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MAKING HISTORY
The Georgetown men’s soccer team won its first-ever Big East tournament title Sunday.
COMMENTARY Tossed but not sunk: The motto of my Paris stands stronger than ever.
SECURITY TIGHTENS GUPD implements extra security measures in light of threats to D.C.
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Heeding Demands, University Renames Buildings Toby Hung & Ashwin Puri Hoya Staff Writers
University President John J. DeGioia and the board of directors approved the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation’s recommendation to rename Mulledy Hall and McSherry Hall on Saturday, one day after student activists began their sit-in outside the Office of the President. The group changed the names of both Mulledy Hall and McSherry Hall to the interim names of Freedom Hall and Remembrance Hall, respectively.
“Through this process of dialogue, the intended timeline is to identify recommended permanent names sometime during the spring semester.” JOE FERRARA Chief of Staff, Office of the President
The retention of the name of Mulledy Hall sparked controversy earlier this semester, calling attention to the actions of Fr. Thomas Mulledy, S.J., who authorized the sale of 272 slaves to a Louisiana plantation in 1838 while serving as the Maryland provincial of Jesuits; Mulledy would later serve as university president. McSherry Hall is named after thenUniversity President Fr. William McSherry, S.J., who served as Mulledy’s lawyer during the sale. “We are grateful to the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation; to students, including the Black Leadership Forum and other student groups on campus; and to other members of our community
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Freedom Hall, part of the Former Jesuit Residence, pictured, joins Remembrance Hall as the newest additions to Georgetown building nomenclature — albeit temporarily. The university dropped the names “Mulledy” and “McSherry,” respectively, Saturday, following demonstrations. for their thoughtful engagement in these important, and sometimes challenging conversations,” DeGioia wrote in a statement to The Hoya. According to a letter attached to a university-wide email sent at 5 p.m. on Saturday, DeGioia met with several student activists Friday morning outside his office, then received a recommendation from the working group to change the names of the two halls. The university’s board of
directors approved the recommendation electronically on the same day. “As a university, we are a place where conversations are convened and dialogue is encouraged, even on topics that may be difficult,” DeGioia wrote in a university-wide email. “This is what we will continue to do at Georgetown. We are supportive of our students and proud of the depth of their engagement in these urgent conversations.”
Student activists began staged a sit-in outside the president’s office from 9 a.m. to midnight Friday. The activists intended to continue staging daily sit-ins until the administration met their demands, but they temporarily halted the sit-ins Monday in light of the name change. The group has not announced further plans, but encouraged activists to “not lose momentum” on the Facebook
Attacks Reverberate Among Students
event page of the demonstration. Latazia Carter (COL ’17), who attended the sit-in, emphasized that student activists were acting in response to a lack of recognition and responsiveness by the Georgetown administration. “I don’t want this to seem like a new movement, because it’s not,” Carter said. “But we’ve had to take See RENAMING, A7
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Students, faculty and staff gather in Dahlgren Quadrangle for an interfaith reflection following attacks in Baghdad, Beirut and Paris.
The Eiffel Tower casts a shadow over Paris on Sunday, less than 48 hours after the Friday attack. It remained dark the night before.
At Campus Vigils, Community Reflects
In Paris, Scenes Of Loss, Resilience
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Around 250 students and community members gathered in remembrance of the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad at an interfaith prayer vigil held Sunday and a solidarity event yesterday. The prayer vigil, organized by the Office of Campus Ministry, took place in Dahlgren Quadrangle and featured representatives from various faith communities, including the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and
Buddhist ministries. Around 200 people attended the vigil. After a moment of silence and the lighting of candles, Hannah Gerdes (SFS ’16), a member of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship who spoke at the event, called on the community to remember the Jesuit values of service and understanding in the face of the attacks. “As we light these candles, we quietly recall that all are called upon to be people of peace not war, people of life not death, of
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PARIS — I chose the right restaurant Friday night. My boyfriend had flown up for the week to visit me in Strasbourg, France, where I am studying abroad for the semester, and we had just arrived in Paris that day to spend our last weekend together. The day began with an overnight bus, followed by a muchneeded café au crème at a Parisian cafe and a full day of tourism. Exhausted from a night of travel, we decided to eat at a restaurant near our hotel in Montmartre rather than explore the city at night. We Published Tuesdays and Fridays
stepped back into the hotel’s Wi-Fi zone after dinner around 10 p.m., and our phones started to blow up with notifications. First came the CNN update: a shooting at a restaurant near the Stade de France, just a few kilometers from where we had just eaten and only one arrondissement north. And then the panicked email popped up from my Strasbourg coordinator, Susan Witkowski, to my study abroad group with the subject line “Suzanne Monyak,” searching for my contact information. I reassured George-
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Coordinate Solidarity Student-athletes at Georgetown launched a campaign to raise awareness of the unethical business practices perpetuated by Nike — specifically the use of sweatshops in their production process. Operating on a nearly fourdecade business relationship, Nike provides free gear to Georgetown Athletics in exchange for the guarantee that student-athletes will promote their brand by only wearing Nike at official competitions. The commitment of student-athletes to use their voices for the betterment of the voiceless is certainly commendable. But without a concrete plan, this campaign poses a mere inconvenience to the establishment rather than true impact for social good. Student-athletes proved that their voices have significant power two weeks ago. A group of University of Missouri football players successfully pressured their university president to resign through the combination of protests and a clear list of demands. In December 2014, the Goergetown men’s basketball team became the first collegiate team to wear “I Can’t Breathe” T-Shirts in a showcase of support to the protests on the non-indictment of the police officers involved in Garner’s death. Those participating in the awareness campaign, inspired by a discussion with anti-sweatshop activist Jim Keady last week, aim to form partnerships with fair factories and advocate for worker rights. However, the most visible action taken thus far has been the release of a photo on social media depicting the university-provided Nike sneakers of three student-athletes covered with tape to conceal the brand’s
logo. Although the photo enjoyed considerable online support, there is little immediate connection between the release of such a photo and the campaign’s aim to collaborate with fair factories; in fact, campaign organizers claimed the meaning behind the photo was not meant to represent a boycott, despite how students interpreted the post. Student-athletes who hope to make a difference as student activists must work to create a concrete plan. Those responsible for the campaign should attempt to build coalitions with athletic programs at other universities that contract with Nike, therefore increasing the breadth of their movement so that it can gain legitimacy and not be ignored. Likewise, these activists should partner with workers’ rights organizations on and off campus like the Georgetown Solidarity Committee or Amnesty International. The help and support of students on campus must also be encouraged. Moreover, concerned student-athletes should take advantage of the opportunity to work with workers’ rights organizations based in Washington, D.C., such as United Students Against Sweatshops. Solidarity is a powerful force for social justice. Those who choose to stand alongside the oppressed in protest and advocacy sustain a meaningful potential for world betterment. However, it is not enough to declare oneself opposed to injustice. Strategies centered on the mere statement of dissent are impotent in the face of exploitative global structures that continue to allow sweatshop conditions in the name of profit.
Train to Break the Cycle As Georgetown’s Hunger and Homelessness Week nears its midpoint, university groups such as the Center for Social Justice and the Georgetown Ministry Center will continue to offer events that give students the opportunity to learn about and reflect on homelessness in the Washington, D.C., community. The events, spanning from panel discussions and “Sleep Outside for Homeless Awareness” to storytelling and slam poetry, serve to break down stereotypes and stigmas surrounding homelessness. These events coincide with the relaunch of Georgetown’s Hypothermia Outreach Team, which will train student volunteers over the coming days to assess the needs of D.C.’s homeless population and help them secure shelter in advance of the cold winter months. In tandem with these awareness efforts, campus groups should leverage the resources of the university to address the roots of homelessness by offering vocational training programs to those experiencing homelessness. There is no question that service is a necessary part of social justice. Service programs, currently provided under the umbrella of Georgetown Homeless Outreach Programs and Education, are extremely important — Friday Foods and Mobile Soup Kitchen, for example, provide needed meals for individuals and families. HOT can act as a potentially life-saving service for those without shelter during the winter. However, to break the cycles that make such services necessary, university activists must also address the institutional designs that perpetuate
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homelessness. Any solution, however, must begin with a vocational training program. One effort that the university could consider is a vocational training program. The Georgetown Ministry Center already engages in street outreach through HOT to provide medical and psychiatric assistance to homeless individuals in the vicinity of Georgetown’s campus. The relationships between students and individuals cultivated through this program could be further integrated into longer-term community-based learning courses like those offered through the justice and peace studies major or the potential labor and working-class studies minor proposed by sociology professor Brian McCabe, English professor Sherry Linkon and other faculty. These would provide sorely needed vocational training to D.C.’s homeless population and educate students on how to engage in homelessness advocacy. While students would gain firsthand experience working with the underserved in their community, individuals experiencing homelessness would receive assistance that goes beyond merely addressing their outward struggles. A vocational training program would be an attractive option for students considering social, nonprofit or educational work after graduation. More importantly, providing individuals with an institutional support network, professional tools and resources to empower themselves would represent a more impactful and efficient use of Georgetown’s resources in the context of cyclical poverty and homelessness.
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Pitch Perfect — The Georgetown Phantoms and the Georgetown Gracenotes hosted the DC A Cappella Festival in Gaston Hall on Saturday night, featuring performances by many of Georgetown’s a cappella groups, as well as groups from New York University and Johns Hopkins. A Great End to the Weeknd — Abel Tesfaye — or, as most people know him, The Weeknd — performed took his “The Madness” tour to the Verizon Center on Sunday night. Momofuku x2 — The popular D.C. restaurant opens with a different lunch menu but still with the famous Milk Bar desserts. Too Much Hate — FBI Crime Reports reveal that hate crimes, due to gender identity, are 10 times the national average in D.C.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Levels of Learning Lacks Awareness In their column, Naman Trivedi (SFS ’16) and Rohan Shetty (MSB ’16) criticize “formalized, course-based teaching” at Georgetown for “fail[ing] to make learning integrative and highimpact” (“Levels of Learning in a New Curriculum,” Nov. 10, 2015, The Hoya). Without citing evidence or data to support this view, they then propose replacing the classes currently offered by Georgetown’s classics department with “four major projects” — such as designing “an extensive blueprint of an ancient Greek temple.” The authors demonstrate no awareness of the work classics majors are already doing as well as the great success recent classics graduates have had not only in the classroom but also in many professional fields. Through the classes they take, classics majors develop advanced skills. For example, they learn to analyze
the artifacts of an archaeological site or to read and understand Greek and Latin texts that may never have been translated into English. Upper-level classes are the “creative labs” Trivedi and Shetty call for, and involve individual and collaborative learning in many forms. But this would be impossible without foundational coursework that provides hands-on help in navigating the world of knowledge. Moreover, classics majors already supplement their regular classes to build up the expertise they need. Some participate in archaeological field schools; some work in museums — for which substantial coursework is a prerequisite; some study related fields such as economics or history and write ambitious senior theses that have garnered interest from experts in the field. After college, classics students have flourished
in diverse fields including medicine, law, publishing, finance, journalism and teaching. Like other liberal arts majors, they bring to their careers an ability to think analytically about complex problems in unfamiliar settings. In an age where information is so abundant and technical skills can rapidly become obsolete, this ability is critical. Classics faculty regularly discuss how best to design and keep current an “integrative” curriculum that ultimately allows students to pursue their own high-level projects with success. Individual courses are constantly revised to foster engagement with openended problems. We invite all Georgetown students to try one of our classes and to seek us out for advice about our program.
