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Relive Georgetown’s golden era as a hub for nightlife and music venues in the District.

EDITORIAL Georgetown must treat its adjuncts with respect by addressing their concerns.

GAME OVER Washington, D.C., lost its bid to host the 2022 Gay Games to Hong Kong.

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NEWS, A4

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Love Saxa to Retain SAC Funding University Presents Commission recommends no action against club, pending appeal Adjuncts’ Union With Final Proposal Jeff Cirillo

Hoya Staff Writer

Student group Love Saxa is keeping its university funding and recognized status, pending appeal, after the Student Activities Commission voted early this morning to recommend no action against the group in response to a complaint alleging the group’s stance on marriage fosters hatred and intolerance.

A majority of the 12 voting student members of the commission agreed that the group did not violate any university standards by advocating for a view of marriage as existing only between one man and one woman. Commissioners deliberated in a private executive session for nearly two hours Thursday night and into early Friday morning, following a hearing Monday that ended after three hours with no vote.

By an 8-4 vote, the commission rejected the arguments of Chad Gasman (COL ’20) and Jasmin Ouseph (SFS ’19), who filed a formal complaint against Love Saxa on Oct. 22. The two student LGBTQ activists claimed the group violated university standards for student organizations by promoting its view of marriage as existing exclusively between one man and one woman.

Gasman and Ouseph also cited instances in which Love Saxa invited speakers to campus who spoke against LGBTQ equality.

The committee’s vote is not binding — it constitutes a recommendation to Amanda Carlton,

Jesus Rodriguez Hoya Staff Writer

Negotiations for a new collective bargaining contract between Georgetown and more than 1,000 adjunct professors concluded Oct. 31 with a tentative agreement, following five months of discussions.

The university presented a final offer Tuesday to the six-person bargaining team, which includes two union staff members representing the adjunct professors. The

tentative agreement includes an increase in the minimum compensation adjuncts receive per course taught to $7,000 from $4,700 and the creation of an exploratory committee for a regular parttime position, according to an email sent by the Provost’s Office to main campus faculty Oct. 31.

“I am pleased to report that the union has agreed to present our contract offer to its membership for a ratification See ADJUNCTS, A6

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The Student Activities Commission voted to recommend no action against Love Saxa after a three-hour debate Monday and a private executive session Thursday that ended Friday morning. the university’s director of student engagement, who is free to accept, amend or reject it. The committee’s recommendation can also be appealed by either party within two business days to Carlton, whose decision can in turn be appealed to Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson.

Ouseph and Gasman said they

plan to appeal the recommendation. Ouseph said the commission disregarded their substantive arguments against Love Saxa’s purpose and activities.

“I’m both unsurprised but also a little surprised, because the basis of our complaint was pretty firmly rooted in the organization’s standards,” Ouseph said.

The effort to strip Love Saxa’s funding drew criticism from religious circles. Fr. James Martin, S.J., a prominent author and advocate for LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic Church, and Princeton University professor Robert George, a conservative Catholic, condemned See FUNDING, A6

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Georgetown University offered a final, tentative agreement to the union representing adjunct professors Tuesday.

Graduate Student Employees Seek Labor Union Recognition Hannah Urtz Hoya Staff Writer

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Panelists including former Charlottesville Chief of Police Timothy Longo, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson discussed the limits of free speech Monday.

Panelists Weigh Free Speech Limits After Charlottesville Jesus Rodriguez Hoya Staff Writer

The line is blurred between free speech and speech that is harmful or violent enough to be curtailed, according to four experts at a Georgetown University Free Speech Project panel Monday.

Speaking to an audience that filled Gaston Hall’s lower level, the panelists examined

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the aftermath of this summer’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. The conversation led to little agreement among the panelists, which was what the Free Speech Project intended to achieve in its first public event, according to director and moderator Sanford Ungar.

Violent and racist undertones marked the “Unite the Right” demonstration, which

turned deadly when a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters and killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injured 19 others. Experts on the law and civil rights, including U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, analyzed the implications of the attack for free speech rights.

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Graduate students demanded recognition of their labor union and the start of contract negotiations in a letter to University President John J. DeGioia on Wednesday.

Around 60 members of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees gathered on Copley Lawn to deliver the letter to DeGioia requesting greater representation in negotiating a new contract.

The letter calls for a formal response from the university by next Wednesday. Rachel Pugh, senior director for strategic communications, said the university is “carefully reviewing their request.”

GAGE seeks to “ensure a work environment that lives up to Georgetown’s values as a Catholic and Jesuit university,” according to the letter.

GAGE asks Georgetown to uphold its Just Employment Policy, which was adopted in 2005 “to respect the rights of employees to vote for or against union representation without intimidation, unjust pressure, undue delay or hindrance.”

The American Federation of Teachers, an education-focused union that is also affiliated with the University of Vermont and the University of Chicago,

has been designated as the labor advocacy group’s bargaining agent.

GAGE members have been working on a proposal to unionize for the past year. In that time, it has garnered support from over 50 percent of

graduate workers, constituting about 800 graduate students in the bargaining unit, according to GAGE member Hailey Huget, a sixth-year doctoral student.

A group of doctoral students See UNION, A6

GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE OF GRADUATE EMPLOYEES

Members of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees are requesting the university recognize their labor union.

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SPORTS

Recuperating Cooper Field The university is set to begin renovations on Cooper Field this December.

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Take a Knee The men’s basketball team should kneel at its first game in protest of racial injustice.

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Big East Title Game The women’s soccer team will host the Big East Championship on Sunday after a decisive victory against Marquette.

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NEWS Professor Honored

opinion No Need for Violence

SPORTS Historic Season

Rev. Patrick Desbois received the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize for his work on Holocaust research.

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Resorting to force is counterproductive to the goals of the left.

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After a victory this weekend, the women’s golf team has won three tournaments in one season for the first time.

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THE VERDICT

Redirect Penalties for Sex Work Last month, D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced a bill to decriminalize sex work in Washington, D.C. Although this editorial board endorses the council’s goal of protecting the safety and rights of sex workers in D.C., it believes the manner in which this bill attempts to do so will only worsen the problems associated with sex work.

Grosso’s bill was developed in consultation with the Sex Workers Advocates Coalition, a group of organizations dedicated to helping the District rethink its policy surrounding sex work, and was co-sponsored by Councilmember Robert White Jr. (D-At Large). The bill seeks to decriminalize, but not legalize, sex work in the District: It aims to repeal laws that make sex work illegal and lift criminal penalties for it, but it would not regulate the industry.

Currently, it is illegal to engage in or solicit sex for money in D.C. As such, sex workers are often unable to reach out to law enforcement or health services in cases of abuse or trauma for fear of legal repercussions.

Problems such as human trafficking and cases of abuse continue to persist in the sex work industry.

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has reported 256 cases of sex trafficking in the District since 2012.

Proponents of decriminalization argue that it will help mitigate these issues by allowing sex workers to come out of the shadows and seek protections, such as the ability to report to law enforcement when they face abusive situations. However, many of the empirical studies about legalization and decriminalization indicate that such measures fail to adequately protect sex workers and instead exacerbate current problems.

Critics note that this method — decriminalization without legalization — could empower pimps to expand their enterprises without fear of repercussions, essentially allowing already-dismal conditions for sex workers to be further exacerbated.

The primary concern of any policy related to sex work must be to protect as many sex workers as possible, particularly those from marginalized groups — such as members of the LGBTQ community — who

currently have little access to protections. Though Grosso’s bill intends to remedy the current situation, as a policy, decriminalization is empirically ineffective and remains problematic.

Denmark, for example, decriminalized prostitution in 1999, with the justification that decriminalization would make it easier to police. Yet, there is also evidence that decriminalization and legalization of sex work increases rates of human trafficking. A 2013 article in the European Journal of Law and Economics found a strong link between harsher laws surrounding prostitution and lower levels of sex trafficking.

Similarly, an article in World Development, a peer-reviewed academic journal, noted that in 2004, though its population was about 40 percent larger than Denmark’s, the number of human trafficking victims in Sweden was less than four times that of its neighbor.

In 1999, Sweden made it illegal to buy sex, but decriminalized the sale of sex. As such, the punitive measures were shifted from sex workers to their customers.

This “Swedish Model” of sex work policy appears to be the most effective option to protect the rights and safety of sex workers.

This model allows sex workers to come forward to law enforcement and health services — one of the most prominent advantages of decriminalization — while also enforcing criminal penalties for the purchase of sex to curb demand for sex work and prevent the rise of human trafficking.

The Swedish Model places the power in the hands of sex workers, giving them greater access to resources without the detrimental effects of decriminalization. That trafficking rates are significantly lower in Sweden proves the efficacy of this policy.

The criminalization of the purchase of sex, rather than the sale of it, is a necessary first step toward creating a safer environment for sex workers. If the D.C. Council hopes to protect the health and safety of sex workers in the District, it must recognize the Swedish Model as the superior alternative to the outright decriminalization of sex work.

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Stressed Out — A report published this week by the American Psychological Association shows that Americans are more worried about the condition of the United States as a country than they are about their personal finances or work.

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Lion King Live — Disney announced the cast of its live action remake of The Lion King this week. The star-filled cast includes Donald Glover, Beyoncé, John Oliver, Seth Rogen, and Eric André. The film is planned for release in July 2019.

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Party Patrol — Washington, D.C. Councilmember Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) has introduced a bill proposing the creation of an Office of Nightlife. The new government office would serve as a liaison between city authorities and the nightlife industry. If the bill is passed, D.C., would follow cities like New York, London and Amsterdam in having similar offices.

If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say ... — A man in Hawaii was ordered to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend by a judge after he called and texted her 144 “nasty messages.” The unusual sentence came after the man admitted to violating a protection order that prevented him from contacting his former lover.

Alternate History — On Tuesday, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly advanced an unusual historical assessment of the causes of the American Civil War, citing the “lack of an ability to compromise” as a decisive factor. Historians have strongly criticized and rejected the former general’s analysis, calling it “strange,” “sad” and “wrong.”

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Elinor Walker

Treat Adjuncts as Equals Adjunct professors at Georgetown University now face an uncertain future after the passing of the Oct. 31 expiration of their collective bargaining contract with the university.

Georgetown must recognize adjunct professors’ immense contributions by paying them a wage that is livable given the high cost of living in the Washington, D.C. area and by granting them access to health care and other resources.

The university’s failure to adequately cooperate with adjuncts indicates its lack of respect and consideration for our adjunct professors.

Though the university declined to give official statistics on how many adjuncts it employs, estimates by adjunct professors indicate that they comprise over half of all professors on the main campus — more than 1,000 individuals.

Given the sheer number of adjuncts and the significant proportion of the teaching faculty they represent, improving the treatment of adjunct professors must continue to be an urgent priority.

A 2017 study by SmartAsset, a personal finance company, estimated that D.C. residents have to earn $103,543 annually to live comfortably.

Even at the current average rate of $7,750 per threecredit course, it is difficult for adjuncts to reach this threshold working only at Georgetown. Teaching four three-credit classes for two semesters, much more than most full-time professors teach, would earn an adjunct $62,000 a year, at this average rate.

As a result, many adjuncts must piece together multiple part-time jobs — often, multiple positions as adjunct professors — to earn a living.

The wage provided under the current contract is simply unlivable, as Bonnie Morris, a former adjunct professor in the women and gender studies program, argued in an op-ed in The Hoya last semester. Moreover, the university’s final offer in the renegotiation promises few improvements.

This editorial board has raised the issue of adjunct faculty pay before, calling on the university in April to “sustain negotiations and cooperation to ensure its faculty makes strides toward greater equality” (“Value Faculty, Protect Union,” The Hoya, April 21, 2017, A2).

Yet, six months after this call to action and four months after the contract’s original June 30 expiration date, the university has not fully addressed adjuncts’ concerns.

Efforts to renegotiate the contract stalled for five

months, largely due to the university’s failure to adequately address adjuncts’ concerns.

A group of six adjunct faculty members delivered a petition Oct. 27 to the office of University President John J. DeGioia, calling for higher wages and increased access to health care and other resources.

The university’s meager final offer was disseminated Wednesday, promising an increase in the minimum rate of pay for adjuncts, a bonus to adjuncts who have worked at Georgetown longer than five years and the formation of a committee to explore adjuncts’ current access to health care benefits.

Yet, the final offer provides no expansion of access to health care or other resources and paltry wage increases for the average adjunct.

Adjuncts at Georgetown currently earn an average rate of $7,750 per three-credit course, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Though the university’s final offer will bump the minimum rate of compensation up from $4,700 per three-credit course to $7,000 — a change it proudly touts as a 50 percent increase — this increase will likely not affect as many adjuncts as much as the university seems to hope, as it is below what the average adjunct earns.

Low pay is just one data point in a continuing trend in which the university expects many of the same contributions from adjunct as full-time professors and yet fails to adequately support them.

For example, adjuncts are expected to hold office hours for their students, but their access to office space depends entirely on the resources of each department. Many adjuncts hold their office hours in Lauinger Library. At the very least, there must be a standardized minimum access to university resources across departments.

Similarly, neither the current contract nor the university’s new proposal offer adjunct professors a way to gain medical or health benefits. As a university committed to fully caring for each individual on this campus, it is inexcusable to neglect such necessary resources for adjuncts.

On the whole, the university should take steps to address the concerns that have been raised about their state of adjunct professors, including the low wages compared to the cost of living and overall limited access to resources. If not, the university fails to uphold the value of cura personalis — the commitment to care wholly for each individual — by which it claims to live.

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HOYA HISTORY: Nov. 4, 1983

Ford Rededicates Old North Building In a completely filled Gaston Hall last Wednesday, former President Gerald R. Ford was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Georgetown University President Timothy S. Healy, S.J. The occasion was marked by a full academic procession, a brass ensemble and the Georgetown University Singers. Ford later gave a speech at the rededication of the Old North Building, the new home of the Georgetown University School of Business Administration.

