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SAVE GEORGETOWN DAY

37TH AND SESAME STREET A GUMC researcher analyzed the effect of a new character on the show.

EDITORIAL The university must further engage with the descendants of the 272.

The administration plans to enact measures to encourage greater student responsibility.

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OPINION, A2

Ewing to Lead Basketball Program Clinton Advocates Georgetown picks Hall of Famer to replace Thompson For Women’s Role In Peacekeeping Sean Hoffman And Paolo Santamaria Hoya Staff Writers

On April 2, 1984, Patrick Ewing (COL ’85) scored 10 points, pulled down nine rebounds and recorded three assists as the Georgetown Hoyas won the 1984 NCAA Championship against Houston 84-75.

Almost exactly 33 years later, Ewing is returning to the Hilltop as the head coach of the men’s basketball program.

In the wake of John Thompson III’s dismissal 12 days ago, Georgetown officials met with Ewing on Monday to discuss the vacancy. At about 2:20 p.m., Georgetown’s SB Nation blog, Casual Hoya, tweeted the news of Ewing’s hiring.

According to ESPN, Ewing was former Head Coach John Thompson Jr.’s preferred candidate after Thompson Jr. coached Ewing for four years during his head coaching tenure.

“Georgetown is my home and it is a great honor for me to return to my alma mater and serve as the next head coach. I have been preparing to be a head coach for many years and can’t wait to return to the Hilltop,” Ewing said in a statement to Georgetown Sports Information.

Although the details of the contract have not been disclosed, Ewing is set to leave the Hornets staff to begin his position at Georgetown immediately in a multiple-year deal, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.

“To hire a head coach with this depth of coaching experience and personal achieve-

Ian Scoville Hoya Staff Writer

In one of her first speeches since the November election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the United States to continue to lead worldwide peace efforts and advance the rights of women in a Gaston Hall speech on Friday.

“We have to ask, will we be left behind or will we continue to lead the way? I hope the answer is that we will do whatever it takes to make our country and the world stronger and more secure,” Clinton said.

“Standing up for our values, for human rights and opportunities, security for all.”

The address, part of the awards ceremony for this year’s Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security, also launched several critiques of President Donald Trump, including his administration’s claims of using “alternative facts.”

“Women are not inherently more peaceful than men,” Clinton said. “That is a stereotype. That belongs in the alternative.”

Throughout her address, Clinton advocated the spread of gender equity in the United States and other nations. Increased worldwide gender equity is in the United States’ best See CLINTON, A6

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Patrick Ewing (COL ’85), right, led Georgetown to the school’s first and only national championship in 1984. He will replace John Thompson III as the men’s basketball head coach. ments is tremendous. It is a thrill to have him come back to his alma mater and continue the legacy of tradition and success he had as a student-athlete on the Hilltop,” Georgetown Athletic Director Lee Reed said.

Reed, along with Vice Chair of Georgetown’s Board of Directors Paul Tagliabue (COL ’62), headed the search committee to find a new men’s basketball coach, ultimately deciding on the for-

mer Hoya great.

During his four-year career as a Hoya, Ewing appeared in three Final Fours and two straight national title games, was selected as a first-team All-American three times and was twice named the Big East Player of the Year. He was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player in 1984 and Associated Press Player of the Year in 1985.

Ewing’s hiring was met with positivity from Univer-

sity President John J. DeGioia.

“Patrick’s commitment to Georgetown and to further animating our legacy of excellence is inspiring,” DeGioia said. “He is a visionary leader with a deep connection to our community. His experience as a coach over the last 15 years with some of the best basketball minds in the country has prepared him to lead our program.”

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Former State Secretary Hillary Clinton honored women in peacekeeping in a Gaston Hall speech Friday.

GUSAReferendum Community Stands Against Order To Seek Inclusivity University signs amicus brief, enacts further protections Senate approves April vote

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Georgetown joined 30 peer institutions in signing an amicus brief condemning the effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry of citizens from six Muslim-majority countries Sunday.

The brief is part of other measures announced by University President John J. DeGioia yesterday in response to Trump’s immigration order.

Other initiatives include a training session for immigrant students on their rights if they are detained and advocacy for comprehensive immigration reform.

In light of the current national climate on immigration, the university community also came together last night in a vigil organized by the administration in solidarity with vulnerable communities on campus. About 50 students, faculty, administrators and members of the religious community attended the vigil,

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Students are set to vote on a campuswide referendum later this month to elect Georgetown University Student Association senators by class rather than geographic district.

The bill aims to encourage students from underrepresented communities to participate in GUSA, and also updates the student government’s bylaws to prevent exclusion based on discriminatory factors. Proponents of the referendum argue that the changes will make the senate more representative of the student body.

The senate voted unanimously in favor of the referendum Sunday. The session was briefly thrown off course after Deputy Chief of Staff of Health and Wellness Will Emery (COL ’19), who represented the GUSA executive, appeared to sug-

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gest the administration was taking a last-minute stance against the referendum.

“After talking to more people, specifically from [Leaders in Education About Diversity] and the [Center for Multicultural Equity & Access], we realized that class year districts would make it more difficult to earn a senate seat, thereby having the potential to decrease diversity,” Emery told the senators, reading from the statement.

Emery added, “Therefore, we cannot support the referendum.”

The final comment was not approved by GUSA President Kamar Mack (COL ’19) and Vice President Jessica Andino (COL ’18). The senate interpreted Emery’s comments as a sudden policy reversal by the executive, which had not previously expressed opposition to the referendum.

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About 50 members of the Georgetown community attended a candlelight vigil in Red Square on Monday as part of initiatives announced by the university to support vulnerable students.

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NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

Life Week Returns Georgetown Right to Life kicked off a weeklong series of events yesterday, which includes numerous discussions.

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Beware of Big Brother Living in Trump’s America has familiar Orwellian echoes and turns us toward dystopian novels.

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Hoyas Close Out The baseball team closed out its three-game series against George Mason with two key victories.

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NEWS It’s On Us

opinion Wavering on Women

SPORTS Spring Incites Excitement

Students are planning to launch an initiative to end sexual violence on college campuses.

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Trump’s actions during Women’s History Month run contrary to his proclamations of support.

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With March Madness and Opening Day, spring marks a high point in a sports fan’s life.

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT

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EDITORIALS

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Lactose Intolerant — A vegan restaurant in Spain caused trouble after banning babies from being fed milk on the premises.

Driving Down Discontent — Uber released information about its use of behavioral science to keep drivers happy despite less-than-ideal working conditions.

Peak Speak — Archaeologists discovered a new pyramid in Egypt, likely dating back to about 2600 B.C. Bottoms Up — New public bathrooms in China use facial recognition software to ration out the amount of toilet paper each patron can take.

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In the words of the report commis- humanity of the 272, and they need to sioned last summer by Georgetown’s be at the forefront of any decisions made Working Group on Slavery, Memory and about their ancestors’ legacies.

In fact, the hallmark of the univerReconciliation, “Ultimately, reconciliasity’s commitment to reconciliation — tion requires relationship.”

Since Georgetown publicly acknowl- the decision to offer descendants preferedged its profit from an 1838 sale of ential status in the admissions process, 272 slaves to a Louisiana plantation, the similar to the children of alumni — can university has promised to engage the only be meaningful if Georgetown exdescendants of the slaves in the recon- tends its outreach to the community. ciliation process. However, weeks shy This outreach would require more than of a planned spiritual ceremony April just inviting interested descendants into 18 to express remorse over the univer- these discussions, but also identifying sity’s slaveholding past, the GU 272 Al- individuals unaware of their roots to the school and alerting them liance, composed of 100 to this opportunity. descendants, hired legal Going forward, Georgerepresentation to push for Maintaining this town must follow through a greater voice in the university’s response to the relationship between on the principles outlined in the working group’s sale.

Although senior uni- our two communities report to “be attentive to the interests of the deversity officials, including will prove vital in scendants themselves, as University President John healing a shared well as respectful of the J. DeGioia, have travelled diversity of opinion and to meet some of the livhistory mired in interest among them.” Aling descendants of the entragedy. ready, the university has slaved over the past year, it signaled its desire for colis evident from the hiring laboration in its meetings of legal counsel that many with descendants and gefeel their needs and interests were not fully represented within nealogical research into their families’ the reconciliation process. Most glaring- history, but to pay more than just lip serly, not one of the descendants was given vice to the process of reconciliation, the the opportunity to provide feedback be- university needs to directly involve them fore the report was released last Septem- in the decision-making process behind new initiatives, including developing ber.

Without the input from descendants, scholarships, encouraging a new Worksome of the promises in the report, such ing Group on Racial Justice and estabas the establishment of an Institute for lishing new public monuments.

Above all, the interests of the descenthe Study of Slavery and Its Legacies at Georgetown, would ring hollow in the dants should take priority in the univermission to atone for the university’s sity’s efforts to promote justice in metroubled past. The editorial board be- morializing the 272. Maintaining this lieves that more than any apology, me- relationship between our two communimorial or institute, these descendants ties will prove vital in healing a shared are the most enduring testament to the history mired in tragedy.

Booted and Rallied — Further proving journalistic dominance, The Hoya bested The Voice this Saturday night in a friendly competition on a Village A rooftop.

Career Hazards — A newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is shutting down this week, citing danger for staff members after three journalists from other organizations were killed last month.

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Get Lit — According to a Central Connecticut State University study, Washington, D.C., is the most literate city in the country.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Elinor Walker

Build Minority Coalitions Through Effective Advocacy Following the mold of the Black Leadership and Latinx Leadership forums, 15 students launched the Asian-Pacific Islander Leadership Forum on March 19 to champion their community’s interests at Georgetown.

Even without formal recognition from the university, the group’s contribution to the university’s cultural ecosystem underscores the power of student mobilization, even without the formal recognition of the university. APILF’s approach to advocacy provides a model that other underrepresented communities could emulate to heighten their visibility on campus.

One of the chief recognitions of APILF is that the experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders are not monolithic and deserve advocacy on a more granular, nuanced basis. While other organizations catering to Asian identities at Georgetown tend to be focused on East Asian backgrounds, APILF recognizes there is no singular Asian experience and incorporates Pacific Islander narratives in its programming.

Beyond Asian and Pacific Islander students, APILF’s creation highlights the need for distinct groups to confront challenges within different communities. For instance, unlike their black and Latinx peers, Asian-Americans are often saddled with the model minority myth, which assumes the group is immune from the socio-economic challenges facing other people of color. For other communities, from Native American to disabled students, this form of coalition-building can ensure distinct interests are represented

even if they fall outside the radar of the greater Georgetown community.

But a crucial aspect of APILF’s model is its focus on intersectionality, as evidenced by its upcoming events spotlighting black-South Asian solidarity at Black House and shared Filipino-Latinx heritage at Casa Latina. This collaboration signals the commitment of one community to supporting another, as well as building links between shared cultural experiences. For instance, while the plight of undocumented immigration is often associated with the Latinx community, Asians and Pacific Islanders without documentation can also encounter hostility and vulnerability under the new administration.

