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EDITORIAL A recent email reflects Georgetown’s inappropriate response to the abuse crisis.

HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE Hate crimes on campus increased by 275 percent in 2017.

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Ministry Fundraising Email Draws Student, Alum Criticism MASON MANDELL Hoya Staff Writer

An Office of Mission and Ministry fundraising email sent Oct. 25 that linked the importance of financial donations to Georgetown University with the Catholic Church’s ongoing sexual abuse crisis has come under criticism from alumni and students.

The Office of Mission and Ministry’s email blended the office’s intentions of communicating its programming on the sexual abuse crisis and its requests for financial donations to support that programming, a university spokesperson wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The spokesperson described the request for funds in the context of sexual abuse as “inappropriate” and apologized.

“As a Catholic and Jesuit university, we are committed to using our intellectual, spiritual, and communal life together to promote dialogue on the political and religious issues of our time and ensure that these cover-ups never happen again,” the spokesperson wrote. “Accompanying and empowering our students, particularly through this difficult time in the Church, remains our primary focus.”

“Your gift is more important today as we grapple with the sexual abuse crisis in the

Church, work to heal it and those suffering while guiding young Catholics,” the Oct. 25 email read in bold at the start of the second paragraph of the email.

“Your gift is more important today as we grapple with the sexual abuse crisis in the Church.”

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“As we have settled into the new school year, the chaplains and staff of Mission and Ministry acknowledge the heaviness of heart that so many members of the Georgetown community are feeling due to the ongoing crises surrounding sexual abuse, abuses of power and failure of those in authority to protect the vulnerable,” the email continued.

Director of Campus Ministry Rev. Gregory Schenden, S.J., who signed the letter, and Vice President for Mission and Ministry Rev. Mark Bosco, S.J., have not respond-

ed to multiple requests for comment as of 1 a.m. Friday.

The email, sent with the subject line “Update from the Catholic Chaplaincy,” asked for donations to the Office of Mission and Ministry to support “the formation and training of our future Catholic lay leaders with a gift of any size today.”

The email comes after allegations of sexual misconduct against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. McCarrick, who served as archbishop of Washington, D.C., from 2001 to 2006, resigned from the College of Cardinals in July after allegations of sexual abuse, some of which he has denied and others he has not responded to.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl was implicated in the misconduct after a Pennsylvania grand jury report released in August raised questions over his handling of sexual abuse while he was bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Wuerl resigned as archbishop of Washington on Oct. 12, but has defended his record on protecting survivors of sexual abuse.

Alumni took to social media to express their disapproval of the email, with many connecting their outrage to the honorary degrees currently held by McCarrick and Wuerl.

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In the days after the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, members of the Georgetown community chalked messages in Red Square in support of the Jewish community.

After Antisemitic Shooting, GU Mourns, Calls for Action MEENA MORAR Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s Jewish community and its allies are calling for action against antisemitism in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue with an assault rifle and three handguns, killing 11 and injuring nine on the morning of Oct. 27. Bowers has since pleaded not guilty to the 44 counts a grand jury indicted him of on

Wednesday.

The shooting marks the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States, according to The Washington Post.

Georgetown University Jewish Life, along with Jewish student groups Alpha Epsilon Pi, Jewish Student Association and J Street U, hosted a vigil Saturday night in Makóm, Georgetown University’s Jewish community’s gathering space, in order to mourn those killed in Pittsburgh.

The Georgetown University Office of Campus Ministry held an

interfaith service of mourning and solidarity in Dahlgren Quad on Monday afternoon. Community members grieved those who died on Saturday but also encouraged renewed activism against antisemitism.

Paige Harouse (COL ’19), who works for the Office of Campus Ministry, said that while solidarity is important, it is not enough.

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Students Shed Light on Campus Political Discourse Amid political division nationwide, Georgetown students seek to engage with diverse political perspectives ELIZABETH ASH Hoya Staff Writer

Hailing from Brownsville, Texas, Gilbert Saldaña’s (COL ’19) political views transformed upon his arrival at Georgetown University, a diverse community compared to his hometown.

“I came from a very homogenous community where it was 90 percent Hispanic,” Saldaña said. “Before I came to college, personally I considered myself fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I tell people now I don’t think that can work. I don’t think those two things can work out.”

Forming friendships with people he did not encounter at home also changed Saldaña’s perspective on social issues.

“One thing that I did change my mind on was LGBTQ+ issues for sure, just because, it wasn’t a big thing where I came from,” Saldaña said. “One of my roommates was part of that community, and I learned a lot from him.”

Now a senior, Saldaña is still unsure about all the specifics of his political creed, but he remains open to learn-

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ing about different perspectives. As president of the Georgetown Bipartisan Coalition, Saldaña is exposed to a range of opinions — libertarian, socialist, even apolitical — and aims to foster substantive conversations like those that changed his own mind.

This willingness to engage with diverse opinions characterizes most Georgetown students, according to Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94), director of the Georgetown Institute for Politics and Public Service. Elleithee noted the stark contrast between his job at Georgetown and his “side gig,” as one of the few Democratic contributors on Fox News.

“I come off the air and I look at my Twitter feed; it’s full of people saying, ‘I don’t know what Fox has you on; why don’t you go back to CNN or MSNBC where you belong,’” Elleithee said. “What gives me hope, and what I see differently here, and why we get so many political practitioners applying to be fellows in our program, is because I think the students here are more willing to listen, and they’re more willing to engage, and they’re less willing

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GUCD Chair Maria Cornell (SFS ’20), left, and GUCR President Jake Lyons (COL ’20) say their friendship allows them discuss ideological differences. to feel comfortable isolated from one another.”

Partisanship has intensified as the United States approaches the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Members of each party see the other as more ideological and extreme than their own, according to a Pew Research report. Although often characterized as imperfect by students, political

discourse at Georgetown still contrasts with national attitudes, perhaps because of the inherent connections within the university’s ideologically diverse student body.

CAMPUS POLITICAL DIVERSITY

Like Saldaña, Daniella Sanchez (COL ’22) and Monique Wilson (COL ’22) encountered

new perspectives at Georgetown. The pair come from predictably blue regions — Southern California and New York City, respectively.

“Everyone is pretty much either Democrat or won’t talk about it,” Sanchez said.

Arriving at GU Politics’ preorientation program “Campaign Bootcamp,” which aims to give students a behind-thescene view of campaigning, altered their views. Exposure to more political perspectives from her future classmates forced Sanchez to re-evaluate her beliefs.

“We were talking about racial injustice and at the same time the opioid crisis and how those two are intertwining. But then someone from Missouri actually said, ‘Well, the opioid crisis is a very big deal among white people as well; it’s not just a racial issue,’” Sanchez said. “That was really eye-opening, to see the different perspectives on the same issue.”

The U.S. opioid epidemic plays a significant role in the nation’s addiction crisis, which has led to a record 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017. Of those deaths,

opioids were responsible for 49,000, according to AFP. Before coming to Georgetown, Wilson’s main impressions of Republicans revolved around “the mess that’s going on with this administration.”

“I never had Republican friends. Then I came here,” Wilson said. “I just kind of assumed that Republicans are always very far right and I would never have anything in common with them.”

For many, personal relationships facilitate meaningful engagement with different perspectives.

Georgetown University College Democrats Chair Maria Cornell (SFS ’20) and Georgetown University College Republicans President Jake Lyons (COL ’20) describe themselves as good friends who frequently discuss their ideological differences. Despite the friendship, neither has converted the other.

When Lyons suggested their conversation may have moderated Cornell, she laughed out a resolute “no.”

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TED Talks Fourteen students, experts and intellectuals spoke around the theme of “Ignite” during the Oct. 27 conference.

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Blessed by Survivors Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., finds meaning in survivors’ resilient quest to redeem our humanity.

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Conference Domination The Georgetown men’s cross country team earned its fourth straight Big East title last weekend.

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NEWS Funding Safe Spaces

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Washington, D.C., has granted $1 million to fund increased security at religious institutions.

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The best defense against antidemocratic tactics is simple: Those who are able must vote.

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The Georgetown women’s soccer team defeated Xavier on Nov. 1 to advance to the Big East tournament finals.

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THE VERDICT Pokemon Go to Mass — A new app will allow users to explore augmented reality through their phones to discover cartoon saints and other Biblical figures. The app, inspired by Pokemon Go, is intended to introduce children to evangelizing and has been blessed by the pope.

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Unholy Matrimony — A woman who claims to have had sex with 20 ghosts throughout her life has now officially announced her engagement to one. Although she claims the ghost did not take a knee, due to his lack of knees, she remains excited for her joint future with an apparition.

Church Crisis Merits Introspection In its efforts to confront the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, Georgetown University has fallen dramatically short by failing to look inward.

Georgetown has thus far neglected to take substantive action concerning its relationship to the scandal.

Worse, campus ministry recently used the abuse of children as leverage to garner donations.

On Oct. 25, the Office of Mission and Ministry sent an email to Catholic alumni, parents and past donors to campus ministry soliciting donations to the Roman Catholic Campus Ministry Fund.

“Your gift is more important today as we grapple with the sexual abuse crisis in the Church, work to heal it and those suffering while guiding young Catholics,” a bolded portion of the email read.

The email, signed by Fr. Greg Schenden, S.J., was inappropriate and insensitive, reflecting Georgetown’s failure to confront its own role in addressing the crisis.

While the OMM is justified in asking for donations, this request is abhorrent and shameful. To use a sexual abuse scandal for fundraising demonstrates an incomplete understanding of abuse’s consequences.

A Georgetown spokesperson has since apologized for this “inappropriate” mistake in an email to The Hoya.

The email was particularly perturbing in the context of Georgetown’s misguided response to the crisis.

Though the university frequently insists its goal is the “formation and training of our future young Catholic lay leaders,” as the OMM wrote in its fundraising email, panels and events have generally failed to provide students space to contribute. Talks have relegated students to the audience, and non-student attendees have dominated question-and-answer sessions.

The first event to include a student panelist, Erica Lizza (SFS ’19), was not held until Oct. 24 and featured only one student. The panel spoke little of Georgetown’s role in the crisis, focusing primarily on the Catholic Church’s best path forward. (Full disclosure: Lizza is a member of this editorial board.)

Going forward, Georgetown must listen to and incorporate the voices of students — especially Catholic students — as they struggle to trust their church.

The university’s structural dismissal of students’ voices has paired with its unwillingness to take action on matters closest to home.

Members of the university are not mere peripheral observers of this crisis. Former Cardinal Theodore

McCarrick and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, both former archbishops of Washington, D.C., were implicated in the scandal. McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals after being accused of sexual assault, and Wuerl resigned as archbishop over criticisms of his handling of subordinates accused of assault. Both men still hold honorary degrees from Georgetown despite widespread student activism since August and Wuerl’s Oct. 12 resignation.

The university’s continued delay in revoking McCarrick’s and Wuerl’s degrees is reprehensible and inexcusable. Honoring abusers and the men who protect them cannot be justified; Georgetown must take action immediately.

The university’s lukewarm response to the crisis has been evident from the beginning, and blame must be placed on the highest levels of administrators.

On Sept. 4, University President John J. DeGioia sent a universitywide email with the subject line, “Reflections on the Responsibilities of the University in this Critical Moment.” The email did not reference the clerical sexual abuse crisis until the seventh paragraph and failed to mention McCarrick and Wuerl at all. Since then, the university has assembled a working group to establish standards for honorary degrees and evaluate current recipients.

Georgetown’s leadership seems interested in offering suggestions for how the Catholic Church can move forward but unwilling to address the role it played in allowing abusers and those who hid abuse to retain power without suffering consequences.

The university’s unwillingness to reconcile with the church’s failures mirrors the ambivalence that allowed clerical abuse to continue for decades.

Georgetown has put the OMM in a difficult situation by failing to act on McCarrick and Wuerl, and that failure must be addressed immediately. However, campus ministry and Georgetown as a whole owe students honest programming that recognizes others’ suffering. The university community should withhold donations from the Office of Mission and Ministry until it fully addresses the university’s role in this scandal.

Georgetown’s response to this crisis, as reflected by its insensitive fundraising, must evolve if the university is to serve as a resource for its students at this difficult time.

Aesthetic Nausea — Sweden’s new Museum of Disgusting Food features Twinkies, root beer and Pop-Tarts in its exhibitions. The museum offers vomit bags to visitors in case the featured food items cause stomachs to churn.

Constitutional Candy — Much to the disappointment of many South Carolinian trick-or-treaters, Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) tried to take a more educational approach to the holiday. Children unlucky enough to visit Sanford’s home were greeted not by treats, but rather by a pocket Constitution.

Sticky Situation — An Alabama woman got a set of zombie fangs stuck on her teeth while she was attempting to work on her Halloween costume. The fangs, which were too tight and attached with adhesive, prevented her from eating and drinking for over a day before they were surgically removed.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Adam Semprevivo

Preserve Support for GU Women Amid bad-faith and ignorant attacks from an organization dead set on protecting male privilege, Georgetown University must continue to promote the achievement and success of women.

Women face societal discrimination both within and beyond Georgetown’s front gates. To help combat this bias, the university supports an array of programs focused on promoting women’s success.

The National Coalition for Men filed a Title IX complaint against Georgetown on Oct. 3. The complaint accuses Georgetown of discriminating against men by offering “resources, funding, fellowships, and scholarships that are available to women only.”

The complaint calls for the dissolution of 18 groups meant to support women, such as the women’s and gender studies program, The Georgetown Women’s Center and Women Who Code. These programs have provided a space for women to be supported and empowered; the university must stand strong behind them.

Aside from denigrating an important group of resources, the complaint fundamentally misunderstands the intent of Title IX. Title IX was created to protect individuals from discrimination based on sex in federally funded educational institutions. At the time — and still today — most victims of sex-based discrimination are female.

The organizations the NCM names in its lawsuit are not merely protected under Title IX: Their mission of promoting equity across sex aligns perfectly with Title IX’s purpose.

