The Hoya: The Guide: September 19, 2014

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AFTER THE VICTORY

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When a group of intramural athletes came together as a team for an exhibition game against NYU, no one anticipated that it would mark the beginning of a second era of Georgetown football. After 50 years, examining the program’s progress.

LAURA WAGNER Hoya Staff Writer

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he wind was howling on Kehoe Field.

More than 8,000 fans packed into the bleachers and around the field, craning to see the Georgetown football team take down New York University in its first game after 13 years of nonexistence.

It was Nov. 21, 1964. The Hoyas would go on to win 28-6, their victory splashed across the sports pages of The Washington Post and even The New York Times with the headline “Georgetown Returns to Football.” Thanks to a small band of determined students, a tradition that had been lost in the struggles of the post-war years had been restored.

Fifty years later, time has transformed this narrative into legend, and the Georgetown football team has undergone several transformations of its own. Two division changes and

seven head coaches later, the football team is strikingly different from the one that took to Kehoe Field on that chilly November afternoon.

Unlike the 1964 squad, today’s Hoyas have an 11game season, no longer play on the roof of Yates, practice six days a week and employ full-time coaches.

And now, the football program could undergo another even more drastic change depending on how Georgetown responds to the Patriot League’s 2012 decision to allow universities to offer athletic scholarships in addition to the financial aid that they already provide for football players. Georgetown has one of the smallest football budgets in the Patriot League: around $1.6 million. Although individuals can and do endow football scholarships, the university has not given any athletic scholarships since it became possible at the beginning of the 2013 school year.

Since the promise of scholarships improves the recruiting abilities of league opponents, the

Hoyas will struggle to stay competitive should they choose not to offer athletic scholarships.

University President John J. DeGioia, who played football at Georgetown himself, has in the past expressed his opposition to this type of scholarship program. The university is staring down a tough question about moving the football program forward, and it’s a question to which there is no easy answer. But, guidance can be found in remembering how and why football was brought back to the Hilltop in the first place.

FOURTH AND LONG The NYU game was a test of sorts: to gauge student interest in and the financial viability of transitioning the intramural football program at Georgetown into a club program. The game was a resounding success, but it was a long time in the making.

A Georgetown freshman in the fall of 1961, See FOOTBALL, B2

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LIFESTYLE

Students Redefine Beauty New fashion club celebrates student style online HANNAH KAUFMAN Hoya Staff Writer

Explosion of Color

The Life in Color event gives students endless surprises that make it so much more than your average concert. B4

The Heckler Resurfaces

Junior Joe Luther is bringing the popular satirical newspaper back into the campus spotlight. B3

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ere on the Hilltop, Hoyas pride themselves on knowing how to dress. This keen fashion sense is woven into campus life, but it’s never really been documented. Emerging on the scene this year is Hilltop VoGUe, a campus-run fashion blog that expresses the many sides of Georgetown’s sense of style.

Hilltop VoGUe is an online publication that will post daily stories and blurbs about the latest fashion happenings, with its reach

extending beyond the front gates.

“Our staff writers are actually covering a huge array of topics. It’s fashion on a larger scale. One of our writers is writing about places to get your eyebrows done in D.C. We have people going to D.C. fashion week at the end of the month. In the future we will be covering more global scale fashion as well,” Co-President Annamarie White (MSB ’17) said.

While the organization has not yet received official approval from the Student Activities Commission, it already has major plans for connecting to students on campus.

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Delivering Upscale Delights

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Hilltop VoGUe is a new online student publication that will feature fashion both on and off campus. It will also tackle contemporary issues of beauty facing Hoyas every day.

The focus will be on high-quality writing and photography to produce stories that are visually and intellectually stimulating. The blog’s official startup date is Oct. 14, and it will be beginning with a bang.

“Once we launch the site, we’ll have around 15 to 20 articles already on the blog.

We want to have the writers continuously writing so that we have an archive,” Executive Editor Alex Ridley (COL ’17) said. “We’ll post weekly and eventually move to posting new content on the site every day, whether it’s a longer article or just a short blurb about something that’s going on in D.C.” Hilltop VoGUe brings to campus novel ideas about fashion that defy common stereotypes.

“We want to celebrate all forms of beauty.

It’s something that our generation sees on magazine covers and blogs and thinks ‘Oh, that’s what’s beautiful.’ Because we can relate to that situation, we’re going to make a huge effort to stray away from that and really just celebrate all forms of beauty,” White said.

The blog will simultaneously embrace tradition and break the mold, showcasing a variety of styles that more accurately depicts the student body.

“There’s this stereotype that we all know — everyone’s preppy here. We wanted to dispel the notion that it’s very homogeneous stylistically and instead celebrate the diversity that is here,” Co-President Hayden Jeong (MSB ’17) said.

This message strikes a chord with the familiar notion of Georgetown’s cura personalis. Any Georgetown student, no matter his or her fashion preference, can have access to the blog and take from it an admiration for unconventional beauty and a love for oneself as a whole.

“Fashion isn’t about beauty, it’s about selfSee VOGUE, B3

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FEATURE

LEFT: COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES RIGHT: JULIA HENNRIKUS/THE HOYA

Coach Bill Nash, left, urges on player Frank Lacey (CAS ’67, L’ 70, L ’78) in practice in October 1965. Forty-eight years later, the Georgetown football team competes against Colgate University.

50 Years Later, Re-Evaluating Football’s Position

FOOTBALL, from B1 Rory Quirk (CAS ’65, GRD ’71, LAW ’80) stood a modest 6 feet 1 inch, weighed in at a diminutive 145 pounds and had no interest in playing football. A rower on the lightweight crew team and former sports editor of The Hoya, Quirk may have lacked the necessary bulk to take the football field, but his curiosity and foresight made him the ideal person to lead the effort to bring college football back to the Hilltop. With equipment leftover from the varsity team’s heydays in the late 1930s and early 1940s — when the Hoyas faced off against football powerhouses like the University of Miami and Penn State University and played in the 1940 Orange Bowl game — the intramural football program at Georgetown was, if not thriving, at least comfortably established. Quirk, however, seized

the opportunity for growth.

“It occurred to me, if we’re going to fund 85 to 100 guys to play intramural football games on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, wouldn’t it make more sense to use it to fund a collegiate program, to engage students and raise the profile of Georgetown?” Quirk said in a recent interview with The Hoya.

So Quirk — who will receive the Outstanding Service to Georgetown Football Award at this weekend’s 50th anniversary celebration — talked to his classmates, crunched some numbers and came up with a plan. He sent questionnaires to 50 universities with existing football programs, inquiring as to travel expenses, game-day costs, information about operations and how they were funded.

Out of the 50 universities polled, 49 responded. Out of the 49 re-

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Rory Quirk (CAS ’65, GRD ’71, LAW ’80) led a campaign to bring college football back to Georgetown.

spondents, 48 responded encouragingly: If the existing intramural budget could be properly utilized, it would be feasible to form a collegiate football team.

With tempered expectations, Quirk submitted a 150-page proposal to the university in the spring of 1963 and was answered with radio silence. The administration was fearful that reinstating football would open the old budget wound that had hemorrhaged money from 1946 to 1951.

But then, after further consideration and Quirk’s assurance that the plan would be cost-contained, an agreement was reached to play a game late in fall 1963 — near the end of the intramural season.

Scheduled against Frostburg State University, a college in western Maryland, the game was cancelled after President Kennedy was assassinated the Friday before game day.

Undeterred by the tragic derailing of his well-laid plan, Quirk and his compatriots approached the university the next year with the same plan. The university answered in late spring 1964 — Quirk’s junior year — saying that a game would be played against NYU the following fall.

His years of research and planning had paid off, and finally, in his senior year, Quirk was able to watch the Hoyas take on NYU in the 1964 Homecoming game.

TOUCHDOWN The Hoya squad that faced off against NYU was known as the intramural all-star team, a mishmash of talented but inexperienced athletes who had never played a formal football game as a team.

Coached by then-law students Bill Nash (LAW ’66) and John Murray (LAW ’65), what the Hoyas lacked in offensive schemes and elaborate play calling, they made up for with enthusiasm.

“The players played because they enjoyed the game,” Nash said. “And they worked their butts off. They wanted to win and they had a lot of spirit.”

The 40-odd students that suited up in gray pants, white shirts and silver helmets had only been practicing as a team for three weeks.

NYU, on the other hand, had practiced for more than six weeks and

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Coach Bob Benson, who current Head Coach Rob Sgarlata credits for changing the culture of football at Georgetown, addresses his team mid-game in 1997.

were fresh off a showdown against Fordham University just two weeks earlier.

“They had the benefit of experience, so we were worried that we couldn’t compete,” Quirk said.

“And we were worried about the weather, it could’ve been freezing in November. We were worried that no one would show up. That over 8,000 paid persons showed up — that was stunning.”

Just as his fears about turnout were eased as fan after fan purchased the $1 tickets and streamed onto the field, Quirk’s concern about the Hoyas’ readiness was nullified as the game got underway.

After a sloppy first half, during which the ball changed possession five times in the first quarter and NYU scored a touchdown following a Hoya fumble, Georgetown found its gear, scoring four touchdowns behind runs from fullback John Drury and his alternate John Quirk (of no relation to Rory Quirk).

It was how football was meant to be played — and the fans loved it.

“I was announcing on the PA system from the very top of the wooden bleachers, so I could see the whole place,” Quirk said. “When it started to get dark in the fourth quarter and we had the game in hand, the temperature dropped into the 30s and you would’ve thought that people might leave.

But, the vast majority of people stayed until the bitter end. There was this electricity to the day, and I think people wanted to be a part of that buzz.”

The next day, The Washington Post read, “Georgetown University officials felt that yesterday’s revival of football was an exciting and delightful success, and it may have opened the way to more games.”

The president of the university, Rev. Edward B. Bunn, S.J., said the event served as a “definite feeler for more games.”

For the coach, the implications of the win were just as sweet as the victory itself.

“There was some pessimism from the administration about the chances for success,” Nash said.“But because of the efforts of the students and the enthusiasm of the players, it got it started.”

MOVING THE CHAINS The following season, the budding club team played two games.

In the 1966 season, it played three; in both ’67 and ’68, it played five games. Then, in ‘69 — the year before the team moved to College Division football — it played seven games, winning all but two. Former quarterback and current president of the football booster organization, the Gridiron Club, Bruce Simmons (GSB ’69) has fond memories of his years playing football at Georgetown from 1965 to 1968.

“The practices were serious because we were serious about playing football, but they were not nearly as disciplined as they are now, of course.” Simmons said.

“The fans were great. Georgetown was primarily men back then, and they would come out to the game and just have a party.”

In 1970, the club moved to College Division football before moving up again to play NCAA Division III football in 1973. The team held its own in DIII before a change in NCAA regulations required it to move to Division I AA in 1993. During its time in the Patriot League, the football team recorded two team-best 9-2 seasons in 1998 and 1999 and a devastating 0-11 season in 2009. Since 2000, the team has notched one winning season: an 8-3 Patriot League-winning record in 2011 that served as a lonely reminder of the excitement that foot-

ball could bring to the Hilltop.

“The program’s changed immensely [from when I played here],” first-year Head Coach Rob Sgarlata (COL ’94) said.

Sgarlata credits the contributions of all former head coaches, especially Bob Benson, who oversaw the transition from Division III to Division I AA football, for getting the program where it is today.

“Back in 1993 when I was a senior and Bob Benson got the head job …. he changed the culture, not a little bit but a lot,” Sgarlata said.

“He started pushing the university and department to start upgrading the program.”

In February 2012, following a coup by Fordham, the Patriot League decided to allow member institutions to give athletic scholarships.

“Certainly we are in a difficult situation playing in a scholarship league,” Simmons said. “We are approaching a point where we are going to be uncompetitive and where our student-athletes are at a point of injury risk. We are having discussions with the university but no decisions have been made. It is under review.”

But for now, the university plans to stay the course. Athletic Director Lee Reed said in a statement the the university will “continue [its] membership in the Patriot League and compete as a need-based aid program.”

Former defensive back Rohan Williamson (COL ’14) played football for four years at Georgetown and says he couldn’t imagine his college experience without it.

