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The women’s soccer team lost 4-1 on Sunday, ending its 14-game unbeaten run.

EDITORIAL Bystander intervention training should look to include all students.

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CAMPUS CONNECTIONS Both Clinton and Trump have familial links to Georgetown.

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GULC Report Proposes Police Database Oversight gaia mattice

from a database with state IDs, police bookings and real-time scans from cameras in public locations. Across the nation, law enforceThe report found that no agency ment agencies are using facial required officers to acquire a warrecognition networks containing rant before conducting a search of the photographs of about half of the database and often did not reAmerican adults, posing potential quire officers to suspect someone privacy and civil liberty violations, of committing a crime before usaccording to an ing the dataOct. 18 report base to idenreleased by the tify them. Center on PriLaw envacy and Techforcement nology at the agencies use Georgetown facial recogniUniversity Law tion systems Center. to cross-referThe study ence existing calls for greater images of peooversight from ple entered Congress and within the local governnetworks. ment, as the The system current lack of produces a WILLIAM TREANOR Dean, Georgetown University Law Center regulation crevirtual lineup ates a climate in of suspects to which officers can perform searches help police identify suspects in a on the networks without warrants. crime. Officers can also currently access a The report also claims that radatabase that includes the driver’s cial profiling runs rampant, as dalicense photos of people from 26 tabase algorithms disproportionstates. ately target black individuals. The report, entitled “The PerThe Supreme Court has yet to petual Line-Up: Unregulated Po- rule on any cases regarding the use lice Face Recognition in America” of facial recognition in criminal found that over 117 million people cases, leaving broader questions are included in the facial recogni- about the system’s interference tion network. The network is compiled mainly See GULC, A6 Hoya Staff Writer

“[The report] represents a major step in how we think about the use of face recognition technology and how it is regulated.”

COURTESY GEORGETOWN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE

Members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, campus facilities workers and students marched from Red Square to President DeGioia’s office to deliver a petition on workers’ rights yesterday.

GSC Presents Petition to DeGioia marina pitofsky Hoya Staff Writer

More than 50 students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and campus facilities workers delivered a petition to University President John J. DeGioia’s office yesterday demanding better work and wage conditions as the university continues contract negotiations with 1199 Service Employee International Union, the labor union representing

Georgetown’s facilities workers. Students marched from Red Square to DeGioia’s office to deliver the petition carrying posters with messages including “Justice for Facilities Workers” and “Georgetown Gets an F in Labor Justice.” The union and the university must reach an agreement on a new contract or agree to further extend negotiations by Oct. 30 to avoid a strike. The two groups have been negotiating a new contract since early September.

Signed by over 1000 community members online since Sept. 28, the petition demands “raises that cover the cost of living and inflation, sufficient staff assigned to each task and work order, accountability for managers that engage in intimidation or discriminatory tactics, workplaces that are healthy and safe and accommodation for the language needs of all workers.” See PROTEST, A6

Smoking Reforms Move Forward on Campus and in DC GUSA senate approves campus referendum DC Council re-examines age limit paula hong

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The main campus of Georgetown University took another step toward becoming smokefree, as the Georgetown University Student Association senate voted 26-0 Sunday to hold a studentwide referendum in December on the issue. The referendum, to be held Dec. 1, will present students with three options: in support of a smoke-free campus, against a smoke-free campus and an entry for those undecided. The university is planning to create a tobacco-free campus by the 2017-18 academic year, according to Associate Vice President for Benefits and Chief Benefits Officer Charles DeSantis. GUSA and the university sponsored a Hoya Roundtable discussion last night to allow students to discuss a potential smoking ban with administrators. The current main campus policy prohibits smoking in all indoor locations, including all residence hall rooms, apartments and townhouses. Those who choose to smoke must do so in designated outdoor areas and are responsible for proper disposal of cigarette ashes and butts. Both GUSA President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) and GUSA Vice President Chris Fisk (COL ’17) advocated adding the third option to the referendum for students to identify as “undecided.” Fisk said the referendum will

The Washington, D.C. Council advanced a bill to raise the legal age of tobacco use in the District from 18 to 21 and limit its public use Oct. 11. Cities including Boston, Chicago and New York City have implemented similar hikes in the minimum smoking age. Under the proposed law, the possession of tobacco for those under 21 would be considered a civil offense and purchasing tobacco for those under 21 would be considered a criminal offense. It would also ban all forms of tobacco use from sporting arenas and other public venues in D.C. The bill, initially introduced by Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), Vincent Orange (D-At Large) and Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), encountered opposition from Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), David Grosso (I-At Large) and Anita Bonds (D-At Large). The legislation must clear a second round of votes from the council before landing on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) desk for consideration. Bowser’s office did not respond to a request for comment by press time. Mendelson challenged the bill on the grounds that it arbitrarily raised the threshold for adulthood. McDuffie, who has spearheaded passage of the bill since its original introduction in April 2015, said he supported it because of the hidden death toll of tobacco-related illnesses nationwide. According to data released December 2015 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths

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The senate approved a studentwide referendum on making campus smoke-free, extending the nonsmoking areas across main campus. enable GUSA to more effectively advocate for students as the university works to transition to a tobacco-free campus. “[Enushe and my] job is to listen and advocate for whatever the student body wants and that’s why we feel so passionate about the fact that there should

be a referendum on this issue so we know how to advocate best for the students,” Fisk said. The senate voted in favor of providing a third option on a 19-toseven decision, and approved the undecided response instead of See REFERENDUM, A6

per year in the United States. “As an annual percentage, smoking accounts for almost 20 percent of all deaths in the U.S.,” McDuffie wrote in an email to The Hoya. “To give you a sense of how horrific a mortality rate this is, consider this: smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide and illegal drugs combined.” According to McDuffie, the $2.50 economic loss in excise taxes collected by the city on each package of cigarettes will be more than offset by the $47.53 average gained by removing medical expenses and productivity losses per package. McDuffie said he reasoned that by reducing access to cigarettes for people early in life, there will be lower rates of tobacco addiction later in life. “Reducing the number of people under the age of 21 who become addicted to tobacco products may significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality rates from tobacco use later in life,” McDuffie wrote. The bill coincides with an upcoming referendum to make Georgetown a smoke-free campus, which was approved by a Georgetown University Student Association senate vote Sunday. Under current Georgetown policy, smoking is prohibited in residence hall rooms, apartments and townhouses, but otherwise permitted in designated areas outdoors that do not block entrances or transmit smoke into buildings. Henry Callander (COL ’18), who founded the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign, expressed his support for the bill. See COUNCIL, A6

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TEDx at Georgetown Speakers addressed personal narratives and professional experiences during the event. A4

Widening ‘Confidence Gap’ The current election cycle has revealed an undercurrent of misogyny. A3

Losing Skid Persists The football team fell short against Patriot League rival Fordham, losing its fourth straight game. A10

NEWS Intelligent Voters Only

OPINION Crafting a Culture of Care

SPORTS Momentum Building

An MSB professor wrote a piece arguing that the right to vote should be limited to knowledgeable citizens. A5

The introduction of bystander training for campus leaders is a step toward combatting sexual assault. A3

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The men’s soccer team won two games in a row for the first time this season, beating St. John’s 1-0. A10

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OPINION

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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Encourage Culture of Action C groups are aware of how to address potential sexual assault incidents. In the future, the administration should implement the same program beyond club leaders. Every student should have the opportunity to take a professional bystander training course, eSducate themselves on sexual assault and become allies to the survivors on this campus. A student who does not hold club leadership positions is just as likely to witness a high-risk situation. Therefore, future policy from the administration and future advocacy from student groups should include all students in bystander education programs by requiring a certain proportion of club members to participate in bystander training in order to maintain access to benefits and funding. In order to sufficiently address the issue of sexual assault, all students must feel accountable for the safety and well-being of each other. In addition to expanding its reach, our university should make these sessions more available in the future. Students should be able to sign up for sessions and become trained allies without being a part of a specific organization. While it is expected that leaders who receive training will pass their experiences on to other members of their organizations, we should make sure that every member of our community can receive the training needed to be effective bystanders. The current efforts to implement bystander training among club leaders are constructive and admirable. At the same time, this is an opportunity to recognize what our community can do on all levels to make our campus more active in dealing with sexual assault and speaking up when we see something wrong. Confronting issues of sexual assault and misconduct requires engagement in process and progress. Our community is on the right path to combatting sexual assault, and this new training is one more step to make students more effective and conscientious bystanders for their peers.

Going Out in Style — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted their final, lavish state dinner Tuesday, inviting, among others, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and featuring the food of chef Mario Batali. Who Tells Your Story — PBS documentary “Hamilton’s America” premiered Friday, using Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit musical “Hamilton” to trace the history of the founder of America’s financial system. All That Jazz — Jennifer Lawrence will play Zelda Fitzgerald in “Zelda,” Ron Howard’s upcoming biopic of the novelist and socialite who, along with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald, became emblematic of the American Jazz Age.

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Good News Bears — The Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945. The Cubs will face the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday in the first game of the World Series.

Of the many statistics reported in the first Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey, which was released June 16, one was particularly alarming. According to the survey, 77 percent of participating students had witnessed high-risk situations that could potentially have led to sexual assault, yet did not intervene. This number points to a pressing need for a campus culture that emphasizes the importance bystanders have in combating potential sexual assault incidents. Since the release of the survey’s results, administrators and student groups have undertaken multiple steps to improve and publicize resources available to students and combat misinformation toward campus sexual assault. On Sunday, the Bystander Intervention and Education Committee organized its first mandatory bystander intervention training for leaders of both recognized and unrecognized campus groups through Health Education Services, with more sessions for a greater number of groups to follow in this semester and the next. HES’ training program, which is adopted from the University of New Hampshire’s curriculum, educates students on sexual assault issues and incorporates case studies and role-play to further train leaders to be effective bystanders. The program is designed to highlight the effective role bystanders have in confronting sexual assault, building on the bystander intervention training from New Student Orientation. By having club leaders and heads be a part of this program, there is a reasonable hope that their training and expertise would then affect others within the groups. This current push for bystander training among club leaders is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. Clubs and student organizations are woven into the overall fabric of campus life, with students finding many of their passions and niches in structured groups. The institutionalization of bystander training ensures that the leaders of student

Where is the Applause — Lady Gaga released her fifth studio album, “Joanne,” to mixed reviews on Friday in an apparent departure from her earlier, more theatrical work by featuring largely acoustic tracks.