This editorial board believes the creation of the Asian-Pacific Islander Leadership Forum benefits not only the communities involved, but also enriches the cultural landscape for other groups seeking to build coalitions for their interests.

The APILF’s model, which combines an introspective approach with partnerships with other cultural communities on campus, expands on the groundwork of the Black Leadership Forum and Latinx Leadership Forum to potentially create spaces for other marginalized groups.

We urge other communities to model the creation of APILF and to recognize that they can drive meaningful conversations even while operating outside an official university capacity. The only materials necessary for promoting a group’s visibility are motivated individuals and the drive to bring them together.

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have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee. … What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.”

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FIRESIDE CHATS

Anu Osibajo & Isatou Bah

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Acknowledge Hidden Heroes

s I pulled an all-nighter in the Rafic B. Hariri Building last week, in the early hours of the morning, I was soothed by the sounds of vacuum cleaners from two janitors working to ready a learning environment for the next day. As busy college students, we are so wrapped up in our everyday routines that we forget to thank those who enhance our college experience, often without our noticing.

Most people prize professors as the most important faculty members on campus, as they have a direct effect on the academic experience of a college student. This perception is almost involuntary: Since kindergarten, we have been taught to value our teachers because our interactions with them are the most frequent, deliberate and direct.

However, the college experience does not rely solely on our academic journeys. Our experiences are composed of the college’s social life, our daily use of facilities, our dining hall experience and other interactions, direct or indirect, with multiple staff members. Students have forgotten to acknowledge the very vital role that other faculty members, who have faded in the background, have contributed to the ease of our college experience and daily routines.

These service workers and employees have made it their duty to ensure that our facilities, dining hall experiences and other often overlooked aspects of our college experience are running smoothly.

When students and faculty are not present, these behindthe-scenes workers clean the university study spaces, libraries, bathrooms, equipment and cafeterias.

At campuses across the country, service workers work shifts at every hour of the day to keep the buildings clean.

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Unfortunately, the contribution of these workers is easily forgotten. Because these workers are not working in traditionally espoused positions, like the professors in universities, they are often not included in the narrative of a successful and meaningful college experience even though they have an important role to play in that narrative.

In response to this, Febin Bellamy (MSB ’17) created Unsung Heroes to celebrate “the workers on college campuses who work hard and keep the university running behind the scenes but often go unrecognized and unappreciated.”

An organization like Unsung Heroes is vital in reaffirming the humanity of these workers and showing their efforts are indeed essential to the experience of a college student.

As students, our job is to practice the principle at the center of organizations like Unsung Heroes: the acknowledgement of our very own campus’ unsung heroes. When you see janitors or cooks in Leo O’Donovan’s Hall, a simple smile, wave and even a “hello” serve as your acknowledgement of not only their presence, but also of their humanity.

It is a way of creating a rapport that will make our interaction with campus workers just as frequent, deliberate and direct as our interactions with our professors. It is important for these workers to understand that they too have an immense impact on the experience of college students — because, in fact, they do. By acknowledging their presence, we affirm and pay our respects to their own personal narratives — and ultimately, that is empowerment.

Anu Osibajo and Isatou Bah are freshmen in the College.

Fireside Chats appears every other Tuesday.

Every moment in the present is a good time to make a responsible choice and begin the return to the world of definite values.

Facing Dystopian Realities

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n Nov. 9, my Ignatius Seminar on utopia and dystopia in literature and film was scheduled to start discussing George Orwell’s famous novel “1984.” In the wake of President Donald Trump’s victory, many students who came to class that day said they felt as if they had suddenly awoken in a dystopia.

Apparently, many others shared this feeling. Since the presidential election, sales of “1984” have spiked, with Penguin USA reporting a 9,500 percent increase in sales in January, after Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway introduced the notion of “alternative facts.” Indeed, many readers recognized the Orwellian echo of this concept: news produced by the government to support its official narrative, and history constantly rewritten by those in power.

Social science fiction, particularly dystopian fiction, has gained special relevance in the past year. Dystopian literature studies can be viewed as an exercise in government, political analysis, sociology and ethics.

Most dystopias are conceived by their ideologists as utopias, and their authorities try to persuade people that they live as such.

Thus, our task as readers and members of a community is to understand the difference between utopia and dystopia, to recognize warning signs and manipulative rhetorical strategies and to apply this knowledge to the world around us.

In his insightful article in the Guardian, Andrew Postman writes, “My dad predicted Trump in 1985 — it’s not Orwell, he warned, it’s ‘Brave New World’.” Postman develops his father’s ideas, arguing that Orwell’s dark version of reality controlled by Big Brother lost its significance after the end of Cold War. Instead, features of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” materialized. One facet is instant entertainment, which came not through a communist controller, but through “a showman” who gained power.

He quotes his father Neil Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” to illustrate his thought.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.

What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the

truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.”

However, focusing on the communist connotations of the Orwellian world reduces the novel’s meaning: Orwell’s target was totalitarianism at large, and many of the tools that oppressive regimes operate with go beyond the socialist-capitalist dichotomy.

One of the most worrisome means of controlling people in Orwell’s totalitarian world is finding an enemy and uniting against it, attaching connotations of fear and suspicion to particular groups inside and outside the country and blaming them for all of society’s problems.

One can recognize the amalgamated features of both Orwell’s and Huxley’s fantasies in modern political regimes, where oppression to a large extent is not obvious.

Total surveillance and the use of technology to keep track of people’s thoughts and words materialize with the help of social networks.

Both writers warn against ideologists eliminating the difference between truth and lies through their control of language, and against the conditioning of citizens’ thoughts through mass media. Symptomatically, classical literature

and history — powerful tools preventing such conditioning — are prohibited in Orwell’s and Huxley’s dystopias.

The transition to a dystopia does not happen overnight.

Warning signs include crises of the humanities, the growth of anti-intellectualism, class disparity, programming of public opinion by mass-media, a society’s refusal to recognize truth and, as a result, a people’s deprivation from reality.

In our world, it is impossible to identify a single moment in the past where history went wrong, as happens in Ray Bradbury’s short story “A Sound of Thunder,” in which a traveller to the distant past steps on a butterfly and thereby changes an election result in the future.

But every moment in the present is a good time to make a responsible choice and begin the return to the world of definite values. This will include interrupting the automatic process of thinking and talking, constantly questioning the sources of our knowledge, learning history and reading literature. Why not start with rereading “1984” or “Brave New World?”

Milla Fedorova is an associate professor in the department of Slavic languages.

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Echoes of Exclusion

Trump’s Gendered Hypocrisy

hen President Donald Trump issued his executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, many lamented the measure as a striking backslide in American values of diversity and coexistence.

But for Chinese-Americans, this is nothing new. It is just history repeating itself.

In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law, effectively halting the entry of Chinese immigrants and preventing the naturalization of all lawful permanent residents of Chinese origin within the country for a decade. Such outright discrimination against a nationality sparked almost no controversy and was just a stepping stone to the variety of prejudiced legislation passed in the following century.

In a series of successive acts, the U.S. Congress barred the entry of even ChineseAmericans with residency permits, before passing laws requiring them to carry photo identification at all times and later extending this austerity to immigrants from Japan and India with the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924.

This legislation remained in effect until the Magnuson Act of 1943, and even then. hostilities against Chinese-Americans endured.

Unfortunately, the repeal of the legislation came not as the fruit of public backlash, but merely as a shift in the diplomatic agenda of the United States during World War II. Ironically, as China became a U.S. ally against the Japanese in the war, the end of discriminatory legislation against one group marked the beginning of systematic oppression of another — Japanese-Amer-

icans. In 1943, as Chinese immigrants were again allowed to enter this “land of the free,” 110,000 of their fellow Asian-Americans lost freedom seemingly overnight, as they were incarcerated in internment camps.

Echoes of this legislation can still be found today.

First, even if the travel ban is temporarily blocked by a federal judge, Trump’s powerful political rhetoric introduces ideas of the far right to the mainstream agenda, unleashing its hidden malice.

For example, Chinatown, now seen merely as a center of culture, was once the historical manifestation of mounting hostility and rampant hate crimes.

The incessant legislation against Chinese-Americans directly affected public opinions, drastically justified the open animosity toward this group and rendered the community more vulnerable than ever.

At that time, and in the long term, such rhetoric forced Chinese immigrants to retreat to these cultural enclaves. A majority of the members retreated to Chinatown to avoid the prevalent aggression. Afraid to step out of the borders in search of better opportunities, such families were trapped in generational poverty.

Furthermore, while “halting” the entry of the immigrants from targeted nations might not seem to be as appalling as outright closing the border to them forever, history tells us that such laws automatically intensify themselves. As soon as we embark on this slope, inertia will take us down the hill. In fact, the ban on Chinese immigrants was not made permanent all at once, either.

Initially, the government

solely wanted to temporarily assuage the strain of the excessive foreign labor force on native-born unemployment for a decade. When the law approached its expiration date, it was extended for another decade.

Afterwards, similar legislation followed suit and permanently solidified such deplorable prejudice.

Finally, a close look at the United States’ history of xenophobic legislation reveals many common themes that link current events to the past. Scapegoating and the fear of change were the primary justification for such policies, as they are now.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted due to soaring unemployment and declining wages. On the West Coast, the public attributed these economic misfortunes to competition from hardworking newcomers.

Thus, Chinese immigrants became the scapegoats for the national economic downturn. At the same of time, the fear of changing the status quo moved the legislation one step further towards the extremity. The original wording of the Immigration Act of 1924 claimed that the discrimination against people of Asian and African descent was “to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity.”

Today, a court order can scrap the travel ban, but it cannot eradicate its hostility. The long-lasting setback, whether through the political rhetoric, the self-perpetuating trend, leaves a mark on the public mentality in the most insidious way. Our country ought to know this; we have seen it before.

Yi Bao is a sophomore in the

School of Foreign Service.

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uring Women’s History Month, the Trump administration frequently highlighted how much it values and supports women. However, it simultaneously proposed plans to undercut and defund important women’s health care funding and educational initiatives for girls.

It is entirely paradoxical to take action that strips women of government protections while extolling the role of women in society.

But for President Donald Trump, this is nothing new. During his campaign, Trump bombarded women with misogynistic and sexist comments, and then doubled back to say that he cherishes women.

According to a Washington Post tally, Trump’s insult-then-compliment routine happened at least 21 times over the course of his campaign. One memorable example was when Trump implied that journalist Megyn Kelly was on her period when she asked him a difficult question during a debate, then spoke out and said, “I cherish women. I want to help women. I’m going to do things for women that no other candidate will be able to do.”

The same pattern has materialized during his presidency. However, instead of verbally disparaging women, Trump’s presidential power now allows his administration to strip women of positive government programs and benefits, and then spew propaganda that his administration helps women.

On March 27, Trump and Vice President Mike Pence offered remarks celebrating female small business owners. Trump said, “I know

how crucial women are as job creators, role models and leaders all throughout our communities.”

Ironically, only four days before, Trump and Pence sat in a room with 28 men and proposed eliminating mammograms and maternity care from the essential benefits of the Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act. If Trump values women’s leadership so much, why did he not have more women in the room when his administration was negotiating women’s health care funding?

