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EDITORIAL Georgetown should partner with scooter companies to lower prices.

ELEVATOR PITFALLS Repairs are underway after a visiting researcher was trapped in a Lau elevator.

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Women’s, LGBTQ GU Halts Hong Kong Study Abroad Centers Now Share Executive Director AMY LI AND KATRINA SCHMIDT Hoya Staff Writers

CADY STANTON Hoya Staff Writer

Shiva Subbaraman, director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, will concurrently serve as executive director of the Georgetown University Women’s Center effective immediately, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson. Subbaraman’s appointment as director of the Women’s Center comes over a year after former Director Laura Kovach resigned in October 2018. The center, which provides support, programming and resources for women on campus,

has not had a director since Kovach’s departure. Three undergraduate students working at the center have maintained its operations, two of whom were hired this semester, as The Hoya reported in October. Subbaraman’s term as dual executive director became effective as of Nov. 12, and she will continue to report directly to Olson, as she did as the LGBTQ Center’s director, according to an email Olson sent to The Hoya. Subbaraman has served as director of the LGBTQ Center, See WOMEN’S CENTER, A6

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After a year without a permanent executive director, the Women’s Center will be concurrently led by the LGBTQ Resource Center director.

Fifteen Georgetown students studying abroad in Hong Kong this semester have been told to leave the city after announcements Nov. 13 that the programs would end early because of ongoing political unrest in the city. Georgetown students are enrolled in two programs in Hong Kong: 11 students are studying at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and four students are studying at City University of Hong Kong through a Syracuse University program, according to Georgetown University spokesperson Meghan Dubyak. Protests have rocked Hong Kong for months, but within the last week, the previously isolated demonstrations have reached universities. The Chinese University announced the shortening of its term and cancellation of all classes, effective immediately, and Syracuse University emailed students to share that it is ending its fall program early. Students in Syracuse’s program were given until Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. to check out of their student housing. The protests escalated rapidly in recent days, according to Livvy Gordon (SFS ’21), who was studying at the Chinese University. “Once the protests spread to university campuses, the

situation changed dramatically,” Gordon wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Within 3 days, the semester abruptly ended and we received notice to leave Hong Kong.” In February, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam introduced legislation that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited from Hong Kong, which ignited massive protests across the city as residents grew concerned that the mainland Chinese government would abuse the bill. Lam has since withdrawn the bill, but demonstrations have continued as protesters call for institutional reforms in Hong Kong, such as addressing police brutality and increasing democratic freedom. Frustrated by the lack of governmental response, more protesters have begun resorting to more violent forms of protest, including firing arrows at police officers. Officers have been using harsher measures to counter that violence, which has resulted in multiple civilian deaths in the past week, according to BBC News. The dramatic escalation of the protests, along with a fire on City University’s campus, drove Syracuse’s decision to cancel its program, according to Darcy Palder (COL ’21). (Full disclosure: Palder formerly served as an Opinion assistant for The Hoya). “After the death of one of the protesters, the protests have escalated. Our classes

were canceled for three days in a row,” Palder wrote in a message to The Hoya. “And then one night, the whole program was sitting together and we found out that one of the buildings in our university was set on fire and we knew we were going home.”

“I can leave when things get hard, but the protesters and the citizens of Hong Kong cannot.” DARCY PALDER (COL ’21) Hong Kong Study Abroad Student

As violence has moved closer to the campuses, students have been instructed to stay indoors as much as possible, a nearby Mass Transit Railway station is burning and food shortages have developed at local cafeterias, known as canteens, according to Gordon. “Police are launching round after round of teargas on campus, the University MTR station is on fire, all entrances to the school are inaccessible by car, and the streets are covered in chairs, traffic cones, umbrellas, and anything else that can serve as a projectile,” Gordon wrote. “Food supply is a serious issue, as canteens now have very limited hours

due to low staff and delivery of produce to the university is incredibly challenging.” City University, where Syracuse’s program is located, has not canceled its classes for the rest of the term, as of Nov. 15. Classes were cancelled from Nov. 14 until the 17 and City University’s term ends on Nov. 30, according to its website. City University is working with Syracuse to ensure all directly enrolled international students will be able to complete their coursework remotely, according to an email to students from Mary Fedorko, Syracuse Abroad’s admissions counselor for Hong Kong, obtained by The Hoya. Georgetown will also work with its students to support them in completing their semester’s coursework, according to Dubyak. “Once students have been safely relocated, the University will work with them to ensure that they are able to complete the remainder of their academic coursework remotely,” Dubyak wrote in an email to The Hoya. Though academic flexibility will allow students to complete the semester, Syracuse has not provided adequate support for students in other areas. The program has failed to assist students needing to rapidly make flight plans, according to Palder. University insurance will See HONG KONG, A6

GUSA Senator Steps Down Amid Ethics, Oversight Reform HARRISON MCBRIDE AND RILEY ROGERSON Hoya Staff Writers

Zev Burton (SFS ’22), a Georgetown University Student Association senator and the senate ethics and oversight committee chair, resigned Nov. 11. Burton, who was elected senator in April 2019, announced his resignation in an email to the GUSA senate Monday afternoon, citing senaterelated disputes and personal circumstances. As the ethics and oversight committee chair, Burton monitored senators’ attendance records at meetings and tracked potential conflicts of interest within GUSA. The former Ethics and Oversight Vice Chair Chris Ziac (SFS ’22) will assume Burton’s responsibilities as chair of the committee. Though Burton counts GUSA as a highlight of his Georgetown experience, the organization also took an emotional toll on him, he wrote in the Nov. 11 email to the GUSA senate obtained by The Hoya. “When I expected help I found pushback, when I asked to learn I was berated, and when I tried to do my job I was disrespected,” Burton wrote. “To be blunt, I did

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not feel treated well and I was frequently frustrated. I didn’t come to Georgetown or run for GUSA to be locked up in petty disagreements.” Some senators pushed back on the policies of the ethics and oversight committee, making the role of chair difficult, according to Burton. “It was very hard for me to be kind of the cop in the oversight measure because people don’t like when others hold them accountable,” Burton said in an interview with The Hoya.

“When I expected help I found pushback, when I asked to learn I was berated, and when I tried to do my job I was disrespected.” ZEV BURTON (SFS ’22) Former GUSA Senator

Burton’s perception of the senate atmosphere is not universal. The environment within this year’s senate fostered support and success, according to GUSA Senate Speaker Juan

Martinez (SFS ’20). “While the Senate has had some passionate debates this year, it is my perception that they have remained respectful and the work of the Senate has actually benefited from them,” Martinez wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I believe it is this atmosphere that has allowed the Senate to thrive, passing various bills on important matters and collaborating internally to achieve our policy objectives.” As chair, Burton helped usher in a series of reforms on the ethics and oversight committee, including changing the structure to include GUSA executive and student body representative voting members. On Nov. 10, the day before his resignation, Burton introduced a second bill aiming to codify new ethics and oversight committee absence policies and resulting consequences. Burton planned to rework the ethics and oversight committee to become a resource for senators instead of a disciplinary body but found those aspirations to be unattainable, he said. “I wanted to make ethics and oversight more like a human resources department, See GUSA SENATE, A6

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Student activist group Hoyas for Immigrant Rights organized a walkout Nov. 8 from Healy Lawn to Dupont Circle before many participants departed for the Supreme Court ahead of a major DACA case hearing.

Student Activist Groups Hold Walkout Over DACA Case JAIME MOORE-CARRILLO Hoya Staff Writer

Over 100 Georgetown University students advocated for immigrants without documentation in a walkout Nov. 8 before a Supreme Court hearing on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Tuesday. The #HomeIsHere Walkout was hosted by Hoyas For Immigrant Rights and co-sponsored by over 40 other student clubs and university organizations.

The HFIR-led walkout was part of the national #HomeIsHere movement, which advocates for the preservation of DACA. The Friday walkout had 157 attendees, according to HFIR President Arisaid Gonzalez Porras (COL ’21). DACA, a policy introduced by former President Barack Obama in 2012, provides protections to immigrants who arrived in the country without documentation before the age of 16. The rights included in the legislation encompass eli-

gibility for work permits and renewable protection from deportation. An estimated 700,000 individuals in the United States are DACA recipients, according to U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. President Donald Trump announced plans to dismantle DACA in 2017. After numerous lawsuits, including those by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Regents of the See DACA, A6

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Tuition Roundtable The university will likely not implement a tuition freeze in the near future, as tuition rates are set to rise for the ninth consecutive year. A8

Accept Refugees Haley Talati (COL ’20) urges conservative Christians to look to the Bible as a guide for welcoming refugees. A3

Shootout Shining Men’s soccer defeated Butler 3-2 in a shootout to advance to the Big East final against Providence. A12

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OPINION

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Veterans Day at GU Members of the Georgetown community gathered on Copley Lawn on Nov. 11 to celebrate Veterans Day. A9

Okay Bloomberg Derek Tassone (COL ’22) urges former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) not to join the presidential race. A3

Over Before It Started Starting with a 25-7 deficit plagued men’s basketball’s chance of victory in a 81-66 home loss to Penn State. A12

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Provide Discount for Scooters Georgetown University’s inaccessibility to the rest of the nation’s capital is no secret: With subpar public transportation, limited schedules of Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses and the expense of ride-sharing services, students have trouble exploring Washington, D.C. To increase accessible transportation options and alleviate cost, Georgetown should partner with scooter companies to provide subsidized use of their services. The Georgetown University Student Association’s initiative by exploring a partnership with Lyft, according to GUSA President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20). The university should begin by supporting the program. Scooters have recently become an increasingly popular transportation option in D.C. and Georgetown. The vehicles are abundant around campus and cheaper than ride-sharing services, making them ideal for helping students get to internships, museums and other sites around the city. Scooters can also help students who live off campus commute more easily to class. Though Lyft scooters cost $1 to activate and 24 cents per minute, costs can add up and be cost-prohibitive for some students. By partnering with Lyft to provide a student discount, Georgetown can help more students benefit from the convenience of scooter services. Georgetown even implemented a similar program for dockless bikes in March 2018. The university collaborated with LimeBike, a dockless bike service, to provide a 50% discount for students using the service. The program’s implementation created a more affordable, sustainable and healthy mobility option, according to Georgetown’s former Sustainability Metrics and Project Manager Greg Miller. The editorial board supports Georgetown’s initial effort. But because LimeBike no longer offers bike sharing services in D.C., the university should explore a scooter collaboration to continue offering the same benefits to students. Since students have already demonstrated an affinity for using scooters because of its convenience and lower costs, such a program has more potential for success.

By collaborating with scooter companies, Georgetown can also alleviate accessibility concerns posed by unregulated scooter parking. While scooters are prohibited from parking in a way that impedes access to public and private property, these rules are often violated. Inappropriate parking pose physical accessibility concerns for people with disabilities, according to Anna Landre (SFS ’21), Georgetown Disability Alliance co-founder and wheelchair user. “Oftentimes, scooters are left in locations that block pedestrian right-of-way and constitute a barrier for disabled people,” Landre wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Personally, I’ve had the path in front of my apartment blocked by scooters on several occasions, preventing me from getting home.” A university partnership with Lyft would allow Georgetown to solve the unregulated parking by establishing distinct parking zones, according to Francis. “We believe this partnership with Lyft could be a potential solution on finding zones to place them,” Francis wrote in a message to The Hoya. “We are also exploring partnerships with other scooter providers as well to find an all-encompassing solution.” The university should also further engage in conversations with other scooter companies to determine the best parking spaces on campus and ensure improper parking does not encroach on physically accessible routes on campus. With the already ubiquitous presence of scooters on campus, Georgetown has an opportunity to partner with these companies to foster student use by decreasing costs. Such a partnership would also allow the university to regulate the vehicles and safeguard campus accessibility. The university should embrace the opportunity, partner with GUSA on its current Lyft initiative and investigate further partnerships with other scooter companies that operate on campus. Scooters are here to stay, and Georgetown can help more students access the convenience of scooters while alleviating physical accessibility concerns.

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THE VERDICT Text Turmoil — Over 100,000 text messages were unintentionally sent to random people after an internal server error that affected multiple carriers, such as Verizon and Sprint. None of the companies were willing to explain the mishap in detail. Bye Bye Bei Bei — Bei Bei, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s beloved giant panda, is moving to China on Nov.19. The Boeing 777-Freighter that will carry Bei Bei 15½ hours has been called the Panda Express. Fowl Play — A New Jersey neighborhood is being terrorized by a flock of turkeys who have a reputation of breaking windows, pecking cars and attacking those who dare to leave their homes. Fifty and Thrifty — George and Cathy Jones found a 50-year-old gift certificate when going through their wedding album — in preparation for their 50th anniversary. Not only did Bensons Jewelers honor the certificate, but also bought the discontinued cutlery set from a reseller. Thoughtful With a Waffle — Early Sunday morning, a customer found only one worker in the Waffle House tending to a crowd of customers. Customers jumped in to help wash dishes and bus tables.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Advait Arun

Bolster Off-Campus Learning Conveniently situated in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University provides students the privilege of accessing the endless resources the city has to offer, from internship opportunities to free Smithsonian Institution museums. Yet students often only access the District’s resources in their free time. With resources in D.C. so readily available, professors should integrate activities in the District into their course curricula to offer more diverse learning experiences. Georgetown often touts its location in the nation’s capital and has implemented programs that encourage student access to the city: Multiple departments offer communitybased learning courses through the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service that encourage students to engage with local communities. The Capitol Applied Learning Lab, which launched this fall, also offers students an opportunity to intern, take classes and live downtown. The aforementioned programs have been largely successful: Students enrolled in the CALL program have appreciated experiencing the city outside of the Georgetown bubble, according to CALL Director Abigail Lewis. Similarly, CBL classes have offered students a different perspective in learning beyond the classroom, according to Bradley Galvin (COL ’20), who has taken CBL classes. “I’ve really enjoyed my community based learning courses because it has reminded me that learning never stops,” Galvin wrote in a message to The Hoya. “Some of the most impactful learning experiences I’ve had here at Georgetown has come from outside the classroom and has truly shaped who I am now and who I want to be going forward.” While these existing opportunities for

community engagement are valuable, such opportunities are only available for a small number of students, including 30 spots at CALL and approximately 200 CBL course spaces. For those who do not wish to spend an entire semester downtown or take a CBL class, curricular engagement in D.C. is limited or nonexistent. Rather than venturing into the District only for a few classes, more professors should integrate the city’s resources in their curricula to supplement what students learn from the traditional classroom environment. Integrating off-campus experiences into their curricula will allow professors to offer students a different lens through which to engage with course material: By visiting museums, students can engage directly with the arts and history they are learning about in class. By speaking to experts in a given field, students can be exposed to a potential career path. Professors have various options to integrate excursions into the city into their curricula and should be encouraged to do so. From assigning museum trips in lieu of homework to planning a class field trip, professors can choose the way in which excursions best fit their class material. The District offers incredible and untapped potential to contribute to students’ academic endeavors. While students should certainly take advantage of the city in their downtime at Georgetown, professors can better facilitate student engagement by intentionally including D.C. resources to supplement their teaching. The benefits that stem from Georgetown’s location in the nation’s capital should not be squandered. Professors should better integrate the District’s resources into their curricula.

