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Georgetown University • Washington, D.C. Vol. 94, No. 16, © 2012
FRIDAY, october 26, 2012
FALL FASHION
EDITORIAL The D.C. Health Code does not do enough to ensure food safety.
The Guide explores ways to make the season’s trends your own. GUIDE, G5
RECREATION An upscale bowling alley has filed a proposal for a new shop in Georgetown.
OPINION, A2
WOMEN’S SOCCER Georgetown will play host to DePaul Sunday in the Big East quarterfinals.
NEWS, A6
SPORTS, A10
Health Center Scheduling Reviewed Penny Hung
Hoya Staff Writer
Undergraduate and graduate students met with Assistant Vice President of Student Health Services
James Welsh Oct. 24. to discuss enhancing the university’s current online appointment scheduling system for the Student Health Center. The student delegation comprised Georgetown University Stu-
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Students are seeking ways to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of the online appointment request system at the Student Health Center.
dent Association President Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13), Vice President Vail Kohnert-Yount (SFS ’13) and two representatives from the Graduate Student Organization, President Paul Musgrave (GRD ’16) and Vice President of Advocacy Carina Minardi (GRD ’16). According to Minardi, the initiative began last year as a joint project between the GUSA executive board and GSO and then was passed down to Gustafson and Kohnert-Yount. “The meeting was a joint effort with GUSA and GSO because this is an issue that affects a great number of graduate students as well as undergraduates,” Musgrave said. The university implemented an online appointment request system called “My MedStar Connect” in April 2012, which allows students to request appointments, renew a prescription and review test results. To set up an account, students must acquire a personal identification number by submitting a request online and then set up an See HEALTH, A5
Yates Thefts Spike in October Guthrie Angeles
A total of 18 incidents have occurred through Oct. 24; in compar-
A rash of thefts hit Yates Field House this month, with five incidents occurring over a two-week period. In contrast, seven thefts at Yates were reported to the Department of Public Safety between January and September. Similarly, in past years there have been few thefts reported at the location during the month of October. In 2010 and 2011, no thefts were reported at Yates in that month, and only one was reported in October 2009. Overall, theft has not spiked significantly on campus this month.
“The hard thing is they can’t put cameras in [the locker rooms].”
Special to The Hoya
KAITLIN CARANO (COL ’13) Victim of theft at Yates Field House
ison, 19 thefts had been reported last month through Sept. 24. Each victim of theft at Yates within the last month had property stolen from a locker, according to DPS records. Four reports indi-
cated that items were stolen from an unsecured locker, while one report did not specify whether or not the locker was secured. Among the items stolen from the lockers were wallets, a sweatshirt, school supplies and other unspecified property. Four of the thefts occurred between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Kaitlin Carano (COL ’13) had her wallet stolen from her backpack in the women’s locker room Oct. 16 between 4:50 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. Despite having her laptop in the same bag as her wallet, her laptop was left untouched.
Commentator Calls for Collaborative Government Eitan Sayag
Hoya Staff Writer
Talk show host Chris Matthews spoke about bipartisanship and political cooperation in Lohrfink Auditorium Thursday evening. The lecture, “Making Politics Work,” was co-sponsored by the Georgetown University Lecture Fund and the Tanous Family Endowed Lecture Fund. Matthews, who is known for his hourlong talk show “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” opened the presentation by talking about bipartisanship, using the relationship of former President Ronald Reagan and former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill as an example. “The country we built here is all about the kinds of people we sent here,” Matthews said, referring to elected representatives in Congress. “The older I get, the more I believe in the system. I just want it to work. I just want the right and the left
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Matthews recalled the cooperation he saw while working in Congress in the ’80s.
to get together and negotiate and compromise and find a way to make this thing work and stop kicking so many cans down the road.” Matthews, who served as an aide for O’Neill during his tenure as speaker, is currently working on a book about Reagan and O’Neill. “[Reagan and O’Neill] both loved the country, and in their own ways they wanted it to work,” Matthews said. “For a half dozen years in the 1980s I was on the inside politically … The Speaker of The House, an old-time liberal Democrat, and his adversary Ronald Reagan, [who was] destined to be one of the most popular presidents in history. I think I saw American government run the way it was supposed run back then.” Matthews said that O’Neill and Reagan’s relationship emphasized how bipartisanship and government ought to function. “If politics was zero sum, we wouldn’t get anywhere with self-government,” Matthews said. “Sometimes the success of a whole thing depends on good competition, a balance and where a fight makes both guys look good.” Students said they were impressed by Matthews’s speech. “I’m just voting for the first time and it’s important … to hear other perspectives,” Alexandra Daniels (COL ’16) said. “I think he has a lot of good points and that people do need to see ... what we can collaborate on and what we can agree on is more important than what separates us.” “I like that even though he is a pretty liberal guy, he still thinks that we all need to compromise and work like Tip O’Neill and Reagan did to actually make politics work,” Elyssa Skeirik (SFS ’15) said.
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See YATES, A5
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Wisey’s, the popular Wisconsin Avenue deli, has filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement against competing delivery service Wiseats.
Wisey’s Sues Service Over Name, Logo
Sheeva Nesva
Special to The Hoya
Wisey’s #1 LLC filed a lawsuit for intentional trademark infringement against local restaurant owner Davar Ashgrizzadeh and his businesses, Minellis Pizzeria Enterpries LLC and Nimellis Pizzeria LLC. Wisey’s #1 is the parent company of Wisey’s — better known as “Healthy Wisey’s” — located at 1440 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Ashgrizzadeh’s restaurant Cafe Romeo’s, located at 2132 Wisconsin Ave. NW, became the base for Wiseats, which operates as a pick-up, delivery and catering service in the D.C. area, earlier this year. The Wisey’s complaint, which was filed Sept. 27, alleges that Wiseats copied Wisey’s name and logo earlier this year.
“Defendants did not open another location, expand or even alter CafeRomeo’s,” the plaintiff wrote in the complaint. “Defendants simply began marketing their inferior but competing products and services under the confusingly similar Wiseats mark … for the sole purpose of trafficking Wisey’s goodwill and reputation.” The two delis’ logos, menus and slogans are markedly similar. The Wisey’s slogan is “Eat Right, Eat Wisey’s,” while Wiseats’ slogan is “Eat Wise, Eat Wiseats.” Additionally, some items on the Wisey’s menu, such as a smoothie containing bananas, dates and honey, are replicated exactly on the Wiseats menu. According to a Wisey’s employee who asked to remain anonymous See TRADEMARK, A5
JUST DO IT: NIKE OPENS FLAGSHIP STORE ON M STREET
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The new Niketown at the corner of Thomas Jefferson and M Streets opened to the public Thursday. Published Tuesdays and Fridays
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