The Hoya: December 6, 2013

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AROUND THE WORLD

EDITORIAL Prescription drugs ought to be considered a form of academic dishonesty.

Georgetown students reflect on their semesters abroad.

SPECIAL PULLOUT GUIDE

OPINION, A2

GRAY 2014 Mayor Gray announced his bid for re-election Wednesday.

NEWS, A4

SOCCER OUSTED Michigan State defeats Georgetown in the NCAA tournament’s third round.

SPORTS, A12

Georgetown Falls Short In Fellowship Awards

WINTER HOYALAND

Jennifer Ding Hoya Staff Writer

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Olivia Reyes (COL ’17), Alexa Colangelo (COL ’17) and Alex Smith (COL ’17) decorate a Christmas tree on Healy Lawn for Winter Hoyaland’s second year of promoting holiday spirit.

No Georgetown students won Rhodes, Marshall or Mitchell fellowships during this year’s application cycle, the results of which were announced throughout the past two weeks.

Between 2001 and 2010, four Georgetown students have won Rhodes scholarships, seven have won Marshall scholarships and nine have been awarded Mitchell scholarships, according to the Georgetown Office of Fellowships, Awards and Research.

The last Rhodes fellowship won by a Georgetown student was awarded to Stephanie Bryson, a former SFS grad student in 2011. Shea Houlihan (SFS ’13) and Benjamin Buchanan (COL ’11, GRAD ’13) won Marshall scholarships and Wardah Athar (COL ’13) won a Mitchell fellowship last year.

In total, 23 Georgetown students have won the Rhodes scholarship between 1903 and 2013, according to the program’s website.

Georgetown has had a total of 21 students win the Marshall Scholarship for two years of post-graduate study in the United Kingdom and 14 win the Mitchell Scholarship for postgraduate study in Ireland.

GOFAR administrators, however, do not

view this year’s results as an impediment to future students’ ambitions.

“This is certainly not a setback given the rarity of these fellowships,” GOFAR Director John Glavin wrote in an email. “Fellowship winners are the academic equivalent of Olympic medalists.”

Six Harvard University students won Rhodes scholarships this year, more than at any other institution. It was followed by Yale and Stanford, which each had three Rhodes scholars. Director of Fellowships Lauren Tuckley suggested that the rarity of fellowships awarded could be affected by the low number of Georgetown students who apply.

“It helps to understand when one sees that significantly smaller than 1 percent of a class is interested in applying,” she said in an email. “Georgetown will only grow its chances of winning fellowships when more students are interested in competing.”

This year, the committee of faculty administrators and former fellowship winners that recommends students to fellowship committees endorsed nine of the 16 alumni and seniors that applied. The process consisted of applying for university endorsement during the spring of students’ junior years, See FELLOWSHIPS, A6

#BBGU Million-Dollar Mesclun: Sweetgreen Gets Investor Prompts Discussion Natasha Khan Hoya Staff Writer

Twitter protest led by Black House explores minority students’ experience Suzanne Monyak Hoya Staff Writer

“Having an academic advisor who acts really surprised when you excel in your classes,” “When everyone looks at you when the word ‘slavery’ is brought up in discussion.”

“No black hairdressers on this side of town.

So you have to trek 30-plus minutes.”

“Having to defend why I am part of student organizations that are predominately white.”

“Being asked to speak for your whole race in an article for The Hoya.”

These tweets, from Shavonnia CorbinJohnson (SFS ’14), Raquel Caldwell (COL ’16), Kendra Tonette (NHS ’13), Jimmy Ramirez (COL ’15) and Aya Waller-Bey (COL ’14), respectively, were all accompanied by the hashtag #BBGU, short for “being black at Georgetown University,” yesterday. The hashtag was part of a Twitter protest held by the Black House between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. Thursday, during which students, alumni, faculty and administrators discussed the experience many students of color encounter on campus.

A similar event at the University of Michigan, #BBUM, inspired the Black House’s effort, which Waller-Bey, who is the Black House resident director, organized.

“I wanted to bring that conversation to Georgetown, and I really wanted us to have an outlet to often speak out,” Waller-Bey said.

Students tweeted about racism they have encountered on campus, prejudice in the classroom, uninformed conversations and daily inconveniences — like other students asking to touch black students’ hair — along with the sense of community among organizations like the Black Students Association and the Georgetown chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

“I just wish, you know, the greater Georgetown community can really see… how we feel when someone asks if they can touch our hair,” Waller-Bey told The Hoya.

“If you do something racist or say something racist, and you say ‘I’m so sorry I didn’t know that was offensive, I didn’t

After expanding to New York and Boston this year, Sweetgreen has again raised its national profile. Founded by two Georgetown alumni in 2007, the salad chain will receive a $22 million investment from venture capital firm Revolution Growth, the firm announced Wednesday.

Revolution Growth, also based in Washington D.C. and founded by former AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case, former Exclusive Resorts CEO Donn Davis and Monumental Sports & Entertainment founder, Chairman and Majority Owner Ted Leonsis (CAS ’77), has thus far concentrated its invest-

ments in the tech industry, investing in startups such as Living Social and Zipcar. Sweetgreen marks Revolution Growth’s first investment in the restaurant industry.

Nicolas Jammet (MSB ’07), Jonathan Neman (MSB ’07) and Nathaniel Ru (MSB ’07) opened their first location on M Street in Georgetown shortly after graduating. Two years later in 2009, the trio opened a location in Dupont Circle before quickly expanding up the eastern seaboard; Sweetgreen now operates 22 storefronts.

“Nic, Jonathan and Nate have developed an iconic brand in an industry that is ripe for disruption,” Case wrote in an email to The Hoya.

With funding from Revolution Growth, Sweetgreen will focus

on a three-pronged approach to the restaurant’s current team and structure as well as expansion.

“One is to invest in our people, so really invest in building a great team, invest in the culture, invest in training, really build the capabilities of a great company,” Neman told The Hoya. “The second is to invest in our community, to amp up our community efforts.

And lastly we are going to expand Sweetgreen, not aggressively but I would say very consciously, both in the markets we are in as well as new markets.”

Case hopes Sweetgreen will become a model for quick dining beyond traditional fast food See SWEETGREEN, A6

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Once a local D.C. shop, Sweetgreen is set to expand nationwide.

WHITE HOUSE

Nelson Mandela in Philadelphia with Bill Clinton in July 1993.

GU Reacts to Mandela’s Death Madison Ashley Hoya Staff Writer

The world came to a collective pause Thursday to mourn the death of human rights leader Nelson Mandela.

A prolific anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, Mandela, 95, died in his house surrounded by family.

In a television address to the South African people Thursday, President Jacob Zuma mourned the leader’s loss he said, “We’ve lost our greatest son.”

Born to a Xhosa chief in South Africa in 1918, Mandela was a restless activist from a young age.

First imprisoned for his activism while a law student at the South African University of Fort Hare, Mandela continued his civil rights advocacy by joining the anti-apartheid African National Congress in 1942 and later founding the offshoot MK movement, an armed wing of the ANC. Mandela served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Georgetown students protest the university’s investments in apartheid South Africa in an April 1985 march to the country’s embassy.

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT

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EDITORIAL

The Wrong Prescription Anxiety rises quickly in the face of tight deadlines and the pressure for high achievement.

While it is, of course, difficult to cope with heightened stress, the unauthorized use of cognitive-enhancing drugs not only poses a dangerous physical and legal risk to students, but is also a blatant form of cheating. The university should therefore move to classify it as such.

A survey conducted on campus in 2010 indicated that less than 10 percent of the Georgetown population self-reported themselves as consuming psychostimulants such as Adderall, Ritalin or Vyvanse without a prescription. Although Georgetown’s numbers are below the national average, any level of prescription drug abuse on our campus is cause for concern.

Medications like Adderall are carefully prescribed to level the academic playing field for students who are affected by legitimately documented academic disabilities. Buying and selling these drugs without doctor supervision effectively puts academic performance up for sale and violates the same level playing field these medications were originally described to create.

Furthermore, pushing their trade and consumption into the shadows drastically decreases the drugs’ safety.

The Georgetown Academic Honor Code does not yet explicitly refer to the illegal use of drugs as a form of cheating, instead it notes only that cheating is the use of unauthorized materials, information or study aids. This opens the door for students illegally consuming these drugs to hide behind the code’s ambiguity toward drugs, even if they know they are breaking federal law by taking prescription drugs without a proper prescription.

The university should explicitly outline how performance-enhancing drugs constitute a form of academic dishonesty and educate students about their use and misuse. Georgetown is a stressful place, but it is also a university with a clear set of values that deserve adherence.

Coffee, Monster Energy and 5 Hour Energy are commonplace in Lau. But going beyond these study aids by illegally consuming prescription cognitive-enhancing drugs poses not only a danger to oneself, but also to the rest of the Hilltop.

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Wage Increase — The D.C. Council has backed raising the minimum wage in D.C. to $11.50.

Going Nuts — Leo’s is now offering Nutella at the downstairs salad bar.

Donation Downturn — Arlington Cemetery reported a drop in donations this year, a portion of which would have funded wreaths traditionally placed on graves during the holidays.

International Reunion — Georgetown University’s Qatar campus is celebrating its first international alumni weekend today.

Moving Out — Building restrictions and recent deliberations have all but ensured that the FBI will be moving its headquarters out of D.C.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON by Janet Zhu

Disclose, Debate, Divest As a fiscal goal for Georgetown, divestment has been labeled as many things, from morally imperative to practically impossible. Last week, GU Fossil Free proved that divestment is not a pipe dream but rather a university-wide conversation worth having.

By a margin of 17 to six, the Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution backing GU Fossil Free on Nov. 24. The vote came less than a month after GU Fossil Free’s leadership decided to pursue a student association resolution instead of a student-wide referendum in fear of ambiguous results.

With a GUSA resolution on the table, it would be a mistake for the university to believe that the only response is to either divest or to refuse to do so. Rather, if the administration takes its commitment to dialogue seriously, it should take this resolution as a sign that even if the campus community does not wholeheartedly support divestment, now is the time to talk about it. Public forums on the issue could be used to begin a more inclusive and informed dialogue between students, faculty and administrators outside of GU Fossil Free. Such forums would be another encouraging

sign that the university values student input on more salient campus issues than architectural preferences and dining options.

The GUSA vote helped to legitimize GU Fossil Free and prove that students are eager to seriously consider the pros and cons of divestment. With minimal attention from the university administration, however, student discussion on divestment remains uninformed and possibly unproductive. The university’s investments are not currently public, and clarifying exactly what GU Fossil Free is up against would be an important step. We do not know how much of the university’s finances are tied to fossil fuels, whether or not divestment would have a deleterious effect on scholarship funding or if the university has investments in any other kinds of unsavory corporations. To proceed effectively, these questions must be addressed.

Now that GUSA has stamped GU Fossil Free with a badge of approval, the divestment conversation is at a watershed moment. The next move belongs to university administrators. We hope they consider the benefits of making divestment a more public debate.

A Level Paying Field While scoring a first internship has become a valuable benchmark moment for college students, for some, financial concerns have kept opportunities out of reach. Fortunately, however, the financial limitations that burden some applicants’ access to these coveted positions seem to be lifting. The effects of this development are heartening, and the community ought to understand the importance of increasing routes to upward mobility.

A recent Society for Human Resource Management survey showed that internships, particularly those that offer compensation, are on the rise, with 75 percent of organizations now paying their interns. This trend signifies economic buoyancy and should encourage people to apply who might not have in the past because of limited financial resources.

Around 80 percent of organizations offering internships use them to field at least one position for full-time employment, according to the SHRM survey. Restricting opportunities to only those who have the resources to support themselves without an income should prompt serious questions about

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the ethics of the current internship economy. While time-intensive internships offer the possibility of genuine growth, personal development and enriched career prospects, it would be regrettable that those who can support themselves without paid work receive an advantage in the ability to secure these crucial opportunities. It is therefore especially notable that continued prospects for economic growth are spurring an increase in paid openings.

This issue hits home at Georgetown, as the ambitious atmosphere of the Hilltop provides a large emphasis on extracurricular employment. An increase in paid internships results in additional opportunities of motivated scholars to expand their skill sets, with the additional effect of improving job prospects. The level of paid internships in the economy serves as a valuable barometer of the reliability of the job market for students. As such, this rise should comfort members of the Georgetown community deterred by experiences of the recession. If this trend continues, a paid internship in an optimistic marketplace will be the fate for more and more qualified applicants.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The Hoya begins its new year on an unusual schedule. Just as its staffers are attending their last classes and studying for finals, they are also jumping into a new role at the paper — laying their first pages, editing their first stories and evaluating their first editorials. Throughout the spring semester, this group of 11 editors will repeat these tasks countless times, but this issue is special.

Hectic as it may be, with old editors hanging around and offering wisdom, new deputy editors and assistants taking part in their first production night and secondterm editors observing the fray with some reservation, its timing also offers an opportunity to focus singularly on a new beginning at The Hoya while everything else on campus seems to be heading toward a conclusion.

This semester, we hope to continue to bring you strong coverage of Georgetown, D.C. and anything that affects our fellow students’ lives. We look forward to covering D.C.’s mayoral race along with

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Georgetown University Student Association elections, continuing to sharpen our business section, introduced by outgoing Editor-inChief Danny Funt (COL ’14) last semester and providing a platform for more columnists and viewpoint writers in our online opinion section, Chatter.

Spending so much time in this office, it’s easy to lose track of different student experiences at Georgetown. We are at our best when our readers challenge us, and I hope that you will continue to provide us with feedback, whether that comes in the form of criticism, news tips or ideas for what we could do better.

