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FOOTBALL’S RETURN

Fifty years after football returned to campus, a look at the program’s status.

GUIDE, B1

EDITORIAL The academic boycott of Israel will contribute to the conflict’s stalemate.

INTERFAITH Georgetown considers a multi-million-dollar interfaith center.

DRC TO USA Hoyas starting running back Jo’el Kimpela talks moving across the globe.

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OPINION, A2

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Jaime Remembered for Selflessness, Passion Bacterial

Meningitis Confirmed

Katherine Richardson & Molly Simio Hoya Staff Writers

Andrea Jaime (NHS ’17) brought her focus and passion to her studies of health sciences, her desire to help others and her friendships.

A human science major who dreamed of one day becoming a doctor in the Army, Jaime died from a case of bacterial meningitis on Tuesday at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She was 19.

“We wish to express our gratitude to the many people who have sent their thoughts and prayers to use during this time of tragedy and despair for our family,” Jaime’s family wrote in a statement released through the university Thursday. “Andrea was a blessing to our lives and will forever live in our hearts.”

Jaime was born in Bogota, Colombia, and graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in Miami, Fla., in 2013. In addition to her studies in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown, Jaime had completed training for the Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service last semester and passed her REMT test and GERMS practical exam. She was offered a position at the Glen Echo Fire Station in Bethesda, Md., with training set to begin this week.

According to her friend Lena Snow (NHS ’17), Jaime was passionate from a young age about helping others and practicing medicine.

“It was her passion since she was a little girl, it’s what she wanted to do. I just think it’s really

University offers antibiotic to students; no further cases suspected COURTESY MANSI VOHRA

Suzanne Monyak & Molly Simio Hoya Staff Writers

Continuing campus dialogue about recent police brutality and protests in Ferguson, Mo., faculty and students discussed race and the law on a panel in Copley Formal Lounge on Wednesday.

The panel was part of the larger event “Ferguson Teach-In,” which included a dinner and roundtable discussions between faculty and students, performances and video presentations from students, and a conversation on what is next in Ferguson, where tensions boiled over after a police officer shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

Wednesday’s events followed a previous panel discussion between professors and a student-led vigil for Ferguson that took place in late August, slightly over two weeks after Brown was shot.

The panel in Copley Formal Lounge, called “Voices on the

The case of meningitis that led to the death of Andrea Jaime (NHS ’17) on Tuesday was bacterial, Assistant Vice President for Student Health Services Jim Welsh confirmed in a meeting with Jaime’s Copley 5 floormates on Thursday night, followed by a university-wide email alerting the Georgetown community of the diagnosis.

According to Welsh, Jaime’s case of meningitis was caused by the meningococcal bacteria and was of serogroup B. Meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes near the brain and spinal cord, is typically caused by either a bacterial or viral infection.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, viral meningitis is usually not as serious as bacterial meningitis and generally lasts seven to 10 days.

Bacterial meningitis requires immediate medical attention and can lead to a variety of health problems such as brain damage, hearing loss or learning disabilities. There were approximately 4,100 cases of bacterial meningitis in the United States with about 500 fatal cases each year between 2003 and 2007.

At the meeting Tuesday, Welsh offered all residents of the fifth floor of Copley Hall the option to take a single 500 mg dose of Ciprofloxacin, a prophylaxis antibiotic, to prevent the transmission of the disease in case they had been exposed.

Slightly under half of the approximately 70 residents of Jaime’s all-girls floor showed up to the meeting, and most students chose to take home the antibiotic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone who has had close personal contact with someone diagnosed with bacterial meningitis take the antibiotic, defining close contact as household members, child care center contacts, and anyone exposed to the patient’s oral secretions, such as through kissing or sharing a cup. Welsh said that the proximity of living on the same dormitory floor was not defined as close contact.

The university also kept the Student Health Center open until 2 a.m. early Friday morning instead of its usual 6 p.m.

Thursday closing time to allow students concerned about meningitis to seek antibiotics. Between 50 and 100 students visited the Student Health Center on Thursday night, according to health center employees, with many visitors saying they chose to seek preventative treatment to be cautious.

Welsh said that the university original-

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Andrea Jaime (NHS ’17) died of bacterial meningitis Tuesday. Left, in Bolivar, Colombia, the country where she was born. Top right, with friends Madeleine Atchison (left) and Blair Kennedy (right). An avid runner, Jaime often spent time by the Potomac, bottom right. incredible how much she knew that at such a young age, that that was her calling,” Snow said.

“She totally had the personality for it. … She would have been an incredible doctor. She would have been able to get the information out of the patient effectively and politely, and I can just totally see

her in medicine. It’s just really unfortunate because she would have helped so many people.”

Jaime’s roommate, Cecilia Skakel (COL ’17), agreed.

“She really cared about the people around her, and I have no doubt that she would have been an amazing doctor,” Skakel said.

Jaime was fascinated with medicine and often spent time studying independently, according to friend and classmate Marjia Jannati (NHS ’17).

“She loved anything healthrelated,” Jannati said. “Even when See JAIME, A6

Campus Conversation on Ferguson Continues Suzanne Monyak Hoya Staff Writer

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Jamelle Bouie of Slate, Brandon Anderson (COL ’15), Deloris Wilson (LAW ’16), Katrina Gamble of the Leadership Center for the Common Good, Jiva Manske of Amnesty International and Black Student Alliance members.

As Storefronts Close, Piano Bars Flip-Flop on M Street Suzanne Monyak Hoya Staff Writer

With Mr. Smith’s Sept. 1 move to K Street, M Street’s piano silence has finally been broken with the Sept. 12 opening of Georgetown Piano Bar. Staffed with the former employees, managers, and pianists from Mr. Smith’s, which moved to restaurant Chadwicks’ former location at 3205 K St., the new piano bar, at nightclub Modern’s former location of 3287 M St., will feature a larger, bright red, electric piano and a more spacious building that will allow more bar-goers to enter at once.

“Our piano is bigger because Modern is a much larger space. It’s Mr. Smith’s piano on steroids. It’s large enough that even two pianos could play at the same time,” said Gene McGrath, former Mr. Smith’s manager and co-owner of the

Georgetown Piano Bar. When Mr. Smith’s employees caught word that the restaurant would be closing after the property owner tripled the rent, several of them, including McGrath, made

“It’s Mr. Smith’s piano on steroids.”

GENE MCGRATH Georgetown Piano Bar Co-Owner

the switch to Georgetown Piano Bar, not knowing that the owners of Mr. Smith’s were planning to open up at Chadwicks old location, after Chadwicks closed Aug. 31.

McGrath said that the new bar

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includes more seating in order to appeal to large groups of Georgetown students and other M Street patrons.

“It’s great for groups, and that’s really what we are now equipped to do. If 20 or 30 people show up from the university, if the baseball team comes down, the football team, or any organization wants to come in, they actually can fit and won’t have to leave anyone outside,” McGrath said.

Due to Georgetown’s strict liquor moratorium, which limits the amount of bar licenses available to around 70, Georgetown Piano Bar jumped on the opportunity to purchase Modern’s liquor license when the nightclub closed in the spring. Although former Modern patrons will recognize the round bar in the center of the room, McGrath was quick to note that the See BARS, A7 Published Tuesdays and Fridays

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The piano at Mr. Smith’s in its new location on K Street. The restaurant and bar has seen reduced business since it left M Street.

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OPINION

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Megan Schmidt

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Boycott Brings Only Silence Over the course of history, boycotts have been powerful instruments in catalyzing social change. Individuals and institutions have wielded such measures to dramatically express their disagreement with certain policies or practices.

But dramatics in the university sphere are not frequently the most productive way to rectify a situation, as the act of removing oneself from a dialogue runs counter to a main purpose of academia: fostering open and honest debate and education on the most pressing issues of our time.

The American Studies Association’s recent boycott of Israeli academic institutions — which has been signed by 13 Georgetown professors, a total that outnumbers the faculty of any other university in the United States — brings up questions of how an academic community can most effectively have an impact on another community’s policies.

In traditional boycotts, withholding one’s business deprives the subject of valuable cash flows, effectively putting financial pressure on the subject to change objectionable practices.

In the world of academia, however, interactions between institutions are not in currency, but rather in ideas, arguments, opinions and discoveries.

Irrespective of any position one might hold on the contentious and complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict, any academic boycott — this one included — will prove to limit the flow of ideas.

For any academic who wishes to contribute to a peaceful resolution to any conflict, closing these channels of communication and dissent will only impede progress toward a diplomatic solution. This is especially true at Georgetown, where professors of international relations and the Middle East are sought-after experts in their fields, and have valuable contributions to make to any related discussion.

While the American Studies Association’s petition makes clear that its intent is to increase attention and opposition to Israel’s violations of human rights in Palestine and to protest Israeli academic failure to intervene in these violations, this goal would likely be better served through communication of ideas and coalitionbuilding. In respect to an issue like the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, where each side is already so entrenched and can often seem unwilling to hear other viewpoints, the importance of reasoned academic communication is redoubled.

The enduring, exhausting nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it even more imperative that academics from all perspectives continue to have conversations about these issues. Cutting off dialogue in any environment only exacerbates already tense situations.

Silence will not lead to progress. Academia is a place for discussion, and that discussion should extend to all issues. Boycotts can lead to progress, but Israeli universities and their relationship to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a situation where they will not.

Solidarity Against Bigotry On a campus where most forms of physical or emotional hostility are thankfully rare, it can be especially jarring when we learn of an incident that challenges our notions of safety — both close to home and from afar.

Last week, one of our classmates was antagonized and accosted. The impetus was an antigay slur intended to belittle the victim and destroy the victim’s self-confidence, culminating in physical harm and hospitalization. In an act of cowardice, the assailant fled the scene.

