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COMMENTARY Engaging in interfaith dialogue is difficult but important work.

Senior Isaiah Kempf is benched; sophomore Kyle Nolan to start.

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STAYING COMPETITIVE The Hoya sat down with Dean of Admissions Charles Deacon.

NEWS, A5

OPINION, A3

AREA STUDIES In recent years, area studies funding has been severely slashed.

NEWS, A5

Jack Crew Cut to 6 Members In Rare Move, Tisa Sam Abrams

Special to The Hoya

When Georgetown’s new mascot John C. Carroll arrives on campus today, he will have only six handlers, down from approximately 20 Jack Crew members who cared for the former mascot-in-training, Jack Jr. “We’ve agreed to cut down the Jack Crew because it is unhealthy for the dog to have so many masters, especially when he is just getting used to his new surroundings,” Paul O’Neill (CAS ’86), chief operating officer for advancement and a member of the Bulldog Advisory Committee, said last week.

According to Jack Crew members, the reduced size reflects a desire to focus on the consistency of the new mascot’s training. The large size of J.J.’s Jack Crew may have adversely affected his training.

“It’s sad that Jack’s Crew is smaller — it reduces the opportunity for students to be on it,” Jack Crew member Rachel Grocock (SFS ’14) said. “At the same time, the focus is on the well-being of the mascot. Part of the reason we had some training issues with J.J. was he was dealing with so many different people all of the time. This way he knows which people he’s responsible to.”

Though the current Jack Crew members care for Jack, the 10-yearold dog does not need to be walked as often as he once did, according to Georgetown University Student Association Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14), a member of the Jack Crew and the BAC. The six remaining Jack Crew members were informed about the decision on Monday. Ramadan said that after a period of adjustment to campus life, the Jack Crew may be expanded again.

Members of the Jack Crew expressed disappointment at the decision but excitement that the bulldog tradition is set to continue.

“The trimming down is hard because a lot of kids feel passionately about our bulldog tradition, and the decision to reduce the crew leaves them feeling underappreciated and out of the loop,” Jack Crew member Laura Narefsky (COL ’14) said. “However, I’m grateful that we will again have a live bulldog mascot present on campus, and I’m excited to work with the puppy.”

All six remaining members of the Jack Crew are upperclassmen, who generally have more experience in the group and more flexibility in their schedules, according to BAC member and Head of Jack Crew Ne-

BrandishesVeto Pen Annie Chen

Hoya Staff Writer

COURTESY JANICE HOCHSTETLER

A select group of six students will walk the new Jack the Bulldog. vada Schadler (COL ’15).

“Trimming down the crew was best for the puppy, and every student helper wants what’s best for our mascot,” Schadler said. “Giving the bulldog more familiarity and a closer-knit environment with a small number of walkers is the best system for him to acclimate to life on the Hilltop. Everyone understands this, and I’ve received no negativity feedback from the crew.”

Members of Jack Crew who were See JACK, A6

GUBanking Partners Under Consideration Kit Clemente

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COURTESY WAUGH FAMILY

Mark Waugh (LAW ’16) was killed Oct. 13 at a friend’s apartment.

Friends Remember Waugh

Georgetown’s 10-year partnership with Capital One and PNC Bank could come to an end this year.

The partnership, which began as a five-year contract in 2003, was renewed without competition for an additional five years through 2013. This year, the university sent “requests for intent” to vendors other than Capital One, though the bank is still in the running for a continued contract.

There is currently a Capital One branch in Leavey Center, and GOCards can be linked to PNC accounts to function as

debit cards.

“We’re looking a little more broadly at what we want,” Associate Vice President for Financial Operations Lennie Carter said.

Qualities that the university is looking for in potential partners include wealth management, reduced fees and increased training and availability, as well as working with students to complete portfolios, manage budgets, establish and maintain credit scores and manage credit cards and creditcard debt.

A review committee composed of financial officers, students and faculty will evaluate a See BANKS, A6

GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) vetoed a bill Monday night that had been passed unanimously by the GUSA senate on Sunday, the first time a presidential veto had been used in three years.

The bill would have allowed the Green Revolving Loan Fund, a Social Innovation and Public Service Fund project, to begin issuing loans and grants for green projects to students.

The funding for GRLF came from money left over from a $250,000 allocation in the 2012 Student Activities Fee and Endowment reform for Georgetown Energy to install solar panels on university-owned townhouses. SAFE reform also established the SIPS fund, which manages GRLF. The bill passed by the GUSA senate would have provided the SIPS Fund Board full fiduciary responsibility over GRLF and authorized the SIPS Fund Board to dispense funds as both loans and grants, as opposed to just loans.

In his veto, Tisa said that this bill did not give proper care to the GRLF. “The bill passed by the Senate on October 20 does not meet the standards of long-term planning and accountability followed throughout the SAFE process. I am vetoing this item to give Senate leadership the opportunity to produce a better bill,” Tisa wrote in his veto.

Tisa outlined three specific concerns to be addressed. First, the Finance and Appropriations Committee, which led SAFE reform, did not review the bill. Tisa’s other concerns were about the bill’s language, which he characterized as too vague, and that “the bill missed the opportunity to build transparency into the process.”

SIPS board members, however, said that the fund has the authority to change the funding mechanisms of GRLF on its own, and that seeking senate approval for these changes was a courtesy.

“The board thought it might be better for the growth of the fund to have the option on the table. Based on our own bylaws that came out of the referendum, we’re confident that we do have the purview to do what we’re doing, but we want it to

be confirmed,” SIPS Fund Managing Director Ethan Chess (COL ’14) said.

Tisa, who was present at the senate meeting, said that the senate passed the bill with little debate.

“The senate hasn’t done their due diligence. At this point we have a whole new generation of leadership in place. Most involved in the original SAFE reform have graduated, but the responsibility of the senate to make sure student money is being spent responsibly nate tisa hasn’t changed,” Tisa said. “The bill was extraordinarily vague for a document confirming the transfer of $250,000 dollars. It’s so vague that it’s not a legitimate document to help clarify the final steps of implementation.”

GUSA Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair Seamus Guerin (COL ’16) agreed that debate was lacking.

“SAFE Reform took place a while ago, and the institutional memory wasn’t kept up,” Guerin said. “The problem stems from not knowing which questions to ask.”

But according to GUSA Senator Ben Weiss (COL ’15), Tisa, too, failed to raise any concerns at the senate meeting.

“Nate was at the senate meeting and was granted the opportunity to ask questions, but he didn’t raise the concerns in his veto at the floor,” Weiss said.

Tisa is sending the bill back to the senate, and the senate committee will reframe the bill and present it at the senate meeting this Sunday.

However, the senate does have the authority to override an executive veto with a two-thirds majority.

Former GUSA Director of SAFE Reform Implementation Colton Malkerson (COL ’13) confirmed that the original proposal in the 2012 SAFE referendum did not allow the GRLF to give out grants.

“The bill does not respect the clear intention of students when they voted for SAFE Reform,” Malkerson said. “It was made very clear that the See VETO, A6

senate stories

Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

In his short time at the Georgetown University Law Center, Mark Edward Waugh (LAW ’16) left behind a legacy of eloquence, dedication and leadership.

Waugh attended Langley High School in nearby McLean, Va., where he befriended classmate Rahul Gupta. Gupta, who received a master’s in physiology at Georgetown in 2013, was charged on Oct. 13 with stabbing Waugh to death after the two had celebrated Gupta’s 24th birthday.

Born June 26, 1990, in Washington, D.C., Waugh was an Eagle Scout who earned the Boy Scouts of America Medal of Honor in 2007 for performing the Heimlich maneuver to save the life of a fellow student choking on a bottle cap.

He graduated in 2008 from Langley High School, where he was as a member of the German Honor Society, the Leadership Honor Society, the debate team and Model United Nations. Known for being rambunctious and energetic, Waugh was also a member of the football and wrestling teams.

It was in high school when he befriended Gupta, now 24 and a firstyear biomedical engineering graduate

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke about his political career with members of Georgetown University College Democrats in ICC Auditorium on Monday evening. The first-term senator emphasized the importance of perseverance and determination in overcoming opposition.

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OPINION

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Tuesday, OCTOBER 22, 2013

THE VERDICT Founded January 14, 1920

EDITORIALS

Transfers in Housing Transitioning to life at Georgetown is daunting. But the experience comes with even more challenges for the 228 new sophomore and junior transfer students this year who must acclimate to a new city, adjust to a different academic atmosphere and do their best to make friends with students who have bonded since freshman New Student Orientation. Housing, a cause of stress for most Georgetown students, is especially fraught for transfers, since in almost all cases they have no choice in where or with whom they should live.

Transfer students either fill open spaces in university-owned apartments or are placed in Village C East or LXR, two of the least desirable non-freshman dorms.

LXR, several blocks from the front gates, and VCE, with its odd mix of freshmen, transfers and graduate students, are not especially conducive to welcoming new students.

The university should instead consider designating blocks of rooms in either Copley Hall or the Southwest Quad to house sophomore and junior transfer students.

Designating part of a floor in one or both of these centrally located, attractive dorms would be an important step in fulfilling the obligation we have to ease the transition for transfer students.

Of course, taking any spaces away from the already highly competitive lottery process might well irk current students whose chances for the best dorms would be subsequently diminished. In this case, these students should reflect on their own transition to Georgetown and remember how difficult that first year can be. It’s a cause worthy of a small sacrifice from the rest of us.

For transfer students, one of the biggest challenges is finding a community within Georgetown. If these rooms are set aside before the spring housing selection, transfer dorms can more easily feel like home.

This week, Mayor Vincent Gray proposed a District-wide ban on environmentally harmful Styrofoam. While Georgetown is commendably already a foam-free campus, the noise generated by this proposal brings focus to exciting new sustainability initiatives on campus. Specifically, Students of Georgetown Inc.’s “Kill the Cup” campaign presents the first major campus effort to integrate environmental issues into social media. Pairing sustainability and the Web is a creative step, and other food vendors on campus would be wise to take note.

The university aims to cut its carbon footprint in half by the year 2020, and this year has seen promising steps toward that goal.

When coupled with the founding of the Office of Sustainability and new recycling bins in many campus apartments, the current Kill the Cup campaign is especially encouraging. The Corp has long had a discount for patrons who reuse their paper cups or bring reusable ones. Now, with the help of a $550 grant from Corp Philanthropy, they

have partnered with the nationwide initiative killthecup.org. The campaign focuses on increasing awareness; students upload photos of themselves with reusable cups to the Kill the Cup website and are eligible for various prizes.

The university cannot accomplish its goals of sustainability through administrative efforts alone. Students must continue pursuing these types of initiatives — and put pressure on the entire campus to follow suit. Sustainability efforts are notably absent among the Hilltop’s other food vendors. Though neither Cosi nor Einstein Bros. Bagels, for instance, are university- or student-owned, they nonetheless share our campus and must consider implementing programs that correspond with campus expectations.

Sometimes being environmentally conscious involves nothing more than reusing and recycling. The Corp has been helping Georgetown to see this clearly. Now is the time for Georgetown students to play their part.

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Biden Alert – The Georgetown Ministry Center’s Spirit a received a surprise visit from the vice president during their annual Spirit of Georgetown last weekend.

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Van Go – D.C. Metro has released new Van Gogh-themed SmarTrip cards that will take $3 off admission when presented at the Phillips Collection.

Pumpkin Madness – A pumpkin patch near Union Station will play host to a pumpkin-carving happy hour this Thursday as a D.C. Halloween kick-off.

Three-in-One – Wisconsin Avenue will soon be welcoming Pinstripes, an Italian-American bistro that doubles as a bocce venue and a bowling alley.

Left Behind – Georgetown’s men’s basketball was notably absent from USA Today’s top-25 coaches preseason poll.

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US ... @CntrEdWrkfrce Oct. 21 Be sure to read this article from @thehoya on our #failuretolaunch report @SC_Georgetown

Oct. 21 @TheHoya Welcome Jack! Awwww he’s shoo cute! @kbloomq1

Oct. 20 adorable! #babyjack #hoyasaxa MT @thehoya: The Bulldog Advisory Committee is accepting Mascot Caretaker applications. @Glidehoyas

Oct. 18 @NicoDodd @thehoyasports @CasualHoya @GUAlumni good question but I think it should be called College Hoops Madness on the Hilltop haha

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Oct. 18 Groan MT @thehoya A PETA tent on Healy Lawn presented students with graphic images of factory farming to encourage veganism. @adamnramadan

Oct. 18 “@thehoya: Georgetown’s next Jack the Bulldog will arrive on campus early next week.” quality quote by yours truly @TheGoodMOOC

Oct. 18 A lecture hall that fits 20,000: @Georgetown’s experience with #MOOCs @thehoya @edXOnline #onlineeducation #higered @ElizabethBuckel

Oct. 18 Um, not Jack? We have issues. RT@thehoya The new bulldog, whose name is John C. Carroll will move to Georgetown early next week. @hoyaemlisboa

Oct. 18 @thehoya Let’s try to not freak him out as much as we did the other one. #mascotissues

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Janet Zhu

A Sign of Hospitality Those who call the Hilltop home rarely go long without being asked for directions, from parents looking for their child’s dormitory to professionals late for a conference. As willing as students are to amiably oblige these requests for directions, why is their help, especially during special campus events, so necessary?

Georgetown needs to increase the clarity and volume of signage on campus so that visitors can more easily find their way to major campus buildings and get a feel for the topography of the Hilltop without relying on help from its residents.

