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FAITH AND JUSTICE?

Learn how past Georgetown University presidents balanced conflicts between student groups and the Vatican.

EDITORIAL To help Hoyas get off campus, Georgetown should subsidize Metro cards for students.

BOWSER BATTLES CLIMATE CHANGE At a summit last weekend, the D.C. mayor affirmed new environmental initiatives.

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Over 1,300 Petition In a First, H*yas for Choice to Offer Plan B GU to Revoke Cardinals’ Degrees WILL CASSOU Hoya Staff Writer

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A petition urging Georgetown University to revoke the honorary degrees of Cardinals Donald Wuerl and Theodore McCarrick for their roles in widespread reported sexual misconduct within the Catholic Church has garnered 1,376 signatures.

“As a Jesuit university, Georgetown is obligated to speak out against injustice, especially when our own leaders in D.C. neglect that duty.” PETITION

McCarrick has been under fire since June when allegations of sexual misconduct against men and boys surfaced against him. Wuerl was found to be involved in covering up sexual misconduct in August when a Pennsylvania grand jury report was released that detailed seven decades worth of such misconduct in Pennsylvania churches. Students at Georgetown have been pressuring the university to take a stronger stance against McCarrick and Wuerl’s actions,

but the university has yet to take action. Ten students delivered the petition, to Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia’s office Sept. 14. The petition calls for Georgetown University to revoke the honorary degrees of Wuerl and McCarrick, to condemn church leadership for its role in covering up the abuse, and to demand the resignation of Cardinal Wuerl. Other Catholic institutions, including the Catholic University of America and Fordham University, have both already rescinded the degrees previously bestowed upon McCarrick. “As a Jesuit university, Georgetown is obligated to speak out against injustice, especially when our own leaders in D.C. neglect that duty,” the petition reads. Both Wuerl and McCarrick, having served as archbishops of Washington, developed relationships with Georgetown University. Both received honorary degrees from the university — McCarrick in 2004 and Wuerl in 2014 — and McCarrick collaborated with Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, speaking at several of their events. On June 20, the Archdiocese of New York removed McCarrick, former Archbishop emeritus of Washington, from public See PETITION, A6

Pro-abortion rights student group H*yas for Choice began offering emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step free of charge to students Monday, the first time such contraceptives will be widely available on university grounds. Georgetown University does

not provide any form of contraceptives on campus, except through Student Health Services, which provides hormonal contraceptives when students can demonstrate medical need for reasons other than contraception, according to the Student Health Services website. As an emergency contraceptive, Plan B works to prevent

pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex or a malfunction of birth control. Neither Students of Georgetown, Inc., more commonly known as The Corp, nor Wisemiller’s Grocery and Deli, which both operate storefronts on university grounds, can sell contraceptives, THE HOYA reported in

2015. H*yas For Choice announced on its Facebook page Monday that it would begin offering Plan B for free. “H*yas for Choice has worked for years to improve access to and quality of services available to our community,” the announcement See PLAN B, A6

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Pro-abortion rights student group H*yas for Choice is offering students free emergency contraception, in a ﬁrst for Georgetown University. Students will be able to obtain free Plan B by emailing H*yas for Choice and meeting with a member of H*yas for Choice.

Man Arrested in Murder GUSA Appoints New President, Of Georgetown Alumna Apologizes for Initial Response WILL CASSOU AND KATRINA SCHMIDT Hoya Staff Writers

A man was arrested Thursday in the murder of Wendy Martinez (GRD ’12), who was fatally stabbed while jogging in Logan Circle just before 8 p.m. Tuesday night. The 35-year-old woman, who lived in Northwest Washington, D.C., was attacked on the 1400 block of 11th Street NW at approximately 7:56 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Anthony Marquell Crawford was charged with firstdegree murder in the killing. He was arrested Thursday afternoon in a park one mile north of the site of the stabbing. Court records show that he has used synthetic drugs that can cause deranged behavior, according The Washington Post. Martinez stumbled into a nearby Chinese takeout restaurant after the assault, according to The Washington Post. Surveillance video from the restaurant shows Martinez entering the restaurant and collapsing, according to USA Today. Bystanders called 911, and

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Wendy Martinez (GRD ’12) was fatally stabbed Tuesday. an ambulance brought Martinez to a nearby hospital, where she died from her wounds. Police suspect the attack was random, according to CBS. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) tweeted Thursday offering her condolences to Martinez’s family. “We hope that with today’s arrest, Wendy Martinez’s family and friends can begin to heal peacefully,” Bowser wrote in the tweet. “Please

keep them in your thoughts and prayers.” The suspect was captured on surveillance video, according to the MPD. “I would say that this is one of those types of unsettling incidents that sometimes happen in large cities, but it seems like a singular incident,” D.C. Chief of Police Peter Newsham said in a press conference Wednesday. “What the motive was, we don’t know. The best thing we can do right now is identify the person that was responsible.” Martinez attended University of Florida for her undergraduate education and received a Master of Arts in Latin American studies from Georgetown University, according to NBC4. Martinez became engaged last week, her family said in a statement Wednesday, according to NBC4. “Wendy Karina Martinez was the light of our lives. Not only was she an avid runner, but she was a devout Christian, a wonderful friend, and a driven professional. Everything you hope that a daughter and a friend could be,” her See STABBING, A6

ERIN DOHERTY Hoya Staff Writer

Juan Martinez (SFS ’20), the former transition chair of the Georgetown University Student Association senate, is the new GUSA president, effective Sept. 16, replacing Sahil Nair (SFS ’19), who resigned Sept. 11. Martinez was sworn in on Sunday and he will serve as president for the remaining 2018-19 presidential term, culminating when the next president is sworn in, which historically has

been the beginning of March. GUSA has not yet formally announced Martinez’s presidency. Nair resigned Sept. 11 after senior members of the GUSA executive, including Vice President Naba Rahman (SFS ’19), resigned amid misconduct allegations against Nair. Per GUSA bylaws, Martinez became president as a result of vice president and chief of staff vacancies, after Rahman and former Chief of Staff Aaron Bennett (COL ’19) resigned Sep. 14 after GUSA senators demanded

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The GUSA Senate apologized for its initial response to the resignations of senior executives during a an emergency session last week.

resignations of GUSA senior executives at an emergency senate meeting Sep. 11. Currently, the GUSA executive branch includes Martinez and policy chairs, who were appointed by Nair’s presidency and confirmed by the senate. Martinez will appoint the next vice president, to be confirmed by a two-thirds majority in the senate. The confirmed senate elections will take place after Sept. 30, when freshman senate elections fill the currently vacant positions, according to Martinez. At the presidential swearingin on Sunday, the GUSA senate also passed a resolution that emphasized the need to disseminate resources offering support for students after Nair’s resignation. The senate resolution also included a letter that issued an apology to GUSA senior executives and the student body for demanding resignations at the emergency senate meeting Sept. 11. “The actions of the GUSA Senate on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 were brash and filled with emotion. The GUSA Senate moved immediately to vilify members of GUSA, rather than See GUSA, A6

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Spicer Gets Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer discussed the role of the media in today’s political climate. A4

Cutting the Bull Workers at Epicurean-owned Bulldog Tavern are owed higher wages, according to Georgetown’s own policies. A3

Weekend Sweep Georgetown’s volleyball team won all three of its matches in last weekend’s tournament in McDonough Arena. A12

NEWS FIFA’s Fall

OPINION Pandas Are People, Too

SPORTS Still Undefeated

Author Ken Bensinger argued FIFA corruption scandals affect those beyond soccer in an event Monday evening. A7 Published Fridays

China’s family planning policies haven’t worked for pandas. They won’t work for people, either. A3

The Georgetown women’s soccer team took down two Ivy League opponents to improve to 7-0-2 for the season. A12 Send story ideas and tips to news@thehoya.com

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EDITORIALS

Subsidize Student Access to DC Living in Washington, D.C., presents nearly-unlimited opportunities that too often go unappreciated by Georgetown University students. Bound by the ties of classes and clubs, we find ourselves wondering whether a trip into the District is worth the time and the money. This problem can be easily addressed: The university should join the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s U-Pass program, providing fully subsidized Metro cards for all full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Students at participating universities — which include American University and schools with programs in D.C., such as Syracuse University and Carnegie Mellon University — receive unlimited rides on WMATA’s Metro and bus lines at no additional charge. In exchange, Georgetown would pay one dollar per student per day during the academic year. Affordable transportation would provide students with much-improved access to D.C. Georgetown is already isolated due to its lack of a Metro stop, but enrolling in U-Pass would actively encourage students to take advantage of the Metrobus or venture to the Rosslyn, Va. or DuPont Circle Metro stops, easily accessible by bus through the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle. Georgetown understands the importance of getting off campus — or, at least, it recommends the practice. The “Campus Life” section of Georgetown’s website encourages students to “visit museums, theaters, concert halls and famous monuments and landmarks.” The university adds, “Students also do community service in the city and hold internships at numerous nearby cultural and civic institutions.” Students who wish to work and serve in D.C. can reasonably expect Georgetown’s support. Helping students overcome cost barriers is well within the purview of a university that advertises its location during tours, on its website and as a characteristic that sets it apart from academically comparable options. American, which hopped on board soon after U-Pass launched in the fall of 2016, saw widespread student participation. Its program, open to all undergraduate and graduate students not enrolled online or studying

abroad, saw a 90 percent participation rate, according to The Eagle, American’s student-run newspaper. Georgetown’s opposition to joining U-Pass centers on tuition-related concerns. “UPass requires enrollment of all students and that GU guards against spending that could raise tuition, etc. Instead, we’ve invested in GUTS, bike share, SafeRides, etc.,” Rachel Pugh, the university’s senior director for strategic communications, wrote in an email to The Hoya. While these transportation options each serve an important purpose, none of them provide enough financial security for students interested in interning or exploring other aspects of the Washington-metropolitan area. While Georgetown provides buses to Metro stops, one round-trip on the rails runs in the area of $5. With a U-Pass, this same price tag covers an entire week of unlimited travel on both bus and subway. Further, the university need not worry about increasing tuition. When American entered into its UPass partnership, the cost of attendance was not raised, according to its website. Instead, U-Pass was included in financial aid packages, and American included the service — which costs $136, based on the university’s schedule — in its “estimated cost of transportation.” Georgetown could pursue a similar remedy by allocating some money formerly used for GUTS into a budget for U-Pass benefits. WMATA has expressed a continued interest in working with Georgetown on a U-Pass partnership. “Metro has had conversations with Georgetown University about the U-Pass program and how Georgetown students may benefit,” WMATA spokesperson Sherri Ly wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We are open to continuing discussions with the University about opportunities to give the Georgetown community affordable options that encourage transit ridership.” Georgetown has an opportunity to push the borders of students’ experience without raising cost of attendance. By following American’s model and joining the U-Pass program, the university can help students escape the front gates and fully experience D.C.

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THE VERDICT Caught Red-Meat-Handed — A deli worker in Ohio has been accused of eating $9,000 of meat over eight years. Her spoils come out to about three to five slices of ham per day. BBQ Ban — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) jokingly tweeted Tuesday that if his opponent Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) wins the upcoming election, “BBQ will be illegal!” His tweet came in response to PETA activists handing out barbecue tofu outside the senator’s campaign event.

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Draft-Bingeing — Twelve college students in South Korea binged on pizza and hamburgers five times a day to fail the fitness test for the country’s mandatory military service. Deliberately acting “crazy” was allegedly another tactic they attempted.