The goals of Title IX are especially important at Georgetown: Although women make up 56 percent of Georgetown undergraduates, they are severely underrepresented in both administrative and student leadership.

Only six of 27 senators in the Georgetown University Student Association are women; the freshmen class does not have any female senators, and only one woman emerged victorious from GUSA’s most recent elections. Georgetown’s board of directors showcases similarly uneven representation: Only 10 of the board’s 39 members are women.

On a campus run almost entirely by men, spaces meant to support women are especially important.

The university must continue to lend its support.

For example, the Women’s Center aims to combat

discrimination against women “through a commitment to educate, advocate and care for the whole person,” according to its website. One of the program’s most important recent efforts toward this goal is the Biondi Copeland Lecture Series, which began in March 2016 to promote female leaders speaking on topics such as women in leadership, education and academia. This kind of programming is essential for a campus dominated by men and a country biased against high-achieving women.

The NCM’s lawsuit also ignores the effects of gender discrimination on employment.

Although women make up 54 percent of the U.S. labor force, only 2 percent of CEOs in the S&P 500 company index are women, and only 29 percent are executive or senior-level managers, according to think tank Center for American Progress. Furthermore, a 2017 report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which researches women’s status in the United States, found female full-time, year-round workers are paid 80.5 percent of what their male counterparts make.

Georgetown must make every effort to support female students as they enter a general workforce with built-in hostility toward their success.

The NCM’s complaint also displays a profound misunderstanding of the institutions it seeks to destroy.

Counter to the coalition’s apparent beliefs, the programs it derides are inclusive of all genders. No one is barred from participating in their advocacy work because of their gender, nor is anyone at Georgetown prohibited from reaping the external benefits of a campus community in which women feel valued and supported.

Societal bias against women manifests itself on Georgetown’s campus and far beyond. This hostility toward female success necessitates resources that focus specifically on women and women’s issues without barring anyone from entry. The NCM’s lawsuit flatly ignores this reality, choosing instead to blind itself to both historical and current contexts in a quest to perpetuate misogyny.

Georgetown’s women’s and gender studies program helps students develop their “knowledge about women, men, gender, and sexuality in all their diversity and encourages the critical interrogation of traditional academic disciplines,” according to its website.

Perhaps the NCM would benefit from a class or two.

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HOYA HISTORY: November 1, 1944

GU Grad Sets Grenade-Throwing Record O.C. Al Blozis, former Georgetown University football star and All-American, has regained the world record for grenade throwing. Blozis obtained the title for his record throw of 94 yards, 2½ inches. The previous record throw was 88 yards, made by Mike Rizzo, Camp Blanding, Ga. The championship heave was made during lunch hour on the BAR range of the U.S. Army Infantry School. There were 12 to 14 throws, seven of which were over 90 yards.

Blozis was somewhat disappointed, however, since he threw a grenade 97 yards during practice and thought that he could equal this mark.

He thinks that soon he may be able to make a toss of 100 yards or over. Captain V.V. Kalkin, team chief of the

U.S. Army’s Infantry School’s Team E of the BAR, bayonet and grenade committee and Lt. Ray Spratt, company tactical officer, officiated. A complete fragmentation hand grenade with a dud fuse assembly was used.

Candidate Blozis is holder of the 16-, 12-, and 8-pound indoor shotput [sic] world record and is king of the outdoor heave for the 12- and 8-pound iron balls. He entered the Army on Dec. 29, 1943, completing his basic training at Camp Sibert, Alabama, in the Chemical Warfare Department. Soon he was transferred to Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. [sic], as instructor in physical training.

At Georgetown, Blozis played on the football team and threw the shot. He established a world record for

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heaving the 16-pound shot indoors. Twice more he broke his own record. The second throw was 55 feet, 10 inches, beating the first heave by 2 feet. In 1941 the present record throw of 57 feet, ¾ inch was obtained.

In 1941 Blozis also was chosen for the All-American football team.

Leaving the Hilltop, Blozis was snatched up by the New York Giants for their professional gridiron club. He ably filled his position and in his second year was chosen for the all-professional team. Al Blozis was one of the few men to obtain the top in both of the football categories. Thus, this 245-pound 6-foot-6½ inches of power stands today as an outstanding athlete and a good soldier.

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Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J.

Blessings From Survivors

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he voice of one of the migrants in the so-called “caravan” passing through Mexico has been echoing in my ears all week. On a podcast, I heard a reporter ask what the hardest part of his journey has been. He said, quite simply, “the walking.” He went on to explain that he had two young children with him: The long hours of walking — with little food and water in the blazing sun — were taking their toll on them all. They were hungry and thirsty and tired.

Yet he was convinced that this migrant path was what his family needed: a chance to escape poverty and violence, and he was walking with the hope that his destination would be better than his starting point.

His hope was all the more striking because he was undertaking his journey at this time, in late 2018, when voices from the United States have bitterly spoken words of rejection toward him and people like him. His answer was so straightforward, so honest, free from politics and posturing and calculation. It was a human answer, a bedrock truth of need coupled with an abiding hope, which has lingered with me.

That family, like so many others through the centuries, took the risk of embarking on a dangerous journey with a profoundly uncertain future. That family was — and is — a family of survivors: people who have experienced human pain and suffering in their rawest forms and who have resolved to move forward with an almost inexplicable hope.

They speak a truth we need to hear.

We live in an age of survivors.

Amid so much division, injury and disillusionment, I have come to believe survivors represent the emerging force of our times. With deep resources of inner strength, conviction, dignity and hope, they give witness to truths we need to recognize. They bring us back to the most basic and most essential aspects of our humanity.

Silenced or marginalized for so long by so many forces, from politicians to religious authorities — including those in my own Catholic Church — as well as by societal pressures and norms, survivors are courageously forcing us to see and talk about realities of harm and diminishment.

They connect us to our past and

to the legacy of survivors of previous inhumanities, on the massive scales of slavery, the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide, and on the individual and societal levels of relationship violence, harassment and discrimination.

In the language of the Hebrew Bible, these survivors are the “remnant,” the faithful few who persevere in the face of exile and destruction. They are the people from whom God rebuilds the community of humankind. Today, they present a crucial counternarrative to discord and demonization, helping us relearn the basic truths of who we are as people and as a society.

This generation of survivors is teaching us in new ways what the meaning of resilience is, and I have come to see these lessons as a sign of hope.

We would do well to look around and see the human courage of the survivors in our midst. They resolutely walk on roads through Central America and Mexico. They bravely give testimony before Senate committees. They worship in synagogues and mosques and churches that have been targeted with hate. They challenge bishops and church authorities to honestly account for past sins and make real changes to church structures.

They help us confront our internalized patterns of gender and sexual inequalities and inspire us to make sure every person can feel safe in their home, workplace, neighborhood and school. They live down the hall in our dormitories, they work on our campus and they sit beside us in class. Sometimes their voices are loud; other times, their silent dignity — and even anonymity — is their boldest statement against dehumanization, calling us to simply recognize their presence.

We are blessed to live in this age of survivors. In their truth, with its suffering and strength, we rediscover our own humanity. May we never be afraid to welcome them and learn from their courage.

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., is an associate professor of government and in the School of Foreign Service.

He currently serves as director of the Center for Latin American Studies.

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Amid the chaos of the rainforests where it naturally ranges, the jaguar reigns above all.

So too, from Brazil’s political tumult, a new ruler has emerged.

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Predatory Politics Plague Brazil

n the jungle, the jaguar reigns supreme. With its supremely powerful hind legs and crushing jaw, the jaguar is a dominating apex predator. The casualties left behind after a jaguar’s hunt are the unfortunate consequences of an order that promotes a primitive doctrine: Might is right. Amid the chaos of the rainforests where it naturally ranges, the jaguar reigns above all.

So too, from Brazil’s political tumult, a new ruler has emerged.

On Oct. 28, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil. Just two months ago, election junkies would have been as shocked as a tapir in a jaguar’s jaws to hear the bombastic Bolsonaro would assume Brazil’s top office; he is a marked departure from presidents past. His swift rise to the summit of political achievement indicates changed, more extreme and cynical Brazilian politics.

Bolsonaro trounced Fernando Haddad by more than 10 percent in Sunday’s runoff election, which followed a first round in which no candidate received a majority.

But the campaign was far from uneventful. In fact, it was probably the most colorful since a military dictatorship relinquished control to civilian government in 1985. Until the end of August, Bolsonaro trailed a

man campaigning from a prison cell — former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In September, Bolsonaro was stabbed in the stomach by a man who claimed to be on “a mission from God” to bring Bolsonaro’s candidacy to an end.

Bolsonaro’s journey to victory was as unexpected and politically exotic as the man himself. A former army captain during military rule, the leader of the poorly named Social Liberal Party has denigrated the LGBTQ community, women and black people and has advocated for the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers.

Bolsonaro, formerly a representative for the state of Rio de Janeiro in the Chamber of Deputies, has roared against gun-control legislation and greater access to abortion. Unfortunately, Bolsonaro has been awarded richly for his archconservatism.

In short, Bolsonaro’s brand of politics places him in the arena of other recent radical right-wing leaders: Viktor Orban in Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, Marine Le Pen in France.

He has even earned himself a nickname: “Trump of the Tropics.” That should be bothersome for Brazilians. As his demagogic peers abroad have shown, a democracy undermined by incivility is unlikely to rectify itself

to politesse. A wild animal that escapes is hard to put back in a cage.

Far-right proclivities aside, Brazilians should worry about Bolsonaro’s dictatorial tendencies.

Bolsonaro has praised the era of Brazil’s military strongmen as a “glorious” time and cheered military dictators in Chile and Peru.

Joshua Levy As the campaign reached its closing chapters, Bolsonaro, in “Trumpian” fashion, suggested his political rivals would end up in jail or in exile. Brazil’s democracy has flourished in South America because of its varied parties and opposition politicians. It would be a shame if they ended up in his jaws.

Not only is Brazil’s democratic culture being transformed, its substantive institutions are also under threat. Bolsonaro has suggested packing the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court

with 10 new judges who would serve his political whims. He accuses unfriendly media outlets of spreading fake news. Coming from a man who seems to view autocracy through rose-tinted glasses, these trends should be worrying. Wider civil society will be the next to fall prey to Bolsonaro’s wrath.

Brazil’s democracy may be relatively young, but its political culture has become as rough-andtumble as any. Stabbings are unacceptable — so is corruption. But as Bolsonaro and so many other demagogues have demonstrated in recent years, chaos is king in today’s world of politics.

Commentators worry for the future of Brazil’s democratic institutions, particularly considering Bolsonaro’s corrosive autocratic tendencies. The environment around Bolsonaro — the country’s robust supreme court, journalists, and opposition lawmakers — will have to keep him in check. If those institutions are the casualties of Bolsonaro’s rule, Brazil will be worse off.

For the next few years though, there’s a new king in the political jungle.

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ur parents were married here. Our friends became bar and bat mitzvah here. On Saturday, 11 of our neighbors were killed here.

On Oct. 27, an antisemitic gunman gunned down 11 innocent people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in our hometown of Pittsburgh.

Seventy years after the genocide of over 6 million of our people, we watched as our safe haven was desecrated by the same hatred from which our families had fled. These 11 people were members of our own community. They walked the streets we grew up walking: Murray Avenue, Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue.

There they walk no more.

Many have failed to call the Pittsburgh massacre by its true name. This attack was more than an act of gun violence: It was a deliberate act of terror meant to intimidate and annihilate Jewish people in their own place of worship. Suggesting otherwise constitutes ignorance and erasure.

The Tree of Life shooting must be acknowledged as the antisemitic hate crime it was.

This recognition is the first step in grappling with the perpetuation of antisemitism, which can be — and must be — stopped through proper education.

Anti­ semitism has a history over 2,000 years long. It is the same evil that caused the expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem in 586 BCE, from England in 1290 CE and from Spain in 1492.

Antisemitism killed our ancestors in Baghdad in 1941 and in Germany from 1933 to 1945.

Most recently, antisemitism struck down our neighbors in our country, the United States of America.

Saturday’s massacre was the largest attack on Jews on U.S. soil since the first Jewish im-

migrants arrived from Brazil in 1654. To say Jewish life in the United States has only been comfortable since then would be a lie. The Immigration Act of 1924, for example, curtailed Jewish immigration, stranding millions in persecution.

Hatred has also penetrated our campus. As evidenced by the swastikas on our campus last year, virulent antisemitic rhetoric and behavior are foreign neither to Georgetown nor to the rest of the United States.

Anti­semitism is not just an “othering” of Judaism and Jewishness, but also an active erasure of Jewish peoplehood, Jewish history and Jewish values.

Anti­ semitism is not just an “othering” of Judaism and Jewishness, but also an active erasure of Jewish peoplehood, Jewish history and Jewish values. It is an evil ideology that seeks to destroy the Jewish people, welcoming them only when they check their Judaism at the door.

Campus antisemitism is not one of “blood and soil,” the German nationalistic slogan.

It is a cultural antisemitism, an American antisemitism born out of ignorance, assimilation and lack of questioning.

For example, the conflation of Judaism with Zionism has often led to the exclusion of Jewish students from progressive spaces on campus. Students should not have to lie or mask parts of their identity to be welcomed into a space.

Hatred can only be defeated when we all understand its historic origins and daily manifestations in our lives. Solidarity from non-Jewish individuals, including other minorities,

has undeniably strengthened and cultivated our community’s healing. We must understand the specific persecution of the Jewish people in discussing the Tree of Life shooting.

Even after subdued, perpetrator Robert Bowers continued shouting, “Kill all Jews.”

Only in recognizing the role of antisemitism in white supremacist movements and its presence in our society’s institutions can we effectively heal and move forward. Allies of the Jewish community must learn more about Judaism and Jewish life to stand with us against antisemitism.

Through education on Judaism as a religion and culture, students are enabled to actively recognize and call out all antisemitism. We must take the teachings of the Torah — commonly referred to as the Tree of Life — to heart and grow new roots while nourishing the old ones. The future is forged through relationships, but those relationships cannot be built when individuals refuse to acknowledge the nuances of Jewish identity while others strive to erase us not only from the conversation but from the world.

