The Hoya: October 8, 2013

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TUESDAY, october 8, 2013

OFFENSE EXPLODES

EDITORIAL Columbus Day needs a more historically sensitive name.

Neumann’s hat trick lifts Hoyas to an 8-0 win over Seton Hall.

SPORTS, A10

INTRAMURALS Due to budget cuts, students have taken on more responsibility.

NEWS, A4

OPINION, A2

DOCTORS IN DEMAND Only 453 out of 8,000 licensed physicians are practicing in D.C. NEWS, A5

GUSA Targets Speech Reform Annie Chen

“Our biggest task would be free speech zones where, instead of having one zone on campus where students It has been 24 years since the uni- can have complete free speech … have versity wrote the Speech and Expres- campus itself be a free speech zone sion Policy that has repeatedly been where certain places are protected,” flagged by watchdog groups and stu- GUSA Deputy Chief of Staff Tane dents. Now, GUSA leaders are pushing Arana-Humphries (SFS ’15), a student to make good on a campaign promise representative on the Speech and Exto change that. pression Committee, said. “There are The university’s policy defines the certain places given, like the cemetery boundaries of Georgetown’s unre- or President DeGioia’s office, where stricted speech zone to Red Square you should be respectful. But for the and the Leavey rest of the camCenter lobby, and pus, we’re eduguarantees rec- “If campus dialogue cated adults and ognized groups should be able to access to public centered on Catholic express our opinspace on campus identity were a sincere ions.” to meet and disThis year, in value, restrictions on cuss issues. an attempt to G e o r ge tow n change its role on University Stu- free speech would be campus, the comdent Association unnecessary.” mittee will meet President Nate more regularly to Tisa (SFS ’14) and review the Speech NATE TISA (SFS ’14) In an op-ed in The Hoya, Sept. 14, 2012 Vice President and Expression Adam RamaPolicy instead of dan (SFS ’14) made expansion of free convening only to review violations. speech zones a centerpiece of their The committee has the authority to February campaign platform. amend the university’s speech policy, “There is an inconsistency between along with approval from the vice having a theoretical campus-wide free president for student affairs. speech zone and having a more prag“We’re shifting it from a reactive matic free speech zone of Red Square,” body to a proactive, meaning it’s not Tisa told The Hoya last week. going to react to problems of free The Speech and Expression Com- speech, but it’s going to go out there mittee, which is composed of four and advance it to the community,” undergraduate students appointed Tisa said.

by GUSA and four faculty members, The committee will also work with met last year only when students or student groups to gauge their take on faculty members brought forth com- free speech. plaints of potential policy violations.

“Through some of the other work The committee convened twice in the we’re doing, we’re also looking at 2012-2013 academic year. It will have student organizations and how free its first meeting of the year on TuesSee SPEECH, A5 day.

Hoya Staff Writer

COURTESY BOWIE-GRIDLEY ARCHITECTS

Renovations to Lauinger Library, which will be part of the university’s next phase of master planning, will include a redesigned reading room with two stories of windows and expansion south into the current parking lot.

Plans Tackle Campus Eyesores Lauinger and Reiss renovations could take decade to complete Christopher Zawora Hoya Staff Writer

While campus has been consumed lately by discussions of shortterm housing solutions, the university has kept an eye on the long term, with the goal of eventually renovating Lauinger Library and Reiss Science Building.

Lauinger Library administrators estimate that fundraising, planning and construction for the library will take approximately 10 years, although there is no definite timeline.

After completing fundraising for the Intercollegiate Athletic Center,

the construction of which is set to begin this spring, the university will begin raising $150 million for the library project.

The ideas behind renovation of Lauinger extend back three years, when library administrators began working with Bowie-Gridley Architects to develop preliminary designs that would expand the library while also renovating the existing structure. Bowie-Gridley is also the firm that is designing the IAC. With the concept of a “Library on the Potomac” in mind, the plans lay out an expansion to the library,

For Guards, Life Sans Laptops

which services more than a million users per year, that would extend the south wall of the building to Prospect Street. Keeping the style of cascading Village A apartments, the architects’ design of the south side would include a reading room with two-story glass windows overlooking the Potomac River and an outdoor patio above Prospect Street.

Renovations to the other walls of the library would involve adding windows to the existing structure, including by the atrium and on the front of the tower.

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VIETNAM MEMORIAL ON THE MOVE

Johnny Verhovek Special to The Hoya

The job of student guard has traditionally been coveted by students seeking to make money and finish homework at the same time. But a change in policy by the Department of Public Safety this summer has made the position less appealing for these multitaskers: Guards are no longer allowed to use laptops while on duty.

Student guard Michael Ferm (COL ’15), who started working as a student guard last year, summed up the difference between this year’s shifts and last year’s shifts in one word: “bored.”

“Now I have to plan beforehand,” Ferm said. “Before, if I had articles, I could read on the computer. I now need all the printouts before I start my shift.”

While the change is irksome to many returning employees, DPS Chief of Police Jay Gruber said it stemmed from safety concerns, particularly a string of burglaries in dorms that were perpetrated by non-Georgetown students last spring. Gruber hopes the change in policy, which allows smartphones but bans e-readers and tablets in addition to laptops, will lead student guards to pay greater attention to their surroundings.

“The bottom line is the safety and security of our students,” Gruber said.

“While student guards don’t have the power to make arrests, we expect them to constantly check their surroundings for people who are in the

With MOOC, a Lecture Hall That Fits 20,000

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With all national monuments closed during the government shutdown, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund partnered with Georgetown to bring a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to campus. The wall, which opened Monday, will stay on Healy Lawn through Columbus Day.

Natasha Khan Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s first massive open online course, “Globalization’s Winners and Losers: Challenges for Developed and Developing Countries,” launched on the edX platform last Tuesday to an audience of nearly 20,000 students from 155 countries.

“The fact that so many thousands of students all over the world are taking a course from a Georgetown professor is amazing to me. It extends our reach and our presence in all kinds of places. It allows us to help educate people in all kinds of different places,” School of For-

eign Service Dean Carol Lancaster said. “It really is a manifestation of global Georgetown and all the good things that Georgetown can offer.”

The free class is taught by Theodore Moran, SFS professor and director of the Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy, with help from a faculty support team including course manager Rosaelena O’Neil, four teaching assistants and various guest lecturers.

“The launch felt like NASA waiting for the Mars rover to land, all the TAs and I were sitting in the office and waiting for the clock to tick until 9 o’clock,” O’Neil said.

“The moment that was really strikPublished Tuesdays and Fridays

ing for me was to see that at about minute eight or 10 after the course had opened, the discussion boards were already humming across the world. Within the first couple of hours, people were forming study groups, asking questions.”

Overall, the MOOC launch was smooth, despite some minor technical malfunctions. For example, some multiple choice questions presented a glitch in grading, which was quickly corrected. The technical response was conducted by a joint team of edX and Georgetown staff.

The course primarily relies on readings, lectures and “knowledge checks,” usually multiple choice

or fill-in-the-blank questions, polls and self-assessed open responses.

O’Neil characterized the course as very flexible and adaptable to each student’s schedule because a key factor in the course’s setup was keeping students engaged.

Based on edX research, Georgetown found that the limit to student attention span was approximately six to eight minutes.

“Every video has been capped so that it doesn’t lose engagement,” O’Neil said. “If you have only 10 minutes to devote to the class, you can watch a video, do three

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OPINION

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THE VERDICT Papal Petition – William Peter Blatty (C ’50), author of “The Exorcist,” submitted a canon law petition to Pope Francis challenging Georgetown’s Catholic identity to Pope Francis on Friday.

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EDITORIALS

Fashion Week – The Georgetown Business Improvement District will launch “FAD Georgetown” this weekend, with 80 stores along M Street offering special discounts and sales on limited edition items.

C Indigenous Peoples’ Day C Most Georgetown students are eagerly anticipating the upcoming long weekend as a chance to catch up on sleep, explore Washington, D.C. or return home. This cherished second Monday in October has long been celebrated in honor of Christopher Columbus, a tradition observed by the university.

As innocuous as this may seem, recognition of Columbus Day implicitly aligns the university with a man whose oppressive legacy contradicts core Jesuit values.

The university should end this practice and instead dedicate the second Monday of October as a day of learning and remembrance in honor of those who are, to this day, impacted by Columbus’ violent legacy. A more fitting name would be Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The horrific effects of European colonialism on American Indians are known by anyone with a rudimentary understanding of world history. Nevertheless, the dominant narrative about European arrival in North America remains one of triumphalist celebration. Holidays like Columbus Day portray European explorers as victors in a quest to discover the New World, while discounting the Americas’ existing inhabitants. This framing is indicative of a broader Western cultural insistence on marginalizing the stories and contributions of native peoples.

Throughout American culture, the perspective of Columbus and his fellow colonists is routinely told as an essential element of history. But rarely are people forced to consider the people for whom Columbus’ arrival meant enslavement, cultural extinction and death. While the name of the holiday rarely evokes such imagery, it is nonetheless symbolic of it.

It is certainly true that people cannot always recompense for the atrocities they have benefitted from. But as Americans,

we should recognize that the land, power and wealth of this nation is in part grounded in the suffering of indigenous peoples. What has been taken cannot be given back. Nevertheless, conscientious men and women should embrace the chance to end the celebration of this legacy.

As it happens, Washington, D.C., is home to another movement for reinterpreting historical legacies. Many in the city and across the country are calling for the Washington Redskins to change their name, which many find racially insensitive. There is momentum for righting historical wrongs, and Columbus Day falls right within that same spirit.

To refuse to celebrate Columbus Day is a small, but necessary, part of being an ethical student of history — and especially of being a Georgetown student. This simple change in name would unquestionably better align the university with its Jesuit values. Recognition of the problem followed by a policy change is a clear use of contemplation in action. The university has a strong emphasis on combining reflection on moral issues with active solutions, and this simple shift would be a clear example of this principle.

To do otherwise, and relinquish the chance to celebrate Oct. 14 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, would be denying the Georgetown community an opportunity to grow ethically and culturally while learning about the rich and diverse cultures of indigenous Americans, including those with representatives on the Hilltop. In order to fulfill the obligations of its Jesuit identity, Georgetown should facilitate a culture that condemns social injustice. Replacing the name Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an important step toward furthering that goal.

Like all Catholic universities, Georgetown has grappled with crafting policy and public positions on gay rights matters. At times, university administrators have put their feet down on the subject; other times, they’ve put their feet in their mouths.

In a Sept. 19 feature appearing in the Georgetown Voice about the creation of GU Pride’s first trans* representative, a quotation attributed to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson affirmed the university’s conservative stance on gender by saying: “There is an emerging view that gender identity is sort of something you play with. I think that is quite a different view than the Catholic view of identity and of human sexuality.”

Since the article ran, objection to Olson’s statement has surfaced on campus and social media, with a particularly strong response written by a Georgetown student and featured on the student-run blog Feminists-At-Large. No doubt backlash to the article stems partly from the stance asserted by Olson and shared by the university: that living outside the gender binary is not condoned by the Catholic Church. And given the university’s

Jesuit and Catholic affiliation, that line is unsurprising and even reasonable in proper context.

What is surprising, and frankly inexcusable, is the casual manner with which Olson’s words treat the issue. Describing the existential struggle and societal intolerance countless transgender individuals face as “play” is not only grossly imprecise, but disrespectful and wrong.

It trivializes a difficult and often painful journey undertaken by people all over the country, including those within our front gates. Such statements can also serve to alienate students who may be facing these struggles, which only lead to a community further divided.

As more and more transgender individuals begin to transition during college, it is clear that confronting transgender issues is a new and challenging frontier — not only at Georgetown but at all universities. While blunders like Olson’s are not uncommon, it is important to keep note of rhetoric when dealing with this subject. The words we choose to discuss this issue must be appropriate and respectful.

Indeed, it’s not a topic that anyone, administrators included, should play with.

Taking Out the Trash – D.C. will spend $58,000 per week for the duration of the shutdown picking up garbage from federal parks formerly maintained the National Park Service.

