The Hoya: September 30, 2016

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BLACK LIVES CELEBRATED

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in D.C.

EDITORIAL Students should be offered the option of nonfaith-based retreats.

CORP JOINS UNSUNG HEROES The Corp has partnered with the initiative in fundraising efforts.

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Team USA Awards Bring Olympic Stars to Campus aly pachter Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown was abuzz with belated Olympic fever Wednesday when more than 500 Olympians and Paralympians came together in McDonough Arena for the first time since the conclusion of the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Team USA Awards.

The ceremony also served as a homecoming for three alumni who participated in the Olympic or Paralympic Games: track and field Olympian Emily Infeld (MSB ’12), Paralympic swimmer Michelle Konkoly (COL ’14) and Olympic sailor Charlie Buckingham (COL ’11).

The United States Olympic Committee recognized outstanding performances by individual athletes and teams in six categories during the ceremony, which is set to air Oct. 4 on NBC Sports Network.

In addition to the awards ceremony in McDonough Arena, the night featured a two-hour red carpet athlete procession and an after-party in the Healey Family Student Center. The award ceremony, hosted by Akbar Gbajabiamila and Matt Iseman from NBC’s series “American Ninja Warrior,” featured prominent guests including Secretary of State John Kerry and Olym-

pian Carl Lewis.

Around 100 students were granted tickets to the red carpet and 100 to the awards ceremony. The university distributed tickets Monday on a lottery system basis.

The red carpet also featured performances by the Georgetown Pep Band and the Georgetown cheerleading team. The student section, which was located on one side of the red carpet, cheered as each of the athletes stepped out of buses and onto the red carpet.

For each award, every National Governing Body and High Performance Management Organization in the United States was invited to nominate one female, one male and one team. Winners were selected through a combination of fan voting and Olympic and Paralympic family voting. The awards selection process attracted around 400,000 votes for finalists.

During his introductory remarks, University President John J. DeGioia referenced his pride in the athletes as well as Georgetown’s opportunity to participate in the event.

“The spirit of seeking excellence, of pursuing your personal best, of exemplifying sportsmanship and of supporting your teams. This is at the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic games, and it comes alive in each of them,”

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Gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman, left, joined their teammates in winning the Team of the Olympic Games award, while swimmer Katie Ledecky, right, won the Female Athlete of the Olympic Games Award.

DeGioia said. “On behalf of our entire Georgetown community, I wish to express how deeply proud we are of your accomplishments, your example, your determination and of your leadership. Congratulations on all you have accomplished. We look forward to celebrating with you tonight.”

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Affairs Erik Smulson emphasized the importance of Georgetown’s own history of Olympic athletes.

“We were honored when the US Olympic Committee asked us to host the Team USA Awards on Georgetown’s campus,” Smulson wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We look forward to celebrating the

Team USA athletes and their accomplishments and highlighting Georgetown’s own Olympic history and athletes to a national audience.”

In an interview with The Hoya on the red carpet, Infeld said she was happy to be back on campus.

“This is amazing — it’s so fun. I love Georgetown. I’m so

nostalgic. I miss it so much.

It’s really, really fun being back and exploring,” Infeld said. “I love the culture here and that was one thing that made me want to come to Georgetown. I feel like it made me love it and have such great memories and it’s great to see See OLYMPIANS, A6

Assisted Suicide Bill Considered haley snyder

and Not Dead Yet, contend assisted suicide should not be a viable option for these In spite of a wave of back- patients, especially because lash from coalitions oppos- many suspect vulnerable ing physician-assisted sui- patients may be pressured cide, Washington, D.C., may to make the irreversible decijoin five states in passing the sion.

Death with Dignity Act, a The medicine is ingested bill that would allow doctors orally and does not require to prescribe a doctor to lethal doses be present, of drugs to meaning terminally ill patients can patients with select the less than six time, place months to and circumlive. stances of Currently their death. under conThe bill s i d e ra t i o n further reby the D.C. quires that a Council, the patient make Death with two verbal reDignity Act quests for the of 2015 was treatment, proposed by separated Councilmemby at least ber Mary 15 days, to LAWRENCE GOSTIN Professor, GULC Cheh (Da physician Ward 3) last and submit January. The a written rebill will be put to a vote by the quest at least 48 hours before council’s Health and Human the medication is dispensed.

Service Committee on Oct. 5. There must be at least two In its current form, the bill witnesses to the written regives terminally ill adults the quest who can attest that the option of pursuing end-of-life patient is acting voluntarily measures through a consult- and not being pressured to ing physician’s prescription sign the form. of medications, which would Physicians are also required induce death in a sleeping to inform the patient of feapatient. sible alternatives including A coalition opposing the comfort care, hospice care D.C. legislation, including and pain control. organizations such as the Patients’ Rights Protection Fund See COUNCIL, A6 Hoya Staff Writer

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As negotiations between the university and the workers’ union continue, allegations have been raised asserting that facilities workers are being overworked with night shifts in the HFSC following day shifts in the MSB building, above.

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Special to The Hoya

Recent allegations surrounding the understaffing of facilities workers in the Healey Family Student Center have raised larger concerns from students regarding the treatment of workers on campus.

Continued negotiations between the university and the Service Employees International Union 1199 Union Local, which took place this past Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday may provide improvements to current standards for workers.

Since the facility opened in September 2014, the

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Office of Planning and Facilities Management has assigned eight workers to clean the 44,000 square foot building from 5:30 a.m. until opening at 7:00 a.m, according to workers interviewed by The Hoya.

The eight workers who clean the HFSC are also assigned regular night shifts at other buildings, which generally take place from 10:30 p.m. until 5 a.m.

Workers are bargaining for a 5 percent raise to match their workload and to match inflation in the District of Columbia.

Members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee demonstrated outside

of McShain Large Lounge in the McCarthy Residence Hall during negotiations to demonstrate their support.

“As workers were leaving the negotiation room, there was a lot of positive reception,” GSC member Esmeralda Huerta (SFS ’17) said. “It feels like the university is finally listening to us.”

The GSC is pushing for a $15 starting wage, tying yearly raises in pay to inflation and ending understaffing and alleged racism.

According to a night shift worker in the Rafik B. Hariri Building, who asked to remain anonymous, he and his co-workers earn under $15 an hour with a $1 surplus for

night workers.

Michael McCannon, a custodian who cleans the HFSC after he cleans the Walsh Building, said the burden of cleaning the building within a short time period poses challenges for the cleaning team.

“I can’t do all the work,” McCannon said. “Some days I fall short.”

McCannon said he and other members of the cleaning staff have communicated their concerns to supervisors during staff meetings, but said management staff have not taken steps to address these concerns.

According to contracts See WORKERS, A6

“To me, human beings have the autonomy and the dignity to make all choices in their lives.”

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GUSA Senate Results Released The results of the GUSA senate vote reveal that Chicken Madness has won its first seat.

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Literature Celebrated The National Book Festival was attended by Stephen King, Salman Rushdie and Shonda Rhimes.

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Dakota Pipeline Needs Attention There has been a notable lack of media attention on the Dakota pipeline protests.

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NEWS GU Politics Hosts Watch Party

BUSINESS Feds Worry Startup

Sports Crimson Challenge

Healey Family Student Center was packed with students watching the first presidential debate Monday.

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Proposed federal regulations could make the process used by student start-up Hemeos illegal.

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The football team looks to avenge last season’s loss to Harvard this weekend.

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Friday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

THE VERDICT

Retreats Beyond Faith not exclusive to any religion in particular or organized religion in general.

With the establishment of more ESCAPEstyle retreats, students of all years, beliefs and backgrounds will have a chance to participate in structured reflections with their peers, an activity that should not just be confined to first-year students.

Reflection-based activities would benefit all students, regardless of their stage in their Georgetown careers. In fact, these types of opportunities may be even more important for students in the middle of their college experience, as the stress of college only amplifies as one’s course load and responsibilities become heavier and more difficult.

These retreats do not need to be full weekend-long experiences, and they do not even have to take place off campus. They can be merely consistent opportunities for students to engage deeply with their own thoughts and detach at least briefly from the everyday stresses of life, which come as a natural byproduct of living and working on this campus. The university could even tailor retreats to students with interests in specific topics. For instance, the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access could sponsor a retreat for those seeking to reflect more deeply on race and pluralism, or perhaps the Women’s Center could create a retreat for those wishing to explore issues of equality and cultural norms away from the atmosphere and environment of main campus.

Regardless of who carries out these programs, our community will only gain from new opportunities for students to engage in reflection activities beyond ESCAPE. Acts of self-care and deep reflection need not be confined to a particular faith or religion. With new and diversified retreats, students of all walks of life and backgrounds can find transformative experiences through initiatives that go beyond the Hilltop.

Going on an ESCAPE retreat can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a freshman or transfer student’s first year at Georgetown. The retreat affords students the opportunity to stop and reflect amid their hectic schedules as well as break out of the Georgetown bubble for the weekend.

It can be transformative and incredibly important for one’s Georgetown experience, as it is often one of the only instances where students are encouraged to reflect on and internalize the Jesuit values that the university seeks to instill.

However, between classes, clubs and pursuing pre-professional opportunities, many students miss out on the opportunity to go on ESCAPE retreats during their first year, after which they are no longer allowed to partake. Even students who have attended ESCAPE remark that they would like to participate again. Therefore, the university should increase the opportunities for students to attend retreats such as ESCAPE, whether or not they are affiliated with a faith tradition.

The university currently offers a variety of retreats to students through the Office of Campus Ministry. Along with ESCAPE, the university also offers Senior Retreat, which is available to seniors in the weeks leading up to their graduation, and retreats in various faith traditions, including Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.

While faith-based retreats are certainly beneficial to students of various religious traditions and are by no means exclusive to those who identify with a specific religion, they only serve a particular segment of the student body: those interested in such a faithoriented experience. None of the retreats are of the same nature as ESCAPE, which is by far the most popular retreat. While it is understandable that the Office of Campus Ministry would structure the majority of its programming around a specific religious component, reflection and self-care are

Goodbye Pepe — The Anti-Defamation League has officially labeled the famous meme Pepe the Frog as an anti-Semitic symbol due to its usage on multiple white supremacist websites.

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Hoyas Help Out — Unsung Heroes’ post raised nearly $5,000 for Umberto “Suru” Ripai, a food and service worker in Leo O’Donovan Hall, to return his home country of South Sudan. Ripai has not returned to South Sudan in 45 years.

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Political Guest Star — This Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden appeared in the latest episode of “Law and Order: SVU.” Biden used this opportunity to further his position on the importance of standing against and investigating sexual assault.

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Team USA Takes DC — On Sept. 28, Georgetown hosted the Team USA Awards in McDonough Arena. Celebrities present included Rio Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Simone Biles and the rest of the Final Five.

No Laughing Matter — Creepy clowns have been scaring and threatening people along the Eastern Seaboard, prompting a flurry of arrests of those in costume and significantly hurting the clown industry.

Close Call — Congress passed a bill Wednesday that avoids a government shutdown and will allocate $1.1 billion to combatting the Zika virus in the United States.

Measles No More — According to the Pan-American Health Organization, the Americas are officially free of measles.

Grade-A Education — Twenty-one public and private schools in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. were dubbed Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education for education excellence and overcoming achievement gaps.

