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WINNING WAYS
The women’s soccer team kept its unbeaten streak alive Saturday.
EDITORIAL The work of Unsung Heroes should inspire more student engagement.
PANEL ON BIAS REPORTING A discussion in Makóm advocated for easier reporting avenues.
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NEWS, A5
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DC Raises Unemployed Benefits paula hong
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As the unemployment rate in Washington, D.C., continues to hover above the national average, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) increased benefits for the unemployed in D.C.’s Unemployment Insurance program beginning Oct. 1, implementing the first change to the policy in over a decade.
“If we want to do anything to guarantee African Americans the right to stay here, we have to have increases like this.” MAURICE JACKSON Professor, Department of History
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, D.C. maintained a 6 percent unemployment rate in August, higher than the 4.9 percent national average during the same period, as reported Sept. 20. Overall, the District ranked 46th in terms of unemployment rates per state. The new benefits affect individuals who lose employment due to layoffs or other factors beyond their control by boosting the maximum weekly benefit amount for eligible claimants from $359 to $425 for as long as 26 weeks, or up to $1,700 monthly for six months. The changes further include a 14-percent increase in weekly benefit payouts for part-time workers in an effort to assist claimants holding part-time jobs. The last adjustment in the policy occurred in 2005, when maximum weekly benefits were lifted from $309 to $359. These gains coincide with Bowser’s push for a higher minimum wage, which resulted in the D.C. Council’s unanimous passage of a plan in June designed to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The current D.C. minimum wage is $11.50 an hour. Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia attorney Drake Hagner, who works for its Public Benefits Law Unit, said the expansion of benefits was long overdue as the District lagged behind other states in maximum weekly benefit amounts, placing 38th out of all states with unemployment benefit systems despite its relatively high living costs. “It’s been far too long,” Hagner said. “The rate has been way, way too low especially given the costs of living in D.C. and the surrounding area, which is where most D.C. workers live.” Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce Director of State Initiative Neil Ridley praised the change as unique among what other states are doing to provide longerterm benefits for their residents. “Another key change is to ensure that most, if not all workers who qualify for UI benefits are going to receive up to 26 weeks if they need it,” Ridley said. “It’s not just about See BENEFITS, A6
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As the student-led Smoke Free Georgetown petition gains ground, Associate Vice President for Benefits and Chief Benefits Officer Charles DeSantis has said that the university administration intends to work toward making campus tobacco-free.
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The university intends to plan for a tobacco-free campus by the 201718 academic year, according to Associate Vice President for Benefits and Chief Benefits Officer Charles DeSantis. The Smoke Free Georgetown campaign, which was launched by Mac Williams (NHS ’17) and Georgetown University Student Association Senator Henry Callander (COL ’18) two weeks ago, surpassed
the 300 signatures required for the GUSA senate to vote on the referendum proposal. The senate vote is expected to take place Sunday. If approved, a campuswide referendum would provide the university with students’ opinions, which would assist the university’s process of going smoke-free, according to DeSantis. “A student vote would articulate the student position as well as assist in the governance process as it moves through our system
of shared governance,” DeSantis wrote in an email to The Hoya. The current main campus policy prohibits smoking in all indoor locations, including all residence hall rooms, apartments and townhouses. Those who choose to smoke must do so in designated outdoor areas and are responsible for proper disposal of cigarette ashes and butts. The Georgetown University Medical Center is currently the only smoke-free area at Georgetown. The Georgetown University Law Center
has specific smoking locations. Since the launch of Smoke Free Georgetown, the petition has received endorsements from Georgetown Relay for Life and the cardiac health advocacy group Heroes for Hearts, according to the Smoke Free Georgetown Facebook page. The petition aims to improve the quality of health in the campus community, following in the footsteps of other universities that have already enacted full smoking bans, See SMOKING, A6
SFS Sees Uptake in Foreign Language Minors christian paz Hoya Staff Writer
One in four seniors in the School of Foreign Service has declared a foreign language minor since the SFS began recognizing foreign language minors this fall, with Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish language courses remaining the most popular choices among students. Eighty-six out of about 350 students in the Class of 2017 have formally submitted minor declarations, according to SFS Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Programs Mitch Kaneda. Seniors remain the only SFS students able to minor in a foreign language, after a policy change announced last semester. The Class of 2018 and Class of 2019 will be able to declare language minors in future years. Arabic minor declarations have increased to 49 from an average 15 to 20 minors. French minors jumped from 59 total declared students last fall to 95 this semester. The policy change from April marked the first time the SFS has permitted minors in any subject outside the SFS undergraduate core. Previously, students had to exclusively pursue majors in one of eight programs in addition to pursuing interdisciplinary certificates. Students are also required to pass a foreign language proficiency test. The SFS Academic Council played a significant role in pressing for access to language minors, according to Kaneda.
“This is an example of student leadership and the act of students, faculty and deans working together, that made a real difference,” Kaneda wrote in an email to The Hoya.
“We are looking forward to having more SFS students in upper levels as they complete a minor.” GWEN KIRKPATRICK Chair, Spanish and Portuguese Department
Spanish and Portuguese Department Chair Gwen Kirkpatrick said the minors have not shifted enrollment numbers drastically as Spanish was already a popular language. “I think it is still too early to know whether it will change enrollments. We usually have quite a few SFS students in upper-level courses and in the Barcelona and Quito summer programs, so I’m not sure a change will be noticeable initially,” Kirkpatrick wrote in an email to The Hoya. “But we are looking forward to having more SFS students in upper levels as they complete a minor.” Kirkpatrick said the minor opportunity is part of the department’s work to diversify course offerings. Professor of Spanish Cristina Sanz said many students enrolled in upper-level language
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The Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish language departments have proved popular with SFS seniors looking to minor in foreign languages. courses declare minors since they have already taken required courses. “We have always had a substantial number of SFS students in upper level courses,” Sanz wrote in an email to The Hoya. “To the fact that a few are now
declaring a minor does not mean they wouldn’t have taken those courses anyways before the recent changes.” The Italian department received nine new minors from See MINORS, A6
NEWS
Opinion
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Canal Plans Announced The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will undergo an 18-month restoration starting next month. A5
Obama Looks to Space In unveiling his plan for future spaceflight missions, Obama demonstrates his faith in NASA. A3
Blowout Loss The football team dropped its third straight game 35-3 to Lehigh on Saturday. A10
NEWS DCPS Food Services Criticized
OPINION More Than Talk
SPORTS Public Transportation Failure
Auditor Kathy Patterson’s office condemned DCPS’ privatized food services. A5
The university must show a greater urgency in getting students to undergo sexual assault training. A2
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The WMATA system inconvenienced thousands of Nationals fans last Thursday. A10
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OPINION
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Forever Young — The American folk singer Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first American to receive the honor since author Toni Morrison won in 1993.
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Home Away From Home — Over the last several days, Hoya families visited the Hilltop for Parent and Family Weekend, attending religious services, meeting their students’ deans and going to athletic events like Hoya Madness.
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varied, personal and real. In addition to learning from these stories, the student takeaway from Unsung Heroes should be that we are surrounded by hard workers, and that there are opportunities to give back to them in real and effective ways. In addition to campaigns like these, students can do more to show their appreciation for campus workers on a daily basis, whether it be through simple interactions or finding time to engage in conversations with them so they feel part of the Georgetown community. Just listening to the stories of those working behind the scenes and into the late hours of the night are small ways students can individually build relationships with workers across our campus. Beyond showing their appreciation, students should take a more active role in speaking up for workers’ rights. There are currently ongoing negotiations between the university and facilities workers belonging to the Service Employees International Union 1199 dealing with issues of mistreatment and proper working environments. In the past, students have led the charge in advocating for better work and wage conditions between workers and university service provider Aramark, which, along with service provider Sodexo, has been accused of workers’ rights violations. Unsung Heroes should direct even more students’ attention to these issues. The recent fundraising efforts by Unsung Heroes are commendable, and demonstrate the care that students have for our campus worker community. However, this should be the first step in encouraging more students to stand up for workers’ rights and feel a responsibility to engage in their experience on campus, too. Between students taking agency in establishing relationships with workers on an individual level or advocating as a collective for better labor rights, the ways Hoyas can show care and empathy are numerous. All one must do is simply make the effort to show respect and dignity toward those who deserve it the most — campus workers.
Look Up! — A hunter’s supermoon shined bright in the sky this weekend. This was the first of three supermoons before the end of 2016; the next two are Nov. 14 and Dec. 14.
Political Discourse? — According to a poll conducted by Pew Research, 81 percent of respondents believe that Trump and Clinton supporters are unable to agree on basic facts surrounding current issues, much less discuss them.
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Last week, Unsung Heroes, a student initiative dedicated to raising awareness and support for workers on campus, received national media attention for its fundraising efforts to purchase plane tickets for Umberto “Suru” Ripai, an employee at O’Donovan Hall, to visit his home country of South Sudan for the first time in 45 years. A GoFundMe campaign created Sept. 27 has raised about $6,000 as of press time at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday — $4,000 more than the original goal — to fund a trip to and from his home country. In addition, the group also raised $2,500 for maintenance worker Oneil Batchelor to help him establish a catering business based around Jamaican cooking. These fundraising efforts embody Georgetown’s most fundamental values. Unsung Heroes’ social entrepreneurship takes the values of charity and contemplation and makes them a reality. The initiative allows students to show their care and empathy for those in our community who oftentimes are outside our collective conscious. What is more, such actions have established an example of how students can make a substantive difference for those who contribute to the daily operations of our school. Unsung Heroes was started by Febin Bellamy (MSB ’17) as a class project. The project has also partnered with Students for Georgetown, Inc. this year, which will help expand Bellamy’s vision of opening chapters of Unsung Heroes at other D.C. universities and keeping up the momentum that has garnered its Facebook page more than 7,000 likes. Projects like Unsung Heroes should be held up as examples of how Georgetown students can direct their energy into benefitting the lives of individuals who are integral to our community, yet are often unrecognized. The most important impact of the group is that it fosters meaningful interactions between students and campus workers. Through its Facebook posts, Unsung Heroes has shown that campus workers like Ripai and Batchelor have life stories that are
Spike 5K — The largest ever spikeball tournament was held Saturday, Oct. 15 at West Potomac Park. There were more than 500 participants and the winners took home $5,000.
