The Hoya: November 6, 2015

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

LOVE LOCKS

Explore the lives and loves of the Georgetown community through creative nonfiction.

EDITORIAL The policies surrounding off-campus violations must be reevaluated.

GLOBAL BUSINESS FELLOWS In its second year, the program accepted 44.1 percent of applicants.

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NEWS, A7

SPECIAL PULLOUT ISSUE

THE ECONOMIST’S FIRSTEVER COLLEGE RANKINGS

THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION’S VALUEADDED COLLEGE RANKINGS

16th of 1,275 four-year American

99/100 score of 1,666 four-year

$9,198 value-add from a Georgetown education 10-years after enrollment

42.9 percent value-add from predicted to median earnings 10-years after enrollment

Ranked 4th; $12,727 value-add

100/100 score; 47.3 percent value-add

Ranked 15th; $9,380 value-add

97/100 score; 33.3 percent value-add

Ranked 1270th; $-9,596 diminishing value-add

88/100 score; 19.9 percent value-add

institutions

American institutions

Fossil Free Seeks Referendum, Again Summer decision prompts move to seek student body vote, recommendation JACK BENNETT & TOM GARZILLO Hoya Staff Writers

GU Fossil Free announced Tuesday that the Georgetown University Student Association will consider holding a studentwide referendum on whether the university should fully divest its holdings from the top

200 fossil fuel companies on the executive ballot vote in February, marking its first proposal for a referendum since 2013.

GUSA will include the vote on the ballot if GU Fossil Free delivers a proposal with at least 300 student signatures, which must then be passed by a two-thirds See REFERENDUM, A6

GU Earns High Marks in Studies ASHWIN PURI Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown received top scores in two separate studies analyzing the expected career earnings of university graduates released by The Economist and Brookings Institute last week.

Both rankings measured the difference between students’ expected earnings when matriculating into an institution and their projected median earnings after college. Georgetown placed 16th out of 1,275 tertiary institutions in the United States in The Economist ranking and received a score of 99/100 in the Brookings Institute’s study.

The Economist’s list, the first col-

lege ranking in the publication’s history, ranked colleges based on the difference between expected earnings

“The Georgetown education is valuable regardless of the job or the salary range.”

MIKE SCHAUB Executive Director, Cawley Career Center

and median earnings 10 years after a student enters the university.

According to The Economist’s metrics, a Georgetown student’s projected median annual earnings is $83,300, which is $9,198 higher than his expected annual earnings of $74,102. The study used the projected median earnings from the college scorecard report released by the United States Department of Education in October, and derived the expected earnings figure by combining data such as SAT scores, sex ratio and college size to predict the earnings of future alumni.

The Brookings Institute ranking ranked colleges out of 100 by measuring the percent change between See RANKINGS, A6

FILE PHOTO: KAYLA NOGUCHI/THE HOYA

Beginning in January 2013, GU Fossil Free has amassed more than 2,000 signatures supporting its efforts to divest.

Student Jobs Common, Study Finds

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NEWS Women In Business

Hoya Staff Writer

The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center on Education and the Workforce found that over the last quarter century, around 70 percent of U.S. college students worked a paid job at some point in their college careers in a study released Oct. 28.

“The community as a whole ... should recognize that there must be room for working and learning.”

ERIC PRICE Co-Author, “Learning While Earning: The New Normal”

A new MSB program will provide preprofessional support for women.

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OPINION Nallestars GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, FILE PHOTO: ALEXANDER BROWN/THE HOYA

Fourteen students from Georgetown’s SFS-Qatar are abroad on the D.C. campus, joining a student body more than 20 times the size of their 260-person undergraduate class.

Doha to DC: Hoyas, Abroad JACK LYNCH

Special to The Hoya

According to the report, called “Learning While Earning: The New Normal,” 30 percent of all working learners are aged 30 and older, and 50 percent of the demographic group work at least 40 hours per week. For undergraduates and graduate students overall, 40 percent work at least 30 hours per week. However, 34 percent of those working learners still have at least $25,000 in student loan debt.

Additionally, the report calls for new policies to assist students in balancing their educational ambitions with their employment.

Authors Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, Michelle Melton and Eric Price have conducted research for this project for the last two years using data from five different databases, including the American Community Survey and National Postsecondary See JOB, A6 Newsroom: (202) 687-3415 Business: (202) 687-3947

M. Saif Kazir (SFS-Q ’16) finds the newly cold weather a bit harder to handle than his peers. That’s because Kazir, along with 13 other students from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, is studying abroad on the university’s main campus this semester.

Of course, the weather is not the only difference. According to Kazir, the main campus in Washington, D.C., has made him feel at home, despite its size. Georgetown’s undergraduate student population is more than 20 times larger than that of SFS-Q, which enrolls 260 students.

“It’s very Hoya-centric here.

It’s amazing. I wouldn’t say I didn’t feel like a Hoya back in Qatar, but I definitely feel it more here,” Kazir said. “You’re immersed into the culture here.”

“I wouldn’t say I didn’t feel like a Hoya back in Qatar, but I definitely feel it more here.”

M. SAIF KAZIR (SFS-Q ’16)

SFS-Q’s Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Heather Kerst (GRD ’96) said the uni-

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versity does its best to introduce SFS-Q students to the new environment through a series of predeparture and on-site orientation programs, a standard practice across study abroad programs.

“We try to prepare the students as best as possible,” Hearst wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “By providing important immigration information, cultural adjustment information specific to D.C. and tips for academic and study abroad success.”

Kazir was especially impressed by the Council of Advisory Boards Fair. The hundreds of student groups represented on Copley Lawn was a stark contrast to the 18

Although standardized test results were poor, Common Core is helping D.C. schools.

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GUIDE Spectre

The newest James Bond film falls short with an uninspired plot and boring dialogue. thehoya.com

SPORTS Close Call

The Georgetown men’s cross country team won the Big East Championship by a point.

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OPINION

THE HOYA

Friday, november 6, 2015

THE VERDICT

C EDITORIALS C Vehicle of Erratic Policing C Founded January 14, 1920

of supervised work in university programs, offices, buildings, residence halls or off-campus programs — many times come without warning. If harsh repercussions for minor violations are the norm, the office that administers them should listen to student appeals with the understanding that citations often have arbitrary rationales.

While the objective of the ONL is to mediate conflict so that students are not exposed to the full punitive force “real people” suffer from, the administration must standardize how punishment is meted. Minor violations must incur proportionate penalties. To further rebuild the trust between students and the ONL, SNAP must reconsider its noise violation policies. SNAP could instead establish a 10-minute grace period to give students time to cut down on noise before giving a citation. This recommendation, while taking away the “bite” of SNAP, mitigates the arbitrary nature of the everyday cases SNAP encounters while rebuilding student trust.

The ONL must become a facilitator for better neighbor-student relations instead of a vehicle of punishment. In this way, the Georgetown Community Partnership or even the ONL could promote more events that cater to both student and neighbor interests, such as neighborhood-student potluck get-to-know-you dinners, community service volunteering programs or community-fostering group events in the fall at Volta Park. These events would be a strong step in the campaign to show neighbors that students are not menaces, but rather regular young adults who have respect for their community. They would also show students that neighbors are not curmudgeons, but normal people with interesting histories and families to raise. In this way, the ONL can serve as a much better conduit for understanding between neighbor, administrator and student.

So far, the ONL has not treated students living off campus with respect or given them a fair stake in their community. Building a better community grounded in genuine respect, trust and understanding is the best way for these groups to coexist on this Hilltop we call home.

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Students who live off campus have had enough. Enough of Student Neighborhood Assistance Program intervention in the smallest of social gatherings. Enough of draconian responses to open trash can lids. Enough of arbitrary punishments often compounded by so-called “tone policing.” Although part of an off-campus community, students are not held to the same standard of conduct as their neighbors and receive excessive punishment for their offenses. The Office of Neighborhood Life must consider the agency of its citation policies and reorient them so that they are truly in the best interest of students, neighbors and the administration.

Under the guise of protecting students from getting a 61D noise citation — an offense qualified as a misdemeanor — from the Metropolitan Police Department, SNAP has sought to rein in revelry in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. For many students, it appears this enforcement is undertaken with little to no effort toward a standardized process of adjudication. SNAP’s overarching guidelines are purposely vague, which lead to ad hoc distinctions between which offenses constitute mere warnings and which warrant a formal write-up.

Considering that the name of the organization is the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program, the ONL needs to recognize that these often unfair policies have eroded the little trust students have in reporting off-campus incidents.

Administrators in the ONL have fostered an inhospitable climate for students living off campus through a deliberate yet simultaneously arbitrary policy of student conduct sanctioning. The ONL shies away from proportional punishment and due process. Trash violations — such as a mild overflow from the trash lid — can result in more severe consequences than hosting a wild night of bacchanalia in the thick of Burleith. Washington, D.C., regulation states that trash can lids cannot be angled more than 45 degrees, so the ONL must conform to this criterion if it seeks to standardize its regulations and criteria for doling out citations.

Moreover, these trash sanctions — often hours

Grab ‘n’ Go — The Metro is considering selling food in Metro stations, although eating and drinking on the trains will still be forbidden.

DC, Tibet and Abkhazia — A D.C. councilmember is looking into joining the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization in an attempt to bolster the case for D.C. statehood.

Better Than the Beer Mile — The D.C. Beer Marathon is this Saturday.

Participants will drink their way through 26 craft beers at various bars and restaurants.

Family Drama — A new biography about George H. W. Bush includes critical thoughts about his son’s advisers, including calling Dick Cheney an “iron ass.”

Protect Your Puppy — D.C. has seen a significant increase this year in cases of parvovirus, a highly contagious and potentially lethal canine disease, which typically affects vaccinated puppies and older dogs.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Michelle Xu

Suspended State The revolutionary call “no taxation without representation” reverberates across Washington, D.C., centuries after it was first issued on this continent. Passionate advocates, having led the charge for statehood through decades of debate, found new voice in the “Statehood or Else” campaign, spearheaded by D.C. Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large, LAW ’88) mid-October.

On Oct. 27, the Council’s Committee of the Whole held a public hearing on the measure where most speakers present testified that they supported it.

Although the campaign aims at a noble end, its reductionist strategy to accrue one million signatures has elicited more questions than political progress. Unless this uncertainty is fully remedied, students should hesitate before lending their support to a movement so lacking in clarity.

Statehood advocates created “Statehood or Else” to elevate the long struggle for statehood to a national priority. This is certainly a worthy goal. Even though D.C. boasts an economy larger than those of 14 states, it is barred from full statehood and the representation rights that entails.

As a result, residents of the District are denied equal representation in Congress and legislators can meddle in the local legal and fiscal concerns of the district with relative impunity. It is with sad irony that the nation’s capital continues to exist in this anti-democratic fashion.

While the “Statehood or Else” campaign advocates for an important cause, its ambiguous brand and lack of compelling political strategies must be addressed before students extend their full support. The campaign employs a provocative but undefined slogan.

