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FALL FASHION 2013

EDITORIAL An administrative filter on GUSA executive emails raises concern.

Revamp your look this season with rich prints and updated classics.

SPECIAL PULLOUT GUIDE

LGBTQIA PROTEST Students criticized a Love Saxa speaker for his antigay views.

MEN’S SOCCER Freshman Josh Yaro scored late in a 1-0 win at American.

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Coaches Accused Of Abuse

Car Chase, Shooting At Capitol Law students and interns safe; flaws in HoyAlert reported

Two women’s basketball coaches on leave while school investigates

NATASHA KHAN

LAURA WAGNER

Hoya Staff Writer

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Women’s basketball Head Coach Keith Brown appears at Midnight Madness in October 2012.

Who is Keith Brown?

After serving as the assistant coach for five seasons, Keith Brown was named head coach of Georgetown’s women’s basketball team in May 2012. Former head coach Terry WilliamsFlournoy hired Brown in 2007 as top assistant and head of recruiting.

When Brown was named to the top coaching position four years later, his wife, SanJuan Brown, vouched for his professionalism to The Washington Times.

“He’s very kid-friendly,” she said. “When you’re sending girls away [to college], you want

to be sure that you’re sending them to somebody who’s going to be like their surrogate family, and he’s very good at that.”

During his time on the Hilltop, Brown has helped the team to three NCAA tournament appearances, but in his first season as head coach, Brown led the team to a mediocre 15-16 campaign, including a 5-11 showing in Big East play.

Prior to coming to Georgetown, Brown coached AAU basketball for 11 years and was a middle school teacher in Prince George’s County. He and his wife have eight children and two grandchildren.

Women’s basketball Head Coach Keith Brown and Assistant Coach Tim Valentine were placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday for alleged misconduct, and the university is investigating accusations of verbal abuse by Brown.

Several days before the coaches were placed on leave, a member of the women’s basketball team attempted suicide, local news station WJLA reported, although there is no confirmed connection between the two events. According to sources cited in WJLA’s report, the player is now recovering at home with her family.

Brown is accused of using disrespectful language and humiliation tactics toward his players, who said they could no longer tolerate the treatment, according to multiple anonymous sources in the WJLA report.

The university denied requests from THE HOYA to interview Athletic Director Lee Reed and current members of the women’s basketball team, and university spokeswoman Stacy Kerr declined to comment on how long See BROWN, A5

CRIME REPORT 2012

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A female motorist was fatally shot Monday afternoon by police when she attempted to pass a barricade on Capitol Hill, prompting a chaotic day of uncertainty and fear for the worst in Washington.

Miriam Carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from Connecticut, knocked down a security barrier at the entrance to the White House at 15th Street and E Street NW before accelerating down Pennsylvania Avenue with police in pursuit around 2:15 p.m.

After trying to ram the gate of the Hart Senate Office Building, located at Constitution Avenue and Second Street NE, she was shot and killed.

Carey’s 1-year-old daughter was also in the car but emerged unharmed.

The story was initially reported as a shooting at the Capitol, although Carey was later found to be unarmed.

Police had fired shots at her car as it sped away.

Due to the day’s events, the Georgetown University Law Center campus was placed on lockdown, along with the Capitol and several other buildings in the area. The shelter-in-place warning was announced through HoyAlert.

“As in any emergency that might affect our community, the Georgetown Law Department of Public Safety followed the events at the Capitol this afternoon closely,” Law Center Director of Media Relations Marisa Kashino wrote in an email. “Overall, operations were affected minimally, since thankfully, the situation was resolved quickly. As always, we will be reviewing our procedures and policies to look for ways to improve our capabilities to respond to future emergency situations.”

HoyAlert, the university’s go-to method of announcing emergency protocol, had some concerning hiccups during the crisis.

Jordan Grushkin (LAW ’15) was in class when he got his HoyAlert text around 3:03 p.m., nearly an hour after the chase began. By that time,

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Roughly a dozen people attended a Planning 201 session in Lohrfink Auditorium on Monday, where housing plans were reviewed.

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Jon Favreau, former chief speechwriter for President Obama, addressed Gaston Hall on Monday. See story at thehoya.com.

While Congress struggles to negotiate a deal that will reopen the federal government, members of the Georgetown community are feeling the impact of the government shutdown on everything from academics to athletics.

Many students working on theses or other forms of research have found their schedules stalled by the unexpected closure of resources like the Library of Congress, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and government databases.

“A lot of molecular biology research at Georgetown relies on biology databases See SHUTDOWN, A6 Published Tuesdays and Fridays

InNew Plans,Admins Heed Student Dissent RYAN THOMAS

Special to The Hoya

Following an outpouring of student opposition to an off-campus housing option and a flurry of on-campus construction projects, the university introduced its second stage of master planning in a Planning 201 session Wednesday evening.

The forum covered a wide range of planning developments, including on- and off-campus housing options, changes to Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle routes and current and future projects, like the Intercollegiate Athletic Center, Healey Family Student Center and Northeast Triangle Residence Hall.

Perhaps most notably, the event was the first chance for community members to respond to the university’s announcement that it has filed a request with the D.C. Zoning Commission to change the

designated use of Ryan, Mulledy and Gervase halls to include “residential, campus life and athletic” along with the current “academic and administrative” designation.

The requested change would allow the university to pursue student housing in the building, a featured alternative in the student-initiated “One Georgetown, One Campus” campaign.

Although the session included some major announcements, hardly anyone was there to hear them. Roughly a dozen people attended, about half of whom were students.

The former Jesuit residences, Ryan and Mulledy, have remained vacant since 2003 due to an asbestos problem, while Gervase currently houses administrative offices.

“It’s sitting there deteriorating.

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT Founded January 14, 1920

EDITORIALS

A Suspect Email Filter “This message was posted by Erika Cohen Derr under authority granted by the Division of Student Affairs.”

This disclaimer concludes every campus-wide email sent by student groups. Few readers notice it; fewer find it noteworthy. But how does this procedure affect the free flow of student communication, particularly when readers can’t see any red editing ink?

When sending an email to the entire student body, a practice allowed on a weekly basis, the Georgetown University Student Association is obliged to follow a longstanding oversight protocol through Center for Student Engagement administrators. The official policy for mass email submissions does not limit content, granted that messages have “clear campus-wide appeal” and adhere to a 250 word count. As it stands, however, the CSE holds final authority over more than filtering distasteful language.

These emails are contingent on agreeable word choice, content and even subject title.

The most recent GUSA executive email, which was authored by GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14), urged students to vote “no” on the satellite housing referendum. The exchange of approval emails, which The Hoya obtained, included several substantive

revisions from Assistant Dean for Student Engagement Erika Cohen Derr before it was disseminated.

GUSA’s stance of opposition was preserved, but the exchange resulted in some noteworthy changes.

Arguments for alternative options were removed, and the subject line of the email was changed from “GUSA Update: Vote No on Satellite Housing Referendum” to “Special Message on Satellite Housing Proposal, and Weekly Update.”

While these edits were the product of a dialogue among Cohen Derr, Tisa and Ramadan, the current process does raise questions about the communicatory outlets available to GUSA leaders.

The system seems not to have been abused in this case, but the imposition of a filter on free communication from student leaders is worrisome.

For privacy reasons, students must go through the administration to utilize the Georgetown ListServ.

This is a university resource, but access to it should be a privilege of elected office, not a justification for close review of content.

Messages disseminated via GUSA are clearly attributed to the student association and therefore shouldn’t be reconfigured to better suit universityheld positions. It’s concerning on principle that student leaders can’t have direct access to students, regardless of how one grades execution of the procedure in the past.

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Saved by the Bell — Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies will offer six free courses for workers furloughed by the shutdown starting next week.

Traffic Jam — Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission is lobbying for an extra traffic lane to be added to Wisconsin Avenue NW to relieve traffic jamming.

Furlough Freebies — Several Georgetown area restaurants and vendors, including Sprinkles and Z-Burger, are offering free food to workers furloughed by the shutdown.

Luxury Living — Latham Hotel on 30th and M Streets NW will soon be converted into apartment housing.

Muting the Wedding Bells — Weddings scheduled on any of Washington D.C.’s 401 federal parks are in danger of being cancelled due to the government shutdown.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

When Humor Thwarts Fact Social media have been abuzz all week with commentary on the federal government shutdown. With Facebook and Twitter feeds dominated by memes, one-liners and other satire, it’s worth taking time to reflect on how we discuss and digest the news.

Typically, national news stories are quickly satirized, with Comedy Central personalities like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert often preferred for news consumption over traditional outlets. Frustration is easily and poignantly expressed in humor, and the seemingly ludicrous nature of some sides in this shutdown especially lends itself to Web parody. But at a university so close to Capitol Hill and so directly affected by a hiatus in federal functionality, these events merit serious consideration.

The government shutdown has tangible negative consequences for Georgetown stu-

dents. Most importantly, parents and friends at home have been furloughed, putting families finances in question. But it has left a mark on the Hilltop as well: ROTC was forced to cancel a training retreat originally scheduled for this weekend, and the crew team cannot use equipment stored on public land rented by the university. Thesis students are unable to access the public resources they need for research, putting them behind on meticulously planned schedules.

In many instances, the need to view these issues through a humorous lens is understandable, and the more absurd aspects of the government shutdown are best handled with a lighter tone. But comedy must be coupled with sober scrutiny, not only of the events at hand but also how they affect those around us, on hand and online.

Learn Quicker With iClicker Many find the crowded lecture hall to be an inevitable downside to attending a large research university such as Georgetown. In recent years, professors with an excess of 200 students — and 200 laptops — have been exploring new ways of holding attention.

And while new education technology can be misapplied in distracting or in counterproductive ways, the iClicker has distinguished itself as a must-have in large classes.

A deceptively simple response system, the iClicker facilitates interactive learning in departments from economics to English.

The device, which looks like a white TV remote, is most obviously used for mid-class pop quizzes. But in a government course, for example, the iClickers also allow instant response to opinion polls, making difficult policy questions relatable and even breaking down respondents by pertinent factors such as gender, political party affiliation or age.

Professors who are particularly self-evalua-

tive can even receive anonymous feedback on their teaching-style and material. Using an iClicker to gauge how well students understand a topic can be a valuable tool in directing a curriculum.

Of course, like any technology, the iClicker can be misused. Relying on the device for attendance-taking in large classroom settings opens the door for dishonesty, as students are easily able to click another device on behalf of classmates. Another concern is price; a new iClicker costs just under $40 and rents for $20 from the bookstore, but new smartphone response applications work to alleviate this. The investment in an iClicker is as worthwhile as an investment in many textbooks.

Effective teaching includes inclusive dialogue — a goal rendered difficult in large venues like the ICC auditorium. The iClicker, when employed correctly, has high potential to enrich these experiences.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Concern With Accountability in Brown Investigation It’s standard procedure for news media to arrange interviews with Georgetown athletes, coaches and athletic administrators through the sports information office. That practice is for the protection and privacy of these individuals, and we have always tried to honor it. However, it should not be employed to shelter the Athletic Department from accountability in the face of a potential scandal.

The university is investigating allegations that women’s basketball Head Coach Keith Brown was verbally abusive toward players, and Brown and Assistant Coach Tim Valentine were placed on paid leave Tuesday.

It is completely acceptable for the university to carry out its investigation internally — the law might be involved, there might be conflicting stories, safety might even be at risk.

Danny Funt Editor-in-Chief

Laura Wagner Sports Editor

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This week on chatter, read two contrasting viewpoints on the current government shutdown that illustrate a wide range of political thought here on the Hilltop.

Also check out shorter Rapid Responses on the situation, all at thehoya.com/opinion/chatter.

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All of our inquiries to the Athletic Department have been redirected to the university’s Office of Communications, which has offered very brief comment on the issue. For now, we will wait patiently while the investigation is completed. But the community we represent can only wait so long. Team practices have begun and detail must soon come to light.

Prepared statements will not suffice past a point.

It is unclear if allegations about Brown and Valentine are true. Regardless of how the university’s investigation unfolds, we deserve not only a complete account of their findings, but the opportunity to ask questions of our own to those involved.

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OPINION

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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

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hen I voted Republican, I asked for a small government, not a petty one. Over the past few weeks, however, Congress has given us just that: a trifling government of power-hungry individuals with no regard for the nation’s increasing dysfunction.

I’m reminded of the crew of a boat who let go of the wheel while fighting over whose turn it is to steer. This shutdown reflects an unacceptable abandoning of common ground in favor of unacceptably dogmatic partisan attacks.

