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No. 11 Georgetown will face Marquette in the Big East tournament Tuesday.

COMMENTARY The university mishandled Daniel Milzman’s ricin case.

SPORTS, A10

Marijuana Policy Unaltered

TOMBS Trivia night allowed racist and sexist slurs from attendees last week.

CONTRACEPTIVES Fordham students call for lifting a ban on contraceptives on their campus.

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Milzman Sentenced To 1 Year

25 YEARS LATER, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL

Emma Gross

Student who made ricin could get January release

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Although voters passed Initiative 71 last Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana in D.C., because of federal law, marijuana policies on Georgetown University’s campus will remain the same.

Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh explained that because federal law still prohibits the possession, use or production of illegal drugs, the university will continue its current no-tolerance policy.

“Georgetown University complies with both local and federal laws. Federal law prohibits possession, manufacturing, and use of marijuana. As a recipient of federal funds — including campus-based student aid funds — we comply with federal laws, such as those requiring a drug-free workplace,” Pugh See MARIJUANA, A6

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advisers will still be present in the Leavey space, there will be no chaplains-in-residence. A community director will also be assigned to the hotel, but will not live in the building.

Students will use hotel key

A federal district court judge sentenced Daniel Milzman, the former Georgetown student charged with possession of a biological toxin, to one year and a day in federal prison at a hearing Monday morning.

Additionally, Milzman was ordered to complete 400 hours of community service tutoring disadvantaged children in math and physics, a mandatory mental health treatment program and 36 months supervised released following his sentence.

Milzman, who has been jailed since late March, will be credited for the time he has already served, meaning he may be released in January.

“I want you to be able to turn the page on this horrible experience,” said Judge Ketanji Jackson, who presided over the court.

Milzman, then a sophomore in the College pursuing physics and mathematics on a pre-med track, was arrested in March for making ricin, a lethal substance, in his shared dorm room on McCarthy 6 after showing a resident assistant the bag of ricin earlier that week. Milzman was found with 123 milligrams of a white substance in his possession, with 7.7 microgram per milligram concentration, later confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be ricin.

After pleading guilty to the charge in September, Milzman entered into a binding plea agreement that would place a range on his sentence from a year and a day up to 24 months in federal incarceration. The plea also dictated that all time spent in prison up to this point would count toward his sentence.

In response to a question about the possibility of Milzman re-enrolling at Georgetown, Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh said that Milzman is not currently enrolled and that “violations of federal laws are serious violations of the Student Code of Conduct and these disciplinary matters are handled confidentially.”

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The Berlin Wall Graffiti Project, by the department of German, set up a wall in Red Square with pens for passers-by to express opinions in commemoration of 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Hotel Dorm Room Plans Advance Toby Hung

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A pilot project to renovate the interior of Henle Village apartments has not been turned into a larger endeavor.

Henle Renovations Indefinitely on Hold Xinlan Hu

spaces offline. That’s a secondary limitation but also significant.”

According to David Lizza (COL Despite a well-received pilot reno- ’15), InterHall vice president of stuvation project in Henle Village last dent advocacy and a member of the winter break, the Office of Residen- Residential Living Working Group, tial Living deferred complex-wide many Henle residents have exapartment renovations due to a pressed their desire to see the major lack of resources. changes made in the pilot project Residential staff had installed adopted in their own apartments. overhead LED lights in the living “The students want to see the room and both bedrooms of Henle major changes in terms of the light83, the then-vacant apartment ing and the appliances or cabinets chosen for the pilot project, and in the rooms because they don’t updated the kitchen area with new see that,” Lizza said. “The Office of flooring, a solid-wood cabinet and Residential Living is working on a dishwasher. However, Associate that, but it’s in the back corner.

Director of Residential Services Mat- They are also working on the other thew Hollingshead said there is no things such as installing the dehutimeline for a complete renovation midifiers and opening up the Henle of all Henle apartcommunity room ments. for everyone with “That was somethe Henle keys. thing that we’ve Students don’t see talked about possithe small things bly doing in Henle yet because they in the future but are experiencing there was no set them less often plan of when that living in an apartcould happen. ment.”

KATHERINE NICOSIA (COL ’17) If we find the reResident of Henle apartment Georgetown renovated in pilot program sources to do this, University Stuthen we would dent Association like to do it,” Hollingshead said. The President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) also office did replace light fixtures and supported a larger Henle renovapaint walls this summer. tion modelled upon the popular Hollingshead also said that the pilot to create a better living enlack of alternative residential spac- vironment for juniors. After the es on campus poses another obsta- Northeast Triangle is complete and cle for a complete renovation. more dorm-style options are offered “It’s also because it takes the spac- on campus, more juniors, rather es offline for the period that you are than sophomores, are expected to renovating them,” Hollingshead live in Henle. said. “We use Henle along with any “The overwhelming response is other residential spaces over the that the newly renovated Henle summer. So we have to work with the summer programs to take the See HENLE, A6

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“If this is the nicest one there is, it’s pretty gross.”

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University plans for the conversion of two floors of the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center into student housing for next year are coming together in more detail as Georgetown’s fall 2015 deadline to house more students on campus approaches.

The second and third floors of the hotel will serve as temporary housing for 120 to 140 students as Georgetown attempts to meet the requirement of the 2010 Campus Plan agreement to house 385 more students on campus by fall 2015. The rooms are planned to be converted back into hotel space at the end of the spring 2016 semester, with the Northeast Triangle Residence Hall set to open in fall 2016 — a delay from its original intended fall 2015 opening date.

With the temporary conversion will come some unique features of the dorm rooms located in the hotel. While residential

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Parts of the Leavey hotel will become a temporary dorm.

Experiment Lost in Rocket Explosion Deirdre Collins Hoya Staff Writer

Maryellen Campbell (COL ’16) and Thomas Burchfield (COL ’15) worked for months on an experiment that would test whether chrysanthemums could remove harmful toxins from the air in space shuttles, only to watch the rocket that carried the experiment explode seconds after launching.

The project, which Campbell and Burchfield worked on alongside George Washington University seniors Jun Xi Ni and Shayda Shabazi, was set to go into space in the Orbital Science Antares rocket, a medium-class vehicle with a launch reliability rate of 95 percent, but the unmanned rocket exploded just seconds after it was launched in Virginia on Oct. 28 due to a failure in one of its main two engines. The rocket’s primary purpose was to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, but it did carry several scientific experiments as well, including that of the students.

The four students developed the project through the D.C. Space Grant Consortium’s K-12 STEM Educator Program and won a competition against 31 other students, allowing their experiment to be sent to the International Space Station to be conducted by astronauts according to the students’ instructions.

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COURTESY STUDENT SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIMENT PROGRAM

Left to right: GWU students Shayda Shabazi and Jun Xi Ni, Thomas Burchfield (COL ’15) and Maryellen Campbell (COL ’16) The students were interested in seeing whether chrysanthemums could be used to detoxify the air on space shuttles, which expose astronauts to high levels of radiation, by observing germination and reproduction patterns.

Despite this setback with the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket, the team will use leftover materials and their research to replicate the experiment to be launched in the SpaceX

Shuttle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 9.

Campbell and Burchfield watched the initial rocket launch from about a mile and a half away.

“I was shocked watching it explode in front of me. I have never seen anything like it,” Campbell said.

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OPINION

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014

THE VERDICT

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Georgetown likes to tell students they can have it all. The university tour, websites and brochures boast that Georgetown, unlike many other schools, can provide you with the opportunity to get a prestigious Washington, D.C. internship while still taking classes at a top-tier university.

Although many students are able to maintain part-time internships while enrolled in 10 or more credits, most students who receive offers for full-time internships — including some of the most sought-after positions at the White House, Justice Department and State Department — are barred from obtaining part-time status.

The Georgetown registrar grants part-time status only to seniors. Any juniors who wish to undertake a full-time internship must take a leave of absence for that semester, whether or not that student’s schedule would allow it. And while the delicate decisions regarding balance between a part-time class workload and a demanding internship are best left to individual students and their advisers, this policy excludes those Georgetown students from many of the resources that they would still need access to in

D.C., namely access to student housing.

For a one-semester leave of absence, forfeiture of rights to yearlong student housing acts as a penalty to those who have secured impressive, full-time internships. If students already must choose between academic progress and a career-related opportunity, they should at least be able to know that accepting an internship won’t negatively impact the other aspects of their lives in D.C. The university should consider allowing students with full-time internships who are currently enrolled to keep their university housing for the duration of the semester while they are interns. This would remove one barrier for students to pursue ambitious full-time internships and would encourage Georgetown students’ involvement in outside work.

The university should live up to its reputation as a school that allows students to pursue meaningful internships that directly add to their course of study. As long as the university touts its location in D.C., it should make sure it’s doing its best to transfer those benefits to students’ everyday lives.

One disturbing phenomenon should give Georgetown students pause regardless of political affiliation this election season: Turnout among voters between the ages of 18 and 29 was significantly low, giving credence to the often-trotted-out theory that our generation simply is not motivated enough to get out to the polls.

In fairness, the American electorate during a midterm election is always considerably older than in presidential years; the numbers also make it clear, however, that our generation still has work to do in terms of engaging in our elections. As a share of the electorate, voters aged 18 to 29 made up just 13 percent of total voters, compared to 19 percent of total voters in 2012.

Here in the District of Columbia, total turnout for this year’s mayoral election stood at just 32.5 percent.

With our generation lodging frequent complaints about the government, one would think that turning out to vote would be at the top of the priority list for an age group that is developing a track record for an activist approach to change.

The notion that one’s vote may not be that consequential in our elections is usually offered

as an explanation or a rationale for not voting, but that attitude only fosters a culture of political indifference that is the antithesis of what American democracy is supposed to be about.

Of course, low turnout rates in one midterm election are not a death knell for our generation’s future political participation. It is encouraging to see the increased engagement in the past two presidential elections, and 2016 promises to be yet another wide-open election in which young voters will be a highly soughtafter and targeted voting bloc. But political scientists have shown that even not voting just once can establish a habit of not voting in future elections.

Voting is not just an action one has to take in order to be able to complain about our government’s shortcomings — it is the manifestation of one’s political beliefs, priorities and aspirations for our nation. But if lofty rhetoric does not spur increased turnout, the harsh reality that many of our government’s decisions ¬— when it comes to health care, taxes, the environment and so many other areas — have a profound impact on our lives beyond our college years should serve as a stark reminder to our generation that your vote is what can and will guide those decisions.

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Trying Her Best — Janet Mihalyfi has devoted roughly $35,000 to a campaign to find her missing dog, Havoc. The money was used to pay for cameras, trackers, signs, 20 staple guns, dog food, hot dogs and beef.

Gone Baby Gone — Despite Mihalyfi’s best effort, Havoc has not​ yet ​been found.

Winter Is Coming — An Arctic cold front will be pushing through D.C. on Wednesday, bringing gusts of wind up to 25 mph and morning low temperatures in the 20s and 30s.

Expanding STEM — The Lockheed Martin $2 million grant is geared toward expanding science, technology, engineering and math offerings in the D.C. public school system.

Crime Doesn’t Pay — A biker was robbed this week on the Metropolitan Branch Trail. The assailant escaped with only five dollars.

Open Office Hours — D.C. Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser held an open house in her transition office Monday afternoon. D.C. residents could stop by and voice their concerns before Bowser takes office in January.​

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Although the program was regrettably discontinued last year, some of the program’s money — contributed by The Corp and GUASFCU — remained, and it had been unclear how it would be used.

This semester, The Corp and GUASFCU announced that murals would be created in Lauinger Library with the remaining funds, a final application of the program’s money that is worthy of its initial standards.

It is no stretch to argue that most Georgetown students, if given the chance to reimagine any physical space on the Hilltop, would set their sights on Lauinger, most recently maligned as “soul-crushing” in The Atlantic. No matter how

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The first time my mother ever told me she was proud of me was in the midst of a familiar and arduous battle with depression and addiction at the age of nineteen. And as much as I ached, to the deepest and grittiest parts of my bones, to finally hear those words, they were just floral adornments on a fully erected, magnificent piece of art. It doesn’t matter how much support you receive, or don’t.