Holy Guacamole! — According to the Food Network, avocado prices have spiked dramatically in recent months as a result of climaterelated environmental changes and increased demand, prompting many to worry about how to they will access the trendy, versatile fruit.

Comedy Gold — Having won the hearts of American audiences in such films as “Caddyshack,” “Ghostbusters” and “Groundhog Day,” Bill Murray received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night at the Kennedy Center.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Elinor Walker

Broadening GUSA Dialogue Last Friday, The Hoya reported that the Georgetown University Student Association was formulating a proposal to replace the existing GUSA senate with an assembly made up of both elected student representatives and appointed members from the six club advisory boards. GUSA leaders see these changes as necessary in further involving students in discussions regarding club funding and making the allocation of the student activities fee a more democratic process. In order for the changes to materialize, the senate must pass a vote Nov. 6 after a formal proposal is submitted, and students must vote in favor of it in a referendum planned for Dec. 1. The GUSA leadership’s intentions of making the funding process more inclusive of students’ concerns is admirable. Yet there needs to be more input from individual clubs before any proposal of this scale is finalized. Beyond consulting advisory boards, GUSA should give student leaders in clubs — those who will be most affected by changes in the budgetary process — a platform to provide their thoughts and contribute directly to the formalization of the proposal. This possible change to the senate would have students elect representatives through their respective classes. It would also be a significant change from the previous funding structure, which entailed the Financial Appropriations Committee’s listening to the funding needs of individual boards before presenting their needs to the senate, which finalizes an annual budget. Such a system poorly represents the interests of student groups since advisory boards lack the actual power to vote. Compared to the Fin/App structure, the proposed assembly will increase transparency behind the funding allocation process. Advisory boards handle groups ranging from club sports to me-

dia organizations and play a valuable role in advocating for annual funds for campus groups. However, the current funding process does not reflect the boards’ inclusiveness in the process. Currently, advisory boards present their funding needs annually to Fin/App, which submits the suggested allocations to the senate for approval. This process excludes advisory boards, and thus individual clubs, from the process after their presentations. By allowing delegates from advisory boards to vote on appropriations, boards can play a more active role in influencing the annual budget and amplify the voices of individual clubs. In an interview with The Hoya, GUSA President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) stated that the changing role of the advisory boards “essentially gives everyone a seat at the table.” However, GUSA should bring in individual clubs before the formal proposal is passed in the senate and — if it passes — in the referendum. Until the actual vote, there should be a town hall that is dedicated to the subject of how this plan would affect student representation. It would also be beneficial for the individual advisory boards to hold open forums that will explore how a new structure could better raise the concerns of clubs when it comes to allocating funds. This proposal to create an assembly will also affect future representatives who serve in GUSA and grant even greater power to the policy teams that fall under the executive. With many details and specifics of the plan still in discussion, current senators, advisory board leaders and student groups should continue to press all active parties involved in this proposal with questions and comments. This change holds the potential to improve the process by which clubs receive funding, but we must continue to a more nuanced perspective of such a significant overhaul to student government.

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ou want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught. Once caught, you can never again be in the eyes to the good and the pure, what you were before. Many a young person has injured himself permanently through a single clumsy and ill finished lie, the result of carelessness born of incomplete training … An awkward, feeble, leaky lie is a thing which you ought to make it your unceasing study to avoid; such a lie as that has no more real permanence than an average truth. Why, you might as well tell the truth at once and be done with it … A final word: begin your practice of this gracious and beautiful art early — begin now. If I had begun earlier, I could have learned how.”

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CORRECTIONS The article “Bystander Training Required for Leaders” [The Hoya, Oct. 21, 2016, A1] named Christian Paz as the writer; Tala Al Rajal wrote this article.

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OPINION

tuesday, october 25, 2016

BRAIN HISTORY

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Ayan Mandal

Personal Personas Subject to Change

n 1848, a company sought to clear some land for a railroad in Vermont. To clear land, foremen must explode rocks, and unsurprisingly, this procedure could be rather unsafe. So, in a case that is now famous among neurologists, a particularly competent foreman named Phineas Gage exploded a rock, and a tamping iron shot through his mouth and into his skull. Miraculously, Gage survived the accident. The iron blasted through his left cheek and missed the parts of the brain necessary for functions such as breathing. However, the iron did hit his left frontal lobe, an area of the brain involved with emotional control. Gage’s personality changed remarkably as a result of his injury. He could no longer execute plans and he was quite easily aggravated. In the words of his doctor: “He was gross, profane, coarse and vulgar, to such a degree that his society was intolerable to decent people.” Gage’s story is not a comforting one to hear for people who believe in the persistence of personal identity. Personal identity refers to the idea that individuals have some essential characteristics that define them and continue to define them over time. Certain injuries can steal from us the aspects of ourselves we may regard as essential to who we are. Before his accident, Gage’s doctor and his friends described him as a “shrewd, smart business man” and a “favorite” among his co-workers. Yet after the accident, he hardly was familiar to his coworkers and friends. The transformation of Gage’s personality calls into question how important our identities are to our being if they can be fundamentally altered. What kinds of characteristics might we call essential to someone’s identity, such that once they change, we regard that person as different? People often use morals as a way of defining their identity. For instance, people make claims such as “I would never cheat on a test because

that is not the kind of person I am.” However, it turns out that brain diseases can claim our morals as well. In 2002, neurologists from the University of Virginia reported a case of a man who suddenly began to follow child-pornographic websites and solicit prostitutes. The man was eventually sentenced to jail for child molestation. However, a MRI showed a massive tumor in his brain’s frontal lobe. After the tumor was removed, he successfully completed a rehabilitation program and returned home. By that point, his pedophilic urges had stopped. However, a year later his pedophilia returned, but this time the doctors knew where to look: His tumor had reformed. Evidently, our moral dispositions are subject to flux in the face of biological processes outside our control. While the two cases may seem like anomalies, moral transformation is common in patients who suffer from frontotemporal dementia — a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by sharp changes in personality. In fact, a recent study from Yale demonstrated that the disruption of a dementia patient’s morality contributes most strongly to whether that patient’s family members will start to see them as a different person. Given the possibility that our identities have the potential to fundamentally change, to what extent should we prepare to become different people? We make decisions based on some sense of who we are, but our identities are malleable. It is usually impossible to predict exactly how we will change as we get older. But in the case of neurodegenerative disorders, the progressive loss of a patient’s mental abilities is quite predictable, and so it may make sense to prepare to lose those abilities ahead of time.

Ayan Mandal is a junior in the College. Brain History appears every other Tuesday.

There are steps we can all take to look after our fellow Hoyas, whether it be asking if a crying stranger is OK or accompanying a peer to the ER. It is up to us to do our part.

Commitment to Bystander Intervention

arlier this year, I spent the night in the emergency room with a close friend. As she went through test after test, other friends and I took turns sitting with her as she alternated between the waiting room and her bed. There, I met another Georgetown student, a sophomore who was there to support a peer. I asked him how he knew the student he was visiting. His response surprised me; he did not know the student, or even his name. All he knew was that he had seen a first-year student get sick at a party, and so he called Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service and accompanied him to the hospital. This is what bystander intervention looks like. This is what a culture of care looks like. Last week, the Center for Student Engagement required more than 600 student leaders to participate in the university’s first bystander intervention training program. While some may view this as an unnecessary program, research shows that empowering students to be active bystanders is essential to tackling campus sexual assault. This edu-

cational approach mobilizes pro-social behavior in potential bystanders by providing students with tangible ways to intervene and prevent sexual misconduct.

If the Georgetown community is truly committed to ending sexual assault, then we must strive to create a culture of care. As men and women for others, we can and must do better. After participating in bystander intervention programs, students develop increased awareness of risk factors, enabling them to recognize and stop situations that could lead to sexual assault. This training also enables students to become more confident to speak out against behaviors and ideas that support rape culture. Furthermore, such programs offer students the skills to be supportive allies after an assault occurs. This helps create a campus that

VIEWPOINT • BUTLER DINES

is survivor-centric and dedicated to combatting sexual assault on an active basis. The need for this type of programming on Georgetown’s campus could not be clearer. When the university released the results of the first Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey, one statistic immediately stood out: Over half of undergraduates reported witnessing an intoxicated person headed for a sexual encounter. Among those who had witnessed such a situation, three out of four undergraduates reported doing nothing, with many stating they did not intervene because they did not know what to do. In response to this data, Georgetown purchased the “Bringing in the Bystander” curriculum from the University of New Hampshire. Over the past few years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted rigorous analysis of a number of sexual violence prevention programs. Of these programs, “Bringing in the Bystander” is one of the select few the CDC has designated as “promising.” The program is grounded in the assumption that

everyone has a role to play in ending campus sexual assault and seeks to equip students with the tools to intervene. If the Georgetown community is truly committed to ending sexual assault, then we must strive to create a culture of care. As men and women for others, we can and must do better. More students must speak up when they see something that does not seem right. There are steps we can all take to look after our fellow Hoyas, whether it be asking if a crying stranger is OK or accompanying a peer to the ER. It is up to us to do our part. It is ultimately up to students to encourage and initiate real change on campus. The CSE has called on over 600 students to attend bystander intervention trainings this fall. At least three student leaders from each organization are expected to participate. Do your part — commit one Sunday to this training. Together, we can show survivors they are not alone. Together, we can move our campus forward. Olivia Hinerfeld is a senior

in the School of Foreign Service.

NILESCOPE

Sexism Plagues Election Cycle Building Trust Through Reform

he historic impact that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign has made on gender equality is often overshadowed by the misogyny shaping many of this election’s headlines. Republican candidate Donald Trump’s blatant sexism, objectification and derogatory treatment toward women, most recently demonstrated by the leaked tape of him bragging about how his celebrity status allows him to sexually assault women, are a symbol of how misogynistic attitudes have dominated the election. Possibly more interesting and concerning is the much subtler form of misogyny that has run through this election season. Why, for instance, have female Trump supporters continued to condone his remarks? After the second presidential debate, the Twitter hashtag #repealthe19th began trending, with Trump supporters arguing that if only men could vote, Trump would win. Female supporters then tweeted that they would be willing to give up this right in order to guarantee a Trump presidency. This type of overlooked sexism is evident when observing the double standards for female versus male leaders. Regardless of whether one agrees with her politics, Clinton’s resume is full of positions of leadership and policymaking. Yet her experience and qualifications to be president are constantly questioned, with an obsession over the mistakes she has made. Meanwhile, her opponent has no previous

political experience and questionable business acumen, yet supporters often overlook his mistakes.

