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Junior Ahmed Bile ran a sub-four-minute mile at the Penn State Relays this past weekend.

EDITORIAL GU’s sexual health ranking of 93 out of 140 is unfortunate, but expected.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The university received the Carnegie Classification, valid until 2025.

OPINION, A2

NEWS, A7

SPORTS, A10

Committee To Address Diversity Provost’s initiative will examine student experience Ashwin Puri

Special to The Hoya

Provost Robert Groves announced Wednesday the establishment of a standing committee on diversity comprised of select students, faculty and administrators to be housed in the Office of the Provost.

“The Provost’s Committee for Diversity will directly advise me and work with me on issues related to diversity, race, ethnicity and social justice,” Groves wrote in a campus-wide email. “The committee will focus on the student experience — including student life, educational and co-curricular opportunities, and alumni engagement.”

Groves said that the new permanent standing committee — a permanent group that meets regularly — is the culmination of a long process of advocacy on behalf of undergraduate students interested in race, social justice and ethnic diversity.

Diversity committee student members will serve a 15-month term, which begins February 2015 and concludes March 2016. Student applicants from any undergraduate or graduate grade level can apply online for the committee until Wednesday, provided they are available for a 15-month term, including summers.

Members will be evaluated and selected by the Office of the Provost.

“Due to the leadership of some undergraduate students last year, a set of concerns and proposals with regard to activities in and out of class, curricular ideas and alumni ideas that would enrich the experience of students from minority racial and ethnic status was proposed,” Groves said. “Those issues came to the forefront and were presented to President DeGioia for discussion and See COMMITTEE, A6

SFS Tops Foreign Policy Rankings Charlotte Allen

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Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown’s Master of Science in Foreign Service and Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service programs were ranked first and fourth in the nation, respectively, for the study of international affairs, according to a list compiled

by Foreign Policy magazine released Jan. 26.

The survey last ranked schools in 2012, since it is not released annually and is conducted in coordination with the Teaching, Research and International Policy Project at the College of William and Mary. In that edition, and in the previous 2007 and 2009 lists, the MSFS program also received the top ranking, while the BSFS program was fifth in 2012, passing Columbia University to claim the

BSFS Rankings 2012 In 2012, Georgetown BSFS was ranked fifth, behind Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Columbia.

This year, Georgetown rose in the rankings to fourth place, beating out Columbia.

Special to the Hoya

The university will begin converting the second and third floors of the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center into student dorms in May 2015, four months before students will move into the space.

As part of the 2010 Campus Plan to provide campus housing for 385 more students by summer 2015, the renovation will convert 70 hotel

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GUSA EXECUTIVE AMBITIONS

Proposal Extends College Tax Credit Matthew Larson

Policy Director Cecilia Munoz said in a conference call with college media outlets the day afPresident Barack Obama an- ter the State of the Union. “The nounced his proposal to per- president is proposing to simmanently extend the American plify and consolidate these tax Opportunity Tax Credit past its incentives using the structure current expiration date in 2017 of the American Opportunity as part of his effort to improve Tax Credit, which is primarily college affordability for middle- targeted to maximize our ability class students. The changes, to help students.” which first appeared in the Anthony Carnevale, the direcState of the Union address, reap- tor of the Georgetown Universipeared in his budget proposal ty Center on Education and the released MonWo r k fo r c e , day. explained “Everybody that Obama’s understands proposed [higher educhange aims cation] is the to redistribkey to sucute higher ANTHONY CARNEVALE cess for our education Director, kids in the funding, in Center on Education and the Workforce 21st century,” which the upObama said in the State of the per classes would lose tax credUnion. “It’s something that’ll its while the middle class would train our workforce so that we gain them. can compete with anybody in “[Obama] believes that there the world.” needs to be a shift in the focus The American Opportunity of public assistance for higher Tax Credit, which was intro- education toward those who duced during the American Re- are least advantaged,” Carnevale covery and Reinvestment Act of said. “He believes it’s a zero-sum 2009, currently gives students game.” from families making less than The plan is currently facing $180,000 a year up to $2,500 per stiff resistance in Congress from year in tax deductions.

Republicans and Democrats “What we have is a pretty com- alike. Carnevale said the plan, plex system of tax incentives for especially combined with the higher education and families proposal to make two years of are pretty frequently unable community college free, is very to take advantage of the incentives,” White House Domestic

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“[Obama] believes it’s a zero-sum game.”

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The GUSA Election Commission held the first of two mandatory interest sessions for the 2015 GUSA race Jan. 28. See story on A5.

Hotel Conversion Scheduled for May Daniel Silbert

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rooms into temporary housing intended for sophomores, and will be converted back into hotel rooms after the completion of the Northeast Triangle dorm, planned for fall 2016.

The hotel has a total of 146 rooms, which means that students will take up almost half the available space.

According to Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey, the renovation will have minimal impact on the architecture and layout of the hotel. The current plan mainly involves the lo-

gistics of housing students in a hotel with guests.

“A lot of rooms have king-sized beds, so we’ll put in double beds for two students to be in there,” Morey said. “There will be some minor plumbing renovations and minor electrical renovations, but the primary part of the work … [is] the logistics of how to get the students in and out of the hotel. For student safety we want to minimize the amount of in-

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NEWS Education Plan

The mayor unveiled a new initiative to assist male minority students.

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Sports Men’s Basketball

OPINION

SPORTS

Commentary It is important, during the internship search, to remember to breathe.

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FC Barcelona Qatar Airways’ track record on human rights should disqualify it as team sponsor.

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College Democrats, GU Fossil Free submitted testimonies to Congress to lower smog.

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The Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center will yield 70 rooms to undergraduate student housing for the 2015-2016 school year, with renovations set to begin in May 2015.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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EDITORIALS

Let’s Talk About Sex Each year, a study sponsored by Trojan Brand Condoms ranks 140 colleges in the United States according to accessibility of sexual health resources on campus and relevant information available to the student body. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Georgetown has been ranked 93rd in the latest 2014 study.

The Trojan Sexual Health Report Card is, according to its rankings methodology, designed “to inspire students to make tangible changes, and to take their schools’ sexual health into their own hands.” While this is an admirable goal, there remain limits to what students can accomplish on their own.

At a certain point, it becomes necessary for the university to recognize that there is something wrong with its system and change it. Unfortunately for Georgetown, that day may be far off, judging from the current state of its approach to sexual health on campus.

It is no secret that Georgetown’s Catholic system of ethics has qualms about supporting healthy and safe sex among its students.

This has been demonstrated in various ways, from the university hospital’s refusal to fill prescriptions for the birth control pill, to the administration’s denial of official recognition to H*yas for Choice, to the student-led anti-abortion groups that do receive access to benefits.

Certain aspects of this larger system of this willful avoidance are inconvenient, rather than overtly harmful. For example, the Student Health Services page on the Georgetown website has a subsection devoted entirely to sexual health issues.

This subsection has a grand total of two articles, one containing basic information on STI prevention, the other detailing the steps of a testicular self-exam.

Apparent misogyny aside, the amount of information on this website pales in comparison to what can be found on

any of the websites of the top 10 schools on Trojan’s list. For example, the sexual health web portal of the No. 1 ranked school, Oregon State University, includes links to dozens of articles, peer health programs and advisory groups.

However, any student has access to all the information that other universities — and the Internet at large — have to offer, so Georgetown refusing to address certain intricacies of sexuality is not crippling, in this case. There are other examples of Georgetown’s sexual health constraints that are far more troubling.

Although Georgetown’s meager sexual health page advocates condoms as “the best way to prevent STIs,” the university does not provide them to its students, whether free or at cost.

Clearly, Georgetown’s Catholic identity renders the school incapable of providing basic sexual health services like distributing condoms to its students. But, students have access through non-university channels, as H*yas for Choice has taken up the slack in this area, providing this valuable sexual health resource to students for free.

However, there are certain things a student organization cannot conceivably do, which the university absolutely should be doing — like providing Plan B in the standard hospital rape kit given to survivors, or perhaps providing options other than the Crisis Pregnancy Center to students concerned about having a child.

These lapses do not constitute “care for the whole person,” and, Catholic identity or not, are just plain wrong.

We are, fortunately, not ranked last.

Nevertheless, placing in the 40th percentile among peer schools in an environment in which sexual assault is common on college campuses is a pressing and alarming truth that we as students of this university can no longer afford to ignore.

Carolyn Maguire, Executive Editor Alexander Brown, Managing Editor Jess Kelham-Hohler, Online Editor Katherine Richardson, Campus News Editor Kshithij Shrinath, City News Editor Kara Avanceña, Sports Editor Hannah Kaufman, Guide Editor Jinwoo Chong, Opinion Editor Daniel Smith, Photography Editor Shannon Hou, Layout Editor Zack Saravay, Copy Chief Emily Min, Blog Editor Molly Simio, Multimedia Editor

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Jinwoo Chong, Chair

Madison Ashley, Kit Clemente, Francisco Collantes, Daniel Sandoval, Johnny Verhovek

Ticket Price — AAA Mid-Atlantic reported that D.C. lost nearly $55 million in oustanding parking and traffic tickets as of the 2014 fiscal year

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Knights’ False Accusers To the Editor: Your editorial “Knights of Charity?” [The Hoya, Jan. 27, 2015] makes two false claims that could have easily been checked. Claim: if the Knights of Columbus don’t disclose their contributions to causes, they risk immorality. In fact, 2014’s $170 million is readily available through their website, magazine, and communications office.

Claim: the Knights are uncharitable because their morality opposes what polls declare most U.S. Catholics support.

In fact, any campus Jesuit would

This week on

how it will interact with similar groups like the Office of Institutional Diversity Equity and Affirmative Action that urged the provost to establish a diversity requirement for Georgetown students.

It is unclear whether the committee will approach the diversity requirement topic or meet with individuals on the previously existing committee, and troubling that university administrators are only just now taking a new step toward addressing the issue.

It is reasonable that, at this time, there is not much information on the diversity committee, as it is still being created, but it is important that the Office of the provost keep students informed and engaged on an issue of this nature as the committee develops and eventually comes to fruition.

This committee is surely a step in the right direction for the university in continuing a dialogue concerning diversity that was started by a proposal through the Black House that was submitted to the Provost only one year ago.

Nevertheless, the lack of diversity is not a newly recognized issue, and will demand action on the part of the university that the university itself will not be able to supply unless it furthers its collaboration with the student body and voice.

Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J. Associate Professor of Theology, Georgetown University

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Be sure to check Chatter, The Hoya’s online opinion section, throughout the week for additional opinion pieces.

Tithi Patel (SFS ’18) examines the implications of difficulties that arise in financing a higher education:

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The immediate costs during the application process add up quickly — and often to huge sums. ... However, a family’s income could disqualify them from these benefits, even if they still have need for them. ... Additionally, if prospective college students are unable to visit campuses, they may not end up in the environment to which they are best-suited, which often severely affects the probability of a timely graduation.”

Will fonseca (col ’16) ​reflects on the deceptiveness of the consulting trap many students fall into:

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​ o I want to be the guy who suggests the firing? Should D a 23-year-old Georgetown graduate who spends his weekends looking for new places to have bottomless champagne brunch with his friends — someone I saw myself becoming, sitting at that info session — have that kind of power?​”

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have explained that Catholic ethics isn’t decided by vote, but by the philosophy of natural law. Moreover, the editorial’s ironic title inflicts pain on our fellow students.

It demeans the many hours of selfless work given by volunteer Hoya Knights, both to campus and the District’s needy. So whose ethics, integrity, and charity should we be calling into question — the falsely accused, or the false accuser’s?

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Michelle Xu

Engaging Student Diversity This past week, Provost Robert Groves sent an email to the undergraduate and graduate student bodies, soliciting applications for a standing committee on diversity.

