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EDITORIAL With a semester left, the GUSA executive still has promises unfulfilled.

Hoyas fell to Bucknell 22-17 during Saturday’s Homecoming game.

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CARRY THAT WEIGHT Students will show solidarity with assault survivors Wednesday.

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OWN IT The women’s summit is expanding its reach to three more universities.

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GU Hears Divestment Proposal Andrew Wallender Hoya Staff Writer

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GUSA Vice President Omika Jikaria (SFS ’15) and President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) have advanced some campaign goals so far.

Midway Through, Exec Takes Stock Molly Simio

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Georgetown University Student Association President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) and Vice President Omika Jikaria (SFS ’15) have made efforts at reform and advocacy across a wide span of issues throughout the first half of their term, but have often found their efforts impeded by Georgetown’s administration.

The duo, who gave themselves a B-plus for their term thus far, have prioritized free speech, sexual assault advocacy and Code of Student Conduct reform and plan to continue to work on these issues throughout the second half of their time in office.

Sexual Assault Policy Tezel pointed to GUSA’s advocacy work on sexual assault policy and awareness as his administration’s greatest accomplishment thus far.

This fall, the university created an additional position for a sexual assault specialist in Health Education Services, filled by former LGBTQ Resource Center Special Projects Coordinator Bridget Sherry, and hired a trained investigator to handle sexual assault cases. Other changes have been implemented in the university’s sexual assault policy, including allowing closed circuit video testimony for survivors — to prevent them from having to come face-to-face with their assailants — ensuring that a survivor’s past sexual history is not used in a hearing and shrinking the size of the hearing board from five members to three.

GUSA proposed policy changes to the administration based on suggestions from the White House’s

Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.

“The clear message from the White House and from the [Office of Civil Rights] was that we universities need to act,” Tezel said. “We were able to come in and say [to administrators], ‘These are things that advocates have been pointing to for a long time … and these are tangible steps that could be made.’”

Tezel and Jikaria were both facilitators in discussions about sexual assault that were held during New Student Orientation this year.

This was the first time that NSO featured such discussions, which focused on the definition of affirmative consent and strategies for bystander intervention.

Haley Maness (NHS ’15), a sexual assault peer educator and a board member of Take Back the Night, said she has been impressed by Tezel and Jikaria’s active work in sexual assault advocacy.

“The one thing that I really admire about Trevor and Omika is that they’re taking it very seriously, not only to make it a big item on their platform, but also to make it something that they’re working toward,” Maness said. “They themselves are really involved in it. They are going to a lot of events and they are participating in a lot of these discussions. It’s really wonderful to see that support not only in terms of reform, but also in terms of physical, visible support.”

Code of Student Conduct Reform Tezel and Jikaria have advocated for several reforms to the Code of Student Conduct and are working on getting others approved. In reSee GUSA, A6

Eight members of GU Fossil Free presented a formal proposal calling for the university to divest from fossil fuel companies during a meeting of the university’s Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility on Monday afternoon, while about 35 students and staff members rallied outside of McShain Lounge in support of the divestment plan.

The committee said that it will most likely vote on the proposal at the end of the academic year, according to GU Fossil Free member Caroline James (COL ’16).

“The chair of the committee today told us in the presentation that we are probably not going to see a vote until the end of the school year, which is disappointing. But we are hoping that that’s not definite and that there can be some wiggle room to make that happen beforehand,” James said.

The proposal includes thorough research as to why the university should divest from fossil fuels. GU See DIVESTMENT, A7

Bradlee’s Georgetown Legacy Kshithij Shrinath Hoya Staff Writer

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The National Football League Players Association named Georgetown Law Professor Deborah Epstein, as well as former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler (LAW ’96), to its newly created Commission on Violence Prevention.

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Law professor Deborah Epstein is to serve on the NFL’s commission.

The 11-person commission was announced earlier this month by the players’ union in light of various violent incidents involving NFL players, including the child abuse case of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and the domestic violence cases of Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer and, most notably, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. After facing criticism for suspending Rice for only two games for striking his then-fiancee, now wife, Janay Palmer in an elevator, the NFL later elevated Rice’s punishment to an indefinite suspension from the league.

“The commission was established because we wanted to take a more critical look at some of the acts of violence that occur in the NFL, and that’s by everyone: players, owners, front office, really anybody that is connected to the game,” Teri Patterson, NFLPA deputy managing director, said. “And particularly in light of recent domestic violence instances, we wanted to make sure that we were taking a correct approach in prevention and intervention.”

Georgetown is already connected to the NFL through the chair of its board of directors, Paul Tagliabue, who

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sity Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledge dying during a trivia game and Dartmouth University pledges swimming in kiddy pools of human feces and vomit.

Georgetown University has stood strong against the recognition of Greek life since the 1950s, maintaining that these organizations are incompatible with the Catholic ideals that serve as the basis for the university. But dur-

Ben Bradlee, the Washington Post editor who guided the paper through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, was a Washington D.C. legend. But the longtime Georgetown resident also left a distinct legacy on the Hilltop, where he taught a journalism course and received an honorary degree.

Bradlee took over ben bradlee the Post in 1965 and presided over the newsroom until 1991.

Under his leadership, the Post earned 18 Pulitzer Prizes, solidifying its national prominence. During his term as editor, Bradlee challenged the Nixon administration’s right to the Pentagon Papers and supervised Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigation into the Watergate cover-up in 1971. He died of natural causes at the age of 93 on Oct. 21.

After leaving the post, Bradlee spent time at the university located near his N

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SAE is among the fraternities and sororities that have emerged at Georgetown in recent years despite restrictions on Greek life.

Despite Jesuit Limits, Greek Life Gains Ground Lucy Prout

Hoya Staff Writer

The Greek system has produced graduates including the first female astronaut, 85 percent of Fortune 500 Executives and 18 Greek U.S. presidents since 1877, according to The Atlantic. At the same time, Greek life has also been the center of nationwide scandals: the death of a Clemson University student rushing Pi Kappa Phi on a pledge run, a Cornell Univer-

Prof Judges NFL Domestic Violence Andrew Wallender

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Elaine Colligan (SFS ’15) holds a banner advocating for divestment as a university committee discusses GU Fossil Free’s proposal.

served as the league’s commissioner from 1989 to 2006.

Epstein, a member of the law center faculty for over 20 years, is the director of Georgetown Law’s Domestic Violence Clinic and is a member of the D.C. Mayor’s Commission on Violence Against Women.

Boston College professor Lisa Goodman, a longtime friend and colleague of Epstein who co-wrote a book on domestic violence, titled “Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health, and Justice,” with her, said Epstein has a unique approach that will make her an asset to the NFLPA. “I think that she really has a great, strategic, big-picture understanding of the field and where it needs to go,” Goodman said. “She really knows how to put big ideas into actionable strategies and pieces. So, I think that she will be unlikely to be okay with window dressing.”

Ruemmler, who was speculated as a potential candidate to replace Attorney General Eric Holder before removing herself from contention, served as President Barack Obama’s White

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Alumni and students mingled at Saturday’s Homecoming Tailgate, which was moved to Regents Lawn this year because of construction.

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EDITORIAL

GUSA Promises as Yet Unfulfilled Halfway through, GUSA executive still has spring to finish what it started

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e see a disconnect between students and the university’s administrative decisionmaking processes,” reads the first sentence of Georgetown University Student Association President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) and Vice President Omika Jikaria’s (SFS ’15) campaign platform. Seven months after the pair’s election, roughly halfway through their term, that disconnect still exists, with only some progress made to close the gap.

During their hour-long interview with this editorial board, Tezel and Jikaria demonstrated a solid understanding of the issues that students care about, as well as the steps that must be taken in order to effect change in those areas.

However, with regard to the tactics and urgency that they bring to their positions, Tezel and Jikaria have failed to mobilize student interest and make trailblazing progress in any of the primary topic areas of concern that propelled them to the front of last year’s GUSA executive race.

Free Speech With the improper removal of H*yas for Choice from a location where it was entitled to table this September, issues relating to free speech and expression took on renewed importance for campus, and for Tezel and Jikaria.

In recent weeks, a proactive grassroots student coalition, Hoyas United for Free Speech, has emerged independent of any pre-existing student group to solidify students’ right of expression on campus.

Speaking about GUSA’s role in the HUFS campaign, Tezel said, “I think there are some issues where the issue is better spearheaded by students who aren’t connected to GUSA, and I am never hesitant in assigning GUSA the role as supporter of another cause, or leading it, depending on the situation.”

His statement is sensible in the abstract and an important recognition that GUSA need not be at the focal point of every issue. Even so, it seems strange that Tezel and Jikaria would choose to take a backseat on free speech of all issues, given that its importance has only magnified over the course of their term.

To be solved, free speech is an issue that demands working relationships with administrators, and for that reason, an increased role for GUSA would be welcome. There are certainly times when it is best for GUSA to be a support group, but free speech — a high point of contention this semester — is not one of them.

Student Rights and Access to Benefits As Tezel and Jikaria proclaimed in both their campaign and in this interview, a major goal of their GUSA administration has been to achieve fair access to university benefits for all student groups. One of their most concrete and admirable campaign promises was that all student groups would — at the very least — be able to table at the fall and spring Student Activities fairs.

However, at this fall’s SA Fair, student groups with no access to benefits — notably Georgetown University Fossil Free, HFC and unrecognized Greek organizations — were absent, signaling a lack of definitive progress on this front for the GUSA administration.

The bureaucratic difficulties of changing these school policies lie with changing the regulations regarding access to benefits. Before a campus group can be financed or recognized by the university, the group must fulfill several prerequisites, one of which is compliance with all university policy.

When questioned about this yet unfulfilled campaign promise, Tezel and Jikaria underscored both the importance of the issue and their unparalleled commitment to solving it.

However, they also acknowledged that at a school with a strong Jesuit tradition, one should expect any new agreement to hold Georgetown’s historical values in high esteem.

While the goal of having all student groups table at the fall SA Fair may have not been met in time, the executives confidently claim that they are working on a way to provide support for these unrecognized groups within reasonable boundaries to protect the concerns of the administration.

Only next semester’s SA Fair will indicate whether those efforts come to fruition.

Diversity On the issue of diversity, Tezel and Jikaria have not shown the same levelheaded foresight that was exhibited in their approaches to student rights and access to benefits.

The most notable diversity enterprise of the incumbent GUSA administration is by far the newly conceived and implemented Multicultural Council, a key campaign point that is intended to help coordinate advocacy and programming among cultural student groups. However, Tezel and Jikaria indicated that they intend the Multicultural Council to eventually adopt funding responsibilities and operate independently of GUSA. Yet these goals have not been made clear to the organizational leaders involved, nor were they made clear during the campaign. For this idea to succeed, it will need a strong coalition of campus leaders and administrators, which must start with open information and public support.

Tezel and Jikaria do emphasize that widespread support from students played a key role in spearheading the Multicultural Council, citing strong attendance of students at council town halls this semester as evidence of this support. But mere bodies in seats are not indicative of true support for the council, and it is important that the current executives understand this logic.

The current executive has done a mediocre job working with existing resources that promote diversity and multiculturalism on campus — notably the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access and the Students of Color Alliance. The fact that GUSA has put in so much effort to get the council off the ground, but hasn’t yet shored up the firm support from students in existing organizations shows little sustainable achievement in such an important area.

However, their courage to put forth an idea for an institution like the proposed Multicultural Council is laudable. Going forward, the GUSA executive should more effectively seek out student opinion and ensure that their most notable achievement regarding campus diversity reaches its potential.

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When Tezel was asked to assess his performance, he gave himself and Jikaria a B-plus, but promised that they could earn an A by the time their term is complete. The two are correct that there is work to be done, as they have left many of their stated priorities for the second half of their term.

Tezel and Jikaria have shown a strong start, but they are so far lacking a signature achievement and the momentum that motivated their campaign ticket. By more fully engaging student activism and working to counter university obstinacy, they will be be better equipped to achieve the long-term hopes and goals that so effectively captured the Hilltop’s attention in March.

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Cruel Cab — A D.C. woman alleges a taxi driver with a broken meter locked her in the cab when he attempted to overcharge her.

A Birthday Surprise — Drake played a surprise show at U Street Music Hall on Friday night, which was his birthday.

