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PROFILE ISSUE

From a student hip-hop artist to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist: nine Hoya stories.

EDITORIAL Workers’ rights should be the university’s most pressing issue.

Q&A: MACARTHUR FELLOW Alum Ahilan Arulanantham (COL ’94) received the fellowship.

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Clinic’s Opening Snowden Advocates for Privacy Prompts Protests yasmine salam Special to The Hoya

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The grand opening of Washington, D.C.’s only Planned Parenthood clinic Sept. 27 was marred by two dozen protesters who swarmed the facility’s headquarters outside a celebratory launch gala attended by notables including Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and actress Kathleen Turner.

The facility, named the Carol Whitehill Moses Center, is strategically located in Northwest D.C. so

as to be accessible from all parts of the District. The 27,000-square-foot clinic will serve as the administrative headquarters for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington and is expected to provide services to more than 12,000 people in its first year.

The federally funded $20 million facility includes six nonsurgical exam rooms and four procedure rooms, making it larger than the two D.C. clinics that shut down in the past two years.

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D.C.’s only Planned Parenthood clinic, the Carol Whitehill Moses Center, opened in Northwest D.C.

The right to privacy is essential in any free society, argued former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden in his second virtual discussion with Georgetown students Wednesday.

Snowden, who participated in the discussion in Lohrfink Auditorium via Skype, is currently living in asylum in Moscow, Russia, after he leaked classified information from the NSA in 2013, disclosing the organization’s surveillance programs. He is wanted by the U.S. government for the theft of government property.

The event, hosted by the Lecture Fund, coincides with the recent release of Oliver Stone’s new film “Snowden,” portraying Snowden’s release of the documents and its aftermath, on Sept. 16.

On Oct. 5, the FBI revealed that since the summer it had been investigating a former NSA contractor for stealing classified documents, putting national security under the spotlight again. The New York Times reported Oct. 5 that Yahoo was searching emails for signs indicating state-sponsored

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The GU Lecture Fund hosted former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden, who called in via Skype from Russia, for the second time Wednesday. terrorism as part of its mechanisms searching for child pornography and spam.

Snowden said those who argue they do not mind the NSA’s scanning their email — citing the fact that they have nothing to hide — underestimate the

impact of government tapping into all internet usage.

“That is really a misunderstanding of the way people interact with technology,” Snowden said.

“Because the difference is this is voluntarily; there is a difference between

intensely intimate details that you wouldn’t tell anyone listened to without our consent.”

According to Snowden, both consent and privacy are essential in a free society.

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Group Seeks Smoke-Free Referendum Sterling Shooting Footage Released william zhu Hoya Staff Writer

A new student-led group advocating for a smoke-free campus is petitioning the Georgetown University Student Association to hold a studentwide referendum on banning smoking on campus.

Smoke Free Georgetown, which is led by Mac Williams (NHS ’17) and GUSA Senator Henry Callander (COL ’18), launched its petition and Facebook page Tuesday. The campaign is independent from GUSA. The group hopes the petition will encourage the university to hold a referendum, according to Callander.

“The main purpose behind the petition is to hold a referendum. The idea is that we’re just kind of trying to gauge what students feel about the matter and the issue,” Callander said. “If the student body believes that it’s the right course of action through a referendum, then that’s the course, hopefully, the university will take.”

GUSA Vice President Chris Fisk (COL ’17) said a referendum on the issue will only be held if it passes a GUSA senate vote.

“The senate will vote on whether or not to have a referendum if either a) a senator introduces the topic and calls for a vote, or b) if a petition to call for a referendum reaches 300 signatures,” Fisk wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Currently, university regulations prohibit smoking in any indoor spaces. Smoking is only permitted in designated

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identities of officers involved in shootings. Trainer and his partner, who has not been In the wake of protests and named, have been placed on an ongoing investigation by paid administrative leave. the U.S. Attorney’s Office folHundreds of protestors lowing the police shooting marched through Northwest and death of Terrence Sterling, D.C. on Monday evening deD.C. officials released graphic manding footage greater from an oft ra n s p a rficer’s bodyency from worn camthe mayor’s era on Sept. office re27 and the garding the identity of in vest iga the Mettion. Prior to ropolitan the march, Police Dethe protespartment tors held a officer who vigil near shot him.

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A student-led initiative, Smoke Free Georgetown has launched a Facebook page and petition to ask for a studentwide referendum on banning smoking on campus. areas, which have to be away from entrances to minimize the change of secondhand smoke.

The Georgetown University Medical School campus implemented a full ban on smoking in 2014.

In April 2014, students launched a similar petition to make the main campus smoke-free.

However, the Smoke Free Georgetown campaign aims to achieve a complete smoking ban on Georgetown’s

main campus. Callander said this would be the best solution and would match Georgetown’s policies with those of many other universities.

Other universities, including Harvard University and The George Washington University, have already implemented complete bans on smoking. Sixty-five percent of schools ban smoking completely, according to Williams.

As of Oct. 1 this year there are 1,713 college campuses

in the country with comprehensive bans on smoking, according to anti-smoking advocacy group Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.

This grew from the 446 smoke-free campuses in October 2010.

“For now, we’ve been talking about going 100 percent smoke-free,” Callander said.

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GSC Gathers Signatures GSC has collected more than 400 signatures on its petition concerning facilities workers’ wages.

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Combat Global Diseases The challenge of confronting common global diseases requires international aid and policy.

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Football Faces Test The 3-1 football team faces undefeated Princeton at home Saturday.

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NEWS SFS Celebrates Centennial

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SPORTS No Stormy Waters

SFS Dean Joel Hellman announced the Class of 2020 as the school’s centennial class.

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In the face of recent ratings, Georgetown should strive to show the strengths of its veterans program.

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The sailing team has impressed at every regatta and race thus far this season.

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Friday, October 7, 2016

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Fair Treatment for Workers On a campus that seeks to promote values of care and service, allegations of a poor working environment for university staff are alarming.

In a welcome effort to improve the working conditions for university staff, a new contract seeking a 5 percent raise for Georgetown’s facilities workers is currently being negotiated by the university and the Service Employees International Union 1199 Union Local, which represents the facilities workers.

Many complaints surround the understaffing of facilities workers throughout campus, claiming the university has not adequately hired enough workers to fulfill cleaning responsibilities at the Healey Family Student Center, Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall and the Former Jesuit Residence.

These recent allegations are nothing new.

During Winter Storm Jonas in January, some facilities employees claimed unfair treatment of not being provided adequate sleeping space, transportation to and from Georgetown and breaks during the snowstorm.

Even now, according to a worker interviewed

by The Hoya, there is a sharp decrease in emergency workers during weekends — from four to one in his section of campus. In the past, workers raised concerns with their superiors, arguing that their pay discrepancies and hours created an unhealthy work environment. One facilities worker at the HFSC and Walsh Building, Michael McCannon, said, “You need to respect your workers. … You cannot treat them as if they’re your slave or your child.”

At the end of September, the university has agreed to hire 10 staff members in the near future to assist with cleaning Arrupe Hall and the Thompson Athletic Center. Yet with no clear timeline established, the university should hire new staff to address the short-term issue of understaffing and overwork while also increasing measures of transparency for workers to voice their concerns. These are essential steps in ensuring that our facilities workers can work efficiently and effectively without worries of mistreatment.

While there are various avenues to addressing issues of overwork and the neglect of a

proper working environment, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, a student group advocating for workers’ rights, laid forth a variety of arguments and demands regarding workers’ rights to which the university should adhere. The GSC is currently advocating for “raises that cover the cost of living and inflation, sufficient staff assigned to each task and work order, accountability for managers that engage in intimidation or discriminatory tactics, workplaces that are healthy and safe and accommodation for the language needs of all workers.” Such goals will serve to benefit those members of our community who operate at all hours and keep our campuses running.

GSC’s proposals are a commendable step toward alleviating the mistreatment of workers and it would be in Georgetown’s best interest to adopt the goals laid out by GSC and the SEIU 1199 with the ultimate objective of creating a community where workers can effectively express their complaints without fear of reprimand, while not being forced to work beyond their effective capacity.

In addition, Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey should enact steps to reform the management structure within facilities in an effort to allow for facilities workers to perform in a more equitable and effective capacity. Establishing a system that would allow workers to air grievances without fear of reprimand would be beneficial and increase the overall transparency of how workers perform every-day operations among the community as a whole.

Facilities workers are integral to keeping Georgetown running. They are the people behind the scenes of our community’s day-to-day functions and deserve the same treatment, equity and respect that all other community members have on this campus. Their struggles and concerns should be our concerns, and this community on all levels, from the administration to the students, should advocate for their overall care and welfare.

VP Showdown — This Tuesday’s debate between vice presidential candidates Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Gov. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) was the least watched vice presidential debate since 2000, drawing in a mere 37 million viewers, a far cry from the 84 million viewers who tuned in for last week’s presidential debate.

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Garden Party — The White House gardens will welcome visitors this weekend for the annual White House Garden Tour, allowing guests to explore various parts of the grounds, including the White House Kitchen Garden established by first lady Michelle Obama.

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Fall Festival — The All Things Go Fall Classic music festival is taking place this Saturday, Oct. 8, at Yards Park on the Capitol Riverfront, with a lineup featuring bands like Empire of the Sun and Passion Pit.

Awards Season — The Nobel prizes are being awarded this week in Stockholm, Sweden, recognizing and honoring leaders in various fields. Prizes have already been awarded to those in the field of chemistry and physics.

Back to Hogwarts — Beginning on Oct. 13, Imax will be re-releasing all eight of the “Harry Potter” movies in theaters as part of the lead-up to the release of the newest movie, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

Going Globally Green — The landmark Paris climate change agreement is set to take effect Nov. 4 after a strong show of support Wednesday by the European Union and several other countries allowed the treaty to be ratified.

Batter Up — The National League Division Series, which starts this weekend, will see the Washington Nationals face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers; the first two games of this five-game series are set for Oct. 7 and Oct. 8. .

Dangerous Delays — Complaints continue to file in about the inefficient responses of D.C.’s 911 dispatch system, with ambulance delays often posing a risk to patients in emergency situations.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Noah Taylor

Solidifying Support for Veterans cal errors aside. Universities should strive to ensure veterans can perform well, and just as importantly, be accurately represented by yearly college rankings.

Submitting data properly is the first step in ensuring our place on next year’s rankings, but this is the first of many steps. The university must continue providing effective services to student veterans. Georgetown University Student Veterans Association and the Veterans Support Team have both done significant advocacy work to increase awareness of veterans’ issues on campus and find tangible solutions to the problems veterans face in transitioning to a university like Georgetown. Such organizations are critical in assisting many veterans transition and insert themselves into our community on an academic and social level.

As a whole, just because our university dropped in rankings does not mean our community should be discouraged from assisting veterans in the future. Continuing to provide quality services for veterans through GUSVA and the support team is a welcome step in this regard. What is more, former service members are able to join the rich fabric of student life and various extracurricular groups. Georgetown already provides many of the services and opportunities for veterans to make sure their time at the university is as valuable as any other student on campus.

