The Hoya Guide: Jan. 25, 2013

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Since 2006, Ra Ra Riot has been making waves as an up-and-coming band similar to Passion Pit and Matt & Kim. Be sure to go online and check out the guide’s opinions on this indie group’s latest release as they make the sometimes rocky transition from baroque pop to a more electric sound. Here’s to hoping Ra Ra Riot will wow listeners a third time around with Beta Love.

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I would never online date unless it was for ‘comedy research.’

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— Rebel Wilson on MTV’s Catfish

“Don’t get me wrong, carrying [my sandwich] made me proud, but what if my future wife got into the elevator, and I smelled like four types of salami?”

newreleases ‘KISSES DOWN LOW’ | KELLY ROWLAND 

The second single from Rowland’s upcoming Year of the Woman, this former member of Destiny’s Child’s “Kisses Down Low” falls short of anything beyond a standard R&B song. While generally catchy, this single does nothing to show off Rowland’s vocals nor does it offer anything fresh and memorable for the listener.

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‘TOOMER’ | MENOMENA 

Surprisingly, the most notable part of Menomena’s new single “Toomer” is not the main melody but what’s played in the background. Pleasant, appropriately placed piano riffs and a blast of brass serve as welcome complements to the main electronic beat. Edgy and innovative, “Toomer” is more than worthy of a listen or two.

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‘TWO HEARTS BREAKING’ | JEWEL 

The first single off Jewel’s upcoming Greatest Hits Album, “Two Hearts Breaking” is a solid performance that should satisfy fans. Despite powerful beats and rock-influenced guitars, Jewel’s voice remains the highlight of the song, which reaffirms her ability as an artist.

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Alum Boasts Knockout Career A mid a whir of treadmill belts, the squeak of rubber soles on gym floors and the grunts of frustrated racquetball players, it’s unfortunately all too easy to miss Tom Quinn (C ’55).

The 78-year-old Georgetown graduate swipes GOCards at the front desk of Yates Field House, and most days, students just pass him by, eager to get on their way and work off those calories gained from Chicken Finger Thursday.

What most students don’t know, however, is that Tom Quinn is a fighter.

The former NCAA Eastern heavyweight champion is not only a current boxing instructor at Yates, but also — in case his repertoire isn’t impressive enough already — an actor. And hardly anyone seems to know.

Quinn, born in 1934 on Long Island, started boxing in his neighbor, Bobby Boyle’s, backyard when he was five years old. Boyle had received two sets of boxing gloves as a present, and that’s all it took him and his friends to turn his mowed lawn into an amateur boxing

ring. Quinn and his best friend Gaylord Worstel were regular participants in those neighborhood spars. “[Worstel] could beat me at just about everything,” Quinn says. “But I beat him at boxing.”

Quinn came to Georgetown in 1951 and immediately started participating in boxing classes and tournaments. In fact, Quinn’s coach entered him into the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship during his senior year, and Quinn came home with the heavyweight crown.

“The guy I beat went to Syracuse,” he laughed. “He was good friends with Gaylord Worstel.”

Quinn didn’t stop boxing after college. After a year in the Marines and a quick stint on Wall Street, Quinn returned to Washington D.C., and began teaching boxing classes. He remembers one of his recent star pupils, Kaelan Hollon, a lawyer who had just graduated from the University of Kentucky upon beginning lessons. She called Quinn up about three years ago, ask-

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ing him to train her privately on weekends. Now, thanks to Quinn’s tutelage, she is ranked sixth nationally and transitioning into a career as a professional fighter.

Just in case boxing alone doesn’t take up enough of his time, Quinn also acts on the side. He’s been in more than 35 shows and productions and 10 movies, including the popular TV show “The West Wing” and movies “The Pelican Brief” and “Enemy of the State.” His most recent audition was just a few weeks ago for the role of an Irish bartender in an upcoming Judi Dench movie. He didn’t get the part, but he took it in stride, like the natural fighter he is.

“I think my career may be coming to a close when I can’t get the part as an Irish bartender,” Quinn joked. “Maybe it’s time to give up on acting.”

But Irish barkeep or not, Quinn has COURTESY TOM QUINN a fighting spirit, and that’s something GRADE A Tom Quinn (C ’55) has made he’s not planning on giving up anytime a name for himself in the boxing ring soon. and on the silver screen.

TBS Reality Show Goes Geek At the guide, our staff is known for having strong opinions about pretty much everything. We’re taking stands on the pop culture issues that really matter, from tween stars to the movies that make us smile, from catchy pop songs to the stories that are dominating the Internet.

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NERD WARS A new show pits the nation’s brightest agianst each other

Being the sci-fi lovers and avid video-gamers that we are, we were surprised, excited and a little apprehensive when we heard about a new show on TBS called “King of the Nerds.”

Having just joined the extremely popular pantheon of reality TV on Jan. 17, “King of the Nerds” pits 11 of the country’s most educated and comic-obsessed individuals against one another in challenges that test not only their IQ and pop culture knowledge, but also their skills and physical strength.

We have to tip our hats to TBS for introducing America to a different style of reality TV that focuses less on people caught up in the vicious world of beauty queens and divas (“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” anyone?) and more on those people whose intelligence and ability to speak the English language have not been corrupted by “The Bachelor.” “King of the Nerds” has the potential to give another group their 15 minutes (or five seasons, like Ashton Kutcher’s acclaimed “Beauty and the Geek”) of fame, while also — dare we say it — allow people to learn new things.

Each one of the contestants brings

an element from the geek spectrum to the show. We think it’s really cool that there’s a planetary protection engineer from NASA who literally protects our planet from any potential alien invasions. Other participants include a professional hacker, a pro-gamer, a Ph.D. neuroscience student and live-action role-players. Also, mad props to the creators of the show for their witty and clever usage of puns — seriously, the “geeks” live in a mansion called “Nerdvana.” Every week, these professionals and fantasy superfans must complete a “nerd-off” in order to ensure their safety in the house. Unlike the already overdone physical challenges on “Survivor,” these competitions allow for not only the contestants to put their mental prowess to the test but also the show’s audience to explore and enjoy what has been commonly referred to as “nerd culture.” The first nerd-off was a human-sized chess game — if you did not realize this amazing nod to the first book of the Harry Potter series, for shame.