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Coke Kitty — A cat in the United Kingdom brought home a bag filled with crack cocaine and heroin. The cat’s drug apprehension prompted a local police department to tweet out, “Forget police dogs, we should start training up cats.” Monkey Business — A New Zealand man pleaded guilty to attempted burglary this month after he broke into Wellington Zoo to steal one of the zoo’s squirrel monkeys. The monkeys, who max out around 2½ pounds, deterred the man, giving him two fractured teeth and a bruised back in the process.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Adam Semprevivo

Hear Hoyas Out on Hiring Students deserve administrators who are compatible with their priorities and able to communicate effectively with the undergraduate community. When these officials are hired without help from students who work closely with — and best understand — the responsibilities of these jobs, important goals are compromised. Certain officials at Georgetown University work closely with students, often represent students and rely on student trust to do their work effectively. Students need these crucially important roles to be filled by administrators who understand their concerns and willing to listen to student voices. When the university decides whom to hire for these positions — as it soon will for the Offices of Federal Relations and Title IX Compliance — students, particularly students who work closely with those officials, should be heavily consulted in the process. Scott Fleming (SFS ’72), the retiring vice president for federal relations, spent much of his time at Georgetown working extensively with students on immigration, higher education policy and student aid. In a May op-ed published in The Hoya, Fleming wrote that his advocacy for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program “has given me the opportunity to meet and know amazing Georgetown students and to work closely together” (“The Pride of 2 Departures,” The Hoya, May 18, 2018, A2). Although his retirement plans have been public for more than four months, the university has not yet sought student input. Members of Georgetown University College Democrats, Georgetown University College Republicans and the Georgetown University Student Association Federal Relations Committee — all of which work with Fleming regularly — confirmed to The Hoya that they have not yet been consulted in hiring his replacement. Fleming’s position is not the only one deserving of student input. Georgetown is in the process of vetting full-time candidates for the position of Title IX coordinator, a job currently being performed by Samantha Berner, who is also the office’s lead investigator. The university’s search began in July, according to an op-ed published last week in The Hoya by Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs, and Rosemary Kilkenny, who is currently overseeing the Office of Title IX Compliance (“Committing to Student Safety,” The Hoya, Sept. 14, 2018, A3). Olson and Kilkenny acknowledged their plans to “meet with faculty, staff and students who play an

active role on campus in preventing and addressing sexual misconduct” in the coming weeks. However, students with deep understanding of the job should have been part of the process from the beginning. “There is a significant difference between allowing students to observe the process and allowing them to participate in the process,” Daria Crawford (COL ’20), a member of Sexual Assault Peer Educators, wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I believe that student input should be a true factor in the decision-making process, rather than just a consideration.” Administrators who rely on student support are best evaluated by the individuals with a vested interest in their job performance and an established understanding of the responsibilities the job carries. If the university as a whole wants a model to emulate, it needs look no further than the Center for Social Justice’s process in hiring a program director for D.C. Reads, a tutoring, mentoring and advocacy program. “We’ve had numerous opportunities to meet, listen to presentations by, and talk with the candidates for the new position,” Jake Dyson (COL ’19), a D.C. Reads student coordinator, wrote in an email to The Hoya. “[CSJ administrators] have really demonstrated that they care about the voices and opinions of the students serving through the CSJ.” The Center for Student Engagement also seeks to incorporate student input. In searches for staff conducted over the summer, students assisted the committee in “reviewing resumes and applications, scheduling initial phone screenings, inviting candidates to campus for a second-round interview, and making a final hiring recommendation,” according to Ali Stowe, the CSE’s assistant director of student engagement. The CSJ and CSE both recognize the value of due diligence in hiring: Students who will work with officials most frequently should have significant say in who those officials are. As Georgetown continues the hiring process, it must take student input seriously in vetting, interviewing and selecting applicants. Georgetown would be well-served by incorporating the practices of its community service apparatuses into the processes of hiring administrators who rely most heavily on supporting students. The positions of vice president for federal relations and full-time Title IX coordinator are crucial to ensuring student safety and promoting the Georgetown community’s best interests. The ways in which those jobs are filled should reflect that severity.

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Hoya History: February 11, 1960

In a First, Class President Resigns In an unexpected move, Junior Class President Mario (Butch) Mirabelli declared himself “incapacitated” and relinquished all his powers to Vice President Joseph Raymond, who now becomes president pro tem. This unprecedented action was taken, in Mirabelli’s words, “because I find it impossible to keep up my studies and at the same time continue in the role as president of my class.” Raymond assumes all the presidential powers under Article VI, Section Two of the Class Constitution, which states that “the Vice-President shall … take the place of the

President in case of his absence or incapacity.” The Executive Class Council stressed that it did not want Mirabelli to resign because councilmembers felt that it was the will of the class that he have the honor of the presidency and because of the difficulty and complexity of having a special class election. Official announcement of these events was made by the president at a special class meeting held in Gaston Hall on Monday, Feb. 8. Mirabelli felt that “for me to continue as president would be an injustice both to myself and my class. I can no longer devote what I con-

sider to be the necessary time a class officer should spend serving his class.” He went on to say, “I would like to thank the class for the opportunity they gave me to serve them. It was a great honor and a great responsibility which they bestowed upon me. They placed their faith in me and I have honestly done my best to serve them in such a way as to be worthy of that faith. I hope that they understand that by incapacitating myself I am remaining faithful to them and myself.”

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OPINION

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AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J.

Practice Discernment

y this point in the semester, week four, things have mostly calmed down. My students and I have found our rhythm, and we have begun to settle into the work of examining our world’s political systems and learning from one another. But this year, more than others, I feel a heaviness lingering in the background of many of our lives. For some of us, it is the horror and betrayal of the Catholic Church’s crisis of sexual abuse and failed leadership. For others, it is concern about family members in harm’s way, enduring storms or the threat of deportation. For still others, it is concern about politics — both on our campus and in our country — and the many harms inflicted on our communities. These events leave me, and many of my students, feeling on edge — unsettled and unsure of how to face problems of such enormity. And even when we are not directly involved, we often find it hard to look away. Our attention is captivated, as we spiral through emotions that leave us exhausted. One response, the one that seems most common in society today, is to immediately judge and seek a relief from our disquiet by standing on the seemingly firm ground of conviction. This reaction is appropriate in many ways, as injustice needs to be seen clearly, named and addressed. Action, so long forestalled, needs to be taken, and accountability restored. But there is another response, one beyond our first reactions. It looks below precipitating events, searches to understand underlying root causes, humbly listens to the voices of others, probes our deepest values, and makes the choice to engage the slow work of change. St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, called this approach “discernment.” He learned from experience that it was difficult to make truly good choices and achieve lasting change when he reacted in the moment. In fact, he later came to teach that, when we find ourselves in desolation — hurt, angry, confused, overwhelmed — we should not make major decisions. Rather, we should tend to our brokenness

and the injuries of those around us. Our wounds need to be salved and our souls solaced. Make no mistake, though: This process is anything but passive. It involves focused introspection; it demands purposeful learning about the issues and about ourselves; and it requires the building of relationships that will allow us to commit to change over the long haul of our lifetimes. Profound cultural change is needed. In the case of the Catholic Church, it may very well take our lifetimes, or several lifetimes, for us to transform the culture of hierarchy, clericalism, secrecy and abuse that has injured so many. For our environment, scarred by evermore severe storms and temperature swings, we must change the consumption habits of our planet and help affected communities. And in our politics, a rediscovery of the common good, an embrace of the dignity of each member of our human family, and a willingness to dialogue are necessary for our fractured society to be made whole. Those who would undertake these tasks need to be all in, ready for the long haul: grounded in our faith and values, humble yet unrelenting, members of an inclusive community that can support, encourage and inspire. Our task on the Hilltop is to lay the foundation — in ourselves and in our relationships — for the shared future and change we seek. This driving purpose brings me back to our daily tasks of the new semester, which actually play a critical role in helping us achieve that long-term change we seek. There is an old Jesuit saying “age quod agis.” Quite simply, it means, “do what you are doing.” In moments of confusion or betrayal or stress, stick with the tasks that you have at hand. After all, we chose this university and these tasks — our classes, clubs, internships, commitments, friendships — for a reason; continuing to be true to them can help us find our way to a path forward. Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. is an associate professor in the department of government. As This Jesuit Sees It appears online every other Thursday.

Epicurean is bound by Georgetown’s core values and policies: to care for workers as whole people. Caring for a whole person means caring whether they have dignified work.

For Workers, Cut the Bull at the Tavern

ver the summer, while some of us took classes, worked jobs and internships, or relaxed at home, many people who work at Georgetown University wondered whether they would have a job to return to in the fall. This August, Epicurean and Company took over management of Bulldog Tavern from Aramark, Georgetown’s food service provider. For weeks, workers who expressed interest in keeping their jobs at Bulldog waited to receive job offers from Epicurean. Only recently did the company promise to make sure that every worker who wanted to work at Bulldog would be rehired. But Epicurean cannot simply offer people jobs: It must offer jobs that workers can accept. We have learned from workers that Epicurean is offering lower wages than Aramark offered during its stint as the contractor. Tipped workers will be paid minimum wage: $3.89 hourly, rather than the hourly wage of $10 to $12 they made under Aramark. Cooks will receive $14 per hour, which is $1.75 to $2.75 less per hour than what people were making previously. This wage change is unacceptable by the university’s own standard. Georgetown’s Just Employment Policy — which outlines the university’s standards for wages, unionization and other labor issues — maintains that as of January 2018, every

Georgetown worker should be compensated at $16.77 per hour. Unless Epicurean makes up the difference in benefits, it will be in flagrant violation of this policy. The university is tasked with ensuring that the companies doing business on its campus abide by the JEP by paying their workers a living wage. Although workers at Bulldog Tavern are not Georgetown employees, they are entitled to the same JEP protections. The contract requires Epicurean to “comply with the university’s Just Employment Policy and ensure all full-time employees receive total compensation of at least $16.77 per hour,” Matt Hill, Georgetown’s media relations manager, wrote in an email to The Hoya. If Epicurean continues to violate these basic standards, Georgetown must take action. It is also the university’s responsibility to make sure that Bulldog is a dignified place to work. It is therefore concerning that the university has awarded Epicurean this contract, knowing the company’s egregious history of workers’ rights violations. In 2011, a judge found that four workers had a credible claim that Epicurean had stolen from their wages. The lawsuit resulted in 12 employees receiving compensation for unpaid wages dating back to 2007. In 2013, Epicurean’s owner, Chang Wook Chon, pled guilty to charges

of criminal contempt, which were filed after a worker suing the restaurant claimed Chon had threatened to fire him in retaliation. Chon also allegedly threatened to call immigration authoritieson a worker suing the restaurant. Epicurean may say that its practices have changed under new management, as university officials claimed in a meeting with members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee earlier this month. If so, why did it wait so long to rehire Bulldog workers who sought to keep their jobs? Why did it slash wages? It is clear to us, and should be clear to the Georgetown community, that not enough has changed. The onus is still heavily on Epicurean and Georgetown to prove that the former is now a responsible employer. Of course, a union could also check any potential abuses in the workplace. Unfortunately, while Bulldog workers were unionized under Aramark, they lack that protection under Epicurean, which is not a union shop. Moving forward, Epicurean must respect workers’ rights to organize, and the university must commit to being the neutral arbitrator it claims to be. In short, Epicurean is bound by Georgetown’s core values and policies: to care for workers as whole people. Caring for a whole person means caring whether their wage is decent,

whether their workplace is tolerant and tolerable, and whether they have dignified work. GSC, of which we are members, is driven by its mission of working in solidarity with workers against the exploitative system under which this university operates. When making decisions, Georgetown and its administrators must keep in mind that students and workers are ready to fight, as they have in the past. The protections for workers on this campus, most notably the JEP, only came to fruition through student and worker organizing and struggle. These protections were not simply handed to us by the university, and we are committed to ensuring that they remain enforced on campus. Let’s remember that the Georgetown community is not only composed of students, faculty and staff. The people who serve us our food, clean the buildings that we take up space in, and ensure that the university is a place where we can all excel are just as essential to this community as we are. Many have been here long before we arrived; many will be here long after we leave. We ask that during our time here, we all stand in solidarity with each other.

gabriel berger is a sophomore in the College. JESSICA RICHARDS is a junior in the College.

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North Korea’s state media publicly denounced the United States for its “extremely provocative and dangerous military moves.” Continuing down a path of coercive denuclearization will only lock the United States and North Korea in a cycle of provocation: North Korea will test its next intercontinental missile or nuclear weapon. The United States will react with new rounds of sanctions. Two sides escalate tension with political rhetoric, until both countries start diplomatic conversations only to get stuck on denuclearization again. Apart from economic incentives, nuclear weapons are an essential icon of Kim’s totalitarian regime. Kim has repeatedly spoken of having a nuclear button on his office desk. He has also promulgated massive celebrations of technical achievements, promotions of nuclear scientists and media propaganda to promote domestic pride in North Korea’s military strength. Recognizing realities inside North Korea, the Trump administration should address the root causes of North Korea’s desperation to cling to nuclear weapons as a mask of its own insecurities. One of North Korea’s insecurities comes from the Libyan precedent. In 2003, after several rounds of secret negotiations with former U.S. President George W. Bush, thenLibyan Prime Minister Muammar al-Gaddafi agreed to voluntarily hand over sensitive nuclear material to the United States in exchange for increased integration with the West. Nearly a decade later, however, then-U.S. President Barack Obama joined European allies in a coalition to topple Libyan leadership in 2011. Gaddafi, who had been prime minister since 1969, was killed by antigovernment rebels on Oct. 20, 2011. The Libyan experience exacerbates North Korean concerns about potential instability after denuclearization. On May 16, Kim Kye-gwan, North Korean vice foreign minister, even threatened to pull out of the scheduled Trump-Kim summit. In Kim’s released statement, he revealed North Korea’s deep anger with

The central and provincial governments are now grasping at straws, encouraging couples to have more children. In 2013 the one-child policy was relaxed, and it was abolished altogether in 2015. Today most couples can have no more than two children. Rumors run rampant that familyplanning rules will be done away with altogether, as the provincial government of Shaanxi called for in July. But the various apparatuses of the Chinese government are still deeply involved in family-planning policy. The People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, published an op-ed titled “Giving is an issue for both the family and state,” in which it cautioned that “the impact of low birth rates on the economy and society has begun to show.” In Liaoning province, officials proposed in July new benefits for families including tax breaks, housing subsidies and education stipends. It would be a mistake to miss the bamboo forest for the trees; not all incentivization has been positive. After Jiangxi province officials restricted access to abortion in June, women more than 14 weeks pregnant must now receive approval from three doctors. Officials claim that the new policy helps prevent selective abortions that favor boys — one of those hideous consequences of the one-child policy — but critics are concerned that the new rule exists to make abortion harder to access for all women. Chinese officials have experience with pouring monumental sums of money into propping up populations. As panda populations were poached to dangerously low levels, conservationists took desperate measures to breed them. Given captive pandas’ curiously low libido, some scientists turned to fantastical ideas: They showed pandas videos of other pandas mating and injected male pandas with Viagra to boost sex drive. They didn’t work. But conservationists have since found an