I’m sure the next semester will bring unexpected challenges and rewards, and I’m lucky enough to be heading into this term with a talented, resourceful and devoted group of editors. In our 93rd year, we will try our hardest to live up to the standards set by our predecessors — and this issue is our first step toward that goal.

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OPINION

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s the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth begins, Christmas at Georgetown is overcome with fevered anticipation for finals and the eventual freedom that follows. Oftentimes, in this especially busy time, it is easy to forget some of the lessons we usually talk about this time of year. Of these lessons, I believe love to be the most important.

In December, the Christmas-time programming that we watch and the music that we play encourage love for our God and a sense of shared humanity. I invite both sides of the political spectrum to forget their oppositions to each other’s views and remember what we have in common. Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Libertarians are all human. We share our humanity, and it is through this that we realize love is the utmost importance. So what can we do to express this love for our fellow man and woman? Act on our love. Let us give part of our time, energy, money, effort and devotion to those less fortunate than ourselves.

One of the most charitable people of the modern era was Mother Teresa.

“Love is not patronizing, and charity isn’t about pity — it is about love,” she said. “Charity and love are the same — with charity you give love, so don’t just give money, but reach out your hand instead.”

We must take action. We must not lie back and be satisfied with our own situation. We must go out into the world and actively take steps to help others.

Another great leader of our time, Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these words with regard to giving: “Every

Let us give part of our time and energy to the less fortunate. man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

We can choose to walk a life where we forget about the pain and suffering of others, or we can choose to acknowledge this suffering and actively seek to offer counsel and help to those who need it.

There is an old German folk saying: “What I spent, I had; what I saved, I lost; what I gave, I have.”

What we give stays with us. It is not necessarily that we feel better because we give, but it is the fact that when we do give, we make a difference. Even one hungry child’s stomach that is satisfied is a great impact of giving.

That is a difference made.

So whom should we help? The answer is simple. We should offer help to everybody. Undocumented workers, the homeless, the sick, the incarcerated and the hungry are all some of the groups that should be prioritized here in the United States.

In Hebrews 13:2, it is written: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” We should not overlook anyone who we can help.

To all my fellow Georgetown community members: Let us all fight to better the lives of our fellow human beings. Buy a Christmas present for a homeless person on M Street. Offer your time to a soup kitchen during your break. Donate a sweater to a clothing drive. Cheer up a fellow Georgetown student who is struggling with finals. We are all in this together.

Together we have the chance to make all of our lives better. So why not?

What is stopping us? We can make a better world starting today. We can make another person’s life that much better, that much happier, that much easier and that much brighter.

Let’s step up and make a difference this Christmas. There is no better time to start giving. There is no better time to bring others cheer.

James Gadea is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. This is the final appearance of ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM this semester.

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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

James Gadea

THE HOYA

A Name to Match Our Mission

ur campus hearkens back to the past with the towering elegance of Healy Hall but also looks to the future with the sophisticated design of Regents.

By opening a new residence hall on campus, we are perpetuating this relationship between the past and the future. This new campus landmark will have elements that remind us of both our university’s illustrious past and its vast potential. We need a name for this hall that reflects all of these tenets: our heritage, our mission and our bright future. The new hall, therefore, should be named for Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus.

Arrupe’s story is a prime example of Georgetown’s mission of educating students in the liberal arts tradition to become women and men for others. Arrupe joined the society in 1927, focusing on the study of languages and medicine. After his ordination in 1936, Arrupe went to Japan as a missionary. There, he worked with the Catholic population through World War II, and he was in charge of the Jesuit novices near Hiroshima in 1945. When the atomic bomb fell on the city, Arrupe and his fellow Jesuits were among the first to provide emergency medical care in the city, throwing all notions of self-preservation away in order to help the victims of such terrible destruction.

Perhaps most pertinent to this proposal — and most famously in the life of Arrupe — is his July 1973 speech in Valencia, Spain, during which he extolled the meaning of one of the key phrases that adorns

Naming the new residence hall after Fr. Arrupe will remind us of our university’s past and potential. banners across campus: “Today our prime educational objective must be to form men and women for others; men and women who will live not for themselves but for God and His Christ — for the Godman who lived and died for all the world; men and women who cannot

even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors; men and women completely convinced that love of God which does not issue in justice for others is a farce.”

This commitment to community is truly one of the motivating concepts

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behind Georgetown’s mission. Everything that we as students learn here, in some small way, is geared toward caring for our communities. Many pre-medical students take classes not just to learn how to properly care for patients, but to understand the critically important role health care plays in the welfare of communities around the world. Business school students take the “Social Responsibility of Business” class to learn to work in a way that benefits communities in addition to shareholders. These are just a few examples of ways that a Georgetown education is more than a vehicle for imparting knowledge; rather, it inspires students to use that knowledge to help better the world around them.

It is important, then, that the names of our residence halls — places where students spend the majority of their time, form communities and arguably learn just as much about life as in the classroom — serve as a constant reminder of the purpose of our university. We are a timeless Catholic and Jesuit institution, with deep roots in historical tradition and an eye toward the future; we remain wholly committed to the idea of women and men for others. The life led by Arrupe exemplifies these ideals. It is time that we as a university honor him and affirm our commitment to these values by naming the new residence hall after Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Patrick Musgrave is sophomore in the College. He is Georgetown University Student Association undersecretary for mission and ministry.

STATE OF PLAY

Welcoming LGBTQ Still Too Early to Label Students to Ministry Obama a Lame Duck

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eorgetown takes pride in welcoming students from different backgrounds onto its campus each year. We offer concern for all of our students and promise a small “C” catholic understanding of how to live. As a top-tier Catholic institution, Georgetown captures an inclusive vision for Catholic spirituality. Georgetown has long been on the forefront of caring for students’ spiritual health. As well as housing the largest campus ministry in the country, Georgetown has been among the first Catholic universities to introduce Jewish and Protestant chaplaincies, and was the first to hire a full-time Imam. But in addition to the university’s impeccable record on religious pluralism, Georgetown’s campus ministry has gone a step further by actively engaging the LGBTQ community’s spiritual needs by collaborating with GU Pride this year.

Most Georgetown students won’t be surprised to hear that the LGBTQ experience on the Hilltop is a uniquely uplifting one, but few may realize how many of their classmates have directly experienced the ill effects of a less inclusive theology.

When I came to Georgetown last year, I was utterly unprepared for the warm and welcoming religious community that embraced me. My senior year of high school had provided me with some i n te r e s t i n g reflections on my faith that had left me somewhat soured on Christianity. My angst began when the head of my school’s religion department urged students to vote against me for class president because of my support for gay marriage. Surely, he understood that the student body president of Lutheran High School West didn’t have any power to change Ohio marriage law, so his condemnation felt like a personal affront, and I was devastated.

My first year of college featured the dissolution of old friendships, an extremely unhappy family and some piercing introspection. Thankfully, new Georgetown friendships formed, I created strong relationships in the Washington, D.C. community and I found that I was capable of thriving in a new city, school and life. As important as my new relationships were, nothing provided me as much support as my spiritual base.

Coming to Georgetown provided me with a completely new context for spirituality in which members of my community celebrated difference and strengthened one another through our different ways of relating to God. As a Protestant, I was delighted to see a faith community

that so obviously embraced the Wesleyan idea of using experience and reason to discern God’s will for our lives. Dedicated members of Georgetown’s ministry team showed concern for me and helped me grow throughout my freshman year.

When I wanted to leave campus for a week to attend the founding convention of The Reformation Project, an affirming Christian group, I was delighted to receive broad support from professors, friends and even my RA supervisor.

While I have had a great experience at Georgetown, I think the university can do more to respond to the needs of LGBTQ students who want an active spiritual life. We should engage these issues in theology classes and not shy away from difficult discussions merely to avoid awkward confrontations and political incorrectness. We should be leaders in the ongoing debate regarding inclusion within the Church’s worldwide body. Georgetown is the flagship for Catholic education and can set the tone for thousands of other institutions throughout the world. In our own community, we can continue to make ministry resources accessible for students that do not actively seek them out.

In partnering with GU Pride, campus ministry is boldly reaffirming its commitment to ministering to the spiritual needs of all students.

Bravely, in the face of lawsuits by the likes of William Peter Blatty, the Catholic chaplaincy has joined Muslim, Jewish and Protestant leaders in discussing issues of sexuality and faith. GU Pride leaders, exhibiting the same boldness, overlooked the somewhat shaky reputation that religious organizations have on LGBTQ issues in order to form a meaningful partnership.

From leading prayer groups for gay students to providing opportunities for Bible study and participation in religious services, campus ministry has done a great deal to make LGBTQ students feel they have a place within the religious community at Georgetown. These changes will have a lasting impact far beyond the realm of spirituality, as we end the stigmatization of gay students within one of the most important cultural realms. In forming this partnership, GU Pride and campus ministry have displayed Georgetown in its best light. United, they have declared that we will care for each student’s entire person. We have made lowercase “C” catholic spirituality truly universal.

We can do more for all students seeking spirituality.

Tim Rosenberger is a sophomore in the College.

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lmost a full year into his second crats were unable to reap any political term, President Barack Obama rewards because of the biggest disaster has lurched from one disaster of them all: healthcare.gov. to the next and has little to show for his For the better part of two months, the thumping of Mitt Romney last Novem- oxygen has been sucked out of Washingber. However, with a more modest agen- ton by hand-wringing over the malfuncda and greater managerial competence, tioning website of Obama’s signature Obama has plenty of time to salvage his domestic policy. Although the website presidency. now appears to be mostly fixed, the In his second inaugural address, president’s last remaining strength — Obama laid out a sweeping liberal vi- his credibility — has evaporated. sion, emphasizing a broad theme of Today, the popular view seems to be equal opportunity and endorsing an that, no matter how much voters peractivist government to achieve it. His sonally like him and his family, Obama vision wasn’t wrong — in fact, it was is less than honest and still incapable of inspiring — but a skilled politician like getting anything done. With three years Obama should surely have realized that remaining, is he consigned to leave ofhe would fall flat maneuvering such pol- fice as detested as George W. Bush? Or icies through a Republican-controlled can he depart Washington on Jan. 20, House and a Senate dominated by con- 2017, riding as high as Bill Clinton or servative Democrats.

Ronald Reagan?

The first blow came in April, when a Although it’s impossible to rule out bipartisan, Obama-backed compromise the former, the latter is within reach for on background checks for firearms the president and his team. purchasers — perhaps the mildest posLast week’s steps toward a definitive sible form of restriction on gun owner- deal on Iranian nuclear enrichment ship — failed to clear a show that Obama can 60-vote hurdle in the still accomplish big Senate. Although Nathings, and it gives tional Rifle Association hope for more diplointransigence made matic triumphs in the passing any meaningworld’s most troubled ful reform difficult, region.

Democratic defections At home, the presithat sank the Manchindent is likely to be Toomey proposal spoke able to take credit for Evan Hollander to Obama’s difficulty whatever budget comworking with Conpromise emerges from Obama has plenty of negotiations between gress.

Still reeling from Sen. Patty Murray (Dtime to salvage his that defeat, the adminWash.) and Rep. Paul presidency. istration was rocked Ryan (R-Wis.). over the summer with Obama would also Edward Snowden’s revelations about be wise to take House Speaker John the NSA surveillance program, PRISM. Boehner (R-Ohio) up on his proposal to With lingering memories of 9/11 and adopt immigration reform on a piecethe lack of privacy inherent in ubiqui- meal basis, though we can be confident tous social media, outrage was diffuse, that Senate Democrats will not pass legand Obama struggled to explain highly islation that does not include the most classified programs to an even more important components of successfully skeptical public. overhauling the system.

With little help from Obama, senators Filibuster reform — the Senate’s overfrom both parties overwhelmingly ad- turning of the so-called “nuclear option” opted immigration reform in late June, last month — gives the president the but the bill’s prospects in the House opportunity to get the best people into were immediately bleak. An ambitious the government and the courts, which package of climate change proposals the is especially useful in forming a legacy. president unveiled at the same time was Finally, the president should continquickly marked dead on arrival in each ue to actively campaign for Democratic house of Congress. candidates on 2014 ballots, something The West Wing was also preoccupied he has already been doing more aggreswith foreign policy challenges, not least sively than he did in 2010. of which was the ongoing civil war in By keeping his 2012 coalition intact Syria. With Americans overwhelmingly next year, Obama will be able to deal opposed to intervention, Obama was with a friendlier Congress for the final forced to alter his “red line” rhetoric, al- two years of his term. Combined with though the ultimate solution crafted by an economy that is growing slowly Secretary of State John Kerry helped save but steadily, strong Democratic perforface and will hopefully spare Syrians mance in 2014 will allow the 44th presifrom more chemical attacks. dent to claim an even greater space in Many observers expected Obama to the history books. emerge stronger from the 14-day government shutdown and debt limit brinks- Evan Hollander is a senior in the manship in October, which was widely School of Foreign Service. This is blamed on congressional Republicans. the final appearance of State of That proved wishful thinking, as Demo- Play this semester.

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Epicurean and Company owner Chang Wook Chon has pledged to uphold the university’s Just Employment Policy but has not agreed to change his business practices in response to a petition delivered by student representatives Nov. 11 protesting the treatment of his employees.

“It’s not something I have to change because of the petition or the demonstration,” Chon said. “But we’ve been doing what we are supposed to do to comply with the Just Employment Policy.”

Chon was charged in 2010 with withholding overtime wages from workers and violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. He pled guilty in March to criminal contempt for violating a court order that was issued during a civil lawsuit. The complaints stemmed from practices at Chon’s Connecticut Avenue establishment, which is not beholden to the JEP. The petition, delivered by a 40-student group led by representatives from the Georgetown University Student Association, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and Hoyas for Immigrant Rights, sought to bring attention to Chon’s alleged mistreatment of Epicurean workers, expressing “great concern regarding allegations of wage theft, intimidation and the mistreatment of immigrant workers at Epicurean.”