Rat City — According to the exterminating company Orkin, Washington, D.C., has been ranked the third most rat-infested city after New York City and Chicago.
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Click Your Heels — Due to limited congressional funding, staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the $300,000 necessary to preserve Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz.”
EDITORIAL CARTOON by Elinor Walker
Smoking Ban Needs Nuance Since the beginning of October, two students, Mac Williams (NHS ’17) and Georgetown University Student Association Senator Henry Callander (COL ’18) launched a petition to hold a student-wide referendum to ban any type of smoking on campus. The Smoke Free Georgetown petition itself is very short, with the simple description on its Google form: “Let’s make Georgetown a smoke free campus.” Currently, the procedure for creating a referendum requires the Georgetown University Student Association senate to vote in a majority supporting the referendum. A senate vote is expected to occur Sunday following the collection of 300 signatures to the Smoke Free Georgetown petition. Proponents of the smoke-free petition point to the health risks of smoking tobacco and nontobacco products, both to smokers and nonsmokers afflicted by second-hand smoke. Along with a smoke-free Georgetown petition, the university is planning to become tobacco-free, according to Associate Vice President for Benefits and Chief Benefits Officer Charles DeSantis in an interview with The Hoya. If Georgetown University becomes smoke-free, it would join institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University and the University of California system. Regardless of individual positions on a referendum, it is important this process be as open, transparent and fair to all parties as possible. When discussing any policy that would significantly alter campus life — regardless of whether one believes that change is good or bad — unilateral action should be avoided and students must comprehend the issue. There should be outlets and commitments to understand the issue further before a referendum takes place, whether through greater engagement with GUSA and the administration or a commitment to gather data on the practice of smoking on campus. According to the Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, there are 1,713 college campuses in the United States that are 100 percent smoke-free, including tobacco, vaporizers and other electronic cigarettes. This figure presents a significant uptick in bans since 2010, when 446 campuses were listed as smoke-free.
The argument to ban tobacco is based on smoking’s significant long-term health risks, including lung and throat cancer. But a smokefree Georgetown would mean that all products, including vaporizers and electronic cigarettes that potentially pose less danger than tobacco, would be banned. A greater number of young Americans is using these alternative products over tobacco — 3 million middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control — so the Georgetown community must consider if it wants to take a leap in smoking policy rather than incremental steps. GUSA is responsible for representing the views and concerns of the student body, so the organization is certainly in a position to build a greater deal of individual input into the discussion. It will be the senators’ votes that ultimately allow for the referendum to take place. It is admirable that a Hoya Roundtable to explore a smoke free campus has already been scheduled for Oct. 24, allowing students to voice their concerns and questions, an example of our community practicing dialogue in action. Yet, in the long term, to further understand the issue, the university and GUSA should initiate a survey to gather concrete data on the prevalence of smoking on campus, just as they did with information concerning participation in Greek life or other issues of concern like the Sexual Assault Climate Survey. Whatever initiatives it chooses, our community should not be rushing into this referendum without a complete understanding of how it could affect individuals, smokers and nonsmokers alike. Regardless of one’s opinion on the smokefree campaign, each student must consider the nuances and consequences of current and potential policies before choosing to participate in a possible referendum. GUSA, the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign, and proponents of maintaining on-campus smoking should work to educate students on the various stances of each group, the procedures that will affect this referendum and what they can do to make their voices heard. Such should be accomplished before any campus-wide vote on the matter.
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Supporting Student Smokers Let’s not forget that smokers are not monsters (“Group Seeks Smoke-Free Referendum,” The Hoya, Oct. 7, 2016, A1). They are our classmates, friends and mentors whose health and wellbeing should also be taken into account. You might think this ban would help them quit, as it would incentivize them to stop. But tobacco addictions are not grounded in rationality and incentives. They are grounded in stress, and this
ban would exacerbate that. University is already a stressful environment, and it is no wonder that students turn to smoking as a way to relieve that anxiety. To turn around and say those students are no longer welcome here seems hypocritical. It shows the university is not actually concerned with helping them with their problem as it is with making campus a prettier and more pristine place. I do not doubt that the
students calling for this ban have nothing but the best intentions. However, while it would remove an inconvenience for many people, I think it does little to help the members of our community who need the help the most, and I think it alienates those people who can make Georgetown a stronger and more interesting community.
Katie Hyland (COL ’18)
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OPINION
Tuesday, october 18, 2016
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Sparking Innovation with NASA Funding
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Sudhanshu Sisodiya
The Origin of Our Religious Systems
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egardless of one’s political and social views, it is safe to say that religion still plays a large role in today’s world. With numerous religious student organizations, chaplains and the Office of Campus Ministry, religious and spiritual life at Georgetown is certainly thriving. What is particularly interesting about religion is its often irrevocable connection to the human condition, perhaps because it attempts to explain where we came from and what our purpose in life ought to be. Unfortunately, in the midst of all these interesting philosophical questions, another thought-provoking issue is often ignored: Where did religion come from? Evolutionary scientists have found this question deeply compelling. Some believe the rise of early religions stems from environmental interactions. Others attribute it to the theory of mind, which assumes that as early humans speculated what others may do to them — such as whether a fellow caveman was planning to kill or befriend them — our ancestors began to assign agency to the unexplained. This may have been a source of animistic religions, where phenomena such as rain, winters and floods would be assigned to supernatural beings with specific good or bad intentions. It is not surprising to see remnants of these beliefs in our culture today, including our annual festivals celebrating the seasons or lunar cycles. These theories may serve as a good starting point. However, researchers tend to attribute the advent of religion as a result of group adaptation. As societies advanced both technologically and economically, simple religious concepts generally evolved with more structure and hierarchical organization. Religions acted as organizers of society and, as New York University professor of ethical leadership Jonathan Haidt’s research indicates, groups with religions tend to be better off and more structurally
organized. But what explains the intense religious experiences that many across the ages have experienced, whether they be miracles or divine wisdom? University of California at Los Angeles professor Vilayanur Ramachandran has done extensive research on the brain and has discovered that seizures in the left temporal lobe often lead to deeply spiritual experiences among patients. Temporal lobe epilepsy results in seizures that entail irregular bursts of neural activity in the areas that integrates sensory information among various modalities, including spatial sense and navigation. One of Ramachandran’s subjects, John Sharon, who has been an atheist his entire life, was hit by such seizures and reported feeling as though a divine presence visited him. He described: “I can actually get people to follow me. I am so right in my head, I know I can get people out there to follow me ... it’s a gift from the gods.” The fact that such experiences occur in the brain just due to the stimulation of the appropriate sensory areas and amygdala, the center of emotional activity, challenges a huge body of religious doctrine by suggesting that our spiritual lives are internally derived rather than the direct result of an external force. To think that all the historical events that occurred due to religion may have occurred due to an distant evolutionary or behavioral change is hard to imagine. It is quite thought-provoking to wonder whether these specific religions arose out of adaptations of the mind or survived because they eventually served pragmatic purposes to society. Such questions, however, can only be solved with a further examination of our own evolution and our dynamic adaptations of behavior over the eons of history.
Sudhanshu Sisodiya is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service. Mental Musings appears every other Tuesday.
resident Barack Obama recently unveiled his vision for the future of spaceflight missions, setting the standard for decades of research and establishing a goal of putting humans on Mars by 2030. Yet many continue to wonder why NASA should receive funding to put a flag on Mars. The goal of this mission is not solely to decorate another plot of land with the symbol of our nation. It is also to fund innovation that will boost the economy, technology, quality of life and scientific achievement, while inspiring the next generation. The project may not result in the discovery of specific technologies. In order for past missions to succeed, entirely new technologies had to be invented. Such advancements have cascaded down to affect our lives in myriad ways, which may not be obvious. There is no profit for private enterprises to research many of the discoveries that NASA has made, and there is no way to invent the solution to something that has not yet been identified as a problem. Thus, NASA’s advancements and innovations have led to the permeation of new technologies into society we often take for granted.
NASA pioneered laser re- the groundwork for microsearch, and that field has chips, now essential to all grown exponentially. One electronics. Such discoverof many applications of ies and many more have technology that NASA has had a profound impact on created is Lasik eye surgery, the modern economy. Yet NASA funding does a byproduct of technology originally created to align not simply go toward the and dock space vehicles building of spaceships. To with a high degree of accu- achieve the astounding reliability racy. Lasers that NASA permeate has earned, i n n um e rNASA’s innovations research is able aspects carried out of modern have led to the across a varitechnology such as fipermeation of new ety of fields concerning ber optics, which are technologies we often each seemingly inthe most take for granted. significant advanced component way of sendof a large ing signals. The internet, computers, mission, and its role in telephones and televisions material science and engiall rely on this technology neering sets the industry standard. in some capacity. The engineers employed The space shuttle program also resulted in the at NASA impact technologiinvention of something as cal capabilities by studycommonplace as grooved ing electronics’ reliability highways — roadways that and holding industries to have ridges meant to protect a high standard to improve your car from skidding. The the quality of spaceflight original shuttles needed to and consumer products. land without skidding, so Through its freedom to NASA solved that problem research projects, NASA and significantly reduced benefits our nation and the number of deadly car improves our lives through accidents as a byproduct. innovations that we take for This demonstrates the im- granted. The exact monetary beneperceptible influences of NASA’s research. NASA’s fit of NASA cannot be calcuneed for lightweight, com- lated, but despite having a plex technologies also laid budget that amounts to less
than 1 percent of federal spending, NASA has an expansive impact on the nation. Those who claim NASA funding is excessive when so many on Earth are in need of its work do not understand the scope of NASA’s contribution to our society. What the dedication to a Mars mission will do, as well as a dedication to future space exploration and research, is spark a culture that values innovation and creative problem-solving with a farreaching impact on future generations. I hope Obama and many others will be able to inspire our descendants with memories of a generation that dared to step beyond the boundaries of certainty. I hope we will become a generation that acknowledges the nagging risk of the unknown and puts faith and effort into a mission that has already brought us into the modern age. This will foster a culture that will no longer place the burden of proof on NASA. Rather, it will place its trust in an organization that paves our future with its technology and innovation. Maglieri is a sophomore in the College. She is the co-president of the GU Astronomical Society. Grace
I hope we will become a generation that acknowledges the nagging risk of the unknown and puts faith and effort into a mission that has already brought us into the modern age.
