The Hoya: The Guide: April 8, 2016

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LIKE DIAMONDS IN THE SKY

COURTESY DANIEL SCHWARTZ

DEDE HELDFOND Hoya Staff Writer

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aised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Kara Ross (CAS ’88) knew from a young age that she was bound for New York. In fact, she made it her goal. After a four-year detour in Washington, D.C.,

attending Georgetown University, Ross made that goal a reality with the launch of her business, Kara Ross New York, a fine jewelry line frequently worn by such prominent figures as Anne Hathaway, Oprah Winfrey and even Michelle Obama, in the heart of Manhattan.

At age 13, Ross was already designing jew-

elry. The oldest of five children, Ross attended the prestigious Agnes Irwin High School before setting off for the Hilltop. Since then, Ross has remained incredibly connected to the Georgetown community. Last Thursday, Ross spoke at the Fisher Colloquium at a panel called “Women Disrupting Business as Usual.” Organized by the Georgetown

Institute for Women, Peace and Security, she discussed Diamonds Unleashed, a philanthropic project she launched last December.

Ross now lives in New York with her husband, Stephen, her two daughters and her See DIAMONDS, B2

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As its title implies, the Nomadic Theatre’s latest production deconstructs the definition of happiness, stripping it down to its rawest form. Directed by Alice Neave (COL ’16) and produced by Velani Dibba (SFS ’17), “Happy” shows that true happiness bears little similarity to the facade that is often presented on its surface.

The show is “a comedy until it stops being a comedy,” playwright Robert Caisley said in the program notes. Initially, the audience is lulled into a false sense of ease from the frivolously crude humor of the opening scene where Eva — played by Kate Ginna (COL ’18) — clad in only a bath towel, harasses Alfred — played by Greg Keiser (COL ’16) — making him deeply uncomfortable.

Yet, within the first few moments, the mood abruptly shifts when Eva spontaneously inserts tragic details about her life and describes the suicide of her little brother and the abuse she suffered from her ex-lover.

The juxtaposition of such poignant topics with Eva’s breaking of basic social norms leaves the audience bewildered in a whirlwind of emotions including disbelief, humor and sadness.

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Conor Canning (COL ’16), Greg Keiser (COL ’16) and Cristina Ibarra (COL ’17) play Eduardo, Alfred and Melinda in the Nomadic Theatre’s “Happy.”

The two initial characters are strikingly distinct. Eva is the eccentric, unstable, wild lover of Alfred’s childhood friend, Eduardo — played by Conor Canning (COL ’16). Alfred is seemingly very

ordinary, with an ordinary job and wife and daughter. As Eva tells Alfred, Eduardo described him as “a cheery f---er,” See HAPPY, B3

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016

Diamonds for a Cause

Alumna Kara Ross launches philanthropic jewelry project DIAMONDS, from B1 two stepdaughters. None of her children decided to follow in her Georgetown footsteps, which Ross notes with surprise given her affection for the university. Nonetheless, this has not stopped Ross from remaining actively involved on the Hilltop. She currently serves on the university board of directors and previously served on the College board of advisors, among others. As a board member, Ross has worked on connecting Georgetown students with scholarship opportunities.

Ross has also been involved with various groups on campus, and spoke at the Georgetown Retail and Luxury Association’s Global Luxury Summit last year in New York.

GRLA President Anthony Fadil (MSB ’17) said he found her experiences inspiring.

“After attending last year’s Global Luxury Summit and hearing Ms. Ross’ insights, I was particularly impressed by the way in which she channelled her experiences at Georgetown to establish a vision and ultimately develop a brand of her own,” Fadil wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “It was clear that her innovative capacity for design and entrepreneurial spirit contributed to the rapid expansion of her company and the success she has garnered.”

Ross, who graduated with an English major and an art history minor, said her education at Georgetown helped her professional goals. “[Georgetown] was a wonderful, supportive and nurturing academic environment and it really allowed me to flourish,” Ross said. “Looking back, I wish that I had taken some business classes — some fundamental classes, like accounting. But, I would not change my major or minor for anyone. It allows me to communicate very well, write very well, and a broad-based education is important no matter what field you want to go into.”

Upon graduation from Georgetown, Ross decided to pursue her true passion by attending the Gemological Institute of America where she became a certified gemologist, an expert in diamonds and colored stones.

After more than 10 years of running Kara Ross New York, Ross decided to stop all

wholesale business in order to focus on Diamonds Unleashed, a philanthropic endeavor supporting girls’ education. With a mission similar to companies like TOMS shoes or Warby Parker, Diamonds Unleashed is the first jewelry collection of its kind.

Ross said she aims to empower women and girls of all ages through the project.

“Typically, women have to wait to be given a diamond, which seems so crazy in today’s society. The diamond is the hardest substance on earth, and if you think about the adjectives that describe it, you get beautiful, strong, multi-faceted, unbreakable and brilliant. And to me, that really spoke to the qualities of women,” Ross said.

The motif of the collection is a diamond elevated by another diamond, coming together to form a heart. All net profits support Diamonds Unleashed’s nonprofit partners, such as Girls Who Code and She’s the First.

Girls Who Code is a program that aims to promote the fields of science and technology among sixth-to-12th -grade girls by inspiring, educating and equipping them with computing skills. Its goal is to provide computer science education and exposure to 1 million young women by 2020 by working in 42 states. She’s the First provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries, fostering first-generation graduates and cultivating the next generation of global leaders. Ross has also teamed up with CanadaMark Diamonds, a corporation that uses only diamonds that are ethically mined, sourced and traceable back to Canadian mines.

Ross’ latest project does not just stop with diamonds, however. While jewelry was Ross’ first endeavor, the Diamonds Unleashed collection also includes clothing and accessories by designers such as Stuart Weitzman and Project Gravitas. Moreover, the collection is endorsed by Kara’s “Stilettos on the Ground” ambassadors, which include familiar faces such as tennis player Serena Williams and television personality Giuliana Rancic.

During the event last Thursday night, Ross and other panelists, including Julie Katzman, executive vice president of InterAmerican Development Bank, and BET

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Kara Ross (CAS ’88), who serves on the university board of directors, is a prolific jewelry designer whose work has been worn by Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.

Co-Founder Sheila Johnson, addressed the issue of juggling professional and familial goals.

Among the guests in attendance were University President John J. DeGioia and Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Melanne Verveer. The third of many discussions taking place throughout the United States, this salon series — sponsored by Ross’ Diamonds Unleashed collection — tackles different subjects regarding women in business, the arts, technology and even sports.

Ross has always been self-employed, making it easier to juggle running a global business

and raising a family. She explains, “There is no perfect balance and to think you can try to achieve that is naive.”

Although it has been almost 30 years since Kara Ross graduated from Georgetown, her connection with the campus is stronger than ever. Using her successful business and influence within the jewelry community as a base, Ross has immersed herself in philanthropic endeavors, notably providing girls with educational opportunities through various scholarship organizations. She has been active in opening a dialogue around issues of gender in society.

COURTESY DANIEL SCHWARTZ

Last Thursday, Kara Ross (CAS ’88) discussed her project, Diamonds Unleashed, at a panel on women in business, bottom right, which also featured BET Co-Founder Sheila Johnson and Julie Katzman, executive vice president of Inter-American Development Bank. The Georgetown Chimes also performed at the event.

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Jack Bennett

Salò 2016, Or Sadists At The Polls

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VD STACKS, LAUINGER LIBRARY — I have been delaying a column on the election for some time now. I wanted to see who the real players were going to be. But now, following Trump’s March on Rome — no, Cleveland — it seems appropriate to address how a racist authoritarian demagogue with contradictory opinions on almost everything could potentially become our president. What appeal does a degenerate who promotes fist fights at his rallies have?

How could a misanthrope who suggests he could shoot a man in the middle of Manhattan win the nomination of a major political party? Where is the attraction to a libertine who suggests he would like to have sex with his daughter coming from?

There is a scene in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1975 film “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” that explains the phenomenon quite nicely. The film caused one of the last major obscenity trials of the United States in 1994 for its extremely graphic content. In a victory for free speech and a loss for good taste, the judge decided that the film had “serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.” It takes place in the Italian countryside in the last days of Mussolini’s regime. The movie depicts the goings on of several Italian Apparatchiks who have taken refuge in a castle there along with about a dozen youths kidnapped for purposes of hedonistic abuse.

I have not seen the film in question. The film was just too damn gross for me to watch, but that is part of my point. From what I gathered, the ringleader, simply named Duke, engages in a series of grotesque and abominable degradations intended to make the youths suffer for his and his peers’ amusement. The atrocities include rape, beatings, humiliating “games,” mutilations and immolation. They are part of the regime after all, and out here in the countryside, they are want of any oversight by the public. Midway through the movie’s truly appalling depravity, the Duke gives a speech to his cohort wherein he belies the real nature and appeal of their crimes: “We fascists are the true anarchists!”

How could a misanthrope who suggests he could shoot a man in the middle of Manhattan win the nomination of a major political party?

The Duke’s point, of course, is that the fascists — who have totalitarian authority over the Other, who claim to stand for the moral and social order, seemingly guided by a desire for oppression and repression — are in actuality the harbingers of complete freedom. A freedom that is so great that it is unmoored of any rules of morality, sexual decency, social anxiety or even legal prosecution. In fact, it offers its negation, liberty, total and entropic. Pasolini made the film so horrific because it accurately shows the amoral distance that fascism allows its adherents to go to for their own enjoyment and pleasure. This is what Trump offers.