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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS An earlier version of “’War With the Newts’ Givs Unique Take on Oppression” (The Hoya, B4, Nov. 13, 2015) stated that the play was written in 1936. The play was written in 1939. An earlier version of “Professors Launch Urban Studies Minor Proposal” (The Hoya, A5, Nov. 13, 2015) stated that the proposed minor is in urban studies. The proposed minor is in labor and working-class studies. An earlier version of “Calls for Nike Boycott Mount” (The Hoya, A1, Nov. 13, 2015) stated that the group planned to boycott Nike. Student-athletes have since clarified their goal as raising awareness of Nike’s business practices.
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Tossed, But Not Sunk
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All Speech Matters “I
personally am tired of hearing that First Amendment rights protect students when they are creating a hostile and unsafe learning environment for myself and for other students here.” Those are the words of University of Missouri Student Asscoiation Vice President Brenda Smith-Lezama. The greatest invention of free people — the freedom of speech — is seemingly creating a hostile learning environment for students. If student activists are trying to win over hearts and minds with that line of argument, they might want to rethink their approach. Alleged cases of racism at the University of Missouri are deplorable — but so is the crackdown on free expression. In fact, recent instructions from the school’s campus police urging students to report “hateful and/or hurtful” comments have led the American Civil Liberties Union, not exactly a bastion of conservative advocacy, to characterize the move as running “counter to the First Amendment.” Likewise, the liberal editorial board of The Washington Post recently penned a strikingly forceful rebuke of student activists and faculty members who “undermine the cause of acceptance and tolerance” and “run the risk of making universities a place not of learning but of conforming,” particularly by stifling the rights of a student photographer covering the protests. Moreover, student activists have now forced the University of Missouri president and others to resign from their posts. One professor says he wished to resign after students lambasted the educator for not cancelling an exam amid the schoolwide protests. I once held the belief that universities were centers of learning, but apparently social activism now takes precedence over midterms. What is happening here is simple — the oppressed are becoming the bullies themselves, and the phenomenon is spreading across college campuses nationwide. Take the case of The Wesleyan Argus, the Wesleyan University student newspaper. After publishing an opinion piece critiquing the Black Lives Matter movement, scores of students and faculty protested the paper and called for a boycott, decrying its apparent racial motives and demanding “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings,” the trends du jour of today’s hyperpolitically correct world. The weakwilled editors succumbed to the pressure, issuing an apology and a promise to run an edition written only by “students of color.” In yet another blow to free speech on the campus, the university’s student government body slashed the paper’s funding in half. The Argus and student leaders may want to take a lesson from newspaper pioneer Benjamin Franklin, who once wrote that “if all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” And even on the Hilltop, students censored a political cartoonist for the Georgetown Voice, alleging that his cartoon about the Georgetown University Student Association presidential candidates was racist. Apparently campus newspapers these days have forgotten about the concept of diversity of thought and expression. At Yale University, student activists allegedly interrupted and spat on free speech advocates who gathered for a free speech event hosted by the William F. Buckley Jr. Program. The irony here is overwhelming. This came after the school’s Intercultural Affairs Committee warned students of wearing offensive Halloween costumes. Not only are colleges policing what people can and cannot say to prevent hurt feelings, but now certain articles of clothing are also dangerous. The issue culminated when students aggressively confronted the husband of a faculty member who spoke out against the Halloween costume warning. In the now viral video, a student asked professor Nicholas Christakis if he believes in free speech, whereupon he responded that he does. The student replied: “Even when it denigrates me?” Apparently “free” speech means nothing anymore. The students went on to curse at Christakis, yelling at him to “be quiet” and claiming he “doesn’t deserve to be listened to” and is “disgusting.” So much for a safe space. This ungrateful lack of respect for authority figures and threatening of school administrators is just another symbol of the failure of academia to mold students into productive citizens. Promoting a culture of victimhood and groupthink is what today’s universities are best at. But a warning to student activists: Coddling yourselves from the unfortunate parts of human existence can only work on college campuses — not in the real world, for which, I assumed, colleges were intended to prepare students.
Michael Khan is a sophomore in the College. This is the last appearance of Mr. right this semester.
luctuat nec mergitur. Latin for “tossed but not sunk,” has been the motto of Paris for more than six hundred years. It has never been more relevant than it is today, three days after the terrorist attacks. Within 24 hours, most people knew about the attacks in Paris. Many were aware that within a single eternal hour, between 9 and 10 p.m., the attackers had found the inhumanity in themselves to murder 129 innocents and mutilate 352 more. Some even watched gruesome footage of people trying to run away — some limping, others dragging their friends — from the Bataclan, a crowded concert hall-turned-slaughterhouse. But few knew that the terraces, the concert halls and the cafes were filled with young Parisians barely older than the average college student. In a flash, the City of Light had been tossed from a typical Friday evening of celebration and joie de vivre to a dark night, void of both joy and life. And yet, despite this brutal display of savagery, Paris and the Parisians did not sink to the bottom of an ocean of despair. The very same bystander who took the now-viral video of people fleeing the Bataclan turned back to help more concertgoers escape — getting injured in the process. Despite the bloodshed, there was more blood donated than lost that evening as hundreds of donors volunteered and lined up to help. Despite fear choking the streets of my hometown, no one was left outside during the curfew as Parisians offered their homes to those who needed shelter using the twitter hashtag #PorteOuverte (#OpenDoor). As a half-French half-American born and raised in Paris, I was shocked by the attacks, proud of the Parisians and deeply touched by all the support offered by friends and family here in the United States. Messages and calls kept streaming
In a flash, the City of Light had been tossed from a typical Friday evening of celebration and joie de vivre to a dark night, void of both joy and life. in all night, asking if my family, my friends and I were safe and sound. Even the smallest deeds like changing one’s Facebook profile picture
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to a French flag meant a lot to not only me, but also to all of those who lost friends and to all of us far from home.
Si vis pacem, para bellum? If you want peace, prepare for war? A lot of debate emerged in the wake of the attacks. Some argue that we must seek revenge, referring to the revolution of 1789 when Frenchmen would sing “La Chanson du Depart” (The song of departure, roughly translated for nonfrancophones): “La République nous appelle Sachons vaincre ou sachons périr Un Français doit vivre pour elle Pour elle un Français doit mourir.” “The Republic calls us Let us vanquish, or let us perish A Frenchman must live for her For her a Frenchman must die.” Others warn us not to go to war because it is what the enemy wants, or because it does not work or even simply because the world has suffered enough already. No matter where one stands on the debate, it is important to keep in mind that, on the one hand, one cannot escape one’s moral responsibilities. If we truly believe in “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” we must stop the ones who wish to annihilate those guilty of simply having a different worldview. On the other hand, now is the time to gather, pray and pay homage to those who suffer from violence. This applies to Paris, obviously, but let us not forget Beirut and the countless other places where barbaric acts of violence and hatred have become an inhumanely pedestrian norm. Monday, Nov. 16 at 9 p.m.., in front of the blue, white and red flag at the base of the John Carroll statue, in the shadow of Healy Hall, I sang the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” with my fellow French Hoyas. I sang with my mind focused on the innocent victims, my heart softened by the kind expressions of sympathy I have witnessed and my head held up high with oh-so-French pride.
Benjamin Cavat-Negbaur is a junior in the College.
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remember reading about the events at The University of Missouri a few days ago. I knew they had made national news, but the issues did not pique my interest until the waves made in Missouri began to leak onto the Georgetown campus. It was around 2:30 a.m. and I was walking back to my apartment when I saw a group of students outside the Intracultural Center. They had traced the outline of the phrase “Black Students of GU, Your Allies Stand With You” above their heads in chalk. I had a midterm paper due that morning and one half of a brain that felt like it didn’t want to work. But part of me knew the right thing to do would be to stop and offer my help. The other part made me take a step back — was this cause worth my time? Was it even my place to take a stand? I believe every person on this campus, whether consciously or subconsciously, faced a similar decision. It wasn’t until a few days later that I realized why mine was to offer my help at 2:30 a.m. to help write “Black Students of GU, Your Allies Stand With You.” I am a minority. I am a woman with brown skin, I wear a hijab and both of my parents are first-generation immigrants who have been told multiple times to “return to their country.” I know what it feels like to be the victim of racism. I know the anger that boils in your chest when your successes are marginalized and your failures are highlighted. I know the feeling of exhaustion and uncertainty that comes with having to prove your self-worth. But if I claimed to know the exact struggle of the Black citizens of the United States, I would be wrong. I do not know what it feels like to have to walk on a cobblestone path that you know was made possible through the blood and sweat of your own people. I do not know what it takes to walk into a building every day that celebrates a man who sold hundreds of my own people into slavery and stripped them of their honor and identity. I do not
know if I would have the strength to wake up every day knowing that the country I live in and the people I work with kill my children for “looking like criminals” and then walk free. Perhaps because of this, I went to the demonstration the next day and to the sit-in the next. To me, it wasn’t about identifying with the struggle or only feeling the need to change the name of a building — however meaningful that is. It was about having the power to identify a valid reason for change and questioning those who purposely turn a blind eye to its existence. It was about beginning somewhere — whether that was with the president of a university or with the change of a name. I am not black and I was not even a Georgetown student until this semester. I realized at the demonstration, though, that I should not have questioned my place in this movement. I stood was exactly where I should have been — next to my brothers and sisters who deserved what they were asking for. At the sit-in, as the administration staff weaved in between our legs and stepped over our laptops with irritated expressions, I realized you don’t have time for something like this — you make time for something like this. Because you cannot claim to struggle for a cause until you sacrifice your own flow to disrupt the comfort of others. Because in the end, whether you are a minority or a majority, whether you do or do not identify with the struggle of the black students of Georgetown and elsewhere, you have to make a decision: Will you help or will you walk away? And in a country where the top 1 percent controls the remaining 99 percent, in a world where power is determined by status and status by power, I hope you decide to take that chalk at 2:30 a.m. and help finish what your brothers and sisters started.
Naaz Modan is a sophomore in the College. She is a photographer for The Hoya.