The document called for Chon to publically reaffirm his commitment to the policy, a framework designed to ensure fair wages and access to certain university resources. Additionally, the petition requested that Chon fully cooperate with the efforts of the university administration to ensure transparent and fair business practices.

“I have taken many steps to show my commitment to Epicurean employees, to Georgetown University and to the Just Employment Policy,” Chon wrote in a letter addressed to the Georgetown community Nov. 18. “I will continue to work with the associate vice president of auxiliary services and the greater Georgetown University administration on the Just Employment policy.”

Chon restated his commitment to fair treatment of employees, stating that continued adherence to the JEP guidelines is a required condition of his business practice.

“Right now in this location, it’s mandatory, and I have to do it. We’ve been doing what we are supposed to do to comply with the Just Employment Policy,” Chon told THE HOYA. “I am aware of it, so I followed it from day one when I started this business.”

According to GSC member Irene Koo (COL ’16), however, Chon’s treatment of employees on the Georgetown campus did not always adhere to the JEP. “We were really concerned about the fact that workers on our own campus were being mistreated. We had no way of making sure that the abuses had stopped or that the university could effectively enforce the JEP based on the existing contract,” Koo said. “I don’t agree with his statement that he has complied with the JEP ‘from day one’ because it is clear that in the past, many of his employees had grievances about withheld wages, threats and intimidation.”

Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services Joelle Wiese also affirmed that the university has not directly undertaken any new policies towards Epicurean as a result of the student protest against Chon’s treatment of his staff.

“I don’t know if there have been any direct effects of the petition other than a lot of communication back and forth,” Wiese said.

However, she noted that over the past several months, the university has undertaken broader measures to make sure campus businesses are complying with the JEP, although not all efforts have been widely publicized.

Wiese pointed to a compliance hotline, the use of employee surveys, financial audits, town hall-style meetings between workers and administrators and a video outlining the various facets of the JEP to Epicurean workers as parts of a larger effort to include workers in the greater campus community.

GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) described the pace of implementing new university policies in response to the petition and protest as sluggish, saying that student activism is playing a role in making the university a better place for employees.

“It’s been a really great opportunity for [Chon] to publicly commit, which is what we’re asking for,” Tisa said. “Going back to the original petition, we wanted to open up that dialogue and then prove that students are watching, and students are caring about these members of our community.”

Wiese stated that the ultimate goal of any changes to university policy should be to find new ways of supporting the workers.

“Going forward with the Just Employment, we’re coming up with new ways that we can actually ensure compliance,” Wiese said. “That’s one of the ways Georgetown is reaching out to the contracted employees in general, to help make them feel part of the family.”

Mayor Vincent Gray officially announced his bid for reelection Monday after picking up his Petition for Candidacy at the D.C. Board of Elections office, altering a previously wide-open race populated with a number of qualified candidates.

Gray’s announcement has shifted the focus of the race, as candidates are now tasked with unseating an incumbent embattled with legal troubles surrounding allegations of illegal donations to the mayor’s 2010 campaign.

The mayor will likely center his campaign on his successful push for District budget autonomy in light of federal budget cuts, in addition to the economic progress the city has made during his term.

Soon after Gray’s announcement, some candidates took the opportunity to highlight the incumbent’s perceived ethical shortcomings.

“I think it really sharpens the discussion about integrity in

government,” Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) said to THE HOYA, referring to Gray’s legal troubles during his election campaign.

Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) was also critical of the mayor’s refusal to answer questions stemming from his 2010 campaign. “[Gray] will have to end his silence and answer the many legal questions about his 2010 campaign,” Bowser said in an email to her supporters following Gray’s announcement.

Mayoral candidate and former State Department official Reta Jo Lewis said that Gray’s decision to run should serve as a reminder to voters of the importance of this race.

“This news simply reinforces the choice facing the people of our city. The mayor and the other four members of the D.C. Council who are running for mayor are part of the status quo,” Lewis said. “I’m the only candidate who is not a politician, and the only candidate who will provide a fresh start and bring a new, inclusive approach to the Wilson Building,

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After months of speculation, Mayor Vincent Gray announced his bid for re-election, drawing ire from fellow candidates.

the executive office of the D.C. mayor.

As for Gray, he will not be answering any additional questions regarding allegations stemming from his 2010 campaign. Instead, he is focusing on the economic and social gains his administration has made during his current term.

“Look, our record speaks for itself. Look at the fiscal stability in this city, look at the economic development in this city, the educational improvements, the way people are getting back to work,” Gray told a group of reporters Tuesday. “I want to talk about the future of the District of Columbia.”

Candidate and Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal painted Gray’s announcement as inconsequential to the focus of his campaign.

“I don’t think it changes much from my perspective; you have another person from City Hall running,” Shallal said. “I see it as business as usual.”

Other mayoral candidates took a less aggressive tone toward Gray’s announcement, welcoming him to a competitive race.

“Welcome to the race,” Councilmember Vincent Orange (DAt Large) said in an interview Tuesday. “I look forward to the dialogue.”

Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) declined to comment on the matter.

While Gray has until Jan. 2, 2014, to gather the 2,000 signatures necessary to enter the Democratic primary on April 1, the Mayor has already tapped longtime D.C. political operative Chuck Thies to run his campaign.

Gray sent an email to supporters urging them to sign petitions supporting his candidacy but said he will hold off on launching his campaign until after the New Year.

“We will formally launch ‘Gray 2014’ next year,” Gray wrote. “This is not the season when people want to hear from politicians. Now is the time for family, friends and celebration.”

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Many of the grievances expressed by the student participants revolved around Georgetown’s deficiency of diversity programs, specifically in its lack of a formalized African American studies department and major and the absence of a diversity requirement for students.

“If Georgetown could really find a way to pull into action and streamline a diversity requirement, have a mandatory experience where students are kind of able to engage in a conversation, I think that would be valuable,” Waller-Bey said.

She said that she hopes that #BBGU will help raise awareness about these issues in the Georgetown community and encourage the administration to become more involved in diversity issues on campus.

“I want Georgetown, the provost and DeGioia to say, ‘We hear you,’” Waller-Bey said. “And I want them to formally say that, ‘We hear what you’re saying. We think these are problems. We are going to do whatever we can to make Georgetown more inclusive of all communities, all unrepresented communities.’”

The Georgetown administration gave #BBGU its full support, endorsing the event in a post from the official Georgetown Facebook page, with many individual administrators also joining in the conversation from their personal Twitter accounts.

“Check out #BBGU — An important conversation — voices of students, alumni, faculty, and staff — we all need to listen and engage,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson tweeted.

“#BBGU: a powerful reminder that acknowledging privilege and striving for justice is a lifelong endeavor. Never over,” Center for Student Engagement Director Erika Cohen Derr tweeted.

Despite these administrators’ support of the event, Waller-Bey said that university officials have a responsibility to do more.

“I think Georgetown needs to step up,” she said. “These things cannot keep happening. We should have to feel comfortable. I shouldn’t have to feel like I’m on a battlefield.”

Waller-Bey emphasized the importance of holding an event like #BBGU in order to support a sense of community.

“For everyone to be able to partake in this and for people to give the affirmation to feel like, ‘You are not alone. I’ve experienced this,’” Waller-Bey said. “I really enjoy by having this open forum where you actually can retweet this and say ‘Yes, I understand, I agree, that’s been my experience.’”

Even though many of the posted tweets described negative experiences, Waller-Bey stressed that her intentions for the event are rooted in her love for the university.

“This was organized because we love Georgetown, and because I love Georgetown,” she said.

“And the students here really care about the experiences of themselves and the experiences of others, and they really want to create an outlet for people to share, you know, their stories and their narratives.”

Waller-Bey hoped that this event will serve as a catalyst for more thoughtful discussion about race on campus that could lead to increased sensitivity and respect.

“I love Georgetown. … Because of that, I challenge it to be a better Georgetown so people behind me can have a better experience,” she said.

NIH Budget Cuts Threaten GU Medical Center Research Griffin Cohen Hoya Staff Writer

Federal budget cuts to the National Institute of Health have already started to take their toll on researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center.

With a fiscal year 2013 budget of $32 billion, the NIH, the nation’s leading medical research agency, will face a $600 million budget reduction come January. These cuts are in addition to the 5 percent loss that amounted to $2.9 billion the NIH incurred in the fall.

According to Dean for Research Dr. Robert Clarke, the GUMC receives more than 80 percent of all external research funding given to Georgetown University.

“Georgetown faculty members continue to make difficult choices about decreasing the scope of their projects and possibly reducing staff,” Clarke said. “Students probably feel that impact the most because there may be fewer opportunities to participate directly in the work happening in a lab.”

In the wake of these cuts, the NIH has begun exploring the number of grant applications that Georgetown and other universities can submit for review.

According to Sally J. Rockey, the NIH’s deputy director for extramural research, writing and reviewing applications is a costly enterprise.

“We have to think about it as a community, how we control demand, because writing applications, submitting applications and reviewing applications is extraordinarily costly to the community,” Rockey said in a quote to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Georgetown professor of chemistry Paul Roepe, who recently published a study in the online journal PLOS ONE that explained why drugs designed to fight off malaria sometimes stop working in people, said the issue of decreased funding is being vigorously discussed among research-active professors.

“The feeling is increasingly dismal that our government and other funding sources will ever cor-

rect the current situation,” Roepe said.

According to Clarke, funds from approved grants can support the cost of research, including salaries of research staff, costs of research equipment and other expenses, such as travel fees and spending to meeting federal regulatory requirements for research.

“Without these funds, the amount of research we could conduct would be very small in comparison with the amount we actually do,” Clarke said.

While the number of grants approved by the NIH has remained relatively stable in recent years, the success rate of these grants has not. According to the NIH Data Book, which provides summary statistics on grants and organizations supported by the institute, grants had a 32 percent success rate in 2000; today, that rate is hovering above 15 percent, and the NIH projects 640 fewer research grants will be issued this year than in 2012.

Diminished research, according to Roepe, could significantly affect the independent thinking that a research-based learning environment can cultivate in students.

“Good researchers become independent, rigorous critical thinkers, and that’s what we want you to be when you leave Georgetown,” Roepe said.

The decrease in grant approvals could also affect the university’s global ranking, according to Roepe.

“The single greatest factor that yields [college rankings] is not a lower quality of our work but the relatively small volume of research that we produce compared to other top universities,” Roepe said. “Since basic science attracts much more external research funding than most other fields, Georgetown continues to lose ground relative to other universities in terms of overall research productivity,” he said.

According to Roepe, while research continues to lead to new developments paramount to society’s growth, he said he fears the issue of lost research funding continues to be overlooked.

“I worry that in the face of all the other issues that clog our airwaves and political arguments, this one will be lost in the shuffle,” Roepe said.

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Global Fund Board (left to right) Steven Radelet, Lucy Chesire, David Stevenson and Todd Summers highlight the need for countries to take ownership of fighting their epidemics.

Global Fund Tackles AIDS Ashley Miller Hoya Staff Writer

International leaders highlighted the need for the current generation to combat the global HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics in Copley Formal Lounge Wednesday.

Ambassador Mark Dybul (CAS ’85, MED ’92), the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, stated that there is an unprecedented opportunity for the current generation to face these diseases and mitigate their effect on future generations.

“So the real question is, do we want to be the first generation that’s had the ability to control these epidemics?” Dybul said. “Or do we want to be the generation that doesn’t, and so that the next generation and the next generation and then the next generation possibly have to continue to deal with these diseases as public health threats?”

Dybul, a former distinguished scholar and co-director of the Global Health Law Program at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown

University, said that without action now, it might be too late as resources to contain future outbreaks will become scarce.

“If the infection rates start going back up, I don’t know that we have the science and I know we don’t have the money to bring them back under control,” Dybus said.

Georgetown University Vice President for Global Engagement Thomas Banchoff also acknowledged the importance of immediate action.

“We have a choice to invest now, or pay forever,” Banchoff said.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama had announced the United States’ commitment to up to $5 billion in AIDS relief efforts.

“From the standpoint of the Obama administration, we are very happy with the results of the replenishment conference. Donors pledged approximately $12 billion yesterday,” the Global Fund Vice-Chair of Finance and Operations John Monahan (CAS ’83, LAW ’87) said. Monahan also acknowledged the importance of The Global Fund and its role in controlling these diseases.

A panel of speakers also ad-

dressed The Global Fund’s new approach to giving assistance to countries. The Global Fund hopes to give more power to the countries fighting these epidemics, rather than dealing with the diseases directly.

“I would hope this … dialogue is a way for us to say this is about mutual responsibility,” the Global Fund Chair of the Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee Todd Summers said. “It’s not about the U.S. and Canada and Germany coming to fix Nigeria’s problems.”

Mutual accountability and responsibility are both major parts of the Global Fund’s change in strategy. The aim is to be partners rather than encroaching on the sovereignty of other countries, Dybul explained.

“If we respect them as human beings and as partners… that makes a difference,” Dybul said.

However, with mutual accountability comes the issue of who would hold actors responsible.

“The challenge here in this new paradigm, is to figure out who holds that accountability stick and how do you arm them to use it,” Summers said.

Mandela Leaves Mark on GU MANDELA, from A1 During his time in activism and political office, Mandela never expressed hatred for the white population in South Africa that had brutally enforced apartheid and oppressed the country’s black citizens. His continued resilience and quiet dignity were never on display more than during the 27 years he spent in South African prisons after being charged with sabotage by the ruling pro-apartheid government. An imprisoned Mandela became the raison d’etre and de facto face for the anti-apartheid movement, spurring efforts both within South Africa and abroad.

