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LIVING LEGEND

Former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera discussed his post-MLB life in a Q&A.

EDITORIAL Future GUSA senate campaigns must address growing apathy.

LIKE RIDING A BIKE A DCPS initiative will require secondgraders to learn to ride bicycles.

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NEWS, A7

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Council Bill Targets DC Violent Crime Marina Pitofsky Special to The Hoya

The Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act, which would attempt to reduce violent crime by approaching it as an issue of public health, instead of increasing police presence.

The bill was initially introduced at the first council meeting of the 2015-16 legislative year Sept. 22.

Nearly 70 public witnesses, the Metropolitan Police Department Chief, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and the Justice

and Department of Health Director testified before the council’s Committee on the Judiciary and 11 of the council’s 13 members.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), the bill’s primary sponsor, presented the major goals of the bill at the meeting.

“We have to recalibrate how we look at public safety, which means we have to address not just the symptoms of violent crime but also look to prevent and treat the root causes of violent crime in a long-term, sustainable way,” McDuffie said.

“What’s clear is that we cannot

Election Turnout Plummets

19 percent of students voted in the GUSA senate election

Tom Garzillo & Tala Al Rajjal

Hoya Staff Writer & Special to The Hoya

After an election season marked by low voter participation, 28 students, including three write-in candidates, were sworn into the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sunday.

Nineteen percent of the undergraduate population, around 1,252 students, voted in the election, in which 46 students campaigned to serve as at-large senators and representatives of the 11 residence-based districts. Last year’s voter turnout was 25 percent.

The GUSA Election Commission posted results on Twitter early

Friday morning after a 24-hour online voting window Thursday.

Election winners were sworn in at a ceremony Sunday before taking part in their first senate meeting.

According to the Election Commission’s Twitter page, the Freshman South district, which consists of New South Hall and See SENATE, A6

VOTER TURNOUT RATES BY DISTRICT

See SAFETY, A6 Freshman South: 46%

Freshman north: 36%

VCE: 23%

Copley: 18%

SouthWest quad: 18%

Townhouses: 17%

Jesuit Residence/Hotel: 16%

Nevils/Village B: 14%

HENLE: 14%

Village a: 9%

LXR: 5%

Off-Campus: 7%

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Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is the primary sponsor of an act that offers social solutions to violent crime.

Nineteen percent of the student body voted in this year’s GUSA senate elections, with higher participation in underclassman districts. Nineteen percent of the electorate placed a vote for at-large candidates.

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NEWS HoyaCycle

The university launched a bike sharing program to assess student bike usage.

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Vice President for Government Relations and Community Engagement Chris Murphy and professor Uwe Brandes will lead Georgetown’s partnership with the White House MetroLab Network, which aims to connect university research with local city leaders nationwide.

University Joins White House Data Project Charlotte Allen Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown partnered with the White House Smart Cities Initiative on Sept. 14, joining the MetroLab Network, a program that aims to promote university and city collaboration across the nation.

The White House Office of Science and Technology launched the MetroLab Network during the White House Smart Cities Forum. Twentyeight universities in 21 cities have joined the network, which includes The George Washington University and Howard University, although no specific projects for Georgetown have been planned yet.

Vice President for Government Relations and Community Engagement Chris Murphy said the initiative is still in its early stages.

“Part of the key is that it is very early in the formation of the proj-

ect,” Murphy said. “We are very ner with the city in a more strucmuch looking forward to work- tured way.”

The entire White House initiative, ing with the city and figuring out where the overlap is between the which includes the MetroLab Netcity’s needs and the university’s ar- work, is a $160 million investment in federal research eas to contribute.” addressing urban Murphy said “I think it’s only issues regarding that as both citeconomic growth, ies and universi- natural that the city health, safety and ties are constantly would want to partner energy. evolving, they are The MetroLab looking to data with us to help program is paranalysis to identify achieve their goals.” ticularly focused potential improvechris murphy on improving inments.

Vice President for Government frastructure, city “I think it’s only Relations and Community Engagement services and other natural that the city would want to partner with us areas of the public sector through to help achieve their goals and give university-city collaboration, acGeorgetown an opportunity to flex cording to the MetroLab Network its muscles with data analysis,” Mur- website.

“The Network will focus on comphy said. “Georgetown has been having conversations about gathering mon challenges facing cities in orand analyzing data for a long time, der to develop shared, scalable soand this is an opportunity to part- lutions that can be deployed across

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Uwe Brandes, professor and the executive director of the master’s program in urban and regional planning, will lead the university’s involvement in the initiative once plans begin to take shape.

Brandes explained that part of the university’s research will focus on information technologies and how they are changing collaboration with city governments.

“At its core it involves using new sources of information in a tactile manner,” Brandes said. “It means asking: How do communities advance their goals and agendas though the new wave of digitally generated information?”

He added that although the program is still in an early developmental stage, it will build on Georgetown’s relationship with the greater

OPINION Racial Identity

It is restrictive to define people by their race and ethnicity.

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NEWS German Reunification A panel reflected on the 25th anniversary of the reunification Thursday.

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Sports Senior Standout

Captain Keegan Rosenberry scored in overtime for a conference win.

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OPINION

THE HOYA

Tuesday, october 6, 2015

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Despite the panoply of student groups serving the interests of the Georgetown community, certain inadequacies in campus life remain unaddressed. In Georgetown’s recent history, student-led startups have sought to fill these voids, building on, and in some cases reimagining, the work of some of Georgetown’s most established institutions. Through their efforts, these startups have challenged the assumption that the bigger and older the institution, the better it attends to student and university needs.

Take admissions, for example. When students visit Georgetown, they want their visit to be a clear indication of their compatibility with Georgetown’s culture. Although the Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society succeeds at opening this university’s doors to prospective students, the startup Campus Sherpa, launched by two undergraduates, offers an alternative to the traditional group tour model by providing a paid, individualized, face-to-face experience with a current undergraduate. This gives prospective students a window into campus life tailored to their specific needs and interests.

This entrepreneurial challenge to the university’s dominant institutions is but the latest in a

long line of student opposition to the status quo.

In 1971, what is now Students of Georgetown, Inc. was formed in response to repressive measures taken against anti-war student demonstrators, ensuring legal protection for the Georgetown student body. The services that The Corp provided in its starting years include creating Corp Travel to help students plan for study abroad, establishing a Furniture Co-op, and launching Corp Typing and Corp Copying. In an internal memo sent to its members, The Corp explained how they felt they should use their profitability to provide services that were not easily accessible to the students of Georgetown.

Students ought to consider this rich legacy of entrepreneurship in their appraisal of campus groups and affairs. Campus Sherpa, The Corp and Georgetown University Alumni Student Federal Credit Union — all originally startups themselves — demonstrate that Georgetown’s most deeply entrenched institutions are not immune to criticism, revision or reimagination. Rather, these institutions lie on a continuum of collaboration and progress, a continuum that all Hoyas should seek to traverse.

Fourteen schools comprise the Washington Metropolitan Area Consortium of Universities, a sometimes-forgotten system that allows students to take advantage of the many resources offered at nearby campuses in addition to their own. A student at Georgetown, for instance, could cross-register for a course at the George Washington University during a semester and receive academic credit. Unfortunately, as of 2014, only around 0.4 percent of students in the consortium actually took advantage of this opportunity.

The consortium can be a useful tool to make up for resources and departments that one university might not provide. At Georgetown, students interested in science and engineering would benefit from taking advantage of the consortium by having additional courses and faculty available to them, especially as technical skills become increasingly valuable in the workforce. The university lacks even an engineering major and minor, increasing the value of these courses immensely.

The best way to encourage students to use the consortium is to formalize and better advertise available programs. Georgetown currently has a 3-2 engineering program with Columbia University, which bestows two bachelor’s degrees from each respective school.

With the extra year and requirement to move

to New York City, the program is relatively inaccessible and expensive. Instead, the university should focus on initiatives closer to home.

GW and University of Maryland-College Park both field notable engineering departments.

Creating engineering certificates and dual degrees with these consortium schools would expand opportunities for students to pursue their interests.

Even if certain curricula are unavailable at Georgetown, a quick trip on the metro could make these options more feasible. Those majoring in the sciences, including science, technology and international affairs in particular, would benefit from these additions because of Georgetown’s comparatively small departments when considering number of faculty and students enrolled.

The consortium also offers benefits for multiple academic disciplines. Certain minors and certificates, such as business administration, journalism and international business diplomacy, are selective, restricting the opportunity for interested Hoyas to pursue curricula in these subjects. Stronger consortium collaboration would create more opportunities for students wishing to take courses in those areas or to design a similar minor or certificate — and thereby foster greater academic freedom and diversity.

THE VERDICT Rain, Rain, Go Away — Rain showers and cold temperatures blew into Georgetown this weekend as Hurricane Joaquin travelled down the coast.

Last Notes — DuPont Brass, a band of Howard University students that performed in Metro stations to raise money for tuition, moves on to play on tour and at professional events.

Education for All — Knowledge Commons D.C., an organization that offers free classes to the public at ever-varying locations, will settle down in Northeast D.C. in mid-October.

UNITE at the Mall — Thousands of people flocked to the National Mall on Sunday for the UNITE to Face Addiction rally. Activists and speakers convened in D.C. to make progress on this serious issue.

T-Rex — The Smithsonian Institution has finally assembled the fossilized remains of the “Nation’s T-Rex.” The specimen was found in Montana in 1988 and has only been displayed in pieces until now, when it will stand upright in the district.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Michelle Xu

Engineer a Better System

Turn Up for Turnout The 2015 Georgetown University Student Association Senate elections were decided early Friday, with voter turnout plummeting to an abysmal 19 percent, six percentage points lower than last year’s 25 percent. This collective apathy is the consequence of an overwhelming lack of confidence as well as a lack of information among students in this facet of student government. To preserve its legitimacy, and the GUSA Senate must work to enact a more meaningful campaign process and prove the system’s efficacy to the student body, and boost turnout in future years.

Georgetown students’ voter apathy demonstrates that the system appears either impotent or ambiguous to many. It is unrealistic to expect a student to participate in an election that he believes will accomplish next to nothing. Likewise, a person cannot meaningfully partake in a process about which he is uninformed. The fact that write-in votes had a large impact on the outcome of the election when there were not enough candidates to fill seats is also troubling.

To remedy this desire for information, GUSA should ensure a campaign process that aims to inform students about candidates’ platforms and respective abilities to effect change. Doing so would include encouraging campaigns that focus on the tangible goals like continuing Adopt-A-Hall or expanding Campus Housing Roommate Matching System for transfers and study abroad. Both of these goals aim to improve residential living and have tan-

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Be sure to check Chatter, The Hoya’s online opinion section, throughout the week for additional opinion pieces. nikita dESHPANDE (col ’18) talks about concerns for the cleanliness of our physicians themselves:

gible results that could spur a larger voter turnout.

