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KEEPING FAITH

Religious life at Georgetown goes beyond Dahlgren Chapel.

THE GUIDE, G8

EDITORIAL GU football should follow its conferece peers and offer merit-based aid.

FRATERNITIES Two upstart Greek groups work to establish themselves on campus.

MEN’S SOCCER The undefeated Hoyas hope to continue their winning ways on the road.

NEWS, A4

OPINION, A2

SPORTS, A10

Discipline GU Explores Growth Beyond Hilltop Change Delayed Braden McDonald & Laura Zhang Hoya Staff Writers

GUSA asks Olson to expedite approval of new evidentiary standard Annie Chen

Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association urged Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson to approve changes to the Code of Student Conduct’s evidentiary standard in an open letter sent Sept. 5.

Last spring, the Disciplinary Review Committee, which is composed of students, student affairs administrators and university faculty, passed a resolution recommending that the burden of proof for all disciplinary actions be raised from the current standard of “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing.”

“The [student conduct] system appears unpredictable and opaque, and few students view their interactions with the Office of Student Conduct as a learning experience. More specifically, many students have noted that the ‘more likely than not’ standard is inherently arbitrary in that it allows for a significant degree of uncertainty and individual error in the Code of [Student] Conduct judicial process,” the letter read.

Current policy rules that a student will be found responsible for a disciplinary violation if the arbitrator believes the student was “more likely than not” responsible for the transgression. The new standard would demand a higher level of certainty from the adjudicator and would apply to all violations of the Code of Student Conduct, except incidents of sexual assault, for which the U.S. Department of Education mandates a “more likely than not” burden of proof.

After the DRC passed the recommendation, GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) posted an idea on the h.Roundtables IdeaScale site, urging students to support the recommendation.

The idea garnered 346 votes and elicited a response from Olson.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: TIFFANY LACHOME, TIFFANY LACHOME, MONICA SONI AND LEONEL DE VELEZ/THE HOYA

GU has been expanding beyond the Hilltop for decades. Clockwise from top left: Healy Hall, the School of Continuing Studies in Clarendon, Va., the GU Law Center downtown and the Medical-Dental Building on Reservoir Road.

With its growth potential thwarted by space restrictions in Georgetown and limitations imposed by the 2010 Campus Plan agreement, the university has begun to look beyond its main campus for a place to expand.

Georgetown has operated satellite campuses for its Law Center and School of Continuing Studies for a century, but administrators have suggested that this new location would relocate a wider variety of programs, including graduate programs, away from main campus.

SCS recently announced plans to consolidate its three locations into a new 91,000-square-foot facility, dubbed Georgetown Downtown, in Mount Vernon Square, and the university has hired developer Forest City Enterprises to develop a strategy for further long-term expansion in D.C. While an Aug. 26 report in The Washington Post said that Georgetown is eyeing a tract of land of about 100 acres either next to RFK Stadium or on park land in Ward 8, Chief Operating Officer Chris Augostini said that the university’s master plan for expansion See EXPANSION, A6

Seminars Help Freshmen Ease Into Academic Life Sarah Patrick Hoya Staff Writer

Amid the chaos of freshman year, Ignatius Seminars offer a comfortable setting in which students can acclimate to the rigors of collegiate academic life.

Designed exclusively for first-year students in the College, Ignatius Seminars were instituted in 2006 by former Dean Jane McAuliffe. Since then, the program has expanded from six seminar offerings to 11 this year.

According to Dean Chester Gillis, the seminars’ main objective is to introduce first-year students to intellectual life at Georgetown.

“The idea of these courses is for first-year students to have someone they can look to as a mentor … and have someone to introduce them to university life during their first year and hopefully in the future as well,” he said.

Gillis personally selects all Ignatius Seminar professors, who then

teach a seminar for the next three years.

“I want someone who will invest himself or herself in this seminar in a personal way. This is not just another course. It means developing a relationship with 15 other students, and I am looking for people who are good at that and want to do it,” Gillis said. “If you take this seminar, these students will know you really well.”

The group of professors chosen to lead the seminars spans nine university departments and includes University President John J. DeGioia.

For the past three years, DeGioia has taught “Working on Ourselves: Imagination, Interior Freedom and the Academy,” which explores the opportunities that are available in the context of the university as they relate to establishing one’s own sense of self.

According to DeGioia, the course encourages students to scrutinize the meaning of authenticity.

“Part of [the course] is an explora-

tion of what it means to decide and act on our most deeply held values and the obstacles we confront that prevent us from doing that,” DeGioia said.

According to DeGioia, freshman fall is a perfect time to take the course, since it serves as a period of exploration and experimentation for new students.

“The most powerful thing is watching the trajectories of students. … We were all first-years once.

We all had different expectations … and this material requires a certain kind of approach that has to be learned,” he said. “Watching the material come alive is the most powerful experience that you can have.”

Department of English professor John Pfordresher, who teaches “Italy and Imagination,” said that the small, discussion-based nature of the seminars also helps acclimate students to a potentially overwhelming university teaching style that consists mostly of lectures.

“Many faculty members have

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Students attend “Shifting Selves: Changelings and Doubles.” been concerned about how some incoming first-year students find themselves in several large See IGNATIUS, A5

ANC Nominates GCP Co-Chair, Talks Trash

GETTING THE WORD OUT

Braden McDonald

Student Affairs Todd Olson, were also present at Tuesday’s meeting to assure local residents of GeorgeAdvisory Neighborhood Com- town’s commitment to maintainmission 2E Chair Ron Lewis was ap- ing the promises made during the pointed co-chair of the Georgetown negotiations in the spring.

Community Partnership, a body Lauralyn Lee, who is set to bedesigned to provide a forum for come the resolving issues university’s between the “It’s not that we promassociate vice university and president of its neighbors, ise that there will be no community enat the ANC’s more noise in the gagement and monthly meetstrategic initiaing Tuesday. neighborhood.” tives this fall, The partnertold the audiTODD OLSON, ship was a key ence that the VP for Student Affairs element of the university is in 2010 Campus Plan, which was ap- daily conversations with neighborproved by the D.C. Zoning Com- hood groups to lay the groundwork mission this summer after being for the successful implementation revised in a series of private talks of the agreements reached in the between Georgetown administra- campus plan. tors and representatives of neigh“We are really extremely comborhood groups. mitted at every level to enter this Top Georgetown administrators, including Vice President for See ANC, A5 Hoya Staff Writer

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The Social Innovation and Public Service Fund held an information session for interested students Thursday.

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Friday, september 7, 2012

THE VERDICT

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EDITORIALS

GU Punts on Merit Aid

The Patriot League — the athletic conference in which Georgetown plays football — announced earlier this year that its members may give merit-based athletic scholarships to football players. The university has, for now, declined to make this change.

We fail to understand why.

The university offers only need-based aid to football players, although other Georgetown sports programs have long used merit scholarships as an asset in recruiting. Director of Athletics Lee Reed recently told The Hoya that although most schools in the Patriot League have taken advantage of the policy change, “That’s not what we’ve been or what we want to do.”

It remains unclear why, when other Georgetown sports teams already offer merit aid, football should be any different. We maintain that merit-based aid will provide a net benefit for the football program and for all of Georgetown athletics.

The football program is on an encouraging, competitive trajectory, and merit-based scholarships would compound this continued growth. The team, which won an unexpected eight games last year and fell just short of the Patriot League championship, risks falling

behind its competition if it doesn’t remove this self-imposed handicap. Reed noted in his interview that Georgetown is “running out of schools” with the same aid policy, leading the team to schedule more out-of-conference games this season.

Unfortunately, it’s hard not to interpret the decision to forgo merit-based scholarships as anything but complacency with mediocrity on the field. The football team should be allowed to pursue the levels of success reached by other programs on campus, and its players — who commit a huge amount of time on the university’s behalf — should be given the same financial support that their competitors and Georgetown athletic peers receive.

Even if Georgetown never becomes a football powerhouse, a consistently successful program led by players on athletic scholarships would offer more to the university than just reason to cheer. Alumni relations, university visibility and revenue are just a few off-field areas that would benefit from putting more points on the scoreboard.

We believe that the potential benefits of merit-based aid to the football program, both in terms of competitive and financial success, fit the mission of Georgetown athletics.

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Blue, Gray and Green — In an initiative to make Georgetown’s campus more green, new water bottle filling stations will be installed throughout campus.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

‘Quirky’ a Poor Characterization

ANC Chair Wrong for GCP After two years of grueling campus plan negotiations, it’s clear that Georgetown’s relationship with the neighborhood is, at best, strained. Unfortunately, the appointment of ANC 2E Chair Ron Lewis on Tuesday as co-chair of the Georgetown Community Partnership dims hopes that this new body can change the course of town-gown relations.

The partnership was created this summer to oversee execution of the 2010 Campus Plan and future issues between the university and its neighbors.

But granting Lewis a commanding seat at the table promises to make the GCP an extension of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E — in short, more of the same.

The GCP, at least as we envisioned it, could have provided a fresh start for neighborhood relations by providing an opportunity to conduct negotiations outside of the often combative environments of ANC meetings and D.C.

Sunset Boulevard — Necessary electrical upgrades have been made to seven university townhouses on 36th Street for future solar panel installations.

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Not That Einstein — Einstein Bros. Bagels recently opened on the third floor of Regents Hall. The chain store offers a limited selection of bagels, sandwiches and coffee drinks.

To the Editor:

The article “Beyond 101: Quirky Classes Enliven Fall Course Offerings” (The Hoya, A5, Aug. 31, 2012) named April Yoder’s “Sports in the Americas” as a novel approach to learning history. However, it’s important to know that scholarly approaches to athletics and culture are not new at Georgetown.

I have taught “Athletics and Gender” for the women’s studies program every year since 1997; it often has a waitlist of 70. During my first years teaching at Georgetown, professor Lisa Bowleg was also offering a

Zoning Commission hearings. But this move gives Lewis too much authority as spokesperson for the community. He was deeply involved in the gridlock during campus plan talks, and it’s naive to think that giving new titles to the same characters can change the dynamics of future negotiations.

We would like to see leadership of the GCP extended to include new members of the surrounding community, allowing fresh voices to be part of the discussion. We’d also appreciate greater student inclusion, especially after students were shut out of the final campus plan negotiations. It’s worrisome that organizers of the initiative have yet to suggest any kind of formal leadership positions for students in the GCP. It’s time to make progress with town-gown relations. But if the creation of the GCP was one step forward, the Lewis appointment is two steps back.

course on sport and society; and this year, visiting professor Holly Thorpe (on a Fulbright from New Zealand) is here teaching INAF-310, “Sport and National Identity.”

