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TAXI DRIVERS FILE SUIT

GUSA SENATE FAILS TO REPRESENT

STAYING STRONG

Two taxi associations accused D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray of limiting profits.

By underrepresenting freshmen in the senate, GUSA denies a voice to one-fourth of the student body.

Underclassmen impress in 2-0 conference victory over rival Villanova.

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OPINION, A2

SPORTS, A12

Meal Gift Peace Corps’ 50th Highlights GU Ties Program Limited CHAD CARSON

Whirter is just one of nearly 900 Georgetown alumni who have served in the Corps since 1961.

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Less than a fourth of meals’ cost reaches local charities KELLY CHURCH Hoya Staff Writer

When students offer up an unused meal through the Grab ‘n’ Give program to local charity, less than a quarter of each meal’s $11 cost is actually donated.

The program, which works in conjunction with university dining services, allows students to donate one unused swipe each week from their meal plans. Last fall, students donated 3,344 meals to support Martha’s Table, which provides food and clothing for at-risk children, adults and families.

According to Claire Austin (SFS ’12), coordinator of the Grab ‘n’ Give program, the amount of money donated per meal last year was about $2.74.

“It’s not a lot, especially given the cost of the meal [for students],” she said.

Through the program, students are able to swipe their GOCards at the end of the week and donate one meal each. At the end of the semester, dining services tallies the number of meals donated and transfers a portion of the money to the Center for Social Justice. The CSJ then writes a check that goes directly to Martha’s Table.

“Georgetown Dining is proud to support the campus community,” Andrew Lindquist, executive director of campus dining services, wrote in an email.

Austin said she credits the support of both the CSJ and dining services for the success of the program. According to program organizers, the lack of awareness of the program has been challenging, as advertisement has been minimal in the past.

The Grab ‘n’ Give program itself began in March 2007, when Mollie Schmitz (COL ’10) and Annie McBride (COL ’10) began collecting meals outside of O’Donovan Hall.

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As her peers tossed their caps into the air, then-senior A GEORGETOWN PRESENCE Meg MacWhirter (SFS ’05) was According to the Peace Corps’ contemplating just how differ- list of top volunteer producent her time after graduation ing schools, 37 Georgetown would be. alumni are actively serving in Earlier that day, she had re- the Corps, placing the univerceived a letter sity among the from the Peace top 10 mediumCorps inform- “Service with the sized feeder ing her that Peace Corps falls right schools for volshe would be unteers nationleaving in just within our identity as wide.

George a few months a university.”

Wa s h i n g to n to serve for two ranked first years in GreMEG MACWHIRTER (SFS ’05) with 72 alumni Peace Corps Alumna volunteers, and nada, a small island in the American UniCaribbean. versity came in fourth with 55 “It was a very crazy time of graduates serving abroad. the year … and to find out that “As a school committed to I’d have the opportunity to go preparing global leaders, full of somewhere new was thrilling,” students that are positioned to MacWhirter said. be women and men for others, With Thursday marking 50 service with the Peace Corps years since Congress signed the Peace Corps Act into law, MacSee PEACE CORPS, A7

COURTESY OF MARK GEARAN

Georgetown alum Mark Gearan (LAW ’90) was appointed director of the Peace Corps by President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) in 1995. He joined the ranks of nearly 900 Georgetown Peace Corps alumni.

CONSERVATIVES CONVERGE: PACKED AUDIENCES GREET BROOKS, DANIELS

Today’s Tocqueville Dialogue Forum serves as intellectual outlet for student thinkers MASHA GONCHAROVA Hoya Staff Writer

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This weekend New York Times columnist David Brooks, left, and Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.), right, spoke to overflowing crowds Monday and Friday repectively, talking virtues and fiscal responsibility. See stories on A7 and A5.

GOP Race Draws Campus Battle Lines

DAHLGREN CHAPEL REVAMP BEGINS

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Affairs Maggie Cleary (COL ’14), regularly works to promote the rival organization “Students for As the GOP nomination fight Mitt Romney” as campus director heats up, Gov. Rick Perry (R-Tex- at Georgetown. She frequently as) and Mitt Romney supporters coordinates with other student in the College Republicans are chapter leaders to advocate for the candidate. drawing lines in the sand.

“Every so often we make snide For Chairman of the College Republicans Joe Knowles (COL remarks at each other,” she said jokingly of ’12), his alleKnowles. giance is fully be“Our goal is to have To complehind Perry; he is ment the usual also the cofound- a candidate who can College Repuber of the national “Students defeat Obama in 2012, lican meetings, the group has refor Rick Perry” not to pick fights ... ” cently been holdmovement. The initiative, which JOE KNOWLES (COL ’12) ing watch parties Chairman, GU College Republicans for the Republiworks off a Facecan debates. Acbook platform, is attracting broad support in cording to Cleary, these frequent the early primary states. Knowles face-offs have sparked their own was also featured nationally in lively arguments among club several Fox News Broadcasts this members.

“You really know what camp summer as a student supporter everyone stands in,” she said. for Perry.

His counterpart at the College See REPUBLICANS, A9 Republicans, Director of Campus Hoya Staff Writer

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Since its inception, the Tocqueville Forum has served as an arena for students interested in government to unearth the fundamental causes behind contemporary Western society and theological thought.

Every year as part of its quest, government professor and forum director Patrick Deneen leads a group of students off campus in a retreat to reflect on the foundation of such values.

“We break bread together, we discuss books, we hike. We try — just for a weekend — to experience college as it once was, spending hours inside and outside seminar rooms discussing ideas and truth.”

It has been five years since Deneen founded the Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy in the hopes of mirroring the intellectual project of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, who strove to define the foundation of American democracy, culture and intellect. Since 2006, Deneen has grown its number of undergraduate fellows to over 70 students.

“What has always been the case and what interested me from the very beginning was that the Tocqueville Forum is very welcoming to all students and that there is a rich intellectual dialogue that is often missing on campus,” said Erik Wind (SFS ’09), who was involved with the program in his undergraduate years.

Seeking a way for students to express their thoughts beyond term papers and friendly discussions, Deneen seized the opportunity to establish Utraque Unum, the forum’s academic journal, which is currently in its fourth volume.

“The journal presents an opportunity to write more substantive pieces on issues,” Deneen said. “It’s directing students toward fundamental questions about politics and culture rather than constraining attention to current events.”

The perks of fellowship in the See TOCQUEVILLE, A6

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EDITORIAL

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

THE VERDICT by The Editorial Board

GUSA: An Association Lacking Representation Gerrymandering is frowned upon in representative government. Unfortunately, it seems the Georgetown University Student Association has forgotten the basic principles of this breed of political system.

Thursday marks the annual fall tradition of GUSA Senate elections.

While upperclassmen usually ignore emails asking them to spare a few minutes and vote online, many freshmen are more than eager to jump into Hilltop politics. Yet those most excited to serve also have the slimmest chance of getting elected.

At Georgetown, seats are allocated by residential area, not by class, in a system that discriminates against one quarter of the student population.

The freshmen currently have five senators representing the entire class, with the other classes having 17 representatives among them.

Furthermore, while upperclassman districts average one representative per 265 students, freshman dorms average just fewer than 300 students for one senator. Consider the contrast between New South, which boasts one senator for the building’s 387 residents, and Henle Village, which has one senator per 218 students.

Admittedly, freshman representation has always been slightly below that of upperclassmen. But in the fall of 2009, it plunged to a new low with the restructuring of the GUSA Senate. That September, the number of senators was reduced from 35 to 25 in an effort to up the attendance and involvement of individual members.

Any residence hall that had more than one senator at the time saw its number of representatives decrease by one. The uneven cuts hit freshman dorms the hardest, with all four seeing diminished representation.

Meanwhile, even the smallest upperclassman residence halls managed to keep their single senator.

To add insult to injury, freshman district elections are generally contested, whereas upperclassman districts often have to scramble to find representation.

For instance, in the coming election this Thursday, all five freshman races are contested, while only six of the 14 upperclassman senator spots are. Two districts have no candidates running at all. With such high upperclassman apathy for student government, it seems ludicrous for GUSA to exclude its most enthusiastic constituents.

The creation of another at-large seat — comprising students from Darnall, New South and Village C West — would be the most efficient way to equalize representation (since students in Harbin Hall have better representation, with one seat per 218 students, they do not need an additional representative.) With this new at-large seat, students in these three dorms would have four senators, or one per 255 students.

Such a move would bring their representation in line with the nonfreshman average of 265 students per on-campus senate district.

This problem of unequal representation could have easily been foreseen two years ago when the restructuring measure passed. That it was not — and that no efforts have been made to correct the inequities in the current system — is rather unsettling. For all the noise that GUSA has made regarding student representation in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, it seems that they have made a rather large oversight at home on the Hilltop.

The GUSA Senate is responsible for many positive changes on campus, but it cannot continue to work under an intrinsically flawed model. If GUSA wants to be acknowledged as a legitimate institution representing the entire student body, it must stop gerrymandering for its own sake — and more importantly for the students it claims to represent.

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der roles and gender bias in society. In living with students of the opposite gender, both men and women gain valuable insights about the opposite gender that cannot simply be ascertained by mutual classes, extracurricular activities and weekend parties.

While gender-neutral and genderblind housing options are a completely separate issue, coed dorms should not be up for debate in this day and age. They provide a unique opportunity for emotional growth and incubating profound conversations, while allowing for the elimination of gender stereotypes. Thankfully, Georgetown remains an example of cura personalis in all aspects of student life.

CharityBerry — To promote the grand opening of its M Street location, PinkBerry sold fro-yo in Red Square yesterday; 20 percent of the proceeds went to charity.

Winning Goal — Redshirt senior Ingrid Wells converted a penalty kick in overtime to help the women’s soccer team beat St. John’s, 2-1, Sunday.

Zoo South — New South Hall landed the No. 10 spot on a list of “Best Party Dorms” compiled by Campus Splash, an online Q-and-A forum for colleges.

Watch What You Eat — Georgetown University Medical Center doctors treated two men for serious mushroom poisoning thought to be a product of the area’s recent excessive rainfall.

Off the Web “Unfair Punishment Stifles Student Voice” Article Posted on Sept. 23, 2011 Comment Posted on Sept. 23, 2011 nyhoya: A really fair and well-articulated viewpoint from a former Voice staffer.

Expanding on his point of questions on reporting ethics, I think that this brings up a larger question about the professionalism of student groups in general. Clubs and organizations on campus have a strange identity ... They accomplish wonderful things and greatly contribute to the heart of the campus community (and often the D.C. community), but they are also, at the end of the day, a group of 18-to 22–year-olds with little oversight who just want to have a good time and do stupid things that, let’s face it, are usually kind of funny (like run away from DPS and dramatically climb through the ceiling).

Not to say that they shouldn’t have a good time. Everyone at Georgetown should try their hardest to have the best experience possible, and student organizations are really the heart of our campus life. We don’t go to the Kappa Kappa Gamma (or whatever) house for a party; we go to the Rugby House, or we go to our favorite organization’s party. I think it’s wonderful, honestly, it’s inclusive and naturally fosters amazing friendships with people with common interests.

But the fact of the matter is a person in a leadership position or of a significant association with any given student group will always represent that student group, whether it’s at Student Activities Commission fair or at Tombs. That’s a really tough position to be in as a student who wants to accomplish great things within the professional realm of their responsibility, but also wants to be a college student and have a good time.

Students who do choose to be a part of student groups (especially journalists) need to be constantly aware of their role — it doesn’t go away although you’ve left the office. That being said, they shouldn’t take themselves too seriously and not be able to let loose every once in a while. But there’s a balance, and if student groups want to be taken more seriously by the administration, they need to understand that.