Emma Lux On March 28, Ivanka Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., to discuss empowering young women to pursue careers relating to Science, Tehchnology, Engineering and Mathematics.

What Ivanka Trump did not mention was how Trump has proposed decreasing NASA funding and specifically eliminating NASA’s education office, which oversees efforts to support women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

On March 29, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during his daily press briefing, “The president made women’s empowerment a priority throughout the campaign.”

Spicer, unsurprisingly, left out how on the campaign

trail Trump said he likes to grab women “by the pussy,” called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” and suggested that Americans watch a sex tape of former Miss Universe contestant Alicia Machado.

This all amounts to a pattern that is easy enough to follow. Whenever Trump claims to “support” and “cherish” women, it is most likely an attempt to distract from his administration’s attacks on women’s health care or other benefits.

It was also last month, when Trump officials rang in Women’s History Month by exalting remarks about Trump’s support for women, that the Trump administration dealt its largest blow to women’s health care. On Thursday, Pence broke the tie in the Senate to pass a bill that returns to states the power to exclude health care centers from receiving Title X money set aside for family planning and preventative health services.

It is important to note that Title X money never went toward abortions, as mandated by the Hyde Amendment. Instead, this money went toward services such as cancer screenings and family planning services for women, and cutting it will particularly affect lowincome women.

So Trump and his officials can keep telling us how much they “cherish” and “support” women. Until they actually start promoting policies that aim to improve women’s well-being instead of directly harming it, we should see those words for what they truly are: lies and diversion tactics.

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) emphasized the local values that guide her administration’s policies and affirmed her commitment to resisting congressional interference in local matters during her 2017 State of the District Address, her third such address to the District, on Thursday.

Speaking from the University of the District of Columbia’s campus, Bowser said D.C. continues to be one of the United States’ pre-eminent cities, as well as highlighted rising tension between District and congressional leaders on matters including physicianassisted suicide and assault rifle legislation.

“Because of our D.C. values, we are the human rights capital. Our diversity alone does not make us great; our embrace of it does,” Bowser said. “That’s why, since Election Day this past November, we have worked to ensure that no one undermines our core D.C. values of fairness and equality, of mutual respect and justice, of falling down and getting back up, and of self-determination.”

Bowser also discussed D.C. statehood, one of the defining issues of her mayoral tenure, while underscoring her belief in District autonomy.

“Last November, I was only the second Mayor to meet with the then President-elect Trump. I wanted to make it clear to him who we are,” Bowser said. “We are tax-paying Americans.

We are no more dependent on the federal government than any other state. We don’t want anything special, just full access to our birthright, full representation for the taxes that we pay. And the only way to get there is statehood for the District of Columbia.”

Bowser also called on Trump and Congress to improve D.C. infrastructure, including the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium as well as federal roads, bridges and parks.

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In her fourth State of the District Address, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser focused on local autonomy and committment to resisting federal interference in local laws. Bowser also asked President Donald Trump and his administration to focus on improving D.C. infrastructure. ing, arts funding and reentry programs for prisoners in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Bowser said in all local issues, Congress should allow the District to make its own decisions. Bowser also alluded to her speech at the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21, in which she argued for District autonomy.

“And as I told 1 million women at the Women’s March — if the Congress can’t help D.C. with our priorities, the best thing they can do is leave us alone,” Bowser said.

Bowser went on to stress Washington’s role as a sanctuary city that welcomes immigrants — a status Bowser reaffirmed Jan. 25.

“We are a sanctuary city that’s committed to protecting the rights of our immi-

grants, the underserved and every single person whose contributions have been discounted or dismissed for way too long,” Bowser said.

“This is who we are. These are D.C. values. These are the priorities we are fighting for.”

Bowser also advocated for equal treatment of all children in D.C., citing the recent public outcry about missing black and Latino youth in the District.

“We do all of this because it matters to me as Mayor, and it matters to the hardworking men and women of the Metropolitan Police Department who are bringing our missing children home,” Bowser said.

Since December 2016, MPD has used social media accounts to publicize information for critical missing persons, individuals under

the age of 15 or over the age of 65, as well as chronic runaways and those who present an imminent danger to themselves or others.

The initiative has drawn national attention to a perceived increase in missing persons of color, though the MPD maintains there is no significant increase in missing young people in the area.

Bowser also noted that she will soon be presenting D.C. City Council with a budget for the next fiscal year.

Bowser said her budget will make the single largest investment in public education and emergency medical services in the District’s history.

She also stressed the need to invest in child care and paid family leave while creating a greater pool of jobs and promoting small busi-

ness growth.

Bowser also spoke about her five-year plan to reduce unemployment among black residents of the District and to increase prosperity for all citizens, highlighting her desire to provide solutions for the homeless population in the city.

“We are forging a path to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring. We are transforming our family homeless system and together we will end veteran homelessness. But we must do more to protect and preserve affordable housing,” Bowser said.

Bowser indicated she would work with Councilmember Elissa Silverman (IAt Large) to craft a proposal to use D.C. government installations for child care centers. Silverman said she will continue to work with

Bowser to promote familycentric laws.

“I look forward to continuing to work with Mayor Bowser and my Council colleagues to advance legislation that will make the District more accessible and affordable for working families,” Silverman wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Silverman, who is a member of the Housing Preservation Strike Force that Bowser created in 2015, said she is glad to hear Bowser remains committed to increasing funding for the District’s affordable units.

“Affordable housing remains one of my top priorities and a necessity for District residents to thrive — both for native Washingtonians and new residents who want to invest in making the District their home,” Silverman wrote.

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Bowser Requests Control of Federal Land Sites marina pitofsky Hoya Staff Writer

In light of proposed budget cuts to the U.S. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) formally requested that the federal government transfer oversight and management of five land sites operated by the NPS to the District’s control in a letter last week.

In President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018, he proposed a 12 percent, or $1.5 billion, cut to the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the NPS. The locations Bowser has requested control over include the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium located two miles east of the U.S. Capitol, downtown’s Franklin Square and three public golf courses.

D.C. City Administrator Rashad Young said the properties should be transferred to D.C. to avoid the nearly 12 percent cut to the NPS budget projected under Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.

Young said the District’s government is better equipped to see that these properties are maintained for District residents.

“As City Administrator I believe that the initial budget proposal presented by the Trump Administration is in-

consistent with our D.C. values,” Young wrote in an email to The Hoya.

In a March 29 letter to Trump, Bowser said her goal is to renovate the properties for Washington residents and invest in infrastructure projects to spur job growth in the city.

“You have often said that infrastructure investments are key priorities of your Administration. And, as Mayor of Washington D.C., I could not agree more. The rehabilitation of our infrastructure not only strengthens and renews that infrastructure, but it creates jobs and lifts our economy as well,” Bowser wrote. “We stand ready to partner with you to invest in infrastructure and to create more economic opportunities.”

Bowser also argued that the locations have been neglected by the NPS and thus not expanded or invested in.

Bowser doubled down on the initiative during a press conference yesterday, arguing that ensuring infrastructure projects remain innovative is a priority for her administration.

“They have all suffered from the inattention of the National Parks Service, and we are asking the president to work with us on getting control over those properties so that we can make the necessary in-

vestments,” Bowser said at the press conference.

Jeremy Barnum, a public affairs officer for the NPS, maintained that the agency has a productive relationship with the District government.

“The National Park Service has a close working relationship with the District of Columbia government and its many agencies,” Barnum wrote in an email to The Hoya.

In her letter, Bowser specified the renovations her administration would pursue if granted control over the properties.

For the RFK stadium, Bowser said she would revitalize the property to sustain a broader range of uses.

Currently, the stadium is restricted by its lease for sports and entertainment uses, but Bowser said the D.C. government would be willing to fund housing, retail and other initiatives on the 100 acres included in the stadium property.

“The site is surrounded by strong, diverse neighborhoods that would greatly benefit from activating the sea of parking lots that divide their access to the Anacostia River,” Bowser wrote. “We believe the site can be transformed to create and preserve green space, add much needed housing and retail, include a sports and/or

entertainment purpose and above all generate jobs for our residents and the region.”

Barnum said the NPS does not have the authority to extend the stadium’s lease or to authorize uses for the space beyond those permitted by Congress.

Bowser’s letter also addressed her plans for the administration of Franklin Square, located between I and K streets NW. According to Bowser’s letter, the NPS failed to complete the functional improvements necessary to adequately serve the high volume of visitors the park sees each year.

In 2012, the NPS and the Washington government worked together to repair the park and bring local vendors to the area, but the project has not moved forward in recent months due to delays that Bowser attributed to the NPS. Barnum said the NPS is proud of the joint efforts between the agency and the District government.

“This has been a groundbreaking effort that will not just improve a single park, but will reinvent how the city and the NPS can work together to manage the treasures that are the national parks of the District of Columbia,” Barnum wrote.

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is requesting control of five federal government land sites. administration’s plans for the Langston Initiative, which manages renovations to the city’s three public golf courses: the Rock Creek Park Golf Course, the East Potomac Park Golf Course and the Langston Golf Course.

According to Bowser’s letter, her administration would not only make necessary repairs to the courses but also utilize public-private partnerships with D.C. businesses to create a ‘world class urban golf system,’ which would include family enter-

tainment facilities and retail opportunities around the courses.

Barnum said the NPS is supportive of the Langston Initiative, regardless of who leads the project.

“We are hopeful that this initiative will result in revitalized courses that will remain affordable for the golfing community that has enjoyed these courses for generations, as well as increased recreational opportunities for D.C. residents and visitors,” Barnum wrote.

GUSA Launches Save Georgetown Day Initiative Effort comes amid increased GU scrutiny Tara Subramaniam Hoya Staff Writer

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Two students are planning to launch the It’s On Us Pledge, which works to promote student pledges to end sexual violence on college campuses Wednesday.

It’s On Us Pledge Launches To End Sexual Violence yasmine salam Hoya Staff Writer

Two students are planning to launch an It’s On Us chapter, an initiative that works to have students take a pledge to end sexual violence on college campuses, in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness month.

The Obama administration launched It’s On Us in 2014 in an effort to end sexual violence on college campuses as part of former Vice President Joe Biden’s mission to end sexual violence in the United States.

The movement declares that sexual assault is not only a crime committed by a perpetrator against a victim, but a broader societal problem involving everyone.

The chapter is set to launch Wednesday on Copley Lawn by urging students to take the pledge — a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault. It’s On Us is also looking to be a visible source of information on campus during Sexual Assault Awareness month, which takes place every April in an effort to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual violence.

Chapter Coordinator Jessica Scoratow (COL ’18) said the chapter hopes to play an active role on campus.

“We would be a subunit of that broader unit, but I do want to get it registered with the university so that I have those wheels in motion to go ahead and do next year to get funding, to bring speakers, to do consent workshops, to sort of elevate the issue,” Scoratow said.

According to Scoratow, It’s On Us will fill a hole in advocacy efforts on campus.

Scoratow said there is no full-time organization that is dedicated to promoting sexual assault awareness events on campus.