All of us are published scholars, working not only with Georgetown’s outstanding athletes but with students from every major (and country), and our coursework is thoroughly challenging. Quirky? Not according to the hundreds of students I’ve taught.

Bonnie Morris Adjunct assistant professor Women’s and gender studies program

1789 PROBLEMS by Arturo Altamirano

Seniors Kicked to the Curb As juniors moved into new housing at the start of this academic year, the weight of finding a living space for senior year was already upon them. While the university can’t be expected to provide housing next year for all of these students, it could do more to facilitate such a demanding search.

The Georgetown housing lottery system is designed to give the greatest preference to rising juniors. Housing is guaranteed for only three years, and an earlier housing pick gives rising juniors the best chance at claiming an attractive townhouse or apartment. Seniors are generally granted much lower numbers in the housing lottery. Because of this system, lottery groups made up of rising seniors are seriously disadvantaged. Such groups often don’t even qualify for university housing and must take their search for a home off campus.

Off-campus housing in West Georgetown and Burleith is both scarce and expensive.

The process to obtain leases in these areas is extremely competitive, forcing many students to start knocking on doors and talking to landlords a full year before the start of their lease.

If soon-to-be seniors prefer on-campus housing — often for financial reasons — they must wait until October or November to find out if they qualify. Those who aren’t granted university housing are then faced with even fewer options and less leverage off campus.

The university should notify students sooner of on-campus housing availability for senior year so as to better align with the search cycle for off-campus locations. While the university’s off-campus housing website provides some rudimentary information, it lacks an extensive list of landlords and houses that would provide more substantive help to students.

It’s understandable that the university expects most seniors to leave the on-campus nest, but it doesn’t have to shove them out of it.

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CORRECTION The article “Campus IT Gets Upgrade” (The Hoya, A1, Aug. 31, 2012) incorrectly stated that Chief Innovation Officer Michael Wang is a junior in the College. Wang graduated from the McDonough School of Business in 2007.

The article “The New Normal: Work Without a Wage” (The Hoya, G8-9, August 31, 2012) incorrectly stated that Basil Bastaki was 19 years old and David Lizza was 18 years old. Bastaki is 18 years old and Lizza is 19 years old.

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OPINION

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

THE HOYA

TO OUR FRESHMAN SELVES

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VIEWPOINT • Diasti

For GU Perfectionists, NHS Not Just a Sorority A Fresh Take on Failure T F is not taking advantage of the opportunities on ailure.

If there’s one thing that we overachiev- the Hilltop that are right in front of you. Some ing, Type-A Georgetown students can all things along the way may not work out, but sympathize with, it’s the fear of failure. After all, those moments after you come up short can be we’ve grown accustomed to succeeding. We all some of the most liberating of your life — if you arrive at the front gates of Healy armed with our realize that you gave it your best shot.

After all, true failure isn’t a lack of success; accomplishments, academic and otherwise. As a student at Georgetown, you have probably al- rather, it’s a lack of trying. It’s not staying up ready traveled the world, won a state title in your until 4 a.m. with a friend when he needs it. It’s sport, been named valedictorian of your high not studying for that test because you’re afraid school — all while volunteering 100 hours a week. it won’t make a difference. It’s not applying But although you’ve finally made it and you’re for that internship because you’re certain you won’t get it. True failure inhopefully at the school of your volves a conscious decision dreams, there’s still one loomnot to try. ing question: Now what?

One of our favorite quotes Just the other day, when comes from Theodore Roosyou stepped into the obscenely evelt when he lost the New crowded hallway in Leavey York City mayoral election, Center and were bombarded only to become the youngwith an avalanche of options est president in the nation’s at the Student Activities Fair, history a few years later: a stark reality hit you: You ac“The credit belongs to the tually have to apply to particiman who is actually in the pate in a club or activity. Welarena, whose face is marred come back to the bottom of Lauren Weber & John Morris by dust and sweat and the food chain. What you did blood; who strives valiantly; before was great, but it really who errs, who comes short doesn’t mean much anymore.

You now have to prove yourself After all, true failure isn’t again and again … who at the best knows in the all over again.

You can apply for things a lack of success; rather, end the triumph of high achievement, and who at like the Lecture Fund and the it’s a lack of trying. the worst, if he fails, at least Blue & Gray tour guides, or try fails while daring greatly, so out for the squash team. As that his place shall never be you get older, you may run for editor-in-chief of THE HOYA or put your hat in the with those cold and timid souls who neither ring during a GUSA Executive election. You can know victory nor defeat.”

Keep this sentiment in the back of your even try to maintain that perfect GPA you had in mind as you decide whether to jump head-first high school.

Most if not all of these things may slip right into your college experience. Looking back, you through your fingers. For the two of us, every- won’t regret getting cut from some club sport thing in the previous paragraph did. And while or chatting up someone cute in Leo’s. But we the tour guides might institute a new rule that can guarantee that you will regret not going prevents students from applying more than five out for the team or not mustering up the courconsecutive times, each attempt at trying to get age to make that first move. Georgetown is your involved will benefit you in some way or other. oyster — go out and do something with it.

So here’s to the start of the year and, more It’ll prepare you for that eventual day when — importantly, to the start of 1,580 Georgetown somehow — you succeed.

That is what’s important to remember, espe- careers. If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s cially as we kick off another school year: We are to put yourself out there. We did. all going to fail at things, whether it’s getting accepted to some club or getting an A in every class. Lauren Weber is a senior in the College. She But if you look at these failed attempts as reasons is chair of the Board of Directors for THE HOYA. to never try, to never reapply or to never get in- John Morris is a senior in the College. He is volved, then you are entirely missing the point of chair of the Board of Directors for Students Georgetown. of Georgetown, Inc. TO OUR FRESHMAN SELVES The most egregious form of failure, we think, appears every other Friday.

ALWAYS ON THE SUNNY SIDE by Sania Salman

VIEWPOINT • Olson

Olson Defends Party Policy L ast week, THE HOYA editorial board shared its views on changes to the oncampus party policy (“New Policy a Party Foul,” THE HOYA, A2, Aug. 28, 2012). I thought it was important to articulate why I believe the change is fair and favorable to students. As the university undergoes a master planning process to transition to a more residential campus focused on undergraduates, there are many opportunities to enhance the student experience. Lifting the party registration requirement is an important first step — a down payment on our commitment to make it as appealing for students to socialize on campus as it is to socialize off campus. The goal is to invite social life on campus, not to suppress it.

We are pursuing our plans to transition to a more residential campus as thoughtfully and comprehensively as possible. Student voices are a critical component of shaping the policy and programmatic changes that are under consideration as we work to find a rebalance in student social life. To do this, we will establish a working group composed of students, faculty and administrators that will spend the year discussing and examining how best to achieve this new balance. Opportunities for broad student input will be a key part of this work.

This change is a step toward making our campus more vibrant and decreasing the bureaucracy that students often find challenging as they attempt to relax and socialize safely. The change was made possible in large part by students holding parties in responsible and reasonable ways. As we examine our policies, we feel it is important to continue our “I Know How to Party” training, which many students have reported as

being helpful. It may have a simple name, but it has been effective in reminding students of the responsibilities and expectations associated with hosting social events.

THE HOYA’s editorial portrays the New South Student Center as a consolation prize, offered instead of the Healy Pub. That is simply not true. From the start, plans for the NSSC have included a student pub — a destination where alcohol will be served.

Other attractions, including food, music and a comfortable and welcoming space, will also be available for students. The NSSC was planned long before the proposal to bring back Healy Pub. In addition to the new pub, the NSSC will feature spacious lounge areas, small group study rooms, a new ballroom similar in size to Copley Formal Lounge, a Corp location and dance studios. It will also showcase a wonderful outdoor terrace overlooking the Potomac, courtesy of student generosity and commitment through the Student Activity Fee Endowment referendum process.

These amenities were developed though consultation with students and are designed for students’ benefit.

These changes are not efforts to confuse students but to empower them and to make our campus a welcoming place to live and study. The transition the university will undergo offers opportunities for student voices to develop our policies and our social spaces, shaping our Hilltop for years to come. I look forward to the productive results that will come from our work together.

TODD OLSON is vice president for student affairs.

elling someone you’re in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, especially as a guy, always renders interesting social situations.

When I tell people that I am part of the NHS, I usually get an intrigued “Oh!” and responses that usually follow the likes of, “So, are you going to be a murse [male nurse]?” or “Oh my god, you’ve come out of hiding.” That’s usually followed by requests that I diagnose a condition that, most of the time, isn’t actually there.

I assumed that some of this confusion was the result of my being male in what is assumed to be a female-dominated school. I’ll even admit that I was made a little curious and a tad uncomfortable by that fact in the beginning.

But now that I truly understand the NHS and its significance to Georgetown, that discomfort has transformed into appreciation and admiration.

Georgetown’s NHS comprises four majors: human science, nursing, international health and health systems administration. I am an international health major with a pre-med concentration. The NHS is much more than just a place where people exclusively study nursing.

The school is embodied by its commitment to fostering an environment that teaches students to be more than health professionals and administrators. Instead, we are urged to come up with solutions to the issues that affect people’s health all around the world. As a student here, I have been exposed to professors who have made significant contributions to their fields, yet still found the time to have long conversations with me about my goals and interests. They taught me to develop a passion and follow it.

I have used these skills to participate in very non-NHS types of organizations on campus, such as the Philodemic Society and Georgetown University Student Investment Fund. When I participate in these organizations, I wear my NHS colors proudly and value the perspective that being in the school has given me.

While I have made my love for the NHS clear, I can’t deny that the gender disparity crossed my mind at times.

I would ponder why my gender seems to be turned off to the concept of the NHS and whether I am somehow emasculating myself by being a student in the school.

The women who surround-

ed me in the NHS helped me realize the absurdity and narrow-mindedness of this thought process. No offense to my fellow guys out there — you’re great, too — but I must give credit where credit is due. The women of the NHS have an ability to combine their work ethic with an amiability that makes them a pleasure to work with. I learn from them, they learn from me and the result is a wonderful group dynamic where it is not a boy working with a girl but a collaboration between two individuals with equally assiduous personalities.

What does it mean to be a guy in the NHS? It is the pleasure of working with faculty who seek to develop you academically and personally. It is being pushed by colleagues who force you to think critically, come up with answers and carry yourself with conviction.