Big League Blunder — Aaron Lewis miss-sang some of the lyrics of the National Anthem at the World Series on Sunday night.

Free Henle — In a clever twist of words, anonymous Henle Village rights activists posted a message in Red Square, demanding: “Mr. DeGioia, tear down this wall!”

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Campus Plan and City Issues Going forward, relationships between the students of Georgetown and the city of Washington will become more and more important, as the 2010 Campus Plan agreement — the cause of so much change and complaint on campus — fades from memory, and the 2017 Campus Plan negotiations move to the foreground.

Both Tezel and Jikaria correctly recognize that this is an issue that requires proactivity on their part. As the university moves toward developing a master plan this summer, ensuring that students are able to express their priorities is something that must be done during the earliest stages of the master planning process.

The 2017 Campus Plan and the subsequent agreement with Georgetown’s neighbors will shape the development of Georgetown for the coming decade. Just as the 2010 Campus Plan agreement is the ultimate impetus for burdensome campus construction this year, the 2017 plan has the potential to have equally detrimental ramifications for future generations of Georgetown students.

It is an area where student input is crucial and on such a complicated, policy-based issue, GUSA’s role in informing the student body is essential.

Through the formation of a Master Planning Working Group that will draw input from other student committees such as the Provost Advisory Committee and the Athletics Advisory Board, this GUSA administration seems to understand that the campus plan is not simply a top-down project, but one that affects all Georgetown students in their day-to-day lives.

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Some Shall Pass — The construction barriers that left the most narrow walkways on campus were recently expanded.

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Seamus Guerin (COL ’16) reflects on how his short time abroad puts his short time remaining on the Hilltop into perspective: When does ‘it’s on my Georgetown bucket list’ become “it’s what I’m doing on Saturday”? Why not this Saturday? Perhaps we won’t go as far as the streets of Rome or mountains of Patagonia back on the Hilltop, but outside even just D.C., Old-Town Alexandria and our Appalachian backyard are ours to enjoy. Time abroad sure goes quickly, but we should remember that it doesn’t go any slower at Georgetown.”

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OPINION

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Greek Life’s Place Among Service Groups H

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Taking Risks To Spice Up Our Lives I

was surprised by the clarity I felt after a 12-hour car ride and eight hours of sleep across four days. Lindsay and I were sitting in my common room studying — which means Lindsay was solving the health problems of the world while I, finding the poems of Spenser too overwhelming at that moment, was cruising Facebook. I had dumped so much product into my hair over the preceding four days of a business conference that my bangs literally dented as my bleary eyes got too close to the computer screen.

“Oh look! I found the much-hyped ice bucket challenge video!” I suddenly felt more alert.

“Um-hmm.” Lindsay noncommittally mumbled. “What?”

“The guy from the conference — he said he made the greatest one of these ever.

Let’s see it!”

“Is this set to Miley Cyrus?” Lindsay said, perplexed.

“Yep,” I offered. “And those are gold gogo shorts. … On that note, I’m going to watch the rest of this a night you aren’t staying over.”

“Ew,” Lindsay said, jabbing me in the side.

I didn’t participate in the ice bucket challenge. The whole thing seemed like a somewhat noncommittal way for people to draw attention to themselves while feeling good about “activism.” Although criticizing mediocre efforts as “charity” may be mean-spirited, I had no intention of joining the herd.

For an exceptional school, Georgetown is decidedly boring.

An unstable fusion of sleep deprivation, gold shorts and a literary history lecture graced me with an insight. I now apprehended, as someone who appreciated the concept of fighting ALS, I was wrong to just accept how blase I felt about the entire enterprise of the ice bucket challenge.

More importantly, it seems that there is a larger lesson for many of the activities of life that initially appear banal. Just as there is a magnificent way to complete the ice bucket challenge, there is an exceptional way to perform the daily duties of our lives in a way that both magnifies God and serves our own interests.

The idea that risky exceptionalism is wise is being made apparent in the current midterm elections. Joni Ernst set the political world on fire with an ad that courageously included both Harley Davidson Motorcycles and comments about castration.

Sure, beltway politicians might find it undignified to be filmed talking about pig balls, but Ernst used flashiness to stomp through a primary and create a lead for a Democrat-held seat. Ernst isn’t alone in taking some serious risks to stay exciting and ahead in the polls. Michael Grimm (RN.Y.) still seems a favorite to win despite being indicted, having threatened a reporter and taking positions outside the party’s mainstream.

While it is perhaps unsurprising that New Yorkers are at peace with having a representative who walks a fine line between congressman and criminal, his showmanship and exciting persona are what keeps him viable and competitive.

This election season promises to be interesting, regardless of which candidates actually win. A female neurosurgeon is destroying the myth that Republicans stand against women while supporting gay marriage, possibly putting Oregon in play for Republicans for the first time in a decade.

Some combination of Carl DeMaio and Richard Tisei will bring the first openly gay Republican representation to Congress. On the other side, Mary Landrieu may survive in ruby red Louisiana, helped by providing an assist for a struggling keg-stander at a Louisiana State University tailgate.

For a school that is notorious for its power-hungry student body, Georgetown’s risky exceptionalism is far from impressive. GUSA campaigns are usually very stiff affairs, and even our faculty members are reluctant to engage in eccentricity apart from their research. That “Dancing with the Hoyas” represents the apex of risk is a poor reflection of both our sense of fun and our bravery. Our presentations in the public sphere, no matter how large that sphere is, should be a game. We kill that game when we lose our sense of fun.

I hope to see more excitement in the last weeks of the election — maybe Scott Brown can borrow my friend’s shorts — but until then, I’d love to see students take more risks on our campus.

It’s time to make Georgetown fun.

Tim Rosenberger is a junior in the College. THE CHURCH AND THE STATESMAN appears every other Tuesday.

undreds of students will gather on campus this Friday to raise awareness about domestic violence and support local survivors of abuse.

When they do, they’ll be expressing an important part of what it means to be members of the Georgetown community — to be women and men for others.

Most names of the groups in the Halloween 5K Against Domestic Violence are not likely to turn any heads. Among the participants and sponsors are organizations like Students of Georgetown, Inc., the Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society and the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union — staples of the Georgetown student community. What some may find surprising, however, is that the event is being orchestrated by a fraternity: Sigma Phi Epsilon.

It’s no secret that fraternities and sororities have become more prevalent on campus in recent years. This trend has emerged despite the fact that many students, ourselves included, chose Georgetown in part because of its lack of traditional Greek life. After all, none of us wanted to live “Animal House” for four years.

Similarly, our brothers joined not simply out of a desire to party, but in search of more enriching personal development and a sense of community that they may not necessarily find in other clubs. Like SigEp’s cardinal principles of virtue, diligence and brotherly love, the best organizing values of fraternities and sororities go well beyond the stereotypes of drinking clubs and serve to advance Georgetown’s rich and diverse identity.

Fraternities and sororities should aim to fit within the ex-

Greek organizations should embrace the call to use our time on the Hilltop for a purpose higher than ourselves. isting campus culture, rather than fundamentally change it. In SigEp, that means aligning our cardinal principles with Jesuit values, such as contemplation in action, care for the whole person and a commitment to being women and men for others. Greek values and Georgetown values can, and must, be one in the same.

But it’s not enough to pay lip service to embodying Jesuit principles or to talk in abstracts

about how those principles shape Greek life. Fraternities and sororities must find their particular niche on campus and actively live out those values that distinguish their reason for existing, in a way that directly relates to the Georgetown experience. To do this, fraternities and sororities don’t have to be purely service groups, nor should Greek groups at Georgetown exist only for selfperpetuation and parties.

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Instead, fraternities and sororities ought to embrace the call that we all face: to use our time on the Hilltop for a purpose higher than ourselves and our own personal success. Last spring, The Hoya wrote on the growth of Greek life on campus (“Brothers and Sisters in Service,” A2, March 28, 2014), suggesting that fraternities and sororities put service “on the forefront of their agendas.”

We couldn’t agree more.

For SigEp, our niche lies in developing men to realize their greater potential of finding where their greatest passion aligns with the world’s greatest need. We’re a social fraternity, but our idea of being social is not only limited to socializing. Fundamentally, we interpret our social identity as an obligation to have a broader, positive social impact. Social for us isn’t a narrow, inwardly-focused description, but an outward call to action, inspired

by Georgetown’s core value of preparing men and women for service in the world.

Just as Greek groups have a responsibility to discover and develop their Georgetown niche of social justice, so too does our broader Georgetown community have a responsibility to refrain from painting fraternities and sororities with a broad brush. As the Halloween 5K Against Domestic Violence aims to show, the growth of Greek life isn’t necessarily a change foreign to Georgetown; really, it is a reaffirmation of who we are as students on this Hilltop.

MATT HAMBLIN is a senior in the College. CHRISTIAN CHUNG is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. They are president and vice president for member development of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Georgetown chapter, respectively.

POLITICS OF PARTH

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s I sat and listened to the live broadcast during last Sunday’s Brazilian election results, one common theme seemed to make sense of what I and millions of Brazilian voters were thinking: Today, Brazil has lost.

For those of us who voted for Aécio Neves, his loss of the presidential election was punctuated by the greater loss of having the country slip through the fingers of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) for the fourth consecutive time. It slipped, no less, to a party seen by many as an enemy to the nation.

For Brazilian businesses, the loss would come from the backlash of markets that, at best, were skeptical of Dilma Roussef’s ability to drag Brazil out of a period of stagnant growth and, at worst, denounced her as the key enemy of a free market economy in Brazil. For the average citizen, the loss comes from the feeling that our vote no longer matters; when the election is truly decided in just a few states, those who live in the periphery begin to see the election more as a burden than as a civic duty.

I tried turning away from my broadcast — I had had enough of the crushing sense of defeat and despair that was being systematically drilled into the mind of the Brazilian electorate — and took refuge in my Facebook feed. I was looking for hope, for something that pointed to the fact that this election cycle had been different and change was on the horizon. Little did I know that I would be met with another wave of anger, frustration and irrationality, originating from acquaintances and friends alike, that seemed to favor name-calling and mob-mentality over common sense and thoughtful reflection.

Passionate calls for the autonomy of the south went hand-inhand with rampant xenophobia that described the northern states of the country as a rabble of poor, uneducated and ignorant voters.

Elitism was just as pronounced as some reflected on how the vote of one business owner should be worth, at the very least, tenfold that of a poor farmer. Clearly social media would prove to be just as politically charged as coverage from any of Brazil’s main news outlets.

But none of this is new.

Our country suffers from a disease that seeps into our culture, our economy and — most importantly

— our politics. I’d say that we suffer from the great boon that is selective amnesia. Our collective ability of forgetting the past seems to spark when we most need to forget something for the good of our own mental well-being. This disease frees the electorate of the burden of responsibility that is the current state of the country and the economy and places into the hands of an anonymous third party. Amid this crisis, we forget that the Brazilian electorate has been voting for the same party for the last 12 years, and we choose to blame foreign agents of capitalism and imperialism for the chronic problems caused by domestic governance.

I could hearken back to June 2013, when protests over health care and education reform were at their peak, and the nation collectively forgot that they, as a people, chose Roussef as our president. But as soon as election season came around, we forgot about the problems that have troubled her administration and Brazil willingly elected her and her party into power once again.

A large portion of the population conveniently forgot about high inflation and the recession Brazil currently finds itself in. We forgot the scandals that have plagued both the president and her party. The electorate chose to forget the fiasco that was the World Cup spending and the countless examples of corruption for which high-ranking party members have been indicted.

Rather, a large portion of the Brazilian population imagined a preferable narrative that saw Ms. Roussef as a victim to her surroundings and absolved her of any blame. Roussef herself ran as an oppositional candidate, ironically campaigning for a change in the old way of doing politics, the discontinuation of partisan politics and the end of corruption.

With the periodic efficiency of a finely tuned and well-tested clock, Brazilian voters chose to forget the past and believe that old lies would be the answer to the future of the country. I wish I could say that I believe that the next four years will bring about change; I wish I could put my mind at rest and claim that this cycle was different in some way, that there would be a tangible change in Brazilian politics. But that’s politics in Brazil: You win some and you lose some, and, on the whole, nothing really changes.

You win some, you lose some and nothing really changes.

DANIEL ALMEIDA is a freshman in the College.

