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Student Theater Preview

This season sees student groups focus on an increased diversity in repertoire.

EDITORIAL The university should front the cost for a New York Times subscription.

RICE REFLECTS ON LEGACY National Security Adviser Susan Rice examined the Obama term.

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Dining Contract Concerns Raised CHRISTIAN PAZ

for contractors, while the lower level would remain a dining hall. As the university apThe two multinational proaches its December companies also have in contract renewal deadline common a history of conwith Aramark, the two fi- flicts with labor groups nalists for over fair the meal treatment service conand pay at tract — Soseveral unidexo and versities, current correctionauxiliary al facilities services proand milivider Aratary bases mark — prearound the sented their world. plans for fuIn Januture dining ary, stuof ferings, dents at MerLyn bowem covering NorthwestSedexo Spokesperson programern Univerming initiasity joined tives, sustainability issues dining employees in a and meal plan structures, march and rally against at open house events on Sodexo, while an editocampus this week. rial in The Cavalier Daily Sodexo has faced at least at the University of Virnine documented boycotts ginia urged the university on university campuses to reconsider its contract since 2006. with Aramark after Think Sodexo and Aramark Progress Michigan reportshowcased their different ed that Aramark fed inhuofferings to hundreds of mane food to inmates at students Wednesday and Saginaw Correctional FacilThursday, respectively. In ity in Freeland, Mich., in both plans, the top floor of 2015. O’Donovan Hall would be See DINING, A6 replaced with retail space

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“How we treat people is fundamentally at our coremost self.”

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The third class of fellows for the GU Institute of Politics and Public Service includes Governor Martin O’Malley (D), Juana Summers, Rebecca Sinderbrand, Scott Mulhauser and Michael Steel.

GU Politics Fellows Discuss Ambitions TARA SUBRAMANIAM Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service’s third class of fellows consists of five individuals from varied backgrounds with extensive experiences in politics, government and

media, including former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D). GU Politics, an institute of the McCourt School of Public Policy, also selected former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing Scott Mulhauser, The Washington Post’s Deputy National Political Editor

Rebecca Sinderbrand (COL ’99), former Senior Policy and Political Adviser to the Jeb Bush presidential campaign Michael Steel and CNN Politics Editor Juana Summers. In an interview with The Hoya on Wednesday, the fellows discussed their goals for the upcoming se-

mester and their thoughts on the current U.S. political landscape. This interview has been edited for length and condensed for print. The full interview is available on thehoya.com. See POLITICS, A6

CAPS Cuts Costs for Services SIMON CARROLL Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown Counseling and Psychiatric Services has reduced its fees starting in the fall 2016 semester by 89 percent for follow-up psychology visits and by 80 percent for follow-up psychiatric visits and expanded free services in an effort to increase undergraduate student access to mental health services. Follow-up psychotherapy visits now cost $10 while follow-up psychiatric visits now cost $15. Students’ first CAPS visits are always free.

Under the previous payment policy at CAPS, follow-up psychotherapy visits would cost students $90 per visit while followup psychiatric visits would cost students $75 per visit, with a $10 copay if students had insurance. Additionally, any student who is in the Georgetown Scholarship Program may receive any CAPS services free of charge as of this fall. Over the past year, the Georgetown University Student Association and the Mental Health Advisory Board have actively pushed for CAPS services to increase accessibility for

those who require their services.

“I think this goes a long way to decrease financial barriers.” sylvia levy (SFS ’18) GUSA Mental Health Policy Team Chair

GUSA Mental Health Policy Team Chair Sylvia Levy

(SFS ’18) said CAPS’ latest efforts will help make its services more accessible. “I think this goes a long way to decrease financial barriers to accessing mental health care on campus,” Levy wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This year, GUSA and other student groups will need to work with CAPS to get the word out about these changes.” Previously, CAPS incorporated private insurance policies into payment calculations and was required to make private arrangements with students unable to afford service fees. See CAPS, A7

COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is one of the diverse set of political voices Georgetown has brought to campus.

MPD Reports Series of Sexual Assaults Campus Evaluates Political Culture MATTHEW LARSON Hoya Staff Writer

The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a possible relation between a string of recent sexual assaults on four Georgetown students that occurred in the Georgetown, both on and off campus, according to a statement released by its office Wednesday. The four assaults currently being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Division Sexual Assault Unit of the MPD took place between Aug. 3 and Sept. 12. The students were reported as victims

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of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. The Georgetown University Police Department uses public safety alerts to notify the campus community of crimes reported to either GUPD or MPD that represent threats to students or to employees. GUPD sent public service announcements regarding sexual assaults Aug. 3, Aug. 24, Sept. 5 and Sept. 12. The Aug. 3 assault targeted a Georgetown University Medical Center student and occurred on the 1600 block of 35th Street NW, with the perpetrator carrying a See GUPD, A7

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A series of local sexual assaults on Georgetown students are being investigated by GUPD and MPD.

As the presidential election plunges Americans across the country into a fresh bout of political soul-searching, the Georgetown community is grappling with the same conversations unfolding on the national stage. Georgetown’s status as a premier national university and its Catholic tradition of social justice contribute to a culture in which Washington, D.C., looms as more than just the backdrop. Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Di-

rector Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94) said this distinctive heritage is instrumental to the university’s political identity. “If I were to say this university has a political compass of any kind, I would say it is one that points to social justice and the common good,” Elleithee said. “The whole Jesuit identity, which is the mission of the university, engaging young men and women to engage in service to others. That is its persuasion. No matter how you approach that, it is up to you. It wants you to find your own path to it.” See CULTURE, A7

NEWS

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Williamson Promotes Research In a Q&A with The Hoya, Interim MSB Dean Williamson reflected on the role of the school. A4

Finance in the Family A new D.C. study found that 87 percent of black mothers financially support their families. A5

Pushing for Garland The struggle to get Garland nominated is evidence of the blight of political polarization in the U.S. A3

NEWS UIS Plans Wi-Fi Rehaul

BUSINESS Dressing the Future

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UIS is planning to invest $20 million to $25 million in replacing aging Wi-Fi equipment across campus. A5

Start-up Dressmate looks to help college students exchange and borrow professional clothing. A10

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Clinton’s “Pneumoniagate” stresses the need for more transparency in the 2016 election. A2

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Save the Sea — The 2016 Our Oceans conference, hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry, is taking place in D.C. yesterday and today. Furry Friends — Virginia rescue groups are rehabilitating 220 baby squirrels that fell from trees during Labor Day weekend’s tropical

storm Hermine.

Fast Track to History — D.C.’s Circulator buses will offer additional stops in September to accommodate visitors to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. It’s a Boy — The National Zoo welcomed a new Bornean orangutan Monday night. The species of orangutan is endangered and this is the first one born at the zoo in 25 years. Traffic Jam — Four of D.C. Metrorail’s six lines will have altered schedules and stops this weekend due to maintenance and installations.

Check It Out — Carla Hayden, the first black and first female librarian of Congress, was sworn in Wednesday.

fer access to all pieces from the paper’s history. GUSA did approach the library department as a source of funding, yet the department could not donate the $4,800 needed this year due to its own budget constraints. It is time for the university to take responsibility for funding this subscription. As a school located in Washington, D.C., with a student body filled with government, international relations and business majors, there should be an easily accessible way for us to engage with current news and developments. It is also important to consider how students across our campus may not be able to afford paying for a subscription outright, thus Georgetown is in a place where it can mitigate the gap between those who can afford access and those who cannot. The cost of $4,800 needed to fund this subscription should be a drop in the bucket for a university that raised undergraduate tuition by 4 percent this year. It should not be a burden for an organization like GUSA to bear, given that the time GUSA spends attempting to secure funding could be spent on other valuable areas of student life. Peer institutions like Yale University and Brown University provide digital subscriptions for all their students, showing there exists a way to achieve this goal. In the future, the university could take a step forward and implement a subscription plan that appeals to all students’ tastes and interests. Allowing students at the beginning of the year to pick from a list of options, whether it be The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal or The Atlantic, would showcase Georgetown’s commitment to broadening students’ knowledge. The issue of having an online newspaper subscription should hardly be one at all. All Georgetown needs to do is lift the burden from GUSA and commit to providing a service that our entire community can benefit from, for both those who can afford the cost of a subscription and those who are not able to.

THE VERDICT

At Georgetown, the pursuit of knowledge and understanding extends far beyond our gates. Our environment challenges us to learn more about real world issues that directly impact our lives. Therefore, it is imperative that the university offer opportunities and resources for students to fuel further our passion for learning. One such avenue toward such a goal is by allowing students access to newspapers and similar publications free of charge. The Georgetown University Student Association is currently seeking permanent funding to renew the university’s online subscription to The New York Times after the subscription expired at the end of the 2016 spring semester. The New York Times was originally chosen in 2014 for its wide coverage as a news source. Yet, for the past two years, the subscription — which cost $3,700 last year and would cost $4,800 today — did not receive permanent funding. Instead, it was funded on an annual basis by varying university offices, including the French department and the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. GUSA now hopes to secure a permanent source of funding for the subscription to allow for continuous student access to the subscription year round. However, this funding should not come from a single source, nor should it come from various departments and offices that maintain their budgets for their own activities and programs. It should be our university that directly funds this online subscription through a specific department, such as the library. As one of the most widely read newspapers in the world, The New York Times shows readers what issues are trending and are particularly pertinent. Currently, there is a way for students to access pieces from the newspaper, yet the service is confined into a clunky, ineffective library resource called LexisNexis. The service can only be used through the library’s own portal, and it is more of an archival research tool. LexisNexis is also not constantly updated with the most recent content and does not of-

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Housing Scam — Flyers that advertise fraudulent offers for gift cards from the D.C. Housing Authority have been circulating in the District. Hidden Treasure — Throughout the city, libraries are celebrating Banned Books Month by hiding previously banned books in a scavenger hunt for residents to find. Such titles include “The Catcher in the Rye” and “Slaughter House Five.”

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Cleo Fan

Lack of Honesty, Lack of Trust Sept. 11 is etched in American history as a day of tragedy and somber remembrance. On 9/11 this year, however, the conversation strayed from the stories of loss and heroism from that day. During a commemoration event at ground zero Sunday, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton fell ill and left the event suddenly. Her campaign initially cited dehydration and overheating as the cause, before a video emerged showing Clinton stumbling and needing help to walk. Later that same day, Clinton’s doctor revealed that, on Sept. 9, he had diagnosed her with pneumonia, prescribed her with antibiotics and ordered her to rest . The subsequent reaction by the media was nothing short of vitriolic. Critics cited the lack of transparency regarding Clinton’s diagnosis not only as another example of the candidate’s dishonesty but as evidence that she was hiding even more — giving birth to unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. Clinton’s supporters countered by stating that, even if she had been forthright, Clinton still would have been chastised for missing the event. Both sides, however, ignore that the personal attacks by each candidate move national discourse away from the important political differences between the candidates or even legitimate inquiries into each candidate’s honesty. Many in the Clinton camp believe queries concerning the candidate’s health are sexist. However, when it comes electing a candidate to the most powerful office in the world, it is not unprecedented nor unwarranted for voters to be concerned with the health of a potential commander in chief. Voters raised questions about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) health during his presidential bid in 2008. He was, at the time, 72 years old, three years older than Clinton is now. While the media has at times held a sexist double standard against Clinton throughout the campaign, it is not sexist for voters to want this information. Yet her illness has sparked many to jump to conspiracy theories. There are Republican nominee Donald Trump’s supporters — dubbed “Pepe the Frog” conspiracy theo-

rists by the Clinton campaign — who believe Clinton has a body double to hide her declining health. Additionally, Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy, asserted on Twitter that he believes Clinton was poisoned and even implied this could have been the doing of Trump or Russian President Vladimir Putin. These theories are fueled by speculation that comes from a lack of information. They serve no purpose other than to misinform voters and make a disgrace out of America’s political process. It is imperative, now more than ever, for both candidates to be candid, honest and transparent. Clinton’s misinformation following her diagnosis feeds into a narrative of untrustworthiness that has plagued her campaign, while Trump is known to outright distort and lie over the factual record, making claims that are in the realm of conspiracy theories. Clinton stands to benefit from pulling back the curtain, both on her health and other issues with which voters are concerned. In July, a CNN poll found that 68 percent of registered voters thought the phrase “honest and trustworthy” did not apply to Clinton, while 55 percent said it did not apply to Trump. If Clinton wishes to assuage one of voters’ greatest concerns — that she is hiding her true self from the public — the best way to do this would be to be more transparent. Not only would honesty build up an ever-important trust, it could also prevent her from being mired in media narratives accusing her of scandal. It is in Clinton’s, and any candidate’s, best interests to be forthright with the American populace. With 53 days until the election, now is the time for voters and citizens alike to take control of this election cycle, to demand more than flickers of transparency from the two figures who continue to vie for the nation’s most powerful office. Voters ought to hold candidates responsible for being open and honest with them.