In a sense, being a guy in the NHS is about gaining the skills that make you a man.

So to my fellow guys out there, do not pity the time I spend in classrooms with women who impress internally and externally. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

KEVIN DIASTI is a junior in the School of Nursing and Health Studies.

VIEWPOINT • Panzer

T-Shirts, Tables and Terror

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o, not the Student Activities Fair. Anything but that, please.

While most of our peers seemed to be having a good time chatting up peppy club presidents, I was having a meltdown.

The excursion had begun innocently enough: “I want free cookies,” my roommate announced. Yes, another roommate and I agreed. Free things are good. We donned our sunglasses and struggled up the hill to campus, an activity that would account for our entire exercise regimen that day. As the front gates came into view, something felt odd. Where were the people? Why was campus so quiet?

I had anticipated the event would take place outdoors, in that yard thing past the main gate, where we would be able to escape from any overly enthusiastic club recruiters.

There would be no shortage of air, and no risk of dying in a stampede. We would stock up on free snacks, refuse to give out our e-mail addresses, make a quick getaway and settle into a table in Lauinger Library.

Clearly, I had never actually been to one of these events before. As a socially awkward transfer student, I have long been averse to large gatherings of Georgetown students.

Having never lived in a freshman dorm, I often feel like I am missing some key element, like I’ve shown up late to a lecture. So I spend my free time sitting in my room combing my hair over my eyes and writing emotional poetry.

Just as we were reminiscing about the good times we had in Henle avoiding feral rodents and always registering our parties, the swarm appeared. Thousands of students in graphic T-shirts with baked goods and causes were approaching us, spilling out of the dense crowd packed into the Leavey Center. With a persistence that I can only muster when I am being graded or paid, they had meticulously outlined their missions, values and interests on colored poster board.

I should have known it was not the best environment for someone with claustrophobia and a hangover. But lured by the aroma of brownies baked from scratch, we entered the fray, and things took a turn for the worse. Though I tried to keep up with my friends, we were quickly separated.

Lots of strangers were being friendly to me, and my dehydrated brain was not coping well.

I needed a distraction. But everyone was concentrating his or her energy on other

people’s problems — teaching English to inner-city schoolchildren or raising money for cancer research. What about my problems? I whined to myself.

I ambled around the tables, trapped in a sea of strangers who were standing way too close to me. I was frantically texting my friend, who tried to explain to me how to leave.

You just go down the stairs, she informed me.

Somehow I managed to escape through the hotel and wandered back to my house.

“How are you recovering?” my roommates asked.

“I’m still processing my emotions,” I replied, huddling under a pillow, processing my emotions.

I talked to more Georgetown students at that Student Activities Fair than I did all last year. Even though I scared most of them away, I learned a valuable lesson on Sunday: Georgetown is full of some smart, creative people who can handle hangovers much better than I can. The fair was a serious struggle for me, but since I survived, I might even go to a basketball game this year. Because that’s what college is about, young freshmen: challenging yourself.

KARA PANZER is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

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New Frats Diversify Greek Life at GU EMMA HINCHLIFFE Hoya Staff Writer

The first few weeks of fall semester are always a whirl of activity for student groups; club leaders rush around campus, attempting to establish their organizations’ appeal to wide-eyed freshmen and uncommitted upperclassmen.

This is especially true for Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a fraternity founded in February by a group of 24 then-freshmen, which is now trying to recruit its second-ever class of pledges.

SAE leaders say that operating as an upstart fraternity on a campus that does not recognize Greek organizations comes with a unique set of challenges.

Though fraternities’ primary appeal is usually the opportunity to be a part of a historic organization, SAE’s founders must find a way to raise awareness and recruit new members without the benefit of long-standing traditions and institutional memory.

“One thing that distinguishes us from [other Greek organizations] is the fact that we’re new and building this from the ground up,” Recruitment Chair Nick Baker (COL ’15) said.

“They’ve settled into their ways, and we’re hitting our stride and figuring out what this group’s going to become.”

But before new fraternities can

focus on what they aim to become, they must first find a way to establish themselves on campus.

Due to the university’s dissociation between the university and Greek life, students who lead fraternities and sororities at Georgetown rely on assistance from their respective national organizations.

“Since last fall, when I started making phone calls, we haven’t gone through the university at any [time],” Christian Keenum (MSB ’15), founder of Georgetown’s SAE colony, said.

“We’ve tried our best to see what other frats and nonrecognized groups are doing so we don’t push any boundaries.”

According to Keenum, SAE sought advice from Adelfi, a female group on campus that was founded in a similar manner in 2004, during the beginning stages of its venture last year. “We’ve had help from Adelfi, asking them how you deal with [different topics] … so we don’t make Georgetown angry.”

Similarly, unofficial faculty advisors and local brothers helped the founding members of Phi Iota Alpha, a local chapter of a national Latino fraternity, establish a presence on campus last spring.

“We’ve experienced a ton of alumni support in the area,” the PIA President Christian Veliz (COL ’14) said. “They provide resources for us that we hope to expand to campus.”

Veliz said he decided to launch the

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The founders of Georgetown University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon colony welcomed its first group of pledges last spring.

fraternity at Georgetown in an effort to provide more institutional support for Latino students.

“We all felt a bit of discontent with the [Latino] community here,” he said.

“Our organization prides itself on preservation and promotion of Latin American culture, and it’s based on the idea of pan-Americanism.”

Meanwhile, Keenum’s goal of establishing a chapter of SAE at Georgetown arose from a personal connection.

“My brother was [in] SAE at the University of Michigan, and when I looked around for frats, I really liked what SAE modeled: the true gentleman,” he said.

“The ‘true gentleman’ is basically the ideal that SAE lives and dies by. It defines the characteristics that every SAE brother must uphold.”

Last fall, Keenum first began the process of fostering an SAE presence on campus by gauging his peers’ level of interest in the project.

“I started a Facebook thread among all my friends to see if they were interested in helping me start SAE at Georgetown,” Keenum said.

Keenum initiated a conversation with the SAE national advisers in response to enthusiastic feedback about his idea, and SAE Eminent Supreme Archon — the national president of SAE — Ken Tracey later visited campus.

While still only a colony, SAE plans to gain charter status in the fall of 2014.

According to Keenum, becoming chartered is an 18- to 24-month process; however, the colony believes it can attain its goal within 12 months. “[The national organization] provides us with goals that we have to meet for each month,” Keenum said. “Currently, for the next three to four weeks, our goal is to get good quality men to join our colony and educate them on the rules and values of SAE.” Though SAE is mainly a social fraternity, the members participate in community service and organize philanthropy events. The group plans to partner with the Children’s Miracle Network and the Wounded Warrior Project, a program that provides services to injured soldiers as they transition to civilian life.

According to Keenum, maintaining the national traditions of the fraternity while beginning new traditions at a non-Greek school will serve as both a challenge and an advantage.

“We want to be unique, and we still want to follow the SAE traditions and

have our own identity,” Keenum said.

“This environment allows us to be ourselves within a national organization.”

SAE has come under scrutiny in the last year because of its hazing habits at other colleges. The brothers at Georgetown said they believe that this is where Georgetown’s unusual atmosphere could be an advantage.

“At a traditionally Greek school, you have certain expectations. Here, since we don’t have that … we [have] the ability to do all the good stuff without doing all the bad stuff,” Baker said.

With a turnout of over 100 people at the Student Activities Fair, SAE will likely expand greatly from its current 39 members.

Meanwhile, PIA, which is the oldest Latino fraternity in existence, appeals to a more specific community at Georgetown.

Veliz said he believes that Phi Iota Alpha offers a unique way for members to embrace Latin culture. “[PIA’s] goal is to cultivate young Latinos into men with high moral values who are leaders and professionals in their communities,” Veliz wrote in an email.

Throughout the semester, PIA’s six brothers will focus on celebrating and sharing Latino culture and history with other Georgetown students.

They plan to fundraise for nonprofit organizations, host celebrations for Latino events and educate the campus about Latino history on a weekly basis though Twitter and Facebook.

They did not set up a table at the Student Activities Fair and do not plan to actively recruit new members.

“Recruitment is largely internal.

The group hasn’t come to a decision about what we should do. Membership is open to everyone, but the process itself is intended to be selfselective,” Veliz said. “We think that for new students coming here [who] would be first-semester freshmen, it would be a huge commitment — one they might not be ready for.”

As the two groups continue to grow, Zack Hubbard (MSB ’13), president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said he is happy to see other Greek organizations on campus.

“We love to see more fraternities starting at Georgetown, because having more students in Greek life gives the university and administration the opportunity to see that there are a lot of positives that come with fraternities and sororities,” Hubbard said.

Ross Discusses Uprisings EMMA HINCHLIFFE Hoya Staff Writer

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dennis Ross spoke about the Arab Spring and its implications for the Middle East in an event sponsored by the Program for Jewish Civilization on Thursday.

Ross, who has served as an advisor to Presidents Bush, Clinton and Obama, joked about his bipartisan career.

“I spent a long time working with Arabs and Israelis; I figured I might as well work with Republicans and Democrats,” he said.

His lecture, titled “The Arab Awakening and Its Implications,” focused on the events in the Middle East, describing them as an ongoing awakening rather than a fleeting spring, and the future of Iran and Israeli-Palestinian relations.

“It may not have been easily predictable when this would take place, but it was predictable that if change came, Islamists were going to have all the advantages in the early going,” he said.

Ross explained that the environment created by rulers like Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian politician and military leader, resulted in all organized resistance occurring in mosques, separate from the secular arena.

Ross also discussed steps that Israel and Palestine both must take in order to achieve peace, relating the conflict to events in the broader Arab world.

“Both on the Arab Awakening and the issue of peace, the circumstances are dramatically different than they have been, but there is always something to be done. And only when you decide there is nothing to be done do you make that a self-fulfilling prophecy,” he said.

Students who attended the lecture were pleased by Ross’s foreign policy expertise.

“I’m a total standard SFS nerd and I followed Ross before I came here, so I was very excited,” Charly Jaffe (SFS ’13) said.

Ross currently teaches a course entitled “Statecraft and Negotiation” in the International Affairs program.

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GUSA Holds Forum on NSSC Lily Westergaard Hoya Staff Writer

University administrators and student leaders elaborated on plans for the New South Student Center at a Georgetown University Student Association forum Thursday evening.

The 16500 square foot center will include a general common room, separated by casual, formal and dining areas. Dining facilities will run a pub-style restaurant and Students of Georgetown, Inc. plans to open a new food service operation, a madeto-order salad and smoothie shop, which was recently approved by the university.