On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would keep the government funded until Dec. 15 but would also undo much of the Affordable Care Act. In explaining why this caused such staunch polarization, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) claims: “This is an extremely consequential bill that will impact every American, and that’s why you have such passionate opinions. And we’re not giving up and we’re not caving in that easily.”

In response, Democrats followed up on their threat to stop any proposal that defunded Obamacare. Both parties obviously think they know the best direction for our nation, and while they both envision a place with healthier people, better jobs and strong trade, they are currently letting their differences derail all positive motion.

This disparity is not only unnecessary but also incredibly damaging; our stock market has ebbed due to heat from the government shutdown. One has to walk only a few miles to see firsthand how the zoo, our national monuments and many Congressional offices are shuttered.

Meanwhile, thousands of furloughed Americans are stuck with the opportunity costs from this colossal waste of time.

Recently, parties have been rallying

The only path forward isn’t divided on two separate party-run tracks. around negative attacks instead of solutions for progress. Congressional leaders now have no choice but to rethink their base notions and aims for the nation’s future. There is disagreement on budgets and healthcare, but we all want an end to the shutdown. Why, then, is it still so hard to abandon rivalry in favor of collaboration?

David Frum, a contributing editor for Newsweek and the Daily Beast, sums it up succinctly: “The short answer is a breakdown in the party’s ability to govern itself. It can’t think strategically.”

While he directs this to Republicans, I believe it applies equally to Democrats.

Without strong direction, party members move wherever they please. The elephant parade degrades into chaos, where pairs and packs diverge from order. The donkey herd latches onto talking points instead of confronting the problem.

The “it’s their fault, vote for me instead” stand that Congressional leaders have taken is deplorable. Recognizing this, John Boehner is trying — with little success — to pull his party through without making them the bad guys. I agree with him on Obamacare’s deep flaws. It is exorbitantly expensive, shockingly underserved and fails to address large contradictions within its own legal structure.

While it had good intentions, it nevertheless not a fully implementable program.

But instead of attacking Obamacare, the Republicans need to focus on alternatives. Limiting debt should be the top priority. Republicans should follow the example of Boehner and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and search for a solution to keep the debt limit down, possibly by cutting specific sections of Obamacare.

While defunding Obamacare is an unrealistic goal, keeping the debt limit down is possible and should be Republicans’ focus going forward.

Congressional leaders must recognize that the only path now does not run on two separate party-run tracks but instead meets in the middle.

James Gadea is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. The Elephant in the Room appears every other Friday.

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f you had told me a year ago that I would now be an administrator at Georgetown University, I probably would have laughed.

As a former member of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and the 2011-2012 vice president of Georgetown University Student Association, let’s just say I was a bit of a rabble-rouser. Thus, it seemed unlikely that — unless I failed a class — I would be invited to stick around past my graduation date, much less get paid to do so.

But here I am, working as the administrator at Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, a small center trying to tackle the big issue of economic injustice. Just try saying “Vail Kohnert-Yount from the Kalmanovitz Initiative” three times fast. When I try to explain my position, people generally stare blankly as they attempt to process the bizarre syllabic string I just barraged them with.

I’d have to say, however, that’s my only complaint as an employee. As many of my peers struggle to find meaning in their jobs — or to find a job at all — I feel deeply grateful for this opportunity to continue the work I loved as a student. Georgetown challenges us to be servants for the greater good, and it’s especially wonderful to keep serving and endeavoring to make both the Hilltop and the world beyond it a little more just.

Except now instead of paying Georgetown $50,000 per year for the privilege, they pay me, well ... not quite that much. And though I’m not making a fortune, working at Georgetown may be the best job I’ll ever land. This is awesome, I think, and then I wonder, does that mean life will be entirely downhill

However many years you spend at Georgetown, the people never cease to amaze you. from here? I guess you’ll have to check back with me in a half century or so.

The point is that I encourage any Georgetown graduate to consider giving a year or few in service to our alma mater. I’ve found that even the perks they don’t include in the employee handbook, whose cover features a delightfully awkward photo of a well-coiffed woman doing yoga with Jack the Bulldog, are numerous.

First, the plentiful free food you enjoyed as a student is still avail-

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able. Though I now receive a salary, I’m still not above pretending to be a freshman interested in your club to snag a free snow cone. Also, even if half-price Qdoba is now on Tuesday rather than Monday — the more things change, the more they stay the same — I appreciate it even more. A group of us young alumni who now work at Georgetown eat there every week. We call ourselves the “Q-team.”

Second, Georgetown is committed to its employees’ educational advancement. In addition to free

graduate school tuition, staff members can expect innumerable informal learning opportunities. For example, thanks to the mid-afternoon YouTube breaks enforced by my co-workers, who also happen to be fellow Georgetown grads, I am now an expert on the grooming habits of adorable otters.

Third, and you probably know this, but nowhere on earth has more solid human beings than Georgetown — and that includes its faculty and staff. You might already know how awesome the staff is at places like the Center for Student Engagement, the Georgetown Scholarship Program or Leo’s, but there are legions of unknown workers here who quietly perform small bureaucratic miracles that keep this place running.

Let me tell you truthfully that no Georgetown staff member is in this game for the money or the fame, except for probably Jack the Bulldog. Many go above and beyond the call of duty. As a brief example, I’d like to give a shoutout to Hoya Court employee Clyde for physically restraining me from freaking out when I found a spider in my hair last month.

That’s the magical thing about Georgetown: However many years you spend studying or working here, the people never cease to amaze you. And at the risk of being that awkward alum who never left and still hangs around campus all the time — I’m looking at you, President DeGioia — I think I’ll stick around for a while longer.

Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) is the administrator for the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.

STATE OF PLAY

Finding Jewish Life Negotiation a Smarter On Our Jesuit Hilltop Way to Play Politics

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fter completing a year at Washington University in St. Louis, it was quite clear to me that the Missouri campus was far from the school of my dreams.

Though a bit discouraged, I was determined that somewhere out there was a better fit for my personality and ambitions. After looking around, I sensed that the urban and dynamic environment offered

by Georgetown could provide that comfortable fit. Coming here was certainly a gamble, but now, even after just a month, I can say confidently that transferring to the Hilltop was the right bet to make.

Transfer students are bound to be a small and unique population at any university.

Each of us has already had at least a year to adjust to college life, learning to live independently and to manage valuable time. Yet we are inevitably new to many aspects of life on the Hilltop. In this regard, it can feel like we are freshmen once again, the new kids learning the ropes of our new institution.

Luckily, almost immediately upon arriving at Georgetown, I came across some brothers from Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish fraternity on campus.

They were a group of guys with whom I felt comfortable and like-minded. After weighing the time commitment and talking to current brothers, I made another gamble: I decided to pledge. In another stroke of luck, this one paid off, too. I’m already appreciative of the experiences and people I’ve encountered through AEPi. The Jewish community at Georgetown certainly takes on a different shape and substantially smaller size than that of my previous school. It is, however, just as supportive.

Though religion-centered social life was never something I anticipated seeking out in my college experience, being at Georgetown has made it unexpectedly enjoyable.

That my sense of Jewish identity has strengthened upon coming to Georgetown can be seen as ironic. Leaving Washington University of St. Louis, a school known for its large Jewish population, in favor of a Catholic institution doesn’t imply a search for a Jewish identity. But it is this cultural transition that has led me to seek out Jewish student life.

It is funny to my friends at home, and even to me sometimes, that I’ve come to a school not known for Greek life or Jewish community and have so happily found both.

But as a student who, as a non-Catholic uninterested in politics, is relatively far from the Georgetown stereotype, I guess there is little surprise that my social endeavors have also strayed from the n o r m .

When people search for a college, they often try to align t h e i r identities with the stereotype of the school. The reality, as I’ve found it, is that most places, Georgetown included, don’t have just one overarching culture. Rather, Georgetown is the sum of all of the cultures of its students.

Though I do not epitomize the most typical cultural background of a Georgetown student, I have been fortunate to find a culture that aligns with my identity.

Transferring universities is by no means easy. Leaving a quarter of my college experience behind is a choice that I could have made only knowing that I would surely be happier elsewhere. Thankfully, so far, my expectations have been met. Be it the Jewish community, life in the fraternity or the Hilltop as a whole, the university’s vibrancy and variation have given me a smooth transition and a positive outlook for the next three years here at Georgetown.

Though the Jewish community certainly is smaller than at my previous school, it is just as supportive.

Gabriel Isaacson is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business.

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n 1997, just one year after the broader issue of humanitarian suffermost recent government shut- ing, as the war between al-Assad and down, the comedy “Wag the Dog” the rebels continues. That’s because was released, with a plot centered on the Washington circus has moved on a fictional president launching a war to the shuttered federal government. against Albania to distract the public After all, giddy cable news “shutdown from his own sex scandal. clocks” make for better ratings than a Less than a year after “Wag the Dog,” nuanced discussion of a complex secPresident Bill Clinton, who had lain tarian dispute. low after spending too much time CNN was a notable exception, with with an intern during the shutdown, correspondent Jake Tapper jetting off lobbed missiles at a pharmaceutical to Boston recently to interview Mitt factory in Sudan that had tenuous Romney on the “vindication” he feels links to al Qaeda. The film and the mis- from Obama’s presumed missteps. The sile strike confirmed a morally ambig- former Massachusetts governor douuous pattern in which, when the going bled back on his assertion that Russia is gets tough at home, the chance to be the United States’ main foe and suggesta statesman — or at least a war hero — ed — rather bizarrely — that Americans on the global stage is a temptation few should be wary of Iranian President politicians can resist.

Hassan Rouhani’s overtures because Last Friday, as the government ca- his country sits on a “lake of oil.” reened toward a shutdown, every That’s a view shared by Romney’s pundit worth his salt former consulting urged President Barack buddy, Israeli Prime Obama to keep his eyes Minister Benjamin Nefirmly focused on how tanyahu, a man who to ding intransigent Rehas more clout on Capipublicans. Yet the comtol Hill than any other mander-in-chief instead foreigner. At the United used his news conferNations this week, an ence to make a starangry Bibi sounded tling announcement: more like Rouhani’s Evan Hollander For the first time since predecessor, the belli1979, the American cose Mahmoud AhmaObama’s measured dinejad, as he furiously and Iranian presidents had spoken directly. labelled the new Irastrategy has been When looked at in nian president a fascist. successful thus far. combination with his Both Israelis and apparent stumbles Americans are right during the Syrian debacle — though to be wary of Iranian intentions, paronly time will tell how well and for ticularly because the apparent uptick how long the agreement with Russia in negotiations between the Islamic over the disposing of Bashar al-Assad’s Republic and the United States has not poison gases will hold — Obama has yet yielded any meaningful results. But chalked up two major foreign policy negotiations, not a military strike, are victories at a time when the political what Americans want, as the public rules dictate that he should have a do- demonstrated with overwhelming opmestic focus. position to involvement in Syria. And it Most importantly, the emerging de- seems that Rouhani has now brought tente with Iran and even a partial so- Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to the lution to the Syrian crisis display two table, which speaks volumes to the sucof Obama’s traits that detractors love cess of American-led sanctions against to hate: a new willingness to negoti- Iran. ate with adversaries and an interest The mixture of carrots and sticks in multilateral solutions that breaks that Obama has pursued with both from the neoconservative go-it-alone Iran and Syria is the approach that approach.

American voters endorsed in both Of course, Obama deserves only 2008 and 2012. Negotiation and comsome credit — and perhaps Secretary promise contrast markedly with the of State John Kerry a bit more — for a doctrine of preemption that his critics United Nations resolution on Syria’s embrace. chemical weapons. It still remains This measured approach subordito be seen whether the weapons will nates easy, “Wag the Dog” impulses to even be handed over, let alone de- America’s long-term interests. And as stroyed. However, coming from a nadir the president and the people are findin which rejection of the president’s ing out, this approach not only fits towar plans in Congress seemed likely, day’s political mood — it works.

Obama has rescued the Syrian situation with aplomb.

Evan Hollander is a senior in the The media has paid regrettably little School of Foreign Service. State of attention to this resolution and to the Play appears every other Friday.

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Arthur Calcagnini (C ’54) on the Calcagnini Contemplative Center.

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The Calcagnini Contemplative Center in Clarke County, Va., donated by Arthur (C ’54) and Nancy Calcagnini, was dedicated in a ceremony Thursday. The center will house ESCAPE retreats, the first of which took place Sept. 20. See story on A6.