Pasolini’s premise is not confined to the phantasmagoria around the Italian Experiment. History, too, offers us this lesson. Have we not heard of the deplorable abuses at Abu Ghraib that violate the social and political order, but nonetheless were committed by its supposed protectors: American soldiers? Have we not seen, in Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” the mad anarchy of the economic order in the portrait Jordan Belfort’s Quaalude crusades and sexual transgressions? Can we not imagine the unspeakable acts that are committed on a daily basis by rulers of the world — fascists — without consequence? Or perhaps, in an obviously much less extreme example, even the Obama administration’s assassination of a U.S. citizen abroad without trial in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011?

This is what a Trump presidency would look like.

Ask any Trump supporter why they are voting for him. As quoted in a video from Bloomberg News: “He says what nobody else can,” “I think he tells you the way he feels,” “I like his roughness” and, getting a little Freudian — especially considering the whole “daughter sex Electra complex shtick” — “He says what everyone else thinks.”

That is true! Trump has brought our subconscious and hidden prejudice out into open air. All the racism, Islamophobia, misogyny, near-orgasmic fetishization of wealth, xenophobia and bigotry that appeared latent within the Grand Old — and, gratefully, dying out — Party became manifest that terrible Tuesday. The moment when it became clear that Mussolini was truly untouchable, that his fascism had reached its anarchist zenith, was when he had his political opponent Giacomo Matteotti assassinated, tried to cover it up and no one dared at all to challenge his opaque murder.

Trump has made multiple remarks encouraging violence against protesters at his rallies, going so far as to openly admit that he would cover up their deed by paying the legal fees to get them out — a remark that Mussolini would not dare to make; Mussolini allowed the actual assassin to go to trial and subsequently jail. This past month, Donald Trump got his Matteotti Moment. Trump has already taken Rome — Georgia — dare we let this force of entropy, this force of heat, pain, of explosive noise and violence march on? This is not politics, this is conflict.

Jack Bennett is a junior in the College.

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“Happy,” which stars Greg Keiser (COL ’16) as Alfred, Kate Ginna (COL ’18) as Eva and Conor Canning (COL ’16) as Eduardo, deconstructs the often misunderstood emotion and attempts to expose it in a strikingly raw form.

More Than Meets the Eye ‘Happy’ dives below the surface of emotion HAPPY, from B1 leading Alfred to question the meaning of being, as Eduardo would say, “freakishly happy.”

Neave said that it was important for the cast and crew to pay attention to the detailed use of language in the play.

“I was really drawn to how important language is in the play and how it kind of is about how language can be used as a weapon — it’s not really about what you say, but about how you phrase it,” Neave said.

Eva offers her own insight into what it means to be happy as she says, “I don’t trust happy people. I think they’re phony. They’re lying to themselves and everyone around them. I only trust unhappy people — authentic people.” When Alfred points out that Eduardo is happy from the recent birth of his grandchild and the gain in respect in his field of work, Eva retorts that: “That’s not happy.”

The entire play oscillates between a very precarious balance of solemnity and lightheartedness. At the first sign of a grave conversation, a spontaneous line or introduction of a new character slices through the tension like a blade, preventing the plot from becoming too bogged down. For instance, Eduardo’s entrance is loud and appropriately timed.

His character embodies the stereotypical creative artistic genius, and his entrance

unquestionably depicts his large personality. This stark contrast between him and Eva with Alfred and his wife Melinda — played

by Cristina Ibarra (COL ’17) — offers a clear dichotomy between transparent authenticity and the facade of happiness.

Eva’s two metal sculptures made out of scrap pieces of junk are integral parts of the plot and set. “The subject is happiness. She’s trying to locate where in the body it can be found because it is rarely found other than in the face,” Canning said. Not long after this quest for discovering true happiness is proclaimed, the previously “freakishly happy” Alfred’s rapid deterioration and stripping of his perfectly happy external demeanor begins to unfold.

According to Neave, the main characters’ qualities are realistic.

“I’m really interested in shows that say something new about human nature and look at this really raw element of ourselves that we keep under the surface,” Neave said. Eva is a character and Alfred is a character that you know are such archetypes of people that we see. I think we each have an Eva and AlVELANI DIBBA (SFS ’17) Producer, “Happy” fred in our own lives.”

“Our sort of catch phrase is ‘socially engaging, technically ambitious,’” Dibba said about the Nomadic Theatre. The production of “Happy” is clearly no exception, as one of the most striking aspects of the production is in

“Our sort of catch phrase is ‘socially engaging, technically ambitious.’”

the technical details of the set. From the beautiful mural of bright swirls of color with stencil detailing on the walls to the hand-crafted table with stained wood, the artistic creativity and originality of the Nomadic Theatre that went into imagining, designing and constructing these pieces are remarkable.

“The stage itself is like a work of art,” the play’s technical director, Nora Welsh (COL ‘16), said. Not only is the art an integral part of the setting and backdrop, but it also acts as an active prop in the play. One particularly notable example is the shattering of the metal sculpture that highlights the technical ingenuity required for this production.

Every action in the play is captivating, stimulating all the senses and evoking all the emotions. The angry blows thrown, a passionate kiss, an emotional cutting of hair, the smell of cigarette smoke — each of these sensual experiences adds a new dimension to the show that allows for a continual, dynamic journey between the audience and cast. The reverse-thrust stage, where the stage and acting extends into the audience on all three sides, contributes further to this interconnectedness.

With only four actors in the cast, the play is largely text-focused. Neave said that this was one of the most appealing aspects of “Happy.”

“I think that this show is so much about the people interacting with each other, so much about the interplay between the actors,” Neave said. “And I think that is so rare to find a play that focuses primarily on that.”

“Happy” runs from April 8 to 9 and 13 to 16 in the Walsh Black Box Theater.

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Nomadic Theatre’s production “Happy” features a stage that is a work of art in its own right. With bright swirls of color and a handcrafted wooden table, the stage was cleverly designed and brilliantly executed.

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Worst TV Finales

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‘How I met your mother’ 2014

The beloved sitcom culminated its nineyear run with an episode that enraged fans and basically undermined the entire premise of the show. After teasing the audience with the mysterious mother of Ted’s (Josh Radnor) children in the very title of the series, the finale rendered this character, Tracy (Cristin Milioti), little more than a footnote in the grand scheme of Ted’s romantic conquest of his ex-girlfriend Robin (Cobie Smulders). To kill off the endearing titular character of the entire series — from cancer, no less — as a plot device in Ted’s wooing of Robin enraged fans, for good reason.

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March 31’s secret concert was put on by music app Wego Concerts in an effort to appeal to younger listeners. Bands included electro-pop band Shaed.

Appealing to a New Demographic, Secretly Beau Dealy

Holladay noted that the app’s primary target is the younger, urban demographic since young college graduates often find With the assistance of the Georgetown themselves in a new environment and Program Board, Wego Concerts — an app out of touch with their new city’s music that connects music lovers to concerts culture. Wego Concert’s mission is to fill a and to each other — hosted a secret con- void in the lives of young people who have cert at the Healey Family Student Center difficulty building a network of concertthe evening of March 31. It was attended goers when they first move to a new town, by around 100 students. similar to what Holladay experienced five Wego currently has approximately years ago.

5,000 users, a majority of whom lives in The lineup of the concert, which was D.C. or New York. In an effort to broaden kept secret until an hour before showits base and widen its appeal, specifi- time, consisted of three acts; student cally among its target audience of young band Faces for Radio opened the show, people, Wego Concerts has recently been setting the stage for local rapper Lyrx’s targeting college-aged students. performance, followed by a performance Wego Concerts from the headlining founder Fitz Holband, Shaed. laday experienced “We’ve done some secret Shaed is an elecfirsthand how dif- shows in the past and we tro-pop band from ficult adjusting to D.C. Brothers Max life in a new city can really enjoy them. Secret and Spencer Ernst be when he moved provide the instrufrom New York to shows are much more mental flavor to the D.C. five years ago. focused, it’s a much more band and are supInitially pursuing ported by the ena career in finance, intimate experience.” thralling vocals of the lifelong music lead singer Chelsea lover found himself Lee. Shaed expressed Fitz Holladay for the first time its excitement to Founder, Wego Concerts without a solid netperform on Georgework of friends with town’s campus to whom to attend concerts, forcing Holla- promote its music and perform in front day to attend concerts in D.C. alone. of a new audience. The band also found “I would meet all kinds of people who value in the concert’s secretive compowere going alone to shows or had to drag nent in a smaller venue. friends with them, so there was this de“We’ve done some secret shows in the mand out there for people wanting to past and we really enjoy them. Secret shows connect with other people who liked the are much more focused, it’s a much more same music as them,” Holladay said in an intimate experience. It’s a different type of interview with The Hoya. energy [than that of larger shows]. EveryRather than wallow and accept this as one’s got their phone down and they’re inevitable, Holladay decided to address just listening to you,” Holladay said. it head-on lest he and others perpetually However, Faces for Radio guitarist show up to concerts alone.

Ethan Beaman (COL ’16) said he would As a project of passion, he began work- have preferred a concert that was advering on an app that would connect people tised earlier. to concerts and concertgoers. He soon “I enjoyed playing at the event but the quit his job in finance, and in November secret idea felt a little exclusive, which 2014, launched Wego Concerts. The point isn’t the attitude I like to convey with muof the app, according to Holladay, is to sic. Still, it was fun to get people to disconnect people to other people through a obey the stay-seated rule,” Beaman said. common denominator: music. While othCiara Hockey (COL ’19), who attended er apps suggest potential concerts to their the concert, said she is excited for future users based on interests, Holladay believes events put on by Wego.

Wego is more dynamic.

“It was a great way to get more people “There are a lot of concert-discovery excited about the music scene at Georgeapps out there. What [Wego] does is it town. Hopefully, they continue to put on goes the extra step to help you connect shows and have more events to encourage with the people who are going to con- students to get more involved in the arts certs,” Holladay said. here,” Hockey said.