In moments like these, it is saddening and frustrating to see that such overt forms of bigotry still exist. In this case, it was homophobia; in Ferguson, Mo., it was racism; with Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens, it was misogyny. And no matter how our policies are shaped to punish offenders like these, they have proven to be inadequate deterrents. After all, if the Metropolitan Police Department and Georgetown University Police Department are unable to track down the Georgetown student’s assailant, in effect, they

are unable to enforce the policies meant to protect us from harassment.

In combination with harsh consequences for offenders of these hate crimes, a more social, more personal deterrent is needed to eradicate — or at least greatly reduce the frequency — of these incidents. Policies only do so much, and our community needs to take action to show public solidarity with victims to demonstrate that, in this day and age, crimes that attack one’s personal identity will not be tolerated by an individual, or by the community.

GU Pride responded in full force to the incident and scheduled an event for reflection, but more members of our community need to join the group in showing our intolerance for hate crimes against Georgetown students.

These attacks are thankfully rare at Georgetown, but it is a disconcerting fact that any of us could be subject to an assault or slur like this one. In this case, complicity is not an option.

Giving Time, Then Money The Campaign for Georgetown is nearing its fall 2016 finish, and Georgetown’s fundraising is in full swing. As in years past, the Office of Advancement’s efforts to seek donations to the university extend to current students.

The 1634 Society, for example, asks freshmen and sophomores to donate $1 to get into the habit of giving to the university, and the Class of 2015 Fund asked for a donation from seniors this week to get into an event at the bar Smith Point as part of Senior Dis-Orientation.

These fundraising efforts are not inherently overbearing, but for some students, it can be off-putting to be asked to donate to an institution to which they are already paying $60,000 a year in tuition, or because of which they can expect to pay off student loans for the next decade and beyond. Students who are unable or unwilling, while still undergraduates, to donate to their not-yet alma mater should not be

made to feel like they are lacking school spirit or letting down their classmates and university.

A solution could be to offer ways to give back to Georgetown that do not involve donating, but that help Georgetown in its fundraising goals. The new project of the Office of Advancement, Georgetown Stories, could provide an avenue for students to give back in a non-monetary fashion.

In this project, a group of students is paid to document their year on campus through photos and videos, targeted toward alumni. While this is a paid job, perhaps students who cannot yet donate to the university could contribute to Georgetown Stories for free instead.

There is more to being a Georgetown alumnus than donating to the university. That’s the real habit Georgetown should try to instill in its students before they leave the Hilltop.

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We looked into the matter and found that the writers’ criticisms were on target — the service failures described were unacceptable.

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LAUREN GROS (col ’18) sheds light on Egypt’s growing power shortage and its decreasing pool of options: It is not an exaggeration to say Egypt is facing an energy crisis. The rapidly growing population currently demands 27,700 megawatts of energy a day, which is 20 percent more than power stations can provide. The current government claims the blackouts are the result of terrorist attacks on the nation’s energy infrastructure. The facts tell a different story.”

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EMMA LUX (COL ’18) urges the benefits of eating meat free:

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The American government should rearrange ancient food subsidy allocations to favor fruit and vegetable production as opposed to livestock production. As professor Gidon Eshel of Bard College has asserted, ‘Remove the artificial support given to the livestock industry and rising prices will do the rest.’”

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OPINION

Friday, september 19, 2014

OF PROGRESSION PERSUASION

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Sticking With It: My Korean Education

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Abby Grace

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n my ruby-red home state of Mississippi, I quickly surmised there was something strange about the Obama 2008 sign that proudly stood atop a hill on my grandparents’ front lawn. While political conversation rarely enters polite Southern society, at the age of 14, it was still quite apparent that my exceptionally liberal grandparents actively rejected our community’s conservative political standards.

After an especially spirited Thanksgiving debate between my father and my grandmother concerning President George W. Bush’s Iraq War legacy, I finally mustered up the courage to ask my grandmother why she supported Obama’s policies and identified as a progressive.

Her answer emphasized the importance of expanded food stamp programs, affordable access to health care, a higher minimum wage and placing a higher tax rate on the highest 1 percent of earners rather than on the middle class. In short, the specific policy points she cited all were linked to improving the human condition not only nationally, but also in our local community.

My grandmother’s poised response combined familiar, biblically rooted ethical imperatives with concise, rational arguments for an expanded welfare state. Her personal and professional experiences have led her to the conclusion that activism is the only appropriate response to our flawed status quo.

This forever changed how I conceptualize our nation’s contemporary political discourse and what it means to be an engaged citizen. Furthermore, this conversation ignited a self-reflective journey to understand what being a progressive means.

Originating from the term “progress,” the political moniker progressivism is wholly inseparable from a basic desire for advancement. Implying a change in circumstance, progressivism calls its supporters to critically examine our environment.

Because no action should be committed blindly, it is essential that individuals engage with their surroundings and make an earnest effort to understand the status quo. Rather than remaining content with a norm that is overwhelmingly unjust, embracing progress calls each and every member of a community to actively identify pervasive, structural problems and then

Rather than harping on rhetoric, progressives must embrace activism. put forth a good-faith effort to solve these problems.

This good-faith effort necessitates engaging in measurable action and meaningful advocacy. As millennials, it can be easy for us to blindly accept the comparatively comfortable world we live in. The “Georgetown Bubble” not only shelters students from the suffering that happens in the Washington, D.C. area at large, but has the power to skew how we view problems on the national stage.

When faced with numerous luxuries that are readily available, finding the motivation to engage in activism can be challenging. However, as students who have been afforded the enormous privilege to study at a university dually focused on our academic and spiritual enrichment, we have a moral imperative to embrace this spirit of progress and actively question the structural conditions that affect our local, regional and national communities.

Unable to separate my political identity from the basic virtues instilled in me as a child, I identify as a progressive. For better or worse, states in our contemporary society have an obligation to fulfill the basic needs of their populaces. The more I endeavor to reflect on this belief and understand the systems that shape our nation, invariably, the more dissatisfied I become.

However, our democratic government cannot be expected to take up these calls or thrive without engaged individuals — like my grandmother — perpetually demanding a better quality of life for themselves as well as their neighbors.

This is where modern progressivism should take center stage. Rather than harping on rhetoric, progressives must embrace a spirit of activism, stand up for their communities and ensure that tangible steps are taken toward achieving their goals. Being a progressive cannot stop at simply identifying structural inequities. It demands follow-through and a persistent effort to stay engaged.

My progressive persuasion leads me to believe that activism is the only appropriate response to injustice. If we don’t invest in our own society, then who will?

Abby Grace is a junior in the College. OF PROGRESSIVE PERSUASION appears every other Friday.

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rom the age of 9 until I entered high school, I woke up around 8 a.m. every Saturday to attend a full day of Korean school in the community space of a local Presbyterian church 15 minutes from my house. There, I was made to fill out colorful little vocabulary worksheets, practice conjugations and watch old documentaries from the ’90s about the Korean peninsula and its history.

There were never more than five kids my age in each class — kids with names like Angela Lee or Danny Park. All second-generation Koreans, obsessed with Pokémon or Nintendo. And usually, they were inexplicably near-fluent in the native language.

“Where in Korea did your parents come from?” I remember one of them asked me in rapid-fire Korean. I stared back at him for a good five seconds, trying to translate. A moment later, he gave me a quizzical smirk and turned back to his coloring book.

I hated those Saturdays. I hated raising my hand, mumbling a phrase I knew too well — “Can you say that again?” — in poorly accented Korean, whenever I couldn’t understand my teacher.

I hated reading aloud, stumbling over text written for 6-year-olds, straining for a good five minutes to decipher those old documentaries and spending the rest of the time pretending to listen because I’d given up.

I was usually a fair student back in “normal school,” in safe, American English-speaking comfort. But in this alien place, I was the outsider, clueless, inexperienced.

“Stupid,” I heard one of my classmates mutter under her breath one day, after I mixed up the Korean words for “car” and “train.”

I tried not to cry, at least until I arrived back home that afternoon and had a free moment in my room. I’d never known what that felt like. Stupid.

I could study all I wanted. It wouldn’t change a thing about what they all thought of me. I was the kid dragging the entire

It hurt, to know they grew up in a way that I didn’t, that they were as Korean as they were American. class down because he took a few seconds longer to count to 10 and wrote sentences with large, scrawling, lopsided characters that barely fit in the lines.

In the past, I didn’t mind too much about keeping up with my Korean, before I started going to Korean school. I knew the words for most of the colors, most household items. I could ask my parents to pass the salt at the dinner table, could listen intently and update

my grandparents on what grade I was in and how old I was, when asked.

To be honest, that was all I thought there was to it. There was no consequence, no embarrassment in my admittedly loose grasp of my native language.

When I didn’t know a word, I just switched to English. Full-on Korean conversations only ever seemed to me like this strange, adult thing my parents and their

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friends did, and I didn’t ask any questions.

But this Korean school, the first place in my entire life where I wasn’t the only Asian in the room, was a different story. Kids here not only spoke Korean, they lived it. They followed Korean news, they listened to Korean music, they watched Korean films and television shows. They wore their American clothes and spoke accent-less English like I did, but did it without neglecting the other half of their identity.

They were Asian Americans, composed of two worlds, two cultures. I began to realize over the first few weeks that I couldn’t even hope to contend with something like that.

I spent a lot of my preteen years sitting in that dusty old Presbyterian Church community room hating this language, hating this culture, hating my classmates who now snickered every time I was called up to read aloud from the books. It hurt, to know they grew up in a way that I didn’t, that they were as Korean as they were American, while I, even at 10, 11, 12 years old, was still reading Korean at the third-grade level.

I blame myself. It’d never been in my own interests to keep up with my Korean. Not when I was 9, anyway. I didn’t know how much my relationship with my heritage would come to impact me, positively and negatively.

I speak Korean whenever I can now. I try my hand at a few Korean television shows every now and then. My accent’s better every time I notice it.

My greatest fear is that I’ll lapse again, that maybe one day, I’ll get a call from my 90-year-old grandmother, and won’t be able to understand a word she says.