We must start with our campus community, recognizing that change takes both time and concerted effort. Only education and the active confrontation of hate in all forms can create a brighter future. But we cannot look forward without looking back.

Remember their names: Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Melvin Wax and Irving Younger. Zichronam l’vracha — may their memories be a blessing.

PAIGE HAROUSE is a senior in the College. NATHAN WECHT is a sophomore in the College.

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he 2018 midterm elections will likely be among the most important in recent history, as Democrats seek to subdue a president they believe to be destructive and the Republican Party remains ardent in protecting President Donald Trump’s agenda by maintaining control of both houses of the legislative branch.

This election cycle has also been underscored by threats to democracy: Officials across the country have subjected minority groups to voter suppression and disenfranchisement.

Violations of democratic rights must prompt an equally strong response from those who are able to vote. Replacing candidates who suppress and disenfranchise their constituents is necessary to restore inherent rights and liberties.

Officials across the country have subjected minority groups to voter suppression and disenfranchisement tactics.

A prime example of voter suppression is found in Georgia’s gubernatorial race, where Stacey Abrams, a black woman, is facing off against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. In his capacity as secretary of state, Kemp has the power to deny voter registrations, a seeming conflict of interest. In his position of power, he has the authority to block registration through Georgia’s “exact match” method. Georgians whose voter registration materials do not match the information held within the

state’s Department of Motor Vehicles or with the Social Security administration may see their registration status reversed.

His office has placed 53,000 registrations on hold in order to avoid undermining the system. Of those purged, 70 percent are black voters. This situation has gained due national attraction that even former President Jimmy Carter performed an unusual act of intervening to implore Kemp to resign.

In the 2013 decision Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court effectively condoned racist and undemocratic voter laws. The decision voided Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act, eliminating the part of the law that required jurisdictions with a history of voter suppression to receive approval from the Department of Justice before changing their voting policies.

The resulting lack of supervision in the South has allowed for the resurgence of post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow-era practices. Within 24 hours of the decision, Texas announced plans to strengthen voter ID laws, and Mississippi and Alabama began to enforce previously barred policies soon after.

Voter suppression is not a new phenomenon. From 1898 to 1915, black Americans toiled through grandfather clauses, which prevented them from voting because their ancestors were disenfranchised, and the scare tactics of the Ku Klux Klan.

Even after the legal protections awarded by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, minorities are still dissuaded from using their most potent weapon in achieving equality.

The black community has been a major victim of voter disenfranchisement as well.

Because of their imprison-

ment, 2.3 million black Americans — who are incarcerated at disproportionate rates compared to white people — are unable to vote. Felon voting rights differ from state to state, but only 14 states and Washington, D.C., permit felons to vote upon release. Unfortunately, many black people are incarcerated for minor infractions related to the possession or usage of marijuana.

Those of us who do have the power to successfully vote must elect representatives who uphold ethical procedures.

There are many ways as students that we can fight voter suppression, most importantly by holding officials accountable and lobbying for progressive regulations.

Those of us who do have the power to successfully vote must elect representatives who uphold ethical procedures. To make this goal a reality, everyone who can vote in this election must.

Through campus initiatives like GU Votes, Georgetown has emphasized how crucial each individual is in holding this country accountable to its proclaimed ideals.

I urge everyone to always capitalize on their opportunity to vote in elections.

Although voting is often referred to as a right, oppressive tactics and policy have turned it into a privilege based on identity. We should all appreciate the vote because in myriad instances, it has been taken away from too many.

ALEXIS SMITH is a freshman in the College.

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Clubs Respond to Criticisms of Selectivity TARA SUBRAMANIAM Hoya Staff Writer

Every Hoya could most likely recite some version of the following: Without the traditional social structure of recognized Greek life, clubs become the hub for your social life.

Yet Georgetown’s club culture is a double-edged sword.

Fueled by a desire to meet the right people and find lifelong friends, students swarm to sign up for countless clubs, only to be faced with an application process where acceptance rates for some clubs are rumored to be lower than the university’s.

Unfortunately, the pace of college life and sheer volume of applicants makes feedback a rarity in these processes, leaving students wondering what they did wrong to be deemed unsuitable for a club.

CONFRONTING CLUB CULTURE

In recent years, the Georgetown community has recognized the negative implications of club culture and has taken steps to alleviate the pressure.

This semester, the Council of Advisory Boards followed its standard fall fair with a second fair, which solely hosted clubs without applications.

To further combat the perceptions of exclusivity and superiority, many of the largest organizations on campus, such as Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, stopped releasing acceptance rates two years ago. Prior to this freeze, The Corp had an acceptance rate of 18 percent in the fall of 2015.

The Corp CEO Alex Gong (SFS ’20) hopes the change will counter the perception that club exclusivity is linked to social capital.

“A consensus among the club leadership community in recent years is that by releasing acceptance numbers or interview numbers, you perpetuate the idea that exclusive clubs are the ones you want to get into and that it is some kind of accomplishment if you get an interview or got in,” Gong said.

“The reason The Corp hasn’t released its application numbers in recent years is we don’t want to be categorized by that metric in any way, shape or form.”

This fall, The Corp took more steps to help applicants better understand what they are look-

ing for, releasing a handbook to explain the hiring process and how applicants are evaluated.

“We tried to be a little more forthcoming about what to expect because it is kind of an enigma to a lot of incoming freshman especially,” Gong said. á Like The Corp, the Blue & Gray Tour Guide Society has adapted its application process in recent years. Two years ago, Blue & Gray began offering first round interviews to all applicants, in an effort to account for applicants who may fare better in person than in writing, according to Blue & Gray recruitment coordinator Aidan Fallon (SFS ’19).

The latest update to Blue & Gray’s hiring policy, enacted for the fall 2018 cycle, excludes first-semester freshmen from the applicant pool. This new policy aims to improve the readiness of incoming tour guides, according to Fallon.

“These considerations include ensuring the ability of applicants to speak from personal experience on tours, allowing freshmen students a full semester to transition to college before diving into the application process, and the comfortability of applicants in navigating the campus prior to leading tours,” Fallon wrote in an email to The Hoya.

While these changes aim to have an immediate effect on club culture at Georgetown, other organizations have taken more long-term initiatives.

The Lecture Fund plans to review their applicant pool in the future by compiling data to address trends and maximize outreach to underrepresented groups, according to Chair of Lecture Fund Nicole Heitsenrether (SFS ’19).

To be more inclusive in the short term, Lecture Fund announced last fall that it would start dialogues with the community through general member forums.

“Several times a semester, we will host these open general body meetings for students to come and voice their opinions and ideas because central to Lecture Fund’s mission is making sure that we are engaging students from all across campus,” Heitsenrether said.

NECESSARY SELECTIVITY?

Low acceptance rates for student organizations at George-

town result in part from clubs’ limited resources, making applications necessary for clubs to operate.

For Georgetown University Eating Society, the club’s operational budget determines the number of students accepted each semester, according to GUES co-founder Brittany Arnett (COL ’19). As an unrecognized club, GUES receives no funding from the university, according to Arnett.

“GUES has applications, which I know may sound a bit weird because we are an eating society,” Arnett said. “The reason we have applications is we aren’t recognized by the university, so we can’t use the university’s name and we can’t get any university funding.”

Blue & Gray bases its hiring numbers on the number of guides needed to give tours.

Historically, their hiring classes have averaged between 20 and 30 new guides per semester, and approximately 15 new guides for the summer cycle. The capacity to train new guides is another factor that impacts hiring rates, according to Fallon.

“Specifically, we seek to ensure that we have sufficient mentors, with corresponding availability, to act as liaisons in the training process and the availability of tours throughout the semester to train during,” Fallon wrote.

For Hilltop Consultants, the size of each hiring class, typically around six or seven students, depends on the number of active projects and clients, according to Director of Operations Clyde Shepherd (SFS ’19).

“We don’t have a strict limit on how many people we are going to hire in any given semester,” Shepherd said.

For the Lecture Fund, membership is capped to enhance productivity. However, Lecture Fund does reserve spots for the spring, to ensure there is a continual cycle of new people.

“On the associate board, we are capped constitutionally at 30 students,” Heitsenrether said. “Once you get beyond that point, discussions tend to be less productive because there are so many voices in the room.”

A METHOD TO THE MADNESS

Whether you want to make coffee, consult on social issues, bring prominent speakers to

campus or simply eat food with friends, the core of the application process is essentially the same. All six of the clubs consulted for this article require a written application component followed by a possible interview — an unsurprising revelation, as the steps to join a club on campus mirror the professional hiring process, alluding to Georgetown’s pre-professional culture.

In response to concerns about the structure of students selecting other students, many clubs on campus, including Blue & Gray, The Corp and Hilltop Consultants, have taken steps to combat subconscious biases.

At The Corp, all applicants must answer the same core questions, with supplemental questions specific to their service of choice, Gong said. For example, applicants to Corp Marketing must submit a portfolio or answer marketing-strategy related questions.

“We try to get a sense right off the bat about who you are and what you’re interested in,” Gong said. “Then, every service has their own set of questions that attempt to gauge the specific skills or capacities that an individual would have coming into the service.”

Blue & Gray has also taken several measures to minimize the risk of bias, Fallon said.

“In the written application, all applications are assigned a number. Before any member reads the application, all identifying information is removed, and all that is provided are the question responses and the application number,” Fallon wrote.

For the Lecture Fund, each candidate is interviewed individually by a small panel of associate board members, then in a group, with the goal of shaping a diverse hiring class to limit bias in the event planning the organization does, according to Heitsenrether.

“What we are really looking for is sourcing a diversity and uniqueness of viewpoints that will enhance our discussion as an associate board, making sure we don’t have blinders on in terms of types of events,” Heitsenrether said.

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Students of Georgetown, Inc., annually receives hundreds of applications.

It released a handbook on its hiring process to increase transparency. sure each applicant has a clear sense of why they want to join the organization, according to Graham Ritter (MSB ’19), GUASFCU’s Chief Communications Officer.

“We try to give everybody that applies a first-round interview. When they apply, we want to meet them and get to know them,” Ritter said. “The second-round interviews are evaluated by the full board as well as one representative from our HR department and one representative from our diversity and inclusion department.”

Receiving over 100 applications, Hilltop Consultants select several board members to read all applications, with the entire board interviewing those who advance. Hilltop Consultants’ interviews include two parts, one technical and one behavioral, to ensure the interviewers spend sufficient time with each applicant, according to Grace Vogelzang (NHS ’19), president of Hilltop Consultants.

“It is really important to us that we spend more than 15 minutes with each person we are giving an interview because there really is a lot to learn about people,” Vogelzang said.

While the club application process may seem daunting, organizations hope that regardless of the outcome, candidates walk away having learned something or made a new connection.

“This year we have done group interviews of six people because we want to mimic a dinner event and see how people interact,” Arnett said.

“Our hope with the group interview is regardless of if you get into the club or not, hopefully at least you’ve made a friend through the application process. At the end of the day, that’s our goal, that everyone meets new people.”

Gong said he hopes increasing transparency about hiring processes and the limits on club resources will create a shift in the overall culture.

“It is not an issue of them personally excluding people, it’s an issue of the community as a whole ascribing too much social capital to a given number of organizations,” Gong said.

“Even before students get on campus, they have a sense of what the major organizations are, which I think is really damaging.”

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Drug Referrals Triple at Georgetown, Stagnate at Local Universities WALKER MILLER Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown University Police Department referred 84 drug-related offenses for disciplinary proceedings in 2017, an increase of 180 percent, from 30 cases in 2016, according to this year’s Annual Security Report released Sept. 28.

Georgetown, along with other colleges and universities who participate in federal financial aid programs, is required to publish crime statistics annually under the 1990 Clery Act. The surge in referrals for drug-related violations was not the result of a shift in university enforcement of drug prohibitions, but rather an increase in student drug use, according to Grant Olson (COL ’19), director of Georgetown’s Student Advocacy Office, which provides resources to Georgetown students facing disciplinary proceedings.

“We’re seeing more marijuana cases, but there hasn’t been an application shift,” Olson said. “The numbers might be increasing, but the actual punishments are not hugely different, depending on the nature of the case.”

University officials maintain that there has been no change in GUPD’s applica-

tion of Georgetown’s current drug policies, instead connecting the rise in drug case referrals to an increase in student drug use following the 2015 decriminalization of marijuana possession in Washinton, D.C., Georgetown University spokesperson Matt Hill wrote in an email to The Hoya. “[The District’s 2015 decriminalization of marijuana possession] has likely increased access to marijuana throughout the area,” Hill wrote. “As access to marijuana has increased in the District of Columbia and Georgetown polices have remained consistent, there has been an increase in student conduct referrals for drug-related violations.”

While marijuana possession remains prohibited by the university’s Code of Student Conduct, its decriminalization means the U.S. Department of Education no longer requires Georgetown to report disciplinary referrals for such cases under the Clery Act. As a result, the statistics in Georgetown’s Annual Security Reports since 2015 do not include disciplinary cases for marijuana possession involving students over 21. Hill did not provide the figures on referrals for these cases.

This rise in student drug use, however, has not been

followed by a similar increase in disciplinary referrals for drug offenses at other local universities. According to the 2018 Annual Security Report from The George Washington University, disciplinary referrals for drug law violations on the Foggy Bottom campus increased by only 23 percent from 2016 to 2017. Main campus judicial referrals for drug law violations decreased by 4 percent in the same time period at American University.

Georgetown’s past Annual Security Reports show that the number of disciplinary referrals for on-campus drug offenses has been rising from 2013, when only 20 drug cases were referred. This year’s 84 referrals mark a 320 percent surge since 2013. Only once since 2013 did the number of disciplinary referrals for drug violations decrease, from 2015 to 2016.

The District’s 2015 decriminalization of marijuana possession follows a broader national trend in recent years of drug law liberalization.