Thousands of visitors stream through campus each year, most of whom will seek out prominent landmarks. Right now, one of their only physical guides is a small map standing just inside the front gates. This situation is a recipe for

lost and frustrated guests — a problem that becomes particularly evident during events like Parents’ Weekend, when many unfamiliar visitors seek out several destinations at the same time. While the paw-print paths laid out for Parents’ Weekend were undoubtedly helpful, they were all temporary, not to mention confusing. And at a school with such a small but dense campus, the need for signage is especially evident.

The university should add simple signs to the common paths on campus, increasing Georgetown’s navigability and minimizing the need for students to play the role of a GPS for visitors. The university has an interest in making the campus easy for others to use, and this would be a simple and effective change toward that end.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, october 22, 2013

CURMUDGEON’S CORNER

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VIEWPOINT • Sajwani

Embracing Islam in Dahlgren Chapel

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Nicholas Dirago

The Danger Of Keeping Too Busy

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henever I find myself in a professor’s office hours or chatting with adults, they usually ask something along the lines of, “How’s your semester?” I’ve found that one of the first things out of my mouth is typically, “busy,” or, “busy, but better busy than bored, I guess.” Either way, I include being busy.

I’ve generally found the same to be true of interactions with peers; everyone on this campus is busy. Not only are they busy, though, they want you to know they’re busy. Because if you aren’t busy, what exactly are you doing? If you have four extra hours in your Wednesday afternoon, why aren’t you using them to do research with a professor or to prepare for the MCAT? If you’re managing your commitments and stress easily, why aren’t you pushing yourself to your limits? Why get eight hours of sleep a night when you can get five? After all, people who work at JPMorgan or go to Yale Law are over committed, stressed and sleep deprived. Shouldn’t we prepare ourselves for the next phase of our lives?

In some sense, we should. A Georgetown education is an investment of nearly a quarter-million dollars, and we should want it to pay off. And while I firmly believe that the most important development that occurs in college is personal as opposed to pre-professional, I’m not naive enough to think it doesn’t often come down to GPA and resume after graduation. Because most employers and graduate schools are interested in candidates who can juggle a heap of tasks, being busy as an undergraduate makes sense.

Unfortunately, I’m not convinced that practical pre-professional preparation is all that’s going on. More perniciously, it seems that being busy is a form of status on this campus — a measure of how good you are at Georgetown-ing. The more effectively you navigate the pressure to be busy future members of the upper-mid-

We should do a better job of keeping ourselves from going overboard. dle class, the more status you have. But where there is status, of course, there is also exclusion. By labeling ourselves as busy go-getters, we are identifying as part of the winning group; it’s a subtle, if unwitting, way of setting ourselves above our peers. The problem is that we reinforce the capitalist treadmill in our dayto-day lives in unhealthy ways: Productivity goes hand-in-hand with competition.

On the other hand, however, we don’t always excel at efficiency, which is puzzling because efficiency is a large part of what employers are seeking. An interesting consequence of this competition to be busy is that it exacerbates our already poor time management. Because we strive to overextend ourselves, we’ll spend nine hours in the library — two or three of them surfing the Web or returning to Midnight MUG yet again. Nonetheless, the next day, we’ll complain about having been up until 3 a.m. writing a paper, playing into our tendency to overstrain ourselves in the name of dedication.

I’m always struck when I hear people say that the Hilltop isn’t a particularly competitive campus. Academically, perhaps it isn’t; you don’t hear the classic stories about students tearing pages out of library books to give themselves the upper hand. Pressure to win the rat race at Georgetown, however, is still acute. Surely, one of the best stereotypes of Georgetown students is our dedication to engaging with the world and our interests. I’m simply saying we should do a better job of keeping ourselves from going overboard.

Who knows? Being less busy might actually make us more efficient and more employable.

What really matters, I think, is that we challenge ourselves and pursue our passions while still leaving space for self-care and leisure. That way, the next time a professor asks me how the semester is going, I don’t have to bore him or her with the fact that, like everyone else, I’m “busy.”

Nicholas Dirago is a senior in the College. CURMUDGEON’S CORNER appears every other Tuesday.

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’ll admit it: I didn’t do much research about Georgetown before I got here. In fact, when I first arrived at New Student Orientation and learned about our 200-year-old Catholic-Jesuit heritage, I had two questions: What was a Jesuit? And would they try to convert me to Christianity?

I use the term “convert” loosely.

I knew no one would really try to force any religious beliefs on me, but I also knew that simply stating religious acceptance also didn’t mean much. At my nominally secular public high school in Atlanta, social acceptance depended on prayer before Friday football games and attending church on Sundays. I didn’t partake in either, but I did live near a church. My family stopped attending community block party barbecues when the proselytizing began.

It wasn’t that my family didn’t believe in God: It was quite the opposite case. We didn’t feel the need to join my neighborhood’s religious community because we already belonged to one 15 minutes away. The Ummah, the Arabic word for community, represents the culmination of over 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, and there are 15 million followers of my specific sect, known as Ismailis, across the globe. I’ve grown up in this religious community since birth and held steadfast to its traditions and beliefs. Coming to college with this background in faith, I wasn’t entirely sure how to interpret Georgetown’s Catholic heritage.

During my first days here, I remember hearing people say, “All religions are embraced on this

Coming to Georgetown was the first time I stepped outside of my religious comfort zone. campus with open arms” or “We love for you to become a part of interreligious dialogue on campus.” With my experience in Atlanta in the back of my mind, all I heard was, “We’re trying to convert you.” The idea of wishing that peace be with someone, however, intrigued me, and I decided to defy all norms of my religious adherence, attending Hindu puja services and Catholic Mass — although never letting my

attendance at these services conflict with my own Friday evening prayers in East Falls Church, Va. It was the first time I had ever been out of my religious comfort zone, and these explorations came with hesitation. Did attending Sunday puja make me a Hindu? Was getting advice from a rabbi a form of implicit conversion?

Luckily, I soon found out about the Interfaith Student Association, an organization whose mis-

sion is to promote interreligious dialogue on campus. The first ISA meeting I attended the spring semester of my freshman year was eye opening. I was blown away by the level of engagement shown by the students in the organization.

Each of them had a personal project, ranging from community service to leadership retreats. Their passion made me want to do more, and I have been committed to interfaith efforts ever since.

So many traditions fill the Georgetown campus, from Mask & Bauble to the Blue and Gray Society, all of which embody Jesuit values in their own ways. For the most part, people don’t come to Georgetown knowing what they want to be a part of, instead leaping into things with the hope of finding passion in the causes they discover. In the same way, interreligious dialogue is an ageold Georgetown tradition that I believe furthers our Jesuit values.

Often times, people forget that interreligious dialogue is an active process and prefer to sit on the sidelines while others engage their faiths in conversation.

It is a challenge to be a part of the dialogue. It takes thought, effort and an open mind. But each of us not only has the potential but also the obligation to be men and women for and with each other in conversations about faith. Yes, it’s a challenge for some of us. But then again, when has a challenge ever stopped a Georgetown student?

Noreen Sajwani is a junior in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is chair of the Interfaith Student Association.

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VIEWPOINT • Schilling

Return to Christianity Finding Fulfillment As the Root of Charity In Our Limitations

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very college campus has its becomes a static pond of relativism dogmas — those beliefs that that lacks authentic dynamism and no one dares to question. conversion toward the truth.

Here at Georgetown, the term “soAuthentic human development cial justice” seems to occupy that must be anchored in something privileged place, attracting more more than good intentions or novel attention than any sort of value of interpretations of Church doctrine. its kind. Its vogue reflects George- It must be grounded in a cohertown’s Jesuit and Catholic charac- ent understanding of the natural ter, in which social justice plays law, one that recognizes the same an essential role. At the same nature and same origin of all hutime, the pervasiveness of the man beings. Utilitarian and secular term and the carelessness with perspectives are tenuous foundawhich we use it undermines our tions upon which to establish an community’s pursuit of authentic adequate vision of charity. Human justice and charity. rights and human dignity must be The danger stems from the recognized as gifts from God not temptation among students and donations from the powers that be. administrators to discuss social Despite these problems of Georgejustice while distorting the Christ- town’s campus life, the Knights of centered faith that gives it mean- Columbus is one student group acing. Simply put, when deprived tively seeking to defend the Catholic of the fullness of Christian truth, vision of charity and truth. Our mischarity loses its shape, becoming sion is simple: to challenge young like a ball of Play-Doh that can be men to live a life of active faith while molded into any object the owner serving others. Specifically, we endesires. We see courage each much of this member to dechild’s play on velop his spiriThe Knights of Columbus the Hilltop, tuality while actively seek to defend the where the landedicating one Catholic vision of charity and Saturday of guage of “social justice” and “Jeevery month truth. suit values” sudto service. Our denly morphs projects ininto convenient rhetorical weap- clude Hands-on-Housing, Grate Paonry to advance political, social and trol and diaper drives. economic platforms. This problem But just like Christ’s ministry, the is particularly acute among those work of the Knights of Columbus groups who advocate positions hos- is not confined to acts of mercy. As tile to the Catholic tradition. They a college council, we strive to bear would have us believe that their witness to a certain intellectual positions are the true orthodoxy, de- charity. This virtue should not be spite possessing agendas that bear confused with mere “tolerance” or more resemblance to a political ide- “openness” — two social truces we ology than to scripture. hear much about here at GeorgeIt is for this reason that the mis- town. Intellectual charity is far more sion of a Catholic university is to demanding than merely coexisting educate students in the truth of with our fellow students. After all, the human person — the truth Jesus Christ tells us not simply to coas revealed in the person of Jesus exist but to “love one another” and Christ, who taught humanity the “preach the Gospels.” Our Council fullness of human living. Teaching answers Christ’s call by sponsoring the Christian truth is not an “im- the Cardinal O’Connor Conference position” but rather a propsition on Life as well as the McGivney Lecthat carries with it the promise of ture Series. authentic liberation.

What motivates the Knights of In his social Encyclical, “Caritas in Columbus is not social recognition Veritate,” Pope Benedict XVI warned or politics. Instead, we are inspired against the perils of detaching char- by the universal vocation of love ity from truth. “A Christianity of and the conviction that we are most charity without truth would be fully human when we, like Jesus more or less interchangeable with Christ, respond to this vocation with a pool of good sentiments, help- a sincere gift of ourselves. Charity is ful for social cohesion, but of little not a commandment or a duty. It is relevance.” If this is correct, the our spontaneous reaction to the selftendency to commandeer Catholic sacrificial love revealed to us in the principles for political ends does not figure of the crucified Christ — the even have the benefit of cultivating ultimate standard of charity. campus dialogue. In fact, it damages dialogue, injecting ambiguity and Andrew Schilling is a senior in confusion into issues that have no the College. He is a member of shortage of either. Campus dialogue Knights of Columbus.

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teach a theology class composed all or become all things to all people. mostly of seniors. They are great Running from one activity or one company, reminding me of my relationship to the next, weighed 22-year-old self as a student here on down by the expectations of others, the Hilltop long ago. This generation we drive ourselves into the ground. of Georgetown students is asking We are left with nothing substantial age-old questions to which theology to give to anyone. can offer some compelling answers: Seniors especially face this tempWhat gives my life meaning? Who is tation to do all and be all. They realGod for me? What is my vocation in ize that they only have a few months life? What values do I want to live by? left. It gets worse when the “99 days” While these questions are self-direct- countdown begins in the spring. So ed, they are not necessarily narcis- much to do, so little time. Classes, sistic. What we do should flow from friends, exploring D.C., extracurricuthe deepest sense of who we are. It is lars, parties. The bucket list gets longood that we take time to consider ger and longer. such questions before we act. That’s If you are in this thicket, relax, how we become contemplatives in and remember that you are created, action. beautifully limited. You cannot do It is easy to rush the answer, as everything, and that is OK. My counwe run from one thing to another. sel is not an invitation to mediocrity.

Such frenzy is all Jesuits speak about too prevalent here the magis as much at Georgetown, as being contemwhere there are so platives in action. many good things The magis, which to do. But therein means, in Latin, lies the danger: the more or the We may do a lot better, demands but experience that we never setFr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. nothing deeply. tle for mediocrity The resume gets but strive for exlong, but it is filled Seniors, make the last cellence. We strive with meaningless to be more loving, months of your year activities. more dedicated, A fulfilling humore creative, belong to you. man life comes more courageous from thinking, feeling, praying, and more passionate. The magis, committing and relating to others however, is not an invitation to with depth. Striving to live deeply, workaholism and self-defeating perwe can rely on the wisdom of the fectionism. The magis is not about spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of the quantity of what we do; instead Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. He it is about the quality. prefaces the exercises with what he If you are counting the months calls the “Principle and Foundation” until graduation, I suggest focusing — basically a mission statement for on depth, not to-do lists. Spend time life. It opens as follows: “Human and energy on the people, learning beings are created to praise, rever- and activities that are most meanence and serve God our Lord, and ingful to you or choose experiences by means of doing this, to save their that will stretch you, or offer greater souls.” service to others. If how you choose For most of my Jesuit life, I focused your beautifully limited time is on the praising and serving part of not informed by the deepest sense the mission. However, it is only more of who you are, your senior year is recently that I have come to appre- not yours — it’s your friends’ or parciate the wisdom in the first four ents’, your insecurities’, your future words: Human beings are created. paycheck’s. Make it yours. Go to the We are created. We are not God. As bucket list but select only a couple much as we do not want to admit it, of items and savor the experience.

God created us with limits. We have Last summer, I celebrated my limited time and energy. We have a 25th reunion from Georgetown. body with physical limits. We have a Bonding with old friends, I realcertain set of talents and capacities. ized again that the friendships and This should be far from depressing; experiences that mattered most it is actually good news. In realizing to me, after a quarter of a century, what we can and cannot do, we get were those that I focused on makto know ourselves, distinguish our- ing deep. Now is the time to begin selves from others and appreciate your meaning-making. another’s gifts.