This election season has highlighted how misogyny is still very present in American society. Female leaders are in a double bind; if they come off with a lot of confidence or are too assertive, they are seen as power-hungry, scheming and unladylike. This double standard is related to what the book “The Confidence Code” by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman describes as the “confidence gap,” which shows that women will not apply for a job unless they meet 100 percent of the qualifications while men will apply when they only meet 60 percent. Men exhibit “honest overconfidence” while, as Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, says in the book, “[Women] assume, somehow, that we don’t have the level of expertise to be able to grasp the whole thing.” I believe that this confidence gap is apparent not just at the personal level but also at the societal level. Trump projects great — though probably misguided — self-confidence, and voters trust his leadership. On the other hand, Clinton is seen at times as failing to reassure voters of her leadership skills

when she focuses on policy details and long justifications for her past decisions. While the existing confidence gap is import to pay attention to, it is different than Trump’s fat shaming of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado or his insinuation that menstruation makes journalist Megan Kelly a poor debate moderator. This idea of gender inequality is nonetheless tied to the misogyny seen throughout the entire campaign season. Clinton is leading in most national polls, and it is looking as though 2016 will be the year America elects its first female president. However, this does not mean gender equality will have truly been achieved. Clinton may break the highest glass ceiling in the land, but that should only be the start of the conversation. This election season has highlighted how misogyny and many other forms of hate are still very present in American society. The double standards that Clinton has faced and the misogynist attitude that Trump has portrayed cannot be ignored because they are part of a larger social trend where women are demeaned and questioned when they dare to be something other than be a mother, housewife or second fiddle to a man. The laws that enshrine gender equality in America do not mean much if men and women alike do not reflect on and break down the subtler inequities and stigmas that still exist. Katherine Butler Dines is a

senior in the College.

n August, the International Monetary Fund agreed to grant Egypt a loan of $12 billion over three years to support the government’s reform program. This plan includes reducing the budget deficit and restoring stability in the exchange market. However, these economic reforms are coming at the expense of the popularity of the Egyptian government, as it plans to cut subsidies and raise taxes among citizens, a caveat with using an IMF package. While such reforms and economic measures are necessary for Egypt, there are current avenues for the government to continue winning the popular support for the people and ensure these measures are enacted fully. Since the Arab Spring, tourism, one of the country’s important industries, has suffered. In 2015, tourism was down 50 percent. The entire Middle East and North Africa region is also facing significant instability and violence, and all of these elements have compounded with six years of low economic growth and a budget deficit higher than 10 percent. The implementation of these economic reforms has brought great economic instability to many Egyptians. Thousands of Egyptians are already voicing their anger on social media at the staggering inflation rate and the rocky exchange value caused by these reforms. However, in an interview with editors from several major Egyptian newspapers, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that Egypt is “at a bottleneck on the way out [of the crisis]” and noted that in order to recover, Egyptians

will need to endure “tough measures” and “be patient.”

Wasil Rezk While the Egyptian public is voicing its anger and nervousness, the government is still in a unique position to lessen panic. Many supermarkets and vendors have drastically increased their prices with the justification that they are responding to exchange rate changes. This price hike has greatly affected the most vulnerable segment of the Egyptian population: the more than 22 million people who live in poverty. In response, the government has turned to the military in order to find ways to meet the population’s needs. The Egyptian military has been directly providing staple goods at more reasonable prices to force private-sector producers to decrease prices. In order to protect the impoverished portion of Egyptian society, El-Sisi has secured several contracts with the military to produce cement, supply medical items to hospitals, run the government’s “smart card” system for the distribution of subsidized goods, establish fish farms and manufacture water meters. With this partnership in hand, El-Sisi is trying to ensure that Egypt’s most vulnerable population maintains economic and food security while also imple-

menting tough but essential economic reforms. With the successful efforts to meet the needs of ordinary Egyptians, economics expert and Bloomberg columnist Mohamed El-Erian said Egypt has great potential to succeed if the Egyptian people are wellinformed about the benefits of the economic program. Speaking in an interview with Egyptian TV anchor Lamis El-Hadidi, El-Erian explained that there needs to be a commitment by the government to not only implement the reforms but also ensure Egyptian citizens are updated about the progress being made. Looking ahead, there is still a great need for the Egyptian government to bring not only economic prosperity, but also advances in other areas such as employment and education. According to the National Center for Educational Research and Development, Egypt’s education system is ranked 139th out of 140 countries. With the recent economic reform occurring in the country, Egypt is in a position to achieve a better outlook thanks to the involvement of government in directly assisting the everyday needs of Egyptians, hospitals and businesses. It would be best for ElSisi and his associates to look at their recent success and understand that what the Egyptian people need is not only beneficial reform, but also to trust in the efficacy and efficiency of their government.

Wasil Rezk is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service. NILESCOPE appears every other Tuesday.

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TEDx Speakers Reﬂect on Diverse Experiences HANNAH URTZ

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The audience of Gaston Hall heard the stories of a media executive developing coverage for this year’s general election, a student reflecting on a recent suicide attempt and another on his diagnosis as being HIV-positive at the sixth annual TEDxGeorgetown event on Saturday. The speakers included Executive Vice President of Editorial, CNN U.S. and Digital Worldwide General Manager Andrew Morse, Jeong Whan Park (SFS ’17), Amina Gerbbi (MSB ’17), Anthony Anderson (COL’18) and Mary Beth Bruggeman, executive director of the southeast region for The Mission Continues, a nonprofit that helps connect veterans with service opportunities in America. The theme of the conference, which is based on the TED format but is entirely organized by students, was inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point.” TEDx Co-Chair Natalia Peña (COL ’17) said a tipping point is defined as something that can seem momentous or minuscule and can be experienced by anyone. “A tipping point can be a huge life event or just making the decision to get out of bed this morning. That’s

the beauty of it,” Peña said. The 10 talks were broken up into three different sessions spread throughout the day. Each block was followed by breakout sessions, in which audience members were able to ask questions and hear from the speakers in a more intimate setting.

ANDREW MORSE

Remaining competitive in the media industry requires constant evolution, according to Morse. Morse said CNN’s goal in the run up to this November’s election was to make CNN the best political coverage team — not only on TV, but across all platforms.

“During times of war, you see things you never thought you’d see.” AMINA GERBBI ( MSB ’17)

“We wanted to create the best political team. Period. We wanted to set ourselves up with an unprecedented team and an unprecedented focus, and let ourselves be the best again,” Morse said. However, Morse said

changes in the media landscape are not over. “You’re never done. In an effort to be the best, in an effort to continue, you’re never done. Especially at a time like this, with a race like this. We’re experiencing a completely staggering paradigm shift in media right now, so you’re never done,” Morse said.

JEONG WHAN PARK

Park shared with the audience the thoughts he had leading up to his suicide attempt last spring, highlighting the danger of depression on college campuses. “There were no extenuating circumstances to answer the question why I would try to kill myself, but that is where the danger lies,” Park said. “It can happen to anyone, anytime, for any reason.” Park said thinking of his parents and all those in his life who would be affected by his decision inspired him to keep going. “My life, though it may sound as if it is mine, is not my own,” Park said. “It is a big puzzle, composed of little pieces belonging to everyone who has endeared me and who, reversely, find the strength to live on through the ups and downs of their lives, with the knowledge that there are people, like me, who support and care for

them.”

AMINA GERBBI

Gerbbi, who lived in Benghazi, Libya, during the Arab spring of 2011, shared how her fleeing the country resulted in both her greatest failures and greatest successes. Gerbbi said being in a war forces people to confront questions they would never have previously considered. “We would talk about what we would do in case we were about to be raped. Would we kill ourselves in order to avoid being raped?” Gerbbi said. “During times of war, you see things you never thought you’d see.” Upon her return to the United States, Gerbbi struggled in school, taking both junior and senior year classes during her third year of high school. She graduated with a low GPA, having not gained acceptance to a single university to which she applied. Gerbbi said this failure ultimately set her on her path to Georgetown, as she worked diligently to overcome her past failures. “My tipping point caused a revolution in myself which allowed me to create a reality that would not have come into existence had I listened to society,” Gerbbi said. “And I’m here now.”

ANTHONY ANDERSON

To Anderson, the statistic that one in two gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed with HIV became a reality recently.

“HIV is something that we can change as a community. The statistics have always been there, but I think fear really hinders people.” ANTHONY ANDERSON (COL ’18)

Anderson cited the fact that HIV disproportionately affects gay and bisexual men, compared to a rate of one in 48 women diagnosed annually with HIV. “HIV is something that we can change as a community,” Anderson said. “The statistics have always been there, but I think fear really hinders people.” Despite his fear of speaking out, Anderson said he understood the importance of sharing his story with others. “I know this is a story that goes beyond me. This is a narrative that need

to be told, not only in our community but outside our community,” Anderson said. “These numbers are already here, and they’ll continue to get higher if we do nothing about it.”

MARY BETH BRUGGEMAN

Bruggeman advocated the need for diversity in the workplace. Bruggeman said that as a young platoon leader and the only female in her Marine Corps cohort, she struggled to find her place amongst her fellow marines. “I realized that many of those marines didn’t see me as a leader. They couldn’t see past the fact that I was a woman,” Bruggeman said. “In the interest of self-preservation, I started to let many pieces of myself fall away. I made myself onedimensional. I was a marine. Not a woman marine; a marine.” Bruggeman said this served as a tipping point to the realization that she was not living her most authentic life. “I invite you to take a hard look at yourself and decide, like I did, to embrace a new reality. Know the truth that every organization needs diversity and authenticity not just to survive, but to thrive,” Bruggeman said. “Be bold, know who you are and have the power to let yourself shine through.”

