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Georgetown University • Washington, D.C. Vol. 99, No. 4, © 2017
friday, september 22, 2017
FATHER FIGURES
From John Carroll to St. Joseph, Georgetown is replete with richly storied statues.
EDITORIAL The disciplinary policies for off-campus students are unfairly severe.
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YOU’RE HIRED Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates joined GULC as a distinguished lecturer.
OPINION, A2
NEWS, A8
Justice Ginsburg Praises Higher Representation Of Women in Law Hannah Urtz Hoya Staff Writer
Opportunities for women in the legal field have improved drastically over the past 50 years, said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Georgetown University Law Center on Wednesday afternoon. Ginsburg, speaking to first-year students at GULC, said the industry has seen a monumental shift toward gender equity in recent years,
but that certain underlying issues still pervade. “When I graduated from law school, there was no anti-discrimination law, there wasn’t even an equal pay act and employers were entirely up front about wanting no lady lawyers. Sign-up sheets for interviews for summer jobs or permanent associates on graduation often said ‘men only,’” Ginsburg said. “I don’t know how many times I heard See JUSTICE, A6
JESUS RODRIGUEZ/THE HOYA
After anti-Semitic graffiti were found in LXR Hall late Wednesday night, a group of Jewish students chalked messages of solidarity in Red Square. On Thursday morning, another incident of vandalism was found in the residence hall.
Campus Rebukes Anti-Semitic Graffiti Swastikas found in LXR Hall in separate incidents Jeff Cirillo
Hoya Staff Writer
COURTESY INES HILDE
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised growing equality for women in the legal field in an address at the Law Center.
Multiple swastikas were found painted inside an LXR Hall women’s restroom, alongside language threatening violence against women, in two separate incidents Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The swastika accompanied by misogynistic threats was first found painted inside the stall of a second-floor LXR women’s restroom Wednesday night. The graffiti was reported to the Georgetown University Police Department, which increased patrols in the areas around residence halls after the incident.
DeGioia Receives Honor for CJC Opening, Interfaith Programs
A second, similar act of vandalism was discovered in the same restroom the next day. A university spokesperson said GUPD has increased surveillance in LXR and is investigating the incidents with the help of the Metropolitan Police Department. “Perpetrators will be held fully responsible, in conjunction with Georgetown’s Code of Conduct. They could face additional criminal charges following the GUPD and MPD’s investigation of these incidents,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Georgetown University strongly condemns acts of hatred, racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism, sexism, and Islamophobia.”
The incidents mark the third and fourth occurrences of anti-Semitic graffiti this semester. Three of the four instances were in LXR common areas and involved swastikas painted in red. Two swastikas were previously found painted inside an LXR elevator Sept. 6, and one swastika was found carved onto the wall of a Village C West elevator the day before. A group of students responded to Wednesday night’s incident with messages of solidarity written in chalk in Red Square — a “countergraffiti” effort organized early See VANDALISM, A6
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Hannah Urtz and Jeff Cirillo Hoya Staff Writers
University President John J. DeGioia received the Anti-Defamation League’s 2017 Achievement award, the highest award bestowed in Washington, D.C. by the Jewish advocacy and civil rights organization, on Monday. ADL National Director Jonathan Greenblatt and D.C. Regional Director Doron Ezickson noted the opening of Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization in 2016 and DeGioia’s collaboration with the ADL to establish the Bearing Witness program, which trains Catholic school educators to teach students about the history of anti-Semitism. They also acknowledged DeGioia’s public stances against two of President Donald Trump’s major policies: an executive order banning refugees and travel from six Muslim-majority countries and the termination of former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DeGioia has openly pushed back against the Trump administration’s elimination of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected 800,000 young students without documentation from deportation. DeGioia called the terminiation of DACA “unconscionable” in a campuswide
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ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
University President John J. DeGioia was awarded the 2017 Achievement award from the Anti-Defamation League for his work over the past year. email and has personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a permanent legislative replacement for the program. The university is also offering legal support for students applying for protected status before the October deadline and called for students and alumni to join the push for a legislative fix. In January, DeGioia led the univer-
sity’s efforts against the travel ban, which is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court by refugee rights organizations and others affected by the temporary ban. The university signed onto an amicus brief arguing against the ban March 6 in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with oral arguments set to begin
GU POLITICS
Ronna McDaniel spoke to a room packed with students Tuesday night about the Republican Party’s strategy to appeal to more millennials.
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NEWS
OPINION
SPORTS
Red All Over The loss-suffering Newseum remains open as its owner considers a sale of the museum’s exhibition space. A9
Period Problems The stigma surrounding menstruation is a roadblock to effective advocacy efforts. A3
Face Off The football team will travel to New York City to face Columbia on Saturday. A12
NEWS Band Against the Ban
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SPORTS Home Game
Georgetown joined 30 other universities in signing an amicus brief against President Trump’s travel ban. A8 Published Fridays
Partnerships between students and faculty are powerful forces for change. A3
The men’s soccer team overcame a two-goal defecit to defeat Stony Brook in extra time Wednesday. A12 Send story ideas and tips to news@thehoya.com