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Retail Makeover – Wisconsin Avenue clothing store Bebe is set to be replaced next month by the upscale boutique Tory Burch.

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Shaping the Future – Georgetown launched a nine-part public lecture series discussing the future of the D.C. metropolitan area and featuring experts from D.C. offices yesterday.

A Fair Share of Debt – Bixi, the company responsible for many of the bikeshare stations across D.C., is reportedly over $42 million in debt.

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US ... @GUSAssociation Oct. 5 Check out @thehoya article on building alumni relations feat.

GUSA’s Mitch Hochberg & Tane Arana-Humphries! @HoyaHooligans

Oct. 5 Haha “rival” RT @thehoyasports: Georgetown men’s soccer team beat Big East rival Seton Hall 8-0 this afternoon on Shaw field. @vailkoyo4

Oct. 5 Read about my near-death experience (fine, it was a spider in my hair) in today’s edition of @thehoya!

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Think Before You Speak

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chatter

This week on chatter, read Taylor Coles’ analysis of the Tea Party:

“Making policy is a complex process of negotiation, and it is always easy to argue for compromise when compromise would favor one’s own position. The Tea Party is in the wrong, but it is in the wrong because it is wrong on policy, not wrong in its desire to hold firm to its positions.

Principled resistance and obstructionism are two sides of the same coin, and while they may seem to have become a depressingly common currency on Capitol Hill, the problem goes far deeper than aggressive Tea Party tactics.”

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OPINION

TUESDAY, october 8, 2013

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VIEWPOINT • Griffin

Diversity Must Be More Than Numbers C Bebe Albornoz

The Luxury Of Parental Guidance

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nly through my parents’ sacrifices am I able to go to Georgetown, to have clothes for each season of the year and to afford meals all week long. And yet out of all the things they provide, the greatest luxury I have ever known is their unconditional love. Since December 17, 1992, I have never had to live without it.

I’m known for leaving Lau at self-imposed time intervals to call my mom. Our level of contact might sound excessive, but it works for me. I feel entirely independent and confident in my decisions, but I take a certain comfort sharing them with my mother. The way I see it, my parents have never failed to give themselves to my brother or me, so if I can do the same for them in some small way, I try to.

My relationship with them is, of course, not always seamless. There are the hurdles of homework, the strain of stress and the irreverence of independence that I, ike many of us here, grapple with. I sometimes ask myself: How much is too much? When do I cut the cord?

While I joke about an extendable leash my parents still hold on to, I have found that the more I mature, the more I recognize the importance of maintaining ties with my biggest supporters and my best friends. In fact, I believe that the more independent we become, the more we must depend on those who love us.

Our greatest sense of self comes from a deep understanding of the people and places we come from. I have become more aware of my own identity by accepting the parts of my parents’ personalities that manifest themselves in me. I am more of my own person when I rec-

As often as I leave my parents behind, they’ve always stood behind me. ognize these reflections, because then, I can also identify what sets me apart. My own consciousness, voice, appearance, character, resolve and interests make me Bebe: a character unique to the world around me.

Our careers here at Georgetown are a lot like those growth charts our parents marked with pencils on the walls of our childhood homes. When we stiffen our backs against the wall, we don’t immediately recognize any change, but as we step further away from it, we begin to admire how much we have grown over a seemingly small interval of time.

I find that when I not only reflect on my own personal growth but also acknowledge the shoulders of giants on which I have stood, I can appreciate my stature all the more. I find myself rolling my shoulders back and standing up even straighter.

This postural metaphor is not meant to be instructive of one, specific kind of relationship with parents, nor is it meant to sound like the lyrics of Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up.” Parental relationships come in innumerable forms, and none are less meaningful for their difference.

For some, it can be easier to appreciate their origins more from a distance. Nonetheless, whether we come from California or 20 minutes down Canal Road, as Georgetown students, our common condition is the love and appreciation we share for others. More often, those others are and should be the people who gave and continue to give us life.

As I stay up late at night to finish an assignment, or as I groggily pull out clothes to wear in the morning, I don’t often remember the times my parents cooed me back to sleep as a baby crying in the middle of the night or the countless times they changed my diaper. Instead, I’m usually thinking about myself: how I feel, how enticing sleep is or how my outfit matches.

But sometimes, in those rare moments of introspection, I see my parents’ reflection in the mirror of my soul and remember that as far as my metaphorical leash extends, they have never let me go. As often as I leave them behind, they have always stood behind me. And that is the greatest luxury I can ever know.

Bebe Albornoz is a senior in the College.

Through the Hoya Lens appears every other Tuesday.

ome to Georgetown, they say, it’s diverse. Three years ago I enthusiastically ventured into Hoya territory accepting the Georgetown name and its pluralistic mission.

Bright-eyed, I was eager to embrace and contribute to Georgetown’s abundantly diverse community.

After three years here, I am no longer shocked to find that diversity does not directly correlate with integration.

Coming to Georgetown from a largely racially homogeneous school and community, I was excited to develop new relationships with people from different cultural, religious and racial backgrounds. When I arrived, however, I did what comes easily to most freshmen. I peered out into the crowd, pinpointed other black faces and flocked to them.

In some cases, it was like we had an immediate connection through a shared cultural identity. We were able to laugh and joke like we’d known each other for years. These interactions led to hugs in passing, lunches in Leo’s and eventually weekend excursions. In a sea of newness and chaos, it was easy — convenient almost — to cling to the familiar. The familiar eventually became routine, and this routine provided a sense of security. Making those immediate connections sheltered me from having to search for new friends, and by new friends, I mean students who were not black.

My time at Georgetown has been special because it has never required that I celebrate one part of my heart and show no attention to the other. I did not realize that I had not ventured

What good is diversity if we are not integrated? outside my friend group, which is comprised solely of other black students, until the Student Activities Fair. At the fair, I felt overwhelmed by all the activities that Georgetown sponsored. There was a group for every activity, activist group and special interest. The booths were like sirens calling on my passions and interests. Then it hit me; at each of those booths was a group that, while sharing the same interest, was racially diverse.

At one time or another, each one of us has been guilty of pursuing a friend-

ship with another student based solely on the fact that he or she looked similar. The end result may have been that you actually have common interests, like a shared taste in musical genres, a favorite sports team or a similar upbringing. But in retrospect, did you pursue that friendship because it was with a person of the type you grew up with? The issue is not only that black students seek out other black students, or that Asian students seek out other Asian students. Sometimes, if black students grew up in a predominantly

white town, they are most comfortable pursuing friendships with white people because they tend to act, talk and dress in a certain way. The issue is not that students bond over a shared culture; the issue is complacency, failing to push the envelope and expose oneself to other cultures and groups of people.

What good is diversity if we are not integrated? How can I learn about other cultures and therefore expand my horizons if, outside of the classroom, I rarely interact with students who are from different socioeconomic or cultural backgrounds? At times, these racial, religious or cultural commonalities hinder students from stepping outside of their social comfort zones and developing valuable relationships with completely different people than themselves.

This extraordinary gap between those who want to live diversely and those who don’t is, unfortunately, a prominent feature in our society, but it need not define us.

We can accept the close-mindedness that the world has taught us, or we can do something greater. We can expect the unthinkable, expel the unacceptable and excel at the unexpected. The next time you’re walking into Leo’s, I challenge you to step outside of yourself, take a look around and question why so many people are sitting so close, yet so far apart.

Taylor Griffin is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

ENGAGING BIOETHICS

VIEWPOINT • Appelbaum

How Would a Just Bring Student Life Back to Dahlgren Quad Warrior Handle Syria?

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n 1797, the students of George- student life in Dahlgren Quad. The town Academy gathered outside next five years at Georgetown provide as President George Washington an important opportunity to bring spoke from the front steps of their students back to the quad. With a dormitory and class building, Old need to institute permanent housNorth. In 1893, Georgetown students ing options on campus, Ryan and gathered to inaugurate the school Mulledy halls provide a compelling year with the first Mass of the Holy opportunity — one that should be Spirit in their new spiritual home, the priority for Georgetown’s adminDahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, istration. whose completion created the same Looking beyond those buildings, quadrangle we know today. In 1936, every corner of the quadrangle proCardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, vides a great opportunity. In the excitentered the quad through Healy Hall. ing announcement of the McCourt As he appeared, students hanging School of Public Policy, Georgetown’s flags out their dormitory windows administration suggested that “a cheered from each side and from home in closer proximity to policythe upper floors of Healy. When he makers and practitioners” is likely in reached the center, amid the warm store for the new school. This would reception, the future pope stood open exciting historic space in Old to look around as one side began North, one of Georgetown’s oldest “Hoya!” The other side promptly re- buildings, which currently houses sponded with “Saxa!” the Georgetown Public Policy InstiThe university’s recent announce- tute. Old North would provide an imment that the administration is portant opportunity to put central, considering renovation of Ryan and historic space in student hands, along Mulledy halls with possible for on-campus office space for housing is an student groups There are endless exciting deand student velopment in lounges that possibilities that can the response could increase to the 2010 collaboration return students to Campus Plan between orgaDahlgren Quadrangle. agreement, a nizations. consideration Healy Hall that offers an also provides opportunity to make the quadrangle an immediate opportunity to bring the center of student life once again. students back into Dahlgren Quad.

These historic buildings, after being Many years ago, students lived, studempty for many years, can add ad- ied and socialized in that historic ditional beds on campus and return building. Now, the building has been students to the historic, spiritual captured by Georgetown’s adminisand academic heart of the Hilltop. trative and academic institutes. ReGeorgetown should make every ef- turning the Philodemic Room to full fort to utilize Ryan and Mulledy as student ownership and developing university housing and should seek Carroll Parlor into permanent stuto make it a permanent, rather than dent study space would be important temporary, solution. More important- first steps. Extending the hours of the ly, though, housing students in Ryan Bioethics Library would return Healy and Mulledy provides an opportunity to its prominence as an academic to re-envision Dahlgren Quadrangle space, and opening up study space in as a center of student life, as it was Riggs Library can restore that space to throughout most of Georgetown’s its original purpose. In the long run, history. with the interests of student life and In the 2010 Report on Student engagement paramount, some of the Space at Georgetown University, a col- most active and historic student orlection of students conducted a survey ganizations can be offered offices in on the student body’s thoughts on Healy to represent Georgetown’s prithe current status of campus space. mary dedication to its students.

When asked what they consider to be These ideas are only the beginning the center of student life, only 5 per- of the endless possibilities that can cent of respondents said Healy Hall/ return students to Dahlgren QuadDahlgren Quad. When asked what rangle. Throughout Georgetown’s they desire to be the center of student past, students have lived, learned and life on campus, 45 percent responded developed in the quad. With a clear Healy Hall/Dahlgren Quad, more vision for what the space can become than any other campus space and 21 and productive collaboration bepercentage points higher than the tween administrators and students, next most desired space. Of four pro- Dahlgren Quad can be restored as the posals for improving student space in center of student life at Georgetown.

New South, the Leavey Center, Healy/ This step would be another major Old North and “other,” 53 percent of sign that students are at the center of respondents preferred Healy and Old university life.

North. Even more telling, 88 percent of respondents supported restoring Jack Appelbaum is a senior in the student space in Healy Hall.

College. He is director of student As the report demonstrates, stu- space for the Georgetown dents have a strong desire to restore University Student Association.