After his retirement from politics in 1999, Mandela became a human rights icon whose voice was crucial in the movement to combat HIV/ AIDS in Africa as well as the campaign for South Africa to host the FIFA World Cup, a feat realized in 2010. Mandela was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former South Africa President Frederik Willem de Klerk in 1993 for their work to end apartheid.

Mandela’s actions not only rallied a nation but disrupted an international community’s collective ideas about race and the African people, according to Amadou Kone, a professor in the Department of French from Cote d’Ivoire who teaches African literature.

“Africa needed to show that, like the other continents, it has eminent persons who incarnate the highest values appreciated by men from all over the world,” Kone wrote in an email. “Nelson Mandela is one of these great Africans. He is the purest incarnation of these individuals and his actions, his philosophy, his example are known in his country, in Africa and in the whole world and have changed how Africans are seen.”

At Georgetown, the “Man-

dela Effect” was no less profound. During the height of the anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980s, Georgetown students engaged in a sit-in on campus to urge the university to divest from businesses that invest in South Africa — a movement that inspired the current efforts of GU Fossil Free.

Georgetown students were also at the forefront of the anti-apartheid movement when, following a rally at The George Washington University in April 1985, they joined students from Howard University, American University and the University of Maryland in a “funeral march” to the South African Embassy, where they

“He took the impossible and made it possible.”

JESCINTA IZEVBIGIE (SFS ’14) African Society President

protested alongside 4,000 District workers, according to a 1985 American Committee on Africa newsletter.

Students and faculty alike were moved to learn of Mandela’s passing.

African Society President Jescinta Izevbigie (SFS ’14), who is from Nigeria, expressed that Mandela served as a role model for people around the world, not just Africans.

“He wasn’t just a leader but he was a resilient one, and he showed not only what African political leaders should strive to be but what human beings should strive to be. He took the impossible and made it possible,” Izevbigie said.

Gwendolyn Mikell, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and a former chair of the African Studies Program, has begun composing a poem in tribute to Mandela.

It is titled “Madiba,” the Xhosa nickname bestowed on Man-

dela by the people of South Africa.

“A massive baobab tree has fallen / this tree that seemed to live for so many lifetimes / a tree that sheltered all South Africa’s people within its trunk / that pushed for racial understanding within South Africa’s midst,” the poem begins.

Matt Chung (COL ’14), who studied abroad in South Africa in spring 2013, commented on what he saw of the country’s perception of Mandela.

“He is as visionary, as impactful as George Washington was for this country. In this same way George Washington built this country, led it through its revolution and was there through its transition to nationhood, Nelson Mandela led his country through an incredible social revolution and administered it through a period of transition until he felt the country could stand on its own two feet,” Chung said.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, was in South Africa the day Mandela was released from prison in 1990.

“Nothing about Nelson Mandela’s life was predictable, not even his passing on his own time. … The world could not have predicted that out of his harsh imprisonment Mandela would become a model of selfless, even self-effacing leadership the world had not seen,” Norton wrote in a statement Thursday.

Mandela extended his vision of hope beyond South Africa, as exemplified by his inaugural address delivered May 10, 1994.

“We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation-building, for the birth of a new world,” Mandela said.

“The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.”

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Delayed Repairs to Dome Kit Clemente Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Francis J. Heyden Observatory recently underwent repairs to return the building to its full functionality.

Heyden Observatory, the third oldest observatory in the country and a national landmark, had been in need of repairs and improvements for a number of years. Last year, the observatory failed to win the Partners in Preservation Program communitybased contest that would have restored the site with a $1 million grant. The site did win $5,000 for its participation, in addition to a further $5,000 in recognition of campaigning efforts.

The need for repairs to fix the observatory became urgent when the observatory dome’s rotating function broke last May, rendering the facility unusable to the Georgetown University Astronomical Society.

“We couldn’t use the main telescope, which is the whole point of the observatory,” GUAS Secretary Nick Childress (COL ’14) said. “And I think what most people are interested in when they come to the meeting for the first time, that’s what they want

to do.”

Although the broken telescope inconvenienced GUAS, the main focus of the recent repairs for Georgetown’s Planning and Facilities staff was the observatory’s lead paint.

Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey said they started to replace the paint on the observatory’s base around four months ago.

Communication between members of GUAS and Planning and Facilities staff, who are in charge of campus maintenance, remained minimal, although GUAS had been attempting to communicate the need for repairs to the observatory since last May. “We were trying to get in touch with facilities and get the ball rolling on fixing [the dome], not really having much success until maybe a month or two ago,” GUAS President Daniel Dylewsky (COL ’15) said. “And then we had also spoken to a professor in the physics department who’s also our faculty adviser, and he kind of helped us out with that. Then it just kind of out of the blue got repaired one day and they told us, ‘Hey, it’s fixed.’”

Morey emphasized that the

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Recent repairs to the exterior dome have made Heyden Observatory functional once more.

staff followed typical procedure in communicating the need for repairs.

“When we do certain hazardous materials abatement, you have to do notifications of the area and the extent of the area because you don’t want someone walking into that. So we had to do onsite notifications of caution, hazardous materials abatement underway, that kind of thing,” Morey said.

The observatory, which is usually kept locked, is open to the public during GUAS meetings.

However, because of the facility’s limited access and state of constant disrepair, Dylewsky sees it as an underutilized resource.

“It’s really cool to be able to see you’re looking through the same telescope and the same lens they used 150 years ago. I do feel a lot of people don’t really know about it,” Dylewsky said.

“So often we have people come to meetings and say, ‘Oh wow, I never even knew this place existed, and this is so cool,’ so it is always rewarding when people do that, but it would be great if we could have more exposure and have more people come up and see what the building has to offer.”

In terms of future improvements, the university’s financial ability to make repairs remains a question.

“Generally, the way things get funded is there’s a whole bunch of requirements and then less resources to execute those requirements, and we have to go through a prioritization process,” Morey said.

The feasibility of using the observatory for academic purposes is not very significant, especially as Georgetown, which once had a prestigious research graduate astronomy program, no longer has instructional needs for the observatory. Georgetown offers one entry-level astronomy course in the physics department.

Professor Wesley Mathews, who teaches the astronomy course and advises GUAS, could not be reached for comment.

“If we could just have some more classes at least for undergrads, it would be nice,” Childress said. “I would like that to happen because I think it would help give more motives to fix the observatory — and not just fix it, but upgrade it.”

Barren Year for Fellowships FELLOWSHIPS, from A1 then working to perfect personal statements and interviewing skills over the next few months before the fellowships’ deadlines in October.

GOFAR holds six weeks of mock interviews from October to November that provide feedback and coaching tips on topics ranging from academic reasoning to body language and intonation.

“I felt that I was very well prepared, that the office gives each of us a lot of time and support as we develop our applications and as we prepare for the interviews,” said Andrew Choi (SFS ’14), a finalist for the Rhodes scholarship whose research focuses on energy and paper-based batteries.

Regardless of the outcome,

applicants said they believed the process of applying was rewarding and allowed them to develop their academic ambitions.

“I think it was definitely helpful for me personally, to help me to clarify exactly what I wanted to do and study,” said Aamir Hussain (COL ’14), who applied for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships to examine the use of interfaith dialogue in improving healthcare.

Students noted that GOFAR gave them a consistent amount of support, even after decisions had been made.

“Throughout the process I developed a network and the school professors helped me to prepare for the interview,” Choi said.

Choi expressed the hope

that other students will consider applying for these scholarships.

“One thing I would say though is to encourage more people to apply,” Choi said, “I don’t think Georgetown gets enough applicants to apply to the Office of Fellowships and one thing I hope to do is encourage talented sophomores and juniors to start considering to apply and start talking to them.”

Although the Rhodes and Marshall fellowships have completed their application cycles for this year, other opportunities such as the James Madison Memorial Fellowship, the Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship Program and the NIH-Cambridge Scholars Program are still accepting applications.

Sweetgreen Receives $22M SWEETGREEN, from A1 restaurants. The restaurant uses locally grown ingredients for most items on its menu and sells cold-press juices and frozen yogurt in addition to salad.

“We believe it has the potential to penetrate markets in every city across the country, building community and redefining how people eat, what they eat and what they should expect from fastcasual dining,” Case wrote.

“The fast-casual restaurant market is the largest growing segment of the $435 billion restaurant industry, so the possibilities are really endless for the company’s growth.”

Neman shared Case’s optimism, putting forth his expansive long-term and shortterm goals for the company’s

growth.

“Our vision is to one day be the world’s number one healthy lifestyle brand, but for the near future, it’s to really focus on being the best healthy fast-food company in the country,” Neman said.

The Sweetgreen founders decided to accept Revolution Growth’s investment because of their belief in the two companies’ compatibility.

“We really share a lot of values; they have core values that we believe in, they really believe in our overall mission,” Neman said.

“Their whole philosophy is to invest in businesses that will change the world for the better.”

According to technology blog TechCrunch, Case will join the Sweetgreen board and advise Jammet, Neman

and Ru. Neman emphasized that the funding will not affect the company’s values but rather allow it to continue to further develop its sustainable business model.

“The plan is not to go into hyper-growth mode — it’s still to take our time and to do things right and consciously,” Neman said.

Moving forward, the quality of Sweetgreen’s local, sustainable and organic ingredients as well as the brand’s focus on creating an experience sets Sweetgreen apart from other restaurants, according to Neman.

“The biggest difference when you go to Sweetgreen is it’s not just the transaction — we create an emotional connection with our customers and connect with each individual,” Neman said.

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From left to right: Bishop Steven Blaire, Kathryn Jean Lopez, moderator John Carr, Michael Gerson and E.J. Dionne at the second Initiative on Catholic Social Thought panel.

Catholic Forum Explores Social Thought on Poor Nick Simon

Hoya Staff Writer

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought held its second dialogue focusing on poverty under the Pontificate of Pope Francis Monday night in Gaston Hall.

The event, “The Pope and the Poor: Challenges of Pope Francis and Catholic Social Thought for American Poverty,” featured Washington Post columnists E.J. Dionne and Michael Gerson, National Review Online Editor-at-Large Kathryn Jean Lopez and Stephen Blaire, the bishop of Stockton, Calif.

The initiative, led by Director John Carr, stemmed from an idea from the Office of University President John J. DeGioia that aims to advance Catholic social teaching in relation to current political, social and economic issues, with the intent to promote the common good.

Speakers asserted Pope Francis is unique in his approach to remediating the challenges of the poor because he is willing to challenge Church convention by emphasizing tenets long ignored.

“The reason that Francis is so powerful and attractive is that he talks like Jesus and acts like Jesus,” Gerson said. “A Church that looked like this could transform the world.”

Conversely, other speakers asserted that the strength of Pope Francis’ approach to poverty does not lie in his strategy, but in the simplicity with which he communicates the

problems of the poor.

“Pope Francis is speaking the Gospel in a common language that we can understand,” Blaire said. “He is speaking as a pastor who has been on the streets with his people in Buenos Aires.”

Panelists acknowledged the pope’s dissemination of message through comparatively modern methods, such as interviews with secular journalists, daily homilies and televised acts of charity and compassion.

The panelists also discussed the pope’s call for Catholics to take action against the injustice of poverty in society.

“Catholics all too often do not show lives that are different and conform to the Gospel,” Lopez said. “But if the pope can find time for other people, so can you.”

The speakers also mentioned the implications of the pope’s message, as Pope Francis has emphasized the need for unity between Catholics of both major American political parties in order to ably combat this problem.

Students in attendance felt the discussion caused them to reflect on their own roles in combating poverty and in the church.

“I was motivated to follow the role that Francis gives the Church when he said, ‘I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security,’” Patrick Denenea (COL ’17) said.

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Student Car Ban Lacks Enforcement Ashley Miller Hoya Staff Writer

The university’s ban on vehicles for undergraduates, instituted this summer, has been minimally implemented, with administrators relying on the ban itself rather than any methods of enforcement this semester.

“The goal here is not to make this a disciplinary issue; the goal is to manage the impact from the number of student cars in the neighborhood,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said.

The ban was part of the 2010 Campus Plan agreement Georgetown negotiated with its neighbors in July 2012. Although the Code of Student Conduct now explicitly prohibits students from parking vehicles on campus or on residential streets in Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall, no disciplinary sanctions for violation of this rule are listed.

“We don’t plan to make any formal changes at this point,” Olson said.

In lieu of any administrative punishment, students cited because of the ban discuss the issue with administrators.

“I’d say at this point that what we have done is just had follow-up conversations about how to resolve the issue with students and that’s been our focus,” Olson said, declining to provide a specific number.

Georgetown University Student Association President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) emphasized the low priority of the ban for student government representatives.

“What we have been doing is focusing on transportation issues in general and just making sure that students have ways to get around,” Tisa said. “At the end of the day, how do you tell if a car is a student car? I haven’t heard of anyone hav-

ing any issues with the policy.”

Possible enforcement systems to identify student cars could bring up concerns about labeling students.

“If the neighborhood or the university were to somehow label student cars as student cars, I think that you would be completely treating students differently than any other citizen of the city,” former GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) said.

According to Student Advocacy Office Co-Director and Disciplinary Review Committee member Ben Manzione (SFS ’15), the Student Advocacy Office has not been involved with any cases involving the student vehicle ban.

Olson additionally stated that there has been a very low number Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) of students GUSA President that have had to speak with the Office of Student Conduct.

“We’re dealing with the cases that come to our attention. In the Office of Student Conduct, there are not very many that have come to our attention. It has been just a very small number,” Olson said.

In addition, there have been exceptions made to the ban for a few students. Olson noted that some of the students that they have had conversations with due to violations of the ban have been some of the same students who have received exemptions.

