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EDITORIAL No matter how extreme, adjunct Michael Scheuer has a right to speak.

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30 UNDER 30 Four Georgetown alumni were honored on Forbes’ annual list.

NEUMANN TO MLS Senior forward Steve Neumann will play for the Revolution next season.

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Chess Challenges Speaker Election

DeGioia Attends Summit

EMMA HINCHLIFFE Hoya Staff Writer

GUSA Election Commissioner Ethan Chess (COL ’14) filed a petition with the GUSA Constitutional Council on Thursday night requesting the invalidation of Sunday’s election for GUSA speaker, which propelled Senator Emily Siegler (SFS ’14) to the position after Vice Speaker Sam Greco (SFS ’15) failed to win a majority in a confirmation vote to assume to role.

The petition, which also requests an injunction against senate procedures until the speaker issue is resolved, claims that Greco automatically assumed the speakership when former Speaker George Spyropoulos (COL ’14) resigned Dec. 8, and that the confirmation vote that Greco lost 13-9 on Sunday was not in line with GUSA procedure. If the confirmation vote is deemed unnecessary by the Constitutional Council, the subsequent election for speaker, which Siegler won with 10 votes to Greco’s three, will be invalidated.

Chess submitted his petition by email to the three members of the Constitutional Council, which has not seen a case since 2010. Chess said he did not consult any other members of GUSA in drafting the petition and does not have political motivations behind its filing, which is not part of his official capacity in the Election Commission.

“My concern is more for the process than the political,” Chess said. “I’m apolitical; I have no horse in any race, anywhere, ever. My horse in the race is process, which was very clearly violated.”

“My aim in filing this petition is not to directly protect Sam Greco, it’s to protect the institution,” Chess said. “It’s not for me about Sam Greco.

It’s more about protecting the institution.”

In his petition, Chess stresses the significance of this decision to upcoming GUSA elections.

“The petitioner believes that it is fundamentally important for the procedural and electoral health of GUSA that the results of an illegitimate election be held from entering into force,” the petition reads.

“Without this injunction, the procedural and institutional legitimacy of GUSA enter a precarious state. With important electoral and fiduciary decisions for the Association on the near-term horizon, it is essen-

White House invites college presidents for talk on low-income students MATT GREGORY Hoya Staff Writer

University President John J. DeGioia joined more than 100 other leaders in higher education at a White House event focused on expanding college opportunities for low-income students Thursday.

The College Opportunity Summit, held

by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, brought together college presidents, as well as business and nonprofit leaders, to discuss how they could work toward the goal.

“The main reason for the initiative is to increase social mobility for America’s underprivileged youth,” National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, who led a panel at the event, said in a media call the previous day.

The event is part of Obama’s “year of action,” a proposed series of executive actions designed to promote job creation and economic growth that is focused on cooperation between the public and private sector and implement new policy without formal legislation.

“Today is a great example of how, without a whole bunch of new legislation, we can advance this agenda,” Obama said. He also mentioned the possibility of using executive powers to authorize future governmental actions related to increasing See SUMMIT, A6

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President Obama and Michelle Obama promoted college affordability and the president’s “year of action” at a summit attended by DeGioia Thursday.

Mid-Year Changes on M Street AARON LEWIS Hoya Staff Writer

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Qdoba, most popular for half-price Tuesdays, closed in Georgetown.

Although Georgetown students are mourning the loss of the popular Mexican restaurant Qdoba, several new nightlife and retail options have opened in the Georgetown neighborhood since students left campus before the holidays.

Qdoba, a popular franchise around the country best known in Georgetown for its weekly half-price night, closed its doors at 3303 M St. in early January. The restaurant owner could not be reached for comment.

However, Danielle Winslow, a public relations and marketing consultant for Chipotle Mexican Grill, which operates a location down the street at 3255 M St., remained optimistic regarding the prospects for Georgetown restaurants.

“Being near a university, Georgetown is one of our hot spots. We put

our restaurants in locations where we think we are going to have strong daytime and nighttime traffic,” Winslow said.

In the meantime, a new Irish pub, Ri Rá, opened at 3125 M St. in the former location of Asian restaurant Mie N Yu which closed in October 2012.

According to a recent press release, Ri Rá aims to be “a true Irish pub experience.”

“We have artifacts and wood from Ireland that create a beautiful space that fits in really well with the Georgetown area,” said Andrew Christie, midAtlantic group business director for the Ri Rá Group of Companies, which also operates a Ri Rá pub in nearby Arlington, Va. “A neighborhood social gathering is really what an Irish pub should be all about,” Christie said.

Though Ri Rá attracted many Georgetown students in its first week, See STORES, A5

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Top: Emily Siegler (SFS ’14) Bottom: Sam Greco (SFS ’15) tial that this process be carried through in an orderly and civil manner.”

Though Greco was not involved in drafting this petition, he agreed with Chess that the election’s circumstances were suspect.

“I think that there are definitely constitutional questions that deserve a second look,” Greco said.

Siegler commented briefly on Chess’ decision to file the petition.

“I believe that we all have the agency as individuals to act as such, and Ethan is using his agency as an individual, so if he so feels that that’s the right avenue then he has the right to do that,” she said.

The three-member Constitutional Council plans to meet tomorrow and to issue a press release after their meeting. At least one member of the council must vote to accept Chess’ petition before it is considered, and two members must agree on a final decision if the petition is accepted.

“We have received Ethan Chess’ petition,” GUSA Justice Josh Shinbrot (COL ’16) said.

“We have not yet voted on whether we will accept the petition.”

The decision whether to approve the requested writ of mandamus that would invalidate Siegler’s election as speaker and put Greco in the role is See SPEAKER, A6

Poll Finds Gray Ahead With Room, Time to Fall JOHNNY VERHOVEK Hoya Staff Writer

A Washington Post poll released Wednesday shows incumbent D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray holding a double-digit lead for the April 1 Democratic mayoral primary, despite concerns over the ethics scandal that engulfed his 2010 run for mayor.

However, with just 24 percent of registered Democrats saying they would back the mayor’s reelection bid, Gray leaves plenty of room for his opponents to narrow the gap over the next two and a half months.

This statistic has left hopefuls like Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) confident that the race is wide open.

“I don’t think this poll changes our strategy at all. We’re running against an incumbent. If we were ahead of him, it would be stunning,” Bowser said. “I think the number that jumps

out to me is that 76 percent of D.C. wants somebody else to be mayor, and we think we’re going to be the one people coalesce around throughout this campaign.

Candidate and Councilmember Jack Evans’ (D-Ward 2) campaign spokesman Jermaine House was similarly encouraged by the poll numbers.

“Over 70 percent of District residents want a change in leadership,” House said. “As people continue to learn about Jack’s record of creating jobs and bringing economic opportunity to every resident, he will emerge as the strongest candidate, and our campaign has the resources to ensure this message is heard citywide.”

Gray’s nearest challengers include Bowser, Evans and Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), who garnered 12, 11 and 11 percent of the vote, respectively.

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(D-At Large) received 9 percent of the vote, and Busboys and Poets restaurateur Andy Shallal rounded out the field with 5 percent.

The mayor did receive high marks among D.C. residents on some topics, with 68 percent of respondents saying he has done a good job attracting new business to the District. In addition, almost 60 percent of D.C. residents believe the city is on the right track. Candidates’ reactions to the poll demonstrated that they were quick to pounce on what they perceived as a desire for change among District voters.

“The major finding from the poll is that D.C. Democratic voters want fresh leadership with unquestionable integrity and a new vision to overcome the growing economic inequality in the District,” Shallal said in a press release from his campaign

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THE VERDICT Founded January 14, 1920

EDITORIALS

Objections to ‘Indecency’ Walking into Leo’s on the day of the Student Activities Fair, one could not help but notice the differences in treatment some student groups face at Georgetown. Unrecognized organizations like fraternities, sororities and H*yas for Choice waited outside and loitered just inside the dining hall doors, carefully handing out flyers so as to remain in compliance with university policies that wrongfully limit what they can say and how they can say it.

The Georgetown University Speech and Expression policy contains outdated and harmful sections regarding acceptable expression that deserve public notice, if not immediate revision.

Last night’s Georgetown University Student Association free speech forum, entitled “Free Speech in the Digital Age: Are There Boundaries?” was a much-needed discussion of an issue that has, in the past, popped up regularly but remained on the fringes of widespread debate.

The forum, which was attended mainly by campus leaders, covered topics like disparities between policy and practice and the effects of defining Red Square as a “free speech zone” on a campus that claims to be committed to free speech. Amending the speech policy was a prominent pillar of GUSA President Nate Tisa’s

(SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan’s (SFS ’14) campaign platform last year. While this forum provides a valuable step, it is disheartening that this single tangible effort to fulfill that promise comes only in the 11th hour of their tenure.

Although the university’s Speech and Expression policy begins with an eloquently stated commitment to free dialogue, it goes on to declare “expression that is indecent or is grossly obscene or grossly offensive on matters such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation is inappropriate in a university community, and the university will act as it deems appropriate to educate students violating this principle.” This open-ended restriction on “indecent” expression — to be later defined by university administrators — acts as an unacceptable deterrent for the type of healthy dialogue that Georgetown ought to protect.

Though last night’s forum did not answer many of the questions about free speech that persist on campus, it represented an important step in bringing together students and administrators in a public setting to discuss the various facets of free speech policy at Georgetown. And if we can’t talk about anything we want, then we should all at least be talking about that.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON by Megan Schmidt

Scheuer’s Right to be Radical Michael Scheuer, an adjunct professor for the School of Foreign Service, recently doubled down on an argument that culminated in suggesting the assassination of President Obama, again raising questions about Scheuer’s continued role at Georgetown and the relationship between scholars with extreme views and the universities where they work.

Concerns about Scheuer’s violent and potentially dangerous comments are certainly warranted, but his employment with Georgetown should not be in question. While people should never be exempt from the consequences of their words, freedom of expression should be a revered facet of our intellectual culture. Due to their protections of free speech, American academic institutions have developed a welldeserved reputation as important laboratories for controversial scholarship — a reputation that should be strongly defended.

It is indisputable that violent rhetoric toward political officials, of which we have no shortage, has a long history. Scheuer’s comments have received media attention, and for good reason.

Nevertheless, it is not a university’s job to hire or fire professors based on the popular-

ity of their opinions. Academic freedom has fostered essential scholarship that pushes the bounds of conventional opinion. That role is essential to maintaining an atmosphere of openness and honest investigation on the Hilltop and at universities around the country.

Although one might worry that the radical opinions of professors like Scheuer can compromise classroom neutrality, college students should be prepared to encounter opinions to which they have reasonable objections. Citizens in a democracy benefit from exposure to a diversity of opinions, and professors like Scheuer stand in a unique position to offer a perspective outside the mainstream.

American culture loves to seek retribution when a public persona violates communal norms. Thankfully for the quality of Georgetown’s academic principles, the administration has refrained from this tendency in Scheuer’s case as of yet. The university community should embrace Scheuer’s comments with an open mind and — if necessary — a strong dissent, because the case for academic freedom is always stronger than that of ideological conformity in the classroom.

Georgetown’s seemingly endless graduation ceremonies might be shorter in 2017, with two little words cut from the ritual for a quarter of its student body: cum laude.

Latin honors were granted to 1,001 out of 1,806 graduates — or 55 percent of the Class of 2013 — last May. The new university policy affecting the Class of 2017 onward will cut that number in half, granting honors to only 25 percent of the graduating class in each undergraduate school. When more than half of graduates are achieving cum laude distinction and above, it is clear that this change to a more restrictive policy is warranted.

