the guide march 15, 2013
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1 in 4 women is sexually assaulted in college.
Sexual Assault
Creating a New Culture
Dodging Inequalities In College Athletics
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After his father’s death, aspiring writer Sal (Sam Riley) befriends free-spirited bad boy Carlo (Garrett Hedlund) and his wife, Marylou (Kristen Stewart). The trio depart on a road trip where they meet up with another of Carlo’s flames, Camilee (Kirsten Dunst), and go on another road trip. And another. Check out the guide’s online coverage of the adapation of Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel for the full review.
“Elizabeth Bennett is snarky and funny and bright, and she doesn’t need a man to be happy. I mean, she gets one, but she doesn’t need one.”
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For those already making a list of their favorite tracks of the year, take note of Ivan & Alyosha. In “Running for Cover,” the up-and-coming indie band has crafted a sparse, beautiful and infectious musical gem. The song, reminiscent of Animal Kingdom’s “Strange Attractor,” has a simple melody and rhythm that bely the intelligence and grace of its lyrics and intricate composition. If it is any indication of the quality of this year’s musical crop to come, we have a lot to be hopeful about.
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Despite having an odd and often hyper-aware style, Vampire Weekend has a strong following, and their new single, “Step,” suggests a reason for their success. The song simultaneously distills and elevates the band’s singular sound, combining beautiful melodies with intelligent, pop-reference-laden lyrics. It shows the band’s unique ability to maintain an emotional resonance and is a tantalizing lead in to the band’s upcoming album.
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‘WHOA’ | EARL SWEATSHIRT
“Whoa” is a great introduction to Earl Sweatshirt’s great talent. For the already converted, the song will serve as welcome return to form. Earl, who has been relatively out of the music scene for quite a while, provides in “Whoa” a decadent and intoxicating reminder of why his original emergence was heralded with significant acclaim. The lyrics are smooth over a druggy beat and provide the perfect ambience for kicking back and relaxing.
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Film Captures Education Inequality A fter watching a 30-minute preview of the documentary Girl Rising, I was more moved than I had been by every movie that I had seen in 2012 combined. Directed by Richard Robbins, the film traces the lives of nine girls from underprivileged backgrounds and from a variety of countries, including Peru, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. The film opens with Sokha, a young girl from Cambodia who, despite being orphaned and homeless, became an accomplished student in a society that frequently denies women the opportunity to receive an education. We next meet Wadley, a wonderfully determined sevenyear-old girl from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where the right to be educated is often determined by a family’s income and socioeconomic class. The final story that is presented in the preview to the full film is that of Suma, a Nepali girl who stresses that in her country, the decision of parents to bond their daughter to a master is often the best option for guaranteeing food and shelter. She was bonded to her
first master at the age of six years old, and, while her brother was able to attend school, Suma was mistreated by her master’s family and forced to work from four in the morning to late at night. The most chilling part of her experience is conveyed in a song that she wrote while working as a domestic servant: “Thoughtless were my mother and father/ They gave birth to a daughter.” After receiving help from a woman who insisted that Suma be liberated from her master, she was finally able to go to school at age 13. Though the tales of these three girls end happily, the same cannot be said for all of the women in their nations. A series of panelists after the preview of the documentary provided more insight on the issue at hand and reiterated the heartbreaking truth that it is more dangerous for girls living in many of the aforementioned countries to fetch water from a local river than it is to fight on front lines in contact due to the hazard of contact with acid. Such a brutal reality could be altered if these girls were given the right to an education rather than be-
ing required to perform arduous domestic duties. All of the panelists at the event, which took place at the Woodrow Wilson Center, are advocates for the Women in Public Service Project, a program sponsored by the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative and founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011. Dr. Rangita de Silva de Alwis, the director of the initiative and senior advisor to the United Nations, brought to attention the notion of “intellectual violence” toward women, which refers to the exclusion of girls from education. In response to a question from an audience member about how she could facilitate the objective of the film, Holly Gordon, executive producer of the film, emphasized that it is essential to “start a conversation with people who have power and resources.” The Honorable Tara Sonenshine, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, made a poignant point at the screening. “Nothing is more powerful than women serving
allie doughty Hoya Staff Writer in public positions,” she said. Girl Rising and Robbins’ creation of the 10x10 Campaign, a foundation dedicated to providing services to improve the lives of girls internationally, encourages people to become involved in these life-changing efforts. A percentage of ticket sales will contribute to the project so that more girls can wind up like Sokha — who is now set to attend college. A screening will be held at the Georgetown Loews Theater on April 17.
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GIRL GROUNDED Many girls in developing countries don’t get the opportunity to go to school.
Weary from Weathering the Storm At the guide, our staff is known for having strong opinions about pretty much everything. We’re taking stands on the pop culture issues that really matter, from tween stars to the movies that make us smile, from catchy pop songs to the stories that are dominating the Internet.
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SEEING HIS SHADOW The groundhog has predicted spring is coming, but D.C.’s weather has yet to oblige.
eb. 2 may seem to be a day just like any other, but, for a small town in rural Pennsylvania, the fate of the nation’s future lies in the balance. On one fateful morning each year, we put a decision that will guide our wardrobe choices for the next two months in the hands of a skittish groundhog and believe the outcome will actually mean something. Sometimes he’s right, sometimes he’s wrong, but this year, Punxsutawney Phil, the supposed paradigm of rodent-based meteorology, let us all down in a big way. It has been more than six weeks since Phil emerged from his hideaway — with some assistance from his smartly dressed handlers — to reveal that his shadow was nowhere to be seen. The nation let out a sigh of relief. We then
knew that winter would soon be coming to an end and that we would be tanning on Healy beach before we knew it. Not quite. Ever since Phil’s announcement that spring was coming, Washington, D.C., has had some truly terrible weather. Freezing temperatures and a seemingly constant onslaught of dreary rain — not to mention the massive “Snowquester” storm that just missed D.C. over spring break — have all left the District with a serious case of weather shell-shock. This past week in particular has been ridiculous. Mother Nature seems to have developed a serious case of indecision. One day, it’s too warm to wear anything other than shorts, and the next, we wake up to freezing temperatures and a light dusting of snow on the ground. For some students, this weather zaniness is the norm. Students from the Northeast, Midwest or other places that have serious winters know that the arrival of spring is a fickle business. Not only are they mentally prepared to cope but they also have all the right kinds of clothes to navigate the rapidly fluctuating temperatures. There must be something in the water that just
makes those students impervious to the cold. It could also just be that you’re used to it, but we favor the conspiracy theories. And what about students from warmer climates? Well, it pretty much just sucks to be you. Not only is it freezing out, but it’s a crapshoot as to whether the weather will stay the same throughout the entire day. It can be cloudy, overcast and miserable when you leave your apartment, and before you know it, the sun’s out and everyone around you is dressed in shorts and sundresses while you look like you belong on an Arctic expedition. Or it can look sunny with blue skies from your window and be colder than a penguin’s freezer, and suddenly you can’t feel your face. We can only hope that now that we are approaching Easter break, the weather will take a turn for the sunnier and we can finally enjoy everything the best season in D.C. has to offer. There is sun to be soaked up, there are Cherry Blossoms to be seen, there are GUGS burgers to be eaten and — most importantly — there’s a certain celebration of the last day of classes approaching.
