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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

MSG LIMELIGHT

The men’s basketball team heads to New York to take on Texas tonight.

EDITORIAL Advancements to GU’s science programs are not on par with new facilities.

SPORTS, A10

FOOD JUSTICE GSC and Leo’s workers join forces on the Real Food Real Jobs campaign.

OPINION, A2

TICKET FIASCO Scanning issues led to long lines outside Verizon Center on Friday.

NEWS, A6

SPORTS, A10

Men’s Soccer Off to First Final Four Leo’s Workers Object

To Pay Discrepancy ELAINA KOROS

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Hoya fans storm the field Saturday following Georgetown’s 3-1 victory over San Diego in the Elite Eight.

Freshman midfielder Melvin Snoh scored in the 73rd minute to help his side advance. See story on A10.

GU Teams GU Hosts Sticka’s With Charter Final ANC Meeting School Group TED MURPHY

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Georgetown formally partnered Nov. 26 with the Knowledge Is Power Program, a national charter school system aimed at boosting college attendance among students from low-income, minority backgrounds.

In exchange for annual support from KIPP in identifying top students to apply to the university, Georgetown has agreed to provide social, academic and financial support to help these students graduate, according to the university’s memorandum of understanding with KIPP. Three KIPP alumni are currently enrolled as Georgetown undergraduates.

Under the partnership, KIPP will identify eight to 12 students each year who the university will then recruit for enrollment. The charter school program has agreed to then promote Georgetown to its accepted students.

Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University and Duke University are among the 20 schools See KIPP, A6

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University official Lauralyn Lee spoke about town-gown relations at Monday’s ANC meeting.

Alumni Square to Test Composting in Spring

For the first time in six years, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E held its monthly meeting on Georgetown’s campus Monday night.

ANC 2E04 Commissioner Jake Sticka (SFS ’13), who suggested the meeting take place on campus instead of its traditional location at nearby Georgetown Visitation School, said that the change is indicative of the new partnership the university is fostering with its neighbors.

“It was my thought that a really concrete way to demonstrate that commitment to the campus community would be to have an ANC meeting on campus,” said Sticka, whose recommendation to hold the meeting on campus was supported by the other ANC commissioners.

Sticka said that one benefit of holding the meeting on campus was to give students an opportunity to learn more about how ANC and local governments function. However, he expressed disappointment See ANC, A6

Several employees in O’Donovan Hall allege that they have not been paid what they were promised for completing special projects.

Jeff Day, who has worked in Leo’s for almost five years, said that he has not been properly compensated for painting part of the dining hall over the summer. Day initially requested $16 per hour for the painting project, but his employers paid him just 50 cents extra over his hourly wage of $11.85, promising him retroactive pay that would amount to $16, which he has not yet received.

“It was just me and one other employee, and we painted the upper and lower walls of the dining hall,” Day said. “We worked all RICHARD OLIVEIRA SOENS/THE HOYA through the summer until the students arrived, and we were Leo’s workers have taken on promised higher pay for doing an projects in addition to regular engineering job. My pay went up work without appropriate pay. temporarily, but then it went back to normal wage, and I still haven’t at Leo’s negotiated with Aramark, received the retro pay I was prom- the company that manages Georgeised during the summer.” town’s dining services.

Troy Washington, a Leo’s supervi“I’ve never heard of an issue of sor and a representative of UNITE- the employer making people do HERE, the union under which Leo’s engineering work, but that would workers are organized, confirmed certainly be a violation of the conthat employees who work on these tract,” Hendricks said. “That’s a special projects good thing are meant to for the emreceive higher “I’ve never heard of one ployee to go wages under the to the emof my coworkers filing terms of their ployer about, contracts. go to the a grievance. ... They’re “The job shop steward you’re doing afraid of termination.” about and [when paintfile a grievJEFF DAY, Leo’s employee ing] is buildingance about.” engineering,” Karen CutWashington said. “Under building- ler, director of communications for engineering, you’re supposed to get Aramark, stated in an email that the same wages that building engi- she had not heard about these probneers get.” lems.

Day said the other employee, who “We are unaware of any of these has since left his position at George- issues but, as always, are committown, did not receive his retroactive ted to discussing any matters with pay either. our employees and their elected Charles Hendricks, a lead orga- representatives,” she wrote. “Our nizer of UNITE-HERE Local 23, said, employees at Georgetown are rep“There’s a system in the contract [in resented by a union and covered by which] employees can file grievanc- a collective bargaining agreement. es, which ultimately go to a neutral We strive to follow all terms and third party called arbitration if the conditions of that agreement, employer and the union can’t reach which includes a clear provision an agreement.” for how to address and resolve emHendricks said that assigning a ployee issues and concerns.” task to an employee outside of his Yet Day said that he and other job description would violate the contract that union representatives See LEO’S, A6

MEDICAL SCHOOL PROFESSOR HONORED WITH DEGREE

ANNIE CHEN

apartment numbers when they empty their bins.

“There will be a log book next to The GUSA senate unanimously each composting site, so students will passed a bill Sunday to create a pilot have to sign in when the compost,” she program for voluntary composting for said. residents of Alumni Square.

Ivezaj said the program will run for The program, set to debut in spring three to four weeks before GUSA evalu2013, will provide a ates whether sealed composting bin the project will to apartments that vol- “These things are so be extended unteer to participate. common sense. to other apartStudents will then be ments in Village able to empty their They really help the A, Nevils and bins in a central comHenle Village. positing bin located at environment.”

The GUSA bill the trash and recycling also allocates NATE TISA (SFS ’14), GUSA senate speaker collection site in Vil$100 to establage B. lish a raffle for The pilot program is led by George- all students who volunteer to compost town University Student Association aimed at providing an incentive for senator Vetone Ivezaj (COL ’13), chair of participation. the GUSA Student Life Subcommittee Ivezaj said a similar program was on Sustainability. Ivezaj explained that started by the Magis Row Meditation GUSA will keep tally of participation See COMPOSTING, A6 by requiring students to record their Hoya Staff Writer

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OPINION

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

THE VERDICT

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EDITORIALS

New Hall, Same Standard The opening of Regents Hall demonstrates Georgetown’s commitment to advancing the study of the sciences. As the building’s first semester comes to a close, it is worth reflecting on how much progress has been made in fulfilling this promise.

In addition to the large increase of classrooms, the 154,000-square-foot facility is outfitted with 12 teaching labs and three floors of research labs.

And with many sustainable features, including its use of recyclable materials for construction, the building is well on its way to receiving a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification.

This integration of new technology and facilities should enable a more advanced approach to teaching and learning. Yet, at least so far at the undergraduate level, the new facilities have not done enough to improve laboratory courses.

Hallmark lab courses like “Genetics” and “General Chemistry,” which virtually all science undergraduates take, continue with the same lab procedures that were practiced in previous semesters. “Mammalian Physiology Lab,” the practical component of a course meant to explore the structures and functions of all major

organ systems in the mammalian body, still involves computerized protocols. While there may be a picturesque new facility at our disposal, these classes remain dependent on the images of a computer screen.

Although it is understandable that lab professors have developed lab protocols that are tried and true, the new facilities and technology present a chance for innovation. With so much funding invested in expanding our scientific resources, there should be systemic change to meet the demand for more stimulating lab courses.

With the opening of the building, professors who were housed in the Reiss Science Building were simply transported to Regents, leaving the third through sixth floors of Reiss vacant. And while Regents offers professors an attractive and productive workspace, it offers no more physical research space than was provided in Reiss.

There is no doubt that Regents is a valuable addition to campus that many science students appreciate. However, the construction has left some important questions unanswered about the development of Georgetown’s science program. For now, maximizing this high-end facility remains far from a perfect science.

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Holiday Cheer — Crews decorated the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street with holiday lights in the wee hours of Monday morning.

A Shopper’s Paradise — Washington, D.C.’s first Costco opened for shoppers this past weekend.

Reply All — New York University’s e-mail system had a major glitch last week, causing student e-mail responses to be forwarded to the whole NYU student body.

Making Strides — The Georgetown men’s soccer team advanced to its first NCAA Final Four in program history on Saturday and will play in the national semifinals against the University of Maryland Terapins on Friday.

1789 PROBLEMS by Arturo Altamirano

Business Ethics Pays Off In Adam Sandler’s 1995 cult classic “Billy Madison,” there is one challenge standing between Bradley Whitford’s character and control of the company owned by Billy’s father: “Explain business ethics.”

The character, known for his cold conscience, is completely stumped. While this caricature may be comedic, it’s also an illustration of a mentality that undergraduate business programs can discourage by providing businessthemed ethics courses.

Freshmen in the McDonough School of Business are advised to complete the philosophy and ethics requirement early in their academic careers by registering for “Introduction to Ethics” or “Introduction to Philosophy” in their first semester. If freshmen were offered businessoriented ethics courses to fulfill the liberal arts requirement, the university would maintain its commitment to providing all undergraduates with the same core education while giving firstyear students instruction on ethical considerations in the business world.

The basic tenet of an ethics course — to teach

students the complexities of deciding between right and wrong — can be taught in virtually any context, including business. Ethics courses could be tailored to feature scenarios that students would likely encounter in their future careers.

The recently introduced “Moral Foundations of Market Society” course is a prime example of such a focus. The course, which examines the ethical implications of free markets, will expand to two sections this spring. While this is certainly a step in the right direction, it would be beneficial to offer more courses that cover a variety of ethical business concepts.

Expanding course options to fulfill the philosophy and ethics core would allow students in the MSB the option to choose courses more engaging and relevant to their academic interests. Just as undergraduates in the School of Nursing and Health Studies can take a course in bioethics to fulfill their core requirement, so, too, should students in the MSB have the option to take ethics courses that take into account the moral math of money making.

Don’t Let Act Go to Waste Egg shells, coffee grinds, old newspapers, unpaid bills. These are just a few items that go into the trash cans of Georgetown apartments every morning. This waste could continue to go fill a landfill somewhere, or, as GUSA has rightfully realized, it could be put to a better use.

This week, the Georgetown University Student Association passed an initiative that will create a program for composting in Alumni Square. It now falls on the student body to take this important step to make Georgetown a more environmentally conscious campus.

The voluntary program will offer residents compost bins that will be emptied into a central composting bin, which University Facilities will pick up weekly and combine with composted waste from other on-campus locations.