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or the past five years, I have had business world. She explains: the privilege of directing the “Your employer will largely not be George F. Baker Scholars Pro- equipped to teach you those skills — gram, geared toward College students they assume that you should already pursuing liberal arts degrees with in- have them. If you’re smart, you can terests in business careers. learn tactical things like Excel or PowGeorge F. Baker, a distinguished fi- erPoint or how to create a model for a nancier and philanthropist, believed business transaction. However, as an in cultivating intellectually inspired employer, it is much more difficult for and socially conscious business lead- me to train my colleagues on effective ers. Today, the Baker Program has writing skills or how to crystalize an more than 300 Baker alumni; I am issue in order to solve it. And if you’re constantly reminded of how their unable to communicate effectively or liberal arts foundations have spurred appropriately analyze issues and solve their successes in investment banking, problems, you will have a much more finance, consulting, brand manage- difficult time increasing your responment and advertising, sports market- sibilities and ascending in an organiing and corporate philanthropy, to zation.” name a few. Our own Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., (COL Baker alum and current trustee Mi- ’88) is also a Baker alum and former chael Scanlon (COL ’86) said he initially trustee. Before serving as vice presichose an economics major to “assuage dent of campus ministry, he worked [his] guilt for being a libas a corporate litigator eral arts student.” After a in a private law firm and junior-year conversation taught at both the high with Fr. Jeff von Arx, S.J., school and university levScanlon decided to switch els. He shares Gramins gears and major in hisand Scanlon’s perspectory, a field in which he tive on the strength and said he learned “to think, value of a liberal arts analyze, interpret, infer, degree: “The liberal arts imagine and be curious. are meant to liberate us And most of all … to enjoy Thomas Chiarolanzio from bias, close-mindedwhat I was doing.” ness and narrow vision. These skills served him well in his As an undergraduate, I experienced first job after college at MBNA America that freedom. My liberal arts educaBank, a financial services company. Of tion in the Jesuit tradition enlarged that job, he said: my vision, expanded my heart and liv“The daily challenges revealed them- ened my spirit. I learned to think more selves on a moment’s notice. I had to boldly, write more clearly, speak more react and think on my feet, often with persuasively and care more deeply no one to give me the answer. When about the world beyond myself.” it came to solving complex adaptive It is clear that the liberal arts had challenges, I brought a mindset that a profound impact on these Baker wasn’t limited to the quantitative alumni. In my 20 years as an adviser analysis. Realizing that I was every bit of first-and second year students at as competent in business as my peers Georgetown, I have had countless congot me to think about what other versations about the value of a liberal fields I might also be able to study and arts degree. These conversations have have success.” increased in recent years given the naScanlon now runs an inner-city all- tional nervousness about the economy, boys Catholic high school in Newark, the job market and a growing demand N.J. He calls the role “a liberal arts stu- that return on all investments — includdent’s dream — solving complex chal- ing college — be clear and quantifiable. lenges the environment produces, then I want all Georgetown College students, communicating directional changes regardless of the field they may want to to varied constituencies of parents, stu- pursue, to have faith in their liberal arts dents and faculty who are often viewing education. It is my hope that students an issue from different perspectives.” realize that coursework in a variety of Fellow Baker and trustee Meg Gramins disciplines will lead to many different (COL ’99), Executive Director at J.P. paths. It is important to have diversity Morgan was an American studies in one’s schedule in order to be able major, which she calls a “choose -your- to move in many directions. Hoyas: Be own adventure” version of the College true to yourself, find what you love and curriculum that allowed her to create enjoy and dive in. A liberal arts educa“a wonderful tapestry of classes tion allows for this — and it’s what your from across all disciplines.” After future demands. You will be prepared graduation, what was then–Bank One for whatever is in store. I know Scanhired her after specifically recruiting lon, Gramins and O’Brien would agree. liberal arts students. Calling her liberal arts education, “one of the best Thomas Chiarolanzio is a senior investments [she] ever made,” Gramins associate dean at Georgetown particularly credits Georgetown with College. He is one of the alternating honing her writing and analytical writers for The Dean’s Desk, which skills, which proved invaluable in the concludes its run with this piece.
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Justice Scalia Addresses First-Year Law Students MOLLY COOKE Hoya Staff Writer
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) argued that judges should refrain from making moral decisions during a guest lecture at the Georgetown University Law Center on Monday. In the Hart Auditorium in GULC’s McDonough Hall, 360 first-year law students attended and participated in a following question-and-answer session. “It’s not up to me to decide what is justice and what is law,” Scalia said. “I can’t tell you how often I reach results that I don’t like. You show me a judge that likes the result he reaches all the time and I’ll show you a bad judge by my estimation, because I’m not supposed to make the laws; I’m supposed to
apply the laws that the people have adopted directly or through their representatives.” Law Center Dean William Treanor recalled that last year when Justice John Paul Stevens spoke at the law center, he identified Scalia as the Supreme Court’s funniest judge, but Treanor noted he is also highly regarded for his scholarship on constitutional law. “Justice Scalia has profoundly shaped our nation’s jurisprudence as a member of the [Supreme] Court of course, but as a brilliant scholar, an executive branch official and also a member of the Court of Appeals,” Treanor said. “He’s a giant in the history of the law, and it’s a privilege for all of us to hear him.” Professor Randy Barnett introduced Scalia and moderated the question-and-answer session. In his
introduction, Barnett said that Scalia is the most famous sitting Supreme Court justice.
“There is so much more law to be learned today than there was when I graduated from law school, whole areas of law that didn’t exist.” ANTONIN SCALIA Supreme Court Justice (CAS ’57)
“Justice Scalia is the most discussed justice on the Supreme Court,” Barnett said. “And that’s true not just in your law class but in law classes across the country, and the reason for that is simple.
The opinions he writes are clear, principled and above all, they are interesting.” Scalia began his lecture noting that he and former Chief Justice Edward Douglass White are the only Georgetown graduates to ever sit on the Supreme Court before he addressed his feelings on modern law education. “It has always been in the despair of us originalists that you suckle at the common law,” Scalia said. “Most of your first year is devoted to learning the common law of contracts and property, of torts. When you open your eyes to law, your image of the law is the common-law judge who figures out the right answer to a problem.” Scalia explained that he opposes that image because of its political implications.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) delivered a guest lecture for 360 first-year law students in Hart Auditorium at the Georgetown University Law Center’s McDonough Hall on Monday. He discussed his career, infamous dissents and originalist viewpoints.
“It is true that the great judge was the judge that could figure out things,” Scalia said. “But what has intervened between then and now is something called popular democracy, and what that requires; you cannot have a democracy of any extent without a language, a language that’s agreed upon so that the people who write the laws are using the same signals as the people who apply the laws. The job of the modern judge is not to invent the law anymore, not if you believe in democracy anyway.” Scalia also commented on his commencement speech at William and Mary University, where he joked about extending law school to last four years. “There is so much more law to be learned today than there was when I graduated from law school, whole areas of law that didn’t exist,” Scalia said. “If you want to be a lawyer, you have to be learned in the law.” In the second half of the question-and-answer session, Scalia addressed questions about his participation within the Supreme Court, revealing that his law clerks actually have more influence on him than his fellow justices because they often come to conference with their minds made up. “I thrash out the cases with my law clerks much more than with my colleagues. They’re smart as can be; they’re not jaded as I am. It’s a very good process,” Scalia said. “They write the first drafts of my opinion, but I tell them how it comes out. And I don’t think they have undue influence on me. They’re the principal sounding board that I have. They often disagree with me; I disagree with them, which is more important.” Scalia also discussed his infamous proclivity to dissent. “I don’t mind the majority opinions,” Scalia said. “I write the dissents for you guys. Seriously, what’s the use of a dissent in the Supreme Court? You know on the Court of Appeals it has some practical use, you warn off other circuits. … In the Supreme Court, what’s the use? You’ve had your chance. You’ve lost. Why don’t you go quietly? ‘I dissent.’ When I write my dissents, I try to make them not only clear, but interesting.” Scalia said he geared his dissents toward study in law classes because of his hope for the next generation of lawyers. “I’ve given up on the current generation — they’re gone, forget about them. But the kids in law school, I think there’s still a chance,” Scalia said. “That’s who I write my dissents for.”
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United Nations Free and Equal Campaign Director Charles Radcliffe called for increasing activism amidst a climate of shifting attitudes toward LGBT rights in an increasingly polarized world at a forum in McShain Lounge on Thursday. The Georgetown University United Nations Association, GU Pride and the LGBTQ Resource Center hosted the event, titled “LGBTI Rights are Human Rights.” The Free and Equal campaign formed under the Human Rights Office in 2013 to push for more LGBT rights around the world. The group has since campaigned for these issues to be at the forefront of the U.N.’s agenda. UNA Undersecretary General of Membership Zackary Abu-Akeel (SFS ’18) said the forum will give the UNA a unique opportunity to increase awareness on campus of the UN’s global efforts to promote LGBTQ rights. “We hope to raise awareness on campus of the initiatives that the U.N. leads that support individuals identifying as LGBTQ+ around the globe in the fight for freedom and equality,” Abu-Akeel said. Radcliffe began the forum by playing a video that outlined the various struggles of the LGBT community around the world. He then emphasized that LGBT individuals are deprived of basic human rights, saying that the UN wishes for equality. “There is nothing new about the right to life or the right to security of person. There is nothing special about the right to education,” Radcliffe said. “There is nothing new or special about the right to be free from discrimination, to be free from arbitrary arrest or detention or torture.” Radcliffe also said there has been a large shift in global attitudes toward LGBT rights. In particular, LGBT rights went from seldom discussed to a large global campaign with wide support in little time. “There was literally no debate at all about human rights violations against the LGBT community and that has changed very quickly in the space of a few years,” Radcliffe said. Several countries have made large strides in LGBT rights, such as passing marriage equality and anti-discrimination laws. Radcliffe sees LGBT equality as achieving the most progress among human rights campaigns. However, Radcliffe noted there has been significant resistance against LGBT rights. “There is no area that I am aware of
where we have seen so many positive steps taken in so many countries in such a short period of time. … It is also true, I think, that there is no issue that we’ve seen so much resistance and so much well-organized and well-funded opposition,” Radcliffe said. Radcliffe said the issue of resistance to LGBT rights, such as countries criminalizing homosexuality outright and limiting the activities of LGBT rights groups, is a rising phenomenon threatening the LGBT community worldwide. “One of the challenges we have in this campaign is how to find a way to talk about this that has resonance in so many different cultural contexts,” Radcliffe said. In the forum’s question-and-answer session, a student asked Radcliffe about the successes of the LGBT rights movement. “It is hard to say why it’s gathered pace in the last few years, but it is absolutely a determining factor, maybe the most important factor, is people coming out. … When people become known, their stories become known,” Radcliffe said. “When the community is humanized, people’s attitudes change much more quickly.” At the end of the event, Radcliffe said the best way for everyday people to assist in the LGBT rights movement is to support LGBT individuals in their own communities and join the global campaign. “The things that you can do that are most effective are in your own communities, in your own families. Embrace your LGBTQ friends and let them know you’re there.” Radcliffe said. “If you want to get interested in what’s happening globally, find out, join the campaign, share the materials. It’s by sharing this, by being part of this movement, we will in the end push for change.” Grace Laria (SFS ’19) said many of the opinions discussed aligned with her own, especially the U.N.’s goal of working at the local level to implement change. “A lot of things [Radcliffe] said really resonated with me … the idea of working through local communities, rather than the U.N. imposing regulations,” Laria said. Samuel Boyne (SFS ’18) also said the event effectively raised awareness of LGBT issues. “I think it was a really important campaign, and the speech was definitely touching a lot of topics that are good for all of us to know,” Boyne said.