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he June summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jongun ended with broad support from the American people, indicating optimism about North Korea’s potential denuclearization. Yet behind every ounce of optimism is a harsh reality. North Korea is unlikely to denuclearize because of its economic status, regime control and historic insecurities about defense. Rather, the United States — especially the current Trump administration — should pursue realistic goals that recognize the near-impossibility of North Korea’s denuclearization. The North Korean economy is dependent on sales of nuclear technology and long-range missiles. According to Trading Economics, a digital data research platform, North Korea’s average sales of weapons from 1974 to 2014 total approximately $70.62 million. The government has sold crucial weapons and nuclear technology to states hostile to the United States. For example, the North Korean 1,000-km range No-Dong 1 missile provides basic infrastructure for Iran’s long-range Shahab missiles, according to the Congressional Research Service. North Korea uses nuclear weapons to create a favorable security dynamic for itself and to defend its potential friends and itself against the United States. The apparent diplomatic success of June’s Trump-Kim summit has proven to be an illusion. On Aug. 24, 2018, Trump called off U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned visit to Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, due to insufficient progress toward denuclearization. Three days later,

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton’s insinuation of the “Libyan mode of nuclear abandonment” as a potential solution for North Korea. The vice foreign minister perceives the comment as “a manifestation of awfully sinister move to impose on our dignified state the destiny of Libya or Iraq which had been collapsed due to yielding the whole of their countries to big powers,” Kim wrote in the statement. The “world knows too well that our country is neither Libya nor Iraq which have met miserable fate.” North Korea’s leaders are cautious about any U.S. insinuation regarding Libya. Nuclear weapons enable North Korea to have the leverage to potentially avoid Libya 2.0. Going forward, the United States should demonstrate to North Korea that the Libyan model will not be repeated. More importantly, the Trump administration should change its policy priorities from coercive denuclearization to integration. Once a country enjoys the benefit of economic cooperation, that country will be reluctant to alienate itself again from the global community. Possible ways of integration include initiating official industrial cooperation on mining and construction, opening up trade, and pouring investment into North Korea. One precedent is the Sunshine Policy, a policy of detente and economic cooperation with North Korea administered by former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in the early 2000s. Partial success of this policy not only allowed Kim Dae-jung to win a Nobel Peace prize, but also stabilized inter-Korean relations. Results achieved under integration will be sustainable and long-lasting. Countries with economic ties to the global community are less likely to cause military conflicts, let alone nuclear threats. North Korea should be one of these countries. Victoria Liu is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service. Globetrotting from D.C. appears online every other Monday.

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o other animal is as symbolic of the fight for conservation as the giant panda. Since a dangerous flirtation with extinction, panda populations have been nursed back to the brink by watchful conservationists. This approach might work for panda populations, but it will not work for China at-large. Government attempts to micromanage human populations are distasteful at best and loathsome at worst. In 1979 the Chinese central government introduced its nowinfamous “one-child policy” in an effort to prevent what it thought would become a catastrophic population crisis. But the policy had just the opposite effect — it has precipitated one. Fifty years ago a Chinese woman could expect to give birth to more than six children in her lifetime. For a country of 715 million people, this kind of population growth would have been unsustainable; alas even a continentsized country’s resources are not unlimited. So, government officials imposed a draconian set of regulations that prohibited almost all women from having more than one child. Basic qualms about personal liberty aside, the consequences were appalling: Women were sterilized, and fetuses were aborted by force. Yet the one-child policy, misguided as it was for moral reasons, was unwarranted for factual ones. Government intervention has depressed the total fertility rate well below the replacement rate needed for a stable population, 2.1, to an anemic 1.6.

effective solution: wait. Female pandas ovulate only once a year for only a few days. During those days, pandas are more susceptible to anthropogenically encouraged mating or artificial insemination. For the rest of the year, conservationists can do little but keep pandas safe and healthy. Government mandarins can learn from this experience. Restricting access to family planning health care seems nefarious if not hopeless; incentivizing couples to have children may pass moral muster but can come at huge financial cost. The cost seems more pronounced because economists know that the kind of demographic calamity predicted in the 1970s is self-correcting. Demographers know that growth in wealth and drops in the fertility rate go hand in hand. Micromanaging bureaucrats might not be put at ease. After all, the looming crisis is one of withering fertility rates, not burgeoning ones. Officials worry that the shrinking young generations will not be able to support their parents and grandparents through a public social safety net or otherwise. Still, little can be done save incentivize and hope family attitudes change. Pandas once flourished in China, roaming vast bamboo forests. Even before the industrialization that destroyed swathes of natural habitat, populations faltered under the pressure of poachers. Instead of spending huge amounts of money to conserve the few pandas alive today, it would’ve been easier to protect them in the first place. The same is true of family planning: It is likely that China would not be facing its current conundrum had the onechild policy never been instituted. When planning their next moves, Chinese policymakers would be wise to remember that. Joshua Levy is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. Animal Kingdom appears online every other Friday.

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Former Press Secretary Faults Media for Divided Nation EMMA KOTFICA Hoya Staff Writer

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer criticized the media and academia at-large for traditionally leaning left at an event Monday cohosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service and Georgetown University College Republicans. During the event, which was named after a book Spicer published in July about his tenure in the Trump administration, “The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President,” Spicer discussed his time as press secretary in the White House. Mo Elleithee, executive director of GU Politics, moderated the discussion. Spicer resigned from his role as White House press secretary in July 2017 after vocalizing his disagreement with President Donald Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as the new communications director. Prior to working as the White House press secretary, Spicer was the communications director and chief strategist of the Republican National Committee. He is currently the president of RigWil LLC, “a strategic consulting firm that provides insights to C-suite corporate and association executives,” according to Spicer’s website. Spicer talked about the differences between working in public relations for public and private entities. He contrasted working for a private entity and reporting directly to its leader with serving the American people when he worked as a representative of the federal government. “When you work for a public official, ultimately you’re responsible for the American people,” Spicer said. “You’re serving the person that was elected, but ultimately you do have a more paramount responsibility to the American people as a whole.” Nevertheless, it is still the job of a spokesperson to represent the views of the candidate, Spicer said. “You represent a client, and if you get to the point where you’re uncomfortable, it is your duty to resign,” Spicer said. Spicer also discussed the role of the press in the current political climate. A free press is part of what makes The United States the nation that it is, Spicer said. However, he critiqued the media industry

for bias and for neglecting to retract false stories. “I have never seen an industry where there is such a refusal to call out their own,” Spicer said. “When a story comes out that is demonstrably false, they refuse to do that.” Spicer suggested punishing journalists who report falsities and exalting media organizations that report fact. He added that the bias of news media leads to much of the political divide that separates the country today because it is easier for people to solely listen to viewpoints with which they agree. Spicer highlighted that many mainstream institutions and publications feature left-leaning ideology more than conservative thought, and that this isolates conservatives.

“You’re serving the person that was elected, but ultimately you do have a more paramount responsibility to the American people as a whole.” SEAN SPICER Former Press Secretary

“The problem with the left is that they’ve never understood the frustration of the folks on the right,” Spicer said. Spicer said he was initially drawn to working with the press by the high-energy environment of getting a story out on time. “The press used to be a daily battle,” Spicer said. “No excuses. Either you got the story out there or you didn’t. I loved that intensity, that knowing that you didn’t have to wait five weeks down the road to wait for that story to come out.” Spicer encouraged his audience to listen to other points of view without condemning them as false or incorrect. “The second that we demean people to the point that, just because you’re on the left and I’m on the right, that your thoughts and views are unacceptable, we’ve lost,” Spicer said. “If you can’t sit back and listen to somebody, we’ve lost what makes this country great,”

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Seth Owen, GoFundMe Recipient, Appears on ‘The Ellen Show’ MEENA MORAR Hoya Staff Writer

Seth Owen (SFS ’22) appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Sept. 11 after gaining national attention in July when a fundraiser for his Georgetown tuition went viral after he was kicked out of his house for refusing to attend his parents’ church. After Owen, who is gay, refused to attend his parents’ church in Jacksonville, Fla., due to the church’s anti-gay messaging, Owen’s biology teacher, Jane Martin, started a GoFundMe fundraiser to raise money for his Georgetown education. The campaign ultimately raised more than $140,000. Cheerios teamed up with “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to give Owen $25,000 to start a scholarship to help other students facing adverse conditions pay their college tuitions. In an interview with THE HOYA, Owen discussed his experience on the show, as well as reflections on adjusting to college life after his story was picked up by multiple news agencies.

straight to Ellen.” Because, while on stage, I am using my time that we could be talking. I was really impressed that she spent so much time giving me a hug that was eating up our stage time. It really, really meant a lot to me. I felt extremely loved and supported when she was giving me that really nice, long hug. They only showed, like, half of it when they aired the show. She gives the best hugs. She smells amazing. Her perfume is, like, perfectly selected. Her eyes are extremely blue. Absolutely gorgeous. It’s very easy to talk to her, too. What was your reaction when Ellen gave you $25,000 to kick start this scholarship? I think the video showed that I was extremely shocked. That’s what I’m using to start the scholarship for this year. I’m extremely excited to get that under way. I’m so blown away that she and Cheerios gave that to me to start the scholarship, put their faith in me to start a scholarship so undecided.

How did you get to be on ‘The Ellen Show’? They picked up my story because it went viral. I’m sitting down one day and I get a call from Burbank, California. And I thought, “Oh, this is odd.” So, I answer the phone, and the guy said, “This is Alex from ‘The Ellen Show.’” And I said, “Excuse me, did you just say “The Ellen Show” as in Ellen DeGeneres?” And he goes, “Yes.” So, I’m like, “Can you give me a moment because I’m in tears.” I just interviewed with him, then I interviewed with the producers. It was wild that we were setting up the date for the show.

What do you mean by “start the scholarship”? I’m actually in contact with some lawyers in Jacksonville who are starting non-profits. We are in the process of starting a non-profit organization to run the scholarship fund for kids in similar situations, but not limited to the LGBTQ+ community. We are looking for people who show a capacity for resiliency and are putting in a lot of hard work, but just need a little extra help to make it to their dream school. Whether that’s a four-year college, a community college, or a career and technical education school.

What was it like to meet someone that you spent so much time looking up to? The most shocking part was that we spent time, a lot of time, hugging when I first walked out. One of the producers warned me. He was like, “Don’t sit there and acknowledge it. Just walk out there

How did you get the idea to make that fund? I wanted to do it when the GoFundMe really started soaring. I wanted to take the extra money and put it towards a scholarship. Some of my mentors were very encouraging to the idea and reminded me of my privilege as a white student that I received. I

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Seth Owen (SFS ’22) traveled to Los Angeles to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” after a GoFundMe for his Georgetown education went viral. DeGeneres gave Owen $25,000 to start a scholarship for LGBTQ students without the ﬁnancial support of their parents. received extra help that students of color would not have received. I feel that it is my obligation to give back and make it more equitable.

could potentially help another kid to just be comfortable in who they are and not conform to the pressure around them.

What do you hope people can learn from your experience? For kids in similar situations, my message — I would have to quote Mrs. Brown in her TED Talk and the power of vulnerability, when she said, “Tell the story of who you are with your whole heart, and that what makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” I think that it

What has it been like for you, transitioning to college, and having your personal experience be broadcasted in such a public way? It is extremely scary. I didn’t want my story to be out there at all. Before I sat down for my first interview, I told my coach, I said, “Georgetown is not worth this. I am not going to do this.

I am not going to put my story out there. I am not going to cause this public shaming to my parents. I’m not doing it.” That was never my intention. However, my coach told me that I had been given a platform that other kids might not have the opportunity to have. It was my responsibility to use that platform to benefit other students. How do you feel about it now, personally? I do not regret it. I am ex-

tremely glad that I was able to help at least one kid. I’ve had many students reach out to me, saying that they are going through something similar and appreciated my courage in telling my story and that it helped inspire them and helped them through. I’ve even had family members reach out to me and say that they drew strength off of my willingness to share. I think that, however few or however many people benefitted from it, it was worth it.