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he news of the demolition the “hermit kingdom,” there of a symbolic Christmas has to be a better system for tree along the demilita- them to adjust to South Korean rized zone between North and society.

South Korea is important to this One good initiative would be a chronic and pervasively psycho- partnership between the North logical battle between the two and South Korean governments nations. for a more effective allocation of Defectors from North Korea to the $20,000 stipend given to each South Korea have increased since defector. Such an initiative would the devastating educate defectors famine in the about personal fi1990s, and they nance and South face a remarkable Korean society so array of issues that adjusting to that impact how their new lives they adjust to life is not so painin the fast-paced, ful. With Seoul’s capitalist, demounemployment cratic South. The rate sitting at 3.6 transition evokes percent, average several existenrent (outside the Parth Shah tial crises that city center) at effectively leave $433 per person many in purgaand monthly tory, as many disposable salstruggle to build ary at $2,463, it new lives, knowis a realistic proing that they canposal that North not simply return Korean defectors home. could achieve fiSouth Korea gives each defec- nancial security in the booming tor about $20,000 in monetary economy of the South — so long aid to find housing, pay rent as they are equipped with the for a few months and look for proper know-how. Complementwork. However, this money is ing this monetary security, the often squandered or misused, government should encourage because these defectors do not defectors to organize into comunderstand how money works in munities, so that they can collaba capitalist system. In addition, orate to find affordable housing finding work is difficult, as many and adequate employment, and from the DPRK are employed in use their stipends to cover their trades that have been long de- first year of rent. funct in more-developed South This initiative, guided by Korea. There is a gap in skills that members who have already exis not easily filled, leading more perienced adjustment to life than half of the defectors to ex- in South Korea, can be powerperience severe economic hard- ful in forming social bonds in a ship. society where isolation is comSome turn to crime or mon among defectors. A sense prostitution in order to sup- of camaraderie in a seemingly port themselves. As Barbara hopeless situation builds morale Demick, a scholar on North Ko- and reduces some of the adverse rea, notes, others are exploited effects of such a drastic culture by smugglers, “who [agree] to shock. provide a passport and a plane The best way to assess the ticket, in return for a fee of impact of this initiative would $14,000 to be paid from the be to keep track of North Koredefector’s stipend she would ans’ long-term financial perforreceive from the South Korean mance. If, after several years, government” — a clearly exor- most defectors are paying their bitant amount. Many defec- bills and building up savings, tors are viewed as outsiders in then this program could be conSouth Korea, and they stand sidered a success. out because of their accents Allowing and welcoming deand different lifestyles. fectors to the South is valuable All of this, coupled with a de- only if those defectors’ lives are sire to see family that may still actually improved. Saving them be back in North Korea, can from bankruptcy and from emocreate an intense yearning for tional and psychological isolahome. This is, of course, very tion is an important factor in dangerous, as defectors who re- welcoming these individuals to turn to North Korea risk being the free world. sent to labor camps. In order to make sure that North Korean de- Parth Shah is a junior in the Colfectors can share with the world lege. POLITICS OF PARTH appears their stories and experiences in every other Friday.

North Korean defectors deserve a better welcome.

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Students Carry the Weight of Assault KATHERINE RICHARDSON

against pillows. In terms of the climate and the culture at Georgetown, we feel that what pillows Georgetown students will represent is still really important carry mattresses and pillows to to recognize.” classes Wednesday as part of the Per Sulkowicz’s request, stuCarry That Weight National Day dents will also wear red tape ‘X’s of Action, a country-wide soli- on their clothing to represent the darity movement with survivors figurative red tape that survivors of sexual assault and domestic must go through to get justice. violence. The event, sponsored Many of those involved with the

by Take Back the Night, Sexual planning of Carry That Weight Assault Peer Educators and the will table in Red Square during Georgetown University Student the Georgetown University FarmAssociation, was inspired by a ers’ Market on Wednesday, and performance art piece by Co- will participate in group-carry exlumbia University senior Emma ercises with mattresses.

Sulkowicz.

Kyra Hanlon (SFS ’16), a member S u l kow i c z , of the Georgea survivor of town University sexual assault, College Democarries her crats who is dorm mattress helping plan with her each the event, said day on campus she believes the to protest the event will foster university’s a culture of carfailure to puning and support ish her rapist. for survivors.

Haley Maness “It’s really (NHS ’15), a important for board memit to be a public ber of TBTN event so that we and member can continue HALEY MANESS (NHS ’15) of SAPE, said to engage the that Sulkowicz’s performance student body on this issue and to art holds a much deeper signifi- create that culture and a norm cance. that people care about this issue “Emma Sulkowicz at Columbia on campus and that people are carries a mattress around with able to have a dialogue about it,” her because she really wants to Hanlon said. “Also to make sure emphasize the fact that her rape in a very public way that the adhappened in her dorm and she ministration knows that students also wants to emphasize the fact really care about this issue.” that she lives with it,” Maness Hanlon said she got involved in said. “Living with her perpetrator order to ensure that survivors feel on campus is very heavy, and it’s respected and supported. a burden that she takes on her “For me, a major goal is to show shoulders.” unity and to show that GeorgeAlthough Sulkowicz carries a town is united behind survivors mattress and encourages those and that we stand in solidarity participating in the event to with survivors,” Hanlon said. “The do the same, Maness said that ultimate goal is for survivors to the planning committee incor- feel supported on campus.” porated pillows into the day to GUSA Vice President Omika demonstrate the idea that sexu- Jikaria (SFS ’15) said that she al assault can occur in familiar hopes the event will make issues places. of sexual assault more visible.

“Emma has actually spoken out “It’s important for GUSA to supagainst [pillows]. She said that port it because it’s a very visualpillows were ‘light and fluffy’ heavy event, and it hopefully will and don’t represent that actual bring a lot more awareness to this weight of what she’s feeling,” issue,” Jikaria said. “Emma was Maness said. “The pillows are carrying her mattress around CoGeorgetown’s interpretation. We lumbia for the past month or so; want to make it clear that we’re that’s definitely garnering a lot of not trying to go against Emma’s attention. We think that this is a wishes, and we really respect her great opportunity to stand in soliand we understand why she is darity with her.”

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Journalist Maria Shriver (CAS ’77), the former first lady of California, spoke about her career and encouraged young women to be leaders in their fields at the inaugural Own It Summit in April.

Own It Extends National Reach CHARLOTTE ALLEN Special to The Hoya

Own It, a student-founded organization dedicated to promoting women’s leadership and empowerment, has expanded its second-annual Own It Summit to Boston College, Washington University in St. Louis and Howard University, which will offer Own Itsponsored summits in 2015.

Georgetown University Women in Leadership hosted the inaugural Own It summit last April with over 400 attendees and 30 nationally recognized speakers. Own It has separated from GUWIL and is now sponsored by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs, but still works closely with the club.

Brosnan and Ciesemier said they hope to see Georgetown as a hub for women’s leadership and programming.

“We want the summit to be recognized as this national [event] that Georgetown is putting on,” Ciesemier said. “Georgetown is supporting the events progressing across the country and [university officials] like that its seen as something that’s starting at Georgetown and kind of trickling across the country.”

“One of the reasons we started Own It was that we witnessed this issue where a bunch of high-powered women leaders are talking to themselves,” Own It co-founder Kendall Ciesemier (COL ’15) said. “We wanted to help bridge the gap between college- age women and the women that

they hope to become and emulate the careers of.”

According to Own It co-founder Helen Brosnan (SFS ’16), the summit attracted attention from students and administrators at universities throughout the country. Own It is now working with the three other universities to provide a template and advice for their nascent summits.

“The summit that happens at Georgetown is the home base, and the other summits are splinters off of that in the different regions,” Brosnan said.

“They will end up being smaller versions probably this year, but they are branches of Own It and we like to call Georgetown the home base.”

According to Brosnan, the group will continue to expand by communicating with local high schools, reaching out to other colleges and universities and connecting with alumni.

Members of the Own It team will travel to San Francisco in November to network at a Georgetown alumni event in order to engage a broader demographic.

“One of the reasons that we are really passionate about expanding and that we have built this summit team around expanding, is that we really want to do events that connect different types of people,” Brosnan said.

“Our primary purpose is engaging young women in these big convening events and reaching the largest audience possible.”

Own It Chief of Staff Maya Davenport (SFS ’16) said that although the

summit is expanding, it will remain focused on developing an established program at Georgetown.

“The summit is expanding by extending our model as a platform for other schools, but even more importantly, the Georgetown Own It summit is working to make sure that within the Georgetown community the summit is creating an inclusive space in which every person can learn and develop,” Davenport wrote in an email to THE HOYA. This year’s Georgetown summit will occur on March 21. Alana Snyder (COL ’16), president and co-founder of GUWIL, has helped plan both summits and said that the event serves as an inspiration for young women and men.

“Basically, the goal in having a summit like this is to provide students with the inspiration to accomplish incredible things by using the speakers as platforms for motivation,” Snyder wrote in an email to THE HOYA.“This means that undergraduates are exposed to dreams that some of them never even knew they had. …We hope that the women of this generation can take what they learn and change the world.”

Davenport agreed, and said she hopes the next summit will further incentivize women to become leaders.

“Our main goal for the summit is to inspire,” Davenport wrote. “The goal of the summit is to inspire young women and ignite a fire that drives them to pursue and achieve whatever dreams and goals they have.”

“Living with her perpetrator on campus is very heavy, and it’s a burden that she takes on her shoulders.”

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fluid situation and the university is trying to follow the best guidance Special to The Hoya that’s being provided by the CDC, as Associate Vice President for Risk well as from the D.C. Department of Management Joseph Yohe and Assis- Health.” tant Vice President for Student Health The policy was the result of collaboJames Welsh announced an updated ration between many different groups visitor policy in order to protect the on campus, including senior adminiscampus community from the Ebola trators and public health professionvirus in a university-wide email last als. The discussions also involved adweek. ministrators in the Communications “The overall approach to the Ebola Office and the Office of Global Educaoutbreak in West Africa and to the tion. cases that have developed here in the According to Yohe, precautions [United States] (two in persons visiting must be taken due to the nature of the or returning from the three affected disease, although the spread to camcountries, two in health care workers pus is currently unlikely. caring for one of those patients) has “If there is one thing I’ve learned been evolving over the past few weeks there is nothing certain about trying and is led by the U.S. Centers for Dis- to understand this disease so it’s really ease Control,” Welsh wrote in an email not clear at this point,” Yohe said. “We to The Hoya. “We closely can only take follow their guidance and precautions establish policies to be in and assume compliance with those.” the worst and I The policy states that think that’s how all visitors travelling the university from a country subject to is approaching a Level 3 Travel Warning, this. We want to as defined by the Centers be prepared so for Disease Control and if in fact a case Prevention, must meet does happen to with and be cleared by show up in the Yohe before entering district that we campus. Previously, in are prepared.”

August, the university This is not the JOSEPH YOHE halted university-sponfirst time the Assistant Vice President for Risk Management sored travel to Liberia, university has Guinea and Sierra Leone, faced challenges all of which have a Level 3 Travel Warn- involving the spread of infectious dising, and discouraged personal travel eases, and Welsh said the previous exin those areas. According to Yohe, the periences helped inform his current university has followed the unfolding decision making process. of the Ebola crisis and worked to form “Our approach is informed by prior an appropriate response. planning and experience with various “The visitor policy was a natural infectious disease outbreaks (SARS, progression of our overall response H1N1), and is done in close consultaefforts as it relates to the Ebola out- tion with a number of important cambreak,” Yohe said. “We really started pus partners,” Welsh wrote. dealing with this issue back in the Jake Robinson (SFS ’16) said that the summer when we first began to evalu- precautions seem unnecessary, but ate risk to our students and our pro- that it is reasonable to ensure that stugrams abroad. Sometime in August we dents are protected. took a step of actually putting travel “Even though it might be a little bit restrictions in place for the three too much for a college campus I think main countries in West Africa: Sierra it’s still technically the right move Leone, Liberia and Guinea. … It’s a step by the school. … Ebola is a highly inin a series of events to try protect the fectious disease and it’s pretty conuniversity community.” tentious right now,” Robinson said.