Georgetown’s new system, which ties Latin honors to the GPA distribution of the previous class rather than to a fixed GPA, assures that graduating with honors from Georgetown will represent a mark of true distinction from one’s peers. Furthermore, the new policy will counter a culture through which many students have come to expect honors as a given

component of their Georgetown degree.

Members of the Class of 2017, however, are understandably frustrated with the new decision. As the first class subject to these restrictions, this year’s freshmen will face new difficulty in attaining the same distinctions that more than half of their sophomore and upperclassman friends will receive. Freshmen who are thinking ahead to graduation could be incentivized to compete more with one another, intensifying the already competitive atmosphere here on the Hilltop.

But instead of speculating about student competition, the university has rightly taken action against an existing trend that does not give due recognition to the best and brightest of each class.

In the long run, the new policy will distinguish those who have demonstrated mastery of their academic fields. With this strong intention, a Georgetown University degree is poised to further increase in value.

Mending an Empty Honor

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Scheuer’s Difficulties With Reality To the Editor: Re: “Scheuer Upholds Assassination Call” (The Hoya, A1, Jan. 14, 2014) One sympathizes with Dr. Michael Scheuer’s difficulties in dealing with reality. A life of service in one of our “intelligence” agencies is enough to render even the strongest of spirits — if I may use a term permitted by our intercultural university discourse — just a bit meshugenna. Perhaps the university, true to its pedagogic mission, could suggest to Scheuer that he return as a student in a course on 17th-century British history.

His comparison of Cameron and Obama to Charles II is, on both first and second sight, absurd.

I add that my own experience of “intelligence” has been that, so to speak, of a

Norman Birnbaum University Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center

NHS Still Mainly a Nursing School To the Editor: As the chair of the department of nursing at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, I read with interest the opinion piece “A Timeless Mission, An Archaic Name” (The Hoya, A3, Jan. 14, 2014). While I appreciate the open dialogue about the school’s name and the author’s description of the learning environment within St. Mary’s Hall, I wish to clarify the record regarding the number of nursing students we have at Georgetown. While it is true that our traditional nursing major population is small, with about 110 students in total across the four current un-

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consumer. The CIA opened a letter I wrote to a colleague in what was then the Soviet Union, and I sued, successfully, for violation of my Fourth Amendment rights.

Just on the other side of the old Iron Curtain, the Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (as the late, unlamented German Communist state was called) took exception to my visits to dissidents and barred me from crossing the border. I could not sue but lived to see the Ministry (and the state) collapse — as my dissident friends were finally listened to by their fellow citizens. Interestingly, they never called for assassinations — just heightened public conscience.

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dergraduate classes, that group is a part of more than 1,200 nursing program students, inclusive of our traditional and second-degree Bachelor of Science in nursing students and our Master of Science in nursing students. Additionally, we have a doctoral program set to launch in August 2014 that will contribute more students to this total. Nursing, therefore, is by far the largest academic program within the school — an important fact to consider in the conversation about our name.

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THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING

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A Discursive Victory for Divestment

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Allie Heymann

Make Room For ‘Mom’ On Resumes T wo months ago, I was sitting in White-Gravenor Hall 305, enthralled by Elizabeth Alexander’s presentation to Georgetown University Women in Leadership. Alexander, who previously served as Joe Biden’s press secretary, was the definition of poise. She was bold, she was eloquent and she had a quick wit with an easy smile. Throughout her talk, she delivered many eye-opening statistics, most of which concerned the staggering discrepancies between men and women in top-tier leadership positions. She encouraged those in attendance, mostly female freshmen and sophomores, to reflect on their goals and anticipated career trajectories. The idea of this exercise was to draw out the question that plagues feminists and intellectuals alike: Where are all the mature, middleaged female business leaders?

Since that day, I have ruminated on this query. As a female college student who will hopefully graduate within the next two years, I will be entering one of the most competitive and unforgiving job markets in history. This is worrying to me, especially as I am looking at several years of debt following graduation. I want to walk away from college with the intellectual capability and the wherewithal to find a well-paid, involved career that will carry me into a sustainable future. Yet, according to a 2008 Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends survey, “Women occupy only 2 percent of the CEO positions at America’s Fortune 500 companies.” Women face similar challenges in the political arena, and the statistics are even more disparaging for women in technical professions. Surprisingly, however, the poll also reports that “69 percent of Americans believe women

The inexcusable reality is that the cost of motherhood is the price many women pay for a corporate career. possess the necessary qualities to make equally successful leaders.” The categories polled include honesty, intelligence, hard work, decisiveness, ambitiousness, compassion, outgoingness and creativity. Women scored markedly higher in every category except decisiveness. This data poses the question: What is causing the good ol’ boys’ club to prevail in the face of an educated, talented and well-equipped female work force?

The fault lies beyond differences between men and women and falls somewhere in the realm of social inequality. We women have twisted ourselves into a tight corner of accepted social norms, in which we exit the workforce early and never seem to re-enter our field. We become mothers and caretakers and accept lower-status positions to juggle relationships and love. In short, we compromise. I believe that making work-based compromises and managing familial obligations is very important but with this caveat: We must have the opportunity to re-enter the work force.

My mother once jested that it is impossible to put “mom” on a resume. After raising four independent, strong-willed and intellectually capable children, her accomplishments did not make her eligible to find new, full-time employment.

When she got married and decided to have children, she was at the top of her game — she had graduated with honors from Rice University with a degree in computer science and had a promising career at IBM — yet her business success and her academic talents were reduced to dinner-table fodder. Her situation speaks to the inexcusable social reality that the cost of motherhood is the price many women pay for a top-level career. Yet therein lays the irony of the situation: A mother inherently fills all of the necessary categories for good leadership, as mentioned above. They are usually older, wiser and more experienced in dealing with difficult situations. But they are excluded from a growing class of male CEOs, COOs and corporate leaders.

It is important to think about why “mom” can’t go on a resume. What is barring our mothers, arguably some of the most intelligent and nurturing women we know, from coming back as business and political leaders? Why are those numbers so low? It’s a dilemma that deserves great thought and significant action.

Allie Heymann is a sophomore in the College. THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING appears every other Friday.

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t Georgetown, we have an infatuation with the word “dialogue.” We hold it as an ideal, a diplomatic step that provides enlightenment about any given issue. But how do you create dialogue when people do not want to talk about an issue? How do you motivate students and administrators to take the time to care? In our recent work with the Georgetown University Student Association senate to pass a resolution in favor of our proposal to divest from fossil fuels, we in GU Fossil Free have come to understand the difficulty — as well as the importance — of encouraging dialogue to bring an issue to light.

After gaining momentum with community outreach, we were excited about the idea of a referendum at first. What is a more democratic way to show the administration just how many students favor divestment? As we began to talk to students about the referendum, though, we found that all of them still had complicated questions about divestment: how would it affect scholarships, what are the alternatives to it and what are we suggesting instead of investments in fossil fuels? All of these questions are relevant, reasonable and — most of all — they need to be answered. But even though we had research and experts to support our answers, we could not sit down and have meetings with each of the 7,000 undergraduates at Georgetown in order to answer these questions. It was not fair to ask them to vote in a referendum in which they did not have all the information or had not yet had all their questions answered.

Dialogue would have to be more intimate if we were going to discuss the nitty-gritty of di-

We in GU Fossil Free have come to know the difficulty of encouraging dialogue to bring an issue to light. vestment. We decided that we needed a small group of students with whom we could actually sit down and have those conversations. If we could show to an exemplary sampling of students our research, factual data and expertise, and convince them that divestment is a worthy tactic, then

maybe we could convince the administration that our proposal was worth serious consideration.

We thus changed tack and decided to pursue a resolution through the GUSA senate whom you, the student body, elected to be your representative voices.

Through this approach we were

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able to sit down with almost every senator for a meeting and talk through some of the truths and misconceptions about divestment from fossil fuels. The majority of them eagerly met with us and worked to understand the issue, processing the research and arguments from both sides.

But late last November, once we in GU Fossil Free had spoken on behalf of the group during the senate meeting, we sat quietly while the conversation shifted to debate between the senators. Suddenly the dialogue was not directed by GU Fossil Free but was taken into the hands of independent students. It was this aspect of the process that was so important. Although we had not yet been able to educate every single student, we had initiated dialogue among people other than ourselves. The votes were tallied, one by one, until the bill was passed by a vote of 17 to six.

No, the senate decision doesn’t mandate anything from the university. It is, however, a tangible resolution of the many conversations we have had with senators that came to the conclusion that divestment from fossil fuels deserves dialogue. And before we as a community make a decision about divestment, that dialogue needs to flourish.

As this spring semester opens, we hope that students see the senate resolution as a catalyst for increased dialogue about fossil fuel divestment. We implore all students, faculty and administrators to ask the important questions, look for the important answers and keep the dialogue going.

Caroline James is a sophomore in the College. She is a member of GU Fossil Free.

HILLTOP HISTORIAN

Affirmative Action Can Collecting the Facts, Effect Better Change Contesting 1789

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ffirmative action admissions decisions have come under scrutiny from the public and the press, resulting in a number of higher-level judicial decisions. Some institutions, such as those in the University of California system, have done away with affirmative action altogether, rekindling an age-old debate.

Simply put, affirmative action policies seek to facilitate upward social mobility but are outdated and inept for modern society. As a product of the civil rights era, affirmative action programs are not appropriate for the current sociological climate.

But as we move forward, we must be concerned about the philosophy at hand: Are race- and ethnicitybased affirmative action policies the best system for facilitating social mobility? Can we potentially use a different qualif ication that casts the umbrella over a greater proportion of the population?

The answer is a resounding yes. Affirmative action in the traditional sense has healthy intentions, but it ought to be conducted on the basis of socioeconomic necessity, as opposed to race and ethnicity. Such a method is apt, especially due to the trend toward greater wealth disparity between the richest Americans and the rest of the populace. As acceptance rates at top universities dip into single digits, expensive extracurricular activities and SAT prep courses have become critically important parts of a successful college application. With higher education becoming a prerequisite for high-paying jobs, those who have fewer resources in high school are less and less likely to move up in socioeconomic status, in effect dampening the “American dream.”

The current admissions system also curtails some top talent from gaining the most of the resources available at colleges and universities in America, which are among the world’s finest. It is a tragic occurrence when a talented individual, irrespective of his or her ethnic background, cannot get into college due to past lapses in academics caused by a lack of monetary resources. The current system essentially restricts our budding scientists, novelists and entrepreneurs from making significant contributions to society.

Not only would affirmative action based on socioeconomic status include a larger percentage of the population that needs the opportunity of a college education,

but also it would help dispel the idea that only certain racial minorities deserve aid getting into college. While there is a greater concentration of poverty among the black and Latino populations (who are currently the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action), this population does not include the significant number of people from other ethnic backgrounds who are also steeped in poverty. The National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan stated that while 27.4 percent of blacks and 26.6 percent of Hispanics are poor, about 10 percent of whites and over 12 percent of Asians also fall under this classification.

By ensuring that socioeconomic conditions are the metric by which affirmative action policies for college are considered, we allow for the financially disadvantaged from other ethnic backgrounds to be considered more fairly in the admissions process. But this certainly does not preclude black and Latino students from receiving the same advantage because, as demonstrated above, a stronger proportion of poverty still exists in these sections of the population.

If my proposed method is ignored, we simply push the vicious cycle of economic stagnation to other ethnic demographics, and we allow their proportion of poverty to perpetuate in subsequent generations. This is clearly not the intention of affirmative action, and we must resolve to amend the system in order to meet an evolving socioeconomic landscape.

Of course, the challenge of making this change is substantial. Traditional metrics of college admissions, such as grade point average and SAT scores, can betray a lack of competence in a college-preparatory environment from the most qualified candidates because these metrics are geared toward environmental factors associated with wealth.

