive defense.

“We are going to foul,” Brown said.

“I’m not so much concerned about us fouling as I am about us getting that same call. I am always going to lean towards the aggressive side, and we will figure it out.”

Offensively against Delaware, the Hoyas weren’t nearly as balanced as they were in their first victory. Rodgers tallied 35 of Georgetown’s 62 points, reintroducing preseason questions of whether there is too much responsibility on the senior guard this season.

Brown is not concerned about the scoring, though.

“My goal is to get five girls in double figures every game,” Brown said.

“I think as the season progresses that might change a little bit because more and more teams are going to load up on [Sugar].”

The new-look Hoyas now travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a clash with UNC Wednesday at 7 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes there is condensation.

In an unusual ending to a game played in an unusual place, the men’s basketball team’s season opener against No. 10 Florida aboard the USS Bataan in Jacksonville, Fla., was cancelled prior to the start of the second half because of unsafe conditions caused by condensation on the court.

“First and foremost is our guys’ safety,” Head Coach John Thompson III said. “This would have been really dangerous. You couldn’t play in these conditions.”

The teams played the first half without moisture issues, but Thompson III said that the court was wet Thursday during the Hoyas’ shoot-around. Event staff mopped the floor Friday before tip-off and during timeouts in the first half, but Georgetown players noted upon their return to the court for secondhalf warmups that many areas of the floor were damp and slippery.

Players from both teams joined staff in an attempt to dry the court during halftime, but Thompson III and Florida Head Coach Billy Donovan expressed concerns about the conditions to game officials. A few minutes after an announcement that the second half would be played following a brief warmup, Thompson and Donovan addressed the crowd from midcourt to explain that the game had been cancelled.

“Everyone was in agreement, both coaches, the officials,” Thompson said. “It just didn’t make sense [to play].”

The Gators led the Hoyas, 2723, after one half, but the game counts as a no-contest and does not affect the teams’ win-loss records.

No. 4 Ohio State and Marquette had been scheduled to play a game on the USS Yorktown in South Carolina earlier in the day, but that contest was canceled before tip-off because of similarly dangerous playing conditions also resulting from condensation.

In the 20 minutes of basketball that Georgetown and Florida did play, the Hoyas’ frontcourt carried the scoring load. Junior forward Nate Lubick knocked down a three-point field goal to give the Blue and Gray their first points of the season and notched the team’s first seven points overall, and sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr., the only Hoya to play the entire first half, also scored seven. Greg Whittington had four points and four rebounds, and Lubick and Porter each contributed two boards.

The Hoyas’ returning guards failed to shine on the offensive end. Junior Markel Starks struggled, going 1-for-6 from the field and 0-for-3 from beyond the arc, and sophomore Jabril Trawick missed both of his attempts in just five minutes of play. Freshman D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera made his presence known in the eight minutes of his Georgetown debut, though, hitting a threepointer and tallying two assists,

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Baylor Up Next After 2OT Win Over Virginia Tech HOKIES, from A12 Despite facing a Georgetown defense allowing only 0.59 goals per game this year, Virginia Tech responded in the latter part of the first half by taking advantage of the height of 5-foot-10 freshman midfielder Ashley Meier, who headed in a cross to even the game in the 41st minute.

“One of our girls misjudged the flight of the ball, and, all of a sudden, it was a free header that the kid had,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “So that was really disappointing, and I think that knocked us back a little because the crowd really got into it. And they were starting to get the upper hand when that goal came.”

The Hokies stayed on the attack and went ahead two minutes later when junior forward Jazmine Reeves converted a through ball into a low far-post strike to give the home side the advantage.

“They have one really fast forward, and she did what we had talked about that she would do: She finished it well,” Nolan said. “But I thought we defended it poorly.”

Georgetown came out of the break needing a goal to keep their season alive, and a tactical change to a midfield diamond — mirroring Virginia Tech’s own formation — worked wonders for the Blue and Gray, who, until that point, had found it hard to keep up with the opposition’s speedy ball movement.

The additional striker also put more pressure on the hosts’ backline.