“Negotiations Needed for Peace” Article Posted on Sept. 23, 2011 Comments Posted on Sept. 23, 2011 Arafat: Nicely put and it does come down to values and therein lies the rub.

We fall into the trap of projecting our shared values onto the Islamic world and this is a mistake. Islam’s values are profoundly different from our values and to assume this is a common ground from which we can work toward peace is flawed reasoning.

Negotiations have been attempted since Israel was created. One would think we would have learned our lesson by now … It’s a proven road to nowhere when one party values death while the other party values life.

Anonymous: Arafat, did those words put up a fight when you typed them into your keyboard? Did you really just make the judgment that Palestinians “value death” and all Israelis “value life”? That could very likely be the most asinine and unintelligent thing I have ever read. Have you ever even met a Palestinian? Or even a Muslim?

It is also truly ironic that you talk of Americans’ “shared values,” then imply those are ones of “life,” and not “death.” Only two days after the Supreme Court sat idly by while the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis. The United States is responsible for over 1000 executions since 1976. Clearly, we “value life.”

Anonymous: Perhaps Arafat above could inform us as to how you can achieve a format for peace when Israel is continually grabbing land for its fanatical settlers.

Catholic U’s Housing Hiccup For most undergraduates, living away from home in a brand-new environment allows them to explore who they truly are. Though it may be pushing the limits of their comfort zones to suddenly share a building or floor with 100 other strangers of different backgrounds, faiths and genders, it is critical that students learn to live with and appreciate others they may never have met otherwise.

This fall however, Catholic University students returned to campus to find only single-sex dormitories, a conservative step for one of the District’s two Catholic universities.

Coed dorms provide opportunities for important discussions about gen-

BeHappy — This week, Health Education Services is sponsoring BeWell Week, featuring free group fitness classes, drinks from The Corp and SweetFlow on Friday.

Anonymous: “The time has come for the supporters of peace to don combat fatigues and take up arms for this just cause.” This is just absurd on so many levels.

“What’s in a Number?”

Article Posted on Sept. 20, 2011 Comment posted on Sept. 21, 2011 Anonymous: College rankings are often arbitrary. Good example with the use of how selective a school is — a school is not good just because a bunch of poor students are rejected. Unfortunately there likely will not be significant change, either with the rankings system or with how much emphasis people put on the rankings. The topranked schools will always trumpet their rankings and support the system because it works out in their favor.

I agree with the final sentence the most. People who are making important decisions like where to go to school or what grad to hire should look beyond a ranking.

“Reliving Jack’s Legacy” Article Posted on Sept. 20, 2011 Comment posted on Sept. 21, 2011 Anonymous: Really nice piece. RIP, Jack.

CORRECTION In the article “O’Brien Authors First Book” (The Hoya, Sept. 23, 2011, A5), the publisher Loyola Press was mistakenly referred to as Loyola Books.

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COMMENTARY

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A Big Job for a Little Bulldog Sydney Schauer It’s Tradition

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e’re a few weeks into the year now, folks, and that means many things have started back up again. The Corp is churning out coffee, a cappella groups can be seen spontaneously bursting into song and Hoya Blue is back encouraging all of us to put our best and most-spirited selves out there at all athletic events. And for me, personally, it means the tour season has shifted back into full swing.

Standing on the patio of WhiteGravenor looking out at the variety of people dying to call Georgetown their home someday, my mind is going a thousand miles a minute behind my smile. I wonder if the people in front of me will be attentive, if they’ll tell me if I’m about to run into a small child and last, but certainly not least, what kind of crazy questions these people are going to come up with today.

You’d be surprised how many absolutely ridiculous queries I get on tours. “How many times can I go into Lauinger Library a day?”

“Can I have your e-mail address?“ “My son couldn’t make it today, but I feel like the two of you would really get along ... ” “Can freshmen get into the ‘Twister Keg Party?’”

That last one merits a special ‘thank you’ to the residents of Village A, for that lovely, enormous sign.

But some questions I get every time, without fail, and this week was no different. From the tall dad in the back, “When was this build-

ing completed?” to the small girl to the far left, “Are there vegetarian options?” And the wonderful woman from California to whom this article is due, “I know what a ‘hoya’ is, but where did Jack the Bulldog come from?”

It took me a second to excuse her prepositional finish and to realize that she wasn’t asking me about the birds and the bees, bulldog version (phew). Instead, she wanted the history of our beloved mascot, and I cheerfully gave her my spiel about the absurdity of having a question mark as a mascot and how we adopted Jack from one of the Jesuits living on cam-

Like the students he proudly represents, [Jack] started a tradition all his own. pus and claimed him as our own.

And then I looked into it. And I was wrong.

It turns out that’s not how it happened at all. Forty-nine years ago a group of students arguing that our talented athletes were tenacious, like bulldogs, formed a committee and purchased a twoyear old English bulldog. They planned to call him “Hoya,” but as is typical of a bulldog (and future Jacks to come), he would have nothing of it. His name was Jack.

It had been his name before his arrival, and he refused to answer to anything but. Jack won his first battle and started his own tradition.

But that’s not the end of the story. At some point through the years, a student in a bulldog suit

replaced the idea of a permanent mascot. This worked just fine, but students missed the presence of a real, obstinate canine on campus.

So began the “Bring Back Jack” campaign by a group of seniors in 1999. It didn’t take long before a living, breathing bulldog once more represented us. The new Jack (now called “the elder”) got to campus in March of 1999 and called Georgetown his home until he and his caretaker retired in 2003. Sadly, he passed away two weeks ago, but he will always be remembered as our first beloved bulldog.

The Jack that followed him is the one we all know and love. He made it to campus on July 19, 2003 and has been riding around in his little golf cart and drinking out of water bottles ever since. Fun fact: Our Jack isn’t actually related to his direct predecessor, but he is from the same line as Georgetown’s mascot at the time of Patrick Ewing.

So, the next time someone asks you about Jack, say more than just “He’s the most spoiled individual on campus” (which I agree is true, by the way) and “It’s rumored to be harder to get onto the ‘Jack Crew’ than it is to get into Georgetown.” You can tell them that yes, he always gets his way; and yes, students dedicate themselves to pouring over the 15-page manual that details the proper way to remove his excrement from our beautifully manicured lawns. But, make sure to mention that like the students he proudly represents, he started a tradition all his own.

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

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Hanaa Khadraoui

Harbin Sweet Home: Building Dorm Pride Despite its quirks and flaws, Harbin Hall has become an essential part of my freshman experience.

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ears, burglaries and fires, oh my!

Besides the bears, the above statement turns out to be a pretty accurate summary of my experience so far in Harbin Hall. In the mere three weeks that I’ve been here, I’ve survived two fire-scares (made memorable by their early-morning timing) and have had close calls with break-ins. To say the least, Harbin has not made the best first impression.

While I was not the biggest fan of Harbin Hall to begin with, I soon found myself feeling annoyed by its little flaws.

For example, Harbin faces both a cemetery and a construction site. It lacks a true package room. It has stains running down the outside of its windowsills that make me want to invest in some Clorox and a ladder. Its musty carpets seem to cater better to bacteria and fungi than the feet of Georgetown students.

Then, one night, as I was going through my above list of complaints to a friend, I came to a realization. When I reached the end of my grievances, my ever-so-patient friend turned to me and said, “Wow, you must really hate living in Harbin.” I found myself unable to nod my head or respond with an affirmative. Sure, I had my criticisms and could certainly vocalize my dissatisfaction, but I was filled with a surprising loyalty to my home away from home.

Yes, Harbin has its annoying quirks, but it has its benefits, too. Harbin, after all, has some of the biggest freshman rooms, especially if you and your roommate decide to bunk beds. “Harbinites” are probably among the few college freshmen out there who can say their storage space has increased since moving to college (thanks to the humongous closets). The sprawling desks in Harbin are definitely not the reason why I can never seem to finish my

homework at a reasonable hour.

Finally, as any real estate agent would point out, Harbin’s location (location, location!) is primo.

It’s a short walk to Reiss, an even shorter one to the Intercultural Center and a quick run up the stairs to Healy and the front gates. It’s right across from the football field and it’s the closest freshman residence hall to Yates or the Rafik B. Hariri Building. And, it’s a close enough distance to Leo’s that the dread you feel walking there remains solely due to the questionable food you’ll encounter (but far enough that the threat of the freshman 15 isn’t too much of a concern.)

Harbin also boasts some of the coolest alumni. Though I’m sure not all freshmen come to Georgetown in hopes of someday becoming president or learning how to make DMT, it definitely fills me with a sense of pride and possibility that I’m living in a building that gave fruit to both.

Though these features are unique to my freshman dorm, the feeling I get is that each and every one of these dorms cultivates a similar feeling of pride. No matter where you reside as a Hilltop newbie, it seems like these dorms are also the places where you have some of the best times here at Georgetown — even if it’s only been three weeks. Harbin is where I met my new friends, cried over my first college paper and learned valuable life skills (like how to do laundry). I’m sure I’ll have more memories to come as the year goes on. But, these memories, I know, will stick with me throughout my career at Georgetown.

As I walked home from that conversation that night, I stopped and stared up at Harbin’s awkwardly shaped walls and mismatched building materials and colors. All I could think was, “If it was good enough for Bill Clinton, I guess it’s good enough for me.”

HANAA KHADRAOUI is a freshman in the College.

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Dis-Over: Time to Face Reality

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is-Orientation is over.

The dust is settling and seniors are dropping the last of their clinking garbage bags down their respective shoots.

As we look around at each other, it begins to sink in: We are almost at the end of the road. In a couple of months we will be expected to have a very specific life plan at the tip of our tongue, ready to let rip any time somebody asks what we plan to do after graduation. This question will be asked at least 9,485 times. Without a prepared response, the conversation will go a little like this: “After graduation? I’m not sure yet.”

What I envision the typical response to that is, “What exactly do you mean? You don’t have a sparkling career waiting for you as of May 23? Have you gained nothing from the last four years?

Failure.”

Of course, no one will actually say this (or at least I have yet to meet someone who does, thankfully). It will be implied in the “Oh … ok,” that they will reply with, desperately trying to remain as diplomatic as possible while searching for a way to get as far away from you, the soon-to-be graduate who must be a blemish on Georgetown’s stellar reputation. A Georgetown degree is a bit of a double-edged sword: It undoubtedly prepares you for greatness. But, there is a lot of pressure

to endure for said illustriousness.

No one wants to fall short of realizing his or her full potential.

Naturally, there are career fairs and recruiting opportunities by the dozen. Seniors can be seen stepping out of class a cool 15 minutes early in their best business casual to make last-minute changes to resumes and curriculum vitaes on their way to interviews with their most professional, yet sincere, smiles at the ready. May is quickly approaching, and it’s never too early to secure job offers. Some of my peers are scoffing even as they read this; they’ve had their positions in the bag since last spring.

I, however, am not one of those fearless Georgetown students who have decided that they are ready to embark on the world of rent, utility bills and student loan payments. Instead, I have decided to pursue a career in the legal field, securing myself at another three years of at least minor dependency while simultaneously displaying my unwavering ambition.

But, first, a gap year.

After studying away from home for four years, I am not ashamed to say that my homesickness has reached an all-time high. I am ready to return to Jamaica. This, however, makes my last year at Georgetown all the more bittersweet: I know for certain that I will be leaving everything around me for at least a year. While it is comforting to know that I will not have

to deal with the horrors of campus housing for the foreseeable future, I will miss looking over the lights of Rosslyn from a Village A rooftop.