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‘lost’ 2010

“Lost,” one of ABC’s highest-rated shows of the 2000s, concluded in grand fashion when it revealed that each of the characters had in fact been dead for the entire final season. Rather than wrapping up the questions, riddles and mysteries it had accumulated over six seasons, the show opted to leave fans with even more unanswered questions. Effectively rendering the whole series a metaphor for the afterlife, “Lost” lost major points for taking the overly symbolic route rather than the practical ones that fans craved.

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When even the lead actor of a show describes his reaction to the events of the finale as “probably sad,” it cannot mean good things for the send-off. After an eight-season run as a major player on the AMC network, Dexter, starring Michael C. Hall, drew its story to a close with the titular character relinquishing his murderous instincts and becoming a lumberjack. For a show that once stressed Dexter’s belief in the righteousness of his actions, a conclusion that directly contradicts this was probably not the best idea.

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In the years since Seinfeld’s 1998 finale, creator Larry David has had to answer for its disappointing conclusion in what seems like every interview since. The finale of one of the most popular television series of all time was considered an event, and the show failed to deliver on the enormous expectations of fans.

Rather than playing up the beloved characters, and more importantly, the laughs that made the show such a hit, the writers staged the finale as a bizarre courtroom scene that paid little homage to what made the show so great.

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Perhaps the most heartbreaking inclusion on this list for a millennial audience, The Office sent its characters off in bittersweet fashion. Bringing back its most beloved characters, in particular the long-departed Michael Scott (Steve Carell), the last episode stressed just how much better off the show had been prior to its cast shakeup. Forgoing the “awkward comedy” that set the show apart from the beginning, the finale delivered on nostalgia but left out the laughs.

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Shaed, an electro-pop group formed in 2011 by twin brothers Max and Spencer Ernst and Chelsea Lea, played a set at the secret concert.

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among others. To top off my bowl, I chose the Korean brown barley rice, or bori, as the base. While slightly lacking flavor — Justine Choe, owner of the popular Tony’s as one would expect from barley rice — it Breakfast, has opened her newest culinary complemented the zest of the vegetables addition to the H Street Corridor. BAB, lo- and meat well. Other options for this cated at 1387 H St. NE, is a fusion restaurant starch base include white rice and quithat blends American and Vietnamese food noa. with Korean influences and flavors.

The bowl could have benefitted from an BAB takes the traditional flavor of a additional stir, as my ingredients did not Korean home-cooked meal and adds — seem to be mixed enough for a rice dish. among other ingredients — organic veg- More importantly, it would have helped to etables, spiced meat and tofu to blend spread the incredible flavor of the kochumultiple culinary worlds into one bowl. juang sauce and other delicious seasonings.

Built primarily for takeout service, with As if this amalgamation of zest was not limited bar-style seating, BAB combines enough, my friend and I treated ourselves fast food with fresh, healthy and authen- to two orders of the Daegu flat dumplings tic Korean recipes. and sweet cilantro sauce. Despite their lack With a Chipotle-esque method of tak- of shape and seemingly little filling, where ing orders, BAB they lacked in quantity allows for custhey made up for in flatomers to create BAB takes the traditional flavor vor. their own riceTo top everything off, or quinoa-based BAB offers a self-serve of a Korean home-cooked bowl. All bowls fountain soda machine meal and adds — among come with an stocked with all-natural organic, cagesugar soda from other ingredients — organic cane free egg and Pucks. This refillable sesame seeds, vegetables, spiced meat and drink station offers you which provide a immunity from the tofu to blend multiple culinary powerful spiciness of palette cleanser for the burst the zesty Korean sauces worlds into one bowl. of flavor from and dressings. added meat and Despite its distance vegetables. The from Georgetown’s bowl also includes campus, requiring a $20 a homemade Korean kochujuang sauce, Uber to downtown D.C., BAB’s contempowhich is a very spicy chili-powder paste — rary and comfortable environment is innot for the faint of heart. viting and thoroughly modern. The neonNext up is the protein. There are four green walls are lined with chalkboards, options, each one offering its own savory where locals and diners have drawn dooflavor. Barbecue-lovers will enjoy the Ko- dles, added comments and even shamelessrean short ribs as their meaty base, which ly plugged their own Instagram accounts. are cooked to sweet-and-salty perfection The customer service has room for imwith a smoky aftertaste. I opted for the provement — I ordered my meal “for here” chicken base, which, when combined and it was served to me in a to-go bag — yet with the kochujuang sauce, did not dis- that is to be expected from a restaurant appoint. Other options include bulgogi, that has only been open for a few weeks. which is a Korean barbecued and mari- Still, the small one-roomed joint offers a nated meat, pork or tofu. The pork comes very intimate environment. The owner with sesame salt, and the tofu with yet herself was cashing at the second register. another sweet and spicy chili sauce.

Pricing is reasonable — the bowls cost The next step of the order is to choose $9 maximum, and sides range from $6 to a vegetable. This process is far less stress- $8. Plus, it is very filling with large porful than the lingering and finger-pointing tions: Spending money here says more that ensues at Hilltoss or Sweetgreen. The about your appetite than your paycheck. veggie combinations come in one of three Despite BAB’s somewhat isolated locaservings: the backyard veggies, southeast tion on the end of a long strip of restauveggies or house veggies. I ordered the rants on H Street, it is definitely worth southeast veggies, which came with red the trek. This Korean fusion will certainly onions, cilantro, cucumber and avocado, add a vibrant spice to the D.C. food scene.

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The Best French Dessert You Have Never Had Un Je ne sais quoi

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eclair. The pastry was soft and light, and the ganache was rich in the Parisian style. Although the bakery is frequently With Baked and Wired, Sprinkles and sold out of its other options, it also offers Georgetown Cupcake located just beyond chocolate custard pie, apple tarts, chouthe front gates, Georgetown students have quettes, coffee cream puffs and lemon become routine cupcake aficionados. How- meringue pie. There is a selection of bevever, just a two-minute walk from Dupont erages to accompany the pastries, from a Circle is the amusingly named Un Je Ne strong cappuccino to one of the bakery’s Sais Quoi, a new French bakery specializ- house juices. The juices ($4) are all flavoring in the merveilleux, a delicate cake con- ful and sweet. All other items are sold at sisting of two meringues held together by quite affordable prices; it is hard to spend whipped cream. Despite its deliciousness, over $10 for one visit.

It is refreshing to see a patisserie that the patisserie’s specialty is not enough to does not seem to try too hard to be a make up for its overall lack of variety.

Opened by husband-and-wife duo Aude crowd-pleaser. Un Je Ne Sais Quoi does and François Buisine, the bakery has taken not take the cliched route of serving pain the location of the popular, now-defunct au chocolats, pain au raisins and Frenchstyle sandwiches.

Hello Cupcake. The Rather, it is selfbakery is certainly styled as a dessert authentic, as the Overall, Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is vendor alone. The owners are French a unique find, and does not try decor is minimalist expatriates and all and largely white, the food is freshly to appeal to a mass market. with a couple elmade. The merveilleux themselves are Instead, it presents a component egant velvet chairs and sofas. There interesting mixes of of French cuisine previously are spindly drawmeringue, ganache ings of animals and cream layers unavailable in the District. and people on the that are difficult walls, as well as to find in D.C. The wiry figurines that pastry comes in several different styles, with a variety of give the bakery a whimsical and sophiscoffee undertones, white-chocolate bases ticated, faintly Parisian feel. Additionally, and vanilla flavors. The mixture of cream the service is authentic and unpretenand crunchy meringue creates a silky tex- tious. While at the bakery, I was able to ture, making the dessert light and sweet meet the two owners, the Buisines, workenough to be enjoyable, yet not overly ing behind the counter and serving food filling. The merveilleux were presented to customers, both exuding relaxed and as small stacks covered in chocolate shav- genuine demeanors.

Overall, Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is a unique ings, served on delicate white plates. At only $5 each, the French treats are sur- find, and does not try to appeal to a prisingly affordable considering their rar- mass market. Instead, it presents a comity. However, although the merveilleux ponent of French cuisine previously unwere tasty, they were far from memorable. available in the District. However, the Un Je Ne Sais Quoi also serves other inadequate range of pastries available French delicacies that would be of inter- does not warrant a second visit, and stuest to not only Francophiles, but also dents who like variety may be better off those unfamiliar with French desserts. sticking with more accessible options My friends and I tried the bakery’s house on M Street.

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Filmfest DC Celebrates 30 Years Mateo Garnica Hoya Staff Writer

Since its inception in 1987, Filmfest D.C. has offered a diverse set of domestic and international films, bringing audiences to all corners of the world through the medium of cinema. Thirty years after the first festival, the largest annual film festival in D.C. is bringing another slate of films to local audiences that would otherwise not be available for widespread public consumption.

Taking place from April 14 through April 24, this year’s carefully curated repertoire is headlined by “The Dressmaker” starring Kate Winslet, political satire “My Internship in Canada” and a slew of social justice-themed and Cuban-produced pieces. Each of the pieces included in the festival is carefully researched and chosen by the Filmfest’s creative directors, who consider technical soundness, artistic appeal, diversity of topic and the exciting quality of the narrative. Over the years, Filmfest D.C. has introduced many new international directors, such as Yoshimitsu Morita, and this year does not disappoint with a number of first-time directors submitting projects to the festival. Filmfest has also created a cine cubano component to the event, which is a serendipitous coincidence in light of the warming relations between the United States and Cuba. Each of the three submit-

ENTERTAINMENT ONE Political satire “My Internship in Canada” stars Patrick Huard.