Despite waking up at 6 a.m. every day, enduring several losing seasons and sometimes dealing with frustrating disagreements between coaches and teammates, he says it was worth it because of the friendships he made.

As far as scholarships go, Williamson sees no reason why Georgetown shouldn’t offer athletic scholarships like the other league schools.

“I would like to see us go Division I A. I feel like there is no reason why we can’t go D1A [Division IA) like Stanford, Wake Forest, Duke.

They are good institutions academically and have strong [football] programs,” Williamson said. “In the end, [the program] will be what the university makes it. Former NFL commissioner [and current chair of the university’s board of directors] Paul Tagliabue and President DeGioia actually care about football, so if they want to make [scholarships] happen, they will.”

Sgarlata, the head coach, however, doesn’t see financial limitations as a serious barrier to recruiting.

“Obviously, we’d always like to have more [money] … but that’s not what will make us successful here,” Sgarlata said. “There’s not a kid that gets recruited in the league that wouldn’t want to have the opportunity to come to school here.”

Regardless of how Georgetown football progresses, the revival and survival of the program has shown that success can’t always be measured in dollars or tallies in the win column. It was the love of the game that brought football back to life on the Hilltop 50 years ago. Now that the direction of the program’s future is at a crossroads, it’s worth keeping this guiding principle in mind.

“I could never have envisioned in 1964 that there would be a 50-year anniversary in 2014. To see something go from this very long-shot concept in 1964 to a 50th anniversary, I’m pleased and proud and very happy,” Quirk said.“Sometimes you dream up something that’s a long shot and when it works, that’s very gratifying,”

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LIFE ON THE FRINGE

Margie Fuchs

Power of Poetry Unites

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he said “I loved you like my favorite armchair” and the room fell silent.

Her voice grew louder and louder and her pace quicker and quicker as if the words were burning inside her and she needed to spit them out. The room temperature was coming to a boil. There were so many bodies packed in one place, so many eyes staring up at the small, blond girl on the stage, and it was quickly becoming evident that the room was reaching its capacity.

At the bar, girls decked in plaid shared barstools with curly-haired boys while leagues of wide-eyed freshmen kneeled on the floor.

All I could do was lean against the back door, secretly letting in the frigid night air, and listen.

Edinburgh’s first poetry slam of the year had begun.

Crowned the world’s first UNESCO “City of Literature,” Edinburgh has long had a love affair with the written word. The countless monuments spanning the city skyline pay homage to the great poets, novelists and philosophers who once tread these very streets.

Every cobblestone street is seeped with centuries of stories — ghost stories, love stories, revolutionary stories, you name it — and walking around you can practically feel the magic in the air.

Perhaps that’s why The Elephant House, a cute but unassuming coffee shop in Old Town Edinburgh, is always jam-packed.

The birthplace of “Harry Potter,” The Elephant House doubles as a pilgrimage site for Potterheads worldwide, where the most devoted fans can even confess their love of the series by writing on the bathroom walls.

Every inch of the city, from the terrace of Edinburgh Castle to the foggy peak of Arthur’s Seat and the other six hills, is dripping in inspiration. Even the famously horrible weather makes a good story — or at least pushes you to find one.

And so we crowded into the student pub, as desperate to escape the biting cold and rain as we were to hear some poetry.

The Edinburgh city proper found its way into a handful of poems; in a few it stood in the spotlight as poets rhymed about local haunts and adventures, while in others it silently stood in the backdrop, absorbing all the emotion the two-minute timeslot would offer.

Although the room remained as hot as ever, the atmosphere changed wildly every time a new poet took the stage. The redheaded girl from England brought chills and hushed, introspective silences with her elegy to lost love, only to have the quiet broken minutes later by the hilariously self-deprecating man from Scotland. Cultural icons ranging from Neil Armstrong to JK Rowling’s Professor Snape took on new forms and meanings with each verse until they became something different altogether.

Over the course of an hour and a half we heard rap, limericks, modern sonnets and nearly every other form of poetry in a room bubbling with enthusiasm for the arts. The diversity of the poems and subject matter mirrored the diversity of the audience: The pub was packed with people from all corners of the world, from all walks of life and with all different experiences. Yet we all came together to celebrate the power of words as the breadth and depth of the poetry came to reflect the diversity of the human experience. Each poem at the poetry slam, like each day here in Edinburgh, was entirely new, yet after a few lines it would begin to seem familiar. Through poetry, I could relate to each of the strangers onstage.

As a writer, this atmosphere of pure creativity and artistic encouragement was electrifying.

Here words were more than just words; they were love, loss, laughter, even your favorite armchair.

Maybe I’m starting to see Edinburgh like my favorite armchair already.

Margie Fuchs is a junior in the College. LIFE ON THE FRINGE appears every other Friday in the guide.

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Campus Spoof Revived EMILY TROISI

Hoya Staff Writer

When asked to describe the Georgetown Heckler in three words, Editor-in-Chief Joe Luther (COL ’16) chose “poignant, honest and hilarious,” which could just as easily describe his own personality. Although the Heckler’s campus presence has lain dormant over the past few years, Luther is sure that is about to change.

When was the Heckler founded?

The Heckler was founded in 2003 by two guys. I don’t really know that much about them other than that they still pay for the website. I do not know a whole lot about the institutional history of the place because I only joined at the beginning of last semester in the spring.

How many people currently write for you?

So there’s five of us, and I’m not selling anyone short, but there isn’t a whole lot of consistent contribution because we haven’t had a meeting yet. I spent a lot of the summer pretty much lying to freshmen that the Heckler was a real thing that has been around forever and is part of the Georgetown experience. The response was overwhelming; I’m actually in the middle of picking the new people. So there are five people who are returning and then there will be 15 to 20 new people out of those who applied.

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Joe Luther (COL ’16) and several other dedicated members of the Heckler are gearing up for a strong year of student-produced satire. With a strong leader at the helm and many new hires, the future looks bright. cessful as a writer for the Heckler?

I don’t really know how to describe what goes into great comedy writing, I think you just have to have an eye for demented journalism. You have to approach absurd things with a certain voice and journalistic style. But yeah, just someone who approaches everyday things with a different eye.

And how many applications did you receive?

I received over 120 requests for the application and over 70 people completed it. I was really overwhelmed by the response. That blew me away, how many people were interested in writing for the Heckler, because I figured that maybe I’d get a dozen people to apply for it. So that was completely unexpected.

What made you want to write for the Heckler, initially?

I guess in coming to college, I found that humor and comedy are two of my strengths. I tried out for improv, kind of on a whim, and it’s something that I really loved that’s been a huge part of my time at Georgetown. I wanted to branch out a little bit last year, so I figured why not take a shot at this.

It’s something that I’m naturally talented at and that for whatever messed up reason, I can write this style of journalism pretty well. I do find something really rewarding in people pulling up the articles and laughing, having a good time.

There is a lot of reward in making someone smile and brightening their day a little bit, as cheesy as that sounds.

What would make someone suc-

Why do you think it’s important to

have a satirical paper on campus?

I’m a part of it, so obviously it’s important.

I think perhaps one of the biggest things that Georgetown lacks is a “lightening up,” or a heckler, if you will. With Georgetown students, there’s that stereotype that I play off of all the time, of students who are literally waiting for Obama to call and say “Hey, I need a vice president,” or people who are like, “So when is Morgan Stanley going to hire me?” People are very driven here — and that’s awesome — and they’re passionate and involved, but I’m not sure that there’s enough of a comedic voice that pokes fun and has people lighten up.

How often does the Heckler clash with the university?

I think one of its old mottos was “Sticking it to the man since 2003,” so in the past there was a lot of brush up with the university. In 2007, they poked fun at NSO, but I don’t really know what happened.

In 2009, they mentioned the KKK a little bit too much, so they have clashed a lot with the university.

One of my hopes is just to have the university leave me be. So far I’ve heard nothing from them, and

that’s awesome. So long as we can peacefully coexist, that’s fine.

Do you have any plans to expand or change the Heckler this year?

The sky is the limit for the Heckler. I don’t think it’s had a core group of people who are really focused on building it up since it has run into a lot of trouble, no disrespect to all the people who came before me. If we can make this into a club that people are really passionate about and really want to see succeed, then it can become a huge part of Georgetown’s culture, instead of how I just lied to freshman for four months about what it was.

You’ve seen the website right now, and it kind of looks like a fifth grader’s diary online. I totally thought I could fix the website in two days and be fine, but all I did was just realize how incompetent I am with technology. Making the website really cool is a priority.

There are a lot of different features we can play into; we can have videos and cartoon strips and all different kinds of sections. Right now we’re basically just doing straight news stories and tweets and that’s awesome and it’s fun, but there is so much more we can do.

LIFESTYLE FEATURE

New Website in Vogue VOGUE, from B1 expression. While beauty trends and topics are definitely pertinent to fashion, the end goal is creating an image of yourself that you identify and are happy with,” Co-President Caroline Albers (COL ’17) said.

Not only does Hilltop VoGUe seek to widen people’s common notions of what beauty is, but it also hopes to heighten the role that fashion blogs play as a source of legitimate

news.

“For fashion to be serious journalism, it needs to be all-encompassing and open to all genders, sizes, races and styles,” Jeong said.

This authentic journalism will have a definitive impact both on and off campus. On the Hilltop, the club will continually be on the lookout for the hidden Hoya gems of the everyday Georgetown fashion world.

“It’s not like we’re looking for

students to sign up to be models for us. What we like about this fashion blog is that it’s candid,” Jeong said.

Off campus, Jeong wants to reach out to the community and find stories that engage the reader’s interest.

Students and professors will be featured on the blog, along with articles on local businesses found in popular areas along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Hilltop VoGUe will also supply students interested

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Georgetown students are known for their fashion sense and Hoya style goes so far beyond the stereotypical “preppy” look. Hilltop VoGUe will focus on a range of styles, shapes and subjects.

in fashion with exciting networking opportunities that go beyond a typical sales associate job experience.

“We want to connect students with businesses on M Street and leaders in the fashion industry.

We’re in talks with Madewell for a potential launch party,” White said. “Going beyond Madewell, in the future we’re also hoping to partner with other stores that give us a range of styles. Forever 21 is popping up, we have J. Crew, and there’s Buffalo Exchange. We want to bring them to the Georgetown campus and connect students with the greater fashion world as a whole.”

Amid such high ambitions, the club was somewhat worried about establishing a reliable readership base.

Jeong at first voiced concerns about how Georgetown students would receive the blog, yet her doubts soon proved to be unfounded.

“Georgetown is a very pre-professional campus, so students care a lot about legitimacy and being part of something that’s established. But the enthusiasm that we got from students who came up to us [at the Student Activities fair] just saying that it looked really cool was really encouraging to us,” she said.

Albers is equally ecstatic to see the club’s hard work pay off.

“I love Georgetown’s focus on tradition in a lot of aspects, but it can be a little bit stifling at times, as I’m sure all Hoyas can agree on,” Albers said. “This is a chance to be part of a new organization that is striking out into territory that hasn’t really been mined before, and it’s very exciting for a lot of Hoyas.”

Although the applications for the editorial, photography and graphic design teams have closed, the marketing team is still considering hiring more students. Applications will be reopened next semester, but until then, the club’s main goal is to attract loyal readers to its blog.

You never know when the next big fashion sensation is going to sweep across campus, so keep an eye out for Hilltop VoGUe, and who knows — maybe that sensation will be you.

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Life in Color is an annual paint party concert that features prominent DJs in the electronic dance music genre.

The event is filled with other forms of entertainment, from circus-style performances to a vibrant LED light show.

Concert Bursts With Color SARAH HOUR

Special to The Hoya

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aint flying, people dancing, music blaring — this is the typical scene at Life in Color, or as some might call it, the “World’s Largest Paint Party.”

Life in Color mixes electronic dance music with large blasts of neon paint and features a variety of popular DJs. Past events have included Cash Cash, Basscrooks, Zeds Dead and some of the biggest performers found in EDM. “LIC is an event for people to escape their daily lives and just let loose,” event organizer Max Roseff said.