Although we love the idea that TBS has essentially created a reality TV version of “The Big Bang Theory,”

we worry that after all of the cuts necessary for making an hour-long, humorous program, the contestants may be misrepresented or negatively portrayed. We bash our love-to-hate reality TV stars on a regular basis, but we hope that the new show doesn’t give nerd-dom a bad rap. Unfortunately, they have already started off on a bad foot. In explaining the team challenges — called “nerd wars” — to the contestants, the show’s hosts prefaced the group selection process by basically telling the participants, “You better hope that you aren’t the last person left because nothing’s nerdier than not being picked.” We realize that in high school, it may have been funny to ridicule these “geeky” or “dorky” figures, but we hope since these people are adults and the producers are regarded professionals, they will put these “nerds” in a new kind of spotlight where they can be respected for their knowledge, skills and interests. Here’s to looking forward to a show where the participants don’t just end up as memes and joke references that fade within a few weeks. At least, that’s what we hope a doctorate would get you nowadays.

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lifestyle AN ACCESSIBLE DREAM Strive Emphasizes Collaboration for Higher Education EMILY MANBECK Hoya Staff Writer

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or a high school graduate, the pros- have access to the resources they would pect of attending college in the fall need to begin applications or to find out may seem daunting. Among these which schools best fit their personal inrising first years’ worries are being able terests and financial needs. to make new friends, maintaining stel“[These public schools have] two guidlar grades and involving themselves in ance counselors for 300 kids in a grade,” as many extracurricular activities as pos- said the president of Georgetown Strive, sible. Coming from all over the world to Eric Vorchheimer (MSB ’14). “That’s not many different universities, they yearn enough, so we act as sort of a surrogate for the abstract idea of the grand un- guidance counselor or function in the dergraduate experience that their older role of a guidance counselor. Not to say friends have told them about, but upon that they aren’t professionals, they do their arrival, they still do not know what their job and they do it well, but it can to expect from the four years ahead. be tough for two people to deal with 300 Though each of them has grown up in kids.” a different background and has received Added Liotta, “My mentee is my sisa different education, they are all united ter’s age, [and] my sister is applying to by an important achievement: overcom- college, and then I think that speaks to ing the college application process. the whole struggle that they’re seeing: Strive for College Collaborative is a that my sister has a lot of support and national foundation that is commit- my mentee does not.” ted to guiding students at low-income, After learning about her sister’s inurban public high schools through the volvement with the organization at college search and application process. Duke, Ricki Eshman (COL ’14) decided With chapters at 17 universities across to found a chapter of Strive at Georgethe country, including Washington town last year. Having registered with University in St. Louis and Georgetown, the Center for Social Justice and its AdStrive individually pairs all high school visory Board for Student Organizations, students with undergraduates who de- Eshman established a partnership with vote a full year (starting in the spring) to Strive’s national chapter and began renot only mentoring them through their cruitment and searching for potential SAT prep, appublic high plications “When your mentee says to you that schools to coland enrolllaborate with they got into college, it makes you ment but also in the fall of happy because it’s like you got into 2011. motivating them, bolster“Bell High college, too.” ing their conSchool, which fidence and is in Columbia — Eric Vorchheimer (MSB ’14) helping them Heights, was by find their pofar the most cotential. Having just gone through the operative,” said Vorchheimer, a former experience themselves, these college stu- SAT tutor who served as the Georgetown dents have an updated understanding of chapter’s director of curriculum at the the process and can effectively commu- time. “You really need collaboration nicate that knowledge to their mentees. from the guidance department if this is “That’s the whole premise of the Strive going to work.” model: [It’s] that the people who are best Georgetown Strive started to work suited to work with these kids are liter- with Bell High School that spring, and ally the people who just went through its inaugural class just graduated at the it,” said Allie Liotta (COL ’15), the George- end of last semester. They have added town chapter’s director of internal rela- another high school to their roster this tions. semester and are looking for committed Because private and public schools of- and friendly students to join their orgafer different college counseling services, nization.

Strive seeks to help and inform those Offering a full-year curriculum for high schoolers who would not normally second-semester high school juniors and

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COURTESY ERIC VORCHHEIMER

STRIVING FOR SUCCESS Strive for College joined Bell High School last year and committed to supporting its students through the college application process. a condensed curriculum for those who started in the fall, Strive aims to develop trust and friendships between the college mentors and their mentees by pairing them in one on one partnerships based on mutual or similar interests.

“For example, there are some kids who are interested in business, and they’re paired with mentors who are in the business school,” Liotta explained. “You definitely form a very personal relationship with your mentee, which is important.

We really like to emphasize texting your mentee [and] checking up on them. It’s a good working relationship, and it’s like a friendship relationship, too.”

Vorchheimer added, “We refuse to not do one on one just because it’s not the same. It’s the best way to really get the most out of your kid, and it’s the best way for the mentors to get the most out of their experience.”

By giving the students such individualized attention, each Strive mentor

reassures his or her mentee that he or she is committed solely to his or her own mentee’s success. In addition, because the mentors carry over from their students’ junior spring to senior fall semesters, the high schoolers do not have to worry about readjusting to the teaching style of another college mentor.

The undergraduates meet with their mentees once a week and work on material supplied by the national chapter with them for one hour. Though this curriculum is mostly standardized, the mentors have to tailor it to fit the pace and needs of their students as due dates approach.

“We start off with a pretty standard curriculum, like ‘get to know you’ time, getting to select the schools [and] selecting the right schools because the whole point of Strive is to enable the kids to find their ‘best-fit’ schools,” said Vorchheimer. “Then, we move into

lifestyle familiarizing with the SATs, how to get a recommendation letter — all the basic steps of the application process that might not be familiar to the students.”

Lack of fluency in the steps of the application process is not the only challenge that some of these high school students face. Due to other extracurricular commitments, some of these students have trouble fully involving themselves in their Strive partnerships, and others find it hard to visualize what the college experience actually is.

For this reason, Strive’s Georgetown chapter implemented Strive Day last semester. The event included bringing the Bell High School students to Georgetown, giving them a full campus tour and treating them to a meal at Leo’s and a home football game.

Several Georgetown mentors work with undocumented students, which presents another serious issue in that these students cannot apply to cheaper state schools and certain financial aid programs.

