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GHOSTS AND GHOULS

Take a ghost tour through Georgetown, from “The Exorcist Steps” to Oak Hill Cemetery.

EDITORIAL Legacy preference prioritizes revenue over merit in the admissions process.

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DISRUPTION DAY The seventh annual TEDxGeorgetown is set to feature nine speakers tomorrow.

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Activists Criticize University Claims On Advocacy Work Jeff Cirillo And Meena Morar

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Student activists who urged Georgetown to commit to not investing in private prison companies now say the university is unfairly taking credit for their activism. The university announced the policy in an Oct. 5 news release after a committee of the university’s board of directors accepted a March recommendation of the Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility, which makes recommendations to the board on ethical investment policies. Under the new policy, the university encourages its

external investment managers to avoid investments in private prison companies. The university’s announcement mentioned a student proposal in one sentence, though the proposal came to the CISR after an extensive student campaign: It was submitted by Eman Abdelfadeel (COL ’17), Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney (COL ’17) and Salma Khamis (SFS ’17), and accompanied by a threemonth campaign launched last December by the student group Georgetown University Forming a Radically Ethical Endowment. The release made one reference to the students’ involvement, saying the CISR “reviewed a student proposal that included See ACTIVISM, A6

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Amid a push to decriminalize sex work in Washington, D.C., several students at Georgetown engage in sugaring, a practice that relies on gifts or allowances from clients in exchange for sex, and escorting as a space to express their sexual identities.

Behind Closed Doors: Students in Sex Work Lisa Burgoa Hoya Staff Writer

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Student activists have claimed that the administration is unfairly taking credit for the results of their activism.

Eric/a grappled with the idea of sex work for over a year before their first paid sexual encounter. Since the summer after their sophomore year, they were consumed by a mental calculus of risk. Eric/a weighed the risk of detection by the authorities, the university and fellow students. They considered the potential for sexual assault and sexually transmitted infections. But the fears were superseded by Eric/a’s belief that sex work provided a means to finally, truly, be

themselves as a transgender individual. Eric/a, a senior whose real name has been withheld for anonymity and replaced with a preferred moniker signifying their gender fluidity, said the extra income furnished their ability to purchase makeup and clothes that represented their identity. “It was something I was wrestling with, ‘Should I do this? Should I not do this?’ Because if I do, then I will be able to, in a sense, move forward and realize and explore parts of my identity,” Eric/a said. “Doing sex work was basically having that extra money, having that extra bumper, to live the life I wanted to live.”

Propelled by this hope, Eric/a opened an account last summer on SeekingArrangement.com at the recommendation of a fellow Georgetown student. Describing itself as “the world’s largest sugar dating site,” the platform aims to match up young people with older, wealthier partners who help financially subsidize their sugar babies’ lives in exchange for companionship. Since then, Eric/a has had multiple sexual encounters, sometimes as many as eight or nine times with the same client, for fees as large as $200 per session. At first, most of these encounters qualified as sugaring, a prac-

tice that relies on gifts or allowances from clients in exchange for sex. But after finding the payoff of sugaring to be too meager and at times uneven, Eric/a switched to escorting, which relies strictly on monetary transactions for sex. Now, while juggling midterms and club commitments, Eric/a sets up profiles online and schedules dates with clients. They are not alone — Eric/a knows of similar arrangements among their peers who have taken up sugaring to offset tuition costs. All the while, these students risk apprehension by See SEX WORK, A6

Mulvaney Touts White House Trans People Face Increased Tax Code Reform Proposal Discrimination in DC, Nation Mariel Mendez

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President Donald Trump’s recently proposed tax reform will stimulate the economy by simplifying the tax code, said Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney (SFS ’89), on Wednesday. Mulvaney highlighted two pillars of the plan: reducing taxes for the middle class and for corporations. “At the end of the process, we will look at the final product with that same prism that we did going into, which is: Is the corporate tax rate lower and is the middle class lower and simpler?” Mulvaney said. Cathy Koch (GRD ’94), Americas tax policy leader at Ernst and Young, moderated the discussion hosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service. Mulvaney said the administration’s attempts to rewrite the tax code will not dramatically increase the national debt, which stands at $20 trillion. The tax cuts provided by the policy amount to a $1.5 trillion cut in revenue, effectively adding that number to the deficit over a span of 10 years. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, however, estimated in a Sep. 29 report that the bill will give the See MULVANEY, A6

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Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney (SFS ’89) promoted President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan.

Discrimination against transgender individuals is causing disproportionate mental health issues in the Washington, D.C. area, with 37 percent of trans respondents reporting psychological distress compared to an overall 5 percent national average in 2011, a National Center for Transgender Equality study found. The survey responses, coupled with increasing rates of homelessness and unemployment in the trans community in D.C., are raising concerns about resources available for trans Georgetown students. A rise in hate crimes and disproportionate discrimination against trans individuals in housing and employment matches a trend of violence toward trans individuals nationwide and in the District. The number of anti-trans hate crimes has increased 90 percent from 2015 to 2016, from 10 in 2015 to 19 in 2016, according to statistics from the Metropolitan Police Department’s hate crime report. Nationwide, hate crimes rose 6 percent in that same time period, according to the FBI. According to a New York Times article published June 2016, 39 of the total reported 88 LGBTQ homicides in the country between the years 2012-15 were committed against black transgender women.

The NCTE survey reports 27 percent of 214 D.C. respondents who were employed experienced workplace discrimination, despite efforts by advocacy groups and the D.C. Council to raise awareness of bias-related incidents and push for greater legal protections for trans-

gender individuals. Eleven percent of respondents said they have experienced homelessness in the past year because of their identity. Sixteen percent said they are living in poverty. See DISCRIMINATION, A6

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The National Center for Transgender Equality reported that 37 percent of transgender respondents experienced psychological distress.

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No Fare D.C. Council and Metro officials are divided over a bill to decriminalize fare evasion. A5

Lackluster Languages Georgetown’s limited offering of language courses reflects a deeply ingrained Eurocentrism. A3

Conference Champs The women’s soccer team won the 2017 Big East Regular Season Championship with its 1-0 victory over Xavier. A12

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SPORTS Bottom of the Barrel

Actress and activist Jane Fonda speaks out against unfair labor policies in the services industry. A7 Printed Fridays

This part of the semester, though often arduous, can be deeply rewarding. A3

Georgetown football currently sits at the cellar of the Patriot League standings heading into Saturday’s matchup against Holy Cross. A12 Send story ideas and tips to news@thehoya.com

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THE VERDICT Invasion of the Amazon — Amazon’s new feature, Amazon Key, will allow couriers to drop off packages inside consumers’ homes, with permission. If consumers are worried about this intrusion, the company encourages them to order a package of home security items — from Amazon, of course.

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EDITORIALS

Opening the Gates — Bill Gates announced his foundation will begin exploring new types of curriculum by donating more than $1.7 billion to schools developing new methods of teaching.

Confront Abuses of Power Over the last year, rich, powerful men across myriad industries — from Harvey Weinstein to Bill O’Reilly to President Donald Trump — have been accused of nonconsensual sexual contact, often after years of silencing their accusers. To combat not only the horrific prevalence of sexual assault, but also the all-too-frequent complacency toward the continued abuse of power, we must hold accountable the powerful men who are able to continue preying on women because of their near-impunity. At Georgetown University, this lesson does and should hit all too close to home with our glorification of former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68), one of the university’s most prominent alumni and a frequent invitee to campus, who has repeatedly faced allegations of unwanted sexual encounters. Next week, Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service will host a four-day symposium to reflect on Clinton’s legacy on the 25th anniversary of his 1992 election. The symposium will culminate with a keynote address by Clinton himself Nov. 6. This symposium is intended to discuss the legacy of Clinton and his presidency. However, a complete consideration of that legacy must discuss the history of sexual assault allegations against him. Moreover, especially given our current climate, we must take advantage of this opportunity to discuss the broader issue of powerful men abusing their positions. It is detrimental for us as a community to deify Clinton and, in doing so, turn a blind eye to his history of alleged sexual misconduct. It is also starkly hypocritical given the firm commitments to combating sexual assault by both the administration and student groups, including the Georgetown University Student Association and advocacy groups such as Take Back the Night, which fights against gendered violence. Clinton has been accused of unwanted sexual encounters by three women. He has never been found guilty on charges stemming from these allegations. In 1994, Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, accused Clinton of propositioning her and exposing himself to her in 1991 while he was governor of Arkansas. Jones was the only accuser to file a sexual harassment suit, which Clinton eventually settled for $850,000. In 1998, Kathleen Willey, a former White House volunteer aide, accused Clinton of groping

Deferring Dreams — The imminent wind-down of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is threatening the jobs of nearly 20,000 U.S. educators who are granted work permits through the program, according to The Washington Post.

her without consent in 1993, during his presidency. Though inconsistencies in her account have surfaced, she has continued to share her narrative. In 1999, Juanita Broaddrick accused Clinton of raping her in 1978 while he was Arkansas attorney general. Though she initially denied under oath any incidents of nonconsensual sexual contact, she later recanted this denial. Our national habit of sweeping these allegations under the rug when discussing Clinton’s legacy reaffirms a culture in which powerful men evade consequences for their repeated infractions and can thus maintain positions of power that allow them to invalidate their accusers’ narratives. The symposium has panels planned to cover Clinton’s “vison of America” and “vision of leadership and service,” but appears to have no spaces in which this vital aspect of his legacy — the allegations of his sexual assault that rocked the national psyche during his presidency — can be fully acknowledged or discussed. Clinton’s return to campus Nov. 6 should be an impetus for all of us to engage in frank discussion about sexual assault and the power dynamics that allow this problem to be pervasive. A willingness on the part of the Georgetown community to fully and critically examine Clinton’s legacy — even when this process is awkward and painfully difficult — would authentically demonstrate a recognition of our university’s shortcomings in its treatment of sexual misconduct, and would be a powerful signal of our commitment to combatting sexual assault. We should all seek to create spaces in which we can reconcile our campus’ admiration of Clinton with the allegations against him and with the impunity of the powerful that he represents. Whether through programming in the symposium itself or town hall discussions organized by student groups, we must commit ourselves to facing the reality of these allegations. It is unrealistic to believe the university would disassociate itself from Clinton, a highly admired public figure and perhaps our most famous alumnus, and this editorial board does not expect the university to do so. Yet, we must not use this fact as an excuse to blatantly overlook Clinton’s history of sexual assault allegations when discussing his legacy. If we do, we are complicit in this culture of complacency.

Disney’s Coming Out — This Friday, Disney Channel will air its first portrayal of a major character coming out as gay on the show “Andi Mack.” Successful Scouts — Three blind triplets from Arlington, Va., were awarded the Boy Scout’s highest honor of Eagle Scout after mastering all the necessary skills, including whitewater rafting, first aid and archery.

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Eliminate Legacy Privilege Last week, this editorial board discussed one potential way Georgetown University could re-center its admissions process on student achievement. In this vein, we believe that to truly promote inclusion and opportunity, the university must end its preference of legacy students in admissions. This practice prioritizes students with potentially less merit than average admitted students merely because of their familial and financial ties to the school. Legacy preference refers to the advantage given to students in the college admissions process because of their family ties to alumni. The Hoya reported in 2017 that, for the class of 2021, 30 percent of legacy applicants were accepted, compared to 15.4 percent of the applicant pool as a whole (“Legacy Students Twice as Likely to Be Admitted,” The Hoya, May 19, 2017, A1). Legacy students comprise around 10 percent of the class of 2021. Policies of legacy admissions were first instituted in the 1920s by several Ivy League institutions, including Harvard University, to limit acceptance of immigrant students, many of them Jewish or Catholic. By advantaging legacy students — usually native-born Protestants — these deplorable policies curbed the admittance of students whose parents would not have attended these universities, in particular, immigrants. Today, legacy students comprise 29 percent of Harvard’s class of 2021, according to the Harvard Crimson. At Georgetown, the policy of legacy preference did not develop until the 1970s, as a way to continue family tradition. Since then, it has evolved into a way of encouraging alumni giving. Nevertheless, the necessity of alumni donations pales in comparison to the detrimental effects of legacy preference. The university’s priority in admissions should be cultivating a hardworking, diverse class, not developing a source of potential revenue for the university., in particular because the effect of legacy preference on alumni donation has been empirically disproven. In “Affirmative Action for the Rich,” Chad Coffman examined seven institutions that ceased legacy preference between 1998 and 2008. Quoted in The Washington Post, Coffman found “no short-term measurable reduction in alumni giving as a result.” In 2015, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon described to The Hoya how influential students’ legacy status can be in admissions (“Legacy Status Tips Admission Scales,” The Hoya, March 20, 2015, A1).

He noted that legacy students who were not accepted on first evaluation would be given a “second look,” so that students’ legacy status could potentially swing the decision. The nature of this process indicates that legacy status has the potential to override students’ merits — or lack thereof. In fact, it has the potential to give students who may not have otherwise been accepted a second chance, weighing them on their familial connections rather than their own achievements. Perhaps most egregious is how significantly the legacy system favors wealthy students by weighing parent involvement — usually financial — in the Georgetown community after their own graduation. “If you were very close to the edge and the family’s given to the annual fund every year or something, that might be enough of a tip to get you in. If you’re a little farther from the edge, but the family has built Regents Hall, that might tip a little farther,” Deacon told The Hoya in 2015. That a family’s donation history could directly influence its student’s chance of admission is antithetical to the fair, meritocratic system that our admissions process should strive to be. Moreover, legacy preference in admissions prioritizes predominantly white, financially well-off students. Deacon told The Hoya last year that legacy students “are more likely to be white,” Meanwhile, this system disadvantages those whose parents are not already entrenched in elite institutions — namely, low-income and first-generation college students. Georgetown cannot claim to support students of all backgrounds when we give already-privileged students an extra leg up. When calling to end legacy preference, the editorial board does not include the admissions advantage provided to the descendants of the 272 slaves sold by Georgetown in 1838. This program, though often lumped in with legacy preference, is fundamentally different in nature. Legacy preference in admissions stems from immense economic, and often racial, privilege; this advantage given to the descendants, conversely, represents Georgetown’s attempt to compensate for a historical lack of privilege, and as such should remain. To truly foster a strong, diverse class, Georgetown must end its policy of legacy preference in admissions. If not, we merely advantage students who need it least.

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Tagliabue Appointed NFL Commissioner By unanimous vote, the NFL yesterday named Georgetown University graduate Paul Tagliabue (CAS ’62) its new commissioner. Tagliabue succeeds Pete Rozelle, who held the position for 30 years. The election by the league’s 28 team owners followed the Thursday morning endorsement of Tagliabue by a recently formed five-man committee at the NFL’s owners meeting in Cleveland. Tagliabue, a Washington, D.C. attorney, was selected over New Orleans Saints President Jim Finks, the early favorite for the position. Rozelle formed the five-man committee Wednesday to make a recommendation to the own-

ers by 9 a.m. yesterday. The committee consisted of two Finks supporters, Wellington Mara of the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell. Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and Minnesota Vikings President Mike Lynn supported Tagliabue. The final member, Pittsburgh Steelers President Dan Rooney, recently decided to change his allegiance from Finks to Tagliabue. “They were in charge of selecting between Finks and Tagliabue,” said Vincent Marino, a representative of the NFL. “They came out [Thursday morning] endorsing Tagliabue. It was a unanimous decision.” With the committee’s recom-

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OPINION

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017

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AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J.