The challenge — and the opportunity — of the new GUSA program is that it depends entirely on student initiative. GUSA has set aside a por-

tion of funds as prize money to incentivize students to compost, and this could serve as a carrot for students living in Village B. But composting, like many aspects of environmental awareness, will require continued commitment, daily decisions to separate the trash and the addition of “take out compost” to the chore sheet.

But the results are well worth the effort.

Composting directly reduces carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide levels in the environment, creates nutrient-rich soil and prevents further accumulation of waste in landfills.

If Georgetown truly desires to become a “greener” school, the new GUSA program represents an opportunity to demonstrate that commitment. If paired with other measures, like a concerted effort to recycle beverage cans or plastic cups after parties, the new program could represent a shift toward sustainability that, at Georgetown, is overdue.

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Opportunity to Honor Fr. James Schall, S.J. After over four illustrious decades, Fr. Schall has decided to conclude his teaching career at Georgetown this semester, and he will be delivering his final lecture on Friday. To honor this legendary figure, The Hoya will be publishing reflections and personal anecdotes from past and present students and faculty in our Friday print issue and online. Anyone is welcome to contribute.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the dignity of Cardinal Donald Wuerl: It has come to my attention that an issue of The Georgetown Academy entitled “One Of These Men Should Be A Cardinal” was distributed on campus last week. As the former editor-in-chief of The Academy, I would like to make it clear to the campus community that neither I nor any of the other former student editors were involved in the publication of this tasteless periodical. We find it offensive to the dignity of the Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl and to Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., in whose honor the men and women listed

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CORRECTIONS The article “Theater Group Creates Community with Holiday Play” (G5, Nov. 30, 2012) incorrectly stated that the Georgetown tree lighting ceremony took place on Nov. 30. It will take place on Friday, Dec. 7. The article also incorrectly stated that Katie Rosenberg is a senior. She is a sophomore.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

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AGGIORNAMENTO

LETTERS OF THE LAW

Court Case Echoes Sincerity Lost on the Hilltop GUSA Referendum Y A

mericans aren’t usually keen by the proposition that someone with to sacrifice their rights in the illegal drugs in his home had no expecname of public safety. While tation of privacy. And Justice Scalia — many other countries give law en- whose defense of privacy protections in forcement officers free reign to inves- the home is stronger than that of some tigate potentially illegal activities, the liberal justices — was unrelentingly U.S. Constitution carves out an invio- skeptical of the officers’ argument. To lable zone of privacy in order to pro- Scalia, one’s personal residence is absotect individual freedoms. The Fourth lutely sacrosanct, and the notion that Amendment’s proscription against officers could trespass with the express “unreasonable searches and seizures” intent of conducting a search is out of and mandate of “probable cause” is a the question.

Thus, Jardines looks to be a potential cornerstone of our democracy.

Recently, however, the Supreme Court slam dunk, a case all Americans — but esheard Florida v. Jardines, a case with pecially Georgetown students — can learn the potential to redefine the Fourth from. We, of course, just voted overwhelmAmendment for a generation. In light ingly in favor of a dramatic overhaul of of last year’s landmark ruling in United our evidentiary standards, raising the States v. Jones — which found that of- bar from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing” evificers could not attach dence of malfeasance. a GPS tracker without This change will bring a warrant to an autoGeorgetown’s Student mobile, as it amounted Code of Conduct much to a “search” — the closer in line with the case merits attention.

Constitution, which, And as Georgetown from this vantage point, has recently moved to may seem like an obvirevise its evidentiary ously worthy endeavor. standard, the changMark Joseph Stern It is not apparent to ing climate is of special however, relevance to our comWe must not live in everyone, why we should fight munity.

Florida v. Jardines constant fear of police so vigorously to protect our rights against will help settle a log intrusion, whether at police intrusion. Many standing tension beas well as tween civil libertarians home or in a dorm. lawmakers, some Georgetown adand law enforcement ministrators, have arofficers in assessing just how far police can go in attempting gued that we do exactly what the Fourth to track down illegal drugs. The officers Amendment is designed to prevent: trade against whom the lawsuit was brought in our liberties for the sake of the greater walked a drug-sniffing dog onto the good. After all, why should a drug user refront porch of a homeowner. After the ceive any privacy protections at all if he’s dog indicated the presence of drugs, the blatantly breaking the law?

The rejoinder to this notion, which officers searched the house, uncovered drugs and arrested the homeowner. was vigorously confirmed by the There was no search warrant, but the Georgetown student body during the officers cited the dog’s excitement as evidentiary standard vote, is that the “probable cause” for entering the home. privacy of all is not worth forfeiting in Their lawyer attempted to argue that order to halt the wrongdoing of some. homeowners give “implied consent” to We must not live in constant fear of anyone to approach their door — trick- police intrusion, whether at home or or-treaters, travelling salesmen, dogs. It in a dormitory. We must have a zone of didn’t matter that the dog was highly privacy that is completely free from artrained to sniff out drugs; he was just bitrary incursion. That’s a basic premise like any other passer-by that happens to of liberty, one our student body has now overwhelmingly embraced. go up to a stranger’s front door.

Let’s hope the Court follows suit.

But the Court disagreed. The moderately liberal justices were offended by the notion that a police dog is no differ- Mark Joseph Stern is a senior in ent from a pedestrian — “just like a guy,” the College. This is the final apin the words of Justice Kagan. Justice pearance of LETTERS OF THE LAW Kennedy seemed irked, if not offended, this semester.

ou know that guy wearing only pastels walking across Red Square? That girl who wears business formal all the time? (Don’t ask her about it; she’s prepping for a consulting interview right now.) How about your friend whose schoolwork, internship and student club always make her too busy to go for coffee?

They’re all hipsters. Each and every one of them. So many hipsters roam the Hilltop, even if they’re not all bespectacled and ironically dressed like the twenty-somethings you might be thinking of.

No, life here at Georgetown births a subtler type of hipster. Georgetown is soaked in a deeper-down type of irony, and it helps to drive how we conduct our relationships, time, beliefs and plans.

Irony, as one observer said recently in The New York Times, is the ethos of our age. On the author’s account, our modern American society “assumes that serious commitment to any belief will eventually be subsumed by an opposing belief, rendering the first laughable at best and contemptible at worst. This kind of defensive living works as a pre-emptive surrender.” Afraid of being ridiculed or exposed for their sincere beliefs — in fashion, music, religion, whatever — people our age decline to even state their beliefs at all.

We’re afraid. Beliefs themselves are unstable and risky, and we shy away from committing to them at every possible turn.

We see this fear of commitment everywhere on campus. Few protest, and those who do draw contempt for caring. Within the classroom, students rarely question professors’ arguments, and often “that guy” who shows initiative, does the reading and participates in class draws ire from his classmates. And then, there is the notorious hook-up culture that reigns supreme on weekend nights. So many of us avoid the labels “relationship” or “dating” because they imply com-

mitment — and risk. We see it in how Georgetown students conduct their spiritual lives, too. In our experience, students are more often spiritual than they are religious.

The ironic living that permeates our generation and our society contributes to the lack of political conviction, intellectual curiosity and fear of commitment that exists in many places here at Georgetown. This culture doesn’t apply to all students, but for most of us, deep sincerity — in

Pat Gavin & Alex Honjiyo

Beliefs are risky, and we shy away from committing to them at every possible turn. the classroom, in politics, in relationships, in spirituality — is often lacking.

So what to do? This is not something to be watched idly. Human beings thrive only when they can ascribe meaning to their actions. When we shy away from sincerity, we limit how fruitful and fulfilling our lives can be.

We think one antidote lies as deep in Georgetown’s roots as the causes of ironic living in American society.

Adopting and adhering to a sincere Catholic faith is a real, viable way for Catholic (and, to some extent, nonCatholic) students to overcome the irony that dictates their lives. The cornerstone of every Catholic faith — Mass — surrounds a sincere expression of faith in the creed. And to live out the values of the Catholic faith in

daily life — to protect the marginalized, the oppressed and all forms of human conditions — is to live a life without irony, to live sincerely.

But perhaps this recommendation bears on the university as an institution as well. A more open and honest expression of Georgetown’s core identity as a Catholic and Jesuit institution may be the best way for student culture to move towards the truest forms of sincerity. This means a more frank, university-wide discussion about the Christian and Catholic faith and the Jesuit tradition upon which the university was built. We must emphasize how the 2000-year-old Christian and Catholic faith and the 472-year-old Ignatian tradition animate our administrative decisions and student life and culture alike.

It’s not enough to have crucifixes in the classroom. The Hilltop must openly encourage students to consider what it means to be women and men for others, how they can achieve the other-centered form of excellence we know as the magis and how to work every day for the greater glory of God. Within the halls of Healy and White Gravenor and in the common rooms of the Southwest Quad and New South, Georgetown students and administrators alike already have a strong base for this conversation. The faith and tradition that grounds our university comprise an inherently meaningful and sincere set of beliefs and practices that which maintain these characteristics regardless of context, controversy or interpretation.

Don’t shy away from the controversy.

Let’s abandon our individual and institutional fear of commitment and embrace the culture of the sincere Catholic and Jesuit belief that has animated our university since its founding.

Pat Gavin and Alex Honjiyo are seniors in the College and School of Foreign Service, respectively.

This is the final appearance of AGGIORNAMENTO this semester.

SCRIBBLES OF A MADMAN by Ben Mazzara

VIEWPOINT • Silverstein

Housing Change Needs Student Push

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ith nearly 60 percent of our LGBTQ classmates reporting discrimination on campus and with many of our peer universities considering — and implementing — the policy of gender-neutral housing, it’s time for Georgetown to do the same.

Georgetown’s emphasis on community should not stop short of embracing the inclusive ideals for which we stand.

Our diverse community is a blessing, but the sense of inclusiveness that unites us as one campus is not simply something that is in vogue among our generation.

Our university’s mission statement calls for us to be steadfast in “our commitment to justice and the common good.”

When it comes to our LGBTQ and gender nonconforming communities, there is no better way to follow our mission than to ensure safety — and, just as important, comfort — in their housing options. It’s only a small step towards the acceptance that LGBTQ students deserve, but such a policy will greatly benefit students who today feel marginalized or unsafe in their dorm rooms.

I understand and wholeheartedly value Georgetown’s Jesuit identity. I am fully cognizant of the reservations some on campus may have about gender-neutral housing. However, we are also an institution of rational, progressive thinkers, and we must maintain our tradition of tolerant intellectualism. The best way for Georgetown to be a center for thought and learning is to uphold the Jesuit values of tolerance and understanding.