In his acceptance speech, Ford made several points in regard to the role that the United States has played and should continue to play in world finance. Ford said that “the free world looks to the United States for economic as well as political leadership. … Their eyes are literally fixed

on Washington. … [T]he answers can’t wait until 1984.”

Ford commented that at the forum he chaired this summer in Vail, Colo., Western political and economic leaders determined that further economic measures must be taken to curtail U.S. deficits, which “fan the flame of protectionism.” There was, however, no endorsement “for a new economic order or system to solve the world’s economic problems,” he added.

Ford emphasized the need for a re-examination of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade, stating that the GATT framework does not encompass enough of the present-day trade activity. Ford also stated that despite the “lack of stability in the international banking system,” bankers and government cannot push “aus-

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On the issue of industrial policy, Ford commented, “The United States is not losing its industrial base across the board.”

He further stated that “a strong sustained balanced recovery” is needed to aid the economies of the United States and its allies.

At the rededication in Dahlgren Quadrangle — the same place where the first president, George Washington, spoke 184 years ago — Ford and Healy cut the ribbon, formally opening the new building. Opening the ceremony was an old-fashioned town crier, Lt. Col. Francis Slate, and music by the United States Navy Ceremonial Band.

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VIEWPOINT • LANDRE

FROM THE DEAN’S DESK

Sarah Shohet

With Myriad Classes, Explore Interests

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articipating in campus life — whether as a student, faculty member or staff — can wreak havoc on your sense of time.

Perhaps I feel this notion more acutely than most, as I work not only with students as an academic advising dean but also in admissions, a field where we are constantly planning ahead. Embarrassingly often, I find myself confused about the current calendar year, especially after spending a morning reviewing applications for a program that starts a year from now.

College students are constantly asked to plan ahead.

There is, of course, pressure to plan for life after Georgetown, as students ask: What kind of career will I pursue? Will I go to graduate school and if so, where? How difficult will it be to get my first job out of college?

More immediately, however, students are asked to plan their future courses during preregistration, which begins next week for the spring 2018 semester.

The logistics of preregistration are well-known to upperclassmen, and by now, even first-year and transfer students have been through the preregistration process once and are not complete novices.

Nevertheless, the multitude of available course options can be intimidating and stressful despite experience with preregistration. It is important to remember that whether or not you have already selected a major — whether you are embarking upon your second semester or your eighth — you are fortunate to be a Hoya who has choices. You have a vast menu of courses, taught by an excellent faculty at a top-rate university.

Embrace these choices.

Regardless of whether you have already determined your academic or professional path, Georgetown expects students to take a wide variety of classes through both the core requirements and the free electives.

As academic advisers, we hope that you will use those courses to take risks and to think outside of the box when mapping out your non-major classes. Is

there a minor that interests you, a cluster of courses that revolves around a topic that you enjoy or a problem you would like to work to solve?

The purpose of attending a liberal arts institution is to push yourself in multiple directions.

Perhaps you are a humanitiescentered student who wants to try a physics or cognitive science class for a change. Maybe your days typically revolve around solving quadratic equations, but you want to explore Buddhist art or think more deeply about human rights and global justice.

Allow yourself the chance to embrace these choices — you never know where they may lead. Take advantage of being at Georgetown, an institution grounded in the tradition of broad and holistic education.

When I asked my own advisees in the health care management and policy program how they view choosing non-major classes during preregistration, they provided thoughtful insights.

Ajay Mishra (NHS ’19) said, “I always try to think of classes outside of my major that might have real-life implications … A personal finance course will probably be more helpful to me in life than a course about the history of ancient Greek literature. That being said, college is the time to learn about unique things that you will not have the chance to learn about anywhere else.”

Grace Vogelzang (NHS ’19) also noted her thought process for preregistration: “My favorite way to expand the types of courses I’m taking has been to talk to friends who study in drastically different disciplines than my own.”

Take a break from the frenzy of the second half of fall semester to think creatively and broadly about what you want to be reading on Healy Lawn on a beautiful spring day in April. Feed your curiosity! You never know where that experience might take you.

Sarah Shohet is an assistant dean of academic affairs in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. FROM THE DEAN’S DESK appears online every other Thursday.

Passing through the doors at the top of the steps, the tour guide yelled over his shoulder that I could find an elevator “somewhere around the side of the building,” as he pointed indiscriminately to his right.

Address Accessibility Shortcomings

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hen I made the decision to attend Georgetown University, I knew that navigating a historic campus in a wheelchair would be a challenge. The cracked cobblestone streets and picturesque staircases that blanket campus are clear red flags for those with mobility issues.

Upon moving in, however, I found that many of the problems I have faced — most notably the deplorable state of automatic door buttons on campus — are the products of negligence rather than actual architectural barriers.

It has been 27 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. Improvements to campus accessibility are long overdue.

In a 2015 study, the National Center for Education Statistics found that 11.1 percent of enrolled college students had some type of disability, indicating the growing importance of disabilityfriendly college campuses.

Georgetown’s Jesuit tradition and commitment to cura personalis — care for the whole person — should mean that accessibility issues are treated with the greatest priority and concern. As made evident by our campus, this level of concern is not present.

I was first exposed to Georgetown’s accessibility shortcomings during a Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society tour my sophomore year of high school.

As our tour group climbed the front steps to Healy Hall, I was left behind at the bottom. Passing through the doors at the top of the steps, the tour guide yelled over his shoulder that I could find an elevator “somewhere around the side of the building,” as he pointed indiscriminately to his right.

During my two additional tours of Georgetown since then, the same situation has occurred.

Blue and Gray should remedy this glaring flaw by training its tour guides to be familiar with accessible routes and conscious of participants who may have mobility restrictions.

Another clear issue is the deplorable state of ADA-compliant doors on campus. For example, the automatic door button at the Tondorf Road entrance to Healey Family Student Center has been broken since I moved to campus two months ago.

The same is true of the ADA button to Reynolds Hall on Library Walk, where I have class twice weekly. Each morning I have class, I have to wait outside the door until someone happens to pass by so I can ask for help.

I reported both issues during my first week of classes and have yet to see tangible results.

Similarly, there are plenty of locations on campus that don’t have buttons at all. When I read THE HOYA’s New Student Guide, I was eager to spend time in the Bioethics Research Library listed

under “Study Spots.” Upon finding it however, I was unable to enter due to the absence of an accessible door button. I waited outside the doors for a few minutes to see if someone would walk by but finally resigned myself to studying in my dorm room.

Other locations that lack buttons are Epicurean and Company, the GOCard Office, the Baker Living Room, every academic department in the Intercultural Center, the School of Foreign Service Dean’s Office, the HFSC courtyard and all 11 doors to and from the Leavey Esplanade and the Student Health Center.

These may not be the most visible places on campus, but they should not be left out of Georgetown’s accessibility efforts.

Moreover, so much of Georgetown’s social scene takes place in inaccessible dorms and townhouses, making it hard for students with mobility issues to have the same access to our social environment and the “Georgetown experience” as our peers.

I have resorted to asking friends to lift me up the steps of townhouses and other inaccessible locations. Where possible, Georgetown should take steps to make locations like these accessible.

I understand that facilitating a more disability-friendly campus is a significant financial commitment for the university.

The ADA requires at least 60 percent of public entrances in

newly built facilities to be disability-accessible and, if the university fails to comply with these standards, it could face costly lawsuits and fines. The American with Disability Act penalizes first-time violations with fines up to $75,000 and subsequent violations with a maximum fine of $150,000. Rather than face these potential consequences, Georgetown should invest in making the campus more accessible.

Despite clear shortcomings, Georgetown has its strengths in promoting accessibility elsewhere.

The Academic Resource Center and the Office of Residential Living have made it possible for me to live on campus in a dorm room that fits my needs. My dean and professors have been exceedingly accommodating when medical issues have caused me to miss class. And, in my first few weeks here, I was encouraged when administrators from the Office of Planning and Facilities Management walked through campus with me to identify accessibility flaws.

The consciousness and sense of sympathy for students with disabilities is certainly present — a perfect example of Georgetown’s cura personalis attitude.

Now, however, the university needs to back up its attitude with actions.

ANNA LANDRE is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service.

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VIEWPOINT • SINGH & BEAUSOLEIL

For Justice, Hoyas Should Kneel Remove Violence From Discourse

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usic blaring, a collective euphoria swamps the air. Expectations about the upcoming basketball season are irrelevant; today, Georgetown’s prodigal son has returned home.

After years of apathy-inducing athletics, Georgetown’s nostalgic alumni return Nov. 12 to see Patrick Ewing’s (COL ’85) first game as head coach for the men’s basketball team.

As the lights turn on after player introductions, the national anthem starts. Elation turns to frenzy; joy turns to shock. Each player on the men’s basketball team is taking a knee, protesting the injustice that black bodies face on a daily basis.

Imagine: One of the biggest moments in the recent history of Georgetown athletics could be transformed into a conduit for conversation about the status quo of black and brown people ‘s lives.

We desire dialogue. When we normalize the injustices wrought upon black and brown bodies, we fail to critically analyze the source of the injustice itself: indifference.

The NFL kneeling protests have laid the foundation for such dialogue. Such a demonstration by Georgetown basketball could foster the necessary dialogue by requiring us to critically analyze our own tacit complicity to the racism that occurs every day on campus.

Amid conversations regarding police brutality, the racial disparity in incarceration rates and, most disturbingly, the revival of white supremacy across the nation, we are constantly confronted by questions of responsibility and representation. Whose duty is it to take a stand — or, in some cases, to take a knee? It must fall upon those with prominent voices.

Georgetown basketball should take up this mantle, as eyes across the nation will be

set on the team’s regular season opener Nov. 12.

Georgetown has not shied away from calling out racial injustice in the past. In 1983, thenPresident Timothy Healy, S.J., expressed his outrage at racist actions by the crowd at basketball games, including t-shirts and signs directed at Ewing that said “Ewing Kant Read Dis” and “Ewing is an Ape,” and a banana peel thrown during a game.

“It is cheap, racist stuff… No one on the face of the Earth can tell me if [Ewing] were a 7-foot-high white man that people would still carry these signs around,” Healy said to The Washington Post after these incidents.

Before a nationally televised game in 2014, the Georgetown men’s basketball team showed solidarity with Black Lives Matters protesters by wearing Tshirts reading “I Can’t Breathe,” a reference to Eric Garner’s dying words as he was choked to death by an NYPD officer for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally. The phrase has since become a rallying cry for many protesting racial injustice, including the Black Lives Matter movement.

Georgetown basketball has never been distant from race and racism. In fact, the team’s “blackness” has often been a symbol of defiance in the face of white hegemony, serving as a source of pride and joy for fans beyond the confines of Washington, D.C. From public figures like Snoop Dogg and Spike Lee donning Georgetown basketball attire to the presence of Georgetown gear in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, it is evident that Georgetown’s basketball team is inextricably linked to blackness.

Still, we must also be fair to and respectful of the players. The fight against racism often thrusts minority individuals in the public

eye to bear the burden of representation for their race. If we as black and brown students place that responsibility upon the players, we are interacting with and reinforcing the very structures we hope they will fight against.

Whether or not they kneel, we hope that the players and those in the spotlight across the nation do not feign ignorance to the plight of black and brown people; we hope they do not see their status as an immunization against institutional oppression. It certainly did not protect Ewing 25 years ago.

Critics of kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest claim that such actions degrade and disrespect our military. Yet these misguided arguments overlook the fact that our military has courageously sacrificed life and limb for our rights to free speech and protest.

They overlook the fact that what makes our nation great is the truth that emerges from the free exchange of ideas.

The appetite for protest is not enmeshed in any anti-American sentiment — rather, it is the antithesis of that. As James Baldwin said, “I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

From the proliferation of hatefilled rhetoric toward Jewish students to the vandalism of posters promoting the Hindu and Muslim communities to the microaggressions that black students face daily, we are constantly confronted by a choice: Do we engage or do we ignore?

We want to be a part of a campus that is actively engaged. We can’t think of a better instigator than Georgetown’s own basketball team.

HASHWINDER SINGH and KHENDRICK BEAUSOLEIL are sophomores in the College.

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n Inauguration Day, a black-clad vigilante figure punched white nationalist leader Richard Spencer on camera. Viewed around the world, the punch elicited mixed — but often positive — reactions online.

For many, violence feels like the necessary or even obvious solution to the increasing assertiveness of white nationalists, whether in cities like Charlottesville, Va., or on college campuses. This response has been most prominently symbolized by antifa, a loosely organized group whose masked members are known for damaging property and assaulting people in the name of “anti-fascism.” Individuals affiliated with the movement have violently protested right-wing events including Milo Yiannopoulos’ appearance at University of California, Berkeley earlier this year.

Many progressives I know find the idea of punching neo-Nazis perfectly acceptable, even if they are not fans of antifa itself. The return of Nazi flags and chants of “Jews will not replace us” is terrifying, and it makes such violence against fascism tempting for many.

Yet, while the Spencer video may be satisfying to watch, it is symptomatic of a destructive trend.

Normalizing force as a response to hate risks unleashing violence on wholly innocent people, empowers the far-right and undercuts peaceful opponents of President Donald Trump.

Punching Nazis can quickly escalate to violence against nearly anyone. After all, those dedicated to attacking neo-Nazis are the selfappointed determiners of who deserves to be hit.

For example, the antifa members at Charlottesville did not limit their targets to only to white nationalists but also allegedly attacked two journalists. This type of brutality is an inevitable consequence of encouraging violence against neo-Nazis, which implies that force is an acceptable way of dealing with opponents.

Excusing violence against the likes of Spencer enables violence against all sorts of significantly less reprehensible individuals. In February, a left-wing student government representative at McGill University — in an apparent riff on the punch-a-Nazi meme — called on people to “punch a Zionist today.”

When we normalize violence, what starts off as admiration of assaults on neo-Nazis can, ironically enough, evolve to the point of justifying violence against Jews.

Tanner Larkin In fact, attacking neo-Nazis and other fascists only empowers those very movements. Violence plays into the far-right’s narrative of victimhood and bolsters its appeal to its base of angry young white men looking for confrontation.