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Throw Away The Roadmap Of Your Life Warner BroS PICTURES This year’s Filmfest D.C. is headlined by “The Dressmaker.” Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the film festival is the largest annual film festival in D.C. ted Cuban films aims to tackle a different facet of Cuban society.

Deputy director of Filmfest Shirin Ghareeb said that the films offer an interesting perspective for American audiences.

“With the change in Cuban-American relations, these films will provide a glimpse in that society that an audience may be newly curious about,” Ghareeb said.

International products are not the only concern of Filmfest. There is an entire portion of the festival devoted to social justice issues under the banner “Justice Matters.”

This subsection was introduced in 2010, and has grown to be one of the more popular portions of the festival. Filmfest invites directors to the festival to discuss the issues being addressed in their works with the audience.

Additionally, Filmfest offers the opportunity for D.C. high schools to participate in its project, Teaching for Change, which centers on classroom-based discussions about the social issues raised by these films.

This current iteration of “Justice Matters” includes “Guantanamo’s Child,” a piece about a Guantanamo captive, and “Ixcanul,” which sheds light on the plight of the indigenous women of Central America.

In light of the increasing influence of streaming companies in the cinematic

realm, Filmfest and its directors still believe that festivals of its kind will continue to hold a relevant role in the business of filmmaking for years to come.

Ghareeb believes that Filmfest offers a unique role in the film industry, particularly for the Washington public, as a means for audiences to be exposed to works that they otherwise would not be able to find via Internet streaming or on basic cable.

Additionally, Ghareeb paints Washington, D.C., as an “intellectual hub” with an “enthusiastic audience” that will have the opportunity to view films “in an ideal atmosphere in a dark theater, with a huge screen and a live audience.”

“Hundreds and hundreds of films are produced every year, so there are always films we can present that aren’t available to our audience through any other channel,” Ghareeb said.

In light of the changes in world cinema, Filmfest’s creative and managerial team believes it is best to stay true to the proven method that has kept the festival going for 30 years. There will be some opening and closing festivities in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of its founding, but ultimately, Filmfest will remain true to its purpose of providing a diversity of films for D.C. audiences to consume and enjoy.

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Starring: Krisha Fairchild Directed by: Trey Edward Shults Ellie Goonetillake Special to The Hoya

“Krisha,” the directorial debut of Trey Edward Shults, is a pressure cooker of a film that immerses audiences in an emotionally charged family reckoning. Winner of both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival, as well as an official selection of Critics’ Week at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the drama stars Shults opposite his own aunt, Krisha Fairchild, in the titular role. The film, which receives its wide release today, is part thriller, part drama and fully nerve-wracking.

Set in Texas, the film revolves around its eponymous character. Anxious, hippie-ish and armed with a lockbox stocked with prescription pills, the 60-something woman decides to attend her family’s Thanksgiving festivities for the first time in years.

Filmed in Shults’ parents’ house, and with a cast consisting of Shults’ mother, grandmother and friends, there is a unique feeling of intimacy and energy. Shults himself plays Krisha’s son, and the already-tense situation soon devolves as long-held secrets and resentments are revealed.

From the beginning of the film, Shults and cinematographer Drew Daniels work to make the viewer feel uneasily close to the action. The camera closely trails the subjects — especially Krisha — to create a heightened sense of tension. The two-story house is effectively used, with 360-degree sweeps that capture the action just as Krisha does, and shifts in aspect ratio convey the sense of a

world literally closing in on her.

Another of the film’s most notable features is its Hitchcock-esque soundtrack crafted by Brian McOmber. Never has the preparation of a Thanksgiving meal been this intimidating; ticking percussion and piercing strings create a strikingly eerie atmosphere. Be it the family playing video games or the turkey being prepared, the juxtaposition with a soundtrack fit for a horror movie creates an uncomfortable but riveting viewing experience.

The story is revealed carefully, piece by piece. Viewers will realize early on that something sets Krisha apart from the rest of her family, but Shults reveals the truth ever so slowly. We feel Krisha’s crippling anxiety, pain, doubt and fear whenever we are alone with her, but we do not know the cause. Fairchild’s performance is remarkably powerful, especially given that she has mostly concentrated on voice work until this film. She is a formidable actress, and is sure to garner roles in other films after her standout performance here.

With the mainstream film industry dominated by blockbusters and superhero movies, The authenticity of “Krisha” separates it from the norm. Much of the dialogue seems unrehearsed, perhaps even unscripted. The scattered conversations and casual dynamic created between characters conjures up memories of viewers’ own Thanksgiving experiences.

Krisha — a greying, curvaceous woman in her late 60s — is not an actress we are accustomed to see heading a cinematic

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performance. In some ways, this is part of Krisha’s appeal: This is a character that viewers can imagine attending their family Thanksgiving, and her relatability is what roots this film in reality. Although Krisha is not the most sympathetic character, it is hard not to feel pity for her when the situation deteriorates. The fact that the film is filled with people the director grew up around and cares for makes the film even more authentic and introspective.

Krisha is not an exhilarating, fast-paced film. Rather, it is a performance piece that is remarkably successful in creating a palpable sense of paranoia. Drama is built up with nearly every scene, every camera movement and every exchange between characters. Although the moment tension is finally released is not as dramatic as one may have anticipated, the strength of Krisha is in Shults’ invitation into this family setting as if we were one of the relatives ourselves. We feel the ripple effect of the drama as if we were part of it. For a first-time writer and director, Shults’ success in making a tense, well-acted, too-close-for-comfort piece of cinema should be applauded.

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hen I was about 10, my family packed up our minivan and made the long drive from our home in Michigan to upstate New York, ready for a week of relaxing in a “newly renovated” cabin on the shore of Lake Placid. Once we arrived at our planned destination, however, we were unpleasantly surprised by the state of affairs.

The cabin was falling apart, with enough dust embedded in the furniture to give my dad a violent allergic reaction and to make my mom furious with its owners. It quickly became clear that we were going to have to play it by ear. We threw the coolers and beach towels back into the trunk of the minivan and ventured into the mountain landscape.

Up until that trip, our vacation agendas had always been meticulously planned, with a specific activity precisely assigned to every hour of every day.

This time, however, our daily itinerary was determined entirely by whatever spontaneous desires we expressed as we munched on our breakfast cereal.

We saw all the sights that upstate New York had to offer — never knowing what we were going to experience but embracing the possibilities of a thrilling journey or a simple disappointment. Being 10 years old, there was an indescribable magic to the creativity with which we approached the trip. Taking it day by day gave us the freedom to enjoy even the experiences that weren’t so great. A walk through the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum?

An exhilarating adventure. A visit to the Cross Island Chapel, the world’s smallest church? An afternoon of mind-numbing monotony, but we rolled with it nonetheless. We learned how to find gratification in the small surprising victories and to enjoy one another’s company in a completely unstructured context.

In retrospect, I cannot remember another time in my life when I have felt so carefree while also being so unsure of where I was headed. Since middle school, I have always had a definite objective in mind for the future and a detailed plan for how to accomplish my goals. I was always told that if I just did my homework, played a sport or two and completed an arbitrary amount of community service hours, I would be accepted into the “right” university in the future. After so many years of sticking to that schedule, I find that I have been met with a surprisingly similar atmosphere in college — but this time the end goal is a career rather than an education. I have done all the things that I am supposed to do in order to get the right job after graduation. When I think about it though, I am not sure that I know what the right job for me looks like at all. How could I? I have diligently followed my plan, but I do not think I have truly done enough challenging and unfamiliar things that have forced me to question my goals or to reorient myself toward a future that maximizes fulfillment rather than just security.

I fear that we often pretend to know where we want to go or who we want to be without ever taking the time to enjoy the process of discovery. This fear is especially accentuated when I speak to my parents and grandparents about their lives as young adults.

They all worked numerous jobs, lived in various places and credit the time that they spent experiencing professional chaos for their eventual ability to define what they wanted to do in the long run. It seems to me that this kind of general experimentation has gone out of style, but I think this is a bit misguided.

What is so wrong with being wholeheartedly unsure?

As college students, this is the perfect time to stop following strict agendas and to venture down unfamiliar roads to the Baseball Hall of Fame or the Cross Island Chapel. We are young, relatively independent and in the process of defining the rest of our lives.

We could decide to take huge risks, like backpacking around the world or starting a company after graduation. But there is also significance in smaller gambles, like taking a class in an unfamiliar subject or joining a club without knowing anyone. If we force ourselves to step outside our comfort zones more often, we will have the chance to develop skills that we don’t talk about often enough — resiliency and selfconfidence. Having a clearly established plan will not always allow us to flourish as individuals, but testing our own strengths and interests through exploratory successes and failures will allow us to do so. The sooner we learn to take advantage of opportunities for personal growth through experimentation, the better off we will be as we face the trials and tribulations of our adult lives. Sometimes, the best plan to have in college might be to have no plan at all.

Rachel Mucha is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service and is one of two alternating columnists of OLD SOULS, which appears every other Friday.

NEW NETFLIX RELEASES The mask you live in

Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer

Turn: Washington’s Spies (Season 2)

A social commentary on the narrow American definition of masculinity, this documentary explores the consequences of the existence of such a cultural standard. With a focus on seemingly minor perpetuations of gender norms such as telling a young boy to “man up,” Jennifer Newsom exposes the individual turmoil and even larger societal issues such as school shootings and massacres that can result from such acts.

This latest documentary follows the rise of fashion designer Jeremy Scott, best known for his bold designs that blend pop culture and street styles. Originally from a small Missouri farm, Scott is now the creative director of Moschino. His designs are cherished by celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, all of whom make a guest appearance in the documentary.