These values alone call for a change in our housing policy, but we must also recognize that the Hilltop is not a solitary institution. Our peer schools, such as Duke, Harvard, North Carolina, New York University, Penn, Princeton and Stanford, have all adopted gender-neutral housing. It would be a mistake for Georgetown to not consider competitiveness in this regard.

In that examination, opponents are sure to raise concerns that heterosexual couples will take advantage of this policy to live with each other. I find this to be

unlikely, especially if the school requires an application for students seeking to live with a member of the opposite sex.

Even if the occasional crafty heterosexual couple were able to live together, this concern does not outweigh the benefits of a policy change. Simply put, if we can help one student live free of discrimination or fear, we should do so.

And while logistical challenges, such as limited on-campus housing space, might delay the immediate implementation of a gender-neutral policy, the university should make the change expeditiously.

The administration won’t, however, move without a push from the student body. A strong statement from students is necessary, which is why I support a referendum on the issue. I am sensitive to the concerns that minority rights should never rest at the whim of majority rule, but a public debate on the issue would help change minds.

Just as the Out for Change campaign convinced the campus to embrace the creation of the LGBTQ Resource Center, a referendum campaign on genderneutral housing would bring the issue into the mainstream consciousness and, hopefully, acceptance.

Indeed, the election last year of Clara Gustafson and Vail Kohnert-Yount, who ran for the GUSA executive on themes of equality and social justice, demonstrates student support for changes in the way our campus addresses LGBTQ issues.

Despite what would surely be a contentious discussion, Georgetown will not make any progress on this issue until it is put on the front burner. Once there, we can start changing minds and convincing the administration to act.

President John J. DeGioia and his staff also have a reason to advance this issue.

With a strong mandate for gender-neutral housing, Georgetown would cement its position as a Catholic institution at the vanguard of ensuring equality.

ROBERT SILVERSTEIN is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

VIEWPOINT • Kolff

Discord Blocks ABCS Progress

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ately there have been many conversations about the state of club sports at Georgetown and the Advisory Board for Club Sports, starting with the 2012 Student Life Report and the recent op-ed piece (“Club Sports Stuck on the Sidelines,” A3, Nov. 2, 2012) and editorial (“A Trained Eye for Club Sports,” A2, Nov. 30, 2012) published in THE HOYA. While this discussion is much needed, the tone of debate thus far has been misguided and the facts incorrect.

I would like to take this opportunity to clear up some of the confusion and misconceptions surrounding the state of club sports and the ABCS. Tired of getting kicked off the volleyball court during our scheduled practice times to make way for pickup basketball games, I decided to take action and joined the advisory board in spring 2010, at the end of my freshman year. I am happy to say that today, something like that wouldn’t happen. Over the past three years, ABCS has worked tirelessly with Yates Field House, varsity and intramural athletics and the Georgetown University Student Association to improve the standing of club sports on campus. Intramural and club sports share MultiSport Facility and Kehoe Field, switching off week-to-week and redistributing the space when not in use. Yates officials have helped indoor club sports teams schedule tournaments and honored their practice times. GUSA has almost doubled ABCS funding during that time. Varsity athletics has helped extend the hours that the MultiSport Facility is available.

In just three years, club sports have come a long way, but there is still much to be done. The addition of eight new

teams in the past three years has spread already limited resources thin. As a university located in a city, Georgetown’s campus is small, and available recreation spaces are in short supply. Currently, there are 30 teams under ABCS’s purview, and four new club sports teams are under development. At a school of just over 6,300 undergraduates, there are 1,020 club sports participants, meaning that one in every six students is a club sports athlete.

While ABCS has been working toward this kind of expansion for years, we are now faced with the prospect of having to restrict recreation. The field time currently allotted to club sports cannot sustain competitive teams. In addition, the quality of Kehoe Field continues to deteriorate, and yet we are expected to accommodate the evergrowing demand for field space and put club sports athletes at risk on a field that was deemed unsuitable for varsity athletics in 2007. University officials, in declaring the field unsafe for varsity athletes but permissible for other forms of recreation, have relegated club sports to facilities that cannot support the level of competition and excellence many of our competitors have come to expect from Georgetown teams. A large number of club sports athletes had the opportunity to play at the varsity level elsewhere and chose Georgetown for academics, whether or not they could play at the varsity level here at Georgetown.

Many of our teams compete at the national level, but with practice time and space decreasing each year, maintaining the necessary level of training has become incredibly difficult. It has

only been in recent years that club sports have not been considered subordinate to intramural sports, a change brought about through the efforts of Club Sports Advisor Lauren Gagliardi and Intramural Assistant Director Tim Smith. The limited space that faces Georgetown, however, is not unique to the Hilltop; this issue, when coupled with the negligence of top-level university officials to support recreation on campus, has severely limited the student body’s ability to play sports.

Though the lack of institutional support given to club sports is frustrating, the blame cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of the administration.

Instead of working together to advocate for more resources, club sports participants often fight among themselves for what little space is available. Already, cooperation with intramurals has lead to a more equitable allocation of space as well as an increase in the space available. Instead of fighting with intramural athletes and officials for space, ABCS has worked with them to improve the opportunity for all athletes on campus; club sports teams must do the same.

As a community, we cannot fight each other for greater access to space, funds and recognition without expecting an increased responsibility for club sports captains, leaders and participants. The administration will never take club sports seriously if we do not take responsibility for how we are perceived.

MEREDITH KOLFF is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. She is chair for the Advisory Board for Club Sports and captain of the club volleyball team.

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Student Advocacy Office Addresses Off-Campus Rights ALEXANDER GALAN Special to The Hoya

After university administrators raised the evidentiary standard for disciplinary proceedings from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing” in October, the Student Advocacy Office will begin working to extend the new standard to off-campus incidents this spring.

Next semester, SAO plans to work with the offices of Student Affairs and Student Conduct to establish a working definition for “clear and convincing.”

The standard will take effect Jan. 1, with all on-campus violations before then evaluated under the “more likely than not” standard. Once a definition is established, SAO senior advocate Constantine Petallides (SFS ’13) said he believes the university will be more receptive to extending the standard to off-campus incidents.

“We want to see how it unfolds,” Petallides said. “We’ll work out a compromise with the offices with ‘clear and convincing,’ see how this works for a semester or

full year and then we can apply the logic of ‘clear and convincing’ to off campus.

After a semester or two, hopefully the evidence makes the case strong.”

According to SAO advocate Jay Factor (COL ’14), the university is still unsure of exactly what “clear and convincing” means, and it may not align with what students expect.

“For us, ‘clear and convincing’ means there was actual evidence — there was something linking you to something.

For example, if you were charged with drinking alcohol, you were seen drinking alcohol,” Factor said. “For the university, it may be closer to a 75 percent chance you were found responsible.”

SAO’s efforts to extend the evidentiary standard are the latest in a series of initiatives to ensure the fair treatment of students off campus.

Last semester, SAO gained a seat on the Weekend Review Council, a body composed of representatives from the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Office of Student Affairs and

the Office of Student Conduct. The committee reviews write-ups to gain a sense of what is happening on campus and how the Department of Public Safety responds, but does not control any disciplinary action.

“It’s nice to have a student voice there when the police or [any council members] say, ‘these damn kids today,’” Petallides said. “It immediately changes the dialogue because one of us is there and they’re not going to say those things to our faces. It prevents them from bullying the university.”

However, Petallides said this exchange also works in both directions. “[The neighbors] aren’t all the crazy guys who tried to take pictures and videos of everyone. They do understand that they live in a college town, that the university was here first, but it is also their home,” he said. “It’s nice from our perspective to have a face to put to the demon that is the neighbors, and it’s nice for the saner ones who like to talk about the problem to have a face to put to the students.”

Petallides said that SAO’s main contribution to the campus community has been its founding mission: to prepare students for disciplinary hearings with the administration. This semester, the 22 advocates of SAO have handled approximately 20 cases and answered queries regarding the disciplinary system from approximately 40 students.

“We act as defense attorneys during disciplinary hearings for students,” Petallides said. “We help them, tell them what to expect and offer any help we can. Our experience — we know the precedent — helps them form a defense.”

SAO advocates may attend disciplinary hearings as silent participants. However, in some cases, Petallides said that SAO advocates do not feel equipped to handle disciplinary preparation.

“Someone is putting their trust in you,” he said. “I went through the training, but I’m also still a student who has read the code of conduct maybe two to three more times than the average student. In serious cases, someone’s future

could be riding on you. We’ve had cases where suspension or expulsion was on the table.”

Petallides expects SAO’s role to change slightly after “clear and convincing” takes effect in January.

“We’re going to have a lot less work — at least that’s how I hope it will go,” he said.

Nonetheless, Factor said he hopes to increase SAO’s visibility on campus next semester. For the first time this year, information about SAO was included in the packet that all new students receive when they arrive on campus, which Factor said helped to increase awareness about the resource.

“We’re working to become more institutionalized so more people know about us. When people get written up, they think, ‘Oh, I got written up, what do I do now?’ We want them to think, ‘Oh, I got written up, and there’s this resource available,’” he said.

Hoya Staff Writer Emma Hinchliffe contributed to this report.

Veteran Discusses Gender, Sexuality in Military PENNY HUNG

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Lara Ballard (SFS ’91) recounted her experiences as a gay woman in the U.S. military to a joint class of history courses, “U.S. at War Since 1898” and “U.S. Women’s History,” Sunday evening.

Ballard, who attended Georgetown on a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship, served in the military from 1991 to 1995, after which she attended Columbia Law School. She now works for the State Department.

Ballard illustrated the nature of gender relations in the military by recounting a sexual assault incident that occurred in a unit while she was serving — the only one she knew of in her four years of service.

“Everyone in the unit rallied around [the victim] … [and] it seemed like she had 90 overprotective brothers, ready to kill this guy if they could find him,” Ballard said. “Gender relations in a unit can feel like a bunch of siblings. It’s usually the case that if a woman is experiencing harassment, it’s coming from someone outside the unit, and her unit rushes to her defense.”

Ballard differentiated between sexual harassment and assault in the military context.

“Sexual harassment is different from rape,” Ballard said. “There’s a bunch of sexist guys in the military, and there will always be sexist guys in the military, but the vast majority of them won’t assault anyone. Most of them are perfectly capable of working with women and keeping their attitudes to themselves.”