According to the email, the diversity committee will consist of students, faculty and administrators who “work collaboratively on projects throughout the year.” Potential projects include diversity, race, ethnicity and social justice related issues.

A special focus of the committee would be to scrutinize issues within the overall student experience including student life, educational and co-curricular opportunities and alumni engagement.

The committee’s role, however, needs to be more defined in order to be effective. We urge Provost Groves to find a focus within the broad range of diversity issues it promises to cover in order to effectively approach the topic of pluralism on Georgetown’s campus.

The committee could be particularly successful with issues including pressing questions about how Georgetown can attract a more diverse student body, how to ensure diversity within on-campus student groups, and how to facilitate a greater awareness and dialogue about diversity within the university.

Another concern for the committee is

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On Playing the Internship Game D Musa Bassey

University Rank Spells Trouble F

or those who haven’t heard, President Obama proposed a plan in 2013 to reform the higher education system. His proposal aims to release definitive rankings of universities and colleges. something on which U.S. News and World Report and Princeton Review have always held a monopoly.

Although it seems impractical to many that the federal government is going to rate more than 6,000 colleges and illogical that the federal government is telling students and their parents which colleges are the best, these things are not what the rankings are.

Sure, they includes the basic statistics — among them, graduation and retention rates, classroom size and faculty credentials — but the rankings are mainly a threepronged advisory on how to provide students and their families with better information on which school will allow them to maximize the payoff on what is usually a huge investment, how to make that investment in the first place and how to increase the accessibility of higher education to people of lower incomes.

U.S. News and Princeton Review, however, focus on the colleges’ admissions selectivity and SAT scores as the primary indicators of their rank, and this thinking is dangerous.

Using student selectivity and test scores to measure school quality plants the idea that exclusivity means superiority. While some people are privileged enough to get into a selective four-year college that they chose as a safety school, denied applicants might not have known about any other options for achievement, having thrown all their bets for “best” schools into the selectivity basket.

Another problem is that current college ranking systems seem to be doing two things at once: telling people they are better off in a school where they feel like they are getting a valuable education, and telling them that their school isn’t good enough if it’s not widely known, respected or selective.

Obviously there are people out there who have always wanted to be here on the Hilltop or attend Harvard, Princeton or Yale. But what about those who just want to gather real world experience as part of the curriculum that they and their families are paying for, not an extracurricular activity that must be balanced against mountains of other homework?

I expect the president’s list to resemble (but not perfectly reflect) a ranking list from Time Money. It has pointed out less selective, less prestigious colleges that still provide excellent returns on investment, have high average student GPAs, and provide a sound education.

Babson College — a business-oriented college — and Webb Institute — a naval architecture and engineering-centered school — scored in the top two slots for their education quality, affordability and post-graduation employment. Both of those colleges’ graduates earn an average of around $60,000 within the first five years after degree completion.

Ivy Leagues, Stanford and Caltech are scattered in the top 10, while Georgetown is ranked No. 37. A lot of us already get some sort of institutional financial aid, and our graduates work in high-paying occupations.

Yet, it is not enough to beat UVA, Amherst, UCLA or BYU. I don’t think that a lower ranking based on affordability will cause us to lose many, if any, applicants, as Georgetown will still be known for its prestige. Regardless of rankings, wealthy alumni and parents will still want to send their children and their money here.

Interestingly enough, the rating system will happen, no matter what the Congress wants. What President Obama needs approval for — and it is highly dubious that he can get it — is the section of his plan that stipulates that the government will give students more financial aid if they go to a school that is ranked higher on the list than others.

In theory, this means that even if students are low-income, they will get less government money if they attend a university with high tuition ranks, regardless of how it prepares them for their future careers.

I support the president on many issues, but there are many valid concerns that people have about this proposal. This current plan risks penalizing schools with less lucrative — but still high-quality — major programs. It also gives less money to even individuals at universities that cater to high populations of low-income students if their school is lowly ranked.

The federal government should increase financial aid for individuals in colleges that score higher on this new list, but it should not take funding away from people in lower-scoring colleges. Just because a school receives more funding does not necessarily mean it is going to be evenly proportioned for each new student that comes in.

These rankings are promising, but they have problems that need to be wrinkled out.

In any case, Georgetown’s academic status will likely remain untouched.

Musa Bassey is a freshman in the College.

The Undergrad Almanac appears every other Tuesday.

ear Georgetown: After spending four months in a country on the other side of the world, I felt like a changed person. India had challenged me in many ways, pushing me outside of my comfort zone and giving me insight into the structural inequalities that pervade our society today. India’s slow pace of life was also a welcome change. It not only encouraged me to live in the present, but also reminded me that life is not just about getting that next internship — life is about actually living.

Thus, as I prepared to return to D.C. for my third-to-last semester on the Hilltop, I felt completely prepared for anything Georgetown could throw at me. Yet I soon realized that while my entire life might’ve changed, Georgetown seemed to have remained just as I had left it seven months ago. Feelings of unease started to wash over me. I was no longer certain that I was ready to go back to a place where people can become so fixated on perfecting their resumes and submitting application after application for that “perfect” semester or summer internship that they tune everything else out.

Mere days into the first week of spring semester, I was met by a flood of emails from the career center informing me of various career events on campus. On top of figuring out my class schedule and adjusting to the faster pace of life, I was feeling overwhelmed and disconnected.

Not wanting to fall behind, I signed up for and attended as many information sessions as I could, even though my heart was not always in it. My lack of enthusiasm soon became self-doubt as I began to question my own motives. I wondered whether I was going to information sessions and applying for internships simply because everyone

In a stage of our lives defined by interviews, applications and internships, it is difficult, but nevertheless important, to breathe. else was doing it. The external noise was deafening and only seemed to grow louder.

Feeling lost and confused, I reached out to my mentors for advice. Toward the end of our conversations, I always asked them to point me in the right direction and to tell me what they thought I should do. To my disappointment, they told me that they could not answer my pleas — it was up to me to decide my future and no one else could do it for me.

Even after speaking with my mentors, I still couldn’t help but wonder whether I was actually pursuing my passions and or if I would actually be satisfied working at the

firms that I applied for. My mind was racing a mile a minute, but things weren’t getting any clearer.

But everything clicked for me last week when I was expressing my latest doubts to another one of my mentors, a 1989 School of Foreign Service graduate. As we were wrapping up our conversation, I asked him one last question out of the blue: How are your friends doing now? He told me that some 20 years out of college, his Georgetown friends were all largely satisfied with where their careers had taken them and where they were now. It was at that moment that I finally understood.

Almost two-and-a-half months

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from turning 21 years old, I was starting to feel rather old. Freshman year felt like ages ago — where had time gone? As an upperclassman, I was undoubtedly one of the older students on campus. Yet in the larger scheme of things, being almost 21 means that I’m still young and still have so much of my life ahead of me. As students at such a prestigious university, each decision we make to either accept or decline an internship or job offer seems monumental. We are devastated when we put in tremendous time and effort into preparing for interviews and don’t even get a first-round interview. We become flustered when we can’t decide between well-paying internships and unpaid ones that we feel truly passionate about. It is these types of decisions that eat away at us to the point of consuming us.

I’m certainly not advocating for students to stop applying for internships or to stop considering their post-graduation career options, because planning ahead is important. I do want my classmates here at Georgetown to continue aiming high. However, should they fail to obtain that all-important internship, they should not view it as a major setback. In fact, that missed opportunity might just open the door to something completely unexpected but extraordinary nonetheless.

Thus, as the interview process ramps up for some and slows down for others, I wish all of you the best of luck and hope that all of you keep things in perspective … because some 20 years down the road, you’re not going to remember why you ever broke a sweat over that college internship that you did (or didn’t) do.

Jenny Chen is a junior in the School of Foreign Service.

THE DEAN’S DESK

Georgetown’s Storied “But Did You Even Culture of Encounter Read My Resume?”

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ope Francis has recently urged us to build a “culture of encounter.” He warns against an inward-looking culture that is closed off to the adventure and beauty of life. Furthermore, he believes that this self-referential culture eventually “gets sick.”

Conversely, Francis advocates that a culture of encounter is one that is based upon solidarity and personal relationships.

It is this culture that allows us to be truly loving and compassionate to those around us.

Finally, the culture of encounter is one that goes out to the “peripheries.” The peripheries, as Francis explains, are those on the margins — the refugees and migrants, those afflicted by injustice and persecution, the lonely and outcast, the sick and the poor.

The outward drive toward these margins, of course, is characteristic of the Jesuit tradition that Francis personifies.

St. Francis Xavier, for example, went to the ends of the earth to encounter those on the periphery, and our very own Fr. Andrew White (the namesake of White-Gravenor Hall) followed Xavier’s example when coming to the new world in 1634.

This culture of encounter animates the spirit of Georgetown. Following the Ignatian tradition, our community goes out into the world working for solidarity, peace and love. One of the greatest fruits of this spirit is the pro-life movement at Georgetown, which stems from the heart of our Catholic and Jesuit call to be men and women for others.

A pro-life culture is integral to a culture of encounter, as it brings us out of ourselves and into communion with those around us, such as the mother and her child, a social worker helping a young woman at a crisis pregnancy center or young people collecting vital supplies for mothers in need.

Our university has a rich, prolife legacy, one that personifies this culture of encounter that moves even beyond the gates of campus.

The Northwest Pregnancy Center was founded by Georgetown students and alumni in 1981 for the sole purpose of car-

ing for and encountering women in need of support and love.

On campus, students have established the Pregnancy Research Forum, which provides answers, support and aid to students who are pregnant. Members of the student body also team up several times throughout the semester for “diaper drives,” delivering hundreds of diapers to the Northwest Center for mothers and children in need.

Cardinal John O’Connor, perhaps America’s greatest defender of the beauty of life, received his doctorate from Georgetown in 1970 and was no doubt inspired by the Ignatian drive for justice and love, which is summarized in his episcopal motto: “There can be no love without justice.”

Indeed, Cardinal O’Connor thought constantly about justice and love for both the mother and the unborn.

Finally, this culture of encounter is seen most clearly in the Cardinal O’Connor Conference, the nation’s largest student-run, prolife conference.

After attending and serving the conference for three years, I am constantly overwhelmed by the joy of all who participate. It is a joy that is rooted in a love and openness to the beauty of life that constantly surrounds us.

At this year’s conference I realized that the center of our pro-life movement on campus is not protest and anger, but rather, love, joy and friendship.

This brief sketch of Georgetown’s pro-life legacy captures the university’s spirit, a spirit that is rooted both in the Jesuit tradition and the culture of our student body. We are people of love and joy, constantly seeking to serve others both on campus and beyond.

We follow the initiative of Pope Francis and seek to build a culture of encounter – a campus of love — that will hopefully keep in mind the words of Cardinal O’Connor and defend justice for the millions of defenseless children that are denied the beauty and adventure of life each year.

Georgetown’s prolife legacy is rooted in tradition, history and the foundational Jesuit spirit that founded it decades ago.

Louis Cona is a senior in the College.

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ery few of my friends are do- your major, your internships, your ing what they’d planned for summer jobs, etc. You get your first themselves in college. One real job. You buy pants. You don’t chemistry major friend is now an love that first job (few people do, by architect; one history major runs the way), and after six months, you his own entertainment agency. begin the hunt for that second job.