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lifestyle levelLing the playing field SAAC Dodges Inequity in Sports W hen you think of dodgeball, you might be haunted by memories of middle school gym class, or maybe you’ll chuckle while recalling Ben Stiller’s superb mustache from the popular 2004 film. You probably don’t consider the gender politics involved in sports, feminism or Title IX. This Sunday, however, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will address the issue of feminism in sports with its first dodgeball fundraiser tournament that aims to dispel the misconception that male athletes harbor negative attitudes toward women. Since Title IX was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, huge strides have been made for female athletes. According to the Department of Education, Title IX ensures that equity is present in high school and college sports programs — in other words, that the playing field is equal for boys and girls in athletics opportunities. As of 2010, it has been reported that over three million high school girls take part in their schools’ athletic programs — a huge increase from 1971, when 294,015
women participated. In addition, women’s athletics now receives equal funding because of Title IX. The positive impact of Title IX on female athletes is evident here on campus. “The athletics department does a really good job of equally distributing the limited number of available resources across gender lines,” SAAC member and baseball player James Heine (COL ’13) said. “All the student athletes at Georgetown are treated fairly, and despite the challenges that we face when it comes to facilities or resources, student-athletes will never be denied support on account of their gender.” Despite the equal access to funding and equipment secured by Title IX, it is clear that more work needs to be done to obtain rightful appreciation for female athletes. In 2008, only 1.6 percent of women’s sporting events were broadcast on national television. Also, when female athletes are able
to receive endorsements, the media often focuses on sex appeal rather than on their power and athletic ability. While they were once underfunded, today’s female athletes are underappreciated or recognized for the wrong reasons. Some claim that this lack of appreciation exists at Georgetown.
Emily grau Hoya Staff Writer a history of negative treatment towards women among athletes,” she said. “The UVA lacrosse player who killed his girlfriend a couple of years ago went to a high school in my area that had a reputation for negative treatment of women.” As Americans have accepted women more and more as having the same ability as men, the strangeness of the lack of appreciation for women’s athletics grows. And since Title IX has received negative opinions from those who believe that it has caused drastic cuts in the numbers of men’s college sports teams, the irrationality of the appreciation issue applies to Georgetown. “Often times, female athletics get disrespected because certain individuals display a sexist attitude toward the capabilities of female athletes,” Heine explained. “They feel that because female athletes are unable to accomplish the same feats of athleticism as men, that somehow their sports are less valid or entertaining. This opinion does not do justice to the incredible skill displayed by female athletes both here at Georgetown and at colleges across the U.S.” Hall agreed that women’s sports are sometimes viewed as less important because they lack the level of strength and power involved in men’s athletics. “Male sports in general have a reputation for negative attitudes toward women because there’s a sense of having to ‘man up’ and be a ‘tough guy’ in sports,” she said.
“The fact is that female athletics contain the same passion, drama and skill that we see in men’s athletics.”
— James Heine (COL ’13) “The women’s soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament but received little attention,” volleyball player Annalee Abell (COL ’14), who serves as SAAC communications representative said. “Why the support toward the men and not the women?” Others, like swimmer Emily Hall (COL ’15), who also participates on the SAAC communications committee, would disagree. “In terms of attitude toward my athletic ability and my participation in Georgetown sports, I have never received anything but support from the student-athlete community,” Hall said. She does believe that a lack of respect in the gender politics of sports is a problem elsewhere. “I did attend high school in an area with
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SWIM TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER Members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, including many swimmers and divers, pictured, have organized a dodgeball tournament in honor of Women’s History Month to raise awareness about the role of women in the world of sports.
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lifestyle She believes that this tendency to assert dominance or very masculine behaviors often was most prevalent in men who are not involved with athletics. “I am much more likely to receive sexist comments or to be treated as weaker by guys who aren’t athletes and who know that I am,” she said. “I feel like they are threatened by it a little.” As a whole, American society is hesitant to embrace the athletic ability and power of female athletes. The media avoids the topic by sexualizing or trivializing famous athletes like the Williams sisters. Rather than address the impressive abilities of these women, their sporting events are often unadvertised or never broadcast. But many Georgetown students, like Heine, recognize the equal ability of female Georgetown athletes. “The fact is that female athletics contain the same passion, drama and skill that we see in men’s athletics,” Heine said. “Moreover, female college athletes, just like their male counterparts, display a genuine love of the game that makes collegiate athletics so magnetic and entertaining.” In celebration of Women’s History Month, SAAC is organizing its first dodgeball tournament to address misconceptions about how people view athletes and to promote appreciation for female athletics. “The tournament allows us to bring attention to an incredibly important cause in a way that brings all of the
community together in a manner that is both fun and engaging,” Heine said. Hall thinks that this tournament would be a unique experience for Georgetown. “For a lot of my friends at state schools, there’s a huge social gap between student athletes and non-athletes, which gives athletes a negative reputation,” Hall said. “I think the tournament is a great opportunity to encourage a unified Georgetown community.” Although all proceeds of the event will go to the Women’s Center on campus, and the event is centered on a very serious social issue, the SAAC Dodgeball Tournament promises lighthearted fun. “We decided to go with dodgeball because it’s a sport that would be competitive, fun and inclusive, and also generate interest from the larger student community. We all grew up playing — and loving — dodgeball,” Heine explained. Hall is looking forward to seeing if any athletes meet their matches during the game. “I know that we have a lot of athletic students who do not compete for varsity athletics,” she said, “and I think it will be interesting to see if any athletes will get shown up by other talent.” While dodgeball was chosen due to its appeal, the nature of the game reflects the growing need for recognition and appreciation of women’s athletic abilities. “Many of the teams will have people of both genders playing with one another or against each other,” Abell said. “Dodge-
ball allows for men and women to ‘play on the same playing field.’” Perhaps in the final hours of the tournament, the coveted Tombs gift card to and bragging rights will all come down to the agility and aim of a Jane Hoya.
