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SEEKING STATEHOOD

The District is embroiled in a decadeslong fight to become the 51st state.

COMMENTARY Club sports get the short shrift when it comes to practice space on campus.

NEIGHBORHOOD Leaders of the Georgetown Community Partnership met for the first time.

MEN’S SOCCER The Hoyas face St. John’s tomorrow in the Big East tournament.

GUIDE, G8

OPINION, A3

NEWS, A7

SPORTS, A10

$20M Gift Funds New Initiative Sarah Patrick Hoya Staff Writer

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Papyrus on Wisconsin Avenue (left) was one of several area businesses that sealed its doors and windows in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. On campus, a student braved the winds and heavy rain before the storm struck in full force late Monday afternoon.

DC Back in Business Facilities Addresses Storm Damage In Wake of Sandy Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc along the Atlantic coast Monday, killing at least 80 and leaving millions without power, but the Washington metropolitan area escaped largely unscathed. Although D.C. airport and metro services were disrupted, dozens of roads were closed and power was lost in some areas, most city services resumed normal opera-

tions by Tuesday or Wednesday. Around 44,000 of electric service provider Pepco’s D.C. customers lost power, according to company spokesperson Bob Hainey, but more than 90 percent of outages were fixed by Tuesday night and all power was restored by 10 p.m. Wednesday. District airports were unaffected by power outages, but airlines cancelled all flights on Monday and

DPS Staff Learns on The Job

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Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

Having navigated the emergency procedures and campus closures necessitated by Hurricane Sandy, the university is now in the process of addressing the 308 maintenance requests caused by the storm. The Category 1 hurricane ripped through the District Monday, prompting the university to close for two days and issue a

“shelter-in-place” warning urging students not to go outside between 5:30 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday. The decisions to cancel classes and issue the warning were made by a team comprising members of the Office of the Provost, the Department of Public Safety and other administrative offices. “The decision is driven primarily by safety,” university See DAMAGE, A6

LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR REFLECTION

Carly Cianci

Special to The Hoya

From 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Erica Lumpkin’s schedule is like that of any other student: class, recitation, lab and then homework. But when the clock strikes 3 p.m., she swaps her backpack and civilian clothes for a gun, handcuffs and a blue uniform bearing the words “Georgetown University Department of Public Safety.” Lumpkin is one of six DPS officers currently enrolled in a degree-granting program via a contract benefit that grants Georgetown employees free tuition at local universities. As a member of Georgetown’s post-baccalaureate program, Lumpkin has had to juggle her pre-med coursework with a fulltime job as a DPS officer. “It’s been a slow journey,” she said. “One of the great things in my department is they are really flexible in terms of scheduling our shifts around school. … Even though we have a commitment to the community, we have a commitment to ourselves as well, and the department really honors that.” DPS Chief of Police Jay Gruber said the offer of free tuition is a significant component of what draws many officers to the Hilltop. “It is a big recruitment tool that we have here,” he said. “A college education here costs a lot of money, so many officers forsake a traditional university [experience] to get access to this opportunity.” Unlike other institutions, Georgetown See DPS, A6

COURTESY CHRISTOPHER JORDAN

Construction on the Calcagnini Center, GU’s new home for retreat programs, will finish fall 2013.

With the help of a $20 million anonymous donation, the university formally launched the Georgetown Environment Initiative Thursday afternoon. The initiative aims to promote the interdisciplinary study of the environment across Georgetown’s main, medical and law campuses. Both it and the donation, which was given by an unnamed family affiliated with the university, were announced in an email from University President John J. DeGioia to the campus community Thursday. According to Vice President for Advancement R. Bartley Moore, $15 million of the gift will be used to compensate and fund the research of three new faculty chairs in fields of environmental science. The remaining $5 million will fund an administrative center that will help coordinate and expand collaborative interdisciplinary research on the environment. “That will advance one of the university’s principle strategic objects, which is to grow our capacity in sciences through additional investment in people and programs,” Moore said. According to DeGioia’s email, the gift is the largest contribution made to Georgetown’s capital campaign, “For Generations to Come: The Campaign for Georgetown.” The campaign has raised $935 million — including the $20 million anonymous donation, which was given last month — since its launch in 2006. “Apart from the great generosity of the gift, in a larger sense, what it means for Georgetown is we are demonstrating our ... ability to join the strategic objectives of the institution with the philanthropic objectives of donors to achieve these sorts of significant investments in the growth of the university,” Moore said. The expansion of Georgetown’s science faculty was one of the capital campaign’s primary goals. Since 2009, a working group comprising faculty members from all three Georgetown campuses and led by department of biology professor Matthew Hamilton has been developing a plan to bolster the university’s capacity to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research. According to Moore, this group’s recommendations provided the basis for the initiative. “The faculty … has been in the lead on this project,” he said. Hamilton is now the chair of the environment initiative. According to Moore, hiring the three new faculty chairs will take roughly three years, but the donation will be put to immediate use in the form of grants to fund research projects. “We see this extraordinary gift as an opportunity to become a global leader in this increasingly important area,” DeGioia wrote in his email.

Prindiville Discusses ANC Bid at Meeting Tia Baheri

Special to The Hoya

Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14), who is running uncontested for a seat on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, was officially introduced at the organization’s monthly meeting Wednesday. Prindiville is on the ballot to represent single member district 2E 08, which comprises Nevils, Alumni Square, Copley Hall, Harbin Hall, Village C East and Henle Village, as well as the two square blocks between 36th and 37th Streets, between Prospect and O Streets. Although he is running in an SMD mostly inhabited by university students, he stressed at the meeting that he aims to work for the benefit of the entire community.

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“I believe that we should work to make our neighborhood better for all residents, regardless of their age or zip code,” he said at the meeting. “I see my campaign not as a referendum on the university … although many want it to be one. I come rather … with a resolve to work together to make Georgetown better for all.” Prindiville said that his recent discussions with residents in his district have revealed that there is an appetite for dialogue and political engagement at the local level. “I have been struck by the desire of [voters] to have a voice in local discussion, a voice many of them feel they have never had,” Prindiville said. “I believe that a consistent

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Peter Prindiville, who is running to represent district 8 on ANC 2E, See ANC, A6 shakes hands with Chair Ron Lewis after being introduced Wednesday.

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT

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When encountering a philosophy course during preregistration with the intriguing but uninformative title “Sex, Science and Society,” students will inevitably click “View Course Description” on MyAccess. Unfortunately, the next page doesn’t add much insight: “We have no PHIL-197 course description for the 20122013 academic year.” Preregistration, which begins Monday for the spring semester, is a critical stage for students to lay claim to preferred courses and to map out their upcoming schedules. While sorting through hundreds of listings across departments, students depend on more than just reputations and assumptions. Course descriptions are critical, and without them, students are left to stab blindly at their academic futures. Course descriptions on MyAccess include a few paragraphs summarizing a course’s content, structure and materials. Some courses include links to syllabi, although those can be outdated or missing. But many courses lack even these basic descriptions. When students are offered insufficient information about a class other than its name and professor during preregistration, it’s mystifying how they can be

expected to do anything but pass the course by. This omission is characteristic of courses throughout Georgetown’s departments. For example, only one of the 10 classes in the classical studies department offers a description. Among the 14 100-level courses in the sociology department, none offers a description. Students can also be misled when course descriptions redirect to information for a class taught by a different professor during a past semester. The problem is worst for electives, many of which have less-than-straightforward titles — how can students be expected to make a reasonable decision on whether to take a course like “Food, Culture and Politics” without even a taste of the course content? The university has made improvements to other areas of the registration process, notably making course evaluations easily available and accessible to students. But reviews are only of value when they can be put in context by facts about the course itself. Georgetown has a strong selection of academic choices — providing more detailed descriptions of what they entail is the best way to ensure that students take advantage of them.

Seating Lottery a Winner Bono, the frontman of pop band U2, is coming Nov. 12 to speak at Georgetown. Although he may be surprised when he doesn’t find a long line of adoring fans waiting at the doors of Gaston Hall, we are grateful for Georgetown’s decision to award seats via a lottery system rather than on a first-come, first-served basis. This method is preferable and should be employed for all high-profile campus events that attract more students than can be seated. According to a representative from the Global Social Enterprise Initiative, the sponsor for the event — which features Bono and the chief executive officer of co-sponsor Bank of America — the lottery system was chosen because the university anticipated that student interest would exceed the capacity of Gaston Hall. In contrast, many events involving famous figures, such as the speech given by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in October, have promoted long lines of students waiting to secure seats hours before the event is scheduled to begin. Students began arriving as early as 4 a.m.

to get a seat to see Clinton, and many who got in line hours in advance were still eventually turned away. The long lines required many students to skip class or other obligations. The argument for first-come, first-served seating is that it tests commitment and sifts out students who aren’t the most passionate about attending. But in the case of events like the Clinton speech, this system promoted needless sacrifice rather than displays of dedication. Every Georgetown student is worthy of attending events on campus that are open to the public, and that shouldn’t have to be proven by foregoing other responsibilities during the day. A lottery system allows students to arrange their schedules around the actual start and end time of an event. Georgetown attracts many unique and influential speakers, and while it is not feasible to allow every interested undergraduate to attend the event, coordinators can do more to make sure that limited seats are always distributed fairly.

Disabled Deserve Better The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was a landmark piece of legislation that has protected the rights of those with physical or mental handicaps. While the Georgetown campus is in compliance with the ADA, it only takes a quick tour of the Hilltop to realize that much more could be done to make university buildings more accommodating to the physically disabled. According to its website, “the university will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented learning, physical and/or psychological disabilities” in accordance with the American Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. However, given that Georgetown sits on a relatively small and contained campus, the university should aspire for more than what’s “reasonable” when making buildings accessible. Regulations are necessary to prevent abuse, but they only establish a bare-

minimum standard. If it wishes to be truly accessible, Georgetown needs to go far beyond the basic requirements established by the ADA. Plenty of academic buildings do indeed accommodate people with physical disabilities. Yet many rooms in university-owned apartments — including Alumni Square, Henle Village and Village A — are only accessible by stairs. Classroom accessibility is the foremost concern, but there is more to the college experience than just being able to attend classes or access one’s personal dorm room. Students with physical disabilities should not be prevented from visiting friends or exploring campus because of a lack of uniform accessibility standards across all buildings. Maintaining accessibility in classrooms and some residence halls may meet bareminimum requirements, but it’s commonly accepted among students that glaring deficiencies still remain.

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A Little Too Early — The Office of Undergraduate Admissions announced that it would extend the deadline for early action applications for prospective students affected by Hurricane Sandy until Nov. 5. ’Tis the Season? — Georgetown ranked No. 6 on thebestcolleges. org’s list of “Best Campuses to Be on This Autumn.” Goodbye Kitty — A fully decorated Hello Kitty truck toured the Hilltop Thursday afternoon, giving out signs reading, “Hello Kitty for President.” Maybe Donald Trump will demand to see Hello Kitty’s birth certificate. I Think I Can, I Think I Can — The D.C. Metro is up and running again throughout the District, reporting minimal damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In the Spotlight — BackStage, a popular website for aspiring actors, ranked Georgetown’s performing arts program second on its list of “Five Top College Theater Programs Outside of New York.”

