The Hoya: April 12, 2016

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SNAPPED SKID

The men’s lacrosse team broke its six-game losing streak in an 8-5 win Saturday.

EDITORIAL The Fin/App Committee should use a rules-based system for clarity.

IT IS TIME TO PICK CLINTON She may not be your first choice, but she is the best chance of a win.

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SPORTS, A10

ARC Weaknesses Revealed

OWN IT Summit Looks to Empower tara subramaniam Hoya Staff Writer

With over 100 speakers and 800 attendees, the third annual OWN IT Summit hailed women’s leadership through a day of lectures, interviews and breakout sessions in Gaston Hall on Saturday.

OWN IT was founded in 2014 by Helen Brosnan (SFS ’16) and Kendall Ciesemier (COL ’15), and has expanded to seven campuses since its inaugural summit. This year’s summit, sponsored by Bloomberg LP, was organized by a team of 29 undergraduate Georgetown women.

University President John J. DeGioia, in his introduction of the event, praised OWN IT as a forum for discussion and learning from women of all backgrounds.

“OWN IT is meeting a need and providing a setting for our commu-

Report on Academic Resource Center recommends changes

nity to come together alongside leaders who are meeting the challenges of our world with courage and determination,” DeGioia said. “It’s a testament to the strength of the university’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive campus culture in which women are able to learn, grow and thrive.”

This year’s summit co-chairs, Allyn Rosenberger (NHS ’17) and Soraya Eid (MSB ’17), said in their welcome that OWN IT provides a space for young women to talk about the issues they face. The co-chairs also issued a challenge to summit attendees.

“As you engage with the speakers and each other today, I challenge you to listen to each other’s stories,” Eid said. “Learn from them and walk away with a renewed understanding of how you own it.”

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OWN IT’s “Women in New Media” panel included Carla Zanoni, Amel Monsur, Amani Alkhatahtbeh, Liza Donnelly and Alison Overholt.

Toby hung and suzanne monyak Hoya Staff Writers

Underfunded and understaffed, Georgetown’s Academic Resource Center received criticism for its wheelchair-inaccessible location, insufficient staff size and lack of visibility in an external review submitted to the Division of Student Affairs in January.

The 14-page report identifies deficiencies and offers 15 recommendations, including expanding the staff, relocating the center, improving technology and increasing faculty education on working with students with disabilities and with student-athletes.

The report, obtained by The Hoya last week, has not been publicly released as of press time.

Sheilah Shaw Horton, vice president for student development at Loyola University of Maryland, and Myrna Cohen, executive director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Weingarten Learning Resources Center, conducted the review from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30 last year at the request of Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, using information gathered from interviews and breakout sessions with students, faculty and administrators involved with the ARC. Horton and Cohen could not be reached for comment despite multiple efforts.

Housed under the Division of Student Affairs in the Office of the Provost, the ARC offers tutoring services and individual consultations and coordinates exams for 846 varsity athletes and around 750 students with registered disabilities. The center also provides assistance with study skills to

Liquor License Ban Lifted charlotte allen Hoya Staff Writer

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board recently lifted Georgetown’s 27-year-old restaurant liquor license moratorium, allowing establishments in the District to begin applying for licenses April 11.

The decision will not affect the limit of liquor licenses for nightclubs and taverns, which remains at six, because of a separate Washington, D.C. law that cannot be amended or rescinded by the ABC Board.

The moratorium was implemented in 1989 in response to noise and vandalism complaints from Georgetown residents regarding patrons of establishments that

were permitted to sell alcohol.

The moratorium capped the number of restaurants that could attain a class C/R license, which permits the sale of beer, wine or spirits on premises. The only way for a new business to obtain a license was to purchase one from another restaurant, at prices that could run upward of $10,000.

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Public Information Officer Jessie Cornelius said the ABC Board took into account public opinion and current neighborhood conditions in its decision to lift the moratorium.

“A hearing was held by the Board to receive public comment on Feb. 24 and written comment was accepted on the issue through

March 4,” Cornelius wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Input received from Georgetown community and business groups supported lifting the cap on restaurant licenses because the issues of noise, trash and vandalism — which were the original catalysts for the moratorium — had improved.”

“There was generally support for the lifting of the moratorium.” andrew kline Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington Legal Counsel

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The recent change in regulation is largely due to support given by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, which represents Georgetown, to lifting the moratorium.

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are advisory boards that provide official citizen representation to governmental bodies.

There are 47 commissions in the District run by volunteer commissioners who are popularly elected and serve two-year terms. The Georgetown commission specifically reviews all development in the historic district as well as all liquor licenses.

Vice Chair of ANC 2E Ed Solomon expressed support for the end of the moratorium, stating that it reflects a balance between restaurants and stores in the neighborhood.

“The time was right. The moratorium was enacted at a time when the community felt that there had to be some type of control on what was happening 25 or so years ago,” Solomon said. “Now we have a good mix of retail and restaurants here and we would like to see new restaurants come

The lifting of the moratorium will allow establishments in Georgetown and the wider D.C. area to apply for liquor licenses April 11.

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A report requested by Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson found the ARC office space worryingly cramped. around 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

However, staffed with five fulltime professionals to provide academic services for the entire student body — with the exception of the men’s varsity basketball team, which has a separate coordinator under the athletics department — the ARC “has a minimal ability to serve the populations it professes to support,” according to the report.

Olson distributed the report’s executive summary to the Disability Working Group meeting Wednesday. The group, which consists of 30 students, faculty and administrators, aims to address disability rights on campus.

Georgetown University Student Association President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) and Vice President See ARC, A6

Judge Approves DC Wage Vote on Ballot lisa burgoa Hoya Staff Writer

In a surprise reversal on his previous stance, D.C. Superior Court Judge Maurice Ross ruled April 4 to uphold the D.C. Board of Elections’ approval of an increased minimum wage measure last July, greenlighting activists’ efforts for a $15-per-hour minimum wage to be put to vote in a District ballot this November.

The decision marks a victory for advocates pushing for an increase to $15 from the current $10.50 minimum wage. Proponents of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2016” must now collect signatures from 5 percent of the city’s registered voters, including 5 percent

each of five different wards, by July in order to include the issue on the ballot.

If approved by public vote on the ballot, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 8, the initiative would increase the District’s minimum wage annually until it reaches $15 in 2020. Following this, the wage would rise depending on changes to the cost of living.

Co-Chair of the D.C. for $15 campaign and Director of D.C.’s Working Families Party Delvone Michael said the campaign had garnered roughly 200 of the 25,000 required signatures as of April 8.

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FEATURED NEWS Moniz Defends Iran Deal

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz spoke on Iran, green energy on Monday.

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NEWS

Sports

IRC Hosts Talk on Drugs Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg spoke on need for marijuana research.

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Wambach Owns It Abby Wambach discussed her career and her recent arrest at the OWN IT Summit.

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OPINION

MULTIMEDIA

Trump Prejudice In an election season fraught with prejudice, students should fight for diversity.

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Speaker Interviews Get behind-the-scenes access to this year’s OWN IT Summit speakers. thehoya.com

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT

Last April, over a third of the undergraduate student body rallied to advocate for a student voice in master planning by participating in the “Let’s Not Get Screwed Again” campaign. The movement pushed for issues regarding off-campus housing, building renovations, new construction and the need to create space for student voices in the campus plan negotiation. These same issues remain just as important in this year’s campus planning process, though students’ efforts to raise their voices during recent negotiations have paled in comparison.

The petition’s signatories recognized the importance of students’ opinions in negotiating the contract between Georgetown, the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission and the D.C. government.

However, when executive elections for Georgetown University Student Association came around this year, the absence of a significant master planning campaign made it seem that the students lost the sense of urgency they once felt regarding master planning.

Students should continue to remember the value in students’ opinions in these decisions, and continue to voice concerns over the 20-year campus plan in all upcoming GUSA campaigns and elections. If they do not, students could get screwed, again.

In fact, the issue is now more important than ever. The Georgetown

Community Partnership Steering Committee – the body of administrators, community leaders and students responsible for drafting the next 20year campus plan – is slated to consider a draft plan at its April 22 meeting.

The draft will include decisions and compromises that will have major implications for life on the Hilltop over the next two decades, including plans for housing, transportation and student spaces.

The plan will likely be approved after the meeting, with more negotiations to come this summer. As negotiations continue, students’ vested interests will only be met through consistent activism, student pressure on GUSA and further engagement with the Georgetown neighborhood.

Given its broad scope and long timeline, master planning might not present itself as the most pressing issue — but those very characteristics speak to its paramount importance. Administrators must reallocate resources toward whatever the campus plan agreement calls for, impacting anything from Counseling and Psychiatric Services to trash collection.

The neighbors in the Georgetown community present a strong coalition, and have the right to lobby for their interests. Yet, as a campus with thousands of students, we have the ability to send a loud message to neighbors about our interests as well.

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More Than Coffee — Five Starbucks locations in D.C. will be offering a new evening menu this week, including wine and beer. They are the latest in a list of over 300 Starbucks around the country that are trying out the concept.

Bus-ted — An audit of D.C.’s Circulator bus fleet discovered 40 of 42 busses examined had serious safety defects, with an average of 22 defects per bus. Ninety-five percent of currently operating busses were driving with “unacceptable” safety hazards.

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Do Not Forget to Register — Ivanka and Eric Trump missed New York’s stringent party registration deadlines and will be unable to vote for their father in the New York primary.

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Fight for Campus

Dry Canal — The Georgetown Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will be drained this fall in order to begin work on repairs to two of the canal’s 19th-century locks.

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EDITORIALS

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Burger Theft — A burglar broke into a Five Guys in Columbia Heights.

Rather than going for the money, the man cooked himself a cheeseburger, treated himself to a soda and left.

Courtroom Bombshell — Asked by the judge if he knew how a grenade worked, a constable in Karachi, Pakistan, pulled the pin on a live hand grenade. The subsequent detonation injured five people.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Noah Taylor

Rules to Allocate The Finance and Appropriations Committee has an immense responsibility: allocating funds toward activities that benefit Georgetown students. As it stands, the obligation to balance the supplementary funding needs of existing groups, new organizations that need a helping jump start and capital improvements that advance the quality of student life is handed to eight Georgetown University Student Administration senators who do their best to remain unbiased in the fulfillment of their responsibilities. The discretionary nature of the criteria used by the committee, however, results in fundamental uncertainties, to the detriment of student life.

In light of a significant year-on-year variability in allocated funding, the Fin/App Committee ought to consider replacing its discretionary model of criteria for a rulesbased, publicly available system.

This would do much to reduce the unpredictability and lack of clarity in regard to how funding needs are fulfilled.

Although less accommodating to emergencies, a rules-based system overcomes the major credibility problem that the committee currently faces. Under a discretionary framework, this committee is unable to credibly commit to any future action that will result in an optimal outcome for student life. Consequently, oncampus organizations are unable to adequately plan in the event their funding is substantially reduced. The combined result of this is clear: Organizations request the highest funding deemed appropriate, while the committee grants the lowest amount that still allows the organization to continue to operate. This is not an optimal outcome.

The current discretionary system does have some advantages. It allows senators to allocate funding to emergency capital expenditures, such as the one currently needed for Kehoe Field. In its commitment to maintain a strong culture of competition in Georgetown’s club sports teams, the decision was made to allocate $185,000 to the Advisory Board for Club Sports — an increase of $33,200 from the 2016 fiscal year. Additionally, the Media Board was allocated $95,000 — representing a $40,000 increase from the committee’s Fiscal Year

2016 allocation — because of the board’s improved budgeting efforts and the committee’s own recognition of the importance of print media for Georgetown’s campus.