Freshman and sophomore elections consistently enjoy higher rates of voter turnout than those among upperclassmen due to younger candidates’ — who sometimes may be looking for early leadership roles — commitment to practices like doorknocking. This grassroots campaigning results in a student electorate that is more informed and therefore more willing to cast a ballot.

Senior candidates are generally less likely to engage in these practices because the upperclassman electorate is less geographically concentrated.

Therefore, the election commission should establish substantive campaign practices like town halls to ensure that the campaign process extends beyond the few flyers in Red Square.

An institution of informative campaigns would reveal the difference between issues candidates claim to want to focus on (improving residential living) and what the senate actually focuses on (big picture issues).

GUSA senators are supposed to represent the popular will of the student body in negotiations with the administration. However, a falling voter turnout means that GUSA senators approach the administration without the weight of Georgetown behind them. Indeed, GUSA elections become an exercise in resume building rather than a demonstration of democracy. GUSA cannot remain a legitimate representative body without the support of interested and informed Hoyas.

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Think about this startling fact for a minute; this means that the very doctors who are responsible for curing our illnesses and fixing our injuries can make us sick! Oh, the irony. The only hope that we patients can have is that our own doctors are more responsible and try to sanitize their hands frequently before examining us. Unfortunately, having good faith in my doctor does not cut it for me, and, if I had it my way, I would wear a protective suit before meeting my doctor.

“So what can we do to prevent the healers of society from unintentionally spreading disease? Perhaps we can urge our doctors to wash their hands well before approaching us. Perhaps, if no proper sinks are available, we can carry hand sanitizer with us when going to the doctor’s office and have our doctor use the gel before examining us. Or, perhaps, we can pray that our doctors have the common sense and medical savvy to realize the threat they pose to us when examining patients without properly scrubbing hands. Unfortunately, the medical community at large does not have a solution for getting all doctors to properly wash their hands before seeing patients. The best we can do to protect our health and sanity is to personally ask our doctors to scrub up — for our sakes.”

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OPINION

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

IF A Tree Falls

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VIEWPOINT • Portales

Finding Stars to Brighten a New Home Grace Smith

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iolin in one hand, a container of white rice in the other and a math club hat slightly askew, I was ready. I walked out into the pouring rain, ready to take on the day.

The night before, I remember brainstorming with my friends about what we were going to be. This was four years ago. Many ideas were tossed around, ranging from Justin Bieber to Gloria Steinem to tigers to flowers. None of those options really resonated with me, although Gloria is pretty cool. But then it hit me. I knew exactly what I wanted to be for Halloween. I wanted to be what everyone already thought I was: a stereotypical Asian girl.

This could possibly be construed as offensive, but it came from years of being offended. It came from years of people asking when my next orchestra performance was (I was not in orchestra), or if I wanted extra white rice on the side (I do not like white rice), or if I could help them with their math (I could not help them with their math). I have since learned that these moments in life are called micro-aggressions, small instances of unintended discrimination that built up over time when people made false assumptions about who I was. I decided to tackle them with the best weapon I had: humor.

I remember showing up for school that day. No one thought I had dressed up. They thought I just had come from practicing violin (I do not play the violin), that I had missed breakfast and was quickly trying to consume some rice before class and that I had joined PRIMES, the math tutoring group. Even my friends, who knew me so well and whom I loved so much, didn’t bat an eye at my costume. And that’s when I just couldn’t help but burst out laughing. It was so funny, but so moving at the same time.

Is there a spectrum that leaves room for gray area? I’m somewhere there, lost in my own introspection, realizing I have nowhere to go.

I was adopted from China by my parents when I was around six months old and brought to live in grand old upstate New York, whose many charms range consistent winter temperatures below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and visits from black bears that find your trash can immensely intriguing. That said, as much as I make fun of it, I have come to love where I’m from. I’m from upstate New York. And therein lies the conflict. I will never truly see myself as being from China. But everyone else will.

I grew up in a mostly white neighborhood, was raised by two white parents and went to mostly white schools. The only life I have ever known is one replete with white privilege. While I have certainly benefited from the white privilege to which those around me are so accustomed, I will never be able to claim true ownership of it. My appearance will constantly characterize me as Asian and while race and ethnicity are so much more than appearance, the only relationship I have with them is appearance.

Being Asian is nothing to be ashamed of, but that’s not who I truly am.

I studied Chinese for many years, and in reflection, I see that as an attempt to find my place in the racial and ethnic label that others constantly placed on me.

But when it comes to racial and ethnic identities, I have never felt so lost. Like a Washington, D.C., native trying to navigate the New York City subway system, there just seem to be so many identities, so many labels staring at me, but I can’t see any of them with any clarity. I can’t figure out which line I’m meant to take, but I can hear everyone around me yelling which line I’m supposed to take.

At a certain point, I become immobile, paralyzed by my own uncertainty and afraid to make any step forward for fear of leaving behind who I am.

To me, race and ethnicity are some of the few identities that cannot be left undefined. Is there such an identity that delineates no race? No ethnicity? Is there a spectrum that leaves room for gray area? I’m somewhere there, lost in my own introspection. I’m somewhere there, realizing there is no map, realizing I have nowhere to go and wondering if anyone will ever join me. I’m somewhere there, waiting, thinking, hoping. I’m somewhere there.

Grace Smith is a sophomore in the College. If a Tree Falls appears every other Tuesday.

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he stars. Any time my family asks, that’s the answer. The question isn’t anything special. I’m certain that plenty of others have been asked it as well — have been interrogated about it by parents, siblings and friends alike until the answer becomes almost second nature, visceral in a way that few things can be.

“What do you miss most from your old home?”

I’ll admit it without hesitation. I miss the stars.

In rural Texas, you could see them for miles, the lights stretching endlessly into the cavernous void of the night. In the winter, they pierced through the chill to create an illusion of warmth, as though their light could lay itself over the earth’s surface and protect it against the cold. In the summer, as a child, my brother would content himself with trying to teach me every constellation he could think of — Lyra, Hercules, Aquila — until his memory trailed off and the words ran dry. On my first night on campus at Georgetown University, my discomfort was not borne by homesickness, but instead by the stark realization that I could no longer see them. I could call my friends. I could call my parents. But I would never be able to call the stars.

It was hard for the first week. I never realized how much I actually appreciated the stars until they were gone. Although I knew that my relationship with the celestial bodies was personal — since I have an older sibling who is fascinated with the galaxy — I never thought that I would actually mourn the stars’ disappearance. A strange sense of longing struck me each time I looked at the night sky. I missed a friend that I never knew I had. My sister sent me glow-in-the-dark stars to stick on my ceiling to ease the phantom pain, but as sweet as the gesture was, it wasn’t quite the same.

Every individual I have met on this campus is radiant in his own way and has shone with more vigor than even my favorite constellations.

However, for some reason unknown to me at the time, it began to get easier. Night by night, the yearning to look into the sky and see something diminished, declined

and dwindled steadily until it became nothing more than a faint ache in the back of my mind. I don’t remember when it happened, but one night, I looked up and found

VIEWPOINT • Kaye

Colleges Must Create Equal Opportunities

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very March, students across the country fail to join elite higher-education institutions despite their hard work and intelligence. It is not because they were rejected; it is because they did not apply.

While many of us followed in the blue and gray Hoya steps of our parents, or embraced the advice of a guidance counselor who recommended life at Georgetown, other students were lucky to even hear the words “Common App” or “FAFSA.” These are students who attend high schools in low-resource areas.

High-achieving and hard-working students in these areas do not typically receive information encouraging them to apply to college, and therefore do not typically apply to even a single selective college.

I know this because as a firstgeneration college student, It may seem odd that teenagers would not want to break the poverty cycle their families are facing. However, most first-generation college students aren’t aware of the feasibility of applying to colleges. Many believe that they aren’t smart enough to get in, views fostered by the negative environments in which they often grow up. Furthermore, they believe that if they get in, they won’t be able to afford the $60,000-per-year tuition.

Yet, studies show that the most competitive institutions are often the cheapest for students receiving financial aid. The top schools typically have the most money to give due to their large endowments.

Consequently, many students who deserve a top-tier education will end up receiving no education at all, simply because the area they grew up in limited their abilities. It is the ones who make it to college who have the power to reach back into their communities.

When I attended a first-generation college student conference for Ivy League schools in February, I discovered a sad truth. The people leading the conference were only in their seats representing their colleges because someone in their lives had taken them aside and told them that they were smarter than they thought. Most students who grow up in households with degreeless parents don’t have the same academic support as other students. This isn’t necessarily the fault of the parents; often, parents don’t know how to support their children and aren’t aware of what their child is capable of accomplishing. Many

times, children are even told not to apply to selective colleges because parents fear their children leaving home or being rejected, or because they think they cannot afford college education.

The inequity of education exists throughout America and even reaches into well-off areas where first-generation college students can fall through the cracks of a thriving school district.

Although many admissions offices are aware of the inequity, most choose not to reach out to low-income schools because they are not cost-effective. The Georgetown admissions office should actively reach out to high schools in poor neighborhoods that have been capable of sending one student to Georgetown before.

At these schools, admissions officers can be sure there are students who can thrive at Georgetown.

Georgetown can host information sessions at these schools to give talented low-income students an opportunity to pursue higher education.

While Georgetown successfully recruits many low-income students, its statistics are not so good when compared with those of other top colleges. According to the College Access Index released Sept. 16 by The New York Times, Georgetown is 88th out of 100 for economic diversity.

Many claim that Georgetown’s limited endowment prevents the school from providing lowincome student scholarships, but Vassar College, a school with a smaller endowment, finished first on the list. Furthermore, data from the Department of Education published every year since 2011 show that there is no correlation between endowment size and number of Pell Grant recipients in U.S colleges. Yet, students across the country are still forgotten in admissions recruiting.

The country as a whole would benefit from more children maximizing their capabilities. If universities across the country were to expand their outreach networks, more students would apply to and attend college than ever before. Obtaining a college degree can help some children break their family’s cycle of poverty, enrich the economy and decrease overall income inequality in America. Students should not have limited access to colleges because they were born into families with insufficient information about education. Every student deserves equal access to education.

Emily Kaye is a sophomore in the College.

that I was perfectly satisfied with where I was. It wasn’t until very recently that I realized why the shift occurred.

I met new people.

It sounds so simple — even a little cliche — but it’s true.

In Texas, I was isolated. I lived 15 minutes away from any semblance of civilization. My nextdoor neighbor owned 17 acres of land and eight horses. The stars were my only companions in a land of monotony and solitude.