“The strength of their team is their two center backs’ playmaking from the back, and [our having two forwards up top] made it difficult for them,” Nolan said. “All of a sudden, when they would try and find their players in the diamond, we would have somebody matched up, and they found it difficult to kind of play out of it.”

Georgetown tied the game in the 78th

minute when junior forward Kaitlin Brenn headed in a cross from junior defender Mary Kroening after a period of sustained attack.

“In our scouting report, we had talked about [how] if we could get the ball in the box, I didn’t feel they were great at marking people,” Nolan said. “They would ball-watch a lot, and that’s how we scored the second goal. It was a pretty harmless cross into the box that Kaitlin scored with a header.”

As the game went into overtime, Nolan was confident in his team despite the knowledge that anything can happen in a golden-goal situation.

“After we scored the second goal, we were the better team. We were well on top at that stage. So I just told them, ‘Keep doing what you’re doing, but let’s get the ball into the box.’”

And that they did. Sophomore forward Jessica Clinton found streaking freshman forward Sarah Adams in the 94th minute, and the rookie lifted the ball over the Virginia Tech keeper to send the Hoyas into the second round.

The emergence of Adams and Dinn as legitimate goal-scoring threats has been critical for the Blue and Gray as opposing teams have keyed in on Brenn and Corboz. Adams’ production has been a particularly welcome surprise, turning the Georgetown offense into a more three-dimensional attack.

“It’s very hard and very unfair to have expectations for freshmen, in my opinion, because it’s a big adjustment coming away from home, adjusting to the college life and the college game and just the physicality that wears on you,” Nolan said. “But I know she’s a tremendous player, and I know she’s got so much potential.”

The Hoyas travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., next to take on Baylor (18-1-4, 5-0-3 Big 12), who has been undefeated in its last 19 games. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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One of three weekend games aboard ships, the Navy-Marine Corps Classic was called after just twenty minutes.

including a sharp entry pass to Lubick that resulted in an easy basket with the shot clock winding down. The three guards took good care of the ball, even against an occasional Florida press, combining for no turnovers in the first half.

Thompson noted that the Hoyas played on the perimeter more than they wanted to.

Georgetown took 28 first-half shots, 13 of which were threepoint attempts, and never made it to the free throw line. The Blue and Gray converted only three tries from beyond the arc but were 7-for-15 on two-point attempts.

“They had us playing side to side too much instead of north to south,” Thompson III said. “If I had to say the biggest concern or biggest thing I thought we needed to address was just not getting the ball inside enough.”

Florida was 10-for-22 from the field but was often far from the basket as well, taking 10 threepointers and making only three of them. Still, when the Gators got the ball to their big men, senior forward-center Erik Murphy, junior center Patric Young and junior forward Will Yeguete were highly efficient. The three combined to shoot 7-for-11 from the field with 10 rebounds, two assists, two blocks and only one turnover.

Both teams went through sloppy stretches on offense, but Georgetown won the turnover battle, 8-6, and forced senior guard Kenny Boynton alone into four turnovers. Boynton acted as the Gators’ primary ballhandler after starting junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin was suspended indefinitely by the team for undisclosed reasons.

Sophomore forward Mikael Hopkins played 10 minutes and went 0-for-3 shooting with four rebounds. Rounding out the Hoyas who saw playing time, freshman forward Stephen Domingo and junior center Moses Ayegba were on the floor for four minutes and one minute, respectively.

Thompson recognized that the cancellation of the game as well as issues with other contests played on naval ships around the country might have highlighted a flaw in the event model, but he said that Georgetown would continue to be a proponent of games played to honor the military.

“Outdoors on the water may not be the best idea,” he said.

“But if we get the privilege to perform in front of our servicemen, we will do that any and every time we have the opportunity to. This is something that we absolutely look forward to participating in.”

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Men Take Top Spot at Regionals Patrick Musgrave Hoya Staff Writer

After a hard-fought fall training season, the Georgetown cross country teams were unleashed Friday at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals at Penn State, with the men winning regional champion honors and the women taking second place.

Both teams advance to next Saturday’s national championship meet in Louisville, Ky. The Hoya men executed a near-perfect race to nip runnerup Villanova by one point. Senior Andrew Springer and graduate student Mark Dennin, in his first race back from injury after winning Lehigh’s Paul Short Run in September, took eighth and ninth place, respectively, in 30:43 to lead the charge for the Blue and Gray.