Rankings are not the only measurement of success, but by working toward recognition as one of the premier institutions for military veterans, Georgetown can demonstrate to a greater community once again how greatly it cares for former service members. Going forward, our efforts should not just be placed in amending clerical errors or abiding by new criteria, but also finding new opportunities to invest in student veterans as whole. If we pursue this goal, any recognition in ranking will be sure to follow.

For many years, Georgetown has prided itself on providing exceptional education to veterans of the nation’s armed forces. The university should be proud of its history of supporting those who have served and sacrificed for their country through the work of the Veterans Association and other community groups. However, these efforts have been left unrecognized by U.S. News and World Report’s recent college rankings. Over the course of the past two years, Georgetown has precipitously fallen from its position as the best college for military veterans two years ago to 16th place last year. This year, the university did not even receive a ranking.

The fall in our ranking was attributed to new criteria and clerical errors that do not represent the quantity and quality of resources available to veterans on our campus. At the same time, the great work that is currently being done to serve veterans at this school should not go unnoticed, and prospective veterans should not be discouraged from applying.

Rankings should not be the be-all-end-all determinant of a university’s course of action. As seen with Georgetown’s absence from U.S. News and World’s list, rankings can be highly variable. Additionally, different rating agencies and publications can put universities in vastly different positions by giving additional weight to certain categories or factors. Therefore, rankings often do not reflect actual perceptions of the students and faculty at universities.

Despite their flaws and limitations, rankings still have significant value and should not be ignored. Poor performance in rankings and significant drops, like Georgetown’s on the veterans ranking, can deter potential applicants from applying to or attending certain universities, decreasing our overall rate of veteran attendance. As veterans on this campus can attest, our university is more than prepared to meet the needs of returning service members, cleri-

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Compassion, A Balancing Act

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o most people, empathy is seen as the height of human insight and a necessary first step toward altruism. Empathetic people are viewed as being particularly attuned to the human condition, selflessly able to put aside their own emotions to vicariously experience the internal state of another.

In actuality, though, the process of adopting another’s position as your own, especially in the context of severe pain or trauma, is self-destructive and utterly unhelpful. Common sense and scientific analysis, however, have revealed a healthy and sustainable alternative to empathy: compassion.

Recently, biochemist-turnedTibetan Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard participated in a study examining brain activity during two kinds of meditation: one focused on empathy and the other on compassion. The results of the study confirmed a millennium of Buddhist wisdom. During a meditation session focused on compassion, Ricard’s brain scans showed little activity in regions associated with empathy or pain.

However, while solely trying to focus on the suffering of others, Ricard could not take it anymore and had to stop meditating. In a follow-up brain scan, the meditation activated regions of his brain associated with pain. He experienced empathic burnout, a condition often experienced by health care professionals who deal directly with trauma victims.

It is notable that devoting a few minutes to the suffering of others was enough to deeply disturb Ricard, who has many years of experience meditating on compassion. Empathic burnout can take the form of depression, insomnia, anxiety and other disorders. This pain is not something to glorify since directly experiencing the toxic pain of another person inhibits our ability to help them.

Empathy is not always something to strive after; it doubles pain, thus wholly missing the initial altruistic objective to

minimize suffering.

Compassion, on the other hand, seems to be an inexhaustible wellspring of goodness. A compassionate friend sees your suffering and listens to your needs without pity, complaint or distress. A compassionate citizen sees the horror of war without being hollowed out but by establishing peace. Compassion is countercultural. It flies in the face of the notion that doing good or being a good person is a burden to be carried only by the strongest among us. We see that the weight of compassion is no weight at all; it is a relief from our own self-concern and endowment of peace.

So how can we train and tap into an inexhaustible source of well-being? We have to first wish for our own happiness and well-being. We must create a balance between accepting our limitations and continually pushing the boundaries of our ability to love. Cultivating compassion, whether through meditation, prayer or acts of love, produces fruits that can transform our consciousness from one of worry and pain to one of ease and happiness.

The word used by many spiritual traditions to describe the experience of compassion is detachment. It refers to a certain distance from the pain another is experiencing so that one is able to assist without falling into an empathic burnout. Many people interpret this as a form of indifference to the pain of those closest to us, but what is really needed is a balance between apathy and empathic burnout.

The difficulty of turning to compassion lies in drudging through an inclination toward empathy and adopting something much more constructive. Ultimately, it is not empathy that we seek during tough times but compassion from those who are able to support us in a more pragmatic manner.

Nicholas Scrimenti is a junior in the College. Spiritual Search appears every other Friday.

here are seven common tropical diseases, also known as neglected tropical diseases, that collectively infect more than 1 billion, most of whom are living in abject poverty: whipworm, hookworm, roundworm, trachoma, river blindness, elephantiasis and snail fever.

Advocacy organizations like END7 and the Gates Foundation seek to end these neglected tropical diseases by delivering proper medication and increasing overall awareness in the American public through media campaigns. A chapter of END7 even exists on the Georgetown campus, but the issue cannot be simply solved by making it known to the public. There are steps that actors, policymakers and governments, especially the U.S. government, can take to make sure that NTDs become diseases of the past by 2020.

Though easily preventable, the seven NTDs cause debilitating conditions that affect not only an individual’s well-being and educational pursuits but also the health and security of that individual’s family and community in the long term. Too often, the contraction of an NTD results in the elimination of a source of income, which further entrenches entire households into vicious cycles of pover-

ty. Some even lead to permanent disabilities; trachoma, an infection that is treatable with modern medicine, can cause permanent blindness without antibiotics.

Too often, the contraction of an NTD results in the elimination of a source of income.

Yet initiatives and programs to eliminate and manage NTDs do exist and are supported by various public and private actors, with some current treatments being subsidized by pharmaceutical corporations. In 2012, several companies came together to form the London Declaration, pledging more than $17 billion in aid to combat NTDs through 2020. The pact is an example of how private entities can pool their resources together to ensure that medications are delivered to regions in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia where people need treatment the most. Currently, most of the medications cost an equivalent of 50 cents per dosage.

One of the main public agencies leading the

battle is the United States Agency for International Development. The organization is one of the largest financial supporters of NTD treatment programs, demonstrating how effective traditional strategies of monetary aid can make an impact. Yet even with its success, the effectiveness of the organization is actually under threat.

In the past 10 years, USAID has supported NTD treatment programs in 25 countries around the world, delivering 1.4 billion NTD medications to 687 million people since its launch in 2006. As a result of the direct investment, 127 million people in 18 countries are no longer at risk of elephantiasis, a parasite affecting lymphatic vessels, and 54 million people in 15 countries are free of the risk of blinding trachoma.

Even with the effectiveness of USAID, the recent 2017 U.S. federal budget proposal threatened to cut its modest funding, which would be devastating to the global effort toward eradicating NTDs. For context, only 0.003 percent of the annual federal budget funds USAID’s NTD program.

While private funding for NTD prevention will likely continue through the work of big pharmaceutical companies, the Gates Founda-

tion and END7, this by no means prevents extensive federal involvement in such programs. Indeed, with a new presidential administration approaching, it is more important than ever to advocate for strong American leadership in the fight against NTDs. With more than 1 billion people around the world at risk of contracting NTDs when the solution is both readily available and economically feasible, future administrations and private groups should remember the children who are not able to attend school and the parents who cannot provide for their families because they are suffering from preventable diseases.

Organizations should be aware that the possibility for treatment is in their hands.

Maintaining an effective budget for USAID to combat these diseases is only one component of a broader battle. If the goal is to eliminate NTDs by 2020, it will not only take funding but also political initiative on an international level. It is time to fund modern medicine to tackle the problems of today rather than wait for tomorrow.

Madeline Kuney is a freshman in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is a member of END7.

Initiatives and programs to eliminate NTDs do exist and are supported by various public and private actors, with some treatments subsidized by pharmaceutical corporations.

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Making Room for STI Testing Veiling Dialogue and Discourse

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t Georgetown, there is a neglect for students’ overall sexual health and well-being. Because of its Catholic identity, not only does the school not provide condoms or other contraceptives, it does not provide free, comprehensive testing of sexually transmitted infections to students.

College students should find this disheartening and disturbing. As a co-president of H*yas for Choice, a pro-choice organization that provides contraceptives and sexual health education at Georgetown, I believe we play an important role as the sole provider of condoms on campus. Meanwhile, not only does the university fail to provide contraceptives to students, it also ensures that neither Students of Georgetown, Inc. nor Wisemiller’s Grocery and Deli sells condoms.

According to the Center for Disease Control, nearly half of the 20 million new STIs diagnosed each year are among young people between the ages of 15 to 24. Although the CDC’s recommendations for testing vary given the specific STI, most sexually active individuals are recommended to be screened at least once a year. Now, you may assume that STI testing is covered under your health insurance plan, and you would be correct. Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance plans must cover preventative services, including STI testing.

While HFC makes every effort to ensure that students are aware of sexual and reproductive health re-

sources in the greater D.C. community, there are some things the organization simply cannot do, such as providing IUDs, prescribing birth control in the form of pills or performing STI testing. The Student Health Center does have the resources to provide these services, which it does conditionally depending on one’s insurance provider.

However, the Student Health Center does not provide free STI testing to students. The last time free STI testing was available on Georgetown’s campus was in the spring of 2014, when a mobile HIV testing clinic parked outside Poulton Hall to offer free HIV tests to students.

It is both negligent and a public health risk for Georgetown to not provide STI testing.

One of the reasons college students are hesitant to use their insurance to get tested for STIs is possibly because they are on their parents’ health insurance, and may not feel comfortable using insurance to get tested. Parents often see health insurance bills and question why their child needed STI testing, which could serve as a sufficient deterrent for any individual to getting tested.

Georgetown’s opposition to providing free STI testing is unusual, given that secular schools and other

Catholic schools alike offer free STI testing to students. Villanova University, a Catholic institution, allows an outside agency to come to its student health center to conduct free and anonymous HIV testing for students twice each semester. Boston College, another Jesuit school, also changed its policies in 2011 to allow students to have STI tests done on its campuses.

It is both negligent and a public health risk for Georgetown to not provide STI testing. As cliched as it is to reference, the Jesuit value of cura personalis represents a commitment to respect and care for an individual’s circumstances and choices, and should extend to sexual choices. The university exemplifies cura personalis through other health services, including free pregnancy tests and free flu shots. In this context, providing free STI testing would be common sense.

As an organization, HFC does not have the financial resources to fund campuswide STI testing, though it should not be the job of a student-run organization to undertake and finance a universal good for the university community. The SHC has the licenses, and the university has the funds.

We, as HFC, ask for one “Get Yourself Tested Day” a semester to provide basic health care to students and fulfill the promise of cura personalis.

Brinna Ludwig is a senior in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is Co-President of H*yas for Choice.