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Needing to Vote Down Ballot Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Vermont and West Virginia — are toss-ups. This is to say nothing of the thousands of local communities from which Georgetown students come, and where they still have family, friends and neighbors. Informed voting in most local politics has real effects on the infrastructure and the character of the towns and cities that have contributed to our identities.

While it is difficult to determine the exact effect of one’s down-ballot vote, the nature of this election certainly justifies turning up at the booth. The day is meant to give voters substantive power in congressional, gubernatorial and local elections, which have just as important of an impact in their lives as a vote for a presidential candidate.

This is not to deny that the U.S. electoral system has its flaws. The electoral college holds the potential to undermine the popular vote. Just as problematic is the influence disparity of small-population states such as Wyoming and Vermont in the Senate. Even the tactic of gerrymandering within House districts by legislatures in states like Texas and Massachusetts overwhelmingly favor single parties. These flaws should be a call to action for all Americans to pursue significant electoral, and perhaps even constitutional, reform.

In the face of these electoral flaws, the best response is not non-participation, but a recommitment to the most basic political right in a democracy — the right to vote.

When students cast their vote on Nov. 8, they should bear in mind policy initiatives on the local, state and national stages. At Georgetown, students have the privilege of both learning in this nation’s capital and in a community that champions a free expression of diverse ideas. In addition to voicing their opinion in national politics, students should realize the importance of voting for the positions, policies and roles that have just as much impact in their lives on the local and state level.

Despite the negativity surrounding the presidential election season, Georgetown students should not be discouraged from exercising their civic duty of voting. Even if one does not see the appeal in voting for either of the major party candidates, each educated and informed student has a democratic responsibility to not only vote, but to vote down the ballot.

To vote down ballot is to vote for the various positions up for vote in specific municipalities and states across the country, specifically mayoral positions, state representatives, U.S Senators, House Representatives and many more. As students on a college campus, we are surrounded by a diverse set of voices, views and opinions that can influence our ways of thinking and beliefs. Students who are able to cast ballots should utilize their diverse experiences to make informed decisions that will affect the composition of state legislatures, sitting judges and state policies.

Students’ voices matter in the presidential election, but they matter even more on the local electoral stage. This year, 469 Congressional seats — all 435 House seats, along with 34 Senate seats — are up for grabs.

According to Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog, of the 34 Senate seats in contest, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Pennsylvania are competitive elections. If Democrats gain five seats in the Senate on November 6, the party will retake the chamber it lost in 2014.

In the House, Republicans have an easier time. Their 30-seat advantage going into the election will be hard to overturn, but any further gains by Republicans or degrees of attrition by Democrats will set the stage for a potential 2018 reversal. Whoever controls the House and the Senate has an important role to play in checks-and-balances either against or alongside the president. Students on this campus have a direct influence on such outcomes.

Just as important are 12 gubernatorial elections this year, roughly six of which —

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Fr. Gregory Schenden, S.J.

Inspired Reflection Through Pilgrimage

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n every epoch, culture and faith tradition, there have been tales of and from the road: Odysseus’ journey to return to Ithaca from the Trojan War, Jesus’ quest to his destiny in Jerusalem, the Prophet Muhammad’s trek from Mecca to Medina, Jack Kerouac’s American sojourn “On the Road,” even the cinematic pilgrimage of the Star Wars canon. There is essential in la condition humaine about the journey.

While destinations and goals are fundamental, there is something about how we get there that is just as indispensible.

This past summer I accompanied a group of Georgetown students to World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland. World Youth Day is a gathering organized every three years by the Catholic Church in various locations around the globe with young people — mostly collegeaged — from a host of countries.

This year, the week’s events culminated in a Mass held about 11 miles outside of Krakow and was attended by an estimated 3 million travellers from 185 countries. While the concluding Mass, with notable representation of the globe accompanying Pope Francis, was phenomenal indeed — it was the joys and challenges of our preceding days leading up to the Mass that were so profound. This is what the journey, often defined as pilgrimage in religious terms, is all about.

In his book “The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred,” author Phil Cousineau writes: “The point of pilgrimage … is to improve yourself by enduring and overcoming difficulties.

In other words, if the journey you have chosen is indeed a pilgrimage, a soulful journey, it will be rigorous. Ancient wisdom suggests that if you aren’t trembling as you approach the sacred, it isn’t the real thing. The sacred, in its various guises as holy ground, art, or knowledge, evolves emotion and commotion.”

Emotion and commotion — and so it was for us in Krakow.

There was the high emotion and grandeur of cafes and

medieval castles we visited.

Yet lost luggage, sleeping on a gymnasium floor and trekking a dozen miles in temperatures bordering on 90 degrees — interspersed with thunderstorms with thousands of other pilgrims — caused much commotion as well.

Yet it was in the commotion that something emerged.

All of us, upon individual and communal reflection, came to identify that with all of these apparent creature discomforts, we also came to embrace the distinction between what was truly wanted out of this pilgrimage and what was truly needed. We came to a deeper understanding of what was essential for this pilgrimage — a journey that we understood as a microcosm of our greater treks through our lives.

Luggage, comfortable beds, an Uber or Lyft to get us where we were going — all of these comfortable wants abated as a deepening notion of who we were and where we were going increased. That became the defining feature of this pilgrimage: discerning the distinction between life’s wants and needs, and the desire to live more fully from the essential needs.

And so it was in Krakow. Yet so it is each day of our lives as well. It becomes a matter of perspective. I recently had it explained to me as the crucial difference between a vacation and a pilgrimage. On vacation, we move through cities, along beaches, into towns and the countryside. On pilgrimage, it is the cities, the beaches, the countryside and towns that move through us, shaping us, transforming us into who each of us is more fully.

As we continue our journey through this semester on the Hilltop, may each of us come to embrace the joys and struggles, the emotion and commotion of our sacred life journeys, our pilgrimages, both individually and collectively.

Fr. Gregory Schenden, S.J., is the Roman Catholic chaplain. As This Jesuit Sees It appears every other Friday.

With a plan to transport 570,000 barrels of oil a day, any kind of Dakota access leak would cause monumental damage to the Sioux tribe’s water supply.

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f there are two things that do not mix, they are clean drinking water and oil pipelines — specifically, oil pipelines subject to extremely lenient environmental reviews. The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline by Energy Transfer is the most recent form of injustice in a long and complex history between Native Americans and the U.S. government, yet there continues to be a lack of nationwide attention and mainstream media coverage.

Set to carry oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois, Energy Transfer’s pipeline jeopardizes the cultural and physical well-being of Native American communities situated on the Missouri River.

It surprised many when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline, but it was later revealed that loopholes enabled the project to evade proper environmental assessment. Under the Nationwide Permit 12, the pipeline was viewed as “several hundred” waterways instead of what it really is, one 1,172mile oil-carrying pipeline.

Extending across the North and South Dakota border, the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation faces dire consequences should crude oil spill from the pipeline. With a plan to transport 570,000 barrels of oil a day, any kind of Dakota access leak would

cause monumental damage ment officials and hosted a to the tribe’s water supply. number of protests, includOn average, pipeline spills ing a 500-mile run.

Recently, Sioux tribe lead— whether crude oil, gasoline or liquid natural gas er Dave Archambault II tes— occur approximately tified to the United Nations 121 times a year across Human Rights Council on the pipeline, calling upon the U.S. Members of the Stand- “all parties to stop the coning Rock Sioux nation have struction of the Dakota Acnoted that the oil could pol- cess Pipeline.” Archambault lute not only drinking wa- highlighted the U.S. governter, but also decimate plants ment’s infringement upon with great cultural signifi- the tribe’s sovereign rights, cance, such as sage, mouse a sentiment not unlike one bean and buffalo berries. expressed by indigenous peoples during The proposed the period construcof Eurotion route for The construction pean colothe pipeline nization in has already route for the Ameridesecrated pipeline has already the cas.

Sioux burial S u c h grounds this desecrated Sioux activism past summer. burial grounds. has not While the stopped project is Energy more than Transfer’s halfway completed, Native Americans, private security, however, environmentalists and Mid- from attacking demonstrawestern landowners have tors with dogs, pepper spray expressed their anger at this and zip ties. Both pregnant injustice. The Sacred Stones women and young children protest camp has seen the have experienced injury. largest assembly of Native Even with proof of these asAmerican tribal representa- saults, the protesters, not tives in over a quarter-centu- the heads of Energy Transfer, ry. Campaigns such as Rez- are facing punishment. Amy pect Our Water have worked Goodman, an award-winto bring together these dif- ning journalist who shared ferent groups, with support videos of the attacks, is facing from celebrities like Shailene criminal charges for trespassWoodley and Leonardo Di- ing, which she claims is an Caprio. Tribal activists have attack on free press.

Even with such efforts, the also written letters to govern-

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protests have yet to garner as much nationwide attention as they should. Three major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, have aired only one report on the protests since they began in April, with CBS Morning news giving only 48 words on the matter during a 4 a.m. broadcast in September. MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell only delivered commentary on the issue once during a broadcast on Aug. 25.

Even without mainstream coverage, social media has played an integral part in spreading awareness of the risks tied to the pipeline. With hashtags like #NoDAPL and the spread of slogans like “Water is Life” and “For Future Generations,” Native voices are louder now than they have ever been. It is imperative their voices and struggle continue to be heard, whether through retweeting, sharing Facebook posts or signing petitions. In the words of Sioux chairman Archambault, “the pipeline presents a threat to our lands, our sacred sites, and our waters, and the people who are affected must be heard.”

Kelsey Lawson is a soph-

omore in the School of Foreign Service. She is a member of the Native American Student Council.

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District’s Need for Statehood Curtailing Intellectual Freedom

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hy should Georgetown students care that Washington, D.C. citizens do not have full representation in Congress? Consider this: Of all the capitals in our world’s democracies, only Washington, D.C. is denied voting representation and home rule.

As a D.C. citizen, I experience this firsthand. We pay federal taxes yet are not allowed to vote on laws passed in Congress that directly impact our lives. Instead, we have two shadow senators who have no real voting power. The District’s only voice in Congress is a non-voting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D – D.C.), who serves in the House of Representatives but is not permitted to vote on the House floor. These people may represent the interests and views of citizens, but in reality their power consists of nothing more than speaking on our behalf.

As a federal district and not a state, D.C. is denied representation. While this reasoning is derived from the Constitution, it is inexcusable that the entire D.C. population of around 700,000 does not have federal voting rights. This population is larger than that of both Vermont and Wyoming, two states that have full representation in Congress. If they have full representation shouldn’t D.C. have the same? Moreover, D.C. residents pay all required federal taxes. Do they not deserve the same representation afforded to nearly every other district in the country?

Congress also has direct control over D.C.’s budget and can override any law that D.C. citizens try to enact. In 2015, D.C. citizens voted for the legalization of marijuana for personal use. Legalization met with 64 percent support among D.C. citizens, yet due to disagreements from Republicans in Congress, this law was initially not passed. Only after formal review and amendment was it passed — even then, the law was not what D.C. citizens had voted for. The House of Representatives blocked the D.C. Council from using appropriated funds for taxing and regulating marijuana, a clause that was present in the

In all other states in the United States, Congress does not have a say over state referendums or laws. original bill.

In all other states in the United States, Congress does not have a say over state referendums or laws. However, in the District, Congress was able to change an initiative in an attempt to make the use of marijuana in D.C. more difficult — a move that clearly went against the explicit wishes of those who supported the original statute.

