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EDITORIAL Georgetown should prioritize students’ free speech by recognizing H*yas for Choice.

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LAW CENTER SUES ALEX JONES A Georgetown University Law Center clinic is suing the right-wing conspiracy theorist.

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Historic Gender Equity Task Force Prepares Launch WILL CASSOU Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown University is set to create a new task force for gender equity this semester, President John J. DeGioia announced March 1, representing the first move of its kind in university history.

The task force will be charged with assessing national and institutional practices that best contribute to gender equity and recommending specific, actionable steps that Georgetown can take to promote gender equity among faculty and senior leadership.

Similar task forces are in place at other institutions across the country, including St. Louis University, Stanford University and The University of Texas at Austin.

The announcement of the task force coincides with the start of Women’s History Month. It also comes as universities and corporations across the country begin to examine how their internal structures promote or inhibit gender equity in light of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, which advocate for gender equality and environments free from sexual harassment and assault.

Jane Aiken, vice dean and professor of law at the Georgetown

University Law Center, has been selected to lead the task force, but the other members who will work with her have yet to be selected.

“I’m working closely with President DeGioia to assemble a diverse team of faculty from different disciplines with expertise that would be helpful to this work.

Georgetown is a large and diverse place, and tapping into the broad expertise we have here is both a challenge and an exciting opportunity,” Aiken said in an interview with The Hoya.

Aiken served on a similar task force at the University of South Carolina in the past and chaired the Governor’s Task Force on AIDS for the state of Arizona from 1988 to 1990.

Ensuring that the task force reflects the university’s current and continued movement toward diversity on campus remains a priority for the university, according to Georgetown’s strategic communications director Rachel Pugh.

The task force will be fully operational within the next few weeks, according to Pugh, and it will work throughout the school year to make recommendations for the university to improve See TASK FORCE, A6

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Hundreds of members of the Georgetown community participated in a walkout Wednesday morning to call for enhanced gun violence prevention in the wake of last month’s shooting in Parkland, Fla. The protest was one of thousands of such events at schools nationwide.

Campus Walks Out for Gun Reform CAROLINE GARDNER Hoya Staff Writer

Hundreds of Georgetown University students, faculty and community members called for gun violence prevention in in the aftermath of last month’s shooting in Parkland, Fla., in a gathering in front of Healy Hall at 10 a.m.

Wednesday morning.

Exactly one month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which left 17 people dead and 17 injured, Georgetown students marched out of their classes to advocate for

legislation promoting school safety and gun violence prevention.

Georgetown’s walkout was one of 3,136 student-organized marches across the country, according to EMPOWER, the national group behind the national school walkout and the organizing group of the national Women’s March.

University President John J. DeGioia addressed the crowd outside Healy, calling for a collaborative effort from the crowd to inspire action against gun violence.

“No student should live in fear of gun violence. Our first consideration must be to care for each oth-

er,” DeGioia said. “There is a conviction that we share as members of this community: a belief that there is a good we can achieve together.

This is a moment that demands good in us.”

Madison Thomas (COL ’19), an organizer of the event, estimated about 500 people participated in the 17-minute walkout to show their support for not only survivors of the Parkland shooting, but for all victims of gun violence.

Zach Fagan (NHS ’21) also addressed the crowd, speaking about his cousin, Victoria Soto, who lost her life in the Sandy Hook shoot-

ing almost five years ago. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred Dec. 14, 2012, in Newton, Conn., leaving 20 children and six staff members dead.

“Since December 14, my story has also become the story of thousands upon thousands of families in this county, whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence,” Fagan said. “I’m speaking out along with all of you and students throughout the country today so that no family ever has to go through See WALKOUT, A6

Nixed Ambassadorship Perpetuates Policy Weakness, SFS Deans Warn KATRINA SCHMIDT Hoya Staff Writer

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili called for Georgian acceptance into Western international institutions in a talk hosted by the BMW Center for German and European Studies on Tuesday.

Georgia Must Join NATO And EU, President Argues SARAH MENDELSOHN Hoya Staff Writer

The United States and Western Europe should increase support for Georgian acceptance into the European Union and NATO, Giorgi Margvelashvili, the president of Georgia, said in a talk hosted by the BMW Center for German and European Studies on Tuesday.

Margvelashvili said European and American support of Georgia through NATO and the EU could help protect Georgia from future Russian aggression and establish peace in Georgia. The Georgian president urged Europe and the United States to take a stronger stance in support of Georgia after a 2008 Russian invasion resulted in the Russian occupation of two Georgian territories, which contin-

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ues to this day.

“When you are a superpower or when you are the winning side, by being passive, you don’t really want peace,” Margvelashvili said.

Georgia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 when the communist state collapsed. It stands out among former Soviet satellites as a country that has experienced successful, democratic and peaceful transfers of power.

However, the small republic has faced internal conflicts and Russian aggression since its inception.

Separatist movements in two regions that border Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, instigated fighting in 2008 between government forces and separatist groups.

Tensions between the nations increased when Russia provided sup-

port for the separatist movements and unilaterally recognized the independence of these two regions.

In 2008, the tensions between Georgia, Russia and separatists culminated in a Russian invasion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russia now occupies almost 20 percent of Georgian territory.

Georgia has worked to improve its relationship with the West since it gained its independence.

It became a member state of the United Nations in July 1992 and deepened its economic, political and social ties to Europe through the EU-Georgia Association Council, the European Neighbourhood Policy and increased trade with the EU. However, NATO deferred its decision on Georgia’s See GEORGIA, A6

Georgetown professor Victor Cha’s expected nomination as the U.S. ambassador to South Korea was abruptly scrapped in January after he privately shared criticism of President Donald Trump’s North Korea policy.

With no nominee yet announced to fill the empty post, two current and former deans of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service say Cha’s scuttled nomination has left U.S. diplomacy on the Korean peninsula in limbo amid heightened tensions with North Korea.

Cha, senior adviser and Korea chair at the Center for

Strategic and International Studies, a foreign policy think tank, and former director of the Asian Studies program at Georgetown, opposed Trump’s interest in what is known as a “bloody nose” strike, a limited preventive attack, against North Korea.

He expressed his concerns to National Security Council officials in late December, according to a Jan. 29 report in The Washington Post.

In an interview with The Hoya, SFS Dean Joel Hellman raised alarm at the administration’s decision to drop Cha at a tense moment for U.S. foreign policy with North Korea.

“I feel strongly that Victor Cha was indeed one of the best possible choices for

ambassador to South Korea at this particular moment,” Hellman said. “I was deeply disappointed to see that he did not ultimately get the nomination.”

The rejection of Cha nearly a full year into Trump’s term followed an already protracted security clearance process — Cha was rumored to be the administration’s pick as far back as last summer. Now, even as Trump has expressed willingness to meet face-toface with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the position of ambassador to South Korea remains empty.

A preventive strike differs from a pre-emptive strike in See CHA, A6

GEORGETOWN SFS

The expected nomination of Georgetown professor Victor Cha as U.S. ambassador to South Korea was derailed after he expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s North Korea policy.

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Reaching New Summits Leaders of the BRAVE and OWN IT summits celebrate a new era of intersectional feminism.

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Six in a Row The men’s lacrosse team won its sixth game in a row after beating Hobarton on Saturday.

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C EDITORIALS Despite Bigotry, Debate Shapiro C Founded January 14, 1920

but you shouldn’t silence them by saying, ‘You can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say,’” Obama said.

Georgetown students should heed Obama’s advice.

Do not shy away from offensive views; instead, listen to Shapiro’s views — even if only to challenge them.

GU Pride and H*yas for Choice, campus groups diametrically opposed to many of Shapiro’s most controversial beliefs, have planned a post-event discussion focused on intersections of the pro-abortion rights and pro-trans movements, where students will have the opportunity to talk about their responses to Shapiro’s appearance.

These efforts are commendable: When speakers visit campus, groups should create spaces for an open discussion of the lecturer’s merit — and, more importantly, the speaker’s flaws. The presentation of diverse opinions strengthens intellectual capability, as is possible only in an environment where free speech is protected.

This environment allowed students to effectively challenge another provocative on-campus speaker in April 2017 — then-White House national security adviser Sebastian Gorka. In that case, students did not shut down the event nor did they not shout Gorka down during the panel. Rather, some students silently protested while others asked tough questions about Gorka’s ties to Vitézi Rend — a neo-Nazi group — and his Islamophobic rhetoric.

In response, Gorka fled the panel more than 15 minutes early, attracting national news coverage to the very issues brought up by Georgetown students.

Students who find Shapiro’s beliefs offensive should follow this model of civil disobedience.

Fourteen Georgetown student groups — including the Muslim Students Association, Native American Student Council and LGBTQ advocacy group GU Pride — have been guaranteed first priority during the Q&A portion of the event, as confirmed by event organizer and former GUCR President Allie Williams (SFS ’19).

Williams is also a member of this editorial board.

Members of these groups should engage with the event by questioning Shapiro, protesting peacefully or simply presenting their own views in conversation and discussion.

By arguing their own views instead of ignoring Shapiro’s, members of the Georgetown community can enable a productive, challenging conversation while preserving freedom of speech of campus.

My Hippos Don’t Lie — Timothy the Hippo of the San Antonio Zoo has been courting Fiona, his hippopotamine love interest from the Cincinnati Zoo, via social media. One post attributed to Timothy asked Fiona, “Are you up?”

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Many students — understandably — feel Ben Shapiro’s March 21 lecture on campus, organized and endorsed by Georgetown University College Republicans and Lecture Fund, risks normalizing and legitimizing the transphobic, Islamophobic and anti-Arab views he has espoused in the past.

However, these students must not silence Shapiro, an American conservative political commentator widely regarded as a free speech “martyr” for the protests his speeches incite. Instead, they should question him, protest him and use the speech as an opportunity for open discussion prompted by his views.

Shapiro has spent his career trafficking in well-documented bigotry.

In a Sep. 27, 2010 tweet he claimed Arabs, a group he often targets in his vitriolic comments, “like to bomb crap and live in open sewage.”

In December 2016, he told a group of students at Yeshiva University in New York City, “Transgender people are unfortunately suffering from a significant mental illness that is deeply harmful.”

Shapiro’s 2010 tweet was plainly racist and his 2016 claim was clearly wrong: The American Psychiatric Association has asserted that “identifying as transgender does not constitute a mental disorder.” Moreover, he purposefully diminishes the feelings and experiences of marginalized individuals.

His words can carry dangerous consequences. As Claire Hazbun (SFS ’20) correctly noted in a Feb. 23 oped for The Hoya calling on GUCR and Lecture Fund, the groups endorsing the event, to disinvite Shapiro, “The harm of inviting Shapiro to campus is clear. Over time, we become apathetic to bigoted rhetoric. This hateful speech creates a foundation for violence against marginalized groups” (“Student Groups Must Disinvite Shapiro,” The Hoya, Feb. 23, 2018).

However, attempting to cancel the event would set precedents that could seriously harm on-campus free speech in the future.

Students should accept the reality of his visit and focus on fostering productive conversation around less than ideal circumstances. We must take the high road and allow him to speak, despite his offensive ideology.

As former President Barack Obama argued in a September 2015 town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, college students should be open-minded and willing to engage with oppositional opinions.

“Anybody who comes to speak to you and you disagree with, you should have an argument with them,

Right to Remain Arie-less — On the 22nd season finale of “The Bachelor,” Arie Luyendyk Jr. dumped his fiancee, Becca Kufrin, for Lauren Burnham in a 30-minute televised breakup. Shortly after, legislation was drafted to ban Luyendyk from Minnesota, Kufrin’s home state.

Tweet-Rex — On Tuesday, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson became the 40th member of the Trump administration to exit. Tillerson reportedly learned of his firing in a tweet by President Donald Trump.

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Kitty Litter-Gation — Tabatha Bundesen, creator of the Grumpy Cat meme, was awarded over $710,000 in a lawsuit after a beverage company developed products with the cat’s face, including the “Grumpy Cat Grumppuccino.”

To Sue a Mockingbird — Harper Lee’s estate lawyer filed a complaint in an Alabama federal court Tuesday. The complaint claims that Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” deviates too much from the novel.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Adam Semprevivo

Recognize H*yas for Choice Georgetown University should prioritize free speech over religious policy by recognizing H*yas for Choice, a pro-reproductive rights student group.

As a university, Georgetown must commit to the free exchange of ideas, rather than prioritizing one belief over another. Club funding must not be based on viewpoint or ideology, despite the university’s adherence to Catholic doctrine.

In fact, Georgetown’s own free speech guidelines emphasize the importance of diverse viewpoints in campus discourse, whether or not those viewpoints align with Catholic teachings.

The university’s Speech and Expression Policy links free speech with exploration of Catholic thought: “Jesuit principles … [and] the vision of our founder, John Carroll … prohibit any limitation upon discourse.”

Student group funding should be governed by the same open-minded speech policy given to students.

Yet, Georgetown’s rules for recognizing clubs are for more stringent than Carroll might have hoped.

Club recognition is accompanied by benefits such as funding from the Student Activities Commission, the ability to table during the Council of Advisory Board fair and opportunities to reserve space on campus for meetings or speakers.

As one of several unrecognized student groups at Georgetown, H*yas for Choice has none of these privileges: Its promotion is done exclusively in Red Square and other free-speech zones on campus, while its work is funded primarily by “donations from alumni, families, parents [and] faculty,” according to Michaela Lewis (COL ’18), a co-president of H*yas for Choice, in an email to The Hoya.

H*yas for Choice was not always relegated to the ranks of the unrecognized. Georgetown formally recognized the group, then known as GU Choice, in 1991, noting the importance of a nondiscriminatory, free speech-based approach to club approval.

In an open letter to the campus, then-Dean of Student Affairs and now-University President John J. DeGioia wrote of his intention “to balance at Georgetown a commitment to the free exchange of ideas with a 200-year commitment to the moral tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.”

GU Choice’s recognition lasted 14 months: Then-

University President Fr. Leo O’Donovan, S.J., announced the university’s decision to revoke the group’s status April 24, 1992. O’Donovan said disagreement within the Jesuit community added to his reconsideration of GU Choice’s status: “You can be sure that the Jesuits don’t like to see conflict between a local cardinal and the Jesuit community,” (“University Revokes Funding for Controversial Student Club,” April 28, 1992, A3).