Meanwhile, I was pre-med, until I In those interviews, the questions wasn’t. You’ve heard these stories go something like this: “What do before: plans that didn’t pan out. you value in a supervisor?” “Why And you’re also probably thinking, do you want this job?” “Why do you “Fine, but I should still plan this want to leave that job?” Throughout thing out.” the interview, you notice a distasteHere’s the problem: plans inher- ful lack of interest in your college ently change. They change because experience. Did you even READ my we change. College has a way of do- resume?! My college choices deserve ing that. We bump your attention! But into things. Those they won’t get attenthings surprise us, tion. Instead, a few bore us, seduce us regretful raindrops and repel us. They begin to fall, a lonecomplicate us. And some bagpipe moos if we’re smart, we rein the distance, and spond accordingly. we slowly zoom away Still, the career from you, lost in a question looms, and thronged metropolis Tad Howard rightly so. Liberal or forsaken in a dinarts advocates like ghy. myself can be misYour college choicunderstood as being es may never matuninterested in life ter again, in that after college. It can resume-obsessed sound as though sense that corrupts we support refinso many decisions. ing taste, collecting But in far more imcocktail-party capital portant ways, those and practicing some sort of book- choices will always matter. You are ish bohemianism, all the while free to be curious, and you have arnever considering jobs … that sort rived at the best place on earth to of thing. indulge that curiosity. Your curiBut to sequester college from the osity is not something to set aside rest of your life, which includes while you do real work. your career, is to violate something Your interests aren’t distractions; centrally distinctive about George- they’re the makings of an intellectown. Jesuit education is, among tual life that, if taken seriously, will other things, a process of integra- help you make authentic, honest tion. It is neither dry skill-shoveling choices today. And today’s choices, and job prep nor some decadent made well, will lead to a more aubrain massage that ends when real thentic, fully integrated future you. life starts.

College, for some, will be a way This campus swarms with skills to get from point A to point B. That and smarts, but, for St. Ignatius, can work. Some may indeed know those are bits of a deeper process what point B will be. This college, of formation, of integration, of be- however, is a powerful place to figcoming. That happens as you evolve ure out point B’s and to imagine in your interests and convictions, horizons well beyond B’s, G’s, and allow room for surprise, broaden Z’s, beyond the PhD’s, LLC’s and your knowledge and shape your vi- law degrees. sion of how you will contribute to I learned this late in the game “a more humane and just world.” and still feel robbed of much of my But, let me make a similar point college experience as a result. Had I in a more practical way. You worked been a Georgetown undergraduate very hard to get to Georgetown, and student, where people talk about you deserve to indulge in that ac- formation, integration and becomplishment a bit. Trust in those coming, I might have figured this advantages you have already so hun- out earlier. But even if it was late, grily accrued. Opt out of the resume I landed here, advising, deaning, scramble for a few semesters, and teaching, living on campus, all of examine more deeply those things it at Georgetown. I didn’t foresee you suspect you could genuinely it, but I attribute this blessing to enjoy. switching the autopilot off and darLet’s run through the next, say, ing to be interested in something. three to six years.

You choose your course of study Tad Howard is an associate dean because you’re convinced it will at Georgetown College. He is one look good to an employer. You aren’t of the alternating writers for The even sure you like it that much. In Dean’s Desk, which appears every job interviews, you are asked about other Tuesday.

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DCPS Initiative Helps Male Students of Color KRISTEN FEDOR Hoya Staff Writer

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced the Empowering Males of Color initiative on Jan. 21. The initiative pledges to invest $20 million in the education of black and Latino male students in the District.

Spread over the course of three years, the funds will be used to create a mentoring program, targeting grants to specific district schools and open a college preparatory school for male students of color east of the Anacostia River.

Bowser emphasized the focus on young minority males, who comprise 43 percent of the DCPS student population, in the initiative’s official announcement.

“Too many of these young men are not reaching their full potential. We need to fundamentally change that dynamic.

That’s why my administration is committed to advancing achievement and opportunity and reducing disparities for boys and young men of color in the District,” Bowser said.

School Operations Specialist at DCPS Frederick Lewis explained the initiative as key to unlocking their potential.

“We are modelling our initiatives on programs that have proven successful in DCPS and elsewhere and bringing them to scale so that all our males of color can reach their potential,” Lewis wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “And, with that, we strongly reject a deficit perspective that there is something fundamentally wrong with our black and Latino males — our boys are not the problem. We simply are not doing enough to support them, empower them and encourage them.”

Black and Latino male students have the lowest high school graduation rates in the District, at 48 percent and 57 percent, respectively.

To boost the rates, a new all-male college preparatory school is set to open east of the Anacostia River in fall 2016 with the help of Urban Prep Academics, a Chicagobased nonprofit organization that oversees a network of three all-male high schools in Chicago with similar missions, each of which has an average size of 350 students.

One hundred percent of students in the Urban Prep system since its first class in 2010 have graduated from high school and been accepted to four-year institutions.

Urban Prep Academics Founder and CEO Tim King (SFS ’89, LAW ’93) spoke fondly about his past in D.C. when announcing the partnership with Mayor Bowser and DCPS. He alluded to his time at Georgetown, which he attended with Henderson, as well as work as a tutor in Sursum Corda and high school teacher in northeast D.C. “I couldn’t be more excited by the prospect that Urban Prep’s first school outside

of Chicago be in a city that, in a way, is where it all began,” King said.

In addition to the new high school, Empowering Males of Color will work to increase mentorship programs in elementary schools. Currently, roughly half of black and Latino fourth-graders fall below norms for their grade level.

The final component of the initiative includes a new method for schools to apply for grants, through what it calls the “Proving What’s Possible” model. Schools are asked to focus on academic development, family engagement or social-emotional supports when applying for funding.

Lewis added that the initiative will have a positive impact on all DCPS students, not just minority male students who directly benefit.

“We believe this is an equity and social justice issue, but also believe the cumulative effect of increased academic rigor and enhanced social supports that specifically target males of color will be a boon for all students, in the spirit of the idiom: A rising tide lifts all boats,” he wrote. “There is enormous untapped potential in our students.

To unlock this potential, we must target how we educate students who have not yet fully benefited from the progress we have made. We are confident that our investment in young men of color will pay off for all our students, and for the entire city.”

The initiative is separate from but works in coordination with the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper project, which similarly aims to aid young minority males through collaborations with institutions across the nation. Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was approached by the Department of Education last summer to work on My Brother’s Keeper, including a data jam session in August.

In addition to community service programs such as D.C. Reads and the D.C. Schools Project run by the Center for Social Justice, Georgetown also directs the Meyers Institute for College Preparation to ready students in Ward 7 for college. Despite these partnerships, no Georgetown organizations have yet announced formal involvement with the Empowering Males of Color initiative, according to Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh.

Aligning with her commitment to increasing opportunities for the District’s disadvantaged youths, Mayor Bowser recently launched the annual Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program, opening the application process for students ages 14 to 21, renamed this year after the former mayor who began the program and died in November.

The university has provided around a dozen opportunities through the program in past years. Selected candidates will earn six weeks of employment and work-readiness training. Applications are open until Friday, Feb. 20 at summerjobs.dc.gov.

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The first-ever Multicultural Week, hosted by GUSA’s Multicultural Council in coordination with student organizations, celebrated diversity around campus from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1.

Week Celebrates Multiculturalism ANDREW WALLENDER Hoya Staff Writer

About 300 students participated in the first ever Multicultural Week, which celebrated the diversity of cultures on campus and ran Jan. 27 to Feb. 1.

The week was hosted by the Georgetown University Student Association Multicultural Council, and in addition to the student organizations that sponsored the individual events, the Council collaborated with Corp Philanthropy, Interhall Council, the Georgetown University Student Association Fund and the Office of Campus Ministry to put the week together.

“Our goal is to expand and enhance the experience for Georgetown students in regards to multiculturalism,” Multicultural Council member Jackson Shain (COL ’18) said of the organization as a whole.

“We’re trying to advocate for student groups on campus that are underserved culture groups and improve the funding structure that exists right now for minority status groups. We’re very much population-based, which isn’t very conducive for the cultural groups on campus that may have smaller populations.”

The idea for a Multicultural Week came about after the success earlier in the year of the World’s Fair, which was put on by the Multicultural Council and Welcome Week

and brought multiple cultural groups together on campus.

The fair only lasted a day, however, and the council wanted to find a way to replicate the event in a prolonged format, according to Multicultural Council Chair Eng Gin Moe (SFS ’16).

Overall Moe said that the week was big success for the council and the Georgetown community as a whole.

“I think Multicultural Week was a great experience in exposing the many aspects of cultural diversity to the greater Georgetown community,” Moe wrote in an email to THE HOYA. She added, “[W]e had people come who are not necessarily associated with any of the clubs part of the Week. These participants were able to learn that these organizations not only exist but that they welcome everyone to their events, ideally leading to greater numbers of people who aren’t in those organizations to go to future events of those organizations.”

The week began with an event titled “The Taste of the Mediterranean” sponsored by the Turkish Club and the Hellenic Association that featured free Mediterranean food and live performances.

About 50 to 60 people attended the event in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room, though only about 30 people were expected, according to Hellenic Association President Vasiliki Dimopoulos (COL ’15).

“We don’t really think to reach out to other cultural

groups and work together, so the Turkish Association and the Greek Association thought it would be fun to work together,” Dimopoulos said. “We had always kind of talked about it jokingly and then the opportunity was presented.”

The main goal of the event, according to Dimopoulos, was to raise student awareness of the Hellenic Association and the Turkish Club.

The Multicultural Week continued Thursday with a “Minority Health Disabilities Panel,” which focused on the challenges minorities face in the healthcare system. The panel was hosted by the Asian American Student Association and the Native American Student Association and was held in the HFSC Herman Meeting Room.

The Latin American Student Association and the Georgetown University Mexican Student Association sponsored a “Dia de los Reyes” event on Thursday evening in the HFSC Herman Meeting Room. The event featured Mexican hot chocolate, rosca de reyes — a traditional Spanish and Latin American pastry — and music.

The Multicultural Week concluded Sunday with the Multicultural Brunch, which featured food from around the world and photos from the week’s festivities. Multiple singing and dancing groups from around campus performed at the brunch, held in the HFSC Social Room.

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Meeting Reveals Potential GUSA Candidates TOM GARZILLO Hoya Staff Writer

While students campaigning for executive positions in the Georgetown University Student Association will formally announce their candidacy Feb. 5, two mandatory information sessions hosted by the GUSA Election Commission hinted as to how the tickets may round out.

Nine students, not including campus media, attended the first session, held Wednesday, Jan. 28, including Alex Bobroske (SFS ’17), Craig Levites (COL ’17), Joe Luther (COL ’16), Connor Rohan (COL ’16), Tim Rosenberger (COL ’16) and Reno Varghese (SFS ’16).

More students attended the second meeting, held Monday, Feb. 2. Among them were Abbey McNaughton (COL ’16), Will Simons (COL ’16), Sara Margolis (COL ’16) and Ryan Shymansky (COL ’16).

Sources confirm presidential and vice-presidential pairings of Rosenberger and Varghese, McNaughton and Simons, Margolis

and Shymansky, and Luther and Rohan. However, possible contenders cannot speak in their capacity as GUSA executive candidates until the official campaign period begins.

There will be two debates for presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively, held Feb. 11 and Feb. 16. The election will be held Feb. 19.

To accommodate schedules and the annual GUSA budget request that typically takes place the Sunday after the election, the election dates are a week later than normal, according to GUSA Election Commissioners Pavan Rajgopal (SFS ’15), Alden Fletcher (SFS ’17) and Grady Willard (SFS ’18). The commissioners said that they hope this year’s campaign is fair and constructive.

“We’ve had clean campaigns for the last two or three years now,” Rajgopal said. “We want to keep that track record.”

Although candidates have not officially declared, online articles have appeared criticizing certain campaigns. The election commis-

sioners and potential candidates declined to comment on such articles before the start of the official campaign season Feb. 5.

Rajgopal and Fletcher both said that the mix of GUSA insiders and non-GUSA candidates is good for the campaign and school. McNaughton, Margolis, Rosenberger and Varghese have served on GUSA in some capacity, while the other students at the information sessions have not been involved with the association.