The low number of cases seen by the SAO and the Office of Student Conduct has led students to believe the ban is informally enforced.

“At the very least, I think it’s fair to say they are not harshly enforcing the ban, simply because we haven’t seen cases, but that has to be taken with a caveat,” Student Advocacy Office Co-Director Michelle Mohr (COL ’15) said. “Just because we haven’t seen cases doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”

“At the end of the day, how do you tell if a car is a student car?”

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The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society is soliciting donations in the “Keep the Lights On!” campaign to replace the dimmer system for their home, Stage III, located within Poulton Hall.

Troupe Strives for Stage Repairs Joanie Greve Hoya Staff Writer

The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society will have to raise $33,000 to replace the dimmer system in Poulton Hall’s Stage III, but, until its fiscal goals are met, the group has resorted to using ice cubes to keep the lights cool enough to operate during shows.

The performing arts group is fundraising to replace its dimmer system, which controls the changing light settings during its productions.

The current dimmers are 15-years-old and have required extensive maintenance recently, including the application of hair dryers set to non-heat functions to keep them cool during shows, according to M & B’s current Executive and Associate Producers, Harry Wilken (COL ’14) and T. Chase Meacham (COL ’14).

In Meacham and Wilken’s appeal, published on the program’s website, the tiered gift recognition structure revealed that $700 would provide an individual dimmer, while $8,000 would obtain an entire rack, which consists of 12

dimmers; either donation would secure naming rights, among other recognition schemes.

“They’ve just reached the end of their useful life, like everything on this campus at some point,” Department of Performing Arts Administrative Director Ron Lignelli said.

The troupe requires 48 new dimmers. To cover the cost, M & B has already dedicated $5,000 from its gift fund to the project. The Performing Arts Advisory Council announced on Tuesday that it would match M & B’s donation.

Lignelli hopes that the other $23,000 will come from alumni and parent donations.

“The connectedness of the alums is very strong,” Lignelli said. “I think that [raising the total] is very doable.”

For Michael Lokensgard (SFS ’90), a Georgetown and M & B alumnus, the gratitude he feels for the memories he made with M & B compelled him to donate.

“I have a lot of fun memories of it, and I’m able to help out, so why not?” Lokensgard said. “It was a great group of people. I probably keep in touch with more people from that

organization than from any other group or class on campus.”

Wilken and Meacham believe that this sense of community continues in M & B today and will help them reach their goal.

“Everybody talks about Mask and Bauble with this insane passion and love, and I can completely relate to that,” Wilken said.

This dedication to M & B is apparent from the rapid speed of the donations made by alumni and others. Only two weeks after launching, M & B is a third of the way to reaching its $33,000 goal, having already raised over $12,000.

M & B leaders have set March 1 as the goal for an end date of the project, but the work will need to be completed over the summer when no shows are in production.

The troupe only has two shows left on stage III this season.

For Wilken and Chase, that means that their hard work will come to fruition after they both graduate in May, but they said the timing did not bother them.

“If I can come back and see a show with no flickering lights, I will be so happy,” Meacham added.

“It will all be worth it.”

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Hoya Selects New Staff Ryan Thomas

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The Hoya’s spring editorial and publishing staff began their terms Nov. 23, after selections in mid-November.

Friday’s issue is the first print issue with the new production staff.

Former Executive Editor Emma Hinchliffe (COL ’15) was selected as the 140th editor-in-chief of The Hoya, replacing Danny Funt (COL ’14).

“I’m honored to step into this role, and I’m looking forward to this semester’s opportunities and challenges like covering the D.C. mayoral

race with our strong editorial team,” Hinchliffe said.

TM Gibbons-Neff (COL ’15), former deputy business editor, replaces Hinchliffe as executive editor.

“This coming semester looks to be challenging and rewarding, but with the contingent of dedicated staffers, I‘m fully confident that this semester will be one of The Hoya’s best,” Gibbons-Neff said.

Former Guide Editor Sheena Karkal (COL ’15) was chosen as the new managing editor, replacing Hunter Main (COL ’15).

“I can’t wait to start working with Emma, TM and the

new editorial staff to build on the strong foundation our predecessors left behind,” Karkal said.

On the publishing side, Michal Grabias (MSB ’15) steps in for a yearlong term as general manager, replacing Mary Nancy Walter (COL ’14).

“I am looking forward to working with my talented team to strengthen The Hoya further and realize the vision we all have for one of Georgetown’s staples,” Grabias said.

While Karkal and GibbonsNeff’s terms last for a semester, Hinchliffe and Grabias will occupy their positions for a calendar year.

Classroom Time Re-evaluated Suzanne Monyak Hoya Staff Writer

Several universities have announced new degree programs that value competency over time spent in the classroom in response to a proposal from the Department of Education that was released last March.

“The time-centered system just says if you take the coursework, get passing grades and meet our academic standards, you get the degree,” Lumina Foundation President and Chief Executive Jamie Merisotis told The New York Times.

“Competency is a studentcentered, learning-outcomebased model. Where you get the education is secondary to what you know and are able to do.”

Since 1893, to be accredited, universities have based their curriculums on credit hours and years of study, but in light of President Barack Obama’s call for more affordable college educations, educators are seeking to re-evaluate this methodology, particularly for the 37 million Americans who do not have a degree, yet attended college.

Under these new programs, students would be evaluated based on some sort of tangible evidence of learning, such as exams. Generally, students work on their own and at their own pace, and the speed with which a student finishes a degree program affects the cost of the program.

Proponents of competency-

based learning point to the discrepancy between sitting in a classroom and measured understanding.

“Now if you can meet the standards without going to college, fine,” Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce Director Anthony Carnevale said. “I mean, I understand that that bothers some people. Obviously this would reduce the demand for college, but if I can take a B.A.-level or graduate-level accounting competency, if I can meet the competency-based criteria for what somebody wants to hire as an accountant, if I never went to college, in the end, who cares?”

But while Carnevale acknowledged the benefits of competency-based learning, he said that the logistics are difficult. How to determine the body of knowledge required for a degree, how to measure a student’s knowledge and skill and how to create the necessary competency exams are all difficult questions that need to be addressed for a competencybased program to work.

“My guess is it’s probably not a substitute for the full experience, that is, there is a part of college education that is experiential, and there’s a part of it that is learning for its own sake,” Carnevale said.

Drexel University history professor Amy Slaton, an outspoken critic, agreed.

“It’s a red flag to me,” Slaton told The New York Times.

“If you are from a lower so-

cioeconomic status, you have this new option that appears to cost less than a traditional bachelor’s degree, but it’s not the same product. I see it as a really diminished higher education experience for less money and yet disguised as this notion of greater access.”

In addition, critics question the success of exam standardization. Philosophy professor Tom Beauchamp said that when he was in school, he was incorrectly placed into a more advanced German class than was suitable, simply based on the results of an inaccurate competency test.

“My concern here is that these things will become quite routine, as to what your level of competency is, and [the test] really will not gauge it well,” Beauchamp said.

Moreover, the idea of competency-based learning threatens the traditional style of teaching that most university professors are comfortable with.

Overall, while Carnevale said that he did not expect most universities to switch to such a system, competency-based learning has the potential to improve the quality of traditional, classroom learning.

“It will encourage [professors] to focus on what the student knows and can’t do, rather than whether or not they showed up at 7:30 in the morning,” Carnevale said.

“The teacher is a problemsolver, not just someone who delivers material.”

GU Bucks Tuition Trend Molly Simio

Hoya Staff Writer

Although college tuitions continue to skyrocket nationwide, the rate at which average college fees rose this year was the lowest in 30 years, the College Board reported Oct. 23.

Georgetown, however, diverged from this trend. Tuition rose 3 percent, 3.5 percent and 4.5 percent in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. This represents a 22.2 percent rise in the rate of tuition increase between 2012 to 2013, compared to 14.3 percent between 2011 and 2012.

Nevertheless, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon (COL ’64, GRD ’69) said that Georgetown has been striving to keep tuition increases under control.

“Overall, Georgetown has been successful, relatively speaking, during the last six or seven years at slowing the [tuition] growth,” Deacon said.

“About five or six years ago we were one of the top five most expensive colleges in the country. Now we’re not in the top 50.”

Between the years 2008 and 2011, tuition increases at the university had remained largely around 3.0 percent, representing nearly no change in the rate of tuition increase.

“We’ve found that after three years, that level of increase was not sustainable for the fourth year without creating the possibility that there would be a negative impact on the academic excellence of the institution,” Vice President for Advancement Bart Moore (SFS ’87) said.

Despite an overall slowing in tuition growth across the

country, the College Board also found that colleges are becoming less affordable, as the tuition increase rate outpaces the U.S. inflation rate, which was 1.18 percent last year. The net price of tuition, or the fees paid by full-time students after subtracting financial aid, have risen post-recession.

According to Deacon, the financial burden caused by tuition increases strains middle-income families the most.

Students with higher demonstrated need receive more aid and therefore pay lower net prices, while students from more affluent families can

“Georgetown has been successful at slowing the tuition growth.”

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more easily afford increased net costs. However, middleincome families qualifying for less aid often struggle to cope with tuition increases.

“We’re lucky enough to be in high demand, so people are willing to do whatever they can to do their share,” Deacon said.

But while tuition is Georgetown’s main source of revenue, tuition increases also correlate with higher financial aid costs.

Due to the relatively small size of Georgetown’s endowment, these costs largely come from the university’s operational budget. As a result, increased financial aid expenses necessitate the restriction of internal costs so that total annual costs can keep pace with inflation.

“The way that we are making that work for the university is to maintain very close to zero real increase in spending, particularly on administrative and other areas that do not directly impact the student experience,” Moore said.

According to Moore, meritbased salary increases for administrators and other nonacademic employees increased by only 0.75 percent this year to adjust for inflation. In recent years, merit increases have been as low as 0 percent.

Nevertheless, Deacon stressed that some spending increases are still necessary in order to retain the best faculty and maintain Georgetown’s academic excellence.

“You can cut costs dramatically, but you also undermine the quality of the experience that you’re getting for students and a place like Georgetown wants a high quality experience,” Deacon said.

As a result, the university is seeking other options to fund increased financial aid commitments.

“We are offsetting all of the increases in year-to-year costs of financial aid for the university through increases in our donor support for financial aid,” Moore said.

Currently, donor support accounts for 29 percent of the university’s financial aid budget, up from 16 percent at the start of the university’s ongoing capital campaign in 2006.

The university hopes to raise that number to 45 percent by 2016.

“The leadership of the university continues to hold financial aid as the most important thing that we need to fund,” Deacon said.

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Mobile App Adds News, Laundry, Travel Features Kit Clemente Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown debuted new changes to the Georgetown Mobile App in hopes to make the Georgetown bureaucracy easier to navigate and make the Georgetown-specific website more accessible.

The app now includes tabs for Laundry Alert, Student News, the Student Advocacy Office, Blackboard and travel information features.

“I think that the beauty of what you see now in the app is you see real time data, and it does provide, then, students a more effective way to manage their time,” UIS Deputy Chief Information Officer Judd Nicholson said. “They aren’t, then, spending a lot of time standing in front of a machine or going up and down stairs. You really can look at it, it will alert you when the machine is ready.”

University Information Services worked with student groups and solicited suggestions from the online Georgetown Ideas forum to develop the ideas for implementing changes to the app.

The idea for the integration of Laundry Alert, a program that alerts students of the availability and usage of washers and dryers in residence laundry facilities, originated from Hoya Roundtables and the work of Georgetown University Student Association.

The funding for the Laundry Alert feature was generated by students’ laundry service payments. Amounting to less than five percent of the total revenues, the money is usually used to upgrade dorm facilities.

“We had this much money for those kind of renovations, and we determined we could use this,” Vice President for Planning and Facilities Robin Morey said. “It was probably of better value than adding some furniture.”

As for possible glitches that may occur with the launch of the app, UIS relies on student

feedback and testing for future improvements.

The Student News feature will include tabs where students can access articles by The Hoya, The Voice and its Vox Populi blog and GUSA. The Student Advocacy Office’s section within the app will allow students to access frequently asked questions about the Student Code of Conduct, a feature already available on the office’s website.

“We came up with a list of frequently asked questions and we came up with some responses to them,” Student Advocacy Office Co-Director Ben Manzione (SFS ’15) said. “Then what we did was we abridged that list to put the most important ones, the information that would be most relevant to students on the go, we put that into the mobile app platform.”

The inclusion of the Code of Conduct FAQ on the mobile app allows the SAO flexibility with future changes.

“We ultimately decided on frequently asked questions because we thought we could cover the most amount of information that way,” Co-Director of the SAO Michelle Mohr (COL ’15) said.

The Blackboard capability of the app will also allow students to easily access courses, view announcements, open and view course materials and check grades posted on Blackboard.

The travel information feature of the app consolidates information for international students, showing an overview of visas and travel alerts and paperwork in other countries.

GUSA Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14), who shepherded the Laundry Alert function, feels optimistic about the app changes and the direction of university’s work with students.

“I hope this is part of a bigger trend where little winnings can help make campus, help make student life that much better,” Ramadan said.

Hydration Stations Set For Freshman Dorms Jennifer Ding Hoya Staff Writer

The Office of Sustainability and the Freshmen Sustainability Council have worked to introduce 10 new hydration stations next semester.

The Freshmen Sustainability Council, an arm of the Georgetown University Student Association Freshmen Outreach Program, focused on supplying hydration stations to freshmen dorm lobbies. Darnall, Harbin and New South Halls will each receive a station, but Village C West will not, due to the building’s outdated piping and tendency to flood.

“That was a surefire thing. I know personally, that I would appreciate being able to make a stop on the way to Yates or before going to class,” Freshmen Sustainability Council Chair Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS ’17) said.