I will miss the tulips of D.C. springs and what can only be called the debauchery that is Georgetown Day. After four years, my memories here are certainly innumerable (though some will forever remain unmentionable).

Being a senior at Georgetown University is truly an experience like no other. Much different than the three before, this year will simultaneously be the scariest and most exciting of my life. True adulthood is quickly approaching (not just the convenient kind that gets you into bars), and suddenly everything becomes that much more enjoyable.

I didn’t completely believe it when I was told that these four years would be over before I knew it. Now, they are coming to an end, and I can honestly say that I endured some of the longest weeks during the shortest years of my life on this campus. And, although Jamaica’s white sand beaches and blue waters are surely nothing to scoff at, Georgetown will have a place in my heart forever. On that fateful day in May, I will honestly be able to say that the struggle was worth it.

NNEKA JACKSON is a senior in the College and a former columnist of The Hoya.

e’ve heard it a million times. If you’re a student, or ever were a student, you probably have too: Don’t plagiarize.

The idea is pounded into our brains, time after time, lecture after lecture and paper after paper.

And that’s not to say it shouldn’t be; wanton plagiarism is a serious blow to academic credibility. Even worse, it defeats the purpose of education. To borrow another person’s work is to sacrifice one’s own academic growth. Often, plagiarism represents a last-ditch effort to get a good grade or save time.

But outside the realm of academia, how significant of a problem is plagiarism?

Stanley Fish, in a New York Times ‘Opinionator’ column entitled “Plagarism is not a Big Moral Deal,” asks that very question.

Does plagiarism violate human morality, or is it simply, as Fish writes, “an insider’s obsession”?

Fish begins by addressing what most teachers seem to know: Many students don’t care about plagiarism, and they at most passively comply with its restrictions. Whose fault is this? Firstly, it may not be anyone’s fault at all. Secondly, under what authority do we label plagiarism as a fault?

The article then starts to question the relevance of plagiarism as a notion. The contrast emerges from the cultural difference ─between the independent and selfimportant authors and today’s cohesive, communal students.

If there really is a cultural difference, then it seems that the academic outcry is really a hyped wail. Plagiarism shouldn’t be considered a philosophical crime or a sin against human dignity. Instead, it should be recognized as a professional violation, and a serious one at that. Serious, but not fatal.

The reasons behind isolating plagiarism from philosophy are clear. Academics often conflate modern individual values with arcane notions of justice.

Their trumped-up charges of immorality summon a notion of universality when, in fact, plagiarism belongs to local relationships.

Insiders and outsiders serve as symbols.

On the outside are loosely tied observers and plagiarists. On the inside are bounded associates, tied together by their professional relations. It follows that if your “liv-

ing is underwritten by the assumed value of originality,” then failure “to credit the work of others is a big and obvious no-no,” Fish writes.

The flexible boundaries of creative art, however, challenge the insider’s rhetoric.

If the same act of plagiarism can be an inventive tool, then how can the insider make his moral argument? Proof of plagiarism’s artistic value spans all history.

To isolate one relevant example, consider the famous “Travels of Sir John Mandeville.” This beautiful travel companion exploded in popularity when introduced to the 14th-century world. Translations multiplied across Europe, and its dramatic and exotic descriptions attracted a wide audience.

And yet, the book was plagiarized. Critics today identify upward of 40 sources in the work, indicating that the much travelled Sir John Mandeville may never have travelled at all. So, when he claims to have seen the world, is he a sinful plagiarist?

The answer is no. To the medieval audience, there was nothing wrong with Mandeville’s fib. In fact, the compilation was a basic means of medieval research and creation. Most scholars and readers accepted it so long as the compiler made the work his own (by means of purpose or expansion).

Today, the plagiarist is free from moral condemnation. “Plagiarism is an idea that makes sense only in the precincts of certain specialized practices and is not a normative philosophical notion,” explains Fish. Just as Mandeville’s travels were acceptable to the public, a creative use of plagiarism is acceptable to outsider students.

Where plagiarism is not acceptable, however, is in a private world. Professional cultures don’t need a philosophical foundation; insiders can go on with their insulated viewpoint without extending it into the outside world. And that’s perfectly fine. Insiders are entitled to rule their own systems, their own property and their own creative development. All this, separate from the outsiders.

The student, however, shouldn’t expect sympathy. In an insider’s world, they play by the established rules. Although a violation may not make cultural or philosophical sense, it’s still a professional violation.

Plagiarism shouldn’t be considered a philosophical crime or a sin against human dignity.

Michael Meaney is a senior in the School of Foreign Service 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.

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Health Week Events FROM THE WEB Highlight Resources MULTIMEDIA JULIA DEAN

Special to The Hoya

Health Education Services kicked off its first BeWell Week Monday, featuring fitness classes and sex jeopardy, to raise awareness of health issues and on-campus resources that address them.

Tessa Telly, social norms coordinator and health promotion counselor, said students often overlook the services offered by HES. “We’re here, we’re free and we want to make sure students [are healthy] so they can focus on academics,” she said.

Each day of BeWell Week, which is cosponsored by the Stall Seat Journal, Yates Fitness Center and The Corp, sports a different theme. Students are encouraged to be energized on Monday, relaxed on Tuesday, informed on Wednesday, proactive on Thursday, happy on Friday and connected to the community on Saturday.

“For me, from my educational background, I like the encompassing concept of wellness — not just the physical, but also the social, emotional and intellectual aspects of it,” Telly said.

Organizers said that they are most excited about the Hoya Health Hut, a mobile health office that will appear in different locations each day.

“Our office is tucked away, so this is a way for us to meet students where they are and provide health information in a fun manner,” Telly said.

The Hoya Health Hut will offer games like Georgetown versions of Plinko and Spin the Wheel, as well as free T-shirts, sports bottles, reusable bags and refreshments. Students can

follow the Hoya Health Hut on Twitter to find out where to find giveaways like free drinks from The Corp and free chair massages.

“If we make it fun and more interactive and engaging, we get the students’ attention,” HES Director Carol Day said. “We’re in the process of trying to make it as interactive and entertaining as possible while still getting information across to students.”

Free yoga, meditation, cardio, water aerobics and toning classes will be offered throughout the week at Yates, along with sessions on academic success and stress relief. Free Sweetgreen frozen yogurt, a Whole Foods cooking class and a Georgetown University Grilling Society cookout will provide a culinary balance to the physical activities of the week. A volunteer event sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega on Saturday will focus on cleaning up the Potomac waterfront area.

“I think it’s great that Health Education Services is doing something like this to raise awareness about outlets on campus to live healthily,” said Jordan Megna (COL ’12), president of the Georgetown University Running Club, which is one of the 16 partners contributing to BeWell Week. The club will lead an untimed Fun Run Saturday designed to encourage students to exercise and have fun doing it.

While BeWell Week will end Saturday, Telly said she hopes students will continue to focus on health issues after the events are over.

“We wanted for all BeWell Week events to be something students could continue throughout the year,” she said.

Check out highlights from columnist and author David Brooks’ lecture about the roles of culture, humility and the individual.

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My life changed with 9/11. ... I was a white guy before 9/11, and after, I was an Arab.

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— Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah, on how the attacks of Sept. 11 affected his outlook and his unique mission of tolerance through comedy.

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Student-Run Clothing Line Makes Waves ADRIANNA SMITH Special to The Hoya

While most college seniors spend their last summer trying to network their way into a job, Nat Disston (MSB ’12) took his future into his own hands and launched VoyVoy, a clothing company with a surfer vibe.

Disston and his long-time best friend, Charlie Stanton, a senior at Wake Forest University, co-founded VoyVoy in February 2010 and have spent the past year and a half building the brand.

The clothing line touts original pocketsquare polos and t-shirts that are intended to convey a fun and active lifestyle, according to Disston. The original idea for Voyvoy’s style was inspired by the surfing company Disston ran with his father while he was in high school.

“Starting my own surf business was really useful because I got to take something and make it my own and watch it grow,”

Disston said.

The company’s name, Spanish for “I go, I go,” was inspired by Disston’s surfing trips to Costa Rica. The duo wanted the name to reflect the clothing’s international production, as VoyVoy’s manufacturer is housed in Peru.

Disston and Stanton have tried to incorporate their brand’s sustainable philosophy into every aspect of their business. Their Peruvian manufacturer is certified in fair labor practices and uses environmentally-friendly dyes. The corporation also donates a portion of its profits to programs that support ecological protection.

For a company so young, VoyVoy has already enjoyed an unusual amount of success.

Disston and Stanton sold their merchandise at trunk shows and retail stores beginning in June, starting in Long Island and working their way up the East Coast to Maine. Now that the academic year has

resumed, the pair travels on weekends to market their apparel at college campuses.

“College students are willing and excited to try new things,” Disston said. “They are a target, concentrated group, which makes colleges an easy first route.”

VoyVoy has already found popularity at Georgetown. Jack Mohr (MSB ’12), who works with Disston at the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union, spoke highly of his fellow intern and the company.

“The shirts are probably my favorite item of clothing,” Mohr said. “I think the company could really take off. It’s an awesome concept.”

According to Disston, managing a business while tackling his final year of college courses is challenging, but he is optimistic about the venture’s potential.

“Personally, my greatest challenge has been balancing everything,” he said.

“But I love running VoyVoy, and it makes me really happy.”

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Gov. Daniels Talks Fiscal Sense Arab Comedian Calls for Peace MATTHEW STRAUSS Special to The Hoya

Speaking to an overflowing crowd in Riggs Library Friday, Governor Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) emphasized the importance of dealing with America’s debt crisis.

Before beginning, Daniels applauded those in attendance for their dedication to politics on a Friday night and for “not being nearly as nerdy as I thought you would be.”

Daniels, who graduated from Georgetown Law in 1979, said that the growing government deficit is the most important challenge facing the country today.

“Americans ought to set aside other differences until we have dealt with this single issue,” Daniels said.

The governor, who is credited with turning Indiana’s $600 million deficit into a billion-dollar surplus through a series of sometimes contentious measures, offered ideas for reducing the federal deficit, including the restructuring of entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare.

Daniels’ message struck a chord with audience member Taylor Colwell (SFS ’15).

“It was refreshing to hear from a politician who, while standing firm in his conservative values, is still extremely pragmatic and focuses on bringing people together, rather than dividing them,” he said.

After his remarks, Daniels opened the program to questions from the audience, which spilled into the President’s Room where audience members watched via television.

An advocate for smaller government, the governor addressed numerous questions regarding the role and size of government.

“Skepticism about big government is about as American as it comes, but don’t let skepticism about big government cause skepticism of all government,” Daniels said.

The event, which was hosted by the College Republicans, is part of a speaker series which is set to showcase Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) as well as conservative commentator Ann Coulter later this year.

College Republicans Chairman Joe Knowles (COL ’12) said he thinks that Friday’s event and the entire series are an integral part of Georgetown’s

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Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) addressed the U.S. debt crisis in Riggs Library Friday. political landscape.

“Students don’t just want to see these people on TV; they want to connect with them; they want to challenge them,” Knowles said. “Students of Georgetown are very politi-

cally keen, so I love it when we invite speakers to campus because students can interact with them, hold them accountable and find out how the speaker’s thoughts impact their own beliefs.”

Combining comedy with social commentary, award-winning Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah spoke Friday about his mission to counter stereotypes with humor Friday.

“In America, we have a great tradition of using comedy to raise social and political issues,” he said.