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LGBTQIA Group Havel Memorial Dedicated Protests at Love Saxa MALLIKA SEN Hoya Staff Writer

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In the back of Mark Regnerus’ lecture on “the mating market” Thursday night sat a small but readily visible group of students wearing GU Pride T-shirts and holding rainbow flags.

The group, representatives of Georgetown’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual and ally community, attended the event, which was sponsored by Love Saxa, to protest Regnerus’ invitation to campus and his past research on “family structure,” which criticizes same-sex parenting.

“We feel that all Georgetown students, faculty and staff have the right to feel safe here on the Hilltop, which is our home,” Carly Rosenfield (COL ’14), one of the protest’s organizers, said. “We would thus like to encourage our classmates to think about the implications of bringing to campus speakers who have expressed prejudicial opinions for those of us who are personally affected by these assertions, such as Dr. Regnerus’ study condemning same-sex parenting.”

Love Saxa, housed in Campus Ministry, works to combat sexualized culture on campus.

“We get a lot of messages from the media on sexuality and the hookup culture, and we don’t think it’s conducive to healthy sexuality,” Love Saxa board member Abigail Galvan (SFS ’14) said. “We feel that it is important to be present to provide a range of different perspectives on gender and relationships in order to foster constructive dialogue that affirms all identities.”

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Members of the LGBTQIA community protested a Love Saxa event Thursday.

J. Capecchi (COL ’14), another student who helped organize the LGBTQ presence, was critical of Love Saxa.

“From what I see of their programming, it seems very well-intentioned but very heterosexist, cissexist and plain old sexist,” Capecchi said. “I can’t say whether [Regnerus] is or why his study is anti-gay, which is why we’re going in with a positive presence. We’re not there to attack him. We’re there to make sure people aren’t being oppressed.”

The presence at Thursday’s event was organized independently of GU Pride, but the organization does intend to protest another Love Saxa event next week about marriage.

“Me and some other queer people noticed that both events revolve around queer issues, but they aren’t through any queer people,” Capecchi said. “Nothing about us without us. We want to be present, not to derail anything but to make them aware that we are here on campus.”

According to an October 2012 interview with the conservative organization Focus on the Family, Regnerus, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, maintains that his study is not intended to prove the “inherent inferiority” of gay parents. Love Saxa board member Emile Doak (COL ’14) and Galvan also said that although their group promotes heterosexual marriage, they do not intend to oppose or combat Georgetown’s LGBTQIA community.

“Love Saxa does believe marriage is between a man and a woman, but we have not invited Dr. Regnerus to speak about that issue,” said Doak. “We don’t exist to counter the LGBT community. We welcome and encourage their attendance at our events. We like to see this more as a dialogue than as a divisive thing.”

Regnerus’ talk Thursday concerned his research on recent changes in relationships and the role of contraceptives in these transformations.

“The mating market split into two forms.

You could be interested in sex now and not have to worry about getting pregnant,” Regnerus said. “Now there are more men interested in sex than marriage and more women interested in marriage.”

Director of Adult Faith Formation Ennio Mastroianni addressed the LGBTQIA group’s quiet presence when introducing Regnerus.

“We are one people here,” he said.

“There’s no us and them. … We’re all hopefully people of good will trying to discern how to move forward as a community.”

Dignitaries, faculty and students gathered in Gaston Hall and Alumni Square courtyard Wednesday to dedicate a memorial to former Czech President Václav Havel.

Georgetown established the Václav Havel’s Place memorial in Alumni Square in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Václav Havel Library in Prague and the American Friends of the Czech Republic.

Havel, who died in 2011, was a prominent dissident and human rights activist during the communist rule in his country. He was the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the newly formed Czech Republic.

The memorial consists of a linden tree, a national symbol of the Czech Republic, between two chairs, surrounded by pea gravel, a stone wall and concentric circles of grass. The embassy chose Georgetown as the host site due to Havel’s ties with the university, which he visited on his first trip to the United States.

“Some of it was happenstance, but I think as he knew more and more about [Georgetown], I think he appreciated the whole aspect of a liberal education,” former Secretary of State and Georgetown professor Madeleine Albright, a longtime friend of Havel, said in an interview with THE HOYA. The celebration consisted of a video presentation and panel in Gaston Hall, followed by a procession to Alumni Square for the dedication of the memorial itself.

Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies Angela Stent moderated the program and delivered introductory remarks, which included reflection of Havel’s first visit to Georgetown in February 1990 with a group of students who participated in the Velvet Revolution.

She noted how Havel, on the Gaston stage, yielded to the students.

“I challenge you to think of any other president … who would defer to students,” Stent said.

A short video featured testimonials from journalist Fareed Zakaria, singer Suzanne Vega, the Dalai Lama, writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and Anglo-Czech playwright Tom Stoppard.

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Madeleine Albright, fourth from right, was among the dignataries at the Vaclav Havel’s Place memorial dedication Wednesday.

“He was a benign, kind person, so it’s somewhat of a miracle that he ended up as president of anything,” Stoppard said in the video.

The Dalai Lama spoke of Havel’s vision and the responsibility the world has to recognize the potential of its entire population.

“As a Buddhist monk, I believe his spirit will continue in different forms,” he said.

As attendees left the hall to proceed to the Alumni Square courtyard, paper carnations lined the path, both in Healy and outside.

Students also handed out carnation stems to passersby.

University President John J. DeGioia welcomed the assembled from a platform in the Alumni Square courtyard.

“Through [Havel’s] leadership in the Velvet Revolution, he demonstrated for the world the power of non-violence. He exemplified a thoughtful and steadfast leadership, unfailing in his dedication to the public good,” DeGioia said. “We believe in the free and unfettered pursuit of truth for the betterment of the world.”

The Czech First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ji í Schneider alluded to upcoming elections in the Czech Republic in discussing Havel’s legacy.

“We need courage even in democracy. … Courage is not only needed against tyranny,” he said. “I hope my fellow citizens will express courage and maturity.”

AFOCR Chairman Fred Malek, whose organization supervised and paid for much of the construction, delivered remarks. “[It’s a] modest tribute … but fitting, because it signifies the man and what he stood for,” Malek said.

In her interview with THE HOYA following the celebration, Albright commented on Havel’s courage.

“His courage came from watching what was happening to these powerless people and that he drew his courage from the circumstances in which he lived. He was absolutely amazing. … He was in the face of authorities all the time,” Albright said. “He did things just to kind of push the envelope all the time.”

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., blessed the site before Havel’s widow, Dagmar Havlová, cut the ribbon to the memorial.

Albright said she might venture to Václav Havel’s Place on occasion.

“It has this interesting aspect of being peaceful but in the middle of things, and I think the way he would feel honored is if people gathered and talked about some of the principles and weren’t afraid to argue with each other,” Albright said. “There’s nothing wrong with disagreeing, and I think he would like it if people used the place to have discussions about ethics and human rights and the human condition. I think it’s lovely.”

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Brown, Valentine Placed on Leave Some players were supportive of Brown’s coaching style.

“Brown is going to get the best out the investigation would last, who raised the concerns or why there were of us and he is going to push us, and two weeks between the initial com- if you can’t handle it, you can’t handle plaint and the decision to place the it,” Martin said to WJLA, adding that although Brown does swear, he does not two coaches on leave.

Former Georgetown basketball play- direct profanities toward the players.

Sugar Rodgers, a four-year star er Sydney Wilson, who graduated in May, also declined to comment for the who graduated from Georgetown story. Other former players, including in May and is now playing in the Rubylee Wright and Tia Magee, did not WNBA, agreed with Martin in an inrespond to interview requests. Former terview with The Hoya. She declined Georgetown players Taylor Brown and to comment on the reported suiJasmine Jackson, both of whom trans- cide attempt.

“Coaches are going to yell and ferred to George Mason University, did not respond to The Hoya’s request for coaches may curse, but what’s in comment, and numerous phone calls basketball, players should be able to the GMU sports information office to take whatever they say,” Rodgers said. “Once you hit college, you’re were unanswered. basically grown However, five — you should be active members of able to take what the team, includ- “Coaches are going people say.” ing sophomore to yell ... and players Mosher disKatie McCormick, agreed with that freshman Shayla should be able to take conclusion.

Cooper, freshman “What has Jade Martin and what people say.” come to light to SUGAR RODGERS two other freshFormer Georgetown Basketball Player the recent situamen spoke to tion, including WJLA in defense of the coach Tuesday night. McCormick the one that appears to be developing is the only player in the group to have at Georgetown, is this is normal; this played a regular season game under is what coaches do to kids. They start doing it when they’re young, and this Brown.

“I think that any Division I pro- is how the culture works,” Mosher gram is going to have a coach that said. “And if you’re not tough enough is intense and ready to play,” McCor- to handle it, maybe you shouldn’t be mick said in WJLA’s video. “I think a an athlete.”

Mosher said that coaches have a lot of this is blown out of proportion. responsibility to act as leaders for It’s unnecessary.”

According to Stephen Mosher, a pro- their players.

“Georgetown is a fabulous univerfessor in the department of sport management and media at Ithaca College, sity. [It has] a long history of excellence it is this kind of thinking that allows in the Roman Catholic [and] Jesuit trainappropriate coaching practices to dition,” Mosher said. “I don’t underpersist in collegiate athletics. Mosher stand why the administrations at colprovided commentary during the leges believe that coaches are absolved 2012 firing of former Rutgers Univer- of the responsibility of being moral sity Head Coach Mike Brown, who was and professional leaders of young shown on video verbally and physically men or women.”

Requests for comment by the abusing his men’s basketball players.

“There is this idea that everybody NCAA were also not answered by does this, but, you know, everybody press time, nor were calls to former doesn’t do this. And even if the major- Georgetown Head Coach Terri Wility [of coaches] do do this, that doesn’t liams-Flournoy, who hired Brown as make it right,” Mosher told The Hoya in an assistant and is now the women’s head coach at Auburn. a telephone interview.

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The Intercollegiate Athletic Center, near McDonough Arena, will add practice space for varsity athletes, freeing up use of Yates Field House for other students. Construction will start when the spring tennis season ends.

IAC Construction Set for Spring Katie Shaffer Special to The Hoya

With updated design plans and approval from the Old Georgetown Board, the university is set to break ground on the Intercollegiate Athletics Center in the spring of 2014.

The IAC is still going through the required approval process. The school hopes that this authorization will move quickly enough to allow them to begin building the IAC toward the end of the spring tennis season between May and August. The IAC will be built where the courts are currently.

“Last week we got a very good finalized — almost finalized — approval from the OGB,” Associate Director of Athletics for Operations and Facilities Brian McGuire said. “Basically, they said go ahead.”

The university is now working to finish schematic designs. The next step is to develop design drawings, which are expected to take three months. Construction drawings will take another three to four months.

Though the project has been in the works for the past eight years, financial and design issues have kept it from being realized thus far.

“Raising money at this time during this economy, it’s difficult to get the funds in,” McGuire said. “We’ve had a lot of different designs. Originally —

and this goes way back — the design was for a much larger building, a much more expensive building.”

Changes to the design are due not only to a budget constraint but also a change in architecture firm midway through the project. Bowie Gridley of Washington, D.C., the lead architecture firm for construction of the IAC, is being assisted by Populous of Kansas City for interior design and programming expertise. HNTB of Kansas City and Hughes Architects of Sterling, Va., were previously involved in the project.

Disagreement with the OGB over design has also slowed down the project.

“We had some issues with OGB in the beginning as well about the mass of the building and the size of the building versus what it looked like,” McGuire said. “It’s interesting, the OGB, one of the first comments they had to us was: ‘It doesn’t look enough like a gym, It looks more like a dormitory.’ So that was a change that we had to do about almost a year ago.”

Though IAC construction will require removal of all the university’s outdoor tennis courts, officials have yet to find a replacement for this loss.

“We’re looking at options on and off site for tennis courts,” Bleck said “It’s more probable that they would be off campus.”

Should construction continue

as planned in late spring after the end of the tennis season, the facility could open by the beginning of summer 2016.

While designed for student-athletes, university architect Regina Bleck said the facility will benefit the entire campus by freeing up space in Yates Athletic Center.

“It helps everyone else because it decompresses space within Yates.

This facility serves every student-athlete on campus,” Bleck said.

The IAC will mark the first time Georgetown has expanded its athletics facilities since 1951, when McDonough Arena was built on campus to house six sports teams. The athletics department has long been pushing for new varsity facilities.

“This building is sorely needed,” McGuire said. “We need a weight room, we need a sports medicine room that accommodates 750 athletes, we need locker rooms and most importantly we need a training facility for our men’s and women’s basketball teams. That’s the most important part. We’re falling so far behind our competitors right now.”