So I keep it up, for her and for me. And I am still learning.

JINWOO CHONG is a sophomore in the College. He is the editor of Chatter, The Hoya’s online opinion section.

AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT ...

For Women Leaders, Jeter’s Career Modelled Mentorship Abounds Grace in Game of Life

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his summer, I was in a room with over 1,000 collegiate women, energetic and passionate about creating more female student leaders. I was at the 2014 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders as Georgetown’s American Association of University Women liaison, and I have never seen a community of women more supportive of each other.

After seeing that liveliness, I knew that I could do anything because I had found a community of women — both my peers and role models — who would support my every endeavor. I realized I wanted to bring that energy to Georgetown and I was able to do so when last weekend Georgetown put on its third annual Elect Her Women’s Leadership Conference.

Elect Her, an AAUW program that encourages and trains y o u n g women to run for student government and other leadership positions on campus, is held across the country throughout the year. Elect Her recognizes that there are a lot of problems facing women in leadership, and it helps move the conversation beyond just the statistics.

It is very easy for people to laser in and focus on the facts that only 18 percent of members of Congress are women and that women need to be asked seven times to run for office before they actually do, while men don’t even need to be asked.

Instead, Elect Her asks women what issues they care about and how they can tackle these challenges so that they can be the best leaders possible.

To me, however, the best part of Elect Her is that it shows the myriad examples of female leaders in our community in order to inspire and train more women to join their ranks. We have so many powerful, influential women who run Georgetown.

From the College Democrats, School of Foreign Service Academic Council, International

Relations Club, Georgetown University Student Association and Asian American Student Association, women are in charge.

But most importantly, we see more female leaders who are willing to help each other and want each other to be the best that they can be. These leaders, usually upperclasswomen, are willing to sit down and have coffee with anyone who asks, to share their stories — their struggles and successes. These women want to help other women succeed, and the helped women in turn want to talk and mentor more women.

Many women on our campus have great ideas and the drive to make a positive impact on our campus. It is, however, very easy to get lost in our own fears about not being good enough, confident enough, inser t-whatever-outthere-int h e - wo r l d enough. I had those fears.

But the best thing I ever did as a sophomore was ask an upperclasswoman I worked with in one of my clubs to coffee so that I could ask her how she got to her current position. I learned that she used to have — and still had — the same fears that I did. The female mentors in my life, formal and informal, are the ones who always inspire and push me to be the best that I can be.

We continually need programs like Elect Her because they create a community. The participants get to meet their peers, who care about seeing more women student leaders in the world, but they also get to meet upperclasswomen who they can look up to as their role models.

We need to do everything we can to promote a community of kind, energetic, and above all else, supportive women. Ask to get or offer coffee, and create the formal and informal mentorships vital to this goal.

Elect Her shows the myriad examples of female leaders.

Eng Gin Moe is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

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erek Jeter will retire from and becomes a graceful statement the New York Yankees at the of values and ideals. conclusion of this season.

These baseball reminiscences You don’t have to be a Yankees fan triggered another set of reflections. (full disclosure, I’m not) to recog- Whenever I hear people claiming nize that Jeter’s professional career the importance of finding God in has been remarkable and his pro- all things, I want to ask them — as I fessional demeanor admirable. ask myself — can you really find God Both aspects of Jeter’s accom- in all things without first finding plishments were eulogized in a “the thing” in all things? Does trancolumn by famed baseball essayist scendence in the face of God come Roger Angell in a recent issue of because we have ignored the face of The New Yorker. Angell described the human before us, with us, and Jeter’s anticipated farewell appear- — yes — in us? In its better moments, ance in these words: “He lifts his religion invites us to take time to cap to the cheering, phone-flashing honor not simply the reality beyond multitudes without the weepiness us, but the reality in front of us. of some predecessors. His ease, his In the Church, we honor water, daily joy in his work, has lightened and bread, and wine, and the huthe sadness of this farewell, and man voice or gesture of committhe cheering everywhere has been ment. These earthy realities are sustained and genuine.” not to be ignored, but to be held I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in- in awe as ways to God. That same heriting deep, longsacramental instinct time family loyalty should seep into our to the Cleveland Inordinary lives — to dians. I entered the take the time to use Jesuits in the sumwhat is before us mer of 1948, just as well as we posprior to the Indians sibly can because it winning the World can lead us to unSeries. My sadness derstand and feel at saying good-bye something that is of Fr. Howard Gray, S.J. to family and friends God. And from my was eased by the repersonal experience alization that I’d see and history, I’d inJeter played the them all again. But clude baseball. the sadness at missFrom everything game not only with ing the Indians win I know about him, skill, but with class. Jeter has made basethe pennant was more permanent beball into a statement cause I doubted I’d ever see them about living “with grace and style, win another pennant. I was right! with ease, and with joy in his daiWhile never an accomplished ly work.” You cannot live that way athlete, I loved baseball. I loved the without a deeper reverence and egalitarian ritual of every player delight in all the things that make getting a chance to bat, an oppor- the game of baseball an event, sometunity to run the bases and to field thing that does good for the human a game. I loved also the ritual of go- heart and satisfies the human mind. ing to the now-demolished CleveAs this Jesuit sees it, in a world land Stadium to watch great play- tormented by violence and hate, ers like Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Lou struggling with destructive rivalries Boudreau and Jim Hegan spark the and simmering jealousies, and sadIndians into the pennant race. dened by so many good people withEven today, I feel personally at- out homes or food or even hope for tacked when someone complains their future, it struck me that Jeter that baseball is too slow. For as a kid not only played the game with skill, I loved the very measured pace of but he also lived it with class. It’s a the game because it gave me time to stretch, but that’s the same quality I have a hot dog and a Coke, to listen discern within Pope Francis — someto my parents discuss their grownup one who has made being the Bishop world, to sit in a crowd who loved the of Rome an art, someone who seems game too. Baseball has a secure place to find joy in his daily work. Isn’t in my memory and in my heart. that what we all hope education, Consequently, when I read Roger too, will do for us?

Angell’s tribute, it reminded me of how I grew up, admiring those Fr. Howard Gray, S.J., is the spewho made baseball an art and not cial assistant to the president at just a game. It also reminded me Georgetown University. AS THIS JEthat doing well is made even better SUIT SEES IT … appears every other when skill transcends performance Friday.

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Artists Eliza and Nora Naranjo Morse, along with Alexis Elton, created this exhibition, named Nonument Park, as part of the 5x5 Project. The display, located at 990 Fourth St. SW near the Waterfront Metro stop, aims to represent the people of that neighboord, just as D.C.’s monuments represent famous historical figures.

Art Exhibit Launched Throughout the District MADDY MOORE Hoya Staff Writer

The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities launched the second public art exhibition of the 5x5 Project on Sept. 6. The exhibition, an art festival which cost the DCCAH $500,000, features pieces from 25 artists at various locations around the city, and they will be on display until December 2014.

The five curators, Lance Fung, Shamim Momin, Justine Topfer, Stephanie Sherman and A.M. Weaver, were selected through a competitive process during which an expert selection committee reviewed and selected the artists’ projects, in 2013. Each curator selected five pieces to display, giving the 5x5 arts festival its name. There are 5x5 art projects located throughout D.C., including at the National Gallery of Art, the Lincoln Center and in Dupont Circle.

DCCAH Executive Director Lionell

Thomas said that the curators were specifically chosen to bring different perspectives to the neighborhoods of the city and engage with their art communities.

“Each of the five curators has been partnered with various D.C.based programming and community partners in order to engage a variety of constituents throughout the city,” Thomas wrote in an email.

“Some of the artists have taken up temporary residence in the very neighborhoods where they have installed in order to engage with the community.”

In addition to community engagement, Thomas said the 5x5 Project aims to draw attention to major social justice issues affecting the Washington, D.C. community and the world at large.

“Major global issues that are addressed in 5x5 include social justice, environmental, racial identity and perceptions, heroic acts, racial and global politics, gentrification and

displacement, history and of course artistic freedom,” Thomas wrote.

The festival first launched at the Cherry Blossom Festival in 2012, when it reached all eight of the city’s wards and attracted over 5,000 residents and visitors. Thomas deemed the festival a success and credited it with expanding the District art scene by inspiring similar exhibits and working with community organizations such as Sasha Bruce House and Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus.

“One thing for certain is that D.C. is emerging as a city where its residents demand a lifestyle that includes world class arts and cultural experiences and outlets,” Thomas wrote in an email.

With this second installation, Thomas said he hoped the projects would continue to introduce more people to the arts and provoke strong responses from the community.

A found-art storefront instal-

lation by Abigail DeVille, a black artist from the Bronx, received backlash from its surrounding neighborhood in Anacostia for being offensive and aesthetically displeasing. Deville said that the work, criticized for resembling junk, was intended to be an image of the Great Migration of black Americans forced north to escape the Jim Crow South and of gentrification.

“It’s one of our main thoroughfares, and people walk down the street and look through the window and see what appears to be junk,” D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) told The Washington Post. “It’s embarrassing.”

The DCCAH agreed to respect the wishes of the neighborhood and take the art installation down.

“We don’t expect everyone to love all of it, and we respect the views of those that vocally oppose some of the aesthetic and messaging that the work conveys,” Thomas

wrote.“This is what 5x5 is about — it is an artistic and conceptual means of revealing beauty and prompting discourse. 5x5 breaks new ground for what public art could and perhaps should be.”

Czarina Ramos (COL ’16), an art minor, said the project offered an important contribution to public art in Washington, D.C., by promoting local artists.

“It’s fabulous that we have a really thriving art collection, dealing with, of course, the National Gallery with all of its Renaissance art and art from all over the world. I feel like local artists, at least from a Georgetown student’s point of view,we don’t get a lot of exposure to those kinds of movements,” Ramos said. “It really brings together all parts of D.C., all wards, and it gives a chance for D.C. to highlight all of the different styles and perspectives of the artists that come through here.”