Moreover, to seem significant, neo-Nazis need to make up for their miniscule numbers by garnering outsized attention. To that end, physical attacks on far-right protesters, which often stir up immense media coverage, are perfect.

Indeed, antifa has done such a great job bringing attention to neoNazis that it may as well be a public relations firm for the far-right.

Left-wing violence is also a gift to the president and his allies. Antifa is exactly the kind of opponent they want, as it lets them demonize the entire left by association.

Trump could not have made his absurd condemnation of Charlottesville violence “on many sides” had there not actually been violence on the side of the counterprotesters, thanks to antifa.

Along the same lines, a recent ad

put out by the National Rifle Association ominously accused media elites of inciting people to “smash windows, burn cars, shut down interstates and airports, bully and terrorize the law-abiding.” The voiceover, along with the accompanying footage, groups antifa thugs together with peaceful protesters.

Antifa risks discrediting all peaceful opposition to the current administration’s policies. As such, it seems like the only people antifa helps are those it supposedly opposes.

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. “Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.”

It seems like people increasingly believe the only antidote to violence from the right is violence from the left. Yet, the radical center rejects this notion that outrageous actions from the right demand mirroring reactions from the left.

Violence, even against people as despicable as Spencer, leads to nothing but further violence. Unless we care more about gleefully punching people than actually defeating the far-right, we must commit to fighting ideas, not people.

Shortly after the inauguration, the Georgetown University Lecture Fund hosted former white nationalist scion Derek Black. The oncerising star of the white nationalist movement explained that while in college, other students chose to engage with him. They shared their perspectives with him and even invited him to Shabbat dinners.

Eventually, he came to abandon his hateful beliefs and leave white nationalism behind.

Dialogue, not violence, is the only way forward. We must all speak out against violence, no matter who is behind it.

Tanner Larkin is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service. THE RADICAL CENTER appears online every other Wednesday.

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Two education-related tax benefits would be eliminated by a tax bill unveiled by House Republicans yesterday, changes that could make higher education less affordable if the bill passes in its current form.

The bill, which would lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent, consolidate seven income tax brackets into three and repeal the estate tax by 2024, would reduce federal revenue by $1.51 trillion over the next 10 years and eliminate a number of education-related tax benefits, both of which could reduce affordability of higher education , according to Scott Fleming, associate vice president of federal relations at Georgetown.

The plan would end two tax credits that offset higher education costs for lower- and middle-income students: the Lifetime Learning Credit, worth up to $2,000 per tax return for students enrolled at postsecondary institutions, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit, a refundable credit worth up to $2,500 for tuition and related expenses for the first four years of postsecondary education.

The plan also eliminates interestbased deductions for student loan payments.

The balance of revenue and expenditures set forth by yesterday’s tax bill could jeopardize the future of federal support for higher education. If both the Congressional budget resolutions and tax plans pass, the extra revenue that Republicans project to receive from economic growth may not cover the $1.51 trillion in tax cuts, trig-

gering budget sequestration, Fleming said.

“Sequestration is a provision in the budget law that says if Congress doesn’t pass the laws to conform with the budget resolution, there are across the board cuts that happen in mandatory spending,” Fleming said.

In future academic years, he said, this could result in cuts to Pell Grants, a government subsidy that is considered the foundation of a student’s financial package. These grants, administered by the United States Department of Education, have relied in part on mandatory spending since 1965.

Former Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), a fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, echoed Fleming’s concerns about the interaction between the budget blueprint and tax reform.

“What they would like to do is be able to say there’s going to be certain amount of GDP growth to offset that, because with this lower tax rate, there will be more GDP growth, and therefore this budget will be more balanced somehow,” Murphy said. “But you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t have a huge tax cut, especially for the top one percent, and help the middle class and then try to slow the deficit and not close the loopholes.”

Fleming explained that the federal government’s impact on affordability of higher education extends beyond direct funding of tuition. The tax bill introduced a 1.4 percent excise tax on net investment income for private universities with assets greater than $100,000 per student.

Georgetown would not be affect-

ed by the endowment tax in its current form because the university’s endowment is not large enough to qualify. However, for qualifying schools, the tax could deplete a key source of funding for financial aid, according to Fleming.

“If endowments are restrained, that could have a negative impact in terms of causing other costs to rise,” Fleming said. “Georgetown puts in many times more institutional aid than our students get in federal financial aid. That’s not true in many schools across the country, but it’s part of our need-blind, full-need policy. That’s where the endowment thing is important—because a lot of our scholarship money is enabled by people giving money.”

Amendments and debate on the tax code will start this Monday, according to an Oct. 26 statement from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (RTexas). Members hope to enact the tax and budget proposals by the end of the year.

President Donald Trump expressed his support for the tax plan in a Nov. 2 press release, saying “I applaud the House Ways and Means Committee for introducing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is another important step toward providing massive tax relief for the American people.”

Murphy said the bill raises the necessity for a broader discussion on federal funding for education.

“With a changing economy, education is critical. We have to have a debate on education—how we train the best and brightest,” Murphy said. “We should be thinking five, 10, 15 years ahead, and you do that by the budget process.”

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), center, travelled with councilmembers Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) to Paris last week, where they met with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires D. Brent Hardt.

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Washington, D.C., lost its bid to host the 2022 Gay Games to Hong Kong, despite Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) trip to Paris from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30 to lobby for the games.

Established in 1982 as a way to bring recognition to the LGBTQ community and promote diversity in athletic competition, the Gay Games attracts thousands of competitors every four years. The 10th games will be held in Paris in 2018.

The District was among three finalist cities vying to host the 2022 games, with Hong Kong and Guadalajara, Mexico, holding the other two spots.

D.C. also lost its 2009 bid to host the 2014 Gay Games and its 2017 bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

Bowser and Brent Minor, D.C.’s Gay Games Bid Committee chair, were part of a 23-member committee that pitched its bid to the Federa-

tion of Gay Games.

Despite the loss of the bid, Bowser said she believes D.C.’s desire to host the games reflects the city’s values.

“Our bid proved that Washington, D.C. is strong not simply because we are diverse, but because we celebrate our diversity and inclusion,” Bowser wrote in an Oct. 30 news release. “As the world questions how the United States will position itself on the global stage, it is incumbent upon all of us to continue showing the world who we really are.”

Bowser was an active proponent for the bid since June, when she attended a rally in support of bringing the Gay Games to D.C. in 2022.

Minor said he looks forward to providing Hong Kong organizers with any help needed.

“While we are very disappointed that D.C. was not chosen as the host city for the 2022 Gay Games, we extend our congratulations to Hong Kong,” Minor wrote Oct. 30.

“We are confident that they

will be able to present a great Gay Games and we offer any assistance we can provide to make that happen.”

The Games would have brought between 12,000 and 15,000 competitors and 80,000 to 100,000 spectators, according to the D.C. Office of the City Administrator.

According to the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community, an LGBT advocacy organization, the games would have brought in between $120 and $140 million in revenue for the District.

The D.C. Government pledged $2 million in funding for the games, according to Minor. The government has not yet announced where the funds are now to be directed.

No Asian city has hosted the games since the event began in 1982.

Paul Choi, director of government relations for the Hong Kong 2022 bid team, told the South China Morning Post he hoped the games would be a “catalyst” for the government of Hong Kong to protect LGBT people.

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Membership in D.C.’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has risen by 800 members since last October, bolstered by the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

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The Washington, D.C. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has grown to a current membership of around 1,000 members from 200 last October.

The membership surge can be attributed to the strong showing

by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary as well as President Donald Trump’s ultimate victory, according to Jacquelyn Smith, a member of the DSA’s steering committee.

“For DSA overall, the Sanders campaign was huge. He helped a lot of people distinguish themselves from liberals and it’s a lot more socially acceptable to identify as a socialist now,” Smith wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Trump’s election was a pretty radicalizing event and shook a lot of people into action (like me).”

According to the chapter’s website, the organization “advocate[s] for a radical restructuring of our economic and political systems to value people over profits.” The group’s mission includes empowering “workers, people of color, women, the LGBTQ community and other marginalized Americans.”

There are more than 30,000 DSA members nationwide. The D.C. chapter of the DSA is one of 130 current chapters, including Georgetown University’s Young DSA chapter.

Some of the new recruits of D.C.’s DSA found the chapter through social media platforms or

by attending local meetings. The group also reaches out to the community by hosting social events such as monthly happy hours and “Grrl’s Night,” an event catered to women, femme and nonbinary members.

The chapter held its first local convention Oct. 21. According to Smith, the chapter’s bylaws had not been updated since 2011 when the landscape of the organization looked very different. The convention allowed the general body membership, the highest authority responsible for democratic decision-making within the organization, to gather and vote on the operations and priorities of the chapter.

The group of around 100 members passed several measures including a grievance procedure and anti-harassment policy, enumerated rights for caucuses, created a permanent administrative committee focused on sustaining the chapter in the future and passed a resolution to discourage “tone policing” — criticizing someone else’s heated tone in a debate or conversation.

Like most chapters, the D.C. DSA’s primary focus is supporting political campaigns, including that of Lee Carter, a Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 50th District, whose campaign is not receiving support from the state Democratic party. The D.C. DSA, however, has been sending dozens of volunteers to canvass in Manassas, Va., every weekend.

Carter said that the D.C. DSA’s

work has had positive political and social influences on his campaign.

“They’ve been tremendously helpful in my fight to bring a message of inclusion down the Richmond,” Carter said in an interview with The Hoya.

Beyond its contributions to Carter’s campaign, the D.C. DSA is currently working with Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the most localized levels of government in the city, and D.C. ReInvest to push the D.C. Council to cancel its contract with Wells Fargo for the management of the city’s public money. The chapter also participates in mutual aid projects such as cooking for the homeless and offering free brake light repairs.

Founded in early February of this year by Andrew Adams (NHS ’20) and Jordan Brown (COL ’20), the Georgetown YDSA received about 100 student signups for its email list this semester.

The chapter plans to begin collecting petition signatures for an affordability campaign, the goals of which are greater socio-economic diversity on campus and tuition affordability, allowing students to graduate without debt.

Adams said the chapter is also looking to become more involved with the local D.C. DSA chapter.

On Nov. 25, some members plan to join the D.C. chapter in campaigning for Carter in Virginia.

“In the future, I hope that our chapter will get to participate in some of the anti-eviction training and canvassing that the DC chapter does,” Adams wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority marked two financial milestones last week, announcing significant progress in its “Back2Good” reform and recovery campaign while proposing a budget for the 2019 fiscal year that will not raise fares or cut service.

Metro received access to previously restricted Federal Transit Administration grant money and finished a clean audit of its internal financial operations, a significant mark in its ongoing internal financial reform, according to WMATA General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld.

“Getting Metro’s financial house in order is a significant accomplishment and involved a lot of hard work and effort over the past three years led by our Chief Financial Officer Dennis Anosike,” Wiedefeld said in a statement Oct. 25. “The finance team has implemented new processes to ensure Metro maintains strong financial controls necessary moving forward.”

The Federal Transit Administration restored WMATA’s access to $400 million in federal grants without limitations due to Metro’s improved financial status, meaning the transit agency can now receive quicker electronic reimbursements from federal grant funds for its expenditures.

Metro was previously required by the federal government to request reimbursements via paper forms in an effort to control costs starting in 2014, but the forms took months to process.

Wiedefeld also announced Oct. 26 a combined operating and capital budget proposal of $3.1 billion for the 2019 fiscal year.

The proposal requires an increase of $165 million over last year’s level of jurisdictional funding support, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

While the plan will protect customers from fare hikes and service cuts, Wiedefeld’s proposal calls for Metro to maintain strict management cost controls and increase funding for safety measures and reliability capital improvements, including delivery of its 7000-series train car and increasing fare enforcement around stations.

“This proposal builds on our success in investing capital to deliver projects that improve safety and reliability, which is critical to winning back riders,” Wiedefeld said in the news release. “This budget also doubles down on management cost controls to ensure we have squeezed the value out of every dollar that we spend delivering service to the region.”

Additionally, RSM US LLP, an external accounting firm, is expected to issue a “clean” audit of Metro, certifying Metro has not incorrectly reported information from financial statements.

Anosike said he was happy with the results of the audit but that there was still work to be done.

“We value the recommendations of the audit and continue to work to further improve our accounting and financial systems,” Anosike said in the news release.

“This includes key controls on overtime, which have already been implemented.”

Metro faced criticism this year from rider advocacy groups, D.C. officials and former board members after its board of directors voted in March to raise Metrorail fares, cut service hours and eliminate bus routes to cut costs.

Metrorail fares increased by 10 cents, making the one-way rushhour minimum fare $2.25 and the new maximum $6. Non-rush hour fares rose 25 cents to $2. Metro also cut hours of operation every day of the week starting with train stations open from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday,

open from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.

Moreover, the agency faces declining ridership, with a fall to 624,000 daily trips in October 2016 from 750,000 daily trips in 2009.

The board approved Wiedefeld’s recommendations earlier this year to avoid a $1.1 billion budget deficit by 2020.

Metro has faced restrictions on receiving federal grants since 2014, when consultants found that Metro had poorly organized its financial information and improperly conducted its bidding process for private contracts, potentially costing the organization millions of dollars.

Afterward, Metro had to comply with a “restricted drawdown” on federal grants, a process that prevented it from spending federal grant money in the short term. Metro borrowed money from private lenders to cover those costs while waiting for federal government reimbursement.

In December 2016, the FTA lifted the “restricted drawdown” practice for Metro on grants awarded after June 2015, but grants awarded before still faced access restrictions.

At the time, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) told The Washington Post that she was happy to see the restrictions lifted.

“FTA’s diligent financial monitoring of WMATA acceptable financial standing with sound budget and financial controls,” Norton said. “This exercise has been a costly lesson for WMATA.” WMATA historically has lacked a stable or dedicated funding source, relying on the D.C. government and seven other local and state jurisdictions for funding. Each year, WMATA must ask each of these governments to finance its operations based on population density, average weekday ridership and the number of stations open in each jurisdiction.