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strongly one might wish, Lauinger is not going away any time soon, and so long as it is a central building on our campus, the community is correct to take action to brighten it up. In this way, the final act of Reimagine Georgetown is living up to its title.

Particularly appropriate is that these funds are going toward a physical improvement of a space and not an event within one. Any individual event, by nature, is fleeting, and a trend toward using funding for permanent improvements is a positive one. Murals in Lauinger — even if they provide minimal improvement to such a disheartening structure — will nonetheless be relatively permanent, an alternative that compares favorably to any onetime, ephemeral expenditure.

When tasked with reimagining anything, lasting change is undoubtedly the goal. Artistic additions to Lauinger will succeed in this regard. In its final hurrah, therefore, Reimagine Georgetown will serve its purpose of reimagination after all.

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tuesDAY, November 11, 2014

THE POLITICS OF PARTH

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Parth Shah

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resident Barack Obama flew to Beijing on Friday to meet with his counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. No doubt China’s recent flattening in growth was discussed; although growing at around 7 to 8 percent, this is a decline from the extremely rapid economic expansion of the past few years.

Such a trend seems to indicate that the model that China has used for growth in the past generation is no longer relevant. China has performed extraordinarily well in a government-spurred focus shift toward foreign direct investment and manufacturing. But diminishing marginal returns will eventually set in, and perhaps this plateau in growth is a nudging reminder of what is to come.

At the same time, purchasing power for the individual consumer has increased dramatically since Deng Xiaoping’s reforms, and China will be able to overtake the United States in GDP around 2021.

These shifts signal an economy that craves consumption and renders knowledge-based services.

So how can China prepare for such a transition?

If China wants to move smoothly and continue to thrive, it will need to address its innovation deficit. David Shambaugh contends, via the Brookings Institution, that the government has been addressing this gap by simply pouring money into it, but this isn’t enough. A more fundamental change is required.

China’s main focus for reform should be its educational system, which performs admirably in test scores but fails to encourage freedom of expression and criticalthinking skills. The system emphasizes rote memorization and grueling exams, which is great for instilling a sense of self-discipline, but does not encourage risk-taking or skepticism.

The primary and secondary educational systems are designed to prepare students for an enormously important exam, gaokao, or the determinant of which college a student will enter. The specifics of the exam, which include calculus problems and memorization of passages, are not indicative of the ability to critically evaluate pressing issues or generate their solutions.

And such a trend continues in post-secondary education. Although many Chinese universities, such as Peking and Tsinghua, possess a wealth of resources and boast state-of-the-art facilities, they are prone to regulation by the Communist Party. Indeed, each department in the university has its own Party representative, and this in turn influences the agenda of the university. Faculty members have “little to no role in governance” of the university, which curtails freedom of intellectual exploration, a “precondition for innovation in universities,” according to Harvard Business Review.

China has an impressive graduation rate, but a lack of freedom of expression and critical thinking skills will not help these students create inventive companies.

Entrepreneurs succeed when they identify the gaps in demand within a society and fill these gaps by coming up with new products.

Identifying these gaps requires one to question the existing order and to think of fundamentally different ways to structure this order.

Students will need to be trained to think along these lines if China is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation.

In the past, China has adapted outside technologies and has used them to satisfy the demands of its economy. High-speed rail, its space program and Alibaba are emblematic of this adaptation. But for China to emerge as an undisputed leader that is more of a consumer than a producer, it can no longer follow this mode of development.

If it does, it will be stuck in the “middle-income gap” instead of acting as a global economic force with universities that educate generalist leaders and pockets resembling Silicon Valley.

Parth Shah is a junior in the College. This is the final appearance of The Politics of Parth this semester.

How Our Shortcomings Give Us Strength L

ess than a week after watching my Republicans stomp through an incredibly successful midterm election, it seems odd that I would be writing anything other than a gleeful victory lap. While I am salivating a bit at the prospect of having the largest Republican majority since the Truman administration, I am nonetheless focused on an entirely different set of emotions following election night.

In my mind, the most memorable image from election night was neither Joni Ernst admitting her predilection for fast food biscuits nor Alison Lundergan Grimes’ distinctly ungracious pseudo-concession upon realizing that Elaine Chao would now control the U.S. Senate. Rather, I was most struck by Martha Coakley’s reaction to her soul-crushing loss in the race for Massachusetts governor.

Though Coakley failed to redeem herself in a fashion that many would have liked, she managed to hold her composure as the results announced her second high-profile defeat. Unlike her Senate loss to Scott Brown in 2010, this campaign was not marred by any serious missteps. In fact, she ran a pretty excellent campaign.

Robbed of a blue-state victory by forces largely outside of her control, Coakley said she would do “absolutely nothing” differently if able to

tors seem incapable of unchecked rerun her race.

While losses and failures are al- runs of wins. Usually, our losses are ways disappointing, they are all the through no faults of our own. It more disheartening when we feel wouldn’t even be fair to say we lose to we have let down others or when someone better. Instead, a scarcity of the circumstances of our failures lie opportunity throws us into the realm completely outside of our control. of pure chance, and sometimes we For a politician like Coakley, there simply aren’t lucky. In such times, I must undoubtedly be a great feeling am drawn to a quote from one of my of obligation to produce a victory for favorite authors, Corrie ten Boom: the countless people who have given “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, time and money to you don’t throw away your own campaign. your ticket and jump After coming up off. You sit still and short, just facing trust the engineer.” those people seems It may sound naive incredibly difficult. to say that the soluThe ability to offer a tion to disappointquiet “thank you” rement is to simply trust quires a great deal of Tim Rosenberger that God will hand character and speaks over some new plan, highly of those who but I think in the conoffer it. Even more text of Georgetown, upsettingly, some disthis is a good starting appointments really point. This communiare uncontrollable. ty is a loving one filled While in these situwith good people — ations we can avoid feelings of regret, we nevertheless in my disappointments, it has been have no recourse for growth or bet- personal connections here that have terment. Rather, we simply watch as pulled me through.

While I have been blessed with our former dream goes up in smoke.

The opportunities afforded by readily available friends and menGeorgetown invariably lead to high- tors, this experience has yet to perprofile disappointments. Even those meate all corners of Georgetown, and of us who are blatant trophy collec- expanding a network of empathy is a

Georgetown leads to high-profile disappointments.

great next step for our campus as we work to address the well-being of our students. For as long as I have been at Georgetown, discussions have raged about the failures of various support structures within the university.

In my estimation, these structures could be rendered obsolete if we demonstrated genuine concern for our fellow Hoyas through a deliberate, unified effort.

In all things, we should be intentional in our willingness to support fellow community members who are suffering from sudden defeats and disappointments. Perhaps even more bravely, we need to be ready to fall. When we put ourselves forward, we may well get burned, but we must trust that this community will catch and support us.

Fundamentally, we must reimagine the ways we deal with the wellbeing of one another. Instead of creating structures and university initiatives, we should focus our efforts introspectively. If each of us invests in personal resilience and a campus-wide network of care, we can serve as the embodiment of God’s love to one another.

Tim Rosenberger is a junior in the College. This is the final appearance of The Church and Statesman this semester.

VIEWPOINT • Lloyd

Reflecting on the Ordeal of a Mishandled Ricin Case

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t around 10 p.m. on March 17, I was sitting on my bed in Village C East, crying and holding both a bag of ricin and my scared friend, Daniel Milzman. For the next hour, I tried to convince him to stay, to hand the ricin to me and to identify a target, but he left.

After eight months, the case of United States v. Milzman is coming closer to a resolution, and those of us involved can turn our attention to moving past the fear, confusion and anger that hung over campus when the case began. However, this healing requires that everyone involved must be held accountable. While the facts of the criminal investigation are now settled, it is due time that the university response be more thoroughly examined.

I have privately voiced concerns since the incident occurred, as my proximity to the events revealed serious flaws in the systems that responded. Unfortunately, systems rarely change with just one person’s scrutiny. Therefore, I have decided to share my story and challenge our community to prepare and plan so that we might better support our student body in future situations.

The story began that night in March, after he left. I called two of my closest friends to join me in my room, told them about what had just happened and made them promise to stay with me until I did what we knew we had to do.

We decided to call the Counseling and Psychiatric Service on-call line first. I called the CAPS operator and explained that a student had just expressed a desire to kill another with a substance I had just held. The operator instructed me to wait 20 minutes for a counselor to call me back.

After 20 minutes of anxious waiting, I called again. “Wait 20 more minutes.”

I spent this time making sure my door was still locked while constantly checking my peephole. Twenty minutes passed again. I called a third time. Twenty minutes passed. I called a fourth time, and again I am told just to wait. Over an hour after my initial report that a student had produced the means to kill another, I received a call from a CAPS counselor.

Our conversation was brief. I described my conversation with Milzman in detail, and the counselor responded: “Well, you’re an RA, right?

Do you know anyone you should call to help this student? Whoever you call, have them follow up with me tomorrow or later this week.”

The call ended, and I was left to consider the next steps on my own.

Had I not called my two friends to be there with me, it would have been too easy to pretend nothing happened and hide away in bed. The response time of CAPS on-call, as well as the quality of response, was and remains dangerously inadequate, not only to the threat with which they were presented but also to my own obvious imminent trauma.

Soon after, my resident assistant training kicked in and I called the community director on duty, who in turn brought me in to a meeting with the Georgetown University Police Department.

The next day, McCarthy’s sixth floor was evacuated, its residents were put up in hotels and HAZMAT teams swept for a biotoxin. My room in Village C East, where the bag of ricin was thrown around, remained untouched and unsearched. I was not among those put in to temporary housing. At that point, I was too scared to even recognize this failure of the university to ensure the safety of its first responder. It was not until a week later, when my parents requested remediation of my room, that officials offered it to me, stating that it was not originally deemed necessary to check my room for toxins because I would have shown symptoms of exposure within 24 hours.

Some members of the Residential Living team reached out via email, thanking me for my work that night but offering no particular action plan or next steps. Eventually, I broke down in front a friend who happened to work for the Georgetown Voice, and while I refused to give a statement, I knew my name would be revealed. On some level, I wanted it to be, if only so I wouldn’t have to process these feelings alone and in silence.

What followed next was a curious conversation. An assistant dean from Residential Education requested a meeting with me because of my re-

cent name release. The meeting was short, as I explained that I didn’t mean to create a situation where my name would be released but that my emotional state made it obvious. I was told that had I intentionally spoken about the experience, “It would have been a very different conversation.”

Here began what felt like a pattern of exploitation, intentionally or not, of my position as an RA to limit to whom I speak.

A day or two later, a reporter from The Washington Post called asking for comment, and I declined based on what seemed like the reasonable advice of one of my supervisors. But a passing comment, used to deflect another question, was itself quoted in a story.

After the piece was released, I received a call from the director of Residential Living within a few hours making sure I was not intentionally speaking to media. This conversation was more overt, referencing how it is a violation of my role as a university employee to speak to anyone about the situation without clearance, if at all.

I was told to avoid my entire network of friends, faculty and other support and speak only to either CAPS or my chaplain-in-residence in the future.

The rules of confidentiality and my terms of appointment seemed to be bent to keep my own trauma confidential, against my wishes.

CAPS counselors were already overwhelmingly overbooked, and a timely appointment was impossible — not that I really wanted an appointment anyway, after the treatment I had received in my call to the emergency oncall line. That left my only immediate resource to be my chaplain. While my chaplain is an incredible resource, her expertise on biotoxins was limited.

Instead, I sought help from the director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, someone whom I trusted and whom I knew to be a part of the university “safety net.”

To my dismay, some employees in Student Affairs had already been informed of my situation, and they were discouraged from making themselves potential subpoena targets by speak-

Georgetown’s values demand that I bring to light the inadequacies of the university’s handling of spring’s ricin incident.

ing to me about the situation. While it is unclear how overt these instructions were — in part because no employee would disclose those instructions — it is obvious that they were not encouraged to act as my supports.

The safety net had been cut open, and I was falling through the hole.

My role as a student leader and my job that makes my attendance at this university affordable had both seemed to worsen my situation.

There had to be some silver lining.