“I think it provides a nice diversity of views,” Fletcher said. “People who know and have a history of working with administrators, and people who want to get more involved and see the issue from a different approach.”

Rajgopal echoed this sentiment and said that non-GUSA candidates can provide unique insight to the executive team.

“It’s good to have people with experience in student government because there are a lot of processes and procedures for which that helps,” Rajgopal said.

“At the same time, it’s good that

there are lots of people coming in with an outside perspective because sometimes things can get wrapped up in procedure.”

Current GUSA President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) and Vice President Omika Jikaria (SFS ’15) offered their advice to the candidates about how to navigate the anxiety and pressure of campaigning during the Feb. 2 meeting.

“First and foremost is to do your best to keep it clean,” Tezel said. “These elections can get very passionate and heated but it’s important that all parties remember that everyone has a common goal and that it’s only by maintaining a respectful dialogue that we will be able to get there.”

Jikaria reminded candidates that this is a long process and it is important to maintain balance.

“Keep in mind that this is definitely a marathon, not a sprint,” Jikaria said. “Take care of yourself. Have fun. Be thankful for the people around you helping you.”

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Students Testify at EPA Hearing Alicia Che

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In response to the proposed updates to national air quality standards, several Georgetown students from the College Democrats and GU Fossil Free in addition to university staff members testified at a hearing by the Environmental Protection Agency last week.

Through the testimony, they hope to give a personal twist to a national issue and encourage stricter environmental standards.

The hearing took place Thursday as part of the EPA’s effort to solicit input from the general public about national air quality standards for ground-level ozone, otherwise known as smog. It has proposed strengthening standards to a level within a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion, while taking comment on a level as low as 60 ppb. Currently, the standard is 75 ppb.

Various environmental groups on campus including GU College Democrats and GU Fossil Free encouraged interested members to attend the hearing.

The students and staff members who

“Although we are not experts on science, we do have the ability to put a human face as to why improving air quality is important.”

GRAHAM WILLARD (SFS ’18) GU College Democrats Environmental Advocacy Leader

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Potential candidates for the GUSA presidency attended compulsory information sessions Jan. 28 and Feb. 2. Campaigning will officially begin Feb. 5 at midnight, while debates for presidential and vice presidential candidates will be held in the week before the election Feb. 19.

DC Counts Homeless Obama Budget Offers DC Greater Autonomy In Federal Survey Sarah Fisher

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The Point in Time count, the annual census and survey of homeless persons and families required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, launched around the country Wednesday. The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness began gathering results for Washington, D.C., though final numbers will not be released until April.

D.C. Department of Human Services Public Information Officer Dora Taylor explained the logistics of the count. “[Point in Time] involves counting everyone who is what HUD calls ‘literally homeless,’ meaning that they are residing in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities, or are unsheltered,” Taylor said. “Key demographic areas that outreach staff and volunteers are trained to prioritize collecting in their engagements with homeless persons are … [people with] chronic homeless status … homeless veterans … [and] homeless youth.”

In 2014, homelessness in D.C. totaled 7,748 people, a 13 percent increase from 2013 and a total representing 1.2 percent of the population. There were 3,953 single homeless people and 3,975 homeless people in families, inclduing 2,236 children.

Taylor said that the city could not release any numbers until April. The Winter Plan released by the Interagency Council on Homelessness in September predicted a 16 percent increase in homeless families this winter. The city has faced issues with its emergency housing capacity in the cold, with D.C. General, the District’s largest homeless shelter, running out of space in January.

D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) said his primary concern for this year’s census is determining the amount of homeless students in the city.

“I’m particularly concerned about the students that are homeless, we have over 1800 students

that are homeless in the District of Columbia attending the schools,” Grosso said.

He added that he hopes to prioritize helping homeless students throughout the upcoming year.

“So what are we doing to provide them the proper services they need both from finding them a home to mental health services and other things? Hopefully we can move forward and prioritize this in the next year and make it so that there are fewer homeless in the District of Columbia,” he said.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has made the issue a cornerstone of her administration, focusing on improving permanent housing to lower the stress of shelters and decrease the homeless population.

Georgetown students involved with Homeless Outreach Programs and Education devote their time to the cause, including volunteering at soup kitchens and making scarves for the homeless.

HOPE Advocacy and Awareness Co-Coordinator Gianna Maita (COL ’15) spoke about the variety of student commitment to the cause.

“Students in HOPE do many different outreach programs that are service-based and involve providing conversation, food … to people experiencing homelessness. The most important thing … is that Georgetown students make it clear that folks who are unhoused still deserve to have their dignity recognized by our city and our society,” Maita said.

HOPE volunteer Czarina Ramos (COL ’16) echoed Maita, saying that homelessness is an important issue for Georgetown students to engage with.

“As students, it’s very accessible to tune into information about housing policy and demographics and the big numbers. Getting in touch with people experiencing homelessness and listening to what they have to say is a little bit tougher,” Ramos said. “We hope to build a culture on campus where homelessness isn’t some negative character trait, and is instead simply a living situation.”

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ization has become a point of contention in the debate regarding congressional oversight over President Barack Obama’s pro- the District. While voters passed posed $4 trillion budget for the Initiative 71 to legalize possesupcoming fiscal year, which was sion of up to two ounces of marireleased Monday, included provi- juana for individuals over the sions to remove restrictions on age of 21, Congress added the marijuana legalization and abor- provision in the omnibus bill. tion services in the District, supDespite this, D.C. Council porting greater budgetary and Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) legislative autonomy for D.C. sent the initiative to Congress The congressional omnibus on Jan. 16 to begin a 30-day respending bill, passed in Decem- view period, as advocates argue ber, restricted D.C. officials from that the legislation was already using federal and implemented when local funds to pervoters passed the iniform any abortions tiative. or enact any legislaObama’s proposal, tion related to the however, could enpossession or disable the D.C. Council tribution of marito enact a tax-andjuana. regulation scheme According to The similar to the sysWashington Post, tems currently in the budget removes Colorado and WashPresident Barack the “local” portion ington, offering Obama’s Budget of these policy ridgreater oversight Proposal ers in a section on for the council over page 1248 of the proposal, per- the legalization process. Counmitting the usage of local tax cilmember David Grosso (I-At revenue to implement a tax-and- Large) introduced a bill to begin regulate system for marijuana such deliberations in October distribution in the District, in but was halted by the provision addition to providing abortion that prevented further legislaservices for low-income women. tion on the issue.

“None of the Federal funds With the Monday release, the contained in this Act may be proposal will now undergo exused to enact any law, rule or haustive review through comregulation to legalize or other- mittees in both the Senate and wise reduce penalties associated House, offering Republican opwith the possession, use or dis- ponents, particularly Rep. Andy tribution of any schedule I sub- Harris (R-Md.), who introduced stance. … None of the Federal the omnibus policy rider, plenty funds appropriated under this of opportunities to amend the Act shall be expended for any legislation. abortion except where the life In addition to the specific of the mother would be endan- policy provisions, the budget gered,” the proposal reads. broadly extends support for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton budget and legislative autono(D-D.C.) expressed her support my. Obama said in July 2014 that for the changes included in the he was “for” D.C. statehood, and White House’s proposal. the Senate held the first hearing “We are grateful that the presi- since 1993 on the issue in Sepdent again has demonstrated his tember. support for D.C. to spend its local “Consistent with the principle funds as it chooses and without of home rule, it is the Adminispolitically motivated congressio- tration’s view that the District’s nal interferences,” Norton said local autonomy should be enin a statement. hanced and increased,” the proThe issue of marijuana legal- posal reads.

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“Local autonomy should be enhanced.”

participated prepared for the hearing by learning about the facts and finding a personal appeal. Instead of focusing solely on abstract numbers and concepts, many of them related air quality standards to personal experiences.

GU College Democrats environmental advocacy leader Graham Willard (SFS ’18) attended the hearing on Thursday and submitted testimony.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Willard said that his hometown experience remains the biggest motivation behind his dedication to environmental causes and drove him to testify at the EPA hearing.

“In Los Angeles, we have bad air quality, fires and smogs,” Willard said. “Although we are not experts on science, we do have the ability to put a human face as to why improving air quality is important.”

Nina Sherburne, a staff member at the Hoya Kids Learning Center under the university’s Human Resource department and a member of GU Fossil Free, was unable to attend the hearing in person, but handed her testimony to a friend to be read on her behalf. In her testimony, she chose to share stories of her preschool students battling asthma and other conditions to make the fight for clean air personal.

“Think about the amount of time, energy, resources and dollars that are spent battling smog and its effects,” Sherburne wrote in her testimony. “If you choose the limit of 60 parts per billion, imagine the gift of freedom you will give to this country. What might we, as a society, be if air quality was never an issue? And who might my student become if he were able to step into the world and just breathe?”

Both Sherburne and Willard said that they wanted to show the EPA that human health is just as important as other concerns people may have.

“There are a lot of people who don’t view the environment as the number one issue of importance in this country, and they believe that you either create jobs or protect the environment.” Willard said. “It is really important to get through this notion. You can create jobs and protect the environment at the same time.”

The EPA will continue to accept written comments on the proposed standards until March 17, and the agency is scheduled to issue a final rule by Oct. 1.

GU College Democrats Chairman Matthew Gregory (SFS ‘17) said that his student group will be closely following the resolution of the issue.

“If it continues to be in limbo, there is a possibility that members of the [College Democrats] might consider meeting with some lawmakers to discuss why we thought it’s important and why there should be continued push for more regulation for making business align with the interests of the common good rather than simply profit-seeking,” Gregory said.

Gregory also hopes to raise awareness among the campus population of important government policies on environmental issues.

“We plan to work together with other on-campus student groups such as GU Fossil Free and hope to get a campus movement in support of environmental measures and energy measures we feel are beneficial for the nation and for the future,” Gregory said.

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MSFS Tops IR Rankings Obama Proposes MSFS, from A1 fourth spot this year.

Foreign Policy compiled the rankings from a survey of 1,615 international relations scholars. The programs were evaluated based on academic excellence, connections with professors and faculty, location and the strength of the alumni network. While the full list has yet to be released on the magazine’s website, Foreign Policy highlighted the MSFS’ two-year program that includes faculty mentorship as a primary reason for its top ranking, according to a university press release.

SFS Associate Dean and Undergraduate Program Director Mitch Kaneda explained that the rankings recognized the devotion of the university to the examination of international issues.

“They mean a lot to Georgetown programs, faculty, students and alumni because these rankings are a testament to the passion and synergy we have for the study of international affairs,” he wrote in an email.

The three schools ranked above the BSFS program were Harvard University, Princeton University and Stanford University, though the MSFS program outranks Harvard and Princeton, which rank third and fourth respectively.

Among peer institutions, Georgetown’s graduate program is unique in offering a Master of Science. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, which ranks second, offers a Master of Arts, while Harvard and Princeton fold their international affairs curriculum into Masters of Public Policy programs.

Kaneda added that the fourth place ranking of the BSFS program indicates room for improvement. The SFS is currently considering adding access to minors for undergraduate students in addition to its current offering of certificates. A survey sent out by the SFS Academic Council showed 65 percent of students support the change.

“[The rankings tell] us that we have a responsibility to continue to improve our programs,” Kaneda wrote.

SFS Interim Dean James Reardon-Anderson echoed Kaneda.

“We are both proud and flattered that Georgetown University again ranks high among the schools to study international affairs,” he said in a press release. “This is a great credit to the students, faculty and staff of Georgetown and confirms the wisdom of our commitment to education for the service of humanity.”

SFS Academic Council Senior Representative Annie Kennelly (SFS ’15) said she was not surprised by these results, crediting professors and the access to internships and professors in Washington, D.C., as primary reasons for the high rankings.