Yohe said that the university will “I think it’s necessary to take these continue to heed the advice of the types of precautions and I think anCDC as it changes over time. other factor is that Georgetown is a “At this point it is an evolving situa- very internationally oriented school tion; we just learned about new cases so if there was one school that I could today,” Yohe said. “The CDC is chang- think where visitors from West Africa ing its protocol as it learns more about would be coming it would be Georgethe disease so I would say it’s a very town.”

“If there is one thing I’ve learned, there’s nothing certain about trying to understand this disease.”

The university community honored the life of School of Foreign Service Dean Emerita Carol Lancaster (SFS ’64) with a memorial service in Gaston Hall on Sunday.

Lancaster, who died Oct. 22, was remembered for her wit, remarkable intelligence and endless dedication.

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., began the memorial with a prayer service. O’Brien spoke about Lancaster’s impactful actions, both in government and on Georgetown’s campus.

“Her development could never be separated from the human,” O’Brien said. “It was not simply an academic exercise, but a human endeavor. Her generation, her coming of age imbued in her a sense that she could change the world, making God’s dream for this world a reality.”

According to O’Brien, Lancaster instilled a sense of duty in her students to make changes like she had.

“Carol told her students that ideas matter,” O’Brien said. “That all we do here is meant to make a difference out there, beyond the gates, in the city which she so loved, in a world which she knew very well. As Dean, she embodied the Jesuit commitment to educating for justice.”

University President John J. DeGioia also spoke, and agreed that Lancaster educated her students and colleagues to take action toward social justice.

“Her life was characterized by the slow and arduous effort of integration and encounter,” DeGioia said. “The arc of Carol’s life demonstrates this commitment to people-building: in Bolivia, in her writing, in government service and in her work here at Georgetown.”

DeGioia said that Lancaster’s work both in public service and on campus will inform scholars and policymakers for years to come.

“Carol lived a life, an extraordinary life, with such actions,” DeGioia said. “Actions that generated new processes—new processes and people-building. Actions that bore fruit throughout her life, and will continue to bear fruit in significant historical events.”

One of Lancaster’s notable actions was the creation of the Institute for Women, Peace and Security, led by Executive Director Ambassador Melanne Verveer (FLL

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GIWPS Executive Director Ambassador Melanne Verveer (FLL ’66, GRD ’69) memorialized Lancaster for her tenacity. ’66, GRD ’69). Verveer, who spoke at the service, said that Lancaster dedicated herself to the creation and development of the center, becoming a pioneer in women’s issues academia. “[Lancaster] established a first of its kind institute to become a premier center for research on these issues, to provide significant opportunity for students to become engaged and to utilize Georgetown’s global platform to put a spotlight on today’s pressing challenges and opportunities,” Verveer said. “Yes, Carol was a visionary.

She had a dream that Georgetown would become a leader on these issues, and she knew she had strong support from President DeGioia.”

According to Verveer, Lancaster’s dedication to the institute turned it into a life-changing program for both students and women all over the world.

“She leaves a giant footprint for good,” Verveer said. “In expanding the university’s leadership, in deepening research and scholarship in these areas, in inspiring a cadre of students to become engaged and in transforming the lives of women who were on the front lines of change around the world.”

Various administrators including SFS Interim Dean James ReardonAnderson, who served as Lancaster’s senior associate dean, and Georgetown College Dean Chester Gillis, a close friend, also spoke about their relationships with Lancaster. The Georgetown University Chamber Choir sang hymns punctuating the event, opening with “Amazing Grace.”

Lancaster was an avid harpist, and her teachers, a Celtic harp and guitar duo, played some of her favorite compositions, including “Simple Gifts.”

Before Fr. John Langan, S.J., delivered the closing prayer, the service featured a video of compiled clips of Lancaster at speaking events, showcasing her trademark humor, and closed with an address from her son, Douglas Farrar (SFS ’05, GRD ’12).

“We want to remember her for her humor, her intelligence, her caring devotion and her wit,” Farrar said. “Time will heal us, but you can help. ... Share the memories you treasure most about Carol with each other and with us. By remembering the best of her, we can all keep her spirit alive even though our hearts ache from her loss.”

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GUSA Executive Evaluates First Half of Term GUSA, from A1 sponse to GUSA’s efforts, the Office of Student Conduct approved a policy that will allow first-time alcohol and noise violations that occur during freshman year to be removed from a student’s disciplinary record, provided that the student has no additional conduct violations.

Later this semester, the Disciplinary Review Committee will consider policies to limit the amount of time that students can be charged through the Office of Student Conduct and policies to equalize alcohol paraphernalia penalties on and off campus, both of which were goals for the fall semester that they outlined during their campaign.

Free Speech Tezel and Jikaria have also identified expanding free speech rights for students as a major issue for their administration — one that has gained importance throughout the semester, as the university’s speech policy has had consequences to students and groups outside of GUSA. At the start of their term, Tezel and Jikaria collaborated with former GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) to finalize an updated Speech and Expression Policy, which was released at the end of the spring semester.

Since then, Tezel and Jikaria have worked to create a map of where students are allowed to table, which they recently released to student groups.

The free speech policy was put in the spotlight this semester when the Georgetown University Police Department mistakenly removed H*yas for Choice from its spot outside of the university’s front gates, where it was protesting the university’s bestowal of an honorary degree upon Donald Cardinal Wuerl.

Hoyas United for Free Speech, an independent coalition of students, has spearheaded the response to the incident by creating a petition addressed to the university and calling for additional free speech reform.

“We’ve been in contact with a lot of the members of that coalition that are advocating on those issues,” Tezel said.

“Each point that they touch on … has different areas that we need to approach.”

H*yas for Choice President Abby Grace

(SFS ’16) said that she feels that GUSA’s free speech reforms have been wellintentioned but have faced setbacks because of the administration.

Additionally, Grace expressed frustration that the opinion from the last Speech and Expression Committee meeting, which was held Sept. 26, has not been released.

“I recognize that this might not be a failing of GUSA itself because this committee is technically convened by Student Affairs. However, seeing that this committee hearing was held over a month ago, I find it rather unreasonable that no official decision has been released yet,” Grace wrote in an email.

“That said, individual members of GUSA are always more than willing to speak with me about H*yas for Choice’s concerns.”

Tisa, who spearheaded efforts for the updated free speech policy, said that he thinks that many of the associated issues extend beyond GUSA’s reach.

“The problems with free speech at Georgetown are cultural, and we can make the words on paper be whatever we want it to be, but until the administrators and DPS officers and everyone else enforcing the policy embraces the spirit behind it, it doesn’t matter,” Tisa said. “Georgetown is struggling to decide what it is with relation to Catholic identity, with relation to free speech.”

Jikaria said that by this point in her term, she had planned to work more on reform of Georgetown’s access to benefits policy for student groups, allowing for easier access to services such as room reservation, inclusion in the Student Activities Fair and funding from student activity fees.

“A really big part of our platform revolved around access to benefits as a part of free speech reform,” Jikaria said.

“We’re actively working on that, hoping to have a solution by the end of the semester.”

Fostering Diversity In a disability survey circulated during the GUSA executive race by disability rights activist Lydia Brown (COL ’15), Tezel and Jikaria indicated that they would work toward the creation of a Disability Cultural Center — a goal that has not seen any progress.

“We recognize that there is a finite amount of resources, but I don’t think that should hamper us in really getting to that goal,” Tezel said.

Brown, who serves as GUSA’s undersecretary for disability affairs, said that she feels that a lack of consistency on the university’s part has hindered progress with disability issues.

“The administration has been remarkably inconsistent and frequently nonchalant about physical access issues resulting from the numerous construction projects this semester,” Brown wrote in an email. “On the upside, Trevor and Omika have been incredibly supportive of my work.”

Tezel and Jikaria have created a Disability Justice Working Group that is tasked with advancing on such goals as getting funds for a full-time interpreter for university events. The group has met once so far this semester.

Tezel and Jikaria also created the Multicultural Council this semester, bringing together cultural student groups with the ultimate goal of creating a cultural funding board, so that groups will not have to rely on funds from the Center for Social Justice or Student Activities Commission.

The council has been met with opposition from some members of the Students of Color Alliance, which Tezel attributed to a lapse in communication.

“What we did wrong on our part is that we didn’t communicate well when we sat down with a lot of groups about how the funding structure is currently set up,” Tezel said. “I think there was a conception out there that our changes would bring cultural groups under GUSA … when in reality the funding is very much divorced from GUSA’s day-today operations.”

Creating More Transparency Tezel and Jikaria have made gains in increasing communication between students and university administrators by adding more students to the Main Campus Executive Faculty Committee, a group made up of representatives from all four undergraduate schools that creates academic policy, and the Capital Projects Committee, which advises the university on capital projects, and establishing open office hours with Vice Presi-

dent for Student Affairs Todd Olson and University President John J. DeGioia.

Nevertheless, the first half of their term has been punctuated by a series of unpopular polices proposed, and sometimes enacted, by the administration.

“We came in with a very comprehensive platform and ideas, but what’s most surprising is that there were a lot off unanticipated issues that come up with the administration, like proposals that you can’t really plan for ahead of time,” Jikaria said. “It’s really important to act appropriately and be ready to address anything that comes up.”

In April, the university announced a third-year on-campus housing requirement, which will take effect next fall as the Class of 2017 enters their junior year.

According to Tezel, GUSA attempted to delay the policy so that it would not affect the Class of 2017, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

“We worked with them and tried to negotiation a deferred implementation of this policy, even though we understood, to a certain extent, that with fall 2015 being the deadline for 385 new beds on campus, there was a reason that the policy was coming when it did,” Tezel said.“In fact, the third-year housing requirement was probably decided at the end of the campus plan negotiations in 2012.”

After university administrators made it clear that they would not alter the policy’s implementation schedule, GUSA adjusted its goals to try and make the new policy more appealing for students.

Tezel and Jikaria worked to ensure that the plan would take into account the status of transfer students and students who study abroad, so that the third-year requirement does not become, in effect, a four-year requirement for students who do not spend their entire undergraduate career on Georgetown’s main campus.

“At that point it became, how do we leverage GUSA acquiescence with something that will happen whether or not we want it to, in order to get some more items out of it,” Tezel said.

Earlier this month, the university proposed mandating a third-year meal plan for students, sparking widespread student opposition.

While the university rescinded its pro-

posal, Tezel and Jikaria do not take credit for the withdrawal.

“A lot of it was really student driven,” Jikaria said. “We were maybe the first ones who heard about the consideration of this policy, but I think it really was a great example of how opposed students were.”

Looking Ahead Moving forward, Jikaria said that she thinks that the 2017 Campus Plan, which will be drafted from July 2015 to July 2016, is the biggest issue for Georgetown students.

“We see the effects of the last campus plan right here, right now, very tangibly with all of the construction that’s going on,” Jikaria said. “It’s going to be really important for students to understand their role and understand the ramifications of a negative campus plan negotiation outcome.”

Tezel said that he hopes that students will be motivated to collaborate on the next campus plan due to their frustration with the results of the 2010 Campus Plan agreement, which has been the impetus behind many of Georgetown’s recent changes to student life.

“We’re going through growing pains as a university, and I don’t think that is lost on anyone. A big challenge for us is trying to communicate to students what’s happening with all the new construction and trying to help contextualize all of it,” Tezel said.“We want students to be walking by the construction … and understand why it is there. That will be the way that we are able to have students engage in the next round of campus plan negotiations.”

Tezel and Jikaria also said that they will continue to work on reforming the Code of Student Conduct, advocating for changes to the Speech and Expression Policy and increasing transparency between students and the administration.

“We’re doing everything humanly possible to advocate for students on a lot of these issues,” Tezel said. “We’re going to keep working so that at the end of our term we can walk away and look at our full list of accomplishments with the full 12 months being up and say, ‘We’re really proud of what we’ve been able to do here.’”

On Catholic Campus, Greek Life Challenges Values GREEK, from A1 ing this generation of Georgetown students’ time on campus, Greek life has seen a resurgence on the Hilltop, challenging the notion of Georgetown as a non-Greek school.

RECENT RISE OF GREEK LIFE Georgetown tour guides, students and college analysis websites repeatedly assure prospective parents and students that Georgetown University does not recognize Greek life and that the presence of Greek life on campus is minimal, but the rise in popularity of social fraternities and sororities on the Hilltop over the past few years has begun to threaten the university’s Greek-free ideals.