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Microbiology and immunology professor Daniel Lucey will speak at a symposium on the west African Ebola crisis, to be held in the Intercultural Center on Tuesday. Lucey spent three weeks in Freetown, Sierra Leone, giving training sessions on how to properly use protective equipment when treating Ebola patients.

Back From Sierra Leone, Expert to Speak on Ebola Katherine Richardson Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown will hold a symposium on the Ebola crisis on Tuesday in the Intercultural Center, featuring various doctors, policy makers and experts on infectious disease and global crises.

One perspective that the symposium will highlight is that of microbiology and immunology professor Daniel Lucey, who just returned from three weeks in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as part of the Ebola emergency response. He will soon return to Liberia, where he will work with Doctors Without Borders.

While on site in Freetown, Lucey gave training sessions twice a day on how to properly use personal protective equipment to prevent infection while treating patients. Lucey said that the lack of resources and poor equipment created some large health challenges and concerns.

“There’s no air conditioning, of course, and it’s summer in Sierra Leone and it’s the rainy season but it’s just hot, hot, hot. You put on all this equipment and you begin sweating profusely before you

ever set foot into seeing the patients,” Lucey said. “We have these little flimsy gloves that tear easily.

We have goggles that have been re-bleached so many times that you cant see out of them, plus you sweat so much that they got fogged up but you don’t have any anti-fog spray. How can you work if you cant see?”

According to Lucey, many of the doctors and health care providers he worked with had friends and colleagues who lost their lives from Ebola. A group of nurses who have lost many colleagues to the virus travelled over five hours to attend the training session.

“To me, it’s very humbling offering this training to health care providers who already have colleagues who are dead from the virus, but they knew what they were getting into, because now everyone knows what Ebola does,” Lucey said.

Lucey said he hopes that the symposium will allow experts to learn from one another and collaborate in new ways.

“So many people at Georgetown have done so much good over so many years, and preparing and responding to not just infectious

disease, but other humanitarian crises not related to infectious diseases and not necessarily related to health,” Lucey said. “It’s wonderful to be able to collaborate and play to this synergy of strengths that Georgetown has.”

The four-hour event will include opening and closing remarks and two panels entitled “Historical, Social and Political-Economic Reasons for the Devastating Impact of the Ebola Virus in West Africa” and “Where do we go from here: Greater Implications of the Ebola Crisis.”

The symposium will also include a Skype call with the president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who was scheduled to speak here at an African business forum in August that was cancelled as a result of the epidemic.

John Monahan (CAS ’83, LAW ’87), senior adviser to University President John J. DeGioia for global health and a senior fellow in the McCourt School of Public Policy helped plan the event, and said that he hopes it will help educate members of the community about the virus and its implications.

“The Ebola outbreak in west Africa is a catastrophe that has received

widespread attention and that has profound health, social, economic and political consequences,” Monahan wrote in an email. “As a result, the planning team believed that a symposium would provide students, faculty and others with an opportunity to learn more about Ebola epidemic, understand why it has unfolded in the manner that it has and consider ways to mitigate the terrible impact of the virus on west African communities.”

Steven Radelet, the Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development and director of the SFS Global Human Development Program, also helped organize the event and said that Georgetown’s diverse faculty will help provide a robust variety of perspectives on this issue.

“There are just a lot of students and faculty and others in the university community that are concerned about this, interested in this, want to better understand what’s happening and better understand what they can do,” Radelet said. “We thought that this was a good opportunity to bring together the various people that are working on it in different ways to try to

inform the broader university community about what’s happening, why and where it might go.”

Radelet said that he hopes it will help motivate attendees to take action.

“Our goal is twofold, that the Georgetown community understands what is happening and the seriousness of what is happening, not only for West Africa, but how it effects all of us in some ways,” Radelet said. “The second, beyond just informing us better, at least for some people, it will spur them to more action of encouraging a greater response, whether it’s fundraising, writing to members of Congress, asking the White House to do more or encouraging a stronger public response so that people and organizations around the world will accelerate their efforts to move forward. That kind of action can be really powerful.”

The event is sponsored by the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, McCourt School of Public Policy, Department of Biology, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Office of the President.

GU Considers Multi-Million Dollar Interfaith Center Laura Owsiany

the group’s work.

“We have a problem of visibility,” Bassam Sidiki (COL ’16), co-chair of the ISA said.

Plans to build a new Interfaith Prayer “We really do need a center because, as coCenter on Georgetown’s campus are in the chair of the ISA, what I’ve noticed is people works because of a growing need for an on Georgetown’s campus are so ingrained interfaith space sparked over the past few in their own faith tradition and feel so years, according to Vice President for Mis- comfortable in it that they don’t feel the sion and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. need to explore other traditions.”

“At present we are assessing the limited Sidiki hopes the center will not only draw options for the location of the center. We religious students, but those questioning need space which is accessible for students, their spirituality or faith identities. yet quiet enough for a prayer center,” “Not everyone, even if you are for examO’Brien wrote in an email. “We imagine ple, Muslim or Jewish, actually goes to the space big enough for several prayer rooms, services of their particular faith tradition a common gathering area, and a kitchen. on campus. [There are] some who are still Our hope is that the center will be an inter- exploring, and I feel like the center should faith gathering space for all students, both target those people who are exploring this for prayer, study question of seeing and conversation.” their own identity A list of locain terms of faith,” tions for potential Sidiki said. construction will Niki Khandheria be available mid-se(NHS ’17), interfaith mester after further chair for the Hindu planning between Student AssociaCampus Ministry tion, agreed. and the Office of “Interfaith is not Planning and Facilijust about religion, ties Management. it’s also about havDirector of Jewish ing conversations Chaplaincy Rabbi with people who Rachel Gartner are not religious. I mentioned plans feel like sometimes NIKI KHANDHERIA (NHS ’17) Chair for the Hindu Student Association for the center in those students Washington Jewish don’t have a space Week last week, saying the Interfaith Cen- where they can go and think and reflect on ter would offer more space and lounging spirituality and religion,” Khandheria said. area for students.

Khandheria also said while there is room Gartner told Washington Jewish Week for progress, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu the Jewish Chaplaincy would have to raise students are well accepted at Georgetown. $1.5 million to contribute its share to the “Even though Georgetown is a Catholic center.

University, I still feel that Hindu, Jewish, According to O’Brien, Campus Ministry Buddhist and Muslim students have very vihas already begun fundraising, but the ex- brant communities. As the interfaith chair act cost of the center is to be determined. for the Hindu Students Association, I don’t “This is a multi-million dollar project, feel a weaker presence compared to other the exact cost will be determined when the faith groups on campus,” Khandheria said. plans are fixed,” O’Brien wrote.

The ISA currently meets in the Jewish Further student involvement will also prayer space, Makom, in the Leavey Student follow more exact planning, O’Brien said.

Center, as does the HSA. Khandheria and “We are working to develop a permanent Sidiki agree that specified interfaith space Interfaith Prayer Center that will meet the would help further the mission of the ISA. growing needs of our Jewish, Muslim and “The goal of the ISA is not only to stress Hindu students in the future and continue similarities between faith traditions but to fulfill our longstanding commitment to also the fact that we can live together derespect the faith traditions of all of our stu- spite our differences and we can learn to dents,” O’Brien wrote. disagree respectfully,” Sidiki said. “I think Members of the Interfaith Student Asso- if a center like that is there, that would be ciation said that they are supportive of a a really good place where students can do center, which would increase awareness of that.”

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Clockwise from bottom left: Students created a memorial for Andrea Jaime (NHS ’17) in Red Square; Jaime shares a meal with friends at The Tombs; Jaime poses with friends during cherry blossom season; Jaime’s door on Copley 5 was turned into a memorial, adorned with pictures and notes; Jaime enjoyed running to the monuments.

Aspiring Doctor Exhibited Focus, Exuberance JAIME, from A1 we were studying in [Regents Hall] really late, she’d tell me that she’d sometimes watch surgeries or sometimes watch strange case studies shows and medical shows. She was really into helping people, and she couldn’t wait to get out and start helping people.”

Jaime was a member of the Georgetown University Grilling Society and the Georgetown Scholarship Program, and was interested in joining Hearts for Heroes, an organization that provides financial and spiritual assistance to returning veterans. She participated in Community Scholars, a five-week academic summer program for incoming freshmen, and was a Gates Millenium Scholarship recipient.

Jaime also loved to exercise, and was on the varsity soccer and varsity volleyball teams in high school. At Georgetown, she particularly enjoyed running with friends.

Jannati said that Jaime was always there to motivate her while they worked out together.

“She’s very energetic, she is a hard worker,” Jannati said. “She would always say, ‘You can’t slack off.’ We had a plan to work out, to study, to get things done or go to Yates. If she makes a plan, we’re going to do it. She was always determined and she always had goals in mind and she followed through.”

Jannati recalled the regular runs that she would take with Jaime to the monuments.

“Every time we got there, toward the end, I’d say, ‘I’m tired. Can we slow down and walk this part?’ For her, it was like, ‘No.’ She’d run the hardest in the last 10 minutes,” Jannati said. “I think that sums her up a little bit because she always pushed hard at the end. It didn’t matter if she was tired, she still pushed on.”

Mansi Vohra (NHS ’17), another close friend, said she remembers a moment she shared with Jaime on a particularly scenic run on a trail

along the Potomac.

“It was one of the most beautiful trails I have ever been on. … Just like being there with her, and taking it in, and going on an amazing run, that will always be my favorite memory because it was just such a beautiful trail with such a beautiful person,” Vohra said. “I’m probably going to go running there again just to remember her.”

According to Vohra, Jaime’s dedicated, hardworking attitude was present in both her social and academic life.

“She was such a hard worker, because she just pushed herself when she went to the gym, pushed herself in the classroom,” Vohra said. “She had a goal of being a doctor, and nothing brought that goal down.

Not a bad grade, nothing.”