Nevertheless, this discretionary allocation criteria binds the funding concessions that can be made to other on-campus organizations in often unpredictable and unclear ways. The large increase in ABCS funding, for example, was a result of capital projects made necessary by deferred maintenance — something that in a rulesbased system could be given a weight and addressed before it becomes an unavoidable necessity.

The justification for the funding increase given to Media Board also lacks specificity. The committee’s decision to increase funding by 72.7 percent for fiscal year 2017 reflects a consideration of the changing nature of print journalism, the rising cost of providing free newspapers to students and the essential nature of newspapers on campus to student life. On the other hand, the Georgetown Program Board saw an 11.3 percent decrease from last year’s allocation, because of, as reported in the Student Activities Budget Report for fiscal year 2017, “tight budget constraints and critical funding requirements for other aspects of student life.” There seems to be little comparability between these three funding allocation decisions.

The criteria that a rules-based system ought to take into consideration is not difficult to envision. The number of students affected by each additional funding dollar, the comparative marginal return to every funding dollar granted and the alignment of organizations’ goals with those that best serve the student body are a good starting point. While such historic metrics are important, forward-looking criteria are also necessary so that funding is not restricted to the same set of groups or causes. Future impact and room for growth must be taken into account.

Every year a new Fin/App funding report is released, and every year the committee is faced with the same question: Why did you allocate $X to group Y and not $X to group Z? A rules-based system would do much to clarify, determine and improve how funding decisions are made.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016

POP POLITICS

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Young Progressives: Do Not Drop the Ball

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Femi Sobowale

It Is Time To Get ‘In-Formation’

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his week the lovely Beyoncé Knowles, the queen of pop and, arguably, everything else, appeared on the cover of the May 2016 issue of Elle magazine. Her latest album is still nowhere to be found, but she came out of her recent shroud of mystery to give Elle an exclusive interview. She talked about her new fitness line, her family’s Easter activities and, of course, the song “Formation.”

For those of us who have been in hiding under a rock, in a cave or in Lau studying for midterms, “Formation” is Beyoncé’s latest masterpiece. She dropped both the song and video in February 2015 and subsequently announced her upcoming world tour, once again snatching everyone’s attention without regard for our peace of mind or our bank accounts. Normally when Beyoncé does this, it is received with praise and love.

But this time, interestingly, there was backlash.

“Formation” is different from the rest of Beyoncé’s videos because it is, first and foremost, unapologetically black. “Stop shooting us,” a phrase connected to the struggle of black people suffering from police brutality, makes a spray-painted appearance.

Most scenes appear to be shot either in New Orleans or on what can best be described as a plantation and the video is cast almost exclusively with black dancers and actors.

The only white presence to be found in the entire video is toward the end, when a small black child faces a line of white police officers.

The message of “Formation” is one of black pride. Beyoncé sings about loving her “Negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils” and liking her “baby heir with baby hair and afros,” celebrating physical characteristics that have been ridiculed and shunned for so long. Black women have been taught by popular American culture that their natural features are unattractive. Beyoncé spotlights black dancers, surrounds herself with black girls of every shade and, most importantly, imbues “Formation” with images reminding viewers of her roots and her identity as a black woman while simultaneously sending a message of solidarity with the black community.

I don’t know about you, but the answer is pretty obvious to me. It is because it is not about white people.

So why — when nearly every popular love song is dedicated to girls with blue eyes and blond hair, when songs celebrating the experiences of white teenagers and young adults receive plenty of radio airtime, when most pop is by white people — is the video about being proud to be black receiving backlash?

Why did people complain they felt uncomfortable about its message and its settings?

Why was “Formation” touted as aggressive?

I don’t know about you, but the answer is pretty obvious to me. It is because it is not about white people.

When I first saw the video for “Formation” online, I was touched. Outside of rap music, which mostly focuses on sexualizing aspects of black women’s attractive qualities, I had never heard anyone with such a strong and widespread public platform praise black characteristics. Hardly anyone makes positive comments about black hair that are not patronizing and do not make me feel like some object to be examined and gawked over. Almost no one says anything positive about the size or shape of black noses. As a black woman with those features, I was on cloud nine for two solid days. It took an Internet comment to make me wonder if “Formation” could truly be considered feminist because it excluded white women, and isn’t feminism supposed to be about all women?

That’s the thing. “Formation” is not about all women. It is not supposed to be. “Formation” is about celebrating a group of people, black women, who have historically been oppressed, denigrated and classed as lesser in terms of attractiveness, intelligence, classiness and any other number of unflattering things. According to Beyoncé, “Formation” was a way to celebrate her roots and her culture during Black History Month.

“Celebration” is the key word in the discussion of both “Formation” and Beyoncé’s response to the backlash. When white culture and white features are praised and celebrated, we accept it as normal and unthreatening because it is keeping with the status quo. But when black features and black culture are celebrated and popularized and put out there for everyone to see, when black people recognize themselves and only themselves in an extremely popular music video, when the queen of pop reminds people that she is, in fact, black, that is when celebration becomes unwelcome. That is when celebration threatens to unbalance the status quo. That is when celebration becomes threatening.

Yet that is the exact kind of self-loving celebration I welcome. Go off, Beyoncé, and go hard.

Femi Sobowale is a senior in the College.

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n light of last week’s debate between Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) about who is qualified to be president, I think it is fair to say the level of vitriol between progressives in the Democratic nomination fight has reached 2008-like levels.

In a sense, this is good and not unexpected. For those of us who believe politics is the highest calling, our level of engagement shows our deep care about the issues in this campaign.

However, what surprised me is that some of the deadliest venom thrown around in person and on the web has come from the mouths of young people, hurling insults at each other about the histories, policies and appearances of their respective candidates.

This needs to end, and quickly.

Full disclosure: I am a Clinton supporter. I worked for her campaign last summer and will be continuing my role full time after I graduate in May. However, I must admit, as a millennial who has family in Europe and has supported leftist candidates, there is a lot that draws me to Sanders as a candidate. His callousness on gun reform disturbs me deeply, especially because I am a native of Sandy Hook, Conn., the site of a major mass shooting. I appreciate the scale of his ambitions on health care, the Israeli-Palestinian debate and climate change.

Sanders is also making America talk seriously about what I believe to be the issue of our generation: wealth inequality. My friends’ and peers’ enthusiasm

for Sanders makes me excited about the future of our country.

Thanks to his success as a candidate, I see a future where we will indeed achieve universal, singlepayer health care and the demilitarization of the police and end our society’s warped glorification of the financial industry. Someday, we may even have a socialist party in America. Sanders has made me see it.

However, Sanders is not going to be the Democratic nominee. The mathematics of the delegate count cannot lie and experts across the Democratic party agree it is virtually impossible for Sanders to overcome Clinton’s lead in both regular delegates and in pledged superdelegates. This is not to mean

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that I think Bernie should pack it in and head home with his tail between his legs. I want him to continue talking about the issues he holds dear, especially wealth inequality. He should give his speech at the Vatican and hopefully another at the Democratic convention. But for the sake of party unity, I will beg his supporters, especially fellow millennials, not to forget the big picture.

With the makeup of the Supreme Court and, therefore, the future of election financing, abortion, voting rights and many other key issues at stake, we cannot allow the Republicans to seize upon our discord.

After the close of the convention on July 28, we will all be in this

together, no matter who is the nominee.

Young progressives, we need you to not only go and vote, but also to help turn out the coalition that elected President Barack Obama to the White House in 2008 and 2012. If you believe wealth inequality to be the issue of our generation, as I do, continue to draw on your passion this summer and beyond to make sure America does not stop talking about this issue.

Whether it is coming to work or volunteering for Hillary’s campaign or urging your family, friends and neighbors to vote for progressive candidates, I beg you not to forget the big picture. No Republican is going to do much to remedy our society’s idolatry of wealth.

Although you may not love Hillary Clinton or agree with all her past or current positions, there is no denying that she is a superior choice to Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) or anyone else that the GOP would put up.

So let us finish out this nomination cycle with decorum, respect and enthusiasm for the historic victory we will achieve in November. Let us end the unnecessary demonization of our fellow progressives. For the sake of our great country, we must not forget the big picture and allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

EMMA IANNINI is a senior in the School of Foreign Service.

SENSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Stereotypes Hide Two Foes And A Complex World A Fragile Alliance

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ince he swept through the polls on Super Tuesday, Donald Trump has been on track to win the Republican nomination. The fact that he has received so much support is concerning because it proves that U.S. citizens hold similar racial prejudices. As a foreign exchange student from Japan, this both surprises and concerns me. Stereotypes are frightening because they breed unnecessary fear and hostility with rhetoric that is largely untrue.

When I came to the United States, I brought a lot of stereotypes with me. I imagined that the typical American ate supersized burgers from McDonald’s, suffered from obesity, dressed casually and was extremely friendly.

These stereotypes proved untrue at Georgetown.

Georgetown students are so much more fit and athletic than I expected them to be, and I have not seen a single McDonald’s in the vicinity of campus. Some students come to class after their internships dressed in fancy business attire. Making friends here was more difficult than I thought it would be, though; perhaps not everyone was as friendly as I had expected. During my first months here, I constantly studied everything about American culture, from businesses to the behavior of Georgetown students.

I also believed in certain negative stereotypes and harbored prejudices when I came to the United States. For one, I pictured Republicans as militaristic, racist, conservative and generally bad people. However, I changed my view over the winter break when I stayed in the Amish and Mennanite community of Shipshewana, Ind. Many of the people I met on the trip were Republicans. One woman told me she disliked immigrants because she fears they are changing the American culture. She complained that the first-generation Spanish-speaking immigrants speak little English; she did not see the difficulty of learning a new language as an adult.

She was obviously prejudiced and ascribed to untrue stereotypes, but her concern showed how she cares about her country, community, culture and religious faith. She did not embody the image of the religious Republican I previously held.

Likewise, the interactions I have had at Georgetown have humanized my image of people who support or serve in the military. The

Japanese Constitution contains a peace article that renounces war and allows Japan to possess military forces only for self-defense.

Given Japan’s legacy of war, I did not have a good image of those who participate in the military. By attending talks about veterans and meeting with student military officers, I realized many members of the armed forces are kind-hearted, intelligent and strong people.

Over spring break, I visited Cuba with other exchange students. My friends and I became close with the Cuban family who owned the apartment we rented.

The daughter played the violin and performed an Indian dance for us and we danced to Cuban pop music together. At the end of the night, we were smiling and laughing, and I had made a best friend.

Our cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles are very different. They are Cubans, who speak Spanish and live in a country with a socialist political system, while I am an Asian who lives in a democratic capitalist society and speaks Japanese and English.

But by interacting and sharing cultural experiences, I learned they are good people and appreciated our differences.

Throughout the year, I have met many people of different races, backgrounds, cultures, political ideologies and religions. But I realized all of them are trying to make the best of their lives and care for their families, friends and countries in their own ways. Such interactions with people from diverse backgrounds have eliminated many of my negative stereotypes while allowing me to humanize and empathize with the opinions of others who are quite different from myself.

Election season is a time for everyone to reflect on the differences between themselves and others and realize it is okay to hold different political or religious views.

We must acknowledge that we need diversity. Interacting with those who are different from us is crucial to being open-minded and combating harmful prejudices.

I hope Georgetown, and the United States as a whole will remain diverse and that our international and interracial friendships will prosper. This will create a culture of peace.

RIHOKO NIKAYA is a junior in the College. She is an exchange student from Waseda University.

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stanbul’s Istiklal Street is the Though the Obama administration city’s main commercial thor- has repeatedly rejected the proposoughfare, containing a variety als, preserving Turkey’s capability to of businesses and connecting the propose such measures could prove famous landmarks Taksim Square valuable in confronting future huand Galata Tower. On weekends, manitarian and military challenges. around 3 million people traverse Turkey will also be a crucial partits time-worn cobblestones; locals ner in talks on the future of the hurry to work while tourists exam- Syrian regime, serving as a primary ine storefront displays or escape the backer of the High Negotiations crowds at outdoor cafes.