The resurgence of fraternities and sororities on campus began with SAE, a well-known national fraternity, during the 2011-2012 academic year. Georgetown’s chapter of the fraternity, started

by Christian Keenum (MSB ’15), a freshman at the time, was colonized on Feb. 11, 2012, with the help of the George Mason University SAE chapter, and officially became a chapter on April 28, 2013.

The fraternity has steadily gained popularity in its nearly four years on campus.

“It [SAE] immediately enhanced my connection with the school because I felt like I had something I could relate to and bond with immediately — without being an athlete, without being an extreme academic. We really try not to be the stereotypical fraternity. I think despite us being categorized as that lifestyle, I think we have some great things going for us that are really outside the cookie-cutter frat guy.” Michael Hart (COL ’15), head of education at SAE, said.

Kappa Kappa Gamma was the first National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organization for sororities to establish membership at Georgetown University in 2013, after 42 women demonstrated interest and approached NPC and the nationwide Kappa organization.

“Kappa Kappa Gamma’s strong national reputation plus their academic and social support network, philanthropy and connections through friendships are the main reasons we looked into being affiliated with a national organization,” original member Carrie Cosgrove (NHS ’16) said in a press release on the KKG organization official website.

Kappa Alpha Theta, another social sorority, established a chapter at Georgetown in spring 2014, joining already existing social sororities and fraternities, including Zeta Psi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, SAE and KKG. Morgan Shear (COL ’18) said that she saw the absence of Greek life as a draw when she was applying to Georgetown.

“It was definitely a positive factor when I applied to GU. I liked how the social life here didn’t have the pressures that come with the Greek scene and that you could hang out with people who genuinely share your interests rather than just members of your sorority,” Shear said.

GREEK LIFE’S HISTORY ON THE HILLTOP Historically, Greek life never found a home among the Jesuits or the Hoyas.

By 1958, the university had severed its connection to and eliminated its recognition of all Greek life, claiming the Greek system’s tenets contradicted Catholic and Jesuit values. Dr. John Parr, dean of the School of Foreign Service at the time, issued a statement in fall of 1958 dictating that all fraternities affiliated with the SFS relinquish their houses. Any fraternity who refused would no longer be recognized by the SFS. Of the four existing foreign service fraternities, three successfully transitioned into independent student groups: Delta Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi Omega, and Delta Sigma Pi. Delta Sigma Pi was replaced

by Alpha Kappa Psi in 2006.

The current Division of Student Affairs’ policy continues to honor Georgetown’s 200-year commitment to the Jesuit ideals of inclusiveness and nondiscrimination, stating that the university will not provide university benefits to student groups whose principles do not line up with Georgetown’s values, including fraternities and sororities, defined in the policy as “single-sex groups with ritualized, demeaning or secret membership practices, and specifically those organizations affiliated with the national Intrafraternity Council, Pan Hellenic Association, and Pan Hellenic Council.”

However, this has not stopped limited forms of Greek life from carving out a niche on campus over the past 50 years, and more generic forms of Greek life from emerging in the past five.

Before the emergence of social fraternities in recent years, most Greek organizations on campus were associated with a professional theme or a common purpose, such as Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, Delta Epsilon Phi, a foreign service fraternity, and AKPsi, the business fraternity.

In May 1956, over 20 students took part in a petitioning process, led by John Buckley, to become a universityrecognized a program of service. The Georgetown Petitioning Group became the 265th chapter of Alpha Phi Omega after a process of fundraisers and was granted special permission to be recognized by Georgetown University. The regent of the School of Foreign Service, Father Frank L. Fadner, S.J., was initiated as an honorary brother.

Georgetown’s Division of Student Affairs continues to recognize this group as it focuses solely on community service and is all inclusive of those who complete 30 hours of community service, according to the fraternity’s president, Thomas Pigott (COL ’15).

“At APO there is no selection process, and I think this is one of the great strengths of APO, because it results in a broad diversity of people, not just in races, but diversity of personalities, which makes us a stronger organization,” Pigott said.

Katie Duncalf (COL ’17) joined the unrecognized Georgetown chapter of AKPsi Fraternity, a coed professional business fraternity, during her fresh-

man year.

“When I joined AKPsi, I became so close with a lot of different people. It was interesting to see this organization pull so many friend groups together and unite. My pledge class is so close — and we didn’t know each other at all before pledging,” Duncalf said. “It just goes to show that there are so many people around campus that you have no idea exist and then you’ll meet them in some sort of outlet and become the best of friends.”

TENSION BETWEEN GREEK AND JESUIT VALUES While most Georgetown students have not objected to the status quo, in which Greek organizations play a role in student life outside of the university’s official purview, there exists a disconnect between students and Jesuits about the role Greek life should play on campus.

Fr. Christopher Steck, S.J., rejected the social dynamic he believes Greek life to encourage, believing social fraternities have no place on Georgetown’s campus.

“The emphasis that social Greeks place on fostering a sub-group identity requires that they define who is in and who is out, and they make that distinction based not on some aspect of the student — for example, the student’s commitment to a professional ideal, their ability in some intellectual practice, their talent in athletics or the performing arts — but on the person himself or herself. That exclusionary dynamic goes against Georgetown’s values,” Steck wrote in an email.

Fr. James Walsh, S.J., noted the competitive attitude Georgetown students already bring to campus, and worried about spillover into the social scene. He also highlighted the outdated aspect of discriminating by gender.

“It’s wannabe. It’s like the old school tree house — no girls allowed,” Walsh said.

GREEK LIFE ACROSS CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES Not all Catholic universities share the Hilltop’s stance on Catholicism and Greek life. In fact, Catholic universities such as Creighton University, Seton Hall University, St. John’s University, DePaul University and St. Joseph’s University boast recognized Greek systems, and universities around the country have developed unique ways of handling the looming specter of Greek life around college campuses.

Though the Catholic University of Notre Dame, like Georgetown, boasts a zero-tolerance policy for Greek life, the university has used a replacement tactic, developing a housing system to keep its social scene vibrant.

“ND replaces the lack of Greek life with its unique housing system. With all single-sex dorms that consist of very close communities, hold events and parties, and have students live in them or at least be affiliated with the same dorm even when/if they move off campus, it is as if ND has created a Greek life culture throughout the entire school,”

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Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sported T-shirts for spring recruitment last semester. KKG is an unrecognized sorority at Georgetown.

Notre Dame freshman Stefan Page said.

Villanova University, an Augustinian Catholic university, has taken the opposite approach to Greek life, allowing for 25 different fraternities and sororities.

According to the College Board, 18 percent of male students and 37 percent of female students are involved in Greek life at Villanova.

“It has been a positive thing on campus for students at our institution,” Villanova Administrative Assistant for the Office of Fraternity and Social Life Marian Moran said.

Villanova freshman Hannah Raymond agreed.

“Greek life here is pretty cool. …

There are only nine sororities on campus, which are filled with really sweet girls that genuinely care about you.

We rush second semester here so that people can settle down before having to decide whether they want to rush,” Raymond said.

FUTURE OF GREEK LIFE AT GEORGETOWN No plans exist to recognize Greek life at Georgetown in the near future, and both students within and outside fraternities appear content with the current arrangement.

Duncalf said she liked the minor role Greek life plays on campus, preventing social opportunities from being dominated by the fraternities and sororities.

Instead, organizations like Students of Georgetown, Inc., are able to play a greater role in campus social life.

“I think if they were recognized on campus, the presence of Greek life would be more present, and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad thing. I like how things are now. If people don’t want to be involved you don’t have to be,” Duncalf said. “If you look at other schools, if you aren’t a part of Greek life then you don’t have a social life, and I feel like it’s nice to have the flexibility and availability here to pick and choose which aspects of social life

you want to be a part of here at school.”

For the fraternities and sororities themselves, Pigott, the president of APO, questioned whether recognition would backfire, since official university recognition brings increased supervision.

“There are certain limitations that some groups wouldn’t necessarily fit with,” he said. “So, it’s probably better that certain fraternities and sororities are not recognized by Georgetown because then they’d have to adhere themselves to certain limitations and Georgetown would be more involved in monitoring their activities. They would have to change their nature.”

Member of SAE Eric DeShields (MSB ’18) said he believes Georgetown’s Greek life is on the rise, adding that university recognition seemed inevitable.

“I think eventually the university will have to recognize Greek life because it is growing exponentially, and is something that is a huge part of the culture across the United States,” DeShields said. “Currently, Greek life is definitely not as big of a presence as organizations like The Corp, but we’re definitely growing, so I think in the next couple of years it will be exponentially more present.”

Despite the rise of Greek life on campus, Steck said that he expected that Georgetown will maintain its Jesuit ideals — and its view of those ideals as incompatible with a Greek system.

“If they ever decide to approve social Greeks, I hope I’m long gone. I think it would be a loss to part of our identity, something that makes Georgetown distinctive,” he wrote. “Once at a basketball game, I saw a sea of students proudly wearing their WAG T-shirts.

In their midst, however, were four guys wearing their fraternities letters.

I think that scene is symbolic of an ethos counter to Georgetown’s own: the T-shirts of one group declaring ‘We Are Georgetown,’ the other ‘We Are Greek,’” Steck said.

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Fossil Free Presents Post Editor Taught GU Course Proposal to CISR BRADLEE, from A1

DIVESTMENT, from A1 Fossil Free has worked on the proposal for over a year.

The group presented a proposal to University President John J. DeGioia in January 2013. After feedback from administrators, GU Fossil Free changed its plan to include staged divestment, instead of asking the university to abandon all investments in fossil fuel companies.

The Georgetown University Student Association has publicly supported the proposal since November 2013.

The Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility has never worked through a proposal like the one presented by GU Fossil Free, James said. If the committee votes in support of the proposal, it will be sent to the university’s board of directors for final approval. If the proposal is accepted, Georgetown would become be the first Jesuit university with an endowment over $1 billion to divest from fossil fuels.

“As with any proposal submitted by members of the university community on issues related to socially responsible investing, CISR will deliberate to give it full and careful consideration,” Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh wrote in an email.

GU Fossil Free member Max Menard (SFS ’16) said that he hopes that CISR considers the correlation between divestment and Georgetown’s Catholic values.

“As the Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility, I hope they realize that climate change caused by burning fossil fuels hurts most the global poor and future generations: the people with the smallest voice and who Pope Francis advocates most for,” Menard wrote in an email.

Those in attendance convened at 1:45 p.m. for over 45 minutes before and during the committee meeting, shouting, “We are unstoppable; another world is possible” and “We’re young, we’re strong, we’re supporting all day long.” The protesters even took to Twitter to create a hashtag: #CISRsayYes. “Divestment can’t come soon enough. #CISRsayYes,” Lexi Dever (COL ’16), who attended the rally, tweeted.

The rally included undergraduate and graduate students as well as students from the Georgetown University Law Center campus.

“I think that various adminis-

trative groups on campus can get the feeling that we’re just a very small group of students who don’t represent the larger Georgetown community in terms of what we’re asking for,” James said. “And I do think it was very effective in being a physical presence while the committee members were walking in and thinking, ‘There is actually some pressure here.’”

Hoya Kids Learning Center staff member Nina Sherburne, a member of GU Fossil Free, said she participated in the rally to support a more sustainable future for the children she cares for.

“I take care of 2- and 3-year-olds all day long and I feel guilty trying to prepare them for a future while the institution that I work for continues to funnel money into fossil fuel companies that are destroying our planet,” Sherburne said. “So I want to work for a university that not only takes care of its children while they are here but prepares them for a future that they can live in.”

Sherburne said she was happy to be a part of a growing movement that has already been approved at 14 U.S. colleges, including Stanford University, Hampshire College and San Francisco State University.

“This movement is global, it’s massive, and it’s spreading like wildfire,” Sherburne said during the rally. “It is unstoppable, which is why we are here today.”

Laura Lannan (COL ’17), who attended the rally, said that she was happy to see representation from several groups at the protest.

“While I was at the rally, I saw students from GUSA, from College Democrats, H*yas for Choice, the law school and even some philosophy students for divestment,” Lannan wrote in an email. “I was really glad to see all of the different voices that came out in support of the movement.”

Dever said that she protested on behalf of divestment from fossil fuels in order to help to ensure a better future for the university.