The great lie of our time is that we Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., is the vice can do or have it all. We cannot. We president for mission and ministry. must make choices. We become mis- AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT … appears erable in the quixotic search to do it every other Tuesday.

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Committee members hope the course will soon be expanded to a full three Special to The Hoya credits.

Although the School of Foreign “Back in 1919, at the start of the Service will not turn 100 until 2019, SFS, wealth management and interits students have already formed a national commerce were the main planning group for the school’s anni- subjects on offer. As the world has versary celebrations. The Centennial changed, the SFS curriculum adaptCommittee, which falls under the ae- ed, providing leaders in development gis of the SFS Academic Council, is in aid, diplomacy, poverty alleviation its second year of operation. and counterterrorism,” SFS Director In their planning, committee mem- of Outreach Gail Griffith (SFS ’72) bers are taking inspiration from the said. “The course will discuss these school’s 75th anniversary celebration global shifts and what the SFS did to in 1994, which took the form of a impact these international issues.” weekend of seminars and speakers inThe committee came up with the cluding President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68), idea for the class and helped draft who was in office at the time. the course’s syllabus and research “We looked back at what they did to requirements. commemorate 75 years, and we want“The course will be a great oppored to do it bigger. We thought that we tunity for students to do research on should start the Centennial Commit- prominent figures and events in the SFS tee early so that our and possibly get pubideas could afford to lished in the soon-tobe more ambitious, be-launched SFS magand so that we could azine,” Sullivan said. formulate a detailed Committee memplan to present to bers envision a yearthe SFS Dean’s Oflong celebration fice,” Centennial of the SFS in 2019, Committee founder which will take place Michael Fischer (SFS over two academic ’13) said. years, culminating in MICHAEL FISCHER (SFS ’13) Centennial Committee Founder In its first year, the a larger version of the group created a soannual Diplomatic cial media presence on Facebook and Ball that will be held in November, the Twitter, conducted research on the month of the school’s founding. school’s history and collected oral his“We want a yearlong lecture setories from SFS alumni. The commit- ries in Gaston Hall where prominent tee also set up tables at Traditions Day, speakers will discuss the role of the the Student Activities Fair and alumni SFS in U.S. foreign policy and U.S hisreceptions in order to make people tory over the last 100 years. Of course aware of the centennial anniversary. we want to celebrate the centennial, “The committee has made a great ef- so we’ll have a large ball, possibly on fort to keep in touch with alumni, and Capitol Hill, and we will hopefully our members have taken an active role bring back former President Clinton in keeping up SFS pride and our proud to speak,” Sullivan said. history,” current Centennial CommitThe centennial celebrations will also tee Chair Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) said. serve as a major fundraiser for the SFS. The committee has successfully “The events of 2019 will help us fill pushed to establish a course on SFS our fundraising needs for our underhistory and its impact on the world, graduate students, and to reengage which will first enroll students in the our 27,000 SFS alumni who live all fall of 2014. The one-credit pilot course, over the world,” Griffith said. which will be taught by SFS Dean CarThe group, which meets once every ol Lancaster (SFS ’64) and Director of two weeks, hopes to continue its planthe Master of Science in Foreign Ser- ning with the SFS Dean’s Office and vice program Anthony Arend (SFS ’80), start to formulate a more concrete is the first course about a Georgetown plan for the centennial celebrations in institution to be offered on the Hilltop. the upcoming months.

“We [started] early so that our ideas could afford to be more ambitious.”

Last week, members of GU Pride walked through a door in Red Square in celebration of Coming Out Day. But many of those who joined in the celebrations “came out” as a different identity: ally.

Allies, or those who actively support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community but do not identify with any of those identities themselves, are among some of GU Pride’s most active members. Throughout campus, allies advocate for LGBTQ rights in various degrees, from those who are involved in GU Pride to students who attend occasional GU Pride events and students who support LGBTQ rights but would not refer to themselves as allies.

“Ally is a bit of a deceiving term,” GU Pride Ally Representative Jayme Amann (SFS ’15) said. “I think being an ally is being an advocate. I think a lot of the allies at Georgetown need to do more, because just saying that you’re an ally doesn’t mean anything. I think, for me, it’s about awareness and trying to actually get people motivated.”

Amann’s passion for LGBTQ rights began when her older brother came

out when she was in high school.

“It really tore my family apart,” Amann said. “I decided to become an advocate. Pride isn’t just members of the LGBTQIA community.

It’s also allies, and that’s something I had a misconception of for some reason. There are a ton of allies, and I feel very comfortable in the club.”

As GU Pride’s ally representative, Amann recruits other allies to become involved in the club and to attend events as part of the group’s mission to increase their scope and diversity, a goal Amann has accomplished by reaching out to members of the Georgetown University College Democrats.

This goal of increasing diversity within GU Pride extends beyond recruitment of allies.

“Pride has been trying to combat the perception that it only represents one type of person — usually a white gay man or straight-acting man. … The reason we wanted to combat that is because if you look at our leadership that’s no longer true,” GU Pride President Thomas Lloyd (SFS ’15) said. “I wanted to make sure our programming made Pride the largest tent community on campus.”

As GU Pride seeks to incorporate more members of all identities, al-

lies acknowledge their role within the organization.

“I still think the group is mostly focused on gay and lesbian people, as it should be,” Kate Scott (COL ’14) said.

Still, allies — especially straight men — can face some challenges in becoming outspoken advocates for gay rights.

“This thing that comes with being a male ally is the stigma that comes with being gay,” Lloyd said. “I think that stigma affects how men tend to be uncomfortable, and it’s not accepted to be masculine and support gay rights.”

This stereotype sometimes exists within the LGBTQ community.

“The gay community should also not label them and assume that they’re secretly gay and wait for them to come out,” Lloyd said.

Khadija Khan (COL ’17) said that her support of LGBTQ rights has drawn curiosity from her peers.

“On Coming Out Day, I was running around in ‘I Am’ button and I got questions and looks,” she said.

“Allies can be part of the LGBTQ movement in so many different ways. … It can just be mentioning something to a classmate when they make a homophobic remark. Standing up and being a voice is the most important part of being an ally.”

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Charles Deacon (CAS ’64, GRD ’69) has served as dean of undergraduate admissions for four decades. As admission season kicks into gear with the early action deadline Nov. 1, Deacon sat down Friday with THE HOYA to discuss the state of Georgetown admissions and the challenges it faces in an ultra-competitive collegiate environment. Below is an edited and abridged transcript. A complete version can be found at thehoya.com.

I’ve heard you say that, simply put, you’re looking for applicants who have exceptional records with scores to back it up. But is there one deeper value that you’re looking for in applications specific to Georgetown?

That’s always a hard question: “Who is the right student?” Obviously, at a place like Georgetown, there is no specific right student. We’ve been able to draw people with lots of different interests and aspirations, and we want a mix of people who reflect the country we’re in and, to some degree, the world.

Georgetown is a Jesuit university, and some of the principles that drive us are extremely important. I think that when you look at history, John Carroll founding Georgetown for the country rather than for immigrant Catholic families who were being denied opportunities — as was the background for most Catholic universities — created a chance for Georgetown to be more than just a university that served a Catholic community. With the importance of religion in today’s world, Georgetown is uniquely positioned to talk about that because we can attract students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Fr. O’Donovan once told me of a time when a tour guide was heard saying, “Don’t worry about it being too Catholic.” That riled up the campus ministry, so Fr. O’Donovan, when he was president back in the ’90s before Jack DeGioia, came and talked to the tour guides about the history of the Jesuits. Then one person got up and said, “Father, that’s really great, but when I’m walking around with a group of people and I don’t know their religious background, what do I say when they say, ‘What does it mean that Georgetown’s a Catholic University?’” Fr. O’Donovan thought about it and said, “Well, I understand your problem. I think I would say that what makes Georgetown special is that you don’t have to leave your religion at the gates.” That’s a great asset for Georgetown.

There were so many things to consider last year regarding changes to the Big East conference structure. Do you think Georgetown properly kept in mind how athletic visibility affects admissions?

We were really in a rock and a hard place.

I was one of the people who was concerned about what was happening very quickly. It happened out of what we see as a necessity. But it had the potential of taking us off of the bigger stage. For better or worse, the Big East was a big stage which has now imploded. The schools that left essentially finished the job of imploding that league. Hopefully, the day will come when a model will work with like-minded institutions. If we had to give up the Big East as we knew it and say, “Where is it most likely that Georgetown will compete?” the answer is the Ivy League. But the Ivy League’s not asking us to join them! (Laughs).

Is that true? I’ve heard a rumor around campus that the Ivy League has asked us to join if we abandoned our Catholic identity.

I don’t think so. I don’t think we were ever in a serious discussion about that. There are a couple of stories there that you could tell. I know that was wishful thinking, but back in those days, there was no argument to be made, really.

Today there actually is an argument to be made. Our highest overlap is in that group. Our

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Deacon has helped grow Georgetown to compete with the elite national universities. football program plays Ivy League schools now, and we have the same philosophy. The one sport that the Ivy probably would like to play bigger in is basketball, which they can. I think that one could argue that we’re one of the few places out there that could fit because we have Division II football, which is the cornerstone of the Ivies.

TV drives all this, and ESPN certainly sees the Washington market. I don’t discount the possibility that there could exist another possibility down the road. But I don’t think that’s being talked about by anybody, probably because the last thing we want to do at this moment in time is to leave any doubt about our decision.

From an institutional basis, the only negative is that we probably are taking a step backward in the national spotlight. Now, the Big East itself could be extraordinarily successful, but the institutions we’re associating with are now all mid-major institutions. I’m not saying that a school like Louisville is a major institution, except that it is in the context of athletics.

In the four decades you’ve been here, so much has changed — not just admissions policy but also the general admissions culture.

But has what we’re looking for changed, too?

No, I don’t think so. The world has changed, and the students have changed with the world, but all that is neither here nor there. Students who come here are looking to make a difference on a national or international level. Whether they’re big dreams or something on a local level, or whether it be in politics or business, or education or whatever, that’s what people come here for. They don’t come here if they just were going to get a college degree and go to work.

Can you measure what percentage of accepted students had Georgetown as a so-called reach or safety school?

There’s really no way of measuring that.

The student body is made up of a number of components; it’s not a free-for-all competition. There are recruited student athletes, kids with a legacy tip, kids with a family employee tip and kids who might have gotten a tip because they applied from one of the elite prep schools, so the pure competitive number is probably about 70 percent. What we see is that a lot of those kids could interchangeably have been admitted to any of the top schools.

We know who we tend to win from. We’ll win eight or 10 admitted applicants from Harvard and lose 100, while we’ll win 300 from Boston College and lose 25. We are only up against a small number of elite schools where we’re not going to compete well. We’re only going to lose dramatically to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford. We win dramatically against many elite schools, including at least three ranked above us by U.S. News.

Classes that are more than three credits usually involve extra course hours or lab sessions. But for some students, a fourth credit signifies an engagement with social justice rather than more time in the classroom.

Through the Center for Social Justice’s fourth-credit option program, approximately 20 students expand on course material by volunteering for related community-based organizations.

“The goal is to help them understand their material more deeply and reflect based on community experience,” Executive Director of the CSJ Andria Wisler said.

The broad nature of social justice work gives students the flexibility to apply the fourth credit to a range of classes across departments.

Community-based organizations include government agencies, nonprofits, non-governmental organizations or schools. Students can do work ranging from service to policy analysis, research or advocacy work.

All students who wish to participate can apply to the program; it is possible to receive a CSJ fourth credit for a class even if the professor does not participate.

“There’s no list of classes that accept the fourth credit,” Wisler said. “Rather, it’s that the course material deepens the student’s community engagement work

and vice versa.”

James Gadea (SFS ’16), who is receiving his fourth credit in his “International Trade” class, works with the Kalmanovitz Initiative Day Laborer Exchange Program.

“You gain a deeper insight into the system and gain a more personal touch to your studies,” Gadea said.

“You’re actually talking to someone that’s affected by international trade, rather than reading about the effects of international trade in a textbook or doing Aplia problems.”

For many, the work is more fulfilling than simply receiving a grade in a course.

“We’ve had kids who we now see in college or graduating high school. It’s really nice to keep up with someone and see that they’re doing well when all odds are against them,” Chloe Forman (COL ’14) said of her fourth-credit experience in the After School Kids program in conjunction with a sociology class.

Drawing the link between class and service can prove more difficult in some partnerships than others.

“I think some of the other people that were doing the fourth-credit option had classes that were more relatable because they were more directly sociology or social justice classes, and mine was a bit more of a struggle to find the link,” Forman said.

Participant Gilda Gallardo (COL ’17) is working with

the D.C. Schools program as part of her linguistics class.

Her own experience as an immigrant motivated her to volunteer at local schools.

“When I immigrated to the U.S., I moved into a Latino ghetto in the heart of Orange County, [Calif.], and in my neighborhood, it was hard to come by people that spoke English, so it was an academic struggle for me,” Gallardo said. “There was actually a group of college students from neighboring universities to come tutor us.”

In addition to 40 hours of volunteer work over the course of the semester, participants are expected to engage in three dialogue sessions.

“The dialogue sessions give students the ability to interact with other fourthcredit students, so they can get an even broader and deeper understanding of issues affecting our D.C. community,” Wisler said.

Students are also expected to submit three reflection pieces on their experiences.

“I think it’s important to reflect,” Gallardo said. “It’s practice for the real world when I actually do this, and spiritually, I think it’s fulfilling.”

Participants also believe the program has the potential to engage a larger cross section of the student body in community service.

“I’d like to see it as a catalyst for bringing about a deeper involvement in community service and community interaction,” Gadea said.

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year.