Embracing the Mid-Semester Rhythm

uring my first two years of college, I rowed crew. OK, I didn’t actually “row” — at least not most days. I was a coxswain. Still, the experience taught me a tremendous amount. Perhaps the most significant lesson I learned was about what our coach called “the middle thousand, and the immense potential this stretch can hold. In crew, races are generally 2,000 meters long, and the temptation for novice rowers is to treat them as all-out sprints from start to finish. As you might imagine, this leads to messy starts, early exhaustion and a lot of ugly flailing along the way. As such, one of the coxswain’s tasks is to help the team of rowers break the race into pieces, each of which has its own rhythm and mindset. By knowing where we are in the race, and what we are seeking to accomplish, we can make the boat hum — and yes, crew shells can hum, and almost sing, when everything works in harmony. The most important piece of the race, at least in my coach’s eyes, was the middle thousand meters. Though he coached us relentlessly on how to make the most of the first 20 strokes and pushed us as hard as possible on the final 500 yards, he believed that most races were won or lost in the middle half of the race. The middle thousand is where you truly find your rhythm as a boat. Strokes are long and smooth, finishing with a flourish, and the ride back up the slides is truly a rest. There is near-maximum exertion one moment, followed by a controlled glide that is exhilarating and even refreshing. This cycle happens over and over, but each stroke has a freshness and focus. As a coxswain, I loved calling out the strokes of the middle thousand, especially when they would pull us past other boats near us, one seat at a time. We did not fight our way through, as if we had to match them stroke for stroke; rather, we dug deeply and rowed our own race, at our rhythm and this mindset surged us forward — and it felt good. This middle thousand was the time to savor and enjoy. In fact, our coach — who had rowed in the Olympics — told us that, during

this stretch, smiles should be on our faces. Why else would we get up so early and work so hard if we didn’t love the heart of the race? At Georgetown University, we are now in the “middle thousand” of the semester. For some students, this period is the dreaded midterm season, and the mere mention of it brings a pained grimace to their face. Still, I think it is helpful to see this time as the heart of the semester — the thrill and anxiety of new classes and living situations are behind us, and we have the chance to lean into the rhythm and opportunities we have found. Midterms and papers are a healthy part of this process. They are opportunities for us to put into practice what we learned and to realize how much new material we have been exposed to and internalized. We can savor the hard work we’ve put in, and maybe even smile as we walk out of an exam or print out the final draft of a paper, proud of what we’ve written. The middle thousand is not all exertion. Instead, it has a cadence, alternating between work that is focused and controlled and rest and refreshment that sustains. In these days, we must be attentive to both. Time spent with friends, on a retreat, at a religious service, getting some exercise or just curling up for a nap is time well spent. We thrive not by frantically matching the strokes of others, but by entering fully into the rhythm and life that is most truly our own. This middle thousand might be the best part of the semester. It is ripe with the promise of coming into our own, as the slow, almost imperceptible transformation brought on by our classes and experiences starts to surprise us — in good ways! — with who we are becoming. Jesuit education is all about this transformation. As we make the most of this time in the heart of the semester, we have the chance to see and savor it. Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., is an associate professor of government and serves as the director for the Center for Latin American Studies. AS THIS JESUIT SEE IT appears online every other Thursday.

Eurocentrism and racism are deeply ingrained in our academic structures. Unless these blatant prejudices are abolished, we are not truly a global institution.

Combat Curricular Eurocentrism

ne of the supposed hallmarks of our university is its international focus and unwavering dedication to creating capable students who can thrive anywhere. Yet a look at the languages offered at Georgetown clearly indicates that our university is not as truly committed to the global perspective as it openly boasts. Rather, our language curriculum reveals deeply ingrained Eurocentrism and racism within our academic structures. When I looked for a language to study at Georgetown, I sought one that I could practice at home and that would help advance my career interests. My family is from East Africa, where they learned a multitude of South Asian and African languages including Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Swahili and Punjabi. These are some of the most widely spoken and most influential languages in the world — yet Georgetown offers only one of them, Swahili. In fact, Georgetown offers almost no languages from subSaharan Africa, South Asia or Southeast Asia. It is appalling that we claim to be an internationally focused institution while refusing to expose students to most of the world’s languages. Georgetown offers Polish, Greek, Hebrew and Ukrainian. Globally, these languages have about 40 million, 13 million, 5 million and 45 million speakers, respectively, according to Ethno-

logue, an encyclopedia that focuses on world languages. Though these languages are undoubtedly important in their respective countries, the number of their speakers pales in comparison to that of speakers of some Asian and African languages. Hindi has at least 500 million speakers, Punjabi 130 million, Indonesian 200 million, Urdu 160 million, Tagalog 70 million and Vietnamese almost 70 million, according to Ethnologue. Based on these numbers, the utility of languages like Hindi, Swahili and Indonesian is clearly greater. The U.S. Department of State lists more than 60 languages, including these three, as critical languages, citing the lack of American speakers as a serious problem. Due to the university’s neglect of these languages, Georgetown students lack access to critical language courses and are incapable of even basic interaction with almost half the world. The failure to offer more Asian and African languages contradicts Georgetown’s global focus. The notion that the European regions of the languages taught by Georgetown are more vital to modern international affairs than sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or Southeast Asia is both Eurocentric and unsupported. According to the World Bank, India has the seventh-largest gross domestic product in the world and Indonesia the 16th. India, South Africa, Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan

and Vietnam are also all rising significant global economic players. These regions contain energy centers, global health battlegrounds, technology hubs, financial markets and trading capitals are located in these regions, yet many Georgetown graduates will lack the language skills to enter these promising areas of growth and innovation. Similarly, international affairs occur increasingly in these subcontinents: the India-Pakistan relationship; terrorism hotbeds in Somalia, Afghanistan and the Philippines; and nuclear weapons proliferation. The lack of relevant language opportunities at Georgetown means that students are not equipped to understand nor operate within these areas — an unfortunate fate for otherwise qualified, purposeful graduates. It is also worth addressing the demand of languages at Georgetown. Departments, after all, need funding, interest and sufficient registration to survive. However, several of the most obscure European languages had disappointing enrollment numbers from beginning to advanced levels this semester: According to numbers available on MyAccess, Polish had 15 registered undergraduates, Greek had 10, Hebrew had 17 and Ukrainian had one — yes, one. Evidently, demand is not the reason Georgetown ignores the languages of billions of African and Asian people. The administration has no excuse to disre-

gard the languages of the formerly colonized world besides Eurocentric ideologies that have grown out of racist attitudes toward this region. To learn Burmese, Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Thai or Vietnamese, Georgetown students must go to Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies on Massachusetts Avenue, through which students can receive credit toward degree requirements, though the grades do not count toward GPAs. Many of us trace our heritage to the regions for which Georgetown does not teach languages. In its disregard, Georgetown suggests that the languages of our ancestors are lesser, not relevant enough to teach or learn. Supposedly, the languages of my family are not popular enough; the regions I want to focus on are fringe territories that do not deserve such attention. Eurocentrism and racism are deeply ingrained in our academic structures. Recognize these biases in your experiences: It could be the removal of the historical role of the Ottoman Empire in World War I or the claim that government-sponsored science did not begin until the European Enlightenment. Unless these blatant prejudices are abolished, we are not truly a global institution. NABIL KAPASI is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service.

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TRANSFERMATIONS

Fight for Equity and Opportunity

The Power of Letting Others In

have always longed to teach. When former Secretary of Education John King Jr. spoke at Georgetown University on Oct. 3 and, in his remarks, called on the audience to be “champions of equity and opportunity,” this idea resonated deeply with me. Still, as a low-income and firstgeneration college student without documentation, I could not help but think about the obstacles that I currently face in attempting to take on King’s calling. The most salient of these obstacles is the uncertainty that surrounds my ability to teach after attending Georgetown, a result of my immigration status. Last month, President Donald Trump’s administration decided to rescind former President Barack Obama’s 2012 administrative program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provided deferral for deportation and work authorization to those who came to this country before the age of 16 and who fulfilled certain requirements. Without DACA protections, I am unsure if I will be able to fulfill my desire to teach. Without a work permit, I do not have any legal access to the careers in the United States that my peers do. Listening to King’s call to action only reaffirmed my desire to return to my community and teach, in particular as I thought about the difference that my teachers have made in my life. At home in California, my single mom worked tirelessly as a dishwasher at a local restaurant to support me and my siblings. As a result, she often could not provide the support and guidance that I needed to get through high school — it was not that she did not want to but rather that she had to focus on providing the necessities for us to live day to day. She also did not have the knowledge to navigate our school system. After third grade, she could no longer help me with math, let alone

with reading. One of my teachers, Mrs. Cortez — who led a group for English learners I participated in during elementary school — offered me the guidance and support that I lacked at home. In high school, I volunteered in her classroom, and she provided me with key information about the college application process.

It is my hope that legislation — in particular, a clean Dream Act, or one without brutal enforcement measures — comes to fruition. Most importantly, she held me accountable for my grades. I knew that each Saturday, she would ask me how I was doing in school. I wanted to have a positive report to deliver; it would not be acceptable otherwise. Mrs. Cortez believed in my potential. She both challenged and supported me through robust conversations and by filling in the gaps of information that I did not have at home because of my family’s circumstances. Now that I am at Georgetown, Mrs. Cortez continues to support me in any way she can. Not only did she, along with her husband and daughter, move me in to campus at the start of my first year, but she has also set aside time to FaceTime with me every Sunday. I update her on school and my life, and she listens attentively. Mrs. Cortez has been my champion of equity and opportunity. This profound relationship with Mrs. Cortez oriented me toward a path of serving and supporting students. For the past two summers, I have had the tremendous oppor-

tunity to serve as a teaching fellow for Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano, an educational nonprofit in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., that seeks to provide support and enrichment for highly motivated, low-income students. I first taught eighth grade English, where I challenged my students through a rigorous curriculum, including an analysis of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” Last summer, I taught college skills and had the opportunity to guide rising ninth grade students on a path toward college by equipping them with the necessary skills to succeed in high school. Each day of these summers, I realized how much I yearned to teach. I saw the difference I was making in the lives of my students. Now, however, such desire to teach — to take on King’s call to action and become a champion of equity and opportunity, just as Mrs. Cortez did for me — is in jeopardy due to federal immigration policies. It is my hope that legislation — in particular, a clean Dream Act, or one without brutal enforcement measures — comes to fruition. This bill would provide young people with a path to citizenship, allowing us to follow our professional aspirations to a greater extent than DACA did, since it would not require recipients to renew their status after two years. Join me in advocating for this policy. Contact your members of Congress, and demand a permanent solution for those of us who are being pushed back into the shadows. I yearn to be a champion of equity and opportunity, but I need your allyship. LUIS GONZALEZ is a junior in the College. He is co-president of Stride for College, a mentoring program on campus that seeks to increase college access to high school students at Bell Multicultural High School.

ach of us can have an immense influence on the self-care of those around us. We should always be cognizant of how we can help lift people up, allowing them to realize their true self-worth. Along the same lines, we should let others help us when we feel vulnerable. By experiencing the power of a stranger’s kindness, I learned this lesson firsthand. Dahlgren Chapel, usually empty, is an excellent place to emotionally combust. I have gone there many times to cry, myself. A particular Wednesday afternoon, however, was different than all of my other times of distress in Dahlgren. It was one of those all-toofamiliar days when I felt absolutely unworthy of life and unworthy of love — a result of the clinical depression with which I have long struggled. I walked in, blessed myself with the holy water and genuflected in front of a row of chairs midway between the church entrance and the altar. Once I found my seat, I began sobbing uncontrollably. This time, though, I did not have the chapel all to myself. “You’re in one of my classes, aren’t you?” the man asked as he approached me. He had been praying, but my obnoxious sniffling had presumably distracted him. “Yeah?” I managed to get out while still crying. We had never spoken before. “What’s wrong?” Normally very guarded, I uncharacteristically opened up, explaining my despair to him in my vulnerable state. He sat down next to me. “Tell me more.” For some unexplainable reason, I did. Only when I finished speaking did I realize I had just dumped a plethora of heavy, personal information on this

virtual stranger. I stared at him in disbelief. Noticing my uneasiness, he stood up and outstretched his arms. I was reluctant to hug him. Though he seemed genuine and sweet, I wasn’t sure if I was OK with hugging someone I barely knew. I did it anyway. My tears left a massive blotch on his gray shirt.

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We could be the people who remind others that they are worthy of self-care and, if we’re lucky, that they are worthy of love. We sat back down, and then it was his turn to share. He was in the chapel because he had lost his father and was in constant pursuit of living a life that would make his father proud. He assured me that I was not the only one at Georgetown struggling through a difficult time. There were at least two of us. “Neither of us deserve this,” he added. I needed to hear that reminder. Often, I fell into the trap of rationalizing my misery; I convinced myself my depression was somehow my own fault. Deep down, I knew this notion was untrue — for once, some-

one else not only believed that but even made me believe it. I cried for a few more minutes as he sat next to me silently. He did not have to say anything. His presence alone comforted me. We talked some more, and after another half hour or so, both of us were ready to leave. I expected that our relationship would not exist outside of the chapel doors, that, after we left, we would never speak to each other again. I was surprised when he took my phone number as he said goodbye and exited the chapel. A few days later, I received a text from an unknown number: “Brittany, how are you? I hope you’re feeling better!” Though others knew I was struggling, the classmate I’d spoken to in the chapel was the only one who asked me how I was in the three weeks that followed. None of the external circumstances in my life had changed. But now someone — someone who had absolutely no obligation — cared about my well-being. For once, I did not have to deal with all of the negativity that clouded my thoughts on my own. Touched, I responded: “Better. I’m doing a little better.” Each of us plays an active role in one another’s self-care. We should all strive to be as selfless and kind as my classmate in the chapel. If we are willing to listen to other people’s stories, we could have a tremendous, positive effect on others. We could be the people who remind others that they are worthy of self-care and, if we’re lucky, that they are worthy of love. Brittany Rios is a senior in the College. TRANSFERMATIONS appears online every other Monday.