When I moved to Georgetown, that changed. Suddenly, I wasn’t alone. I wasn’t the sole teenager in a wasteland of wheat and cotton. I became an individual in a tight-knit community that genuinely cares about its inhabitants.

Georgetown has proven itself to be the municipal equivalent to a family. It exudes the most awareness and pride that I have ever experienced, which even the stars could never provide for me.

This is not to say that I don’t still miss them; I do. However, the people at Georgetown more than make up for their absence. Every individual that I have met on this campus is radiant in his own way and has shone with more personality and vigor than even my favorite constellations. Every individual has made Georgetown more than just a university.

They have made it a home.

When my distant relatives wish me well on my academic journey, I know both the question that they will ask, and the answer that I will give.

“So, Jess, what do you miss the most about Texas?”

The stars. I miss the stars.

Although, when I look at the people I’ve met, it doesn’t sting as much anymore.

Jessica Portales is a freshman in the College.

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Bridging Technology And the Public Sector

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he artificial barrier that has improve the public provision of kept the technology industry goods through coordinated acand the public sector sepa- tion; cross-agency collaboration rated on different evolutionary has promoted everything from scipaths is porous right now, and if ence and technology initiatives to enough people cross over, it can be the elimination of federal grant redundancies. destroyed.” — Mikey Dickerson Over the next decade, the link In 2014, Mikey Dickerson was working as a site manager for between the public sector and techGoogle, leading an international nology will only grow stronger. It team of engineers to help support is incumbent on the millennial the firm’s world-class innovation generation to work as technologimachine. cal evangelists, pushing change In April, Dickerson got pulled through the right channels and into a call about the launch of encouraging organic innovation healthcare.gov — at the time, a in the federal sector. huge public relations disaster for A 2013 Deloitte Report on disthe Obama administration. Wait ruptive innovation put it this way: times on the website were skyrock- “The notion that the public sector eting, and projections for new en- can’t — or won’t — innovate is a rollments had been revised from 10 myth. Innovation in government million to less than half that. The occurs virtually every day — from stakes were monuthe way governmental. If governments across the ment health care world are opening exchanges — one up their data to of the most contenentrepreneurs to tious facets of the build apps for evAffordable Care erything from real Act — couldn’t be time transit inforpushed through, mation to school the United States test score compariRohan Shetty & would lose its best sons to the myriad Naman Trivedi shot at universal ways soldiers on health care in dethe battlefield adcades. dress life-and-death challenges.”

Dickerson led a team of privateDon’t let the public sector’s sector engineers and managers to shortcomings become white noise. assess, evaluate and implement If you’re looking for problems to solutions to turn healthcare.gov solve, the government has plenty. around. Two months later, more And solutions to those problems than eight million Americans had will have real consequence. Dickenrolled. Dickerson and his team erson’s eleventh-hour efforts on were featured on the cover of Time healthcare.gov ensured that milMagazine. Three months after lions of Americans would have that, Dickerson left Google for the unfettered health care access. That U.S. Digital Service, a new White access will have a profound and enHouse agency committed to insti- during generational impact. tutionalizing innovation among It’s ironic that the U.S. Federal public-sector stakeholders.

Government — which has done an You don’t hear about people like incredible job of promoting innoDickerson very often, and with vation across the country — hasn’t good reason: little innovation has fully reaped the benefits of its hard sprouted from the public sector work. From the Defense Advanced during the 21st century. The U.S. Research Projects Agency’s role in Digital Service is a rarity, one of a developing Internet communicahandful of agencies seeking to up- tion technology to a well-designed end the way we think about tech- and far-reaching patent system, nology in government. the government has excelled in Why does the government seem creating an environment in which so immune to “disruption”? One ambitious thinkers can thrive. reason is that political incentives Through stronger collaboraoften protect incumbents and, by tion and less friction between the extension, discourage the develop- world’s most inventive companies ment of forward thinking upstart and the federal government, we providers. In the corporate world, can build a 21st-century governyou innovate or get left behind. ment that is more in tune with Private-sector players are pushed citizens’ demands and better able to scale operations by leveraging to promote the common good. technology. In government, on the other hand, competitive threats Rohan Shetty is a senior in the are virtually nonexistent.

McDonough School of Business.

Civil servants are, however, re- Naman Trivedi is a senior in the markably aware of the bureau- School of Foreign Service. [and cracy in which they operate. Both Service] appears every other of us have witnessed efforts to Tuesday.

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With the participation of more than 500 members of the community, Georgetown won the Car Free Day College Campus Challenge, a competition between five universities in the Washington, D.C. region designed to encourage students, faculty and administrators to reduce their automobile use.

In its seventh year, the Car Free Day event, which is coordinated by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, encourages participants to take the metro, walk, bike or carpool in lieu of driving to campus.

Georgetown won the challenge Tuesday by amassing ten times as many pledges than last year’s competition which the university also won.

Five other universities, including George Mason University, The University of Maryland, American University, The George Washington University and the University of the District of Columbia, also participated in the challenge.

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Christopher Augostini invited members of the community to sign the pledge in a university-wide email on Sept. 21, one day before the challenge.

In the email, Augostini encouraged students to use the bicycle racks in front of Lauinger Library and Red Square which were installed three weeks ago.

Director of the Office of Sustainability Audrey Stewart said that the event aligns with Georgetown’s sustainability programs.

“What’s really great about Car Free

Day is that it provides a simple and effective way to raise awareness and engagement on sustainable transportation options,” Stewart wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “Its goals closely align with Georgetown’s sustainability values and with the university’s ongoing efforts to maximize sustainable transportation choices for the campus community.”

According to Stewart, multiple administrative offices collaborated with the Office of Sustainability to increase the number of pledges from students.

“Georgetown’s participation in Car Free Day is a team effort between many offices and departments across campus who come together to help raise awareness and get the word out to members of the campus community,” Stewart wrote.

Stewart also said that the program provides many benefits for D.C. residents.

“Car Free Day … encourages people to get around by more sustainable modes of transportation,” Stewart wrote. “[This helps] to reduce traffic congestion, decrease air pollution and support healthier communities.”

Georgetown University Student Association Secretary of Sustainability Caroline James (COL ’16) said that although the challenge did not involve most undergraduates, who do not commute, it effectively helped to promote sustainable modes of transportation.

“I can imagine that students’ main reaction when seeing that Georgetown had the most pledges for the car free challenge is the irony that undergraduates are not allowed to have cars on campus,” James said. “However, we have to remember that Car Free Day was not about winning a competition or go-

ing car -ree for just a day. Clearly, its mission is to have us examine our own transit situation and habits.”

Gregory Miller (SFS ’14), an office manager in the School of Foreign Service Dean’s Office who participated in the challenge, said that the win shows that Georgetown has made progress in its sustainability efforts.

“Georgetown has made a lot of progress in recent years to encourage alternative and active forms of commuting by steadily improving on-campus infrastructure and resources,” Miller said.

However, Miller said that the late promotion of the event may have led to a lower participation rate. “[The] lack of concrete day-of programming to help commuters switch from single-occupancy car trips to transit or active commuting gives the impression that the university does not care about creating real change,” Miller said.

Miller recommended that for future Car Free days, Georgetown should begin publicizing the event earlier.

“Georgetown needs to provide more resources for people to plan to go car-free, instead of sending out an email the night before when commuters don’t have time to make the arrangements to change their commuting habits,” Miller said.

Miller said that the university should further increase its efforts to create a more sustainable campus.

“I think that the next step is for Georgetown to start being proactive and thinking outside its gates to improve the safety and accessibility of the surrounding transportation infrastructure,” Miller said.

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Georgetown scored first place out of the universities in the D.C. region in the annual Car Free Day College Campus Challenge on Sept. 22, in which 500 members of the community opted out of driving to campus.

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In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of German reunification, former World Bank President Robert Zoellick and former German Federal Finance Minister Theo Waigel discussed the continued implications of the reunification at the sixth installment of the Herbert Quandt lecture series in Gaston Hall Thursday.

Hosted by the BMW Center for German and European Studies, the Hanns-Seidel Foundation and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Washington Office, the event marked the first Quandt lecture in six years. The series was established by the CGES in 1997 to promote dialogue on GermanAmerican relations.

School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman introduced the two speakers, both of whom were involved in the aftermath of the reunification.

Zoellick was the primary negotiator for the United States in the Two-PlusFour Agreement that created a sovereign German state, while Waigel led efforts to establish the euro in the 1990s.

Chair of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation Ursula Männle and Deputy Chief of Mission of the German Embassy Phillip Ackerman also joined the discussion as guest speakers.

All speakers recognized the key role that the United States, under former President George H.W. Bush, played in the unification of East and West Germany.

“There can’t be any doubt that without the support and help of Washington, it would have been much more difficult to achieve German unification,” Männle said. “This was primarily possible because the United States stood by Germany and gave their full support for unification.”

Waigel said that the establishment of a common currency united the previously separated country.

“It was a stellar effort performed in a short period of time,” Waigel said.

Because the currency treaty was signed in 1990, Waigel said that Germany has seen significant changes to both its political and economic landscape. “[The press conference that followed] was facilitated by a shy, somewhat reserved lady who was a deputy press spokesman for [East Germany]. Her name was Angela Merkel. That too shows how much things have changed,” Waigel said.

According to Waigel’s calculations,

the reunification has cost Germany 1.5 to 2.1 trillion throughout the past 25 years. However, in retrospect, Waigel called the monetary union and the unification “a masterpiece of diplomacy.”

Zoellick, who worked closely with Waigel during the reunification, was responsible for garnering support for the German unification process in the U.S. government.

Zoellick said that the reunification occurred primarily due to the haste with which the negotiating parties acted on the opportunity.

“This was an opening. This was an opportunity. People had to act fast,” Zoellick said.

However, Zoellick said that Germany continues to be confronted with many issues 25 years after the reunification.

“Germany now has still many challenges, but it has a rare and unique opportunity to shape the future of Europe and to shape the future of the transatlantic community,” Zoellick said.

Zoellick attributed some of these issues to the diplomatic relationship between Germany and the United States since the reunification.

“I think this is due to shortfalls on both sides, and both sides taking advantage of each other. I believe, this is [going to be] one of the challenges for the next U.S. president, to sit down with German colleagues and recognize each other’s perspectives, especially the different perspectives,” Zoellick said.

In a question-and-answer session following the lecture, audience members asked questions about the volatility of the European economy and currency today, as well as the professional preparation that allowed Waigel and Zoellick to be at the forefront of the reunification.

Waigel attributed his involvement in the reunification to his longstanding belief in the opportunity for German unity, while Zoellick credited his participation to his knowledge of history, the diplomatic process and calculated risktaking.

Ann-Kathrin Merz (SFS ’19), who attended the event, said it demonstrated the continued relevance of the reunification.