Half-Palestinian, half-Sicilian and New Jersey-raised, Obeidallah has an unconventional background. He said that the Sept. 11 attacks gave him a new perspective on his own upbringing and how it relates to the world around him.

“My life changed with 9/11,” Obeidallah said. “I was a white guy before 9/11, and after, I was an Arab.”

Along with this revelation came a new take on comedy.

Perceiving a growth of “Islamophobia,” or anti-Muslim sentiment, Obeidallah said he uses his shows to try to promote understanding.

“I don’t like calling it ‘Islamophobia’ — it sounds like a cute disease,” Obeidallah said. “It’s a hate movement. We have to go out and counter that hate.”

By touring the United States and the Middle East, Obeidallah said he has reached out to people of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

“I think what makes Dean stand out is how he takes away that veil of ignorance through a very humanizing approach,” said Cynthia Schneider, professor in the School of Foreign Service and moderator of the Q-and-A session.

Attendee Julia Tanaka (SFS ’15) said she appreciated Obeidallah’s unique take on social issues.

“Often, politicians are afraid to say what’s right because of the political capital at stake, and this is a fantastic way to

truly address what needs to be addressed,” she said.

Benjamin Nickl, a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. with the SFS and the McDonough School of Business, said Obeidallah’s talk related well to his budding dissertation on ethnic comedy.

“We have the same kind of conflict going on in Germany and all over the globe,” said Nickl.

Obeidallah has taken his brand of comedy to countries including Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Israel, Qatar and Dubai. After performing shows for audiences in these countries, he always conducted free comedy workshops to help local comics.

Though Obeidallah recognizes the importance of countering the anti-Muslim sentiment, he also finds it difficult to quantify his success.

“People always ask if I’m making a change, and I say ‘I don’t know,’” Obeidallah said. “But I would rather take a chance and try to change something than sit back and not try at all.”

“I think with Dean, you see the combination of creativity, intelligence and humor that goes with comedy,” Schneider said.

“And you see why in some ways, comedy is uniquely positioned to take on issues of anti-Muslim sentiment. I think that’s the humanizing element.”

Obeidallah said he continues his work in hope that his comedic approach encourages people from all around the world to become increasingly tolerant and willing to learn about each other.

“Some people I met in my southern tours had never met a Muslim in their lives,” Obeidallah said. “Teaching you something without trivializing it — that’s the type of comedy I aspire to.”

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Tocqueville Forum Offers Students Different Perspective TOCQUEVILLE, from A1 Tocqueville Forum — dining with some of the country’s most highly regarded minds while conversing about the condition of democracy and liberty — attract students to the program, but what the fellows discuss among themselves appears to spark the most excitement.

“My favorite is the reading group — it’s run by post-doctoral fellows and is basically an opportunity for students to get together over some cookies and discuss a good book without any worries about grades or being judged,” Michael Fischer (SFS ’13) said. “It’s a very liberating experience to discuss and enjoy a piece of literature or philosophical thought purely for its own merit.”

Fellows are required to participate in a reading group, which enhances the experience with guest speakers.

Recently, Providence College professor and prominent national theologian Anthony Esolen spoke to the Fellows about Augustine’s “Confessions.”

“What strikes me as the best feature of the forum for fellows is that with us, they feel like this is the group of people with whom they can take ideas to a deeper level, particularly with democracy and the Western tradition,” Program Coordinator Dierdre Lawler said.

The Tocqueville Forum also invites professors in residence to come to campus on leave from other institutions, offers post-graduate fellowships and sponsors courses in order to deepen the fellows’ understanding of the roots of American democracy and culture.

“As an institution, our attention is increasingly focused on international and global affairs. At the same time, we ought to retain a focus on what it means to be a citizen and encourage a deeper knowledge of the ideas and history of the United States and the West,” Deneen said.

This summer, forum alum Wind utilized the forum to further his passion for the history of Georgetown.

After speaking with Deneen and former forum Associate Director Steven Brust, Wind created a summer

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Tocqueville Forum undergraduate fellows enjoy the outdoors during the forum’s annual retreat. The weekend excursion is one of numerous events offered for its members.

course about the background of the university for students and alumni.

“Often, summers at Georgetown can be slow for those interning or taking classes, so it seemed like the perfect time to offer a complimentary course for those that were interested,” Wind said. “It was about the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s sake.”

For all its activities, the Tocqueville Forum remains most widely recognized on campus for the variety of speakers it brings to the Hilltop, the most recent being The New York Times columnist David Brooks yesterday. Guests sponsored

by the forum are chosen not simply for their popularity, but also for the intellectual depth of their study of American society. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia inaugurated the initiative in 2006.

“I think people in Harvard or Yale would have received [Brooks] for the iconic factor, but I think especially the Tocqueville Forum fellows are educated and given a framework with which they could better understand what Brooks had to say,” said Rev. Arne Panula, director of the Catholic Information Center in D.C. and a follower of the forum since its

Laptop Stolen From McCarthy KELLY CHURCH Hoya Staff Writer

A laptop and wallet were taken from a student’s McCarthy Hall dorm room on Monday, bringing the total number of laptop thefts to seven this month.

The victim returned home at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday

night and fell asleep without locking his door. When he awoke the next afternoon around 1:00 p.m., he found his laptop and wallet missing and his door ajar, the Department of Public Safety reported in a Public Safety Alert.

There are no witnesses, and DPS has no current suspects

in the case.

In light of the recent rash of thefts, the PSA emphasized the importance of locking doors, even when inside the residence.

Representatives for the DPS and the Office of Communications could not be reached for comment at press time.

Grab ‘n’ Give Donations Slow To Attract Widespread Use MEALS, from A1 They asked students who had extra meals at the end of the week to pick up an extra Grab ‘n’ Go meal and place it in a collection bin. All the meals collected were then brought to Martha’s Table.

According to Austin, however, dining services did not approve of this set-up.

“We were basically shut down from that,” she said.

In the fall of 2009, Austin began meeting with Lindquist, and he suggested they institutionalize the program.

Once put in motion, Austin and Kelly Gleason (NHS ’12) set up meetings with Kendra Boyer, marketing director for ARAMARK Higher Education, to finalize the plan.

Together with Hoya Outreach Programs and Education and the Center for Social Justice, they created the Grab ‘n’ Give program as it now exists.

“It has strengthened HOPE’s connection to Martha’s Table,” she said. “I’d like to see it continue and I’d like to see a growing transparent and easy relationship

between the CSJ and campus dining services.”

According to Katherine Perzan (COL ’12), co-chair of HOPE, since students simply swipe to donate a meal, they cannot physically see their impacts. Recent attempts to raise awareness of the initiative have included advertisements at every Corp location and stickers on Corp coffee clutches.

Perzan said she thinks that the program is one of the easiest ways to get involved in community service.

“Hopefully more people will hear about it,” she said.

commencement.

Deneen saw Brooks as the embodiment of the type of talent that the forum continually tries to bring to campus. The columnist was asked to participate in the forum after he mentioned the Tocqueville project in an interview with British journalist Phillip Blond. “[Brooks is] constantly asked about the elections, the horse race.

The Forum will allow him to place contemporary issues in a deeper context,” Deneen said. “I think we were on his radar as a program that was doing something nobody else had been doing in this city, per-

haps in the whole country.”

After five years, the forum continues to strive to realize this goal of deepened education. Brooks’ speech aimed to reinforce the forum’s message to students that developing their opinions could and should be done outside of the classroom, in dialogue with each other.

“I hope they’ll see that getting into Georgetown does very little in terms of life prospects, because what matters is the substance of what you’ve learned here — what happens in the dorms is more important than what happens in the classroom,” Brooks told The Hoya.

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Brooks Argues for Modesty in Today’s Self-Absorbed World MASHA GONCHAROVA Hoya Staff Writer

Renowned author and columnist for The New York Times David Brooks spoke about modesty’s value for this generation in front of an overcrowded Copley Formal Lounge Monday night.

Although known as a prominent political commentator, Brooks avoided partisan remarks Monday in the talk held by the Tocqueville Forum. He spent his talk noting experiments that examine the rise of narcissism in our generation

and offered an appeal to the value of humility.

“I don’t think David Brooks’ speech is going to make anyone less ambitious,” said Matthew Gorey (COL ’12). “But he can get people to take a more modest approach. [For] myself, listening to that speech is going to make me take a more humble approach to what I do.”

Sprinkling his talk with anecdotes about golf, horror movies and the impact of Katy Perry, Brooks struck a chord with many students.

“I tend to be a very confident person,

but you don’t want to be that confident if that confidence is misplaced,” said Scott Hampton (SFS ’14). “In political theology, Socrates realized he was the wisest man in Athens because he knows that he doesn’t know, and I really related that anecdote to Brooks’ speech.”

Citing the example of an Auschwitz survivor, Brooks also stressed the importance of perseverance and strength.

“None of us want to lead unhappy lives, none of us want to have to go to Auschwitz,” he said. “But it seems to me that that strength of character is some-

thing we can translate to the happier times we live in … it seems to me that nobody wants to live in the 1930s, but that strength of self-effacement seems to me worth recapturing in some way.”

His answers in the Q-and-A session shifted between politics and sociology but ultimately focused on his criticism of society.

“Brooks has done a remarkable critique of young American society on the premise that there’s been a shift from the self-effacing to the self-congratulatory,” said Rev. Arne Panula,

director of D.C.’s Catholic Information Center. “His argument evolves to point out an underlying fragility.”

Brooks discussed the importance of humility in learning through a reference to the movie and popular children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” “Max tries to tame the wild things but fails, and that’s the way life actually is,” Brooks said. “This is a recipe for being unsure of what yourself is, a way of being — my favorite phrase — epistemological — aware of actually how little you know.”

Charity Awards Grants at GU ANNE SKOMBA Hoya Staff Writer

Generations For Peace, a charitable organization that promotes international peace through sports, announced Wednesday that it would fund at least six new summer research grants for Georgetown students.

At an on-campus ceremony, Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan, founder and chairman of GFP, signed a memorandum offering a grant for joint scholarship programs with the university’s Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution. His organization donated over $30,000 to fund the graduate-level summer programs over the next three years.

“Georgetown University has a deserved reputation for commitment to peace, social justice and ethics,” Al Hussein said in a press release. “Together we are able to provide the tools and resources that allow Generations For Peace to continue making an impact on the ground by connecting top-quality academic research with cutting-edge practice on the ground.”

The six new scholarships

come in addition to four programs already funded

by GFP, including the King Abdullah II of Jordan Generations for Peace Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Scholarship and two summer scholarships.

Through the GFP, the university’s current Al Nahyan Scholar Meeghan Zahorsky (GRD ’12) received full tuition to a Georgetown graduate school, as well as $5,000 worth of funding to use for summer travel field research. “[The GFB-Georgetown program] has given me the space to creatively explore the nexus between two of my passions — athletics and peace building,” she said.

Zahorsky, who used the program’s financial support to study sports and the peace building organizations of Northern Ireland, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus over the summer, said much of the research in her field is undeveloped.

“I believe it is under-studied and requires more research to be correctly estimated and valued,” she said. “It is for that reason that this research and the partnership between GU

and GFP is so monumental for the field as a whole.”

Sarah Moran (GRD ’12), a 2010 GFP Summer Fellow who was given $5,000 to conduct independent research in South Africa, said that her work there this summer showed her the role that sports can play in facilitating countries’ development.

“Sport is … a helpful tool that can facilitate cultural exchange and interaction, through which people can learn more about the ‘other’ in a safe and supportive environment, all while having fun and being healthy,” she said.