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MILLENNIAL’S CORNER
Faults of Delayed Education Repairing Democracy’s Chasm
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or new students at Georgetown, there is a requirement to complete mandatory consent training to address the widespread issue of sexual assault on college campuses. The training comes in the form of “Think About it,” an online course that new students must complete by the end of October, and “Hoya Real Talk,” an educational skit show during New Student Orientation that introduced students to a few of the situations students encounter in college. While the lively, theatrical format in which sexual assault was presented during “Hoya Real Talk” proved engaging for some, many students felt that the gameshow format was flippant, overlooking the serious trauma that sexual assault can inflict on survivors. Particularly troubling was the segment in which a serial rapist was pulled aside for a quick quiz show in which he explained how he had acted inappropriately, but he was never shown facing actual consequences for his actions. I left Gaston Hall feeling disillusioned, knowing that “Hoya Real Talk” was the only sexual assault education that some in the room had ever or would ever receive. Georgetown proudly boasts that Hoyas hail from 50 states and over 130 countries, yet the other important reality of our diverse, lived experiences is that some of us have not been exposed to topics regarding assault in high school. Place 1,500 excitable young adults from all over the world in an unsupervised environment with access to alcohol and drugs, and sexual assault is
bound to occur. A few weeks later, all Georgetown freshmen received an email from Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Todd Olson, informing us that we needed to complete “Think About It,” a mandatory course regarding sexual assault. While I support continued dialogue on the matter, the valuable information regarding abusive relationships, alcohol, drugs, hookup culture and sexual assault contained in the “Think About It” program should be provided to students the moment they first step onto campus, not six weeks after they arrive at Georgetown. It is entirely unacceptable that a more comprehensive program was offered a month after our arrival, especially considering that the Race Abuse Incest National Network reports that over 50 percent of all assaults on college campuses occur between August and November. How many sexual assaults occurred between the day school started and the day “Think About It” was introduced? How many sexual assaults could have been prevented if this information had been presented earlier? While “Think About It” is not the end-all, be-all solution to sexual assault on college campuses, its incorporation into our campus community should be conducted in way that helps students make better decisions before they arrive on campus. It is clear the problem of sexual assault exists on this campus, but the way the school treats those who avoid the “Think About It” course also needs to be addressed. Last year’s Sexual Assault and
Misconduct Survey at Georgetown revealed that 21.3 percent of freshmen females are likely to be sexually assaulted compared to 10.4 percent of female seniors, while 7.5 percent of male freshmen reported assault versus 3.9 percent of male seniors. According to Olson’s email, “A list of students who do not complete the course will be kept on file in the Office of Student Conduct, and it may be considered in the event of a future student conduct incident.” Such a consequence hardly compares to the punishment for students who fail to complete the Scholarly Research and Academic Integrity Tutorial, which would bar students from being able to preregister for spring 2017 courses, a difference that could be perceived to reflect the administration’s distorted priorities. I commend the “Hoya Real Talk” performers, the peer advisers and the orientation advisers for starting a dialogue regarding sexual assault, mental health and drug abuse, and I do believe they successfully informed some members of the community about critical issues regarding sexual conduct. However, Georgetown needs to create real, tangible consequences for students who do not attend mandatory sexual assault training, such as blocking them from class preregistration or deducting housing points, to demonstrate its commitment to preventing sexual assault and upholding values of care in the community. Michelle Bolt is a freshman
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n ancient Athens, the statesman Cleisthenes introduced a political system known as demokratia, or rule of the people.”Democracy is widely considered to be one of the enduring contributions of ancient Greece to the modern world. As a Greek and politically active millennial, I celebrate when the will of the people is upheld. However, the aftermath of the Brexit vote, an unresolved civil crisis in Colombia stemming from the rejection of a referendum on a peace agreement and even the presidential race in the United States shed doubt on the representative nature of democracy. Modern-day democracy is undermined by inefficient parliamentary control over executive actions, secretive decision-making and weakening institutions. These flaws are not new at all; Aristotle famously argued that democracy is problematic in its divisive nature by creating a rivalry between the majority and minority as well as creating a problem of mob rule. Indeed, the increasing chasm between Republicans and Democrats and within the Republican Party itself, seems to encompass this idea. Similarly, in Britain, the Stay campaign, backed by former Prime Minister David Cameron, failed to resonate with Brexit supporters based in communitarian towns and villages outside the capital. Supporters of the Leave campaign argued that there are inadequate levels of representation in the EU, with the EU collectively holding excessive involvement, control and engagement in member states. This did not sit comfortably
with citizens who shunned attempts targeting their sovereignty, which includes the annual contributions to Brussels, and the universal policy of open borders.
Martha Petrocheilos The historically low turnout rate of 42.54 percent among EU members’ populations during the 2014 European Parliament elections, which decide the representative make-up in the EU, is further proof that citizens failed to feel like part of the electoral process. The Union had a dire need to adopt a central and democratically representative character to which people could finally relate — a need that unfortunately remained unquenched. The notions of representation and democracy are complicated to combine. Regulatory policymakers isolated from democratic majorities could be viewed in a positive light. In this capacity, isolated policymakers have the discretion to correct any biases inherent in majoritarian contests, thereby avoiding the “tyranny of the majority” and ensuring the protection of minority interests. Political systems could be more representative precisely because they are less democratic. Democracy has stopped serving us because for democracy to be meaningful, there needs to be strong institutions
and trust between the people and elected officials. The strengths of representative democracy lie on informed politicians making executive decisions about our future. In return, we direct policy by holding governments accountable through effective safeguards. If these terms are not met, then populism prevails. Elected officials point to the will of the people because it is easier to ignore the complex realities of solving social issues than face them head-on. Rejecting this concept of populism does not make you opposed to democracy. It makes you a thinker that rejects underinformed, shortsighted and emotional decisions made by people who fail to analyze all the intricacies involved in making impactful decisions. There is a reason why representative democracy offers a safeguard in leaving most important decisions to elected leaders. Indeed, modern democracy is tripartite, and when strong institutions and political trust are missing, all that is left is the will of the people, which, when left uncensored, is dangerous. Checks and balances are needed to maintain stable societies and prevent threats ranging from humanitarian crises to economic slumps. Democracy across the world is struggling, yet its strength and fortitude can be preserved through a new dedication to making sure a populace finds resolve and comfort in electoral processes and institutions.
Martha Petrocheilos is a student at the Law Center. Millennial’s Corner appears every other Tuesday.
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Plans for Georgetown Canal Restoration Approved GRACE LOBO
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The historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown will begin to undergo a major 18-month restoration project in order to address long-running maintenance concerns next month. Estimated to cost about $10 million, the restoration is funded by the U.S. National Park Service. The C&O Canal attracts about 5 million visitors a year and stretches from Georgetown to Cumberland, Maryland. The repairs to the canal, which has been in operation for nearly 100 years, will focus on locks 3 and 4 located between 30th Street NW and Thomas Jefferson Street NW. The goal of this project is to revamp and remodel the mile-long segment of the C&O Canal in Georgetown. Brendan Wilson, supervisory park ranger for the Georgetown District of the Canal, said the canal and the locks under renovation are of historical importance. He discussed their history as a cornerstone of the country’s industrial development when they transported cargo from the Allegheny Mountains ever since the canal’s construction began in 1831. “These locks are important parts of understanding the historic fabric,” Wilson said. “Part of this is to bring in students and bring in this educational part of the canal.” The canal path will be closed between Thomas Jefferson and 30th Streets NW for the duration of the project but the National Park Service will keep 30th Street NW, which runs above the canal, open during the restoration project. In addition, the canal will be drained of water from Georgetown to lock 5. Maggie Downing, Destination Manager of the Georgetown Business Improvement District, said a combination of budget cuts and overdue maintenance has caused the locks to deteriorate and crumble. “The National Park Service has had their budget cut year after year and they
had a huge backlog of deferred maintenance costs and so parts of the park have been falling into disrepair with the locks 3 and 4 starting to experience some issues,” Downing said.
“Everything that we’re going to be doing will be informed by the history of the place.” MAGGIE DOWNING Destination Manager, Georgetown BID
Funding for the restoration project will come from a combination of grants and fundraising, including
$7 million from the NPS budget. Georgetown Heritage further received a $3 million grant from the D.C. Council allocated from the District’s 2017 budget, the majority of which Downing said will go toward purchasing the new canal boat. “All the money that we raise as a partner can go into the additional enhancements and programming,” Downing said. The famous mule-drawn canal boat The Georgetown, which has not been in use since 2011, is also slated to be replaced as a part of the greater canal restoration project. The boat was officially retired last week due to the accumulation of damage. Downing also works with Georgetown Heritage,
a group of government, community and business leaders working toward improving aspects of historic Georgetown. These leaders created Georgetown Heritage to ensure the restoration of the Georgetown canal. After the completion of the first phase of restoration with the lock repairs, Georgetown Heritage plans to move its focus to various smaller-scale changes. Downing said a variety of infrastructure improvements are also in place, such as improved lighting, repaving the towpath, better signage, new benches and improved accessibility. “The other piece that we are kicking off is the beginning of what we are calling a Comprehensive Master
Plan for the one-mile section of the canal in Georgetown,” Downing said. “We
“The canal is one of the most accessible outdoor areas for Georgetown students.” CONNOR O’BRIEN (SFS ’18) Guide, Georgetown Outdoor Education
realized that beyond those just infrastructure needs there’s a lot of areas in the park that could be improved.” Downing said the restoration project will attempt to preserve the history of
the canal and further educate visitors. “Everything that we’re going to be doing will be informed by the history of the place and aimed at finding new ways to share that,” Downing said. Georgetown Outdoor Education Guide Connor O’Brien (SFS ’18) said he believes the restoration will encourage students to spend even more time outdoors. “The canal is one of the most accessible outdoor areas for Georgetown students, and I think it acts as an important connection to the natural beauty of the D.C. area,” O’Brien said. “Hopefully restoration of the canal will ensure that it continues to play an important role for future Georgetown students.”