“It’s amazing to think that it’s only been 25 years since Germany was reunified, and to see how real and still powerful this topic is for these politicians and speakers and all of these people who lived through,” Merz said.

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More than 50 students voiced their concerns about student housing to administrators and representatives of the Georgetown University Student Association on Wednesday night at the first Hoya Roundtable of the semester in the Healey Family Student Center.

The issues brought up at the discussion aligned with the “Let’s Not Get Screwed Again” campaign that GUSA President Joe Luther (COL ’16) and Vice President Connor Rohan (COL ’16) spearheaded in the spring semester before discussions of the 2018 Campus Plan.

The campaign, which received more than 2,600 signatures in two weeks, called on the university to stop requiring more students to live on campus, prioritize the renovation of existing facilities over new construction projects and give students a stronger voice in the master planning process.

The roundtable began with a presentation from Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Augostini on changes to the university’s landscape.

“The important principles are we want more green space on campus,” Morey said. “Another important one is to create a pedestrian-friendly campus.”

For the past five months, the Student Master Planning Consortium, which consists of students and administrators, has discussed issues of pedestrian space, student housing and deferred maintenance in residence halls.

GUSA Secretary for Campus Planning Ari Goldstein (COL ’18) said that groups like the SMPC ensure that the master plan benefits both students and the university.

“We [can] structure the master planning process now and plan for the next 20 years effectively to create a residential living learning community that is a shared interest with students, administrators, neighbors [and] graduate students,” Goldstein said.

Students and administrators then broke up into discussion groups to address questions put forward by GUSA about residential renovations, the construction of new housing and the appeal of living off campus for senior year.

Students also expressed their frustration with deferred maintenance issues. GUSA Senator Carter

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Chemistry professor Christian Wolf and theater professor and Artistic Director of the Davis Performing Arts Center Derek Goldman will receive the President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers from University President John J. DeGioia at the Fall Faculty Convocation next Wednesday.

Since 2013, the distinction has been given annually to recognize excellence in faculty research and teaching. Recipients are selected through nomination and selection processes that involve all faculty members.

DeGioia announced the winners in a university-wide email last Friday, praising the two professors’ contributions to their respective departments.

According to Senior Advisor to the President for Faculty Relations Lisa Krim, there has been a diverse range of faculty members who have won this award.

“In the first two years, the faculty came from wide-ranging fields: history, pharmacology, law, mathematics and pathology,” Krim wrote in an email to THE HOYA. While all faculty members can submit nominations, a committee comprised of senior faculty members and previous award winners creates a shortlist of professors for DeGioia, who makes the final decision from the recommended candidates. Eligible nominees are generally tenured or clinician track scholars.

Wolf, who joined Georgetown in 2000, teaches both undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses, including Organic Chemistry I and II, an advanced course in synthesis and graduate courses on synthesis and stereochemistry.

In his email announcing the winners, DeGioia commended Wolf for inspiring students who are interested in chemistry. “[Wolf] has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to his students’ learning, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, inspiring many to go on to make their own contributions in the field,” DeGioia wrote.

In addition to teaching, Wolf participated in groundbreaking research in the chiral compound field of organic chemistry.

“Our research is dealing with the making and analysis of organic compounds that are all chiral. Chiral compounds are compounds that exist in the form of non super-imposable mirror images, like our hands,” Wolf said.

Wolf said that he appreciates how

the award combines both teaching and research in its selection criteria.

“What I like about this award is that it looks at the whole picture of research and teaching, which in my opinion, belong together. When I do research, I do it with my students,” Wolf said.

Goldman, a theater professor who also serves as founding director of the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, joined the university faculty 11 years ago.

DeGioia praised Goldman for his involvement in various performing arts initiatives at Georgetown.

“Professor Goldman’s unparalleled vision, spirit of collaboration and dedication to our students has enriched our community in deep and lasting ways over the course of his time teaching and directing in the Department of Performing Arts,” DeGioia wrote.

Goldman said that he was surprised by the number of students who were passionate about both politics and theater when he first arrived at Georgetown.

“Georgetown has surpassed my expectations in every way because I knew that it was a great university with an international footprint. … I didn’t realize the degree to which students would lead with a dual passion for theater and politics,” Goldman said.

Goldman founded LGPP with Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy Cynthia Schneider in 2013 as a means of fostering collaboration with other performing arts institutions around the world. Since it was launched, the LGPP has organized dozens of international performances and workshops.

“Theater is incredibly local on one level. … But it is also connecting the intimately local with the global. Global theater is about what is already global and diverse in the room with you,” Goldman said.

Goldman said that he finds his work at Georgetown meaningful.

“It has been a great mid-life, midcareer learning experience for me … to be able to have projects that are really exploring why theater matters in 2015, what it offers that other art forms don’t, particularly in the landscape of politics and social change.”

Both recipients attributed their success to the students and faculty with whom they work at Georgetown.

“I was very surprised, gratified and humbled because I think theater is so collaborative and it is impossible to think of this work without a whole range of colleagues. … I really share the award with all the people I get to do this work with,” Goldman said.

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Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Augostini addressed concerns from students regarding housing issues.

Rise (COL ’17) compared his experiences of dealing with maintenance on- and off-campus.

“I subletted a house in the Georgetown neighborhood over the summer, and I called my landlord about a problem in the house and it was fixed [that] day,” Rise said. “Living on campus, I have problems that haven’t been fixed after four weeks that I made housing requests.”

Residents of Henle Village also complained that there were mice in their apartments, despite being on the top floor, while students living in Darnall Hall complained of missing kitchen appliances. In the breakout sessions, students said that the two halls are in need of major renovation.

Students also raised concerns over the impact of construction on their daily lives. Complaints included pedestrian traffic caused by the narrow pathway on Tondorf Street and noise from the construction of the Northeast Triangle Residence Hall.

Emily Belson (SFS ’18), a member of the Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program, said that construction detracts from the image prospective students have of campus.

“A lot of times they’ll ask about the construction, and often parents will ask when the construction [is] going to be finished,” Belson said. “I think they see the campus in a more negative light

than I personally got to see it when I was a prospective student.”

Other changes students called for included stronger Wi-Fi and more community spaces for students. In a discussion on the appeal of off-campus living, multiple students said that the lower costs and feeling of autonomy were attractive to them.

“For the 2010 Campus Plan, there was no infrastructure for student engagement whatsoever and that’s why the plan ended up being so controversial and inequitable,” Goldstein said.

In the past, Hoya Roundtables have been planned predominately by university administrators and were styled like presentations.

However, GUSA representatives worked closely with administrators in preparation for Wednesday’s event to better engage the student body in the planning process.

“The more lines of communication we can give between regular students and the administration, the better,” Luther said.

With the development of the 2018 Campus Plan under way, Luther said that GUSA has planned more meetings with high-level administrators.

“We’re going to go over what was discussed at this roundtable and see if it’s in line with what we’ve been talking about before,” Luther said. “Going forward, how can we take what the average student is saying here and implement it into real, tangible change?”

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New GU Partnership Explores Urban Challenges DATA, from A1 D.C. area.

“It is an opportunity to make new connections between undergraduates, graduates and faculty members, both with our colleagues at other universities and with the city,” Brandes said. “This isn’t the creation of an entirely new initiative within Georgetown. It will connect with other activities already occurring at the university.”

Murphy added that the partnership is an opportunity for Georgetown to become more involved with the movement toward addressing key urban challenges.

“As the project develops, we will have a better sense about how faculty and students can be engaged,” Murphy said. “This is an opportunity to directly plug into the city’s priorities in a meaningful way. Cities are grappling with how to use the data they have and how to analyze and think about data differently. D.C. has the opportunity to be at the forefront of this movement that is undoubtedly going to spread throughout the country.”

Brandes said that the involvement of city and university partnerships in the initiative distinguishes the program from conventional research and the broader “big data” conversation.

“Part of the effort is to bring m ore academic discipline to a dialogue that is largely being had outside the university,” Brandes said. “The goal for the partnership is to bring likeminded individuals together and advance the state of applied research in the field. It is a big work in progress, and now marks that time where we are beginning to roll up our sleeves and define what this really is.”

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Vice President for Government Relations and Community Engagement Chris Murphy (left) and professor Uwe Brandes will be leading research as Georgetown works alongside other universities and city officials in the White House Smart Cities Initative’s MetroLab Network.

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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The 13 members of the Council of the District of Columbia will deliberate the new Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act, which was introduced at the council’s meeting Sept. 22.

Council Considers Safety Bill SAFETY, from A1 arrest our way out of this problem.”

The bill has five specific goals, the most significant of which would establish an Office on Neighborhood Engagement and Safety. This office would identify 50 local individuals who are particularly at risk of committing a violent crime based on past criminal records and guide them through various forms of cognitive-based therapy to discourage future criminal activity.

In a forum on public health held Sept. 16, Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), former policy director of the D.C. Primary Care Association, also supported a health-centered approach to reducing violence.

“That’s my background — in public health — and in public health you don’t just diagnose and have one prescription and that’s it,” Allen said. “It’s a very community-based model of how you go about impacting not just a person but a community.”

Another goal of the bill is to establish an Office of Violence Prevention through the Department of Health. This office would be charged with using resources through the Department of Human Services to combat the public health factors such as addiction and mental illness that often lead to violence.

At the forum, Nesbitt described key triggers for future violent tendencies, including past experiences with bullying or neglect, self-esteem issues, academic history and interpersonal skills.

The Act would also address new methods of local policing through the Metropolitan Police Department. The MPD would work with the Department of Behavioral Health and the Department of Human Services to make social workers and counselors more available to those who are impacted by violent crime. Officers would also undergo further annual training on the use of force in arrests and the prevention of biased-based policing.

MPD Chief Cathy Lanier highlighted local law enforcement’s support of the bill in the council meeting.

“It’s a very community-based model of how you go about impacting not just a person but a community.”

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“Members of the community, no matter where you live, want to be part of the change,” Lanier said. “They are tired of upticks or spikes in violence at any time and they want to be part of the solution. And we feel that in MPD.” The MPD would also be responsible for collecting more data from “stop-and-frisk” searches and on the use of force in arrests. This includes determining whether or not the search was consensual and if police seized any property. The gender and race of the individual stopped

will also be recorded.

Additionally, the bill would amend the current Office of Police Complaints. This office would monitor the impact of citizen complaints more closely, including documenting details such as the discharge of any firearm that resulted in injury during an arrest.

“We also know that measures that make the police department more transparent lead to increased community trust, a key element in the effectiveness of any community policing strategy,” McDuffie said at the council meeting.

Finally, the Act would award the deputy mayor of public safety and justice grant-making authority, which could simplify the process by which grassroots crime prevention organizations receive funding. In doing so, McDuffie and his fellow co-sponsors are hoping to encourage sustainable crime prevention at the neighborhood level.