In addition, Georgetown relies on additional sources National Resource Cenof funds, such as private ters that focus on area donors like Saudi Prince studies, like Georgetown’s Al-Waleed bin Talal, whose Center for Contemporary donation formed the Center Arab Studies and Center for Muslim-Christian Underfor Eurasian, Russian and standing or organizations East European Studies, have like the Rockefeller Foundafaced a series of federal budtion and BMW. get cuts that seems likely to “We are almost unique continue. in this area. Regional studFunded by federal grants ies have always had a strong through Title VI of the Highpresence here at the School er Education Act of 1965 of Foreign Service, and that, evaluated on a four-year bacoupled with language insis, National Resource Censtruction, which we excel ters are centers at private at, sets us apart from a lot of and public universities that places,” Anderson said. “We offer graduate degrees and are convinced that this is not language instruction fothe only way to deliver intercused on specific regions of national affairs education, the world. but a good way to do it.”

Title VI provides funds Moreover, while American for foreign language and scholars are turning away area studies scholarships, from a region-centric apadjunct professors with proach to international afregion-specific knowledge, fairs, demand for regional region-focused events and studies in the international community outreach. community is growing. An In the last cycle, which beInternational Studies Quargan in 2010, these centerly study, “What Do ters saw a 49 percent “When you work in the Policymakers Want cut in funding, a drop From Us?” to be pubfrom $34 million to $18 government, you need lished in December million. In comparison, people who know practical 2014, surveyed top the Department of Eduofficials from the cation’s discretionary things ... you need Central Intelligence budget, which also inAgency, the State cludes funding for these deep area knowledge.”

Department and the centers, totals more Department of DeANGELA STENT CERES Director than $68 billion. Last fense to determine spring’s sequester, or auwhich social science tomatic federal budget cuts, of area studies has received disciplines they found to caused another 5 percent cut. less attention and focus in be most useful for internaA Council of National Re- recent years. According to tional affairs research. Area source Center Directors sur- BMW Center for German and studies topped the charts, vey recently reported that European Studies Director with 70 percent of respon28 percent of polled institu- Jeffrey Anderson, the study dents rating the subject as tions had to cancel language of international affairs is be- very useful. classes, with 84 percent of coming increasingly global Stent agreed with the rethese institutions unable to in nature, rather than focus- sults of the study, referencfind a way to attain addition- ing on specific regions. ing her years of experience al sources to make up for the “Area studies is at risk of in government work. lost funds. being neglected, because at “When you work in the At Georgetown, three of the moment, political sci- government, you need people the university’s six area ence is getting more quan- who know practical things, studies centers are Title VI titative, focused on more not number crunching,” National Resource Centers: global issues and there is a Stent said. “For that, you need CCAS, CERES and the East strong tendency to not pay deep area knowledge.”

Asia National Resource Cen- attention to countries and As a result, some faculty ter. The East Asia National regions of the world,” An- members are optimistic Resource Center was in derson said. about the future of the disthe development process The cuts, coupled with cipline. around the time of the 2010 this intellectual shift, have “I suspect Georgetown is cuts, and its offerings were diminished most schools’ in a position to lead to a realtered accordingly. focus on area studies. Never- naissance in area studies,” Across CCAS and CERES, theless, Georgetown’s dedica- Center for Latin American 10 courses were defunded tion to the regional compo- Studies Director Marc Cherentirely; an additional two nent of international affairs nick said. “I think many courses had their funding remains strong, despite the universities are revisiting coverage severely slashed. cuts in funding. the ideas of having regional Seven paid positions beAccording to Anderson, specialists.” came unfunded, 10 posi- graduate-level area studies Georgetown is considering tions had their funding programs have had steady holding a conference during coverage reduced and three application numbers and the 2014-2015 academic year positions were completely consistently enroll approxi- to promote the importance eliminated because the loss mately 40 students each of area studies.

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in funding could not be reimbursed elsewhere. Travel funding, often used for invited speakers, was slashed by 95 percent. Funding for acquiring books, publications and money for paying speakers’ fees faced similar cuts.

The next round of Title VI grant applications will be released later this year. Those funds are also subject to possible further cuts.

CERES Director Angela Stent noted that the current political climate is increasing the likelihood of these cuts.

“The real problem is that there has been this coalition between Republicans in the House, who haven’t necessarily wanted to support international education, and then people in the [Department of Education], who feel the money should go to less well-served populations,” Stent said.

Furthermore, in the area of international affairs research, the methodology

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The nation’s higher education system is exacerbating the disadvantages minorities face instead of alleviating them, a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce found.

The July report, titled “Separate and Unequal: How Higher Education Reinforces the Intergenerational Reproduction of White Racial Privilege,” analyzed the correlation between the race of a student and his or her choices regarding higher education. The researchers found that white students tend to attend selective universities with high graduation rates, while minorities tend to attend open-access colleges, community colleges and other institutions with low graduation rates.

According to CEW Director of Research Jeff Strohl, a coauthor of the report, this goes against the typical portrayal of college as “merit-based” and a method of leveling the playing field.

“We were greatly surprised at how significantly different the enrollment flows are between whites and minorities,” Strohl said.

Strohl reported that 82 percent of white enrollment is in the top 468 schools, while African-American and Hispanic students make up 92 percent of enrollment in lower-tier schools.

“There has been a great shift in white enrollment out of the bottom tiers of the education system up to the top, while 72 percent of African-American and 68 percent of net new Hispanic enrollment has gone to the bottom,” Strohl said.

Resident Director of the Black House Aya Waller-Bey (COL ’14) attributed this to a lack of access.

“College-bound students from high-need communities often lack the exposure to institutions like Georgetown, as

rate with 10.5 percent of the class African-American. Duke University had a 94.4 percent graduation rate with 11.8 percent black students.

Nevertheless, Deacon said that Georgetown is diverse.

“There are a lot of pretty well-known schools with pretty low percentages of African American and Latino students,” Deacon said. “Georgetown is actually doing well, relatively speaking. We still could do even better, is the point.”

Strohl agreed and pointed to admissions results from the top selective schools in the country, although he would not comment specifically on Georgetown’s results.

“What we have seen is that the most selective schools haven’t cast their net wide enough and are missing a significant number of high-performing, low-income, minority students,” Strohl said.

Waller-Bey agreed and said that she felt Georgetown could do more to reach out to underrepresented communities.

“I think Georgetown could work more diligently to increase its presence in underrepresented communities in urban cities, which as a result could increase the amount of minority students who apply and gain admissions to Georgetown,” Waller-Bey said.

But the issue of reaching out to underrepresented communities has become more complicated in recent years as class is often seen as a better judge of privilege than race.

“In today’s world, there are many students of multiple races, and as time is going on, the blending and blurring of race is becoming more of a complicating factor, which is why we look at class more than race,” Deacon said. “If we are successful at looking at class, we’re going to include everyone because first-generation, working-class, white kids can get passed up by affirmative action programs based only on race.”

many of their peers choose not to attend college or attend public, in-state institutions — or their schools may not encourage their students to apply to selective colleges and universities,” Waller-Bey said.

As a result, Dean of Admissions Charles Deacon said that Georgetown has partnered with Knowledge Is Power Program charter schools nationwide and Cristo Rey Jesuit high schools to reach potential applicants who would otherwise view Georgetown as inaccessible. The Georgetown Scholarship Program, which supports approximately 10 percent of the student body, also helps students from underperforming schools navigate the academic environment of Georgetown to promote a higher graduation rate.

“Kids from these schools would graduate nationally at 32 percent, but at Georgetown, they graduate at 95 percent,” Deacon said.

Overall, however, Deacon said that Georgetown tended to fit in with the report’s findings.

“Low-income students, particularly minority students, don’t have access to places like Georgetown,” Deacon said. “For a place like Georgetown, there’s only so much you can do since we are an academic institution, and we need a pool of talented students. The process is watching out through all of the eyes of the people who read applications for interesting, talented people — recognizing that the current odds are tilted against some people.”

The New York Times conducted a study in May that addressed the relationship between black freshman matriculation and overall graduation rates in specific universities. In the study, Georgetown had a 93.8 percent graduation rate and 8.2 percent of the class was African-American. In comparison, Columbia University had a 92.8 percent graduation

Tisa Vetoes GUSA Bill VETO, from A1 the Green Revolving Loan Fund could only disburse loans that earned a return and that it could not provide outright grants.

That’s because if grants are included, it no longer becomes a revolving loan fund.

Instead, it becomes just a fund that doles out cash and eventually becomes exhausted.”

Malkerson, however, added that the SIPS board has the authority to modify its bylaws to allocate grants. He stressed that the GUSA senate had no authority to do so through this bill.

Tisa emphasized that by signing the bill, he would have given up any control GUSA senate had over GRLF. “This bill marks the moment when the senate hands over full control to the Green Fund and says, ‘This is the framework you’re going to operate under, and we’re done,’” Tisa said. “We’re giving up all ability to influence what they can do after the years of effort that went into SAFE reform. When

you hand over full fiduciary responsibility, that means we’re saying ‘You’re good to go.’”

Former GUSA senate Speaker Adam Talbot (COL ’12), who was involved in shaping the SAFE proposals, agreed that the senate did not devote enough attention

“The senate hasn’t done their due diligence.”

NATE TISA (SFS ’14) GUSA President

to the bill.

“I think the senate maybe passed the bill out of a lack of abundance of caution and overeagerness to legislate,” he said. “A lot of thorough investigation and caution and reasoning went through the SAFE Reform discussion, but I don’t see that in the bill.”

Weiss, however, saw the veto as a precedent for too much GUSA control.

“Nate’s concern and his

veto implicitly gives the senate and GUSA power and control over what is a completely independent organization,” Weiss said.

Greco described the bill as superfluous.

“The GUSA senate doesn’t have authority over how SIPS Fund allocates its money, so this was just an affirmation to what SIPS Fund was already able to do within their bylaws,” Greco said.

“All of what we were doing was passing this extra procedural bill. In theory, no GUSA affirmation was necessary at all.”

Chess agreed with Greco but highlighted the SIPS Fund Board’s desire to strengthen the legitimacy of the GRLF through the student government’s approval.

“We were a little disappointed because the money will be sitting there unused,” Chess said. “But having a renewed discussion is good, because we want to use the fund in the most responsible manner. That’s why we approached GUSA to clarify the mandate of the fund.”

Jack Crew Cut for New Dog JACK, from A1 cut did not respond to request for comment.

The decision to reduce the size of Jack Crew stemmed from bulldog breeder Janice Hochstetler’s request for fewer people to be responsible for the new Jack’s care. Hochstetler will spend several days on campus starting tomorrow, to see how the new bulldog acclimates to crowds and students taking pictures with him.

The mascot will be at the men’s home soccer game against DePaul University on Wednesday in order to gauge how comfortable he is in front of large crowds. Hochstetler will also walk the bulldog around Copley Lawn and O’Donovan

Hall during highly trafficked times to see how he interacts with students.

He is arriving this week because if he were kept in California, where he was born, much longer, there could have been trouble transporting him to Georgetown.

“The bulldog only had a short window of time to get to D.C., because bulldogs aren’t permitted to fly in cargo, and the dog is growing too big for the cabin, so we assessed that this was the best time to bring the bulldog to campus,” O’Neill said on Friday.

Applications for mascot caretaker opened on Friday, and the Bulldog Advisory Committee, a 14-member body comprised of faculty, students, alumni and staff, is expected to make a deci-

sion this week. Fr. Christopher Steck, S.J., who cared for former mascot-in-training Jack Jr. along with Jack in New South, declined to take care of the new dog after the university denied his request for assistance from a student should he take on the responsibility.

The responsibilities of the caretaker will include providing daily care for the dog, managing the dog’s schedule of public appearances and training the downsized Jack Crew to assist the bulldog.

“There are many people in our community that are passionate about Georgetown’s bulldog tradition, so I’m sure that we’ll have a long list of good applicants for the caretaker position,” O’Neill said.

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ers and to make them feel welcome.

“Everyone was Mark’s friend. I am amazed dent at The George Washington University. by the number of people who have described Gupta told police that he walked in on his girl- Mark as their best friend since his passing,” Dafriend cheating with Waugh. The three had vis wrote. “Mark was one of my best friends. … been up celebrating in Gupta’s Silver Spring, Every time you walked in the room, he had [a smile] for you, and if you did not return it, he Md., apartment.

Nancy Waugh, Mark’s mother, told The Ga- would work at it relentlessly until you smiled.”

Davis recalled stories from fellow faculty zette, a Maryland community newspaper, that Gupta and Waugh had been best friends since members or other teammates about Waugh’s acts of kindness, which ranged from getting high school.

Waugh attended James Madison University friends surprise birthday cakes to standing up in Virginia, where he quickly found his niche as for a professor who was unjustly treated by one of the top members of the school’s debate her department. Overall, Davis remembered team, winning the novice tournament with his Waugh’s infectious energy. debate partner as a freshman as well as five oth“Mark was never afraid to hug. His hugs were er tournaments throughout his college career. the kind that let you know he loved you and Waugh graduated from JMU with the high- valued you as a friend,” Davis said at the service. est number of debate wins in the team’s his- “The great part about his hugs is that he rarely tory. He was also named a National Debate let you come or go without one. If there is one Scholar and a member of the Cross Examina- way that we are to honor Mark, I think that it is tion Debate Association All-American Team, to give hugs freely.” which is composed of the top 30 universityWaugh graduated magna cum laude from level debaters in the counJMU in May 2012 with a try. On the College Policy “I am amazed by the bachelor’s degree in hisDebate Forum, an online tory and as a member of discussion board for uni- number of people who Phi Beta Kappa. He taught versity-level debaters, in South Korea for have described Mark as debate several topics have been a year prior to enrolling in dedicated to commemo- their best friend since law school. rating Waugh’s legacy Professors said that his passing.” and memories.