“We as a university often claim to be leaders, but to be leaders, we need to lead in more ways than acceptance rate and numbers of presidential alumni,” Dever wrote in an email. “I firmly believe that our future, not just at Georgetown, lies in divestment from fossil fuels, and Georgetown has a unique opportunity to help lead us into this new, better world.”

Street home. He taught a journalism course in the spring of 1997 and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the university in 2006. “[Bradlee] has helped to strengthen the teaching of journalism at Georgetown College, in part through his own teaching, and has readily shared with our students his professional perspective, his sense of ethics and his inspirational devotion to that elusive but cherished journalistic objective: the truth,” University President John J. DeGioia said at the time.

His wife, Sally Quinn, has also been connected to Georgetown through the Post’s former blog on religion, On Faith.

Bradlee’s relationship with Georgetown began as research for a book called “How to Read a Newspaper.” After publishing his autobiography, “A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures” in 1995, Bradlee planned to follow up with the second work.

To prepare, he taught a class with Barbara Feinman Todd, now Georgetown’s director of undergraduate journalism, who served as his researcher for “A Good Life.”

“I suggested to him that if he came and co-taught a class with me at Georgetown, maybe it would help him flesh out the book,” Feinman Todd said.

The course was also titled “How to Read a Newspaper.” It met once a week and was cotaught training students to become sophisticated readers of the news, understanding when and how sources lie, with a particular interest in anonymous sources. Pulling from his experience as an editor, Bradlee attempted to give students his insider’s perspective on writing a newspaper.

“He had a certain swagger and confidence about him that made it clear that you felt like you were sitting in front of someone who has made history,” said Suzanne Smalley (COL ’98), a student in the

class and current senior director of content and strategy for AtlanticLIVE at The Atlantic. “He had incredible war stories to tell and a very rich memory for critical history in this country that he lived through and covered for the Post.”

Although Bradlee never ended up writing his second book, his enthusiasm for the class and passion for journalism was boundless. He read and co-graded every assignment with Feinman Todd.

“He loved teaching the class. It was a good sounding board for his book idea, and he loved the interaction with the students,” Feinman Todd said. “He loved life so much.

Every day he got up, and he was so happy to be doing what he was doing. I can’t imagine him having had a different life. He was born to be a newspaper editor, and it was a joy to be in the room with somebody who was so alive and so comfortable in his own skin.”

The small course, with fewer than 20 students selected through an application process, featured several guest speakers, including Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, ESPN Vice President John Walsh and Woodward.

“It was clear whenever these incredible icons came into the classroom, they all had tremendous respect for professor Bradlee,” Smalley said. “It wasn’t the most structured class I took at Georgetown, but it was one of the more interesting ones.”

Bradlee also connected with journalists and others now at Georgetown outside of his later-in-life work on the Hilltop.

Journalism professor Athelia Knight worked as a reporter for the Post under Bradlee from 1974 to 1991, where she covered topics including education, social issues, criminal justice, and sports, and credited him with constantly motivating her to improve.

“He took a chance on me because I was a young, rookie reporter who was basically thrown in with all the other Metro

reporters, and I survived,” Knight said. “He was tough as nails. I liked that because he pushed me. He pushed me to become a better reporter.”

Knight and Feinman Todd still recalled Bradlee’s professional advice years later.

“Go back, go back, go back. We were trying to get to the truth, and when you’re interviewing someone, the first time, they don’t tell you everything. The second time, the third time,” Knight said. “It’s really checking your facts and getting it right.

And if you don’t have it, you don’t have it.” “‘Never send a letter when you’re angry.’ I think about that almost every time I hit the send button on something that’s difficult,” Feinman Todd added. “He always warned … people can lie to you. So be open to people, but you always need as many sources as you can get. So be careful, don’t be cynical, I would say,” Feinman Todd said.

Despite his stature and even after his time teaching at Georgetown, Bradlee took the time to further the development of young journalists. From 2001 to 2008, Knight ran The Washington Post’s Young Journalist Development Program for high school students interested in journalism, and Bradlee occasionally stopped by to speak to the students.

“I got Bradlee to speak to the students more than once, and he was very generous with his time. He was willing to take pictures with the kids; he was willing to just talk to them about his career,” Knight said. “He never really stopped being excited about the news.”

Feinman Todd agreed that Bradlee always made the time to connect with students.

“He made himself available to the students, and he was there for them, not only for the class but for real-world, real journalism advice,” she said.

Bradlee’s funeral will take place at Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Epstein Joins NFL Commission NFL, from A1 House Counsel from June 2011 to June 2014.

“I am very proud that Professor Deborah Epstein and alumna Kathryn Ruemmler (LAW ’96) were selected to serve on this commission,” Law Center Dean William M. Treanor said in a statement to The Hoya.

“Domestic violence is a serious issue and the appointment of these two members of the Georgetown Law community is reflective of the Law Center’s dedication to public service and commitment to justice.”

Although the NFL has pushed for reform prior to February’s Super Bowl, Patterson called the players association’s timeline of actions to prevent domestic violence “very aggressive.” The commis-

sion will continue to work with the NFL, however, to make recommendations and to review their plans for reform.

“The tangible goal of the commission will be in the form of recommendations to the NFL in terms of their training, education protocols, discipline process, etcetera.

Because they’re the ones with the platform to sort of roll out any presentation or training or anything like that,” Patterson said.

The Commission on Violence Prevention has already begun to meet and take tangible action. Various media outlets have reported that the players union has offered the NFL a critique of its proposed training for players in the league. According to NBC Sports, critics have taken issue with the players union for treating all players as “perpetrators,” not defining who

would offer training, and not focusing enough on behaviors that could lead to violence. Patterson declined to comment on specifics of the commission’s activities.

Goodman has high hopes for the future work of the commission.

“I think it’s been a long time coming,” Goodman said. “I think that we need efforts like this at every level to work with athletes and to work with men in general. But this is a group who has the power not only to change the discourse for NFL players but to change the discourse for athletes and for men if they take it seriously enough and if they push far enough.”

Epstein declined to comment, and Ruemmler could not be reached for comment.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Youtz Hat Trick Dooms Hoyas to 4-0 Temple Defeat Claire Schansinger Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown field hockey team (5-10, 0-4 Big East) suffered a tough loss against No. 16 Temple University (12-5, 3-1 Big East) on Friday afternoon at the MultiSport Facility. Though they lost by a final score of 4-0, the Hoyas played a competitive first half against the victorious Owls.

Georgetown entered the home matchup on a high note, having defeated Colgate 3-0 last week to break a five-game losing streak.

Owls senior forward Amber Youtz is the NCAA Division I leading scorer of the season, and she entered Friday’s game with 21 goals in 16 matches.

After several attempts in the first half, Youtz capitalized in the 23rd minute with a powerful shot past Georgetown sophomore goalie Rachel Skonecki after an initial deflection to make the score 1-0. The Owls had 18 shots overall after the first period, while the Hoyas did not register a single shot on goal.

Georgetown Head Coach Shannon Soares commented on how the Hoyas prepared to defend Youtz.

“We knew we were going to be competing against one of the top teams in the country and one of the most dangerous forwards in the country, Amber Youtz,” Soares said.

“We made our kids aware of it and watched a lot of film. It’s hard to mimic that speed in practice, but we focused on how we can decrease the amount of space we can give her on the ball and really play a little bit of denial hockey with her. When she receives the ball, she very much attacks the circle and has a relentlessness to her that makes it very difficult on the opposing defense.”

The Hoyas defensive line came out tenacious at the start of the second half, but Youtz scored in the

54th minute with an unassisted shot past Skonecki from the center of the circle. Four minutes later, Youtz shot and scored again after gaining control following a corner, with an assist from senior midfielder Nicole Kroener. The two goals in quick succession quickly gave the Owls an even bigger lead, leaving the Hoyas with a three-goal deficit.

Even then, Georgetown was unable to stop the bleeding, as just one minute after the second goal, in the 59th minute, sophomore Shannon Soares f o r w a r d Field Hockey Head Coach Katie Foran scored her fifth goal of the season, taking advantage of Youtz’s initial shot, which was saved and deflected. At the end of the game, Temple had registered 27 shots compared to Georgetown’s two, and the Owls had 19 total corners compared to just two for the Hoyas. Despite giving up the four scores, Skonecki had nine total saves and another solid performance in the back.

“Despite the loss, when we played our game, connected passes and put the team first we were able to get some shots on their goal and play a good couple minutes of hockey.

We always just have to work on response. When we get scored on we can’t keep our heads down and have to just get back,” Skonecki said.

Coach Soares also praised her goalie.

“I’m really, really proud of Rachel and all of the hard work she has put in. Her confidence has carried her well recently and she also has three strong backs in front of her that have been able to withstand a significant amount of pressure from the last two to three games,” Soares said.

Even though the Hoyas had few shots on goal, the defensive line proved its strength and ability to shut down a power offensive team,

“When we get scored on we can’t keep our heads down.”

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Georgetown sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki registered nine individual saves against the Owls on Friday. She has 81 saves on the year, and three shutouts in her 14 starts, good for 3.96 goals allowed per game. especially in the first half when it kept Temple to just one goal. Sophomore defender Molly Thompson had two incredible saves and fellow sophomore defender Devin Holmes held down the back again with another strong game.

“The back three did extremely well.

Molly Thompson, Devin Holmes and for most of the game [sophomore defender] Hailey Vann and [senior forward] Molly Denzel were both in there and came up with two or three defensive saves, and I wouldn’t want to have anyone else in front of me,”

Skonecki said.

With only three games remaining in the season, the Hoyas hope to learn from this loss to prepare for their match against Liberty University (10-7, 4-0 NorPac).

“We’ve got three games remaining on our schedule and for us, it’s about taking pride in each one of those games. We want to work toward our best to represent Georgetown in the best way possible,” Soares said.

Soares believes that improved core fundamentals are the key to

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future success for the Hoyas.

“I’ve said it all season, but it’s simple hockey,” Soares said. “It’s passing and trapping and playing two to three trap possessions.

When we try to take the ball one on one and we play as a bunch of individuals, it does not suit us well as a team. We don’t have one or two superstars, but the best way we are going to be successful is by playing team-oriented hockey.”

The Hoyas will play the Liberty Flames on the road Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Lynchburg, Va.

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Frontrunners Stuck in Neutral Hoyas Earn 1st Win In the English Premier League Against Ranked Team A

lthough the English Premier League currently holds the (deserved) status as the best and most competitive top-to-bottom soccer league in the world, in truth the English league — throughout its 22-year modern history — has always been dominated by a select few teams.

Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool rise above the rest, with double-digit championships to their names. In recent years, foreign cash infusions have allowed Chelsea and Manchester City to rise into the top flight of the league. These five teams retained a status quo for several years, but this tiered system was given a shock after the retirement of Manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of Manchester United’s 2012-2013 title run. Now, a top-five spot is truly up for grabs for most EPL teams.

This season was supposed to be one of true parity, with as many as five true title contenders, and seven teams able to challenge for a Champions League place. While the latter part still holds true, the former has not come to pass. Chelsea are the clear leaders, Manchester City is the only power seemingly within striking distance and the former heavyweights are struggling to separate themselves from the mid-table underdogs they used to rip through.

Arsenal currently reside in fifth place, with Liverpool and Manchester United lagging further back in seventh and eighth, respectively. All three spent large sums of money on flashy offensive stars, ignoring the obvious frailties in their back lines. This contrasts quite starkly with Southampton, which bought players with squad balance in mind.

Their thifty purchases of Italian forward Graziano Pelle and Serbian midfielder Dusan Tadic have led the low--budget St. Mary’s club into the Champions League places.

Arsenal’s woes can be somewhat excused given that they sit one spot out of fourth, and that they have dealt with a cataclysmic string of injuries to half of the starting unit, including the likes of Mesut Ozil, Mathieu Debuchy, Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta. Although circumstance has been unkind to

the Gunners, the flaws exposed by such misfortune were hardly unforeseen. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger splurged in each of the past two summers on prized luxury attacking La Liga stars Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.

While spending on offense, Wenger ignored the defense and overcrowded Arsenal’s offensive core. The Gunners allowed captain and defender Thomas Vermaelen to leave without a seasoned replacement and left the back line in the hands of the dependable but aging duo of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker. Worse still, Arsenal failed to address its gaping hole at defensive midfield, ceding control of the middle of the pitch in its biggest games.