Former Aramark Employees File Suit Against Epicurean KATRINA SCHMIDT Hoya Staff Writer

UNITE HERE Local 23, the labor union representing Aramark employees, along with two former Aramark employees of Bulldog Tavern filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 against Epicurean and Company for alleged workers’ rights violations. Plaintiffs Edward Williams and Lisa Moriolé are filing suit with Unite Here Local 23 against Vigor Restaurant LLC, the trade name of Epicurean and Company, for allegedly violating the 1994 Displaced Workers Protection Act, a provision in Washington, D.C. ,that allows displaced workers to retain employment through a transition employment period. The contract for Bulldog Tavern switched to Epicurean and Company around July 27, when the on-campus restaurant shuttered its doors without prior notice, according to the lawsuit. The former Bulldog Tavern employees, who were employed by Aramark, suddenly found themselves without work when the Tavern contract switched, Unite Here Local 23 Vice President Josh Armstead said in an interview with THE HOYA. “We’ve worked hard to create a high standard, and we as the workers here are very interested in maintaining that standard,” Armstead said about the union. The lawsuit alleges that Epicurean and Company did not meet the requirements of the Displaced Workers’ Protection Act, which states that employees of eight months or longer must be offered their jobs under the new contractor for at least a transition period of 90 days. After the 90-day transition period, the new contractor can evaluate the employee’s performance and determine whether to retain them. However, Gabe Berger (COL ’21) — a student in Georgetown Solidarity Committee, a workers’ rights and social justice advocacy group — said Aramark workers at Bulldog Tavern told GSC they were not offered back their jobs at the establishment after Epicurean and Company took over. Although Aramark offered employees positions at other Aramark locations, Epicurean and Company did not immediately offer Bulldog Tavern employees the opportunity to continue in their positions, according to GSC members. “It is good news that every worker who wanted to keep their job

has now been be rehired,” Berger said in an interview with THE HOYA. “It is still very concerning that there was a long waiting period — when you’re trying to treat people with dignity, you don’t leave them in limbo over how they’re going to bring in enough to put food on the table for weeks.” The employees were eventually offered their positions at Bulldog Tavern, but by then, many had sought other employment, Armstead said. Last year, Bulldog Tavern had a staff of approximately 20 to 30 employees, Armstead said, but only about 10 wish to return for this academic year. “We have quite a few who do want to come back and enjoy the standard they were used to, when there was a union shop,” Armstead said about employees who chose to leave Bulldog Tavern under the new contractor. Epicurean and Company said in a statement that it offered positions to Bulldog Tavern employees after Aramark offered them positions at other campus locations. “To our understanding, Aramark offered positions within campus to all Bulldog employees in order to avoid displacement,” Epicurean and Company said in a statement to THE HOYA. “Epicurean offered employment immediately after receiving the list of employees and before any hiring had taken place.” Georgetown University spokesperson Matt Hill also said Epicurean and Company took the appropriate steps in its placement process. “All Aramark hourly employees employed at Bulldog Tavern were offered positions in other Aramark food service locations on campus. Epicurean also offered positions to all hourly employees who worked at Bulldog Tavern and gave them the opportunity to return before moving forward with its hiring process,” Hill wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Armstead attributes the low employee retention rate to lower wages offered by Epicurean and Company compared to Aramark. Epicurean and Company offers a starting wage at $14 per hour and $3.89 per hour for tipped employees, before benefits, according to Bulldog Tavern Manager Marta Bertolo. These wages exceed the Washington, D.C. minimum wage of $13.25 per hour and $3.33 per hour for tipped employees.

Bertolo said that, with benefits, Bulldog Tavern exceeds Georgetown University’s Just Employment Policy minimum total compensation for university and contractor employees of $16.77 per hour. “We have and will continue to abide by all laws and regulations of the District of Columbia and Georgetown University’s Just Employment Policy,” Bertolo wrote in an email to THE HOYA. The Just Employment Policy applies to both university employees and university contractor employees. “Georgetown University is committed to ensuring workers are treated fairly under our Just Employment Policy and expects contractors at the university to comply with the Just Employment Policy and the law,” Hill said. Epicurean and Company echoed Bertolo’s statement, maintaining that it offered Bulldog Tavern employees the same wages and benefits offered to other Epicurean and Company employees, which satisfy the Just Employment Policy. “We make it one of our main priorities to maintain a safe, respectful, and rewarding environment for our employees and will continue to do so in the future,” Epicurean and Company said in a statement. Epicurean and Company has faced civil lawsuits before. In 2015, a woman filed a lawsuit against a restaurant janitor and Epicurean and Company for damages related to an incident in which the janitor peered under the woman’s bathroom stall at Epicurean and Company — an action for which he was prosecuted. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2016. A 2012 lawsuit filed against Epicurean and Company by three former employees alleged that the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and District of Columbia Minimum Wage Revision Act, failing to keep accurate employee timesheets and provide the appropriate overtime rate. A similar lawsuit was settled between Epicurean and Company and four former employees in 2010, a collective action case related to unpaid wages. “Epicurean has a history of being an abusive employer and the onus is on them and the onus is on the administration to prove they no longer are,” Berger said.

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Pro-abortion rights group H*yas for Choice began providing free emergency contraceptives to students, after announcing Monday its new program. HFC encourages donations.

HFC Provides Emergency Contraceptive Free of Charge plan b, from A1 read. “We could not be more excited to make this progress today.” Elianna Schiffrik (COL ’21), codirector for media and communications for the group, said that absence of Plan B on campus and the associated difficulties faced by students motivated the group this summer to find a way to provide the contraceptive to Georgetown students. “We recognized there was a need. [Plan B] was very inaccessible on campus because well first, CVS, from certain dorms, is almost a mile to get there and Georgetown students being notoriously busy don’t always have the time to get off campus,” Schiffrik said. “But even more than that, it was inaccessible financially, because it’s between 30 and 60 dollars, and it’s also time sensitive so maybe you don’t have that type of money on hand immediately, so we wanted to be able to meet that need to be able to get [Plan B] free, quickly, and conveniently on campus.” In order to distribute the contraceptives, HFC is employing a method it says it feels protects students’ privacy. An email account, planb@ hoyasforchoice.com, is monitored by a select few board members. Requests will be fulfilled by a HFC board member who will arrange a time to meet on campus and distribute the contraceptive. “We were trying to make it confidential, discreet and quick. Those are our mains goals for how we’re going to provide it,” Schiffrik said. Though HFC is fully funding the initiative, it will also partially rely on donations in order to make it sustainable, Schiffrik said. “We are funding it ourselves. Even though its free, we do ask that if you are able to or just generally support the service and what

we do on campus, we’d love a donation,” Schiffrik said. “We’ve also been really grateful to see in the past 24 hours, even since we the announcement, we’ve had an influx in donations.” Schiffrik said that, as a group that does not receive recognition from university administrators, HFC receives no financial support from the university, but that there are benefits to the group’s status. “We don’t have any sort of oversight from faculty or staff, which is great because it gives us more ability to do things like this, but it also is harder because we really are just a group of undergraduates doing what we can to help other undergraduates,” Schiffrik said. There’s pros and cons to being unrecognized.” The Monday announcement was not met with recrimination, Schiffrik said. “The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive so far,” she said. “We haven’t seen too much aggressive backlash yet. We do anticipate it.” The university and Georgetown Right to Life declined to take a stand on HFC’s decision to provide Plan B to students, in interviews with The Hoya. “H*yas for Choice is not a student organization with access to university benefits and does not receive funding from the University. Individual students are permitted to express their opinions and ideas freely,” a spokesperson from the university wrote in an email to The Hoya. Georgetown Right to Life issued a statement to The Hoya that declined to take a stance because of Plan B’s classification as contraception. “As a club, Georgetown Right to Life does not have a stance on contraception. To our knowledge, Plan-B works to impede fertilization, the goal of contraception. For

that reason, we also do not have a stance on the distribution of PlanB,” the statement reads. “We advocate for the dignity of all human life, beginning with conception and ending with natural death. We will continue to fight for the rights of the pre-born and to support pregnant women on our campus and in our community.” Despite the current stances of the two groups, HFC remains prepared for any potential backlash, according to Schiffrik. “Georgetown has never supported what we do or what we represent so we wouldn’t be surprised if they in some way reacted or if the anti-choice groups reacted in some sort of counter-measure to oppose what we do, but it’s not going stop us. We’re here to stay. We’ve been around for decades, and we plan on continuing to provide services to the community,” Schiffrik said. Caroline Sarda (COL ’20), who works as an undergraduate assistant at the Georgetown University Women’s Center, wrote in an email to The Hoya, speaking for herself only, that she is disappointed that it falls to HFC to provide contraception to students but nonetheless considers it an important development for student life at Georgetown. “I think it’s a shame that so much of the responsibility for our sexual health is placed on us at this stage, especially given students’ wildly varying levels of knowledge about their own sexual and reproductive health,” Sarda wrote. “But I think H*yas For Choice is taking an amazing and very necessary step with providing emergency contraception, which I am very grateful for. To me, the work they’re doing is what student advocacy and care for one another really looks like.”

ministry after an investigation found that the allegations that he had sexually abused a minor were credible. Multiple accusations against McCarrick surfaced in the following month, and McCarrick resigned July 28, The New York Times reported. After a Pennsylvania grand jury report came out Aug. 14 detailing seven decades’ worth of sexual misconduct across the state of Pennsylvania, Cardinal Wuerl was implicated for his actions while he led the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Wuerl led the Pittsburgh Diocese from 1986 to 2006, before becoming archbishop of Washington. Wuerl, facing pressure over his role in allowing abuse to continue, is currently meeting with the pope to discuss the resignation he submitted in 2015, as all bishops are required by church law to do when they turn 75, according to The Tablet. The pope has not yet accepted Wuerl’s resignation. Austin Rose (COL ’18, LAW ’21), in collaboration with Grace Laria (SFS ’19), Max Rosner (COL ’18) and Tomás Álvarez Belón (SFS ’18), started the petition three weeks ago after his first efforts to encourage the university to respond to the Pennsylvania report and to accusations against McCarrick produced no results. Rose said that he was motivated by a personal connection to the systematic abuse in Pennsylvania. “I was really upset about the sex abuse report largely because at least one member of my family was abused by a priest named in the Pennsylvania report,” Rose said in an interview with The Hoya. “I initially reached out to some members of the administration, sent them an email along with a couple of fellow alums cc’d on the email to see if they would take action. Then, they were kind and respectful to me as far as responding, but to the best of my knowledge they didn’t do anything.” Laria said she is disappointed with the university’s response and saw the petition as a way of holding the university accountable. “While individual members of faculty and staff have been supportive as I’ve processed this anger and disappointment, to not see a response at the university-level is disturbing and frankly makes no sense to me,” Laria wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I view my signature on this petition as a way of holding Georgetown accountable to affirming its commitment to caring for the whole person and taking a strong stance against the prevalence of sexual assault on our

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Georgetown students authored a petition, which has garned over 1,300 signatures, calling for the resignation of Cardinal Wuerl. campus.” DeGioia wrote to the entire Georgetown community condemning the sexual misconduct within the church on Sept. 4. “We have an immediate and urgent need to engage in the work of “cultural change”—to create a context in which the most vulnerable among us will be safe and protected, to create a context in which the abuse of power can be identified and eliminated,” DeGioia wrote. A spokesperson for the university reiterated sentiments shared by DeGioia in an email sent to the community. “President DeGioia’s message to the community earlier this month shared that the University has initiated processes to address the deeply troubling revelations about Archbishop McCarrick and those contained in the Pennsylvania grand jury report. This includes an honorary degree review process,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to The Hoya. Both Catholic Women at Georgetown and Knights of Columbus have publicly shown support for the petition. Erica Lizza (COL ’19), president of Catholic Women at Georgetown, said she supports the pe-

tition because she believes that responsibility now falls upon the public to hold the Church accountable. “The fact that this pattern keeps resurfacing shows the Church hasn’t fully addressed it, and ordinary Catholics need to show that preventing abuse is important to them,” Lizza wrote in an email to The Hoya. Catholic Women at Georgetown and the Knights of Columbus are hosting a Eucharistic Holy Hour for victims of sexual abuse this Friday to encourage further reflection. “I hope that the Eucharistic Holy Hour encourages more of the Catholic community on campus to reflect and discuss this moral catastrophe,” Lizza wrote. Rose said that though rescinding the honorary degrees may not be the most substantial action, it still sends an important message to the community. “Revoking the degrees send the message that there’s absolutely zero tolerance, that we are not going to accept excuses for that kind of behavior,” Rose said. “This is an easy thing to do, and there really is in my opinion no excuse for not doing this.”

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rather than focusing on supporting survivors and being cognizant of the effects of our words,” the statement read. “To those whose resignations we demanded, we apologize for acting immediately and harshly without a more clear, thorough discussion.” Martinez affirmed the sentiments published in the senate letter and said he is committed to helping move GUSA forward through his remaining term. “The letter speaks about this, but just making sure that we’re not blaming people now, we’re not pointing fingers, we’re creating GUSA into a space of healing and making sure we can heal for the rest of this term and hopefully really change the culture of GUSA,” Martinez said in an interview with The Hoya. Nair did not respond to requests for comment. Bennett appreciated the senate’s apology and said he was confident in the way he and other GUSA executives responded last week after Nair’s resignation. “When it became clear to those of us in GUSA leadership that our then-president had lost the support of student communities and was the subject of student concerns, we acted promptly and in good faith – notifying appropriate parties of our concerns, including the Administration,” Bennett wrote in a statement to The Hoya. “Our intentions were always to protect the safety, privacy, and rights of those involved as well as the interests of student advocacy on campus.” The senate resolution, which passed in a 14-to-1 vote by the senate, urged that the Women’s Center, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, Health Education Services, Project Lighthouse, Title IX, the LGBTQ Resource Center, and other campus resources be promoted to the student body and all community members. Though a joint effort by sena-

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family said in a statement. “She was also excited to be planning her upcoming wedding to her fiancé, Daniel Hincapie. They were engaged just last week.” Senator Marco Rubio (RFla.) tweeted out condolences about Martinez’s death. She was born in Nicaragua and raised in Florida. “The death of Wendy Martinez is so senseless, tragic & heartbreaking,” the tweet reads. “Now the life & career ahead of her was cut short. Can’t even begin to imagine the pain those who loved her are going through.” Martinez was the chief of staff at FiscalNote, a local technology management

company. FiscalNote CEO Tim Hwang issued a statement reacting to the news of Martinez’s death and highlighting Martinez’s vibrant personality, according to Roll Call. “The entire FiscalNote family is shocked and deeply saddened to learn that Wendy Martinez, our Chief of Staff, was killed last night,” Hwang wrote in a statement. “Wendy was an invaluable member of our team and a vibrant member of the community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Wendy’s family and friends.” Logan Circle has a low crime rate compared to the rest of Washington, D.C., with violent crimes reported very infrequently in the area, according The Washington Post.