Committee that represented the SyrOn the morning of March 19, ian opposition at the stalled Geneva Istiklal’s vibrant atmosphere was Conference. Ankara holds particular shattered. Mehmet Ozturk, a suicide leverage with regard to Syria’s Kurdbomber with links to the Islamic ish population. To this point, the State Group, detonated his explosive Turkish government has refused vest near several boutiques, killing to sanction the participation of the four and wounding over 36.

Democratic Union Party, or PYD, The bombing marked the latest a Syrian Kurdish group, for fear of in a string of attacks in Turkey over augmenting a nationalist threat the past year. In August, a strike on to its territorial sovereignty. While the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul killed Turkey is unlikely to abate its hardsix people and an attack in October line anti-Kurdish stance, continued during a pro-peace rally in Ankara U.S. security assistance may provide left 103 dead and over 400 injured. enough leverage to moderate its poJanuary saw a suicide bomber mur- sition, which is imperative for the der 10 tourists. Explosions in Ankara long-term viability of any resolution during February and they reach.

March killed over 60 Cooperation people. with Turkey, howevWhile Turkey faces er, has often proven a plethora of security troublesome for the threats, its primary United States and concerns stem its coalition allies. from conflict with the As aforementioned, IS group and the KurdErdogan utilized istan Workers’ Party, his country’s entry Matthew Gregory or PKK. Turkey joined into the Syrian conthe U.S.-led coalition flict to attack Kurdagainst the IS group ish, rather than in 2014, but only committed to mili- the IS group, positions — a policy tary involvement after a bombing that likely benefited the extremist on the Turkish-Syrian border killed organization by preventing capable 32 people that July. The extremist local militias from advancing upon group and its affiliates have now its territory. When PYD armies were orchestrated attacks in October and poised to capture a strategic town January, in addition to the March 19 in August 2015 and sever a key ISIS Istiklal Street bombing. supply route, Erdogan threatened A leftist militant front designated to exact military retribution against as a terrorist organization by the Kurdish forces should Jarablus fall.

North Alliance Treaty Organiza- As a result, the town remains under tion, PKK advocates independence the control of the IS group. for Turkey’s ethnically Kurdish rePerhaps most frustratingly, the gions. Created in 1978, the group Turkish government has demonconducted bombings, assassina- strated an inability or unwillingness tions and kidnappings until signing to prevent illicit smuggling across a 2013 ceasefire with the Turkish its border with Syria, allowing oil, government. However, Prime Minis- weapons and fighters to freely enter Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained ter and exit IS group-held territory. convinced that the PKK constituted While this task is daunting, Ankara’s a principal threat to Turkey’s na- choice to prioritize quelling Kurdish tional security, and targeted Kurd- assertiveness rather than eradicate ish strongholds in southern Turkey, the IS group has complicated efforts Iraq and Syria while it committed to dispel the terrorist organization’s to the IS group conflict in July. The presence in northern Syria.

PKK declared the ceasefire void and Despite Erdogan’s intransigence has incessantly attacked the Turkish in his national security priorities, homeland, most notably striking Is- the Obama administration would tanbul in August 2015 and Ankara be remiss not to seek strengthened in February and March 2016. diplomatic and military ties with In light of this surge in terrorist its NATO ally as a means of ensuractivity, safeguarding Turkey’s se- ing that Turkey will spoil future curity and stability must become a Syrian peace initiatives, if nothing paramount U.S. policy priority. The else. While closed-door rebukes for NATO member plays an indispen- unnecessarily stoking PKK tensions sible role in efforts to eliminate the are certainly warranted, the United IS group presence in northern Syria, States must nevertheless stand by its while authorizing American use of partner in a fight that neither state its Incirlik air base for bombing raids can hope to win alone. across Syria and Iraq. Turkey has also suggested the creation of a Syr- Matthew Gregory is a junior in ian safe zone, which would provide the School of Foreign Service. a haven for refugees and a training SENSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST ground for coalition-backed rebels. appears every other Tuesday.

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Secretary of Energy Defends Iran Nuclear Deal CHRISTIAN PAZ Hoya Staff Writer

United States Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz defended the Iran nuclear deal and argued for a renewed push toward green energy technology at the 2016 Trainor Lecture and Award in the Intercultural Center on Monday.

Hosted by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Moniz was honored for his role in the Iran nuclear negotiations and awarded the 32nd Jit Trainor Award for distinction in the conduct of diplomacy.

Moniz participated in the P-5+1 talks between the permanent United Nations member states, China and the European Union as a part of the American-led international delegation working toward a plan to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

The nuclear agreement requires Iran to roll back its nuclear pro-

gram and imposes a verification system to ensure it does not initiate new efforts to obtain a nuclear device, in exchange for lifting sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy since 1996. Former Ambassador to Yemen and Director of the ISD Barbara K. Bodine welcomed the audience before introducing School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman, who praised Moniz as a scientist serving the nation and one of the first scientists to win the Trainor Award.

“The transnational challenges we are facing go beyond the capacity of any single nation-state to solve,” Hellman said. “Individually and as the head of the Department of Energy, he really epitomizes the role of science in the service of the national interest and global community.”

Moniz emphasized the long, active role in diplomacy that the Department of Energy has played over the years, balancing multiple responsibilities including nuclear

security and climate change. “[The DOE] is sometimes referred to as the Department of Weapons and Windmills, Quarks and Quagmires because of the nuclear security responsibilities and clean energy, particularly climate change,” Moniz said. “It is the largest supporter of the physical sciences in the United States and we operate the key facilities like accelerators and resources that serve over 30,000 scientists each year to do their work.”

Moniz said he worked to build trust with Iranian scientists based around their work as scientists in negotiations.

“We had to go through a myriad of trade-offs, but the important thing is that a relationship of trust was built up at the scientist-to-scientist level,” Moniz said. “This did not in any way diminish our responsibility to achieve our core objectives, but it was built upon a trust in which we felt what was being discussed was always an honest proposition.”

Moniz said he was proud of the progress that he achieved through these negotiations.

“We had to go through a myriad of tradeoffs, but the important thing is that a relationship of trust was built up at the scientist-to-scientist level.”

ERNEST MONIZ U.S. Secretary of Energy

“Until recently, the major focus was on eliminating their plutonium capability, which would come from a rack reactor that was under construction. It would produce more than enough plutonium for a bomb a year. The discussion was all around who would bomb it when. That was

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Dr. Ernest Moniz and Dean Joel Hellman discussed the value of the Iran Nuclear Deal and future of green energy technology at an event hosted by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in the Intercultural Center Auditorium on Monday.

what was in the news,” Moniz said.

“Today, the core of that reactor has been filled with cement as a result of the negotiations. Sounds to me like a better outcome.”

According to Moniz, criticism surrounding the deal tends to focus on what the deal does not do, instead of what it accomplishes.

“It did not stop arms transfers to Hezbollah, it did not solve the Houthi problem, it did not solve the missile problem. That was a choice made years ago that a manageable negotiation would be attempted,” Moniz said. “It’s very similar to what President Reagan did in the 1980s in negotiating arms control separate from all of our other problems with the Soviet Union.”

Following Moniz’s lecture, ISD Board Chairman and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering moderated a question-and-answer segment, which featured questions ranging from potential plans for the United States to begin a fuel-leasing program to the roles Georgetown students play in combatting climate change.

Maria Ciacci (SFS ’18) said she enjoyed listening to Moniz’s explanation of the Iran deal.

“I thought it was really informative. I like that he kept it basic enough for anyone that’s not necessarily in the field to understand,” Ciacci said. “He was really thorough with the history of his field as well as the Iran deal, and it was easy to understand and really see the intersection of diplomacy and science.”

Will Hallisey (COL ’16) also praised the secretary’s explanation of the DOE’s responsibilities.

“My dad does energy investing and so I know a little bit about this stuff, but it’s a brave new world because you have to figure out a world where there’s a cohesive interconnection of energy opportunities,” Hallisey said. “Someone talked about oil in developing countries, they mentioned it’s the department of weapons and they really do have a very encompassing job. His expertise is very encompassing as well.”

Hallisey said the lecture clarified his understanding of the Iran nuclear talks.

“You get the sound bytes on TV of the less educated point of view, but the fact that he is fundamentally assured of his position because he’s so educated, exactly what it takes for a country to have a nuclear weapon,” Hallisey said.

“I think that’s what was one of the most important parts because you really do realize how extensively affected these people, these individuals.”

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DEA Head Discusses Opioids, Cannabis Legalization William Zhu Hoya Staff Writer

Acting Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Chuck Rosenberg emphasized the need to further study marijuana before its legalization and stressed his role in fighting its usage in a talk hosted by the Georgetown International Relations Club in the Mortara Center for International Studies on Thursday.

This event was part of the seventh annual Georgetown Diplomacy and International Security Conference organized by the IRC. Rosenberg was the U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia and the chief and senior counselor to the FBI director before becoming acting administrator of the

DEA. Rosenberg said he was relatively inexperienced with drug enforcement, despite his extensive experience as a federal prosecutor.

“Ironically enough, the one thing I never prosecuted were drug crimes,” Rosenberg said.

Rosenberg said there is an urgent need to address drug-related deaths, which have begun to take more lives than car accidents.

Deaths from opioid overdoses set a record in 2014, according to The Washington Post.

“Forty-seven thousand people died last year of drug overdose,” Rosenberg said. “Not only does it not include suicide. It doesn’t include the tens of thousands of people who overdose, but don’t die.”

Efforts to curb the drug supply in

the United States have been unsuccessful, and Rosenberg said the DEA should work to reduce demand for drugs.

“There is no way in hell we are going to enforce or jail or prosecute our way out of this mess,” Rosenberg said. “We have got to attack the demand side, and that is something the DEA hasn’t done a good job of.”

Rosenberg said National TakeBack days, where drug users can safely return prescription drugs, have been effective in reducing drug abuse.

“On April 30 of this year, we are going to have a National Take-Back Day,” Rosenberg said. “Our last National Take-Back Day, we took in 742,000 pounds of unwanted and expired drugs.”

However, according to Rosen-

berg, the DEA is not well-suited for demand reduction because of its role as a law enforcement agency.

Rosenberg said the DEA has always been focused on heroin use, not just since its spread to typically whiter suburbs.

“We were paying a lot of attention when black kids were dying, too. I don’t know if the media was paying as much attention,” Rosenberg said.

Rosenberg said more diversity in the DEA’s workforce allows for better intelligence gathering and analysis.

“We have to be a lot more diverse in background, in thought, in education and experience,” Rosenberg said. “If we are all sitting around agreeing with each other, then that is a problem and intelligence

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Acting Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Chuck Rosenberg advocated the further study of marijuana before its legalization and a focus on reducing demand for opioids in a talk in the Mortara Center for International Studies on Thursday.

isn’t good as a result.”

The discussion also touched on the topic of marijuana legalization and its status as a schedule 1 drug. According to Rosenberg, marijuana has dangers. “Schedule 1 means, by definition, that there is a potential for abuse and that there is no recognized safe and effective medical application,” Rosenberg said.

Rosenberg said it is important to make drug policy based off of scientific evidence rather than popular votes.

“We have to tether our work to science,” Rosenberg said. “We ought not vote on whether or not something is safe and effective.”

Rosenberg said while marijuana might not be considered dangerous by all parties, it is his job as a law enforcement official to enforce the law until marijuana is legalized.

“It is not medicine. It just ain’t and someday it might be,” Rosenberg said. “Right now, my job is to enforce the law. If the law changes, if the federal government makes it legal, guess what happens the next day, I don’t enforce it anymore.”

Rosenberg also said law enforcement must have lawful access to encrypted information following the recent battle between the FBI and Apple over unlocking San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s phone.