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OPINION

Friday, september 16, 2016

AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT

A Lesson of Hope In Becraft’s Story

f you make your way up to Holy Rood Cemetery on Wisconsin Avenue and climb toward the ridge, you will see a tree stump off to your left, set back 20 yards from the path. Peering at several small gravestones closely, you can barely make out the wind- and rain-softened etchings of the name “Becraft.” I found myself there in April, a day after the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation recommened the name of Remembrance Hall — formerly McSherry Hall — be changed to Anne Marie Becraft Hall. After scouring the yard, I finally found these graves of Anne Marie’s family. My thoughts turned to what it must have been like for her to stand there — a free young woman of color, in a cemetery divided, much like the city of the living was. Turning around, after praying there for her deceased loved ones, Anne Marie would have walked down High Street, as it was known then, into Georgetown. Her path would have taken her among people of color — some free, others enslaved — as well as white people, many of whom were slave owners. She would have waved at the young black girls whom she was educating, while other faces would have stared at her with disapproval. At Holy Trinity Parish, she found support from a Jesuit pastor in the founding of her school. Yet at Georgetown, she saw Jesuits and students regularly renting and using enslaved people to build and run the school. For me, Anne Marie’s story brings to life the deeply troubling and contradictory history we have been exploring as a community. It confronts me with the way this neighborhood and this nation lived with conflicting impulses, proclaiming high educational and religious ideals while depriving many of their rights and dignity. Somehow Anne Marie carried those contradictions inside her, yet she found a way to face and challenge them.

Her efforts were exterior and interior. Exteriorly, she took up action, founding a school and forming a generation of educated black girls in a race-riven city. Interiorly, she embarked on a journey with God, one that affirmed her place and purpose in the world. This experience was so profound that it led her to enter the first order of Roman Catholic sisters founded by women of African descent. Upon reflection, Anne Marie points the way for us to take practical actions to address the contradictions of our day, many of which are rooted in our history of slaveholding and racial division. These cannot be abstract; they need to be concrete, just as solid as that schoolhouse of hers, and they must touch real lives. But just as importantly, she urges us toward facing our own contradictions, both as individuals and as a society. This involves a journey of spirit. It invites us to go inward, into a space where we are most vulnerable and aware of our failings, but also where we encounter our most universally uplifting impulses and hopes. Nurtured in prayer and meditation and silence, it is where we find our truest selves, and where we are inspired to work for solidarity and justice. It is here our true vocation can be found, a vocation that will sustain us on the long road to reconciliation that our community and nation must walk. Anne Marie’s school was small, a tiny redoubt challenging the social norms of race and gender. Almost hidden here in our neighborhood, it had few students and drew little attention. But now, if we open ourselves up to her story — and to the larger story of Georgetown and our nation — we can all be her students. Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., is an associate professor of government and the School of Foreign Service, and currently serves as director of the center for Latin American studies. As This Jesuit Sees It appears every other Friday.

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The Case for a Grad Student Union

his summer, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate students on university payroll have the same rights as other employees, including the right to form a union and collectively bargain. The board rejected the argument that graduate assistants “are primarily students and have a primarily educational, not economic, relationship with their university.” Such a ruling presents the perfect opportunity for grad students at Georgetown to come together, unionize and push for better contracts with the university. After approving service contracts that would have raised the number of hours doctoral students could expect to work each week in March 2016, Dean Norberto Grzywacz of Georgetown’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences argued that Ph.D. students can attain valuable experiences and skills through teaching. Doctoral students, however, have argued that teaching can provide diminishing returns when it comes to our professional development, even though the teaching performed by such students is essential to Georgetown’s functioning. This summer’s ruling validates the doctoral students’ argument and gives

graduate student workers recent contract, which at Georgetown new lever- lasts until 2019, ensures age. While changes are be- that graduate assistants ing implemented to give receive dental insurance, further voice to George- child care subsidies and a town’s graduate students, guaranteed yearly stipend advocacy and represen- increase of 2.25 percent tation alone will not be until 2019. Georgetown’s graduate enough to gain the benefits other students already school should be applauded for increasing graduate have at peer institutions. In response to the Doc- student stipends, waiving toral Students Coalition’s most activities fees and providing organizsome paid ing, which health inled the Georgetown has surance. push back Without a against the a track record of negotiated contracts respecting the rights c o n t r a c t , originally owe ve r, proposed, of its employees to hthere is no there is now agree- unionize and bargain. g u a ra n te e that the ment to benefits delay the graduate implementation of any contract students currently have changes. There is now an will be maintained in agreement to install a the future and no grievPh.D. student representa- ance process exists should tive on the Executive Com- the terms of the current mittee of Graduate Studies contracts be violated or and consult with the DSC changed at any give point directly about the needs now or in the future. Given that contract of its members, including terms were quietly altered better health insurance. Comparing ourselves to last year without students’ other schools gives a bet- consultation or notificater sense of the progress tion, these are reasonable we have actually made. worries that must be adNew York University’s first dressed in order for grad grad union contract was students and the adminnegotiated in 1998, and it istration to maintain a was one of the first univer- relationship of collaborasities to grant paid health tion and trust. Unionizing insurance for graduate would put a structural students and push for a mechanism in place to enliving wage. NYU’s most sure that these terms be

maintained and regularly renegotiated, even in the face of budget shortfalls and changing institutional priorities. In short, unionization would contribute toward the guarantee graduate students need. As a university committed to Jesuit values, Georgetown has a track record of respecting the rights of its employees to unionize and collectively bargain. Unionization may stir up friction between students and administrators, but it also has the potential to build greater community between graduate students across departmental lines; between graduate students and other organized workers on campus, including cafeteria workers, janitorial staff and adjuncts; between graduate students and the undergraduates they teach; and, yes, between graduate students and their faculty and administrators. The opportunity to increase the welfare of many community members exists. We need only to take the proper steps to ensure the place of graduate students at Georgetown is never undervalued in the future. deidre nelms is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Unionizing would put a mechanism in place to ensure that these terms be maintained and regularly renegotiated, even in the face of budget shortfalls and changing priorities.

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USE YOUR WORDS

A Balance of Law and Politics Defending Honest Expression

xactly six months ago, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit, to fill the vacant seat left by Justice Antonin Scalia in the Supreme Court. Although it has been seven months since Scalia’s death, there has not been a single Senate hearing for Garland’s confirmation in 184 days, making Garland the longest nominee to await a hearing. This delay is a result of partisan politics in an election year that is crucial for Republican senators to maintain a Senate majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has maintained that “there will not be hearings or votes” until the next president assumes office, and most Republican senators have remained loyal to his claim. The court is supposed to set aside politics and focus on interpreting the law, but it is clear more than ever that these forces will always be related. The confirmation of a justice to the nation’s highest court inevitably creates disagreement on who can best interpret the law and preserve the Constitution’s values. However, elected officials must prioritize the needs of the American people. The 4-4 split on the United States v. Texas case in 2016 regarding Deferred Action for Parents of Americans is a quintessential example that we need the confirmation of the ninth justice to guide the direction of national law. In the example of this case, without a ninth justice to break the tie, an immigration policy that would have allowed for immigrants’ parents of U.S. citizens, who

are without legal status, to remain in the U.S. with an exemption from deportation remained overturned by the lower courts. The Supreme Court forms links between law and politics. It is political in nature because it reviews cases of national significance. This past summer, it handed down verdicts regarding affirmative action, women’s health and immigration to name a few. These partisan issues demonstrate that the next justice must be able to separate ideological stances and the law. The question then becomes: How can the court and justices find the right balance between law and politics to review the Constitution and interpret laws in an unbiased way? Garland deserves to be heard by the entire Senate. He is respected by both conservative and liberal public servants who acknowledge his accomplishments at the Department of Justice and U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. where he consistently demonstrated that a balance between law and politics is possible. When it comes to environmental regulations, he has favored deference to regulatory agencies. For First Amendment issues, he has taken broader views to ensure a transparent and open government. He is known for his verdict in Al Odah v. United States in 2003 when he held that deferral courts could not hear challenges from Guantanamo detainees. Garland’s reasonable verdicts are characterized by his moderation, a quality that takes time and skill to master. It is time to stop playing political games and to work for

the common good, an idea often distorted by those who are more concerned with retaining power than allowing our justice system to function at its full capacity. As recent as June 2016, Senator Jeff Flake (RAriz.) has stated that Garland’s nomination would be delayed unless Republican nominee Donald Trump loses the presidential election, saying that if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were to win the election “[Republicans] ought to approve him quickly.” This election cycle has demonstrated the dangers of closemindedness and ignorance. The struggle to nominate Garland is a wake-up call for us to realize that polarization is a blight on our political system. We have to create positive change through moderation, collaboration and balance, all qualities Garland has been known to possess throughout his career in public service. Law and politics can work together to maintain a healthy balance between personal beliefs and preserving the law and Constitution. It is human nature to engage in politics, which generates a responsibility for each individual to work for the the good of society. Politics must involve compromise and discussion, even if such conversations make participants uncomfortable. At the end of the day, our political system will change for the better and favor moderate public servants like Garland, who embodies the qualities that the Founding Fathers first ascribed to Supreme Court justices. Jessica Andino is a junior in the College and co-chair of the Student Advisory Board at GU Politics.

couple days ago, I attended the first class of my penultimate semester at Georgetown. During the introductory part of the class, and in front of several dozen of my peers, the professor stood up and read us a part of the University of Chicago’s statement on free speech, written by the school’s Dean of Students John Ellison. The professor, echoing the letter, then told us that those of who did not support the right of others to “espouse and explore a wide range of ideas” could leave, because this class was not for them. I reflect on this moment as one of the most intellectually formative ones in my four years at this school, and one of the moments where I felt most proud to be a Hoya. While the attention drawn by UChicago’s letter is dwindling, it should present an opportunity for our community as a whole to decide how we value free speech and the open exchange of ideas. I want to go even further than my professor and argue that Georgetown urgently needs to adopt a statement clarifying its stance on freedom of expression, in the same vein as the University of Chicago. There are many reasons why this is important, but I will bring up a recent example. That same professor participated in a panel discussion recently about the politics and policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Rather than heap only praise on this political figure, the discussion was a forum of open discourse and dialogue, free for all to cordially lend their own thoughts, praise or criticisms.

A group of students, however, interrupted the event, screaming, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” preventing the audience from hearing the panelists, as well as occupying a space with a banner reading, “Netanyahu is a war criminal.”

Annabelle Timsit The symbolic nature and relevance of this incident should not be lost on us. It represents not only a gross violation of the speakers’ right to express their own opinions, but also a violation of the student body’s right to hear them out. However, it is common for opponents of free speech to prevent other students from hearing opinions with which they themselves disagree. This attempt to curtail and control the content students are exposed to on campuses is part of an alarming and growing national trend of students protesting against speakers they do not agree with, creating safe spaces adjacent to these speakers and even petitioning their school to cancel their invitations. This only accomplishes the sanitization of public discourse at the behest of the “politically correct” opinions of some students who cannot stand to hear their own views challenged. The University of Chicago bravely took a stance against this in its statement: “We do

not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own.” If you do not agree with the University of Chicago, perhaps that is because you think it is too conservative or its statement is a publicity stunt to appeal to donors and parents — both of which are accusations that have been levied against the dean of students. But Ellison is not the only public figure to have said this. Just listen to President Barack Obama’s commencement address at Howard University this year: “Don’t try to shut folks out, don’t try to shut them down, no matter how much you might disagree with them. There’s been a trend around the country of trying to get colleges to disinvite speakers with a different point of view, or disrupt a politician’s rally. Don’t do that — no matter how ridiculous or offensive you might find the things that come out of their mouths.” If Georgetown truly wants to remain a defender of the free exchange of ideas, then we urgently need to revisit and clarify our stances on the issue of free speech and expression on our campus. That begins with actually recognizing the issues we are a part of every day as well as finding the strength to come together and partake in the open and honest dialogue we need.