Campaign Supports Undocumented Emma Rizk
many challenges undocumented students face that the community does not realize, from applying for financial aid to Around 165 community members par- seeking employment to navigating legal ticipated in Hoyas for Immigrant Rights documents. and UndocuHoyas’ photo campaign in sup“We were basically part-time students port of the community of undocumented and part-time advocates,” Yu said. “An unindividuals at Georgetown and across the documented student should not be seen country in Red Square on Thursday. differently than any other students. This HIR and UndocuHoyas partnered with should be something that a person of United We Dream, the largest immigrant- authority should have knowledge of, but youth-led organization in the U.S., to orga- we couldn’t find that at Georgetown. But nize the photo campaign, which launched this year we made big changes and we in conjunction with annual National Edu- found a lot of support.” cators Coming Out Day. Director of the Women’s Center Laura HIR Co-Chair Alexis Larios (COL ’18) said Kovach participated in the photo camit was important for the community to paign. Kovach has expressed support for show support for the undocumented stu- undocumented immigrants in her role dent population. Acat the Women’s Center, cording to the group, “[Undocumented which she hopes is a visthere are around 20 ible resource for undocundocumented stu- students] are in the umented students. dents at Georgetown. “There is so much “We keep talking shadows and the concern for some of about immigration added burdens of our undocumented as this idea that students of ‘Who can nobody really un- being undocumented I trust?’” Kovach said. derstand the com“It’s been really critical plexities of and keep them there.” for a lot of us to stand sometimes it’s easy to up and say, ‘We know just look at it from a you are here and we policy stance,” Larios Alexis larios (COL ’18) want you to come see us Hoyas for Immigration Rights Co-Chair said. “This event reif you need us.’” ally highlights the In light of the success importance of changing the narrative of of the photo campaign, which was shared immigration.” on Facebook, Yu and Larios said that their An organization administered by the organizations will continue to advocate Center of Social Justice, HIR is dedicated to for the rights of undocumented students fostering dialogue on immigrant rights. A on campus. group of students founded UndocuHoyas They also said they are grateful for the in fall 2014 to provide support for undocu- support of Georgetown educators and mented college students. students in the campaign, but there is a The event also received support from a lot of work left to improve the situations variety of campus groups including the of undocumented students in the comCollege Dean’s Office, the CSJ, the Center munity. for Multicultural Equity and Access, the “It’s a humanitarian issue,” Larios said. Georgetown Scholarship Program and the “We are dealing with human beings who Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the are in this country for several reasons and Working Poor. it is unreasonable to expect that we are While Larios lauded the Georgetown going to just ignore such a large part of community for responding positively to our population … that perpetuates marthe photo campaign, she also said there is ginalization.” a lack of awareness about undocumented Kovach said that there are more ways students at Georgetown. to bridge an understanding between un“These people are in the shadows and documented students and the rest of the the added burdens of being undocu- community, including providing more mented keeps them there,” Larios said. support for UndocuHoyas and HIR. “We want to show that these people exist, “At a minimum, [this campaign] raises they’re facing struggles and it is our duty awareness that we have students who are to show them that this is a safe space for undocumented but may not feel safe talkthem and that we support them.” ing about it,” Kovach said. “This allows Hwangchan Yu (COL ’18), an undocu- our undocumented students to find safe mented student at Georgetown and a resources and to be visible themselves member of UndocuHoyas, said there are and to share their stories.” Hoya Staff Writer
The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution 27-1 to stand in solidarity with victims of collegiate racism Sunday in light of recent events highlighting racial injustice on college campuses such as the University of Missouri. The resolution, which was shared by GUSA yesterday in a student-wide email, expressed support for students of color who encounter institutional injustice on their college campuses and vowed to recognize the validity of student demonstrators’ demands and challenge university administrators to ensure the safety of students in all universities. Speaker of the Senate Enushe Khan (MSB ’17), who introduced the resolution with At-Large Senator Jasmin Ouseph (SFS ’19), said it is important for GUSA to take a position on pressing current issues. “This is essentially saying that as a campus here, as an undergraduate body here, we’re taking a stance on this,” Khan said. “If anything, we hope that this furthers dialogue on our campus in terms of our own history of racism and racial profiling.” Last week, racial tensions at Mizzou, Yale and other universities resulted in ongoing protests, strikes and the resignations of university administrators. Student activists at Georgetown also organized a demonstration in solidarity with victims of collegiate racism in Red Square last Thursday. Village A Senator Ben Costanza (COL ’18), who voted against the resolution, said he took issue with the message behind the resolution and that he would support a resolution of solidarity if the protesters at other campuses changed their methods. “There’s obviously a problem with racism in this country. There’s implicit racism and there’s direct racism, and that problem is obviously also evident on college campuses. However, what these students at Mizzou and Yale are doing is not helping that problem,” Costanza said. “What these students are doing is infringing on the rights of others, namely the right to free speech and the rights of the freedom of the press.” Off-Campus Senator Owen Coffin (COL ’16) agreed that certain student
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The GUSA senate passed a resolution in support of the activism of collegiate students of color, including those at Georgetown. protests promote division. “I personally don’t think the conversation at Yale has been to the level of articulation of which we know those students are capable,” Coffin said. “We know that their concerns are valid and it is very emotional, and that’s probably what makes some of these debates so divisive is because there’s a lot of passion and there’s a lot of pain in them.” Other senators scrutinized the language of the resolution before approving it. Coffin took issue with the wording of the original resolution, specifically the fact that it mentioned schools such as the University of Missouri and Yale University. He said that he did not think it was appropriate for outside groups to have the power to make decisions about the language of senate resolutions. “I understand that the language is very important and that some of the most effective and probably knowledgeable student leaders were of use in drafting it,” Coffin said. “But this is a GUSA senate piece of legislature, and you cannot let outside groups write our legislation for us merely because of outside pressure.” Ouseph disagreed with Coffin, saying that GUSA senators wrote the resolution but valued the input and concerns of the students in that process. “It wasn’t like other people were
writing for us. We wrote it. We just wanted to make sure that what we were addressing is actually important to the people it primarily concerns,” Ouseph said. “GUSA is meant to represent the undergraduate body as a whole, and that includes students that may not necessarily be represented here.” Alumni Square and Nevils Senator Roopa Mulpuri (SFS ’18) argued that retaining the names of specific colleges increased the weight of the resolution. She also mentioned that by issuing a resolution, GUSA would be acknowledging instances of injustice at Georgetown. “I think part of the problem is not acknowledging the validity of specific instances of systematic injustice,” Mulpuri said. “I think part of the issue is acknowledging that it is happening at specific places. As for the resolution as a whole … we’re acknowledging that it is probably also happening at Georgetown.” Khan said the resolution reflects the thoughts of the majority of the student body. “Essentially, this is how a great part of our student body feels — that it is important to take a stance and to stand in solidarity with fellow students across the country,” Khan said. “This is just a matter of our student body saying that we stand in solidarity with college students elsewhere as well.”
Panels Address Latin America Sarah Griffin
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Seven student groups collaborated to host the university’s first student-led Latin American conference to address the region’s political future last Friday. The event, entitled “Latin America at a Crossroads,” featured three panel discussions in the Healey Family Student Center with leaders, policy makers and academics from the region. More than 160 students attended the panels, which included discussions on issues in Latin American governments, the private sector and globalization. The event was a collaboration between student groups including the Latin American Student Association, the Georgetown University Graduate Association of Mexican Students and the Latin American Policy Association. The Global Futures Initiative and the Graduate Student Organization also provided financial support, while the Center for Latin American Studies and the Latin American Board helped with planning. In his opening remarks, Vice President for Global Engagement Thomas Banchoff praised Georgetown’s involvement with and commitment to Latin America. “We’re a magnet for talented students from the region,” Banchoff said. “Students … see Georgetown
with our academic strengths, with our location here in Washington, with the networking opportunities, as the place to deepen their expertise and understanding of Latin America and the world.” At the opening remarks, Francisco Palmieri, the deputy assistant secretary for the Caribbean and Central America in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, discussed contemporary challenges facing the region, as well as the current administration’s foreign policy in Latin America. Palmieri pointed toward the normalization of the United States’ relationship with Cuba as an important turning point in the two regions’ diplomatic relations. “The shift in Cuba policy has removed an impediment to even higher levels of engagement throughout the region,” Palmieri said. “Our most fundamental commitment as a region must remain democracy and human rights. We are reinvigorated by the opportunities we see ahead of us.” Other notable speakers and panelists at the conference included Ambassador of Peru to the United States Luis Miguel Castilla, Barbara Kotschwar, senior investment pol-
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Panelists discussed the political future of Latin America at a student-organized conference in the HFSC on Friday.
icy specialist at the World Bank’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, and Mayor Jorge Muñoz of Miraflores, Peru. Conference Chair of the Latin American Policy Association Inès de Marcos (GRD ’16) said the level of attendance, quality of speakers and attention from the press surpassed her expectations. “I would love to see this work we pioneered continued in the following years,” de Marcos wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Latin American students are an important part of the Georgetown community and I think it is a great idea that all of them work together to continue to promote the discussion, debate and analysis of policies and political issues relevant for the Latin America region.” President of the Latin American Graduate Organization Zoe Dauth (GRD ’16) said the response to the conference has been largely positive. “We have received excellent feedback from students, faculty and external guests,” Dauth wrote in an email to The Hoya. “They were impressed by the depth of discussion, professionalism of the student groups, caliber of speakers and collaborative efforts from so many different parts of the university.” Though this is the first year that the conference ’16) said the response to the conference has been largely positive. “We have received excellent feedback from students, faculty and external guests,” Dauth wrote in an email to The Hoya. “They were impressed by the depth of discussion, professionalism of the student groups, caliber of speakers and collaborative efforts from so many different parts of the university.” Though this is the first year that the conference has been held, speakers and organizers expressed optimism that it will continue to grow in subsequent years. “I do expect that this will be a conference in years to come that will continue to attract enormous interest and participation, not just across the U.S. but by leaders throughout the region,” Palmieri said. Dauth echoed this sentiment, and said that the conference highlighted the best of what Georgetown has to offer to the region. “We hope that this will become an annual event and help shape public opinion and debate on Latin America,” Dauth wrote. “It was a triumph for student entrepreneurialism, creativity and leadership.”
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The Louvre was closed to the public this weekend following the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people and left more than 350 people wounded. A French flag flew at half mast during a moment of silence at Science Po Lyon on Monday. Georgetown students studying abroad in Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg are all safe, as confirmed by the Office of Global Education.
Students Abroad Reflect on Terrorist Attacks in Paris PARIS, from A1 information. I reassured Georgetown and my family that we were safe, and then spent the night with my eyes glued to my Twitter feed. With every refresh, the death toll rose. As of Monday evening, the six attacks across Paris, attributed to the Islamic State group — notably the shooting at the Petit Cambodge restaurant near the Stade de France and the attack on Bataclan theater during a concert — left more than 350 injured and 129 dead, including an American college senior at California State University-Long Beach, Nohemi Gonzalez. President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency in the country, and with that, Paris shut down for the weekend. Transportation was blocked; all museums, schools and government buildings closed. The Eiffel Tower was dark Saturday night. After spending Saturday hiding in the hotel at my mom’s insistence, my boyfriend and I finally ventured out on Sunday. Soldiers wearing red berets and carrying huge military rifles marched through the streets, and police cars lined all tourist sites. With every siren that wailed past, we could feel the pedestrians around us tense and exchange worried looks. Much to the relief of my mother, I left Paris on Monday morning and returned home to Strasbourg, leaving behind the tangible air of fear and sadness that marked the city this weekend. For the eight Georgetown students at Sciences Po Paris, five of whom were in the
city during the attack, Friday night’s events will now mark the beginning of a new mood for the place they have called home for three months. “Honestly, it’s been really scary being here. Having something like this happen in your city — and Paris has really become our city this semester — is terrifying,” Cassidy Sachs (COL ’17), a student at Sciences Po Paris who was at a restaurant in Notre-Dame at the time of the attacks, said. Since the attacks, the city has been on the edge. On Sunday night, mass panic ensued at Place de la République when a firecracker was mistaken for a gun shot, media sources reported. According to Sachs, a few buildings at the university were evacuated Monday after a scare with a suspicious package. Muriel Van De Bilt (SFS ’17), another Sciences Po Paris student, was also at a restaurant at the time of the attacks when she got a call from the Sciences Po Paris coordinator, Emilie Wynne, advising the students to leave soon and return to their host families. “I ended up going home and sitting down in the couch with my host mom until 2 a.m. following the news, and trying to respond to everyone, thanking them for their concern and mostly trying to understand what was happening,” Van De Bilt said. Her host mom would later find out that one of her work colleagues had died at the Bataclan. Her host dad sat trapped in his office, located just two blocks from the Bataclan, until 3 a.m. that night.