“But we don’t actually have an organization on campus that is year-round ,that does organizing and events around sexual violence prevention. That doesn’t exist, and so I think that that’s a need that we really need to fill that maybe the administration doesn’t see because they’re not doing so much of the work on the ground,” Scoratow said.

“It is crucial that we continue to educate our community on the issue of sexual assault and look to our community to help end the problem.”

JAY GRUBER Chief of Police, Georgetown University Police Department

The Georgetown University Police Department will be providing monetary and marketing support to the campaign launch, including a banner to promote the chapter, according to GUPD Chief Jay Gruber.

Gruber said sexual assault is a persistent problem on all campuses.

“Sexual assault continues to be a problem on college campuses,” Gruber wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It is crucial that we continue to educate our community on

the issue of sexual assault and look to our community to help end the problem.”

Organizations such as Newsweek and MTV as well as universities such as Syracuse University and University of Utah have already partnered with It’s On Us. According to Scoratow, the university has been difficult to communicate with in regards to sexual assault awareness initiatives.

“As far as university support, it’s a little bit difficult, to be honest, because I think that the administration wants to be sure that they are not calling attention to things that don’t need to have attention called to them,” Scoratow said. “They don’t want to have too much visibility or sexual violence issues on campus, just because oftentimes it can come off in the media and in a broader national sense that if students are advocating and arousing issues means that that issue is very prevalent.”

It’s On Us Georgetown Chapter Coordinator Melissa Morgan (COL ’18) said Sexual Assault Awareness month is needed to highlight an issue that is not often discussed on Georgetown’s campus.

“How the University actually handles sexual assault and harassment cases isn’t often discussed,” Morgan wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We need initiatives like Sexual Assault Awareness Month to remind Hoyas that sexual assault happens here, that we can work to prevent it, and that we should be urging the university to embrace a sexual assault policy that supports victims and combats rape culture.”

The university is planning to collect data on April 28’s Georgetown Day conduct violations, including Georgetown Emergency Rapid Medical Service requests and Georgetown University Police Department calls, leading the Georgetown University Student Association to hold a “Save Georgetown Day” event April 28 in an effort to encourage students to be more responsible.

GUSA President Kamar Mack (COL ’19) said the event was inspired by the administration’s desire to address the concerns of Georgetown Day critics, including professors.

“Stakeholders on the university side who do not support Georgetown Day primarily include professors. Classes are interrupted because students show up drunk and because there’s a lot of noise on the front lawn,” Mack said. “Jessica and I inherited a situation where the university expressed that they wanted to start events after 4:00 p.m., and they wanted GUSA to engage in some sort of educational event about alcohol and drug safety practices.”

Main Campus Executive Faculty Senate notes from recent years show discussions over the impact of Georgetown Day on classes, including the formation of a committee in fall 2016 to investigate the consequences of the day. In the March 17 notes, the committee says the university is evaluating Georgetown Day. “The University will communicate to students through the Provost’s Student Advisory Committee, made up of student government leaders from across the Main Campus, that we are closely evaluating Georgetown Day this year with particular attention to excessive drinking and health and safety concerns,” the notes read.

The notes also suggest faculty should be allowed to reschedule Friday classes, and that “student government leaders will consider what efforts they may make as a group to increase education around the purpose of the day and the risks of excessive drinking,” and that these efforts will be monitored.

Member of the Main Campus Executive Faculty’s Georgetown Day Committee Reena Aggarwal said Georgetown Day serves as a uniting event for the Georgetown community.

“As the semester winds down, Georgetown Day provides a great opportunity for our Georgetown community to come together,” Aggarwal wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Mack said that while the university has not confirmed how it will use the data, students should be on high alert.

“The big goal is to make sure

students understand the layout of this year’s Georgetown Day. It’s important to know the university is on high alert,” Mack said. “They’ll be tracking the number of GERMS transports, they’ll be tracking the amount of SNAPS calls, they’ll be tracking GUPD — how much they have to pay GUPD — they’re tracking all of this.

What they’re going to do with this data is something we do not know.”

Part of the university’s tracking, which includes counting the number of student volunteers, is in response to changes in the Georgetown Day budget for this year. The GUSA Finance and Appropriations Committee, which appropriates the student activities fee, did not allocate Georgetown Day any funding this year after the organizing committee forgot to submit a funding request.

“Jessica and I have been able to get the university to commit to providing money from Student Affairs and the provost office, so we have funding,” Mack said. “What we don’t have is people to put the events on. The university is not going to give us money unless we have adequate volunteers and detailed program proposals.”

Despite the event’s billing to “Save Georgetown Day,” Mack said he’s not worried about the university cancelling Georgetown Day, but rather enforcing a different structure or making it harder for planned events to take place.

“The university can’t ‘cancel’ Georgetown Day. They can’t tell students, ‘Hey, no parties.’ By nature of the fact that it’s at the very end of the school year, it’s very difficult for the conduct office to adjudicate all the cases,” Mack said. “But what they can do is say, ‘We won’t throw in any money for food trucks, or we will shut down parties in a split second.’”

Mack said he hopes the

event helps students prepare to safely celebrate the end of classes.

“Students are going to party regardless,” Mack said. “The goal is just to make the day as safe as possible and to make sure we have programming.

That’s the difference between a day when people just party and Georgetown Day, as a tradition.”

Student Advocacy Office Director Jack Nalen (COL ’17) said he hopes the event will help students understand their rights and responsibilities as members of the university and neighborhood community overall.

“My goal for this event is to have every person in attendance walking out feeling a lot more confident in their rights as a student, no matter what living capacity they may be in, as well as their responsibilities as a student,” Nalen said.

“We’re members of this community and it’s equally important for students to know how to politely stand up for their rights as it is for them to know how to avoid certain situations that are unbecoming to a Georgetown student.”

While SAO normally prepares their advocates for Georgetown Day, Nalen said this event will allow the office’s mission of student safety and appropriate conduct to reach a wider audience.

“This isn’t going to be any different from a talk I would give on Georgetown Day in the past, now there’s just more of an audience. This is the first time that there will be a large format for this talk to go on,” Nalen said. “I know that the event is organized under the ‘Save Georgetown Day’ banner, but I think that especially the conduct portion of it and the student health on that day is something that can be appreciated day in and day out.”

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Clinton Urges Focus on Gender Equity Patrick Ewing Speech critiques Trump administration budget, foreign policy

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“But — and this is what I want to really impress upon you — this is strategic and necessary for matters of peace, prosperity and security. It is not a partisan issue. It’s a human issue,” Clinton said. “A rising tide of women’s rights lifts entire nations.”

The Trump administration’s first budget, released March 16, proposed $54 billion in cuts to the federal government, including to the Department of State. This puts the United States’ success at risk, according to Clinton.

“This administration’s proposed cuts to international health, development and diplomacy would be a blow to women and children and a grave mistake for our country,” Clinton said.

According to Clinton, diplomacy, rather than military power, is the best path to ensure the United States’ security.

“These distinguished men and women who served in uniform recognize that turning our back on diplomacy won’t make our country safer,” Clinton said. “It will undermine our security and our standing in the world.”

Advocating gender equity, Clinton said, must be a focus of U.S. foreign policy resources.

“Standing up for the rights and opportunities of women and girls must be a cornerstone of American global leadership,” Clinton said. “And therefore, it must be woven throughout our foreign policy with the resources, staffing, accountability and attention needed to back up that commitment.”

The United States must also look to ensure that women are included in efforts to create a

more peaceful world, according to Clinton.

“If we are to build more just, free and peaceful countries and indeed a world, it’s not enough just to pay lip service to empowering women,” Clinton said. “We have to take seriously their concerns and give them the tools to be equal partners in helping to shape the world they inhabit.”

Clinton also addressed the Middle East refugee crisis.

About 5 million people have fled Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson extended a ruling March 31 blocking Trump’s second executive order temporarily barring immigration from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending refugee resettlement for 120 days.

Clinton said the United States must play a role in supporting refugees.

“This is especially important now, when we have, across the globe, more than 60 million refugees fleeing not only conflicts, but famine and drought and disease,” Clinton said. “And we have to come to terms with that because, again, it’s not just somebody else’s problem.”

This year’s awards went to four individuals whose work ensured women played an active role in peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a paramilitary group known as FARC. The Colombian government and FARC signed a peace deal in November 2016, ending almost 50 years of conflict within Colombia.

Peace deals are most successful when women play a role in negotiations, according to Clinton.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advocated continued American leadership abroad Friday.

“History does show that when women are at the peace table, they bring together coalitions and they work really hard to build consensus,” Clinton said. “And they are the ones most likely to shine a bright light on issues of human rights, transitional justice, national reconciliation and economic renewal.”

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Executive Director Melanne Verveer (SFS ’66, GRD ’69), who served as ambassadorat-large for global women’s issues from 2009 to 2013, presented the award to former Vice President of Colombia and lead negotiator Humberto de la Calle, Colombia Deputy Attorney General Maria Paulina Riveros and Colombia Office of the High Commissioner for Peace Thematic Director Elena Ambrosi, who both played a key role in ne-

gotiations, and journalist Jineth Bedoya, who advocates against sexual violence.

Verveer said this year’s award looks to honor those who will play a role in creating peace and prosperity in Colombia.

“The torch of reconciliation rests with the women of Colombia,” Verveer said.

Clinton said the peace agreement will require effort from both sides to ensure it is successful.

“Now like so many peace agreements, as hard as it was to get to it after 50 years of war, it is just the first step,” Clinton said. “Implementing peace will be a constant task.”

Prior to the event, students started lining up at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday night for a seat inside Gaston Hall.

Students were still waiting in line to enter Gaston Hall when doors closed at 10:20 a.m.

Ewing ranks second on Georgetown’s all-time scoring list and holds college career averages of 15.3 points per game, 9.2 rebounds per game and 3.4 blocks per game on 62 percent shooting from the floor.

Following his historic career with the Hoyas, the New York Knicks drafted Ewing with the first overall pick in the 1985 NBA draft.

Over the course of his 17-year professional career, Ewing was selected as an NBA All-Star 11 times, named to seven All-NBA teams, three All-Defensive teams and was the 1986 Rookie of the Year.

He was also one of the 12 members of the gold-medal winning Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and was selected as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996.

During his NBA career, he averaged 21 points per game, 9.8 rebounds per game and 2.4 blocks per game on 50.4 percent shooting from the floor.

Ewing has more than 15 years of experience as an NBA assistant coach with positions at the Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets. Roey Hadar (SFS ’17), one of the creators of the petition to remove Thompson III as coach, voiced his excitement over the decision in an email to The Hoya, pointing to Ewing’s experience as an NBA assistant as a positive.

“His resume as an assis-

tant coach in the NBA gives me confidence that he is a very well-qualified candidate for the post. Despite his lack of experience as a head coach or as a recruiter, Ewing’s resume gives me every reason to believe that he will dedicate himself wholeheartedly to building the best Georgetown team he can,” Hadar said.

“I would encourage Coach Ewing to bridge the long-standing gap between the basketball program and the student body.”

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As for his presence off the court, Hadar said he hopes that Ewing develops a strong relationship with the student body.