Amanda Munroe (GRD ’12), another summer fellowship recipient, said that the program helped to round out her education in conflict resolution.

“The partnership with GFP was invaluable for my experience as an M.A. student at Georgetown,” she said.

As this year’s fellows plan to present their research findings on Oct. 19, the university and GFB will begin to discuss the structure of the new programs. At press time, the university and the organization had announced no further details about future scholarships.

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Meg MacWhirter (SFS ’05), fourth row far left, spent her two years in the Peace Corps working for a women’s organization in Grenada and leading a reading workshop for local children.

Alums Reflect on Peace Corps Tradition at Georgetown PEACE CORPS, from A1

falls right within our identity as a university,” MacWhirter said.

In addition to the 900 alumni who have served abroad with the organization, one alum — Mark Gearan (LAW ’90) — was appointed director of the Peace Corps in 1995 after serving as deputy chief of staff and assistant to the president in the administration of President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68). He held the position until 1999, when he left to become the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

“Working for the Peace Corps was the privilege of a lifetime for which I am extraordinarily grateful,” Gearan said.

Although Gearan never served the 27 months abroad, he expanded the Peace Corps to include programs in South Africa, Jordan, Mozambique, Bangladesh and Haiti. He also was responsible for instituting the Crisis Corps — now called the Peace Corp Response — a division of the Peace Corps that sends volunteers to emergency zones for a short period of time.

“The Peace Corps is the toughest job you’ll ever love,” he said.

FROM BRAINCHILD TO REALITY The idea of a volunteer program dedicated to world development was the innovation of then-senator John F. Kennedy and several other congressmen.

Later, the proposal developed into a major component of Kennedy’s presidential campaign, and on Oct. 14, 1960, in an impromptu campaign speech before a crowd of 10,000 University of Michigan students, he challenged students to back the program.

“How many of you who are going to be doctors are willing to spend your days in Ghana?

Technicians or engineers: How many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service and spend your lives traveling around the world?” he asked the crowd. “On your willingness to do that … will depend the answer whether a free society can compete. I think it can. And I think Americans are willing to contribute. But the effort must be far greater than we’ve ever made in the past.”

The program exploded in the decade after its inception, expanding from two programs in Tanganyika — now Tanzania — and Colombia to 55 countries by its fifth year. Those early years represented the height of the program, with more than 15,000 trainees and volunteers working in the field in 1966, more than have ever actively served since.

The program went through a decline in the 1970s, as the organization confronted controversy surrounding the murder of volunteer Deborah Gardner and the overall disillusionment with government that was common at the time.

The program has experienced a resurgence in recent years, now with a budget of $400 million and more than 200,000 alumni and current volunteers.

In a Feb. 28 proclamation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the program, President Barack Obama lauded the work of Peace Corps volunteers of the past half century.

“The United States Peace Corps remains an enduring symbol of our nation’s commitment to encouraging progress, creating opportunity and fostering mutual respect and understanding throughout the world,” he said. “[The Peace Corps is] our nation’s finest tradition of service.”

ON THE GROUND Though much has changed in the decades since Kennedy’s University of Michigan speech, his challenge still resonates with Georgetown alumni who have been a part of the program.

“It’s not easy ... you are not only there for cultural exchange, you are there to serve and provide skills and abilities,” said Karen Rupprecht (GRD ’16), who volunteered in Morocco from 2006 to 2008. “The sense of isolation [was the hardest], because no matter how integrated you are, you are always different.”

But Rupprecht said that the friendships she formed made the experience more than worthwhile. “[The host communities] welcome you as family. They are very dear friendships to me,” she said.

The work of a Peace Corps volunteer varies from location to location and from day to day.

Rupprecht was assigned to teach health education in the local schools, though her work often depended on the seasons and the needs of the community.

Regardless of the challenges the day presented, she always made an effort to get to know her host community.

“I tried to visit one family every day, just to make sure I met everyone,” she said. “This is how I developed friendships.”

Across the Atlantic, MacWhirter worked for a women’s organization in Grenada that focused on gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS projects. She lived with a host family during her first months and eventually moved to a community closer to the capital of the island.

“I never had the ‘mud hut’ experience that many other volunteers go through,” MacWhirter said. “I was very glad to be where I was, and I was lucky not to have to spend so much time on survival elements and instead able to focus on enjoying my work and my community.”

MacWhirter now works as a program manager in the Office of the President while she pursues an evening MBA, which she hopes to complete in 2012.

MacWhirter’s work at Georgetown echoes the social justice themes of the Peace Corps program, using knowledge and experience gained while in Grenada to focus on HIV/AIDS issues for University President John J. DeGioia’s health policy initiatives.

FIVE DECADES LATER The half-century celebration for the program was marked by reunions and a day of advocacy on Capitol Hill, followed by a celebratory gala on Saturday night and a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday to commemorate those lost while serving in the Corps.

The anniversary also coincided with the release of the largest survey of former volunteers ever conducted. According to the responses of nearly 11,000 alumni, 80 percent believed their service accomplished the goal of promoting a better understanding of Americans. Ninety percent responded that their experiences were excellent, and 98 percent said they would recommend the Peace Corps to a close family member.

“It’s powerful knowing that so many people had such positive experiences with the organization and would encourage their own children or grandchildren to serve as well,” Geardan said.

Hoya Staff Writer Anne Skomba contributed to this report.

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Taxi Drivers File Lawsuit Against Gray Pell Grants Secure in Current Bill LAURA ZHANG

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Two D.C. taxi driver associations accused city officials of instituting unfair regulatory policies in a lawsuit filed last Tuesday.

In their complaint, the D.C. Professional Taxicab Drivers Association and the Dominion of Cab Drivers said that Mayor Vincent Gray’s policies have caused arbitrary taxi rates, misrepresentation for drivers on the commission and unreasonable working hours.

They also alleged that Gray and D.C. Taxi Commission Chair Ron Linton denied their representatives a seat on the commission.

“The Mayor has refused to allow the commission to function, usurping its authority to set rates properly and instead setting them at levels that are completely arbitrary, contrary to law and deeply harmful to the men and women who operate taxicabs,” the official complaint stated.

The mayor’s office has expressed their disappointment with the lawsuit.

“The lawsuit … is disappointing and misguided. It ignores the commitment my administration has made to address the reasonable concerns of the taxicab industry while ensuring residents and visitors to our city get the first-class service they deserve,” Gray said in press release last Friday.

The release also cited actions taken by the Gray administration to improve conditions for taxi drivers, including the institution of a fuel surcharge to help with higher gas prices.

Nathan Price, chairman and spokes-

person of the DCPTDA, said that a legal battle with the D.C. government was inevitable, however.

“After several failed attempts to meet with the mayor in the last nine months, there was no other option but to file a lawsuit to remedy their economic hardship,” Price said in an interview with The Hoya.

The taxi drivers’ unions conflict with the D.C. government traces back to January 2006, when the unions were refused a pay increase.

In 2008, former Mayor Adrian Fenty converted the taxi industry from a zone system to a meter system, an unpopular move amongst drivers. As a result, taxi drivers’ associations had been major supporters of Gray during last year’s mayoral primary campaign, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the campaign.

Still, the DCPTDA and DCD say that current meter rates in D.C. are the lowest in the country, affecting drivers’ incomes dramatically.

“This is not about greed, this is purely about fairness. We need a court to step in and help,” Bob Lian, an attorney for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld who is representing the associations on a pro bono basis, said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.

Local taxi driver Mohammed Okonjo, who has been behind the wheel for about eight years and frequently picks up passengers in the Georgetown area, reiterated the feelings expressed in the lawsuit.

“We should not be left behind, beCHRISTINA MCGRATH FOR THE HOYA cause we have a voice as well and we Two taxi cab driver associations accused D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s have been fighting for too long,” he said. administration of limiting their representation and instituting unfair taxi “It’s about time that we’re heard.” cab rates.

DAVID SCHULER Hoya Staff Writer

A Senate subcommittee voted last Thursday to keep the maximum Pell Grant award at $5,550, while cutting the National Institutes of Health budget by $190 million, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

One part of the Pell Grant program, a sixmonth, post-graduation interest subsidy on undergraduate student loans, will not survive if this Senate proposal is included in the 2012 budget.

Under the proposal, the allocations for the Federal Work-Study Program and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants would be maintained at this year’s rates. At the same time, a recent release of student loan default rates reported sizable increases in the percentage of students who were unable to pay back their debts.

In terms of the NIH budget, the bill would eliminate the National Center for Research Resources. Twenty million dollars would be allocated to a new program called the “Cures Acceleration Network,” whose mission would be to speed up the process of moving research into the treatment and cure phase.

The proposal is set to be debated before the full Senate Appropriations Committee this Wednesday.

DC Government Escapes Shutdown, Calls for Autonomy BRADEN MCDONALD Hoya Staff Writer

Congress struck a last-minute spending deal Monday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown that would have forced the closure of many of the District’s municipal services.

Though the agreement will provide for the continued funding of the federal government until Nov. 18, the threat of a shutdown raised concerns throughout the past week about what some see as

an unfairly pronounced impact on D.C.’s daily operations from the ongoing federal budget negotiations.

The prospect of a District shutdown is one that the city is familiar with after Congress came close to missing its April 7 budget deadline earlier this year. Because D.C.’s budget is contingent on congressional approval, a federal government shutdown would mean the suspension of several important services, ranging from museum operations to trash collection.

In a Sept. 21 press release, Mayor Vincent Gray announced that his office was developing plans that would keep essential D.C. services available to residents in light of the potential shutdown.

“This unconscionable predicament we find ourselves in yet again is a reminder of the unfair treatment that the 600,000 citizens of the nation’s capital suffer because we continue to be denied full democracy,” Gray said in a press release.

Congresswoman Eleanor Hol-

mes Norton (D-D.C.) is using this opportunity to argue for greater District autonomy from the federal government.

On Sept. 21, Norton introduced the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation Act to Congress. The bill would have permitted the District government to spend its own funds for the remainder of the fiscal year in the case of a shutdown.

Spokespeople for the Georgetown University College Democrats and Republicans alike criticized

the federal government for its re peated failure to finalize the bud get in recent months.

Scott Stirrett (SFS ’13), chair of the student advocacy group D.C..

Students Speak, said that the shut down crisis has pushed the city’s bid for independence to the front of its political agenda.

“It is troubling that there is such a disproportionate impact on the District of Columbia,” he said.

“Events like this provide a lot of arguments for those in support of D.C. budget autonomy.”

GU Republicans Unite Against Obama Despite Own Factions REPUBLICANS, from A1 Colin Cortes (COL ’13), vice chairman of the College Republicans, was a supporter of Romney in the last election cycle. Three years later, he finds himself leaning toward Perry. Although Perry’s brand of conservatism is seen by some as polarizing, Cortes argues it may give the GOP the best chance to win in 2012.

“When we’ve tried to nominate a moderate Republican, it often hasn’t worked out,” Cortes explained. “John McCain was definitely a moderate in everyone’s book, and because of that he wasn’t able to mobilize Republicans. Sometimes mobilizing your base can be more important than attracting independents.”

Cleary, an ardent Romney supporter, took a different tact.

“Personally, I think Perry is a little too conservative,” she said, adding that Romney’s moderate views have the best shot at winning the general election.

“He’s terribly presidential,” she said.

In the latest poll from USA Today and Gallup, Texas Governor Perry leads the field with 31 percent of Republican support nationwide, while former Massachusetts governor Romney is within striking distance at 24 percent. While the two GOP frontrunners have ratcheted up their personal attacks in recent weeks, the College Republicans remain unified in their overarching goal: ousting President Obama.