While violent crime is rare on Georgetown’s campus, Chief of Georgetown University Police Department Jay Gruber said the involvement of public services in policing is an important step toward safety.

“I think it’s great, I think it’s not just up to the police,” Gruber said. “It’s not just up to the criminal justice system to try to reduce crimes and violence.

I think that there needs to be a more holistic approach and getting all of these different government agencies together to look at the problem in a different way will be very helpful.”

The bill is under review in the Committee on Health and Human Services and Committee on Judiciary and will face a vote in

Village C West, had the highest turnout with 46 percent, followed by 36 percent in Freshman North, which includes Darnall Hall and Harbin Hall.

These figures were twice that of upperclassman districts. LXR, Off Campus and Village A had the lowest voter turnouts at 5 percent, 7 percent and 9 percent, respectively.

Correspondingly, Freshman South and North also had the highest number of candidates. Due to a technical glitch, the Freshman North results were delayed until Sunday.

Election Commission Vice Chair Grady Willard (SFS ’18) said that student interest in GUSA elections is typically lower for senate elections but spikes during executive elections.

“Turnout is always very light in the fall,” Willard said. “In the spring, we elect the president and the vice president, and everyone gets really involved in that, so there will be high turnout.”

For the LXR, Off-Campus and Townhouse districts, which did not have official candidates on the ballot, residents wrote in the student of their choice. The seats were filled by Michael Fiedorowicz (COL ’18), Owen Coffin (COL ’16) and Elizabeth Oh (SFS ’16), respectively.

All three write-in candidates indicated their agreement to serving on the senate, which eliminates the need for a special election.

Willard said he would have preferred traditional campaigns over write-in candidates.

“One of our disappointments is that we didn’t have candidates file for every seat,” Willard said. “It’s always better to see candidates running than write-ins.”

Oh and Fiedorowicz decided to run as write-in candidates, because they did not plan to participate until late into campaign week.

Oh, who previously served as GUSA Chair of Intellectual Life, said that she did not anticipate running for the position.

“When other senators told me that no one had officially run for Townhouses, I just asked my friends to vote for me and hoped for the best,” Oh wrote in an email to The Hoya.

In her position, Oh said that she will work on the continued expansion of mental health resources, sexual assault policy reform and improved townhouse maintenance.

Coffin said that he was unaware that his name was being circulated as a write-in candidate until the results were announced. GUSA Deputy Chief of Staff Ken Nunnenkamp (MSB ’16), Coffin’s roommate, orchestrated the campaign to elect him “I found out when someone messaged me at 2:37 a.m. to congratulate me,” Coffin wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I thought it was funny and immediately asked my roommates who were up if they had anything to do

with it.”

After a tweet confirmed his election to the post, Coffin said that he was initially unsure of whether or not to accept it.

“I decided it couldn’t hurt, though,” Coffin wrote. “I hope to bring to GUSA the voice of the student who doesn’t want anything to do with it, which is a lot of us.”

Nunnenkamp said that he was proud of the successful campaign.

“When the opportunity arose to serve as his campaign manager for a riveting 22 hours, I jumped at the chance,” Nunnenkamp wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We worked so hard, came so far and got Owen the win he truly deserved … I think his victory says everything about the future of GUSA.” Despite his unconventional victory, Coffin said he still hopes to improve GUSA and bring an outsider’s view to the senate.

“I hope to improve GUSA by giving a true outsider’s opinion, free from the bias of those who thought that the best way to affect campus life is through GUSA,” Coffin wrote. “I want to give the perspective of those student leaders who operate in all the spheres outside of GUSA and make an impact on campus.”

Among the other new senators is Freshman South representative Ben Baldwin (SFS ’19).

Baldwin said that he hopes he can collaborate with the other senators to improve the freshman experience.

“I know a lot of kids have been excited about reforming the meal plans, and of course [having] greater opportunities for diversity and cultural groups,” Baldwin said. “I want to … make sure all our dorms are really connected so we can build a freshman identity.”

GUSA Vice President Connor Rohan advised future candidates to improve their campaigning strategies.

“I guess students running for the senate should have used higher resolution photos for their posters,” Rohan wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Senator At-Large and GUSA Student Life Chair Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) was reelected to GUSA after two years of experience.

Khan said that one of the senate’s goals this year is to remodel the Finance and Appropriations Committee.

“There isn’t much of a strong relationship between the Fin/App representatives and the advisory boards that they represent,” Khan said. “One goal for this year is to change that, and to make a more direct line of communication.”

Khan also said that she is excited to work with a group of students from different backgrounds in the senate.

“This is actually a more diverse group of senators this year,” Khan said. “We have a lot of committees historically not represented. … It’s a great year for the senate to rebuild itself.”

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Sanomi Shares Experience Syed Humza Moinuddin Special to The Hoya

Nigerian entrepreneur Igho Sanomi discussed the rise of entrepreneurship and thechallenges faced by business owners in Africa at an event in the Mortara Center on Wednesday.

Sponsored by the School of Foreign Service and the African studies department, the event focused on Sanomi’s own experience with building a business in Africa and the various obstacles that African entrepreneurs often encounter.

Sanomi grew up in Nigeria and pursued a degree in geology before entering the energy sector. In 2004, Sanomi formed Taleveras Group, an energy conglomerate that trades crude oil, jet fuel and petroleum gas. The group’s success launched Sanomi into the public spotlight, and he was profiled in Forbes in 2007. Since then, his company has become one of the largest suppliers of crude oil in West Africa.

African Studies Program Director Scott Taylor, who moderated the conversation, introduced Sanomi’s background as relevant to students.

“Sanomi is part of the new generation of African businessmen that are engaging in all kinds of ventures,” Taylor said.

“Because he’s so young, a lot of our students can identify with him and find his story fascinating in the field of African studies and business.”

Sanomi said that his interest in the energy business was piqued when he visited an oil and gas trading company in Lagos, Nigeria, with his friend.

“My journey in the oil and gas business began in the final year of my university,” Sanomi said.

“The experience I had in one day actually triggered the passion and the interest I had in the energy business.”

Sanomi also discussed the important role his father played during his initial years working in the energy sector. “[My father] gave me the moral support that I needed and always taught me to stay humble and focus,” Sanomi said. “He always used to say to me, ‘Always consider your personal integrity and your Catholic faith as your guiding principle in life.’”

Despite the current success of Taleveras Group, Sanomi needed to overcome various obstacles in order to achieve his goals. He argued that these barriers in Nigeria and other African countries continue to deter aspiring entrepreneurs.

“One of the biggest challenges is government bureaucracy and policy inconsistencies,” Sanomi said. “Coupled with the issue of

investment funding … it can be very expensive to acquire such investor confidence.”

Sanomi also said that a lack of basic utilities hinders the ability of entrepreneurs to start their own companies. Without essential infrastructure, Sanomi argued, Africa cannot compete against other well-developed markets.

“Africa lacks necessary basic infrastructure like electricity, energy, information technology and telecommunications services,” Sanomi said. “They are developing, but their current state poses barriers to our future business leaders and entrepreneurs.”

In his closing remarks, Sanomi said he is optimistic about the entrepreneurial spirit in Africa. He said that he hopes his experience and influence can shape the future generations of African business leaders.

“We’ve seen a lot of stability in the political space, the drive against [corruption] and the alignment of factors that will lead toward the path of greatness,” Sanomi said. “It can only get better.”

After the speech, Taylor discussed the development issues in Africa, namely the new role that economic liberalization plays.

As a professor of political economy, Taylor said that Sanomi’s story is an interesting portrayal of the effects of market liberalization in an African nation.

“Economic liberalization in Africa has been a doubleedged sword,” Taylor said.

“We’ve seen liberalization lead a dynamic shift in places such as Nigeria, where there is tremendous poverty, but also tremendous entrepreneurial spirit and human capacity.”

Students who attended IGHO SANOMI the event commented on Nigerian Entrepreneur Sanomi’s humility and eagerness to change the negative perceptions surrounding African businesses.

John Hyman (MSB ’17) said he appreciated the importance of Taleveras Group in its efforts to change global perspectives on business opportunities in Africa.

“Igho Sanomi has a well-known success story, and it’s an honor to have him here to talk to us about his journey,” Hyman said. “I appreciate how he is trying to counter the still too widely held perceptions that Africa still has a long way to go in terms of business success.”

Rohan Asrani (MSB ’17) also enjoyed the discussion and said that Sanomi’s story and optimism for Africa resonated with his own views on the economic development within the continent.

“The way Mr. Sanomi lays it out, Africa’s future is bright,” Asrani said. “If we can have more inspirational leaders like Mr. Sanomi come to Georgetown … it will improve the perceptions of Africa.”

“We’ve seen a lot of stability in the political space, the drive against [corruption] and the alignment of factors that will lead toward the path of greatness.”

DAN KREYTAK FOR THE HOYA

A joint effort between multiple university offices, including the Office of Sustainability, HoyaCycle launched Sept. 25 and provides 10 bikes for rental to students

Bicycle Rental Program HoyaCycle Launches Susannah Price Special to The Hoya

The Center for Student Engagement, Outdoor Education and the Office of Sustainability collaborated to create HoyaCycle, a bicycle rental pilot program, that launched Sept. 25.

The program will enter a trial period from now until the end of the fall semester. Students will be granted access to 10 bikes, which were donated by Coca-Cola, an official university partner since the early 1990s.

The offices will work with the students to determine if the program should be implemented on a larger scale in the future.

“Bicycling is a great example of an integrated sustainability solution [among] people, planet and prosperity,” Director of the Office of Sustainability Audrey Stewart said. “It helps reduce emissions, it’s affordable and it supports an active, healthy lifestyle.”

The HoyaCycle bicycle rental program is the first bike sharing program of its kind on campus. Although Capital Bikeshare provides a similar service to students, Outdoor Education Director Kris Nessler said HoyaCycle is intended to localize the concept for Georgetown student usage.

“We’ve always had students expressing interest in developing a bike share like this,”

Nessler said. “We wanted to experiment and see if there was a different formula that would work here.”

The program’s future will depend on how much each bicycle is used by the students. Program directors will check the mileage on the bicycles every week to this end.

“We’re hoping to figure out if a bike share would work on campus,” Nessler said. “This semester we’re really just trying … to see if students are in fact going to utilize [bikes] to get around Washington, D.C.” According to Stewart, the idea for HoyaCycle arose several years ago during discussions on sustainability at Hoya Roundtable events. However, the idea did not take hold until last year, after student lobbying in the Office of Sustainability convinced Coca-Cola to donate 10 bicycles to Georgetown.

The program was funded by donations from outside companies and advocacy groups.

