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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

HOYAS STAY PERFECT

MORE THAN JUST A PROFESSOR

TIME TO RIDE

The football team opens conference play with a close win over Lafayette.

For a former student, a Joyner education went beyond the confines of international law.

After pushback from Park Service, Bikeshare plans to open on the Mall.

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OPINION, A3

NEWS, A5

Joyner, GU Mainstay, Dies at 63 Students Scramble After Course Cuts LAUREN WEBER

sues,” Despres said. “It’s a really big loss for the field and the university … especially as he taught both graduate Christopher Joyner, professor, students and undergraduates.”

In an opening letter to School of director and co-founder of Georgetown’s Institute for International Law Foreign Service students, SFS Dean and Politics, died Saturday evening at Carol Lancaster wrote of the departthe Virginia Hospital Center after a ment’s loss. “I know many of you had enjoyed Professor Joyner’s classes brief illness. He was 63 years old.

Joyner, who had been registered to and his friendship both in class and on the athletic field. teach an undergraduate course in interna- “If you needed advice, Please know that we are here to comfort tional law this fall, you and provide supstepped down from he was always open teaching last week. and willing … he was port.”

According to LanEver popular caster’s email, a meamongst the student amazing.” morial service is bebody, many spoke to SAMANTHA BAKER (COL ’12) ing planned in his his dedication to his Student of professor Joyner honor. students in and out Anthony Arend, of the classroom.

“If you needed advice, he was al- director of the Master of Science in ways open and willing. … He was Foreign Service and co-founder of amazing,” Samantha Baker (COL ’12) the Institute for International Law and Politics with Joyner, wrote a blog said.

According to first-year graduate post in memory of his friend and colstudent Matt Despres, Joyner will be league on Saturday.

“Chris was a world-renowned scholsorely missed by the campus commuar of international law, a dear friend nity.

“He really helped put Georgetown and mentor to me and so many and on the map for international law is- a true son of Georgetown. He will be Hoya Staff Writer

Cheating, a Click Away BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

In spite of the temptation to cheat that iClickers provide, Georgetown professors say that they have seen few signs that the tools are being misused in their classrooms.

A recent Chronicle of Higher Education report found rampant iClicker cheating in more than 1,000 colleges

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Fast becoming a campus-wide staple, iClickers can facilitate class participation as well as cheating.

across the country. Over 2 million students nationwide use the devices, which have emerged in several classrooms this semester and have sold out of the Georgetown bookstore; the McDonough School of Business Tech Center currently has a batch on back order to supply the growing demand this fall.

The Georgetown instructors say that dishonest use of the gadgets is minimal on campus.

Matthew Hamilton, associate professor in the biology department, said that in his early years of using the iClicker, he noticed that students would bring multiple clickers to class and respond on behalf of their peers.

Ever since he began making clear in his opening lectures that misuse or a failure to report misuse of the iClicker constitute violations of the Honor Code, however, students have cut back on cheating.

“I found that it was just a case of needing to communicate to the students in question and be very clear,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton has also adapted his syllabus to highlight the fact that illicit use of the iClicker translates to a violation of the honor code.

One student, who wished to remain anonymous to avoid being found guilty of such an honor code See CLICKERS, A5

GLENN RUSSO Hoya Staff Writer

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Christopher Joyner was a popular professor of international law and a leader in campus academic life.

greatly missed.”

Joyner, a top expert in international law and Antarctica, previously taught at The George Washington University, the University of Virginia, See JOYNER, A6

Forty courses were cancelled since pre-registration in April and the close of the add/drop period, affecting about 400 students’ fall schedules according to the university registrar.

Modified faculty plans or undersubscribed sections of certain courses forced faculty and administrators to eliminate some classes, according to University Registrar John Pierce. The number of courses cancelled, forming a small percentage of the total number of courses offered, is not unusual, Pierce said. “The departments make every effort not to drop classes after students have registered for them, but in some cases they have no choice.”

Most sections cancelled were under-enrolled, and the changes affected a small number of students.

Thirty of the classes cancelled had

enrollments under 10 students, while 19 of them had fewer than five. According to Pierce, a department closes courses that are too small to utilize teaching manpower efficiently.

“Faculty resources are the most valuable thing we have,” Pierce said.

Other cancellations generally hinge on professors whose availability can change unexpectedly, such as a professor’s leave being extended.

“When a class must be cancelled, we ask the chair [of the department] to write to each student and to offer assistance finding another class,” Pierce said.

According to him, two of the most challenging cancellations to handle were the classes taught by the late professor Christopher Joyner, who fell ill last week and died suddenly on Saturday. The See ADD/DROP, A6

AT 9/11 VIGIL, A CHANCE TO STOP AND REFLECT A DECADE LATER

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At Friday’s ceremony, faculty, staff and students commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the attacks. “We have not finished our work of healing,” University President John J. DeGioia said. See story on A5.

Cigarette Theft Costs Vital Vittles Over $1,000 in Losses SARAH KAPLAN Hoya Staff Writer

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After the recent theft at Vital Vittles, Corp leadership has vowed to continue its re-evaluation of security measures. A Department of Public Safety investigation is ongoing.

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Ninety cartons of cigarettes worth more than $1,000 were stolen from Vital Vittles last week.

According to Michael Crafts (COL ’13), director of Vital Vittles, two employees discovered on Sunday, Sept.

4 that the cigarettes — numbering over 18,000 — had been stolen while they were restocking their inventory.

“One of the kids was the person who had placed the order, and when he went to get more cigarettes he noticed that [out of] everything he purchased a significant quantity was gone, and they weren’t in stock in the store,” Crafts said.

The employees contacted Crafts, who verified that the cigarettes were missing and contacted the Department of Public Safety.

According to The Corp’s Chief Operating Officer Brooke Heinichen (SFS ’12), DPS is now leading the investigation into the theft. Neither Published Tuesdays and Fridays

she nor Crafts could comment on whether DPS has identified any suspects.

“We’re working with DPS to figure out more about this isolated incident and figure out what this reflects about our security policies,” Heinichen said.

“Looking forward I’d say that people have sort of a heightened sense of security.”

MICHAEL CRAFTS (COL ’13) Director, Vital Vittles

She added that The Corp has been working to strengthen its security since the incident.

“This is an opportunity to increase our security measures, and that’s something we’re doing across our services, despite the fact that it just occurred at Vittles,” she said.

This is not the first time The Corp has dealt with a serious theft. According to Heinichen, there have been a few incidents during her tenure with the company in which cash was stolen, with each of the incidents representing a loss of about $2,000. Vital Vittles and Hoya Snaxa also cope with petty theft on a more regular basis, she said.

Crafts said he does not expect the loss to have a significant impact on The Corp’s finances, though it will affect The Corp’s ability to donate to scholarships and other philanthropic causes.

“Something like these cigarettes really affects how much we can give back to the Georgetown community.

Every carton of cigarettes that gets stolen is X amount of dollars that can’t go back into the Georgetown community,” he said.

In May, The Hoya reported that The Corp has struggled with See THEFT, A5

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EDITORIAL

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A Safer Night on the Town

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Late night out? No problem. The university’s M Street night shuttle and SafeRides transportation program now does much more to protect student safety while reducing noise levels — a win-win situation for the entire Georgetown community.

There have long been complaints that some students used SafeRides as a free ride to bars in Georgetown, increasing the wait times for students who feel uncomfortable walking off-campus late at night. With a new shuttle dedicated to ferrying students between campus and M Street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday party nights between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., other SafeRides vehicles should be able to respond more quickly and efficiently to other students.

The boost to safety is a move made all the more necessary by the jump in the off-campus crime levels over the summer and in the few short weeks of this academic year. Along with this increased level of protection, the shuttle should work to decrease foot traffic and noise created by students between M Street and campus. At a time when our relationship with our neighbors is rocky at best, university resources that work to alleviate these tensions are more important than ever.

The Georgetown area simply isn’t as welcoming to students looking to blow off steam as it used to be. Thankfully, the university has created a solution that keeps students protected and residents asleep on those unforgettable weekend nights.

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No Parkway for Bike Rides — The National Park Service officially banned bicycles on the George Washington Parkway out of concern for rider safety.

Positive Turnover — Georgetown’s Saturday victory against Lafayette showed growing chemistry on the football field. The Hoyas are now 2-0. See A10 for details.

Cutting Corners — Budget concerns have caused The George Washington University to stop offering free newspapers to its students.

Vice Presidential Mass — Vice President Joe Biden surprised campus with a visit Sunday by attending 12:30 Mass at Dahlgren Chapel.

Forget Entry Fees — Over 50,000 fans listened to 20 acts at FreeFest, including Cee Lo Green and Deadmau5, at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., on Saturday.

“Campus Community Mourns Loss of Professor” Article posted Sept. 11, 2011 Comment posted Sept. 11, 2011 Alumni: Professor Joyner was one of the best professors I had at Georgetown, not only because he was a great teacher, but because he was one of the warmest and most enthusiastic professors I had. It was easy to see that he loved his job and cared about his students. May he rest in peace.