Annabelle Timsit is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. USE YOUR WORDS appears every other Friday.

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Q&A: Dean Williamson Talks Research, Future RILEY SOLTER Hoya Staff Writer

Interim Dean Rohan Williamson has served in the McDonough School of Business for a little over a month, replacing former Dean David Thomas, who stepped down after five years in the role. A finance professor in the McDonough School of Business faculty since 1997, Williamson has had a farreaching career in the MSB. Williamson has served on several committees during his time at the school, including the McDonough School of Business Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the Academic Leadership Council and the Diversity Committee. Williamson also served on the committee that helped select Thomas as dean five years ago. Williamson has received numerous accolades for his research papers, including the 1999 Michael Bensen Prize from the Journal of Financial Economics and the 2003 William Sharpe Best Paper Award from the Journal of Financial and Qualitative Analysis. He ranks 169th of more than 300,000 influential authors on the Social Science Research Network. In an interview with THE HOYA, Williamson discussed the value of research, the MSB’s increasing prestige and the role Georgetown students play in the world after graduation. What contributed to the decision, in your opinion, for the administration to select you as interim dean? That’s hard for me to say, I was on the other side, but [President John J. DeGioia] and [Provost Robert Groves] made the decision. Just thinking about myself, this is my 20th year, I’ve had several leadership positions in the business school and at the university level, have been a part of dean searches, so I imagine that has something to do with it. I don’t know their specific decision criteria but I know they wanted someone that was here to maintain stability and maintain leadership of the school. How long will you serve as interim dean? There is not a specified time frame. The way the pro-

cess is there will be a search for someone permanent. The agreement is for at least a year, potentially longer — so the amount of time has not been specified. Tell me about your role as the Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean chair of iinternational business? What does that entail? So I pride myself in my research and to become a chair professor it’s mainly given on the level of research that one’s accomplished. So that chair was based on research accomplishments. The other part of it is teaching, obviously. I primarily teach international finance but I’ve developed a reputation in international finance and risk management and corporate governance and those are my areas of expertise. And that earns you a chair position, so as I mentioned before as a professor that’s primarily what you do, beyond the leadership of what I’ve done in the school I’ve developed a research reputation that earned me that chair. What recent accomplishments of the McDonough School of Business do you think have contributed to its increasing prestige in the academic world, and what changes do you foresee for the future to maintain or improve its position? I think in a relatively short period of time we’ve come a long way. All of our programs are ranked in the top 20, which is astonishing compared to other schools. Some schools are much older than we are that aren’t doing nearly as well. I think that’s primarily been driven by the quality of students; I think the Georgetown reputation goes a long way. We have top-quality students and top-quality faculty that really engage in the teaching process. Over the years we have become very strong in our research productivity because as a research-based school we are creating knowledge, not just teaching what’s already been done. And I think those two combinations are a very important part of it. That’s also building the Jesuit tradition, we get students here that are focused on their success, which are a big part of progressing in rankings. And we’re able to attract the best. I think our faculty and students

are very committed to the institution, and they broadcast Georgetown and the quality of it. And recruiters know that, they know when they come to Georgetown that they get toplevel students and that they’re taught by the best. And alumni are part of this too because success breeds success and as they graduate they reach back and are really committed to the university. I think those are the main ingredients in making Georgetown so successful. Recently the university has made business courses available for non-McDonough School of Business students. What do you think motivated that decision? I think several things. I think the growth and the quality of the business education is something that is attractive to other parts of the university, and Georgetown has a tradition where probably the majority of students at least have a minor and a lot have doublemajors. Because students are

very interested not just in one particular field but they know about other parts, and they are creative in wanting to combine certain disciplines to get those tidbits of knowledge that will help guide them in a particular career. So I think other parts of the university want that link to the business school that gets them that knowledge to advance them in a special career that they may have. There’s also business school students that go the other way, so it’s only natural that opening a minor for other parts of the university is a good thing to do. It helps other parts of the school and it helps the university. Why do you think so many Georgetown students pursue careers in business after graduation, regardless of whether they graduate from the McDonough School of Business? I think Georgetown students are leaders, they’re go-getters. They want to make a contribution to society in various ways. There are different approaches

to that, through medicine, law and other things. I think we’ve built a unique niche, sort of developing the whole personality in the Jesuit tradition, where students just want to do more. In a global society, the way to make your contribution globally is through a good knowledge of business and business principles. It can be applied to nonprofits and in governments and other places. I think students go into business as a way to make a contribution. At Georgetown, we talk about how you get more so you can give more. That’s something that’s in the DNA of Georgetown students beyond just the business school, this desire to do more to help society and business can do this. What are your plans for after your tenure as interim dean comes to a close? Is this experience going to change your approach at all returning to your role as a faculty member? What this experience gives

you is an opportunity to see the school and the university in general. Your main focus as a faculty member is direct contact with the students, so you don’t have contact with the rest of the university. This position as dean gives me more contact with faculty, alumni and with all aspects of the university— incoming students, graduation, staff, etc. And that’s something I can take back to being a faculty member is seeing how the whole system works and a greater appreciation for the contributions of all the members of the Georgetown family. I guess not everyone can have that experience but it’s a tremendous learning experience. I now have an understanding of the whole system that I always knew was there but I didn’t understand the importance of a lot of roles besides those just in the classroom. I now appreciate the roles of everyone much more including students and student leaders.

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Susan Rice Launches GU Politics Obama Exit Series GAIA MATTIACE Hoya Staff Writer

National Security Advisor Susan Rice spoke about the role of national security in President Barack Obama’s administration during the first event of “The Exit Interview,” Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service’s sixpart lecture series, which will focus on Obama’s legacy. Around 400 people attended the Sept. 14 event in Gaston Hall, which School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman moderated. The event focused on national security and foreign policy, and the rest of the series will invite speakers from the Obama administration to cover topics ranging from criminal and social justice, the economy, healthcare reform, climate change and political culture. Speakers will also be asked to consider the successes and challenges of Obama’s term, their hopes for their remaining time in office and their advice for their successors. The series will conclude before the inauguration in January and aims to create an oral history of the Obama administration. GU Politics Student Advisory Board member Gabriella Ferrera (SFS ’19) introduced Rice by citing her accomplishments as a U.S. permanent representative for the United Nations before describing her role as National Security Advisor. “During her tenure as ambassador, she worked to defend universal values, advance U.S. interests across the globe and provided a vital role in preventing the spread of nuclear proliferation, and providing life-saving interventions in places like Libya and the Ivory Coast,” Ferrera said. In the conversation, Rice addressed her experiences at the beginning of the Obama administration and emphasized the urgent challenges facing the president immediately upon his assumption of office, including the 2008 recession, the troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghani-

stan and the condition of the United States’ alliances, which had been negatively impacted by what other countries deemed to be an American approach of unilateral activity. “Many of our critical relationships and alliances were strained if not frayed, particularly by the decision to go into Iraq and the manner in which that was done,” Rice said. “So we had work to do in terms of repairing our alliances and partnerships and relationships in the world, re-establishing a constructive version of American leadership.” Rice said the administration also tried to establish and pursue longterm goals, including the prevention of nuclear terrorism. “Every couple of years we have had a series of gatherings at the summit level to try to secure, for lack of a better term, loose nuclear material and prevent it from falling into the hands of terrorists,” Rice said. “We have made enormous progress on that over the course of the administration, but that is an example of the permanent agenda that we were trying to pursue.” Rice emphasized how, initially, certain challenges had to be given top priority, such as the Iran nuclear deal. “First of all, we were very clear in the sense that we had to lay a foundation for some of the things that would take the most time in the first year or two,” Rice said. “For example, the work we did to try and strengthen and tighten the sanctions on Iran, such that we were able to test ultimately whether there was an opening for diplomacy.” Rice described the lessons she has learned throughout her tenure and what principles guided her policymaking. “First of all, I would be the first to say that there is no one-size-fits-all formula,” Rice said. “I think you can’t apply solutions in a cookie-cutter fashion from one crisis to the next, but I will say there are some

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GU Politics hosted National Security Adviser Susan Rice at an event moderated by SFS Dean Joel Hellman to discuss her position in the first of the “Exit Interview” series — dedicated to examining Obama’s legacy. principles that we have tried to adhere to.” Rice commented on her view of the balancing act the United States tries to perform while juggling alliances, coalitions, programs and plans of action. She stressed the United States has been a leader in dealing with the Islamic State Group, promoting global health and putting pressure on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Rice cites her proudest achievements as national security advisor to be the Obama administration’s gains in climate policy and the Iran deal, as well as the U.S. change in policy toward Cuba and the administration’s efforts in improving global development. “We’ve rallied the world to an agreement that is not

in itself sufficient but has the potential to lead us all in the direction that we need to go,” Rice said. “I am particularly proud of the effort that went into work towards the Iran deal, and it has got its share of critics, but I challenge anyone to show a better way of ensuring that Iran does not have the access to nuclear weapons.” Rice concluded the presentation by emphasizing that although the United States serves as a global leader, it cannot resolve every issue on its own. “Whether you are talking about dealing with pandemics or climate change or terrorism or proliferation or any of the failed states, these are challenges that can’t be addressed through might alone or through

one country alone, and therefore while we must lead — we have to lead — to the greatest extent possible with others,” Rice said. Lev Sugarman (SFS ’19) said he found the presentation to provide fascinating insights into a little-known role in the West Wing. “Something that stood out to me was her discussion of the behind-thescenes work that goes into being the national security advisor. It’s a position that doesn’t get a lot of attention, so hearing her speak about the way she does her job — keeping the big picture in perspective, using social media and managing the size of her staff, among other things — was fascinating,” Sugarman said. Errol French (MSB ’19)

said he admired the introspective nature of Rice’s characterization of the Obama administration. “I thought it offered a different perspective on the Obama administration and went in depth to a lot of foreign affairs,” French said. “I liked the reflective tone that this series is going to take, and I am excited to see where it is going to go.” In addition to events featuring Obama administration officials, the series will host counterpoints in each area of interest to provide an alternate point of view on the administration. The first counterpoint presentation, scheduled for Sept. 23, will feature former Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Rogers (R-Mich.).