The SAAC Dodgeball Tournament is Sunday, March 24 from 6-10 p.m. at North Kehoe Field. Sign up individually for $5 or in teams of 6 for $20 by emailing georgetownhoyas.saac@ georgetown.edu.
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FLYING HIGH When Title IX was enacted in 1972, it ensured that women would receive equal opportunities in high school and college athletics.
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Across the Hudson: Trading Calzones for Endzones
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or me, one of the worst parts about returning to Georgetown after spring break is the lack of good Italian food. I probably don’t even have one one-hundredth of a percent of Italian blood in me, but I really appreciate a good calzone. In response to my cravings for a pocket of hot dough filled with soft, slightly sweet ricotta cheese melted together with gooey mozzarella and deliciously fresh vegetables, you may suggest that I go to Tuscany’s. That recommendation may not quite fall under the category of offensive, but it is certainly preposterous. First of all, the restaurant is officially called Tuscany Cafe. Does that sound like an authentic Italian joint to you? I would rather go three months without eating any Italian cuisine than settle for a mediocre slice at a college eatery that also happens to sell gyros and spanakopita. So while everyone else continues to order from Domino’s, I will be busy rationing my mom’s homemade eggplant par-
mesan and my dad’s gourmet maca- priced pizza establishments do more roni and cheese, which I was fortu- than just occasionally sprinkle New nate enough to receive upon their Jersey with deliciousness — they monopolize it. last visit. By now, New Jerseyans are used to To be fair, though, unless you come from New Jersey, New York or the universal perception that New Italy, you probably have no idea what York has everything and that New you’re missing. I’m fully aware that Jersey is simply a trail of industrial a massive portion of the Georgetown factories and highways leading to Times Square. While this student population comes assumption is inaccurate, from those first two placNew York does tend to buy es, but I still have friends its way into garnering atwho had no idea that the tractive qualities. Case in New York metropolitan point: On several occaarea is home to some of the best lasagna and canAllieDoughty sions, the Empire State has robbed the Garden State noli in the country. Then there are people who, despite of the glory of having its own sports being fully aware of Manhattan’s Lit- teams. In fact, until just last year, the tle Italy, are surprised that New Jersey benefits from good Italian cook- Brooklyn Nets were a New Jersey ing as well. Do they think that there team. As one of the original members are a slew of talented Italian chefs of the American Basketball Associawithin the five boroughs and that tion (ABA), the team was known as anyone else with similar merits just the New Jersey Americans and calls disappears once you drive through Teaneck, N.J., its home. New Yorkers the Lincoln Tunnel? First-rate, well- hated the fact that New Jersey might
possess anything to rival its athletic domination, so it attempted to steal the Nets for the first time in 1968. The theft lasted a decade, during which the team adopted the title of the New York Nets, until the players just couldn’t resist the appeal of New Jersey. For a while, the team enjoyed going back to its roots. It took the omnipotence of Jay-Z to finalize the move to Brooklyn 35 years later. Not to mention, the Giants and the Jets play their home games and practice in New Jersey, and most of their players live in New Jersey. So, New Yorkers, you can take the Nets, and you can pretend to be an accurate representation of the Giants and the Jets, but you will never take our Devils — mostly because the mascot just wouldn’t make sense, but more on that next time.
Allie Doughty is a senior in the College. ROOTS FROM THE GARDEN appears every other Friday in the guide.
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Breaking the Cycle W mariah byrne Hoya Staff Writer
hen a freshman girl walks onto campus for the first time, she also immediately enters what is known as the “red zone,” the time period in her life when she faces the greatest risk of being sexually assaulted. For freshmen, the first six weeks on the Hilltop are consumed by attempts to fit in with the student body, discovery of the atmosphere of college parties and exposure to what the hookup culture entails. But the same first weeks are also defined by a dark and hidden reality: a much higher than normal rate of sexual assault. But according to former Georgetown University Student Association Deputy Chief of Staff Lisa Frank (COL ’13), writing off sexual assault as a problem that only concerns female students who put themselves in vulnerable situations reflects a widespread misconception, Frank says. “There’s a lot of slut-shaming, a lot of victim-blaming. I think that people here really buy into the myths that sexual assault is perpetuated by strangers and happens to drunk underclassmen,” Frank, who still serves as a member of the GUSA working group on sexual assault that she convened last year, said. “This is really a whole community problem. It’s not a women’s problem. It’s not a drunk freshmen problem.” One in four women and one in 33 men will experience sexual assault before they graduate from college, according to statistics provided by the American College Health Survey. While Georgetown’s Health Education Services data concerning sexual assault on campus are not available to the public, Sexual Assault & Health Issues Coordinator Jen Schweer confirmed that the university’s figures are on par with national averages. Nonetheless, in the campus conversation about relationships, gender roles and campus security, sexual assault is eschewed as a point of discussion. “The biggest myth is that it doesn’t happen on the Hilltop and that it only happens overseas in places like Darfur and the Congo,” Women’s Center Director Laura Kovach wrote in an email.
“Sexual assault does happen on this campus.”
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Kat Kelley (NHS ’14) got involved in sexual assault prevention work in her senior year of high school, when she became certified to work for a sexual assault hotline. At Georgetown, she committed herself to the cause on the collegiate level through co-chairing Take Back the Night, co-producing this year’s “Vagina Monologues,” participating in GUSA’s Sexual Assault Working Group and co-founding the student blog “Feminists-at-Large.” As an outspoken leader on this issue, Kelley says that a student who has experienced sexual assault approaches her for guidance at
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from the male perspective. “That underlying mainstream definition of masculinity, I think, is a big root cause for the ways we can overlook and condone sexual violence … in that jocular manner,” Verghese said. Verghese’s organization focused on determining how its members could empathize with sexual assault survivors and counter destructive definitions of masculinity. It also planned intervention trainings that taught college and high school-aged men how to prevent sexual assault in relationships and at parties where alcohol was present. “[Sexual assault] is a huge issue not only for women, but for men just to address, because they will probably either be around a situation where it could happen or they might be the person that whether they know it or not is committing the assault themselves,” Verghese said. Nonetheless, Verghese said that as he transitioned out of his leadership role, membership slowly dwindled and the group ceased to exist. Verghese attributes this lack of interest to the same prevailing cultural definition of masculinity that inspired the group’s creation in the first place. For Kelley, the problem extends beyond males’ refusal to acknowledge their role in committing sexual assault. “Males perpetrate it. Males experience it. And males are just as much a part of the community and culture in which it takes place,” Kelley said.