Ballard emphasized that the current military is not the same as it was when she served.

“War really changes a military, and I served during peacetime,” Ballard said.

“So all of these sexual harassment or assault circumstances that are occurring are very alien to me — that’s not the military that I remember. It really suggests a chaos and lawlessness in a dire environment where our troops are operating.”

Ballard urged more open communication between both genders so that military units can better function as a kind of family for their members.

“To really achieve better gender relations, you need to create an environment where people feel comfortable talking to each other just openly in any situation,”

Ballard said. “Someone shouldn’t feel isolated to the point where she feels that it will be uncomfortable to talk about a case of sexual assault to her unit, which is supposed to be her family, her protection.”

Ballard, who was in active service when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” legislation on gays serving in the military came into effect Dec. 21, 1993, spoke of the ramifications of the policy. “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ made things worse,” she said. “A lot of people served without incident before ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ But [the policy] made it standardized and removed discretion. Even if someone was on your side, the policy felt very rigid in that if you said a word, you were gone.”

But mostly, Ballard focused on the fact that the “asking” never actually ended.

“Day to day, you can’t get around interactions with colleagues,” Ballard said.

“Everyone wants to know who you’re dating.”

Ballard added that it was personally challenging to hide such an important part of her identity from her unit, with which she grew extremely close.

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Laura Ballard (SFS ’91) addressed attitudes toward women in the military and the effects of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” during her service. not talk about [my sexuality],” Ballard said. “But psychologically, you have to realize that these people have to compartmentalize such a basic part of their personality. These people are in your unit — they trust you, so you have to make them feel like they really know you even when you need to hide such an essential

part of yourself.”

Ballard, however, stressed that her experience is far from representative of that of all women in the military.

“I’m just one woman at a particular time, and I was only in the army,” Ballard said. “If you think, ‘Oh, now I’ve got the woman’s perspective,’ you really don’t.”

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Special to The Hoya

John Harvey, Sr. received an honorary degree in recognition of his tenure as a professor of medicine and leading researcher at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University Medical Center in a ceremony in Gaston Hall Monday evening.

Harvey graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1941, and received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Yale University in 1943, and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1947.

“I wanted to be a doctor since before I can remember,” Harvey said at the ceremony, reminiscing about accompanying his father, also a doctor, on patient visits as a young boy.

After attending medical school during World War II, Harvey dedicated 50

years of his life to his patients and students while studying medical ethics.

University President John J. DeGioia reflected on Harvey’s service to the medical school, where he has had a strong presence since 1973.

“John’s contributions [and] the model that he has provided for us of service to God and to humankind [are] the reason that we gather here to honor him today,” DeGioia said.

During the ceremony, Harvey thanked colleagues and mentors who influenced him during his time at Georgetown.

“Georgetown has been generous to me in countless ways,” Harvey said.

“I admit I was very surprised when I received President DeGioia’s call telling me that I was going to be honored here today. Since then, I’ve been thinking of all those individuals who have made my medical career possible, particularly those colleagues,

students and patients here at Georgetown who have shaped the philosophy of my practice.”

The ceremony also paid homage to Harvey’s involvement with the Catholic Church. He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem and is a Knight Commander with Star in the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

“His career in Jesuit study has been one of enduring and unwavering virtue,” said Howard Federoff, executive vice president for Health Sciences and executive dean of the School of Medicine said.

“Harvey’s deep caring — for people, for science and medicine and for God — is contagious,” Fr. Kevin FitzGerald, S.J., said during his reading of the degree citation. “He has earned the love and respect of countless individuals because of the love and respect he has bestowed.”

SGU Summit Assesses Impact ANDREW WILSON Special to The Hoya

The Student Group Union discussed efforts to create a comprehensive system for reserving student space and gauged the progress of student organizations since the body’s February founding at a summit for student leaders Sunday.

Because academic departments and university offices control their own spaces, reserving student space can involve communicating with more than 15 separate groups. SGU is working to consolidate this process into one system, which it hopes will increase student access to space and make the reservation procedure simpler.

“We shouldn’t have situations where student leaders are burning themselves out dealing with bureaucracy and not thinking of new ideas that can enrich the campus community,” performing arts representative and SGU Executive Committee Chair Aman Shahi (COL ’13) said at the summit.

In an effort to increase student feedback, SGU plans to release a programming incident report form that will be available on its Facebook page and HoyaLink account to address problems

with student space.

“This addressed the idea that when someone has issues with the campus space system, they pout about it, complain to their friends and that’s all that happens,” Shahi said. “This form is designed so that if you have an issue with any space or tech problems on campus, you submit this form, and then we have a record of when it happened, who it happened to and what the issue was.”

SGU will use the data gathered through this form to present a summary and evidence of common problems to the administration.

“Moving forward, I think we’re all looking to find ways to improve student space issues,” SGU Advocacy Chair Matt Ippel (SFS ’13) said. “The idea is that we’re all here working together and collaborating together.”

In addition to facilitating space reservations, SGU also hopes to increase collaboration between student groups, adding more diverse and interdisciplinary events to campus.

“We want a religious group to be able to hold an event with a performing arts group,” Shahi said.

This approach demonstrates SGU’s philosophy that collaboration will develop naturally if student leaders spend

time together and converse about their different interests and activities.

Shahi said that these new initiatives are reflective of SGU’s ability to develop a focus now that it has established its presence on campus.

“Much of last semester was just getting off the ground,” he said. “This semester was getting an idea of what student groups need us to focus on. The logical next step in the spring is taking those initiatives and building those relationships across groups.”

Student leaders said that SGU provides a useful alternative to working through the Georgetown University Student Association and the university administration because they can talk directly to other student leaders.

Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) has worked with SGU as a representative of the SFS Academic Council and as co-director of the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life.

“SGU offers a unique opportunity for us to discuss larger issues outside of what we talk about with the deans’ office. … Being able to talk to other student religious groups and advocacy groups about how they get students to come to events in conversations SGU has set up has been great,” he said.

To Shut Down EITAN SAYAG

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HoyaLink will fully replace Explore websites as Georgetown’s online communication forum for student groups when the old service is taken down Friday, which has drawn criticism from some student groups that valued the functionality of the old site.

Co-chair of Hoya Outreach Programs and Education Ivana Robinson (MSB ’13) uses HoyaLink frequently with HOPE and said that removing Explore websites on Dec. 7 is premature.

“I think [removing Explore] will affect HOPE somewhat just because we do have a website that is a huge thing that we use, especially when it comes to giving people information about our different programs,” she said. “I think right now it is needed in addition to HoyaLink just because I don’t think HoyaLink is as informative or user-friendly as we would like it to be. Not to mention the fact that not every student is cued into HoyaLink, especially the upperclassmen, but they do know about the Explore website and how to use that. It’s a little early to be making the full transition.”

Center for Student Programs Director Erika Cohen Derr stressed that the old platform, which has been in use since 2004, lacks the full functionality that HoyaLink offers.

“The Explore website system … is being taken down because it is very outdated and does not offer functionality commonly expected of website platforms today, [such as] direct interface with Facebook, Twitter, Google Calendar or other commonly used web tools,” she wrote in an email.

She also justified the removal of the older site on the basis that having two platforms in operation has been confusing and distracting to some users.

“Right now, many student organization websites on Explore have not been updated in over a year, so we hope that by taking it down, it will cease to distract from people search-

ing for current student organization websites on Hoyalink,” she said.

To encourage students to switch to HoyaLink, CSP launched 12 Days of HoyaLink Nov. 26 and is giving out one $10 gift card every day to a student who logs into HoyaLink between that day and Dec. 7. CSP will also reward three student groups that use HoyaLink most frequently with a $50 deposit that can be used toward a study or social event.

“We really wanted to focus on our active HoyaLink users as well as try to get people to sort of log in,” said CSP marketing and programming assistant and HoyaLink Ambassador John Alatis (COL ’13). “We wanted to be very strategic of when we held the event. This is the time of the semester where student organizations are registering for next semester; a lot of applications are still out and on HoyaLink, so people are logging in frequently, so this is a good time to actually target them.”

Since HoyaLink’s launch last January, more than 8,000 individuals have logged in and nearly 4,700 have joined at least one group on HoyaLink, according to Cohen Derr.

“Our main goal for the 12 Days of Hoyalink is to provide students with incentives to log in and get more familiar with the system, which is the primary communication platform available to student organizations,” Cohen Derr wrote in an email. “We hope that when students log in, they might see an event of interest, or look at some of the organization pages — maybe join a new group.”

Unlike HOPE, the Advisory Board for Club Sports has completely transitioned to HoyaLink and has not updated its Explore website this semester, according to ABCS Webmaster Marcella Kelley (COL ’15). “[Hoyalink has] been much more convenient,” Kelley said. “I think that HoyaLink … will have a lot of improvements and a lot of changes in it, but I think right now it is so necessary, and it’s kind of crazy they didn’t have anything like it before ... I definitely think groups should be using it because it is such an easy way to get people to know what is going on.”

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Bus to Return to O Street ANC, from A1 at the small turnout of fewer than 10 Georgetown students at the meeting.

“It’s not the best time of year for students to come out, obviously, which is a little unfortunate,” he said.

Yet Chair Ron Lewis said the on-campus meeting is a sign of the changing times fuelled by the new compromise on the 2010 Campus Plan. Such cooperation is part of an effort to foster increased direct interaction between the university and its neighbors with the help of the Georgetown Community Partnership.

At the meeting, the commission indicated that all negotiations regarding the university’s campus plan have been finalized and that the implementation phase has begun.

“That, I would say, has gotten off to a very good start,” Lewis

said. “The partnership between the ANC and the university has become collegial.”

Commissioners also confirmed that the G2 bus, which had service to the corner of 37th and O Streets suspended for over a year during the reconstruction of O and P Streets, will resume normal operations later in December and will feature a new fleet of smaller hybrid buses.

A regional vice president for Comcast attended the meeting to ensure residents that her company’s telecommunications boxes have been installed below ground. Comcast’s earlier installation on sidewalks had incited ire from some members of the community.

The commission also heard from representatives of Gypsy Sally’s Acoustic Tavern, a proposed new dining and entertainment establishment at 3401 K St. The commission

had protested Gypsy Sally’s proposal, concerned that the venue would frequently extend its hours of operation late into the night, yet this protest was revoked during the meeting after Gypsy Sally representatives agreed to add language to their proposal limiting the extension of operating hours to special occasions, such as the Presidential Inauguration.