UIS Plans 5-Year Wi-Fi Overhaul Study Highlights Race Inequality

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Georgetown University Information Services is planning a five-year campus-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure overhaul that will cost $20-25 million starting in spring 2017 to combat aging Wi-Fi equipment in various buildings around campus, in an effort to provide students with a faster and more resilient Wi-Fi network. According to Interim Chief Information Officer Judd Nicholson, the university has been planning a large Wi-Fi overhaul for the past two years. Nicholson said the overhaul will bring much-needed relief to buildings on campus with older Wi-Fi systems in place. “Part of that framework is to address our aging infrastructure, so uplifting and modernizing the Wi-Fi infrastructure, which is sorely needed across Georgetown in particular the academic buildings like [the Rafik B. Hariri Building], the [Intercultural Center] and the Pre-Clinical Science building,” Nicholson said. According to UIS, over the past three years, the amount of devices using the internet has risen by 50 percent and the Wi-Fi bandwidth usage saw a 36 percent increase during the 2015-16 academic year. Nicholson said the current Wi-

Fi systems cannot handle this large volume of traffic due to age. “We just can’t handle the capacity because of the age of the equipment around campus,” Nicholson said. The project will cost between $4 and $5 million dollars per year over five years, according to Nicholson. Currently, four companies – AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless, CenturyLink and Windstream – are vying for the contract. According to Nicholson, while planning the upgrade, the university sent out requests for proposal to telecommunications companies to express the needs and goals of the potential Wi-Fi upgrade. UIS is still in the process of selecting a company and finalizing a contract. Nicholson said UIS hopes to finalize the plan and to have a contract completed by the end of the semester. Nicholson said the first three years of the Wi-Fi upgrade process will be devoted to phasing out the oldest equipment on campus and then the last two years will involve maintenance and upgrades to other campus buildings. According to Nicholson, the upgrade will look to improve the Wi-Fi in residential areas on campus as well. “We are also going to try to

include all of the buildings at Georgetown. That includes some of townhouses and, of course, the residence halls,” Nicholson said. In addition to faster internet, Nicholson said the overhaul will allow it to be more resilient against denial of service cyberattacks like the one the university experienced in the spring, which caused widespread Wi-Fi outages. “These large telecommunication companies have tools that we will be able to implement to limit the amount of effect that a denial of service has on Georgetown,” Nicholson said. “We will get another level of security on our network and in some ways the ability to mitigate the impact of a denial of service.” Nicholson said the project would not involve any major construction but has the potential to be disruptive. UIS will aim to time the disruptions during non-academic periods and times of low internet usage, according to Nicholson. UIS Chief of Operations and Senior Director for IT Infrastructure Scott Allen said certain wireless access points, like those in the Hariri building, are inundated with users, slowing down connections speeds. The upgrade aims to fix this issue especially in buildings with older Wi-Fi

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Georgetown University Information Services is planning a $20 million to $25 million Wi-Fi overhaul to increase speeds and create a more resilient network.

hardware. “The replacement project will upgrade the wireless AP to new technology that will improve the speed and add new radios to spread the load out more evenly. The Hariri, ICC and the Preclinical Science buildings are in the most need of upgrades,” Allen wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Allen said that while download speeds vary with the amount of people using the internet, buildings with older Wi-Fi infrastructure can have significantly slower download speeds compared to buildings with new Wi-Fi hardware like Lauinger Library, which had its Wi-Fi equipment replaced last year. “It isn’t unusual to see download performance on the oldest wireless APs – ICC, Preclin, Hariri – at about 2 Megabits per second,” Allen wrote. “I was in the Pierce Reading room in Lauinger last week and recorded about 114 Mbps download on my laptop.” According to Nicholson, after the upgrade is done students in buildings currently with poor Wi-Fi like the ICC will see a large improvement in internet service. “Students in those particular buildings and in Pre-Clinical Science on the Medical Center would notice a marked improvement in the ability to connect and the ability and the speed of the network,” Nicholson said. Nicholson said the upgrade is crucial for Georgetown and hopes students will be satisfied with positive changes in the works. “This would be a major [information technology] investment that is definitely needed at Georgetown and we are very excited to do this project and to really see the impact to the user experience,” Nicholson said. “Students will be very pleased with the changes that we are making and we just want to get things moving very rapidly.” Jordan Dow (MED ’17) said he appreciates the university’s efforts to maintain the Wi-Fi and is thankful for the opportunity to access the Internet. “The amenities here are incredible and people should just be grateful,” Dow said.

HALEY SNYDER Hoya Staff Writer

Whether married or single, the majority of black mothers in Washington, D.C., are the main providers for their households, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research released Sept. 8. Eighty-seven percent of black mothers bear the financial burdens of their families, compared to 47 percent of white mothers. The criteria for those considered “breadwinners” are mothers with children under 18 who are either single or making at least 40 percent of their household’s income. This trend is replicated across the country, with an average of four out of every five black mothers bearing the financial burden of their households, according to the report. Additionally, black mothers are listed as the least likely population to have access to employer-paid leave. “The lack of work-family supports in the United States, such as paid sick days and paid family leave, coupled with the high cost of child care, places an additional burden on lowincome women and women of color, who are the least likely to have employer-provided paid leave,” the report reads. Director of the Project on Deep Poverty and Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality Senior Fellow Indivar Dutta-Gupta attested to the financially precarious situation single mothers can encounter. “You’ve got a large share of single mothers whose earnings are essential to the household, so for them to significantly pull back on work, unless there were some benefits or tax credits to offset the loss of earnings, would be quite harmful in many cases to their families,” Dutta-Gupta said.

Dutta-Gupta stressed the wide range of inequalities and economic and social disparities often confronting the black community. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, black men are incarcerated at a rate six times higher than their white counterparts. DuttaGupta said the criminal justice system disproportionately impacts black men, leaving more single mothers to bear their family’s financial burden. “There are major consequences across communities of color in the West due to the criminal justice system,” DuttaGupta said. Georgetown UniverPETER EDELMAN Professor, GULC sity Law Center Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy Peter Edelman further underscored the intersection of race, mass incarceration and low incomes. “If you think about adding together low-wage jobs and then single moms, where there’s only one possible wage earner in the household, and then add in the question of race, you get people who are struggling with very low income,” Edelman said. “As a country, we’ve taken a huge chunk of the African-American male population, put them in jail and destroyed their lives.” D.C. Schools Project coordinator Princess Adentan (COL ’18), who works tutoring children in vulnerable communities, said the trend is troubling for children’s educational prospects. “Black males are being incarcerated at higher rates than men of other races, and so it’s almost not surprising that black women are the primary breadwinners for their families,” Adentan said. “I think this is definitely a problem in the sense that single-parent households usually have lower education outcomes.”

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Fellows Explore Political Climate, Campaign POLITICS, from A1 Why did you decide to become a fellow with GU Politics? Sinderbrand: This is a return trip for me to the Hilltop. This is eerie. … I’m very happy to be here. I know – or I think I know – exactly what I’ll get when I come back here, which is fantastic discussion with Georgetown students. … It’s the kind of opportunity reporters dream of. Summers: I’m really excited to be here because I think it’s really important as a working journalist to be able to have an opportunity to get beyond the headlines and beyond the sound bites that can often drive campaign coverage … This will be a really great opportunity to be able to have those conversations with students who are smart and engaged and curious about the world around them. Steel: I’m excited because young people are less and less interested in traditional politics. But that doesn’t mean they are unaffected by it or that it’s any less important. So I think it’s critical to learn from students why they’re not engaged by how the system works now and how the system can improve so that people have a greater interest in being involved. Mulhauser: I just moved back to Washington from Beijing seven days ago, so it’s great to be home. After two years in China and 20 years in politics, I’m both

frustrated and excited by all of this. Nothing is more exciting than coming back here, figuring out my own road ahead by talking to the students here, learning where they think things are going. O’Malley: I ran for president and there was nothing more enjoyable about that frustrating experience than every day being with the young people that were the core of my campaign … That gives me a tremendous amount of faith and hope in our country and in our future as a people. So I’m looking forward to spending time with these young, forwardlooking, terrific students at a great university. Could you give me a sense of what you hope to achieve this semester as a fellow and what you think you bring, given your very different backgrounds? Sinderbrand: I am going to be talking about campaign 2016 through a reporter’s point, which is not as someone running a campaign but someone who is observing it very closely, who is talking to the people who are involved in the campaign, who is making decisions about what they think is the most newsworthy element of a story and how we handle those stories … I want to pull back the curtain a little bit about how we do it at the Washington Post every day. Summers: My discussion

group is about race and politics in 2016. I think that will be particularly exciting this political cycle and on this campus. For a variety of reasons, I think now is the time to have that conversation and conversations about race, and what our lived experiences are as it relates to the political cycle. … I think we’ve really seen that come to life in having eight years of the nation’s first black president in President Barack Obama and the rise of the white working class voter that has largely fueled Donald Trump and the demographic changes that will make Latino and Hispanic voters one of the largest voting blocks in this country. I think it’s a really important moment to have this conversation. I hope when students come to my discussion group they feel safe and comfortable to have those conversations with their peers that they share this campus with, where race is obviously a big focal point right now due to Georgetown’s history. Steel: There are a lot of institutions in Washington that aren’t working right now, that are designed more to serve interests rather than the people as a whole. There are a lot of ideas for reforming those institutions that also serve various interests, but not the people. I think we need to start fresh with a blank piece of paper and ask the question, ‘If you

were organizing Congress today, how would you do it? If you were setting up the system to fund our presidential and other elections, how would you do it?’ Hopefully by going back to first principles and figuring out kind of an ideal system, we can come up with proposals that actually help with the way it’s done currently. Mulhauser: I think when we look at what’s coming up in 13 days, the presidential debate that could be the most-watched event of our lifetimes, there are things that do work. So what makes campaigning work and how can campaigning be better? What makes debates work and how can they be better? What makes the media work? The media is doing a tremendous job covering this race. … We’d like to hear more about what they’re doing right and, both with them and others, what can be done better. O’Malley: We’re going to be asking the question every week whether our country is becoming more polarized or less, has the pendulum swung, are we going to be able to recapture some common ground? So we’re going to be looking at issues starting with marriage equality, an issue that moved faster and gained a consensus very, very quickly. We’re going to look also at issues like criminal justice, which we can’t talk about without talking about race

in America. We’re going to look at climate change, immigration reform and ask whether or not the pillars of Catholic social teaching — the dignity of every person, the common good we share and the unity of spirit and matter — might provide some framework and language for consensus. What are your thoughts on the current U.S. political climate, given your different backgrounds? Mulhauser: I came back from two years in China, so it’s pretty rosy from that perspective. Maybe I’m wearing rose-colored glasses, but when you’ve got an electoral system that’s not done behind closed doors, where there is an incredibly dynamic back and forth, it’s not pretty or necessarily what any of us were hoping for, but sometimes comparatively, it depends where you’re standing. Steel: I’m personally incredibly frustrated. I’ve been part of a group that has spent the past 10 years or so recovering from the political effects of the last Bush presidency, winning the House in 2010, helping in a small way to take the majority in the Senate in 2014. This was a year when we had a great opportunity to elect a conservative reform president who would build on those ideas that had been developed the past several years and put those into practice. It is intensely frustrating every

day to see that we seem to have nominated pretty much the only presidential candidate who couldn’t accomplish that goal. Sinderbrand: For a reporter, every single campaign you have to learn something new. The way you deal with people on campaigns, that doesn’t change. But the way we report the news, the pace, the technology — every single time it’s been different. So that’s always an interesting experience. O’Malley: I’m deeply concerned with where we are right now in our country’s politics. I’m so deeply concerned that I ran for president myself. I believe that this election poses a very non-traditional choice, a very stark choice and also presents a bit of a constitutional dilemma given the very unconstitutional positions that Donald Trump has taken on many issues. This, I believe, could well be the most important election. You hear people say that, it almost becomes trite. But we’ve never quite had a constitutional crisis like this, with so much anger, so much polarization, such a deep and broad sense of alienation from our own political leaders, as you have in the electorate right now. Add to that declining wages and you have a very volatile soup here, within which this constitutional crisis will be played out with the choice we all make or don’t make in November.

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GU Politics’ third class of fellows talked about their diverse experiences in media, politics and public service and how they plan to use their experiences to further the discussion on campus regarding politics and the current presidential campaign during their semesterlong terms.

As Selection Nears, Students Evaluate Providers

Both Aramark and Sodexo come under scrutiny for alleged workers’ rights violations DINING, from A1 Emory University decided last year not to renew its contract with Sodexo amid concerns that Sodexo prevented employees from unionizing and providing independent feedback on their employment experience, while students at Seattle Pacific University called for Sodexo’s contract to be dropped amid concerns over workers being paid sub-poverty wages in Latin America. Last spring, Aramark workers at Georgetown spoke out about poor work and wage conditions — including accusations that they experienced inconsistent wage payments, racial discrimination and verbal abuse. After the community presented a petition of 2,021 signatures to Aramark’s management and several demonstrations, the company reached a contract agreement with its employees to implement a fair process for worker unionization and improved working conditions. In its plan, Sodexo, which provides dining services to schools including George Mason University, Northwestern University and Loyola Marymount University, emphasized its proposed changes on sustainability, social justice and meal exchanges. Students from schools with dining halls operated by Sodexo report mixed feelings about the company’s management. Georgetown University Student Association Deputy Chief of Staff Samantha Granville (COL ’17), a sophomore transfer student from

Loyola Marymount University – which uses Sodexo – in Los Angeles, Calif., said her experience with Sodexo dining far exceeded Aramark’s quality.