Alum: Professor Joyner was an amazing professor. I remember how he always used to open every class with jokes. I also always admired his support of many parts of the university, especially the womens’ athletic programs. You could tell he was passionate about teaching, his students, and Georgetown. I hope he is at peace.

What’s more, the Leo’s website is seldom updated and lacks information for the daily food rotation. There’s a change the lines enountered won’t even be worth the wait.

But with those lines, Leo’s is trying to do more than personally antagonize its customers. By directly serving students, Leo’s hopes to standardize servings to keep off the “freshman 15” along with reducing the risk of contracting those pesky animal flus that come with mass distribution. The new initiative also will reduce food waste, something Leo’s has progressively been working to improve.

Despite its flaws, Leo’s still managed to install an incredible new soda machine, serve you mostly with a smile and keep that awesome grill Down Under going. And we can’t deny they serve over 7,000 students — something Leo’s home-cooked competition never had to do. While Leo’s is and always will be a dining hall on a college campus, as far as dining halls go, it has earned it’s place the menu.

“Generation 9/11” Article posted September 9, 2011 Comment posted September 9, 2011 Anonymous: Great article, and I am eternally grateful to all the Hoyas who have served, are serving or will serve in the armed forces. While 9/11 has had a huge effect on our generation, I would argue that the economic crisis of several years ago has had a bigger effect when you look at the job prospects and longterm implications of the recession.

Perhaps it is because of all the men and women who enlisted to protect our country that the rest of us were able to worry about things like jobs. It’s good to hear their story.

Constructional Integrity Fun fact: Besides a small section of track in London, Georgetown has the only remaining segments of conduit system streetcar track, a road design that was commonly used in the late 19th century.

For most of the Georgetown community, the construction on such streetcar tracks has been adding a degree of navigational difficulty to O and P Streets between the university and Wisconsin Avenue since last spring. Sponsored by the District Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration — and notably, not taxpayers’ money — the project will complete a $12 million rehabilitation of the cobblestone roadways, 100-year-old water mains and century-old trolley tracks by next summer.

Complaints have circulated for years about the public safety and structural integrity of the cobblestone streets and

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Learning to Love Leo’s Many put O’Donnovan Hall at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to ranking campus cuisine. In reality, the only dining hall that serves the entire campus hasn’t properly pitched its menu of merits.

When students returned to making their inventive paninis and glorified G waffles in Leo’s this fall, they found a new menu structured to improve the nutrition of the dining hall at large. Caloric information is now displayed for all food in stock — no more blissful ignorance when we go for that ice cream every night. Leo’s has also upgraded the gluten-free and vegan options to goad us into taking advantage of healthier options while expanding the variety for those with strict dietary needs.

Despite these improvements, the student body is still hung up over the commodity that we value most — time. Lines for these upgraded meals and serving system seem excessive to the Leo’s patron of years past. What’s more, their sudden appearance infuriated those that were old hats at self-service.

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trolley tracks — DDOT and FHA dragged their feet for five years trying to determine what to do. We understand the frustration; after all, the DDOT is essentially removing old tracks and cobblestones for new ones without a working trolley. The abject condition of the streets and old tracks along O and P Streets, however, demands new construction to enable actual navigation through West Georgetown.

While neighbors and students are nearing the limits of their patience, the safer, historically preserved streets will ultimately improve the accessibility of the area and enhance the historical atmosphere of West Georgetown.

The cost of the project may be high in both dollars and inconvenience, but it ensures the maintenance of the trolley tracks and the historical atmosphere West Georgetown’s, retaining a part of our historical campus character.

“Building Walls Before We Begin” Article posted Sept. 9, 2011 Comment posted Sept. 11, 2011 Anonymous: It amazes me that some people are so put off by efforts to achieve greater tolerance. Let’s say Mr. Wu was somehow unable to find a shred of good in this event. What exactly is the threat? “If we truly are accepting and tolerant of everything and everyone, social order collapses.” Can we please clarify if the author is being satirical or serious? Does he really think that if people miraculously cease to make gay jokes or stereotype Arabs, the world will end?

While being painfully hyperbolic and grandiose at every chance, Mr. Wu fails to make one reasonable point. Certainly, pluralism in this context does not include accepting rapists, murderers and child molesters. So can we stop pretending that there would be any downside to be a little less intolerant? It seems Mr. Wu would benefit from a little self-evaluation here before making such doomsday proclamations.

“A Decade’s Worth of Apologies” Article posted Sept. 9, 2011 Comment posted Sept. 12, 2011 Saxon Gillis: This is really brave and introspective.

“Ninety-Nine Memories We Have Yet to Make” Article posted Sept. 9, 2011 Comment posted Sept.12, 2011 COL ’13: Fantastic column, Margaret. Truly fantastic. Good luck on your endeavor. ... I hope, for your own sake, you remember as much of it as possible.

“University Debuts M Street Shuttle and SafeRides Texting Option” Article posted Sept. 2, 2011 Comment posted Sept. 7, 2011 Anonymous: I think this system still needs work. I got texted, “Saferides is outside” only to see the van pull away. And why can’t they run to M Street during the week? Some of us have more time during the week, or maybe we would rather like to go [down to M Street] for a late night movie.

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COMMENTARY

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Lawson Ferguson

The Loss of More Than Just a Professor

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o be honest, I only took International Law because it had “international” in the title, fit my schedule and being a four-credit course at the time, it helped me justify taking only four classes instead of five last fall semester. By the end of that semester, though, I realized that I had, through some combination of luck and laziness, found myself in one of the best classes at Georgetown.

Even though I’m an International Politics/Security Studies major in the School of Foreign Service, I had only a passing interest in International Law, and my enjoyment of that class was due to just one thing — professor Christopher Joyner.

I know professor Joyner did much at Georgetown beyond teaching that class, but that’s what I know him from.

He’d walk into class every day, Diet Coke in hand, and after a few minutes of banter with the front row launch into his daily trivia questions. After about five minutes, we’d get into the lecture of the day, but the trivia very much set the tone for his class. Professor Joyner knew his subject inside and out, but he clearly didn’t want his classes to be him talking for two hours at a time while his students inevitably zoned out on their computers.

Not being a highly focused individual in any aspect of my life — those who know me would probably call that an understatement — I’m not going to claim that I sat there and religiously took notes for every minute of every class. But what I can say is that it was always worth it to listen to what professor Joyner had to say, and that he made every topic seem interesting,

which is no small feat in a class as allencompassing and general as International Law. He was always available and helpful outside of class and frequently stayed after to chat with his students about topics ranging from class discussions to Georgetown sports.

In fact, it is because of my association with this paper that I got to know professor Joyner better than most — this weekend was the first time I had been to a women’s soccer game and not seen him in the stands cheering the team on — including twice at Maryland last year. One of the wellknown quirks of his classes was the bonus point that was available to his students should they attend a women’s sporting event at Georgetown and check in with him. As the beat writer for the women’s soccer team, I certainly availed myself of that opportunity. Despite professor Joyner’s best efforts, games were often sparsely attended, but he was always there regardless. He always went out of his way to engage with his students who did attend, and our halftime chats were always enjoyable.

Ultimately, I’m sure that there are many out there who both knew professor Joyner better than I did and could put his contributions to his family, friends and university much more eloquently. But all I can hope to convey is the sense of loss I have not only for professor Joyner’s family and friends, but for all the students who weren’t as lucky as myself that no longer have the chance to learn from one of the best.

Professor Joyner did much at Georgetown beyond teaching that class ...

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Unearthing Our Traditional Roots Sydney Schauer It’s Tradition

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ver wondered why you have to walk around the seal? Or why it’s an absolute must to sit on John Carroll’s lap and jump in the fountain at least once before graduation? Ever been told, “It’s tradition?”

From Hoya Homecoming to Georgetown Day and all of the (sometimes) historical antics in which we participate in between, traditions at Georgetown abound. Some of them are huge celebrations, while others are unwritten rules that none of us dare to break (minus the bold few that attempt to steal the hands off of the Healy Clock tower, of course). But they all share a place in our hearts as requirements that will truly complete our Georgetown experience. These traditions are the practices that connect us to those distinguished many that came before us, and those illustrious souls that will come after us. They are the customs that tie us to the likes of Bill Clinton and Bradley Cooper.

In a place that prides itself on a notable history, it is not hard to understand why tradition is so important. The word “tradition” is derived from the Latin word “traderer,” which literally means to “hand over,” or “give for safekeeping.” Our predecessors have given to us those rituals that they hold dear, and it’s our responsibility to protect them.

Through our practices, whether it be standing in line for hours to hear

the president of the United States or to taste an incredible Georgetown University Grilling Society burger, we ensure that the history of our beloved Georgetown lives on.

But at times, it has been our history that has created our traditions.

For example, our traditional colors, blue and gray (for those of you that weren’t sure if it was supposed to be an “a” or an “e”), were adopted after the Civil War as a symbol of the Jesuits’ neutrality and a celebration of the war’s end. However, if truth be told, most Jesuits were Southern sympathizers during the War of North-

Traditions are those things that make us living participants in history. ern Aggression. Hoya Saxa, y’all.