This month’s meeting was Sticka’s last as a commissioner.

His fellow ANC commissioners praised the work Sticka has put in during his two year tenure.

“I want to express my appreciation for the work he has done with us and say what a pleasure it has been having him as part of our team these last two years,” said ANC 2E Vice-Chair Tom Birch.

Newly elected representatives Peter Prindiville (SFS ’14) and Craig Cassey (COL ’15) will begin their terms in January.

No Extra Pay for Special Jobs LEO’S from A1 employees are reluctant to use the grievance system because they feel it could threaten their jobs.

“We’ve heard of the grievance process, but from what I’ve heard, we’ve only used it against each other. I’ve never heard of one of my coworkers filing a grievance against an employer.

Basically, they’re afraid of termination,” Day said. “They might be terminated because there is some good management here and there is overbearing management, and many times we feel that if we make a complaint, we risk losing our jobs.”

Hendricks, however, said any retaliation on the part of Aramark against an employee grievance would violate the workers’ contract and is illegal.

“Employees have a right under the law and under their [contracts] to file complaints … through the union contract to enforce their rights,” he said.

Teneka Douglas, who works on the lower level of Leo’s, said that Aramark has weekly meetings with workers, but these meetings do not necessarily assuage the doubts of workers who are intimidated by the grievance system.

“We came up with this system for better communication,” she said. “We meet with them every week [to straighten] things out and [talk] about things that aren’t right.”

“Some workers go and talk to Georgetown students thinking that students are going to fix the problems for them rather than

[going to] their coworkers and … [bringing] the issues up to management,” Hendrix said. “I keep getting phone calls from students on a regular basis about issues that never get brought up to the shop stewards.

“We don’t have any way to know if [workers are] being paid correctly unless they tell us they’re not being paid correctly,” Hendricks added.

Day said that while he was painting the dining hall, Aramark managers employed a contractor outside of Leo’s to supplement the job.

“I brought many of my own tools from home to complete the job,” he said. “Then, they employed an outside painter [who] was paid much higher than I was, and they gave him my tools, so I was left to do my part of the job without my tools for lower pay.”

Day said he was assigned these tasks through a system in which management asks interested employees to submit their names to a special projects list. From this list, management selects Leo’s employees based on seniority.

Employees typically work these jobs for standard overtime pay, even when the task is not included in their job descriptions.

Additionally, Day said that he has trained several employees without receiving a pay increase.

Generally, employees referred to as “leads” are responsible for training new employees and are compensated appropriately for this work, according to Leo’s employee and UNITE-HERE representative Tarshea Smith. Day said that although he is not a lead, he

does the same work as most leads and was still asked to train other workers without lead pay.

“I have been put in charge [of] training many employees. I spend extra time teaching these employees how to perform certain jobs, but I have not been paid extra for training them,” he said. “Many of these employees are promoted higher than I am even though they have less experience.”

Day said he has not been compensated appropriately because he only made a verbal agreement to offer training.

“They wanted to save some money, but they didn’t pay me what they promised because they were paying me outside of contract,” he said. “They said it was a verbal agreement, but if you verbally agree to do something, then honor what you said you’re going to do.”

In response to the employee’s claim that he was not paid for training other employees, Hendricks stated that he did not know the specifics of the Leo’s workers’ contracts.

“Many union contracts call for a training wage if you are training an employee; many union contracts call for [a higher rate of pay] if you work out of your classification doing a higher-paid job,” he said.

Day said he is still confused as to why he hasn’t been granted promised retroactive pay.

“Everyone else who has worked the entire summer has already gotten paid. I should have been paid right after summer break ended. It doesn’t make sense,” he said.

KIPP Alliance Marks Trend KIPP, from A1 to have partnered with KIPP. Peter Croncota (GSB ’83), director of operations of New York City’s KIPP Infinity Charter School, established a $1 million scholarship fund in 2011 for KIPP alumni attending Georgetown.

He said the recent arrangement between KIPP and Georgetown marks a natural progression in the university’s policy.

“Part of the reason why this partnership makes sense is because Georgetown had already put in place many of the programs to serve first-generation college students — exactly the kind of things that make the partnership valuable,” Croncota said.

According to KIPP Director of Public Affairs Steve Mancini, the roots for the agreement began when Dan Porterfield (CAS ’83),

former senior vice president for strategic development at Georgetown, helped bring in KIPP students to the university’s summer institutes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This past summer, 18 KIPP students participated in the program.

“This is a coalescing of a partnership that has a long history already,” Mancini said.

Mancini emphasized, however, that the partnership is not tantamount to an affirmative action admission policy and that there were no quotas for KIPP alumni set aside in Georgetown’s admissions plans.

“The Georgetown admissions office controls who they admit, and they have full control of who they accept,” he said. “They’re only going to admit those kids that meet Georgetown’s rigorous standards.”

According to university spokes-

person Stacy Kerr, “This partnership with KIPP is rooted in our commitment to finding the most qualified students from all backgrounds.”

For Mancini, the goal of the partnership is to reduce the university completion gap between rich and poor students.

“We want to have college completion rates that are near the kids from the wealthiest quartile,” he said. “So to get there, we need to form partnerships with places like Georgetown who clearly have a real commitment to helping kids climb the mountain to college.”

Mancini attributed part of the agreement’s initiation to University President John DeGioia, adding, “This partnership can open doors of opportunity for dozens of kids who might not have a chance at the American dream.”

Compost Success Inspires GUSA GUSA, from A1 Houses last year, which inspired her to start the GUSA composting program. The compostable waste is collected by one of the Meditation houses and transported to Kehoe Field to be used for the Georgetown Garden.

“Due to the success the townhouses have found, I believe composting will yield

promising results in the apartments as well,” she said.

GUSA Speaker Nate Tisa (SFS’14) stressed that the simplicity and convenience of the program has the potential to promote sustainability.

“These things are so common sense,” Tisa said. “It really helps the environment.

It saves some money for the university also because they don’t have to pay another

truck to carry to the landfill.

I’m very excited about what this can do.”

Dan Mathis (SFS ’13), executive board member of Georgetown Energy, said he was happy to see student leaders take an initiative in this area.

“Green improvements on campus and in student life are always a step in the right direction for Georgetown,” Mathis said.

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Real Food Real Jobs Unites GSC, Workers MADISON ASHLEY Special to The Hoya

O’Donovan Hall workers and the Georgetown Solidarity Committee are collaborating to promote Real Food Real Jobs, a campaign that advocates for improved food quality and food service workers’ rights.

The two groups organized a town hall forum Monday evening to discuss the campaign, which is part of a nationwide initiative began by UNITE-HERE, the labor union that represents Leo’s workers.

The Real Food Real Jobs campaign started in Washington, D.C., last summer when contracts with food providers expired at many local universities, according to GSC member Erin Riordan (COL ’15).

Riordan and several other GSC members heard about the campaign through Local 23, the D.C. branch of the union, at the same time as Leo’s workers began to reach out to GSC members with concerns about the quality of the food they were preparing.

“We all noticed the changes happening at Leo’s this year. Some of the workers reached out to us. They were concerned with the food quality and what they were being asked to serve students — they care that students were upset,” Riordan said. “We recognized that bringing Real Food Real Jobs to Georgetown was something that we definitely needed to do. Workers are absolutely students’ strongest advocates in terms of food quality.”

The campaign aims to give workers a voice in the food-preparation process and facilitate increased training and skill development. Unlike workplace conditions, food quality does not currently fall under protected speech in the workers’ contract, so workers could potentially lose their jobs for speaking about the food which they are preparing.

The town hall meeting gave organizers the opportunity to present the campaign to both Aramark administrators and students.

Tarshea Smith, an employee who has worked at Leo’s for 19 years but is currently on leave working with UNITE-HERE, said that the campaign has successfully given a voice to workers’ concerns.

“We already had these same things we wanted — increased hours, worker training, et cetera — and now we’ve put on a name on it,” Smith said.

She said she believes that one of the main issues is a lack of general training about the

content of Leo’s dishes for workers.

“They may ask us to work at a [food] station, and you don’t know anything about the food, and you’re scared to say you don’t know what to do,” she said.

The campaign also addresses other concerns, such as ensuring that workers are able to work a full 40-hour work week and that lower-level chefs are able to obtain foodhandling licenses.

GSC has identified additional goals for the campaign, which include advocating for the use of local agriculture in Leo’s and paying workers a living wage.

According to GSC member Caleb Weaver (SFS ’16), UNITE-HERE has supported Georgetown students’ efforts to bring Real Food Real Jobs to campus.

“They’re really excited. What they’ve emphasized is that campaigns like this aren’t really effective if they’re an outside party.

We emphasize that we this is something we want to come from the Georgetown community with the support of the union, not [something] imposed on us from outside,” Weaver said.

Allison Burket, an organizer with UNITEHERE, attended the town hall meeting.

“I’m so excited students and workers are standing together to fight for sustainable food and jobs. Georgetown is really taking an initiative in taking part in the campaign especially because [unlike other D.C.-area schools], workers contracts are not currently up for renegotiation,” Burket said.

In an effort to make the initiative a community-wide effort, GSC has reached out to several other student groups on campus to get involved in the campaign. Georgetown University College Democrats and Georgetown Occupy, in particular, have both expressed interest in the campaign.

GSC members were hopeful that this campaign would mobilize the Georgetown community.

“A lot of people are going to be hooked when they hear about how this [campaign] affects food quality. I think that establishing the connection between quality of food and worker justice issues is going to allow the community … to see how bringing about better food quality for the community can lead to a more just workplace and a more firm commitment to our Jesuit values,” Weaver said. “The principles of social justice as part of Georgetown’s Jesuit identity demand that employees of Georgetown are treated in a just manner.”

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

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TRACK & FIELD

Reher Shines in Return to Track PATRICK MUSGRAVE Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s track and field team began its indoor season early on Saturday, competing in a tune-up meet hosted by the Naval Academy in which several Hoyas turned in promising performances.

The Blue and Gray’s distance squad, coming off a mileageheavy cross country season, did not run its top athletes but still garnered first-place honors in two individual events.

Junior Michael Reher won the 1500 meters, breaking the tape with a solid time of 3:57.45. Reher bided his time for the first 900 meters of the race, sticking with the main pack of runners, but was able to aggressively take the lead in the final third of the race.