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Q&A: Alumna Advocates Fiscal Responsibility, Activism EMILY LENG

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Millennials must get involved in grassroots movements to effect positive economic change and fiscal reform, according to Sruveera Sathi (GRD ’17), one of the student speakers at the Clinton Global Initiative University forum this year. CGIU is an annual meeting that unites 1,100 student leaders to speak about their work in education, environment, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and public health. Sathi spoke Oct. 14 at the invitation of CGIU, and advised and mentored other emerging leaders in activism. Before studying physiology at Georgetown, Sathi attended the College of William and Mary, where she was involved with Up to Us, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and finding nonpartisan solutions for the national debt. In an interview with THE HOYA, Sathi discussed her experience with CGIU and Up to Us and the importance of getting involved and making a social impact in college. How did you first get involved with Up to Us? I was president of an organization called Net Impact, and the premise of Up to Us seemed very interesting from when I heard about it. It seemed like an issue that not a lot of young Americans were talking about. For example, no one I think on my campus prior to that was really talking about some of the economic repercussions of the long-term national debt. And the more I got to learn about it, the more I found out that the long-term national debt affects so many parts of our day-to-day life. Like you said, the issue of the national debt is not very glamorous, so how have you been able to get young people and students engaged and involved? It’s very abstract. It’s not something that just jumps to you right away, especially when there are so many different topics that people are passionate about, and that was definitely a challenge. What we did on our campus was personalize the issue, so while the national debt per se might not excite people, things that it can affect, like our opportunities for education, our earning potential in

the future are all things that people can relate to. So that’s basically what we did on our campus as well, by making the issue more personal. Why should young people be getting involved? As I mentioned, because of the various issues that are affecting us on a day-to-day basis, you don’t think about the national debt as something that impacts us. We often forget that change like this actually starts from the ground up, from grassroots levels in college campuses with students understanding that fiscal responsibility is a priority. So that’s essentially what we’re doing in campuses across the country — trying to alert our policymakers, and that’s an essential part of the Up to Us campaign too, trying to get as many pledge signatures to send to our representatives, letting them know that fiscal responsibility should be a priority when they’re making their legislation. What was the process like preparing for the Clinton Global Initiative University? With Up to Us, after you partake in it, I think it’s the team leaders of the winning Up to Us team get invited to be a part of the alumni advisory board. And from that alumni advisory board, three of us were chosen to represent Up to Us at CGIU. I was one of those people, and what me and a fellow alumni did was speak at an office hours session at CGIU. And so these “Office Hours” were designed to provide the students who attended the conference an opportunity to connect and engage in conversations that were behind the speeches at CGIU. These sessions allowed participants to learn more about what we did and our career paths and our journey, and gave us an opportunity to share our advice, and honestly be inspired by the people who attended. I think we were as inspired by what the students were doing as the other way around. What was the biggest thing you learned from this experience? I think what I will take away from CGIU are honestly the connections I made with people there. So for example, there was one girl that attended our “Office Hours” session, and she

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The Clinton Global Initiative University featured student speakers including alumna Sruveera Sathi (GRD ’17), who advised younger students on how to ﬁnd and get started in a career path. CGIU brought together over a thousand students to share their experiences. was planning to do work in the health care field, and she connected with me on LinkedIn the other day. I connected her to some events that the organization I’m currently interning for, the Alliance for Health Policy, is hosting, and added her to our listserv. And she’s trying to make a trip down to [Washington, D.C.,] hopefully to attend one of our briefings about payment reform. And there was this one kid that attended our “Office Hours” too, and he brought a little prototype of this pacifier that he was making to hopefully give children in malnour-

ished settings more supplements and vitamins for when they’re nursing, so babies that might not have access to nutritional sources otherwise. He made this little device, and he brought that to our “Office Hours.” It’s pretty easy to go into the routine of adulthood, but going to a conference like this just reminded me of the energy and ideas that are still out there. Why is CGIU important? It just gathers so many young people together that are so motivated; they’re looking to tackle social issues, and

those types of minds and that type of energy in one space is really cool. Because that’s often what has the power to create lasting change. Do you have any advice for freshmen or undergraduates about getting involved in community activism or having a social impact? Be a sponge. Soak everything in. Initially, unless you absolutely know what you want to do from the get-go, use this time to define your interests. That’s kind of what freshman year is for. Then, after a while, narrow it down to

a few that you are interested in, and find a way to make that work with your academics, your community engagement and outreach that you do, with your leadership, and make sure it lines up with your values. I think that’s really important: Make sure whatever activist work you want to do, what things you want to lead, what initiatives you want to be a part of, make sure they are line with your core set of values. And that means asking yourself what your values are. So going into that knowing what you care about is really important.

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DC Council Considers Fare Evasion Decriminalization Alex Mooney Hoya Staff Writer

Washington, D.C. officials are divided over a new bill that would decriminalize fare evasion on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus and rail services. The D.C. Council is currently conducting hearings on the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act Of 2017, which would eliminate the potential for arrest and the 10-day jail time that currently accompany charges of fare evasion for non-minors. The bill would also reduce the violation for evading Metro fares from a $300 ticket to a $100 ticket. The bill aims to provide a more accessible Metro for the District’s low-income residents, said Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8), who sponsored the bill, during his presentation of the legislation July 11.

“This bill would hinder Metro’s efforts to reduce fare evasion and ensure the safety of our customers and employees.” Ronald Pavlik Chief, Metro Transit Police

“Punitive approaches to fare collection does not seem to be the best use of resources,” White said. “Criminalizing riders will not result in an equitable transit system.” Jail time for avoiding Metro fare disproportionately affects D.C.’s minorities and poorer residents, White said. The bill is designed to parallel legislation that other

public Metro agencies in the United States have instituted. San Francisco and Portland, Ore., for example, have both decriminalized fare evasion in the last decade. WMATA records show an 80 percent rise in police citations and warnings for fare evasion since the agency began more stringent enforcement, NBC Washington reported in May. Metro’s mission should be to help people access their city, not to punish them for it, Councilmember White said. “With renewed public attention on the excessive criminalization of poor people and people of color, transit agencies around the country are re-evaluating their fare evasion policies,” White said at the presentation July 11. Ronald Pavlik, chief of the Metro Transit Police Department, said during an Oct. 19 bill hearing that 92 percent of fare evasions end with either a warning or a $50 failure-to-pay citation. “A typical failure-to-pay citation is $50 — half the cost of a speed camera fine in the District of Columbia,” Pavlik said. “And so long as this fine is paid, there is no admission of guilt, and criminal charges are avoided altogether.” Metro’s focus on fare enforcement has contributed to a 20 percent drop in serious crime on the Metro in the first nine months of the year, compared to same period last year, according to a WMATA spokesperson. The legislation has received endorsements from councilmembers Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), Anita Bonds (DAt Large), Robert C White Jr. (D-At Large), Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1), David Grosso (I-At Large) and Kenyan McDuffie

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The D.C. Council is currently conducting hearings on a bill to eliminate the potential for arrest and the 10-day jail time that currently accompany charges of fare evasion for nonminors. Metro officials argue the plan would impede security efforts. (D-Ward 5). Grosso has become an advocate for the bill, arguing that particular instances of excessive punishments by the Metro show the need to decriminalize fare evasion. “I remember vividly the incident last year when a young woman, probably in high school, maybe in middle school, was physically roughed up and handcuffed by Metro Transit Police simply because she had a bag of chips and a bad attitude,” Grosso said at an Oct. 19 hearing on the legislation. The legislation was introduced earlier this year after Metro announced that it would initiate measures to try to regain funds from fare evasion, including installing new locking systems on Metro-

rail fare gates and instituting new patrols to find fare evaders. Measures like these have played a part in a recent spike in citations and arrests for fare evasion in 2016 and 2017. At the Oct. 19 hearing, Pavlik said he is concerned that the legislation would hurt the department’s goal to create a safer Metro. “This bill would hinder Metro’s efforts to reduce fare evasion and ensure the safety of our customers and employees,” Pavlik said. Pavlik also said that fare evasion enforcement leads to fewer criminals on the streets, citing a specific incident of a fare evasion stop in which a man, stopped for fare evasion, had an outstanding warrant for second-degree murder.

“This is the story behind one of the more than 400 cases where a wanted individual with an outstanding warrant was arrested after being stopped for fare evasion — before they could commit a more serious crime,” Pavlik said. Pavlik said in about 8 percent of MTPD fare evasion stops, the stop will lead to an arrest when a background check identifies an outstanding warrant. An internal memo from WMATA Chief Operating Officer Joseph Leader earlier this year reaffirmed the Metro department’s commitment to ending fare evasion, which the office stated is unfair to paying passengers and costs the Metro critical funds. “Fare evasion creates real

and perceived fairness issues among customers, most of whom pay for every ride. It also directly results in the loss of revenue that Metro needs to provide safe and reliable bus and rail service,” the memo said. Corbett A. Price, a member of the Metro board, tweeted about this revenue loss July 11, after the decriminalization legislation was first introduced. “#Metro fare evasion cost the system $25million/yr in loss revenue. The taxpayers and paying riders are the victims,” Price wrote in the tweet. If passed, the act would apply to all WMATA stations, but not those in Maryland or Virginia, as they are outside of the council’s jurisdiction.

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Graduate students who take the Rosslyn shuttle to the main campus on weekends must now choose between engaging in longer, more expensive commutes or refrain from weekend activities.

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The increase in Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle service to Dupont Circle on Saturdays has pushed graduate students commuting from Rosslyn to significantly shift their weekend plans for longer commutes or cancel them altogether. Esther Kim (GRD ’18), Georgetown University Graduate Student Government Vice President, said GradGov will present graduate students’ concerns next Thursday to the Master Planning Consortium, a joint advisory group made up of graduate students, undergraduates, faculty and neighbors. “Getting to campus shouldn’t be such a hassle,” Kim said. GUTS discontinued Saturday service to Rosslyn beginning Mar. 18 to allocate resources to the Dupont route, following advocacy from the Georgetown University Student Association for extended service times and an added stop at the Trader Joe’s grocery store on 25th Street. GUSA Transportation Policy Team Chair Aviv Lis (COL ’19) said demand for increased access to grocery stores was a key reason for the change.

A previous Wisconsin route stopped near Safeway on Wisconsin Ave. Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey said that the change to service schedules is justified by the route’s increased usage. “The ridership has effectively doubled, thus optimizing operating resources and serving more members of our community,” Morey wrote in an email to The Hoya. Graduate students who rely on the Rosslyn shuttle to get to main campus on weekends must now choose between engaging in longer, often more expensive commutes or refrain from weekend meetings and activities on campus. For Isabella DeSpirito (GRD ’19), who lives in Fairfax, Va. and takes the Orange line from the Vienna station to Rosslyn, the lack of a shuttle adds an additional 30 minutes to her previously 90 minute commute. DeSpirito said she tries to avoid leaving home on Saturdays to go to Georgetown, but would commute on Saturday if the Rosslyn shuttle service returned. “I know there is a Zumba class that I have not been to because it is on Saturday at 10 a.m.,” DeSpirito said. Graduate students — who

make up 3,500 more students than the 7,000 undergraduate students at Georgetown — cannot live on campus. For many, Rosslyn and the greater Arlington area prove an attractive residential alternative, as the median rent for a medium-sized bedroom is almost $300 less per month than that in the Georgetown neighborhood, according to rental search platform Zumper. The university has an agreement with Rosslyn-based Virginian Suites, an apartment tower, to offer a limited number of units to graduate students. Sixty-nine percent of Georgetown commuters, including graduate students, commute to campus through other transit options other than single-occupancy cars, according to the 2017 Campus Plan at a Glance. An informal poll conducted by GradGov representative Thazin Latt (GRD ’18) to gauge interest in the return of a Saturday service to Rosslyn found 25 of 26 graduate student respondents supported the reintroduction of the route. “It would affect every grad student who lives on the other side of the bridge,” DeSpirito said of the idea.

For most events in Gaston Hall, organizers do everything they can to make sure there will not be any “disruptors” in the audience. At this year’s TEDxGeorgetown, they will be on the stage. In its seventh year, the 2017 TEDxGeorgetown conference’s theme, “Disruptors,” focuses on speakers who “courageously pivot from the status quo to drive change.” The Saturday event, expected to draw hundreds of attendees to Gaston Hall, is hosted by the student group TEDxGeorgetown, which receives funding and support from the Georgetown University Lecture Fund. The conference has historically drawn about 800 attendees annually, according to TEDxGeorgetown Director of Logistics Stephanie Lu (COL ’18). As of Wednesday night, 700 people have registered online, with more sign-ups expected in the coming days. Tickets to the event are free for Georgetown students. Lauren Stricker (SFS ’18), TEDxGeorgetown co-chair, said the current forwardlooking social climate served as inspiration for this year’s conference theme. “We decided that this is definitely a time of change and transformation in our

society, and so we really liked the idea of people who were kind of challenging accepted norms and challenging accepted ways of going about different things,” she said. American Sign Language interpreters will translate all the speakers’ speeches, according to Lu. While past conferences focused on speakers from outside the Georgetown community, TEDxGeorgetown has included more student speakers in recent years, according to Stricker. About 10 percent of students who applied to be student speakers were selected, according to TEDxGeorgetown Director of Speakers Shifa’a Alsairafi (SFS ’18). Stricker said the diversity of stories is a key factor in choosing which speakers to feature. “TEDxGeorgetown sought out speakers with powerful stories understanding that the most impactful speakers can expose others to different ways of thinking even if their experiences are different from those of most students at Georgetown,” she said. Alsairafi said personal narrative is also an important element in the consideration process. “We look for stories. We look for personal stories that have a personal impact,” Alsairafi said. Student speakers include Mélisande Short-Colomb (COL

’21), a student and 63-year-old descendant of the 272 slaves the university sold in 1838, and Matthew Wang (MSB ’18), a student entrepreneur who co-founded Spud Buds, a french fries company open at the university’s farmers market. Five students total will speak at the event. Stricker said these students offer stories worth hearing. “I have been so blown away by the people that I go to school with who are able to come forward and tell these stories,” Stricker said. The four non-student speakers include Ahmad Ashkar, founder of Falafel Inc., a restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood that donates part of its proceeds to fight global hunger, and Jeff Galvin, founder and CEO of genetic technology research firm American Gene Technologies. TEDxGeorgetown has also expanded lunch options for this year’s conference with more vendors at its lunchtime market, “TasTED.” Alsairafi said, for her, the most important facet of the conference is the student speeches. “One of the most rewarding aspects, for me, in doing this is being able to hear the stories of my peers at Georgetown. It really makes me appreciate how incredible and diverse our student body is,” Alsairafi said.