“This is a game-changer,” McGuire added. “This is going to change the quality of the athletic experience for our athletes, all our athletes. This is the best thing to happen for our athletes since McDonough in 1951.”

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Master Planning Continues Police Chase Closes Capitol PLANNING, from A1 temporary residence that you can help support meeting our commitment,” Vice President for Planning and Facilities Robin Morey said in an interview with The Hoya on Thursday.

If converted, the building would likely be designed to allow a transition from a temporary housing solution to an academic building once the university is able to find long-term housing solutions. Georgetown is responding to requirements of the 2010 Campus Plan agreement, which include housing an additional 385 students on campus by fall 2015 and housing 90 percent of students on campus by fall 2025.

“You think about the rooms in there and how you design those rooms, and you can theoretically flip them to common space that could be a combination of administrative and program space,” Morey said.

For long-term housing solutions, however, administrators are looking closely at both Harbin Terrace and Kober-Cogan, a vacant building owned by MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

A dorm on Harbin Terrace, which could house approximately 350 beds, is an option favored by administrators.

In response to intense student criticism, administrators have

also reconsidered the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center as an on-campus housing option. The option had been ruled out last March because of the revenue the university receives from the hotel.

Olson noted that satellite housing for undergraduates is still on the table as a temporary solution until permanent housing solutions can be constructed on campus.

“Northeast Triangle is the first priority for new beds on campus. We’re also exploring the possibilities of off-campus housing options. We know that most students have expressed that they don’t like this option at all,” Olson said. “We certainly have a real preference to have student housing on campus. Everyone agrees that’s optimal and ideal.”

While a redesigned Northeast Triangle dorm received favorable feedback when revealed to students in late August, the design has yet to be approved by the Old Georgetown Board, whose Thursday meeting was cancelled due to the government shutdown.

“We expect to get conceptual design approval very shortly from OGB. It’s a little bit up in the air with the government shutdown,” Senior Architect Jodi Ernst said. “We’re at a stage where we have about nine months of drawing left.”

With respect to future cam-

pus planning, administrators discussed two initiatives in the works: a faculty collaboration survey and the “Next 100 Acres.”

The survey, to be conducted in late October, will identify which departments work together regularly and attempt to move their respective offices closer together.

“One thing we really wanted to do was ask faculty how they collaborate with each other, and then that will get overlaid onto the physical footprint of where the offices are, how they work and where their classrooms are,” Morey said.

Morey discussed upcoming changes to GUTS bus routes, which reflect a clause in the campus plan agreement that stipulates that all bus routes, except the shuttle to Wisconsin Avenue, will be required to enter and leave campus through the Canal Road entrance, rerouting the Dupont Circle line and removing the Car Barn bus stop.

“We have determined that our passengers are willing to deal with an additional 11 minutes between stops, and we are doing our best to limit increases in travel time to that amount,” Morey said.

While three routes are under consideration, the primary route would include a roundabout in front of the Lombardi Cancer center, with bus stops by Southwest Quad and near the Leavey Hotel entrance.

SHooting, from A1 By that time, the city lockdown had already been lifted. Twenty minutes later, Grushkin was told that the situation was clear and that he could resume normal activities.

“I was in class the entire time, so I was kind of already in a position where everything was secure,” Grushkin said. “Honestly, it wasn’t a big deal, procedurally, but then again, I was already kind of locked in, in class.”

Ashley Kempczynski (LAW ’15), who lives across the street from the Law Center campus and is signed up for HoyAlert through text, phone and email, did not receive any notifications.

“I didn’t even know it was happening,” Kempczynski said. “I started to go to class around 3:15 p.m., and I met up with a friend in the elevator, and she said, ‘Oh yeah, I hope it’s safe to go outside now,’ and I didn’t know what she was talking about.”

Kempczynski added that she finally received an email around 7 p.m., although the time stamp stated that it was sent at 3:30 p.m., at which point the city lockdown had already ended and the House of Representatives had reconvened.

Students at internships on or near the Hill were also affected. Nesh Patel (SFS ’16), who works as an intern near the Capitol, was at work when the incident happened.

“We were getting information before it even got on CNN, so I was going online and trying to see what the news said about it, but it said nothing when we knew about it,” Patel said. “Most of us were just calling our families and texting them, saying that there was a shooting and we were okay. [My supervisor] said we couldn’t leave the building.”

After School Kids Program’s Street Law program, usually held at the Law Center, was called off as a result of the shooting.

“The students were on their way to the courts, I believe, but they were all fine,” ASK mentor Alicia Wun (COL ’16) said. “They were most likely in transit when it was resolved. We usually pick them up from the courts [by Chinatown], not the Law Center, so they probably weren’t in as close a proximity as if they were at site.”

Grushkin said that such occurrences are not very uncommon, particularly in the Capitol South area.

“We’re not exactly in the safest area; we are right by the Capitol, but we are also right next door to one of the largest homeless shelters in the U.S.,” Grushkin said.

“There has been more than one gun-related thing where someone had a gun drawn on them.”

“It was scary,” Patel said in agreement.

“It’s weird that this kind of stuff has been happening in D.C. a lot now.”

Virginia Retreat Center Opens Kayla Cross

Special to The Hoya

Georgetown dedicated and blessed the Calcagnini Contemplative Center in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains on Thursday after two years of construction and a $17 million donation from Arthur (C ’54) and Nancy Calcagnini.

The center, which will house Campus Ministry retreats, faculty meetings and other university retreats, has been under construction for two years but Arthur Calcagnini’s vision for a Georgetown-owned retreat center reflects decades of ideas.

Arthur Calcagnini, former chair and member of the Board of Regents and the board of directors, respectively, fully endowed ESCAPE in 1991 after he and his wife attended an Ignatian retreat. They have remained a constant presence within the ESCAPE program, with Arthur Calcagnini participating in retreats almost every year.

The two-decade process of choosing a location ended with the discovery of a property in Clarke County, Va. “Have you ever heard of love at first sight?” Arthur Calcagnini said. “It was so awesome walking on this location, seeing the view and thinking that students could come here and feel so relaxed and really get in touch with nature.”

At the dedication on Thursday, speakers focused on how the center would be an extension of Georgetown. “[Georgetown’s location] was

and is still an ideal setting: a hill, overlooking a river,” Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., said. “Students, faculty, staff and alumni of Georgetown, each with a story to tell and a dream to share, with prayers to be voiced and friendships to be made will come here to this holy mountain.”

Magdalena Buczek (COL ’13), a former ESCAPE coordinator, emphasized the impact of her ESCAPE retreat.

“It is by listening that I knew what my next step would be,” Buczek said. “I finally understood why God had brought me to Georgetown.”

At the end of the ceremony, University President John J. DeGioia presented Georgetown’s gift to the Calcagnini family: a cross that sat atop Healy Hall for more than a century. The cross, which fell off Healy after an earthquake in August 2011, is meant to represent the connection between the main campus and the center.

There are numerous structural differences between ESCAPE’s former location at Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center in Maryland, which Georgetown rented, and the new center.

“The center is designed for the flow of the retreats, especially for ESCAPE,” Arthur Calcagnini said.

“It just made it much easier.”

Students began to use the Calcagnini Center with the first ESCAPE retreat of the year on Sept. 20.

“The contrast is pretty stark,” ESCAPE team leader Eric Nevalsky (SFS ’16) said. “Shepherd’s

Spring had a very cozy feel to it.

It was built decades ago, and all the furniture was very worn-in … whereas when you go to the Calcagnini Center, everything is brand new.”

The center’s resources also provide a point of attraction for new ESCAPE participants.

“It’s definitely a good selling point, because the rooms that you stay in and the food that you get are amazing,” Nevalsky said.

“When we’re talking to freshmen, trying to get them to come on the retreat, we mention the Calcagnini Center a lot.”

O’Brien agreed, saying that he expects more students to attend campus ministry’s retreats.

“Having a home for all of our retreats will make them even more attractive,” O’Brien said.

“So our hope is that even more students will want to go on our retreats.”

Despite the shift in setting, the program’s core mission has not changed.

“The format hasn’t changed,” Arthur Calcagnini said during his speech. “Students get piled into a bus and leave campus for 27 hours. And that has proven to be a life-changing experience for many of them.”

Looking forward, O’Brien hopes to develop new retreats, mentioning the idea of introducing retreats unaffiliated with any religion.

“We’re hearing about that need for students who aren’t religious to have time and space and programs to address their needs, so that’s what we’re thinking about now,” O’Brien said.

Campus Crime Up in 2012 Christopher Zawora Hoya Staff Writer

Overall reported crime increased at Georgetown’s main campus but decreased at the Georgetown University Law Center in downtown D.C. this year, according to the Department of Public Safety’s 2013 Annual Crime Report.

The report highlights reported crime trends at the two D.C. campuses and the McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies in Alanya, Turkey; Villa Le Balze in Florence, Italy; and the School of Foreign Service in Qatar between Jan. 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2012, compared to similar data from the previous two years.

Overall reported crime, which does not include theft or citations for possession of alcohol, drugs or weapons, increased nearly twofold from 2011 to 2012 on main campus. In 2011, there were 43 reported crimes, compared to 72 in 2012.

Of this increase, the largest rise was seen in reported burglaries in main campus buildings

and residence halls, which rose from 35 in 2011 to 55 in 2012.

Main campus buildings, including office buildings, suffered the largest increase in reported burglaries, rising from seven incidents in 2011 to 38 in 2012.

DPS Deputy Chief and Associate Director Joseph Smith attributed the increase in office burglaries to an increase in reported cases, not an increase in incidents.

“We have been really proactive in increasing reporting,” DPS Sergeant Talib Abdur-Rahim said.

“Before, things would happen, but people didn’t always really report it every single time.”

Reported burglaries in residence halls decreased from 28 to 17.

“We really have pushed hard to educate the students on residential security,” Smith said.

Thefts, which do not involve unlawful entry and are not included in overall crime statistics, rose from 219 to 235 this year.

Reported aggravated assault, which does not include forcible sexual offenses, increased from two incidents in 2011 to

eight incidents in 2012, with seven of those occurring in main campus buildings.

Non-arrests for drugs, alcohol and possession of weapons, which are referred to the Office of Student Conduct, peaked at 483 in 2010 and have fallen in the last two years to 238 cases in 2012, representing a nearly 51 percent drop. Cases in which students were arrested for drugs, alcohol and possession of weapons similarly decreased from six to zero between 2011 and 2012.

Total reported crimes at the law center dropped from 11 to seven in 2012, although 2012 represented an increase from 2011’s three reported crimes.

The report cites no reported crimes in the last three years at the university’s McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, at Villa Le Balze or at the Doha, Qatar campus of the School of Foreign Service.

According to Smith, there have been reports of one office burglary and eight bicycle thefts so far this semester, in addition to a noticeable decrease in laptop thefts.

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Beside national parks and monuments, research facilities, the crew team’s boathouse and the site of a women’s tennis match are among places affected by the shutdown.

Government Shutdown Hits Students, Faculty SHUTDOWN, from A1 such as genome sequences,” Sandy Varatharajah (COL ’14) said. “Right now, they’re down and not being updated, and actual research is at risk because they don’t have sequences to look at.”

In addition, various university research and other programs’ funding depend on federal agency grants, particularly through NIH and NSF, which are not accepting new grant proposals. According to University President John J. DeGioia, several grant applicants were in development on campus, although ongoing research grants can continue using funds that are currently approved. The university’s access to funds will not be affected by the shutdown.

Varatharajah expressed concern about the viability of her research if efforts by Congressional Republicans to halt the Affordable Care Act foreshadow related cutbacks.

“I don’t even know if the initiative I’m writing about — the Brain Initiative — is still going to be funded after this,” Varatharajah said of her thesis topic. “It was being called the next revolution in science, but it has to do with health. Once you put on the table whether or not to fund Obamacare, anything that has to deal with health issues also comes into debate.”

Beyond academic work, some seniors are also being affected by the shutdown in their hunt for jobs.

The Cawley Career Education Center was forced to postpone its Government Industry Week programming, originally scheduled from Oct. 7 to 11 due to the shutdown. Some presenters cancelled their appearances, and others could not be reached for confirmation. Executive Director Michael Schaub declined to release the list of presenters.

“We will reschedule Government Industry Week when the shutdown ends and the situation stabilizes,” Schaub wrote in an email.

In light of recent political events, the career center released a survey to the student body asking about the impact of the sequestration and the shutdown on students.

As of Thursday evening, the survey had garnered 49 responses. Of these, 33 percent of respondents said that their current internship had been affected, and 31 percent said that their search for a job or internship had been affected.