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An 18-month renovation project starting in November will restore parts of the mile-long segment of the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown, by draining locks in Georgetown of water, replacing the boat The Georgetown and closing parts of the canal path.
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When the university makes major decisions regarding student life — from the closing of Kehoe Field to capital projects affecting students — the proposals are discussed by Director of Virgin Hotels Alberto Beeck (SFS ’91), Chair of the Board of Regents Laurie Hodges Lapeyre (MSB ’83) and two student delegates appointed by the Georgetown University Student Association. The two representatives, Sara Castigilia (COL ’18) and Connor Maytnier (COL ’17), serve two-year terms on the working group on student affairs of the 40-person board of directors. In addition, GUSA appoints four students to sit on the Georgetown University Alumni Association board of governors for one-year terms beginning in the spring after a new GUSA executive is elected. These students are selected through an application and interview process overseen by the GUSA president, vice president and chief of staff. Hunter Estes (SFS ’19), Anthony Fadil (MSB ’17), Ben Germano (SFS ’16) and Nicole Lam (COL ’18) currently serve on the board of governors. According to Castigilia, the two representatives serve as a liaison between GUSA and the board of directors. “We use our time to bring up student concerns and let them know which issues are most pressing to the student body,” Castigilia wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We work very closely with [GUSA President] Enushe [Khan (MSB ’17)] and [GUSA Vice President] Chris [Fisk (COL ’17)] to make sure that the issues GUSA sees as important are brought to the table. It has been a wonderful opportunity thus far, and the board is a very receptive group of individuals who work hard to make our community better.” The board of directors oversees major decisions for the university, including the approval of the university’s budget and the initiatives charged by university President John J. DeGioia. The board of governors — the elected leadership of the GUAA — directs alumni engagement. Student representatives of this group focus on voicing student priorities, including goals for fundraising
and connecting with alumni. Despite the amount of influence held by student representatives on the board of directors and the GUAA board of governors, their presence and function remain relatively unknown by the general student body and even members of GUSA. “I really don’t know what the boards are,” Catriona Kendall (SFS ’20), a member of GUSA’s Free Speech Policy Team, said. “All I really know is that GUSA has a board of some sort. I don’t know if that’s related to the Executive though,” Cynthia Sun (SFS ’20), a member of GUSA’s Mental Health Policy Team, said. Khan said the student board representative positions also provide another route to university leadership on campus, allowing more voices to be heard during their meetings. “We have a lot of different leaders on our campus, and it’s also about creating different leadership opportunities to do that. So, you don’t have to be GUSA president to be at a board of directors meeting. There are other opportunities to be very much engaged in senior decision-making processes,” Khan said. At the last meeting, students focused on finding a short-term solution to the closure of Kehoe Field, which affected over 700 club athletes due to lack of adequate field space. Representatives also discussed the option of Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle weekend transportation and the concerns students have about a lack of transparency regarding tuition. Khan said the meeting allowed students and administrators an opportunity to discuss solutions. “The tuition conversation went very well, and along with what we’ve been doing in our conversations with the provost we have good news on that front,” Khan said. “The Kehoe field will now be discussed again at the winter meeting and the conversation on GUTS is something that we are continuing to talk to the university on.” Khan said the reason for an application-based process is due to the seriousness and depth of these roles.
“It’s more so for continuity,” Khan said. “The directors are really listening to what the students are saying because they believe, and sort of trust that these are students that truly are representing student interests, and are students who know enough about the university and are making recommendations based on actual institutional knowledge and background information.” The GUSA president sits on the board of directors during its plenary session, when various university community members are invited to attend. Khan said having influence with the board of directors is important to making progress on initiatives. “There is no more important body on this campus than the university’s board of directors. They are the ultimate decision-makers,” Khan said. The student representatives to the GUAA board of governors meet with the rest of GUSA regularly to discuss projects to connect student and alumni. As much of the philanthropy directed toward Georgetown comes from alumni, student priorities regarding funding are discussed
thoroughly before being communicated to the board of governors. Estes said the board is made up of alumni dedicated to improving life at Georgetown. “The alumni network is one of the greatest aspects of Georgetown. These alumni have blazed trails in careerfields that much of the students hope to follow,” Estes wrote in an email to The Hoya. It is my goal as a representative to find new and unique ways to bring alumni and students together through mentorship opportunities and new communication techniques of the like that hasn’t been seen before at Georgetown.” Khan said although students are represented at high levels of administration, she said it is important to ensure students’ concerns are understood by the board. “While it’s great that we have students in the room presenting, I still have concerns about gaps in student representation on the board overall and I think we’ve seen with conversations on tuition that that’s something a lot of students have expressed concerns about,” Khan said.
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not be clearly motivated by bias, they should still be reported. Georgetown University “There’s a lot of stuff that sort should make it easier to report of flies under the radar that cerbias-related incidents, accord- tainly doesn’t rise to the level of ing to a panel of administra- a hate crime, or that may not tors, professors and students even be under violation of the during a discussion in the student code of conduct,” WilMakóm Jewish Gathering liams said. “It’s still just as imPlace on Thursday. portant to let somebody know The current bias report- that it happened.” ing system, Georgewhich was intown Univertroduced in sity Student 2004, enables Association students to President report bias Enushe Khan online and (MSB ’17) said find resourcthat there es to supneeds to be port them a larger camthrough bias pus dialogue Dennis Williams incidents. about biasAssociate Dean for Student Affairs Both sturelated incidents and dents. faculty on the panel said that “This is something that there are problems with the sits very close to my heart as a current system’s accessibility student who has faced bias on and transparency, particularly this campus and I just think around follow-up policies. that when we talk about issues Georgetown’s definition pertaining to identity and bias of bias entails both verbal there are barriers to reporting,” and physical personal attacks Khan said. “I think it warrants and attacks against minority larger student body conversagroups on the basis of religion, tions that don’t take place in gender presentation or orien- echo chambers.” tation, race or national origin, Most harmful instances of according to Associate Dean bias originate from ignorance for Student Affairs Dennis Wil- toward certain issues, rather liams, who also leads the bias than an intent to harm others, reporting team. according to Kate Wysong (SFS Williams said that it is im- ’19), a student panelist. portant to continue to develop Wysong said the burden is the system’s follow-up proce- on students to educate each dures and ensure that there is other on how to live in a diverse as much transparency as pos- environment. sible throughout the process. “People may have grown up “It’s difficult for people to in places where certain identiknow what happens and that’s ties are just not as prevalent a flaw in the system. What we and a lot of comments just do need to get better at is iden- come from ignorance. Maybe tifying the most useful ways to in certain contexts that comuse that information once we ment wouldn’t be that offenhave it,” Williams said. sive,” Wysong said. “Yet it’s then Luke Brown (COL ’17), who us students that end up being was a student panelist, said the ones ‘teachering.’” he was not aware of how the Vice President for Student Afinformation gathered in the fairs Todd Olson, who attended reports was acted on, used and the panel, said that “teacherdisseminated. ing” — the act of students teach“Today it seems to be a bit of ing their peers on matters of a black box, where I certainly diversity and awareness — has don’t know where that infor- become a common trend mation is going and I wouldn’t across campus. Some students feel informed enough to are growing tired of playing encourage or inform other this role, according to Olson. students to seek out this re“I’ve heard from students source,” Brown said. that they feel like they’re in that Williams said while there teacher role a lot and that can are some incidents that may be exhausting,” Olson said.
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DCPS Food Service Criticized Conservative Blog to Launch Matt Larson Hoya Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson’s office condemned the privatization of D.C. Public Schools’ food services for failing to deliver on promises to cut costs and improve quality in a 70-page report released Oct. 7. The report recommended severing ties with contractors and reinstating inhouse meal operations. The District, enticed by the promise of saving $4 million each year in local expenditures, opted to switch to contractors from inhouse services for food supply in 2008. DCPS paid its food vendors between $4.16 and $4.24 for each school lunch while it was only reimbursed $3.15 per meal by the federal government. This forced D.C. to cover the $9 million difference with taxpayer money. Food vendors further failed to increase lunch participation from 51 percent to the expected 71.6 percent within the first year of the contract, which would have increased revenues from reimbursements per meal served. Patterson said the transition to private contractors resulted in gross inefficiencies in the food distribution system, trapping DCPS in a perpetual cycle of losses. “The school system moved to the unit price contract, whereby no matter what it cost the vendor to produce that meal, the District will pay the vendor the fixed price of four dollars and change,” Patterson said. “There’s no incentive there for keeping costs modest.” DCPS Interim Chief Operating Officer Carla Watson, who received a draft of the report prior to its official release, defended the privatization system in a Sept. 26 letter responding to the D.C. Auditor’s report. Watson affirmed DCPS officials’ intention to remain committed to
private preparation of food. “DCPS’ new food service contracts are in their infancy and operations have been under way for only a matter of weeks,” Watson wrote. “We have confidence in our existing contracts, which require the highest levels of nutrition, food quality, customer service, innovation and community partnership.” Until the current school year, DCPS employed Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality to provide food for DCPS students. However, the company was forced to pay a $19.4 million settlement to the city last year after an investigation spurred by a whistleblower lawsuit found Chartwells had mismanaged its food service programs in D.C. by serving rotten food to students and participating in a multi-million dollar fraud. Chartwells asked for and was granted a release from its contract with DCPS in July 2015.