“I would encourage Coach Ewing to bridge the long-standing gap between the basketball program and the student body and make himself available to students and members of the Georgetown community, whether through public appearances, social media or interviews,” Hadar said. “Small gestures like this will go a long way to earning and sustaining the trust and patience of Hoyas fans in the years to come.”

Ewing will be formally introduced as head coach during a press conference this Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Georgetown Signs Amicus Brief Against Trump Order AMICUS, from A1 which highlighted religious teachings on immigration and refugees.

In a campuswide email Monday, DeGioia highlighted the contributions of campus communities now vulnerable under the Trump administration.

“We recognize the invaluable role that our Muslim and international students, scholars, staff, and faculty play — and the importance of protecting the ability of all members of our community to freely practice their religion,” DeGioia wrote.

Trump’s March 6 order cited national security concerns as a reason to enact a 90-day suspension on immigration from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The amicus brief was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Maryland, which is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit brought against Trump and other members of his administration May 8. The plaintiffs in the case are requesting a stay of the order.

An amicus curiae brief, otherwise known as a “friend of the court” brief, is a legal instrument through which a person or group that is not party to a lawsuit can petition the court on behalf of the plaintiffs or defendants and thus sway the court’s decision.

The brief, signed by institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and Stanford University, specifically cited the benefits gained from the signatories’ diverse student bodies as an interest in the lawsuit.

“Each amicus has a global mission and benefits from the contributions of diverse students, faculty, staff, and scholars from around the world,” the brief reads. “Because amici seek to educate future world leaders, attract the world’s best scholars, faculty, and students, and work across international borders, they rely on their ability to welcome international students, faculty, and scholars into their communities.”

The universities argued

in the brief that international students, faculty and scholars are vital to their interests and cited the fact that U.S. universities accepted more than 1 million international students as a reason for suspending the ban. Such students, the brief says, accounted for 5 percent of national enrollment in the 2015-16 academic year.

The faculty senate, which consists of 75 full-time faculty members from the main campus, medical school and Law Center alongside senior administrators, announced in a campuswide email yesterday that they approved a resolution March 20 supporting those affected by the order, citing “America’s proud tradition” of welcoming immigrants.

“It is not for the United States government to adopt one religion and to reject individuals simply because of their religion or nationality,” the resolution reads.

“We resolve to support and protect our faculty, staff, and students who have been and will be harmed by the order, and to stand up for their rights, including the protection of personal information, unless required by legal process.”

Director of Jewish Life Rabbi Rachel Gartner, who spoke at last night’s vigil, said the Jewish community feels a special bond of empathy with immigrants.

“We understand ourselves as a wandering people, and we understand what it’s like to be welcomed to a country when it’s convenient for that country and tossed out when it is fashionable,” Gartner said. “The Jewish community stands with our immigrant community because 36 times in our Torah — no less than 36 times — we are exhorted to treat the sojourner who lives among us exactly as we would treat ourselves.”

Although Trump has stated that he seeks to protect individuals present in the United States without authorization who would be granted relief under the DREAM Act, multiple reports of such detainments

by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surfaced in recent days.

Against this backdrop, advocacy student group UndocuHoyas launched the inaugural UndocuWeek this week.

Luis Gonzalez (COL ’19), a student without documentation, said this kind of university rhetoric is what has made him feel welcome at Georgetown.

“The fact that as students we are able to put aside our differences and be able to listen and to have an open mind is what continues to convince me Georgetown is my home,” Gonzalez said. “I hope people in our community realize the huge impact they have in making sure those who are affected by drastic policy changes, hatred, among other things, feel supported.”

Aly Panjwani (SFS ’19), a Muslim student who attended the vigil, said the university has a special duty to advocate for the international community because of its religious background and history.

“Georgetown, a Jesuit Catholic university, with its history of participating in these oppressive power structures, has a responsibility to fervently counter this dangerous ideology in the White House,” Panjwani said. “Furthermore, it is these vulnerable communities that bring diversity and value to our Georgetown community and we must do our utmost to protect them.”

DeGioia emphasized other initiatives in the email, including the hiring of undocumented student adviser Arelis Palacios in November. He concluded that the international character of the university is essential to its mission.

“Ours is a global community — one made stronger by our religious, cultural and international diversity,” DeGioia wrote. “Today, and as we have throughout our history, we will make the effort required of us to support, sustain, and advance our global character, our commitment to religious diversity and interreligious dialogue, our commitment to freedom of speech, and our work to promote dialogue and encourage civility.”

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GUSA senate speaker Richie Mullaney (COL ’18), left, and senate vice speaker Cherie Vu (COL ’19) led the Senate vote Sunday on a referendum to restructure the senate.

GUSA Senate Passes Referendum Proposal Vote to be held on changes to senate elections REFERENDUM, from A1 Senator Scott Lowder (COL ’17) said the apparent policy change amounted to an insult to the senate lobbed by the executive.

Executive press secretary Aaron Bennett (COL ’19) said the comment was not authorized and the executive would like to continue discussing the referendum. Bennett and Mack were not aware Emery had added the comment at the Sunday meeting when interviewed by The Hoya last night.

“The Executive supports the idea of opening important questions such as this to the student body, but has heard concerns about diversity under this new plan and we would like to hear more open debate/discussion on ways to ensure minority representation in the Senate,” Bennett wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The current senate has 29 senators representing eight geographic districts.

If passed, the April 25-27 referendum would allocate 24 seats by class year: six seats for freshman, five seats each for sophomores, juniors and seniors, and three at-large seats open to students from the upper three classes. The ref-

erendum requires support from 25 percent of the student body with a twothirds margin to take effect.

If the referendum passes, senate elections – excluding those for freshmen and at-large senators – would be held in the spring rather than the fall.

The referendum also proposes codifying existing GUSA diversity programs, including ElectHer, which seeks to recruit female students for elected positions, and A GUSA That Looks Like Georgetown, which seeks to encourage students from underrepresented populations to run for elected positions.

An additional question on the referendum would update the GUSA bylaws on inclusivity, banning a student’s exclusion from the association on the basis of citizenship status, gender identity or expression, ability or disability or any other characteristics covered by federal or Washington, D.C. law. Voters can vote for the two questions independently and can choose to answer only one.

Lowder said he was pleased to learn the executive did not intend to oppose the referendum

outright, but said the miscommunication creates a larger concern about the relationship between the senate and the executive.

“When we have a representative in the senate, we rely on them to speak for the executive, especially concerning something as huge as a constitutional amendment,” Lowder said in an interview with The Hoya. “So the idea that what was said on behalf of the executive in a meeting about amending the entire constitution of GUSA, the idea that that was not accurate, is very concerning to me.”

GUSA senate speaker Richie Mullaney (COL ’18) said the shift to class-year representation are more effective and representative than geographic representation for the senate.

“In my opinion, the Senate’s geographic district system is an example of GUSA taking itself too seriously. While geographic districts might work for the real government, they don’t provide the same benefits for a student association,” Mullaney wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Students have a much stronger connection to their class year than the part of campus they live in year to year.”

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Medical Center Studies Sesame Street and Autism Tala Al-Rajjal Hoya Staff Writer

The results of a collaborative study between the Children’s National Health System and a researcher at the Georgetown University Medical Center, focused on evaluating the effectiveness of an initiative on autism in the children’s show Sesame Street, will be released Wednesday.

Bruno Anthony, the deputy director of the Georgetown Center for Child and Human Development, worked on a study to assess the effectiveness of Sesame Workshop’s initiative Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children.

“For years, families of children with autism have asked us to address the issue. We heard a call to use our expertise.”

JEANETTE BETANCOURT Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit organization that manages the show Sesame Street on Public Broadcasting Service and Home Box Office.

The results of the study

may underscore the project’s implications for autism education and awareness.

The initiative follows Julia, a Muppet with autism, and includes online videos, mobile apps, storybooks and daily routine cards surrounding her experiences.

Developed with the help of over 250 experts in the autism advocacy community, including people with autism, See Amazing seeks to celebrate the unique perspectives of each child according to the initiative’s website.

The resources are geared towards children between the ages of two and five.

The study surveyed over 1,000 families, more than one third of whom include children with autism, through three online surveys relating to the effectiveness of the Sesame Street program in building children’s understanding of and engagement with autism.

Sesame Workshop Executive Vice President of Global Impact and Philanthropy Sherrie Westin said the program is experiencing success so far in connecting with the autism community.

Westin said she hopes the show’s addition will continue to promote awareness and understanding of autism.

“The response from the autism community to “See Amazing in all Children” has been extraordinary, and we are committed to continuing our efforts to promote understanding and ac-

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A collaboration between the Children’s National Health System and Georgetown University Medical Center, which focused on analyzing the effectiveness of an initiative on autism in the show Sesame Street, is due to be released Wednesday. ceptance of autism, as part of our mission of helping all children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder,” Westin wrote in a March 20 press release.

Jeanette Betancourt, the senior vice president for community and family engagement at Sesame Workshop, said the decision to create Julia’s character came from families with children

with autism requesting Sesame Street raise awareness about autism.

“For years, families of children with autism have asked us to address the issue.

We heard a call to use our expertise and characters to build a bridge between the autism and neurotypical communities,” Betancourt wrote in a March 20 press release. “So many partners,

advisors, and organizations have contributed to the success of this initiative, and we are thrilled to have the benefit of this collaboration as we launch this latest chapter.”

Westin said Julia’s character was crafted to apply to the broadest range of children with autism as possible, with Sesame Street creators consulting with 14 different autism groups in

researching for the characters.

Julia, introduced online in 2015, will make her television debut April 10 in the Sesame Street special “Meet Julia.” She will appear first in English and Spanish in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Mexico and will appear later in the year in other languages across the world.

Georgetown Right to Life Kicks Off Annual Life Week Hannah Urtz Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown Right to Life began its annual Life Week yesterday to raise awareness for issues concerning human life from conception to natural death through service projects and speaker events.

The planned events include a talk on the future of anti-abortion legislation and court cases and a diaper drive and bake sale to benefit the Northwest Center, a pregnancy resource center that serves the Washington, D.C. area founded by Georgetown alumni.

Mary Forr, director of

the Department of Life Issues of the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, is slated to speak Wednesday night to offer antiabortion perspective on disability.

Right to Life Vice President MyLan Metzger (COL ’19) said she is particularly excited for this event, as it highlights a number of issues that Right to Life is concerned about besides abortion issues.

“I am excited for this event because it ties together a lot of complicated issues and discusses what we can do to serve people in need. This event is also important to me because that the Archdiocese high-

lights the dignity of all human life in a special way,” Metzger wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It frames abortion, the death penalty, and euthanasia as a human dignity issue, not just a political issue.”

While many of the events and speakers change from year to year, certain aspects of the week have remained the same since it was started.

According to Right to Life President Amelia Irvine (COL ’19), one annual component of Life Week is Flag Day. Planned for Thursday, the event involves placing 3,562 small flags on Copley Lawn to represent the average number of abor-

tions performed each day in the United States.

Today at 7 p.m., Right to Life will be screening the documentary “Hush,” a film that explores the relationship between abortion procedures and breast cancer.