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D.C. Councilmembers have submitted a proposal to create a “Mayor of Nightlife” to manage relations with local businesses that operate between the hours of 5 p.m. to 5 a.m.

DC Council Considers Mayor of Nightlife Office Montana Boone Hoya Staff Writer

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A proposal to create a Washington, D.C. Office of Nightlife to liaise the mayor’s office and late-night businesses is currently under D.C. Council review.

Councilmember Brandon T. Todd (D-Ward 4), joined by Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) proposed the new office which would manage business relations between the Executive Office of the Mayor and D.C. businesses operating between the hours of 5 p.m. and 5 a.m Oct. 3. A town hall discussion will take place Nov. 8.

The proposed legislation says the office will serve as a point of contact for night businesses to help them connect with District government agencies to address consumer complaints, issues with D.C. agencies and obtaining licenses, permits or approvals.

Todd said the proposed office would encourage business development in neighborhoods like Georgetown.

“As our city is growing by leaps and bounds, neighborhoods that have been devoid of nightlife are suddenly seeing significant development of nightlife in their backyard,” Todd wrote in an email to The Hoya. “However, the growth of nightlife can cause challenges in some communities. For example, in Georgetown, there are safety concerns surrounding the rush of people waiting to catch rides at 2 a.m.”

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the number of restaurants and bars in Washington has jumped to 2,267 in 2016 from 1,729 in 2006, and the National

Restaurant Association reported the food service industry accounted for 63,400 jobs in D.C. in 2017, and is projected to experience 6 percent job growth by 2027.

As nightlife is a rapidly developing sector of D.C.’s economy, the city hopes to encourage further growth with this new office, Todd wrote.

“With 1,000 people moving into the District every month, and people from throughout the region flocking here for our nightlife, on top of tourists, demand is booming, and this office will help manage the inevitable growth in supply,” Todd wrote. “An added benefit of the office is that it would help create a long-term economic development vision surrounding nightlife – something that the District is currently lacking.”

Currently, businesses have to contact city agencies during daytime business hours to resolve challenges.

The D.C. Office of Nightlife would be open at night to resolve issues during the business hours of clubs, restaurants and creative industries.

“Currently, businesses need to call specific agencies for specific problem,” Todd wrote. “It is fragmented and difficult to navigate, especially for small business owners after-hours. Having a centralized point of contact, open at the appropriate hours, would be very helpful for these business owners, as well as neighbors and community leaders.”

Bill McLeod, the executive director of the Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets nonprofit, explained the D.C. Office of Nightlife’s po-

tential to ease communication between nightlife businesses and the mayor’s office would simplify problem resolution.

“There should not be a need for the public to file a complaint the next business day. And businesses should be able to deal with any issues almost immediately,” McLeod wrote in an email to The Hoya.

While the proposed office will work to improve communication between the public and the Executive Office of the Mayor, it will not affect the regulation of nightlife.

“This bill does not entail any new regulations,” Todd wrote.

“It simply creates an office that serves as an intermediary and liaison between the various stakeholders.”

The proposed legislation would also add a Commission of Nightlife to advise the D.C. director. The commission would also be appointed by the mayor.

The proposed Office of Nightlife is not unique to D.C. In European cities such as London, Paris and Zurich, a night mayor or night czar facilitates relations between the government and nightlife businesses. However, the concept is relatively new to the United States. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio approved an Office of Nightlife Sept. 19.

Todd referenced New York’s office in an interview on the Kojo Nnamdi Show Nov. 1.

“New York City just appointed an Office of Nightlife Director this year,” Todd said in the interview. “And I think that we’ll start to see this all over the country, and, frankly, all over the world, especially in big cities like Washington, D.C.”

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Love Saxa President Amelia Irvine (COL ’19) said she is glad SAC voted to take no action against the group, but added she regrets the university became involved in the dispute.

“This was not our chosen path of reconciliation. We would rather have worked this out between students rather than have this dramatic political event where there had to be a winner and a loser,” Irvine said. “I hope we can come together in a productive dialogue where we can recognize each other’s humanity.”

Senior Director for Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh did not explicitly take sides in the dispute, but said “Love Saxa is one of many groups operating on campus with positions that affirm the teachings of the Catholic Church.”

“Through [SAC], the University supports more than 100 cocurricular student organizations with access to benefits, including Love Saxa,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We strongly support a climate that continues to provide students with new and deeper contexts for engaging with our Catholic tradition and identity.”

“We also support a climate that is welcoming to all students and supporting of our LGBTQ communities,” Pugh wrote.

The dispute started Sept. 25 when the students raised concerns against Love Saxa to Assistant Dean for Student Engagement Erika Cohen-Derr. The students argued that Love Saxa’s definition of marriage and relationships violated a clause of the Division of Student Affairs’ Student Organization Standards.

The relevant clause states that no student groups are “eligible for access to benefits if their purpose or activities … foster hatred or intolerance of others because of their race, nationality, gender, religion or sexual preference.”

Following standard practice, Cohen-Derr referred the complaint to SAC, a committee of undergraduate students that operates under the authority of university administrators to allocate funding to student organizations that comply with its standards. SAC allocates about $350,000 to more than 110 student organizations annually, according to its website.

Love Saxa receives $250 annually in university funding. As a recognized student group, it also has access to university resources, such

as the use of classrooms for events.

Love Saxa’s constitution states the organization’s mission is “cultivating a proper understanding of sex, gender, marriage, and family” on campus. It also states that the club’s programming — including discussions, lectures and public campaigns — are intended to increase awareness of the benefits of the “primacy of marriage,” “understood as a monogamous and permanent union between a man and a woman.”

The complainants said their action followed the publication of a viewpoint in The Hoya written by Irvine, who wrote that the group’s definition of marriage “does not include same-sex couples, as [Love Saxa members] believe that marriage is a conjugal union on every level — emotional, spiritual, physical and mental — directed toward caring for biological children.”

Love Saxa has had a contentious relationship with LGBTQ student groups on campus since protests in 2013 led by then-GU Pride President Thomas Lloyd (SFS ’15). Love Saxa took a yearlong hiatus beginning in spring 2016 after members did not submit a budget to SAC. The students seeking to defund Love Saxa argued that the club’s purpose is “homophobic” and “dehumanizing” to LGBTQ students.

Irvine and Vice President Hunter Estes (SFS ’19) countered that the views espoused by Love Saxa are rooted in Catholic and Jesuit tradition and are deeply held religious beliefs for many of the group’s members. They also argued the club’s stance is a political opinion rather than a matter of intolerance.

Irvine and Estes said Love Saxa’s activities include advocacy on a number of other issues and have recently been focused on opposing pornography and the prevalence of a “hookup culture” on college campuses.

Irvine said she stands by the decision of past Love Saxa leadership in the fall of 2013 to invite to campus Ryan Anderson, a fellow of The Heritage Foundation and an author known for opposing LGBTQ rights. Estes said that the push to strip Love Saxa of its university funding constitutes censorship of free speech.

Students opposing Love Saxa pointed to the unrecognized proabortion rights student group H*yas for Choice, which regularly hosts events and expresses its views on campus even though it has been denied official recognition by the university.

Isabelle Groenewegen contributed reporting.

vote,” Provost Robert Groves wrote.

“We have created a package that increases compensation, rewards longevity, and improves appointment predictability for adjuncts.”

But some adjuncts said they were not satisfied with the settlement because the university’s proposed increase would not affect most adjuncts, who already earn above the minimum rate.

The proposal also states that adjuncts who have been teaching at Georgetown for five years shall receive a flat $250 increase in their rates per course. The university did not agree to provide health care benefits, though it did stipulate the creation of a joint labor management committee to survey adjuncts’ access to health care through other means and the creation of a regular part-time position.

According to adjunct professor of theology Kerry Danner-McDonald (COL ’93), the staff of the union that represents them — Service Employees International Union Local 500 — told adjuncts they were required to vote on the proposal.

Both the union and the university declined to comment on whether all final university proposals must be brought to a vote.

SEIU Local 500 reported the results of negotiations to adjuncts in an Oct. 31 email saying it believed the agreement was “a fair contract.”

“Although we recognize that there are further gains to be made in the future, we believe that this is the best possible settlement we can reach at this time with Georgetown,” the union wrote.

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The university is nearing a deal for a collective bargaining contract for more than 1,000 adjunct professors after presenting a final offer Tuesday following five months of discussion.

The proposal includes a nearly 50 percent increase in the minimum rate per course in three staggered yearly raises beginning this fall and continuing through fall 2019.

SEIU Local 500 is set to determine a date for a unionwide meeting to discuss the proposal, although it has begun to send voting ballots via mail. If ratified, the contract would enter into effect this fall and last until June 2020.

Given that the university pays most adjunct professors above the minimum rate, adjunct professor Martin Conway said the

proposal offered no significant improvements and was unlikely to be ratified. The proposal would receive a “firm ‘no’ recommendation from the adjunct on the team,” Conway said.

The Hoya previously reported the average adjunct earns $7,750 per three-credit course, the highest average rate among local universities, yet trailing the earnings of adjuncts at peer universities. At Duke University, for example, the mean rate is $8,207 per course (“Adjunct Petition Demands Wage Increase, Improved Status for More Than 1,000 Faculty,” The Hoya, Oct.

27, 2017).

Now that the previous contract has expired, the adjuncts are allowed to engage in strikes and sitdowns. Conway said the adjuncts are unlikely to use those methods given that they continue to negotiate “in good faith” with the university.

Conway said the bargaining team’s efforts will now focus on advocacy and raising awareness for adjunct professors’ situation, including reaching out to student groups such as workers’ rights advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee.

Graduate Students Launch Union Push union, from A1 began exploring the option of forming a union to negotiate better work contracts for graduate students serving as teaching assistants and research assistants after an Aug. 23 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, which enabled student assistants to unionize and collectively bargain.

The NLRB ruled in August that teaching and research assistants at private universities are employees with the right to unionize.

The NLRB ruling did not cover undergraduate TAs and research assistants.

The bargaining unit includes graduate students who work as teaching assistants, research assistants and teaching associates from doctoral and masters programs as well as the Georgetown

University Medical School.

The year-long process has included research, petitions and conversations between members of GAGE and graduate student workers to determine what workers need from the university, Huget said.

GAGE has also garnered support from undergraduate student groups on campus, including workers’ rights group Georgetown Solidarity Committee and pro-abortion rights group H*yas for Choice.

“We are proud to stand in solidarity with GAGE as they work to ensure better living and working conditions for graduate workers across departments and disciplines, and we call on President DeGioia to recognize the graduate worker union and begin collectively bargaining with them,” H*yas for Choice wrote in a state-

ment released on their Facebook page on Nov. 1.

Huget, who became involved with GAGE when it launched in 2016, said the organization seeks to give graduate students fair representation in university dealings that affect them.

“The main thing that we want is for grads to have a voice in decisions that the university makes about our pay, benefits, and working conditions,” Huget wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“Perhaps not surprisingly, when grads have a seat at the table, their pay, benefits and working conditions tend to be better and more stable.”

The letter also commends Georgetown’s policy record thus far, particularly in light of the recent policies put forth by President Donald Trump’s administration including changes to the makeup

of the National Labor Relations Board that would hinder student workers’ ability to unionize.

“We celebrate Georgetown’s resistance to the unjust policies of this administration, and we trust that this institution will not betray its moral courage by using the NLRB changes to harm working members of our community,” the letter read.

Third year doctoral student Deidre Nelms said she shares this sentiment, saying changes to federal protections require the university to improve protections.

“That’s especially important now given that federal protections for workers in general are starting to decrease, like Title IX protections are in jeopardy, the EPA is in jeopardy. The fewer federal protections we have, the more local protections we need,” Nelms said.

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Panelists at an event hosted by The Free Speech Project disagreed about the line between protected free speech and dangerous or violent speech that can be curtailed.

Former Charlottesville Chief of Police Timothy Longo, who retired in 2015 after 15 years at the law enforcement bureau’s helm, said the video of the collision struck a nerve in him.

“It’s like sitting in the sidelines, and you’re watching a team that was once yours, and you’re wishing you had to play so things would go differently,” Longo said.

“It was powerless to sit there having shepherded the police department and having worked incredibly hard to win that trust where we had lost it.”

Arthur Spitzer, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., said the protesters were fully within their First Amendment rights to express themselves.

“The Charlottesville police did not want this demonstration. I think they were hoping for some violence so they could say ‘OK, your privilege is revoked, no more demonstration, and don’t come back,’” Spitzer said. “If they come for a peaceful demonstration, Charlottesville cannot say to them legally they’re in the wrong.”

Mckesson contested the view that the protesters were coming to exercise their rights peacefully. He also drew from his experience protesting the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014.

“I don’t know how we talk about free speech without talking about the uneven distribution of power and also the unequal enforcement,” Mckesson said. “We saw videos of the white supremacists physically pushing the police — if we had ever done that in St. Louis, we would have been shot.”

In the aftermath of the rally, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.) said the police officers in Charlottesville were outgunned, as many white nationalist demonstrators had come to the rally clad in militia uniforms and wield-

ing semiautomatic weapons.

Xinis, who worked for the law firm that represented the family of Freddie Gray in the litigation that followed his death while in police custody, said there was not enough evidence in the district court case against the protesters to justify denying their right to assemble.

Mckesson questioned the need for such evidence given the preponderance of lynchings and hate crimes that white supremacists in the Ku Klux Klan have committed “not a generation ago.” Lynching as an act of racially motivated extrajudicial killing was recorded in the United States well into the 1960s.

“This isn’t a philosophical debate. … This isn’t like a classroom conversation on gay marriage or not,” Mckesson said. “These ideas directly led to real harm to entire segments of the country and to not take that into account is to do an incomplete analysis.”

Xinis also referenced the 1977 National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie Supreme Court case, in which the court held that Nazi protesters were allowed to march wearing swastikas through Skokie, Ill., a town where many Holocaust survivors resided.