“I don’t believe for a moment that men and women that run Apple and Google are not good Americans. In fact, I believe strongly that they are,” Rosenberg said. “From my perspective as a law enforcement officer, if we can’t get something through a lawful process, we have a problem.”

Matt Hinson (SFS ’17) said he enjoyed a law enforcement perspective on drug policy.

“I though it was a great event.

He definitely shows a side that a lot of people don’t see much when you talk about drug policy,” Hinson said.

Mali Rubin (COL ’19), who wishes to pursue a career in law enforcement, said she appreciated Rosenberg’s honesty.

“I am someone who wants to go into law enforcement so I found it especially wonderful for him to just speak candidly about some many topics,” Rubin said.

GUSA Senate Elections School Lottery Decreases Matches See Improved Turnout Simon Carroll Special to The Hoya

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that it wasn’t an issue.”

Bassey wrote he was particuHoya Staff Writer larly disappointed by the low 428 students, or 5.63 percent voter turnout. of the student body, voted in the “I’m humbled that the stuGeorgetown University Student dents found me to be the best Association senate elections candidate for this position. That Thursday, an increase from last being said, I’m disheartened by year’s special election’s 294 stu- the turnout. Even if people had dent turnout. voted against me, I would have Habon Ali (SFS ’18) won the At- liked to see at least 60 percent Large seat, Musa Bassey (COL ’18) turnout, not the abysmal level won the Southwest Quad seat, we got here,” Bassey wrote in an Andrew Granville (MSB ’17) won email to The Hoya (full disclosure: the Village A seat, Andrew Tabas Bassey is a former columnist for (SFS ’16) won the Townhouses The Hoya). seat, and Marcus Leanos (MSB Bassey wrote that he hopes to ’17) won the Village B/Nevils seat. advance GUSA’s image during All open seats were filled. his term.

The Townhouses and Village “There are a good amount B seats were uncontested, while who are disillusioned because Southwest the organizaQuad had tion operates three candi- “There are a good more like a dates.

Two club than a c a n d i d a t e s amount who are representative, ran for the Vil- disillusioned because elected govlage A seat and ernment.

In one candidate the organization my duration, ran for the AtI’d want to see operates more Large seat. more engageThe town- like a club than a ment of the houses saw student body the lowest representative, elected going forward, turnout rate, as well as helpwith 13 vot- government.” ing create the ers, while the image of GUSA MUSA BASSEY Southwest as a net good COL ’18, Southwest Quad Senator Quad saw the on campus,” highest turnBassey wrote. out with 54 Tabas, who voters. ran a spur-of-the-moment writeGUSA Election Commissioner in campaign the day of the Alden Fletcher (SFS ’17) said both elections, said he hopes to get turnout and candidacy rates are involved with the campus plan typically low for upperclassmen during his time in the senate. districts.

“But then also I think people “You definitely see a drop off have been talking a lot about in participation as you get to the the campus plan. And it’s somedistricts that represent primari- thing that’s important to me, I ly upperclassmen,” Fletcher said. think it’s kind of ridiculous that Fletcher said the election re- we’re being forced to build like form bill, which was recently a million new dormitories and passed by the GUSA senate and house people in the hotel and all mandates the placement of three this stuff,” Tabas said. “It’s been write-in slots on the ballot fol- amazing living in a townhouse, lowing this year’s last-minute and I think that future students addition of write-in slots to the should also have that opportuexecutive ballot, did not have a nity.” significant impact on this elecGranville said he chose to get tion. involved with GUSA to learn “So it’s good because now more about student governwe actually have sort of a fixed ment. He said he hopes to adamount, there’s no ambiguity dress the cleanliness of Village A about write-ins, how many can over the course of his term. we have, so the election proce“With Village A I think one of dure’s been modified not dur- the biggest issues is the rooftop ing the middle of the election, trash, and people struggle a lot which was primarily what we of the time on the weekend to objected to during the exec,” pick it up. I think it’s important Fletcher said. “The effect of hav- to make sure that people on the ing three on the ballot wasn’t a rooftop all pick up their trash to huge consequence, just because make sure that the rooftop looks we had so few votes this election nice and clean,” Granville said.

The My School D.C. Lottery matched a lower proportion of its 21,208 overall applicants to schools this year, according to results released April 1.

This year the program received 1,000 more applicants. The lottery saw a decrease in the proportion of applicants it was able to match from 72 percent last year to 70 percent this year.

The My School D.C. Lottery was launched two years ago to address a series of complaints from District parents that the old lottery program, in which individual schools held their own lotteries, was difficult to navigate.

Schools voluntarily take part in the current District-wide system, with 96 percent of D.C.’s public schools currently participating in the lottery.

My School D.C. Executive Director Catherine Peretti said the new lottery program was established in response to the challenges posed by the old system. “[The new lottery] came into existence because the number of schools in the lottery was growing at a fairly rapid rate. It was becoming complex for families to navigate disparate timelines and different applications, some of which were on paper and some which were online,” Peretti said. “In both the public charter sector and in the D.C. public schools out-of-bound lottery it was becoming too difficult for parents.”

To sort students into schools, the lottery relies on a matching algorithm developed by the Institute for Innovation in Public School Choice, an organization specializing in school choice systems that is based on the work of Nobel Laureate economist Al Roth.

Though the lottery system is random in that there is no advantage to applying first, it does incorporate preference. Students are matched to schools based on measures such as the number of available spots at each institution, proximity to the student’s residence and the applicant’s own ranking of school choices.

To apply to the lottery, students and parents must create a family account and provide basic information, such as the student’s identification number and proof of D.C. residency. Through this account, parents can pick up to 12 traditional or charter schools as their top choices. Additionally, students may apply to any of DCPS’s six selective schools, which admit applicants based on specific eligibility requirements and require essays or letters of recommendation.

From 2014 to 2015, the lottery program saw large increases in the length of its waitlist, where students are placed if they are not matched

with either of their top choices or any schools. Waitlists for traditional schools surged by 25 percent, while those for charter schools rose by 18 percent in 2015, according to The Washington Post.

This year, however, with the addition of several new programs, including the provisionally titled Empowering Males High School — the District’s first all-male public high school — the lottery saw a more moderate 11 percent increase in its waitlist numbers.

Montessori and other specialty schools have drawn larger demand, with the waitlists for the Mundo Verde Bilingual School and the Twin Rivers Public Charter School containing over 1,000 students each.

McCourt School of Public Policy Associate Professor Nada Eissa, who specializes in public policy and economics, said the lottery effectively communicates information about which schools are doing well based on their desirability.

“What [the lottery] has provided the school system is a very strong signal of which schools are succeeding and which are not, which schools parents value and which schools they do not,” Eissa said. “The value of the DCPS lottery is exactly that — the signal it provides to the system and the administrators.”

D.C. Public Charter School Board Associate Communications Specialist Sara Maldonado said the demand for specific schools echoes the talk she has heard in the DCPS community.

“One of the things that we’ve heard in the community is that there is demand for language immersion schools,” Maldonado said.

“The waitlist information is also showing that there is growing demand for pre-K and other specialty programs.”

According to Maldonado, the lottery program also aims to increase educational equity in the District.

Despite spending nearly $30,000 per student, the District had a reading proficiency rate of 17 percent

among its students, according to data released by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2014.

Peretti said that the lottery reduces barriers to educational access through a centralized application that provides easily accessible, multilingual information. Peretti emphasized the program’s aim to make it easier for students and parents to apply regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic status.

“In general, we strive for an equitable way to allow families to access schools of choice in the District,” Peretti said.

Adam Barton (COL ’16), a member of D.C. Schools — a language tutoring program for youth and adults from immigrant backgrounds — said the District struggles to provide equal access to language learners, or students for whom English is not a first language. Barton said that these students and their families have more difficulty navigating the lottery process, but highlighted improvements in outreach. “[Language learners] have to navigate extra hurdles just to get into the lottery process,” Barton said. “I would be really surprised if there were no issues of racial disparities, but based on data I’ve seen, it seems that, in outreach, they’re doing a really good job.”

Aidan Thaggard (MSB ’19) said the lottery program aids the crucial goal of improving education to help all students, regardless of socio-economic status.

“The idea of improving education should be the ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’ idea where you don’t just cater to the overtly disadvantaged or the overtly advantaged, but you bring everyone up through whatever programs are functional for that,” Thaggard said. “By stratifying school programs, specifically through concentrating the higher level kids in some schools and, inevitably, the lower level kids in other schools, it’s going to be a lot harder to unilaterally bring students up.”

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ARC Review Uncovers Insufficient Staffing ARC, from A1 Chris Fisk (COL ’17), members of the working group, met with Olson on Friday to discuss the report.

“I’m a little skeptical as to why the full report was not shared at the working group meeting,” Khan said in an interview with The Hoya. She and Fisk received a full copy of the report from an unofficial source prior to Friday’s meeting.

In an interview with The Hoya, Olson said it is not standard practice for the university to release external review reports, and the university has no plans to release the full report to the public at this time.

‘JUST MEETING COMPLIANCE’ One of the primary concerns highlighted in the report was the ARC’s location, which was described as “inadequate, embarrassing and deplorable.” Located on the third floor of the Leavey Center, the office is described as “not wheelchair friendly” and “difficult to locate.” In addition, the report indicates that the room used for accommodated testing on the fifth floor of the building was only able to accommodate nine students, describing it as a “former closet” and “claustrophobic.” The report suggested relocating the office to a larger space.

Olson said conversations regarding moving the ARC to a new location within the Leavey Center as well as hiring an additional full-time coordinator were ongoing, but that nothing has been finalized.

“We had discussed just where we needed to go certainly prior to that, but the report has helped focus some of our work, so we believe it is very helpful in shaping and sort of helping guide where we go next,” Olson said.

In recent years, the difficulties plaguing the ARC were brought to light through various cases in which the center was unable to offer assistance to students with disabilities. In

April 2014, when the ARC denied aid to a student requiring an American Sign Language interpreter for a Law School Aptitude Test class sponsored

by GUSA, attributing the decision to administrative budget cuts.

Olson declined to comment on changes in funding allocation to the ARC. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require institutions that receive federal financial assistance to provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities. In 2011, the parents of a student at Georgetown filed a complaint to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Rights, alleging that the university discriminated against their daughter on the basis of disability following a medical leave of absence. The investigation resulted in an agreement by the university to revise its MLOA policies.

Olson maintained that the university fully meets ADA compliance.

Horton and Cohen’s report cited an anonymous administrator who said, “At a university that prides itself on excellence, we are just meeting compliance.” disability services The report identifies a lack of sufficient academic support for students with disabilities. ARC Director Jane Holahan and ARC Associate Director Annie Tulkin work with both students with cognitive, learning and physical disabilities and those without disabilities at the main campus and determine accommodations for those students at the Georgetown University Medical Center, while ARC Coordinator of Administrative Services Shannarese Sims provides administrative support.

The School of Continuing Studies and Georgetown University Law Center each have their own academic support coordinators. Last week, the School of Continuing Studies, which

has a student population of more than 5,000, expanded its coordinator’s position from part time to a full time, according to Holahan. The School of Continuing Studies’ full-time coordinator will be housed under the ARC, while the GULC coordinator reports to dean of students at the law center.

According to Holahan, the number of students with registered disabilities at Georgetown has increased rapidly over the past two decades. When Holahan joined the staff in 1998, there were around 200 students with registered disabilities, a number that has increased to around 750 students today.

The ARC staff has not increased much with the growing number of students seeking academic support.

In 1998, the ARC was staffed with two full-time professionals — which would indicate a ratio of 100 students with disabilities per coordinator.

With three coordinators responsible for students with disabilities today, the ratio comes out to 250 students with disabilities per coordinator. In comparison, the Academic Support and Access Center at American University has 19 full-time staff, including a student-athletes coordinator and writing center support.