This historical drama based on Alexander Rose’s book, “Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring,” follows a farmer from New York in 1778 who forms a group called The Culper Ring during the Revolutionary War. The espionage from the society turns out to be an integral role in shifting the wind in America’s favor toward a victory. For period and military drama fans, this is a must-watch.

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album review

Beautiful Lies Birdy

Ellie Goonetillake Special to The Hoya

Nineteen-year-old British singer Birdy, born Jasmine van den Bogaerde, is far from an up-and-coming act. The songstress has been firmly planted in the alternative pop scene since 2011, when she covered Bon Iver’s indie classic, “Skinny Love.” With the cover, Birdy not only introduced the song to a younger generation, but also became an internationally acclaimed artist overnight while she was still a student who wore braces. Five years later, her third, widely publicized studio album, “Beautiful Lies,” is filled with the same soaring vocals and soulful, gospel-like ballads that propelled her to stardom.

The album’s producers — which include music industry veteran Jim Abbiss — have extensive experience with top artists such as Adele and Florence and the Machine. It is clear from the outset that this record is a coming-of-age album. As shown by young singer-songwriters like Lorde and Justin Bieber, finding their own sounds has proved more difficult than producing music itself. The opening track, “Growing Pains,” suggests that Birdy too is a young artist trying to find her identity. She sings seemingly of the struggle and pressure of growing up in the music industry: “You could lose yourself in search forever, looking for the person that you’ll never be.” This track sets a premise for what the album will be: an artist establishing her sound and voice as she discovers it herself.

“Beautiful Lies” exhibits Birdy’s signature style: flowing, soulful and soft with strings

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or piano accompaniments, lyrically confessional, and sung with the same emotion that she poured into “Skinny Love.” However, the album is flawed on two accounts. First, there is nothing original about her music.

The album is a fusion of Lana del Rey’s lyrics and sound with Florence and the Machine’s production and vocals, perhaps with a touch of Ellie Goudling’s electro-pop on percussionbased tracks such as “Keep Your Head Up.” Second, the album is too repetitive to be enjoyable. The songs are all ethereal and flowing, but they merge into one on the 14-track album to the point where it is difficult to tell where one song stops and a new one starts.

As piano-led indie anthems flow into each other, they start becoming generic, and it seems that any kind of personality or nuance is lost. In fact, it takes a couple of listens to the album in its entirety to be able to differentiate one song from the other.

It is a shame that “Beautiful Lies” is not more sonically diverse, as the songs are all high quality when listened to in isolation. While some of the tracks are not memorable, others have catchy hooks: for example, “Silhouette,” which repeats the lyric “Don’t go holding your breath” over a melancholic melody.

“Lost it All” also stands out, as Birdy truly plays to her strengths, accompanying herself on piano and proving the range of her vocal ability on a song that laments the loss of a relationship in a style much like Adele.

Songs such as “Wild Horses” are also more rousing, and make a bigger impression on the listener.

Otherwise, the rest of “Beautiful Lies” seems like one long piano ballad that is for-

“Beautiful Lies” ... is forgettable, sleepy and mellow.

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gettable, sleepy and mellow. Tracks such as “Shadow” and “Words” easily fade into the background and leave the listener wondering if Birdy could have expressed more emotional range on the album. Most tracks seem to be longing and reflecting the regret of a breakup or a lost love rather than showing any other emotion of note.

In an interview with PopCrush, Birdy claimed the album is Eastern-influenced and specifically Japanese-themed, but it is difficult to find much evidence of this besides the kimono she wears in the cover art. The album is serene and softly spoken, with a detectable star-gazing naivete that is shattered with the end of first love. It also certainly has pop elements, making it more accessible to younger audiences accustomed to listening to Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez. However, the album is not vibrant or attention-grabbing enough as a whole. What is perhaps more unfortunate is that all the album’s memorable qualities are no different from what Birdy demonstrated with “Skinny Love” five years ago. “Beautiful Lies” shows that the singer-songwriter has yet to establish her place in the indie or pop scene, and to create a sound that is unique enough to stick.

Taylor swift ‘new romantics’ At last, Taylor Swift has put to bed the most omnipresent album in recent memory — from the “Bad Blood” Instagram onslaught to the infamous “Shake it Off” appropriation controversy, 1989 was simply inescapable. Sending the record off with a half-hearted single release in the form of bonus track “New Romantics,” Swift leaves fans with yet another ‘80s synth-pop masterpiece.

Though the track’s video treatment is simply footage from her world tour, the song will hopefully impact radio in a manner befitting of the behemoth nature of this album.

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Everything You’ve Come to Expect The Last Shadow Puppets KC Maloney

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Eight years ago, the Last Shadow Puppets released their critically acclaimed album “The Age of Understatement,” which hit No. 1 in the UK album charts within a week of its release.

The group, which consists of The Rascals’ Miles Kane, the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and producer James Ford, has remained relatively quiet ever since. Their new album, “Everything You’ve Come to Expect,” marks the group’s highly anticipated return to the music scene after its lengthy hiatus.

For the album, Kane, Turner and Ford brought back string arranger Owen Pallet and Mini Mansions’ keyboardist Zachary Dawes, both of whom worked on “The Age of Understatement,” the Last Shadow Puppet’s debut album in 2008. Although the lineup of the group remains largely the same, “Everything You’ve Come to Expect” is in no way a continuation of their previous album. With the new record, Turner, Kane and company take a step away from the Scott Walker-inspired ’60s pop rock found in “The Age of Understatement” in pursuit of a more diversified catalogue. At most points, this experimentation pays off, as with the title track “Everything You’ve Come to Expect” and “Dracula Teeth.” At other times, it falls short of matching the charm and vigor of their debut, as with the catchy yet unimaginative single “Bad Habits.” Overall, the record delivers a memorable listening experience. While it certainly is not perfect, the vast collection of successful tracks makes this release one of the strongest rock records of 2016 so far.

“Aviation” and “Miracle Aligner,” the first two tracks of the record, are most closely reminiscent of the style for which the group is known, perhaps to ease the listener into the more variant tracks found near the middle.

However, each song is different and new in its own way, and neither one comes across as a relic to the group’s past. The reverb-laden guitar

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lick in “Aviation” fits well with Ford’s driving drums and the eerie elegance of Pallet’s string arrangements, seeming to come straight from a Bond movie. “The Colourama in your eyes, it takes me on a moonlight drive,” Kane croons, “It’s the way you wing it, while you’re figuring it out.” “Miracle Aligner” is an appealing poprock ballad lead by Alex Turner’s fluid vocal melodies. With more acoustic elements, this particular track provides a refreshing contrast to the brisk pace within Kane’s “Aviation.”

“Dracula Teeth” is yet another strong addition to the album. The creepy vibe is supported

by Kane’s heavy use of whammy bar with each chord he strums, a characteristic that has always been a prominent element in the group’s works. The strong bass line is another key feature of the track, echoing those in their previous songs “Calm Like You,” and “My Mistakes Were Made for You.” “Everything You’ve Come to Expect” is perhaps the most divergent song of the entire record, highlighting Kane and Turner’s exponential growth in skill and style during the span of the eight years since their last record.

The harpsichord-tinged track and psychedelic influences seem to blend well with the esoteric lyrics crafted by Turner: “Ghost riders and the rat and parrot / Croc-skin collar on a diamond dog / Dirtbag ballet by the bins down the alley as I walk through the chalet of the shadow of death.” The melody of the chorus combined with Pallet’s fitting orchestral arrangement provides perhaps the most satisfying experience of the entire track. Each verse in between comes across as tedious and slightly dull, yet the hook of the chorus and the overall buildup of the track pulls the song out of mediocrity and into a higher echelon of musical experience.

Other standout tracks include the staccato “Sweet Dreams, TN” and the lofty and refined “Pattern.” “Sweet Dreams, TN,” is the gem hidden deep within the record. Its marching instrumental style blended with Turner’s impressive vocal range is surely one of the most

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Where: Gaston Hall When: April 11 to 12, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. price: Free info: guevents.georgetown.edu

alesso ft. nico & Vinz ‘i wanna know’ Coming off last summer’s EDM smash “Heroes (we could be),” Alesso is back with a mellower, soulful track that deviates from his typical rave-oriented fare. The softer tune is geared more toward summer pool parties, Spotify playlists and the radio. The fusion of keyboard melodies, electric guitar and soulful vocals makes for a sentimental track, one that was written and composed entirely by Alesso. Although the DJ’s slew of releases has certainly slowed down, “I Wanna Know” proves that the extra work is paying off.

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memorable anthems of the group’s catalogue.

“You’re the first day of spring,” he sings, “Little miss Sweet Dreams, Tennessee.” “Pattern” features vocals by Kane and flanging electric rhythm guitar by Turner. With nimble violins in the background and catchy vocal melodies, this song also stands out as one of the most robust tracks within the second half of the record.

The album’s weakest track, “Bad Habits” is also one of its the first singles. Its disappointing lyrics and the driving rock feel lacks the charm and elegance that makes the group stand out from the rest of the British rock scene. “She Does the Woods” and “The Bourne Identity” both lack standout moments as well. Although their respective sounds blend well with the album as a whole, they fail to leave any lasting impression upon the listener.

After eight years of silence, the Last Shadow Puppets do not fail to impress with their latest release. “Everything You’ve Come to Expect” is a diverse and entertaining album, featuring everything from slow pop-rock ballads to driving garage rock anthems. Although the album features a different style than their previous work, the experimentation pays off in creating a memorable experience for the listener, while still retaining the elements that set the group apart.

galantis ‘no money’ True to form, Galantis has released another high-ecstasy track in the same vein of last year’s hit “Runaway.” Replete with catchy hooks and singable moments, the song captures the euphoric appeal of the duo’s previous work. The highpitched steel drum, piano melody and bass line all come together for a very radio-friendly track that is sure to dominate the airwaves this summer.