Since 2012, nine states have fully legalized recreational marijuana. Olson believes this growing national tolerance has manifested itself at Georgetown and is partially responsible for the increase in drug case referrals.

“In my view, a lot of the increase in the number of drug

cases being referred could be linked to the increased nationwide acceptance of marijuana in both recreational and medicinal contexts,” Olson said.

Marijuana use among college students does appear to be increasing: The percentage of college students who have smoked marijuana in the past year reached a 30-year peak in 2016 at 39 percent, according

to the University of Michigan’s annual “Monitoring the Future” study.

For comparison, the number of alcohol-related offenses on Georgetown’s main campus that GUPD referred for disciplinary proceedings was 333 in 2017, which marked only a 15 percent increase from the previous year, according to the 2018 Annual Security Report. Hill attribut-

ed this to the fact that, while local marijuana laws have recently changed, local alcohol laws have not.

“While the District of Columbia has changed marijuana laws in recent years, making the substance more accessible, Georgetown’s policies and enforcement for both alcohol and drug violations have remained consistent,” Hill said.

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Georgetown’s Annual Security Report found that drug-related offenses tripled between 2016 and 2017. The university attributes the increase in drug deferrals to the decriminalization of marijuana in Washington, D.C.

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Hate-based crimes, criminal offenses committed against victims because of their identity, increased by 275 percent at Georgetown, according to the university’s Annual Security Report. Fifteen hate crimes were reported on campus in 2017, an increase from four in 2016.

Hate Crimes Surge at Georgetown in 2017 MEENA MORAR Hoya Staff Writer

Hate crimes increased by 275 percent on Georgetown University’s campus, according to the university’s 2018 Annual Security Report.

U.S. Department of Education’s Clery Act defines a hate crime as “a criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim.” The categories of bias under the law include race, gender identity, gender, religion sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity or disability.

The report, released by Georgetown’s Department of Public Safety, is based on data from the previous calendar year. Of the 15 incidents of hate crime reported, six were defined as destruction of property characterized by gender bias, four as on-campus acts of intimidation or destruction of property characterized by religious bias, and five as characterized by ethnic, racial or sexual orientation bias.

The attacks range from

“simple assault” and “aggravated assault” to destruction of property. Last year during Rosh Hashanah, vandals defaced LXR Hall with multiple swastikas and language threatening violence toward women.

The increase in hate crimes mirrors a broader trend across college campuses, according to university spokesperson Matt Hill.

“An analysis of last year’s data reported under the Clery Act showed a 25 percent increase in hate crimes nationwide on college campuses between 2015 and 2016,” Hill wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The Metropolitan Police Department also reported a 170 percent increase in biasrelated crimes citywide from 2015 to 2017, spiking from 66 incidents to 178.

From 2016 to 2017, there was a 66 percent increase in hate crime citywide, going from 107 incidents to 178. In the first half of 2018, there were 84 hate bias crimes.

GUPD encourages any university community member to report crimes or suspicious behavior, according to

Hill.

“The University responds promptly and thoroughly investigates all reported hate crimes,” Hill wrote. “In addition, GUPD and the Offices of Residential Living and Campus Ministry have led critical initiatives and dialogue sessions to foster inclusive communities on campus, raise awareness, and prevent future incidents.”

Lieutenant of the Special Liaison Branch Brett Parson said the increase in crimes reflects an increase in reporting, coming from the trust community members hold in MPD officers. The Special Liaison Branch of MPD focuses on serving communities that are sometimes underserved, according to MPD’s website.

“We have re-trained every member of our police department on how to respond and investigate biasrelated crimes,” Parson said in an interview with The Hoya. “We’ve also done a significant amount of work in many of our most likely targeted communities for biasrelated crimes, and because we are building trust and

a relationship with those members of the community, they are probably more likely to report their victimization now than they were before.”

Parson believes the path to prevention starts from the ground up, focusing on community and its role in educating its members.

“The prevention of biasrelated crimes starts long before the crime actually is committed,” he said. “That is the responsibility of our community — of parents, teachers, clergy people, neighbors, friends — to make sure that we are raising individuals who do not act out upon their prejudices or their hatred.”

Only bias-related incidents that meet the U.S. Department of Education’s Clery Act definition of hate crimes are reported in the Annual Security Report. However, Georgetown University tracks and responds as needed to all bias-related incidents reported to campus officials through GUPD, the Georgetown University Bias Reporting System and relevant campus administrators.

Seventy-three percent of graduates of the class of 2017 are employed part-time or full-time and 16 percent are enrolled or plan to enroll in graduate school, according to the first destination report for the class of 2017.

The survey received responses from 66.2 percent of the class of 2017, a six percent increase from the 2005 report.

Graduates of the class of 2017 in the School of Foreign Service have a full-time employment rate of 68 percent, the College has a rate of 65 percent and the School of Nursing and Health Studies has a full-time employment rate of 53 percent, according to the report.

The Cawley Career Education Center releases a first destination report approximately 17 months after a class graduates. The results are obtained through surveys sent to alumni that collect data about their locations, positions and average income, reports from top employers and alumni’s LinkedIn profiles.

Graduates of the MSB have the highest average starting salary at $70,606 while the average starting salaries for graduates of the College, the NHS and the SFS are $55,920, $54,556 and $61,655 respectively, according to the report.

The average salary for the class of 2017 overall is $61,681.

Consulting and financial services are the top two industries for graduates for the class of 2017, with almost a quarter of the class of 2017 currently working in financial services. Following financial services and consulting, 9.2 percent of graduates work in information technology and 7.6 percent in the non-profit or public service.

While many students go into finance and consulting, many Georgetown graduates are branching out to other industries, said director of the Cawley Career Education Center Susan Campbell. 59 percent of graduates went into

industries other than finance and consulting, according to the report.

“When you look at the list of industries graduates work in first after graduation, finance and consulting appear as number one and number two on the list,” Campbell said. “But that only accounts for about 40 percent of graduates — 41 percent for the class of 2017. Most are going into other industries.”

The top employers of the class of 2017 include Deloitte, Oracle, Citi, PwC and Georgetown University, according to the report.

The U.S. federal government would be the top employer of the class of 2017, if the survey did not distinguish agencies and programs as individual employers, according to Campbell.

The majority of the class of 2017 that enrolled in graduate programs study at Georgetown; most of those attending graduate school are studying law or medicine, according to the report.

“Georgetown has been the most popular graduate school destination for those going to directly to grad school for as long as we’ve been collecting post-graduation data,” according to the report.

“Since 2007, Columbia University has been the second most popular school of those going directly to graduate school after completing their undergraduate degrees.”

The report’s focus on the first steps graduates take after graduation does not provide a complete picture of Georgetown alumi’s careers, according to Campbell.

“Our findings, of course, are limited to the first things that alums are doing after graduation. The first thing you do after college is an important part of your career story, but it’s not the whole story,” Campbell said. “It’s only the beginning. We’re very aware of the fact that this report reflects only a small part of what Georgetown graduates do after they finish school.”

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Antisemitic Attack Prompts Response PITTSBURGH, from A1 said. “Call out the anti-semitism of your family, your friends, your ‘groups.’ Don’t talk about the ‘globalists’ or the ‘Zionists’ or the ‘urbanites.’”

Avis Lis (COL ’19), the president of Georgetown’s Jewish Student Association, said he similarly appreciates the support from the Georgetown community, but hopes Hoyas take further action to combat antisemitism.

“We name this shooting for what it was: not an isolated act by an insane individual, but rather an anti-Semitic hate crime,” Lis wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We call on all students to take action.

Learn about antisemitism.

Speak out against those who vilify capitalists, communists, globalists, or Zionists, when they really mean Jews.

Raise your voice to eradicate anti-Semitic language in your community. For if not now, when?”

Both Jewish Life at Georgetown and the Georgetown Israel Alliance wrote that despite the immense loss the global Jewish community has suffered, it will find strength in its unity in the face of hate

crimes and efforts to tear it apart.

“The Jewish community at Georgetown and Jewish communities across the globe are all overcome, and yet we will continue to stand firm and to stand proudly together,” Jewish Life at Georgetown University wrote in a statement published on their website.

GIA President Ben Goodman (COL ’20) expressed solidarity with those affected by the shooting, and said that action must be taken to combat anti-Semitism. (Full Disclosure: Goodman is a deputy editor for the Sports department of The Hoya) “We are devastated by last weekend’s senseless massacre, but we resolve to move forward and continue to confront antisemitism and stand by the Jewish people worldwide,” Goodman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We were comforted to see an outpouring of support in Israel, where vigils were held in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Whatever country we reside in, the jewish people are one, which we are reminded of now more than ever.”

The directors of Orthodox Christian Life, Protestant Ministry and Catholic Life

at Georgetown V. Rev. David Pratt, Rev. Bryant Oskvig and Dr. Jim Wickman jointly wrote an open letter to the Georgetown community condemning anti-Semitism and growing social fragmentation. The directors warned against letting such divisions erode senses of community at Georgetown and around the world.

“We must affirm the truth that persons of different religions and different races can live together in authentic community with the blessings of peace and mutual affirmation,” the directors wrote. “We need to embrace this benevolent version of community, a version in which we recognize and care for the needs and wounds of one another, no matter our differences. By this, we can offer light against the current shadow being cast upon our world.”

Professors also have a responsibility to stand up to antisemitism and to radical biases in their classrooms, Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization Jacques Berlinerblau said.

“Now is not the time for platitudes or euphemism,” Berlinerblau said in an inter-

view with The Hoya. “I really think professors need to put themselves out there.”

The United States has failed to properly to acknowledge the extent to which antisemitism is present and alive today and needs now more than recognize the threat it poses, according to Berlinerblau.

“Enough with prayers. We need analysis,” Berlinerblau said. “The issue of antisemitism and bigotry in the United States is bigger than we care to imagine. It’s not a small phenomenon.”

In the face of such a tragedy, however, the Jewish community at Georgetown has expressed its resolve and belief in the possibility of change.

Though bigotry persists, so, too, will the jewish faith and its followers, Harouse said.

“This past Shabbat was a grim reminder that the tensions aren’t going anywhere,” Harouse said. “That we’re gathered here today, tears still fresh, is a testament to our strength and perseverance. The tensions may still be here, but we are too, with a hope that’s been burning for some 2000 years. Am Yisrael Chai.”

Hoya Staff Writer Will Cassou contributed reporting.

GEORGETOWN CAMPUS MINISTRY

The Georgetown community gathered outside Dahlgren Chapel on Monday afternoon for an interfaith service to stand in solidarity with the victims of Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

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A fundraising email sent from te Office of Mission and Ministry on Oct. 25 prompted criticism from students and alumni.

Catholic Ministry Fundraising Email Faces Backlash

EMAIL, from A1 Irene Koo (COL ’16) criticized the university on Twitter for its “use [of] the sexual abuse crisis as a fundraising opportunity, especially when Georgetown has yet to rescind its honorary degrees to Cardinals Wuerl and McCarrick.”

“Not only is this in shamefully poor taste, but it is also a slap in the face to survivors of sexual assault and to the entire faith community struggling with the ongoing revelations of abuse,” Koo wrote in a letter addressed to Schenden that she posted on Twitter. “This email speaks of ‘betrayal of trust’ and ‘emotional trauma,’ even as Georgetown University has yet to rescind its Honorary Degrees to a known sexual abuser and those who were complicit in shielding abusers.”

Barbara Anne Kozee (SFS ’17) said she was disappointed by the email and, in a letter to Bosco and Schenden, similarly invoked honorary degrees in criticizing the university.

“In light of the sexual abuse crisis which you mention in this email, I cannot in good faith donate to an institution that upholds its Honorary Degrees to abusers and to those who were complicit in covering up abuse,” she wrote in her letter to Bosco and Schenden.

While Kozee praised the university for addressing sexual abuse through supporting community dialogue, she said the university needs to go farther.

“Our Jesuit values call us to contemplation in action,” Kozee wrote in the letter.

“This means not just talking about an issue, but taking real action when we see injustice in the world.”

While the email from the Office of Mission and Ministry was addressed to alumni and parents, some students on campus similarly condemned the email.

Grace Laria (SFS ’19), who has led a petition to rescind McCarrick’s and Wuerl’s honorary degrees, called any efforts by the Office of Mission Ministry to address sexual abuse without calling for the revocation of former Cardinals McCarrick and Wuerl’s honorary degrees “hollow.”

“I understand that this email describes donations as going to programming generally ‘supporting the formation and training of our future Catholic lay leaders,’ which is crucial given the crisis of leadership in the Catholic Church, but I, as a member of the Catholic community at Georgetown, cannot feel empowered in my faith by the university until Georgetown rescinds the Honorary Degrees awarded to Cardinals Wuerl and McCarrick,” Laria wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The university has put together an “ad hoc working group” composed of members of the board of directors that is set to examine issues related to the honorary degrees, as well as a review of those given to McCarrick and Wuerl, according to a university spokesperson.

Students Report Broadened Political Horizons at Georgetown POLITICS, from A1 liberal ideas in conservative Idaho solidified her core beliefs; coming to Georgetown clarified her reasoning.

“I came in already with a very good understanding of conservative beliefs and why conservatives tend to believe what they believe,” Cornell said. “If anything, I’ve probably gone more left, but in a much more educated way. I’ve been able to gain more nuance in my beliefs and arguments.”

Lyons agreed, explaining how he and Cornell rely on each other’s perspective.

“I will see very pressing topical liberal issues or things that Democrats as a whole are typically going off on, and I’m not hearing the reasoned side of it,” Lyons said. “I’ll go to Maria and I’ll be like, ‘Give me some nuance; give me the actual reason behind this.’”

LIMITED CLUB COOPERATION

Cornell’s and Lyon’s organizations have also embraced bipartisan cooperation: GUCD and GUCR have hosted several events together this year, including a homecoming barbeque, annual debates and a commemoration of Sept. 11 on Healy Lawn. They also work with GBC to host consensusfocused roundtables, most recently a conversation about the opioid epidemic Oct. 25.