While Georgetown should surely use its Jesuit values as a framework for education and student life, the university should not use religious doctrine to regulate student behavior.

Recently, Georgetown has prioritized the diverse identities of its students over its Catholic identity: In 2008, Georgetown became the first Catholic university to have an LGBTQ resource center.

Unfortunately, recent decisions regarding club recognition have demonstrated the limits of Georgetown’s commitment to promoting the various perspectives of its students.

Last semester, the university decided to continue funding Love Saxa, a pro-traditional marriage group defined in the eyes of many by institutional bigotry.

The group drew broad criticism from students who found its mission homophobic. Student LGBTQ activists Chad Gasman (COL ’20) and Jasmin Ouseph (SFS ’19) challenged Love Saxa’s funding on these grounds in an October 2017 SAC hearing.

While the university administration did not explicitly take a side in the debate, Senior Director for Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh told The Hoya in October, “We strongly support a climate that continues to provide students with new and deeper contexts for engaging with our Catholic identity.”

Because of its beliefs and practices, H*yas for Choice has been denied the freedoms granted to Love Saxa, whose mission closely matches Catholic doctrine. For a university to openly silence a student group based on whether or not it aligns with Catholic or Jesuit values is not only wrong — it is in violation of Georgetown’s own speech policies.

Georgetown has already shown courage in crafting its own identity separate from religion. Now, it must reaffirm this courage and protect the free exchange of ideas by recognizing H*yas for Choice once again.

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LGBTQ Rights Group Denied Recognition Executive Educational Vice President Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, S.J., has denied a second appeal by the organizers of a gay group for formal university recognition.

“After my review of the facts and of the issues, I find no reason to overturn Mrs. Johnson’s initial action and Dr. Rueckel’s confirmation of that action,” Ryan said in a letter released to the group.

Organizers of the Gay Georgetown Students have not changed their position, however.

“We will be appealing to Fr. Henle after the holidays,” David McCaughey (SLL ’74), a coordinator of the group, said.

Ryan’s statement, released yesterday afternoon, clarifies university policy.

“Both Mr. William Schuerman of the Student Development staff and I pointed out to you that you misread or misinterpreted the University’s regulations regarding posting of signs, placing announcements in student publications and reservation of facilities,” Ryan said. “You have these rights as individual students or as an informal group. As I mentioned to you during our discussion on the 6th of March, I will support and protect the exercise of your rights as students of Georgetown University.”

Ms. Johnsons’s initial action last month denied the group formal recognition because “Georgetown University has always had a tradition of Christian virtues and ideals. The spirit and policy of the University are de-

fined in light of this Christian heritage.”

“Accordingly, we believe that the recognition of any homosexual group is completely inconsistent with the ideals and stated policy of the University,” Ms. Johnson said.

After the group’s coordinators appealed Ms. Johnson’s opinion, Student Development Vice President Dr. Patricia Rueckel upheld the decision. “We feel it is inappropriate for the university, as an educational institution, to give encouragement to this style of life,” Dr. Rueckel said.

McCaughey said yesterday that the group “would seriously consider legal action” if Fr. Henle rejects the appeal.

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Cut Study Abroad Costs

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eorgetown University is one of the United States’ premier schools for international affairs, but the university’s study abroad opportunities are limited. The university must strengthen its programs by making them more affordable for and accessible to all students.

Georgetown is the fourth-best U.S. college or university for studying international affairs, with its master’s program ranking first, according to Foreign Policy magazine; the university also hosts international relations professionals like former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and recent presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Many Georgetown students realize the importance of supplementing an academic education with a cultural one: Over 60 percent of students in the School of Foreign Service already study abroad.

Unfortunately, the expense of studying abroad and the years when students are able to study limit the ability of many students to travel overseas.

Georgetown students who study abroad are charged Georgetown tuition for the duration of their programs. This policy is problematic: Georgetown’s rates almost always far exceed those of any other elite institutions overseas. For example, tuition at Oxford University does not exceed $30,000; Georgetown tuition currently stands at $66,971.

Also troublesome is that students who study abroad have to pay for their own “transportation, meals, housing, passport/visa fees, insurance or personal expenses,” according to the Office of Global Education.

The university applies on-campus financial aid packages to semesters or years abroad, but only 38 percent of Hoyas receive some need-based scholarship or grant, according to U.S. News & World Report. The fact that Georgetown does not assist in other expenses for students travelling overseas.is also unfortunate, because learning how to live in a new country can take a financial toll on an individual still in search of affordable shops and transportation means.

Even though a Georgetown student may memorize the years of battles or morals of fables tran-

scribed in textbooks, enriching oneself in lands where such events transpired provides a unique and worthwhile supplement.

After taking a course about Greek philosophy several years ago, I fell in love with the Greek culture and the country’s history.

The following summer, I worked to save enough money to travel to Greece; I had the opportunity to walk the streets of Athens to better understand the lives of the ancient Greeks. Although I had read about the adornment of the goddess Athena, experiencing the grandeur of the Acropolis temple fostered a new understanding of Greece’s history and culture.

My reflections were concentrated and developed by experiencing another culture firsthand.

The cultural norm at Georgetown is to study abroad during a student’s junior year — doing so earlier is very difficult. When I sat with my dean discussing opportunities to spend some time abroad next year — my sophomore year — the combined forces of the OGE and the SFS curriculum presented seemingly endless roadblocks.

Many due dates to apply for certain programs had passed without my being notified, and there were many core classes that my dean thought I should take before I would be well-equipped to fully appreciate a study abroad experience. To prioritize core academic requirements far before study abroad experiences places unnecessary limits on what Georgetown students can achieve during their four years.

Georgetown clearly realizes the importance of studying international relations. To further its mission as “one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, led by a faculty of both scholars and practitioners,” SFS administrators should create more opportunities for students to study abroad by working with the OGE to make programs more accessible and affordable.

Youssef Osman is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service.

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From touching personal narratives to the “black carpet” at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, women are emerging from socially constructed shadows of taboo and shame.

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Embrace Intersectional Feminism

mid the nationwide push to address sexual assault, women everywhere are joining together to say #MeToo. From touching personal narratives to the “black carpet” at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, women are emerging from socially constructed shadows of taboo and shame to speak about their experiences as survivors of sexual assault and misconduct.

The brave women who have come forward to lead and join the #MeToo movement have enabled solidarity and empathy that transcend cultural boundaries.

One such woman is Oprah Winfrey — herself a survivor of sexual assault — who spoke life into the silenced story of Recy Taylor, a black woman who was abducted and raped by six white men in her small Alabama town in 1944. Unsurprisingly, the jury that acquitted her rapists consisted of all white men.

Taylor’s experience highlights the ways women are often discredited for their traumas, and how black women are disproportionately less likely to be believed than their white counterparts if they speak up about sexual assault.

These horror stories have not yet been relegated to the past. Film producer Harvey Weinstein faced allegations

from many white women, but only disputed the account of black actress Lupita Nyong’o.

Weinstein’s insistence on challenging Nyong’o, his only black accuser, exemplifies the disparities between women of color and white women.

Weinstein’s exhibited prejudice against black women is nothing new. Black women have historically been silenced and pushed to the margins of society.

The BRAVE — Black, Resilient, Artistic, Vigilant, Enough — Summit has worked since its 2015 inception to address this inequity that is undeniably present in society at large.

This year’s summit, scheduled for March 17, will focus on using artistic expression to amplify the voices of black women. Summit sessions on black girl joy, women in the workplace, academia and activism and women in ministry all address issues black women face in our contemporary world. The opportunity to discuss these pertinent topics amid the heightened national conversation about sexual assault underscores the value of spaces tailored to individual demographic needs.

Another feminist space on Georgetown’s campus is the OWN IT Summit, founded in 2014 to “bridge the gap between female leaders of the

21st century and the millennials who admire them.”

This year’s summit aims specifically to draw attention to the idea of consent that the #MeToo movement brought into the spotlight. OWN IT fosters dialogue between generations of women who might not otherwise have occasion to talk to each other, creating an inclusive, feminist space that seeks to effect visible change in the world in spheres ranging from business to the arts.

This push for change is evident in OWN IT’s partnership with Bossier Magazine, a Georgetown publication for female authors and artists, to produce “A Culture of Consent: An Art Gallery to Benefit the D.C. Rape Crisis Center.”

In anticipation of the OWN IT Summit on March 25, this event invites artists of all disciplines to submit pieces tackling sexual assault, envisioning a world where consent is customary. Like the women of the #MeToo movement, OWN IT believes that by telling our individual stories and using our collective voice to discuss women’s issues like sexual assault, we can create a brighter and more feminist future.

The two upcoming summits underscore the ways women from diverse backgrounds can unite to promote a universal acceptance of the importance of consent and

amplify particular voices that have long been marginalized.

We endorse the groundbreaking #MeToo movement, then we push and strive to emulate its increasingly inclusive nature in our respective summits.

When women from all walks of life unite to speak out and elevate each other, all women benefit. In this vein, BRAVE and OWN IT seek to build bridges between all women. In doing so, we can foster the spread of true intersectional feminism.

In this spirit, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke reminds us: “We need a complete cultural transformation if we are to eradicate sexual assault in our lifetimes. Today is an opportunity for all of us to take a hard look in the mirror and answer the question: When you hear #MeToo, will you stand up and say #NoMore?”

rebecca richard is a junior in

the School of Foreign Service and the BRAVE Summit logistics chair.

Emma Woodruff is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service and deputy of philanthropy for the OWN IT Summit.

For tickets and more information on the OWN IT and BRAVE summits, visit www. ownitsummit.com and www. gubravesummit.com.

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aws restricting gun ownership will not prevent gun violence or end school shootings. For our safety, Georgetown University should arm campus police and the D.C. Council should allow students to carry firearms on campuses.

Joining nearly 3,000 schools nationwide, Georgetown students participated in a walkout Wednesday to demand legislative action against gun violence. The protest was organized in partnership with Empower, the youth wing of the Women’s March Network.

Yet, begging for gun control will not make our campus safer; allowing students and Georgetown University Police Department officers to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms will.

GUPD’s 2017 security report explains the current means available to officers in the case of an attack. “All GUPD officers are unarmed. […] Officers carry safety batons and pepper spray and are provided with a protective vest.” If a person with a firearm steps onto campus, GUPD officers will be armed only with batons and pepper spray, both of which are only effective in close range.

GUPD Chief of Police Jay Gruber wrote in an email that “arming GUPD officers with firearms is a University executive leadership decision.” We expect GUPD to keep us safe, but the university has not given GUPD sufficient means to protect students in an active shooter situation.

Georgetown is a university: Many of our students are over 21 and can obtain concealed carry licenses in D.C.. As such, we should consider arming not only GUPD officers, but also students and staff.

Our campus is not small; GUPD may not be able to stop a shooter immediately, even

if armed. Mere minutes can make the difference between life and death for dozens of people. As such, we should allow students and staff to act as their own first lines of defense.

We need not fear guns on campus. More than 300 U.S. college and university campuses have allowed licensed concealed carry, according to advocacy group Students for Concealed Carry. According to the group, as of spring 2018, no deaths, assaults or suicide attempts have been reported on any of these campuses. The organization found only seven accidental or negligent discharges at colleges allowing campus carry, three of which caused no injuries and none of which caused severe injuries.

Begging for gun control will not make our campus safer; allowing students and Georgetown University Police Department officers to exercise their consitutitonal right to bear arms will.

Unfortunately, concealed carry on any public or private university campus in the District, is illegal. Georgetown is a gun-free zone, legally defined as an “area where use or possession of firearms is considered as a crime.”

More than 96 percent of public mass shootings from 1998 to 2015 occurred in gunfree zones, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. This statistic suggests either mass shooters select gun-free zones intentionally or shooters are able to kill more people in a gun-free

zone because no armed person can stop them. Allowing the Georgetown community to be armed would give students and staff the chance to stop a would-be mass shooter.

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, often says the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. His point is too simplistic; the argument against arming teachers and students merits consideration.

For example, gun control advocates frequently cite a 2014 FBI study that found offduty law enforcement and armed civilians ended mass shootings using their personal firearms in fewer than 5 percent of mass shootings. Moreover, The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham, a guncontrol advocate, argues mass shooters exp ide. Thus arming teachers or students will not deter them.

Yet, Ingraham and critics of the “good guy with a gun” theory ignore a key driver of school shooters: a desire for infamy. According to criminologist Adam Lankford, the deadliest mass shooters expressed a strong desire for fame and an awareness that a higher body count will lead to more media coverage. Therefore, arming GUPD police officers, students and faculty could deter a deadly mass shooter. We would send a strong message to potential shooters: You cannot become infamous on our campus.

I agree with those who walked out this week: Students should not need to fear a shooter attacking our school. But the gun-free status quo does not make us safer — it leaves us vulnerable and defenseless.

Amelia Irvine is a junior in the College.

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s a first-generation college student from a lowincome family, I felt inferior when navigating the chasms and paradoxes of Georgetown’s campus. This feeling did not stem from any comparison I attempted to make with other Georgetown students. Rather, something more powerful strained my mind. As I talked more with fellow low-income, first-generation students, I realized these thoughts were not isolated.

This sense of inferiority stems from the feeling that I have not — and will never — sacrifice and persevere as my family has so that I could attend Georgetown.

After all, how can I ever validate my mother’s hard work for me? She worked three jobs at once simply to put a roof over my head, food on my plate and clothes on my back. My stress from late nights spent studying does not compare to the many sleepless nights she had working at a retirement home. The dread of my early mornings is trivial given how she calls me every morning, even though she is three hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Certainly, I cannot match the hard work of a woman who does not visit the doctor because she believes such a visit is an impairment to her ability to provide for her family.

I could also never live up to the sacrifices my father has made for me. After all, he had to live amid the fear of a post-9/11 world, in which every brown man was deemed an enemy of the state.

Here is someone who sacrificed his own dreams of upward mobility in India, a land where he was so comfortable, so that his children would have a secure future full of opportunities. In fact, upon arriving to America, he worked so much that he rarely got a chance to see his son grow up.