Although the university aims for the space to serve as a hub for student life on campus, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said that office space for student clubs and organizations will not be incorporated into the center. “[Incorporating club spaces into NSSC] would squelch the living room atmosphere,” he said.

GUSA President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) echoed Olson’s statement.

“We don’t want it to be another Leavey Center,” she said.

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town, Inc. CEO and President Michael West, the university administration asked The Corp to brainstorm a new food service operation for the NSSC earlier this year.

Joseph Tattoni, an architect with ikon.5 who attended the forum, said the space will include individual study and meeting rooms and an arts component. Tattoni also said the design will incorporate as many environmentally friendly features as possible.

According to Tattoni, the design stage will continue through spring 2013 and the final price of the project will be announced in February. Construction will commence in spring 2013, and last until fall 2014.

Gustafson praised the NSSC design process, saying that it has allowed students to share their input on the future of the university.

“I think this has been a really great process in which the architects have been very interactive with the students,” Gustafson said.

Olson added that the university will be organizing further discussions between students and university administrators throughout the year to brainstorm other ways to foster a more engaging social environment on campus.

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Commissioners Lewis and Ed Solomon were quick to laud the new cooperation between the university and surrounding community.

“What is really new is that [we are] in partnership with the highest levels of the university,” Solomon said. “This is result-oriented. A new day has come. The university has a lot invested, and we have a lot invested.”

But Commissioner Bill Starrels spoke more cautiously, saying that he still has not seen any concrete outcomes from the programs implemented as part of the campus plan agreement.

“I want to be optimistic,” he said.

“I have still heard some behindthe-scenes complaints. I just want to see the results. That’s all we’re looking for.”

Olson assured the audience that the university is taking measures to keep noise to a minimum on neighborhood streets. These initiatives range from the elimination of the party registration requirement to make on-campus partying a more attractive option, increasing latenight programming on campus on weekend evenings and moving Magis Row housing from 36th to 37th

Street.

“It’s not that we promise that there will be no more noise in the neighborhood. I don’t want to be unrealistic,” Olson said. “But we want to make the neighborhood as livable and workable as it can be.”

The university met with neighborhood groups earlier on Tuesday to discuss trash removal procedures.

“We had an outstanding meeting … with [Georgetown] and … we’re coming to realize that the university is serious about this part of the key issue of the campus plan,” Commissioner Jeff Jones said. “We’re going to work together … to address this common issue of trash, rats and property maintenance. It’s really important, and we appreciate the university’s doing that.”

Apart from the campus plan proceedings, the meeting’s agenda was dominated by discussions about downward trends in area crime.

John Hedgecock, lieutenant for Metropolitan Police Department’s police service area 206, which contains Georgetown, told the audience that most forms of crime have decreased since last year.

Most notably, automobile theft more than halved, dropping from 32 to 15 cases. In addition, aggravated assaults with a weapon dropped to eight cases in 2012 from

15 in 2011. The only type of crime to see an uptick between 2011 and 2012 was theft, which increased by more than 10 percent from 372 to 410 cases this year. According to Hedgecock, most of the thefts were instances of shoplifting, and most of the crimes this summer occurred east of Wisconsin Avenue, especially in the 2900 block of M Street.

Hedgecock attributed the overall reduction in crime in part to the heightened presence of reimbursable MPD details funded by the Georgetown Business Improvement District.

Commissioners thanked audience members for their patience during the restoration of O and P Streets, which included the replacement of water mains and local service connections, repavement and the restoration of the historic streetcar tracks. The 20-month project concluded last month.

“This is a rare public works project,” Lewis said. “It was a very long time in coming, but it managed successfully … to combine both the highest standards of … engineering safety with the highest standards of historic preservation.”

Lewis added that service of the G2 bus line, which was suspended during construction, will resume before the end of the month.

Seminars a Unique Experience for Students and Faculty IGNATIUS, from A1 enrollment classes and feel enmity and may get turned off [because they] feel like one of many,” Pfordresher said.

According to Peter Jorgensen (COL ’15), a student in department of government professor James Lengle’s seminar, “Following in the Framers’ Footsteps: Rewriting the Constitution for the 21st Century,” the class eased his transition to campus life during his freshman fall.

“Everyone was in the same place — transitioning to college — so being with a small group of people who were in the same position and who held, to some degree, the same interests you did was a great way to get acclimated,” Jorgensen said.

Capped at 15 students, the seminars encourage students to work

closely with their classmates and professors. According to department of Slavic languages professor Marcia Morris, many students form strong bonds during the first semester.

“There is something about this particular seminar where everyone really wanted to be there — isn’t doing it for some particularly practical purpose — that brings them all very much together,” Morris said. “[My students] learned to respect each other. … There gets to be a camaraderie.”

Students praised the intimate setting of Morris’s class, “Shifting Selves: Changelings and Doubles,” which they said facilitated the formation of friendships.

“My favorite part was how supportive professor Morris was. … She offered so much advice on things

not even related to the class and genuinely cared about how we were all doing,” Gianna Maita (COL ’15), who took Morris’s seminar last year, wrote in an email. “I miss the rest of the class. We all became friends.”

Professors say they also benefit from the close-knit community formed in the seminars.

“It’s been a joy for me, getting back with a small class of first-year students,” Lengle said. “It has reinvigorated my enthusiasm for teaching because of that one-on-one relationship you can have with the students in this setting.”

Gillis encourages Ignatius Seminar professors to bolster their courses with unusual approaches to the material of their choice.

“It’s a perk for the professors as well as the students because the professors get to teach anything

they want. And it doesn’t have to be anything in their field,” department of Spanish and Portuguese professor Barbara Mujica, who teaches the seminar “Faith, Fiction and Film,” said.

The seminars are also unique because the university grants each professor a $2,000 stipend to fund activities outside the classroom.

“The best part about [the seminar] is the chance to extend our interaction beyond the classroom,” department of psychology professor Jennifer Woolard said regarding her course “Creating and Sustaining Community.”

According to students, time spent outside the classroom is often the most enjoyable aspect of the seminars.

“My favorite part was the times when we went out to dinner as a

class and got to talk about what we were reading at [The] Tombs instead of a classroom in the ICC,” said Bo Julie Kim Crowley (COL ’15), a student in Morris’s seminar.

Although the Ignatius Seminars do not fulfill any College general education requirements, many professors said they believe this makes the courses more appealing.

“It doesn’t count for anything. Everyone is there because they choose to be there. It’s small, personal,” department of history professor John Tutino said of his seminar, “Us and Them: The United States and Mexico in Film, Literature and History.” “I have historically … thought that the best [students] to teach [are] first-semester freshman. They are engaged, interested and have not yet learned from upperclassmen to take their education for granted.”

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A $5 million donation to the Washington National Cathedral will expedite post-earthquake repairs.

$5M Donated to Cathedral Braden McDonald Hoya Staff Writer

One year after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake shook the District last August, causing substantial damage to the Washington National Cathedral, the church has received a $5 million donation for repairs from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment, a private philanthropic foundation that supports community development, religion and education.

The donation covers a quarter of the estimated $20 million in damage to the cathedral, a sum that officials say will facilitate the first substantial repair to the cathedral’s limestone edifice.

“The Lilly Endowment’s generous gift of $5 million … really is transformative in our ability

to officially begin the restoration phase, which started with laying the first repaired stone in the tower a couple of weeks ago,” Richard Weinberg, director of communications for the cathedral, said.

Though millions of dollars have already been spent on repairs caused by the earthquake, most of the funds have been funneled toward strengthening the building’s structure.

“Over the first year, we were doing stabilization work.

We were removing damaged stonework from the building and were able to safely reopen after being closed for 10 weeks after the earthquake,” Weinberg said. “Future work is really dependent on funding.”

Weinberg added that the prioritization of future repairs

will be determined by a volunteer task force, which is due to produce a report in October.

“We have a host of experts that are volunteering their time in the fields of construction, engineering [and] architecture. … As we go about restoring the cathedral, we have to consider how to best steward the funds,” Weinberg said.

The Washington Monument, the other main D.C. landmark to be damaged by the earthquake, has also benefited from major philanthropic gifts. According to the National Park Service, which runs the monument’s website, philanthropist David Rubenstein made a $7.5 million donation in mid-January. Combined with funds from Congress, Rubenstein’s grant is sufficient to complete the full repairs to the monument.

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Student Conduct Office To Undergo Review DISCIPLINE, from A1 He said that the issue required careful consideration because the DoE requires a “preponderance of evidence” standard for sexual assault cases.

“I appreciate everyone’s comments on this important issue. I want you to know that this is a complex issue, on which the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has recently issued guidance,” Olson wrote in response to Gustafson’s IdeaScale post last year.

In response to Olson’s concern, the open letter stressed that the DRC’s recommendation would still maintain the “preponderance of evidence” standard for sexual assault cases.

According to GUSA Chief of Staff Jake Sticka (COL ’13), GUSA and Olson maintained ongoing conversations throughout the summer. “[In] the initial weeks, he said that he was doing fact-finding, trying to figure out what peer universities were doing and whether or not this would be a good move for Georgetown,” Sticka said. “From May through July, we had several conversations with [Olson] about it. Throughout that time, he said he was considering it and still was personally conflicted and didn’t know how he felt about it.”

Gustafson said that in the end of July, the Office of Student Conduct decided to invite other universities to conduct an external review of the office to take place at the end of September. The review will include the examination of the Division of Student Affairs and its staff and the Code of Student Conduct.

Gustafson said she was not sure if the external review was prompted by the DRC’s recommendation or if it was merely routine. However, she indicated that the review will likely delay Olson’s decision.

“Now Dr. Olson is talking about how he will wait until after the review is over and … the reviewers have turned in their report, which we suspect won’t be until January or the end of December,” Gustafson said.

Sticka explained that Olson believes a review of the entire office will allow him to examine the change of the burden of proof standard in a more holistic manner. But Sticka pointed out that the DRC has already conducted extensive research and undergone rigorous discussion on the change.

“I think some elements of the conduct office certainly could benefit from a holistic review, but clearly, this standard isn’t one of those things that is necessary for a review,” Sticka said.

Olson said he wants to have the standard addressed during the external review.

“I take the recommendations of the Disciplinary Review Committee seriously and am thoughtfully reviewing this issue. As we are holding an external review of the Office of Student Conduct and related policies later this month, I have decided to add this issue to the set of issues on which the reviewers will advise us,” Olson wrote in an email.

