The Hoya: The Guide: September 16, 2016

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GUIDE GU Alumni Perform at Kennedy Olivia Duff (COL ’16) releases a new play in performance at the Kennedy Center.

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Kanye Graces Verizon Center West remains one of the most innovative performers in music today.

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RPM Italian Sets High Bar Homemade pastas and slowroasted meats set a new standard in District Italian food.

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Britney Grasps at Comeback Spears recycles old themes in lukewarm attempt to regain former glory.

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SPORTS Women’s Soccer Stays Winning The women’s soccer team won its sixth straight game, beating crosstown rival GWU 1-0.

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Men’s Basketball Talks Iverson The men’s basketball team discusses the legacy of Allen Iverson upon his Hall of Fame induction.

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THEATER season on THE hilltop

Viviana De Santis Hoya Staff Writer

s the curtains open on Georgetown student theater groups this fall, new plays promise to bring renewed diversity to their repertoires. This year, theater groups on campus are moving toward a common aim: promoting a collaborative, accessible environment that will translate their increased opportunities for involvement into creative dynamism.

Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society One of the groups engaged in this mission is the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society. Founded in 1852, it is the oldest continuously running collegiate theater group in the country. The group plans to increase the number of production crew roles available to students. As part of an ambitious season, its first main-stage show, the co-production “An American Daughter,” will feature 12 roles, while its second show, “Wind Me Up Maria!: A GoGo Musical” will comprise a cast of about 10 actors.

Carmen Livesay (COL ’17), technical administrator and producer for “An American Daughter,” which opens Oct. 13, said Mask and Bauble expects to expand its reach for the fall season.

“We are looking to create opportunities for more diversity and for different people to [become] involved,” Livesay said.

Written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Caitlin Ouano (COL ’17), “An American Daughter” is a co-pro-

duction between Mask and Bauble and the Black Theater Ensemble. The show follows the unfolding of a decisive moment in the life of the main character, Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes. After receiving the nomination for the position of Surgeon General, she commits one small misstep in an interview and consequently risks collapsing her entire career as the media intrusively attempts to dismantle her world.

“An American Daughter” will be staged from Oct. 13 to 22 in Poulton Hall.

Specific show times are available online.

As part of its efforts to represent different types of individuals, Mask and Bauble will concentrate on productions that clearly deviate from its traditional background. “Wind Me Up Maria!: A Go-Go Musical,” for instance, brings together the department of performing arts and the Black Theater Ensemble for an exploration of go-go, a music genre native to Washington, D.C. “Wind Me Up Maria!: A Go-Go Musical”

figures as the unique brainchild of playwright-director Natsu Onoda Power, an associate professor in the department of performing arts. Onoda Power emerged on the D.C. theater scene in 2012 with “Astro Boy and the God of Comics” at Studio Theatre and “A Trip to the Moon” at Synetic, two technically creative and non-linear productions.

The musical is co-directed by Charles “Shorty Corleone” Garris, lead singer for D.C.’s prominent go-go band Rare Essence, and focuses on the relatable protagonist Maria, a rising senior at Georgetown. As a go-go-obsessed student looking for work, Maria eventually becomes a live-in tutor for a wealthy family and begins sharing her musical passion with the children.

Mask and Bauble will also be staging four auxiliary productions this year. The fall season will see the birth of two original low-time-commitment productions: “Twelve Angry Jurors” and “The Last Five Years.”

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Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society is one of the most storied groups on Georgetown’s campus, dating back over 160 years. This season, the group will perform “An American Daughter” and “Wind Me Up Marial: A Go-Go Musical,” the latter centered on a subgenre of music that originated in Washington, D.C.

Nomadic Theater Meanwhile, Nomadic Theater hopes to advance the conversation about identity on campus with its fall show, “Fugue.”

Mark Camilli (COL ’19), who is directing the Lee Thuna-penned play, said Nomadic Theater plans on being more socially conscious this season.

“Nomadic Theater has been working to place [this catalyzed forum for dialogue] into [its] idea to do socially engaged and technically ambitious theater,” he said.

While the production staff amounts to around 50 people, “Fugue” relies on eight main characters and will be performed in the brand-new black box theater erected underneath the Village C patio to replace the recently closed Walsh Black Box Theater. The play will open on

October 21, and will run until October 29.

Produced by Sam Matta (COL ’19), “Fugue” takes audiences through fragments of the life of a woman who was found wandering the streets of Chicago, her feet bloodied and blistered. Arbitrarily named Mary Smith by the doctors who treat her, she is diagnosed with “fugue amnesia,” a rare disease in which the patient’s brain shuts down all previous memories in response to a traumatic event. The play presents a unique angle as the memories of Smith’s life play out on stage. Anxious not to repeat past mistakes, a young psychiatrist is assigned to her case and works with the woman to slowly piece together her identity.

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The Georgetown Improv Association lost leaders Connor Rohan (COL ’16) and Joe Luther (COL ’16) and is looking to add new members to its roster.

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Nomadic Theater aims to bring a socially conscious approach to drama on campus this semester with its production staff of over 50 people. “Fugue” will debut Oct. 21.

Using comedy as a tool of release and introspection, the Georgetown Improv Association will put on one show each month between October and December. According to cast member Megan Howell (COL ’18), Improv’s team bases its performances upon the mechanism of constructing engaging and convincing 30-minute performances based off of one word suggested by the audience, while incorporating pieces of a general directive narrative that the actors use to progress the plot.

“The key to a [technically successful] improve consists of building what is called a ‘game’ — a relationship between two characters,” Howell said.

Callbacks, or references to a set of actions that happened earlier in the show, may help the audience follow the completely unscripted, and at times disjointed, storyline. Although nothing that happens on the stage is prepared, the team spends approximately five hours per week rehearsing dynamics with partners and learning how to use logical connections to escalate and heighten the initial emotions, according to cast member Alex Mitchell (COL’ 18).

Improvisers continually face the challenge of fighting through self-doubt in a context where questioning oneself tends to inhibit quick wit.

“However, tying up loose ends and getting everything to come together is [considerably] satisfying,” Howell affirmed.

Faced with a shrunken team — which went from a norm of between seven and nine people to only four performers — and with the difficulty of having just graduated experienced members, the Georgetown Improv Association looks forward to recruiting two new members.

“It is going to be interesting to re-establish a new team identity without the three strong leading figures that graduated out,” Howell said.

Despite moving further and further apart as the array of themes explored and techniques employed grows, student theater groups on the Hilltop are becoming increasingly interconnected. Collaborations, coproductions and simple exchanges of ideas through dialogue hold promise for opening new perspectives and creating new opportunities for artistic engagement.

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Benjamin Harbert

The Music On My Playlist Benjamin Harbert is a professor in the department of music and received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UCLA.

‘New Grass’ by Talk Talk This song is unusual in that people my age are familiar with the group’s earlier pop repertoire, but its later work comes so far out of left field. The thing I love about this song is that I am tempted to count the rhythm and to follow the form, but the music is so absorbing that I just get into it. This track stops me from deconstructing and lets me just feel the music.

‘Death’ by Preoccupations To me, this is new music that is reinterpreting older post-punk, like “Echo and the Bunnymen” and “Joy Division.” It feels like something I had never discovered. For someone like me who has dug around to the point where I am listening to South Korean punk bands, there comes a time when it seems you have run out of things to find.

I turn it up really loud in my car when I drive, and it is great.

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‘Houdini Crush’

by Buke and Gase Buke and Gase are a duo from New York who both play guitar, and they have a laptop that plays all their percussive parts.

They think about drums in a completely different way than I ever have before. They see drums as something that can be taken in and out of a track freely. The coolest part is that they are using normal rock grammar, but saying such different things with it.

COURTESY TIGERS ARE BAD FOR HORSES

GEMA Rocks VII: The Untold Story is a unique show combining musical performances by student and alumni artists, including alumni duo Tigers are Bad for Horses, with comedic interludes and short films.

The Untold Story

‘Brando’ by Scott Walker and Sunn O)))

GEMA Rocks returns to the Hilltop John Miller

This is something I listen to when my family goes to sleep, because they hate it. What I like is that it makes me wonder what music is when I listen to it. It is a pretty powerful thing when you get pushed into thinking about what you are being exposed to on such a deep level.

‘How You Got That Girl’ by Ex Hex I have been listening to this ever since it was released, and every summer I feel like it just came out. This is a local allwomen’s trio that writes power pop. It is so perfect that you cannot imagine that it was not written back in the ’70s. I love having something new grow on me in the same way that something old grew on me. It’s as much of a study as it is great music. It is like sitting in a really comfortable chair that is built so well that you marvel at its craftsmanship.

MERGE

Hoya Staff Writer

What do an extreme snowboarder, a guitarist from a critically acclaimed rock band, an opening act for Big Sean and a chart-topping country songwriter have in common?

Not only did they spend their college years on the Hilltop, but they will all return to perform at the Davis Performing Art Center’s Gonda Theater over the weekend.

This Friday and Saturday, the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance will be putting on GEMA Rocks VII: The Untold Story, a show comprised of a series of original compositions and covers performed by student and alumni artists, running seamlessly into comedy sketches and short films. Representing not only a diverse variety of musical styles but also six decades of Hoyas, the event will showcase the often underestimated artistic talent of the Georgetown community.