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OMB Director Defends Tax Cut Plan Anti-Trans Bias Mulvaney, from A1 the biggest tax breaks to the individuals with the highest levels of income and increases taxes for those in the bottom 95 percent of income level. “Do the rich get richer? Absolutely. So does the middle class, and so does the poor,” Mulvaney said. In what might be the first significant legislative win for the Trump administration, the House of Representatives passed the budget bill that incorporates the tax reform policy Thursday, following the Senate’s passing of a similar bill last week. The narrow 216-212 House vote will facilitate the bill’s passage as it goes through Congress. The bill will need a simple majority to pass in the Senate, since it is going through the process of reconciliation — a process that bypasses any attempts by Democrats in the Senate to filibuster legislation. Republicans hold a 52-person majority in the Senate. Trump tapped Mulvaney as OMB Director Dec. 16, 2016, before the senate confirmed his appointment with a 51 to 49 vote Jan. 16. Previously, he served as the U.S. Representative for the 5th District of South Carolina for six years. Now, as the director of the office responsible for budget implementation, Mulvaney is bolstering public support for the massive tax overhaul promised by Trump. “What I have ended up doing

now is selling [the plan] on television and to my former colleagues more than anything else,” Mulvaney said. A former member of the House Freedom Caucus, the conservative wing of the GOP in the House, and characterized as a fiscal hawk for taking a hard-line stance on spending, Mulvaney said he would raise revenues through the tax policy and limit spending. This model would account for losses in tax revenues through reduced government expenditure and greater individual spending. “I can’t leave the status quo, then I won’t know what my numbers are. I either raise taxes and hope I raise more money like that. Or, being a good Republican, I lower taxes to raise more revenues that way,” Mulvaney said. Mulvaney highlighted the complexity of the current tax code, specifically when evaluating the tax brackets that apply to the middle class. Mulvaney said the tax system should be simpler for middle-class earners. Middle-class earners, with incomes between $39,560 and $118,080, fall into the 25 percent and 28 percent marginal tax brackets. The current tax code contains seven marginal brackets ranging from 10 percent to 39.6 percent. The proposed plan will reform the system of have three marginal brackets of 12 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent, according to the framework provided by the

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Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (SFS ’89) said Trump’s tax cut plan will benefit middle-class Americans. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Mulvaney said the framework outlines the objectives of rewriting the existing tax code. “So that ‘pay less’ and ‘pay it simpler’ is one pillar. And the other pillar is this lower corporate tax,” Mulvaney said. The tax reform plan proposes simplifying the middle-income brackets and giving tax breaks to the highest earning families

and corporations in the country to incentivize spending and investment. Mulvaney said the government owes tax reform to the American people. “I don’t care if you’re Republican, I don’t care if you’re Democrat,” Mulvaney said. “We’ve trained America to expect more government than they’re willing to pay for.”

Students Dispute Advocacy Narratives Activism, from A1 a request that the university divest from the private prison industry.” “After finding investing in the private prison industry to be inconsistent with Georgetown’s commitment to socially responsible investing — which is reflected in the new SRI policy, CISR submitted a recommendation to the board that supported this strategy,” the release said. Abdelfadeel said the university’s statement took credit for the change while only briefly alluding to student involvement. “Understating the fact that this was a call from students is indicative of a trend of the administration being unresponsive to the demands of the wider community and then taking credit for the work once it has become socially and/or financially appropriate for them to do the right things,” Abdelfadeel said. A discussion of the activism that led up to the decision is lacking from the campus conversation, according to Christian Morris (COL ’19), a student organizer for GU F.R.E.E. “I feel like it was worked for,” Morris said. “I want to bring it back to the fact that student activism, student pressure and conversations are happening. I haven’t heard anything about the demonstrations we did last year, or the events that we disrupted, or the proposal we submitted through Georgetown’s bureaucratic loopholes.” A university spokesperson did not respond to requests for com-

ment. This is not the first time students have criticized the university for taking credit for activists’ efforts. Lily Ryan (COL ’18), a member of the workers’ rights student activist group Georgetown Solidarity Committee, said the administration failed to acknowledge GSC’s role in a 2016 dispute with the university over its licensing contract with Nike. Students associated with the GSC staged a 35-hour sit-in last December in the office of University President John J. DeGioia, demanding the university cut its contract with Nike unless the company agreed to allow independent workers’ rights inspections of its factories. After hours of negotiations between students and university administrators, the university ultimately agreed to the students’ demands and allowed the contract to expire at the end of the year. The parties struck a new contract in August which included an agreement to allow regular, independent inspections of Nike supplier factories. A university news release announcing the new contract in August does not mention GSC, the sit-in or student activism. One line in the eighth paragraph of the release notes the university “engaged with faculty and student leaders” while negotiating the contract. Ryan said the framing of the university’s statement disregards the pivotal role of student activists in pressuring the university to negotiate the new contract.

“What troubles me is that, as usual, there is no mention of the extensive efforts that students put into pushing Georgetown into a decision,” Ryan wrote in an email to The Hoya. “While I can’t speak for all students or student activists on campus, I don’t think we do it for the glamor or for the recognition by university administrators but I think it erases the work done by students, in the case of GU F.R.E.E., it was work done in large part by queer students and students of color.” Ryan said the way the university acknowledges student activism is important for reasons other than conferring credit. “The stories we tell about victories and failures are important and it can be hard to tell stories about student activism when the activists are left out of the narrative,” Ryan wrote. “I knew when the statement was released about private prisons that it had taken time and effort on the part of a committed group of students, but I know that so many students don’t know, and that can be detrimental to promoting a culture in which students can engage in activism.” As for the future, Abdelfadeel noted the work of divestment advocates is unfinished. The original group’s 2016 proposal to the CISR was more broad than the one enacted by the board of directors this month, also including a request for divestment from companies invested in private prisons, rather than only private prisons themselves. “The original proposal to the CISR proposed divestment from

private prisons and the wider industry that sustains it,” Abdelfadeel said. “It would be great to see a commitment from the university regarding the wider private prison industry.” The proposal also called on the university to divest from any companies that benefitted financially from the Israeli occupation of Palestine, a request that was rejected by the CISR. Abdelfaleel said there are common threads in the social implications of private prisons and the occupation. “We found common themes of state violence — black people living and dying under the United States’ white supremacy and Palestinians living and dying under Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid. Moreover, there is an overlap in companies that empower the private prison industry and the illegal occupation,” Abdelfaleel said. GU F.R.E.E. also continues to call for greater transparency in Georgetown’s investment records and promotes general public consciousness of the university’s investment policies. Morris, meanwhile, said he hoped that this decision would prompt the university to look at other instances of state violence and adapt its investment policies accordingly. “I hope there is something sustaining from the divestment of prisons, not like, ‘OK, we did it; it’s done,’” Morris said. “This should only be the beginning of Georgetown’s broader divestment movement.”

The National Center for Transgender Equality survey documents the experiences of transgender individuals around the nation. NCTE last conducted the survey from 2008 to 2009. The majority of the 214 D.C. respondents attributed the causes of these experiences to their gender identity. NCTE’s report confirmed the D.C. Office of Human Rights’ own resume testing, an analysis of how employers respond to resumes from potential applicants who identify as transgender compared with applicants who identify as cisgender. The 2015 resume test was the first government-run testing in the nation that made its results public. OHR found that 48 percent of employers in the District were more inclined to hire less qualified, cisgender applicants, than they were to employ or even interview higher qualified transgender applicants. Out of all the applicants during this resume testing, transgender black men received the highest level of discrimination. Additionally, the NCTE survey found 58 percent of respondents avoided public restrooms out of fear of harassment or confrontation, and 44 percent of respondents experienced mistreatment from the police ranging from physical and verbal abuse to sexual assault. The NCTE introduced the national survey in 2015, as a follow-up to the results released in 2011 from the first 2008-2009 survey which aimed to highlight the discrimination faced by transgender individuals in their everyday lives across the country. The survey was conducted after the D.C. Council passed a bill to protect the identity of transgender individuals after name changes in 2013, but before the District became the first jurisdiction in the country to offer a gender neutral option on licenses in June 2017. Currently, the D.C. Council is considering a bill to decriminalize sex work, which LGBTQ advocates say would benefit trans individuals. A bill sponsored by Councilmembers David Grosso (IAt Large) and Robert C. White Jr. (D-At Large) has received support from local LGBTQ advocacy groups including Casa Ruby, a community resource center, the D.C. Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the D.C. Anti-Violence Project and Whitman-Walker Health, a health center in Logan Circle. “The criminalization of sex work disproportionately affects the LGBTQ community, specifically LGBTQ people of color,” the Anti-Violence Project told the Washington Blade Oct. 5. Ruby Corado, executive di-

rector of Casa Ruby, told the Blade criminalization ends up disproportionally incarcerating transgender women who end up with HIV. HIPS, a nonprofit organization that specializes in harm reduction among sex workers, people experiencing homelessness and drug users, conducted the D.C. research for NCTE’s national survey. Zachary Frial (SFS ’18), who works as an intern for HIPS, said he believes transgender discrimination extends across the District into Georgetown University. The university could be doing more to support its transgender students, Friel said. “The university is able to tolerate us at an arm’s distance, but they don’t want to meet all of the demands that queer and trans students have,” Frial said. Frial said students applied for a gender and sexuality or queer living and learning community last year. Their proposal was denied by the university in 2016. The Hoya previously reported that a proposal from students who applied for an LLC for the 2017-2018 school year called “Crossroads: Gender and Sexuality” that would be inclusive to students in the LGBTQ community was rejected by Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson. Olson told The Hoya the proposal did raise concerns about how Georgetown’s housing arrangements align with the school’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. Frial compared Georgetown to the University of California, Berkeley, citing the discrepancy between the levels of support that the two schools — of similar academic caliber — provide to their queer and transgender students. Berkeley provides medical insurance for its transgender students and their specific needs, covering hormone therapy, gender reaffirmation surgery, electrolysis of the neck and face and tracheal shave, according to Berkeley’s website. Frial said the support Georgetown provides to its transgender students does not match Berkeley’s programs. Georgetown currently offers an LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Campus Ministry as resources for LGBTQ students. Beyond that, students are able to change their name on the MyAccess registration portal to a preferred name and keep their legal name private. Frial said Georgetown still lacks the resources schools like Berkeley have. “They provide for all medical services that trans people require or ask for,” Frial said. “I hardly think Georgetown will ever get to a point where that is possible.”

Amid District Sex Work Debate, Student Shares Story Sex Work, from A1 law enforcement, which penalizes prostitution with fines of up to $500 or a maximum of 90-day imprisonment for first-time offenders. However, this could soon change amid efforts by advocates to decriminalize sex work in D.C. A proposed bill introduced Oct. 5 by D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large), with the help of the Sex Workers Advocate Coalition and D.C. Councilmember Robert C. White Jr. (D-At Large), proposed repealing a number of laws that criminalize consenting adults exchanging sex for money. The bill now resides in committee, awaiting a hearing by the D.C. Council before next spring. Johanna Margeson, a member of Georgetown’s Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program and legal fellow at HIPS, an organization that promotes the rights and dignity of sex workers, said the bill was designed to protect some of the District’s most marginalized communities who cannot seek help from authorities without being criminalized themselves. According to data collected by HIPS, trans women are 10 times more likely to engage in sex work than cisgender women. Of those trans sex workers operating in D.C., 85 percent are black or Latinx and 37 percent are homeless. “At HIPS, we predominantly work with transgender women of color, and we see they face a lot of issues with prosecution and poor interactions with the po-

lice,” Margeson said. “But that’s just one part of the problem. A lot of our clients say they have bad dates, where they are injured or abused or experience secondhand trauma. But they can’t go to the hospital, and they can’t go to the police, because they face criminalization themselves.” Over 80 percent of street-based sex workers reported experiencing violence in their encounters, according to HIPS. With regard to criminalization, Eric/a said issues of consent are even more fraught for sex workers, who have no means of ensuring clients abide by agreements. As someone who has experience with both sugaring, which relies on sex in exchange for gifts or allowances, and escorting, which relies strictly on monetary transactions for sex, Eric/a said they have encountered instances which tested the limits of consent. One client claimed he did not want to pay Eric/a for sex because he felt it would be like “exploiting” them. Another pressured Eric/a to engage in sexual practices like bondage, which made them feel uncomfortable for safety reasons. “It’s difficult, because if I’m expecting something from an encounter, then that is part of consent, and if you’re not paying up, then technically you are violating my consent,” Eric/a said. “But that’s another problem, what constitutes consent? If you’re in this place and you have to act like you’re enjoying it, is it really consensual? It’s really morally gray.”

One aspect in which Eric/a has encountered little difficulty is with practicing safe sex, a fact that they credit to the affluence and sexual education of most of their clients. However, sex workers who engage in high-risk sexual behaviors — such as not using a condom or other forms of contraception — are more susceptible to sexually transmitted infections. Sean Bland (LAW ’13), who works as a senior associate at Georgetown University Law Center’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and specializes in domestic HIV policy issues, said data show decriminalization efforts helped a greater number of those with HIV/AIDS access care, as well as lowered the number of new infections. “We know in a variety of states, that the really disruptive effect of going in and out of the criminal justice system, even for very short stays, like getting picked off the street and spending the weekend in jail, has a big impact on those living with HIV to adhere to their medication,” said Bland, who also served as a nonadvocacy legal expert for the Sex Workers Advocate Coalition that helped author D.C.’s decriminalization bill. Eric/a acknowledges that, even as a trans sex worker, their status as a male-passing Georgetown student of comfortable financial means affords them certain privileges over street-based sex workers operating in D.C. In particular, Eric/a finds that they themselves have much more

agency over their choices as a sex worker than do many other trans people in the city. “For a lot of people, especially trans people, sex work is related to things like employment discrimination, housing discrimination, not having basic needs met, having no choice but to do sex work,” Eric/a said. “But for me, and a lot of trans women and trans feminine people, sex work is also the way in which you build your body, a way in which you feel comfortable in your body and your sexuality and femininity. That is obviously very problematic, in terms of notions of gender and heteronormativity, but we live in a world where those things are very prevalent and feel like reality.” The stigmatization and lack of visibility of sex workers has compelled Eric/a to share their story anonymously, through an exclusive interview with The Hoya and a blog post on the website of H*yas For Choice, a student organization on campus dedicated to sexual and reproductive health advocacy that supports decriminalization efforts. H*yas For Choice President Annie Mason (COL ’18), who participated in a study abroad program in Denmark last spring that studied prostitution and the sex trade, said her organization wishes to demonstrate that sex work is a reality occurring within the Georgetown community. “Very rarely do sex workers get an opportunity to speak for themselves and share their own experiences, and often times on a college

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Activists say criminalization of sex work disproportionately affects transgender minority individuals, especially in Washington, D.C. campus, we talk about these issues in a theoretical way and assume it’s something that’s occurring outside our campus,” Mason said. “Sharing this story lets people know that it’s not a theoretical issue, and it’s not something that happening in some community elsewhere. It’s something that is happening right here in Georgetown and something we should care about.” Eric/a contends that although the plight of sex workers should be inextricable from egalitarian movements, often feminist and queer circles purposefully exclude the narratives of sex workers from their advocacy.

They claim mainstream movements and organizations, including Planned Parenthood and the Women’s March last winter, sometimes scrub away any mention of empowering women in sex work. “This is the exact reason it’s very important for people involved in sex work to share their story, because you never hear stories from us,” Eric/a said. “You always hear stories about, ‘prostitution is such a bad thing, and here is why we should stop it,’ but I don’t think that these people who say this have ever engaged in sex work before. They don’t understand what it’s like.”