Reher made his move with about 600 meters left, outdistancing the field and picking up the win in convincing fashion. Reher was followed by another Hoya, freshman Andrew Ogle, who crossed in 3:58.72. Ogle, in his first race wearing a Georgetown uniform, was somewhat tentative through the first 1200 meters of the race but picked up the pace with 300 to go, running a blistering final 200 to close in on and almost catch his teammate.

“I was very happy with both Reher and Ogle. Their last three laps was when they were supposed to push the pace, and they did a great job there. Reher was train-

ing all fall for this event, so he is set for a great season,” Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Patrick Henner said.

Senior Bobby Peavey delivered another Hoya distance win, taking honors in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:23.30. Through 3200 meters of the race, the pace was comparatively slow, with the winner projected to come in around 14:36. Peavey, however, accelerated for the next 1000 and then put on a surge with 800 to go. Having outdistanced most of the field with 200 to go, he ran a blazing final lap to pull away from William & Mary standout senior Alex McGrath by one second.

“I’m really happy with how Peavey ran; he competed very well and executed his race plan.

He is in great shape right now, and we’re expecting great things from him this season,” Henner said.

The Georgetown 4x800-meter relay team took second place in 8:02.46. Leading off for the Hoyas was freshman Kevin Chen, who handed off to Reher for the second leg of the event. Running the third leg was senior Dylan Sorensen, and freshman Michael Minahan acted as anchor. “[During] our middle two legs, Reher and Sorensen did a pretty good job, but our first and fourth legs weren’t very good, to be honest — they are a little better than that. We were mainly just using it as an opportunity to get some

guys in the race, so we really weren’t concerned with the results of this race,” Henner said.

The Blue and Gray also fared well in the sprinting events, turning in a first-place, second-place and third-place performance.

In the 60-meter dash preliminaries, sophomore Tyler Smith ran a lukewarm time of 7.13, which put him into the finals as the No. 6 seed. The finals of the 60 were a different story for Smith, however, as he exploded with a time of 7.05, picking up the win in a photo finish over Hampton junior Quincy Neal.

“I think that Smith is ready for some big things this season,” Henner said. “Last year he was injured and there was never really a timeframe for him to open it up and sprint, so I’m expecting some good things out of him this year.”

In the 200-meter dash, the freshman pair of Mike Andre and Devante Washington took second and third place with times of 22.28 and 22.43, respectively. Andre and Washington are part of a promising freshman sprints recruit class that has the potential to accomplish great things.

“Andre and Washington are showing a lot of potential, and I think that they form the nucleus of a very good young sprinting group that we have,” said Henner.

Georgetown men’s track and field will be back in action Jan. 5 at the Father Diamond Invitational, hosted by George Mason in Fairfax, Va.

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Junior guard Samisha Powell (23) was on the floor longer than any other Georgetown player Saturday, racking up 11 points in 36 minutes.

Hoyas Deal Local Foes Lopsided Defeat COLONIALS, from A10 Georgetown responded with a 10-0 run to assume a 20-point advantage.

With just over six minutes remaining in the game, a layup by sophomore forward Brittany Horne gave the Hoyas a 65-44 lead — their largest of the contest.

“We made better decisions with the basketball [in the second half],” Brown said. “We had 25 turnovers and we weren’t really pressured. In the second half, when we cut down on our turnovers, we actually made good decisions and were a pretty good basketball team.”

Despite GW’s finishing the game on a 10-4 run, the Blue and Gray went on to claim the commanding 70-54 victory. Rodgers led all scorers with 22 points, adding a team-high eight rebounds as well as four assists and six steals. In total, Georgetown had four players in double figures, including White, who posted 15 points and five boards.

“Andrea can do a lot of things,” Brown said. “If she is healthy, I think she is going to have an outstanding season. … She is the number-two option, and her role had been identified before we even got started this season. She can do anything, and she is playing like it.”

Powell, meanwhile, contributed 11 points, and Wilson added another 10.

“Sydney is also stepping up. She has been having really good games. … Sydney has to get touches,” Brown said.

“Samisha is also starting to settle down in her role as a point guard.”

On the game, Georgetown shot a staggering 50 percent from the field, while GW only managed to shoot 36.5 percent. The Hoyas also outrebounded the Colonials 30-27 and forced 30 turnovers. Perhaps most impressive, however, was the team’s second-half performance, outscoring the Colonials 37-21 and outrebounding them by an 18-10 margin.

The Blue and Gray will next be in action tonight at Monmouth, with tip-off set for 7 p.m.

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England’s Hero Forever Changed American Soccer NATALIA ORTIZ/THE HOYA

Junior forward Steve Neumann had a hand in all three of his team’s goals Saturday, turning in a performance very much worthy of the all-Big East honoree that he is.

Snoh Provides Game-Winner SAN DIEGO, from A10 the run of play in the first half.

Still, legitimate opportunities on goal proved hard to come by for either side, as the teams combined for just six first-half shots.

San Diego managed to generate the two best looks of the opening 45, but both curling attempts would ultimately clear sophomore goalkeeper Tomas Gomez’s crossbar. Despite owning the better share of possession in the period, the Hoyas went into the break in a precarious position, having left the door dangerously open for the Toreros.

“In the first half, we really didn’t feel like we got in behind them well — we didn’t get really good chances,” said centerback Tommy Muller, a senior captain who missed the Sweet 16 game against Syracuse due to injury.

“The message going into the second half was to keep the ball but keep the tempo high; let’s get forward, and let’s try to get some chances.”

The Blue and Gray began to do just that when play resumed, but the goal that came in the 50th minute wouldn’t be their reward.

Instead, it was San Diego — threatening on set pieces all throughout the game — that beat Gomez on a corner-kick header from redshirt junior defender Julian Ringhof to silence the Hoya faithful and take a surprising lead.

As was the case against Syracuse, however, falling behind may have been just the jolt that Georgetown needed. This time around, the Toreros lent a hand in the comeback effort, as a lofted free kick from junior forward Steve Neumann fortuitously found the head of an opposing defender for the equalizing own goal.

What was perhaps a more rewarding tally came in the 73rd minute, as a brilliant ball from Neumann across the goalmouth found freshman supersub Melvin Snoh, who scored his first career goal in clutch fashion to put Georgetown up for the first time on the day.

“I just beat my guy to the spot, Steve put it in the right place and I was there to finish it off,” Snoh said.

Seeing Snoh — the lone substitute used in Georgetown’s second-round win over Charlotte — come through in such a big situation was no surprise to his teammates.

“Melvin’s always ready,” Riemer said. “Melvin has shown that he’s been ready since preseason — all of our freshmen have. They’ve stepped up and not played like freshmen. They’ve played like upperclassmen.”

Indeed, rookie defenders Keegan Rosenberry and Cole Seiler likewise showed no signs of their inexperience on Saturday, but it was the older Hoyas who were most essential in securing the win.

Neumann, named a Hermann Trophy semifinalist last Wednesday, was a particularly large force against the Toreros with his movement and vision.

He was once again in the thick of things with around five minutes left in the contest, as junior striker Gabe Padilla ran a wellorchestrated breakaway and set a goal up on a silver platter for the Pennsylvanian. But, in one of his few miscues of the day, Neumann’s one-timed left-footed shot missed the empty goal to keep things at a tenuous 2-1.

After another nicely played ball

by Neumann in the 88th minute, Riemer showed a bit more com-

posure. Hitting the post from inside the six-yard box, he calmly collected his own rebound and slotted home the insurance goal to seal passage to the next round and bring the house down.

“We all know Neumann’s a world-class finisher, and [his miss] wasn’t a problem for us,” Riemer said. “We knew that we were going to get another chance, and Neumann was nice enough to pass me the ball there, and I was lucky enough to get that finish.”

From there, Georgetown only had to play the waiting game, as the fans counted down the final 10 seconds before storming the field. And having pulled off a feat hitherto unaccomplished in team history, there was ample reason to celebrate.

Going into the season unranked and unheralded following a disappointing, tourney-less 2011 campaign, expectations were low. Stars like Ben Slingerland and Uche Onyeador were lost to graduation, and even with established standouts like Neumann and senior central midfielder Ian Christianson, the Blue and Gray lineup featured a number of question marks.

As a result, the Hoyas weren’t supposed to be here.

Unless, that is, you were to have asked them.

“It was something where we knew how good we were [coming into the season], whether the country thought it or not,” Muller said.

If Georgetown’s Big East regular season crown and tournament finals appearance hadn’t already done the trick, it’s safe to say that Muller and Co.’s Final Four berth now has the American soccer community at full attention.

CANDID CANADIAN, from A10 ESPN. “The only game that comes close to that massive number is baseball.”

Luker found that while children under the age of 13 played soccer in overwhelming numbers, high school norms and gender conventions led to the widespread shift to playing American football. Now, though, things are changing.

Whether it is a result of the most popular sports video game in the world, FIFA 13; of the fact that parents are prohibiting their kids from playing collision sports such as football and hockey like never before; or of the reality that lockouts in three of “Big Four” North American sports in recent years have turned some of those leagues’ fans away, men and women of all ages are taking up — and staying with — soccer.

Ten percent of Americans — or approximately 33 million people — consider themselves avid soccer fans. According to Luker, that’s only scratching the surface.

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“Based on the way it is trending, I believe global soccer will soon be four or five times bigger than it is today and MLS’ fanbase will triple or quadruple,” he said.

Without Messi and Ronaldo abroad and Thierry Henry, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane here at home, none of this would have been possible. David Beckham was the pioneer that cleared the way for stars to come to this league without fear of ridicule. With rumors of the possible arrival of Brazilian star Kaka and the under-the-radar recent signings of Australian midfielder Tim Cahill and Italian centerback Alessandro Nesta, MLS is no longer a league of retreads — it has become a force to be reckoned with. Soccer has finally come of age in America, and it’s time we gave Beckham the credit he deserves for raising it.

Arik Parnass is a sophomore in the College. This is the final appearance of CANDID CANADIAN this semester.

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Georgetown to Take On Texas at the Garden PAT CURRAN

Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown will have a chance to rebuild its image in front of a national audience tonight when it travels to Madison Square Garden to take on Texas (5-2) in the annual Jimmy V Classic.

The No. 15 Hoyas (5-1) took part in one of the ugliest games in the modern era of college basketball last Friday, a 3736 win over visiting Tennessee that left fans stressed out, reporters confused and Twitter comedians gleeful with the gold mine of new material — “#hoyas” was trending worldwide by the end of the night.