“A spectacle, I think, is a great way to describe it, the heart of which is about 16 or 17 musical performances from Hoyas going all the way back to classes of the ’70s and ’80s, up to current students performing original songs and covers,” director John Deutsch (COL ’07) said of the show in an interview with The Hoya.

The diverse array of performers will represent everything from up-and-coming bands to well-established, Billboard-topping artists. Jim McCormick (COL ’90), a professional songwriter who has written for Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, will sing at the event, along with country artist and champion extreme snowboarder Greta Gaines (COL ’89). One of the most exciting recent graduates to grace the stage during this weekend’s event will be Tate Tucker (COL ’14), a Los Angeles-based rapper who has performed for Lupe Fiasco and toured with Big Sean.

The show will also feature even more recent graduates Mary Ellen Funke (SFS ’15) and Lyell Evans Roeder (COL ’13), who started the band Tigers are Bad for Horses during their time at Georgetown. Since

their graduation, TABFH has been named one of the Top 10 Washington, D.C. bands to watch in 2016 by Brightest Young Things and played at the South by Southwest music festival last March.

The show, however, is not simply a showcase of Georgetown’s individual musical talent, as all of the performances are tied together by a central theme.

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Because of the diversity of interests and talents, it allows for something like this to exist.” marcel arsenault (COL ’07)

“We took the best parts of a musical and the best parts of a concert and put them together into one nonstop 90-minute show,” Deutsch said. “To understand the central narrative of ‘The Untold Story,’ you will have to go to the show,” he continued.

The idea for the show originated 10 years ago, but this year — the show’s seventh iteration — will be the most ambitious yet.

Show coordinator Teddy Zanbetti (CAS ’80) matriculated through Georgetown almost 30 years before the Department of Performing Arts — now ranked one of the top five theater programs outside New York City by Back Stage — was founded in 2007.

Now the in-house composer at Sirius XM, Zanbetti ran the show for years as just a concert, incorporating comedians Nick Kroll (COL ’01), Jim Gaffigan (MSB ’88) and John Mulaney (COL ’04) in supporting roles.

In the years since, Marcel Arsenault (COL ’07), vice president and head of development for television production company Sharp Entertainment, and Jon Deutsch (COL ’07), a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, joined the effort, allowing for greater

ambition in the show’s presentation. The show no longer is constricted to the concert format, and instead has embraced the stand-up comedy that seems to be everpresent on the Hilltop. Emlyn Crenshaw (COL ’15) and Connor Rohan (COL ’16) have not only written a dynamic, compelling script for this weekend but will also act in the production.

“What makes this show so unique is that I don’t think there is another college or university in the country, or maybe even the world, that puts on a show that has alumni and student performers coming together to put on one 90-minute spectacle in a professional way,” Arsenault said.

Arsenault elaborated on the unique quality of the GEMA Rocks show. While Georgetown may not have the reputation or artistic pedigree of an arts school, such as the Berklee College of Music in Boston, it offers an unmatched freedom of thought and collaboration to artists.

“I have a lot of friends that went to Berklee, and when I tell them about the show we are putting on with alumni and students coming together … that would never happen there. At Georgetown we are not all in competition with one another.

Because of the diversity of interests and talents, it allows for something like this to exist,” Arsenault said.

GEMA Rocks seeks to highlight and celebrate the Georgetown community’s diversity by covering a variety of musical performances, mixing hip-hop with rock ‘n’ roll, country with comedy and young with old.

“To hear the set list you are going to hear at this show, you would need to tune to 13 or 14 different channels. The music is so different, from so many different voices and touches on so many cultural aspects,” Deutsch said in an interview with The Hoya.

GEMA Rocks VII: The Untold Story has learned from the successes of its past incarnations and has been reinvented for 2016. The biannual event will be held in the Davis Performing Arts Center’s Gonda Theater with shows at 8 p.m. on both nights.

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Farmers Market Finds

It is impossible to miss Rita’s Crepes at the farmer’s market, as it is characterized by the never-ending lines of loyal crepe-lovers. Serving both sweet and savory crepes, such as the chicken pesto crepe or best-selling nutella-strawberry special, Rita’s is the perfect destination for either a filling meal or sweet snack.

2 Swizzler is another big name that makes an appearance each week at the farmer’s market, as an extension of the familiar blue and red food truck that frequents the front gates. With grass-fed gourmet hot dogs and its famous truffle fries, Swizzler is sure not to disappoint.

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COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS

Recent graduate Olivia Duff’s (COL ’16) senior thesis project, a play titled “Appalachian Nightingale,” was performed this past weekend at the Kennedy Center.

Georgetown Performers Debut Original at Kennedy Center KATHERINE PIETRO

ships of poverty certainly sharpens the story and makes Philomela’s rape more dynamic.

“In close-knit rural communities where victims Tackling the realities of socio-economic struggles are often close to their attackers, societal pressures in rural Kentucky through a modern adaptation of lead to a gross under-reporting of sexual assaults,” the myth of Philomela, recent Georgetown graduate Duff said.

Olivia Duff’s (COL ’16) play “Appalachian NightinThe language of the play oscillates between collogale” captivated audiences at the Kennedy Center’s quial and poetic, and is often accompanied by eerie, Page-to-Stage Festival this unsettling folk music, which past weekend. The perforhelps to set not only the scene mance’s cast included cur- “It was such an honor to but also the tone of the play. In rent Georgetown students the performance, the words Mollie Rodgers (COL ’17), perform Olivia’s work, because and songs were enlivened to Kate Ginna (COL ’18) and Ali she is incredibly talented and the point at which one was Coopersmith (COL ’17), able to imagine the direction The annual Page-to-Stage someday soon I will be able to of the production in futureFestival gives both professtaged versions of the play. sional and amateur writers say ‘I knew her when ... .’”

Duff’s unique creative vision the opportunity to hold permeates all aspects of the readings of their new pieces, production, even down to the MOLLIE RODGERS (COL ’17) which are free to the public. purely functional aspect of “Appalachian Nightingale” stage direction. was produced by the George“Her stage directions are town department of performing arts and was direct- lyrical and are worth reading in and of themselves,” ed by Anita Maynard-Losh, director of community Rodgers wrote in an email to THE HOYA. She continengagement at Arena Stage. Duff and Georgetown ued, “It was such an honor to perform Olivia’s work, are in good company — other participating theatres because she is incredibly talented and someday include Mosaic Theatre Company, Synetic Theatre soon I will be able to say ‘I knew her when ... .’”

Company and First Stage.

Duff’s senior thesis advisor Christine Evans recog“Appalachian Nightingale” tells the story of two nizes Duff’s innate talent as well, praising her vision, sisters, Phyllis and Polly Mae, along with Polly’s hus- attention to detail and ability to enliven a dark narband, Thad — all of whom are struggling to make rative within a modern context. ends meet. Thad’s insecurities and fragile masculin“Olivia’s prodigious imagination, empathy and ity are the catalysts for the downfall of his female fine-grained sense of language … transformed this counterparts. Filled with heavy commentary on the bloody myth into a riveting, taut portrait of an imnormalization of a physically and emotionally abu- poverished Appalachian family,” Evans wrote in an sive relationship, the play effectively and engagingly email to THE HOYA. tells the story of people who deserve better; people She went on to praise the powerful manner in who seek to escape their environment but also ex- which Duff presented her take on an age-old myth, ist as a result of it; and people who do not have the and the potential for her work to resonate beyond privilege of mobility, whether it be social, economic, the confines of the theater. temporal or locational.

“I believe that talent is singular; it’s a person’s Duff said that these themes were always intended unique way of seeing the world, which, if fierce, to be at the heart of the play. clear and well-honed enough, will echo in the “Philomela’s story is especially poignant today — minds of others,” Evans said. when victims of sexual assault are often silenced,” Duff said the original myth of Philomela’s conDuff said. nection with song opened the door for her to Duff began writing the play the summer before incorporate traditional Appalachian music into her senior year as part of her thesis and then went the piece. While uncommon in the vernacular of on to complete it during her class, “Writing Stage mainstream music culture, the musical arrangeAdaptations,” taught by department of performing ments figure prominently in setting a tone for the arts associate professor Christine Evans, who was production. also her thesis adviser. Duff, who is from Kentucky, “My friends now make fun of me, because my was inspired during a trip home to write these char- Spotify Weekly Discover is filled with scary tradiacters not as the royals they are in the original myth tional Appalachian folk music,” Duff said. but rather as some of the thousands who have fallen Duff was notified that her play had been selectinto inescapable poverty as a result of the dying coal ed for Page-to-Stage just before she graduated and industry. Making the characters deal with the hard- was supported by the department throughout the summer in getting the play off the ground. She explained that the reading has been very helpful in the development process.

“It helped me to see the gaps and inconsistencies in what I’ve created. For the first time, I was also able to see my play as a work that existed outside of myself. It felt very personal, and sharing it made me feel very vulnerable, like I was sharing a part of myself. Going forward, my process will be more about being a detective of my own work,” Duff said.

She added that working with a professional director like Maynard-Losh was incredibly helpful to this process: “She invested in diving into the text, exploring its nuances and bringing the characters to life.

She asked the best questions and forced me to really examine my own writing.”