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Katrina Schmidt, News Editor Cady Stanton, News Editor Jake Wexelblatt, Sports Editor Allan Navarro, Guide Editor Timothy McNulty, Guide Editor Doris Zhang, Opinion Editor Will Cassou, Features Editor Meena Morar, Features Editor Subul Malik, Photography Editor Samuel Nelson, Design Editor Katherine DeMatteo, Copy Chief Sheel Patel, Social Media Editor Jenna Ryu, Blog Editor Hector Herrera, Multimedia Editor

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The Hoya Calls for Merger With Voice The Hoya’s board of editors has endorsed a proposal calling for a merger with the Georgetown Voice. The proposal was passed at last Thursday’s meeting of the editorial board of The Hoya. The resolution was introduced by Charley Impaglia (COL ’71), a contributing editor of the student weekly newspaper. The measure was adopted with unanimous consent of the board of editors, with one member recording at abstention. According to The Hoya’s editor-in-chief, Jim Duryea (COL ’72), The Hoya’s position “represents a response to the problems facing student journalism at Georgetown.” One problem Duryea noted

was the university’s financial situation. “In our judgment, the university will not be financially able to maintain two undergraduate newspapers in the coming years.” In addition, Duryea also noted that the “ideological differences that led to the founding of the Voice no longer exist.” The Voice was established in the spring of 1969 in response to the editorial policies of then Hoya Editor-in-chief Don Casper (COL ’70), whose views were considered contrary to the mainstream of student thinking. “In terms of news content and editorial policy, the two newspapers have closed the gap that previously existed,” Duryea stated. The Hoya editor-in-chief asserted that

“continued duplication of effort by the student press will constitute a disservice to the student community.” Duryea said that he had made initial overtures concerning The Hoya’s plan to the senior editors of the Voice. “I have found the ranking members of the editorial board of the Voice very responsive to the proposal,” he stated. Duryea also expressed hope that the merger would be completed by February. “I believe that if negotiations are successfully concluded by that time, we will be able to publish a newspaper on a semi-weekly basis for the second semester.”

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Value Creative Skills

was worried I wouldn’t fit in at graduate school. After having been in the workforce for four years, I was excited to be entering my first year at Georgetown University’s communication, culture and technology M.A. program, but I was also worried that my study skills would be rusty; I didn’t have to spend much time reading or writing papers at my old job. I spent most of my time conducting research, drafting slide decks or generating social media posts. Thankfully, I was wrong. Volunteering at the Maker Hub helped me understand that job experience could be an asset. My anxiety over returning to school turned out to be unfounded. Yes, reading for long periods of time and writing papers has been more difficult than it was in undergrad, but the Maker Hub has shown that my work experience has value and that I belong at Georgetown. Since starting my volunteer shifts, I have learned how to sew an apron, make a button, perfectly laminate a cartoon cutout and tinker with Internet of Things devices. I have also had the pleasure of getting to know some of the folks who make use of the space. As a Maker Hub volunteer, I help students create banners for clubs or events, work on school assignments or work on personal projects. Upon entering the Maker Hub, the care and effort volunteers and staff alike have put into the space is clear. It’s warm, and even if we can’t help you “do it yourself,” we’ll try to point you in the right direction When students enter the space, volunteers need to make sure they are checked in and that each student has gone through safety training. I have to know how to both make sure students are following the rules and be approachable enough for students to ask about the tools in the space. You also have to learn how to solve problems on your own. If someone asks where the glue guns are, it’s important to know how to look for all the glue guns that are, for some reason, not in the glue gun bin. These skills may not seem important, but knowing how to anticipate the needs

of others or troubleshoot a problem on your own are essential skills that I worked very hard to develop during my time in the workforce. When I help students visiting the Maker Hub, the skills I learned on the job feel valuable even in the academic setting. The process of writing graduate-level papers feels more manageable now that I have a place where I can go to problem-solve, work with my hands and feel like I belong. Recently, someone came into the Maker Hub without a project in mind. She had just heard about the space and wanted to see what she could do. She told me she didn’t know where to start but seemed intrigued by the sewing machine, so I suggested we start there. I showed her the basics, like where to put the bobbin and how to not stab yourself with the needle. Once she felt comfortable with the machine, I left her to tinker with it. After about an hour she showed me what she had made — two small bags and a pencil case — all of which looked amazing. At work, I learned how important it can be to both understand your role in a space and react quickly to make sure you serve that role. It would have been easy to not make a suggestion, making the other student decide what she wanted to work on. As a volunteer, however, my role is to help folks find success while they work in the space, and sometimes that means being proactive and making suggestions to help visitors find their goal. Using my skills from the workforce of thinking on my feet and working with other people, particularly teaching someone else a skill, made me feel more confident, as if I could contribute to my community. It proved to me that the skills I developed while working could still be relevant to my academic career, thanks to the Maker Hub. I encourage any students who are looking for their place in school — or who just want to come by and explore the space — to visit us in the basement of Lauinger Library.

CHELSEA SANCHEZ is a student

in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The Bible may be filled with contradictions, but on the topic of treatment of refugees, the biblical text is remarkably straightforward and consistent in both explicit commands and general sentiments.

Reject Restrictive Refugee Policies

Haley Talati

ver the course of his first three years in office, President Donald Trump and the members of his administration have drastically reduced the number of refugees admitted to the United States. Trump’s policies have aimed to prioritize the protection of Christian refugees at the expense of people who observe other religious traditions — but even Christians fleeing to the United States have been accepted in reduced numbers throughout his term. In spite of the harshness of Trump’s restrictive refugee policies, this approach has found support among many conservatives. The first three years of his administration have created a political environment in which the United States’ willingness to accept refugees, once largely a bipartisan issue, has become conflated with immigration debates and hyperpolarized as a result — Trump’s broad vilification of people seeking entrance to the United States

has led some conservatives to support his restrictions on refugees as well. These trends are perhaps most clearly embodied by Vice President Mike Pence, who has strongly supported the administration’s policies that disfavor non-Christian refugees and who, as governor of Indiana, took executive action that heavily restricted the admission of refugees into the state. In doing so, Pence, a publicly devout Christian, has blatantly ignored biblical mandates that clearly favor accepting and protecting refugees, and his complicity in a program that favors Christian refugees over others is inconsistent with the biblical value of accepting strangers. In sharp contrast with the behavior of this administration, many central biblical texts strongly support far more generous treatment of refugees. One of the best-known biblical stories, and one that powerfully lends itself to prorefugee advocacy, is the Book of Exodus’ portrayal of the escape of the Israelites from Egypt. After generations of enslavement and persecution there, God employs the prophet Moses in securing their release from the oppressive Pharaoh and then guides them out of the land. An especially telling moment comes early in the book, as God observes the plight of the

Israelites: “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt … I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to … a land filled with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:7-8). Later, God reminds the Israelites, “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Deuteronomy 10:19). It doesn’t require deep analysis to see the obvious: The biblical God is not only heavily invested in the welfare of refugees, but also actively advocates for and assists them directly by guiding them out of their state of oppression. Those aiming to model their own lives after this God should keep in mind the favorable status that the Bible grants to refugees — including those who are not Christian. Christians would also do well to note the words of Jesus himself and Apostle Paul. In describing the inauguration of the Kingdom of God, Jesus claims that he will tell those who gain entrance into heaven, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35), a clear statement of the Gospels’ pro-refugee stance. In his letter to the Romans, Paul likewise demands that his followers “extend hospitality to strangers” (Romans 12:13). The Bible may be filled with contradictions, but on the topic of treatment of refugees, the biblical text is remarkably

straightforward and consistent in both explicit commands and general sentiments. Pence, who has been known to describe himself as a “Christian, a conservative and a Republican — in that order,” seems not to understand what a consistent Christian view of refugees should actually look like. His outspokenness as a Christian makes his history of implementing and supporting restrictive refugee policies blatantly hypocritical. We should not lose sight of the fact that, even in recent months, Trump has taken executive action to continue lowering the number of refugees the United States will accept in coming years. These actions will endanger the lives of thousands of people who might have found safety in previous administrations. If the conservative Christians who form Trump’s electoral base truly feel invested in promoting policies that reflect biblical morality, they should reject this blatantly unbiblical stance that the administration has taken. Trump’s policies have put lives at risk — in light of these stakes, a serious reevaluation of how refugees should be treated is absolutely imperative. Haley Talati is a senior in the College. BETWEEN THE LINES appears online every other Wednesday.

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Discourage Bloomberg Bid

Stop Whitewashing Baseball

ichael Bloomberg, I implore you: Don’t run for president. Stop this vanity project before it gets off the ground. The last thing the Democratic Party needs right now is a former Republican billionaire as its nominee, and the last thing the United States needs right now is another outof-touch billionaire president. Your inability to see these selfevident facts in itself shows how unqualified you are to lead the nation. First off, you are not really a Democrat. For two out of your three terms as mayor of New York City, you were a member of the Republican Party, and for your third term, you ran as an Independent on the Republican ballot line. In the lead-up to the Iraq War, you were a fervent supporter, and for years after you maintained your initial support. At the 2004 Republican National Convention, which your city hosted, you proudly endorsed President George W. Bush. It wasn’t until last year that you became a member of the Democratic Party. Congratulations on deciding that you want to be on the right side of history, after all those years. However, the party deserves a standard-bearer who is committed to it and its ideals, not someone hopping on the bandwagon. Plenty of decent people have abandoned the Republican Party as it cedes its soul to President Donald Trump, so you changing your party registration is admirable. But aAttempting to seek the nomination of a party you have only belonged to for a year shows that you care less about promoting the ideals of the Democratic Party and are more concerned about using the Democratic Party to fulfill your presidential aspirations. Secondly, speaking of your time as mayor, your track record is one with many blights. YAs mayor, you supported

stop-and-frisk searches, which many Democrats find a direct violation of Americans’ civil rights and a policy that disproportionately impacts communities of color. The majority of the Democratic Party must be on to something, because i In 2013 a federal judge agreed and ruled that your stop-andfrisk policy had been carried out in an unconstitutional way. In spite of this, you have yet to admit the error of your ways and have even doubled-down on your support for such policies. How can you be the leader of the Democratic Party, a party that proudly supports communities of color and the diversity that strengthens our country, when you so adamantly stand in favor of a policy that hurts those communities? In addition to your poor record with minority communities, you seem to express a certain disdain toward women who have exposed predatory male behavior as a part of the #MeToo movement. Talking about the allegations made by women that constitute the #MeToo movement, you have said, “The stuff I read about is disgraceful — I don’t know how true all of it is.” You have also defended a friend of yours, former CBS anchor Charlie Rose, a person who has been credibly accused of sexual harassment by 27 women, saying that you “never had a complaint, whatsoever, and when I read some of the stuff, I was surprised, I will say. But I never saw anything and we have no record, we’ve checked very carefully.” Not a great look, Michael. Regarding you as an individual person, I can think of no worse figurehead for the Democratic Party and its fight to win over the middle class and working poor than a man who has spent his life on Wall Street and is worth $52 billion. You have stated that part of why you might run is because

you fear the Democratic Party might nominate a “far-left” candidate such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) or Elizabeth Warren, but Sanders and Warren have already used you as fodder to fire up their bases. All you would do is peel voters away from candidates such as former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), candidates more in line with you ideologically, so you would end up ensuring the nominee is someone you adamantly do not want it to be. As someone who worked hard to help flip Virginia blue, I appreciate all of your help in the past election cycle. You have also been, through Everytown for Gun Safety, a staunch advocate for gun violence prevention legislation, and I admire your tenacity to fight such an important fight. You have done a lot of good recently, so why would you throw it all away by running for president? Do not run for president. Do not pursue this vanity project that will not work out for you, and that will only further divide the party. If you really want to help defeat Trump, use your money in the general election to help elect Democrats. If you support candidates in critical swing states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida the way you recently supported candidates in Virginia, you can play a crucial role in turning the tide against Trump and flipping the nation blue. Let that be your legacy, so that you will be remembered as a man who supported the Democratic Party when help was most needed. If you run for president, you will be remembered as an egotistical billionaire who vainly ran for president because $52 billion is not able to spend itself.