“You can’t fill out the FAFSA, obviously, because it’s federal aid, so you definitely focus on private schools,” said Liotta. “There are some private schools that are known for being more friendly to undocumented students, and you also want to look for schools that are on the list that the CSS profile puts out — that’s the alternate financial aid.”

Though there are no guarantees of their acceptance, undocumented students can apply to those colleges without having to worry about providing their citizenship because the CSS profile does not require that its users provide social security numbers. However, other documents necessary for admissions offices’ consideration do require such information. “[There are] barriers in the application itself, like there’s a part on the Common App where it asks you what your citizenship status is,” Liotta explained. “What you do is you select ‘Others,’ which is then going to alert the schools that you are undocumented.”

The problem that this requirement presents relates to the fact that many universities are resistant to accepting students without documentation because of the legal risks and liabilities. Though looking at CSS profile can narrow down undocumented students’ college lists to those where they could get in, their chances of acceptance remain up in the air. Neither the mentors nor the mentees can know for sure if a specific university will offer them a spot in the next year’s first-year class, so all they can do is submit an application that showcases their talents and abilities and hope that their dream schools will accept them despite their undocumented citizenship.

Liotta, who also participates in D.C.

COURTESY ERIC VORCHHEIMER

A DAY IN THE LIFE Last semester, the Strive mentors brought their mentees to campus to give them a feel for what the college experience is like.

Reads, has noticed that the two organizations create different kinds of relationships between undergraduates and pre-college students. While D.C. Reads requires their college volunteers to serve in a more authoritative role in elementary school classrooms, Strive emphasizes the creation of a support system between two peers.

“The relationship [between the mentors and mentees] is so unique because it is not like I’m 80 years old and I’m advising a 15-year-old,” said Vorchheimer. “I’m

21, they’re 18, so it’s very close in age ... and that really enables the trust factor to be present.”

Vorchheimer and Liotta both expressed that this small age difference in addition to the one-on-one partnerships make not only the high school students more engaged and invested in the process but also the mentors.

“When your mentee says to you that they got into college, it makes you happy because it’s like you got into college, too,” Vorchheimer said.

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Not Exactly a Welcome Homecoming

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couple of days before Christmas, I found myself over the Atlantic Ocean midway through a bumpy 11-hour return flight from Turkey, where I studied this fall. In the days and weeks leading up to my semester abroad, I had confronted the same confused smiles and strained comments from most of my relatives and friends at home when my destination came up in conversation: “Turkey … won’t that be … different? Aren’t you … nervous?” The truth was, I really wasn’t. Their skepticism probably stemmed from impressions of my host country’s supposed “exoticism,” which was grounded in archaic images of Ottoman sultans and roaming camels.

But maybe their concerns were more tangible: Before arriving, I think I knew three words of Turkish (“hello,” “food” and “please” — both polite and practical!), and I definitely couldn’t have told anyone much about Alanya, the tourist town that would become my home for four months. Nonetheless, Turkey turned out to be different from what I thought it would be — obviously — but in the most wonderful ways, and from

my terribly uncomfortable position in type of cultural adjustment. Furtherseat 10J on my trans-Atlantic flight, I more, since I’ve been gone, an entirely worried about “culture shock” for the new crop of freshmen has appeared on very first time: the kind I would face campus, making me feel old and also when I set foot on U.S. soil and, more drastically reducing the number of faspecifically, when I headed back to the miliar faces in Leo’s — quite the probHilltop after four months’ absence. lem when you’re trying to schmooze Since my return, there have of your way into a valuable seat in the course been inevitable midst of the 6:30 p.m. changes in my routine. I’ve rush hour. switched my cay for cups But I think the real shift results not from of Corp coffee and traded geographical location homemade meze for Leo’s but from mindset. The lunch. Instead of carrying culture my books to the beach for AudreyWilson study-abroad AudreyWilson engenders learning and a relaxed afternoon, I now traveling and experipile them atop a well-worn table on Lau 3, where unwarranted encing new things without much anxiety is always palpable. (Seriously, serious consequence. “You’re only it’s mid-January — should we even be abroad once!” might not flow like in the library?) While once I had a liv- YOLO, but it’s still something we tell ing room view of the blue Mediterra- ourselves. Back in the “real world,” nean, now, when I lift my blinds here however, I’m a second-semester juin the District, I see only the Village B nior, and the Georgetown culture didn’t become any less competitive courtyard.

Suddenly, my home at Georgetown while I was away.

Everyone around me juggles extraalso feels a little different. After spending a semester with 11 other students curriculars and loaded schedules — and three professors, the first few days both noticeably absent from my last of social interaction proved to be a new semester — with impeccable grace. I’m

suddenly searching for summer internships and polishing my resume. I’m getting more LinkedIn e-mails than friend requests. (Confession: I’m not even sure how LinkedIn works; it just seems like a more pretentious Facebook, without the incriminating photos.)

Don’t get me wrong — I love Georgetown, especially its intensity. But our campus holds so much more than classrooms and club meetings, and D.C. has a little more to offer than internships.

Spending a few months abroad may have opened my eyes to a “different” culture, but it also made me realize that I should probably get to know my own better here on the Hilltop.

This semester, I’ve decided to do just that: to explore new facets of the rich life here on campus (and to more closely observe the familiar ones), but also to ditch the Hilltop and head into the city when time here starts to stand still and life becomes a little boring. I hope I won’t find anything too shocking.

Audrey Wilson is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. CULTURE SHOCK appears every other Friday in the guide.

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GREEN IS GOOD KIM BUSSING Hoya Staff Writer

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tudents encounter a diverse array of courses regardless of their school or major.

While incoming business students might bemoan the theology requirement and those pursuing a degree in English often begrudge their time devoted to a math course, most recognize Georgetown’s general education requirements as a way of discovering new interests and opportunities.

Georgetown’s diverse course catalogue is often seen as a reflection of the many aspirations and ambitions students hold when they arrive on the Hilltop. Given their common commitment to social justice, many aim to make a difference on an international, humanitarian level.

But for all the dabbling in the liberal arts, for all the experimentation with quirky classes like “The Philosophy of Star Trek” and “Medieval British Folklore,” Georgetown’s undergraduate career inclinations lean sharply toward the realm of business.