The typical American experience — going to movie theaters, restaurants and professional sporting events — was not available to my father. He believed his money was best spent on his

children’s futures. I question how I could ever sacrifice like that, because such sacrifices seem otherworldly.

Hashwinder Singh

Internal pressure to validate our guardians’ struggles has been a driving force for many GSP students. This mission to validate my guardians’ struggles is central to my identity.

The most astonishing part of my familial narrative is its paradox: This seemingly personal task of validating my guardians’ struggles resonates strongly with many students in the Georgetown Scholarship Program. Throughout our Georgetown experience, we talk about how lucky we are to have people who sacrificed life and limb for us and how we would not be at Georgetown without them. At the same time, we fear we have not done enough to justify these sacrifices.

This “badge of inferiority” — the feeling that our accomplishments do not do our guardians’ sacrifices justice — is what I believe most represents being a GSP student.

Undoubtedly, GSP students face a plethora of identity-specific challenges.

Material deprivations aside, we have to overcome years of substandard education. We are surrounded by classmates who seem often

oblivious to our struggles, never having understood the feeling of not being able to travel abroad or never having viewed a restaurant dinner as frivolous. These challenges undoubtedly arise and dissipate during the semester.

Yet, the unavoidable acknowledgement of our families’ struggle and sacrifice is, for many of us, omnipresent. It stings with every poor grade, despite how hard we studied. It afflicts us when we look in the mirror and see luxury goods many of our ancestors could not afford. It plagues us when we talk with family members back home and realize they are still sacrificing and struggling, and we are too distant — and perhaps too powerless — to ameliorate their troubles.

Yet, Georgetown has afforded me and other GSP students the opportunity to pay our guardians back for their sacrifices. Whether we are striving to attain a financially secure job to provide for our mothers, learning the intricacies of law to represent an immigrant guardian or simply standing resilient in the face of difficulty to attain a higher education, the internal pressure to validate our guardians’ struggles has been a driving force for many GSP students.

The weight on GSP students’ shoulders has a beauty to it — a beauty that has defined our journeys at Georgetown and has given us a purpose bigger than ourselves.

This mission to validate my guardians’ struggles is central to my identity. As much as this inferiority complex besieges me, it also motivates me. I am indelibly indebted to my family members for the pain they have incurred. Since they have endured everything, I can endure anything.

Hashwinder Singh is a sophomore in the College.

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Georgetown Senior Launches Bid for Connecticut State Senate ELIZABETH ASH Hoya Staff Writer

With only two months left in his undergraduate career, Will Haskell (COL ’18) has set his sights on an ambitious new job: Connecticut state senator.

Haskell declared his intent to run as a Democrat for the state Senate seat March 1. A member of the Georgetown Chimes a capella group and the director of personnel at Hoya Snaxa, the Students of Georgetown, Inc. convenience store, Haskell intends to defer his plans to attend law school at the Georgetown University Law Center to campaign before the election Nov. 6.

Haskell said he was galvanized to run for office by the election of President Donald Trump in 2016.

“This is a moment when our fundamental values — equality, justice, respect — they seemed suddenly, for the first time in my life, up for debate,” Haskell said.

Haskell and his campaign manager, Jack Lynch (COL ’18), spent spring break campaigning in Connecticut. They plan to visit Connecticut multiple times this spring and intend

to canvas the district this summer. (Lynch was formerly a member of THE HOYA’s editorial board and a staff writer for THE HOYA.) “I have the time this summer to be a full-time candidate. I’ll be knocking at doors every single day. And I think that really poses an opportunity to make a difference,” Haskell said.

“In the meantime, we have plenty of work to do from here at Georgetown, including finetuning our budget, building our social media platforms, and all sorts of long-term strategy and planning,” Lynch wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Haskell is competing for a seat held by Republican State Senator Toni Boucher since 2008. In the 2016 election, Boucher defeated her Democratic challenger by 20 percentage points, according to Ballotpedia. However, Republicans do not dominate the state government; Connecticut is one of eight states where Democrats control both the legislature and the governorship.

Haskell’s previous political experience includes interning for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, interning in

the Capitol Hill offices of Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and researching voter protection laws for the Democratic National Committee.

Haskell acknowledged his age could be perceived as a weakness, especially when contrasted with Boucher’s experience, but said his youth can bring a new perspective.

“Representative democracy ought to be representative, and my generation doesn’t have a voice in the Connecticut State Senate,” Haskell said. “Look, we need new voices. There’s no minimum age for doing the right thing. There’s no minimum age for standing up to President Trump and his agenda.

There’s no minimum age for trying to make your community a better place.”

Haskell is not the only young Hoya running in this year’s midterm elections. A recent Georgetown alumna, 26-year-old Democrat Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson (SFS ’14) is running for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania, and recent graduate Kyle Rinaudo (SFS ’17) is running as a Democrat for the Georgia state House of Representatives.

Boucher announced an exploratory bid for governor in September, according to the Hartford Courant. She participated in a bipartisan gubernatorial debate March 11, but could not debate at the Republican gubernatorial debate Feb. 21 because she had not officially declared her candidacy.

However, Haskell said he expects to run against Boucher in the state Senate race.

“My opponent’s sort of perennially running for governor. She does this every four years. And I think based on previous experiences, she’ll spend some time criss-crossing the state, and then she’ll come back to our district eventually when that doesn’t work out,” Haskell said.

Boucher did not respond to requests for comments as of press time.

Haskell’s policy platform addresses three main areas: strengthening gun control regulations, improving infrastructure and building a more robust economy.

Haskell expressed support for banning bump stocks, cracking down on unregulated gun sales, investing in transportation initiatives like faster

trains with Wi-Fi and diversifying Connecticut’s workforce by attracting college graduates with tax credits.

Haskell contrasted his platform with Boucher’s, which he characterized as increasingly right-wing.

“Everyone wants to fight against Donald Trump, right.

I do too. He takes up so much political air, so much political space. But the fight against Trump starts at the state and local level,” Haskell said. “Senator Boucher is not in the Oval Office, but she is working to implement his agenda in Connecticut every single day.”

Lynch, who has been roommates with Haskell since freshman year, said he has full confidence in his candidate’s political motives and platform.

“I always knew he had the political talent to succeed in the race, and more importantly, I knew that he had the values that would make me proud to work with him,” Lynch wrote.

“It would be easy for a lot of candidates to bow to political pressure, but Will is espousing the same views on the campaign trail that he did years before he was a state senate candidate.”

Initially concerned with raising enough funds for his campaign on time, Haskell said his campaign raised $15,000 three days after announcing his bid March 1.

As of March 13, Haskell’s campaign had raised about $25,000. More than 100 students have donated to his campaign, “which means a lot, because you know and I know students don’t have much money to spare,” Haskell said.

Although he is unsure of his long-term plans apart from eventually attending law school, Haskell confirmed his commitment to his home state.

“I never expected to be running for office right out of school,” Haskell said. “I can tell you this, though: I’m committed to Connecticut in the long term. I think that too many people in Hartford leave.

We have too many people in Hartford who are making decisions that will affect Connecticut for decades to come but then won’t be around for that future. I’m a stakeholder in Connecticut’s future. I’ll be there for the good, the bad and the ugly.”

LEFT: COURTESY JACK LYNCH; RIGHT: COURTESY SUZANNE SHERIDAN

Will Haskell (COL ’18) announced his candidacy for Connecticut state senator March 1, stating he was motivated to run in response to President Donald Trump’s election in November 2016. Haskell is one of several young Hoyas running for public office in this year’s midterm elections, along with Kyle Rinaudo (SFS ’17) and Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson (SFS ’14).

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Outdoor Education Sees 80 Percent Funding Increase From FinApp Sarah Mendelsohn Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee met Feb. 27 to allocate the $1.066 million collected from student fees to advisory boards and student groups on campus.

The overall budget increased by 6.5 percent to $1,066,020 from last year’s $1,000,640. However, the requested budgets of the advisory boards and student groups totaled $1,335,277.19, forcing cuts.

The draft of the budget, which the FinApp committee deliberated Feb. 27, allocates funding to the Advisory Board on Club Sports, the Georgetown Program Board, the Lecture Fund and Outdoor Education. After advisory boards and student groups appealed for changes to the draft budget, the FinApp committee drafted a new budget proposal March 13. The GUSA senate is set to vote on the budget March 25.

The FinApp Committee approved $75,000 of funding to the Media Board, the advisory board that oversees student

publications, including The Hoya, for the 2019 fiscal year in its annual budget meeting before spring break.

The overall budget increased by 6.5 percent to $1,066,020 from last year’s $1,000,640.

This decision marked a 30.43 percent increase in funding from last year and a reversal of last year’s FinApp committee decision to cut the Media Board’s funding from its 2016 allocation.

Last year, the FinApp committee cut funding for Media Board by 39.5 percent, with an allocated budget of $57,000. Daniel Fain (COL ’18), liaison from the Media Board to the FinApp committee, said the Media Board needs help covering the basic costs of the media organizations on campus.

“They demonstrated that they are in need of a significant increase from fiscal year 18 for basic operational costs, as well as some of the technical issues,” Fain said.

Daniel Almeida (MSB ’18), chair of the Media Board, said that much of the increased budget would contribute to updating technology like computer software, covering

housing for students who stay on campus over breaks and covering other operational expenses that students currently have to pay out of pocket. (Almeida served as general manager for The Hoya in 2017.)

The Media Board requested a budget of $93,120.19 for all school-sponsored media organizations on campus. It asked for a minimum budget of about $80,000.

Christopher Holshouser (MSB ’18), FinApp committee chair, cited the Media Board’s ability to cover operational costs on a lower budget as the reason for FinApp’s reluctance to allocate the board its requested amount.

“I do have a high level of skepticism that if they told FinApp last year that their bare minimum of operation was $57,000 and their reserve account doesn’t appear to have to taken some massive hit from that allocation, I don’t know what could have possibly changed this year to warrant a bare minimums operation that needed 30,000 more dollars,” Holshouser said.

ABCS received a 17.5 percent budget increase to $235,000 from $200,000. The

Student Activities Committee’s budget increased by 6.26 percent, and the Performing Arts Advisory Council and Campus Ministry Student Forum saw their budgets decrease by 26.83 percent and 14.61 percent, respectively.

While the FinApp committee approved an increase in funding for Outdoor Education, the Lecture Fund, Georgetown Program Board and the Transfer Council, it cut GUSA’s budget to $6,455 from last year’s $18,950.

GUSA President-elect Sahil Nair (SFS ’19) requested close to $25,000 for the GUSA executive funds, with $18,000 of that dedicated to GUSA Fund, which provides funding for other student groups.

Liaisons represent each student group, advocating for their funding requests and needs.

The proposed budget would increase Outdoor Education’s funding by 81.82 percent, up to $10,000 from last year’s budget of $5,500. Outdoor Education holds trips throughout the year, including skiing, hiking, biking and backpacking trips.

Sam Dubke (SFS ’21), the Outdoor Education Liaison to FinApp, said the outdoor

resources were limited and highlighted the group’s need for funds to improve equipment and training guides.

“I don’t think we should necessarily be subsidizing their West Coast trips and flights and things like that, but gear and training for guides, that’s an investment in the future that if we make now, we won’t have to make a couple years from now,” Dubke said.

GPB received a 44.63 percent budget increase to $135,000 from $93,340 to help it cover Georgetown Day and new programming it plans to sponsor.

GPB hosts social and leisure events for students such as concerts and films.

The high demand for GPB programming events demonstrates its need for an expanded budget to make its programs more accessible and available, according to Elaine Les (NHS ’20), GPB liaison to the FinApp committee.

“I think the numbers of students that they wish to, but are not able to accommodate for based on how quickly their events sell out speaks for itself,” Les said.

ABCS received a budget increase to help cover the in-

creased cost of finding field space during the renovations of Kehoe Field.

ABCS needs $30,000 a year for field expenses, said Harry Clow (MSB ’19), the ABCS liaison to the FinApp committee.

Holshouser said this draft should be a temporary budget increase and advised that next year’s FinApp committee cut ABCS’s budget.

“We can say that this year we are supporting club sports with the caveat that we strongly convey to the next FinApp and to the next student advisory boards for the duration of the tenure for the next month or so that ABCS should plan to get a cut next year because we will not be funding the fields, and that money will be redistributed more equitably amongst the rest of the advisory boards,” Holshouser said.

The draft of the budget maintains CSJ-ABSO’s funding with a 0.43 percent decrease from last year. Like last year, FinApp did not allocate any of the budget to the Center for Social Justice. The FinApp committee unanimously declined to include the Council of Advisory Boards in the budget.

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Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) received the Timothy S. Healy, S.J. Award for his advocacy work in public health and immigration reform Feb. 28.

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) received the Timothy S. Healy, S.J. Award on Feb. 28 for his public health advocacy, immigration reform efforts and embodiment of Jesuit values, according to Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia.

The Healy Award, which was established in 1996 and is named after the university’s 46th president, recognizes Georgetown alumni who have displayed exemplary commitment to service and humanitarian efforts, according to information about the award published in the announcement. Previous recipients include former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) and former NBA player and philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo (SLL ’91).

DeGioia, in the presentation of the award, lauded Durbin for his commitment to the common good and service.

“Today’s awardee, like those who have come before him, exemplifies a life of service and commitment to the common good,” DeGioia said.

“Throughout his career, Senator Durbin has modeled civility and bipartisanship, and he has sought to ensure that we live out and live up to the values of our nation.”

Durbin, a native of East St. Louis, Ill., graduated from the School of Foreign Service in 1966 and from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1969.

He has served in Congress since 1983 and in the Senate since 1997, where he now serves as the minority whip.

Durbin attributed much of his political successes to the education he received at Georgetown. However, he said he did not always consider attending Georgetown.

“I’d like to say at the outset

that the first time I heard the words Georgetown University, I knew that I had to go to school here,” Durbin said. “I’d like to say that, but it’s not true. I knew that it was my lifelong ambition, and that if I did nothing else, I had to get to this campus. I’d like to say that, but it’s not true,” Durbin said.