H*yas for Choice released a statement condemning the planned screening of “Hush,” specifically due to its promotion of the claim that abortion increases the risk for breast cancer.

“Although all of Georgetown Right to Life’s Life Week events are appalling, the screening of the documentary, HUSH, is especially concerning in its di-

rect opposition to proven medical science and facts,” the statement reads. “By hosting a screening of HUSH, Right to Life endorses non-scientific, factually inaccurate health information. Lying and promoting false information is not a Jesuit or Catholic value and Right to Life should be ashamed.”

Life Week comes on the heels of Choice Week, held by H*yas for Choice last week. Irvine said this timing was not planned.

However, Metzger said the timing provides an opportunity for continued dialogue on campus.

Metzger, who attended some of the Choice Week

events last week, said she hopes that a diverse group of Georgetown’s community will participate in the Life Week events and continue to foster a dialogue on campus.

“I felt like it was necessary to learn from the other side, and because I wanted to represent my opinions and beliefs in these discussions,” Metzger wrote. “I hope that some members of H*yas for Choice will attend our events, either to learn or even to push back against some of our ideas. I believe that this type of cooperation is important for either side to be successful and to promote civil discourse on campus.”

Law Center Students, Professors Win Supreme Court Case Anabel Getz

Special to The Hoya

Three Georgetown University Law Center students working with the GULC Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic contributed to the legal defense of students with mental and physical disabilities in a Supreme Court case, which was decided 8-0 in their favor March 22.

Led by Brian Wolfman, a GULC professor who directs the clinic, and clinic teaching fellow Wyatt Sassman, the students, Claire Chevrier (LAW ’17), Anna Deffebach (LAW ’17) and Meghan Breen (LAW ’17) researched and wrote parts of the opening merits brief, which detailed the facts of the case, before the court in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District.

The court decided on behalf of the plaintiffs, Endrew F., a young boy with autism in Colorado, and his parents, who sued the Douglas County School District under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The plaintiffs argued the education Endrew was receiving did not qualify as a “free appropriate public education” as required by the federal special education law.

Schools must now develop specific plans designed by school teachers and administrators for students with disabilities. Before this ruling, the federal Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, in Denver, maintained that the law simply demands “de minimis,” or a program that shows the student has made some annual progress.

The plaintiffs argued that this standard allowed for vague interpretations of the law at the detriment to students with disabilities.

The ruling requires public schools provide individualized education programs for disabled students based on their own intellectual barriers.

According to Chevrier, although the IDEA requires all schools receiving federal funding to provide students with a free, appropriate public education, the case determined what level of benefit fulfilled the act’s requirements.

“I had intended to remain a special education teacher and I never wanted to become a lawyer.”

CLAIRE CHEVRIER (LAW ’17)

Deffebach said the case serves as a landmark decision in disability law, because it affects students with disabilities in every public school across the country.

“Almost everybody knows somebody, whether a family friend, or a relative, or a friend’s family member, who needs a unique education, whether it’s ADD or dyslexia or autism,” Deffebach said.

“It’s something that affects a lot of people.”

Wolfman began work on the case in 2015 when he was directing Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

He said he was inspired to join the case because the IDEA did not go far enough in assuring the

rights of disabled students.

“Congress said [the IDEA] had ambitious goals for children with disabilities, and the notion that in substance all they had to be provided was educational advancement that was merely more than de minimis, just above trivial, struck me as just outrageous in the moral or ethical sense, and so we wanted to pursue the case,” Wolfman said.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed with this sentiment while writing for the unanimous court.

“When all is said and done, a student offered an educational program providing ‘merely more than de minimis’ progress from year to year can hardly be said to have offered an education at all,” Roberts wrote. “The IDEA demands more.”

The Supreme Court’s decision will immediately affect school systems, according to Wolfman.

Wolfman said this decision can help schools make the plans more closely tailored to the needs of students.

“If a school district wants to do the right thing, its legal counsel will inform it of the importance of this decision, and that should have immediate downstream effects on meetings that parents have with teachers to design IEP,” Wolfman said.

The three law students who worked on the case all agreed that an important next step is access to resources to enforce the ruling in low-income school districts.

Breen said education of law is crucial to ensuring all students receive an appropriate education.

“It’s a niche field of law that’s very necessary but

also very set on the ground.

It’s very hard for those individuals to access those rights,” Breen said.

Chevrier also said the challenges of the case demonstrated the need for greater legal resources for parents trying to defend their children with disabilities.

She will be spearheading free legal clinics in juvenile detention centers and homeless shelters in the coming year to help combat this challenge.

“Endrew’s parents were really champions and they fought for long and were able to put forward so much of their own time and resources into getting what they needed for their child. Not everybody has that opportunity,” Chevrier said. “Systems need to be put in place that make education law more accessible for those who do not have the means to fight for their children.”

Chevrier was a special education teacher before studying at GULC, and focused most of her law school career on education law, which she said granted her the firsthand experience necessary throughout the case.

“I had intended to remain a special education teacher and I never wanted to become a lawyer when I realized that the kids who I was teaching didn’t have access to rights they were entitled to under the IDEA,” Chevrier said.

The GULC Clinic also afforded Deffebach and Breen the opportunity to work on the case, in part because of their focus on appellate litigation.

While Chevrier focused mostly on legal research, Deffebach and Breen were responsible for telling Endrew’s story.

“We got to go really indepth into reading the documents and the records and painting a picture of who Endrew is and how the case got here,” Deffebach said.

Wolfman said he was highly impressed with his students’ work throughout the case.

“It was an enormous privi-

lege to work on this case and the fact that Endrew’s parents put their trust in us both in the clinical students at Stanford and the clinical students here at Georgetown is an enormous honor,” Wolfman said. “It was an honor to work on this case and to work with students so capable and dedicated.”

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Georgetown University Law Center students and professors argued and won a case in the Supreme Court.

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Opening Day Excites Hoyas Capture Series Win T

he spring season marks a period of rebirth. As the warm weather signifies the end of winter, it brings to us cherry blossoms, tulips and green grass. Similarly in sports, spring signals the end of the college basketball season and the start of a new baseball season in the form of my two favorite sporting events: the NCAA Tournament and Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. This past weekend, sports fans watched two Final Four games on Saturday, the MLB Opening Day on Sunday and finally the Gonzaga-North Carolina National Championship game on Monday.

How much luckier could a sports fan get?

To me, the two sports signify different things. The college basketball finale is the pinnacle of a month of crazy elation and thrill. There is nothing quite like the excitement of a tournament field of 68 schools where any team has a legitimate shot at beating any other. In the Elite Eight, the overtime game between Wisconsin and Florida showed in full force why the tournament is colloquially referred to as March Madness. Crazy endings happen every year.

But beyond the madness, the NCAA Tournament stirs something deep in the heart of America. Winning a national championship is hard. It takes grit, determination and passion. Even the best teams are overcoming the odds.

It reminds me of President Kennedy’s “moon” speech at Rice University on September 12, 1962, when he asked the immortal

question, “Why does Rice play Texas?” Kennedy’s answer — “not because they are easy, but because they are hard” — is a testament to America’s character and something brought out in the game of basketball every spring. The difficulty of the tournament touches the soul of America and reminds each of us of the grit needed to sustain us.

Hugh Ramlow

The college basketball finale is the pinnacle of a month of crazy elation and thrill, while Opening Day marks the beginning of a 162game journey.

Baseball’s Opening Day is of course very different from the elation and determination that comes with the NCAA Tournament. It is the beginning of a long, 162-game journey. Each MLB team sets out with equal hopes and expectations for the season. Each player is ready to make his mark as the best among professionals.

The beginning of the season is matched by old nostalgia. It reminds baseball fans of their childhood

days sitting in front of their parents’ television or radio, listening to their favorite broadcaster call out the words every 8-year-old kid loves to hear, “Play ball!”

Even if we are not there at the ballpark, those two words allow us to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the game: the fresh new jerseys, the crack of the bat and, of course, the smell of the crackerjacks, popcorn and hot dogs.

All of these things bring the fans back to days gone by, while the players, on the other hand, are ready to press on toward new heights. These feelings of hope and nostalgia mix together and allow us to bond together over a game foolish in itself, but beloved by the country.

The excitement and the determination of the NCAA tournament melds with the nostalgia and the hope of baseball every spring. Sports fans in the United States are blessed to be able to experience two games that touch our collective consciousness so deeply around this time of year.

Amid deep-seated problems and complicated issues in the modern world, it seems almost silly to put such a great emphasis on sports. However, we do ourselves a great service by taking a moment to reflect on how wonderful it is to see the best of ourselves in two games that overlap each other in more ways than just their dates on the calendar.

Olivia Callis

Special to The Hoya

Starting off strong with two wins against Providence College, the Georgetown softball team defeated the Friars in a series this weekend.

After Georgetown (10-20, 3-3 Big East) was victorious in Saturday’s 6-4 game against Providence (9-18, 1-5 Big East), the Hoyas continued their winning ways, taking the first Sunday game 13-5. However, Georgetown could not complete the series sweep and fell 9-6 in the series finale.

The Blue and Gray fought back from a 4-1 deficit in Saturday’s game to defeat the Friars. Providence held its lead through the sixth inning, before the combined efforts of junior outfielder Theresa Kane, sophomore designated hitter Sarah Bennett and freshman first baseman Noelle Holiday combined for four hits and five runs batted in to bring the Hoyas back into the game. Holiday delivered the deciding home run — her fourth of the season —

which tied Georgetown and Providence 4-4.

Heading into Saturday’s game, freshman pitcher Anna Brooks Pacha sat in 37th place in the nation for her conference-commanding 104 strikeouts. On Saturday, she played seven innings and struck out 11. To wrap up the Hoya victory, Bennett tallied a fifth home run on the season with a teammate on first, carrying the Blue and Gray to its 6-4 victory.

Georgetown rolled into Sunday’s early game with the momentum from Saturday’s win, taking advantage of its earlier success to score three runs in the first inning.

With the bases loaded by early singles from sophomore Mallory Belknap and Kane and a walk from senior Gabriela Elvina, Belknap scored on a wild pitch. Both Kane and Elvira scored at the end of the first inning to bring the score up to 3-1.

Despite the Hoyas’ early runs, they faced a tie against the Friars once again in the second half. However, a

string of scores that included Holiday’s fifth home run this season brought Georgetown into the lead once again. Entering the fourth inning, the Hoyas had built their lead up to 11-4. Thanks to an RBI from Belknap and freshman pitcher Katie Vannicola’s efforts on the rubber, the Blue and Gray took the game 13-5.

Pacha returned in the circle for Sunday’s final game, adding seven strikeouts to Saturday’s 11 before Vannicola stepped in to finish up the game.

The Hoyas managed to score early with both Belknap and Kane tallying points in the first inning, and Belknap adding another in the fourth. Holiday also managed to notch a sixth home run of the season in the seventh inning, but it was not enough to erase the three-run deficit Georgetown faced.

The Hoyas face a quick turnaround after their victory in the series against Providence, as they are set to travel to face Towson on Wednesday, April 5.