DEREK TASSONE is a sophomore in the College.

fter the Washington Nationals’ sensational win in the 2019 World Series, the team’s diversity was hailed as one of the reasons the team was so successful in claiming the title. The multitude of cultures represented by each player brought different styles of play that helped the Nationals get a hand on the coveted trophy. Getting into the fervor around the team, before the World Series started, The Washington Post circulated an article that controversially depicted the Nationals’ players in a manner that did not reflect this diversity. Players of color were made to look whitewashed, draining their melanin. The history of whitewashing is a manifestation of larger social issues that stem from our country’s dark history of slavery and condemnation of marginalized groups. The illustration depicts the last names on the jerseys of Víctor Robles and Adrián Sánchez, both of whom are not white but whose skin color was made to look white. The discoloring of their skin leaves too much room for the average viewer to discount their diversity. This is unacceptable because culture shapes identity, both inwardly and externally. Despite the negative impacts, the media tends to whitewash its subjects. Black women in the beauty industry are constantly made to pass the paper bag test: an oral tradition in which you only pass if your skin is lighter than the bag. This trend of making marginalized groups with darker skin colors morph into the white standard is evident in the cartoon. Anyone who views this picture without much understanding of the team’s

history will be surprised to learn of the team’s diversity. From Max Scherzer to Juan Soto, the team has plenty of members representing many backgrounds. To make players of black or Hispanic descent look more like their white counterparts does a disservice to what their backgrounds bring to their playing style and team camaraderie. Soto, a left fielder for the Nationals from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, employs the “Soto Shuffle” as one of his many strategies to deter the pitcher’s confidence. These images have a larger impact on the representation of sports figures of color and what we remember. Instead of creating an illustration that is true to the actual makeup of the team, the artist chose to depict the team that would have existed when Major League Baseball was established in 1869. Baseball had some of the most stringent segregationist laws against black athletes. Although popular history cites that baseball moved past its discriminatory practices when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, many black and Hispanic players, like Larry Doby and Hank Thompson, faced struggles well into the succeeding decades. Baseball in Washington, D.C., would not have been able to cultivate the environment in which the Nationals thrived today without the history of the Negro league teams in the city. The Negro league was the single place black athletes could play and opened the door later on for players of color to break into MLB. If these leagues had not pushed to create an outlet for black players, many

would not be playing today. Not only did the illustration whitewash players of color, but it also failed to mention that the work that went into winning this latest World Series was not the first time a team brought a championship home to the city. Before the Washington Nationals arrived in 2005, there was a Negro league team here in 1946, the Homestead Grays, that won the Negro World Series title in 1948. The last time an allwhite team won a baseball title in the city was in 1924. In failing to recognize the history of players of color, that history is erased, especially since that group does not always have the power to cement their place within greater society. With this history in mind, it is crucial to see why this illustration carries so much weight when it takes away players’ cultural identity. Marginalized groups in sports have always dealt with being dehumanized and having their agency taken away — and such depictions should stop. American history tends to be very selective in what is remembered and what is considered mainstream. The mainstream, dominated by white norms and perceptions, usually overpowers the important roles that people of color play in creating new histories in an ever-changing American context. Influencers, who can be complicit in acts of whitewashing, have to be more aware of the impact of their work. Continuing this practice means marginalized groups will continue to have their history written for them.

ALEXIS SMITH is a sophomore in the College.

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Almost 50 years ago, Georgetown residents banded together to block the construction of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority station in their neighborhood. Fearing the subway would bring with it inner city crime and poverty, they protested the construction proposal out of existence. Or, at least, that is what people thought the story was. In fact, concrete plans for a Georgetown Metro stop never even reached Georgetown residents because subway planners decided it was physically impossible to build. Students have often found the lack of a Metro station to be a hindrance to their ability to get around in the city, in addition to the DC Circulator’s recent reinstatement of a $1 fee. Over time, this difficulty has led to the development of different ways to get into and around Georgetown.

TRANSIT DESERTS AND OASES

The lack of public transportation in the Georgetown neighborhood has long been a source of frustration for students and residents alike. Georgetown University is a transit desert, or an area where the demand for transportation is greater than the supply, according to the Urban Information Lab at the University of Texas at Austin’s Transit Desert Research. Georgetown’s campus is considered an area of high transport demand because most students do not have a car or the financial means to frequently use ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. Outside of Georgetown’s campus, however, other colleges and universities have partnered with services WMATA offers to bridge the transportation gap. The U-Pass program grants unlimited riding privileges to students at Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College, American University and the Washington College of Law though a mutual agreement with WMATA. While the U-Pass program is open to any college or university within the Washington, D.C. area, Georgetown has not entered into this agreement. As the U-Pass program would add an additional fee to tuition, however, the university instead provides students with free transportation shuttles like Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses and SafeRides, according to Vice President for Planning and Facilities Manage-

ment Ben Kuo. “Because U-Pass requires enrollment of all students - whether they use the pass or not - and is typically funded by adding to students’ tuition bills, Georgetown does not participate in the program,” Kuo wrote in an email to The Hoya. The cost of Uber can add up for students, according to Matthew Carvalho (NHS ’23), who interns in downtown D.C. “Uber is efficient,” Carvalho said. “I will say, paying is a little difficult. Luckily, my internship is paid so the money kind of cancels out. Having to Uber back and forth to an unpaid internship, where you’re actually losing money in the situation, would be hard.” But just a few blocks down by M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, where older residents live in million-dollar townhouses, the UIL identified a transit oasis, or an area where the demand for transportation is actually lower than the supply. The disconnect between transportation desert and transportation oasis causes many students to travel to nearby Metro stops, such as Rosslyn, Dupont and Foggy Bottom-GWU. With each stop at least a mile walk from campus, Georgetown students can be hard-pressed to find efficient and affordable ways to get downtown.

CORRECTING A RUMOR

The historical legacies of the current transportation options in place date back to the first time a Georgetown Metro stop was proposed in the 1970s. The corner of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue — the optimal location for a station — is so close to the Potomac River that the tunnel required to cross the water would have been technically difficult, according to Topher Mathews, editor of the Georgetown Metropolitan. “The station would have to be very deep and building it would mean having to break through thick bedrock,” Mathews wrote in an email to The Hoya. WMATA officials were also more concerned with servicing rush-hour commuters; Georgetown lacked the busy office centers of downtown D.C. and Arlington, Va., according to Mathews. “The primary purpose of the Metro was to move people between population centers and job centers, and Georgetown was neither,” Mathews wrote. “While the idea of a Georgetown station was very briefly in the plans, it was

disregarded very early on and had nothing to do with any sort of public opposition.” More likely than not, opposition in Georgetown stemmed from wanting to keep the neighborhood quiet and uncrowded. But the idea that Georgetown residents blocked plans for a Metro stop persists, according to Mathews. Georgetown resident Eva Hinton took credit for blocking the station with the goal of keeping people out of Georgetown in a 1977 interview with The Washington Post, according to Mathews. “There’s no evidence that her claim is justified at all,” Mathews wrote. “But shortly after the interview, the idea that Georgetowners blocked it appears to become common knowledge. It wasn’t too much after that that people appear to have added the racial and class element to the rumor.” While access to public transportation has been a citywide issue for decades, Georgetown students have also been working to improve accessibility since 1973. Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, used a university grant to create a bus service called “Corp Shuttles,” which was an early iteration of the GUTS system that provided transportation to around 300 students, according to Corp CEO Seo Young Lee. One year later, however, the university formally started the GUTS shuttle service in 1974, according to Kuo.

the Dupont Metro,” Kuo wrote. The Law Center GUTS bus, however, only goes to Capitol Hill to drop off passengers three times a day, and only in the morning. For students with internships that start midday, Uber or other ridesharing services present an alternative in the absence of efficient public transportation access, according to Carvalho. “I get out of class around noon and I start my internship at 1, which makes the GUTS bus hard to take,” Carvalho said. “Even if the timing worked out with my classes, I would have to Uber because it still wouldn’t drop me off at the place I need to be in order to get there on time,” One alternative to GUTS is the Capital Bikeshare system, with multiple docking stations close to campus, according to Kuo. “Georgetown supports bicycling as a key component of our approach to sustainable transportation,” Kuo wrote. “We are close to finalizing a proposal to make Capital Bikeshare even more affordable for students, which will be announced within the next month.” The commute from Georgetown’s campus to Capitol Hill on a bike can pose logistical problems, however, according to Carvalho.

“My time frame is already very short, and it’s approximately a 28-minute bike ride from Georgetown to the Hill,” Caravalho said. “And I go to work in business professional clothing — I can’t really change there.”

REVISITING PAST PLANS

Though GUTS has proved adequate for most students’ transportation needs, a local Metro station would undoubtedly make a majority of Georgetown community members’ lives easier, according to Ana Terzić (COL ’23). Terzić commutes to campus every day from her home in Fairfax, Va. “If there was a stop in Georgetown it would be much easier because I would get off the train further down the line and the Metro part of my commute is already quick as it is,” Terzic said. “It would save a lot of time if I didn’t have to switch transportation three different times.” A Georgetown Metro station would also encourage more residents to use public transportation and invest in public infrastructure, according to Mathews. “I think having a Metro station in Georgetown would be transformational for both the neighborhood overall and the university specifically,”

Mathews wrote. “If the station got built, it would make it (arguably) easier to get larger residential projects through without the typical complaints about parking and traffic.” Though it may not happen soon, a Georgetown Metro station remains tentatively on the table. WMATA planners have suggested expanding the Metro’s Yellow and Blue lines to include a long-awaited Georgetown stop by 2040. Another possible solution is a gondola that would stretch across the Potomac River to connect Georgetown with the Rosslyn Metro station. The Georgetown 2028 neighborhood group proposed the gondola as a part of a 15-year plan for Georgetown. A Metro station in Georgetown, let alone a gondola system, will probably not be a likely outcome anytime soon. Though it sounds out of place for a city, however, the gondola could improve transportation in the area, according to Mathews. “It would bring students much faster to the Rosslyn Metro, and the school could save a ton of money from not having to run that GUTS bus route anymore,” Mathews said. “It would, in essence, bring the Rosslyn Metro entrance much closer to Georgetown residents.”

GETTING AROUND

Many students rely on the GUTS buses to make up for a lack of public transit in Georgetown. GUTS operates free buses connecting the main campus with the Dupont Circle and Rosslyn Metro stations, university offices on Wisconsin Avenue, the Georgetown University Law Center, the U.S. House of Representatives and Arlington, Va. But GUTS does not operate on Sundays, nor does it operate regular routes to other major D.C. locations like the National Mall, Union Station or either of the airports. GUTS annually receives feedback from faculty, staff and students on ways to improve the service and is working to expand its services beyond its current scope, according to Kuo. “Previous survey feedback has helped guide key campus planning efforts and transportation initiatives, such as the addition of the Saturday GUTS route to Trader Joe’s in Foggy Bottom and

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After a nine-month period of free rides since February, the DC Circulator’s $1 fare was reinstated Oct.1. The Circulator provides six routes, servicing areas like Adams Morgan, Georgetown and the National Mall.

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GUSA Senate Legislation Clarifies Lauinger Elevator Breaks, Consequences for Repeat Absences Traps Visiting Researcher HARRISON MCBRIDE Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed new legislation to standardize the organization’s senator absence policy at their most recent meeting Nov. 10. The bill, introduced by former Ethics and Oversight Committee Chair Zev Burton (SFS ’22) before his resignation, codifies specific consequences for absences accumulated by senators throughout a session. The bill passed unanimously in the senate in a 24-0 vote, but has not yet been signed by the GUSA Executive. Under the old absence policy, though three absences were grounds for impeachment, the policy was not fully enforced. Under the new system, the Ethics and Oversight Committee, which was created in 2018 to track senators’ attendance records at meetings and monitor potential conflicts of interest within GUSA, may consider impeachment after a senator accrues three unexcused absences. The committee is now mandated to pursue impeachment after a senator’s fourth unexcused absence. Burton resigned from the GUSA senate a day after introducing the legislation because of personal reasons and disputes within GUSA related to the ethics and oversight committee. The former vice-chair of the ethics and oversight committee, Chris Ziac (SFS ’22), assumed Burton’s responsibilities as the current chair of the committee as of Nov. 12. The new standardized absence policy will allow operations of the senate to be more productive and benefit GUSA’s mission overall, Ziac said in an interview with The Hoya. “Hopefully by making this much more standard and clear, people will, again, take it more seriously and put more effort into GUSA to foster a better environ-

ment for everybody,” Ziac said. “I think this will, not only in terms of absences, but in terms of personal responsibility, will hopefully get senators thinking more about taking some of the stuff more seriously and being aware of how their actions from committee or from whatever impacts the work of GUSA.” The 2018-19 GUSA senate saw senator absences quadruple from the previous year’s legislative body. Senators accumulated 43 unexcused absences without proxies during the term. In terms of absences this semester, the transition chair of the ethics and oversight committee, Senator Leo Teixeira (COL ’21), introduced articles of impeachment against Peter Hamilton (COL ’20) after he accrued a series of unexcused absences throughout the spring and summer terms. The GUSA senate impeached Hamilton in an 11-2 vote Aug. 12. However, the senate later voted 10-6 not to remove Hamilton from the senate Aug. 26. The new bill aims to clarify areas of the GUSA bylaws around absences and impeachment that were previously vague or unclear, according to Teixeira. “What is good about this bill I think going forward is it is going to allow for that uniformity that is much needed in various areas,” Teixeira said in an interview with The Hoya. “It will only continue to do what the ethics and oversight committee is supposed to do, which is to bring more accountability to the senate.” Under the new legislation, a senator earning repeated unexcused absences would be required to attend meetings with various members of the ethics and oversight committee leadership, as well as GUSA senate leadership, depending on the number of absences accrued. The legislation would also empower the ethics and oversight

committee to recommend senators issue a public apology if they accumulate repeated absences. This measure could also, however, lead to disingenuous statements, according to Hamilton. “I think the punishments are generally appropriate. That being said, one of the suggested consequences includes requiring a senator to make a public apology,” Hamilton wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I find requiring people to apologize to be a little over the top. I would rather an honest apology than a forced one.” The ethics and oversight committee restructured the committee to include executive representatives and student body voting members at the end of October. This reform came after Teixeira led a working group over the summer to assess problems within the committee and recommend solutions. The absence bill adheres to the ethics and oversight working group’s recommendations, according to Teixeira. “Part of what we pushed for is exactly what’s in this bill, so I will commend the bill for that, for heeding the advice of the working group and the conclusions that we came up with and published,” Teixeira said. Though the senator absence bill and general committee restructure were the two main reform goals of the committee for the semester, Ziac also endorsed the possibility of expanding impeachment bylaw policies in the future. “The structure and absence thing were definitely the two main things that we wanted to get done as soon as possible in the session,” Ziac said. “I’ve thought about looking into specifically the impeachment process because I think the bylaws are kind of lacking on that too, but that’s probably a bit down the road. Hopefully, it shouldn’t be too important of an issue.”