Waugh was insightful and JMU professor Midedicated to his work. As a MICHAEL DAVIS chael Davis, Waugh’s first-year law student, he James Madison University Professor debate coach, attributed was interested in internathe team’s success to Waugh’s commitment tional law and public policy and often particiand leadership. According to Davis, the team pated extensively in classroom discussions. was never ranked higher than it was during “He would have loved being a lawyer,” Law Waugh’s tenure, when it was fifth in the coun- Center professor Diana Donahoe wrote in an try in the National Debate Tournament rank- email. “I wish we all had more time with him ings and second in the American Debate Asso- at Georgetown to get to know him better.” ciation rankings.

Waugh is survived by parents William and Davis and former teammates spoke of Nancy Waugh, brothers Matthew, James and Waugh’s passion for debate, as well as his com- John, grandmother Elizabeth Merrifield, as mitment to the team. Specifically, they recalled well as many extended relatives. his dedication to advising younger teammates.

Donations are being made in Mark’s name “Mark had this uncanny ability to be both to the Boy Scouts of America, and Davis is also completely and totally committed to his goals organizing the Mark Waugh Memorial Fund, while at the same time maintaining a healthy which will support Waugh’s beloved James perspective that treated each debate as a learn- Madison debate program. ing experience,” Davis wrote in an email. “Mark “This loss strikes us especially hard because took that same attitude toward everything he we are not just a bunch of people interested in experienced in life.” the same extracurricular activity,” Davis wrote.

Georgetown University Law Center professor “We are a family that celebrates each other’s Nina Pillard, who taught Waugh this semester successes like they are our own and suffers in in her civil procedure class, said that Waugh’s each other’s losses in the same way. Losing a debate skills were noticeable and helped him to core member of our family is indescribably stand out in a class of 100 students. heartbreaking and a loss that I doubt we will “It showed in how clearly he expressed him- ever get over.” self,” Pillard wrote in an email. “He asked the The JMU debate team is currently selling kind of questions that showed a curious mind wristbands in the school’s purple and gold coland a good grasp of the issues.” ors that read “Rest in Peace.” All proceeds will Outside of school, Waugh was known for his go toward the Mark Waugh Memorial Fund. selflessness and his ability to reach out to othWaugh’s memorial service was held Suners. Friends recalled his ability to relate to oth- day in Great Falls, Va. WAUGH, from A1

Renewal of Capitol One Partnership Uncertain BANKS, from A1 final list of banks to determine which partnership would best serve the university and the student population. The committee intends to make a decision by April 1, 2014, after which the campus community will be notified of any changes to campus banking.

“With our relationships, we wanted to be as transparent as possible, and we want to make sure that we include as many people as possible,” Carter said. “We want to make sure that we’re serving the community, that we’re providing the service and that there is student representation, as well as faculty and staff.”

This announcement to re-evaluate the relationship between Capital One and Georgetown comes soon after congressional scrutiny of the nationwide trend of relationships between banks and universities. In September, seven Democratic members of Congress addressed nine major financial institutions, requesting details about their partnerships with universities. Although Capital One was not among these institutions, PNC was. One of the letter’s primary causes of concern was linking of debit accounts to college IDs, which PNC does at Georgetown with GOCards.

In addition, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau held a forum in early October, during which students testified how they had felt pressured or obligated to sign up for certain bank-offered products without being made aware of other options.

Overall, federal regulators are wary of the marketing arrangements between banks and colleges and referenced recent reports that, through those recruiting techniques, students are saddled with extraneous fees.

“Many see students as nothing more than dollar signs in backpacks,” CFPB Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman Rohit Chopra told ABC News. “Too often, these deals aren’t what’s in the best interest of students.”

Several experts have suggested alternatives, such as implementing a code of conduct for bank-college partnerships, which would generally restrict the ability of lenders to co-brand with universities. Others have suggested banning all agreements between financial institutions and colleges and instead make direct deposit the first suggested option for students.

Some students have encountered this sort

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As Georgetown considers Capitol One, Congress examines bank-university partnerships. of pressure to open accounts with universitysanctioned banks.

“On some level, I feel as though we’re inferior in knowing about banks, and they have the power and control to make us sign documents that we’re not really sure about, but as students, we just see it as a line, and we should just sign it because that’s what we’ve always been told to do,” Tanner Davis (SFS ’17) said.

Congress’s request for information also addressed overwhelming publicity for such campus-partnered financial institutions, which often gives students the feeling that there are no other options.

“I already had Capital One, but I definitely did feel pressure from, not necessarily Georgetown but the advertising that was at Georgetown because the people in Leavey were really encouraging it,” Davis said of advertising at Georgetown. “It just seemed like they were harassing people. It was a little much.”

Nevertheless, some students said they appreciated the guidance.

“Especially for international students or students who haven’t had a credit card, we don’t really know what’s the best bank to go with, so it would be nice to get advice from the university,” Leah Metoudi (COL ’17) said.

Georgetown Capital One Branch Manager April Seymour declined repeated requests for comment.

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New Conference to Encourage Women in Business Katherine Richardson Special to The Hoya

Women business executives and students who hope to one day be in their shoes will gather in the McDonough School of Business on Friday for a new conference aiming to teach women how to succeed in the business world.

The Undergraduate Women in Business Conference is the first of its kind for the MSB. Only a few other universities, including Harvard University and New York University, have held conferences that focus on women in business.

The main goal of the event, according to conference co-chair and MSB Assistant Dean Nicole Houle, is to empower students and faculty, as well as help them network.

“We really wanted this to be an opportunity for our women business students to find a platform in which they can really connect with their peers and other women to find mentors in the field and in industries and … to find out how to become leaders,” Houle said.

To that end, the conference will feature keynote addresses from successful businesswomen, including former U.S. Ambassador at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer — who is now executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security — Potomac Research Group CEO Suzanne Clark and Deloitte Vice President Cathy Benko. The event will also have an interactive component with opportunities for students to network with the speakers and con-

ference attendees, as well as to attend leadership panels with women executives.

Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Rosemary Kilkenny will deliver an address on women’s leadership in higher education.

“I would like to give people a lay of the land on what the actual representation is of women in higher education in the United States at American colleges and universities, what challenges women face as they navigate those types of positions … and how women can actually position themselves to be successful in positions of that kind,” Kilkenny said.

Planned over the past year by assistant MSB deans and co-chairs Houle and Monija Amani, the conference was a collaborative effort by a committee of faculty and students.

“[Students] really gave us ideas of what they wanted out of the conference, and we took their ideas and hope to materialize them,” Amani said.

Planning committee members Ashley Murdock (MSB ’14), Dana Mitchell (MSB ’15) and Viviana Jaramillo (MSB ’15) worked to make the conference student centered. Murdock attended the Harvard University Women in Business Conference recently to get a sense of how similar conferences function.

“Going to the Harvard Women in Business Conference two weeks ago and being surrounded by thousands of women who are like minded, driven and want to do well within society was just really great,” Murdock said.

MSB Senior Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Programs

Norean Sharpe said she hopes that the conference will impact attendees.

“I would like to empower women,” Sharpe said. “I would like women to leave the conference feeling confident, feeling motivated and feeling that they can compete in today’s global economy.”

With more than 300 attendees already registered, the conference has attracted the interest of faculty and students from other universities across the country.

“It is hard for women these days, especially within the business world,” Murdock said. “[You can] learn from people in industries that you want to go into. Whether it’s someone who’s the CEO or vice president or high-up executive, you’re able to understand what their journey is and how you can get there.”

Club Approval Re-evaluated Georgetown Teams Compete Matt Gregory

Special to The Hoya

After an overhaul of the student club approval process over the past year, a Council Advisory Board including representatives from five different advisory boards will now have the final say whether proposed clubs make the cut.

Under the old system, a Center for Student Engagement administrator would review one of the 40 to 60 new club proposals submitted each semester and then direct the proposal toward one of five appropriate advisory boards: the Media Board, Performing Arts Advisory Council, Student Activities Commission, club sports and the Center for Social Justice Advisory Board.

That group would then decide whether to approve an organization and help it start out on campus.

“There were a lot of problems with the system. It wasn’t necessarily conducive to good groupforming,” Chair of the Student Activities Commission Jennifer Chiang (SFS ’15) said. “We were given assignments and told, ‘Here’s your group.’”

Additionally, the new system curbs waiting time for groups that do not meet an advisory board’s requirements on their first try.

“In the past, if a group was applying just to an advisory board specifically, that board might review their application and determine, ‘Well, they don’t really meet our criteria for the type of groups we take right now,’” Director of Student Engagement Erika Cohen Derr

said. “In the old process, that group would just have to wait until the next development round and then try to reapply to a different advisory board then. We wanted to minimize that experience.”

The new process is also intended to decrease confusion about groups that do not fit neatly under one advisory board.

“Sometimes there are groups that are proposed where it’s not necessarily clear whether, say, they belong to the CSE or the CSJ, and so the advisory board members are the ones that are in the best position to make determinations about which board they’re assigned to,” Cohen Derr said.

While the CAB will increase advisory board collaboration, Cohen Derr said that the specialized advisory boards will remain autonomous.

“They are seeking to strike a balance between the collaboration process that all boards are brought into and honoring the unique characteristics of each board and the fact that each board supports their members in a unique set of realities,” Cohen Derr said.

If a student advisory board does not want to accept a new group under its authority, however, a majority of the advisory boards in the CAB can force them to accept the group anyway.

The new student organization development process allows the CAB to collectively make decisions regarding the benefits given to fledgling clubs, including universitywide recognition, funding, campus resources and use of

the Georgetown name.

Alex Skarzynski (SFS ’15), chair of the club sports advisory board, praised the ability of the new club development structure to allow student participation in what had previously been an administration-dominated process.

“Before, the only conversation among boards would really be administrator to administrator. ... I would usually never know the chair of SAC, just because there’s not that much that we overlapped,” Skarzynski said.

“CAB has been a great way for student leaders of these groups to be the voice, as opposed to just administrators.”

Chiang agreed and said that the enhanced cooperation among different advisory boards was the primary benefit of the changes.

“It’s very helpful to have somebody else at the table to talk it out with,” Chiang said. “It made us more of a cohesive board and made things more consistent.”

While still a new process, the changes have already proven conducive to bringing new clubs into the existing fold, including Hoya Sana, a yoga and stress-release club, and Brilliantly British, a British culture appreciation society “I’m really happy to say that in the past cycle, each advisory board was able to take at least one new group into the new club development process,” Chiang said.

“It unifies us and presents the united front that you’d want from advisory boards that represent so many groups on campus,” Skarzynski added.

Gray Seeks Styrofoam Ban Kate Sullivan

Special to The Hoya

Mayor Vincent Gray’s legislative push for sustainability, proposed to the District of Columbia Council on Oct. 1, would ban all Styrofoam food containers in the District beginning in January 2018.

The Sustainable D.C. Legislative Package of 2013, composed of eight bills, would require seven votes of 13 to pass. A date for the vote has not yet been set, and the other bills serve to encourage public transit and alternative fuels and energy sources, to amend the District’s tree-replacement program and to create a youth environmental literacy program, among other things.

The Anacostia Pollution Prevention Act of 2013 seeks to ban all food containers, plates, hot and cold beverage cups, meat and vegetable trays and egg cartons made of expanded polystyrene, or Styrofoam and would be applicable to all businesses that sell or provide food for consumption. It also encourages the use of compostable or recyclable containers.

Environmental rights activists argue that, while polystyrene is generally inexpensive and more insulating than paper, it is difficult to recycle, minimally biodegradable and often ends up in waterways. According to Anacostia Watershed Society President James Foster, the Anacostia River is currently not safe for swimming or fishing due to the high amount of waste and pollution affecting its waters. Currently, Styrofoam accounts for 30 percent of trash caught in the river, and beverage containers make up 40 percent.

Gray is seeking to reduce the

amount of waste in the river, which is measured through a trash trap set up on one of the river’s tributaries.

“We’ll see a debate, we’ll see a discussion, and you know, the plastic bag manufacturers and the Styrofoam container manufacturers will push back because, you know, it’s their livelihood,” Foster said. “I hate that we have to take this route, but people aren’t taking personal responsibility for the disposal of some of these materials, and they’re ending up in my river, the Anacostia.”

If the D.C. Council were to pass the legislation, the District would join Seattle and several California and East Coast cities, including Brookline, Mass., and San Jose, Calif., in enforcing such a policy.

Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and Boston, among others, are also currently discussing similar measures.

The legislation would, however, affect several local businesses, including Mai Thai, which would need to reevaluate its packaging.

According to Mai Thai Manager Lloyd Angus, the restaurant’s four highest-selling dishes, which include pad thai, drunken noodle and several appetizers, use Styrofoam packaging. Other forms of possible packaging materials include plastic, banana leaves and foil.

“Plastic packaging is a little more expensive, so we would have to budget in for that,” Angus said.

According to an American Chemistry Council report conducted for New York’s proposed ban, for every $1 currently spent on Styrofoam containers, businesses would have to spend at least $1.94 on alternatives.

In a document prepared for the

At Deloitte Case Competition Suzanne Monyak

Along with the hours spent strategizing together, Ling also chose to skip one of her midterms to participate in the competition.

Students will offer solutions for federal “It was a rare opportunity that I wouldn’t agencies this Thursday as part of “The Bat- get on campus because I go to lecture every tle of the Beltway,” a government business day, I take tests every day,” Ling said. “That case competition sponsored by Deloitte. doesn’t really assess how good you are. It Competitors will present a week’s worth doesn’t showcase if you’re making an imof research to a panel of judges with the pact in life.” hope of maintaining Georgetown’s top Last year, the group spent the week rerank from last year. searching the Drug Enforcement Agency The competition consists of two rounds; for the first round and healthcare in East in a preliminary intra-school round, nine Africa for the second round.