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GU Alliance Unites Colleges Candidates Maintain GU Ties Cecia Soza Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s Alliance for the Low-Income, First-Generation Narrative was recently featured in The Atlantic for its efforts to empower and connect first-generation and lowincome students. Four members of the Georgetown Scholarship Program co-founded AL1GN, an initiative sponsored by the GSP, in spring 2015. The organization aims to provide resources and a forum through which members can construct their own narratives and address issues associated with labeling students with terms such as “low-income,” “firstgeneration” or both. As part of a larger discussion on the conflation of the terms “low-income” and “first-generation,” Melissa Young’s Oct. 15 article opened with the story of Chris Lam (SFS ’17), one of AL1GN’s four co-founders and followed him from his acceptance into Georgetown through the founding of AL1GN. AL1GN’s efforts support students nationally beyond Georgetown’s campus. In an interview with The Hoya, Lam said that his sister’s experience as a first-generation, low-income student at the University of Miami inspired him to create the organization. “After hearing how frustrating it was for my sister back at the University of Miami, I started reaching out to staff at schools near Georgetown, including American University and George Mason University and asked them what it’s like being first-generation, lowincome students and what it’s like being a staff member who supports those students,” Lam said. According to Young, who is also a professor at American University and a former firstgeneration student herself, many of the stories told by firstgeneration or low-income college students revolve around the conflation of the terms “low-income” and “first-generation,” and the reduction of students to these labels. “From many conversations with students and based on my own experience as a firstgen, I see that for universities it’s convenient to conflate labels. Sometimes the categories fit and sometimes they don’t,”

Young said. “We need to see the whole student if we want to help them succeed. First-gen students often struggle to navigate university bureaucracies — I do as a professor too — and we need to clear those paths.”

“First-gen students often struggle to navigate university bureaucracies — I do as a professor too.” melissa young Reporter, The Atlantic

Young is scheduled to be the opening keynote speaker at AL1GN’s inaugural conference at Georgetown in the spring. AL1GN is one of several organizations in the United States supporting first-generation and low-income students. In January 2014, Brown University launched 1VYG, an organization whose efforts target first-generation and lowincome students at Ivy League schools. According to Lam, 1VYG was part of the inspiration for the creation of AL1GN. However, AL1GN aims to expand their efforts beyond elite institutions like Brown and Georgetown. “We were inspired by what 1VYG was doing at the time with their very first conference at Brown. The original mission on paper was to reclaim the narrative,” Lam said. “We noticed that these stories were centered around people who went to Georgetown and Brown and Harvard, so elite schools, and we want to try to expand the orbit of the narrative that was centered around those schools to include other schools, not just from an elite versus nonelite standpoint, but from geographical, regional standpoints, et cetera.” GSP Program Director Missy Foy said the AL1GN conference aims to strengthen the broader collegiate community of low-income and first-generation students. “I think that conferences like AL1GN, which offer opportunities for first-generation students nationally to get to-

gether, are extremely valuable. One thing that I noticed when I was following the news about 1VYG when it first started was how students were realizing that there were other students out there like them who were actually having similar experiences,” Foy said. Foy also said she hopes there will be increased collaboration and conversation by joining together students from different schools in the conference. “First-generation college student experiences are certainly not the same for every student, but many of them are universal,” Foy said. “These kids are breaking glass ceilings, so I think that there’s a lot of power in bringing together people who have those things in common in one room.” Young said first-generation and low-income students are a valuable contribution to the intellectual diversity of colleges. “Organizing AL1GN is ambitious. They’re very passionate, and I find their work inspiring,” Young said. “I hope universities see first-gen students as the asset they are. First-gens are resilient and brave.” According to Executive Director of AL1GN Jennifer Chung (COL ’18), who is also a member of GSP, organizations and programs like GSP and AL1GN are integral to college campuses. “Me and a couple of other students recognized the struggles that low-income, firstgeneration students face at Georgetown,” Chung said. “We have this incredible program, the Georgetown Scholarship Program, so if we have this incredible support system and we’re still struggling, we can only imagine what students at other universities are facing.” Chung said that GSP is a prime example of institutional support for first-generation and low-income students and expressed hope that AL1GN can use those resources to help these students at other schools. “When one of the founders of 1VYG came to Georgetown last year to talk to us, they told us that GSP was the best program for first-generation, low-income students that they’ve found, based on their research,” Chung said. “So, because we have the resources to do this, why wouldn’t we be the leaders and help do it for others?”

Clinton, Trump build on family legacies Will Linde

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Georgetown University has always been closely associated with national politics throughout its history. But this year’s election holds particular resonance for Georgetown students: Both Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have familial ties to the university. While neither Clinton nor Trump attended Georgetown, both the candidates and their families have maintained connections with the university. Hillary Clinton’s relationship with the university is established by her husband, former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68), while Eric Trump (MSB ’06), the second son of Donald Trump, has also remained actively involved with his alma mater since his graduation.

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Hillary Clinton has continued to work with Georgetown long after her husband’s graduation from the university. Hillary Clinton has made regular visits to Georgetown since the 1990s, both as first lady and secretary of state, prior to this year’s election. Clinton sees herself as a member of the Georgetown community, according to Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Executive Director Melanne Verveer. Clinton serves as the institute’s honorary founding chair. “She once described herself at GU as ‘a Hoya by marriage,’ and on another occasion said her husband ‘still bleeds blue and gray,’” Verveer said. Hillary Clinton gave a major speech at Georgetown in 1998 on human rights when she was first lady and has made several appearances at Georgetown in recent years. Clinton gave a speech on energy diplomacy in October 2012, and spoke at a GIWPS event on women participating in peace efforts Dec. 3, 2014, among others. Hillary Clinton’s involvement with the university has not extended to this election cycle, however. Given the close connections to George-

town during this election cycle and the general campus interest in politics, Insitute of Politics and Public Service invited all presidential primary and general candidates to speak. However, only Senator Bernie Sanders and independent candidate Evan McMullin accepted the offer; Sanders spoke Nov. 20, 2015 while McMullin spoke Sept. 23. Verveer said she hopes for Hillary Clinton to return to campus after the November election. “If she’s elected in November, one can hope that she will return to the Hilltop only this time as President of the United States,” Verveer said. Clinton’s presence on campus extends beyond speeches. In her position on GIWPS, Clinton presented the Hillary Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security on campus in 2014 and 2015 and by video in 2016. The university has also created three fellowships in her name, which entitles recipients to year-long research positions at GIWPS. Besides Hillary Clinton’s individual connections, many of her advisers throughout her career have had ties to Georgetown. Verveer was a classmate of Bill Clinton and served as Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff while she was first lady and as United States ambassadorat-large for Global Women’s Issues while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Executive Director of IPPS Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94) also worked as Hillary Clinton’s spokesman during her 2008 presidential campaign.

The Trump Family

Like Clinton, Donald Trump’s staff contains several Georgetown alumni. Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort (MSB ’71) and current Trump Campaign Senior Adviser Boris Epshteyn (SFS ’04, LAW ’07) both attended Georgetown. CNN Commentator Kayleigh McEnany (SFS ’10), a Trump surrogate, studied in the School of Foreign Service, while Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump graduated from Georgetown. His daughter Ivanka Trump attended the McDonough School of Business for two years before she

transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, her father’s alma mater. According to MSB professor James P. Moore, who taught Eric Trump when he studied at Georgetown, Donald Trump has not sustained particularly close associations with the university. “I think it would be incorrect to connect [Eric’s] father into today’s Georgetown somehow,” Moore said. “Eric has been the one who has maintained his loyalties to the university and business school.” Eric Trump now serves on the board of advisors of the MSB Business, Society and Public Policy Initiative, which seeks to offer a greater understanding of problems facing businesses today. This summer, current Georgetown students were given the opportunity to meet with Eric Trump at a private Georgetown breakfast during the Republican National Convention in Ohio. According to Elleithee, Eric Trump offered the students a unique insight into the political process. “He and his wife spent over an hour with our students,” Elleithee said. “He gave an interesting talk about what it’s like to participate and sort of be a first timer in the political process,” Aaron Bennett (COL ’19), who attended the RNC as videographer and photographer for GU Politics, said the breakfast with Eric Trump was surprisingly straightforward and genuine. “It was very clear that they wanted us there and were looking forward to speaking with us,” Bennett said. “He was very straightforward and answered everything that we asked, unlike his father who has a tendency to sort of spin things and not answer questions.” Bennett said Trump and Clinton’s connections to the Georgetown community demonstrate Georgetown’s influence on politics. “I think it is great visibility for our school and representation for the Hoyas,” Bennett said. “Either way, I think it just goes to show that Georgetown University produces people of great stature and people that find people of great stature.”

Advisory Board Established Voting Theory Criticized

Board to study policy for low-income students Hashwinder Singh Special to The Hoya

The Advisory Board for Affordability and Access, established this fall to evaluate resources for low-income and first-generation students, will meet for the first time today. A joint effort between the Georgetown University Student Association, the Georgetown Scholarship Program, the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Student Financial Services, the advisory board consists of students, faculty and administrators. The advisory board will also develop policy recommendations to further include low-income students on campus. Director of the Center for Social Justice Andria Wisler and GSP Student Board President Jason Low (COL ’17) will co-chair the board. According to GSP Director Melissa “Missy” Foy (COL ’03), the advisory board will be an additional partner for the GSP program’s mission to facilitate inclusivity. “GSP is so fortunate to feel real support on campus, but it’s sometimes difficult to enact widespread change because, like any other nonprofit with thin resources, we sometimes work in silos,” Foy wrote in an email to The Hoya. “In GSP, we’re always trying to identify supportive partners on campus, and this brings many of those people together in one room.” GUSA Vice President Chris Fisk (COL ’17) said the board was designed to be a longterm structure to critically examine the experiences of the low-income and firstgeneration community on campus. “Our administration has made socio-economic inclusivity one of our top priorities, which is pretty uncommon for GUSA,” Fisk said. “And this is just one of the

concrete ways we’re seeking to make work on this topic a campus-wide conversation for years to come.”

“Working to level the playing field on the Hilltop is not just beneficial for GSP sudents like myself, but, really, for everyone at Georgetown.” Chris Fisk (COL ’17) Vice President, GUSA

Apart from giving students a platform to express their concerns and experiences, the board, which was developed over the summer, will examine possible barriers to low-income students, including laundry costs, internship transportation, textbook prices and commencement expenses. Georgetown estimates textbooks cost students, on average, $1200 per year, while the costs of internships have come to the fore of conversation in recent years. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations are not required to pay their interns. Low said the board will work to address these concerns. “We have a formalized opportunity to have conversations that critically examine the experiences of lowincome and first-generation students and create specific process, structural and policy recommendations that ensures Georgetown is more welcoming and more inclusive for all students,” Low said.