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A visiting researcher was trapped inside one of Lauinger Library’s main lobby elevators for about 45 minutes after it sustained damage around 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The researcher was safely rescued, but the incident’s specific cause remains unknown. The other main lobby elevator remains operational while the affected elevator car is being repaired by Georgetown University facilities, but the university has not provided an official timeline for when repairs will finish. An unknown impact from either an individual or a piece of equipment caused the elevator to break, according to Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Benjamin Kuo. “As a result of the impact, the door fell inwards, temporarily preventing the door from reopening while an individual was onboard,” Kuo wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Facilities and GUPD are working together to review the camera footage and identify the source responsible for the damage.” Facilities is working with the Georgetown University Police Department to review camera footage and identify the source of the damage to the elevator, according to Kuo. The researcher was safely rescued by Georgetown facilities and the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department after being trapped for around 45 minutes, according to Beth Marhanka, head of Gelardin New Media Center on Lauinger’s first floor. “Unfortunately, a visiting researcher who had just

bought coffee in the Midnight Mug was in the elevator when it became stuck between the 2nd and 3rd floors of Lauinger,” Marhanka wrote in an email to The Hoya. “She was very patient and in good spirits while we waited for the elevator technician and the fire department to open the door.” Workers responded to the incident from various offices, including GUPD and the local fire department, according to The Midnight MUG barista Ellie Farrell (COL ’22), who was working at the coffee shop when the elevator broke. “There were multiple police officers, probably five or six, on both Lau 2 and 3 shouting and knocking on the elevator and a fire truck in the parking lot for at least an hour,” Farrell wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It looked like there was a hole in the wall on Lau 3 it was scary.” Despite the disruption, normal library activities were only affected for a short time Tuesday, according to Marhanka. “The second public elevator had to be turned off for about 15 minutes while the fire department and the technician assessed the situation and worked to open the door of the broken elevator,” Marhanka wrote. “During that short period of time, library patrons had to use the stairs. The 2nd public elevator has been operational except for that brief period of time it was turned off.” The latest elevator malfunction comes less than a month after malfunctions in a Harbin Hall elevator led the car to drop and trap a firstyear student for almost two hours. After arriving at the scene and rescuing the stu-

dent, facilities determined that an improperly functioning governor’s switch caused the accident. When it works correctly, an elevator’s governor’s switch is a safety measure that triggers brakes if the elevator accelerates to an unsafe speed. Students in Reynolds Hall and Darnall Hall also complained about persistent elevator issues in November 2018. Elevators in both buildings dropped and trapped students inside. These past elevator issues have since been resolved, and elevators across campus are working normally. However, the majority of facilities issues reported on campus are not elevator malfunctions. Students reported that mold in their dormitories made for unsafe living conditions, and 84 residents on the top floor of Alumni Square dormitories were relocated due to water damage in Alumni Square’s roof. The university takes care to prepare for possible elevator malfunctions, according to Kuo. “We have processes in place to rapidly respond to out of service elevators and work to resolve issues as quickly as possible,” Kuo wrote. “The time to repair and service elevators varies depending on what mechanical or electrical issues are present.” Kuo added that the rest of Lauinger’s elevators are operating normally and safely. “While the damaged elevator temporarily remains out of commission, all other elevators in Lauinger remain safe and operational,” Kuo wrote. “We encourage any community members to report any issues or concerns to Facilities Management.”

Northwest DC Boil Water Advisory GU Unlikely To Implement Tuition Freeze, Administrators Say Prompts Student Precautions SOPHIE HABER

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D.C. Water, a company that distributes drinking water to Washington, D.C. residents, issued a boil water advisory for upper Northwest D.C. after a water transmission main broke in Arlington, Va. on Nov. 8. Many Georgetown students received an emergency alert mobile push notification Friday morning around 10 a.m. announcing the boil water advisory. Although there was ultimately no water contamination, the advisory called for residents and restaurants to boil water to eliminate potentially dangerous bacteria before drinking or cooking. The city lifted the advisory Nov. 10 after testing the water for contamination. The university did not send an email to students clarifying that the advisory did not apply to campus. No water from campus was impacted by contamination, according to a university spokesperson. “Georgetown University was not affected by the boil water advisory that was issued by D.C. Water on Friday,” a university spokesperson wrote in an email to The Hoya. “University officials stayed in close contact with D.C. Water and monitored the active map to ensure that no campus locations were affected by the advisory.” The water main break, which occurred at Glebe Road and Chain Bridge Road in Arlington, caused low water pressure, which could have allowed contaminants to enter the water supply, according to D.C. Water External Communications Manager Pamela Mooring. “It is out of an abundance of caution that we issue a boil water advisory,” Mooring wrote in an email to The Hoya. D.C. Water gathered water samples in different areas of the impact zone, according to Mooring. The company sent the first round of sampling to the lab Nov. 8 following the water main break, and those results came back negative for contamination Nov. 9. D.C. Water then collected a second round of samples, which also came back negative, prompting D.C. Water to lift the advisory Nov. 10, according to Mooring.

The university will likely not implement a tuition freeze in the near future, university administrators said at the Hoya Roundtable on tuition rate-setting on Nov. 9. Hoya Roundtables, organized by the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, enable students and administrators to discuss issues of interest to students, according to its website. At the fall 2019 Hoya Roundtable in the Healey Family Student Center, administrators discussed how tuition is spent and future plans for setting tuition rates. This roundtable comes after the Georgetown University Law Center Student Bar Association called for a university-wide tuition freeze in a resolution submitted to Law Center Dean William Treanor on Oct. 15. The SBA resolution was drafted to express solidarity with Georgetown undergraduate students who called for a tuition freeze in a Feb. 15 editorial in The Hoya. The annual percent increase of total undergraduate tuition and fees has fallen since 2014, but Provost Robert Groves said he is unsure of the likelihood of a tuition freeze. “We have seen the numbers. We are on a downward trend,” Groves said. “Whether we will ever get to frozen tuition has to do with can we raise philanthropy with such a successful level that it obviates the need to increase

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Corp locations on campus stopped serving iced coffee drinks after D.C. Water issued a boil water advisory Nov. 8. Although Georgetown’s water was not impacted, Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, locations on campus stopped serving iced coffee for about an hour after seeing the D.C. Water advisory the morning of Nov. 8, The Corp’s Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jack Heringer (MSB ’20) said in an interview with The Hoya. “I was in contact with the University and following updates about the water advisory, but they hadn’t published anything concrete, so just as a proactive step we stopped serving iced coffee,” Heringer said. “It was purely precautionary, just to make sure we had all of our bases covered.” After he received confirmation from the university that Georgetown’s campus did not lie within the boil water advisory zone, all Corp locations resumed normal service, according to Heringer. Lily Howard (COL ’23) said she did not know about the water advisory until she tried to order an iced coffee from The Corp’s Grounded location and employees told her they were only serving hot coffee because of the warning from D.C. Water. “I figured if the Hilltoss water might have been contaminated then maybe other water sources at Georgetown were contaminated,” How-

ard said. “So, I made sure to not drink from the water fountains and only buy hot drinks from coffee shops that day.” Many coffee shops within the impact zone stopped selling coffee during the advisory, according to The Washington Post. The advisory impacted 100,000 Arlington and Northwest D.C. residents. The impact zone did encompass American University’s main campus and the associated Washington College of Law, among other AU locations, according to The Eagle. In response, the university provided bottled water in residence halls and advised all members of the AU community to boil drinking and cooking water. Those in the impact area were advised to boil water for drinking, brushing teeth, preparing and cooking food, washing fruits and vegetables, preparing infant formula, making ice and giving water to pets, according to a D.C. Water news release. Although no contamination was detected, D.C. Water commended their clients for taking safety measures, according to a news release. “We sincerely appreciate our customers’ patience while we took necessary precautions to deliver water to our customers,” the news release said.

tuition in order to pay for the increased cost.” While the university’s undergraduate tuition has risen for eight consecutive years, yearly tuition hikes have been decreasing. Undergraduate tuition for the 2019-20 academic year increased by 2.8%, down from the 3.5% increase enacted last year. The Board of Directors meets in the winter to review the budget proposals and again in the spring to approve a budget for the following year. Once the budget is finalized, the administrators announce their tuition plan. The proposed budgets depend on the cost of resources made available to students like study abroad programs and mental health services as well as any new projects the university plans to undertake, according to Groves. Administrators are working to make the campus more compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and intend to begin with White-Gravenor Hall, according to Chief Operating Officer Geoffrey Chatas (CAS ’85). “This is a challenging campus to navigate,” Chatas said. “We are committed to making sure we make those investments in our new buildings.” Last November, the university announced that it was planning to construct a ramp to the front entrance of White-Gravenor, which requires the use of stairs to reach the door. The project’s design was expected to be completed by early 2019, with construction set to start in the summer of 2019. White-

Gravenor already has a ramp, but it is set is at a far corner of the building and leads into the basement. The university also plans to renovate the Village C dormitories and intramural fields within the next two summers, according to Chatas. Georgetown’s relatively small endowment compared to peer universities complicates the university’s efforts to minimize tuition increases. Georgetown receives only 8% of its revenue from the income earned by its endowment’s investments, while other universities receive closer to 30% or 50%, according to Chatas. The endowment is used to offer students financial aid and a low endowment can necessitate higher tuition. In an effort to increase the size of its endowment, Georgetown launched a series of fundraising campaigns in 2017. Last year was the best fundraising year the university has seen yet, according to Chatas. The roundtable is an opportunity for the administration to attempt to be transparent with students in the tuition rate-setting process, according to Groves. “This is a commitment on our part to try to be as transparent as we can, to give you a sense of financial structure of the university, and the role of tuition in that financial structure, and to give you a sense of how we go about trying to manage those revenues and those costs in the best way we can,” Groves said.

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Provost Robert Groves, left, and Chief Operating Officer Geoffrey Chatas (CAS ’85) hosted the roundtable in effort to increase transparency around tuition rate-setting at the university.

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Subbaraman Now Leading GUSA To Fill Empty Ethics LGBTQ,Women’s Centers Vice Chair Seat at Next Meeting WOMEN’S CENTER, from A1 which provides resources and programming for LGBTQ students and allies, since the center’s inception in 2008. Despite her new dual role, Subbaraman stressed the importance of distinguishing the work and function of the two centers to honor their original goals and the students they serve. “Given the context of a Jesuit institution, it is really key that the Centers exist as the Women’s Center, and the LGBTQ Center: they send clear messages of healing, hope, and growth — since many of these have been areas of pain, marginalization, and difficulty for many decades,” Subbaraman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The Centers origins—in student activism—have remained at the core of the work, even as they have grown to be more imaginatively aligned with institutional mission and vision.” Last year, Olson and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Jeanne Lord created a working group of students, faculty and staff to decide the next steps for both the Women’s Center and the LGBTQ Center, according to Subbaraman. Following its reassessment, the working group issued recommendations that the two centers keep their distinct identities under one executive director, Subbaraman said. The university looks forward to seeing Subbaraman apply her experience running the LGBTQ center to her new role as dual director, according to Olson. “Shiva has provided visionary and caring leadership for our LGBTQ Resource Center for more than a decade, moving it from an initial idea to a vibrant and visible presence on campus,” Olson wrote. “I am confident that she will bring her talents to this new role in a very effective way.” In recent months, Subbaraman has provided guidance to the Women’s Center alongside her work with the LGBTQ Center, according to Caroline Sarda (COL ’20). Sarda, who has worked at the Women’s Center since her sophomore year, is currently the center’s most experienced staff member. The new leadership framework will improve the centers’ ability to serve the Georgetown

community and better meet the changing needs of students, according to Subbaraman. “The two Centers have historically worked closely together because our students are not ‘single issue’ people,” Subbaraman wrote. “This structural alignment would allow us to meet the complex and diverse needs of our students more fully.” While Subbarman’s appointment is an opportunity to recognize the intersections between the work of the two centers and deliver more diverse programming and services, two separate directors would better serve the community in terms of balancing the workload for each position, according to Sarda. “I think this is a good way to establish better coordination between the two centers in terms of programming,” Sarda wrote in an email to The Hoya. “However, I think it is still important to have additional, separate directors for each center, in order to better manage workload, dayto-day operations, and student support.” As a result of understaffing and the lack of any full-time staff members, student workers at the Women’s Center have only held co-hosted programming with the LGBTQ Center this semester. Additionally, student staff members from the LGBTQ Center have taken shifts in the

Women’s Center to make up for the vacancy in the director position, as reported by The Hoya in October. The university is also taking steps to expand the full-time staff at the Women’s Center by forming a search committee to search for a new associate director, according to Subbaraman; the committee will be co-chaired by Director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access Charlene Brown McKenzie and College Vice Dean Sue Lorenson. The LGBTQ Center also recently hired Amena Johnson as a full-time assistant director. Johnson’s work will be focused on building programs, peer education and developing retreats, according to Subbaraman. Both the LGBTQ Center and the Women’s Center need more full-time support to reach their full potential as resources for students, according to Sarda. “I think this is a step in the right direction; however, I think it is still very necessary to have more staffing dedicated to the two centers,” Sarda wrote. “Students need and deserve a strong support system on this campus, and I think it is important to continue devoting more university resources to growing that system, which includes providing more full-time staff in both centers.”