The report highlighted this disparity, noting “the imbalance that exists between legitimate demands on services and the resources to meet those needs inevitably leads to unintended neglect.”

Furthermore, the report suggests that with the limited size of the ARC, students with disabilities and studentathletes are prioritized over students who also require academic support, such as students from underprivileged backgrounds and international students.

Holahan, however, said she did not find this to be true, pointing to what she said was the more common problem of students failing to reach out to the ARC when they are recommended

to do so by professors.

“A lot of people — students — referred here fail to follow through,” Holohan said in an interview with The Hoya. “And I think a lot of the time it’s due to embarrassment, shame; they don’t want to admit they do need this help.”

To address the inadequacy of the ARC’s services for students with disabilities, Horton and Cohen recommended hiring two additional coordinators focusing on learning strategies and accommodations.

Athletic Support The report also details the lack of academic support resources for student-athletes. While the men’s and women’s basketball teams are each supervised by a coordinator, the remaining 25 varsity teams are monitored

by ARC Associate Director for StudentAthlete Services Shelly Habel. The academic coordinator for women’s basketball, Adam Polacek, is housed in the ARC, while Kim Curry serves as academic advisor to the men’s basketball program under the athletics department.

According to the report, several community members suggested that the allocation of individual coordinators for the basketball teams “sends mixed messages regarding the academic focus of these two teams.” However, Athletic Director Lee Reed attributed this to differences in resources for more competitive and visible sports teams.

“We have [teams] that compete and we resource to compete on a national level … and we have some that are more participation sports,” Reed said.

As the coordinator for all nonbasketball sports, Habel works with more than 800 students on course registration, sending travel emails to professors, arranging final exam conflicts and recruiting tutors.

As a result of her workload, Habel is only able to monitor students identi-

fied to be academically at risk. According to Habel, she reviews 200 to 300 students’ schedules per semester during pre-registration.

“We have tried to rationalize the work in a way where I am doing more triage than I am day-to-day operations, which is unfortunate because it’s like an emergency room,” Habel said in an interview with The Hoya. “As opposed to proactive, it tends to be a little more reactive.”

The report notes that the ARC is significantly understaffed in comparison to equivalent centers at similarly sized universities, where Habel said “there are multiple ones of me.” The Office of Academic Support for Athletics at Villanova University has five full-time staffers.

“We’ve been working on this for at least two or three years and there have been no changes, at least in terms of reducing the number of teams or adding staff,” Habel said.

Reed said while the athletics department acknowledges the need for more academic support staff, budgetary constraints do not allow for further expansion. Reed also said the department has been hiring graduate students with experience in learning support to assist Habel with her operations.

“For us, just having another Shelly Habel would be very helpful,” Reed said. “We’re not trying to ask for at this point in time another full-time [coordinator]. We don’t think it’s feasible right now. … We’re in a resource-constrained environment like everybody else on campus. What we try to do is provide incrementally the support we can provide for our programs.”

Despite the current constraints the ARC faces, Habel said she is optimistic that the center will receive more funding to remedy its ongoing problems.

“We’ve been trying to work with the president’s office to indicate the need.

It’s an ongoing conversation,” Habel said. “Hope springs eternal.”

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OWN IT, from A1 Co-Anchor of “CBS This Morning” Norah O’Donnell (COL ’95, GRD ’03), a member of the OWN IT Advisory Board, interviewed Olympian and World Cup soccer champion Abby Wambach for the keynote presentation.

Wambach, who has scored more international goals than any man or woman in the history of soccer, was charged with driving under the influence in Portland, Ore., a week prior to the summit. Wambach said it is important to own her mistake.

“Life is tricky and it’s not easy. No matter what you do or where you get to, everyone has to put their pants on the same way each day. I made a mistake, but I’m owning it,” Wambach said. “As a human being, we make mistakes. It’s never about what you do in terms of that mistake, it’s about how you handle it and what you do in the moments afterwards.”

Since her retirement, Wambach has tried to focus on broader women’s issues for which she did not advocate while playing as a USWNT soccer player. Wambach said she hopes other women can use their positions of authority to influence the world for good in ways she could not because of her focus on playing soccer.

“When I became a retired person, I started to get angry at myself a little bit. I didn’t push the envelope in certain ways, like the gender pay gap,” Wambach said. “That’s why I’m speaking to students, because it’s not me that’s actually going to change the world.

What actually impacts and change the world is the next generation. It’s you guys.”

Five of Wambach’s former USWNT teammates recently filed a wage-discrimination action against the U.S Soccer Federation.

While the women’s team won 2 million dollars for winning the World Cup, the men’s team made 9 million dollars without advancing past the early rounds.

“This is a conversation that’s been evolving for so long. Now women who are coming out of college feel like they deserve to be treated equally,” Wambach said. “I think it’s amazing that these women are taking these steps.”

The breakout sessions, where attendees could choose from panels, workshops and office hours, followed the morning panels and keynote. Workshops included resumebuilding, public relations and communications, such as “Success Under Stress” and “Women in the Political Arena.”

Office hours for speakers constituted the smallest breakout offering and were capped at 10 people. These interactions were intended to foster personal discussion between attendees and speakers, who reflected a wide variety of industries, including fashion; diplomacy, and science, technology, engineering and math.

Deputy Administrator of NASA Dava Newman said in “The Future of Science and Technology” panel that young women interested in following her path into a STEM field should be comfortable with failure. According to Newman, learning how to fail correctly is an important part in learning to succeed later.

“When you’re designing and building, just try, try, try,” Newman said. “Just try a whole bunch of crazy concepts, the crazier the better, and then somehow be comfortable with failure. Because if we fail here, then next time we’re going to do it better.”

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Melanne Verveer addressed OWN IT attendees in an event Saturday.

Pandora Chief Operating Officer Tracey Griffin said in the “Entrepreneurial Leaders in Fashion, Style, and Design” breakout session that having strong role models to mentor women entering a certain industry — which Griffin did not have — is an important part of allowing them to succeed.

Griffin cited passion for their professions and a drive to change as the most important traits women can have in any industry.

“The one thing that’s fun about fashion is there’s lots of women in the industry. If I reflect on my career in the early days of investment banking, I was the like the only woman in the high-yield group,” Griffin said. “And then I look at where I am now at Pandora, and our executive team is more than 50 percent women.”

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow, the co-founders of the “Call Your Girlfriend” podcast, which discusses pop culture and politics, hosted the final panel moderated by professor Marcia Chatelain, the host of “Office Hours: A Podcast.”

Friedman stressed the importance of women connecting with each other.

“The secret’s out: Women make great friends,” Friedman said. “When you think about someone, just get in touch with them in that moment.”

OWN IT volunteer Ida Adibi (COL ’19) said the most rewarding aspect for those involved in planning the summit was not the presentations themselves but rather being able to spread the summit’s message.

“As a volunteer, you don’t get to actually watch the show,” Adibi said. “But the best part of being a volunteer is watching it all come together, and seeing how your role really helps put everything into place.”

Aiden Johnson (COL ’19), who attended OWN IT, said he was impressed by the scale and reach of the summit.

“I didn’t really understand or appreciate the grand scale of how big this was or how powerful it was until I was sitting down watching all these people speak and watching Gaston fill up,” Johnson said. “It’s amazing that Georgetown has something like this, and I hope it keeps going in the future.”

Michael expressed confidence in the feasibility of passing the initiative, citing a Washington City Paper January 2016 poll indicating that roughly 87 percent of the D.C. electorate supports a minimum wage hike to $15.

“D.C. is one of the most expensive cities in the country to live in and people shouldn’t work 40 hours and not afford to live in that same city,” Michael said.

“The average cost of an apartment in D.C. is $2,000 a month.

That means even if you make $15 an hour right now, there are lots of places that won’t even take your application for an apartment. We’re a better city than that, and we can do better.”

Michael estimated that the measure would benefit roughly 100,000 workers currently earning below a living wage.

“I think the leading economists agree that $15 is safe, that it would not have an adverse impact on the economy and actually helps spur the economy,” Michael said. “D.C. might be the capital of the nation, but without a living wage it cannot be the capital of equality.”

The judge’s decision on April 4 came after plaintiff Harry Wingo, then-D.C. Chamber of Commerce president who resigned in December, filed a lawsuit against the BOE last August alleging the ballot measure was invalid because two of the three board members’ three-year term

limits had already expired when they approved the initiative.

Although Ross’ ruling this January invalidating the ballot initiative indicated that he favored Wingo’s case, the judge found in last week’s decision that there is legal precedent for board member holdovers to act until their successors are nominated.

“We’re a better city than that, and we can do better.”

Devlone michael D.C. for $15 Co-Chair and Director of D.C. Working Families Party

Local attorneys Michael Bennett and Michael Gill replaced the two members with expired terms and were sworn in to the board after receiving D.C. Council approval April 5.

According to BOE spokesperson Margarita Mikhaylova, the initial lawsuit focused on the board members’ term lengths but in reality took issue with the substance of the initiative itself.

“We have all new members on the new board, so the case is really a moot point,” Mikhaylova said. “The case was not really brought because of board members’ terms, but because of the language of the ballot measure.”

D.C. Courts Media Director Leah Gurowitz said the D.C. Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits statements on pending cases.

Wingo declined The Hoya’s request for comment.

Georgetown law’s Center of Poverty and Inequality Director Peter Edelman echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the benefits of an increased minimum wage.

“If [the question is] whether I think that’s too high and will cause a big loss in jobs, the answer is no,” Edelman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “With few exceptions, economists believe that an increase of this amount will not have substantial negative effects.”

The wage hike follows years of incremental minimum wage increases in D.C. Beginning July 1, 2014, the District’s minimum wage jumped from $8.25 to $9.50 after the D.C. Council passed the Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2013. The law established a series of $1 rate increases to be enacted on July 1 each year until the cap of $11.50 is reached later this year.

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) also expressed support for raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020 in her state of the District address March 22.

“With grocery bills, childcare and eldercare, transportation costs and the other expenses of everyday life, an hourly minimum wage of 11 dollars and 50 cents will only stretch so far,” Bowser said in the address. “Low wages create an invisible ceiling that prevents working families from truly getting a fair shot.”

Liquor Ban Repealed LIQUOR, from A1 in that the community would support as well as the rest of the city.”

Bill Starrels, another ANC 2E vice chair, said the decision reflects a significant change in the past 27 years — drinking ages are now uniform at 21 years old in the wider District area, which was not the case before the moratorium was enacted.

“To have a beer back then across the Key Bridge you had to be 21 years old, but you could come across the bridge into Georgetown and only be 18 years old to have a beer,” Starrels said.

“If you look at the history in terms of where things were with the drinking age and the also demographics you’ll see why it made sense for the moratorium to be set years ago and today it is not that needed.”

Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington legal counsel Andrew Kline said the time had come for the ban to be lifted.

“There was generally support for the lifting of the moratorium this time around. There was a re-

alization by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission and from those in the community that it was serving no purpose,” Kline said. “I don’t think it will change much. There were many licenses not being used that were still available.”

Tom Birch, a third ANC 2E vice chair said the end of the moratorium will not necessarily result in an immediate influx of new restaurants and bars to the neighborhood.

“I expect that we are not going to see an immediate change overnight because all of this takes time,” Birch said. “They can get a liquor license just by applying for it, but they are going to have to find a place to locate and get the capital together and have a business plan and so forth.”

Birch said he hoped that the end of the moratorium will bring positive change to the neighborhood.

“I do think that it is going to create more of a community of really high-quality restaurants,” Birch said. “It’s great that the whole community is so interested in what has been happening, and what’s so important is that

the business community and the residential community were in absolute agreement on this issue and came together to work out a solution.”