Cultural dynamics play a large role in the construction of the SAT, and grade point average can be influenced by class size, teaching quality and resource availability, among other factors. By shifting this paradigm in a more equitable direction, we stand to increase the enfranchisement of our students to higher education and to better futures.

Affirmative action is not appropriate for the current sociological climate.

Parth SHAH is a sophomore in the College.

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eorgetown leaders of- sity. January 23, 1789, is the date ten talk about changing on which John Carroll purchased trends and their impact the land on which Dahlgren on the future of the university. Quad would eventually be built.

Skyrocketing tuition prices, in- But the university had already creased scholarship demands to been discussed and designed in match the need for real skills and 1786, and the first classes were superior returns on investment not held until 1792. The date was all shape the conversation about popularized as a mistake. higher education. Now, GeorgeThe first building erected on town is discussing several ways the Hilltop, Old South, began to respond, including changing construction in 1788. The corboth the degree requirements nerstone, however, incorrectly and the standard academic pace marked the beginning of conof a student. These sorts of chang- struction as 1789. But past unies would dramatically alter the versity leaders continued to cite Georgetown experience.

1789 as the founding of the colMuch of the rhetoric used to lege, etching it into the univerjustify these changes revolves sity’s history. As an indication around Georgethat 1789 did not town’s Jesuit misbecome an instision.

University tution at Georgeleaders often hark town until much back to Georgelater, the 50th town’s founders anniversary of the like John Carroll 1789 founding or classic phrases date was not cellike “cura persoebrated. The year nalis” and “ad finally became Kent Carlson majorem dei glopermanent when riam” as a way University Presito ground these Historical facts often dent James Doonchanges in a hisS.J., following get lost in compelling an, torical context. his predecessor’s, Given the context Patrick Healy, S.J., narratives. of the changes lead, called for a that will be under consideration centennial celebration to be held in the coming years, leaders must in 1889. The university’s large reflect on Georgetown’s history debt also played a role in solidifyand mission before moving for- ing this date: Eager to find ways ward to ensure that the institu- to raise money to save the univertion maintains its integrity. Now sity from financial ruin in that more than ever, the university year, Doonan called for alumni community needs to collectively to give generously for the centenreflect on Georgetown’s past to nial. Due to a clerical error on a see it for what it truly was and building cornerstone and dire finot just for how the institution’s nancial straits, an arbitrary date memory has been preserved. came to be celebrated as GeorgeAs time passes, historical events town’s founding year. have a way of becoming muddled.

While the story of GeorgeFacts can be forgotten or deliber- town’s inaccurate founding date ately left out in order to serve the is relatively inconsequential, it agenda of whoever is crafting the shows the propensity for historinarrative. If a narrative is left un- cal facts to get lost in compelling questioned, it becomes fact until narratives. The memory of those someone is willing to investigate inaugural years has evolved so the stories in great depth. It is much that students and admindangerous for an institution to istrators alike do not recognize misunderstand its history be- that the year 1789 lacks historicause a falsely interpreted past cal relevance. We should be wary not only threatens accurate repre- of the limited amount of unisentation of the present, but also versity history we learn while at leads future decisions astray.

Georgetown. As the university Consider the harmless exam- embarks on a journey to redeple of Georgetown’s founding sign itself for the 21st century, date. It is common knowledge we must be cautious of the tenthat Georgetown was founded in dency to selectively remember 1789, which is conveniently the the past. If we are going to evoke same year as the signing of the these classic phrases and leaders Constitution and the establish- to justify our plans going forment of the modern American ward, we must first demonstrate republic. Georgetown leaders a proper understanding of the now frequently reference the history that surrounds them. birth of the nation and the birth

of the university in the same Kent Carlson is a senior in the breath. Yet the year 1789 is not Walsh School of Foreign Service. the most logical year to mark the Hilltop historian appears every founding of Georgetown Univer- other Friday.

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From left to right: Fr. Michael Carnes, S.J., professor Marcia Chatelain, moderator and Vice President for Public Affairs Erik Smulson, Lauren Weber (COL ‘13) and Nate Tisa (SFS ‘14) in a campus-wide free speech forum.

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A campus-wide free speech forum held by the Georgetown University Student Association and the university administration on Thursday night attracted students passionate about the issue. The forum’s purpose was to promote discussion and debate of Georgetown’s policy on free speech and its practice on campus.

The forum, titled “Free Speech in the Digital Age: Are There Boundaries?” featured Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., history professor Marcia Chatelain, former Chair of THE HOYA Board of Directors Lauren Weber (COL ’13) and GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14). The panel was moderated by Vice President for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to the President Erik Smulson in Lohrfink Auditorium.

Reform of free speech at Georgetown was a central component of Tisa’s campaign for the GUSA executive spot last year, and in October, he highlighted speech reform as a goal of the second half of his term.

This forum, however, represents the first public push toward bringing free speech into wider campus conversation.

“We wanted to provide an opportunity for students to voice their concerns directly to administrators and we wanted to do it in a way that

would promote change afterward, as opposed to just voicing concerns and letting it fizzle,” Tisa said.

Panelists were chosen based on their knowledge of and experience with the free speech policy, which says “expression that is indecent or is grossly obscene or grossly offensive on matters such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation is inappropriate in a university community and the University will act as it deems appropriate to educate students violating this principle.”

“I don’t think it’s up to me, or in some cases, the university, to determine what’s offensive. For me, my quibble with the speech policy is essentially that it’s hard to tell what’s offensive and what’s not,” Weber said during the panel.

During a question-and-answer session, H*yas for Choice Vice President Abigail Grace (SFS ’16) questioned the benefits of the free speech policy for clubs that are unrecognized by the university, such as H*yas for Choice.

“The free speech and expression policy is something that is very central to our ability to exist on campus. Unfortunately for us, we haven’t been able to operate in the way the free speech and expression policy outlines, specifically in regards to free speech zones,” Grace said. “You can sit here and say how

we’re all a community and how we all want to have discourse, but if that’s not actually implemented on the ground, then the words on the page are useless.”

In response to Grace’s question and similar inquiries about the free speech policy in practice, administrators referenced a document they plan to release that will clarify the university’s free speech policy.

“By the end of the semester, we will produce a document that tries to really clarify and smooth out a lot of these issues. It will not solve all of them, but it is the best step forward to try to get clearer and more explicit,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said.

“Before the last day of classes this semester, we will produce at least a version of that.”

The forum comes at a time when student representatives on the Speech and Expression Committee are seeking to update the university’s 24-year-old Speech and Expression policy.

“When you look at the policy, it says that all campus is supposed to be a free speech zone, but the kind of way the policy is implemented, it hasn’t always lived up to that expectation,” Tisa said. “We’re hoping to leave the forum with an idea of where we need to go next, not only for us, but for the administrators who are in there.”

LivingSocial Chief Executive Officer and Georgetown alum Tim O’Shaughnessy (MSB ’04) announced Jan. 10 that he is stepping down from the company as it continues to report fiscal losses.

While LivingSocial’s model of publicizing discounts via daily emails garnered enormous success and spurred competition from similar sites such as Groupon, the company suffered $106 million in losses in the first nine months of 2013, according to The Washington Post.

O’Shaughnessy announced his decision in an email to staff on Jan. 10 and will remain in his position until a replacement is found in the first half of 2014, the Post reported.

“My responsibility is to recognize that now is the best time to transition leadership - when that full set of ingredients is available to be used most effectively to shape the company’s future,” O’Shaughnessy told The Wall Street Journal.

O’Shaughnessy co-founded LivingSocial in 2007, after a stint at AOL and four years after he had graduated from Georgetown.

“Seven years ago, when Tim O’Shaughnessy – who was working for me at the time – pitched me on backing the company that became LivingSocial, I recognized what a creative force and innovative leader he could be. Now, seven years later, as he has had a journey that few can match, I applaud his leadership and contribution, and expect great things from him in whatever he does next,” former AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Case also co-founded Revolution Growth, a venture capital firm that has invested in LivingSocial as well as local Hoya favorite Sweetgreen, also founded by Georgetown students.

O’Shaughnessy graduated from the McDonough School of Business’ first class of operation and information management majors, according to Betsy Page Sigman, an MSB professor whose Electronic Commerce class O’Shaughnessy took in the spring of 2004.

“He was a great student, very interested in e-commerce, I’ve been very impressed with the way Tim has done in his career,”

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Tim O’Shaughnessy (MSB ’04) spent seven years as CEO. Sigman said. “And I also appreciate as a professor his willingness to come back. He’s a loyal Hoya.”

Despite Shaughnessy’s current situation she is confident in his future success.

“I’m curious as to what area he’s going to go into, I know he obviously has loved LivingSocial.

I imagine that he has some exciting things that he’s planning to do,” Sigman said.

MSB professor Bonnie Moore admired O’Shaughnessy’s choice to step down, given the burgeoning growth of his company.

“It is courageous for any business leader to acknowledge a limitation.

The fact that Mr. O’Shaughnessy realizes that LivingSocial’s shift to a very large company requires a skill set he feels is not his strength indicates what a stellar leader he is,” Moore wrote in an email.

While Living Social’s future might be uncertain, some Georgetown students have found that the daily deals are compatible with their lifestyle while others have lost interest.

“I like the site because I can go to restaurants that wouldn’t normally be in my price range,” Jaysel Shah (SFS ‘16) said.

“If the deals continue to be good, I’ll keep buying, but I do think the deals have gotten less valuable to me,” Shantel Jairam (MSB ‘15) said.

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Dual Language Track Yields Similar Abilities SUZANNE MONYAK Hoya Staff Writer

Both intensive and non-intensive language courses produce students with similar language abilities, according to a recent internal case study conducted by the Georgetown University German Department. “[A] thing that we did for our assessment procedure in the department is that the outcomes of those who study in the intensive track and those who study in the regular tracks are very comparable,” German department professor and Director of Curriculum Marianna Pankova said.

Although the intensive track, in which students attend an hour long class every day, moves at a faster pace than the nonintensive track, in which students attend 50-minute classes three times a week, the content and material covered in the class is the same for both the intensive and nonintensive tracks at their respective levels.

“We have a very coherent curriculum across levels, which means that the learning goals and the learning outcomes are formulated very clearly in terms of … language affairs, language aspects, in terms of content … and types of genres that our students are supposed to produce,” Pankova said.

According to Coordinator of the Intensive Track for the French Department Alissa Webel, one of the major advantages of the dual track system is that it allows students to pursue a language to the extent they want based on individual aims.

“I think it’s a very useful thing because it helps to cater to different styles of students and different goals for students,” Webel said.

As the language levels become more advanced, however, the material of the courses in the non-intensive tracks shift to focus more on oral proficiency and current events and civilization, whereas the intensive courses place more emphasis on the study of writing and literature.

This difference is made to accommodate the different types of students in each track. As many School of Foreign Service students gravitate toward the non-intensive track to satisfy their language requirements, the non-intensive courses aim to prepare them for their oral proficiency test.

For Georgetown’s Director of Spanish Language Instruction Professor Ronald

Leow, who teaches non-intensive courses, the difference between the knowledge of students in non-intensive courses and intensive courses is mostly based on content, not on skill. Consequently, students in nonintensive classes will not necessarily fall behind students in the intensive courses due to the mere nature of the course.

“What I think is that the abilities are going to be the same … the subject matter that they discuss in class, the textbook that they use, that’s going to be different, but in terms of your specific ability, in terms of your opportunity to speak, they’re basically the same,” Leow said.

However, Spanish linguistics professor Cristina Sanz suggested that the additional two days of class that accompany intensive courses provides an advantage.

“They write more, they speak more, they have two more days of practice in the classroom, but also more homework,” Sanz said.

Professors also find that students in intensive tracks are more focused than those in non-intensive tracks.