“From a student perspective I couldn’t imagine getting a better education in international affairs,” Kennelly said. “For us it’s our professors and our exposure to international affairs that really makes our education. There is an emphasis in all of our classes on service for others and for humanity, as well as an expectation for us to analyze and understand how our policies and actions influence the world.”

Colette Clark (GRD ’15), a student in the MSFS program, emphasized similar positive aspects, including location and faculty, of the graduate school program.

“A lot of the factors that feed into the undergraduate program are the same for the masters’ program,” Clark said. “It’s important that we have faculty members active in government and thinktanks and that we pull faculty in on part-time and adjunct bases … it gives students access to the city and all the city has to offer.”

SFS Academic Council President Megan Murday (SFS ’15) also emphasized the preparation for job readiness as a strength of the SFS. “The institution is commit-

ted to a strong combination of liberal arts and a multidisciplinary approach balanced with educating students with the skills necessary to go out into the world,” Murday said.

The MSFS program, which features concentrations in global politics and security, global business and finance, regional and comparative studies and international development, particularly reflects the emphasis on job preparation, integrating a required internship into the curriculum and offering evening and weekend clinics to augment practical workplace skills.

Murday added that the rankings reflect the combined work of SFS students, professors and administrators.

“The rankings are a formal recognition of the academic rigor and unparalleled opportunities that characterize the program,” Murday said. “The willingness of the professors and administrators to mentor and support the students is what really sets apart our institution.”

Murday believes the rankings will confirm the quality of the work of the professors and management thus far and also set a precedent for the future.

“I hope that it means that both [graduate and undergraduate] programs will continue to recruit top talent in both students and faculty, and that it will open up more doors professionally and academically and really strengthen the program in years to come,” Murday said.

Kennelly echoed Murday, highlighting the focus on international relations and service throughout the university.

“It is very important for current professors and undergraduate/graduate students as well as prospective students and professors that they have made this distinction,” Kennelly said. “It really signifies that value that scholars here place on an education centered around foreign service.”

Provost Fosters Diversity COMMITTEE, from A1 resolution. This was also linked to larger national concerns that manifested themselves in the Twitter campaign of #BBGU — Being Black at Georgetown University — last year.” #BBGU, a hashtag part of a Twitter protest in December 2013, provided a forum for students of color to discuss their experiences on campus.

The Georgetown administration supported the protest, posting about it on the office Georgetown Facebook page and joining the conversation on Twitter. Inspired by the #BBGU campaign, two movements #BLGU — Being Latino at Georgetown University and #BAGU — Being Asian at Georgetown University developed online later in December 2013.

According to Groves, the foremost goal of the committee is to create an inclusive environment at Georgetown through discussion and new initiatives.

“The overarching issue is how can we construct an environment where people are open to those who are different from themselves, that we learn how to understand and work together, and become better through working with diverse groups,” Groves said. “This has impact on the structure of social activities outside of classes, but also whether there are inside-theclassroom issues that we can become better on.”

In addition to tackling issues involving inclusiveness, the committee will explore the implementation of a diversity course requirement that would affect undergraduate students from all four Georgetown schools.

“One issue that we are forwarding now through the faculty approval process is the construction of a requirement that can be met through many different courses in the existing curriculum that would educate with regards to issues of race, influence, power, social relations and so on, to make sure that the curriculum reflects those kind of values,” Groves said.

In April 2009, DeGioia

launched a Main Campus Initiative on Diversity and Inclusiveness in response to a series of bias-related incidents on campus. The initiative, comprised of three working groups that focused on academics, admissions and student life, released recommendations for improving overall campus inclusiveness in May 2010. The university has yet to address many of the group’s recommendations, including a proposal to develop a minority studies program and implement a diversity course into the core curriculum of each undergraduate school. Ferrara said that the new committee will provide a forum to address these problems and make changes that involve the Office of the President.

“We understand the importance of having an ongoing forum to promote greater diversity and inclusiveness on campus,” President John J. DiGioia’s Chief of Staff Joseph Ferrara wrote in an email. “We also understand the vital perspective that students have on these issues.

This committee ensures that student voices have a central place in this conversation, something that is very important to President DeGioia.”

The university has a longterm commitment to supporting an inclusive community, according to Ferrara.

In October, the Office of the President released an initiative to fund cultural and advocacy group heritage months. The Office provides $500 in funding each year, and $1,000 for groups with demonstrated need, to fund events such as LGBTQ History Month, Black History Month and Women’s History Month.

“The President’s Office will be working closely with this committee, and we are hopeful that this effort will have an impact in the near and long-term,” Ferrara wrote.

“This committee is a longterm commitment — over the course of many years, we will be deeply engaged in strengthening our efforts to support a diverse and inclusive environment.”

Aubrey Guthrie (COL ’08, GRD ’12), an advisor to the

committee, believes that continual feedback and engagement with the greater Georgetown community is essential to the committee’s future success.

“As they conduct their work, members will work to gather information and feedback from the Georgetown community,” Guthrie said. “Student leaders who worked with us to plan the committee emphasized three broad areas to focus ongoing work: student life, academics and alumni engagement. We anticipate the committee will engage in each of these areas and may also decide to undertake new projects and build connections between existing efforts on campus.”

Prospective committee applicant Sebastian Velastegui (MSB ’18) said he values the approach that Georgetown is taking in regards to issues of diversity, race and ethnicity.

“I think having this committee is a great start because it shows that Georgetown is taking initiative on this dilemma that we have on campus; it is a great way to power through these problems and to find tangible solutions to engender everyone into a closer, tight-knit Georgetown community,” Velastegui said.

Students representatives from GU Women of Color, The Georgetown Solidarity Committee and the Black Student Alliance, groups involved with pushing for a diversity course requirement, did not respond to requests for comment.

Groves said that this committee is not serving to just address the concerns of today, but also the issues of diversity and equality in the future.

“This is going to be a permanent committee, it is not going to be something that will be created and will fade away. It is now a permanent locus for these kind of issues to bubble up and be resolved at the highest levels of the university,” Groves said. “We care about this; we are going to make it work.”

College Tax Relief AFFORDABILITY, from A1 unlikely to pass while Obama is still in office due to opposition from a significant amount of the electorate.

“It is a bipartisan nonstarter,” he said of the proposed changes. “If you ask the American public what they don’t want taken away from them … it’s the middle class entitlements, one of which is the higher education tax benefits.”

Initial backlash against the plan resulted from the changes to the 529 savings plan. Currently, with the 529 plan, families can place money in a fund and later withdraw it tax-free to pay for their children’s higher education costs. Obama proposed to eliminate the tax-free status of the 529 plan to offset the increased costs resulting from the permanent extension of the American Opportunity Tax Credit and free community college.

“Eighty percent of the benefit for 529 programs comes for households with an income over $250,000, so we are focusing on a structure that targets the savings for folks who need it the most,” Munoz said in the conference call.

Obama dropped that proposed change a week ago, citing bipartisan opposition to the cuts on 529 plan benefits as fueling his decision to stop pursuing this portion of the plan.

Carnevale said that while the debate over educational funding may not have the same implications at Georgetown as it does at public universities, Georgetown students and parents would be affected by changes in the tax breaks for families.

“Georgetown and the private [universities] rely on the private wealth of families to get their tuition fees,” he said. “[But] once you start playing with the tax code, you’re talking about Georgetown parents.”

Without the savings from the 529 plan, how-

ever, the plan faces problems simply because of limited money in the federal budget. Currently, advocates for higher education argue spending must compete with those who want increased spending on military expenditures, social security and Medicare, among other programs.

“The bottom line is [that] money’s not there,” Carnevale said. “They’re fighting for a smaller and smaller piece of the pie.”

Carnevale estimated that at least a few hundred million dollars were needed to implement the president’s plan and better the United States’ public higher education.

“We’re going to have to find the money for anything we do in the current expenditures,” he said. “So something’s got to come out of somebody’s pocket.”

Another budgetary constraint is the program of income-based repayment for student loans. It allows former students to pay off loans as a percentage of their salary rather than a fixed monthly rate. Carnevale explained that the income-based repayment system is only financially viable if the government makes responsible loans in the first place to students who can find jobs that pay well for their level of education.

“We can’t afford to keep funding education that goes nowhere,” he said. “Economic value matters. It’s not the only consideration but it matters.”

University Director of Media Relations Rachel Pugh could not say for sure how students attending Georgetown in the future would be affected if Obama’s plan is implemented, though she reaffirmed a commitment to Georgetown’s current financial aid system. “[We don’t know] about the potential impacts to future students or families,” she said.

“We remain committed to our need-blind, meet-full-need policy.”

University to Commence Hotel Conversion in May HOUSING, from A1 teraction between the hotel guests and our students.”

Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center General Manager Kevin Morris said that the hotel, which is managed by Aramark, has been working closely with the university on the renovation project in order to minimize concerns over how the changes will affect the hotel’s business, which includes providing accommodation for conference and wedding guests.

“Any time 50 percent of your available inventory is taken away, that poses significant changes to your business model,” Morris said. “To that end, the hotel is taking a very proactive stance in sourcing new business and partnering with other local hotels that can supplement hotel rooms for larger conferences.”

Morris said that students living in the hotel will still have to follow university policies.

“We are actively working to make the hotel a space that is comfortable for both students and hotel guests,” Morris said. “We are committed to working with Georgetown in aligning student

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Almost half of the rooms in the Georgetown Hotel will be converted into dorms.

policies while living in the hotel as closely as possible with current university policies.”

Additionally, students will not have access to hotel amenities such as room service, although the rooms will have their own bathroom.

The hotel renovations will provide housing for 140 students, while the reconstruction of the former Jesuit Residence will account for 148 students. Housing for the remaining 97 students will be created through the reorganization of unused or non-essential space on campus.

“It’s primarily turning large doubles into triples, and there’s a few common space areas we’re converting into rooms,” Morey said. “We’re also taking some townhouses that were not student residences before and turning them into student residences.”

The university expects the final project design to be completed in February, at which point it will be sent to the board of directors for authorization. When the design is authorized, construction companies will compete for a construction contract that will be awarded in May. The funding for the contract will come from a combination of university reserves.

Although the project is only in its preliminary stages, students are excited about the possibility of living in the hotel and the convenience that it will offer.

“The hotel has great access to Leavey and that’s good because I like to study in Sellinger and Regents,” Benjamin Lillian (COL ’18) said. “Also, I’d like to be able to stop by Einstein’s or Uncommon Grounds for a quick breakfast on the way to a morning class.”

Kristen Sullivan (SFS ’17) said that the rooms, although useful for providing space, may create a fractured campus.

“Honestly, I think if the university transformed the hotel into dorm rooms, it would create a strange dynamic on campus,” Sullivan said. “Not only would the hotel be an isolated living space, but more people would filter through the hotel area and the food court, and I’m not entirely sure how that would impact the hospital crowd.”

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University Awarded for Community Engagement Natalie LaRue Hoya Staff Writer

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching granted Georgetown the 2015 Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement on Jan. 15, an award that was given to 360 U.S. colleges and universities and will remain valid until 2025.

“The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is the gold star for recognition in the important work of the university for the common good,” Center for Social Justice Director Andria Wisler said. “The process to earn this classification is both rigorous and extremely reflective, allowing many Georgetown faculty and staff members committed to these endeavors to share about their work.”

In a statement on the university’s website, President John J. DeGioia said that Georgetown’s success is because of the university’s commitment to the common good.

“Our commitment to the common good, to engaging productively and positively with our community locally and globally, is at the core

of this tradition and at the heart of what we do at Georgetown,” DeGioia wrote.

Georgetown previously received the Carnegie award in 2008, and this award expired in January 2015.