Contrast this with Chelsea, which brought in young prospect Kurt Zouma to learn

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Risky transfer policies have stalled Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. from veteran John Terry, and purchased one of the best left backs in Europe to bring depth to its fullback rotation. Filipe Luís’ signing is a decision that has paid dividends in light of César Azpilicueta’s recent three-game suspension.

More crucially, Chelsea made central midfield a priority, bringing in former Arsenal great Cesc Fàbregas to pick apart defenses from afar in tandem with recent purchase Nemanja Matic, whose steely resolve in the holding role completely revitalized the Blues’ campaign last spring. Arsenal, meanwhile, passed on these types of players, including Fàbregas and defensive midfielder Alex Song, who is currently playing a pivotal role at West Ham and looking down at the Gunners from fourth place, specifically.

Manchester United’s defensive issues have been even more horrendous than Arsenal’s. In addition to lacking depth, the

Red Devils also lack seasoned quality at any defensive position excluding goalkeeper David De Gea. The money spent on Radamel Falcao — for a team already featuring Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin Van Persie — surely would have been better spent on a center back like Mehdi Benatia to join new signing Marcos Rojo.

Though United seems to be an improving squad, given its recent draw with Chelsea, the gap between them is still very pronounced. Man United Manager Louis Van Gaal would do well to purchase an elite center back and full back during the January transfer window.

Liverpool’s fantastic secondplace finish last season was taken as a sign of a return to form under the guidance of Brendan Rogers, but now it seems more likely that the brilliance of Luis Suárez was solely responsible for the Reds’ return to Champions League football.

In fairness, more can be garnered from the team once Daniel Sturridge returns to partner with the perpetually frustrating talent that is Mario Balotelli. Still, the horrid performance of the defense — which Dejan Lovren was supposed to shore up — would be a tough burden even for any offense. More troubling has been the poor form of Rogers himself, who has chosen not to own up to the team’s flaws, and instead uses Balotelli’s past troubled reputation to create an easy scapegoat for a team in shambles defensively.

Errors in squad building this summer might have already ended the title hunt. José Mourinho shaped his Chelsea engine to perfection, while other traditional powers treated their teams like FIFA squads, lavishing in luxury offensive stars with little thought to tactics, complimentary attributes and defense.

Manchester City remains a threat thanks to an already powerhouse squad, but Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool must all correct their imbalances in the January transfer window if they want to keep their place in the Champions League from upstarts such as Southampton, Swansea City and West Ham.

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four in the game, the lowest total of the season. Creighton had nine shots and six corner kicks, one of which led to a shot that missed high. The Bluejays were unable to convert on any of their chances.

“When you are playing a team as good as Creighton, at Creighton … you are going to have to defend well for parts of that game,” Wiese said. “I thought the guys did a really good job of that. I thought they were very committed.”

The match’s lone goal arrived in the 73rd minute and was set up by players in nearly all positions. The buildup began with sophomore defender Joshua Yaro, went through senior midfielder Austin Martz, who earned the assist, and Muyl, before Basuljevic finished the chance with a shot from the left side of the box

that hit the left side of the goal.

Georgetown improved to 5-1-1 on the road with Saturday’s win in Omaha. The team has scored over half of its goals in away matches while limiting the home teams to just three goals all season and earning five of its eight shutouts. These numbers are all the more impressive when considering the intimidating home-field advantage that many of the Hoyas’ opponents feature.

Nearly 5,000 fans attended the season opener at No. 8 Indiana University, and 3,023 watched Saturday’s game in Omaha.

“When you play on the road, it focuses you, and I think when this team is focused, we are tremendous,” Wiese said.

“When this team is focused, it does a lot of little details right. … I think this group has really identified itself with being very comfortable on the road against anybody.”

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Overseas Franchise Tempting but Unwise IPPOLITO, from A10 already has massive political influence here in the United States and is the recipient of many old, unnecessary tax breaks. Despite the legal trouble its players and executives continually seem to find themselves in, the league’s power has not diminished.

Osborne’s quote implies that Britain would be willing to give the NFL similar advantages and special treatment. Such an act would further legitimize the NFL’s current system of arbitrary punishment while giving it fresh streams of revenue.

The myriad benefits for the NFL decrease any incentive for self-reform because they are being rewarded despite their abject failure to uphold the social responsibility that they possess.

Moreover, scheduling would be a huge obstacle. By all indications, the NFL does not plan to expand the number of teams beyond its current number of 32. Doing so would disrupt the current format of four teams per division and four divisions per conference.

Proponents of a London franchise propose that the team’s home and road games can just be played consecutively, with the team spending half the year in London and half the year in the United States. However, the players have families back in the States, and suggesting that they spend over two months isolated from their families is not what this league, which has struggled to deal with domestic abuse issues, should be

advocating.

Furthermore, there could be an issue with player discipline. Last week the Lions sent defensive tackle C.J. Cosley home from London, suspending him two weeks for a violation of team rules. Although no specifics were given, the situation poses interesting questions as to what would happen with player discipline given the necessity of overseas travel and working under a different legal system.

Finally, some players would just refuse to play. Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth stated over the summer that he would rather retire than play for a London-based team. As the Bengals’ representative to the NFL Players’ Association, he feels a majority of players would dislike playing for a London franchise. The last thing the NFL needs to add to its list of problems is labor issues, especially given the negative public image of Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league’s inaction on concussions and various long-term injuries, which has already caused a rift with the players.

While 14 hours of football every Sunday might be every couch potato’s dream, this dream should go unrealized. Although it’s great that the NFL wants to share America’s game with the world, the status quo is much preferable to bringing London into the picture.

Mike Ippolito is a sophomore in the College. THE WATER COOLER appears every Tuesday.

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Just a week after the Head of the Charles Regatta, the Georgetown men’s and women’s rowing teams traveled to Princeton, N.J., to compete in the annual Princeton Chase Regatta.

The race marked the official collegiate debut for Georgetown freshmen on both squads. For the women’s team, Georgetown had a combined openweight and lightweight freshmen boat.

That group finished fifth in a 12-team field. The other women’s boats also competed well, with the varsity eight-person boat placing 16th overall. That result marks a significant improvement from last year, when the team placed 25th overall.

Georgetown’s varsity fourperson women’s boat finished 21st in a competitive race that included boats from Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth and Boston University.

“I think [the freshmen] did really well. Our top boat finished fifth out of 12 programs. It was their first race as collegiate freshmen and we think it’s a fun thing to do in the fall, to mix them together, so they’re not separated out,” Head Women’s Coach Miranda Paris said.

“They got out of the water and they knew they’d really performed their best, and that’s hard to do when you’re racing time trials format. I was happy with it overall.”

The men’s freshmen boat also competed well, especially considering the fact that this was Georgetown’s walk-on rowers’ debut. In the men’s varsity heavyweight eight-person race, Georgetown placed 15th in a field of over 60 boats. In the men’s varsity lightweight eightperson regatta, Georgetown finished 20th in a field of over 30 boats. The men’s heavyweight four-person boat placed 27th in a competitive pool, while the lightweight four-person team finished 14th.

“They beat a few boats full of recruited kids so that’s a really good sign,” Head Men’s Rowing Coach Luke Agnini said.

Returners raced in a variety of heavyweight and lightweight races on the 3-mile course. The field was stocked with tough competitors ranging from top programs like Yale and Boston University.

“They did not have a good race, but the result was still pretty decent,” Agnini said.

“I think it’s all good learning

points for the spring for these guys. It was a chance for them to realize that ‘Hey, even though we had a bad week at practice and a tough race, we can still put out a solid performance.’”

Heading into the race, Agnini emphasized the important of mid-race awareness on the boat.

While physical fitness improves over an extended period of time, Agnini noted that awareness can progress on a day-to-day basis. Following the Head of the Charles, the men’s team’s focused on awareness in practice.

“That was the focus at the end of the week working up toward the regatta ... was getting rid of all the distractions and being aware of what the guys had to do,” Agnini said.

The women’s team had headed to Princeton with the hopes of maintaining the second-half aggression exhibited in the Head of the Charles. That regatta saw Georgetown compete against some of the top rowing programs in the country and finish 24th out of 34 teams in the eight-person race and ninth of 13 in the four-person race.

“Our goal was to add aggression to that first half — we didn’t really go out hard enough in the Head of the Charles, and I really thought we did do that in this race. We really narrowed the margin and gaps between us and other programs we saw at the Head of the Charles,” Paris said.

Characteristic of the Princeton Chase was the high level of competition present. Most of the Ivy League schools’ rowing teams were present, as well as top national programs including Virginia and California.

“It’s very cool to compete with the very top in our sport, and I don’t think there’s many sports on campus that regularly get to compete with national champions or top-five or 10 caliber programs,” Paris said.

The Princeton Chase marks one of the last races of the fall for the Georgetown teams, leaving them ample time to focus on training. The women will compete in the Head of the Occaquan Regatta in Lorton, Va., on Nov. 1 and then enter the winter offseason. The men’s final race of the semester will be on Nov. 7 at the Rutgers Classic in New Brunswick, N.J. “Now we can just focus on doing some stuff indoors on the rowing machines, and that’s where the guys will really find out how to get to the next one or two gears,” Agnini said.

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Junior outside hitter Lauren Saar notched five kills, 18 digs and two service aces in Friday’s 3-2 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons. ting awesome balls,” Cannon said.

Head Coach Arlisa Williams was thrilled with her team’s grit and determination to win.

“I think that they showed so much heart. They were confident that we could take this, and they knew that if we did our jobs on our side, that we would be able to come out on top,” Williams said.

“I think that they showed so much heart. They were confident that we could take this.”

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Georgetown faced a more difficult opponent in a game against Marquette on Sunday. The Golden Eagles represented a formidable test for the Hoyas, who eventually succumbed in straight sets (25-22, 25-22, 25-12).

Senior outside hitter Alex Johnson recorded a double-double in the loss, scoring a team-high 12 kills along with 10 digs.

In the first set, the Hoya defense was led by Saar, who recorded nine of her 13 digs in that span, and the Golden Eagles were never able to gain a significant advantage. How-

ever, Marquette eventually closed the set with a score of 25-22 after Georgetown made two consecutive attack errors. The Hoyas started strong in the second set, racing out to a 15-8 lead. After a Marquette timeout, though, the Golden Eagles reeled off 17 of the next 24 points, seizing the set 25-22.

Williams was still pleased with her team’s effort in the first two sets.

“I think that they came out, they played hard, they competed, they were aggressive, they did everything that we’ve been talking about all year,” Williams said.

Saar was also pleased with the team’s performance.

“I think the first two sets were especially fun. We came out and played really hard,” Saar said. “We were making plays and making the right shots.”

The Hoyas suffered an unfortunate setback late in the second set, when Simpson, one of Georgetown’s co-captains, was forced to exit with an arm injury. As a result, junior defensive specialist Emily Gisolfi moved over to take Simpson’s libero position, but Georgetown’s defensive rotation was then thrown off after losing one of its key players. As a result, Marquette was able to win the third set by a relatively comfortable score of 25-12.

Georgetown will look to build off these matches as it begins a stretch of five consecutive road games, starting with a match at Creighton next Saturday, Nov. 1.

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Georgetown’s volleyball team (915, 3-8 Big East) earned a split of two weekend home games in the McDonough Arena, defeating DePaul (3-20, 1-10 Big East) in a thrilling five-set match Friday before falling to conference title contenders Marquette (17-6, 8-3 Big East) in straight sets Sunday.

The Hoyas were led by standout individual performances by several players Friday. Freshman outside hitter Terese Cannon finished with a career-high 29 kills, senior libero MacKenzie Simpson recorded a career-high 36 digs, and freshman setter Casey Speer registered career highs in assists (63), kills (5) and service aces (3).

The Hoyas came out hot in the first set, racing to an 8-3 lead. However, the Blue Demons chipped away at the lead until they finally tied the game at 22-22, and a kill by junior middle blocker Jasmine King eventually closed the set in DePaul’s favor with a score of 26-24.

Georgetown showed resilience from the start of the second set, bouncing back to tie the match with a 25-23 set win, as Speer delivered a crucial and surprising kill. Speer typically looks to set up the Hoyas’ hitters, but on this occasion she snuck a shot into a gap within the Blue Demons’ defense, where it landed untouched.