Athletic teams have seen consequences on practice and game logistics.

The Georgetown men’s and women’s rowing

teams have been unable to row on the Potomac River because the Thompson Boat Center, located at 2900 Virginia Ave. NW, is operated by the National Park Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior that has been furloughed. As a result, both teams have had to replace on-the-water training with land strength conditioning.

“Most of that is indoors on the rowing machines — the ergometers — and we’ve all been on different schedules with some running, some weightlifting, which is not what we would choose to be doing,” Men’s Crew Head Coach Tony Johnson said.

Women’s Crew Head Coach Miranda Paris agreed and said that, for the most part, the team has dealt with the shutdown smoothly.

“My team has handled the transition without complaint, which is important,” Paris said. “They understand that there’s nothing that they can do to affect the government shutdown and our situation, so we’re making the most of what we’ve got right now.”

For the weekend, both teams are driving to Diamond Teague Waterfront Park, located at 100 Potomac Ave. SE along the Anacostia River, where there is a public dock that is available for use.

The women’s tennis team’s Navy Invite match next weekend in Annapolis has been tentatively cancelled, and the Reserve Officer Training Corps program, which receives federal funding, will not be able to go on a scheduled retreat this weekend.

In the Georgetown neighborhood, an Old Georgetown Board meeting that was scheduled for yesterday was cancelled because of the shutdown and will be rescheduled after the government resumes operation. The Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, however, are operating as scheduled.

Some faculty members and government employees are also facing personal decisions cause by the shutdown. McCarthy Hall Chaplain-inResidence Justin Murray has been designated an essential employee at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia — a distinction he will lose if he takes paternity leave as planned.

“It’s a tricky situation that I haven’t actually made a final decision about yet because the baby has not arrived yet,” Murray said. “Depending on whether the shutdown continues or whether they can resolve it, I will have to make a tough decision.”

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GUSA Encourages Alumni Networking Griffin Cohen

Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown University Student Association launched an alumni networking guide this past summer to help student organizations build stronger relationships with their alumni bases.

The Student Organization Networking Guide, created by GUSA Assistant Secretary of Alumni and Career Services Mitchel Hochberg (SFS ’15), is essentially a blueprint for how student organizations can establish an alumni network.

“I wanted the guide to be broad enough and specific enough to be usable by a wide variety of student organizations,” Hochberg said. “So there are tips on different techniques and the best practices, like a Facebook group or an exit survey for seniors.”

Hochberg said he wanted to create the guide because he felt strengthening organizations’ alumni networks would greatly benefit members.

“You are going to have access in terms of people, money, events and knowledge that you wouldn’t have otherwise,” Hochberg said.

GUSA Deputy Chief of Staff Tane Arana-Humphries (SFS ’15), who oversees Alumni and Career Services, acknowledged the difficulties of forming these student-alumni relationships.

“It can be intimidating to reach out when there’s very little known commonality between your Hoya experience and the alumni’s experience,” she said. “Knowing you have at least one common interest gives you a talking point, makes you a little more comfortable and can make the difference between a future career connection.”

Arana-Humphries also said she believes SONG would be valuable for organizations, regardless of their type or size.

“Georgetown organizations, minus a select few, are lacking in strong alumni bases and there’s no reason for it other than a lack of infrastructure,” she said. “It can seem daunting to start putting that stuff in place, and this really takes the legwork out of the process.”

Georgetown International Relations Club Chair Jeff Caso (SFS ’15) said the International Relations Club contacted alumni this past summer and was pleased to find many of them, especially ones who lived locally, looking to get more involved.

“I feel that the guide is a nice way to put to paper what a lot of clubs have traditionally been doing,” Caso said.

Last Friday, the IRC held its first official Homecoming event with about 100 alumni.

The club is planning more pre-professional events with local alumni involvement.

Other groups view an alumni base as a way to further current opportunities.

“I think the guide is a great idea, and depending on the nature of one’s club, it can be a very effective tool in connecting current Hoyas with those that have gone on to be very successful in whatever it is that they do,” Men’s Club Basketball President David Burton (MSB ’15) said. “Strengthening our alumni base could affect our club with potential sponsorships, industry experts and familiar faces when we travel along the east coast.”

According to Hochberg, while SONG could certainly help with fundraising and procuring job opportunities for members, the primary focus is on developing mentor relationships first.

“We want freshmen and sophomores meeting these alumni and approaching it from an informational perspective much more than a networking, get-me-a-job perspective,” Hochberg said. “You can build relationships with these alumni, and you then have a variety of contacts who have experience and who can help you. And then if you do want a job, you have someone you know.”

As for the alumni, Hochberg said SONG is aimed at reconnecting with graduates specifically from the last 10 years.

“Those who graduated from the last 10 years are much more likely to get involved and associate their time with a specific group rather than the school in general,” Hochberg said.

The Student Activities Commission advertised SONG in an email to student organization leaders at the beginning of the semester.

Still, Hochberg was unsure of how the guide has been utilized so far.

“We’re still in the outreach phase of the guide. We want to get groups to be able to hear from each other and talk about what they liked with the guide,” Hochberg said. “Our hope is within a few years or semesters, there will be a point where groups across campus have started to use SONG and that it is able to help and provide benefits to these organizations and students that they would not have had otherwise.”

ANC Rejects MedStar Office Trailer Proposal Penny Hung

Hoya Staff Writer

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E urged the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board to reject MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s proposal for two office trailers Monday during its monthly meeting.

The trailers, which would provide 1,200 square feet of space for 10 to 12 staff members, would be located on an outdoor brick podium off of the Concentrated Care building outside of the ambulatory surgery waiting area.

“As our clinical programs continue to grow, we are faced with a number of space constraints,” MedStar spokesperson Marianne Worley wrote in an email. “In this situation, we need to accommodate our expanding transplant program.”

To deal with the hospital’s crucial space concerns, MedStar has already begun moving certain departments and offices away from the Reservoir Road main hospital building. According to Worley, some clinical departments such as psychiatry and non-clinical departments were moved out of the main location.

In addition, the outpatient pediatrics department will move to a separate building, located at 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and pediatricians will commute between the two buildings.

Although the hospital itself is not considered a historic building, because it is located on the Georgetown campus, which is located in the Georgetown Historic District, the Historic Preservation Review Board must approve any work. The project also had to pass through the ANC 2E before reaching the historic board.

ANC 2E Chair Ron Lewis found issue with the indefinite nature of the trailers’ lifespan.

While MedStar representatives said at the meeting that the trailers would be strictly temporary while the hospital continues to pursue long-term options, it was unclear how long they would need to be used, with estimates reaching two years.

Lewis argued that the trailers run counter to the neighborhood’s historic nature. While ANC 2E has previously received requests for temporary trailers for construction, those were trailers whose timeline of use was specified, unlike those in MedStar’s proposal.

“These are just trailers to house staff that we felt probably should be housed somewhere else in the campus area because trailers just don’t fit with the historic district look, particularly when they could be there for years,” Lewis said. “We also think the hospital, if they looked at it, could come up with a better solution.”

While the passed version of the ANC 2E resolution rejected MedStar’s proposal by a 5-1 vote, ANC 2E Commissioner Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14) voted against the proposal. Although Prindiville said that he understood the council’s concerns about the historic nature of the

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The trailers would be located by the hospital’s ambulatory surgery waiting area. neighborhood, the temporary space needs of the hospital outweighed this particular issue, particularly because the trailers would not be visible from street level.

“I think there was a legitimate case made that the trailers were necessary for the ongoing operations of the medical service of the hospital,” Prindiville said. “The real idiocy is that [the trailers] can’t be seen … perhaps they could be seen by the medevac helicopters, but I don’t know from what vantage point they could really be seen.”

Lewis, however, argued that whether the trailers could be seen or not was irrelevant to the discussion. If the trailers were visible from street level, the proposal would go in front of the Old Georgetown Board, instead of the ANC 2E. “If it’s not visible … it’s not as bad, but it still doesn’t fit in the historic area as indefinite duration working space,” Lewis said.

Student commissioner Craig Cassey (COL ’15) was sick and not present at the meeting.

Lewis said that the Historic Preservation Review Board would most likely put a lot of weight into the ANC’s recommendation.

“The law says they … have to listen hard, and if they disagree, they have to explain in a rational way why they disagree,” Lewis said. “We think the principle is strong that this is not something that should not be encouraged or permitted in this historic area.”

If the Historic Preservation Review Board rejects the proposal, Worley said that MedStar would continue looking at other possible offsite locations and that it would work with the community to develop alternatives.

“MedStar Georgetown University Hospital always looks for ways to resolve issues with its community and its representatives in a cooperative and collaborative fashion.”

The Historic Preservation Review Board will review MedStar’s proposal Oct. 24.

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Social Media Policy on Tap Gene Choi

Special to The Hoya

While some universities are increasing scrutiny of employee social media use, Georgetown has not yet implemented any formal restrictions. Instead, it trusts in the judgment of staff and faculty.

“We’ve never policed or restricted social media activities before,” Communications Officer Rob Mathis said. “It’s not because we directly say we won’t police but because it has never been an issue.”

Nevertheless, in response to demands from faculty and staff for clear guidelines, the Office of Communications is currently preparing a handbook that will set rules for social media accounts that are affiliated with the university. It will most likely be available to faculty and staff later in the semester and is an extension of pre-existing student code of conduct, employee guidelines and privacy policies, simply in the context of social media.

According to Mathis, social media is simply a vehicle for problematic behavior; it is not the problem itself.

“It’s about giving tools, resources and tips for creating a strategy, and around that use of social media, understanding what the university’s point of view is on strategic use of social media for communications and marketing,” Mathis said.

Currently, the university’s social media policy is loose and created through collaborative, strategic programs and workshops such as the university’s social media working group, which is made up of staff members who manage social media on behalf of their programs or departments, to monitor its own social media.

“We connect with all these members to make sure they are as strategic and creative as possible when engaging in social media activities,” Mathis said.

The Office of Communications is also creating a student social media advisory committee, which will help the social media working group in collecting student opinions about what they look to see and hear from the university’s social media accounts.

Mathis attributed other universities’ problems with social media to a lack of communication and collaboration.

“They haven’t gone through the process of engaging social media on behalf of the university,” Mathis said. “If they were to have more in-person, collaborative programs that go over these guidelines, universities would not have these problems.”

For example, Director of Residential Education Edward Gilhool, who is in charge of managing social media content for resident assistants and hall residents, said his department does not strictly supervise the RAs that control hall Facebook pages. Rather, it is expected that they naturally understand the basics of using social media in a respectable way.

“Although we encourage students to be mindful about how they represent themselves as student leaders on social media, Residential Living does not monitor personal Facebook accounts,” Gilhool said. “As with all of our endeavors, we strive to ensure our mediums of information sharing promote safe, responsible and inclusive living-learning environments.

As a result, our RAs understand the importance of using residential community Facebook pages to enhance community.”

Forché Wins Poetry Fellowship Molly Simio

Special to The Hoya

Poet, human rights activist and Georgetown professor Carolyn Forché was the recipient of this year’s Academy of American Poets fellowship.

Forché currently serves as director of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown.

She is also the author of four collections of poetry and most recently co-authored an anthology, “The Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English: 1500-2001” with English professor Duncan Wu. The Academy of American Poets fellowship, which has been awarded to poets for distinguished poetic achievement since 1936, includes a stipend of $25,000. Past recipients include e.e. cummings, Ezra Pound and alumnus J.D. McClatchy (CAS ’67).

“To be singled out for this was both a stunning surprise and a deep honor. I still don’t believe it,” Forché said.

Each year, one poet is selected by a group of 15 award-winning American poets.

“Our organization very much admires her work,” Academy of American Poets Executive Director Jennifer Benka said.

“The fellowship is given for distinguished poetic achievement and obviously Carolyn Forché has demonstrated that with the number of books she has published and, beyond that, her commitment to human rights.”

Writing has always been a passion for Forché, who began reading and writing poetry at age nine under her mother’s guidance.

“My mother taught me about meter and rhyme and the sonnet form. She gave me what I now realize were her college textbooks when I was a little girl,” Forché

said. “I began writing [poems], I enjoyed it. I was enchanted.”

Forché’s zeal for creative writing took her to graduate school at Bowling Green State University, where she also developed a passion for teaching. Forché went on to teach at the University of Virginia, Skidmore College, Columbia University, San Diego State University and George Mason University before coming to Georgetown where she is the Lannan Chair in Poetry.

