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Georgetown University • Washington, D.C. Vol. 93, No. 37, © 2012
friday, march 16, 2012
GRAPPLING WITH CLASS
Socioeconomics underly an unspoken divide at Georgetown, where an elite culture can create obstacles for lower-income students. GUIDE, G8
7 Students Arrested for Fake IDs Braden McDonald Hoya Staff Writer
TRACK Senior Emily Infeld won the 3000-meter at the national championships.
THEATER After 13 years in the theater department, Ted Parker will retire in May. NEWS, A7
SPORTS, A12
burglaries by year: Jan. 1 - march 15
2012 Burglaries BY location 12
Other (2) Off Campus (1)
Other
10
Academic buildings (2)
Off Campus
8
2010
Academic Buildings
Seven college students, including five Georgetown students, were arrested for underage drinking and using fake identification at Rhino Bar and Pumphouse on M Street Saturday, according to Erin Mathieson, an investigator for the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. Mathieson said representatives of ABRA’s D.C.: Double Check 101 program work closely with the Metropolitan Police Department to identify underage drinkers in bars and nightclubs surrounding university campuses in the District. She added that ABRA apprehended two underage Georgetown students in Towne Wine & Liquors on Wisconsin Avenue for purchasing alcohol with fake IDs last month. Though the students were not arrested, Towne was charged and the students’ names were sent to the university. Penalties for serving underage drinkers range from a fine to a suspension of the establishment’s liquor license. Mathieson said that while MPD must witness students’ use of fake IDs in order to charge them, they can obtain warrants to request identification from individuals who appear underage. Representatives of ABRA, however, can ask anyone to present identification. If the ID is deemed fake, ABRA will take down the student’s personal information and charge the offending establishment. “We are primarily interested in documenting everything and charging the establishment, because [serving minors] is an egregious violation,” See IDS, A6
2011
6
Med Center (8)
Residences (on campus)
On-Campus Residences (6)
4
2012
Med Center
2
January
DATA: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ERICA RABINOVICH/THE HOYA
The Department of Public Safety has reported 19 burglaries since Jan. 1, a large portion of which have occured in three buildings at the Med Center.
Rash of Med Center Student Assaulted Break-Ins Continues In 36th St Burglary Sarah Kaplan Hoya Staff Writer
Two burglaries were reported at the Georgetown University Medical Center during spring break, bringing the total number of Med Center break-ins over the past two months to eight. The first of the two burglaries occurred in Building D between 6 p.m. Friday, March 2 and 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 5, the Metropolitan Police Department reported. According to MPD’s incident re-
port, a suspect pried open the door to an office suite and took keys from an unlocked cabinet. The suspect then entered a locked room and stole a laptop worth $300. The office was left ransacked. In the second burglary, which occurred the morning of Sunday, March 4, a suspect forced his way into several offices in the New Research Building. According to MPD’s incident report, the suspect broke open several locked desk See GUMC, A5
Sarah Kaplan Hoya Staff Writer
A student was physically assaulted in a burglary at an off-campus townhouse near the intersection of 36th and O Streets Wednesday night, according to the Department of Public Safety. DPS reported in a public safety alert that the student confronted a suspect in the residence at 9:20 p.m. The suspect said he was looking for someone, but when the student asked to look into the
Matthew Strauss Hoya Staff Writer
Hip-hop and rap artist Wiz Khalifa will headline the Georgetown Program Board’s Spring Kickoff Concert March 30. DJ Earworm, famous for his annual mash-up of the year’s most popular songs, will be the opening act. Wiz Khalifa, known for “Black And Yellow,” “No Sleep” and “Young, Wild & Free,” and the accompanying artists will perform in McDonough Arena. Tickets go on sale in Red Square on Monday, March 19 at 11 a.m. and will cost $20 for students with a GOCard and $35 for general admission. Tickets will also be available for purchase online. Executive Chair of GPB Tyler Simpson
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Students basked in the sunlight on Healy and Copley Lawns this week as temperatures hit the high 70s.
First Black Undergraduate Dies Hoya Staff Writer
Samuel Halsey Jr. (SFS ’53), who died last month at the age of 87, left behind three siblings, four children and more than a dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But he also left an enduring legacy at Georgetown as the first black undergraduate to be admitted to the school. Valedictorian of his high school class, Halsey had briefly studied at North Carolina A&T State University before serving
in the army during World War II. After returning to the United States, he studied accounting at Howard University before applying to Georgetown as a transfer student. In 1947, University President Fr. Lawrence Gorman, S.J., asked administrators to include at least one black student in the next freshman class. That did not happen, but as the culture of the university began to shift over the next three years, black students were admitted to graduate programs, the medical school and the law school.
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suspect’s backpack, the suspect punched him in the face and fled the residence. Two laptops, a camera and a watch were stolen in the burglary. The suspect is described in the PSA as a 30- to 35-year-old black male of dark complexion and medium build, wearing a white shirt. Though DPS posted the PSA on its website, it did not send an email alert to students. Typically, PSA emails are sent out for any kind of See BURGLARY, A6
Concert Artists Announced
BEACH BUMMING ON THE FRONT LAWN
Elizabeth Garbitelli
March 1 – 15
February
Finally, in 1950, the university accepted Halsey to the School of Foreign Service, making him the first black undergraduate in Georgetown history. “In 1949, when I was checking with the area universities, the University of Maryland and [The] George Washington University would not accept my application because I was ‘Negro,’” Halsey wrote in correspondence to Georgetown when the university established the Samuel A. Halsey Jr. Citizenship Award in 2002. See HALSEY, A6
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Wiz Khalifa will perform at the Spring Kickoff Concert with DJ Earworm.
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(COL ’13) said that he expects the approximately 2,500 available tickets to sell out quickly. “I would encourage anyone who wants to attend to purchase your tickets the first day,” he said. Wiz Khalifa is no stranger to concerts geared toward undergraduates, having spent the spring of last year touring with the Campus Consciousness Tour. On the tour, he performed at 17 colleges, including Pennsylvania State University, Emory University and Auburn University. The process to select a headliner for the concert began in November, when members of GPB’s Concert Committee sent out bids to several artists. Wiz Khalifa’s management accepted the bid over winter break, and contract negotiations continued through spring break. While GPB declined to release specific expenditures, the concert’s cost exceeded the amount the program board originally allocated for concerts for this academic year. “This is the most we’ve ever spent on a concert headliner — ever,” Simpson said. “The allocation does exceed how much we had put aside for this semester, so we then looked to outside sources.” In addition to allocating a larger portion of GPB’s budget than had previously been designated for concerts, the concert committee received a contribution from the Senior Class Committee. Many students said they were more excited about this year’s concert than last year’s, when Kevin Rudolph, Dev and the Cataracts, Jason Smith, Shwayze and Cisco drew disappointing crowds. “It’s the first time all year that I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Georgetown,” Ben Seiden (COL ’15) said of Wiz Khalifa’s announced performance.
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