Moving forward, Duff says that she’s looking forward to polishing “Appalachian Nightingale”, based on the feedback from the talk-back held after the show and her own response from hearing the reading. She is planning on submitting the play to playwriting conferences and workshops, and, if all goes to plan, the play will return to the Kennedy Center in the near future.

FILE PHOTO: MICHELLE XU/THE HOYA “I’d love to see it performed in Kentucky where Georgetown student performers took advantage can share it with my family who couldn’t make it to the Kennedy Center,” Duff said. of campus spaces to prepare for the festival.

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With the recent buzz surrounding the health benefits of kombucha, a fermented sweetened tea, Craft Kombucha has been a popular destination for many students. Customers can purchase a reusable glass bottle to receive a discount on this locally bottled Kombucha tea each week.

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Ashton Farms and Twin Springs Fruit Market offer an assortment of orchard fruits and other locally grown produce, bringing fresh greens straight to the tables of students.

Reasonably priced, these fruits and vegetables are a preferable option to grocery store produce.

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South Block, with a new location that just opened on Grace Street, just behind M Street, is Georgetown’s selfproclaimed “best-kept secret.”

The farmer’s market stand offers many samples of their flavorful and nutrient-rich acai bowls, smoothies, juices, and bars — all made with organic fruits and vegetables.

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Third Time is the Charm RPM Italian

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601 Massachusetts Ave., NW | Cuisine: Italian | $$$ Mary Cate Whelan Hoya Staff Writer

RPM Italian, the third restaurant collaboration between celebrity couple Bill and Giuliana Rancic, partners R.J. Jerrod and Molly Melman and chef Doug Psaltis, opened in the Mount Vernon neighborhood this summer. In just a few short months, this modern restaurant’s homemade pastas have become the new standard in the District. RPM Italian offers a respectful ode to traditional, comforting Italian cuisine, while also managing to add its own elevated twist to each dish.

Our waiter encouraged the table to order dishes to share, and we started the meal with truffle garlic bread and prime beef meatballs. The bread was crisp and cheesy on the outside but moist and soft on the inside. The truffle added an intense, savory flavor to the bread but was not overwhelming. Everyone at the table could not help but go for seconds of this flavor-filled bread.

The prime beef meatballs were served with parmesan cheese and pomodoro sauce.

Although I generally do not enjoy meatballs, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed RPM’s version of them, which was significantly more flavorful than any meatball I had eaten before. The slightly sweet sauce served as a perfect, flavorful complement.

After the appetizers, we ordered our entrees and were pleasantly surprised at how quickly the dishes arrived. My entree, the strozzapreti — a type of hand-rolled pasta — was served with pesto, summer tomatoes and stracciatella di bufala, a cheese made from buffalo milk. The dish was incredibly fresh, and the strozzapreti was cooked perfectly al dente. The vibrant green pesto, dominated by olive oil, basil and pine nuts, was rich. The stracciatella tempered down the richness of the pesto,

creating a fresh and comforting combination. The summer tomatoes were perhaps the best addition to the dish, adding yet another fresh element. The tomatoes also added a hint of sweetness and a pop of red, orange and yellow colors to the otherwise green dish.

Despite being completely stuffed after the first two courses, we ended the meal — at the watier’s insistence — with RPM Italian’s signature dessert: the torta meringata. This extravagant dessert is composed of a salted caramel and gelato cake that is flambeed tableside. As expected, we were all wooed by the beauty of the flaming spectacle. Once our awe had worn off and we got around to eating the cake, I was equally impressed. RPM Italian found a way to successfully create a classy ice cream cake. The salted caramel gelato added texture to the moist cake underneath. The flambeed exterior added a crisp crunch to the smooth gelato and cake inside. All the elements of the cake worked together to form an equally refreshing and rich dessert.

In addition to the extensive menu and outstanding cuisine, the service and ambiance are other praiseworthy elements of RPM Italian. Although the restaurant was completely packed, our dishes arrived in a timely fashion. We did not feel rushed, but we also felt that we did not even have to wait for the food to arrive. Our waiter was friendly and knowledgeable, helping us navigate the initially overwhelming menu. The restaurant itself has tones of black, gray and white paired with dark wood, giving the restaurant a sleek and sexy atmosphere.

RPM Italian offers a truly unique dining experience. From the food to the service to the ambiance, the restaurant maintains an impressive standard of excellence. While Mount Vernon is a trek from the Georgetown University main campus, the extravagant meal is well worth the journey.

From the food to the service to the ambiance, the restaurant maintains an impressive standard of excellence.

RPM ITALIAN

RPM Italian has taken the District by storm since opening its doors over the summer.

Its unique take on Italian classics results in interesting, yet familiar, cuisine.

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Kyirisan is the product of chef Tim Ma’s dedication to the art of fine food and inherent attachment to his Chinese roots and French culinary training. While the restaurant’s offerings are not overwhelming in number, the unique personality that exists behind each dish makes choosing just one, or even a few, difficult.

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1924 8th St., NW | Cuisine: Asian Fusion | $$ Brian Davia

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Nestled downtown within the Shaw neighborhood, Kyirisan is one of the District’s most exciting new eateries. The restaurant is an expression of chef Tim Ma’s Chinese roots and French culinary training. Open since March, the eatery finds itself located among a mixture of trendy bars and restaurants alike. Kyirisan feels right at home, however, boasting an aggressive approach both to the menu and to the interior design. A combined modern bar and dining room is accented by low — hanging lights and a geometric wall design that appropriately complements the rest of the layout.

Chef Tim Ma has devoted his life to the art of fine food. Having left behind his career in engineering to attend The French Culinary Institute in New York City, Ma leaves no room for error when it comes to his cuisine.

The menu itself offers many obscure options, ranging from sake-brined water-

melon to veal marrow to a black truffle congee. Only a few minutes passed before a waiter, noticing our puzzled looks, arrived to answer any initial inquiries. It admittedly takes a long time to work through the options of a menu offering no more than 15 dishes, yet it does not for a moment feel tedious due to the many intriguing options.

On this visit, I chose to sample the deep-fried tofu in a black pepper sauce ($9), as well as the pan-seared scallops atop a coconut risotto and basil ice cream ($20). Acting as a suitable appetizer, the tofu arrived first to the table. Delicately plated within the center of a small bowl with an ample

amount of sauce, the tofu itself looked delicious. This proved to be the case, as the tofu seamlessly soaked up the delicious black pepper sauce while blending together multiple textures. This ultimately proved to be the perfect light and flavorful start to the meal, leading nicely into the main course.

The scallops are a specialty at Kyrisian, and we were told to mix in the basil ice cream with the coconut risotto for the best possible flavor. The basil and coconut worked together in perfect harmony, each maintaining a strong presence in the dish without overpowering the other. Yet even with such a delectable risotto and ice cream base,

Having left behind his career in engineering to attend the French Culinary Institute in New York City, Ma leaves no room for error when it comes to his cuisine.

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the star of the dish was undoubtedly the trio of pan-seared scallops. Expertly cooked with a golden-brown crust, each and every scallop was succulent.

Unfortunately, the food is expensive.

That being said, it is hard to argue that the menu be considered overpriced, as there fails to be anything on it that one would routinely expect to find at a lower price point.

Kyirisan deserves its reputation as a trendy restaurant that experiments with novel flavor combinations in a fun and modern style. Kyirisan’s primary strength lies in its diverse and uniquely inspired menu. Chef Ma is clearly running a restaurant on his own terms, offering relatively common menu options such as sea bass, scallops, and short ribs with a personal twist. Whether you are a foodie seeking out the newest local cuisine, someone looking for a way to spice up a typical meal routine or just an adventurous soul up for a culinary adventure, Kyirisan is sure to provide a memorable experience.

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SETTLING IN SEOUL

MOVIE REVIEW

Jasmine White

Landing Smoothly In Seoul WARNER BROS.

Starring critically acclaimed actor Tom Hanks, “Sully” tells the story of Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who saved 155 crew members and passengers with his heroic plane landing on the Hudson River in 2009.

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Starring: Tom Hanks Directed by: Clint Eastwood JESSICA BATEY Hoya Staff Writer

When Hollywood needs to cast a captain, Tom Hanks is the guy to call. From his performance as Commander Jim Lovell in “Apollo 13” to his turn as Captain Richard Phillips in “Captain Phillips,” Hanks has developed an expertise at playing leaders under pressure.

Now, under the direction of the legendary Clint Eastwood, Hanks has returned to familiar territory in “Sully,” the true story of Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s famous 2009 emergency landing in the Hudson River and its subsequent investigation. Based on Sullenberger’s book “Highest Duty,” the film is a realistic and enlightening depiction of the occurrences of that fateful day, as well as of the longterm effects that such unexpected trauma can have on individuals.

On the afternoon of Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York on a routine flight to Charlotte, N.C. Just two minutes later, a flock of birds disabled both

engines. Quickly determining that the aircraft could not safely return to LaGuardia, Sullenberger guided the plane to land in the river. The entire ordeal lasted only six minutes. Miraculously, all 155 passengers and crew members survived.

Hanks, as expected, does an impressive job of honoring, and at times complicating, the character of Sully. He realistically portrays the self-doubt and anguish that Sully experienced following the incident, particularly during the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation. The board painstakingly reviewed reports and evidence regarding the cause of the engine failure, as well as Sullenberger’s response to the circumstances.