In addition to being a hardworking and focused student, Jaime is remembered as bubbly and optimistic, even when it came to her rigorous course load.

“Her closest friends will remember

Panelists Discuss Ferguson FERGUSON, from A1 Ground,” featured Jamelle Bouie, a staff writer for Slate Magazine, Deloris Wilson (LAW ’16) of the Georgetown University Black Law Students Association, Director of Civic Engagement and Politics for the Center for Popular Democracy Katrina Gamble, Jiva Manske of Amnesty International and sociology major Brandon Anderson (COL ’14).

The panelists shared their stories and experiences with racism in America. Gamble described how people of color are sometimes pulled over by police offers more often and given tickets, perpetuating the cycle of poverty as lower-income individuals struggle to afford to pay the fine. If an individual is pulled over again without paying previous tickets, he or she will be prosecuted.

“You’re criminalized.

You’re put in jail for basically being black and poor.

The bench warrant system in that area is a really good example of intersections of both the economic oppression and the racial oppression and its interaction with the law, how it suppressed those communities,” Gamble said. “It is very much a modern day debtor’s prison for people of color.”

The panelists were unanimous in their critique of police brutality and racial profiling, a problem seen not only in Ferguson but also throughout the country.

“We have created a system where if you are black or brown, if you are low income, you essentially no longer have Fourth Amendment rights. You are subject to the police force, essentially at every stage of your life, and that’s a problem,” Bouie said.

Wilson pointed at the problems within the Fourth Amendment, which states that the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects,

against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

She noted that the words “unreasonable” and “probable cause” gave police officers room to exercise subjectivity in their decision, which she believes to be a flaw in the amendment and indicative of the failure in the field of law to protect citizens’ rights. After reading old cases in her law school class, Wilson said she has become somewhat disillusioned by the law.

“You’re in a class of 120

“You’re put in jail for basically being black and poor.”

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people, and probably 117 of them really believe in a law and look up to the law, and see the law as their saving grace and the foundation of all that is right and true in the world,” Wilson said. “But those, mainly for the few individuals that are black ... the law is not necessarily the saving grace for me, because I have seen the law fail me on multiple occasions.”

Manske, who travelled to Ferguson when the riots broke out, said that the images of violence played on the news were not what he witnessed while on the ground.

“All I saw was non-violent protest,” he said.

He pointed to the power of the police to instigate violence at their disposal.

“I didn’t see anything that

was instigated by the protesters, and I think that that’s something that’s important to recognize because police officers have an obligation to police protests and a whip to facilitate protests,” Manske said.

He described how the scrutiny of the victim Michael Brown reveals a deep flaw in American society.

“The fact that Mike Brown has to prove his worth in being a victim of a shooting, that’s indicative of that broader structural racism in the society that we live in,” Manske said.

Hannah Gerdes (SFS ’16), who attended the event, commended how it offered further opportunities for students to get involved, such as the BLSA’s goal to hold “500 Meetings for Justice.” Aiming to promote conversations about race and police brutality, the BLSA has launched a twitter hashtag, called #roadto500, encouraging members of the community to ask for 500 meetings on these issues.

“With the reputation of these kinds of events in our country, it’s really frustrating to sometimes feel like no one’s listening to each other, we’re not getting anywhere,” Gerdes said. “So even just small steps that they gave — the panelists gave — are very encouraging and I think hopefully it’s something multiple people can get on board with.”

After the panel, Wilson said that she thought the event was a success. At the beginning of the four-hour event Copley Formal Lounge was packed, but by the last hour the crowd had dwindled to about 15 people by the last hour.

“I hope to see more of these, and I think with the Black Law Students Association and Georgetown Law, our Road to 500 initiative, will definitely help propel people to host events like this, so we can see more in the future,” Wilson said.

her as someone who was honest and forward, but with such a humor that you were guaranteed endless laughter when you were with her,” Sandra Martinez (NHS ’17), a friend of Jaime, wrote in an email. “She was someone who knew how to have fun, whether that was at a Saturday night party or a Saturday night in Lau.” Jaime became close friends with her peer adviser in the NHS Madhav Paul (NHS ’16), who noted her enthusiasm and her infectious laugh.

“If she would get excited about something, it would just be all of a sudden and all at once and she would just explode with excitement and start talking about it,” Paul said. “She would go off on tangents and her enthusiasm was really contagious. Every time she would explode like that, you couldn’t help but laugh and just appreciate how much she was talking about whatever she was talking about.”

The university held a prayer service in remembrance of Jaime on Tuesday

evening in Dahlgren Quad. University President John J. DeGioia, Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., Rabbi Rachel Gartner and Center for Multicultural Equity Access Assistant Director for Academic and Student Support Services Cinthya Salazar spoke at the service.

“The NHS, we pride ourselves on being so small and being such a small community. I think the majority of the 2017 class of the NHS was at that vigil,” Snow said. “We were all there for each other. In our classes, there’s definitely a somber mood.”

Those close to Jaime stressed that the memory of their friend will live on with them.

“I will not say, ‘She was loved.’

She is loved, because the love of her friends and family has not diminished because she is gone,” Martinez wrote. “It is still present and will remain with us.”

Hoya Staff Writer Suzanne Monyak contributed reporting.

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University Confirms Bacterial Meningitis on Campus MENINGITIS, from A1 ly gave the antibiotic just to a small group of individuals who had lived in close contact with Jaime, such as her roommate and her close friends, before they received confirmation of the meningitis as bacterial.

“We were advised at that time by the Department of Health and by the hospital that doing a wider offering of Cipro didn’t make sense because there was no evidence of this bacteria. And now that we know that there is, in my conference call today with the CDC, I asked them about [Copley 5], and I described to them exactly what the living arrangements are like on the fifth floor,” Welsh said at the meeting.“And to be perfectly honest, they didn’t say you must take an antibiotic. They said it would be OK to offer the antibiotic to the residents of that floor.”

Possible side effects of the antibiotic include nausea, mild diarrhea, stomach pain, dizziness and headache, according to information distributed to Copley 5 residents by the university. The antibiotic is also prescribed to treat many other ailments. Although many American teenagers receive a vaccine for bacterial meningitis, there is not currently a licensed vaccine in the United States that protects against the serogroup B strain.

Welsh initially informed the campus community Wednesday that it was unlikely Jaime’s case of meningitis had been bacterial, writing in a university-wide email that “to date, all test results in this case are negative for bacterial meningitis” and that “each day that passes without positive bacterial growth in the tests further decreases the likelihood that this was a case of bacterial meningitis.”

Tests of the meningitis at Georgetown University MedStar Hospital produced uncertain results, and the university sent the results to the CDC for further testing, which confirmed a bacterial diagnosis.

“The CDC ran some tests that were not available at the hospital

or at the District of Columbia Department of Health that confirmed that this meningitis was caused by meningococcal bacteria,” Welsh said at Thursday night’s floor meeting.

The strain of bacterial meningitis identified by the university is the same type that was present at Princeton University, Drexel University in Philadelphia and the University of California, Santa Barbara, last year. According to the CDC, eight cases of meningitis were confirmed at Princeton and four were confirmed at USCB. At Drexel, the one confirmed case of meningitis last March was fatal. “[The CDC] got special permission to offer that vaccine at both schools when it was de-

“The health office was willing to give out the antibiotic to anyone who wanted it.”

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termined that the outbreaks were ongoing and more cases were likely to occur,” Alison Albert, health communications specialist for the Division of Bacterial Diseases at the CDC, wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Welsh said that there have been no other cases of meningitis on campus.

“It is the only case of meningitis that Georgetown has, and we have no evidence that there is an outbreak,” he said.

One confirmed case of meningitis is not necessarily indicative of an oncoming outbreak. According to the CDC, only about 2 percent of cases of meningococcal diseases are caused by outbreaks, with the remainder of the cases occurring sporadically.

According to the CDC, there is no environment risk to Georgetown students, and no further action will be required of the university

regarding the fifth floor of Copley.

“With just one case, there’s not much that would happen,” Albert wrote. “If it is meningococcal meningitis, antibiotics would be offered to close contacts of the person who became ill. And it’s common to just see one isolated case with no more cases occurring or leading to an outbreak.

The last confirmed case of bacterial meningitis on Georgetown’s campus occurred over 20 years ago, according to Welsh.

In the email sent late Thursday night confirming the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, Welsh and Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson advised the community to follow stringent hygiene measures and delineated potential symptoms.

“Signs and symptoms of bacterial meningitis can include high fever, headache, vomiting or stiff neck,” the email read. “Signs and symptoms of a bloodstream infection, which these bacteria can also cause, can include vomiting, chills, rapid breathing, or dark purple rash. These symptoms can develop over several hours, or they may take a few days.”

After experiencing a cold for two weeks, Jaime discovered Friday that she had 105-degree fever. Mansi Vohra (NHS ’17), one of Jaime’s close friends, took her to the emergency room Friday.

“They gave her an IV and they gave her ibuprofen for the pain, and she was released from the hospital because her fever had climbed down to 98.6 degrees, and then on Saturday she was fine,” Vohra said.

Jaime woke up Sunday morning experiencing body aches and other flu-like symptoms. She returned to the hospital, where doctors gave her a spinal tap and confirmed that she had meningitis.

Students, including floormates, have taken the medication and visited the health center to be safe.

Aaron Ravin (COL ’17), a Henle resident who spent time with one of Jaime’s former roommates this weekend, visited the Student Health Center at 11:30 p.m. Thurs-

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The Student Health Center remained open until 2 a.m. early Friday to provide antibiotics to students after the university’s announcement. day but did not end up taking the antibiotic offered to him.

“The guy at the health office assured us her roommates and friends had all been tested and no one had come back as having had it,” Ravin said. “The health office was willing to give out the antibiotic to anyone who wanted it for peace of mind.”

Casey Nolan (COL ’17), a Copley 5 resident, said that the floor meeting settled her concerns.