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n August A.D. 430, Augustine, requirements of the theory, includthe Bishop of Hippo, lay dying ing humanitarian intervention to in his cathedral city, now in rescue the people of Syria from the modern Tunisia. The Vandals, a Ger- brutal violence used by both sides, manic tribe who waged war in very punishment of Syria for violation destructive ways, had besieged the of international norms against the city. Augustine’s theory of just war use of chemical weapons and the reis a lasting contribution to Christian moval of a tyrant from power — or, to theology and to Western ideas of in- put it in more contemporary terms, ternational order and, surprisingly, regime change. is directly relevant to the ongoing All are worthy objectives, but they crisis in Syria. The bishop com- all either lacked proper authorizabined early Christian abhorrence of tion from the international comviolence with an acceptance of the munity and involved overriding the necessity of force to protect the val- sovereignty of Syria or suffered from ues of societies striving to meet the a lack of correlation between ends demands of justice. His position pre- and means. Pinpoint missile strikes fers peace to violence and attempts against Syrian military facilities to limit the use of force. would communicate disapproval While just war theory has been and show punitive intent, but it articulated by reliwould do very gious thinkers and little to protect institutions for genthe Syrian populaerations, notably in tions most at risk. the Catholic tradiClear consensus tion, employing it exists that chemiin the moral assesscal weapons were ment of political used against civiland military deciians in Damascan Fr. John Langan, S.J. sions is an exercise suburbs in August of reason compat2013, but comible with religious pelling evidence St. Augustine’s pluralism. Just war linking Assad’s just war theory has theory itself needs government to the further developuse of the weapheld up over time. ment to handle ons doesn’t seem the problems presented by civil wars, to exist. Considerable uncertainty asymmetrical forms of warfare and remains whether a rebel-installed religious and ethnic conflict. But it government would have the values is the most effective way of raising and discipline needed to govern a diquestions about the justifications vided and troubled society in a way proposed for entering into conflict. that would lead to peace and justice.

The requirements that it sets for The humane feelings that ima justified war are just cause, le- pelled the advocates of military acgitimate authority, right intention, tion to seek ways to stop the slaughcomparative justice, last resort, prob- ter and to rescue the victims are ability of success and proportionality. recognizable, but one also should reCollectively, these requirements are member from Iraq that the applicaknown as jus ad bellum, or right in tion of overwhelming military force entering a conflict. The requirement can break the back of the military of jus in bello, or right in conduct- on the other side without coming ing a war, requires the observance of close to bringing peace and stability. proportionality and discrimination, From a just war point of view, arguand thus rules out excessive force ments for the use of force, while and attacks directed against civilians. important and relevant, fall short of Increasing scholarly and practical the requirements for a just war. In interest exists in jus post bellum, or the current context, prudential rearight in concluding a war and estab- sons for caution also arise from the lishing a new order of peace, which likely costs of such an intervention, looks especially to reconciliation, from the negative effects on Muslim restitution and the prospects for a perceptions of the West and from lasting peace. Just war thinking can the likely negative consequences for be combined with conservative and Christian minorities in Syria and liberal orientations in politics as well the Middle East. as with varying degrees of realism I believe that St. Augustine — who about the international system. More famously took the long view of most recent presentations of it have noted matters but who cared passionately the religious and political values pro- about peace and the “the tranquility moted by non-violent policies. of order” — would be distressed over Ancient Rome may seem a long the cruelty and hatred that mark way from modern Syria, but the re- contemporary wars. But he would cent use of diplomatic pressure and also be pleased that his work has an agreement for the destruction stood the test of time. of Syria’s chemical weapons meets the just war requirement that force Fr. John Langan, S.J., is a senior be used only as a last resort. Earlier research scholar at the Kennedy American responses to the murder- Institute of Ethics and a professor ous Syrian conflict wobbled among of philosophy. ENGAGING BIOETHICS objectives that failed to satisfy the appears every other Tuesday.

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Changes in the department of intramural sports to combat budget constraints have led to the creation of several new leadership positions for students within the program.

Five paid upper management positions were created for students within the program to fill the former role of Assistant Director of Intramurals Tim Smith, who assumed a new position at Yates Field House this semester.

“Everyone’s tightening their belts financially. The student-driven part of our program is the upper management who are involved in a lot more of our day-to-day decision making now,” Director of Intramurals Wedge Sullivan said.

The five upper management positions are an addition to four existing student positions. Sullivan chose student staffers based on their applications and, in many cases, their experience with the Intramural Department.

“It’s kind of a move-as-you-grow system — the more you are involved in a program, the more leadership you can take,” Sullivan said. “It seems to give the students more initiative. A lot of the people were already in supervisory positions.”

Staff Manager Will Pierce (MSB ’14) said he was satisfied with the implementation of the new system and the role students can now play in the administrative process.

“The best thing about it is that intramural sports are obviously a student-driven thing in the first place, so it’s very natural to have students running the process as well,” Pierce said. “Students know what other students want, so it’s easier to relate in that sense.”

Pierce also commented on the impact of the transition on relations between students and the university administration.

“It’s only been a month or two since it’s taken place, but overall, the administration has been very receptive,” Pierce said. “They’ve given us all the resources necessary to really succeed. And because it’s gone so well the first month or two,

they’ve been pretty happy.”

One of the benefits of the new, student-run system has been better oversight of intramural officiating that the old system lacked.

“We evaluate on an ongoing basis supervisors and officials randomly every night,” head official Jim Burr (MSB ’14) said.

Given that many of these student positions are filled by seniors, Burr has already begun preparations for transferring leadership roles to younger students at the end of the year.

“It’s going to be challenging, it’s not going to be like in previous years when people just got the role, but we’re definitely looking to make sure that when we leave, there’s someone to fill the void,” Burr said.

Before the transition, student supervisors were limited in their leadership roles within the department.

“The professional directors handled most of the administrative things, the student supervisors just really had to do with game checkins, just during the intramural shifts, and not really too much behind the scenes,” Social Media Coordinator Eric Johnson (COL ’14) said.

Johnson’s position as social media coordinator, which involves managing a Facebook page, tweeting photos of games and working on a blog, is new to the department.

The department of intramural sports has also cut costs by switching to a new administrative website to keep track of rosters, schedules, scores and playoff determination. The new, free software will save the department approximately $1,000 per month.

Overall, student and faculty reception of the new administrative system has been positive, according to Johnson.

“We’ve only had this for a month, so it’s tough to say how it’s been, but it definitely seems to be positive, students have taken on a lot more responsibility, and things have really been smooth,” he said.

Hoya Staff Writer Madison Ashley contributed reporting.

Each spring, 10 sophomores in the College with an interest in business are accepted as the new crop of Baker Scholars. Last month, 80 of these scholars from the past 40 years returned to the Hilltop for the program’s 40th anniversary, honoring the late Fr. Roy Davis, S.J., who brought the program to the university and fostered its growth.

The Baker Scholars Program was founded in 1973 by the family of the late George F. Baker, a banker and philanthropist. The program was implemented at many universities around the country, but the only two programs that remain are at Georgetown and Harvard Business School.

The program has evolved over the years at Georgetown while remaining true to its core values and goals, Program Coordinator Elyse Tadich said.

“The biggest change is that it’s much more structured now. It used to be a little bit more informal,” she said. “I think a lot of the structure that has been put in place increases accountability, gives the scholars in the program an opportunity to do more, so it really is a student-led group, and plan really excellent things.”

“The core values definitely remain the same,” she added. “It was always liberal arts students who were doing very well

academically. [Baker] wanted them to be leaders for others, very much under that Jesuit ideal with the service component that is very much there today.”

The anniversary weekend consisted of events such as a film about the creation of the program and classes for scholars and alumni that addressed topics such as “Business Entrepreneurship” and “Integrating Service and Ethics Into Our Lives.” The 80 attending scholars and alumni also got the chance to reconnect and network with one another.

“For me, it was very special how welcoming everyone was,” Baker alumna Erin Ruane (CAS ’87) said. “I was very impressed meeting the young scholars. Honestly, it’s just a community of a group of smart, socially conscious, kind and warm people, and it was fabulous to be able to reconnect and spend the time with them.”

Current Baker Scholars also took part in the activities of the weekend and reflected on its growth.

“It was incredible to see a gathering of alums from throughout the program’s history, both to see how the program has evolved from what it was when Fr. Davis started it to where it is now and to hear that there are, even despite the evolution, common stories and feelings that people have had in the program and because of the program throughout the 40 years,” Hilary Cohen (COL

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’14), a current Baker Scholar, said.

Baker Scholars enrolled in Georgetown College receive two formal mentors from the Baker board of trustees to provide them with guidance and support throughout their two years in the program. The scholars also have access to a network of more than 300 Baker alumni.

“It’s opened up a personal and professional network that I otherwise wouldn’t have access to,” Tyler Jennings (COL ’14) said. “It’s a group of established people … that really not only serve as people you can go to for advice but mentors in every aspect of your life, whether that be academically, professionally or personally.”

The groups connect with each other through phone calls, meetings and reunions such as this weekend.

“The absolute best thing for me as a dean of the program is to witness the interaction between the scholars and the trustees,” College Senior Associate Dean Thomas Chiarolanzio said. “The mentorship that goes on between the trustees and the scholars, and the scholars’ development over the two years of their interest in business is just fascinating and very rewarding.”

Another main goal of the program is a commitment to service and ethical business. The group takes part in community service each year to foster its commitment to becoming socially conscious business leaders.

“Being successful in business isn’t just about being smart and having the right answers,” Ruane said. “It’s about being able to communicate your ideas, being able to respond on the fly and also being a socially conscious person who is focused, determined and competitive in business. They can be hand in hand, and that’s what the Baker Program is about.”

According to scholars, the program has helped prepare them for a future career in the business world. Isaac Freedman (COL ’14) is working on Wall Street next year and said that connections made through the program helped him make decisions about his future.

“There are a lot of Baker Scholars at the large investment banks, so the Baker program has provided me the opportunity to reach out to any of these people at any time of the day,” Freedman said. “They’re more than happy to give me some of their time to share their experience in banking, and any tip that they have for the interview process and to walk me through what my potential career would be if I chose to go down that path.”

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SPEECH, from A1 speech affects them in terms of student organization standards and access to benefits,” Arana-Humphries said.

According to Arana-Humphries, some sections of the Speech and Expression Policy are vague and open to multiple interpretations.

“A lot of the wording is ambiguous.

We need more concrete language on what exactly students can or cannot do, where those boundaries lie,” she said. “We don’t want to have a situation where a certain group has a certain opinion and the administration might have the right to stifle that.”

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has ranked Georgetown as a “red light” institution for the past seven years for having policies that restrict freedom of speech, but the direct impetus behind the inclusion of free speech on Tisa and Ramadan’s platform was last spring’s Student Activities Fair in O’Donovan Hall, where groups not formally recognized by the university were not allowed to participate.

Without a free speech zone nearby, the unrecognized groups that usually occupy the periphery of the fair in Red Square were not able to table.

Instead, the groups, which include unrecognized Greek-life organizations and H*yas for Choice, could only pass out flyers and hold banners.

H*yas for Choice President Laura Narefsky (COL ’14) agreed that there was a lack of tolerance for free speech at Georgetown. According to Narefsky, H*yas for Choice student representatives have reported at least four incidents when envelopes containing contraception pamphlets and condoms were torn from their dormitory doors, which are also a designated free speech zone.

“The general atmosphere is sometimes particularly hostile,” she said.

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GUSA executives are pushing to eliminate designated free speech zones, like Red Square, in favor of a campus-wide free speech policy. other views exist in our living space.”

Sigma Phi Epsilon member Christian Berger (COL ’16) described his fraternity’s experience at the Student Activities Fair.

“We were pretty upset about it, but at this point, there’s nothing we can do about it because of the university’s stance,” Berger said. “We know where we stand in terms of the university and where they put us, but at the same time, we’re just going to do the best we can to market ourselves to the Georgetown community.”

Tisa stressed that the goal of revamping the Speech and Expression Policy goes beyond expanding freedom of speech for student groups not recognized by the university.

“I don’t want to keep this as an issue for those particular groups, because this really isn’t,” he said. “We don’t have a culture at Georgetown for free speech, and that takes a long time to fix,because it’s also about student culture and the way we interact with each other.”

However, Narefsky said that

amending the policy to make it more accommodating to groups not recognized by the university is the first step before changing the free speech culture.

“The current policy puts us under a microscope. We’re constantly watching for ourselves in a way that the vast majority of the student groups don’t need to do so. And that, to a certain extent, does stifle discussion of ideas,” she said Narefsky said she was glad that the GUSA executives are pushing for the change.