GUSA President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) said while addressing students’ concerns about their socio-economic status is a priority for the GUSA executive, the topic will require years of focused attention to be properly addressed. “We recognize that this is an ongoing conversation,” Khan said. “Ultimately it comes down to conversation with financial aid and multiple parties across campus. We just wanted to show that even after our administration, this continues to be a conversation.” Foy said the board will also continue the work that GUSA and the GSP Student Board have been doing to create a more inclusive campus community. This fall, Counseling and Psychiatric Services began offering free services for GSP students. In July, GSP streamlined the online grant submission process in an effort to make the process easier for scholars. “This new board builds on their progress by walking through a student’s entire experience ensure that the university provides at least the opportunity to have the same high quality of experience,” Foy wrote in an email to The Hoya. Fisk said while the university has made efforts to mitigate socio-economic obstacles, the university must still strive to create a more welcoming and supportive community for low-income and first-generation students. “Working to level the playing field on the Hilltop is not just beneficial for GSP students like myself, but, really, for everyone at Georgetown,” Fisk said. Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson and Dean of Student Financial Services Patricia McWade did not reply to a request for comment as of 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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The right to vote should be restricted to those with a certain amount of knowledge, according to an essay written by McDonough School of Business Associate Professor Jason Brennan in the Princeton University Press blog Sep. 29. Brennan argued that as the voting population increases, so does the number of misinformed voters. “Individual votes no longer matter, and so most voters remain ignorant, biased, and misinformed,” Brennan wrote in the article. The proposal has been criticized by some members of the Georgetown community. In an interview with The Hoya, Brennan said the United States should implement a system of “epistocracy,” in which the right to vote in elections is withheld from citizens who do not demonstrate a certain level of social scientific knowledge. “Voters are largely ignorant and misinformed which leads to sub-par politics,” Brennan said. “So it’s worth exploring the idea that certain kinds of restrictions on voting might actually lead to more just outcomes.” Brennan’s op-ed cited recent points of contention in America for which solutions would have already been found had “high-information voters” — voters with a high enough level of knowledge to vote — been the only ones with a voice in politics. The rise of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union on June 23, are the result of the voting population consisting of voters who do not demonstrate a high enough level of social scientific knowledge, according to Brennan. On Oct. 5, New York Magazine’s Science of Us blog published an op-ed by Jesse Singal, a journalist with a background in public policy,

entitled “What a Georgetown Professor Got Wrong When He Argued That Maybe Dumb People Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Vote,” which claimed that Brennan’s proposal could further increase inequality in the United States. “Perhaps most obviously, there’s a very good chance that an epistocratic system would vastly increase the power wealthy people have in society, even relative to the alreadyquite-unequal system we currently have,” Singal wrote. In an interview with The Hoya, government professor Hans Noel said he sees holes in the system that Brennan has proposed. “I think that the proposed cure is worse than the disease,” Noel said. “That is, anything that you would do to restrict the right to vote or give extra votes to people who are apparently more qualified would create much more serious problems.” The primary problem with implementing a knowledgebased test to determine who has the right to vote is that it can be lead to the suppression of certain minority groups’ views in politics, according to Noel.

“Individual votes no longer matter, and so most voters remain ignorant, biased and misinformed.” JASON BRENNAN Associate Professor, MSB

“Some people are going to be systematically and demographically less likely to do well on this test,” Noel said. “I think it’s important to think back to when we had literacy tests in the South that were designed to disenfranchise black voters. I think that this test might in-

advertently disenfranchise certain groups.” Brennan said this suppression would only have a minimal effect on political decisions. “In a sense, if you’re a small minority it doesn’t really matter whether you have the right to vote because your voice is going to be drowned out by others anyways,” Brennan said. “It’s a very pessimistic thing to say, but unfortunately it’s true.” Noel said that he is confident that there will be no restriction of the right to vote any time soon. “It is politically infeasible and with too many hurdles to leap, so I don’t think many politicians would take this direction, even if they like the idea,” Noel said. “I am critical of this, but I think it’s important that we play out different ideas.” Matt Lettiero (COL ’20) said he recognized the benefits that Brennan highlighted but took issue with the idea of prohibiting “low information voters” from voting. “Personally, I don’t agree with Professor Brennan. He argues that an epistocracy would result in more effective policies and more beneficial elected officials, which may be true, but that would be at the cost of taking away equal say in government, which is a fundamental part of our democracy,” Lettiero said. Atreya Tadepalli (SFS ’19) said he sees Brennan’s proposal as a potential threat to those who are already disadvantaged in society and as running contrary to the bedrock of American politics. “The proposal of an epistocracy underscores the need for greater civic education amongst our citizens,” Tadepalli said. “In a system where wealthy individuals can already influence elections by contributing more money to candidates, the addition of a vote significance level can reduce the influence that low income communities have within our electoral system.”

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DC Considers Tobacco Bill COUNCIL, from A1 “I think [the bill] will drive students to be healthier altogether, because the main point of this directive is to stop people from starting cigarettes too early in their lives,” Callander said. Krishna Upadhya, a specialist in adolescent health at Johns Hopkins University who testified on the bill over the summer, echoed this sentiment, affirming that limiting access for youths can decrease susceptibility to health risks in the future. “One of the things that we know is that you’re much more susceptible to addiction or to substance use problems the earlier you start,” Upadhya said. “Tobacco obviously is a substance with a lot of potential health risks and so I think there’s good evidence that delaying initiation is protective.” Upadhya emphasized that although the health risks associated with tobacco use are dangerous, the biggest reason for preventing use at a young age is the increased likelihood of developing an addiction. “If you start smoking

today, you’re not going to develop lung cancer tomorrow,” Upadyah said. “So a lot of the health risks that we worry about are things that are going to happen in the future from chronic use and you’re more likely to become a chronic user the earlier you start.”

“One of the things we know is that you’re much more susceptible to addiction or to substance use problems the earlier you start. ” Krishna upadhya Adolescent Health Specialist

Callander compared cigarettes and alcohol, noting how much easier it is to obtain the former despite tobacco’s being more dangerous. “I think they’re aiming to help improve the health and safety of young people everywhere,” Callander said. “Kudos to them for being forward-thinking and caring about people’s lives.”

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Report Suggests Privacy Violations GULC, from A1 with Fourth Amendment rights, which protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. GULC Dean William Treanor said the study, which is the result of a yearlong investigation, is not only a significant discovery, but also reveals the importance of continuing to examine the intersection between privacy, technology and law. “[The report] represents a major step in how we think about the use of face recognition technology and how it is regulated,” Treanor wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This work once again highlights the critical need to have lawyers who understand technology and are well trained in various aspects of technology law.” To conduct the report, the researchers requested records from more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the country. Only 52 agencies responded with an acknowledgement of using facial recognition services. Of these 52, only one provided evidence of auditing their officers’ searches on the facial recognition system for misuse. Alvaro Bedoya, the Center on Privacy and Technology executive director and one of the study’s initiators, said this system gives law enforcement access to a massive lineup in fingerprint or DNA databases. “You are not going to be in a criminal DNA database,” Bedoya said in an Oct. 23 interview with NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” “Yet by simply standing for a driver’s license photo, 26 states enroll you in basically a virtual lineup just like in the movies, except it’s not a human being pointing to the suspect. It’s an algorithm.” One of the researchers for the project, Harrison Rudolph (GRD ’16), who is also a GULC Center on Privacy and Technology law fellow, said this was particularly disconcerting as most of the citizens included in the database are there regardless of previous criminal activity. “Historically, law enforcement biometrics databases, like fingerprint databases, have been primarily made up of criminals,” Rudolph said. “But driver’s license photo databases are primarily composed of law-abiding citizens and I think that is really a startling finding.” According to American Civil Liberties Union Senior Policy Analyst Jay Stanley, this technology could also potentially infringe on citizens’ privacy and exponentially expand the power of local law enforcement. “Where you really get into the serious privacy issues is where you have real-time searches against people on the streets, attaching it to

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The Center on Privacy and Technology at GULC issued a report documenting the widespread use of facial recognition databases by law enforcement agencies. video cameras, and that really has a potential to add up to an infrastructure for total surveillance for everybody, all the time,” Stanley said. GULC found that this inclusion of citizens into facial recognition databases has been happening for at least the past few years and has gone largely unnoticed because the information is predominantly kept private. Rudolph noted that the lack of a historical precedent, in addition to a lack of Supreme Court rulings, has precluded any states from enacting comprehensive laws regulating facial recognition. According to Rudolph, this has manifested itself in a lack of transparency from law enforcement, which has prompted an explosion in the use of facial recognition databases, most of which is unknown to the public. “What we found was that, in short, face recognition is out of control. There are no rules, no audits, no transparency, few accuracy tests and no comprehensive laws, and so it’s difficult to find out about police use of face recognition when they’re not making their use public,” Rudolph said. The report further cited a 2012 study co-authored by Michigan State University researchers and the FBI, which found facial recognition systems were significantly less accurate when identifying

young people, women and especially African Americans. African Americans are also disproportionately represented in the database because of the racial disparities in arrest rates. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, African Americans are incarcerated nearly six times the rate of whites. Rudolph said biases implicit in the system could result in a large volume of citizens being falsely identified as suspects. “The concern is that facial recognition is less accurate than other biometrics technologies like fingerprints, it makes mistakes, and it doesn’t make mistakes equally on everybody,” Rudolph said. “If you belong to one of those groups, facial recognition technology tends to work less well on you and that means there’s a greater likelihood that you’ll be falsely identified as a suspect in a system that doesn’t give no for an answer.” The Center on Privacy and Technology has provided proposals to combat these charges, including model legislations that could be passed by both state and federal governments as well as a model policy for police departments to adopt. “The public should be put on notice about the use of facial recognition technology,” Rudolph said. “Another recommendation is that facial recognition companies should

engage in accuracy tests of their algorithms to check for bias, particularly on the basis of race.” Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) lauded the report for its proposed solutions and emphasized the importance of Congress acknowledging facial recognition as a tool, but also regulating its use. “Safeguards must be in place to ensure its accuracy and to identify and eliminate any potential bias or deficiencies,” Chaffetz wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The technology must be used in a manner consistent with our Constitutional right of protection against unwarranted government searches. Continued legislative oversight is needed to ensure proper use of this powerful emerging technology. I applaud the good work that went into preparing this significant report.” Stanley stressed that as facial recognition databases push law enforcement techniques into uncharted legal territory, the law will need to adapt to new questions about basic civil liberties. “We have never seen anything like what facial recognition technology can do in all of human history. It’s got the potential to really change our country,” Stanley said. “We need to be very careful about how we allow it to be used.”