Spitzer added that the prevalence of certain ideologies is sometimes blown out of proportion, estimating that there might be no more than 150 Nazis in the country today. In the Skokie case, for example, the march never took place, and demonstrators decided to congregate in a nearby square instead.

When it comes to arguing about potential limits on free speech, Xinis said it is important not to paint every case with a broad brush.

“It’s in the court system that we respectfully have to get away from generalities and leads and talk about facts,” Xinis said.

Longo argued that the conversation on expression protections must not just focus on the fed-

eral government.

“The law gets made on the side of the road at 3 o’clock in the morning by a 23-year-old cop who’s got to make a decision,” Longo said. “These cops are now going to have to make a legal conclusion, and they’re not nearly skilled as some of us on this stage to be able to do that, to really understand what it is to incite.”

Ungar, a veteran journalist, wrote in an email to The Hoya that he appreciated the “original and thoughtful analysis” the speakers offered.

“It would have been much less valuable and successful, in my opinion, if everyone had just sat there and agreed with each other,” Ungar wrote. “Campus communities have a particular opportunity and obligation to weigh free speech dilemmas — and to figure out ways to keep the First Amendment alive and well, while also advancing inclusivity.”

The talk was sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which provided a grant to the Free Speech Project for its founding this fall, and the Georgetown University Lecture Fund.

The event concluded with a discussion of the First Amendment’s role in social justice activism. Spitzer said the activism that led to the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act — a federal law that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman — and marriage equality for LGBTQ couples was caused by people who disagreed with the status quo.

Mckesson contended that despite this, the exchange of ideas should not always be unrestrained.

“There’s no reason why the marketplace of ideas doesn’t have some sort of regulation, so when we think about the First Amendment, it’s not a carte blanche,” Mckesson said. “We all have a role to play to make sure that we don’t let people negotiate history.”

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National Air and Space Museum To Undergo 7-Year Renovation Maintenance to include repair to popular artifacts Caroline Gardner Special to The Hoya

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The Old Stone House, the oldest unchanged building in Washington, D.C., closed Nov. 1 to begin undergoing renovations to install a new fire suppression system.

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The Old Stone House, the oldest structure still on its original foundation in Washington, D.C., closed Nov. 1 to begin about one year of renovations.

The renovations will install a new fire suppression system, stabilize the building’s foundation, fix the exterior stonework and upgrade the plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems, according to the National Park Service.

Built in 1765 by a cabinetmaker as a shop and residence, the Old Stone House served as both until 1953, when the federal government purchased it for preservation as a historical site following advocacy by Georgetown residents.

The NPS opened the M Street property to the public in 1960, after restoring the interior of the building to its original splendor.

Georgetown historical groups support the continued preservation of the house. Peter Jost, president of the board of trustees of The Foundation for the Preservation of His-

toric Georgetown, said the Old Stone House is one of the most important historical sites in Georgetown.

“It’s a very important historical site. So, from our point of view, we are advocates of any kind of preservation,” Jost said.

Legends of the Old Stone House’s importance during the Revolutionary War saved the building from destruction before it became a recognized historical site. Rumors that George Washington stayed in the Old Stone House or used it as engineering headquarters inspired Georgetown residents to maintain original parts of the building to commemorate Georgetown’s role in the founding of the nation’s capital.

Washingtonians once believed the Old Stone House was the site of Georgetown’s Fountain Inn, colloquially known as Suter’s Tavern, where Washington and urban designer Pierre L’Enfant stayed during one of their meetings to plan the layout of the District in 1791.

However, historians now believe that the true Suter’s Tavern was located on the corner

of 31st and K streets.

The Old Stone House actually served as a shop and residence for John Suter’s son, also John Suter, who sold clocks out of the building. The men’s shared name and familial relationship led to confusion about which structure housed Washington, leading Georgetown residents to preserve the Old Stone House to memorialize the general’s supposed stay.

Even though the Old Stone House did not necessarily play a role in the founding of D.C., it is an example of pre-Revolutionary War architecture and a window into the lives of middle-class colonists.

Jacob Schmidt, a spokesperson for the Citizens Association of Georgetown, wrote in an email to The Hoya that the CAG commends the restoration of the Old Stone House.

“We applaud the NPS in undertaking work to preserve this artifact from the period of America’s struggle for Independence,” Schmidt wrote.

“We look forward to the reopening of the Old Stone House upon completion of its restoration.”

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is set to begin seven years of renovations starting summer 2018, the first renovations since its opening in 1976.

The renovations will include repairs and maintenance to the building on Independence Avenue and the installations of new exhibits, as well as updates to existing pieces within the museum, which was the most-visited museum in the world in 2016.

Parts of the museum are to remain open during regular 10 a.m.to-5:30 p.m. business hours during the repair process, including displays of popular artifacts like the “Spirit of St. Louis” airplane, the Mercury Friendship 7 and the original flyer piloted by the Wright Brothers.

Alison Mitchell, communications coordinator for the museum, said the renovation will be a complete overhaul and will prioritize accessibility to the museum.

“People really like to come here; we definitely don’t want to take away that opportunity for people,” Mitchell said. “We are able to stay open, at least partially, throughout the entire project, so that’s really a main goal of ours.”

The Smithsonian Institution requested $922.2 million from Congress for 2017, a 10 percent increase from the $840 million it received from the federal government in 2016. The Smithsonian requested $947 million in funding for 2018. Typically, two-thirds of the Smithsonian’s overall budget comes from Congress.

Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton told the Congressional Budget Committee in March 2016 that the Air and Space Museum alone needs $600 million over five years to repair its faulty facade and mechanical systems. Skorton told the panel he wants the federal government to pay for the entire cost of repairing the Museum.

According to The Washington Post, Committee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) told Skorton that such an increase was “not realistic.”

“It is difficult to raise philanthropic funds for repairs and renovations,” Skorton said to Congress in March.

Skorton also said the institution will need to fund improvements to programs and exhibitions with an estimated $250 million in private donations.

Chief Museum Curator Peter Jakab said these improvements will maintain the spirit of the museum that everyone loves while allowing greater access to a wider range of audiences.

“The icons people associate with the National Air and Space Museum are as inspiring today as they were when they made history,” Jakab wrote in a statement Oct. 25.

“Through stimulating new exhibition techniques and innovative digital engagement, we will tell exciting and relevant stories in ways that resonate with our modern communication-savvy world that can be readily shared with broad audiences.”

According to Smithsonian visitor statistics, 5.8 million people have visited the Air and Space Museum this year through September, with 1.2 million more people expected to visit by the end of December.

The Air and Space Museum is the most popular Smithsonian museum by 1 million visitors, followed by the National Museum of Natural History, which has attracted 4.8 million people so far this year.

Sean Danaek, a corporal for Allied Universal Security, one of the contracted security firms at the Air and Space Museum, said he is excited about the renovation.

“It will definitely be nice to see the new life brought into the museum,” Danaek said. “When I was a kid, I visited this place, and it hasn’t changed a lot in the 15 years since I was a kid. It will definitely be nice to see how they change the gallery and just kind of what new exhibits they might bring in here.”

Mitchell said the staff is generally looking forward to the changes that these renovations will bring to daily life.

“Everybody thinks of this as an incredible opportunity. It’s going to be a big change for the museum, so that means a lot of change for staff, too,” Mitchell said. “But everybody’s really excited about the opportunity to work on such an incredible change.”

New exhibitions are set to open in 2021.

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DC Journalists Examine Climate of Distrust in Media Lisa Burgoa Hoya Staff Writer

Political journalists must push through a climate of distrust created by politicians and the public both, argued Bob Cusack, editor-in-chief of The Hill, and Sarah Westwood, the Washington Examiner’s White House correspondent, at an event in Copley Formal Lounge on Oct. 27.

Moderated by The Hoya’s Managing Editor Jesus Rodriguez (SFS ’19), the discussion, titled “Political Journalists: Those Who Brave the Swamp,” was jointly organized by The Hoya, Georgetown University College Democrats, Georgetown Bipartisan Coalition and the Lecture Fund.

Cusack said his publication takes precautions to safeguard against perceived bias in political reporting in response to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that found 46 percent of voters believe the news media fabricates stories about President Donald Trump and his administration.

“We don’t make up stories,” Cusack said. “We don’t make up sources, and if they do, a lot of journalists have been caught on that. You just have to write the news in a way that people think is fair. And sometimes that can be difficult because reporters, whether it’s right or left, do have biases, and they might write things subconsciously, especially in the heat of a presidential election year.”

Westwood said although Trump’s actions are partly responsible for the media’s heightened scrutiny of his administration, the overall ob-

jectivity of political coverage has been compromised since Trump’s campaign.

“A lot of journalists felt it was okay not to be objective when we’re talking about Trump, because we were no longer talking about right and left policies, we were talking about right and wrong in the eyes of many reporters,” Westwood said. “The lines between opinion and fact got blurred, because quite frankly, we all thought Hillary Clinton was going to win, and so it didn’t really matter how we approached President Trump.”

This problem of bias persists, with media seizing opportunities to discredit the Trump administration, Westwood said.

“We have seen several instances where the media as a whole have run with narratives as it relates to President Trump that are the most negatively skewed narratives that you could possibly have,” Westwood said. “After we transitioned, the White House purged all the content on the Obama administration’s whitehouse.gov website so they could put up their own information. That’s something that happened in the digital age every transition.

But it was reported in almost every major newspaper that the White House is purging the EPA website and wants to scrub climate science from the Internet.”

Cusack said the nature of news has radically changed since he joined the industry in the late 1990s. The digitization of the newsroom has introduced the need to create pre-written versions of stories

for immediate release online, such as a version of an election result article in which Clinton won.

A publication’s online presence also shifts its financing from print advertising to web advertising, Cusack said.

“We attract ads from consumers or McDonald’s, and we attract ads saying, ‘This bill is terrible, vote it down,’” Cusack said. “We are a forprofit company, so we want to make money, but we also want to do good journalism.”

To make political stories about complex policies intelligible to the public, Westwood said reporters must strive to incorporate a human element that captures how legislation will personally affect individuals nationally.

“Health care is one really great example, where there has been a lot of good reporting done looking at families that would have been affected by the repeal of Obamacare,” Westwood said. “The human element is usually important, and you can find it in every policy, but it’s important to include anecdotes from both sides of the aisle.”

Cusack said newsrooms must continue to preserve the truth over journalists’ egos to re-establish the public’s trust in media “You have to have principles in your newsroom of being fair, of not being snarky,” Cusack said. “A lot of time, we tell reporters, ‘Listen. You don’t need to write it with an attitude.’ You have to commit your newsroom to just writing it straight and letting readers decide one way or another.”

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World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim urged students to use their lives to advocate for the poor during the inaugural Asian Diversity Dialogue on Oct. 28.

The event was organized by Georgetown University’s Asian American Student Association and the McDonough School of Business in partnership with a number of student groups: Georgetown’s Hong Kong Student Association, Korean Student Association, Taiwanese American Student Association, Japan Network and Chinese Student Alliance. The forum connected Asian American and Pacific Islander students and professionals while encouraging conversations about leadership and diversity, according to its promotional materials.

Before he became president of the World Bank in 2012, Kim served as president of Dartmouth College after co-founding Partners in Health, a nonprofit organization that provides health care to the underpriviledged populations in developing countries.

Kim said one of the founding tenets of the organization was the idea of a “preferential option for the poor,” which calls on people and governments to prioritize the

needs of the least welloff members of a society.

“We determined that we were just going to work in the poorest communities and try to provide healthcare, education and sometimes housing and livelihood, and we’re going to keep doing it, despite the fact that everyone in the world seems to be going against us,” Kim said.

Once an opponent of the World Bank, Kim said he learned he could still follow the guiding principles that led him into nonprofit work to enact positive change through his position in the World Bank.

“I had spent two decades prior in my career critiquing the World Bank,” Kim said. “I was actually a part of a group called ‘50 Years is Enough,’ which has the purpose of closing the World Bank.”

Kim said he understood little about finance until he became World Bank president. In his time in the position, Kim said he has learned that having a strong understanding of finance and economics is crucial to creating real change in developing nations.

“You cannot honestly talk about making a preferential option for the poor without understanding finance because if you don’t understand it, then almost surely, the poor will be gobbled up by the global market system,” Kim said.

Despite his start in nonprofit work, Kim said charities cannot enact change alone. For real change to take place, Kim said, government leaders must step in.

“At this point, leaders and ministers of finance have to commit to investing in people,” Kim said.

“There’s just no way that more charity is going to get us there.”

AASA Treasurer Feihan Xie (MSB ’20) said he and AASA Vice President Cindy Fan (SFS ’19) saw a need for a greater AAPI presence in leadership and management positions and came up with the idea for the dialogue to encourage AAPI representation in business.

“AAPI have good representation at the entry level job in the US, but only 1.5 percent of executives are AAPI. There is a clear gap between the technical skills and human skills for AAPI individuals,” Xie wrote in an email to The Hoya. “[Fan] and I came up with this year of organizing a conference specifically targeting to the AAPI community here at Georgetown to discuss the importance of leadership and giving them exposure to different industries.”

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution Oct. 22 in support of the event, saying AAPIs are an integral part of the Georgetown community.

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Renovations for Cooper Field’s new 3,000-seat facility, with new restrooms, locker rooms and other features is set to begin December 2017.

The project will expand Cooper Field’s current 2,500seat occupancy and create a new concessions area, a press box and new entryways to the field, according to the funding approval document.

The project is a result of a $50 million donation in 2015 to Georgetown University from the Cooper family, announced Oct. 6, 2015.

The renovations will not have any immediate effects on students and athletes, Project Manager Chris Jordan said.

“The actual field (synthetic turf) will not be impacted by the work,” Jordan wrote in an email to The Hoya. “All construction activities will take place to the west of the current field with very minimal impact to the field.”

The current bleachers and press boxes on the west side of the field closest to Yates Field House will be moved to the east side of the field by Harbin Hall, according to Jordan.

Construction is scheduled to take 14 months from its starting date in December 2017.

“GU game day and football locker rooms will be fit-out as funding becomes available from additional philanthropy,” the funding document said.