“It’s a failure of their responsibility, it’s a failure of their management effectiveness, it’s a failure of their commitment to our kids.” MARY CHEH (D-Ward 3) Councilmember, D.C. Council
In May, D.C. Central Kitchen and SodexoMagic — along with subcontractor Revolution Foods — assumed the mantle of providing meals to over 100 schools for breakfast, lunch, after-school dinner and summer food service. However, Sodexo was
dogged by allegations of serving expired food and violating employee safety regulations, which lead to the settlement of a $20 million New York lawsuit in 2010. Disturbed by the Chartwells lawsuit, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) asked the D.C. Auditor’s office to examine the privatization of school food services in 2015. Cheh said to local radio station WTOP she was dismayed over the report’s results and advocated for reinstating inhouse meal operations. “I’ve been asking them for years to bring it back,” Cheh said. “It’s a failure of their responsibility, it’s a failure of their management effectiveness, it’s a failure of their commitment to our kids.” The report recommends that DCPS prepare to serve food again by making short deals with smaller vendors until the city takeover process is complete. Patterson said the original decision to privatize the food services may have been advisable in 2008 if school administrators wanted to put a greater focus on academics rather than nutrition programs. “I think one of the big factors has been the decision by the school system that the nutrition programs were not a core mission of the school system,” Patterson said. “Therefore, hiring an outside vendor to come in and provide the meal made sense from the school system’s perspective.” Patterson estimates inhouse food preparation will eventually be reinstated following pressure from the D.C. Council to cut costs. “I think eventually it will be brought back in house, but that’s really just a guess,” Patterson said. “I think there’s councilmembers who are pushing in that direction. My suspicion is that the current administration will probably follow the lead of their school leaders.”
Georgetown Review to be online daily Eric Jubber
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A group of students will launch The Georgetown Review tomorrow as Georgetown’s first-ever daily conservative publication. In an effort to broaden its readership base, Editor-inChief of The Georgetown Review Kevin Toohers (COL ’17) said The Georgetown Review will not be directly associated with the Georgetown University College Republicans, unlike The Right Way. The publication, which will publish online daily, builds off the GUCR’s former official online publication, The Right Way, which was founded in 2015 and discontinued this summer. The Review will launch with 10 to 12 writers, two editors and an editor-in-chief — a larger staff than The Right Way’s ten-person staff during its peak. The Georgetown Review plans to hire more writers as the publication grows. Toohers said he hopes to establish The Georgetown Review as a serious medium for conservative dialogue on pressing political issues. “The inspiration for The Georgetown Review occurred with an awareness that we needed a more robust platform to get our message across and to have a more influential voice on campus,” Toohers said. “The changes we’ve made to this conservative publication will allow us to build a prominent voice through an expanded staff and updated and sleeker website, and greater depth of coverage.” Danny Travers (COL ’18), who will serve as an editor for the publication, said The Georgetown Review will aim to focus on topics that do not appear on headlines in national newspapers. “My goal, anyway, is to provide a broader perspective of plurality of ideas on Georgetown’s campus,” Travers said.
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Conservative students are launching The Georgetown Review after the discontinuation of The Right Way. The Georgetown University College Democrats currently publish the GU Progressive as their official publication, which was launched in 2009. “Anything being written or published isn’t going to the broader campus, it’s being pushed inside of these organizations. With The Georgetown Review, we want to bring it outside of the College Republicans and bring it into a central role as a publication on campus,” Toohers said. According to Toohers, The Georgetown Review will help fill a void by serving as a publication devoted solely to politics. “While Georgetown prides itself on being a politically engaged campus, its political publications have often fallen short,” Toohers said. “If we look at the current landscape of po-
litical publications, The Right Way and The GU Progressive haven’t played large roles in influencing political conversations. The Georgetown Review will be critical in enhancing political discussion.” Former Editor-in-Chief of The Right Way Alex Robledo (COL ’17) said the community would significantly benefit with a political publication. Robledo said she expected a stronger presence of outlets for political expression on campus given the amount of political activity at Georgetown. “Coming to Georgetown, I expected that the Democrats and Republicans would have publications like the Progressive and The Right Way set up,” Robledo said. “The publications play a minor role in terms of campus dialogue.”
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Mayor Increases DC Unemployment Benefits BENEFITS, from A1 increasing the weekly benefits amount or adjusting it, it’s also this change in the number of weeks that most, if not all workers will become eligible for.” Ridley also said that from its inception, the goal of D.C.’s Unemployment Insurance program was to increase the incomes of unemployed individuals to keep pace with the cost of living in the District. “Obviously over time, the benefits need to be adjusted due to cost of living and just to make sure it continues to provide partial of the peoples’ living wages,” Ridley said. “D.C. is a city with a high cost of living to begin with.” In an Oct. 5 press release, Bowser said the hike better aligns the District’s policy with neighboring states’ levels. Maryland provides $430 and Virginia $378 in maximum weekly benefits. “My administration has fought together alongside workers to raise the minimum wage and now increase unemployment benefits for the first time in 11 years,” Bowser said. “This is a huge step toward ensuring District workers and their families are able to better take care of their basic needs while searching for their next employment opportunity.” Sperling’s BestPlaces, a website that analyzes publishes a ranked cost-of -iving index, which factors in and weighs categories including housing, food and groceries, transportation and utilities. Washington, D.C.’s index, based on the national average of 100, came in at 154. Professor of history Maurice Jackson said unemployment disproportionately impacts D.C.’s black community, which has an unemployment rate of 15.4 per-
cent, more than double the average District rate in 2015. Jackson predicted that without higher unemployment benefits, more members of the black community would move out of the city. “You’re going to lose more and more African American people mainly because they can’t afford the cost of living,” Jackson said. “If we want to do anything to guarantee the African-Americans the right to stay here, we have to have increases like this. We have to increase the minimum wage, but also increase job opportunities and trainings. It’s been a long time, but I’ve been unemployed, and these changes all should help.” Hagner said the cost of the new benefits would not be detrimental to the local economy, stressing that employers will not experience any increase in taxation from the current levels, which were approved by the Department of Labor to finance the expansion. “When we did the math, D.C. has been too conservative and its unemployed workers have been suffering as a result,” Hagner said. “D.C. can afford to pay more, so this should not harm employers with the exception of certain employers who pay out-of-pocket.” Jackson said that since its last expansion in 2005, the Unemployment Insurance program has not kept pace with the mounting costs of living in D.C. “The cost of living is already unduly high, and it’s just getting higher because of so many people that are moving into the city and forcing the prices of houses to go up,” Jackson said. “The Metro has gone up, the price of food has gone up — everything except benefits of people, which should be parallel to cost-of-living triggers. Change is necessary.”
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Unemployed individuals can now receive a maximum payout of 425 dollars a week for 36 weeks, as part of the first increase in unemployment benefits in Washington, D.C. in over a decade.
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SMOKING, from A1 according to Williams. “We’re really trying to align the university with our peer institutions and really just trying to look out for the health of our peers, our faculty and any visitors to campus,” Williams said. Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and director of the University of Southern California’s Institute for Global Health, said decades of research have established clear links between exposure to secondhand smoke and various chronic illnesses. “There is about 40 years of work on secondhand smoke and starting with adults it is clear that it is a cause of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke,” Samset said. “Smoking has far and away contributed to disease around the world than air pollution.” Samset said smoking bans in areas including hospitals and schools have been shown to be beneficial for public health. “It is clear that smoking bans benefit health of adults and there have been many different studies,” Samet said. Georgetown University Relay for Life officially endorsed the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign Oct. 9. According
to the Co-President of Georgetown University Relay for Life Kayla Schmittau (NHS ’17), the decision to endorse stemmed from a common goal shared by GU Relay for Life and Smoke Free Georgetown. “We decided to endorse the referendum because it aligns very well with our mission of trying to increase awareness and health education about cancer rates and secondhand smoke,” Schmittau said. “We decided it was very relevant that we push the campus to be smoke-free so that smoking doesn’t affect people who choose not to but are being put at risk by people who do smoke on campus.” Students of Georgetown, Inc., which currently sells tobacco products at its storefronts Vital Vittles and Hoya Snaxa, has not explicitly endorsed the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign, but favors a campuswide referendum, according to The Corp President and CEO Taylor Tobin (COL ’17). Tobin said The Corp is supporting a referendum in order to represent the views of all Georgetown students. “Every Georgetown student is considered a stakeholder of The Corp. For these reasons, we seek to represent
the interests of all members of our campus community,” Tobin said. “The Corp is in favor of a campuswide referendum to enable all students to have their voice heard on this vital campus issue.” Tobacco smoke contains thousands of different compounds, each with potentially adverse effects on health, according to Samet. Samet said nonsmokers deserve to be protected from these compounds. “The [Center for Disease Control] says there are 7,000 different compounds in tobacco smoke,” Samet said. “Those who don’t smoke should be free to breathe unpolluted air.” Schmittau said she hopes GUSA will take appropriate action and hold a referendum on the matter if a majority of students support the smoking ban. “We hope if the school shows that they support the movement to make Georgetown a smoke-free campus, that GUSA will respond accordingly to meet that desire of the campus and to be in line with the Georgetown values of caring for other people and caring for their health and trying to make time here better for everyone,” Schmittau said.