Despite its commitment to the safety of passengers, the NTSB serves as the primary antagonist for most of the film. That said, the accusations it pose produce poignant moments for Hanks’ character and encourage audiences to reflect upon the human tendency to doubt oneself despite exceptional displays of heroism, skill and cour-

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As with many of his films, Eastwood’s direction of “Sully” focuses on simplistic storytelling that provokes complex questions and reflections. Despite its rather uncomplicated plot — and the fact that everyone knows how the story ends — Eastwood succeeds in creating an engaging film that explores inner turmoil, self doubt and, ultimately, redemption. Despite the short duration of the flight itself, Eastwood accurately portrays how traumatic events can impact lives far after the incident is seemingly resolved.

Aaron Eckhart (“The Dark Knight,” “Olympus Has Fallen”) impressively portrays the flight’s first officer, Jeffrey Skiles. Together, Eckhart and Hanks promote the positive attributes of the real-life pilots and put a keen focus on their concern for passengers and crew members after the emergency landing.

Audiences are sure to be inspired by their steadfast commitment to ensuring travelers’ safety, despite the NTSB’s hostile investigation.

“Sully” does not offer the tradi-

tional heroic celebration that can be seen in other films. There is no inspirational music blaring as characters gaze across a horizon, nor is there an emotional reunion or celebration to end the film. Instead, Eastwood, Hanks and the rest of the cast deliver intense, brutal honesty in the portrayal of the flight and its aftermath.

“Sully” somewhat inadvertently highlights just how rare such realism is in films based on actual events. Viewers will be surprised by how effective the presentation of vulnerability and grit are in achieving the film’s goal — not just to show how the media portrayed the dramatic landing, but to elucidate what it did to those involved.

This film shows the strength it takes to act under pressure. In this film Sully faces life-or-death circumstances, as well as the pressure of believing in his own capabilities amid doubts from outside forces.

Eastwood highlights the fact that even when heroes emerge from troubling circumstances, narrowly avoided tragedy can still leave its ugly mark.

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The latest film from IndianAmerican director Mira Nair, responsible for the critically acclaimed “Salaam Bombay!” and Golden Lion-winning “Monsoon Wedding,” “Queen of Katwe” is a joint effort between Walt Disney Pictures and ESPN Films.

The film tells the real-life story of Phiona Mutesi, an extraordinary young girl from Katwe, Uganda.

Phiona, who manages to become an internationally recognized chess master despite her humble beginnings, is an incredibly sympathetic character.

Having grown up in the slums, Mutesi spends her days selling corn and caring for her brothers until she stumbles upon a small group playing chess in a makeshift building on her street. The children’s instructor, Mr. Katende, encourages the willful Phiona to join in, and from there the story truly begins. Mr. Katende encourages his prodigy to look beyond the boundaries of her birthplace, and guides her though a number of chess-inspired life lessons.

In many ways, “Queen of Katwe” is a movie many audiences have seen before. It is an inspirational biopic rich with sports metaphors, tense game-day moments and powerful one-liners about the triumph of the human spirit.

Though, in more ways than one, Disney’s bright narrative breaks from the past. “Queen of Katwe” is a movie about Africa that does not focus on war, strife or animals. The movie has no “white saviors” and is filmed where the original story took place. Moreover, a few elements of the plot’s rags-to-riches formula are surprisingly nuanced.

After Tim Crothers first uncovered the story in an article for ESPN, Disney quickly took on the

project. Despite the company’s artificial tendencies, Disney executive Tendo Nagenda, whose father is Ugandan, took care that the story be portrayed authentically. Nair was essential to fulfilling Nagenda’s vision. The Indian-born director not only has a Ugandan husband, but also runs a film school in the Ugandan town of Masha.

Nair’s intimate relationship with the East African country is evident throughout the film. At times the predictability of the plot is countered by the bright and very real depictions of life in Katwe. Nair’s history of making socially and politically provocative documentaries also finds its way into the film; the plot occasionally ventures outside its narrative to challenge cliches about living in poverty and the power of education.

However, aside from these brief moments of complexity, the storyline follows a crowdpleasing formula that seems slightly emotionally manipulative.

Beyond Nair’s direction, the impressive cast also works to enrich the “Queen of Katwe.” Madina Nalwanga, a newcomer Ugandan teenager, plays the strong-willed though emotionally mute Phiona with convincingly clarity. At several moments in the film, it seems impossible to separate the wiseeyed Nalwanga from her character. Nalwanga’s authenticity is only heightened by the performances of her fellow young actors, all of whom are local Ugandans, some even hailing from the tiny town of Katwe.

Unsurprisingly, Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, who plays Robert Katende, do not disappoint. Nyong’o, best known for her Oscar-winning performance in “12 Years a

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hen I first arrived in Korea, it did not really feel all that different.

While in the months prior I had been overcome by nerves and anxiety, the night before I left, I was strangely calm. Even after I arrived at Incheon International Airport after more than 19 hours of travelling, I did not get that rush I was expecting. For some reason, that was unsettling. In the same way some women expect to cry when they find the perfect wedding dress, I expected some sort of overwhelming emotion to confirm that I had really done what I had said I was going to do.

I am not sure what I was expecting when I stepped outside — maybe trumpets or fireworks or a parade celebrating my arrival. Perhaps I just wanted to cry like the woman in the bridal store. Whatever it was, it was certainly not just being greeted by a bunch of other tired, sweaty exchange students melting in the miserable, muggy heat of the Korean summer.

Throughout my life I have intentionally rebelled against my family’s tradition of always being safe, of finding home in the familiar.

Studying abroad, at least for me, is a big deal. Very few people in my family have done it and even fewer people have gone to Asia.

“Why do you want to go so far? Why not go to Europe?” “How do you say ‘missing black girl’ in Korean?” “Don’t they eat dogs over there?” I was bombarded with such questions by friends and family. For some reason, this made me even more determined.

Throughout my life I have intentionally rebelled against my family’s tradition of always being safe, of finding home in the familiar. I find it lacking, unsatisfying, unfulfilling. They know this about me, so they eventually came to respect my decision and even grew increasingly excited about my trip. I cannot tell you how many times I heard the words “We are so proud of you” the week leading up to my departure. And perhaps this whole ordeal further engrained the ludicrous ideal that studying abroad was going to be one of the most monumental things to ever happen in my life.

And maybe it will be, but now that I have been in Seoul for one month, that is no longer important to me. Currently, I am focusing on reveling in the moment, on enjoying the impact of the decisions I made earlier. I sit on my bed sometimes and instead of thinking “God, how did I get here?” I am more focused on being grateful for the opportunity.

Korea seemed like a far away, almost unattainable option. I was not fluent in the language, nor had I ever dealt personally with the culture aside from what I learned in Korean class.

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“Queen of Katwe” is a powerful tale of the transformation of one young girl’s world from the introduction of the mundane game of chess.

Slave,” plays Phiona’s mother, the film’s subtle hero. The equally talented Oyelowo (Lincoln, The Butler) plays Phiona’s mentor and coach, Robert Katende.

Oyelowo’s persuasive portrayal manages to minimize the character’s predictability and well-worn feel.

For many reasons, “The Queen of Katwe” could very well have been a flop. Its Disney backing and formulaic plot seemed all but promising. However, Nagenda’s foresight and Nair’s direction kept the film firmly

grounded in authenticity. Moreover, Nalwanga, Nyong’o and Oyelowo add life to the plot through their engaging performances.

Still, what makes the film significant is not its cast or direction, but rather its norm-defying power; it breaks away from the misleading depictions of Africa that typically dominate Hollywood. Despite its familiar story line and emotional manipulations, “Queen of Katwe” offers a glimpse into Ugandan youth culture that is worth a watch.

I do not know when it started, but a few years ago I suddenly began to notice how quickly time could pass. Even the little things, the little moments, seem to pass more quickly than they used to.

I think that is what pushes me to step out of my comfort zone. In high school, I knew I wanted to study abroad at some point, but I pretty much settled on any English-speaking country with a culture not too dissimilar from America.

This changed when, in the fall of last year, I spoke with a few upperclassmen who encouraged me to do otherwise.

And honestly, before those conversations happened, Korea seemed like a far away, almost unattainable option. I was not fluent in the language, nor had I ever dealt personally with the culture aside from what I learned in Korean class.

These mentors of mine then brought up something that I had not thought of — the takeaway. Why was I going in the first place? What experience would offer me the greater impact? Where would be the most memorable? And thus I decided to come here, headfirst and without regrets.

I must admit that as much as I like Seoul, I am still not completely comfortable here. Then again, I am still getting settled. Still, being uncomfortable is one of the aspects that I like most about this trip. But I hope that by the end, I will have finally gotten over myself, found my groove and settled into a place here.

Jasmine White is a junior in the College.

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CONCERT review

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The Church of Saint Pablo Kanye West Pranav Marupudi and Tom Garzillo Hoya Staff Wtiters

A soft, heavenly light illuminated Kanye West as he sang the last notes of “Only One,” a touching ode to his mother and family. The Verizon Center was calm — a rarity during his Sept. 8 set — acknowledging the sentimentality of the song to the performer, yet eagerly anticipating whichever high-energy song could potentially follow.