One would think that Congress has better things to do than worry about D.C.’s marijuana laws, yet

this conflict is just one example of how D.C. citizens do not have total control over any local issue.

This issue should matter to D.C. students; as residents, they, along with other D.C. citizens, deserve a say in government just as much as those who live in any of the other states.

Many D.C. residents believe the best way to achieve independence, and the right to representation, is by being granted statehood. Statehood may at first seem unnecessary, because of its small location squished between Maryland and Virginia and its purpose of being the seat of the federal government.

If you are not a D.C. citizen, it is easy to believe that this issue does not impact you personally. However, Georgetown students must pay attention to this debate, as many will go on to work and live in D.C. after graduation. If we can change this now, future citizens of D.C., including Georgetown students, will be able to secure the right for true representation.

D.C. lacked an actual local government until 1970, yet even now it still lacks proper representation as well as home rule.

It should be an imperative, not just for actual D.C. residents, but also for Georgetown students to become part of a movement that will allow the District to receive the necessary right to representation.

Maddy Taub is a junior in the

College. She is a member of Georgetown Students for D.C. Statehood.

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hen discussing issues of free speech at Georgetown, we find both those who vehemently defend students’ right to expression and those who thwart these rights to advance their own agendas.

In a twist to the buzzword “micro-aggression,” it has become clear that “micro-violations” of a student’s right to expressing and being exposed to a diversity of opinions are, in some instances, being perpetrated by a specific value system on campuses that is hardly pro-free speech. The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat names it the “rapid colonization of new cultural territory by an ascendant social liberalism.” Often, the instrument of this type of censorship is the much-debated “trigger warning.”

Recent data from a survey conducted by Gallup, Knight Foundation and the Newseum Institute show that over 54 percent of college students say the climate on their campus prevents people from saying what they believe because others might find it offensive.

Meanwhile, 42 percent of U.S. adults think their freedom of speech is threatened.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education keeps track of colleges that have speech restrictions, giving each institution a green, yellow or red rating. To receive the worst rating, a red rating, a college must have at least one policy “that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech,” of which Georgetown University has one.

Last week, I experienced an event that conflicts with how our community should approach the issue of trigger

warnings. I attended the Mr. Georgetown pageant, where Mr. GUPride, Willem Miller (COL ’17), who performed a spoken word poem.

Before the speech, a trigger warning was issued for queer violence, police brutality and racial violence.

Annabelle Timsit The monologue itself was interesting and relevant: He was lamenting the fate of the future children he would take into foster care, some of whom might be black, and worrying about their fate in the hands of the current criminal justice system, systemic racism and police violence.

I wondered about the purpose of this trigger warning. It is easy to think that a trigger warning is harmless, but it actually enables the coddling of young minds. Our institution must avoid supporting or promoting them.

A system of higher education that prefaces uncomfortable topics or materials with the option for students to leave the room if they do not want to listen skews perceptions. It tells students what and how to think, rather than allowing them to reach their own conclusions.

This may seem like a campus culture issue, but

school administrators in this country can be complicit in the tacit sponsorship of trigger warnings.

In 2013, a task force of administrators, recent alumni, students and one faculty member at Oberlin College released a resource guide for faculty that included topics the task force deemed worthy of trigger warnings. These topics included classism and privilege. The guide was subsequently retracted in the face of faculty pushback but retains support from the student body.

Trigger warnings are a form of censorship that curtails intellectual freedom and damages mental health. The only way to deal with a problem is to face it. This is true for life’s ugliest topics: They will not go away simply because we refuse to talk about them.

Institutional support for this kind of censorship, whether explicit or tacit, facilitates a culture of intellectual sanitization that invades our student space.

What was so shocking about the Mr. Georgetown pageant was that a crowd of smart, alert, sensitive and diverse students were given an “out” before hearing a raw story about violence and discrimination that happens every day in this country.

It was, at the very least, reassuring to see that no one got up and left.

Annabelle Timsit is a senior in the School of Foreign Service. Use Your Words appears every other Friday.

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The Smithsonian Institute’s much-anticipated National Museum of African American History and Culture opened to the public Saturday following a threeday grand opening festival featuring performances, cultural workshops and a dedication address by President Barack Obama.

“It’s not necessarily a 100 percent feel-good experience, and it shouldn’t be.”

MARCIA CHATELAIN Assistant Professor of History

The event, held on the Washington Monument grounds, also included remarks from civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith reciting famous quotes by prominent black figures. Former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were among the 7,000 who attended the ceremony, which culminated in a city-wide bell ringing.

Thousands more who could not get tickets to the address gathered on the National Mall to watch the dedication on Jumbotrons.

The museum opening follows a week marked by two highly publicized police shootings of black men amid an ongoing national dialogue about race.

Located on Constitution Ave and 14th St., the 400,000-square-foot museum contains 12 galleries centered on themes of history, community and culture. The exhibits boast more than 3,000 artifacts, including fragments of the São José, a Portuguese slave ship that sank off the coast of South Africa in 1794, Harriet Tubman’s shawl and a vintage Tuskegee Airmen airplane.

The museum — the only national museum exclusively devoted to the documentation of AfricanAmerican culture — emerg-

es following a century of concerted efforts to commemorate black history through a federally owned museum, spearheaded by African-American Civil War veterans as early as 1915 and successfully authorized by Congress in 2003.

A fundraising program exceeded $315 million in private funds to help finance the $540 million construction, which was partly covered by federal funds.

Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s founding director, expressed hope that the museum will provide a gathering place for those hoping to learn from America’s past.

“If we’ve done our job right, I trust the museum will be a place for all Americans to ponder, reflect, learn, rejoice, collaborate and, ultimately, draw sustenance and inspiration from the lessons of history to make America better,” Bunch said in a news con-

ference.

The free advanced time passes for the museum are booked through December.

Passes for 2017 may be obtained online starting Oct. 3.

Assistant professor of history Marcia Chatelain said she worried the museum’s popularity meant she would be unable to secure passes until long after the museum’s opening, but she was able to attain a ticket through a friend to a preview day prior to the museum’s public opening.

She commended the museum’s unflinching portrayal of black Americans’ struggles, as well as its commitment to underscoring the dignity of their culture.

“I really like that they’ve been able to strike a balance between progress but not glossing over the fact that progress came at a very high price,” Chatelain said. “It is not necessarily a one-hundred-percent feel-good experience, and

it shouldn’t be, but what they did do effectively was tell a very complicated story about change over time and I really, really appreciate that.”

Chatelain said, given the District’s own checkered racial past, the location of the museum was fitting.

“D.C. is a city that embodies a lot of the contradictions of the United States; it’s a city that is the seat of power, but that reflects so much racialized inequality in the United States,” Chatelain said. “It’s a place where the whole world converges in order to understand America, and at the same time it was also formed and surrounded by states that were engaged in slavery. It’s really a symbol of freedom that has a long history of racial segregation.”

During his dedication address, Obama dwelled on his legacy as the nation’s first black president while championing the

museum as a testament to black Americans’ achievement, invoking the famous poem “I, Too” by Langston Hughes.

“Obama was so far away he looked like an ant from where I was standing, but it was worth it.”

RUBY VEGA (SFS ’19)

“It is a monument, no less than the others on this mall, to the deep and abiding love for this country and the ideals upon which it is founded,” Obama said.

“For we, too, are America.”

Ruby Vega (SFS ’19) said she woke up at 4 a.m. to secure a spot on the National Mall to witness Obama deliver his speech.

She was unable to obtain

a ticket for the opening of the museum, though she received timed passes to visit on Dec. 8.

“Obama was so far away he looked like an ant from where I was standing, but it was worth it,” Vega said.

“Right when he walked onstage, my eyes began to swell with tears. It was a beautiful speech, and it really made everybody feel the magnitude and importance of what was happening.”

Nicole Calvario (COL ’19) said attending the celebration was emotional in light of the racial tensions due to the recent police shootings.

“There were silent moments in the crowd, especially when the police shootings were addressed,” Calvario said.

“But in general I felt the public was honored and humbled, and there was breath of hope from everyone.”

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Satirical Chicken Madness Ticket Wins First GUSA Election Molly Cooke and Joe Egler

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Perennial satirical candidate Wisemiller’s Chicken Madness sandwich won one of the uncontested off-campus seats by write-in vote in Thursday’s Georgetown University Student Association senate election, which was marked by a 19 percent increase in turnout.

This is Chicken Madness’ first reported victory in a GUSA election, although Election Commissioner Grady Willard (SFS ’17) said the Election Commission will recommend that GUSA defer to the candidate with the second-most votes. Last year’s executive election saw the Chicken Madness and Hot Chick ticket come second, with 878 votes in the final round of voting.

Election commissioners reported preliminary results early this morning on Twitter.

Saad Bashir (COL ’19), Zainab Feroze (SFS ’18), Alexander Bobroske (SFS ’17) and Habon Ali (SFS ’18), the only candidates competing for east campus, were elected.

Chris Grocki (SFS ’17) and Henry Callander (COL ’18) won south campus, defeating a single competitor. Of the five candidates who ran to represent north campus, Jack Pelose (COL ’19), Owen Hayes (COL ’18) and William Morris (COL ’19) were elected. Jennifer LeBeau (MSB ’17), Marisa Hawley (SFS ’17) and Michael Hosbein (NHS ’17), a write-in candidate, will accompany Chicken Madness for the off-campus win.

Zach Oschin (SFS ’20), Javon Price (SFS ’20) and Charle Haijar (MSB ’20) will represent freshman south.

The full election results for central campus, West Campus and Freshman North could not be released as of press time due to discrepancies with candidate campaign receipts, which indicate candidates’ campaign expenses, not being

turned in on time, according to the election commission. Atlarge results were postponed due to a significant quantity of write-in votes, which the Election Commission must hand count.

Off-campus housing showed the lowest voter turnout at 9 percent, according to Willard.

There were two candidates for four seats in the district.

“Seniors don’t usually have high voting, and there were only two candidates [in the offcampus district],” Willard said.

“It was the only district where there wasn’t the maximum number of candidates.”

Turnout was highest among freshmen, with 46 percent total turnout, 49 percent in Freshmen North — consisting of Darnall Hall and Harbin Hall — and 44 percent in freshman south — consisting of New South and Village C West.

Elections will be confirmed at the first meeting of the new senate on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Healy 106.

Willard said it is hard to compare this year’s turnout to last year’s given residential redistricting that took place last semester. Southwest Quad and Village C remain independent districts, although they were rebranded “west campus” and “south campus” with 26 and 21 percent turnout rates, respectively.

The Former Jesuit Residence, Copley and Village C East comprised central campus with a turnout of 24 percent. Henle Village and Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall constituted north campus with a 22 percent turnout, and all other university housing outside the front gates, including LXR, Alumni Square, Nevils and townhouses, composed east campus with turnout of 17 percent.

This year’s race was more contentious than in recent years, with 56 students — three quarters of which were male — competing for 29 available seats in eight resi-

dence-based districts, compared to 46 candidates who ran last year.

Only one of eight residencebased districts, off-campus, showed fewer names on the ballot than available positions. In contrast, the at-large district saw eight contenders for its four seats, with many veteran GUSA senators campaigning for re-election outside of their former district.

Each ballot contained three write-in spaces after the spring 2016 petition by Reed Howard (SFS ’17) and Courtney Maduike (SFS ’17) for there to be more freedom for students to vote for lastminute candidates.