“Statehood or Else” leaves a fundamental question unanswered — or else what? In practice, “Statehood or Else” could mean canvassing throughout major events like the Cherry Blossom Festival. On the other hand, the name might suggest more extreme forms of civil disobedience in D.C. This branding problem is compounded by the unclear political strategies employed by the campaign. “Statehood or Else” has called to collect one million signatures, but the District’s population hovers around 658,000. The campaign’s lack of publicity and national coverage makes this an unrealistic goal. Councilmember Orange and those

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who support this petition must do all they can to propel this issue into the national spotlight if one million signatures are to be reached.

If the petition receives one million signatures, it will be delivered to the president, all 535 members of Congress and party leaders at their respective conventions held this coming summer. Although this intended audience is impressive, it is unclear what political function a single petition can serve in propelling the District to statehood.

A nonbinding referendum on statehood held in similar fashion to the one held in Puerto Rico on Dec. 11, 2012 would lend better voice to district residents’ wishes. It is easy to engage citizens into signing a petition, but if citizens remain unclear in regard to what the petition will result in, Councilmember Orange will deliver a document replete with empty signatures. Orange and those who support the campaign must first educate residents on the importance of having the district recognized as a state and then clearly define the specific aims they intend to achieve on their proposed Sense of Council resolution.

Likewise, “Statehood or Else” has chosen not to build upon the political momentum already established by the New Columbia Admission Act. This bill has been regularly introduced before Congress and would make D.C. the 51st American state. However, the campaign, for reasons that remain unclear, has opted to ignore the bill in its ballot initiatives.

Although the possibility of statehood entertains popular support, students should withhold support from the “Statehood or Else” campaign until the movement clarifies its brand and pursues a more sensible strategy. Without statehood status, Congress has total control of D.C’s laws and local funds. This means that a federal government shutdown would result in a total suspension of D.C. municipal services — Georgetown students might remember overflowing trashcans and dumpsters during the 2013 shutdown. For students who are D.C. residents, the lack of statehood prevents them from receiving comparable state financial aid.

Students should support well-defined movements with clear aims to argue for such a right. Ambiguous movements like “Statehood or Else” cannot hope to survive in the political arena.

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OPINION

Friday, november 6, 2015

THE HOYA

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Missing class

Vote Yes to Divest

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Laura Owsiany

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tudents at elite universitiesthe University of Pennsylvania and Harvard, for example--have written about the challenges of participating in college social life for low-income students over the past few years.

Their comments resonated: tales of pretending to study rather than spend half a paycheck on a night out and carefully calculating the cost of dinners and drinks.

At Georgetown, our location in an upper-class D.C. neighborhood certainly limits student options.

The campus and the neighborhood itself are bastions of preppy clothes, pricey restaurants and few cheap options. Traditions such as The “Tombs 99 Days” necessitate spending money to be part of the group.

But the vast majority of clubs and organizations, the heart of Georgetown’s social life, require no fees at all. While it is not perfect, the Georgetown social scene’s emphasis on involvement tends to be relatively more equalizing than a social life heavily based on off-campus nightlife.

In this vein, Georgetown’s prohibition of Greek life is essential to keeping students of all socioeconomic groups in our campus social scene.

Within the past couple of years, several additional Greek societies have sprung up at Georgetown and remain unrecognized by the university. While many see the arrival of Greek life on campus as inevitable, I think the continuation of Georgetown’s Greek life policy is of utmost importance to maintaining the university’s Jesuit values.

The administration clarified its position against Greek life in an email to the student body sent earlier this semester. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord wrote, “Student organizations at Georgetown are expected to comply with a standard of open membership, one which contributes to building the inclusive and welcoming student community at the heart of the Georgetown experience.”

Socioeconomic status plays a large part in the types of divisions that are fostered by a strong Greek presence on campus.

First, the importance of legacy in Greek life poses a problem for all types of diversity. Legacy students are given preference over students from backgrounds that would make it impossible for them to have any such connection. The system comes from a history of forming clubs based on bloodlines. And while legacy is not the only consideration when selecting pledges, this basis engenders racism and classism to this day. Fraternities’ racist behavior makes headlines across the United States. First generation college students do not have parents who ever had the opportunity to be part of these groups.

Second, low-income students do not only lack the advantage of legacy, but also suffer from the prohibitive cost of participation in the Greek system. Annual costs range between $300 and $700. Students struggling to scrape together money for tuition each semester cannot afford to sacrifice this kind of money for a social life.

I myself am not part of a sorority. But after attending an information session for the newly formed Georgetown chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma my sophomore year, it was clear to me that joining would not be feasible. Fees were staggering and totally unexpected. I had never heard anyone talk about cost when debating the merits of Greek life. I had heard people describe cliquishness, hazing, racism and even sexual assault, but never had money entered into the discussion.

Each of these is an issue of inclusion. But this silence on socioeconomic issues in the higher education community concerns me.

Too often, students who are not the traditional demographic at elite universities suffer from isolation.

By keeping Greek life unofficial, Georgetown refuses to condone exclusionary practices and declaring itself the type of school where everyone can find his place. That brings us one step closer to closing the gaps among students of different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Laura Owsiany is a senior in the College. Missing Class appears every other Friday.

or too long, Georgetown University — and the vast majority of its peers — has invested in fossil fuels. For too long, these investments have given financial support to companies that significantly contribute to a rapidly changing climate. For too long, these investments have disproportionately affected minority groups and impoverished nations.

For too long, these investments have disregarded Georgetown’s beloved Jesuit value of cura personalis. For too long, these investments have been predicated on and defended by the record of a currently declining, but historically profitable, energy sector. For too long, these investments have valued comfort over foresight and precaution.

These problems are at the crux of the argument for divestment, a global movement by investors, students, faculty and alumni on campuses across the country — including our own — to encourage the removal of holdings from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies, as defined by carbon in proven oil, gas and coal reserves.

Georgetown’s endowment — made up of a variety of financial assets and investments — is about $1.4 billion. Around 8 percent is invested in both commingled mutual funds and direct holdings in fossil fuel companies.

The university itself has already recognized the importance of divestment. In June, Georgetown’s Board of Directors released a statement that said they “will not make or continue any direct investments of endowment funds in companies whose principal business is mining coal for use in energy production.” While this decision (which affects less than 2 percent of Georgetown’s endowment) did validate the divestment movement, it failed to match the gravity of the environmental issues at hand. This step in the right direction begs the question: If partial divestment is acceptable, what is the problem with a full commitment to

divestment?

Few — if any — members of Georgetown’s board deny the existence of human contribution to climate change. If this is the case, there can be no refuting the intertwined climatic, socio-economic and social effects of the fossil fuel industry, such as the disproportionate effects on poorer and low-lying countries. What then, if not moral or environmental, is left of the argument against divestment?

What is left is perhaps the least understood — and most practical — aspect of divestment: economics.

To understand the financial reasons for divestment, we must understand the nature of fossil fuels as an asset. According to the United Nations and the vast majority of scientists, we must keep emissions from warming the planet past 2 degrees Celsius or there will be irreversible damage. Even under this limit, there will be serious consequences to the planet.

However, in order to limit the rise in temperature to 2 degrees Celsius, only 20

percent of the reserves currently owned by fossil fuel companies can be extracted and burned. Thus, the other 80 percent of the world’s fossil fuels must be left in the ground and will soon end up as stranded assets — assets that become liabilities — for companies. This will irrefutably lead to incredible losses for fossil fuel companies and shareholders.

This is the concept of a carbon bubble, the idea that the valuation of these companies is vastly overstated because the real costs of carbon dioxide in exacerbating climate change are not taken into account in current stock market value.

For example, if the Paris climate talks are successful, Citigroup projects that stranded assets across the industry will total $100 trillion.

Despite this, fossil fuel companies continue to pour billions of dollars every year into finding and extracting new reserves, about $674 billion in 2012. As Bevis Longstreth, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission com-

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missioner, noted in a 2013 Huffington Post article, “there is no good reason for this vast expenditure [investment in fossil fuels] stockholder wealth. It is wasted capital, an offense against stockholders in terms financial alone. It suffices as justification for a fiduciary to divest from any company so engaged.”

These investments are indeed stranded assets, not only because of increasing public pressure to move away from fossil fuels, but also because the returns on these investments would be catastrophic for our world.

Former SEC commissioners and environmental activists are not the only people who see this future. Many hedge fund managers, like Tom Steyer and Al Gore, have divested and have seen a greater return on investments than before. Empires built on oil, such as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, have done the same. The movement is growing and we should not miss our chance, lest we face the economic consequences.

The upcoming Georgetown University Student Association presidential election ticket this February will include a referendum on whether Georgetown’s board should divest fully from fossil fuels. When you head to the polls, we urge you to not only think of the social and moral repercussions of our university’s investment in fossil fuels, but also of the economic repercussions of these investments.

Divesting now is not only the right thing to do morally, but it is also the financially responsible decision to make.

Theodore Montgomery is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service and the vice speaker of the GUSA senate. Isaiah FlemingKlink is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service. They are both members of GU Fossil Free.

HOYA HISTORIAN

Common Core Falls Georgetown Academy: Short Without Support A Match in the Wind

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hen our D.C. Reads coordinator tries to secure the attention of his tutors and our tutees, he calls out: “Raise the bar!”

We all clap twice and respond: “Nallestars!”

When I first walked through the doors of John Carroll Nalle Elementary School, I saw dozens of colorful certificates plastered to the wall that read, “Super Speller,” “Mathematician of the Week” and even the coveted “Nallestar of the Month.” When I looked to the left, there was a “Georgetown University” banner with an arrow that read “Nine miles.” Around the corner, I saw a banner and an arrow for “Temple University — 137 miles.” Looking behind me, I saw another banner and arrow for “Harvard University — 432 miles.” While walking past the classrooms toward the library, I observed students eagerly solving math problems or participating in reading games on the school’s new computers and tablets.

Through the Center for Social Justice’s D.C. Reads program, I got the opportunity to meet a third-grade student from J.C. Nalle Elementary School and to help her improve her reading proficiency. On the first day, teachers gave us different levelled short stories to help determine each student’s reading level. When I first tested my tutee’s reading level, her reading proficiency aligned with the hardest passage in our books. She surpassed her projected level.

After a few weeks of being surrounded by third-graders who are exceptionally well-behaved and inquisitive, I got the sense that students wanted to be there and wanted to learn and succeed in school. Nalle teachers and administrators worked to motivate these kids and make them want to go to college. J.C. Nalle Elementary School supported its students and encouraged learning.

But that wasn’t always the case.

In 2011, Nalle faced possible closure because of low academic performance and declining enrollment, mainly because of the lack of active academic support for students from low-income households. Since 75 percent of Nalle students come from low-income households and 40 percent of their surrounding Marshall Heights community lives in poverty, college is not seen as a possibility or an imaginable opportunity for these scholars. Young students’ academic careers and motivation suffer when, from a young age, college is not considered a feasible option.

However, in 2010, D.C. Public Schools adopted the Common Core system, an educational initiative that outlines what K–12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade, and fully implemented it in the 2012-2013 school year. When initial results came back from the first year of Common Core, Nalle achieved the highest increase in its student’s math proficiency rates on the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System and the

fifth-highest increase in reading proficiency rates among all DCPS. In addition to the implementation of Common Core and the increase in academic standards for its students, the school underwent several other interventions that contributed to the rise in proficiency rates. The school received $6.8 million toward building renovations and increased the length of the school day through a $275,000 grant from DCPS. Furthermore, funding from the Freddie Mac Foundation not only provided Nalle with electronic white boards and in-class laptops and tablets, but also funded the creation of a Saturday School program for Nalle Elementary students that focuses on encouraging underperforming students to work together with their parents to strengthen their academic skills. Nalle created an adequate system that would internally and externally support low-income students’ educational success.