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US ... @EmbraceTheShane Nov. 1 Meet the DC college students running for ANC seats, 9 student candidates sets record @thehoya @FriendshipPlace Nov. 1 @#Voting Matters for the #homelesspopulation @mayorvincegray @JCHaywardWUSA @MyTakes @NechamaMaslians @thehill @thehoya @CasualHoya Oct. 31 Bono clearly just wants to catch Hoyas-Duquesne on the 11th. RT @thehoya: Bono on campus Nov. 12 for conversation with Pres. DeGioia.

The Trail Ends Here The 10th and final installment of “Tuesdays on the Trail,” The Hoya’s online platform for campaign commentary, will appear on Election Day. This is an historic moment, and Georgetown’s amateur pundits are invited to contribute their closing thoughts on this high-stakes election. If you are interested in writing, contact opinion@thehoya.com. For a campaign’s worth of coverage, check out thehoya.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Prindiville for ANC 2E08 To the Editor: I am writing today to voice my support for a leader who has the capacity to create significant change for our campus and greater Georgetown community. Since he declared his candidacy for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E08 last spring, Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14) has put forward one of the best local campaigns in the District. Stressing dialogue and engagement in our local political environment, Peter has already initiated serious-minded discussions with students, administrators, community members and his future colleagues on the ANC. This paradigm is refreshing amid a landscape too often laden with shrill finger pointing on all sides. If Peter’s campaign so far has shown us anything, it’s that he is the kind of servant-leader who is more committed

Ethan Chess (COL ’14)

CORRECTION The article “New Site Shares Tips on DC” (A5, Oct. 26, 2012) incorrectly stated that Compass Fellows provides grants and fellowships to college entrepreneurs. Compass Fellows is a student-run consulting organization that advises students on starting businesses.

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to bridge building and level-headed discussion than a fractured stalemate with our neighbors. Peter has also made a significant effort to ensure that Georgetown students are registered to vote and participating in the local democratic process. He has done so in a non-partisan and thoughtful manner that places the integrity of our democratic institutions at its core and is becoming of even higher office than he will assume on the ANC. Political leadership of this sort from someone in their early 20s is refreshing and rare. Students owe it to themselves to go to Duke Ellington School on Tuesday and give him a clear and convincing mandate. Please make your voices heard and vote for Peter Prindiville on Nov. 6.

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OPINION

FRIday, NOVEMber 2, 2012

THE HOYA

VIEWPOINT • Weiss

LETTERS TO OUR FRESHMAN SELVES

Reflect on College Whirlwind Club Sports Stuck I On the Sidelines A

t’s that time of year again: midterms season. The soulcrushing, never-ending, middle-to-latter half of the semester crunch is in full force, and Lau is as packed as ever. Our hurricane holiday could have been used to do homework, but instead, we caught up on some Netflix with the roomies. (“The League,” Season 3? Finally!) Now that we have to get back to studying among all the stresses and hiding out in the dungeon known as “Lower Level,” we can’t overlook one important fact: There’s only one full month left in the semester. Now, before you start yelling, “Where did all the time go?” stop a minute and think about what you did with your September and October. We’ll bet the first thing that comes to mind is not studying for that upcoming statistics midterm. If you’re a freshman, you’ve hopefully finally started to settle into your home. You’ve clicked with kids on your floor, and maybe you now feel comfortable going to Leo’s on your own, confident that there will be someone there you know (or you’re just no longer afraid of being Steven Glansberg). You’ve made it this far in the semester and definitely aren’t getting lost on campus anymore, and just last week, you had one of those 3 a.m. conversations that everyone had been telling you would happen in college. Sophomores: Yeah, everyone said it was going to suck living in LXR, but you know better now — only suckers think that. If you live in Southwest Quad, you’ve discovered the wonders of Hoya Snaxa. And if you’re one of those lucky few to live in Village A or Henle, then you’re simply living the dream — even if F102 of Village A is on the ground floor and has a beautiful view of, well, nothing. Classes are getting harder, but you haven’t noticed. You’re now rising through the leadership ranks in your organization, and it couldn’t feel better. Juniors: The whole summer

internship thing is just beginning to show up on your radar, but you’re living large. You’re an upperclassman. You’ve probably burned a half-dozen dinners — whether they’re microwavable or not. Oh, and it definitely doesn’t hurt that your friends are starting to turn 21. In time, you will, too. Seniors — gulp. Getting to see all of your alumni friends at Homecoming was amazing, but reality hit you like a ton of bricks: As a senior at Georgetown, you might as well be living in a dream. Life will never be this good again. On the plus side, the bouncers at Tombs finally seem to recognize you, and you’re beginning to

Lauren Weber & John Morris

This is a time to reflect on what you’ve done inside and outside of the classroom. master the art of going to Safeway. But if one more person asks you what you’re doing next year, you’re going to absolutely lose it. And while the prospect of never having to do homework ever again is appealing, you’re beginning to hold on tighter to those around you as you see the pages of the calendar continue to turn. None of the things listed above have to do with midterms, in case you didn’t notice. That’s because someday you’ll figure out that while midterms season is prime time to reflect on what you’ve learned in the classroom, it’s an

even better opportunity to reflect on what you’ve done outside of it. Even though reflection is a word that’s thrown around pretty freely at Georgetown, we still never seem to make the time. You have an extracurricular commitment one day and a friend’s birthday the next, and all of a sudden, it’s midterms. For the two of us, one thing we learned in a class taught by Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., “The Church in the 21st Century” (which you all should take, no matter what) is something he also eloquently articulated in The Hoya (A3, Sept. 16, 2011): “We are at risk of becoming superficial human beings, spreading ourselves so thin that we never go deep enough. What is secondary becomes primary; what is a distraction becomes paramount. Our thinking and feeling — and thus our commitments — become shallow, and our mind, heart and soul risk atrophy.” Now, before you say, “I knew Lau would literally suck out my soul,” hold up. Throwing yourself into academics and getting that A? Completely worth it. After all, we didn’t all come to Georgetown for the picturesque library. But when you spend your time worrying about the current crisis on your plate — whether it’s a paper or a job application — you forget to look back and see how far you’ve come. Without that reflection, you never go deeper into your experiences, and you lose track of the reasons that motivated you in the first place. So, take a minute. It’s November. You only have one November of your freshman, sophomore, junior or senior year at Georgetown. Make it count. Lauren Weber is a senior in the College. She is chair of the Board of Directors for The Hoya. John Morris is a senior in the College. He is chair of the Board of Directors for Students of Georgetown, Inc. TO OUR FRESHMAN SELVES appears every other Friday.

1789 PROBLEMS by Arturo Altamirano

Jesuit education is supposed to stress the importance of body, mind and spirit, but the administration of this university has grossly neglected one-third of this triumvirate. Relative even to the lackluster attention given to the university’s varsity athletic programs and intramural sports, the extensive array of club sports remains an overlooked entity on campus. Not all Georgetown students are cut out for the varsity level, but without adequate support from the university, many miss out on a valuable opportunity to develop aspects of their lives through the cooperative, spirited and health-promoting environment provided by club sports teams. With 940 undergraduate studentathletes on 29 teams, club sports participants make up nearly 15 percent of Georgetown’s undergraduate student body. This vibrant and dedicated base has been subjugated to a system designed for the convenience of others. Field space not already reserved for varsity athletics is monopolized by intramural sports. The remaining space is then divided up between competing club sports teams, forcing them to fight over already meager resources. A typical club practice occurs at 10 p.m. on a field split into thirds so multiple teams have a chance to meet and participate. Sports played on 100-yard fields are practiced in a 30-yard space, occasionally even less. If intramurals are relocated to a space previously assigned to a club sports team, that team must then practice on the outskirts of the intramural game — if they are allowed to continue practicing at all. Most club sports teams must also practice on Kehoe Field, a facility typically avoided by Georgetown’s varsity teams — and for good reason. Patches of concrete poking through the slim layer of outdated artificial turf make the field a breeding ground for shin splints and turned ankles. Club teams represent Georgetown

at games, tournaments and national competitions yet have to fight with intramural teams for practice space and recognition on their own campus. Granted, varsity athletics ought to be given priority for space on the Hilltop. However, club sports deserve a transparent and fair system of space division like all other valued, legitimate organizations on this campus. The Advisory Board for Club Sports combines 29 club sports teams into one functioning body and works with administrators to get funding, allocate space and improve the functioning of club sports. But ABCS faces a lack of support and recognition and has been drastically underfunded by the administration. Of all the advisory boards at Georgetown, ABCS receives the least amount of tuition money and therefore has the greatest reliance on funding from the Student Activities Fee. The Georgetown University Student Association is forced to make up the difference. In 2011, GUSA more than doubled ABCS funding to meet demonstrated need, but club sports will continually struggle to have their needs met without a significant increase in funding from the university. It is time for club sports to receive adequate funding, and the university must recognize their need for space on campus and give them the respect they deserve. The Report on Student Life in 1999 and the Student Life Report of 2012 have both called upon Georgetown’s administration to encourage the development of these teams with a semblance of the attention given to intramural programs. Nevertheless, the administration has failed time and time again to support club sports as a fully matured institution on this campus. Ben Weiss is a sophomore in the College. He is a member of club rugby and chair of the GUSA senate Student Life Committee.