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REFERENDUM, from A1 a “no preference” answer on a 15-13 vote. One senator abstained from the vote entirely, Hosted in the Healey Family Student Center’s Social Room, Monday’s roundtable discussion featured a presentation from DeSantis and included several senators from the previous night’s vote. DeSantis said he is advocating for a smoke-free campus to help students who do not smoke but may be affected by secondhand smoking.

“Unlike other health issues, smoking can affect those who choose not to smoke.” charles desantis Associate Vice President for Benefits

“Tobacco-related death is the most preventable cause of mortality with more than 400,000 Americans who are affected of it each year,” DeSantis said. “Unlike other health issues, smoking can affect those who choose not to smoke and it is my passion, my job at the end of the day to care for this community’s well-being. I’ve been trying for eight years to do this. This is a big deal.”

The university is currently undecided on where specifically smoking would be prohibited, according to DeSantis. “As of right now, based on maps that we have come up with, the only plausible solutions for [smoking zones] that seem to not get in the 25-feet zone of indoor spaces are Healy Lawn and Cooper Field,” DeSantis said. GUSA Senator Scott Lowder (COL ’17) pointed to negative experiences with secondhand smoke while walking to Lauinger Library. “I have asthma and I do not always make note to carry my inhaler. I shouldn’t have to put myself and others should not have to put themselves at risk for the actions that those who do choose to smoke make in spite of knowing how their decision will affect those who choose not to smoke,” Lowder said. DeSantis said the process to become a smoke-free campus should be run by the student body. “We still have many decisions to talk about without constituents. There are many people to consider and I am meeting with everyone in a serious manner to hear decisions of those in favor and those not. Our job is to make sure we do this in the right way,” DeSantis said.

The petition drop comes after a demonstration on main campus the same day and a demonstration at the Georgetown University Law Center on Sept. 14. Facilities workers are pushing the university for a 6 percent annual wage increase and similar parking and health benefits to workers at Georgetown University MedStar Hospital. Facilities workers currently pay $140 a month for parking and $15 for health care visits. The university is currently offering workers a 2 percent wage increase alongside a 6 percent increase in health care benefits. A facilities worker who requested to remain anonymous and who serves on the workers’ bargaining committee for contract negotiations, said the purpose of the march was to send a message to university administration that workers and students are standing together to promote justice and transparency. “From my perspective, I’ve been here for a long time, most of the workers here at Georgetown do a great job, work really hard and are very diligent, and so we deserve these fair wages and working conditions,” the worker said. “It’s time that the university treats us with fairness. Just give us a decent wage that we can live by. That’s why we’re here, to make sure that we can get a decent living wage, a living wage that will allow us to

provide and take care of our families.” GSC member Sophia Bauerschmidt Sweeney (COL ’17), who helped organize the rally, said she was unhappy with the university’s unwillingness to compromise with workers.

“Just give us a decent wage that we can live by. That’s why we’re here.”

tory of collective bargaining with 1199SEIU and we have reached mutually acceptable collective bargaining agreements with the union in every negotiation.” Vincent DeLaurentis (SFS ’17), who attended the rally, said students support the workers in ensuring fair treatment on a universitywide scale. “I think it’s important for students to act in solidarity

with workers because our fates at this university are really tied up,” DeLaurentis said. “We have a common enemy: these leeches, these administrators who raise our tuition and exploit our workers. So I think as a student it’s important to come out and show that we stand with workers and not the people who sit in their offices and make six-figure salaries.”

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“The negotiations have been going on since June, and the university has not given anything,” Bauerschmidt Sweeney said. “It’s been like five months now and the university has been completely unyielding in negotiations, and so we’re trying to exert some pressure from the outside so that they listen to workers’ concerns and so that they will be willing to cooperate in those conversations.” Senior Director of Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh said the university is committed to reaching a fair agreement with university workers throughout their contract negotiations. “We are committed to providing fair and competitive compensation packages for all University employees,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We have a long his-

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The Georgetown Solidarity Committee delivered a petition to President John J. DeGioia on Monday.

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onight, a Golden State Warriors team boasting the best starting lineup in the league will kick off its season against the San Antonio Spurs. Fans will fill Oracle Arena, the Warriors’ home in the Bay Area since 1971, and erupt into raucous, eardrumrupturing cheers from the moment small forward Kevin Durant makes his debut as a Warrior to every three-point shot that point guard Stephen Curry launches. And, if all goes according to Warriors’ owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber’s plan, the game will mark one of the final opening games that the Warriors will play in Oakland — a plan that has exemplified a model path of stadium-building negotiations. This summer, the Warriors overcame environmental concerns — one of their largest hurdles — in their plan to build a new arena in the Mission Bay district of San Francisco. With this victory, the Lacob and Guber dream of relocating the Warriors to San Francisco and building a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue in the city becomes more attainable. It also marks a possible resolution of a political battle that has stretched across years and holds key lessons for any plans to build stadiums in the future. The Warriors announced their plans to relocate the team from Oakland to San Francisco in May 2012. Lacob and Guber’s vision involved a multi-use arena in the space between Piers 30 and 32, just south of the Bay Bridge and north of AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. The Warriors agreed to invest $75 to $100 million dollars to repair the two piers, and in exchange, the City of San Francisco would lease the land to the team for free. The plan had one shining advantage to it: The Warriors’ new arena, with costs estimated at $450 to $500 million,

would be privately funded. With publicly funded athletic stadiums getting a perpetual beating in news media, Lacob and Guber did well to avoid this skirmish from the get-go.

Kara Avanceña Though the plan received the support of the likes of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and California Lieutenant Governor — also former San Francisco mayor — Gavin Newsom, it was also met with swift backlash. A neighborhood association expressed concern about the arena’s impact on traffic and crime. Former San Francisco mayor Art Agnos publicly denounced the arena, arguing it would worsen traffic in the city and mar views of the San Francisco Bay and the Bay Bridge.

The Warriors’ thoroughness was the key to assuaging many of the public’s concerns. In December 2013, an initiative called the “Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act” was proposed to limit the height of buildings along the waterfront and effectively prevent Lacob and Guber’s dream from being realized. Nearly two years later, the Warriors owners made a calculated decision to pivot from their initial plan. In October

2015, Golden State bought a 12-acre plot of land just south of AT&T Park in the Mission Bay district from Salesforce. The waterfront property sits diagonally from the medical center and children’s hospital of the University of California, San Francisco. The arena, called the Chase Center, is projected to cost roughly $1 billion, doubling the initial amount needed for the arena. However, the arena would still be privately funded. The Warriors’ thoroughness was the key to assuaging many of the public’s concerns. This time, when the Warriors announced their intention to build a sports and entertainment venue nearby the UCSF campus, it did so with the blessing of a neighbor and concrete plans to help alleviate traffic. Complaints about the structure blocking the view of the Bay Bridge and the Bay were addressed. UCSF branded the arena as a “win-win” move. And again, if this was not obvious, the Warriors’ commitment to keeping the venue privately funded was as important as its flexibility on the arena’s location. Amid controversies across the country in every professional sports league — including San Francisco’s own 49ers of the NFL — publicly funded stadiums are easy targets for public ire. Avoiding this conflict altogether surely helped the team in its bid for San Francisco real estate. While the Warriors still face some opposition from neighborhood associations, the end is more certain than it has ever been. And for the Warriors, that end means prime and pricey real estate — with a really great view — for years to come.

Kara Avanceña is a senior in the College. THE FRONT RUNNERS is a shared column and appears every Tuesday.

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Sophomore setter Paige McKnight played in all four sets in Saturday’s loss to Villanova, recording three kills and seven total attacks. McKnight has 77 kills this season.

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The women’s volleyball team dropped its match against conference rival Villanova on Saturday 3-1, falling to 2-8 in the Big East and 6-17 overall. The Hoyas (6-17, 2-8 Big East) split their season matchups with the Wildcats (15-8, 6-4 Big East), as they dominated their first meeting in a 3-0 sweep, but they were unable to do the same this past weekend. The Blue and Gray battled across four sets and lost by small margins of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-16. “We knew from the beginning that Villanova was going to come out wanting some revenge and they played very, very tough,” Georgetown Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “I was very proud of how we fought back in the second set, and I think we showed some grit.” Three Hoyas achieved impressive double-figure kills in the match. Sophomore outside hitters Liv King and Alyssa Sinnette each had 13 kills, while sophomore middle blocker Symone Speech followed closely behind with 12. Sophomore setter Paige McKnight also had a noteworthy 45 assists, while sophomore libero Kenzie Higareda in the back row recorded a match high 18 digs. The match was also Sinnette’s sixth double-double of the season, as she had 12 digs

in the back row to go along with her strong offensive play. Sinnette, Speech and senior middle blocker Ashlie Williams all added three blocks apiece. “Paige has done a really nice job of diversifying our offense and she continues to do that,” Arlisa Williams said. “We’ve got a number of hitters that can terminate, and she was able to get them the ball. I think one of the biggest factors is that they were committing on Ashlie Williams in the middle, so she had a lot of hands in front of her every swing, and they were committing on Symone, because our middles have had a tendency to go off on Villanova. This left opportunities for our pins to get good swings.” The second set was the Hoyas’ strongest performance. They came out swinging with an impressive .429 offensive percentage, 16 total kills and only one error. The team closed the set out at 25-23 with a power partner block by Ashlie Williams and Sinnette. Despite the Hoyas’ impressive offense, the Wildcats’ fast defense in the back row was hard to break. Villanova freshman libero Regan Lough dug 18 balls from the Blue and Gray, while her teammate junior libero Allison Fitzgerald added 13 digs. Georgetown also had difficulty keeping pace with Villanova’s offense. Villanova senior outside hitter Claire Crutchfield notched a match-high 18 kills, and sophomore middle blocker

Amanda Pedersen-Henry added 11 in the middle. Arlisa Williams said Georgetown learned this past weekend that individual offensive feats are not enough to carry the team. “We need every single person to have a huge sense of urgency and all out effort all the time, and that was inconsistent for us tonight, which is why the end result was what it was,” Arlisa Williams said after the game. This week, Arlisa Williams said she may restructure the team’s practice and lift schedules so the players can rest both physically and mentally in preparation for this coming weekend. “It’s a long season and our biggest thing is making sure we have an opportunity to recover, and so we will look at how we structure practices, can we squeeze in an additional day off, as we have our minds and bodies recover to get ready for our next set of matches,” Arlisa Williams said. The Hoyas continue their second half of conference play this weekend, when they face off against two powerful Midwest opponents to whom they have previously fallen. Georgetown has back-to-back weekend matches starting against DePaul (12-11, 6-5 Big East) Friday, and then against Marquette (18-5, 8-3 Big East) Saturday. Both contests are set for 6 p.m. at McDonough Gymnasium.