Both Gustafson and Sticka expressed disappointment about Olson’s delayed decision, especially when compared to the speed at which the Code of Student Conduct was changed this summer as a result of 2010 Campus Plan negotiations.

“We saw a lot of changes made to the … Code of [Student] Conduct coming out of the campus plan in a process that students were not involved in,” Sticka said. “It’s discouraging to see that ad hoc process take precedence over a longstanding committee that has looked at this issue for a long time, especially considering [that] there were no students involved and there were students involved in the DRC.” According to Sticka, students and faculty expressed concerns about the lack of movement on the issue since the recommendation was first made in April.

“I think it’s our hope that the letter will convey to [Olson] the seriousness with which the students have looked at this issue and also convey to him the degree to which [GUSA] and other campus organizations are really willing to push for this,” Sticka said.

Olson said he will wait until after the review to make his decision.

DDOT Plans Streetcar Line Kelly Church Hoya Staff Writer

The District Department of Transportation is developing plans for a 37-mile streetcar system that may bring streetcars back to Georgetown for the first time in over 50 years, pending approval by neighborhood groups.

DDOT has already begun construction on a track along H Street and Benning Road, which it plans to open by next summer.

This 2.2-mile track, which includes a stop at Union Station, is a small fraction of the planned 37-mile streetcar system that will eventually link all eight wards of the District. DDOT plans to complete the construction in phases and has outlined a 22-mile priority track.

The 22-mile priority track includes a “One City Line” that will run from Union Station to an unspecified location in Georgetown. According to John Lisle, a DDOT spokesman, this could have many benefits for the area.

“It means more transit options for the residents of Georgetown, the students there, people who visit Georgetown, people who shop there, people who work there,” he said.

Lisle also cited the new system as a way to address the limited parking space in the neighborhood and surrounding area.

The system could have drawbacks, however.

According to Bill Starrels, commissioner on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, there is a possibility that neighborhood groups will not approve the new plan.

“A concern was the potential of an overhead wire, which would be a conflict for the historical nature [of the area], but overall we’d pretty much

like to see streetcars as part of the transportation plan for Georgetown,” he said. “We’re a historic district and that would have to be approved … not just [by] the commission but also the Old Georgetown Board and Commission for Fine Arts.”

Overall, Starrels was supportive of the new transportation opportunities, and said that hopefully new technology would eliminate the need for aboveground wires.

“I think streetcars would be wonderful for Georgetown,” he said While a timeline for the future tracks has not been set, DDOT issued a request for information on June 26 asking the private sector for feedback on the prospect of privatizing the streetcar system to accelerate the construction process. They have since received 20 responses to the request and plan to begin reviewing them over the next two months.

According to Lisle, responses came from around the world.

“We received 20 responses from some of the biggest names in the industry,” he said. “We have plans for the streetcar system, but we don’t have concrete plans for what this scenario or arrangement would look like if we did a public-private partnership with an outside firm or team of firms. … I would imagine that with 20 submissions there’s probably a wide variety of ideas put forward.”

As its next step, DDOT will begin reviewing information submitted by industry experts and considering the best options for the streetcar system.

“We would take that information and … put it out there for bid to say, ‘This is exactly what we’re looking for; who can provide it?’” Lisle said.

Broader Vision Includes GU Downtown Expansion EXPANSION, from A1 will shift and develop based on input from students, faculty, Forest City and neighborhood groups.

“The [plan for 100 acres] is just a proxy. We don’t know what that will mean actually,” Augostini said. “We have to take information from the process we engage our students and faculty in and determine where would be the best place to grow going forward.”

Augostini’s office has helped facilitate Hoya Roundtables, which gather feedback from students and faculty to determine necessary changes to main campus and generate input on possible expansions.

Augostini said that the university will primarily look to expand into less desirable parts of the city that are set to be gentrified in the coming decades. He cited Forest City’s track record of helping transform run-down areas such as the Navy Yard in southeast D.C. as a main reason the university selected the developer.

“Because of our constraints, particularly financially, we want to have someone here [who] is able to take very interesting sites that might today be unappealing but would have really strong future value,” he said. “Georgetown is an institution that with a very small endowment, competes with the very wealthiest institutions.

We need to be creative [and] energetic.”

Gary McManus, spokesman for the Wash-

ington office of Forest City, said that the firm’s wealth of experience in D.C. made it a good fit for the project.

“Georgetown recognizes that it is a challenge in a metropolitan area like … D.C. to find a large plot of free land open for development,” McManus said. “Forest City has taken on many largescale D.C. projects in the past … so we have the insider knowledge on how to make the most out of the area.”

University administrators said that Georgetown’s intent to situate further expansions outside zip code 20007 was pivotal in bringing about the compromise with neighbors that ended the 2010 Campus Plan negotiations. But Augostini insisted that his office has been compelled to explore new sites for a host of reasons, not just backlash from neighbors.

“We began the conversation last fall, and then as we began to have larger conversations it became clear … that [hiring a development consultant] was something we needed,” he said.

“It actually far preceded the discussions with the community in terms of the neighborhood settlement. … We’ve tried to divorce this process from the campus plan.”

Augostini added that this master plan, which spans 20 or more years in scope, ends an era of short-term thinking that has afflicted towngown relations in the past.

Hoya Staff Writer Sarah Kaplan contributed to this report.

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The first phase of renovations to Dahlgren Chapel took place underground to restabilize the structure’s weak foundation. The second phase will begin this fall.

Chapel Revamp Ongoing Bebe Albornoz

“The chapel is still being renovated, so I haven’t really noticed anything new. I’m sure it will look great when they finish, but for now, it pretty much looks the same as last year,” Michelle Mohr (COL ’15) said.

While the heavy construction period came to an end as classes began last week, work on the exterior of the chapel will continue throughout the fall semester.

According to Manhattan Construction Group Project Manager Greg Davis, the chapel’s stained glass windows were removed for cleaning and will be reinstalled after the building’s foundation settles.

The windows’ historical glass has been preserved entirely, and Davis expects the windows to be reinstalled by the beginning of November.

The majority of the interior work will focus on the relocation of the organ, whose pipes will stand along the Sacred Heart windows on the west facade of the chapel.

“The relocation of the organ will place it directly behind the altar and near to where the choir stands, which will be much better for sound,” Bleck said.

In an article last winter (“Dahlgren’s Interior Plan Unveiled,” The Hoya, A4, Feb. 10, 2012), students, faculty and priests voiced concerns about the location of the tabernacle,

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Renovations to Dahlgren Chapel are well under way as the fall semester ushers the community back into the worship space.

The two-year, $8 million restoration of the chapel began in 2011 with a leadership gift of $6.2 million dollars from L. Francis (CAS ’75, LAW ’78) and Kathleen (SFS ’77) Rooney.

This summer, the Manhattan Construction Group drilled 110 micropiles which will balance the chapel on bedrock, providing better foundational support. Once the foundation is repaired, attention will turn toward the chapel’s interior, where the university hopes to paint, update seating and move the organ.

Gina Bleck, project manager for Manhattan Construction Group, expressed surprise that the Rooneys were willing to donate to the project.

“We’re amazed that the Rooney foundation [was] willing to donate to something that will largely go unseen,” Bleck said. “Nevertheless, the work is so important to maintaining this structure for hundreds of years to come.”

Students who attend mass at Dahlgren said that signs of the construction are noticeable but not entirely disruptive.

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“I am particularly disappointed by the failure to restore the tabernacle to its proper place in the center of the church,” Kieran Raval (COL ’13) said. “In initial discussions about the renovation, this was seen as a goal, but that has been revised.”

According to Bleck, the tabernacle will remain on the right but will be more visible when visitors enter the chapel, and the Paschal candle will also be moved to a more obvious location.

“People who want to come into the chapel for private prayer will now be able to see the tabernacle more easily,” Bleck said.

But the deadline for the restoration is still unclear because the progress of construction is dependent on raising the remaining necessary funds.

According to Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. (CAS ’88), alumni and couples who were married in the chapel have aided the renovation process by making both large and small donations.

“A $200 gift from an alumnus means just as much to me as a $20,000 gift because it shows that Dahlgren Chapel means something to them,” he said.

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Hoyas Open Big East Play Jan. 5 Full Schedule Released Evan Hollander Hoya Staff Writer

The Big East conference released its master schedule Wednesday morning, setting the dates for all of Georgetown’s 18 league games. The Hoyas’ nonconference schedule was released in July.

Georgetown opens Big East play on Jan. 5 with a 2 p.m. game at Marquette, which finished 27-8 last season, losing to Florida in the Sweet 16. In their two games against the Blue and Gray last year, the Golden Eagles won, 83-69, at Bradley Center in March after having succumbed to a furious Georgetown rally in an early January date at Verizon Center.

The Hoyas return to Washington on Jan. 8, when they take on Pittsburgh in a 9 p.m. game that will be televised on ESPNU. The Panthers struggled amidst high expectations last season, finishing 22-17 and missing the NCAA tournament. They did, however, hang a 72-60 loss on the Hoyas in January, although Georgetown romped, 64-52, in their matchup in the Big East tournament.

St. John’s will welcome Georgetown to New York on Jan. 12 in a game that airs on ESPN. The Red Storm was 13-19 in 2011-12 and lost twice to the Hoyas, both by double-digit spreads. Head Coach Steve Lavin has landed a stellar recruiting class, though, and the Johnnies seem to be on the upswing.

Another league cellar dweller, Providence, will be next on Georgetown’s dance card, with the Friars heading to Washington on Jan. 16. Like St. John’s, Providence missed out on the postseason after finishing 15-17 last season.

Georgetown won both of its games against Providence in 2011-12, with each turning into a low-scoring defensive battle.

On Jan. 19, Georgetown heads to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida.

The Bulls, who finished 22-14 last year, boast the reigning Big East coach of the year in Stan Heath. The Hoyas thrashed USF, however, when the two teams met last February, notching a 75-45 win.

To complete their Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, the Hoyas will head from sunny Tampa to snowy South Bend, Ind. on Jan. 21 to play Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. in an ESPN Big Monday game. The Irish finished 22-14 last season and dropped a 59-41 bruiser to the Hoyas in the teams’ lone meeting.

Louisville, last year’s national semifinalist and a squad tipped by many as the Big East’s best, will come to Verizon Center on Jan. 26, a Saturday, for a noon game on ESPN. The Cardinals won last year’s Big East tournament — as part of a late charge that included eight straight wins — before falling to eventual national champion Kentucky, 69-61, in the Final Four.