The Carnegie Foundation has been awarding this specific classification since 2006, and a total of 361 universities and colleges have received the distinction.

“Since 2008 we have expanded our infrastructure to support this work, including creating the Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Global Engagement, created new academic programs with strong community engagement components,” Associate Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives Lauralyn Lee said. “[This] strengthened much of the community service and engaged scholarship that has been central to Georgetown for many years.”

In addition to the creation of the Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Global Engagement, Wisler said the Designing The Future(s) of the University initiative was an important reason why

Georgetown received the Carnegie award this year.

The initiative, which launched in 2013, is focused on engaging the Georgetown community in an exploration of the problems that higher education as a whole faces and the ways Georgetown can sustain a highcaliber education in the face of these issues.

The incorporation of community engagement into the core values of Georgetown is an important part of the Carnegie classification.

DeGioia said that Georgetown’s core educational purpose was the motivating factor behind its strength in community engagement.

“As we face new challenges in higher education and explore new ways to educate our students, we remain committed to the core purposes of the university — formation, scholarship and the common good — all tenets to which deep and meaningful community engagement is essential,” DeGioia wrote.

Seventeen Jesuit institutions, including Xavier University and Marquette University, also received the award. Wisler said that the fact so many Jesuit universities received the

award is no coincidence.

“It is our shared Jesuit mission and values that provide a compelling framework and context for deep community engagement,” Wisler said.

Many different facets of the Georgetown community contributed to receiving the award, according to Wisler.

“The Center for Social Justice is proud to play a major role in these efforts, through its deep collaborations with dozens of community-based organizations, whose willingness to partner provide the foundation for sustained, impactful engagement,” Wisler said.

Assistant Director of Community Engagement Jamie Scott said that the award was the result of collaboration across all of Georgetown’s campuses, offices and programs.

“The Office of Community Engagement and the Center for Social Justice worked closely on the bulk of the drafting, with input and assistance from colleagues at the Law Center, Medical Center, Main Campus, SCS and elsewhere,” Scott said. “We are grateful for everyone that helped us collect data and draft the application.”

Despite Georgetown’s recognition, the university will continue to push itself to further improvement.

“New CSJ initiatives are always in collaboration with community-based partners,” Wisler said. “Two small examples [of new CSJ initiatives include] … a new STEM afterschool program in Ward 7 at Nalle Elementary School which includes tutoring on Tuesday and Thursday and a Robotics class on Fridays. CSJ has also deepened its partnership with Georgetown Ministry Center with the development of a Hypothermia Outreach Team among other programs.”

Lee said that Georgetown must, and will, continue its devotion to promoting high levels of community engagement. “[We want to] bring experiential learning into the mainstream of the Georgetown curriculum, a goal of the Designing the Future(s) Initiative, and aligning our business practices with the needs of our city,” Lee said. “By understanding the needs of our community and the resources at the university, we can leverage our resources to meet those needs and design new programs and policies to help fill the gaps.”

Harbin Residents Win Energy Conservation Challenge Anna Riley

Special to The Hoya

The Switch It Off Challenge, a fiveweek-long competition between the four freshman dorms to increase sustainability efforts, announced Harbin Hall as its winner on Thursday at an award ceremony in Gervase Hall.

The winning dorm was determined by the amount of energy saved and student engagement. Harbin Hall saved 11,300 kilowatt hours of energy and received sustainability pledges from 59 students. In total, the residence halls saved 28,936 kilowatt hours of energy, with 291 students signing the energy conservation pledge.

The Office of Sustainability, which organized the challenge, measured energy usage on a kilowatt meter and compared the results to the amount of energy used in each dorm last year in order to calculate energy savings.

Student engagement was measured by the number of students from each dorm who signed a sustainability pledge to commit themselves to reducing their energy usage.

Two student representatives from Harbin Hall will be awarded two iPads with solar chargers in recognition of

their efforts. eleven percent of students in Darnalll Hall made the energy pledge, putting the dorm in second place. One random student from Darnall will be awarded an iPad Mini.

Office of Sustainability Director Audrey Stewart, who measured and charted weekly savings, said that sustainability is a core value at Georgetown.

“Sustainability and conservation at Georgetown are a natural extension of the university’s mission, our Jesuit heritage and our value on justice and the common good, reflecting the Catholic and Jesuit concept of care for creation,” Stewart said.

The sustainability pledge helped students remember to take small steps every single day to conserve energy. Harbin Hall President Jackson Shain (COL ’18) found the pledge to be a successful way of encouraging sustainability efforts.

“I signed the Switch It Off pledge, and what I loved most about it is that you could tailor the experience to something you felt you could hold yourself responsible to,” Shain said.

The pledge listed small acts that contribute to energy saving, with students checking off which conserva-

tion efforts they pledged to take part in throughout the competition.

Harbin Hall resident Ali Forger (COL ’18) found the pledge to be simple yet effective.

“It was cool because you could kind of pick and choose the things that you could commit to, like turning off the lights when you leave the room, turning off the water when you brush your teeth and taking shorter showers,” Forger said.

Stewart noted that Georgetown would greatly benefit from increased sustainability efforts. If all campus dorms saved as much energy as Harbin did and had as much participation, there would be over 1,000 students on campus taking a pledge to save energy. The university would save over a million kilowatt hours of electricity within one academic year, which would save Georgetown over $100,000 in energy costs.

“What you guys did by coming together shows that these small, everyday actions, such as turning the lights off or taking the stairs may seem like little things, but if we are doing them collectively and habitually, it can really add up to a big impact, and it plays a big role in our overall sustainability

goals,” Stewart said.

At the awards ceremony, Vice President of Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey said that the competition was an easy way to get students thinking about energy conservation.

“We were looking for low-cost, no-cost ways to reduce our cost, be more sustainable, reduce our energy consumption, and this is one of those,” Morey said. “So things such as turning off lights … these things are important. We thought this was a fun way to do it [and] get students engaged.”

Morey also said that while the university is dedicating itself to decreasing energy consumption on the demand side, they are also working to supply more sustainable energy.

“We are working hard to purchase power agreements that will bring us green power instead of power that’s generated by petroleum and fossil fuels,” Morey said. “We are also looking at the efficiency of all of our campus operations.”

University Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Augostini announced his plans to discuss conservation efforts in two

different staff forums, one for day staff and one for overnight workers, during every quarter.

“We hope to extend this conversation to our employees to see if we can get them more involved,” Augostini said.

While the competition is over, there remain other ways to stay involved in Georgetown’s sustainability movement.

“There are many ways that students can plug in to sustainability initiatives on campus — from getting involved with a student group, to exploring sustainability and the environment in the classroom, to alternative spring break trips and more,” Stewart said. “Our website offers a number of resources where students can discover more ways to get involved.”

Students who took part in the challenge reflected on the importance of conserving energy throughout the competition.

“To me, energy conservation is important not only to help the environment, but to save money that can be used for other important things on campus,” Harbin resident Jennifer Henry (NHS ’18) said.

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Georgetown Dining will deliver Elevation Burger “Jack Packs” to student dorms on weekends. The packs will feature four burgers, four drinks and four fries for $29.99.

Aramark to Provide Burger Delivery Service to Dorms

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Georgetown Dining began a pilot program Saturday which allows students to order Elevation Burger dorm delivery on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The order, which is dubbed “Jack Pack,” includes four burgers, four fries and four sodas for $29.99.

The promotion was devised by the Georgetown Dining marketing team during a weekly meeting, Aramark Marketing Manager Adam Solloway said. Aramark will evaluate the program at the end of each week, but do not have a set timeline for how long the pilot will last, Solloway said.

“We are piloting the program on weekends as the business is slower, which will help ensure better execution of the pilot from an operations perspective,” Aramark Marketing Manager Adam Solloway said.

The design of the Jack Pack and its four-person serving size came with students’ studying and socializing habits in mind.

“We feel a bundled pack will generate more interest as students tend to socialize in groups and it allows our operations team the ability to maintain consistent service with the high volume of anticipated orders,” Solloway said.

The service is not being offered in the evenings because the marketing team foresaw more weekend and morning demand based on customer feedback, Solloway said.

Currently, the Jack Pack includes only an Elevation Burger with no vegetarian or vegan options. It comes with all the original toppings, lettuce, tomato and sauce, though extra toppings are an extra charge.

Delivery is free and students can pay with credit cards, flex dollars or debit dollars. Aramark employees will deliver the food.

The program may include additional labor to accommodate the delivery service after the success of the pilot is evaluated, Solloway said.

Matt Ching (COL ’18) said he thinks that Elevation Burger will have greater success now that it is offering delivery.

“Elevation Burger is really elevating their game with this new policy,” Ching said.

Austin Hong (COL ’18) said the offer is a fair price for a fair meal.

“I am ready and willing to give $30 for an equivalent amount of calories and sustenance,” Hong said.

Margot McCloskey (COL ’18) said that she is disappointed the service does not extend to evenings.

“I think that it totally should be a late-night snack, but I also think that it’s a really great idea because a lot of times at Leo’s the food gets really stingy.” McCloskey said. “I definitely think that they should add it to later times. What’s the point of stopping at 3 p.m.?

I feel like they would make more money late at night because personally a lot of times it’s hard to get four people together during the middle of the day.”

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The 4-1 Invitational Match last weekend challenged both Marx and de Chatellus, shining a spotlight on their status as freshmen and the overall youth of this year’s squad. However, the two proved that they have the ability to compete at the collegiate level. In fact, Marx’s win at singles clinched the win for the Hoyas.

This year’s contest was similar to last year’s, as both matches were extremely close. JMU has been a strong competitor against Georgetown for several years, and the Blue and Gray certainly did not underestimate their opponent. The Hoyas and the Dukes now stand at an even 2-2 head-to-head record over their past four meetings.

This match marks Georgetown’s second consecutive tight contest. . Last weekend, they closed out the 4-1 Invitational Match with a 3-2 victory over Campbell.

The 3-1 start should be encouraging for the Hoyas, especially considering the fact that they began last season with a 1-3 record. Georgetown hopes to continue to build momentum in New York, where it will face the St. John’s Red Storm (10) in its first Big East matchup of the season Feb. 6.

“We’re 3-1 going into St. John’s now, and it’s all confidence,” Ernst said. “It’s definitely going to help us.”

The Georgetown men’s tennis team (2-0) will also compete with St. John’s (1-2) on the same day, followed by a match against Marist (1-2) on Feb. 7.

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Freshman guard Dorothy Adomako scored 20 points and notched 10 rebounds in the Hoyas’ loss to DePaul in Chicago on Friday. Adomako is averaging 13.7 points per game.

Hoyas Drop 2 On Weekend Road Trip Tyler Park

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Georgetown’s women’s basketball team (419, 2-9 Big East) suffered two tough defeats over the weekend, dropping a 93-52 decision to DePaul (17-6, 9-2 Big East) on Friday before falling to Marquette (5-17, 1-10 Big East) 80-73 on Sunday afternoon.

DePaul, which ranks second in the country in scoring offense with 88.2 points per game, was always going to be a difficult assignment, but the loss to Marquette was a more disappointing result for the Hoyas. The Golden Eagles came into the game winless in the Big East this season, but their graduate student guard Arlesia Morse scored a careerhigh 30 points to lead her team to victory.

On Friday, DePaul jumped out to an early 21-4 lead and Georgetown was unable to slow down the Blue Demons’ high-flying offense.

The Hoyas’ promising star, freshman guard Dorothy Adomako, registered her seventh double-double of the season, recording 20 points and 10 rebounds. However, Adomako did not receive enough help from the rest of the roster, as sophomore forward Faith Woodard was the second-highest scorer on the team with eight points.

The Blue Demons’ combination of aggressive press defense and accurate long-range shooting proved deadly for the Hoyas, as DePaul forced a whopping 33 turnovers and converted 13 three-pointers. DePaul sophomore guard Jessica January scored a careerhigh 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field and senior guard Brittany Hrynko scored 18 points and added six assists.