Two weeks after the incident, my parents came down from New York and joined me in a meeting with the director of residential education, the assistant dean and a representative from Georgetown’s Office of General Counsel. In this meeting, I raised the question of legal protection, as Milzman and I discussed on the night he approached me how I could potentially be portrayed as an accomplice should I come forward, in part a threat to keep me quiet.

I was informed that all employees of the university are granted legal protection should a charge be brought against them in their role as a university employee. I was relieved for a moment, as much of my isolation had been a product of my established role as an employee. However, my comfort was soon dashed. I was informed that because I was not Milzman’s RA — a fact that the university had failed to clarify in its earlier public statements — it was unclear if I was acting in my capacity as an employee at the moment he showed me the ricin, and it is therefore unlikely that I would be granted legal protection from the university. To this day, the only university tool offered to make me feel safer has been a no-contact order.

I have seen the very best of Georgetown University, and the values that Georgetown has given me have changed me forever. But they also demand that I illuminate problems that could traumatize any student in the future. The ambiguity of RA employment terms and rights, the lack of support for trauma victims, the inadequacy of CAPS on call and in person, as well as the fragility of the safety net, are all issues that must be resolved not only to protect our community but to make Georgetown more true to its values.

Thomas Lloyd is a senior in the College.

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Jon Stewart Screens ‘Rosewater’ GUMC Professor

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MALLIKA SEN Hoya Staff Writer

The School of Foreign Service and Carnegie Endowment for Peace brought Jon Stewart, his directorial debut “Rosewater” and its subject, journalist Maziar Bahari, to Gaston Hall on Sunday afternoon.

“Rosewater,” based on Bahari’s memoir “Then They Came for Me,” tells the story of his internment in Iran’s Evin Prison in the chaotic aftermath of the country’s 2009 elections. Bahari, a Tehran native living in London, was on assignment for Newsweek magazine when he was arrested and kept in solitary confinement for 118 days, subjected to interrogation and torture meted out by an official with a fondness for rosewater cologne.

“I chose this story because I thought it was beautiful and compelling and universal,” Stewart said at the event.

The film opens Nov. 14, but the Masters of Science in the School of Foreign Service program and Carnegie Endowment were able to mount a pre-screening for the university community, in partnership with IranWire and Open Road. Stewart and Bahari were in town for a screening and talk at the Newseum Sunday evening.

“Organizations often come to us as a part of a program, and we are happy to offer tickets to them as a part of the partnership that makes it possible to present interesting programs for our Georgetown community,” Georgetown Communications Officer Maggie Moore said.

Students began lining up at 4 a.m., although doors did not open until 12 p.m. According to Moore, over half the seats in Gaston Hall were allocated to students, who were funneled to the balcony, while the first level was reserved for guests of the MSFS program and Carnegie Endowment.

The screening commenced shortly after 1 p.m. and concluded to thunderous applause. Stewart and Bahari’s ascent to the stage was met with a standing ovation. The pair spoke with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, Georgetown adjunct and Bahari’s longtime friend.

“I encourage all of you, if you’re thinking of getting into film, to get your own television show first, and then see if you can get someone important arrested and then move from there,” the “Daily Show” host said, after greeting the audience with a reference to the ever-popular comparison of Healy Hall and Hogwarts.

“And actually, for the sequel, I’m going to North Korea,” Bahari quipped.

Sadjadpour led a discussion replete with levity that touched upon the titular character’s obsession with Western culture, sex and Jews, social media’s literal revolutionary effect and human

Newport said she was ecstatic upon hearing the news.

“I was incredibly thrilled and Elissa Newport, professor of surprised. It is a huge honor to neurology and Director of the have my work recognized by the Georgetown University/Med- Franklin Institute, [which] has Star National Rehabilitation already awarded some of the Network Center for Brain Plas- most distinguished scientists of ticity and Recovery, has been all times,” Newport said. announced as one of the winNewport has been part of the ners of the prestigious Franklin Georgetown faculty since July of Institute Award for her research 2012. Newport is also a member focusing on the acquisition of of the National Academy of Arts language, especially in children. and Sciences and a fellow in the Newport will be joined by the American Academy of Arts & nine other winners at a special Sciences. In addition to studyceremony in Philadelphia on ing the acquisition of language Apr. 23. in children, Newport’s research Other scientists to win the attempts to apply these findaward have included Thomas ings to adults and recovery after Edison, Marie Curie, Nikola Tes- brain damage. la, Stephen Hawking, Jacques “My research focuses on develCousteau, Jane Goodall and Bill opmental plasticity. The theory Gates, and is that chil113 Franklin dren at a deInstitute lauvelopmental reates have age find it easearned 115 ier to learn a Nobel Prizes. language “These than adults are some of because they the greatest have less minds and cognitive most influenresources tial pioneers available to of our time them,” Newwho come to port said. “My LARRY DUBINSKI Franklin Institute President and CEO Philadelphia second line to receive this of research honor and inspire us all,” The focuses on language recovery afFranklin Institute President and ter brain damage. The idea is to CEO Larry Dubinski said in a use our findings in our research press release. with children in order to enThe Franklin Institute is one hance recovery from strokes or of the oldest centers for science brain damage in adults.” education and development in Howard J. Federoff, executive the United States, and its award vice president for health sciprogram dates back to 1824. ences at Georgetown University Newport will receive the Ben- Medical Center and executive jamin Franklin Medal in Com- dean of its School of Medicine, puter and Cognitive Science for praised Newport’s accomplishher work on human language, ment and her research contriparticularly focusing on devel- butions to the university and oping children in typical and the medical center. atypical environments and re“Dr. Newport is dedicated to covering language skills after understanding neuroplasticity brain damage.

— evident in her expansive reHer “Less is More Hypothesis,” search into human language one of her more widely known acquisition for which she is becontributions, posited that chil- ing honored. We are fortunate dren have a higher capacity to to have her as Director of the learn languages because they Center for Brain Plasticity and have fewer cognitive resources Recovery, as she is now focused available to them. Adults have on neuroplasticity research that more difficulty because they at- can impact the recovery from tempt to understand language brain damage including stroke using more complex analysis, and traumatic brain injury,” and they cannot find broad pat- Federoff said in a statement terns as easily. emailed to THE HOYA. Giovanna Azevedo Hoya Staff Writer

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Jon Stewart and journalist Maziar Bahari discussed Stewart’s film “Rosewater,” based on Bahari’s life, in Gaston Hall on Sunday afternoon. and civil rights abuse.

“Many regimes have enemies and in authoritarian regimes and regimes all over the world, enemies are very convenient ways to not be accountable for your behavior or the conditions of your people,” Stewart said. “You may say Jews and sex are convenient obsessions for people in these authoritarian regimes in the way that we use Muslims sometimes in this country as a convenient way to avoid dealing with certain things. Each society has its own ways of playing to its worst base elements and controlling the governance of the people through these types of obsessions.”

Bahari spoke on his post-release dilemma and attempting to publicize the Iranian regime’s abuses while preventing his story from being used as fodder for the anti-Iranian hawk campaign.

“When we started to talk to Jon about the story, this was one of the priorities — to humanize. And also to show a different side of Iran that people don’t see,” Bahari said. “The first part of the film shows the new generation of Iranians, people who are open-minded — and these are not rich kids from north Iran. These are poor kids who are very religious and from traditional families but because of the Internet and satellite television they are getting to experience the rest of the world.”

Although Bahari was portrayed by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, two of Iran’s most acclaimed actresses, Golshifteh Farahani and Shohreh Aghdashloo, feature prominently in the film.

“Originally, when Maziar and I were talking about it, we were very much the purists. It must be done in Farsi. We must only use Iranians who had been in prison,” Stewart said. “Then Maziar asked, ‘Do you actually want people to

see it?’”

The director said that the film is meant to expand even beyond the gripping narrative, and spotlight the worldwide abuse and intimidation of journalists.

“In some respects, I had to own my own inauthenticity as a director. My ear is not attuned to the nuances. If you are Iranian, this will, almost by definition, be simplistic or reductive of your culture,” Stewart said. “But, for the purposes of this and to give it a universal aspect so that you can’t just dismiss it as the singular atrocities of one regime, these are the types of things that are being committed to journalists and against citizens all around the world, and in the United States, we too use the levers of power to suppress information and keep people in solitary confinement.”

A question-and-answer session followed the conversation. Most queried about policy or the production process.

A student of Iranian descent asked Bahari if he would renounce his Iranian identity after his experience.

“Oh, no. Iran is enriched with tradition, it’s my country, I was born there and I have family there and friends there and I love parts of the culture … but it’s a very interesting country,” he said. “I’m Iranian, whether I like it or not. I want to be an Iranian.”

Stewart was asked if he feared that the film’s release could derail nuclear talks.

“Will this be something that they can use of convenience? I don’t know. In the same way they’d tell me, ‘You killed Crossfire.’ No I didn’t. That was a s----y show,” Stewart said, to raucous cheers.

“You cannot control what idiots will weaponize and to censor yourself for their ignorance would be a mistake.”

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The operations of the Washington, D.C. Capital Bikeshare program will continue uninterrupted, after Alta Bicycle Share, its Portland, Ore.-based parent company, has officially been purchased by Bikeshare Holdings LLC. Capital Bikeshare, owned by participating municipal jurisdictions and operated by Alta Bicycle Share, offers over 300 stations and 2,500 bikes for rental in the District.

“Because Alta Bicycle Share are contractors and they operate the Bikeshare Program on our behalf and on behalf of all the other municipalities that are part of Capital Bikeshare, the purchase of that company shouldn’t affect our operation in any way,” District Department

of Transportation Bicycle Program Specialist Darren Buck said.

Following the purchase, Alta Bicycle Share announced a major expansion in the bike fleet for New York City’s Citi Bike program from 6,000 to 12,000 bicycles, but no expansion for Capital Bikeshare was mentioned.

“Unlike New York, with a system owned and operated by Bicycle Share, basically Alta Bicycle Share just operates the program according to the terms and conditions of the contract,” Buck said. “They still work under the same contract.”

In D.C., the DDOT retains control over pricing, locating and marketing as the owner of Capital Bikeshare, leaving only system maintenance and customer service to Alta Bicycle Share, minimizing the impact of the sale.

Buck noted that the larger corpo-

rate capacity created by the purchase has the potential to enhance services provided by Alta Bicycle Share.

“If anything, having new ownership is bringing a lot of good corporate capacity,” Buck said. “It has the potential to enhance the service.”

Alta Bicycle Share Director of Communications and External Affairs Dani Simons agreed, pointing to an expansion of financial and human resources for the company.

“We’re firmly committed to improving customer experience and technology across all of the systems we operate,” Simons wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We are also committed to investing in both financial and human resources at the corporate level to be able to provide better services to all of our field operations.”

Jacob Sorrells (SFS ’16), who used

to ride his bike to work his sophomore year, pointed to problems in basic infrastructure for bicycles in the District.

“The city could definitely add more biker-only lanes,” Sorrells wrote in an email. “The roads can be quite hectic at times. A sturdy helmet and a keen pair of eyes are certainly musts.”

Buck said that he welcomed suggestions on future improvements Capital Bikeshare could make to meet the need of the university student population.

“We do try locate the stations that are convenient to university students and at $75 a year, it’s a great value alternative to storing a bike in a small dorm room for sure,” Buck said. “We are eager to hear certainly how we can make the program more useful for members. So the

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D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare program offers bicycle rentals in the District.

Georgetown University population are welcome to join Capital Bikeshare. If there is any enhancement that we can give, we are always happy to hear them.”

Trivia Criticized for Racial Slurs Fordham Students Protest Condom Policy Kshithij Shrinath Hoya Staff Writer

Tom Garzillo

in a statement to The Hoya. “For that reason, Fordham neither distributes nor permits distribution of contraceptives.”

Fordham University students demanded Gray clarified that the only exception to reform of university policies regarding con- this policy is the prescription of birth control traceptives, free speech and sexual health in pills for medical reasons unrelated to contraa petition signed by over 1,100 students and ception. submitted to university president Fr. Joseph SAGES met with Dean of Students ChristoMcShane, S.J. on Nov. 3. pher Rodgers after the release of the petition, Located in the Bronx borough of New York but the conversation only clarified the uniCity, the Jesuit university prohibits the dis- versity’s existing policy and did not discuss tribution of contraceptives to its students, any steps to change it. Despite this, Field said just as Georgetown does. Unlike Georgetown, the meeting was a sign of progress.