He recalled growing up in an immigrant household, experiencing his father’s death in high school, commuting to St. Louis University for a year, finding the commuter experience lacking and gaining a desire to go away to school.

Interning at the office of Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) piqued his interest in D.C. politics, Durbin said.

Today, Durbin said he is grateful for the education he received at Georgetown.

“Georgetown played such a critical role in educating me, in so many different ways,” Durbin said.

In his acceptance speech, Durbin spoke on immigration policy and on his goal of providing young immigrants with equal opportunities in the United States. In 2001, Durbin and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the DREAM Act, a proposal that would have gone beyond the protections offered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to include permanent legal protections for many immigrants without documentation, but did not pass in Congress.

DACA, an executive program established by former President Barack Obama in 2014, allowed young people without documentation who entered the United States as children to remain in the country. The administration of President Donald Trump announced the rescission of DACA last fall.

“Young people in those circumstances should be given a chance,” Durbin said. “If they

don’t have a criminal record, if they’ve got a good record in education, let them have a path to legalization and to their citizenship.”

Durbin shared stories of immigrants without documentation who were denied opportunities because of outdated immigration law, through no fault of their own, according to the senator.

Durbin spoke about Tereza Lee, an 18-year-old who would be forced to leave the country for 10 years to achieve citizenship because her parents brought her to the United States on expired tourist visas.

“That’s not fair — she’s done everything right and struggled doing it; now she just wants a chance to do better,” Durbin said.

Today, the future of immigration policy is unclear, as Trump and his administration have been on the fence regarding their support for the DACA program and the Dream Act of 2017, in the last year.

“There’s some skepticism about where [Trump] will end up,” Durbin said. “I hope we can get this done soon, and I hope the president will join us.

I don’t think we can do it without him.”

Durbin also discussed the impact a national dialogue on gun violence can have on creating policy change. Drawing on the recent shooting in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 people in a high school, Durbin emphasized the role young people can have in directing the conversation toward reform.

“Thank goodness for these students. It’s only been two weeks, and they’ve been pretty active and visible,” Durbin said. “They’ve brought into this debate something that had been missing; they are pushing this debate to a different place.”

Businesses should help the government solve social and environmental issues, said Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts and current managing director of investing firm Bain Capital Double Impact during, a talk in Lohrfink Auditorium on March 14.

Titled “Social Impact Investment and America’s Health: A Fireside Chat with Deval Patrick,” the event was hosted by Georgetown’s School of Nursing and Health Studies and was moderated by Gregory Downing, the executive director for innovation in the immediate office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Patrick, an active investor in socially conscious projects, said the business community must be involved in helping alleviate social issues, such as social inequities, as the community has been on the sidelines in addressing social issues in the past.

“In many ways we’ve expected government and philanthropy to solve what ails us and tell business, ‘Do what you do’ and, well, clean it up,” Patrick said. “It’s occurring to more of us that the scale of our challenges and the impact of them is so broad, so it’s going to take everyone on the field.”

Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Patrick moved to Massachusetts at age 14 and attended Harvard University for undergraduate and law school. Following his graduation from law school, Patrick launched his career as an attorney and businessman, eventually becoming a senior executive at Texaco and Coca-Cola. Patrick’s career in public service began in 1994 when former President Bill Clinton appointed him to serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights. Patrick later served as a two-term governor of Massachusetts, from 2007 to 2015. He was the

state’s first African-American governor.

Today, Patrick works at Bain Capital, where he is involved in social impact investing, which refers to investments made into companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.

Patrick said this is a topic he became interested in while he was governor.

“I got interested in this

“Successful innovation requires you raise your tolerance for failure, but politics punishes for failure.” deval Patrick Former Massachusetts Governor

space through social impact bonds,” Patrick said. “I learned about them in my old job, when the inventor of social impact bonds came to the US and introduced it to various sitting politicians.”

Since arriving at Bain Capital in 2015, Patrick found success with socially conscious projects like Impact Fitness and Springworks Therapeutics, two social impact investment projects. Impact Fitness seeks to implement a series of low-cost gyms in Michigan and Northern Ohio to target gym deserts, areas with few gyms and high incidences of diabetes and heart disease.

The initiative included a partnership with local healthcare providers to measure times of week when people experience their lowest heart rates and tailor the gym hours to meet those times, Patrick said.

“The conventional economics of gyms is charge as much as possible and hope nobody comes,” Patrick said. “This is the

upside down of that.”

Springworks Therapeutics, another investment project in which Patrick is involved, was founded in 2017 as a therapeutic development company that focuses on bringing faster treatment to patients. Springworks Therapeutics seeks to develop components of drugs at a lower cost than those currently offered by large pharmaceutical companies.

For Patrick, combining the benefits for the recipients of the program with benefits for the community and environment at large is an especially important facet of his work, a goal that he believes is relatively unique in public policy work.

“We are hungry for innovation in public policy,” Patrick said. “Successful innovation requires you raise your tolerance for failure, but politics punishes for failure.”

In addition to measuring the financial success of investments at the time of the project, social impact investing measures the impact of its investments when it comes to solving social or environmental issues to take account for benefits that will be enjoyed in the future, Patrick said. “[Social impact investing is] an innovation back to the future,” Patrick said. “If you really believe in long-term value, you cannot manage to the financial bottom line alone.”

Despite the benefits that Patrick has noticed from social impact investing, it has not been widely adopted in the United States, though many firms in Europe operate under the social impact investing model. Patrick believes that this stance is due to the tendency in the United States to separate business work from social justice work, which is a practice he hopes to change.

“Many investors/corporations who believe you make money with one hand and do good with the other, and I’d like to challenge that,” Patrick said.

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Hoyas Join National Protests Against Gun Violence WalkOut, from A1 what my family and so many others have experienced.”

Emma Vahey (COL ’20) also has a personal connection to gun violence prevention given her high school’s proximity to Sandy Hook.

“I see the real policy action that can be taken, and I think that young people are particularly powerful because we can and will vote legislators out,” Vahey said to the crowds.

Mass shootings only constitute 2 percent of gun deaths, according to Vahey. She said the main goal of protests like these national walkouts should be focused on promoting general gun policy reform as opposed to measures that specifically address mass shootings.

The protesters observed three minutes of silence to honor victims and reflect the exact time the active shooter was in the halls and classrooms of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. At the end of the 17 minutes, seven Georgetown protesters continued to march to the National Mall, joining Democratic members of Congress and students from the wider Washington, D.C. community.

Thomas read the names of young people who have been affected by gun violence in the District to demonstrate the local implications of shootings.

The crowd heard calls for gun control measures to prevent future tragedies and was encouraged to vote out legislators who refuse to pass gun control measures.

Wednesday’s walkout also precedes an anti gun-violence rally that could bring as many as 500,000 people to downtown Washington later this month.

The March For Our Lives rally, planned by survivors of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., will be held March 24

along Pennsylvania Avenue beginning at noon. More than 700 “sibling marches” are also being planned around the world that day, according to the event’s website.

Gun control advocate Sarah Clements (COL ’18) said Georgetown’s show of solidarity was a small part of a nationwide groundswell for gun control reforms in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.

“Thousands and thousands of schools are participating in this event around the country,” Clements said to the crowd. “We are demanding change from our leaders and politicians.”

Clements expressed her hopes for future advocacy efforts regarding gun control, in an interview with The Hoya after the event’s conclusion.

“It moved really quickly and it’s been a really great chance to get the community together and I’m glad a few hundred students came out today,” Clements said. “People have been reaching out and saying that they want to do more. Hopefully we’ll have a student organization soon of people who are working on this issue nonstop.”

Continued rampant gun violence is a symptom of inattentive policy makers, said Director for Hindu Life Bramachari Sharan, one of the many faculty members who participated in the walkout.

“The most sacred thing on this planet is human life, and it gets more troublesome when you think that younger and younger human life are falling victim to the carelessness and callousness of those who we put in charge,” Sharan said in an interview with The Hoya. “I’m here to show my solidarity with all the students and to remember all those who have passed because of this senselessness.”

Many representatives of student

groups were present at the walkout including both Georgetown University College Democrats and Georgetown University College Republicans, Hindu Students Association, Jewish Student Association and Students of Georgetown, Inc. Following the walkout, Clements, Thomas and Vahey joined thousands of high school students who rallied at the White House and marched to Capitol Hill to demand congressional action on gun reform. They joined about 1 million students who participated in walkouts around the country, according to The Wall Street Journal.

At the protest, Vahey said a sense of solidarity should unite students

seeking change.

“Students and young people are so powerful. We don’t even know how powerful we are,” Vahey said in an interview with The Hoya “Solidarity. That’s what I’m feeling right now, solidarity.”

Democratic leaders like Reps.

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined the students as part of the congressional walkout scheduled for 11 a.m.

Thomas said the rally at Capitol Hill was a demonstration of the power of student activists.

“Students did not tip toe around the issue of gun violence and the slaughter of our youth every day in schools and on the streets,” Thomas said in an interview with The Hoya. “They demonstrated fearless leadership and intersectional activism much beyond their age. It is clear that students have stepped up to fill the void where adults have failed us.”

The Corp closed its on-campus shops and storefronts for 17 minutes to support the walkout.

“The Corp was founded to protect students’ rights, and every student has a right to an education free from fear and violence,” Corp CEO Alex Gong (SFS ’20) wrote in

an email to The Hoya. “We closed for 17 minutes today to stand with our peers around the country working to ensure that we feel safe in our places of learning. All of us made our voices heard today.”

Jack Thorman (COL ’19), a walkout organizer, said he hopes the action does not stop here.

“I just hope that people take this as a starting point,” Thorman said in an interview with The Hoya.

“This is not the end; it was beautiful to have everyone here, but we want people to show up at the march. We are restarting a club on campus to end gun violence and I hope people keep showing up.”

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Hundreds of Washington, D.C. high school students rallied at Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of National Walkout Day to urge congressional leaders to pass gun violence prevention legislation. Seven Georgetown students attended.

New Gender Task Force Begins Work Deans Warn Of Trump’s Korea Policy Task Force, from A1

gender equity among faculty and senior leadership.

“Georgetown is deeply committed to gender equity and ensuring that our faculty and senior administrators reflect the changing demographics of our society,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya.

You-Me Park, director of the university’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program said she felt this effort was fueled by the wider societal response to the current political and cultural climate.

“After the 2016 election, many were puzzled and even embarrassed by how gender violence and harassment were dismissed as irrelevant and insignificant by many voters. The outrage and embarrassment from this experience fueled #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, and the cultural climate is definitely shifting,” Park said.

As of 2015, Georgetown’s faculty was about 50.4% male, 38.9%

female, with 10.7 percent unaccounted for, according to faculty and staff data from the Office of Assessment and Decision Support.

The student body was 54 percent female and 46 percent male during the 2016-2017 school year, according to a Forbes report.

Discussions about the possibility of establishing a task force on gender equity began in fall 2017, continuing a recent chain of efforts from the university to enhance Georgetown’s commitment to gender equity.

In 2011, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. In 2014, the university founded the Georgetown Women’s Alliance, and in 2016 the university announced a partnership with the United Nations campaign HeForShe, an international initiative that seeks to encourage men and boys to advocate for gender equity.

“We are committed to ensuring

that Georgetown is a place where women thrive and are recognized for their contributions,” Pugh wrote.

Aiken echoed this sentiment, noting why gender equity is particularly important at a university.

“Promoting gender equity doesn’t just ensure better outcomes for women; it ensures better outcomes for the students we teach and the research we produce,” Aiken said.

Lauren Stricker (SFS ’18), president of Georgetown University Women in Leadership, said that GUWIL welcomes this step from the university toward achieving gender equity.

“GUWIL is thrilled that the Georgetown administration is taking gender inequity seriously and seeking meaningful, concrete change to improve the campus climate for people of all genders,” Stricker said.

Stricker also said she looks forward to the ways in which this

task force may amplify previously unheard voices on campus.

“I am hopeful that this task force will better provide space for the voices of women and of persons across the gender spectrum in university leadership and decision-making, particularly as Georgetown has never had a non-male president,” Stricker said.

However, Stricker also said the task force has the capacity to change how the university operates.

“I hope that this initiative challenges Georgetown to support women throughout their professional lives, especially related to equal pay, mentorship and resources, protection from sexual harassment and assault and paid leave,” Stricker said. “I hope this task force will have a diverse membership that improves the status of gender equity in ways that the community genuinely wants and needs.”

Georgian President Urges Western Push Georgia, from A1 membership application in 2008, and the country has yet to become a candidate for EU membership.

Margvelashvili’s visits in Washington, D.C., this week and Brussels last week were part of an effort to increase western integration and secure European and American support for Georgia, the president said.

“What are we doing now here today in D.C., or what have we been doing a week ago in Brussels?

We try to enhance this path,” Margvelashvili said. “We try to work together with our partners, work together with our friends, to convince them to be more active on the Georgian case.”

Tuesday’s event was moderated

by Jeffrey Anderson, director and Graf Goltz professor of the BMW Center, and Angela Stent, director for the Center for Eurasian, Russian and Eastern European Studies.

The United States’ powerful position in the current world order enables it to potentially help protect Georgia from Russian influence and invasion, Margvelashvili said.

The United States also condemned the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia, but declined direct military interference, and delivered aid to Georgia after the conflict.

“The U.S. basically led the support with nations like these and gave them the opportunity of free passage to much freer areas or unions like we are trying to get to the European Union,” Margvelashvili said.

Margvelashvili outlined Georgia’s importance to Europe, citing its strategic location at the crossroads between Russia and Asia and its direct ideological opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian tendencies.

“Georgia is a clear example choice of dedication to something different than totalitarianism of

Soviet Union or basically totalitarian society,” Margvelashvili said.

“This is a challenge for Russia, and this is a theological benefit for the Western world. If Georgia is a successful democracy, it is mentally, conceptually, in this confrontation, it is of epic value in the choice of freedom, of the individual, of the nation, of contributing to Western way of living.”

Margvelashvili said that while Georgia will never accept Russian occupation, he awaits a more cooperative Russia to push for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia.