Solomon emphasized the benefits of lifting the moratorium on Georgetown’s restaurant scene and business community.

“We look forward to the opportunity we are giving to many of the new chefs and entrepreneurs to come to Georgetown,” Solomon said. “It’s going to be a win-win for the residents, the tourists and the businesses, and I think that it will give especially the local community an opportunity to see new restaurants come into our community.”

Restaurateur Ian Hilton, owner of the French bistro Chez Billy Sud on 31st Street, said the end of the ban will attract new businesses to Georgetown, benefitting the neighborhood as a whole.

“The lifting of the moratorium will likely draw more restaurants into the neighborhood. I think everyone knew it would pass. I think it’s a good thing,” Hilton said. “Restaurant operators will look at Georgetown who might not have done so in the past.”

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Scott Talks Upbringing, GOP One for Georgetown Returns for Second Year

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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) discussed his upbringing and the future of the Republican Party, both within the context of the 2016 election and beyond, at an event hosted by the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service in the Healey Family Student Center on Monday.

Scott is the first African-American senator from the state of South Carolina and the first African American to have been elected to both Congressional chambers. Prior to his current position, Scott served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and on the Charleston County Council for 13 years.

GU Politics Executive Director Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94), who served as communications director for the Democratic National Committee, moderated the event.

William Treanor (COL ’19) introduced Elleithee and Scott, mentioning Scott’s upbringing in a poor, single-parent household in North Charleston and highlighting his accomplishments in public service.

“Scott has brought his ideals of economic freedom, lower taxes, higher-quality education and a commitment to helping American neighborhoods, who are most in need of our help through conservative values,” Treanor said.

Elleithee pointed out his conflicting political affiliations with Scott and explained why he extended the invitation.

“I’m a Democrat. I was at the Democratic National Committee before I came here. I have had a few thoughts about your party over the years,” Elleithee said.

“But I thought today we could actually have a conversation about who and what your party is, what drew you to join the Republican Party, let you make the case to me to why I’ve been wrong all of these years and why young people should join the Republican Party and public service.”

Scott recounted the challenges he faced in his childhood, including his struggles in school.

“My parents got divorced when I was 7 years old. My father joined the Air Force, and we

moved back from Michigan to South Carolina. Tough times. We moved into my grandparents’ two-bedroom house,” Scott said.

“As a freshman in high school, I drifted in the wrong direction.

I was flunking out, failed world geography. I think I am the only United States senator to fail civics. I also failed Spanish and English.”

“I represent the Republican Party and believe that the party has a very bright future.” tim scott, Senator, South Carolina

Scott named his mother and mentor as positive influences on his life who motivated him to seek change through education.

“I had two major blessings and one of them was a mother who believed very strongly in the power of education. The other blessing was my mentor, John Moniz, who was a Chick-filA operator, who taught me that no matter where you start, no matter who you are, no matter what has happened, the power of education is the power for you,” Scott said.

Scott specifically referred to the life lessons he gleaned from Moniz and how they impacted his decision to join the Republican Party.

“He taught me that having a job would be a good thing in life and creating jobs would be an even better thing,” Scott said.

“He taught me that you can think your way out of poverty.

Not to suggest that those who are in poverty are not thinking, but to focus and to reinforce the value of education for me, a kid trapped in poverty.”

Scott elaborated on the reasons behind his decision to become a Republican in the context of his personal values and mission.

“I believe the Republicans do a very good job in issues relating to faith, issues of entrepreneurship and we are strong as well in the military. I represent the Republican Party and believe that the party has a very bright future,”

Scott said. “I see the Grand Old Party as the ‘Great Opportunity Party.’ My focus has been the opportunity agenda, where the emphasis is education, work skills and apprenticeship programs.

Those are some reasons why I became a Republican and I think this is how we refocus the party and take care of those who are receiving the least of these.”

In reference to the ongoing presidential elections, Scott stated that he was a strong supporter of former Republican candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who dropped out of the race March 15 after losing the primary in his home state of Florida to Donald Trump.

Scott credited the success of Republican front-runner Trump to the candidate’s ability to tap into the anger and frustration that has built up in the electorate over the past decade.

“What he has done, and in a remarkable fashion, is be successful in open primaries in a way that he has not succeeded in closed primaries. He has been able to literally bring over the old Reagan Democrats and has put together this amazing coalition of folks who have in many ways been disenfranchised from the political process,” Scott said.

“We’ll see what happens. The question is whether he will be able to keep this momentum, which I think is very difficult.”

Georgetown University College Republicans Membership Director Hunter Estes (SFS ’19), who is also the former campaign manager for GU Students for Rubio, expressed admiration for Scott’s statements on the future of the GOP and the need for unity.

“Sen. Tim Scott spoke about the incredible potential of our party going forward to highlight its bright, hopeful, optimistic and pragmatic message. He was incredibly genuine in his responses and truly showed that he cared deeply about the policy subjects and bringing everyone together as Americans for the good of the nation,” Estes said.

“He admirably denounced how some people choose to take advantage of people’s fear and anger and, rather, urged that we should look to what unites us in common goals as Americans, rather than what divides.”

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ing Society along with popular restaurants like Wisemiller’s Grocery and Deli and Luke’s Lobster.

One for Georgetown, an annual philPhilanthropy Co-Chair of 1634 Society anthropic effort led by the 1634 Society, Caitlin Garrabrant (SFS ’18) emphasized returned for its second year with more the popularity of this year’s food events, events and a $100,000 matched dona- notably when Georgetown Bubble gave tion to endow scholarships April 4. A one away bubble tea in Lauinger Library for a dollar donation to the One for George- $1 donation on April 3 and working with town campaign allows students access to the weekly farmers market to offer free several events with food and prizes. The food to participants. During the collabo1634 Society is a student-led organization ration process with vendors, Garrabrant working with the university’s Office of said that several of the vendors have been Advancement to educate students about enthusiastic, offering group discounts on philanthropy and service while connect- orders. Hassman said the partnership and ing them with Georgetown alumni. collaboration with neighborhood restauThe 1634 Society has used the One for rants encourages greater student particiGeorgetown campaign in the past to build pation and involvement in 1634’s efforts. student engagement in fundraising and “Finding Georgetown favorites like community. This year, the group estab- Wisey’s and GUGS is also always a big lished the One for Georgetown Scholarship, pull. Food events have always been really which will fund four $25,000 scholarships strong, and I think working with previously through an anonymous alumni donor. existing Georgetown groups is really helpThe group aims to see 35 percent par- ful,” Hassman said. ticipation among freshmen, sophomores As the campaign continues until its April and juniors. All the proceeds from student 22 end, Garrabrant said she hopes students donations will be added to the scholar- and the rest of the community will undership in addition to the previously secured stand the significance of 1634’s efforts and $100,000 donation. how every individual’s contribution matWhen the One for Georgetown initia- ters. tive was founded, the campaign lasted one “One of the things people don’t realize week and was directed is that the alumni only toward freshdonation is coming man. The following “So we set our goal for in so it’s actually year, the 1634 Society a huge amount of 1,789 this year, somehosted a separate promoney more than gram called 4 for 4, a thing we thought was just the one dollar philanthropic event campaign. Also, it’s for sophomores. This both feasible and a just a one-time dois the second year the nation, so once you 1634 Society has host- catchy number.” have made your one ed a One for Georgedonation you get to NICOLE HASSMAN (COL ’18) town campaign for External Relations Chair, 1634 Society come to all the rest the three classes. of the events,” GarExternal Relations rabrant said.

Chair of the 1634 Society Nicole HassAngela Caprio (COL ’19) said she appreman (COL ’18) said the campaign adapted ciates the campaign’s current efforts and its goal for student donations from the understands how its impact both benefits past year, thereby ensuring that the full those who will receive the scholarship and $100,000 donation from the anonymous those who contribute. alum could only be unlocked if the stu“I think it’s a cool idea. It’s a cool way to dent body reached the donation goal. give back to the community while getting “Last year we set our goal a little high. free food. It feels like a win-win,” Caprio We set it at 2,500 [student donors] and we said. hit around the 1,700 range. So we set our Rachel Moss (MSB ’19), who participated goal for 1,789 this year, something that in the campaign, said student contribuwe thought was both feasible and a catchy tions to the One for Georgetown camnumber,” Hassman said. paign are small enough to be manageable One for Georgetown organizes daily for the entire student body and encourage food events for students who make their community-wide involvement. one-time donations to the campaign. Most “It’s such a small amount of money of the food comes from popular George- that you don’t have to think twice about. town student groups such as Georgetown I think that’s a great way to get everyone Bubble and Georgetown University Grill- involved,” Moss said.

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Hoyas Fall 14-7 at Home to No. 2 Gators emily dalton

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Hugh Ramlow

Stat Sheet Belies Team Success I

love watching SportsCenter’s Top 10 on ESPN. I love playing Fantasy Sports, from football to basketball to baseball. But I think there is a real tendency, an unfortunate one, to conflate fantasy stud-liness or highlight reels with helping your team win. At the end of the day, the only statistic that matters is the W or the L in the score column, and the only highlight reel that matters is the one that shows the score.

This is especially true in the NBA. Let me give you two examples: Blake Griffin and James Harden.

Forward Blake Griffin has missed a large portion of the 2016 NBA season because of a torn left quadricep. The injury caused the five-time All-Star to miss 34 games, after just recently returning to the Los Angeles Clippers lineup. Griffin is always touted as either the best or second best player behind point guard Chris Paul on the Clippers. Incredibly, however, the Clippers’ winning percentage is worse with Griffin than without him. During his time off the court, the Clippers won nearly 69 percent of their games. In games he has played, they have won 63 percent. When star players miss a few games and their team does well, it is easy to write off the team’s success as a hot streak or a fluke. But sustained success without Griffin over the course of 34 consecutive games suggests something real.

Harden’s atrocious effort on defense is an embarrassment to the NBA. Griffin’s stats are astounding. On the season, he is putting up per-game averages of 21.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists on over 50 percent shooting from the field. But his stats do not tell the whole story. On defense, he is lackluster at best. His on-ball defense in the paint is not bad, but Griffin always seems to be a step behind on help-side defense and does not get through screens fast enough. Offensively, he is outstanding in transition. There is no one better on the fast break. But in a half-court set, he is a liability. His post-up game is negligible; he does not have a consistent hook shot, up-and-under or two-hand power move.

The Clippers’ real offensive problem is not Griffin’s inside game. The problem is when he catches the ball on the outside. The Clippers normally have excellent ball movement coming from Paul and guards J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford, but as soon as Griffin touches the ball, everything stops. He holds the ball for four or five seconds in the same place and then either passes it back to Paul, a maneuver that just wastes time, or shoots a mid-range jump shot that he misses more often than makes.

Guard James Harden of the Houston Rockets puts up even more incredible statistics than Griffin, yet helps his team out even less. Harden’s 28.7 points per game average is good for second in the NBA, behind likely-MVP Stephen Curry’s 29.8. But Harden’s Rockets are not quite having the same type of year as Curry’s league-leading Golden State Warriors: Houston is 39-41 on the season and was just eliminated from playoff contention by the 22-58 Phoenix Suns.

Harden’s atrocious effort on defense is an embarrassment to the NBA. He routinely stands straight up, not in a defensive stance, and lets his man slip past him for backdoor layups. His high scoring is a product of volume, not efficiency — he shoots only 43 percent from the floor. And Harden turns the ball over nearly five times per game.

Five times. A team with Dwight Howard should not have a losing record, period.

And yet Harden has led them to that this season, with former Head Coach Kevin McHale getting fired in the process. In a league driven by stars, a player as talented as Harden should take responsibility and adjust his game to help his team win.