That is the first act of a three-game homestand for the Hoyas, who face Seton Hall on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and once again take on St. John’s on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. The Pirates, who narrowly missed last season’s NCAA tournament, finished 21-13 in 2011-12 and lost in the second round of the NIT. They did, however, defeat the Hoyas, 73-55, in a late February matchup. The rematch with the Johnnies will air on CBS. On Feb. 9, Georgetown heads north to Piscataway, N.J., where they take on

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Rutgers. After briefly improving two seasons ago, the Scarlet Knights returned to form last season, finishing 14-18 and losing, 52-50, to the Hoyas in a mid-January matchup.

JTIII and Company return to the District two days later, where they get a second crack at Marquette in a game that is set to air on ESPN. Then, on Feb. 15, Georgetown will rematch Cincinnati, the team that crushingly ousted it from last season’s Big East tournament when it travels to the Queen City for a 9 p.m. game, also to be carried by ESPN. The Bearcats, another Sweet 16 team, lost to Ohio State in their final game last season.

DePaul, the Big East’s worst team last season, is up next for Georgetown, with the Blue Demons slated for a 7 p.m. trip to Verizon Center on Feb. 20.

DePaul, 3-15 in the league last year, lost, 83-75, in the teams’ sole meeting last season.

The end of Georgetown’s most storied rivalry begins on Feb. 23, when the Hoyas take on Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. That 4 p.m. game is the first of two meetings between the two teams and will be the last chance for the Syracuse faithful — except those that somehow always manage to fill the upper rings of Verizon Center — to see the rivalry that began when John Thompson Jr. declared Manley Field House “officially” closed. If Georgetown fans can’t make the trip to upstate New York, they can catch the game on CBS. Another tough road game follows on Feb. 27, when Georgetown will travel to Connecticut. That 7 p.m. game, which will be shown on ESPN2, should give the Hoyas another chance to ding the Huskies, whom they pummeled, 58-44, on Feb. 1 last year.

The Blue and Gray close the regular season with three games during the school’s spring break. First up is a March 2 9 p.m. home rematch with Rutgers. Georgetown students who are away will be able to catch the game on ESPNU. Georgetown travels to Villanova, a perennial foe for the Hoyas, for a 7 p.m. date on March 6. Georgetown swamped the Wildcats last year, winning, 67-46, in what was a down year for Head Coach Jay Wright’s team, which finished 13-19 on the season.

The game will be carried on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Finally, as previously announced, Georgetown will conclude its regular season — and its conference rivalry with Syracuse — on March 9. That noon game, televised as part of ESPN’s College GameDay program, will mark the final renewal of the conference rivalry.

Although the game falls on the second Saturday of Georgetown’s spring break, a large crowd is still expected, and some students have already adjusted travel plans to account for the game.

Georgetown’s regular season begins Nov. 9 when the Hoyas play Florida in the Carrier Classic aboard the USS Bataan, a Navy ship anchored off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla.

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quickly after being thrown into tough situations early on. Still, Wiese attributed a large part of the freshmen’s growth to the upperclassmen.

“The young guys are doing a great job of playing ‘follow the leader’ with the older guys,” he said.

And as the younger players continue to follow the veterans, the Blue and Gray will look to follow their four wins to date with two more on this weekend’s trip.

Illinois-Chicago (1-2), first up on Friday, boasts a win at Ohio State and a narrow loss at Marquette as the most recent entries on their resume. The Marquette game took place last Friday, however, meaning that the Flames will have had plenty of time to rest and prepare for their matchup with the Hoyas.

“They’ve got some very good attacking players, and [since] it’s their first home game, that generates a little bit of excitement from their point of view, so you have to deal with that,” Wiese said. “If we can find a way to get a result on the road against this team, we’ll be really happy at the end of the day Friday, so it’s going to be different from any of the other games we’ve played.”

As with last weekend, Georgetown won’t have much of a break before resuming play on Sunday.

This time, though, the Hoyas will have to deal with the added complication of traveling during that short period.

Evan Hollander Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s women’s basketball team will host eight Big East foes at McDonough Arena this season, including last season’s national semifinalist Connecticut on Jan. 9, the conference announced Thursday.

The Hoyas, who had previously released their nonconference schedule, will see four of their conference games televised, including three on the CBS Sports cable network.

First-year Head Coach Keith Brown will make his Big East debut on Jan. 5 in an away contest at Providence. Four days later, the aforementioned UConn will visit the Hilltop in a game that has been sold out in recent seasons.

After that tough challenge, the Blue and Gray hits the road for its next two games, playing at Syracuse on Jan. 12 and at Notre Dame on Jan. 15. The game against the Fighting Irish will be carried live on CBS Sports.

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home matchup with Seton Hall on Jan. 19, will also be televised, this one on the Big East Network. On Jan. 22, the Hoyas will travel to Piscataway, N.J., to take on Rutgers in another game that will air on CBS Sports.

A two-game home stand that includes Pittsburgh on Jan. 26 and Cincinnati on Jan. 29 will follow for the Hoyas, who will travel to Louisville on Feb. 2 and to St. John’s a week later on Feb. 9.

Georgetown gets a shot to beat Syracuse in McDonough Arena on Feb. 12 before hosting Villanova on Feb. 16. A rematch with Pittsburgh follows on Feb. 23.

The Blue and Gray then take on DePaul on Feb. 26 in what will be the team’s final televised game of the regular season.

Georgetown closes things out with home games against Marquette on March 2 and South Florida on March 4. The Big East tournament, held at Hartford’s XL Center, begins on March 8.

Tip times for Georgetown’s entire schedule will be announced later.

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GU Needs Turnaround Celee Belmonte Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s field hockey team (1-3) dropped both of its games last weekend and must now make the most of this weekend’s Midwest trip to reverse its sagging fortunes.

The Hoyas fell behind early in Saturday’s matchup with Liberty, trailing 2-0 in the first half in Lynchburg, Va. “I think we came out really flat,” Head Coach Tiffany Marsh said.

Senior Kimberly Keating cut the lead to one when, with 17 minutes to play, she scored off a crossing pass from fellow senior Annie Wilson.

The Blue and Gray could not sustain momentum from the goal, however, and allowed the Flames (2-2) to score twice more in the final 10 minutes of the game.

“I think we learned a lot of lessons in that game,” Marsh said.

“There was a lot to take from it and figure out what we don’t want to do necessarily in the next coming weeks. We started coming back but it was too little, too late.”

Unfortunately, the lessons from that game did not appear to sink in the next day, when Georgetown fell to Richmond, 8-1.

The Spiders (3-1) are, admittedly, one of the better teams the Hoyas have faced so far, though, and their roster of opponents includes two top-25 teams.

“Richmond has a lot of individual talent,” Marsh said. “We had seen some of their previous scores and we had known that it was going to be a tough game. They are always competing for their league title.”

While Georgetown came away clobbered in the end, Marsh believes that it’s important nonetheless for her squad to play good

teams like Richmond.

“We are going to be facing teams of that caliber, if not higher, [as the season goes on],” Marsh said. “I think the second half of that game was completely different from the first half. The strategy that we had when we went out is going to be something that is going to really help us when we get into the Big East.”

Georgetown’s lone goal in the game came from freshman Emily Weinberg, who is part of a large class that is already contending with the team’s 10 seniors.

“The freshmen are exceeding my expectations at this point,” Marsh said. “A couple of them are really stepping up into some huge roles for us. They are really starting to find their comfort zones and breaking out of their freshman shells right now, which is really exciting to see.”

Renewed effort from the freshmen and a stronger defensive effort will be paramount this weekend when the Hoyas make their firstever trip to the Show-Me State, taking on Missouri State and St. Louis for the first time in the program’s history.

Neither the Bears (0-3) nor the Billikens (0-5) have recorded a win so far on the season, giving Marsh hope that her team can improve upon its performances from last weekend.

“I think if we can come out and play, we can have a really successful weekend,” Marsh said. “I also think it is a big weekend for us, coming off of last weekend, to really fix a lot of things that didn’t go so well for us.”

Georgetown plays Missouri State Saturday at noon CDT and then takes on St. Louis 24 hours later at noon CDT Sunday.

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Senior defender Jimmy Nealis is the anchor of Georgetown’s defense.

Upon arriving in Wisconsin, they’ll face a Badgers team with a record as unimpressive as that of UIC, but one that fell only 1-0 to tough Louisville in a preseason exhibition.

“Our schedule has worked out so that there’s not one game where you’re saying, ‘Wow, this game is going to be a cupcake,’” Wiese said.

“But the guys are in a good spot, and we just have to make sure that we come ready to play, because we’re playing two teams that can punish us if we don’t perform.”

Still, the faith that the Georgetown coach has in his team is clear.

“I think the guys are confident.

They’re sharp, and I don’t think — to their credit — they’ve gotten a big head about anything. I don’t think they’re letting rankings or all the talk about how [well] they’ve been playing affect them,” Wiese said.

“They’re training hard and they’re working hard, and I think they’re a well-rounded group at this stage.”

The Hoyas’ weekend tests come one time zone over, with the first match against Illinois-Chicago set to start Friday at 7 p.m. CDT. Wisconsin awaits less than 48 hours later; the opening kickoff is scheduled for noon Sunday.

Nine months after winning its firstever national title, the No. 3 women’s cross country team returns to action this weekend in the Dartmouth Invitational.

Trailing only Oregon and Washington in the national polls, the team’s title defense did take a hit last month when Head Coach Chris Miltenberg left to take the top track and field job at Stanford. Before he left, though, Miltenberg expressed optimism about the Hoyas’ ability to adjust to the departure of All-American Emily Infeld.

The Blue and Gray are optimistic that they will be able to fill Infeld’s enormous shoes and are counting on a number of younger runners, including top recruits Haley Pierce and Samantha Nadel. If the underclassmen step up, Georgetown might find another national title — and perhaps the Big East crown they missed out on last year — within reach.

Among Georgetown’s toughest competition this weekend is its host, Dartmouth, which is ranked seventh in the preseason poll.

While the women head north to

New Hampshire, the No. 14 men’s team is bound for Happy Valley, where it will compete in the Penn State Invitational. Last season, the men’s squad finished second in the Big East, a result the Hoyas believe they can build on.

“I think [winning the Big East] is pretty much an annual goal for us. The Big East is one of the best conferences in the country, so it’s going to be tough to win it, [but] I think we should be in contention this year,” Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Patrick Henner said last month.