Instead, the rapper embarked on one of his famous, meandering monologues — even freestyling lyrics at times — reflecting on everything from the previous day’s release of his newest fashion line to the time he spent in public art school in Chicago as a young boy. For more than 20 minutes, West spoke about his life’s journey and where he hopes to follow his vision next.

His ambition is a defining feature of his persona, and as the “Saint Pablo” tour reaffirms, it is unmatched in the world of music and tour production.

The 38-date tour is a visual marvel: For the entirety of the performance, West performs on a suspended stage, floating above the floor. It hovers in one spot for just a few songs before moving to the other side of the arena, which sends the crowd rushing to get a better angle. Set underneath a massive expanse of lights that morphs and changes colors throughout the show, the minimalist stage is a far cry from the opulence of the 2013 “Yeezus” tour that featured a 50-foot mountain, Jesus and diamond-studded Maison Margiela masks.

With the “Saint Pablo” Tour, West has redefined the paradigm of live music: There is no “front row.” The entire area is transformed into a front row, where everyone can participate equally in the experience. The general admission floor was rife with exhilarating energy, as much a communal dance party as it was a celebration of West’s music.

West has no opening act on this tour, and no

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special guests. Of course, he does not need either to command a crowd or deliver a captivating performance. For fans in the seats, there is practically as much enjoyment in watching the dynamic liveliness of the concertgoers on the floor as there is in watching West himself. From the first raucous cheers as the stadium lights dimmed and the chords for “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” blared through the speakers, to the arenawide singalong of “Gold Digger,” to the electrifying reaction to the first piano note of “Runaway,” every moment of the show offered up something memorable.

The setlist for the concert featured 32 songs, with “The Life of Pablo” — West’s latest release — receiving the greatest share. The remainder spanned the entirety of West’s storied discography, from “Jesus Walks” off his debut album “The College Dropout” to “Black Skinhead,” a thunderous track off 2013’s industrial-influenced “Yeezus.” West played all his hits: “Flashing Lights,” “Good Life,” “Stronger” and “All of the Lights” to emphatic reception. However, West also went beyond his own tunes. Of the first eight songs, four were features. These tracks were some of the most energetic of the night, though, including West’s verses on Schoolboy Q’s “That Part,” Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” and Drake’s “Pop Style.”

West rapped along to the songs, but often cut out the music to let the fans scream out the lyrics themselves; he often stood on the stage with minimal gesticulation, but burst into energetic dancing when the energy peaked. The performance was elevated to the next level with intricate lighting cues, changing patterns, colors and even shape during certain interludes.

Highlights include the strobe-like effect during “Flashing Lights,” the sudden flash at the epic beat drop in “Blood on the Leaves” and the literal shape-shifting of the entire lighting rig during “Wolves.”

West does not hide his self-aware persona, but rather embraces it through the show. The ethereal lights that shine on him intermittently the show, the suspended platform that places him

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above the crowd and the devotion the fans show him throughout the performance certainly make him seem godlike, to an extent.

“Let me be selfish for a moment,” West said at one point. “I need to hear myself singing these songs.”

He acknowledged his place at the forefront of today’s society and media, but also made a point of building the show around the ideas of inspiration and determination. The days of West’s infamous, angry rants seem to have passed.

Instead, audiences heard what were essentially motivational speeches, encouragement to spread artistic vision and take creative risks.

West’s final song, “Ultralight Beam” — a gospel-inspired song declaring his faith and its importance in his life — was a fitting conclusion to the show. As he sang, the stage slowly slid across the arena as he wistfully stared at the bright white light shining down at half-court. “This is a God dream,” he sang as he passed under the beam. A sense of awe hung over the crowd as it watched West disappear into the darkness at the end of the arena, leaving behind a concert performance that no one in attendance would soon forget.

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Mac Miller ft. Ariana Grande ‘My Favorite Part’ Few artists in any genre have undergone as much transformation as Mac Miller, and his newest exploration into groovy, subdued jazz and hip-hop fusion is producing some of his best tracks yet. “My Favorite Part” is no exception: an instantly catchy love song from one of the more surprising couples the music industry has seen in awhile. His upcoming album, “The Divine Feminine,” drops on Sept. 16.

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Zack de la Rocha ‘digging for windows’ The last time the former Rage Against the Machine frontman linked up with producer El-Pone — one half of hip-hop duo “Run the Jewels” — he delivered one of the most thunderous, politically charged verses of the year. His newest track — confirmed to be the first single off a forthcoming solo album — follows suit, fusing de la Rocha’s intense flow with industrial, off-kilter production.

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Suspended on a floating stage, Kanye West continued to push the boundaries of live performance, dazzling the audience with spectacular visual effects, introspective monologues, and memorable music.

album review

Oops! ... Britney Did it Again Britney Spears

Grace Wydeven Hoya Staff Writer

Surrounding the release of her ninth album “Glory,” there has been much speculation over whether 2016 will be the year of Britney Spears’ comeback. But Spears is doing what she has always done. Sitting at No. 3 on the Billboard charts last week, “Glory” features a few catchy pop singles and a polished, highly produced sound, which makes it disappointingly predictable in many ways.

“Glory” is more of what listeners have come to expect from the self-reinvented Spears. For millennials, this is the sound we grew up with and the princess of pop we idolized. Though she has aged and her music packs less of a radio-friendly punch, Spears has crossed the threshold of stardom into the category of legend. At this point in her career – and as a single mother of two in her mid-30s – Spears’ album raises the ultimate question: Can a much older pop star exude the same innocent sex appeal and still remain relevant, or are her attempts merely shouts into the void of her vanity, serving as a form of self-parody?

The titles of all the songs on “Glory” work

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in tandem with each other, attempting to tell a singular, cohesive story by compiling ideas from several different angles. The common thread throughout the album is the one we have come to expect: the kind of passion and love that Spears craves, but one that manages to remain elusive. This time around, however, she is not playing with words as she did on songs such as “If You Seek Amy” on her 2009 album “Circus.” Nor is she playing the innocent schoolgirl who skirts around direct professions of passion in favor of timeless, catchy lyrics such as “Oops!...I Did It Again.”

“Glory” shows that Spears has stripped away some of those teenage niceties and replaced them with bold, unapologetic statements of intent. The first two songs on the album, “Invitation” and “Make Me,” which features Bay Area rapper G-Eazy, see Spears dive into the core themes of the album itself. She is still the beautiful, endearing princess who danced into the new millennium, but has seemingly lost the pretense of coy beauty that made her so alluring. Brash and relentless, Spears knows what she wants and her audience does too. Nothing has changed there. The key difference now, and the core of what

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makes “Glory” so different, is her conscious pursuit of that goal. With lyrics like “Cut the s--t and be honest,” Spears shows the world that she is grown up and done fooling around.

The other songs on the album fall into a similar vein of maturity and naked honesty. “Just Luv Me” and “Do You Wanna Come Over” discuss exactly what their titles imply. While other songs like “Hard to Forget Ya” and “Just Like Me” address the pains and tribulations of love lost, Spears takes the same honest, almost indifferent approach to their subject matter. Even though she still struggles to move forward at this point in her life and career, she is done playing games.

With “Glory,” Spears unabashedly proves that her sex appeal has not waned or deteriorated, nor has her mode of expressing it. Rather, the subtler and consequently more significant change comes in her lyrics and the general tone of the album. For fans whohave stood by Spears through the years, “Glory” will come as an evolutionary relief, but for those who want the same kitschy teenager of the early 2000s, their only solace lies in the melodies, beats and broad themes. Her tone has changed even though her content has not, but as the title of the album suggests, the world of pop music will glorify Britney Spears regardless.

Gaga released her new single from her yet untitled fifth studio album, a driving dance-rock tune produced by Mark Ronson, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and surefire hit-maker Michael “BloodPop” Tucker. Gaga sings about mistaking a passionate crush for true love on the track. Ronson has said that Gaga is aiming for a less digitally driven sound on her album, which is expected to arrive this fall.

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M.I.A. ‘AIM’ Blending sounds from all over the globe on her fifth studio album, rapper, singer and producer M.I.A. sounds as confident and energetic as ever. With thoughtprovoking political commentary and boastful rhymes over production from Diplo, Skrillex and M.I.A. herself, “AIM” makes up for its lack of focus with unbridled vivacity. Highlights include “Go Off,” Diplo’s remix of “Bird Song” and “Survivor.”

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Offseason Shakes Up NBA I

n the wake of a dynamic offseason, the forecasted playoff outlook in each conference is murky at best. While powerhouses like the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are certain mainstays, a host of newly revamped teams will compete against declining superstar teams for the remaining spots. With this in mind, I have assembled what I consider a realistic and early outlook of the upcoming season’s playoffs in the Eastern Conference.

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4. Indiana Pacers (52-30)

On paper, the Pacers have a very intimidating roster.

Between guards Monta Ellis and Jeff Teague, forward Paul George and center Al Jefferson, the team has a very talented group of veterans. However, it is yet to be seen whether this amalgamation of talent will synchronize into a cohesive unit.

1. Cleveland Cavaliers (64-18)

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Senior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown scored the game-tying goal in overtime Sunday.

She has a team-high two goals and two assists this season.