“There was a lot of talk last year. We haven’t seen any implementation of the platform that was discussed. We really hope the GUSA executives will move forward with their promises, and we also want to be involved on the ground floor,” she said. “All voices and opinions at the university should be heard equally.”

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord, chair of the Speech and Expression Committee, did not respond to request for comment.

Interfaith Series Examines Texts Suzanne Monyak Special to The Hoya

A discussion between Georgetown chaplains of the biblical figure Joseph led to the creation of an interfaith text series that launches tonight at 7 p.m.

“There was such a vast difference in the way that we approached the story,” Director of the Protestant Chaplaincy Rev. Bryant Oskvig said. “We want to move from a shallow interfaith dialect to something with a lot of depth, which means that we have to move into those darker spaces.”

In tonight’s discussion, “The Chosen, the Saved and the Damned,” the chaplains, representing Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Greek Orthodox faith traditions, intend to explore contentious aspects of religious exclusivity, including salvation and chosenness.

“I think it’s important for us to confront the deep issues in our traditions, where we differ, show that we can do so in a safe atmosphere and really face head-on the challenges that our traditions present to each other, and not to shy away from that,” Director of the Jewish Chaplaincy Rabbi Rachel Gartner said.

One of the primary goals in the discussion is for the participants to learn about other religions as well as to take a closer look at their own faith.

Tomorrow, the chaplains will present the beliefs and positions of their respective religions following weeks of research into religious texts and weekly lunches together. They will then open the floor to questions from students.

“We’re going to really sort of name the exclusive claim that Christianity has and where the tensions in that are,” Oskvig said.

Georgetown often engages in interfaith dialogue, but the chaplains say this endeavor will be the first to openly acknowledge religious tensions as part of discussion.

“We’re not pretending that those tensions don’t exist,” Oskvig said. “So often you put those tensions in the corner and say that’s something we’re not going to worry about, but it’s a very real part of who we are and the traditions from which we come.”

Gartner, who has participated in interfaith conversations with Jewish groups, believes that the diversity of religious viewpoints will add a new challenge.

“Speaking within your community, you all have a common level of literacy,” Gartner said. “The challenge of doing this interfaith is that you have to layer in not only an exploration of the concept that you’re trying to develop but the methodology, the background, the approach.”

Director of the Muslim Chaplaincy Imam Yahya Hendi will focus his presentation on the aftermath of the Sept.

11 attacks and their effects on the Muslim faith. He will encourage students, specifically Muslims, to view religious texts as open to interpretation, and he will promote the inclusiveness of Islam.

“I don’t understand Islam to be an exclusivist religion, and I do not understand the Quran to be an exclusivist text,” Hendi said. “Actually, I see it more embracing than many people would want it to be, embracing to the other.”

Rather, Imam Hendi said he believes that Islam ought to be interpreted as inclusivist; since it was founded after the establishment of Judaism and Christianity, it includes many of their teachings and beliefs in its own religious texts.

“Islam believes itself to be the seal of religions,” Hendi said. “Islam brings into its fold so many of the teachings of the Bible of Christianity and of Judaism.”

Director of the Catholic Chaplaincy Fr. Patrick Rogers, S.J, and Director of the Orthodox Christian Chaplaincy Fr. Constantine White will also participate in the series, which Oskvig characterized succinctly.

“This ain’t no namby-pamby interfaith dialogue,” he said.

Physician Shortage Reported in DC Rebecca Driessen Special to The Hoya

The D.C. Board of Doctors announced last week only 453 out of 8,000 physicians licensed to work in Washington, D.C., are actively practicing primary care doctors, resulting in a doctor shortage for District patients.

This marks a decrease from 2010, when it was reported that 918 physicians were actively practicing. The survey measured the number of physicians that spent more than 20 hours caring for patients per week.

According to American Association of Medical Colleges Director of Federal Relations Christiane Mitchell, this doctor shortage will be exacerbated by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its effects on the District’s 42,000 uninsured residents. This will be seen most clearly in Wards 4, 7 and 8, which contain the most uninsured D.C. residents and the fewest practicing physicians.

Executive Director Jacqueline Watson claimed the D.C. Board of Medicine is acutely aware of the problem, particularly because it corresponds with a nation-wide trend.

In 2006, AAMC predicted a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians by 2020, which it attributed to the aging of the baby boomer genera-

lated that the new policy led to a decrease in the number of applibuildings unauthorized and report cants, as well as a decrease in the that to the appropriate authorities. number of hours that each appli… They are the first line of defense cant was willing to work. in all Georgetown dormitories.”

“I think students are less willing Student guard Jennifer Tubbs to work more shifts, so I think they (SFS ’15) said that the ban has in- over-hired,” Teboh said. “I think terfered with student guards’ abil- they hired so many people to make ity to accomplish work in an effi- up for loss of workers due to the cient way while idly on the job. new computer policy.”

“If the only thing you have to do Gruber refuted that point. is write a paper, you’re not going “I believe we have hired the norto handwrite it to type it up later,” mal complement of student guards Tubbs said. this year,” Gruber wrote in an email.

The policy change was an unSome students doubt that the welcome surprise to students who laptop ban will have any real effect chose the guard job because of its on the number of burglaries. conduciveness to accomplishing “My theory is that things get stoother work. len by people that actually live in “I started as a guard because the dorms,” Teboh said. it was the sumThese discrepmer, I was taking “We’re not being paid ancies, however, classes, it was mirror some what was avail- just to sit here on our longstanding difable at the time ferences in the and I wanted computers.” student guard something that experience deallowed me to do pendent on the BRITTNEY BLAKELY (COL ’14) homework,” studorm in which Student Guard dent guard Carlthe guard works. son Teboh (COL ’14) said.

Shifts in dorms like LXR and New Gruber’s message was not lost on South, in which residents swipe all student employees. their own GOCards, are coveted “We’re not being paid to just sit among guards because they do not here on our computers,” student require a constant stream of swipguard Brittney Blakely (COL ’14) ing, like shifts in Village C and Harsaid. bin Hall do.

The policy, however, has not “I think the policies for student been enforced universally. Current- guards should be uniform,” stuly, DPS utilizes rovers, or former dent guard Conor Canning (COL student guards assigned to check ’16) said, “If some people aren’t on guards during their shifts and going to swipe people in, everyone ensure that they are following DPS shouldn’t have to swipe people in.” policy. Rovers, who provide guards The laptop ban is only one of with one 15-minute break for ev- the challenges student guards face ery four-hour shift, are generally on the job. Working the Saturday student guards with exemplary be- night shift in Lauinger Library, havior who have worked with DPS Katherine McIntire (COL ’16) has for multiple semesters. encountered a particular sort of According to Ferm, however, not struggle. all rovers enforce policies with the “There was one time where a same strictness. guy kept coming in and out of the “If your rover doesn’t care about building,” McIntire said. “He was you being on your computer, then pretty drunk and at one point told you’re fine,” Ferm said. me I was too ‘librarian’ for him, Some student guards also postu- whatever that means.”

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tion — a further incentive for many medical students to turn to specialized fields rather than primary care.

“The amount of primary care physicians does concern the board,” Watson said. “We believe that many of the licensees that did not respond to the survey are likely those that live outside of the metropolitan area and just maintain a license here.”

Some of these doctors may work part-time in D.C., Maryland or Virginia, while others become involved in academic or educational applications of medicine or administrative medicine. In addition, Georgetown Assistant Vice President for Student Health James Welsh said that many medical school graduates turn to other fields of medicine rather than primary care because of a perceived lack of prestige and lower earning potential.

“The main reasons that medical students are not choosing careers in primary care are income differentials — on average, a primary care doctor earns on half of that of a specialist — rising medical student debt, medical student training that is largely done in tertiary hospital settings and an inadequate number of training programs for residency,” Welsh said.

To solve this problem on a national scale, AAMC proposed increasing the number of students entering medi-

cal school by 30 percent in 2007 — a goal it is on track to meet by 2017. But federal support for medical training has been frozen since 1997, preventing an increase in the number of available residency positions, which students must hold before practicing, according to Welsh.

Several initiatives, however, are attempting to attract medical students to primary care. Mitchell said that the majority of medical schools are now offering incentives to medical students who choose primary care, such as curriculum changes, increased extracurricular opportunities, expanded faculty resources, tuition decreases and increased availability of loans.

For example, the Georgetown University School of Medicine has made an effort to increase medical students’ exposure to primary care specialties and issues through changes in its curriculum and extracurricular offerings. In addition, the School of Medicine has been working to reduce its graduates’ student debt.

“There was not federal support for this, but rather, medical schools felt obligated to do it to meet the needs of the American population,” Mitchell said. “The AAMC has taken steps to solve the problem, and the federal government needs to step up and meet us.”

Millennials Abandon Cars for Public Transit Johnny Verhovek Special to The Hoya

New smartphone apps such as Hailo, Hopstop and Uber are revolutionizing travel in cities across the nation, causing a shift from personal cars to other methods of travel.

A report released last Tuesday from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group indicated that technology and public transportation innovations in the last 15 years have provided Americans with more attractive alternatives to driving.

According to PIRG Senior Policy Analyst Phineas Baxandall, this shift has been largely driven by millennials — especially university students.

“For young professionals and college students, the fact that people are using technology this way isn’t news,” Baxandall said.

As examples, Baxandall pointed to the GPS-tracking availability of many public transportation options, allowing riders to plan trips in a more timeefficient manner. In Washington, D.C., smartphone apps can indicate the location of the next bus, the next Metro train, the location of the nearest Zipcar or how many bicycles are available at the nearest Capital Bikeshare station.

A Washington Post poll this summer found that 89 percent of respondents said they used a car to travel around either nearly all, most or some of the time, in contrast to 94 percent from 2005. In addition, among commuters, 67 percent of respondents said that they usually drove alone to work, a decrease from 70 percent in 2005.

Similarly, the District Department of Transportation has found that 38.5 percent of D.C. households do not own cars.

According to the PIRG report, from 2001 to 2009, millennials were 23 percent less likely to drive.

“I wouldn’t need a car if I lived in a city,” Alex Kuhar (COL ’15) said. “With parking, traffic and everything else, it’s just unnecessary. Of course, it depends on the kinds of public transportation available, but a car in a city like D.C. or New York City just doesn’t make any sense nowadays.”

University Information Services Communications Manager Laura Horton agreed and said that the GPS tracking service available for SafeRides vans and Georgetown University Transportation Shuttles has been capitalizing on this trend. According to Horton, each day, an average of approximately 450 unique visitors use the NextGUTS app, which is the most popular feature of the George-

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Capital Bikeshare, Uber and Hopstop are among popular transit apps. town mobile app.

“There are more phases to come,” Horton said. “I think that’s something the university really values, and I’d like to add that the [Capital] Bikeshare program, ZipCar, Uber, all of those things — we’re trying to give students lots of options.”

As current university policy prohibits students from bringing cars to campus, the administration has been working to improve transportation alternatives for students.

For example, Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey, the Department of Public Safety and private company Ridescout are working together to develop a smartphone app that would combine information about Georgetown transportation and D.C. public transportation.

“You can literally put in where you start your trip and where you end your trip, and it will give you different options on how to get there,” Morey said.

The current Ridescout app, available on iPhone and Android, shows public, private and social methods of transportation, including bus, rail, taxi, Capital Bikeshare, Car2Go and SideCar. In addition, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Business Services Joelle Wiese said that the university was discussing how to incorporate services such as ZipCar into its broader transportation strategy.

“We see the development and design of these features as a continually iterative process,” said UIS Mobile Programs Manager Lee Emmert. “So even as we speak right now, we’re continuing to make improvements.”

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UIS to Invest $10M in Data Mallika Sen Hoya Staff Writer

To facilitate Georgetown’s increased focus on big data research, the National Science Foundation’s Campus Cyberinfrastructure-Network Infrastructure and Engineering Program has awarded University Information Services $379,018 to assist Georgetown in modernizing its network infrastructure.

Modernization of Georgetown’s network will cost approximately $10 million in total.

“It is a building block to modernizing the research enterprise,” Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis said. “Frankly, every little bit helps.”