Across the entire undergraduate

Class of 2011, careers in financial services and business consulting attract-

Alissa Orlando (SFS ’13), who has secured a post-graduation job at top

Across the entire undergraduate Class of 2011, careers in financial services and business consulting attracted 26 percent of all graduates, representing the largest group of graduates by a considerable margin. ed 26 percent of all graduates, representing the largest group of graduates by a considerable margin.

consulting firm McKinsey & Company, is prototypical of this phenomenon.

Although her passion for social justice

is evident on her resume — Orlando is majoring in Regional and Comparative Studies with a focus on Africa and completing a certificate in International Business Diplomacy, volunteered in East Africa and worked for non-profits in the District — she chose a career in business after graduation as a way of attaining high-ranking positions quickly.

“The large consulting firms have the financial and training resources to ensure that even entry-level employees are doing substantive work that demands thought leadership,” Orlando said. “By going corporate first, I hope

to enter at a point where I can manage, instead of just support, projects and teams.”

For Orlando, who rose through the ranks of the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative to become chief operating officer this year, a job at McKinsey marks a considerable departure from her freshman dream of a career in television.

“My freshman year, I went to [The] George Washington [University] for political communications,” Orlando said. “I aspired to be a political correspondent for a major news network.

This ended when I realized you had to do your fair share of hard news stories before becoming the next Nicholas Kristof.”

Due to the financial safety of getting hired at a corporate job that offers a respectable salary and robust benefits, the corporate world can serve as a transitional period for graduates before they pursue further education or positions at non profits, which are often unable to conduct the same major hiring campaigns or to offer the same amount of security that many new graduates seek.

“Taking a corporate job that allows you to pay off your debt and maintain a quality of life that you’re accustomed to over a position with a non-profit isn’t a crime,” said Alex Honjiyo (SFS ’13), who considers the corporate world an opportunity to earn a substantial post-graduate salary in exciting and challenging work.

For Chris Timko (SFS ’15), pursuing a career in business is not mutually exclusive with the Georgetown curriculum emphasis on social justice.

According to Timko, he and many of his friends are motivated by the opportunity to make a positive international impact, even if that means securing a job at a Fortune 500 company.

“I think most students at Georgetown strive for a higher good. I think most genuinely want the thrust of their career to focus on leaving the world better than they found it,” Timko said. “Corporations around the world do so much in the way of philanthropy and service to others. On the whole, I see them as positive elements of society.”

Orlando agreed.

“A big factor in deciding to work with McKinsey was when I learned more about the public and social practices, especially the work following the earthquake in Haiti,” she said.

For Eva Wang (SFS ’16), Georgetown’s wide-reaching curriculum is strong preparation for a career in business because of its universal meticulousness.

“I think that Georgetown attracts people who are corporate-world material,” Wang said. “The Georgetown curriculum is … rigorous. Students know they’re getting an applicable education.”

Others, like Charles Patterson (MSB ’16), consider a degree and ultimately

a career in business a way of fulfilling their creative potential in the workplace. When Patterson started his college search in his senior year of high school, attending Georgetown’s business school was far from his initial intention. Originally planning to go to UCLA to pursue a career in film and television, Patterson ultimately joined the McDonough School of Business’ Class of 2016, where he is pursuing a degree in international business.

“The corporate world has the appeal of having more stable careers and higher salaries, as opposed to riskier entrepreneurial pursuits or less lucrative jobs in the non profit sector,” Patterson said.

Nevertheless, Patterson considers his choice of a business degree to be

fore arriving on campus.

“As freshmen, we’re already told to start networking and attend information sessions with various companies,” Carden said. “There are so many recruitment events here on campus that it is hard not to see the names of many Fortune 500 companies show up in your inbox every week.”

“There seems to be a constant pressure at Georgetown to succeed, which comes across in the job security, wellpaying positions, respect from colleagues and friends, and general prestige you get working at a corporate job,” added Wang, who is majoring in international economics and has considered a job in financial services.

According to Associate Director of the McDonough School of Business

“I think most students at Georgetown strive for a higher good. I think most genuinely want the thrust of their career to focus on leaving the world better than they found it.”

— Chris Timko (SFS ‘15) a way of supporting his film interests rather than a relinquishment of his high school career vision.

“I decided that a business degree was much more versatile and could be applied to a career in the film industry,” Patterson explained.

However, according to both Wang and Brian Carden (MSB ’16), the competitive atmosphere among students at Georgetown, in addition to the ubiquity of recruiting events on campus, lures many toward the corporate world, even if they may not have considered a career in a business field be-

Undergraduate Program Lisa Scheeler, about 25 students transfer into the business school and roughly the same amount transferred out each year.

Honjiyo noted that this widespread enthusiasm about the corporate world can overshadows that for other careers.

“It can be easy to forget that there are other options out there for students. A lot of people at Georgetown are generally interested in the corporate fields that they eventually pursue after graduation, but it’s frustrating when students feel obligated to take

jobs that they’re plainly not interested in,” Honjiyo said.

Carden added that few in the MSB are interested in careers in entrepreneurship.

“In my accounting class, when the professor asked if there were any aspiring entrepreneurs in the room, about three hands went up,” Carden recalled of his experience in class.

“This doesn’t mean the rest of the class necessarily wants to go into the corporate world and it doesn’t mean there aren’t any others who might eventually start their own businesses, but it is a good straw poll, in my opinion, of the mindset of the MSB.” Patterson, although primarily interested in joining a financial firm in New York, has often considered the draw of entrepreneurship, though he understands why his peers might prefer the former.

“Entrepreneurship allows you to be your own boss, make your own hours and exactly what you want to do,” he said. “It allows for unchecked growth and opportunities, but corporate jobs are appealing for their security and guaranteed incomes.”

The reason that business is such a big draw for Georgetown students, argues Patterson, is that both the university and the business world cater to an intrinsic competitive drive that all Georgetown students share.

“Most students at Georgetown are extremely competitive and goal-oriented, and the corporate world offers an environment where these traits are not only accepted, but encouraged,” Patterson said. “In a world where little leagues don’t declare winners and some schools are no longer naming valedictorians, it seems that the corporate world is the last remaining example of survival of the fittest.”