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t has been more than a month since the heat of the burkini controversy in France dissipated; A few weeks after a deadly Jihadist attack in Nice, dozens of coastal towns in the south and north of France decided to ban the burkini, a contraction of a burqa and a bikini, that was worn by some Muslim women during trips to the beach. The mayors argued it was a symbol of politicized Islam and women’s oppression, calling it a provocation in the context of terrorist attacks and a challenge to public order.

However, the aftermath of the debate deserves attention.

Within the issue of the burkini was how many in Europe believe an issue of Islamic terrorism remains unaddressed.

For French citizens, and Europeans as a whole, there must be conversations on the nature of religion and secularism in daily life as well as how groups can cohesively come together to combat possible radicalization.

The burkini debate was the latest evolution of the debate on laicite, France’s idea of secularism on steroids. Laicite aims to remove any religious signs in public places, meaning no crucifixes in classrooms, no public funding of mosques and no public employees wearing a kippa — to name a few examples. During the burkini debate, some argued laicite legitimized the ban in the interest of public order, while others argued it guaranteed religious freedom.

On Aug. 26, France’s highest court, Conseil d’Etat, ruled against the bans, asserting that “in France, one cannot stop a woman from going to

the beach with a burkini.”

The decision seemed logical and supported the idea of religious freedom. No one could prove that burkinis challenged public order, and banning the garb could also have been a slippery slope: The far right political party Front National also called for a ban on Christian crosses and Jewish kippas worn in the streets using the principles as posed by those French mayors.

Valentin Security in France remains a concern, but it does not justify paranoia or the right to patrol beaches to censor clothing. Nonetheless, the burkini debate reveals a larger question of whether Islam is compatible with the principles upon which the French Republic was founded. While most Muslims were appalled by the burkini bans, 6 percent of French citizens opposed them in a public values survey. In the mind of French non-Muslims, the burkini appeared as a violation of women’s freedom, while the majority of Muslims saw this as a legitimate case of freedom of expression and religion.

The burkini itself is a benign and physical representation of someone displaying their Islamic faith, yet tangible issues of radicalization exist and must be confronted.

The real fight and debate should be about the city of

Brest’s imam, who said children who listen to western music are akin to animals. It should be the flight of French Jews into Israel because of anti-Semitism in Muslimmajority suburbs. It should be about the 50 percent of young French Muslims who follow the most rigorist version of Islam according to a liberal think tank.

In the aftermath of this summer’s burkini debacle, France needs a calm but frank debate on issues of religious expression, Islam and secularism, devoid of racism and naivety. The burkini ban polarized French society over a piece of cloth, yet France needs its Muslim citizens to help in the fight against radicalism in Muslim communities.

Before the burkini debate, Muslim citizens had proven their willingness to contribute in the fight against radicalization. The heartwarming images of Muslims in French churches after the assassination of a priest by two young radical Muslim terrorists and a tribune by Muslim personalities to stop this violence within their faith seemed to pave the way for improved cohabitation and understanding.

With the burkini saga now over, the opportunity for constructive and informative dialogue concerning radicalization is open to continuing. Yet addressing the issue will require a unified effort and conversation among all French citizens on the nature of secularism and religious expression in public life.

Francois Valentin is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. Fault Lines appears every other Friday.

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Human rights attorney Ahilan Arulanantham (COL ’94) was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a no-stringsattached five-year grant worth $625,000 for individuals who demonstrate exceptional creativity in their work. Arulanantham currently serves as the American Civil Liberties Union’s director of advocacy and the legal director of the ACLU of Southern California.

In an interview with THE HOYA, Arulanantham reflects on his plans for the fellowship, his advocacy for detainees being tried for deportation and his years at Georgetown.

“A lot of the people I’m still closest to today are people like my roommate.

Those friendships really have lasted.”

AHILAN ARULANANTHAM (COL ’94) MacArthur Fellowship Recipient

What are your goals for your fellowship, and more specifically, what would you like to achieve with your grant?

I hope the award allows me to elevate the work that I’ve been doing, and broadly speaking, my goal is to bring immigration, detention and deportation systems into harmony with our values and our constitutional law. I don’t see the fellowship as fundamentally changing my direction and my work. I do want to take a portion of the funds and use it to support work that I care about but did not get to pursue in my life, and in particular, I’m thinking about human rights work in Sri Lanka.

My family is from Sri Lanka, and I care very deeply about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, which remains very problematic for people of the Tamil minority. My family, we’re Sri Lankan Tamil.

There are human rights organizations doing important work there and I want to use at least a portion of [the grant] to support them. Beyond that, I haven’t really thought about it. I’ve thought about it some,

but I haven’t really gotten a fixed idea of how to use it in support of my work, and it’s a great problem to have. I’m still pondering it.

You have worked in immigration law and expanding rights to detainees being tried for deportation for many years. What is the most significant case you have worked on?

I think the case which is going to the Supreme Court in December is a challenge to the detention system under which immigrants are incarcerated for years without a hearing in front of a judge on whether their detention is actually necessary. It’s all kinds of immigrants — it’s people who are lawfully present, green card holders who had a conviction but finished serving their sentence and after that get sent to a second prison system while their immigration case goes on. Others are refugees — people fleeing the most dangerous countries on earth come to our shores and then get imprisoned for months and sometimes years while we decide whether or not they’re eligible for asylum. I’ve worked on [Rodriguez v. Robbins] for almost a decade already and now it’s going to the Supreme Court. That’s certainly very significant compared to most of the cases I’ve done.

What has been your inspiration in pursuing your line of work and advocating for minorities, especially the immigrant population?

I was born here, but my family is from Sri Lanka and we’re Tamil. My parents left before there was a whole civil war, but they were subject to job discrimination and there was sporadic violence against the Tamil really throughout the period they were growing up in the country. They came here because they just did not believe Sri Lanka would be a stable and productive place for them and for their children. And then when I was 10, the civil war began in Sri Lanka, and much of my extended family fled the country. Many of them actually came and stayed with us.

My cousins, aunts and uncles, and then other more extended family, and then other

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Ahilan Arulanantham (COL ’94) received the $625,000 MacArthur Fellowhip for his work as a human rights attorney.

He discussed his work on cases related to immigration law and his experiences at Georgetown. people who were not related to us. That experience was very formative for me because I was sort of a firsthand witness to the struggle that refugees and immigrants go through, and then also the successes they can have. My cousins and aunts and uncles, some of them are extremely successful people now. That experience as a whole left a very deep impression on me.

What are the main issues that remain with the deportation system?

Number one I would say is basic due process protection is absent. In that I would include legal representation for at least many if not all immigrants facing deportation.

You have to remember the government pays for a prosecutor to argue in favor of deportation in every case in immigration court, yet we don’t provide counsel even for the most vulnerable immigrants

like children, people who are asylum seekers fleeing persecution, people who have lived here for long periods of time who are separated from their families. Basic due process protection is lacking.

How did your time at Georgetown influence your work?

The biggest influence by far was my participation in the debate team. I learned many of the critical thinking skills and also life skills like hard work, doing work for its own sake and not necessarily because of the result, working in teams. So many things I learned through my participation on the debate team. It was a huge part of my experience at Georgetown. Also, I’m still close to a number of people who I went to school with at Georgetown, and those friendships have sustained me at different points in time including some of the rough

times in my life and over the years. A lot of the people I’m still closest to today are people like my roommate. Those friendships really have lasted.

“The most important thing I would say is try to imagine the world that you want to see.”

AHILAN ARULANANTHAM (COL ’94) MacArthur Fellowship Recipient

What wisdom would you like to impart to current Georgetown students who are passionate about immigration issues, human rights and law?

The most important thing I would say is try to imagine the world that you want to see, the world as it should look if it

were just and fair in your conception of what that should be. And then, set your sights to make the world that way.

That would be the first thing I would say. The second thing I would say is just remember the path will not be straight, the job that allows you to do that may not be open to you immediately the day after you graduate, or the day after you graduate law school, or whatever it is. Even if you get the job that you think is that job, then doing that work is not going to be straightforward.

But just remember that the value comes in trying to come to shape the world in a way that’s more fair and just as you see it and continuing to do that work. Living your life that way is incredibly rewarding.

Every day when I go to work I know that there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing. I’m not postponing for later the thing that I really want to do with my life now.

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Sexual Assault Discussion Returns for 14th Year GAIA MATTIACE Hoya Staff Writer

“Are You Ready?” — an annual conversation on preventing sexual assault on campus and better supporting survivors — returned in its 14th iteration Wednesday.

Established in fall 2003, “Are You Ready?” is sponsored by Health Education Services and the Women’s Center in partnership with Counseling and Psychiatric Services and the LGBTQ resource center.

This year, the program, hosted in Copley Formal Lounge, featured a presentation by Marc Grimmet, a psychologist specializing in clinical mental health, and his partner Juliette, the founder of Chrysalis Network, an organization aiming to support the creation of programs to combat sexual assault and domestic and relationship violence.

Grimmet also serves as an associate professor and director of the Community Counseling Education and Research Clinic at North Carolina State University.

Juliette Grimmett spoke about her experience as a sexual assault survivor, while Marc Grimmet shared his perspective as an ally of survivors in their presentation “Working for Culture Change: A Story of Survival, Healing, and Action.”

Juliette Grimmet, who has more than 20 years of experience working with colleges, communities and schools to address campus sexual assault issues, said it is important to openly discuss the issue of

sexual assault on college campuses and to educate students on how to take action against this issue.

Even the most open communities may not discuss sexual assault, according to Juliette Grimmet.

“Recurring education is important to combat rape culture.”

LAURA CHANT (NHS ’18)

“I grew up in this very liberal community where we would talk about all these issues, but we didn’t talk about this,” Juliette Grimmet said.

Juliette Grimmet said the process she had to go through to report her rape was overly complicated and difficult compared to her perpetrator.

“We all just sit at this table for three and a half hours together sharing details about what happened,” Juliette Grimmet said. “My incident report was single-spaced, three and a half pages and extremely detailed. His was half a page basically double -spaced.”

According to Juliette Grimmet, although her university found her attacker responsible for the assault and for breaking the honor code, he was not expelled or suspended.

“His sanction is one year of social probation, which means still play on the lacrosse team,

you can still live on campus, you can walk by Juliette on this really small campus,” Juliette Grimmet said. “He went on to work for George W. Bush at the White House.”

Juliette Grimmet said this injustice motivated her to warn the rest of the campus community of the danger of sexual assault and to write letters to campus newspapers emphasizing the prevalence of the issue.

“Knowing that I had to stay at this school with this person who harmed me and knowing that they knew that and that they were OK with that and subjecting the community to potential violence, which I knew certainly was going to occur,” Juliette Grimmet said.

“It really wasn’t until this happened that I truly, truly found my voice.”

Inspired to help others facing similar experiences, Juliette Grimmet became a peer educator and pursued positive change through educating others and setting up programs to advocate for survivors.