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Senior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown had one shot in Sunday’s 4-0 win against Towson. She has recorded three goals and four assists this season.

GU Notches Senior Day Win EMILY DALTON Hoya Staff Writer

After putting up three goals in a two-goal loss to No. 1 Connecticut Huskies on Friday, the field hockey team was able to rebound on Senior Day with a decisive 4-0 victory over Towson (2-15, 0-4 Colonial Athletic). In Friday’s 5-3 decision, the then-undefeated UConn Huskies (16-1, 6-0 Big East) were able to jump out to an early 2-0 lead before the Hoyas (5-11, 0-6 Big East) fought back, starting with a goal from freshman forward Lindsay Getz. After another pair of goals, senior forward Aliyah Graves-Brown was able to bring the Hoyas within one point of the Huskies when she tallied the team’s third goal of the match, making the score 4-3. Ultimately, however, Connecticut sealed the win with a penalty stroke from junior defender Casey Umstead with fewer than five minutes remaining. Despite the two-goal defeat, Georgetown scored more goals than any other team that has faced Connecticut so far this year. The Hoyas then carried Friday’s momentum into Sunday’s Senior Day celebration against the Towson Tigers. Georgetown started the scoring off with a combined effort from two freshmen when Getz was able to find the back of the net off an assist from midfielder Michaela Bruno. Senior captain and defender Molly Thompson got on the board before the end of the first half, scoring on a penalty cor-

ner in the 28th minute. Junior defender Katie Maransky and Getz rounded out the scoring giving the Hoyas their first shutout since September of last year. “I mean, it’s very exciting, but of course it comes from everybody else,” Getz said of her performance. “[The goals] were second and third efforts on my part, and the people who took the first shots really played outstanding — the whole team played outstanding. It’s exciting to be able to get those rebounds.”

“This weekend was just such a great representation of all the hard work that each and every one of us has put in over the last four years.” ALIYAH GRAVES-BROWN Senior Forward

Getz’s goals put her in the team lead with seven goals and 14 points. Should the results hold through next weekend, Getz could become the first freshman to finish the season in first place in goals and points since Jessica Quinn in 2002, who finished the season with 11 goals and 23 points. “Friday was honestly such a defining moment, especially for this senior class,” Graves-Brown said of the game. “This weekend overall was just a great way to send us out. Everyone worked so hard on Friday, and our biggest thing was to carry our momentum from Friday into

today, and I think we did that.” Senior goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki played a crucial role in helping Georgetown earn its first shutout of the 2016 season. The shutout marked the first of this year and the ninth of her career. With Sunday’s win, she now holds second place all-time in career shutouts and is in third place with 19 career wins. Sunday’s victory not only capped off a solid weekend for the Hoyas, but also an impressive collegiate career for six graduating seniors: Graves-Brown, McDonald, Skonecki, Thompson and defenders Devin Holmes and Hailey Vann. “The senior class is amazing,” Getz said. “I have never met a better group of six people to lead the team, especially the captains. They are amazing, and it was awesome to be a freshman and share their last time playing on Cooper Field with them.” The Hoyas are set to close out their season on the road next weekend. They will travel to Villanova, Pa., to face the Wildcats (4-12, 1-5 Big East) on Saturday, Oct. 29 and then will take on the LaSalle Explorers (77, 4-2 Atlantic 10) in Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 30. “We’ve had a lot of ups and downs in our four years, this senior class especially,” Graves-Brown said. “To kind of see the growth from our freshman year to now is just such a blessing. Friday, today and this weekend was just such a great representation of all the hard work that each and every one of us has put in over the last four years.”

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The Georgetown rowing teams competed in their second regatta of the season this past Sunday at the 52nd Head of the Charles Regatta, one of the top international regattas that attracts teams from across the country and the world. Located along the Charles River in Boston, Mass., the event saw the women’s team compete in the championship eight event against 32 other boats, while the men’s team competed in the championship eight and lightweight four events. Both teams opened up fall competition at the Charlie Butt Schillers’ Head of the Potomac Regatta on Sept. 26. At the Head of the Potomac, the Hoyas competed against more local teams, including George Washington University. The women’s team had a strong showing at the Head of the Potomac Regatta, winning the four-plus and open eight races. At the Head of the Charles Regatta in the championship eight event, the Georgetown women’s boat started from the 27th position, behind Bucknell and in

front of the University of Virginia. Georgetown’s eight had plenty of experience; all the rowers were upperclassmen, with the exception of sophomore Lindsay Olita. Senior Sabrina Gosman coxed the boat. Despite the boat’s experience, the Hoyas finished 29th, posting a 18:57.73. Against strong competition, Georgetown finished behind Clemson, which finished with 18:57.73, and ahead of University of Massachusetts, which finished with 19:08.705 because of a 0:35.000 penalty. Cambridge’s eight won the race, posting a 16:30.368. Coming into the fall season, the men’s team had some coaching changes. The Head of the Charles Regatta was the second regatta with the new men’s lightweight crew coach, Lee Rumpf. This was the first regatta in which the lightweight four competed because the Head of the Potomac regatta did not have a lightweight four event. Rumpf served as the assistant coach for the men’s crew team at George Washington University for three years. In addition, Rumpf’s time at George Washington University was a great

success, finishing with national rankings in the top 25 each year. In 2016, he finished 11th in the country at the IRA National Championships. Prior to his time withGeorge Washington, Rumpf also served as a coach with a number of D.C.-area professional teams. With Rumpf now leading the team, the men’s lightweight squad earned fourth place behind the New York Athletic Club, Yale and Columbia. The men’s team also added Zach Vlahos to the coaching staff. Prior to coming to Georgetown, Vlahos was a coxswain for the U.S. National Team in the eight boat. Vlahos is now the assistant coach for the Georgetown men’s heavyweight team. The men’s heavyweight boat placed 25th, posting a time of 16:17. At the Head of the Potomac Regatta, the men’s heavyweight boat that placed the highest came in sixth. The Georgetown men’s and women’s teams will travel to Princeton, N.J., this weekend to compete in the Princeton Chase Regatta on Oct. 29. Sports Information could not be reached for comment.

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Brown Faces Relaxed Censure domestic abuse. They only want to cover their own rear ends. While the behavior of the NFL is certainly atrocious, the Giants and their owner John Mara are perhaps the biggest culprits. Despite the allegations of abuse, Mara and the Giants re-signed Brown to a contract extension. Rather than cut ties with a known abuser, the team continued to reward a flawed character. On the other hand, of course, there is the argument of ignorance. Perhaps Mara and the NFL did not know anything about Brown’s wrongdoings. However, in a radio interview on WFAN New York last Thursday, Mara admitted that Brown had confessed the abuse of his wife in August. If Mara truly cared about the ugly dispute, he would have done his due diligence. The excuse of ignorance further fails after it was revealed that Brown’s wife had NFL security move her and her kids to a different room at Pro Bowl this January in an attempt to protect themselves from a drunken rampage that the kicker went on the night before. This incident should have been enough evidence of a violent history for the NFL to actually follow through with

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its six-game suspension rule. Further adding to the gross failure of the NFL to take action are the comments Mara made about domestic violence after the Rice incident. In an interview with SI.com, Mara said, “We want our standards to be higher, we want there to be more education, and we want the penalties to be tougher because we want to do what we can to put an end to domestic violence and sexual assault.” Either Mara was only saying what he thought the public wanted to hear, or he only cares about domestic violence issues when they do not affect his team. Regardless, he does not practice what he preaches. Now, the NFL and the Giants are caught in a bind. In a league where players get a four-game suspension for removing air from a ball, the NFL is too reactionary and not proactive enough. At it stands, the NFL and Giants only care about public perception. But now, for the public and everyone involved in these allegations, the league needs to quickly clean up their tolerance for this disgusting act.

Thomas Schlarp is a sophomore in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. The Stove appears every Tuesday.

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Junior forward Zach Knudson had three shots and one assist in Saturday’s 1-0 win against St. John’s. He has recorded 17 shots and two assists this season, appearing in all 14 games and starting in 10 of them.

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kind of play out in general,” Marcinkowski said. “But we had a game plan going into halftime and then we executed it pretty well in the second half.” Georgetown slowly began to stave off St. John’s and even created some chances of its own up the sides of the field, in large part because of the play in the center of the midfield by senior midfielder and co-captain Bakie Goodman and junior midfielder Christopher Lema.

“I thought [Goodman] and [Lema] were really good today at reading where balls were going to end up in tough conditions and picking up the seconds. And not allowing their guys from doing it. That was really in a nut shell the game,” Wiese said. A slip-up that nearly cost the Hoyas the game came in the final two minutes, when the Red Storm created pressure during a free kick directly outside the box, leading to a dangerous scramble in which Marcinkowski was forced

off his line.

“This is our first streak of the season so hopefully we’re hitting our stride.” Brett Campbell Senior Forward

St. John’s could not convert, and Georgetown ended the game unscathed —

notching the team’s first consecutive wins of the season. “This is our first streak of the season so hopefully we’re hitting our stride when it’s really important,” Campbell said. “It’s the most important time of the year; we need to keep winning and hopefully get a good seed into the tournament.” Georgetown will take to the road and travel to New Jersey on Wednesday to take on the Seton Hall Pirates (310-1, 1-5 Big East). Kick off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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the Hoyas conceded just one goal, the early two goal deficit surprised the team. “This was definitely a hard one to take for us; DePaul [was] simply far better today,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “Scoring in the first minute knocked the stuffing out of us, and the second goal shortly after was the knockout punch. They have an outstanding front line and we never got to grips with them in the first half. Credit to their kids for rising to the occasion away from home knowing what was on the line.”A Georgetown win would have seen the Hoyas rise to the top of the Big East conference. Instead the

team will need to fight for second place, which would be enough for a first-round bye in the tournament.