“Most workers don’t stay for more than a month and they can often be kind of surly. ” Dan waldman Student, Northwestern

“I loved the food at Sodexo at LMU. Everything was really fresh and made to order right in front of you. I was never shocked about what I was getting. There were always a ton of options,” Granville said. “I think Aramark gives us frozen food, and sometimes they defrost it and sometimes they don’t. With Sodexo, I could always count on having a good meal.” However, not all students with Sodexo dining halls are satisfied. Dan Waldman, a sophomore at Northwestern University, said Sodexo employees often feel uncomfortable reporting to management. Service workers at Northwestern wanted the ability to work 40 hours per week, a more manageable work load and fair wages. Sodexo Spokesperson and Director of Business Development for Universities Merlyn Bowen said the company shares Georgetown’s ideals of social justice. “I’m hoping that [stu-

dents] can see the differences in the company philosophy, especially our focus on food and the focus of our institution in terms of the Jesuit culture and what’s important to us as an organization as it relates to fair practices, social justice, sustainability, the type of dining partner that we are, not just from a food perspective, but in all of the other issues,” Bowen said in an interview with The Hoya. However, Waldman said Sodexo employees at Northwestern tend to express frustration while at work. “It seems like most workers don’t stay for more than a month and they can often be kind of surly,” Waldman wrote. “I’ve heard workers talk about not liking Sodexo to each other and a lot of them talk under their breath but I haven’t seen anything really that has caught my eye.” Workers’-rights advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee Member Joseph Gomez (COL ’19) said GSC has not been involved in the selection process but is aware of the reports about Sodexo’s working conditions. “No one from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee is directly involved in the selection of the new dining vendor, but we’re very aware of what’s at stake, and we’re monitoring the situation closely,” Gomez wrote in an email to The Hoya. Bowen said fair labor treatment is a priority for Sodexo. “How we treat people is fundamentally at our coremost self, in terms of an organization, a huge piece of how we operate. It per-

meates through our entire philosophy from human resources, staffing, how we build our concepts, how we build our labor models, how we work together with unions.” Bowen said. “It’s fundamentally a huge part of who we are.” Similarly, Aramark Higher Education Vice President of Strategic Development Tim Grant said supporting workers’ professional development is crucial for Aramark’s success. “A critical element to what we are prepared to bring forward is further development of the individuals who are Georgetown dining services today,” Grant said in an interview with The Hoya. “The training, development, career, personal advancement, professional advancement for really the entire staff, because in order to deliver something new, the people that are expected to deliver it need the skills, they need the tools, they need the environment to work in to enable the execution of the program so that’s a critical piece of what we are displaying here.” GUSA President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) met with Sodexo and Aramark representatives to discuss protecting workers’ rights, and said that both providers were similar in their policies. “So far as we have heard with both providers, there won’t really be much of a difference of treatment and benefits overall just sort of social justice oriented policies. It looks relatively the same for both,” Khan said. GUSA Vice President Chris Fisk (COL ’17) said he has met with student activ-

ists to listen to their concerns about the providers’ history of workers’ rights violations.

“There’s tons of detail when it comes into what Leo’s could look like in the future, what Hoya Court could look like. ” Joelle wiese Vice President, Auxiliary Business Services

“We’ve been putting them in contact with each district manager each day,” Fisk said. “We’ve been asking questions of the same sort, talking about union relations, what will the process of transition be for both companies, things like that, so it has not been something that we have taken lightly. We’ve been in the process of asking the same pointed questions to both companies over the past two days.” The Office of Auxiliary Business Services’ Request for Proposal Committee, which oversees the dining provider selection process, began searching for providers last year, ahead of the expiration of Aramark’s contract with the university. Both providers indicated that the first floor of Leo’s could include retail offerings including Chick-fil-A and the Habit Burger Grill. According to GUSA Senator Saad Bashir (SFS ’19), the RFP Committee provided the two companies with guidelines for their proposed changes to meal

plans, meal exchange, retail options and overall dining experience, which include significant renovations to Leo’s. Vice President for Auxiliary Business Services Joelle Wiese said the presentations demonstrate improvements that can be made in dining services. “Both companies presented very well, they have very interesting programs and I think everybody was able to kind of go around,” Wiese said. “There’s tons of detail when it comes into what Leo’s could look like in the future, what Hoya Court could look like in the future, what is the people experience for the employees with their training development programs, what are the social justices and sustainability elements that both of these companies have, and I’m really understanding the food, the quality of the food.” Wiese also said any structural changes to Leo’s would be funded by the contractor, not student tuition. According to Khan, the RFP Committee is planning to host a town hall in coming weeks after the results of feedback forms sent to students who visited the showcases are examined. “The open houses were a result of student advocacy and saying ‘we really need engagement’ and, moving forward, that model will continue,” Khan said. “So whether it’s a town hall [where] we will have with the administration for students to voice explicitly, ‘we like this provider versus this provider,’ throughout the process we would like to continue that [effort].”

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DCPS AP Participation Soars CAPS Decreases Charges Marina Pitofsky Hoya Staff Writer

District of Columbia Public Schools saw a 73 percent increase in the number of students taking Advanced Placement exams since 2010, as well as a 34 percent increase in the number of students passing these exams, though their passing rate is still well below the national average, according to The Washington Post. Nearly 3,000 District students took AP tests in May, a success that DCPS spokesperson Janae Hinson attributed to the collective effort of area guidance counselors, teachers and students. “Over the past few years, DCPS guidance counselors have encouraged students to take AP courses, teachers have helped raised the bar by teaching these rigorous courses, and more students have risen to the challenge,” Hinson wrote in an email to The Hoya. Despite District students passing their AP tests at higher rates than five years ago, their 35 percent passage rate is far below the national average of 60 percent. Although participation in AP courses has also increased in the District’s lower-income schools, there is still a wide gap between students taking the tests and students passing the tests. At Anacostia High School, 47 students took AP tests in 2016 and none passed. At Ballou High School, 74 students took AP tests this year and only one passed. Anacostia High School and Ballou High School did not respond to a request for comment as of 2:30 a.m..

Hinson said DCPS is committed to raising this percentage through improving resources and training for AP teachers and developing pre-AP courses to ensure that students are prepared. “DC Public Schools is committed to equity and access, and we’re proud of the progress we’ve made in the number of students taking AP courses and AP exams,” Hinson wrote. “In addition, AP courses are open to all students who are willing to put forth the work that it takes to succeed in a college-level class while still in high school. Though we aspire for all students to pass their exams, we believe that every student benefits from the experience and rigor of taking collegelevel courses in high school.” This academic year, every DCPS high school is required to offer at least eight AP courses. However, some schools such as Woodrow Wilson High School have more than 30 AP course offerings for students. Wilson High School had the highest number of students in D.C. taking at least one exam this year, an accomplishment Principal Kimberly Martin attributes to school counselors and teachers identifying the best courses for students to take within the program. “I think part of the success is that our counselors really do a great job of trying to encourage students who have an interest or a passion in a particular subject area to pursue the most rigorous content in that course area,” Martin said. “Also, our teachers are very well-equipped at recognizing a student’s ability in, say, history or English

or math or science and then moving those students to the right area as far as the most challenging AP class that they can take.” This year also marks the first time in over 15 years Wilson High School has had over 50 percent of its students receive a passing score of 3 or above on their AP exams. However, Martin stressed that Wilson High School supports all students in their AP program. “We’re incredibly proud of that number, but we’re also proud of the student who gives it their very best shot, maybe a student who is learning English as a second language or a student who has an [Individualized Education Plan] and says ‘I’m going to give this a shot no matter what’ and gets exposure to content that is very rich, to classroom discussions that are complex, rich and multifaceted, just like they will receive in college” Martin said. At the School Without Walls, a District magnet school, students must take “AP Language and Composition” as well as “AP World History” in order to graduate. Principal Richard Trogisch said this helps give students a leg up when applying to college, but he added that the School Without Walls’ primary focus is introducing students to rigorous material. “It gets students prepared to the rigor of college, and it introduces them to more thought-provoking critical thinking and problem-solving that wasn’t necessarily involved in our traditional curriculum,” Trogisch said.

CAPS, from A1 CAPS Director Phil Meilman said he sees the revision of the payment policy as part of a universitywide — as well as nationwide — endeavor to meet the oftenneglected mental health needs of undergraduate students. “[Changing the payment policy] is one step in the process,” Meilman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Almost every college counseling center around the nation is challenged to meet the full range of demand for services, and some centers even have three-to-four-month waiting lists. The good news is that it has never been the case at Georgetown.” CAPS has also hired new staff this semester and is working to add members throughout the year in anticipation of increased demand for mental health services in response to lower fees. “We hope to add more staff and space next year,” Meilman wrote. “The unknown factor is what effect the new fee schedule will have on staff availability. Irrespective of this, emergencies will continue to be seen on a same-day basis.” A 2015 study by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University shows the number of mental health service requests on college campuses is growing five times faster than the national rate of university enrollment. GUSA Deputy Chief of Staff Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS ’17) said the program will

help cover the often overlooked indirect financial costs associated with surviving a sexual assault, which can be particularly burdensome when combined with the cost of mental health services.

“The unknown factor is what effect the new fee schedule will have on staff availability.” PHIL MEILMAN Director, Counseling and Psychiatric Services

“The economic costs of violence for survivors of sexual assault can include but are not limited to: medical expenses, tutoring, counseling services, lost tuition if a student has to withdraw, lost scholarships, transit to court hearings, alternate housing, student loan interest, and course drop/change fees,” Hinerfeld wrote in an email to The Hoya. In April, CAPS implemented a program providing a semester of free counseling for students reporting that they are dealing with a sexual assault as well as alleged perpetrators. The average cost of violence for a survivor can cost as much as $151,423, according to Hinerfeld. Aidan Thaggard (MSB ’19) said there has been a shift in the attitude of college

students toward seeking mental health services but that there is still room for progress. “Obviously the most ridiculous thing in the case of providing mental health care on campus would be to prevent people from being able to receive the care just because they can’t afford it,” Thaggard said. “But I don’t know if [changing the payment policy] changes the problem of misinformation about mental health and what mental health issues look like. I think a lot of people still wouldn’t seek initial care regardless of what the cost for follow-ups is just because they don’t think they have mental health problems or aren’t interested in seeking mental health care.” Levy said the process of expanding access to CAPS on campus will not only entail changing prices and policies, but also ending the stigma related to seeking help for mental health issues. “In a perfect world, CAPS would not only be inexpensive for students, but it would also have the resources to offer longterm care and would be socially accepted as a normal resource for all students to utilize,” Levy wrote. “The GUSA Mental Health Policy Team will keep working to push for increased resources for CAPS, and student groups like Active Minds will continue to create conversations on campus around mental health and improving our community on the Hilltop.”

Local Professors, Students Analyze Political Culture Assaults Repeated CULTURE, from A1

GUPD, from A1 knife. An assault targeting an undergraduate student occurred Aug. 24 as the student was entering her residence in Village A. Another student was assaulted Sept. 6 on Potomac and N Street NW. A fourth student was sexual assaulted on 35 and N Street NW. Additionally, MPD listed another sexual assault, occurring Aug. 23, near the intersection of 37 and T Street NW. GUPD Chief Jay Gruber said GUPD will be increasing patrols in areas around campus such as the townhouses, Alumni Square, LXR and the Walsh building in response to the recent assaults. Gruber also noted that MPD is aware of the increase in assaults in the area and will also be increasing its patrols in areas surrounding Georgetown’s campus in conjunction with GUPD. “We’re working with the Metropolitan Police Department, second district,” Gruber said. “They have let us know that they will increase patrols and pay special attention to this area.” According to the MPD, it is investigating a possible connection between the incidents. Gruber said the suspects are still at large. He noted there appeared to be two people committing the crimes based on the descriptions provided by the victims. A suspect in two of the attacks has been described as a possibly Hispanic male in his early twenties, 5’6’’ in height. Another suspect has been described as 6’1’’ in height. The other suspect was described as a black male between 5’9’’to 5’11’’ in height, with a slim build. “I think that some of them are connected; some of them are the same suspects. But, we have two different descriptions of two different males,” Gruber said. “But it looks like at least a couple of these have been perpetrated by the same offender.” Gruber said students who are out at night should take advantage of Georgetown’s safety resources such as SafeRides shuttle and police escorts available 24 hours per day. Gruber also advised students to exercise caution when walking at night. “Our expectation is to be able to walk wherever you want and be unfettered,” Gruber said. “Reality is that in the city, there are people that do these things. So, people need to take the extra step to keep themselves safe.”