Henner is counting on the dynamic duo of graduate student Mark Dennin and senior Andrew Springer to play a major role this season.

“Mark Dennin and Andrew Springer [form] as good a one-two punch as anybody in the country,” Henner said.

“We have a lot of young guys that have trained really well over the last year, so I think we can step up and be a much better team than we were last year.”

With so many new faces debuting in Hanover and Happy Valley, tomorrow’s meets will begin to answer the question of whether Georgetown will be able to replicate last year’s success.

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to be in the past.

“The road to the national

he No. 33 squad in the FIFA World piece of the puzzle. The team, led by Rankings, the U.S. men’s soccer Head Coach Jürgen Klinsmann, still lacks team will take on Jamaica today a locked-in starting forward. The logical in the third of its six semifinal-round choice would seem to be 22-year-old Jozy World Cup qualifying matches. Some Altidore, whose recent return to form in have dubbed the team’s low ranking un- the Netherlands has renewed faith in his deserved, while others have argued that standing as one of his country’s best players. it’s just right.

The ancillary is Hérculez Gómez, a Right or not, the fact remains that — after a win over Antigua and Barbuda and 30-year-old Mexican-American whose a tie with Guatemala — the Americans scrappy style of play embodies everything are considered inferior to 32 other teams that American soccer has reluctantly bearound the world. And the bitter irony is come. Both will have ample time to prove that Algeria and Slovenia, both of which themselves and win their spot. In the the United States acquitted itself well words of the late Heath Ledger, “So we’re against in 2010’s World Cup, are ranked going to have tryouts.”

For a team in the throes above the United States. of an identity crisis, a group So what merits such a of young, unproven playharsh and seemingly uners will have to step up and just ranking? make a difference.

They’ve lost just one of Enter Brek Shea, the nine games played in 2012, 22-year-old, blonde-haired beating Italy and Mexico phenom and the most in the process. They’ve expromising of the bunch. hibited stout defense and Apart from his uncanny tempo control just about name and David Beckhamevery time they’ve taken Matt Bell like locks, Shea brings an to the pitch. Thirty-third? “it” factor to a team that’s That number is infuriating — and humbling.

A group of young, otherwise mostly devoid of Let’s throw it into conunproven players one.

“It” in Shea’s case, is his text. The No. 33 basketball team in the world is South will have to step up. array of intangibles. It’s the concerted effort to invent Korea. The No. 33 baseball attacks out of nowhere and team in the world is a tie shy away from no one. It is between Brazil and Sri also the dissatisfaction with Lanka.

Granted, soccer is more universally conservative possession and the Magic played — though other sports are cutting Johnson-eqsue ability to play any position into the gap — so a direct parallel to other on the field effectively. Finally, it is a consummate understanding of the idiosynworld rankings is inherently skewed.

Nonetheless, the Americans can only crasies of the game.

If Shea blossoms, the Americans will be have one response to their ranking: “Not ranked much higher than 33rd. good enough.”

Jamaica brings to mind “Cool RunThe return of bona fide superstar Clint Dempsey, just weeks after he wasn’t nings,” Bob Marley and Usain Bolt, not named to the roster for the 1-0 monumen- historic soccer stadiums and World Cup tal thriller over Mexico, should help boost trophies. FIFA tabs their team as 60th in the world. the United States’ fortunes.

When the United States meets Jamaica Dempsey brings a refreshing element to an American attack that has been tonight, the Americans must avoid their known to show yawn-inducing stagnan- habit of playing down to opponents. And cy for long stretches of play. He breaks then it must do so once more, as the two down defenders in both the open field teams meet again in just four days to comand crowded penalty areas. His offensive plete a home-and-home series.

Anything but two wins will validate the game contains few weaknesses, if any, and his play in recent years puts him in 33rd-place ranking and its accompanying the running for best male soccer player to tag of irrelevance. If Jamaica wins today, the United States will find itself stuck in ever represent the United States.

If the Yanks intend to change their rep- the mud on the road to Rio. utation for inconsistency and disappointment, Dempsey will need to embrace the Matt Bell is a freshman in the McDonough School of Business. FRESH OUT OF PHILLY role as main cog in the machine.

However, his return is not the only appears every Friday.

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Sophomore Audra Ayotte has played in all six games so far.

championship will still go through Stanford,” Nolan said.

“Our kids just need to understand that we can play with anybody. We beat Notre Dame last year at Notre Dame when they were defending national champions. If we play well, we have every chance to get a [good] result.”

For the Hoyas to emerge from the weekendr unscathed, they will also need offensive support from midfielder Daphne Corboz. The sophomore was named to the Big East weekly honor roll Tuesday after scoring two goals last weekend against Cornell.

Despite Corboz’s age, she is already a centerpiece of the Georgetown offense and is earn-

ing high praise from her coach.

“Daphne compares to anybody who we’ve had here. Ingrid [Wells] (COL ’12) and Kelly [D’Ambrisi] (MSB ’12) are two fantastic attacking midfielders who both had wonderful careers here. Both finished up their senior years as first team all-conference players. In a conference like the Big East, to have two midfielders named first-team shows you how good those two were,” Nolan said.

“But Daphne’s her own player.

She’s kind of a combination of Ingrid and Kelly, and we’re lucky to have her.”

The Hoyas take on Santa Clara today at 4:30 p.m. PDT before facing Stanford Sunday at noon PDT.

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Hoyas Seek More Hardware Josh Simmons Hoya Staff Writer

Off to an impressive start, Georgetown’s volleyball team (5-0) has already won two tournaments, including last weekend’s Tribe Invitational. But a tougher test looms for the Blue and Gray this weekend in the ThirdDegree Sportswear Invitational, beginning on Friday in Richmond.

“I think if we put in the work, we can do great things,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said. “But we have to put in the work.”

For the first time in her seven years at Georgetown, Williams has won the first five games of the season: Georgetown defeated Campbell, Manhattan and William & Mary last weekend.

The Hoyas’ first match of the Tribe Invitational was their toughest, as the Camels surprisingly took the first set and applied intense pressure throughout. “[Campbell] exposed some of our weaknesses,” Williams said.

“But we were able to bounce back and capitalize on it. But it was a little daunting at first. [Sophomore blocker] Dani White went off, and I think that she saved us.”

White was named the tournament’s MVP as a reward for her stel-

lar play throughout the weekend.

Fellow sophomores MacKenzie Simpson, a libero, and Alex Johnson, an outside hitter, joined White on the all-tournament team.

The numerous individual accolades the Blue and Gray picked up in the season-opening D.C. Challenge as well as this weekend’s Tribe Invitational demonstrate a new depth in this year’s squad.

“It is the first time in a long time that we have actually had many people at every single position,” Williams said.

All of those players will be called upon this weekend if the Hoyas are to stay undefeated, as they face tougher tests from Appalachian State (1-6), Virginia (3-3) and, above all, VCU (6-1) this weekend.

“The whole weekend is going to be a more competitive weekend for us than last weekend was,” Williams said. “The teams we are playing are a little bit higher in the rankings, and they are going to throw some things at us that we did not see this weekend.”

Appalachian State, Georgetown’s first opponent, should also be their easiest one of the tournament. The Mountaineers are young, inexperienced and most likely overmatched against the Hoyas.

While Virginia has had its ups and downs early this season, the Cavaliers are physically dominant and capable of beating anyone.

That means the Hoyas will have to double down on the mental resolve they showed last weekend against Campbell and William & Mary.

“Virginia is significantly bigger than we are at every single position,” Williams said. “So we are going to have to get used to a really physical team.”

The final match of the invitational is against the host, VCU, and promises to be a compelling showdown between two teams off to very good starts this season.

The Rams’ lone loss this season came at the hands of South Florida, but VCU played well below its talent level in that game, and Georgetown must be prepared for a tough match.

“VCU’s passing game is on, and they have always had the athletes that can terminate balls, so we are going to have to get ready to play some defense,” Williams said.

The Hoyas face Appalachian State today at 4:30 p.m. in Richmond, Va. Tomorrow is the challenging doubleheader, with Virginia at 11 a.m. and VCU on the schedule for 7 p.m.

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challenge. The Seahawks dropped an uninspiring 7-3 decision at Florida Atlantic last weekend in which they managed a meager 91 passing yards. They also lost by two touchdowns in their 2011 meeting with the Blue and Gray.

However, Wagner did force four fumbles in last week’s loss and held Florida Atlantic — a mid-major Football Bowl Subdivision team that encounters better competition than most of Georgetown’s opponents — to only that one touchdown.

“To give up seven points to a Sun Belt [Conference] team in the season opener, I’m proud as dickens of our team,” Wagner Head Coach Walt Hameline wrote in a press release. “We didn’t win the football game, but we didn’t lose the physical battle, I can tell you that.”

Junior Seahawks safety Patrick O’Connor, who notched 10 tackles and a fumble recovery in the loss, was named Northeast Conference defensive player of

the week for his efforts. Because the Hoyas will be focused on the ground game — Aiken is a scrambling threat at quarterback, and Campanella is coming off an incredible outing — the physical Seahawks will likely aim to stack the box and blitz often.

Fortunately for Kelly’s defense, the other side looks to be similarly predictable. Senior quarterback Nick Doscher took the majority of the snaps for Wagner against FAU and managed only six completions for 66 yards and one interception. Junior running back Dominique Williams, meanwhile, had his number called 24 times and racked up 117 rushing yards.

This is sure to be a far cry from Georgetown’s last game, then, in which Davidson quarterback Jonathan Carkhuff threw a whopping 53 times. Expect Kelly to clog the middle with linebackers and McCabe to pad his Patriot League-leading tackle total.

Saturday’s impending defensive battle will be preceded by a tailgate for Georgetown football alumni to celebrate the home opener. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.

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“We have a meeting to tell kids more about it and then an initial practice to see where everyone is,” Connors said. “I have a feeling some kids will drop and some kids will feel they aren’t really ready for it.”

Club teams must also tackle the thorny question of whether to cut some prospective members or remain open to anyone who shows dedication.

“It’s going to be tricky. We’re shooting for around 30 dedicated kids,” Connors said. “In terms of going to away meets, we can only bring a certain number of kids.”

But the triathlon team, which has about 30 active members, doesn’t make cuts.

“We don’t cut people, so it’s open to anyone who is willing to make the com-

mitment,” Stout said. “Triathlon is a pretty self-selecting group anyway, so we usually get a good-sized number of people, and the club has been growing a lot.”