“Usually what we hear from the instructors is that, very often what happens in the intensive track is that the students are more motivated, and that can be for different reasons,” Pankova said. Pankova highlighted that German majors are usually more motivated than those that are taking it for a requirement.

Since the non-intensive track meets less frequently, students find the courses to be much easier.

“I felt like [the intensive track] was so rigorous, and now taking the step down to regular, I guess you’d call it. … I do feel like I have a leg up,” Kenneth O’Brien (COL ’16) said. “I feel like intensive, I learned so much. I had never, I barely had any exposure to Spanish, and the level that I’m able to speak at now, it’s enormous to me,” Since students can move freely between intensive and non-intensive courses, and most SFS students choose to take non-intensive courses to fit in with the SFS course load, it is impossible to determine whether students in intensive or non-intensive tracks pass the proficiency exam more often.

However, a general trend or difference in the grades between students taking intensive or non-intensive courses does not exist.

“I don’t believe there’s a difference in the quality of the grades, or the kind of grades you get per track,” Webel said.

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Phil Novacki (MSB ‘17), who is gluten-free, wrestles with acceptable food options while perusing stations on the top floor of O’Donovan Hall, which is seeking to become more gluten-free friendly.

Gluten Free Goes Forward KATHERINE RICHARDSON Hoya Staff Writer

O’Donovan Hall has redoubled its efforts to make its eating options more gluten-free friendly. Although it has expanded its food storage areas and added more meal options, students have yet to see any concrete changes take hold.

Dietitian Allison Marco has facilitated a focus group for concerned students to request accommodations for celiac disease, gluten allergies, gluten intolerance and personal choice.

“We discussed several ideas regarding gluten-free options in Leo’s, including what the students liked and what they wanted to see more of,” Marco said.

“Students had a range of suggestions based on personal preference and group ideas. … We also discussed what they want to see continue in Leo’s, such as glutenfree soup options and some of their favorite items in the glutenfree fridge.”

In response, the Leo’s staff has added a larger fridge in the gluten-free section — it is protected by an access code — a sweet potato bar and a toaster oven.

Possible plans include offering gluten-free items in Grab ‘n’ Go, a panini press, pasta options and two cereals. Students welcome these changes since many have

experienced sickness from contaminated food in Leo’s before.

“I think the only times I’ve really gotten sick from Leo’s — [although] they’re okay at labelling what actually has gluten in it — is the issue with cross-contamination, and I always get sick when I have peanut butter or stuff like that,” Maribeth Teresczuk (COL ’16) said.

Although students are excited for these reforms, some feel that they are addressing a long-standing problem.

“I think it’s definitely needed, but I think it’s a good thing that they’re doing it because so many people that eat there have celiac like I do,” Joe Lanzilla (SFS ’16) said.

The changes were scheduled to be completed at the beginning of the semester, but Teresczuk said she has not noticed many changes so far.

“We have a gluten-free section, and the fridge last semester was very poorly stocked. It was basically empty all semester,” she said. “So far this semester, it’s been filled with bread at least every day, and it’s nice that you can at least make a sandwich. As for the other things, I haven’t really noticed any other changes.”

Contamination remains a fear despite new accommodations like a corn taco option at the burrito station, a locked bin

for dry goods and two glutenfree cereal options that are in the process of implementation.

“I think it is important that they not only make these changes, but make their workers knowledgeable about the changes and knowledgeable about what gluten-free actually means and to take it seriously,” Lanzilla said. “If you ask for gluten-free, they have to make sure because if they make a mistake with that, it could really be bad.”

Many contamination problems arise from the lack of gluten-free only cooking materials.

Marco teaches Leo’s chefs how to handle gluten allergies with yearly presentations and training sessions geared at preventing contamination.

“Employees are aware of food allergies in the dining hall and take them very seriously,” Marco said. “They also know that they can come to me with any questions regarding this topic.”

Despite continued confusion, gluten-free students appreciate the effort that Leo’s staffers make to accommodate them.

“In general, I think that it’s great that Leo’s is taking the steps to at least be responsive to what they hear from these focus groups and trying to take the necessary steps towards it,” Lanzilla said.

Forbes Honors Young Alumni GRIFFIN COHEN Hoya Staff Writer

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Rabbi Rachel Gartner, director of Jewish Chaplaincy, outlined the complex challenges of interpreting Jewish religious texts on Tuesday.

Cutting the Confusion From Religious Texts ASHLEY MILLER Hoya Staff Writer

Director of Muslim Chaplaincy Imam Yahya Hendi and Director of Jewish Chaplaincy Rabbi Rachel Gartner discussed the difficulty of interpreting religious text and their societal role in an interfaith dialogue entitled “That’s What God Said: Torah and Quran,” held in McShain Lounge on Tuesday evening. Fr. Pat Rogers, S.J., served as the discussion’s moderator.

Hendi spoke about how ambiguity can lead to different interpretations of scripture.

“When people talk about the right to kill, people refer to scriptures, or why they have to refrain from killing, people refer to scripture. So what scriptures are we talking about, the same or different?” Hendi said.

He stated that the Quran has two types of verses, encompassing those that are clear and cannot have multiple understandings and those that are ambiguous. In regard to the latter, there is ample opportunity to debate and change interpretations.

“I mean verses that hold within their words or wordings or sentences or format, the possibility of different, multiple interpretations. The Quran acknowledges this fact, giving Muslims the right to debate on those verses and also giving Muslims the right to redefine those verses as time moves on,” Hendi said.

On the other hand, Muslim interpretation of the Quran is unambiguously limited by certain rules, or what Hendi calls the “Bill of Rights of the Quran.”

“Muslims develop what’s called guided general rules for what the Quran wants you to know about Islam, about God, about the human rights, social ethics, financial ethics.

If you follow these general guiding principals, move on, interpret things as you wish, but we never violate those guiding principals,” Hendi said. “No one can come up with a rule that violates any of these rules.”

Gartner spoke of the important interpretive role of rabbis in deciphering Jewish

faith.

“In a sentence, the source of authority for Jewish life is the Tanakh as read through the ancient and contemporary rabbis,” Gartner said, referring to the Five Books of Moses, accompanied by writings from later prophets. Like the Quran, interpretation of Jewish texts is similarly limited by Rabbinic interpretation.

However, she acknowledged the complex nature of authority in Judaism.

“We are looking back at the text, and we are looking at each other and we are looking inside, but where authority lies is somewhere in the mix. You can never leave out the rabbis,” Gartner said.

Gartner further emphasized the Jewish notion of understanding the text through the past and present. The rabbi mentioned a Jewish saying that says, “don’t call yourselves children, children inherit; call yourselves builders.” She explained that due to the lack of vowels in original text, the word for children and builders were both possible interpretations. “We inherit and we build.

And there is a celebration of that building,” Gartner said.

Neither speaker explicitly addressed the relationship between textual interpretation and the sectarian rifts that exist within their respective faiths.

Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17), who is part of the Interfaith Student Association, enjoyed how the talk managed to highlight both similarities and differences between the faiths.

“There are always a lot of questions as to how Judaism, Christianity and Islam especially correlate and there is so much tension between them, so I think this talk showed really well how they can come together in that way and how they really are not so dissimilar while highlighting that there are some contradictions between them,” Ranjan said.

Rabbi Gartner also addressed the acknowledged differences.

“To me, what’s beautiful is what is different,” she said.

Five members of the Georgetown University and Georgetown Law communities were named to Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” list for 2014.

Derek Khanna (LAW ’15), Lauren Wilson (LAW ’12) and Jonathan Fantini Porter (SFS ’06) were selected to the Law and Policy list while Jonathan Amoona (LAW ’09) and Luke Holden (MSB ‘07) were recognized on the Sports and Food lists respectively. The list, which began in 2012, seeks to recognize tomorrow’s brightest, all of whom are under 30 years old. Forbes lists individuals in 15 fields, ranging from Finance to Art & Design.

“All being selected to Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ Sports list means to me is, first, my hard work is being recognized and, second, to keep working hard and to keep doing what I’m doing and always strive to get better each day,” Amoona, 29, said.

Amoona is currently an associate at Winston & Strawn in New York. According to Forbes, Amoona was selected for his work “at the forefront of some of the biggest sports legal battles in recent years.”

Notably, Amoona was a

member of the trial team that overturned National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell’s punishments against four New Orleans Saints players in the Saints’ bounty scandal, in which the team rewarded players financially for illegal hits.

Wilson, 26, currently works for Free Press in policy counsel.

“I was stunned and absolutely thrilled,” she said. “Actually, when last year’s list came out, I said to a friend, ‘I have to make this list before I turn 30,’ and always kept that in the back of my mind. I was really shocked that I received the recognition so soon.”

For Wilson, the recognition is especially meaningful because of the attention it has brought to her work and Free Press’ mission.

“The issues I work on aren’t always sexy. When people think about causes in which they want to be active, few think of communications issues,” she said.

Unlike the others named, Khanna, 25, is still a student at Georgetown Law and currently in his second year. Khanna was largely recognized for his work on copyright reform for the House Republican Study Committee and his cellphone un-

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Sports lawyer Jonathan Amoona was one of four Georgetown alumni honored in Forbes Magazine’s Annual 30 under 30 issue.

locking campaign that resulted in new legislation.

Khanna said he feels the award is in part recognition of the work of everyone who worked on the cellphone unlocking campaign, which included the first White House petition to reach 100,000 signatures.

“It really shows that people can overcome the most powerful lobbying interests when they unite behind an important cause,” he said.

Honorees noted the role that Georgetown played in both their professional and personal development.

Apart from attending every Georgetown basketball game during his time at Georgetown, Amoona said his relationships with faculty and peers have been instrumental in his success.

“Everybody who goes to Georgetown has a very unique background and that benefits, in my view, the student as a whole, and that’s what made my three years there so special,” he said.

As for her time at Georgetown Law, Wilson said her work with Angela Campbell, the clinical director of the Institute for Public Representation’s First Amendment and Media Law Project, stands out as impacting her profoundly.

“It’s safe to say I would not be doing what I do now were it not for Georgetown and a professor I had there, Angela Campbell. She introduced me to the public interest side of communications law, relayed why this work was so important and most importantly, trained me.”

Porter, 29, who studied international affairs at Georgetown, currently works for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, overseeing day-to-day management of a $5.8 billion Federal budget as chief of staff for management.

“It’s great to see younger professionals recognized for the decision to pursue public service by a major publication like Forbes,” Porter wrote in an email to the Los Angeles Daily News. “I’m humbled that they chose to include me, and most of all it makes my mom happy.”

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two decisions.

GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) appeared unaware of the events Thursday night, with neither acquainted with the details of the petition or its filing.

“The senate is, for all intents

and purposes, its own body,” Ramadan said. “I will be there if it needs me to be there, but I’m not concerned going forward.”

Hoya Staff Writers Sam Abrams, Kit Clemente and Mallika Sen contributed reporting.

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Nicholas Dirago (COL ’14) speaks to an audience at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs about his recent trip to Lima, Peru, and his efforts to help the city’s education system.

Social Justice The World Over Colette Gilner Hoya Staff Writer

Four student participants in the Education and Social Justice Project presented research on their efforts to promote social justice through education from their respective summer experiences all over the globe Tuesday at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

Currently in its fourth year, the ESJ Project, a creation of the Berkley Center and the Center for Social Justice, awarded research fellowships to Nick Dirago (COL ’14), Annie Dale (COL ’14), Sarah Baran (COL ’14) and Elisabeth Lembo (COL ’14).

“Often [other] programs are about arriving to developing countries as a student from the first world with something to teach or impart or bestow, which generally reproduces the same power dynamics that have marginalized so many communities in the first place,” Dirago said. “[ESJ] allows us to listen to the voices of communities that often go unheard.”