And after the Vietnam War, students decided to throw their energy into serving underprivileged communities during spring break (you didn’t really think Alternative Spring Break was your idea, did you?).

But ASB wasn’t the only new development on campus at the end of the Vietnam War. In fact, what’s arguably the biggest thing on campus for those of us that are coffee addicts came after protesters of the war were treated with tear gas on campus. In response, the student body president and vice president decided students needed a stronger, more powerful voice, and they believed incorporation was just the

way to do that. Around a year later in 1972, The Corp was born, and it’s been delivering us those magical bagels ever since.

And what about the Jesuit tradition?

A central theme to our education and experience, it’s crucial that we understand this convention of inquiry, engagement and understanding. A Jesuit education is one built on reflection of one’s self, service to others and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

Drawing on this tradition, all of us that call Georgetown home live out the Jesuit ideals that ensure we fulfill the concept of cura personalis, while remembering we are called to always be men and women for others.

All of these things are important.

Traditions, whether they be yours, mine or those we have learned from ol‘ Georgetown, make up part of who we are. They become elements of our identities and set us apart as Georgetown students forever. So if you think about it, traditions aren’t just those activities that we participate in once a year because, well, we always have. Traditions are those things that make us living participants in history. Haven’t you heard, “We are Georgetown?”

So go ahead: Swim in the fountain, sit in the big green chair, jump up on John Carroll’s lap and then run like hell when the Department of Public Safety sees you. It’s tradition.

Sydney Schauer is a junior in the College. She is a board member and the tour coordinator of Blue and Gray. IT’S TRADITION appears every other Tuesday.

THE DISCONCERTED DEMAGOGUE by Daniel Yang

LAWSON FERGUSON is a senior in the School of Foreign Service and deputy sports editor of The Hoya.

Generation Quantity: Dependent on Data Matthew Hoyt and Michael Meaney The State of Nature

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e’re a generation that can’t be qualified. First, we were Organization kids. Then, we were the Boomerang Generation. Then, Generation Next, Generation Facebook, the Millennials – the list goes on.

Almost every generation has an overarching, metanarrative, be it the GI Generation, Baby Boomers or Generation X. But finding one arc has proved near impossible for us 16 to 25 year olds across the country. Despite historians’, sociologists’ and social scientists’ best efforts to categorize us, we elude framing. Why? Simply put, we’re living in the midst of a paradigmatic shift. The 21st century is a place for quantity-based assessment, proving 20th century quality evaluations a mere artifact of history.

What does a quantified world entail? It means all the books of the Victorian era are now scannable by simple keystroke. It means every Amazon search we make helps Amazon better guess our preferences, needs and wants. It means eHarmony, or chemistry.com, or match.com or zoosk.com — and that’s just a small sampling — can systematically find us an adequate partner.

During his Convocation speech to incoming freshmen, University President John J. DeGioia described the general idea of the phenomena: “You have access to information,” presumably unlike any generation ever before. In the subtext, though, lurks a more ominous cautionary: We’re being constantly understood and individually classified by the data we provide.

Who are those interested in us?

Yale University econometrician and lawyer Ian Ayres describes the emergence of the “super crunchers” in his like-named book. As society pushes to better understand every facet of reality, an elite group of statisticians are more than happy to oblige. Super crunchers are the people who process everything out there.

The super crunchers take the data deluge and use it to understand, predict and even conceive individuals.

When you can isolate and identify individuals, there’s no need for collective understandings. Everyone can be his or her own generational group.

Where does all the data come from?

First, we live in an age lacking a delete button. Storage capacity of information grows exponentially every year.

All the while, we continue to produce it, and at faster rates.

Consider the example of Twitter.

In 2008, Twitter barely existed. Now the 230 million tweets a day are just a drop in the bucket compared to the terabytes of data we produce.

Second, the generational data we don’t create ourselves is still aggregated by the super crunchers without us knowing. Even if you act the role of conscientious objector who abstains from social media (yeah, right), think about the tools of modern life.

Google, Amazon, Netflix and even Georgetown know all they need to quantify and group you in buckets of like people.

Sometimes they simply look at public data — like voting records, license registration, your listed address – and other times they dig deeper — consumer information from credit card companies for instance. The take away, though, is the fact that they manage to find and use data about us.

As a source of quantity, data is inescapable and intractable. Quality measures, on the other hand, seem increasingly intangible. Why try anything new when you can predict its affect and effect beforehand? We Google for reviews, ask our friends for recommendations, and all the while mitigate risks wherever we go.

In many respects, the data revolution is the result of our impulse to understand. With understanding, though, comes a price — privacy, most noticeably — but, also our willingness to censor our public persona and better understand other points of view.

The world of customization eliminates chance, all while pushing us to either submit to our own preferences or submit to an advertiser’s suggested preferences. In turn, our preferencebased decisions take away some of the humanity and humility that once allowed collective understanding.

Though the quantity world we live in isn’t without benefit — empirical medicine and counterterrorism datamining come to mind — we must ask ourselves: at what cost? We’re the first generation to be born into a computable world, surrounded by data at every juncture of life. We’re predictable, explicable and explainable by data, all in ways never before imagined.

But there’s still a void, one that quantity will never fill. It’s the answer to the immortal question, “Who are we?” Today, it can only be adequately answered with, “Who knows?”

Michael Meaney is a senior in the SFS and Matthew Hoyt is a senior in the College. They are the president and director of communications of the Georgetown University Student Association, respectively. THE STATE OF NATURE appears every other Tuesday.

Rob Sobhani

Keeping the American Dream By passing the DREAM Act, American foreign policy can spread the wealth of America’s educational system.

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wo mutually reinforcing truths about America get lost in the verbal insults and legal battles of the DREAM Act. First, America’s failed immigration system is the flip side of a failed foreign policy. For example, Mexican officials are allowed to export their revolution to the United States by failing to provide a decent standard of living for their citizens, who then have to come to the U.S. in search of a better future. In short, America has not insisted on good governance in Mexico.

In the meantime, our country has grown from 250 million to 310 million in fewer than two decades. This means that our already broken economic system needs to produce more jobs, protect more of the vulnerable; and build more schools, roads and bridges.

The problem is that the welfare system we have created along with a broken immigration system is unaffordable under the demographic and economic circumstances of the 21st century. Some would argue that we would not have become a global superpower without opening our doors to immigrants; that smart, self-motivated immigrants spur the innovations and create the jobs our economy needs to thrive. This may be true, but it does not tell the whole story.

It is our system of government, our culture and our way of life that allowed Sonia Sotomayor to become the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, Sergey Brin to co-found Google, Pierre Omidyar to found

eBay and Fareed Zakaria to rise to fame as a journalist and the host of a prominent TV show. There are hundreds of Sotomayors in Puerto Rico, Brins in Russia, Omidyars in Iran and Zakarias in India. One of the main reasons why they are successful in America is because of our system.

American foreign policy must reorient itself to the soft power of exporting American values and know-how so the Sotomayors, Brins, Omidyars and Zakarias in Puerto Rico, Russia, Iran and India can find success at home.

Secondly, global prosperity requires a new narrative on immigration and cross border migration. If we allow the poor to escape to the rich and then redistribute this wealth to take care of the needy new arrivals, we will only impoverish ourselves in the process. Global prosperity must increase if we are to address this issue seriously, and thus, it is imperative that wealth be created indigenously — especially for the economies of Mexico, Central and South America.

We must immediately launch a Marshall Plan for our neighbors to the south and establish a micro-finance plan for those who want to go back to their home countries but need startup capital. We need to create a privatepublic partnership plan so that jobs are created south of the U.S. border and immigrants (illegal and legal) who are living in the U.S. have the option to return to their homelands and re-build new lives for themselves. Last year, America imported 8 billion dollars worth of toys from China. Imagine for a moment a scenario where American consumers purchased these same toys from our southern neighbors, creating a win-win situation for all involved — except the authoritarian regime in China.

It is in this context of a new narrative on the soft power of exporting American values and need to create

wealth south of our border that the DREAM Act must be debated — and ultimately supported. Allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition to attend state public universities is a good idea, provided we ask these students that once they complete their studies, they return to their home countries to serve and rebuild.

In the 1960s, the government of Iran established the Education Corps and Health Corps, made up of young men and women with college degrees from the U.S., who served their country by teaching reading and writing and administering health care. This model can be duplicated across America where legions of illegal students armed with U.S. college diplomas in economics, engineering, computer science and health management fan across the globe and embed themselves in their native communities to serve and rebuild.

In short, Congress must support the DREAM Act with one caveat: Eligibility should be contingent on a willingness to return to one’s homelands and help in the economic development of one’s home country. This way, an educated Salvadoran or Mexican or Ghanaian can contribute to the socioeconomic situation of his or her country by taking advantage of the generosity of American taxpayers. Over time, creating wealth in El Salvador, Mexico and Ghana is to everyone’s advantage.

With America’s own domestic troubles, we forget about our relationship with other less wealthy nations. We have forgotten about the DREAM Act. The future of American foreign policy should focus on continuing to provide resources to give others the American dream.

ROB SOBHANI holds a degree in Political Economy from Georgetown University and was an adjunct professor from 1989-2005.