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PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS Brian Carden (MSB ’16), Eva Wang (SFS ’16) and Chris Timko (SFS ’15), pictured left to right, are students studying business who exhibit the kind of competitiveness applicable in many fields.

food&drink Tasty Dishes Capture The Heart of Italy

JERROD MACFARLANE Special to The Hoya

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ost people will acknowledge the communal nature of eating, at least in theory. But, when eating out, it often becomes apparent that despite how obvious it might seem to even the most casual eater, restaurants often fail to facilitate the communal appeal of food. Plates are often awkwardly allocated around the table, patrons are placed out of each other’s reach and the portion sizes are not conducive to sharing. Moreover, college students, one of the groups most inclined towards sharing food, often seem to be neglected entirely by fine dining establishments, even in a city like Washington, D.C., where students make up a significant portion of the local population. One can see the logic of this decision: Students tend to have less disposable income, and we are only in residence part of the year. But this does not make it any less heartening to continually find restaurants that mistake a stodgy environment punctuated only by classical music or muted conversation as the only environment in which great food can be consumed. Imagine my surprise, then, when I walked into Graffiato this past weekend to the loud and welcoming sound of Coldplay and engaged discussion.

707 6th St NW cuisine: Italian price: $$$ Graffiato, Mike Isabella’s flagship Italian restaurant, is lively and unassuming.

Isabella, who appeared on the sixth season of “Top Chef,” is well-known for his rocker vibe and novel take on haute cuisine, and both of these characteristics are on full display at Graffiato. The decor resembles that of many modern restaurants in its pared-down simplicity and elegance, opting for plain wooden and burnished steel furniture rather than more ostentatious furnishings. However, the decor belies the richness of the food on offer, which unlike the decor, favors complexity and sumptuousness.

Similar to Isabella’s Georgetown establishment Bandolero, the menu at Graffiato consists of a collection of small plates with the addition of slightly larger pizza options offered on the simple but varied menu.

When a friend and I visited recently, our server recommended that we order several small plates in order to achieve the effect of a full meal, and based on my experience, this way is probably the best one to appreciate Graffiato’s menu. Perhaps the greatest difficulty at Graffiato, as at any restaurant with a great menu, is deciding what to eat.

Eventually, after several minutes of careful

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LITTLE PLATES, LARGE PALATES Graffiato serves its meals in tiny portions, like this braised beef short rib, requiring that diners try a large variety of its Italian dishes. deliberation over choices that included everything from parsnip soup with pumpkin seeds to charred octopus, we decided on a plate of baby beets, a selection of cheeses and cured meats, braised beef short rib, the White House pizza — which features mozzarella, taleggio, ricotta, prosciutto and black pepper honey — and, finally, lasagna with pork shank ragu.

The service was efficient, and I received my selection of cheeses and cures shortly after my friend began work on his beets.

The plate, which consisted of two cheeses — a Hudson camembert and clothbound cheddar — and prosciutto di Parma, was a surprising highlight and delight. More than just solid staples, these selections from Graffiato were simultaneously original and satisfying in a way appetizers rarely are. Particular note must be made of the prosciutto, which was soft, perfectly marbled and just a little salty.

The pizza and short rib arrived in quick

succession. In a matter of moments, my friend and I finished the pizza and then, without pause, made quick work of the beef short rib. The pizza, like the appetizers earlier, was a surprising delight, hiding rich honey beneath the top layers. The tender but rich beef short rib was paired perfectly with a smooth and creamy bedding of polenta. Finally, our lasagna arrived and, as the heartiest and richest of our courses, served as a fitting end. The ragu, which was similar to pulled pork, made for a richer and more sumptuous take on the Italian favorite.

Graffiato is a fantastic restaurant that combines the atmosphere of a Hard Rock Cafe with food that rivals the best in D.C. With prices that are more reasonable for college students than other restaurants with comparable cuisine, it is well worth a visit with a group who can appreciate jamming out to “Numb” by Linkin Park over a gourmet meal.

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CAITLIN SANDERS Special to The Hoya hen it comes to adventurous eating, I’m far from an expert.

I pretty much put hot sauce on everything, so saying that I love strong flavors is an understatement. Picky eaters who just stick to chicken and potatoes are an enigma to me; I cannot understand how someone could pass on potentially amazing food because the food seems too different. I am going to make a personal appeal to all those picky eaters right now to miss out no longer. Put aside your reservations and make your way to the mind-blowing Neyla, which is only a few blocks from Georgetown’s front gates.

Neyla, whose N Street location is a plus for those who do not want to walk long distances before eating, boasts Mediterranean fare, but its ambiance and decor have a definite Middle Eastern feel. Upon entering, the establishment’s purple, maroon, red and gold color scheme makes you feel like you have been transported to Arabia.

Drwan-back curtains and pillows on the booths contribute to Neyla’s comfy lounge feeling as well. Though I went on a cold January day, I cannot wait to go back in the spring and sit on their beautiful, canopied outdoor patio.

When my friend and I walked through the door, we were immediately helped and promptly seated. This attentive service never disappointed, and all the waiters seemed knowledgeable and passionate about the food on the menu. To start, we were served a complementary basket of toasted pita with spices on top and olive oil, olives and homemade Lebanese yogurt for dipping. The yogurt was savory and nicely complemented the rich spices on the pita. My friend and I loved the combination so much that we finished the basket in a matter of minutes — and we probably would have settled for just that for dinner. However, I am glad we

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DESTINATION: DINNER Neyla offers inexpensive, Mediterranean fare.

NEYLA 3206 N St. NW cuisine: Mediterranean price: $ $ ordered other things because they ended up being just as good, if not better.

The menu is broken up into three categories: “Mezza,” which has hot and cold options, “Charcoal Grill” and “To Share.”

Mezza has the most options and is the least expensive. Charcoal Grill is akin to the entree section on most menus and offers many proteins like lamb, chicken and beef kebabs. The kabobs are also served with a side of garlic whip and the choice of arugula salad, batata harra, almond rice or eggplant puree. The final section includes a selection of foods from every part of the menu and a $60 prix fixe meal.

My friend and I decided to order from the Mezza portion of the menu, and we chose both hot and cold plates. The warak enab, a meal from the cold section that is comprised of grape leaves stuffed with rice, parsley, herbs, lemon and olive oil, was a bit oily but nevertheless delicious.