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Former National Security Adviser Rice Criticizes China Policy Elizabeth Ash

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Professor J. Bradford Jensen, top left, and Dennis Wilder, managing director of the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue, led a discussion on Chinese foreign policy Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump’s incoherent policies on China and North Korea threaten international stability, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice argued in a webcast for the National Committee on United States-China Relations’ 2017 CHINA Town Hall. Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs hosted the town hall as part of a nationwide dialogue at 85 different locations Wednesday night. The address was sponsored by the university’s Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, which fosters research and dialogue on matters of transnational importance. Rice answered questions from Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, as well as questions emailed and tweeted by the national audience. Rice condemned Trump for escalating tensions and risking conflict with North Korea through aggressive rhetoric. Trump has tweeted multiple insults directed at North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, and threatened to “totally destroy” the country in his first United Nations address Sept. 21. “The extremely heated rhetoric of President Trump, the threats that he was leveling — ‘fire and fury’ and the like, which were matching or exceeding the young Kim Jong Un’s rhetoric — was one, inappropriate, and two, dangerous. It risked precipitating miscalculation and inadvertent conflict,” Rice said. At Georgetown’s event, Rice’s address was preceded by a conversation between Dennis Wilder, the Initiative’s managing director, and J. Bradford Jensen, professor and McCrane/Shaker chair in international business at the McDonough School of Business. According to Rice, Trump’s criticisms of China’s permissive policy approach toward North Korea, threats to impose tariffs on Chinese exports and January phone conversation with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during his transition into office have contributed to a lack of cooperation with China in addressing the North Korea threat.

“The U.S.-China relationship works best when there’s a high degree of communication and maximized mutual understanding at the highest levels,” Rice said. “I think that President Trump came in with some pretty hot rhetoric around China that left the Chinese side not clear about what our intentions were.” “It is hard to find coherence in this strategy right now,” Wilder said. Rice said that the United States should handle North Korea’s mounting nuclear capacity in the same way that it previously handled the nuclear-armed Soviet Union.

“China is going to continue rising. Its economy, its population, its capacity ensure that it will be and remain a very powerful country for the foreseeable future.” Susan Rice Former National Security Adviser

“We can manage this problem — if we must — through robust deterrence, in the same way we managed the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War,” Rice said. Trump will travel to Asia on Nov. 3 and stay until Nov. 14. An Oct. 16 White House press release confirmed visits to South Korea and China as part of the official trip. According to the press release, Trump will call upon the international community to “come together and maximize pressure” on North Korea in an address to the South Korean National Assembly scheduled for Nov. 7. He will meet with China’s president, Xi Jinping, the following day. “The North Korean issue will dominate the president’s trip to East Asia, no question at all,” Wilder said. Rice said that China’s rapid economic growth should not threaten U.S. interests if addressed appropriately. China is the second-largest

economy in the world by GDP and was the world’s fastest-growing economy until 2015, when it was overtaken by India. “We need to recognize that China is going to continue rising. Its economy, its population, its capacity ensure that it will be and remain a very powerful country for the foreseeable future,” Rice said. “I believe that with wise and thoughtful leadership on the United States’ part — steady leadership — that we can manage a world in which China grows and continues to prosper.” Jensen, however, said China’s growth would eventually flatten as economic expansion is only sustained after countries first promote industrial production, female participation in the labor force, educational opportunities and physical infrastructure. Both Rice and Jensen cautioned that the United States’ withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership will affect the political and economic dynamic with the countries in the AsianPacific region that are bound to the treaty, as well as with China, which had expressed interest in joining. Trump formally withdrew the United States from the TPP, which had not been approved by Congress and never took effect, shortly after taking office in January. “I think the power dynamic is shifting. It is not shifting in the United States’ favor,” Rice said. “The decision to cancel U.S. participation in TPP, I think, was an extremely big mistake.” Jensen echoed Rice’s concerns. “For people who watch trade, you know, we hope the next four years will be short and that the damage will be minimal, but it seems increasingly likely there will be damage,” Jensen said. With China being an important world player in matters ranging from trade and climate change to cybersecurity, Rice said that she hoped the Trump administration would improve, instead of strain, relations with the country. “I hope very much that the Trump administration is looking for areas where we can expand our cooperation, not just points of friction,” Rice said.

New Career Center Fonda Calls for Renewed Labor Activism To Prioritize Graduate Students Sarah Mendelsohn Special to The Hoya

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A new career center for graduate students separate from the Cawley Career Center is expected to launch in July 2018, the Office of the Provost announced Sept. 27. The new center will focus on specific graduate career and professional advancement counseling. The decision to create a new career center came after a review of Cawley’s effectiveness. The Office of the Provost used this review to assess downfalls of career services at Georgetown University, and ultimately decided that the new career center would benefit older students who seek career services.

“They don’t have capacity to take care of undergraduates and graduate students, and undergrads are prioritized.” RIMA MANDWEE (GRD ’18) President, Georgetown University Graduate Student Government

Vice Provost for Education Randall Bass said the separation would allow Cawley to better focus on undergraduate services. “Many suggestions came out of the review,” Bass wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Among them was the possibility that we might do more both to better integrate all campus career services and make Cawley primarily a premiere undergraduate career center, complemented by the schools and a new center of excellence centered in the Graduate School.” Bass said the differences between undergraduate and graduate career services needed to be addressed. He said that he hopes this new career center will be able to cater to each group of students’ needs better. “There are both strong connections between undergradu-

ate and graduate career services (e.g. employer relations), but also some important differences,” Bass wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Undergraduates need full formational and vocational development support, internship support and career planning. Whereas graduate students are really focused on professional advancement and placement,” Bass wrote in an email to The Hoya. Rima Mandwee (GRD ’18), president of the Georgetown University Graduate Student Government, said GradGov had been receiving feedback that indicated dissatisfaction with current career service offerings. “Most graduate students at Georgetown don’t come straight from undergrad. A lot of them work for a few years and then come back, or might be looking for a career change, so it’s very different needs for graduate students,” Mandwee said in an interview with The Hoya. Mandwee said graduate student career needs were unique because many graduate students already have jobs. “Most graduate students already work, because you can’t live on campus and D.C. is expensive and I need to be able to afford rent, so obviously I have to work,” Mandwee said. “A lot of graduate students came from work, and it’s really hard to work and then go back to school.” Mandwee said the separation of career services would hopefully allow the respective career centers to better allocate their resources to become more effective. “Undergraduates are the primary focus at Georgetown at large, and every office that graduate students go to, whether it’s career services or whatever office it is, they don’t have capacity to take care of undergraduates and graduate students, and undergrads are prioritized,” Mandwee said. Mandwee said she hopes the graduate career center will not just be an extension of Cawley, but instead a career center which caters to the specific needs of graduate students. “It will help tremendously if they are able to cater it to the graduate experience at Georgetown and kind of at large because if it’s a Cawley 2.0, it won’t be super useful,” Mandwee said.

Actress and political activist Jane Fonda called on progressive Americans to organize increased opposition to unfair labor policies in the United States during a discussion about sexual assault and harassment in the services industry Monday. Partnering with the Restaurant Opportunities Center United, a workers’ advocacy group, Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, which develops policy and strategies to improve American workers’ lives, invited Fonda to address labor activism and the presence of sexual harassment in the service industry. Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of ROC, joined Fonda to present ways in which members of the Georgetown community can advocate for individuals earning tipped wages. Fonda is an Oscar-winning actress and an active anti-war and political activist. She was particularly outspoken against the Vietnam War. The problem of sexual assault and harassment is a systemic and institutional problem inherent in capitalism which affects low-wage workers, Fonda said. “It’s a systemic change we need,” Fonda said. “Let’s do away with

capitalism.” The event also included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Washington, D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) to discuss the One Fair Wage campaign, which advocates for a higher minimum wage for tipped workers. Jayaraman said the lower minimum wage for tipped workers forces them to depend heavily on tips, which can expose female employees to higher levels of sexual assault and harassment. Under current wage laws, tipped employees rely on gratuity payments from customers for customer service, and so are not paid the same standard wage as other employees. “When you are a woman, as any woman who has worked here in this industry knows, who lives on $3.33, which is the shameful wage here in our nation’s capital, you must tolerate all kinds of abuse from customers in order to feed your family in tips,” Jayaramand said. The federal government currently mandates that tipped employees can earn no less than $2.13 per hour and $7.25 per hour including tips, according to Jayaraman. In Washington, D.C., tipped workers earned a minimum of $2.77 per hour as of Jan. 1, 2017, but the Fair Shot Minimum Wage

Amendment Act of 2016 raised that wage in July to $5 an hour, according to the Department of Labor and the D.C. Council website. The Pew Research Center found that 3.3 million workers earn minimum wage or less. Forty-seven percent of these workers work in the food-preparation and servicerelated industries. Fonda said organizing is key to instigating wage reform. “Everything good that’s ever happened in this country has happened as a result of struggle, of organizing. What do I mean by organizing? Talking to people, listening to people,” Fonda said. Canvassing is effective in establishing connections between people and mobilizing a movement to demand a change, Fonda said. “Canvassing is a way for people of all socio-economic, ethnicities to reach out and talk to people that they normally might not normally talk to, who then become part of a broader movement,” Fonda said. Jayaraman urged the audience to write to council members in support of and vote for a One Fair Wage measure that requires all bar and restaurant workers be paid the same minimum wage rates on the ballot in D.C. in June 2018. Norton said the lower minimum wage for tipped workers contributes to an environment

more conducive to sexual harassment and assault. “If your living depends upon how you present yourself to some sneering scoundrel, I’m not sure you have a way to protect yourself,” Norton said. ROC board member Jessica Martin said she faced abuse during her own time working in a low-wage job. “The places where I dealt with sexual harassment the most were places where the wages were lower, even though it was one fair wage,” Martin said. Jayaraman said the prevalence of subminimum wage jobs is an economic problem for America. “We cannot sustain ourselves if we cannot consume, if we cannot live, if we cannot thrive, if we cannot feed our families,” Jayaraman said. Fonda said activists should not fear lobbying organizations like the National Restaurant Association, which pushes for the maintenance of subminimum wages, when they organize at the grassroots level. “I have seen people change in front of my eyes, people of all ages, and when you know that that kind of change is possible and even more so when people get together as an organization to create change, then you have hope,” Fonda said.

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District Expands List of Recyclables, Reduces Waste Erin Doherty

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Residents of Washington, D.C., are now instructed to put clean pizza boxes and plastic cups in the recycling bin, not the trash.

Clean and empty pizza boxes, paper and plastic plates, cups, lids and to-go containers, which were previously considered garbage, are now recyclable in Washington, D.C, the District government announced Oct. 5. The items can now be recycled by District residents as part of an ongoing initiative to reduce waste in the city. The change was announced by the Department of Public Works, the Department of Energy and Environment and the Department of General Services. Washington residents living in single-family homes and residential buildings with fewer than three units are expected to recycle all items on the expanded list starting this month. D.C. businesses and multi-family homes are expected to follow the new recycling guidelines beginning Jan. 1, 2018. The expansion of recycling in the city is aimed at taking a step toward achieving the District’s goal of diverting 80 percent of the city’s food waste by 2030.

The expanded list of recyclables would reduce the amount of trash being sent to D.C.’s landfills, leading to a cleaner city overall, according to the initiative’s news release. “Packaging waste occupies a significant amount of space in our landfills,” the news release read. “Recyclable and compostable alternatives, however, can be reconstituted into other useful products.” Alejandro Kineen (SFS ’20), a member of Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network, said the new recycling initiative in the city will make it easier for residents to understand what to recycle. “A big thing in D.C., and in most big cities, is a lack of awareness many people have of recycling,” Kineen said. “Everyone wants to help out the environment, and it’s really not that hard to do it. It’s just that most cities don’t make a big effort teaching their people to recycle the right ways, and these initiatives help educate the common person to learn how to recycle.” In addition to the new recycling initiative, the DPW announced the implementation of

the District’s Zero Waste website, where D.C. residents can find answers to common questions about recycling. For example, dirty cardboard food containers cannot be recycled, nor can plastic cups that contain liquid.

“The goal of all of this, like the initiative that D.C. is taking, is basically making it easier to recycle. Because it’s not that hard.” Alejandro Kineen (SFS ’20)

Dan Guilbeault, the chief of the Urban Sustainability Administration’s Sustainability and Equity Branch for the DOEE, emphasized the benefits of a website solely dedicated to answering

questions about recycling for D.C. residents in an Oct. 5 news conference announcing the initiative. Throughout his time working at the DOEE, Guilbeault had received many questions from residents about what they could recycle. Guilbeault said that the answer frequently had been “it depends.” “The whole ‘it depends’ answer, with a very complicated answer after that, is a pretty frustrating experience for everyone,” Guilbeault said at the press conference. “So it’s really beautiful to see that messaging getting so clear and so concise and having one place people can go to get all their questions answered.” In the meantime, GREEN will continue to work to spread awareness about composting and recycling on campus. “The goal of all of this, like the initiative that D.C. is taking right now and what Georgetown should be doing too, is basically making it easier to recycle,” Kineen said. “Because it’s not that hard; it’s just that people won’t do it if it requires a very large effort in their day.”

Mayor Bowser Announces Amazon Bid Locations Caroline Gardner Special to The Hoya

The Anacostia Riverfront, the NoMa neighborhood north of Union Station, the Capitol East neighborhood and the Shaw-Howard University area are Washington, D.C.’s proposed locations for Amazon, Inc.’s second corporate headquarters, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Oct. 16. D.C. is one of more than 50 cities in the United States and Canada, including New York City and Chicago, competing to host the e-commerce giant’s new base of operations nicknamed HQ2. Development of a new site would not begin until 2019, according to Amazon. The deadline for cities to submit proposals to Amazon was Oct. 19. Amazon is expected to announce its final decision in 2018. Bowser said the proposed sites offer access to airports, public transportation and cultural neighborhoods. “[Amazon] said that their employees prefer to be able to walk or bike and not sit in traffic to get back and forth to the campus,” Bowser said at a press conference Oct. 16. “This is one thing they don’t like about their current headquarters. And so what we offer them is a distinctly urban experience.” Amazon promises to invest up to $5 billion in construction of the headquarters over the next 10 to 15 years and generate 50,000 long-term jobs. The company plans to use between 500,000 and 1 million square feet of office

space by 2019. Speaking at the launch of Shop Made in D.C., a small business in Dupont Circle selling food, artwork and other household products made in the District, Bowser said Washington is an obvious choice for Amazon. “Their first [headquarters] is, of course, in Seattle, Washington, so it makes sense to us for them to be in the other Washington, the best Washington, Washington, D.C.,” Bowser said. “For us, what the opportunity presents, is to bring good-paying jobs to Washington and be the end of a pipeline for D.C. residents who are training in STEM and training for STEM careers right now.” A Sept. 9 New York Times analysis ranked the District as the second-best location for Amazon’s headquarters after Denver based on land availability, existing urban infrastructure and strong job growth. Bowser said Washington has seen significant economic growth under her leadership and securing Amazon’s HQ2 for D.C. would help further that goal. “My first focus is always on the fiscal strength of our city, and we’re going to make a pitch to a 50,000-person employment opportunity, but we won’t sell the barn to do it,“ Bowser said. However, Bowser said she believes the benefit would be mutual, as D.C. could offer important resources to the company, including a growing technology scene, linkages with the rest of the country and locations for sustainable campuses.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced four locations Oct. 16 for Amazon’s new headquarters as part of the District’s bid to woo the company. Bowser said a partnership with Amazon could help further her goals for D.C.’s continued economic development. “Our city’s growing tech scene, talented and diverse workforce, rich culture and inclusive environment already made Washington, D.C., an ideal location for Amazon HQ2, and now people can begin to think more specifically about how the tech company will fit into our community,” Bowser said. Brian Kenner, deputy mayor for economic development, previously said in an interview with USA Today that the city is seeing strong

growth in private sector employment due to companies like Yelp, which announced the opening of a D.C. office in August, establishing operational hubs. Bowser said D.C. also offers Amazon access to an economic and political hub. “We have many economic development professionals that are proposing and describing proximity to Washington, D.C., as a selling point,” Bowser said. “The truth is, we know that Ama-

zon would choose a place where they can hire the best talent. And if they should go to a suburban jurisdiction, we know that they would be drawing on the very talent and workforce we can offer in Washington, D.C.” Amazon demands more than 8 million square feet of office space, direct access to mass transit, an international airport no more than 45 minutes away from its campus and a sizable pool of skilled labor in a metropolitan area

with a population of more than 1 million. The District possesses significant connections with Amazon that could further incentivize its relocation to the nation’s capital. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post and a 27,000-squarefoot property in the up-andcoming neighborhood of Kalorama.