Marc Grimmet said friends and allies of survivors can be especially important in supporting survivors.

“Sometimes, our friends and families tell us things that are happening to them, but we have to be really thoughtful about how we respond because if we respond in an inappropriate way it can really be more harmful than good,” Marc Grimmet said.

Marc Grimmet said hearing survivors’ stories is essential to raising awareness and creating a community that is recep-

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“Are You Ready?” is an annual conversation on preventing sexual assault on campus and returned for its 14th year Wednesday in Copley Formal Lounge. tive to change.

“I don’t think we can really appreciate it and know that we all have a role in doing something about it until we’re able to hear these stories and know they have been all too often and too common,” Marc Grimmet said.

Maddy Moore (SFS ’17), who is the chair of the Georgetown University Student Association safety and sexual assault policy team, said the purpose of the program is to develop a more supportive campus for survivors of sexual assault.

“The goal of ‘Are You Ready?’

is to create a university community that is supportive of survivors and that does not tolerate sexual assault,” Moore said.

Carla Goodwin (COL ’18), who attended the discussion, said events such as “Are You Ready” are critical to furthering the overall narrative around campus assault.

“I think it’s necessary since the prevalence of sexual assault on campuses is very wide and it is not really talked about,” Goodwin said. “I think events like this are just really important.”

Laura Chant (NHS ’18), who

also attended the event, said the conversation fostered by “Are You Ready” should continue beyond the night.

“Even though freshmen receive peer education on sexual assault during [New Student Orientation], it is vital that a larger conversation is had,” Chant said. “Recurring education is important to combat rape culture, so I really think events like ‘Are You Ready’ should be mandatory for all students; this conversation should no longer be ignored just because it makes some people uncomfortable.”

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The Georgetown Solidarity Committee rallied in 2015 to support Aramark employees during contract negotiations with Aramark management.

GSC Demands Workers’ Rights ADAM SHLOMI

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As the union representing facilities workers continues contract negotiations with the university, student advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee has accumulated more than 400 signatures from members of the community on a petition to push the university to address a series of contract demands, including a 5 percent raise and further raises tied to the cost of inflation.

The petition — launched online on Sept. 28 — will run for the next few weeks, according to GSC organizers. GSC hopes to obtain 1,000 signatures before submitting the petition to university administrators.

The petition is part of a campaign to promote awareness of ongoing contract negotiations. The university has been negotiating terms for a new labor contract with the Service Employees International Union 1199 Union Local since early September.

GSC is pushing the university to offer workers raises that are tied to cost of living increases and inflation. The university is currently offering a 2 percent increase in wages over the course of three years. GSC and Union 1199 are pushing for a 5 percent raise.

GSC members have also specified goals of ending understaffing and alleged racism and discrimination in the workplace and a minimum wage starting at $15 per hour.

The District’s minimum wage is currently $11.50 and

will reach $15 by 2020.

University Media Relations Manager Ryan King said Georgetown is searching for a fair compensation package and hopes to finalize a deal soon.

“We are committed to providing fair and competitive compensation packages for all university employees,” King wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “We have a long history of collective bargaining with 1199SEIU and we have reached mutually acceptable collective bargaining agreements with the union in every negotiation.”

Students can sign the petition in person at Red Square on Wednesdays and through an online Google form advertised on the GSC Facebook page.

GSC also organized rallies and protests near McShain Lounge in McCarthy Hall, the site of ongoing negotiations, on Sept. 22, the site of the ongoing negotiations. The group also published and distributed pamphlets outside O’Donovan Hall seeking to educate students and workers about the goals of the negotiations.

Though GSC has raised awareness on issues pertaining to understaffing and the mistreatment of workers, the negotiations are mostly centered around the increase in wages.

GSC member Joseph Gomez (SFS ’19) said the petition aims to raise student awareness and remind the administration that students care about workers on campus.

“Because it’s the begin-

ning of the year, we want to reinvigorate student support for workers and to show administration that students on campus support the workers,” Gomez said.

Previously, the organization has used petitions in conjunction with coordinated campaign efforts.

In 2013, GSC disseminated petitions in an effort to persuade the university to cut its sportswear manufacturing contract with Nike after the company was accused of worker’s rights violations.

GSC organized a petition drive in 2015 as part of a campaign that sought for improved work and wage conditions for Aramark workers during their contract renegotiations with Aramark. Aramark employees and management agreed to a contract in April 2015, which includes a 40-hour paid work week, plans for unionization and less expensive health insurance.

Joshueua Pena (COL ’17) said he hopes this campaign succeeds in advocating for workers’ rights, but he remains cynical about its impact.

“They’ve done this stuff before and nothing changed, maybe slightly, but not a huge impact,” Pena said.

Pena said workers’ issues require more than student activism.

“This is an ongoing issue that’s not going to be solved by petition. It needs something more drastic,” Pena said. “I appreciate the effort, but they are not having a tangible impact.”

The Class of 2020 will be the School of Foreign Service’s centennial class, the SFS administration announced in a celebratory event in the Intercultural Center Auditorium on Friday.

The event featured speeches

by SFS Dean Joel Hellman, Executive Director for the SFS Centennial Will Layman and several students. The event was followed by a barbecue and the distribution of SFS centennial Tshirts to all attendees on Copley Lawn.

Associate SFS Dean Sam Aronson said the SFS intends to showcase the past, present and future of the school through the centennial programs.

“The SFS as part of the Centennial wants to do many things, but we’re sort of dividing some of the work into three different buckets, one being past, present and future, and so The School That Walsh Built class is intentionally looking at the past, at the history of SFS,” Aronson said.

Leading up to its 100th anniversary in 2019, the SFS established a centennial office, which has spearheaded several new initiatives. Last spring, the SFS launched a special class on the history of the SFS called “The School That Walsh Built,” taught by SFS Chief of Staff Emily Zenick and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty

Affairs Tony Arend (SFS ’80). The class examined the university archives to identify prominent figures in the school and understand the school’s evolving culture throughout its history.

The SFS also formed the Century Scholars Program, where first-year students are paired with upperclassmen to celebrate the centennial and brainstorm possibilities for the next 100 years of the SFS, for the Class of 2019. The school is also launching the Centennial Entrepreneurship Program for students in the Class of 2020 this fall, given that the Class of 2020 will be the 100th graduating class from the SFS, while the Class of 2019 will be graduating in the school’s 100th year.

Aronson said the two centennial programs are designed to help the SFS develop plans for its future.

“It’s not meant to be binding but to help give the school some idea of what it could look like for the next century, so that’s another way to look at it,” Aronson said.

Centennial Entrepreneurship Program mentor Arielle Rosen (SFS ’19) said she appreciates the self-reflection the school is undergoing in preparation for the centennial.

“It’s been very cool to see how their idea for the centennial has been evolving and how they’re still trying to figure out what the SFS actually means and how to best celebrate that,”

Rosen said.

Century Scholar Isabella Perera (SFS ’19) said the SFS has done a good job engaging all stakeholders.

“I think it’s incredibly important that they’ve included the student voice,” Perera said. “I think it goes to show that they recognize the School of Foreign Service is a collaboration between the administrators, students and even alumni.”

Joshua Chang (SFS ’20), who attended the centennial kickoff event, said it made him proud to be in the SFS. “I really enjoyed the event because it helped instill this sense of pride, in the sense that you’re in a distinguished school for international relations and foreign service, but also this reverence for how far the school has come since before World War I all the way to now,” Chang said.

Chang said he was optimistic for the impact the SFS Class of 2020 could have in their four years at Georgetown.

“It’s such an honor to be part of the 100th--year class,” Chang said. “I know that my peers and I will go on to do great things in terms of career and things we learned within the School of Foreign Service, and I hope that we can leave behind some definitive or long-lasting legacy.

Hoya Staff Writer Haley Snyder contributed reporting.

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Lecture Fund Hosts Snowden SNOWDEN, from A1 “When you are talking about a liberal society, a modern society, our society, our government was founded on one bedrock principle and that is the consent of government — consent is only meaningful if it’s in a form,” Snowden said.

Snowden said privacy is about protecting information, not hiding it.

“Privacy isn’t about something to hide, privacy is about something to protect and that thing is you,” Snowden said. “When you lose privacy, you’re losing an open society, you’re losing the opportunity to make mistakes.”

Privacy is the most fundamental human right, according to Snowden.

“Privacy is the fountainhead from which every other right is derived,” Snowden said. “Privacy is the right to the self. Without it, you are not even part of society: You are just subject to it.”

Snowden said he was surprised by the events following his decision to leak classified information.

“I expected a five-day story,” Snowden said. “I thought I would end up in jail.”

Snowden currently resides in Russia, after the country granted him asylum in June 2013, the same month he began releasing the documents.

Snowden said he went to the press to raise awareness and make it more difficult for the U.S. government to deny the existence of his documents.

“I wanted to get the issues back on media and change the conversation,” Snowden said.

“But the media doesn’t tell stories without faces.”

According to Snowden, Stone’s film accurately portrays the state of U.S. policies relating to information and privacy.

“My particular focus of

the film that I was pleased to see is that a lot of the policy aspects were accurate,” Snowden said. “If my side of the story is screwed up I’m not that worried because I don’t care so much about my reputation.”

Lecture Fund Chairman D.J. Angelini (MSB ’17) said bringing Snowden to campus two years in a row showcases how classroom lessons translate to the world outside the university.

“Today we thought with all the news regarding privacy and civil liberties and the release of his movie, there isn’t a better time to bring a more relevant speaker to highlight some of these lessons we learn in the classroom in a real-life, tangible way,” Angelini said.

The Lecture Fund’s event featuring Snowden last year was delayed by 45 minutes due to a technical glitch.

Danae Alogoskoufi (COL ’20), who attended the event, said Snowden’s arguments on privacy were reasonable.

“I particularly agreed with Snowden when he argued that without privacy all our other rights are diminished,” Alogoskoufi said. “I thought he was very articulate with his views and I liked the fact that he did not want the focus to be on him but at the same time he realized that if he did not speak out they would bury his discovery.”

Aishah Malhas (COL ’20) said she appreciated Snowden’s attitude in light of the public attention he has garnered.

“His modesty regarding his role in disclosing top-secret NSA files and his indifference about the consequences that this bore on his own life proved how passionate he was about what he was fighting for and how much he considered cyber freedom to be essential,” Malhas said.

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Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards discussed reproductive rights in a Lecture Fund-sponsored address at Georgetown in April. The organization opened its only clinic in D.C. this September.

Planned Parenthood Clinic Opens CLINIC, from A1 The Carol Whitehill Moses Center directly replaces one in downtown D.C. that closed in June 2015 when its lease expired after 40 years of service. Another clinic in Southeast D.C. closed in 2014 after a new owner redeveloped the building it occupied. Maryland hosts three other locations in Suitland, Gaithersburg and Silver Spring, close to the metropolitan area.