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VIEWPOINT • Walsh

Cracking the Code for Start-Ups I n order to quickly transform an idea into a product, you need to know how to code. Don’t just take it from me. Take a look at some of the most successful collegiate entrepreneurs of all time: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Steve Wozniak, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. These entrepreneurs went on to create companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, Dell, Yahoo, Apple, Google, Netscape and Reddit, and they all have one thing in common (besides all ultimately dropping out of college): They knew how to program. These weren’t just college kids with big ideas — they were college kids with big ideas who also had the skill set to realize them. In order for college entrepreneurs of today to quickly transform an idea into a technological product — which is what most start-ups consist of these days — they need to know how to code. Without that ability, they will spend tens of thousands of dollars (which they likely don’t have) just to get a simple product up and running, and the first idea is rarely the one that actually works. Twitter started off as a SMS service to help small groups communicate, Flickr began as a chat room and Groupon was initially

an online auction and fundraising platform. The idea is often not the most important part of a startup; rather, the team’s ability to execute and adapt to an ever-changing marketplace is what makes the difference. Programming skills allow founders to redefine their product without wasting additional resources. As start-ups grow and develop, it is natural for the founders’ efforts to shift toward management and fundraising and away from coding, but until that point, the founders need to be able to technologically support their product. Georgetown has been pushing a strong entrepreneurship agenda over the past few years, and there are increasingly more opportunities for entrepreneurs on campus. I am a huge supporter of this effort, and Georgetown has done a fantastic job getting students excited about entrepreneurship. However, the university falls short when it comes to motivating students to learn how to code and offering computer science courses. The solution is twofold. First, the university needs to examine its computer language offerings and better align them to the needs of student entrepreneurs. Unlike many of the traditional and theoretical computer science offerings, modern languages such as HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL and Ruby are not diffi-

cult to learn and provide students with an immediate toolkit to turn ideas into reality. This will allow students to launch applications without being forced to acquire seed funding, hire developers and possibly give up equity. Those distractions only end up taking away from the quality of the product. Second, Georgetown needs to put a stronger emphasis on learning how to code as part of its entrepreneurship campaign. The university claims to be teaching students how to become entrepreneurs when it doesn’t provide them with the most basic skills needed to do so. There are only so many product development, marketing, recruiting and sales roles in the start-up world, and even those jobs are often reserved for people who know the technological capabilities of the product. From the mouth of Zuckerberg himself: “I started building Facebook because I wanted to use it in college … we weren’t looking to start a company.” If Georgetown is to foster the next great college tech entrepreneurs, it must be sure that those future innovators have the skill set to succeed. Spencer Walsh is a junior in the McDonough School of Business. He received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010 from the National Federation of Independent Business.

e are getting swept away from Romney is still up in the air. by social media. Facebook Romney’s statement that he had posts, tweets, Instagram “binders full of women” — which is photos and Tumblr blogs are distort- an exaggeration at best, I might add ing our sensibilities toward the issues — when he was picking the cabinet that matter the most. for his governance of MassachuAccording to Amanda Hess’ Poyn- setts is not a response to the loomter Institute article “Binders Full of ing question of how he will appease Big Bird,” just one minute after Gov. women who are facing inequalities Mitt Romney’s “binders full of wom- in many areas of their lives. en” comment had been made at the There is a time and a place for second presidential debate, 23-year- amusement, but simply laughing old social media manager Veronica at comments toward the issues that De Souza created a Tumblr account will make or break our country is based on the gaffe and accrued 3,000 not going to simplify solving them. followers a mere half-hour later. The Such irreverence will also fail to ilnext day, the Demoluminate the fact cratic campaign utithat, with less than lized the catchy and a week remaining, comical situation a certain political and created endless party offers no soads on the subject. lutions to any of The Republicans, our nation’s probunwilling to be the lems. butt of America’s inUltimately, this side joke, countered country will have with social media to look beyond the efforts of their own. nonsensical jokes Hess notes in her like “binders full article, “This is the of women” and Khadijah Davis first presidential threats to PBS’ Big election where the Bird. We will have endless riffing of to take the time to While we were busy the true Internet consider what we meme — a repeat- making memes, we missed will be faced with ing, morphing, the appropriate the point of the debate. ifchoice crowd-sourced play is not made off some minute deon Election Day. tail — has taken hold of the campaign The issues of women’s rights, conversation and directed it into healthcare, education and the like some weird territory. As Brad Kim go far beyond catch phrases and of Know Your Meme told the BBC, a inapplicable anecdotes. We have a meme by definition ‘changes in form choice between certainty and unceror meaning’ with each iteration, mu- tainty, change and stagnancy. This tating further and further from the country has the potential to go back original point every time it’s shared.” to the policies that turned our econWhile we were busy making memes omy upside down from 2000 to 2008 on Photoshop, we missed the point. and revert to the past systems that In the era of incessant Facebook simply did not work. Our problems statuses and Twitter tweets, mes- require actual solutions, not just sages are undeniably misconstrued backfiring stories. or wholly missed. Mere seconds after Please, don’t get lost this coming Romney made the infamous “bind- Tuesday. ers full of women” comment, my Twitter feed was flooded with jokes Khadijah Davis is a sophomore in the about it. Alas, I admittedly re-tweet- School of Nursing and Health Studies. ed many and made some of my own. She is secretary of Georgetown UniverBut the time spent making jokes dis- sity Women of Color. THE ETHNICITY OF tracted much of America from the FEMININITY appears every other Fridebate and the fact that an answer day.

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Student veterans and advocates have made strides in the past three years to improve the university’s ability to accommodate student veterans as they transition from military service to life on a college campus. Georgetown has three main initiatives that provide resources to student veterans on campus: the veterans office coordinator from the Georgetown University Veterans Office, the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association and the Georgetown Veterans Admission Project. The Georgetown University Veterans Office introduced the full-time position of veterans office coordinator in February 2011 to accommodate the approximately 385 student veterans on campus. The position, currently filled by army veteran David Shearman (SFS ’11), provides current and prospective student veterans with a mentor who will advocate for their needs and serve as a liaison between them and the Department of Veterans Affairs. “It really started as a result of the student veterans coming together and making this happen, and the university has responded very well to it,” Shearman said of the coordinator position. Second, the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association — founded in 2008 by Barbara Mujica, a professor in the department of Spanish and Portuguese who was inspired by her son’s service in the Marine Corps — serves as a way for student veterans to connect and advocate for their issues on campus. After speaking with student veterans and realizing that they lacked any kind of institutional support, Mujica and Director of Special Programs Mary Dluhy organized a committee of university administrators to talk about veterans’ issues. “From [University President John J.] DeGioia to all the deans, all the program heads, everyone agreed, ‘Yes, this is important. We do want to do this.’ But the

issue of veterans wasn’t at the forefront at that point,” Mujica said. Now, the committee, which includes Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson and members of the admissions committee, ROTC and the Academic Resource Center, meets monthly to discuss veteran-specific needs. “I’ve been at Georgetown for over 30 years, and I’ve never done anything as rewarding as this,” Mujica said. “I can see the progress we’re making, and I really love working with these people.” GUSVA President and former Marine Thomas Gibbons-Neff (COL ’15) said the veterans coordinator and a student association are crucial components of the support system for veterans at Georgetown. “Georgetown has just a great support structure in place for veterans as far as having David Shearman in the Veterans Office and a very prevalent veterans community as put on by GUSVA in a really good way to meet veterans and kind of get pushed outside your boundaries,” Gibbons-Neff said. “Everyone just kind of gets along.” GUSVA Director of Communications Russell Galeti (SFS ’13) said the group builds camaraderie among veterans in both Georgetown and the District and fosters awareness among the broader student body. “Regardless of their views on the wars … a lot of my classmates are very supportive of the troops and are very interested in our service and our stories,” Galeti said. Other members of the Georgetown community have shown their support for veterans on campus as well. The athletic department will donate men’s basketball tickets to Georgetown veterans and their guests on Veteran’s Day. GUSVA will also sponsor events throughout the week of Nov. 12, including a reception for veterans and their families organized by DeGioia, a flag-raising ceremony and a speech by retired Maj. Gen. Andrew Davis of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Gibbons-Neff said the president’s reception is an exciting event for both the veterans and the president’s office. “It’s the first year that we’re doing it, and coming from the highest office of the university reaching down, it’s great,” he said. In the future, GUSVA aims to expand its outreach to attract more veterans to campus. “Georgetown is a really great place for military and veteran students to apply to attend if they can,” Shearman said. Galeti agreed, citing opportunities available to veterans on Capitol Hill; he currently serves as a legislative fellow for Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D - Ohio) and has been working on issues involving foreign affairs, national security, intelligence and veterans legislation. The final component of Georgetown veterans’ administrative support system, the Georgetown Veterans Admissions Project was founded spring 2012 by former president of GUSVA Colby Howard (SFS ’12). GVAP aims to attract more undergraduate veterans to Georgetown. “If you look at the veteran population here at Georgetown, across the university spectrum, we’re extremely graduate heavy,” Howard said. Future projects include the formation of a resource center for veterans that will be staffed by administrators who understand veteran needs. “The goal with that is to increase the number of full-time professional staff so that … you can get a little bit more specialization,” Shearman said. “You’d also have a director for the center who can think strategically about … the long-term and the big picture.” Mujica said regularly working closely with veterans on campus has inspired her. “What has impressed me so much about the vets is that these are men and women who went into the service to serve, and now they’re out of the service and they’re still serving,” she said.

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Construction is underway on the chapel wall of the university’s new retreat center, which is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Clarke County, Va.

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Construction on the new Calcagnini Contemplative Center is on schedule, with an estimated completion date set for fall 2013, according to Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. The 55-acre center will house all campus ministry retreats for Georgetown students, faculty and alumni and is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Clarke County, Va. A year after breaking ground, the construction is 30 percent complete, with the outside shell of both the center’s chapel and dining hall built and construction on the cabins will begin this fall, according to Assistant Vice President of University Facilities Regina Bleck. According to O’Brien, after a certificate of occupancy is granted that certifies the building’s compliance with building codes, the center can be test run in the fall of 2013 before retreats are formally held beginning in the winter. “Our hope is to get a certificate of occupancy next summer sometime, but that will be dependent on the winter,” O’Brien said. If all goes according to plan, all campus ministry retreats will be run at the center

by spring 2013. Arthur Calcagnini (COL ’54) and Nancy Calcagnini gave the primary gift of $17 million to fund the center and are staying informed about the construction progress. “I’m very much involved and wanted to stay involved in the operation of the center and introduce new programs there, as well as partake in the programs that will be held there,” Arthur Calcagnini said. Leaders of retreat programs are looking forward to the opportunity to utilize the new facility. Sean Huang (SFS ’14), a student coordinator for the ESCAPE First Year Experience, said that the center’s location will make retreat travel shorter and facilitate planning logistics. “We currently hold our retreats at Sheperd’s Spring [Outdoor Ministry Center in Sharpsburg, Md.] … but since it’s not technically ours, we have to keep booking them every year a year in advance for the retreats,” he said. “Right now we have already booked fall [2013] dates with them just in case the Calcagnini Center isn’t open yet.” He added that the new center will invigorate the ESCAPE program. “It’s a really powerful statement to how much Georgetown really cares about its students in ways that are not just purely academic.”