“Dennin’s mileage has not been very high this fall because of his injury, but he went out there and was tough in the race, running like a veteran should,” Head Coach Brandon Bonsey said.

Dennin and Springer were closely followed by sophomore Miles Schoedler, who took 11th in 30:46. In fourth position for Georgetown was graduate student Ayalew Taye, who took 13th place in 30:49. Rounding out the scoring for the Hoyas was freshman standout Darren Fahy, who also clocked in at 30:49 for 15th place. Senior Ben Furcht was the Hoyas’ sixth man with a time of

30:51, good for 17th place. The final Hoya across the line was sophomore Collin Leibold, who took 65th in 32:07.

“We’ve got a deep group of talented guys. Furcht was our second runner at Big Easts, and he was our sixth runner at Regionals, only eight seconds back.

So we have a really even group because these guys have been training together all fall and have prepared well to race,” Bonsey said.

The total time spread of six seconds among Georgetown scorers was the deciding factor in this highly contested race.

Most good teams look to have a spread between 20 and 30 seconds. If the Hoyas can maintain a gap like that next week at nationals, they could be looking at a very high finish, possibly even a national championship.

The Hoya women also ran well yesterday, missing champion honors by just two points to winner Penn State.

“On the whole, we ran really well; the idea of this one was to just make sure we moved on to the next one. The team did a great job of getting into position early on and doing what they needed to do to bring it home [for the qualifying spot],” Head Coach Michael Smith said.

Junior Madeline Chambers led the charge for Georgetown, taking fifth in 20:32. Next was senior Kirsten Kasper, who clocked in at 20:49 for 11th place. Third was sophomore Ka-

trina Coogan, who took 13th in 20:52. Seniors Rachel Schneider and Emily Jones rounded out the scoring for the Hoyas, taking 16th and 18th in 21:08 and 21:09, respectively. Sixth across for Georgetown was freshman Samantha Nadel, who took 32nd place in 21:41. The final Hoya finisher was sophomore Annamarie Maag, who ran 22:11 for 59th place.

The 37-second spread for the Hoya scorers in this race was not as impressive as some of the Hoyas’ early outings, as the women’s team has been averaging around 25 seconds for most of the season. If they had been able to pack together slightly better in this race, they likely would have beaten Penn State.

This is an easy fix, and what matters is that the Hoya women secured an auto-qualify bid to nationals. Moreover, when the Hoya women won the national championship last year, they did so without winning the regional meet.

“We’re just focused on not doing anything different than what we’ve been doing all year just because it’s nationals. The team will be rested and sharp, and they are incredibly mature and composed on the course.

If everyone just tries to run a solid race [at nationals], we’ll do great,” said Smith.

Both squads will be back in action next Saturday at NCAA Cross Country Division I Championships in Louisville, Ky.

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Freshman guard D’Vauntes SmithRivera’s made and attempted threepointers against Duquesne.

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Georgetown Slips Past Duquesne PAT CURRAN

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Freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera had a breakout 19-point performance in the Hoyas’ victory over the Dukes.

Everyone anticipated that the Georgetown men’s basketball team would face some challenges early in its nonconference schedule. Very few people anticipated they would come against Duquesne.

Freshman guard D’Vauntes SmithRivera scored 19 points off the bench to lead the Hoyas (1-0) to a narrow 61-55 win over Duquesne (0-2) in the opening round of the Legends Classic Sunday night.

Head Coach John Thompson III’s young squad faced an unexpected obstacle in its home opener when sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. left the game after taking an errant elbow to the face less than two minutes in. He returned to the court briefly and played several minutes before heading to the locker room for the remainder of the game.

Thompson III says the team has not diagnosed Porter Jr. with a concussion, but he kept his star out as a precaution and will see how he See DUKES, A9

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While the Georgetown men’s soccer team’s weekend ended in heartbreak, the women’s team’s weekend was one of euphoria. The No. 14 Blue and Gray (16-3-3, 8-1-1 Big East) advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament with a 3-2 double-overtime win at Virginia Tech (13-6-1, 4-5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

The Hoyas, runners-up at the Big East Championship last weekend, faced a team that had not played since Oct. 24, not having qualified for its own conference tournament.