The team that applied for the grant first submitted a proposal last year but was advised to revise and resubmit after a peer review process. With this foundation, work on the new proposal started in February and was submitted in April. UIS was notified of the award three weeks ago.

“One of our strategic goals has been modernizing our networks and enabling our teaching, learning and research mission. Everything that we do in modernization is interdependent,” Davis said.

The allotted amount is based on a submitted budget, which the team was asked to update in July.

The NSF chose not to fund the entire request.

“When the NSF puts out these grants, they have a cap you can ask for. We asked for more than

that,” said computer science professor Clay Shields, who worked with UIS to apply for the grant.

“When you give them a budget, you have a whole bunch of itemized stuff.”

Shields did not have the requested amount available.

Principal Investigator Ardoth Hassler, associate vice president of UIS, led the proposal project, assisted by co-principal investigators Stephen Moore, director of research technologies at UIS, and Shields.

UIS submitted the testimonies of 49 faculty researchers, who described how the enhancement of the network infrastructure would aid their work. Many of the testimonials came from the physics, computer science and neuroscience departments, which often work on both the main campus and the medical campus.

“They are exchanging a lot of brain image data between campuses,” Hassler said. “The enhanced speed capability will allow them to transfer that data and allow them to do more analysis.”

The equipment grant allows for all campus facilities to have the same capabilities. As it currently stands, the Research Building, Building D, White-Gravenor Hall and the Pre-Clinical Science Building are not functioning at the same network capacities as other areas of campus. The upgrade will universally increase network speed from one to 10 gigabytes a second, which Shields equated

to half a DVD’s worth of information.

“We’re going to upgrade the entrance to the neighborhood with new equipment. We will replace older switches with newer equipment for some areas of each building,” said Director of Network Services Scott Allen, who served as a subject matter expert on proposal and implementation.

The upgrade extends to the university’s data center in Laurel, Md., which houses computers and stores data, as well as to oncampus closets in each building, which hold data racks to provide the infrastructure for quick communication.

The impetus of the upgrade lies in the increasing importance of collaboration, including intradepartmental, crosscampus and off-campus. The university is part of a consortium of higher-education research institutions that utilize Internet2, a national research network modeled after the consortium of universities that originally developed the Internet. The upgrade will improve the possibilities of innovation and collaboration, specifically with the School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar.

The National Science Foundation was not available for comment because of the government shutdown.

Hoya Staff Writer Madison Ashley contributed reporting.

GU Launches First MOOC MOOCS, from A1 knowledge checks and then stop and come back later.”

In addition, students can respond to a written prompt via an optional Wiki site, allowing them to apply the knowledge that they have learned.

“We’re going to see a whole new evolution of content,” O’Neil said. “We’re looking at it as a way to engage our alumni and other learners in the world and promote debate on topics that are really important for the world to discuss.”

For student support, Moran holds “office hours” each Friday by uploading answers to the top five questions asked on the discussion board each week.

“It’s been one of the primary generators of the discussion,” O’Neil said. “Their reflection on the lectures, it has a nice flow.”

Students will have a final deadline in November by which they must complete all required assessments, although it is sug-

gested that they finish each week’s work by the Monday before the next lecture is uploaded on Tuesday. In order to obtain the certificate of completion, which will read GeorgetownX rather than Georgetown University, students must finish all videos and pass 75 percent of the knowledge checks accurately.

“The points system is really there because that’s what the platform demands that we use,” O’Neil said. “We decided to create a pass level.”

A week after the course’s launch, faculty members have received requests from teachers in developing nations to use the course as an online textbook for their own classes.

O’Neil added that the diversity of the program was one of its strongest points. Student ages are approximately evenly split, with about 20 percent in their 20s, 30s and 40s, respectively, and the final 40 percent evenly dispersed among other age groups. There is also an even

split between genders.

This diversity is also reflected in students’ backgrounds. Although many students are based in the United States, Senior Program Coordinator Joselyn Lewis said that across the board there is also strong representation from developing countries. For example, she pointed to a Nigerian banker with four children who was registered for the online course.

According to O’Neil, the woman responded to the survey with: “I really want to learn more about these issues that my country is facing, and I can do this in the privacy of my own home.”

Georgetown is also working on other MOOCs, including ones focused on counterterrorism, human genetics, human dignity and human rights. Although the “Introduction to Bioethics” MOOC was supposed to launch Oct. 15, due to logistical difficulties, the opening has been postponed to April 15.

COURTESY OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

New vice provosts Janet Mann, Adriana Kugler and Randall Bass, faculty members filling supplemental positions added by Provost Robert Groves in January, meet on Monday.

Vice Provosts Start Term Alessandra Puccio Special to The Hoya

In an effort to restructure leadership on campus and to increase focus on interdisciplinary study, three new vice provost positions, created by Georgetown Provost Robert Groves last January, have been filled by current professors at Georgetown.

Georgetown’s new vice provost for research is biology and psychology professor Janet Mann. Public policy professor Adriana Kugler was named vice provost for faculty and Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship Executive Director Randall Bass was appointed vice provost for education. The position of vice provost for the finance and program analysis position has not been filled.

The Office of the Provost is conducting university-wide surveys to assess both current and desired collaborative efforts in interdisciplinary studies across campus.

“Once we have this data, we can determine the interdisciplinary strengths and also opportunities for growth,” Mann said.

As vice provost for education, Bass is taking steps to implement a form of interdisciplinary clusters or seminars that would link multiple courses from many subjects under one umbrella, ideally for a first-year group and eventually as a core requirement.

“Interdisciplinary programs are the future of growth,” Bass said. “We are trying to normalize that we can make interdisciplinary exposure a part of as many first-year students’ experience as possible.”

Bass is also responsible for guiding the evaluation of existing academic programs on campus. While he noted that the current system of academic review has been working well, in the future Bass hopes to collect more statistical data based on student experience, particularly from young alumni.

“Young alums help us think about the changing skill-set of a liberal education. By reaching out to them for critique, we are making an effort to help programs think about their own self-study,” Bass said. “We can then map that back to our curriculum.”

As vice provost for faculty, Kugler is working to support joint appointments of faculty across different schools. Since her appointment one month ago, Kugler has created

guidelines to encourage more joint appointments, which are currently being looked over by the Faculty Senate for approval.

“The idea is that some schools do great with joint appointments and have been collaborating for years with different departments. We also have others that do not take advantage of these interdisciplinary appointments,” Kugler said.

Since her appointment as vice provost for research, Mann has started biweekly meetings with William Rebeck, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, to brainstorm how to support research efforts.

In order to make it easier for both faculty and students to explore research projects, Mann said that she would like to update the online Explore system, Georgetown’s current mode of searching for relevant faculty by research topic.

“We must strengthen quantitative skills in our undergraduate and graduate population.

Students entering the workforce often need strong skills in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data,” Mann said. “The digital age has brought mass datasets to our fingertips and most of us don’t know how to take advantage of these opportunities and avoid pitfalls.”

Mann said that she is working to streamline the grants and administration system for research.

“Right now, faculty [members] spend too much time on administrative tasks,” Mann said. “They should be focusing on their scholarship and not filling out forms all the time.

That is the goal of this new system.”

Kugler praised the university’s decision to employ current professors to fill the vice provost positions.

“At some universities, faculty and administrators are not tandem,” Kugler said. “I understand the challenges to being a faculty member and where we can find solutions to benefit the university as a whole. You don’t just forget what it is like to be a professor.”

Bass, too, saw the connection between his new role and his position at CNDLS. “I see this position as a continuation, as the evolving nature of Georgetown has to continuously reinvent itself. We must look to the future and work with new concepts of design,” Bass said.

Groves could not be reached for comment.

Lauinger Library Renovation, Expansion 10 Years Away PLANNING, from A1 These renovations, however, would preserve the exterior style of the building.

“We are being very respectful of the brutalist conditions of the building because they are part of the history of the campus,” Bowie-Gridley principal architect Paul Lund said. “The way the edition has been composed is that it cues from the underlying geometry of the brutalist building.”

Though Lauinger’s style is no favorite among students, University Librarian Artemis Kirk pointed to its continued relevance on campus.

“There is an aspect of preservation,” Kirk said. “In the library, we are all about preserving and protecting for generations to come, and that does include the building. What can be preserved on the exterior will be and should be.”

Renovations to the interior of the library would add new study spaces, such as the reading room, areas specified for graduate students, cubicles designated for doctoral students and the relocation of Midnight MUG to the fourth floor. In total, these changes are expected to add approximately 1,500 seats to the library.

“The library is a lot more than just books and a lot more than just the physical resources we have here,” said Jennifer Smith, library coordinator of communications, outreach and programming. “We know students use it for a lot of other things, including study space and social space.”

It is unclear at this point what studying accommodations would be made for library patrons during the construction period.

Another project on administrators’ long-term wish list is renovation of Reiss Science Building.

“Reiss has always been in the longrange plans,” university architect Jodie Ernst said, adding that nothing has

been solidified yet.

Now that Regents Hall is completed and the Northeast Triangle proposal has made it partway through the neighborhood approval process, the university is taking a closer look at Reiss. At an Old Georgetown Board meeting in July that evaluated Northeast Triangle, university officials discussed the future of Reiss.

“The structure is worth saving; however, all the systems need to be replaced, as does the building envelope. We do expect that it will be reskinned in the future,” Bleck said at the time.

“It’s funding-dependent,” Bleck added in an interview with The Hoya last week. “Given the age of the building, all windows would need to be replaced, as well as the central A/C system.”

In sketches, Sasaki Associates, the firm responsible for Georgetown’s master planning, has shown Reiss’ exterior changed to incorporate limestone and carder rock, which are used on both Copley and White-Gravenor halls and used in current designs for Northeast Triangle. The sketches also remove the stairs that are currently at the entrance to Reiss.

Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey said that administrators and architects would try to better facilitate academics in a renovated building, potentially by connecting Reiss to Regents Hall through a sky-bridge to create a science corridor.

Initial steps in any renovation of Reiss would be identifying academic programs that would work well in the building, which is currently not used to full capacity.

“We know that Reiss needs a renovation. We need a program to fit that — the building is only roughly half full,” Morey said. “Right now, we have nothing specifically on the books.”

As with Lauinger, no dates have been set for renovation.

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The university is looking toward Lauinger Library and Reiss Science Building in its master planning. Renovations to Lauinger, with a projected completion date 10 years away, would include a reading room with two stories of glass windows and the relocation of Midnight MUG to the fourth floor. A sky bridge may connect Reiss to Regents Hall.

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Secular Students Create Community on Campus Kit Clemente

Special to The Hoya

The Secular Student Alliance, founded last year to raise awareness of secular issues on campus, was recently offered an unexpected home: Campus Ministry.

“We’re not a religious group, we’re not the Georgetown non-theist society. That would be interesting, but we’re not that. We have religious members,” SSA discussions leader Joseph Laposata (COL ’16) said. “Secularism is a wall between the two, and that’s what we stand for. Our banner when we table says, ‘Religion is a private matter.’ It’s not against religion, nor is it a view on it, so when were of-

Islamic Heritage Honored Nick Simon

Special to The Hoya

This October, Washington, D.C., is celebrating its eighth Islamic Heritage Month.

“It helps Americans as a whole to know that Muslims have been a part of American society since the conception of America,” America’s Islamic Heritage Museum President and Curator Amir Muhammad said. “Throughout America, people acknowledge and celebrate African American and Latino heritage months, and we felt there was a need to celebrate America’s Islamic heritage.”

Islamic Heritage Month, which is held in October because it coincides with the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, began in 2005 with the opening of the Smithsonian Institution’s America’s Islamic Heritage exhibit, in which the museum displayed letters, copies of the Quran and other Muslim artifacts found in the country.

Eight years later, Amir Muhammad said he hoped the month would continue to raise awareness of the historical contributions of Muslims in America.

“It was a history that was forgotten about,” Muhammad said.