Much of Forché’s writing has been informed by her involvement with human rights activism in war-stricken countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, Lebanon and South Africa during apartheid.

“I had really thought that the human rights work and the poetry were separate for a long time, but there was a fusion as the experiences I had in these places entered the writing,” Forché said.

While Forché does not consider her poetry to be political, she does recognize the contentious nature of her work, so she was surprised when she was selected to receive the fellowship.

“When one is doing controversial work, one doesn’t expect rewards,” Forché said.

The Board of Chancellors at the Academy of American Poets felt otherwise. In a citation prepared for Forché, AAP Chancellor Juan Felipe Herrera said that Forché’s accounts of war and peril made her an appealing candidate for the fellowship.

“Carolyn Forché’s poems deny us escape,” Herrera wrote. “Here is a prophet-poet mashed in newspapers, fish tins, pine roots, spirit chants and pushed down cut-off ears of los desaparecidos, the ‘disappeared’ in El Salvador; with her eyes cut into stanzas and her khaki shirt soaked with impossible love for a country, a nation, a human-

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Professor Carolyn Forché combines poetry with activism. ity … riddled with vast indifference and expensive war suffering.”

Dennis Todd, interim chair of the English Department, was not surprised by news of Forché’s award.

“Anyone who is familiar with contemporary poetry knows how richly she deserves the award,” Todd wrote in an email. “I hope one of the effects of this honor will be that more and more people will come to recognize what a treasure the university has in her.”

Forché will accept the award later this month at the Poets Forum, held at the Academy of American Poets in New York. She will also give the Blaney Lecture during the forum, an honor unrelated to her receiving the fellowship.

“It’s lovely that [the award] comes at this time for me, when I finished a new book and when the anthology is about to come out and when I’m here at Georgetown,” Forché said. “It’s nice to be here when this occurs. I’ll never forget this moment, the moment of having this special honor.”

ASB Looks Beyond One Week Molly Simio

Special to The Hoya

Participants on this year’s Alternative Spring Break will see a more cohesive, multidimensional program incorporating reflection into all aspects of the trip than in previous years.

Since its inception in 1974, Alternative Spring Break has sent students to locations from Detroit and the Alabama Gulf Coast to engage in a weeklong service venture.

With applications for ASB trips hitting an all-time high of 340 last year, board members have chosen to make this a year of growth for the organization.

“One of our focuses as a board this year is for it to be a formative year for ASB,” Head of ASB Board Stefan Rajiyah (SFS ’14) said. “We really want leaders to be focused on more this year and hopefully for years to come.”

ASB leaders are looking to increase the amount of participant involvement both before and after trips to bring home the message of ASB. In previous years, the program offered limited pre-trip activities and little follow up.

“My experience with pre-trips has been, ‘Let’s get together and

get to know each other and go out to dinner.’” ASB trip leader Karyn Miller (NHS ’15) said.

To that end, Miller, who will be co-leading a Native American immersion trip to North Carolina, plans to take her group to the National Museum of the American Indian ahead of spring break.

The new effort will also increase post-trip activities with ASB-wide events that may include a week focused on social justice and reflection.

At a leader retreat in September, board members emphasized the importance of examining the effects of their actions, especially with respect to planning these trips.

“The intentionality aspect is not just for our trips but also in the structure of ASB itself,” Appalachia trip leader Samantha Lin (SFS ’14) said. “The leaders went on a daylong retreat, and everything we did was intentional.”

One goal of this increased attention to intentionality in the planning stages of the ASB trips is to bridge the gap between community service and cultural immersion.

“In the past, trips have been categorized as either service or immersion trips, and we don’t see this

dichotomy,” ASB Marketing Chair Kayla Corcoran (COL ’15) said. “All trips are cultural and justice immersion trips.”

Trips will also explore the sociopolitical context of their communities.

“We’re not just doing activities to take up time,” Corcoran said.

“We’re going to think about the historic relevance, the cultural relevance and the political relevance, and we’re going to make sure that our participants have the tools to think about those kinds of issues.”

Former trip participant Katie Bui (COL ’16) appreciated ASB’s broader focus.

“I think that while you can learn from just doing community work, putting an emphasis on the trajectory of your work is much more important,” Bui said.

By selecting meaningful activities for participants to engage in both before and during the trips, the ASB board hopes to encourage participants to increase involvement with CSJ and other service programs during the year.

“We’re looking at ASB not just as a one-week commitment but as a commitment to social justice that goes beyond that week,” Corcoran said.

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Undefeated Streak Lives On BUTLER, from A10 composed and slid the ball into the back of the net for her first goal of the year.

Butler would generate a few chances in the second half, but redshirt sophomore goalie Emma Newins rose to the task for the Hoyas, making three saves and recording her sixth shutout of the year.

The shutout was a satisfying outcome for an experienced

Georgetown backline that prides itself on such performances. The group had somewhat struggled of late, allowing goals in its previous three matches.

For Butler, the loss meant that the team will have to wait until Sunday against St. John’s for another shot at its first ever Big East conference win.

The Bulldogs had a relatively successful out of conference campaign that included a win

over No. 21 Michigan but have dropped their first three Big East games by a combined score of 8-1.

The win assured a successful start to Georgetown’s three game road trips – their longest of the season. The Hoyas travel to Rhode Island to face Providence (4-5-3, 1-2 Big East) on Sunday and then have a week off before a rematch of last year’s Big East Final against Marquette.

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Hoyas Home for Big East Play Juliana Zovak Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown volleyball team has practically been living on the road so far this season, playing only one home game in 14 matches.

This weekend, however, Georgetown (6-8, 0-1 Big East) is returning to McDonough Arena to take on two Big East foes in Marquette and DePaul.

“It’s much easier to play at home than it is away because you don’t have to focus on all the externalities that come with being on the road,” junior outside hitter Alex Johnson said. “You get to sleep at home, eat at home and kind of do your own ritual.”

On Friday night, Georgetown seeks its first Big East win against Marquette (8-4, 1-0 Big East). The Golden Eagles are coming off a five-set win over DePaul (13-1, 0-1 Big East), in which freshman outside hitter Autumn Bailey had 29 kills, and senior setter Elizabeth Koberstein had 69 assists.

Koberstein was named Big East Player of the Week, and Bailey earned a spot on the Honor Roll.

“We’ve seen very active setters this year, so it’s something we know that we can handle, and we’re just going to try to focus on that,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “And then, [Bailey’s] an outside hitter, we’re going to go get some hands in front of her, and play some greatt defense.”

Marquette will have to compete against a strong Georgetown defense that averaged 2.75 blocks per set against Villanova last week.

“We felt really prepared, and we actually felt like we gelled more in [Villanova] than any other game, so I think we’re actually pretty ready for Marquette,” Johnson said.

But the Golden Eagles are just one half of the challenge this weekend. On Saturday, Georgetown plays host to DePaul, whose only loss of the season came against Marquette.

And despite playing at home, the Hoyas have to prepare for

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Junior middle blocker Dani White’s leadership will be critical if the Hoyas are to get their first win in conference play. back-to-back games that will test their depth.

“The hard part is preparing for the second opponent,” Williams said. “We have to focus on what’s right in front of us, and so preparing for that Saturday opponent is going to be a little bit difficult.”

The Blue Demons recorded a school-record thirteen consecutive wins to start the season and have gotten at least one Big East award a week, with a mention this week for senior outside hitter Vesela Zapryanova, who had 29 kills against the University of Illinois at Chicago.

But the Hoyas have some star power of their own, with 479 of their 677 kills coming from the trio of Johnson, junior middle blocker Dani White and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Saar.

It is also worth noting that Georgetown’s only win in conference play last year came against DePaul in a three-set sweep.

Last week against Villanova, Georgetown came out slowly and was unable to come back.

With a strong start this weekend, they can put themselves in a position to win both matches.

“I think that we need to come out fast,” Williams said.

“Villanova came out so fast and jumped on us early, and then we had to fight back in. And our conference is too good for us to have to do that every weekend.”

Playing at home will likely give the Blue and Gray an edge that may propel them to come out firing on all cylinders in front of their home crowd, and the team has their eyes set on racking up some conference wins.

“At this point, with the start of Big East, we all have the same mindset. We all understand the gravity of Big East play, and how we all just need to get our minds right and really focus on these matches one at a time,” Johnson said.

Williams is confident that Georgetown is worthy of two wins this weekend if the team starts off in that mindset and plays smart aggressive volleyball from start to finish.

“I think the biggest challenge is really us,” she said.

“Are we going to go out and play good, clean volleyball, take care of it on our side of the net and play low error, or are we going to have to come from behind?”

GU Plays for Points at Home Special to The Hoya

Hot off their 1-0 win against Washington, D.C. rival American on Tuesday, the No. 11 Georgetown men’s soccer team (7-2-1, 0-0-1 Big East) prepares to take on the Seton Hall Pirates (3-4-2, 0-1-0 Big East) Saturday at 1 p.m. on Shaw Field. After completing the non-conference portion of their schedule with their victory on Tuesday, the Hoyas head into their second Big East conference game of the year in front of their home crowd, where they boast a 4-11 record.

Led by keeper Tomas Gomez, who was named Big East goalkeeper of the week following his dominant, six-save, doubleovertime performance against No. 3 Creighton last Saturday, the Blue and Gray look to continue the success they have had in conference play dating back to last season, when they finished with a Big East record of 6-2-0 en route to a national runner-up finish in the 2012 College Cup. This was not Gomez’s first time receiving the award, however. He has earned this weekly

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St. Francis, ODU Next Up For Georgetown HOCKEY, from A10 several games, including her shutout against Pacific (3-7, 1-1 NorPac). Georgetown’s biggest challenge will be playing up to its potential.

“Even though we were able to pull out the win over St. Louis, we definitely didn’t play up to our level. Maintaining that level of play no matter who the opponent is has been a big focus for us in preparing for St. Francis,” Hubbard said.

On Sunday, Georgetown will venture to Norfolk, V.a., to play Old Dominion. Though the Lady Monarch’s winning percentage is just under .500, its competition has been some of the toughest in the nation. Earlier this season, Old Dominion took on a whopping six nationally ranked teams. The Lady Monarchs dropped all six games to these teams, but several of them were tight affairs.

This week, two Old Dominion players were named to the Big East Honor Roll: leading scorer sophomore midfielder Sarah Breen and junior forward Rosario Villagra. This is Breen’s second consecutive week on the honor roll, and she has scored eight goals this season. Villagra, who has been on the honor roll two times as well, scored three goals this past weekend and racked up three assists. Villagra follows Breen in total goals with four.

With an opportunity to make noise in the conference this weekend, Georgetown must be ready to play up to Old Dominion’s level.

A slow start or lapse in focus could very well determine the outcome of the game. An allaround superb effort will be needed in order to top the Lady Monarchs.

“It’s really important to pick up a win in the Big East,” Hubbard said.

Although Georgetown has had its highs and lows of the season, talent and speed just might be able to make up for the slow start. As the Hoyas still look for their first conference win, they remain optimistic and confident that it will come sooner rather than later.

“We play Villanova for our last game of the season for senior night, and the girls always get really pumped for that, as well as the two other Big East games. I think there’s a lot of opportunity there,” Hubbard said.

With four conference honor roll players active in this weekend’s games, the quality of play will be high, but Georgetown is confident that it can play any opponent, no matter the ranking or record, and do well.

As the Hoyas enter the weekend with high expectations, it is evident that the stakes are high. Now, the only thing standing between the Hoyas and Friday’s highly anticipated face-off is time.

More than a game

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award twice before as a result of his outstanding efforts behind the net.

“I think of it more as a team award. I really didn’t have to do anything spectacular. It’s a stat award, but it is really all about the team,” Gomez said.

The Pirates come into Saturday riding a four game losing streak, including a loss to conference rival Providence, but that is not going to alter the Hoyas’ preparation.

“Every game is a big game,” Gomez said. “We just got to take it game by game.”

Head Coach Brian Wiese echoed Gomez’s comments about the focus his team needs to have come Saturday.

“Every game has a large stake in regards to the RPI, conference or non-conference, but the start of the conference season is kind of a rebirth — everything is up for grabs.”

Wiese emphasized the importance of winning games in conference play to gain higher seeding in postseason play.

“Every point matters. You want to take three points every game,” Wiese said.

For a team that is supposedly focusing on one game at a time,

the Hoyas have certainly given a lot of thought to the postseason.

“Hopefully we can get a one or two seed in the tournament, that’s always the goal,” Gomez said.

Entering the conference portion of the season brings an added challenge for Georgetown, as the Big East boasts some of the best soccer teams in the nation.