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Special to The Hoya Focusing on peace and ending the culture of violence, Arun Gandhi — grandson of Mahatma Gandhi — led a dialogue with Georgetown and American University students to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept.

11 attacks.

“Peace has always been the foremost hope in my lifetime. I would like to inspire all of you to continue working for peace,” Gandhi said at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

For Gandhi, the image of two planes striking the World Trade Center marked a new and deeper level of violence in the world. But he stressed that the continuous War on Terror is not a solution.

“To avenge the deaths of some 3,000 people who died at the World Trade Center, we have sacrificed more than 7,000 of our young men and women,” Gandhi said. “It just doesn’t make sense to me.”

Gandhi developed his philosophy of peace while growing up in a volatile South Africa. Amid the oppressive system of apartheid, Gandhi was discriminated against by whites for being too black and by blacks for not being black enough. As a teenager, these formative childhood experiences traveled with a teenaged Gandhi to India, where for almost two years he was mentored by his grandfather.

“My grandfather used to tell us that every morning we should get up and make the resolution that, ‘Today I am going to be better than I was yesterday,’” he said.

In recalling his past, Gandhi also addressed the tension between Pakistan and his grandfather’s India. Gandhi related his firsthand experiences in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai bomb-

ing, conducted by a Pakistani terror group.

For Ghandi, the crux of the Indian-Pakistani relations, as well as the 9/11 attacks, rests in the divisiveness of religion.

“Humanity has learned enough from religion to hate, but not enough to love,” Gandhi said, quoting his grandfather on interfaith tension.

For Ghandi, religious practice, in its many forms, should lead one to truth and inner peace.

Gandhi stressed that the challenge to transcend issues of ethnicity and faith can be confronted on college campuses as well.

He noted that the divisions within the student body can reflect the divisions of society at large.

“Why can’t we look at this as one human family and break down those prejudices and come together and learn from each other?” Gandhi said.

“Education is not just what you read in textbooks and what the professors tell you in class. It’s what you learn from your own experiences.”

After taking part in the dialogue, students proceeded to the Washington Hebrew Congregation to participate in the seventh annual Unity Walk, a demonstration of plurality. The walk down Massachusetts Avenue stopped at a number of worship spaces and featured a Muslim call to prayer, meditation and the singing of “Amazing Grace,” as well as speeches from noted figures such as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

On a day marked with memories of violence, students such as Julie Ogonis (SFS ’14), reflected on the last 10 years.

“To go from being a little girl in fourth grade to being an undergraduate ... and having the chance to make some sort of impact and affect some sort of change, that is the most important part of the dialogue to me.”

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GUSA Offers Conduct Code Advice DAN RYAN

Special to The Hoya A new push by the Georgetown University Student Association aims to smooth communication and misunderstandings between the administration and students.

The Student Advocacy Office, an initiative headed by co-directors James Pickens (COL ’12) and Ace Factor (COL ’12), will offer free, confidential advice to students on a variety of issues related to student conduct, while also helping students who are in touch with the university because of Code of Student Conduct violations, honor code changes and other matters that affect campus life.

“Meeting with hall directors and administrators can be inherently intimidating and the dense code of conduct can be confusing,” Factor said. “SAO offers confidential advice in the hopes of providing students with foundational confidence heading into a serious, punitive meeting.”

GUSA plans to send an email to un-

dergraduates later in the week advertising the opportunity to become a trained representative of the Student Advocacy Office.

Factor and Pickens, who are both members of the GUSA Executive Cabinet, have worked seriously on the program over the summer and expressed optimism regarding the application responses and pool.

“Really, we are looking for applicants with a real passion for student rights,” Pickens said. “The ideal applicant is the student who is excited about working with others in order to make things at Georgetown better.”

SAO advisers will be responsible for holding office hours in the GUSA office for two hours per week.

“The advisory process is a highly individualized process,” Factor said. “Each SAO advisor undergoes an in-depth training regimen, because each will have such a high degree of responsibility. In many cases, we’re dealing with students’ disciplinary futures. Our goal is to give good

advice in good faith.”

Factor and Pickens agreed that since the program is so new, they will be forced to advise using hypothetical answers and general rules as opposed to past, empirical evidence. Factor explained, however, that the program has been working closely with hall directors and administrators, specifically Director of Student Conduct Judy Johnson, in an effort to outline circumstances that may arise this semester.

They have also met extensively with members of American University, which has a similar, very effective program.

Factor and Pickens emphasized the important role the program will play as a buffer between the administration and the student.

“Our role is to help students and the administration here at Georgetown collaborate to find appropriate, expedient solutions to the problems that may arise throughout the semester,” Factor said. “A larger breadth of information can only improve our disciplinary process.”

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its finances in recent years. In its 2010 annual report, The Corp posted net losses of $10,418 and $181,745 for fiscal years 2010 and 2009.

However, Heinichen stressed that last week’s incident would not pose a threat to the company’s bottom line.

“The Corp is not in a financially unstable position, and we are insured against theft,” she said.

“The Corp is financially stable and will remain financially stable.”

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Capital Bikeshare plans to open rental stations on the National Mall despite previous opposition from the National Park Service.

While the National Mall is the District’s prime tourist destination, the National Park Service has resisted the addition of Capital Bikeshare stations to the Mall for months, saying that the stations would tarnish the park’s historical integrity.

While there are rental kiosks surrounding the Mall on Constitution and Independence Avenues as well as 14th Street, none of the bike network’s 114 stations are located on the property itself.

“If you look at the downtown area, there’s a big gap right in the middle where there are no stations, and that’s the Mall property,” spokesperson John Lisle said.

Bill Line, spokesperson for the National Park Service, told the cycling magazine Spokes that the agency was worried that bike dispensaries would detract from the patriotic and historic nature of the park.

“The National Park Service reflects an American heritage and what a particular park means to American citizens, not at [the] convenience of select individuals,” he said.

Additionally, the agency would be required under the National Environmental Protection Act and the National Historic Preservation Act to conduct an environmental assessment to determine whether a bike station would be harmful to the park’s environment or historical purpose.

According to Line, this legislation has previously prevented the Park Service from considering installing a bike station on the Mall.

“Congress passed laws so they cannot be sidestepped,” he said.

But it now seems that the Park Service has experienced a change of heart after it announced that it hopes to install new Bikeshare stations on the mall as soon as it can raise the funds.

“There are still a number of issues we need to work out, but we are hoping we can resolve those issues so we can start it up early next year. Earlier, we were looking at whether they can get on the Mall, but now we are looking for a way to get them on the Mall,” Parks Service Spokesperson Carol Johnson told The Washington Post.

The project would probably be jointly funded by the District Department of Transportation and the Park Service.

Each 10-bike station costs around $50,000 to build and has an annual maintenance cost of almost half that amount.

“We believe it would benefit visitors and residents. The Bikeshare would be a great way to cover the distance between the mall and the memorials,”

staff.

“It’s disappointing for us to lose anything this valuable, whether it be monetary or in supplies or in inventory,” he said.

“Looking forward I’d say that people have sort of a heightened sense of security, and people realize that this is a real threat that can affect our profits.”

According to Heinichen, whether the Corp gets reimbursed by its insurance company is contingent upon the progress of the DPS investigation.

Representatives of DPS could not be reached for comment.

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After facing opposition from the National Park Service, Capital Bikeshare received permission to begin planning rental stations on the Nation Mall this month.

Lisle said. “For the folks who are on the mall, it gives them another way to get around. Anyone who has walked on the mall knows how distances can be deceiving.”

Chris Holben, the Bikeshare project manager for DDOT, expressed high hopes for the new station.

“I think that the potential for visitor use is quite high in that region,” he said.

“Also, there [are] loads and loads of people who work around the Mall, as well as in those federal buildings surrounding the area.”

There are three Capital Bikeshare rental stations located in the neighborhood around the Hilltop, including a kiosk immediately outside the university’s front gates.

According to data provided online by Capital Bikeshare, the Georgetown station has received a steady number of users in the past months with 934 departures in May, 993 in June and 933 in July.

For the same months, the kiosk on 34th and Wisconsin Avenue counted 567, 649 and 649 rentals, respectively.

For many students, the bike service

provides an affordable alternative to taking a taxi cab or the Metro service.

“I know that I’d like to go into D.C. more often, and maybe if there were a more accessible way to get to the Mall I’d go there more often,” Allison Theveny (COL ’14) said.

According to Lisle, no specific plans have been confirmed for the project at this point, though Bikeshare’s leadership has scheduled a meeting with Park Services to talk about potential locations for the new bike stations. The rental service hopes to have provided over 1 million rides by the time of its first anniversary on Sept. 20. “[Putting stations on the Mall] is something we’ve been interested in all along and we’ve been talking about it with the Park Service now. It sounds like there’s some movement and that it’s really headed somewhere.”

Holben agreed that the DDOT sees providing full access to the city’s citizens as a top priority.

“We’d like to provide access city wide.

We’d love to get people to the area and back by Bikeshare,” he said.

violation, said he had seen evidence of clicker cheating in his economics class.

“I have seen people do it for each other in class, but most of the time I don’t see it happen. But I’ve never done that,” he said.