Hoya Staff Writer Christian Paz contributed reporting.

Abrams Advocates Middle East Policy Restraint Will Cassou

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Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams argued the United States cannot stabilize the Middle East by supporting authoritarian regimes in an event hosted by the Center for Jewish Civilization on Monday.

The United States cannot stabilize the Middle East by supporting authoritarian regimes, argued former Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams in a Monday discussion of his newest book. During the event hosted by the Center for Jewish Civilization, Abrams, who advised former President George W. Bush on foreign policy, discussed his latest book, “Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring,” and explained why the United States cannot count on dictators to defeat Islamic extremism. “Those dictators who we often rely on are not very good at defeating Islamist extremism,” Abrams said. “Islamist extremism is a set of ideas. It is a theory of the world. It is a theory of how God wants you to behave, how God wants society to be organized. It is a theory of political and national life.” Abrams argued that extremist ideology should be confronted by dialogue and debate, to convince adherents that extremism does not accurately reflect the teachings of the Muslim faith. “To defeat it, it needs to be debated, and the citizens need to be persuaded that theory is wrong, that is not what our religion, Islam, teaches,” Abrams said. “Policemen can’t win that debate. Soldiers can’t win

that debate. They can beat you up, they can jail you, they can shoot you, but they don’t win that debate.” Drawing from the outcome of 2015 parliamentary elections in Turkey, Abrams said the self-perpetuating cycle of Islamist fundamentalist parties triumphing in elections after periods of military rule demonstrates that these regimes failed to sway civilians away from extremism. Abrams also said the United States’ support of strongmen like Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi backfired, as they deliberately preserve Islamist organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood to maintain their appeal and repress centrist and liberal dissidents. “[Morsi] wanted to be able to say to us in Washington [D.C.] that, ‘It’s me or the Brotherhood.’ So he saw an alternative, a moderate center, as a great risk,” Abrams said. “It’s not just Egypt; it’s standard for such dictators to crush the center.” Abrams said the United States should instead protect and support Arab promoters of democracy through political means, such as providing them safe havens, as they represent the best option for stable democracies. “It would be nice if we would begin to prepare for the day when there would be a more open political system by strengthening the center now,” Abrams said. Abrams also cautioned

against relying on nongovernmental organizations that are based in the United States and enjoy no political presence within the Middle East. According to Abrams, though they can be helpful in overcoming communication and cultural barriers, NGOs ultimately prove ineffective in spreading a message to the broader population. Abrams said the failure of the Arab Spring does not mean that Islam is incompatible with democratic governments; rather, the failure of democracy movements signifies a lack of institutional memory or of regional support necessary for democracy to grow. “Democracy will arrive slowly in the Arab world, late in the Arab world, and it may arrive and disappear, and arrive again in various forms, sometimes weak forms,” Abrams said. “Sometimes oddly enough, there will be more progress in the monarchies, progress toward becoming a constitutional monarchy, than there will in some of the other countries.” Abrams remains convinced that securing democracy is the best way to stabilize the region and bring an end to the threats of terrorism. “Defeating the Islamists is going to require more than policemen and soldiers,” Abrams said. “It’s going to require legitimate governments that can make arguments and defeat [Islamist] arguments and win the loyalty of their people.”

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GUSA Senate Pushes for New Sexual Misconduct Rules Sarah Mendelsohn Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown University Student Association senate unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 15 calling on administrators to commit to implementing the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force’s recommendations. The task force, established by University President John J. DeGioia in June 2016, developed a list of 11 recommendations to university administrators for improving preventative measures against sexual misconduct. The recom-

mendations included mandatory education for all Georgetown students on sexual misconduct, trauma-informed training for the Georgetown University Police Department on sexual assault response and training for faculty and staff on sexual misconduct reporting. The senate resolution urges administrators to prevent students who do not complete bystander intervention training from preregistering for classes. The resolution also calls for more funding for bystander intervention training and more staff and resources for the

Student Health Center, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, the Women’s Center, the LGBTQ Resource Center, the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access and the Academic Resource Center. The resolution also encouraged the Office of the Provost to inform faculty and staff of recommendations published by the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. The center, which aims to bridge the gap between teaching methods and technological advancements, has published materials about how to foster more inclusive atmospheres in the class-

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The Georgetown University Student Association senate called for administrators to implement the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force’s sexual misconduct policy recommendations.

room. GUSA is calling for interaction between faculty and staff and CNDLS once per semester. Sylvia Levy (SFS ’18), vice speaker of the GUSA senate, previously said in a speech before the senate elections this year that the GUSA senate should pressure the university to fulfill its commitments to preventing sexual assault on campus. Georgetown’s Title IX coordinator, Laura Cutway, said she plans to meet with Levy to learn more about integrating the requests of GUSA’s resolution and how to partner with the senate to combat sexual violence on campus. Jennifer Wiggins, staff clinician and sexual assault specialist for Georgetown Health Education Services, said that, though the university’s education initiatives have room for improvement, current programs have worked well and will continue to improve. “Education on sexual violence is working within our community,” Wiggins said in an interview with The Hoya. “I am able to measure this through my work as the staff adviser for the Sexual Assault Peer Educators. Our curriculum continues to evolve to meet the expanded knowledge around issues of sexual violence. It is evident that the goals of wanting to build a community of care and create cultural change are in process.” Wiggins said resolutions like the one the senate recently passed reflect a strong commitment to sexual violence prevention.

“The stance that both Georgetown’s administration and the student body has taken on sexual violence, to me, says, is one of nontolerance that stands with survivors,” Wiggins said. The administration and GUSA have previously worked closely to address the problem of sexual assault on campus. The GUSA executive and Georgetown administrators signed a memorandum of understanding in January 2016 that outlined steps the university could take to expand education initiatives and publicize resources for survivors. The memorandum required the university to implement bystander intervention training, print information about off-campus sexual assault resources on GOCards and place informative stickers on bathroom stall doors. It also expedited the process of establishing a full-time Title IX coordinator and demanded the completion of a campus climate survey in January 2016. Nina Young (SFS ’19), deputy chief of staff of health and wellness and leader of the GUSA Safety and Sexual Assault policy team, said university-driven programs that address sexual misconduct are successful. But administrators have hesitated to support student-led efforts to change campus climate, according to Young. “The initiatives that are studentled or that students have been

pushing for are the ones that have been pushed back against,” Young said. Young said the Safety and Sexual Assault policy team is currently creating a short educational video for the university to show before basketball games in the Capital One Arena. The video aims to inform audience members about how to address sexual misconduct. According to Young, the university changed the script of the video to detail the initiatives the university has started to address sexual violence. Young said she found the university administrators reluctant to take student opinions into account. “I’m on a couple teams that worked with administration on problems of sexual assault and student safety, and it seems to be a lot of students giving opinions and the administrators being like, ‘yeah, maybe,’” Young said. Young called for more transformative policies that would restructure campus culture and engage students in preventative measures against sexual violence on campus. “[University initiatives] deal with more symptoms than the actual core of the problem, which has to do with transforming culture, and I feel like for that, we really need to put out more initiatives on education and include students in these conversations,” Young said.

Experts Urge Increased Attention to Cybersecurity Bella Avalos

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Greater understanding of cyberspace and government support for improving cybersecurity are urgently needed, according to a panel of cyber experts who spoke Oct. 17 as a part of the Washington, D.C. CyberWeek. The panel in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room featured David Fahrenkrug, a former U.S. Air Force analyst and current director of strategic planning at Northrop Grumman; Meredith Burkart, an assistant professor in the Center for Security Studies in the School of Foreign Service; and John Wood, the CEO of Telos Corporation, a private technology consulting company. Suzanne Hall, a managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, moderated the discussion. D.C. CyberWeek is a weeklong festival that gathers leaders, experts and decision-makers from public and private sector technology communities. The panelists emphasized the need for more experts in the cyber field. Wood, whom Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.) appointed in 2014 to serve in the Virginia Cyber Security Commission, said that he was particularly struck by the discrepancy between the requirements and the reality of cybersecurity experts’ capabilities for the United States’ current needs. Wood said that the Chinese government has trained “cyber warriors” to fight for the country’s covert national interests. This gap is only exacerbated by the lack of interest that students in the United States have for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “In 1999, the Chinese government made the decision that they couldn’t beat us militarily, and they couldn’t beat us financially — and that remains to be seen — but they decided to build a cyber-war-

rior program, and this past year, the Chinese government graduated just under 2 million cyber warriors,” Wood said. That program, coupled with the discrepancy between government spending on cyber funding and funding for other defense areas, has put the United States at a distinct disadvantage, according to Wood. “We mentioned that the military made the decision — rightfully — that it’s not just air, land, sea and space that we defend, but there was a fifth domain called cyber,” Wood said. “If you look and see what goes into cyber, it’s less than what JPMorgan Chase [& Co.] spends on defending its own bank from a cybersecurity perspective.” President Donald Trump’s 2018 fiscal year budget proposed $1.5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to defend federal networks and infrastructure from cyberattacks, constituting 3.4 percent of the department’s total $44.1 billion budget. Wood said he considers three necessities to catch up with other leaders in this field: leadership at the state and federal levels, investment and passion from the public. “We need to have courage to make investments,” Wood said. “We need a race to the moon because we are falling behind.” Burkart stressed the importance of communication between the government and the private sector and among private sector corporations susceptible to cyberattacks. “In the last decade, we’ve learned the value of people talking to each other, of information sharing, and then following up on information that’s shared,” Burkart said. In the seven years that she has worked for the government in the cybersecurity domain, Burkart said that she has seen a slow shift in the extent of the federal government’s engagement with the private sector. She said the lack of a

single method to store data after a cyberattack is a major obstacle. “It might take days; it might take weeks; it might even take certain teams offline to employ the methods to normalize that data and compare the two data sets to see what’s going on between them and get back to each other,” Burkart said. Wood said the federal government still largely programs in Cobol, an outdated programming language, while the private sector has updated its programming systems. The importance of data sharing lies in the discovery and prevention of attacks, according to Burkart. Burkart said the financial service roundtable, an agreement between major banks to share information after an attack provided that the other parties do not use the information publicly to their advantage, was created in 2000 to foster collaboration in preventing new threats against cybersecurity. Fahrenkrug said that the military must address foreign cyber threats, even if that includes monitoring personal data. “The military’s role — and the national government’s role — is to address that: What are the actual threats to the country?” Fahrenkrug said. Burkart said that cybersecurity defense should be built into a company’s business model, because costs associated with security are losses companies would prefer to spend now rather than later. “As costs accrue, and more bad actors enter this space — and, by the way, more bad actors are capable of entering this space because the bar is much lower these days — there will be more threats to the private sector,” Burkart said. “And the potential cost will increase, and with that cost, I believe that more resources will be put forth to defending against it.”

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Sexual assault survivors, friends and relatives, activists and students gathered outside the Department of Education to protest the rescinding of Obama-era policies on sexual assault on college campuses.

Vigil Protests Rollback Of Title IX Guidelines Anabel Getz Hoya Staff Writer

“I believe you. I support you. You are not alone.” So shouted a crowd of sexual assault survivors, friends and family, activists and students outside the Department of Education on Thursday during the National Vigil for Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault. The vigil aimed to push back against Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education’s September rollback of Obama-era Title IX guidelines. The department rescinded the 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter on sexual violence and the 2014 “Questions and Answers on Title IX Sexual Violence” last month. The policies had advised schools to use a “more-likely-than-not” standard for adjudicating accusations of sexual assault or misconduct and laid out appeals process standards for handling cases. The department argued the policies violated the right to due process, according to the interim guidance currently in effect while the department creates new permanent protocols, which are not expected for several months. The vigil was organized by sexual assault awareness organizations It’s On Us, End Rape on Campus and Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment; sexual assault survivor advocacy group SurvJustice; and feminist activist groups Women’s March and the Feminist Majority Foundation. Delivering a speech at the vigil, Olivia Hinerfeld (SFS ’17) shared her experience as a survivor of sexual assault as a freshman at Georgetown. Her long period of successful recovery has been interrupted by the current administration’s rollback of protections for campus assault victims, according to Hinerfield. “Now, four years later, I once again feel that fear crawling back in as this administration and Betsy DeVos work to undo every-

thing that we’ve fought for,” Hinerfeld said. “But looking out at all of you gives me hope. We know that the Education Department can and must do better.” Annie Clark, a women’s rights activist whose activism was heavily featured in the 2015 documentary film about campus sexual assault, “The Hunting Ground,” helped organize the vigil. Clark said while there is currently heightened media attention toward the issue, sexual assault policy and prevention is a long-term matter. Clark alluded to a hashtag recently popularized on social media after dozens of allegations of sexual assault surfaced against movie director Harvey Weinstein. “I think the recent hashtag of #MeToo and everything that came out with Harvey Weinstein investigations, make this a big talking point right now in the media,” Clark said. “But when the media excitement dies down, that doesn’t mean sexual assault goes away. We are here for the long haul, and what’s happening in this current administration is rolling back protections for survivors of sexual violence.” Clark said the administration’s actions amounted to a reversal of recent progress on the issue of support for assault survivors. “Regardless of what this administration says, we are tethered together in a human family. And therefore we have a responsibility to each other to show up,” Clark said. “Regardless of why we’re here today personally, we all know that the status quo is unacceptable. This administration is moving us in so many different ways, backwards in time.” Sexual assault survivors from other schools, including The George Washington University, Central Penn College and St. Paul Catholic High School, also attended the vigil. Vigil attendee Chessy Prout became involved with PAVE after she decided to go public with her

personal experience of sexual assault. “What bothered me the most after my assault was that I didn’t know that what had happened to me was against the law. I thought I was being too sensitive. I thought I didn’t do enough. I thought it was my fault,” Prout said. Prout was sexually assaulted at age 15, but did not tell anyone until her senior year of high school in an interview on the “Today” show in 2016. Prout said she tried to find a positive message in her experience by getting involved with activism. “I decided that people need to care about survivors of sexual violence. A lot of times we’re put as the nameless, faceless victims and the perpetrators are given all the spotlight,” Prout said. “PAVE’s been a great resource for me and my family in helping me feel empowered, so I just want to keep on moving that forward.” Members of the transgender community, including Swarthmore graduate Jay Wu, also shared their experiences at the vigil. Wu said sexual assault is “very much a transgender issue.” As many as one in two transgender individuals are sexually assaulted or abused in their lifetimes, according to research cited by the U.S. Department of Justice. “The withdrawal of Title IX guidance around sexual assault was also actually the withdrawal of the last piece of Department of Education guidance that explicitly said that Title IX protects transgender students,” Wu said. DeVos’ decision to roll back Title IX support ignores the needs of trans students, Wu said. “I would hope that Secretary DeVos would actually listen to survivors and make decisions based on the needs of survivors, just as I would hope she would listen to trans students about the actual needs of trans students,” Wu said.