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Plans to increase the seat capacity of Cooper Field and install new restrooms and locker rooms are set to begin in December. is the Georgetown athletic program’s single biggest donation, as well as one of the largest philanthropic gifts the university has received, according to the Oct. 6, 2015, news release The funding for the renovation of Cooper Field is coupled with the funding of a leadership program for student athletes, now called the Cooper Athletics Leadership Program.

The program targets the integration of the study and practice of leadership with being student athletes. The curriculum includes a four-year series of leadership classes, with the goal of introducing students to their own leadership styles and ideologies.

Lee Reed, director of intercollegiate athletics, said the Cooper family’s donation will be remembered for years to come, and that it will affect student life positively.

“The Coopers’ generous gift will continue to have a significant and lasting impact on the Department of Athletics, as well as the entire university,” Reed wrote in the news release. “The renovations to Cooper Field will enable us to achieve the specific operating needs of our Division I athletics program while providing a central and multifunctional gathering place for students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors.”

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Republicans Struggle With Policy Cohesion, Cooke Says Joe Egler

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A lack of policy cohesion plagues the Republican Party and ultimately hinders its productivity and efficiency, Charles Cooke, editor of the conservative publication National Review Online, argued at an event Oct. 26.

Cooke discussed the trajectory of the Republican Party, the future of federalism in the United States and the anger driving liberal and conservative politics at an event hosted by the Georgetown University Lecture Fund, Georgetown University College Republicans and Georgetown University College Democrats.

Both Democrats and Republicans are misrepresented in the court of public opinion, Cooke said.

“The Republican Party, although it looks strong at the moment, is somewhat flattered to deceive. So if you are a Republican in the audience, you should probably be aware that it looks better for Republicans than it probably is, and if you’re a Democrat, be aware that it probably looks worse for Democrats than it actually is,”

Cooke said.

Cooke attributed this disparity between appearance and reality to the Republicans’ electoral dominance in federal and state governments, combined with a “civil war” occurring between moderate establishment Republicans and more populist politicians allied with President Donald Trump.

Currently, the GOP controls 34 governorships and holds majorities in 32 state legislatures.

“We have a tendency in the press to look at who won the last election and extrapolate out from there how things will always be.

You go back to 2008 when Barack Obama won his first election, you saw all these books published: ‘The End of Conservatism,’ ‘The Republican Party is Dead,’” Cooke said. “His ascendant coalition was forever going to sweep in Obamastyle candidates to Congress, to the states, to the White House. And it didn’t happen.”

Cooke said that Trump will join former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama as nontransformational presidents because Trump lacks understanding of American politics and presidential behavior.

Trump’s failure to transform American politics is related directly to fragmentation within both major political parties, especially the GOP, according to Cooke.

“The Republican Party is not really the Republican Party at the moment in the way the Democratic Party is not really the Democratic Party. The Republican Party is a number of parties that have united under one banner,” Cooke said.

This party fragmentation inevitably leads to challenges in Congress, where attempts at a moderate agenda alienate more conservative members. Cooke said this dynamic hinders Republicans, particularly Trump, from passing any substantive legislation. Trump and the GOP most recently failed to reach agreement on healthcare reform.

Trump’s inability to govern productively has left many matters to other branches of government, as well as state and local governments, according to Cooke. Cooke said this gives him reason for optimism about a return to federalism within American politics.

“He has, whether deliberately or not, set the stage for a reduc-

tion in presidential power and a return of some powers to the states and Congress, which is incredibly important,” Cooke said.

“If Donald Trump doesn’t usher in a renaissance in what I consider to be the key conservative principle, which is federalism and separation of powers, then nobody will.”

Technology has led to centralization in the United States, Cooke said, bringing the country together through social media and online platforms. For this reason, Americans must try to respect and engage with those who have differing political views.

“The fact is, the hipster in Brooklyn and the Baptist in Mississippi have very little in common, not even the same language in some ways. And if they’re to thrill to the same flag, then we’re going to have to give them some breathing room. The advantage, of course, of this argument is that that’s actually the way the country is set up,” Cooke said.

The absence of federalism is intimately connected to the anger driving American politics, of which Trump is a symptom and not a cause, Cooke said.

Cooke emphasized that he was not excusing Trump’s hyperpartisan behavior, but that the rise of both Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggests that there is an independent variable at play. Anger and anti-establishment sentiment are driving American elections.

“We are not, I think, in the

moment that many people fear, or many people hope. Donald Trump is not going to become Hitler. He’s also not going to become Ronald Reagan,” Cooke said. “He will of course do things that conservatives such as myself like a great deal. When he does, his party will almost certainly stand with him.”

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Graduate School to Offer Teaching Licensure Next Year Katrina Schmidt Special to The Hoya

Georgetown University plans to offer teaching licensure in 2018 for the first time after the graduate program in educational transformation received accreditation for its teaching certification programs Oct. 17.

The master of arts in educational transformation currently offers two concentrations: advocacy and policy, and learning and teaching. Accredited by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education of Washington, D.C., the learning and teaching concentration is now accepting applications for its first cohort to begin study in July 2018. The program offers certifications in secondary science and English as a second language.

After a nearly yearlong accreditation process that began last January, Sabrina Wesley-Nero (SFS ’95), head of teacher preparation for the educational transformation program, looks forward to starting with the first learning and teaching cohort this summer.

“They’re a direct response to the needs of our community,” Wesley-Nero said about the choice of certifications.

From the 2008-2009 to the 20162017 academic year, D.C. reported teacher shortages in science and English as a second language, according to a 2017 Department of Education report.

The educational transformation program, launched last summer with the advocacy and policy concentration, is an interdisciplinary program that plans to eventually offer four concentra-

tions: advocacy and policy, learning and teaching, educational design, and technology and leadership and innovation.

With professors from a variety of disciplines, including biology, public policy and linguistics, the faculty reflect the “interdisciplinary curriculum” of the program, according to the program’s website.

While the program is interdisciplinary, its beginnings tried to build upon Georgetown’s strengths. The advocacy and policy concentration, which launched its first class last summer, built upon Georgetown’s existing strengths in policy, according to Douglas Reed, director of the program.

“Since we already have expertise in policy, it made sense to sort of reach out to students

who want to do educational policy,” Reed said. “Learning and teaching is a bigger innovation for the university.”

Learning and teaching is at the core of the program, according to Reed, who emphasized the importance of instruction.

“One of the things we’re really, really trying to pay close attention to is to ensure that everyone who goes into advocacy and policy has a really clear understanding of what effective instruction looks like,” Reed said.

Educational advocacy and leadership is a key goal for Wesley-Nero as well.

“We’re really hoping to develop teachers who are educational leaders both inside and outside the classroom,” Wesley-Nero said.

Although the advocacy and policy concentration is a one-

year program, the learning and teaching concentration will be a two-year program. The teaching certification courses, which students take in their second year in the program, extend the concentration.

All concentrations have a residency component, and learning and teaching students will be placed in D.C. public or charter schools as teaching aides. This hands-on learning is part of what makes the program special, according to Wesley-Nero.

“Our commitment to equity and social justice and commitment to experiential learning … makes it uniquely Georgetown,” Wesley-Nero said.

According the Cawley Career Center’s First Destination Report, which surveys recent graduates, 6 percent of the class of 2016 went

on to pursue careers in education.

Education tied with government and health care was the industry with the fifth-highest number of graduates.

Georgetown offers an undergraduate minor in education, inquiry and justice, volunteer programs in D.C. schools through the Center for Social Justice and a master of arts in learning and design, which focuses on higher education.

For undergraduates who want to “continue within the educational field but don’t quite know how to access that,” Reed said having a graduate program with teaching certifications at Georgetown can bridge the divide.

“This can become a really fruitful way for them to take the next step in education,” Reed said.

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Latin American countries must overcome significant infrastructure problems before transitioning to more sustainable forms of energy, according to a panel of energy experts Oct. 27.

Hosted by Georgetown University’s Latin American Policy Association, a student group that analyzes Latin American domestic policy, as a part of the “Extractive Industries in Latin America: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward” conference, the panel featured Daniele La Porta; senior managing specialist at the World Bank; Andrés Flores, director of energy at the World Resources Institute Mexico; Tomás González, former minister for mines and energy in Colombia; and adjunct professor for the Center for Latin American Studies Camille Gaskin-Reyes.

The group discussed the challenges facing Latin American countries like Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico, in combatting climate change, sustaining economic growth and pushing for sustainable energy.

Gonzalez said these countries should prioritize adapting their economies for renewable energy to ensure their citizens have affordable future options.

“If you want to promote growth, you need to ensure that every time [someone] needs to turn on an oven, needs to turn on the lights, or needs to use electricity, the electricity is going to be there,” Gonzalez said.

“Otherwise, it’s going to be very difficult to sustain growth.”

Gonzalez said these countries should remain committed to the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a United Nations accord between 196 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2020.

“We need to ensure that we have the mechanisms to spread renewables as fast as we can with the technology that allows us to be increasingly competitive,” Gonzales said.

La Porta said mining is essential to procuring green technologies. She cited a World Bank study that indicated that increased development of lowcarbon technologies has led to

Rev. Patrick Desbois, professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust at Georgetown University, received the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize in an Oct. 26 ceremony on Capitol Hill for his work documenting Holocaust victims and leading educational programs on genocide.

The prize, established in 2009 by the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice in honor of its founder, the late Congressman and Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), is awarded every year to an exemplary advocate for global human rights. Past recipients include the Dalai Lama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel.

Desbois is the founder and president of Yahad-In Unum, an international humanitarian organization that identifies and collects forensic evidence on Jewish and Roma mass execution sites across eight former Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. The group also leads educational programs and outreach campaigns about the Holocaust and contemporary genocides.

Desbois called for greater activism against demonstrations of hate, such as those of last August in Charlottesville, Va., to avoid future instances of genocide. Drawing from experience, Desbois said that leaders have to fight the tendency to become desensitized by frequent public atrocities.

“There is no genocide without

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Energy experts discussed the challenges facing Latin American countries in combating climate change and sustaining economic growth. an increase in the demand for minerals like zinc, steel and copper.

“Everybody knows, without minerals, there would simply be no low-carbon future possible,” La Porta said.

La Porta said mining companies should invest in meeting the demands of the Paris agreement. However, she noted that for this investment to be effective, Latin American countries would need a radical restructuring of their energy supply and transmission systems.

“A green technology future is materially intensive and, if not properly managed, could bely the efforts and policies of supplying countries to meet their objectives of meeting climate and related sustainable goals,” La Porta said.

Flores, comparing La Porta’s argument to Mexico’s situation, said the country will struggle to meet its goal of a 22 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 because doing so requires shifting energy resources from the production of oil, where Mexico is a leading player, to that of steel, where it possesses no comparative competitiveness.

Currently, Mexico’s statemanaged oil company, Pemex, is implementing a national energy reform directive to modernize its facilities around the country and open up to private investment.

However, Flores said Mexico’s struggles do not stem from a lack of energy resources, but

from a lack of coordination in supplying them to each industry. In spite of this, he expects the country to continue working towards procuring these green, steel-based technologies and working towards fulfilling its objective.

“It makes sense to push for this transition, even though there are barriers to it,” Flores said.

According to Gaskin-Reyes, who previously worked at the World Bank, Latin American and Caribbean countries also face the challenge of balancing continued resource extraction with the welfare of indigenous communities. Countries seeking greater access to natural resources often face resistance from indigenous people who reside in resource rich regions.

Gaskin-Reyes called for these countries to enact long-term energy plans that incorporated consultation and cooperation with these communities, as well as government accountability, transparency and oversight, to ensure these resources are managed in a way that leads to long-term benefits for the entire population.

“Take extra care about these things,” Gaskin-Reyes said. “Be active and proactive in managing the resource base, and looking at the long term. Governments are notoriously shortterm, but be active in thinking of setting up the structure that is going to combat the structure of heaviness to a sustainable government.”

a neighbor,” Desbois said in his acceptance speech. “We have to teach people to one day take responsibility. The more you advertise a mass crime, the less people react. You see that in Charlottesville you see it in the Bundestag; we have to wake up.”

In a video shown during the ceremony, Desbois explained that his work was inspired by the life of his grandfather, a French prisoner held at the Rawa Ruska concentration camp on the Ukraine-Poland boarder during World War II. Since founding Yahad-In Unum in 2004, Desbois has interviewed over 5,500 witnesses of genocides and identified over 2,000 execution sites.

The ceremony, conducted in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, featured remarks from Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick, co-chair of the Lantos Foundation Advisory Board and daughter of its namesake, and Representatives Jim McGovern (DMass.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

Raskin praised Desbois’ organization for shining a light on current and historical victims of genocide.

“His project comes down to one word: memory,” Raskin said. “We must once again speak up for human rights here and abroad.”

As Braman endowed professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust, Desbois teaches the undergraduate courses of “Holocaust by Bullets” and “What Really Happened in the Camps?” through the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown.

The former revolves around Desbois’ forensic work and iden-

tification of victims within mass graves, while the latter analyzes the psychological and sociological elements of concentration camps.

“It is difficult to teach, and it is a subject that is difficult to internalize,” said Nicole McCann Ramirez (COL ’18), a former student of both courses who attended the ceremony. “But [Desbois] is coming from a standpoint of teaching this for change and provoking the reality of what human existence is. It is an understanding of history based on the stories of the victims.”

When asked about the difficult, emotional nature of his work, Desbois said the emotional nature of his work is challenging, but he is thankful he does not do it alone.

He said he hopes his 29-person team and his students will continue his legacy.

“I would say they are the future,” Desbois said.

Lantos Tillemann-Dick said in an interview with The Hoya that she hoped Desbois’s work would inspire further conversation on how to avoid the repetition of historical patterns due to ignorance.

“I remember asking my parents about the Holocaust and saying, ‘What about America?

What about the Americans?’

My dad said, ‘You know, people are living their lives. They did not even really know,’” Lantos Tillemann-Dick said. “So this is my hope that students like you, that newspapers like The Hoya will feature these stories, will pursue them, will follow up on them and build the volume of protest.”