Life in Color is known not only for its heart-pumping music, insane amount of dancing and wild energy, but also for its inventive non-musical acts; some have likened the event to Broadway or Cirque du Soleil.

It includes aerial stunts, circusstyled performers, stilt walkers, contortionists, fire shows and a highly anticipated paint blast. The first paint blast is momentously awaited as a clock on the wall counts down to the explosion. Several paint canons then spray a large amount of multicolored paint onto the crowd.

Most of the partygoers dress in white clothing so they can be a “canvas” for the paint. The closer they are to the dance floor area, the more paint they’ll get. Attendees who feel the need for an extra dose of paint can also purchase a paint bottle to douse themselves or have fun with friends.

For most partygoers, the paint is one of the integral aspects of the event, creating an experience unlike any other, and with plenty of great photo opportunities to ensure it is never forgotten. It’s an event that revels in being dramatically extreme.

“Nothing else of the level we take our events to currently exists,” Roseff said.

Life in Color was not always known by that moniker. Sebastian Solano and a group of his friends originally established the tour as Dayglow in 2006 They started throwing parties in high school and continued to do so in college as their reputation grew. Soon after, they dropped out of college to pursue this activity as a full-time career.

Dayglow events were initially hosted at colleges in the Florida area and were popular with fraternities; however, as the tour grew more and more popular, the shows began booking more known DJs and adding more artistic components of the show. Lighting and other special effects became more extravagant.

The first out-of-state show in Columbus, Ohio, was completely sold out. Dayglow was acquired by EDM promoter SFX Entertainment in 2012 and subsequently rebranded.

The name “Dayglow” was deemed too generic — they felt that “Life in Color” better captured the vibrancy of the event.

Life in Color is an extremely lively event, known for the unexpected,

and not just in terms of the unpredictable explosions of paint. In fact, Roseff mentions that there have been “multiple marriage proposals” at these shows.

Immensely popular with students, especially freshman, Roseff credits its success to the event’s unique character. “LIC is an event for people to escape their daily lives and kind of just let loose,” he said.

Despite being primarily based in the United States, because of its growing popularity and consistently sold-out shows, Life in Color has expanded its reach — it just went on a world tour, travelling to countries such as Mexico and Norway.

This year, Life in Color is amplifying its visual effects with more fireworks and more paint than ever before. Roseff adds that there will be “an eclectic group of headliners from multiple genres of EDM” to help expand its fan base.

Life in Color, open to anyone over 18, will be back in Washington, D.C., again this Saturday, Sept. 20 at the RFK Stadium Grounds. The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature W&W, NERVO, Borgore, and Vicetone. Tickets generally range from $70 to $120.

This is a perfect opportunity for Georgetown students to go out and have an amazing time.

“It’s the start of the new school year and about to get freezing this winter, let loose with your friends before you have to bundle up and study,” Roseff said.

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Caffeine and Cramming: Off-Campus Study Spots

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e’ve all heard it before. It’s a cery shopping done in one trip. There’s no common piece of Georgetown excuse not to go. advice: break the bubble.

The Kogod Courtyard is easy to find: It’s Although we live in one sandwiched right in between the Nationof the most interesting, important and ap- al Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian proachable cities in the nation, it’s all too easy American Art Museum. This giant courtto fall into a comfortable pattern and never yard boasts free Wi-Fi, a corner cafe and step outside of campus. A trip to the zoo or covered seating under a giant glass ceiling. a Smithsonian museum would be nice, but This huge, open space is the antithesis to that unwritten essay on Marx, the econ prob- the cramped corners of Lau. The courtyard lem set and the mountain of reading waiting is easy to access as well — it’s right off the for you at home annihilate any and all of your Gallery Place Metro stop. Just try to get plans. here during the day; the courtyard is often In the midst of all this, it seems like a foray booked for special events at night. Take the into the District is an unaffordable luxury. Red Line to Gallery Place-Chinatown and But there’s an easy way to see the city and you’ll be right there. simultaneously get that pile of The Coupe is a coffee shop work out of the way. It’s simple: with a twist — the cafe is comBring your work with you and plemented by a bar and gastro find your own urban study spot. pub menu, so those mid-study For me, that means a coffee cravings won’t pose a problem. shop. Caffeine is a necessary Furthermore, this place is open motivator, and I thrive with a 24 hours a day, so you can go at healthy amount of white noise any time. The Coupe is in the in the background. But even Columbia Heights area, so it’s Erin Hickok for those that need complete probably best to take the Metro. silence, a study spot beyond the It will spit you out right in front confines of campus is easily found. I’ve out- of Target — convenient, yes? Make sure you lined some of my favorite areas below; there have a large block of unscheduled time if should be something for every taste. Grab you choose this location. It’s a little harder to your computer, say goodbye to that sad Lau reach, and this neighborhood offers plenty of cubicle for a while and see the city. distractions.

The friendliest spot in walking distance is My favorite place to study may not be hands-down Soho Tea & Coffee, a family-run too original, but it offers quite the view. coffeehouse that’s just across the P Street The Starbucks in Chinatown is a verifiable Bridge. A quick glance at its website illustrates study haven for a few reasons. First of all, the mission of this little coffeehouse — the there are two stories, so there are always proprietors love to post photos of their regu- plenty of spots available. The best seat in lars on the website, and they profess a love of the house is on the second floor at the end good friends and local art. If you plant your- of the room. A counter is set up right in self here for an hour or two, you’ll probably front of a huge bay window that looks out meet the owners as they offer you a glass of over the Friendship Archway. The peoplewater. Come by twice and they’ll be on the watching and photo opportunities here are way to knowing your life story. This is the best both incredible. choice if you’re looking for moral support Whatever you decide upon, you can’t go and a friendly atmosphere. wrong. And if none of these locations sounds Georgetown Public Library is also an easy good to you, just ride the Metro to any stop in walk from campus. This gorgeous brick the city, get out and look for the nearest coffee building offers a well-lit reading space with shop or library. With any luck, you’ll stumble plenty of tables to spread out. There are across your own little Washington, D.C. gem. plenty of outlets, too, so you won’t have to Hickok is a sophomore waste time doing laps around the room to Erin find a good spot to plug in. Best of all, the in the School of Foreign Serlibrary is just down the street from Safeway, vice. DISTRICT ON A DIME appears so you can get your studying and your gro- every other Friday in the guide.

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Don’t let your parents stop your gaming habits — download “Peak” and finally prove to them that work and play can coexist.

MIRANDA Free For anyone with relatives, friends or important contacts living across an ocean, finding the right time to call one another is always a struggle. Miranda is a new app that solves this dilemma by simply doing the time calculations for you.

Add whatever cities you want to your list, and the app will immediately tell you what time it is in each of those locations. You can spin the wheel to display a future time and see what times align with it in other countries. The app also features a map and calendar to help you schedule meetings or telephone calls without having to worry about disturbing the other person at odd hours.

Surprise your grandma on her trip across Europe with a pleasant afternoon phone call that doesn’t wake her up for a change.

LIFESTYLE TIP

DIY BULLETIN BOARD LAMPSHADE

http://www.pamirie.hubpages.com Need some more lighting for your living space? Want a fun, easy way to show off old pictures or display ticket stubs? You can solve both problems with one simple project. This DIY lampshade doubles as an unconventional bulletin board and is much easier to make than it looks. Head to a thrift store or the closest T.J. Maxx to buy an inexpensive lampshade in any color or pattern that you desire. Stick self-adhesive cork circles, available at most craft stores or online, around the lampshade. Attach pictures as you would to a normal corkboard, and you’ve got a cool new decoration that will be sure to literally light up the room.

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At Upscale Joint, Taste Comes at Too High a Price MINTWOOD PLACE

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intwood Place is the Starbucks of Washington, D.C. fine dining: worthwhile yet overpriced, casual while still sophisticated, exuding overcooked hominess with a hint of wannabe-hipster flavor.

Adams Morgan, brimming with 19th-century row houses and nonironic salsa bars, mirrors Mintwood’s trendy aesthetic and decor.

Given its location in the “hot,” culturally diverse Adams Morgan community, Mintwood’s French-American fusion cuisine upholds the neighborhood’s reputation for international flare. While Mintwood offers a fundamentally satisfying experience, some of its aesthetic choices prove a little difficult to swallow.

Mintwood Place aims to combine the old bistro experience with sleek, modern decor. In order to fully grasp the impact of the restaurant’s facade, make later reservations.

At night, the double door French windows above Mintwood are interspersed with lights that provide a French noir glamor to the entrance.

Although the outdoor seating in front of the restaurant continues with the Parisian bistro feel, the view of the street fails to make up for the unpredictable D.C. weather.

Inside, Mintwood embraces a min-

imalist bistro theme. Brown leather booths border small wooden square tables in the center and industrial light bulbs hang down from the ceiling. Although Mintwood attempts a fusion of classic France and exposed brick hipster chic, customers wind up feeling cramped among the mix of uncomfortable seating. The muted color pallet does not thrill, but bores — and not in an alternative “I’m so above this” kind of way.

In fact, the close proximity of the tables and high ceilings ensures that the room reverberates with the conversations of everyone present. For parents or the noise sensitive, Mintwood will not appeal — if you could even hear yourself disapprove. Packed with other patrons, there was a decidedly casual dress code. For food of this caliber — and price — I would expect more formal attire. The informal dress may reflect Mintwood’s hip, resist-society’sstandards-of-wealth vibe, but if I am going to splurge, I want to at least feel classy doing it.

Don’t get me wrong: the food delights. The half cast-iron wood-oven roasted chicken ($24) not only proved tender and juicy, but the accompanying mashed potatoes virtually melted in my mouth. Fresh and packed with many vegetables, the Greek-style chopped salad ($13) offered a fun alternative to a classic. Mintwood also prepares a wide variety of fish, rang-

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Mintwood is a modern hipster bistro that serves impressive food at every meal. The Belgian waffles are powdered with sugar and served with fresh fruit toppings, making for a refreshing, sugary brunch. ing from the ever-popular salmon ($25) to the more under the radar rainbow trout ($23) and sea bream ($27). Mercifully, chocolate is not too main stream for them: with three chocolaty tiers of heaven, the brownie sundae ($8) oozes a warm, fudgy core over velvety vanilla ice cream.

While I did not order an appetizer, it was not for lack of interest in Mintwood Place’s eclectic “nibbles” menu. Options here ranged from escargot hush puppies ($11) to maple pork cracklin’ ($5) to blistered shishito peppers ($8).

Another interesting upscale aspect

of Mintwood Place is its Sunday night porchetta special. The selected dish is always changing and is made with ingredients sourced from local farmers.

Anyone hoping to experience this sort of fine dining should try to hit the restaurant earlier in the evening, as only a limited quantity is prepared and it’s first come, first served.

In typical D.C. fashion, Mintwood Place also has an extensive brunch menu. Staple items such as Belgian waffles ($8 to $9) and buttermilk pancakes ($3 to $4) are there for the more traditional while anyone looking for a bit more adventure can opt

for the country pate ($9) or breakfast succotash with salmon ($17).

While the food appeals, the prices are a different story. The food was excellent, but the attached dollar signs might still lead to a bit of sticker shock for the average college student. The service, however, may help explain the seemingly extravagant cost. Always friendly, efficient and speedy, the staff is also happy to provide helpful food suggestions.

After my experience at Mintwood, I am ready to eat as the upper-class hipsters do — I’m just not ready to spend like them.

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Equinox is an upscale restaurant that experiments with multicultural “New American” cuisine. The pan roasted barnegat light diver scallops are wonderfully crisp and are paired with a succulent black pepper

Lauded Restaurant Rocks the Entree; Other Dishes Fall Flat EQUINOX

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here are several neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., that are known for their concentration of restaurants: Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan and even Georgetown. Foggy Bottom, on the other hand, is a hidden gem. Given its geographic location, specifically its proximity to George Washington University, there are of course plenty of national chain restaurants such as Roti and Sweetgreen. However, Foggy Bottom also has some exquisite dining spots perfect for special occasions — and Equinox is one of them.

Equinox refreshingly provides outdoor seating, which emanates a rather casual and relaxed ambience, without the requirement of formal dress. It seems that this feature appeals to the majority of the restaurant’s patrons, as when my party of two arrived at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday night, the patio had been fully seated, while the inside remained half vacant.