Even still, he said that his professor had not clearly established that clicking for others is a form of academic misconduct.

Some students agree that if professors make it clear in their syllabus that clicking on behalf of a peer constitutes a violation of the honor code, cheating is less likely to occur.

Gregory Miller (SFS ’14), who has had three courses with iClickers during his time at Georgetown, has never seen a student click on behalf of a peer.

“I’m sure there are people who try to or actually do that. But I’ve never seen anybody do it,” Miller said.

He added that all of his professors have made it clear that clicking on behalf of another student would be a violation of the honor code.

“My professors have all said that … it would be a violation of the honor code. Sometimes they will randomly call on you to find out if you’re there. … You’d definitely be in trouble, because clickers are linked to your name,” he said.

Mark Rom, associate professor of government and public policy, undertook an informal investigation last fall in which he counted the number of students present in his U.S. Political Systems class and compared it to the number of iClicker respondents. The results of his experiment, which he conducted on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving — a time students are less likely to show up to class — revealed little to no cheating in his classroom.

“In both [U.S.P.S] classes I had more students present than clickers,” he said. “I’m pretty confident that there

was a zero cheat rate in both classes.”

Charles King, professor of government and international affairs, expressed confidence in the ability of the honor code to police cheating in all its forms.

“There is always an opportunity for dishonesty in any class, regardless of the technology a professor chooses to use,” King said. “[But] if we can’t rely in part on the Georgetown ethos, we’re sunk.”

Rom said that if he ever discovered iClicker-based cheating he would treat it the same way as any other dishonorable academic conduct.

“Cheating with clickers is possible.

Yes that is cheating, yes that should be avoided and yes that should be punished,” he said.

But he added that the anonymity facilitated by the iClicker has allowed him to eliminate other forms of cheating from his classes.

Last year, he administered frequent closed-book online quizzes, relying solely on student integrity to protect against cheating.

Curious about whether students were indeed opening their books to take the tests, he set up an iClicker quiz with anonymous settings to encourage students to report evidence of cheating.

“About a quarter to a third of the class acknowledged direct evidence [of cheating]. This was an honest report,” he said.

Rom, King and Hamilton stressed the widespread benefits of the iClicker, claiming the device makes a large classroom more intimate and interactive.

Hamilton said that the tool allows students to take ownership of their learning.

“You need to get people engaged and involved in some problem solving. [The iClicker] is a good way for all of us to be reminded about how we can be in the moment in the classroom and to be really engaged and participating,” he said.

University Holds Vigils to Commemorate 9/11 Tragedy MARIAH BYRNE & ALYSSA HUBERTS Hoya Staff Writers

­Beginning with a moment of silence and the tolling of the Healy bells, a vigil ceremony on Sunday commemorated the attacks of Sept.

11 through moments of silence, reflection and prayer.

At the memorial, held by Welcome Week, Hoyas for Troops and the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, the bells rang at 8:46 a.m. to honor the lives lost in the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.

Another moment of silence followed

a second ringing of the bells at 9:03 a.m., marking the time a hijacked plane hit the second tower.

Personal reflections began around 9:30 a.m., when members of the campus community shared their personal stories. The ceremony paused again at 9:37 a.m. to honor those killed by the attack on the Pentagon.

Following the reflections, the Tunnel to Towers 5K, sponsored by Hoyas for Troops, began at 10:03 a.m., the time that United Airlines flight 93 — originally intended to hit Washington, D.C. — crashed into a field in western Pennsylvania. The 266 regis-

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A member of the Georgetown University Gospel Choir performs at the prayer vigil held Friday in Gaston Hall to honor the 10th anniverary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

tered runners followed a path that wove throughout campus in memoriam of New York fireman Stephen Siller, the uncle of graduate student Patrick Scullin (GRD ’12), who was killed as he tried to help people escape the scene of the attacks in lower Manhattan.

Before the run kicked off, Alejandro Zendejas (SFS ’14) spoke of how his small Texan town on the U.S-Mexico border was rocked by the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. He hoped to combat misunderstandings that he believes people often have about that day.

“I feel that there are two misperceptions … one — [that] even though we were really, really young … we don’t remember, but in reality we do,” he said. “The other misperception is that only people of a certain area were affected, but the whole nation was in shock or awe that day.”

Marilyn McMorrow, a visiting assistant professor with the School of Foreign Service, spoke of the overwhelming support she felt on campus the day of the attacks. She recalled watching from the Village A rooftops alongside students as the Pentagon burned across the Potomac. Soon after the strikes, she said, free phone banks were set up so that students could call their families. She spoke about the five interfaith services held that day — all attended by University President John J. DeGioia.

“The whole day was a day of total support of students on campus and of student support for one another,” McMorrow said.

Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry, noted that while the tragedy initially put the nation into a tailspin, it ultimately inspired an overwhelming sense of unity.

“Ten years ago, terror and violence had [their] day,” he said. “Life and community and compassion will

[have the last word].”

O’Brien also led the attendants in a prayer to honor those who lost their lives and to ask for peace for those still grieving.

Afterwards, Scullin, Siller’s nephew and a student in the Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution, told of how his uncle had just gotten off his night shift and was on his way to play golf with his three brothers when he heard on his fire department radio about the attacks.

Siller drove back into the city and ran through the closed BrooklynBattery Tunnel to the scene of the destruction, where he gave his life helping others escape the scene. Siller left behind five children.

His family established the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in order to help other children who lost family members in the 9/11 attacks. Since its inception, the charity has built an orphanage in Staten Island, assisted victims of Hurricane Katrina and built ‘smart’ homes for quadruple amputee war veterans.

The Sunday vigil was a continuation of a weekend of remembrance begun on Friday, when students and faculty gathered to share prayers for those impacted by the attacks.

The prayer service, held in Gaston Hall, was co-sponsored by several Georgetown organizations and featured representatives from nine on-campus religious groups as well as from the Georgetown Interfaith Council.

“It is our faith [that] helps give meaning to the events of history, the events of our lives,” O’Brien said at the beginning of the ceremony.

The service featured readings and prayers from the different religious traditions, followed by a recitation of the names of Georgetown community members who were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. After a moment of silence in honor of the victims, DeGioia spoke to the crowd of George-

town’s tradition of solidarity in times of crisis.

“We gather in moments like this to find consolation and solace in one another,” DeGioia said.

He spoke of Georgetown’s united response after the Civil War, World Wars I and II and the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Calling today’s world one of even “greater intensity” and a place of “coarseness and anger,” he challenged students to respond by seeking to know each other better through interfaith dialogue.

“There is still work that must be done,” DeGioia said. “We have not finished our work of healing.”

Students said the event served as a reminder of Georgetown’s commitment to the interfaith community.

“It definitely meant a lot to me as an American, because I think Muslims have been misrepresented and so it means a lot to me to pray with everyone else,” said Georgetown Muslim Student Association President Mariam Zarafshar (NHS ’13), who presented the reading from the Quran.

“Our sentiments are the same as everyone else’s.”

Jordan Denari (SFS ’13), president of the Interfaith Council, said the event was a positive indicator of things to come.

“This prayer service is a great opportunity for all the different religious groups to kind of come together and set the tone for a year of cooperation in interfaith service between the groups,” she said.

For students who attended the vigils and run, many as part of teams with their student organizations, the ceremony inspired a sense of unity across campus.

“I think that it helps on this day to be with each other,” Magdalena Buczek (COL ’13) said. “It reminds you that you are one with all these other people at this school and in the country.”

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JOYNER, from A1 Dartmouth College and Muhlenberg College. He has served as the vice president of the International Studies Association, vice chair of the American Council on the United Nations and four-time chair of the International Law Section of the International Studies Association.

Joyner oversaw the Master’s Degree in International Law and Politics in the Government Department while teaching International Law classes for undergraduates and graduates alike.

Outside the classroom, Joyner was a devoted supporter of the student athletics on cam-

pus — especially women’s soccer. Known for offering extra credit points to students in his classes for their attendance at the games, Joyner would also frequently commend the players individually on their performance according to Baker, a senior forward for the team.

After taking Joyner’s class freshman year, Baker spoke to his constant presence in her life.

“He came to every game. Besides soccer and school, he was always there. … He was involved with the girls of our team and helping them achieve what they wanted on and off the soccer field.”

Joyner is survived by his wife Nancy, and his children, Kristin and Clayton.

government department actively sought to help students affected find different courses to fit their schedules.

As add/drop drew to a close last week, students with sudden cancellations faced tough choices as limited availability added difficulty to the registration process.

Matthew Westlund (SFS ’14), who was in Joyner’s international law class, said the change, though inevitable, made registration more stressful.

“I really had to scramble and message as many people as possible,” he said. “A lot of teachers I talked to were really understanding, but they had already turned away other students who had been attending class.”

Westlund was able to complete his schedule in the end, but for those that fail to find a full course load during add/drop, the process continues behind the scenes.

The registrar’s office worked with the last few students who need to add classes to fill their schedule.

“It goes to show how much Georgetown

professors care about not only their students, but also their potential students.

They go to great lengths to make sure their students are accommodated,” said Elizabeth Coulter (SFS ‘13), a student in one of Joyner’s classes.