Spring Makers’ Mart Arts & Craft Show As the HeForShe campaign gains momentum, this exhibition is a must for anyone supporting gender equality as well as the cultivation of local craftsmanship. The National Museum of Women in the Arts has generously assigned a wonderful combination of indoor spaces, the Great Hall and Mezzanine levels, for its first showcase of handcrafted pottery produced by local women artisans.

Where: National Museum of Women in the Arts When: April 10 to 12 Price: $10 info: washingtondc.org

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GU Defense Braces for Florida Hoyas Open Big East Schedule in Queens Bridget McElroy Special to The Hoya

Coming off its first conference win over Vanderbilt (4-7, 0-2 Big East) in Nashville last Saturday, the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (3-7, 1-0 Big East) will host No. 2 Florida (11-1, 2-0 Big East) this upcoming Saturday.

Head Coach Ricky Fried said he is optimistic about the Florida matchup, especially after the team earned a big win in conference play.

“Obviously there’s more confidence when you win than when you lose. I thought we played pretty well [against Vanderbilt].

We executed the game plan [and] made fewer mistakes, so going into this game, we look at this as a second season, and this is kind of our opportunity to still obtain the goals that we set at the beginning of the season for ourselves,” Fried said.

Saturday’s game will provide the Hoyas with an opportunity to take down the top-ranked team in the Big East and end the Gators’ two-game win streak. The Gators’ win streak was previously 10 games long until their only loss of the season just less than three weeks ago to No. 1 Maryland (10-1, 1-0 Big Ten).

Florida ranks 18th in the NCAA in points per game, but Fried said he is not intimidated by its effective offense due to the recent successes of Georgetown’s defense.

“One of the bigger areas [against Vanderbilt] was our goalie play,” Fried said. “Our goalies played really well. I thought for our defensive unit as a whole … we’re giving up the shots that we want to give up, and the goalies made them, so I think that we have some confidence in that area.”

Fried said he would like to see his team improve on capitalizing on its shooting opportunities in preparation for its matchup against Florida. Thus far this season, Georgetown has shot at a .367 percentage rate, scoring 83 goals for 226 shot attempts.

Freshman attack Taylor Gebhardt — who is tied with fellow freshman, midfielder Francesca Whitehurst, as Georgetown’s second leading scorer with 12 goals — tallied a hat trick against Vanderbilt last Saturday.

Gebhardt agreed with Fried, saying that the Hoyas can find success if they work on finishing offensively.

“We had a lot of shooting opportunities, so I think if we carry those over to Florida that will help us a lot. We had so many shots so

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The Georgetown baseball team (13-17) will play a three-game series against St. John’s (14-10-1), the first Big East opponent on its schedule, this weekend after a 6-5 loss to Navy (22-8-1) on Tuesday afternoon.

Although the Navy game was close, sophomore outfielder Austin Shirley said he does not feel that the team put its best foot forward on Tuesday.

“Honestly, I don’t think we played our best baseball against Navy.

We’re struggling right now to put all our pitching, offense and defense together in the game,” Shirley said. “Our defense, myself included, didn’t play to our potential yesterday, so I think that’s what cost us the game.”

Head Coach Pete Wilk noted the team’s inability to combine defense, offense and pitching into a solid showing.

“We’re not pushing the panic button, but I think there’s a certain level of frustration that’s permeating our current situation,” Wilk said.

Wilk cited the challenge of finding a practice time that works for the entire team between a rigorous game and class schedule.

“We’ve literally had three practices since our season began, and that’s one of our huge issues. We’ve either been playing or we’ve got a day where our kids’ class schedule just precludes any chance of us getting together as a team,” Wilk said.

Wilk said this lack of team practice time does not mean that the players are not working on their skills — it is merely not piecing the team’s talents together that kept it from a victory Tuesday.

“We’re doing some individual stuff, but there’s no team thing, and we need desperately a team practice or two to work on our defense. We haven’t had a chance to,” Wilk said.

The team will have a chance to regroup this Friday as it seeks a conference win in Queens, N.Y., when it plays St. John’s in its Big East opener.

“Into this weekend we just have to work on execution. Now that

we’re coming into Big East play, everything matters — every inning, every pitch — so I know Coach [Wilk] has been working with us in practice on getting the sacrifice bunts down, executing on the hit and runs and like I said, just putting all three phases of the game together,” Shirley said.

St. John’s will enter the contest after having its seven-game winning streak snapped by Columbia (8-15, 2-2 Ivy League) on Wednesday.

Shirley said that a win over St. John’s would be a crucial start to conference play.

“This year I think they lost a lot of arms. I think we have a chance to potentially win the series, so that Pete Wilk would be huge Head Coach just to have our first Big East weekend with a win and just get on the winning side of the conference,” Shirley said.

With three games in a row, the team has to go into the weekend strong, playing well early.

“Really we want to come out of the weekend at least 2-1. That’s the goal: to win the series. You never want to lose it or get swept, so as long as we come out early Friday, Saturday, and then go into Sunday, we should be good,” Shirley said.

Playing a three-game stretch is nothing new for the team, but this time, the games count toward its Big East record, a vital tally that will eventually decide if it make it into the playoffs.

“You play Friday, Saturday, Sunday — nothing changes. That’s what we did last weekend; that’s what we did the weekend before.

There really is no new strategy.

We go to battle, and this is the one that matters in the conference standings,” Wilk said.

Wilk said the team hopes to notch a few victories this weekend to gain some momentum heading into the rest of conference play.

“I think we’re not far away from being a very good club right now.

We just have to tighten up a little bit,” Wilk said.

Georgetown will begin this weekend’s series with a doubleheader Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., and the series will conclude with a noon game Sunday in Queens, N.Y.

“I think we’re not far away from being a very good club right now. We just have to tighten up a little bit.”

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Freshman Taylor Gebhardt was named to the Big East weekly Honor Roll after scoring three goals against Vanderbilt on Saturday. if we make a high percentage of those, it’ll help us a lot against Florida. We’ve been working a lot more on shooting and stick work and making sure that were focusing on our shots instead of just like shooting the ball without thinking about where its going to go,” Gebhardt said.

Florida’s roster boasts three nominees for the 2016 Tewaaraton Award, an honor given to the most outstanding American college lacrosse player: midfielder and redshirt senior Nicole Graziano, junior midfielder Mollie Stevens and junior defender Caroline Fitzgerald.

Fried said that Florida is an incredibly athletic team, adding that Georgetown should slow the pace of the game by taking patient advantage of all its possessions and scoring opportunities.

“The biggest thing for this game honestly is making sure it’s a settled game on either end.

If it becomes a transition game

that’s not going to bode well for us, I don’t think, because they’re very athletic and that’s how they want to play. So we want to shorten the game a little bit: we want to make sure that the number of possessions are reduced and that’s going to be our big focus going into the Florida matchup,” Fried said.

Gebhardt said that entering the matchup, the Hoyas are focusing on showing up and executing.

“We’re trying to ignore the fact of how many games they won and how good of a team they are.

They’re going to be a great team; they’re very athletic,” Gebhardt said. “But I think that we’re going to take those attributes that Florida has and we’re going to play off of them. So, I think it will help us in the long run.”

The game is set to start at 12 p.m. at Cooper Field and will be televised on the Big East Digital Network.

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DMV Basketball Shines Track Preps for 2nd Outdoor Weekend A s Hoya fans lick their wounds after another maddening Georgetown-less March Madness, the success of other schools in the DMV area has made it a bit difficult to forget it all.

The continuous success of the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland’s basketball programs currently towers over Georgetown basketball’s status, making Villanova’s championship title just salt in the wound. But historically, Georgetown and other schools like George Washington, Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, along with a few Cinderellas like Mount St. Mary’s and George Mason — one of the greatest ever — give the region a decisive presence in college basketball culture. The city of Washington, D.C. also boasts a long and dynamic cultural history with basketball.

The talent this culture produces, along with the aforementioned successful programs in the region, allows the DMV to emerge, surprisingly for many, as one of the basketball centers of the country.

College programs are DMV basketball’s most obvious claim to fame today. While some would argue that some of Virginia’s remarkable number of successful programs is its own entity, separated from the immediate D.C. metropolitan area that joins UMD, Georgetown, GW and George Mason, a quick visit to the streets and bars of Clarendon or Arlington makes clear that Virginia programs are very much present in the area.

My definition of the DMV includes those teams because local graduates and fans make their influence clear.

Altogether, the region boasts, by my count, at least 130 tournament bids in the tournament’s history. 11 of those bids led to Final Four

berths, a high number considering that the vast majority of those berths are usually absorbed by high-powered programs like UNC or Kansas. Tack on two championships, and the region boasts a concentrated resume, even though the region belies high expectations and the reality that talent is dispersed across the United States. No other metropolitan-based region in the U.S. can boast such success unless it is concentrated in the hands of one or two programs. The DMV’s Final Four berths are distributed among five teams: Georgetown, UVA, UMD, VCU and George Mason.

Matt Raab On top of successful programs, the region consistently produces a wealth of individual talent. SB Nation analyzed birthplace data and found the region as one of the major producers of NBA talent. While part of that can be explained by the area’s status as a major population center, the shocking number of players per capita in D.C. stands out. In SB Nation’s words, “with 68 current and former players born in Washington, the District’s rate per million of current resident is around 125. That’s five times higher than the nearest state.

It’s so high that it’s eyebrowraising, in fact.”