“I was a little worried at first because bacteria was one of the

deadliest forms, but then when [Dr. Welsh] explained how difficult it us to catch it, I figured I’m probably OK,” she said.

Lauren Gilmore (NHS ’17), another resident of Copley 5, agreed, but said that she still plans to take the antibiotic as a precaution.

“I would rather be safe than sorry,” she said.

Anyone exhibiting symptoms, which can occur suddenly, is advised to immediately visit the Student Health Center or visit the nearest emergency room.

Metro Launches Mobile Payment App Piano Bar Maddy Moore Hoya Staff Writer

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced the launch of a pilot program Sept. 9 that allows riders to make mobile payments.

Although the pilot program will not officially begin until January 2015 and will only be available at select metro stops and bus routes, it could become the standard method of payment if the program proves successful.

A collaboration between Metro and Accenture, which creates high-performance technology for businesses, the program allows riders to pay for transit using near-field communication technology, which involves radio communication between mobile devices by tapping two devices together. With the app, riders can pay for their trips with specific smartphones, NFC-enabled watches, federal ID cards and various credit and debit cards, according to a WMATA press release. The metro app will be made possible with Apple’s release of the iPhone 6, which will be able to make mobile payments. “[This] means new fare gates that can allow passengers to pay with Google Wallet, credit cards with chips, etc.,” WMATA spokesperson Caroline Laurin wrote in an email. “Once the technology has been tested to our satisfaction, we will begin introducing the technology across the system.”

Installation of the new fare gates will begin in October.

Shady Grove, Eisenhower Avenue, Bethesda, Pentagon City, Pentagon, Ballston, Gallery Place (7th & F), Farragut West, Navy Yard and Suitland are the 10 metro stations selected for the launch

along with six Metrobus routes.

The pilot hopes to involve at least 2,000 riders.

“We plan on rolling out the pilot in the coming months in 10 of our Metrorail stations as well as on 37 buses and a small number of parking garages,” Laurin wrote. “This is just a pilot and will only impact the customers who are participating in the pilot.”

Some Georgetown students are hopeful about the increased accessibility provided by the program because they frequently use the metro to commute from campus to internships and jobs.

“I was constantly refilling my SmarTrip Card and missing trains to and from work to stand at a kiosk and refill my card,” Sara Margolis (COL ’16) wrote in an email. “It would be convenient to be able to refill my SmarTrip from my phone on my walk to work and save myself a few minutes and get on the first train.”

Eliza Dong (MSB ’15) agreed, adding that it would help save time in lines at popular metro stops.

“The lines at Rosslyn can be crazy,” Dong said. “And when I forget my metro card, it would be nice if I can just swipe through using my iPhone.”

Earlier this year, the WMATA announced that they will phase out paper farecards in favor of SmarTrip cards over the next 18 months. Michael Mischke (SFS ’16) said that he thought that the convenience of the SmarTrip card eliminated the need for an app.

“I intern three days a week, so I take the metro pretty frequently.

I already have a refillable Metro card, which is very convenient.

Since I can put a lot of money on the card I can go for long periods without refilling it, so I don’t re-

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Metro riders will be able to make payments using a mobile app at select metro stops beginning in January 2015. ally think about it,” Mischke said.

“I don’t see any particular need for a metro app.”

If the pilot program is successful, WMATA plans on installing and replacing all old fare gates starting as early as 2017.

The metro system in Austin, Texas developed a similar app in November 2012 called Capital Metro,

which allowed users to purchase fares from their smartphones.

“The replacement of outmoded technology is expected to result in faster, more reliable fare payment for thousands of riders each day as they travel through Metro’s rail, bus and parking systems,” WMATA wrote in a press release.

basement space that used to be Modern has been otherwise transformed.

“While it’s the same space, when you come inside, you won’t recognize it as Modern,” he said.

Ben Rosse, a new waiter at Mr. Smith’s who was not at the old location, said that his restaurant and bar still expects to see Georgetown studentsat its K Street location, but did admit that the restaurant has seen a drop in business since its move.

“I believe that we will attract Georgetown students,” Rosse said.

“We still have a decent amount of Chadwicks regulars coming in, like every day, but business-wise, it’s definitely been a little slow.”

According to McGrath, Georgetown Piano Bar also has yet to see a significant customer base from Georgetown.

“We would like all the students to come in and say hello, and we would like to establish with them the same relationship that we had down the street,” he said.

Tessa Pulaski (SFS ’15) noted that while she was not particularly attached to the restaurant side of Mr. Smith’s, she was intrigued by the larger space available in the piano bar.

“I’d like [the bar built around the piano] because the last one used to get super crowded, and that sounds like a better layout,” she said.

Hoya Staff Writer Kshithij Shrinath contributed reporting.

GUPD BLOTTER Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 Theft, New Research Building, 6:45 a.m.

A staff member reported the theft of property from the listed location. This case is being handled by MPD. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014

cation. This case is being handled by MPD.

pital for treatment. This case is being handled by MPD

Drug Violation, Village A, 4:50 p.m.

Illegal narcotics were recovered from a room in the listed location. This case has been referred to student conduct.

Monday, Sept. 15, 2014

Theft, Darnall Hall, 8:00 a.m.

A student reported the theft of a bicycle from the listed location. No suspects or witnesses have been identified.

Burglary, New South, 10 p.m.

A student reported that an unknown person(s) entered into their residence and stole a backpack. No suspects or witnesses have been identified.

Friday, Sept. 12, 2014

Saturday, Sept. 13

Theft, Darnall Hall, 3:00 p.m.

A student reported the theft of a scooter from the listed lo-

Assault, M Street, 1:31 a.m.

A student was assaulted and was transported to an area hos-

Theft, Lauinger Library, 3:15 p.m.

A non-GU affiliate reported the theft of a jacket that was left unattended in the listed location. No suspects or witnesses have been identified.

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2014 Theft, Volta Place NW, 8:45 p.m.

An unknown suspect entered the house of a non-GU affiliate and store a set of keys.

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GUSA Promotes Diversity With Multicultural Council Ashley Miller Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association created a Multicultural Council this year to foster a robust interaction with cultural groups on campus.

The Multicultural Council played a large role in the platform of current GUSA President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) and Vice President Omika Jikaria (SFS ’15) during the executive race this past spring. Tezel and Jikaria placed an emphasis on giving a larger voice to students and organizations representing cultural diversity on campus.

According to Multicultural Council Chair Eng Gin Moe (SFS ’16), GUSA has not always reflected Georgetown’s cultural diversity, with certain cultural groups lacking full representation.

“Student government, by definition, is supposed to represent each and every single person on our campus,” Moe wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We, however, see that cultural groups and the multicultural community have not been well-represented in the policies and mindset of past GUSA administrations.”

The council is comprised of six

representatives, chosen based on their prominence in their respective cultural communities.

“We are also in constant interaction with people from those [cultural] communities,” Deputy Chair Rodrigo Gonzalez (SFS ’15) said.“The Multicultural Council has six representatives and we pick those representatives based on their involvement in their communities. … And we pick in order to really connect with those groups and with those people.”

Ayodele Aruleba (COL ’17) is a representative from the African Society of Georgetown, “My experience as a coordinator on the council has been great because I get to interact with a group of student leaders that put great value on working with cultural groups and the greater campus community to bring the issues surrounding multiculturalism and diversity on campus to the forefront of Georgetown,” Aruleba wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Any cultural group on campus is also able to choose a representative to take part in council meetings to speak about any issues their group is facing.

“Each group commits one person, one of their own in the com-

munity, to come to a larger group meeting where hopefully every single cultural group at Georgetown will be represented and then can air their opinions about the state of things,” Gonzalez said.

The council also seeks to help with collaboration by serving as a resource for each cultural group, including providing guidance for event planning. At the beginning

“It’s nice that there is a unifying body that is representing us all.”

Beatrice fabris (col ’16) President of Brilliantly British

of this semester, the council hosted the World’s Fair, a major collaborative event between cultural groups on campus.

“We put them in contact with the people they want to talk to and then hopefully they’ll put on a great event and it will be for the better off of the greater Georgetown community,” Gonzalez said.

One main issue that the council plans to change this year is the Student Activities Commission’s funding structure. Currently, SAC dedicates 40 percent of each student group’s budget for food events, which according to Moe, can be problematic.

“This food calculator can hurt cultural groups for two reasons,” Moe wrote. “First, cultural groups usually have food at a higher percentage of their events due to the importance of food to many different cultures. Secondly, cultural food can and often does cost more than Domino’s pizza. As a result of these two issues, the low priority on food can be a barrier to cultural groups.”

According to Moe, the council is working with Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson to create a group that may create cultural funding group.

The council hopes to make concrete changes over the course of the semester, according to Gonzalez.

“The aim is for this to not be all talk,” Gonzalez said. They plan to have continuous interactions through four biweekly working groups that deal with topics such as academics, funding, student life and cross-cultural collaboration.”

Brilliantly British Club President Beatrice Fabris (COL ’16), along with other club leaders, gave feedback to the Multicultural Council throughout its development and said that she is hopeful about the role the new council will play on campus.

“We think it’s a great idea to promote cultural engagement, particularly with all the diverse cultures that Georgetown has to offer and especially because every culture has its own sort of regimented tradition and what have you, it’s nice that there is a unifying body that in theory is representing us all,” Fabris said.

Aruleba said that the council allows student clubs to have more of a voice in student government and on campus.

“The Multicultural Council has done a very good job in giving people who are a part of cultural clubs unparalleled access to the leaders within GUSA,” Aruleba said. “Having people who are involved within the various cultural communities around campus as a part GUSA has created a line of communication that will continue to be an integral part of the success of the Multicultural Council.”

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Cab-hailing app Hailo implemented a limited time discount program on Sept. 8 that cuts weekday fare prices by 50 percent for D.C.-area rides taken between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hailo, a free app co-founded by three taxi drivers which allows users to order taxi rides through their smartphones, is aiming to increase the use of traditional cab services in light of increased competition from Uber and other services. The discount follows shortly after digital dispatch service Uber’s decision to permanently slash UberX fare prices by 15 percent effective Aug. 18. As the D.C. Taxicab Commission standardizes D.C. taxicab fares, Hailo will pay out of pocket for this temporary program, though the company did not specify an end date for the promotion.