Margvelashvili acknowledged some of the economic struggles Georgia faces in its effort to become more modern. Georgia’s GDP plummeted to $10.8 billion in 2009 from $12.8 billion in 2008, the year of the Russian invasion.

The country’s economy has recovered in years, though almost 10 percent of the population still lives

below the poverty line.

Georgia is also grappling with uneven wealth distribution, a fact the president recognized in his speech. However, Margvelashvili expressed his confidence in Georgia’s ability to diversify and strengthen its economy.

“We are on the right track, and we are developing,” Margvelashvili said. “We have our niche in economical geopolitics. We are a transit country; now, we have to add to this niche.”

Margvelashvili also identified possible judicial reforms and ways to enhance the party system to strengthen Georgia’s democratic institutions.

“Judicial exam, that is a challenge for Georgia, and that is a challenge that has been problematic for everybody,” Margvelashvili said. “We have to have more parties. At least two like you have in the U.S.”

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Giorgi Margvelashvili, the president of the Republic of Georgia, center, visited Georgetown as part of a Washington, D.C. trip to lobby U.S. support for his country’s efforts toward Western integration. Georgia seeks admission into the EU and NATO.

CHA, from A1 that an enemy threat is not imminent. The Trump administration supports a potential preventive strike to send a message of military strength.

Cha opposes this position and wrote a Washington Post op-ed detailing his views on Jan. 30, a day after it was reported that the administration dropped him as a candidate for the ambassadorship.

“The president would be putting at risk an American population the size of a medium-size U.S. city — Pittsburgh, say, or Cincinnati — on the assumption that a crazy and undeterrable dictator will be rationally cowed by a demonstration of U.S. kinetic power,” Cha wrote.

Although Cha has earned a reputation for having hawkish views on North Korean policy, his concerns regarding a preventive strike are centered on the potential for the death of thousands of Americans in South and North Korea and escalation of conflict.

“That is not permitted under international law, it is not sanctioned by just war theory, and that Victor should take that position strikes me as not surprising,” said Robert Gallucci, former dean of School of Foreign Service, current chairman of the Johns Hopkins US-Korea Institute and former U.S. ambassadorat-large.

Gallucci said the vacancy is especially serious, given the administration’s demonstrated interest in a “bloody nose” strike.

“In a matter of hours, a lot of people can die,” Gallucci said. “This makes it different than the next appointment at the Social Security Administration.”

Cha, who served in former President George W. Bush’s administration, had not yet been formally nominated to the Senate for the ambassador position. However, the South Korean government was notified that Cha would be selected in December, completing the final steps of the prenomination procedure.

Had Cha been appointed, he would have succeeded Mark Lippert, an appointee of former President Barack Obama who left the post in January 2017. Since Lippert’s departure, Marc Knapper has led the embassy in Seoul as interim charge d’affaires.

South Korean officials hoped

Cha would be officially appointed before last month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, according to The Washington Post.

Now, over a year into Trump’s presidency, the appointment process is substantially set back.

“I imagine there are probably Korea experts around who would be able to say, ‘I have an open mind about a preventive strike,’” Gallucci said. “But it will be hard to match professor Victor Cha’s qualifications for that position right now.”

It is unclear who else the administration may consider as ambassador to Seoul now that Cha is off the list.

The still-vacant post is a striking example of the State Department’s consistent failure to fill key senior and junior posts under recently fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. As of March 8, the vacant position of ambassador to South Korea is one of 38 unfilled ambassadorships, according to the American Foreign Service Association, and the department has significantly reduced intake at the entry level. Students at Georgetown, traditionally a major State Department feeder school, have also expressed concerns over dwindling foreign service opportunities under the current administration.

However, Hellman is optimistic that the recent appointment of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, replacing Rex Tillerson, is a sign of shifting attitudes toward foreign service within the administration.

“There may be an effort to re-evaluate and recommit to the really critical importance” of the State Department, Hellman said.

Trump’s hardline approach to North Korea has been a key aspect of his foreign policy throughout his term.

“Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation,” Trump said in his State of the Union address in January. “I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this dangerous position.”

Hellman noted it will be difficult to match Cha’s expertise, particularly “in a situation as sensitive as South Korea at the moment,” he said.

“If you ask me what kind of ambassador they need, they need an ambassador like Victor Cha,” Hellman said.

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Corp Takes Part in National Fashion Still Lacks Inclusivity, Walkout Against Gun Violence Transgender Model Says SOPHIE ROSENZWEIG

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Students of Georgetown, Inc., closed its on-campus shops and storefronts for 17 minutes in support of the National Walkout to End Gun Violence on Wednesday morning.

The walkout commemorated the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, when a former student opened fire on students and teachers. Exactly one month after the shooting, students and organizers staged walkouts nationwide, including at Georgetown, where student organizers held a walkout in Healy Circle.

Georgetown’s protest advocating for school safety and gun violence prevention was one of 3,136 student-organized marches across the country, according to EMPOWER, the group behind the national school walkout and the organizing group of the national Women’s March activist group.

The Corp’s participation in the walkout demonstrates of its history of activism. As the self-acclaimed largest student-run non-profit in the world, the student group’s history began with advocacy efforts following the injury of multiple students in the May Day Protests against the Vietnam War in 1971.

Roger Cochetti (SFS ’72) and Nancy Kent (CAS ’72), who were student body president and vice president, respectively, created The Corp to provide a legal entity for these protesting students to file lawsuits against the school. The Corp sold food and drinks in Red Square to raise funds to support this legal enterprise. However, as time passed the Corp focused more on providing student services rather than legal support.

Corp CEO Alex Gong (SFS ’20) said the decision to participate in the walkout emerged from social media discourse and requests of participation from Georgetown students. Gong said The Corp’s history of student advocacy and student service has been lost in recent years, but the new leadership is working to return the nonprofit to its original purpose.

“We wanted to return to our roots a little bit and reclaim the advocacy sphere that we were founded in,” Gong said in an interview with THE HOYA. “We heard about

The American fashion industry can provide a platform for combatting ignorance of the transgender community, Thai transgender model Peche Di said in an event cohosted by the Georgetown University Lecture Fund and the LGBTQ Resource Center on Feb. 27.

At the event, also cosponsored by the Thai Club, the Asian American Student Association, student fashion publication Thirty Seventh GU and student magazine Bossier, Di discussed the importance of representation of transgender people in the modeling industry and the ways activism on social media has fostered a strong community for transgender people.

Originally from Bangkok, Di moved to New York City to pursue a career in modeling. One of Di’s first gigs was a 2014 campaign by Barneys New York called “Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters” which featured 17 transgender models. In 2015, Di founded Trans Models NYC, the first transgender modeling agency in New York City.

Di said she created the Trans Models agency to create an environment in which transgender models were encouraged to be themselves.

“I wanted to form an agency that really understand trans people,” Di said at the event. “A lot of modeling agencies in New York City are trying to tell you you’re too feminine — be like a man, act like a man, they try to change you to suit the type of model that the brand would like to represent.”

One of the main goals of the agency is inclusivity of all body types, Di said.

“I normally don’t like the word plus-sized; I say positive body size,” Di said. “I try to help my models in a way that celebrates their bodies; I like to include anybody that feels not included.”

Di cited the story of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender 17-year-old who committed suicide in 2014,

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The Corp closed its storefronts for 17 minutes Wednesday in accordance with the National Walkout against gun violence. [the walkout] online through social media, and we thought it would be a really great opportunity to get back to in the spirit in which we started.”

The decision to close its stores for 17 minutes came out of a desire to stand in solidarity with the Georgetown community and support other student groups, according to Gong.

“We thought it would be really cool to stand with other students at Georgetown who had reached out to us and asked us if we wanted to be involved,” Gong said. “We thought that would be a nice, appropriate and symbolic way to show our support for students.”

Ari Goldstein (COL ’18), historian of the Georgetown University Student Association and member of The Corp, was excited by the group’s participation in the walkout.

“The Corp’s involvement today in the walkout for gun violence was awesome. It was a testament to The Corp’s willingness to get involved,” Goldstein said in an interview with THE HOYA. Gong said The Corp’s community-centered ethos is at the core of student group’s activities.

“I’d like to emphasize that, to me, the true spirit of The Corp is giving back and empowering students, not only through profes-

sional opportunities by being employed in The Corp, but I think a lot of people don’t know that every year we give out $85,000 in grants and scholarships right back into the Georgetown community,” Gong said.

Goldstein echoed Gong’s views adding that The Corp’s image on campus does not encompass all its social impact efforts.

“The Corp, more so than almost any organization on campus, has a reputation that eschews its actual mission and founding story is extremely rooted in social action,” Goldstein said. “That gets lost in part because of reputational issues, but I also think it’s lost in part because of the cultural issues.”

The Corp plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021 and tradition in the Georgetown community.

Gong said The Corp’s participation in this walkout is just the beginning of the nonprofit’s efforts to return to its student advocacy and student service roots.

“The Corp is trying to change and is changing,” Gong said. “We’ve started a lot of initiatives internally and externally to improve our inclusivity and our culture and find ways to make us more positive contributors to campus.”

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as an inspiration for the founding of Trans Models. Alcorn’s suicide note expressed a lack of support for transgender people, Di said.

“She asked people to fix the society,” Di said. “I believe that when the flower cannot bloom, you can’t fix the flower, but you have to fix the environment, and that is the message that she was trying to give to us.”

Di said the Twitter hashtags that circulated following Alcorn’s death and the positive messages of support toward young transgender people were a positive use of social media as a platform for dialogue.

“I see that technology and social media have impacted so many trans people, especially young kids, that can connect with the community and we can share the positive messages together,” Di said.

To create a positive trend of inclusivity, Di said society should “start discussing gender at an early age.”

“We have to talk with every person individually to understand that person on a deeper level,” Di said.

One way to empower transgender individuals is to turn to examples in religions and traditions such as Buddhism or Native American culture that have historically accepted trans people, according to Di. “Whether you’re trans or homosexual, our society, current day, tries to attack us and tell us that we have to fix it,” Di said. “We can use those messages from ancient history and religion to inspire and to tell young kids that this type of gender has been celebrated for so many years.”

Despite increased opportunity and support for trans models in the fashion industry, Di said, there is still a lot of progress to be made toward full equality.

“Transgender rights are the next civil rights movement,” Di said.

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Transgender model Peche Di spoke on the current inequalities the fashion industry faces and the ways that it can be more inclusive.

SFS Announces Major Changes to Core Curriculum CADY STANTON

Special to The Hoya

Significant changes to the School of Foreign Service core curriculum are set to go into effect for students entering in fall 2018, including a new mandatory science course and a reduction in the number of required economics courses.

Daniel Byman, senior associate dean for undergraduate affairs, detailed the modifications in the school’s core requirements in a schoolwide email sent Feb. 28.

These changes include the implementation of a mandatory natural science course, a reduction in the number of required major courses to 8 to 10 from 10 to 12, a reduction of the economics requirement to three courses from four and a reduction in the number of three or more-credit courses needed to graduate to 38 from 40. The overall credit requirement will still remain at 121 credits.

These changes will not affect current undergraduate students in the SFS and transfer students entering during the 2018-2019 academic year.

With the reduced number of required economics classes, SFS students will still have to take “Principles of Macroeconomics” and “Principles of Microeconomics.” “International Finance” and “International Trade”, previously taught as separate courses, will be combined into one class for SFS students. However, students majoring in international economics or global business will be required to take the courses separately for these classes to fulfill their major

requirements.

The changes to the curriculum mark the first time in the school’s nearly 100-year history that SFS students will be required to take a science course. Previously, only SFS students pursuing the science, technology and international affairs major had a science requirement.

Mark Giordano, the program director for the STIA major in the SFS, said this change has been long overdue.

“Science really is a critical part of international relations and life in general. Making sure our students have the exposure and background to know how to approach science issues after they graduate is our responsibility,” Giordano said. “From a purely practical point of view, you can’t go to an employer and brag that you never took science in college.”

SFS students will be allowed to take any undergraduate science course on campus to fulfill the requirement, according to the dean’s office. SFS also plans to offer new courses with policy related themes, which will be organized around pressing topics rather than traditional academic disciplines. Possible courses include “The Science of Global Infectious Diseases,” “The Science of Weapons of Mass Destruction” and “The Science of Climate Change.”

Byman said these science course offerings will be distinct from current policy classes within the SFS. “To be literate on a serious policy issue, you have to know the

science behind it. The policy is the way of focusing the class’ attention, but we are really trying to make sure this is a science class and not a policy class,” Byman said in an interview with THE HOYA. Unlike the College’s science and math requirement, the SFS’s requirement cannot be fulfilled

by Advanced Placement credit from high school or by Georgetown courses such as statistics or computer science, according to Byman.

Before these changes, the SFS core curriculum consisted of one freshman proseminar, two humanities or writing courses, two theology courses, two engaging diversity courses, two government courses, three history courses, four economic courses, two philosophy courses, a language proficiency requirement and the onecredit course “Map of the Modern World.”

Though the new science core course will add an additional requirement for SFS students to fulfill, the net number of courses will drop as a result of the changes in economics and major requirements.

Roopa Mulpuri (SFS ’18), SFS Academic Council President, said the best part of the new core curriculum is the increased flexibility for students to take more courses they are passionate about.

“The decrease to the number of courses for majors across the board I see, in particular, as an advantage,” Mulpuri said. “It gives students more opportunity to try out different concentrations in some fields and majors before making a decision.”

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Amazon Books Opens 1st DC Dockless Bike-Sharing Reaches Storefront in Georgetown on M Street Campus With LimeBike Deal KATRINA SCHMIDT Hoya Staff Writer

Amazon Books’ first Washington, D.C. location opened Tuesday on M Street, offering two stories of the online retail giant’s brick-and-mortar bookstore concept.

The M Street location is the 15th of its kind in the country and modifies Amazon’s online model for the physical store.

Using Goodreads reviews, Amazon ratings, Kindle data and other aggregated information, the store stocks nearly 5,600 “highly curated” titles.

“Our stores kind of reflect the tastes, passions and interests of millions of customers,” said Mariana Garavaglia, head of stores and retail operations for Amazon Books, in an interview with THE HOYA. “Every store has especially locally curated features that are specific to that store.”