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Rev. Patrick Desbois, professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust at Georgetown University, received the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize in an Oct. 26 ceremony on Capitol Hill.

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All-American graduate student Johnathan Green finished first in the 8-kilometer race at the Big East Championship last Saturday.

For the second time in conference history, the Georgetown men’s cross-country team has won its third consecutive Big East Championship this Saturday in Kenosha, Wis., where graduate student Jonathan Green led the Hoyas by claiming the individual championship title.

Both the men’s and women’s teams travelled to the championship race, where the men came in first out of nine teams and the women came in third out of 10 teams.

The men’s team arrived at the meet following two first place wins in the Big East Championship in 2015 and 2016, making Saturday’s victory the program’s third straight Big East title.

Head Coash Brandon Bonsey emphasized his team’s resolve in accomplishing the feat.

“Every year we’re trying to be our very best for these last three races of the year,” Bonsey said.

This win came after a disappointing pre-national meet Oct. 14, where the Hoyas placed 14th out of 41.

“Our season hasn’t been amazing thus far, but that’s somewhat by design,” Bonsey said. “We’re not training to be

good in September, we’re training to be good at the end of October and going into November.

I felt pretty confident going in.”

The team placed first with a score of 40 points, while AllAmerican Green came in first individually, with a finishing time of 24:27.6 for the 8-kilometer race.

Bonsey said he did not want Green to fully exert himself during the race.

“I kind of wanted [Green] to run a pretty conservative race and just try to win but not run super hard,” Bonsey said. “Our plan was just to sit with the pack through five or six kilometers and then do what [he could] to win but not overly exert himself.”

Georgetown’s second and third place runners also made it into the top ten, with junior Reilly Bloomer taking fourth place, with a time of 24:50.8, and junior Nick Wareham earning seventh place, with a time of 25:00.6.

The top three Hoyas earned All-Big East First Team honors for their performances. Georgetown’s following point-scorers, sophomore Jack Van Scoter and senior Nick Golebiowski, came in 12th place and 16th place with times of 25:06.9 and 25:17.1, respectively.

Bonsey earned the title Big

East Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year.

Bonsey said he is optimistic about Georgetown’s outlook for upcoming races.

“We won [the regional championship] the last two years as well,” Bonsey said. “We really just want to be top two. We just need to get our second through fifth guys to be a little closer to each other.”

Georgetown’s women’s team came third in the Big East Championship with a score of 63 points behind Villanova and Providence, who scored 39 and 46 points, respectively. Senior Josette Norris led the team with a top-ten finish; She came in ninth place in the 6-kilometer race with a time of 20:52.6.

The following four pointscorers for the Hoya women finished in a very close pack over a 5.3-second period, sweeping 12th place through 15th place.

Georgetown’s second finisher and 12th place overall was senior Kennedy Weisner with a time of 20:59.2, followed closely by freshman Martha MacDonald with a time of 20:59.5, senior Autumn Eastman with a time of 21:04.9 and graduate student Meredith Rizzo with a time of 21:05.5.

“We were really happy with

the way they ran,” Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Julie Culley said. “Obviously we would have liked to be a little further ahead in team placement, but both teams ahead of us, Villanova and Providence will likely be in the top ten to top fifteen in the country this year.”

Culley considered the strength of Villanova helpful for Georgetown’s women going forward.

“Getting up there and mixing it up with [Villanova and Providence] was what we wanted to do,” Culley said. “It definitely gives our group more confidence going into the regional champions.”

All the top seven Hoya women, including freshman Margie Cullen — Georgetown’s sixth finisher and 16th overall — and senior Madeline Perez, who placed 19th, earned All-Big East honors. Norris made All-Big East First Team honors while the remaining women were awarded All-Big East Second Team honors.

Georgetown’s men’s and women’s teams will take next week off before returning to competition Nov. 9 for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championships in Bethlehem, Pa.

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The Georgetown men’s lightweight fours claimed a second-place finish this weekend at the Princeton Chase, a highlight for the seven boats Georgetown men and women raced this past weekend.

The Hoyas sent six boats to the Princeton Chase and a seventh men’s boat to the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Pennsylvania.

Lightweight Varsity Head Coach Lee Rumpf was excited by the team’s finish in the men’s lightweight fours.

“The level of talent in that four is great. It's a lot to do with the work that we've done this year. That's the best result that we've had at that regatta since 2010,” Rumpf said. “It shows that the training is working and that the team is in a really good place. It was good to race against other top rowers and have such a successful showing."

The men’s light championship eights faced an unfortunate obstacle at the Head of The Schuylkill when Geneseo Crew Club, the team’s only other opponent in the race, scratched.

Since the lightweight eights and heavyweight eights were in the same race category, however, the boat was added to the heavyweight eights competition.

“They would’ve finished eighth in the heavyweight competition, which included the U.S. National Team,” Rumpf said. “The boat we sent

had varsity guys, and even a novice walk-on who had never rowed before coming here.

It was a true picture of the team in one boat, and they did really well.”

In addition to the men’s performances, the women’s team added the four victors to a lightweight eights boat that competed well, finishing 25th out of 52, 12 spots behind its Princeton host. The women’s lightweight eights earned the highest finish for the team over the weekend.

The team’s success comes off of a lightweight four win for the women at the Head of the Charles two weekends ago. Women’s Rowing Head Coach Stephen Full and Assistant Coach Kieren Emery both emphasized the potential and youth of their rowers, and praised their performances at the Princeton Chase.

“They looked sharp. They looked aggressive,” Full said.

“They did a really good job coming together as an eight.

It’s still a young group.”

Full and Emery wanted to finish ahead of Princeton but are looking forward to finishing well at the slate of races next weekend at the Head of the Occoquan Regatta.

The men’s and women’s teams also sent novices and freshmen to the Princeton Chase this weekend, and the coaches were pleased with how they performed. In the men’s freshman eights, the times for Georgetown’s lightweight and heavyweight boats were close, with the

lightweight team finishing 11th, two spots ahead of the heavyweights.

“They've been training all year for this race and this [weekend’s] upcoming race to represent Georgetown in the freshman category. They had a lot of pride on the line this weekend, thinking about beating each other,” Rumpf said.

Regarding the women’s novice race, Full was focused on development.

“It’s more about how they feel about the piece. There is performing well comparatively, and there is performing well with the foundation we’re trying to lay,” Full said.

Both teams are looking to compete and finish the season well at the upcoming Head of the Occuquan Regatta.

“It’s just another opportunity for them to go out there and get a good time and compare themselves to some faster boats,” Full said.

Rumpf expressed a similar sentiment, hoping to finish ahead of teams they met last weekend.

“The lightweight eight that raced last weekend finished 40 seconds behind St. Joseph's University Varsity eights. We get to race St. Joseph's University Varsity eights this weekend, with a stacked lineup,” Rumpf said. “I would imagine that the best boat that we can put out is 40 seconds faster than that boat that we put out last week.”

Both teams conclude their fall season with the Head of the Occoquan Regatta on Nov. 4.

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n our column last week, we lauded Kylian Mbappé as the wonder kid who helped Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain achieve a dominant start to the season. After Tuesday, the team has broken out to an incredible start in the UEFA Champions League, qualifying for the knockout stages after four games – out of six – with a staggering 17 goals for and an impressive zero goals against.

Regardless of the negative press surrounding Les Parisiens, they are arguably the best team in Europe this season. In 11 games, PSG has won nine times and drawn twice. Detractors are quick to cite their weaker competition in Ligue 1 compared to other top leagues in Europe, but their performance in the Champions League should serve to settle those doubts. Against reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, PSG netted three goals en route to a comfortable win.

Besides Mbappé, Paris has assembled a collection of some of the best talent in the world.

Uruguayan talisman Edinson

Cavani is the team’s veteran, a striker of class who holds down the attack as he approaches the club record for goals. Neymar, the subject of soccer’s biggest – and shadiest – transfer, is a talent on par with the best players in the world. Midfielder Marco Verratti is an Italian star who manages the tempo of the game in the center of the pitch. Angel Di Maria is another veteran who performs with absolute class and is in some of the best form of his career.

Behind a star-studded attack and midfield are Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Dani Alves, three hardened Brazilian veterans who shore up any rare error PSG may commit.

Make no mistake, they are far from the most likable team.

Neymar and Alves have attracted much media attention for their antics and attitude problems. Manager Unai Emery has had to deal with a dressing room full of egos that could rival even Real Madrid's.

As it stands, he has done an incredible job, and the team could not be performing better.

Going into the Champions League group stage, many pundits – ourselves included – believed Bayern and Scottish champions Celtic FC would pose strong tests to PSG. But the Red and Blues responded thunderously, scoring goal after goal and outclassing every team they have faced so far.

Of course, success this early into a season is not a guarantee. Bayern faced PSG without its world-class keeper, Manuel Neuer, who was injured at the time. Ligue 1’s best, Monaco and Lyon, have yet to cross paths with

PSG. The real tests will come then. Les Parisiens will also face a challenge if and when they run into Real Madrid, Juventus or a fated rematch against Barcelona.

The question then becomes whether or not this fiery start is sustainable – we believe it is.

Unlike Manchester City, which has also had a scorching start to the season, PSG plays in a much easier league, has more depth with players like Lucas, Julian Draxler, Thomas Meunier and Javier Pastore, and boasts the third best player in the world, Neymar.

Even when resting players throughout the long season, PSG can and will consistently field lineups replete with class.

While there is little to be impressed with in the team’s assembly – the state of Qatar practically backs the team and supplies it with nearly unlimited funds with which to buy players – there is much to wonder at when it comes to its play on the pitch.

Upon Neymar’s arrival to the club, pundits and fans alike wondered if this move would elevate PSG to a stratospheric status akin to that of Barcelona and Real Madrid. After this great start, that conversation has gained traction. PSG is headed in the right direction.

Now let us see if they are here to stay.

Vanessa Craige and Paolo Santamaria are seniors in the School of Foreign Service and the College, respectively.

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At the end of the third quarter, Holy Cross had the ball spotted within the five-yard line for the goahead score, poised to take a commanding lead over Georgetown.

But the Hoya defense came up with its third goalline stand of the game and forced the Crusaders to settle for another field goal.

Though the defense was stout throughout the game, the Hoyas ultimately fell to the Crusaders 24-10. This loss brings Georgetown (1-7, 0-3 Patriot League) its third conference loss to Holy Cross (3-6, 2-2 Patriot League) which is now one game behind first place in the Patriot League.

“We had our chances,” Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said. “We had the game within one score in the second half, and the defense did a great job coming up with two big stops, two three and outs. We just needed to be more effective offensively at that time, having a chance to tie the game up.”

The defensive effort was led by senior defensive back David Akere, who tallied a season-high twelve tackles in the contest, while freshman linebacker Wesley Bowers contributed another season high

with nine tackles.

On two red-zone stands, senior defensive lineman Kendall Catching and freshman lineman Owen Kessler each had timely sacks, keeping the Crusaders out of the end zone in the second quarter — and keeping the Hoyas in the game.

Georgetown started the scoring in the contest by gaining possession of a blocked punt at the 3-yard line. However, the Hoyas could not break through and settled for a field goal to lead 3-0. As the first quarter closed, Holy Cross answered by scoring on a 75-yard, 14play drive and took a 7-3 lead into the second quarter.

The period was won by the defenses, as the Blue and Gray's offense could not find a rhythm. Two red zone stands kept the Hoyas in the game, down 13-3 at half.

“The defense did a great job,” Sgarlata said. “Wherever the ball was spotted today they played really well, especially good situational football down in the red zone. I know Holy Cross was five-for-five, but we did hold them to a number of field goals and it kept us in the ballgame.”

Out of the locker room at halftime, Georgetown's offense found its stride behind the arm of sopho-

more quarterback Gunther Johnson, who led a seven-play, 72-yard drive resulting in a 14-yard touchdown. Johnson found two of his favorite wide receivers, sophomore Michael Dereus and freshman Max Edwards, for key receptions on the drive that culminated in senior Tommy Jesson's first career touchdown reception.

Georgetown's offense had struggled before that touchdown and finished the game recording no positive rushing yards due to four sacks. The air attack led by Johnson attempted to pick up the slack, but the Hoyas would finish the day passing 17-38 for 181 yards. However, Johnson and Jesson's timely connection put the Hoyas in comeback position down only 13-10 at the end of the third.

“It was a rush of energy,” Jesson said. “It was amazing. It felt good to put points on the board. It was awesome.”

Yet at the start of the fourth quarter, the Crusaders held the ball within the 5-yard line and looked to take final control of the game. The Hoyas were able to hold on though the lead was pushed out to 16-10.

Georgetown had a chance to answer on their next drive but held the ball for only three plays. Holy

Cross took advantage and moved down the field to score a touchdown and a two-point conversion to put the Hoyas away with a final score of 24-10.

“Guys played great red-zone defense. They were presented with some tough situations in the game and they responded,” said Sgarlata. “We’ll take the positives from that game and hopefully build on them as we go into the weekend against Lafayette. ” Georgetown now turns its attention to the homecoming game against the Lafayette Leopards (26, 2-1 Patriot League), who despite a 2-6 record are only one game behind first place in the Patriot League .

The matchup will feature a Lafayette team coming off a tough loss to Bucknell (4-4, 1-2 Patriot League) in which the Leopards held the Bison without an offensive score, but went into overtime due to their own offensive struggles.

On the first play from scrimmage in the overtime period, Lafayette's freshman quarterback Sean O’Malley threw an interception that was returned for 95 yards and the game ending touchdown, giving Bucknell the win with a score of 13-7.

The Blue and Gray will look to exploit a Lafayette offense that averages only 11 points and 20 rushing yards per game, but will have to improve their passing game after allowing almost 250 passing yards to Holy Cross.

“Homecoming is great,” Sgarlata said. “A lot of people get to come

home to the Hilltop, and our football family is really strong. We’ve had great home attendance, and I expect it to be even better with homecoming. The kids are working really hard and we need to put together a four-quarter game to get them the win that they deserve.”