The primary goal of every NBA player should not be highlights or video game stats but helping his team win. This wincentered, team-driven mindset is what has won multiple NBA championships for a litany of great players on the San Antonio Spurs, from David Robinson to Tim Duncan to Kawhi Leonard. Unselfishness, efficiency and fundamental defense are not tracked on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays or on a fantasy sports player rater, but they are what make teams into champions.

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Despite putting up a strong defensive front, the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (3-8, 1-1 Big East) could not hang on as it lost to No. 2 Florida (12-1, 3-0 Big East) 14-7 Saturday afternoon at Cooper Field.

Stacked with three 2016 Tewaaraton Award nominees in redshirt senior midfielder Nicole Giaziano, junior midfielder Mollie Stevens and junior defender Caroline Fitzgerald, the Gators are not short of individual talent and athleticism.

According to Head Coach Ricky Fried, Georgetown’s strategy was to limit Florida’s possession and play a settled game on both ends of the field.

“I think defensively we actually did a good job of not giving them transition opportunities, so there were some positive things to draw from that,” Fried said.

While the stats show a tight race in 50-50 possession battles between Florida’s 17 ground balls to Georgetown’s 16, the Hoyas did not capitalize on a handful of opportunities.

“It was frustrating,” senior defender Natalie Miller said. “We just needed to be tougher and run through them, but overall we did play really solid defense with our zone.”

On the other end of the field, senior attack and co-captain Corinne Etchison led the Hoyas’ offensive effort with two goals and one assist. Her free position goal early in the first half cut the Gators’ lead to just one.

A total of 14 Florida turnovers and 11 draw controls in Georgetown’s favor allowed the Hoyas to spark a bit of a comeback after the Gators took an 8-2 lead at halftime. However, when it came to controlling the pace and finding the net, the Hoyas’ second half push was not enough.

“Offensively, we didn’t do a very good job of winning our 1-v1 matchups, and our shooting wasn’t very good, but I think the biggest deterrent to the whole game was our clearing. We gave

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Senior midfielder Kristen Bandos scored one goal in Georgetown’s 14-7 loss to Florida. Bandos is second on the team in points with 21 this season and leads the Hoyas with 19 goals. them too many possessions and forced our defense to play too long on the defensive end of the field,” Fried said.

Even though the Hoyas made errors offensively, they learned what they specifically need to correct moving forward into future games.

“The positive takeaways are that we’re making errors that are correctable,” Fried said. “It’s not that we have to do anything dramatically different, and that’s a positive to me because it’s not that we aren’t athletic enough or skilled enough. We just need to execute better.”

According to Fried, it is simply a matter of focus and commitment that begins with his senior players. Based on all of their contributions on both sides of the field for the Hoyas, those senior starters will undoubtedly be cocaptains Etchison, senior mid-

fielder Kristen Bandos and senior defender Kassandra Bowling.

“Having a lot of younger players on the field, it’s important to make them feel comfortable. A lot of [players] look towards us as seniors to help them and direct them, so they know what to do.

I’m just trying to guide them and make their job easier so they can focus on playing,” Etchison said.

Despite the loss, the Hoyas see some benefits of competing against not only some the best teams in the conference, but also in the entire country. Miller said such matchups help the Blue and Gray understand what components of its game need the most work when preparing for future competitions.

“In some ways it’s a reality check on how much work we need to put in during practice,” Miller said.

“We’ve had a tough schedule, but there’s a reason why we have [it] the way we [do]. We want to compete against the best and not worry about what our win and loss record is, just about who we’re competing against and how we’re performing on a regular basis,” Fried said.

According to Etchison, facing nationally ranked teams helps Georgetown measure its own progress and skill set.

“We’ve already played No. 1 Maryland (11-0, 1-0 Big Ten) too, and playing these top teams just shows [us] where [we] stand in those ranks. It really exposes [our] weaknesses, so we know what we need to work on coming into this week before Villanova,” Etchison said.

Georgetown’s next game is set for 7 p.m. against Villanova (3-10, 1-2 Big East) at Cooper Field on Wednesday evening.

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The Georgetown softball team lost three games over the weekend to Creighton in its third Big East series of the season. The Hoyas are 1-7 in conference play this season, with their only conference win coming in a 6-4 decision over St. John’s on March 25.

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In its third Big East series of the season, the Georgetown softball team (7-26, 1-7 Big East) lost three games to Creighton (22-12, 6-1 Big East) in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday. Senior pitcher/second baseman Samantha Giovanniello pitched two complete games in the series, and freshman shortstop Olivia Russ hit the first home run of her college career in the final game of the series.

“We need to keep competing,” Head Coach Pat Conlan wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I felt like we didn’t play our best softball this weekend, and the results showed.

We will get back at it at Tuesday’s practice and keep working to get a little bit better each time we step out in the field. The Big East tournament is still in reach, and that is our ultimate goal.”

On Saturday, the Hoyas and Bluejays played a doubleheader, and the Bluejays prevailed in both games by scores of 5-4 and 15-2. In the first game, Giovanniello kept Georgetown in the game by pitching a complete game, striking out six batters in six innings. At the plate, Giovanniello drove in sophomore left fielder Theresa Kane with a double in the third inning.

Freshman designated hitter Sarah Bennett had two hits and drove in

three runs in the game.

“Sarah has been clutch for us all season, and she continues to have quality at bats with runners in scoring position,” Conlan wrote. “She has been a consistent and reliable part of our offense all season.”

In the second game of the day, Bennett hit a runscoring double in the first inning to give her team a 1-0 lead. Senior third baseman Taylor Henry added a sacrifice fly in the second inning to make the score 2-0, but the lead was short-lived.

Creighton scored nine runs in the second inning and added six more in the third inning, effectively putting the game out of reach. The Bluejays had 13 hits and six walks in the game, and the Hoyas committed three errors on defense, compounding the damage.

The two teams played the final game of the three-game series Sunday. Giovanniello pitched another complete game, striking out seven batters in six innings, but the Hoyas could only generate five hits and two runs on offense.

Georgetown’s highlight on offense was Russ’s home run in the third inning.

“It was exciting,” Russ said. “My teammates communicated to me what the pitcher was throwing, and I was just looking for a good pitch to hit and found that pitch and hit the home run.”

In the sixth inning, Giovanniello doubled down the left field line with two outs before Bennett drove her in with a single. Giovanniello has continued to Pat Conlan play a signifiHead Coach cant role for Georgetown both offensively and in the circle.

On offense, she leads the Hoyas in batting average, hits, doubles, home runs and runs batted in while batting in the third spot in the order.

In the circle, Giovanniello has appeared in 25 of Georgetown’s 33 games, starting 22 of them, and leads Georgetown in wins, earned run average and strikeouts. “[Giovanniello] has worked tremendously hard on the mound for us and has helped us solidify a

“I felt like we didn’t play our best softball this weekend.”

pitching staff when other pitchers went down with injuries,” Conlan wrote. “She has been a leader offensively, excellent on defense and has been a workhorse on the mound for us. I have so much respect for what she has sacrificed for her team [in] her senior year.”

Kane, Georgetown’s leadoff hitter, had four hits and three stolen bases in the three-game series. Her stolen bases added to her teamleading total of 16 steals this season.

“She gets the job done,” Russ said of Kane. “When she gets on, we all come up behind her and know we can get the job done too.

She always has great at bats, always sees a lot of pitches. She’s very selective up there at the plate, and I think she does a great job hitting leadoff.”

Moving forward, Georgetown will play a non-conference home game against Towson (26-10, 4-4 Colonial Athletic Association) Wednesday before playing a threegame weekend series at home against Seton Hall (19-21, 2-5 Big East) on Saturday and Sunday. The Hoyas are looking to improve their focus as conference play continues.

“I think just maintaining focus and not taking any pitches off, you know, playing inning by inning, pitch by pitch,” Russ said regarding what the team will work on moving forward. “I think that will help us in the future.”

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Sophomore Jody-Ann Knight continued to build on her early season momentum, running a personal record in the women’s 200m race. Knight ran a time of 25.09 in the event, winning her heat in the process.

Knight credited her recent success to hard work in the offseason.

“I think I really trained well for preseason,” Knight said. “I know I took it really seriously as I always do, but I know I made sure the summer was really important. Just making sure I never missed a workout, kept

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120 minutes of television time, the fight falls well within these time constraints.

Pacquiao is just one of many athletes who have used their sporting careers to gain political leverage. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most famous examples of a former athlete who found incredible political success after athletics. A former Mr. Universe and seven-time Mr. Olympia, Schwarzenegger won the 2003 race for California governor on a Republican platform by a landslide.

He was re-elected in 2006, but his approval ratings were in the 20s by the time he left office in 2011. Although he was the first governor to pass a greenhouse emissions cap of any kind within the United States, his visibility as a celebrity and an athlete undoubtedly augmented his ability to earn the seat that might have otherwise gone to a more politically experienced candidate.

There are a variety of athletes in the United States and worldwide who have used their celebrity status to garner political power. Because they often already have the visibility that comes with a successful athletic career, they are more capable of gaining support for platforms with which the public may otherwise not agree.

Although I am aware that the Philippines is relatively conservative in terms of LGBTQ rights, I would warrant a guess that if any other politician made inflammatory, anti-homosexual comments like those of Pacquiao, he would have received an incredible amount of backlash.

Granted, Nike dropped its support of the fighter soon after his comment, but it seems that Pacquiao is still able to keep the political momentum needed to win a very high-powered position in his country’s national government.

up with everything, and once capture fourth place overall. first semester started, I made The race was also Schmidt’s colsure I was lifting more than I legiate debut.

Senior Mirabel Nkenke, Donaever had. I definitely think the ghu, Knight and weight room Weisner won the has made a second heat of the huge differ- “I think it was event with a time ence in my really nice of of 3:48.82, earnperformance.” ing them sixth The women [Weisner] to be place overall in the formed two event. Members of 4x400m relay selfless.” the team, particusquads to comJody-Ann Knight pete. The relay Sophomore Runner larly Knight, lauded Weisner — who of graduate ran three events — student Andrea Keklak, Southerland, fresh- for her toughness.

“I was just excited by how she man Sarah Schmidt and Martin recorded a time of 3:41.01 to could take on all the pressure

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it’s important that you understand that no matter what you do, no matter what level you get to, you still have to put your pants on the same way every day. Everybody makes mistakes — I made a mistake — I’m ‘owning’ it.”

Wambach, a native of my hometown of Rochester, N.Y., and alumna of my all-girls Catholic high school, has always been a stable example of how women can empower each other to overcome obstacles, both on and off the field, as teammates and as allies. Her accomplishments in soccer are astounding: She has scored 184 international goals, more than any other soccer player, man or woman. She played for the U.S. women’s national soccer team for 15 years, earning a World Cup title, two gold medals and six U.S. Soccer Player of the Year accolades in the process.

Both during her career and in her retirement, Wambach has taken part in various philanthropic efforts, given talks to students and athletes and worked in countless ways to empower women — most recently, by offering her support to five of her former teammates on the national team who have filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.

For a large portion of my childhood, Wambach was a larger-than-life idol to me and to countless other young girls with big dreams. But within mere hours on a Sunday afternoon, the pedestal I put her on for years came crashing down.

Why are athletes granted such a high level of immunity from scrutiny? As suggested in Clarissa Batinori’s Bloomberg article published April 10, the Filipino’s skill and success as a boxer perhaps surpass some people’s hesitancy to support someone with a clear homophobic stance. Schwarzenegger also accomplished a very impressive set of goals as a bodybuilder, as well as some acting credits, and that inevitably contributed to his successful campaign as governor. Name recognition is incredibly important in the political game, and athletes are not the only ones who benefit from it.

Donald Trump’s current campaign for the presidency epitomizes how a person with virtually no political experience has the ability to gain an incredible amount of popularity because of his success in other fields.