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A new student advisory committee to the Office of the Provost will establish a forum for student representatives to communicate academic issues directly with University Provost Robert Groves. In an Oct. 24 blog post, Groves said that the committee will provide him with an understanding of student needs that he does not get by meeting with administrators. “One of the great threats to being an effective provost is losing touch with faculty and students at the university,” he wrote in the post. “I think I’d do a better job if I had more regular contact with students so that I’m more informed about their reactions to the challenges and opportunities facing the university.” Groves reached out to the Georgetown University Student Association and the Georgetown Graduate Student Organization to form a student advisory committee that will comprise approximately 14 representatives split evenly between undergraduate and graduate students. GUSA representatives lauded Groves’ steps to reach out to the students and facilitate communication. “This new provost is showing an unprecedented willingness to engage with students that we haven’t seen from this position before,” GUSA Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) said. “This committee is one of the demonstrations of his commitment.” The presidents of the university’s four academic councils will occupy four spots on the committee. The remaining spots will be open to all applicants. “I don’t want just people who are active in everything,” Groves told The Hoya. “I can get in touch with people who are really active. I’ve met with GUSA people a lot … but I’m not in touch with the person who is a little shy, who isn’t in a million activities but has real thoughts about this place.” Groves said he plans to discuss students’ roles in the university’s initiative to enhance learning with technology and the barriers students face when attempting to take courses in other schools. He also hopes to use the committee to address concerns from the 2012 Student Life Report, which was published in April. Kohnert-Yount pointed out that the committee will provide an opportunity

for undergraduate and graduate students to exchange ideas. “There are very few forums in which undergraduate and graduate students come together to discuss and share academic experiences,” Kohnert-Yount said. “A lot of undergraduate students are taught by graduate students as [teaching assistants], so I think a lot of our academic experiences and priorities are a lot more in common than we think.” GSO President Paul Musgrave (GRD ’16) agreed. “From the [undergraduate] perspective, [it is a way] to better appreciate how the research mission of the university has a claim on university resources,” Musgrave said. “For graduate students, it’s a way to be reminded of what the counter Georgetown institution is.” Though both Kohnert-Yount and Musgrave identified the use of technology in the classroom as an important topic for discussion, they also said that undergraduate and graduate students would have different priorities. “An issue that’s really near and dear to a lot of undergraduate students is the availability of cross-school classes and minors,” Kohnert-Yount said. Meanwhile, Musgrave stressed the importance of strengthening research and teaching resources. “For doctoral students, research opportunities and maintaining competitive funding package is really important. … For master’s students, a greater opportunity to engage in research and share their research is also really important,” Musgrave said. “The other dimension of being a Ph.D. student is learning how to teach, and the provost can engage with that through technology and education initiatives.” Groves said that he hopes to reach out to students outside the committee through town hall meetings about issues the committee decides is important. He also plans to teach a class in either math or sociology the next academic year. In his blog post, Groves also emphasized the committee’s role in providing student input in the development of academic policies. “A student advisory committee to the provost’s office won’t by itself solve all the problems of the university,” he wrote. “It can, however, increase the odds that decisions at my level will be made with more insight into how students react to the different options facing the university.”

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Between efforts to unionize dining workers and to end the university’s contract with Adidas, Georgetown Solidarity Committee has been a vocal presence on campus in recent years. But at GSC meetings, members remain silent while one person talks, wiggling their fingers to agree or making a blocking hand motion to continue the discussion. As a nonhierarchical, openmembership group of roughly 15 to 20 members, GSC uses consensus-based decision-making tactics to organize. “Generally, if there is even a single member of the group that has really strong objections, we won’t go forward with it until we figure out a way to alleviate concerns,” GSC member Julia Hubbell (COL ’15) said. GSC was founded during the 1996-1997 school year. One of its first initiatives was participating in the Guess Jeans campaign, an anti-sweatshop initiative. Students bought a pair of Guess Jeans and then allowed students in Red Square to write messages to the company on the pants. The jeans were then mailed to the Guess corporate headquarters. Current GSC members have continued to support workers on campus by organizing workers’ breakfasts every Friday at 6:30 a.m. and bi-annual barbecues that are open to workers’ families, friends and the broader campus community. “That’s to show [the workers] that we really appreciate everything they do on this campus and [that] we really want them to feel like they’re a part of the campus community,” GSC member Erin Riordan (COL ’15) said. The organization also collaborates with the Center for Social Justice to run an English-as-a-second language program for workers at the university. But according to Riordan, GSC’s advocacy for social justice issues isn’t contained to Georgetown’s campus. “I see a lot of injustice happening in D.C. or in the world at

“The issues that GSC deals with are very complicated in nature and this means that there are a lot of opinions on them,” Hubbell said. “There are absolutely people on campus who don’t always agree with the positions that we advocate, but the great thing about Georgetown so far is that there hasn’t been any real backlash even when there’s been disagreement.” GSC member Katerina Downward (SFS ’14) attributed this acceptance to Georgetown’s Jesuit affiliation. “There has been the underlying will of both GSC members and other people in the community to link these campaigns and these motivations to the broader social justice goals, emblematized and encapsulated in the Jesuit identity,” Downward said. Current members look to GSC alumni and their initiatives as inspiration for the future of the committee. Riordan said she specifically admires the 2005 Living Wage Campaign as an example of a successful GSC effort. “Over 26 Georgetown students went on hunger strike, and it was a huge, incredibly impressive and dedicated campaign,” Riordan said. “I definitely personally take a lot of inspiration from that.” Mike Wilson (COL ’05) was involved with the GSC from 2001 to 2005 and participated in the Living Wage Campaign. “[It] helped me develop skills in organizing workers and bringing together broad and strong coalitions,” Wilson said. “The experience I gained on that campaign, as well as the networks I built with off-campus organizations, led me to be able to continue with social and economic justice work after I graduated.” Hubbell said that her involvement with GSC helped her gain a new perspective on social justice issues. “I have definitely learned an incredible amount,” she said. “You can learn about working conditions in a class, or you can learn about working in the news, but it’s such a different experience to go and talk to a facilities worker on campus and hear about their daily life.”

large or different things going on that I don’t necessarily agree with,” Riordan said. “GSC is a way that we can really stand up and fight against that.” Recent endeavors include an attempt to encourage Chipotle Mexican Grill to sign an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. GSC also endorses “Real Food, Real Jobs,” a campaign led by the union of the O’Donovan Hall workers, UNITE HERE that aims to bring just jobs and healthy food into D.C. cafeterias. This year, GSC members hope to work more closely with the university administration. “One of the things we would really like to do this semester and through this year is to talk to the university about creating a panel or a committee that brings together students, workers, university officials and Aramark representatives,” Hubbell said. Aramark is the dining service provider contracted by the university to run Leo’s. “Until now, there have been various attempts at committees to solve problems, but none of them have ever had all concerns represented.” According to Riordan, GSC generally does not plan specific initiatives at the start of each year. “We’re continuing to host events every single week … but we haven’t done many specific initiatives,” Riordan said. “Those tend to come up as issues [that] are brought to our attention, so a lot of what we do is community based.” When discussions result in initiatives, members claim specific roles in the project by declaring “bottom line” — which means taking responsibility for a certain task. “We have individual actors but ultimately, all decisions go back to the group,” Hubbell said. Members sit on the university’s Advisory Committee on Business Practices, which assists with on-campus endeavors, and the Licensing Oversight Committee, which focuses on off-campus licensing issues. Hubbell said that GSC has largely been embraced by the university.

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DPS Officers a Fixture in Storm Prep Lessens Damage Classrooms, on Campus CITY, from A1

DPS, from A1 offers its educational benefits in terms of credit hours instead of a flat monetary amount. According to the university’s website, 120 total credit hours are allotted to Georgetown staff employees, the only stipulation being that one year of service must be completed prior to receiving eligibility. This benefit is what led Andrew Powell, assistant director of DPS and a law student at American University, to work at Georgetown. After completing his degree, he plans on joining his wife in York, Pa., where he will take the bar examination and begin his law career. “There are a handful of officers here who are very upfront about wanting to complete their degree, obtain their degree or get their masters, myself included. The first day I walked in the door, I knew I wanted to get some sort of degree and then move on,” Powell said. Patrol Officer Eric Vilhelmsen, the son of a former DPS officer who is pursuing a paralegal certificate at Georgetown, said that the program can be a boon to DPS’ recruitment efforts. “It seems to me that officers actually tend to stay here a little longer if they have school,” he said. “When you hire somebody, you never know how long they are going to stay. But if you’re hiring somebody for education, there’s a pretty good bet they’ll stay here for a few years.” In the meantime, DPS officers enrolled in university courses must balance the standard college student set of obligations with life on the police force. “It’s hard,” Vilhelmsen said. “The first thing to go is sleep. Today, I got a solid five hours. I had class from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and then work from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.” Interacting with students while in the classroom and on duty poses its own set of challenges. For the 28-year-old Lumpkin and other officers in her position, it is important to keep the job and their personal lives separate.

“It’s kind of weird to be in class with a bunch of undergrads in plain clothes and then get into uniform and take on the role [of] an officer. … I’m certainly older than your average undergrad,” she said. Nonetheless, Lumpkin and her classmates share more than just coursework. “I still find it’s easy to relate to students,” she said. Lumpkin is no stranger to balancing work and education. Having graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007 while serving as an officer there, she has never experienced college life without the added responsibilities of working in law enforcement, and the two parts of her life frequently collide. “Students will come to me and they are like, “Oh my gosh, I know this is kind of weird, but are you a DPS officer?” she said. Lumpkin added that her Georgetown classes help her to better relate to students while on the job, alleviating the often tense relationship between undergraduates and DPS officers. “There is this perception that at DPS we are aggressive party busters,” Lumpkin said. “When the general community here at Georgetown sees us operating in our normal lives, it helps them to relate to us better.” Powell agreed that studying among Georgetown students can create a beneficial link for DPS officers who take classes on the Hilltop. “I have an appreciation of what the students are going through,” he said. “Having been a student myself, I know the pressures and the thinking. … When I was an officer — and now, too — I was able to see things from a student perspective.” But Lumpkin also emphasized that there is still a code of conduct that cannot be broken. “You have to operate in an unbiased way, period,” she said. “When you put on a uniform, you have to get into that mindset that you are going to help a community in whatever way you can and you have to do so in a fair way.”

did not resume service until Tuesday afternoon. Metro bus and rail services, which were suspended all day Monday and resumed 2 p.m. Tuesday, escaped the water damage that afflicted other cities’ public transportation services. “There was some minor water infiltration, but we didn’t really have any significant flooding in the stations,” said Philip Stewart, spokesperson for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. “Once the bulk of the storm passed around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, we had a good idea that we had not sustained any significant damage to the system.” Though heavy rain caused the Potomac River to rise two or three feet above normal by Wednesday morning, the region did not experience the severe flooding that the National Weather Service had predicted, according to Georgetown Patch. The hurricane’s effects on area businesses were varied. Some, like Wisemiller’s Grocery and Deli, remained open throughout the hurricane and profited from increased demand. “We were planning to close at 8 p.m. Monday, but because there were so many customers stocking up on food, we ended up closing at our normal time,” store manager Cesar Lopez said. Lopez added that the store did not suffer damages. “The store was fine,” he said. “We weren’t really affected.” On the other hand, Serendipity 3, a restaurant located at 3150 M St., was one of several businesses in the Georgetown area to

block all doors and windows and remain closed to the public on Monday and part of Tuesday. According to manager Aras Gulle, the restaurant sustained minor damages and experienced about a $10,000 loss in sales revenue. “There was a little bit of water damage. Our windows are wooden, and so they leak, so we were expecting that [and] planned accordingly,” he said. “We were able to keep damage to a minimum, and there were no broken windows [or] water damage on wood.” District Department of Transportation spokesperson John Lisle also said that advance preparation for the storm helped minimize damage. “We had a lot of advance warning of the storm, so one thing we did was to clean the catch basins so that they would be free of leaves or debris,” Lisle said. Starting the Thursday before the storm, WMATA crews also cleared drainage areas, checked on the status of water pumps and secured train tunnels against potential flooding. “There are water pumping systems throughout the Metro, so we had crews inspecting them to make sure they were properly working,” Stewart said. “We also [had] sand bags at … places where flooding is sometimes an issue.” Lisle added that DDOT installed 200 generators at major intersections in case of power outages. “There are 1,700 signalized intersections in the city and only 200 generators, but we deployed those to the major intersections. A lot of our preparations … also