Willard said write-in votes make the vote tallying process more laborious.

“The problem is, the system does not take any kind of marker besides a name,” Willard said. “People have all these different symbols — quotation marks, parentheses, exclamation points, and so, I’ve removed some of them, but I have to go line by line until the system tells me that I’ve tried everything, so I’m going line by line through 1,600 votes. It takes a while.”

Incumbent Senate Speaker Richie Mullaney (COL ’18), who served the Henle district last year, campaigned for an at-large position this election.

“Campaigning at large can often present a more difficult challenge than campaigning in a single district,” Mullaney said. “I’m not used to campaigning all over campus, and you really have to make sure you’re known by all classes and people you don’t normally interact with on a daily basis. But I think it’s a fun challenge because people get to learn about you and your ideas, and that’s what I’ve tried to do in the last week.”

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The Wisemiller’s Chicken Madness ticket won its first GUSA election Thursday in an election marked by a 19 percent increase in turnout. didate participation, with 11 competing for the three freshman south seats reserved for New South and Village C West and 14 for the three freshman north seats for Darnall and Harbin.

Meghan Bodette (SFS ’20), who ran for a seat in the freshman south district, said that while the race is competitive, she believes it is ultimately good that candidates are forced to talk about issues facing students.

“It means a really diverse array of ideas are involved in this senate race, and it means a lot of issues are covered,” Bodette said. “I love the range of issues that were brought up, especially issues related to diversity and inclusion, and better access to really all kinds of programs at Georgetown for more people. And I think that, whoever wins, the freshman class really couldn’t ask for better representation.”

Harrison Nugent (SFS ’20) ran for a seat in the freshman south district. He explained the challenges of vying for an elected position with his new classmates.

“For me, at least, I thought the biggest challenge is not only were there 14 candidates, but there were three candidates on my floor in Darnall — Darnall floor one.

So, having a really split vote on my floor made it pretty difficult,” Nugent said.

Elkins and Mullaney noted the importance that at-large candidates campaign for the freshman vote.

“Unlike most of my classmates, I need to win the votes of the freshmen, and the new students here at Georgetown,” Elkins said. “I made sure I put flyers in freshmen dorms. I hit all of those earlier this week, and as far as I know, I was the only atlarge candidate to do so. So I’m hoping that can win me

some votes.”

“Freshmen campaign, and freshmen vote, and freshmen are engaged in the political process here at Georgetown,” Mullaney said. “Introducing yourself to freshmen as an at-large candidate is pivotal if you want to be successful.”

GUSA President Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) said she is optimistic about the executive branch’s ability to work in tandem with the senate.

“This is a unique year in the sense that we hope to have a really strong, really working relationship with the senate,” Khan said. “ We were really able to do that last semester.

And largely because of my background in the senate, I, just in general, have a lot of respect for the senate. And I hope that the execs and senate continue to work closely together through most of the year.”

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For the first time in 45 years, Umberto “Suru” Ripai, a food and service worker at Leo O’Donovan Hall, may return to his hometown in South Sudan, thanks to a fundraiser set up by Unsung Heroes, a Facebook page that spotlights workers at Georgetown.

Two hundred and ninetytwo people have donated more than $5,070 to the GoFundMe campaign, exceeding the campaign’s goal of $2,000, as of press time. Unsung Heroes created the campaign Sept.

27, after the page featured an interview with Ripai.

Last week, Unsung Heroes also announced that it has partnered with Students of Georgetown, Inc. this semester to create projects to help give back to campus workers.

Unsung Heroes Founder Febin Bellamy (MSB ’17) said the partnership, which was announced in a Facebook post last week, will facilitate the vision he had when he extended the initiative beyond a class project. Bellamy originally created Unsung Heroes last April to raise awareness and support for workers on campus.

Unsung Heroes has pursued a variety of initiatives since launching in April, from hosting appreciation luncheons organized with The Corp to writing thank-you cards with philanthropy group GIVES. Unsung Heroes helped Oneil Batchelor, a building maintenance worker, start his own catering business by raising $2,500 and hosting him at a large catering event on campus.

“I never felt so appreciated,” Batchelor said. “The students showed me so much love.”

Bellamy said that while his project was originally intended to document university workers’ stories, he now aims to incite social change through activism.

“People can easily share a story [on Facebook],” Bellamy said. “Students are now understanding that these people are human beings, but we want [them] to get involved, [to] go out of their way to think about these unsung heroes.”

Bellamy hopes The Corp’s partnership will motivate students to actively support the “unsung heroes” of Georgetown. Even though most of the plans still require further consolidation, Bellamy said students will have opportunities to engage with the organi-

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Unsung Heroes has created a campaign to support O’Donovan food and service worker Umberto “Suru” Ripai’s visit to his hometown in South Sudan. zation in November.

“The Corp partnership is something we are looking forward to because it will help us work with the students to really give back to the workers,” Bellamy said.

Bellamy said he is now considering the work that the organization can achieve with the support of the largest student-run nonprofit in the world.

“The Corp partnership is something we are looking forward to.”

FEBIN BELLAMY (MSB ’17) Founder, Unsung Heroes

“This is much more structured,” Bellamy said. “Before, it was different events where we would come together, now it’s an official partnership.”

Both groups plan on extending their work beyond a proposed “appreciation month.”

Ideas such as care packages and discounts for unsung heroes would eventually give way to initiatives that seek to engage even more students.

According to Corp Service

and Outreach Chair Agnes Lee (SFS ’17), The Corp’s leadership is considering featuring physical depictions of Unsung Heroes stories at storefronts for all students to see.

Former Corp Social Impact Chair Harrison Williams (COL ’16) — who helped kickstart the partnership — said he believed the project would bring a type of social entrepreneurship he thought Georgetown was lacking, while benefiting The Corp’s business interests.

“It allows The Corp to use its resources to address different issues taking place in the Georgetown community,” he said.

“It contributes to the issue of worker’s rights, which should be taken pretty seriously.”

Lee said this is an opportunity to mobilize the entire Corp community under a single purpose.

“Past service efforts, we’ve done a good job of engaging individual services,” Lee said.

“This initiative is so special because it is Corp-wide.”

Lee said she hopes the program will acquaint the workers with the wide array of services The Corp offers and how they can benefit from them.

“Our motto is ‘Students serving students,’ but we [as] students get served by the facilities workers, and we really

benefit from their work,” Lee said. “It forms our identity as a whole as The Corp. Students who serve students serving the facility workers who work hard for us.”

Bellamy said he is also considering expanding Unsung Heroes to other college campuses and converting the Georgetown group into a chapter of a larger organization.

“We realized this is a problem, not just with Georgetown, but other schools,” Bellamy said. “There are unsung heroes in every school.”

Bellamy is currently working with American University and The George Washington University, in hopes that more chapters would open in the Washington, D.C. region.

He said he would personally spearhead these efforts, even beyond graduation.

“This project has taught me that everyone has a story, no matter who you are or where you come from, we all have stories that connect us together,” Bellamy said. “Even though you may not be from the same socioeconomic or cultural background as the person next to you, you still have stories that you can share together. There’s emotion that ties you together.”

The Library of Congress hosted its 16th annual National Book Festival in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Sept. 24.

The free, public, one-day event boasted book signings by 120 authors spanning across genres, poetry slams, panel discussions and an exposition floor with dozens of booths devoted to family-friendly activities and exhibitions.

Founded by former librarian and First Lady Laura Bush and then-Librarian of Congress James Billington in 2001, the National Book Festival strives to promote literacy as one of the pre-eminent literary festivals in the nation.

Two-time Newbery Awardwinning writer Lois Lowry, author of “The Giver” and “Number the Stars,” attested to the festival’s capacity for promoting reading in an increasingly digitized world.

“The festival reminds us, I think, that reading is not an obsolete act, but an ongoingly vital one,” Lowry wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The fact that so many thousands of people came out on a beautiful day to celebrate books—and authors, and reading—that says a lot.”

Best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, who received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her historical fiction novel “March,” said the event’s vitality was a reassuring sign in a country where illiteracy and apathy remain a pervasive, if underestimated, problem.

“There have been some very compelling presentations about how desperate our predicament is with the illiterate and the aliterate, which are people who can read but don’t read. And if you don’t have reading skills in this day, you will just have such a stunted life,” Brooks said. “It needs to have more of a spotlight on it, so I’m glad that the festival’s really focused on that.”

Library of Congress intern Celine Calpo (COL ’19) skipped Homecoming on campus to volunteer at one of the children’s booths.

Calpo currently works at the Young Readers Center,

a Library of Congress program designed specifically to promote literacy among children and youth.

“We were mostly entertaining teachers, and we had a huge jar full of book recommendations that were either banned or had some sort of diversity aspect to them; we tried to emphasize nontraditional novels, and a lot of people responded fairly well,” Calpo said. “A lot of the teachers ended up asking for copies of posters that we had of book rankings and recommendations.”

The Library of Congress estimated that around 30,000 people attended the event. Among the attendees were the writers Stephen King, Salman Rushdie and television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes.

Returning festival attendees including Michigan native Heather Mlsna noted some differences from previous years. Mlsna, a self-identified participant in the literary community, flew to Washington, D.C., with her daughter Piper to attend the festival.

“We’ve noticed there seems to be an upgrade in security between last year and this year, and that’s translated to be somewhat more organizational and always a little bit more limiting when there’s something like that,” Mlsna said. “But it’s completely understandable given all of the different challenges we’re facing as a nation right now.”

Her daughter, Piper Mlsna, praised the festival’s unifying of book worms from all over the country.

“I think it’s striving to just have a literary community, a national literary community, and bring together a lot of the best authors that are contemporary authors, and it does a really good job of getting a broad range of genres and people and perspectives,” Piper Mlsna said. “And people that enjoy that kind of medium, the literary medium, all come together and even fly in from different states. I think it does a great job of bringing people who love literature and bringing them together.”

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Georgetown alumna and Paralympian Michelle Konkoly, left, President John J. DeGioia, alumna and Olympian Emily Infeld and alumna and Olympian Charlie Buckingham attend the awards ceremony Wednesday.

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Kerry, who led the official U.S. delegation to the Rio Olympics this summer, presented the first award of the night to swimmer Katie Ledecky for Female Athlete of the Olympic Games. Kerry emphasized the strong performances of Team USA’s female athletes.

“As secretary of state, I have been able to participate in some incredible moments, but I have to tell you leading the U.S. Official Delegation to Rio this summer was a really special privilege and I thank you for it. The 2016 American Olympic team was the most successful ever,” Kerry said.

“The performance of our women really stood out above all, bringing home 61 medals.”

Before winning the award, Ledecky expressed a similar pride in the women athletes of the U.S. Olympic Team in a red carpet interview with The Hoya.

“It’s a tremendous honor to be nominated with so many fantastic female athletes. I think it was a banner year for Team USA female athletes,” Ledecky said. “I don’t know if I’m going to win, I don’t really care, I’m just proud to have been a part of it. Just to see those athletes here tonight is going to be fun.”

Ledecky, a native of Bethesda, Md., who took classes as an undergraduate at Georgetown last year while she trained for the Olympics, also acknowledged her connection with the school.

“It’s great to be home, it’s great to feel the support. I’ve been around Georgetown my whole life — my mom worked at Georgetown for a while, I have two cousins here, and they’re here tonight,” Ledecky said. “It’s just fun to share it with family and friends and to see everyone.”