“And because it was so close to his everyday life — one of the cafes where some of the shootings happen is where he used to go have coffee every morning — just adds a more ‘real life side’ to the situation,” Van De Bilt said. After finally reaching his host brother, who had gone out for the night, Leo Zucker (SFS ’17) similarly spent the night watching the news with his host family and frantically calling friends and family. “No words could do our horror justice as we waited for the next body count to pop up,” Zucker said. Sachs praised Georgetown’s response to the crisis, especially compared to the minimal communication from Sciences Po Paris. “Our counselor here, Emilie Wynne, has been amazing, hunting us all down to make sure we’re safe, offering anything we could possibly need,” Sachs said. Van De Bilt also extolled the strength of program support. “[Wynne] was super fast in calling us and has been in constant contact ever since,” Van De Bilt said. On Friday night, I received several emails from my coordinator in Strasbourg, as well as an email from Wynne on Saturday. Witkowski had also called my host family Friday night in an attempt to locate me. Office of Global Education Assistant Director Jason Sanderson sent out an email Sunday confirming that all Georgetown students studying in France were safe.
Paola Peraza (SFS ’17), who is studying abroad in Lyon, France, said she also heard from her coordinator that night, and Georgetown contacted her host family Saturday morning. She said no one from Georgetown’s Lyon program was in Paris at the time. According to a statement from Craig Rinker, director of global education at Georgetown’s Office of Global Education, the OGE does not make emergency response protocols publicly available. He did say, however, that the study-abroad coordinators’ first response was to locate and confirm the safety all of students in the event of an emergency. “Upon learning of the evolving situation in Paris on Friday night, the OGE solicited updates on the welfare of the students from our program partners and local program coordinators throughout France,” Sanderson said in a statement to The Hoya through Georgetown communications. “The first priority is always to account for all participants who might be in immediate harm’s way.” He added that Georgetown is not recalling student travellers at this time. The world has offered its solidarity with Paris this weekend. Obama delivered a statement Friday, offering his condolences to Paris. “This is an attack not just on Paris; it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share,” Obama said.
Leaders from across the world concurred. “The road of violence and hatred does not resolve humanity’s problems. And using the name of God to justify this road is blasphemy,” Pope Francis said in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also condemned the attacks as a “crime against humanity” Saturday after canceling a prescheduled European visit. Secretary of State John Kerry also traveled to Paris on Monday to show his support. “In #Paris to offer condolences for the horrific loss of life & to convey solidarity of American people with our oldest ally. #USavecvous,” Kerry tweeted Monday. Buildings in Paris and across the world are lit up in the French tricolore at night, and schools throughout France held a moment of silence Monday to commemorate the victims of the attack. From what I saw from my walk through Paris on Sunday, the city is, for lack of a better word, rallying. Memorials are scattered across the city, and people had begun to resume their daily lives. “Life is cautiously transitioning back to normal here. What the new normal will entail remains to be seen. Now is an interesting time to be alive in France,” Zucker said. On our last night, Sunday, we walked past the Eiffel Tower, dark the night before, and saw it had been lit up blue, white and red. Paris is in mourning, but she still shows her strength.
Campus Community Shows Solidarity With Victims VIGILS, from A1 building up and not tearing down,” Gerdes said. “We are called to be women and men for others, to be people of love, justice and peace.” The Georgetown University Gospel Choir also performed the gospel standard “Hallelujah, Salvation and Glory.” Last night’s event, hosted by the Georgetown University French Cultural Association, also saw the observance of a moment of silence and the singing of “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem, by around 50 students at Healy Circle. Students chalked messages of support for Paris and other regions of the world affected by terrorism on the pavement. On Friday, mass shootings and suicide bombings claimed 129 lives in Paris, while a bombing at a funeral in Baghdad killed 18 people. One day before, a bombing killed more than 40 people and injured more than 239 in Beirut. All three
attacks were linked to the Islamic State group.
“There were attacks in Paris, but we have to know that it happens everywhere in the world, every day.” MARTIAL GUERIN French exchange student
At the vigil, attendee Anna Arena (COL ’17) said the performance was particularly striking in light of the attack on the Bataclan, the theater
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Students gathered at an interfaith prayer vigil ogranized by the Office of Campus Ministry in Dahlgren Quadrangle on Sunday evening.
where the majority of the victims of the Paris attack were killed. “This was an attack on a concert hall; it was an attack against music,” Arena said. “Seeing how sacred that is … to see that transcendent beauty through the violence was very moving. We’re all connected through music. I thought that was incredible.” At the event, Protestant Chaplaincy Director Rev. Bryant Oskvig said while much of the media’s coverage has centered on the Paris attacks, students should acknowledge the widespread effects of violence and terrorism. “The media focuses on Paris because it feels counterintuitive to our own experiences and things we expect in a place like France or the United States,” Oskvig said. “I think there’s a lot of human misery that gets overlooked because it seems so far away and in places where we can’t imagine ourselves going to.” Vigil attendee Nina Young (SFS ’19) said she felt the event addressed the international community as a whole. “We didn’t only address the shootings in Paris,” Young said. “I’m certainly not someone who keeps up with the media, but through campus I’ve heard a lot about [other attacks].” Arena recalled that speakers mentioned Lebanon before Paris during the prayers for special intentions at the Mass she attended in Dahlgren Chapel on Sunday. “That’s always been something that struck me about the Jesuit ideology,” Arena said. “There’s a very conscious moving of things that aren’t traditionally put first and placing them first.” At last night’s event, Emeric Maria, an exchange student from France, said that the attacks had a personal impact on him. “It’s important for us to all be here and show our support,” Maria said. “We have a lot of friends and family in Paris. It could’ve been me, just going to a restaurant, going to a concert.” Martial Guerin, another exchange student, urged the community to remember victims of terrorism beyond France. “There were attacks in Paris, but we have to know that it happens everywhere in the world, every day,” Guerin said.
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The Georgetown University French Cultural Association organized a vigil in front of the John Carroll statue in Healy Circle on Monday evening. After the vigil, Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., stressed the importance of upholding values across faith traditions in light of tragic events. “At a Catholic and Jesuit university, committed to inter-religious collaboration, we naturally come together in times of tragedy, sadness and anxiety,” O’Brien wrote in an email to The H oya . “We seek comfort in our faith in the company of one another.” O’Brien said events like the prayer vigil help students look past stereotypes. “We don’t allow caricatures of one tradition or another to define our own experience of the
tradition,” O’Brien wrote. “When I hear a prayer for peace done out of a Hindu or a Muslim tradition, it expands my horizons and … counteracts that visceral image that we’re seeing portrayed in the popular media over and over again.” Muslim Chaplaincy Director Imam Yahya Hendi cited the vigil as an example of the strength of the Georgetown community. “We are a community fully unit ed for justice and peace,” Hendi wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We do come together to say that we are united for peace and justice for all. Tonight’s program was a great sign that we are one family despite our amazing diversity.”
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Mulledy, McSherry Halls Renamed After Student Activism RENAMING, from A1 this action because the university fails to hear us and recognize our thoughts on the matter.” BLF member Crystal Walker (SFS ’16), who is a member of the working group, said that she is pleased by DeGioia’s decision to approve the name change. “I am content with the provisional names of the two buildings and look forward to the final name change, as it will directly commemorate the lives of the 272 enslaved people who were sold,” Walker wrote in an email to THE HOYA. This activism comes in response to recent allegations of racial injustice on college campuses worldwide. These accusations resulted in the resignation of University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe after he was criticized for failing to address issues of racial intolerance and outrage at Yale University over comments on offensive Halloween costumes and racial insensitivity by university faculty. As a show of solidarity, around 250 students, faculty and community members attended a demonstration hosted by black student activists in Red Square on Thursday. At the event, members of the BLF announced demands, including revising university tours to include information on the history of campus sites, placing plaques on the known unmarked graves of slaves, establishing an annual program focused on education, creating an endowment for recruiting black
“I hope that we can continue to engage with folks across the community and promote dialogue on a number of fronts.” CONNOR MAYTNIER (COL ’17) Member of Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation
professors equivalent to the net present value of the profit from the 1838 sale and mandatory training for professors on diversity and identity issues. In September, DeGioia charged a working group of 16 students, faculty and alumni to address the history and ramifications of Jesuit slaveholding at Georgetown. The group is chaired by history professor Rev. David Collins, S.J. After the board approved the working group’s recommendation, Collins said he would have rather kept to the original schedule for the name change instead of responding quickly to last week’s demonstrations. “I wish we could have kept to our timeline ... to vote on a resolution after we had had a university-wide conver-
sation,” Collins wrote in an email to The Hoya. “There are multiple stakeholders in our university. As my email inbox shows, a lot of them wish that we had had time to involve them in a larger conversation.” However, Collins said he recognized the importance of incorporating the views of the entire Georgetown community and accoutning for the risk of community members feeling uninformed when contemplating the name change. “We made the decision very clearly that the situation … is a signal to us that it’s important for us to pass this resolution today and to risk all the complications that this is going to cause with other segments of the community that aren’t as familiar with why this is so important,” Collins said. “The BLF and the student groups made a compelling case … that we need to pass the resolution now rather than several months from now.” The Georgetown department of philosophy also published a letter in support of the Black Leadership Forum’s protests Friday, urging the halls’ name changes, the memorialization of the graves of slaves on campus and an annual educational program on Georgetown’s slaveholding past. In its recommendation to DeGioia, the working group said it found its values to be consistent with those of black student activists. “We are very encouraged by and welcome the suggestions of the Black Leadership Forum and other students,” the group wrote. “Their words are shaped by a thoughtfulness, a passion and a spirit of constructive engagement that we appreciate deeply and hope will sustain us through the course of this important and painful conversation about our history and its legacy.” The group said they proposed the names “Freedom Hall” and “Remembrance Hall” to memorialize the experiences of slaves who helped to build the two buildings in the early 19th century. In the letter, the group also announced three events to continue dialogue on campus, including a symposium on the history of slaveholding at Georgetown on April 16, a holiday recognized by the District of Columbia as Emancipation Day. The group will also host two conversation circles next Wednesday and Thursday and a teach-in Dec. 1. Both will take place in the Healey Family Student Center. The teach-in will involve an academic discussion not limited to a certain viewpoint or frame of topic on the issue of Georgetown’s slaveholding past. According to Office of the President Chief of Staff Joe Ferrara, the working group plans to engage in dialogue with the Georgetown community to find permanent names for Freedom and Remembrance Halls.
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One day after students participated in a sit-in outside of University President John J. DeGioia’s office, DeGioia announced the renaming of Mulledy and McSherry Halls to Freedom and Remembrance Halls on Saturday. “The Working Group will continue to engage our community in dialogue. Through this process of dialogue, the intended timeline is to identify recommended permanent names sometime during the spring semester,” Ferrara wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Collins emphasized the importance of getting as close to a unanimous consensus as possible from different stakeholders in the community, such as alumni and faculty, when suggesting permanent names for the halls. “Some stakeholders are harder to get onboard than others,” Collins said. “We want everybody to be onboard. You never get unanimity. The working group is prepared to deal with the lack of unanimity.” Collins said that while some community members have contacted the group in disagreement with the name change, he has not received any racially charged rhetoric. “I have gotten no email that’s racist,” Collins said. “I have gotten a lot of emails between accusing us of working too hastily [and] for not listening to all the folks who are out there.”