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least once a month. For Kelley, Georgetown’s main problem with sexual assault awareness is that students do not accept that sexual assault, particularly by acquaintances, is occurs within the student body. “There’s just such a silence around it, because unfortunately, there is such a stigma about sexual violence,” she said. “I think that people in theory take it seriously, but I think that a lot of people think that it doesn’t happen here.” Christian Verghese (COL ’15) founded Georgetown Men of Strength, a group that, during its brief existence, was dedicated to demonstrating that Georgetown suffers culturally from a lack of interest in the subject of sexual assault
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LGTBQ Resource Center Director Sivagami Subbaraman sees sexual assault at Georgetown as a consequence of gender roles and, more particularly, generalized conformity to them.
“There’s not much questioning here of gender roles, not much pushing of boundaries, not much challenging. There’s a willingness to fall in line. You come in through the gates and fall in line,” Subbaraman said. “It’s there in the air you breathe and the water you drink, that pressure to conform.” According to Frank, the culture surrounding sexual assault at Georgetown allows a greater misunderstanding than at other institutions because many students believe that sexual assault is always a man attacking a woman. While LGBTQ relationship patterns at Georgetown mirror heterosexual ones — from long-term dating to casual hookups and everything between — sexual violence is more often silenced for gay couples. “I don’t think that most people within the community necessarily recognize that this is also a form of sexual assault or sexual violence,” Subbaraman said. Subbaraman attributes this silence to the difficulty of interpreting sexual assault outside a mainstream gender binary and Georgetown’s relatively small and close-knit LGBTQ population. “The naming issue of outing the person who’s doing this to you has far more drastic consequences in the community than I think it would in a heterosexual context,” she said.
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According to Subbaraman, LGBTQ students also struggle with an overall acceptance of their relationships by the campus at large, an issue that makes it more difficult to speak out about their problems. “For gay people in a healthy relationship even, there are very few people I can go talk to when I have an ordinary problem, because my relationship is invisible,” she said. “Our relationships are seen as invisible to people. They are not valued. They are not normal. They’re not seen as therefore having the same validity. That is the real issue.” While the LGBTQ Resource Center does not have its own resources to address sexual assault, Subbaraman turns students who come to her with cases of sexual violence to the university’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services, and particularly Schweer. According to Subbaraman, sexual assault may go overlooked in the LGBTQ community, but its manifestations are the same as in heterosexual relationships. “I think the consequences are different, but I don’t think the violence looks any different,” she said.
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Discussions about sexual assault and its prevention generally gravitate toward gender roles, relationship violence and appeals to protect one’s mothers, sisters and female friends. However, Verghese defines his interest in promoting sexual assault awareness through the lens of his Catholic background, which mandates that he recognize every individual’s dignity.
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“At the heart of a sexual assault is a man or a woman not recognizing the victim’s dignity,” he said. “When that dignity is ignored, that’s when the … selfish motivations come into play.” Yet the importance of preventing sexual violence is more than a principle of faith to Verghese, a member of the Knights of Columbus. He said he personally knows students who have been sexually assaulted for whom that experience became a significant part of their Georgetown experiences. “It’s not only this abstract idea of the glory of God being backtracked. I can tangibly feel the negative effects of sexual assault on campus,” he said. Based on this perspective, Verghese believes that sexual assault awareness and prevention are most effectively executed on an intimate, person-to-person level. In line with that thinking, Georgetown created the position of sexual assault and health issues coordinator, housed in Health Education Services, in 1999. The position is designed to provide a direct response to survivors and the promotion of personal education and outreach. Today, Schweer, the coordinator, meets with those who have been assaulted to offer advice on seeking justice through on-campus and legal channels. She also follows up on medical care, offers assistance related to housing and academic concerns and counsels the friends and significant others of survivors. However, Schweer also works on the institutional level to promote awareness education, training and policy work regarding sexual assault on campus, in collaboration with HES, CAPS, the university’s Sexual Assault Working Group and the Women’s Center, which was founded in 1990 in order to address specifically sexual assault and harassment on campus. In recent years, these partnerships, especially the working group, have made significant impacts. It has effected a more redefinition of sexual assault in the Code of Student Conduct that uses the term “survivor” as opposed to “victim.” It also led the initiative to bring the sexual assault and relationship violence liaison position to the Law Center and ensured that Georgetown complies with federal regulations on sexual as-
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sault. Along with these initiatives, the university has institutionalized RU Ready and its related sexual assault peer educators, which train students that work with on-campus organizations and residence hall floors on how to hold discussions about sexual assault prevention. But for all of this progress, there is debate over how effective these programs
tion program in New Student Orientation, which would be led by specially trained student facilitators. The goal, Frank says, would largely be to eliminate a dominant culture that jokes about sexual assault all too carelessly. “People learn from day one that it’s OK to make jokes about rape, that it’s OK to sexually coerce people — particularly freshman women — and there’s also a lot of pressure to be sexually active and to partake in drinking and other behaviors,” Frank said. “I think that there are a lot of really awful things that get said and that people believe, and there’s no one … checking that right now.” Kelley agreed that the attitude toward sexual assault, as reflected in everyday language, is problematic. “No one in the history of the world has taken the word fondling seriously,” she said. “That is so invalidating of what happened to the survivor.” The working group also supports efforts to create an amnesty policy such as the one included on the campaign platform of GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14), who were sworn in last weekend. Measures of this kind would guarantee that students who report cases of sexual assault would not be punished for other disciplinary offenses, like alcohol policy violations, that occurred at the same time as their assault. While many of the ideas being tossed around by the GUSA working group are still in their preliminary phases, Frank believes that this discussion is a strong first step for Georgetown. However, the ultimate goal of these initiatives is to decrease rates of sexual violence on campus, and there is hope that programs like the one proposed for NSO can be institutionalized and create measurable change. For that to happen, Subbaraman says Georgetown needs systemic changes, like more resources in Health Education Services, and more personal engagement. “At the end of the day, this isn’t about providing brochures and buttons,” she said. “It’s one by one by one.