When DCPS tested its 10th-graders in a Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, the results, released in October, were not promising and indicated that few college-and-career-ready minority students came from low-income households. Only 25 percent of the 10th-graders that took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers in English and 10 percent of students who took the test in geometry demonstrated proficiency in each subject. However, a study released in April 2015 by Child Trends, a Bethesda-based research center, showed that students from low-income households in elementary school are more likely to benefit from academic interventions and support systems than older students.

Thus, it makes sense that DCPS 10th graders did not show immediate positive results from the implementation of Common Core. It will take time.

The real results of Common Core will be revealed when young students in elementary schools learn and grow up in this new system.

While the positive outcomes of Common Core will take time to appear, the rigorous Common Core goals fail to address and solve some of the key issues with DCPS. Setting higher standards for students through Common Core is an attainable goal, but it is just a waste for lowincome areas with little to no academic support for young students. Nalle is one of the few full-service community schools in D.C. that actively supports and motivates students. Without active academic support for these lowincome students, they will not even have the chance to rise up to meet the Common Core’s high standards.

The implementation of Common Core’s rigorous standards combined with the increase in the community’s support for education has truly allowed young students at Nalle to “raise the bar,” and be the “Nallestars” we call them.

Kesiah Clement is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service.

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n 1965, Herbert Marcuse called for a new, repressive kind of tolerance. In 1987, Allan Bloom declared that relativism had closed the American mind. In 1991, The Georgetown Academy sprang into life between the slender legs of their powerful conflict. And now, it’s back.

The Academy, which has oscillated between print and online incarnations depending on both its era and funding, represents something essential about Georgetown. In its own words, its mission remains committed to: “independent journalistic enterprise dedicated to preserving and celebrating the intellectual, cultural and religious traditions particular to Georgetown University, including …

Georgetown’s authentic Catholic identity.”

It is thus a conservative enterprise in the most literal sense — dedicated to preserving and conserving elements of Georgetown’s past.

The Academy has been rumored to have ties to the Stewards, a Matthew notorious secret society on campus, and has often emerged in response to understood “threats” to Catholic identity at Georgetown. Throughout the 1990s and early2000s, a period when students lobbied for condoms on campus in the shadow of AIDS and when LGBTQ students cemented and expanded upon hard fought gains in access to resources and programming, the Academy’s presence surged and declined according to the strength of student and administrative activism on issues of reproduction and sexuality.

The Academy rubbed many students the wrong way. In fact, some students wrote constantly to complain about the Academy and usually with reason: The Academy has developed a distinctively biting brand of punch-drunk contrarianism. In November 2003, one student wrote to the Hoya to call out Peter Reynolds’ lines on queerness in an October 2003 Academy article: “Now look at a male and a male. The two do not complement one another.

Physically, they do not fit, except in a disordered a backwards way. Lastly, look at a female and a female. Once again, no fit, not even in a disordered way. This may seem like kindergarten ontology, but I think, nowadays, it needs to be said.”

That same year, a former Georgetown Academy “man-of-the-year,” John Soucy (COL ’99) wrote that he wished he had not taken part in such a hurtful exercise, that he wished he had “spent less time saving Georgetown’s Catholic identity and more time trying to come to terms with [his] own identity as a gay man.”

Soucy hit upon one of the more salient moments in queer history at Georgetown when he wrote, “I took it upon myself to openly mock Professor Ingebretsen’s class ‘Unspeakable Lives: Gay and Lesbian Narrative,’ while secretly longing to take the course.” Ingebretsen, whose course was constantly targeted by Georgetown’s defenders of the fair, once shared with me that he had to arrive early to his courses to erase what people wrote on the blackboard to demean his students.

But the Academy received some of

its strongest criticism in spring 2001, when it joked that the next editorial in The Hoya, which the Academy viewed as extremely liberal, would call upon members of the Stewards to wear yellow stars.

The comparison the besieged journal was making was, of course, between an element of conservative life at Georgetown and Jews during the Holocaust.

Naturally, letters poured in and the reaction grew more severe. When the March issue of The Academy hit print, one staffer quit and wrote an open letter announcing his disgust for the organization. The GUSA senate voted 14-2 to demand an apology from the Academy.

Students asked the university to review its media policies. In November of that year Terrence Boyle (SFS ’63, LAW ’72) wrote to highlight the ways in which personal attacks, even when true, had become increasingly and dangerously the norm in a campus media climate of hostility. Students Quallen began stealing one another’s publications — 5,000 copies of the Voice disappeared and the Academy disappeared multiple times from distribution sites. This prompted the Academy’s lawyer, Manuel Miranda (SFS ’82), who also serves as counsel to William Blatty, and to an effort to strip Georgetown’s Catholic identity or compel reform via canon lawsuit, to write an incensed op-ed in The Hoya.

The next years in this climate of angst and anger would see a rash of hate crimes on Georgetown’s campus.

What the most recent revival of the Academy will provoke is, of course, unclear. Already it has resumed some of its old tropes — taking individual students to task and assailing racial and sexual progressivism that it views as detrimental to Georgetown’s Catholicism. It is unclear whether the present will spiral into theft and cacophony as in the past.

Georgetown’s conservative culture warrior is back, punchy and paranoid as ever, but this time without a masthead or bylines. To those who ask, “Why now?” the editors of The Academy have made their position clear. They view its revival as a specific response to outcry over a cartoon published by the Voice last spring, which depicted black GUSA candidate Chris Wadibia (COL ’16) being beaten in a horse costume, as well as to perceived hostility against Christina Hoff Summers, who spoke last spring, and at last January’s Cardinal O’Connor Conference — Georgetown’s annual conference for the pro-life movement.

History suggests that we ought to doubt the ability of the Academy to succeed at anything other than igniting a firestorm.

Ratcheting up the incivility of conservative discourse on campus, then and now, seems a more effective way to attract polemics than adherents or engagement.

For now, we’re all waiting to see just what The Academy will do next.

Matthew Quallen is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. Hoya Historian appears every other Friday.

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As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity hosted its second annual Halloween 5K Against Domestic Violence on Copley Lawn on Friday, which saw 20 more participants than did last year’s event.

The event raised funds for Doorways for Women and Families, a Virginia-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting victims and families affected by domestic violence and homelessness. Participants were encouraged to make a $15 donation.

This year, 195 students and community members signed up as runners, walkers or volunteers for the event, an increase from the 175 that signed up last year. SigEp members do not yet have a number for how much money they raised this year, but they are hopeful it will surpass the $8,357 raised last year.

Other organizations, including Take Back the Night, Georgetown University Women in Leadership, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Hilltop Microfinance Institute and Club Swimming supported the event by coordinating outreach initiatives to increase the number of participants.

In addition to the race, the event included an opportunity for students to interact with representatives from Doorways and a performance by a cappella group Georgetown Superfood.

President of SigEp Chris Tiede (COL ’16) said that the race is one way the fraternity strives to incorporate philanthropic values into its initiatives.

“Within the framework of being men and women for others, philanthropy is really important to us,” Tiede said. “This was an organization that we decided to partner with and we thought that the 5K was a good way to raise money, raise knowledge, raise awareness and address all of those things.”

SigEp was supported with $93 from the Georgetown University Student Association’s budget for unrecognized groups and received help reserving Copley Lawn to host the event.

According to Vice President of Philanthropy for SigEp Charlie Brown (MSB ’17), SigEp faced difficulties securing Copley Lawn for the event, as the fraternity is not recognized and receives no funding or support from the university. Last year, the group booked the lawn through WGTB Georgetown Radio.

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Runners in costume took part in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s annual 5K Against Domestic Violence fundraiser benefitting Virginia nonprofit Doorways for Women and Families on Friday. Campus organizations such as Take Back the Night and Club Swimming were also official event supporters. for GUSA’s support.

“I understand the different reasons why the university might not want to recognize us but obviously, when we’re doing something like this, we only have good intentions,” Brown said. “So it’s good that we can have GUSA to support us and help make this possible.”

Brown also said this year’s event was more organized than the one last year.

“Last year, it was kind of thrown together last minute. We definitely didn’t give ourselves enough time to do it. This year, the event went a lot more smoothly and was overall just more fun for everyone,” Brown said.

However, Brown said the fraternity will continue to make improvements to the event in its future iterations.

“There’s also still room for improvement for next year and the year after that. And the goal is that we’re just going to keep building

and improving so that this can really stay and become a staple of Georgetown Halloween every year,” Brown said.

“Within the framework of being men and women for others, philanthropy is really important to us.”

CHRIS TIEDE (COL ’16) President, Sigma Phi Epsilon

President and CEO of Doorways for Women and Families Caroline Jones said the race was successful in raising awareness on the issue of domestic violence.

“Domestic violence is not a women’s issue, it’s a human issue. It will truly take all of us really rais-

ing our awareness and changing our behavior to eradicate it from our society,” Jones said. “So having this group, at this particular time in our national history and culture, take a stand through this 5K, not to mention the extraordinary fundraising that they’re doing to help fuel the programs that we’re trying to deliver here, it’s just really, really amazing to see.”

Jones added that the event helps to break the stigma of Greek life and young adult activism in general.

“I think it’s a really effective way to put different images in people’s minds about what our young adults look like and what their true potential is as compassionate human beings. So I couldn’t applaud this more loudly. It’s exactly what we need,” Jones said. “I wish that this type of effort would catch on and be even more widespread across other Greek life or just college campuses as a whole.”

Brown agreed that SigEp tries to break the stereotypes of social fraternities through its philanthropic initiatives.

“Georgetown is about men and women for others and I think that this event is a really good example of how we really do encapsulate a lot of the values that Georgetown tries to teach us as students,” Brown said. “Even if we’re not recognized, we’re still able to provide value to the Georgetown experience with this 5K.” Bella Gerard (COL ’17), who attended the event, praised the event for its charitable aspect.

“The brothers of SigEp make a point to create an event that is both entertaining while still beneficial to others,” Gerard wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “The time SigEp puts into their philanthropy work is evident in both the success of the event and the gratitude Doorways For Women and Children no doubt has toward the fraternity.”

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The Institute of Politics and Public Service launched a mentorship program to connect Georgetown students with working professionals from fields including government, advocacy, consulting, journalism and public relations Oct. 29.

According to IPPS Executive Director Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94), the mentorship program falls under the institute’s greater mission of increasing the accessibility of these disciplines.

“If we can create a lot of personal connections and a direct pipeline between Georgetown students and practicing professionals, that will benefit students and the university and further cement the university’s ties with D.C.,” Elleithee said. “People are excited to help cultivate the next generation of practitioners in these fields.”

Developing these personal relationships is the main objective behind the IPPS mentorship program. Although the program is still in its initial stages of development, the IPPS has started accepting applications in the form of a basic interest questionnaire on its website.