The movement to change the names of both halls sparked the creation of a working group at the College of the Holy Cross, where Mulledy served as its first university president starting in 1843 after leaving Georgetown and where a residence hall is named in his honor. In a letter to the university community, College of the Holy Cross University President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., outlined the need to examine Holy Cross in a similar way as Georgetown. “Since the fall, I have been following the progress of Georgetown’s working group, and have been in conversations with some of our alumni, faculty, and staff about these same issues,” Boroughs wrote. “While our historical situation differs somewhat from that of Georgetown, I believe we too must investigate what this issue means for us today.” According to Connor Maytnier (COL ’17), who serves on the working group, the temporary renaming to Freedom and Remembrance Halls is the first step in a long process to address the history of slaveholding at Georgetown. “While the renaming of the buildings
is by no means an insignificant step, it is just one piece of a more in-depth process,” Maytnier wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “I hope that we can continue to engage with folks across our community and promote dialogue on a number of fronts … such as how to best acknowledge Georgetown’s history with slavery, and steps that can be taken to memorialize and reconcile that history.” Collins said student input in the naming process is essential to formulating representative permanent names for Freedom and Remembrance Halls. “The creativity of coming up with a new name — that’s your responsibility. … How about if groups were to get together and engage in some kind of [project] … and out of that were to emerge a word, a name, a concept on how to name the building?” Collins said. “Georgetown students are some of the smartest students in America, and some of the most creative. … What ideas are you going to come up with?’”
Hoya Staff Writers Aly Pachter and Ian Scoville contributed reporting.
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D.C. Lawyers for Youth honored Georgetown University Law Center professors Kristin N. Henning and Wallace Mlyniec for their work as directors of the Juvenile Justice Clinic on Nov. 4. The JJC, which has educated nearly 700 students, formed in 1973 as one of the first legal clinics of its kind, providing both legal representation for youth charged with delinquency in D.C. as well as clinical education and learning opportunities for law students that defend them in court. Henning and Mlyniec received honors at DCLY’s Fall Ball for Youth Justice, where the organization also announced the creation of the Henning-Mlyniec Award for Youth Justice, which will be awarded annually starting in 2016 to advocates and attorneys who have advanced youth justice through their careers. GULC and JJC alumni founded the DCLY in 2007. The organization seeks to reform the District’s juvenile justice system through advocacy for youth development and legal representation. Mlyniec served as JJC director since the clinic’s inception until Henning took over in June 2015. Mlyniec said he was surprised he received the award. “When I grew up, you grew up to work hard and never expect any kind of award,” Mlyniec said. “To get an award for going to work every day and especially to a job you love as well, to have this organization name an award after Kris and me, is somewhat overwhelming.” He additionally highlighted the JJC’s mission and the practical learning opportunities it provides to law students. Students receive degree credit for participating in the program, and the clinic provides training for nonstudent lawyers in the field of juvenile justice. “The court appoints us to represent kids accused of crimes, and then we assign students to be the principal lawyers,” explained Mlyniec, “The students then actually go out and investigate the cases, negotiate settle-
ments and try cases in the D.C. Superior Court.” Mlyniec also spoke about his respect for JJC students and the dedication they commit to legal work in service of others. “They are some of my heroes. They work hard and try harder than any other law students and graduate with a moral obligation to do pro bono work and support the work that we do here,” Mlyniec said. “They are the ones who really deserve the award.” Henning echoed Mlyniec’s sentiments, highlighting the rewards of teaching at the JJC. “A teacher’s greatest joy is less in the teaching as it is in the learning,” Henning said. “One of the greatest joys is learning from our students, and a number of the folks acting in the DCLY are our former students. ... For me, the work captures both my commitment to social justice and my intellectual interest.” Henning also emphasized the need for social justice work and encouraged undergraduate student involvement in organizations like After School Kids that work with adjudicated D.C. youth. “Our country and the state of our country and its success has to be measured not by how well the wealthy are doing, but by how we treat the ones who are most
vulnerable and the ones who are the most at risk,” Henning said. “Children in the juvenile court system are some of these people. R. Daniel Okonkwo (LAW ’05) is the executive director of DCLY and participated in the JJC program when he was a GULC student. “Professor Henning and Mlyniec were instrumental in the founding of D.C. Lawyers for Youth,” Okonkwo wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “We wanted to impact change at the policy level so young people like those we represented in the clinic would have better life outcomes as a result of our work on juvenile justice reform in the District.” According to Okonkwo, one of the most valuable things taught at the JJC is that working in this field gives lawyers the ability to improve the lives of others. “DCLY’s work is important because at the core of DCLY’s work on behalf of young people is the belief that sometimes kids make mistakes,” Okonkwo wrote. “We believe that none of our city’s children or their entire lives should be defined by that mistake. A system that still holds kids accountable but will also help them to bounce back more resilient and more equipped to handle life can avoid making those same types of mistakes again.”
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Two GULC professors, Kristin N. Henning, above, and Wallace Mlyniec, received D.C. Lawyers for Youth honors.
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Saar, Higareda GU Downs UMES in Season Opener Reach Milestones Molly O’Connell Hoya Staff Writer
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As the Georgetown volleyball (10-20, 4-13 Big East) season winds to a close, the Hoyas faced two tough home matches this weekend. Georgetown was unable to pick up a win against Big East opponents Butler (11-18, 7-9 Big East) and Xavier (16-11, 12-4 Big East), but the quality of the performances and some significant milestones left room for a focus on the positives. On Friday, Butler came to the McDonough Arena to take on Georgetown at 8 p.m. The Hoyas came out strong, charging out to a 10-5 first-set lead. However, a series of mistakes — including several inopportune service errors — let the Bulldogs back in the match. Butler ended up taking the first set and then went on to sweep Georgetown three sets to none. “They had an aggressive serve on the line that got us a little shaken up. As you know, in collegiate volleyball, you can’t lose a lead like that, you can’t let another team back in,” freshman outside hitter Alyssa Sinnette said. “It’s the same message that we’ve been talking about all year long,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams added. “We’re a very talented group. We need to learn how to sustain it. That’s a tough thing to ask them to do, for a number of reasons: injuries, class schedules, practice time, eight freshmen. It’s a tough job to be mentally strong all the time, but we’ve got to figure it out if we want to win.” Play was stopped as freshman libero Kenzie Higareda was recognized for her 476th dig of the season, which set a new Georgetown single-season record. She received a large round of applause and cheers from all of her teammates. “I had no idea. It was kind of a surprise,” Higareda said. “It means that I’m working really hard for my team and doing the best that I can.” Williams praised the young libero’s efforts in both the game
and throughout the season. “I’ve been coaching a pretty long time, and I’ve seen a lot of very talented players over that time. Very rarely do we find a player with Kenzie’s mindset and attitude. She comes into the gym every single day to get better,” Williams said. After that match, the Hoyas faced the Xavier Musketeers at 1 p.m. Sunday. Xavier, one of the conference’s top teams, came in confident, having beaten Georgetown in the teams’ previous matchup this season. However, the Hoyas stayed with the Musketeers point for point in the first two sets, though Georgetown eventually lost both. In the third set, Georgetown made a breakthrough, earning a hardfought set to loud cheers from the McDonough crowd. Xavier went on to take the fourth set and the match, but Georgetown felt that the performance was a strong one. “We know we can play with these teams, it’s just that we have to be able to sustain it,” senior outside hitter Lauren Saar, who recorded her 1000th career dig during the match, said. Williams agreed with Saar’s characterization of the match. “We played hard in spurts. There were moments that we had great energy and great effort, and you really see the results of that at the end of game three. The issue continues to be us doing that for long periods of time. If we play the way that we played game three the entire match, I think it’s a very different outcome.” Next for the Hoyas is the season finale at home against Creighton (22-8, 16-1 Big East) this Friday at 8 p.m. Williams indicated she would be looking for a positive response against the Bluejays. “We want to see that we have got the talent, we know that we can execute, but we’ve got to learn how to play with that energy, and that’s what we’re looking for from this week of practice and on Friday night: energy, effort, enthusiasm, encouragement, all of the intangibles,” Williams said.
It only took 43 seconds for the Georgetown women’s basketball team (1-0) to establish a lead it would not relinquish for the remainder of the game. Junior forward Faith Woodard hit a three-pointer from the top of the key to put the Hoyas ahead and set them on the path to victory in their season opener. Georgetown defeated Maryland Eastern Shore (0-1) 71-60 Friday night. Sophomore guard Dorothy Adomako led the Hoyas with a game-high 23 points and a gamehigh seven rebounds. Adomako was on the floor for 37 of the contest’s 40 minutes, the most of any player on either team. “[Adomako] is picking up where she left off,” Head Coach Natasha Adair said. “She had another gear, and that gear is what she worked on. Her perimeter shooting versus just being someone who is attacking the basket — that developed over the summer.” Adomako attributed much of her success to her teammates. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my teammates. I think it was them setting good screens and just looking for me and looking for whoever is the open pass. I think that’s how we got the game going,” Adomako said. Senior guard Katie McCormick also had a solid performance. McCormick had 14 points, including two threepointers. One of those threes came with 1:14 remaining in the first quarter, capping off a 9-0 run for the Hoyas and extending their lead to 11 points. “No one is going to work harder than Katie. As a senior, as a leader, as a captain, she leads by example. It is great to see her start the season off that way. And it’s just going to keep giving her confidence because again you want to see your hard work pay off,” Adair said. “When her first shot went in, she looked over at me, and we winked at each other, and we knew it was going to be a good day after that. Seeing us win and seeing her contribute, I am excited for game two for her.” Georgetown remained in control of the game throughout the second quarter, never letting its lead dip below seven points. Adomako finished the first half with 12 of the team’s 30 points, and the Hoyas went into the locker room at the break with a nine-point advantage. “We came out of the gate ready. We moved the ball. What we saw in my opinion was discipline. You saw a team. You didn’t see individuals. It was a team that executed the game plan,” Adair said.