The Carol Whitehill Moses Center President of External Relations Mara Braunger said the location’s opening is the product of years of planning and represents the core of Planned Parenthood.

“We are thrilled. This has been years in the making,” Braunger said. “The current facility not only encompasses our values, of our dignity and of the Planned Parenthood brand but also is a fantastic thinker for a vibrant resource center in Northeast D.C.”

“It will provide vital health services to women and men across the region.”

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden addressed students via Skype in Lohrfink Auditorium on Wednesday.

Van Hollen, who attended the center’s opening gala, said he fought attempts to defund Planned Parenthood in the Senate so more locations nationwide will have access to reproductive rights.

“It will provide vital health services to women and men across the region,” Hollen wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“Planned Parenthood makes every effort to provide a safe and welcoming environment for its patients and employees, and I am confident this new facility will be welcomed as a vital health resource in the community.”

Prior to the opening of the

new D.C. Planned Parenthood, the organization operated weekly clinics out of the Shaw-based nonprofit Bread for the City, which provides low-income D.C. residents with comprehensive services.

Bread for the City Communications Manager Karen Byer said the partnership between the two organizations proved beneficial for the community.

“We were pleased to open up our center to PP of DC,” Byer wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We see ourselves as community partners and we were happy that we could play a small role in their expansion.”

The clinic offers services to both men and women including breast and pelvic exams, emergency contraception, same-day birth control, treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HPV vaccines and abortion services.

In 2015, Planned Parenthood served more than 20,000 people in the D.C. area. According to a Sept.

27 article from The Washington Post, 12,000 women used its birth control and 19,000 people were treated for sexually transmitted diseases last year. Fifty-four percent of its patients were women of color and 42 percent were 25 or younger.

Braunger said Planned Parenthood works to serve low-income patients who might not otherwise have access to medical services. Additionally, she cited the facility as a space for people to receive services without stigma or criticism.

“Planned Parenthood across the nation fills needs for low-income women and men and even more than that in the beacon of safety, where people can come for a variety of reproductive health services where they are treated in supportive favor,” Braunger said. “And no matter what service, they receive it without any judgment. I’m not sure that a whole lot of medical facilities can stand behind that type of grand presence.”

Amelia Irvine (COL ’19), president of anti-abortion student group Vita Saxa, said opening a new clinic was unnecessary given the presence of three other clinics in the D.C. area.

“I regard this clinic’s opening as deeply saddening, but I ultimately understand that this is no great accomplishment for Planned Parenthood,” Irvine wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Women have other options in D.C. for obtaining contraceptives, primary care, STI testing and cancer screening, and thus the opening of this Planned Parenthood clinic only hurts women in the District.”

After construction of the clinic began in September 2015, anti-abortion activists clashed with the neighboring Two Rivers Public Charter School. According to a December 2015 lawsuit filed by the school’s board of trustees, the alleged protesters heckled children as young as 3 years old by displaying images of aborted fetuses.

In July, protesters accepted the terms of an injunction to limit their activity near the school. According to the injunction, the protesters are not allowed to interact with anyone on school grounds.

Though Irvine said she disagreed with the tactics used by these protesters, she is troubled by the clinic’s proximity to the elementary school.

“I don’t believe it’s appropriate for pro-life protesters to deliberately show graphic images of any sort to children,” Irvine wrote. “It is highly inappropriate for the clinic to be located next to an elementary school. My first concern is for post-abortive women; I can’t imagine seeing an elementary school or children at recess after undergoing an abortion.”

The new facility was designed to protect its workers from protesters, with security guards checking in guests at the entrance. Additionally, employees can leave through an outdoor courtyard instead of the main entrance to avoid

abortion protesters.

Safety measures were brought on in light of multiple high-profile attacks on Planned Parenthood clinics, one of the most recent occurring when Robert Lewis Dear Jr. shot and killed three and injured nine more at a Colorado Springs clinic last November.

“It is highly inappropriate for the clinic to be located next to an elementary school.”

AMELIA IRVINE (COL ’19) President of Vita Saxa

H*yas for Choice Co-President Emily Stephens (COL ’18) said she agrees that employee safety is a large concern for the new clinic.

“Most Planned Parenthoods face pretty much constant protest. That’s why there are clinic escorts who go and stand outside as a counterbalance to the protesters and escort people who are actually using the clinic inside,” Stephens said.

“D.C. is lucky because they have a really well-established clinic escort program.”

Braunger said as an employee of Planned Parenthood, she is confident enough in its safety measures to feel secure working there.

“The way Planned Parenthood works is we have a very realistic view of safety and making sure that the safety of our patients comes as a priority. And so if I didn’t feel secure and comfortable I wouldn’t work here,” Braunger said. “It’s top priority and we have a very strong safety record, we have multilayered protocol in place, we have a very good relationship with all levels of law enforcement.

And so I feel as comfortable working here as I would anywhere in the District.”

Smoking Petition Launches Bowser Addresses Shooting Smoke Free Georgetown seeks referendum SMOKING, from A1 have done. So, we want to follow suit and do the exact same thing.”

As of 2:30 a.m., the Facebook page had amassed 255 likes. Callander and Williams declined to disclose the number of signatures on the petition so far.

Williams said the group was motivated to bring Georgetown in line with peer institutions to create a healthier campus.

“The initiative was started to try and bring Georgetown in line with our peer institutions with the ultimate goal of improving the health of our students, faculty and visitors of campus,” Williams said.

A 2012 surgeon general’s report on tobacco use said secondhand smoking is linked to fetal abnormalities and can exacerbate asthma and preexisting lung conditions.

GUSA has not been made formally aware of the group’s goal of a smoke-free campus, according to Fisk, but it is willing to take the necessary steps to address the issue if the student body desires.

“The topic of a smoke free campus has not been something formally brought to us, but if students care about it

and want to make it a priority, we’ll respond accordingly,” Fisk wrote.

GUSA Senator At-Large Scott Lowder (COL ’17) said he is in favor of a campuswide ban on smoking because secondhand smoke can adversely affect students with health issues.

Lowder said his own experience with asthma has made him aware of the public health issue smoking poses.

“I do believe smoking shouldn’t be on campus. I think the overriding concern should always be the health of the students, especially as a student who suffers from asthma and has actually gotten asthma attacks from direct exposure to secondhand smoke,” Lowder said.

Smoking is a common concern for prospective parents, according to Williams. Williams, who is a Blue and Gray Society tour guide, said many parents of prospective students expressed their concern at the amount of smokers on campus.

For Williams, the personal inspiration for Smoke Free Georgetown was the desire to improve his own health and that of other students on campus.

“I started thinking about

this my sophomore year, but I’m also a tour guide. All the time I get questions from parents asking ‘Why do I see people smoking on campus?’”

Williams said. “It’s something that’s important to me. My health and the health of my peers is very important to me.”

Callander said Georgetown should emulate other universities in banning smoking and promoting the health of students.

“The entire [Univeristy of California] system and [California State University] system already consists of about 30 to 40 schools. They all went 100 percent smoke-free in 2013 and 2014. You see these public schools have this trend of doing this because this is a very positive initiative,” Callander said. “So we want to take ourselves to the same spot.”

Smoke Free Georgetown aims to allow students with concerns about smoking on campus to express their views on whether smoking should be allowed on campus, according to Callander.

“We leave it up to the student body. We’re literally the messengers and we want the students to be the push. It’s not our place to do it,” Callander said.

STERLING, from A1 transparent government,” Chapple said.

The body-worn camera footage begins one to three minutes after the shooting took place and shows Sterling bleeding on the ground as officers attempt to administer first aid to him.

“Keep looking at me, keep looking at me, buddy, keep looking at me, look at me,” an officer can be heard yelling.

“Open them up, there you go.

Open them up, open them up, open your eyes.”

The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in D.C. said Sterling had two bullet wounds — one in his neck and one in his back. MPD declined to comment.

Chapple said it is still unclear when the investigation, undertaken by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, will be complete.

“We tried to maintain open[ness] and transparency and we want the investigation to be done in a complete manner,” Chapple said.

During a press conference last week, the Sterling family’s attorney Jason Downs probed several details of the case, including whether there are any additional surveillance videos. According to Downs, the Sterling family was allowed to see a 60-to 90-second clip — which was not included

in the public video — which allegedly contained footage of a police union representative urging Trainer to turn off his camera.

Downs further questioned why the hasty arrival of a police union representative on the scene preceded the arrival of medical attendants.

“The family and the community want to know, who do these officers call first?”

Downs said. “Do they call an ambulance to protect an innocent civilian? Or did they call a police union representative to help Officer Trainer get his story straight?”

One point of contention surrounding Sterling’s death is why Trainer’s body-worn camera was not turned on until a few minutes after he shot Sterling. In response to this incident, D.C. officials have mandated that dispatchers remind officers to switch their cameras on before responding.

Harlan Yu, principal of Upturn, a company that released a scorecard with the Leadership Conference Aug. 2 in order to monitor bodyworn cameras in cities across the country, said D.C.’s policy regarding those cameras has improved with the new measure. Yu also praised D.C.’s commitment to transparency in showing those who were captured on the videos the footage.

Overall, Upturn favorably categorized MPD’s policy of limiting officers’ discretion on when to record, making the MPD policy publicly and readily available and making footage available for individuals filing complaints. However, the policy was criticized for limiting retention of footage and for placing no restrictions on the use of biometric technologies like facial recognition to identify individuals in footage.

“I think it’s a positive step in the right direction,” Yu said.

“D.C.’s policy is pretty good in requiring officers to record all interactions; they have a pretty long list of required events where body worn cameras need to be on.”

Yu noted by not having his camera on at the time of the incident, Trainer acted in violation of both former and current MPD policy. Yu said the body-worn camera policy must not be ignored in the future by officers if it is to be truly successful.

“It’s certainly the case that in the Terrence Sterling incident, that officer should have had his camera on, and it wasn’t, and that officer had pretty clearly violated D.C. police policy on this,” Yu said. “While the policy itself is pretty strong, it’s only as good as the enforcement of that policy by staff.”

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The innovative use of data will significantly benefit the next White House administration, according to a new report by the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation and the McCourt School of Public Policy.

Sponsored by the Case Foundation, Nielsen and the Democracy Fund, the report — titled “The Architecture of Innovation: Institutionalizing Innovation in Federal Policy Making” — was released and presented at the second session of the Beeck Center’s “Data for Social Good” series Wednesday.

The report outlined suggestions to both Republican and Democratic presidential transition teams and encouraged hiring more technologically skilled employees throughout the public sector and incorporating technological innovation in city planning.

Beeck Center Executive Director Sonal Shah outlined the report and said the center is ready to start pursuing these goals and initiating policy discussions.

“We are thrilled with this report and also the incredible response that we’ve gotten on how to think about this architecture in the nation and government, especially in the federal government, and how to really think about these issues on a state level, but even internationally at the same time,” Shah said.

University Provost Robert Groves also discussed the need for new data ethics in the field, specifically citing how ethics should play a larger role in both data collection and use.