Although the restaurant may have wanted for a few more customers, I personally saw no reason to complain.

The whole dining experience was excellent — attentive waiter, quiet environment and of course, good food. It is not an easy task to define the type of cuisine that is served at Equinox, partly because I still struggle with the term “New American,” which usually implies a fusion of western gourmet.

Equinox has started with a variety of dishes inspired by cuisines worldwide, and it has added its own unique twist to them.

We began our dinner with a loaf of warm bread and a spoonful each of

salad. While I did appreciate that the bread was still warm, both its taste and texture were only mediocre. The complimentary salad seemed to have been made of fish — nice presentation, nice gesture, but a bit too salty for my taste.

We then ordered the truffled risotto fritters ($10) to share. The bowl of nine fried risotto balls came with a dish of garlicky sauce that was marked by a pleasant hint of lemon. The creamy sauce was delicious, but the fritters failed to impress. Already lukewarm when presented, the risotto balls resembled a larger, less flavorful version of tater tots.

The other appetizer that we ordered, Burgundy Escargot in riesling mushroom cream ($14), made up for the disappointment wrought by the fritters. The escargots were not presented in their shells, but rather were cut into smaller pieces. Contrary to the dish’s title, the sauce wasn’t very creamy — it offered a light texture and only a detectable taste of mushroom.

Ever a lover of heavy and decadent sauces, I nonetheless found myself a fan of this mushroom cream, which impeccably complemented the already tasty escargots, whose texture was slightly crispy — just to my liking.

After a glowing and passionate recommendation from our waiter, I ordered the pan roasted barnegat light diver scallops ($33) for my entree.

The dish far exceeded my already very high expectations. The scallops themselves were roasted to perfection — a bit crispy on the base, but otherwise soft and finished with a black pepper dressing on the bottom. Just a small amount of the sauce rendered the scallops heavenly.

Equally memorable were the sides that accompanied the shellfish. The citrus-braised octopus was tender and savory, and would have indeed made an excellent entree even by itself. I finished all of the sauteed broccoli, which proves just how truly remarkable they were, considering how much I dislike the green vegetables. The most amazing of all was undoubtedly the crispy swiss chard.

While Equinox had enchanted me with its seafood entree, my partner was less in favor of his pick, the grilled Creekstone Farm New York striploin ($32). I tried a piece and immediately understood why. Although he asked for the steak to be cooked medium rare, the dish came out as medium.

The meet itself contained too little fat, which made it less tender and juicy than expected.

We ended our dinner with the apple feuilletee ($12). Given its price, we were anticipating a huge portion, but it came out as a comparatively smaller, regularly sized dessert dish. Even give its small size and the fact that two people were eating it, neither one of us could find the motivation to actually finish the dish. The cinnamon ice cream was delicious, but as an icecream lover, I would have found any ice cream lovely. The feuilletee was delicately made; as a baker, I admired the technique behind those clear layers of apple cake. Nevertheless, I was more impressed with the presentation than with the actual taste.

With the food, coffees and amazing mocktails, the meal as a whole turned out to be costly. Like I have said, Equinox is meant for special occasions.

Order the seafood dishes, and you are guaranteed to be satisfied

MEXICAN QUINOA

ateaspoonofhappiness.com Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 marks National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, a special time to celebrate the influences of Latino culture in our country. Contribute to the festivities by jazzing up a pot of the immensely popular and healthy superfood quinoa. The canned, frozen and nonperishable ingredients make it the perfect dish to stock up for, share and make again and again. Serves 6 to 8.

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 1/4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 1 cup uncooked, pre-rinsed quinoa 1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes

with green chilies 1 15.5 oz. can black or pinto beans, drained and rinsed 1 1/2 cups frozen corn kernels 1/2 tsp. cumin 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

In large saucepan, heat the olive oil on medium-high heat.

Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds, stirring constantly until the garlic is completely softened.

Add all remaining ingredients except for cilantro and bring mixture to a boil.Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.

Stir in cilantro just before serving. Top with cheddar cheese and sour cream if desired.

FROZEN BERRY MARGARITA

mybestcocktails.com Tequila is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Hispanic liquor, but before you head over to Los Cuates for a pitcher, consider making your own margaritas this weekend. Fire up your blender and make the most of sweet summer fruit while it’s still here. Serves 6.

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups ice 6 oz. tequila 4 oz. triple sec 6 oz. limeade (frozen) 2 cups frozen strawberries or raspberries Strawberries for garnish Add all ingredients to blender and mix until smooth. Garnish with strawberries

ELK COVE

wine.com Widely produced in France, Australia, Oregon and California, pinot grigio is certainly one of the more popular varietals — and for good reason. This dry white wine has pleasing flavors that make it a perfect accompaniment to many dishes. This particular bottle is noted for fruity apple undertones which will lighten up the quinoa dish.

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Chris Brown OGECHI NWODIM Hoya Staff Writer

The past few years for Chris Brown have been full of turmoil, legal woes and well-deserved public backlash.

His terrible publicity caused many to forget that he was, or arguably is, one of the most talented artists in the music sphere. His talent in creating radio hits and his dancing and singing abilities are matched by very few in the industry, contributing to the hype surrounding his fifth studio album.

However, because of his time in jail, the release of this album, “X,” had been severely delayed. It’s finally out, but if one is looking for a groundbreaking and renewed Chris Brown, one will be sorely disappointed.

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 this being his fifth studio album, his subject matter has stayed stagnant, with no new musical direction and an unvarying singing style, to say the least. Several of the tracks on the album are old singles that have been out for almost a year. The album as a whole is a mesh of trendy pop, stereotypical topic matter and several lackluster singles. However, he has a few tracks that manage to display the talent of this young star.

Arguably, one of the best aspects of this new release are the collaborations. Chris Brown teams up with Trey Songz, Kendrick Lamar, Jhené Aiko, R. Kelly and several others in the album. “Songs on 12 Play,” featuring Trey Songz, is one of the more notable tracks. While there is not anything particularly special about it, both Trey Songz and Chris Brown

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Despite many of its drawbacks, Chris Brown’s album features interesting collaborations with famous artists like Trey Songz and Kendrick Lamar.

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are ladies’ men, so the sexual tension and innuendos are dialed up in this track. While Trey Songz’ and Chris Brown’s voices complement each other well, they are able to maintain their own identity, something that tends to be difficult in duets. This track gives a little hint of what to expect from their future joint tour.

“Autumn Leaves,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, is one of the most tastefully produced songs on the album.

The song has a vibe as if it were on OVO’s label. Brown’s voice is stripped down, sincere and there is an emotional connection beyond sex.

He croons, “If you leave this time I feel that you’d be gone for good/ So I hold on like leaves and fall to what is left.” Kendrick Lamar’s excellent lyricism and capturing storytelling just puts the finishing touch on the track.

“Drunk Texting,” featuring Jhené Aiko, is a probable radio hit. The strong bass, the catchy hook and Aiko’s hypnotic voice gives the song all the ingredients for it to be a chart-topper.

Other well done tracks are “See You Around” and “Don’t Be Gone Too Long.” “See You Around” is a simple, feel-good pop track without all of the extra production associated with the rest of the album. “Don’t Be Gone Too Long” opens with Brown’s deep voice creating a dark and mellow ambience. This electropop song is a good example of incorporating different music trends while still maintaining a tasteful track.

All in all, die-hard Chris Brown fans will support him no matter what. However, the album as a whole is rather boring and does not showcase anything new from the troubled star.

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Kodak Film Captures Spirit of Rome

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oman Holiday.” “La Dolce Vita.” “Bicycle Thieves.” “To Rome with Love.” The Eternal City, as anyone who has been there or seen the aforementioned movies can tell you, is anything but camera-shy.

While studying abroad in Rome this past spring, I was struck not just by the city’s preposterous cornucopia of monuments old and older, but especially by the camera crews and movie star trailers that could be found everywhere.

For better or for worse, there’s no city on earth quite like Rome, and legions of tourists, Instagrammers and moviemakers are determined to prove this to us over and over again.

When a film like Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” turns up, proudly wearing references to classic Italian cinema on its finely tailored sleeves, film critics are usually the first to ask: Why do we need another movie about Rome? Why now? And what more could it possibly say? Indeed, any artist working in welltrodden territory must at some point consider these questions, and an established filmmaker in particular must consider whether his or her vision can justify millions of dollars in expenses and hundreds of hours of commitment from cast and crew.

Chronicling disparate episodes in the life of a newly 65 writer-journalist as he travels the city and scathingly critiques the Botoxed, burnt-out Roman upper class who spend their days doing nothing and going nowhere, “The Great Beauty” is in many ways an obvious homage to Federico Fellini’s 1960 masterpiece “La Dolce Vita.”

For some, “The Great Beauty” is a bore because it offers nothing that Fellini had not already said before; for others, the film wears out its welcome thanks to a severe case of overindulgence.

Clocking in at a comparatively modest

2 hours and 22 minutes (“La Dolce Vita” runs closer to 3 hours), “The Great Beauty” is an impossibly exhausting odyssey through the streets of Rome and the minds of its inhabitants. Long stretches of the film play out on balconies overlooking the Colosseum and plod on without end as Rome’s idle upper class discusses contemporary art, the Catholic Church and everything in between.

In my own opinion, the film’s fatal flaw is its insistence on casting the widest thematic net possible. When you try to have it all, which, in this case, entails

Tim Markatos a mentally ill teenager, a stripper with a heart of gold, a cardinal who’s more gastronomically than theologically inclined, a preternaturally talented, adolescent performance artist and a flock of flamingos, you will wind up with nothing short of a mess.

But what a glorious mess it is. What the film lacks in narrative originality and coherence it more than makes up for in visual splendor. Shot on Kodak film for vintage graininess and vibrant nocturnal scenes, “The Great Beauty” boasts dazzling views of Rome at odd hours and in strange places.

As an artist, cinematographer Luca Bigazzi is clearly of one mind with Sorrentino, whose playful edge is matched with Bigazzi’s technical skill in some of the film’s more inventive shots. These innovative scenes include a slow-motion push down the middle of a dance line

at the end of an eight-minute opening party sequence as well as a series of flashbacks to the protagonist’s first love, lit intermittently and uncannily by a lighthouse.

Anyone can take pictures of Rome that will wow their friends and family back home, but to truly capture the city’s spirit on film requires talent on an entirely different level.

With its grab bag of virtues and vices, it should come as no surprise that Sorrentino’s sprawling attempt at a new Roman epic was met with mixed reactions.

While “The Great Beauty” picked up awards for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards earlier this year, it made a decidedly smaller splash on its home continent. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013 but left with no accolades to its name and comparatively little buzz as it proceeded toward its North American debut that fall. Critics, jurors and frothing-at-the mouth film bloggers at Cannes opted to throw their support — and their most laudatory tweets — to movies deemed more relevant to contemporary cinema (“Blue is the Warmest Color,” “Stranger by the Lake”) and less reliant on earlier precedents. The film’s Oscar victory the following March prompted a brief moment of celebratory enthusiasm in Italy; “The Great Beauty” occupied full-page spreads in many Monday morning newspapers and even aired on national television that same week.

Yet in Rome, the reaction was decidedly cooler — perhaps as a result of the film’s unfavorable depiction of its inhabitants, or perhaps just because Rome, too, has seen enough of itself.

Tim Markatos is a senior in the College. THE CINEMA FILES appears every other Friday in the guide.

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The first episode of “The Mindy Project” focuses on the new relationship between Danny Castellano and Mindy Lahiri.

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“The Mindy Project” is back and as good as ever with a new couple, a new character and the same funny outlook.

When we last checked in with the doctors and nurses at Shulman & Associates, Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) and Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) found themselves atop the Empire State Building and in a relationship. Peter (Adam Pally) had finally gotten a girlfriend. Dr. Reed (Ed Weeks) was skinny again. Tamra (Xosha Roquemore) and Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) were trying things out.

In the season-three opener, though, much of the focus is on Danny and Mindy’s budding relationship, ignoring some of the storylines from last season that remain less than tied up. The episode weaves the characters’ storylines together through the theme of secrets kept from lovers — and Mindy, who can’t keep any secret to herself.