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bounced in the box, making the score 3-0 to the Hoyas.

Corboz finished off the scoring with another goal off a free kick.

In addition to scoring, Corboz dominated the middle of the field with confidence, controlling the ball and finding her teammates with lead passes into tight spaces.

The Blue and Gray outshot the Golden Eagles 21-3 and had an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Three Hoyas were awarded Big East Player of the Year Honors on Oct. 28.

Senior defender Elizabeth Wenger was named Defender of the Year, Schechtman Goalkeeper of the Year and Corboz Midfielder of the Year. Junior forwards Amanda Carolan and Caitlin Farrell joined these three on the Big East first team, while senior defender Taylor Pak and Nally were named to the second team, and Livingstone was named to the third.

“We’ve got great players,” Nolan said. “It just speaks volumes to the kids we bring here and the hard work they put in to become the great players they become.”

Georgetown will vie for its second straight Big East Tournament Championship on Sunday at Shaw Field, playing against Butler.

Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m.

“From the beginning of the game, we knew we had to come out strong, because Marquette is a team we beat previously, so we knew that they were going to come out flying,” senior midfielder Rachel Corboz said.

Four minutes later, Corboz scored a goal off a free kick, one of three goals she either scored or assisted on off of set pieces.

“We’ve got great players. It just speaks volumes to the kids we bring here and the hard work they put in.”

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“Set pieces have been a big part of my game,” Corboz said. “I’ve been working on them for a while, so to finally see that pay off in games is really important to me.”

Marquette’s best chance in the first half came with six minutes left, when a forward beat freshman defender Kelly Ann Livingstone down the right sideline and rifled a low shot, which senior goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman saved.

Livingstone redeemed herself in the second half, heading in a Corboz corner that

crossbar. In the 17th minute, senior midfielder Christopher Lema’s free kick forced St. John’s keeper, Andrew Withers, to make a difficult save.

Georgetown kept attacking and pushing for the opening goal, but St. John’s broke the deadlock off a set piece in the 31st minute. St. John’s midfielder Harry Cooksley played the ball into the box from a free kick, where defender David Enstrom eventually put it into the back of the net, giving St. John’s a 1-0 lead.

Despite having a few more shots before halftime, the Hoyas were unable to convert and went into the break trailing 1-0.

“They were probably looking at trying to get the game, so that we weren’t scoring and hopefully something happened, and that’s exactly what happened,” Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese said.

The second half began with a flurry of shots from both teams with neither breaking through.

The best chance of the half for either team came in the 77th minute as senior midfielder Declan McCabe saw his effort hit the crossbar and ricochet away. This shot would be the last decent look on goal for either team as Georgetown ended up falling 1-0 to St. John’s.

“They were very committed to defending. They had a clear game plan to make it, so we weren’t going to score,” Weise said. “They wanted to make sure they had really good numbers behind the ball and that we were going to have to work for every possession, and they succeeded.”

The Hoyas outshot the Red Storm 15-9 and both keepers finished the game with two saves apiece.

The final game of the regular season for the Georgetown Hoyas was a Wednesday fixture at home on senior day against the Creighton Bluejays (9-6-2, 3-4-2 Big East).

The Hoyas began the game flatfooted as the Bluejays put them under pressure with a number of good chances. Junior goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski made a

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Senior midfielder Declan McCabe has scored two goals and tallied seven assists this season, including one in the Hoyas’ 3-1 victory over Creighton on Wednesday. few definitve saves to preserve the deadlock.

However, in the 27th minute, Creighton was finally able to break through following a header

by Ricky Lopez-Espin, making it 1-0.

Immediately following the goal, Marcinkowski made another save, keeping the game within reach before the Hoyas were able to equalize in the 30th minute.

McCabe put a sizzling cross in the box that Creighton goalkeeper Michael Kluver was able to get a hand on and punch away. However, freshman forward Jack Beer proceeded to receive the ball and finished it past Kluver, tying the game at one with his first goal as a Hoya.

The game stayed deadlocked at one into halftime.

In the second half, Georgetown was finally able to take the lead after a goal by freshman forward Derek Dodson. Lema fired a shot from outside the box that Kluver again could only parry straight into the path of Dodson. He calmly

slotted it home and gave the Hoyas a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish.

Georgetown was able to put the game away in the 83rd minute with Dodson’s second goal of the game. Following a great buildup play, junior midfielder Ethan Lochner dribbled through the Bluejays’ defense and played a ball that left junior midfielder Edson Martinez in on goal.

However, instead of taking a shot, Martinez slotted it to Dodson on his left who had an easy finish to make the game 3-1 to the Hoyas. Dodson has consistently found himself in great scoring positions all season and this goal was his team-leading eighth of the year.

“They’ll tell you where they want to look for you, so if I can just get there I know they’ll have the quality to just put the ball in that spot. So, just really listening and learning off of guys like Lema and [senior forward] Zach [Knudson has been key],” Dodson said.

The score would last for the re-

mainder of the game as Georgetown earned a big 3-1 win over Creighton on senior day. The Hoyas outshot the Bluejays 19-11 and both goalkeepers had impressive performances. Marcinkowski had four big saves earning the victory for the Hoyas while Kluver had five saves in the losing performance.

“It’s an incredible feeling, first of all, just to win on senior day. And obviously winning after a couple of bad results really changes the dynamic of the team and switches the momentum, so now the team is in a good spot. We’ve gone back to our old ways of winning and being able to play our style of soccer,” Lema said.

Following the draw between St. John’s and Providence in their final Big East game, Georgetown has earned a first-round bye in the Big East Tournament. The Hoyas’ next game will be at home Nov. 8 against the winner of the game between St. John’s and Creighton.

Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. at Shaw Field.

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Senior midfielder Rachel Corboz scored two goals on free kicks against Marquette. Corboz has scored eight goals this season.

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“My job going forward, and what my job has been, is to implement some structure practice-wise and hone in on each individual’s game,” Schanuel said. “We started to do it a little bit last spring, but we’re going to continue to really maximize each individual’s game, because everybody is different.”

The Hoyas have lofty expectations for the spring, known as their “championship season,” which culminates in the Big East tournament. If the team succeeds in the Big East, like it did last season, it will go on to Regionals.

“We’re looking at Big East.

Every tournament we have leading up to Big East is a practice for that tournament, and being able to repeat last year is obviously the goal,” Schanuel said. “Last year was last year, and it’s already in the record books. The four tournaments we have leading up to Big East are practice, and our end goal is to make NCAAs like last year.”

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Junior Pendleton Bogache notched two top-20 finishes last season. The team has won three tournaments this season, with a victory in the USF Intercollegiate at TPC Tampa Bay this week.

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an entirely new sport, but Haslam and the Browns were clearly willing to try something new. Brown and DePodesta implemented a philosophy that prioritized draft capital, which maximized the number of picks that the Browns could acquire.

The logic behind this strategy is sound. Some NFL stars come from the first round of the draft, especially from the top 10 picks.

However, there are many more star players who are overlooked for one reason or another and are taken much later in the draft.

Added to the value of those players selected in the later rounds are their contracts, which are structured to maximize years of team control while minimizing their effects on the salary cap.

In effect, Brown and DePodesta intended to take a scattershot approach to the draft, using as many

picks as possible to find players who would develop into stars.

In the meantime, they could use their cap room to pay established veterans like Joe Thomas, solidifying the offensive line and creating an environment better suited to young players flourishing.

Clearly, the latter part of their plan has not succeeded.

The quarterback the Browns drafted in 2017, DeShone Kizer, has been mostly unsuccessful and was recently benched in favor of the equally uninspiring Kevin Hogan.

Thomas, who has played over 10,000 consecutive snaps at left tackle, tore his triceps and is out for the season. The Browns have limped to an 0-8 start, and figure to have a top-five draft pick next year as well. And, of course, they have watched Wentz and Watson, players who could have been saviors for Cleveland, blossom from afar.

But is it really that simple?

I honestly believe that if Wentz or Watson had started under center for the Browns this season, the Browns’ fortune would not be much different. Sure, they may have a win or two under their belts, but the receiving corps would still be shallow and injury-prone, the defense would still have gaping holes and there would still be significant questions about their coaching staff.

The truth is Wentz and Watson have thrived in situations that are much better for young quarterbacks. The Eagles have a terrific defense, a strong offensive line, and an improved group of receivers this year. The Texans have one of the NFL’s best receivers, DeAndre Hopkins, and allaround skilled running back Lamar Miller.

Those complementary pieces have allowed Wentz and Watson to showcase their skills and hide their deficiencies. Unfortu-

nately for Kizer, Hogan and anyone else the Browns might trot out this season, that luxury is not available in Cleveland.

When it comes down to it, almost no quarterback could succeed in Cleveland right now.

The Browns are a mess, and even if they woke up with Tom Brady on their roster tomorrow, that would not repair their obvious cracks.

Instead, Haslam, Brown and DePodesta have embarked on a long-term rebuilding strategy.

Stocking up on draft picks is tedious, frustrating and risky. But the Browns have tried almost everything else, and nothing has succeeded. This time around, they are taking aim at the whole problem, not just drafting another quarterback.

Ryan McCoy is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. GM’s Corner appears every other Friday.

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It may have been senior day, but it was the freshmen who came through for Georgetown with two goals in a 3-1 victory over Creighton in the regular season’s final match, days after a tough 1-0 defeat at the hands of St. John’s.

Before the freshmen’s big performance, the No. 18 Georgetown Hoyas (12-3-2, 6-2-1 Big East) travelled to New York to face the St. John’s Red Storm (87-2, 5-3-1 Big East) in their pen-

ultimate game of the regular season last Saturday.

From the start, it was evident that the matchup would be a tough road test for Georgetown.

Early on, the Hoyas and the Red Storm traded chances. The Hoyas started the game on the attack and had the first chance of the game in the fourth minute with a header that just trickled wide.

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Sophomore midfielder Dylan Nealis, center, has started all 16 of the team’s games this season, tallying two assists on 15 shots.

Five first-place finishes, three top-three finishes and two top10 finishes: Georgetown University’s women’s golf team has dominated in its five tournaments of this incredible fall season.

The program has never won three tournaments in a season before. With the team’s comeback victory Monday and Tuesday at the USF Intercollegiate at TPC Tampa Bay, it has now accomplished the feat in just half a season.

“They tasted success last year with the same group that’s here now, and they’re motivated internally from that success,” said Head Coach Kate Schanuel, who is in her first year at Georgetown. “They know how it feels, and they want that feeling again and again.”

The team did not lose any players from last season while gaining three freshmen. As a result, senior leadership has played a vital role in the team’s outstanding success this fall.

Seniors Jacquelyn Eleey, Lauren Gros and Christine Schmitt have emerged as capable leaders.

“It’s the same group of girls, plus three awesome freshmen who just came in. Last year we had a really strong spring. We won Big East and went to Regionals, and that was the first time in program history that we’ve done that,” Eleey said.

Although the Hoyas have much to celebrate this fall, their record-breaking season is far from over.

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Junior Alexa Popowitz was named Big East Player of the Year last season, when she led the team with a 75.03 stroke average. This season, the team has set a program record with three tournament victories.

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Freshman defender Kelly Ann Livingstone has started all 18 games this season, scoring one goal on 12 shots. Livingstone played throughout the team’s 4-0 Big East Semifinal victory over Marquette on Thursday despite having a broken right hand.

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Georgetown women’s soccer is going to the Big East finals, looking to capture its second straight tournament championship after a dominating 4-0 semifinal win over Marquette on Thursday.

After three straight days of clouds and wind, the sun came out for the No. 19 Hoyas

(13-3-3, Big East 6-1-2) in their semifinal matchup at Shaw Field. The tension could be felt in the atmosphere, as the fans, coaches and players alike were more aware of the high stakes.

Marquette (13-7-1, Big East 5-4-0) came into Thursday’s contest as the fourth seed in the Big East tournament, after defeating Xavier 3-0 on Sunday to advance to the semifinals.

The last time the two teams squared off, the Hoyas outshot the Golden Eagles 22-3 en route to a 3-0 victory at home.

In Thursday’s game, Georgetown set a physical tone from the start and kept up the intensity throughout by aggressively pressuring Marquette up high and causing turnovers, which the team turned into scoring chances.

“It’s a mentality of play-

ers. You can see, even from the front, we defend so hard, make it so difficult for teams to get anything going,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Georgetown opened the scoring with a goal by junior forward Caitlin Farrell off a pass from sophomore defender Meaghan Nally.

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s another slate of NFL games took place this Sunday, one statistic was heavily discussed on social media: Carson Wentz and Deshaun Watson, two quarterbacks whom the Cleveland Browns had traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and the Houston Texans, respectively, were tied for the league lead in passing touchdowns with 19 each.

Meanwhile, the Browns have collectively thrown 17 interceptions. Twitter and Reddit were full of predictable scorn for the Browns and their mismanagement, with fans of other teams enjoying the schadenfreude and Cleveland faithful ruing the trading of Wentz and Watson.

Though Wentz and Watson both appear to be stellar quarterbacks and worthy picks, the front office of the Browns deserves a bit more credit than it has been given.

When owner Jimmy Haslam cleaned house following a dismal 2015 season that saw the team finish 3-13, he decided that enough was enough. For years, the Browns had tried traditional methods of succeeding in the NFL — they hired experienced figures like Mike Holmgren, scoured the college ranks for talent and hoped for an upturn in their fortunes —

with little success.

But most of all, the Browns drafted quarterbacks — a lot of quarterbacks.

In fact, since the franchise returned in 1999, Cleveland has had 27 different starting quarterbacks. Many of them have been high-profile draft busts, from Tim Couch to Brady Quinn, and most notoriously Johnny Manziel.

When it comes down to it, almost no quarterback could succeed in Cleveland right now.

Instead of continuing that tradition of failure, Haslam brought in two new faces with new outlooks on team building.

Sashi Brown, the team’s general counsel, was promoted to general manager. Former Major League Baseball executive Paul DePodesta was brought in to provide strategic assistance.

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