Georgetown teams will compete for two “[These are] radically different things, slots in the second leg. Georgetown’s yet these are both things that are handled winning representatives will then com- within the same company by the same pete against the top two people doing it,” Albateams from seven other nese said.

East Coast universities: For many students, the American University, The competition serves as George Washington Unitheir first real exposure versity, Howard Universito consulting. ty, Princeton University, “I didn’t know what the University of Richconsulting was when I mond, Wake Forest Unistarted sophomore year,” CHRISTINA LING (msb’15) Battle of the Beltway Competitor versity and the College of Lam said.

William and Mary.

Now, Lam has signed a The participants, limited to sophomores contract with consulting firm PGA. and juniors, receive a fake case based on The competition also gives students inone of Deloitte’s real cases and are given a terested in consulting as a career the opweek to put together a 25-minute presen- portunity to network and practice their tation proposing a unique solution. The consulting skills. Like Albanese and Lam, competition forces students to use both Alexander Keyes (MSB ’15) also hopes to beanalytical and creative thinking when come a consultant after college, and sees solving problems for different industries. the competition as a way to learn more “It’s a really interesting way to think about the practice. outside the box, and to be introduced to “I’m most looking forward to practicing, consulting, or even just problem-solving,” or developing the skills that consultants Alyxie Harrick (SFS ’12), federal analyst for use on their jobs,” Keyes said.

Deloitte and co-lead for the Georgetown Ling noted that there has been a recent program of the competition, said. increase in interest toward consulting Last year, a Georgetown team took first among upperclassmen at Georgetown. prize. Team members Christina Ling (MSB “For some reason, there’s been some ’15), Brandon Lam (SFS ’14) and Joseph Alba- surge of people. When you get to junior nese (SFS ’14) met for several hours a day dur- year, everyone says — if you ask any junior ing the week preceding their presentation.

— I’m interested in consulting,” Ling said.

“It’s very team-driven,” Ling, who will “It’s like a trend. It’s like how Sperry’s are compete again this year, said. “I knew them, to Georgetown, or like Vineyard Vines and but I wasn’t good friends with them, and it J. Crew [are]; consulting is the job you definitely pushed us a lot closer together.” want to get.”

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“It’s like how Sperry’s are to Georgetown ... consulting is the job you want to get.”

Student Loan Default Rate Up for 6th Consecutive Year Carly Graf

Hoya Staff Writer

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Businesses like Mai Thai would be affected by a ban.

D.C. Council, D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi presented similar findings, particularly concerning the financial impact on the D.C. public school system, the Department of Corrections, the public charter school system and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. According to Gandhi, banning Styrofoam could drive up the cost of the public school system food service contract by $400,000, and other contracts would be similarly affected.

Nevertheless, Gandhi stressed that the economic effect could be easily absorbed by the D.C. Department of Environment’s existing resources.

The bill will not, however, highly impact university operations, which does not currently utilize Styrofoam in Grab ‘n’ Go or Epicurean and Co. “From an environmental standpoint, we are already out ahead on this topic,” Office of Sustainability Program Coordinator for Sustainability Audrey Stewart said.

The percentage of graduates that default on federal student loans has risen for the sixth year in a row, the U.S. Department of Education announced in early October.

The report measured students who default less than two years after beginning the repayment process. This year’s default rate, which measured 2010 graduates, was 10 percent, the highest rate measured in the past two decades and an increase from the previous 9.1 percent, which measured 2009 graduates.

Georgetown graduates, however, have been going against this trend. According to the DOE website, the default rate for 2010 graduates was 0.5 percent, representing a continuous decrease from 0.6 percent for 2009 graduates and 0.8 percent for 2008 graduates.

“There are many reasons for our low default rate, including productive employment of our graduates, smaller average loan amount per student and efforts to help our students and families understand and access appropriate financial aid,” Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh said.

In addition, many Georgetown students that take out federal student loans demonstrate an early awareness of the importance of paying off the debt in a timely and responsible manner.

“I’ve started saving money so that I can pay the debt off in a timely fashion,” Rashaad Eshack (SFS ’14) said. “I’ve also planned my post-grad potential opportunities knowing the fact that I’ll have to pay off debt.”

Nick Baker (COL ’15) agreed.

“I’m not worried because I’ve been aware of this since before I even chose to attend Georgetown,” Baker said. “Because of that, it’s been a part of my planning for the future.”

Despite Georgetown graduates’ relative success, the nationwide trend remains concerning. An increasing number of institutions have either seen a default rate of 40 percent or more in one year or a default rate of 25 percent or higher for three consecutive years — such institutions are not eligible to receive federal student aid. The DOE reported that eight institutions, up from two last year, have failed to meet these minimum standards.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expressed grave concern about the amount of debt many students face upon graduation.

“The growing number of students who have defaulted on their federal student loans is troubling,” Duncan said in a press release. “The department will continue to work with institutions and borrowers to ensure that student debt is affordable. We remain committed to building a shared partnership with states, local governments, institutions and students — as well as the business, labor and philanthropic leaders — to improve college affordability for millions of students and families.”

Regardless of his debt, however, Eshack stressed the value of a Georgetown education.

“There’s always a certain amount of risk you take on when you have debt, but the value you get out of a Georgetown education is well worth it and will give you the tools to accomplish much more down the road,” Eshack said.

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NCAA Should Pay Athletes Hoyas Can’t Overcome Slow Starts, Lose Two I was recently watching “Suits,” a legal drama on USA, and one character repeated advice she received from her father. The advice was, “Don't sign anything unless you can get something in return.”

After the episode, I flipped to ESPN to catch Texas A&M play at Mississippi. A frequent topic of discussion surrounding Texas A&M during telecasts is Johnny Manziel’s half-game suspension in the first game of this season. This suspension resulted after he received financial compensation for signing sports memorabilia.

The NCAA rulebook has 17 pages of rules dedicated solely to the topic of amateurism. This basically amounts to forbidding players from receiving payment based on their on-field success. In the meantime, the NCAA holds the rights to profit from almost everything they do. So, in a way, the NCAA’s advice to Manziel would be, “Sign things to make fans happy, but take nothing in return.”

Proponents of NCAA amateurism offer valid arguments: Players receive financial compensation in the form of scholarships, exposure to the national spotlight could raise their stock for a professional career and collegiate scholar-athletes should play simply for the love of sport and not money and fame. But times are changing, and it is clear that the NCAA’s policies surrounding amateurism, and further, the mindset of its proponents, are stuck in a bygone era.

For one, scholarships in college sports are a scare resource. In FBS college football, for example, 85 players are allowed to receive scholarship money per team, but a team has a roster limit of 120 members.

For 45 equally deserving players, this means that they are simply out of luck.

Next, exposure to the national spotlight is a perk that is shrinking.

Injuries are prevalent, and they are occurring at a more frequent rate with advanced testing and screening policies. A rule change

in college football now states that if a player is flagged for targeting a defenseless player above the shoulders, whether intentionally or not, he is immediately ejected from the game. This would forfeit what could equal one-thirteenth of the year’s game exposure, and label him as a dirty player. And while taking players off the field for these reasons is obviously correct, the fact remains that the brand they build for themselves from on-field performance inevitably takes a hit.

And finally, while being privileged enough to be an NCAA athlete has its merits, it certainly has its downfalls as well.

A friend of mine was a third string placekicker for an under-

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Players deserve to profit from their own names. achieving SEC football program.

The perks were good at first: free gear, access to team resources and the social aspect of being a football player in the South.

But for him, playing in the South quickly turned south when he realized the full scope of his commitment. After five-hour daily practices, time in the film room, workouts, game days, team meetings and more, he was quickly logging more time on football than most people on their full-time jobs — all while attempting to manage his classes.

This took a toll on the rest of his life, as sleep, leisure time and even schoolwork took a back seat.

While the grandiose visions of being a scholar-athlete still lingers in many minds, the fact is that the nature of collegiate sports has

changed as a result of national media coverage, money from television contracts, merchandise sales and bowl payments. Universities are making money off their players.

The NCAA is making money off its players. Players, though, can’t even make money off themselves.

Even if they want a job separate from sports, which is difficult in its own right because of time constraints, the NCAA has strict regulations. The NCAA rulebook states regarding compensation for work that “compensation may be paid to a student athlete at a rate commensurate at the going rate in that locality for similar services,” and that “such compensation may not include any remuneration for the value or utility that the studentathlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athletics ability.”

Players can have a job. They can earn the going wage in that job.

But how can a player with that much fame and notoriety possibly not get paid as a result of it? Moreover, how is a player with an NCAA football schedule in addition to school work going to have enough time to make money? It is likely that they won’t, and this is a major contributing factor to players accepting illegal benefits and having off-field problems.

College is a time to transition to adulthood. Put the ball back in the athletes’ hands and let them gain from personal branding. Give them the opportunity to experience the business side of sport before it becomes a career.

Compensate them with wages for the immense time they put into earning money for their university and the NCAA. Until then, players will continue to skirt the rules, and fans wanting to see players like Johnny Football will be the ones who truly lose.

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women’s soccer

Skrumbis Nets Two in Win CREIGHTON, from A10 counterattack. The threats proved manageable for the Georgetown defense however, who allowed only one shot on net all game.

“As long as our defense stays compact and drops at the right time [while defending the counter attack] we’re good,” senior defender Mary Kroening said. “Then we always have Emily’s speed behind us.”

Georgetown would add to more goals in the second half, both scored by junior forward Vanessa

Skrumbis.

The win extended the Hoyas’ unbeaten streak on Shaw Field to 19 straight games and the shutout was the second in a row for a Georgetown defense that gave up four goals last Sunday in a loss to Marquette.

“It’s our job as the defense to get the shutout and we had a rough performance against Marquette,” Kroening said. “We wanted to make sure we changed our mentality to not let any crosses off, any shots off or any opportunities.”

Combined with Marquette’s 1-0

victory over third place DePaul on Sunday afternoon, the win gave the Hoyas some breathing room for second place in the conference.

With only two matches remaining in the regular season, Georgetown appears unlikely to catch Marquette atop the table, but a runnerup finish is nonetheless important as it guarantees a bye through the first round of the Big East tournament.

The Hoyas have a full week off before their match next Sunday against Villanova (6-7-3, 3-3-1 Big East).

tennis

Hoyas Lose but Gain Experience Matt Raab

Hoya Staff Writer

Though the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams had little success at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional tournaments, matchups against some of the top programs on the East Coast provided valuable opportunities for development as the teams head into their offseasons.

The women travelled to Charlottesville, Va., where Atlantic region competition included the No. 15 ranked host, Virginia, and strong talent from VCU. “We’re playing a really tough region,” Head Tennis Coach Gordie Ernst said. “These are some of the best teams in the country, and you know it’s going to be tough. These are all a lot of foreign girls, a lot who have played pro tennis.”

In the women’s singles main draw both of Georgetown’s qualifiers, senior Kelly Comolli and junior Sophie Panarese lost in straight sets in the first round. In the doubles draw Georgetown was more effective, with both qualifying pairs winning in the round of 64 before being knocked out in the second round.

“We hung in there,” Ernst said.

“We had a nice doubles win, beat a team from Maryland, a nice doubles win over a good Richmond team.”

Ultimately, Ernst felt that the women met expectations.

“I’m always happy when the girls play well, fight well and are improv-

ing and that’s what I saw this weekend,” Ernst said.

At the men’s tournament in Blacksburg, Va., the Hoyas saw similar results. No. 1 ranked Virginia headlined a slate of skilled opponents from throughout the region.

The men had success in the singles draw, with three of the five qualifiers advancing past the first round of 128.

Senior Casey Distaso, junior Alex Tropiano and sophomore Daniel Khanin all won in straight sets to advance to the round of 64, where Tropiano and Distaso lost in straight sets while Khanin lasted three. In the doubles draw both teams, including a pairing of Distaso and Khanin, won on the first day but lost on the second.

The advancement of three of five men in the singles draw, with the close loss of a fourth, highlighted a successful first round for the team; although, like the women, no athletes advanced past the second day.

“I’m not disappointed and I’m not too surprised,” Assistant Coach Brian Ward said. “I thought we put ourselves in pretty good position on the second day, and if we had done a couple things better we would have gotten a couple wins.”

Both teams are now headed into the offseason. The ITA tournaments represented the last official competition of the fall season, a chance for the teams to assess and develop as they finish the individual tournaments of the fall and begin to prepare for the team-oriented matches of the spring.

“Our level of play has gone up,” Ernst said. “The girls played competitively against some great players, and I said they were not far away.

There really was no disappointment this weekend.”

The opportunity to compete against experienced and challenging schools, some of which the Hoyas will face again in the spring, gave the tournaments significance beyond wins and losses.

“It’s a great experience,” Ernst said. “You go there for the real experience, and it inspires them to practice harder.”

The men will use the experience to build and train throughout the winter.

“The thing for all the guys is to figure out what their weaknesses are and try to do as much as they can to turn weaknesses into strengths,” Ward said. “so that when they get into the spring season they hit the ground running.”

The women hope to bolster their roster with the return of injured freshman Victoire Saperstein, described by Ernst as a “five-star recruit,” and sophomore Liselot Koenen. With their additions and the experience supplied by the ITAs, Ernst looks forward to offseason developments.

“I think they got inspired, inspired to really get out there and work harder over the next few months and do well in the new Big East,” Ernst said.

“I think this was the perfect thing to go to at this time.”

Juliana Zovak Hoya Staff Writer

Though the Georgetown volleyball team beat Seton Hall and St. John’s last weekend on the road, it was unable to repeat its success at home this past weekend, dropping both matches to the Big East foes.