[included] having personnel in place and ready to respond,” he said. These precautionary measures helped mitigate the impact of power outages, according to Lisle. “Power outages are obviously disruptive to residents, but most importantly, when power goes out, so do traffic lights, and that causes additional issues,” he said. “We were very fortunate. We had very few traffic lights out for long periods of time.” Now that regular transportation service has been restored, DDOT’s main focus is dealing with damage to roads caused by standing water, flooding and downed trees, according to Lisle. “We’re still assessing where trees or wires are down, but I would say we had probably at least a couple dozen roadways that were closed,” Lisle said. “We have crews out now removing downed trees and debris, and that work will probably continue for the rest of the week, which is not unusual after a storm like this.” Lisle credited community members’ cooperation for the smoothness of emergency operations. “I think that one of the things that worked really well was that people heeded the warnings to stay inside and to not drive,” Lisle said. “The roadways were, for the most part, free of traffic, which cut down on potential incidents or people getting hurt and freed up the roads for emergency responders. It also made sure that the fire and police departments could respond to storm-related calls rather than going to traffic [accidents].”

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Commissioners discussed improperly installed telecom boxes and crime at the ANC monthly meeting Wednesday, which was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.

Commissioners Urge Care Amid Halloween Revelry ANC, from A1 engagement of residents will bring their ideas and views into our local political process. It is through dialogue and mutual respect that we reach solutions to common issues.” Prindiville also identified living conditions in Georgetown student rental properties as a concern that the ANC should address, citing the situation of a student living at the corner of Prospect Street and Bank Alley. “In addition to severe problems with leaking pipes in his basement bedroom, he was concerned that he could not get out of his house in case of a fire,” Prindiville said of the student. “I think we can all agree that subpar living conditions anywhere are a detriment to the well-being of our community.” ANC 2E Chair Ron Lewis also spoke at the meeting and addressed the issue of Comcast telecom boxes in public spaces that have been installed on sidewalks without the permission of residents. Installations have reportedly left behind

bricks and debris that residents find obtrusive. “So far, Comcast has not responded to emails,” Lewis said. Commissioner Tom Birch lamented the detrimental effect of these installations on the neighborhood and the preservation of public spaces. “Let’s talk about property values, for one thing, in addition to the historical value,” Birch said. Crime was also on the agenda at the meeting. In the wake of the fatal shooting of Tyronn Garner last Oct. 31 on the 2800 block of M Street, Commissioner Ed Solomon urged residents and business owners to take precautions this Halloween. “A lot of, I guess we call them ‘bad guys,’ are out there, so please be careful,” Solomon said. Compared with last year, this Halloween was relatively quiet for Georgetown. The only crime reported in the area last night was a juvenile robbery at 29th and N Streets around 10:30 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Twitter feed.

spokeswoman Stacy Kerr said. “We used the Emergency Management Team’s guidance and many reports from a number of weather services. We also take into account many factors, such as transportation.” The decisions were relayed to the university community via HOYAlert messages and updates to a page on the university’s website detailing all operational status updates. According to Kerr, the site received more than 25,000 visits in 48 hours, and more than two-thirds of the traffic was from first-time visits. Though Georgetown and the greater D.C. area emerged from the storm largely unscathed, hundreds of students have submitted requests to Georgetown’s Work Management Center to fix damage caused by the hurricane. According to Kerr, drywall and ceiling problems account for 5 percent of reported damage, while the remaining 95 percent of requests relates to carpet drying and cleaning as a result of water intrusion. “The biggest issues were damage to carpets, and what we saw was mostly water coming in from windows because of the extreme amount of rain … because of the wind,” she said. As of Thursday evening, facilities had assessed 91 percent of requests and fulfilled 59 percent of them, according to Kerr. “Some issues can be fixed on the spot, and some of them require additional maintenance. It could take several weeks for that many reports to be completed, but facilities is working extended hours, and additional staff … will be in the residence halls first thing in the morning until 11 p.m. in order to deal with as many of the issues as possible,” Kerr said. The buildings with the highest number of reports filed were Village C West and Darnall Hall. Residents of these buildings expressed frustration with the progress of work on these requests. “I have tile floors in a fourthfloor room [on the ground level near the patio], so the water from outside came in under the desk area through cracks in the tile,” VCW resident Chrissy Kalpin (SFS ’16) said. “Members of housekeeping have been by, and they vacuumed and sprayed some chemical on it, but that has basically been it. They’ve been by to take photos and assess the damage, but they haven’t exactly done anything.” According to Darnall Hall resident Christina Wing (MSB ’16), all of the Darnall rooms facing the hospital suffered water damage.

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University Facilities continues to address leaks caused by heavy rain, including on the third floor of LXR Hall. “The worst rooms actually had levels of standing water,” Wing said. “The maintenance crews came as soon as possible and assisted in any way that they could, but they said that a lot of the issues were from the outside, so they couldn’t do too much work to actually fix the issue. They could only try to minimize the leaking and water intrusions.” Despite the damage, students praised Georgetown University Facilities’ response and diligence in addressing the issue. “Overall, I think the response from facilities, both before and during the storm, has been wonderful,” said Darnall resident Jordan Moeny (SFS ’15), who had water leak into her room through both her window and her air conditioning unit. “They’ve been very helpful, particularly considering the number of issues they’ve had to address.” Though the storm put a strain on Georgetown’s maintenance and facilities systems, Kerr said that the university has been pleased with its overall management of the storm. “We are pleased with the proactivity with which we were able to respond to the situation and communicate with the community,” she said. Early Monday morning, the university set up a 24-hour emergency command center to monitor data about the hurricane and deal with damage. The center was staffed by members of the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Student Affairs, University Information Services, the Office of Risk Management, University Facilities, Auxiliary Services, the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of Residence Life. “The operation center had representatives from each department available 24 hours a day in order to respond to any emerging emergencies and to prepare, anticipate and monitor the emergencies as they are happening,” Kerr said. “We have a very collec-

tive decision-making process that utilizes the most up-to-date information to make decisions about how to best serve the students and the university community.” The full-time staff of the Department of Emergency and Management and Operational Continuity also helped with campus preparations before the storm. In preparation for a possible power outage, the school set up emergency generators outside the Southwest Quad. “We had emergency generators prepared so that if any of the dorms lost power, emergency measures like alarms, fire alarms, doors and exits would still be working,” Kerr said. “We were prepared to turn those on if needed.” In addition, the university called on community members to volunteer during the storm. Campus Community Emergency Response Team members, who are trained in basic emergency response, were kept on standby. This was the first time C-CERT members have been asked to prepare for an emergency. “We received an email asking for our availability in case we needed to be activated,” C-CERT member David Lizza (COL ’15) said. “We’re just … extra [sets] of hands for the emergency personnel [who] are already here [who know] some of the procedures and the chain of command.” Meanwhile, on-duty hours for Resident Assistants were extended, and RAs were asked to walk the usual rounds and report on any facilities damages via radio. “Instead of one RA per building being on duty from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., there were two RAs, one on primary duty and one on backup,” New South RA Katherine Schmitz (COL ’13) said. “There were two RAs on duty 24 hours a day.” The center also coordinated with the Metropolitan Police Department but did not end up using the department’s services.

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Hurricane Boosts Sales at Vittles DPS Reports Spike Penny Hung

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Despite early closures caused by Hurricane Sandy, sales at Students of Georgetown, Inc. services were up significantly this week. According to Chief Financial Officer Vidur Khatri (MSB ’14), sales at Vital Vittles were 50 to 60 percent above the norm on Sunday as students hurried to purchase extra food before the storm. “The big day for us was Sunday,” he said, adding that the Leavey Center grocery made about $11,000 more than usual. “It was a pretty good week for us, sales wise.” Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Wolfram (MSB ’13) agreed. “We had a huge influx of customers” she told The Hoya on Monday. “All of a sudden, everyone wanted to get stuff.” Wolfram added that the average cost of purchases were around $20, nearly tripling the $7 average typically seen at the Leavey Center grocery. According to Wolfram, the rush to stock up on food helped offset losses caused by The Corp’s shortened operating hours during the hurricane. Though Corp services attempted to stay open for as long as possible, all storefronts closed by 3:30 p.m. Monday. “We opened 10 a.m. on Monday under the impression that we were going to stay open for as long we could,” Wolfram said. “My primary priority was employee safety; we have short shifts, so I didn’t want anyone to be walking around in the storm, espe-

cially with flying debris.” Initially, Corp management decided to close before sundown, but after the university announced that the storm was expected to hit by 4 p.m. Monday, services ended operation earlier to ensure that employees would get home in time. “We wanted to make sure every single employee was home and safe by 4 p.m.,” Khatri said. Midnight Mug was not open Monday because the university closed Lauinger Library, where the coffee shop is located. In addition, Midnight Mug closed early Tuesday night due to miscommunication between Corp management and the university. “We were told that Lau was going to close at midnight by the university, and it didn’t, so we ended up closing early,” Wolfram said. “But we didn’t want to. We always try to stay open as much as possible.” Khatri agreed, saying that the primary goal of the Corp is to provide for the community. “It would be easy for us to cop out, take the easy way out and shelter like everyone else is doing,” Khatri said. “But students are going to need food, so we tried to stay open as much as was safely possible.” According to Wolfram, the Corp did not lose any money from closing its storefronts. “We would have made no sales during the time we were closed,” Wolfram said. “Students simply wouldn’t have come.” Khatri added that it was difficult to quantify the financial impact of the storm because most Corp em-

In Drug Violations Lily Westergaard Hoya Staff Writer

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Shelves were bare in the grocery as students stocked up on supplies. ployees are paid hourly wages and most of the products it sells are non-perishables. The perishables that were unsold as of Monday afternoon, such as bagels and pastries, were donated to common rooms across campus, Wolfram said. Aside from the early closures, Wolfram added that delivery delays caused by the storm also put a dent in the company’s profits. “[Our stocks] were already pretty bare on Sunday, but after the Monday morning sales rush, we had no cereal or chips,” she said. “Unfortunately, none of our vendors could deliver anything to replenish our stocks. If we had full stock, we probably would have made even more sales.”