There were certainly signs of rust from the Hokies, as the Blue and Gray controlled play in the opening twenty minutes, which resulted in a goal three minutes into the match from junior forward Colleen Dinn off a cross from sophomore midfielder Daphne Corboz.

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Senior guard Sugar Rodgers (14), shown here against Sacred Heart, led Georgetown with 35 points in its 62-56 upset of Delaware.

Two games into the season, the No. 25 Georgetown women’s basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Big East) is already making history. The Hoyas opened their season this weekend with wins over Sacred Heart and No. 17 Delaware, in the process advancing to the semifinals of the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament for the first time.

Georgetown began the season Friday in a 90-63 thrashing of Sacred Heart (0-1, 0-0 Northeast) at McDonough Arena, a win that represented the first in Head Coach Keith Brown’s tenure. Brown is just the second coach in program history to win in his coaching debut.

The Hoyas dominated the Pioneers by taking advantage of the visitors’ relative lack of size and strength. Georgetown outrebounded Sacred Heart, 54-39, and outscored the Pioneers by a 50-10 margin in the paint.

“Basketball is supposed to be played [inside out]. We have great inside players,” Brown said. “[Senior

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Junior forward Kaitlin Brenn, shown here against DePaul, scored one of Georgetown’s three goals against Virginia Tech.

FINDING THEIR FOOTING

Irish Edge Hoyas in Conference Title Game the second overtime — and with the game looking as if it were destined to go to penalty kicks — senior forCHESTER, Pa. — Thirty-three sec- ward Ryan Finley, the conference’s onds. That half-minute and change leading scorer, buried another was all that separated the No. 4 clutch header to break the Blue and Georgetown men’s soccer team (17- Gray’s hearts and give the Irish the 3-1, 6-2-0 Big East) from its first-ever championship.

Big East tournament title on Sunday “It’s a gutting loss — I’m gutted over No. 7 Notre Dame (16-3-1, 5-2-1). for our guys because I think they deHowever, those 33 seconds at PPL served more than that and I’d like Park will instead to see someone likely haunt these “I thought we were construct a more Hoyas for quite some painful way to the team that was time. lose a game,” Head Holding a 2-1 lead Coach Brian Wiese thanks to senior going to maybe win said. “You have it, midfielder Andy it, or it was going to you have it won, Riemer’s second there’s 30 seconds goal of the day in the go to penalties.” or thereabouts, 82nd minute, the dethere’s maybe one BRIAN WIESE more clearance to fense failed to mark Men’s soccer head coach up on a Notre Dame make, they score service from the to equalize [and left flank in the 90th minute, and suddenly] they have all the momensophomore midfielder Nick Besler tum.” rose up to put it home and send the That sentiment was echoed by jucontest to overtime. nior forward Steve Neumann, who That first golden-goal period posted on Twitter afterward, “Never wouldn’t be enough to settle things, but with just over a minute left in See CHAMPIONSHIP, A8

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Junior forward Nate Lubick (34) played well against Duquesne, but according to our analysis, the same could not be said of junior guard Markel Starks (Georgetown 5). See A8.

guard] Sugar [Rodgers] is always going to be able to get her shot, but the more we pound the ball inside, her shot gets easier.”

From the opening tip, the Blue and Gray were in control. They quickly opened a seven-point lead before Sacred Heart responded with a six-point run to cut it to 7-6.

That was the closest the Pioneers would come, though, as the Hoyas then went on a 26-13 spurt to take a 33-19 lead with just over five minutes remaining in the first half. In the closing minutes of the first half, Georgetown would extend upon its lead and enter halftime with a 47-24 advantage.

In the second half, the Hoyas continued to overwhelm the much smaller Pioneers, although sloppy play by the hosts led to 11 secondhalf points off turnovers. Despite that carelessness, the Hoyas were able to extend upon their lead, and as the final buzzer sounded, Georgetown had defeated Sacred Heart by a staggering 27 points.

The Blue and Gray were led by the

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