The last time they faced off against Seton Hall was certainly a memorable day as the Hoyas defeated them 1-0 on senior day last Oct. 27, and, in doing so, won their second Big East Blue Division championship in three seasons. The Hoyas look to emulate the success they had on that day when they outshot the Pirates 25-9.

“The mentality has to be that we have to get three points [against Seton Hall], but we have to be ready because this league is just too good the coaches are just too good, and the coaches are just too good to do otherwise,” Wiese said.

The Hoyas hit the road following their contest on Saturday, with upcoming matchups at both Providence and Xavier next week before facing Butler at home on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Pirates Reach Playoffs But Future Success Uncertain FEDYK, from A10 veterans like Russell Martin and Marlon Byrd to help manage the team. The surprise season of pitcher Francisco Liriano — who lasted for seven innings in Tuesday’s game and anchors the starting rotation — is perhaps most indicative of the team’s twist of fate. An inexpensive acquisition after a subpar 2012 season, Liriano has defied expectations this year with a 16-8 record and 3.02 ERA. Without a doubt, he is one of the most surprising comeback players of the year.

Just like its players, Pittsburgh is a fine example of overachievement in professional sports. Having a relatively unknown roster with just a few big-time players, the Pirates seem to fit the cliche of doing “a lot with a little.” And it is not just the Pirates — in this year’s postseason, several teams share these attributes. They hail from small markets, field inexpensive rosters and overachieve with their given talent. Consider Wednesday night’s wild-card game between Tampa Bay and Cleveland. Tampa’s $60 million team salary ranks 28th in the league, and Cleveland’s $75 million ranks 23rd. Pittsburgh sits at 19th and Oakland at 27th.

Even if you combine the salaries of some of these teams, the total still falls short of the top nine or 10 teams whose salaries reach well over $120 million.

Of course, these teams still have “stars.”

Like McCutchen in Pittsburgh, Tampa boasts the likes of Evan Longoria and David Price. Oakland has Chris Young and Yoenis Cespedes, the Home Run Derby champion. Cleveland cut fat checks this year to Nick Swisher and Ubaldo Jimenez.

Perhaps these names are not as widely recognized as Robinson Cano, Buster Posey or Justin Verlander – but the talent is definitely there, and in many cases the smaller teams get more for their money.

High salaries are not always necessary for a high percentage of wins.

Unfortunately, the good guys on small teams quickly get swallowed up by the jaws of New York or Los Angeles. Stars from small-market clubs can stay under

the radar for a little while, but better onfield performance warrants more attention, which usually results in blockbuster deals from the wealthiest teams. A few years back, Cleveland lost both C.C. Sabathia to free agency and were forced to trade Cliff Lee. Roy Halladay jumped from Toronto to Philadelphia, and Los Angeles recently acquired Hanley Ramirez from Miami.

This is the sad reality about those smallmarket teams. They do a great job finding and developing talent, but they sometimes do not have the resources to keep their best players on the roster. Sure, star players feel a nostalgic affinity for their original team, and it is tough to leave a small-market. But money talks loudly, right? Plus, there are more opportunities, more exposure and more talented teammates in the larger markets.

So can these teams ever sustain longterm success? How long will it be before Andrew McCutchen gets shipped off to the Big Apple? For now, I think a playoff run can help. Playoff games mean more fans attending games and higher team revenues.

They are an important first step in restoring a baseball culture in smaller markets, which is often woefully absent during the regular season. Tampa Bay consistently struggles to fill its disappointing venue of Tropicana Field. Pittsburgh is dominated by hockey and football. Oakland is overshadowed by its neighbor San Francisco.

And since the exodus of superhero LeBron James, Cleveland has desperately searched for something to cheer about.

With its recent success, Pittsburgh is just one of many cities seeking to expand its market share. Along with Oakland, Cleveland and Tampa, maybe it can become a city where star players come to play, and not just be a feeder for the bigger clubs. It took two decades for Pittsburgh to get here; let us hope that the team can reap the benefits of their newfound success.

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Enforcers and Fighting Are Overvalued in Hockey A

s even the casual puck fan knows, hockey teams usually carry at least one “enforcer” whose job description is as follows: Try your hardest to beat the living daylights out of an opponent. The question is, why do these guys continually do it, and why do teams place such value on these enforcers?

Let’s answer the second part of that question first. In hockey, there is a common perception that toughness automatically equals wins. If a team wants to “send a message,” “swing the momentum of the game” or “[insert cliche here],” it looks to its enforcers as the underlying path to success. Therefore, teams are willing to give a job to a guy with few shooting, passing or defensive skills so long as he has a right hook.

Now, we can answer the question as to why NHL enforcers are so eager to take on such a dangerous job. If you could make up for your lack of skill by throwing punches, thereby guaranteeing yourself a spot on an NHL team and a salary of roughly $750,000 instead of $50,000 in the minors, wouldn’t you? I would.

Therefore, as long as NHL teams place a high priority on carrying enforcers, they’ll always exist, and so

will fighting in the NHL. But should fighting really be that high of a priority? While nobody, myself included, would claim that toughness isn’t valuable in hockey, it’s questionable as to whether there is a correlation between fighting and toughness. Recent studies, including one on theleafsnation. com, have shown that teams who fight more often than others don’t actually win more, and the teams that have better fighters in general don’t see better results, either.

(Never mind the fact that it’s pretty difficult to determine who “won” an NHL fight much of the time.)

And if we really think about it for more than a few seconds, it’s surprising that there was ever that common perception in the first place. Sure, it’s an easy narrative that fighting equals toughness, which results in wins, but because an enforcer is almost always on the team’s fourth (and final) line of forwards, the fighters don’t have much of an effect on the goal scoring in most games, anyway.

A great example is the Boston Bruins, who have one of the most respected enforcers in the game, Shawn Thornton. The 36-year-old

has fought just about everyone in the league, and, if he felt that it would give his team an extra 1 percent chance of scoring a single goal, he’d probably be willing to fight the referees, the opposing team’s coach and the opposing team’s hot-dog vendors. However, he doesn’t score

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Fighting is risky and does not give teams an advantage. goals. My question is, even if Thornton beats the snot out of the opposing enforcer, how is that going to energize his teammates who are more responsible for putting pucks in the net, and how is that going to deflate the opposing team’s energy to the point that they’ll allow more goals?

Now let’s say that Thornton’s teammate, Milan Lucic, who is considered one of the toughest players in the league and plays on the team’s first line, was to beat his opponent in a fight. It’s conceivable that Lucic could plant a seed of doubt, hesitation or fear into his opponent in order to knock him off of his game. That I could buy, because then the fights would actually affect the psyche of the players who routinely make a difference in the game. Of course, the minor change in the flow of the game usually isn’t worth the risk, since having Lucic fight would cost him five minutes of playing time due to the major penalty that it incurs. Therefore, Lucic and other top players who fight do so only about five or six times per year, while enforcers can engage in up to 20 fights in an 82-game season. And again, if a guy who gets only five minutes of ice time drops the gloves, does it really affect the play of the others?

Enforcers may be fan favorites, but their contributions are overvalued. Further, the elephant in the conversation regarding fighting in hockey is the extreme risk of injury and head trauma. One of hockey’s

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biggest enforcers, Derek Boogaard, died at age 28 in 2011 partly due to the trauma that his brain endured time and time again during bouts on the ice. Here, we have a profession built on fighting that can be lethal in ways similar to the dangers of concussions in the NFL, but that doesn’t seem to provide much help to the game itself. Fighting should be cut back drastically in order to correct the phenomenon of overvaluing enforcers and the harmful injuries that these men can suffer.

While some fighting should be accepted, because there could be a small value in the case of top players who are willing to fight, the NHL should deem that a player can have up to seven fights per year without getting suspended. The top fighters routinely average around 20, so this would cut the number drastically, but players like Lucic rarely hit this number anyway. There’s a middle ground that promotes safety and quality of play while still appreciating hockey for the great game that it is.

Tom Hoff is a junior on the McDonough School of Business. Down to the Wire appears every Friday.

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The No. 10 Georgetown’s women’s soccer team (9-0-2, 1-0-1 Big East) will face off against the Providence Friars (4-5-3, 1-2-0 Big East) on Sunday, Oct. 6 in Rhode Isalnd.

Though Providence will have the home-field advantage, Georgetown is a significant offensive threat, as evidenced by the 41 goals the team has scored in 12 games so far this season.

Although Georgetown pulled off a 1-0 win against Providence last season and has had phenomenal offensive production thus far, Head Coach Dave Nolan knows that this is a new season with a new set of challenges.

“We know it’s going to be a difficult game. The field up there right now is not in great shape, and that’s going to be a factor as well,” Nolan said.

Providence’s offensive attack is

another aspect of the team that the Hoyas are not taking lightly.

“They’ve got some very good attacking players: Catherine Zimmerman; they have a freshman named Rachel Ugolik who’s a good attacking player; and Kathryn Hiller. We’ll be focusing on trying to be the best that we can be and certainly trying to keep an eye on their special players,” Nolan said.

The Hoyas will also have to deal with the adversity of playing on the road. Though upperclassmen on the Blue and Gray are used to the pressures of playing far from the Hilltop, it’s more difficult for the freshmen.

“For the younger kids, it’s all new,” Nolan said.

Still, the Hoyas are a cohesive unit that succeeds both at home and on the road. While last year there were primarily three goalscorers for the Hoyas in senior forwards Colleen Dinn and Kaitlin Brenn and junior midfielder

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Junior forward Daphne Corboz tallied one assist in the 3-0 win.

Daphne Corboz, this year more players are helping out on the Hoya’s offense.

“This year things seem to be far more spread out. It definitely seems to be more of a case where there are more people chipping in,” Nolan said.

This game is even more important because of its Big East implications.

“Once you get to conference regulation play, you get to conference tournament play, and then obviously with the hope that you’ll get an NCAA selection bid,” Nolan said.

Though the Hoyas have postseason aspirations, Coach Nolan emphasized the importance of staying in the present.

“It’s always been game-by-game here. We never look ahead. Also, we’re a performance-driven team and not a result-driven team. The kids understand that if we take care of our performances, then our results will take care of themselves.”

The Hoyas hope that this mentality will propel them to victory in Sunday’s game. As the Hoyas win more and more games, not only does their undefeated streak grow, but the pressure mounts as well.

“Right now, we have a bull’s-eye on our back because we’re ranked so highly,” Nolan said. “We’re ranked 10 in one poll and 9 in another one. Especially now with Notre Dame not being in the conference, it’s left to ourselves and Marquette to be the teams everybody will get up for.”

After Georgetown’s game in Providence, they will head to Marquette for another Big East matchup, then return home for two more conference meetings with St. John’s and Creighton.

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GU to Face Strong Competition INVITATIONAL, from A10 who earned the win in Annapolis, including senior Brian King, who was awarded Big East athlete of the week honors after the victory, and fifth-year graduate student Andrew Springer.

“We’re going to Paul Short, and we’re trying to win,” Men’s Head Coach Brandon Bonsey said.

The men’s squad will use a strategy similar to the one successfully executed at Navy, intended both to train and to test.

“We’re going to go out really hard for the first 2k and then settle and get in position,” Bonsey said. “We want to make ourselves hurt and our competitors hurt.”

After successful first meets, the race is another chance for the teams to assess their progress as training progresses. Both the men and the women are coming off an unusual three-week gap between races, longer than the typical two-week gap. The break provided time for full recovery and intensive training, the results of which the coaches are looking forward to seeing.

“We could make sure we recov-

ered from Dartmouth and really hit the next week to 10 days hard, having it being spaced out,” Smith said.

“Even more time to get the legs underneath us for the Paul Short meet.

So I think it worked out being a really good thing.”

The men’s team also found the added time valuable.

“The two weeks after Navy were some of the best weeks we’ve ever had,” Bonsey said.

Both teams are looking to see how they measure up against potential opponents, an opportunity made possible by the top schools represented at Paul Short. Strong teams including Indiana, Iowa State and Harvard will provide an important gauge for the men and women as the season continues to develop.

“For me, this one is to really see how we look when we get out there and give a hard effort,” Smith said.

“There are some other nationally ranked teams and we’re going to see how we stack up.”

With many of the runners on the men’s and women’s team either young or more experienced on the track than on the cross country course, Paul Short also represents an

important source of experience.

“I think we’ve got several athletes that we factor in to be heavy contributors this season that don’t have much collegiate cross country running experience,” Smith said. “So we definitely emphasize more of these preseason meets to gain that experience.”

Younger runners in particular are in need of the experience that meets like Paul Short provide.