“The Georgetown College Republicans are mostly split right now between Romney and Perry,” Knowles said. “But our goal is to have

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“I think college students are frustrated with Obama’s strategies, and I think Obama is losing a lot of his young support because of that,” Cortes added.

The College Republicans are currently actively courting the candidates to make a campaign stop at Georgetown. Knowles would not comment on responses so far, but Cortes was willing to speculate.

“Because of some of the connections we have, I think there is the possibility that we bring either Perry or Romney to campus, but we’ll see,” he said.

In light of party allegiance, however, the group has pledged not to show favoritism for either candidate — including organizing campaign trips or making endorsements — until a nominee has been selected.

“At the end of the day, we are all going to support whoever the nominee is,” Cleary said.

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Darby Leads Georgetown to Lopsided Victory at Marist FOOTBALL, from A12 Despite a punishing Hoya defense led by senior defensive end Andrew Schaetzke — who earned a conference honorable mention after recording 9 tackles and 2 sacks in the game — the Red Foxes cut the deficit to two scores when Reilly tossed an 18-yard touchdown pass. The score would remain 2814 through halftime, and it was more of the same for the offense and defense after the intermission ended.

With Georgetown winning the field position battle — something Kelly emphasized after special teams contributed to the Yale loss — Moore managed

to pick off Reilly’s pass on Marist’s first drive of the second half and return it 38 yards to the Marist 12, where Darby connected with Waizenegger for the junior’s second score of the game. “[Waizenegger] is better this year, because he is a year older [and he] understands the offense better,” Kelly said.

“He is doing the little things and details better. He’s a good player [who] plays well with both quarterbacks.”

The next drives for both teams were fruitless, after Reilly’s pass was incomplete on fourth down and Darby threw an interception. But Marist found enough to score when Reilly connected on a 75-yard pass to cut the lead to 35-21.

A series of long passes by Darby, ending in a 19-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Jeremiah Kayal, put the Hoyas back up 42-21 to end the third quarter. The Red Foxes answered with another touchdown, this one capped by a 5-yard pass by Reilly, but Georgetown had an insurmountable lead.

Darby finished 18-of-22 passing on the day, totaling 211 yards. His completion rate of 81.8 percent was the highest single-game total in Georgetown history.

Kempf, who sat out the game after his injury at the beginning of the third quarter at Yale, is recovering and should be ready for Saturday’s game.

“Kempf is fine,” Kelly said. “[He is back to] practicing with [the] team.”

While the Blue and Gray’s next drive ended with a punt, senior defensive back Wayne Heimuli intercepted Reilly’s pass and returned it 28 yards to the Marist 21, where Darby connected to Macari to put Georgetown up, 49-28.

The Red Foxes could not finish on their two garbage time drives, but a series of short rushes by Durham set the Hoyas up for a Weiss field goal attempt that sailed through the uprights to provide the final score, 52-28.

Darby’s impressive performance and chemistry with Waizenegger coupled with the strength of the Blue and Gray’s

defense, led by Schaetzke and Heimuli, seems to have breathed new life into Georgetown’s hopes in the Patriot League.

After clearing up last week’s special teams problems, it looks like a major focus for the Hoyas this week will be improving their pass defense, which allowed the Red Foxes to put up 305 yards in the air. “[We are] looking closer at how we are teaching and practicing the coverages,” Kelly said. “We will be better.”

Next up across the gridiron for Georgetown is conference foe Bucknell.

Kickoff for that game is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday in Lewisburg, Pa.

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LEONARD OLSEN Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown volleyball team (87, 0-2 Big East) struggled on their Midwest road trip this weekend, opening Big East play with a straight sets loss to Notre Dame (8-4, 1-1 Big East) on Saturday and a five set loss to DePaul (4-11, 1-1 Big East) on Sunday. “[We] did not play the volleyball that I’ve seen this team play all year. I was pretty disappointed in the showing that we had,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “It was just not one of our stellar weekends.”

Georgetown was lethargic out of the gates in their league opener, as the Fighting Irish handled them easily in the first set, 25-11. The team showed life in the second set, NOTRE DAME 3 at one point GEORGETOWN 0 winning six straight DEPAUL 3 points off the serve of GEORGETOWN 2 senior setter Ashley Malone, but eventually fell, 25-21. The Irish then went on to take the third and final set, 25-14.

Despite out-digging their opponent, the Hoyas were edged out offensively in the contest, as Notre Dame outkilled (33 kills to 27) and significantly out-blocked (12 blocks to four) Georgetown. The Blue and Gray also had difficulty staying in system and struggled with their passing throughout the match.

“Defense keeps you in the game, but you have to score points to win,” Williams said. “[Getting badly out-blocked] is a huge momentum shifter. It just destroys your confidence,” she added.

Malone and redshirt sophomore middle blocker Annalee Abell were two bright spots for Georgetown on the day. Malone posted 22 assists and consistently set up the Hoya hitters, while Abell led the team with eight kills and a solid .263 hitting percentage.

In their second match of the weekend, the Blue and Gray came out strong against DePaul, but ultimately fell in the tightly contested five-setter. The game saw a total of 24 lead changes and 11 ties. “[We] came out and were ready to play, but we [hit] that inconsistency that you will see with young teams,” Williams said. “But DePaul didn’t back down.”

Bolstered by an impressive .395 hitting percentage, the Hoyas took the first set from the Blue Demons, 25-22.

However, they struggled to find their offensive stride again as DePaul easily won the second set, 25-16. Despite a comeback 25-23 third-set win, the Hoyas lost the match after dropping the fourth and fifth frames, 25-19 and 15-9, respectively.

Continuing the trend from their Notre Dame match, the Hoyas out-dug DePaul and outplayed them defensively, in much part due to Malone’s 15 digs, senior libero Tory Rezin’s 14 and freshman outside hitter Alex Johnson’s 12. However, the Blue and Gray were out-blocked and eventually overpowered by the Blue Demons.

Johnson also led the Hoyas offensively with 20 kills, and junior middle blocker Lindsay Wise totaled 10 kills along with a .400 hitting percentage.

“We’ve had individual performances over the weekend that were solid,” Williams said. “But for this team to win, every single time we take the floor we need to have a great team effort.”

Georgetown will return home for the first time in over three weeks when they take on Pittsburgh at McDonough Arena on Friday night.

“We’re going to get our act together, get out there and compete, and that’s what it’s all about,” Williams said.

The Georgetown sailing team competed in three separate regattas this weekend, two at the United States Naval Academy and one at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, with the only commonality being a lack of breeze. The results were a mixed bag, with some individual performances overshadowing pedestrian team efforts.

As a general rule, the Hoyas prefer the open, breezy waters, and these ideal conditions weren’t present at all on the water. At Navy, the conditions were so calm that the race was called off on Saturday and completed on

Sunday, when the wind proved to be only marginally more helpful.

Georgetown sent a pair of sophomores and one freshman to Navy.

Sophomore Nancy Hagood finished the best of the Blue and Gray, placing a respectable sixth out of 18 contestants. Classmate Merrit Moran finished in 14th while freshman Alexis Coudert came in 17th.

Competition came from St. Mary’s, Old Dominion and Navy. The sole sailor from Hobart and William Smith Colleges took the regatta handily.

The second regatta at Navy showed why Georgetown has a right to be excited about the future. Freshman Alex Post finished in second place, qualifying for individual conference champi-

onships later this fall in the process.

“We have a group of five freshman that are all very good,” Head Coach Mike Callahan said. “Alex Post and [classmate] Katia DaSilva are amazingly talented.”

Sophomore Matt Gowell was the only other Hoya competing in the race. He placed 12th of the 19 sailors.

The race at St. Mary’s was the only team event over the weekend, where the Blue and Gray finished a disappointing 10th out of 18 schools. The regatta included teams from across the top 25, including top-ranked Boston College, who finished in third.

Connecticut College won the race in a dramatic come-from-behind fashion, taking the final three races of the

weekend to clinch the victory.

Still, the fall events are focused less on winning and more on competing.

The Hoyas clearly have their work cut out for them going forward, but the team looks to prepare for the spring season.

“We try to focus not on winning but on spreading out sailors,” Callahan said. “We look to peak in the spring.”

Callahan said that the fall is a test to see where sailors need to improve to prepare for the spring regattas, which focus on team, rather than individual, competition. If this weekend’s events show anything, it’s that Callahan and his team are doing everything they can to get ready for the national championships in May.

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Nonconference Losses Extend Georgetown Skid RACHAEL AUGOSTINI Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-7, 0-1 Big East) continued to struggle this weekend, dropping a pair of nonconference games in Pennsylvania.

Georgetown lost the first contest Saturday against Lock Haven (5-6) before having a late comeback fall short on Sunday against St. Francis (2-8).

The Hoyas started off well in Saturday’s game LOCK HAVEN 3 on a 14thminute goal GEORGETOWN 1 from junior midfielder ST. FRANCIS 3 Caitlin Hickey, who capiGEORGETOWN 2 talized on a rebound from a shot by junior forward Catherine Shugrue.

The Blue and Gray defense held the

lead up for the majority of the rest of the first half before giving up a goal just shy of the halftime whistle. Lock Haven finally broke through when senior forward Kristi Shepps knocked in her first of two goals on the day off a penalty corner pass from sophomore defender Kelly Harsh.

“We made it a goal to be more aggressive in our attacking circle,” Head Coach Tiffany Marsh said. “I think that we saw dramatic improvement in that this weekend, but it still isn’t where we’d like it to be.”

Heading into the second half, the Hoyas looked to maintain their strong offensive and defensive play. It was the Eagles, however, who broke the deadlock in the 49th minute to go ahead, 2-1. Georgetown searched for an equalizer, but the offense sputtered and could only muster two shots on goal in the second half after firing four in

the first.

Lock Haven took advantage of Georgetown’s offensive struggles and put the game away in the 62nd minute, when Shepps beat junior goalkeeper Brianna Pereira to make the score 3-1. Pereira had six saves on the day, but it wasn’t enough to compensate for the subpar offensive performance.

“We played one of the best halves of hockey that we’ve played all season,” Marsh said. “We were not able to maintain that level for the full 70 minutes.”

The Hoyas’ struggles continued against St. Francis Sunday afternoon.

The Red Flash had numerous chances to open the scoring before finally getting on the board 20 minutes into the first half off a penalty corner.

The Hoyas weren’t able to equalize in the first half but started the second half well, as freshman forward Brooke Simone scored her first colle-

giate goal to tie the game at one just four minutes after the restart. Within 15 minutes, though, St. Francis had a two-goal lead that the Blue and Gray were ultimately unable to overcome.

The Hoyas didn’t go down without a fight, though. Shugrue brought the visitors back to within one goal in the 69th minute when her shot squirmed past the goalie, but that would be the Hoyas’ final tally as they finished up the game on the wrong end of a 3-2 count. This was the first loss for the Hoyas against St. Francis in program history.

“I think our defense did take a step in the right direction,” Marsh said. “We are learning to step to the ball faster, and play a more aggressive game.”

This weekend the Hoyas travel to New Jersey, where they will face Big East rival Rutgers on Friday and Monmouth on Sunday.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Trujillo’s Scoring Frenzy Carries Hoyas on Road WOMEN’S SOCCER, from A12 midfielder Daphne Corboz. Corboz was able to send the ball through a sea of players into the left side of the net, doubling the Hoyas’ advantage. The points were safe under a minute later, when a fine individual effort from Trujillo put the Blue and Gray three goals ahead. After Georgetown won the ball in transition, Wells found Trujillo, who did all the rest with a finish from the right side of the box.