The issue with this sort of system is that people who are elected for office often do not deserve or know how to perform in the position. There are, of course, some exceptions, but the popularity and immunity gained from athletic accomplishments often blind us to their faults as politicians. We must be careful to avoid letting a person’s former feats in other fields stand in for political experience. Otherwise, we risk electing leaders who do not know how to handle the responsibilities entrusted to them.

Sinead Schenk is a junior in the College. A Level Playing Field appears every other Tuesday.

Not all the details of the incident have been released to the public, but it is clear that Wambach made a monumental error in judgment — one that endangered others and constituted grounds for an arrest.

Last Tuesday, Wambach’s legal counsel entered a not guilty plea on her behalf in the Multnomah Circuit Court in Oregon, and Wambach is scheduled to make a court appearance later this month for a potential change in her plea. Many people on social media have criticized her legal actions, arguing that a not guilty plea undermines her “owning” her mistake. But in Oregon, judges urge defendants to enter not guilty pleas in order to give them time to fully review their cases with legal counsel. Wambach is simply following a standard procedure that allows her to make well-educated and legally sound actions.

Wambach wavered in judgment, and her DUII charge has undoubtedly tarnished many fans’ views of her, but not once has she deflected blame from the situation or hesitated in apologizing for her actions. In a way, Wambach is more accessible as a role model to me now than she was when I was younger.

I am a college student with an uncertain future, over one decade removed from the 10-year-old with Olympicsized dreams that I was when I originally started following Wambach’s career. Some of my goals have changed, and others I have let go. I have seen countless celebrities and role models that I previously looked up to

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Abby Wambach retired from the U.S. women’s national soccer team in October after a 15-year international career. fall from grace — some have taken responsibility for their actions, and some have not. But as Wambach pointed out on Saturday, while making mistakes is inevitable, owning up to them is a choice.

“As a human being, you make mistakes. It’s never about what you do in terms of that mistake, it’s about how you handle it,” Wambach said.

Wambach’s admittance of

her wrongdoing will never reverse her actions, but it will also never reverse all the incredible feats and accomplishments she has made as a soccer player and as an ally to other women. There is no better way to encourage other women to be responsible and take control of their futures than by owning it.

Elizabeth Cavacos is a junior in the College.

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with running three events,” Knight said. “I really thought it was such a great thing for her to finish it because she had the opportunity to run off and not finish the 400 leg if she was tired.

So I think when she received the baton from me she looked so excited that we were already in a good spot. I think it was really nice of her to be selfless and think of everyone else.”

Both the women’s and men’s teams will return to competition on April 22 and 23 when they are sent off to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Twilight meet and to Charlottesville, Va., for the UVA Challenge.

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quarter bolstered Georgetown’s defensive effort, which held the Providence offense to two goals in the half.

“I think the guys were excited about the game plan.

We switched some things up systematically and let Nick do what he does best, see shots from the outside,” Warne said, “We had a lot of confidence in the zone [coming into the game], so I think seeing a little more outside shots than the past few games [helped me out],” Marrocco said. “Our defense played great in the first time playing zone, and I compliment them a lot for that.”

The confidence boost from the first half transferred to the rest of the game. The Hoyas continued to dominate the possession game and win battles for groundballs. Georgetown won 28 groundballs to Providence’s 21. “[The hustle and energy] was awesome, even [on] the sideline, everyone was pumped up, and all the little things out there were key,” Marrocco said.

“I think having a lot of energy and keeping the game really simple when you get possession of the ball [helped us win],” Warne said. “I think we rode very well, I thought we scrapped. We picked up a lot of tough ground balls that really haven’t gone our way the past weeks.”

Providence’s offense could not break through the Georgetown defense for the rest of the game, only managing to score three goals in the second half. Georgetown also took advantage of the penalties Providence committed. The Hoyas converted on two of their six extra-man opportunities. In

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Sophomore attack Craig Berge scored two goals in Georgetown’s 8-5 win over Providence. Berge has eight goals this season. contrast, Georgetown was disciplined throughout the game, only committing one penalty in the form of an offside call. “[Winning the penalty battle] helped with the tempo, so I think we want to be disciplined, and Providence played really, really hard, so we wanted to make sure we did everything fundamentally sound,” Warne said.

Coming off their first conference win, the Hoyas still recognize the importance of not fixating on the win and continuing to improve.

“There are always adjustments

to be made and taken from game to game. But we definitely made a big stride today, and I think moving forward, [we have] just got to keep playing like this and just be happy about the win, but then move on to the next game and realize where we want to be, especially with the Big East tournament in a few weeks,” Marrocco said.

Georgetown continues its conference schedule on the road against Villanova (6-4, 0-2) next Saturday.

Special to The Hoya Cameron Perales contributed reporting.

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“I think what impresses me most about Joe is his confidence,” Bile said. “Obviously he is so Both the Georgetown men’s young, he is a sophomore, [but] and women’s outdoor track and he doesn’t get nervous about racfield teams saw a successful week- ing seniors and guys who have end, as six Hoyas set personal re- the potential to be on Olympic cords at the University of Miami teams. He kind of embraces that Hurricane Alumni Invitational in and looks forward to racing some Coral Gables, Fla. of the best guys.”

On the men’s side, the Hoyas Anderson, White, senior Zach were led by senior Ahmed Bile, Zingsheim and Cooper formed a who ran a personal record time of 4-x-400m relay and seized sixth 1:48.48 to win the men’s 800-me- place overall with a time of 3:19.25. ter event. Bile was followed by On the women’s team, the sophomore Charles Cooper, who Hoyas saw junior Sabrina Southclocked in at 1:50.15, also a per- erland turn in another strong sonal record. Coming off an im- outdoor performance. Southerpressive campaign during the land won the women’s 1500m indoor season, event by runBile has tried “I think what ning a time of to maintain his 4:21.51, a perconcentration in impresses me most sonal record. the early stretch about Joe [White] is So u t h er la n d of the outdoor led the way season. and sophohis confidence.”

“I think the more Kennedy biggest thing was Weisner and to stay focused,” senior Heather AHMED BILE Senior Runner Bile said. “It is Martin roundvery easy to come ed out the top off the national three in that meet and take your foot off the event. Weisner finished in secgas and relax, and to some extent ond place overall, clocking in at that is fine. But definitely in the a personal best of 4:22.14. Martin back of your mind stay focused claimed third overall with a time and know the outdoor season is of 4:24.08. coming up in two, three weeks.

Sophomore Piper Donaghu So I think my biggest key was also turned in an impressive perstaying focused.” formance, winning the women’s Junior Daniel Anderson 800m event. Donaghu crossed claimed 16th place in the men’s the finish line with a time of 400m event, finishing with a 2:08.64, followed by Weisner, time of 49.28. Sophomore Joe who clinched second place with White captured seventh overall a time of 2:09.40. in the men’s 400m dash, running a time of 48.42.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Marrocco was named Big East Player of the Week after making 14 saves in Georgetown’s 8-5 win over Providence on Saturday. Marrocco has made 123 saves in 2016.

GU Snaps Six-Game Skid SEAN HOFFMAN Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (2-9, 1-2 Big East) ended its six-game losing streak on Saturday, defeating Providence (7-4, 1-1 Big East) 8-5 in front of a home crowd of over 1,300 spectators. The Hoyas’ defense held the Friars’ leading scorer, senior attack Will Mazzone, scoreless. Sophomore goalie Nick Marrocco allowed a season-low five goals and made 14 saves. “[Marrocco] bailed us out a couple of times, which all goalies do, so I’m very proud

of him, very Nick Marroccoesque game,” Georgetown Head Coach Kevin Warne said.

Providence senior midfielder Michael Perettine opened the scoring of the game with a shot from a cross-field feed from junior midfielder Kennan Assaraf, giving the Friars an early one-goal lead at 11:45 of the first quarter. It took the Hoyas almost seven minutes to answer back when senior midfielder Corey Parke cut through the Friars’ defense and scored his third goal of the season.

The Hoyas scored two goals in the first three minutes of the second quarter, giving them a

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n Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao beat Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision, and has since announced his official retirement from boxing. The Filipino fighter is an incumbent member of his country’s lower house of representatives and is running for a senate seat in May. The Philippines’ government is dominated by celebrities, Pacquiao has a very good chance of winning despite alienating some of his voters with a recent comment in which, according to The Guardian, he called homosexual people “worse than animals.” He later apologized, but stood by his belief that same-sex marriage should be banned. His athletic feat on Saturday, however, possibly earned him back some voters, since it undoubtedly boosted national pride and esteem.

According to the Philippines Inquirer, Pacquiao’s rival, Walden Bello, complained about the fact that his nationally televised fight would take place in the middle of campaign season. He cited that it would violate election rules and give the fighter an unfair advantage in the race. However, due to the technicality that the complaint was not formally filed and occurred before the fight, the poll body could not stop it. Pacquiao’s counsel also defended the move by claiming that the fight would last a maximum of 36 minutes. Since each candidate is allowed See SCHENK, A9

3-1 lead. Perettine scored his second goal of the game with 9:26 remaining in the second quarter, cutting the lead to one. Junior midfielder Eduardo White, who completed his first collegiate career hat trick, responded within a minute.

Sophomore attack Craig Berge, who started the season as a midfielder, scored two straight goals from his new position to close out the half, giving the Hoyas a 6-2 lead at halftime.

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Wambach Owns Mistake at Summit S tanding at 5 feet 11 inches with a long stride and a muscular frame, retired U.S. soccer star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach has an immediate presence in any room she enters. But as she walked across the stage at the 2016 OWN IT Summit on Saturday morning, perhaps the only presence in Gaston Hall larger than Wambach’s was that of the elephant in the room.

In the early hours of Sunday, April 3, just one week before she was scheduled to give the keynote interview at Georgetown’s OWN IT Summit, Wambach was arrested in Portland, Ore., and charged with a misdemeanor DUII — driving under the influence of intoxicants — after leaving dinner at a friend’s house.

For those who have looked up to Wambach as a role model during her decorated and spotless career, the headlines announcing Wambach’s arrest on Sunday morning seemed like just another swift, brutal and cynical reminder that even the brightest of stars can burn out.

But that did not make the incident any less shocking or disappointing.

On Sunday afternoon, Wambach took to her Facebook page and issued an apology.

“I take full responsibility for my actions,” Wambach wrote.

“This is all on me. I promise that I will do whatever it takes to ensure that my horrible mistake is never repeated.”

In the remaining days before the summit, I waited anxiously for the news that either Wambach had cancelled her appearance or that OWN IT had disinvited her. Rumors circulated that other speaking engagements Wambach planned around the country and in D.C. were no longer happening. MINI

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Co-anchor of “CBS This Morning” Norah O’Donnell, right, interviewed former U.S. national women’s soccer player Abby Wambach at Georgetown’s OWN IT Summit on Saturday.

USA, which featured Wambach mit. I woke up early Saturday in a Super Bowl commercial in morning and waited in line to see Wambach early February, speak, curiannounced it ous as to how was pulling she would Wambach’s adhandle one of vertisements her first puband re-evaluatlic appearing its relationances in the ship with the wake of the former athlete. incident.

OWN IT Elizabeth Cavacos Wambach, shared Wamrecipient of bach’s apology OWN IT’s anto its Facebook page, stating the organization nual award, sat down with coappreciated her apology and anchor of “CBS This Morning” was still looking forward to Norah O’Donnell on stage in hearing her speak at the sum- Gaston Hall and immediately

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addressed what was on every attendee’s mind.

“I’ve been embarrassed and ashamed, and the thing about it is: Life is tricky. It’s not easy, and you guys might think that because I play on the national team — I played on the national team, I’m still working on the past tense — that I’m a superstar and whatnot, but this is actually a really good lesson for all of you,” Wambach said. “No matter what, you guys are going to become our next leaders, you guys are going to become the next thing for this country. And See WAMBACH, A9