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experience it. And males are just as much a part of the community and
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are in the immediate term, mainly because they are largelly geared toward those who are already familiar with sexual assault resources on campus. “The people inviting those groups in are not the people that need to hear it,” Frank said. In order to further address the problem of sexual assault at Georgetown on a wider scale, former GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) created their own Sexual Assault Working Group in November 2012. Separate from the working group that exists under the official purview of the university and that meets once or twice a year, this version is composed entirely of students who meet every one or two weeks to brainstorm how the university can better prevent sexual assault on campus and raise awareness of the resources available to survivors. “Our goal would be not to eliminate sexual assault, because I don’t think that’s possible, but to get to the point that everyone that’s part of our Georgetown community understands all of the different dynamics that play into it, and that everyone is capable being a supporter, everyone is capable of not stereotyping, not victim-blaming, not using words that are hurtful and perpetuate these problems,” Frank said. One major project currently under development is the incorporation of a discussion-based sexual assault educa-
If you or anyone you know has experienced sexual assault and is looking for assistance, please contact Jen Schweer, jls242@georgetown.edu, or the DC Rape Crisis Center Hotline at 202-333-RAPE. Health Education Services also provides resources for those who have experienced sexual assault at be.georgetown.edu.
food&drink Winging It: Finding The Perfect Chicken
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ask: Find the best wings in Georgetown. Purpose: to enlighten the ignorant masses of what exactly makes the perfect chicken wing. Contenders: The Tombs, J. Paul’s, Mr. Smith’s and Old Glory. My qualifications: yearly trips to the chicken wing capital of the world: Buffalo, N.Y. Criteria: sauciness, crispiness, presentation (hint: it doesn’t matter) and spiciness. Price: permanent digestive track damage.
OLD GLORY Our first destination was M Street barbeque Old Glory. The hot sauce bath started out well. The wings at Old Glory were beer-battered, slow-cooked and smoked, which gave them a unique taste. They were crispy and sweet at first but then turned surprisingly spicy. One of the chief complaints was that there was not enough celery, and this is an extremely important component of the meal. Old Glory’s biggest strength —and biggest weakness — was the wings’ oneof-a-kind taste, which differentiated them from any other chicken wings I’ve ever had. When I order chicken wings, I want consistency, and these were perhaps just a little too different. MR. SMITH’S Shortly after we arrived at Mr. Smith’s. I was dismayed by the unchicken-wing-like atmosphere. Being a piano bar, it was a little too fancy. I’m sorry, but jazz music and chicken wings
do not pair well. Unfortunately, the chicken wings did not make up for the atmosphere. There was too much sauce. They were more flabby than crispy. They didn’t have that necessary kick of spice. Instead, they just left the feeling that your lips were going to burn off. Note to self: never order chicken wings from a piano bar. J. PAUL’S J. Paul’s was where the chicken wing exhaustion set in. The wings were in front of us in a jiffy. For about a minute, we stared at them, took a deep breath and picked up another wing. These wings were mediocre — fairly crispy, good spice and just slightly too saucy. These are the wings that, to the untrained palette, would be seen as good chicken wings. They’re worth ordering if you really are in the mood for chicken wings, but I simply can’t fully back ordering chicken wings that are simply mediocre. THE TOMBS Delirious from all of the hot sauce, we opted to order the wings to go and took them back to my cousin’s apartment, where we then proceeded to share a truly magical moment. I couldn’t tell if I was crying because of the unhealthy amount of hot sauce I had already consumed or if I had finally found what I had been looking for, but regardless, these wings were truly something special. They had a spicy kick that didn’t overwhelm my
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WAR OF THE WINGS Mr. Smith’s wings, above, fail to make a strong impression as Georgetown’s premier chicken wings compete to be hailed the best of the best. taste buds. The sauce was infused into the wing, not dripping off the ends. They were truly as crispy as any other good chicken wing I’ve ever eaten. WINGO’S For Georgetown students, Wingo’s is the premier stop for all things wings. I assumed that a restaurant that specializes in making chicken wings would make good chicken wings. I’m going to admit I was duped because Wingo’s was simply meh. Not only were the wings overly saucy, not crispy enough and doused in a boring, one-note sauce, Wingo’s but also committed a serious
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chicken wing sin. There was no celery. I was given bleu cheese sauce, but no celery. This oversight reflects the lack of understanding of the art of chicken wings in the 21st-century world. THE WINNER IS ... Georgetown, I can only recommend ordering chicken wings at one place, and that’s The Tombs. Simply put, they’re the best chicken wings I’ve eaten outside of Buffalo. Please, don’t be that uncultured kid who orders chicken wings somewhere else in Georgetown and says they’re “good,” because I can assure you that they’re not.
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Strawberry Lemonade Smash
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Celebrate the beginning of spring with this cool, refreshing and fruity drink. Hull three ripe strawberries and throw them into a cocktail shaker. Add 2 oz. of white rum, an ounce of lemon juice and an ounce of simple syrup, and fill with ice. Shake the mixture until the shaker becomes frosty. Fill a tall glass with ice and then strain.
Heat 1 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar and 1 small bunch of fresh mint in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved. Strain out the leaves. Combine 2 tbsp. of mint syrup, 2 1/2 cups of vanilla ice cream, 1/4 cup of milk, 3 oz. of Jameson Irish whiskey, 1/4 tsp. of mint extract and 4 to 6 drops of green and 2 drops of yellow food coloring in a blender. Mix until smooth.
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couple of blocks away from Dupont Circle is the lesser-known — but equally bustling — neighborhood of Logan Circle. Logan Circle boasts myriad restaurants, but Stoney’s Bar and Grill is a standout location. Located on P Street, Stoney’s has been a long-established D.C. favorite. Stoney’s has a rich history; after its opening in 1968, it became known as one of the best dive bars and restaurants in the District. After renovating and moving to its new Logan Circle location in 2006, however, Stoney’s has traded in some of its original scrappiness in order to attract a wider clientele base. The current location consists of all wooden furniture, creating a very smoky atmosphere. Some of the most fascinating parts of Stoney’s surviving the move are the police and firefighter badges, grouped by different states and displayed under glass cases. In fact, Stoney’s still maintains its very warm and friendly atmosphere years later. The bar is first and foremost a local watering hole; those who work in the neighborhood will come in at the end of their day and choose a beer from the dozen on tap while indulging in some authentic American comfort food. Stoney’s combination of atmosphere, food and drinks has brought it to the attention of people from all over the District. Its Super Grilled Cheese Sandwich — which includes ripe tomatoes, hatfield bacon and sliced American cheese, was named one of the forty dishes by The Washington Post that every Washingtonian must try in 2013. For those looking for something similar to Mom’s home cooking or a place to pick up some traditional American cuisine, Stoney’s provides the perfect option. Almost every-
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SAY CHEESE Stoney’s menu offers a wide assortment of grilled cheese options as well as a decadent mac & cheese.