“People thought it was something foreign and strange, but we have been involved in American history. We fought in every American war since the Revolutionary War.” In line with that goal, America’s Islamic Heritage Museum, which is not associated with the Smithsonian, is reaching out to local schools to entice students to learn about Islamic culture and history, as well as to teach tolerance. The museum has also planned a number of events, such as historical documentary viewings and a book signing and discussion with Imam Mikal Saahir, a well-known Muslim author.

The museum will hold two plays and a speech, all focusing on Muslim-American relationships in the early days of U.S. history, stretching back to the colonial period.

Amin Gharad (COL ’16), coordinator of Georgetown’s Muslim Interest Living Community, praised the D.C. government’s efforts in promoting diversity.

“A lot of times, we fail to remember that different cultures have come from all over the world to shape America into what it is today, and some of them are Muslim people, whether they came on slave ships many centuries ago or whether they came with changes in immigration law within the past century,” Gharad said. “They’ve had an indelible impact on the ethos of the American community.”

In particular, Muslim Student Association Secretary Sabrina Khan (COL ’16) pointed to the current attitude toward Muslims in the United States.

“I really respect the mayor’s decision to celebrate Islamic heritage in America, especially when there is so much prejudice against the ‘un-American’ Muslim,” Khan said.

Gharad agreed and said that he hoped celebrations such as Islamic Heritage Month would help ease relations in the country.

“Concerted efforts to bring that which is ‘otherized’ into the mainstream and the common consciousness of American people does a lot to reduce tensions on both sides,” Gharad said.

fered the Campus Ministry spot, we were mostly confused.”

The group forwent Campus Ministry membership on ideological grounds as well.

“They wanted us to change our name to the humanist club or something to do with humanism. Humanism is a different term. It has a lot of overlap with secularism, but it’s more towards the morality, being a good person part about it, which is great and is definitely incorporated into our club,” SSA Vice President and co-founder Ryan Eagan (COL ’15) said. “But we have other parts of the club, which we didn’t believe would overlap well with Campus Ministry.”

Instead, the group voted unani-

mously to join the Student Activities Commission in January. Like many Georgetown organizations, the club centers on community, education and service — a component that connects the group to religious organizations on campus. But SSA’s distinguishing characteristic is its focus on discussion and debate between its atheist, agnostic and religious members on a range of issues related to secularism.

“We saw lots of religious groups around campus … but unlike many other large universities around the country, there was no place for secularminded people, people who didn’t necessarily believe in God,” Eagan said.

The club sometimes encounters

animosity from people unfamiliar with its focus.

“On a personal level, I’ve had people scoff and then say, ‘What do you do?’”

Director of Outreach Ian Marshall (SFS ’15) said. “Because there is sort of an idea that by its name, people assume it means atheist club.”

Though discussion is its main focus, SSA has rallied behind secular causes in the past. Last April, the group lobbied Campus Ministry to change a survey on student religious life that members felt did not fully reflect the nuances of the non-religious perspective. The SSA said that the survey did not initially include substantial response options for students with no faith.

Georgetown University Student

Association senators Cannon Warren (SFS ’14) and Nicolò Donà dalle Rose (SFS ’15) took up the issue with then-Speaker of the Senate Nate Tisa (SFS ’14), and the issue was resolved when Campus Ministry issued a second survey.

SSA members said they do not object to Georgetown’s approach to religion in any other circumstances.

“Georgetown is a perfect example.

On Georgetown buildings, there are crosses in the classrooms. Where there’s public money, like in the ICC, there’s no crosses,” Marshall said.

“That’s what we’re looking for, essentially. That you keep the government out of religion, and we’re doing that at Georgetown.”

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Sports

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

swimming and diving

tennis

Mental Toughness Missing Individuals Shine in Openers Despite Results

Elizabeth Cavacos Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams competed this weekend for the first time since the Georgetown Classic two weeks ago. The men’s team travelled to Providence, R.I., and put in a strong performance at the Margaux Powers Memorial Tournament on Saturday against Dartmouth, Middlebury and host team Brown. The women’s team played host to Queens (6-1, 5-1 ECC) on Sunday, losing 4-3 overall.

Head Coach Gordie Ernst had mixed feelings about the teams’ performances.

“We make a lot of unforced errors, and we give away way too much to the opponents,” Ernst said. “It shows we’re not mentally strong yet. The best teams are the ones that don’t give away points, and we do that way too much on the guys’ team right now.

And quite frankly, we did that in the girls’ match today against Queens College.”

The women’s team lost in a close match to D-II Queens, who stepped up to a new and higher level of competition to upset the D-I Hoyas. Whereas doubles can possibly count for three points in D-II matches, they count for only one point in D-II. Georgetown began the match by defeating Queens in doubles with an overall

score of 1-0. However, the match turned in the Knights’ favor once singles began. Queens’ grad student Aylin Mehter beat Georgetown’s freshman Sophia Barnard 6-2, 7-5 in a match that lasted more than three hours.

Senior Kelly Comolli, winning 6-1, 6-2, and freshman Madeline Foley, winning 6-2, 7-5 earned Georgetown’s only singles victories for the day.

“Kelly did a good job,” Ernst said.

“She struggled a little bit in our [last tournament], but I was really happy to see [her improvement].”

Ernst was also impressed by Foley’s performance, especially considering the practice opportunities.

“She works so hard, and to just see her go out there and play in a pressure situation during her first real match at Georgetown was great,” Ernst said. “She won the match, so I was really happy about that. She wasn’t even going to play … she had an eye infection … she couldn’t even see out of her eye, but she still wanted to play, and she goes out there and wins.

It was great.”

The men fared better than their female counterparts, as junior John Brosens won all three of his singles’ matches against each opposing school. The No. 1 doubles’ team of Alex Tropiano and Casey Distaso disposed of Middlebury with a dominant 8-1 victory.

The Hoyas played in a team format this weekend for the first time this season. Both the men’s team and the women’s team have 10-player rosters, and each added four freshmen this season. Ernst believes that the young teams, and the freshmen, in particular, have some stepping up to do in order to become cohesive, competitive units.

“That [dynamic] only comes with seasoning and playing a lot,” Ernst said. “We’re just not there yet.”

The Hoyas competed this weekend without key players who could have altered the progression of the matches and contributed to that ideal team cohesion. Both senior Andrew Dottino on the men’s team and freshman Victoire Saperstein on the women’s team are currently recovering from injuries and could not participate in this weekend’s matches.

“They’re two of our top players, and they’re both dealing with injuries. Once we get them back, that’ll really help,” Ernst said.

“Andy is a great leader and a great competitor as well.”

Next week, the women’s team will participate in the Navy Invitational starting Oct. 11 in Annapolis, Md., and the men’s team plays in against the District of Columbia on Oct. 15. Ernst knows what his teams have to work on in the remaining days before the upcoming competition.

the sporting life

Late Picks Don’t Define Romo MAJD, from A10 players more viable options so that LeBron would pass the ball.

What Bayless said — whether for ratings or from simple ignorance — about LeBron shying away from the spotlight was, in reality, a superstar sizing up the situation and choosing to make the best available play. That James’ teammates could not deliver was a reflection of the weaker aspects of the Miami Heat, which the Mavericks effectively exploited.

LeBron has since won two championships and silenced the doubters that should not have existed in the first place, but the flawed “analysis” of guys like Bayless is still far too prevalent in sports. If you need more proof, just look at the aftermath of Sunday’s game between the Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys.

Tony Romo has acquired the reputation of a choker, and as such, his brilliant duel with Peyton Manning was completely overshadowed by a last-minute pick that may have cost the Cowboys the game. People love to simplify a game down to a few key plays, but the fact of the matter is they all matter equally; the crucial third down conversion does not exist in a vacuum, but it is intrinsically connected to the second down that came before it, and all other

preceding plays. Romo’s interception did not have any more impact than Manning’s pick earlier in the fourth quarter that allowed the Cowboys to take the lead, and it did not cost the Cowboys the game. What cost the Cowboys the game was the horrendous defense that gave up 51 points, spoiling a performance for the ages from Romo, in which he threw for 500 yards and five touchdowns while outplaying one of the all-time greats at the top of his game. This same all-time great had an almost identical interception in the playoffs last year in overtime against the Ravens.

The multitude of Romo haters will point out that the interception is just another in a long line of boneheaded plays

by Romo with the game on the line; they cite the elimination game versus the Redskins last year and the fumbled snap in his first season as a starter. Then they stop. That’s because there really isn’t much else to point to when trying to promote this fallacy that Romo is a choke artist.

To go along with a top five alltime quarterback rating, Romo has the highest quarterback rating in the fourth quarter in NFL history. He tied Matt Ryan for the most fourth-quarter comebacks in the 2012 season, and over the past several seasons he

ranks with the elite in that category. He also has an above average DVOA — a statistic measuring opponent-adjusted per-play efficiency — in the second half and overtime in one possession games. The fact is that Romo is a great quarterback saddled with a terrible defense and an equally terrible offensive line.

People can proclaim that Joe Flacco is elite or Eli Manning is a Hall of Famer because of their Super Bowl rings, but Romo is a better quarterback than both of them. Winning is a team game, and those championship Giants and Ravens were better teams.

The Giants won those titles predominantly because their defense shut down two historically prolific Tom Brady-led offenses.

With a defense like the one the Cowboys put out on Sunday, Romo could be Joe Montana and still not get the Super Bowl ring he’ll need to quiet the doubters.

It’s easy to point to a handful of plays and label an athlete as a “choke artist,” but in most cases, including with Romo, the facts and statistics reveal a much more complicated and accurate portrait — if you’re smart enough to pay attention.

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volleyball

GU Swept off Home Court VOLLEYBALL, from A10 service line, and that helped us,” Head Coach Arlisa Williams said.

Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Saar led that charge, with her serving run giving the Hoyas that late-set surge.

“Our outsides were taking some really good high swings at the ball, so we were able to start using the block and that won us some points as well,” Williams said.

Junior outside hitter Alex Johnson had three of her four set kills during that final Georgetown run, and she led all players with 15 on the night.

In the third set, the Hoyas kept it close, tying it up at 10 before the Golden Eagles pulled ahead.

Georgetown pushed but could not overtake Marquette, who took the set 25-21 to win the match.

Despite the lopsided score, Georgetown stayed aggressive throughout the entire match.

“You see us fight back, you see us make runs, you see us start blocking balls in the third set and putting good touches on it, and it just speaks to their resilience,” Williams said.

The next night, Georgetown was hopeful for a comeback win against DePaul (14-2, 1-2 Big East).

With both teams still seeking their first Big East victory, the Hoyas aimed to put their skills to use on their home court to get the conference win. Williams knew her team was up for the challenge if they could remain sharp and focused.

“We see flashes of it every single day, just how talented this group can be. It is just finding out how to do it consistently, regardless of the personnel that’s on the floor,” Williams said.

DePaul took the lead in the first set, and while the Blue and Gray kept it close, they couldn’t pull ahead and lost 25-21. Saar had six of her 15 kills in the first set.

“I think that early on, we were passing extremely well in the first set, so we were able to stay in system,” Williams said.

The second set was a nail-biter, as the squads traded points past 25.

Both had chances to close out the win, but ultimately, the Blue Demons won it on a kill, 29-27, to go up 2-0. Despite the disappointing result, Williams took away some positives from the second set.

“Annalee Abell on the right side took some great swings and they could not stop her early, and so I think that that is what allowed us to stay in it, and then we got Lauren

Saar going as well,” Williams said.

Abell, a redshirt senior right side hitter, recorded five kills in the set and nine in the match.

In the third set, DePaul caught fire, lighting up the scoreboard for 10 straight points, which gave them an 11-1 lead. They never looked back, and the Hoyas never threatened, scattering points to ultimately record a 25-13 loss, which gave DePaul the match victory.

“We came out and we let them get the jump on us. We changed our rotation trying to get a better blocking matchup, and in doing that, they went off on us servingwise, and we just couldn’t get our legs under us,” Williams said.

Georgetown has skill and talent, but also tends to have patterns of inconsistency. The team ran into problems at different points in sets, sometimes struggling to get on the board early and sometimes struggling to finish. Williams says the team will continue to work on taking care of the details, which will lead to a more balanced point spread.