The Team of the Olympic Games Award went to the women’s gymnastic team, with four of the so-called Final Five, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian, taking the stage to accept the award.

The fifth member of the team,

Gabby Douglas, could not attend do to wisdom teeth surgery. Meanwhile, the Team of the Paralympic Games went to the sitting women’s volleyball team, which won its first-ever Paralympic gold medal in Rio. In an interview with The Hoya before the ceremony, gymnasts Raisman and Hernandez said they were thankful for the student support they witnessed while walking the red carpet.

“It’s really cool. It’s really crazy. We definitely weren’t expecting all the support so it’s really surprising,” Raisman said. “We saw the cheerleading team and all of the athletes so it means a lot to us just because it’s incredible to feel all this support.”

“This is amazing. I knew that we had a lot of support, but it’s cool to see it in person,” Hernandez said.

Kocian said despite the excitement of the night she was most excited to be reunited with her team.

“I’ve been busy starting school so it’s just exciting to be back with the girls. Every time we come back together we’re just so happy to be back together and just share all of our recent memories and experiences and just kind of catch up,” Kocian said. “So I think that will probably be the best part.”

The Male Athlete of the Paralympic Games award went to Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder. Snyder said he was grateful for the opportunity to celebrate Team USA’s successes with everyone who contributed to them.

“I think coming home and celebrating what we’ve accomplished in Rio together as a team, together as Team USA, means a lot and to be able to celebrate our community in this way is something I’m mindful of,” Snyder said.

The Male Athlete of the Olympic Games award went to Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who was attending the Ryder Cup, a golf tournament in Minnesota, and accepted the award via teleconference.

“I want to say what an honor it is to be nominated for

this award. I wish I was there with you guys celebrating and hanging out with you all,” Phelps said. “I will see all of you soon.”

“I want to say what an honor it is to be nominated for this award. I wish I was there with you guys celebrating. ” michael phelps Gold Medalist, Rio 2016 Olympic Games

In addition to the athlete awards, the women’s water polo team Head Coach Adam Krikorian won the Coach of the Games award after leading the team to its second straight gold medal this summer.

The Building Dreams award, which is given to an individual, group or community that has gone above and beyond to help Team USA went to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, which placed five swimmers, including Phelps, on the 2016 U.S. Swimming team.

Track and field Paralympic athlete Tatyana McFadden collected the award for Female Athlete of the Paralympic Games.

New to the awards this year was the inaugural Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit award, which is meant to recognize an individual who has served as a force for good in society.

Jesse Owens’ granddaughter, Marlene Owens, presented the award, which was posthumously bestowed to Olympic champion boxer Muhammed Ali. His wife, Lonnie Ali, accepted the award on his behalf.

Marlene Owens described the lasting impact her grandfather had on the athletic world, an impact the Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award seeks to recognize.

“It celebrates my grandfather, not just for his remarkable athletic accomplishments, but also for the impact he had on changing for a bet-

ter world. Throughout his life, he used the power of his work to motivate youth,” Marlene Owens said. “His great sense of pride in our family that his life continues to inspire people around the world trying to do their best, even today, 80 years later.”

While accepting the award on her husband’s behalf, Ali stressed the importance of unity despite racial and cultural differences.

“The Olympics are an appreciation of other people and cultures, as we all are humans bound together by our abilities and not torn apart by political differences,” Ali said.

“The Summer Games in Rio are a reminder of how great we are together, people of all countries, backgrounds and religions. We appreciate how people can come together to celebrate the things that unite us all.”

Georgetown University Police Department Chief Jay Gruber said despite GUPD’s experience in providing security to high-profile figures, it had never had to secure an event of this magnitude before.

“We’ve never had an event quite this size before with such high-profile people,” Gruber said. “The preparation is different because the amount of people that we had. In this case, we had close to 600 people we had to be concerned about.”

Despite the concerns and the combined 100 GUPD and Metropolitan Police Department officers patrolling the space, Gruber said the event went smoothly and expressed particular satisfaction with the behavior of the attending students.

While presenting the award for Male Athlete of the Paralympic Games, Konkoly expressed happiness at being back at Georgetown to celebrate the 2016 games.

“Thank you so much, it’s so great to drop in on campus, it’s so great seeing my Hoya family and my Team USA family in one place,” Konkoly said.

Hoya Staff Writer Paolo Santamaria contributed reporting.

If passed, the District will join Oregon, California, Washington and Vermont in permitting physicianassisted suicide. The cause is championed by advocates including Daniel Diaz, whose 29-year-old wife Brittany Maynard chose to end her life in 2014 after a terminal brain cancer diagnosis.

Maynard moved to Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide has been legal since 1994, to obtain a prescription for a legal dose of drugs because in her home state of California, physician-assisted suicide was still illegal.

G. Kevin Donovan, director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University Medical Center, asserted that the majority of the medical community opposes assisted suicide.

“We’ve seen that the indications and the circumstances for assisted suicide and euthanasia have multiplied and expanded to include things like anorexia nervosa, blindness, transgender confusion and even loneliness and depression,” Donovan said.

However, Georgetown University Law Center professor Lawrence Gostin, who specializes in human rights, said he believes with the appropriate restrictions the Death With Dignity Act can prove to be a positive ordinance.

“If the law is structured right, research shows that abuses are rare if ever,” Gostin said. “To me, human beings have the autonomy and the dignity to make all choices in their lives. The most intimate and the most important one is when is the right time to die.”

Donovan dismissed the notion claiming the Death with Dignity Act gives patients complete control over their lives.

“You can understand the discrepancy and the irony in insisting on the right of autonomy to do the one thing that removes all autonomy,” Donovan said.

Donovan added that modern medicine largely manag-

es and treats physical pain, which means most patients who pursue assisted suicide measures suffer from existential pain.

“What we’re talking about actually is not the pain, but the pain that people are experiencing and driving them to this is really an existential pain,” Donovan said. “The thing that helps them the most is not saying we can end your life sooner, but we can offer you the support and the love and the respect and walk with you step by step along that journey.”

Vita Saxa President Amelia Irvine (COL ’19), whose organization defends human life from conception until natural death, cautioned that the Death With Dignity Act may cause terminally ill patients to cave under pressures from friends and family.

“I have some main concerns about the pressures that people would feel to go through with taking the medication even if they don’t want to, because of pressure from family or friends or just the overall feeling of being a burden,” Irvine said. “The second sort of philosophical issue I have with it is normalization of suicide. Every life has an enormous value.”

Stressing the bill’s rigorous provisions to safeguard patients from coercion and protect vulnerable populations, Cheh argued the measure will provide a compassionate choice for terminally ill adults who wish to die with dignity.

“In the states where similar Death with Dignity laws exist, experience has shown that relatively few patients will request life-ending medication and not everyone who receives the medication will use it,” Cheh said in a press release. “However, being provided with this option is a source of great comfort. In the face of a terminal illness, patients are able to continue treatment with the peace of mind that they ultimately have the choice to die in a dignified and humane manner — if they choose to do so.”

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The Right to Die law and movement in California and other states was inspired by Brittany Maynard.

Facilities Staff Voice Complaints Over Work Conditions WORKERS, from A1 released in June by P&R Enterprises, the university’s building cleaning contractor, workload terms will remain the same. McCannon said current working conditions are unsustainable.

“They’re not hiring anybody, they’re not raising any wages and they’ve increased our workload,” McCannon said. “We’re being overworked, underpaid, disrespected and not dignified.”

Concerns of understaffing on campus are not unique to

the HFSC. One emergency facilities response worker, who asked to remain anonymous for employment reasons, said the campus is understaffed on weekends. While there are four people responsible for responding to emergencies in three campus buildings dur-

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Facilities workers have raised concerns over both their wages and the working conditions in the Healey Family Student Center and the MSB.

ing weekdays, he is the sole response worker available on call during weekends.

Additionally, the worker said emergency facilities response workers do not have access to transportation and must report to sites by foot, often making it difficult to respond quickly to emergencies.

The night worker stationed at the Rafik B. Hariri Building also said his department is understaffed. The worker said issues related to understaffing have only worsened during his five years on staff.

He also said the wages earned do not correspond to the work demanded. Like McCannon, he said he has tried to express his concerns to supervisors, but has not received a response.

“A lot of the time they avoid us when we try to discuss these things,” he said.

According to the worker at Hariri Building, the relationships between supervisors and workers do not create a positive working environment, with supervisors unfairly dividing overtime work between workers and remaining generally unresponsive to worker concerns.

“When you see your supervisors treating you like you’re nothing, it doesn’t give you the energy to come in,” the worker said. “We love the

students, but when you have to deal with reality, it’s back with management. It’s mentally challenging.”

“When you see your supervisors treating you like you’re nothing, it doesn’t give you the energy to come in.”

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Huerta said she disagrees with Vice President of Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey’s management strategy.

“What he’s done so far is create a lot of managerial roles, so he’s bringing in people but not people who are on the grounds doing actual work,” Huerta said.

The Hariri night worker said he is disappointed with the disparity between union workers and management staff’s pay.

“If you look at what those guys up there are earning compared to us,” he said, “It’s total disrespect.”

In a statement to The Hoya, the Office of Facilities Management said that Georgetown uses industry standard benchmarks from organizations such as APPA, an educational facilities organization, to determine staffing levels for maintenance and cleaning operations.

Office of Communications Media Relations Manager Ryan King said facilities has filled roughly 20 union represented jobs since January 2016 and continues to post jobs.

King said the addition of the HFSC shifts to workers’ assignments was not expected to place a significant burden on existing staff as it was an incremental increase on existing space being cleaned. The HFSC was previously a dining hall for residents in New South before it was remodeled in 2014.

Additionally, 10 new facilities staff members will be hired as a result of the opening of Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall and the Thompson Athletic Center, according to King.

Workers and GSC members both argue for a general need for dignity and respect in the workplace.

“You need to respect your workers,” McCannon said.

“You cannot treat them as if they’re your slave or your child.”

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The Corp, GUASFCU Receive Record Application Rates CAROLINE LANDLER Special to The Hoya

Students of Georgetown, Inc. and the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union collectively received over 750 applications in a record-breaking hiring season for the two student organizations.

Last year’s fall hiring season for the two organizations received over 600 applications and hired over 100 students.

“We did everything we possibly could to create more places for more applicants to get spots.”

PRAYUJ PUSHKARNA (SFS ’17)

GUASFCU accepted 22 of the 290 students who applied for an internship — a 7.6 percent acceptance rate — while Blue and Gray accepted 32 of the 313 tour guide applications with an acceptance rate of 10 percent according to Blue and Gray President Prayuj Pushkarna (SFS ’17).

The Corp has not yet provided its final hiring numbers as of 2:30 a.m.

According to Pushkarna, Blue and Gray’s acceptance of 32 new guides is the highest number in the club’s history.

“This is actually the biggest guide class we’ve ever taken in the history of Blue and Gray since 1984,” Pushkarna said. “We did everything we possibly could to create more places for more applicants to get spots in the organization.”

While GUASFCU maintained its annual fall hiring cap of 22 new interns, GUASFCU’s Chief Commercial Officer Grace Cole (SFS ’17) said the addition of a new diversity and inclusion auxiliary committee led to a large and varied applicant pool this semester.