Stoney’s Bar And Grill 1433 P St. NW cuisine: American price: $$$$ thing on their menu contains some form of cheese, and some dishes have endless combinations of cheddar, parmesan and American. Their burgers are famous — the Stoney Burger, slathered with their special sauce and served with a generous portion of fries, has been drawing customers to Stoney’s for years. Although I wasn’t personally able to try any of the burgers or the Super Grilled Cheese, I decided to try the next best thing: the regular grilled cheese, served with a side of fries. My friend decided to try the decadent mac & cheese, made with a combination of American, parmesan and cheddar cheeses and served with a square of their homemade cornbread. In order to get the most out of the experience, my friend and I shared our meals and marveled at the deliciousness of both dishes. The grilled cheese, with its perfectly oozy and gooey American cheese stuffed between two lightly buttered pieces of white toast, was delicious. The light-brown grill marks on my sandwich conjured up nostalgia for my childhood lunches. One thing that I really appreciated about the sandwich was that it was neither too salty nor too greasy. With a side of crispy fries — a welcome break from those you get at Leo’s — and lots of ketchup, the whole dish was deliciously balanced. At the same time that I was experiencing the greatness that is the simplicity of a welldone grilled cheese, I also found euphoria in Stoney’s mac & cheese. Made up of three different types of cheeses, it is a hearty and heavy dish. Just as with my grilled cheese, however, Stoney’s proved that it is a master of the palette when it paired the mac & cheese with a light and fluffy piece of cornbread. The mac & cheese had a perfectly baked golden-brown top layer that was a beautiful surface for the almost soup-like and gooey portion of the dish. Walking out of that restaurant, my friend and I were both deliciously sated. In fact, we’re both looking forward to the next time we will be able to venture off campus for more delicious dishes reminiscent of home cooking.
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Roaming the District For Top Ramen
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ecause of a series of gen- rants we have visited in Tokyo. trification projects and Toki added a more modern violent riots in the 1960s, twist, involving what appeared most of Washington, D.C.’s im- to be skateboard footrests and migrant Chinese population has anime-inspired figurines. The menu is modest, comprisleft the city for places like Rockville, Md., and has taken with it ing a small variety of ramen, the colorful and tasty array of dumplings and drinks. The staff Chinese restaurants that exists recommended grilled dumpin other cities such as San Fran- lings, a variation from the tracisco or New York. Despite the ditional steamed variety, so we million-dollar Chinese gates and ordered a set. The simple dish the publicly-mandated Chinese drew our attention, especially language business signs, no one after we heard Chef Erik Brunercan hide the fact that only 600 Yang had been handed down people of Chinese descent live in the recipe from his mother and the Chinatown area, comprising grandmother. This was evident a tiny minority of the total popu- in the dumplings’ traditional yet complex flavor. lation. The Taiwanese inWhere then, can fluence can clearly food enthusiasts be seen in the kimchi flock to in search of and curry ramens, good East Asian cuiboth of which we sine? We were pleasordered with extra antly surprised with HelenGuo & noodles and a dash our recent impulsive visit to Toki UnderJacobRichey of their home made endorphin sauce, ground, located on H Street, NE. Driven by an urge for a delicious spin on sriracha. some quality ramen, we sought Heartier and more flavorful out Toki, intrigued by its Tai- than a wholly soy-based broth, wanese and Japanese inspired we were delighted by the rich, flavors and its reputation as the spicy and savory flavor in combiking of ramen in the capital nation with the pulled pork. For those of age, Toki is city area. We heard that on a select few days, just half of Toki’s known for its variety of drinks tiny location seats reservations. as well. We ordered the classic Because we hadn’t reserved four Toki Monster, a combination or five days ahead of time, it of bourbon, scotch and barenlooked like we had to go ahead. jager topped with pork belly We figured thirty minutes was kushiyaki, a sweet, charred and ample time to arrive early and tender way to top a drink that secure a spot, but we instead paired well with the ramen. Of were met with a small stream course, we couldn’t leave withof customers eagerly waiting out being tempted by the plate outside of the door 45 minutes of cookies and milk, which we before it even opened. Some fel- were surprised to find was just low enthusiasts saved our spots about the best chocolate chip as we quickly explored the Atlas cookie we’ve had in years. We District, a revitalized arts and arrived with an itch for ramen, entertainment area. We were but we left with so much more. Though D.C. has seen a dearth pleasantly surprised by the old theaters, a growing restaurant of authentic and close-to-the-heart scene and streetcar lines that Chinese and Taiwanese restauwill be operating within a year rants, Toki succeeds in showing or so and will eventually con- that the scene is not quite extinct. nect to Georgetown. After this quick exploration, we walked Helen Guo is a sophomore in up Toki Underground’s stairs the School of Foreign Service. into a dimly lit, well-designed, Jacob Richey is a sophomore small seating area. It was vague- in the College. DINING DUO aply reminiscent of some izakayas pears every other Friday in the and small home-style restau- guide.
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‘Jurassic Park’ Comes Roaring Back W
hen I think about dinosaurs running rampant on the silver screen, only one thing comes to mind: Jurassic Park. This association runs deep in the veins of Western film viewers, and any other attempts to reuse dinosaurs would suffer in comparison. Therefore, to satisfy the moviegoers’ craving for paleontological terror, Hollywood has resurrected some old villains and made them three-dimensional. Jurassic Park 3-D, scheduled for release April 5, is a digitally remastered version of the original and commemorates the film’s 20th anniversary, and it’s highly enjoyable The franchise began in 1993 and is based on the successful series of books by Michael Crichton. Steven Spielberg’s adaptation to the silver screen captivated audiences with the most advanced visual effects available at the time. Fellow movie genius George Lucas headed the sound effects crew, and together, they created an unforgettable audiovisual experience that set the stage for a decade of films. The second and third installments fell short of the original’s box office success, and as a result, the franchise has been on hiatus since 2001. None-
theless, speculation about a fourth movie began around 2002. The success of any movie sequel is partially due to high demand for more, so the minds behind the franchise needed to create demand for the fourth installment to be a success. Jurassic Park IV would be of much less interest to audiences if they were not first reminded why they should care. Most people are familiar with the plot of the original movie, so the remastered film has been marketed to appeal to our nostalgic sides. Many films have been revamped and rereleased in theaters and proved to be successful with audience members of all ages. There is undoubtedly a market for old films touched up with current film technology. This refurbished classic reminds older audiences of the audiovisual innovation that stamped the franchise into film history while also filling the void of prehistoric suspense for younger viewers. I imagine most of the crowd during the opening weekend for Jurassic Park 3-D will be fathers and their ten-year-old sons and daughters, all of whom will be falling in love again or for the very first time. Some of the most cherished scenes
thus far in Spielberg’s career can finally be presented as he intended them. From the first tyrannosaurus rex attack to the suspenseful scene with the Velociraptors in the kitchen, this version of the movie is simply breathtaking. For those who already love Jurassic Park, you won’t be disappointed. For those who did not know they loved Jurassic Park, you also won’t be disappointed. The film was not originally shot for 3-D presentation, so Universal Studios took a chance with this rerelease. If converting the film to 3-D had made the dinosaurs look anything less than authentic, Jurassic Park would have had to settle with being a thing of the past. But the new film is visually on par with other recent IMAX and 3-D releases, securing the franchise a place as a serious competitor in the market of 3-D films. While the film is showing its cultural age after 20 years - 90’s fashion was the dinosaurs can never really go out of style. Revamping the original film may just be enough to bring the franchise back to life and stir excitement for the fourth installment, which is scheduled for release in the summer of 2014. Spielberg seems to have given his full blessing to