Offense Struggles in Losses Emily Dalton Hoya Staff Writer

After dropping games to both William and Mary (1-4) and St. Francis (6-1), Georgetown field hockey (24) hits the road Friday looking to snap its four-game losing streak against the winless Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-6).

When the Hoyas open Big East conference play, they will rely on an offensive spark from senior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown, whose two goals and two assists so far on the year have given her a team-high six points in six games.

Last week, GravesBrown’s last-minute, gametying goal against Saint Francis helped push the game into overtime, giving the Hoyas life for another 10-plus minutes, until the Red Flash’s sophomore midfielder Hannah Retherford ultimately found the back of the net.

Despite rallying late in the match, Georgetown struggled to keep Saint Francis out of its defensive circle, allowing the Red Flash plenty of opportunities to attack. While holding their opponent to only one goal during regulation

does speak volumes about the Hoyas’ defense, there was only so much the Blue and Gray could do under that kind of constant pressure.

Eventually, Saint Francis’ 23 shots to Georgetown’s nine proved to be too much, as the Red Flash eventually capitalized and won the game 2-1.

Senior goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki helped keep the score line close, tallying a season-high 15 saves, three shy of her career-high 18 saves. Additionally, senior captain and back Molly Thompson made her first defensive stop of the season.

Together, both Thompson and senior back Devin Holmes captain the Hoyas and anchor their back line.

After the opening weekend, Holmes led the nation in defensive stops with a total of four in just two games.

Earlier in the season, Head Coach Shannon Soares praised the efforts of freshman left back Ashley Leverrett, calling her play poised and intelligent. It is this type of play that the Hoyas will need to build off heading into Big East competition.

The Hoyas will also be

looking to relieve some of the pressure they have been facing in their own defensive circle, so that they can move the ball up the field and give their talented strikers a chance to score.

In their most recent loss, the Hoyas were outshot 11-2 in the second half, and they trailed in penalty corners 13-6. Additionally, Georgetown has only managed to put away a single penalty corner out of a total 39 so far this year. With the ball constantly on their end of the field, it has been difficult for the Hoyas to create scoring opportunities as of late.

Because Big East success is one of Georgetown’s goals, the Hoyas understand the importance of this upcoming game against the Bobcats, and they hope to execute the skills they have been working on come game day.

The Hoyas are set to take on the Bobcats on Sept.

16 at a neutral site: Yale’s Johnson Field in New Haven, Conn. The Big East matchup is set for 3 p.m.

Note: Sports Information could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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Squads Prepare for Preseason Madeline Auerbach Hoya Staff Writer

Both of the Georgetown tennis teams will compete in local tournaments this weekend as they continue fall preseason play. The women’s team will play at the College Park Invitational, a tournament that features individual competition rather than team play.

The men’s team will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., for the Penn Invitational, a tournament it competed in last year as well.

“I’ve been dying the whole summer to come back and play with all the guys on the team,” sophomore Michael Chen said. “I’m just really excited to get out there, cheer for them, have them cheer for me, just really get some good team energy going on. It’s a really fun experience.”

This will be the third consecutive season that Georgetown competes at the Penn Invitational. In 2015, the Hoyas played alongside the likes of William and Mary, Buffalo, Columbia, Old Dominion, Princeton, St. John’s, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale and University of Pennsylvania. This season Georgetown is slated to compete against Cornell, Brown, Yale and Penn.

The men’s team will enter the tournament coming off of a 9-0 win over the University of D.C. (0-1). Though UDC plays in Division II, it represented an opportunity for Georgetown to adopt a match-ready mentality.

“We should be going in with the mindset that we should be beating them every single time, every match, and not give them any chances,” Chen said.

While the men attend the Penn Invitational, the women’s team will play an individual tournament at the University of Maryland. Georgetown

players will compete against athletes from a host of local schools, including VCU, Maryland, Navy, George Washington and James Madison. The tournament will provide the Hoyas with an opportunity to get experience in individual play in preparation for regular season competition.

“I’m looking forward to playing a lot of matches,” junior Casey Marx said. “This is, I would say, our busiest fall so far, at least when I’ve been here. I think playing a lot of matches and getting back into it will be good, because I know I’ve had a slow start this season ... I think playing all these matches will get us ready for the main goal of doing the best we can in the Big East tournament, so that’s what I’m excited for.”

According to Head Coach Gordie Ernst, the fall season serves an imperative role for the Georgetown program. As none of the matches contribute to the teams’ rankings and do not factor into their overall records, fall play presents an opportunity for new players to adjust to college tennis and for returners to ease back into competitive play.

“The fall is all practice, really,” Ernst said. “It’s getting experience; it’s getting matches in; it’s great for the freshman like Anna [Short] who can come in and kind of get their feet wet and see what college tennis is about without that added pressure of playing against another team where every match is on the line.”

Michigan native Short is one of many new faces on the two teams’ rosters this season.

The women’s squad also welcomed junior transfer Drew Spinosa from the University of San Diego. The men’s team brought senior transfer Geoffrey Fosso, freshman Ian Witmer and junior James Heaney,

a former club tennis player at Georgetown.

“James is a great success story,” Ernst said. “He didn’t make the team last year so I said ‘Alright, this is what you have to do,’ and he went out and did it.

He worked hard and he played club tennis. He’s always at Yates training, he played tournaments all summer and he made the team this year. It’s a great success story. He has an exceptional attitude; he’s so positive; he’s always smiling.”

Since the construction of the John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center, the tennis teams have had to look off campus for court space. They have now adapted to practicing on the courts at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School.

“It’s a nice environment, and our kids are much more comfortable there now,” Ernst said. “We’re able to have focused practices, because there are no distractions. I think it’s been good.”

Scheduling on-court practice time will prove much more challenging in the winter months when the teams will have to compete for space at Yates. Nonetheless, Ernst is not concerned about the logistical difficulties that may lie ahead. In fact, he anticipates that his team is more prepared than ever to take on those sorts of challenges.

“The bottom line is, we can always find ways to deal,” Ernst said. “We have tough kids; we have kids who don’t need the sexiest of environments all the time. We’ll find ways to get the work in. We’ll find ways to come together as a team to deal with any technical adversities. We have an exceptional bunch. My kids are much tougher, because they have to deal with some stuff.

We’re going to be fine. This is going to be a good year, and you can quote me on that .”

The reigning champions are a fairly easy choice to lead the East. A core that includes guard Kyrie Irving, forward LeBron James and forward Kevin Love gives the Cavs a chance to win every game, with sharpshooter guards JR Smith and Iman Shumpert waiting in the wings.

2. Toronto Raptors (6022) With perhaps the second best backcourt in the NBA, guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are fresh off their gold medal stint in Rio and are ready to lead the Raptors back to the Eastern Conference Finals. Forward Jared Sullinger will provide some timely and muchneeded rebounding in the frontcourt.

3. Boston Celtics (58-24)

Priming for his third season in Boston, guard Isaiah Thomas still flies under the radar, but could garner more national attention with the pairing of free agent signing center Al Horford. Guard Marcus Smart will look to add to his defensive repertoire as Coach Brad Stevens looks to lead his group past the

Evan Couture 5. Washington Wizards (50-32) The hometown team will make the greatest turnaround next season, as the additions of guard Trey Burke and center Ian Mahinmi provide much-needed depth for an otherwise barren bench. Guard John Wall will continue his all-star campaign as one of the premier guards in the league. But much of the Wizards’ success hinges on guard Bradley Beal’s ability to stay healthy and whether he and Wall can work together in the backcourt.

6. New York Knicks (46-36)

New York has assembled this team five years too late. New additions guard Derrick Rose and center Joakim Noah provide serviceable talent, but are now merely pedestrian compared to their respective MVP and defensive player of the year campaigns. Forwards

Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis make this an interesting team, but I foresee chemistry issues inhibiting their success.

7. Chicago Bulls (43-39)

Before the season begins, Chicago needs to take a moment of silence for the spacing in the Madhouse. New additions guards Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade are less than stellar shooters. They join guard Jimmy Butler, who is already a mediocre shooter. With the loss of centers Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah, the Bulls will claw their way into the seventh seed on starpower alone.

8. Atlanta Hawks (42-40)

I would like to preface this decision by saying that the Hawks are fully capable of performing much better than the eighth seed. However, the loss of Teague and Horford will provide to be detrimental for an already declining team. The addition of center Dwight Howard is a good story, but I am done believing in Howard, as the locker room issues he brings are far too great to justify what semblance of his Orlando days he has left.

I had a difficult time leaving off teams like the Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, as all three teams recently held a spot in the playoffs.

However, an active offseason and an abundance of trades have drastically shifted the power rankings, which is ultimately better for the association.

Evan Couture is a junior in the McDonough School of Business. At the Buzzer appears every other Friday.

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GU to Open Big East Play Darius Iraj

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The Georgetown men’s soccer team (1-5) lost 0-1 Tuesday night to William and Mary (5-1) in Williamsburg, Va. This was the Blue and Gray’s final nonconference game before entering Big East play.

The team will travel to Rhode Island on Saturday to take on the Providence Friars (4-2) in its Big East opener.

Following the team’s first win of the season against the University of Connecticut, a 1-0 win, the Hoyas hoped to carry the momentum from their victory into their final nonconference game against the Tribe. However, things did not go their way in a gritty affair.