University of California, many federal courts have deemed the motion to end DACA unlawful. Following these suits, the case was brought up to the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments by Solicitor General Noel Francisco, Washington lawyer Theodore Olson and California Solicitor General Michael Mongan, among others, on Nov. 12. The #HomeIsHere Walkout began on Healy Lawn, where organizers handed out shirts and beanies that said “Unstoppable, Undeniable, Undocumented, and Unafraid” to attendees. Four Georgetown DACA recipients spoke on their experiences as immigrants without documentation, including former Georgetown University Student Association President and current GUSA senate Speaker Juan Martinez (SFS ’20). Students without documentation face obstacles in accessing opportunities and resources because of their status, according to Martinez. “The older I got, the more I started to understand what it meant. It was often defined by nots or things I couldn’t do,” Martinez said at the walkout. “Whenever I asked in high school to be able to go to other states for debate tournaments or even to go abroad, I was told I couldn’t because I was undocumented. When someone broke into our house and attempted to assault and rob my mother, I asked her why we couldn’t do anything about it, and she said it was because we were undocumented.” After the speeches, participants marched from Georgetown’s front gates to Dupont Circle. When they arrived at the Supreme Court, they were joined by 15 local high

like we’re here to help, as opposed to kind of an oversight body like the cops in a security state,” Burton said. “This past weekend, once ethics and oversight started trying to act in its HR capacity, I realized there was no way for it to do it under my leadership.” The GUSA senate will hold an election to choose a new ethics and oversight committee vice chair at its next weekly meeting Nov. 17, according to Martinez. The speaker notified GUSA President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20), Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) and the election commission about Burton’s resignation, but the commission has not yet announced plans to fill the vacant senate seat. Personal circumstances also influenced Burton’s decision to resign. Burton said he could not adequately fulfill his senatorial duties. “I cannot give GUSA 100 percent focus right now, and it would be awful and disrespectful to fellow senators, to the people who voted me in, to everyone who’s been working so hard, if I’m sitting there in meetings and I’m busy thinking about something else,” Burton said. “It is much better to have someone else like Chris in there, who’s going to do such a great job, who’s able to give his full attention to it.” Burton would have considered remaining in the position if daily operations of the senate focused more on policy and advocacy for the campus commu-

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Zev Burton (SFS ’22) resigned from the Georgetown University Student Association senate Nov. 11 in an email to his colleagues. nity, he said. “I think if we had been more focused on policy and every senator had been dedicated to showing up, doing their job and making it better for Georgetown, which I believe many senators in there are doing, then I think there’s a possibility I would have stayed,” Burton said. In his new role as chair of the ethics and oversight committee, Ziac will convey explicit expec-

tations for his fellow senators, he said. “Clear communication can solve so many problems, so I am hoping that as chair I can be sure to be clear about what I want and I expect both from members of the committee and people I might call before the committee to talk with,” Ziac said. “I am pretty confident that I will be able to keep things calm and clear.”

15 Students Set To Leave Hong Kong Study Abroad Programs HONG KONG, from A1

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Before her appointment, Shiva Subbaraman provided guidance and support to the Women’s Center in recent months.

Georgetown Community Marches In Supreme Court DACA Protest DACA, from A1

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schools and universities at the event. HFIR requested and was granted city permits as well as police escorts and medics for participants to ensure student safety, according to Arelis Palacios, associate director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access and associate director for Undocumented Student Services. Walkout attendees included representatives from various student groups, including GUSA President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20), who spoke on his own behalf, and GUSA Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20). The GUSA executive supports students without documentation on campus, according to Francis. “We hope to be in solidarity with Hoyas for Immigrant Rights and a lot of our mixedstatus students and undocumented students as well,” Francis said in an interview with The Hoya. “This is something Aleida and I care very deeply about.” The university has also shown its support for undocumented students by joining 18 other colleges and universities in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Oct. 7 in support of DACA. Previously, University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) and other university presidents in October 2017 urged Congress to pass the DREAM Act, legislation that would grant residency status to many minors who are currently part of DACA. The walkout was intended to emphasize how the Supreme Court’s decision would affect the future of DACA recipients in their aspirations, according to an email circulated by HFIR to its members before the demonstration. “If the DACA program ends, all our DACA students on campus run this risk of deportation and lose their ability to enter their career

fields after graduation,” the email read. “Therefore, walkouts are being planned all over DC by high schools and universities to show the nation this is an issue that will impact more than just the 800,000 DACA recipients.” Before the event, HFIR organized two poster-making events, one at La Casa Latina on Nov. 6 and one at the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service building on Nov. 7, and also held two information sessions in the Intercultural Center on Oct. 30 and Nov. 3. The walkout was sponsored by numerous student groups and university organizations, including the CSJ. Sponsoring the #HomeIsHere Walkout aligns with the CSJ’s support for DACA and Temporary Protected Status students. “The Center for Social Justice stands with DACA and TPS recipients and their families, some who are fellow Hoyas,” CSJ Associate Director Ray Shiu wrote in an email to The Hoya. “CSJ will continue to support HFIR’s advocacy and activism as they continue to live out Georgetown’s mission and values; they truly are living as Hoyas For Others.” The walkout reflected Georgetown’s solidarity with students without documentation and set the precedent that students without documentation will continue to be a strong presence at Georgetown, according to Porras. “With everything that has happened on and off campus, the solidarity and support my peers showed was incredible,” she wrote in an email to Tthe Hoya. “Moving forward, we continue to host events, dialogues, and actions where needed. Our presence is strong on campus and we hope it continues.”

cover the cost of flight changes and transportation to the airport, but it may not cover flight changes that do not return students directly home or are not on Nov. 19, the “approved departure date,” according to Fedorko’s email. Students must pay for scheduling their Nov. 19 flights themselves and will only be reimbursed later, according to Palder. “I really do understand how hard it must be for Syracuse to rearrange everything and that the protests are out of their control, but they really have not been sensitive

to the financial burdens this imposes upon the students,” Palder wrote. “We are now up until the AM trying to figure out how to get home because they haven’t provided any guidance.” Despite the disappointment and surprise of her semester abroad ending suddenly, Gordon expressed her gratitude at experiencing such a unique moment in Hong Kong. “I feel extremely grateful to have been able to study abroad in Hong Kong during this pivotal time in its history,” Gordon wrote. “I have learned much more about the fight for democracy, po-

litical corruption, and global affairs by being there in the midst of this political chaos than I could have learned in any classroom.” While living in Hong Kong over the past few months provided an invaluable opportunity, Palder acknowledged her privilege as a foreign student caught in the midst of localized political conflict. “I can leave when things get hard, but the protesters and the citizens of Hong Kong cannot,” Palder wrote. “The protests have been an inconvenience for me, but they’re determining people’s futures.”

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The McDonough School of Business announced record starting salaries for the Class of 2019 graduates as the program moved up one spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s rankings.

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Graduates of the Master of Business Administration program in the class of 2019 set record salaries this year, the McDonough School of Business announced Nov. 11. The news comes as the school’s full-time MBA program was ranked 19th in the U.S. by Bloomberg Businessweek in an announcement Nov. 4, one place higher than last year. The average starting salary for 2019 MBA graduates was reported to be $124,119, a 6% increase from last year, and 95% of graduates received a job offer within three months of graduation, according to the MSB’s 2019 employment report. Employers of the class of 2019 included industry-leading companies like Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Deloitte. An increase in the number of graduates who enter the finance and consulting fields was one of the main drivers of the record salary results for the class of 2019, according to Associate Dean for McDonough Career Services Doreen Amorosa (MSB ’79). “While salaries in most MBA industry sectors rose year over year, Consulting and Financial Services recorded the highest gains of all industries and currently are our most highly paid sectors,” Amorosa wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This year, these industries hired 62% of the class, where last year the combined total was 47%.” Bloomberg rankings’ methodology uses statistics based on surveys of alumni, students and corporate recruiters, in addition to employment data

provided by universities. The MSB’s higher rankings demonstrate the school’s innovative approach to teaching, according to Senior Associate Dean for MBA Programs Prashant Malaviya. “Recent enhancements to the curriculum — from our new Leading Teams for Performance and Impact core course to new electives in the areas of analytics and data visualization — are reflected in the Bloomberg results,” Malaviya said in a news release. “Our continued recruitment successes also validate that the Georgetown MBA is valued by employers around the world.” Starting last year, Bloomberg began using a new methodology for its rankings that measures schools across four categories: compensation, learning, networking and entrepreneurship. The MSB saw its biggest gain in the learning category from last year to this year, moving up to 15th place from 28th place. The school ranked 20th for compensation, 18th for networking and 30th for entrepreneurship in 2019. In a separate 2018 survey of employers released this spring, Bloomberg ranked the MSB first in the world for having the best prepared MBA graduates for the workplace. The career advising support for students at Georgetown as well as the school’s strong alumni network are both factors that lead to these statistics, according to Associate Dean of MBA programs Kerry Pace. “We actively seek ways to support our MBA students and provide them opportunities for transformational growth both in and out of the classroom,”

Pace wrote in an email to The Hoya. “All of these factors are critical in producing ethical business leaders that graduate ready to tackle the challenges of business and society.” MBA students who use the university’s career resources have the opportunity to create a personalized job search strategy that prioritizes their interests, according to Amorosa. “This customized approach includes the creation of a career portfolio, the identification of a target industry & function, the creation of a target company list and a plan to access the employers on that list,” Amorosa wrote. In recent years, the MSB has focused particularly on presenting MBA students with more opportunities to network and prepare for interviews to help them achieve their career goals, according to Amorosa. Finding ways to adjust the curriculum to keep up with changes in the business world like new classes leads to the MBA program’s success, Pace wrote. The school’s new core course, “Leading Teams for Performance and Impact,” allows students to engage in case studies and team-building exercises to address social and workplace issues. While higher rankings are encouraging, the increase is not as important as providing a quality education to MSB students, according to Pace. “All of us at McDonough are proud to be considered a top-20 program,” Pace wrote. “It is exciting to see the rankings rise, but I am proud that increasing our ranking is not what motivates the faculty and staff at McDonough.”

GU Should Enhance Sustainable Practices, Panelists Say GRACE BUONO Hoya Staff Writer

Promoting long-term sustainable practices at Georgetown University requires determining community members’ roles in enhancing environmental consciousness, panelists said at a Nov. 14 event. The event, titled “The Sustainable Hoya: On Campus and Beyond,” was sponsored by Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room. Panelists assessed the current generation’s progress addressing climate change and systemic environmental issues. The panelists included Krystle Corpuz (SFS ’09), a program manager at international development firm Chemonics International; Charlotte Dreizen (GRD ’22), an analyst at the Office of Waste Diversion in the Washington D.C. Department of Public Works; Shanika Whitehurst (GRD ’05), the environmental justice coordinator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Greg Burton, the associate director of the Office of Planning and Facilities Management; and Peter Marra, the director of the Georgetown Environmental Initiative. Individual participation and advocacy are necessary to create a sustainable campus environment, according to Giulia Manno, the program and metrics manager at the Georgetown Office of Sustainability. “I guess first of all I would say that collective individual actions do make a difference,” Manno said. “Whenever everybody is doing the same actions and you have shared values, that’s where

culture change comes.” The Office of Sustainability was established in 2013 as a branch of the Office of Planning and Facilities Management. The Office of Sustainability has contributed to the bee-friendly campus initiative and the residential compost program, among other projects. Since creating the Office of Sustainability, Georgetown has made caring for the environment a priority, Corpuz said. “Back in the day, there was no Office of Sustainability,” Corpuz said. “You guys are lucky because there was definitely a need back then for that sort of vision for the university and I’m glad Georgetown has adopted that view as the years progressed after I graduated.” Helping people understand their personal relationship with nature by spending more time interacting with their surroundings can bring urgency to sustainability issues, according to Marra. “Most people don’t feel like they’re a part of nature,” Marra said. “They feel like they are completely detached. The more we can talk about people’s relationship to nature and the more we can get people out into nature, the better off we’re going to be.” An internship in the Philippines informed the way that Corpuz thinks about sustainability, she said. Although participating in tangible environmental preservation efforts is important, activists should consider how initiatives will impact communities. “Being exposed to that sort of conservation language through my internship was really important,” Corpuz said. “It wasn’t really necessarily sus-

tainability in terms of not using plastic straws or reducing usage of plastic bags or anything, but it was more focused on how do we give communities.” The event was moderated by Nareg Kuyumjian (SFS ’21), co-coordinator of Project Green First Year, a Laudato Si’ Fund recipient. The event included university, federal and local government perspectives to spotlight the diversity sustainable solutions, according to Kuyumjian. “Sustainability is something that can’t be thought of in a box, so it was really intentional to have people from federal government, D.C. government, and then people affiliated with the Georgetown system more directly,” Kuyumjian said in an interview with The Hoya. The Office of Sustainability’s Laudato Si’ fund granted a total of $300,000 dollars to 11 different projects in September, ranging from projects to incorporate sustainability education into curriculum to environmental research projects. The grant also funded “Design Transfigured,” a sustainable fashion project, and “Disability, Disaster and Climate Change: A Public Ethics Project.” The panel encouraged community members to prioritize daily environmentally friendly choices, according to Kuyumjian. “I think what came out of it was ideas about how sustainability comes up in our daily lives in different settings and a realization that if we’re serious about a greener future, we can’t be afraid about making concrete changes, whether that be light switches or changing infrastructure,” Kuyumjian said.

Universities should provide institutionalized support to their students without documentation, panelists said at a Nov. 7 conference on Georgetown University’s campus organized ahead of Supreme Court hearings on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Many students without documentation rely on DACA, an immigration policy that allows some individuals who came to the country without documentation as children to receive a two-year period of deferred action from deportation, obtain work permits and attend college. The program, enacted by former president Barack Obama, was ended in 2017 by President Donald Trump, but the Supreme Court began hearing arguments on the legality of Trump’s decision Nov. 12. As of right now, current or former DACA recipients are still able to apply for renewals. Financial inequality, in addition to other roadblocks, prevents people without documentation from accessing higher education as easily as U.S. citizens. The disparity violates Article 26 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that higher education should be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit, according to Executive Director of Freedom University Laura Soltis. “For people who are moving across borders, it’s important that they know that regardless of where they were born or what borders they cross, they have fundamental human rights by virtue of being human,” Soltis said. Freedom University, a school for students without documentation that provides tuition-free college preparation classes and scholarship assistance, was founded by a group of students without documentation, student allies, immigrant rights activists and four professors at the University of Georgia. The group’s formation came as a response to the 2010 decision by the Georgia Board of Regents to ban students without documentation from attending Georgia’s top five public uni-

versities or receiving in-state tuition, according to the university website. Similar admissions bans have also been passed in Alabama and South Carolina, limiting students’ without documentation access to college, many of which have faced appeals. Because of these admissions bans, many DACA recipients hold work permits and jobs but are not able to receive higher education, according to Soltis. “It has normalized a system where a whole population of young people of color can legally drive to their low wage jobs with their driver’s license and their work permit, but still can be denied access to a higher education and the right to vote,” Soltis said. The conference, titled “Pursuits & Persistence: Undocumented Student Success in Higher Education,” was co-hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Migration, a multidisciplinary center that studies multiple dimensions of international migration, as well as by Georgetown University’s Center for Multicultural Equity and Access. The panels for the conference in the Healey Family Student Center featured speakers from various universities who discussed the past, present and future of students without documentation in higher education. Despite DACA’s uncertain fate, efforts across college campuses to support equal education, such as scholarships for

first generation college students, can still work to improve students’ without documentation access to education, according to Arelis Palacios, associate director for undocumented student services at Georgetown. “My daily goal is to quite literally make sure that more students are able to access college, able to access educational opportunities beyond undergraduate,” Palacios said. Georgetown has representatives from 17 different offices on campus who support students without documentation, according to the university website. The university also joined 18 other colleges and universities in signing an amicus brief expressing support for DACA on Oct. 7. The brief identified the contributions and diverse perspectives that DACA recipients bring to the university’s campus and includes the stories of three Georgetown students without documentation. While Palacios acknowledges that the current system of support for students without documentation at Georgetown is not perfect, she says she hopes that more progress can be made if everyone works together. “I do the work because I’m human, and I care about human dignity, and I care about what it means for us to do this work,” Palacios said. “We have to recognize that it’s about helping each other, and really, quite literally, engaging in different levels of community care and collective care to support each other.”