New Clapton Offers Old-School Cool
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ven before diving into the actual nothing to prove to anyone. Old Sock music, one gets a sense of endear- gives the impression more of a cozy ing playfulness from the album get-together session than an attempt artwork of Old Sock, Eric Clapton’s to produce any groundbreaking musi20th studio album. Centered on a sim- cal experiment. The album has twelve tracks which plistic, white background is a self-portrait of Clapton showing his smiling consist of a little bit of everything, face, half-concealed by a pair of sun- from blues to country to vintage folk glasses and the shadow cast down by to soul. Clapton covers some of his the rim of his country/cowboy hat, set favorites in this album while also including two new against the backcompositions he drop of a sunny penned; “Gotta Get blue sky. Indeed, Over” and “Every this casual, laidLittle Thing.” Get back atmosphere ready to travel back pretty much capERIC CLAPTON to the ’80s, because tures the spirit of retro is practically the album. Old Sock what this album is In his 50th year all about. as a professional musician — having Old Sock opens accumulated a mountain of awards with the bluesy “Further on Down and honors, being generally recog- the Road,” originally by the famous nized as one of the most important American blues-jazz musician Taj Maguitarists of all time and having tracks hal. The upbeat and jolly rhythm gives like “Tears in Heaven,” “Layla” and one the feeling of a sunny walk down a “Wonderful Tonight” marking his wide path in the countryside. “Angel,” musical epochs — Clapton really has featuring JJ Cale on vocal backup and
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guitar, stands out. A soulful blues tune with a catchy chorus, the song has the beauty and elegance of love songs from the old days. Other tracks that made an impression include “The Folks Who Live on the Hill,” written in 1937 by musical theatre legend Jerome Kern. In this luxuriously nostalgic piece, Clapton gently but expressively croons of “build[ing] a home on the hilltop high,” perhaps hinting at his vision of a peaceful, blissful life. “Gotta Get Over,” is one of the few tracks in the album that is more muscular than mellow, with Clapton’s powerful vocals and guitar at work. “All of Me,” which features a duet between Clapton and Paul McCartney, is also quite memorable. The piece, notably by Billie Holiday, is beautifully transformed into a more lively and merry piece, and Clapton and McCartney’s vocals do not disappoint. Overall, Old Sock, while not overtly trying to impress listeners, features some typically solid vocal and guitar work and is likely to appeal to fans of Clapton. That, however, also implies
LINDSAY LEASOR Special to The Hoya the continuation of the franchise. After pitching the idea for the 3-D version of the original in late 2011, some critics are calling this project, and I am one to agree, a masterpiece of a masterpiece. Anticipating the success of Jurassic Park 3-D, Spielberg recently agreed to be the fourth film’s executive producer, hopefully signalling good things to come for this beloved franchise.
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IF THE SOCK FITS Eric Clapton’s new album is a vintage delight. that it is more likely to appeal to parents’ or grandparents’ generations than to college students — at least upon first encounter. However, if — or once — you get over the old-school quality, Old Sock is a comforting assortment of classics with delightful and soothing tracks, reminiscent of a crackling fireplace or a cup of hot tea after a tiring, long day.
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Becoming Lizzie Bennett
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t is a truth universally acknowledged more enjoyable when you know that that a Hollywood producer, instead she’ll regret those words by the film’s of investing in a new idea, will de- end. It’s like watching a favorite movie cide to remake a known crowd-pleas- again and again except with little (or er. From Batman to The Wizard of Oz, large) differences every time. But, I also think that there’s somefew works have escaped being adapted, with varying degrees of success. In thing timeless about the story. A friend honor of women’s history month, I’m of mine, who I won’t embarrass here, looking at one author — Jane Austen once tried to convince me that her love — and what is perhaps her most adapt- life was exactly like that of Jane and ed and most popular work: Pride and Bingley — Elizabeth’s sister and Darcy’s best friend, respectively. Their problem Prejudice. I’ve read the original book as well as is that they’re not open enough with an absurd adaptation of it called Pride their feelings and doubt that the other and Prejudice and Zombies. I’ve seen returns love with the same intensity. the Keira Knightley movie and have My friend contended that she was just awaited a chance to see the beloved too shy, like Jane, and that’s why her BBC miniseries. I’ve watched Bridget love life wasn’t working out. That’s part of the story’s staying Jones’s Diary, which is loosely based on the Austen story, and I am cur- power — the relationships are so wellrently obsessed with a web series that written that century doesn’t matter. reimagines it in the 21st century with “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” sets the the main character as a grad student whole thing in the modern day, and, who chronicles her life in a video blog with a few tweaks, it works. The stories are still believable. called “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.” There’s also something The difference between highly enjoyable about the retelling the story of Elizacharacter of Elizabeth. She beth and Darcy — her angstbegins thinking that Darcy ridden love interest — and is the one who embodies the making another Batman characteristics of the novel’s movie is that Batman adaptations focus on something VictoriaEdel title, only to realize that her pride and prejudice made different each time. They might have a darker tone, focus on a her as blind as he was. They are both different villain or love interest or the kind of horrible people, make each main character might join the Jus- other realize how ridiculous they’ve tice League. But if you read Pride and been and then both change. Realistic? Prejudice, you know what happens. Maybe not, but it’s refreshing to see It doesn’t change when Elizabeth character development occur. Aweand her sisters are trained as highly some? Definitely. Elizabeth is snarky skilled zombie killers. It doesn’t and funny and bright, and she doesn’t change when she’s a grad student need a man to be happy. I mean, she who’s been flirting heavily with Mr. gets one, but she doesn’t need one. I strongly identify with the witty, inWickham via text. Why are we so obsessed with it that sightful, misguided Elizabeth, and I we can’t stop revisiting it? There are imagine that other people do, too. But in the end, I think my love for novels of comparable popularity and literary merit — The Great Gatsby it is very simple. There’s something springs to mind — that send people wildly comforting about a world where shrieking when they try to make a I know that Jane and Bingley and Elizafilm adaptation. (We’ll see how Baz beth and Darcy will form two happy Luhrmann did soon, but I’m not opti- couples. There’s a loveliness to the cermistic.) Why does Pride and Prejudice tainty of their happiness, when my own 20-something happiness seems so get a pass? I think part of the reason we go uncertain all the time. I won’t go as far back to Netherfield again and again as to say that Pride and Prejudice made is because we’re so familiar with it, me believe in love or anything, but it’s which means we enjoy it more. In nice to think that this stubborn, proud “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” for exam- and prejudiced girl who, like Elizabeth, ple, watching the younger sister, Lyd- can be a little too sassy for her own good ia, be so happy, lively and lovely takes might be able to find love too. on a tragic tone when you know what happens to her. When Keira Knightley Victoria Edel is a junior the College. can’t help but complain about how GIRL MEETS WORLD appears every she never wants to see Darcy again, it’s other Friday in the guide.