“We want to get people from all different schools, all different socioeconomic backgrounds, all different cultures, geographic locations of where they went to high school, race, sexual orientation, everything,” Cole said. “We had a more diverse applicant pool, and I really think a lot of it is to do with that initiative.”

The Corp did not significantly change its hiring practices this year, according to Director of HR Bella Todaro (SFS ’18), as it had already made significant efforts to increase diversity in recent years.

Some organizations do not require an application — including the Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program and the Georgetown Program Board — and look to include all interested students in their clubs, according to GPB Head Nick Bailey (MSB ’17), who also works for THE HOYA. “We try to reach the interests of all Georgetown students,” Bailey said. “This year we’re really pushing

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Students of Georgetown, Inc. and the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union both received record-breaking numbers of applicants during hiring season this fall, with a focus on increasing diversity. on being more inclusive and working with groups that we haven’t happened to work with in the past.”

Bailey said GPB prioritizes inclusivity and is confident that membership will remain consistent.

“We are supposed to represent the whole student body, and so we won’t turn people away because we are look-

ing for diverse interests and diverse people that want to help us plan our events,” Bailey said. “So far we’ve had three meetings already, and the member attendance has not dropped at all.”

Despite active efforts to make clubs more inclusive, the club application process is the first time many students have been rejected,

which can be disheartening.

“There are obviously a lot of negative aspects to the selectivity of clubs,” Pushkarna said. “Nobody likes being rejected from clubs. That can definitely have an effect on most students’ minds or their mental health.”

According to Pushkarna, regardless of the arduous application process and low

acceptance rates, clubs play a prominent role in the dynamics of the Hilltop.

“I think Georgetown students’ commitments to their clubs contributes to the vibrancy of the Georgetown culture at large, whether its performing arts clubs that are contributing to it or cultural clubs that are contributing to it,” Pushkarna said.

GU Greek Life Speaks Out SOPHIE DONNELLY Special to The Hoya

Students involved in Greek life organizations are speaking out against Georgetown’s continued lack of support for social fraternities and sororities at Georgetown following the university’s email condemning Greek life activities and values on campus Sept. 14.

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GUPride has apologized for its handling of race in its club after its Mr. Georgetown candidate, fifth from right, was criticized for a spoken word poem on race he performed.

Mr. GUPride Apology Issued WILLIAM ZHU Hoya Staff Writer

Georgetown University Pride apologized on Sunday for a spoken word poem presented by Willem Miller — the group’s representative at last Friday’s Mr. Georgetown pageant — in which he described his concerns about raising a black child in this country.

“We apologize to all, especially to our Black community members and we welcome any feedback. ” GU Pride Online Statement

In a Facebook statement, the group admitted to its troubled approach to racial issues within the organization without explicitly mentioning Miller’s performance. During the talent section of the pageant, Miller, who is white, performed a spoken word poem that touched on the black experience amid ongoing national dialogue on police brutality.

“What took place during the Mr. Georgetown competition was inexcusable and not the narrative we want to define us, but it has,” the post wrote.

“GU Pride has engaged

with the topic of racial justice in a manner that has often been idle, ineffective, and offensive.”

GU Pride also shared a Google form on the post for members of the community to provide feedback on how the group can further address issues of race in cooperation with the black community.

“Additionally, we will work on the processes by which we can hold ourselves accountable when macro and microaggressions occur,” the post wrote. “We apologize to all, especially to our Black community members, and we welcome any feedback or comments that anyone may have.

GUPride declined to comment further on the situation, as it wished to hold a board meeting before speaking with press.

The Georgetown Program Board said in a statement to THE HOYA that the Mr. Georgetown pageant allows students to present their own talents and that the content of the performances is not indicative of GPB’s views.

“A portion of the Mr. Georgetown pageant involves students performing their talent. What occurs does not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of the Georgetown Program Board or any of its members,” the statement reads.

Scott Lowder (COL ’17), who attended Mr. Georgetown, said he felt GUPride’s message on racial issues in the United

States. was accurate, but disagreed with the presentation of the issue.

“I think that while the topic is certainly something that needs to be addressed and needs to be talked about, I think the way in which it was done and the tone it was taken might’ve been problematic, and I think that’s where the issue arose,” Lowder said.

Lowder said while the message was not delivered in a considerate manner, one should still assume that Miller performed the poem with good intentions.

“What took place during the Mr. Georgetown competition was inexcusable.”

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“We should definitely recognize that there might’ve been a misdelivery of the message, we shouldn’t decide any bad intentions or maligned intentions to the messenger themselves,” Lowder said.

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications Stacey Kerr was not available for comment as of press time.

“At Georgetown, everyone I know who is in a Greek organization has just the same values as everyone else.”

TUCKER COWDEN (MSB ’17) Liaison to the Greek Council, GUSA

On Sept. 15, the Georgetown University Student Association sent a studentwide email response to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord’s message, emphasizing its belief in the positive role of Greek life on campus.

GUSA Liaison to the Greek Council Tucker Cowden (MSB ’17), the former chapter president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said he supported GUSA’s decision to send an email detailing its stance on Greek organizations.

“What motivated the response was that, particularly in this season of the school year, GUSA’s role is to make sure that every student has an accurate understanding of what the on- and off-campus groups offer,” Cowden said. “I think the main reason for the response was just to let them know that as students they have the right to free speech and free association.”

According to Cowden, the GUSA response to the university’s email was not intended to be inflammatory.

“It’s their job to affirm university policy, and there are no hard feelings in them doing that,” Cowden said. “The GUSA response was focusing on the reason that people join these organizations here [which] is in line with cura personalis and is in line with those other ideals that we pursue at this university.”

Cowden said he was dis-

appointed that the email sent by Olson and Lord contained stronger language than those of previous years, referring in particular to the allegation of fraternities leading to higher rates of hazing and alcohol abuse on campus.

Olson and Lord sent a similar email during last year’s rush season.

“At Georgetown, everyone I know who is in a Greek organization has just the same values as everyone else on campus, as far as moderation and mildness and that kind of thing,” Cowden said.

Men’s Jewish social fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi Master Jack Rosenberg (SFS ’17) said that the vilification of Greek life by the university is not a fair representation of the presence of such organizations on campus.

“We’re involved in charity, we put on scholarship events, community service, educational forums,” Rosenberg said. “We fill a hole that obviously 10 percent of the student body is interested in.”

Olson said he stood by the university’s position regarding the issue of Greek organizations after talking with students.

“Dr. Lord and I have lis-

tened to student perspectives on this, and we remain fully committed to the points we made in our recent letter,” Olson wrote in an email to THE HOYA.

“We fill a hole that obviously 10 percent of the student body is interested in.”

JACK ROSENBERG (SFS ’17) Master, Alpha Epsilon Pi

Lord said she appreciated the position outlined

by GUSA in its` email response, but she believes students should not limit their extracurricular activities to Greek life.

“It is our hope that students will explore the diversity and richness of life on the Hilltop,” Lord wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Rosenberg said he hopes the students and university will reach an agreement on the issue of Greek life on campus.

“We are actively searching dialogue with the university,” Rosenberg said.

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Greek organizations are not officially recognized by the university, but members frequently house together.

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ELLEN BAKER Hoya Staff Writer

The great room of the Healey Family Student Center was packed with around 500 students Monday night for a watch party of the first debate between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The watch party, hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Politics and Public Service, featured commentary from President Barack Obama’s former campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt and former Republican National Convention chief digital strategist Mindy Finn.

The event was cosponsored by the College Democrats, College Republicans and Independent Journal Review.

Held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., the presidential debate broke the record as the most-watched in United States history with more than 80 million viewers. The 90-minute debate consisted of six 15-minute segments, covering three topics: achieving prosperity, America’s direction and securing America.

The debate broached topics including the economy, national security and the various scandals surrounding both campaigns, including Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns.

Prior to the debate, LaBolt reflected on the implications of the unprecedented number of viewers watching the debate.

“The campaigns are predicting 60 million viewers will tune into the debate for the first time, which brings into question the importance this debate will have on influencing the campaign,” LaBolt said.

Media outlets including The New York Times predicted the debate could bring in as many as 100 million viewers.

Finn said the nominees’ performances in the debate could have a significant impact on voters’ intentions.

“Voting begins earlier and earlier in each cycle. Not only does this debate matter in terms of that undecided group, but people might decide and vote tomorrow based on what they see tonight,” Finn said.

Clinton said she would make the economy fairer by

YASMINE SALAM Special to The Hoya

After a month on the Hilltop, the Class of 2020 is beginning to settle into life on campus. These new Hoyas are part of the 16.4 percent of admitted applicants.

The Class of 2020 represents a diversity of backgrounds.

Fourteen percent of the class identify as Asian, 9 percent as black and a further 9 percent as Latino. Ten percent applied from abroad; 8 percent were international and 2 percent were Americans living overseas.

China and the United Kingdom sent the most international students with 18 freshmen from each country. Italy, France, Peru, South Korea and Spain follow closely, sending seven or more students each.

One-third of first-year students claim fluency in more than one language.

Thirty-five percent of domestic students are from the midAtlantic region with New York and New Jersey as the two most represented states.

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GU Politics hosted a watch party for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Healey Family Student Center on Monday night. raising the national minimum wage and guaranteeing equal pay for women’s work.

She further criticized Trump for repurposing the principles of trickle-down economics, a policy popularized during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in which taxes were cut for upper tax brackets in an effort to stimulate the economy.

“The kind of plan that Donald Trump has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again. In fact it would be the most extreme version,” Clinton said. “I call it Trumped-up trickle-down economics.”

The conversation then shifted to the topic of race relations. Trump stressed the importance of imposing law and order in assuaging racial concerns in the United States.

“We need law and order. If we don’t have it, we’re not going to have a country,” Trump

said. “In inner cities, AfricanAmericans, Hispanics are living in hell because it’s so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot.”

Toward the end of the debate, Trump questioned Clinton’s abilities to serve as president, claiming she lacked the stamina to be president. Clinton recited the exhaustive schedule she endured as secretary of state to combat his claim.

“As soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina,” Clinton said.

Jaclynne Nader (NHS ’18) said each candidate had different strengths and weaknesses during the debate.

“At the beginning I thought Hillary came off as robotic and smug, but she improved later

on,” Nader said. “Trump did better at the beginning, but at the end became more aggressive.”

However, Jawad Pullin (COL ’18) said he doubted that the debate would have a significant influence on American voters.

“I still think the election is going to be close, and the same voters who are repulsed by each candidate only found more reasons to be repulsed by them tonight,” Pullin said.

“I doubt they will change who they were voting for.”

Charles Hajjar (MSB ’20) said he enjoyed the debate and the atmosphere of the debate watch party.

“It was really cool to be surrounded by people of all political and ideological backgrounds and watch the debate together — definitely something I’ll remember for a long time,” Hajjar said.

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IN THE CLASSROOM Despite their diverse origins, most freshmen agree that the level of academic rigor has met expectations thus far. Gaia Pipitone (COL ’20) said the academics have been refreshingly competitive.

“The academics are at a good standard but it’s healthy competitive,” Pipitone said.

According to Ethan Craunot (SFS ’20), the workload has not been too difficult.

“I have less work now than in high school but I had a lot of work in high school,” Craunot said.

Required courses most freshmen take include “Problem of God,” “Writing and Culture Seminar” and various introductory classes.