The council will make formal recommendations on possible locations for additional hydration station sites including Car Barn, Walsh and White-Gravenor. The new Healey Family Student Center will also include at least 10 planned hydration systems.

“The rest, which are going around campus, are going to be basically where we think they’re going to get the most use, the most foot traffic, just any way possible to give as many people the opportunity to reuse a water bottle,” council member Willie Landi (COL ’17) said. “We just want to make sure everybody knows they’re available because I think it’s really important that people are aware of resources they have.”

Landi added that the council is considering using QR codes and an online map to advertise the new stations.

Putting the hydration stations in place has been a collaborative effort between the Office of Sustainability and the Freshmen Sustainability

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Water purification stations will be in Darnall Hall, Harbin Hall and New South.

Council. The successful partnership has been a byproduct of the Sustainability Council’s desire to be as communicative as possible with other groups on campus.

“We approached the Office of Sustainability, and they said, ‘Yes, we’re totally on board. We already have this budgeted. We just haven’t put in it into motion, so can you help us put this into motion?’” Hinerfeld said.

“I think just going into the year with that kind of mindset of working as more of a coalition has made the whole process…quite streamlined,” Hinerfeld said.

The hydration station project marks an ongoing effort between staff and students to create a more sustainable campus.

“This effort is part of an ongoing ‘Think Global, Drink Local’ initiative spearheaded by the Office of Sustainability and our partners across campus to help reduce waste from disposable bottled water by providing convenient access to filtered tap water,” Office of Sustainability Director Audrey Stewart wrote in an email.

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Study Abroad Program Hybrid Bikes Charge Into DC Relocates to Jordan Jennifer Ding Hoya Staff Writer

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A new summer study abroad option in Amman, Jordan, will replace the Office of International Programs’ offerings in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, that were cancelled because of turmoil in the region last year.

Both summer and fall programs in Egypt were cancelled because of unrest with students originally signed up for semesters in Egypt.

The Jordan program will be the sole Georgetown summer provider of training in Modern Standard Arabic.

The announcement comes nearly eight months after the OIP cancelled the 2013 Summer Program in Alexandria due to safety risks, while the fall 2013 study abroad program at the American University in Cairo was cancelled in July in response to the violent protests in the streets against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

“We are sad to leave Alexandria, but obviously circumstances forced us to rethink, and the safety of our students is paramount. Jordan is quite stable,” Amman Program Codirector and department of Arabic and Islamic Studies professor Elliot Colla said.

“Being in Jordan will expose you to Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi and Jordanian dialects, whereas in Egypt the only dialect spoken on the streets or taught in the classroom was Egyptian,” Colla said.

Even though the OIP has halted programs in Egypt, they hope it is only temporary.

“We hope to reestablish our semester programs in Egypt once the safety and security situation improves,” Director of Overseas Studies Craig Rinker wrote in an email.

In order to participate in the Amman program, students are required to complete at least one year of college-level Arabic study as well as 10 hours of preparatory work on colloquial Jordanian Arabic through Skype sessions with instructors from Amman.

The program’s curriculum offers both second and third level MSA

classes, as well as an intensive program worth 12 credits, equivalent to a full year’s worth of Arabic study at Georgetown.

“We believe that a distinguishing feature of this program is the ability for students to earn 12 Georgetown credits of Arabic language credit over a summer, coupled with exposure to the vibrant Jordanian culture,” Rinker wrote.

The Qasid Institute for Classical and Modern Standard Arabic will be the academic home for participants in the program, and students will have opportunities to attend trips within the country- to Petra, the Dana Nature Reserve, Salt, Jeresh and Irbid.

“We encourage [participants] to get out in the street, to have conversations with people. This is a very important part to learning the language,” Colla said.

In order to help introduce students to Arabic culture and Amman’s social life, the expected 20 participants of the program will live in double rooms at the American Center of Oriental Research, with tutors and language partners familiar with the culture and area.

When students are not exploring the region during the nine-week program, they will attend three hours of class each morning from Sunday through Thursday, and study colloquial Arabic for an additional three to fours hours per week. At the end of the program, students are required to take a diagnostic placement test, which will be compared to their original placement test, to determine the progress they made. Total costs for the program are currently estimated at $10,800, not including airfare.

The new program has generated excitement among Georgetown Arabic students.

“I think that living and studying in Amman for the summer would be a really cool opportunity,” Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17) said. “It’s such a culturally rich place, and it’s not as rife with internal political issues or as concerning safety-wise,” Ranjan said.

“I’m planning on grabbing the opportunity while I can.”

Recent graduate Jeff Stefanis (MSB ’13) is revolutionizing the way Washington residents get around their city by introducing Riide, a company that that will sell moderately priced electric bikes that double as bicycles.

“We saw an opportunity, and we decided to make our own electric bike, specifically designed for young urban commuters, as a quicker and less expensive way to get around the cities,” Stefanis said. “What we’re really excited about our bike is that it’s a relatively light bike that maintains the traditional feeling of riding a bicycle.”

The startup will begin fundraising on Kickstarter next week. The page will provide a description of the bike and Riide’s goals.

Stefanis drew inspiration for Riide, cofounded with The George Washington University graduate Amber Wason, after witnessing the proliferation of electric bikes in China.

The electric bike, priced at $1,799, can travel up to 20 miles per hour thanks to a four-pound battery located inside the frame of the bike. The battery lasts about 20 to 25 miles per charge and can be charged at any wall socket in about two to three hours.

Stefanis plans to cater to the District but has hopes to integrate with the Georgetown community, as Georgetown and the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative have been assets to Stefanis and Riide’s conception.

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative has been instrumental in the support and development of Riide. The program exposed Stefanis to courses and mentors, in addition to providing seed money for opportunities to pitch business ideas.

“Jeff is the kind of guy you want to root for, and his passion for transforming urban transportation is palpable. I predict that Riide will be very successful,” Jeff Reid, the founding director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, said. “He is using the power of entrepreneurship to create

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New startup company Riide, founded in part by alumnus Jeff Stefanis (MSB ’13), is slated to bring electric bikes to the District. meaningful change in American cities and help alleviate problems such as pollution and traffic congestion.”

For students, Riide will be a useful alternative to the limited public transportation in the D.C. area.

“I think it’s a really good idea, especially because public transportation is really crowded and somewhat unreliable,” Alex Garvey (MSB ’17) said. “I think that if I lived in D.C., I probably wouldn’t want a car just because it would be a big hassle, and I would probably take public transportation, but if there were the bike option, I would definitely consider it.”

Despite the possible utility of Riide, the price of the bicycles remains an important consideration for students on a budget.

“Cost is a big factor. As an urban youth, I may not be able to afford an electric bicycle,” Matt Hinson

(SFS ’17) said.

According to Sustainability Fellow Greg Miller (SFS ’14), the option of Riide gives students familiarity with bicycling, thus making the mode of transportation more attractive.

“More and more people are going to ride bikes versus take other forms of transportation cause it really is mostly about convenience and easy access,” Miller said. “[D.C.] is a really bicycle-friendly city; there are a lot of routes for cyclists.”

Ultimately, Riide aims to change the convenience and efficiency of public transportation in cities.

“We really think that electric bikes are not only the quickest way to get around a city, but also the least expensive and most efficient way,” Stefanis said. “We hope to change the way people think about transportation.”

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Offensive Success in the Hoyas Take on Howard NFL Relies on Passing T Elizabeth Cavacos Hoya Staff Writer

he read-option offense in the NFL was sup- system with so much promise?

There is a reason that Arizona Cardinals Head posed to revolutionize how the quarterback position was played. The way it works is as Coach Bruce Arians recently said the read-option follows: An athletic quarterback lines up in a shot- is “a great college offense.” The read-option is less gun formation with a flanked running back. He likely to enjoy success in the NFL because there is receives the snap, and the running back sweeps less of a gap in athleticism in the pro game than across him. From there, he has the option either to in the NCAA. Additionally, NFL teams learned how hand off the ball to the back or to keep it himself to to defend it. Last season it did not seem as though run or throw. Because of its unpredictability, this teams had expected the prevalence of the readscheme promises to result in explosive plays and a option. If you give a team a year to plan against a gimmick offense, expect the novelty scheme to flurry of points.

For read-option enthusiasts, the 2013 NFL sea- crumble (see wildcat).

Another reason that the read-option is on the son came with much promise. The option offense was expected to usher in a new style of athletic outs is player safety. Before the 2013 season, the and mobile quarterbacks, reflected by E.J. Manuel NFL clarified that read-option quarterbacks can be and Geno Smith being the first two signal callers hit like runners, even if they don’t possess the ball. taken in April’s draft. Meanwhile, returning quar- Jim Harbaugh, the 49ers’ head coach, was not too terbacks Michael Vick, Colin Kaepernick, Robert pleased to hear this, and understandably so. KaepeGriffin III, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson were rnick has played horrendously this year and is looking less and less athletic as he takes all expected to have great years playmore and more hits. Similarly, Vick ing in read-option offenses. has been hurt and is now benched Unfortunately, the read-option in favor of a pocket passer. RGIII offense has floundered this year. has not looked the same. In an era Vick is injury prone and lost his in which quarterbacks are making job in Chip Kelly’s fast-paced ofexorbitant amounts of money, leavfense that seemed built for Vick’s ing them open to take big hits can skill set. He lost his starting role to begin to hit not only teams’ win-loss Nick Foles, a pocket passer.

Matt Castaldo totals but also their wallets.

Kaepernick has struggled withTherefore, the creme de la out his number-one target Michael creme of NFL quarterbacking lies Crabtree and has been one of the In the NFL, readin the pocket passer. Who are the biggest disappointments in the league this year. The 49ers are winoption struggles to best quarterbacks this season? Peyton Manning. Nick Foles. Philip ning many games because of their remain viable.

Rivers. Drew Brees. Tom Brady. defense, not Kaepernick. MeanMaybe even Aaron Rodgers if he while, Alex Smith, from whom Kaepernick took the 49ers’ starting quarterback can return to his pre-injury glory.

Being a pocket passer, however, does not mean a job last year, is enjoying solid success as the startquarterback should never run. Rodgers runs pass ing, pocket-passing quarterback of the 9-3 Chiefs.

RGIII is coming off a knee injury and is perhaps plays out of a play-action boot better than anyone, the only quarterback more disappointing than and he is not afraid to tuck the ball and pick up a Kaepernick. Ahmad Brooks of the 49ers thinks he first down with his legs. The difference, though, is is still hurt and that by playing he is risking further he looks to pass first by keeping his eyes downfield, only deciding to run when all passing options are harm.

“I don’t think he should be playing,” he said. clearly covered. Most read-option quarterbacks decide to run a lot more quickly.

“You can see it. Everybody can see it.”

Moving forward, NFL teams need to realize that As for Newton and Wilson, their success can be attributed to their maturity as passers. They no lon- their success lies in throwing the football. With ger rely on the read-option; they are running less, Marcus Mariotta, a practitioner of the read-option, remaining at Oregon for another season, another passing more and winning at a greater frequency.

Don’t get me wrong — the read-option is still an NFL franchise will hopefully be saved from flouneffective wrinkle in an NFL offense. We have seen dering away a season chasing the impossible the Seahawks deploy it in goal-line situations with dream of having a successful read-option offense. great success. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that it is not the revolutionary sys- Matt Castaldo is a junior in the College. This is the final appearence of FULL CONTACT this setem that many expected.

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women’s Basketball

GU Downs GW, No. 10 Penn State Looms Large Matt Raab

Hoya Staff Writer

After an evenly matched opening to the game that seemed to foreshadow a competitive contest for the Georgetown women’s basketball team against George Washington (4-3) on Tuesday, the Hoyas (5-2) pulled away in the middle of the first half. The team recorded a 13-2 run en route to a 78-57 win against the Hoyas’ crosstown rival, setting the stage for a looming clash with No. 10 Penn State.

In the first minutes of the game, the Hoyas saw mixed results. The team jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, but quickly surrendered it as the Colonials tied the score at seven just over five minutes into the half. The teams proceeded to exchange baskets for the next several minutes, during which the Blue and Gray could not extend their lead past two. With the score tied at 15, the Hoyas seized control, taking advantage of a series of turnovers and defensive stops to go on a 13-2 run. That lead did not shrink below nine points for the remainder of the game.

“Initially … it was back and forth, feeling each other out,” Head Coach Jim Lewis said. “George Washington is a good team; you’re not going to shut them out and run up a 25-0 score to start the game.”

As the first half progressed, the Hoyas’ effort to hold GW to perimeter shots began to pay off. The Colonials struggled to hit their shots, finishing the half shooting only 29.4 percent from the floor.

“We went in the game with a specific game plan to try to minimize the penetration by [grad student Colonial guard] Danni Jackson because she’s a tremendous playmaker and assist person,” Lewis said. “She had a tough night from the field, 0-11. We wanted to make her a jump shooter, make her a con-

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Freshman center Natalie Butler had 17 points and eight rebounds against GW.

tested jump shooter, and I thought we did a great job on her.”

The Georgetown defense had clear effects on GW’s offensive abilities. The Colonials hit only 4-of20 three-point attempts and were limited to 28 points in the paint.

At the same time, the Georgetown offense — led by double-digit point totals from each member of the starting five — put together an excellent performance. Senior forward and co-captain Andrea White finished with 15 points and led the team with 13 rebounds.

“I knew our team would come out and play hard, and everyone played hard so we got a big win,” White said. “I was very impressed. … Everyone was just great tonight; our team is really coming together.”

Georgetown scored 44 of its points in the paint, many of them by freshman center Natalie Butler, who led the team with 17 points while shooting 8-for-12 from the field. The team, however, continued to struggle with turnovers. The Hoyas finished with 18 turnovers on the night, leading to 23 points for the Colonials.