“She’s got a lot of confidence right now, especially [then] after her first goal,” Nolan said “[Trujillo] took on two defenders, went past them and made a good finish across the face of goal.”

The Orange spoiled Hanna’s shutout bid with a consolation goal in the 81st minute, but Nolan believed that end result was reflective of the way that the game played out.

“The ball was slipping about really fast [due to rain] but I felt we handled it really well,” he said. “I thought the pace of the game was really good, and I thought that over the run of play, 3-1 was a fair result.”

GEORGETOWN 2, ST. JOHN’S 1 (OT) Georgetown dominated play on the aged turf of St. John’s on Sunday afternoon, avenging a heartbreaking Big East tournament loss two years ago in the teams’ last meeting. The Hoyas outshot the hosts 19-9 ion the afternoon and had a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Despite their superiority, it took 64 minutes for the Blue and Gray to open the scoring. Senior forward Sam Baker picked out her classmate Trujillo at the near post of a set piece, and Trujillo calmly beat the one defender between her and the net and

slotted home her third goal of the weekend.

Georgetown seemed poised to close out the victory when a longrange cross found the head of Caitlyn McLaughlin, who nodded it home to tie the score in the 74th minute. A Baker throw almost won the game for the Hoyas at the death, but the Hoyas couldn’t get a touch on the ball and the game headed to overtime.

“When we got the first goal it looked like it was going to be enough,” Nolan said. “They kind of scored a little bit of a ‘Hail Mary’ to get back into it at 1-1, then we had a couple of chances to win it before overtime… over the run of play we were definitely the better team today.”

In the opening minutes of overtime, Wells sent a cross to sophomore forward Kaitlin Brenn, whose effort was denied by the keeper. Corboz was first to the rebound, however, and earned a penalty when a St. John’s defender took the freshman’s legs out from underneath her. Wells kept her cool and dispatched the spot-kick inside the near post in the 93rd minute, sealing the Hoyas’ sudden-death victory.

Georgetown received strong showings from its stars and kept possession of the ball, a key to winning difficult road games.

“We did a good job keeping the ball, it’s just a tough surface to play on,” Nolan said. “So in the scoring chances we had, the ball just wouldn’t finish the way you’d want it to finish. Otherwise we’d have scored a couple [more].”

Georgetown returns home on Friday to play host to No. 19 West Virginia at North Kehoe field for an expected 3 p.m. kick-off.

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Senior midfielder Ingrid Wells scored the game-winning goal in Sunday’s 2-1 overtime victory over St. John’s. She leads the Hoyas with six goals on the season and has four assists.

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The game was tied until the 22:09 mark when the freshmen began to make their presence felt. Freshman defender Tyler Rudy knocked the ball in on a

pass from midfielder and classmate Tom Skelly to make the score 1-0. Eight minutes later, Skelly tallied his second assist of the game on a pass to sophomore midfielder Steve Neumann, who hit the back of the net from 23 yards out to give the Hoyas the 2-0 lead.

“Our first scoring chance of

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Freshmen defender Tyler Rudy scored Saturday’s opening goal.

the game was two freshmen hooking up together, and I think that goal really settled us down a bit,” Wiese said. “From that moment on we played very well.”

After the break, Georgetown focused more on keeping a clean sheet, rotating its defensive players frequently to keep the Wildcats at bay for a full 45 minutes.

Despite the Wildcats outshooting the Blue and Gray 19-13, the visitors were able to hold on for the 2-0 victory.

Georgetown’s first goal of the game was Rudy’s third of the season and his first career gamewinner, while the pair of assists gave Skelly his first two career points.

Freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez turned in another remarkable performance on Saturday, making five saves and earning his fourth clean sheet of the season. All five saves came in the first half, including a crucial stop in the first few minutes that prevented the Wildcats from getting on the board early and potentially changing the tenor of the contest.

“We needed Tomas to make a really good save to keep it at 0-0 early in the game, and ten minutes later we scored the first goal,” Wiese said. “That was a really key moment, and on the road those moments happen a lot. Fortunately for us we have some guys who can make plays, and Tomas made

a huge play for us there in goal ,and we were able to capitalize.”

On Monday, Gomez was named to the Big East weekly honor roll for the second consecutive week after his performance over the weekend. Gomez has started and played in seven games so far this season with a 5-1-1 record, a goals against average of 0.53 and 25 saves to his credit.

“I think we’re doing really well so far on the defensive side of things,” Wiese said. “We’ve got a goalkeeper who’s keeping the ball out of the net, which has been terrific and vital. And we have an organized, experienced group in front of him, which certainly helps.”

The victory over Villanova marked Georgetown’s first win in the Big East as defending regular season champions in the Blue division, setting the tone for competitive conference play this season.

“It’s a huge start in the league for us. You’re really looking to get those three points for a win, and sometimes you’re even happy with a road tie just to get a point,” Wiese said. “Any points on the road in the Big East are precious, and for us to open up with those three points was really important. We’re very pleased we’re getting off to a good start.”

Georgetown will take on No. 16 Penn State tonight at 7 p.m. in University Park.

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IAC a Distraction From Realignment Nick Fedyk

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as James Bond come to save the day?

Oh wait — it’s just Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed, dressed up like a secret agent on the front cover of The Hoya, making a conspicuous phone call and pretending to save Georgetown basketball from the brink of conference collapse.

His secret weapon? Email propaganda, followed by a bold appearance on the front cover of the student newspaper.

We’re not fooled, Mr. Reed. Just a few days ago we found out that Syracuse and Pitt were leaving the Big East, and a sense of worry permeated the Hilltop. Now you’ve taken this opportunity to make your sales pitch about a new Intercollegiate Athletic Center in an attempt to mollify those who are worried about the direction in which our conference is heading.

In fact, the email was quite hilarious. The static transition from Big East roundtables to the IAC was evident to the casual reader. Is this sup-

posed to be some prophetic revelation that restores confidence in our program’s future? At this moment of conference realignment, what we want to know is what the athletic department is doing to restore the health and reputation of our conference, which teams we are recruiting to the Big East, what we’re doing to prevent UConn from abandoning ship next and what other conferences we are considering joining. Save your talk of grand sport facility plans for later. You’re not a car salesman.

Even worse, the IAC is not a new idea. Talk about a new sports facility has been going on for the past decade. According to the blog hoyasaxa.com, the exact description of the facility, which includes “coaches’ offices, locker rooms, meeting spaces, press boxes, viewing suites, training and weight room areas,” was copied from a press release from 2000. Back then, it was called the “Multi-Sport Facility.” The new athletic director, who was just hired in April, has merely changed the project’s name. It’s not his idea, and it’s nothing new.

Most of us realize that news of this “new” project is just a distraction. However, the proposition does have some value, even if it takes 10 years for us to break ground. George-

town desperately needs to improve its facilities. MultiSport Facility, McDonough Gymnasium and Kehoe Field are still far below the standard for Division I sports. For a school whose basketball reputation is on par with UConn, Syracuse and Pitt, our training facilities remind me more of a lousy D-III program than a national power. Do we want to live up to our mantra of “Hoya Saxa”?

Because right now our athletic facilities certainly don’t rock.

But is the IAC even the best way to spend our alumni’s money? Consider this — from the gist of Reed’s public relations savvy email, the IAC would serve only the studentathletes on campus, who make up 10 percent of the Georgetown student body. What about the 90 percent of us who don’t participate in varsity sports? Although it may sound selfish, wouldn’t it be better to invest in a new complex that benefits all of the students on campus?

One idea has been on my mind since I made my first trek to the Verizon Center last year. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have our very own basketball arena right on the Hilltop? Before you call me crazy, think about the possibilities. Let’s knock down McDonough and the adjacent tennis courts. Then – and

here’s the hardest part – let’s buy a part of Foundry Branch Valley Park, which borders the west side of our campus. Although it would take some heavy bargaining and maneuvering through bureaucracy, this move could give Georgetown enough space to build a brand-new field house that could host basketball home games, as well as hold new offices and practice areas.

Of course, there are some problems with this idea. Parking could become an issue for fans who are not Georgetown students, as it’s much easier to take the metro to the Verizon Center than to our campus. This is also a massive undertaking, which would require millions of dollars and years of planning and construction.

But hey, it’s just an idea. And since it takes decades to plan a new IAC or “Multi-Sport Facility” or whatever you want to call it, I don’t think any idea is too far-fetched.

Just remember — as exciting as these new plans may sound, don’t let emails distract you from the problems that threaten Georgetown basketball.

Nick Fedyk is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. DOUBLE NICKTWIST appears every Tuesday.

TENNIS

Tehrani Goes Undefeated at Georgetown Classic STEVEN KEITHLEY Hoya Staff Writer

In this weekend’s Georgetown Classic tennis tournament, the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams brought their game to the Hilltop, with impressive results for both teams. Despite the rain-abbreviated schedule, the Hoyas still managed to take away some silverware this weekend.

In the women’s competition, the Blue and Gray overwhelmed their opposition, winning the singles and doubles titles. The Georgetown men had a tougher time, but the Hoyas still held their own.

The biggest story of the weekend was sophomore Tina Tehrani, who won her second straight tournament after her flight victory at the UNC-Wilmington Invitational two weekends ago.

Tehrani downed all her singles opposition by impressive margins on her way to an eventual 6-4 championship win over University of Maryland-Baltimore County sophomore Kim Berghaus.

In doubles, Tehrani and freshman Sophie Panarese made short work of their opponents. They had only one close match, which they won in a tiebreaker against UMBC graduate student Shalini

Sahoo and sophomore Josefin Stange-Jonsson.

The rest of the women’s squad didn’t disappoint either. In addition to her doubles with Tehrani, Panarese showed considerable promise in singles play before being eliminated by Tehrani in the third round. Junior Alex Landers faced two tough games before falling to UMBC’s Sahoo in the second round. Not content to eliminate just one Hoya, Sahoo then went on to defeat Georgetown sophomore Maddie Jaeger in the next round.

Junior Michelle Pratt made it through the first round, but eventually lost to Longwood junior Marta Pinyol in the second round.

Senior captain Lauren Greco won her first round match before falling to freshman Kim Berghaus, who then defeated junior Vicky Sekely, 6-2, 6-0, in the next round.

Berghaus then fell to Tehrani in the championship. Despite the lopsided margin of defeat for Sekely, Head Coach Gordie Ernst singled the junior out for praise after the tournament. “[Sekely] couldn’t serve. In the old days, she might’ve said ‘I don’t know if I can play,’” Ernst said, “Now, she’s like ‘I’m going to go out here and try to underhand serve and try to win … That was,

for me, up there with Tina [Tehrani] winning the tournament.”

As for the doubles competition, two of the four Hoya pairings — Tehrani and Panarese and Greco and Landers — made it through to the second round. That was as far as Greco and Landers would make it, but Tehrani and Panarese continued on, eventually capturing the doubles title.

“Compared to last year, they’ve learned to compete whether they’re playing well or not,” Ernst said.

For the men, the Georgetown Classic was the first chance to get on the court in a competitive environment, and they played well despite not bringing home any hardware.

“I’m [content] with the way they [the men’s team] did in terms of their first tournament, how hard they competed and how well they did,” Ernst said.

Of the seven Hoyas to enter singles play, senior captains Raf Notario and Andrew Bruhn as well as freshmen Alex Tropiano and Shane Korber emerged victorious in the first round.

“Shane [Korber], 18 and in his first tournament as a Hoya, is down [early on],” Ernst said, “But he comes back and beats that guy.