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The university is undertaking a process for a tobacco-free campus by the 2017-18 academic year, which coincides with the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign.
the SFS, an increase from 23 students and the German department reported a 25 percent increase in enrollments, including a 50 percent increase in enrollment at the two highest course levels. The German department was unable to provide exact enrollment numbers as of 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Chair of the German
“I think a language minor demonstrates a little more clearly your study and devotion to a particular language.” TAYLOR OSTER (SFS ’17) Arabic Minor
department Friederike Eigler said fluctuations are common in a small department, but believed the new minor options will appeal to more students. “In a small department like German fluctuations in enrollments are quite common and causes are not always easy to identify,” Eigler wrote in an email to The Hoya. “However, it is likely that the significant enrollment increases at the higher course levels this fall semester are at least in part related to the new minor option for SFS students i.e., students who have taken German through the advanced level and need two additional upper level courses to fulfill the minor requirement for German.” Chair of Arabic and Islamic studies Felicitas Opwis said she has noticed an increased number of first-level course enrollments. “In general, enrollment numbers go up and down from year to year, and so it is hard to speak of trends yet. However, comparing the enrollment of SFS students from fall 2015 with those of fall 2016 (i.e. with
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Eighty-six in the Class of 2018 are declaring language minors in the first year the SFS has offered the minors. the start of language minors in SFS), I notice that we have a strong increase in SFS students in the first level/beginning Arabic as well as in Spoken Arabic and Media Arabic,” Opwis wrote in an email to The Hoya. The total number of students enrolled is consistent, according to Opwis. “However, this is not the case for second and third level Arabic, where numbers are roughly the same or lower. The absolute number of SFS students enrolled in Arabic courses (language and post-language acquisition courses) is still almost the same,” Opwis wrote. Taylor Oster (SFS ’17), an Arabic minor, said the new option also communicates language students’ work more easily to potential employers. “I think a language minor demonstrates a little more clearly your study
and devotion to a particular language in a way that proficiency may not necessarily express. You could take your proficiency test without ever actually studying at Georgetown,” Oster said. “It’s a little easier to explain what a minor is versus what a concentration is, and I think for an employer, it’s easier to explain what a minor is versus what a concentration is or what a concentration means.” Oster said the minor option rewards students who have already taken several courses to achieve proficiency. “I’ve been taking Arabic since freshman year and the specific requirements for an Arabic minor were basically all the classes I had taken or planned to take. I think it’s great that we have proficiency in the SFS — it’s a really unique thing that the SFS requires,” Oster said.
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ight weeks of the Premier League have already passed and, while it is still too early to definitively say who will win the title this year, have already been enough to tell us one very important thing: After taking the world on the unlikeliest of Cinderella stories, the Leicester City hype train has crashed. Leicester has lost all four of its away games, a feat that has not happened to a reigning champion since Blackburn in 1995. Another glaring statistic is Leicester’s failure to score in three of its eight games. This does not sound overly horrendous, but when one considers the fact that Leicester did not score in three out of all 38 games last season, it is a shocking difference. Manager Claudio Ranieri always tried to downplay the aspirations of his team, even when it became obvious that no one was capable of overtaking the Foxes. A bit quirky perhaps, but it is a philosophy that reaped many rewards last season and is part of the entire Leicester City charm. At the beginning of the summer, Ranieri acknowledged that Leicester would find it incredibly difficult to carry the same form and even insisted that his team would not repeat as champions. While Ranieri was being realistic, given the incredible difficultly to repeat as champions, it appears that he may have actually damaged his team’s confidence. Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez look absolutely nothing like the dazzling players of last season. Wes Morgan has been struggling to anchor the defense, and the usually stellar goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has been inconsistent. Excuses can be made for Schmeichel, as the Dane has been plagued with hernias, but the rest of the team seems utterly lost. The quick-striking swagger that struck fear into
the hearts of Leicester’s opponents has completely vanished, leaving the champions looking like lost puppies.
Vanessa Craige A critical difference between the champions and this year’s Leicester squad is the absence of playmaker N’Golo Kanté, who left for a £32 million deal with Chelsea. Kanté was arguably Leicester’s most important player last season, heading every counterattack move that Leicester made thanks to his prowess at making tackles and intercepting the ball. It is a heavy blow Leicester has still not recovered from. Leicester’s 3-0 defeat this past weekend at Chelsea really hit this home, as Kanté was one of the most dominant players in the midfield.
Until Leicester solves its confidence issues, things will continue to go poorly for the defending champions. A more concerning problem for Leicester is the drop in both Vardy’s and Mahrez’s forms. It has gotten to the point where Mahrez — the winner of last year’s PFA Player of the Year award — now starts games on the bench. Vardy might as well be joining Mahrez on the bench since he lacks on-field productivity this season. It is an alarming display
from the pair, who scored 41 goals between them, that has noticeably had an impact upon the Foxes this year. The lone bright spot of the season has been the addition of striker Islam Slimani. Slimani has done his best to pick up the slack from Mahrez and Vardy. But the addition of Slimani has created a chemistry problem between the trio that has yet to be resolved. The puzzling thing about Leicester is that the team is actually doing incredibly well in its debut Champions League season. In fact, the Foxes are guaranteed a spot in the Round of 16 regardless of what happens in this week’s set of games. Granted, Leicester has benefitted from a ridiculously easy group compared to the other teams representing the Premier League. However, Leicester does play like Leicester City in the Champions League and not like the bewildered Foxes that we have seen in the Premier League. It is almost as though the champions are aiming for a surprise Champions League win — keeping the dream alive in some form — instead of actually doing well in the Premier League. The way things stand, Leicester will ultimately finish the season in the bottom half of the table. While it would take a complete catastrophe for the team to be relegated, it will take a miracle for the team to finish in the top six. Until Leicester solves its confidence issues, things will continue to go poorly for the defending champions, a bittersweet end to an incredible journey that took us all by storm.
Vanessa Craige is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. The Beautiful Game appears every Tuesday.
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GEORGETOWN ATHLETICS
Senior defender Devin Holmes scored both goals for Georgetown in its 3-2 overtime loss against Providence on Friday. She has two goals and one assist this season.
Hoyas Downed in Overtime Emily Dalton Hoya Staff Writer
Although Georgetown field hockey (4-10, 0-5 Big East) did not trail during regulation in its match last weekend, it ultimately fell to the Providence Friars (11-3, 4-1 Big East) in overtime by a score of 3-2 Friday at Cooper Field. Senior captain and defender Devin Holmes scored both goals for the Hoyas off assists from senior defender and captain Molly Thompson and sophomore midfielder Meghan Parsons. Holmes’ first goal, which came on a penalty corner in the eighth minute, was the lone score in the first half and gave Georgetown its second first-half shutout of the season. While the Hoyas’ goals came from an experienced veteran player, the Friars saw contributions from three different freshmen. The first came from Providence freshman defender Floor Rozemeijer, who tied the game at one in the 57th minute. Rozemeijer scored unassisted when she put away a rebound with a shot inside the left post. Holmes retaliated just
one minute later, putting Georgetown back on top with a 2-1 lead off a penalty corner nearly identical to her first-half score. However, in the end, the Hoyas could not hang on to their lead, as Providence freshman forward Mikayla Michals scored to force overtime. Her goal came off a feed from junior midfielder Megan Hamilton with under three minutes to go. Then, just 1:51 into extra time, freshman forward Sylvia Miller clinched the comeback with a low shot under the pads and out of reach of senior goalkeeper Rachel Skonecki. This was Miller’s second game-winner of the season. Although the final scoreline was disappointing, the Hoyas put up a strong fight against the Friars. Scoring two goals against Providence’s junior goalkeeper Megan Guilbert is impressive, as Guilbert is ranked second in the Big East and 13th in the nation with an average of 1.49 goals against per game. Holmes’ two-goal showing also marked her first goals of the season, making her the 10th Hoya to find the back of the net at
least once this year. She is also active on the defensive end of the field, as she leads the team with five defensive saves. Despite being outshot 27-8 — 9-4 in the first half and 16-4 in the second half — Georgetown was able to hold a one-goal lead for a large duration of the match, a credit to Skonecki, who kept the Hoyas in the match with 11 saves. She leads the Big East and is ranked fifth in the nation in saves per game, averaging 8.92. Georgetown will be reliant upon Skonecki and the rest of the back line as it prepares to host No. 1 Connecticut (15-0, 5-0 Big East) next weekend. The Huskies boast a talented squad, as junior forward Charlotte Veitner leads the nation in goals scored, 20, and goals per game, 1.54. Additionally, redshirt junior goalkeeper Nina Klein leads the nation in goals against average with 0.85 goals, and sophomore forward Amanda Collins is 10th in the nation with 0.69 assists per game. The Hoyas are set to face off against the undefeated Huskies on Friday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. at Cooper Field.
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Senior middle blocker Ashlie Williams, number 7, had eight kills against Butler in Saturday’s 3-0 loss. Williams has recorded 129 kills and 31 digs this season.