Both undergraduate and graduate students are able to request a mentor, and partnerships will be set up on a rolling basis.

The interest form asks students to discuss the type of political or public service professional with whom they are most interested in connecting, the types of skills they would most like to develop and their general interests and extracurricular activities.

Once a student is paired with a mentor, they will meet no less than three times a semester in casual settings, such as for coffee or lunch.

Elleithee explained the goal of the mentorship program is for the mentor and mentee to develop a close relationship that helps the mentee gain access to opportunities in his fields of interest.

“It’s about giving you that close-up look and having somebody that you can lean on as you figure out your path,” Elleithee said. “As we were trying to figure out what we wanted the IPPS to be, there was a general recognition that internships are great but you don’t always get one-on-one interaction with the principal.”

The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students, and mentors range from D.C. councilmembers and reporters to Capitol Hill aides and pollsters.

“Some are the big names, but there are also folks that may not be the name in the headlines but they are still the people that make things work,” Elleithee said. “They are the people who actually get stuff done in politics and government and journalism.”

D.C. Councilmember and IPPS mentor Da-

vid Grosso (LAW ’01) emphasized the importance of mentorship and expressed enthusiasm about the program.

“Mentees will definitely gain from the experiences of the mentors, but the program mentors will also gain so much from the creativity and perspective of the young people involved,” Grosso wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “Some of the greatest political movements were born of the innovation of young leaders. This program is positioned to be the catalyst for an exciting exchange of ideas.”

Grosso said he intends to share his experiences as a former student and current public servant with his mentee.

“I plan to fully engage in the program by offering my time and experiences to the program and its participants,” Grosso wrote. “With my mentee, I plan to work with that individual to determine the best course of action to achieve their short term and long term goals. I also plan to involve my mentee in the work that I do on behalf of the District of Columbia.”

Annie O’Brien (COL ’19), who plans on majoring in American Studies and Government, signed up to be a mentee.

“I wanted to be a part of the mentorship program in order to gain an inside perspective of an aspect of the political system,” O’Brien wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “The mentorship program seemed like a fun way to get to know a professional while also learning invaluable knowledge through shadowing the work the professional does.”

O’Brien explained that although she has yet to be paired, she is hoping her mentor will be a Hill staffer, campaign manager or journalist who is excited about sharing his knowledge and experience with her.

“I think programs like this are important in order to engage students and professionals in a way that is related to work, but not in the traditional employer-employee hierarchy that comes with internships,” O’Brien wrote. “It’s a unique way for students to get involved in what lies outside the Georgetown bubble. I think this program will integrate Georgetown more into the political sphere and widen students’ perspectives of what happens in D.C.” Blake Atherton (SFS ’16) previously participated in the Hoya Gateway program and is interested in a mentor who has experience in both law and policy. Atherton stressed the value of the program as a professional resource for students.

“Initiatives that allow students to better capitalize on the wealth of knowledge and expertise of alumni are extremely worthwhile,” Atherton wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “I believe that being better informed about professional opportunities and how to seize them will allow Georgetown students to more fully realize their potential.”

Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett discussed her 24-year-long career, the White House’s top priorities and her daily life in Copley Formal Lounge on Tuesday.

The Institute of Politics and Public Service organized the event, moderated by IPPS Fellow Buffy Wicks, who was a strategist on both Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. Wicks worked directly with Jarrett prior to joining the IPPS’ inaugural group of fellows. Wicks along with four other fellows has been leading IPPS events throughout the institute’s first semester on campus.

Wicks and Jarrett discussed the adviser’s views on the state of the White House and whether the administration is on track to resolve major policy issues in the president’s last year in office.

“I think we’re feeling pretty good. The reports of him being a lame duck were probably a little exaggerated,” Jarrett said.

“This summer was tremendous.

Congress gave the president trade promotion authority for his trade deals and the Supreme Court upheld marriage equality, which was a pretty historic mo-

ment.”

According to Jarrett, the idea to light up the White House in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage came from a junior staffer.

“I think it’s going to be an iconic photograph that will go down in history that I will always remember, that we actually did move the arc of the moral universe towards justice,” Jarrett said.

Jarrett also said the administration’s next targets are criminal justice reform, gun control legislation, climate initiatives and immigration reform. Jarrett expressed the expectation of bipartisan support on the first issue, but anticipated that progress in the other issues will be a greater challenge.

However, Jarrett also stressed her frustration with the federal government’s inability to agree on comprehensive gun control legislation, saying her worst day at the White House was Dec. 14, 2012, the day of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

“I think it was the only time when I’ve looked around and seen Secret Service agents with tears streaming down their faces,” Jarrett said. “That’s a day I will never forget.”

On the other hand, Jarrett’s best experience at the White House was the day the Affordable Care Act passed in Congress.

“That night was about celebrating all the hard work we’d put in,” Jarrett said. “Now, it’s gone from being the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, a political football, into saving lives.”

Alexander Coopersmith (COL ’19) said he appreciated Jarrett’s advice.

“I really liked how she told her personal story about having her life all planned out, then following that plan and realizing how she hated what she was doing,” Coopersmith said. “That stuck with me. Here I was — a 19-yearold receiving advice from an advisor to the president that I don’t need a plan for the future, and I don’t need to worry about having one.”

Amanda Holloway (COL ’19) highlighted how she was inspired by Jarrett’s overall demeanor.

“I was motivated by her upbeat and down-to-earth nature.

I don’t know exactly how she phrased it, but she said that certain situations have been very revealing and she had a deeper understanding of the president,” Holloway said.

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“Here were ends and ends of tables. That was a really exciting day.

I wished that I was just a freshman and coming to Georgetown for my first year,” Kazir said.

With all of the activities on the main campus, SFS-Q students said time management is more challenging.

Aya Sharkas (SFS-Q ’17), originally from Amman, Jordan, said trying to keep up with all the events and opportunities on the main campus can be exhausting.

“It is really hard to make plans since so many events are going on at the same time,” Sharkas wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I just feel overwhelmed.”

Mohammad Taimur Ali Ahmad (SFS-Q ’17) from Lahore, Pakistan, agreed that life on campus can be chaotic.

“People here are much more proactive and organized in their lives in terms of balancing so many things in their life at once, and doing so much in one day,” Ali Ahmad wrote in an e-mail to The Hoya. “The tempo of life here is very exhausting, but also addictive because of how many opportunities open up once people adopt this attitude.”

The visiting SFS-Q students said the vast size difference between the two campuses affects student life in other ways.

Kazir, whose smallest class in Qatar included only eight students, said his classes in D.C. have generally been much larger. He said SFSQ’s smaller class sizes create a more intense classroom environment.

“If I miss a reading or anything, I can’t get away with it, and I get called out,” Kazir said. “In that respect, I also think class participation is more intensive in Qatar because we’re so small we have to speak up.”

Omar El Hefnawy (SFS-Q ’17) from Cairo, Egypt, said the main campus’s diversity pales in comparison that of Qatar.

“The most surprising thing about studying on main campus is the lack of diversity in the student body,” El Hefnawy wrote in an e-mail to The Hoya. “Unlike main campus, SFS-Q is diverse, where students from all around the world tend to participate and engage in discussions, dialogues and debates, which enriches my experience as a student.”

SFS-Q students represent 45 different countries in a student body of fewer than 300. The main Georgetown campus has 437 international students in an undergrad-

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Fourteen students from the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, pictured, are studying abroad this semester on the university’s main campus and cited differences in the two campus environments. uate population of 7,595.

All SFS-Q students agreed that the quality of housing available on the Qatar campus greatly exceeds the housing at Georgetown.

Kazir, a resident of Village A,

praised the amenities of the dormitories in Education City, Doha, that SFS-Q shares with Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University and Texas A&M University.

“I live in Village A. It’s very lively.

Every weekend is kind of crazy. But in terms of living standards, Qatar is by far ahead of here. We have a joke in Qatar that you actually downgrade when you go from college to your first job,” Kazir said.

Study Examines Student Workers Rankings Predict JOB, from A1 Study Aid Study. With help from the Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation, the authors set out to measure and capture the day-to-day struggles of today’s typical working learner.

“While we know that students work during their years in college, much of our perspectives are anecdotal,” Smith said. “We wanted to be able to add to that discussion by quantifying who’s working, the extent they’re working and how trends have changed over time, trying to find what the new student looks like.”

The report delves into a variety of trends, ranging from the types of jobs students work to their overall levels of income based on age. For Smith, one of the most surprising findings was the proportion of women -— around 60 percent of working learners — who are earning while enrolled in school.

“We have all of these really burdened students … and the way our society is structured is that great child-rearing responsibilities fall on mothers,” Smith said. “The idea that the highest fraction of workinglearners population is female came as a big surprise.”

According to Smith, another area of surprise is the relationship between working learners and parent-

hood. At least 19 percent of all working learners have children, a point of significance when it comes to discussing the issues faced by students struggling to balance academic, professional and personal lives.

“Given that it is true that most [students] have to work, we must ask ourselves what can be done to make this process streamlined while making sure [working students] have the opportunities available that they would certainly have if they aren’t working,” Smith said.

The study also sets forth policies that the authors believe will assist our nation’s learning earners. The proposed policies center around helping students develop stronger ties with the worlds of work and education as well as incentivizing institutions to have a direct hand in aiding students balance their academic and professional lives.

“When the momentum builds on a topic like this, you start to realize that change can be effective,” Price said. “The community as a whole, from students to faculty to businesses, should recognize that there must be room for working and learning, and policy discussions should reflect this.”

Price is also a working learner himself, currently completing his masters in the McCourt School while also working part-time. Price highlighted his personal experience with many of

the observations raised in the report.

“I worked full-time for about eight years following the conclusion of my undergraduate degree, and going back to school was difficult,” Price said. “You face time constraints, constraints on personal relationships … even with these struggles, I recognize the importance of continuing my education and lifelong learning.”

For Samuel French (COL ’17), working off-campus at a local bicycle shop is both frustrating and valuable.

“I began working to have some basic income to utilize,” French said.

“But I don’t see it so much as simple work. I get to build on my skills and improve my time-management. It’s not all positive, but I’m improving my own situation as a student and as a prospective employee for the future.”

Jonathan Ulmer (COL ’18), a Georgetown library employee, said earning learners need support from the university and community if they are to find success not just in their academic lives, but also in their experiences after university.

“As someone working 14 hours a week, it would be more than a stretch to maintain a full class load,” Ulmer said. “The more our community as a whole understands and chooses to address the needs of learning earners, than our situation would only improve, and improvement is something that most of us are looking for.”

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GU Fossil Free received more than 2,000 signatures on a petition from Georgetown students, alumni, faculty and students from other universities in favor of divestment at Georgetown. The group began circulating the petition in January 2013 and will present it to the GUSA senate during a meeting Nov. 15.

The senate must review the proposal 48 hours in advance before the Ways and Means Committee approves a vote on it.

In 2013, the group gathered 1,400 signatures on a petition to hold a student-wide referendum through GUSA. However, GU Fossil Free ultimately decided to postpone the referendum until students were more educated on the issue of divestment.

The senate passed a resolution in support of divestment in place of the referendum.

Former GU Fossil Free member Patricia Elena (SFS ’15), who was involved in the group during the 2013 referendum proposal, said that the group should focus on furthering the divestment movement on campus.