Fordham does not even permit unaffiliated “They definitely seem to be taking us very student groups, like H*yas for Choice, to dis- seriously,” she said. “After we turned in the tribute condoms on campus. petition, they really wanted to get a meeting Spearheaded by Students for Sex & Gender together.”

Equality and Safety, the petition demanded Field said that the student body largely that condoms be accessible in the university supported the movement. health center, or that the university allow “There’s very little student opposition,” student groups to distribute condoms on Field said. “Even groups that you would think campus; that the budget allocate resources would be oppositional, like pro-life groups, for pregnant women and childcare; that have not been. They’ve been supportive of us Fordham institute a policy of gender-neutral individually.” housing, in which every individual student According to the Boston Globe, other can elect which gender he or she wants to Catholic universities that ban the distribution live with; and that the university change its of condoms on campus include Boston Colparietal policies, which ban members of the lege, University of Notre Dame, University of opposite sex from being in Dayton, Providence College, a dorm room together after Catholic University of Amer3:30 a.m., which the group ica, College of the Holy Cross called “paternalistic, infanand Stonehill College. Stutilizing and heteronormadents at these universities tive.” that defy this rule are subOther demands of the ject to disciplinary action. group include access to Georgetown does not offree and confidential birth ficially distribute contracepcontrol and testing for sexution through the Student ally transmitted diseases, Health Center nor does it gynecology services at the officially recognize H*yas for ABBY GRACE (sfs ’16) health center, sex-positive Choice, though it permits President of H*yas for Choice programming for freshthe organization to freely men and the creation of free speech zones distribute condoms on campus. in which students can demonstrate on any H*yas for Choice President Abby Grace (SFS issue of their choosing without permission ’16) criticized Fordham’s policies as dangerous. from the university administration.

“I feel that these policies might actually “All we’re asking for is that the university constitute a public health risk,” Grace said. change its policies to reflect what students “For Fordham to prohibit the distribution of really want for their health,” SAGES repre- contraception is incredibly irresponsible, espesentative Rachel Field, a senior at Fordham, cially given the rate at which college students said. engage in sexual intercourse.”

Prior to the petition, members of the Although he said he did not believe Fordgroup had been anonymously distribut- ham was obligated to provide contraception, ing condoms to Fordham students through he supports SAGES’ protest. “condom drops” at school dances and other “I think SAGES is completely justified in events. After taping the petition to McShane’s protesting the administrative ban on distriboffice door, SAGES shed its anonymity and uting contraception,” Hoyas United for Free publically demonstrated on Fordham’s cam- Speech founder and HFC member Vincent Depus.

Laurentis (SFS ’17) wrote in an email. “SAGES Senior Vice President of Student Affairs isn’t hurting anybody and is respectfully exat Fordham Jeffrey Gray said that although pressing its views, Fordham should respond in the university welcomes open dialogue, the kind.”

Catholic Church’s position prevents the Despite opposition from Fordham, Grace school from embracing contraceptives. had high hopes for SAGES to follow in the foot“We are nonetheless committed to the steps of H*yas for Choice. teachings of the Church, and as a part of our “Ultimately, I think that as long as SAGES mission we model those teachings for our continues to engage in targeted and meanstudents, including those on contraception. ingful direct action, they will be successful,” In this we seek to strike a balance between Grace said. “I think that H*yas for Choice’s case individual conscience — our students are free should make it very clear to Fordham adminto possess and use any form of birth control istrators that it is possible to have an unrecogthey choose — and endorsing behaviors that nized, unaffiliated group distributing contrarun counter to Church teachings,” Gray said ception on a Catholic campus.”

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“I feel that these policies might actually constitute a public health risk.”

The Tombs issued an apology for offensive statements made during its Trivia Night on Nov. 4 and promised changes in the future to prevent the incident from recurring.

The weekly trivia night, which occurs each Tuesday, invites patrons to form their own teams, create names and answer questions. Occasionally, the trivia host asks an open-ended bonus question, which, rather than being awarded points based on correctness, is judged based on laughs from the audience. Last Tuesday, in the bonus round, the host asked the question, “What issue would you add to a candidate’s platform?” Audience responses included highly offensive topics, such as the elimination of the NAACP, the Rodney King beating and the trivializationof sexual assault.

“It was that perfect trifecta of racial injustice, police brutality and rape. And what was very concerning was that the trivia host was laughing as well as pretty much most people attending trivia,” Nora West (SFS’15), who tweeted at The Tombs to bring the issue to the

restaurant’s attention, said.

Nicole Chenelle (COL ’15), who attended the event, said that she was stunned by the nature of the comments.

“I was disheartened, upset and very shocked,” Chenelle said. “I thought those comments went beyond any small culturally insensitive thing that could be misinterpreted.”

Erin Riordan (COL ’15), who was not in attendance at last week’s trivia night but has gone to Tombs Trivia Night before, noted that the problem had come up in the past and was primarily prevalent in the bonus round.

“I went to Tombs trivia a lot in the spring, and every single time I went, something offensive and degrading and really violent was said,” she said. “Generally speaking, the rounds that are predetermined questions with written-down answers are not offensive in the way that the bonus round is.”

Noting that complaints had been made before, West criticized the restaurant for only acting retroactively.

“They’re willing to apologize, but they’re not willing to eliminate the Bonus Round or talk seriously about censoring what is submitted,” West said.

“It seems to me they deal with this as a [public relations] issue instead of as a community issue.”

Tombs Manager Alex Jacobs was not present during trivia night but said that the restaurant was taking the complaints seriously.

“It is important that everybody come in and feel safe and comfortable at The Tombs. If somebody is trying to be funny at the expense of someone else, we’re going to try and censor those comments,” Jacobs said.

He said that the restaurant would institute changes to the trivia night and would be having discussions with the hosts to prevent similar comments from being aired.

“The DJ decided to read all the answers to the question, so we’re going to have to make sure that we’re filtering those.

Also, the team names have been kind of racy in the past.

We need to make sure we’re on the safe side and make sure we’re not alienating any of our guests,” Jacobs said. “We need to make sure our DJs exercise better judgment, and if they have any questions, they bring it to management so that we’re` not giving anyone a soapbox to be insensitive.”

Bowser Plan Deemed Vague Natalie LaRue Hoya Staff Writer

Recently elected mayor, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) will take office in a city with a highly stratified — along both racial and socioeconomic lines — public school system that has not seen a redrawing of boundaries in over 40 years.

Education became a focus point of the campaign season after each candidate proposed reforms of the system. During the mayoral campaign, Bowser drew criticism from her main opponent, Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large), the chairman of the D.C. Council’s Education Committee, for being particularly “uninformed” on educational issues.

Bowser, however, has promised to keep education high on her list of concerns.

“I promised that the values of my campaign would reflect your values,” she said in her victory speech at Howard University on Tuesday. “We believe in education reforms that guarantee every child a fair shot.”

In her campaign platform, Bowser outlined her plans to broaden science, technology, math and engineering education, expand early childhood education and open four new middle schools in her first term.

She also proposed to revitalize the D.C. Public Schools system by 2020 by making school budgets more transparent and growing SchoolStat, a system of data-driven instruction.

“It is now an ideal time to focus in a more deliberate way on providing high-quality middle school options for students and parents across the District,” read Bowser’s campaign platform.

D.C. Schools Project Coordinator Grace May (COL ’16) criticized Bowser’s platform for lacking any substantial education reform and only making education a focus as a default.

“Education will be at the heart of any campaign in this city, so if education is considered a central tenant of Bowser’s platform then it is by default, not because she made any significant or bold reform proposal,” May said.

Georgetown University Law

Center Professor Richard Roe, who specializes in education policy and supervised the creation of the successful charter school Thurgood Marshall Academy, noted Bowser’s lack of specific policies.

“Few people would disagree with the basic goals she sets out,” Roe said. “However, there are no specifics as to how she thinks these goals should be accomplished in conceptual or mission-descriptive terms.

Whether they can be delivered is impossible to tell because there is no comprehensive theory of learning or vision set out.”

Outgoing D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray approved redistricting of DCPS boundaries for the 20152016 school year back in August, a move that would change the designated school for thousands of students. At a news conference on Wednesday, Bowser, who has consistently

“There is no comprehensive theory of learning or vision set out.”

Richard ROE Georgetown University Law Center Professor

opposed the boundary move, said that there was nothing in the redistricting plan “that can’t be undone or tweaked” after she takes office, according to The Washington Post. “[The plan] lacks the necessary budgetary and leadership commitments to bring about a truly fair neighborhood school assignment policy,” Bowser said in a statement in August.

Additionally, Bowser promised during her campaign to “increase collaboration” between charter schools and neighborhood public schools, by providing a neighborhood preference for students applying to charter schools.

Adam Barton (COL ‘16), also a D.C. Schools coordinator, shared his qualms about the practical implementation of her plans, pointing particularly to this proposal for collaboration between neighborhood

schools and charter schools, which he found worrisome and in need of further funding to meet the District’s needs.

“The biggest game-changer for District students will likely come from Bowser’s call for neighborhood preference in the charter school selection process, given that nearly half of all D.C. students are now educated in charters,” he wrote.

“This move in support of the neighborhood schools movement could serve to dramatically alter the demographic makeup of many District schools — both charter and traditional public — necessitating a shift in various school support capacities (ESL services, for example) to meet new demand.”

A major part of Bowser’s campaign was “Deal for All,” in which she wanted to replicate the success of the Alice Deal Middle School, located in the Northwest region of D.C. However, Barton worried that this was too idealistic, since the student body population at the Alice Deal Middle School is not representative of D.C.’s overall student population. Only four percent of students at the Alice Deal Middle School are English language learners and 10 percent are special education students, according to DCPS. “What Bowser seems to either forget or ignore is that [the Alice Deal Middle School] is located in one of the wealthiest areas in the District, and educates a student body that deviates significantly from the District average,” Barton wrote.

“Deal falls well below D.C. public school averages in terms of English language learners, special education students and free and reduced price lunch recipients. I worry about modelling reform efforts on a school that simply does not represent the diversity contained within DCPS,” Roe said.

However, Roe applauded the mayor-elect for supporting D.C. Chancellor of Education Kaya Henderson (SFS ’92, GRD ’07), who was appointed by Gray.

“Bowser supports Chancellor Henderson, who is in my judgment providing effective leadership,” Roe said. “Educational reform and meaningful change is a long term process.”

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Milzman Gets Plea Deal MILZMAN, from A1 Although Milzman’s offense can carry a sentence of between 30 to 37 months imprisonment, Jackson accepted the plea deal agreed upon by the defense and the prosecution, saying that his youth and mental state — as his defense centers on his manufacturing of ricin as a way to commit suicide — called for a lesser sentence.

“Mr. Milzman’s mental and emotional health may have been grounds for departure from this process,” Jackson said.

For the past seven-and-a-half months, Milzman, who was placed under rigorous suicide watch last April, has spent 23 hours a day in an isolation cell in D.C. jail, with one hour of recreation time. He is only permitted to speak to visitors in a 45-minute Facetime session once a week.

Before Jackson announced his sentence, Milzman delivered an apology to the Georgetown community, his friends and classmates, the government and anyone affected by his actions.

“I learned my lesson after my first night in jail,” Milzman said. “I assure you, I’ll never break the law again.”

U.S. District Attorney Maia Miller, representing the prosecution, called for a sentence of 24 months, the maximum sentence as agreed upon in the plea agreement, citing Milzman’s clear display of intent to produce the toxin.

“There is no doubt that the defendant set out to make lethal ricin,” Miller said.

Danny Onorato, Milzman’s defense attorney, however, stated that a sentence of a year and a day, the minimum sentence as dictated by the plea agreement, was “unquestionably” appropriate.

“This is a kid who’s made some bad choices,” Onorato

said.

He also said that Milzman’s act was a cry for help and a suicide attempt, and should not have even been prosecuted.

“Guess what, Mr. Milzman,” Onorato said, addressing his client in his presentation of the defense. “You should have ingested some of the ricin, because then you wouldn’t have been prosecuted for this case.”