Georgetown (8-12, 2-5 Big East) was looking for another win against Seton Hall (10-10, 3-4 Big East), whom it swept last week. But it fell behind early, losing the first two sets of the match 25-20 and 25-12 to find itself deep in the hole going into the break.

“I think that Seton Hall served really tough tonight. We had a very difficult time staying consistently in system, which meant that our hitters had the double block in front of them a lot, and it’s pretty tough to score against that double block,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said.

But the Blue and Gray made a match of it, winning the third set 25-22 and tying it up with a dominant fourth set, 25-17.

“We came out with a whole lot of fight,” Williams said. “We showed grit, they served tough, we got them out of system, we were finally able to hit past their block and make them play defense, and in doing that, we were able to capitalize.”

Junior outside hitter Alex Johnson had five kills in the fourth set, while middle blockers, freshman Ashlie Williams and junior Dani White, contributed six each in the Hoyas’ two winning sets.

But the Pirates came out firing in the decisive fifth set, scoring four straight points on a serving run by senior libero Alyssa Warren before the Hoyas could get on the board. Seton Hall ran with its momentum, never letting Georgetown back in the game and winning the set 15-5 to take the match.

“They came out on fire, they served well [and] they had a momentum shifting block,” Williams said. “They made a whole lot of noise, and that noise got into our heads. We can’t let that happen, and that was the biggest difference.”

Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Saar led the team with 14 kills in the

match and added 13 digs for her 13th double-double this year, and Johnson had a double-double of her own with 11 kills and 14 digs. White recorded 12 kills and nine blocks, a season-high. Junior libero MacKenzie Simpson led the defensive effort with 21 digs.

Georgetown was back in McDonough Arena Saturday night to take on St. John’s (14-9, 3-4 Big East), hoping for a different outcome. It had come out on the winning side of a tough five set battle last week and was looking for another win.

Again they found themselves in trouble early on with St. John’s comfortably winning the first set 25-11.

“We didn’t pass well tonight, and so we weren’t in system early on,” Williams said.

In the second set, the Hoyas kept it close and led by five in the beginning, but the Red Storm rode a serving run from sophomore libero Shawna-Lei Santos to get back in it and ultimately closed it out 25-20.

“Our passing got better as the match went on, but we just dug ourselves so far in a hole, not being able to take good swings, and that hurt us,” Williams said.

St. John’s sophomore outside hitter Karin Palgutova gave Georgetown problems with 18 kills in only three sets, hitting 60.7 percent on the night.

“Their outsides went off, and ours did not,” Williams said.

The Blue and Gray struggled in the third and ultimately final set, as they kept it close early only to see the Red Storm pull away for a decisive 25-13 win to complete the sweep.

White led the team with seven kills on the night.

Though it was a disappointing weekend for Georgetown, who had been looking for season sweeps against both teams, the team will have to take these losses in stride moving forward.

“We’ve got to take care of everything every single day,” Williams said. “There’s no moment that we can ever take off.

We can’t think, ‘Oh we’ve played well, we got it.’ We can’t think it’s going to be easy. We have to do the hard things every single time.”

Men’s soccer

GU Dominates Possession ANDREW MAY Hoya Staff Writer

Back on their home field, the Hoyas dictated the game Saturday against Butler.

No. 11 Georgetown (10-3-1, 3-1-1 Big East) scored four times and held No. 18 Butler (9-4-1, 3-2 Big East) to just one goal en route to a 4-1 win. After a long week of practice following last weekend’s loss to Xavier, the game showcased the team’s ability to maintain possession and find the back of the net.

“Really good teams don’t like the feeling of a loss, and we were able to sit and marinate in it for about a week,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said of his team’s desire to rebound from its loss.

The starting lineup for the Hoyas included one familiar face who was a game-time decision due to injury, and one new addition. Senior forward Steve Neumann suffered a concussion in the loss against Xavier and was limited in practice for much of the week, but he made the start Saturday, netting a goal to prove he belonged on the field. Senior defender Ted Helfrich made the starting lineup for the first time this year as he replaced the injured freshman defender Joshua Yaro.

Georgetown started the game quickly, with sophomore forward Brandon Allen forcing the Butler keeper to make a leaping save in the fourth minute, and freshman midfielder Bakie Goodman hitting the post in the ninth. The first goal came when sophomore defender Josh Turnley chipped the ball to Neumann, who ran to the touch line and crossed it from the near side to the head of Allen, who put it away. A corner kick from the far side and a mistimed attempt to punch the ball away by the Butler keeper put the ball — and a number of players from both teams — right on the goal line. Freshman forward Alex Muyl got there first and fired a shot from the line into the back of the net to go up 2-0.

“It was pretty messy, but I just wanted to make sure I got the goal in,” Muyl said.

“I just put my body in, and luckily, it bounced to me.”

Muyl also was involved in the third goal of the game, which came in the 50th minute. He stole the ball from a Butler defender just outside of the Bulldogs’ 18 yard box and passed to Neumann in the middle, who then settled the ball on the penalty spot and buried the shot in the top right of the goal. Neumann scored the Hoyas’ fourth goal after a handball by Butler gave the Hoyas a free kick. He was then subbed out, and Muyl stepped up to help fill in the offense, potentially foreshadowing the freshman’s place on the field after

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Freshman midfielder Alex Muyl registered one assist and one goal.

Neumann graduates at the end of the year.

“I think I have been trying to find my role on the team. That’s been hard for me. I think it’s starting to come together a little bit more,” Muyl said.

As has been the storyline for much of the season, Georgetown dominated possession from start to finish. In the first half, the Hoyas controlled the tempo, patiently stringing together passes to develop plays.

The beginning of the second half also saw the Hoyas maintaining the ball for long stretches of time, and the forwards and midfielders pressing Butler high on the field to win back turnovers. According to Wiese, the strong start to halves played an important role in the game.

“The first 15 or 20 minutes of each half the game settled into our favor,” Wiese said. “When you are doing things right that is what you want it to do.”

The DePaul Blue Demons (4-8-2, 0-4-1 Big East) will visit Georgetown on Wednesday hoping for their first Big East win. DePaul has had a tough season so far, with its victories coming from a relatively weak nonconference schedule. The team will arrive in D.C. riding a four game losing streak to teams including Seton Hall, Providence and Butler, three teams that the Hoyas have beaten by a combined 12 goals.

The lineup for Georgetown should look the same as the one that started Saturday, and the team will hope for similar results as well. Allen and Neumann will be good bets to continue scoring at a torrid pace against a porous DePaul defense. For the opposing side, junior midfielder Michael Stankiewicz could be a player to watch.

Regardless of record, the game will get as much focus by players and coaches as any other.

“The staff is not allowed to sleep until they get everything sorted out,” Wiese said.

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cross country

Unlike Past Signings, Nadel Finishes First for GU Trout Is the Real Deal I Maddie Auerbach Special to The Hoya

t’s a time of great change in base- payroll. Yet despite these two massive ball: The Yankees are aged and miscalculations and the consistent dedecrepit, the steroid era has been terioration of sluggers in their 30s, the replaced by a new wave of pitching Angels’ biggest misstep is not spenddominance and Bud Selig will be end- ing even more.

The lack of returns that the Angels ing his reign as MLB commissioner in 2014. With the sharp decline of of- have seen from the Pujols and Hamilfense in baseball, the big free agent ton contracts has been slightly miticontract has looked more inefficient gated by the best steal in baseball: than ever. Sluggers in their prime Mike Trout, arguably the best player are routinely getting massive con- in the game, whom they are paying tracts only to break down and be- only half a million dollars per year. come massive payroll liabilities. Alex And at 22, he can only get better. The Rodriguez is the most high-profile Angels may be getting a steal right example because his production de- now, but by renewing Trout’s rookie creased greatly after his 2007 AL MVP deal this season instead of restructurseason as age began eroding both his ing a more lucrative long-term deal, hips and his once-spry legs. He was they opened up the market for the 32 when he signed that record 10 young outfielder, and he is rapidly year, $275 million contract that off- driving up that price. With his arbiseason, and this front office disaster tration coming in 2015 and free agencannot be far from the front of every cy soon after in 2017, Trout now has Yankee executive’s mind as the team all the leverage. He can afford to wait for free agency, because negotiates with soon-toafter two more years of be 31-year-old Robinson a near-league-minimum Cano this offseason. If $500,000, he will start Cano doesn’t come down raking in upwards of $10 from his 10-year, $305 million from arbitration million demands, they until 2017. will surely let him walk.

As a player with a comThe Yankees may have plete skill set, Trout is a been fooled once, but the Darius Majd rare commodity in baseLos Angeles Angels have ball: He hits for a high avdoubled down and been erage, hits for extra bases, burned by bad blockbuster deals in back-to- The Angels hope plays great defense, has speed and back years. Without the Trout changes phenomenal demonstrates home run benefit of hindsight, the Angels can hardly be the narrative. power that will translate into true slugging ability blamed for overreaching to sign then-31-year-old Albert Pujols as he physically matures. Trout’s comto a 10-year, $254 million contract. Pu- plete game has led to unprecedented jols — seen at the time as on his way to value based on Wins Above Replacemaybe the best career of any hitter in ment, a popular statistic among execthe history of the game — was so con- utives and baseball stat heads. Trout sistently brilliant that even the frugal has both the best rookie season WAR St. Louis Cardinals came close to delib- and the best sophomore season WAR erately ignoring all reason and reser- in baseball history. His 10.7 WAR as vations to resign their prized slugger. a rookie was the highest in baseball Two years in, St. Louis must feel as if since Barry Bonds’ ridiculous 2001 they dodged a quarter-billion dollar and 2002 MVP seasons. All of this is a bullet. Age hit Pujols like a freight long-winded way of saying that in an train — just as it does to all sluggers era of overpriced contracts, Trout will once they enter their early-to-mid-30s be worth every penny of his, which — and the production that dipped could be the first $300-million deal slightly from 2009 to 2011 has plum- in history. When free agency comes, meted to unthinkable depths. In only Trout will be 26 and entering into 99 games this season, Pujols hit .258 a prime that could be historically with a career low 17 home runs and unmatched. Those extra four or five 64 RBI. If — and this is a big if — Pujols years between Trout’s free agency and can regain his health, he might have those of Pujols, Hamilton and the like a few All-Star caliber seasons in him, will make all the difference. Unlike but the best-case scenario sees the An- Pujols, whose payday came five years gels getting four years of marginally later than Trout’s will, and who will All-Star caliber play, and six years of split his contract’s decade between All-Star and replacement-level play, replacement-level production.

Given Pujols’ shocking decline, the Trout will split his between All-Star Angels’ offseason signing of 31-year- level and MVP-level play. Even assumold Josh Hamilton for five years and ing he gets a record-breaking $300 $125 million seemed naively optimis- million over 10 years, Mike Trout’s tic. After all, Hamilton at his peak historically good start and uncomwas no Pujols, and his past substance monly accelerated free agency indiabuse problems had raised red flags cate he will be more than worth the and robbed him of some of his prime investment. years. Hamilton’s production drop mirrored that of Pujols, and although Darius Majd is a junior in the College. his contract is not as damaging, it’s THE SPORTING LIFE appears every Tuesanother blow to the Angels’ bloated day.

The No. 5 Georgetown women’s cross country team dominated at the Pre-National meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on Saturday, coming in first over other top seeded teams.

The Hoyas’ 117 points pushed them over No. 2 Florida State (162), No. 20 Butler (176), No. 16 Virginia (191) and No. 6 Oregon (214).

While the women experienced victory in Indiana, the No. 24 men’s team fell short, coming in 26th of 35 teams at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

Placing in the top 35, Georgetown’s top female runners had impressive performances on Saturday. Sophomore Samantha Nadel finished first for the Hoyas in 14th place with a time of 20:29.56 for the 6,000-meter course. Junior Katrina Coogan finished 17th with a time of 20:33.95. Senior Madeline Chambers and sophomore Haley Pierce came in together at the 26th (20:46.93) and 27th (20:47.21) spots, respectively. Graduate student Rachel Schneider crossed the finish line four seconds later in the 32nd spot (20:51.16). Though Head Women’s Coach Michael Smith knew the team was tightly knit, he didn’t expect how close it would end up being.

“I guess I knew that it would be close but I didn’t know that they’d be coming in within twenty seconds of each other, and I’ve got to say I know what it takes to win these meets, and something like

that is pretty hard to answer,” Smith said.

“It was really us versus them out there, and our team is so close.

That’s exactly how we have to race every time,” Coogan said. “When the race starts getting hard halfway through, just remember that you’re running for each other and something greater than yourself, and that helps you get through the harder patches.”

Not only did the meet show the team’s closeness, but it was also a meaningful step going into the rest of the season. For the first meet of the season, Smith chose not to run the full lineup, and extreme heat interfered with the runners’ performances at their last race, the Paul Short Invitational. The perfect running conditions in Indiana on Saturday set the team up for its top performance thus far.

“It was a great step forward for our team,” Coogan said. “It was a way of showing what we’re capable of for the rest of the season.”

“I think what winning the meet does is give the women on the team a lot of confidence and excitement going forward,” Smith explained.

“Some teams are leaving this meet thinking they have to rethink everything, and we’re leaving thinking we don’t need to change a whole lot.

We need to just do what we did today one month from now and that will be a really good result.”

The men’s team didn’t find as much success as the women did, falling behind 25 of the other teams competing.

“It was a lot worse than what we were hoping for. In an early season meet like this, I’m not going to worry too much about the result. We’re more working on following a plan and staying tough and running composed, and to be honest we did none of those things,” Assistant Men’s Coach Brandon Bonsey said.