Even if the roundtable has no clear resolution, finding common ground is productive, according to Lyons.

“Polarization feeds into the deterioration of civil discourse in our nation,” Lyons said. “By coming more to the middle, it would inherently improve civil discourse more because there would be more middle grounds on which to agree upon.”

GUCR Vice President Peter Hamilton (COL ’20) questioned the effectiveness of roundtables, which

he characterized as full of qualifiers and fear of stepping on toes.

Hamilton instead called for more debates.

“A great debate is going to inform you so much more about two different positions than a roundtable. A roundtable is built around building consensus,” Hamilton said. “But that’s not really going to give you an in-depth understanding of an issue.”

Hamilton expressed concern that private conversations and stereotypes undermine public efforts for productive dialogue, recounting public insults from upperclassmen and corrupted first impressions because of his conservative views.

Joseph Murgida (COL ’21), a centrist member of GBC, agreed Republicans are less likely to speak up. The fear of being wrong — among all students, not just conservatives — can allow for homogeneous discussions, according to Murgida.

“Because we are Georgetown students, we always want to be right, and thus avoid difficult conversations in which we can be proven wrong,” Murgida said.

“That’s what’s created a culture of polarization. We talk to only the people we agree with because they’ll tell us we’re right.”

UNDERSTAND, NOT CONVERT

Having a space for conversation and understanding others’ motivations is more important than changing minds, Cornell said.

“Personally, I don’t see people going to the extremes of each side as being the problem in our national discourse right now,” Cornell said. “It’s more how those fringes interact with each other, and the impact they have on communities.”

Elleithee argued the tone of the national discussion has distorted partisanship.

“I don’t think changing one’s

mind should always be the goal.

I don’t hate partisanship. I think parties are important,” Elleithee said. “I think having two competing visions as to how to get to a shared world, a shared goal, is a healthy thing. The competition for ideas should make for better policy, should make for better government. The problem is the competition itself is no longer healthy.”

Founded under the McCourt School for Public Policy in 2015, GU Politics has a slogan that responds to such tension: “Public service is a good thing. Politics can be, too.” In one of their signature political discourse programs, GU Politics recruits five political practitioners as fellows each semester to host weekly discussions with students. Anyone can show up, and partisan fellows often attract attendees from the opposite side of the political spectrum, according to Elleithee. Elleithee referred to an example of a progressive student who never missed Grover Norquist’s discussion section.

Last semester, GU Politics expanded its political discourse initiatives with a pilot version of Dialogue and Dine, which has hosted meals for approximately 45 students in total. The dinner strives to facilitate conversation in an ideologically diverse setting.

The program has plans to expand the number of dinners hosted, according to Student Coordinator Katie Rogers (MSB ’19).

“The reason we came up with Dialogue and Dine was because we felt while we had discussion groups and did try to foster that sense of discourse, we felt that there was an element missing,” Roger said.

POLITICS — MINUS PARTIES

Not all political organizations are tethered to current events, and some distance from national parti-

GU POLITICS

GU Politics serves as a central hub for students across the political spectrum to engage with each other’s ideas. One signature program, the GU Politics Fellows, brings students together for weekly discussions. sanship can stimulate productive conversation, according to Georgetown’s main politically neutral clubs.

The Tocqueville Forum for Political Understanding, a political philosophy club, hosts a weekly Friday reading group. Its theory- and principle-based discussions foster understanding among attendees, who range from libertarians to staunch socialists, according to Tocqueville Forum President Micah Musser (COL ’19).

Issues-based political discourse can be counterproductive to fostering mutual understanding, according to Musser.

“We generally talk about principles, not issues. I think a lot of political conversation is very issuesbased. If abortion comes up, people are on one side or another, it’s a very issue-centered topic,” Musser said. “We talk about more abstract principles, which impacts how you think about issues, but it’s a way usually people have more abil-

ity to enter into a very understanding space.”

The Philodemic Society, Georgetown’s nonpartisan campus debating society, also operates its debates independently of the twoparty framework; participants choose to speak in favor or against a given resolution. While not all topics are explicitly political — a Nov. 1 debate centered on the resolution “ignorance is bliss” — others address politically salient issues like gender-based quotas.

Choosing a broad range of debate topics, moving away from a competitive structure and building a community contributes to substantive discussion, according to Philodemic Society President Kathryn Li (COL ’19).

“You have to be able to find value in other people’s opinions if you’re going to come and have a good time,” Li said. “It’s a place where it’s encouraged to change your mind. There’s no party line; there’s no dogma that you need to

show loyalty to.”

NAVIGATING NATIONAL POLITICS

On Nov. 6, GU Politics will host a Bipartisan Breakfast, several speaker events and an election watch party in conjunction with student groups like GBC, GUCD and GUCR. The celebratory events are a very visible sign of bipartisan cooperation that may not reflect the whole nation.

“Any college campus is oftentimes divorced to some extent from the real world,” Elleithee said.

However, he also expressed hope that Georgetown students will bring bipartisanship to their future leadership.

“This is true to your generation more broadly, that is, a much more collaborative and cooperative approach,” Elleithee said. “People are more willing to listen and engage and understand than my generation is.”

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced a partnership with Ford Motor Company to begin testing “driverless” autonomous vehicles in Washington, D.C., early next year.

The testing will begin in D.C.’s Ward 5 and will gradually expand to encompass the entire city, according to an Oct. 22 news release. Ford plans to introduce commercial services in 2021.

The test drives will use cameras, lasers and other sensors to map roads and identify obstacles. Every test will have two human backup drivers in the car, although Ford plans to eventually remove the drivers as the AV technology develops.

The partnership is part of the Bowser administration’s long-term strategic vision for the emerging technology to improve traffic conditions, alleviate the environmental cost of transportation and promote urban equality across the District.

According to Ford’s calculations, the cost per driven mile in an autonomous vehicle is about $1. This price is compared to $2.50 for an Uber, $0.70 to $1.50 for a private car and $0.30 for public transport.

By lowering costs for ridehailing and delivery services and reducing the need for residents to own their own cars, city officials believe driverless cars hold the potential for equitable economic development.

“If it can make it cheaper for someone in Ward 8 to order fresh food — food access is a major issue in some of our neighborhoods — that’s a big win,” Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Eco-

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Ford Motor Company is set to test autonomous vehicles in Washington, D.C., early next year, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Oct. 22. Ford will also run a training program for workers displaced by driverless cars. nomic Development Chief of Staff Andrew Trueblood said in an interview with The Washington Post.

Bowser’s office chose to partner with Ford among the many players in the self-driving car industry because of the company’s willingness to commit to a longer timeline, Ford Autonomous Vehicles President and CEO Sherif Marakby said.

“We realized very quickly that we can launch a small number of cars in an area right away — but then not create a healthy business that helps the city,” Marakby said in an interview with The Washington Post.

In addition to its longer

rollout plan, Ford has also committed to running a training program for workers in the transportation industry that would be displaced by driverless vehicles, according to the news release.

In partnership with the D.C. Infrastructure Academy, an initiative run by the District’s Department of Employment Services, Ford will train workers for future careers around self-driving technology.

“The partnership between Ford and the DC Infrastructure Academy is another pipeline the Bowser Administration has created to connect Washingtonians to sustainable careers, giving them a fair shot at economic prosper-

ity,” a DOES official wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We are also exploring and encouraging innovative approaches that will enhance mobility and delivery services for residents in all eight wards.”

The DCIA initiative targets D.C. residents facing barriers to finding and retaining employment, according to a DOES official. Available job opportunities are expected to include maintenance, troubleshooting and development of autonomous vehicles, according to the news release.

Ford plans to expand its program to run fleets of hundreds or even thousands, of driverless cars in major cities, according to The Washington Post.

More than 90 students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts have been cleared of enrollment fraud, Ellington CEO Tia Powell Harris said in an interview with The Washington Post.

An investigation launched in May by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education accused 164 Ellington students of attending a Washington, D.C. public high school while maintaining residency outside the District. Fiftysix of the accused Ellington students remain under investigation, according to a May OSSE report.

The alleged cases of enrollment fraud come after an April 17 report by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General that found D.C. Public Schools had lost over $500,000 in tuition collection by failing to accurately verify the residency of enrolled students from 2014 to 2016.

Many of the accused Ellington families have provided additional information to prove their innocence, prompting a need to review the District’s residency verification process, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said.

“There was always an expectation that some people will have come forward to supply information to prove residency,” Bowser said in an interview with The Washington Post. “If there is a big number, we would want to know why it did not come forward earlier in the process.”

OSSE has been supporting Ellington families throughout the residency verification process, according to OSSE Community Relations Specialist Fred Lewis.

“OSSE has been working with families to provide them as many due-process pathways as possible

related to residency verification, including offering multiple ways of connecting with us, robust outreach, and technical assistance,” Lewis wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We are confident that we are providing families as much support and information as possible.”

Ellington, while a part of the DCPS system, costs around $12,800 for non-residents, according to the Ellington website. If a student fails to pay the correct tuition fees, the student is required to pay the tuition plus additional fees.

Since the release of the April report, D.C. Superior Court Judge Joan Zeldon has thrown out Ellington’s case alleging enrollment fraud twice, according to WTOP. Zeldon said the District was following incorrect procedure and first had to investigate and verify the false addresses of accused students before having them pay the tuition through the legal system.

OSSE listed new guidelines for reviewing residency verification in the 2018-2019 enrollment season, launching an online forum for verification using tax returns in partnership with the Office of Tax and Revenue. The D.C. agency also announced it would hire new staff and update the technological system responsible for tracking and responding to reports of enrollment fraud.

The District is working to make its residency verification process as straightforward as possible, Lewis said.

“OSSE’s goal is to ensure that every child who is a resident of the District has access to the highest quality public education possible, and that our process of verifying residency is clear and fair for families,” Lewis wrote.

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Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft will be restricted to five new pickup and drop-off zones in high-traffic areas of Washington, D.C., as part of a District initiative to increase pedestrian safety.

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The District Department of Transportation announced five new pickup and drop-off pilot locations for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft at locations across Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26.

The designated pickup and drop-off locations will be implemented at centrally located, hightraffic areas where there is high demand for ride-hailing services.

The locations are the nightlife hub of 14th and U Streets, NW; the Smithsonian National Zoo; the Wharf on Maine Avenue, SW; Georgetown at the 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue, and NoMa/ Union Market, NE, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

DDOT hopes that by ensuring that loading and unloading is done curbside rather than in bike lanes, crosswalks, or travel lanes, these zones will improve pedestrian safety as well as traffic flow, DDOT Public Affairs Specialist Lauren Stephens wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“With the growing popularity of ridesharing, the lack of designated curbside pickup drop off spaces has led to unsafe driver and passenger behavior as well as increased congestion,” Stephens wrote. “With the creation of these zones, DDOT will reduce potential conflicts between pedestrians, cy-

clists and vehicles, address traffic congestion, and improve safety in the District’s most popular neighborhoods.”

These locations will be exclusively used for passenger and commercial loading 24 hours a day. Following a 30-day notice and comment period, drivers who block the zones by parking may be issued a citation or have their vehicles towed, according to the news release.

The new designated loading zones are a part of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) Vision Zero commitment, Stephens said. The Vision Zero initiative aims to reach zero fatalities and serious injuries among travelers of D.C.’s transportation system by 2024.

Lyft supports the creation of designated loading zones to increase pedestrian safety, Lyft Communications Manager Darcy Yee wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“We believe this is an innovative and creative solution to make D.C. a more multimodal city and to redesign our streets to prioritize people rather than cars,” Yee wrote. “Efforts like this make D.C. a national leader in Safe Curb Access.”

These 24-hour zones come as an extension of the successful nightlife zone pilot program launched near the Dupont Circle area Oct. 2017. The pilot involved restricting parking on the busy

street of restaurants and bars during peak hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., according to the DDOT website.

Although the creation of this zone eliminated public parking spaces and came with parking restrictions carefully enforced by the Department of Public Works, the Dupont Circle pilot program began per the request of the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, which includes the business district from the front of the White House to Dupont Circle, itself, according to DDOT Communications Director Terry Owens.

“This was something that was driven by the community,” Owens said in an interview with DCist.

Other cities are following D.C’s lead. San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., unveiled test programs for designated Uber and Lyft pickup spots last year, according to CNN. The prevalence of these pickup zones emerges from a growing nationwide effort to improve safety and address issues caused by the rising popularity of ridesharing services, Emily Castor, senior director of transportation policy at Lyft, said in an interview with CNN. “I’ve noticed this conversation starting to emerge rapidly in most of the large cities where we operate,” Castor said.

Washington, D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency announced on Oct. 29 nearly $1 million in grants to improve security at D.C. religious institutions.

The grants come as security concerns for local synagogues increase in the wake of the Oct. 27 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

HSEMA selected nine D.C. faith institutions to receive the funding to improve security measures. Six of the nine institutions are Jewish organizations, three of which are synagogues: Adas Israel Congregation, the Georgetown Synagogue-Kesher Israel Congregation and Sixth & I Synagogue, Inc. Though security grants for nonprofit organizations in the District are not new, and the recipient organizations applied in the summer of 2017, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) referenced the shooting in Pittsburgh in HSEMA’s announcement.

“On the heels of tragedy, we continue the work of building a more peaceful world — a world in which hatred and evil are erased and our country has common-sense gun control,” Bowser said in the news release. “Through grants like these, we can do more to ensure residents and visitors feel safe throughout the District — especially in our places of worship.”

HSEMA is also offering new emergency preparedness work-

shops for local organizations in the face of increased threats to certain faith-based organizations, according to HSEMA Director Chris Rodriguez.

“We will empower and educate nonprofits about the importance of conducting physical threat assessments, encouraging personal preparedness to their communities, and developing robust applications to secure future funding,” Rodriguez said.

Bowser directed the Metropolitan Police Department to provide officers and increase security measures for synagogues following the shooting in Pittsburgh.