Former Transition Chair of the Georgetown University Student Association Senate Juan Martinez was sworn in as president Sunday following the resignation of Sahil Nair. tors, the resolution was introduced by transition vice chair of the senate, Patrick Walsh (SFS ’21) and co-sponsored by transition chair Eliza Lafferty (COL ’21), Samuel Appel (COL ’20) and Claire Smith (COL ’19) to reflect on the emergency senate meeting last week. Walsh and Lafferty became transition vice chair and chair respectively under Martinez’s leadership. “The motivation for it was just to clarify some things, talk about how we felt on Tuesday at our emergency senate meeting,” Walsh said. “We were in a pretty emotional state as well, it was all happening very fast, so some statements were made that seemed hasty and the biggest regret that we have is that we didn’t start anything with the providing of resources.” Bennett expressed his support

of the senate resolution in ensuring students have access to resources on campus. “I deeply appreciate the GUSA senate’s apology for its hasty actions on September 11,” Bennett wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I understand and share the senators’ concerns for ensuring a safe campus community and reaffirm their resolution on available resources for the student body.” Rahman echoed Bennett’s support of the senate resolution and said she hopes GUSA will continue to advocate for the student body to create impactful policy. “My hope is that GUSA will continue to tirelessly serve the student body. There are voices in student government here that deserved to be heard on policy, loud and clear,” Rahman wrote in an email to The

Hoya. “These are voices that want to make an impact and will make an impact. We hope that students at Georgetown will keep on utilizing GUSA as an avenue for advocacy and change on this campus.” Over the coming weeks, Martinez will meet with GUSA leadership, policy chairs and students on campus to develop a platform that widely encompasses students’ concerns. “I didn’t campaign for this obviously … but my goal is to make sure that policy chairs are being recognized and that their input is being heard,” Martinez said. “I cannot tell you 100 percent what students need on campus; I will be sitting down with students in the following weeks to talk about what GUSA can do to build a platform that is representative of our needs as a body.”

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Wendy Martinez died from injuries sustained in a violent attack while running in Logan Circle on Tuesday night.

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BuzzFeed Reporter SFS Fellows Bring Expertise to Georgetown Examines Soccer’s Political Inﬂuence EMMA KOTFICA Hoya Staff Writer

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Corruption within soccer governing organizations across the globe has ramifications beyond the impact on the sport, BuzzFeed news reporter Ken Bensinger said Monday evening in a discussion of his book “Red Card,” which was published in June. The Georgetown University Journalism Program, THE HOYA and the Lecture Fund co-hosted the event, called “The Fall of FIFA.” Former chair of the Lecture Fund, Aiden Johnson (COL ’19), said the Lecture Fund invited Bensinger to speak because they felt the topic was increasingly relevant. “Some of us stumbled upon an interview Ken had done and then his book,” Johnson said. “We ended up reading it and deciding he was a really good person to talk about an important lecture that had cross sections on politics, sports and journalism.” Bensinger’s book traces the roots of corruption in FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, which was initially exposed in a secret U.S. probe of the organization in the early 2000s. “This is the story of how the U.S., the country that arguably cares the least about soccer in the world, was the one that came along to break up this cabal of corruption that had been going on for 40 years,” Bensinger said. Bensinger was struck by the influence soccer has on the way things happen in the world today, he said, noting the influence of former British intelligence offer, Christopher Steele. “It’s really telling the influence that this sport has on a much larger stage,” Bensinger said. “An FBI agent got tips from Christopher Steele and it turned into a bona fide case. The success of the FIFA case, and the tip Christopher Steele gave them seeded the ground for that relationship. It is hard to think about what the political landscape would be in this

country right now if that relationship had not existed.” Bensinger said his coverage of the deep-rooted corruption in soccer began with an interest in corruption in America. “This story started from an article I did about a very corrupt American. It sprung from my interest in cons and con men. This man, Chuck Blazer, was the most powerful American soccer official ever and also the most corrupt American soccer official ever,” Bensinger said. While the political influence of soccer may be new to the United States, the two are often intrinsically connected in other countries, Bensinger said. “In other parts of the world, soccer really transcends justice,” Bensinger said. “The president of Argentina, at least for the time being, was the president of Argentina’s most popular, largest soccer club. A supreme court justice of Guatemala was convicted in this case. The currency of soccer in these countries far transcends just what happens in the sport.” He hopes his writing paints a picture about a complex system of corruption that goes beyond one World Cup or a few highranking officials, Bensinger said. “This is a story about how multiple generations of people in the sport became corrupted and how waiting behind them were sharks’ teeth, like one tooth comes out and another tooth comes in,” Bensinger said. “It’s like every time someone gets knocked out, the next guy would come in and he was equally corrupt, if not more so.” According to Bensinger, his book’s exposure of the current system of corruption has not yet triggered a reform or eliminated the issues within the world of soccer. “People who live in that world have zero incentive to make it go away,” Bensinger said. “I don’t get the sense that this has scared people straight. I think this has convinced people to get a little sneakier.”

Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, retired General Wesley Clark, will be one of five School of Foreign Service Centennial Fellows this year. He and the other fellows will serve as resources for students and alumni by hosting events, discussions and office hours. Former Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis (SFS ’76), activist and author Azar Nafisi, anthropologist Scott Guggenheim, and former Ambassador Catherine Novelli will also serve as SFS fellows this year. The five 2018-19 fellows will remain at Georgetown for a one-totwo semester residency and will work directly with a group of SFS undergraduates who will be designated junior fellows. Clark, who served for 38 years in the U.S. Army and was a fourstar general, will be a fellow for the fall and spring semesters. An Oxford alumnus who studied philosophy, politics and economics, Clark was the supreme allied commander Europe of NATO and led Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo War in 1999. He is also a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Open Forum Distinguished Service Award. DeLaurentis will also be a centennial fellow for the full 2018-19 school year. He spent the past year at the Harvard Kennedy School as a senior diplomatic fellow for the Future of Diplomacy Project, which promotes the study of diplomacy and negation in international politics. DeLaurentis worked as a Foreign Service officer for 27 years, beginning as a consular officer in Cuba. In 2016, he was named by former President Barack Obama as the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years. As a fellow, DeLaurentis hopes to encourage SFS graduates to pursue careers in public service through discussions of and reflections on his own experience. “I hope to mostly promote public service — foreign service — as a worthy and important field for people to consider,” DeLaurentis said in an interview with THE HOYA. “This was a career that I loved doing and I thought I was meant to

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Clockwise from top left: Ambassador Catherine Novelli, Azar Naﬁzi, retired General Wesley K. Clark, Ambassador Jeffrey Laurentis and Scott Guggenheim will serve as the SFS centennial fellows. do. And so I guess my objective is to try and seek out those who might have similar views and push them in this direction.” As a graduate of the SFS, DeLaurentis expressed gratitude and excitement about the opportunity to return to the university as a fellow. “To come back to one’s alma mater after many years, after doing the things that I dreamed about doing, and to offer my experiences, reflections, on the current student body is — it’s quite a trip,” DeLaurentis said. “It’s not only fun but I think very useful for me and for the students as well.” Nafisi will begin her term as a fellow for the 2019 spring semester. Most recently, she was a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies

in Washington, D.C. Nafisi, in her best-selling book “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,” offers a reflection on the Islamic revolution in Iran with a focus on a university professor and her students. She is recognized around the world for her activism in Iran, advocating for human rights for youth and young women in Iran. Guggenheim, an anthropologist with a focus on local voices in large-scale development, will be serving as a fellow during fall 2018. He served as senior adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, working on rebuilding government systems. Novelli will be serving as a fellow during both semesters. She is president of Listening for America, a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting

U.S. international trade engagement, and served as undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. Novelli hopes to use her expertise to bring a new perspective on international trade policy to the Georgetown community. She plans to work on projects relating to international trade education for the general public. “I’m also planning to lecture in classes, as I’m invited to do that, and speak as well, on panels and things that Georgetown is putting on, so that I can bring my expertise there to the community at large,” Novelli said in an interview with THE HOYA. “We are also looking at how we can engage Georgetown alumni on these trade issues as well.”

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Bowser Proposes Legislation to Ban 3D-Printed ‘Ghost Guns’ deepika jonnalagadda Hoya Staff Writer

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) proposed legislation to ban the possession of 3D-printed plastic guns and other undetectable “ghost guns” on Monday. The Ghost Guns Prohibition Emergency Amendment Act will amend existing legislation to prohibit the registration and possession of ghost guns, or unregistered firearms without serial numbers, in the District. If the act is passed, charges for possession of a ghost gun will be equivalent to those faced for possession of any illegal handgun, a crime punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. The act will clarify District legislation on the status of a ghost gun, defining it as an illegal firearm, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue told The Washington Post. “The purpose of the legislation is to make it crystal clear that a firearm manufactured in a 3D printer with plastic material is treated with the same rigor as our laws that govern the use and possession of traditional firearms,” Donahue said. Ghost guns are often homemade and as a result bypass background checks and other regulations that would otherwise carry a record of the weapon. While production and possession of the guns is permitted under current federal law, owners must acquire a license to manufacture the guns for sale

or distribution. On July 31, a federal judge temporarily blocked the dissemination of blueprints providing instructions on how to build guns using a 3D printer after Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit organization, planned to publish the schematics online, according to The Washington Post. Despite the court’s actions, blueprints are available for sale to the public and the documents can be directly purchased from the organization in the form of a flash drive. Although ghost guns are not prohibited under federal law, the law prohibits the manufacturing of firearms that are undetectable by a metal detector used at security checkpoints — a 3D-printed plastic gun containing no metal could be found in violation, according to The Washington Post. As a result of the advanced capabilities for weapon making created by the advent of 3D printers, the Bowser administration saw a need for D.C. laws to be updated to reflect the changing technology and ensure the safety of D.C. residents, a representative from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice said in an interview with The Hoya. Under existing D.C. legislation, ghost guns are not susceptible to seizure by law enforcement officers, unlike illegal handguns, which involve extensive tracking. Since the unregistered firearms cannot be seized, the Metropolitan Police Department does not keep

track of the ghost guns they encounter, according to a representative from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. D.C. is one of several jurisdictions nationwide which are debating measures imposing restrictions on self-built plastic guns

following the federal ruling in July. Federal legislation that will prohibit the possession of ghost guns is waiting to be heard in Congress, according to The Washington Post. The introduced amendment is part of the District’s ongoing process to expand restrictive

gun laws in response to technological advances, Bowser said. “From requiring stronger background checks to raising the purchase age, Americans want common-sense gun reform that makes it more difficult — not easier — for guns

to fall into the wrong hands,” Bowser said in a Sept. 17 news release. “As technology around the production of undetectable guns advances, our federal government must take action to protect Americans from senseless gun violence.”

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced the Ghost Guns Prohibition Emergency Amendment Act to ban the possession of undetectable plastic “ghost guns,” unregistered 3D-printed firearms without serial numbers, in the District on Monday.

DC Pledges to Mitigate Climate Change Effects at Summit emily leng

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The administration of Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced its commitment to several new initiatives to combat climate change, including a transition toward zero waste and the development of net-zero carbon buildings, at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco on Sept. 12-14. Represented at the San Francisco summit by Director of the Department of Energy and Environment Tommy Wells, the Bowser administration reaffirmed Washington, D.C.’s support for sustainability as a signatory of both the C40’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration and August’s Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration. The 3-day summit brought together leaders, companies and citizens from around the world to celebrate environmental achievements and work to create sustainable solutions to pressing climate issues such as land and ocean stewardship, healthy energy systems and inclusive economic growth. Bowser pledged to enact regulations ensuring that new buildings operate at netzero carbon by 2030 and all existing buildings meet the same standards by 2050, joining 18 other cities worldwide with its declaration, according to a Sept. 13 news release. This commitment to net-zero carbon buildings will play a major role in mitigating the

effects of climate change, said Mark Rodeffer, chair of the D.C. chapter of environmental advocacy group The Sierra Club. “Because buildings account for about three-fourths of the greenhouse gas emissions from DC, making our buildings more energy efficient and increasing their use of renewable energy is the key to reducing emissions in DC,” Rodeffer wrote in an email to The Hoya. D.C. also committed to reducing the amount of waste produced by citizens by 15 percent, cutting the amount of waste sent to landfills and incineration by 50 percent, and raising the diversion rate to 70 percent by 2030, according to an Aug. 23 news release. In addition, the Bowser administration plans to increase community-led efforts against climate change. The District continues to seek out initiatives allowing for both economic growth and environmental progress, Bowser said. “Our progress over the last decade shows that it is possible for a large city to grow and prosper while simultaneously shrinking its carbon footprint,” Bowser said in a Sept. 13 news release. “DC will continue to invest in and support programs and policies that put us on a path to a greener, more sustainable, and more resilient future.” This announcement follows last month’s release of D.C.’s new energy and climate action plan, Clean Energy D.C.,

which details the District’s environmental goals, as well as the specific policies and actions it intends to implement in order to promote energy efficiency and a sustainable future. Clean Energy D.C. is a major component of the larger Sustainable D.C. plan, which outlines actions that the D.C. government plans to carry out in all sectors of society, including governance, the economy, education and the environment, to improve economic growth, equity and opportunity in the District. The District has long worked to become a leader in the fight against climate change, working to cut its carbon footprint by almost 30 percent since 2006 and implementing progressive green building policy, according to the Sept. 13 news release. In 2017, after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bowser renewed D.C.’s commitment to the agreement through a mayor’s order. “Our values didn’t change on Election Day. The effects of climate change are already here, and without proper planning and collaboration, they will be catastrophic,” Bowser said in a June 5 news release. “It is in the country’s best interest to take climate change seriously, and as the nation’s capital, we have a special obligation to create policies and implement programs that protect our environment.”