New and newer characters play an enlarged role in the episode, fueling the plot. Lauren (Tracey Wigfield), who was introduced last season as Peter’s girlfriend, attempts to get the practice involved in some charity work. A new character, Lou (Rob McElhenny), Morgan’s ex-con cousin, works as the office’s IT guy:clearly there for some easy comedic relief. While Lauren will probably be the focus of a dramatic arc for some episodes to come, Lou — at least in his current form — serves as a tertiary character, similar to the much-beloved role played

by Beverly (Beth Grant) in the show’s first two seasons.

In the episode, we get our first look at how Danny and Mindy function as a couple, never having been tested before. As far as Mindy’s relationships go, this one seems pretty solid — and unexpectedly normal. They’re happy; we’re happy for them and their problems seem small compared to the issues Mindy has faced with past boyfriends.

It’ll be interesting to see if the happy-couple mentality continues throughout the season. So far, it seems like their biggest problem is doing things the other person wants to do, but, as Mindy puts it, “What is a relationship if not doing things you hate in be-

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tween sex sessions?”

Not to leave everyone else out, much of Mindy and Danny’s personal life gets aired out in the office — via Mindy, of course. As Mindy over-shares, she conflicts with Danny’s ideas of personal space. Then, when Mindy discovers Danny has secrets of his own, she can’t quite comprehend the concept of keeping things to herself. As she goes on a quest to find out Danny’s secrets, we learn more about Danny before he was Dr. Castellano, which gives his character a little more humanity in the end.

Meanwhile, Dr. Reed and Lauren work to get Shulman & Associates to do some charity work for the charity “Doctors Without Molars,” which puts orthodontists in developing countries. They have to keep their own secret from Peter and the rest of the practice. Of course, it gets around in the end, thanks to Mindy — with everyone else’s help. From the looks of it, the consequences of this are something we’ll be dealing with for at least the next few episodes.

Notably absent from the episode is Betsy (Zoe Jarman), who is no longer a series regular on the show, although some guest appearances are still possible.

Although she plays a diminished role in this episode, Tamra, who carried many episodes last season as a real comedic tour de force, is still a part of the show. As the season progresses, it would be great to see the parts of this episode that come from Tamra while she is at the party to celebrate the start of their new charity work. She refuses to stop videotaping as the conflict unfolds between the other characters.

Beverly, who was one of my favorite characters in past seasons, has outstayed her welcome a bit, and the show’s writers seem to know that: She only has a few lines in this episode. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her role continue to diminish as Lou’s character develops.

Season three’s opener was a solid episode of “The Mindy Project,” getting this season off to a good start. While not the best episode of the show to date, it worked as a plotdeveloping episode, creating a lot of storylines for the show to follow as the season gets going.

ON CAMPUS

THE SYRIA: TROJAN WOMEN SUMMIT GAZA SERIES, PART TWO: THE 12TH Despite having their visas denied, the women ISRAELI WAR ON GAZA behind “Syria: The Trojan Women” are proving that the show must go on. These Syrian women will be showcased in footage that speaks to their tumultuous journey. The event will also include a live discussion with the women.

Join Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor of Middle East studies at the Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs, will discuss the context and implications of the violent war between Israel and Gaza that dominated the news this summer.

WHERE: Davis Performing Arts Center, Gonda Theatre WHEN: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.

INFO: performingarts.georgetown.edu PRICE: Free

WHERE: SFS Center for Contemporary Arab Studies WHEN: Sept. 22, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST NICHOLAS KRISTOF AT GEORGETOWN: A CONVERSATION AND BOOK SIGNING Nicholas Kristof, an acclaimed journalist, author and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will visit campus next Sunday to discuss international politics and the progression of human rights.

WHERE: 2nd Floor ICC Auditorium WHEN: Sept. 28, 4 p.m.

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Starring: Ellar Coltrane Directed by: Richard Linklater Nicole Jarvis Hoya Staff Writer

There are few stories in Hollywood as ubiquitous as the coming of age drama. These kinds of stories — depicting snapshots of the intersection of childhood and adulthood — are compelling in their intense relatability. Everyone has had a first love, a first heartbreak, a first chance to make something better of themselves, and seeing these experiences validated on the big screen has always been highly valued, if not overplayed, in today’s cinematic world.

Richard Linklater’s latest highly acclaimed movie, “Boyhood”, is finally getting the wide theatrical release that it so deserves. Linklater engages this film trope with a broader scope and on a different scale than any fictional film before it.

Typically, the creators of these types of films take one of three routes to storytelling — they either focus in on a brief period in time in the character’s life, they cast multiple actors to tackle longerterm storylines or they artificially age young actors with prosthetics or special effects.

“Boyhood” goes another route entirely. The movie was filmed, piece by piece, over a 12-year period with the same actors revisiting the same family of characters over and over again to tell their story from beginning to end.

“Boyhood” tells the story of,

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quite simply, one boy’s childhood and his relationship with his constantly evolving familial circle.

Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane, and his sister Samantha, played

by Linklater’s own daughter Lorelei, live in Texas with their mother and experience the ups and downs of a childhood scarred by multiple stepfathers and alcoholism.

The film is a powerful one, but it derives its power from the ultimate simplicity of the story it tells.

“Boyhood” proves that you don’t need dramatic tragedies or big, crazy twists to make a life compelling. You just need honesty.

Georgetown students (especially my fellow seniors) are probably the perfect age demographic to see and relate to this movie because we can all attest that growing up is hard.

We ourselves were very recently in Mason and Samantha’s shoes. At the same time, however, we are old enough to relate to not just the story seen through the eyes of Mason and Samantha, but the struggles of the adults in the film as well. For me, the movie is as much a story about their mother, Olivia, played by Patricia Arquette, and her struggle to make a better life for herself and her children as it is about Mason and his relationships with his father and his first girlfriend Sheena.

The real breakout star of the film has to be Coltrane. Linklater really lucked out with this casting because there was no guarantee back in

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The newly released film, “Boyhood,” which has been nominated for several prestigious awards, tracks character growth in real time.

2003 when the project began that Coltrane would be able to maintain the same level of exhilarating performance for the next decade. But in many ways, the ease of his performance makes sense.

While he was acting out scenes from Mason’s childhood, he was experiencing many of the issues tackled in the film in his own actual personal life. He was growing up through the entire process and was able to take his own life experiences and channel their authenticity into his character’s struggles.

His growth, and the changes in the characters around him, feels all the more believable and organic, because we are actually watching these kids grow up right before our eyes, both physically and emotionally.

Part of what makes “Boyhood” so authentic is the script, which

was written, edited and adapted over the entire period of filming with everyone — especially the actors — making contributions and honing the development of the characters that they had grown so attached to playing. It never feels stilted or overly dramatic, but rather like an entirely organic and natural conversation taking place over the course of 12 years.

There isn’t much to say about this film that hasn’t already been said more effectively by another critic. This is, inevitably, one of the most talked-about films in decades and it has been showered with praise and awards for its innovations in how we choose to put stories on film. Perhaps the best thing to say at this point is just to implore you to go see “Boyhood.” I can’t really think of a better way to spend two hours.

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Starring: Tina Fey and Jason Bateman Directed by: Shawn Levy ALLISON CANNELLA Hoya Staff Writer

With an ensemble cast starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey and Jane Fonda, “This Is Where I Leave You” certainly had enough star power to make a successful dramatic comedy. Unfortunately, the unoriginal plot ultimately makes this film a forgettable one.

To sum the whole movie up, a dysfunctional Jewish family

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comes together after the death of their father and ends up bonding in unexpected (read: completely predictable) ways. Based on a 2009 novel by Jonathan Tropper, “This Is Where I Leave You” mimics the nature of other family-drama films like “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001) and “The Family Stone” (2005), only with less unique characters and even less unique problems.

The film begins when Judd Alt-

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man (Bateman) discovers that his wife (Abigail Spencer) has been having a long-term affair with his boss. Immediately after, he finds out that his dad has passed away. He and his three siblings reunite at their childhood home in the wake of their father’s death, where they are welcomed by their mother (Fonda) and her exaggerated breast augmentation.

She explains that their father’s last wish was for his wife and children to sit “shiva” for him, a Jewish mourning ritual that lasts seven days. The siblings are horrified at the thought of spending so much time with each other, but of course they end up learning quite a bit about each other in the week that passes.

During that time, Judd rekindles a flame with his ex-girlfriend (Rose Byrne), but his wife appears unexpectedly and reveals that she’s pregnant. Judd’s older brother (Corey Stoll) and his wife (Kathryn Hahn), however, are still struggling to conceive.

Meanwhile, the sister of the family, Wendy (Fey) is miserable in her marriage. Over the course of the week, she realizes that she still loves her boyfriend from years past who suffered a lifealtering brain injury while they were dating. Last, but certainly not least, is the youngest sibling Phillip (Adam Driver) who fulfils the role of the family “screw-up” with his playboy nature and directionless life.

At first, there is much tension between the siblings and their mother, but as the week progresses, the family dynamic changes. Events ranging from

hilarious misunderstandings to emotional breakdowns help the family realize that they truly do need each other.

Directed by Shawn Levy, whose famous comedic works include “Cheaper by the Dozen” (2003) and “The Pink Panther” (2006), “This Is Where I Leave You” is certainly not lacking in well-executed scenes of hilarity and surprise. Jason Bateman and Tina Fey are, of course, royalty in the world of entertainment, and both did fantastic jobs of displaying their individual comedic personalities while maintaining serious stances during the more solemn scenes.

Perhaps the most entertaining scene of the film is one in which Judd discovers a handful of joints in the pocket of one of his father’s suits while the family is at temple. He and his three brothers proceed to ditch the service and get high in one of the rooms of the synagogue. Unfortunately for them, the smoke triggers the fire alarms and the entire congregation is evacuated.

Bateman later shows his flexibility as an actor when Judd talks to his mother in an especially moving moment of the movie.

Judd shares how he feels like he let his father down and that now, his life is falling apart despite his efforts to hold it together (“Arrested Development,” anyone?). Bateman acts as an entirely convincing downtrodden, middle-aged man, complete with tearful eyes.

Fonda contributes a shockingly motherly role, providing poignant words of wisdom on how complex and unpredictable life is.

“This Is Where I Leave You” is more of a comedy than a drama, as many scenes that have full emotional potential are interrupted by some kind of ridiculous occurrence. Again, most of the plotline was incredibly predictable and seemed to copy a conglomeration of films that have the same general story.

This film is recommended for a good laugh, but save yourself the ticket price if you’re looking for a more mentally satisfying movie.

King Tuff has had trouble making it into the spotlight since his first studio album “Mindblow,” released in 2006.

While he’s not well known, his song “Headbanger,” taken from his upcoming album “Black Moon Spell,” has managed to attract some listeners with its upbeat guitarstrumming intro and catchy chorus.

Like his earlier works, this single sticks to the mellow indie-pop, garage-rock sound that has garnered King Tuff his small, if not loyal, following. Current and new fans alike will find this song pleasant, but it’s questionable whether the song will manage to turn more than a few heads.

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Michael winslow  Run the Jewels is a generally unknown hiphop duo currently breaking into the music scene.

Filled with explicit language and a menagerie of synthetic beats, their new single is strangely appealing. Its novel electro mix-up layered and interspersed with complementary fast-paced rap verses sets this single apart from other contemporary hip-hop sounds, making it a fresh, feel-good listen. While the song didn’t receive wide publicity upon its release, its addictive sound and collaborative effort makes Run the Jewels seem like a pair to watch.

‘jealous’ nick jonas  Nick Jonas continues to cling to the spotlight in a solo career without his fellow Jonas Brothers.

His newest single, “Jealous,” gears up for the release of his self-titled album Nov. 11. While his voice has definitely changed and deepened since the fame of previous hits like “Year 3000” and “S.O.S,” none of his solo ventures have lived up to these upbeat brother band chart toppers. Singing about the woes of love in this heart-throbbing pop song, Nick shows that he’s not keen on straying too far from his good-boy Disney channel image, but this decision restricts his music and ultimately fails to impress.