“As we learn more about this attack, we reiterate: ignorance and hate have no place in our society. An attack on one community is an attack on all of us and on the ideals we stand for and fight for every day,” Bowser said in an Oct. 27 news release.

Local Jewish organizations have also committed to ensuring synagogues have sufficient funding for appropriate security precautions. The Jewish Federation, a nonprofit organization, committed to donating at least $100,000 to a fund to improve security at local synagogues and Jewish organizations.

“Together, we can continue to ensure that our community is strong, vibrant, resilient, and safe, even and especially in the face of those who seek to tear us apart,” the Jewish Federation wrote on its website.

Local synagogues have said that, though shaken, they feel prepared to deal with the

tragedy and ensure the safety of their congregants. Sixth & I Communications Senior Associate Michelle Eider said the synagogue is responding in kind to the recent tragedy.

“For many years, Sixth & I has taken extra security precautions at all of our programs and events,” Eidler wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“We will continue to do so and are working with the Metropolitan Police Department and other local law enforcement to ensure that our security measures are appropriate.”

Executive Director of Temple Rodef Shalom Beth Silver said the temple has grown accustomed to a certain level of security threats.

“We’re just continuing what we’re doing and always reviewing our security,” Silver said in an interview with The Hoya.

“We have a very close relationship with local law enforcement and they’ve been great to work with all along and especially helpful in the last week.”

Georgetown Jewish Student Association President Aviv Lis (COL ’19) said that, disappointing as it is to see synagogues taking such security precautions, such measures are important to ensure individuals can worship in safety.

“We are deeply saddened that the need for heightened security is a conversation each synagogue must have,” Lis said. “Every community should do what it feels I best to ensure the safety, security and comfort of its congregants.”

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The Washington, D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency announced funds to bolster security provisions at faith-based organizations. HSEMA will also offer security preparedness workshops.

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Virginia Delegate Denounces DC Government Overlooks Food New Federal Transgender Policies Insecurity, Health Advocate Says YOLANDA SPURA

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The current federal government’s policies threaten the rights of transgender people, Del. Danica Roem (D-District 13) of the Virginia House of Delegates said at an event in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room on Oct. 30.

Roem ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, after working as a journalist for almost 11 years.

She defeated 13-term incumbent Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-District 13), the sponsor of a bill that garnered controversy, which would require students to use the bathroom of their biological sex.

With her 2017 victory, Roem became the first openly transgender person to be elected to and hold office in any U.S. state legislature.

Stacie Laughton, who is also a transgender woman, was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2012 but did not take office because she had not disclosed that she had been convicted of a felony.

Roem voiced her concerns about transgender rights under the current government at the event Tuesday. Grassroots mobilization and participation in local government are ways to combat such concerns, according to Roem.

“Our civil rights should never be up for a referendum. They should never be subject to political whims.

They should never be subject to majority view. They are our rights.

They are simply our rights,” Roem said. “We shouldn’t keep fighting for them to exist in the first place.

But now we’re at a point where the federal government is questioning our very existence as trans folks. So what do we do? We win elections.

We will organize, we will mobilize, and we will win.”

Roem attributes some of her success to this type of grassroots mobilization, including canvassing by volunteers and small donations.

“I’m transgender. I’m wearing a black hoodie. I played in a metal band. I’m a reporter, a stepmom, vegetarian,” Roem said. “My story is not typical for how you get into office, but if there was anything that I hope that people do realize from my story, that in the same way that it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to raise a candidate.”

Washington, D.C. lawmakers are neglecting the city’s problems with food insecurity, said Lauren Shweder Biel, executive director and co-founder of a healthy food advocacy nonprofit, at an event at the Georgetown Alumni House Oct. 25.

Biel directs D.C. Greens, a nonprofit organization based in D.C. that aims to bring healthy food to poorer communities in the District through various programs.

The programs include agricultural education in schools; Produce Plus, which offers additional financial assistance to people already using federal benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; and Produce RX, which helps subsidize medical and nutrition services. D.C. Greens also advocates for urban agriculture.

Biel currently serves on D.C.’s Healthy Youth and Schools Commission and the D.C. Department of Health’s Diabesity Committee.

She began advocating for better food access in 2009, when she cofounded D.C. Greens.

Food insecurity is a term developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that describes a situation in which people struggle to access food that allows them to lead healthy lives, according to The Washington Post.

The Capital Area Food Bank found that 14.5 percent of D.C. residents are food insecure. A 2016 Georgetown University Student Association survey found that 54 percent of the 351 students surveyed experienced food insecurity often at least once a week.

Food insecurity goes hand in hand with poverty: Black people living in D.C. experience poverty and food insecurity at a disproportionately higher rate than white people living in D.C, according to The Washington Post.

The problem of food insecurity in D.C. often gets overlooked, Biel said.

“Our politicians here, our society here, you know, spend a lot of time talking about housing, education, workforce development, and food has not been something that is seen as a key issue for the city,” Biel said. “A lot of what we are doing is working across all

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People from all backgrounds should participate in government, Del. Danica Roem (D-District 13) of the Virginia House of Delegates said.

Roem is hopeful students will contribute to their local and national dialogues by holding their representatives accountable and running for office themselves.

“If you can’t find someone who shares your values, well, guess what?” Roem said. “This is America. Go grab a clipboard. Go collect some ballot signatures. Get yourself on the ballot and go be that person that you think that you don’t have. Because maybe you don’t. Or maybe some people do inspire you, but the people who represent you don’t.”

Roem decided to run, despite her unemployment and lack of health insurance, to demonstrate that the government is not solely the domain of the rich and powerful, she said. Voters appreciate authenticity from a candidate, according to Roem.

“If 2016 taught us anything, it is that the perception of authenticity, whether or not it is grounded in reality, is extremely important, and it is what people in our voting populus want from their elected officeholders and want from their candidates,” Roem said. “So the way that I decided to launch the campaign was to start being myself.”

Roem sought to run a campaign based on policy issues like transportation, education and Medicaid expansion, rather than focusing

solely on her identity, she said.

“I am transgender and — not but,” Roem said. “I’m transgender, and I campaigned on transportation. I’m transgender, and I can talk to you until you are blue in the face about Route 28 and how to go about fixing it.”

Her background as a journalist prepared her to enter politics by teaching her to ask questions and to listen, Roem said.

“I love reporting the news, that’s why I did it for 10 1/2 years,” Roem said. “I love speaking truth to power; I love being the person who holds politicians’ feet to the fire. I love that idea that no one in elected office can look at me as a pushover, and that they have to answer my questions.”

She is hopeful her own experience will inspire college students to share their ideas and participate in democracy, Roem said.

“I’m here to tell you today that this is your America too. And no matter what you look like, where you come for, how you worship if you do, or who you love, that if you’ve got good ideas, if you’re well-qualified, then bring your ideas to the table,” Roem said. “Because this is your Georgetown too.

This is your Washington, D.C., too.

This is your country too. And it’s time for you to run it. And don’t think that it’s not just because you’re in college.”

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these different sectors to really elevate food so that it is a key issue in the city.”

D.C. Greens leads advocacy efforts by encouraging people from marginalized communities in the District to speak up about the issue of food insecurity; however, according to Biel, the complaints of people experiencing food insecurity are often ignored.

“What we saw a lot of times is, you know, people come who have a little experience with food insecurity, and when they speak, you know, if they say anything wrong, if they get any little thing wrong, the people in power are just like, ‘Well, they don’t really understand the conditions that we’re working [with],’” Biel said.

D.C. Greens works with D.C. Public Schools to encourage community-based change in school food systems and to make D.C. residents aware of the connection between food and a healthier life, according to Biel.

“We are partnering with D.C. Public Schools to build out their school food advisory board, to really create channels for parents, and teachers, and students to really be able to give feedback in a safe way to the school systems, so that they can start making changes to the school food based on community interest,” Biel said.

Biel attributed Produce Plus’ success to its inclusion of members of the communities that the program aims to assist in its advocacy work.

“I believe that one of the reasons why Produce Plus has been as successful as it is is because we have very intentionally created community ownership model inside of the program design,” Biel said. “We work with close to 300 volunteers every season. We call them our farmers market brigade.”

Nonprofits must go beyond simply assisting a community by establishing self-sufficiency in those communities, Biel said.

“Nonprofits need to shift the system; if the thing can’t operate without you, you didn’t shift the system,” Biel said.

There are still many challenges to overcome before the problem of food insecurity will be fully resolved, according to Biel. However, community efforts can bring the change needed to expand access to healthy food for all District residents.

“Everything we are trying to do here at D.C. Greens is to bring folks together and say, ‘Enough.

We can do better. We need to do better. We have to do better,’” Biel said. “How are we going to do better from where we stand?”

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Healthy food advocacy nonprofit D.C. Greens organizes programs to develop urban agriculture and combat food insecurity in D.C.

Alumnae Filmmakers Urge Support for Syrian Refugees MAX LEVINE

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Global activism on behalf of Syrian refugees falters as donors and activists become disinterested with the conflict, alumnae filmmakers Reilly Dowd (SFS ’13) and Wanjiku Ngare (SFS ’13) said at an event Oct. 29 in the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

Dowd and Ngare showcased their documentary “Dreams of Daraa,” a film about a woman’s experience with the Syrian civil war.

The documentary focuses on Hanadi As-Saidi, a Syrian woman from Daraa, a city in southern Syria close to the Jordanian border.

Rebel forces controlled the city until July of this year, when the Syrian government reclaimed the city. It was widely considered the center of the rebel forces in the south of the country. Many of the city’s residents had to flee their homes after government forces took control.

After she left Syria, As-Saidi lived with her three children in the Jordanian Zaatari refugee camp, which is home to around 80,000 refugees, according to Dowd. Ngare and Dowd first met As-Saidi at the refugee camp in 2015.

Activists and donors are starting to become tired of hearing about and seeing stories about the Syrian civil war, which presents a challenge to filmmakers like Dowd and Ngare, according to Dowd.

“When you’re talking with potential funders or with potential distributors, there’s Syria fatigue; there’s so many films that people have seen about the refugee crisis, which is sad to say people are kind of tired of seeing this or hearing this,” Dowd said.

The film promotes the education of Syrian women and girls, according to Ngare, who helps raise awareness and gather support for the documentary’s cause as the impact producer of the documentary.

“We would love to see a world in which we could create a way to support them and their education and their schooling, the girls specifically, and Hanadi as well,” Ngare said.

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Reilly Dowd (SFS ’13), left, and Wanjiku Ngare (SFS ’13) spoke about their documentary on a woman’s experience in the Syrian civil war.

Ngare and Dowd said they think their film is an atypical documentary about the Syrian civil war.

“I think many of these films are really set on the front lines of the war, and they’re told from a man’s perspective, and what’s so unique about this film is two things: One is that it’s Hanadi’s point of view throughout the arc of the story, and then secondarily she goes back to Syria at a time when most people are fleeing, really in search of her home and her husband and answers, and so it’s this question of ‘How far would you go for your family?’ and I don’t think many of those other films are asking that question,” Dowd said.

The film documents As-Saidi’s attempts to find her husband in Syria and her testimony of her experience at the United Nations in Geneva. Dowd said that As-Saidi’s visit to the United Nations frames the rest of her story.

Dowd, the director of the documentary, said she incorporated the perspective of As-Saidi’s children by asking them about their

lives outside of the conflict.

“When we first started filming them, they were 2, 3 and 4 years old, and I just don’t really love it when people interview kids about politics or war or Assad, but I wanted to get their perspective in the film, and so I would ask them things like, ‘Draw something that makes you happy or draw home or draw Syria, and these animations that you see throughout the film are all inspired by their perspective of Syria and what they’ve been through,” Dowd said.

As-Saidi now resides in Germany, though her request for asylum was denied there. Dowd said the title of the film, “Dreams of Daraa,” comes from As-Saidi’s desire to return home to Syria.

“And this is why we call the film ‘Dreams of Daraa,’ because it is so much, her homeland is something that is special to her, and ultimately we end with the final line of the film right now, [which] is ‘Syria is the dream of every Syrian, and it is my dream to return there someday,’” Dowd said.

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GU to Offer Environmental Policy Masters Program Professor Runs for State Board of Education EMMA KOTFICA Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown rolled out a new master’s program to teach students to measure levels of potentially harmful substances in the atmosphere and develop relevant environmental policy.

The environmental metrology and policy program, announced Oct. 25, is housed in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The two-year program, set to hold classes on nights and weekends to accommodate professional schedules, is accepting applications for fall 2019.

The degree is aimed at scientists and engineers who wish to better understand current environmental hazards and strong environmental policy-making. YuYe Tong, the director of EMAP and a chemistry professor, said the program intends for students to become proficient in quantitative analysis and explore the subsequent policy decisions driven by scientific evidence. The master’s program is a collaboration between Georgetown University, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

“Broadly speaking, the program is geared toward students who have proper undergraduate education (BS/BA) in STEM with prerequisites of certain chemistry courses as the program focuses on scientific and policy issues related to chemical pollutants in environment,” Tong wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The program is a result of Tong’s work exploring the possibility of combining the quantitative knowledge of chemistry with the qualitative work of other university departments such as the science, technology and international affairs program.

The program has been in development since 2013, when a team from the chemistry and the science, technology and international affairs departments applied to a training grant together, Tong said. Although the initiative was not successful,

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The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences anounced a new environmental metrology and policy masters program on Oct 25. the experience encouraged Tong to keep working toward a collaborative program.

“Developing the Master of Science in Environmental Metrology and Policy (MS-EMAP) at Georgetown is really a product of several iterations of different ideas and attempts over a period of several years, driven by a deep aspiration of elevating Georgetown’s physical sciences to a level that is commensurate with its national ranking,” Tong wrote.

Students in the program will be taught not only by Georgetown faculty, but also by experts from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Environmental Protection Agency.

“There’s a gap in terms of education in chemical and biochemical metrology and even at NIST it can take several years to train people in terms of mastering the principles and methodologies in metrology,” Tong said in the Oct. 25 news release.

“The new program will help address that issue and be convenient to fulltime workers.”