“This is a moment in time where we all collectively need to develop a new ethical framework for the treatment of data,” Groves said.

“This phrase ‘data ethics’ is a term that we at Georgetown have been talking a lot about, and that both means the use of data for ethical purposes but also the inclusion of all sections of the population covered by data in order to drive our research.”

Groves added that data

To ensure health equity, there needs to be a united response to the prevalence of racism in health care, according to President of the American Public Health Association Camara Jones at a talk at the Georgetown University Medical Center on Monday.

According to Jones, racism has three levels — institutionalized, personally mediated and internalized — that each contributes to differing qualities of health care between demographics.

Jones said it is important to tackle all three levels of racism.

“That is our challenge, especially in these days. That is our challenge when you are activated as a campus community to acknowledge history and then have to rectify it,” Jones said. “The reason we need universal access to high-quality health care is because that’s how a civilized society values all of its people equally.”

Various systems of oppression must be addressed to ensure health equity, according to Jones.

“We must address these systems of power like racism, heterosexism, economic systems like capitalism and the like that are distributing resources in populations if we want to achieve social justice and eliminate health disparity.”

Jones also identified three major obstacles to reaching health equity: a lack of knowledge about historical culture, a narrow focus on the individual and an emphasis on meritocracy, which is particularly dangerous.

“The myth of meritocracy is a myth of equal opportunity which has not yet been realized in this country,” Jones said.

Jones said racism can be invisible to those who are not affected by it.

“It is difficult for men to recognize male privilege and sexism. It is difficult for white Americans to recognize white privilege and racism. It is difficult for all Americans to recognize how American privilege in the global context is,” Jones said.

“But for those on the outside, they are very aware of that there’s a two-sided sign going

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Provost Robert Groves spoke at the Beeck Center’s “Data for Social Good” series Wednesday. ethics are important for the university and other peer institutions that view community service and care for others as core aspects of their missions.

“We’re here because I think we share the belief that investing in data can help to increase both the understanding of us as a people, as a society, that human behavior that drives societal improvements and thereby improves public policy,” Groves said. “This is an institution that is devoted to service to others, and we think data can be a force for social good, so let’s hope that we’re devoting our energy to that.”

The event also featured a fireside chat with U.S. Chief Data Scientist in the Office of Science and Technology Policy DJ Patil, Executive Director for the Deloitte Center for Government Insights William D. Eggers and Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy Edward Montgomery. A panel discussion with Executive Director of the International Business Machines Center for the Business of Governance Daniel Chenok, professor and former Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy Donald Kettl, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia Archana Vemulapalli and National Director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge Karen Ev-

ans followed.

Sunil Ishairzay, a managing partner of sustainable development nonprofit Earthopia who attended the event, said he was interested in how the speakers and the report connect data with other global issues such as rural development and democratization.

“Technology is one of the areas that we’re really looking to to help with a lot of these rural development areas so that they can leapfrog into different stages,” Ishairzay said. “I’m also interested to see how they use data not just as a tool for governance, but also how they can use it for actual social good and to make it useful for democratization, for true democracy, to give people a voice.”

Clara Cecil (MSB ’18), who also attended the event, said she was interested in use of data as a tool for service and hoped the event would touch on how data can work to solve global environmental issues.

“I’m really interested in using data for the betterment of society. I’m curious as to how it will be used in the next administration,” Cecil said. “I would like to see a connection with the environment and how that plays into all of these things, and especially how that will impact data in the years to come.”

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on because the sign’s closed to them and they can look through the window and see people inside.”

Jones said even those who do not see racism must help address its prevalence in society.

“Does racism really exist? I say I know it’s hard to know.

In fact, that’s part of being privileged — not to have to know,” Jones said. “But once you do know, you choose to act. So it’s not a scary thing; it’s an empowering thing.

And it doesn’t even compel you to act, but it equips you to act.”

Jones proposed three steps towards achieving health equity: naming racism, considering in what forms racism is operating and organizing and strategizing to act. Addressing the social determinants of health is imperative in eliminating inequities in health care.

Taylor Brown (NHS ’16), who attended the event, said Jones’ call to action is a guiding principle as she prepares for life after Georgetown. A health care management and policy major, Brown said she hopes to influence the health care system to become more equitable.

“Being a health care management and policy major, it’s honestly been a very interdisciplinary major as

far as studies go,” Brown said. “While I am interested in both management and policy, no matter what job I end up getting, I definitely want to not lose sight of the fact that I want to go into the health care field to create a more equitable system, and she gave me so many tips and recommendations to keep in mind as I’m looking for jobs.”

NHS Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs Brian Floyd said it is important for Georgetown to seek health equity in the community’s actions.

“As our institution has recently announced its steps to atone for its past with slavery, we also feel that this talk and topic is an important part of these efforts, not only to raise awareness to those in our community of the health disparities that continue to exist for many vulnerable populations but also to share how we as a school are committed to aiding in this effort,” Floyd said.

Jones invited the audience to participate in her talk and her work as a whole.

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Sophomore Anthony Perrino led the Hoyas with a two over par 74 finish last weekend, giving him a 15-over-par 231 at the three-round Firestone Invitational.

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Despite strong performances from juniors Cole Berman and Jack Musgrave, the Georgetown men’s golf team finished 15th at the Firestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Monday and Tuesday.

Carding a four-over-par 220 for the three-day tournament, Berman and Musgrave were the bright spots in an otherwise disappointing performance. The University of Cincinnati won the tournament, scoring an impressive 14-under-par 850, while Illinois State finished runner-up with a final tally of 853, good for 11 under par.

After the 36-hole first day, highlighted by Berman’s evenpar 144 effort and complemented by Musgrave’s one over 145 performance, the Hoyas stood in 16th place. Over the course of the tournament, the Hoyas shot a 32-over-par 896.

Freshman Eduardo Blochtein carded a 12-over 228, finishing 66th overall. Sophomore Anthony Perrino and junior Sam Madsen scored a 231 and 232, respectively.

Coming off a successful 2015-16 campaign that saw the Hoyas claim the Big East crown by a remarkable 27 strokes, Head Coach Tommy

Hunter knows the Blue and Gray are capable of better golf.

When asked to reflect on his team’s performance, Coach Hunter, a three-time Big East Champion, expressed regret in the Hoyas’ lack of consistency over the three rounds.

“We were disappointed in our play at Firestone. We just couldn’t get anything going to gain any momentum. It is a game where we need all five guys playing together in every 18-hole round. We will learn from it and move on,” Hunter said.

Coach Hunter’s assurance of improvement draws on recent success — Georgetown’s 15th-place finish at Firestone comes on the heels of an impressive eighth-place finish in the Hoyas’ season opening competition at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate in Hattiesburg, Miss., in mid-September.

When competing at Hattiesburg Country Club, consistency defined the Hoyas’ solid tournament showing. Blochtein, Madsen and Musgrave all turned in a three-over 216 to place 28th in individual competition.

Georgetown’s final round in Hattiesburg proved to be its strongest. Blochtein impressed with a three-under 68, while Cole Berman, who finished six over at 219, shot a two-under 69. Additionally, Anthony Per-

rino wrapped up his six-over 219 tournament with a oneunder 70.

As the season continues, Georgetown’s next tournament will take place in South Bend, Ind. at Notre Dame University’s Gridiron classic.

The Hoyas did not compete in Notre Dame’s home tournament in 2015, but will look to impress in their return to the competition. According to Hunter, that will require mastery of the fundamentals.

“We are excited about returning to The Gridiron Classic hosted by Notre Dame. The Warren Golf Course is a classic design that requires precision off the tee and a steady putter,” Hunter said.

Better than anyone, Coach Hunter knows the Hoyas’ potential, especially coming off a season that saw Georgetown qualify for the NCAA regional tournament. In preparing for the schools against which the Blue and Gray will compete, Coach Hunter hopes to use the Gridiron Classic as a measuring stick for Georgetown’s progression.

“The field is very strong,” Hunter said. “Playing this weekend is an opportunity to compete against some of the finest teams in the nation.”

Tee off for the tournament is set for Sunday in South Bend, Ind.

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ew York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall is the one voice of reason in this week’s mass media attack on New York Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr. In the past four weeks, Beckham has engaged in numerous verbal confrontations with players, acquired a number of unsportsmanlike conduct/ taunting penalties and assaulted a kicking net. The emotional month culminated on Monday night when Beckham accused NFL referees of unfairly targeting him after he drew a taunting penalty during an altercation with Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes, who was not penalized.

A deluge of media headlines followed, criticizing everything from Beckham’s unsportsmanlike conduct to “the six inches between his ears.”

Included in those headlines were quotes from Giants quarterback Eli Manning, which came after the game, as well as from head coach Ben McAdoo from a few days prior to the incident. Both men publicly criticized Beckham’s actions.

And since no one — save Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver Dez Bryant — seemed to be coming to Beckham’s aide, the criticisms from both Beckham’s quarterback and coach were not singled out or questioned.

It was not until late on Wednesday that a shining light appeared in the darkness of this week’s sports media in the form of an article quoting Brandon Marshall.

Marshall told NJ.com that McAdoo and Manning “don’t need to be speaking out on their teammate. They need to keep that in-house.”

Marshall claimed that the two should refrain from airing their grievances to the media, in case it drives Beckham out

of the organization.

While this is a legitimate concern, Beckham would only be driven out because the public criticism of a member of one’s team is inherently inappropriate and could create a tense and uncomfortable playing environment.

Amanda Christovich This is not the BeckhamJosh Norman feud, where two opposing players use the media to get in each other’s heads. This is not an instance in which Beckham has committed a non-football-related crime worthy of denouncing.

These are the members of Beckham’s own support system, joining the media frenzy against him instead of privately offering advice.

There is absolutely no reason why McAdoo should be telling reporters that Beckham needs to “control his emotions better” and be less of a distraction to his teammates.

There is absolutely no reason why Manning should be telling the media he believes Beckham is to blame for the referees’ targeting of him.

It does not matter whether or not these statements are true — they should not be in the media.

It is clear that Beckham’s emotional issues are causing problems within the Giants organization. Beckham had the worst game of his career on Monday night, with only three catches amounting to

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a measly 23 yards. Criticism of Beckham’s behavior could therefore be warranted as it affects his performance on the field.

But these criticisms need to stay in the locker room. Manning needs to take Beckham out to dinner — I would suggest Po Boys or gumbo — and privately explain his suggestions on handling referees. McAdoo needs to call Beckham into his office, close the door and discuss methods for dealing with the recent taunting Beckham has encountered.

Manning’s and McAdoo’s statements to the media are at best careless, at worst selfish.

In essence, the two just pulled a ‘Taylor Swift’: a desperate attempt to exclude themselves from the narrative of Beckham’s troubles in order to avoid media attacks of the rest of the Giants, who could be seen as condoning inappropriate behavior.