“This was definitely a hard one to take for us; DePaul [was] simply far better today.” DAVE NOLAN Head Coach

Freshman defender Meaghan Nally, who subbed on in the first half in place of senior forward Grace Damaska, grabbed a goal back in the thirty-first minute after

the Blue Demon goalkeeper pushed a shot from sophomore forward Caitlin Farrell into the middle of the box and onto Nally’s feet. Seven minutes later, though, a defensive mistake led to a third Blue Demon goal. DePaul finished the scoring a minute before halftime, bringing the score to 4-1, when an attempted cross flew into the side netting over sophomore goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman. “When we got back to 2-1, I thought if we could get to the half and regroup we may be able to salvage something,” Nolan said. “But they got a third soon after we scored and their fourth goal which was a

shanked cross summed up our day.” For much of the game, DePaul’s double teaming of Damaska and Farrell restricted Georgetown’s ability to use their pace to get crosses in from the outside and disrupted many Hoya attacks. Entering the weekend, Georgetown’s 43 goals on the year were tied for the most in the country. DePaul, too, had one of the nation’s best scoring offenses, but the Hoya defense had not given up more than three goals all year, and Schechtman entered the match with a 0.50 goals-against average. This loss leaves the Hoyas one game behind Marquette, placing second in

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“While it was a disappointing Senior Day for the senior class, there is plenty more soccer to play.” DAVE NOLAN Head Coach

The 4-1 loss was Senior Day for Damaska and senior midfielder Zoe Park, who earned a five-minute appearance. The result was also the last regular season home game tough for graduate student forward Crys-

tal Thomas and defenders Marina Paul and Corey Delaney, all integral components to Georgetown’s success this season. “While it was a disappointing Senior Day for the senior class, there is plenty more soccer to play this year, starting with a must win game at Creighton now on Friday night as we look to lock down a top-two spot for the Big East Tournament,” Nolan said. “We have to move on from today quickly and learn from it.” Georgetown looks to move on as the team travels to Creighton (9-5-2, 4-4 Big East) on Friday night at 7 p.m. CT for its final regular season match.

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Junior running back Isaac Ellsworth ran for 7 yards and a touchdown in Saturday’s 17-14 loss to Fordham. Ellsworth left the game at the beginning of the second half with an ankle injury.

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be commended. Our whole special teams crew — from the return game to the fake punt to the two blocks — it just changes the game,” Head Football Coach Rob Sgarlata said. The teams traded turnovers and three-and-outs for much of the second and third quarters, and the score remained 14-14 entering the final period. After a long drive, Fordham appeared on the brink of a touchdown with the ball at the one-yard line. However, in a crucial play, Georgetown’s defense stuffed Chase Edmonds at the goal line on fourth down to keep the score tied in the fourth quarter. The Rams forced a turnover six plays later, setting up a 24-yard field goal to take a 17-14 lead with only 6:08 remaining. That kick would prove to be a game-clinching one,

as the Hoyas failed to move the ball for the remainder of the game. The Georgetown offense finished with six turnovers and went 1-of-11 on third down conversions, continuing season-long struggles in that category. Sophomore running back Christian Bermudez and Isaac Ellsworth tallied only 20 combined rushing yards on 13 carries. After Norris threw his third interception early in the second half, he was replaced by freshman quarterback Brock Johnson. Johnson finished 8-of-14 for 57 yards and two interceptions, and the offense managed only three first downs with him under center. “[Johnson has] shown in practice and at the end of the game against Lehigh that he has the ability to play in the Patriot League, so it was good to see him get out there and get his feet wet,” Sgarlata said. Meanwhile, the defense held

Fordham to its second-lowest point total of the season and prevented Edmonds, who has 12 touchdowns this season, from reaching the end zone. It also forced four turnovers, including an interception by junior defensive back Jelani Williamson. Also noteworthy was the sheer improbability of the near comeback. After trailing 14-0, ESPN had Georgetown’s win probability listed at 3.6 percent. Following the defense’s goal-line stand in the fourth quarter, that figure had increased to 45.8 percent. “It’s the only locker room in the country I’d like to be in right now. Our kids fought their butts off against a really good football team,” Sgarlata said. The Hoyas now look to turn their efforts into a victory next week when they travel to Lafayette (1-7, 0-3 Patriot League). Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

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It’s the most important time of the year, we need to keep winning.”

SENIOR FORWARD BRETT CAMPBELL

women’s soccer

Hoya Staff Writer

The No. 7/2 women’s soccer team suffered its second loss of the season on Sunday at Shaw Field, falling 4-1 to DePaul University on Senior Day, ending its 14- game unbeaten streak. The loss drops the Hoyas (13-2-2, 5-1-2 Big East) to third in the conference table, and guarantees that either DePaul (10-5-2, 7-10 Big East) or Marquette University (10-6-2, 6-2-0 Big East) will wrap up

The number of consecutive unbeaten games the women’s soccer team had.

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Senior Day Spoiled CHRIS BALTHAZARD

NUMBERS GAME

the Big East regular season title when the two play on Friday evening at Marquette. From the first minute, Georgetown found itself on the back foot. The Blue Demons pushed the ball up the left wing and scored just 37 seconds into the match; a second goal, the product of a textbook display of ball movement, followed only eleven minutes later. After a stretch of nine matches during which See DEPAUL, A9

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Senior forward and co-captain Brett Campbell had a goal in the eighth minute of Saturday’s 1-0 win against St. John’s. Campbell leads the team in goals with four and has taken 27 shots this season.

Victory Sparks First Winning Streak Darius Iraj

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Before losing Sunday, the women’s soccer team had not lost since losing to Stanford 3-0 on August 21.

The men’s soccer team started its first win streak of the season with a 1-0 victory over the St. John’s Red Storm at home on Saturday. With the win against the Red Storm (6-4-4, 2-2-2 Big East), the Hoyas (5-8-1, 2-3-1 Big East) move into seventh place in the Big East standings with three regular season games remaining. The top six teams in the regular season standings advance to the Big East Tournament at the end of the season.

“[The first half] was an opportunity to really be aggressive and step high, and do exactly what I think we did. I think the first half was very, very good,” Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese said. In this fast-paced game with many quick transitions, Georgetown took advantage and used speed to create scoring opportunities. “We started with [freshman forward] Achara and I out wide so that’s kind of more speed going down the wings, so we were looking to get in behind them, especially with the wind first half,” senior

forward and co-captain Brett Campbell said. “And [junior forward] Zach [Knudson] did a great job holding up the ball, and because of the possession, we were able to get dangerous opportunities.” In the eighth minute, Knudson pushed the ball toward the goal line and delivered a low cross into the box that Campbell buried into the back of the net to give the Blue and Gray the early lead. Following the goal, Georgetown protected their lead and headed into halftime carrying a lot of momentum.

However, the game began to even out in the second half, and the Red Storm developed more opportunities and had more possession. Sophomore goalkeeper and co-captain JT Marcinkowski and the rest of the Hoya defense had trouble clearing the ball out of their half of the field, most visibly shown by the goal kicks. “We kind of knew coming into the second half that it was going to be tough. Definitely not going to be as easy to clear the balls and I guess just See HOYAS, A9

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NFL Mishandles Abuse Yet Again

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Sophomore defensive back Ramon Lyons led the team with nine total tackles against Fordham. Lyons has 35 total tackles this season and one interception. He earned Patriot League honorable mention for his efforts this weekend.

Rally Falters, GU Drops 4th Straight Dean Hampers Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown football team fell to the Fordham Rams on Saturday by a score of 17-14, marking its fourth loss in a row. The road loss put Georgetown (3-4, 0-2 Patriot League) under .500 for the first time this year, a stark contrast to the team’s 3-0 start to the season. The Hoya defense faced a high-powered Fordham (5-2, 2-0 Patriot League) offense that had scored more than 40 points in its last three

games prior to Saturday. Fordham’s junior running back Chase Edmonds entered the game with over 1,000 rushing yards on the season. After going down early in the game last week, Georgetown again surrendered early momentum. Fordham received the opening kickoff and engineered a 14play, 85-yard drive. Junior quarterback Luke Medlock finished the drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Robbie Cantelli to make the score 7-0 fewer than five minutes into the game.

On the next Georgetown possession, sophomore quarterback Clay Norris threw an interception on a short pass attempt, allowing Fordham to take over at the Hoyas’ 42-yard line. Medlock threw another touchdown pass to Cantelli, this time from 37 yards out, giving the Rams a 14-0 lead. Just as it looked as though the game was on track to be another blowout, sophomore running back Isaac Ellsworth returned the following kickoff 31 yards to the Georgetown 41-yard line. A 59-yard deep ball from

Norris to sophomore wide receiver Brandon Williams cut the lead in half. The touchdown was the first of Norris’ career. After a Fordham threeand-out and a couple key plays from special teams, the offense took advantage of red-zone field position, and junior running back Isaac Ellsworth found pay dirt from one yard out to tie the score at 14. “[Special Teams Coordinator Kevin] Doherty should See FORDHAM, A9

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he NFL has a dirty little secret: it could not care less about domestic violence. Since the Ray Rice scandal in 2014, the league has been criticized for its lax disciplinary measures toward domestic violence far too many times. This summer, New York Giants kicker Josh Brown was dealt a one-game suspension for reported physical, mental and emotional abuse of his now ex-wife Molly Dedo. Brown avoided any criminal charges, as prosecutors cited a lack of evidence and the unwillingness of Molly Brown to cooperate with the investigation. Although garnering a small media blowback for the short suspension, the story was ultimately swept under the rug by the league, looking to return the spotlight to its shiny new stadiums and superstars. The story remained quiet until this past Thursday, when the King County, Wash. sheriff’s department released a 165-page document detailing admissions of guilt by Brown found in journal entries written as part of therapy and counseling. “I have physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally

been a repulsive man. I have abused my wife,” Brown wrote in an entry. He was then suspended for one game for “violating the league’s personal conduct policy.” This is where the gross hypocrisy begins. After making a mess of Rice’s domestic abuse, the league quickly drafted a new rule regarding how it would handle any future domestic violence issues. Rather than debate about the severity of punishment, all acts would be immediately dealt a six-game suspension, similar to the automatic four-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. The thought behind the rule was to eliminate any gray area that may arise around domestic violence and create a swifter form of justice. This idea sounds great in theory, but it is only effective if the NFL actually implements the rule. Brown was accused of domestic violence, but instead of being handed a six-game ban, the league, preoccupied with appearing pristine to the public, only banned him from one. The hypocrisy of the league in its efforts to end domestic violence is abhorrent. It does not care about ending See SCHLARP, A9