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“Pursuits & Persistence: Undocumented Student Success in Higher Education” was held in prepration of the #HomeIsHere walkout.

More Children Lack Health Insurance, Report Shows JOSHUA GIENAPP Special to The Hoya

Four hundred thousand American children lost their health insurance from 2016 to 2018, pushing the total number of uninsured children to over four million, according to a report published by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families. For the second year in a row, the total number of uninsured children increased, according to the CCF’s report, which has been released annually for nine years. CCF Senior Research Associate Lauren Roygardner and CCF Executive Director Joan Alker co-authored the report. The increase in uninsured children in 2018 was unsurprising following the previous increase in 2017, according to Roygardner. “Unfortunately, I was not very surprised by the findings, since our center has been monitoring uninsured rates for many years,” Roygardner said in an interview with The Hoya. “Last year, we saw a national increase in the child uninsured rate, and so this year we were closely monitoring children losing their coverage.” The report found that uninsured children from low- and moderate-income families who earn between 138% or 250% of the federal poverty threshold suffered the largest rate increase. Losing health insurance was an issue most prevalent for children under the age of 6 and for white and Latino children, according to the report. The decrease in children’s healthcare coverage has implications for the growing wealth inequality gap, according to GlobeMed Georgetown Co-President, Regina Woolridge (COL ’20). GlobeMed is a network composed of university students who partner with organizations to improve health outcomes for people living in poverty. “[The report] also says a lot

about the wealth gap,” Woolridge said in an interview with The Hoya. “Medical bills are one of the biggest contributors to debt in this country, and so not only does it show that the wealth inequality gap is growing, but also that it continues to grow as people who don’t have health insurance have to go into debt to pay medical bills.”

“We should all be working towards, in whatever our fields are, an equitable world where people have human rights —and health is a human right.” REGINA WOOLRIDGE (COL ‘20) GlobeMed Co-President

Healthcare insurance is not only necessary for medical emergencies, but also for yearly checkup appointments, according to Woolridge. Not attending yearly checkup appointments can have financial and educational impacts, Woolridge said. “It’s not only about what it means when they have an accident and their family has to take them to the hospital, but also about them not getting checkups as often, and what that will mean for their education and for their family’s financial security in general,” Woolridge said. The Affordable Care Act allowed states to expand Medicaid coverage to uninsured adults and children with household incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. The federal poverty level was $21,330 for a family of three in 2019. States that expanded Medicaid coverage are called expansion states. The report found that 7.3% of children were uninsured in states that did not expand coverage compared to 3.8% of

uninsured children in states that did. The large difference in health insurance coverage of children in nonexpansion versus expansion states was shocking, according to Roygardner. “Typically we do understand that the child uninsured rate in nonexpansion states is much higher than in the states that expanded, but I was shocked at the extent to which that disparity was,” Roygardner said. Approximately half of uninsured children in the United States live in Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, Arizona and Ohio, according to the report. “While 39 percent of the nation’s children live in the South, 53 percent of uninsured children do,” the report stated. “No other region of the country has a larger share of uninsured children relative to their overall number of children.” In order to decrease the number of uninsured children, states must find solutions tailored to their uninsured population’s needs, according to Roygardner. “Probably a lot would have to happen for things to change, so I do think that if things kind of remain as they are, we are likely to continue to see a lot of uninsured kids,” Roygardner said. “Every state has different nuances, and so given that complexity, in order to change in the right direction and get more kids covered, it’s sort of state-by-state.” In light of the report’s results, people can be active in their communities to learn about health disparities and support health equity, according to Woolridge. “We should all be working towards, in whatever our fields are, an equitable world where people have human rights — and health is a human right,” Woolridge said. “I think getting involved and educating yourself is important. We have this power and we should use it towards making the world a better place.”

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Panel: National Parks Should Professor Launches Archiving Balance Visits, Preservation Initiative for Historic U Street RILEY ROGERSON Hoya Staff Writer

U.S. National Parks conservation efforts must negotiate the tension between expanding visitation as well as environmental and cultural preservation, panelists said at an event Nov. 13. The event, titled “Social Justice in the World of Conservation,” was sponsored by Georgetown University Outdoor Education and the Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network in the Walsh Building on Wednesday. Panelists examined both the importance and obstacles surrounding the improvement of national parks in the event, which was moderated by Randall Amster, co-director of the Georgetown College Environmental Studies Program. Discussions around the history of national parks have always sparked debate about beliefs about land ownership and control, according to panelist James Olsen, a Georgetown philosophy and environmental ethics professor. “When we talk about these sites of land, when we talk about the history, the histories are complex,” Olsen said at the panel. “They are battlegrounds and they have been battlegrounds, but they are are not just battles over, sort of, the land itself and who controls it, but these are battles of ideas and these are battles of values.” Other panelists at the event included Bette Jacobs, a George-

town health systems administration professor and a member of the Cherokee Nation, and Ani Kame’enui, the deputy vice president of government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association, an advocacy organization that seeks to protect and enhance America’s national park system. In recent years, the National Park System has increased park visits amid government funding cutbacks. Between 2011 and 2017, visitation at National Parks increased by 19%, but the parks also faced an 11% reduction in staff, according to the NPCA. In 2018, the National Park Service logged 318,211,833 visits. Although increased funding for National Park services might encourage more travelers to visit, more visitors engaging with the parks carries potentially negative consequences for the park’s flora and fauna, according to Olsen. “If we increase the resources that are going to the national park service and we hired more instead of cutting jobs and all of this, the more you visit, of course, the higher the ecological impact,” Olsen said. Marginalized groups are often underrepresented in National Park visitation. In 2016, black people made up about 7% of national park visitors despite constituting 13% of the nation’s population, according to National Geographic. The Latinx and Native American communities were also underrepresented.

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Between 2011 and 2017, national park visits increased by 19%; however, parks also faced an 11% staff reduction, according to NPCA.

When considering the future of national parks, it is important to consider the financial difficulty many communities face in accessing the locations, according to Kame’enui. “I think one of the challenges we face in considering the recipe of conserving and engaging with nature is one of access,” Kame’enui said. “The park system, by and large, is designed for rich white people, so if we want to talk about conserving and preserving these spaces, it is going to mean limiting access and limiting populations, which goes against the grain of a movement toward a more inclusive park system.” To encourage visitation and to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the organization launched a “Find Your Park” initiative, in which prospective visitors can take an online quiz to determine which parks would best suit their preferences and interests. However, some parks pushed back against the initiative, arguing an uptick in visitation can put a heavy strain on the parks’ operations and natural ecology, according to Kame’enui. “By the end of 2016, parks like Rocky Mountain were saying, ‘find a different park,’” Kame’enui said. “How do you balance an increasing interest in visiting our national parks with the fact that we institutionally are not adequately funding them?” In 1872, when the American government sought to create the first national park, Yellowstone National Park, new settlers displaced several Native American tribal nations, according to TIME. Since this first park’s creation, the government has overseen the displacement of several other Native American tribes to develop national parks, such as Yosemite National Park. Native American groups have engaged in discussion with the federal government to discuss their present-day relationship with the national parks and the preservation of culturally significant sites within the locations, according to Jacobs. “It is a very complex intertwined story as to how we have come to be here. There are definitely places that are sacred that we view with reverence in awe,” Jacobs said. “But there are smaller, quieter places that evoke and are sacred for a lot of different reasons — those are all places of identity.”

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Georgetown University professor Ananya Chakravarti launched a community archiving initiative Nov. 8 to preserve the history of U Street NW, a Washington, D.C. neighborhood that was historically a cultural hub for black people in the District. Chakravarti, who is a resident of the U Street corridor in Northwest D.C., launched the Remembering YoU initiative to both preserve U Street’s rich history and empower residents of gentrified communities to take ownership of their past, according to the initiative’s website. The project is sponsored by the Georgetown University Humanities Initiative, which promotes academic research in the humanities on campus, and HumanitiesDC, a D.C.based nonprofit that funds public humanities programming. The initiative was first launched at the Community Archiving fair Nov. 8 to 9. Chakravarti’s team, composed of Georgetown and Howard University undergraduate students, community members and history experts, will attempt to digitize U Street’s history for the project. The team plans to digitize photographs, information, audio and any other artifacts that might serve to connect modern U Street to its past. The project’s mission to combat gentrification resonated with Sonali Mirpuri (COL ’20), a history research assistant for the project, who personally identified with the project’s goals. “I am originally from a town outside of New Orleans, an area that is also a victim to rapid gentrification,” Mirpuri wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The aim and purpose of the project made me excited to get involved, as this is a topic I am grappling with in my own experience.” U Street is also known as “Black Broadway” because it was a neighborhood where black people were free to own businesses during the first half of the 21st century when Jim Crow laws restricted their ability to own enterprises in other parts of D.C., according to The Washington Post. When Chakravarti moved to the U Street neighborhood from Egypt four years ago, she was surprised to learn

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Undergraduate students from Georgetown and Howard University will digitize local historical records about U Street. that the area currently has many chain restaurants and stores and only a few remaining black-owned businesses. “I was amazed — especially because I work in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood where everything is so preserved — that what I saw on U Street was this unchecked erasure,” Chakravarti said in an interview with The Washington Post. The Community Archiving fair on U Street, which Mirpuri helped organize, included performances, exhibits and events about the U Street corridor’s impact on history, art, music and science. The U Street restaurant Ben’s Chili Bowl served its iconic half-smoke sausage meal and hosted a walking tour of the neighborhood. Historical preservation initiatives at the event included a data visualization workshop led by HumanitiesDC and an audio booth for participants with a personal connection to the area to record their oral histories. The project will use digital technologies such as augmented reality, a mobile app and QR codes to preserve the history of the neighborhood and aims to prevent further erasure of the area’s past, according to the project website. “In communities vulnerable to gentrification, new digital technologies can democratize historical preservation and allow communities to retain control over the narratives shaping their own histories and neighborhoods,” the website reads. The Community Archiving fair also gave participants the opportunity to participate in Remembering YoU’s initia-

tive for digitization. Attendees were encouraged to bring in textual and visual artifacts relating to the history of the neighborhood that they wanted to be digitized. The project features a creative use of technology to benefit an entire community, according to Miranda Liu (COL ’23), who is also a member of the project team. “The project was extremely interesting to me because it was such a unique application of computer science,” Liu wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Not only would I be assisting in the creation of a digital archive, something I have never done before, and exploring new concepts, such as augmented reality, I would be helping out a whole community of people.” Liu created posters hung around the U Street neighborhood with QR codes that allowed people to see different snapshots of the historical area. The QR codes were the initial step in creating a mobile app that Chakravarti’s team is developing to help visitors visualize U Street’s history, according to Liu. While this weekend was a critical first step for the project, the initiative has more plans to engage with the social issues in the community, according to Mirpuri. “This launch was just the first in a series of follow-ups to combat gentrification in the U St. neighborhood,” Mirpuri wrote. “This weekend hopefully demonstrated to the community how serious we are about tackling this issue and how we cannot face it without support from the community.”

Local Residents Vocalize Fears Conference Stresses Consequences About Increased Canal Traffic Of Gang Violence on Migration NICK VERNI

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A group of Georgetown residents expressed doubt that the Chesepeake and Ohio Canal can accommodate the increased traffic the National Park Service’s preferred canal revitalization plan could bring to the area at a Nov. 7 town hall. Georgetown Heritage, a nonprofit working with the Georgetown Business Improvement District on canal efforts, and NPS representatives presented photos of the recently completed renovations on locks 3 and 4 before breaking down the two alternative plans for future renovations. The locks can individually raise and lower boats eight feet to ease major changes in elevation, according to the C&O Canal Trust. Some residents who own homes nearby, especially those near the site for the planned event space, have expressed strong opposition to the renovation’s updates. Twenty-five residents of James Place, a condominium adjacent to the canal, responded to the plans by presenting a “Neighbors’ Opposition to C&O Plan” letter at the town hall. The residents said the area suffers from a lack of parking spaces for buses and cars and is ill-prepared to accommodate the increase in foot traffic that a revitalized canal would bring. Many also feel that the updated look of the proposed designs is unfaithful to the C&O Canal National Historical Park’s origins and the feelings it has inspired in its long history, according to the letter. The first plan, which the NPS prefers, proposes widening and paving pathways, increasing bridge accessibility and adding lighting and native plants to

stabilize the banks. The other plan, called the “no-action alternative,” extends current management operations and demonstrates how implementing the action alternative would affect the surrounding environment. Thursday’s town hall addressed the canal’s accessibility issues, particularly concerns with the thin towpath that runs down its length. Currently, there are few access points for wheelchairs along the path, and most sections do not pass modern accessibility standards, being far too steep, thin or improperly maintained for handicapped visitors.