The creation of the program comes at a time where there is a need for relevant research and policy to understand the environmental risk and impact of chemical pollutants. Tong said the education for students about quantitative analysis and policymaking makes the MSEMAP an interdisciplinary program that is relevant to the current needs

of the world.

“To ensure a secure and sustainable human society in which having a healthy environment is a key ingredient, the increasingly prevailing environmental chemical pollutants need urgently to be meticulously and constantly identified, characterized, quantified, assessed, regulated and managed,” Tong wrote.

“It therefore also needs to involve a broad spectrum of policymakers and stakeholders that include representatives from industry, academia, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the general public.”

The program’s organizers expect it to provide opportunities for students to develop their careers and research skills through a funded summer internship and capstone research project. Tong said there are a multitude of career opportunities within the environmental sphere for students to explore both through the internship and after completion of the degree.

“EMAP graduates will have one of the broadest professional spaces in which to develop a rewarding career of great and lasting societal impacts for the betterment of the world,” Tong wrote. “There are many career opportunities for them in every sector of human society, be it government agencies, NGOs, research and academic institutions, or corporate entities.”

The race for Washington, D.C. Ward 1 representative for the State Board of Education includes Georgetown University education, inquiry and justice professor Emily Gasoi and alumnus Jason Andrean (MSB ’05).

The Nov. 6 election also includes candidate Callie Kozlak, a former public school teacher.

The elected candidate will sit on the nine-member Board of Education to advocate for educational policies affecting constituents living in Ward 1, which includes Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant and Park View.

The board member is responsible for working with other members to approve District-level policies and advise the State Superintendent of Education.

Andrean, a banker active in education reform who has raised over $65,000 for the race, graduated from Georgetown with a degree in business administration and a focus on organizational leadership and change.

Gasoi began to think about running for the Board of Education in 2017 after publishing her book, “These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can’t Afford to Abandon Our Public Schools,” which analyzes past efforts of educational reform and offers suggestions for reform.

Following the book’s release, some education advocates approached her, recommending she consider a bid for the seat, Gasoi said in an interview with The Hoya.

“The seed got planted and when I saw that someone who doesn’t have education experience jumped in, it made me feel like there’s a lot of that these

days even at the national level and that’s a problem,” Gasoi said. “Even when I looked at the board, there are only two board members who are parents of the system and only two board members who have classroom experience. I just thought that I have expertise and experiences that I could bring that aren’t really represented.”

Gasoi’s platform is focused on decreasing the educational achievement gap between different areas of the city and improving D.C.’s quality of education by developing a system that is more engaging and responsive to parents, teachers and students, Gasoi said.

To improve the quality of education, Gasoi wants to decrease the emphasis on standardizing testing in the public school system, she said.

“I want to make sure that we don’t over focus on standardized testing because I think that actually makes our schools weaker by narrowing the curriculum, and it doesn’t incentive really meeting students’ needs since we are so focused on getting test scores up,” Gasoi said.

Gasoi’s prior educational experience helping found the Mission Hill School, a democratically governed public school in Boston and she received a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.

Angelica Castoñon, a commissioner representing District 6 on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A on issues such as neighborhood safety, construction and traffic, endorsed Gasoi because of her experience in education and her connection to the D.C. education system.

“When I heard that Emily was running, I was so thrilled because I know Emily is a lifelong educator, she started up her own school, she’s advised other educators in a mentor capacity, and she continues to teach to this day,” Castañon said in an interview with The Hoya. “All of this made me be just so in awe of Emily.”

More voices with experience in education and a record of fighting for these values will help move D.C. schools forward, Ward 8 Board of Education representative Markus Batchelor said in an interview with The Hoya.

“Her experience within itself I think is important, but Emily has also demonstrated a willingness to talk honestly about where we are as a school system and where we need to go, even when it goes against the grain of special interests who have had an increasingly heavy hand in State Board of Education races and political races,” Batchelor said. “To really … be willing to speak honestly about where we are and really present common sense solutions in spite of all that will make her tremendously valuable and would make her a very good advocate for students and families.”

Her time as a Georgetown professor has helped to further develop her interests in education advocacy and equity through her interactions with students, Gasoi said.

“Georgetown itself values ethos, which is all about social justice and working for a better world,” Gasoi said. “I think that’s very much part of my platform, as it’s a social justice platform.”

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Fourteen speakers, including professors, students and chaplins, spoke at the seventh annual TEDxGeorgetown conference. The speeches focused on the theme “Ignite.”

TEDx Georgetown Speakers Ignite Gaston Hall Stage KARENA LANDLER AND ALEXANDRA BOWMAN Hoya Staff Writers

The seventh annual TEDx Georgetown conference presented fourteen speakers, including Muslim chaplain Imam Yahya Hendi and Robert Bies, professor of management and director of the Executive Master’s in Leadership program at the McDonough School of Business, who spoke around the theme “Ignite.”

The Oct. 27 conference in Gaston Hall included 10 student speakers and four external speakers. There were three sessions throughout the day and each speaker gave 20-minute-long speeches. The speeches were organized around a time when a speaker “felt a point of ignition in their lives,” according to Kevin Durham (MSB ’19), TEDx Georgetown co-chair.

TEDx came to Georgetown seven years ago as a part of the efforts of TED, a nonprofit organization that hosts conferences relating a range of topics, which include technology, engineering and design, to support locally organized conferences.

To achieve success, students should take proactive steps in the direction of their vision, Bies said.

“To embrace your greatness, you’ve got to dream big,” Bies said. “Don’t just dream, though, do. It’s about taking action. You want to be in the approach of taking op-

portunities for small wins.”

Speaking about her own challenges with obsessivecompulsive disorder, a longlasting disorder that causes a person to experience uncontrollable thoughts and urges to repeat specific behaviors, as a part of TEDx Georgetown offered Courtney Ryman (COL ’19) a way to fight the stigmas surrounding her mental illness, she said.

OCD, which Ryan said causes her to have obsessions based on falsities, damaged her friendships.

“The social casualties of my OCD are vast,” Ryman said. “I began to think that I didn’t have OCD, but that I was OCD. … If OCD hadn’t been a good friend to me, why would it be friends to anyone else? I dissolved my friendships and I didn’t try to create new ones.

I abandoned the people who did not abandon me.”

Good leaders engage with diversity, embrace challenges and strive to learn about the world, Daniela Terminel, CEO of Global Health Corps, a non-profit to support global health leaders, said.

“Our brain is wired to look for certainty, places where we feel safe,” Terminel said. “You can always seek discomfort.

You can always look for diversity. You can always stay curious, and by doing so, you can become a stronger leader and come to ignite change in the world.”

Emilio Joubert (COL ’19) attributed part of his success despite hardship in his child-

hood to mentorship. During his youth, his mother was diagnosed with cancer and his father suffered declining mental health in the midst of financial hardship.

“The most important piece of growing up for me was education. And I feel like a younger version of myself would attribute the success that I’ve had today with my own skill, with the things I’ve put together, with how hard I’ve worked,” Joubert said. “But I realize now that if it wasn’t for those people who came together and believed in me when I thought I had nothing left, that I wouldn’t be half the man that I am. And so it is because of mentorship that I’ve become the man I am and have been able to succeed beyond all measures.”

Teachers who successfully relate to their students do so through authenticity and the ability to overlook stereotypes, Smalls said.

“Teachers have to balance vulnerability and love, they need to leave their preconceived images of students by the door,” Smalls said. “Curious teachers learn about their students.”

Everyone should consider what impact they will have on the world around them as they pursue their goals, Bies said.

“It’s about legacy. What are you leaving behind? What are you doing that’s powerful? I don’t care if you’re 13 or 18 or 88, you should be thinking about legacy.”

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Women Finish 3rd in Pa., Men Place 4th at Princeton Chase BEN GAVER

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The men’s and women’s crew teams were back in action this weekend, competing in their penultimate regattas of the fall season. The women’s team headed to Philadelphia for the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on Saturday, while the men’s team raced at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase on Sunday.

The women’s team competed in three events in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, sending five boats, including a varsity lightweight 8+, a varsity openweight 8+, a junior varsity lightweight 8+, a junior varsity openweight 8+ and an openweight 4.

In the championship eights final, Georgetown posted a solid finish, with the women’s lightweight 8+ boat placing third with a time of 13:46 and the openweight 8+

squad coming in eighth place, 10 seconds behind the lightweights.

In the club championship final, the Hoyas also raced two boats, with the lightweight junior varsity 8+ squad coming in sixth with a time of 14:19 and the openweight junior varsity 8+ boat coming in 27th at a time of 14:55.

Finally, in the championship quads, the women’s team earned its best finish of the regatta. The one Georgetown boat that competed in the race finished second with a time of 14:48, 11 seconds behind the champion from the Vesper Boat Club.

The men’s lightweight and heavyweight squads were tested by a three-mile course on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J., in a race hosted by Princeton University.

Georgetown sent a total of six boats to compete in the Princeton 3-Mile Chase, including a varsity

lightweight 8+, a freshman heavyweight 8+, a freshman lightweight 8+, and three varsity lightweight 4+ boats.

Throughout the course of the day, Georgetown battled strong competition, racing against Princeton University; the University of California, Berkley; the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell.

In the men’s varsity lightweight 8+ final, Georgetown placed fifth with a time of 13:32, 22 seconds behind the victorious Cornell squad.

Two hours and 15 minutes later, two Hoya squads competed against each other in the freshman 8+ final, which included both lightweight and heavyweight boats.

Georgetown’s heavyweight boat came in 10th place with a time of 14:19, five seconds ahead of the lightweight boat, which finished 11th. Both squads fell short to the California boat that finished first

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with a time of 13:32.

In the lightweight 4+ final at 1 p.m., the last race of the day, the men posted their best finish of the weekend. Three boats competed in the race, with the Georgetown squads finishing fourth with a time of 14:55, eighth in a time of 15:06 and 21st with a time of 15:59.

All three squads came in behind the victorious Pennsylvania boat.

Lightweight Coach Lee Rumpf said the Hoyas performed well in their final league regatta of the fall.

“I am really pleased with our results today as a team,” Rumpf said in an interview with GUHoyas.

“We won't see any league competition until March, so it was great to wrap up our league fall season with a solid performance.”

Both teams will race Nov. 3 in the Head of the Occoquan Regatta, the final competition of the fall season.

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At the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on Oct. 27, the women's championship eights finished third with a time of 13:46.703.

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Hoyas Lose to No. 4 Huskies in Season Finale SIDNEY LEE

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Amanda Christovich

Sports Figures Must Advocate For Social Change Focusing on sports this week was difficult.

Joking about the World Series and all 18 innings of a Game 3 that extended well into the middle of the night was hard. Revelling in the New Orleans Saints’ triumph in their first game against the Minnesota Vikings since last season’s heartbreaking “Minneapolis Miracle” game was hard. It was even hard to follow NFL pundits lambasting the New York Giants for, as of Wednesday morning, keeping Eli Manning as their starting quarterback.

What made sports so difficult to follow this week was, well — all the other news.

And many in the sports world agreed.

Following an antisemitic hate crime at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, on Saturday, during which a neo-Nazi murdered 11 Jewish people, the Pittsburgh Steelers spoke out.

Steelers team president Art Rooney II issued a statement on Sunday morning offering support to the victims and their families, and condemning antisemitism and “hate crimes of any nature.”

He also called for a moment of silence before the start of Sunday’s game.

Other members of the Steelers organization spoke out as well.

Steelers wide receiver Ryan Switzer wore a shirt saying “love thy neighbor” to the postgame press conference, saying he hoped to “shine a light on the hate and the random acts of violence that are going on in our world today.”

In an address to the team on Saturday evening, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin shared that he lived about 800 yards away from the Tree of Life synagogue, and that he was glad to serve the community with the game on Sunday, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Steelers running back James Conner, among others, rightfully acknowledged that the day was “bigger than football.”

The way the Steelers organization acknowledged the tragedy of the shooting — for the Pittsburgh community, the Jewish community and other minority communities who face bigotry and hatred in the United States — is commendable.

But it is not enough. The sports world must participate more in discourse on social and political issues.

The role politics play in sports — and vice versa — is undeniable. Politics and sports share an inextricable relationship: From Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball in 1947 to the current fight for higher wages in the WNBA, sports have both mirrored and affected social and political phenomena throughout history.

Many politicians today do not respect the line between sports and politics. Our current president not only weighs in casually on sports but also takes inflammatory stances on issues where sports and politics intersect.

After NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and other players followed suit, President Donald Trump’s numerous comments

blasting Kaepernick, NFL players and the league as a whole solidified the issue on a national political stage.

On Sept. 5, Trump tweeted, “Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!” Sports and athletes cannot escape politics — so they shouldn’t try.

Those in sports — athletes, journalists and members of organizations — have a heightened platform that, in this political climate, we simply can’t afford to waste.

From social media to television screens to online and digital publications, the sports world has a voice that is extremely powerful when it denounces bigotry or protests social injustice. It could be used even more frequently and loudly — not only to speak out, but also to elevate the voices of those who are not afforded the same platform.

The many athletes and journalists who already serve as models for speaking out about and taking action against social injustices — like LeBron James, Richard Sherman and Jemele Hill --- deserve credit for their actions. Publications tackling the intersections of sports, politics, culture and race such the The Undefeated, deserve similar recognition.

Still, so many missed opportunities remain for others in the sports world — including myself — to shine a light on social injustices that we cannot afford to pass up.

Many, including journalist Laura Ingraham, believe those in the sports world should stick to sports — to “shut up and dribble” — because it is not their job to involve themselves in political discourse.

Other simply wish sports would remain a safe haven from politics.

But there are many in this country who do not have the privilege of a “safe haven” against politics — whose daily lives are affected by discrimination, police brutality, race, religion, ethnic or genderbased violence, to name a few. We cannot afford to ignore those voices to preserve our own safe havens.