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Plaza West, a new affordable housing community for Washington, D.C. residents offering 50 rental units specifically to grandparents raising grandchildren, opened Sept. 13.

DC Allocates 50 Affordable Housing Units to Grandfamilies Elizabeth Douglas Hoya Staff Writer

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Washington, D.C., committed to set standards for zero-carbon emissions in all buildings by 2050 and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills by 2030 at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) opened 223 affordable housing units, 50 of which were allocated specifically to grandparents raising grandchildren, in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood Sept. 13. The housing community, called Plaza West, is located at 1035 4th St. NW and 307 K St. NW. In addition to the residential units, the development features more than 9,500 square feet of “outdoor recreational space,” according to a Sept. 13 news release. The development also contains a library, a kids’ activity space, a fitness room and a community room. The new housing units represent the District’s first affordable housing project targeting families in which grandparents are raising grandchildren, which are commonly referred to as “grandfamilies.” D.C. is the ninth city nationwide to create grandfamilyspecific housing. The other cities offering such housing are New York City, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, Ariz., Hartford, Conn., Baton Rouge, La., Milwaukee, Wis., and Kansas City, Mo. The number of children being raised by their grandparents has risen nationwide as a result of the opioid and herion epidemic, according to the American Bar Association.

Plaza West will offer housing to residents from a wide variety of D.C.’s population, according to Bowser. “As our city continues to grow and age, we’re committed to making investments in innovative programs — in housing, education, childcare, and more — that will set our families up for success,” Bowser said in the Sept. 13 news release. “Plaza West is an example of how we are ensuring residents and families of all backgrounds and income levels have access to safe and affordable places to live across all eight wards.” The District has over 4,300 grandparents raising children, according to the Plaza West website. One-third of DC grandfamilies are living in poverty. Officials estimate around 1,000 D.C. grandfamilies need subsidized housing. The 50 grandfamily units will be available to those earning 30 to 40 percent of the Area Median Income—or $22,650 to $30,200— according to WPGC Radio. In addition to the grandfamily units, 173 units will be allocated for families earning 50 to 60 percent of the Area Median Income, and 11 units will go to clients of the Department of Behavioral Health, according to the Sept. 13 release. The grandfamilies are anticipated to pay 40 percent of market rent for the units. “The Plaza West design and programming is intended to create a grandfamilies ‘residential village’

that is rich with activities, on-site resources, and connections to the services on-site and in the nearby community,” according to Plaza West development partner Mission First Housing group, a group consisting of six nonprofit organizations that work to build affordable housing. Some attributes of the housing units have been tailored to focus on grandfamilies, including appropriately sized apartments for intergenerational families, social services case management, child development programs and a grandfamily-rich social group to support the specific challenges of grandfamilies. The community will also provide services geared towards physical and mental health, academic support, legal aid, financial literacy, access to necessities such as food, furniture and clothing, job training and employment, according to Mission First Housing group. According to Mission First Housing Group, the development cost $90 million. Mission First Housing Group collaborated with a number of private and public partners to create Plaza West, including the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development, D.C. Finance Agency, Golden Rule Plaza Inc. — a nonprofit subsidiary of Bible Way Church — and the Henson Development Company.

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China Exerting Influence Abroad, Former Prof. Says Emma Kotfica Hoya Staff Writer

To address China’s growing soft power influence on student groups at colleges around the country, universities must understand the context of the situation fully before taking action, said Robert Sutter, the director of the B.A. in International Affairs at The George Washington University, at an event Tuesday hosted by the Alexander Hamilton Society. In addition to Sutter, the event featured Toshi Yashihara, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and former teacher of strategy at the Naval War College, and Dan Blumenthal, the director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and former senior director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia at the U.S. Department of Defense. The event took place less than a year after reports surfaced in February that the Georgetown University Chinese Students and Scholars Association received funds from the Chinese government. Nearly half of the Georgetown CSSA budget came from the Chinese government. The increasing influence of Chinese soft power on student groups

is emerging now, and there is still insufficient evidence to determine the best response to China’s influence on students, Sutter said. He recommended Americans wait for the problem to become more understandable before deciding on a course of action. “In this kind of an issue, we don’t have enough evidence, we don’t have enough data to make a guess it seems to me. … And so it’s a relevant issue — it’s just a new issue this year in Washington, and I think we have to get more data,” Sutter said. “And maybe after that we can come up with some reasonable judgment. If we rush to judgment and say it’s this and that ... I think is excessive.” The ambiguity of Chinese influence operations makes it difficult to discern which of them pose a legitimate threat, according to Yoshihara. “One of the subtleties of influence operations is that it operates in that twilight zone where it’s very difficult to figure out,” Yoshihara said. Many of the Chinese influence operations subtly encourage limitations on free speech, Yoshihara added. “Influence operations operate

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Dan Blumenthal, top, Toshi Yoshihara, left, and Robert Sutter spoke at a panel Tuesday about China’s attempts to exert soft power abroad.

in that blurry twilight zone and I think one of the things I worry about most is its ability to very subtly shape the bait,” Yoshihara said. “Whether it’s the Confucius Institutes or the student associations on campuses, it’s that it creates an atmosphere that, for example, very subtly enforces self-censorship.” Yoshihara — referencing the Chinese United Front, a coalition of political parties in China led by the Communist Party — said the coalition’s ideological roots cultivate a worldview based on fear of and animosity toward the West. “This is deeply ideological. I would describe the worldview as one categorized by fear, loathing and paranoia. … It’s not just what the West does, it’s actually who the West is, what the West is, what it represents,” Yoshihara said. “And so the United Front sees the West as seeking to export ideas, cultures ... and this is seen as an existential threat to the regime.” The Chinese United Front works to spread propaganda that prevents the Chinese population from defecting to support Western culture, according to Yoshihara. “They tend to sort of overestimate in some ways the power or the influence of the West. Since China engaged in reform and opening in the late 1970s, obviously, a flood of Western values and influence flooded in,” Yoshihara said. “And so the writings are taken ... to inoculate the population from these ideological pollutants or contaminants.” Blumenthal highlighted that the definition of soft power in China has evolved through the years. “Soft power, which when it was first written ... it said something very specific ... it was a cultural and intellectual input, traction, in a country,” Blumenthal said. “Now I guess it’s taken on a meaning in China.” For Sutter, a former professor in the School of Foreign Service, President Donald Trump’s policies on China mark a significant shift away from traditional strategies. “The United States is in the middle of the most important re-evaluation of China policy in my 50 years here in Washington. I haven’t seen anything like this, what we’re doing here ... on a whole range of issues: security,” Sutter said.

Students Aim to Extend Graffiti Art Installation Elizabeth Douglas Hoya Staff Writer

Students are working with Georgetown University administrators to find a long-term location for the Love In“stall”ation, a one-day art installation created in October 2017 in the wake of anti-Semitic and misogynistic graffiti found in LXR Hall and Village C West in September 2017. On four separate occasions, swastikas were graffitied on surfaces in several Georgetown residence halls. Swastikas were found twice painted in an LXR bathroom, alongside violent threats against women, as well as in an LXR elevator. An additional swastika was carved into an elevator in VCW. In response, Percy Metcalfe (SFS ’19), Rebecca Kuang (SFS ’18) and Nina Young (SFS ’19) created the Love In“stall”ation to counter the vandalism. The inspiration for the art installation developed from a midterm project the group had during “Media, Arts, and Culture: Fueling War or Creating Peace? —” an upper-level culture and politics course taught by adjunct professor Honey Al-Sayed. Based off Paintack, a German campaign that sought to transform swastikas throughout Berlin into other illustrations using graffiti, the art piece is a bathroom stall that was on display for one day in Red Square on Oct. 17, 2017. While it was on display, students were encouraged to write positive messages of acceptance on the stall. The materials for the project were provided by the Office of Residential Living and Georgetown University Student Association. The project’s organizers had expected a bathroom stall that had recently collapsed in the ICC, but instead, Residential Living constructed a new stall specially for the project. The rest of the materials were provided by GUSA. “Res Living essentially built a bathroom stall for us in Red Square,” Young said. “GUSA supplied the markers and paint and all the different stuff that students used to draw on it.” The piece has since sat in GUSA’s Leavey Center office, but the creators are now advocating for it to become a permanent installation at the university.

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Students are seeking a new long-term on-campus location for an art installation meant to spread positivity to counter graffitied symbols of hate. “This piece could only be created through the kind thoughts and intentions of every Georgetown student who advocates against hate speech and anti-Semitism on campus,” Young wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It is representative of a collective culture that does not stand for hate on our campus. That is why it deserves a place.” Young, a main proponent for the project’s permanent installation, said she feels it speaks positively to the character of Georgetown’s student body. “It’s a great testament to the fact that students at Georgetown, despite being incredibly busy, are super supportive,” Young said. The 11-month gap between the work’s installation and the renewed push for permanent exhibition stems from Young’s absence from campus last semester while she studied abroad, she said. The project was relocated to the GUSA office in the Leavey Center during her absence. Upon her return to campus this summer, she began working with Katie Heather, the associate director of residential education, to have it installed permanently on campus. “We have had a couple of meetings about it, and I’ve reached out to a lot of different people, and it seems like it’s gonna happen,” Young said. “But I don’t know, because right now it’s under review by — apparently, the president’s office has a committee that decides whether or not student artwork can be displayed on campus.” Where exactly the project would stand is still up in the air. If approved, it would likely end

up outdoors, although that plan presents the risk of damage from weather, Young said. “If we did put it somewhere outside, somewhere where I feel like it would fit in — somewhere like Alumni Square or something like that — I worry that it would be damaged, so I’d probably have to get some wear-and-tear primer for it if we were going to put it outside,” Young said. “But I’d be perfectly willing to do that.” When the installation appeared in Red Square, it was monitored by students involved in the project who encouraged passersby to write positive notes on the stall, according to Young. “I think we were out there for eight hours, or something insane,” Young said. “The entire stall ended up getting covered in really nice notes, drawings, messages. We felt like it was a success.” Although Young was not a member of the group that thought of the idea for the initial class project, she was the strongest voice pushing for the project’s implementation, Metcalfe said. “Nina — she’s a doer, and literally within an hour of the class ending, she was like, ‘Let’s do this,’” Metcalfe said. Metcalfe credited Young with the rapid installation of the project in October 2017, which was accomplished just a week after the project was due for Al-Sayed’s class. “I think [Nina] knows that if you don’t do something really fast with Georgetown bureaucracy, it just never happens,” Metcalfe said. “So she was like, ‘Go, go, go, go!’ And she went, went, went, went.”

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Katherine Perez, left, said that current immigration policy disproportionately disadvantages immigrants with disabilites at a panel with other disability rights activists Wednesday.

Advocates Criticize Migration Policy for Ignoring Disability

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Ableism shapes current immigration policy and compounds discrimination against some immigrants, according to three disability rights advocates, who spoke at a panel Wednesday. The panel included attorney and volunteer Director of Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf TL Lewis, CoFounder of the National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities Katherine Perez and founder and coordinator of the Women’s March Disability Caucus Mia IvesRublee. The event was moderated by medical anthropologist and professor in the School of Foreign Service Emily Mendenhall. Lewis said that the limitations of the legal definition of the term “disabilities” often prevents many immigrants from receiving the medical care that they need. “The legal definition [of disability] is particularly limitingbecause most folks who are migrants, most folks who are of color, most folks who are of low or no income often don’t achieve these medical diagnoses,” Lewis said. The language used to discuss immigration frames it in terms of what immigrants can produce and what work they can accomplish, which contributes to the discrimination against immigrants with disabilities, Lewis said. “Immigration exclusion has always been deeply rooted in this idea of an immigrant or migrant’s ability to work or produce,” Lewis said. “[Ableism is] a systemic oppression that is

rooted in valuation of bodies and minds […] based on ability to comply, based on the myth of normalcy. It’s a privilege to be deemed normal, and it’s based on quoteunquote compliance, your ability to comply and assimilate, etc. It’s also extremely tied to capitalism and your ability to produce...” Immigration policies, research and institutions often overlook the intersection between immigration and disability, which further marginalizes immigrants with disabilities, Ives-Rublee said. “A lot of times these organizations and government agencies and surveys only look at one factor or one identity, and that means that they’re not looking at the intersections of identities,” Ives-Rublee said. “This leaves big holes and issues within the policies that we make because they’re not taking into account how these different identities are affecting each other. Many immigrants with disabilities receive insufficient support because immigration policies often neglect the needs of immigrants with disabilities, according to Ives-Rublee. “There’s a lot of significant issues with not looking at the intersection of disability and immigration, and ignoring that has resulted in multiple deaths in ICE, [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detention centers,” Ives-Rublee said. “Ignoring [this intersection] has resulted in loss of life and also deportations when the person didn’t even have a chance to fight it.” Perez said that information about immigrants changed throughout history, meaning that very little accurate and con-

sistent data about immigrants with disabilities exists. This lack contributes to an institutional neglect of immigrants with disabilities, Perez said. “Not only is disability racially contingent and socially contingent, it’s also historically contingent,” Perez said. “You may not see it be called disability.” According to Ives-Rublee, institutional tools like the census discriminate against immigrants through including questions about topics like immigration status, which can prevent immigrants with disabilities from receiving care that they need. “When people are afraid to fill out these documents, that means that they’re undercounting in those communities,” IvesRublee said. “And the services that are often using that census data are services that disabled people and disabled immigrants really need.” The lack of data about immigrants with disabilities presents a challenge for their advocates because academics demand specific data and numbers that are not available for evidence, according to Lewis. “Folks don’t believe us because we don’t have statistics and sources. That’s our reality, and because academia, because white communities, white people, tend to demand evidence that many times folks who are marginalized can never produce,” Lewis said. “Our narrative is the evidence, so stop asking for sources and citations, believe us when we say these things are happening and then they won’t come for your families in about 10 years.”