GU Politics was established to increase political engagement and interest in public service among young people. As part of these efforts, GU Politics established a fellows program with politicians, political operatives and political journalists including former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) this semester and has hosted a series of speakers, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (RWis.) last spring. Having hosted speakers ranging from Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) to former Republican Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina in the past year alone and panels broaching topics like conservative feminism, the university caters to students of every political stripe, according to Elleithee. “I think the conventional wisdom is that as a whole it is slightly left of center but I would argue that it is about as diverse as the country,” Elleithee said. “Just in my short time back on campus, when I came back about a year ago, I have seen a very active group of progressive students, an active group of conservative students and an active group of libertarian students in terms of ideology.”

Agreeing to Disagree

When government professor Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., conducted an anonymous poll in his comparative political systems class on Sept. 15, he discovered 59 percent of his 230 responding students identified as Democrats, 22 percent as Independents, 15 percent as Republicans, three percent as Libertarians and one percent as Green Party voters. He further found 71 percent of his class planned on casting their ballots for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, while nine percent planned to vote Donald Trump. While Carnes said the sample was not perfectly representative of the student body as a whole, the results likely represent the political distribution at Georgetown. “I would put Georgetown’s political standing left of center as probably the average university of the United States, but I think we have more outspoken Republican students willing to speak up, and more moderate students than you might see at a university if you were just to pick at random,” Carnes said. “I’m really impressed by how committed to open and rigorous debate Georgetown is.” Georgetown’s political groups exemplify a high level of student engagement by Georgetown students in national politics. The GU College Democrats host more than

100 members in its leadership this semester, and nearly 1,300 members in its mailing list — roughly one in five undergraduates, according to GUCD President Mattie Haag (COL ’18). Comparatively, the GU College Republicans estimate 250 members in its club, 70 of which are active club participants, according to GUCR Director of Membership Hunter Estes (SFS ’19). During a simulated Iowa Caucus event hosted by the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Institute of Politics and Public Service in February, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swept an 89 percent victory over Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (D-Vt.) 11 percent, while Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) won the largest share among Republican students at 30 percent. GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump failed to place within the top three Republican candidates after being edged out by Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio.) and former Gov. Jeb Bush (RFla.). Despite Clinton’s popularity during Georgetown’s informal Iowa Mockus, GU College Democrats Chair Mattie Haag (COL ’18) said she initially worried the more progressively liberal members of her organization would be too disillusioned with the Democratic establishment to support Clinton as the nominee. Yet Haag found, coming into this semester, almost all GUCD members uniformly backed Clinton. “It’s been cool to see that everybody regardless of their differing views within the Democratic Party has been getting behind and excited about Hillary,” Haag said. “When it comes to the really big, important ideas, so things that matter to moderates and progressives, it really has not been as much as a problem as I would have foreseen, and I think we would have become very strong as an organization coming into the election.” Kevin Toohers (COL ’17), editor-in-chief of the GU College Republican’s publication The Right Way – which is set to relaunch in October with an expanded staff under the name The Georgetown Review – said many within the organization have been reluctant to embrace Trump as their nominee. “In general, there is an uncomfortableness with Donald Trump among Georgetown conservatives,” Toohers said. “We’ve been focusing more on congressional-level campaigns rather than being involved in the presidential election, largely due to the lack of support toward Donald Trump here on campus.” However, Trump supporter Zach Hughbanks (MSB ’18) said a sizable amount of Trump

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GU Politics hosted several speakers last year as part of its programming, including 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). backers at Georgetown are driven underground by a stigma that accompanies identifying with the nominee, which precluded the creation of a formal student organization centered around his election. “There are a sizable amount of people who would be willing to join; it’s just no one would want to deal with the horrible backlash you would receive to start a Hoyas for Trump group,” Hughbanks said. “I’ve had classes where teachers have said ‘I’m sure there’s two or three Trump supporters,’ but no one would want to be handed that mantle.” Hoyas for Hillary has been active on campus this election cycle. Hoyas for Hillary organized campaign trips to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania in the spring through Hillary for America.

Navigating a political campus

Sociology professor Leslie Hinkson, who teaches a course titled “Education and Society,” emphasized the university’s role in not only developing political ideas but also their expression. She said the more publicly divisive displays of political affiliation that often occur at large, public universities are typically tempered at smaller, private universities such as Georgetown. “At state schools, you’ll see things like an affirmative action bake sale or things like students mimicking crossing the border, things that are intended to shock, whereas in smaller, private, more estab-

lished universities, you’ll see there are spaces for college conservatives to do the same thing except with accessible or acceptable discourse out in the open,” Hinkson said. “It’s a lot more polite and less controversial at Georgetown.” Despite this, Michael Parmiter (MSB ’18), a Trump supporter, said this belies a climate of political correctness that can prove stifling for political discourse on campus, particularly for conservatives. “I would say that it’s the same here as other universities. The politically correct movement doesn’t want to offend anyone, they want safe spaces and trigger warnings, which I think is very antithetical to what a university is supposed to be,” Parmiter said. “They just label people as racist, sexist, all these kinds of things, and it doesn’t foster dialogue really to understand where people who support Trump are coming from.”

Rooted in religion

Toohers acknowledged the difficulty of being a conservative student at Georgetown after observing a tension between the school’s Catholic identity and some of its liberal policies. “I think it’s a constant question that Georgetown wrestles with, often framed as how Georgetown can be a Catholic university in the 21st century,” Toohers said. “So I think there can be a disconnect at times. I think one of the bigger examples of this was last spring when the president of Planned Parenthood came to

campus and that was really a time when conservative students felt slighted by the administration’s response to the issue and how they handled the issue.” However, Carnes said the university’s Catholicism has taken an unprecedented role in shaping the university’s political discourse. “I would argue that the Catholic identity has never been more vibrant and what that means is a Catholicism that’s intelligent, that’s willing to open a dialogue, a Catholic university in which every aspect of the Catholicism is to affirm and cherish and vibrantly alive,” Carnes said. “I would argue actually that it’s the more informed Catholicism than in an earlier generation was unquestioned or often the only voice at the table.” McCourt School of Public Policy professor E.J. Dionne, who teaches the course “Religion and American Politics,” said the university’s Catholic roots are conducive to an openness that facilitates polices that transcend party lines. “We have had in our class some really wonderful discussions that cross a lot of different lines — Denominational lines, racial lines, different views on social issues, and I’ve always had the sense that Georgetown may be more diverse in the range of views among students, partly because of our Catholic identity, but partly because our being in Washington means we draw a lot of students with an activist orientation, from all over the spectrum,” Dionne said.

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Eleven New Clubs Join Recognized Groups for Fall Tala Al Rajjal Hoya Staff Writer

Eleven clubs – from the recently reinstated men’s club lacrosse to the new Saudi Students Association – have joined more than 200 existing clubs recognized by the Council of Advisory Boards at Georgetown this fall. Other new clubs include education charity One World Youth Project, visual arts group bodoni creative, bipartisan political group No Labels and activist group Georgetown Student Farmworker Alliance.

“I would definitely love to see more clubs out there.” janhvi bhojwani (SFS ’17) Chair, Council of Advisory Boards

The process to become an active club takes approximately one semester. All the recently CAB-affiliated clubs applied for recognition in January of last year. CAB started the process to launch new clubs this year on Sept. 15 and expects to confirm all new u n i ve r s i t y - r e c o g n i z e d student organizations on campus by Oct. 2. These clubs will be able to participate in the spring semester CAB fair. CAB contains the six advisory boards on campus — the Student Activities Commission, the Advisory Board for Club Sports, the Performing Arts Advisory Council, the Media Board, the Campus Ministry Student Forum and the Center for Social Justice Advisory Board for Student Organizations — that decide which organizations will be accepted. Organizations are given access to university benefits, ranging from funding to rights to reserve on-cam-

pus space. Two key criteria for assessing potential student organizations are sustained interest and originality, according to Advisory Board for Club Sports Chair Daniel Fain (COL ’18). “CAB wants to ensure that each club we accept into New Club Development will have sustained, significant interest, and will serve a mission that is both in line with our university’s values and is not currently served by another group on campus,” Fain wrote in an email to The Hoya. Council of Advisory Boards Chair Janhvi Bhojwani (SFS ’17) said CAB is committed to addressing student interests, as long as the club is not duplicative of any other organization on campus. “We want to continue to improve student life on campus and we want to make sure that if there is an interest, then we want to be able to provide an outlet for it,” Bhojwani said. “We have a lot of meaningful discussions as to if [clubs] will overlap with any clubs in existence right now or if it’s something that Georgetown really needs and has an audience for but no outlet for.” According to Bhojwani, another criteria is ensuring that new clubs attract a varied and committed group of students. “Part of the concern with the new club development process is making sure there are people in varieties of different years to ensure members aren’t all seniors who graduate and the club dies out,” Bhojwani said. In addition to verifying that a potential organization serves a unique purpose and will have at least 12 members to sustain it, the advisory boards have also engaged in a dialogue asking clubs to re-evaluate their level of exclusivity, according to Fain. Several clubs at Georgetown are known for exclusivity. Students of Georgetown, Inc. had an 18 percent acceptance rate

NO LABELS GEORGETOWN

Eleven new clubs have gone through the semesterlong process and are now recognized by the Council of Advisory Boards, adding to the more than 200 existing clubs on campus. last fall, while the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union had a nine percent acceptance rate. “CAB places particular focus on ensuring that new organizations are as inclusive as possible by actively discouraging unnecessarily competitive application structures,” Fain wrote in an email to The Hoya. No Labels, led by Musa Bassey (COL ’18), was established under the Student Activities Commission. No Labels seeks to write about, discuss and organize programming around domestic political issues through a lens

of bipartisan cooperation and consensus. No Labels was launched last year, but only gained CAB affiliation this semester. Bassey said that nonpartisan dialogue on campus is important, particularly during the current presidential election cycle. “What we’re trying to do with No Labels is create a space where everyone can express their views, so that we can get past the toxic process of 2016, acknowledging the divisions that have come up, while also moving past them,” Bassey said. Film group Hoyawood founder Chad Davis (SFS ’19) said he helped found

Hoyawood when he realized there was no a longer a creative outlet for his passion in film. “When I came to Georgetown I really wanted to get involved in Hoyawood because I am really passionate about film as an art form. But once I found out that it no longer existed at Georgetown, one of my friends, J.J. Woronoff (MSB ’19), and I decided to reboot it because we knew that there were definitely other people who have that same interest,” Davis said. Newly established organizations are assigned to the advisory board best suited to their club’s subject and purpose.

Bhojwani said she was optimistic for the future of the Council of Advisory Boards and hopes to establish a larger volume of clubs on campus. “I would definitely love to see more clubs out there. I’m a transfer student so I came from a school that had over 600 clubs, and now coming to Georgetown I feel like there are a lot more clubs that can be here, so I’m really excited to be a part of the process,” Bhojwani said. “Personally, I want the advisory boards to be as efficient and transparent as possible and help student activities further.”