The store focuses on “discovery,” with sections like “If You Like…,” which features popular books alongside lesser-known titles with similar themes, and “Page Turners,” a selection of books that a majority of Kindle readers finished in three days or less.

Every book in the store is rated four stars or above on Amazon.com; the average rating of the books in the Georgetown store is 4½ stars.

Amazon Books’ signature feature is that all books in the store face outwards, making it easier than ever to judge a

book by its cover.

“We wanted to have that discoverability element of each book facing out and communicating its own essence,” Garavaglia said.

An Amazon Prime membership, which gives customers two-day delivery and access to certain discounts, gives Amazon Books shoppers the same discout they would receive online.

“The prices on Amazon. com can fluctuate a bit,” Garavaglia said. “We want to make sure that we’re always giving customers the same great price that they can get online.”

The store is also cashless: Customers can use the Amazon app to pay from their phone. However, shoppers must still check out at the register if they use the app option.

Georgetown’s 10,000-squarefoot store is one of the largest Amazon Books storefronts to date.

The location devotes several tables to Amazon devices like The Ehco, which features Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa, complete with seating for customers to sit and test the devices.

“For a lot of customers, this is the first time that they’re interacting with Alexa,” Garavaglia said.

The bottom floor of the store includes a children’s section with a small play area, which features activities and Kindles for children. A distinctive section in the Georgetown store is the Amazon Launchpad, which highlights games

and gadgets by the “brightest startups.” The store also has D.C.-centric offerings, like D.C. Books for Kids.

The store also includes an Allegro Coffee cafe; Allegro is owned by Whole Foods, which Amazon acquired in August 2017. The cafe serves pastries from the Sweet Lobby, a local vendor, and stocks snacks from Union Kitchen startups like Snacklins.

Although the Amazon Books is about halfway between Georgetown University and The George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus, the store does not offer textbooks. It does, however, stock education-related materials, such as the books found in its “Learning a New Language” section.

Although Amazon Books may not cater specifically to nearby college students, the student population is one reason for the location on M Street, in addition to heavy foot traffic in the area.

Garavaglia cited Amazon’s history as a bookseller as the foundation for the company’s progression into brick-and-mortar retail. Amazon was founded in 1994 as an online bookstore.

While it has expanded into nearly every form of online retail since, Amazon Books is in line with that original mission.

“Books are in our DNA,” Garavaglia said. “We want to ensure that customers have the option to read however they like, in whatever format they like.”

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Thirty-five bright green bikes are available for pickup at 12 oncampus locations as part of a new collaboration launched Tuesday between Georgetown University and the LimeBike dockless bikeshare program.

Under the partnership, students who sign up with a university email account can rent a bike at a rate of 50 cents per 30 minutes, a 50 percent discount from the regular $1 rate. The bikes are distributed for riders to pick up and are restocked nightly to ensure their availability.

More bikes are scheduled to be added to campus throughout the spring. The bikes are set to be available throughout the academic year and during the summer.

The university’s partnership with LimeBike was signed in January and marks the newest addition to on-campus sustainable transportation options, joining the existing Capital Bikeshare station outside the university main gates at 37th and O streets. The LimeBikes were initially deployed over spring break.

LimeBike is one of a slew of bikeshare companies that have done away with docking stations. Instead, riders can use a mobile app to locate and unlock bikes. Bikes are available across campus at Alumni Square, Lauinger Library, Red Square, the Leavey Center, O’Donovan Hall, the north and south sides of Kennedy Hall, the Rafik B. Hariri Building, the West Campus bus turnaround, Darnall Hall, Regents Hall and the Medical Center.

The university does not compensate LimeBike for the provided oncampus services.

Georgetown aims to further its support of cycling on campus through this partnership, according to Sustainability Metrics and Project Manager Greg Miller. In 2013, Georgetown was designated a “Bicycle Friendly University” by

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A collaboration with the dockless bike-sharing company LimeBike has brought 35 brightly colored bikes to campus for student use. the League of American Bicyclists, which recognizes institutions of higher learning for their promotion of bicycling as a preferred means of transportation.

“With this new partnership, Georgetown continues to demonstrate ongoing leadership on bicycle-friendly initiatives in Washington, D.C.,” Miller wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “This new affordable option makes it easier for students, employees and visitors to choose healthy and sustainable mobility options.”

Miller said the number and locations of the bike parking sites are subject to change.

“The 12 initial pick-up locations were chosen to maximize coverage across high-traffic destinations across the main campus,” Miller wrote. “Pick-up locations and the number of bikes available may evolve as the University evaluates how the service is used.”

Day-to-day maintenance such as bicycle restocking will be managed

by LimeBike, according to Miller.

Efforts to launch the bike-share program began last fall and were spearheaded by Georgetown’s Department of Planning and Facilities Management with input from the Georgetown University Student Association, Georgetown University Graduate Student Government, Georgetown Community Partnership and other

stakeholders.

LimeBike was one of four companies to launch dockless bikeshare programs in the District last September. The company announced Tuesday it would also provide riders with the option of electric scooters.

The university partnership was a natural next step in the company’s plans for expansion in the District, according to LimeBike D.C. General Manager Jason Starr.

“We have continuously sought natural partners to help expand ridership to communities where convenient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly transportation options can be an asset,” Starr wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “Georgetown was a natural fit because of its location within D.C., its active and engaged student body and its reputation as a nationally leading academic institution.”

A potential expansion of the partnership would depend on the community’s response, according to Miller.

“Georgetown is committed to providing safe, affordable and carbon-free mobility options for the entire campus community,” Miller wrote. “Future expansion of the program will depend on the demand for the service and the feedback from the campus community.”

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Amazon Books has opened its first storefront in Washington, D.C. Located in Georgetown on M Street, Amazon Books modifies its online model for the physical store, still utilizing its online review section.

GU Law Center Files Defamation Suit Against Alex Jones, InfoWars EMMA KOTFICA Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Law Center Civil Rights Clinic is suing right-wing commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation on behalf of a man who posted footage online of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017.

Brennan Gilmore, the plaintiff, was among the counterprotesters at the white nationalist rally Aug. 12. Gilmore used his phone to record as Alex Fields Jr. allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 36 others. Gilmore’s footage was picked up by news media outlets after he posted it on Twitter. He was also interviewed as a witness on several outlets.

The footage also caught the eye of Jones — of Infowars and other far-right outlets — who accused Gilmore of being party to a “deep state” conspiracy to sabotage the presidency of President Donald Trump.

Now, Gilmore alleges the claims Jones made about him caused “irreversible personal and professional damage in Virginia, including the loss of business opportunities in Virginia, irreparable damage to his career as a Foreign Service Officer, and the loss of friendships with individuals in Virginia,” according to the suit.

Gilmore further alleged in a Washington Post op-ed that he and his family were “subject to harassments, threats, hate mail and hacking attempts” after the conspiracy theories spread online. He was also mailed an envelope containing a “suspicious white powder residue” and a “four-page diatribe.”

In an interview with THE HOYA, Gilmore said he initially decided to post the video online because his footage showed the incident was a deliberate attack. Soon thereafter, he was unwillingly thrust into the online world of right-wing conspiracy websites.

“I became almost immediately the target of numerous conspiracy theories that really gave me a sort of firsthand perspective on what is now seen as a pattern of attacks that politically motivated outlets like Infowars, the Gateway Pundit, and other defendants launch against the witnesses and other victims of tragedies,” Gilmore said.

The Civil Rights Clinic at the Law Center acts as a public defense firm and is supporting Gilmore’s case pro bono.

“Our hope is that we can create more explicit case law and legal precedent that will refine and set the boundaries for what someone like Alex Jones can and cannot say about a private citizen who happens to be a witness to a terrorist attack,” Andrew Mendrala, a supervising attorney with the Civil Rights Clinic, said in an interview with THE HOYA. Other defendants in the case include the parent company of Infowars, Free Speech Systems, LLC; former congressman Allen West; Lee Stranahan, formerly of Breitbart News and currently of RT; Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit and Infowars reporter Lee Ann McAdoo.

Gilmore sees the case as a way to take a stand against websites that purvey “fake news.”

“Fact-based journalism is essential to a healthy democracy because it provides citizens with objective information on issues of public concern. Infowars and Gateway Pundit do the opposite

— poisoning our civic discourse by distorting the truth and blurring the line between news and propaganda,” Gilman wrote in the Washington Post op-ed.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday; Jones has since posted a video asserting the legal action is itself a deep state conspiracy by Georgetown and the CIA. Gilmore also said online harassment of him has “ramped up considerably.”

“I’ve been getting messages calling me all sorts of profanities,” Gilmore said in an interview with THE HOYA. The Georgetown lawsuit is not the first time Jones has been sued for defamation. In April 2017, the yogurt company Chobani sued Jones for alleging the company’s Idaho factory, which employs refugees, was linked to a 2016 child sexual assault case and a rise in tuberculosis, according to The New York Times.

He later settled the suit and made a statement in one of his broadcasts, apologizing for mischaracterizing the company.

Mendrala said settling cases makes sense for many plaintiffs, but would not allow for the kind of impact the clinic is hoping for with this case.

“If he settles an individual case, then that individual case goes away and those people are pacified,” Mendrala said. “But it doesn’t have a larger effect on the future.”

Mendrala also cautioned the case is not meant to undermine First Amendment speech laws.

“We feel like a victory in this case would be a victory for people like Brennan nationwide,” Mendrala said. “And it would shift the paradigm onto which conspiracy theorists operate by holding them legally accountable for their lies.”

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UndocuWeek Aims to Garner Diversity VP Recognized Support for ‘Dreamers’ For Education Leadership Jessica lin

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A second annual UndocuWeek planned for next month aims to raise awareness and garner support for students without documentation, whose futures remain uncertain after unsuccessful congressional efforts to pass a permanent legislative replacement for the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

This year’s UndocuWeek, scheduled to run from April 16 to 20, is an important step to raise awareness about students without documentation in the Georgetown community and beyond, said Associate Director for Undocumented Student Services Arelis Palacios at an information session held in the Intercultural Center Auditorium on Tuesday.

The week includes a series of educational discussions, movie screenings and community activities designed to actualize the university’s vision of cura personalis, or care for the whole person.

Tuesday’s information session discussed the university’s continuing advocacy efforts and the status of current DACA litigation in response to community concern over the vulnerability of DACA recipients.

Last September, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescission of DACA, an executive program put into effect during the administration of former President Barack Obama that temporarily protected about 690,000 immigrants without documentation who were brought to the United States as children from deportation.

Federal district courts in California and New York have since issued nationwide injunctions blocking the Trump administration from ending the program.

While the administration appeals the injunctions, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must continue renewing permits for current DACA recipients but does not have to accept new applications.

Efforts to pass permanent protections for immigrants without documentation have stalled in Congress.

Palacios, who has helped plan UndocuWeek, said her longtime advocacy for immigrants without documentation stems from her hope to reshape the negative societal perceptions around student DACA recipients.

“What I want to do is carve out some of the negativity and toxic rhetoric away from them so they can continue to persist here uninterrupted,” Palacios said.

At Tuesday’s information session, Palacios spoke alongside Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, Vice President and General Counsel Lisa Brown, Associate Vice President for Federal Relations Scott Fleming and Mizraim Belman Guerrero (SFS ’20), a member of UndocuHoyas, a group that advocates for students without documentation.

Palacios said UndocuWeek will not just focus on data alone, which she feels can lead to an incomplete conception about the true significance about the debate on DACA. “When I think about what it means to teach this to others, understand that it’s about facts and data,” Palacios said, “but it’s also about family, humanity and giving you the tools to understand this data in a very nuanced way.”

Belman Guerrero echoed Palacios’s sentiment and stressed the importance of recognizing the humanity of students without documentation.

“It’s important to humanize the issue and the people being affected, because at the end of the day, we’re humans, we’re students and we’re really here to try to make the best life that we can,” Belman Guerrero said.

Tuesday’s information session and the second annual UndocuWeek mark the latest efforts in a broad campaign by Georgetown administrators and students to advocate for DACA recipients.

Last September, Georgetown students wrote letters to call upon members of Congress to support the Dream Act of 2017 through the Friends of the Dreamers campaign hosted by the Office of Federal Relations and the Georgetown University Student Association.

Also in September, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69)

— the lead sponsor of the original DREAM Act since 2001 — invited a number of Georgetown DACA recipients to Capitol Hill and delivered a speech to his Senate colleagues championing the Dream Act of 2017.

In December, Georgetown filed amicus briefs in defense of DACA beneficiaries for the cases in California and New York. Seventeen other Jesuit colleges and universities have also filed amicus briefs to demonstrate the interest institutions of higher education have in the case.

“We’re basically saying how important DACA students are to our campuses and what the impact of the revocation of DACA will be, not only on DACA recipients but also on the university and on the nation overall. We’re going to file in the 9th Circuit case as well,” Brown said.

Since September, University President John J. DeGioia has repeatedly lobbied members of Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017, including in personal letters to alumni lawmakers and in an October op-ed in The Hill with three other university presidents.

Meanwhile, Georgetown’s Undocumented Student Services team has been working to formalize and expand its services for community members without documentation.

The university has also made recent headway in extending its support system for students without documentation to the graduate level.

“The reality of deportation is an overlay that quite literally hangs over the student on top of their financial, academic and familial stresses,” Palacios said.

“For graduate students, who are in an even more precarious predicament, I’m very pleased that we have been able to raise enough funds to cover all their immigration fees at this point.”

Fleming said the university will continue its support for everyone the DACA rescission has affected leading up to the Supreme Court’s review of the issue next fall.

“We have to think about how we can keep this issue alive,” Fleming said. “We have many ideas for advocacy between now and then, and we’re in it for the long haul.”

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Women’s participation in politics is crucial to promote gender equality, Rosemary Kilkenny (LAW ’87), Georgetown’s first vice president for Institutional Diversity and Equity, said while accepting the inaugural Dr. Carol J. Lancaster award Feb. 28.

Kilkenny received the award, presented by the Georgetown University Women’s Center, for her commitment to service in the Georgetown community. The event featured not only the presentation of the award, named for former School of Foreign Service Dean Carol Lancaster (SFS ’64) for her leadership and commitment to service, but also a conversation with Kilkenny on the status of women in educational institutions, moderated

by Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Jeanne Lord.