In Monday’s sentencing, the prosecution and defense presented arguments and

“You should have ingested some of the ricin, because then you wouldn’t have been prosecuted.”

Danny ONORATO Milzman’s Defense Attorney

evidence that have been presented to various judges many times since Milzman’s arrest in March.

The prosecution discussed how Milzman performed internet searches on how to make ricin, bought the necessary materials at a plant store in Maryland and discarded evidence in an off-campus dumpster.

“This was deliberate and thought-out and wellplanned,” Miller said. “At no point did he decide to opt out.”

Miller brought into question the defense’s claim that Milzman intended to commit suicide with the ricin. Milzman wore protective gear while making the ricin and took great lengths to distance himself from the toxin during its production.

“There are number of pieces

of evidence that do not support the defense’s suicide claim,” Miller said.

Additionally, Miller said, during his conversation with the RA who initially reported him, Thomas Lloyd (COL ’15), Milzman denied that he was planning to kill himself and refused the RA’s implorations that Milzman leave the ricin with him.

“The government questions whether this can be accurately described as a call for help,” Miller said.

Miller read out to the court a selection of threatening Facebook messages that Milzman had sent to another undergraduate student, including one that said that the student would be more important to the world if he were “chemically disincorporated” and his body “parts were sold” for money.

Onorato dismissed the Facebook messages as meaningless and nothing more than college kids acting stupidly on Facebook.

Because the only evidence of Milzman’s claim that he only intended to use the ricin on himself is his own statement, Miller said that the intent was ambiguous.

“It’s not clear what the defendant intended to do,” Miller said.

Onorato said that Milzman chose ricin as a means for suicide to protect the feelings of his parents, as ricin is difficult to trace post-mortum.

“Only a kid with his level of genius could figure something like that out,” he said.

He stressed that Milzman has learned his lesson through his time in jail and that any longer of a sentence would be excessive.

“It’s cruel and unusual punishment for a 19-year-old kid,” Onorato said.

The defense has 14 days to file an appeal if they choose to do so.

Henle Renovations Stall HENLE, from A1 apartment reflects what students want to see in that space,” Tezel said. “I hope that when we get around to this deferred maintenance project that each dorm will have the same lighting, the same usable kitchen space and the same mold prevention tools that Henle apartment has. … We want to make that a living situation that is appealing to juniors.”

Katherine Nicosia (COL ’17), a resident of the pilot Henle 83 this fall, said that she appreciates the renovation in her apartment but expected an even lower humidity level.

“It’s really unfortunate because I like how we have the setup. So if other Henles are different, this will be a disadvantage,” Nicosia said. “To be honest, if this is the nicest one there is, it’s pretty gross. We have a snake in here because of the construction. There are mice all the time. We live in the bottom and that’s pretty gross. … People have mold problems a lot.”

The Office of Residential Living launched a similar pilot program in Village B over the

summer, when the Alumni Square Townhouse RHO was converted to a new Village B apartment for four people.

“We used that as an opportunity to see what a renovation in that apartment complex might look like. That included expanding the kitchen a little bit [to include] a full-sized fridge and overhead lighting,” Hollingshead said.

“We try to make it updated, a better environment for students to live in.”

Tezel acknowledged the university’s legal compliance to add 385 additional beds on campus by fall 2015, but called for a closer examination of the mold.

“To a certain extent, I empathize with the position [of the Office of Residential Living], but I do think that we need to complete examining the issue of mold,” Tezel said.

“And even if we don’t have a full-scale renovation of Henle as has been suggested, at the very least, we should ensure that the new dehumidifiers in each room are effectively tackling the mold problems because the health of our students needs to be the number

one priority.”

Other residence halls have also experienced high levels of mold this semester. The university has received at least six complaints from residents of Village A alone in the past month.

According to Hollingshead, any possible wholesale renovation of Henle will have to be postponed for the ongoing dorm construction due to limited time and resources, though he clarified that the construction and the renovation would not compete for funds.

“Right now, we are focusing on bringing the former Jesuit Residence and the Northeast Triangle in line next fall in 2016 as well as preparing the capacity enhancement projects for our existing spaces and the Leavey Center Hotel conversion,” Hollingshead said. “We are already focusing a lot of time and resources towards those new beds that are coming online, so any sort of wholesale renovation projects are not being considered other than theoretical conversations about what we could do with Henle and Village A.”

Hotel Construction Plans Set HOTEL, from A1 cards, instead of traditional keys, to access their rooms.

“Because it’s only for one year, we wanted to leave the smallest amount of work to the footprint of the hotel so we can convert back to hotel space after next year,” Executive Director for Residential Services Patrick Killilee said.

Killilee said that the converted hotel rooms will be doubles and will be more spacious than current residence hall rooms.

“They’ll be similar to Village C rooms, but bigger.

Hotel amenities will also be provided,” he said. “The bathrooms are hotel bathrooms, which, compared to residence hall bathrooms, are pretty nice.”

Currently, the Office of Residential Living is collaborating with the hotel staff in preparation for the renovations.

“We’re working with the hotel staff to help manage what they can expect,” Killilee said. “We don’t work with hotel guests and they don’t

work with college students, but there are a lot of similarities.”

The student dorms will be kept separate from the public part of the hotel, which will remain open as usual. Guests will enter the hotel from the north side of the building, near the hospital.

“Student residents will enter from the Leavey Esplanade on the east side of Leavey. The typical access for regular rentals of the hotel is at the north side entrance,” Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey said.

Construction on the hotel will begin in spring 2015, when students will be able to select housing.

“At this point, we are still doing design. By January or February, we will complete all the necessary design documents for board approval,” Morey said.

Two hotel rooms on each floor will be combined into a common room space.

Other projects to prepare for the conversion include updates to the hotel’s electri-

cal load and wireless network to accommodate students .

Killilee said that he expects that the majority of the hotel rooms will be assigned to sophomores.

“I suspect mostly sophomores will be there, because residence hall space usually goes to sophomores. Juniors and seniors have priority for apartments,” Killilee said.

Many freshmen have expressed interest in living in the converted hotel next year.

“I know that many freshmen are dying to get out of their residence halls. Living in a hotel room would be a huge improvement,” Tiffany Wu (SFS ’18) said. “Since there are only 120 rooms, though, I think the selection process will be really competitive.”

Ndeye Ndiaye (COL ’18) said that she would also like to live in a hotel room.

“I wouldn’t mind living in a hotel room, permitting that the amenities are similar to, if not better than, the current dorm situation. I would just like to know more about what would be included before I’d consider it.”

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Despite Legalization, Pot Prohibited on Campus MARIJUANA, from A1 wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Georgetown’s current policy prohibits the presence of marijuana on university property.

“The possession, use, manufacturing and/or distribution of illegal drugs, as defined under D.C. and federal law, are prohibited at all times on university property, in university vehicles, or in connection with any university activity or business,” the Code of Student Conduct reads.

“Employees and students who violate the university’s policies will be subject to disciplinary actions by the university.”

As the university receives federal assistance for its financial aid program, Georgetown is required to comply with federal statutes to continue receiving aid.

“Students may lose financial aid if convicted of a federal drug crime,” Pugh wrote. “Given these facts, we do not have any plans to change our policies or the student code of conduct.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson noted that if federal statute changed, the university would re-evaluate its stance on the issue.

“We are not making any changes to the university’s policies around marijuana at this time.

If federal law changes at some point in the future, we will evaluate impacts on our policies at that time,” Olson wrote in an email.

According to Georgetown University Police Department’s 2014 annual crime report, there were 33 drug violations in 2011, 27 drug violations in 2012, and 20 drug violations in 2013.

None of these violations resulted in arrest.

College campuses in Colorado and Washington, states which both legalized marijuana in 2013, have similarly left their policies unchanged in accordance with federal law. University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, and Colorado College, as well as the University Of Washington, all ban marijuana on their campuses.

Even though the official university policy has not changed, Georgetown University Student Association President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) said that GUSA and its Student Advocacy Office would consider advocating adjusting the repercussions for drug violations as District drug law

changes.

“GUSA can, and will, continue to look at sanctions resulting from drug violations in the student code of conduct. D.C.’s decision to legalize should change how we adjudicate and sanction students who violate the policy. We are actively working with the SAO and the Office of Student Conduct to address the policy,” Tezel said.

A student group at The George Washington University called Students for Sensible Drug Policy is similarly pushing to extend GWU’s drug amnesty policy in the wake of the District’s passage of Initiative 71, according to The GWU Hatchet. Like Georgetown, GWU also must adhere to federal law or risk losing government funding.

“Despite the results of Initiative 71 in the District of Columbia, GWU policy does not permit students, faculty, staff or visitors to possess or use marijuana for any purpose. GWU’s policy is consistent with and required by federal law,” GWU spokesperson Maralee Csellar told The GWU Hatchet.

If implemented, the new law will allow those over 21 years of age to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and grow up to six marijuana plants as home, as long as no more than three are fully matured. The initiative does not approve the sale of marijuana, but stores may sell paraphernalia, and up to one ounce of the substance may be offered as a gift. The initiative passed Nov. 4 with 68 percent support.

Before the law takes effect, it will be submitted to Congress for review. Although some House Republicans have publicly stated a desire to reject the law, such a maneuver would require the approval of the House, Senate and the president. Even if Congress chooses to withhold action, thus allowing the law, the D.C. Council has stated its intent to delay implementation of the law until it can work out an extensive taxand-regulation system within the next year.

Carter Rise (COL ’17) did not foresee any changes to campus life as a result of legalization.

“I doubt campus life will really change at all. Some students certainly already used marijuana recreationally, and I doubt those who did not before will start now,” Rise said.

After Rocket Explosion, Team Plans to Recreate Experiment EXPLOSION, from A1 senter in a briefing the day before explained that the shuttle would be detonated if there were immediate and significant malfunctions in the shuttle after launch.

“Firstly, I was relieved to know there were no injured and I wasn’t too upset about our experiment because it is easy to replicate,” Campbell said. “I believe there was about $200 million dollars worth of research and supplies lost, and that is devastating for the scientific community.”

Georgetown biology professor Sarah Miller, the team’s faculty adviser, said that while she was shocked about the explosion of Antares shuttle, her professional training as a biologist taught her to expect and work around failure in experiments.

“I was of course quite surprised when I found out about the rocket explosion. I felt upset for the students, but at the same time, I know all too well that experimental failures of one kind or another are an incredibly common and, often, incredibly important part of the scientific process,” Miller said. “In the grand scheme of reasons for experimental failures, this is probably among the most spectacular that I’ve experienced.”

Miller said that she is proud of the student team for quickly mobilizing to recreate their project.

“I think that the students handled this setback with great maturity and optimism,” Miller said. “They, too, realized that it would be feasible for them to set up the experiment

again and that the scientific process does not always proceed as expected.”

Campbell said that because there is limited space on shuttles to the ISS, her team was responsible for meeting all of the same deadlines and following the same procedures as scientists competing to send their experiments to the ISS through NASA. “I was excited by the authenticity of the program,” Campbell said. “How many people, let alone someone my age, can say they sent an experiment to the International Space Station?

These are experiences I will never forget.”

Ni was unable to go to the launch and found out about the explosion from a friend. She said she was excited that the experiment will still go to the ISS and that she appreciated the experience she gained from working on it.

“It was exciting because I wasn’t aware of the process that scientists and researchers go through to get one of their experiments approved,” Ni said. “I realized how competitive it is and taught me how to work in a group and brainstorm with little guidance.”

Shahbazi said that, despite the explosion, she learned a lot from the process and was excited to move forward with the project.

“This project allowed me to follow an idea from conception to launch, literally,” Shahbazi said. “Seeing the changes an experiment undergoes has made me appreciate research to a greater extent. I’ve learned how necessary it is to be patient when working in research, especially with a setback like the one that occurred with the rocket explosion.”

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Leo’s to Replace Upper-Level Tables by Spring Matthew Larson Hoya Staff Writer

Aramark will replace existing seating on the upper level of O’Donovan Hall with farmhouse-style tables and chairs by the start of the spring semester, allowing for an additional 70 chairs on the top floor.