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Hoyas Bounce Back From Loss With Overtime Win allie babyak Hoya Staff Writer

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Freshman midfielder Jax van der Veen has scored three goals and tallied six assists this year. Van der Veen scored the game-tying goal Sunday against Sacred Heart to force the game into overtime.

Georgetown University field hockey lost handily to No. 1 University of Connecticut 10-0 on Saturday, before responding emphatically Sunday by defeating Sacred Heart University 3-2 in an overtime thriller. Going into Saturday’s game, the Hoyas were attempting to rediscover their winning ways coming off losses against Providence and Lehigh. Georgetown was able to accomplish its goal of earning penalty corners off of the press and limiting UConn’s (15-0, 6-0 Big East) penalty corners. The Hoyas earned five to the Huskies’ two. “One of our goals going into the match against UConn was to limit the sets and penalty corners that we gave up because they are very, very dangerous off of their attacking penalty corners. So, we did a good job of that, stepping outside of the circle, being disciplined with tackles,” Head Coach Shannon Soares said. However, the Hoyas were unable to halt the Huskies’ relentless offense. UConn scored three goals in the first four minutes of play. For UConn, senior forward Charlotte Veitner proved why she is UConn field hockey’s all-time leading scorer, notching five goals in the contest, four of which came in the first half. Veitner scored the team’s first

goal at 1:41 minutes off of senior defender Casey Umstead’s assist. Umstead contributed two goals and four assists during the game. “On the other front, we gave up way too many counterattack situations and gave them way too many moments in numbers-up situations,” Coach Soares said. The Hoyas had nine shots in total. Sophomore forward Lindsay Getz had two shots, both of which were on goal. The team was put on the defensive for most of the game. Moving on from the blowout loss, the Hoyas had to quickly turn their focus to Sacred Heart (6-11, 2-2 Metro Atlantic) on Sunday. “It’s very important to talk about the shortcomings in the match and where we struggled and the ways in which we can improve for our next match,” Soares said. “But also in a less-than-24-hour turnaround, it is really important to turn the page, to learn from those areas that we need to get better and quickly put our eyes forward on our next opponent.” Despite not having the extra day, to rest, Georgetown pulled out a close 3-2 overtime win against Sacred Heart. The Hoyas created opportunities for themselves, taking 21 shots to the Pioneers’ 10. Sacred Heart struck first, scoring at 26:19 minutes into the game. Sophomore forward Colleen McAninley scored off an assist from senior midfielder Nichole Tolli. The play started from a long

breakout from the defensive end. In the 35th minute, Georgetown’s senior midfielder Megan Parsons scored off a penalty stroke, giving the Hoyas momentum going into the half. “It was very, very important because it kept us in the match,” Soares said. “Those are things that they run through multiple times a week, and moments like that rarely happen in matches, but you have to be prepared when they do.” Sophomore forward Makenna Crawford continued the back-andforth for Sacred Heart five minutes into the second half. Crawford scored off of senior midfielder Lauren Lawson’s feed along the end line. But the game was not over. Freshman midfielder Jax van der Veen pushed the game into overtime with 10 minutes remaining, taking a shot from the top of the circle. At the 76:29 minute mark, freshman back Anna Farley scored a penalty stroke goal, ending the sudden victory period. The win against Sacred Heart ended a three-game losing streak for the Hoyas. Georgetown will play its final two regular season games this weekend. Georgetown will take on Villanova (6-10, 2-4 Big East) at home Friday at 2 p.m. and La Salle (8-7, 3-5 Atlantic 10) at 1 p.m. Sunday, on what will be Senior Day for the Georgetown squad.

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Young Talents Signal Bright Future for Soccer and Basketball Vanessa Craige & Paolo Santamaria

t the start of every NBA season, we are treated to an array of rookies and second-year players poised for a breakout season. The same holds true in soccer, where youth players are a hot commodity for any team, from both tactical and marketing perspectives. In both sports, the best youth players hold tremendous value, as that they add value to the current team while also ensuring future club success. As the season kicks off, we take a look

at a few of the best youngsters to watch in both sports and why they should light up the headlines this year and beyond. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers, NBA: At the age of 23, Embiid is a youngster in the sense that he is playing in just his second NBA season. Due to several injuries, Embiid has yet to play even half a season’s worth of games, but what he has done in his limited game time is remarkable. In 35 career games, Embiid averages 20.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. Joel Embiid is hardly a surprising young player to watch given his NBA exposure over two seasons; the question that surrounds him, however, is his health. The center from Philly may be able do everything on the basketball court at a very high level, but his injury record will be the determining factor for this sea-

son — and his career. Lonzo Ball, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA: This player should come as no surprise with all the fanfare and media attention surrounding him. As much as Lavar Ball dominates headlines with his praise and confidence in his son, Lonzo is an incredibly gifted player. He affects the game at such a high level that his scoring is simply a nice bonus. He runs the Lakers’ offense at just 19, shouldering immense pressure and dealing with it in a way that makes him look mature beyond his years. Though questions will continue to surround his consistency and unwillingness to commit to scoring more, he has had a riveting start to his career. Notching a triple-double in only his second game, Lonzo is now making headlines for the right reasons. While the Lakers still look far

from even a borderline playoff team, Ball has given the silver screen city reason to start believing in a very bright future. Marcus Rashford, Manchester United, EPL: The 19-year-old who calls Old Trafford his home has shown flashes of being a talismanic player, scoring seven goals and recording five assists in 15 matches this season. With great pace about him, Rashford is always involved in the United attack. Even in games where the attack leaves much to be desired, the young Englishman always pushes forward and tries to create space on the wing or in the center forward position. Though his execution may sometimes fall short of his intent, he is one of the most levelheaded players in the Premier League. As United pushes for a title challenge — it currently sits second in the table — look for

Rashford to keep lighting things up. Kylian Mbappé, Paris SaintGermain, Ligue 1: More than any other youngster on this list, Mbappé has succeeded and surpassed all expectations. At 18 years old, Mbappé is an integral part of a dominant team. He has scored four goals and recorded four assists in 11 matches this season, but his poise and attacking know-how are what really set him apart. Not only does Mbappé have the versatility to play on both wings as well as in center forward, he has the pace and ball control to facilitate for PSG’s other attackers, namely Edinson Cavani and Neymar. Mbappé offers all the versatility a top player needs while also bringing a consistency that is far beyond his years. In fact, just last season, Mbappé was one of the goal scoring

engines of the Ligue 1 champions, AS Monaco. While these other youngsters have yet to know true success, Mbappé has already been a key piece of a titlewinning side. Expectations loom large — about as large as they can for a soccer player — for Mbappé, but his constant improvement shows no signs of slowing down. These four players, of course, are not the only young stars in their sports but are some of the most notable, taking charge of their own destinies and becoming focal points of their respective teams. With so much of both basketball and soccer season left, there is certainly a bright future of entertainment ahead for all. Vanessa Craige and Paolo Santamaria are seniors in the School of Foreign Service and the College, respectively. Nothing but Net appears every Friday.

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Coed Squad Shines GU Ends Fall Season With Top-10 Finish In the Big Apple Danney Mccooey Special to The Hoya

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The Georgetown sailing teams dominated last weekend at the Kings Point Dinghy Open in Kings Point, N.Y., and the MAISA Women’s Fall Dinghy Regatta at the State University of New York Maritime College in Throggs Neck, N.Y. The coed team remains ranked No. 1 with the women sitting at No. 9. The weekend was highlighted by a first-place finish in the Kings Point Dinghy Open and a fourth-place finish at the MAISA Women’s Championships. The crews faced very low winds this past weekend making it difficult for races to take place. Despite this, the Hoyas sailed with excellence. The weekend was highlighted by a victory at the Kings Point Dinghy Open on Oct. 22. Georgetown defeated some of the East’s best schools including U.S. Naval Academy, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The Z240’s faced poor sailing conditions — Saturday’s sailing was cancelled for no wind and Sunday contained little to no wind as well, blowing at approximately 3-4 knots. However, the Hoyas put these conditions aside as they edged out Navy with a score of 29 over Navy’s 30. The Hoyas 2 boat used their consistency scoring 14 and 15 to achieve this victory. “I was very impressed with [seniors] Andie [Dahl] and Grace [Hanahan] as they did very well in tough sailing conditions and it was a great event for us to get the win,” Head Coach Mike Callahan said. The Hoyas’ 1 boat also finished in the top three with the first

half’s low score of 9 but struggled in the back half and fell out of first and second place. However, Hoyas 1 and 2 both finished in the top three defining a strong series of racing for Georgetown amongst the Northeast’s best. The women also had a major regatta this weekend, sailing on the same waterway at the MAISA Women’s Championship. The regatta continued the weekend trend of low winds and calm waters but still favored racing for the Hoyas. Georgetown led the regatta in the A division with a score of 7 but faced struggles in the B division, which took them out of the lead and led to a fourth-place finish. “[Freshman] Caroline [Teare] and [senior] Rose [Edwards] had an amazing race in the A division making themselves the best A boat in the conference while the B boat was not nearly as good as they needed to be,” Callahan said. However, the Hoyas were just four points behind the winner, George Washington University, in a very tight race. “Looking back I think we could’ve done much better and the potential is there to be much better,” Callahan said. The Hoyas head into a major month of sailing in November as one of the top crews in the nation with big hopes toward the championships approaching. “We are doing much better than expected on our coed team especially missing our only All-American who is abroad,” Callahan said. The team heads to Hobart William and Smith next weekend, Oct. 28-29, for a challenging race against many of the nation’s top crews. Seneca Lake, N.Y. is known for its high winds and wavy conditions which the top-four Hoya crew will seek to defend its top national ranking.

Defending last week’s victory at the Georgetown Invitational, the Georgetown men’s golf team failed to extend its winning streak at Kilmarlic Golf Club in Powells Point, N.C., coming sixth out of 18 teams. The team was complacent with its play on the first day, settling with a team score of 293 and a 14th-place finish. However, Head Coach Tommy Hunter said he was not worried after the team’s early struggles. “These are veteran guys. They are patient. They don't let little things like one mediocre round out of three upset them,” Hunter said. When playing conditions became difficult on the tournament’s second day, the Hoyas, led by senior captain Jack Musgrave’s two-under par 69, surged up the leaderboard to sixth place. Despite carding a 77 on day one, Musgrave battled to a 54-hole score of 215 and finished tied for 27th in a field of 93 individuals. Hunter praised Musgrave’s play over the weekend. “Jack’s a very gritty guy. It doesn’t surprise me that he could put a round he didn’t like out of his mind and then come back, clear his mind and produce two rounds that were very impressive,” Hunter said. On the final day of the tournament, the inclement weather passed while the Hoyas moved closer to a top-five finish. Still competing in high winds, the team shot a fourunder par 280. In the end, their total team score of 855 was not enough, and Georgetown ended up in sixth place. They fell to Akron by one stroke, while Campbell won the event, with scores of 854 and 806, respectively. Hunter praised his team’s performance.

“Coming out of this event with a top-ten finish is a good thing,” Hunter said. Sophomores Patrick DiPasquale and Eduardo Blochtein had a major impact on the team’s great finish. DiPasquale shot 213 and tied for 22nd. He also finished with a pivotal twounder par 69 on the final day of the tournament. Blochtein posted a 220 and tied for 46th. Although the Hoyas have more golf to play this spring, the ODU/ OBX Intercollegiate was the final

fall event for the seniors. Senior captains Sam Madsen and Cole Berman finished tied for 19th and 46th, respectively. Berman is also the reigning Big East Male Golfer of the Week. Madsen strung together three solid rounds and finished one under par. Hunter stressed the impact the seniors have had on the team. “[The seniors] are a huge part of the program. Every event we play is a step closer to saying goodbye and that's a hard thing

to do especially with guys who have played in every event. But they are also not dwelling on that. They’re dwelling on the goals we’ve got in front of us: to be the best Georgetown golf team that has ever been,” Hunter said. Hunter said the tournament was a good conclusion to Georgetown’s fall season. “We are extremely happy with the fall. Our scoring average was 291, which might be the best ever by a Georgetown golf team,” Hunter said.

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Senior Sam Madsen finished one under par over the course of three rounds at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate over the weekend. Madsen was an All-Big East First Team Selection last season.

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Mediocrity Leads to Sloppy Play but Competitive Playoff GOODMAN, from A12

Green Bay Packers and Giants have all emerged from the mediocrity of the regular season to win Super Bowls with unimpressive 9-7 and 10-6 records. Though the NFL has long been trending toward mediocrity, this trend has dramatically accelerated this season. In 2007, the unbeaten Patriots met the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts in Week 9, and the Patriots won their first 18 games that season. This year, the last remaining undefeated team lost in Week 6. Why? I present two contributing factors: injuries and the absence of

many stellar quarterbacks. With the game’s pace quickening, injuries become all the more frequent. This year, we have already lost for the season Aaron Rodgers, arguably the league’s best quarterback; David Johnson, arguably the league’s best running back; and Odell Beckham Jr, arguably the league’s best receiver — not to mention countless other productive starters. This volatile atmosphere hinders teams’ development and limits the ability of talented, well-coached teams to separate themselves from the pack. Meanwhile, on a broader level, the power balance of the NFL is in transition.

Of the quarterbacks who dominated the century’s first decade, only Tom Brady is truly still going strong. Peyton Manning is in his second year of retirement, and Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning and Drew Brees have shown serious wear and tear recently. These are the leaders whom we’ve long expected to captain the teams that rise above the mediocrity. Some young signal-callers have stepped up to take their places, such as Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott and Jameis Winston. But more young quarterbacks have been duds than have been stars. Those of the intermediate

class between the old and new guard — think Matt Ryan, Cam Newton and Andrew Luck — can also be hit-or-miss. Plenty of other teams simply have no long-term answer under center.