Panelists Discuss Anger in Election GUSA Rebukes Greek Life Email Ellen Baker Hoya Staff Writer

Less than two months before the presidential election, anger continues to brew among the American electorate partially due to the lack of honesty from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump, according to a panel sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life on Tuesday. Panelists at the event, titled “Faith, Anger and Trust in Campaign 2016,” included syndicated columnist and PBS NewsHour commentator Mark Shields, visiting fellow at The Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies Melinda Henneberger, The Atlantic Magazine Senior Associate Editor Emma Green (COL ’12) and the Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib. Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life John Carr moderated the event. According to Carr, this year’s presidential campaign has been driven mostly by anger instead of money. “It’s been an unusual year,” Carr said. “It’s been a year where, in some ways, anger and movements have mattered more than money.” Seib said this anger is rooted in economics, corrupt institutions and a broken political system. “The two most powerful emotions in politics are fear and anger: a fear of the future and an anger at the present. And that’s I think where we are,” Seib said. Henneberger said social media has placed an entertainment value on anger. “I think it turns out that venting constantly, instead of being cathartic, just leads to more venting,” Henneberger said. Many polls point to a theme of resignation among voters who prefer neither candidate, according to Green.

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versity for more than two centuries.” In its statement, GUSA The Georgetown Uni- defended the role of Greek versity Student Associa- life on campus. tion pushed back against “As we have gotten to a campus-wide email dis- know members of differcouraging the presence of ent Greek organizations Greek life on campus sent here, we are overwhelmby Associate Vice Presi- ingly convinced that student for Student Affairs dents in Georgetown’s and Dean of Students Dr. Greek community are Jeanne Lord and Vice Pres- Hoyas first and foremost,” ident for Student Affairs GUSA’s statement read. Dr. Todd Olson this week. “The Greek letters they In a statement emailed wear are in no way a reto the placement student for the Blue body and and Gray, posted on but rather Facebook an affirmaon Thurstion and day, GUSA celebration President of their E n u s h e experiKhan (MSB ences on ’17), Vice the Hilltop President and a comChris Fiske mitment (COL ’17) to passing and the the GeorgeGUSA Exgeorgetown university town expestudent association ecutive rience on expressed to the next their disagreement with generation of Hoyas.” Olson and Lord’s email. GUSA Liaison to Greek In a campus-wide email Council Tucker Cowden Wednesday, Olson and (MSB ’17) said GUSA hoped Lord wrote that Greek or- the statement would afganizations are both high firm to students their risk and counter to George- right to join Greek organitown’s values. Olson and zations. Lord sent a similar email “The response was not reminding students of the adversarial but really just university’s policy against designed to affirm to the Greek life last year. student body, particu“Experience and nation- larly new students who al data have shown that are still sorting through social Greek organiza- various opportunities tions are often associated to get involved on camwith serious high risk be- pus, that GUSA supports havior, including hazing their rights to freedom and alcohol abuse,” Olson of speech and association and Lord wrote. “George- and that the university town’s decision not to sup- does not need to formally port a social Greek system recognize an organization reflects our concerns for for it to be a worthwhile the safety and well-being opportunity for Georgeof our students, and is town students,” Cowden rooted in the values that wrote in an email to The have animated this uni- Hoya. Hoya Staff Writer

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The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life sponsored the panel “Faith, Anger and Trust in Campaign 2016,” which focused on the current political climate. The polls for this election also include a new fourth response. In the past, the most common responses included were either “Candidate A,” “Candidate B” or “I don’t know.” This year, however, a fourth answer was added: “neither,” due to the large partition of the population who have made purposeful decisions to not vote for either candidate because of a strong dislike of both Clinton and Trump. Henneberger said voters do not trust politicians because of their dishonesty. Bernie Sander’s (I-Vt.) popularity during the Democratic primary exemplified this fact, according to Henneberger. “In American politics, someone, like we saw with Bernie Sanders, could do very well trying something way out of the box, like telling the truth and letting the chips fall,” Henneberger said. Shields said both Clinton and Trump tailor their speeches based on whom they are addressing in an effort to appease voters — further confirming their dishonest images. “They are saying what they

think the group wants to hear, to please them. It’s a terrible, distorting, contorting experience,” Shields said. Both candidates also lack strong religious identities, according to the panelists. Seib said the vice presidential candidates, however, have strong religious backgrounds. “They’ve really thought about faith; they have an idea. I think you could have a very interesting faith conversation between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence,” Seib said. “I find it hard to imagine what the faith conversation would be between the two presidential candidates.” Despite the lack of focus on religion from the presidential candidates, Shields said religion still plays an important role in presidential politics. “There wouldn’t have been an abolitionist movement in this country but for the Quakers, the Anglicans and the Methodists. There wouldn’t have been an anti-war movement or a women’s movement but for the churches,” Shields said. “Religion and politics had their troubles,

but America is a far better place and a far more just place because of the political engagement of committed religious Americans.” Irene Koo (COL ’16) said she found the talk useful in understanding the current political climate. “I thought that it was really refreshing. Everything they were saying about how we can learn lessons from this election and how all of the longer-term boiling emotions of anger and distrust can form how we make decisions about politics and change the discourse for the future,” Koo said. Alexis Larios (COL ’18) said he appreciated that the panelists addressed the election from a Catholic perspective that she had not previously considered. “I think a lot about how my other identities intersect with my voting, but I never think about how my Catholic identity intersects, so it was interesting to hear that side revealed and how other Catholics are dealing with that,” Larios said.

“The Greek letters they wear are in no way a replacement for the Blue and Gray, but rather an affirmation.”

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Melties co-founder Molham Krayem (MSB ’17) smiles while selling his startup’s specialty product. Melties projects to expand operations in 2018 with a food truck.

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are the customers’ choice of chocolate or vanilla ice cream. According to Krayem, high-quality ingredients, in addition to a secret recipe, makes Melties’ product unique. “The things that make our ice cream cookie sandwiches stand out are our secret cookie recipe, exclusive deal with a premier D.C. ice cream shop, which is where we get our ice cream,” Krayem said. In addition, the ice cream sandwiches are freshly prepared, further enhancing their quality and flavor, according to Krayem. “We warm up our cookies our mini conveyor oven on the spot and the ice cream sandwiches are to order, so they are made right there right in front of you,” Krayem said. Krayem said the ice cream sandwiches themselves are not the only crucial part of the business. Melties’ 11 employees are all current Georgetown students and are vital to the success of the startup. “My team is phenomenal. I don’t know where I’d be without them, to be honest,” Krayem said. “They range from — when we started — freshman to seniors across all different schools.” Krayem stressed customer service as a key focus of

Melties. “Our motto and mission is to literally — it’s three words — ‘make their day,’” Krayem said. “It is what we stand for,” Krayem said. The business has earned a competitive semesterlong place at the GU Farmers Market. The GU Farmers Market board assesses potential vendors on the basis of the locality of their ingredients, the diversity they add to the market and their contributions to the Georgetown community. According to Abraham Fraifeld (SFS ’17), a board member of the GU Farmers Market, Melties exemplifies all these characteristics in its connection to the campus community. Farmers Market vendors are also required to have 60 percent of their ingredients sourced from within 260 miles of the D.C. area, both qualifications that Melties meets. Fraifeld said Melties is a special instance of a student-run business that is a good fit for the Farmers Market. “Melties is this exceptional case of a student-run business that operates extremely maturely and with the kind of energy that you rarely see, even in outside vendors,” Fraifeld said. “They definitely fit the community role, and they definitely fit the role that we want vendors to play.”

Krayem plans to continue his involvement with Melties after graduation. “After I leave, Melties will still be running on campus; the rest of the team will be managing. So I won’t be CEO, I’ll be sort of an advisor,” Krayem said. “Outside of campus, we’ll probably expand into a store front or a food truck in 2018.” Melties has also set up its stand at a variety of other on-campus events. For instance, the McDonough School of Business recently hired Melties to cater an ice cream social celebrating its 60th anniversary. Abby Littleton (NHS ’18), who visited Melties in the spring said the variety of products is one of its major selling points. “The fact that there’s variety is very welcoming to those of us who like to change it up,” Littleton said. “I prefer the chocolate ice cream in the middle.” Meredith Forsyth (SFS ’19) considers herself one of Melties’ many fans. “I really loved Melties ice cream sandwiches when I tried them at the Farmers Market last semester,” Forsyth said. “The combination of warm cookies and ice cream, with a bunch of great flavor combos, was the perfect snack on a hot day.”

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Ingrassia also noted that Apple has a history of making similar marketing moves to the iPhone 7 launch. “This is not the first time that they have done something similar: Instead of using the standard USB cable, the original Apple had its own proprietary – and expensive – cable,” Ingrassia said. “Next, Apple introduced the lightning cable and continued the tradition of refusing to use the standard and instead introducing their own, more expensive cable.” However, despite opposition to the design, Apple is unlikely to lose many customers from the design change, according to Goodstein. “Their loyalist ... following seems to adopt whatever they put out with few exceptions,” Goodstein said.

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media accounts and post pictures of the clothing they are willing to lend to other users. On the app, clothing will be available for a three-day rental period for a one-time fee of $5, $10 or $15. Users will be held accountable if the clothing is not returned or is returned in poor condition. However, according to Yang, a large part of Dressmate’s mission is social connection. For instance, when users have to coordinate with each other to pick up and drop off clothing, the app facilitates new relationships. “The overall arching mission of Dressmate is to bring people together,” Yang said. Maddie Westrick (SFS ’18), a campus representative for Dressmate, is looking forward to the convenience and the possibilities of a wide lending and borrowing system. “It’s really exciting to try a different look one day, have different clothing options that I wouldn’t normally think of and make connections with other girls with similar interests,” Westrick said. As well as personal style and party outfits, Dressmate provides a resource for women entering the workforce. Professional clothing is espe-

cially expensive and students frequently cannot afford to buy suits, skirts and tops. A shopper could easily spend over $200 in purchasing the components of a mid-priced suit for an interview from the online catalogues of brands like Ann Taylor or Nordstrom. Lisa Liu (MSB ’19), another campus representative for Dressmate, is looking forward to the launch because of its support of professional development with a supply of work attire. “Dressmate means an opportunity to try out things you don’t have the opportunity to,” Liu said. “As a sophomore who’s just starting to look into the professional world, I haven’t built up my business wardrobe yet, so I personally will be using Dressmate to get work outfits.” According to Yang, after Dressmate’s launch at Georgetown, the company will seek to expand to other universities in D.C. and then to universities in New York City, and, if Yang and Simons’ goal is met, to 40 universities nationwide. “College is a really important time to development, not just as a person but also to your style,” Yang said. “It’s right before you enter the real world. This is your last time to try different things, and I don’t think your budget

should determine what your style is like.” Jeff Reid, an adjunct professor of strategy at the McDonough School of Business and the founding director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, commented on the dynamic entrepreneurial culture at Georgetown, of which Dressmate is a part. “The fact that we have a lot of companies that have thrived is a great tribute to Georgetown students,” Reid said. “Georgetown students are likely to see problems in the world and want to solve them. Our entrepreneurial culture gets stronger every year.” Victoria Santiago (COL ’19) said the professional attire and formal aspects of Dressmate appeal to her and that the startup presents college women with an opportunity for additional income. “I definitely see the value in attaining a professional wardrobe that you wouldn’t otherwise,” Santiago said. “I don’t know personally if I would use the going-out clothes, unless it was for a formal event, but I do think it’s a good way, even as a college student who might have a decent wardrobe, to make a little money on the side. I’d strongly support it.”

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“Headphone jacks will require significant behavior change, as some people will have to buy new headphones and adapters to charge ... [their] ... phone[s] and listen to music at the same time,” Blanchard said. However, Blanchard also suggested that the lack of earbuds could help Apple make a profit. “It helps with phone design, and helps get users more committed to — and stuck into — the Apple ecosystem,” Blanchard said. “They did the same thing when they removed all CD drives in their MacBooks, people complained, realized that they didn’t really need it, and over time ... adapted.” Goodstein added that Apple’s wireless headphones are inconvenient for consumers, but a sound marketing move by the cutting-edge technol-

ogy giant, which holds a market capitalization, or a value in the stock market, of $622 billion. “Earbuds with no attached wires — great. Probability of losing several pairs along the way — hugely high. Overall opinion, bad idea for customers, great idea for Apple,” Goodstein said. Some Georgetown students also had the perception that Apple was guilty of price gouging in the release of the iPhone 7. Tim Ingrassia (COL ’18), a computer science major, did not see the merit in Apple’s decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 design. “I feel like it is a largely unnecessary removal,” Ingrassia said. “The 3.5 millimeter jack has had a long history … it’s been in use for long because it is simple, and it works well. To remove the headphone jack is purely a monetary move by Apple.”