After finishing undergraduate and graduate degrees at Kent State University, Kilkenny worked in various diversity-focused positions at her alma mater, including establishing a national program to increase representation of black students in graduate schools. She then came to the Hilltop in 1980 to serve as special assistant for affirmative action programs for late President Fr. Timothy Healy, S.J. At Georgetown, she has championed programs to provide educational access for disadvantaged members of the university community.

Kilkenny graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1987. University President John J. DeGioia appointed her to her current position in 2006.

In her acceptance speech at the event, Kilkenny reflected on her experiences as a woman of color in the workplace, saying it was important for her to create connections with other women at work, especially women who had families.

“People still don’t know what to do with women in power,” Kilkenny said, noting she would often find herself as the only woman in a meeting. She said she often felt a sense of camaraderie with other working women. “We all wanted to have a ca-

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Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny was honored for her service to Georgetown on Feb. 28. reer, and we also wanted to have families,” she said.

Kilkenny and other women in leadership have continually supported one another as they navigated the male-dominated education system, Kilkenny said in her speech. She described the defining relationships she had with mentors and said she tries to form similar bonds with young women in her life today.

Reflecting on her experience as a woman of color in leadership, Kilkenny said she has at times felt alone in her work.

“Sometimes it’s lonely,” Kilkenny said. “You carry the burden to inspire younger generations; you’re conscious of it.”

The event was hosted by the Women’s Center as part of the annual Biondi Copeland Lecture Series on Women in Education.

The series is funded by the Biondi Copeland Family Fund, launched

by Gianna Biondi (CAS ’85) and John Copeland (CAS ’84) in 2014 to support women on Georgetown’s campus.

Speaking at the event, DeGioia recognized Kilkenny’s commitment to forging equal opportunities for all students on campus.

“In the years since Rosemary joined our community, her efforts have had a transformative impact on our Hilltop, deepening our commitment to ensure

the full development of each and every member of our community,” DeGioia said. “We would not be the Georgetown we are today if, in 1980, she hadn’t made the decision to come here and be part of this work.”

SFS Dean Joel Hellman also emphasized Kilkenny’s effectiveness in providing opportunities for historically marginalized communities on campus.

Kilkenny displays a “commitment to human development, a commitment to the marginalized, to the poor: a Jesuit commitment to reach out to the boundaries and engage with them,” Hellman said at the event.

Charlene Brown-McKenzie, director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, described Kilkenny as a “model for leadership, for building community across difference.”

At the conclusion of her speech, Kilkenny said she is optimistic about the future of women in politics, saying minority and female participation can effect policy change. She urged young women to continue to be involved in politics and leadership positions to promote equality.

“I would urge women to run for elected office and to get involved,” she said. “Vote!”

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The Georgetown softball team lost four games in a row after winning its first contest last weekend at the Grand Canyon University Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz.

Georgetown (6-17) opened the invitational with a thrilling extra-inning win, defeating Grand Canyon University (16-14) 6-5. Sophomore first baseman Noelle Holiday drove in the winning run in the top of the 10th inning on a fielder’s choice. Sophomore pitcher Anna Brooks Pacha earned the win from the mound, pitching a complete game with 173 pitches in total.

Georgetown lost the second game of Friday’s doubleheader 8-0. Grand Canyon scored six runs in the third and fourth innings to open up the game and tacked on two more for an 8-0 final score. Freshman

pitcher London Diller took the mound for the Hoyas and gave up five earned runs in three innings before being replaced.

On offense, the Hoyas were unable to get anything going with no hits in the first four innings and ended up scoreless in the contest.

On Saturday, the Blue and Gray did not fare much better, losing its opening game of the day 5-0 to Iowa (10-9). Iowa scored four runs in the first inning to open the game up and did not look back from there.

Offensively, the Hoyas only managed four hits and were shut out again.

Diller was again the starting pitcher, pitching a complete game and giving up five earned runs in the loss.

The offensive struggles continued into Saturday’s second game as the Hoyas were once again shut out, this time against Minnesota (15-10).

Sophomore pitcher Isabelle

Ortiz started the game on the mound for Georgetown, giving up seven runs in five innings, and the Hoyas lost again 8-0.

On Sunday, although the Hoyas pitching was slightly better, the offense still failed to generate any runs as Georgetown lost again to Iowa 2-0.

Brooks Pacha started, pitching a complete game and giving up two earned runs. An improved pitching performance was not enough to earn the Hoyas a win as the offense was limited to four hits in a fourth consecutive scoreless performance.

Following the weekend’s tournament, the Hoyas now have a record of 6-17, with conference play yet to begin.

The team will take part in the Charleston Invitational in South Carolina this weekend, with its first game coming against Eastern Illinois (17-7) at 11 a.m. Friday.

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Four Georgetown runners, all from the men’s squad, competed at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at Texas A&M University last weekend, earning a combined five AllAmerica awards at the meet.

The men competed in the mile and the distance medley relay.

Graduate student middle distance runner Amos Bartelsmeyer missed out on the final in the mile by one hundredth of a second with a time of 4:02.36. Bartelsmeyer ran in the faster of the two prelimi-

nary heats, recording a better time than all four of the automatic qualifiers in the other preliminary heat. He finished with the seventh-fastest qualifying time overall. Josh Kerr, a sophomore from the University of New Mexico, won the men’s mile final with a time of 3:57.02.

Bartelsmeyer earned second team All-America honors for his performance in the mile and the relay, totaling six AllAmerica awards in his career.

Later in the day, Bartelsmeyer competed in the men’s DMR, in which the Hoyas finished 11th overall. Junior middle distance runner Spencer Brown, sophomore middle

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Senior midfielder Craig Berge is tied for third on the team in goals with seven and in assists with 10. The Hoyas have won all six of their games to start the season, outscoring opponents 80-47.

distance runner Kenny Rowe, freshman middle distance runner Rey Rivera and Bartelsmeyer earned second team All-America awards for their 9:51.97 time.

The honors were the first for Rowe and Rivera and the second for Brown. The DMR from Virginia Tech won the men’s final with a time of 9:30.76.

The Hoyas face a quick turnaround this weekend with the start of the outdoor track and field season. The Georgetown men’s and women’s teams are competing at the Maryland Invitational on March 17, looking to build upon their strong indoor seasons.

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team remained unbeaten, defeating Marist over spring break. However, Georgetown’s planned March 3 match against Hofstra (2-2) on the road was indefinitely postponed as a result of weather and travel complications.

The Hoyas (6-0), now ranked No. 16 in the nation, dominated Marist (1-7) with a score of 13-6 on Cooper Field on March 6. The Hoyas now have more wins in their first six games than they did in all fourteen last seasons.

The team was led by sophomore attack Jake Carraway’s career-high seven points, notching three goals and four assists. Junior attack Daniel Bucaro scored three goals as well, combined with an assist for four points.

Bucaro’s last goal gave him 109 points on his career, putting him in the top 20 for career points in program history. Both Bucaro and Carraway have recorded 16 goals and nine assists so far this season.

Those numbers lead the team and are third in the Big East.

Several other Hoyas also got involved in the offense on Tuesday.

Junior attack Robert Clark and senior attack Matt Behrens added two goals each, and Clark also had an assist. Senior midfielder Craig Berge tallied a goal and two assists.

Senior attack Zeke Morrill and senior face-off specialist Peter Tagliaferri each found the back of the net once and senior defender Kieran Jenkins was credited with his first career assist. The Hoyas also converted on a season-best four of its six man-up opportunities.

On the other side of the ball, freshman defender Gibson Smith and senior midfielder Greg Galligan each tallied three caused turnovers, while Jenkins and Tagliaferri collected five ground balls each.

Senior goalie Nick Marrocco continues to be a dominating presence in the cage. Marrocco recorded his fifth victory of the year, allowing only three goals in 50 minutes of game time. He also collected five saves.

Marrocco leads the Big East in save percentage among goalies with more than one game played with .584 percent.

Georgetown leads the conference in overall save percentage with .573.

The Hoyas controlled the game from the outset. They scored four unanswered goals in the first quarter to go up 5-1 and added three in the second to take an 8-2 lead at the half.

Another 5-1 run in the third coupled with a scoring drought from Marist all but sealed the victory.

Georgetown followed up its victory over Marist with a 12-9

victory at home against Hobart (2-4) on March 10 to remain undefeated to start the season.

Hobart and Georgetown traded goals throughout the first half, but Georgetown went into halftime leading 6-4. The Hoyas dominated the third quarter, opening with a 4-1 run before giving up another goal to make the score 10-6 entering the final frame.

After junior midfielder Lucas Wittenberg scored, bringing the score to 12-7 with just under nine minutes to play, the Hoyas sought to run out the clock. Still, Hobart scored two goals in one minute with just under two minutes left in the game.

Georgetown survived Hobart’s late push to win the game by three goals.

Bucaro led the Hoyas with five goals and two assists followed closely by Carraway, who scored three goals and tallied three assists. Wittenberg and junior attack Austin McDonald also contributed two goals apiece.

Marrocco played the whole game in the cage, allowing nine goals while tallying 12 saves in the team’s sixth consecutive win this season.

Georgetown’s next game is away at Drexel (2-3) on Saturday.

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espite its reputation as the most progressive professional sports league, the NBA has long hesitated to formally acknowledge the importance of mental health for professional athletes. However, as a result of the efforts of three players — DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Love and Kelly Oubre Jr. — in the last month the public has gained insight into the hidden opponents NBA players face and is putting pressure on the league to make changes in the way it handles mental health issues.

Of all the American professional sports leagues, the NBA is by far the smallest. It contains just under 500 players though basketball is played by over 26 million Americans as of 2012.

Because the NBA does not always offer guaranteed contracts and the league is so small, competition to earn a spot among basketball’s elite is fierce; the pressure to consistently perform well is even greater. Moreover, NBA players travel very frequently during the season, often getting to hotels as late as 5 a.m. for games later that day. These factors create immense amounts of stress and anxiety that can often cause players to suffer under the surface.

Currently in the midst of his best professional season, DeRozan, an All-Star guard for the Toronto Raptors, shocked the NBA during All-Star Weekend in February when he tweeted, “this depression get the best of me…”

In a lengthy interview with the Toronto Star, DeRozan said a dark moment in the middle of the night in Los Angeles prompted him to offer a cryptic glimpse into his mind. For DeRozan, known as a reserved person, the tweet may have been out of char-

acter for his public persona, but it was not out of the norm.

“I always have various nights,” DeRozan said. “I’ve always been like that since I was young, but I think that’s where my [shy] demeanor comes from. I’m so quiet, if you don’t know me. I stay standoffish in a sense, in my own personal space, to be able to cope with whatever it is you’ve got to cope with.”

In an interview with ESPN, DeRozan said he combats his depression by surrounding himself with his family and with basketball, filling every available hour with the search to be a better father, partner and player.

“Basketball, my whole entire life, has been my suppression to it … It helps me forget about everything else and has benefitted me.”

DeRozan’s honesty has motivated other NBA players to speak out about their respective mental health struggles as well. In an essay published in The Players' Tribune, a platform where athletes express their opinions directly, on March 6, Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love talked about suffering a panic attack during a Nov. 5 matchup against the Atlanta Hawks and how it led him to address his mental health.

Love even credited DeRozan as the inspiration for his change of heart.

“Just by sharing what he shared, DeMar probably helped some people — and maybe a lot more people than we know — feel like they aren’t crazy or weird to be struggling with depression,” Love wrote.

In an interview with TNT, DeRozan said reading Love’s essay “made me feel, you know, pretty damn good, honestly. This last week has been probably one of the most incredible things that I personally have witnessed, period.”

After Love’s piece, Washington Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. spoke about on the depression he’s faced since entering the league, in an interview with NBC Sports’ Tipoff podcast in early March. The New Orleans native was uprooted from his home by

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when he was set to begin fourth grade: He says memories from that time have stayed with him to this day.

“That s - - t is serious,” Oubre said when asked about his mental health. “Nobody sees that I’m weak, but deep down inside I am going through a lot. Hell is turning over.” Oubre also credits DeRozan and Love for encouraging him to speak out on his personal issues.

In the wake of DeRozan, Love and Oubre’s confessions, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have worked together to develop a mental wellness program for the league's players. The program would allow players to seek treatment and counseling with league partners and would be run by a director of mental health and wellness, the first of its kind in a professional sports league. Without a doubt, this program is an extremely positive sign for the league’s future relationship with mental health.

When asked what he hoped to accomplish by sharing his story, DeRozan said to ESPN after Kevin Love’s article, “It’s cool to be able to help somebody because it’s one of them things that no matter how indestructible we look like we are, we're all human at the end of the day,” DeRozan said.

After Raptor legend Chris Bosh left the team in free agency during the summer of 2010, DeRozan tweeted to fans “Don’t worry, I got us.” Now, it appears the city, as well as the NBA, has got him.

To access mental health resources, reach out to Counseling and Psychiatric Services at 202687-6985, or for after-hours emergencies, call 202-444-7243 and ask to speak to the on-call clinician.

You can also reach out to Health Education Services at 202-6878949. Both of these resources are confidential.

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career, Bradford has underwhelmed as a result of constant injuries, which have inhibited his ability to realize his incredible talent. Still, Bradford has the highest upside among the quarterbacks remaining on this list, making him a suitable fit for Arizona, a team that is trying to be a contender in the NFC South right now. The Cardinals also signed Glennon as a backup, to prepare for the possibility of another Bradford injury. no. 4: Denver Broncos The Broncos kicked off the free agency period by signing former Viking quarterback Case Keenum to a currently-undisclosed contract. For the Broncos, Keenum is an upgrade over last year’s rotation of Trevor Siemian, Brock Osweiler and Paxton Lynch. Yet, Keenum appears to be

a short-term solution for a team still searching for its quarterback of the future. Keenum will help make the Broncos more competitive in 2018, but it seems unlikely he will be able to replicate last year’s performance. As a result, it is possible that the Broncos will also draft a second-string quarterback.

moment. Yet, Bridgewater could surpass McCown if the former can demonstrate some of the promise he displayed before his devastating knee injury in August 2016. While these signings help the quarterback situation in 2018, the Jets will likely draft another quarterback to groom as the heir apparent for 2019.

no. 5: New York Jets The Jets are the only ones on the list that seem destined to head into 2018 with the same starting quarterback from 2017. The Jets re-signed Josh McCown, who was a 38-yearold sensation last year, and added more depth by signing former Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. The Jets elected to sign the veterans on a pair of one-year deals after missing out on the Cousins sweepstakes.