They came out looking like rolls, with four sitting atop each other. The combination of the grape leaves and parsley had a delicious, earthy taste; however, the olive oil made the texture a little slimy. From the hot options, we selected chicken shawarma, a toasted pita pocket made with chicken, garlic whip, sumac and pickled cucumber. I would encourage picky eaters to try this dish because it is similar to a sandwich — and it was my favorite.

Next was the vegetable kibbeh, a squash dumpling filled with oyster mushrooms, walnuts and truffle oil. The dumplings arrived piping hot and were served atop a dollop of plain yogurt. This came at a close second and had a crunchy and immensely savory appeal.

Each option came in a generous portion and, at eight dollars per dish, the Mezza options are great to share, have so much variety and are affordable. A basket of fresh naan is also included, ensuring that you are stuffed with great food when you leave the restaurant. Neyla is the perfect destination for a group gathering, and I can’t wait to share this gem with more of my friends.

or one-sixth of my life, I wore Because it was still slightly warm, big metallic braces. From I wanted to preserve as much heat freshman year until long af- as possible, but the sandwich was ter I graduated from high school, over a foot long and was difficult the metal in my mouth fiercely to find a place for in my backpack, which was already packed with dictated what I could eat.

On Aug. 3, 2012, mere weeks books and binders. It seemed that before I came to Georgetown, my every way I tried to get it to fit, I orthodontist pried that hideous couldn’t close the zipper around metal out of my mouth. In many the last two inches — and the only ways, he relinquished a great anx- thing more awkward than walkiety of mine: that the food I ate ing around Georgetown with a would lodge itself into the ridges 12-plus-inch sandwich in hand is and pockets of the train tracks walking around Georgetown with which invasively ran through my a 12-plus-inch sandwich sticking out of my backpack. mouth.

I started the small odyssey back That day, I opened a new chapter in my life. Lunch would no longer to campus and counted the blocks be symbolized by Christmas-tree up from 28th to 37th streets and brushes and floss threaders — then the footsteps it took to get lunch would be characterized only from the gates to my dorm. I finally got to Harbin, but was too by the sandwiches of my dreams.

Since the end of that three-year afraid to take the elevator in case sandwich hiatus, and especially somebody got in with me and since I moved to Georgetown, smelled the ripe ingredients of my each sandwich I eat is more than sandwich. Don’t get me wrong, carrying it made me food — it is art — and proud, but what if Washington, D.C., has my future wife got an enormous wealth into the elevator, and of sandwiches if you I smelled like four know where to look. types of salami? So I For example, if you head down to S street, DavidChardack took the stairs, which only lengthened my Stachowski’s Market’s Four Meat Grinder is not so much journey.

After all that trouble, the most a sandwich as an experience. Everything about it is difficult, and strenuous part of my journey was as a seasoned sandwich-taster, still eating the sandwich. I aggreseven I have only dared to try it sively dove into it and immediately fell in love with the saltiness once.

The Four Meat Grinder sits atop of the salamis, the acidity of the the list of sandwiches that are dressing and the sweet and spicy available to order at Stachowski’s. kick of the peppers. Everything There isn’t a single option on the about this sandwich was classic, menu that I would turn down, and the first four inches were but something about this partic- bliss between two slices of bread.

The next ten inches were a ular sandwich lured me in. The fact that I could watch the sand- challenge to which I had been wich-maker slice sopressata and eagerly looking forward. Each mortadella in front of my eyes bite seemed to have the caloric made me want to say something content of a small meal, but each eloquent as I ordered, but “Four bite invited me to get closer to the Meat Grinder, please” seemed like finish. When I swallowed that last piece of salami, I slumped back the only words I could muster.

Ten minutes later, when I into my chair with a full stomeventually received the thing, ach and strong personal sense of I didn’t know what to do with achievement. As hard as it was for it. I remember my first reaction me to believe, I valued my accomwas to admire its sheer weight — plishment of eating the sandwich something which caught me off more than its taste, and in that guard and almost sent the sand- moment, I realized I was put on wich crashing to the ground. My this earth to eat sandwiches. next task was to figure out how I would carry it back to campus, David Chardack a freshman in the which turned out to be more com- College. DC ON RYE appears every plicated than might be expected. other Friday in the guide.

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Veteran Indie Rockers Don’t Fade Away

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hen you hear a band name like Yo La Tengo, you may jump to a number of conclusions about its musical style. You might guess it produces contrived Spanish pop music or bombastic mariachi madness. In reality, though, Yo La Tengo does nothing of the sort. The Hoboken-based trio has been a critically acclaimed darling of the indie rock scene for decades, churning out album after album of their trademark jams since 1984, and they are back at it for the first time since 2009’s Popular Songs with their new album Fade.

Like much of the group’s past work, Fade is an incredibly balanced album, with relaxed and catchy rhythms creating a uniquely soothing sound that draw in even the most unsure listener. While nothing on Fade remotely resembles the 10-minute guitar riff tracks that bookend their 2006 LP I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, this album does reflect a newly focused thematic continuity that the band has lacked in the past, and this growth is definitely a step in the right direction.

The opening track, “Ohm,” is perhaps

the best representation of the new mu- of their relationship and the unique sical and lyrical directions the band has strains that long-term relationships can taken, with front-man Ira Kapling croon- have on any couple. Their marriage may ing, “’Cause this is it for all we know/ So still be strong, but lingering questions say goodnight to me/ ‘Cause it’s been of fidelity and pained longing can easily fun.” While in the past the band has be found just beneath the surface of the taken its lack of lyrical continuity as a seemingly upbeat songs.

The final song on point of pride, Fade, the album, “Before and “Ohm” in parWe Run,” is a powerticular, shows a new ful and triumphant grasp of the impact close to the album, of meaningful lyrics. with Hubley takBeyond just the lyring over lead vocals, ics, “Ohm” also best YO LA TENGO lending her unique exemplifies the type Fade drawl to an uplifting of mellow, fuzzy acmusical backdrop companiment that of strings and trummost successfully empets. This is where Yo La Tengo really bodies the group’s sound.