The number of reported drug violations shot up significantly in October, with six incidents reported between Oct. 1 and Oct 31. By comparison, the Department of Public Safety reported no drugrelated incidents in September and only two in August. The number of drug violations followed a similar trend last school year, when five occurred in October and only two in September. The increase in drug violations, which included at least two cases of marijuana smoking and one case of narcotics possession, comes amid a slight overall drop in crime. DPS reported 44 incidents last month, down from 46 in September. Despite the spike in drug viola-

tions, theft composed the majority of reported crimes this month, accounting for 25 of the 46 total incidents. This represents a slight drop from the 29 thefts reported in September. Still, theft has increased 47 percent over last October, when only 17 cases were reported. Six of this month’s thefts were of bicycles, down from the 11 bicycle thefts in September. Yates Field House was also the target of a rash of five thefts earlier this month, an increase over the two or three that occurred in most of the previous months. The frequency of alcohol violations remained consistent between September and October, with three incidents reported in both months. But this number was down from last October, when six alcohol violations occurred.

GUSA Solicits Student Involvement in GCP Braden McDonald Hoya Staff Writer

The steering committee of the Georgetown Community Partnership, a body formed out of the university’s 2010 Campus Plan agreement with the surrounding community, convened for the first time Saturday. According to Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13), president of the Georgetown University Student Association and the university’s student delegate to the committee, the meeting was mainly an opportunity for the constituents to get to know each other and establish objectives. “We talked about our hopes and goals for the committee [and] established a good discourse ... [and] trust within the group,” Gustafson said. The GCP will be comprised of five working groups, which Gustafson said will begin meeting in November. Gustafson said that she hopes the working groups — which are concerned with student life, conduct and safety; environmental and landlord issues; transportation and parking; communications and engagement and metrics and data — will begin to produce results this academic year. GUSA launched an online application for students to join working groups Monday, and submissions were due today. “If students want to have their voices heard in a long-term, meaningful way, we need to be an active part of the GCP discussions,” Gustafson said.

Both the university and neighborhood groups sent several delegates to the steering committee meeting, which was facilitated by Don Edwards, who has facilitated past discussions related to the 2010 Campus Plan. University attendees included Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives Lauralyn Lee and Provost Robert Groves. Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 2E and 3D, the Burleith Citizens Association and the Citizens Association of Georgetown also sent delegates. Both Gustafson and ANC 2E Chair Ron Lewis said that the GCP and its working groups have the potential to effect positive change in town-gown relations. “I’m really optimistic about the working groups and their success,” Lewis said. Gustafson stressed the need for creative thinking going forward in order to find appropriate compromises that satisfy all constituents. “My most important goal with the GCP … [is] to emphasize it is incredibly important to not only be results oriented when talking about off-campus behavior but also to use creative thinking and creative solutions so that every member of our off-campus community feels respected and like they are a legitimate member of the community,” she said. According to Lewis, the steering committee of the GCP is expected to meet quarterly.

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Georgetown’s Cawley Career Education Center helps students prepare for internships and job interviews by providing resume workshops, interview practice sesssions and job search advice.

Career Center Serves 4,653 Students Abbey McNaughton Hoya Staff Writer

The October on-campus interviewing rush is winding to a close for seniors, marking the end of one of the busiest times of the year for the Cawley Career Education Center. According to Executive Director of the Career Education Center Mike Schaub, the career center has helped 4,653 Georgetown students since July — approximately 61 percent of the student body — through individual appointments, workshops, employment panels, networking events and the career fair. Of those who have taken part in career center programs, 64 percent are juniors and seniors, 14 percent are freshmen and sophomores and 22 percent are graduate students, students in the School of Continuing Studies and alumni. This year is the first that the Career Center has been able to accurately track this data because of a new swipe technology service implemented this semester that counts the number of students who come in. Career counseling provides guidance for students who need to evaluate their post-graduation options and goals. Employment advisers at the center help students search more effectively for opportunities in their field of interest and create proper resumes. Andrew Moreno (COL ’13), who is pursuing a career in management consulting, has utilized a variety of the center’s services.

“As a student who was undeclared in the College and had little idea of what to do for careers, the career center’s advising services were particularly valuable for me because they helped me figure out what I wanted to do, the values that are important to me in my work and what career tracks best combine those,” he said. “Through the career fair, information sessions, panels and other events, it is much easier for students … to begin to plan long-term career goals and consider post-graduation plans.” According to Mike Schaub, the center’s methodology has three main components: building students’ career profiles, educating students about fields that align with their interests and developing a search strategy to find appropriate jobs. He explained that students often find internship and job opportunities both through on-campus interview opportunities and postings on Hoya Career Connection, an online career services management system. Students who find internships or jobs on their own are likely to have used the center for other resources, such as resume and cover letter assistance or mock interview preparation. Elyssa Skeirik (SFS ’15), who attended a resume workshop co-sponsored by the Georgetown University College Democrats and the Career Education Center on Oct. 16 said the center has helped her prepare for interviews and update her resume. “I got a lot of insider tips on how to make a resume professional

while still standing out,” she said. “I plan to make an appointment with them to discuss internship opportunities in the future.” According to Schaub, the center aims to work with students on an individual level. “Not only do different career paths require specialized services, but each student brings a unique personality and skills profile to the table,” he said. “Our counselors and advisers do their best to customize the self-exploration and search process for each student.” Despite the center’s resources, students see room for improvement. “While the Career Education Center is very well connected to finance and consulting interviews, it does not offer as many opportunities for other jobs,” William Kim (SFS ’13), a senior who has used the center, said. “Government and non-profit positions tend to recruit through their own websites as opposed to having on-campus recruiting events, and therefore students may not have as much information on them or are as competitive in applying to those programs.” Priscila Borba (COL ’13) added that the Career Education Center’s services can be less helpful for students who are starting their job search from scratch. “I feel like they would be very helpful if you know exactly what you want,” she said. “Come in with a solid foundation to build off of … [otherwise] I feel like that is not the best place to be when you go into the career center.”

DPS BLOTTER Wednesday, Oct. 24 Drug Violaton, LXR Hall, 10:31 a.m. Department of Public Safety officers investigating a suspicious odor recovered evidence after making contact with an occupant of a room in the listed location who stated that he had been smoking marijuana. Theft, New South Hall, 11:45 p.m. A student reported the theft of a bicycle from a rack adjacent to the listed location. Thursday, Oct. 25 Theft, McDonough Gymnasium, 4 p.m. A staff member reported the theft of her personal property from her office. This case has been referred to the Metropolitan Police Department. Drug Violation, O’Donovan Hall, 5 p.m A DPS officer on routine patrol recovered an unattended bag that belonged to a student and contained narcotics. Friday, Oct. 26 Simple Assault, 37th and O Streets, 12:30 p.m. DPS received a report regarding an assault. A staff member reported that he was assaulted by a university affiliate. This case has been referred to MPD. Alcohol Violation, Mortara Building, 7:32 p.m. Officers made contact with underage students in possession of alcoholic beverages on the parking lot of the listed location. Saturday, Oct. 27 Simple Assault, Village A, 12:43 a.m. A verbal altercation between two students escalated in a physical assault.

One student was arrested for assaulting the other student with a piece of wood. This case has been referred to MPD. Monday, Oct. 29 Drug Violation, Darnall Hall, 7:05 p.m. DPS officers investigating a suspicious odor made contact with a student who was in possession of illegal narcotics. This case had been forwarded to student conduct. Drug and Alcohol Violation, Village A, 10 p.m. DPS officers investigating a suspicious odor made contact with students who were found to be in possession of illegal narcotics. The students are underage and were also in possession of alcohol. This case has been forwarded to student conduct. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Suspicious Person, O’Donovan Hall, 4:15 p.m. DPS received a report of a suspicious person entering a restricted area. The person was stopped outside of the loading dock. He had been previously barred from campus. MPD responded and arrested him for unlawful entry. Theft, Lauinger Library, 3:14 p.m. A student reported the theft of his property from the library. He stated on Oct. 29 that he left his backpack unattended while using the restroom. When he returned he discovered that his iPod and power cord were missing from the bag. No suspects or witnesses have been identified. This case is under investigation. The blotter is compiled weekly by the Department of Public Safety.

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St. John’s Next for Hoyas Rams Move to London A Logical Step for Kroenke A JOHNNIES, from A10

you’re probably going to run into PKs somewhere along the road,” said senior midfielder Ian Christianson, who failed to convert his team’s first kick in the fifteenth minute against the Pirates. “[The coaching staff is] just putting pressure on us in practice so if that time comes, we’ll be more prepared for it.” By now, Christianson and Head Coach Brian Wiese are more familiar than they would like to be with losing in postseason shootouts. DePaul ended Georgetown’s season that way in the 2009 conference tourney, and North Carolina did the same in the second round of the NCAA tournament the following year. “The teams you play are too good and the margins are too little to expect that you’re going to just win every one of those games [straight up],“ Wiese said. Wednesday’s practice represented the team’s first on-ball action since Saturday’s victory, with Hurricane Sandy allowing only for a bit of cardio work early Monday. Unsurprisingly, the team was not at its sharpest on its first day back, but Wiese and Christianson were confident that as soon as the rust wore off, it would be ready to go. And the Hoyas will have to be ready, too, with the challenge that lies ahead of them this weekend. Finishing tied with Connecticut for first in the Blue Division — and thus earning a share of the Big East title — the Hoyas received a bye to the quarterfinals. Their subsequent opponent, though, is hardly a reward. St. John’s, winner of seven Big East championships under current Head Coach Dave Masur, is the defending tournament champion and historically the best postseason Big East team.