And it worked — Manning and McAdoo have completely avoided being included in the Beckham-bashing. But in saving themselves, they have created an even more volatile environment in the media, and potentially in the locker room.

What Beckham’s colleagues should be telling reporters is that they do not condone punching kicking nets, but they will still work with their teammate to fix problems. Instead, they are tossing out selfrighteous comments as if they were warm-up footballs.

Both men should know better.

Thankfully, Brandon Marshall already does.

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As the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams prepare for the upcoming seasons, both teams believe that this will be the year it achieves one of the program’s primary goals: capturing a conference championship.

“I think it is a lot more doable to win the Big East,” junior Sara Swift said.

After last year’s finish in the Big East tournament, both teams find themselves in similar positions. The men’s team finished fourth in the regular season but was knocked out by the then No. 5 Xavier Musketeers in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. The women also finished fourth in the regular season, but fell to the top-ranked DePaul Blue Demons in the semifinals. The Demons then went on to win the Big East tournament.

Both teams suffered from inconsistency last year. This year, they believe that recognizing this common struggle and trying to work past it will help prepare them for the upcoming season.

“Last year, we kind of had a disappointing Big East [Tournament] after losing to Xavier [in the quarterfinals],” junior Peter Beatty said. “I think last year was a little bit of a rocky year … but this year I think we know how to compete.”

Swift attests to last year’s unpredictability, but also contends that it has shaped a team ready to make a serious run at the Big East Championship.

“It was harder last year because we moved around so much, but this year we have more of a set team. … We all want to win the Big East,”

Swift said. “That’s kind of the goal every year. Last year kind of seemed like the first year we could actually accomplish it.

Last year, four out of the top six girls were all new, so I think just with one year under their belts, it’ll help a lot.”

According to Head Coach Gordie Ernst, his players are prepared for this season and have come a long way thus far in the program.

“We’ve just got more confidence,” Ernst explained. “It’s two different types of teams.

When you watch them play now, you don’t worry about their experience. You don’t worry about them getting nervous. They just play, and they play like veterans.”

Swift, Beatty, and sophomore Cecilia Lynham agreed that winning the doubles point will be one of the most crucial factors for finding success this season. In formal match play, doubles play always precedes singles play and often sets the mood for the remainder of the contest.

“The doubles point is a huge momentum swing,” Beatty said. “For us, that was the biggest difference in our match against Xavier in the regular season and the Big East tournament. They won the doubles point in the Big East [tournament] and we won it in the regular [season] and it completely turned the course of the match.”

“I think if we can get the doubles down, that’ll make everything a lot easier,” Swift said.

Though Ernst also values the doubles point, he is concerned that the players often let concerns about winning it dictate their overall play in a negative way. To further ex-

plain his reasoning, Ernst alluded to a legend of another sport.

“Imagine Tom Brady worrying about completing a pass so much that he underthrows and he overthrows [his receivers],” Ernst said. “I want these guys to just relax and go out there, play. We’ve got talent.

We’ve got experience. … Sometimes, the significance of the doubles point overwhelms them.”

The men’s team enters its tournament this weekend at the Farnsworth Invitational following wins against Old Dominion and Brown University at the Penn Invitational, where it competed against several Ivy league schools. According to Beatty, the team is more comfortable going forward because of its stability at the top of the lineup. “[Coach Ernst] has laid out for us what he expects from us and where we are going to play. He wants me to play number one [singles] this year.

I played at number one at [Penn Invitational], and there is definitely a lot I can work on in terms of adding consistency to my game.”

Looking to spring postseason play , Ernst believes that both teams have the potential to matchup against some of the best tennis programs in the conference.

“We have the talent on both sides to do it. When you’ve got a group this experienced, when they get to play as underdogs, then you can pull off an upset,” Ernst said.

For now, the Hoyas look forward to the Farnsworth Invitational in Princeton, N.J. this weekend as another form of preparation for spring competition.

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The Georgetown volleyball team (5-13, 1-4 Big East) looks to improve its conference record this weekend against Providence (12-8, 0-4 Big East) on Friday and Creighton (10-6, 4-0 Big East) on Saturday, both on home court.

Georgetown suffered two tough 3-1 losses on the road last weekend against Marquette (13-4, 3-2 Big East) and DePaul (10-7, 4-1 Big East) and is looking to change the momentum.

Despite great efforts from several players at the net and in the backcourt, the Midwest matches revealed some of the team’s weaknesses.

Head Coach Arlisa Williams said blocking broke down and was not where it needed to be over the weekend.

“We did not block nearly as well as we need to block.

So that has been our focus at practice this week, [that] is how we are going to block some more balls,” Williams said.

Additionally, some long scoring runs by Marquette and DePaul made it difficult for Georgetown to recover and take a commanding lead during gameplay. In order to avoid runs this weekend, Williams emphasized the fundamentals of serving and passing in practice as well.

Williams said her team always has a great attitude on court, but when opponents go on runs, it is easy for the Hoyas to lose their mental edge — often breaks down the fundamentals of their game.

“One of the things we’ve actually been doing all year is some mental training at the beginning of every practice. I think our players are buying into that, so that makes a significant difference. And we just need to give them gentle reminders, and sometimes not so gentle reminders, that they have to think positive and have an optimistic outlook, ” Williams said.

Sophomore outside hitter Liv King also spoke about team efforts off the court to keep a strong mental edge during the game.

“The biggest thing in the locker room is that we are being positive with each other. We’re holding each other accountable, and we’re making sure we all are working

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Sophomore setter Paige McKnight recorded seven kills in Sunday’s 3-1 loss. She has 61 kills this season. towards our goals. I think as long as the mindset is there, our game is going to start getting there, too,” King said.

King has consistently been one of the team’s leading offensive players, posting seven kills at both matches last weekend.

She attributes her ability to execute at the net to the work of her teammates.

“What gives me the good opportunity to be a very good offensive asset is that our passing is really good and our setting is really solid. So, we’ve been working a lot on defense, and my setter, [sophomore] Paige [McKnight], is really good at getting us one-on-one with blockers, so I think they are giving me the opportunity to do really well,” Knight said. “Also, I’m focusing on getting all the way off the net and keeping my elbow high.”

Williams kept practices short this week to give her players rest midseason. With school ramping up, as well as Big East play, she stressed the importance of taking care of their bodies in order to see good results come game day.

“Right now, it’s October — school is ramping up, Big

East [games] are ramping up, their bodies are breaking down. So, we think that one of the best ways to get more out of our players is actually to shorten our practices,” Williams said. “So, we are trying to be intense at practice, focused at practice, but going a shorter period of time. So I think that’s going to help us.”

Providence will enter Friday’s match seeking its first conference win of the season. Sophomore outside hitter Megan Onyundo, middle blocker Allison Impellizeri and senior outside hitter Kayla Fitzgerald lead the Friars offensively.

On Saturday, Creighton looks to defend its currently undefeated conference record. 6-foot-3-inch sophomore outside hitter Jaali Winters and 6-foot-4-inch outside hitter Taryn Kloth lead the Blue Jays’ offense.

Winters has 186 kills and 175 digs so far this season, and Kloth has 152 kills.

Freshman libero Brittany Witt also posts impressive stats in the back row with 241 digs.

Games on Friday and Saturday are both set to start at 6 p.m. in McDonough Gymnasium.

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Freshman defensive lineman Marquis Parris had six total tackles and one tackle for loss in Friday’s 31-17 loss to Harvard. He was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week,

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up 33 first downs last week, the defense will need to limit the yardage it allows. Doing so will be no easy task against a Princeton offense that has averaged 37 points and 414 total yards per game.

The Tigers are led by senior quarterback Chad Kanoff, who is starting for the second straight year.

The California native had an efficient performance last week, completing 21 of his 25 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns.

Princeton has also found success on the ground, with sophomore running back Charlie Volker and senior running back Joe Rhattigan combining for six touchdowns this season.

Junior quarterback John Lovett, despite only attempting 20 passes so far this season, has added to the dynamic attack with six rushing touchdowns of his own. Faced with a statistically dominant opponent, the Georgetown defense still believes it has superior size and strength.

“Their offense, they’re decent, they work together, but they’re also undersized, so we are going to play that to our advantage,” Parris said.

On the other side of the ball, the Hoya offense looks to continue making explosive plays.

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Brandon Williams’ 76-yard touchdown reception against Harvard was the team’s longest play of the season. Later that game, junior running back Isaac Ellsworth’s 74-yard touchdown run became the second-longest. “[Williams and Ellsworth] can run away from just about anybody,” Sgarlata said. “We think that if we can get our guys in space that we can make some plays.”

“I know that as a running back, I can trust the holes and just take off.”

Isaac Ellsworth Junior Running Back

Ellsworth, who finished with 109 yards on ten carries last week, noted that creating the opportunities for large gains is a team effort.

“I just got to give thanks to the line and the receivers. They really set it up. We’re a cutting team, and we’re going to try to take the legs out and get outside,” Ellsworth said. “So I feel like when an opportunity is there, I know that as a running back I can trust the holes and just take off.”

However, Georgetown may be without senior quarterback

Tim Barnes for the first time this year. Although he is not officially ruled out this week, Barnes injured his shoulder late in the second quarter against Harvard.

Should Barnes not play, the starting role will fall to sophomore quarterback Clay Norris.

Last week, Norris finished 10 of 19 passes with 45 yards and an interception.

Under both quarterbacks, the unit has continuously struggled on third downs, converting just three of 30 in its past two games. Ellsworth pointed to poor communication as an issue.

“There were some times we weren’t completely sure what we were doing,” Ellsworth said. “We just gotta get back to the basics — not make it tricky for our quarterback.”

Another key to the game will be converting turnovers into points. Georgetown has taken the ball away four times in each of the past two games but only scored three points off those turnovers in each game.

“That’s a big goal for us this week, to capitalize on those opportunities, because they’re huge momentum shifts in the game,” Sgarlata said.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Cooper Field.

The game will be broadcast on the Patriot League Network and Sirius XM radio.

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of his availability this coming series. Veterans Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman are also downplaying minor injuries they had previously reported.

It is easy, therefore, to imagine this club limping into the postseason, hoping to have something left to push back against other playoff squads. To make matters worse, the Nationals lost 2-3 to the Dodgers in the regular season.

Kershaw has also handled the Nationals; in the seven games he has pitched against Washington — dating back to 2013 — Kershaw has won all seven games with a 0.68 ERA, allowing just four runs and throwing 67 strikeouts.

On the other hand, the playoffs have always proven that anything can happen in October: Kershaw’s famous playoff woes can

attest to that. The way the Nationals and Dodgers played three months ago is therefore not the most helpful indicator of potential performance. I do not believe that the Nationals are necessarily a decimated team.

While the injuries hurt the team, the healthy players have proven to be part of one of the more consistent lineups and pitching staffs in baseball. Harper has been covered convincingly by Murphy and Trea Turner has proved a dynamic presence at the top of the lineup.