What sets this album apart lyrically shines: when it can expand its instrufrom those of similar groups on the mental range beyond just the traditionmarket is the romantic back-and-forth al rock guitar, bass and drums to create between Kapling and the group’s drum- a fully realized symphonic fuzz. It brings mer and part-time singer Georgia Hub- the band’s style to a whole new level. ley. The pair has been married in real Fade is the shortest album Yo La Tengo life for over 25 years, and the lyrics of has produced since 1990’s Fakebook (no songs like “Well You Better” and “Is That relation to Facebook, strange as that may Enough” reflect the growing maturity seem today), with the 10 tracks clocking

NICOLE JARVIS Hoya Staff Writer in at just under 46 minutes. The band has successfully managed to cut back on the experimental fluff, which it usually uses to pad the end of its albums, and has crafted a tight and well-balanced record, which should invigorate its traditional fan base and capture a new generation of eager listeners.

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A Beginner’s Guide to the World of Radiohead

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ttending Bonnaroo this past summer was one of the most influential experiences I’ve ever had.

Going into the whole thing, I was only truly familiar with a few of the bands set to perform. The friends with me didn’t really know much either, so I decided to make a serious attempt to become more informed about the bands I did and did not know of beforehand. I figured, why not try to know a ton about what I was about to see? If I knew more about all the bands, I could have the most sway over my friends when deciding which acts to see. I started with all the bands I had heard of but hadn’t listened to, familiarizing myself with their music, but there was one band that really stuck out.

I quickly fell in love with Radiohead, a band that has had an incredible influence on me.

One of the greatest things about becoming a Radiohead fan is getting to listen to its incredible transformation from “Nirvana-lite” to this extraordinary force of musical talent and innovation. Their first album Pablo Honey (1993) is really only worth mentioning because of “Creep,” the band’s most rec-

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ognizable song. The rest of the album is ever heard, and I loved it. Throughout all great, but it hasn’t really had any sort of of this, I had also picked up on some of the more popular tracks from Hail to the impact on me.

After delving further into its mu- Thief (2003) — an album that is heavily sic, I found “High and Dry” from their computerized with electronic rock vibes second album The Bends (1995). The — and In Rainbows (2007), which incorBends is incredible, and was first time porates a wide variety of musical styles. the band really stepped out of the box Since then, I’ve come to love both albums in terms of its sound — although it still in their entireties.

But by the time Bonnaroo has the punkish alt-rock vibe came around, I had only suof Pablo Honey, its content perficially begun my Radiois much more sophisticated. head journey. Although the After doing further research, set list included some of its I discovered its next album. more popular songs, I realOK Computer (1997) floored ized that I was still unfamilme. It was different from anything I had ever heard, and ZachGordon iar with a lot of its music. My friends were impressed by it really hooked me, drawing me further into the intense world of Ra- both the songs and my relative familiarity with the band. I quickly returned to diohead fandom.

Eventually, I found “Idioteque,” which brushing up on my Radiohead knowlintroduced me to Radiohead’s more ex- edge and realized that I was completely perimental, electronic songs. Kid A is enamored with them. Through my the first album that I truly appreciated time and investment in my research, as a full piece of work right away. Soon I’ve developed a personal investment after, I fell in love with their most recent in the band, as well as in the individual album, The King of Limbs (2011). It was members and their various solo and the strangest and most incredible combi- side projects. Radiohead has come to nation of electronic and rock music I had be an important part of my life and is

probably the biggest influence on my musical tastes. I may be a bit excessive in my fandom, but I’m okay with that, as I’m sure its intensity is temporary and will probably wane — it’s already started to pop up less in my music rotation. But I’ll always have been influenced by the band’s music and can’t imagine ever falling out of love with it.

Here’s a list of 10 great Radiohead songs that can provide a great introduction into its musical styles: “Paranoid Android” “Black Star” “Karma Police” “Bodysnatchers” “High and Dry” “Idioteque” “The National Anthem” “Pyramid Song” “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” “Reconer” “Knives Out” “Jigsaw Falling into Place”

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The Winter TV Forecast BRIDGET MULLEN Hoya Staff Writer

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or all of you TV addicts out there, it’s time to take advantage of the lull that comes with the beginning of the semester. You may be excited for your favorite shows to return to the air this winter, but there are a few new programs that have either already premiered or will air in the coming weeks that deserve your attention. Here, I’ve picked three shows that I think you should either put on your shortlist for this winter or avoid at all costs.

WATCH: ‘The Following’ | Fox This thriller is packed to the brim with talented actors, led by none other than the incredibly versatile Kevin Bacon. In his debut in a series, he plays a former FBI profiler dragged back into duty to recapture a clever serial murderer played by James Purefoy, who has used the wonders of the Internet to create a cult of killers (though, Purefoy’s character prefers to call them “friends”). Beyond the natural thrill of the cat-and-mouse game that the series presents, Bacon and Purefoy’s complex performances are what will keep you watching beyond the pilot. Hopefully, the writing will prevent the characters from devolving into caricatures and, instead, carefully sculpt them as threedimensional people. Since the events of the show are firmly outside a typical viewer’s set of experiences, it will be incredibly important that the writers continue to ground the show in some level of reality.

WATCH: ‘The Americans’ | FX Keri Russell’s return to TV is itself a cause for celebration. Russell hasn’t had a long-lasting TV gig since her late ’90s college drama “Felicity,” which — fun fact — was actually mega-producer J.J. Abrams’ first TV series. Last time we saw Russell on the small screen, she was starring in the short-lived 2010 comedy “Running Wilde” alongside Will Arnett. Finally, it seems she may have found another show with success potential that is worthy of her talent. In “The Americans,” Russell and her costar Matthew Rhys, veteran of the soapy ABC drama “Brothers & Sisters,” play KGB spies posing as married Americans in ’80s suburban Washington, D.C. Unfortunately for them, their neighbor (Noah Emmerich) is an FBI agent tasked to track foreign agents on U.S. soil. I’m always game for anything spy-related, and the premise reminds me of the backstory for another old

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Abrams favorite, “Alias.” Hopefully, the show lives up to its intriguing premise; with the talent that’s onboard, I know I’ll be tuning in.

AVOID: ‘The Carrie Diaries’ | The CW Really, you should all thank me: I watched this pilot and now you don’t have to. I should have known what I was in for since “The Carrie Diaries” airs on The CW — a fact that definitely does not bode well for any series. It is a prequel to a successful show that — after six seasons and two movies — should really be put to rest. That its supposedly 1980s-era costumes look like they’ve come straight out of an Anthropologie catalog adds insult to injury. The show may become successful — at least by CW standards — because of a partial fan base it will inherit from “Sex and the City,” but if the pilot is any indication, it will be sorely lacking in quality. The only bright spot I can see thus far is the talented AnnaSophia Robb as a young Carrie Bradshaw. Nearly everything else about the show is borderline laughable. This is definitely one to leave for your middle schoolaged sister.