‘home to me’ jewel  While a new album is in the works, this American singer-songwriter captures hearts with her latest single. “Home to Me,” which is completely free and promotes the ReThink: Why Housing Matters initiative.

The message holds personal significance, as Jewel has personally experienced the struggles of homelessness. The song perfectly executes her sweet, sultry voice with a simple guitar riff and especially poignant lyrics. Although Jewel’s charitable motive alone could wow a crowd, her wonderful vocals are the cherry on top of a successful song.

AROUND TOWN Capitol Bacon Festival

Poetry reading

Elizabethan Garden Tour

Gays in the Military

WHERE: Half Street Fairgrounds WHEN: Saturday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

INFO: capitolbaconfestival.com PRICE: $25

WHERE: Library of Congress WHEN: Friday, 4 p.m.

INFO: www.loc.gov PRICE: Free

WHERE: Folger Shakespeare Library WHEN: Saturday, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

INFO: www.folger.edu PRICE: Free

WHERE: Library of Congress WHEN: Tuesday, 12 p.m.

INFO: www.loc.gov PRICE: Free

If there is one food that all meat lovers enjoy, it is bacon. Celebrate the delicious classic at D.C.’s inaugural Capitol Bacon Festival, which will feature dozens of vendors, live music, cooking demonstrations, bars and even a bacon-eating contest. Buy single tickets for $2 each or a pack of 10 for $18 and sample the various bacon-y treats all throughout the festival.

Want to add a little culture to your Friday plans? Head down to the Library of Congress for the National Student Poets’ inaugural reading.

This event is the culmination of the National Student Poets Program, the highest honor for young poets in the United States. These talented writers have worked hard and are ready to show the capitol city what they’ve got.

The Folger Shakespeare Library is home to much more than priceless old manuscripts.

Aside from the institution’s gorgeous Elizabethan theatre, it also maintains a beautiful garden that visitors can tour. The garden was inspired by the great playwright’s works and highlights flora that was popular during his time, such as lavender and creeping thyme.

Since the scandal and national debate surrounding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, many questions have been asked about life for LBGTQ members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Vincent Cianni, a documentary photographer and author of the book “Gays in the Military,” will be discussing his work and sharing the stories of several LGBTQ individuals, both veterans and those still on active duty.

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THE HOYA

Friday, September 19, 2014

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Commentary

Hoyas Split Road-Trip Games Imagining a Future Elizabeth Cavacos Hoya Staff Writer

After two games on the road last weekend, the Georgetown field hockey team (2-3) will return home to face off against the Longwood Lancers (3-4) on Saturday and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (1-5) on Sunday.

Georgetown notched its second win of the season last Saturday in a 2-1 overtime victory at Holy Cross (2-5).

The Hoyas started the game strongly, with two shots in the first minute of the game. In the 22nd minute, junior forward Sarah Butterfield scored her first goal of the season to put Georgetown ahead 1-0. The offensive momentum slowed, however, and the Hoyas did not score again for the remainder of regulation. The Crusaders scored a goal of their own with 14 minutes left in the game to send the matchup into overtime.

Georgetown’s defense remained resilient during overtime. Following an important save by sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki, the Hoyas shut down a penalty corner and transitioned the ball upfield to sophomore forward Aliyah Graves-Brown, who scored her third goal of the season to seal the win.

Head Coach Shannon Soares was proud of the renewed effort that she saw on the field during overtime.

“I think the best part of that overtime period was that our kids kept fighting,” Soares said. “Even after giving up two defensive penalty corners, they took that penalty corner as an opportunity to get a quick counter. … [Aliyah] had so much poise on the ball … she finished on a shot that not many people would be able to finish on.”

The excitement of Saturday’s overtime victory faded Sunday, when Georgetown fell 4-1 to the Brown Bears (3-0) in Providence, R.I. After a closely contested first half ended scoreless, Brown scored four con-

secutive goals over 21 minutes in the second half to go up 4-0. Georgetown junior midfielder Emily Weinberg scored off a penalty shot with 19 seconds left in the game to put the Hoyas on the board.

Soares believes that the Hoyas were not prepared for the startling change in momentum between halves.

“There were great moments of brilliance in the first half,” Soares said.

“That first half had some of the best hockey we’ve played all season. [In the second half], instead of being the hunter, we were the hunted. It was a change in mentality. We had a little bit of pressure on us, and we crumbled a bit under that pressure.”

Despite the tough loss, Soares believes that this is a good opportunity for Georgetown to learn how to deal with difficult situations.

“This whole culture change, this whole fresh start is an exciting thing for us, and we’ve made some strides.

But this is a process for us, and we’re going to have second halves like that,” Soares said. “Now the big thing is can we learn from that second half against Brown, and can we turn the page and move forward and build from it.”

Soares says the whole coaching staff has been implementing techniques to handle pressure during practice this week in order to prepare for the upcoming homestand.

“I think we’ve done a good job during practice this week of reminding ourselves that we need to expect more and that we’re not the Georgetown field hockey team of the past that crumbles under pressure,” Soares said. “We’ve been putting a lot of pressure on them during practice. There are a lot of accountability actions that take place during practice for errors that we make.

This preparation will be key for facing off against Longwood on Saturday.

The Lancers (3-4) have struggled to set the pace of the game in their losses this season, which will give the Hoyas

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Sophomore Aliyah Graves-Brown scored in OT versus Holy Cross. an early opportunity to establish their offense in the opposing zone.

Although Lehigh has struggled entering Sunday’s game, it will still be a tough competitor, as it returns most of its players from the 2013 season and has a core group of talented freshmen. Junior Lindsey Schott and sophomore Gabby Tofig, both forwards, lead the team with three goals apiece.

Soares views the upcoming weekend as a chance to execute the skills that the Hoyas have been building during practice.

“For us this week, we’ve got two great opportunities ahead of us against a tough Longwood team and a tough Lehigh team,” Soares said. “But the opportunity to play at home in front of our fans and the opportunity to play under the lights on Saturday night, those are two exciting opportunities for this program.”

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Nevins Trophy Offers Early Test Matt Raab

Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s double-handed sailing crew will take to the water in its first inter-conference event this weekend, travelling to Kings Point, N.Y., to participate in the Nevins Trophy event.

Last year’s national championship runners-up, the Hoyas will send two double-handed crews to compete, while Georgetown will also be represented in a single-handed event by national champion sophomore Greg Martinez.

The event will provide a prime opportunity for gauging the team against perennial national rivals. The Blue and Gray’s A-Division boat, consisting of junior skipper Nevin Snow, senior Katia Dasilva and senior Nancy Hagood, will face off against some of the nation’s top competition, including Boston College and the College of Charleston and Yale, whose coed team beat out Georgetown for the national championship last fall.

Despite last year’s defeat, the Hoyas feel confident heading into the competition.

“We’re hoping to do very well this weekend because we have our top teams going,” Hagood said. “This should be a good season opener, a competitive event to see where we stack up this year.”

The double-handed season stretches through the fall and spring, and meaningful events do not take place until several months into the campaign, with the championships not until May and June.

“You only want to peak at the end of the year. Certainly you want to win every weekend,” Head Coach Mike Callahan said. “But if you go out and win an event like the Nevins Trophy

this weekend, my goal is to make sure we don’t take it too seriously and rest on our laurels.”

Both Hagood and Callahan emphasized the importance of this weekend’s races as primarily a measure of where the team stands against others at this point in the year. The final results are less important than the contributions the races make to the team’s overall preparation for events later in the year.

“Really all you want to see is improvement and you want to see people recognize where we’ll be compared to other teams,” Callahan said. “[We’ll] use that as a gauge for what to work on the rest of the semester.”

The Hoyas are at a stage in practice where they are still focused on developing their fundamentals. This is the first stage in the Hoyas’ buildup toward what their coach hopes will be a peak in the postseason.

“We’re doing a lot of drills, working on the basics, building up the basics,” Callahan said. “It’s a progression of skill that we work on in the beginning of the year.”

Boosting Georgetown’s preparation this season are a large number of recruited freshmen on the team and an encouraging crop of walk-ons.

Successful offseason recruiting has allowed the Hoyas to begin their training at a more advanced level than in other seasons, when a higher ratio of walk-ons necessitated more basic runthroughs.

“We can get going a lot faster. There is a lot less instruction and a lot more high-level stuff that we’re doing,” Callahan said. “So we’ve kind of hit the ground going a little bit quicker than we have in the past.”

With that advantage, the team can

focus on unity and results, according to Hagood. The large roster, composed of about 50 student-athletes, sends only a small contingent to races, and only seven racers will represent Georgetown this weekend. However, the rest of the roster plays an important supporting role, especially in the season’s infancy.

“Right now [training] is about coming together as a team,” Hagood said.

“Our team philosophy is ‘As One,’ which means that we believe every single member of the team is important and contributes to our success.”

The overarching goal is to control the training of the team so that it peaks at the right time during championships in November and again in the early summer. Leading the way is a group of highly successful sailors, with multiple championships under their belts, including a university world championship over the summer.

Hagood returns to the roster after missing a year due to concussion, allowing an already-experienced squad to gain more leadership heading into the new season. The result is a team that knows it can win and improve and is eager to put that on display.

“Sometimes it may be the worst thing to win your first regattas because you think you can coast from there,” Callahan said. “We don’t expect to go out and win right away, but I think with the talent that we have this year it’s certainly possible.”

Hagood and the rest of the 2014 team are looking forward to getting out on the water for their first real competition of the fall.

“We’ve had a couple of solid weeks of practice,” Hagood said. “I’m excited to see how we stand against the competition.”

FOOTBALL

Kimpela’s Unique Life Journey KIMPELA, from B10 I picked up on how to learn football and I started loving it here.”

From the first time Kimpela watched football after coming to America, he knew it was something for which he had a passion. Even at a young age he did everything he could to be on the football field, begging his mother to pay the $75 fee so he could play as an elementary school student. To this day, he promises to pay his mother back for all of the money she spent to let him play football in his pre-high school days.

In high school, Kimpela took his love of football to a new level.

He was a two-year letter winner and started for Euless Trinity High School in Texas during his senior season. Although he started for only one season, he made the most of that year. As a senior, Kimpela

rushed for more than 2,000 yards and 26 touchdowns. For his accomplishments, Kimpela was selected to the Texas All-State team at running back at the 5A level. He also

“She would have a future for us, and she would help us get to America as well.”

Jo’el Kimpela, on his mother sidione Junior running back

caught the eye of the Georgetown coaching staff.

“Coach [Rob] Sgarlata — he was the one who recruited me,” Kimpela said of the then-defensive coordinator, currently in his first year as head coach. “He came into my home and he spoke to my mom, and we were talking in three dif-

ferent languages so it was kind of fun. He had a great personality and he wanted to win and he wanted to build a family at Georgetown. And that’s kind of what my high school was like, so it felt really similar.”

Since that day in his living room, Kimpela has seen his life change drastically. Before he came to Georgetown, Kimpela was a kid in Texas using football as a way to adapt to life in a new country. Now, he is the Hoyas’ starting running back and his role in the offense is increasing. But while this may make his role on the field more complicated, the management major keeps his goals for the rest of his time at Georgetown simple. “[I] just do the best that I can for the football team. I love all these guys and play hard for them,” Kimpela said. “And also [I want to] graduate, you know, like everyone wants to do here,”

nly a few metro stops away, DeSean Jackson and the Washington Redskins are preparing for their NFC East divisional showdown against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. While Jackson’s first game against his former team will grab some headlines, it will be the man throwing him the ball, Kirk Cousins, who will be under the most scrutiny.

Cousins replaces former Heisman winner Robert Griffin III, who dislocated his ankle in last week’s game. For quite some time, critics have wondered whether or not Robert Griffin III was worth the high price — three first-round picks and one second rounder that were traded to the St. Louis Rams — the Redskins paid to pick him in the NFL draft over two years ago.

Washington must ask themselves, “Is RGIII better than Kirk Cousins?”