“I am confident that there is no one out there who wants to be full time and isn’t,” Pierce said.

Indeed, according to data, the number of students left with incomplete schedules has stayed similar to the number this time last year.

Save one or two, students who choose to be part-time are seniors who do not need to take a full load to meet graduation requirements. Students can petition their dean’s office to obtain this designation.

According to Pierce, 54 students currently remain part-time — meaning they take fewer than 12 credits­ — and he expects that number to decrease to fewer than 50 in the coming week. This fall’s numbers are in line with last fall, when 46 students were part-time students.

Pierce stressed that making sure that all

those that need to carry a full course load can do so is the administration’s principal goal.

“One of the things we are most proud of is our four-year graduation rate,” Pierce said. “In order to maintain the four-year graduation rate, we must make appropriate progress each year.”

A place where the office of the registrar and deans’ offices pay extra mind is firstyear registration. According to Pierce, firstyears are not as knowledgeable about the registration process and may not know how to fix an incomplete schedule. The university also tries to match supply and demand by constantly monitoring enrollment numbers, especially for freshmen.

This semester, for instance, an extra 120 seats in Introduction to Philosophy were needed. The registrar then worked with the philosophy department to add more sections.

“Add/drop is a stressful time for students, but a lot of people in the dean’s and registrar’s office pay close attention,” Pierce said.

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Alum Opens Martial Arts Venue JULIA DONNANTUONO Special to The Hoya

At her newly opened martial arts studio near Metro Center, Luminous Warrior founder and owner Sara Salam (GRD ’01) is combining self-defense and healing practices to empower clients to push themselves beyond their physical limits.

The studio offers a range of classes for clients with varying levels of abilities and interests.

“This is an amazing place, you just have to step in and try it out,” Salam said.

Salam became interested in selfdefense because of safety concerns that stemmed from her time living alone in D.C. as she completed her MBA on the Hilltop.

“Living alone, studying late at night and having to walk home, hearing about women being attacked, date rape, rape drugs and the like, I wanted to learn more

about self-defense and how I could empower myself to stay safe and learn to fight back if I ever had to,” Salam said.

After experimenting with several styles of self-defense, she decided to learn Krav Maga, a self-defense system first developed in Israel that relies on participants’ leverage, instead of their strength or size.

Luminous Warrior’s clients include mostly young professionals and college students.

A typical class at Luminous Warrior includes a warm-up, combative-style punching and kicking techniques, and drills to practice the techniques such as headlocks in a co-ed class and breathing exercises.

Salam said that she wishes to empower her clients and help them believe that they can defend themselves in any situation.

“Kickboxing is more about a workout. [Self-defense] is more

about confrontation and if you can knock [your opponent] out,” Salam said. “Choosing to fight is an option. Self-defense gives you that option.”

Salam also believes that college students can benefit from her classes.

“Many college students are out on their own for the very first time.

Luminous Warrior … provides selfdefense, safety and risk reduction training,” she said. “It also offers a community in which college students will be able to pursue their own paths, void of peer pressure or other people’s opinion.”

Encouraged by the success of Luminous Warrior, Salam hopes to expand her business and services in the future.

“I think big all the time. My goal is always to be a service. What we offer is a service enough to have a very large group and absolutely we will grow,” she said.

Professor Tapped for Health Council MASHA GONCHAROVA Hoya Staff Writer

School of Nursing and Health Studies professor Laura Anderko will soon be working toward a cure for D.C.’s health care problems as part of a new position on the District’s Regional Health Equity Council.

Anderko was nominated by the Region III Health Equity Council for the National Partnerships for Action to End Health Disparities, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health. She is set to begin her work this month with a focus on social justice in the health care field.

“It is an honor to be selected to participate in this innovative approach with the overall goal of achieving health equity nationally,” Anderko said. “My career has focused on the reduction of health disparities, from my early work in public health nursing to my current work in valuesbased health care.”

The project, which has created 10 geographical regions as foci for

council members, seeks to align national, regional, state and local efforts to reduce health disparities through the support of a network of partnerships. Each regional council will seek to equalize access to health care within its respective region.

Specifically, Anderko will help enhance the D.C. region’s response by developing the Regional Blueprints for Action and working with members of the public, nonprofit and private sectors.

“It will provide me with an opportunity not only to apply knowledge from previous practice and research experiences into working with the poor, underserved and disenfranchised populations, but to apply the values of NHS into policy and social action initiatives that will benefit these populations,” Anderko said.

In the NHS, she has conducted research on providing health care to impoverished populations. She said that she hopes to utilize her knowledge of the field to further develop the work of the Region III Health Equity Council.

“My experiences in public health, building community partnerships and the study of how social and environmental determinants of health can influence disparities will be instrumental in my work to develop Regional Blueprints for Action,” she said.

Anderko is a Robert Wood Johnson executive nurse fellow at Georgetown and a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Children’s Health and Protection Advisory Committee.

Anderko’s colleagues said they were delighted to hear she had been selected for the position. “[Anderko] is fantastic, and she’s the perfect person to be on the Region III council,” John Kraemer said.

Kraemer is an assistant professor in the NHS who has researched and cotaught with Anderko.

“Dr. Anderko is the type of scientist who isn’t content only to study what drives public health. She works to make sure that her research is relevant to those who are marginalized — that science drives social change and better health,” he said.

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Contruction workers excavate O Street as part of a historical restoration project funded by the District Department of Transportation and the federal govertment.

Street Revamp Begins

BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

The rehabilitation of O and P Streets in Georgetown, a project meant to improve the historical character of the neighborhood, is well underway, leading to transportation woes for neighbors and students alike.

The repairs, which are set to conclude in fall 2012, include the replacement of 100-year-old water mains and local water service connections, the pavement of the roadway and the restoration of streetcar tracks dating back to the 1800s.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission District 2E Chair Ron Lewis stressed that the repairs are meant to highlight the historical significance of the streetscape.

“The streets are in terrible shape, and the trolley tracks have great historic significance. This has to be done right,” he said. “They’re doing this to a high historic standard, which is great.”

John Lisle, spokesman for the District Department of Transportation, said that the project was undertaken in light of community safety concerns and a widespread desire to preserve the historical integrity of the tracks.

“The condition of the roads [is] considered to be dangerous. The street is not level anymore, and it’s slick, particularly when it’s wet and if it snows.

Residents wanted the roadway to be redone, and at the same time, there were some folks who were concerned about preserving the tracks,” Lisle said.

Lewis said that the rehabilitation

has been painful for neighborhood stakeholders because of the disruption it has caused commuters during rush hour. He also acknowledged that it inconveniences Georgetown students because it diverts the G2 Metrobus from its normal route. The construction has also led to service cuts at several corners along O and P Streets, including the bus shelter near the front gates. “[The contractors] are doing their best to only work on a couple of blocks at a time. But scheduling with so many interests is just very difficult. It’s a very complex project, but when it’s finished, it will look great,” Lewis said.

Maria-Theresa Sanchez (SFS ’14) said that her commute was disrupted by the construction.

“Last week it took me a lot longer than it should have. The construction has been a bit of a pain for me,” she said.

According to the DDOT website, the project is slated to cost $11.1 million.

Lewis said that the federal government will foot up to 90 percent of the project cost.

“That is a usual arrangement for projects of historical significance,” he said.

The conduit-style streetcar tracks on O and P Streets are the only remaining vestiges of this type of system in the United States. The D.C. system ceased operations in 1962.

In addition to the core repairs to the roadway, the rehabilitation will improve the streetlights and drainage system, install new crosswalks, curb ramps, tree boxes and tree rails and reinstall boxes that allow pedestrians to call police and fire departments.

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several chances before senior midfielder Kelly D’Ambrisi opened the scoring after a chaotic sequence in the penalty box. Senior forward Samantha Baker connected on a trademark long throw-in with Kroening, who flicked the ball towards the back post, and after several blocked shots one carom came to D’Ambrisi, who was ready to pounce.

The Dukes were limited to infrequent sniffs of the Hoyas’ goal, and the result was put out of doubt in the 73rd minute courtesy of the redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells. D’Ambrisi perfectly threaded her pass through a helpless defense to the streaking Wells on the left side of the penalty area, who guided the ball off the inside of the far post and over the goal line — all while it appeared that she was being fouled.

“I thought it was well deserved. I thought we were the better team, it’s just a matter of eventually getting the goals, and I thought 2-0 was just about a fair result.” Nolan said.

Georgetown’s offense was able to take advantage of the smooth turf surface on Multi-Sport Facility, playing quickly as Hoya attackers sought to run at defenders with pace.

“We knocked the ball around really well … if we had been playing on a muddy grass field I think it would have been more of a scrap, but it really helped us because we could knock the ball around,” Nolan said. “In the second half we dropped a few balls over the top, which now had their defenders already dropping, which opened up the play.”

immediately when the Leopards and the Hoyas traded unproductive drives to start the game. The Blue and Gray in particular seemed to struggle to convert on third down.

The Leopards opened the scoring with a field goal after senior quarterback Ryan O’Neil’s passing attack had led the visitors down the field.