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Senior midfielder Ian Christianson, shown here against Connecticut, has two goals and two assists this year. This year’s Red Storm, while only a No. 3 seed in the Red Division, is no slouch, either. Having resided in the Top 25 the entire season — having reached as high as No. 10 — the Johnnies were undefeated through their first eight contests. A respectable 3-0 shorthanded loss on the road to then-No. 2 UConn ended the streak, but only two one-goal defeats have followed. Christianson fully understands the threat the visitors will present. “They like to press — they play very quick,” he said. “We know that it’s going to be a good game. We’re just going to continue to play how we have throughout the season. I don’t think we’re going to change too much, but we’ll definitely respect them when they come [down] here.” The Blue and Gray’s goal all season has been to reach the semifinals at Red Bull Arena, and though they may now be just a game away, it is a game that they are not daring to

look past. Instead of letting their minds wander to the future, Wiese and his players are focusing on the here and now. And the one common feeling among them does not appear to be one of nervousness but rather of anticipation. “This is a team that’s ready for the challenge, and I think they’re excited about it,” Wiese said. “There’s no shame in losing any of these games along the way, but it’s an exciting prospect to try to figure out how to advance to the next round.” Wiese also predicted that the big stage would make the game even more intense. “[Saturday will be] a great game — it’s a big game. We’ve just got to channel what we’re doing into what we think we need to do to get a result against one of the better teams in the country.” Kickoff in Georgetown’s quarterfinal game against St. John’s is scheduled for 1 p.m. at North Kehoe Field.

merican real estate magnate and sports five Lombardi Trophies — are backed by some capitalist Stan Kroenke had a lot on his of the league’s most fervent fan bases. St. Louis plate this weekend: The owner of five is far from ideal in that respect. major sports teams has to constantly battle jet The Rams have long considered moving out lag, sleep deprivation and media attention. of the Gateway to the West and into a market Kroenke, who controls Arsenal as well as craving professional football. When you’re the St. Louis Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado stuck in a slump, something needs to change Avalanche, and Colorado Rapids through his — as the Oklahoma City Thunder can attest. business empire, Kroenke Sports Enterprises, In 2008, the former Seattle Supersonics ownhas holdings in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS and ers awarded Oklahoma City its first professionthe English Premier League. al sports franchise, and the product has been Keeping up with the events that impact pro- far greater than could have ever been imagfessional teams located in three cities on two ined — instant success, nightly sellouts and continents is a race against the clock, as one as much national TV coverage as the league 36-hour period showed this weekend. schedule-makers could possibly fit in to 82 Early Saturday morning in North London, games. Arsenal avenged a mid-week UEFA Champions For Kroenke’s Rams, the solution is similar League loss by defeating Queens Park Rangers — and painfully obvious. The owner has alon a late-game tap-in by Spanready established a connection iard Mikel Arteta. Across the with the London sports gallery. Atlantic, the NHL cancelled all He just has to make the move scheduled games for the month across the pond. Call me crazy, of November, a move expected but I can see it happening. to cost the league hundreds of Many of Kroenke’s die-hard millions of dollars in revenue. Arsenal F.C. disciples — over While Avalanche players con60,000 pack Emirates Stadium templated signing contracts for even the most inconsequenabroad, the Denver Nuggets, a tial of matches — instantly Matt Bell team many expect to compete become Rams fans. American in the NBA’s cutthroat Western football frenzy spreads like Conference, prepared for their wildfire across England, and the Fan devotion season opener behind new face NFL hires Faith Hill and Hank of the franchise Andre Iguodala. seems to go hand Williams Jr. to perform before And back in Britain, 84,000 fans the primetime season opener in hand with watched the New England Patriagainst the San Francisco 49ers. ots thump the Rams in the NFL’s The Rams adopt a bright yellow NFL success. annual London showdown. alternate jersey — similar to ArWatching one of his teams senal’s alternate yellow kits — lose in London must have been strange for and excitement engulfs London. Kroenke, as the Gunners — who finished third Everything coalesces perfectly as it did four in the Premier League last season — have given years ago in central Oklahoma, and the Rams the owner the most year-to-year success. once again become a relevant franchise. On Sunday, though, he looked on as Tom Kroenke’s lease on the Rams’ current staBrady and Rob Gronkowski made a mockery dium, Edward Jones Dome, ends in 2014. St. of his American football team. The Rams suf- Louis is slated to return to London for regular fered their third straight loss, falling to 3-5 on season games in 2013 and 2014, a move lookthe season and landing in the cellar of the NFC ing more and more like the natural precursor West. to a permanent shift. Kroenke has seen this act before. His Rams At this point, it all comes down to Stan finished last season with the worst record in Kroenke and the entrepreneurial genius that football, and they’ve managed an astonishing earned him billions. The Rams will toil in obaverage of just three wins per season since scurity until they pack up their bags and book 2007. And concerns about Arsenal’s continu- a direct flight to London Heathrow. The NFL ing viability as a winning team prompted him is the last remaining major American sports to declare on the club’s website: “The reason I league with all of its teams located in the conam involved in sports is to win. … Everything tinental United States. else is a footnote.” The time for change is now. To a certain extent, fan devotion seems to go hand in hand with NFL success. The New Matt Bell is a freshman in the McDonough York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh School of Business. FRESH OUT OF PHILLY Steelers — collective winners of four of the last appears every Friday.

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Disappointment Palpable as Losing Season Comes to Close Celee Belmonte Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-17, 0-6 Big East) ended its difficult 2012 campaign on Sunday with a 7-0 defeat at No. 11 Lafayette (151, 5-0 Patriot League), closing the year with 13 straight losses. “Obviously, this season’s results were not what we were expecting,” Head Coach Tiffany Marsh said. The Hoyas’ first game of the season — a 3-2 win at Appalachian State — appeared to promise good things to come. Another win, however, would not come until two weeks later against St. Louis, a victory that ended up being the last of the season. Despite their highly disappointing record, Marsh said she was proud of her players and their work this year. “The girls put out a lot of effort every game, no matter what the score showed,” she said. “This season was really about our girls and our program as a whole.” That season culminated this past weekend with the Blue and Gray’s trip to Pennsylvania for its final two games of the season against Villanova and Lafayette. And it provided an opportunity for some final team bonding before the team broke up for good. “The whole weekend in general, the team got to spend a lot of time together, which was great,” Marsh said. “Before Villanova, we went to [senior midfielder] Laura Thistle’s house and [senior midfielder] Kimberly Keating’s house after. It was so nice for the girls to be with friends and family.” Thistle and Keating are two of the 10 seniors on the squad, which constitutes one of the largest senior classes the field hockey program has ever had. Marsh went out of her way to extoll the Class of 2013’s contributions to the team. “We are definitely going to miss our 10 seniors and their past four years of commitment to this team,” Marsh said. “It is time to celebrate their careers.” With the end of the season, the Hoyas will lose their three captains: Caitlin Hickey, Annie Wilson and Thistle. “With Annie, Laura and Caitlin, you know what you are going to get every practice and every game,” Marsh said. “They all put so much time and energy into this team.

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Senior Katy Wingo was one of 10 players who made their final appearance for the Blue and Gray Sunday. That leadership helped the team register solid performances throughout the season against nationally ranked teams like Connecticut and Rutgers. “The way we handled that Connecticut team said a lot about our girls,” Marsh said. “We also did really well in the first half of the Rutgers game. We stepped up during some of our Big East games.” Then-No. 3 Syracuse was another such case. Despite the Orange’s strengths and successes, the Hoyas were not intimidated. “In the Syracuse game, we lost by five, but we were able to score two goals against one of the best teams in the country,” Marsh said. “That says a lot. We stepped up and played at a different level of hockey.” Despite such a disastrous year, Marsh remained upbeat about what is to come, noting that the offseason will be about reflecting on this season’s mishaps and working on establishing consistency. “We have a lot of great things ahead of us,” Marsh said. “We are going to use what happened this year as a springboard to improving our record and improving where we stand in the Big East. I just keep reminding the younger girls what they have done and what they can do again.”

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Freshman Emerges as Louisville, Cincy Next for GU Star on Depleted Squad Will Edman

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KIMPELA, from A10 performance earned Kimpela Patriot League rookie of the week honors, but even when talking about his accolade, the soft-spoken freshman could not help but praise others. “It was definitely a blessing,” Kimpela said of the award. “I have to give a shoutout to my offensive linemen because I could not have done it without those guys, and they helped me get that award.” That selfless attitude is part of what makes Georgetown football’s prospects look much brighter than they did just a few weeks ago. And Kimpela’s rise has coincided with the development of his new quarterback. Nolan, who towers over Kimpela at 6-foot-5, began the season as the Blue and Gray’s fourth-stringer, but he has played in the last two games after injuries to senior Isaiah Kempf, junior Aaron Aiken and sophomore Stephen Skon. Despite his recent emergence, the gunslinger has already earned himself a reputation of having an accurate arm with big-play potential. Against the Raiders, Nolan threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns, also earning the Patriot League rookie of the week title. The next week, the Connecticut native limited his mistakes and helped the Hoyas climb closer to .500. Now, Nolan and Kimpela look like the future of the program, poised to be a tandem behind center for the next four years. What’s more, the two players seem to have developed a genuine

friendship that further bodes well for the Blue and Gray. “[Jo’el] is a runner, a blocker and can catch balls, so it is a great thing for a quarterback,” Nolan said. “He is always running hard and helping out guys like myself or other backs with his blocking.” Nolan is not the only one with such effusive praise for Kimpela. It’s clear that he has already made an impact on his coaches as well. “The sky is the limit,” Kelly said. “Just what I know of Jo’el so far is he is a very hard worker, and he is only going to get bigger and stronger. I think he will be an elite back in the Patriot League for years to come.” Still, surrounded by praise in recent weeks, Kimpela has stayed grounded. His Christian faith — and infectious smile — have made him a favorite among many of his teammates. “First and foremost, he is a really devoted Christian,” sophomore defensive back Javan Robinson said. “We both look up to each other in a way. He’s just a really good person.” With only two games remaining this season, Kimpela hopes to continue to improve on the gridiron. But for him, football and life come down to the simple things. “I just try to have fun,” Kimpela said. “Just bring a smile to anybody that I can. If someone’s having a bad day, I’ll try to do my best to lift them up.” With his recent play, Kimpela has brought smiles to plenty of Hoya faithful.

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For the Georgetown volleyball team (7-17, 1-10 Big East), 2012 has been a season of close calls and missed opportunities. After two more losses to Marquette and Syracuse — in four and five sets, respectively — the Hoyas will try to flip the script and pull off an upset this weekend when they face off against Cincinnati (9-16, 7-4 Big East) and No. 12 Louisville (21-3, 10-1 Big East). “Getting back in the gym after [Hurricane] Sandy was tough, but we’ve been focusing on playing low-error and high-energy volleyball,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “It’s really hard at this point with the end in sight, not having accomplished everything we were trying to.” Nearing the end of an unsuccessful season, the Blue and Gray are hoping to finish the year in style with success in their final four matches. Georgetown can take heart in its excellent play against Marquette, who is tied with Louisville for the Big East lead. “We’re more confident than we were in earlier parts of the season because we know that we can play good volleyball, but our opponents ahead of us are a little daunting,” Williams said. “When we look at this weekend’s opponents, we just have to believe in ourselves and our confidence and our abilities to stay in the matches. If we for one second think that we can’t, we won’t.” This weekend’s slate of matches is one of the toughest of the season for the Hoyas. On Friday, they will face Cincinnati and its star outside hitter, Jordanne Scott, who ranks second in the Big East with 4.36 kills per set. Williams characterized the Bearcats as extremely physical, athletic and fast paced. However, she does not believe that Cincinnati is without weaknesses. “They’re prone to make mistakes, so we just need to be patient with them,” Williams said. “I think that we can compete with anybody on a given day. The difficult part is making sure that when they step up their game, we step ours up.