Arguments claiming that athletes should ignore politics also fail to recognize that the discussions surrounding sports are not a zerosum game. Cultivating a more welcoming environment for athletes and journalists to speak out against injustices would not harm the games themselves. Allowing athletes, coaches and journalists to enter discussions about politics does not take the focus off sports — those will never go away.

We have so much to gain in calling out injustice and fighting for equality — in encouraging the sports world to speak out. In staying silent, we have even more to lose.

AMANDA CHRISTOVICH is a senior in the College. HELMET TO HELMET appears every other friday.

The Georgetown field hockey team finished its 2018 season last Friday with a 4-1 loss to No. 4 UConn. The Hoyas closed the season with 11 wins, marking the first time the program has won more than 10 games in the past 17 years.

UConn (16-3, 7-0 Big East) senior back Cecile Pieper scored first in the seventh minute to take the lead. Eight minutes later, the Huskies scored again off a pass across the net for their second goal of the game.

The Hoyas (11-7, 2-5 Big East) fended off the Huskies for the remainder of the first half, and freshman goalkeep-

er Ciara Weets blocked four scoring opportunities from the Huskies.

Almost immediately after the second half started, sophomore midfielder Jax van der Veen was fouled in front of the cage. Georgetown was awarded a penalty stroke, and freshman back Sydney Stephenson converted on the shot for her third goal of the season.

UConn added a third goal in the 57th minute, and freshman forward Maddy Wray scored the Huskies’ fourth and final goal of the game in the 68th minute.

UConn led Georgetown 18-1 in shots and 11-1 in penalty corners. Weets finished the game with 10 saves overall.

Despite the loss, Head

Coach Christy Longacre said that the team gave a strong performance.

“It took us a little bit to get started, but overall, the girls played well and it was a good note to finish on,” Longacre said in an interview with The Hoya.

“Being able to recognize that we can get shots off and corners against that good of a team was a positive experience.”

Over the course of the season, Georgetown averaged 2.39 goals per game and scored a total of 43 goals. As a team, the Hoyas earned 115 penalty corners and 30 assists throughout the fall. Weets tallied 84 saves, while sophomore forward Cami Osborne led the team with nine goals and 42 shots.

The team improved in con-

ference play, totalling two Big East wins compared to last season’s one. Georgetown’s 11-7 overall record was two wins higher than last season’s 9-10 overall record.

Longacre said that the team will continue to develop defensively and learn from its mistakes as it heads into next season.

“One of the biggest things we’ve been working on is changing our defense from man-to-man to zone, which requires a lot more communication and organization,” Longacre said. “We’re going to continue building on what we started, focusing on those basics, and getting better at learning from our mistakes in the game rather than gameto-game.”

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Against Lehigh on Oct. 20, sophomore running back Jay Tolliver, right, ran for 14 yards on nine attempts. Against Colgate last weekend, Tolliver added 16 yards on the ground and 24 receiving yards. For the season, Tolliver has 125 rushing yards and 145 receiving yards.

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The Georgetown football team fell to Colgate University by a score of 38-0 on Oct. 27, ending its three-game winning streak in Patriot League play.

Colgate (7-0, 4-0 Patriot League) entered its matchup with Georgetown (4-5, 3-1 Patriot League) as the clear favorite. Colgate has dominated opponents on both sides of the ball so far this season, recording shutouts in four of its last five games and outscoring opposing teams 174-6 in its last six games.

Georgetown Head Coach Rob Sgarlata acknowledged the challenge the Raiders posed to his team. “[They are] a good football team. Top to bottom. Offense, defense and special teams.

Coach [Dan] Hunt does a

great job coaching up here … They’re at the top of the conference right now, ranked pretty high in the country, and that’s what we’re chasing right now,” Sgarlata said in an interview with The Hoya.

Coming into Saturday’s contest, Georgetown had won its last three Patriot League games, including a thrilling 22-16 double-overtime victory over Lehigh on Oct. 20.

After a scoreless first quarter, Colgate broke the game open with a 24-point second quarter. The Raiders scored two short-yardage rushing touchdowns and added a 22yard field goal before returning an interception for 55 yards and a touchdown.

In the second half, the Raiders again found success in the red zone, scoring a 1-yard touchdown and a 4-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to close out the con-

test.

Colgate sophomore quarterback Grant Breneman led the air and ground attack for his team, throwing for 69 yards on 12 attempts and rushing for 65 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.

Colgate senior tailback James Holland Jr. contributed to the Raider’s offensive assault, rushing for 92 yards on 19 carries.

The Georgetown offense struggled throughout the course of the game. The Hoyas failed to cross midfield during any drive, recording six three-and-outs and turning the ball over on downs twice during the contest.

Junior quarterback Gunther Johnson completed eight passes for 48 yards, while sophomore running back Jay Tolliver picked up 16 yards rushing and 24 yards receiving.

Georgetown’s defense remained on the field for most of the game and dealt with constant pressure but held Colgate off the scoreboard in both the first and third quarters.

Senior defensive back Blaise Brown finished the game with a career-high 15 tackles and the 200th tackle of his career, while sophomore linebacker Xavier Reddick added 11 tackles along with a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss.

Sgarlata praised his defense for battling with the tough Colgate offense.

“I think overall the defense played hard throughout the day. They dealt with some tough field position, just off of the way the game played out,” Sgarlata said.

After a bye week, the Hoyas will host Bucknell on Nov. 10 at 12:30 p.m. on Cooper Field.

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Junior Matthew Bouthillette finished seventh in the Big East Cross Country Championships on Oct. 27 with a time of 24:47.6.

For 4th Straight Season, Men Earn Conference Title Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Julie Culley praised the Hoyas’ competitiveness and finish to the meet.

“This team is hungry to compete, and it shows. We tasked them with beating Providence, and they dug hard that last 1,000 meters to make it happen,” Culley said. “We were so proud to see them outrun the field over the final few turns in the race and out-kick a few women to gain those extra points.”

Junior Paige Hofstad led the Hoyas, finishing with a time of 20:33 and earning third place overall.

“Paige’s third-place finish was an incredible demonstration of her ability to learn and improve this season,” Culley said.

Following Hofstad was junior Margie Cullen, who finished with a time of 21:16.4 in 10th place overall.

Freshman Katherine Modrall placed 17th, while freshmen Sami Corman and Katie Dammer both earned top30 finishes.

Culley was impressed with the freshmen’s performances, especially Corman’s, who competed in her first collegiate race. “[The] Big East [Championship] was Sami’s first race of her collegiate career and she did an exceptional job of running for our team,” Culley said. “She is a huge team player and we are excited to have her ability and energy in the mix.”

The men’s and women’s teamswill next race on Friday, Nov. 9 in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.

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The Georgetown cross country teams had a successful weekend at the Big East championships in Carmel, Ind., as the men’s team earned its fourth consecutive Big East title and the women’s team placed second.

Men’s Head Coach Brandon Bonsey was pleased with the squad’s efforts.

“I thought as a team we ran well.

Overall, I’m excited with where the team is,” Bonsey said.

The Hoyas had four runners finish in the top ten of the 8-kilometer race.

Senior Nick Wareham came in first for the Hoyas with a time of 24:08.7 and earned second place overall. Following Wareham was junior Jack Van Scoter, who finished fourth overall with a time of 24:22.6.

Junior Matthew Bouthillette earned seventh place with a time of 24:47.6 and was followed by graduate student Christian Liddell less than five seconds later.

Bonsey said that Wareham had his best performance of the season at the meet.

“I felt great about it [Nick’s performance]. He ran a really patient race.

I think he can be an All-American this fall at the national meet and I think he showed that on Saturday,” Bonsey said.

The women’s squad also ran a strong race as a team, finishing in second place in the 6K race and edging out Providence in the last 1,000 meters.

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On Oct. 25, the No. 4 Georgetown women’s soccer team battled Xavier to an overtime draw in its final match of the regular season before dominating Xavier 3-1 in the semifinal of the Big East Tournament on Nov.1.

After 90 minutes of scoreless play in the first matchup between Georgetown (16-0-3, 9-0-1 Big East) and Xavier (10-8-3, 4-4-2 Big East) Oct. 25, the game headed into overtime.

Despite shots on goal from both sides in the overtime periods, neither offense took advantage of its scoring opportunities. The match ended 0-0 after 110 minutes, halting the Hoyas’ 14 game winning streak. Despite their offensive struggles, the Hoyas recorded their 12th shutout of the season against Xavier.

Head Coach Dave Nolan recognized the physical nature of the game and how the depth of the Xavier bench played a role in its ability to shut down Georgetown’s offense, which scored 38 goals in

the regular season. “[Xavier] basically played 22 players — they were just constantly throwing fresh bodies on the field trying to disrupt us, to stop us from getting into any kind of rhythm and it worked, to be fair,” Nolan said in an interview with The Hoya. “So a draw is probably a fair result ... [Our key players] got rough handled a lot and the referee didn’t do a good job of recognizing that it was a particular ploy to stop them.”

As a result of the draw with Xavier, Georgetown finished the regular season undefeated and headed into the Big East Tournament as the number one seed.

With home-field advantage and a week’s rest as a result of a firstround bye in the Big East Tournament, Nolan felt confident heading into the Hoyas’ rematch with the Musketeers in the Big East Tournament semifinal.

“We definitely feel playing here at home on the grass, there’s a big difference ... We know we can play better, we know the field will be bigger, we know we’re back on grass, and they won’t catch us nap-

ping again. So I feel confident that if we show up and play well, we’ll have enough to advance,” Nolan said.

On Nov.1, Xavier again frustrated Georgetown’s attack for most of the first half. However, the Hoyas broke the deadlock with three minutes remaining in the period, when junior midfielder Carson Nizialek scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the box by Xavier.

Seven minutes after the start of the second half, senior forward Amanda Carolan sent a cross toward the head of senior forward Caitlin Farrell, who calmly scored the header for her 16th goal of the year.

Carolan and Farrell combined again to extend the Hoyas’ lead to 3-0. Carolan received a ball from Farrell in the box and fired a shot into the back of the net.

With six minutes remaining, senior goalkeeper Arielle Schechtmann made a save off a free kick, but freshman midfielder Rachel Butler turned in the rebound to score Xavier’s first goal in two games against Georgetown.

Last week, Schechtmann was recognized as the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Nolan said that the Schechtmann and the Hoya defense have been strong all season.

“I think we’ve given up two goals in nine Big East games,” Nolan said. “That was Arielle’s 12th shutout in 16 games [against Xavier on Oct.25], which is a 0.25 goals against average ... That’s pretty impressive. That was her 46th shutout in 3 years. That’s an incredible record, it’s probably top in the country. And it’s not just her.

Kelly Ann [Livingstone] and Jenna Staudt do a good job. Meghan Nally and Leah [McCullough] and our 2 freshmen do a good job.”

The Musketeers could not mount a comeback after their goal. With the 3-1 win, the Hoyas earned a spot in the Big East Tournament final Georgetown will face the winner of Butler’s matchup with Providence in the Big East Tournament final. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Nov. 4 at Shaw Field.

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Junior defender Meaghan Nally has two goals and two assists in 18 starts this season for the women’s soccer team. The Georgetown defense has 12 shutouts so far this season, and will play in the final of the Big East Tournament at Shaw Field on Nov. 4.

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GU Falls to St. John’s in Physical Battle DREW SEWALL Hoya Staff Writer

On a rainy Saturday afternoon, the No. 24 Georgetown men’s soccer team lost 1-0 at home to St. John’s in its penultimate Big East game. Because of the wet weather conditions, the game was played at Cooper Field rather than Shaw Field, the Hoyas’ usual home ground.

The Hoyas (9-4-3, 5-2-1 Big East) entered the match against the Red Storm (7-6-3, 3-2-3 Big East) in strong form, having won four out of their previous five fixtures.

Georgetown dominated possession in the first 15 minutes against a physical St. John’s side. The narrow pitch size of Cooper Field enabled the Red Storm to pack their defense in tight, preventing the Hoyas from having space to attack.

Despite having little possession, St. John’s grew into the game as the half wore on and began to test Georgetown freshman goalkeeper Giannis Nikopolidis. Midway through the half, St. John’s fired a shot on the net that forced Nikopolidis to make a diving save at the far post.

In the 44th minute, St. John’s took the lead on a goal from freshman defender Sanoussi Sangary.

The Red Storm fired a shot from the left side of the box that took a heavy deflection off a Georgetown defender. Nikopolidis dealt with the deflected shot, but the rebound went straight to Sangary, who clinically gave the Red Storm a 1-0 lead heading into the half.

The second half continued like the majority of the first half as Georgetown controlled possession.

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junior forward Achara won back the ball in the Red Storm’s half and started a quick attack. He played sophomore forward Derek Dodson in on net, and St. John’s senior goalkeeper Lenny Wilson came out quickly to deal with the danger. The rebound bounced to Achara, but his ensuing header went off target.

As the half wore on, Georgetown saw most of the ball but struggled to deal with the Red Storm’s physicality. Whenever the Hoyas received the ball in the attacking third, they were closed down by the Red Storm defense.

Head Coach Brian Wiese said that St. John’s aggressive tactics were effective against Georgetown.

“They’re a super aggressive team, and I think it was fairly disruptive soccer. That was their aim, and it worked pretty well,” Wiese

said in an interview with The Hoya.

Late in the half, the Hoyas had several chances to get an equalizer. Achara was played into space down the left wing multiple times but was unable to pick out any runners in the box.

The Hoyas came closest to scoring off two chances created by junior midfielder Dylan Nealis. He hit a curling shot from the right side of the box that hit the far post and bounced away. Moments later, Nealis had another opportunity as he hit a shot on an empty net.

However, his shot was deflected over the goal, and the Hoyas were unable to find the back of the net before the final whistle.

Georgetown will host the Big East tournament semifinal on Nov.7 against either Providence or St. John’s.

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Senior defender Brendan McDonough, left, has started 17 games this season for the Georgetown men’s soccer team. Georgetown will host the winner of a matchup between Providence and St. John’s on Shaw Field in the semifinal of the Big East tournament Nov. 7.