Nessler said a challenge moving forward will be receiving funding, which will depend on student use on a permanent basis from the university.

“If we’re able to prove that the program was utilized this semester, we will have a better opportunity to … find some dollars potentially for it,” Nessler said.

Since the pilot program began so recently, Nessler ex-

plained that there has not been enough time to check any bike mileage to gauge its success.

However, Nessler said he was pleased with the initial reaction of the students who volunteered to participate.

“The students who picked them up last Friday were super excited and grateful to be grabbing those shiny new red bikes to get around D.C.,” Nessler said. “We’re hoping that the responses will be positive as the program continues.”

Echoing similar sentiments, Stewart said she hopes that this pilot program will inspire students and administrators to adopt more sustainable habits in the future. Stewart praised the program’s commitment to environmentally friendly means of transportation.

“The program aims to enhance the university’s ongoing bicycle-friendly initiatives,” Stewart said. “All the partners involved are looking forward to what we’ll learn from it.”

Bridget Stanton (COL ’18), an avid bike rider interested in joining the pilot program, said she hopes HoyaCycle will raise awareness of the feasibility of using bicycles as a mode of transport.

“Biking makes it really easy for me to get around school and the city quickly,” Stanton said. “It’s also a good form of exercise.”

DCPS Debuts Curriculum Ian Scoville

Special to The Hoya

As part of the Cornerstones Initiative introduced this year

by District of Columbia Public Schools, all Washington, D.C., public school second-graders will be taught how to ride a bike.

Cornerstones aims to provide all DCPS students in a particular grade level with the same educational experience, streamlining the curriculums. It provides specific sets of lessons that introduce students from every grade to a range of topics, from secondgraders riding bikes in physical education classes to high school students building fuel cells in chemistry.

With the help of the District Department of Transportation and private donors, DCPS purchased 1,000 bikes that will rotate between every elementary school each quarter of the academic year.

Bike use in the District is growing rapidly, with bike sharing gaining popularity. According to The Washington Post, approximately 4 percent of District residents commuted to work by bike in 2014, placing D.C. in the top five cities nationally.

However, in wards 7 and 8, which have higher concentrations of low-income residents, DCPS is concerned that children are not learning to ride because the areas have fewer bike lanes and less access to bikes.

DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Cornerstones is an initiative that seeks to provide equal education for all students, regardless of their place of residence and school.

“Challenging curriculum has always been part of DCPS’ strategy, but going forward, students will receive the same highquality learning experience, no

matter where they live or go to school,” Henderson said in a statement posted on the DCPS website.

Hyde-Addison Elementary School, located in Georgetown, is one of the first schools to receive bikes and begin teaching second-graders to ride.

Hyde-Addison PE teacher Rocky Parish spoke about how the second-graders are learning the basics.

“We glide,” Parish said. “So they push off with both feet, and when they push off with both feet about at the 2- to 5- feet mark, they put their feet down even if they don’t need to, because they’re still a little afraid of falling.”

“It evens the playing field to give everyone the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike.”

ROCKY PARISH Physical Education Teacher, Hyde-Addison Elementary School

Each component of the course is prescribed by DCPS to ensure that students across the city have a uniform experience— a key aspect of Cornerstones.

The program aims to have all students riding bikes after four classes. This number, however, is flexible depending on how the second-graders progress.

Students will learn not only how to ride a bike but also how to be safe riders, This includes lessons on how to correctly put on a helmet and check that a

bike is safe to use. The culminating project of the course is a class bike ride.

“For safety reasons, I’m going to make sure that the kids understand the rules, they understand safety, they understand how to ride the bikes,” Parish said. “The end goal is for me to take each [class] —there’s two second grades here— the end goal is to take them on about a 7.7-mile bike ride.”

Hyde-Addison Principal Elizabeth Namba said the introduction of Cornerstones has been beneficial for students and teachers alike. Namba said that the evidence of success is in the students’ reactions.

“I had a little girl, who said to me this week … ‘I am so happy, I just learned how to ride a bike,’” Namba said. “And to me that’s just amazing. That all kids will learn this life skill. It truly is something that I think is just wonderful for the kids.”

Parish highlighted the merits of the program in providing students the opportunity to learn this life skill.

“The benefit of the Cornerstone is giving not only the kids that know how to ride bikes the opportunity to share what they know themselves with other ones that don’t, but [also] the ones that don’t have the opportunity to ride bikes for whatever reason,” Parish said. “I guess you could say it evens the playing field to give everyone the opportunity to learn how to ride [a] bike.”

According to Parish, learning to ride has been a generally enjoyable experience for the second-graders.

“They love it,” Parish said. “I actually was shocked; even the ones that didn’t know how to ride the bikes, they’re just so eager to get on them. So it’s been positive all around.”

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Tuesday, october 6, 2015

VOlleyball

Hoyas Split Big East Games, Earn 1st Conference Win Ryan Mccoy Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown volleyball team (710, 1-3 Big East) was on the road this weekend and secured its first Big East win of the season. Georgetown defeated Providence (9-9, 0-4 Big East) in Rhode Island on Friday before falling to St. John’s (12-7, 2-2 Big East) Saturday in New York.

The weekend started on a high, as the Hoyas took on the Friars in Alumni Hall. The match was hardfought throughout, with both teams alternating impressive runs of play.

The pivotal moment arrived in the second set, when Georgetown found itself trailing 17-10. A 9-2 run brought them level, and the Hoyas eventually managed to take the set 26-24, giving them a 2-0 lead.

After dropping the third set, Georgetown rallied back from an 18-15 deficit in the fourth to take the match.

Freshman outside hitter Alyssa Sinnette, who impressed with a matchhigh 20 kills on a .235 hitting percentage, led Georgetown’s offense.

After the match, Head Coach Arlisa Williams was effusive in praising Sinnette.

“Alyssa is a high-flying, go-get-it kind of athlete. She’s just got a desire to win. Everybody on the court knows that she’s going to get the ball, and she’s just able to terminate,” Williams said.

For her part, Sinnette was pleased with the victory and pointed out the importance of winning close sets like the first and second.

“It makes a huge difference — the momentum changes completely. …

Whenever we did win those games, it was a lot of momentum for us, and it’s harder for the other team to fight back,” Sinnette said.

Senior outside hitter Lauren Saar, one of the team’s veterans, was impressed by the maturity Georgetown showed.

“One thing we did really well that match was consistency — we were able to sustain the good play throughout the entire match,” Saar said.

Georgetown continued its road trip in New York City, where it took on St. John’s at Carnesecca Arena. The Red Storm sprinted out to an early lead, using some welltimed runs to take the first set 25-17. However, the Hoyas responded immediately, harnessing a 7-1 run to take control of the second set and win 25-20.

St. John’s quickly rebounded and Lauren Saar Senior Outside Hitter roared back into the lead, as an impressive display saw it wrap up the third set 25-14. The Hoyas seemed to particularly struggle with the Red Storm’s impressive block.

Georgetown came out fighting in the fourth, and the two teams played a tense and closely fought set. The Hoyas pulled to within one point at 18-17, but that would be the closest they would come, as St. John’s eventually took the set 25-22.

While the result was not what the Hoyas were hoping for, Saar, who led the team with 11 kills and 10 digs against the Red Storm, preferred to focus on the positives of the weekend.

“If we can just learn to put all of the pieces together and do it all at one time, then I think we are going to be very successful.”

ELIZA MINEAUX FOR THE HOYA

Freshman outside hitter Alyssa Sinette recorded a match-high 20 kills in Georgetown’s four-set win over the Providence Friars on Friday. Sinette leads the Hoyas with 3.59 kills per set so far in the 2015 season.

“Like I said with the Providence match, one of the positives that we had was sustaining. We were just a little up-and-down during the St. John’s match, especially in the second game, I think we played extremely well. If we can just learn to put all of the pieces together and do it all at one time, then I think we are going to be very successful,” Saar

said.

Coach Williams agreed with Saar, also citing the second set as some of the best volleyball the team has played this season.

“Second set, they just flipped a switch, they turned it up. … We know that that’s in there, and our biggest challenge now is learning how to sustain it for long stretches,” Williams

said.

Next up for the Hoyas is a trip to Omaha to take on Creighton (10-7, 4-0 Big East) Tuesday. Then, they face two games on Homecoming Weekend, first against Marquette (11-6, 3-2 Big East) Friday at 7 p.m. and then against DePaul (12-5, 1-4 Big East) at 2 p.m. Sunday. Both matches will be played in McDonough Arena.

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Nick Barton

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Junior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown had a shot on goal in her team’s loss to Providence. Graves-Brown led the team with six goals in 2014 and has recorded one goal on 15 shots so far in the 2015 season.

GU Struggles on RI Road Trip claire schansinger Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown field hockey team (5-6-0, 0-1 Big East) had a tough weekend on the road in Rhode Island, suffering losses against Providence (2-100, 1-0 Big East) and Brown (5-5-0, 1-1 Ivy League). The Hoyas fell 4-1 to the Friars, giving Georgetown its first Big East loss of the season.

The Friars now have a 12-2 advantage in the all-time series against the Hoyas. Additionally, Providence ended its three-game losing streak with the victory. Georgetown then suffered another loss to Brown in a 2-1 finish, despite recording 12 shots and nine penalty corners.

Senior forward Emily Matthews scored for the Friars merely five minutes into the game, her only shot converted out of four overall attempts.

Sophomore forward Megan Hamilton scored six minutes later, but the Georgetown defense was able to block 10 more shots and keep the score at 2-0 going into halftime. Freshman midfielder Corinne Kenney scored off a cross, while another goal from Hamilton put the Hoyas at a 4-0 disadvantage. The lone goal for Georgetown came from freshman forward Helena Masiello with five minutes left, as she scored unassisted from the top of the arc for her third goal of the season.

Head Coach Shannon Soares said the team was doomed by its slow start.

“We let two early goals in and ended up defending very well against them for the remainder of the first half. It took us too long to get settled in against a good team, especially against a competitive Big East team; it can’t take that long to get settled

in,” Soares said. “In the second half, the third goal was an unlucky result on [a] defensive penalty corner, and we were lucky enough to get a goal in the final 10 minutes. Providence was a team, and our girls battled for probably 55 out of 70 minutes, but we can’t get away with that. We have to battle for all 70.”

“Our striker line showed up this past weekend, played very well, pressured very well and finally made the right leads.”

Shannon Soares Head Coach

Senior forward Sarah Butterfield and senior midfielder Emily Weinberg both had shots on goal, as did junior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown.

Despite giving up four goals, junior goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki played another full game and recorded a save percentage of .814.