The project aims to help students build knowledge about the connections between the global challenges of poverty and education, by enabling students to travel abroad for three weeks to examine innovative Jesuit education initiatives. The ESJ Project is made possible through the support of Rodney Jacob (GSB ’86, LAW ’89) and other members of the Georgetown community. The research fellowships include travel, lodging, meals and a $1500 stipend.

Dirago, who visited Lima, Peru, was struck by the socioeconomic dis-

parity and the challenge it poses to educators in Peru. By examining the broader mission of Jesuit education in the country through the lens of globalization and inequality in Lima, Dirago was impressed to discover Jesuit efforts to support all students, regardless of socioeconomic status. He presented his research on the ethos and pedagogy of the College of the Immaculate Conception, the Jesuits’ prestigious flagship institution, and of Fe y Alegria, an institution serving underprivileged students in Peru.

Dale discussed her examination of the efforts of the Apostolic Prefecture in Battambang, Cambodia, to reduce school dropout rates through innovative family support mechanisms.

Determining the factors behind the high dropout rates between primary and secondary school for young Cambodians, Dale’s interviews concluded that lack of parental support, financial and physical inaccessibility and forced child labor are the biggest factors.

“I feel like the best way to truly understand other people is to recognize their challenges and work together towards finding solutions,” Dale said. “This was my motivation in Cambodia. I really wanted to understand the Cambodians I was working with as well as the other international volunteers, and the best way to do that was to join their fight for educational equality.”

Baran travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to research Protagonizar, a small microfinance institute founded

by Jesuits. She conducted interviews with its entrepreneurs and workers, focusing on how the institute infuses

values of financial accountability into the community and promotes the economic and personal development of the entrepreneurs.

“It was very overwhelming and inspiring to see the impact of this microfinance model on individual lives,” Baran said.

Lembo shared her research from her work at the Jesuit University of Krakow, Poland, where she explored the revival of Jesuit education with a particular interest in the lack of understanding of social justice in Poland, despite the country’s Roman Catholic majority.

As a future corps member for Teach for America, Lembo was drawn to the ESJ Project as an opportunity to compare international education initiatives with the more familiar domestic initiatives.

“It was really neat hearing [Jesuit] enthusiasm about the innovative work that is being done by Jesuits across Poland,” Lembo said.

Though each student had a reportedly positive experience, the fellows’ research was not without challenges. Most found it difficult navigating a new country completely on their own. Dale, for example, knew no Khmer, the spoken language in Cambodia, before arriving in the country. “[I] had no one to guide me, and was responsible for organizing and executing 15 interviews with educators, many of whom did not speak any English,” Dale said. “This was not like a study abroad program through which everything was planned for me. I had to arrive in Cambodia, hit the ground running and get a job done independently in three weeks.”

Tory Burch, Calypso Open STORES, from A1 Rhino Bar and Pumphouse Manager George Kennedy was not worried about possible competition.

“They cater to a different clientele. There’s not really a competition factor,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy in fact characterized the opening of more bars as a positive development, pointing out that general foot traffic in Georgetown at night has declined since the bar Saloun closed in September 2011.

“There are fewer places to venture out in Georgetown than there used to be,” Kennedy said. “The more bars that become popular, the more people that will come to Georgetown. It’s a positive to have more [bars and restaurants].”

Emily Gaffney (MSB ’15) thought the pub brought a nice change to the Georgetown nightlife scene.

“I liked it a lot. I thought it was a fun new spot that was conducive to socializing and hanging out with your friends and had good drinks that would make me choose it over Rhino as a nice change,” Gaffney said.

In the retail industry, one new

stores has opened and another will open this year: high-end clothing and accessories store Tory Burch, which opened November 2013 at 1211 Wisconsin Ave., and luxury resort-wear spot Calypso St. Barth, which is set to open this spring at 3307 M St. These Georgetown locations are the first for both brands in the D.C. area.

Students expressed excitement over the opening of the new Tory Burch store, though the high price point did dissuade them from making purchases.

“I know I’ll go in and see how pretty it is and just see what’s up to date, but I probably won’t buy anything in them, obviously, because I’m a broke student,” Emma Barnitt (MSB ’17) said.

Hill & Dale Records will also open a new location at 1054 31st St. on Feb. 7. Owned by Rob Norton, a Georgetown professor who teaches “The Art of Advocacy” in the Master of Science in Foreign Service program, the store will offer “new records and musicrelated photography, posters and collectibles,” according to Norton.

Despite the proliferation of digital music, Norton said that vinyl

is a growing niche in the music industry.

“It’s an exciting time in the music business. People are switching to digital, but vinyl is growing,” Norton said.

Norton selected the Georgetown neighborhood after looking at other neighborhoods in D.C. “I had been looking for space all over the District and focused on the U Street corridor and initially hadn’t thought about Georgetown, but when the space became available, I jumped right on it,” Norton said. “It sounded like a great opportunity, so I took it. Georgetown is a fantastic place to do business.”

While Devon McCann (COL ’16) would prefer lower-priced stores in the neighborhood, she understood that the area has bred an upscale retail environment.

“I think that’s what makes Georgetown Georgetown, is like the high-end stores, not saying that I support that because I can’t shop there at all, it’s just kind of a trait of Georgetown.”

Hoya Staff Writer Natasha Khan contributed reporting.

Poll Shows Early Lead for Gray POLL, from A1 on Tuesday.

To Shallal’s point, the poll found that 54 percent of D.C. residents do not believe Gray is honest and trustworthy, a sign that his vulnerabilities are still left over from his 2010 investigation persist.

Candidate and former State Department official Reta Jo Lewis, who officially launched her campaign back in November, remained

confident even though this poll had her support at around 1 percent.

“This race is wide open — many are undecided, and most don’t yet know me,” Lewis said in a statement. “But it shows what we’ve been saying: Education, crime, jobs, ethics and integrity — all are important to voters when deciding who should lead this city. I look forward to introducing myself to voters, and then they can decide if my vision

for D.C., to include everyone in its progress, is right for them.”

Thus far the election’s potential wildcard is Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large) (SFS ’90, LAW ’94), who is well known in the District, but has not come to a decision on whether or not to run in the November general election.

Former city contractor and fellow mayoral candidate Christian Carter garnered 1 percent of likely votes.

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Obama Tackles College Affordability SUMMIT, from A1 college enrollment.

While Obama spoke about the newly resurgent national economy, he nevertheless warned that this growth represents just a fraction of the improvement necessary to fully conquer the nation’s struggle with inequality.

Obama, a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, noted the importance of promoting equal opportunities for social advancement through higher education.

“We need to make sure that there are new ladders of opportunity in the middle class, and that the rungs on those ladders are solid and more accessible,” he said. “More than ever, a college degree is the surest path to a stable middle-class life.”

While educational progress has occurred under the current administration, Obama stressed the persistently low percentage of low-income students enrolling in higher education and receiving degrees.

“We still have a long way to go before we unlock the doors to higher education to more Americans, and especially lower-income Americans,” Obama said.

Michelle Obama also spoke at the event, describing her personal experiences applying to and attending Princeton University, and how this time shaped her current educational ambitions.

“I know from my own experience just how important all of that work is that we are doing,” she said. “I know that there are so many kids out there just like me, kids that had parents that never went to college, or maybe they were never encouraged to believe they could succeed there, and it’s our job to find those kids and get them enrolled in a college that can meet their needs.”

The first lady urged those present to continue their previous efforts to promote educational opportunity, especially in developing programs designed to assimilate students of diverse and troubled backgrounds to collegiate life. “You all have shown that you have the experience, the passion and the resources to help these young people thrive,” she said. “We need you to direct that same energy and determination toward helping these kids face their unique challenges.”

The universities represented at the event, including Georgetown, agreed to aid secondary schools with their college-preparation programs, boost

remedial programs and work to level the playing field with regard to college admissions by helping low-income students with standardized testing.

“Everybody here is participating, I believe, because we know that college graduation has never been more valuable than it is today,” the president said.

Prior to the summit, DeGioia released a statement expressing support for Obama’s educational initiatives and the mission of the White House convention.

“We wish to thank the White House for convening this conversation,” DeGioia said in the statement. “One of the most important commitments we can make, as university leaders, is to ensure that the very best students have the opportunity to attend our institutions — and to provide them with the necessary resources to do their very best work and become their very best selves.”

Additionally, the press release highlighted Georgetown programs designed to support qualified high school students requiring financial assistance. These initiatives include the Georgetown Scholarship Program, the Community Scholars Program, the Preparing to Excel pre-orientation program and a partnership with the Posse Foundation designed to promote exploration of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Following the remarks at the summit, DeGioia expressed excitement for Obama’s educational goals and promised a future commitment to expanding educational opportunity for disadvantaged students.

“We were invited in early in the planning, and so we are strongly aligned with the goals of the president and ensuring their success, and we have a number of programs that we put in place over the course of a generation to try to ensure that,” DeGioia told The Hoya. “We’re very excited to be a part of it, and excited there is such a strong commitment to higher education from our White House to ensure focus on this in the future.”

DeGioia described the high level of interest in engaging low-income students that he sensed from the other academic representatives at the event.

“I think there’s a profound commitment that has been in place in higher education, and that what you see here is the depth of engagement that characterizes this form of higher education,” DeGioia said.

Hashtags and Higher Ed, Twitter Spurs Conversation Molly Simio

Hoya Staff Writer

Students across the country, including those at Georgetown, got the opportunity to trade words with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during a Twitter conversation that stressed financial literacy and the affordability of higher education Monday evening.

The conversation came just three days before President Obama unveiled a new college affordability plan in conjunction with universities and non-profit groups.

The dialogue, under the hashtag #StuVoice, was part of a series of weekly Twitter chats led by Student Voice, a non-partisan, non-profit student-run organization aimed at addressing the nation’s educational problems and allowing student voices to be heard through its digital platform. It was the first time the Department utilized Twitter as a formal platform for discussion.

The Dept. of Education also sought feedback through the Twitter discussion, asking students to help with the creation of a college rating system that would help students and families to determine the value and affordability of different colleges.

“I’m a huge proponent of financial literacy. We must do a much better job of giving students the tools and info they need,” Duncan tweeted.

Georgetown University Associate Vice President for Federal Relations Scott Fleming (SFS ’72) said that the amount of financial aid that a college gives should be considered when debating how much reform is needed at individual institutions.

“As the administration looks at how it would structure a ratings proposal, it’s important that they not look at simply sticker price … because of the importance of institutional aid in bringing down that cost for many students,” Fleming said.

Duncan called for more information, such as post-graduation employment statistics, to become accessible to current and prospective college students.

“Transparency will empower students and change behavior,” Duncan tweeted.

Fleming said that while it is important to communicate graduation outcomes, such as statistical information about employment and earning,

schools such as Georgetown that have a tradition of graduates entering service-oriented professions must also be taken into account.

“We think it is very important that if any kind of rating system is developed, it take into account things like people who decide on their own to go into professions like Teach for America, the Peace Corps or the clergy,” Fleming said.

According to Fleming, the Office of Federal Relations has communicated to the Obama administration that this qualitative information should be included in the rating system.

“They’re very understanding,” Fleming said, “I think they’re stilling grappling with how to actually make that happen.”

Throughout the hour-long Twitter conversation, Duncan tried to gauge the opinions of students and parents concerning how families compare colleges, which factors are most important in selecting a school and how to judge the value of a particular college.

“Student voice is so important to our team as we think through policy decision,” Duncan tweeted.

While most students cited program quality and academic strength as the most important factors in selecting a college, many agreed that these considerations were oftentimes trumped by financial concerns.

Last summer, Georgetown University Student Association President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) reached out to student body presidents across the country to sign a letter urging Congress to pass a bill to freeze student loan rates until 2015.