“It would appear that Hailo is attempting to compete on price to drive customer demand,” D.C. Taxicab Commission spokesperson Neville Waters said.

The app currently operates in five metropolitan areas in the United States, including a location that encompasses Washington, D.C., and its suburbs in Arlington, Va., Alexandria, Va., and Prince George’s

County, Md. The company competes against both traditional cab companies such as Curb and Yellow Taxi and ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft.

While ordering a cab through Hailo dispatches a standard D.C. taxi driver, Uber and Lyft dispatch drivers in their personal vehicles.

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“I don’t think Hailo’s fare cut will really affect or change my preference for riding Uber.”

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Co-President Kevin Hatfield, Hailo is the more secure option because of the rigid licensing procedures in place for taxicab drivers, while Uber has recently come under fire for not properly screening its drivers.

“We think of it as creative disruption,” Hatfield said to In the Capital.

“The push is to be fair and equitable with fully licensed drivers.”

Hatfield added that Hailo targets customers who prefer taxis over pri-

vate vehicles, as Uber and Lyft have faced challenges from city councils for being an unlicensed taxi service.

Publicity for the promotion included an appearance from Jimmy McMillan, who rose to fame in New York as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, on Sept. 8 in front of the Verizon Center.

Students offered mixed reactions to the promotion.

Justin Abello (COL ’17) said he felt his familiarity with Uber would keep him loyal to the service.

“I don’t think Hailo’s fare cut will really affect or change my preference for riding Uber,” Abello said.

“I’d definitely look into it, but I’d still probably use Uber because my friends and I have all been active users of it so far.”

On the other hand, Gayoung Jeong (SFS ’16) expressed enthusiasm for the discount program but added that the timing of the discount was less attractive for students, compared to other prospective users of the app.

“Even though I usually find the need for a cab or Uber in the evenings, if I have to go out somewhere during the times when the discounts are in effect, I’d definitely consider ordering a cab,” Jeong said. “It’d be better, though, to offer the same discount prices during evening rides.”

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Startup Delivers Just Enough Sports News Kim Bussing Hoya Staff Writer

When Tommy Schmitz (COL ’07) first began brainstorming his sportsrelated startup, he settled on an unusual target: those least interested in sports.

The resultant Enough Sports, which launched this year, provides daily sports news in two minutes or less, envisioned with the intent of aiding interviewees and filling awkward silences.

“Sometimes people get into situations where someone is talking about sports and they have to awkwardly back out of conversation, particularly in the business world,” Schmitz said. “Non-sports fan go to board meetings where people are chatting about the game last night.

We wanted to give them just enough sports news that they need to know every day.”

Schmitz, who majored in American studies at Georgetown before studying entrepreneurship at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, heavily credited his time on the Hilltop with giving him the initiative to create a startup.

“The American Studies program was awesome for me because it was interdisciplinary. It allowed you to create your own curriculum, so there was a hint of entrepreneurship there. It allowed you to fit puzzle pieces together and to look at things from a new angle,” Schmitz said.

“Enough Sports brought together a hypothesis around media and sports and how to integrate technology.

Interdisciplinary degrees teach you how to do that.”

Schmitz’s hypothesis is one reflected in the majority of modern

popular news sources, including Buzzfeed and theSkimm, a consolidated newsletter sent to your email inbox daily. Short-form content, which Schmitz believes is a result of current social media trends like Twitter, is replacing the traditional news medium.

“Once we launched, a lot of people said, ‘This reminds me of theSkimm,’” Schmitz said. “It just points to broader trends. People want shortform, quick, when they want it, at their fingertips.”

“We’re giving you exactly what you need, as soon as you wake up.”

TOmmy schmitz (COL ’07) Founder of Enough Sports

Once they came up with the concept, Schmitz and his business partner, who preferred to remain anonymous, focused on realizing Enough Sports, opting for what would be the solution that would address the need they saw for instant sports news, in the quickest and least expensive way.

“We thought maybe there’s a way to solve it without building an app, so we figured out the fastest, cheapest way to figure it out,” Schmitz said. “We spent a weekend and built a website quickly and integrated with MailChimp.”

After sending out emails to colleges to recruit writers — including current Georgetown students — the Enough Sports team had assembled a staff and a business model that almost immediately gained traction

with an unexpected variety of demographics.

From venture capitalists in Silicon Valley to real estate agents in Florida, user feedback proved Schmitz’s hypothesis on the value of consolidated news.

“A large majority of people enjoy it because it saves them time, like busy professionals or college students who are too busy to watch ‘Sports Center’ or don’t feel like flicking through Twitter in reverse chronological order,” Schmitz said. “We’re giving you exactly what you need, as soon as you wake up. Here’s the story and here’s why it matters.”

Among Schmitz’s current writers is Bethany Blakeman (COL ’16), who contributes stories to Enough Sports on Monday through Thursday and echoes the advantages of having at least a general knowledge of basic sports information.

“I find that many people who aren’t interested in sports are held back in the workplace due to a lack of knowledge and therefore fail to contribute to conversation,” Blakeman said. “It is also valuable to people, like many of my peers, who have a general knowledge of sports … but don’t have the time to check ESPN everyday.”

As Enough Sports continues to gain traction, Schmitz says their plans for expansion hinge on customer feedback, which has primarily centered around a demand for customizable newsletter based on current location or college team.

“You don’t want to be caught looking 10 steps ahead and not focusing on the present,” Schmitz said. “I think that right now the focus is on just making sure we’re providing a great service.”

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Tommy Schmitz founded Enough Sports, a daily newsletter that provides sports updates in two minutes or less.

Jesuit Restoration Anniversary Kicks Off Lecture Series Gene Choi

Hoya Staff Writer

Rev. John W. Padberg, S.J., delivered a lecture in Dahlgren Chapel to mark the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus on Thursday afternoon. Padberg delineated the history and evolution of the Jesuit community in the United States, and highlighted how the suppression of the Jesuits impacted the development of the society.

Padberg is director and editor of the Institute of Jesuit Sources in St. Louis, Mo., which has published numerous books on the history and spirituality of the Society of Jesus.

From 1975 to 1985, he served as president of Weston Jesuit School of Theology, a national theological center in Cambridge, Mass. He also served as founding president of the international Conference of Catholic Theological Institutions.

The lecture was the first in a series of lectures that are planned to further address Jesuit history and spread its core values. Vice President of Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., introduced the lecture, which he believes will foster a greater interest in faith on campus.

“We inaugurate the first of the many sacred lectures to come, on a range of topics which, as in days of old, construct and instruct and encourage our faith,” O’Brien said.

University President John J. De-

Gioia, who spoke at the event, emphasized the paramount significance that Jesuit values and history have on the Georgetown community.

“Without the persistence of the early Jesuits who endured suppression and the restoration, Georgetown would not be here and live to this day,” DeGioia said. “It is a privilege for Georgetown to be a part of this living, enduring tradition.”

In his lecture, Padberg highlighted the main reason for the suppression of the Society of Jesus in the late 18th century.

“Nationalists and regalists saw the Jesuits as an obstacle to establishing the church as an instrument of the state and subordinating it,” Padberg added.

Padberg discussed the three phases to Jesuit history — suppression, first informal phase of restoration and formal restoration. Suppression occurred mainly from 1759 until 1773, during which the Society of Jesus was outlawed and more than half the members of the society were dismissed. In 1814, the pope restored the Society of Jesus.

Although many Jesuits were suppressed, Jesuits today consider this period as an important stepping stone that placed the Society of Jesus on a path to spread their values farther than before.

“Suppression was good for us. It was good for us as a church,” assis-

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Rev. John W. Padberg, S.J., left, and Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., spoke at a lecture marking the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus. tant professor of history Rev. David Collins, S.J., said. “It transitioned us from a mission to a church.”

Archbishop John Carroll, S.J., the founder of Georgetown, lived among the few Jesuits after the suppression, He was disappointed by the status of the Society of Jesus in the United States and began forming groups and meetings to systematically organize a church and a

society.

“A group of priests begin meeting in White Marsh, which is currently Washington, D.C. They tried to figure out what this new church would look like. They decided there to establish Georgetown and other educational institutions,” Collins said. “This is where everything started and began to expand.”

The informal restoration of the Je-

suit society transitioned to a formal restoration in 1814. Conversations about how to organize and expand the Society of Jesus took place, and exiled Jesuits from Europe swarmed to America to help the cause.

“Suppression placed us on an apostle trajectory,” Collins said.

“Suppression and restoration were among the best things that could have happened to us.”

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The Rafik B. Hariri Building, home of the McDonough School of Business, celebrated its fifth anniversary Tuesday. The LEED-certified building, popular with students, has received plaudits for its design.

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PROFESSOR’S INDUSTRY IMPACT

Reena Aggarwal, a professor of finance and the director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy, has recently been offered a position on the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Financing and Capital for the 2014 to 2016 term. As a finance expert, Aggarwal will aid the council in identifying misallocations of financing and capital in global markets, specializing in reallocating capital for small- and medium-sized firms. The council is a part of more than 80 different Agenda Councils that work to address pressing long-term and shortterm concerns in their respective concentrations. Providing insight to the World Economic Forum and being invited to join these exclusive councils are high honors for any industry expert. See her column below.

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

The MSB’s customized nine-month executive education program, Aspiring Principals, has just been completed by a group of 10 District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) assistant principals and educators. This program, part of the Mary Jane Patterson Fellowship for high-performing DCPS employees who want to become principals, provides educators with the tools necessary to become effective principals.

In the following school year, fellows will serve as resident principals in two different schools, working with mentor principals in preparation for their own promotions to principals at District Public Schools.