January credited her teammates for motivating her in her breakout game.

“Everyone came out with a lot of energy.

I was feeding off everyone else doing well,” January said after the game. “I got a lot of easy baskets in transition. We were making a lot of steals and making shots.”

While Georgetown had fallen to DePaul, 105-85, once before this season, the Hoyas could reasonably expect a better result against the Golden Eagles. On Jan. 2, the Hoyas defeated Marquette 83-76 in McDonough Arena, but the team was unable to replicate that result when they travelled to Milwaukee, Wisc. Morse’s 30 points came mostly thanks to her impressive ability to draw fouls; she converted all 17 of her free throw attempts. Freshman guard Kenisha Bell added 23 points for the Golden Eagles.

From a Georgetown perspective, the game featured a more balanced offensive output.

Woodard led the team with 15 points,and was joined in double figures by junior forward Dominique Vitalis (14 points), Adomako (11 points) and junior forward Brittany Horne (10 points). However, the Hoyas were out-rebounded 40-31, and Marquette, led by Morse’s prolific output, made 32 of their 42 free throw attempts, compared to Georgetown’s 14-of-20 mark from the charity stripe.

The first half was a back-and-forth affair with several lead changes, and neither team was able to extend their lead any further than five points. The Hoyas entered halftime with a 39-37 lead, led by Woodard’s 10 first half points. The second half was also tight, as the teams traded leads before a jumper from Georgetown’s junior guard Katie McCormick tied the game at 67 with three minutes remaining. However, Bell scored six points as the Golden Eagles went on a 9-2 run, earning a 76-69 lead that proved insurmountable. There were 32 lead changes and 17 ties during the 40-minute game, indicating the neck-and-neck nature of the game, but Marquette was able to summon the final run to seal their victory.

Georgetown will look to get back on track when the team returns home to McDonough Arena for a three-game home stand starting next Sunday, Feb. 8, when the team hosts Villanova (13-10, 7-4 Big East).

ou can still see the name on the long gray and brown signs that come into focus as the train slows to a halt. But it is a subtitle.

“Gallery Place” is the primary name of the Metro stop, then, after a dash, “Chinatown.” The station was renamed “Chinatown” in 1986, but in 2011, the Metro Board reverted “Gallery Place” as the primary name of the stop, with “Chinatown” as a secondary name.

Washington’s Verizon Center opened as the MCI Center in December 1997, a state-ofthe-art arena that brought D.C.’s NBA and NHL franchises out from the Capital Centre in sticks of Landover, Md. — where the Redskins still, lamentably, play today — and into the middle of the city those teams represent.

The neighborhood chosen for the new arena was an area known as both Chinatown and Gallery Place, depending mainly on the direction you were facing. “Gallery Place” comes from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum, located across F Street from the student entrance of the building. “Chinatown” comes from, of course, Chinatown, a neighborhood with a complicated history that parallels the complicated history of downtown D.C. as a whole.

If you keep walking past the student entrance along 7th Street, you find the heart of Chinatown. The gigantic, ornate Friendship Archway was built to welcome the public into a neighborhood that developed in the 1930s and flourished in the rough days of the 1960s, 70s and 80s in downtown D.C. Now, the Chinese restaurants, stores and other businesses of the neighborhood are becoming increasingly harder to find. Although the storefronts are still marked with Chinese letters, they now advertise businesses like Fuddruckers and Legal Sea Foods.

These chains have overtaken Chinatown, and, conceivably, a Georgetown student could easily miss the authentic Chinese restaurants that are opposite from the student entrance and Metro. The

placement of these commercial businesses makes sense, as what has happened in Chinatown is common throughout D.C. The combination of a Metro station and corporate investment draws crowds and overshadows the landmarks that existed years before Verizon Center was built.

Gentrification is a process that is difficult to categorize as a problem or a solution,

Matt Raab a sign of development or a culture-destroyer. There is no easy answer to the question of what it means, or how it should be managed. However, it is something that, at the very least, needs to be in the conversation.

The construction of large stadiums, historically, is targeted to bring about urban renewal. The construction of the former MCI Center in

Verizon Center has brought corporate development and thousands of jobs to downtown D.C. at the expense of the original culture of Chinatown.

1997 brought about an area, “viewed as prime for commercial real estate investment,” per an MIT study by JW Rizzo, transforming an “unsettling environment” into a “vibrant 24-hour community.” Verizon Center is surrounded by highrise condo developments and national food chains competing for commercial venues with ever-increasing rental values.

By no means has it been a poison to the city. The revenue that the arena and its surroundings have injected into the D.C. economy has revital-

ized Washington.

According to the same MIT study, $4.6 billion has been spent on development in the area around the stadium and 39,000 jobs created as a result.

The good that the professional sports organizations and their ownership has done for the community is immense.

Cities invest in stadiums like this one all over the country, dreaming of the same kind of results that Verizon Center has brought.

Stadiums, however, have to be built somewhere, and cities do not typically have ample space to do so without consequence. Although newcomers tried to maintain its history, Chinatown’s heritage and presence was diminished by the arena’s construction. A beeline from the metro to the stadium will never include the Friendship Gate.

Admittedly, the original characteristics of city neighborhoods cannot be maintained indefinitely — transformation is inevitable and, for the most part, welcome. However, Chinatown and Verizon Center stand as fascinating monuments to the evolving local history of this city and a reminder of how residents can and must share in that heritage.

When you come up the stairs from the train platform and turn to go out the 7th and F Street exit, a giant colorful semicircle might catch your eye at the other end of the station. The work, called “The Glory of the Chinese Descendants” by Virginia artist Foon Sham, is intended to represent a Chinese fan above a red rice bowl.

It is easy to miss the connection and just see a neat neon display, but it makes a lot of sense if you are looking for it. Above the work sits Verizon Center, Gallery Place and Chinatown, all sharing a metro station. The relationship can certainly be tenuous and complicated. But at the very least it is one that should be remembered and explored.

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

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Patriots Establish Legacy With Super Bowl Victory T

he Super Bowl defines legacies.

In the span of just four hours, anyone from a fifth-round draft pick who has barely played to a renowned legend can rewrite football history. Two teams, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, stood on the precipice of greatness with only one game separating both teams from the Valhalla of football legends.

The Seahawks came up just short, forever altering the reputations of their most iconic players and even one of their less recognizable players — wide receiver Chris Matthews.

Matthews entered the game with zero NFL receptions. The Seahawks found the 6-foot-5-inch former Canadian Football League player working at a Foot Locker in early 2014. His feelgood story had millions across the nation in awe as he caught four passes for 109 yards and a touchdown, yet his name may wash away in the sands of history after the tragic ending for the NFC champions.

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson’s blown pass with 26 seconds left in regulation effectively ended the game. Wilson played amazingly in certain moments and subpar in others. After observing the replay, it is clear that Malcom Butler made an incredible read to intercept the former Super Bowl champ. Still, that interception will cause media and fans alike to debate whether or not he is an elite quarterback.

Had it not been for Carroll’s questionable play call, maybe Wilson would have never made that throw.

With the clock winding down, Belichick opted not to use his one re-

maining timeout — a gutsy decision that could have easily backfired. Carroll decided to pass the ball rather than run it with the Seahawks’ star running back Marshawn Lynch. Carroll has shown a propensity to make audacious calls, but this one crossed the line. The unfortunate outcome reflected the unnecessary risk of the decision to run a passing play. Even so, that is who Coach Carroll is. Just two weeks ago, he called a gutsy fake field goal, which, if it had failed, would have incited just as much confusion. For everyone else on the Seahawks, the same type of “what if” questions will arise. Had they won Sunday, Matthews would have lived on in NFL history, no one would have doubted Wilson’s abilities, Carroll would have received praise for his pluckiness and the Seahawks would have established a dynasty.

For the Patriots, the victory added to the extensive resumes of Head Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady, yet the stigma from their controversial scandals will forever leave a blemish on this era of football.

Tom Brady’s fourth Super Bowl victory might catapult him past Joe Montana, Dan Marino and Peyton Manning for the title of greatest quarterback of all time. Brady may also become the most admired Boston athlete ever, which is no easy task given the long list of athletic superstars who have graced the city over the years. Despite New England’s large fan base all over the United States, his achievements will always arouse discussion of deflate-gate.

This absurd scandal has left many questioning the legitimacy of the

Patriots’ feats. The problem has been heavily discussed not only because of the zealous faction of fans who despise Brady’s team, but also because of the constant cries from Patriots fans about all the different news that they believe abdicates the organization. The media feeds on this topic because both sides are so fixated on their opinion that they are deaf to the other side’s claims.

While Belichick should be celebrating a great victory, he may be in a courthouse testifying in a murder trial involving his former player, Aaron Hernandez, later this week.

Belichick may be one of the most brilliant minds football has ever seen, but his questionable tactics, links to multiple scandals and polarizing character make him an easy target for public resentment. In 2007, the spy-gate scandal sent fans and media in an uproar. No one will ever know the extent of the scandal itself, except that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell levied the maximum fine against Belichick while destroying all of the evidence. Some pundits have also noted that Belichick has illegally used players who are on injured reserve during practice.

It is a shame that this stigma surrounds the Patriots’ dynasty. Most sports fans, regardless of team affiliation, appreciate and respect greatness. Yet, there will always be those few people who debate the legitimacy of the Patriots’ success. In the end, though, all the arguments regarding the Patriots’ validity are moot.

The Patriots won four Super Bowls behind the ingenuity of their coach and their quarterback. No individual

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady earned his fourth Super Bowl victory, a tie for the most Super Bowl wins by an NFL quarterback. or scandal can erase that fact or displace the memories of Brady and Belichick’s Patriots. For a few days, NFL fans can rejoice in the fact that they witnessed one of the best games of all time, and ignore all of the con-

troversies that surrounded this incredibly entertaining 2014-2015 NFL season.

Nick Barton is a sophomore in the McDonough School of Business.

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RELAYS, from A10 “We beat them pretty handily,” she added. “It was awesome … the competition brought out the best [in us].”

Other notable performances include those by junior Samantha Nadel, junior Michael Lederhouse and senior Hannah Neczypor. After battling through weeks of injuries, Nadel finished in first place in the women’s 3000m race with a time of 9:18.23. In the men’s 3000m race, Lederhouse took first place as well, finishing with a time of 8:03.11. Neczypor not only finished fourth in the women’s mile event with a time of 4:48.28, but also earned the women’s team a massive lead in

the first leg of the distance medley relay.

Above all, Coach Henner attributed his team’s success to its strong leaders.

“Right now we have some great leadership,” Henner said.

“Guys like [graduate student] Billy Ledder [and graduate student] Brian King — I think those guys are great leaders.”

The team’s next meet comes on the weekend of Feb. 12. The team will travel to Boston to race in the Boston Invitational.

Coogan is confident about the team’s chances.

“Now that we’re getting sharper and we’re getting closer to the championship, I think it’s going to be really exciting to see what people can do,” Coogan said.

employ a fast-paced brand of basketball.

The Friars average 70 points per game, two fewer than the Hoyas, but Providence attempts three more shots per game than Georgetown. Providence will look to speed up the game and frustrate a Georgetown team that has proven to be careless at times. The Hoyas average 13 assists and 13 turnovers per game.

Ahead of Saturday’s trip to league-

leading No. 7 Villanova, a win is vital to keep pace in the conference standings.

Georgetown currently sits in second place behind Villanova in the Big East standings with Providence tailing Georgetown at third place. A losing streak could see the Hoyas quickly fall from second to seventh in a tight conference.