This tradition of basketball talent ties into the history of local black culture in D.C. The city’s basketball scene includes the famous Goodman League, a staple of the black commu-

nity in southeastern D.C. that rivals other classic streetball leagues in New York and Chicago.

Georgetown itself is also a proud part of this tradition.

John Thompson Jr.’s famous inclusion of local black players in what was the overwhelmingly white sport of college basketball in the ‘70s and ‘80s catalyzed critical change in the sport. Big John stands alongside players like Patrick Ewing and Eric “Sleepy” Floyd as icons of change and diversity in the face of social resistance brimming with racism. The Georgetown bulldog logo was popularized during his time as coach and can still stand proudly today on the merit of that change more than anything else.

This cultural and social history stands alongside longterm regional success as the foundations of basketball culture in the region. It points toward the larger significance of the sport for our country: the way its history has become inseparable from the currents around it.

The sprawling nature of the DMV and the lack of a consistent present-day powerhouse program make a dialogue on the concentrated significance of basketball in the region difficult. Discussions often get caught up in arguments on the nuances of defining the region, or whether its history can really stand up to bigger cities like New York. But the history and tradition are clearly present.

Stepping back from the minutiae reveals a unique, dynamic and evolving relationship between the DMV and basketball that is worth any interested resident’s attention, sports fan or not.

Matt Raab is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

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Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams will take to the road for their second weekend of competition this outdoor season. Both squads will send groups of athletes to Coral Gables, Fla., and Fairfax, Va., to compete in the University of Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational and the Mason Spring Invitational, respectively.

On the women’s side, graduate student Andrea Keklak came off a recordbreaking indoor season for the Hoyas, when she set Georgetown records in both the women’s 1000-meter race with 2:42.76 and the mile with 4:33.24. She also helped the women’s distance medley relay squad win first place in its event at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships in a combined time of 10:57.21.

Keklak said the team performance at the NCAA championships at the end of the indoor season put Georgetown’s program in the national spotlight.

“Our coach always says in running, ‘deserve’ is a word you can never use. Just because you put in training and deserve something doesn’t mean you are going to get it,” Keklak said.

“I think that a lot of times we go into the indoor and outdoor seasons with so much training under us that we expect good things to happen and sometimes things just don’t pan out.

I think we run fast every year, but this was the first year we approached that meet with the confidence we needed to,” Keklak added.

At the Stanford Invitational meet last weekend, the Hoyas saw senior Samantha Nadel and freshman Audrey Belf grab early season momentum, putting forth strong performances in the women’s 5000m event. Nadel ran a time of 16:02.06, while Belf followed

her, clocking in at 16:16.40.

“Outdoor season is the culmination of all of our hard work during the year,” Nadel said. “A major goal of this program is to get as many people to the regional meet as possible and from there to the national meet. It’s the most hyped-up season in track and field in general so that is what we train for.”

Junior Amos Bartelsmeyer led the Hoyas in the men’s team’s first meet of the outdoor season. Bartelsmeyer continued his consistent performance as one of Georgetown’s top runners by clocking in at 14:05.05 in the men’s 5000m race at the Colonial Relays.

Bartelsmeyer said he hopes to make the NCAA championships in Eugene, Ore., in June.

“I’ve been in indoor national c h a mp i o n s h i p s , and this fall was my first cross country national championship, but I’ve never made it to an outdoor one which is kind of big. It is the most prestigious one and the one that matters Samantha Nadel Senior Runner most in a lot of people’s eyes,” Bartelsmeyer said.

He added that he is also aiming to make the Olympic trials in early July.

“I’m going to take one shot at that, and if I don’t get it, that’s fine,” he said.

Sophomore Joe White has continued to make a name for himself as well. White, winner of the 800m race in the Big East championship during the indoor season with a time of 1:47.59, enjoyed early season success as he ran a time of 3:47.37 in the men’s 1500m event, claiming fourth place overall.

The Hoyas will have a week of rest after this weekend and then travel back to Palo Alto, Calif., and Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the Stanford Twilight Meet and the UVA Challenge.

“[Outdoor] is the most hypedup season in track and field in general so that is what we train for.”

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double bonus, meaning that a Villanova foul would give two Carolina free throws and essentially guarantee Villanova another possession with the lead. To Wright’s credit, Berry and Paige are capable free-throw shooters; Berry made 86.7 percent of his free throws this season and Paige made 77.4 percent, so not wanting to foul two quality shooters is understandable. Basic probability says that Berry would make both shots 75 percent of the time while Paige would hit both just a tick under 60 percent of the time.

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Like the freshmen on the women’s team, Chen and Sharton have played consistently thus far in the men’s team’s campaign. Panarese — younger brother of former Georgetown women’s captain Sophie Panarese (COL ’15) — has also earned playing time on several occasions.

Sharton has competed in 12 of the team’s 15 matches thus far this season, while Panarese has contributed on both the doubles and singles ends.

“I’ve known Will and Bart since I’d been 10 years old, 10 or 11 years old, so it’s really been honestly pretty crazy to see the transformation from

when we were like 5 feet tall to now when we’re both playing college tennis,” Chen said.

Chen, who currently boasts a 7-4 singles record and 7-5 doubles record, has found success early on. The New Jersey native paired up with junior Jordan Portner in the first doubles slot for the majority of the season. Their success — and Portner’s mentorship — has helped Chen adjust to college tennis.

“I definitely consider Jordan as somewhat of a mentor because he’s been teaching me the ropes and helping me get really well adjusted into college tennis and I’m very thankful for that,” Chen said of Portner. “Just like all the other upperclassmen, I

feel like they’re making this transition very comfortable for me.”

One of the most significant changes between high school and college tennis, according to Chen, is that the sport is much more team-oriented rather than simply about individual performance. As opposed to competing in individual tournaments as they did in high school, these athletes now must widen their focus to every person on the team.

“I feel like I’ve definitely embraced the team aspect a lot more now than I thought I would. I’m definitely loving all of the guys, it’s great practicing with them every day, I don’t feel as if it’s a chore or anything,” Chen said. “I wake up

Villanova, under the guidance of Wright, prides itself on being a team with one of the highest basketball IQs in the country.

Even if North Carolina had hit both foul shots, leaving Villanova with a one-point lead, online basketball probability win indicators calculate that a team up one point with five seconds left and possession of the ball has an 89.3 percent chance of winning the game. If the game is tied, that probability is 59.3 percent. But saying Wright’s choice not to foul decreased his team’s win probability by 30 percent also is not quite accurate because trailing by a point, North Carolina certainly would have fouled to put Villanova at the line. The Wildcats are an excellent free throw-shooting team, and the player with the worst percentage from the stripe — senior forward Daniel Ochefu — probably would have inbounded the ball. At that point, the worst shooter for Villanova on the floor would have been junior guard Josh Hart, and he makes 75 percent of his free throws.

Villanova also had a timeout to use, which they subsequently did after Paige’s three-pointer, to draw up the screen play that gave senior guard Ryan Arcidiacono the shoot-pass option that led to Jenkins’ game-winner. Villanova prides itself on being a team with one of the highest basketball IQs in the country. It is very reasonable to assume that the Wildcats would have found a way to inbound the ball and defend against the trap. Based on the Ochefu screenplay Wright was able to draw up, it is also reasonable to assume he would have found a way to avoid trouble on the inbound and force North Carolina to foul.

College basketball and our collective sports consciousness will be forever grateful for what Wright did not do.

In addition to running a bit more time off the clock, Villanova would have had a chance to boost its lead back up and force North Carolina to use its final timeout. Because timeouts do not advance the ball up-court in college basketball, North Carolina would have had to cover the length of the floor in a few seconds for a decent look or settle for an extremely unlikely heave from half-court or beyond. Trading foul shots also would have given Villanova the opportunity to foul again, and at that point, with another cycle of fouls having to ensue without timeouts left, North Carolina simply would have run out of time, and Villanova would have prevailed.

Regardless of what Wright should have done, he was able to draw up a phenomenal play to give his team an opportunity to win a classic, and college basketball and our collective sports consciousness will be forever grateful for what he did not do.

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Freshman Cecilia Lynham was a five-star recruit in the 2015 recruiting class and was the top-ranked high school tennis player in the state of Maryland. She currently holds a 4-4 doubles record.

early in the morning and go practice with them, I enjoy it, I think it’s a great time.”

Junior Sophia Barnard agreed, explaining that the newcomers on the women’s team have quickly adapted to this team mentality.

“I think the more experience the better,” Barnard said. “With college tennis, it’s a big difference from playing in juniors when you’re younger, so you can only get better and I think that getting more confortable in the team aspect will only make them get better and help the team even more.”

After seeing the freshmen’s dominance in Georgetown’s regularseason play this season, Ernst has begun to envision the roles these players will take in the upcoming years of the tennis program.

“To me it always goes so fast, their four years, so all of a sudden I’m looking at my freshmen and thinking, ‘Wow, when they’re seniors, they’re going to be amazing teammates and captains to the younger kids,’” Ernst said. “That’s really what I say about Will and Mike, they’re those types of kids, everyone loves them. Everyone loves them but everyone respects them, so you have both.”

Developing positive relationships with their teammates and demanding respect from their opponents have become integral for the freshmen in becoming seasoned tennis players, which is what they search for when they enter varsity athletics at the college level. For Chen, Georgetown was the right place for him to achieve these goals.

“I already knew about Georgetown, and of course its academics and its great athletics, so to be totally honest, when I took my official visit here, I fell in love with the place and knew I wanted to come here,” Chen said. “I took visits to other places but in my heart I knew I wanted to be a Hoya.”

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electrified the crowds the way he did. Sure, the team had Patrick Ewing (CAS ’85) to anchor three trips to the National Championship in four years, but Iverson brought to Georgetown what was only found in recreational leagues and parks across the country: streetball.