Hugh Ramlow is a junior in the College. THE ZONE appears every Tuesday.

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Squads Sweep Weekend Evan morgan Hoya Staff Writer

This weekend, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams took steps forward in preparing for the Big East Championships in April by sweeping their weekend matchups.

On the men’s side, the Hoyas (6-10, 0-2 Big East) rebounded from a tight 4-3 loss to George Mason (9-8, 2-4 A-10) Thursday with a pair of victories over The Citadel (10-27, 1-3 Southern Conference) and Navy (16-17, 1-1 Patriot League) on Sunday. The women’s team (10-4, 0-1 Big East), traveled to Maryland on Thursday to battle Towson University (10-7, 2-2 CAA) before ultimately emerging victorious.

The men’s team won the doubles point but fell in singles play in what has become a recurring theme for the Blue and Gray. Juniors Peter Beatty and Mac Rechan took their doubles match in a 6-3 victory against their Navy counterparts.

Earning the Hoyas two of their three points, freshman Ian Witmer won his pointclinching doubles match with sophomore Michael Chen in a 7-5 triumph, and followed it up with a gritty 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory in singles.

Head Coach Gordie Ernst praised the freshman’s continued growth throughout the season.

“Witmer had a fabulous week. He’s becoming really match-tough, he’s becoming

clutch in big moments for a freshman,” Ernst said.

Junior Marco Lam contributed the final Hoya point in a three-set win over his Patriot opponent, 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4 in the No. 1 slot.

On Sunday, Georgetown returned to the court for a doubleheader against The Citadel and Navy. The Blue and Gray kicked off its successful Sunday with a 4-0 triumph over the Midshipmen. Georgetown, led by Beatty and Rechan once again, took the first set of doubles play and never looked back. Beatty continued his strong play with a 6-4, 7-5 win in the No. 1 singles spot.

Ernst attributed Beatty’s success to a newfound mentality.

“He’s taken a step back, analyzed what’s not working, and said, ‘How can I change things?’ and that’s exactly what he did,” Ernst said.

Senior Jordan Portner (7-6, 7-5) and sophomore Michael Chen (6-7, 6-2, 6-1) clinched the match for Georgetown with victories in their respective singles matches.

Later in the day, the Hoyas defeated the Citadel Bulldogs in a close 4-3 affair. Balanced singles play and a dominating doubles performance secured the win for Georgetown. The team relied on Beatty again, as the junior contributed points in the No. 1 slot for doubles and singles play. Ultimately, the bottom of the Hoya lineup triumphed, as Chen (6-1, 6-2) and Witmer (63, 6-2) won in straight sets in the No. 5 and 6 match, respec-

tively.

On the women’s side, the top of the singles lineup led the charge as it has all season. In the No. 1 singles spot — typically occupied by senior Victoire Saperstein — junior Sara Swift met the challenge head-on, taking the match in three sets, 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.

“I put her at No. 1 singles to give her a shot at playing 1. She’s been playing so well, and she stepped up and clinched the match 6-1 in the third set,” Ernst said.

Saperstein continued her solid year with a 7-6, 6-4 victory in the No. 2 slot, while sophomore Sydney Goodson rebounded from a first-set loss in the No. 5 match to win 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. In doubles play, Goodson and her partner sophomore Risa Nakagawa triumphed 6-2, while Swift and senior Madeline Foley grabbed the doubles point with a 7-5 win.

As the regular season winds down and postseason nears, Ernst preached the importance of building winning habits.

“The goal is to continue to win,” Ernst said. “Winning is a learned behavior, so if you continue to win, it can only help us at the Big East to give us confidence.”

The Hoyas look to achieve Ernst’s goals when the men travel to Philadelphia on Friday to battle Temple University (13-8, 1-3 AAC), while the women host DePaul (96, 1-1 Big East) in a Big East showdown April 8.

COURTESY GUHOYAS

Junior Peter Beatty won both of his No. 1 single matches on Sunday, defeating his Navy counterpart 6-4, 7-5 before defeating his The Citadel opponent 6-1, 6-3.

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Freshman pitcher Anna Brooks Pacha pitched 6.1 innings in Sunday’s 9-6 loss to Temple. Pacha struck out seven while allowing 8 earned runs.

THe Beautiful GAme

Rivalries Intensify Matches

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ivalry games are of the utmost importance in the soccer world, perhaps more so than in any other sport.

Regardless of how a team’s season is going, rivalry games seem to galvanize the team into action and can end up being the most important games of the season.

Inner-city rivalry games rank among the best of the best. Here in the Premier League, we are fortunate enough to see the heated Manchester Derby and the North London Derby.

In theory, these should be the most thrilling matches of the season, but they all pale in comparison to the Merseyside Derby: the fierce contest between Liverpool and Everton.

For a point of comparison, think about the brawls that erupt during a Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens game, or the simmering tension present whenever the New York Yankees roll in to face off against the Boston Red Sox. Since records began in 1995 with the formation of the modern-day Premier League, there have been 22 red cards in the Merseyside Derby — an astronomical number.

With both teams doing fairly well — Liverpool is aiming to hold onto a top-four finish while Everton was sitting six points behind its rival prior to the game — this Derby took on a critical meaning.

For me personally, this is a Derby game I will forever remember. I was fortunate enough to be able to get a ticket and take in the scenic atmosphere at Anfield myself, all the way from the 12th row of the Anfield Road End. And let me tell you, the magic of the Merseyside

Derby is intoxicating.

It did not matter that it was pouring rain and chilly in the hours before the game. It did not matter that some of the best players on both teams were missing. It did not matter that a Liverpool icon, Ronnie Moran, had passed away earlier in the week and that the tragic anniversary of Hillsborough was just around the corner. None of these things mattered because for 90 minutes, all that mattered was the game.

Vanessa Craige

From the moment ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ rang out through the entire stadium, it was obvious this game was going to be something else.

Going into this Derby, Liverpool was billed the favorite, simply because Liverpool had not lost since 2011. And as the crowd kept reminding Everton in a rousing song, the Toffees had not won at Anfield since 1999.

From the moment “You’ll Never Walk Alone” rang out through the entire stadium, it was obvious this game was going to be something else, not in terms of violence, but in terms of intensity.

From the moment the whistle blew, it became

very obvious that Liverpool’s upbeat tempo was going to be too much for Everton to handle.

Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho, who has been struggling since his return from a nasty ankle injury, was waltzing around the field, linking up with fellow lynchpin Sadio Mané and causing general mayhem for the Everton defense.

Both players scored wonderful goals — goals I could not actually see in the moment due to my lack of height, but that I imagine were quite spectacular based on the reaction of the crowd.

Everton simply never stood a chance. Furthermore, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, who leads the league with 21 goals, was invisible during this game.

I could hardly notice him on the field, and I had an excellent view. It was as though he simply chose not to show up, which I find inexcusable because star players absolutely need to perform in critical matchups.

Ross Barkley, another key Everton player, was also noticeably absent in this game, apart from a dangerous tackle that he made on Dejan Lovren in the dying moments of the game when it was already 3-1 for the Reds.

While this was a relatively tame Derby in terms of violence, it was an absolutely magical one for me personally and for the Reds themselves.

It was the perfect sendoff for Ronnie Moran, the man called “Mr. Liverpool,” and a Merseyside Derby that Everton may like to forget, but one that shall stick with me forever.

Vanessa Craige is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

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Inconsistent Play Plagues Hoyas in 1st Big East Loss TEMPLE, from A10

Temple would increase its lead to 9-5 with 20:16 left in the game after the Georgetown goalie change. Sophomore attack Morgan Ryan led the Hoyas’ 4-0 comeback run with two straight goals, including one where she hit the ball into the net with her stick with 12:37 left.

However, several second-half saves by Temple’s freshman goalie Maryn Lowell prevented the Hoyas from gaining the lead. After another Ryan goal tied the game with 3:21 left, the Owls re-established their lead two minutes later thanks to freshman midfielder Amber Lambeth.

Despite the loss, Fried saw some positives in his

squad’s defensive mindset Saturday.

“The defense played well. We were aggressive.

We showed resilience in coming back and fighting hard. I would say those are the two positives across the board.

We had some go-to players that stepped up and really played strong, but we need everybody to play at that high level all the time,” Fried said.

Sophomore midfielder Francesca Whitehurst finished with a teamhigh four goals, and Ryan followed closely behind with three goals of her own in the final 18 minutes. Defensively, Fisher had three saves and allowed six goals, while Chomo stopped two shots.

Temple’s offense spread

the goals around as seven players scored for the Owls. Sophomore attacker Brenda McDermott led the Owls with three goals and three assists, followed by Lambeth and senior attack Anna Frederick with two goals each.

Next, Georgetown will face the Villanova Wildcats (3-7, 1-2 Big East).

Freshman attack Katie Comerford leads the Wildcats’ offense with 23 goals so far this season. The Wildcats have been outscored 13595 and have struggled defending their home turf with a 1-4 record at home.

Georgetown’s game against Villanova is scheduled for this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Philadelphia.

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Freshman midfielder Liza Liotta finished with one ground ball and one shot in Georgetown’s 11-9 loss to Temple on Saturday. Liotta has scored five goals this season.

COMMENTARY

Club Boxing

Senior Captains Leave Legacy Ewing Brings Hope to GU BOXING, from A10

had very little in the way of concern on her not being able to handle the competition.”

The victory came after Schenk engaged in a grueling training schedule to prepare for the competition.

In addition to regular boxing practice, Schenk ran five times a week, intensified her conditioning workouts and even found a trainer to work with during her breaks at home in New York.

“I’m pretty proud of it. I worked really hard,” Schenk said. “But it’s really cool because I never thought I’d be a boxer. When I left Golden Gloves, [I asked my dad], ‘Did you ever imagine having a daughter who’d go to Golden Gloves, who’d be a Golden Gloves winner?’ and he was like, ‘Nope, never thought of that.’”

While the victory was a landmark moment in its own right, for the team, Schenk’s victory served as a concrete representation of the growing presence of women in the club. Schenk’s Golden Gloves match took place one week before the club boxing team sent a team of 12 competitors to the 2017 United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association (USIBA) National Championships. Six of the 12 fighters for Georgetown were women.

“Out of all the schools that were there, we had the

most number of females compared to males,” Garry said.

To its disappointment, Georgetown returned to the Hilltop without any belts from this year’s national championships in Lexington, V.a., on March 23-25.

Nevertheless, the experience provided several members of the team their first taste of national competition and established the growing role of women on the team in the future.

“I’m pretty proud of it. I worked really hard. But it’s really cool because I never thought I’d be a boxer.”

Sinead Schenk Senior

“It felt really good to see so many girls, especially because boxing is not stereotypically a sport where there’s more girls than guys,” Theresa Romualdez (COL ’19), one of the fighters who competed at Nationals this year said. “It was nice having that kind of support.”

Schenk’s role as one of the two female co-captains of the team alongside Janie Rosales (COL ’17) heightened the significance of her feat. Garry, who joined Georgetown when Schenk

and Rosales were freshmen, praised both Schenk’s and Rosales’ growth as leaders and boxers on the team.