“We told [the team] before the game that it was going to be a tough, physical game. Every Patriot League game is going to come down to this,” Kelly said. “Lafayette’s going to win a lot of football games this year and our team was very resilient; we didn’t give up.”

Trailing 3-0, junior quarterback Isaiah Kempf struggled to run or pass the football during much of the second quarter. Senior kicker Brett Weiss’s 48-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right, and the Hoyas’ search for an offensive spark continued to be fruitless.

However, the Leopards were doing no better, punting on all three of their second quarter drives. When Georgetown regained the football with 1:25 to go in the half, it didn’t seem a particularly auspicious time for a touchdown drive.

But Kempf suddenly found another gear and the Hoyas began to rapidly move the chains. After connecting on three passes in a row — two to sophomore wide receiver Zack Wilke and one to senior wide receiver Patrick Ryan — the Blue and Gray had the ball on the 19 yard line.

From there, Kempf found junior slot receiver Max Waizenegger on a perfect 19-yard pass, and the Hoyas took a 7-3 lead with 26 seconds to go in the half after Weiss converted the extra point. Lafayette couldn’t muster much offense on their next drive, and Georgetown took the four-point lead into the intermission.

“We had a tough time running the ball tonight,” Kelly said. “It helps the throwing game when you can run the football and that’s something we’ll work on this week.”

Both teams were forced to punt on their opening drives, but the Leopards eventually found some offense in an unexpected source. An injury to O’Neil forced backup quarterback Andrew Shoop into the game, and the junior led a drive that culminated with a 38-yard touchdown pass.

Both teams continued to struggle offensively through the rest of the quarter, though. Georgetown’s defense, led by senior defensive back

Georgetown 1, St. Francis 0 The Hoyas produced a bounty of wellcrafted scoring opportunities on Sunday afternoon — peppering the goal with long-range efforts and dangerous set pieces alike — but it was only after 81 minutes that Kroening nodded a cross from junior

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Redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells, shown in action against St. Francis, scored the second of two Georgetown goals on Friday night against James Madison. midfielder Christina O’Tousa into the back of the net for the decisive score.

St. Francis junior keeper Brianna Butcher did well to push D’Ambrisi’s rocket from 20 yards wide of her right post, but the Hoyas converted on the ensuing corner. After bouncing around in the box, the ball found the feet of O’Tousa, who had a cross blocked before dribbling to the end line and then lofting a beautiful cross to the unmarked Kroening at the far post.

“Tina had a great turn, kept her composure, and played a really good ball to me.

Nobody was even on me, I had to do the easy work, I just had to finish it,” Kroening said. “We had a lot of chances and scrambles in front of the net, so [the goal] was coming, I think we could all feel it.”

While the Blue and Gray barraged the St. Francis penalty area throughout the match — Wells had two goals called back for offsides — the Red Flash proved to be exceptionally dangerous on the break.

“Soccer’s a funny sport … it was 33 shots

to five, and yet they still had four great chances,” Nolan said. “Their wide forwards were tremendous players. … They gave us problems all day.”

Senior goalkeeper Elizabeth Hanna was called into action for three key saves on counterattacks throughout the afternoon. While an early goal from the Hoyas would likely have changed the visitors’ strategy and opened the game up, the Hoyas’ offensive profligacy kept the defense on its toes.

“You have got to find a way to finish the game, and every time we had them on the ropes we weren’t good enough to finish the game,” Nolan said. “Thankfully we’ve got Ingrid and thankfully we’ve got Kelly.

Those two in particular did a tremendous job of wanting to win the game, [they] were determined for us to win the game … and I guess that was the big difference.”

Georgetown begins conference play this Friday night with a visit to Seton Hall. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in South Orange, N.J.

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GU Drops Two on West Coast Trip LEONARD OLSEN Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown Volleyball team (5-4) headed west this past weekend to compete in the Hilton Inn Garden Classic in Berkeley, Calif. The Hoyas fell to Sacramento State (5-4) Friday before beating TexasArlington (2-9) and falling to host and national No. 1 California (10-0) on Saturday.

“Going out there and being able to play the number one team in the country was definitely an eye-opening experience for us,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “We also played some tough competition and a scrappy Sacramento State team,” she added.

The Blue and Gray opened the tournament with a tough four-set loss to Sacramento State, succumbing 25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 25-17 to the Hornets. Georgetown was out-blocked 16-7.5 and had a disappointing hit percentage of .074. “[Our] overall performance was a little disappointing … I think we were a little more evenly matched than what the scores indicated,” Williams said. “We came out ready to play in California, but not ready to play Sacramento State.”

Senior libero and captain Tory Rezin stuck out for the Hoyas, notching a gamehigh 26 digs and continuing her stellar defensive play this season.

“Tory just placed disciplined defense and was just ready to go all weekend,” the coach said. “She’s a true leader for us and stepped it up with her defense.”

The Hoyas played in another foursetter in the second match, but this time emerged victorious against UT-Arlington.

The first two sets were very tightly contested, with Georgetown taking the first, 26-24, and dropping the second to the Mavericks, 28-26.

However, the Blue and Gray would dominate the rest of the match, taking the third and fourth sets, 25-16 and 25-15, respectively. Georgetown hit a much better .301 in the match, and also finished with 64 kills compared to 51 for UT-Arlington Freshman outside hitter Alex Johnson led the Hoyas in kills with 15. Most of Johnson’s kills came via senior setter Ashley Malone, who tallied 44 assists to go along with nine digs and 10 kills. The Bay Area native was able to consistently set up her teammates for kills in her homecoming and earned All-Tournament honors.

“Ashley did a fine job distributing her sets so that all our players could get in the mix,” Williams said. “She was lights out against Texas-Arlington.”

In their final game of the tournament, Georgetown fell in straight sets to California. After struggling in the first two sets, the Hoyas put up a fight in the third but were eventually overpowered by the Golden Bears. The final score was 25-14, 25-14, 25-18.

Freshman middle blocker Dani White and sophomore outside hitter Brooke Bachesta both played well for the Hoyas.

Bachesta totaled 12 kills and White added six, and both had positive hit percentages.

“We were so eager for that match, but we just came out a little bit tentative,” Williams said. “But we took a step back between games two and three and played neck and neck for a while. It showed us that we are capable of playing with the best in the country,” she added.

The team will make up their match at undefeated George Washington (9-0) on Wednesday and then head south this weekend to take part in the James Madison University Classic in Shenandoah Valley, Va.

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Men’s Golf On Monday and today, the Georgetown men’s golf team hit the green for their first tournament of the year with a trip to Cambridge, Md. for the Maryland Intercollegiate Golf Tournament. The 13-team tournament, featuring the likes of Penn, Seton Hall, Towson and Old Dominon, is a tough first challenge for the Hoyas, who finished 13th in their last appearance at

the tournament. However, the Blue and Gray, who won the Big East championship two years ago and fourth in the championship last year, are definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Hoyas to watch: junior Brian Dorfman and sophomore Curtis Loop.

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Wayne Heimuli and senior defensive lineman Andrew Schaetzke, prevented another Shoop-led touchdown drive.

With the Leopards leading 107, the stage was set for an exciting fourth quarter and the Hoyas did not disappoint.

After Lafayette connected on a 31yard field goal, it was time for the Georgetown offense to step up. Just as he had at the end of the first half, Kempf led a thrilling 55-yard drive down the field, capped by two spectacular passes — one 22-yard completion to junior wide receiver Jeff Burke and another 13-yard touchdown pass to Waizenegger. Weiss again converted the extra point, giving the Hoyas their second lead of the contest with six minutes left.

“Isaiah’s a great quarterback. He’s a gunslinger; he throws the ball really well. He can really do whatever he wants with it,” Waizenegger said.

“I was really in the right place at the right time.”

The Lafayette offense responded immediately, moving the ball almost at will until Georgetown sophomore defensive back Dustin Wharton jumped on a Leopards fumble with 1:10 remaining.

Even then, though, the Hoyas couldn’t just run out the clock as the visitors got the ball back with five seconds left following a punt.

Schaetzke sacked Shoop as time expired to extinguish Lafayette’s faint hopes of a comeback, and the Blue and Gray sideline flooded out onto the field.

“We had that last drive, Max made a helluva catch and a run and that sealed it and we had to hold them in terms of getting points at the end,” Kelly said. “Schaetzke stripped the ball and recovered it and that was it.”

Despite the win, the Hoyas know they have significant room for improvement The team was flagged five times for 55 yards in Saturday’s game.

“Those are some of the things you have to clean up after two ballgames and then going into the third week,” Kelly said.

After two home games, Georgetown will go on the road over the next five weeks, starting with a matchup against Yale on Saturday.

The Bulldogs won last year’s meeting on a dramatic late touchdown against the Hoyas, but that isn’t discouraging Kelly or the team.

“Yale is an excellent football team.

They haven’t played a game yet but, you know, we owe them one,” Kelly said.

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On the offensive front, both squads had 10 shots, with eight of the Blue and Gray’s attempts on goal compared to five by Michigan State.