“We took a look at current dining trends in food service operations on the national and local level and saw the rustic vintage look increasing in popularity,” Marketing Manager for Aramark at Georgetown Adam Solloway, wrote in an email to The Hoya, “Leo’s is meant to be a home away from home for our students and these styles provide a feeling of comfort and warmth.”

The round, large tables on the upper floor will all be replaced by smaller, square tables with a rustic style and

walnut finish. Aramark will also add five communal high-top tables with a similar farmhouse style near the window, overlooking the Potomac River.

Solloway declined to provide information about the cost of the new tables.

Solloway said that the purpose of these additions is to provide for a better eating experience for students.

“We’ve heard feedback over the years in regard to the large round tables not being student friendly and sometimes awkward if you’re not in a large group,” Solloway wrote. Many of the tables are at the point that they need to be replaced. ... These new square tables give students the flexibility to add them together for various group sizes.”

Solloway said that at this time, Aramark does not have plans to update the tables and chairs on the lower level.

Nishita Dsouza (NHS ’15) said that

she believes the new seating will provide Leo’s with a better ambience.

“I think that will definitely enlarge the space that Leo’s can accommodate and make it feel more homey to the students,” Dsouza said. “I think it might be an investment. I feel like it will be sustainable for the long run, especially for lots of the tables that are not structurally sound.”

Mikey Bannon (SFS ’18) agreed, and said that the current tables make socializing with a small group difficult.

“It’s probably a good idea,” Bannon said. “The big tables can definitely be way too big to have a conversation.”

Andrew Elam (SFS ’16), who first heard of the new seating after seeing the poster in the lobby, said that he did not know if the farmhouse tables were what Leo’s needed and that he felt the funds could be allocated differently.

“It seems like they’re moving the

home line and changing the tables. I don’t know if there does need to be a big change,” Elam said. “I think it could be used toward some other purpose that could be better,” Kajol Shrestha (NHS ’17) also said that she did not think that new tables are necessary.

“I think the tables now are fine. … I think [the seating’s] fine,” Shrestha said.

Both thought that the money could be put to something better, such as food quality.

Breanna Bradley (COL ’18) agreed with Aramark’s concept of making the tables smaller.

“It makes it less awkward … if you’re eating by yourself,” Bradley said. However, she did not understand why more money was put into giving the tables a rustic feel. “Do [they] really need to be spending money to change the style of them?”

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These upper-level tables will be replaced with farmhouse tables.

SCS Adds Inequality Report Criticized for Misrepresentation Masters Programs Natalie LaRue Hoya Staff Writer

Lucy Pash

Hoya Staff Writer

The university recently announced two new communications master’s degree programs in the School of Continuing Studies on Oct. 29. The Executive Masters of Professional Studies in Global Strategic Communications and the Masters of Professional Studies in Integrated Marketing Communications will become available for students in fall 2015.

Denise Keyes, senior associate dean of the Division of Professional Communication and Public Relations and Corporate Communications Program, explained that the programs are based on the success of similar programs in helping students who are working toward executive positions.

“We are building on the success of our public relations and corporate communications PR program that we have had for the past eight years at Georgetown. It has been very successful and Integrated Marketing Communications has been one of its focus areas,” she said. “We’ve also had a broad range of people interested in the program, so we did see a real opportunity to do something more deeply into the area of global and more designed for executives and their leadership roles. While there are a few programs in that area and there are certainly quite a lot of programs in the communications field, we don’t believe there is one that’s designed quite like ours will approach it.”

The Global Strategic Communications Program class will be capped at 20 to 25 students, but Keyes said the Integrated Marketing Communications program is much larger.

“Our goal is to have all of the offerings that you might see in a school of communications, but none of them that you may have between journalism and PR, or communications and PR. We really get the opportunity to be innovative in this area because what we’re seeing is a real blur between communications disciplines,” Keyes said.

Keyes, who worked to estimate the demand for the two programs, added that she was optimistic about the future of the program.

“In a matter of the announcement, which was made two weeks ago, we have quite a few people signed up for the open house.

We have good prospects for both programs,” Keyes said.

Founded in 1956 and currently serving 5,000 students, the School of Continuing Studies serves students at all levels of education from high school students to doctoral and professional students.

“Mainly what we do is a lot of traditional programs. We have an undergraduate program for non-traditional students. We have 12 master’s professional studies programs, which are professionally focused programs for students that are working within the industry,” SCS Communications Representative Andrew Glass said.

Keyes added that students of SCS programs are able to get into direct contact with industry practitioners.

“Our programs are very tied to the industry. For example, although I taught before at the university level, I’m a professional from the industry and many of the people that run our master’s and professional studies programs are industry practitioners,” she said.

Kelsey Donohue (GRD ’16) expressed her excitement about the new programs.

“As someone who is passionate about international relations and communications, I am thrilled to see Georgetown expand with the GSC and IMC programs,” she wrote in an email.

Employers today, from startups to government agencies, are looking for employees who can work across the spectrum of the industry. I think both GSC and IMC will help us students put our best foot forward for our careers.

Tiara Bastfield (GRD ’13) attested to the helpfulness of the program and lauded the SCS for adapting to the changing atmosphere.

“The skills I gained during my time in the Public Relations and Corporate Communications program were invaluable to my career,” she wrote in an email. “As our industry evolves, it is important to think about all of those things with a global context. These new programs are a logical next step as it formalizes the global impact we’ve always had.”

The D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer revealed that the level of income inequality in Washington, D.C., is higher than that of every state in the country and 66 other countries according to a report released on Oct. 29.

The report, entitled “The District of Columbia Economic and Revenue Trends,” issued by the CFO at the end of every month, investigated income inequality in the District in October, using individual income tax data from 2001 to 2012. The study also looked at neighborhood inequality, tax revenue, property values, economic forecasts and general economic growth.

“The District’s economy has outperformed other parts of the country and led to economic prosperity for many of those at the top of the income distribution,” the study said. “However, the prosperity is not evenly shared, as the district’s bottom quintile is far more

modest compared to other cities.”

The CFO measured income inequality with the Gini coefficient, which assigns countries or regions a number between 0 and 100 from most equal to most unequal. The Gini index for the District was 61.4. Since 2001, the troughs in the Gini coefficient have occurred in 2002 and 2009, corresponding with the last two national recessions.

According to a March 2014 study by the Fiscal Policy Institute, the average income for the District’s top 5 percent of households is the highest out of large U.S. cities at over half a million dollars. Meanwhile, the average income of the bottom fifth of households is $9,900.

Government professor Eric Langenbacher criticized the CFO study, as it compares D.C., a city, to both states and nations without accounting for the potential differences that this highlights.

“As interesting as this article is, it compares apples and oranges,” Langenbacher said. “Rising inequality in

these [cities] is a symptom of very positive developments, resulting in strong local budgetary positions.”

Langenbacher pointed instead to a study conducted by the Brookings Institution entitled “Income Inequality in America’s 50 Largest Cities,” which compared the levels of income inequality in cities from 2007 to 2012.

“According to [the] Brookings study, Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami and Boston are all more unequal,” Langenbacher said. “D.C. is essentially tied with New York City.”

Economics professor Garance Genicot noted that, despite its faults, the study by the CFO is more telling of the nation as a whole than just of D.C. “Given the large difference in inequality between the U.S. and all other developed countries, it should be clear that there is a lot that can be done nationwide [in the U.S.], in particular in terms of [a] safety net,” Genicot said.

This study raises questions on how D.C. and other regions with high levels of income inequality will deal with this issue, particularly in light of Tues-

day’s election of D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) and her platform’s focus on addressing affordable housing issues.

“Income equality is a real problem in the region, nation and world, but one with no easy, short-term fix,” Langenbacher said. “D.C., like other jurisdictions, is trying to address the problem. Increased minimum wages, plans to increase the stock of affordable housing and on-going, comprehensive educational reforms are steps in the right direction.”

Genicot agreed, pointing to changes like the minimum wage increase as essential to fixing the problem of inequality in the District.

“The District could do much more to address its high level of inequality and high rate of poverty,” Genicot said. “The scheduled increases in the minimum wage in the summers of 2015 and 2016 should help. Also, the high rates of violence and incarceration among the poor in D.C. make it likely that some judicial reforms could help.”

Bulldog Tavern Holds Grand Opening Katherine Richardson Hoya Staff Writer

The Bulldog Tavern held its grand opening Nov. 7 in the Healey Family Student Center after a three-day soft opening. The pub, which currently

employs 18 Georgetown students, is managed by Bon Appetit Management Co. The tavern is open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays. On Friday and Saturday, it closes at 10 p.m. for students under 21 and 3 a.m. for

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Bulldog Tavern held its grand opening in the Healey Family Student Center on Friday afternoon with giveaways, food and cake.

those of drinking age.

Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Joelle Wiese said that she hopes the opening of the pub will draw student life to campus.

“We hope the Bulldog Tavern will further enhance on-campus student life, especially since it has been a student-driven idea for so long,” Wiese wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The Bulldog Tavern provides another location to socialize and build relationships. Really, the entire HFSC adds such wonderful student space that will build memories for years to come.”

The menu features a variety of appetizers and entrees, including cheesy fries, hot wings, blackened chicken quesadillas and nachos. According to Wiese, the menu will evolve in the future based on student input.

“Bon Appetit welcomes new ideas for the menu,” Wiese wrote. “The menu was created with student input and will continue to be molded by student input.”

Danielle Hewitt (COL ’18), who ordered a cheeseburger at the opening, said that she enjoyed both the food and general ambience of the pub. “[The burger] had caramelized onions and cheddar cheese and it was really good. It was really juicy and I liked it a lot,” Hewitt said. “There were sports games playing on the television

and the designs were really nice. It was like a real restaurant, which you don’t usually see on a college campus.”

Stef Lazer (SFS ’18) said she agreed that the pub provides a comfortable, restaurant-like location for students to gather.

“It’s like a legit restaurant feeling, so you don’t feel like you’re in the middle of Georgetown eating, which was really nice,” Lazer said. “The ambiance was really lively. People are talking and you hear some music.”

Lazer said that the service was slow, most likely due to the lack of waiters on staff.

“The service was a little slow, the waiter was really nice … but I only saw him running everywhere,” Lazer said.

“One waiter running around, the other one intermittently came but he was running around a lot more. … There were about 50 people there.”

According to Wiese, the speed of service will improve in the upcoming weeks as the staff becomes more accustomed to their positions.

“Lots of long days and training were done in preparation, though the best training is often real-life experience,” Wiese wrote. “Operations will become smoother, faster, with each passing day. The Bulldog Tavern team is very dedicated, and focused on making every experience great.”

Dept. of Health Encourages Medical Tourism Deirdre Collins Hoya Staff Writer

The Washington, D.C., Department of Health is working to designate MedStar Georgetown University Hospital as an international center of excellence as part of a program to help promote the District as a premier medical destination and attract foreigners to undergo medical procedures, participate in research and train with D.C.’s medical providers.

The program, in development for the past year, will announce specific projects later in the month that will begin in January 2015. The Children’s National Health System was also chosen for this designation.

Medical tourism is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “travelling to another country for medical care,” and 750,000 residents of the United States travel abroad every year to undergo medical treatments.

D.C. DOH Director Joxel Garcia expressed interest in attracting international travelers to D.C. for medical care through packages that include medical procedures in addition to tourist attractions.

“What we are doing is very unique,” Garcia said. “We are going to create tourism packages to promote medical procedures. For example, a package can include the medical treatment or procedure as well as a visit to Congress

or the White House.”

Garcia expects the program to be effective in attracting visitors to D.C., aiming for 7,000 visitors through the program in the first year and 10,000 in the second.

To ensure the program would play to the unique strengths of the hospitals in the District, Garcia conducted extensive conversations with D.C. medical institutions while building the program.

“The program will promote consortia between all of the hospitals in the District, working together to promote excellence in health care here in the District at the international level. Each institution will be able to offer expertise in the areas they choose,” Garcia said. “This program will amplify what each of those health care providers already do.”

With three airports in the D.C. area allowing for easy accessibility to the region, Garcia added that integrating D.C.’s strengths would bring more tourism to the district.

“We already have one of the strongest health care systems in America.

We have great hotels, great hospitality and great transportation systems,” he said. “We are offering a framework that allows many great parts of D.C. to work together. I think that this will be a very good offering that will be very easy to sell.”