Iverson’s style of play was flashy, relying on embarrassing defenders with crossovers and fancy dribble moves. Iverson also relied on his slashing and toughness in taking the ball to the rim, highly unconventional for a 6-foot, 180-pound guard.

And throughout his career, unconventional became the former

Hoya great’s calling card. He attacked the rim with unique style and fearlessness. His relative smaller size did not matter.

Off the court, he dressed unconventionally, sporting do-rags, gaudy chains and oversized basketball jerseys, speaking with an unmatched candidness. The opinions of others did not matter to him.

Rarely could Iverson go anywhere without being both loved and hated, yet he never let it affect his play on

the court.

Perhaps that is what is most charming about Iverson. He was tough, brushing off criticism as easily as he did his size limitations. In a sport traditionally dominated by the tallest of men, the smallest of them all holds the moniker of “pound for pound, the greatest player of all-time.” No other player made the most of what he had like Iverson.

His induction into the Hall of

Though Iverson has long since retired, his influence never will.

Fame is clearly justifiable just by looking at his stats — both at Georgetown and in the NBA. But his overall influence on the game of basketball is what has made Iverson a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the highest honor in a basketball player’s career.

Though Iverson has long since retired, his influence never will. For a player nicknamed “The Answer,” it is fitting that whenever a young guard of small stature breaks onto the scene, electrifying crowds with crafty moves and grit, there is no question as to whom he will resemble.

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A bright spot of the Georgetown offense has been freshman attack Daniel Bucaro. Bucaro has carried the Georgetown offense, leading the team with 24 points and 14 goals.

“He’s done a really good job of acclimating himself to the college game. He can play multiple positions and he is doing a really good job of understanding what he needs to do to be successful.

He’s unbelievably coachable, does all the right things, and wants to be great,” Warne said of Bucaro.

Providence will enter Saturday’s matchup sitting at third place in the conference standings and boasting a four-game win streak.

Senior attack Will Mazzone was named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week on Monday for his effort in the Friars’ 15-10 win last week over the St. John’s Red Storm (1-9, 0-1 Big East). Mazzone had eight points, including six goals, to lead Providence past St. John’s.

Mazzone leads his team with 44 points — 27 goals and 17 assists.

Warne said the Hoyas have to take care of the ball on the offensive side and not waste quality scoring opportunities against Boyce to be successful. “[The offense has] to be smart. We

have to do everything fundamentally sound, whether it’s to communicate, throw good passes or understand what [Providence] is trying to do, and hopefully we can generate shots off of their aggressiveness,”

Warne said.

With only four games left on its schedule, the Hoyas’ quest to turn their season around begins this Saturday against the Friars. Opening faceoff is at 3 p.m. at Cooper Field.

“Hopefully we can generate shots off of their aggressiveness.”

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On the defensive end, freshman goalkeeper Tate Boyce has been an integral part of the Friar’s team.

He is currently ranked seventh in the nation in saves per game with 12.1 and eighth for a .571 save percentage. Providence’s aggressive defense leads the Big East in caused turnovers per game with 8.3.

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Sophomore midfielder Craig Berge has scored six goals and taken 23 shots this season. In his freshman season, Berge was third on the team in points with 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points.

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GU Aims to Revitalize Offense SEAN HOFFMAN Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (1-9, 0-2 Big East) will host the Providence Friars (7-3, 1-0 Big East) this Saturday as the team advances in conference play. The Hoyas have yet to earn their first

conference win after dropping their first two Big East games en route to a six-game losing streak and are currently in last place in the six-team conference.

Senior midfielder and cocaptain Corey Parke said that despite their record, the Hoyas remain confident looking ahead

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Senior midfielder and co-captain Corey Parke recorded a goal in Georgetown’s 20-6 loss to Duke on March 19.

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The number of five- or four-star freshman recruits on the tennis teams.

toward the remainder of the season.

“You just have to focus on the process, not the results. We are doing everything we can in practice, keeping it high-tempo and competitive. [We are] working hard to get better every day and not focus[ing] on what’s behind us,” Parke said.

The Providence matchup has big implications for the future of Georgetown’s season. The team is treating this game as a must-win game because it wants to improve its conference ranking and potentially make a postseason appearance.

“We are at the part of the season where everyone knows their role, what they are expected to do and how they are supposed to do it. Now that we’re in a conference game, it’s make or break,” Parke said.

The Hoyas’ main concern this season has been their offensive game. The team’s offense averages just 7.6 goals per game, breaking the doubledigits in goals in one of its 10 games. Sophomore midfielder Craig Berge, who finished as the third leading scorer on the team his freshman year, has struggled this season, scoring six goals and no assists.

However, Head Coach Kevin Warne praised Berge, who he said has had to adjust to playing a new position.

“We have a lot of confidence in Craig’s ability. We moved him from midfield to attack to help our production. He’s a smart lacrosse player and has a high lacrosse IQ. He understands where he needs to be to help his teammates one way or another,” Warne said.

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Former NBA star Allen Iverson averaged a program record of 23 points per game during his two-year career at Georgetown.

Iverson Leaves Lasting Legacy A llen Iverson, former Georgetown basketball player and NBA star, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday.

Iverson is many things: a former NBA MVP, an NBA All-Star, a Philadelphia sports icon, an alleged thug, a pioneer of the modern game — and the list goes on.

He was also a Hoya. For two seasons, from 1994-96, Iverson suited up for former Head Coach John Thompson Jr. and led Georgetown to two straight Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament, reaching the Elite 8 his sophomore year.

For all the controversy surrounding his career, from his arrest in high school to his early departure from the university to his infamous “practice” rant, Iverson

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polarized pundits and fans for nearly 20 years. His influence on the game’s style and evolution, however, has lasted far longer.

The Basketball Hall of Fame takes into account a player’s entire career, meaning Iverson’s accomplishments as a Hoya weighed into his acceptance.

In two seasons on the Hilltop, Iverson averaged 23 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, 4.6 assists per game and 3.2 steals per game. Named Big East Rookie of the Year his freshman year and First Team All-American his sophomore year, Iverson was a star from day one.

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orth Carolina senior guard Marcus Paige’s game-tying shot seemed like destiny or a prayer answered. As the ball descended from its arc, rattled inside the rim and fell through the net with the grace of a feather, it was one of the greatest and most memorable basketball shots — college or pro — that the sport has seen. Then Villanova junior forward Kris Jenkins happened.

Jenkins’ three at the buzzer countered Paige’s shot and propelled Villanova to its first national title in 35 years on Monday. It was a classic finish to an already stellar game, and for those of us who were not yet alive when former Duke center/power forward Christian Laettner’s turnaround jumper sank Kentucky in the 1992 Elite 8, or when former forward Lorenzo Charles turned an airball into a gamewinning dunk to inch the Cinderella North Carolina State team over the University of Houston’s Phi Slamma Jamma in 1983, Monday’s game was surely the greatest college basketball game my generation has seen.

The now-legendary ending, however, should not have happened. Though hindsight is always 20/20, Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright should have planned to foul North Carolina point guard Joel Berry II as he was dribbling up the court before he passed to Paige, or Paige himself after he got the pass from Berry — before Paige took the miraculous heave of a three that inexplicably went in. Consider the situation: Villanova was up by three with less than 10 seconds left, and North Carolina was in the See IPPOLITO, B9

With seven new faces in the form of five freshmen and two transfer students, the men’s (6-8, 1-1 Big East) and women’s (9-4, 1-3 Big East) tennis teams now boast a freshman class with three five-star recruits and four four-star recruits, demonstrating the players’ high performance levels that have been developing since their high school athletic careers.

“I have so much to say about this whole group of freshmen, and anyone who knows me and has been around the team at Georgetown and my older kids, they know how much love I have for this whole group,” Head Coach Gordie Ernst said. “What an amazing group of kids.”

For many of the freshmen, the transition from high school to college was easy. However, adjusting to play against other top teams at a collegiate level was initially a challenge for some.

“I feel like college was a pretty easy adjustment,” freshman Michael Chen, a five-star recruit from New Jersey, said. “The sports were tough in the beginning, like we’d have lift and then practice all in the same day, but being that it’s the second semester I’ve adjusted well to all of that stuff so I’m happy about that.”

Freshman Will Sharton and sophomore transfer Bart Panarese joined Chen in the new group of athletes on the men’s tennis team. On the women’s side, freshmen Risa Nakagawa, Sydney Goodson, Cecilia Lynham and sophomore transfer Sara Swift have joined the ranks.

“They all have great personalities, they all know how to get the jokes, they all have a great sense of humor, they all love to battle and compete. … They all

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Freshman Risa Nakagawa boasts a 9-2 singles record on the year and most recently defeated Seton Hall freshman Anicka Fajnorova in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 three-set battle on March 24. have these different personalities but they all have the common denominator of wanting to win for the team,” Ernst said.

Lynham, Goodson, Nakagawa and Swift have all earned spots in the starting lineup for the women’s team. Nakagawa, who has occupied the second singles slot for a majority of the season, currently posts a 9-2 singles record. Swift has also im-

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pressed in the singles category, boasting an 8-3 singles record.

Goodson, like Nakagawa, is a versatile player who can dominate in both singles and doubles play. The Great Falls, Va. native has gone 6-2 in singles play and 7-3 in doubles play. “[Sydney has] come in here and just been such an incredible kid in so many different ways,” Ernst said. “She’s

a great athlete, another team person. Lily Lynham — she had a few tight losses — but Lily, she’s won a lot of good matches in her junior career and I think she’s starting to figure out and really learn what college tennis is and every single day [she’s] bringing that high competitive spirit.”

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