That’s not normal, that’s outper-

forming, that’s overachieving for your first week as a freshman.”

Bruhn and Korber both made it to the semifinals before playing each other, and Bruhn advanced to the finals with a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 victory.

Bruhn was matched up with Maryland junior David Nguyen in the finals and didn’t make it easy for the Terrapin, losing a close match, 7-5, 7-5.

“Andrew Bruhn played the best tennis I’ve ever seen him play,” Ernst said, “He really should’ve won the tournament, but [Nguyen] simply outplayed him. Andrew Bruhn was within one or two points of him.”

All four men’s doubles pairings won their first matches, but only the pairing of sophomore Casey Distaso and senior Brian Ward made it farther than that.

Distaso and Ward fought hard in the next round, the semifinals, but ultimately fell, 8-5, to Maryland senior Mathias Sarrazin and junior Tommy Laine. “[Losing] is bad ... [but] we need that experience for our schedule,” Ernst said.

The men head to Providence, R.I., for the Margaux Powers Memorial Tournament next weekend, while the women are off until Oct. 7.

Future Is in “Moneyball” Preston Barclay

Turning Two in the 202

B

aseball is a conservative sport. The game has been played and studied the same way for over a century with little disturbance.

Yet as all baseball fans know — and now the general public with the release of the critically acclaimed movie “Moneyball” starring Brad Pitt — the format for building a winning ball club has drastically changed over the last decade.

After falling to the New York Yankees in the American League Divisional Series in 2001, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane sought a cheap yet effective mechanism to replace stars Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Jason Isringhausen, who departed for greener pastures and a higher payday through free agency.

Beane understood, however, that replacing core statistics such as home runs, runs batted in, and batting average supplied by the aforementioned players would be nearly impossible given the shortage of funds provided by Oakland ownership.

Desperate to seek a way to put a competitive team on the field, Beane knew that conventional methods would not work, and with the advice of his protégé Paul DePodesta (or “Peter Blair”, as played by Jonah Hill in the movie), Beane adopted mathematical principles emphasizing underestimated statistics such as on-base percentage, pioneered by innovator Bill James in the 1970s.

In doing so, Beane, a relatively young baseball mind at 40 years old, clashed with the established hierarchy in his scouting department, who had for years searched for skills, potential, and “tools” and who despised progressive statistical methods for evaluating players. Ironically, Beane was one of those “toolsy” types of players the scouts loved in the 1980s, but through his struggles, Beane recognized that there was more to baseball than just physical prowess.

To summarize, Beane replaced his stars with relative no-names, but was able to win even more games in 2002. The Boston Red Sox sought to make Beane their General Manager after that season, but he declined and stayed in Oakland.

The Red Sox, however, following similar principles but with more money, won the 2004 World Series, breaking the 86-year “Curse of the Bambino.”

Ever since, teams have caught on to the Athletics’ and Red Sox’s method and most teams utilize advanced statistical evaluating systems in constructing their teams. Once again, it appears, the rich teams have re-established supremacy in the MLB. But with small market clubs like the Tampa Bay Rays continuing to succeed, it looks like some organizations have continued to find loopholes in the system.

Like the Athletics, the Rays lost several significant members from last year’s team, but as of today, they find themselves within a game of the mighty Red Sox for the American League’s final playoff spot.

Among major losses, Tampa Bay had to replace the likes of superstar outfielder Carl Crawford, first baseman Carlos Pena and essentially their whole bullpen with a limited payroll. Although the Rays adopted a similar style to the old Athletics, most of their replacements came internally.

After being called up in late July, rookie sensation Desmond Jennings has provided a stabilizing and electric force in the outfield, hitting 10 homeruns and stealing 19 bases in just two months of play. Rookie starter Jeremy Hellickson has supplied an AL-rookie best 2.90 earned run average, while recent call-up Matt Moore appears to be an ace in the making.

In fact, the entire Rays starting rotation – David Price, James Shields, Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann, Hellickson and Moore – make less money combined than Red Sox Opening Day rotation members Josh Beckett, John Lackey, and Daisuke Matsuzaka individually.

Similarly, the Arizona Diamondbacks, a team who went from being the worst team in the National League West a year ago to division titlists this year, have either relied on young players they acquired via trade, such as starting pitchers Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson, or homegrown products such as hitters Justin Upton, Chris Young, Miguel Montero and Paul Goldschmidt.

In short, these teams have invested a significant portion of their resources in scouting and developing their own players, who are their team’s property for six seasons after breaking into the majors — the first three years at only hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to the tens of millions established players make.

As more and more organizations invest in amateur talent and developing those players, they can succeed at the big league level at a fraction of the cost of relying on acquiring players from outside the organization.

For small market clubs to succeed, they have to take calculated risks with prospects whose future performances are unknown. When done correctly, a team with a low payroll can develop into a consistent winner by constantly retooling their pro team with youngsters chomping at the bit to prove themselves. It is the only way for poor teams to have a fighting chance.

Preston Barclay is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business. TURNING TWO IN THE 202 appears every Tuesday.

Sports

WOMEN’S SOCCER Hoyas (9-3) vs. No. 23 WVU (8-3) Friday, 3 p.m.

North Kehoe Field

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

WHAT’S INSIDE: Georgetown volleyball struggled on the road this weekend, going 0-2 against conference foes Notre Dame and DePaul.

RECENT SCORES: BIG EAST FIELD HOCKEY

UPCOMING GAMES: BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER

1 UNH Louiville 3

Adelphi at Rutgers Today, 7 p.m.

BU 2 Syracuse 3

Rutgers Bucknell

3 1

Yale at Connecticut Today, 7:30 p.m.

St. John’s at Princeton Wednesday, 7 p.m.

“What we want to know is what the athletic department is doing to restore the health and reputation of our conference.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

GU Routs Red Foxes For Third Win of Year EVAN HOLLANDER Hoya Staff Writer

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Freshman midfielder Tom Skelly (21) recorded the first two points of his college career Saturday, providing the assist on both goals in Georgetown’s 2-0 win over Villanova.

Hoyas Cruise in Big East Opener MAGGIE LAW

Hoya Staff Writer

With the help of three impressive rookie performances, the Georgetown men’s soccer team shut out Villanova, 2-0, on Saturday in their first conference game of the season. The win marked the fourth shutout victory for the No. 23 Hoyas, who improved to 5-1-2 on the season.

Inclement weather forced the two teams to face off at Bryn Mawr College instead of Villanova, and created a somewhat rocky start for the Hoyas.

VILLANOVA 0 In the first half, the GEORGETOWN 2 Wildcats (2-4-2, 0-1 Big East) outshot Georgetown 12-6, with five shots on goal compared to just two from the Hoyas. But it was the visitors who

capitalized on those opportunities, scoring both their goals in the first half.

“The storms that came through made their field difficult to play, which I think was good for us because their field isn’t an easy one to play on,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “It’s a choppy, grass field and it would have been harder to play See MEN’S SOCCER, A11

BRUHN, TEHRANI SHINE AT GEORGETOWN CLASSIC

A week after a tough loss at Yale, the Georgetown football team (3-1, 1-0 Patriot League) rebounded by crushing Marist (1-3) 52-28 on the back of a sublime performance by senior quarterback Scott Darby.

Coming off the bench in place of junior quarterback Isaiah Kempf, who started MARIST 28 for the Hoyas in the first GEORGETOWN 52 three games before sustaining an injury in New Haven last weekend, Darby was quick out of the gate en route to a performance that earned him Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors.

“I was very happy for [Scott],” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said. “I wasn’t surprised that he played well; he is an excellent quarterback.”

The senior connected with junior slot receiver Max Waizenegger on a 39-yard touchdown pass to cap a 10-play, 80-yard opening drive. After junior defensive back Jeremy Moore sacked Marist quarterback Tommy Reilly for a loss of 9 yards, the Hoyas got the ball back. After a solid drive, however, sophomore running back Nick Campanella fumbled to return the ball to the Red Foxes.

The Georgetown defense stepped up again, forcing a three-and-out on Marist’s next possession. After gaining solid field position thanks to a 24-yard return by freshman slot receiver Kevin Macari, Darby led another scoring drive, this one capped by a 13-yard touchdown run. Senior kicker Brett Weiss, who made all seven of his PAT kicks on the day, sent

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Junior Max Waizenegger (3) hauled in three passes against Marist, including 39and 12-yard touchdown catches.

the ball through the uprights to put the Hoyas even further in front, 14-0.

Marist showed a bit of life in the second quarter. Senior running back Ryan Dinnebeil narrowed the score to one touchdown with two plays where he rushed for a combined 16 yards into the end zone.

The Blue and Gray offense struck back quickly, as sophomore running back Brandon Durham took a handoff 64 yards to the end zone on the third play of the drive, giving Georgetown a 21-7 lead with 12:12 left in the first half.

Junior linebacker Robert McCabe intercepted Reilly’s pass on Marist’s next drive, and Georgetown led 28-7 after Campanella made amends for his earlier fumble by punching it into the endzone from five yards out.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Georgetown Sweeps Road Trip BENO PICCIANO Hoya Staff Writer

SARI FRANKEL FOR THE HOYA

FINAL DESTINATION: Andrew Bruhn starred for the men’s tennis team at the Georgetown Classic, reaching the final of the singles draw before falling, 7-5, 7-5, to Maryland’s David Nguyen. See A11.

Camille Trujillo had terrorized the opposing defenses throughout the entire season, but as the Hoyas prepared to kick off against archrival Syracuse Friday night, the senior forward had just one goal to her name this season after setting a school record with 13 last year.

Ninety minutes later, Trujillo had tripled her season total, scoring twice and assisting on a third goal as the Blue and Gray (9-3-0, SYRACUSE 3-1-0 1 B i g GEORGETOWN 3 East) defeated SyrST. JOHN’S 1 acuse GEORGETOWN 2 (4-3-3, 3-1-0 Big East) in the pouring rain in upstate New York. Trujillo added another on Sunday afternoon, helping Georgetown push past St. John’s (2-4-3, 1-2-0 Big East) 2-1 in overtime.

“It’s been tough for her to play well and not score goals because as a forward you want to score goals,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “Camille in particular up front had a great game, scored two good goals.

She just gives [Syracuse] a lot of problems.”

Thanks in no small part to Trujillo’s contributions, the Hoyas emerged from the alwaysdifficult conference road trip with two vital victories and will now face four consecutive Big East foes at home before they hit

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Senior Camille Trujillo scored three goals this weekend, bringing her season total to four after leading the team with 13 last year.

the road next on Oct. 14.

“We’re happy for the weekend, it’s always difficult to get two wins on the road,” Nolan said.

“So we’ve got those and now we get ready for four home games coming up we can take care of business these next four games we should be in good shape.”

GEORGETOWN 3, SYRACUSE 1 After lightning delayed the kick-off to Friday night’s fixture, Georgetown surrendered the match’s first clear scoring chance in the fifth minute when a cross found Syracuse’s sophomore defender Cecilia Borgstrom at the far post. Borgstrom settled the ball, only to be stopped by the only player

standing between her and the back of the net — Hoyas’ senior goalkeeper Elizabeth Hanna.

The Blue and Gray found inspiration from their keeper’s big save and controlled the game, ultimately being rewarded in the 21st minute when redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells cut back a ball from the endline into the penalty area. The pass deflected off a Syracuse defender and found Trujillo, who blasted the ball high and into the goal from the center of the box.

Trujillo turned provider in the 62nd minute, crossing the ball into the box for freshman See WOMEN’S SOCCER, A10