Brown ended its two-game losing streak Sunday as Georgetown again found itself down 1-0 early in the game. Senior midfielder/defender Anna Mansini scored for the Bears six minutes into the first half, and, despite three penalty corners, the Hoyas were unable to convert any of their opportunities. However, Masiello tied the game 38 minutes into the first half off an assist from sophomore forward Megan Parsons. Masiello now has a team-high four goals on the season.

“Overall, our attack played really well,” Masiello said. “We kept having breakaways, and Megan played a perfect pass to me, so our strikers really had a good weekend.”

The Hoyas recorded eight more shots during the second half, including five from Butterfield, two of which were on goal. Weinberg and freshman midfielder Sam Hickey each had two shots on goal, but Bears senior midfielder Alexis Miller scored with less then two minutes left, giving the Hoyas a tough loss. Despite the disappointing finish, Soares praised the team’s offensive strengths over the course of the season so far.

“We try and look at the big picture, as we are a program that is building and growing,” Soares said.

“Our striker line showed up this past weekend, played very well, pressured very well and finally made the right leads. We need to continue to make shots and progress, something that will be advantageous throughout the rest of the season.”

Despite the tough weekend, the Hoyas still need only one more victory to tie their overall games won last season. Georgetown needs to win two Big East games to automatically enter into the tournament.

The team will now begin preparing for upcoming games against Villanova (3-8-0, 0-1 Big East) and Saint Joseph’s (4-6-0, 2-1 Atlantic 10). The Hoyas will finish their four-game road trip in Virginia this weekend in contests against Old Dominion (6-3-0, 0-0 Big East) and Longwood (46-1, 2-2 Mid-American Conference).

“We need to work on our press [and] finishing and figure out how to counter Old Dominion this weekend,” Masiello said.

couple weekends ago, Jordan Spieth capped a remarkable season by capturing the FedEx Cup. That win served as the final push to help Spieth win the title of Player of the Year on Friday. Spieth’s play this year exceeded expectations and grabbed the attention of many golf enthusiasts and casual sports fans.

Up until this year, the golf world lacked a true star to help market the sport. Tiger Woods’ Thanksgiving accident made his personal life a media firestorm.

From there, his career entered a spiral, and his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ record number of major championships appears fruitless.

Rory McIlroy possessed the potential to follow in Woods’ footsteps, but his shoes were just too big to fill. Injuries and inconsistent play differentiate McIlroy from Woods.

Spieth, having won two majors and earning the world’s number one ranking, possesses the potential to match what Woods did for golf.

For years, Tiger Woods ran the sport of golf. Most major league sports name their video games after their league, with the exception of the NFL’s “Madden” series.

Even then, John Madden retired years before the release of the game.

Woods, in the prime of his career, managed to get his face and name on the front of every golf video game. No one could talk about golf without discussing Tiger Woods in some capacity.

Frankly, no one can replicate what Tiger Woods did for golf, for better or worse. His legacy, mixed with great moments and off-thecourse issues, continually lingers over the sport. The 2014 Masters saw its lowest television ratings since 1993. Golf fans keep waiting for the next amazing talent to emerge in the sport, but the standard Woods set seemed like it might be too high for any player to reach.

Enter Jordan Spieth. The 22-year-old made some noise on the PGA Tour in his first three seasons as both an amateur and a pro. Still, his performance in the majors was subpar, only finishing in the top 20 once when he tied for second at the 2014 Masters.

Entering this year, few people

knew about Spieth. His dominating performance to win this year’s Masters catapulted him — and everyone in his life — to stardom.

Thousands of people followed his girlfriend on Twitter, and everything about Spieth’s life came under public scrutiny.

For some, this instant fame would be a terrible thing. Yet, Spieth handles himself with such class to show that his age is no indication of his maturity.

Spieth also uses this newfound platform for his own monetary benefit. Spieth’s endorsement deal with Under Armour looks more and more profitable each day. He not only receives millions of dollars in his contract, but he also holds equity in UA. Spieth’s success, paired with Steph Curry’s MVP season, made the brand that much more valuable. In the past year alone, a share of Under Armour rose from $68 to $100. With each win, Spieth not only adds to his resume but to his pocket as well.

Of all the great moments that Spieth provides on the course, the most memorable one from his 2015 season came after the third round at the PGA Open Championship in August.

SSAfter 15 holes, Spieth found himself a few spots back on the leaderboard. He needed a few good holes to finish the day if he were to remain in contention for the final round.

Spieth did exactly that, birdieing his last three holes. As he walked off the course, a girl walked up to Spieth and he hugged her tightly.

That girl was Ellie Spieth, Jordan’s 14-year-old sister who was born with a neurological disorder on the autism spectrum. Spieth cited his younger sister as a huge inspiration in his playing career.

Spieth needed to get back to the clubhouse, but instead he waited for a second, hugged his sister for a moment and then went on his way.

The most impressive thing about Spieth is not his play on the course, but his perspective on life. Everything about Spieth can help him become golf’s next great icon.

Nick Barton is a junior in the McDonough School of Business.

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can have a computer club so we can have an after-school program.

RIVERA, from A10

What are the beginnings of your faith?

MCLAUGHLIN, from A10

to technology, the crippling effects of social media on our ability to hold a conversation with a live person and the shocking number of takes someone needs to capture the perfect Snapchat of her and her foot-long hot dog.

Maybe it reveals how we’re the worst generation of sports fans ever.

Let’s step away from the sorority girls at a baseball game example for second because let’s be honest, we’d all rather Snapchat for three hours than watch a baseball game in its entirety. Last football season, the Wall Street Journal produced a report that since 2009, the average Power-5 conference team saw a drop in home student attendance by 6 percent, citing that students were more likely to just go to the tailgate or choose to watch the game at a local bar rather than experience the real-life euphoria of a Saturday afternoon during the fall from inside the actual stadium.

Even at the SEC-staple University of Florida, student attendance dropped a mind-boggling 22 percent from 2009-2014. Besides the fact that it seems as though thousands upon thousands of college football fans are more concerned with their buzz wearing off than watching their team live, our generation has a hard time attending a live sporting event for even the mightiest of college football programs.

And who can blame us? These days it seems as if there is hardly any enticement to go to an actual sporting event.

Every spin move and one-handed grab gets made into a Vine and will almost certainly end up plastered across Twitter. Every Hail Mary pass for a win gets played on a constant loop on SportsCenter, and on Sundays you can use your NFL Redzone channel to pretend the 60 yards in between the 20-yard lines on a football field don’t exist.

For all we know, the sorority sisters of Arizona had their phones out in the first place just waiting for the Diamondbacks’ highlights to pop up because as far as they’re concerned, that’s how sports are viewed.

Not only are we bad at the stadium, but even when we opt to watch games from our own couch, we can’t help but be absolutely atrocious fans. Based on a study by Google this year, 77 percent of Americans watch events ranging from the Super Bowl to the Oscars with a second screen in hand.

Besides making us seem like the pitiful humans from the movie “WALL-E,” having two screens on during a sporting event makes an Arizona sorority girl out of all of us. It’s as if we’re saying, “Why wait 10 to 15 plays for Adrian Peterson to break off a 70-yard touchdown run when instead I can just peruse the Internet for the highlights of other games and catch the replay after the roar of the crowd brings my eyes back to the TV from my Twitter timeline?”

I hate to play the role of the grumpy geezer who takes a stance against the combination of technology and social media because both are as likely to disappear in the near future as Donald Trump. But with regards to your sportsviewing health, it’s a deadly duo to be equated with the fast food of sports consumption: greasy instant gratification satisfying only in the short term.

Truly watching on just one screen or attending a game with (gasp!) your phone buried in your pocket allows you to be in the moment, embrace your fanhood and hang on dearly to the outcome of every play like the fans did 30 years ago. At the end of the day it’s a choice between a sitdown at Ruth’s Chris Steak House versus a trip to the McDonald’s drive through. Sure, for one of the meals you’re going to have to wait a little while longer, but it sure is worth it in order to get something real.

Jimmy McLaughlin is a sophomore in the College.

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Everything started back in Panama; I had a cousin that was Christian. I was a Catholic, but at the same time I wasn’t learning anything. I wasn’t going to church. Time and time I was in church when someone passed away, that’s when I went to church most of the time, so I had no relationship with the Lord at all. I didn’t know anything about Christ or the Lord other than he was God, that’s it. So my cousin started talking to me and giving me the word of God and preaching, and I loved to hear all the stories, all the history, all about Moses, all about David; it was fascinating to me. I didn’t know much about the Bible, so that caught my attention, and then a few years after that, I signed with professional baseball. It was a miracle for me … and then through adversities, and hard times and tough times, I understood something was going on. I couldn’t pinpoint it, but I knew something was going on. That’s when I knew the Lord was calling me, so I accepted the Lord as my savior, and it hasn’t been easy, but at the same time not impossible.

What else are you hoping to accomplish with the church?

My goal is to build a community center. A community center where we can touch all the bases: spiritual, social, sports, skills, so we can teach how to be a better individual in your community.

We can have sports, food, a clinic so doctors can come and help the community and a room where we

Can you talk a little bit about the Mariano Rivera Foundation and the progress it has been able to make?

Well, the Mariano Rivera Foundation started with trying to give back [to] the community. … When I was basically just a rookie in the big leagues, and I was getting a lot of money, and I said I have to create something to give back, we created the foundation, the Mariano Rivera Foundation that believes in education, strongly believes in education. We have churches, but the main focus is education. Why education?

Because sports — yes, if you make it, you can have a good life, but that’s not guaranteed.

When would you say was the time during the minors when you realized that you had the chance to really do well and actually make a career out of baseball?

My thoughts were different ,though. I never thought that “oh, wow, I’m going make it to the big leagues.” I mean, I didn’t think like that. I was in SingleA. I was focused there; Double-A, I was focused there; Triple-A, I was there. Then I make it to the big leagues. When they called me to the big leagues, I was like, “Wow, I’m going to the big leagues.” … See, my thoughts were honestly not, “Oh, I’m going to make so much money.

Five, six years, I’m good. I can go home, and live comfortably.”

Live in my hometown, yes, do something, do some business, and that’s it. I never thought that I would pitch 19 years.

They all have their own special theme. To me, 2009 because we won all those years and then we didn’t win until 2009 again. My kids were old enough to enjoy what I was, being able to know what I was doing. So for me, seeing my kids enjoying that and really understanding my job, it was priceless. It was amazing. So to me that was that year that I enjoyed most because of my family.

Are there any closers in particular that you are impressed with now?

Well, I guess [Aroldis] Chapman. He throws so hard. To me, they all are unique and special.

But it takes a special person to do that kind of job. When you have any person that you put in there to be a closer, you have to have something special. Otherwise he won’t be successful. So, I mean, in all of baseball now we have a lot of youngsters there that throw hard. But, see, that position is not defined by throwing hard.

It is defined by mentality. How tough mentally you are.