“We have struggled with turnovers.” Lewis said.

“We gave [the team] a goal to keep our turnovers under 15. We had 18, which was the lowest number of turnovers we’ve had. We matched it one time in another game, but obviously we’ve been in the 20s, which is totally unacceptable.”

The game was also marked by the number of minutes played by the Georgetown starters, all of whom played more than 30, but Lewis believes this is just a part of the development of his team.

“We have to continue to grow these young players. We have two freshmen coming off the bench, Jade Martin and Tyshell King, and we have a sophomore in Dominique Vitalis; all three of them are very capable,” Lewis said. “And really it’s me; it’s not that I don’t have confidence in them. I’m still learning about our team.”

The Hoyas now turn their attention to one of the nation’s best teams, No. 10 Penn State (5-2). The Lady Lions suffered their only losses to No. 1 Connecticut and No. 4 Notre Dame. The two teams met last year in a game won by Penn State 97-74.

“Everyone is excited for Penn State,” White said.

“We lost to them last year, so we really want to get this one Sunday.”

The Hoyas will have to contend with star senior forward Maggie Lucas as the centerpiece of a talented squad looking for redemption after Thursday’s loss to Notre Dame.

“Maggie Lucas is one of the top perimeter shooters in the country,” Lewis said. “So she’s another tremendous challenge that we have in front of us.”

Georgetown will play host to Penn State in McDonough Arena this Sunday. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Georgetown’s swimming and diving team returns to McCarthy Pool on Saturday to play host to Washington, D.C. rival Howard. The Hoyas have been hard at work looking to build off of the solid performance they showed at the Bucknell Invitational on the weekend of Nov. 22-24. During the meet, the men placed fourth out of the nine competing teams with a final score of 761, and the women finished in fourth place out of 10 teams, scoring 871 points.

Several Hoyas contributed to the men’s strong showing at Bucknell. Freshman Jared Vespa-Cooper started off the meet with a sixth-place finish in the 1-meter diving competition with 240.70 points. The 400yard freestyle relay team, comprised of freshmen Will Leach and David Chung, sophomore Michael Smigelski and senior Matthew Mandel, concluded the meet for the Hoyas by placing second.

On the women’s side, sophomore Erica Fabbri placed second in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.83 seconds, breaking the school record, which was previously held by Amy Ballanfant.

Junior Jillian Carter placed fourth in the 200-yard butterfly and freshman Molly Gaynor followed in sixth, which qualified both for the finals in the event.

Head Coach Jamie Holder felt that his team’s performance was a positive way to conclude the first half of the season.

“I was really happy with our performances [at Bucknell],” Holder said. “We’ve got a good idea of where we need to put our best people, and we’re getting through some injuries, and we’ll continue to do that. But I’m excited for where we are and what we can do [during the rest of] this year.”

The teams will return to McCarthy Pool for their final home meet of the semester on Saturday against Howard.

Georgetown faced Howard last season, when both the men and women defeated the Bison.

The Bison will be entering the meet this weekend after a tough start to the season. The team is in a rebuilding season after losing its best swimmers to graduation. Recently, Howard suffered sizeable losses to Loyola Maryland (men 121-79, women 122-58) Nov. 9 and American University (men 11179, women 121-57) Oct. 18.

If the beginning of Howard’s season was tough, then their most recent competition was the most challenging by far. During the Patriot Invitational, held at George Mason University Nov. 21-23, both Bison teams stumbled to lastplace finishes. The men placed last out of the eight competing teams, earning a total of 38 points, and the women placed last out of nine, earning 18 points.

Howard is not at the same level of competition that Georgetown has grown accustomed to facing, but the Hoyas do not disregard them, either.

The meet will be a chance for the Hoyas to score points and keep improving as the season goes on.

“They’re not really as competitive as some of the teams that we’ve swam [against] this year … [but] it’s a good opportunity for us to race,” Holder said. “They’re definitely in development, but last year they had some really good swimmers. … They’re nobody to take lightly.”

Despite the dismal record, the Bison have had strong performances. On Oct. 19, the women’s team fell to North Carolina A&T by only six points. The women recorded their first relay victories in their second meet of the season and have continued to earn first-place finishes in other events.

Although Howard is the most immediate competition that Georgetown will face as the season continues, Holder has his sights set on longerterm goals.

“Right now we’re just trying to get everybody training back pretty hard and back to work,” Holder said. “With the holiday and everything, people were away, and it was time to take a break. But it’s back to hard work now pretty much until the championships.”

Holder is confident that his swimmers will continue to show the same cohesiveness that has given them notable success in the past few meets.

“It’s really been a good team effort. … People that we’ve counted on before continue to perform,” Holder said.

Men’s Soccer

Hoyas’ Season Cut Short SPARTANS, from A12 when we were in the attacking third it was almost too forced or a little too cute.”

As the clock wound down, the Hoyas stepped up the pressure, recording five of their eight second-half shots in the game’s final 12 minutes, but the Spartans’ defense could not be broken. The loss was only the fourth shutout recorded against Georgetown this year.

By the numbers, Georgetown was the better team, outshooting Michigan State 16-9 and taking six corner kicks to Spartan’s three. But in the end, only one number mattered.

For the team, the loss marked the end of the season, but for the six seniors, it was the last game of their college careers.

“It definitely hurts to go out of the tournament this early,” Neumann said postgame.

Of the seniors, Neumann and midfielder Joey Dillon, the Big East Midfielder of the Year, played nearly every minute of every game this season, and both are projected to continue their careers in the MLS, according to topdrawersoccer. com. Neumann is expected to be one of the draft’s top picks.

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Junior midfielder Tom Skelly had two shots in Georgetown’s 1-0 loss to MSU in the third round of the NCAAs. “You could argue he’s maybe the best player ever to play here,” Wiese said of Neumann, who was named Big East Offensive Player of the Year. “He’s a gifted player with the ball, [and] he sees things that other people don’t see. I’m obviously biased, but he’s going to have a very long professional career.”

Neumann acknowledged his plans to take his career to the next level, but with the loss still fresh in his mind, the future took a back seat to the past.

“Right now, this one really hurts, and I’m just kind of reminiscing on the years I’ve had here,” he said.

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Hoyas Extend Win Streak to Four Games BASKETBALL from A12 times people run into him, and he gets the foul called.”

Smith experienced exactly this scenario several times against a completely overmatched High Point.

Perhaps Georgetown’s best accomplishment was its ability to penetrate a 2-3 zone, something the Hoyas have struggled with previously, most notably in an upset loss against Northeastern Nov. 21. High Point Head Coach Scott Cherry noticed this trend and employed the zone early and often.

“We tried to play the numbers, and the numbers worked against us tonight.” Cherry said. “We can’t let them shoot 62% in the second half and expect to win. Not against a team like that.”

But even when the outside shots were not falling, the Hoyas adjusted in the second half and took advantage of their considerable size advantage to open up opportunities for shooters and cutters. “[Going inside] was what we wanted to do,” Thompson said. “I thought they would play a lot of zone, and we wanted to make an effort of going inside. We had a few different looks we were working on.”

Senior guard John Caprio provided an exclamation in the closing minutes of the Georgetown blowout. After a monstrous block, Caprio converted on the other end and drew a foul, bringing the Verizon Center to its feet.

But perhaps Hoya fans should come to expect strong play from Caprio, which has come in spurts over the previous few seasons – albeit in limited minutes “Caprio is a very good basketball player, and his coach hasn’t given him as much time as he probably should to

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Clockwise from left: Georgetown basketball legends from the 1980s Patrick Ewing, Evan “Sleepy” Floyd and Reggie Williams all have children currently enrolled at Georgetown.

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Sophomore guard D’Vauntes SmithRivera tallied 17 points and four assists. prove that,” Thompson said. “There’s nothing he did that surprised us tonight.”

Caprio has paved the way for a new fan favorite — sophomore walk-on David Allen, who got four minutes of playing time at the end of the game.

Georgetown looks to build off its recent success when they continue their homestand against Colgate tomorrow.

Tip-off is slated for noon.

THE SPORTING LIFE

The Real Ronaldo Is More Than Meets the Eye I

f you showed pictures of professional throughout his career. FIFA President Sepp athletes to people around the world, you Blatter became the most recent promoter would be hard-pressed to find a face more of this unfortunate stereotype when he exrecognizable than Cristiano Ronaldo’s. His pressed his preference for Messi while mockgood looks, blazing speed and talents with a ing Ronaldo’s domineering “commander” soccer ball have been on display from such an antics on the pitch. Despite his penchant for early age that it’s easy to forget that, despite dives and drama — which are, unfortunately, his solidified legacy as an all-time great, Ron- by no means unique — Ronaldo’s reputation aldo is only 27 and entering the prime of his has always been based on superficial observacareer. And yet, he is undoubtedly a man in tions. Critics see his youthful exuberance on the shadows. Ever since his early days spent the field and “unmanly” advertisements off playing for Manchester United where be- it and get the impression that Ronaldo is full cause of the shared name he was constantly of himself. But further investigation reveals compared to Brazil’s Ronaldo, the most dan- a kind-hearted man, beloved by teammates. gerous striker in the world — Cristiano has The real Ronaldo went above and beyond battled burdensome comparisons. when he was introduced to a cancer-stricken Cristiano had scarcely escaped from his fan, paying for an expensive experimental Brazilian counterpart’s shadow before the treatment. The real Ronaldo sold his 1.5 milarrival of the brilliant Lionel Messi, who pre- lion euro Golden Boot award to fund schools maturely usurped Ronaldo from his perch in the Gaza strip. The real Ronaldo is the globas the top rising star in the al ambassador for a number game. You would be hardof charities, including Save pressed to argue that Messi the Children. did not deserve his four BalHis kind heart and generlon D’Or trophies (given to ous spirit are often evident the best player in the world on the pitch as well. In a each year) compared to Roncrucial Champions League aldo’s one; the evidence of match at Manchester United Darius Majd his brilliance for Barcelona earlier this year, Ronaldo is clearer than ever given the showed great reverence and team’s struggles during Mesfor the club Ronaldo’s off-the- appreciation si’s recent absence due to inand fans that made him a jury. But if the adulation for superstar. When he scored pitch actions go Messi is most deserved, then the eventual winning goal the relative disregard for in the second half, Ronaldo unrecognized.

Ronaldo — as a player and as eschewed celebrating with a competitor — has been overzealous to say his teammates, instead choosing to remain the least. stoic whilst giving a somber, almost apoloIt is not audacious to say that Ronaldo’s getic look towards the Manchester United exploits on the pitch have been underap- fans. “I didn’t celebrate the goal,” Ronaldo preciated. Since moving to Real Madrid in said, “because Old Trafford is a home where I 2009, the left-winger has scored at a torrid played for six years, and I arrived there almost pace of more than a goal per game. The level as a kid. It’s not about not celebrating. I want at which he has played this season is so un- to win but I respect the people of Manchester. deniably sublime that it has forced even the It was beautiful and emotional to play against most ardent Messi supporters to consider the my family.” possibility that the two are more equal in Ronaldo’s continued gratitude towards skill than was previously thought. Ronaldo those who have supported him throughout has scored an unprecedented 35 goals in 27 his career reveals a man who understands games, and for the first time in his career, his and appreciates the value of common kindperformances for his country have matched ness. This is why he is the captain for his club his performances for his club. This has been and his country, and why his teammates all the knock on both Ronaldo and Messi in the seem to love him. When fellow left-winger past — that they did not make their mark Gareth Bale signed a record transfer deal to on the international stage the way Pele and Real Madrid this season, a more egotistical Maradona did — but gradually the criticism man than Ronaldo might have been threathas begun to erode. Ronaldo shut down the ened and treated the newcomer as an enemy. criticism for good in a recent two-game play- But Bale has sung Ronaldo’s praises from off against Sweden for a spot in next year’s the moment he arrived: “He’s just given me World Cup. With deadly striker Zlatan Ibrahi- encouragement every game, given me conmovic posing a threat to Portugal’s qualifica- fidence. He has been sharing his first experition, Ronaldo performed like a captain rather ences when he first came here, and they have than a solitary superstar, scoring all four of really helped me along. He’s been absolutely his team’s goals to fight off a dangerous chal- brilliant.” Hopefully by the time the World lenger.

Cup comes around and Ronaldo takes to the Ronaldo may be working to escape the world’s stage in Brazil, others will come to see shadow of Messi, but shaking off the burden the real Ronaldo. of his own reputation has proven to be an equally, if not more, difficult task. Allegations Darius Majd is a junior in the College. This that Ronaldo, unlike Messi, is a vain, egotisti- is the final appearance of THE SPORTING cal primadonna have dogged the superstar LIFE this semester.

something that current Head Coach John Thompson remembers well.

“They put a lot of hard work — blood, sweat and tears — into the program and they received a lot from the institution as well,” Thompson III said. “When I think of Sleepy, I think of John Duren, Craig Shelton, that [were all] a part of the group that kind of got Pop’s teams jump-started as it relates to national attention.”

Like Corey, Evan and Riyan, Thompson himself is part of a Georgetown basketball dynasty.

His father was the head coach of the Hoyas from 1972-1999 and coached the three aforementioned stars. Despite his history, Thompson doesn’t put too much thought into living up to his father’s coaching success.

“The nature of the job is that there is pressure. So the pressure is with the job and I don’t think that anyone would put any more pressure on me than myself as it relates to this program,” he said. “I’ve been John Thompson’s son my whole life.”

Like Thompson, Evan Floyd, who is 6’3”, doesn’t let his father’s success define him, though he considered trying to join the basketball team as a walk-on during freshman year.