“It’s something that doesn’t only hit home for me but for all students at Georgetown who have substantial loans in order to be able to afford an education,” Ramadan said.

The duo also circulated a Georgetown-wide petition to encourage Congress not to raise student loan rates.

Ramadan commended the university’s need-blind policy and continued commitment to helping students afford their Georgetown education.

“Access to education and students’ ability to receive their education isn’t something that those students see as a game,” Ramadan said.“The fact that we are need-blind and that we stay true to that I think is something that needs to be advertised more and

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A new Spanish and Portuguese Living Learning Community has entered its planning stage. Scheduled to start in the 2015-2016 academic year, the LLC marks Georgetown’s second Romance language-based community.

“The main goal of the floor is to give Spanish and Portuguese students a place to develop their language skills and understanding of different cultures,” proponent Caitriona Pagni (SFS ’16) said.

“Real mastery of a language doesn’t occur in a classroom setting.”

The potential LLC would not only allow students to acquire language skills, but also would gain exposure to Spanish and Portuguese cultures, Pagni added.

With the help of the Spanish and Portuguese department and the Spanish and Portuguese Club, the Office of Residential Living and Pagni surveyed interest in the LLC. The survey, sent out in November, resulted in 56 percent of the 88 responses as “probably interested” or “definitely interested.”

According to Pagni, a potential faculty advisor for the LLC with experience in Spanish and Portuguese is being sought out.

“His or her role would be to help guide the floor’s RA and residents when they plan floor events,” Pagni said.

Due to the strong studentled initiative and student interest for the LLC, the future of the floor appears strong.

“The department is very pleased that this is a studentled initiative,” Spanish and Portuguese Department Chair Gwen Kirkpatrick said. “Being student-initiated means that the formation of the community will be sensitive to student issues, not just issues that faculty might think are important.

We hope that the department could be a source of support and continuity for the community over the long term.”

Kirkpatrick noted that students interested in becoming

a part of community floor will not be limited to non-fluent speakers.

“Of course many students want to study abroad in Brazil and Portugal, as well as in Spanish-speaking countries. Spanish and Portuguese speakers who speak these languages as their first language may also be interested,” Kirkpatrick said.

For many students, the option to live on a Spanish and Portuguese LLC will enable them to find a close cultural community on campus.

“I’m Venezuelan, but I’ve never actually lived in a Spanish environment before. It’d be wonderful if I could be a part of this new community, so that I could find my roots.

I think the Spanish and Portuguese LLC is a great idea, and I hope to make the most out of it myself,” Eduardo Morles (COL ‘17).

The specific location is yet to be determined, but it is expected to house 20 to 30 students. The French Living Learning Community, located in Copley Hall, is being used as a point of reference for the Spanish and Portuguese floor.

Created three years ago, the French Floor is regarded as successful in fostering an intimate environment where French and Francophone culture can be shared.

“We have learned a lot about what kinds of activities students enjoy doing, about how to create a sense of community among the students and about how to take advantage of all of the French and Francophone resources Washington, D.C. has to offer,” French Floor Advisor Anne O’Neil-Henry said.

The Spanish and Portuguese LLC additionally aims to engage diverse resources for the benefit of the LLC community.

“The theme of community activities will definitely be diversity,” Pagni said. “Part of the reason I fell in love with the Spanish and Portuguesespeaking world is that every country I visited has a distinct character and I hope residents of the LLC would constantly engage this diversity.”

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From left to right: Maddie Kelley (COL ’16), Mack Krebs (COL ’16) and Charley Biddle (COL ’16) perform Brendan Quinn’s (COL ’14) senior thesis production, “A Mouthful of Birds,” which runs through Jan. 25.

Senior Thesis Explores the Psyche CAROLINE WELCH Hoya Staff Writer

Brendan Quinn (COL ’14) has adapted his senior thesis production of “A Mouthful of Birds,” written by Caryl Churchill, into a performance that will be brought to life and performed as part of the Davis Center of Performing Arts’ 2013-14 “Remember Me” season.

Although it is typical for a senior presenting a thesis in theatre and performance studies to see his thesis brought to life in production form, Quinn’s thesis is unique in that it will be the only thesis performed as part this year’s Davis Center’s performance season.

“I always wanted my thesis to be a coproduction with Nomadic Theatre after directing with them sophomore year,” Quinn said, referring to the troupe coproducing the show with the Theater and Performance Studies Program. Last year, Nomadic Theatre co-produced “Polk Street” with the Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society; adaptor and director T. Chase Meacham (COL ’14) is currently fine-tuning the work to submit as this year’s other senior thesis.

The play explores the volatile nature of human pathology in everyday life through the telling of seven vignettes.

Loosely based on the Greek tragedy “The Bacchae” by Euripides, the production involves a visceral embodiment of a variety of psychoses, from possession to madness, through highly physical movement.

“As [the actors] delved into reading the play, a lot of it is hard to picture because so much of it is dance and move-

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ment, so we had a lot of conversation about psychological disorders and gender and there was a lot of table work that went into the show,” producer Sarah Konig (COL ’16) said.

Department of Performing Arts Chair Maya Roth, who serves as Quinn’s thesis advisor, attributed the collaboration to the strength of Quinn’s thesis proposal, which was submitted in the winter of his junior year. “[The department] has a formal process for thesis proposal ... for high standing juniors who are majoring in theatre and performance studies, and the faculty committee who vets the thesis looks for original research and an individual voice,” Roth said. “The committee wants to have a conversation with the [other major] field of study to understand the context of the proposal and see if the student has a culminating project that fits in with the trajectory of their academic studies.”

Quinn’s inspiration for the production traces back to his freshman year at Georgetown.

“I always knew that I wanted to [major in] theatre and something, but I actually came into Georgetown as a classics major,” Quinn said. “I took a course in Greek tragedy my freshman fall that I call now one of the most important academic classes that I have taken at Georgetown because it set me up in terms of exposure to the classics as a basis of western theatre.”

Quinn’s academic studies proved vital to the construction of the production and the cast’s understanding of the production.

“Brendan began as a classics major … so he was able to relate [the show] back to Grecian themes and present a really complete picture of the show. … The cast spent the first two weeks reading ‘The Bacchae,’ which gave us a place to start our own exploration,” cast member Conor Ross (COL ’16) said.

Although “A Mouthful of Birds” was not Quinn’s initial choice for production, he found a true balance of drama and psychological exploration in Churchill’s work during a reexamination of his thesis.

“The play is entirely based on psychology, but what I love about this play is that it doesn’t put labels on different psychoses or corner people into pathologic illness in a certain way,” Quinn said.

Quinn collaborated with Georgetown University Dance Company Production Director Nora Rosengarten (COL ’14) to choreograph movement sequences for the play.

“It has been a gift to have Nora on this project because the movement has truly come from both of us,” Quinn said.

Quinn echoed that it is the combination of academics along with performance that allows for the most poignant comment on the human condition.

“The psychological struggle is in the dramatization, which anthropomorphizes mental illness in a way that allows the audience to viscerally react to things that might otherwise be internal,” Quinn said.

“A Mouthful of Birds” opened Thursday at the Davis Center of Performing Arts’ Devine Studio Theatre and will run for a total of eight performances, closing Jan. 25.

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Sophomore guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera finished with 18 points and three rebounds in Georgetown’s 80-67 collapse against Xavier. Smith-Rivera had 12 first-half points and played the entire game.

Hoyas Blow Second-Half Lead Ashwin Wadekar Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown ended its three-game road trip flat-footed on Wednesday night, letting a 17-point, second-half lead slip away in its eventual 8067 loss to Xavier (14-4, 4-1 Big East).

After a promising first half, the Georgetown offense and defense sputtered, and the Hoyas were outscored by 26 points in the second half en route to the defeat.

Georgetown (11-5, 3-2 Big East) built on the momentum from last week’s thrilling overtime victory at Butler and came out of the gate strong, once again led by impressive play from the backcourt. Senior guard Markel Starks netted 12 and five assists in the half while sophomore guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera added 12 points. Smith-Rivera hit three of his four shots from behind the arc before the break, all in a span of less than three minutes.

The Hoyas also received key contributions from Reggie Cameron, who looked far more comfortable in his second career start than his first. Coming off a disappointing 1-of-7 shooting performance, the freshman knocked down 3-of-6 three-pointers on the night. Cameron finished the game with a career high 13 points.

For the first 20 minutes at least, the Blue and Gray managed to stay out of foul trouble. With their starters able to stay on the court, the Hoyas shot an impressive 54 percent from the field including a tremendous 63

percent from three in the first half.

This hot shooting, along with solid defense, propelled the Hoyas to a 13-point advantage at halftime.

Xavier began the second half on a 7-0 run that cut the Hoya lead to 42-36 and whipped the sold out Cintas Center crowd into a frenzy.

Georgetown responded immediately however, as Cameron and Starks combined to hit three-pointers on three straight possessions and open the Hoya lead back up to 15.

After a timeout by the Musketeers, Georgetown began to foul.

Senior forward Nate Lubick, sporting a bulky facemask to protect his injured nose, picked up two fouls in two seconds and ultimately finished the game with four personal fouls, as did junior forward Mikael Hopkins. Senior center Moses Ayegba fouled out and the Hoyas allowed Xavier to shoot 20 free throws in the second half after holding them to two in the first.

While sophomore guard Semaj Christon, one of the top players in the Big East, and senior forward Isaiah Philmore started to rally the Musketeers, Georgetown’s offense slowed to a complete halt. The Hoyas scored a measly six points in the final 9:45 minutes of the game, with four of those coming from the charity stripe.

The Hoyas last points of the evening came on a Smith-Rivera field goal — a tough mid-range jumper with just over six minutes left in the game that put the Blue and Gray up 67-64.

Defensively, the Hoyas crumbled in the second half to allow 51 points.

Xavier managed to break Georgetown’s 2-3 zone by placing junior center Matt Stainbrook in the middle of the zone. Although Stainbrook finished with only seven points, his six assists and eight rebounds were crucial in the Musketeers’ comeback.

Georgetown was unable to seize any of the momentum back in the last 15 minutes. Xavier’s 13-point advantage at the final buzzer was its largest of the night, as the Hoyas went out with a whimper, unable to make defensive stops or hit a shot on offense.

Without junior center Joshua Smith, who is tending to an academic issue, the Hoyas are relegated to two main offensive weapons — Starks and Smith-Rivera. Georgetown’s reliance on the guards had never been more apparent than on Wednesday night — 30 of its 67 points came from three-pointers — and the duo combined to score 37 points. Both played the entire game.

Athletic forward Aaron Bowen, whose erratic play and questionable decision-making have kept him on the bench in the past, was a bright spot of the night. The senior submitted his second straight quality performance, scoring nine points on 4-of-5 shooting.

Georgetown must receive more consistent contributions from role players like Bowen and Cameron if it hopes to make a run in the deceptively competitive Big East. The Hoyas will have a chance to start that run on Saturday when they host Seton Hall (10-7, 1-3 Big East).

Tipoff is slated for noon.

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GU Confident for Spring Season Molly Malone Hoya Staff Writer

After a break of almost three months, the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams are looking to successfully transition from the fall to the spring season.

Both teams will be competing in the 4+1 Invitational Tournament hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University Friday in Richmond, VA. The men’s and women’s squads will participate against VCU and Campbell University in both singles and doubles matches. This invitational tournament will consist of four simultaneous singles matches and one doubles match for both the men and the women. Though the teams have not played in an official match since Oct. 20, they are looking to start this stretch of the season with a strong showing against competitive teams.

While this tournament will be a challenge as the first official match since the fall, the Hoyas have an additional obstacle — the always-talented VCU Rams, whose men’s and women’s teams have a combined 22 conference championships in the Atlantic-10 conference.