Robert Griffin III quickly asserted himself as a Pro Bowler in his rookie year. The Baylor product’s 3,200 passing yards may have ranked just 22nd in the NFL, but his 8.1 adjusted yards per attempt, which factors in interceptions and touchdowns, as well as his 815 rush yards, were the highest among quarterbacks in the 20122013 NFL season. What made his rookie season even more spectacular was his ability to limit turnovers, with only five interceptions and three fumbles. As for Cousins, he only saw action three times during that regular season, which included a game-tying touchdown pass against the Baltimore Ravens and a solid start against the Cleveland Browns.

The Redskins’ 2012-2013 playoff run was a short-lived affair, as Griffin played through injury when former coach Mike Shanahan forced him to play until he physically could not continue. After Griffin was knocked out of the first post-season game against the Seattle Seahawks, Cousins tried to lead a rally, but the Seahawks’ lead was insurmountable.

The 2013-2014 season showed a different Griffin. His adjusted yards per attempt fell to 6.5 yards, good for 23rd in the NFL. Part of the reason for the decline was the more conservative offensive scheme implemented by Shanahan. Rather than have Griffin run for another 800 yards, Shanahan incorporated more passing into the Redskin’s offense. Griffin averaged 35.1 pass attempts per game in 2013, compared to just 26.2 pass attempts in his rookie year. His rushing yards also fell 326 yards, as Shanahan limited his rushing attempts in an attempt to keep

Griffin healthy.

After starting the season with a dismal 3-10 record, the Redskins decided to shut down Griffin for the season and gave Cousins a chance to show his skills. Cousins looked impressive in his first start, when he shredded the Falcons defense. Still, his last two starts were miserable, failing to gain 200 yards in either game and managing only 19 completions in 49 pass attempts. Cousin’s small sample size makes it hard to evaluate how he will play as a regular starter in the NFL. Despite his poor play in the final two games of 2013, Cousins averaged 35 more passing yards per start than Griffin that season.

Total QBR, calculated by Football Outsiders and often used by ESPN, rates quarterbacks based on game situation, opponents, receivers and other variables. In Griffin’s 2012 season, he finished with a phenomenal QBR of 73.2, sixthbest in the league. Cousins, in his 48 pass attempts in 2012, finished with a QBR of 75.2 slightly besting Griffin. Even though both quarterbacks played poorly the following year, Griffin’s QBR rating of 26.5 was again lower than Cousins’ at 41.8.

There is a case for Cousins, but at this moment, Griffin is the better quarterback.

Griffin’s career completion percentage is 5.7 percent better than Cousins’. Griffin’s career 7.5 adjusted yards per attempt is also significantly better than Cousins’ career AY/A of 5.6 yards, because Cousins throws interceptions more frequently than RGIII, and Cousins is a bit less accurate.

A healthy Griffin is also more dynamic and offers a rushing option to the offense. Despite his shortcomings, this is now Cousins’ time to stir conversation about who the real franchise quarterback is in Washington.

Both quarterbacks are flawed; Griffin cannot remain on the field due to injury while Cousins, in terms of performance, is unflashy and can be inconsistent.

Cousins’ five starts include three great performances and two mediocre ones. Griffin’s ankle injury will likely keep him sidelined for a large portion of this season, so Washington fans will finally be able to see what Cousins can do given full control of the team for an indefinite period of time. The 2014 season will likely prove a crucial one for deciding the longterm leader of Washington’s offense.

Will Washington sink or swim with Kirk Cousins at the helm?

Nick Barton is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business.

volleyball

Colonials Shock Hoyas In Straight Sets VOLLEYBALL, from B10 “We’re normally so up for this game and last year GWU was here and we thumped them in three, and this year they returned the favor,” Coach Williams said.

Among the main issues for the Hoyas in their match against GWU was maintaining a united mindset on the court and fixing up technicalities on both offense and defense.

“I thought that we had hit our stride, and I wish I could pull one positive piece from it, but the Hoyas imploded,” Coach Williams said. “I think the good thing is that we’ll come back from it and know that we are a talented team when all of us our on the same page. I think last night we learned that we have to be on the same page all the time. Statistically, we did not hit well, we did not block well, we did not serve well, we did not pass well, so it was a rough night all around.”

The Colonials shocked the Hoyas in the third set by limiting them to only six points. Williams attributes the shift in momentum to George Washington’s refreshed mindset and approach.

“The biggest change in the third set was that [GWU] came out with a very different mentality. They came out with the expectation to win and they jumped on us early. That mentality that [GWU] came out with was really the biggest game-changer,” Coach Williams said.

Now the Hoyas will need to make a quick recovery from their loss in their preparation for a tournament at Cal State Fullerton. No. 22 UCLA (6-2) will be Georgetown’s first op-

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Sophomore blocker Ashlie Williams won the tournament MVP award. ponent. The Bruins pose a threat to Hoyas with their aggressive playing style on offense and defense.

“They’re a very physical team. They are big, they are fast, they are talented and that’s going to be a good test for us,” Williams said. “I think some things we do well are that we’re a tough serving team, and so our focus will be serving them out of system to make them a little easier to guard.

We are a good defensive team, digging balls behind the block, and so we’ll see how many balls we can get up in the air and work to transition.”

Georgetown will also compete with Cal State Fullerton (5-5) and Yale (2-4) in back-to-back matches Sunday.

“We’ll have the battle of the brains there and be duking it out all weekend; it’ll be an extremely competitive weekend for us,” Williams said.

SPORTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

CAPITALS HILL

WOMEN’S SOCCER

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Freshman Rachel Corboz has a goal and an assist in eight games played this season. She has started six of those eight games.

Women Prepare for 2nd Half of Season WOMEN, from B10 ers playing in new positions, a couple of freshmen at the back,” Nolan said. “And obviously we picked up a couple of injuries last weekend. So defensively, we’re just looking to get better every day. I think we made some strides; I think we learned from the intensity of the Virginia Tech game, because we were much better able to handle the pressure that West Virginia put on us, because of the learning curve that we picked up down in Blacksburg.”

Newins said that because of squad depth, the injuries haven’t overly affected their defensive strategy.

“What’s good about our team is we have a lot of depth, and we’re pretty confident in whoever steps on the field,” Newins said. “And everyone works hard in practice and has got a lot of experience, so I’m not too nervous when someone new steps on. I just try to communicate as much as I can to make sure

they know what they’re doing and they feel confident in themselves as well.”

Nolan also praised the stability of freshman defenders Drew Topor and Liz Wenger, as well as the skill of attacking midfielder Rachel Corboz.

But despite the plethora of attacking options the Hoyas boast and the early goal-scoring proficiency of senior forward Vanessa Skrumbis and two-time All-American senior midfielder Daphne Corboz, the goals have stopped flowing as of late, with just three Hoya goals in the past four matches.

“I think that what we need to work on as a team is we need to be more consistent and get the performances that we have against San Diego and West Virginia, for us to replicate those efforts in all games and also in practice,” Corboz said.

The Hoyas will begin their effort to reclaim a spot in the Top 25 when they face the Duquesne Dukes at Shaw Field on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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ports are often celebrated as game and gave building a roster games of intangibles. Quali- a distinctly more economic flavor. ties like character and work Today, most MLB teams, and the ethic are praised and sought after. league itself, put significant monThese qualities cannot be measured ey and effort into analytics with or assigned a numerical value. How- even deeper levels of nuanced staever, there is a field of study aiming tistical examination. All 30 MLB to alter the way we view sports by stadiums now feature a system utilizing numbers to prove that in- called PITCHf/x that tracks the tangibles do not play a significant speed and trajectory of pitches. part in athletic performanceare, in The data gathered is used to asfact, numerically measurable. Ana- sess pitchers at an incredibly deep lytics, also known as “advanced sta- level. For example, it can show tistics” or “advanced metrics,” is a with significant detail how much broad category of statistical analy- movement a curveball has.

Analytics has shown promise sis used in sports where teams are utilizing non-traditional statistics in other major sports as well. The as a means to rigorously assess National Basketball Association is currently going team and player through its own performance. analytics revoluThe practice retion.

According ceived much pubto NBAstuffer. licity in the wake com, a basketball of Michael Lewis’ research webbook, “Moneyball.” site, 25 of the 30 The 2003 book teams either have takes a look at Billy analytics experts Beane, the general Daniel Litke on their staff or manager of the take advantage Oakland A’s. Beane built a roster comSince Billy Beane’s of outside statistical consulting. posed of players “Moneyball” days, These teams are who demonstrated strength in cer- analytics has boomed. utilizing statistics such as player eftain statistics he ficiency rating deemed more useful than the conventional assess- (PER) which measures a player’s ment of hits, home runs, batting production per minute played.

The National Hockey League average, steals and RBIs. Beane felt such conventional has also opened up to analytics. statistics were easily distorted by The Los Angeles Kings, winners of teammates’ performance and oth- the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014, er factors beyond the individual’s have attributed much of their succontrol. Instead, he turned to ana- cess to advanced statistics. Analytics in the hopes of using statisti- lytics in hockey focus largely on cal analysis as a more efficient and puck possession, and the most accurate measure of performance. commonly used statistic is called Beane turned to statistics like on- Corsi. It looks at team shot atbase percentage — a measure of tempts, both for and against, the frequency a player is able to get when a player is on the ice and is on base through any means other a strong measure of puck possesthan error or fielder’s choice. He sion. During their 2014 Stanley also analyzed slugging percentage, Cup-winning campaign, the Kings a statistic that divides the number had the NHL’s best puck possesof bases the player reached by the sion.

Analytics has been met with number of at-bats. These stats provide deeper insight into batter effi- some skepticism from critics who accuse advocates of giving ciency and power.

Beane coveted players who dem- the numbers too much weight onstrated strong advanced statis- and forgetting to simply watch tics and who otherwise flew under the players. However, the impact the radar. This formula meant that of these new calculations cannot the A’s could sign dark-horse play- be ignored. Advanced statistics ers at a cheaper rate, and still end provide an alternate dimension up with higher levels of perfor- to gauge sports performance.

Whether or not this calls for an mance.

Beane’s philosophy resonated overhaul in how we view sports, throughout Major League Baseball it does bring to light sports pheafter the 2002 A’s finished with a nomena we would otherwise atrecord of 103-59, including a 20- tribute to intangibles. game win streak as they easily Daniel Litke is a senior in the Colclinched a playoff berth. The Oakland general manager changed the lege. CAPITALS HILL appears every way many managers look at the Friday.

THE HOYA

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Senior midfielder Tyler Rudy scored what would be the winning goal in the Hoyas’ 3-1 victory over Princeton on Wednesday. Rudy has two goals on the season and is one of the team’s captains.

Hoyas Tame Tigers on Road MEN, from B10 “At that stage [after the goal], you are interested to see how the team responds,” Wiese said. “In the locker room at halftime … I thought the guys had a real nice calmness to them. I told them ‘look, you are going to win the game as long as you don’t lose your discipline and what you are trying to do.’”

Georgetown continued to look like the better side in the second half. The Hoyas forced 10 saves from Hummel, while Gomez was only forced to make one, and the Blue and Gray outshot Princeton 19 to five. The Hoyas’ superior play paid off in the 61st minute when Allen scored his sixth goal in seven games. He found himself in a oneon-one opportunity after a through ball hit by Muyl and took a touch around a defender before shooting to the right side of the goal.

Senior midfielder and captain

Tyler Rudy put the team ahead less than two minutes later with a hard, long-range shot that has become his trademark. Princeton was unable to mount any serious attempt at a comeback, and the Georgetown defense stymied the few forays forward the home team did muster.

Martz put the game away when he ran onto another missed clearance by the Princeton defense and scored with a shot just inside the right goalpost. The goal was Martz’s first of his career. “[Martz] may not be listed as a captain, but he plays that role for us as a senior. He is a team-first guy.

There is not a drop of selfishness in this kid. To see him have the year he has had so far … and playing his role as a senior is very satisfying for everyone involved with the program,” Wiese said.

A goal seemed inevitable for Martz, who has been one of Georgetown’s best attacking players so far

this season. He is tied for third on the team in points and has menaced opponents with his speed with the ball. After three years as a substitute, Martz has more than made the most of his starting spot in his final year.