“The biggest thing is us making sure that every single day, we take care of the little things. It’s the little things that don’t show up in the stats that make a big difference in the end result,” she said.

Carolyn Maguire Hoya Staff Writer

Although the Georgetown swimming and diving team emerged from the weekend with two losses and two fourth-place finishes, the Hoyas had strong performances in their opening weekend. Both the men’s and women’s team began their weekend at the Potomac Relays on Friday in Washington, D.C., before heading to Delaware on Saturday for a dual meet.

On Friday, both teams traveled up the road to American for the Potomac Relays. Both teams finished fourth in the seven-team competition.

The women’s team earned 38 points while the men’s team earned 48 points.

“Overall [the Potomac Relays] were great, it was our first meet of the year,” Head Coach Jamie Holder said.

The women’s and the men’s team both fared well in the 200-yard medley relay. The women’s team, which was made up of freshman Katie Duncalf, senior Rosemary Christian, freshman Molly Gaynor and sophomore Erica Fabbri, finished third with a time of 1:50.37. The men’s team finished second in the event with a team comprised of junior Michael Young, senior Christian Kilgore, freshman Martin Vanin and senior Matthew Mandel.

The women’s team also finished third in the 300-yard butterfly relay. Meanwhile, the men had third-place finishes in the 400-yard medley relay, the 1,000-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.

On Saturday, the Hoyas traveled to Delaware to take on the Blue Hens in their opening dual meet. The men were outscored 14693, while the women fell 160-78. In the loss, both teams combined won seven events.

“Delaware is a good swimming program,” Holder said. “We had some really close races.”

The strongest event for the women was the 100-yard breaststroke, an event in

which they swept the Blue Hens. Christian, sophomore Maryellen Campbell and junior Casey Bandman finished first, second and third, respectively.

Additionally, the women finished the meet on a strong note. In the meet’s final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Hoyas had a one-two finish. Freshman Emma Cammann, sophomore Delaney Bader, sophomore Erin Timochenko and Gaynor made up the relay team that grabbed the first place finish.

Gaynor, swimming in her first collegiate dual meet, had a strong day all around. In addition to being a part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team, Gaynor also won her only individual event, the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 58.38.

Meanwhile, the men’s team grabbed four first place finishes including a first place in the one-meter dive. Freshman Jared VespaCooper led the Hoyas, finishing first in the one-meter dive with a score of 242.55. The men’s team also earned first-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke, the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard medley relay.

Mandel and Kilgore were at the center of two Georgetown victories, including the 200yard medley relay, which also featured Young and Vanin. Mandel later returned and won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.08.

Kilgore accounted for the Blue and Gray’s final first-place finish with a 59.50 — more than a second before the second place finisher — in the 100-yard breaststroke.

“I thought the team as a whole really raced well, especially the [men’s] team,” Holder said.

“They showed a lot of heart in their races. We had some good races and had more wins than we did last year against Delaware.”

The Hoyas will look to build upon this strong start when they return to the pool on Oct. 19.

The Blue and Gray will play host to William & Mary and Towson at McCarthy Pool. The meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

Cross Country

Hoyas Beat the Heat to Take First and Third MATT RAAB

Special to The Hoya

At a hot and humid Paul Short Invitational, both the No. 20 men’s and No. 6 women’s cross country teams outlasted the sun and an array of strong teams to earn top finishes. In a field of 47 teams, the women took first place while the men finished third.

Unseasonably high temperatures defined the meet, with conditions that reached up into the mid-80s accentuated by humidity and late start times for both teams. The 11 a.m. start time for the men and 11:45 a.m. time for the women provided an environment significantly different from what the teams experience in their morning practices.

“It was a little bit of a shock to the guys’ system,” men’s Head Coach Brandon Bonsey said.

“I can’t remember ever having a race this hot, and the races were too late in the day.”

According to Bonsey, by the time the men’s race began, the meet had already run out of ice, as officials and local health personnel were faced with high levels of heat-related injuries. Ultimately, race officials cancelled the entire highschool portion of the meet that was scheduled to follow the college races. Although Georgetown athletes avoided serious injury, the heat did cause difficulties that were reflected in the results for the men.

“Our plan was to go out hard,” Bonsey said.

“But given the heat, we backed off.”

Despite these drawbacks, the Hoyas still got off to a strong start, controlling the race for most of its duration. But as the finish line approached, the effects of the heat began to show.

“With one [kilometer] to go, we were dominating, we were in a position to win,” Bonsey said. “I just think a few guys, in the heat, lost their composure.”

The result was a slip from a possible win to a third-place finish, a 110-point total putting the squad behind Dartmouth, with 106, and Indiana, who won the meet with 89. But the meet still provided a valuable chance to assess the team against skilled teams, and several athletes excelled in the 8-kilometer race after a three-week break in competition, including graduate student Andrew Springer and senior Brian King, both of whom finished in the top 10 with times of 23:52 and 24:12, respectively.

“I’m still very optimistic this season,” Bonsey said. “I would have loved to have won, but I still think this meet served its purpose and sets us up well.”

The women’s squad overcame the heat, winning their second straight meet.

“We had a couple people really affected by the heat,” women’s Head Coach Michael Smith said. “Our team was good enough where we still were able to win.”

The success on the women’s side was highlighted by the season debut of four runners who did not compete in the team’s first meet. Two of them, sophomore Samantha Nadel and graduate student Rachel Schneider, were the team’s top finishers, with times of 20:40 and 20:43, earning them 11th and 13th place finishes, respectively.

“Now our top two finishers have been four different people, put all that together and that’s going to be hard to deal with,” Smith said.

Junior Kelsey Smith also ran a successful race, and her 21:05 time was low enough for her to score her first points for Georgetown.

“We’re going to get tested now,” Smith said. “[By] some of the best teams in the country.”

The women will travel to Terre Haute, Ind., for the Pre-NCAA meet on Oct 19. The men next run Oct. 12 at the Blue-Gold Invitational in Newark, Del.

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Friday, october 8, 2013

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men’s soccer

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Five Hoyas scored in Georgetown’s 8-0 win over Seton Hall: clockwise from left, sophomore forward Brandon Allen (10), freshman forward Alex Muyl (9), junior midfielder Tom Skelly (17), senior midfielder Steve Neumann (18) and freshman forward Brett Campbell (16) all took advantage of a porous Pirate defense. Campbell’s header was his first goal at Georgetown.

Hoyas Torch Seton Hall; Providence Up Next PIRATES, from A10 penalty kick drawn by freshman midfielder Alex Muyl in the 59th minute.

“We were looking to put the game away pretty early,” Neumann said.

“It was good to get three goals for my confidence.”

In a game where 23 members of Georgetown’s 27-man roster saw playing time, junior midfielder Tom Skelly got his second consecutive start and recorded both a goal and an assist. His goal, a shot from the top left corner of the 18-yard box, and assist, which led to a diving header by sophomore forward Brandon Allen, were part of a run of three goals in just over two minutes in the second half.

“I was really excited. I assisted [Allen], and I was just excited to get on

the stats sheet,” Skelly said.

Head Coach Brian Wiese praised his team for maintaining a high level of play in the unusually warm temperatures. He also believed that a focused week of training and strong performances by reserves in scrimmages led to the decisive victory. The Hoyas got nearly every break, and even the playing styles of each side seemed to favor the home team.

“I think we match up well against Seton Hall,” Wiese said. “I think how we play and how they play, it’s always been hard for Seton Hall with us. And today, the goals just kind of came in.”

The Georgetown defense earned its third consecutive shutout and its eighth of the season, a number that leads Division I soccer. Seton Hall was able to put only one shot on goal the

entire game, while the Hoyas had 10.

Despite such an overwhelmingly positive performance, Neumann knows his team will be working hard this week in preparation for an away game against Big East rival Providence (7-12, 2-0-0 Big East) on Wednesday.

“Obviously, we are going in hungry to the next Big East games. We have a tough road this week. We have two away games, Providence and Xavier, and it’s always going to be tough in the Big East to get road points,” Neumann said.

Georgetown and Providence have split the last four games they have played against each other, including a win by the Friars in the Big East tournament in 2010. Last season, Georgetown won 1-0 in Providence after a late goal by Neumann. In past

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Talented ODU Stifles GU HOCKEY, from A10 Overtime got the best of us, we could have put the game away there, but unfortunately it didn’t go our way,” Head Coach Tiffany Hubbard said.

With a disheartening loss to start the weekend, Georgetown moved on to Sunday’s matchup against previously ranked Old Dominion.

Georgetown never found its game in the offensive third as the Lady Monarchs outshot the Hoyas 22-1 en route to a 7-0 victory. Old Dominion got on the scoreboard 13 minutes into the game when junior forward Rosario Villagra slammed the ball past Nolen into the net. Villagra

would go on to score two more goals.

The one-sided game demonstrated Old Dominion’s explosive offense and tightly wound defense. The only offense the Lady Monarchs allowed the Hoyas was just one second-half penalty corner.

Sophomore midfielder Emily Harting also added two goals for Old Dominion.

“Old Dominion is a very talented team,” Hubbard said. “We have to have a perfect day against them and we didn’t. We were outskilled and outplayed. I do wish we could have generated more offense and given ourselves more of an opportunity, but their team was very strong.”

Going into halftime down by four goals, the Hoyas could not wipe off the frustration of the past 35 minutes. Because of the constant press from Old Dominion’s powerful offensive line, Georgetown had little time between deflecting shots and defending penalty corners to think about its offensive side of the game.

“We have a very competitive schedule coming up and we need to generate attack. If we can get that going, we can get our momentum going.

Getting corners will really help us get shots as well.”

The Hoyas take on Rutgers (6-5, 0-2 Big East) Saturday on the road in Piscataway, NJ.

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Still Unbeaten in Big East FRIARS, from A10 the 18-yard box. The senior fired a shot past Providence junior goalkeeper Jessica Goudreault for her third goal of the season.

“A great shot on the run from about 28 yards out,” Nolan said of the goal.

Twenty minutes later, the Blue and Gray scored an insurance goal to go ahead 2-0.

Junior midfielder Daphne Corboz and sophomore forward Sarah Adams connected on a nifty give-and-go in the Providence box that resulted in Corboz’ fifth goal of the year.

“That combination was probably the only pure piece of soccer played in the game,” Nolan said. “Up 2-0, we were very confident and thought that they weren’t going to score as long as we didn’t give

away any set pieces.”

Yet that is precisely what the Hoyas did only five minutes after going up by two.

Senior defender Alexa St. Mar-

“That combination was ... the only pure piece of soccer played in the game.”

DAVE NOLAN Women’s Soccer Head Coach

tin got her feet tangled up in the box with Friar sophomore forward Catherine Zimmerman and was whistled for the foul. Zimmerman stepped to the penalty spot and put a shot past Georgetown redshirt sophomore goalie Emma Ne-

wins to close the gap to one goal.

Suddenly, what had appeared a surefire Georgetown win was in doubt, as Providence threw everything they had forward in the final minutes in search of an equalizer. “[Providence] was very energized, very hard working and competitive,” Nolan said.

“We really had to ride out the emotion they had after that goal.”

The experienced Hoya back line rose to the occasion and denied the Friars any quality chances in the closing minutes, allowing Georgetown to hold on for the 2-1 victory, its second road win in four days.

“This was a very challenging road trip. Both [Butler and Providence] were very difficult places to play,” Nolan said. “Credit to the kids for stepping up and competing.”

years, the Friars’ home field, a poorly kept grass surface, has itself been a major factor in games. Wednesday’s game, however, will be the first played on a brand new field turf facility, something Wiese is excited about.

“If we were playing on that grass field, it would change the game entirely,” Wiese said. “It’s not soccer. The surface is so bad, it’s just not soccer.”