BUSINESS HAS NO BORDERS

Georgetown MSB Dean David Thomas began his “Business Has No Borders Tour” in August, which will take him to six continents and a dozen countries to continue to promote Georgetown as a premier university for global business education. He will be speaking with alumni, CEOs, employers and prospective students to discuss Georgetown’s commitment to creating leaders with international interests. Locations that he will visit include London, Hong Kong, Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro.

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Both Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union (left) and The Corp finished their hiring seasons earlier this week. While acceptance rates for the former remained competitive, The Hilltoss opened up 15 additional spots in the Corp for potential employees.

Corp, GUASFCU Welcome New Hires KIM BUSSING Hoya Staff Writer

As the rigorous application season for on-campus clubs wraps up, Students of Georgetown Inc. and Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union are welcoming their fall 2014 new hires. While the latter’s acceptance rate continued to remain competitive, The Corp’s overall hiring rate increased because of additional positions available through The Hilltoss.

Of the around 200 applicants for GUASFCU — a higher number of potential interns than in the past — fewer than 20 were accepted.

“We are looking for someone who is passionate to learn and is looking for a great community to join,” GUAFSCU CEO Laura Krivacek (COL ’15) said. “We are not looking specifically for business school students.

I’m in the college and was a biology major when I joined.”

The typical hiring process remained the same — all applicants were invited for first-round interviews and several more were called back for second-round interviews be-

same result, of getting people to really turn out and get excited about joining The Corp,” Mezzino said.

Application numbers fell close to the normal range of between 360 to 380 applicants, with Corp leadership estimating 365 applicants this year. With The Hilltoss hiring more candidates to flesh out their staff, the Corp’s overall acceptance rate increased to almost 18 percent, up from last year’s 13 percent acceptance rate.

“The allocation of people to services was kind of different, depending on whether it was a bigger store or a smaller store. I think our smallest hiring class was IT, which was just two people, and the largest one was Hilltoss with 15. The second largest was Midnight Mug, which was 11,” Mezzino said.

Different storefronts were more selective, however, including Vittles, with 150 people applying for nine spots — a 6 percent acceptance rate — primarily because it is one of the more visible places on campus, Mezzino said.

Different services also sought different types of candidates that not only promised to be a good fit

for The Corp, but for that service’s specific culture. Along with store fit, professionalism and a sense of commitment were also taken into consideration across departments.

“The director of personnel organizes hiring process for each storefront. Their staffing needs are different,” Mezzino said. “The director of The Hilltoss has a term where she likes to say, she’s looking for someone with bright eyes.

She’ll go into detail and explain that just means people that are really motivated, really excited to be there, that are going to really commit and become part of the team.”

After rounds of putting up flyers, hosting coffee chats, receiving applications and interviewing, both Mezzino and Krivacek are looking forward to their welcoming their new hires to their respective organizations.

“It was definitely a really successful season for us. We’re really happy about the results, really happy about all of our new hires. I’ve had the opportunity to meet a few of them and I think it’s going to be a really great semester,” Mezzino said.

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fore final decisions were made. New efforts were made to give interested students a chance to experience GUASFCU culture before applying.

“We [hosted] optional coffee chats before interviews. If one of the applicants wanted to learn more about the credit union in a smaller setting, they were paired up with one of our current interns,” Krivacek said. “I believe they were a great success this year, and we look forward to continuing them next semester.”

The Corp also maintained traditional pre-interview processes, including dorm storming, passing out informational packets and putting up posters around campus, and Director of Human Resources Mike Mezzino (MSB ’15) credited Kickback, the Labor Day music festival hosted by The Corp and Welcome Week, as functioning as a large marketing push this semester.

“I don’t think we put maybe as much time into our hiring and marketing efforts as we have in previous years because we spent so much time on Kickback. But at the same time, I think it had the

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his week, the global financial Alipay lets users make payments and markets are buzzing with news even invest. So far, the company has foabout an initial public offering. cused on the large Chinese market, but The much talked about IPO isn’t for its ambitions are certainly global.

While Ma and other investors will Facebook or Twitter or any company you have probably heard of before — it benefit from the IPO, outside groups is for Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce will as well, especially financial institucompany specializing in everything tions.

The New York Stock Exchange beat from business-to-business web portals out other exchanges to to online marketplaces. obtain the listing, and By issuing 320.1 milAlibaba will trade under lion shares, Alibaba’s IPO the ticker symbol BABA. is priced at $68, the top of The company will pay the company’s expected its bankers 1 percent in range, and raised $21.8 fees, so with the $21.8 billion on Thursday, one billion currently raised, of the largest IPOs ever, the fees will amount making other promito $218 million. Banknent IPOs look small in Reena Aggarwal ers from Credit Suisse, comparison: Facebook, Deutsche Bank, GoldGeneral Motors and Visa man Sachs, J.P. Morgan, all raised less than $20 The company’s Chase, Morgan Stanley billion in their IPOs. ambitions are and Citigroup will take After the IPO, Alibahome the bulk of the fee, ba’s valuation is $167.6 certainly global. and 29 other banks will billion, putting it in the have junior roles in the same league as heavy hitters like Facebook and Amazon. One offering. Alibaba is likely to use some of the largest U.S. companies, based on of the capital raised from the IPO to go on a buying spree of other companies, market cap, is Apple at $600 billion.

Large institutions were enthusiastically and this will again benefit the bankers demanding Alibaba’s shares earlier this when they play a role in helping Aliweek. However, there are also concerns baba make acquisitions.

Yahoo stands to benefit dramatiabout the corporate governance structure of the company that gives limited rights cally from the IPO. In 2005, Yahoo to shares than the typical company listed bought 40 percent of Alibaba for $1 on U.S. stock exchanges. Unlike with a fa- billion, and still owns 22.4 percent of miliar company like Facebook, the small the company. Yahoo’s stake is now valretail investor in the United States would ued at more than $31 billion.

Given the company’s ambitious not be as familiar with Alibaba’s products, and small investors typically get very goals and plans, it won’t be long before the U.S. consumer will become even little allocation of shares in “hot” IPOs. Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack more familiar with Alibaba as the comMa, a former English teacher, and cur- pany expands globally. With a market rently dominates more than 80 percent valuation that places it against U.S. eof the e-commerce market in China, commerce rivals, in the next few years, functioning as an amalgamation of an we may see Alibaba taking its place in eBay, Amazon and PayPal. Alibaba runs the international market as the next two online marketplaces, Taobao and Apple, Google or Microsoft.

Taomall. The former, the much larger of the two, is focused on small retailers REENA AGGARWAL is a professor of fiwhile Taomall connects larger compa- nance in the McDonough School of nies to consumers. In addition, custom- Business and director of the Georgeers can use apps to make dinner reserva- town Center for Financial Markets and tions, book movie tickets or call a cab. Policy.

As the need for entrepreneurial education has grown over the past few years, Georgetown has remained at the forefront of the movement with its Entrepreneurship Initiative, under the banner of Startup Hoyas.

Founded by Jeff Reid, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship in the McDonough School of Business, Startup Hoyas offers a plethora of opportunities for students to engage in entrepreneurship on campus and in the greater Washington, D.C. area. With the Entrepreneurship Fellows, the Entrepreneurs in Residence and Startup Hoyas Summer Launch programs, the initiative aims to inspire, teach, connect and launch students into the world of startups.

Although many believe entrepreneurship is an enigmatic skill that is assumed to be innate and cannot be learned, Reid disagrees.

“We offer a set of courses and extracurricular activities with a practical slant to entrepreneurship. Students play the role of an entrepreneur, practice pitching ideas and intern at local startups through our Fellows Program,” Reid said. “Entrepreneurship is a process that can be taught, it is not a magical black box. Through customer discovery and experiments to test assumptions, we teach students that entrepreneurship is less about the idea and more about the execution.”

The program gives aspiring entrepreneurs space from the typical Georgetown bustle to focus on their goal and how to successfully approach it.

Cindy Gao (SFS ’17), one of Reid’s assistants for the Initiative’s Startup Weekend, explained the benefits of the Entrepreneurship Fellows Program: “One of my friends in the program recently made her own startup called Misfit Juicery,” Gao said.

“After reflecting about her idea in the Fellows Program she used the resources at hand to get it off the ground.”

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Members of Startup Hoyas celebrate the 2013 Georgetown Entrepreneurship Day. This year’s Startup Weekend will begin Sept. 19.

The initiative’s cornerstone ideas of inspire, teach, connect and launch are directly tied to the Georgetown community and the opportunities that it provides.

Capitalizing on the university’s Jesuit heritage and global perspective, the initiative inspires and encourages students to use entrepreneurship as a drive for economic prosperity and sustainable social change.

Offering courses in the McDonough School of Business, the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Georgetown University Law Center, Startup Hoyas offers students a world-class entrepreneurial education in the classroom and out. The Entrepreneurs in Residence program allows students to meet and network with accomplished entrepreneurs through weekly “chalk talks,” where students can talk about entrepreneurship, monthly “Pitch Jack” expert panels, guest speakers and entrepreneurial competitions.

Benefitting from Georgetown’s prime location and D.C.’s vibrant entrepreneurial community, the Entrepreneurship Initiative

connects students to opportunities across all sectors, including private corporations, nonprofits, NGOs and new startups.

The Initiative launches entrepreneurially educated Hoyas into the world who are ready to serve as agents of change as they launch startups, advance large corporations and generate innovations.

Recent alumni, who have been successful in their ventures, offer feedback in order to adapt the program for the next group of students.

“Georgetown students are bright and they want to change the world, and that is the recipe for entrepreneurship. We take these smart, ambitious young people and give them the tools to change the world,” Reid said.

Startup Hoyas will be hosting a variety of events beginning Sept.

19, including Startup Weekend, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Day and TechBUZZ Georgetown.

The next speaker event will be on Sept. 26 featuring John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the weekly “chalk talks” occur every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in room 310 of the Hariri building.