The performance, dubbed “Clankfest” in a Yahoo! Sports headline, featured sub-.500 marks at the charity stripe for both squads and no double-figure scorers for either. Bizarrely, the Hoyas’ offensive execution looked solid throughout the game — until the ball reached the rim, anyway — so Head Coach John Thompson III focused on shooting in practice leading up to tomorrow’s showdown with the Longhorns.

“We missed 17 or 18 three-foot shots at the rim,” Thompson III said. “We’ve just got to put the ball in the basket.”

Junior forward Nate Lubick, who missed the second half of the Tennessee game after banging his elbow on the head of the Vols’ Jarnell Stokes and subsequently losing feeling in his arm, was a partial participant in Monday’s practice.

He reports no lasting effects and will play tonight.

Lubick’s presence will be valuable against a Texas team that ranks among the best in the nation in rebounding.

The Hoyas’ frontcourt is already somewhat undersized, so going up against the Longhorns without their most experienced player could have been disastrous.

With its big man rotation intact, Georgetown will be considered a solid favorite to cruise to a win at the Garden tonight. But if that doesn’t play out, it’ll likely be due as much to backcourt play as frontcourt play.

While rebounding is their biggest strength — they rank 30th of all Division I teams — the Longhorns rely nearly completely on their backcourt for scoring. Sophomore guards Sheldon McClellan and Julien Lewis lead the team with 17 and 12 points per game, respectively.

Both, as well as freshman forward Ioannis Papapetrou, are capable of lighting it up from long range.

The latter point will likely make or break tonight’s game. For all the hype surrounding its length on the perimeter, Georgetown has proven itself somewhat vulnerable to three-point shooting this season. At their best, the Hoyas can smother opposing gunners; at their worst, they’re slow on closeouts and fall for too many head fakes. Against an offense as precise as Texas’, those mistakes could dig Georgetown a nasty hole.

“They do a very good job of getting the shots that they want to get,” Thompson III said. “They know what they’re looking for, they make sure they execute and they get those shots.”

The Blue and Gray jumped to No. 15 in yesterday’s AP poll despite Friday’s struggles, and a strong performance against the disappointing Longhorns will be necessary if they wish to justify the writers’ faith. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Lubick Leaves Early As Georgetown Survives TENNESSEE, from A10 guard Markel Starks hit a jump hook on the baseline. Five missed shots, six turnovers and three fouls later, the box score remained unchanged when the final buzzer sounded. It was no surprise, then, that no player on either squad scored in double figures.

Rebounding was a sore spot for the Hoyas, with the team grabbing only 29 boards, including just four on the offensive glass.

Thompson was quick to note that those blown chances — and a corresponding lack of defensive boards — led to points for the Volunteers.

“Out of that 36, I feel like 20 of those were on second shots. They got too many offensive rebounds,” Thompson said.

The rim was as unforgiving as the backboard for the Hoyas. Sophomore center Mikael Hopkins struggled to convert easy layups, shooting just 4-of-11 on the ballgame.

Porter and classmate Greg Whittington put up eight points and seven rebounds apiece, the best tallies for Georgetown.

The Blue and Gray also had to find a way to deal with the absence of junior forward Nate Lubick, who played just eight minutes — all in the first half — after sustaining an injury to his elbow, the severity of which is not yet known.

“I don’t know what happened. He hurt his elbow,” Thompson said. “We’re going to get it X-rayed when we get back to school.

[There was] a tingling sensation in his fingers.”

Regardless of the prognosis, Thompson was forced to improvise in the second half.

Porter Jr. moved into the post, and sophomore guard Jabril Trawick filled the gap on the wing.

Trawick, who played a season-high 30 minutes, notched seven points and grabbed four rebounds. But Starks and freshman guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera were quieter, with the junior chipping in four points and DSR notching just two.

If there was one factor the game hinged upon, however, it was shooting at the charity stripe. The Volunteers were a woeful 3-for-11 from the line. Georgetown fared slightly better, going just for 4-for-9.

That was mostly due to Hopkins, who missed four of his eight attempts while committing four fouls, a pair of which seemed avoidable.

While connecting on all nine three throws could have padded Georgetown’s victory, Tennessee’s 27.3 percent shooting on 11 shots from the stripe would have reversed it. In fact, that free-throw mark trailed even the Volunteers’ 32.6 percent shooting from the floor.

Those were all hallmarks of a heartpounding but truly bizarre late November slugfest for the Blue and Gray that left Thompson searching for a comparison.

And at the end of his postgame press conference, he found one.

“Actually, I have been part of a game like this,” Thompson said. “I was 8, playing at St. Anthony’s. Score was 13-11. I had 10. We won.”

The Hoyas will return to action Tuesday when they travel to New York City to play Texas in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. That game, which will be televised on ESPN, will tip off at 7 p.m.

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Scanner Errors Cause Delays Outside Verizon LINES, from A10 “We arrived relatively late, so we thought the line would be a little bit shorter thought the line would be a little bit shorter, but it went on and on and on,” Lily Cowles (COL ’13) said.

“There were 11 minutes left in the first half [when we got in], and we got here about 6:25 p.m.”

The actual product on the court was worrying, as well — Georgetown shot just 36.4 percent from the field to 4-2 Tennessee’s 32.6, ultimately prevailing by a single point in an ugly 37-36 win that included a scoreless final four minutes.

Just as the Hoyas will look to shoot better in future contests, more traditional start times and more student experience with the new system should help alleviate the lines. Both of these issues were

cited in Georgetown’s statement on the long lines and the steps they will take the alleviate the problem.

Friday night’s game was also the best attended of the season so far. Verizon Center boasts a basketball capacity of 20,600 people but the arena posted only slightly more than that number in the Hoyas’ first three home games. The low point was the Nov. 14 contest against Liberty, which drew a paltry crowd of 6,743.

There were 13,656 fans to see the Blue and Gray take on the Volunteers, the biggest crowd since last season’s home finale.

“There are obviously a lot of benefits to this new ticket system, but clearly all the kinks haven’t been worked out yet,” Tyler Sax (COL ’13) said.

Hoya Staff Writers Evan Hollander and Sarah Patrick contributed to this story.

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Rims Unkind to Hoyas, Vols

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Sophomore forward Greg Whittington (2) had a team-leading eight points and seven rebounds against Tennessee in addition to pitching in with his usual strong work on defense.

PAT CURRAN

Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown looked to Friday night’s SEC-Big East Challenge matchup with Tennessee as a chance for another convincing win in front of a national audience. They got half that.

The No. 15 Hoyas (5-1) pulled out an ugly 37-36 win over the Volunteers (4-2) at Verizon Center, finishing with their lowest point total since the 1984 championship season.

On the offensive end, the game was about as poorly played as it gets at the Division I level. The 6-of22 shooting performance in the first half was despicable, as was the 4-of-9 mark from the line. Neither team scored in the last 4:10 of the game, and the eight-rebound deficit in favor of the visitors left much to be desired. Still, the final box score doesn’t tell the whole story.

This wasn’t the typical kind of “ugly” game we’re used to seeing out of Georgetown. The offensive execution actually looked crisp for the most part, and the team committed only nine turnovers. There was no flat opening or mid-game energy lapse, no sloppy passes or blown opportunities.

No, this was just a case of flatout bad shooting.

“Most of tonight I don’t feel was about tactics. The ball just didn’t go in,” Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III said.

The Hoyas couldn’t connect from long range, midrange or even three feet from the basket, where sophomore forward Mikael Hopkins missed uncontested layups and short turnaround jumpers throughout the first half.

Usually automatic sophomore forward Otto Porter was off on his

midrange jumper and finished 4-of-11 from the field. Sixth man sophomore guard Jabril Trawick connected on Georgetown’s only three-pointer of the game in seven attempts.

Switching ends seemed to help the Blue and Gray briefly — they opened the second half with an 11-2 run, converted on several fastbreaks and generally looked ready to bust the game open. But the lid returned to the rim after a few minutes, and the end of the game was, somehow, nearly as unsavory as the first half.

As bad as the Hoyas were, though, the Vols were much, much worse.

Tennessee shot 15-of-46 from the field, including 3-of-16 from beyond the arc. The Vols’ 3-of-11 performance at the charity stripe was the worst this writer has ever witnessed, and the team very narrowly escaped shot clock violations on several key possessions.

Thompson III noted his squad’s defense as a positive in an otherwise frustrating outing.

“It’s easy for a young team, when you’re not scoring, to stop playing defense.” Thompson III said.

The Georgetown 2-3 zone left the visitors visibly flustered; star sophomore power forward Jarnell Stokes was limited to four points on only three shots, a testament to the effectiveness of the defensive scheme against dominant post players. That result has to be comforting to the legions of fans who saw post defense as one of the Blue and Gray’s biggest question marks going into the year.

Less comforting, though, was the elbow injury junior Nate Lubick suffered while pulling down a rebound in the first half. Georgetown’s starting power forward

wore a sleeve on his left arm and sat out the second frame after reporting that his fingers had gone numb. Thompson III indicated that Lubick would undergo X-rays after the game, but an injury that kept the Hoyas’ most experienced player out for the entire second half of a tight game does not bode well.

It’s hard to pinpoint the exact cause of Georgetown’s horribly off night. It wasn’t any brilliant stand

by Tennessee — the Vols played straight man defense for much of the game, and the Hoyas never appeared particularly flustered with their opponents’ scheme.

It wasn’t sloppiness. While Porter Jr.’s bewildering dropped pass on the Hoyas’ last possession will be burned into fans’ minds for months, offensive miscues were the exception rather than the rule Friday night. In fact, Georgetown committed a season-low nine turnovers.

It wasn’t the absence of a dominant scorer, either. Lubick plays an important role in the offense, sure.

But he’s primarily a facilitator, and the Hoyas had 11 assists on their 16 made field goals Friday. Whittington, Starks and Porter all had little trouble getting open, and the offense generally looked polished.

In the end, you can probably chalk up Friday’s 1920s-throwback performance simply to the basketball gods putting lids on the baskets in a game between two teams already inclined to grind out a defensive battle. With a little extra layup and free-throw practice, Georgetown should be back in its usual 60-to-70 point range against Texas on Tuesday.

At least, we hope so. The TV viewers of America don’t deserve to be subjected to another showing like Friday’s.