“They’re never expecting it because our hitters are so good, so they’re going to expect me to set them, because they always put the ball down. Sometimes, I like to mix it up and keep them guessing,” Speer said.

DePaul managed to keep Georgetown at arm’s length for the majority of the third set, eventually holding an 18-13 lead. However, the Hoyas fired back, closing to within one point at 19-18 when Speer and junior outside hitter Lauren Saar fended off two Blue Demon attacks with incredible diving digs before Cannon finished the point with one of her eight thirdset kills. After a few more volleying points, Saar recorded a service ace, closing the back-and-forth set for the Hoyas with a score of 26-24.

DePaul rebounded to claim a tense fourth set, 28-26, but Georgetown was finally able to pull away in the fifth set, taking the deciding set 1511. This ended an extraordinarily close game, as the fifth set was the only set in the match that was decided by more than two points.

Cannon led the Hoyas on offense throughout the night, as she was consistently aggressive, looking to end points quickly.

“I was matched up against a shorter blocker, and Casey [Speer] was set-

Kenyon made remarks about the passion of everyone in the athletic department.

“It’s passion that makes us great, and it’s passion that will sustain greatness for generations to come,” Kenyon said.

The focus turned to athletes from this past graduating class, with Steve Neumann (MSB ’14) and Emily Menges (COL ’14) winning the Awards for Outstanding Achievement by a Male and Female Athlete, respectively.

In a letter, Neumann, who currently plays for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, thanked his parents and coaches.

“My teammates pushed me to be the best player I could [be],” he wrote.

Neumann, a midfielder, was unable to attend as he had a game that night, but the athletic department noted that when Georgetown announced that he won the award, a man from Pittsburgh, whose son is battling cancer, sent a letter to the school telling them what a remarkable young man Neumann is and how appreciative he

is for Neumann reaching out to his son and helping him persevere through his battle with cancer.

Similarly to Neumann, Menges, noted how thankful she was for the people who helped her succeed on and off the pitch.

Currently with the Portland Thorns FC of the Women’s Soccer League, the goalkeeper said that she considers her six teammates who graduated with her this

“It’s passion that makes us great and it’s passion that will sustain greatness for generations to come.”

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spring her best friends.

“I always have nothing but incredible memories,” Menges said about her Georgetown experience.

The Outstanding Achievement by a Coach Award went to Pat Conlan,

Georgetown’s first and only softball coach. During her nine-year tenure, Conlan has built the Georgetown program from scratch into a major force in the Big East. The softball program was faced with many obstacles, as Conlan started with no office, assistants or players.

“I built a program on old wood,” Conlan joked, referencing a time when her first recruits would talk to her on a picnic table outside of McDonough Arena since she had no office.

Tyler Knarr (COL ’13, GRD ’17) received the final honor of the night, the Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete Award. Knarr, who double majored in government and Arabic, holds several Hoyas lacrosse faceoff records. The former defender said that while he initially came to the Hilltop for the lacrosse program, his opinion changed after experiencing the academic and social environment at Georgetown.

“I discovered the true scope of what this place had to offer me,” Knarr said.

Knarr is continuing his studies in the master’s program at Georgetown.

The night concluded with dancing and food for the athletes and coaches in attendance.

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We never held our heads down. They did pick it up because we understand they are a good ballclub and that they have a good running back and a good offense.”

One thing Georgetown’s defense was able to do was force turnovers, something they have done consistently all season. Senior defensive lineman Jordan Richardson recovered a fumble in Georgetown territory and Scott intercepted his fourth pass of the season. Scott has become one of the Hoyas’ biggest playmakers on defense this season, coming

up with big plays game after game.

He made another big play later in the game, breaking up a third-down pass in the end zone to force a field goal attempt.

“I have a personal goal to not be scored on all year,” Scott said. “I knew that was a critical situation and I knew the quarterback and receiver made eye contact; I knew they were coming my way. So I made an effort to make sure even though he had beat me on a quick out route I could recover so I made a good effort to just throw my hand up, run through the ball. At least make it tough on the receiver.”

Meanwhile, Georgetown is just a

couple more of those impact plays away from finally pulling out wins in close games.

“There’s an aspect of being a mature football team, being able to make some of those plays down the stretch,” Sgarlata said. “That’s what we need to get to. We are not far away but it’s hard to win football games and everybody’s a good team.”

Next weekend, the Hoyas will try to notch their first win against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (1-6, 0-2 Patriot League) since Georgetown joined the Patriot League in 2001.

The game will kick off on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 12 p.m. on MultiSport Facility.

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Former athlete Omari Faulkner speaks at the 28th Annual Athletic Recognition Event. Attendees included men’s basketball Head Coach John Thompson III.

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The 28th Annual Athletic Recognition Event was held at O’Donovan Hall this past Friday to honor those in the Georgetown community who have made significant contributions to the university’s athletic programs and those who have represented Georgetown well both on and off the field.

Many current Georgetown coaches, including men’s basketball Head Coach John Thompson III, were in attendance, and Omari Faulkner (COL ’04) hosted the event. Faulkner played basketball at Georgetown and mentioned the great academic strides Georgetown has taken.

Last year, athletes recorded a 3.2 cumulative GPA, an all-time high. More impressively, 13 programs were honored for their high progress rates, more than double any other school in the Big East. Last

year also marked the fifth straight year that Georgetown topped the Big East in this category.

The first award of the night was the Outstanding Contribution Award, which went to Thomas (COL ’69) and Barbara Napolitano. For decades the couple has provided donations to the basketball program. Most recently, the Napolitanos provided money for the construction of the John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center as well as a new costume for the Hoya mascot.

The other alumnus who received recognition was Mark Kenyon (COL ’74).

Kenyon received the J. Gregory Carroll Award for his efforts in raising money for the sailing team.

“Now this is pretty cool. But as tradition is, I can’t make a speech without my sailing hat,” Kenyon said.

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The Georgetown football team lost yet another close game this weekend in its Homecoming game against Bucknell University with a final score of 22-17. The Hoyas (26, 0-3 Patriot League) traded leads with the Bison (6-2, 2-0 Patriot League) all game, but they gave up the lead for good on a 22-yard touchdown pass with 7:03 remaining in the fourth quarter. It was Georgetown’s fourth consecutive loss and the second in a row by a touchdown or less.

Bucknell took an early 6-0 lead in the first quarter on a methodical 17-play scoring drive, but Georgetown responded within seconds. On the second play of the following drive, junior quarterback Kyle Nolan hit sophomore tight end Matthew Buckman on a streak up the middle for a 67-yard touchdown to take a 7-6 lead. Nolan had an up-and-down day, completing several very long passes and running for a touchdown but also only converting just 42.3 percent of his pass attempts, throwing an interception and taking a crucial sack to end the first half.

“What you have to understand is our quarterback position is a difficult spot to play. Kyle did a great job of checking protections today. The first touchdown pass to Buckman was a run-pass option read. He couldn’t have thrown a better ball or read it any better,” Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said. “We definitely have room for improvement but when you look at what we ask Kyle to do, we ask him to do a lot, from protections to our run game to our run-pass option stuff.

He’s doing a hell of a job for us this year.”

After his early throwing strike, Nolan was guilty of a mental mistake at the end of the first half that cost the Hoyas dearly. Down 16-10, Georgetown drove down the field

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The No. 8 Georgetown men’s soccer team (8-3-4, 3-2-1 Big East) had its marquee win of the 2014 regular season Saturday evening, defeating the No. 9 Creighton Bluejays (112-2, 4-1-1 Big East) 1-0 in Omaha, Neb. After draws against four ranked teams, including No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 3 University of California-Irvine, Georgetown finally defeated Creighton, then ranked second in the nation. Freshman midfielder Arun Basuljevic scored the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute.

The Hoyas entered the game after a difficult week that saw losses to two Big East opponents. The defeats meant a 14-place drop in the coaches’ poll, from No. 3 to a season-low No. 17, and an uphill battle in order to have a chance to compete for the regular-season conference title.

“You can lose games in soccer.

I think that a lot of people were saying ‘Oh you lost not just once, but you lost twice, so the sky is falling and everything is a problem.’

But that just happens sometimes,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “I think it was an important win because you don’t want to start really believing that you are in the losing way.”

The match against Creighton not only saw a new outlook on the final games of the season for Georgetown, but also a new starting lineup. Sophomore midfielder Jon Azzinari and sophomore forward Brett Campbell both earned the first starts of their careers. They replaced junior forward Brandon Allen, the team’s leading goal scorer, and sophomore forward Alex Muyl, the leader in assists.

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Sophomore tight end Mattew Buckman had four catches for 83 yards and caught a 67-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. and got the ball to Bucknell’s seven-yard line with 11 seconds left and no timeouts remaining.

Sgarlata elected to try one pass toward the end zone before attempting a field goal to end the half. However, on the ensuing pass attempt, Nolan was unable to find an open receiver and was sacked before he was able to throw the ball away. With no timeouts left, Georgetown had to watch the clock run out without getting any points.

“We were on a whip rout, the slot [receiver] goes in and out,” Nolan said. “They were just in the right coverage to cover it up.

Dumb mistake on my part — I should have just thrown the ball away, live to play another down, get the field goal.”

On defense, Georgetown had a tough time against a big, physical

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about [Campbell and Azzinari] coming on and giving us a little bit of energy, giving us a bit of pop and opening up the game a little bit. I thought they did that. … And those guys have been playing well. When you are on the road, you need guys to be able to step up, and I think they deserved the turn in the lineup,” Wiese said.

Neither team was able to generate a great deal of offense, especially in the first half. The Hoyas had only one shot in the first 45 minu-

tes when Campbell forced Bluejays junior goalkeeper Connor Sparrow to make a save in the 18th minute in order to protect the 0-0 score line. Senior goalkeeper and co-captain Tomas Gomez did the same for Georgetown in the 32nd minute.

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Sophomore forward Brett Campbell earned his first career start and had a shot on goal Saturday. He has appeared in 14 games this season.

Bucknell offensive line. This was especially evident in the first half during which the Bison ran for 104 yards and were able to control time of possession. This slow, runoriented approach helped slow down a very good Hoya pass rush that includes senior defensive lineman Alec May. The Football Championship Series sacks leader was held to only one sack as he was frustrated along with the rest of the Hoya defense.

“Quite naturally, if you play a considerable amount of snaps, no matter what it is, it’s kind of demoralizing if it’s third down and we got to get off the field to get our offense back the ball,” junior cornerback Ettian Scott said.

“They pick up the first down and we have to do it over again. But we

n Sunday, the NFL created and Jaguars, two of this year’s para dangerous but exciting ticipants in the series, were going possibility for its business to be far from legitimate contendand for its globally growing fan ers. Yet English fans are still willbase. This past weekend marked ing to spend their time and monthe second of three games this sea- ey watching bad teams and bad son played at Wembley Stadium in matchups. The NFL knows it has London, featuring an unusually a captive audience that will conexciting game between the playoff- sume any product placed before it. caliber Detroit Lions (6-2) and the But although it may make great low-flying Atlanta Falcons (2-6). business sense for the NFL to exAlthough the Lions won on a pand the international series and last-second field eventually goal, it was also have a team notable that based out of any American London, this with a televiis a mistake sion set and the and it should desire to wake refrain from up a bit early doing so. By on a Sunday giving its fan Mike Ippolito morning could and consumwatch it. Instead er base more of kicking off of what it Though fi nancially sound, at the usual 1 wants, the p.m. start time, a London franchise is more NFL grows the Falcons and more powhassle than it is worth.

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The NFL seems to be establishing The possibility of a franchise a legitimate fan base internation- based overseas has been met with ally based on attendance at these a very warm political reception London games. Aside from 2011, as well. Last week, Great Britain’s every game played in London since Chancellor of the Exchequer the international series started in George Osborne held talks with 2007 has attracted over 81,000 the NFL about eventually bringfans. Strong and consistent atten- ing a team to play in London perdance figures also show that the manently. Obsorne was quoted as quality of the teams and the play saying that “anything the governdoes not seem to matter all that ment can do to make this happen much. we will do because I think it would While it is difficult to make pre- be a huge boost to London.” dictions in April when schedules Herein lies the danger. The NFL are finalized, it was probably a relatively safe bet that the Raiders See IPPOLITO, A8

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