“I think GU Fossil Free’s strategy should be educating students and really building a base for a student movement and a community movement,” Elena said. “That building of power within the community will be very effective.”

According to Grady Willard (SFS ’18), GUSA Election Commission vicechair and GU Fossil Free member, the group hopes a large demonstration of student support will pressure the university to divest.

“It’s a way to show … a high percentage [of students] support Georgetown divesting from fossil fuels,” Willard said.

Willard also said that he will separate his responsibilities in GUSA and GU Fossil Free during the process.

“The only thing the election commission has to do is run the referen-

dum,” Willard said. “The senate is the one that approves the language.

If anything is needed of the election commission, it will be handled by the other election commissioners.”

If the senate approves GU Fossil Free’s proposal, students will be able to vote on whether they think the university should divest on the GUSA executive election ballot. In June, the board of directors voted unanimously to divest the university’s endowment from direct coal investment, a decision that GU Fossil Free criticized as inadequate in a statement on its website. The university announced Sept.

23 that it has followed through on its agreement to end direct investments in coal companies.

Throughout the past academic year, GU Fossil Free has demonstrated multiple times in support of full divestment, including storming the Gaston Hall stage during a speech

by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim in March.

According to estimates from GU Fossil Free, 2 percent of the university’s $1.5 billion endowment is invested directly in fossil fuels. Since 2011, 32 colleges and universities, including Stanford University, the University of Maine and the University of Washington, have pulled their investments from fossil fuels.

GUSA Senate Vice Speaker and GU Fossil Free member Theo Montgomery (SFS ’18) said although the university has made progress in terms of divestment, GU Fossil Free members felt they could achieve more through the referendum.

“That [vote] left us with some sort of uncertainty,” Montgomery said.

“How do we proceed in the future?

What the university has done so far is insufficient. What the referendum does is give us a way to quantify the support we have.”

According to the promotional video released by GU Fossil Free on Tuesday, the group also hopes that the referendum will expand the scope of the university’s commitment to clean energy.

“It is wrong for us to profit from catastrophic climate change,” GU

Fossil Free member Samantha Panchèvre (SFS ’19) said in the video.

“We have a chance to make our university better.”

GUSA Senate Speaker Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) said she and her colleagues will likely support the referendum.

“I will vote based on what my constituents feel, so I will be voting in favor,” Khan said. “I assume that based on precedent we will also be in favor of this proposal to bring it to the ballot.”

Khan cited the 2,000 petition signatures as proof of the referendum’s relevance to the university community. According to Montgomery, the majority of the signatures are from students.

“That’s almost a third of the student body,” Khan said. “That definitely qualifies that this issue is taken to the student body for a vote as a whole.”

According to GU Fossil Free member Sabrina Field (SFS ’18), the majority of the university community is supportive of divestment. She said that educating students on the meaning of divestment and getting feedback is a priority.

“We think it’s important … to get feedback from every direction to see how we can make our position stronger,” Field said. “I think that it’s going to go over really well.”

Field said she feels confident the referendum can pass if presented to the student body.

“The majority of the student body that I’ve talked to, that I’ve had interactions with on behalf GU Fossil Free … is very sympathetic to this cause,” Field said.

GUSA Secretary of Campus Planning Ari Goldstein (COL ’18) said this marks another important step in GU Fossil Free’s multiyear campaign.

“Although the vote will be largely symbolic, a strong showing from the student body will send a clear message,” Goldstein wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It will be incumbent upon GU Fossil Free and all of us who care about climate justice to spend the next few months educating Hoyas about the issue.”

Value of GU Degree to redo the main analysis for more recent students once they have had actual median earnings and predicted some work experience, Georgetown earnings. The former figure was also would likely rate even higher than it taken from the college scorecard, does now.” while the latter was derived using The Economist’s rankings center on metrics such as race and ethnicity, aca- the assumption that a student values demic preparation and family income. the economic value of a university According to the study, Georgetown above other qualitative factors such as students are predicted to earn $57,076 appropriate fit, location and curricucompared to their actual projected lum choice. median earnings of $87,669, which “The Economist’s first-ever college results in a 42.9 percent value-added rankings are based on a simple, if detotal for students. This garnered the batable, premise: the economic value university a 99/100 rating. of a university is equal to the gap beMany other peer institutions also tween how much money its students received top scores. Harvard University subsequently earn, and how much received a 100/100 rating, while Yale they might have made had they studUniversity received 88/100 and the ied elsewhere,” the report reads.

University of Pennslyvania received Dan Rosenheck, editor of The Econo97/100. mist’s data team, was not available to While both studies used the score- comment at press time. card for their figures, The Economist The No. 1 college on The Econoused figures from students who ma- mist’s rankings is Washington and Lee triculated in 2001 and Brookings used University in Lexington, Va., which earning figures from three different sees alumni earning $22,377 more years of matriculation: 1997 to 1998, than their expected earnings.

2001 to 2002 and 2005 to 2006.

Other colleges in the top 20 include Both The Economist and Brookings Harvard University in fourth place and rankings only included students who the University of Pennsylvania at 15th receive federal aid, which was the only place, with alumni earnings above demographic of students studied by expectation by $12,734 and $9,387, the college scorecard report. Accord- respectively. In contrast, the report ing to Rothwell, this exclusion signifi- shows that Yale University alumni cantly impacted the results. earn $-9,590 less than expected, which “The College Scorecard database results in a ranking of 1,270 out of is limited to stu1,275 colleges. dents who receive Rothwell’s refederal aid. I estiport includes an mate that federal analysis of earnaid recipients typiings data from cally earn about Payscale, an online 85 cents for every salary informadollar earned by tion database that nonrecipients, so used a smaller the earnings data sample size of stuare significantly dents but did not affected by this,” limit the sample Rothwell wrote. of aid-recipients.

According to According to RothCawley Career well, Georgetown’s MIKE SCHAUB Education Center score is lower when Executive Director, Cawley Career Executive Director nonrecipients are Education Center Mike Schaub, The considered.

Economist’s study shows the value of “Georgetown does less well by this a Georgetown education, but does not measure — 85th [per]centile of valuefully encompass further qualitative added using Payscale compared to the benefits of studying at Georgetown.

99th [per]centile using the Scorecard,” “I am pleased that the Georgetown Rothwell wrote. education translates to a strong earnSchaub also stressed that Georgeing potential,” Schaub wrote in an town graduates provide positive imemail to The Hoya. “However, I believe pact in all careers that they choose to that the value of the Georgetown edu- pursue, regardless of income. cation extends far beyond what can be “Even if graduates are earning below determined by the regression analysis the median salary point derived from utilized by The Economist. The value of this study, I believe that they are maka Georgetown education reflects learn- ing meaningful contributions to their ing experiences obtained by students work, family and community,” Schaub both in and out of the classroom.” wrote. “Based on my interactions with Fellow at Brookings Institution’s alumni, the Georgetown education is Metropolitan Policy Program Jona- valuable regardless of the job or the than Rothwell, who authored the salary range.”

Brookings Institution report, said a Diane Lowitt (COL ’19) said the rankGeorgetown education is beneficial ings neglect other factors of success, toward a student’s future career earn- such as happiness, after graduation. ings. However, the score may be imped“I’ve learned a lot with how income ed by the fact that students’ incomes doesn’t necessarily correlate with hapare already expected to be high when piness after graduation, and I think they matriculate. it’d probably be different if they looked “Georgetown ranks even higher at the overall well-being of graduates,” on the median salary of alumni in Lowitt said. the same cohort, but falls slightly Payaum Sanatkar (SFS ’18) said that on the value-added ranking because The Economist’s rankings focus very predicted earnings are also very high narrowly on economic value while for Georgetown students, given their ignoring important aspects of college high scores on admission exams and such as research and service. the high family income of the average “I find The Economist’s college student,” Rothwell wrote in an email rankings based off of economic value to The Hoya. perfectly fine if you think the goal of Rothwell also said the value added a university is to produce economic

by Georgetown to graduates’ income is advantages for its students,” Sanatkar increasing over time. said. “I, however, find the role of a uni“I also found that Georgetown has versity is to produce research and proincreased the value it adds to alumni mote service for the general good, and earnings more than all but eight other in that case, while I find the Econofour-year colleges,” Rothwell wrote. mist’s ranking system fair, I do not put “These results suggest that if I were much value in it.“ RANKINGS, from A1

“Based on my

interactions with alumni, the Georgetown education is valuable regardless of the job or the salary range.”

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Lieber Receives Nuclear Study Grant Women in Business

Group Launches

Ian Scoville Hoya Staff Writer

School of Foreign Service professor Keir Lieber received a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation to conduct a two-year research project on the impact of technology on nuclear warfare with professors from three other universities.

The study will focus on the intersections of technology and strategic stability, which is a belief in nuclear warfare philosophy that conflicting nations will not use nuclear weapons due to the risk of mutual destruction.

Lieber will conduct the study with professors Daryl Press at Dartmouth College, Austin Long at Columbia University and Brendan Green at the University of Cincinnati. All of the professors specialize in political science and international affairs.

Lieber said he hopes to correct misconceptions surrounding nuclear warfare in the United States with the research study.

“We think that there is a general ignorance of the development that technology has brought,” Lieber said.

“We fear that the United States in particular, but other states, might find themselves in a conflict, which could escalate to nuclear use if they’re not aware of how technology has changed pretty dramatically.”

The group expects to use the grant to produce a report and host a conference to present their findings by late September 2017. In addition, the researchers will host a series of workshops throughout the next two years to receive ongoing feedback on their findings.

According to Lieber, the grant will allow the team to gather more perspectives from an international community of researchers.

“Much of the grant activity is centered around holding a series of workshops: international workshops where we’ll bring in local regional experts and paid consultant experts. … We wanted to get international perspectives on these developments,” Lieber said.

According to Lieber, he initially conceptualized the study with Press after they spent years on multiple projects on nuclear deterrence issues. The two have collaborated on more than 10 articles on the topic over the past decade.

Lieber said all four researchers are interested in educating students, policymakers and political analysts on the evolving threat of nuclear weapons.

“It’s public education, so all of us can be aware of what’s happening.

It’s policy advocacy for better nuclear policies. … A big part of the grant involves teaching the next generation of nuclear analysts modeling techniques and techniques for under-

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Professor Keir Lieber received a grant of $500,000 from the Carnegie Corporation to participate in a research study on nuclear deterrence. standing the impact of technology on strategic stability,” Lieber said.

Lieber also said research on nuclear deterrence has become particularly important since the end of the Cold War. “We’ve fought half a dozen wars since the end of the Cold War, and the possibility that we will face in a conventional war a nuclear armed adversary is becoming increasingly likely,” Lieber said. “There hasn’t been a lot of thought since the end of the Cold War about how to fight conventional conflict without it escalating to the nuclear level.”

Government professor Matthew Kroenig, who has written two books on nuclear policy, said the research project is particularly important in light of the increased threat of nuclear conflict.

“The risk of nuclear war in Europe is higher now than at any time since the 1980s,” Kroenig wrote in an email to The Hoya. “If Russia were to replay its hybrid warfare playbook from Ukraine against a [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] country, there would be a real risk of nuclear escalation.”