“I met with [Thompson] about trying out for the team or managing it. … When I came in there weren’t any other spots so he was like, ‘You can manage for a year and then try to walk on.’ And then after talking about it with my dad, managing wasn’t for me,” Floyd said.

Riyan Williams, who is 6’4”, also tried to walk on to the basketball team his freshman year, but was unsuccessful. A year later, he was granted a spot on the team.

“Did he earn [the spot] himself?

Yes. But did who his father is have a part of it? Absolutely,” Thompson said, adding that he was “not sure” if Riyan would have made the team has he not been Reggie Williams’ son.

Though Williams isn’t allowed to speak with media per team rules concerning first-semester players, his close friend and roommate David Burton (COL ’15) says he doesn’t think Williams feels pressure to match his father’s success.

“Riyan is his own man and he’s an individual at heart,” Burton said.

“He shares a lot of the things that his father [had]. He’s a great shooter, great defender, but there’s not much pressure to be great from his father. That’s something he puts on himself.”

According to Burton, Williams is enjoying playing with the team and proud to be a part of the Georgetown basketball program.

For Floyd though, not playing basketball has given him time and space to focus his energy on something new: music.

“It actually worked out great because I rediscovered my love for music and I’ve sort of followed that passion through my time at Georgetown. It was a blessing in disguise,” he said.

As a DJ who performs all over the city, Floyd is gaining a reputation in his own right. He currently holds a residency at Malmaison, a French restaurant and club on K Street, and was entered in a contest to open for Porter Robinson, an EDM producer and DJ, at Echostage. Though Floyd has carved his own path at Georgetown, it wasn’t always easy for him to duck the considerable shadow of his famous father.

“When I was in high school I got bullied a lot. … I didn’t really take basketball seriously. I was always much better [at] and loved football.

When I got to high school I made the switch to basketball,” Floyd said. “So I was still developing and getting better, and a lot of kids — I don’t know if they were jealous of my dad being who he was — but they just wanted me to be better than I was. And because I wasn’t, they made fun of me for it. But that also set fire in belly and I started getting really good.”

Floyd was only 4 years old when his father retired from the NBA, but he still fields questions about his dad’s playing days.

“People always think it’s really cool and ask me what teams he played for, what he did at Georgetown,” Floyd said. “People are just blown away.”

Corey Ewing, who was in second grade when her dad retired from the NBA, had no trouble making a decision about a possible basketball career.

“I actually hate playing basketball,” Ewing said, laughing.

In regard to her father’s success, Ewing says only a couple of people have actually asked her about him since she’s been at Georgetown.

According to Burton, Williams has had a different experience.

“When people see and they find out that his dad played in the NBA after Georgetown they’re really excited and ask a lot of questions,” Burton says. “Riyan’s just a humble guy and he just sits there and answers questions.”

Apart from the occasional questions about their fathers, both Floyd and Ewing insist there isn’t really anything different about being related to Hoya basketball legends — except, perhaps, a natural feeling of home on the Hilltop.

“I have a good relationship with Coach Thompson. It’s nice having someone who is well-respected in the community looking out for me,” Corey Ewing said. “He’ll just text me like, ‘Oh, how are your classes going? Do you need a tutor or something?’”

For Thompson, keeping an eye on Patrick Ewing’s daughter is only to be expected.

“Well, she’s family. I think its just natural to call and check on her,” he said. “She knows if she ever needs anything, there are a whole lot of people in [McDonough Arena] — on this campus, not just in this building — that are willing to help her out.”

Floyd thinks that one of the benefits of attending Georgetown is that he can be himself.

“There are so many kids here whose families have done amazing things so they are interested for a second, but then it goes back to you’re a person and people like you for you,” Floyd said. “That was something I didn’t experience in high school. I was always Sleepy Floyd’s son.”

Ewing played volleyball and ran track in high school, but she has yet to make her mark here at Georgetown — as a first-semester freshman, she hasn’t yet gotten involved in any extracurricular activities. Still, she’s comfortable on the Hilltop thanks to the groundwork laid by her father and older brother.

“I’ve basically grown up here, going to my brother’s games and [with] my dad coming here all the time,” she said. “Georgetown just feels like home.”

Men’s & Women’s SOccer

GU’s Performances Recognized Andrew May & Tom Schnoor Hoya Staff Writers

The games may be over for both the men’s and women’s Georgetown soccer teams, but the awards keep coming.

On Dec. 3, the Missouri Athletic Club named 15 men and 15 women as semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy, the top individual honor in the nation for collegiate soccer. Included on the elite list were senior forward and captain Steve Neumann and senior defender and captain Emily Menges.

Neumann, a preseason favorite for the MAC Hermann Trophy, already earned Big East Offensive Player of the Year and all-Big East honors this season. These recognitions follow a season in which he scored 10 goals, recorded six assists and was second on the team in total points.

He started all 21 games for the Blue and Gray and established himself as one of the best players on the field in every game.

“The team takes on [Neumann’s] personality through the run of a game,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said earlier this season. “If [Neumann] is in a good place and is working and is dialed in to the game, then, guess what, so is the team.”

Soccer website topdrawersoccer. com has Neumman going as high

as second in the upcoming Major League Soccer SuperDraft, and he trained with four MLS teams – the Philadelphia Union, the Portland Timbers, D.C. United and Sporting Kansas City – the summer before his senior year.

Menges finished her career as one of the best defenders in program history. The senior captain was a crucial part of the Hoyas’ back line, not only this season, but each of the past four years in which she started 83 of 84 games. One of the fastest players in the country, Menges was remarkable in using her speed and power to keep opposing forwards in check. In addition to being named a Hermann semifinalist for the second straight year, Menges was selected as the Big East Defensive Player of the Year.

Menges was also named to the NSCAA all-Northeast Region team.

In addition, junior midfielder Daphne Corboz and redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Emma Newins were named to the first team, while senior midfielder Kailey Blain was selected to the second team.

Corboz enjoyed another prolific year of scoring. Named Big East Midfielder of the Year, Corboz tallied seven goals and 13 assists this year, despite missing the first five games of the season with a leg injury. The junior holds the school record in goals with 35 and ranks second all-

time in points scored. When she was healthy this season, Corboz’s deft skill with the ball and deadly quickness made her a constant threat to opposing defenses.

For the second straight year, Newins finished the season allowing only 0.70 goals per game. Newins was rewarded for her efforts by being named third team all-Big East.

Newins was the last line of defense for a unit that recorded shutouts in more than half of its matches this year. Although listed as a junior, Newins could play for another two years, as she received a redshirt her freshman year following a seasonending injury.

Being named to the second allNortheast Region team was a fitting end to Blain’s career on the Hilltop.

After being named to the Big East all-Rookie team her freshman year, Blain was plagued by injuries her sophomore and junior campaigns, playing in only two games over that span. The senior helped the Hoyas dominate control of the midfield in nearly every match they played this year and recorded six goals and two assists in the process.

Now, both the men’s and women’s team will wait for Dec. 12, when three finalists of the MAC Hermann trophy will be announced. If Neumann and Menges are named finalists, they will travel to St. Louis Jan. 10 for the finalist banquet.

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LAURA WAGNER Hoya Staff Writer

When Corey Ewing moved into her New South room in August, her arrival created more buzz than that of an average freshman. The excitement, however, had less to do with her, and more to do with the man carrying her luggage: her 7-foot father.

Patrick Ewing graduated from Georgetown in 1985 after an illustrious basketball career during which he led the team to Georgetown’s only NCAA championship and two other title game appearances. He left his mark in the record books — not only as Big Man U’s original Big Man, but also as the program’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker. He played for 17 seasons in the NBA, won two Olympic gold medals and was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.

To this day, Georgetown students proudly chant Ewing’s name whenever his picture flashes across the jumbotron at Verizon Center. But for his daughter, No. 33’s success on the court is secondary.

“I didn’t even really know that my dad was this famous person until middle school,” Corey Ewing said.

“My friends started saying, ‘Oh my God, do you know what your dad [did]? I heard my parents talking about your dad,’ and stuff like that.”

Not only is her father a Georgetown legend, but Corey’s older brother, Patrick Ewing Jr., played basketball at Georgetown for two seasons from 2006-2008 after transferring from Indiana. By virtue of her family connections, the Hilltop has been like a second home for Corey.

Ewing isn’t the only child of basketball royalty currently enrolled at Georgetown. Senior Evan Floyd and sophomore Riyan Williams also bear the names of former Hoya greats.

As the children of some of the most iconic Georgetown basketball players, these students share a place in a unique Hoya family tree.

Preceding Patrick Ewing by three years, Eric “Sleepy” Floyd played for the Hoyas from 1978-1982 and is Georgetown’s all-time leading scorer with 2,034 points. He was part of the 1982 squad that made it to the NCAA championship game before famously falling to Michael Jordan’s North Carolina Tar Heels. The star guard went on to play in the NBA for 13 seasons, earning numerous accolades and a spot on the 1987 NBA All-Star team.

Reggie Williams donned the Blue and Gray in 1983 as a talented freshman forward and starred for the Hoyas for four years. As a freshman he helped the Ewing-led 1984 Georgetown squad to the national title.

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From left to right: Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, Patrick Ewing and Reggie Williams starred at Georgetown in the 1980s.

When Williams was a senior, he led a young Hoya squad to the Big East Championship, earning the team the moniker “Reggie and the Miracles” from then-Head Coach John Thomp-

GU Cruises Past High Point Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown may have been playing in front of a sparse crowd, but the Hoyas showed one member why they’re doing just fine without him. After a slow start, Georgetown (5-2) exploded in the second half to take down High Point, 80-45, in front of former All-American and Hoya Otto Porter Jr. The backcourt led the way

for the Hoyas, with sophomore D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera scoring 17 points and senior Markel Starks dropping 18 on an extremely efficient 8-of-11 shooting. The guards combined to dish out nine assists, and Georgetown impressively assisted on 23-of-32 field goals.

“The ball just went in,” Starks said of his shooting spectacle. “I honestly couldn’t tell you why.”

After jumping out to an early 13-4 lead, Georgetown failed to

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Junior center Joshua Smith scored 11 points and grabbed three rebounds in the Hoyas’ 80-45 win against High Point.

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keep up the hot shooting and allowed High Point to fight its way back into the game. Slow starts are becoming the norm for the Hoyas, who clung on to a 27-26 halftime lead against Lipscomb last Saturday.

“We have to snap out of [slow starts] with the first half dragging,” Starks said. “We have the ability, and we can start and finish games on a high note.”

The Panthers took advantage of offensive rebounds and points off of turnovers to scrap their way to within ten points in the closing minutes of the first half. It took senior forward Moses Ayegba, who has received limited playing time this season, to slow the Panther’s run. In 18 minutes of playing time, Ayegba picked up eight rebounds for the Hoyas, five of which came in the first half.

“We did have a stretch where… our execution dipped,” Head Coach John Thompson III said.

“Our execution was not where it needed to be. During that lull in the first half, Moses came in and got some key rebounds.”

The second half was a different story, as Georgetown nearly doubled its first half point total thanks to hot shooting from freshman forward Reggie Cameron and solid post play from junior center Joshua Smith. Smith played the majority of the second half in foul trouble, which is an encouraging sign for the Hoyas.

Much of Georgetown’s success this year relies on Smith staying on the court for extended minutes. “[Smith] is a unique player for obvious reasons,” Thompson said. “He understands that and the officials understand that, and he has to be smart. Sometimes See BASKETBALL, A11

son Jr. In scoring, rebounding, assists and steals, Williams ranks among the school’s all-time leaders. He was drafted fourth overall in the 1987 NBA draft and spent 10 years in the

league.

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Hoyas Eliminated by Spartans in the NCAAs LAURA WAGNER Hoya Staff Writer

As the final seconds ticked off the clock on Shaw Field on Sunday afternoon, a stunned silence settled over the crowd.

After 90 minutes of closely-contested chances, the Georgetown men’s soccer team (14-5-2, 6-2-1 Big East) watched No. 11 seed Michigan State stream onto the field to celebrate its 1-0 upset victory in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

“I’m sick for [the team] that this is it,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said after the game. “We were saying, you know, ‘Can we buy another week?’ But we just ran out of money.”

The sixth-seeded Hoyas controlled possession for much of the game and created several promising chances in the opening minutes. Sophomore forward Brandon Allen took a pair of shots early on, but Spartan sophomore goalkeeper Zach Bennett came up with two big stops to keep the Blue and Gray off the scoreboard.

“Brandon had a couple very, very good chances that he didn’t put into spots to beat the goalkeeper and, you know, that’s the difference,” Wiese said.

Despite a number of dangerous-looking balls from sophomore defender Keegan Rosenberry, the Hoyas couldn’t convert. It looked like only a matter of time before the Hoyas finally broke through, but the Spartans were the first to get on the board.

“It would’ve been great to get one in those first 10, 15 minutes,” senior forward and captain Steve Neumann said.

“A team like that, the longer it stays 0-0, they get more and more confidence that they can counter and get a goal, and that’s exactly what they did.”

In the 28th minute, freshman defender Joshua Yaro cleared a shot in the box, but the ball fell square to the feet of Spartan junior forward Adam Montague,

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Senior forward Steve Neumann finished the season with 10 goals. who launched a rocket from the top of the box for the 1-0 lead.

“Credit to the kid who scored. [Montague] put it in the upper 90, and Gomez didn’t really have a chance on that one.

Credit him for jumping on that opportunity,” Neumann said.

Georgetown kept up the pressure for the remainder of the half, but the Michigan State backline held strong to keep the 1-0 lead.

The second half was more of the same for Georgetown, who struggled to beat Michigan State and finish chances.

“I think we knew it was going to be a hard team to break down … and that they were going to minimize the chances they conceded,” Wiese said. “Just a little bit more crispness, a little bit more patience in some spots, too. I think …

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