How closely do you still follow baseball and the Yankees now?

I follow — I never followed baseball in general like that.

When I was playing, I never followed baseball like that. I played, did the game and that’s it. I’m going to watch baseball tomorrow again. I watched other things, perhaps soccer.

But with the Yankees, I always follow. Now that I’m retired I

How does it feel to know that so many people in baseball and so many Yankees fans say you are one of the greatest in the game and the organization?

I would never say that I’m the best. I would never say such a thing. I was blessed to play for so many years. I was blessed that the Lord opened the door.

I was blessed that he guided me through. I was blessed that he pushed me through. He gave me the tools. He gave me the pitch, and again I was just thankful. Whatever happened after that, whatever history is, whatever people talk, well, they talk, not me. I feel just honored and humbled that I was able to play the game that I loved.

Did it ever feel old or was it always exciting to run out of the bullpen and be in a full stadium?

It was amazing. It was amazing. Every chance that I had to run from that bullpen to the mound, it was — there’s no comparison. It never got old. It was just like the first time.

This interview has been edited for clarity and condensed for print. See the full version at thehoya.com.

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an open look at goal. McCabe attempted to direct his header to the left of the keeper, but the ball hit the inside of the post and rolled across the face of goal without crossing the line. It was the closest either team would come to scoring in regulation.

“I think [McCabe’s shot] actually hit the other post and somehow didn’t go in. So even if we weren’t playing well, we actually still generated a couple very good chances to maybe win the game,” Wiese said.

After enduring a difficult and

unlucky half, the Hoyas could have very easily entered the break before overtime with low morale.

Instead, the team remained focused on finding a way to win.

“There was a nice calmness to the boys between the end of regulation and overtime,” Wiese said.

“They came off with a general belief that they were going to find a way to win.”

That confidence was evident as soon as overtime kicked off. The Hoyas had three shots and forced a save in less than six minutes of play. Georgetown’s advantage culminated in the game-winner.

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kick in the 95th minute and committed men forward to take advantage of the opportunity. Georgetown blocked the kick, however, and surged forward to take advantage of the exposed Xavier defense.

The defense closed down Allen at the top of the 18, but not before he was able to lay off the ball to his right, where a charging Rosenberry buried a left-footed shot past Jaye.

“It was a senior’s goal. It was a captain’s goal. I told the team after the game, it was really what you needed somebody to step up for in that kind of a setting. Keegan did that tremendously,” Wiese said.

Georgetown improves to 2-0 in conference play with the win, putting the team at the top of the Big East along with Butler (6-0-3, 2-0 Big East) and undefeated No. 1 Creighton (10-0, 2-0 Big East). Butler will visit Shaw Field Saturday at 12 p.m. in what Wiese describes as one of the most important matches of the season so far.

“This is already a game against Butler that if you can find a way to get a win, it separates you from a lot of teams that are really in the mix,” Wiese said. “If we can start the season off getting a result against Butler … it is a wonderful separator for the league table.”

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always watch. I try to watch the most, so I watch 90 percent. I mean, I have friends on the team. The whole team for me are my family. So, I mean, if I see something that one of the players is doing wrong after the game, on the next day I call because I will say, “Check this out, you are doing this or that.” I can help that way.

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Junior forward Grace Damaska leads Georgetown with six goals in 11 games in the 2015 season. Damaska has also recorded three assists.

have the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in Georgia Kearney-Perry who’s an outstanding center back and leader on the field and they have the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year in Diana Poulin.”

While the Red Storm will represent a stiff test for the Hoyas, the win over Villanova sends Georgetown into the game with a solid amount of momentum. The Hoyas will look to extend their winning streak to four games.

“You know, it’s going to be a very, very difficult game,” Nolan said. “But we’re good too.”

After some initial adjustments, the Hoyas’ new-look offense has begun to gel as the players familiarize themselves with one another. Damaska, Corboz, Thomas, Pak and graduate student forward Audra Ayotte have each scored four or more goals, demonstrating a balanced offensive approach.

“Grace’s speed is just unmatched in our conference, and that helps her get away from defenders. Crystal just works so hard, she’s probably the hardest worker on our team, so they’re both doing very well,” Newins said.

The game will have added importance because of the format of the Big East tournament, which grants a bye to the two teams that finish with the best records in the conference. The winner of the tournament receives a highly coveted automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, so Nolan has an eye on the long-term implications of Thursday’s game.

“Right now it’s the biggest game on our schedule, because A: it’s our next game up, and B: to win the Big East championship, it’s a lot easier if you can finish in the top two in the division, which means that you avoid a play-in game, the extra unnecessary game. And right now, everybody is jockeying to finish in those top two spots,” Nolan said.

Georgetown will face St. John’s at 3 p.m. Thursday on Shaw Field.

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The No. 16 Georgetown men’s soccer team (6-2-2, 2-0 Big East) played only one game this weekend, defeating No. 20 Xavier (7-3-0, 1-1 Big East) 1-0 with an overtime goal by senior defender and cocaptain Keegan Rosenberry on Saturday evening. To those watching, however, it must have seemed as though the two teams played three different games.

The first half belonged to Georgetown.

The Hoyas faced little resistance in the midfield, passing the ball at will. The Musketeers, meanwhile, were unable to create any sustained offensive pressure, relying instead on counterattacks to long passes.

The box score reflected this, with Georgetown outshooting Xavier 8-3 and forcing Musketeer redshirt senior goalkeeper Dallas Jaye to make four saves in the half.

The teams flipped the script in the second half. Xavier pressed higher up the field in an attempt to prevent Georgetown from

holding the ball for long stretches of time.

The tactic worked, pinning Georgetown into its own half for much of the remainder of regulation. It had to defend for most of the half and resorted to clearances and long balls in order to relieve pressure in front of freshman goalkeeper J.T. Marcinkowski. Marcinkowski saved the game in the 63rd minute, recovering to make a leaping save after a deflection nearly left him out of position.

“Xavier came out much more aggressively. … Conversely, we were tentative and slow moving the ball. We were trying to force passes into areas and never really did pressure when we had [the ball]. The second half was played much more on their terms,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said.

Against the run of play, the Hoyas had the biggest chance and closest miss of the half.

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Mariano Rivera, right, is the MLB’s all-time leader with 652 saves. Rivera, pictured with College of New Rochelle President Judith Huntington, bought a church in the New York town.

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Senior forward Brandon Allen recorded an assist on senior defender Keegan Rosenberry’s game-winning overtime goal in the Hoyas’ 1-0 win over Xavier.

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The Georgetown women’s soccer team (7-4, 2-0 Big East) has only played two conference games so far in 2015, but it may be already preparing for its biggest game of the regular

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The Hoyas will welcome the St. John’s Red Storm (11-1, 3-0 Big East) to Shaw Field on Thursday for a showdown between two of the three remaining Big East teams that are undefeated in conference play.

The Hoyas are coming off a dominant 5-1 win over Villanova

(1-11, 0-3 Big East) Oct. 1. Junior forward Grace Damaska scored two goals to increase her teamleading total to six, while senior forward Crystal Thomas, sophomore midfielder Rachel Corboz and sophomore defender Taylor Pak added one apiece.

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or those of you who follow a sports news outlet on social media, it was nearly impossible to miss the viral video of a group of Arizona State University sorority girls at an Arizona Diamondbacks game shamelessly caught on camera snapping dozens of selfies. Aside from the sheer quantity of photos these girls took of themselves during the two-minute span they were on national television — a girl donning a bedazzled Diamondbacks shirt must have snapped no fewer than 40 pictures of herself and her churro during her 120 seconds of fame — the best part of the video is the two announcers’ commentary on the complete depravity of the situation unfolding.

At one point the Diamondbacks get a hit, and when the camera cuts back to the right-field bleachers to reveal a homogenous herd of girls duck-facing into their luminescent screens, one commentator finally cracks and cries out, “Can we do an intervention [for these girls]? How about if we send one of the guys out there to go collect all the phones? You’re not getting them back until the end of the game!”

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to accept it, and that’s what we did. … We were running away from the calling, because it’s hard. I wanted to just relax and travel and be with my family. I was away for 24 years playing baseball. … Well, the Lord called us and put in our hearts the desire to minister and pastor. That was a shock, but at the same time it’s amazing. Yes, we started the church in our home, and we were there for I believe five to six years, and the congregation was going. It started with a meeting of prayers only, and from prayers it was expanding and expanding — we have a big group — and then the name of the church, the Lord gave us the name of the church — Refuge of Hope — and from there, now, the people that were gathering they just wanted to have more than prayer meetings, but officially kind of like being in church.

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The 2015 MLB postseason begins tonight with the American League Wild Card game, and the Yankees will look to defeat the Astros in their first postseason game since 2012.

The team is much different from its predecessor of three years ago. The most notable absences are those of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, both of whom were integral in the Yankees’ playoff runs for almost 20 years.

While the Yankees have tried to move on from their legendary closer with names like David Robertson, Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, Rivera too has moved on from the majors and filled his formerly baseball-filled days by serving a call he has deemed more important: helping others by starting a church congregation.

Before he retired, Rivera and his wife Clara started a congregation out of their home. It started with prayer meetings, but soon grew so much that it needed its own building.

Rivera purchased a church along North Avenue in New Rochelle, N.Y., from the city for just $1. He poured around $3 million into the over 100-year-old church’s renovations, and it opened March 6, 2014, as Refugio de Esperanza, or Refuge of Hope.

THE HOYA sat down with Rivera on Aug. 5 to discuss his faith, his church and his career.

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Senior forward Crystal Thomas scored one of Georgetown’s five goals in a 5-1 win over Villlanova on Thursday. Thomas has scored four goals and recorded three assists in the 2015 season.

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Emma Newins made three saves in the win and noted the strong play of the Hoyas’ substitutes, including freshman midfielder Meghan Shaver and sophomore forward Leah McCullough.

“We were able to score a lot of goals, which was nice, so hopefully that will transition over to the St. John’s game as well,” Newins said. “I thought we were more organized throughout the field, and we got more people off the bench. Meghan Shaver and Leah McCullough came in, and they were able to perform just as well as the starting group.”

Georgetown will now shift its focus to one of the strongest teams in the Big East. St. John’s enters Thursday’s game riding a seven-game win streak, including conference wins over Marquette, Butler and Seton Hall.

Senior forward Rachel Daly has wreaked havoc on defenses all season, recording 11 goals, the most of any player in the Big East. Daly set school records in goals and points in her team’s most recent game, a 3-0 win over Marquette, and has captured the attention of Georgetown’s coaching staff and players.

“They have a really good forward, Rachel Daly, and I’m sure we’ll prepare for her. I’m not sure what way yet, but we’re going to need to limit her shots on goal. She’s a very good player,” Newins said.

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