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Hoyas Suffer 1st Loss of Season brendan dolan Hoya Staff Writer

Following a seven-goal victory against LIU Brooklyn on Sept. 7, the Georgetown field hockey team headed into its matchup against Villanova on Friday Sept. 14 atop the Big East standings at 5-0. The Villanova Wildcats (34, 1-0 Big East) did not have a strong offensive start to the season: The team combined for two goals in its previous two games, both of which resulted in 2-1 losses. The Hoyas (6-1, 0-1 Big East) had six shots on net in the first half to the Wildcat’s four. The sixth shot came from freshman Halle Gill and found the back of the net to give the Hoyas an early lead. Villanova survived Georgetown’s pressure and, shortly thereafter, evened the score. Right before the half, Villanova added another goal, taking a 2-1 lead into the break despite being outshot by the Hoyas. The Hoyas surrendered another goal in the opening minutes of the second half, and the Wildcats added two more unanswered goals, taking a four-goal lead. Senior forward Helena Masiello ended the unanswered

Wildcat run with a goal of her own, but the Hoyas could not mount enough of a comeback effort and fell 5-2. Looking to split their weekend series, the Hoyas took the field against La Salle (3-4) on Sunday, who are ranked eighth in the Atlantic Ten Conference. For nearly the first 15 minutes, the game remained scoreless, as both teams could not get shots on net. La Salle was able to capitalize off a Georgetown foul and score after a chip in from the corner, taking an early 1-0 advantage. The Hoyas began to apply pressure on the Explorers after the goal: Four minutes before the half concluded, the Hoyas broke through, as junior midfielder Michaela Bruno scored her second goal of the season to even things up at one apiece. Georgetown kept its momentum early in the second half after sophomore midfielder Jax Van der Veen found sophomore Cami Osborne for a goal shortly after the 37-minute mark. Osborne now has five goals on the season. Eight minutes after Osborne broke the tie, Bruno extended the Hoya lead to two after she

netted her second goal of the game, this time off a penalty on La Salle. Feeling the pressure of a two-goal deficit, the Explorers continued to put up shots on nets before burying one and cutting the Georgetown lead in half. But the Hoyas hung on for the remaining five minutes to secure the 3-2 win. Bouncing back after their loss against rival Villanova, the Hoyas withstood a 10-shot second half by La Salle and converted two goals in three attempts. Head Coach Christy Longacre noted how much this win meant to the team and how important it was to bounce back following a loss. "Today was big for us because we showed a response to Friday's game," Longacre said in an interview with GUHoyas. Longacre also emphasized the need to correct the mistakes that led to Georgetown’s fall against Villanova. "We will fix some things this week from this past weekend as we prepare for our next conference game against Quinnipiac,” Longacre said. The Hoyas return to action on Friday as they travel to Hamden, Conn., to face the Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-4) at 3 p.m.

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The men's and women's tennis teams competed at the Penn Invitational last weekend. Every men's team member won a match, while sophomore Sofie Moenster finished second in singles play.

Freshmen Successful in Debut christopher gay Hoya Staff Writer

Last weekend, the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams began their seasons at the Penn Invitational and the Bedford Tennis Mid-Atlantic Tennis Championship, respectively. The women’s team featured two freshmen, Elena De Santis and Renee Repella, competing in their first tournament as Hoyas. De Santis reached the semifinals in her debut, defeating opponents from Towson University and Virginia Tech before falling to Kanako Yano of Virginia Commonwealth University in the semifinals by the score of 6-2, 6-2. Repella also started her Georgetown career well, advancing to the round of 16. Sophomore Sofie Moenster advanced to the finals before also losing to VCU’s Yano 6-2, 7-6. Moenster backed up her singles performance with a semifinals run in doubles alongside her partner, senior Cecilia Lynham. Yano defeated a third Hoya on the day, senior Risa Nakagawa, in the round of 16. Out of the three Georgetown players

who competed against Yano, Nakagawa played her the tightest, losing by a score of 7-5, 6-4. Nakagawa will look to lead the Hoyas to success in their next tournament when they compete in the Milwaukee Tennis Classic beginning Sept. 20. The men’s tennis team began their season at the University of Pennsylvania’s annual fall tournament. Throughout the weekend, the Hoyas competed against Yale, Princeton and Penn, Ivy League teams that historically rank in the top 100 Division I teams. Overall, the Hoyas performance featured an even mix of wins and losses. Starting against Yale, Georgetown won three out of the four doubles matches with senior Michael Chen and junior Ian Witmer winning a tight match by the score of 7-6. In singles competition, the Hoyas won three out of the seven matches and were led by the performances of Georgetown sophomores: Connor Lee, Charlie Sharton and Luke Ross all captured victories. Senior Michael Chen battled back after losing the first set,

but was defeated in the third set by a score of 6-1. In Georgetown’s second match against Princeton, the Hoyas split the doubles matches with Lee and sophomore Rohan Kamdar winning 7 to 5 in the tiebreaker. In singles, Chen and freshman Carlos Grande earned the Hoyas’ two victories. Playing in the number 7 spot for the Hoyas, Grande won a three-set match 7-6, 3-6, 7-5. Taking Chen’s spot in the number one position against Penn, Kamdar lost a three-set match 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Rounding out their weekend, the Hoyas competed against Penn, where they started off strong in doubles competition by taking three out of the four matches. Georgetown was less successful in singles play, as Ross was the sole Hoya to win in the eight singles matchups. Ross, playing in the number 7 spot, bounced back after losing the second set to win the match 6-4 in the third. The men’s team will play their next tournament this upcoming weekend at the Joe Hunt Memorial in Annapolis,

GU Routed 41-0 by Big Green danny mccooey Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown football team’s losing streak continued last Saturday as the Hoyas were shut out on the road by the Dartmouth Big Green, 410. The Hoyas (1-2) allowed a season-high 453 total yards and 21 first downs. Senior defensive back Blaise Brown led the defense with 10 tackles, while a trio of sophomore linebackers made an impact on defense. Wes Bowers totaled nine tackles; George Ikott recorded the team’s only sack; and Owen Kessler caught his second interception of the season. Senior defensive back J’V’on Butler generated a turnover as well, stripping the Big Green’s running back at the five-yard line. Freshman linebacker Justin Fonteneaux recovered the fumble and prevented a touchdown. On the other side of the ball, junior quarterback Gunther Johnson threw for 70 yards, completing 11 of 19 passes

with an interception. Sophomore wide receiver Skyler Springs, Johnson’s main target on the day, caught three passes for a team-high 31 yards. Freshman running back Herman Moultrie III led the team with 31 yards on the ground. Georgetown was especially beaten in the trenches, on the offensive and defensive lines. Dartmouth gained 260 of its yards on the ground, and the Hoyas struggled to put pressure on Dartmouth quarterback Derek Kyler, who was making his first career start. Head Coach Rob Sgarlata praised Dartmouth’s preparation. “Their coaches did a good job of getting him comfortable in his first start. They put the weight on the running backs and their veterans on the offensive line,” Sgarlata said in an interview with The Hoya. On offense, Johnson did not have much time to throw. “It was tough to keep them off Gunther early in the first half,” Sgarlata said. Junior punter Brad Hurst

saw a lot of action in the shutout. He punted eight times, averaging 47 yards per attempt. Three of Hurst’s punts pinned Dartmouth behind its own 20-yard line, including a 65-yarder -- the longest of the season and the 10th-longest in program history. Sgarlata had high praise for Hurst after the game. “Brad continues to be one of the best kickers at this level. He made two huge plays and flipped the field twice for us,” Sgarlata said. Georgetown returns to the Hilltop for its Homecoming matchup against Columbia University on Saturday, Sept. 22. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. on Cooper Field. The two teams will be familiar with one another, as they will face off for the fourth straight season. Sgarlata believes the team will be ready to go. “We need to address some things in all three parts of the game. We will take what we can learn from today and get ready for the next one the best we can,” Sgarlata said.

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Messi Remains in Top Form Dean Hampers

ver a decade ago, Lionel Messi started to receive praise as one of the most talented athletes of all time. At age 20, he was already Football Club Barcelona’s star player. By age 22, he won his first Ballon d’Or — soccer’s most prestigious individual award — before taking it home the next three years in a row. However, in recent years, Messi has largely been denied the accolades that seemed so routine early in his career. He has lost the Ballon d’Or to Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo four out of the last five years. This season, he was completely left off the three-man shortlist for the 2018 FIFA Men’s Player of the Year Award; Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah were nominated instead. Messi’s success with Barcelona has been overshadowed by rival Real Madrid’s three consecutive Champions League victories. Though he used to draw frequent comparisons to legendary fellow Argentine Diego Maradona, Messi, now 31, has been criticized for failing to deliver a World Cup or continental cham-

pionship to his home country. The fact that Messi’s teams have not recently captured the most prestigious trophies in club and international competitions should not divert soccer fans away from a more important reality. He continues to outperform every other player in the world. Amid Messi’s slight decline in recognition, he sent a powerful reminder this week that he is the same sensational playmaker he has always been. Messi delivered a hattrick in Barcelona’s 4-0 victory over Philips Sport Vereniging in the first game of the Champions League on Tuesday. He scored a mesmerizing free kick that curled just inside the top right corner, a carefully placed volley into the bottom left corner and a weakfooted strike over the defending goalkeeper’s outstretched leg. It was the type of performance that any other player would be hailed for as the greatest of their career. Yet for Messi, scoring such stunning goals is normal form. He now holds the record for most Champions League hattricks with eight. Ronaldo trails with seven, and nobody else has more than three. Although Messi’s 103 career Champions League goals falls short of Ronaldo’s 120, Messi reached the 100mark in 123 games compared to Ronaldo’s 144 games. Messi is also fresh off a season in which he led La Liga, Spain’s top division, in nearly every conceivable category including

goals, assists, dribbles, chances created and Man of the Match awards, an honor for the best player in a match. During a year when Ronaldo made headlines for a record transfer move to Juventus, Salah had a surprise breakout season for Liverpool and 19-year-old Frenchman Kylian Mbappe became soccer’s most intriguing youngster with a World Cup victory, Messi has been quietly playing the sport at his very best. It is not only Messi’s statistical dominance, but also his style of play that deserves continued recognition. His speed has not wavered with age, his dribbling skills are a nightmare for defenders and his shot placement is devastatingly accurate. It may be easy to occasionally forget about Messi’s extraordinarily rare talent given he is perhaps the world’s most reserved superstar. His personality is as unimposing as his 5-foot-7 physical stature. Messi doesn’t do pregame news conferences like most star players and rarely even speaks in commercials. Nevertheless, the athletic attributes that catapulted Messi to global stardom remain features of a legendary career that is far from over. Those who follow today’s dynamic soccer news cycle should take a moment to admire the player who continues to be the greatest of his generation. Dean Hampers is a junior in the College. Free Kick appears every

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Sophomore running back Jay Tolliver has rushed for 46 yards on 30 attempts this fall and has five catches for 56 yards on the season. Tolliver ran for 33 yards in Georgetown's win over Marist.

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field upon the start of the third quarter. Davis revealed his decision only to Bills Coach Sean McDermott before promptly leaving the stadium. Following the game, Davis posted on Instagram to explain that his retirement was based on the fact that he was no longer in the requisite physical condition to be competitive in the NFL. Davis’ decision also seems to be influenced by the fact that the Bills appear destined for a disastrous season. They were losing 28-6 at halftime against the Chargers. The main issue with Davis’

retirement is the perceived disrespect aimed at his teammates and the Bills organization. If he had remained on the sideline with the team for the second half instead of leaving the stadium, Davis could surely have avoided a much criticism for turning his back on his teammates. However, a player should have autonomy when it comes to his decision to retire, whether it comes be at the end of a half or at the end of the season. After Davis came to his realization to retire, he decided not to play the second half to avoid a major injury in, what was, to him, a meaningless game. While Davis may be perceived

as a quitter, he cannot be faulted for looking out for his personal welfare after playing a game that requires tremendous physical sacrifice for 10 years.

Neither fans nor defenders have any clue about what currently constitutes a legal hit on a quarterback. Furthermore, the Bills will be able to collect the money that Davis would have been paid for the remainder of the season, so it is not as though he

will simply take their money and run. However, in this circumstance, it seems fair that Davis foregoes his paycheck for week two, given that he elected not to finish the game. While Davis’ sudden retirement may serve as the defining moment of his career, the unrelenting critics should at least consider Davis’ point of view when judging of his actions. Although the NFL deserves criticism for its implementation of the body weight rule, fans of the league should not fault players who choose to abruptly retire after enduring years of physical punishment.