The medical tourism program will contribute to a White House initiative

aiming to increase the number of visitors to the United States each year to 100 million by 2021 in order to create tens of thousands of new jobs in tourism in the United States and boost the national economy. Two million people visited the District last year from abroad.

“Encouraging more visitors to come to the United States to stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants, shop in our stores and explore this great country, will deliver a much needed economic boost while strengthening U.S. relations around the world,” Stephen Cloobeck, Chairman of Brand USA, a tourism promotion organization partnered with the White House on the initiative, said in a press release.

Garcia said that the influx of international patients into D.C. hospitals would not diminish the medical care of D.C. residents, explaining that for medical research institutions like Georgetown University in particular, the benefits of international exchange could bolster the medical care offered by the District.

“Having Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and [The George Washington University] here gives us a powerful platform to attract research,” he said.

“Having more treatment, research and academia would make this a great opportunity for the District and make Georgetown University much stronger, although it is already very renowned.”

The Medstar Georgetown University Hospital will showcase its specialties in organ transplants and oncology as an international center of excellence in the medical tourism program. Nicole Duncan, assistant vice president of advocacy and international services at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, said that the hospital is committed to treating both international and domestic patients.

“Typically the process with our international patients is very planned.

We know when they are flying here so we can have appointments scheduled for them. This in no way infringes on patients in the emergency room or in the clinic,” Duncan said.

While the hospital has seen a large number of severe cases in international patients from Middle Eastern countries, Japan, China and South America, Duncan noted that partnering with the DOH and other hospitals might allow the hospital to also attract international patients with more acute cases.

“Because we provide care to treat very complex diseases and illnesses, partnering with the District could be extremely helpful,” she said. “[Through] Dr. Garcia’s vision to expand the program beyond international patients who need immediate care to some of the less acute services, we would probably see an increase in the number of international patients.”

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Georgetown Graduate Leads Hoyas to Continued Success Smith, from A10 the Big East Women’s Cross-Country Coach of the Year on Friday.

“Coach Smith has been an incredible asset to this team,” said junior Samantha Nadel, who was among the freshmn runners that Smith coached in his first year at Georgetown. “Without him, I don’t think we would be where we currently are.”

Smith is also welcomed and appreciated by a women’s team that has several runners who were recruited by, were trained under and ran for Miltenberg. Despite committing to compete under a different system, the athletes have come to appreciate their new coach.

“Coach Mike is really awesome — we all love him,” senior Annamarie Maag said. “I think that the coolest thing about him is that he always focuses on the whole team aspect and doing things together and doing

[them] our way. He really prioritizes the team culture and makes sure that’s in a positive place, and I think those are things that aren’t necessarily found in every coach and I think that’s something we all think is really special about him.”

Runners on the team noted his competitive spirit, which leads him to drive each runner to challenge herself and her fellow teammates.

This helps improve results when the team competes against other programs.

“I think he expects a lot of us and he holds us to a high standard, which helps each of us hold each other to a higher standard,” Maag said. “I think he knows what it takes to be successful and he expects that of us and he’s very clear about it.”

While Smith trains his team to be runners on the field and on the track, he also takes care to establish relationships with all of the runners and stresses the aspect of being a

team.

“I think one of the most important things about him as a coach is that he cares about us as people first and runners second, [which is] something that isn’t always present at other programs around the country,” senior distance runner Katrina Coogan said. “His genuine care for every single person on the team is so apparent every day at practice as well. Our team is a family and he is an integral part to that.”

In spite of Smith’s immense success at the helm of the program, he was reluctant to comment on being named the Big East Women’s CrossCountry Coach of the Year. Smith largely attributed accolade to the runners that he coaches. “[The accolade] is more a statement about the stuff that our athletes do week in and week out,” Smith said. “It’s an honor to coach this group and it’s nice to be recognized for that.”

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DePaul struck first in Sunday’s nationally televised final when junior forward Elise Wyatt slotted a rebound into the net. A 60th-minute goal made the score 2-0 in favor of the Blue Demons, and Nolan believes that DePaul deserved to take the game.

“They were two scrappy, half-chance kind of goals,” Nolan said. “They didn’t have much more than that, but they looked livelier. … I felt they were a bit better on the day.”

With its Big East title hopes slipping away, Georgetown switched from its typical 4-2-3-1 system to a 3-5-2 configuration for the last 20 minutes in order to create more chances. Although the tactical change proved successful, none

of those chances found the back of the net.

“We got plenty of opportunities and plenty of the ball,” Nolan said. “We started to open them up a little bit and started to get some shots. But they really dropped into a 4-5-1, and sat in and tried to counter.”

The title was DePaul’s firstever Big East women’s soccer championship, and the Hoyas’ second appearance in the championship match.

Corboz, Newins and sophomore forward Grace Damaska were selected to the Big East all-Tournament Team. Nolan made sure to give the Big East Midfielder and Offensive Player of the Year credit for the strong tournament showing.

“On Friday night, I thought Daphne [Corboz] put in as dominant a performance as you’ll ever see in a women’s soccer game, in any soccer game,” Nolan said. “She was tremendous from start to finish.”

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Senior midfielder and co-captain Daphne Corboz has 10 goals and eight assists this season.

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With that said, aside from a rock solid defense that held the high-powered Cincinnati Bengals offense to a measly three points in last Thursday’s 24-3 Browns victory, it may seem puzzling as to why Cleveland has started the season so well. For example, ESPN’s statistic measure for quarterbacks, Total QBR, lists Hoyer at 22nd out of 34 measurable quarterbacks. On a scale where 100 is the best and 50 represents a league average quarterback, Hoyer’s 53.7 rating is one of the most pedestrian measures in the league.

Football Outsider’s advanced metrics put Cleveland 19th in team efficiency, right in between the 3-6 Atlanta Falcons and the 5-4 San Francisco 49ers.

Even the stout defense is ranked 21st out of 32 teams, yet Cleveland still finds ways to win.

Though it may not account for a large portion of advanced statistics, Cleveland’s plus-nine turnover margin says a great deal about how the Browns win games.

Cleveland averages less than one giveaway per game but creates two turnovers per game. For a team that is 26th in time of possession and 16th in Football Outsider’s offensive efficiency, that extra possession per game is vital for Cleveland.

A relatively easy schedule also helps.

Because the NFL’s scheduling is, in part, based off the previous year’s performance, the Browns’ 4-12 finish last season enabled them to play weaker teams, like the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills, compared to their division rivals. A fivethirthyeight.com analysis saw Cleveland as having the seventh-easiest schedule in the league, and with games against Houston and Atlanta on the horizon, there is a very likely scenario that Cleveland could have seven or eight wins under its belt

by Thanksgiving, making it a prime contender for a playoff spot in the AFC. While the Browns are more of a

surprise Cinderella story, the return of LeBron James has far-reaching impacts beyond the Quicken Loans Arena court. July estimates made by Bloomberg put the value of LeBron’s return to be $500 million per year for the city.

Though the Cavaliers franchise is the largest beneficiary, there is still good reason to believe that downtown businesses will benefit as well. Season tickets for the Cavs sold out within hours of LeBron’s announcement, and nightly attendance is expected to be consistently around 20,000, compared to an average of 12,000 people last year. The renewed influx of fans in an increasingly vibrant downtown will help Cleveland businesses that are dependent on tourism, and live events maintain and create jobs even if some of the spending that is now going toward basketball comes at the expense of other entertainment or nightlife alternatives.

Despite a 2-3 start, which can largely be attributed to growing pains and a lack of ingame chemistry, the Cavs will almost certainly compete for a top seed in the Eastern Conference. The arrival of allstar power forward Kevin Love from Minnesota and the continued growth of point guard Kyrie Irving could mean a newer and younger edition of the Big Three that LeBron formed in Miami with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh.

Though LeBron only signed a two-year contract, he should have plenty of time to forge the necessary bonds with Irving and Love to put Cleveland in the championship conversation.

It almost seems strange to be discussing the justified optimism of a city that is referred to by detractors as The Mistake by the Lake. Naturally, Cleveland fans are probably wary to hope; they’ve indulged before only to be burned. Yes, hope can be a very dangerous thing, but for Cleveland in 2014, it might just be a worthwhile endeavor.

“There is a very likely scenario that Cleveland could have seven or eight wins under its belt

by Thanksgiving, making it a prime contender for a playoff spot.”

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Georgetown’s volleyball team (9-18, 3-11 Big East) suffered two difficult losses over the weekend, falling in straight sets to Butler (189, 10-5 Big East) on Friday, and Xavier (16-11, 9-6 Big East) on Saturday. The team has now lost four consecutive conference matches to four of the top five teams in the Big East standings.

The Hoyas were led Friday by sophomore middle blocker Ashlie Williams, who finished with nine kills, and freshman setter Casey Speer, who notched a double-double with 28 assists and 11 digs. In addition, junior libero Emily Gisolfi played her second straight game with double-figures for a total of 13 digs.

In the first set, the Hoyas quickly fell behind, as Butler used 5-1 and 6-0 spurts to jump to a 16-6 lead, which proved to be insurmountable as the Bulldogs closed out the set by a score of 25-15. In the second set, the Hoyas fought back, earning a 14-12 lead after kills from freshman outside hitter Terese Cannon and senior outside hitter Alex Johnson.

However, Butler won the next four points, grabbing a 16-14 lead that it would never relinquish en route to a 25-21 second-set triumph. Throughout the match, the Bulldogs displayed the effective blocking ability they have used throughout their season, as they recorded 11 team blocks, led by redshirt sophomore middle blocker Kayla Bivins, who notched six blocks.

“Butler played really well against us. Their

block was very strong, and so we had to focus on using hands and hitting different shots.

We struggled with that early on; I think we did better as the game went on, but they just played a really solid game,” Cannon said.

The third set was tight throughout its duration, as neither team was able to gain a lead larger than two points until the Bulldogs opened up an 18-15 advantage. After the Hoyas closed to 18-17 on a kill by Johnson, the Bulldogs grabbed seven of the final nine points in the set to take the victory, 25-19, and swept the match in straight sets.

Georgetown Head Coach Arlisa Williams praised Butler’s performance. The Bulldogs entered the match having won six of their previous seven conference matches, and they continued to play their best.

“They’re solid all the way across the net.

Butler has three good blockers across the net in almost every rotation, and there aren’t very many matchups that we can take advantage of,” Coach Williams said.

On Saturday in Cincinnati, the Hoyas received a standout performance from Cannon, who earned her first career double-double with team-highs of 11 kills and 11 digs. Cannon, normally an offense-minded player, was able to be effective as a defender as well, which she attributed to solid blocking up front and good team play all around.

“Our block was pretty solid, so it was easy to play defense around that, and my teammates were helping me out a lot,” Cannon said.

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Georgetown came out flat in the first set, quickly falling behind with a score of 12-4.

As a result, Xavier cruised to a relatively comfortable 25-14 victory in the first set. In the second set, the Hoyas stayed close to the Musketeers, as a kill by Cannon brought them within two points at 12-10. However, the Musketeers won six of the next seven points to create a separation and earn an 18-11 lead, which they eventually parlayed into a 25-15 set victory.

“I think it took us a while to get going. It’s a bummer that that happened, but now we know, and we can learn from it, and moving forward I don’t think that will happen again,” Cannon said.

In the third set, Xavier jumped to a 16-12 lead before Cannon recorded four kills in a span of six points to knot the score at 17.

The teams volleyed back and forth for several points before a Musketeer attacking error gave the Hoyas a set point at 24-23. After a timeout, however, Xavier won three consecutive points to close out the set and the match.

Georgetown will complete its five-game stretch of Big East road games next weekend against middling St. John’s (18-11, 7-7 Big East) and bottom-tier Providence (5-23, 1-13 Big East). According to Coach Williams, the Hoyas are motivated to earn a few more wins to end their season on a high note.

“We’re hungry every day, and we know that we can play with both of them, and we’re going to go out there and play at the highest possible level,” Coach Williams said.

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“The guys found a way to be resilient and get the away goal.

[Freshman midfielder Christopher] Lema won the ball well and gave it to [Goodman], who slipped the ball to Arun, who, when he has been getting his looks this year, has been a terrific finisher,” Wiese said.