The competition with VCU will challenge Georgetown, but because the Rams too have had a significant amount of time off between matches, they are not invincible, according to Georgetown Head Coach Gordie Ernst.

“We will be the underdog against VCU, but I like it better that way. It’s the first weekend so you just don’t know, but it’s the first weekend for VCU also. Their team is filled with very good athletes. We have no pressure, so it should be fun,” Ernst said.

While the Blue and Gray have many opportunities this winter and spring to establish themselves, the 4+1 Invitational will demonstrate the teams’ determination and work ethic. Going up against talented opponents is always a challenge, however, just about anything can happen in the opening tournament of a season.

The Hoyas have been practicing day in and day out to be ready for a fresh wave of tournaments, and several additions will be made to both lineups. Two Hoyas, freshman Victoire Saperstein and senior captain Andy Dottino, will return from injury this spring. Both Saperstein and

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Dottino missed the fall season due to injury, but after full recoveries, both plan to make comebacks on the court during the second half of the season. Meanwhile sophomore Liselot Koenen, who recently transferred from the University of Houston, will make her first appearance for Georgetown.

“Andy Dottino has been one of our most valuable players” Ernst said of his senior captain who tore his labrum last year. “I’m glad that he is back for his final season … We want everyone to be ready for the Big East Championship at the end, but at this point I’m just happy to have everyone back in lineup.”

Though it may take Dottino a few matches to return to his previous form, his presence alone could be enough to give the Hoyas the mental spark they need.

Upperclassmen on the women’s team also add to the up-tempo rhythm of the program. Senior co-captain Kelly Comolli, who walked on to the Georgetown women’s basketball team earlier this year, will return to the tennis court to continue her final season. “[Junior] Sophie Panarese, Madeline Jaeger and Kelly Comolli are the heart and soul of this women’s team. It’s bittersweet that Madeline and Kelly are seniors, but I’m happy to have them for one more season,” Ernst said.

Aside from talent on the Georgetown tennis team, there is a strong chemistry between the players, which will aid in the team’s success.

“The thing I’m most excited about is that we have such a perfect blend of experience and talent,” Ernst said. “Players on both teams have been through so many battles, and I think that will benefit us this season. That’s what you love about a team — one that can fight and produce results.”

Chemistry, on the court and in practice, is one aspect of a healthy roster which many overlook. Fans and members of the program will hope that returning players and a squad at full strength will translate into success on the court. For a sport that emphasizes the individual, the Hoyas have worked hard to create a dynamic which focuses on team goals and success as a group. A blank slate and healthy players give Hoya fans every reason to hope for a successful spring.

The Sochi Winter Olympics are agitated over the way the process fast approaching and United States’ played out.

Bickering aside, it is a shame that hockey team is poised to open its run for a gold medal against Slovakia in fans will not get to see the talented less than a month. While the boys winger on the ice. For what Ryan in the Stars and Stripes will not be may lack in speed and defense, he the “Miracle on Ice”-type underdogs more than makes up for in his abilfrom the 1980 games, the team is by ity to put the puck in the net. As for no means the favorite and will need Burke’s view on Ryan’s lack of intento play its best in order to have a real sity, the winger seemed to demonstrate more than enough passion in shot at winning the gold.

David Poile, the general manager his fiery response to Burke’s allegaof the U.S. Olympic team, lifted a tions.

The U.S. also faces roster controline straight from Disney’s “Miracle” when he said, “We didn’t pick the 25 versies on the blue line, albeit withbest players; we picked the 25 players out the intense heated exchange of we thought gave us a chance to win words. Keith Yandle, a defenseman the gold medal.” But in a year when for the Phoenix Coyotes, has been snubbed repeatedly Canada, Sweden,and for the Olympic rosRussia are all set to ter. Yandle, despite showcase their best his great passing talent, was it a savvy and vision on the move for the United ice, is among the States to omit some most underrated of its most talented defensemen in the stars?

Matt Castaldo league. Dustin Byug“Miracle’s” Herb flin is a talented, Brooks made his right-shooting defenstatement in an era USA management seman whose athbefore professional hockey players were should have maximized leticism would have helped Team USA. allowed to play in roster’s talent.

Additionally, both the Olympic Games.

Jack Johnson and A case may be made that team cohesion was more neces- Eric Johnson deserved consideration sary due to the younger age of the as athletic defensemen, especially in players. In today’s games, however, it place of a bigger and slower defenseis nearly unfathomable that some of man like Brooks Orpik, who may face America’s best talent was left off the some difficulties in the fast-paced roster.

Olympic Games.

Another reason given for the UnitFinally, the most important eleed States’ balanced roster is the larg- ment of a gold medal run in the er rink in the Sochi games. The 2010 Olympics is having a hot goaltender games in Vancouver were played at and no two American goalies have the Canucks’ home rink, which is the been hotter this season than Ben standard NHL size. In Sochi, the rink Bishop and Corey Schneider. Ryan will be both wider and longer. As a Miller, Jonathan Quick and Jimmy result, teams will conceivably need Howard — the three goaltenders that to be more balanced with a stronger did make the team — are nothing to defensive presence in order to match scoff at between the pipes and were up against talented forwards, who likely chosen for their experience. will be given more open ice to work Nevertheless, it seems unwise not to with. give the best performing goalkeepTalent is still talent, however, and ers a chance to shine on the Olympic the most notable snub is the Ottawa stage.

Senators’ star forward Bobby Ryan.

The United States roster still looks Seeing as he was a crucial part of poised to medal in February, despite the United States’ 2010 silver medal these concerns. But to maximize its team, his omission from the roster chances, USA management should came as a surprise to many, includ- have maximized its talent. They did ing Ryan himself. Brian Burke, the not and as a result, it is hard to picU.S. director of player personnel, ture Team USA vying for the gold took a shot a Ryan in a conversation medal. Fans will see a good blend of about the roster decisions, saying he speed, skill and toughness, but match was omitted because, “He’s a passive ups against other star-studded rosters guy. He is not intense. That word is like Canada, Sweden and Russia will not in his vocabulary. It’s never going demonstrate what could have been if to be in his vocabulary. He can’t spell the US took who was best rather than intense.” Ryan responded by calling simply those who fit.

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Clayton Kershaw Is Worth Every Cent

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Freshman center Natalie Butler (right) and senior forward and co-captain Andrea White (left) are first and second, respectively, in the Big East conference in double-doubles this season.

Butler and White Shine in Loss FRIARS, from A10 Wednesday night marked Butler’s 14th double-double and White’s seventh on the year.

“I am happy for them, but this is a team sport,” Lewis said. “We can’t keep hanging our hat on our two post players getting doubledoubles. The team has to perform at a higher level and consequently, Natalie and Andrea will perform better.”

Friar freshman guard Sarah Beal led Providence with a career-high 21 points while shooting 12-of-15 from the line.

Georgetown will look to bounce back when it travels to South Orange, N.J., to take on Seton Hall (105, 1-3 Big East) Saturday. The Hoyas have struggled to a 2-4 record in road games this season, while the Pirates have performed well at home, winning 9-of-11 games in South Orange this season.

On paper, however, the Pirates seem to be a good match-up for the Hoyas. Seton Hall, like Georgetown, is not a three-point shoot-

ing team and averages less than 12 points a game from three. That will come as a relief for the Blue and Gray, who have allowed their opponents to average more than 21 points from three per game.

“We talked about the opportunity we have in front of us to get on a roll,” Lewis said. “One game can propel us in a lot of good directions. Getting our first Big East road win [against Seton Hall] will be challenging, but it is doable.”

Although Georgetown is a team that relies on its post play, its guards are capable of significantly contributing, according to Lewis.

“For our team, the balance is more with the frontcourt — our 3, 4 and 5 position players,” Lewis said. “But that doesn’t mean that is how the team should score and the game should unfold. When situations present themselves and when [guards] have sopportunities they have to take advantage of them.”

Furthermore, Georgetown will need to take better care of the ball.

The Hoyas are averaging 20 turn-

overs a game, which is the worst in the Big East. Not only are the turnovers wasted opportunities, they have given opponents easy baskets in transition all season, according to Lewis. “[Against Providence] it was a function of us not taking care of the ball,” Lewis said. “They ran it out and got out on transition. Rule ran out into the corner and they found her in the corner and she shot and made buckets.”

Defensively, the Hoyas will look to contain junior guard Ka-Deidre Simmons, who is averaging 15.9 points a game this season for the Pirates. Simmons is a threat off of the dribble and will look to penetrate the Georgetown defense. Although she leads her team in scoring, she is a skilled passer in the paint, averaging a team-high 5.9 assists a game.

Although Seton Hall is a formidable opponent, if Georgetown can play well for the entirety of the game, it stand a chance to pull off the upset. Tipoff is Saturday at 2 p.m.

his Wednesday, Clayton Ker- million pitcher,” and he deserves shaw agreed to a mammoth it. Even though injuries can admitseven-year, $215 million deal tedly be sudden, Kershaw’s durabilwith the Los Angeles Dodgers, ac- ity must be noted. In his past three cording to league sources. He will years — in which the Dodgers gave earn $30.7 million per year, more their young ace a heavier workload than $3 million higher than the and more innings – Kershaw has previous record for highest annual posted 33 starts every single year. value in an MLB contract. The mon- In those three years, he has mowed ey however, does not even tell the down any hitter who dug in against whole story; Kershaw can opt out him, resulting in his microscopic after five years, likely just to sign an 2.60 ERA and 2.88 FIP this year. (FIP, even higher contract with the same Field Independent Pitching, aims Dodgers, who are breaking the bank to measure a pitcher’s performance for what seems like every half-decent independent of the fielding behind baseball player. Clayton Kershaw is him, and it is measured roughly on worth every penny that the Dodgers the same scale as ERA.) paid for him. A contract this mindBut there is one more variable: boggling is never his age. Many have easy to analyze, but touched on how after measuring evimportant Kerery angle in the disshaw’s youth is to cussion of whether this contract, but I or not the contract still believe it is unwas smart for the derrated. Kershaw Dodgers, the sensiturns 26 in about bility of the deal betwo months, which comes clear. There makes all the difare two general ference.

When Tom Hoff perspectives that Santana signed people hold not his contract, he just on Kershaw’s 29. If Santana Clayton Kershaw’s was contract, but any had signed his sixage, durability and year contract at 26, huge deal signed by an MLB pitcher. his performance The first, probably performance justifies would have been more supported by worth the money the contract. younger fans, says he made and posthat the market sibly more. Obvirate for top talent has skyrocketed ously, it is a hypothetical example, along with MLB revenues, and that but the late 20s are generally acKershaw — arguably the best pitcher cepted to be a player’s prime years. in baseball — will be worth it. The As Bill James, who is considered second, more old-school perspective the king of MLB stats, once wrote, dictates that taking a risk on a pitch- “Most players are declining by age er for seven years at such a steep 30; all players are declining by age price never makes sense.