“It’s been great to work with them over four years, from seeing them as precocious freshmen, eyes wide open as we go to boxing tournaments and all of that, to the very experienced leaders that they are,” Garry said. “It’s been a privilege for me to be able to watch that transformation.”

Schenk and Rosales will leave a lasting impression on younger members as well.

“I saw them as role models; [they made me think], ‘This is where I can be in a few years,’” Romualdez said.

“They’re at pretty much all the practices, they set the precedent and they’re also a lot more experienced.”

With their four years at Georgetown coming to a close, Schenk and Rosales look proudly on their time on club boxing and the changes that the team has undergone since they started.

“When I first joined, there was only one other girl on the team,” Rosales said. “So Sinead and I, who’s my cocaptain now, we joined, and it was kind of just the three of us and it was really hard for us to gain any sort of recognition in the beginning.

But we stuck it out and now we have maybe even more women than men compete. It’s become a normal thing.”

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sport, including Jeff Van Gundy, Stan Van Gundy, Steve Clifford and Tom Thibodeau.

His role has increased over time to the point where he is now the Associate Head Coach for the Charlotte Hornets and has been considered for a variety of NBA head coaching positions, including with the Detroit Pistons in 2011 and the Charlotte Bobcats in 2012. Ewing has received several positive reviews from his NBA coaching colleagues, former rivals and current players for his coaching ability and work ethic.

Ewing’s name value certainly has the potential to interest many high school players and coaches.

Although we have not seen Ewing’s performance as a head coach yet, his NBA record indicates that he will run a modern, uptempo, pro-style offense.

On the defensive end, Ewing was one of the greatest paint protectors and shot blockers of all time, and helped develop Dwight Howard into a three-time

NBA Defensive Player of the Year during his time with the Orlando Magic.

On the court, I would expect Ewing to be a progressive coach, rather than an archaic relic of the past.

Instead of a member of the Thompson coaching tree he is a member of the Van Gundy coaching tree, different in both philosophy and strategy.

For a coach who has no experience in the college game, recruiting is another major concern. Ewing has no experience convincing teenagers to come play for his team, a definite hole in his resume as a potential college coach.

However, according to a report from The Vertical, Ewing has already identified this weakness and has set out to field an elite coaching staff that can help him with the day-to-day aspects of running the program, including recruiting.

In the meantime, Ewing has a number of advantages over any other college coach.

As someone who has been involved in the league for over three decades, Ewing knows what it takes to make it in the league better than anyone, and could potentially convey that knowledge to recruits. In addition, Ewing’s name value certainly has the potential to open a few doors and at least pique the interest of many high school players and coaches.

Another concern that some fans have expressed

is that Ewing will take the first opportunity he gets to leave Georgetown and fulfill his dream of becoming an NBA head coach. However, I believe that Ewing loves the school too much to use it as a stepping stone — he donated $3.3 million toward the Thompson Athletic Center — and said he would not take the job unless he wanted to truly commit to it.

Ewing’s NBA record indicates that he will run a modern, up-tempo, pro-style offense, differing from Thompson’s.

There are very real concerns regarding Ewing’s inexperience and connections to Georgetown’s past. There is no guarantee that he will succeed as the new coach of the Hoyas. However, there are also strong indications that he has great potential to turn the program around both on and off the court.

Patrick Ewing is a big name, but he is more than just a name. He has worked tirelessly to earn an opportunity, and now that Georgetown has given him one, the least the fans can do is give him an opportunity to prove himself.

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but we just didn’t do enough as an offense,” junior shortstop Jake Bernstein said. “I don’t know if it’s us trying to do too much or just not ourselvesnot relaxed, not getting good pitches to hit and not trusting the guy behind us.”

In Game two, sophomore starting pitcher Jack Cushing went six and one-third innings, surrendering three runs and striking out six on the way to a 7-3 Georgetown victory.

At the plate, senior center fielder Beau Hall came up a triple short of a cycle to go along with three RBIs, part of a twelve-hit, three homerun offensive outburst for the Hoyas. Bernstein had two hits and an RBI as well and credited the team’s shift in mindset for its offensive success.

“We just refocused a little bit as an offense and kind of took it pitch by pitch. We weren’t ourselves in Game one. So in Game two we wanted to come out and make a difference, so we swung early and swung at good pitches,” Bernstein said.

Junior pitcher Jimmy Swad closed with two and one-third scoreless innings of relief on the mound.

Continuing the momentum, Georgetown took the rubber match of its series against George Mason 4-2 due to another strong outing from junior starting

pitcher Kevin Superko, who has now won his last five outings. Superko pitched eight innings, carrying a shutout into the ninth before surrendering two runs. However, Georgetown’s run support was enough to preserve the victory.

“I go out there, and try and throw strikes again and have the defense pick me up,” Superko said.

Freshman pitcher Nick Morealle came in to get

the save — his second of the year. Bernstein continued to be a steadying presence at the leadoff spot and initiating the offense, collecting three hits and scoring twice.

“As the leadoff guy you always just want to get on, try to get the rally going with no outs. I was fortunate, I didn’t get a great piece on that ball, but it ended up fair and I ended up on second,” Bernstein said.

A Tuesday afternoon home game against Cornell (10-8, 1-3 Ivy League) starts a seven-game home stand for Georgetown, which includes a threegame series against the New York Institute of Technology Bears (2-19-1) and the beginning of Big East play with a series against Creighton University (8-14).

First pitch on Tuesday is slated for 3 p.m. at Shirley Povich Field.

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Junior pitcher Jimmy Swad pitched 2.1 innings and struck out three batters in Georgetown’s 7-3 victory over George Mason on Saturday. Swad has a 2.75 ERA this season.

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One challenge that the Georgetown club boxing team routinely faces is the task of retaining members who can commit to the sport from one year to the next.

The yearly turnover is not wholly unexpected.

Many students tepidly walk into a club boxing meeting or practice their freshman year with no previous boxing experience. They start by coming to practice four times a week and engaging in demanding exercises that can leave their participants exhausted. But as fall turns to spring and the years roll by, members fall by the wayside as their priorities shift.

“These aren’t athletes that are on scholarship — they are competing for a love of the sport.”

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“These aren’t athletes that are on scholarship — they are competing for a love of the sport or to challenge themselves,”

Georgetown Club Boxing Head Coach John Garry said. “You never know who’s going to come back out year after year.”

However, some members stick it out, and for one senior, that effort has paid off in an unprecedented way.

On March 18, Sinead Schenk (COL ’17) competed in and won a match in the Washington, D.C., Golden Gloves Tournament. The victory earned Schenk and the Georgetown’s club boxing team its first D.C. Golden Gloves championship title and marked a significant milestone for the growing number of women on the team.

Schenk competed against Nerissa Turner of the Elite Boxing Gym at the 132-pound novice division, an intermediate level open to boxers with fewer than 10 bouts. While Schenk is accustomed to competing at a higher division for boxers with over 10 bouts, this time around she faced another challenge — she was punching above her weight, literally.

“She won the title in a weight class above her natural weight at 132 instead of 125,” said Garry. “She’s exceptionally strong and exceptionally powerful.

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Despite erasing a fourgoal deficit midway through the second half, the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team suffered its

first Big East loss, falling 11-9 to the Temple University Owls last Saturday.

Georgetown (4-7, 2-1 Big East) Head Coach Ricky Fried blamed the loss on his team’s failure to play for the complete 60 min-

utes against Temple (9-2, 2-1 Big East).

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Senior defender Candace Pallitto recorded one ground ball in Saturday’s loss to Temple.

Pallitto has 13 ground balls this season and has started all 11 games for the Hoyas.

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for a short burst of time, so, really, we didn’t play 60 minutes at the end of it. We gave ourselves a chance to win by coming back and fighting hard, but we need to make sure we are playing the same way regardless of the score, regardless of the time left on the clock, regardless of the opponent and not decide when it’s important for us to play,” Fried said.

The game got off to a quick start, as the teams scored a combined three goals in the first three minutes, and the Owls held a 2-1 lead. With the Hoyas down 3-2 with 12:46 left in the first half, freshman midfielder Natalia Lynch ran the ball across the field and tied the game.

In the beginning of the second half, back-to-back Temple goals prompted Fried to replace senior goalie Maddy Fisher — who is the reigning Big East Defensive Player of the Week — with sophomore goalie Haelle Chomo.

“We were getting some shots right on top of the goal. It’s not so much her, but she didn’t look like she was seeing the ball particularly well,” Fried said. “We needed to make a little bit of a change, and Chomo came in and made some saves. It looked like we needed something to change because they went on a little bit of a run.”

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Following back-to-back losses starting the week, Georgetown baseball won two straight games on the back of its pitching to win its series with George Mason University.

Inclement weather forced Georgetown (16-12) to travel down to Fairfax to play a three-game series at George Mason (10-17, 2-1 Atlantic 10), instead of one matchup at Shirley Povich Field and two at GMU as originally slated.

In game one, the Hoyas suffered a late-game collapse, giving up all 11 runs scored by the Patriots in the final three innings on five errors to lose 11-1.

Georgetown Head Coach Peter Wilk attributed the Hoyas’ loss to his team’s poor defense.

“We didn’t play good defense that inning, bottom line,” Wilk said.

This defeat comes after a loss to Brown (8-10,2-2 Ivy League) a week before, in which Georgetown surrendered four runs in the ninth inning off an error, wild pitch and passed ball to blow the lead.

Offensively, the team failed to string together enough hits to generate run support, managing five hits. Junior first baseman Alex Bernauer had two of those hits and drove in Georgetown’s sole run.

The Hoyas are now 0-6 in games in which they score fewer than three runs.

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Senior pitcher Nick Leonard has pitched 31.2 innings, struck out 21 batters and allowed 14 earned runs in eight appearances for Georgetown this season.

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Patrick Ewing (COL ’85) needs no introduction to Georgetown basketball fans.

A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ewing is widely viewed as the greatest player in both Georgetown Hoyas and New York Knicks history. However, it seems that many fans and media members, including Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel and CBS’s Matt Norlander, consider this somewhat of a controversial hire.

There are valid concerns and risks associated with Ewing as college head coach. He has never coached any college teams, does not have experience as a head coach at any level and could be viewed as another extension of the Thompson family tree at Georgetown having played under John Thompson Jr. from 1982-85.

However, Ewing has great potential as a coach, and he can bring the program back to national prominence and generate excitement due to his historic college and NBA careers.

Some fans share the concern of Ewing’s personal relations with the Thompson family. After John Thompson III’s tenure

on the Hilltop ended, this might seem like a natural opportunity to reduce John Thompson Jr.’s role in the program and move away from the Thompson era. However, Ewing’s personal relationship with Thompson Jr. indicates that the program is going in the opposite direction and doubling down on the Thompson lineage.

Ewing has great potential as a coach, and he can bring the program back to national prominence.

However, suggesting that hiring Ewing is just another way to keep the program in the Thompson family is an insult to his qualifications. Ewing played in the NBA for 17 seasons and has been an assistant coach in the league for 15 more seasons, working alongside some of the brightest minds in the See EWING, A9