SFS Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs Anthony Arend said that Lieber’s research will help to further progress the school’s goals.

“We want people who advance our understanding of real life problems so that we can prepare students to better enter a very complex, and in some respects, confusing world,” Arend said. “Faculty members like Keir Lieber are doing cutting edge research that are helping all of us better understand the world.”

Austin Baker (SFS ’16), who is a student in Lieber’s course entitled “Nuclear Weapons: History, Strategy and Technology,” believes it is important for all students to have an understanding of Lieber’s work.

“For Georgetown students especially … [it is important to have] this kind of foundation of knowledge in terms of what these weapons are, what they can do, what they can’t do and how that plays into potential scenarios of which a state might want to escalate with nuclear weapons and the [United States] would be forced to respond,” Baker said.

The McDonough School of Business Dean’s Office will launch the Undergraduate Women in Business Group, an initiative that provides academic and pre-professional support for women in the MSB, in January.

The group will host events, workshops and mentorship programs for its initial cohort of around 60 selected students, though it also plans on organizing events for all MSB students. Applications will open in January to female freshmen, sophomores and juniors in the MSB. The group is co-chaired by MSB Associate Dean Patricia Grant and Associate Director of the MSB Dean’s Office Michelle Sheahan. Bridget Morton (MSB ’16) and Caroline Murphy (MSB ’17) will serve as the student co-chairs.

According to Morton, the group will invite former alumnae to speak to current students and hold resume and interview workshops and tutoring sessions. “[Being part of the cohort] is going to be a great chance to make some friends and work on project skills,” Morton said. “Women are certainly the minority as far as demographics go, so we’re looking to create a vibrant community of [women].”

Female students compose around 40 percent of the MSB. Morton said that she initially conceptualized the idea of forming a group after she transferred to Georgetown from Babson College, where she was involved in a similar group called the Women’s Leadership Program. In August, Morton began working with Sheahan and Grant to create the group.

“I was looking for more opportunities to engage more thoughtfully with mentorship and with leadership opportunities,” Morton said. “I was able to connect with some of the deans of the business school … [and] combine some of my efforts with theirs.”

Currently, Morton and Murphy are in the process of interviewing candidates for their inaugural student board, which will supervise aspects of the group like marketing and outreach.

According to Morton, the group will not focus solely on an applicant’s GPA or major, but rather seek to accept a wide range of undergraduate women looking to develop leadership skills. “[I] am very passionate about gender equality and I know that when there is a sisterhood among students in an academic environment, women thrive,” Sheahan said. “[Women

should] support one another in their success while they are here and when they are out in the workforce.”

According to Sheahan, other similar organizations such as The George Washington University’s Women’s Leadership Program and Harvard University’s Undergraduate Women in Business have been created in the past few years.

Sheahan said the MSB should also establish an association to help its female students.

“There has been a need for some time for there to be a undergraduate women in business group here at McDonough School of Business,” Sheahan said. “We would like to make sure … [our students] have that student group.”

Sheahan explained that the group will partner with other groups in support of female leadership on campus, such as Georgetown University Women in Leadership.

According to Sheahan, these partnerships will help strengthen the group by providing a greater range of potential activities than business-related matters.

“We will make sure to partner with … the other women student groups on campus,” Sheahan said. “[We need women] who are committed to the cause [of] supporting the success of the student group.”

Morton also said the group will not seek to replace the efforts of other women’s groups on campus, but rather grow alongside them. She said she hopes the group will provide female students with more opportunities than before.

“I’m really excited about [the group].

It’s a program that we should be really proud of,” Morton said. “This is creating a more vibrant community for women on campus.”

Katherine Cole (MSB ’18) said the MSB could benefit from the establishment of the group.

“I think it’s definitely needed,” Cole said. “Even though Georgetown is 55 percent female, the business school is definitely not 55 percent female, so we are definitely less represented.”

Cole also said that the group partners well with existing groups such as Georgetown University Women in Leadership to create a resource for female students.

“We have [GUWIL], but I think it’d be good to have something specifically focused on the business school,” Cole said. “I think it’s beneficial and would help us. We would have a backbone of support.”

Joint Program Selects Fellows Patricja Okuniewska Hoya Staff Writer

The Global Business Fellows program, a joint initiative between the McDonough School of Business and the School of Foreign Service, accepted 40 percent of applicants from the SFS and 60 percent of applicants from the MSB to join its second cohort this fall.

The cohort is composed of 15 sophomores from the SFS and 15 from the MSB. The SFS received a total 43 applications, in which 38 students indicated their interest in the fellows program and five in the global business major, which is only offered through the SFS. SFS applicants were notified of their acceptance Oct. 20. The MSB received 25 applicants.

According to Senior Associate Director Laura Soerensson, the MSB fellows had an average GPA of 3.72. SFS Assistan Dean Samuel Aronson, who serves as the Global Business fellows curricular chair, did not reply to a request for the average GPA of SFS fellows.

The fellows program launched in conjunction with the global business major in spring 2015. The program allows participants in both schools to enroll in political and economic courses in the SFS and business courses in the MSB. Fellows receive a certificate in global business upon completion of the courses.

Rosaelena O’Neil, the deputy director of the Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy and SFS coordinator of the Global Business Fellows program, said the fellows will gain valuable experience through the program.

“This experience is very unique and special because it does simulate more of the work environment that they will enter,” O’Neil said. “This is a team-based class and the other thing that’s interesting is that the big project that they do is presented to a group of outside professional practitioners.”

The academic requirements

include core courses in the MSB such as accounting and marketing, as well as classes in the SFS on economics. Participants are also required to take foreign language courses in the program.

In addition to coursework requirements, the program offers opportunities for professional development to fellows.

Students will participate in global business experience in their junior and senior years in order to intersect their studies with an international business and public policy focus. This year’s program will organize a boot camp designed for students considering careers in finance, which includes the conducting of mock interviews.

Each participant will also work with a professor from the MSB in his senior year.

“This experience is very unique and special because it does simulate more of the work environment that they will enter.”

ROSAELENA O’NEIL Program Coordinator, SFS Global Business Fellows

According to O’Neil, students in the pilot program have responded positively to these initiatives.

“Now, as we are moving forward, we are planning some more networking experiences,” O’Neil said. “The students that are participating in these events find them very complementary and applied in conjunction with their academic work.”

MSB Senior Associate Dean Norean Sharpe said that students in the program engage in a rigorous yet rewarding set of courses.

“This program requires the cohort of McDonough and SFS students to enroll in a series of challenging courses in business, international affairs and economics,” Sharpe wrote in

an email to The Hoya.

According to O’Neil, the incoming cohort has a greater distribution of majors than the first group.

“One of the goals we had for this cohort was to get a broader distribution in majors within the fellows, as opposed to creating a lot of overlap with the major,” O’Neil said. “One of the things we were looking for was distinctively different students that were coming in with different major interests.”

Andrea Moneton (SFS ’18), who was recently accepted into the program, said she looks forward to participating in the program.

“I’m excited to gain some technical business skills to round out my Georgetown education,” Moneton wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I think it’s going to be a great way to make my education over the next few years even more interdisciplinary.”

Shaked Atia (SFS ‘17), who joined the fellows program last year, said that student interest in the program has increased since its launch.

“I believe the popularity of the program grew since I applied last year, especially because other students can now see its benefits,” Atia said. “You see more and more SFS students taking business classes because they want to gain some hard skills to complement their majors. The program is constantly changing because we are its first cohort, so naturally there will be adjustments.”

Caroline Ritter (SFS ’17) also said she enjoyed the program as it hones her interest in the intersection of politics and economy.

“This program is valuable to Georgetown because it not only equips students with the necessary skills to approach challenges that could arise in future careers in international affairs and in business, but also because it connects students to professionals who are already successful in these fields through networking opportunities,” Ritter said.

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Hoyas Focus on Unity Down the Stretch

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Ryan McCoy

Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown volleyball team (10-16, 4-9 Big East) will travel off campus for the final time this weekend as it takes on DePaul (1311, 2-10 Big East) and Marquette (18-7, 9-3 Big East) in the final away matches of the season. The Hoyas will finish this year’s campaign with games at home against Butler (9-16, 5-7 Big East), Xavier (13-10, 9-3 Big East) and Creighton (18-8, 12-1 Big East) in the coming weeks.

After a trip that ended with mixed results last weekend, the Hoyas will hope to build on their positive momentum and finish the season strong. Georgetown won a five-set thriller against Seton Hall (11-14, 5-8 Big East) last Friday before losing in three sets to Villanova (21-5, 11-2 Big East), one of the Big East’s best teams.

Head Coach Arlisa Williams said she is proud of her team’s win against Seton Hall, in which the Hoyas came back from a two-set deficit.

“Our team has demonstrated that they have a lot of heart all year long. We’ve talked about this being a process, and I think it’s just a step forward for us in the process.

They worked hard, they were high energy and they persevered,” Williams said.

The team will first travel to Chicago, where it will take on DePaul at the McGrath-Phillips Arena. This will be the Hoyas’ second match of the year against the Blue Devils, after a five-set win on Homecoming Weekend in early October.

Georgetown will have to contain freshman outside hitter Brittany Maxwell, who leads DePaul in sets played and kills, with 97 and 261 on the season, respectively. On the other end of the court, senior defensive specialist Tyler Graham is a standout performer, with a team-leading 313 digs so far this season.

The Hoyas will then travel to Milwaukee, where they face a tough

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Freshman outside hitter Liv King has recorded 246 kills on the season, averaging 2.51 kills per set. King recorded her first career double-double in Georgetown’s 3-2 win over Seton Hall on Oct. 30. match against the Golden Eagles.

Marquette came out victorious in three sets the last time the two teams met.

One key to beating Marquette will be limiting the impact of redshirt freshman outside hitter Taylor Louis. Louis leads the team with 457 kills on the year, more than twice as many as any other player on the Golden Eagles.

Williams has high expectations for her team this weekend.

“We’ve talked all year about being a family, being a cohesive unit, and they are doing that day in and day out. I want to see us maintain that, first and foremost,” Williams said. “We have demonstrated at times that we are extremely talented, but we haven’t been able to

sustain that for an entire match.

I want to see us do that for the remainder of the season. And, we’re going to give every single team that we play our best effort, and hopefully have them on the ropes.”

One player who will be crucial to the Hoyas’ success this weekend is freshman outside hitter Liv King. King has been an important part of Georgetown’s attack this season. She has 246 kills this season, the second-most on the team.

However, King is more focused on her team’s goals than on her own accolades. “As a team, our biggest goal was to just come together with all these new people and prove to ourselves and other people that just because we have a

young team doesn’t mean that we can’t do amazing things together,” King said. “Personally … I just wanted to hold my own and have a really fun time playing this year, and learn how college volleyball is different.”

Williams is optimistic about the Hoyas’ future, especially given the talent of the freshman class.

“We’re not ready for our season to be over by a long shot, and we’re going to fight through these last five matches,” Williams said. “We are really looking forward to the spring, when we can get in the gym with them and do a whole lot of skill development stuff. I think we’re going to see an even more talented team on the floor a year from now.”