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Sophomore middle blocker Dani White had 14 kills in the Hoyas loss to Syracuse. Sometimes we just get frustrated that they have another gear, and we forget what we do well and try to play someone else’s game.” On Sunday, the Blue and Gray will face a juggernaut in a Louisville team whose only losses have come to No. 3 Penn State, No. 7 Texas and Notre Dame, a squad that dismantled Georgetown two weeks ago. The Cardinals will pose a challenge on a level that the Hoyas have not yet faced this season, thanks in large part to senior outside hitter Lola Arslanbekova, arguably the best player in the Big East and an All-American candidate. Despite being underdogs, the Hoyas will go to Louisville on Sun-

day and attempt to pull off a miracle. No matter how unlikely that may be, Williams said that she is proud of the way her team has worked to compete and improve, even though the Hoyas have nothing left to play for at this point but pride. “We had a high-energy practice this morning. They came in, they worked hard, they wanted to get better, they were learning the game plan [and] they were attentive in video, and this group is amazing in how they go out every single day,” Williams said. “The attitude hasn’t changed. We’re still that high-energy, get-after-it, passionate, purposeful group that’s trying to execute at a high level.”

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Sophomore forward Jessica Clinton played 57 minutes and had three shots on goal against DePaul.

Tournament Victory in Reach for Hoyas BULLS, from A10 Led by junior forward Colleen Dinn, the Blue and Gray advanced to the semifinals by defeating DePaul in a 1-0 battle last Sunday. Dinn gave the Hoyas a 1-0 lead in the tenth minute, when she headed the ball past the Blue Demons’ keeper off of a corner kick taken by sophomore midfielder Daphne Corboz, who was named Big East offensive player of the year Thursday. And despite DePaul’s opportunities in the closing minutes of the game, Georgetown did not relinquish the lead. They will look to repeat such a result this afternoon. “We just want to play well. We want to play to our strengths,” Nolan said. South Florida played Louisville in the quarterfinals, and the Bulls emerged victorious with a 4-3 penalty-kick win after ending the overtime periods deadlocked at 0-0. That means that they’re certainly no strangers to pressure. “South Florida is a very good team. They are fighting hard for not even their Big East life but also for their NCAA life,” Nolan said. “It is a mustwin game for them, I feel, if they want to put themselves in consideration for the NCAA tournament and an at-large bid.” To hold off the Bulls, the Hoyas will once again have to turn to their defense. The Blue and Gray have posted 13 shutouts this season and today will face another tough Big East team. “[South Florida has] a good offensive lineup. They play in a system similar to ours. They have some good attacking personnel. I don’t think there is one special player, but there are four good players that, if we fall asleep, can pun-

ish us,” Nolan said. While the defense will be tasked with staying awake, Georgetown will rely on Corboz to run the Hoyas’ potent offense. Against recent opponents, though, Corboz has been man-marked and therefore relatively quiet. But Nolan is not worried. “[South Florida] needs to win — they don’t need to stop us from winning. Certainly, at some point in the game, we may have to move [Corboz] around a little bit in order to put her in space so she can get the ball a little bit easier,” Nolan said. “It has been difficult for her, but it is a sign of respect that she is such a good player, even as a sophomore, that she is getting this special attention.” Both teams are searching for their first Big East title, the finals for which will be held Sunday. The winner of tonight’s matchup will face the winner of the other semifinal to be held tonight. The two teams in that matchup are No. 1 Marquette (14-2-2, 9-0-1 Big East) — who is undefeated thus far in Big East play — and the No. 2 seed from the National Division, Notre Dame (13-4-2, 8-1-1 Big East), the winner of 11 Big East tournaments. “Once you get into the postseason, there are no blowout games,” Nolan said. “Every game is decided by a moment of genius or a moment of misfortune or a moment of bad luck. We will be trying to minimize their good fortune and minimize our bad luck.” Kickoff against the Bulls is slated for 6:30 p.m. tonight in Storrs, Conn., and will be televised on the CBS Sports cable network. If the Hoyas win, they will play Sunday at noon in the Big East final.

basketball, one thing is clear: It takes at least one superstar to win a title. The only exception to this rule in recent memory is the 2004 Detroit Pistons, who some could argue only won the title because Los Angeles — with four high-wattage players — was too dysfunctional to claim it for themselves. In Morey’s own words, the trade did not need the advanced statistics to back it up. During the

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press conference to announce the Harden deal, Morey himself acknowledged that a team needs a “foundational” player to compete for a title. Dork Elvis found out the hard way twice how devastating an absence of a foundational player is. Put simply, it makes it impossible to win a championship in the NBA. Heading into the 2012-13 season, the Rockets are sitting in great position to challenge San Antonio for the division title or at least to make the playoffs.

The team Vegas had predicted to win 30 games now suddenly has an Olympian in James Harden and an exciting point guard in Jeremy Lin to pair with its promising draft picks. For Daryl Morey, patience in the trade market paid off. Rockets fans can now enjoy the James Harden era in Houston.

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The Georgetown women’s soccer team’s shutouts so far this season.

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Harden Georgetown Two Wins Away From Title Will Lift Rockets I CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

t wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey slept much better this weekend than he had in months. His team had just pulled off what may soon be known as one of the greatest heists in all of basketball: The Rockets stole one of the best 20 players in the NBA — and one who is only 23 years old — from a top conference rival. Almost overnight, Morey added any championship team’s key ingredient to his club: a superstar. Morey — dubbed “Dork Elvis” for his love of advanced statistics — had previously seen his efforts result in the assembly of some of the worst pro teams in the NBA. Before the trade was completed, Vegas had predicted the Rockets’ win total to be the fifth lowest in the league, even worse than the Washington Wizards. As his tenure in Texas wore on, his use of statistics had led to little oncourt success. The expectations for this team were low, and for good reason. After NBA

The No. 13 Georgetown women’s soccer team already has the Big East regular season title under its belt. Now, the Hoyas have the opportunity to add another achievement to their dominant season: conference tournament champions. The next step in that drive comes today, when the Hoyas (15-2-2, 8-1-1 Big East) face South Florida (10-5-3, 6-2-2 Big East) in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. “We are certainly going to get [South Florida’s] best effort. They have played pretty much everyone pretty tough this year,” Head Coach Dave Nolan, who was named Big East coach of the Year Thursday, said. “They don’t really have any bad losses — their losses have come against good teams. They are obviously a very good team. “ Georgetown, the No. 1 seed from the National Division, will look to upend that feisty USF squad — the No. 2 seed from the American Division. See BULLS, A9

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Junior forward Colleen Dinn (24) scored the game winner in Georgetown’s quarterﬁnals win over DePaul Sunday.

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Corey Blaine commissioner David Stern modified the Chris Paul-to-Los Angeles trade to no longer include Houston, Dork Elvis was left stunned. But instead of focusing on the NBA’s malpractice, Morey focused his efforts on acquiring Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic, stocked up accordingly on draft picks and created cap space. That was all well and good, but then the trade for Howard didn’t work out either. As a result, the Rockets were left with a ragtag group of draft picks, last year’s phenom Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik — who will make over $8 million this season despite a career points-per-game of 2.9. Yet, through the disappointment, Morey spotted an opportunity. Less than 500 miles north of Houston, Oklahoma City’s general manager, Sam Presti had a much different situation on his hands. His Thunder had just reached the NBA Finals and possessed an incredible young core of Team USA members, in Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. The only issue in Oklahoma was the same one that many small market teams face: money. For a team to be able to pay three players maximum contracts, it has to be generating enough revenue to pay for the NBA’s penalties. The Celtics, Lakers and Heat have all successfully pulled off the “big three” team structure, but revenues in L.A., Boston and Miami are significantly higher than in Houston. Faced with possibly losing Harden to free agency at the end of the season because of his inability to give him a max deal, Presti entered panic mode. That’s when Dork Elvis stepped in. He had been unfairly beaten by the system twice, but when Oklahoma City was ready to break up his young core, Morey did not miss his chance. Although he had previously given talks at MIT about statistics in basketball, he shunned his advanced statistics-driven approach at the chance to make this deal to bring Houston a superstar. In the long history of professional See MOREY, A9

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Sophomore Tyler Rudy is tied for second on the team with two assists on the season but does most of his work in the midﬁeld.

Towards the end of practice Wednesday afternoon, the No. 4 Georgetown men’s soccer team (152-1, 6-2-0 Big East) separated itself into two teams on the far side of Multi-Sport Field. Sophomore Tomas Gomez and junior Keon Parsa alternated between the pipes as their teammates individually stepped up to the spot 12 yards from the net and competed to put it past them. The intent behind the drill was clear: With postseason play now upon them, the Hoyas cannot afford to miss penalty kicks as they did Saturday against Seton Hall. Although the team eked out a 1-0 win, the Blue and Gray’s two penalty kick miscues could have cost it dearly. Beginning with their Big East tournament quarterfinal against No. 13 St. John’s (10-3-4, 4-31 Big East) tomorrow, the staff and players recognize that there will be no such margin for error. “If you try to make a run in the Big East tournament or NCAA tournament, the further you go, See JOHNNIES, A8

FOOTBALL

Spate of Injuries Allows Kimpela to Shine JOSH SIMMONS Hoya Staff Writer

It is almost cliche to describe the average athlete as humble. But Georgetown freshmen running back Jo’el Kimpela is hardly the average athlete. In his junior year of high school at Euless Trinity in Texas, Kimpela — who originally hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo — was still playing junior varsity football. It was there that his high school and now Hilltop teammate Dezmond Richardson first noticed something special about the hardworking running back. “He was better than everybody on JV his junior year,” Richardson, a freshman linebacker, said. “So I was like, ‘Why is he not playing?’”

When Kimpela did finally get his Head Coach Kevin Kelly. And alchance to take the field, he made though the Blue and Gray might the most of it: The 5-foot-10 ‘back seem a tough sell for an all-state Texas running back, was named to it was the obvious the Texas 5A pick for Kimpela. All-State team “The sky is the limit. As his teammates his senior year, ... I think he will be an noted, Kimpela’s a season in religious which he gained elite back in the Patriot deep roots and rigorous 2,109 yards and League for years to approach to acascored 26 touchcome.” demics made the downs. Hilltop an ideal It was under those Friday KEVIN KELLY location. Football head coach “Georgetown night lights that seemed like a great Kimpela truly place — the people, the studies, the fell in love with football. “High school football in Texas football,” Kimpela said. “Academics was awesome,” Kimpela said. “It was are tough here, and I just try to stay great — the fans, the crowd, the at- tough on my school work.” Early this season, it seemed like mosphere. There’s nothing like it.” His play drew the attention of the freshman might once again

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have to wait a while to play, as he sat behind junior running backs Nick Campanella and Dalen Claytor and senior Wilburn Logan on the depth chart. Through the first seven games, he had only five carries for a zero-yard total. But when Claytor went down with a shoulder injury, Kimpela stepped up. After carrying the ball six times for 23 yards in the Hoyas’ loss to Colgate, Kimpela broke out last week to help the Hoyas end their four-game losing streak in a 20-17 road win against Lafayette. The Texan carried the ball 16 times for 80 yards and also caught a five-yard touchdown pass from fellow freshman Kyle Nolan to fuel the Blue and Gray victory. The breakout See KIMPELA, A9