GU Skids Again in Big East Cynthia Karnezis Special to The Hoya
Georgetown women’s volleyball (6-16, 2-7) lost in straight sets this weekend against Xavier (11-11, 5-4 Big East) on Friday and Butler (15-10, 4-5 Big East) on Saturday, falling to 2-7 in Big East conference play and 6-16 overall. The Hoyas struggled against the Musketeers, losing two sets 25-14 and one set 25-16. Georgetown could not find its rhythm and was unable to start strong, trailing by up to nine points with a score of 20-11 in the first set, and 11 points (22-11) in the second. Xavier’s scoring runs combined with its effective blocking limited Georgetown to a .065 hitting percentage. Despite the Musketeers’ 11 team blocks, sophomore outside hitter Liv King pushed through and led the Hoyas with 10 kills, while sophomore middle blocker Symone Speech and senior middle blocker Ashlie Williams added five kills each. Sophomore setter Paige McKnight also clinched a match high 23 assists. In the back row, sophomore libero
Higareda led the Hoyas with six digs, Sara Feld added five and three other Hoyas added three digs each. The Musketeers boasted a higher offensive percentage than the Hoyas, especially in the last set, hitting .605. Senior outside hitter Abigail Messler led the Musketeers with a .571 offensive percentage and a match high 12 kills. She also had nine digs. Junior outside hitter Kristen Massa similarly recorded high numbers with nine kills and a .533 hitting percentage. The Blue and Gray looked to change their luck on Saturday’s match, but once again fell to their opponent. They dropped the first two sets 25-13, and the final set 25-19 to the Bulldogs. An early 12-1 scoring run in the first set, and 8-1 run in the second by Butler were hard for Georgetown to recover from. The Hoyas were taken out of system by the Bulldogs’ strong serving game with nine aces, compared to their one ace. In addition to serving, the Hoyas struggled offensively against the Bulldogs. Despite Symone Speech’s 10 kills and Ashlie Williams’ eight, the team recorded an over-
all .065 hitting percentage. In comparison, the Bulldogs reached a .278 offensive percentage. However, Georgetown middle blocker Emily Herrington had a noteworthy match high four blocks, and freshman libero Kenzie Higareda added an impressive 12 digs controlling the back row. The Hoyas’ strengths were unable to counterbalance their opponent’s offense. Butler’s sophomore outside hitter Anna Logan posted 14 kills off 30 attempts, and sophomore outside hitter Whitney Beck added 12 kills with a .344 hitting percentage. Logan was a strong player against the Hoyas on Saturday, adding 10 digs in the back row. The Hoyas look to improve their conference and overall record as they go into the second half of Big East play. Their next match is against Villanova, who they previously upset with a sweeping 3-0 win earlier this season on their home court in Pennsylvania. They face off against the Wildcats in McDonough Arena this Saturday at 6 p.m. Sports Information could not be reached for comment.
Travelling to Blacksburg, Va., to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Regionals, the Georgetown women’s tennis team put on an impressive showing, with two Hoyas advancing to the round of 32 and one narrowly missing the quarterfinals. The men’s team, however, saw mixed results in the Blue and Gray’s penultimate competition of the fall season. A trio of Hoyas anchored the Georgetown men, as junior Marco Lam, sophomore Michael Chen and junior Peter Beatty each advanced past the first round but then failed to make it past the second round. Lam cruised in his first match, winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1 over junior William Jones from Howard University. Lam then faced 14th-seeded junior Javier Maestre from Old Dominion University, falling 6-2, 6-4. After triumphing in a threeset affair over senior Florian Uffer from Longwood University, Chen saw his tournament conclude with a second three-set battle, as senior Aws Laaribi of Pennsylvania State University advanced 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. After completing the upset over crosstown rival junior Chris Fletcher of George Washington University 7-6 (4-0), 6-4, Beatty fell in straight sets to sophomore Jason Kros of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-4. Rounding out the Hoyas’ men’s singles performances were senior Yannick Mahlangu and junior Mac Rechan. Mahlangu lost his first match in the main draw 6-1, 6-3 to freshman Gabriel Nemeth of Penn State. Although he was defeated in his first match in the main draw, Rechan came away victorious in a back draw match, 7-6, 6-3 over freshman Eric Biscoveanu from Temple University. In double’s play, which
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Senior Victoire Saperstein won her first two matches before losing in three sets in the quarterfinals this weekend. features a one-set match to eight games, all three duos advanced past the first round. Beatty and Mahlangu triumphed 8-3 over Duquesne University, followed by an 8-5 defeat at the racquets of Virginia Tech. After an 8-5 victory over Hampton, Chen and senior partner Jordan Portner’s tournament ended in an 8-3 loss to a pair from Old Dominion. Wrapping up the men’s doubles was Georgetown’s sole Big East matchup, in which Lam and Rechan handled St. John’s University 8-6. In the next round, Penn State took down the duo of Lam and Rechan, 8-5. Headlined by a superior performance from senior Victoire Saperstein, the women’s team completed a very successful tournament. Saperstein, who defeated Temple University junior Alina Abdurakhimova 6-1, 6-1 in the first round, then handled the University of Virginia’s freshman Hunter Bleser in a nail-biting three-set affair, 1-6, 7-6, 7-6. In the Round of 16, Saperstein fell to Penn State’s senior Katia Blik, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 after holding a 4-3 lead in the decisive third set. In addition to Saperstein’s
star performance, sophomore Risa Nakagawa was victorious in a main draw match, taking freshman Chloe Gullickson of the University of Virginia in three sets, 6-3, 6-7, 7-5. Nakagawa fell in the next round, 6-3, 6-2. Sophomore Cecilla Lynham and junior Sara Swift rounded out the women’s side of the Hoyas’ involvement in the tournament. Lynham played her way into the main draw with a duo of victories in the qualifying draw, scoring 6-4, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-4. However, freshman Holly Hutchison of Old Dominion University ended Lynham’s tournament, defeating the sophomore Hoya 6-1, 6-3. Sara Swift, also competing in the main draw, fell to senior Francesca Fusinato of Virginia Tech in straight sets. In doubles play, both groups fell in the first round. Both the men’s and women’s teams will compete once more this fall. The men will participate in the Navy Invitational this weekend, while the women are scheduled for the Jack Kramer Invitational in Palos Verdes, Calif. from Nov. 3-6. Sports Information could not be reached for comment.
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Rail System Fails Fans and asking Congress for $300 million a year to supplement his budget. His argument against keeping the trains running for Thursday’s game was simple: The Metro has inconvenienced plenty of people before, and giving a special exception on Friday would mean giving special exceptions to everyone. That argument has a certain logic to it, of course. But the chants at Nationals Park on Thursday night were about more than just one night of expensive cab rides and unbelievable traffic. They reflected months and months of frustration over the abjectly terrible state of the city’s public t r a n s p o rtation system. WMATA did not just earn those boos by shutting out thousands of people in one night; it earned those boos through years of i n c o mp e tence. T h e Metro’s problems are both numerous and infamous. The aging, poorly maintained and unreliable underground system has seen a rapid decline in ridership in recent months, constant critical coverage in local media and desperate attempts to salvage any sort of safety and usability. A once impressive subway and light-rail system has been turned into little more than a sad punchline. Ranting and raving about the Metro is nothing new. Plenty have done so before, and plenty of others will continue to do it for the foreseeable future. When the WMATA’s problems bleed into baseball, however, they de-
serve a deeper look. Playoff baseball in D.C. is both relatively new and incredibly special. While the Nationals may struggle to advance past the National League Division Series, the fact that Nationals Park is hosting games in October should be celebrated — especially if this town hopes to create a lasting baseball culture. Celebrating playoff baseball and further developing a sports culture involves decisions like rearranging maintenance schedules in order to provide transportation for fans leaving the park. Being a sports town sometimes requires buy-ins from the top, as well as from the fans. Wiedefeld is not paid to suppor t the Nationals, or any o t h e r s p o r t for that m a t t e r. It does, however, n e e d Washingtonians to return to the Metro in order to restore the system to viability. W h e n Metro continues to build ill will among the very people it hopes to draw onto its trains, then that truly is worthy of Wiedefeld’s attention. WMATA had a chance to earn some rare and muchneeded positive press on Friday. It missed that chance, shocking absolutely no one in the DMV region. After all, is anyone really all that surprised anymore when the Metro disappoints?
The chants on Thursday night were about more than just one night of expensive cab rides and unbelievable traffic. They reflected months of frustration over the abjectly terrible state of the city’s public transportation system.
Andrew May is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. The Front runners is a shared column and appears every Tuesday.
GEORGETOWN ATHLETICS
Sophomore goalkeeper Arielle Schectman posted a clean sheet and recorded seven saves in the Hoyas’ 2-0 win Sunday against the Marquette Golden Eagles. She has 44 saves and seven shut-out wins this season.
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that. … That was a big reason why we didn’t give up any goals.” In central defense, graduate student Marina Paul and freshman Sarah Trissel remained strong in front of sophomore goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman, who posted her seventh shutout in eight matches. Despite the mundane 2-0 scoreline and the appearance of a simple, comfortable win, Carolan maintained this was not the case. “I don’t think any game is routine,” Carolan said. “Every game presents us with a challenge, whether it’s our opponent or ourselves.
As Big East play started, our challenge was maintaining the quality of play that we had going into the Big East, and now one of our challenges is finishing in the top two, and hopefully first and being the regular season champions.” Carolan’s sixth and seventh goals of the season, putting her fourth on the team, showcased her continued progression into a different version of the striker role, one where she plays with her back to the net rather than using pace to get behind defenders. “It’s always good to score goals in that position,” Carolan said. “The game on Sunday was the first
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serve it in, and we made it pretty easy for them,” Wiese said. One notable substitutions was when freshman forward Achara came onto the field in the first half. The speedy forward had shown some flair in his limited appearances but had not played in over a month. “We’ve been waiting for him for over a month, so it was great to see him out there running around. He’s not 100 percent, but he’s building back up to it, and we’re really pleased with the amount of minutes we got out of him today,” Wiese said.
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this season. “We’re getting our chances but can’t finish them. Just the little details that are just kind of hurting us in the end,” sophomore goalkeeper J.T. Marcinkowski said. “I mean, we don’t have too much longer to figure it out, but once we do, we’ll go on a run. There’s still plenty of belief within the group.” The team’s next two matches will be at home, with the first match being a midweek game against the Princeton Tigers (6-5-1, 0-2-1 Ivy League) in a nonconference match. The game will take place at Shaw Field, and kickoff is set for Tuesday at 3 p.m.
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can come up with a way to possibly defend that threat, it makes you a little bit predictable,” Nolan said. “Having the ability to get goals from different places means that teams can’t just focus on stopping one particular threat, so I definitely feel it’s a huge plus.” Corboz leads the team with eight assists and is followed by sophomore forward Caitlin Farrell with five and Damaska with four. Georgetown travels next to Seton Hall (5-8-1, 1-5 Big East) Thursday at 7 p.m. before returning home Sunday at 1 p.m. to take on conference-leading Depaul (8-5-2, 5-1 Big East) at Shaw Field for Senior Day.