Georgetown needed to win and to receive help from Butler (6-7-5, 2-5-2 Big East) in its match against No. 15 Xavier in order to earn a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Xavier won convincingly and Georgetown instead finished third in the Big East. As the highest ranked seed

without a first-round bye, the team will play Marquette, the last team to make the tournament.

When the Hoyas last met the Golden Eagles on Oct. 4 at Shaw Field, they played to a scoreless draw after two overtimes. Tuesday’s game will give the Hoyas a second chance to extend their run of seasons with a win over Marquette, which currently extends back to 2010.

“It is going to be a lot about us and how we approach it,” Wiese said. “At this level when you are playing good teams in postseason kinds of formats, the games are going to be very tight. It is about … understanding that you are playing a team in Marquette that likely has to win to keep its season alive.”

Georgetown will host Marquette on Tuesday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Shaw Field.

ike a poor man’s Tony Romo, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has seen his fair share of unfair criticism over the course of his career. Once the media has locked onto an angle about a player, that reputation can be difficult to escape without capturing a championship. Playing on Cutler’s indifferent body language at a position often dominated by manic movements, sportscasters and journalists alike have criticized him for not taking his job seriously enough or not having the heart and determination of a “winner.” But if you compare Cutler to Tom Brady and Peyton Manning —the best quarterbacks of the year — it is clear that his body language is interpreted in the most unfavorable light possible.

When Cutler does show passion, the media contradicts itself by bashing him for that too. When Manning or Brady get in the face of a lineman or receiver who needs to step it up, they are applauded as leaders, but when Cutler does it he is labeled petulant, immature and unprofessional.

Whether Cutler is a good quarterback or merely an average one remains to be seen.

Regardless, the blame usually falls squarely on his shoulders. The fact that the media is starting to discuss problems with the Bears that do not begin and end at quarterback is a sign that the team is having a truly awful season.

Cutler struggled against the Packers on Sunday. And yet, in spite of Cutler’s poor play, it was clear he is far down the list of problems plaguing the catastrophically bad Chicago Bears. Cutler does hold onto the ball far longer than he should — as seen during his fumble after a sack by Green Bay Packers defensive end Julius Peppers on Sunday night — but his offensive line has been poor for some time. An indicator of this appears in the box score, where running back Matt Forte is getting limited carries between the tackles and racking up more receptions in the flats than many Pro Bowl receivers. Cutler’s first interception against Green Bay on Sunday was also the result of uninspired pass protection allowing Peppers to tip the football.

The defense, which is at least trending in the right direction in terms of health, played even worse than the offensive line.

The woes facing the Bears can be summed up by one play in the second quarter that turned a slow start into a blowout. Down 14-0, but having forced Green Bay into a third and 11 in its own territory, the Bears had an opportunity to regain some momentum. But the secondary completely blew the coverage, and wide receiver Jordy Nelson caught the easiest 73-yard touchdown you will ever see in football. With an offense struggling to score despite an array of Pro Bowlers and a defense that leaves primary targets wide open, the problem is clear: Despite the immense talent in Chicago, the execution is at an all-time worse.

Some of this poor execution falls on players not making easy plays, but the team dynamic is also off in the Windy City. Many would be quick to blame Cutler and his lack of leadership.

Ultimately, the responsibility falls on Head Coach Marc Trestman, who rightly bears the brunt of the blame for his team’s poor performances. As an offensive-minded coach, his team’s scoring difficulties are especially troubling. The defensive lapses, however, are even more concerning. Trestman’s responsibility as an NFL coach is to delegate the areas of the game that are not his specialty. A coach must be able to build a staff that can effectively improve the areas of the team in which he is not a specialist.

Trestman’s defense has been an unmitigated disaster, and the performances are only getting worse. Former Bears Head Coach Lovie Smith’s defense was organized and gritty, while Trestman’s squad leaves gaping holes all over the field and is routinely out-worked and out-muscled.

Randall Cobb’s blunt comments explaining the Packers belief that the Bears would simply lie down in the face of an early deficit drive home the fact that the Bears’ lack of mental resilience is an open secret. Most damning, however, are Trestman’s own words in light of the beat down in Lambeau Field.

“Our coaches did an outstanding job of preparing our guys this week. And our guys did a tremendous job of preparing.

But none of it, none of it translated to the game,” Trestman said.

But there was nothing lost in translation.

Simply put, the Bears were not capable of competing with the Packers. Coming off a bye week, the Bears had extra time to prepare a perfect strategy. But the Bears were blown out and lost to the Packers 55-14.

Whether it comes down to purely mental awareness or the overall plan, the team was simply not ready when it should have been, and Trestman’s soft stance on the matter shows that the root of the problem is not in Cutler’s performance. A Mike Ditka-coached team would never have embarrassed themselves the way the Bears did Sunday.

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Michael Smith, head coach of the No. 2 women’s cross-country team, was named the Big East Coach of the Year on Friday.

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When Michael Smith (COL ‘02) returned to his alma mater in September 2012 to serve as head coach of the women’s cross-country team, the Hoyas were less than one year removed from winning their first national championship. Smith was at the helm of a team that had just recently lost both five-year Head Coach Chris Miltenberg, the 2012 National Coach of the Year and athlete Emily Infeld, who led the Hoyas at the NCAA championships, in a short span of time.

Even with a talented squad, Smith had a lot of work ahead of him in order to live up to recent successes.

“I think [Smith] came in at a really difficult spot because the women had won the NCAA title the year before and they had lost Emily Infeld, who probably

is the best female athlete ever at Georgetown,” Men’s Distance Coach Brandon Bonsey said.

“Coach Miltenberg, who’s now at Stanford, had a tremendous amount of success here, and obviously Emily did as well. Then, all of sudden, that’s gone, and those girls had run on a team that had totally bought into coach Miltenberg and his philosophies.”

Despite the twin departures, the Hoyas and Smith had a solid season and now is in tremendous form in 2014. The No. 2 Blue and Gray have won three of their six meets this season, including a dominant overall performance and win at the Big East championships — the team’s most significant competition of the season thus far. This time around, the Hoyas attained their significant achievements under the leadership of Smith. Smith was named See SMITH, A8

No. 11 Georgetown narrowly won its final regular-season game Friday, needing a late goal by freshman midfielder Arun Basuljevic to defeat the Villanova Wildcats 2-1 on the road. The Hoyas (11-3-4, 6-21 Big East) will host the Marquette Golden Eagles (8-5-4, 2-3-4 Big East) on Tuesday in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.

The Hoyas are the third seed in the conference, while the defending tournament champion Golden Eagles are the sixth seed. Six teams make the tournament, while the top two teams, Creighton (14-2-2, 7-1-1 Big East) and No. 15 Xavier (124-2, 6-1-2 Big East), earned byes into the semifinals. Georgetown finished just one point behind Xavier in conference play, denying them the bye.

Georgetown started the Villanova game quickly, something it has not done often this season. Wildcats sophomore goalkeeper Will Steiner had to make two saves in the first four minutes in order to preserve the scoreless tie. Steiner made a third save on a shot by junior forward Brandon Allen but could not hold on to the ball. Senior forward Austin Martz, returning to the lineup after missing time due to injury, took the second opportunity and capitalized to put the Hoyas ahead in the ninth minute.

The opportunities and production continued for the Hoyas for the majority of the half. Georgetown outshot Villanova 11 to five during the first 45 minutes and forced six saves from Steiner, compared to just three for senior goalkeeper and cocaptain Tomas Gomez.

“From Villanova’s point of view, it’s a Friday afternoon game, so they are walking out from class. Trying to manage that as a home team is almost a disadvantage. I think our guys were ready to start and started well,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said.

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Freshman midfielder Arun Basuljevic scored his fourth goal of the season Friday in the 85th minute against Villanova, giving the Hoyas a 2-1 win.

Despite the run of play clearly favoring the Hoyas, the Wildcats were able to level the game just before the half with a set piece play that involved quick offensive thinking and a slow reaction by the Hoyas.

The hosts earned a free kick in the 43rd minute and took it before the Georgetown defense was able to organize. Villanova senior midfielder Oscar Umar connected with open sophomore midfielder Andreas Bartosinski, who then found the back of the net from outside the 18-yard box.

“What we really should have done is put the game away in the first 20 minutes,” Wiese said. “We started well enough to do that. But it stayed 1-0, and once Villanova tied it, they got pretty excited that they could

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The Georgetown women’s soccer team (11-4-5, 6-0-3 Big East) finished as runners-up to champions DePaul (16-0-4, 7-0-2 Big East) in this weekend’s Big East championship in Jamaica, N.Y., losing Sunday’s final 2-0 after dramatically defeating St. John’s (11-7-2, 6-2-1 Big East) on penalties Friday night.

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game appearance proved enough for the NCAA tournament selection committee to include the Hoyas in the final bracket; Georgetown will take on No. 9 West Virginia (16-2-3, 7-0-1 Big 12) on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va., in the opening round of the 64-team tournament.

Head Coach Dave Nolan was especially happy with the team’s effort on Friday night to beat tournament hosts St. John’s.

“I wasn’t pleased with the vic-

tory on penalties, but I was really pleased with how we played,” Nolan said. “We’d had a tough game up at St. John’s a few weeks prior and we felt that we should have come away with at least a draw. …

We came out fast and strong, and put them under a lot of pressure.

We really could have been up two or three in the first twelve minutes.”

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Junior defender Marina Paul scored against St. John’s in the seventh minute of the Big East semifinal game. She has two goals and three assists this season. She has started all 20 games.

get something out of the game.”

The second half began at 1-1, and the Hoyas knew they needed a goal in order to have a chance at a firstround bye in the Big East Tournament. The offense, however, could not replicate its first-half success. It did not create a single corner kick and had only four shots, just one of which was on goal. “[After Villanova scored,] they got very excited. The game tightens up and then it all goes up in the second half. They just made it harder,” Wiese said.

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proven scoring threat with eight goals this season, and its offense provided several chances, including each Corboz sister hitting the woodwork with a shot. Junior defender Marina Paul scored an early header for the Hoyas, but a 73rd-minute goal from senior defender Georgia Kearney-Perry drew the Red Storm level.

“I was tremendously pleased on Friday. It was probably one of our best soccer-playing performances of the year,” Nolan said. “We had so many players who played really, really well.”

Senior goalkeeper Emma Newins eventually made the decisive save in the 4-3 penalty victory over St. John’s, setting up a rematch with an undefeated DePaul team with which Georgetown drew 3-3 in an exciting game Sept. 25. DePaul had also needed penalties to advance to the final, beating Marquette (10-8-3, 5-3-1 Big East) on Friday night.

“I thought they were better,” Nolan said. “It was hard because both teams had the double overtime and penalty kick games Friday night, so it was always going to be a matter of who could find some energy on the day. And give them all the credit in the world, they’re a very good team.”

Early in the match, the Hoyas lost their defensive rock and setpiece target Paul, who was named to the Big East first team, to injury; freshmen defenders Drew Topor and Liz Wenger filled her role, though the team was still recovering from Friday night’s exhausting match.

“Emotionally, in our heads, to win in [penalty kicks], it was so big,” senior midfielder Daphne Corboz said. “And we didn’t get back to the room until 2 a.m.,

ope is a very dangerous thing.” For decades, fans of Cleveland sports have found Morgan Freeman’s words from “The Shawshank Redemption” to be all too true. Even casual sports fans are probably familiar with Cleveland’s level of despair: no professional Cleveland team has won a championship since 1964, and the idea that “God Hates Cleveland” is commonly accepted across the sports world. If that’s true, then something from the past few months has warmed God’s heart.

Cleveland sports are on the rise, and with the way the Browns are playing, the return of LeBron James may not even be this year’s most notable sign from the heavens.

Two months ago, as the NFL season was just beginning, many figured the only way Cleveland would stay relevant was by starting Johnny “Football” Manziel, its controversial and exciting first-round draft pick, at quarterback. Instead, Johnny Football has spent nearly the entire season on the bench, and for the best possible reason — the Browns are winning. Led

by Brian Hoyer, Cleveland is 6-3 and owns possession of first place in the AFC North Division for the first time

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