These first few weeks of the semester should leave you ample time to preview “The Following” (which premiered on Jan. 21) or “The Americans” (which will premiere on Jan. 30), but be sure — no matter how big of a “Sex and the City” fan you might be — to avoid “The Carrie Diaries.” Carrie Bradshaw is tired, and it’s time to let her go. She should live on only in reruns.

any fans of music do not realize though the instrumentals on these songs it, but folk music was popular are much softer than the others, the before bands such as Mumford tracks find their power in the ability to and Sons and the Lumineers came into weave stories and in their heartbreaking existence. Folk group’s fiddle-strumming sincerity. Go ahead and shed a few tears and powerful belting has charmed the during these somber harmonies. ears of its listeners and has had them longAt times, a few tracks flirt with the thin ing for new music to fill the void when line between folk rock and country twang. bouncy, sugary pop music dominates This may be off-putting for some listeners, over the airways. And with folk staple the but the differing sounds of “You Don’t Love Civil War’s recent hiatus still looming in Me Like You Used To” and “Fire Red Horse” my memory, I have demonstrate the found a new band Lone Bellow’s abilthe Lone Bellow ity to blend varying and their self-titled influences. For the album. most part, it pulls On every track this off seamlessly, THE LONE BELLOW of their debut, the creating a cohesive artist: The Lone Bellow Brooklyn-based trio yet diverse mix of demonstrates their songs. unique passion and The Lone Belmusical talents. The Lone Bellow is all low’s one blunder is the final track, “Butabout balance — the fine line between folk- ton.” The song’s jazzy feel seems more rock instrumentals and poetic lyrics, and suited for a swanky 1920s club than a folkfinding the perfect ratio of somber ballads driven album. While it showcases singer with strong, hopeful songs.

Kanene Pipkin’s unique vocals, the track The band wastes no time setting its pace doesn’t quite seem to fit with the precedwith the album’s first track, “Green Eyes ing songs and gives a diminutive end to an and a Heart of Gold.” It gets off to a thun- otherwise exceptional album. dering start, as the first sound the listener With such a successful debut alhears is the band’s rich harmonies. The bum, it will be interesting to see how trio’s voices are resonant and vibrant, and the Lone Bellow continues develop its when paired with their powerful instru- unique style and blend its many influmentals, they create a full and impact- ences and soulful songs. ful sound. The lyrics paint a picture of a promising future, although the mournful songs that follow challenge this sentiment.

“Bleeding Out,” the album’s first single, is very similar to “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold.” Declaring that “we are full of the color that’s never been dreamed,” the song gives yet another hopeful message.

The percussive beat and quick pace make this feel like a song of rejoicing and create a triumphant quality.

One of the standouts on the album is “Teach Me to Know.” A stripped-down departure from the business of percussion and guitar allows the listener to focus on the soulful quality of the trio’s voices. The track showcases the band’s vivid harmonies and provides necessary balance for more complex songs like “Bleeding Out.” The slower and sweeter songs “Tree to BILLBOARD.COM Grow” and “Looking for You” best show- A BAND GROWS IN BROOKLYN The Lone case the band’s meaningful lyrics. Al- Bellow has a promising future in folk.

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FMS: WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA DOMINGOCAFRITZ YOUNG ARTISTS FRIDAY, 1:15 p.m. | McNeir Auditorium

Come out to see young operatic singers on the cusp of stardom in the Friday Music Series. The vocalists are part of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, which was founded by Placido Domingo to prepare them for grand stages like the Metropolitan Opera and Washington National Opera. The performance is free, making it a convenient way to spend a Friday afternoon.

GPB PRESENTS: ‘PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4’ FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8:00 & 11:00 p.m. | ICC Auditorium

The latest addition to the Paranormal Activity film franchise, this fourth movie explores a series of terrifying supernatural events that supposedly occurred in the last three years. Featuring a few characters from the prior movies, the plot of Paranormal Activity 4 picks up where the second movie left off.

Definitely check out this film if you’re a horror movie guru or if you’re just in the mood for a fright.

RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT CONCERT SATURDAY, 8:15 p.m. — Lohrfink Auditorium

Support student performance groups like GU Jawani, Groove Theory, the Chimes, the Phantoms, and Superfood at this event, free for anyone who registered for Dis-O 2.0. For other students, tickets are $5 at the door, but this show is sure to have you dancing and cheering in the aisles and singing along to every word. All the profits will be donated to Georgetown’s Relay for Life

OUR JESUIT HERITAGE: WHAT THE BUILDINGS SAY MONDAY, 3:00 p.m. — White-Gravenor Patio

Come take a unique campus tour of Georgetown led

by Professor John Glavin to get an insightful new perspective on Georgetown’s history and Jesuit iconography. This is a part of this week’s ongoing Jesuit Heritage Week, so be sure to check out the other cool events.

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Enter into Lewis Carroll’s whimsical world in the National Ballet of Canada’s production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With vivid costumes, scenery and, of course, jaw-dropping dancing, this performance of a childhood classic is sure to impress, no matter what age you are.

Come on out and celebrate our favorite local Major Leage Baseball team at NatsFest! Meet your favorite players, play fun carnival-style games, try your hand at the batting cage and attend Q&A sessions with other fans at the convention center. This will definitely be a great way to start another amazing season.

Enjoy a night of dancing and good music while rocking out to up-and-coming hip-hop artist Baauer. His music, which has been described as “hip-hop born from the Internet,” is modern and electric. An inexpensive way to have a fun and exciting evening, the performance is a great way to get off campus and be exposed to new artists.

WHERE: Kennedy Center WHEN: 7:30 p.m. (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 p.m.)

PRICE: $45-$150 METRO: Foggy Bottom-GWU

WHERE: Walter E. Washington Convention Center WHEN: 12 -4 p. m.

PRICE: $20 METRO: Mt. Vernon Sq.

WHERE: U Street Music Hall WHEN: 9 p.m.

PRICE: $12; $15 at the door METRO: U St. Cardozo Metro

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