Contributing to the loss was a lack of competitiveness and commitment to the race plan. Though graduate student Andrew Springer ran well and finished first for the Hoyas in 54th place (24:02), Bonsey chose to sit top senior runner Brian King, who hadn’t been feeling well earlier in the week. Bonsey doesn’t think that this meet will define the rest of the season for the Hoyas, but it certainly is a wake-up call.

“It’s the Big East meet next and then the divisional meet and then hopefully the NCAA meet, and those are the three meets we gear up for all year long. If we compete like we did yesterday again, then we’re not going to be very good.”

Despite the disappointing result, there are a couple silver linings.

Junior Collin Leibold came in 78th (24:14), an admirable finish considering the fact that he was sick earlier in the week. The Hoyas are optimistic about the next meet and are excited to compete against fewer teams with a field about a third of the size they faced in Wisconsin.

Coming out on top in Wisconsin were No. 3 Northern Arizona, No. 5 BYU, No. 7 Portland, No. 20 Wisconsin and No. 25 New Mexico in the top five.

swimming and diving

GU Can’t Keep Up, Falls to 0-2 MEET, from A10 in both the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard backstroke, Brandon Ress winning the 1,000-yard freestyle, and Jeremy Liu winning the 100 yard breaststroke.

For Georgetown, the 200-yard medley relay squad, consisting of freshman Martin Vanin, junior Michael Young and senior co-captains Christian Kilgore and Matthew Mandel, finished second in 1:35.52.

Junior Michael Ng finished second in the 100-yard backstroke in 52.19.

On the women’s side, the undefeated Tigers (4-0, 1-0 CAA) dominated the Tribe (2-1, 0-1 CAA) and the Hoyas (0-3), with a particularly impressive performance from Towson senior Kaitlin Burke. Burke carried her team by earning first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.50), the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.85) and the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:06.30).

Towson sophomore Charlotte Holz also placed two wins, finishing first in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley relay.

The Tribe made up for its 221-

73 loss to the Tigers by securing victories over the Hoyas in several events, including the 100-yard fly, the 200-yard medley relay, and the 400-yard free relay. William and Mary junior Megan Howard was a key contributor in all three of these performances and also went on to lead her team with three individual wins for the day.

Georgetown sophomores Maryellen Campbell, Erin Timochenko and Erica Fabbri and freshman Kathleen Duncalf placed third in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:49.66. Junior Lauren Kahan finished second in the 1-meter diving competition, earning a score of 224.85.

Although the Hoyas did not emerge victorious from their home opener, next weekend’s meet presents an opportunity for them to reclaim the home advantage as they play host to the Yale Bulldogs.

Head Coach James Holder is looking ahead to this upcoming opportunity.

“We expected to swim faster, but William & Mary and Towson are

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Freshman Sarah Grundman finished sixth in the 500 freestyle. both a little ahead of us right now,” Holder said. “It’s only our second meet of the year so we’ll get back in the pool and continue to work toward improving for Saturday’s meet with Yale.”

Georgetown will be back at McCarthy Pool on Saturday at 1 p.m. when the Yale Bulldogs splash into town.

football

Hoping to Salvage Season, Kelly Starts Sophomore at QB FOOTBALL, from A10 The Blue and Gray’s running game thus far has been far from stellar.

Georgetown ranks sixth out of seven teams in the Patriot League in net rushing yards. The Hoyas have amassed only 919 rushing yards, and almost half of them came in

just two games — against Lehigh and Davidson.

The Hoyas’ gridiron woes are not confined to Kempf and the offensive side of the ball. In 2011’s 8-3 season, Georgetown’s defense gave up an average of just 19 points per contest; in their six losses so far this season, the Hoyas have been ripped open for

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Senior running back Nick Campanella has been one of the few bright spots for the Hoyas, rushing for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns this season.

more than 40 points per game.

Additionally, the Hoyas have allowed 19 sacks this season, which is tied for the second most in the Patriot League. This large number of sacks signifies that Kempf has not had enough time to pass and his receivers are not getting open.

Against Marist on Sept. 14, Kempf was sacked seven times in the 43-23 loss.

“You know, obviously I need to be protected, but it starts with me,” Kempf said following that defeat.

Despite the far-from-perfect pass protection, Kempf’s playing time has been negatively affected because of his performance. Against Fordham, Kempf was taken out in the first quarter and replaced with freshman quarterback Tim Barnes.

This past weekend, sophomore Kyle Nolan started and played the entirety of the game at quarterback for Georgetown. Sophomore Cameron MacPherson has also seen playing time this season as quarterback.

Although no one would have predicted a quarterback controversy entering this season, the Georgetown football team currently finds themselves immersed in one.

Nolan is Kempf’s biggest competitor and likely successor. Last season, Nolan, then a freshman, was one of the four quarterbacks to play after Kempf suffered his season-ending injury. Nolan appeared and started in three games before he, too, suffered an injury in the third series of his third start. In his first two collegiate games, Nolan averaged

226.5 yards per game while throwing four touchdowns and four interceptions.

This season, Nolan has appeared in five games and has thrown for 195 yards on 27-of-42 passing. Most recently, Nolan started against No. 16 Lehigh last Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa. The Hoyas fell to the Mountain Hawks 45-24. This was the fourth time this season that the Blue and Gray defense allowed more than 40 points.

“There were some injuries and productivity problems [at quarterback],” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said. “Nolan had been doing a good job up until he got injured [in the Brown game], so we decided to go with him [against Lehigh].”

Against Lehigh, Nolan threw for 140 yards on 19-of-30 passing. He also threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to senior running back Nick Campanella in the fourth quarter. “[Nolan] started out a little shaky — probably because it had been a while since he played,” Kelly said.

“But I think after he settled down he did a fine job.”

For the most part on Saturday, Georgetown’s offense came from the run game. Led by Campanella, Georgetown rushed for a seasonhigh 229 yards. Campanella had three touchdowns — tied for his career high — while also rushing for 129 yards on 23 carries.

Unfortunately, Nolan and the Hoyas were overpowered by the Lehigh offense. In the first half, Lehigh had its way with the George-

town defense as it scored five touchdowns and a field goal and amassed 381 yards of total offense in its seven first-half possessions. Conversely, the Blue and Gray managed just 128 yards of total offense and one field goal in the first half. At halftime, Lehigh held a commanding 38-3 advantage over Georgetown.

In the second half, though, Georgetown’s offense responded.

The Blue and Gray strung together a 13-play, 89-yard drive in their first possession of the third quarter, which was capped by an 8-yard touchdown run by Campanella, who would score twice more in the fourth quarter for Georgetown. Despite the improved offense in the second half, the Hoyas still could not make a comeback against the Mountain Hawks as they fell 45-24.

There are four games remaining in the Blue and Gray’s 2013 season.

According to Kelly, Nolan is likely to be the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season. As Nolan takes the reins, Kempf’s career appears destined to end with him serving as a backup.

“We have shown spurts where we played well, and we have shown spurts where we played poorly,” Kelly said. “But obviously, we have to be more consistent in what we are doing and if we do that we have a chance of winning.”

The Hoyas will look to find this consistency as the Nolan era begins when they play host to the Colgate Raiders on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

SPORTS

MEN’S SOCCER Georgetown vs. DePaul Wednesday, 3 p.m.

Shaw Field

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013

VOLLEYBALL

TALKING POINTS

After defeating Seton Hall and St. John’s away, Georgetown fall to both at home.

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Tennis Head Coach Gordie Ernst on the competition at the ITA tournament.

The place that the women’s cross country team finished at the Pre-NCAA meet in Indiana.

FOOTBALL

WHEN EXPERIENCE FAILS

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After Georgetown sputtered to a 1-5 record, Head Coach Kevin Kelly benched veteran signal-caller Isaiah Kempf.

Now, sophomore Kyle Nolan will get his shot under center.

Senior redshirt quarterback and captain Isaiah Kempf.

CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

This season was supposed to be different for the Georgetown football team. In last year’s campaign, the quarterback corps was ravaged by injuries, causing five different signal callers to see action. In 2013, redshirt senior Isaiah Kempf was supposed to bring the stability to the most important position on the field that the team believed would translate to success.

“It’s a lot easier on the whole of-

fense this time around, especially the receivers, knowing we’re going to have Isaiah as our starter,” senior wide receiver Zack Wilke said to THE HOYA in an interview before the season started. “Going into every game — every play even — it feels good to know he’s going be out there every snap, the whole team gains confidence.”

After a five-game losing streak in which Georgetown has averaged just over 17 points per game, however, the team finds themselves entangled in a quarterback contro-

versy in the middle of a lost season.

Kempf, a second-year captain, had been the leader of the football team since he took over the starting quarterback job during his freshman season. He was a major part of Georgetown’s transformation from 2009 to 2011. He took over the starting job in 2009 when the team stumbled to a 0-11 record.

He returned his sophomore year and led an improved team to a 4-7 finish. And finally, he was under center for the improbable 2011 season when the team went 8-3 and

WOMEN’S SOCCER

After Strong Start, Hoyas Cruise TOM SCHNOOR

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generated several dangerous chances before Georgetown was able to find a groove. But on Sunday the Blue and Gray asserted their dominance from the start.

“We came out a lot stronger than we did against St. John’s, and that allowed us to get into a rhythm,” junior midfielder Daphne Corboz said. “I think it was an overall good performance.”

Corboz was a major part of that performance, jumpstarting the scoring when she slipped a deft ball through the Creighton defense to senior midfielder Kailey Blain in the 17th minute. Blain controlled the ball with a touch and then blasted it past freshman Blue Jay goalkeeper Danielle Rice for her fifth goal of the year.

Less than 15 minutes later, Corboz would contribute a goal of her own to give the Hoyas a 2-0 lead heading into halftime.

“We got a couple of good goals in the first half,” Nolan said — high praise coming from the demanding coach.

It was one of the more consistent halves of the season for the Hoyas.

Sophomore midfielder Marina Paul played a large role in the center of the pitch, making tackles and distributing the ball, while senior outside back Colleen Dinn and sophomore outside back Sarah Adams got forward repeatedly to help out the attack.

“Colleen is an attack player who’s playing in the back, and Sarah is an attacking player who’s playing in the back,” Nolan said. “So for both of them, their first tendency is to go forward. There are times it hurts us because we get caught on counterattacks, but having [senior defender Emily Menges, senior defender Alexa St. Martin and senior defender Mary Kroening] back there gives those guys confidence.”

Indeed, the few chances Creighton did manage to generate in the game were almost exclusively on the

Junior midfielder Daphne Corboz recorded one goal and one asisst in Georgetown’s 4-0 victory over Big East rival Creighton on Saturday afternoon.

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Hoya Staff Writer

Whether it was thanks to the beautiful fall weather or the visitors on campus for parents’ weekend, one of the largest crowds of the season turned out to Shaw Field on Sunday afternoon to watch the No. 15 Georgetown women’s soccer team take on Creighton. The Hoyas (13-1-2, 5-1-1 Big East) did not let to hometown fans down, scoring twice in each half on the way to a 4-0 win over the Blue Jays (9-6-1, 2-4-1 Big East).

On paper at least, the match closely resembled Georgetown’s 4-0 victory

over St. John’s last Thursday: In both, the Hoyas scored twice in each half to beat a team closer to the bottom of the Big East table than the top.

But for Head Coach Dave Nolan, results are no indication of quality of play, and Sunday’s victory was far more satisfying.

“I was happy with the effort today,” Nolan said. “We always talk about coming out strong and coming out fast because we’re that type of team.

Last year, we did it a lot, but this year, it’s seemed like it’s taken us a little bit longer to get into [the game].”

That was the case against St. John’s last Thursday, when the Red Storm

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Sophomore quarterback Kyle Nolan.

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made an appearance in the Patriot League championship game. It was not farfetched to expect him to revitalize the Hoyas in his final season.

Quite simply, Georgetown and Kempf have not lived up to expectations, with only one win so far: the Blue and Gray’s home opener against Davidson on Sept. 7. During their losing streak, the Hoyas have struggled on offense, and they currently rank toward the bottom in the Patriot League in almost all offensive statistics.

Kempf has been at the center of these struggles. In six games, he has thrown only six touchdowns while also throwing six interceptions.

Furthermore, Kempf, a mobile quarterback, has been inefficient in the running game. On 49 carries, he has a net gain of only nine yards.

Despite these lackluster numbers, Kempf is throwing for an average of 184.5 yards a game, a career best.

But Kempf should not shoulder all the blame for the offensive woes.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

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Sophomore Cal Rohde dives into the pool for the 200-yard freestyle race on Saturday afternoon against William & Mary and Towson.

Georgetown Sinks In First Home Meet ELIZABETH CAVACOS Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown swimming and diving teams concluded their first home competition and second meet of the season this past Saturday against visiting teams from William & Mary and Towson. Both Georgetown teams entered the tri-meet with 0-1 records following their seasonopening meet against Delaware, and both teams also fell short of redemption. The men lost to William & Mary 198-64 and to the Towson Tigers 205-79, and the women lost by scores of 221-73 and 247-53. William & Mary and Towson opened CAA conference competition against each other on Saturday, with each program

taking away one out of two possible victories.

On the men’s side, the Tribe’s (3-0, 1-0 CAA) triumph over the Hoyas (0-3) and the Tigers (3-1, 0-1 CAA), furthered their undefeated season record and gave them their first conference victory. William & Mary sophomore Billy Russell led the Tribe to victory with a total of six wins during the meet and anchored his team’s 400-yard free relay, winning in 3:07.97 and breaking the pool record.

Towson split the overall competition, trailing behind William & Mary 162-122. Towson’s freshmen contributed heavily to the Tigers’ overall success during the meet, with Nick Breschi earning second See MEET, A9