33.” James and other statisticians While I belong to the first group, have noted that the best players ofthe second opinion should not be ten find a way to either expand or disregarded. The career of a pro- delay their primes, simply due to fessional athlete, let alone a frag- the fact that they’re better at makile MLB pitcher, could realistically ing adjustments to their game than end any second. Johan Santana their peers. Kershaw’s contract will signed a 6-year, $137 million deal end at either age 30 or 32. with the New York Mets before the The Dodgers will essentially be 2008 season. He gave the Mets two paying for the best pitcher in the years that justified that salary, one game during the best years of his very good year, one injury-plagued career. That is why they feel comyear, and two seasons in which he fortable paying their ace such an did not pitch a single inning due exiborbitant amount of money. to shoulder problems. Such a prece- There is also the fact that MLB, in dent is a completely relevant to the the last year and a half, has agreed conversation about Kershaw. After to TV deals with Fox Sports and all, one need not search hard for Turner Sports for a combined $6.8 an example in which pitchers who billion over eight years. The Dodgshowed no previous signs of elbow ers signed their own television conor shoulder problems had their tract that will pay them $8 billion careers suddenly derailed by such over 25 years. They were also purinjuries. Mike Hampton and Kevin chased in 2012 for $2.15 billion, a Brown are both names that young, number which almost defies comdiehard fans might not know. For prehension. They, like most MLB a pair of pitchers who signed $100 teams, can afford this risk. The million contracts in the past 15 league is doing great the Dodgers years, it seems weird that their per- are doing great, and, most imporformances, and reputations, never tantly, Clayton Kershaw is great. lived up to their price tags.

Here is the thing, though: Clay- Tom Hoff is a junior in the College. ton Kershaw is being put in anoth- DOWN TO THE WIRE appears every er tier from “just any other $100 Friday.

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Top Track Programs Await in This Weekend’s Meets MadELine Auerbach Hoya Staff Writer

A week ago, the Georgetown men and women’s indoor track and field teams launched their 2014 campaigns at the George Mason Invitational in Fairfax, Va. Saturday, the teams will continue their season as they compete in the Nittany Lion Challenge in State College, Pa., and the Maryland Invitational in Hyattsville, Md., in their third weekend of meets of the indoor track and field season.

After strong performances on both the men and women’s sides at George Mason, the Hoyas have momentum on their side. At the Nittany Lion Challenge, Georgetown will face Penn State, Iowa State and Cornell. These teams will provide good competition for the Hoyas.

Both Penn State and Cornell have strong, well-rounded rosters, and Iowa State has several individuals who pose significant threats in their respective events.

“Penn State’s a great all-around team, and Cornell actually has a very strong and well-balanced team,” Head Coach Patrick Henner said. “There will definitely be some great competition.”

Nonetheless, the Hoyas have their own arsenal of talent.

“I think our team is very well prepared,” Henner said of the upcoming meeting. “Across the board we’re going to be very strong.”

On the women’s side, senior Chelsea Cox alongside juniors Andrea Keklak and Katrina Coogan form a strong middle distance core for Georgetown. Graduate student Amanda Kimbers— described as “two years ago one of the best sprinters in the country” by

Henner — is back and healthy after an injury. Additionally, graduate student Kirsten Kasper has turned in impressive races this season in distance events.

The men’s team also has an impressive long distance runner in All-American graduate student Andrew Springer. Springer is coming off a successful cross-country season that included a third place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Final Nov. 15, which earned him an individual invitation to the NCAA Championship. He, however, will not travel with the team to compete in this weekend’s meets, as he is currently recovering from a sore hip. “[Andrew] is a very key part of our team, and we’re hoping he recovers as soon as possible,” Henner said.

Springer hopes to be back in time for the Hoya Spiked Shoe Club Invitational, on Jan 24.

Meanwhile sophomores Devante Washington and Mike Andre and senior Billy Ledder have been impressive in the sprint events this season. In terms of middle distances, sophomore Ahmed Bile and juniors Collin Leibold and John Murray have shown promise for the Blue and Gray.

It was in the middle-distance events that the Hoyas shined brightest in last week’s meet, most notably capturing the top five spots for men and the top four spots for women in the mile.

Although it will be the second straight weekend with a meet for Georgetown, Henner does not believe fatigue will be an issue for the teams and believes the quick turnaround will actually be beneficial to the team.

“You actually need to race more frequently to stay sharp,” Henner

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Junior Andrea Keklak, a middle-distance runner, took fourth place in the women’s 500 meter dash with a time of 1:15.91 last weekend. Last season, Keklak qualified for the Big East Championship. said.

Carrying the energy from George Mason, the Hoyas are focused on a few specific goals for this weekend’s meets.

“We’re trying to learn how to run fast while staying relaxed across

the board, from the short sprints to the distance races,” Henner said.

Despite the fact it is still early in the season, Henner is already optimistic about his team’s potential.

“I don’t want to pass any judgments right now, but we got off

to a great start at George Mason,” Henner said. “Our whole staff and team are very excited about the upcoming season.”

Events will start at 9 a.m. at the Maryland Invitational and 11 a.m. at the Nittany Lion Challenge.

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MLS DRAFT

The number of minutes the men’s basketball team went without scoring Wednesday.

Neumann Drafted Fourth Overall by Revolution ANDREW MAY Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s own senior forward and captain Steve Neumann was drafted fourth overall by the New England Revolution in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft on Thursday.

The Revolution acquired the pick from the Columbus Crew on Monday in exchange for United States National Team defender Michael Parkhurst. Parkhurst is returning to the MLS after playing several years in European leagues, and the Revolution would have had exclusive rights to sign the defender.

Instead, they traded the rights to Columbus for the fourth overall pick, which enabled them to pick Neumann.

Neumann played in 86 games, including 67 starts, during his fouryear career at Georgetown. His 116 career points were the third most in school history and included 41 goals — 14 game winners — and 34 assists. Neumann burst onto the radar of many MLS teams with his 2012 College Cup campaign, where the forward showed his nose for the goal and ability to orchestrate an offense. A hat trick against Maryland in the 2012 National Semifinals was a signature moment for the Pennsylvania native. Neumann entered this past season as a favorite for the Hermann Trophy, an award given to the best college soccer player in the country.

His senior year, however, raised doubts about his ability to make an impact in professional soccer. Draft previews and scouting reports mentioned a lack of athleticism, speed

and natural position as concerns.

However, his status as the fourth overall draft pick would indicate that his stock did not fall too far.

The Revolution also owned the 11th overall pick in the draft, which they received in a draftday trade. With the pick, they selected forward Patrick Mullins out of Maryland. Several soccer websites, including goal. com and mlssoccer.com had New England selecting Mullins fourth overall rather than Neumann. In the end, the club ended up with both. Now New England will look to its two new faces to try and replace forward Juan Agudelo, who seems likely to make a move to either the English Premier League or another European circuit.

“It is a great organization, and I am just ready to get started and produce for the fans of New England,” Neumann said in an interview with mlssoccer.com.

Senior midfielder Joey Dillon was not drafted in the first two rounds of the SuperDraft Thursday, despite projections putting him as high as the middle of the first round. Dillon’s chances of playing in the MLS, however, are not over.

Dillon started 82 of the 86 games he played in his career, including every game since 2011.

His statistics may not have been flashy but the defensive midfielder was a key part of the Hoya offense.

The third and fourth rounds of ALEXANDER BROWN/THE HOYA the draft will be held next Tuesday and give Dillon another op- Senior forward and co-captain Steve Neumann was drafted fourth overall in the Major League Soccer Draft on portunity to be drafted.

Thursday. Neumann finished his career with 116 points, the third most in school history.

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Hoyas Return Home Needing Win EVAN HOLLANDER Hoya Staff Writer

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Sophomore guard Katie McCormick contributed nine second-half points in the Hoyas failed comeback attempt against Providence.

Comeback Ends In Disappointment CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

Despite streaks of brilliant play, the Georgetown women’s basketball team has struggled to play well for an entire game this season. Wednesday’s game against Providence was no exception, as the Hoyas fell to the Friars 70-61.

Georgetown Head Coach Jim Lewis did not travel with the team for the game because of illness.

The Hoyas (7-10, 1-4 Big East) jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, but the Friars (6-10, 1-4 Big East) took advantage of Georgetown’s turnovers and cold shooting to quickly gain the lead.

“The difference in the game [Wednesday] was the lack of consecutive stops on our part. They had too many sustained runs,” Lewis said. “[Junior guard Tori] Rule had 19 points in the first half and almost outscored us by herself. She was just too open. It is one thing if a team or an individual is making tough contested; shots, but she was open.”

Providence built upon this momentum at the beginning of the second half and extended their lead to 21 points. The situation

was similar to the one the Hoyas found themselves in against Butler — facing a daunting deficit — and for the second straight game, Georgetown went on a run.

Led by senior co-captain and forward Andrea White, who had 17 second-half points, the Hoyas went on a 17-5 run to cut the Friar advantage to just nine points with six minutes remaining.

But that was the closest the Hoyas would come. The Friars made their free throws down the stretch to seal the 70-61 win, their first victory in Big East play.

Once again, the Hoyas received strong post play from White and freshman center Natalie Butler.

The duo has continually put up strong numbers for the Blue and Gray this season. Both are in the top 10 in the Big East in scoring, and Butler leads the Big East in rebounds with 13.3 a game, while White is fourth with 8.9 a game.

In the loss, White and Butler both notched double-doubles.

White led Georgetown with 21 points while also grabbing 11 rebounds, while Butler had 13 points and 14 rebounds.

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After being drubbed on the road by Providence and Xavier, Georgetown (11-5, 3-2 Big East) will return to the friendly confines of Verizon Center on Saturday afternoon, needing to eke out a victory against Seton Hall to stay above .500 in conference play.

The Hoyas sandwiched in a victory over the Bulldogs in their three-game road swing but have been without two key players: junior forward Jabril Trawick, who broke his jaw at Providence,and junior center Josh Smith, who has been sidelined with an academic issue.

While Trawick and Smith are out indefinitely — although indications seem to point to Smith’s return sooner rather than later — the Hoyas have turned increasingly to their guards, especially sophomore D’Vauntes SmithRivera.

The Indianapolis native paced Georgetown in all three road contests, scoring 19 points against Providence and 18 against both Butler and Xavier.

Senior guard Markel Starks remains the team’s key cog. As both a ball distributor and rebounder, Starks had 19 points, five boards and seven assists against the Musketeers and seemed to will the Hoyas to a sizeable lead over the Musketeers until Georgetown wilted late in the second half.

Playing a consistent 40 minutes of basketball has been a struggle for the Blue and Gray in league play so far: Even its lopsided victory over St. John’s included some lackluster defense in the second half.

FILE PHOTO: ALEXANDER BROWN/THE HOYA The Hoyas dramatically stepped Freshman forward Reggie Cameron (left), who was making his second caup their three-point shooting against reer start, finished the game with 13 points against Xavier.

Xavier, going 10-for-18 from beyond the arc after shooting a combined guard and Texas transfer Sterling was badly outplayed both on the 6-for-27 in their previous two contests. Gibbs, who averages 15.6 points per boards and in the paint by Marquette Given the team’s reliance on its out- game. Senior wings Brian Oliver and in Seton Hall’s last game. side game, Smith-Rivera and Starks Fuquan Edwin are potent threats from With so many question marks on — as well as freshman forward Reggie beyond the arc as well and average 12.8 both sides, Saturday’s game may be Cameron — will need to demonstrate and 11.8 points a game, respectively. something of a defensive battle — essimilar consistency going forward.

Edwin suffered a knee injury in De- pecially around the basket. If GeorgeSaturday’s opponent, Seton Hall (10- cember, and his play has been incon- town can avoid foul trouble — which 7, 1-3 Big East), finds itself in the mid- sistent since, although he scored seven has plagued senior forward Nate Ludle of a three-game losing streak. After points in Seton Hall’s 67-66 loss at Mar- bick and redshirt junior forward Mobeating Providence in double overtime quette last Saturday. ses Ayegba this season — it could be a Dec. 31, the Seton Hall has dropped Like the Hoyas, the Pirates are a bit critical advantage. games to Creighton and then-No. 8 Vil- shortchanged in the post. Senior cenTipoff against the Pirates is set for lanova at home and to Marquette on ter Eugene Teague remains sidelined noon Saturday at Verizon Center. the road. after suffering a concussion late last The game will also be carried on Fox Seton Hall is led by sophomore year, and junior forward Patrik Auda Sports 1.

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