McCown is the starter at the

no. 6: Cleveland Browns Surprisingly, the Cleveland Browns do not have the worst quarterback outlook on this list.

The acquisition of Tyrod Taylor represents a tremendous upgrade over DeShone Kizer, who had an atrocious rookie season. While Taylor is a better option to play immediately, he seems like a questionable fit to pair with the quarterback who the Browns drafted in the first round. Still, Taylor will buy time for a rookie quarterback, so the new draft pick will not be rushed onto the field as Kizer was.

no. 7: Buffalo Bills Throughout the offseason, the Bills have make explicit their desire to trade up in the draft so they can select a top quarterback. After shipping Taylor off to the Cleveland Browns and making several other trades, the Bills now have the draft capital to execute such a trade. This strategy places tremendous importance on the Bills’ talent evaluation to pick the correct strategy, but the team has reduced some of the risk by signing former Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron to play while the young quarterback matures. Still, the Bills are lower than the Browns on this list because McCarron is less experienced and less talented than Taylor.

Jeffrey Swanson is a junior in the McDonough School of Business.

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Susan O’Malley left her position as Wizards president in 2007. O’Malley currently teaches sports management at the University of South Carolina.

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away: Katharine Graham and Pat Summit. There is an old expression, “you can’t do what you can’t see.” Mrs. Graham helped me navigate in an all-male industry, not just in words but by watching her as role model. Pat was a counselor and a role model for me.

How did you balance your work as a high-leverage team executive and Georgetown Law Center’s curriculum from 20042007?

I think with every balancing in life — family and career, school and career, school and family — it becomes a trade-off. My first priority had to be the job, so I was a mediocre student.

However, it was an amazing opportunity to have attended Georgetown and learned under some most accomplished law professors.

What has changed in the industry, particularly for women, since you were first introduced?

There are many, many more women working in the industry. And as I teach at the University of South Carolina now, 50 percent of our sports majors are women. I see real change. But there are still very few women in leadership positions, so that has not changed.

Looking back on your achievements with Washington Sports and Entertainment, as well as with the community at large, what are you most proud of during your tenure as president?

Two things come to mind: successfully navigating the role of the first woman president, and two, being a key member of the team that built the Verizon Center — Capital One arena. That project changed the landscape of D.C. Now, more than 10 years since your tenure as president, how have you remained involved with the sports industry, if it all?

I teach at the University of South Carolina in the Sports and Entertainment college. It not only keeps me current, I view my role as helping prepare the next generation of sports executives. Hopefully that has a lasting impact.

What advice would you give for young women looking to become involved in the sports industry?

I don’t think my advice for men or woman is different. If possible, get a second degree — every high-profile executive in sports has a second degree and there is a reason. Find a mentor, someone who will give you honest feedback. And work harder than anyone.

The difference between good and great is often effort.

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Fresh out of last weekend’s 12-point loss, the team is focusing on mental resiliance as it prepares to take on Villanova. Following its last match, Georgetown’s intention is to develop an emotionally intense practice culture that spills onto the field during high-stress matches. For Fried, that means continu-

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Junior attack Taylor Gebhardt ranks second on the team with 16 goals to go along with one assist this season.

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beat Villanova, because they’re having a really good year. We’re having a really good year. This is going to be a critical game in the sense of where the Big East is going as a conference, where we are in the conference.”

ing to push more during play and, as a team, slipping into contentment with the current record.

“The biggest area to work on for us is how we’re practicing day in and day out and making sure that practices mimic, or are tougher, than game situations so we know how to deal with [games] more emotionally than physically,” Fried said.

The Hoyas are facing off against a confident Villanova team that will be coming into the match with two back-toback home wins against Rutgers (4-4) and Drexel (1-6).

“They are leading the conference, if not the nation, in assists per game. So, they play a real team-oriented offense.

They share the ball really well,” Fried said.

Aside from the spread offense, Georgetown is also preparing to score against Villanova’s diverse defense.

“Defensively, they play a zone and man-to-man so we have to prepare our offense for both sides in that area,” Fried said.

The Blue and Gray faces off against the Wildcats at Cooper Field, with the game set to start at 1 p.m.

The first game started on Saturday, March 11 but did not finish until Sunday because of rain delays. The contest ended in a 4-3 victory for the Hawks.

The Hoyas started freshman left-hander Jacob Grzebinski on the mound, who pitched five innings and allowed only two runs. When the game resumed Sunday, Georgetown started another freshman, right-hander Owen Lamon, who allowed a single run and earned three strikeouts.

Despite the loss, two strong performances from two different freshmen pitchers were positive signs for Georgetown.

Entering the bottom of the third, the Hoyas found themselves down 2-0, but they responded with three runs of their own to take a 3-2 lead.

After a back-and-forth effort, the Hawks retook the lead in the top of the eighth and clinched the victory.

The key to the Hoyas’ defeat was their struggle to score with men on base, as they left a total of seven on base over the course of the final five innings.

The third game of the weekend saw a rematch with the Hawks. The game was on Sunday after the previous game against Saint Joseph’s. The Hoyas ended the weekend with a 4-1 victory in the rematch.

The Hoyas started sophomore left-hander Brent Killam on the mound, who delivered a strong performance, lasting six innings, allowing one run and striking out five.

With a strong start, the Hoyas found themselves ahead by a score of 2-0 after three innings.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Hawks cut the lead in half, but the Hoyas did not surrender any more runs for the remainder of the game.

Meanwhile, Georgetown’s offense padded on two more runs in the eighth and ninth to ensure the victory.

On Wednesday, Georgetown hosted Coppin State (1-11-1) for its home opener at Shirley Povich Field. The Hoyas defeated the Golden Eagles 16-9 in a game dominated by offense.

The Hoyas jumped to an early 7-0 lead after two innings, forcing Coppin State’s starter, redshirt sophomore left-hander Daniel Alvarez, out of the game without recording an out in the second inning after giving up four hits and allow-

ing four walks.

Coppin State responded in the third with four runs, but Georgetown immediately answered with two additional runs in the bottom of the inning. Georgetown held Coppin State scoreless from the fourth through the seventh inning while scoring five more runs to bring the score to 14-4.

Coppin State scored four more runs in the eighth as well as one run in the ninth, but Georgetown ultimately prevailed 16-9.

Freshman shortstop Eddie

McCabe fueled the Hoyas’ offense, going 3-6 with six RBIs. Senior designated hitter Sammy Stevens went 2-5 at the plate and contributed three RBIs. Georgetown remains in D.C. for a four game series against Princeton (0-7) on Friday Saturday and Sunday. Friday’s matchup is at Shirley Povich Field at 3 p.m. The Hoyas and Tigers are playing a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game beginning at 1 p.m. and the second scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Sunday’s game is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Senior first baseman Alex Bernauer is 3-14 at the plate this season with two walks and five strikeouts in seven games this season. Bernauer went 1-4 against Coppin State on Wednesday.

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Women’s Basketball Georgetown (12-14) vs. Delaware (19-12) Friday, 7:00 p.m.

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The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team improved to 6-0 on this season with its 12-9 win over Hobart on Saturday.

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Penn Dominates Hoyas at Home Margo Snipe Hoya Staff Writer

After a tough 18-6 loss to the undefeated University of Pennsylvania on Cooper Field last Saturday, the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team is looking forward to a chance to defeat conference rival Villanova Saturday.

In last weekend’s matchup with the Quakers (6-0), junior attack Taylor Gebhardt led the Hoyas (4-2) in points, scoring three of the Blue and Gray’s six points. The Hoyas picked up 19 ground balls to the Quakers’ 15 but ultimately felt the biggest deficit in draw controls when Georgetown pulled in five to Penn’s 20.

After five weeks of competitive, nonconference play,

Head Coach Ricky Fried said he feels the Hoyas have begun strong with a 4-2 record, having beaten two teams, Johns Hopkins and Delaware, that they have not beaten in the last couple of years.

“We feel like both ends of the field were trying to figure out who they are, who we’re going to be, how that’s going to play out and continue to evolve throughout the season,” Fried said.

The Hoyas are opening up Big East conference play Saturday against rival Villanova (5-2).

“Obviously, there is a rivalry there that trickles down through basketball, throughout the rest of athletics,” Fried said. “Everybody likes to See QUAKERS, A11

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Junior attack Taylor Gebhardt led the Hoyas with three goals against the University of Pennsylvania last Saturday.

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I read somewhere that you need a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. I’d say nothing is truer.”

SUSAN O’MALLEY (LAW ’07)

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Former Wizards Pres. Reflects on Career Mitchell Taylor Hoya Staff Writer

Despite the challenges that women continually face in the male-dominated sports industry, former Washington Wizards President Susan O’Malley (LAW ’07) has seen drastic improvements since leaving the industry in 2007.

At 29 years old, O’Malley became the National Basketball Association’s first female executive when she was appointed president of the Wizards in 1991.

But when O’Malley left her position 10 years ago, she still stood alone in the NBA’s history of female presidents.

Less than a decade later, during the 2013-14 season, women comprised less than 8 percent of the NBA’s chief executive officers, 16.6 percent of team vice presidents and 21.4 percent of senior level administrators.

However, O’Malley is encouraged by the increasing rate of women sports executives, as well as an increased participation by women in higher-level sports education.

In an interview with The Hoya, O’Malley discussed the current landscape of gender in the sports industry and how it has shifted since she first served as a sports executive.

How were you first introduced into the sports industry?

I was a huge sports fan. I often say I had two great influences: my gym teacher and my father. My gym teacher saw me play sports and suggested I was better suited for a desk job. My father was an

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Susan O’Malley (LAW ’07) became the first female executive of the NBA when she was appointed president of the Washington Wizards in 1991 at 29 years old. attorney for Abe Pollin [late owner of the Wizards] and I had a front row seat on the building of the old Capital Center in Landover, Md. How did you navigate through your rise in the sports industry, and how was your journey affected by being a woman?

I was very much an outlier and sometimes it was lonely.

I do believe being the only woman added pressure. I felt that every mistake I made may slow the opportunity for the next woman who wanted to get into the business. How-

ever, let me say that not all men were unsupportive. My boss, Abe Pollin, was a champion of woman, and Wes Unseld [former Washington Bullets player and coach] was supportive and helpful. I read somewhere that you need a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. I’d say nothing is truer.

faced with what I will call “teachable moments,” from the person who thought the reason I was in the executive board room was to get coffee, to the fan who wrote me saying, “stay in the kitchen” (He obviously never saw me cook).

Sometimes I used my backbone and sometimes I used my funny bone.

What was your most challenging moment as a woman in the male-dominated sports industry, and how did you handle the situation?

Time and time again, I was

How did other women in your life help you achieve your success?

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Jeff Swanson

QB Carousel in Full Offseason Swing After an offseason filled with trade and free agent rumors, the NFL is finally back.

The official start of free agency was March 14, and there has already been a flurry of moves, especially at the quarterback position.

This offseason saw one of the most talented and dynamic quarterback markets in recent memory. Now that some of the dust has settled, here is a ranking of the teams with the most potential at the quarterback position after new acquisitions this week.

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Senior outfielder Michael DeRenzi has gone 2-7 in the Hoyas’ last four games, scoring four runs, drawing one walk and striking out four times. The Hoyas exploded with 16 runs in their home opener against Coppin State on Wednesday.

GU Drops 2-of-3 in Florida, Wins at Home Will Scoville

Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown baseball team’s rough start to the season continued at the Snowbird Baseball Classic at South Charlotte Regional Park in Port Charlotte, Fla., last weekend, where the Hoyas played three games over the course of the weekend, winning one

and losing two.

The first game of the weekend occurred on the afternoon of Friday, March 9. The Hoyas (3-12-0) played Western Michigan (8-6-0) in a high scoring contest where the Hoyas fell to the Broncos 12-7.

The Hoyas were coming off a win, after besting Western Michigan 9-5 on Wednesday, but they quickly found them-

selves in a hole by allowing two runs in the top of the first inning. Georgetown battled and even took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, but Western Michigan scored four runs in the seventh to retake the lead for the last time.

Sophomore right-hander Nick Morreale started on the mound for the Hoyas and lasted five innings, allowing four

runs while striking out four.

On the offensive side, senior catcher Richie O’Reilly was the catalyst for the Hoya offense with three runs batted in.

The Hoyas continued the Snowbird Baseball Classic with two games against the Saint Joseph’s Hawks (4-7-0).

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NO. 1: Minnesota Vikings The Vikings are the clear winners of the week after their acquisition of free agent darling Kirk Cousins. The Vikings hope Cousins can be the final piece to elevate their team to true Super Bowl contenders.

Cousins represents a solid upgrade over former Vikings quarterback Case Keenum. Although Keenum was superb in 2017, his success may have been a flash in the pan. As a result, the Vikings opted for Cousins, who is more talented and has demonstrated more consistency over the course of his career. In addition to Cousins, the Vikings traded for Trevor Siemian to give them a serviceable backup at a low salary.

nO. 2: Washington Redskins While the Redskins failed to re-sign Cousins, they did manage to acquire Alex Smith, the second best quarterback on the market. In 2017, Smith started off hot and appeared to be in the MVP conversation before cooling off as the season progressed.

The Vikings are the clear winners of the week after their acquisition of free agent darling Kirk Cousins.

Still, over the past few years, Smith has demonstrated he is an above-average game manager. He should provide a stabilizing force for the Redskins over the course of the next several years. While it is unlikely Smith will make the Redskins a threat to win the Super Bowl, he will prevent a total collapse in the post-Cousins era. nO. 3: Arizona Cardinals The Cardinals signed Sam Bradford and Mike Glennon to one and two-year contracts, respectively. Throughout his See SWANSON, A11