“It’s part of the reason we’re doing a community engagement process. We want the feedback.” MAGGIE DOWNING Georgetown Heritage Director of Public Programs and Partnerships

The project seeks to update the path while preserving its original feel, according to Maggie Downing, director of public programs and partnerships at Georgetown Heritage. “The towpath is historically this very narrow and confined space and is the primary way we experience the canal. That’s why our plans mainly focus on maintaining that — that sense of narrowness,” she said in an interview with The Hoya. “Today, walking the towpath can be really special and magical, but there are places where it can be kind of unsafe and not comfortable to walk on. So, we are really trying to find a way

to strike that balance.” Downing said the first plan — which was designed by the landscape architecture firm behind New York’s High Line — involves adding new bridges, viewing platforms and spaces for musical events and field trips. One area will feature a map of the entire canal cut into grass and a miniature functioning canal lock for use with school groups, and historic mule-towed canal boats will return to the canal to offer rides for tourists. Georgetown Heritage and the NPS value residents’ feedback, especially those closest to the canal, according to Downing. “It’s part of the reason why we’re doing a community engagement process. We want the feedback, we want to make sure that we’re listening,” Downing said. “We realize that for many, this is a personal matter.” Funding for the canal project will come from federal funds through the NPS; local offices, such as the District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and donations. The city believes making the canal accessible is important, according to D.C. Office of Planning Director Andrew Trueblood. “The District provided matching funding for some of the work completed and underway,” Trueblood wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The broader proposal aligns with our values of accessibility and inclusion and will allow more people to experience and celebrate this national park.” If the updated design is pursued, the project should be completed in fall 2020.

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UNICEF-Georgetown hosted the 17th annual International Children’s Development Conference on Nov. 10, which focused on the effect of gang violence on the migration of children from Latin and Central America to the United States. This year’s conference aimed to bring awareness to the narratives of Latin and Central American children, who often are targeted by gangs in their home countries and led to immigrate to the United States to escape violence, according to UNICEF-Georgetown Co-President Joy Yue (SFS ’21). “People rarely address how these issues’ negative impacts disproportionately affect children and youth, especially in the Central and Latin American region, where many children are purposefully targeted by/ recruited into gangs and as a result seek to migrate to the US to escape from violence and reunite with family,” Yue wrote in an email to The Hoya. The first of two panels at the conference featured discussion around advocacy and policy work on the effect of gang violence, including a conversation on family separations and legal advocacy for unaccompanied children. The second panel included discourse on the immigrant journeys of panelists Juan Pacheco, director of the community development coalition Barrios Unidos DMV, and Elizabeth Guzman (D), a member of Virginia’s House of Delegates, to showcase the diversity of experiences of immigrants moving to the United States. The conference comes after the recent migrant caravan, a group of thousands of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who in late 2018 traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to escape poverty and violence. Mi-

grant children who reached the U.S.-Mexico border were held in poor living conditions and often separated from their families, according to The New York Times. The UNICEF-Georgetown board chose the focus for this year’s conference in light of the migrant caravan and the poor treatment of children at the U.S.Mexico border, according to Yue. “A significant number of children were among the caravan, vulnerable to the instabilities along the journey,” Yue wrote. “Therefore the Board approved this topic because we thought it was timely, relevant, and urgent for us to address.” The first panel on advocacy and policy work featured Miriam Abaya, a policy associate at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Mark Engman, managing director of policy and advocacy at UNICEF USA, and David Murphey, director of the ChildTrends Data Bank. In addition to the other obstacles immigrant youth face in their journey to the United States, migrant children face obstacles in accessing mental health resources to address traumatic life experiences, which can lead them to be more vulnerable to gang recruitment, according to Abaya. “They’ve suffered trauma in their home country before they left on their journey to the United States, and some of them have now suffered trauma at the hands of our government,” Abaya said during the panel. “They’re going back to communities that don’t have the mental health support in order to help them recover from that trauma. All of that can make kids more vulnerable, of course, to gang violence and gang recruitment.” Competing political narratives on immigration prevent effective policy solutions to the issue of gang violence for young immigrants, according to Engman. To

adequately protect migrant children’s rights, politicians must work to depolarize rhetoric and address concerns about immigration, according to Engman. “We have competing narratives that are preventing us from coming to solutions, and it’s global,” Engman said. “We have to get away from heated rhetoric and really talk about the issues and the fears that people have and how we can address those fears while still protecting children’s rights.” Alongside the struggles and hardships they have faced throughout their immigration, each migrant child’s experience contributes to American culture through the diverse narratives and perspectives each individual brings to the United States, according to Murphey. “We have to move beyond stereotyping and generalizations and understand that there are all kinds of stories behind every immigrant child or family member that comes to this country,” Murphey said in an interview with The Hoya. “They’re not all the same, but those who do come often have remarkable stories of resilience, survival and they bring those assets to our culture — if they simply make it here — and they contribute enormously to society.” The advocacy work of the panelists showcased the progress being made toward helping individuals impacted by violence and immigration obstacles, according to Yue. “Moreover, by inviting a full panel of experts and practitioners on the issue, we also want to give hope to our community by emphasizing that this challenge may not be going away anytime soon, but we are lucky enough to have advocates who are passionate about engaging with these issues and working towards making meaningful positive change,” Yue wrote.

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9 DC Councilmembers Call HoyaTHON Increases For Evans To Step Down Fundraising in 2nd Year CLARA GRUDBERG Hoya Staff Writer

Nine members of the Council of the District of Columbia are calling for the resignation of Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), after the release of a report Nov. 4 detailing 11 ethics violations by the councilmember since 2014. The council retained the law firm O’Melveny and Myers to independently investigate Evans, the District’s longest serving councilmember, and ultimately compile the report. Evans has been accused of corruption in using his council position to promote the interests of clients of his consulting company since the spring of 2018. He is also the subject of a federal investigation, which led to the FBI raiding his Georgetown home in June. Evans declined to comment for this story. After the release of the report, a majority of Evans’ colleagues on the council swiftly condemned the wrongdoings described in the document and called for his resignation. Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) was one of the first councilmembers to call for Evans’ resignation Nov. 5, with seven of his colleagues joining him that day. Evans has lost the trust of his constituents, according to Allen. “I believe the findings demonstrate a deliberate intent to personally profit from his elected office and represent a pattern of breaching public trust that cannot be repaired. This process has wasted too much time, money, and trust, and it is time he resign,” Allen wrote in an email to The Hoya. “With the investigative report’s findings

now complete, I believe it is in the best interest of the District of Columbia that Councilmember Evans step down and allow for a special election to provide the residents of Ward 2 an opportunity for new leadership and representation.” Prior to the more recent calls for resignation, Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large), who recently announced he will not run for reelection in 2020, was the first councilmember to call for Evans’ resignation back in July. Grosso expressed frustration at the council’s lack of disciplinary action concerning Evans in a July 8 news release. “I believe the public trust in Councilmember Evans is irreparable and it is in the best interest of the Council and the residents of the District of Columbia that Jack Evans resign as the Ward 2 Councilmember,” Grosso said in the news release. “This is an unfortunate situation of our own making. The Council failed to address the allegations of Councilmember Evans’ corruption, conflicts of interest, and misconduct when they first surfaced in early 2018.” Evans’ district, Ward 2, includes the Georgetown neighborhood and main campus. While Georgetown University College Democrats will not take a position on the Ward 2 election race, the group condemned Evans’ actions as unethical and also called for his resignation, according to GUCD Chair Rebecca Hollister (COL ’21). “GUCD is not taking a position in the Ward 2 election race. However, we too condemn Jack Evans’ unethical actions and agree with the calls for his resignation. We deserve to be repre-

sented by someone who at the very least can comply with basic ethical rules,” Hollister wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It is clear from the overwhelming evidence that Jack Evans does not respect the office he holds. Ward 2 deserves better representation, including Georgetown students.” The calls for Evans’ resignation are not unanimous among his colleagues. Councilmember Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) will decline to call for a resignation until the investigative process is complete. Evans still deserves due process, according to Gray, a former D.C. mayor who came under investigation for illegally financing his 2010 campaign but was never charged. “I have profound concerns about the conduct of Councilmember Evans, following the release of the O’Melveny & Myers LLP report. I encourage Councilmember Evans to consider what is best for the residents of Ward 2, his family and himself,” Gray wrote in an email to The Hoya. “However, I will not be calling for Councilmember Evans’ resignation at this time. I firmly believe in due process and can appreciate better than most what it feels like to not be afforded that.” If Evans is proven guilty, he should resign, according to Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E Commissioner Matias Burdman (COL ’21). “Although Councilmember Evans has done a lot for the city over his years in office, the allegations against him are extremely serious,” Burdman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Should they be proven to be true, he should step down.”

Veterans Day Celebrations Highlight Jesuit Values CURRAN STOCKTON Special to The Hoya

Georgetown University veterans and active-duty service members operate at the intersection of Jesuit values and military service, retired U.S. Army Col. Miguel Howe (GRD ’04) said in his keynote speech for this year’s Veterans Day celebrations at the university’s annual ceremony Nov. 11. The celebration allowed members of the Georgetown community to observe Veterans Day with prayer, a variety of speakers, traditional ceremonies and music. Hosted by the Office of the President, the ceremony included addresses by Howe, Georgetown University Student Veterans Association President Timothy Brown and University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95). At the ceremony, DeGioia shared his gratitude to different organizations that aim to support the Georgetown veteran community, including the Veterans Office and GUSVA. DeGioia commended the veterans and active-duty members of the Georgetown community for the lasting impact of their service. “Your integrity, respect, imagination, passion, service, resilience, the discipline and hard work that so many of you have demonstrated by returning to school after military service, even balancing the demands of both school and active-duty service, shows great sacrifice,

strength of character and depth of leadership,” DeGioia said. The Georgetown community invests in veterans’ programs and education on campus through career counseling and financial support, allowing veterans in the community to meet their academic needs and maximize their possibilities, according to Howe. “Thank you for not only being here today to honor our veterans but, more importantly, thank you for your cura personalis for our veterans,” Howe said. “For ensuring that Georgetown sees the gifts and challenges, needs and possibilities, of the men and women who once wore our nation’s cloth.” In his speech, Howe emphasized the existence of many active-duty military students, student veterans and military families at Georgetown and acknowledged Brown’s leadership on campus and commitment to supporting veterans. The ceremony began with a posting of the colors by Georgetown’s ROTC Color Guard, followed by a performance of the national anthem sung by the Georgetown Chimes, the university’s oldest all-male a capella group. Following their speeches, Brown and DeGioia presented Howe with the flag that had flown on the flagpole on Copley Lawn since last year’s Veterans Day ceremony, as per GUSVA’s tradition of gifting the flag to each year’s keynote speaker.

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The university’s annual Veterans Day ceremony began with a posting of the colors by Georgetown’s ROTC Color Guard.

“The flag that President DeGioia and I just presented to Colonel Howe spent the last year flying across the Georgetown campus, and it represents the passing of all cumulative knowledge gained by veterans on these grounds this year,” Brown said. The Hoya Battalion, a group of student cadets from five different Washington, D.C.-area universities, proceeded to raise a new flag, which hit the top of the post just as the Healy Hall bells rang out. Just after the flag was raised, Javon Price (SFS ’21), reserver at Joint Base Andrews, cadet and Air Force ROTC member, stood up and sang the lyrics of the Armed Forces Medley with pride. Many veterans and other audience members began to follow in his example, standing and singing when their respective army division’s song began to play. Singing during the medley honored the three core values of the Air Force: integrity, service to others and excellence, according to Price. “Part of it was intuition, and part of it was pride,” Price said in an interview with The Hoya. “I’m proud to serve, and the very least I could do was sing the song. I thought it was a cool way to embody all three core values that we have in the Air Force.” Following the ceremony, DeGioia hosted a reception in Riggs Library for veterans, the Veterans Office workers, staff, students and faculty, many of whom shared stories of their own service and the service of others. The Veterans Day celebration is just one of the many activities the Veterans Office is organizing for this November’s MilitaryConnected Awareness Month. The office will also host events such as a “Veterans in Government” panel Nov. 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ GI Bill School Tour on Nov. 15, the Ruggles Lecture in Military Medicine on Nov. 18 and the VET Ally 2.0: Addressing the Veteran Identity event Nov. 19. Veterans Day observances should be primarily celebrating the contributions of current, past and future service members, according to Alazar Zewoldi, Veterans of American University club president, who was in the U.S. Army from 2014 to 2018. “Lots of people try to make Veterans Day solemn,” Zewoldi said in an interview with The Hoya. “Really, it should be a celebration of service for those serving, those who have served and those who will serve.”