Georgetown will host William and Mary (2-4) this Sunday, with the match set to kickoff at 4 p.m. on Shaw Field. Senior midfielder Chris Albiston and sophomore forward Reilly Maw have been the Tribe’s most dangerous players this year, each having scored three goals this year. Despite losses to Saint Francis University and East Tennessee State, Wiese still believes that William and Mary is an opponent to be taken seriously.

“We have left a lot on the table for our bigger picture goals that we have to address,” Wiese said. “I don’t think there is any team out there that we can play at this stage that is a team we can take for granted.

TENNIS

Home Opener Draws Local Teams TONY BAXTER Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown tennis teams are set to host the Georgetown Classic this weekend, as both the men and women will play their first home matches this season. George Washington University and Morgan State will visit the Hilltop in the roundrobin tournament.

Head Coach Gordie Ernst noted how this tournament would differ from be similar to Georgetown Classics of the past. A lack of outdoor courts, in large part because of the construction of the new John Thompson Intercollegiate Athletic Center, means that the tournament environment will be very different, and the numbers of matches will be scaled down.

“We are not playing the traditional Georgetown Classic with a lot of matches; this is totally just about getting experience,” said Ernst.

The men’s team welcomes two new freshmen this season, Peter Beatty and Marco Lam, while bringing back four seniors. In all, the Hoyas will have eight returning players on the roster, including junior Daniel Khanin, who was one of the team’s leading singles players last year with a 14-17 record.

Ernst believes that the freshmen are ready to immediately gain experience in college play. In fact, getting the newcomers experience in the fall will pay off for the spring season. Beyond player development, the coaching staff feels that the new additions will bring an instant positive impact.

“I expect the freshmen to play, to gain experience and develop. I think it will help them compete for the line up in the spring,” Ernst said. “The freshmen are hungry and they want to play. I think that helps the rest of the team. They are going to respond as well.”

Sophomore Jack Murphy will look to build on a strong freshman campaign, in which he finished with a 9-4 singles record and a 11-7 record in doubles during the fall season. The Blue and Gray will need to see similar, if not better, numbers from Murphy and other members of the sophomore

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Junior Daniel Khanin went 4-6 last season in singles play for Georgetown. He was 4-2 in doubles in the fall. class this season if the team wants to improve on last season’s record.

Georgetown will also look to improve on an 8-13 finish last year, which included a 1-2 record in the Big East. The Hoyas did finish with a positive 5-4 mark at home, and will hope that the upcoming tournament will bring with it the return of the team’s traditional success at home. The Hoyas put up a 10-1 record at home during the 2012-2013 season.

The women’s team, meanwhile, will also have two freshmen on the roster, but will bring back just one senior. Four sophomores and three juniors will bring the number of players with college experience to eight, the same amount as the men. The Georgetown women also plan to use this weekend and the early part of the season to gain experience for the new players and allow the older part of the team to re-acclimate to the demands of the season.

Ernst specifically mentioned lone senior Sophie Panarese as an important part of the season.

The coaches will rely not only on her play on the court, but also her leadership off of it. Despite the six underclassmen on the team, Ernst thinks the more seasoned players will complement the younger players.

“We have a fantastic bunch of players on both teams with a perfect amount of experience and youth,” said Ernst. “We have some great young players and some very experienced players. It is a great balance.”

Last season the Hoyas finished at .500 with an 11-11 record overall, but the team believes that it will be able to end this year with a winning record.

For two teams so reliant on making the most of the younger players on the roster, early season tournaments such as the Georgetown Classic will be just as important for setting the tone for the season as for the actual results. Two squads with high expectations for both the fall and the spring will hope to gain experience and a postive result this weekend.

SPORTS

Football Georgetown (1-2) vs. Brown (0-0) Saturday, 12 p.m.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

TALKING POINTS

After an encouraging win at Holy Cross, the Hoyas stumbled against Brown.

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FIELD HOCKEY

[Austin Martz] is a team first kind of guy. There is not a drop of selfishness in this kid.

Men’s Soccer Head Coach Brian Wiese

NUMBERS GAME

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The number of consecutive losses the football team has suffered against Ivy League opponents.

FOOTBALL

Kimpela Takes Road Less Travelled Running back recounts journey from DRC to DC NADAV SENENSIEB Hoya Staff Writer

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Freshman defender Drew Topher has started 2 games this season.

Midway Reflection For Hoyas CHRIS BALTHAZARD Hoya Staff Writer

The currently unranked Georgetown women’s soccer team (4-2-2) has played an impressive first half of its season, with the exception of the one weekend in Blacksburg, Va., when it picked up both of its losses.

The team, which had been ranked as high as No. 13 for one week and No. 20 for a few more, has one more nonconference game against Duquesne (2-2-2) on Sunday before opening Big East play next Thursday at DePaul (8-0-1) in Chicago.

The Hoyas have spent this week practicing hard and preparing for the final 10 games on their regular-season schedule, as well as reflecting on their first eight games, including a very strong performance in a tie with No. 22 West Virginia (5-2-1), and the lowlight of losing 6-1 to No. 5 Virginia Tech (9-0-0) and 2-0 to Wake Forest (2-4-1) in the span of three days.

Faced with large roster turnover coming into this year’s campaign, one of the team’s few constants has been senior goalkeeper Emma Newins, who has already accrued two Big East Defensive Player of the Week honors.

“The good thing is that we had an experienced goalkeeper coming back, which we knew, in Emma,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “Emma’s usually never anybody I have to worry about. She’s a hard-hat, lunchbox type of girl, comes to work every day, and she’s a seven out of 10 every day, practice or games. When she’s on form, she’s a 10 out of 10, which she was on Friday night against West Virginia.”

Another constant for Georgetown women’s soccer has been the coach; Nolan has been a part of the coaching staff for nearly 16 seasons and has held the head coaching job for almost 11 of those years.

Nolan exhibited his typical wit without hesitation when asked about his own coaching performance thus far.

“Exceptional,” Nolan said with a grin, before turning serious. “That’s a … tough question. We’re (4-2-2) going into this weekend, [and] we had just two home games in eight. We [also] had a run of games where we played three exceptional teams, in Wake [Forest], [Virginia] Tech, and West Virginia, none of them at home. And we had a challenging weekend out west. So if I was to give [myself] a grade, I would say a B to B-plus. … coaches get too much credit when we win, and we get too much blame when we lose.

And that’s a part of the job. We’re just trying to get better every day, players and coaches together.”

One challenge Nolan identified at the beginning of the season was that many of last year’s seniors started in defense and have now left due to graduation, leaving previously attacking players to learn defensive positions.

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In the second game of this young season for Georgetown football, the offense was struggling to get any momentum going against Dayton University. Junior quarterback Kyle Nolan completed just over 50 percent of his pass attempts, and the team converted only three of 14 third-down attempts. Despite all this, there was a bright spot for the Hoyas in the form of junior running back Jo’el Kimpela.

The Blue and Gray’s starting running back compiled 49 yards on nine carries for an impressive 5.4 yards per carry. This effort was enough to lead the team in rushing yards, as he has done in every game this season.

Kimpela is no stranger to success as Georgetown’s running back. He was third on the team in rushing in 2013 with three touchdowns after impressing as a freshman in 2012 by twice earning Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors.

But perhaps the bigger story is that Kimpela is even playing football at all.

Jo’el Kimpela (MSB ’16) was born and raised in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As he began to grow up, though, his mother Sidione decided that it was better for them to move to the United States.

“One of the most vivid memories

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Junior running back Jo’el Kimpela ranks second on the team in total yards from scrimmage with 136.

Kimpela wore the number 39 for his first two years at Georgetown before switching to number 22.

I remember is just my mom leaving us before she would come to America,” Kimpela said. “She was getting in the car and it was raining and I just remember crying. Her kind of leaving us behind made me felt some kind of weight and it made me really sad, but I knew she was going to a better place. She would have a future for us and she would help us get to America as well.”

Kimpela’s mother left Jo’el and

his sister Nicky in the DRC waiting for their mother to get enough money and the appropriate papers to bring her children to America.

Creating that opportunity for her children took considerable effort from Kimpela’s mother, who worked two jobs for a number of years, one at American Airlines and the other at a telephone company.

When Kimpela finally came to America at the age of 6, he found

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himself needing to adapt to a new culture and a new way to communicate, facing a difficult language barrier. The one thing that he could understand from the beginning, however, was football.

“The language was very different, communicating with people [was difficult],” Kimpela said. “But I picked up the English language, See KIMPELA, B8

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GU Grabs Win After 3 Late Goals ANDREW MAY Hoya Staff Writer

their game. Ashlie Williams did a great job ... she hit incredibly well for us over the course of the two days. MacKenzie Simpson has done a great job as our libero digging balls and she had another great weekend.”

Williams and junior outside hitter Lauren Saar led the Hoyas with 13 kills against Presbyterian, while Simpson, a senior libero, had 14 digs. For the second week in a row, Saar was named to the Big East Honor Roll.

Unfortunately for the Hoyas, the weekend’s success did not transfer over to Tuesday’s match against George Washington. Typically competing with Georgetown’s cross-town rival elicits a heightened sense of excitement and enthusiasm, but that fervor wasn’t enough to lift the Hoyas over the Colonials. The Blue and Gray fell in three straight sets with a score of 22-25, 16-25, 6-25.

The No. 13 Georgetown men’s soccer team broke its streak of bad luck and tough results against on Wednesday, defeating the Princeton Tigers (1-2-1) 3-1 in a nationally televised game. The Hoyas (3-1-3) scored three times in the last 30 minutes of the game, which was played in Princeton, N.J., including game-tying and game-winning goals within a minute of each other.

From the opening whistle, Georgetown thoroughly controlled the ball and the pace of the game. In fact, the Hoyas had the vast majority of possession and chances throughout the game. The first of these chances came in the 12th minute, when senior midfielder Austin Martz had a lunging chance after a failed clearance by Princeton’s junior goalkeeper Ben Hummel. Hummel recovered, however, and managed to dive at the ball as it approached the goal line and push it away from goal. Replays showed that the ball had partially crossed the line, but a goal is only scored if it crosses entirely. “[Martz] has put himself in good spots. He is a dangerous player.

This [season] is really the first time, though, that he has been in a position getting the type of minutes that you would like to see goals and assists come out of,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said.

After several more dangerous chances, including shots by sophomore forward Alex Muyl and junior forward Brandon Allen, the game’s first goal arrived in the 36th minute, but it didn’t come from a Hoyas attack. Instead, Tigers senior forward Porter Cameron confidently finished a cross, burying a hard shot to the right of senior goalkeeper and captain Tomas Gomez to give Princeton an unexpected 1-0 lead.

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Senior libero Mackenzie Simpson won the tournament MVP at the Tiny Laster Memorial Classic. This season, Simpson has played in 33 sets and has recorded a team-high 153 digs.

Simpson Leads Team in Wins MADDIE AUERBACH Hoya Staff Writer

Coming off mixed results in a group of matches against Presbyterian College (4-6), Hampton University (5-5) and George Washington (7-3), the Georgetown women’s volleyball team (6-4) will embark on a trip to the West Coast to compete with UCLA, California State Fullerton and Yale this weekend at the Fullerton Classic.

Last weekend was a successful one for the Hoyas. At the Tiny Laster Memorial Classic in Hampton, Va., Georgetown triumphed over both the Hampton University Pirates and the Presbyterian College Blue Hose in competitive three and four set matches, respectively. The Hoyas played the Pirates on Saturday and won the first, third and fourth set to notch the win. The two squads were neck and neck from the outset as Georgetown just barely edged

out Hampton the first set with a final score of 25-23. Georgetown fell in the second set 17-25, but came roaring back in the third, outscoring Hampton 25-18. The fourth set was even closer than the first, but the Hoyas came out on top again and captured the set and match with a score of 29-27.

Georgetown went 2-0 on the weekend with a decisive win over Presbyterian the next day.

In three tight sets the Hoyas overtook the Blue Hose with a comefrom-behind third-set win.

Sophomore middle blocker Ashlie Williams put together a string of impressive performances which earned her the honor of tournament MVP. Head Coach Arlisa Williams was impressed with the entire team’s play in the two wins.

“The team demonstrated a lot of grit and a lot of fight,” Williams said. “It was a really good weekend for us. We had some players who really stepped up

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