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In its last home game of the 2015 regular season, the Georgetown football team (4-6, 2-3 Patriot League) put up a fight against the No. 13 Fordham Rams (9-2, 5-1 Patriot League), eventually falling 38-31. The tight matchup felt like an entirely different game compared to the Hoyas’ 52-7 loss to the Rams last season, proving that this Patriot League rivalry has become much more competitive. Georgetown’s 16 seniors were honored before the game in a Senior Day ceremony with their families. “Down the road, as this program progresses to where I want it to be, we’ll have a lot of success,” Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said. “I’m sure that’s due to the hard work that these guys have done over the four years they’ve been here.” Georgetown came out strong to start the game. After forcing the Rams into a three-and-out, the Hoyas led a successful drive that ended with sophomore running back Alex Valles’ 19yard touchdown run. In their ensuing possession, the Rams responded quickly, scoring a touchdown. To add to their gaining momentum, a fumble recovery late in the first quarter gave the Rams good field posi-
tion and ultimately resulted in a touchdown. This left the Hoyas with a 14-7 deficit by the end of the first quarter. Another turnover early in the second quarter put the Hoyas two scores behind the Rams. After intercepting the Hoyas on their 45-yard line, the Rams scored a third touchdown, gaining a 28-7 lead. However, the Hoyas regained momentum after a crucial 83-yard kick return by sophomore running back Isaac Ellsworth. This set Georgetown up for a 12-yard rushing touchdown by senior quarterback Kyle Nolan. The Hoyas went into halftime only one touchdown behind the Rams. “When you stress and think that you are going to hit a home run every play that gets put in front of you, that’s when you get yourself into trouble,” Sgarlata said. “These guys have been through a lot of games and they understand what needs to happen in order to get back into a game.” The Hoyas received the ball to start the second half, but a missed field goal left them still trailing. The defense reacted swiftly late in the third quarter with a critical interception by senior defensive lineman Hunter Kiselick. “It was an 11-man job,” Kiselick said, giving credit to
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Sophomore running back Isaac Ellsworth recorded 250 allpurpose yards in a 38-31 loss to the Fordham Rams.
his defensive teammates. “A lot had to happen before the interception.” The Hoyas capitalized on the turnover, turning it into a drive that pulled them within a field goal of the Rams. With only 0:47 left in the third quarter, Nolan passed to freshman wide receiver Brandon Williams for a 26-yard touchdown reception. The Hoyas trimmed their deficit and trailed 31-28 at the end of the third quarter. The Hoyas’ second drive of the fourth quarter resulted in a 34-yard field goal by kicker Henry Darmstadter, which tied the score at 31-31, with the clock at 5:17. However, the Rams quickly regained the lead with a 76-yard kick return that led to a quick touchdown. With time running out, the Hoyas attempted to tie the game. Driving all the way to Fordham’s 25-yard line, Georgetown called a timeout with 0:53 left on the clock. After a pivotal first down, the Hoyas got to the Rams’ 20-yard line. At 0:27, the Rams came up with an interception to end the Hoyas’ comeback. “It comes down to the little things,” Sgarlata said. “Ball security, number one, is the thing we have to get taken care of if we are going to be at the end and win a game like that.” Valles recorded 41 total yards and one touchdown, while Ellsworth recorded 250 all-purpose yards. Williams, who totaled 52 receiving yards and one touchdown, was another huge contributor to Georgetown’s offense. On the defensive side, sophomore Daniel Yankovich led the team in total tackles with 12. “We have a next guy up mentality and we showed that today,” Kiselick said. Next weekend, the Hoyas will face another Patriot League opponent in the Holy Cross Crusaders (5-5, 2-3 Patriot League). “There’s really only about a six-hour period to think about this game,” Sgarlata said of the loss to Fordham. “We have to learn lessons and keep going forward. That’s the beauty of football season — there’s another game to play next week. You have to learn from it, you can’t hang your head and you have to keep working.”
to close out the contest, and when the final buzzer sounded, Georgetown had an 11-point advantage. “Starting the fourth [quarter] we talked about finishing. We never thought about [UMES] making a run, we just thought about finishing and what we had to do,” Adair said. “[Faith] just took what was available. … She is one of the best in the country with the first quick step, and we were able to see that, and she finished around the rim.” The Hoyas will look to build on the momentum of their first win when they take on the Virginia Tech Hokies (2-0) in their home opener Wednesday night. The Hokies come into the game after winning their first two contests of the season. Virginia Tech’s most recent win was an 80-63 victory over George Mason (1-2). “[Wednesday’s game] is a toughness game, it is 100 percent toughness,” Adair said. “This game is going to come down to toughness and holding home court and doing all the little things that we have to do. This is that blue-collar, ‘grind it out’ game … and this will be one of the toughest games we’ll have all year. But if we are disciplined, if we do what we are supposed to do, we will get win number two.” Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at McDonough Arena.
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Sophomore guard Dorothy Adomako scored a game-high 23 points and pulled down seven rebounds in Georgetown’s 71-60 victory over UMES.
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The Hawks came out firing in the second half and were able to cut the deficit to two points midway through the third quarter after senior guard TeAmber Burke scored 10 straight points for the Hawks to cut the Hoyas’ lead to 35-33. Burke finished the game with a teamhigh 15 points off the bench. Despite the pressure from UMES, Georgetown managed to keep its composure, silencing Burke for the remainder of the quarter and extending its lead back to nine points by the time the period ended. “Those were big, big plays that [Burke] made down the stretch,” Adair said. “But every team is going to make runs, no team is going to concede, but I was proud of our players because even during that run, we never lost focus, we never felt defeated. It was just a run and we stopped it, we contained it.” UMES made another run in the fourth quarter, cutting Georgetown’s lead to three points with 3:27 remaining in the contest. The Hoyas did not panic, and 30 seconds later Woodard hit a layup to extend the lead to five. “Faith has been playing really well, and we needed that [basket]. Anytime we can get that momentum back, it’s great because it keeps us going,” Adomako said. Woodard’s bucket ignited an 11-3 run
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ate Wednesday night, the newly created men’s club soccer second team practiced for the last time of the semester. As my teammates and I took the field, it was clear how much we enjoyed playing soccer. A year ago, many of these students would not have had the opportunity to play soccer on a regular basis. By nature of its rigorous academic standards, it is difficult to get accepted to Georgetown. But even once a student gets to Georgetown, they still really are not fully a part of Georgetown’s campus culture. The clubs at Georgetown sometimes require applications and are often exclusive because they can only admit so many participants. The Georgetown club soccer first team had 85 students try out, but only six made the team due to roster restrictions. We made a second team to allow 28 more students to become more involved on campus. Despite the obstacles that came along with creating the team, team president David Kotch (MSB ’17) worked tirelessly to put the group together. Last year, second team co-founder Jeremy Peters (MSB ’17) was cut from the men’s club soccer team as a sophomore, but he still wanted the chance to play competitive soccer with and against students of his caliber. Peters asked the first team for the email addresses of the students who got cut so he could see if they were interested in joining the second team. The team started practicing late at night and played its first game against American University. “It began first as more of a favor to a friend. However, it’s now a very integral part of my life and something I am extremely proud of,” Kotch said. The future of the club looked bleak as Peters planned on studying abroad in the fall, and players on the team wavered in their commitment during the summer. Kotch faced logistical issues, including purchasing equipment, talking to the school about funding for the team, setting up transportation and charging dues. “Through communicating with the Club A guys, Zach Moore (MSB ’16) and Kenny Lahart (COL ’16), Lauren Gagliardi in the Center for Student Engagement office and Chad Heal (COL ’16) of the club sports advisory board, we were able to create something special,” Kotch said. “Each of these people were very helpful and played a huge role in the solidification of the team.” Even with many of the operational problems out of the way, the team still faced the
problem of selecting a roster. After attending tryouts, Kotch and I decided to take about 18 new players, a risky decision given how new the team was. We thought some of the players would decide against joining the team because it was not the “A” team. However, we miscalculated the new players’ desire to just play soccer. Almost every student we asked to join the team accepted our offer. In our first couple weeks, we struggled to determine how many players we could bring to games and which players to select. “I should have been more clear on who would be playing in which games. There were times we had too many guys at the game and it was impossible to get everyone in. That was definitely my biggest mistake,” Kotch said. Kotch feels he has learned a lot from this first season that he can apply moving forward. “I learned how to manage my peers and find ways to get people more involved,” Kotch said. “I learned a lot about how to organize and find answers to questions that I initially had no clue how to solve.” When Kotch and I talk about the team, we agree that we achieved the goal we originally set for it. “The team really grew over the semester and it was great being able to give more students the chance to play a game that they loved. I am proud of the team, and I am very happy we were able to give these students something else to be a part of,” Kotch said. The club soccer team was another opportunity for me to get involved on campus and get to know a great group of guys. Kotch and I worked hard to make sure that the team could succeed, and months later, our hard work has paid off. I get to continue to play the sport I began playing when I was four years old. On top of all this, I did not know what to expect from the freshmen who joined the team. Fortunately, there are a great group of guys who I have been able to get close with over the season. It took months for Kotch to set up the team and make sure that it could succeed. Yet, his hard work paid off in many ways. Without Kotch, 28 students would not be able to play competitive soccer. We got the chance to meet a great group of guys and continue to play the sport we love.
Nick Barton is a junior in the McDonough School of Business. More Than a Game
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Upon Further Review
On Campuses, Power Balances Are Skewed MCLAUGHLIN, from A10
Coast University knocked off Georgetown and San Diego State en route to the Sweet Sixteen during March Madness, the number of applications to the school spiked by more than 35 percent. With all this in mind, it’s not surprising that we live in a world where University President John J. DeGioia earns less than half the salary of basketball Head Coach John Thompson III. But perhaps we should step back for a minute and consider the power we have given to athletics on our college campuses. Take, for instance, the events at the University of Missouri this past week, where 30 football players catalyzed the efforts of the Concerned Student 1950 group and took them from notable campus news to national headline status. What was likely going to be just another effort by a small student group became a full-blown revolution — all because Missouri’s football team was about to cost the school more than $1 million by missing its game against Brigham Young University. Once football Head Coach Gary Pinkel announced his support of his players’ efforts, forcing Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and University President Tim Wolfe, two of the university’s most powerful men, to resign became an easy choice. By no means am I saying what happened at Missouri was wrong — in this instance, intervention from the top athletic program at Missouri finally helped the issue of racism on campus receive the kind of attention it deserved. But what if the tables had been turned and Pinkel, head football coach of a national football powerhouse, had been suspected of racial intolerance? Missouri’s football team at one point captured the No. 1 spot in the Bowl Championship Series rankings during the 2007 season, sparking a surge in applications that has lasted up until today. I am guessing in order to fire the head of a program that hauls in nearly $80 million in revenue every year — almost the total cost of Missouri’s entire athletic department — Missouri would have needed substantially more evidence than the kind it relied on to oust President Wolfe. If that is the kind of pull a 4-5 Southeastern Conference afterthought has on its own university, it is scary to consider what impact football programs like Alabama or Oregon have on their own schools. Imagine the kind of influence 110 Oregon Duck football players could have on the other 20,000 students on campus if they decided to sit out a season or two. Or if Nike figurehead Phil Knight pulled his donations to the school that have so far totaled more than $300 million dollars. While so far nothing negative has come from these athletics-centered power paradigms, it is worth noting that the students who have the most say about what goes on at a university are often the ones not paying tuition. Say what you will about collegiate athletes not getting paid, but at the end of the day, the most powerful people at American universities don’t wear suits and dress shoes: they sport cleats and compression tights.
Jimmy McLaughlin is a sophomore in the College. Upon Further Review appears every other Tuesday.
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from the top of the box that took an awkward bounce before Hofstra junior goalkeeper Friederike Mehring saved it with her head. The shot helped the Hoyas gather some momentum, which they held until late in the half when the Pride had a few opportunities that nearly gave them the lead. With four minutes remaining in the first half, Hofstra senior forward Leah Galton broke free and dribbled toward the net. Georgetown graduate student goalkeeper Emma Newins came off her line and deflected the shot, and the ball went rolling towards the net. However, sophomore defender Drew Topor came sprinting in to clear the ball off the goal line and preserve the scoreless tie. Georgetown endured another scare at the end of the half when Hofstra appeared to have scored, but the goal was called back because the Hofstra player was deemed offside by the referee. The Blue and Gray came out of
the half and immediately faced a deficit when Hofstra freshman defender Madeline Anderson headed in a goal off a corner kick in the 47th minute. Georgetown responded with its dynamic attack as it searched for the equalizer. The Hoyas found their equalizer in the 55th minute when sophomore midfielder Chloe Knott created a scoring chance by faking a shot before passing to graduate student forward Melissa Downey, who delivered the equalizing goal to the far post. Georgetown continued to create great chances and dominate the play, led by the dangerous offensive attack of junior forward Grace Damaska. Damaska had a great opportunity in the 70th minute with just the keeper to beat after making a fantastic run, but her shot was saved at point-blank range. Georgetown’s momentum was crushed in the 78th minute, when Galton earned a penalty kick while dribbling away from the goal at the top of the box. The Hoyas were not happy about the call.
made a save to keep the score tied. Overtime ended, and the Hoyas headed to penalty kicks to decide who would advance to the second round and whose season would come to an end. Both teams converted their first two penalty kicks, but two misses, from Damaska and sophomore forward Leah McCullough, sealed the shootout for the Pride and ended Georgetown’s season. “It’s disappointing going out on penalty kicks because it doesn’t really reflect the way we played today,” Newins said. “It’s just disappointing to finish this way.” The Hoyas will lose eight players next season. This team will have a difficult time moving on from this season, Nolan says. “They’re a quiet group, but they really enjoy being around each other. I think that’s part of the sadness right now,” Nolan said. “That realization that the soccer side of their camaraderie is finished until the spring and it will change the dynamic because obviously the seniors will be moving on.”