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Junior defender Meaghan Nally has started eight games for the Hoyas this season, scoring one goal against West Virginia.

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and, this game again, she was very good.” Junior midfielder Carson Nizialek added a fourth goal, her first of the season, in the 60th minute off an assist by Farrell. Georgetown outshot Columbia 14-8 and had a 5-3 advantage in corner kicks. The Hoyas’ defense remained stout against the Lions. Sophomore defender Kelly Ann Livingstone stopped a shot while senior goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman was out of net in the 18th minute, and junior defender Meaghan Nally chased down a potential goal opportunity in the 70th. Schechtman recorded four saves on the day. Big East play begins on Sunday, as Georgetown travels to New York City to take on St. John’s. The Hoyas will have to adjust to conference play, Coach Nolan explained. “The Big East has a whole different set of challenges. There’s some places that are tough places to play, starting with St. John’s this weekend,” Nolan said. “First game of the Big East season is when everyone has the most optimism and the most confidence, so it’s going to be a real tough game.” Kickoff in New York is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Belson Stadium.

“This was more like we played last year, where we were opening teams up and causing them a lot of trouble,” Nolan said. “I was happy with the result. We got out on them early.” Farrell opened up the scoring for the Hoyas, once again off an assist from Germino-Watnick, this time in the 10th minute. In the 22nd minute, GerminoWatnick got in on the scoring herself, recording her first goal of the season off an assist from Carusa. Germino-Watnick had a chance to add a second goal in the 53rd minute when she rifled a shot from the top of the box. The shot was deflected and landed on the head of senior midfielder Meghan Shaver, who guided the ball into the back of the net for her first goal of the year and the Hoyas’ third of the game. Germino-Watnick earned an assist on the goal, her second of the game. Coach Nolan praised GerminoWatnick’s play this season. “Paula’s good enough that she can play anywhere. I think she’s probably been, over the last three games, our most consistent player,” Nolan said. “I thought she was excellent against Princeton,

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showed composure as he stepped up to the penalty spot and fired the ball past Xavier’s diving keeper into the left corner of the net. Georgetown held onto its lead for the remaining minute of the half and entered halftime with a 1-0 lead. As soon as the whistle blew to begin the second half, Coach Wiese noticed a change in Xavier’s tactics. “The goal probably opened [the game] up a little bit. They had to take a few more chances and do a few more things,” Coach Wiese said. Georgetown generated consecutive chances five minutes into the second half, starting with sophomore forward Derek Dodson, who played the ball to Ledder down the left side. Ledder made a run to beat his defender and struck a shot low and hard, but Xavier’s keeper made a solid save. On the ensuing corner, Za-

jec found senior defender Peter Schropp eight yards out from the net. However, Schropp could not get off a good shot, and Xavier’s goalkeeper made a comfortable save. In the 65th minute, Xavier equalized against the run of play and tied the game at one. Xavier took a 2-1 lead just 13 minutes later. Following a set piece, Nikopolidis struggled to deal with a cross in the box and was not able to punch the ball clear. The Musketeers capitalized on the mistake as Jacob Goodall scored on the open net. Coach Wiese discussed Xavier’s set piece proficiency. “They’re just good at [set pieces]. We know they’re good at them. Our guys need to be able to handle them a little bit better,” Wiese said. The Hoyas quickly answered with a goal of their own. Having already generated a few chances off Zajec’s set pieces, the Hoyas won a corner in the 85th minute. Zajec’s corner found the head of

sophomore defender Rio HopeGund, who headed the ball home and tied the game at two. Georgetown’s excitement was short-lived as Xavier scored the game-winner just over a minute later. Again off a set piece, Matt Nance sent the ball into the box and found Tomek Pauer who clinically headed in Xavier’s third goal of the day. Coach Wiese explained that the Hoyas’ defensive issues cost them the game. “The game-winning goal was probably pretty disappointing on our end. That’s Xavier. If you’re going to beat Xavier, you have to lock up defending set pieces really well, and at the end of the day, we didn’t,” Wiese said. The Hoyas pressed heavily for an equalizer during the final four minutes, but had little success as they ultimately fell to the Musketeers 3-2. Following the game, Coach

Wiese expressed his disappointment in Georgetown’s mentality in the second half. “I was really disappointed in our older players,” Wiese said. “I thought some of our older players didn’t do what they did against Stanford where they understood that you’re playing against a top team and if you take a break for a second, that you can easily lose the game at any moment.” Despite the loss, Wiese still has confidence that the Hoyas can have a special season if they can figure out the intangible side of soccer. “I do believe that this team has all the pieces to be a special team, but that intangible right there is the one that if we get it right, we can be special. If we don’t get it right, we’ll lose a lot of games in disappointing fashion,” Wiese said. Next up, Georgetown will play DePaul at Shaw Field on Friday, Sept. 21 at 3 p.m.

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The Georgetown men’s soccer team took a 1-0 lead into halftime against Xavier last weekend. After junior forward Riley Strassner was fouled in the box, senior midfielder Kyle Zajec sent a shot into the left corner of the net to give the Hoyas the lead.

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the final set, the Hoyas led throughout to win the frame by 15 points. After clinching the win for the Hoyas in the first match, Wertzberger led all players with 15 kills in the match. Senior libero Kenzie Higareda tied for the match high in digs with 18. Georgetown closed out the series with a third win to

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sweep the tournament, beating Loyola Maryland (4-8) in straight sets on Saturday night. The Hoyas won the first two sets decisively, 25-18 and 25-9, and edged out the third by a score of 25-23 to close out the sweep against the Greyhounds. Trailing 25-18 in the first set, Georgetown sparked an 8-0 run to take the frame 25-18. Georgetown controlled the second set and earned a 25-9 victory, but the third and final

set remained close throughout. With the score tied at 23, Wertzberger recorded a kill, and Vujosevic added a block to close out the match and Georgetown’s undefeated weekend. Speech recorded 13 kills in the contest with no errors while junior right side Margo Snipe added seven kills without an attack error. Snipe also led all players with four blocks.

Speech was named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week for her performance over the weekend and was added to the Dig the District Invitational All-Tournament Team. She has totaled 1,196 kills in her career with Georgetown. The Hoyas won 9 of 10 sets over the weekend, improving their record to 7-5. Georgetown will travel to Villanova on Saturday in a Big East Conference matchup.

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Redshirt freshman Brennan Wilhite recorded six kills in Georgetown’s win over Alabama A&M last weekend. Wilhite added seven more kills in the Hoyas’ other two weekend wins over Morgan State and Loyola Maryland and has 33 total kills on the season.

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The men’s soccer team lost to conference foe Xavier last weekend. Xavier scored three second-half goals to win 3-2.

GU Falls to Xavier In Big East Opener In its first Big East Conference game of the season, the Georgetown University men’s soccer team fell to the Xavier Musketeers at Shaw Field. Xavier (3-0-3, 1-0 Big East) entered the game with a stout defense, having conceded one goal in their opening five games of the season. The majority of the first half remained a stalemate as both teams attempted to break their opposition. Head Coach Brian Wiese expected a tough opening 45 minutes. “The first half was how you think it should be. There’s not a lot of chances really for either team. There are just a couple moments,” Coach Wi-

Junior Margo Snipe led all players with four blocks in Georgetown’s win over Loyola Maryland.

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ese said in an interview with The Hoya. Georgetown (4-2-1, 0-1 Big East) found its first chance to score nine minutes into the game when sophomore defender Sean O’Hearn started a combination play and broke Xavier’s high pressure. Graduate student midfielder Matt Ledder found space on the left wing and lobbed a cross into the middle of the box, but no Hoya was able to capitalize on the opportunity, With just over a minute left in the first half, junior forward Riley Strassner was brought down in the box and earned a penalty for Georgetown. Senior midfielder Kyle Zajec See Xavier, A11

The Georgetown women’s soccer team defeated a pair of Ivy League foes over the weekend and remains undefeated. On Thursday, the No. 10 Hoyas (7-0-2) took down the No. 25 Princeton Tigers (5-2-1) on the road, winning 2-1 in overtime. Head Coach Dave Nolan appreciated the competitive match. “I thought Princeton was the best game we played all year,” Nolan said in an interview with The Hoya. “They’re a very good team, and up there, they are very difficult.”

Senior forward Caitlin Farrell started the scoring in the 24th minute, assisted by junior midfielder Paula Germino-Watnick. Farrell notched her fourth goal of the season and Germino-Watnick recorded her first assist. Princeton did not register a shot in the first half as Georgetown controlled possession of the ball. In the second half, the Tigers notched a goal in the 68th minute to even the score. Both teams were unable to find the net after back-andforth action in the last 20 minutes of regulation play. The teams remained tied as

the match headed into overtime. Nolan was impressed with the team’s response to Princeton’s goal. “I thought our response was very good,” Nolan said. “Instead of feeling sorry for ourselves … we actually came back, and we probably should have scored another two or three in the second half.” Farrell was fouled in the box in the 93rd minute, and graduate student forward Kyra Carusa stepped up to take the penalty. Carusa gave the Hoyas the win on a penalty shot, her fifth goal of the season and second consecutive game with a game win-

ner. Georgetown outshot Princeton 20-6 and had 11 corner kicks to Princeton’s 0. The Blue and Gray wrapped up its nonconference play on Sunday with a 4-0 shutout win at Shaw Field against the Columbia Lions (3-4-1). While Georgetown’s defense had a strong performance and recorded its fifth shutout of the season, the offense, led by Farrell, Germino-Watnick and Carusa produced the more notable performance. Coach Nolan was impressed with the team’s attacking. See PRINceTON, A11

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The women’s soccer team earned two wins last week, defeating the Princeton Tigers and the Columbia Lions. Senior forward Caitlin Farrell was named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week after scoring against both Princeton and Columbia.

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Georgetown Sweeps Weekend Matches Vikram Sud

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The Georgetown volleyball team went undefeated last weekend, sweeping three matches at the Dig the District Invitational in McDonough Arena. Georgetown (8-5, 1-0 Big East) opened the series on Friday against Morgan State (68). The match was more competitive than the straight-set

score would suggest, as each set was decided by two points: 25-23, 25-23 and 26-24. With the score deadlocked at 24 in the third frame, the Hoyas clinched the win with kills from senior middle blocker Symone Speech and sophomore outside hitter Riley Wertzberger. Georgetown recorded 51 kills to Morgan State’s 35 and notched 14 more assists than their opponents.

Going into the match, junior outside hitter Iva Vujosevic led the Hoyas with 3.56 kills per set. Against Morgan State, Vujosevic continued her strong attacking play and recorded 17 total kills while Speech added nine. Sophomore setter Margo Pivonka led with 40 assists in the match, 11 more than any other player. Georgetown continued its winning ways in the second

match of the weekend on Saturday morning, defeating Alabama A&M (4-12). The Hoyas won the first two frames 2519 and 25-21, but dropped the third by a score of 10-25. Georgetown bounced back after losing its first set of the weekend to take the fourth set against Alabama A&M 2510 to seal the victory. Starting with a 4-0 run in See Morgan State, A11

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Freshman outside hitter Elissa Barbosa, middle, registered three kills in the Hoyas’ sweep of the Dig the District Invitational last weekend. On the season, the freshman has totaled 39 kills. The women’s volleyball team has eight wins this fall and will face Villanova next Saturday. Visit us online at thehoya.com/sports

Jeff Swanson

A Call for Clarity With Ambiguous NFL Rule Changes Following the conclusion of the second week of the NFL season, a new rule change and one abrupt retirement has spurred concern about the state of the league. The first issue at stake, the bodyweight rule, bars a defender from landing on a quarterback with all his bodyweight. This new rule was adopted in the offseason to prevent quarterback injuries, such as when Anthony Barr landed a vicious hit on Aaron Rodgers and fractured the star quarterback’s collarbone last year. Ironically, the body weight rule has been an affliction for Rodgers’ Packers this year, the same team that prompted the change in the first place. Linebacker Clay Matthews has been penalized in critical situations for consecutive weeks. The latest instance occurred in the game between the Packers and the Vikings when Matthews was penalized for a seemingly innocuous hit on Kirk Cousins, erasing an interception that would have given the ball to the Packers with less than two minutes left and victory firmly within their grasp. However, the penalty provided the Vikings with a first down

and the momentum for their game-tying touchdown. Following the game, Matthews seemed incredulous about the official’s ruling. Neither fans nor defenders have any clue about what currently constitutes a legal hit on a quarterback. The bodyweight rule is the latest iteration of the NFL’s ambiguous rules and elicits comparisons to last year’s fiasco: the catch rule. To remedy this issue, the NFL should alter the rule so that the bodyweight rule is a reviewable penalty, like targeting. Furthermore, to eliminate malicious hits on the quarterback, the NFL should penalize all hits that are more severe than a routine tackle. This change would provide a reasonable frame of reference for defenders on how to hit quarterbacks without injuring them. Bills cornerback Vontae Davis also dominated the national conversation this weekend, after he spontaneously decided to retire at halftime during a game against the Chargers. At halftime, Davis entered the locker room with his teammates, but did not return to the See Swanson, A11