Thomas has found that rugby practice and conditioning have bolstered her comfort level and helped her find her place on the squad. When the team plays its first game next week, Thomas expects to make it out onto the field.

“We’ll rotate out, [especially] because some players are hurt right now, and we’ll fill in for them,” Thomas said. “Even though I am a rookie, I’ve already been calling plays in practice.”

Although they have to go through a different recruiting process, club athletes are happy with the niche they get to fill.

“I wanted to keep swimming, but nothing too serious,” Santaniello said. “I think club is the perfect level for that.”

scar Pistorius, sometimes referred to as the “Blade Runner,” became a trailblazer in addition to a track-blazer when he competed in the Olympics last month. A double amputee not content with just running in the Paralympics, Pistorius became an international icon and a hero to those with disabilities.

As his running career potentially draws to a close following the conclusion of the Paralympic Games this week, though, his legacy will go far beyond that of a worldwide hero — and such recognition will be rightfully deserved.

He will also stand in history as the man that overtly exposed the Olympic officials for their true motivations: not as the organizers of the world’s best international sporting competition but as impresarios in a multibillion dollar industry that thrives on human interest stories.

Pistorius was by no means the first “feel-good” story in the Olympics. The Olympic Games have a long legacy of athletes whose stories cause an entire nation, or even the world, to fall in love.

But Pistorius’s story is not the same as that of the other Olympic stars. This is not because of his disability, but instead because of the way officials handled his special case.

And that handling — or, rather, mishandling — has turned the story of Pistorius from an incredible triumph over adversity into an indication of how much the Olympics are now focused on storylines and ultimately television dollars.

For starters, some scientists have claimed that Pistorius’s prosthetic legs give him an unfair advantage over other competitors. This question is up in the air, although some research suggests that Pistorius does gain an advantage.

However, that debate has not been settled. Some argue that Pistorius is doing the best he can to

compete given his unfortunate condition, while others, including legends like Michael Johnson, have spoken out against his inclusion.

But the debate about the advantage or lack thereof of his blades has obscured the larger issue concerning Pistorius — the fact that officials bent other rules for him.

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At the end of the day, the best runners should be on the track.

Pistorius was added to the South African Olympic team despite not meeting their qualifying standards this season. While the South African standards are admittedly very strict compared to other nations; officials saw Pistorius as a public interest generator and allowed him on the team anyway.

Once he arrived in London, another rule was bent on Pistorius’s behalf: After his 4x400-meter relay team missed the finals due to a collision in their semifinals, the officials in London agreed to advance the South African team despite the fact that they did not qualify.

Referees are not allowed to advance a team to the finals that did not finish their semifinal race — meaning a jury was called in to advance Pistorius and his teammates.

The South African team unsurprisingly went on to finish last in

the final, but NBC had another opportunity to showcase Pistorius one final time during their broadcasts.

Unfortunately for the sport of track and field, the business of the Olympics impeded the ability of officials to separate Oscar Pistorius the runner from Oscar Pistorius the story.

NBC paid $2.2 billion for the rights to the Vancouver and London Olympics. Such windfall payments put incredible pressure on — and create a massive conflict of interest for — Olympic officials, for whom more viewers will lead to even larger payouts in the future.

With that much money at stake, it would be difficult for the International Olympic Committee to convince anyone that its decision to move Pistorius’s relay team into the finals was based on anything but financial reasons. The same could be said of the South African decision to allow Pistorius to run in the Olympics.

Given the chance to display an international icon in another race, the IOC chose to sacrifice fairness for cash.

The disparity between popularity of great stories and great athletes in track and field is nothing new — or even limited to Pistorius.

Pop culture made Lolo Jones, despite never winning an Olympic medal, easily the most well-known hurdler in the 2012 games.

As the sport attempts to gain mainstream popularity, it does not need its competition sacrificed and rules bent for human interest stories. At the end of the day, the best runners should be on the track, and nobody should be allowed to run in the Olympics because of interest in their stories.

Not even Oscar Pistorius.

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No Kempf, No Problem Pat Curran

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When senior quarterback Isaiah Kempf suffered a concussion in the first quarter of the Georgetown football team’s (1-0) season opener against Davidson, it could have been a premature stake in the heart of an otherwise promising season.

Kempf’s teammates would have none of it. Junior running back Nick Campanella rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and junior backup quarterback Aaron Aiken tossed two touchdowns (including one to Campanella) and ran for another 119 yards in his first major game action.

Senior linebacker Robert McCabe had a stunning 17 tackles, and junior outside linebacker Dustin Wharton added two sacks, as the Hoyas dominated the last three quarters to cruise to a 35-14 victory.

But with the starting field general out for Saturday’s home opener against Wagner, the pressure is on for the rest of the team to step up once again.

For his part, Head Coach Kevin Kelly appears confident in his team’s mettle.

“I think we handled everything in a very positive way, and it showed us the strong character of this year’s team very quickly,” he wrote in his Davidson postgame notes.

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Freshman striker Brandon Allen has scored three game-winners in Georgetown’s last three outings.

Undefeated Hoyas Prepared for Midwest Swing Ryan Bacic

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After playing — and winning — four games either on campus or nearby, No. 13 Georgetown men’s soccer team (4-0) hit the road Thursday afternoon to take on nonconference foes Illinois-Chicago and Wisconsin.

Both the Flames and the Badgers have played three road games to kick off the year, the polar oppo-

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site of the Hoyas’ D.C.-heavy opening slate.

Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese noted that the two games will provide an interesting challenge for his squad — but one that his players will be up for.

“You have to manage [things] now. Classes are in session. We’re missing some class. You have to manage homework, you have to manage travel, you have to manage it [all],” Wiese said. “It’s just a

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Sophomore midfielder Daphne Corboz leads the Hoyas in points.

GU Awaits Stanford The No. 23 Georgetown women’s soccer team has been perfect so far this season. But the Hoyas face their most daunting test yet when they head to the West Coast for a pair of difficult games.

First up for the Blue and Gray (6-0) is UC Santa Clara, consistently one of the top programs in women’s soccer. The Broncos (2-2-1) have struggled a bit this season by their lofty standards but have ended 20 consecutive seasons in the national top 10.

“Santa Clara is one of the giants,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “It’s going to be everything we can handle.”

The Hoyas have lost their last two meetings with the Broncos but hope that a strengthened back line will help to shut down Santa Clara’s offense — which, like Georgetown’s, has yet to be held off the score sheet this year.

But the date with Santa Clara is just a warm-up for a clash with almighty Stanford this Sunday, and

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three games. Midfielder Keegan Rosenberry has been stellar filling in at right back, and midfielder Cole Seiler has likewise performed well, substituting for injured captain Tommy Muller, a senior defender.

Those three — along with fellow freshman, forward Melvin Snoh, who has come off the bench — have all been forced to grow up

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different feel when you’re on the road, but the group’s experienced enough that it’s going to be nothing new to them.”

Not all of the Hoyas are experienced in the usual sense, of course: The team featured three freshmen in its starting 11 against Penn State last Sunday.

Forward Brandon Allen has emerged as the most recognizable rookie in the group, having tallied the game-winner in the Hoyas’ last

it’s hard not to obsess over their impressive record.

The defending national champions — ranked No. 1 until a tough road loss to West Virginia dropped them down to No. 4 — have gone an incredible 56 games at home without recording a loss.

The Cardinal’s (2-1-1) defeat in Morgantown, W.Va., ended a 64game overall unbeaten streak.

They beat the Hoyas in both of their last two meetings by a combined score of 6-1. And while the prospect of facing Stanford might intimidate Georgetown, that is intended.

“One of the things we try and do here is challenge our kids by playing tough out-of-conference games,” Nolan said. “You play these games with the hope that the more you play them, the more you get used to them, and the less intimidated you become.”

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For an athlete headed to one of Georgetown’s 29 varsity teams, recruitment means visits and calls from coaches and a deal-sealing trip to the Hilltop.

But for the majority of Hoyas who aren’t Division I athletes, club sports are a common option. Unlike varsity sports, club teams are organized by students and are funded through the Center for Student Programs. Instead of competing against other Georgetown students, as intramural teams do, club teams compete against club teams at other schools.

While club teams offer an opportunity for students to keep competing in the sports they played in high school, they involve a vastly different recruiting process than the Blue and Gray’s varsity teams.

The first battle for club sports teams is spreading the word.

“We have a couple of flyers up in the locker rooms at the pool, and that has been pretty successful,” club swimming cofounder Kate Connors (NHS ’15) said. “Facebook is our major tool. That’s probably our best, and we already have 60 people signed up on there. We do use email, but Facebook is the easiest way to spread the word.”

Club swimming, which was founded last year, has been busy establishing itself and is using this year’s recruitment to grow its membership. But recruitment methods aren’t particularly different for Georgetown’s club triathlon group, which was founded in 2005.

“We have people join in the fall and people join in the winter, around January,” Caroline Stout (COL ’13), the women’s captain for the triathalon team, said. “We flyer, and we get a lot of people that way. And then we have a lot of people who come through word of mouth.”

In fact, word of mouth seems to be

among the most common ways that club teams find their members in the first place.

Nick Santaniello (COL ’16) signed up for club swimming at Sunday’s Student Activities Fair, where many of Georgetown’s club sports were out in force, searching for new members.

“I heard from Kate, who was one of the people who started it,” he said.

“She knows me from home, knows that I’m a swimmer and … told me to sign up.”

The Student Activities Fair also helps to shed light on some sports that incoming — or even returning — students might not have heard of before, including the triathlon team.

“We’ve gotten a lot of freshmen, obviously, and there have been a solid number of sophomores, juniors and seniors that we’ve gotten to sign up, too,” Stout said. “It’s been a pretty good scene.”

And although freshmen make up the bulk of club sports teams’ new members, some students join during their sophomore or junior years after hearing more about them from friends. Kelly Thomas (SFS ’15) made her foray into club sports by joining the women’s rugby team at the beginning of the semester.

“I’d never played a contact sport. I did debate, and that doesn’t count,” Thomas said. “One of the girls was a friend on my floor last year, and she told me about it.”

And while getting athletes to the Hilltop is the most important step for Georgetown’s intercollegiate teams, getting a student signed up is just the beginning for club sports.

According to Stout, the triathalon team invites interested students to an information session, after which they are given a month-long trial period to determine whether they’re serious about joining the team.

For club swimming, the approach is similar, consisting of a meeting and then practice sessions so prospective

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The club swim team advertised for members at Sunday’s Student Activities Fair.

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