The losses of Ramos and Strasburg — the two most glaring absences — will be noticed. There is no skirting around the fact that both players have had extremely high-quality years and have been important cogs in the team.

Nevertheless, a good baseball team has depth for a reason. The pitching staff can look to streaky

Gio Gonzalez and young gun Tanner Roark, along with the hopeful resurgence of Joe Ross and his newfound stamina. The pieces are there, enough so that Nationals’ chances do not rest solely on the argument that “anything can happen in October.”

I will look back fondly on this 95-67 season as a valuable and successful example of what a wellrun club can accomplish.

It is now time to leave the regular season and wistful looks at the fuller rosters of yore behind.

The prognosticators can say what they will and write the headlines they wish, but the fundamental truth is that the Nationals have tried-and-tested pieces at every position. This could be their year.

Matt Raab is a senior in the School of Foreign Service.

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Consistent Effort Key to Win LIBERTY from A9

Though the Hoyas’ 21 shots against the Lancers was their second-most recorded shots of the season, the team has had trouble consistently remaining on the attack for entire games. Soares noted that Georgetown has been paying particular attention to two-on-one situations as a focal point during practice this week.

“We’ve talked a lot about being relentless on offense and defense, something we did well against Longwood and have to in order to beat Liberty,” Soares said.

According to Thompson, scoring early has been integral to the team’s success this year. Striking first offensively will again play a significant role in Georgetown’s matchup with Liberty.

“We’ve been working on having an attacking mindset early, as we’re much better off when we score first,” Thompson said. “We’re both energetic teams, so beating them early on with a goal is a key focus for us.”

Looking forward to Sunday, Thompson emphasized that Georgetown must meet

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Senior defender Devin Holmes has played in eight games this season and recorded one assist.

Liberty’s intensity on the field as a conference rival.

She added that the Hoyas must also use this game as a chance to improve their conference play.

“We need to match and exceed their energy, and take advantage of the opportunity we have to improve our [in-conference] record,” Thompson said.

“Any game is an opportunity to change and cre-

ate your own moments, especially at this point in the season when you’re facing tough conference opponents,” Soares said. “We’ll look for any moment we can to do that next game.”

Play will begin at noon tomorrow at Liberty. After this game, Georgetown will face the No. 2 Providence Friars (9-3, 2-1 Big East) at Cooper Field on Oct. 14.

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Sailing Open last year and Georgetown’s top overall recruit.

“He was billed that way coming in,” Callahan said. “He’s sailing that way right now.”

Callahan also believed the freshmen’s performance could signal future successes.

“Some of our freshmen have a real chance to start for us at the end of the season,” Callahan said.

As for the veteran members of the team, senior captain AJ Reiter has replaced Nevin Snow, who graduated in May, as top skipper for the Hoyas. Reiter and his crew tied for first at the U.S. Naval Academy’s Intrepid Trophy, but lost to the home team in a tiebreaker.

“Some of our freshmen have a real chance to start for us at the end of the season.”

MICHAEL CALLAHAN Head Coach

“They only lost two races throughout the weekend,” Callahan said. “I think it was a good result for them. I think they probably wish they could have those two losses back because I’m sure they think they can beat those teams again.”

The match-racing competition mainly serves as a precursor to conference championships, as it allows the sailors to adjust to competing with an entirely new team.

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The sailing team will compete in three regattas this weekend, including the MAISA Men’s Singlehanded championship.

The Georgetown sailing team has been successful in its regattas thus far, but has had difficulty overcoming top competitors like Yale, a favorite to win the National Championship.

With consistent performers like Stanford, Dartmouth and the College of Charleston showing tremendous promise, Georgetown has its work cut out.

The sea, however, is not all that stormy. The team’s results thus far as well as the performance of Georgetown’s young sailors lend

themselves to an optimistic outlook.

With the talent of its sailors, Coach Callahan at the helm and a successful start to the season, Georgetown looks on track to remain in contention for back-toback national titles.

Next weekend Georgetown will compete at the Carl Van Duyne MAISA Singles at the U.S. Naval Academy. This regatta is a conference championship and will fully test the fresh faces now leading the sailing team.

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Trophy, ultimately losing in a tiebreaker to the U.S. Naval Academy. The IntrepThe Georgetown sailing id Trophy was a match-racteam competed this past ing competition, with weekend in the Kings Point races pitting a single boat Dinghy Open, the Intrep- against another. The team id Trophy and the Jesuit comprised senior captain Interconference, in which AJ Reiter, juniors Meaghan it placed first, second and MacRae and Roger Dorr and fourth, respectively. freshman Sean Segerblom.

Head Coach Michael At the Kings Point Dinghy Callahan said he was im- Open, Georgetown crushed pressed with the overall the competition, placing performance of the team first overall and winning by this weekend as well as the large margins. Sophomores number of newer sailors Andy Reiter and Claire Mowho performed across the hun took first place in the A three regatDivision for tas. the second “[William “[It was competition an opportu- Logue and Jack in a row. In nity] to get Chrysler] were the B Divia bunch of sion, freshpeople sail- pretty much men Wiling and see unstoppable.” liam Logue how they and Jack do,” CallahChrysler also MICHAEL CALLAHAN an said. came away Head Coach The team with the top was able to spot. gain experience without The top results of the the pressure of qualifying freshmen sailors showed or national championship great promise for the future implications. of the team.

At the Jesuit InterconferThe duo of Logue and ence Regatta, Georgetown Chrysler proved too much placed fourth. Seniors Jack for the other teams to hanGerli and Maggie Kelly dle, blowing the competiplaced second in the A Divi- tion out of the water. sion while freshman Macy “They were pretty much McCann — Georgetown’s unstoppable,” Callahan top female recruit — and said. “It’s great to see those sophomore Yusuf Mallick two in action in a big regatplaced fifth in the B Divi- ta.” sion.

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Junior running back Isaac Ellsworth rushed for 109 yards in Georgetown’s 31-17 loss at Harvard. He also ran for a 74-yard touchdown, the second longest play of the Hoyas’ season.

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The Georgetown football team (3-1) will host the Princeton Tigers (2-1, 1-0 Ivy League) this Saturday in the final nonconference matchup for both teams.

The schools have not faced each other since 2013, when the Tigers spoiled Georgetown’s Homecoming with a 50-22 drubbing of the Hoyas. This year, Princeton returns to the Hilltop riding momentum from a 48-13 blowout last week over Columbia (0-3, 0-1 Ivy

League), the same team that Georgetown defeated by only three points the week before.

The Hoyas, however, are viewing the opposition the same way they do each week. “[We’re] getting ready for another good team. Every week this conversation will be the same, every team we play coming up is a good football team,” Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said.

Although the Blue and Gray lost their unbeaten record last week after a 31-17 defeat against the Blue and

Gray (3-0, 1-0 Ivy League), the performance was a major improvement from last year’s 45-0 rout.

“We finished the game fighting our tails off at Harvard. I told the kids that I was probably more proud of them up there than I was in the three wins because that game easily could have turned the wrong way for us,” Sgarlata said.

The Hoya defense made several notable stands late in the game, including three three-and-outs and two turnovers forced in the second half.

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Freshman defensive lineman Marquis Parris, who was awarded Patriot League Rookie of the Week after recording six total tackles and two tackles for loss, attributed the defensive success to the players’ ability to adhere to their responsibilities.

“We have everything planned in accordingly before the game, and we just do what we’re coached to do. We run to the ball, we play fast, we make sure we do our job,” Parris said.

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On the heels of a key victory against nonconference opponent Longwood University (6-5, 0-1 Mid-American) last Sunday, the Georgetown field hockey team (4-8, 0-2 Big East) aims for its first Big East win of the season against Liberty (4-6, 2-1 Big East). Liberty is a newcomer to the conference, and the game will take place this Saturday at noon in Lynchburg, Va. The Hoyas have rebounded from a seven-game losing streak, winning two of their last three games. Senior back and co-captain Molly Thompson emphasized the team’s energy after the win at home last weekend.

“Longwood was a great game for us,” Thompson said. “They’re a really tough opponent and we really had a lot of fun playing them.

They’re a competitive team that’s having a good season, and getting a solid win against them is super exciting.”

After jumping to a 4-0 lead early in the game, the Hoyas applied enough defensive pressure to hold the Lancers scoreless for nearly 60 minutes. The second consecutive home win for Georgetown saw sophomore forward/midfielder Helena Masiello score twice, and overall the team recorded 21 shots on goal.

Both Thompson and Head Coach Shannon Soares recognize the importance of continuing this trend of offensive energy in upcoming games.

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Senior defender and co-captain Molly Thompson earned her second assist of the season Sunday. Thompson also has one goal this season. keep the momentum from Lehigh and Longwood into Liberty,” Thompson said.

“At this point in the season, all games are important to us.”

SHANNON SOARES Head Coach

“I think there’s been great energy from our group the past three games,” Soares

said. “Our ability to possess and penetrate their circle was something that I was really proud of.”

Both Thompson and Soares expressed excitement about travelling to Lynchburg to play Liberty.

Georgetown currently sits in seventh place in the Big East standings, and a win against the No. 4 Flames — winners of three of their last five games and sporting a plus-eight goal differential (18-10) — on their own field would give the Hoyas even more momentum to ride through the final six games of the regular season.

“We want to treat every game like a conference game, but we will definitely be more excited about a win against such a great opponent,” Thompson said.

Soares echoed Thompson’s sentiments, pointing out Liberty’s potential competitive edge over Georgetown.

“Any conference opponent is always going to bring their very best, and Liberty is a well-coached, energetic group that we’re excited about playing,” Soares said.

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s a city with many high-quality sports teams, Washington, D.C., is synonymous with regular season success followed by an early postseason exit. Having not won a major sports championship since 1991, the city has experienced heartbreak for the last 25 years.

Winning the NL East for the third time in five years, the Washington Nationals enter the postseason determined to end that championship title drought.

However, the journey to the World Series could be tougher than the Nationals expect.

While the team sported the second-best record in the MLB, it faces an uphill battle heading into the postseason In the divisional series, the Nationals play host to the Los Angeles Dodgers. For Friday’s game, both teams are sending out their pitching aces — Max Scherzer for Washington and Clayton Kershaw for Los Angeles. In the buildup to this series,

expectations are mixed.

In recent high-pressure situations, the Nationals seem short on talent due to an injury-filled final month.

Washington is reeling from the impact of its roster decimated by hurt players.

A quick look at the injury list shows the gravity of the situation. Daniel Murphy — who strained a muscle — and Bryce Harper — whose thumb has hampered d him — both indicate they will be ready for the playoffs.

However, they could both be rusty after missing multiple games. The most heartbreaking of the injuries, however, is the ACL tear that catcher Wilson Ramos suffered two weeks ago, ending the best statistical season of his career.

The re-emergence of ace Stephen Strasburg halted after he strained his elbow.

While he is now throwing on flat ground, manager Dusty Baker is skeptical

The Nationals face an uphill battle heading into the postseason.

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