GU Wins 1st Big East Tournament BLUEJAYS, from A10
responded really well,” junior defender Joshua Yaro said. The goal could have been deflating for the Hoyas, but the team has had plenty of experience coming from behind this season. In the 19th minute, a precise cross from senior defender and co-captain Keegan Rosenberry put senior forward Brandon Allen in position to easily tap in the equalizer. Allen was awarded the tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player honors. “Rosenberry had some great plays. His assist was a fabulous assist,” Wiese said. “To equalize as quick as we did, I thought, was really important.” Meanwhile, in the Georgetown defense, Yaro was busy preventing Creighton from finding a second goal. Yaro, who was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player, made key stops throughout the match. His interventions helped keep the Bluejays off the scoreboard in the second half. Just five minutes into the second half, Georgetown had a chance nearly identical to its first goal. The linesman, however, judged Allen as offsides and took back the goal. Then, in the 87th minute, junior forward Brett Campbell hit
the crossbar with a volleyed effort. That would be the Hoyas’ final chance in regulation. “I think both teams left it all on the field even going into overtime,” Wiese said. “I think both teams were standing there wondering how much longer they were going to have to run around.” Creighton senior forward and the nation’s second-leading goalscorer Fabian Herbers nearly won the match in the 92nd minute. His long-range shot from far outside the 18-yard box hit the post just inches from the upper-right corner of the goal. Georgetown survived that scare and the remainder of the first overtime. As time wound down in the second overtime, the match seemed headed for penalty kicks. Then, a key interception by Yaro and a centering pass by sophomore midfielder Matthew Ledder set up Muyl at the top of the 18. Muyl glided past the defender and beat the Creighton keeper from close range with a blistering shot to the far post. “I just had a good look on goal and knew I wanted to get it on target. I saw the far post was open, I swung and I prayed that I made it,” Muyl said. The Hoyas have a week to celebrate before returning to Shaw Field for the NCAA tournament. With
Sunday’s win, they earned both an automatic berth to the tournament and a first-round bye. For now, however, the players are enjoying bringing home the first conference title in Georgetown history.
“Twenty-four teams had tried and failed, and we are just really proud to be the first team. This is a team that is making a lot of history this season, and we just want to keep it going,” Muyl said.
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Junior forward Alex Muyl scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give Georgetown its first Big East title in program history.
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“We were dominating the play up until then and she was dribbling the ball away from the goal. It was a very soft call; it’s not fair to decide a game like that,” Newins said. Galton subsequently converted the penalty, which put Georgetown on its heels. Georgetown pushed numbers forward, and in the 84th minute the Hoyas found a late equalizer when Damaska got behind the defense and found herself one-on-one with Mehring. “The fact that she got us back into the game with that goal was huge,” senior forward Crystal Thomas said. “I’m proud of the way we fought back because I know we did it for each other out on the field. I think it shows the strength of this group.” Regulation ended with the score tied and the match headed to overtime. Hofstra failed to record a single shot in either overtime period. Georgetown had four shots, including one key opportunity when Damaska found herself one-on-one with Mehring again, but the goalkeeper
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Battle for DMV Supremacy Looms MARYLAND, from A10
Senior center and co-captain Bradley Hayes — who made his first career start this past Saturday, recording 19 points and 12 rebounds — will take on the majority of the responsibility in terms of guarding Stone. “I have to do my work early to stop him from getting where he wants,” Hayes said. “He’s a very skilled big. He can score offensively. If he gets the ball where he wants it, it’s going to go in the rim.” Outside of Stone, Maryland also boasts one of the nation’s best players in sophomore guard Melo Trimble. After averaging 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game last season, Trimble has only improved his game and looks to win the matchup against Smith-Rivera. Despite both having played high school basketball in Virginia, the two have never faced each other. “He’s a good player,” Smith-Rivera said of Trimble. “I’ve seen him play and work out, but I’ve never played against him.” In another matchup of firsts, the two programs will face each other as part of the inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games, a set of Big East on Big Ten matchups in honor of the founder of the Big East, Dave Gavitt. Besides the series of Big East on Big Ten matches to come in future seasons, there is plenty riding on this matchup alone. The GeorgetownMaryland rivalry is a historic one, and Hayes has understood the significance of this rivalry throughout his time at Georgetown. “I knew about [the rivalry] since my freshman year. People talk, and both schools want bragging rights over the other,” Hayes said. Both coaches also acknowledge the importance of the game. Maryland Head Coach Mark Turgeon, who led Maryland to a 28-7 campaign last season, knows the game will be an all-around exciting experience for coaches, players and fans alike.
“I have a lot of respect for J.T. III and the program he has built at Georgetown. This is a game everyone will be looking forward to this season, and it will be really fun for our team, our students and our fans to experience a Maryland-Georgetown game at Xfinity Center,” Turgeon said. Looking past the rivalry and territorial battle, this game is also a chance for Georgetown to post an excellent nonconference tournament win
after a disappointing loss. This may be Georgetown’s only opportunity to notch a win against a ranked nonconference opponent, with Wisconsin falling from the Top 25 and no guarantee of playing Duke in the 2K Classic this coming weekend. Sophomore forward Paul White, who sat out against Radford, is questionable for the game. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. on the Big Ten Network and ESPN2.
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Senior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, who has led Georgetown in scoring for the past two seasons, scored 15 points in Saturday’s loss.
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Women’s Basketball Georgetown (1-0) vs. Virginia Tech (2-0) Wednesday, 7 p.m. McDonough Arena
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015
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FOOTBALL Georgetown fell just short in its final home game against Patriot League rival Fordham. See A8
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The ability to maintain a consistency is one of the real special stories of this team.” HEAD COACH BRIAN WIESE
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Following a tough 80-82 double-overtime loss against the upstart Radford Highlanders (1-0), the Georgetown Hoyas (0-1) visit the No. 3 Maryland Terrapins (1-0) in what many pundits and fans have dubbed the “Battle for D.C.” In 2008, the last time these two teams met, the Hoyas were a young team, with thenfreshman center Greg Monroe anchoring a talented Georgetown squad. On the other side of the court, then-junior guard Greivis Vasquez led the way for the Terrapins. The Hoyas dominated the Terrapins, winning 75-48 in only the third meeting of the two teams since 1980. Despite starting this season nationally ranked and predicted to make a deep run
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into March, the Hoyas’ win against the Terrapins was one of the few bright spots in a season ultimately marked by underachievement. Georgetown finished unranked at 16-15 and exited the National Invitation Tournament in the first round. Conversely, Maryland had few expectations but eventually made a surprising run into the NCAA tournament behind the stellar play of Vasquez. This time, the roles are reversed. The Hoyas star senior guard and co-captain D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, while the Terrapins boast freshBRADLEY HAYES Senior Center man phenom center Diamond Stone. “You got to do your work early. He’s an excellent rim runner,” Head Coach John Thompson III said of how the Hoyas will respond to Stone’s high level of play.
“People talk, and both schools want bragging rights over the other.”
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ELIZA MINEAUX FOR THE HOYA
Senior forward Brandon Allen was awarded the Big East tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player honor following the Hoyas’ 2-1 victory over Creighton in the championship match.
Muyl Goal Lifts Hoyas to Title ANDREW MAY Hoya Staff Writer
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Senior center and co-captain Bradley Hayes scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in Georgetown’s loss to Radford.
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against Creighton, Georgetown’s various streaks and records seemed in jeopardy. Against the run of play, senior midfielder Timo Pitter scored for Creighton and gave his team a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute. Pitter’s goal came from an impressive individual effort, which saw him move past senior defenders and co-captains Josh Turnley and Cole Seiler before beating freshman goalkeeper J.T. Marcinkowski. “Going in, we knew this could happen and we were fully prepared for it. I think as a team we
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For the first time in program history, the No. 3 Georgetown men’s soccer team (15-2-2, 9-0 Big East) has won the Big East tournament. The accomplishment came in a dramatic fashion, with junior forward Alex Muyl winning Sunday’s home matchup against No. 5 Creighton University (17-3, 8-3 Big East) in the second sudden-death overtime with a goal to put his team ahead 2-1. The game-winner came in the 107th minute, just moments before the match would have progressed to
penalty kicks. Georgetown entered the match having already made program history this season. The team’s 13game winning streak, 16-game unbeaten streak and perfect record in conference play all set school records. The Hoyas have not dropped a decision since Sept. 4. “The ability to maintain a consistency is one of the real special stories of this team. To go through [13 games], that’s a hard thing to do with the league you’re playing. … That consistency is really what you are most proud of,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. After a solid start Sunday
The Georgetown women’s soccer team (11-5-4, 6-1-2 Big East) failed to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament in the same heartbreaking fashion that sent it home last week-
end in the Big East tournament semifinal. The Hoyas were tied 2-2 with the Hofstra Pride (13-5-2, 7-1-1 CAA) after two overtime periods, but ultimately fell on penalty kicks 4-2. “It’s obviously a painful way for the season to end. Especially having just gone through it in
the Big East tournament as well,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “At some point, the season ends. For most teams it ends on a loss, for us it ends on a tie.” Hofstra got off to a fast start with a pair of corner kicks in the first few minutes before settling in. Georgetown did not register a
shot until the 13th minute, and could not manage much quality attacking play early. Georgetown’s first quality chance came in the 28th minute when sophomore midfielder Rachel Corboz rocketed a shot See HOFSTRA, A9
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ake a look at the top of the payroll of each school in the Power 5 conference, and you are bound to find a glaring surprise. Often, the president of the university — who many consider the most powerful person on campus — is paid significantly less than two other university employees: the head football and men’s basketball coaches. This is not without good reason — significant success in either of the top two revenue-generating college sports can sometimes do more for a university than any act of fundraising or leadership a school president provides. Just ask Texas A&M University, which set a public university record with $740 million dollars pledged to the school one year after Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy. Even if the university doesn’t have a “cash cow” athlete like Johnny Football to finance its new chemistry labs, a good season by the football or men’s basketball team can haul in more applications to the school than any jump in academic rankings. The year after Florida Gulf See MCLAUGHLIN, A9
ROBERT CORTES FOR THE HOYA
Junior forward Grace Damaska, left, scored the goal that tied the game and forced overtime in Georgetown’s loss to Hofstra in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Graduate student goalkeeper Emma Newins played in her fourth consecutive NCAA tournament. Visit us online at thehoya.com/sports