According Otto Hentz, a theology professor who has been teaching at the university for over 50 years, “Problem of God” is a crucial component of the Georgetown freshman experience.

“It gets them started on a liberal arts education by having them address one of the most fundamental issues that must be mapped to address what it means to be human,” Hentz wrote in an email to THE HOYA. “It invites them to think, not just master ‘material.’”

Mustafa Karakaplan, who teaches 650 students, most of whom are freshmen, in his “Principles of Microeconomics” lecture, said the freshmen academic experience is unique.

“I am new too just like you guys but there is something about Georgetown freshmen that I like a lot,” Karakaplan said. “I don’t know how to express it but there is that feeling that whenever I enter the classroom that students are very engaged.”

David Gewanter, an English professor teaching “Writing and Culture Seminar” to freshmen, said students often struggle with transitioning from high school writing to collegelevel writing.

“Secondary school teachers in some cases will tell you things which are needed for the following year and they will teach you habits which are appropriate for their teaching,” Gewanter said. “Freshmen import them into college and it turns out to be a very different ball game.”

Adjunct professor Albert Pierce, who is currently teaching a School of Foreign Service pro-seminar titled “Ethical Challenges in Life and Literature” said the students in his freshman seminar each fall are eager to be at Georgetown.

“In my experience the students are just thrilled to be at Georgetown,” Pierce said.

“What I enjoy is seeing some students in particular learn how much they can learn from their classmates.”

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM Some freshmen like Arthur Manset (COL ’20) said they initially struggled to find a balance among studying, socializing and doing extracurricular activities.

“I think it’s tough, you have to adapt to a world where you’re on your own without your parents,” Manset said.

“You have to discipline yourself and I think it’s a tough thing definitely. It’s a challenge but you learn from these types of experiences.”

Natalie Gómez (COL ’20) said she overcame the difficulty of juggling between social life and academics after a month on

campus.

“I did find the balance,” Gómez said. “I don’t think I’ve been overwhelmed by one or the other.”

ON-CAMPUS HOUSING Students were met with surprise when they moved into their dorms. Alia Kawar (COL ’20) said her negative expectations of Darnall Hall have been disproven.

“When I got the news that I was in Darnall, I thought I was going to be in the worst dorm on campus because of all the complaints I’ve heard from older students,” Kawar said. “But actually living in Darnall has been one of my highlights here at Georgetown because I was able to become part of a closeknit community that cared about each other and was culturally diverse.”

Students in other freshman dorms, like Harbin Hall resident Jaebok Lee (SFS ‘20), said they found it to be a convenient way to meet and make friends.

“There is a huge population that stays in our common room,” Lee said. “I think that is great way to meet new people and make lasting friendships.”

While students in the Class of 2020 seems content with their classes and the sense of community on campus, frustrations run high concerning housing utilities and the slow response time to fixing problems.

“I am a bit frustrated with the facilities,” Pipitone said.

“The water is never hot and the taps are slightly broken and make a terrible noise and no one has come to fix it yet.”

According to Audrey Bischoff (COL ’20), food on campus has been satisfactory, particularly the new to-go program at O’Donovan Hall, but bemoan the long lines.

“I am very much a fan of the Leo’s to-go program,” Bischoff said. “But the lines for the spaghetti and wok are always too long.”

Despite the variety of food choices, Cameron Barr (MSB ’20) said the quality of the meals was subpar.

“The wok station is an eight out of ten, the pasta station is a six out of 10 and everything else in Leo’s is a one out of 10,” Barr said.

GEORGETOWN CULTURE Besides dorms, freshmen said pre-orientation programs and Hoya Saxa Weekend were key factors in enabling them to make connections on campus.

“Making friends was easy because of international preorientation and because people are cool,” Craunot said. “Everyone is so cool and very open minded, at least the people I hang out with.”

According to Pipitone, some international students express that they have not met enough Americans yet and feel slightly isolated because of it.

“I think it’s good that Georgetown is a very international community but at the same time, the international students tend to group with each other,” Pipitone said.

Georgetown did not hold a pre-orientation program for international students this year for the second year in a row in an effort to help international students meet more American students.

Lee said he was shocked by the Georgetown club culture.

“I found it very surprising, the exclusivity of the clubs and how social life is so restricted based on the clubs you engage in,” Lee said.

According to Callia Kharas (COL ’20), the transition to Georgetown has been easier than anticipated.

“Honestly the transition, when I left for college, I thought it was going to be harder then it actually was,” Kharas said.

After an eventful first month, which included appearances by former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D- Md.), Secretary of State John Kerry and 2016 Team USA Olympians, the Class of 2020 is eager to see what the rest of the semester holds.

“Definitely looking forward to the end of the semester —seeing how things turn out, what my grades will be, see how I manage to adapt. I am of course looking forward to going home in between the two semesters.”

Manset said. “But I am mainly looking forward to finishing the semester in the same way I started: in a great way, making good friends, building strong relationships and adapting myself to this great lifestyle.

Looking forward to what’s about to come.”

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Apple’s Series 2 watch is now available in the United States and features numerous improvements including complete waterproofing in depths of up to 50 meters.

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Jeanine Turner, associate professor of communication, culture and technology at Georgetown University, has studied at length how technological advances affect the way people interact. Turner acknowledged some negative reactions to the watch from friends and colleagues who found the device difficult to use for communication.

“There are some people I’ve talked to that did have a smart watch that hated it because they… didn’t like the distraction of having the message come in but not being able to respond to it in the way they would want to,” Turner said.

“Because, if you have a hard time seeing with your glasses or whatever, that has an impact on how much you can really get from the watch.”

Turner noted, however, that the Apple Watch also has proponents who feel they can communicate better as a result of the device’s capabilities.

“I have also talked to people … that are embarrassed to look like they’re looking for their phone in their briefcase or purse, and they find the smart watch allows them to be more engaged in a conversation,” Turner said. “Because they know if they get a text their body will know, because they will be able to feel it.”

Miranda Reid (COL ’18), who owns other Apple products like the iPhone, said the Apple Watch, which ranges in price

from $269 for the Series 1 to $1500 for the Series 2 with a Hermès band, is expensive and does not offer any crucial functions.

“I’m sure it has lots of functionality, but I think all its functions could easily be replicated by a much cheaper device or by a device people already own,” Reid said. “So, in the end, it ends up being much more of a status symbol than an actual product that you would desire.”

“I don’t think it offers anything earthshattering.”

Erin napier (COL ’17)

One prominent Apple Watch competitor is Fitbit Inc., which reported $1.86 billion in revenue in the 2015 fiscal year from its fitness watch products. In the same period, the International Business Times estimated Apple Watch profits at over $1.7 billion. Fitbit watches range in price from roughly $100 to $250, with the more expensive models featuring many of the same texting and music-control features as the Apple Watch.

Sabrina Gugliuzza (COL ’18), who has owned a Fitbit since last summer, said she

does not look for the multiple functions of the Apple Watch 2 in a wearable device.

“I know on the Apple Watch, you can see notifications from Snapchat, Facebook, send text messages, all that stuff. That’s not something I necessarily want or need in a watch or fitness tracker,” Gugliuzza said. “So, for the price that the Apple Watch is, I wouldn’t get it.”.

However, the watch also has strong of advocates among Georgetown students. Erin Napier (COL ’17) received the original Apple Watch as a birthday present and has been extremely satisfied with the product.

“I just like the convenience of it — that I can be more detached from my cellphone,” Napier said.

“So, for instance, my phone can be in my purse or in my backpack or in another room, and, if someone is trying to call or text me, my wrist will vibrate, and it’s super non-intrusion.”

Napier added that she is not interested in upgrading to the Apple Watch 2.

“I don’t think it offers anything earth-shattering,” Napier said. “I’m sure it’s better than the one I have now. I mean, people get excited about the fact that it’s waterproof, but how often are you really underwater with your Apple Watch?”

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Rajia Arbab (COL ‘18), lauded Hemeos for its goal.

“I wish to take a moment to applaud Hemeos specifically for its work in combating sickle cell anemia and its efforts to reach the African American donor community. Very simply, Hemeos’ purpose is to find cures for different diseases, such as blood cancer and leukemia, while using modern transplant techniques, especially peripheral blood stem cell filtration,” the two wrote in an email to The Hoya.

However, they were wary of a for-profit bone marrow registry.

“We all want to save lives — but I want to caveat that by noting that we want to save all lives, not just the lives of those patients that can afford a transplant,” Balough and Arbab said. “I would hate to see markups in blood cancer, leukemia and sickle cell anemia healthcare if for-profit registries overshadowed non-profit ones.”

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been an upsetting experience, losing your smartphone today could be downright detrimental. With the advent of mobile banking, Apple Pay, social networking sites and personal organization apps, an unprotected or stolen phone could easily lead to the ruin of a person’s reputation and financial security.

The result of losing a smartphone illustrates the wealth of personal information that has been digitized and made susceptible to cyberattacks.

When this concept is expanded to the private and public sectors, one cannot help but wonder how much valuable information has been left under-protected over the years.

Although more and more information is becoming digitally collected and cataloged, widespread standards for cybersecurity remain almost completely undeveloped. The primary reason for the lagging development of such standards is the fundamental concern for the privacy of individuals. The timeless debate between the right to personal privacy and the need for security is very much at play in the digital era.

However, as the rate of attacks has increased in number and magnitude both domestically and abroad, the need for improved cybersecurity is beginning to

gain traction. Inspired by the Target credit card hack of 40 million people’s financial information and the 1.1 million records taken from the insurance provider CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, average citizens are beginning to demand meaningful cybersecurity reform in order to better protect themselves against such threats in the future.

It seems the cybersecurity crisis truly is the breeding ground for change.

It seems the cybersecurity crisis truly is the breeding ground for change. With the accumulation of each new security breach, the outcry for reform seems to grow louder and louder. It would appear the United Sates may be reaching a tipping point in the cybersecurity debate with more people being willing to surrender their privacy for increased protection.

One of the reasons people are becoming more open to the idea of public policy institutionalizing standards for cybersecurity is the domino effect associated with cyberattacks. While this phenom-

enon was famously posited during the Cold War era to describe how communism in one country could possibly spread to others over time, the term is now widely being used to describe the latent threats of cyberattacks in an increasingly connected world.

As more and more systems of information are becoming digitally connected, it is no longer reasonable to assume that if you are careful with your personal network you are fully protected. The domino effect describes how increasingly connected networks are susceptible to an entire system breach with the presence of just one weak link.

So, while connectivity has its benefits, it certainty opens individuals up to risks against which they are incapable of protecting themselves alone.

While the recent cyberattacks have been detrimental to countless people, they have also paved the way for a more meaningful dialogue surrounding cybersecurity.

However, this dialogue is only a starting point. Without meaningful, widespread reform in creating institutional standards for cybersecurity, it is not a matter of if, but when the next attack will be launched.

Bianca DiSanto is a senior in the McDonough School of Business. Think Tech appears every Friday.

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donations through apheresis.

Grant said Hemeos’ business will be threatened if the regulation takes effect.

“If this goes forward, this would effectively make the business model illegal,” Grant said.

Grant is optimistic, however, that the regulation will not pass when the final decision is made at the end of this year.

“There’s always a resistance to doing something new,” Grant said. “But ultimately ... we all have the same goal of saving patients’ lives ... I think in the end this is going to work out in our favor.”