The Friars are 2-0 this year in conference play after wins against Seton Hall and No. 14 St. John’s. Providence has allowed an average of over one goal per game, compared to Georgetown’s rate of less than one goal every two games. Neumann, Allen and Muyl, who have combined for 90 shots this season, will look to continue their scoring against a defense that

has recorded only three shutouts this year. On the flip side, in order to record their fourth straight clean sheet, the Hoyas will need to stop freshman midfielder Julian Gressel and senior midfielder Anthony Baumann, the Friars’ points leaders this season.

Georgetown will also need to overcome a busy Big East schedule that includes two road games in four days, meaning the team will have little practice time to prepare for Providence and then Xavier on Saturday. Nevertheless, Skelly is confident in the Hoyas’ ability to keep up both on and off the field.

“Academically and athletically there is a lot of pressure,” he said.

“We’re travelling a lot, but we are really motivated to get our studies done and get some good results.”

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In Southern Markets, NHL Skating on Thin Ice

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f you’re a hockey fan, there is a lot to look Many proponents of Sun Belt NHL franchises forward to this year. For one, you are going argue that the division of revenue in the league to get to see a full 82-game schedule of amaz- simply needs to be more fair and efficient. If the ing goals, bloody fights and big hits in the NHL. more profitable teams were to be taxed a higher The Winter Classic, an outdoor game held each margin by the league, teams with lower revyear on New Year’s Day, will take place at Michi- enues would have more funds to operate with. gan Stadium, also known as “The Big House,” But would this solve the revenue problem or just where over 100,000 fans will watch the Detroit kick the can down the road?

Red Wings take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in an If revenue sharing is increased, the problem Original Six matchup. The winter Olympics will is being prolonged, not solved. Why keep NHL be held in Sochi, Russia, this February and — af- teams in cities where they are sure to be in the ter the heart-stopping gold-medal game of 2010 red? It seems the league is afraid to address the — hockey is the most-hyped sport obvious solutions: relocation and of the games. Finally, the NHL’s contraction. division realignment means less Across the United States and travel for teams and more intense, Canada, there are a handful of geography-centered rivalries. markets that could sustain a But if you go to a pub in southfinancially solvent hockey franern or western cities and ask for chise. In Canada, Quebec and something “on ice,” most bartendHamilton are cities that come to ers won’t assume you want to mind, with hockey-crazed popuMatt Castaldo watch the hockey game. lations that each top 700,000 Even before current NHL Comin their metro areas. In the U.S., missioner Gary Bettman’s reign, has expressed interest in Hockey’s popu- Seattle something called the “Sun Belt a franchise and shows signs of bestrategy” came into existence. This larity withers in ing able to support one. Even HartNHL expansion strategy put teams ford, Conn., looks to be capable of the Sun Belt. in Florida, North Carolina, Arizoonce again owning a franchise, as na, and Southern California with Hartford Whalers merchandise the aim of expanding viewership and revenue was a top-seller in 2010 even though the team and boosting popularity. had relocated 13 years before.

The strategy has had quite the opposite effect.

Relocation alone, however, will not entirely According to Forbes, the top five NHL teams in solve the league’s problem, as there are far more terms of revenue run a combined $212 million franchises in dire straights financially than there profit, but the bottom 25 teams in terms of rev- are cities capable of supporting an NHL franchise. enue run a combined $86 million deficit.

The real issue is that the league is too expansive; Most of this deficit is found in franchises in the there are not enough casual fans to support a South or West, where fans attend hockey games league with 30 teams. If the league were to conprimarily because ticket prices are embarrassing- tract to 24, 20 or even 18 teams located in hockeyly cheap, and because local television contracts crazy markets, those teams would enjoy more either are not lucrative or do not exist (see Phoe- prosperity, and the league as a whole would be in nix Coyotes). better shape regarding TV contracts, ratings and The Atlanta Thrashers, perhaps the best case of revenue sharing. Fewer teams would also mean a team having no business in a city, moved to Win- higher concentration of talent on rosters, inevitanipeg, Manitoba, to operate in a more hockey- bly increasing the quality of play across the NHL. friendly area. In 2008, the Phoenix Coyotes filed Most people in the South simply don’t like for bankruptcy and were owned by the league for hockey because it is simply not a sport meant four seasons until a sale approved in June meant to be played in the desert or the tropics. Until the team would stay in Glendale, Ariz., and not that fact is reflected in franchises’ geographical move to Seattle. When Northern teams play locations and the size of the league as a whole, games in Florida or North Carolina, the stadi- hockey will continue competing with bass fishums are packed with more Northeast snowbird ing on Versus rather than with the NBA on ESPN. grandparents than local fans. In short, teams in warm-weather cities are experiencing quite the Matt Castaldo is a junior in the College. FULL CONTACT appears every Tuesday. cold front, in terms of attracting new fans.

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MEN’S SOCCER Georgetown vs. Providence Wednesday, 3 p.m.

Providence, R.I.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013

CROSS COUNTRY

TALKING POINTS

The women’s team wins its second straight meet, while the men’s takes third place.

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It was always going to be very scrappy.

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Women’s soccer Head Coach Dave Nolan on his team’s win at Providence.

The number of games in which the field hockey team has been shut out.

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VOLLEYBALL

Big East GU’s Offensive Explosion Sinks Pirates Foes Win With Ease ANDREW MAY

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The scorching pace of the Georgetown men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon mirrored the day’s weather: hot and intense. The Hoyas came out strong on Shaw Field, scoring goal after goal en route to an 8-0 blowout win over Seton Hall (3-5-2, 0-2-0 Big East). The Hoyas (8-2-1, 1-01 Big East) thoroughly dominated the run of play, seeming to possess, shoot and score at will against a Pirates team that had few answers.

Senior forward Steve Neumann led the No. 11 Georgetown attack with a hat trick and an assist that made him the fourth player in Georgetown history to record 100 career points and earned him the honor of Big East offensive player of the week. After an own goal by Seton Hall opened up the scoring, Neumann put a goal past the near post off a cross from sophomore defender Keegan Rosenberry. Neumann settled a cross almost on the penalty spot, turned and found the back of the net near the end of the first half for his second, and he completed the hat trick by converting a

Senior forward Steve Neumann scored his second career hat trick in the Hoyas’ 8-0 win over the Pirates.

With his three goals and one assist, he became the fourth Georgetown player to gain 100 career points.

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Marquette and DePaul sweep Georgetown on the Hoyas’ home court JULIANA ZOVAK Hoya Staff Writer

In what turned out to be a disappointing homestand, the Georgetown volleyball team dropped both its matches in straight sets this weekend, losing to Big East foes Marquette and DePaul.

The Hoyas (6-10, 0-3 Big East) had a slow start against a strong Marquette team Friday and could not mount a big enough comeback to overcome the Golden Eagles (10-4, 3-0 Big East).

The first set stayed even early, but Marquette soon jumped out to a fivepoint lead and never looked back, using multiple long runs to take the first set 25-14.

The Blue and Gray struggled to return serves, with the Golden Eagles recording six aces, four of which from freshman Autumn Bailey, who also had three kills in the first set.

In the second, Marquette again took a big lead, going up 23-14. Although Georgetown battled back, scoring six straight points to come within four, the Golden Eagles would win the next point and the set to go up 2-0.

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Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Saar’s 15 kills against DePaul were not enough to earn a Big East win.

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Reality of Romo: Facts Trump Pundits’ Labels

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s a sports fan, I occasionally its brilliant demonstration on the find myself aimlessly sifting kind of analysis it takes to make through highlight reels and good executive decisions in sports.

Cuban shows the cunning intelplays on YouTube. But my favorite sports video doesn’t take place on lect that has made him a successful a field or a court or in a sporting owner and businessman as he cuts right through all arena of any kind; of the usual buzzit takes place on an words and superfiESPN set. The video cial jargon Bayless in question is a segspews out when ment from a show he proclaims that in which Dallas LeBron James is not Mavericks owner “clutch.” Cuban imMark Cuban absoDarius Majd mediately exposes lutely skewers Skip the lack of analysis Bayless for the lack in Bayless’ assertions of substance in his Romo has a that James choked — and that of many in the NBA Finals so-called pundits top-5 all-time against the Maveraround the industry — sporting analysis. quarterback rating. icks and counters by explaining the ways The segment is brilliant as much for its hilarity — par- in which the Mavs’ defense took the ticularly in shots that show Bayless’ game out of LeBron’s hands; they colleague Stephen A. Smith sitting double-teamed and made other silently in the background hoping to avoid Cuban’s wrath — as it is for See MAJD, A8

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Junior midfielder Daphne Corboz scored the go-ahead goal in the 65th minute on an assist from sophomore forward Sarah Adams.

Second-Half Surge Overwhelms Friars TOM SCHNOOR Hoya Staff Writer

FIELD HOCKEY

GU Can’t Recover After OT Loss MOLLY MALONE

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It was another tough weekend for the Georgetown field hockey team (210, 0-2 Big East) as the Hoyas fell to both St. Francis (4-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) and Old Dominion (5-6, 2-1 Big East). Although Georgetown came into the weekend’s games with optimism, a momentumkilling overtime loss against St. Francis carried over into Sunday’s matchup against Old Dominion.

Friday’s game ended in a 3-2 overtime loss, despite the fact that Georgetown dominated the majority of the game. When St. Francis junior defender Carissa Makea slipped the ball by freshman goalkeeper Rosalie Nolen to open the scoring, the Hoyas offense answered back immediately.

Sophomore forward Sarah Butterfield scored with less than five minutes to

play in the first half. Even with a tie going into the second half, however, the Hoyas still could not seem to find their rhythm. Just over two minutes into the second half, Makea scored her second

“Old Dominion is a very talented team.

We were outskilled and outplayed.”

TIFFANY HUBBARD Field Hockey Head Coach

goal of the night to give St. Francis a 2-1 lead.

Although the scoreboard did not reflect it, the Hoyas controlled the entire second half, outshooting the Red Flash 10-4. Georgetown finally capitalized on

a play with under three minutes left in regulation. Butterfield rushed the ball into the circle and looked as if she were going to shoot when she flicked an outlet pass to teammate junior forward Molly Denzel, who was able to tap the ball into the net. The Hoyas finally gained confidence as the game headed to overtime with a comeback victory in reach.

The teams played evenly in overtime with each team gaining possession and getting opportunities to score. An unfortunate bounce six minutes into overtime off St. Francis’ junior forward Autumn Pellman’s stick handed Georgetown its ninth loss of the season.

“I was really proud of our team, that we were able to get more shots.

We just couldn’t get them to fall.

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The No. 9 Georgetown women’s soccer team played the second match of a three-game road trip Sunday afternoon, facing off against Providence in a Big East conference match.

Sunday’s warm weather in the Washington, D.C. area did not extend to Rhode Island, however, where the temperature hovered in the mid-50s and a steady drizzle fell at kickoff.

“It was a very challenging field to play on,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said. “The field conditions were very poor.”

The Friars (4-6-3, 1-3 Big East) proved a resilient opponent but were ultimately downed by the Hoyas (11-0-2, 3-0-1 Big East) by a final score of 2-1. The victory marked Georgetown’s fifth straight win on the road and extended the team’s record-setting unbeaten streak to 13 games.

“We played a team today that was almost playing for [its] Big East life,” Nolan said. “[Providence] entered the game 1-2 in the confer-

ence, and they felt like they really needed to win the game. It was always going to be very scrappy.”

Indeed, the win did not come easy for the Hoyas. The teams were evenly matched through the first 45 minutes and spent much of that time feeling each other out. The Blue and Gray outshot the Friars 6 to 2 in the first half, but Providence had a 2-to-1 edge in corner kicks.

Both teams saw a shot ring off the crossbar in a half that ended with the score knotted at 0.

At halftime, Nolan stressed to his team the importance of making adjustments to deal with the conditions of the pitch.

“I talked to the kids about shooting while they were on the run instead of shooting from a standing stop,” Nolan said. “I felt that the conditions were so muddy that we really needed to be running on to the ball as we took our shots.”

The Hoyas took their coach’s words to heart. Just 30 seconds into the second half, senior defender Kailey Blain found the ball at her feet a few yards outside of See FRIARS, A9