“In our sport, it comes down to one day in November, and for everyone all these meets are just a game, preparation for that national meet,” Smith said. “But for the younger ones — our sophomores and our redshirt freshman — it’s time to learn from every single race and gain experience they don’t have yet.”

Even for more experienced runners, however, conditioning to the desired output for a racing is a critical objective of preseason meets.

“It’s a meet we’re using to prepare for later in the season,” Bonsey said.

“We’re going to work on some things technically we can improve on.”

The men’s race is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., with the women following at 11:45 a.m.

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This weekend, the Blue and Gray will dive into their first competitive meets of the season at Friday’s Potomac Relays in Washington, D.C., and in enemy waters Saturday at Delaware. Back-to-back meets should provide the Hoyas with good preparation for their ultimate goal: February’s four-day Big East championship meet.

“We’re going to swim the whole team on both days. I scheduled this on purpose,” third-year Head Coach Jamie Holder said. “At the Big East championships, we’re going to have to swim multiple days. It's a good experience to swim at night and then get up in the morning and swim again.”

The Potomac Relays, which will be hosted at Georgetown’s McCarthy Pool for diving events and at American University for swimming events, will give the Hoyas the opportunity to compete against local rivals such as George Washington, George Mason, American, Mary Washington, Howard and Mount St. Mary’s. Georgetown must also compete against these local rivals outside of the pool on the recruiting circuit.

“I’m not too worried about the wins or losses right now. I expect to put our best foot forward and build a competitive starting point,” Holder said. “I’m definitely not going to be disappointed with anything that happens. It’s a building process and we are only going up from here.”

In last year’s Potomac Relays, the Georgetown women swam well, winning three and placing in second in six of the 18 total events, while the men did not participate. The Hoyas did not have equal success when they travelled to Delaware a year ago, when the men fell 209-88 and the women lost 223-77.

“Delaware is a good team. We won a few events last year, but I would like to win a few more this time around,” Holder said. “It will be exciting to see what our freshmen can do. This team just wants to get out and race, swim with pride and get excited for each other.”

The first meets of the season are especially important for Holder’s team, which has twice as many freshmen as seniors. The Potomac Relays offer the Hoyas their only chance to experience a big college meet with seven teams.

“I try to tell them to get up and race; it’s not anything really different other than college swimming is a much more team oriented thing,” Holder said about his large freshman class.

“Seniors are the leaders even though they are light in numbers. Overall, I’m proud of the leadership were developing throughout the program, sophomores and junior are stepping up as big leaders as well.”

Georgetown swimming will have to travel a little more than two miles up Foxhall Road to arrive at American for the Potomac Relays. Saturday’s challenge will then be a quick turnaround of about 100 miles for the 1 p.m. matchup with Delaware.

men’s soccer

In Narrow Win, Yaro Provides Deciding Goal AMERICAN, from A10 specific instruction for his team.

“I wasn’t super happy with them at halftime, but the last message to the team going out was don’t get frustrated. Be patient. It might take you to overtime to win the game.”

In the second half, the Hoyas played a much more confident and comfortable game. Georgetown earned three corner kicks and forced the American goalie to make six saves, compared to one corner and one shot on goal in the first half.

The defense also halved the number of corner kicks and shots they allowed to the Eagles. After 202 minutes of scoreless soccer played by Georgetown, a run that stretched back to a 3-2 win over Princeton on Sept. 22, Yaro scored off Neumann’s corner kick from the left side. The first goal of Yaro’s collegiate career would be enough for the Hoyas, as they held on to the 1-0 lead until the final whistle.

“We went in with the mentality that we would get it in no matter what,” Yaro said of his goal. “It was a good ball from Stevie.

It was in the right place, I just happened to be there.”

The Georgetown defense recorded its sixth shutout of the season, but American had several near-misses. The Eagles took as many first half shots against the Hoyas as No. 4 Creighton had on Sept. 28,

and had more corner kicks. Nevertheless, the defense will count any game where it does not allow a goal as a success, even if the team did not play up to its usual high standards.

“Every team has its off days, and I wouldn’t say we did a terrible job, because obviously they didn’t score any goals. No matter how terrible we play, if we don’t let in any goals we have done our job,” Yaro said.

While Yaro will deservedly receive praise for his game-winning goal, Wiese pointed to Neumann as one of the most influential players in the game. Neumann did not present the offensive threat that he has in past games, according to Wiese, but his composure and attitude on the field helped his team win and justified his captain’s armband.

“I thought his personality and attitude was what really keyed the win. He didn’t get frustrated, and the team takes on his personality through the game,” Wiese said.

Overall, the Hoyas will be happy to walk away from Reeves Field with a win. American University might not be a Big East opponent, but a loss or tie would have been a disappointing result.

“For Yaro to score with five minutes to go,” Gomez said, “there was a sense of relief that we ended the game in regular time.”

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Georgetown will play host to Big East foes DePaul and Marquette this weekend.

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FIELD HOCKEY

GU Optimistic After Wins MOLLY MALONE

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After notching its second win of the season last weekend with an exciting overtime victory against St. Louis (1-9, 0-0 Atlantic 10), the Georgetown field hockey team (2-8, 0-2 Big East) has another challenging weekend ahead.

The Hoyas face St. Francis (3-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10) on Friday and Old Dominion (4-6, 1-1 Big East) on Sunday.

Despite a rough start to the season, the Hoyas are beginning to work well as a team and are coming together defensively to more effectively limit opponents’ chances.

“We’re developing … getting these two wins under our belts has definitely shown progression in my eyes. This last month is when the character of our team will really come out,” Head Coach Tiffany Hubbard said.

As for the offensive side of

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Sophomore midfielder Taylor Craig, who has appeared in all of the games this season, is part of a talented group of underclassmen.

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ith a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League wild-card game earlier this week, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally punched their ticket to the MLB postseason. After one of the longest droughts in league history, Tuesday marked the Pirates’ first playoff win since 1992.

It has been 21 years since then. I was barely 10 months old when the Pirates lost to the Braves in Game 7 of the 1992 NL Championship Series.

At the time, Barry Bonds was playing outfield for Pittsburgh, the Buffalo Bills were on their way to losing their

The Pirates have tasted October for the first time in 21 years, but can they keep the talent in a small market?

things, sophomore forward Sarah Butterfield was named to the Big East Honor Roll for the second time this season. The accolade came after Butterfield’s efforts against St. Louis, in which she scored both the first goal of the game as well as the game winner in overtime. Butterfield continues to improve, and with each game, her stats continue to rise. With help from the 10 other point earners on the team, Butterfield is looking to help the team earn more wins, starting with St. Francis on Friday in College Park, Md. The Red Flash are coming off a 3-2 victory over Kent State (4-7, 0-0 Mid-American). St. Francis’ leading scorer, sophomore midfielder Selena Adamshick, has nine goals on the season and recently earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Week honors. Her teammate junior forward Autumn Pellman is not far behind with seven goals.

While Adamshick and Pellman are the most productive on offense, senior goalkeeper Jill DiCola is holding up her end, posting an impressive .670 save percentage. Though the Red Flash hasvebeen outscored 18-15 this season, DiCola has come up strong in See HOCKEY, A8

CROSS COUNTRY

Well-Rested Hoyas Look to Dominate MATT RAAB

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Georgetown’s nationally ranked men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Lehigh on Saturday for the annual Paul Short Invitational.

Both the No. 20 men’s team and the No. 6 women’s team are looking to extend their successes after wins at the Navy Invitational and Dartmouth, respectively.

The race represents an important test for the women’s squad, with several key runners participating in their first race after a summer of training.

“I’m excited to see the four athletes that we held out of the Dartmouth meet,” Women’s Head Coach Michael Smith said. “A lot of them have just done a great chunk of work

The number of goals women’s soccer has allowed in 12 games.

and the last time they’ve raced is on the track last spring.”

Fifth-year graduate student Rachel Schneider, senior Madeline Chambers, junior Katrina Coogan and sophomore Samantha Nadel will all be lining up for the gun for the first time since the end of last spring’s track season.

“A couple of them are some of the fastest athletes that have ever run at Georgetown in the women’s program,” Smith said. “So coming off the track success they’ve had to now run cross country is really exciting.”

On the men’s side, the team is hoping to make another statement after a strong showing at the Navy Invitational in mid-September. The team will be led by the same runners See INVITATIONAL, A9

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Senior defender Colleen Dinn scored on a breakaway goal in the 73rd minute.

It was the Hoyas’ third and final goal of an impressive road victory.

Georgetown Records Sixth Shutout Win TOM SCHNOOR Hoya Staff Writer

Another game, another victory for the Georgetown women’s soccer team.

The No. 9 Hoyas (10-0-2, 2-0-1 Big East) took care of business Thursday night in Indianapolis, dispatching Big East newcomer Butler (7-4-2, 0-3 Big East) by a final score of 3-0.

The shutout vaulted Georgetown past Seton Hall into 2nd place in the Big East standings where they trail only Marquette (10-3, 3-0 Big East) (a tie atop the Big East standings with Marquette (9-3-1, 2-0-1 Big East). The Hoyas’ match against the Golden Eagles, which takes place a week from Sunday, is shaping up to be perhaps the most anticipated Big East conference game of the season.

Future battles, however, were far from the Hoyas’ mind when they took the pitch against Butler for a battle of the Bulldogs. Head Coach Dave Nolan was displeased with his squad after their 7-1 defeat of Xavier last Sunday and Thursday night offered an opportunity for improvement.

The Blue and Gray got on the board early using what has been their most deadly weapon of late – the corner kick. In their past three matches, Georgetown has scored 10 goals; six of them have come from corners hit by

junior midfielder Daphne Corboz and a number of Hoyas have been able to finish them off Against Butler, it was sophomore forward Sarah Adams who found herself on the end of one of Corboz’ corners in the 17th minute and slid the ball past Bulldog goalkeeper Mackenzie Hopkins into the back of the net.

The 1-0 scoreline held until the opening minutes of the second half when sophomore midfielder Marina Paul threaded a ball through the Bulldog defense, giving senior forward Kaitlin Brenn a breakaway. Brenn, Georgetown’s leading goal scorer, did not squander the chance and gave the Hoyas a 2-0 lead.

A blunder by the Butler defense in the 73rd minute led to the third goal of the night for Georgetown. Trailing by two goals more than halfway through the second half, the Bulldogs threw nine players into the box for a corner kick. The Hoya defense managed to clear the ball all the way to the lone Butler defender remaining at midfield, who promptly turned it over to senior defender Colleen Dinn.

Dinn raced unobstructed past the defender creating a 40-yard breakaway for herself. Hopkins rushed off of her goal line, but Dinn remained See BUTLER, A8

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Late Corner Lifts GU Over Crosstown Rivals ANDREW MAY

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third consecutive Super Bowl and Wayne Gretzky was at the peak of his hockey career. Bill Clinton was about to win the election and the Bosnian War was in its darkest days.

Overcoming problems with mismanagement and embarrassing play for the past two decades, the Pirates were finally able to put together not just a winning season but a stellar one, with ninety-four wins in total.

The Pirates’ center fielder Andrew McCutchen is an MVP candidate, and the front office has brought in savvy

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In the 85th minute of Tuesday’s game, freshman defender Joshua Yaro (5) scored his first collegiate goal, putting GU ahead of American 1-0.

A late goal from freshman defender Joshua Yaro sealed the 1-0 win for the No. 11 Georgetown men’s soccer team over crosstown rival American on Tuesday afternoon. Playing on the Eagles’ home field, Yaro scored his first collegiate career goal in the 85th minute off of a corner kick by senior forward Steve Neumann.

The Eagles started the game strong and pressed the Hoyas for much of the first half. American had six shots in the opening 45 minutes and forced Georgetown junior goalkeeper Tomas Gomez to make a difficult save. According to Gomez, the Hoyas knew that their opponent would start strong.

“This is the one game on their schedule that they circle. For us,

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sometimes we tend to look past it when we shouldn’t. The first half, they came out flying,” Gomez said.

Georgetown also had to overcome its own sluggish start and lack of focus. Head Coach Brian Wiese pointed to the lack of normal road-game routine, a step down in the quality of the opponent from the previous game and off-the-field distractions as reasons for the Hoyas’ tough opening.

“If we could do it again, we would have gotten a hotel and a catered meal,” Wiese said. “Guys are rolling out of class and they are going in vans and they are eating at Leo’s.”

Despite strong play by the Eagles for most of the first half, the scored remained tied at zero after 45 minutes. During the break, Wiese had a See AMERICAN, A8