Cross country

GU Edges ’Nova for Conference Title CHAMPIONSHIPS, from A10

While the men are excited about winning their first Big East Championship since 2008, they know they cannot dwell on their victory for too long.

“It means a lot to us,” Green said.

“Ever since the new conference has started, Villanova has won a lot.

There’s a big rivalry between us and Villanova across all sports so beating Villanova was great. We are going to use this meet as a stepping stone to our next meet which is Regionals and then NCAAs for both

men’s and women’s, most likely.”

Graduate student Andrea Keklak led the women’s team and finished fifth overall with a time of 19:53.8 on the 6000-meter course.

“She’s been a great leader on this team so far,” senior Haley Pierce said. “Over the summer we weren’t really sure how she was going to be coming into the season. She’s been great and it’s been great to watch.”

Sophomore Autumn Eastman finished seventh overall with a time of 20:01.0 and Pierce claimed eighth in 20:04.0. Freshman Audrey Belf continued to build on

a strong first season, finishing 11th with a time of 20:10.4. Senior Heather Martin rounded out the Hoyas’ top five with a 20:37.8 time, finishing 23rd overall.

The women posted the smallest spread among their top five scorers, with only 39.6 seconds separating Keklak and Martin’s times.

“We were very focused on running together and finding teammates in the race and working off of each other and seeing how we could use each other to push each other forward,” Pierce said.

Running together has been a

focal point for the women’s cross country team this season and Pierce explained that they use that strategy to help them in races.

“I think especially for our team, we don’t have a front runner per se. Our biggest asset is that we can run in a close pack and there be a small spread from one to five,” Pierce said. “We have been stressing that all season because we know that it can play to our advantage, and also I think it’s a mindset we like to take in cross country: focus on the team’s success.”

mEN’S sOCCER

Late Goal Completes Undefeated Run CREIGHTON, from A10

Creighton, meanwhile, was the last team without a loss in Division I up until the end of October. After dropping their first game of the season to Xavier (11-4-1, 5-2-1 Big East) last week, the Bluejays needed a win to overtake the Hoyas and win the conference title.

As the match began, however, Georgetown seemed more likely to take the lead, pinning Creighton back into its own half and creating several close chances. The attacking mindset paid off in the 17th minute, when senior forward Brandon Allen’s touch put junior forward Brett Campbell through on goal. Campbell finished the chance, scoring his fourth goal of the season.

The goal did not change the game in the remainder of the first half, with neither Georgetown nor Creighton shifting from their game plans. The Hoyas nearly doubled the lead in the 32nd minute, when senior midfielder David Witkoff saw his long-range effort on an empty net roll just right of the goal.

“Witkoff had a terrific performance today,” Wiese said. “He came on and nearly scored within 10 seconds.”

As the second half progressed, it became clear that the Hoyas could have used that second goal. The half began relatively even, but the Bluejays took control for a significant portion of the match. Then senior defender and cocaptain Josh Turnley had to be subbed off for a large portion of the half after suffering an injury.

That run of play culminated in the equalizing goal in the 70th minute, when star senior forward Fabian Herbers made Georgetown pay for its failure to clear the ball from a dangerous area.

Fortunately for Wiese and his team, the Hoyas have battled back after

conceding in their last two matches.

Thursday was not different. In the 83rd minute, Seiler, in his final regular season appearance at Georgetown, rose to meet a free kick and headed it just inside the far post, putting his team ahead 2-1. Fellow senior defender and co-captain Keegan Rosenberry earned the assist.

“It’s perfect [to have a senior score the game-winner]. It’s perfect,” Wiese said. “We give Cole Seiler a lot of stick because he is up there all the time for these set pieces and he never seems to score. He was probably as shocked as anybody that it actually went in.”

All six seniors played Thursday, with Witkoff and midfielder Melvin Snoh entering the match as substitutes. This group of players has the most wins of any in program history and has been at the heart of Georgetown soccer’s most successful four-year run.

“Every great team usually is driven by a great group of seniors. That has been true for this group,” Wiese said.

Georgetown finished the season with an undefeated conference record, becoming the first team since Louisville in 2009 to win every regular season conference game. For the seniors, the feat was an unbeatable way to end their last regular season.

“Looking back on it, it is quite the accomplishment. It is definitely something that I think not only our senior team but the team in general will be remembered for,” Seiler said.

Along with the trophy comes the number one overall seed in the conference tournament. Georgetown will receive a first-round bye and an automatic spot in the semifinals of the tournament.

Georgetown soccer has never won a conference tournament, with the team falling in the semifinals the last two seasons. For Rosenberry, the perfect regular season means high expectations for the Hoyas in

this year’s tournament.

“I think after a regular season like that, we would be disappointed not to win it,” Rosenberry said. “That being

said, nothing is guaranteed going into the semifinal and final.”

Seiler put it much more simply.

“It’s not over yet,” he said.

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Junior forward Brett Campbell scored a goal in Georgetown’s 2-1 win over Creighton on Thursday. Campbell has four goals on the season.

e’s sorry. He’s very, very sorry.

He’s sorry the Warriors were healthy. He’s sorry they played who was in front of them in the playoffs last season. He’s sorry for all the awards he, and the rest of the team, won. Stephen Curry is so sorry that he’s promising to rectify the situation this season.

And he’s already started to. Last season, the defending champion Golden State Warriors and their MVP superstar Stephen Curry caught an incredible amount of flak from the rest of the league. Coaches, players and fans alike listed reason after reason that why the Warriors won was a byproduct of luck and circumstance. From Curry’s sarcasm-laden response, he clearly wasn’t having any of it, and it’s showed this season as the Warriors have broken out to a red-hot 5-0 start with last season’s MVP absolutely torching the competition.

Through five games, Curry has averaged an incredible 35.8 points, 5.8 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 57.4 percent from the field and 51.9 percent from three-point range.

What’s even more impressive is the kind of shots he’s making; it’s not like the league is leaving its best shooter wide open. Curry is dismantling defenses and making anyone guarding him look silly. Anthony Davis? Thirty-footer in his face, no problem. Any point guard teams try to throw at him? Easy three ball. Big man? He takes it to the rim, creating a SportsCenter highlight with what should be an impossible-tomake shot.

Five games into the season, Curry has already had two 40-point games, including a 53-point explosion against the New Orleans Pelicans. But Curry is just the biggest piece of a puzzle that is even more impressive as a whole.

The Warriors got off to the best fourgame start in NBA history, winning their first four games by a combined 100 points, including a 119-69 stomping of the Memphis Grizzlies, who are almost a lock for the playoffs in a loaded Western Conference.

Stephen Curry’s offensive contributions have elevated the Golden State Warriors to an impressive level, and they should not be underestimated.

Thus, it is natural to ask what changed from last season to this season. How are the Warriors playing even better?

A couple things stick out. It’s that they have yet another year together playing under Steve Kerr’s system — Luke Walton is temporarily filling in as head coach as Kerr recovers from back surgery. It’s that Curry is another year improved, along with Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green and Festus Ezeli. It’s that they have something to prove to everyone who doubted them, attributed their success to luck or just flat out didn’t believe in them.

It’s that they have to convince everyone they are the best team in basketball.

But unlike last season, they don’t need to convince themselves.

Maybe that’s what makes them so scary; a team that knows that they’re the best starts playing like it more often. And the Warriors already won 67 games last season without that realization. It’s a case of what writer Bill Simmons calls a level three team, the highest level of team chemistry, a team hardened by their desire to defend their title and prove that they’re even better than people think.

And the Warriors have certainly begun to do that. Sure, they have more supporters than doubters, but the screams of the minority tend to drown out the murmurs of the majority. As Golden State continues to win more games behind Curry’s mindboggling shooting performances and overall play, the murmurs will grow into those screams. The best team in the NBA begins to raise the question: Are they the best team of all time? Can they beat the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ 72-10 record?

Honestly, only time will tell, and a five-game sample size is hardly enough to project an entire season’s success, but this much is certain: If Stephen Curry and the rest of the Golden State Warriors keep up the way they’re playing, the NBA is in for one hell of an apology.

Paolo Santamaria is a sophomore in the College. Saxa Synergy appears every Friday.

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Hoyas Aim to Rebound from Back-to-Back Losses Isabelle Perciballi Special to The Hoya

The Georgetown swimming and diving team will travel to New Brunswick, N.J., to participate in a quad meet at Rutgers University on Friday. The team will race against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and fellow Big East competitors Villanova Wildcats and Seton Hall Pirates. This meet will be the first since Georgetown lost back-toback meets to William and Mary and Davidson.

“It was a tough weekend for the team. It was back-to-back meets, but designed that way because we are going to have to do that at the end of the year. The same thing goes for this weekend, although we don’t have to travel as much,” Head Coach Jamie Holder said.

William and Mary outperformed the women’s team 152-53 and the men’s team 170-35. Despite the loss, there were some strong performances. The women’s 400-yard medley relay team of junior Katie Duncalf, sophomore Haley Owens, freshman Laine Morgan and sophomore Bailey Page, with a time of 3:55.53, won the first event of the meet. Morgan also placed first in the women’s 200 individual medley with a time of 2:07.14.

On the men’s team, freshman Jacob Kohlhoff finished third in the men’s 100 freestyle with a time of 48.48, with junior Martin Vanin following in fourth place with a time of 48.71. Junior Evan Grey, with a time of 4:51.75, and senior Austin Evenson, with a time

of 4:51.92, took third and fourth place, respectively, in the 500 freestyle.

The following day, the Hoyas travelled to North Carolina to compete against Davidson. The women fell to the Wildcats 166-132, while the men were defeated 171-127.

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JAMIE HOLDER Head Coach

Duncalf delivered another impressive performance, finishing first in both the women’s 100 backstroke with a time of 58.84 and the women’s 200 backstroke with a time of 2:06.63. Senior Erica Fabbri and sophomore Bailey Paige finished in first and second place, respectively, in the women’s 50 freestyle.

Kohlhoff was one of the strongest swimmers on the men’s side, finishing first in the men’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.88 and finishing second place in the men’s 500 freestyle with a time of 4:49.55.

Vanin won the men’s 100 butterfly with a time of 51.71.

Meanwhile, Georgetown also performed well in the diving events.

Junior Sarah Jaklitsch won both the 1-meter and 3m diving compe-

titions. Freshman Ryan Blom won the men’s 1m diving competition and junior Jared Cooper-Vespa won the 3m diving competition.

Though the Hoyas did not come out on top during this busy weekend of back-to-back meets, they did have a chance to swim against higher-caliber teams.

“William and Mary and Davidson are really tough teams,” senior captain Erica Fabbri said. “We learned how we can race against tough competition, which I think makes us even more excited for us to swim against teams in the Big East this weekend.”

This weekend presents the Hoyas with the opportunity to gauge the conference competition. The quad meet at Rutgers is split into two days. The spread of events will give the team extra time to rest, which may result in faster times. It will also be good preparation for the looming Bucknell Invitational Nov. 20-22, which is one of the most important meets of this season.

Holder hopes the team will be competitive and gain experience against higher-caliber teams this weekend.

“I’d like to try to be a little more competitive with some of these teams,” Holder said. “I mean, I don’t know that we have the ability on the women’s side to beat Rutgers or Villanova, but I’d like to try to get a little closer than we were last year and maybe win a few of the tighter races. I think the men have a challenge with both Villanova and Seton Hall. We are just trying to improve on things that we have been working on.”