The Hoyas finished their tour of Big Ten rivals Sunday, with a draw against the Wolverines that very well could have been a victory. A goal by Michigan junior midfielder Latif Alashe on a header in the 89th minute forced the match to overtime, where neither team managed to capitalize.

“The hard thing is how we left the Michigan game,” Wiese said. “We had it won and them tying it in the last minute left a sour taste for the boys.”

After neither team found the back of the net in the first half, junior midfielder Andy Riemer knocked in his first goal of the year on a header from a cross from junior defender Jimmy Nealis in the 50th minute.

Michigan sophomore forward Malcolm Miller answered just a min-

ute later on a cross from sophomore midfielder Fabio Pereira.

In the 74th minute, Georgetown’s Neumann added his team-leading fourth goal of the season off a Michigan turnover.

“We’re getting goals from other sources and diversifying who is getting goals, but Steve is still our main threat,” Wiese added. “When you watch all of the games and what he’s doing, the poor kid scored two goals this weekend that were called back.

Getting other guys involved is important and I’d still like to generate more good goal scoring chances over the run of the game, but the soccer is getting better and better and taking shape.”

The Blue and Gray had 14 shots to Michigan’s 15, but both sides were able to only get three on the goal.

The Hoyas also managed to attempt eight corner kicks to the Wolverines’ six, but only Michigan’s final goal resulted in a successful conversion.

Georgetown will be off for four days before traveling to Philadelphia to take on Penn Friday at 7 p.m. They will then host Princeton on North Kehoe at 3 p.m. this Sunday.

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While the victory certainly validated the Hoyas No. 22 preseason ranking, the competition was vigorous enough to help prepare them for the future. “[University of] Virginia held out a couple runners. I think they’ve got a great shot at making the NCAA [national tournament],” Henner said.

The Hoyas will see action next at the Harry Groves Invitational in State College, Pa., but the squad may be more concerned with the event at the end of the month — the Paul Short Invitation-

al, in Bethlehem, Pa. “We’re going to try to train hard these next few weeks to get ready for the Paul Short,” Henner said.

As with the Lou Onesty Open, Georgetown will continue to train through the Harry Groves Invitational, but the team will likely rest in order to peak for the Paul Short.

“It’s always nice to come away with a win,” Henner said. “But we’re ready to run much better than we did.”

And so, for the Hoyas, the end goal remains the same: a shot at the NCAA national tournament in Indiana.

“I know that, with a bit of focus, we can end up being a really good team,” Henner said.

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Healthy may not be the best adjective to describe the state of the Hoyas at this stage in the season, but the return of a fit sophomore defender Mary Kroening to the starting lineup came just in time to help push Georgetown (6-2-0) past nonconference visitors James Madison (3-2-1) and St. Francis (3-3-0) this past weekend.

Forced to fill the centerback role rather than her usual position of fullback due to injuries, the 5-foot10 Kroening anchored the back line on its way to a pair of shutouts and scored the lone goal in the Blue and Gray’s victory over the St. Francis Red Flash on Sunday afternoon.

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Senior midfielder Kelly D’Ambrisi had one goal and one assist against JMU.

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“Anytime you win on the road it’s a good thing. 1-0-1 against two NCAA teams from the Big — Men’s soccer Head Coach Brian Wiese Ten is nothing to be ashamed of.”

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“Just having Mary back on the field for us helps us a lot because we’re so small … I thought she was tremendous,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said.

“Mary certainly helps us on set pieces, and thankfully today she helped us on an attacking set pieces ... The kids who are out [injured] for us are all of our tall kids.

JMU 0 Any time we can get GEORGETOWN 2 any height on the field ST. FRANCIS 0 we’re happy.”

GEORGETOWN 1 After a rocky three-game stretch in which Georgetown was squeezed by Virginia Commonwealth and fell flat against Stanford and William & Mary, Friday night’s 2-0 defeat of James Madison and Sunday’s 1-0 victory over St. Francis were positive results but could easily have ended in more lopsided scorelines. The Hoyas outshot their opponents by a combined 49-8 and dominated possession in both contests, yet routinely let golden scoring opportunities fall by the wayside.

Georgetown 2, James Madison 0 The Hoyas got underway against the Dukes four and a half hours late due to rain and also had to relocate from their usual spot on North Kehoe field to under the lights at MultiSport Facility. Undeterred by the unfamiliar confines and boosted by a raucous crowd, the Blue and Gray came out flying.

Despite Georgetown’s early dominance of the ball, it took 23 minutes for the hosts to break the deadlock. The Hoyas had already created See WOMEN’S SOCCER, A9

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Junior slot receiver Max Waizenegger catches the first of two touchdown passes in the Hoyas’ 14-13 win Saturday night.

Late Fumble Clinches Victory EVAN HOLLANDER

For a while it looked like the defense’s performance would be in vain, until a late Georgetown touchdown pass LAFAYETTE 13 and a recovered LafayGEORGETOWN 14 ette fumble gave the Hoyas their second win of the year in a thrilling league opener.

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A week after showing off a powerful offense that steamrolled Davidson, Georgetown’s football team (2-0, 1-0 Patriot League) squeaked past Lafayette (0-2, 0-1 Patriot League) 14-13 on the back of a stellar defensive play and two touchdown passes.

cally it was about the same. I think both sides were roughly equal,” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said. “As far as moving the football, it was a defensive battle, but we made the plays when we needed to at the end of the ballgame.”

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The Georgetown men’s cross country team opened their season with a stellar victory at the Lou Onesty Open in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. The Hoyas easily took first place over host University of Virginia, who finished in a distant second.

The Hoyas battled humidity, wind and rain, as well as a course torn apart by the inclement weather, in their first event of the year.

“The weather was definitely a factor,” Head Coach Patrick Henner said.

“It was hot, humid weather. It probably added 30 or 40 seconds to the times.”

But the Blue and Gray persevered, taking six of the top eight spots in the race.

“This [performance] showed that we have a lot of depth,” Henner said.

Top Georgetown runner Alex Lundy — a graduate student who recently transferred from the University of Maryland — finished with a time of 25:09.70 on the 8,000-meter course, a mere 10 seconds behind Tessema Josef from Norfolk State.

“I think Alex Lundy really asserted himself as a leader of this team,” Henner said. “He probably could have won the race, but we held him back some.”

But Lundy’s veteran leadership was not the only bright spot for the Blue and Gray this weekend. Coach Henner seemed particularly pleased with a pair See CROSS COUNTRY, A9

The Georgetown men’s soccer team (3-1-1) made the best of its Midwest swing by defeating Michigan State (1-4-0), 2-1, in double overtime Friday before tying the University of Michigan (1-4-1), 2-2, Sunday.

“Anytime you win on the road it’s a good thing,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “1-0-1 against

two NCAA teams from the Big Ten is nothing to be ashamed of.”

Junior midfielder Ian Christianson MICHIGAN ST. 1 knocked h o m e GEORGETOWN 2 the game winner MICHIGAN 2 on a free kick GEORGETOWN 2 awarded in the 108th minute, after a chaotic scramble that saw a goal by

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sophomore midfielder Steve Neumann waved off.

On the restart, Christianson netted the game winner on a blast right over the wall of Spartan defenders into the top of the goal.

“The boys were extraordinary in the MSU game,” Wiese said. “There was so much going against them that was out of their control, and they handled it really well. To not only survive, but to win on the road with everything going against you is a testament to the character of the team.”

The Hoyas were fortunate to make it to overtime. The Spartans had two penalty kicks late in regulation with the game tied at one, but were unable to capitalize on either. On the first attempt, freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez made a diving stop to deny Michigan State, while the second attempt went over the crossbar.

Earlier in the contest, the Blue and Gray grabbed the initial edge in the 27th minute off a corner kick by Neumann to freshman midfielder Tyler Rudy.

The rookie found the back of the net for his first goal of the season and Georgetown career.

Michigan State knotted it up 10 minutes later, however, off a header by redshirt freshman defender Ryan Keener following a yellow card on Christianson.

In a match that was physical from the start, the Hoyas were penalized with five yellow cards to the Spartans’ three in

Sophomore midfielder Steve Neumann scored his fourth goal of the season against Michigan on Sunday.

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The Georgetown field hockey team (2-3) brought home their second victory of the season this past Saturday after defeating Holy Cross, 4-2, in Worcester, Mass.

In the impressive team effort, the Hoyas wasted no time and rushed to score all four of their goals in the first half.

Just 10 minutes into the game, junior forward Annie Wilson scored the first goal off a pass from junior forward Catherine Shugrue. Five minutes later junior midfielder Laura Thistle doubled the BRYANT 3 Hoyas lead before ShuGEORGETOWN 1 grue gave the Blue HOLY CROSS 2 and Gray a GEORGETOWN 4 3-0 lead off a penalty corner.

Sophomore forward Kaitlyn Goodson scored the team’s fourth and final goal with the clock winding down toward halftime.

Although the Crusaders rallied in the second stanza to halve the Hoyas’ lead, they were unable to recover from their 4-0 hole and Georgetown held on for the win.

The Hoyas will start off Big East play against Louisville Saturday. The game will be played at 11 a.m. at the William I. Jacobs Recreational Complex at American University.