Is this parity or mediocrity a good thing? It is certainly not all bad. Thus, for the time being, there exists a leaguewide inability to break the mediocrity we

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currently watch every Sunday. Is this parity or mediocrity a good thing? It is certainly not all bad. As in years past, and perhaps to an even greater degree this year, many franchises will remain relevant until the last weeks of the regular season, teeing up an exciting finish. Amid the league’s multitudinous off-the-field crises, from national-anthem-haranguing to domestic-abuseexcusing to concussion-epidemic-denying, it must be comforting for team owners that their clubs will likely be competing for a playoff spot until the bitter end.

Still, I think fans notice — I certainly do — that the mediocrity erodes the quality of the games, many of which have been sloppy, penaltyand turnover-filled affairs. Gone, seemingly, are the days when four or five teams each season would captivate the nation with their disciplined dominance, star players, arms races and rivalries. Will your favorite team finish 9-7 or 7-9? Stay tuned as the fall turns to winter for the dramatic reveal.

Ben Goodman is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. What’s the call? appears every other Friday.

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Germino-Watnick had four shots in the contest, and senior midfielder Rachel Corboz led the Hoyas with four of her own, including a pair saved by the Bulldogs’ goalkeeper in regulation. In overtime, sophomore defender Meaghan Nally struck a low shot on goal and later saved a potential game-winning goal with a slide tackle. Georgetown senior goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman made four saves in the contest, and was awarded Big East Goalkeeper of the Week for her performance in Sunday’s contest in Thursday’s win over Marquette. Senior defender Elizabeth Wenger was also awarded Big East Defender of the Week for her efforts in the Hoyas’ pair of shutouts, the fourth time this season she has been honored with the award. “I’d be really disappointed if [Elizabeth Wenger] didn’t win Big East Defensive Player of the Year this year. She’s been tremendous,” Nolan said. Wins in only two of their last five, including a disappointing 1-1 tie to Creighton (3-11-3, 1-5-2 Big East) at home, have dropped Georgetown (11-3-3, 5-1-2 Big East) out of the United Soccer Coaches’ College Rankings. After the Butler game, Nolan said that the team sought the top seed in the Big East tournament to maintain home-field advantage and increase its chances of receiving an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. “That would give us our best chance to win the conference tournament, it’s where we had success last year,” Nolan said. “I think from an NCAA point of view right now, we’re probably

Gunther Johnson said that one way to improve the team’s third down percentage is to gain more yards on first down and second down. The strategy could prove to play a big role against the Crusaders. “[Improving our offensive efficiency] just means on first and second down, getting at least three or four yards every time so that way, we don’t have third and 10 plus, which we probably won’t convert because it’s highly unlikely. So this week, we’re just focused on first and second downs and getting yards on those,” Johnson said. Sgarlata mentioned that, to improve on their play last week, the Hoyas need to identify weaknesses from previous games. The Hoyas’ most glaring problem against the Rams was their offense. After scoring 30 points against Princeton and 35 points against Lehigh (2-5, 2-0 Patriot League) in the previous two weeks, the Georgetown offense faltered against Fordham, scoring only nine points. Time of possession has been a deciding factor for many of the Hoyas’ games this season. Against Fordham, Georgetown held the ball for 25 minutes to Fordham’s 35 minutes. On average, opponents hold the ball for almost nine minutes more than the Hoyas do. This parity tires the defense and gives the opposing offense more time to drive down the field and put points on the board. “The biggest thing last week was one of our Achilles heels was on offense, being able to stay on the field on third down. Six of the seven penalties we had last week were on offensive, and [they] continually put us behind the sticks,” Sgarlata said.

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Senior midfielder and team captain Rachel Corboz scored the game-winning goal against Xavier off a free kick Thursday. right on the bubble.” Georgetown succeeded in its goal, securing the outright Big East Championship by defeating Xavier (8-6-4, 4-2-2 Big East) 1-0 in its final regular season matchup on Thursday. “This was one of our goals, we talked about doing something special and we hadn’t done this before,” Nolan said in an interview with guhoyas. In the win, the Hoyas failed to find the back of the net in the first half despite dominating the possession battle and outshooting the Musketeers 10-0. Corboz broke the scoreless tie in the 56th minute off a free kick

that curved inside the upper corner. The goal was Corboz’s sixth of the season. The contest also served as Senior Day for the Hoyas, as the team celebrated seven seniors who will be graduating in the spring. “It’s a great group of kids, first and foremost. They are so much fun to be around; they brought so much to the program on and off the field,” Nolan said of the seniors. “You won’t have success if you don’t have good kids.” The team will wait to find out its opponent in the Big East Championship semifinal game, which will take place on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Shaw Field.

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pressuring Rams quarterback Luke Medlock was crucial to a strong defensive performance. “We haven’t been getting to the quarterback as much as we wanted to, but last week, we put in a bunch of pressures,” Yankovich said. “I feel like that helped us out. Didn’t get any turnovers, which we would’ve wanted, but I feel like we got them running around and making bad decisions, and we got some sacks, which obviously helped us have a good game.” Yankovich added that the contest against Holy Cross is more than just a Patriot League game. “We always have battles with Holy Cross, so it should be a good game, and obviously, we want to go up there and beat them my senior year. We want to get the last laugh, so hopefully, we can go up there and get a win,” Yankovich said. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Saturday in Worcester, Mass. A live stream of the game will be available on the Patriot League Network.

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The Holy Cross offense is led by senior quarterback Peter Pujals, who serves as the team captain and has thrown 13 touchdowns this season. Sgarlata said that Georgetown needs to improve its performance in time of possession to limit the dangerous Crusader offense. “Especially when you play a team like Holy Cross with Peter Pujals, you don’t want to give them the ball for 40 minutes in a game. That’s been a huge focus for us offensively, and hopefully we can limit their touches by being efficient on our side,” Sgarlata said. One of the more encouraging aspects of last weekend’s game against the Rams was the Hoya defense. After allowing an average of 45 points per game over the last four weeks, the Hoyas defense allowed only 17 to the Rams’ offense. Senior linebacker Daniel Yankovich, who led the defense with 11 tackles last week, said that

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Following two quick passes from senior midfielder Declan McCabe and freshman midfielder Jacob Montes, Dodson found himself alone against the goalkeeper and slotted the ball into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead for the Hoyas. The goal was Dodson’s sixth of the year, tying him with sophomore forward Achara for the team lead in goals. Following the second goal, the Hoyas kept up the intensity. Georgetown prevented Seton Hall from generating any good scoring opportunities for the remainder of the first half and entered halftime with a 2-0 lead. “It’s a momentum thing. Seton Hall is an emotional team that can ride goals. They were down 3-0 at Princeton and scored three goals in the last 23 minutes to tie it and come back to 3-3. So they’re capable of real attacking menace and

the guys knew that,” Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese said. The second half began the same way the first half ended, with neither team breaking down the other. However, in the 58th minute, Lema found himself on the scoresheet once again with a powerful strike from the top of the box on a one-time effort following a blocked shot by junior forward Ethan Lochner, giving the Hoyas a commanding 3-0 lead. Lema has been in great form over Georgetown’s past three games, scoring twice against Seton Hall and assisting the game-winning goal against Maryland. “I don’t have to worry much about the defensive aspect of [playing midfield] because I have really good people around me. I don’t have to worry much about being too offensive. I can have that balance. So, my teammates really help me a lot,” Lema said. Following the Hoyas’ third goal,

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Freshman forward Derek Dodson notched his sixth goal of the year in Georgetown’s 3-0 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday.

neither team capitalized on its chances and the game ended in a dominating 3-0 win for the Hoyas. Georgetown outshot Seton Hall 13-9 for the game and senior goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski earned the shutout with five saves. “The guys did a really good job. They weren’t perfect. We were missing some stuff, missing some passes. The response to the turnovers was good and the overall effort and understanding we’re one bad goal away from making this a really exciting game in the second half,” Wiese said. Looking to keep building on their momentum following the commanding 3-0 win against Seton Hall, Georgetown hosted Providence (4-7-4, 1-2-4 Big East) a few days later in another Big East tilt. The Hoyas were unable to start as quickly as they did in the previous game against the Pirates as the Friars controlled play early on in the game. Providence created a decent scoring opportunity early on that was blocked by the stout Georgetown defense. As the half progressed, the Hoyas took increased possesion of the ball but were still unable to generate any scoring chances, and both teams entered the half in a 0-0 deadlock “We had a slow start in recognizing what we should have recognized and in terms of what they were giving us,” Wiese said. “Every opponent gives you something, and we were really slow in recognizing what they were giving us.” The second half presented both teams with opportunities to break the deadlock, but neither team capitalized. In the 62nd minute, the best chance for both teams manifested itself when a ball from McCabe found senior forward Zach Knudson at the far post.

Knudson hit a strong volley but it was well-saved by the Friars’ goalkeeper Colin Miller and the deadlock continued. Following Knudson’s volley, neither team put any chances on target and regulation ended at 0-0. “There were a couple scary moments, but there weren’t a whole lot of stretches where we were worried about conceding a whole lot of great chances,” Wiese said. In the first overtime period, both teams defended well, and neither team generated much more than a half-chance going forward. The second overtime presented more of the same as the tired legs became apparent. After 110 minutes, the final whistle blew and the teams left the field having drawn 0-0. This game was the first time all season that the Hoyas have been held scoreless. “They’re hard to play against. They’re really committed,” Wiese said of the Friars. “When you play a good team in the league, and you’re playing a [team] like Providence, you have to get a lot of things right. So, a tie is sort of an unsatisfying result.” The game marked Marcinkowski’s eighth shutout of the year and his fourth straight. “We are doing a really good job now of when they play a ball backward, we get our lineup, forcing their forwards to come [back] as well,” junior defender Peter Schropp said. “Our back line is doing really well right now. That’s our fourth shutout in a row, eight for the season. We’re pretty happy about it.” Next, the Hoyas travel to New York City to take on the St. John’s Red Storm (7-6-2, 4-2-1 Big East). The game is scheduled to begin on Saturday at 7 p.m. and will be televised on the Big East Digital Network.

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The Georgetown men’s soccer team concluded a short twogame home stand by defeating Seton Hall University 3-0 and drawing 0-0 with Providence College in double overtime. The No. 10 Georgetown Hoyas (11-2-2, 5-1-1 Big East) faced the Seton Hall Pirates (5-9-1, 2-5 Big East) at Shaw Field on Saturday. The Hoyas quickly jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first 15 minutes following goals from senior midfielder Christopher Lema

and freshman forward Derek Dodson. In the eighth minute, after a quick combination play down the right wing, the Hoyas won a free kick just outside the Pirates’ penalty area. Lema then stepped up and curled a free kick into the far corner far out of the reach of Seton Hall’s goalkeeper. Three minutes later, the Hoyas found the back of the net once again, this time from the foot of Dodson. See FRIARS A11

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Senior midfielder Christopher Lema has scored four goals this season, one of which came in Saturday’s win against Seton Hall.

With a scoreless doubleovertime tie on the road against No. 22 Butler on Saturday and a 1-0 victory over Xavier on Thursday, the Georgetown women’s soccer team secured the outright Big East Regular Season Championship. It was the program’s first outright championship and its first regular season championship since 2012. Georgetown travelled to Indianapolis after a convincing 3-0 win last Thursday against Marquette (11-6-1, 4-4 Big East) to take on the Butler Bulldogs (11-1-5, 4-0-4 Big East), the second-place team in the Big East standings. Consistent with its other recent ties and defeats, the Blue and Gray held the advantage in shots (14-10) and corner kicks (6-3) but was unable to capitalize on any scoring opportunities to pull ahead. “Defensively, they have a really good setup. They place a 3-6-1, which is something we haven’t faced,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “I don’t think people are giving them enough credit. Us and them are legitimately the best two teams in the conference.” A shot taken by sophomore midfielder Paula Germino-Watnick from the top of the box hit woodwork in the first half, and a header by freshman defender Kelly Ann Livingstone off a Germino-Watnick cross went just over the crossbar in the second half. See TOURNAMENT, A11

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The women’s soccer team followed up its 2016 final four appearance with an outright Big East Regular Season Championship. The team will take the top seed and home-field advantage in the Big East Tournament.

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Sunday’s contest against Fordham marked the first time in the past five games the Hoyas have held their opponent to less than 30 points, yet the team still lost 17-9. Georgetown currently sits at the bottom of the Patriot League standings at 1-6.

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The Georgetown football team looks to bounce back in the Patriot League this weekend against Holy Cross after dropping its first two conference games of the season. The Hoyas (1-6, 0-2 Patriot League) lost 17-9 in a close game last week to the Fordham Rams (2-6, 1-2 Patriot League). The Hoyas secured

their first lead since their Oct. 7 match against the Princeton Tigers (5-1, 2-1 Ivy League) after kicking a field goal in the third quarter to go up 9-8. However, the lead was short-lived as the Hoyas allowed a touchdown and a field goal to lose their sixth consecutive game. Though winless in the Patriot League, Georgetown is still within two games of Lehigh, the first-place team.

Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said that the narrow gap between first and last in the league is a constant source of motivation for the team as it prepares for Holy Cross (2-6, 1-2 Patriot League). “Any time that you play in the Patriot League, you want to do well. Superb things have happened in the Patriot League, so all we can do is try to take care of our destiny and get our first win in the

league this weekend,” Sgarlata said. The Hoyas’ inefficiency on offense has been a persistent problem throughout all their games this season. Last week, the Hoyas converted 2-of-14 third downs, and they have converted less than 20 percent (19-of-96) of third downs on the season. Sophomore quarterback See crusaders, A11

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ith the NFL’s Week 7 slate of games finished, the oftbeleaguered Philadelphia Eagles hold the league’s best record. Given that the Eagles have never won a Super Bowl, perhaps this season really is atypical. In all seriousness, though, we have arrived near the season’s midway point almost completely unsure of which teams are good and which are not. First, let’s get the exceptions out of the way. The red-hot Eagles have only one loss and look like Super Bowl contenders. Despite their two losses, the Tom Bradyled Patriots will likely forge a path to another 12-or-morewins season. Meanwhile, due to injuries and general ineptitude, the 0-7 Cleveland Browns, the 0-7 San Francisco 49ers and the 1-6 New York Giants are on their ways to lost seasons. The remaining 27 teams in the league are close together with records between 2-5 and 5-2, with most teams holding either 3-4 or 4-3 records — just like a traffic jam where you cannot distinguish one car from the next. In the NFC South, for example, can anyone passionately argue that the first place,

4-2 New Orleans Saints are discernibly superior to the fourth place, 2-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers? How did the NFL become this way, and does its current state resemble a healthy parity or a sluggish mediocrity?

How did the NFL become this way, and does its current state resemble a healthy parity or a sluggish mediocrity?

Former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle made it a point in the 1980s to achieve parity among the teams throughout the league. The commitment to parity manifests itself today in rules like the salary cap and the draft, starting with the team with the worst record. Teams would ignite their fan bases the best, the reasoning went, if each team always thought it could have a chance to make a playoff run to the Super Bowl. And that’s true. In the past century, the Pittsburgh Steelers, See GOODMAN, A11