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Junior diver Jared Cooper-Vespa won the men’s 3-meter diving competition at Georgetown’s meet against William and Mary.

The Water Cooler

Announcers Fail to Provide In-Depth Analysis for Fans IPPOLITO, from A10

jargon. In a subtler way, these announcers influence how many fans think about the game, the players and the coaching decisions.

Unfortunately, many announcers are becoming increasingly inept and failing to adapt their analysis to actual facts supported by data. The status quo of commentary protects coaches and other decision-makers at the expense of fan knowledge and information.

Most partially informed commentary occurs in football because there is enough time between plays for a decent amount of description and analysis about what just happened.

Compared to basketball or hockey, when commentary happens during pauses in play, football has the most immediate opportunity for feedback.

A major issue is football commentators’ unwillingness to incorporate data into their segments. In baseball, for instance, it is extremely common to hear what percentage of a pitcher’s fastballs have resulted in strikes, balls, or outs compared to curves, sliders and the like. In football, you will almost never hear an announcer bring up the fact that a team has 60 percent chance to convert on fourth and short. As such, almost every football commentator is overly conservative with his analysis and is out of touch with what data, or even common sense, suggests.

Earlier in the season, the Chicago Bears were down 20-0 at Seattle with backup quarterback Jimmy Clausen at the helm. Unsurprisingly, the Bears struggled to get any offense going whatsoever. The Bears faced fourth-and-inches near midfield, and Head Coach John Fox, who is one of

the most conservative play-callers in the NFL, trotted out the punt team in hopes of burying Seattle deep. CBS announcer and former quarterback Phil Simms supported the move and said it was better to hope the defense made a play. Simms ignored the conversion rate data and the fact that points were far more likely to come from the offense. Essentially, Simms shifted the responsibility from the coaches to the players. If the Bears failed to stop Seattle quickly, the defense should be blamed — not the coaches who put it in that situation.

The Bears ended up losing 23-0, and Chicago’s only impressive feat was that it punted on each of its 10 possessions.

Relatively speaking, it was a lowrisk, modest-reward play. If Chicago got the first down, it would have at least had a chance to inch closer to scoring range and chip away at the

team down by eight points will have to go for two eventually to tie, so why not do it as early as possible? If the conversion succeeds, the game is tied; if it fails, you still need to score again anyway, but you can at least adjust your strategy and future decision-making based on that result.

In short, there is no significant advantage from being down one point compared to being down two. Fans deserve to know the numbers. The announcers are obviously free to disagree based on feelings or past experience, but introducing data along with their analysis will actually force them to justify their positions, making fans more informed. All of this information is readily accessible; announcers just need the courage to use it.

Michael Ippolito is a junior in the College. The Water Cooler appears every Friday.

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Fourth downs aside, the another annoying aspect of modern-day commentary is the aversion to the two-point play. For instance, in late October, Indiana hung tough on the road against No. 7 Michigan State.

Indiana, whose kicker had already missed an extra point, scored with 10 minutes left in the third quarter to bring the Hoosiers within two.

While Indiana contemplated going for two and the tie, the announcers made it known that it was “too early” to go for two. The kicker subsequently missed another extra point, and Michigan State went on to score the next 24 points and win decisively.

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Senior goalkeeper Emma Newins recorded three saves in Georgetown’s 3-1 victory over Creighton last Friday.

Newins has recorded 45 saves so far in the 2014-15 season and boasts a .682 save percentage.

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“I was a little bit disappointed that we didn’t have one or two more kids on the first team. I don’t understand how a team that has come second in the division only places one kid on the first team,” Nolan said.

However, Nolan is pleased that Corboz received a major award.

“Any time you win one of the major awards, that means you’ve got a major player. For Rachel to win midfielder of the year, only as a sophomore, she follows in the line of great midfielders that we’ve had,” Nolan said.

Corboz leads the team this season with 10 goals and eight assists, and will be an integral part of Georgetown’s attack Friday. The Blue and Gray will need more of the same dynamic play from the attacking midfielder to help them succeed this

weekend. Corboz has been a catalyst, both in the run of play and when she has taken set pieces for Georgetown.

“Our attacking midfield player is always a crucial role for our team, sort of the leader out on the field to make plays happen, and connects the ball from defense to offense. She’s done a tremendous job this season,” Newins said.

Despite the strength of the midfield, Georgetown’s defensive play may ultimately be the decisive factor between success and failure. The Hoyas had two defenders, sophomore Elizabeth Wenger and senior Sarah Adams, named to the All-Big East second team, but the team will need to shore up its backline to have success in the Big East tournament, especially because it will face Providence senior forward Catherine Zimmerman.

Zimmerman was named All-Big East first team and recorded six goals and

four assists this season.

“We need to be disciplined at the back; we’re still giving up more goals than I would like us to give up,” Nolan said. “It’s something that I just keep hammering to these guys; ultimately, defense wins you championships.”

Georgetown has never won the Big East tournament. Capturing the championship would secure a spot for the Hoyas in the NCAA tournament.

“It would be so exciting to win this tournament; our team has never done it before,” Newins said. “That would also mean that we would get an automatic bid for NCAAs, which is one of our goals as a team.”

Georgetown faces Providence on Friday at 8 p.m. If the Hoyas advance, they will face the winner of the Butler Bulldogs (14-6-1, 6-3 Big East) and St. John’s Red Storm (15-2-1, 7-11 Big East) game in the tournament final.

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TALKING POINTS

VOLLEYBALL Georgetown will play its final two road games this upcoming weekend.

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For us as seniors, it has been quite the experience and a special something to end on.”

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Big East Semifinals Await in Omaha DARIUS IRAJ

Hoya Staff Writer

After a heartbreaking 2-0 defeat against the DePaul Blue Demons in last year’s Big East tournament final and other disappointing conference tournament performances in recent years, the Georgetown women’s soccer team (11-5-2, 6-1-2 Big East) looks to finally capture the elusive Big East title. The Hoyas received the second seed in the tournament after defeating the Creighton Bluejays (10-10, 2-7 Big East) 3-1 in their final regular season game.

As the second seed, the Hoyas earned a first-round bye, sending them straight to the semifinals where they will face the sixth-seeded Providence Friars (13-7, 5-4 Big East) in Omaha, Neb. The Friars upset the third-seeded DePaul Blue Demons in the quarterfinals 1-0.

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said. “It’s going to be a big game. I don’t think we should take them lightly. Going in, we thought DePaul was going to beat them in the quarterfinals, but we need to take it very seriously because they are a good team now.”

The Big East named Newins to the All-Big East Second Team this week, and six other Hoyas were recognized as well. The conference also named sophomore midfielder Rachel Corboz the Big East Midfielder of the year and to the All-Big East First Team. Finally, the Big East named five Hoyas, including Newins, to the All-Big East Second Team, and named freshman forward Caitlin Farrell to the All-Big East Freshman Team.

The Hoyas took pride in their selections, but Head Coach Dave Nolan believes the team deserved more first team selections.

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Senior defender and co-captain Cole Seiler scored the game-winning goal against Creighton on Thursday to help the Hoyas clinch the regular-season Big East conference title. It was Seiler’s second goal of the year.

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Sophomore midfielder Rachel Corboz scored once in Georgetown’s win over Creighton last Friday, marking her 10th goal of the season.

The most remarkable regular season in recent memory saved the greatest challenge for last. At home, on Senior Day and on the final day of the regular season, No. 6 Georgetown (13-2-2, 9-0 Big East) defeated No. 2 Creighton (15-2, 7-2 Big East) 2-1, with senior defender and co-captain Cole Seiler winning the game with a header in the 82nd minute. The victory finished a perfect 9-0 run through the Big East and clinched the regular season conference title.

Before the season had even began, Thursday’s matchup between

the Hoyas and the Bluejays was slated to be crucial. Georgetown and Creighton were exactly tied at the top in a Big East coaches’ poll, splitting the 10 first-place votes equally.

Then, Georgetown dropped two of its first three games and fell out of the national rankings. The Hoyas reached a low point when they lost at home against Akron on Sept. 4.

Just three days later, they turned their season around against thenNo. 1 UCLA, winning 3-1. After that game, a number of players — Head Coach Brian Wiese named sophomore midfielder Arun Basuljevic as the ringleader — declared that the team would not lose again. They have held true to their word.

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“You can’t do it too much better than 9-0,” Rosenberry said. “For us as seniors, it has been quite the experience and a special something to end on.”

Since starting the season 0-2-1, Georgetown has posted an undefeated 13-0-1 record. The team is currently in the midst of an 11game winning streak that includes the entirety of the Big East regular season.

“This group has gotten into a really good rhythm. They are in a really good groove. They are finding different ways to score goals from different sources,” Wiese said.

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THE WATER COOLER

DANIEL BALDWIN Hoya Staff Writer

Both the No. 15 men’s and the No. 14 women’s cross country teams enjoyed a successful trip to Mason, Ohio, to compete in the Big East Championship meet on Halloween weekend. The men captured first place overall with 33 points, defeating rival Villanova by one point. The women secured second place overall with 54 points.

Providence claimed first place with 26 points and Villanova took third with 86 points.

The men were once again led by junior Jonathan Green who ran a time of 22:44.0 on the 8000-meter course and claimed second overall behind Villanova’s Patrick Tiernan, a three-time Big East individual champion. Both Green’s teammates and his coaches have noticed his consistency and hard work.

“He ran incredibly well. Patrick Tiernan is one of the best runners in Big East history so for Jon to run up close to him is really, really impressive,” Assistant Coach Brandon Bonsey said. “Jon’s had an incredible season. He spent the summer training at altitude and that’s certainly paid off. If he runs at that level again I think he will be right up in the front of the pack at the NCAA meet.”

Fellow junior Scott Carpenter finished in sixth with a time of 23:17.9. Senior Darren Fahy (23:20.1), junior Amos Bartelsmeyer (23:20.8) and senior Ahmed Bile (23:25.7) rounded out the Hoyas’ top five runners.

“Jon obviously ran great. Scott Carpenter ran a really tough race,” Bonsey said. “He put himself out there and ran most of the race on his own which is very difficult. I thought Amos Bartelsmeyer ran by far his best cross country race ever, finishing eighth. They are all in the same grade and that grade ran incredibly well. I think our sixth and seventh can run where our fifth was.” Bonsey also mentioned the team’s strength in its ability to run together as a unit.

“That’s the thing we really need to work on the most, having our 4-7 runners all together because we have the team that can do it,” Bonsey said.

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The No. 15 men’s cross country team won first place in the Big East Championship meet this past weekend. The Hoyas were led by juniors Jonathan Green and Scott Carpenter.

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Television Analysis Falls Short N

othing in professional sports is easy. Athletes make difficult feats appear effortless, which is a testament to their unique and otherworldly skills. While not as extraordinary as a one-handed catch over the middle or an alley-oop lob pass and finish from half court, broadcasting and providing intelligent commentary on these plays is still difficult in its own right.

Though day-in-day-out fans may not need extensive commentary to understand the game and its multitude of strat-

NFL commentators could do better to inform fans of strategic decisions.

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