The match started with both teams trying to find their footing in the match.

Possession was even, and neither team created any big chances. That changed in the 19th minute of play when junior midfielder Matt Ledder took the first shot of the game for the Blue and Gray. Ledder fired a header in the box that went just wide of the net.

The match was still scoreless, but the Georgetown offense — which has been mostly stagnant all season — showed some life.

But that momentum was quickly zapped away in the 22nd minute when the Tribe scored an incredible goal. The Tribe’s junior forward/midfielder William Eskay fired a shot from approximately 30 to 35 yards outside of the box, which caught sophomore goalkeeper J.T. Marcinkowski off guard.

“It was a very opportunistic play. … He caught it really well, and I think that the problem was he probably shouldn’t have shot it.

There was probably other options that he should’ve done. And I think that was almost why it went in because I don’t think that J.T. was expecting it. I think it caught J.T. a bit by surprise, but, having said that, it was still a great hit,” Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese said.

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Senior midfielder Bakie Goodman has started all six games this season. He has taken eight shots thus far.

The rest of the half continued uneventfully with the Hoyas providing no effective response. However, the second half was a different story, marked by plenty of yellow cards and scoring opportunities for both sides.

The intensity of the match escalated significantly. The Hoyas’ play was a bit riskier, with the team taking more chances by pushing players forward. Wiese made some changes, substituting fresh legs into the match hoping to spark the offense. And the changes did indeed result in some chances. Georgetown took nine total shots in the second half alone.

With about 20 minutes left to play, both teams received three total yellow cards within four minutes, before the Hoyas’ offense looked poised to tie the game. Senior midfielder and co-captain Bakie Goodman inspired the offense with two key chances with about 10 minutes remaining before Georgetown’s final key efforts in the match.

In the last five minutes of the match the Blue and Gray had two dangerous chances taken by junior midfielder Arun Basuljevic and junior forward Zach Knudson, but both failed to capitalize.

“In the second half I

thought they showed a lot of spirit, and as a result we looked like we always were going to score, but we just ran out of time in that game,” Wiese said.

Georgetown dropped to 1-5 on the season and was shut out for the fourth time this season. The team has scored two goals in six matches thus far.

Despite their lowly nonconference results, the Hoyas can perhaps have a fresh start when they start conference play this weekend against the Friars.

Providence has had a successful season to this point. It has shut out its opponents in each of its last three games. Providence’s freshman midfielder Danny Griffin has played particularly well.

Griffin, last week’s Big East Freshman of the Week, tallied two game-winning goals in each of his last two games. Georgetown appears ready to stop the young phenomenon though, as the defense has allowed just seven goals in six matches.

“They’re a blue-collar, very tough team and they’re always one of our toughest matchups in the league, every year,” Coach Wiese said. “This won’t be any different.”

Georgetown’s matchup with Providence is Saturday at 7 p.m. in Providence, R.I.

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should ever pay him to coach football.

After he was read some words by one of the victims, Briles noted that “People may doubt what you say but they’ll believe what you do.” This is particularly ironic because Briles did nothing to stop future assaults from happening and actively ignored written testimonials from victims seeking recourse and assistance.

Briles then proceeded to note how he “hates the way she [the victim] feels about him.”

In context this makes sense: Art Briles only cares about Art Briles and how people view Art Briles.

Briles is culpable not only because he was the head coach of the team that was deemed a failure by independent investigations, but also because he actively recruited men with histories of violence to play for his team.

An ESPN Outside the Lines investigation reported at least three players with histories of violence against women — one is serving a 20-year prison sentence and another is awaiting trial. The Baylor football program has not enforced any team-related discipline upon them. Another Out-

side the Lines report in May 2016 noted that other players were accused of violent actions and few, if any, received internal discipline.

Like most sports fans and people, I believe in second chances, but those second chances do not necessarily have to include football, even for athletes.

Briles only cares about Art Briles and how people view Art Briles.

However, if you knowingly recruit a man who has a history of violence and sexual misconduct and give him the shield of a football helmet that seems to act as immunity from criminal or campus discipline, you are knowingly and deliberately accepting a risk that other students’ welfare and safety could be jeopardized.

That is what Briles is guilty of more than anything.

Each and every accusation deserves a full and independent investigation because Baylor has shown itself incapable of properly supporting victims. Any player found guilty should immediately be referred to the criminal justice system

because there is never an excuse for committing a crime.

In the interview that aired Saturday, Briles still struggled to explain why he was fired even though he somewhat acknowledged he felt partially responsible for what happened. This is a start, but there was nothing in that interview or any subsequent statements to suggest that Briles feels a genuine concern for the actual victims of assault given the rampant injustices that Baylor football and the university as a whole perpetuated.

In perhaps his final flabbergasting act, Briles was seen this summer on the sidelines of several NFL training camps, rumored to be attempting to rehabilitate his image and job hunting even though he reportedly received a settlement of over $10 million after his firing earlier this year.

With all of the problems the NFL has had over the past several years with violence and sexual assault, the last thing it, or any other football team needs, is Art Briles.

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the Women’s Radial Regatta with junior Lola Bushnell coming in third.

Junior Rose Edwards and senior Emily Fung finished ninth and 19th, respectively.

“I think that it’s going to be a great season,” junior Meghan MacRae said.

“We have a lot of people coming in this year and stepping up to the plate and taking over the leadership roles.”

For Georgetown, its opening weekend success was merely a continuation of the program’s historic dominance. The Hoyas entered this fall season coming off a succesful spring, during which they captured the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship for the 13th time in school history.

In addition to this prestigious team accolade, several Hoyas were honored with individual awards in the spring. Most notably, then-senior Nevin Snow was named the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year. Snow had also won the award at the conclusion of his junior season.

At that time, he became the fifth Hoya to earn the title and is now the second Hoya to do so twice.

“We’ve had a great run

of the best sailors in college,” Head Coach Michael Callahan said. “The hope is that the work ethic, the sailing ability, the way to make the boat go fast, [underclassmen] learn in practice from those sailors.”

Snow was also named an Intercollegiate Sailing Association Coed AllAmerican Skipper. Joining Snow in receiving All-American honors were then-seniors Sean Golden, Isabelle Luzuriaga, Mary Kate Mezzetti and Bettina Redway. MacRae rounded out Georgetown’s AllAmerican honorees.

“When I look around, with 13 national championships and tons of AllAmericans, I feel like we’re definitely doing the right thing,” Callahan said.

“Kids are coming, they’re sticking with the team, they’re enjoying themselves and they’re winning.

I think that’s the best part of the whole thing.”

Having lost many talented seniors to graduation, the Georgetown team will rely on its returning sailors to fill the void as the season continues. Callahan is confident that his current group of upperclassmen has learned from their predecessors and is prepared to rise to the occasion.

“A big part of our team is the upperclassmen teaching the underclassmen,” Callahan said.

“When [Snow] would go out and he would win a race at practice, he would tell the underclassmen exactly what he did — how he tuned his boat, how he sailed the boat — because he wanted them to get better to challenge him so the hope is that some of the underclassmen now have learned a lot from [Snow] and will start to pass that down to the newer kids.”

The head coach has set a high bar for this team this season. The program has proven it can win trophies, but now Callahan is asking his sailors to take on the new challenge of teaching.

“The goal is always to win everything, but the other goal is to really work with our newcomers and get them to be good and just keep imparting the knowledge of the upperclassmen down to the younger kids so that we can continue the legacy of doing well,” Callahan said.

Georgetown will be back on the water this weekend, competing in the Nevins Trophy Regatta and New York Maritime Fall Regatta.

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eron said. “Georgetown recruits good people and Sixers game. And right wouldn’t have a player after the game was over come here to tarnish their … somehow I got close reputation if they’re not enough to Iverson and I was a good person and don’t like, ‘What’s up Iverson?’ have good character.” and he turned around,” Allen Iverson did Cameron said. “Nowadays, more than just become a players are more interac- Georgetown great and an tive with fans, but back NBA legend. He became a then it wasn’t pushed cultural icon, producing on the players to do stuff on-court highlights that like that, so he stopped, had kids aspiring to repliturned around, and said, cate his feats.

‘What’s up little man?’ I Often times his onhad an Iverson jersey on … court play — the flashy and he came, dapped me crossovers and contested up and ruffled my hair a jumpers — led to criticism little bit, then he walked of him as an inefficient into the locker room. Ever player. Even in the Blue since then I’ve followed and Gray, Iverson shot Allen Iverson throughout just 44 percent from the his whole cafield and reer.”