“Now that league play has started, we’re beating each other up,” Thompson said. “The Big East is a basketball conference. We got beat up for a couple years, but here we are in year two as one

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In Georgetown’s previous loss to Providence, Trawick finished with only three points despite playing 31 minutes. Nearly one month removed from that game, the senior has been on an offensive tear, scoring double-digit points in four of the past five games that he has been healthy enough to play full minutes in. Trawick has made his mark on the Hoyas’ victories — the senior has finished with single-digit points in all six of Georgetown’s losses this season.

Copeland also disappointed in Georgetown’s first matchup with Providence as he failed to score in 10 minutes of playing time. However, the freshman has shown significant improvement and has registered 10.7 points per game since the Hoyas’ trip to Rhode Island.

Junior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera and senior center Joshua Smith continue to be consistent contributors on the offensive end. They each scored 15 points in the team’s previous game against the Friars. Smith-Rivera ranks fifth in the conference with 15.6 points per game, and Smith leads the Big East in field goal percentage with an impressive 65 percent. Nevertheless, while the veteran leaders’ consistency has been a primary reason behind the Hoyas’ success this year, Georgetown’s offense runs more smoothly when a third option steps up to alleviate the burden.

Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. from Verizon Center. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.

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abuses to the forefront and has called its status as the host nation into question.

The fundamental root of these concerns is that a massive migrant worker population drives the construction of World Cup infrastructure in Qatar.

Of the 2 million individuals living in Qatar, only 10 percent are actually Qatari; most of the rest are poor Arabians, Afghans and Nepalese seeking out menial labor to support their families back home. The majority of these workers, who make up 99 percent of the private sector workforce, have their travelling and residential plans sponsored by Qatari companies through the indenturing kafala system. They are banned from unionizing, do not receive any enforced legal protection from the government and have few opportunities to leave the company. It comes as no surprise then that investigations showed evidence of squalid living conditions, poor workplace standards and unjust compensation for the migrant workers. These human rights concerns are the driving force behind the pressure FIFA is receiving from the Council of Europe to redo the vote for the 2022 World Cup, though a change seems unlikely.

Qatar Airways, which is fully owned by the Qatari government, has repeatedly been called out by the International Transport Workers’ Federation for its draconian treatment of its employees. The restrictions on

women alone are alarming — female employees are not allowed to marry within five years of signing their contracts and must seek out company approval for marriage following that five-year span. Employed women can have their contracts terminated on grounds of pregnancy. Moreover, Qatar Airways’ female workers may not be picked up from work by any males who are not related to them.

FC Barcelona must not ignore Qatar Airways’ abuse of human rights.

However, Qatar Airways’ mistreatment of workers extends beyond its policies toward its female employees.

Crew members are banned from using cell phones, chewing gum or smoking, and just being seen in a bar is grounds for termination. Even their personal lives are monitored, as employees are forced to live in company residences under strict surveillance and regulation. Furthermore, employees are not allowed to speak of Qatar Airways in a negative light, nor may they serve as witness to any complaints travellers might have. The company’s radical encroachment upon its employees runs completely perpendicular with the wealthy Westerners who it sees as its key demographic. FC Barcelona has always prided itself on being “more than a

club,” but it seems that Qatar Airways has adopted its partner’s motto in a most sinister manner.

So, where does this leave Barca?

Thanks to the exorbitant contracts that are par for the course in La Liga, Premier League and Bundesliga, FC Barcelona will be sponsored by a multi-million dollar conglomerate for years to come. New corporate sponsors have popped up in the years since the club originally signed with Qatar Airways, most notably Chevrolet’s $559 million deal with Manchester United last year and Deutsche Telekom’s $200 million deal with Bayern Munich in 2012. Pair that with the rumors of a potential Messi transfer to the Premier League and FC Barcelona will most certainly be looking for a deal at least comparable to Manchester United’s.

The club should cut ties with Qatar Airways once this contract expires.

Qatar Airways’ business practices are outmoded and display a disconnect with Barcelona’s mission to be “more than a club.” I believe that Barca’s new sponsorship partner should be and will be more like Intel, with whom they partnered in 2013 to brand the inside of their kits, or Tottenham’s partnership with AIA Group Limited, in that it will be hightech or information-based and have a significantly better human rights track record.

Max Fiege is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service. OUT OF OUR LEAGUE appears every Tuesday.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Georgetown fell to DePaul and Marquette to pick up its sixth and seventh consecutive losses.

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For Casey, a freshman, being the last match on to decide the win — she showed great poise and confidence.”

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After splitting the six singles matches and triumphing in doubles play, the Georgetown women’s tennis team (3-1) edged the James Madison Dukes (2-1) by a score of 4-3 on Saturday to extend its win streak to three matches.

“It’s the type of thing where you don’t have everyone playing their best tennis, but the beauty of this team is that we have girls who will step up when the other ones aren’t playing their best tennis, and vice versa,” Head Coach Gordie Ernst said. “It was really good from a team aspect.”

While James Madison beat Georgetown in each of the past two seasons, the Hoyas turned the tide on Saturday with several impressive performances.

Georgetown earned victories in the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 singles slots. Sophomore Victoire Saperstein notched the first win for the Hoyas in singles play, defeating senior Taylor Pinchoff 6-3, 6-3.

After Saperstein’s win, James Madison began to take over. Sophomore Sophia Barnard, senior captain Sophie Panarese and freshman Daphne de Chatellus all fell in their matches. Barnard’s and Panarese’s contests both went to three sets, while de Chatellus’s match was also close, as evidenced by the 6-4, 7-6 (1) final score.

However, junior Liselot Koenen

switched the momentum of the contest when she won in the No. 4 singles spot, beating James Madison freshman Dylan Owens in a three-set battle.

“I think the big story was Liselot coming back from being down to win her match. … Liselot did not play her best tennis and totally found a way to win,” Ernst said. “She said, ‘All right, I’m going to figure this out.’

And that’s the way tennis goes.”

Next, freshman Casey Marx scored a clutch GORDIE ERNST victory for the Tennis Head Coach Hoyas, earning her first singles win of the season in the No. 6 slot.

“For Casey, a freshman, being the last match on to decide the win — she showed great poise and confidence,” Ernst said. “She played more fearlessly, and that’s what you look for in a freshman. She wasn’t afraid of the opportunity — she seized it.”

Even though the Hoyas’ doubles play was not always reliable last season, this time it was vital to the win. Panarese and Koenen teamed up to win in the No. 1 slot by a score of 7-5. Barnard and Saperstein fell at No. 2 doubles, but the freshman duo of Marx and de Chatellus edged the Dukes in a tight contest which resulted in a 7-6(5) score.

“I actually was concerned in their doubles match — it was slipping away from them — but then they turned it around,” Ernst said of the freshman duo’s doubles battle.

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“[Freshman Casey Marx] wasn’t afraid of the opportunity — she seized it.”

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Junior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera leads all Hoyas with an average of 15.6 points per game. When Georgetown faced Providence on the road Jan. 10, he scored 15 points and earned four steals in the loss.

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When the Georgetown’s men’s basketball team hosts Providence on Wednesday night, the team will look to accomplish what it failed to do last week against Xavier — avenge a road loss from earlier in the season. On Jan. 10, the Friars took advantage of the Hoyas’ poor free throw shooting and stagnant offense to beat Georgetown 60-57 in overtime.

Since their loss to Providence, No. 24 Georgetown (15-6, 7-3 Big East) has

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grown as a team, with senior guard Jabril Trawick and freshman forward Isaac Copeland emerging as reliable offensive options. However, as potent as the Hoyas’ offense has been as of late, last Saturday’s 67-40 dismantling of Creighton showed that the team’s success starts on the defensive end of the floor.

“We did a very good job of helping each other,” Head Coach John Thompson III said after his team held Creighton to just 20 percent shooting from the field. “I feel pretty good about our defense.”

Providence (16-6, 6-3 Big East), however, poses a much larger threat than last-place Creighton. Senior forward LaDontae Henton leads the Big East in scoring with 20.4 points per game while sophomore guard Kris Dunn leads the conference and ranks fourth in the nation with 7.4 assists per game. Against Georgetown earlier this season, Henton finished with 19 points while Dunn recorded 16 points and nine assists.

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credit to his teammates.

“I think we have a couple other guys that are ready to [run a subfour-minute mile] as well, and maybe go even faster,” Bile said.

Henner was impressed with Bile’s performance.

“Ahmed [Bile] joining the subfour-minute mile club is a pretty big deal, and I think we have four or five other guys that have a good shot at doing that too,” Henner said.

Running as the final leg of the women’s distance medley relay, Coogan keyed the Hoyas’ victory, as the team recorded a record-setting time of 10:57.71. In addition, she ran the second-fastest mile in the women’s division, finishing with a time of 4:36:16 and likely winning herself a spot in the NCAA Nationals in the process.

“On the women’s team, the number one person I’d point to as a leader is Katrina Coogan,” Henner said. “She was an AllAmerican last year and led us to the fourth place in cross-country.

She anchored our distance medley relay at Penn State and then came back and ran a time in the mile that’ll probably get her into the NCAA meet.”

For her part, Coogan explained that she was not concerned with her individual or team time during the distance medley relay.

“Our main goal was just to beat Villanova. … We have a rivalry with Villanova that goes back to when the track program first started at Georgetown,” Coogan said. “Both schools, ’Nova and Georgetown, have a really strong history of middle-distance running which is what the [distance medley relay] is all about. Ever since my freshman year, there’s been a lot of close races where they narrowly beat us or we narrowly beat them.”

Senior All-American Katrina Coogan extended her success from the cross-country season into the indoor track and field season, as she ran the second-fastest mile in the women’s division.

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C Barcelona drew the ire of many in 2011 when its board of directors agreed to a partnership with Qatar Airways for $232 million over five years.

The club had long been renowned for its resistance against the trend in professional soccer to sell advertisement space on player kits themselves. In the five years prior to the deal, Barca was even paying UNICEF $2 million annually for the charity to be represented on its players’ uniforms, an aspect of then-president Joan Laporta’s greater vision for a team involved in humanitarian activism. Sandro Rosell, his successor, justified this abrupt change in policy by pointing out the club’s staggering debt, estimated at around half a billion dollars, and that it brought awareness to the fledgling Arabian nation. With the partnership set to expire in 2016, there is no doubt that it has helped balance the club’s accounts — but at what cost?

Qatar was selected to host the 2022 World Cup back in 2010 under dubious circumstances. The Qatari FIFA Vice President Mohamed bin Hammam paid off thirty African member states with millions of dollars just prior to the vote, while later reports on ethical concerns were dismissed.

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The Georgetown men’s and women’s track and field teams rewrote the record books this past weekend at the Penn State Relays, shattering several school and national milestones.

Individual standouts from this weekend’s meet include junior Ahmed Bile, who became the seventh Hoya ever to run a subfour-minute competitive mile, and senior All-American Katrina Coogan, who anchored this season’s fastest women’s distance

medley relay time in the country.

“This past weekend was a pretty historic weekend for us,” Director of Track and Field Patrick Henner said. “Right now, the women’s distance medley relay is No. 1 in the country, the men’s distance medley relay is No. 1 in the country. … the men got the No. 5 time in Georgetown’s history. Those performances were pretty incredible. The men raced against Penn State, who most people believed were favored, so to beat them was a big step forward for us.”

Bile’s official mile time clocked in at 3:59:04, good for second

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place in the event. Incredibly, the Penn State Relays marked was the first collegiate meet at which Bile ran the mile, as he previous focused on the distance medley relay and the 800m and 1600m events.

“It’s amazing, it’s a great honor and I’m really excited,” Bile said “I’ve been battling a lot of injuries over the last two years, so to finally [run a sub-four-minute mile] is amazing. … To finally put together the last six, seven, eight months of training felt really great.”

Bile, however, was quick to give