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game where I really started turning more, and not just instantly playing the ball backwards. So as I’m playing more games, I’m getting more comfortable in the position and finding a niche.” Though Carolan has dominated the points as of late, Georgetown’s offense can score in a variety of ways and currently ranks tied for fourth in the country with 2.6 goals per game. Senior forward Grace Damaska leads the team with 10 goals on the season, while junior midfielder Rachel Corboz and graduate student forward Crystal Thomas each have eight. “When you play against teams and they have one particular threat, and you
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Troy Pelletier, despite excellent coverage from sophomore defensive back Ramon Lyons. The score extended the Lehigh lead to 14-0. Meanwhile, the Hoya offense struggled under sophomore quarterback Clay Norris, who continues to be the team’s starter after news that senior quarterback Tim Barnes is out for the season. Penetration from Lehigh’s defensive line forced Norris into many poor throws, including a would-be pick-six that was dropped by Lehigh senior cornerback Brandon Leaks. Norris took full responsibility for the struggles in the passing game. “The protections come down to me. I need to see the field; I need to get us in the right protection. And if something does break down, I have to be the one that has to evade that and still make a play,” Norris said. Special teams were a lone bright
spot for the Hoyas on the day. Senior punter Harry McCollum averaged 45 yards per punt, including a 64-yard boot that was just one yard short of his career long. Additionally, just before the second half, freshman wide receiver Michael Dereus returned a punt 27 yards to the Lehigh 25, which set up a short field goal from senior kicker Henry Darmstadter to cut the lead to 14-3. Ultimately, however, the Mountain Hawk offense proved too explosive to be stopped. After a 36yard catch by Gatlin Casey on third down was overturned by the officials, Lehigh ran exactly the same play on fourth down. This time, Casey hauled in the pass to the Georgetown 1-yard line, which led to an easy touchdown to make the score 21-3. Lehigh would add two more touchdowns toward the game’s end, finishing with 475 total yards on offense and a 35-3 victory. Even
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The football team allowed 475 total yards in Saturday’ s 35-3 loss. The defense gave up 348 passing yards and 127 rushing yards.
as the game got out of hand, Georgetown Head Coach Rob Sgarlata was proud of his team’s continual effort. “I’m a big body language guy — how our kids carry themselves and how they play and how they come off the field after an extra point even when the game is into a 21-point deficit. I thought that they responded and came back and played just as hard,” Sgarlata said. Georgetown did force two turnovers to Lehigh’s zero but failed to turn either of them into points. “It’s momentum,” Sgarlata said. “Against teams like that, if you get a turnover you have to do something with it. Any time you get one and go three-and-out after it, it’s almost like not even getting it.” Norris finished 17-of-29 for 103 yards through the air, while sophomore and junior running backs Christian Bermudez and Alex Valles totaled 74 yards on the ground. The offense improved slightly on its seasonlong third-down issues, converting 5-of-15, but two of the team’s eight penalties took away initial conversions. “You never want to give anything away. No unforced errors is what we really talk about. We’ll get those cleaned up,” Sgarlata said. “Hopefully that will increase our efficiency on third down on offense.” Meanwhile, the rest of the Patriot League looked competitive on Saturday. Holy Cross (3-4, 1-1 Patriot League) upset Harvard (41, 2-0 Ivy League), snapping the Crimson’s 16-game road winning streak, while Fordham (4-2, 1-0 Patriot League) — Georgetown’s next opponent — defeated Yale (1-4, 1-1 Ivy League). “This is what you want, you don’t want to play in the league where you just win them all by 40 points. You want to play challenging opponents,” Sgarlata said. “If you don’t want that, you’re in the wrong place.”
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Men’s Soccer Georgetown (3-8-1) vs. Princeton (6-5-1) Tuesday, 3 p.m. Shaw Field
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The No. 7/2 Georgetown women’s soccer team (121-2, 4-0-2 Big East) beat Marquette (8-6-2, 4-2-0 Big East) 2-0 in Milwaukee on Sunday, propelled by a pair of goals from sophomore forward Amanda Carolan, who won the Big East Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts. The win extends the team’s unbeaten run to 13 consecutive matches. In winning their last three matches, the Hoyas have outscored opponents 12-1 and appear to be gaining
momentum heading into ford (12-1-1, 5-1 PAC 12) by the home stretch of the con- a scoreline of just 3-0, the ference schedule; George- same as Georgetown’s result. town re“It was a mains sixth really big in national “Their style of game, for RPI. play is such that a couple of Despite reasons,” the chal- they are extremely Head Coach lenge of a effective off set Dave Nolan long road said. “Martrip, the pieces.” quette were Hoyas mainahead of tained focus DAVE NOLAn Head Coach us in the and took standings care of a Marquette team that also going into the game, and had been making some we knew if we lost to them, noise in the Big East. Earlier we’d be four points behind in the season, Marquette them with three games to lost a game to No. 1 Stan- go, nine points to play … So
losing that game meant it would [have been] very difficult to catch them.” Carolan played an important role on the defensive end as well as the offensive, man-marking the Golden Eagles’ star senior midfielder Morgan Proffitt on set pieces. “Their style of play is such that they are extremely effective off set pieces,” Nolan said. “And corner kicks and free kicks really is a big part of their bread and butter. I thought we did a really good job defending that, and Amanda was part of See MARQUETTE, A9
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Sophomore running back Chris Bermudez ran for 38 yards on Saturday. He has rushed for two touchdowns this year.
Defensive Errors Plague Hoyas Dean Hampers Hoya Staff Writer
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Sophomore forward Amanda Carolan scored both goals in Georgetown’s 2-0 win against Marquette on Sunday. She was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts. She has seven goals this season.
In its third consecutive loss, the Georgetown football team (3-3, 0-1 Patriot League) suffered a lopsided defeat to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (5-2, 2-0 Patriot League) by a score of 35-3. After falling 31-17 in two Ivy League matchups, the Hoyas dropped their conference opener at home. Lehigh entered the game with substantial momentum from four straight wins, a streak in which they averaged 50 points. Early in the game, the talented offense appeared on track to continue that success. On the team’s second drive, junior wide receiver
Gatlin Casey, who has 10 touchdowns this season, caught a short pass from senior quarterback Nick Shafnisky and broke several tackles for a 42-yard score to give Lehigh a 7-0 lead. Early in the second quarter, Shafnisky was forced to exit the game due to injury after being sacked by freshman defensive lineman Marquis Parris. Sophomore backup quarterback Brad Mayes took over the offense without missing a step, moving his team down the field on that same drive. From the Georgetown 11-yard line, Mayes threw a touchdown pass over the middle to junior receiver See LEHIGH, A9
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nce again, the Washington Nationals have made an early exit from the MLB playoffs. A dramatic ninth-inning appearance by the greatest pitcher of our generation — the Dodgers’ left-handed starter Clayton Kershaw — disappointed the capital’s hopes for a championship. The game took four hours and 32 minutes to reach its 4-3 conclusion, finally ending at 12:41 a.m. That was over an hour after the last Metro train left the Navy Yard-Ballpark station. Paul Wiedefeld, general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, refused to suspend scheduled track maintenance to allow the service to run late to accommodate the baseball fans. According to The Washington Post, about 12,000 to 15,000 fans would have been counting on the Metro to get home after Thursday night’s game. To put that in perspective, nearly the equivalent of the entire undergraduate and graduate population of Georgetown University all left after a heartbreaking loss and tried to get into a cab or call an Uber at the same time. Plenty of people saw this
transportation problem coming. Nationals star Bryce Harper encouraged fans to take an Uber. Ace pitcher Max Scherzer told 106.7 The Fan, a local radio station, “God, I would hope to believe that playoff games here in D.C. would mean more than shutting down the lines for a couple hours.” Local government noticed, too. The Washington City Council passed a resolution imploring the WMATA to keep the trains running late. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) tweeted using the hashtag #KeepMetroOpen. Beyond public figures, the lack of Metro service captured the attention of the afflicted fans. When the announcement of the last train leaving the station came on the scoreboard during the seventh-inning stretch, fans broke out into a rousing chorus of the classic baseball chant “Metro sucks.” None of these pleas could sway Wiedefeld, who famously takes a no-nonsense approach to his job. He is known for both implementing the SafeTrack program See MAY, A9
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Senior forward and co-captain Brett Campbell recorded two shots on goal in Saturday’s loss to DePaul. He is the team leader in goals with three this season. Campbell has started in all 12 games for the Hoyas.
Shutout Loss Crushes Tourney Hopes Darius iraj
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The Georgetown men’s soccer team (3-8-1, 1-3-1 Big East) was shut out for the seventh time this season in a 1-0 loss Saturday afternoon to the DePaul Blue Demons (7-5-2, 2-3 Big East). The game also marked the fifth time this season the Hoyas have fallen on the wrong end of a 1-0 score line. The defeat eliminated any chance of the team defending its regular-season
Big East Championship. “They’re crushed right now. We knew going in that we had a chance to win the league if we won every game and didn’t have any slip-ups,” Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “They lost the league today. At the end of the day, in terms of defending our championship, that was lost today, and I think it’s a really frustrated group.” This game played out in a manner similar to those of the team’s past losses. The Hoyas were not out-
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played, and they perhaps even outplayed the Blue Demons for large sections of the match. The ball was in DePaul’s half of the field for the majority of the opening minutes, and the Hoyas created chances — an aspect of the offense that has improved over past games. However, one defensive lapse in the 15th minute was all it took for the momentum of the game to change. Georgetown’s defense, which has performed well this season despite the team’s record,
gave up a poor goal that ended with an open tap-in for DePaul senior forward Erik Rodriguez. “Really bad goal. The back four was poor to be honest with you. It was a free delivery, really badly handled by the guys in the box, and it was an easy goal. It was one of the worst goals we conceded all year from our point of view, and disappointing because we talked about it as what DePaul’s good at. They deliver balls, they See DEPAUL, A9