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C a m e r o n ’ s same gym that Neverthechance en- he’s been in ... less, statisticounter excal impresemplify the It was part of siveness kind of perwas never son Iverson his past, getting Iverson’s is and was him to where calling card, throughout instead dazhis career. he is today. zling fans Campbell’s and players experience Sometimes you alike with with the for- gotta think about q u i c k n e s s mer Georgeand speed town great it for a second. It that more is personal made gives you goose than as well. up for his “ E v - bumps.” small staterything ure. he’s been “I mean, REGGIE CAMERON through; ever ybody, Senior Forward he’s just whether you b e e n were a big through a lot of adversity, man going to the gym or and that’s something I’ve a little guy, at some point been through, too, so I you pretended to be at the like that,” Campbell said. top of the key, crossing up “He’s really a good person. Michael Jordan just like My older cousin used to Iverson did,” Cameron babysit him, so she used said. to tell me a lot of stories. I Standing at six feet tall love him, man.” and just 180 pounds — Whether it was his grossly undersized for an childhood or his college NBA player — Iverson has and professional careers, accomplished many feats, Iverson left an indelible including the crossover mark wherever he went. on Jordan among many Moreover, his success as others, that seem to pass the Hoyas’ star guard — more and more into basIverson averaged 23 points ketball mythos as time per game, 4.6 assists per passes. What he did on game, 3.6 rebounds per the Hilltop and in his progame and 3.2 steals per fessional career has now game over two years — extended beyond what bolstered Georgetown’s words can express, his actransformative reputa- tions being the chief fortion, as a school that ac- bearer of his legacy. cepts and welcomes any“Just being in the gym one and everyone. where his jersey is up on “I think [Head Coach the wall and just walking John Thompson III] around on campus and bedoesn’t discriminate on ing in the gym that he’s where you come from, or been in. … It was part of anything like that. And his past, getting him to Big Coach [John Thomp- where he is today,” Camson Jr.] saw that Iverson eron said. “Sometimes you was a good kid, a misun- gotta think about it for a derstood, good person, second. It gives you goose and he is to this day,” Cam- bumps.”

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Junior midfielder Rachel Corboz had a shot on goal in Thursday’s win. She has recorded seven goals and six assists this season. Corboz was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week for the third time Monday.

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“It was just hard, because they were playing in a 4-5-1, sitting back and trying to counter,” Nolan said. “And we’re trying to get forward, and then it turns over, and now we’re chasing. … So I didn’t feel there was a lot of room in center midfield, and Taylor [Pak] was the one for us who probably managed most of the situation of playing with a lot of numbers in there on a slow field.”

The second half saw a greater balance between the two teams, with the Colonials pushing for the equalizer and creating a few notable chances. A potential tying goal was ruled out for offsides just seven minutes from full time.

While Georgetown has enjoyed an impressive start to its season, The George Washington University ran out to the best start in its program’s history and remained undefeated through its first six games; in fact, before a loss at Liberty last weekend, GWU had won nineteen consecutive regular season games.

Nolan knew to be especially wary of GWU senior forward MacKenzie Cowley, who scored the lone goal in the Colonials’ upset of then-No. 17 Arkansas (7-1).

“I’m glad she’s a senior now and I won’t have to see her again. She’s a kid who’s really developed into a good college player. And she was always a threat today. I thought [junior defender] Liz

[Wenger] did a very good job on her. It looked like Mackenzie almost got away once or twice, but it seemed like Lizzie always at the last minute managed to step in.”

“It was just hard, because they were in a 4-51, sitting back and trying to counter.”

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Graduate student Marina Paul started in central defense alongside Wenger and also played the full 90 minutes.

Looking at the difficult nonconference games, Nolan has been pleased with the results so far but sees one major opportunity remaining with West Virginia looming.

“When I set this schedule up, we had four predominant games in there, with Stanford, Virginia, Rutgers and West Virginia,” Nolan said. “And I was hoping, best case scenario, we could get results in two of them, which we have.”

Two years ago in the NCAA Tournament, Georgetown progressed on penalties (4-3) from the first round after 110 minutes of goalless soccer, upsetting West Virginia in Morgantown, W.Va. The Hoyas next travel to No. 2 West Virginia (6-0-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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appearing at the ground breaking of the John R. Thompson Jr. IntercolleAlthough his college hey- giate Athletic Center in day was 20 years ago, Al- 2014 to meeting and greetlen Iverson — affectionately ing the fans who stuck with known as “The Answer” — him through his incredible has built a legacy that con- journey of going from a tinues throughout the cur- prison sentence that nearrent Georgetown basketball ly cost him his career to program. boasting the seventh-highAnd as Georgetown gave est per-game scoring averto Iverson, he gave back to it age in NBA history, Iverson in full — and more. has enough on his plate W h e n that forgetIverson acting the litcepted his “I want to tle things alinduction to thank Coach most seems the Naismith necessary.

M e m o r i a l Thompson... for T h e B a s ke t b a l l crowds he Hall of Fame saving my life.” deals with last week, he are easy to included a ignore and ALLEN IVERSON special shouthe media Former Georgetown Guard tout to the attention school and he has garprogram that gave him so nered over his career justimuch. fies a solitary life. But Iver“I want to thank Coach son has done none of these [John] Thompson [Jr.] … for things and has not been a saving my life, for giving solitary person. me the opportunity. I was As a kid, senior forrecruited by every school ward Reggie Cameron had in the country for football the opportunity to meet and basketball, and an in- Iverson before the idea cident happened in high of Georgetown had even school and all that was tak- crossed his mind. Junior en away. No other teams, guard Tre Campbell knew no other schools were Iverson through family, recruiting me anymore,” with Campbell’s parents Iverson said in his Hall of hailing from Hampton, Va., Fame induction speech. Iverson’s hometown.

“My mom went to George“I think I was 6 or 7 years town and begged [Thomp- old; for some reason I had son] to give me a chance, floor passes to a Nets and and he did.”

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Sophomore forward Amanda Carolan scored the lone and eventual game-winning goal in Thursday’s win. It was her second goal of the season. She has also recorded two assists and is top five on the team in points.

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Behind sophomore forward Amanda Carolan’s second goal of the season, the No. 18 Georgetown women’s soccer team (7-1) beat local rival George Washington (6-2) on the road Thursday afternoon 1-0 to extend its winning streak to six games.

The win came in a different style than the team has become accustomed to over the early part of its nonconference schedule; entering the match, George-

town’s goals per game ranked fourth in the country at 3.29 goals per game, and the exciting 3-2 win on Sunday over then-No. 3 Virginia (7-1) seemed to leave a certain hangover, even in victory.

The Hoyas controlled the flow of the game for much of the first half, and in the eighth minute Carolan took a pass from sophomore forward Caitlin Farrell and a few dribbles later finished past the keeper from close range.

Head Coach Dave Nolan pointed to the playing

surface as a factor in the Hoyas’ less dynamic attacking performance and in the Colonials’ amazing record of just three home losses in the last three seasons.

“It’s turf, which we don’t play on,” Nolan said. “And it’s a very spongy, soft, slow turf. And it slows up the game something fierce. And for a team that relies on speed and likes to attack at pace, it really hurt us today.

We never could really get the ball out from under our feet. … After Sunday’s win, I’m just happy to get the win and get out of here.”

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Last weekend was a busy one for the Georgetown sailing team. The Hoyas kicked off their fall season with three regattas — the Riley Cup at Old Dominion and the Navy Laser Open and Women’s Radial Regatta, both at the Naval Academy.

In each race, Georgetown came away with top honors.

Georgetown posted firstand fifth-place finishes at the Riley Cup. The Georgetown team with the top score comprised sophomores Campbell D’Eliscu and Rebecca Fung in the A division and sophomore Claire Mohun and freshman Will Logue in the B

division. Junior Roger Dorr and sophomores Noah Keller, Hannah Hess and Haley Shea made up the Hoyas’ fifth-place team.

At the Navy Laser open four Hoyas competed individually in single-handed competition. Georgetown junior Greg Martinez finished in first place with junior Jack Marshall finishing

second. Junior Clay Broussard finished fifth for the Hoyas, while senior Tuckerman Jones finished in 17th place.

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The men’s and women’s sailing teams practice on the Potomac River and will look to defend their national championships this season. The teams will compete in the MAISA championship in two weeks.

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Georgetown’s forwards looked dangerous throughout; senior forward Grace Damaska took four shots, two on target, and graduate student forward Crystal Thomas and freshman forward/midfielder Paula Germino-Watnick notched two shots apiece.

But much of the match was played in a congested midfield due to the slow turf, which junior midfielder Taylor Pak controlled well before tiring near the end of the contest.

n one of his more famous quips during his tenure as head coach of the New York Jets, Herm Edwards deadpanned a reporter by informing him, “You play to win the game.

You don’t play to just play it.” For many coaches, that pressure is all too real — they are hired just to get fired, as the cliche goes. In college football, that pressure is further compounded as coaches have to answer at least in part to athletic departments and alumni who are always in a “win now” mindset.

Though this is not necessarily unique to college football, the importance and prestige bestowed upon a school’s football team can have real human consequences. No school has felt that cost over the course of the offseason more than Baylor, a private Christian university in Texas that, for the better part of its history, had little on-field success.

Then along came Head Coach Art Briles.

In 2010, Briles produced the program’s first winning season since 1995. In 2011 he helped create a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Robert Griffin III,

and led the team to its first bowl win since 1992.

As Baylor began to pile up wins through its high-powered offense, rumors started to circulate about members of the Baylor football team committing sexual assaults on Baylor students. One victim sent Briles and the athletic department an email with the subject line “I was raped at Baylor” and received no reply.

In a damning report released over the summer, it was determined that Briles and other members of the coaching staff were informed of the allegations and responded in the worst way: They did nothing.

Wins became more important than the accusations of sexual assault, and for that, Briles, who was fired at the end of May, should never be given another coaching position in college football or anywhere else.

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