Disney Darlings Dabble In Debauchery BISI ORISAMOLU Hoya Staff Writer
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hat happens when you take two wasn’t realistic. Writer and director Harscantily clad ex-Disney darlings, mony Korine was definitely on point with add a Pretty Little Liar, the wife the shock factor, but he’s 0-for-1 in terms of a crazy director, James Franco as a rap- of believability. As a college student, I ping drug lord and obscene amounts of was offended by how shallow and stupid alcohol? If you guessed that this was a these girls appeared to be. I don’t know if recipe for disaster, then you were correct. what they were saying was supposed to In Harmony Korine’s new film, Spring be deep or was actually supposed to be Breakers, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Go- perceived as unintelligent and melodramez, Rachel Korine and Ashley Benson matic as it sounded. With the amount play four college girls that want noth- of threesomes, random crotch shots and ing more than to get away for spring lesbian-inspired scenes that occurred, it break. In order to fund their trip, Brit seemed more like the director’s fantasy (Benson), Candy (Hudgens) and Cotty rather than a portrayal of actual reality. Is (Rachel Korine) do this what people what every broke think college girls college student actually do? Roll does — hold up a around in their restaurant. They underwear doing SPRING BREAKERS then use their drugs and petting newfound fortune each other? starring: James Franco, Selena to go on perhaps It wasn’t so Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens the craziest spring much the nudity break trip that has or the guns or ever happened. the drugs that Everything seems to be going great; made Spring Breakers so offensive— it’s the girls are getting drunk, singing off- how they all came together to make it key renditions of Britney Spears and rid- unnecessarily vulgar. It was definitely ing around on scooters. But eventually, disturbing as well. At one point, Alien their luck runs out when they get ar- pointed out what we had all been thinkrested at a wild hotel party. Thankfully, ing: Faith looks like she is 15. Watching Alien (Franco), the creepy, dreadlocked, her take a hit from a bong or seeing gun-wielding drug dealer, comes to large men leer at her doesn’t make you their rescue and bails them out. Faith feel young, wild and free, just a little (Gomez) seems to be the only one that’s nauseous. Technically, the actors are freaked out by this random act of kind- all of age, but I still wanted to yell at ness. The other three are content to en- any grown man in the audience that gage in his exciting, fast-paced life and seemed to be enjoying any part of the take part in all kinds of illegal and dis- girls’ frisky adventures. gusting behavior just for the rush and to get a change of pace from their boring college life. At first, I didn’t know how I was supposed to take Franco seriously when he came out singing a ridiculous rap in his gold teeth and magic marker tattoos. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to take any part of the movie seriously actually or if this was just an exaggerated parody of the infamous college spring break. As the movie went on, however, I became disgusted with how believable Franco was as his character. I’ve never wished an actor would do a worse job portraying his character until I saw this movie. A24 Although I think all the actors played OUT OF CONTROL Even a star-studded their parts pretty well, the movie itself cast can’t save this disasterous film.
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LENT MUSIC AND PRAYER FRIDAY, 7 P.M. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Reflect on the end of the Lenten season at this cross-departmental concert at Holy Trinity. With solo and group performances from the Georgetown University Concert and Chapel Choirs as well as the Holy Trinity Choir, this event should not only feature beautiful music but also provide a deeply spiritual and meaningful experience.
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8 P.M. AND 11 P.M. INTERCULTURAL CENTER AUDITORIUM
The Georgetown Program Board presents The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Bilbo Baggins is asked to undertake the journey of a lifetime and discovers himself while voyaging through Middle Earth. Catch the beginning of this thrilling trilogy in ICC auditorium this weekend.
BATTLE OF THE BANDS — THE STRUMMER GAMES FRIDAY, 9:30 P.M. TO 11:30 P.M. BULLDOG ALLEY Come out to Bulldog Alley to support Georgetown student bands at WGTB’s annual Battle of the Bands, named The Strummer Games. Any band can register for free and battle it out to be declared “The Greatest Student Band In Panem.” Musical tributes include Mellenfolly, Law Abiding Criminals and Betsy and the Bicycles. WGTB also promises free cupcakes and event hosts as awesome as Tina and Amy.
GPPREVIEW CASINO NIGHT SATURDAY, 8 P.M. TO 11 P.M. OLD NORTH STUDENT LOUNGE
Put on your poker face and come to an evening of mock gambling with your professors from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. GPPReview will provide snacks, wine and beer. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, and will be available in the Old North student lounge. A poker tournament will begin at 8 p.m. for an additional $10 buy-in.
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UrbanAiras, an opera group, has redefined the genre with short, contemporary works. The group will be putting on a loosely romantic performances of three “mini-operas” that include “Craigslistlieder,” a set of Craiglist ads set to operatic music, and a scene on blind dates. Audience participation is required as the performers will create since two-minute operas based on this participation.
To bring more magic to a show that already consists of tigers, elephants, trapeze artists, and acrobats, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are bringing dragons to life in their newest performance “DRAGONS.” To spread the word about the show, the entire group of performers will march in a parade from Capitol Hill to Verizon Center, so make your way to Chinatown to experience the big top.
Synetic has garnered a reputation for its silent performances that draw on athleticism to shock and impress audiences. Performing an adapted version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Synetic utilizes swirling water on stage to represent this story of power and sorcery. The show has been hailed for its dedication to transforming a literary phenomenon into an acrobatic wonder.
WHERE: The Mansion at Strathmore WHEN: 8:30 p.m. INFO: urbanarias.org PRICE: $20 in advance, $22 at the door METRO: Shady Grove
WHERE: Verizon Center WHEN: 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. INFO: verizoncenter.com PRICE: $10-$125 METRO: Chinatown/Gallery Place
WHERE: Synetic Theater WHEN: 2 pm INFO: synetictheater.org PRICE: $15-20 for students METRO: Crystal City
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