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Good Deeds Go Unseen in Sports

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ports are often dirty. There is a lot of tension on the field, and we relish the aggressiveness and chaos of the competitive culture. Lately, though, this has unfortunately led to scandal, controversy and foul play. Frankly, I am tired of all the negativity.

Thankfully, a story from last week changed my spirits, as NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo became synonymous with the proverbial “spirit of Christmas.” While on patrol, the 25-year-old cop bought a pair of boots for a homeless man lying on the street near Times Square. A picture of the act was posted on the NYPD Facebook page, where it has been viewed over 1.6 million times.

It is an inspiring and heartwarming story, as well as the kind of moment that makes you wonder whether you would do the same. Sometimes it takes a Facebook post capturing a spontaneous moment of goodwill to change our minds and direct our sympathy. Of course, it is not only figures like DePrimo that we can look up to these days.

While children everywhere idolize athletes for their performances on the field, court or ice, it is important to remember that many are on the front lines of philanthropy as well. You already hear about the big names quite a lot: Lance Armstrong, who has raised more than $400 million to fight against cancer; Magic Johnson, who founded a highly successful HIV-awareness program; Doug Flutie, who is one of the strongest advocates for autistic children.

Derek Jeter, Muhammad Ali, Cal Ripken Jr., Jeff Gordon and many others have created their own charities and foundations. There

are deep, personal connections to the communities involved, as many athletes have suffered from disease or injury and want to help others experiencing the same problems.

Some do it to make amends for past transgressions. After running a dog-fighting ring for several years, Michael Vick now performs

Nick Fedyk

Unfortunately, the good side of people does not sell as many papers. charity work with animal rights groups, even appearing at speaking events to promote the cause.

Penn State, meanwhile, participates in children’s charities after going through a horrendous child abuse scandal this year. After such serious falls from grace, the road to redemption is indeed a steep hill to climb. But one way or another, they have resolved to pay back the debt they feel they owe to society.

Although there is such goodwill in sports, it is often pushed aside by the headlines. There are drug busts, dirty hits, money laundering, nasty fights, foul language

and sex scandals. When our supposed role models betray our trust in these ways, it is often a struggle to relate. At other times, the opposite is true, and the heroes in facemasks and eye-black seem too famous and too popular to know what it is like to live down on our level.

Yet this stipulation is not quite accurate. For every coach or player that does something completely asinine, there are many more who make positive contributions to society. Maybe I’m too optimistic, but I firmly believe that campaigns like “NBA Cares” and partnerships like the NFL and United Way of America are more than just publicrelations stunts. That they are genuine. That players do care.

With all of their flashy plays and fabulous contracts, athletes could easily just soak it all in and live in their own bubbles. Some certainly do, and you hear about them a lot in the media. The guys that do not get covered as much are the ones that perform those humble acts of service. You are more likely to hear about Ndamukong Suh kicking a quarterback in the groin than Larry Foote paying for the funeral of a complete stranger.

Unfortunately, the good side of people does not sell as many papers. But there is a good side. You can see it in a $400 million charity, a $75 pair of boots or a priceless smile on the street. It does not have to get reported, but at the very least it should be recognized.

Nick Fedyk is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

This is the final appearance of MORE THAN A GAME this semester.

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Men’s basketball Head Coach John Thompson III

Men’s basketball’s field goal percentage Friday night against Tennessee, a game that the Hoyas nonetheless won.

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GU Prevails Over UT Hoyas Through to College Cup In Defensive Battle EVAN HOLLANDER Hoya Staff Writer

In a gritty battle of two defensive juggernauts, it was No. 15 Georgetown’s defense that succeeded on the final play Friday night at Verizon Center, sealing a tough-to-watch 3736 win over Tennessee.

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Sophomore guard Jabril Trawick played a season-high 30 minutes in Friday’s slugfest.

“I don’t know whether it was pretty or ugly or what, but I know I’ve never been part of a game like that,” Head Coach John Thompson III said.

The same could be said for the Volunteers. Down one with 23 seconds left in the game, Tennessee inbounded after an errant pass went through the hands of the Hoyas’ star sophomore forward, Otto Porter Jr., leading to Georgetown’s ninth and final turnover.

Tennessee could not capitalize, however, as senior guard Skylar McBee missed a fadeaway three with five seconds to play. The Volunteers secured the rebound, but Jordan McRae missed a last-ditch attempt, which was pulled down by Whittington as the Verizon Center — packed for the first time this season at 13,656 — erupted in pandemonium.

The sloppiness on the final play was indicative of offensive struggles for both teams, a futility that led to the Blue and Gray’s fewest points in a victory since a 1984 NCAA tournament win over Southern Methodist.

Both teams went through long scoreless stretches, although none seemed longer than the last of the game.

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Comeback against San Diego books first-ever Final Four appearance RYAN BACIC

Hoya Staff Writer

The goal all season was the Big East tournament semis. As the Georgetown men’s soccer team (19-3-2, 6-3-0 Big East) hits the road again next weekend, though, it finds itself on the brink of an even greater accomplishment.

Carrying lessons from their Big East tournament hardship with them, the Blue and Gray completed a dramatic second-half comeback Saturday in their Elite Eight matchup with San Diego (14-9-0, 9-3-0 West Coast Conference), as late goals from freshman forward Melvin Snoh and senior midfielder Andy Riemer helped book a spot in the program’s first-ever Final Four.

“We’re just proud to be Hoyas,” Riemer said afterward. “We’re proud to be the first Hoya team to get to the Final Four, and we’re going to keep on making history and continue this streak as long as possible.”

Buoyed by a packed house that left a good portion of the raucous crowd outside the North Kehoe gates, Georgetown dominated the

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Freshman midfielder Melvin Snoh picked a good time to put away the See SAN DIEGO, A8 first goal of his collegiate career, scoring the go-ahead in the 73rd minute.

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Ticketing Rodgers, White Instrumental in GW Win Issues Lead To Lines CAROLYN MAGUIRE Hoya Staff Writer

RYAN BACIC

Hoya Staff Writer

The struggling Tennessee men’s basketball team might have been put to better use Friday night, as a group of additional volunteers was desperately needed at Verizon Center ticket gates prior to game time.

In Georgetown’s first big draw since installing the revamped card system for season-ticket holders, lines outside the Chinatown arena stretched down F Street, as many students were not able to enter until late in the opening half.

“There was a large number of students who arrived via Metro at nearly the same time, many students were

“There were 11 minutes left in the first half [when we got in], and we got here about 6:25 [p.m.]”

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using their ticket cards for the first time and some were attending a game for the first time ever,” a Georgetown spokesman said in a statement.

“There was a minor issue with regard to digital ticketing, but that issue was addressed and resolved quickly. We’ve been very pleased with the response and results in our first year of digital ticketing but understand that there may be minor issues here and there.”

Disappointment was rife with students who experience the long wait times.

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Junior forward Andrea White contributed 15 points and five rebounds in her team’s rout of George Washington this weekend.

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (6-2) followed up a tough weekend test against La Salle with a 70-54 win against George Washington (5-3) Saturday.

The Hoyas got off to a slow start, and after an 8-2 run by the Colonials, the Blue and Gray found themselves in an early 18-10 hole. GW would then go on to extend its lead to 10 with 6:27 remaining in the first half.

“We made bad decisions in the beginning of the game,” Head Coach Keith Brown said. “Hopefully if we start making better decisions, we will have better starts. It is not that we are playing poorly — we just are not making good decisions with the basketball. When they calm down a little bit and relax, [they] have the tendency to play better.”

With just over five minutes remaining in the first half, the Hoyas — sparked by a jumper from senior guard Sugar Rodgers — went on an 8-0 run to come within two points of the Colonials. The Hoyas would

later tie things at 26 on a put-back by freshman forward Logan Battle with 2:52 left in the first half.

The remainder of the half was back and forth, as the Colonials and the Hoyas continued to exchange baskets and entered halftime knotted up at 33.

The Blue and Gray came out firing in the second half, though, forcing GW turnovers on defense while capitalizing on the opposite end. Contrary to their slow start in the first half, the Hoyas opened the second half with a 19-4 run to give themselves a 52-37 advantage. During this key run, Georgetown received contributions from Rodgers, junior forward Andrea White, senior center Sydney Wilson and junior point guard Samisha Powell.

The Colonials ended the run by hitting a trey, which cut the Hoya lead to 52-40, and would crawl to within 10 on its next possession by converting two free throws. But that was the closest GW would come for the remainder of the game, as See COLONIALS, A8

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Beckham’s Influence Grew Soccer Fanbase

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his past Saturday, more than 4,000 students, parents, media personnel and fans reportedly saw the Georgetown men’s soccer team dispatch San Diego in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men’s College Cup. Only a few hours later, David Beckham lifted his second MLS Cup over his head in front of a record Home Depot Center audience of 30,510.

On the surface, the two may seem like isolated events, but — maybe in a stretched narrative sense — they are both indicative of the strides soccer has made in North America since 2007, when England’s most prominent superstar crossed the Atlantic.

At that point, soccer was an af-

terthought in the American sports the world. Whether it was with sochierarchy. The United States’ success- cer enthusiasts or fangirls, Beckham ful World Cup qualifying campaign increased the visibility of the sport and the league in America of 1990 and the founding like nobody else could of Major League Soccer have. A crucial late-season in 1994 were just the first match between Manchester steps taken to put the sport United and Manchester City on the map, but soccer was last year — broadcast live on still in its infancy. In 2007, ESPN on a Monday afterBeckham joined a small noon — attracted 1.033 milleague with 13 teams and lion viewers. It was 1/17th an average attendance of the average NFL audience, 15,504. Now, after playing his final game with the LA Arik Parnass sure, but still the best U.S. audience for a Premier Galaxy, he leaves a growing League match ever. That empire with 19 clubs and higher attendance figures — 18,807 number is sure to continue to rise.

Soccer may be the future of Amerper game — than the NHL, the NBA and all but six other soccer leagues in ica, but it is also the present. Rich

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Luker, a 59-year-old baseball-loving social scientist and the brains behind the ESPN Sports Poll, has found that three soccer players — Lionel Messi (16th), Beckham (20th), and Cristiano Ronaldo (24th) — rank among the 50 most popular athletes in America.

According to Luker, despite its recent success, soccer is underperforming in this country. He was one of the minds behind the founding of MLS back in the early ’90s, as he realized that there was a large demographic just waiting to be served.

“We discovered 30 percent of American households contained someone playing soccer,” Luker told See BECKHAM, A8