During the Entrepalooza event in May, Grant said the current stem cell donor system — the National Marrow Donor Program — is inefficient and results in inequitable, negative effects for minority patients.

Of the 2,000 patients each year who cannot find a donor in the system, one third are minorities.

“Usually people with the same racial or ethnic background are a good donor match, and what we found is that African Americans are really, really underserved on the current registry,” Grant said.

Fernandez said that the founders decided to pursue a for-profit model at Hemeos after much deliberation. The decision was made not in the pursuit of profit but because it would be easier and faster to fund the database.

“So, when you’re a non-profit, you have to rely on generosity, donations, contributions, and that’s a lot slower, and, from our perspective, people are dying and need this now,” Fernandez said. “And in order to raise the money, we need to type the donors and build the company, that’s really what pushed us down the for-profit path.”

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in a digital format keeps them from realizing their full potential.

“We need to release the photos from their digital jail,” Lores said. “Everybody takes millions of photos every day. Those photos are in the phone, but they are in jail. They want to be touched, they want to be kissed, they want to see the light of day.”

Lores explained HP’s plan to create growth in its three main printing sectors: home, office and graphics.

On the home front, HP has innovated in the past year by offering customers a subscription service that sends ink before their printer runs out at lower monthly cost — an initiative which has accrued about 1 million subscribers in the U.S. In business, Lores mentioned HP’s recent $1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung’s printing division in the Republic of Korea, or South Korea. He said HP is attempting to consolidate the office printer market as well as to increase their portfolio in the crucial copier market.

In graphics, Lores said HP is expanding the reach of their current technology to increase efficiency in graphics printers.

Additionally, Lores pointed out that 90 percent of wine labels are printed by HP, and all cans of Coke are printed by HP. The Silicon Valley-based company is also pushing brands to pursue personalization on their products, such as Coke’s recent “Share a Coke” campaign. Along with those efforts, Lores said HP is investing in 3D printing and hopes to see those investments pay off in the near and long-term future.

Anna Jumamil (MSB ’17) said she appreciated HP’s efforts to connect to the millennial generation.

“My idea of HP was that it was a dying industry. I was very in-

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Enrique Lores, president of imaging, printing and solutions business for HP, spoke about adapting to industry change. terested to know their strategy to make their brand relevant,” Jumamil said. “I really like how he showed their way to make printing connect to millennials by letting them print photos.

They found a way to connect to consumers once again.”

Gabe Nelson (MSB ’18) said that HP’s efforts to stay relevant

abreast of technological developments were admirable.

“I thought the insights they had to bring to printing in the smartphone-centric world were interesting,” Nelson said. “I was very happy with the presentation and definitely more impressed

by HP as a company coming out of this presentation.”

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business Proposed Fed Regulations Threaten Startup bits Sarah Fisher Hoya Staff Writer

CNDLS Announces Learning and Design Master’s Program Georgetown University Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship recently announced a new master’s program in learning and design.

Earlier this month CNDLS Executive Director Eddie Maloney said in the Future Trends Forum that the program, which emphasizes analytical thinking and educational technology, seeks to give students the tools to better address the complex difficulties of the future of higher education. “We can see it as a way of engaging around a set of problems that we think are important but that we don’t think have a single solution,” Maloney said. Georgetown is one of the first universities in the U.S. to offer such a program, joining Stanford University and Purdue University in the emerging academic field of learning, design and technology.

Corporate Governance Matters, MSB Study Says In a forthcoming study published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, McDonough School of Business faculty members Reena Aggarwal, Rohan Williamson and Jason Schloetzer find regulatory reforms in U.S. corporate governance increase the value of poorly governed firms. The authors found the value gap between poorly and well-governed firms was reduced by 48 percent once regulatory governance reforms were instituted. In an MSB publication, MSB Interim Dean and co-author Williamson said that governance regulation, while not a panacea for all bad practices, can certainly help poorly governed firms improve.

“In terms of the persistent gap between the values of poorly governed and well-governed firms, regulations cannot change all aspects of a deeply engrained governance culture,” Williamson said. “However, they can force poorly governed firms to perform better than before.”

MSB Civil Liberties Expert to Give Michigan Lecture Adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center Marc Rotenberg will deliver the University of Michigan Senate’s Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom entitled “The Misunderstood Right to Be Forgotten: The Future of Free Expression and Privacy in the Online World” on Oct. 13. Rotenberg is the president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. that works to protect privacy and freedom of expression in the information age. Among other successful litigation efforts, EPIC’s 2014 case against the National Security Agency led to the release of formerly secret NSA cybersecurity authority. Rotenberg himself has testified before Congress more than 60 times, and has written over 50 amicus briefs including three that came before the U.S. Supreme Court.

MSB Professor pushes for improved End-of-Life Care McDonough School of Business professor and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Bill Novelli was featured on a Huffington Post blog earlier this month about end-of-life care. CTAC is a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring high-quality care for those suffering from advanced illnesses such as cancer and Alzheimer’s. Novelli said the population of Americans 65 and older will double over the next 20 years to 72 million, exacerbating the already institutional problems of end-of-life care like unnecessary hospitalization and high cost of care. However, Novelli invests some hope in the Baby Boomer generation to be a force of change. “They’ve experienced their parents’ difficulties with serious illness, and I doubt they will tolerate the same broken system for themselves,” Novelli wrote.

Hemeos, a student startup aimed at connecting bone marrow stem cell donors to underserved minority recipients, has been threatened in recent weeks by proposed federal regulations, which could make the company’s business model illegal.

“If this goes forward, this would effectively make the business model illegal.” doug grant (GRD ’16) Hemeos Co-Founder

Originally founded by alumni Jon Fernandez (GRD ’16), Doug Grant (GRD ’16) and Craig Poland (GRD ’16) in 2015, Hemeos gained attention in the university community in May when it won first place out of 80 contestants at the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative’s Entrepalooza pitch competition.

The startup, which matches primarily black transplant applicants to compatible marrow donors through a digital registry, incentivizes donation with a $2,000 payment, according to its website.

However, Hemeos is now in danger of violating federal regulations regarding payment for bone marrow stem cells.

While existing federal law under the 1984 National Organ Transplant Act bans the sale of

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Doug Grant (GRD ’16) won the $10,000 first prize for the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative’s Entrepalooza competition in May for Hemeos, now in danger of falling to federal regulations. internal organs and bone marrow — punishing violators with up to five years in prison — a 2011 federal court ruling allowed for marrow donors to be paid under certain conditions, which Hemeos meets.

Drawing on reasoning that blood plasma donors can be legally paid for their donations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided that new bone marrow collection methods,

which cause the donation process to be similar to giving blood and not a solid organ, made these conditional marrow payments permissible.

The newer donation method, which Hemeos advocates, is called apheresis, and involves a patient taking medication to increase the production of bone marrow stem cells in their bloodstream and then removing the cells, as in a standard donation of blood

plasma or platelets. This is less invasive than older methods of bone marrow stem cell collection, which involve the use of massive needles inserted directly into the bone.

However, in direct contrast to the federal ruling, the Obama administration proposed regulations in 2013 that would close the payment exception for marrow See HEMEOS, A9

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Today’s Digital Dangers Apple Releases Series 2 Watch W Gracie hochberg/the hoya

Apple debuted its Series 2 watch earlier this month, prompting mixed reviews from the Georgetown community. The original Apple Watch was released in April 2015 and has declined in sales recently.

Gracie Hochberg Hoya Staff Writer

Earlier this month, Apple Inc. unveiled a new version of its smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 2, after what critics deem a disappointing year of sales for the original Apple Watch. At Georgetown, reactions to the new watch have been mixed.

According to Apple’s website, the Series 2 watch comes with an array of new hardware and software improvements, including a faster processor, a screen that

is twice as bright as the previous model, a built-in GPS and a waterproof rating of full submersion in up to 50 meters of water.

The Apple Watch 2 comes roughly 18 months after the company’s introduction of the Series 1 watch, a product that “is considered a flop” according to an April article of the International Business Times. The product’s sales have decreased by 55 percent from its launch in April 2015 to July of this year, according to CNN Money.

Citing a statement from BMO Capital Markets, Business Insider

reported that a possible reason for the low Series 1 sales was that the watch was “nice to have but not a necessity, and is a bit hard to use.”

Some commentators say the launch of the Apple Watch 2 could provide a chance for Apple to come back from low sales numbers. For instance, Tech Radar hailed the updated device as much more practical now that it has a built-in GPS so joggers do not have to bring their phones along to track how far they run.

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HP Navigates New Digital Age Tyler Micheletti Special to The Hoya

Hewlett-Packard is updating its business strategy to address new consumer technology habits and global trends, according to Enrique Lores, president of imaging, printing and solutions business at HP, who spoke at the Rafik B. Hariri Building on Wednesday.

Lores, who has worked at HP for 27 years in various positions, is responsible for HP’s most profitable business — printing — which accounted for up to 42 percent of its operation’s earnings in 2014, according to Quartz.

Lores acknowledged consumers’ widespread view of HP as synonymous with its printing products.

“HP for many consumers means printing,” Lores said.

A 2014 article in Equipment Finance Advisor, an online industry trade publication, expressed the tenor of the times in the digital age by quoting IBISWorld Industry Analyst Omar Khedr, who spoke of

the decline of the printing industry.

“Consumers are increasingly favoring digital alternatives, such as online media, over printed materials,” Khedr told Equipment Finance Advisor.

“I can’t see her kissing her phone every night saying goodbye to her father — it’s a different connection.”

Enrique Lores President of Imaging, Printing and Solutions Business, HP

Lores said HP is spearheading its campaign to reinvent printing with the launch of a new portable wireless photo printer for smartphones called the HP Sprocket. Lo-

hile Americans are still processing the fate of our country after the first presidential debate earlier this week, the FBI is investigating yet another major cyber security breach. This time, the targets of the attack were the cellphones of an undisclosed number of Democratic Party staffers.

While these breaches have begun to sound a bit too familiar, given the seemingly endless cyberattacks that have surfaced in news and debate

Cybersecurity has become a hot topic in recent years, growing into an all-encompassing buzzword that is perhaps at risk of losing its meaning.

res’ presentation included a demonstration of the printer, which printed a small picture that was taken on Lores’ phone just minutes earlier.

HP has begun its efforts at growth by trying to reinvent printing and re-establish its relevance in a world dominated by smartphones. Lores suggested with a personal anecdote that printing pictures, for instance, maintains its relevance in a digital age because of the closer sentimental relationships that people can have to physical objects than to digital representations.

Lores explained that his late grandmother would kiss a photograph of her father every night before she went to sleep, but that such a practice does not square with an age of smartphones.

“I can’t see her kissing her phone every night saying goodbye to her father — it’s a different connection,” Lores said.

Lores said that keeping photos

throughout this campaign cycle, this intrusion is another reminder of the vulnerability of digital data.

Cybersecurity has become a hot topic in recent years, growing into an all-encompassing buzzword that is perhaps at risk of losing its meaning with overuse. While the term can describe anything from your great aunt’s Facebook message spam to China’s targeted hack of United States national security details, understanding how you can be affected by cybersecurity remains crucial. This is because when it comes to cybersecurity, it turns out what you don’t know can hurt you.

According to Business Insider, as people spend more and more time online, the rate of device connectivity continues to grow at an almost exponential rate. In this context, it is easy to forget the risks we have exposed ourselves to. While having your phone stolen has always

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