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Uber seemed to be just starting out and most of our customers used cabs,” Angus said. “Now we have our own service, UberEATS. I think that shows their exponential growth.” Despite their competitiveness, Uber and Lyft share a common competitor in public transportation: the Metro. Washington, D.C., is home to the second-busiest metro system in the United States, offering more than 215 million trips in fiscal year 2015 according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. SafeTrack, the yearlong maintenance plan for the D.C. Metro system initiated by WMATA last June, has reduced capacity, shortened hours of operation and lengthened travel times on the rail lines, making ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber a more desirable alternative for many travelers. Last March, when D.C.’s metro system experienced an emergency one-day shutdown, Uber reported a 50 percent increase in its drivers on the road compared to an average weekday. This development indicated ridesharing services are the second choice of many commuters. SafeTrack consists of 15 phases — or “surges” in WMATA terminology — eight of which have already been completed. Surge nine, which began Thursday, will require single tracking on much of the Orange Line until late next month. The SafeTrack plan and Georgetown’s relative inaccessibility via Metro make the suburb a potentially lucrative market for ridesharing companies. Lyft is taking advantage of the construction by offering 25 percent off to morning commuters who opt in to a discount program. However, evening rush hour can be just as busy, if not more so, than morning commutes because

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Ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber benefit from Metro rail closures from the SafeTrack program that hampers commuters. of people going out to eat. Cafe Milano guest relations representative Allyson Medina said Lyft Premier might have a positive effect on the restaurant’s business, considering many of its guests use ride-sharing services. “I suppose, in an indirect way, Lyft Premier will cause a competition for Uber BLACK and potentially drive down prices, affording our clients the ability to have more money to spend on dinner,” Medina wrote in an email to The Hoya. Professor of biblical literature Tod Linafelt sees the utility of ridesharing, but has ethical concerns with their business models, which might actually be exacerbated by greater market competition. “I like the convenience it offers, but I’m ideologically opposed to the economic model,” Linafelt said. “People are working for low pay, no benefits and the money tends to go back into the corporation.” Lower prices could mean less money in drivers’ pockets. According to idrivewithuber.com, a website dedicated to providing news

and information to the ride-sharing community, Uber nets 20 percent of the fare price while drivers keep the remaining 80 percent. The Washingtonian reported that in May of last year, D.C. Lyft drivers made an average of $13.95 per trip, while D.C. Uber drivers made an average of $12.17, much lower than the nation-wide averages for both companies. Some Georgetown students are not convinced the new Lyft option is best for most consumers. Despite the profitability of ride-sharing companies in general, Max Rosner (COL ’18 ), who sometimes uses ride-sharing services, is not convinced that Lyft Premier is effectively targeting the company’s average customer, namely, college students and young adults. “The issue with luxury services, especially on apps, is they reach a very small demographic especially within a younger consumer base,” Rosner said. “I think luxury cars appeal to older populations, and they’re unlikely to use apps in the first place.”

BUSINESS & TECH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

BUSINESS BITS MSB ALUM RICH BATTISTA (GSB ’86) NEW CEO OF TIME INC. McDonough School of Business alumnus Rich Battista (GSB ’86) was appointed CEO of Time Inc. this week, replacing former CEO Joe Ripp who leaves his role citing a “health incident,” according to CNNMoney, and moves to a new position as executive chairman of the $1.45 billion media company. Time Inc. owns over 80 title publications including its namesake, Time Magazine, as well as Fortune Magazine, Life Magazine and Sports Illustrated in addition to other assets. Battista, formerly a longtime Fox TV executive, has expressed a desire to help usher in a new digital and video era for the company as print revenues decline. The cross-media initiative begins with the advent of People/ Entertainment Weekly Network, an internet version of a lifestyle cable network, which debuted Tuesday.

CAWLEY CENTER HOSTS FALL 2016 CAREER FAIR NEXT FRIDAY Next Friday, the Cawley Career Education Center will host its fall 2016 career fair featuring 100 employers from across the country including Oracle America Inc., Deloitte, Capital One and the FBI, offering both fulltime and internship positions for the summer, fall and spring. In partnership with FedEx, the event, hosted in the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center ballroom, offers all Georgetown students 10 free printed copies of their resume. No pre-registration is required, and students need only present their GOCards to gain entrance from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Apple Releases iPhone 7 to Mixed Reviews SARAH FISHER Hoya Staff Writer

Last week, Apple released the long-awaited iPhone 7, marketed as an enhanced model with numerous hardware improvements. However, the iPhone user community, including users at Georgetown University, had mixed reactions to one notably absent feature — the new iPhone has lost its headphone jack.

“The entire communication strategy surrounding the original iPod was the headphone.” RONALD GOODSTEIN Professor of Marketing, MSB

The newest iPhone released since the iPhone 6 line debuted in September 2015, the iPhone 7 reportedly has a faster processor, a more efficient operating system, a higher quality camera and a battery life one hour longer than its predecessor. Another new development is the device’s IP67 certification, meaning the phone is completely protected against dust and is water resistant in depths of up to one meter, according to DSM&T Co. Inc., an American technology manufacturer. Despite these hardware advancements, many consumers are fixated on the phone’s lack of a headphone jack, a detail that requires users to purchase a $9 adaptor from Apple for typical 3.5-mil-

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Apple released both the iPhone 7 and its accompanying Apple Air headphones last week, sparking debate both on Georgetown University’s campus and around the world about the products. limeter headphones, or to switch to wireless headphones like the Apple Airpods, also released last week, which sell for $159. These costs are added to the price of the iPhone 7 itself, which ranges in price from $649 for a base model to $849 for the 256 GB model. Many consumers expressed their dismay on social media regarding the headphone jack’s absence on the iPhone 7. Professor Ronald Goodstein,

who teaches marketing at Georgetown, said Apple was leaving its original marketing roots in the past by nixing its classic headphones. “The entire communication strategy surrounding the original iPod was the headphone,” Goodstein said. “Abandoning this iconic imagery and feature is a big mistake.” Goodstein also discussed the risks of losing the headphones,

CAREER CENTER HOSTS GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY WEEK The Cawley Career Education Center’s Government Industry Week begins Sept. 26 and features five workshops, panels and networking events focused specifically on governmentrelated career opportunities. Events include a Hoyas on the Hill breakfast with alumni working on Capitol Hill and a “resume jam” offering one-onone resume feedback from specialists in federal government jobs. Also featured is a workshop on public sector networking and a Peace Corps information session. Interested students must RSVP to guarantee admittance to all events using links available through the career center’s website.

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Clothing Startup Launches

GU HOSPITAL PART OF PROMISING CANCER TREATMENT STUDY Georgetown University Hospital was one of five university institutions to participate in a trial for a cutting-edge form of lung cancer chemotherapy called chemoembolization. The results of the trial, released earlier this week by Surefire Medical Inc., showed a 92 percent objective tumor response rate to the minimally invasive treatment. Chemoembolization is designed to deliver a cancer-fighting drug directly to cancerous tumors while simultaneously embolizing the arteries surrounding them, effectively cutting off their blood supplies. This means a higher dose of chemotherapy can be used without endangering surrounding cells.

and the potential profits that Apple can reap through getting rid of headphones. “Apple is, to me, gouging the consumer to spend an additional $150-plus to be able to listen to the music and calls received on the iPhone 7,” Goodstein said. Professor Simon Blanchard, who also teaches marketing at Georgetown, had a similar observation.

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The student-run startup Melties began selling its made-to-order ice cream-cookie sandwiches at the Georgetown University Farmers Market during the spring and has now returned to campus for the fall.

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The first Georgetown University Farmers Market of the year Wednesday saw the return of student food startup Melties, offering gourmet ice cream-cookie sandwiches to customers passing through Red Square in the warm sunshine. Co-founded by Molham Krayem (MSB ’17) and Owais Bukhari (GRD ’15) during the spring, Melt-

ies has been selling its ice cream creations on campus since March and has continuously gained traction, becoming profitable within two months of operation. Krayem and Bukhari were inspired to launch Melties when the two friends were looking for the perfect dessert on campus to no avail. As a result, they started making their own. Krayem explained that he and Bukhari went through countless trials and gathered as much feedback as they could before settling on what they saw as the perfect recipe.

“We tried a bunch of different recipes for the cookies. We tried a bunch of different ice creams. Every time we would go to friends’ places for dinners we would make some there,” Krayem said. “We would have all our friends try them and ask them to tell us what they think, and we did a lot of tasting.” The Melties product is familiar concept: Currently the sandwich consists of two homemade chocolate chip cookies, between which See MELTIES, A9

Lyft Unveils Luxury Service in DC JACK SEGELSTEIN Hoya Staff Writer

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Trafﬁc ﬂows by Georgetown University on Canal Road. Lyft offers a new luxury service allowing customers to ride in comfort and style.

Ride-sharing company Lyft introduced a new service in Washington, D.C. last week called Lyft Premier, which promises riders comfort, style and consistency in luxury sedans and SUVs in the midst of an extensive overhaul of the D.C. metro system. The service, which costs roughly twice as much as a standard ride, is Lyft’s response to UberBLACK, Uber’s own luxury offering, and is now also available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago. Lyft representative Tim Rathschmidt said Lyft Premier is an option for student-customers who want high-end rides, especially if it is needed for their internship. “It’s great for students, too, especially if they are interns on the Hill, at a business or an NGO,” Rathschmidt wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “ Maybe they are arranging rides for executives, politicians or dignitaries and want to make sure

they have a higher level of service.” Founded in 2012, Lyft has experienced rapid growth despite the extraordinary success of its primary rival, Uber, founded three years earlier. Uber, a $50 billion company, is available in more than three times the number of cities than Lyft, which is valued at $5.5 billion. However, Lyft has enjoyed recent success, hitting a company record of 14 million rides in July and reaching over $1 billion in investor funding last year. Uber also expanded its services with UberEATS, a service that allows users to have food from a variety of restaurants delivered to their door. Lloyd Angus, manager of Mai Thai Restaurant in Georgetown, said he has seen a lot of growth in ride-sharing, particularly Uber, over the past five years, especially after the introduction of UberEATS, which Mai Thai uses to deliver food to customers.“When I started at Mai Thai five years ago, See LYFT, A9

Last spring, Christine Young (SFS ’18) and Jennifer Simons (COL ’18) were eating pizza during a midterm study break when they fell into a discussion about the many problems that college women face. Both women are interested in fashion and began to consider the difficulty of always wanting to wear a new outfit but not wanting to spend money excessively in order to do so. That discussion sparked the creation of Dressmate, a fashion-oriented social media startup aimed at helping female college students borrow and lend professional and party clothes.

“There’s more pressure to feel like you have to buy clothes all the time, especially with social media.” CHRISTINE YOUNG (SFS ’18) CO-Founder, Dressmate

Set to launch at Georgetown University in late September or early October, Young and Simons’ startup has a key demographic: college women who are on a budget and are seeking an opportunity to wear affordable, high-quality clothes. Yang cited the pressure on college women today to adopt a mentality of constant consumerism in order to keep pace with current fashion trends as a reason for Dressmate’s development. “There’s more pressure to feel like you have to buy clothes all the time, especially with social media,” Yang said. “We understand that college students are on a budget.” Yang and Simons began working on the startup last summer and were able to expand through hiring 16 campus representatives from Georgetown as a primary team to run the company in its initial stages. In an effort to make Dressmate more accessible, Yang and Simons are currently seeking to develop a mobile app for iOS and Android. The app will be similar to Instagram, allowing users to have their own profiles with bios on which they can link to their own social See DRESSMATE, A9