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HoyaTHON nearly doubled its fundraising total at its second annual dance marathon Nov. 9, raising money for Washington, D.C.’s local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. HoyaTHON, Georgetown University’s chapter of the Miracle Network Dance Marathon, raised more than $73,584 overall, nearly double the $41,024 raised last year. The funds will all go to Children’s National, a hospital in Washington, D.C. Children’s National is one of 170 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals that provide healthcare to pediatric patients across the United States and Canada. The network supports fundraising and awareness campaigns, including dance marathons, for the hospitals. Students who participated in hoyaTHON remained standing — and often dancing — for 12 hours on Saturday to raise money, according to Daniela Toste (NHS ’21), director of Family Relations on the hoyaTHON Executive Board. “You stand on your feet the entire time to fight for the kids who can not,” Toste wrote in a statement to The Hoya. Participating students signed up online and collected donations from family, friends and other sponsors via a personal fundraising page. HoyaTHON also raised money through group fundraising efforts with student organizations like Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly referred to as The Corp, and the Georgetown University Farmers Market. Co-directors Callia Karas (COL ’20) and Hanna Dohmen (SFS ’20) launched the campus chapter last year to engage the Georgetown community in a fun, charitable initiative, Dohmen said. The December 2018 dance marathon set its goal at $20,000 but doubled the amount by raising over $41,000. “We started this because we saw how impactful this is in other communities and other campuses,” Dohmen said. “The whole point of the dance marathon is to bring an entire community together for the same cause.” The funds raised will go toward the Fund for Every Child, a Children’s Miracle National Network program dedicated to helping treat children with quality care, according to

Hank Rich, assistant director of Children’s Miracle National Network Hospitals. “The Fund for Every Child helps to ensure that every child, from every background and every walk of life, can receive exceptional care, regardless of insurance or ability to pay,” Rich wrote in an email to The Hoya. Georgetown’s event is one of 400 Children’s Miracle Network dance marathons throughout the country. Holding hoyaTHON in November broke with the majority of other universities’ fundraising strategies. Most universities hold dance marathons in the spring, allowing organizers more time to recruit and plan the hours-long event, according to Dohmen. On the day of the event, 293 students had registered to be a part of this year’s dance marathon, which coincidentally matched the exact number of children staying at Children’s National, according to Dohmen. “There were 293 kids at the hospital that had spent the night at the hospital that night, and the day of, that morning, when we woke up, we had 293 people registered,” Dohmen said. “Just realizing that every person registered represented one kid at the hospital who spent the night there, like, I had tears running down my face.” By the time the event started on Saturday in the Healey Family Student Center, however, 344 students had registered for the event, which was 101 more participants than last year, Dohmen said. Registrants could participate in 12 hours of dancing, including a morale dance that participants learned through-

out the event, as well as games and food, according to Toste. Children’s National parents and patients, known as “miracle families” by organizers, joined Georgetown students to perform, deliver speeches and spend time with participants. “I loved being able to meet and play games with the miracle families that attended this year,” Toste said. “They were so fun and did extremely well with their speeches and performances.” Throughout the day, student organizations like a cappella group Saxatones and dance troupe Groove Theory entertained participants. Performing was an opportunity to help an important cause, according to Groove Theory dancer Annmarie Rotatori (COL ’23). “We were very happy to play a role in supporting hoyaTHON and Children’s National,” Rotatori wrote in a statement to The Hoya. “It was really fun to perform with my team for such a great cause!” Although this is the second year of hoyaTHON in its current iteration, 2018 was not the first time a dance marathon was held at Georgetown. The most recent dance marathon prior to last year’s event was held in 2010 and raised about $8,500 for Children’s National. After that, the chapter ceased fundraising until Dohmen and Karas revived the dance marathon. Dohmen is optimistic that hoyaTHON will continue after she and Karas graduate because of the dance marathon’s fundraising success. “Just kind of hearing that people are talking about it and are excited about it, that to me makes me feel like it will continue on without us here,” Dohmen said.

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HoyaTHON raised more than $73,000, nearly double what was raised last year. The funds will go to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Old Stone House Garden Undergoing Renovations SARAH DONOFRIO Hoya Staff Writer

The Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a garden party at the Old Stone House on Nov. 9 to educate the community about renovations underway at the historic building’s garden. The house at 3051 M St. NW, which was renovated last year, is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, D.C., according to the National Park Service, which maintains the house. The recent renovations focus on the garden attached to the house and include painting the garden’s fence and rose trellises and installing educational signs and a new bench, among other updates. The fence was painted Oct. 12, and dogwood trees will be planted in the garden Dec. 9, according to Stephanie Green, regent of the DAR’s Constitution Chapter. Renovations should be fully completed by May 2020, Green wrote in an email to The Hoya. Built in 1765 by a colonial cabinetmaker, the house has served as a retail store for various products and was opened to the public in 1960. The NPS cultivated the English garden that stretches behind the structure from M Street. The planning for the renovation project began this summer. The president of Friends of Rose Park, David Dunning, reached out to DAR to create a partnership with the group on the renovations, according to Green. DAR, a nationwide group for female descendants of those active in achieving American independence, focuses on historic preservation in its work, according to its website. DAR decided to contribute to the Old Stone House garden ren-

ovation because of the group’s commitment to maintaining historical sites, according to Green. “Mr. Dunning made me aware of the garden’s needs this summer. As a leader of an organization dedicated to conservation and historic preservation, I thought it would be a perfect project for our chapter,” Green wrote.

“The gardens are tucked away behind the Old Stone House and have always offered a little urban oasis.” LAUREN BOSTON Georgetown Business Improvement District Spokesperson

Dunning is working to create a preservation organization for the property called Patrons of the Old Stone House, according to Green. The house has partly survived this long because of a robust canon of legends. Some residents believed that the Old Stone House was the site of Fountain Inn, also known as Suter’s Tavern, where President George Washington and urban planner Pierre L’Enfant met to plan D.C.’s layout in 1791. However, historians now believe Suter’s Tavern was really located at the corner of 31st and K streets. Suter’s Tavern was run by John Suter, whose son was a clockmaker named John Suter. The younger John Suter lived in

the Old Stone House and used it as his clockmaking shop. The connection led to confusion about the true site of Suter’s Tavern. The Old Stone House’s garden is an unexpected use of space that the community should further utilize, according to Georgetown Business Improvement District spokesperson Lauren Boston. “Despite being on a bustling stretch of M Street, the gardens are tucked away behind the Old Stone House and have always offered a little urban oasis,” Boston wrote in an email to The Hoya. “It’s important that Georgetown maintains these unexpected pockets of green space, in addition to larger areas like Georgetown Waterfront Park, and it’s great that the garden — and those who frequent it — will benefit from these improvements.” NPS completed renovations to the house itself last year. The house closed in November 2017 for repairs to the building’s exterior stonework and foundation as well as its plumbing, electrical, HVAC and fire suppression systems. Renovations will benefit visitors now and in the future, according to Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E Commissioner Matias Burdman (COL ’21). “The Old Stone House serves as an everyday reminder of our neighborhood’s historic roots and of the fact that we live in one of the nation’s first National Historic Landmarks,” Burdman wrote in an email to The Hoya. “As for the garden improvements, they will improve the visitor experience while staying true to the National Park Service’s mission of historic preservation.”

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Hoyas Finish 2nd at Veteran’s GU Comeback Attempt Falls Short in Home Opener Day College Challenge AUSTIN BARISH Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown men’s tennis team ended its fall slate with a tangible improvement and multiple strong individual performances at the Veterans Day College Challenge in Arlington, Va. last weekend. The Hoyas finished in second place out of three teams with a record of 16-7 in singles and 6-6 in doubles. In October, the Hoyas competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals, where they did not fare as well as they had at the Joe Hunt Invitational. Foster was able to advance to the round of 16 and junior Connor Lee made it to the round of 32. The team as a whole did not have any other noteworthy against the strong competition of this tournament. Georgetown was one of three teams that participated in the Veterans Day College Challenge, competing against The United States Military Academy and Air Force Academy, and Naval Academy hosted the tournament. As in the rest of the season, the Hoyas performed better in the singles competition than in doubles play. Seven out of Georgetown’s nine singles competitors finished with winning records, including three undefeated records, and all of Georgetown’s undefeated competitors won each match in straight sets.

Continuing to build upon a strong finish to the season last spring, junior Luke Ross finished with the best record on the team, going 3-0; Ross did not even need a tiebreak for any of his sets in a dominant performance. Also undefeated, sophomore Andrew Rozanov and Foster both went 2-0 on the weekend as they look to be mainstays in the Hoyas’ lineup of the future. Rozanov won both matches by a wide margin, whereas Foster won the first set of both matches in a tiebreak, before finishing his opponents off in the next set. Georgetown also had four competitors finish with a winning record of 2-1. Lee was slotted as the top seed and finished with the best record among the top seeds. He won each of his first two matches before dropping his final match in three sets. Lee had his fair share of nail-biters this weekend, with five of his seven sets ending in tie-breakers. Senior Ian Witmer was able to come back after losing his first set in two straight matches before dropping his third and final match. Like their teammates, freshman Harry Yang and junior Mark Militzer both won their first two matches before losing their last match. The Hoyas’ final two competitors did not have the same success as their teammates, but remained competitive, keeping each of the individual sets close. Junior Rohan Kamdar was able to win his first match, but then

finished with a final record of 1-2 as his competition got more difficult with each match, facing experienced opponents with track records of success at the national level. Despite finishing 0-2, sophomore Justin Cheun’s matches were all close in terms of games won. The tournament was Georgetown’s third and final tournament of the fall. The Hoyas started the season at the Joe Hunt Invitational in late September. There, Cheun finished as the Orange Flight co-champion, and freshman Kieran Foster was able to emerge victorious in all three of his matches. In doubles, Cheun and sophomore Carlos Grande also finished as co-champions of their flight. In doubles matches, Georgetown also had a reasonable performance – finishing 6-6 as a team – just not as good as in singles. The doubles matches lasted only one set. The pair of Foster and Witmer went 2-1, winning their first two matches before dropping their final match 6-4. Yang and Militzer also finished 2-1, including a dominant 6-0 win in their second match before running out of steam and dropping their final match of the weekend. Kamdar and Rozanov finished at 1-2, losing their first match in a tie-breaker, 7-5. Finally, the pair of Lee and Ross also finished 1-2, winning their first match 6-0 before losing the next two.

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Georgetown Sweeps Friars, Suffers Loss to Blue Jays GRACE COHN

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The Georgetown volleyball team hosted back-toback home matches Friday and Saturday against Big East opponents Providence and Creighton. The first match saw Georgetown win against Providence 3-0, but it was unable to keep up its momentum as it lost its match against Creighton 0-3. The Hoyas (13-15, 3-11 Big East) defeated the Friars (6-21, 1-13 Big East) in straight sets Friday afternoon. This sweep marked their eighth three-set victory of the season, with five of those victories being at home. Providence has not had much success in Big East conference play, with only one conference match victory this year in their game against Seton Hall on Nov. 1. This match against the Friars broke a five-match losing streak for Georgetown. The Hoyas took the first set with a 25-14 victory but struggled to maintain leads in the second two sets, jumping out to leads of at least six in each of them. They still achieved victories, however, winning the last two sets 25-22 and 25-23. Victories for the Hoyas in these tight sets showed that they have improved in close matchups after dropping numerous close sets earlier in the year. Junior setter Margo Pivonka

paced the offense with 28 assists, along with six digs, five kills, four aces and two blocks. Senior outside hitter Iva Vujosevic continued her offensive streak with 10 kills, marking a match-high for the season. Sophomore defensive specialist Jessica Cusi also showed a strong performance again with eight digs. On Saturday, the Hoyas faced a more difficult challenge when they faced the Creighton Blue Jays (20-4, 13-1 Big East). At the time, Creighton ranked No. 9 in the NCAA, though it has since fallen to No. 14.The Blue Jays surprisingly dropped their match the previous night on the road against the Villanova Wildcats, in a 0-3 sweep that left NCAA volleyball fans shocked, with the Wildcats representing one of the conference’s weakest teams. The Blue Jays then drove to Washington, D.C., looking to make up for Friday’s disappointment. Georgetown found itself at a loss coming into its game against Creighton with eight players sick and injured — only nine players on the team were able to dress for the match, leaving the Hoyas tired with a severe reduction in substitutions. However, the team refused to let the ball drop throughout the high stakes game against some of the toughest competition on the

Hoyas’ schedule, particularly in the first set of the match. The Hoyas extended the set to lose by 27-25 despite having their backs up against the wall, facing a 24-21 deficit. This energy went away in the final two sets, likely the result of their lack of substitutions, which again ties back to the team entering the match with nine healthy players, six of whom play at a time, as opposed to the normal 17 players on the roster. Overall, the defensive effort in this game was impressive, with Creighton getting spikes over the net frequently with the Hoyas consistently able to keep them alive, recording 40 successful digs. The strong defensive performance is a satisfying improvement in spite of the Hoyas losing energy and falling in the second two sets 2517 and 25-15. Sophomore outside hitter Elissa Barbosa led the offense with seven kills. Freshman right side Peyton Wilhite also contributed five kills and played aggressively. On defense, Cusi led once again with 13 digs. The Hoyas will be on the road this week, facing Marquette and DePaul on Friday and Saturday before a road match at St. John’s on Nov. 22. They will finish their season Nov. 24 in McDonough Gymnasium against Seton Hall.

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Junior setter Margo Pivonka, 13, sets up a spike for freshman middle blocker Jewell Johnson against the Creighton Blue Jays on Saturday, Nov. 9, in McDonough Arena, when the Hoyas got swept.

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The Hoyas lost 49-51 in disappointing fashion off a missed buzzerbeater in a faceoff against the University of Richmond on Tuesday at home. Georgetown’s entire roster, especially the starting lineup, demonstrated resilience in never letting the Richmond lead balloon to more than eight, despite a second quarter performance that saw the Hoyas only score seven points. The Hoyas looked dominant in the first quarter, commanding the speed of play by outrunning the Spiders and controlling the paint. Senior forward Anita Kelava started the game with an impressive basket for the Hoyas from an offensive rebound off of her own shot and then in the subsequent play, emphatically blocked a Richmond shot attempt in the paint. The Hoyas’ star of the first quarter, and the whole game for that matter, was without question sophomore guard Nikola Kovacikova, who scored 10 of the Hoya’s 18 first quarter points. This total included two stunning back-to-back three-pointers from the top of the key. No other Hoya scored more than points points in the first quarter. The first quarter ended with the Hoyas up, 18-15. The second quarter opened with an early three-pointer from Richmond sophomore guard Kate Klimkiewicz, tying the game. A few plays later, Richmond senior forward Jaide HindsClarke recorded a steal and then finished a layup downcourt, putting Richmond up two for their first lead since the opening minutes and ensuingly forcing the Hoyas to call a timeout. Out of the timeout, Georgetown freshman forward Graceann Bennett had an exceptionally tough 30-second stretch. Bennett followed her own miss to grab a difficult offensive re-

bound which she put back and scored. On the following defensive play, she grabbed another rebound, then on the next defensive possession, she resoundingly blocked Klimkiewicz’s layup and gathered that rebound. On the next scoring play, however, Richmond junior guard Alex Parson used a dazzling behind-the-back dribble move to split the Georgetown doubleteam and then dished to a wide open Hinds-Clarke at the top of the key who sunk the three. The quarter ended with Georgetown down, 25-27. The third quarter was Georgetown’s relative worst, as they shot a sad 2-11 from the field, and scored only two free throws, bringing their quarter total to 6 points. Richmond, in comparison, shot 4-11 in the quarter and scored 12 points, bringing the game to 31-39. The one Hoya highlight from the quarter was Kelava’s block on Parson to end the quarter and cut their losses with the game still well within reach at that point. The fourth began in a much more positive fashion with a top of the key three from Hoya sophomore guard, Tayana Jones. The following offensive possession, Kovacikova sent an ambitious crosscourt pass to Keleva who drove to the basket before feeding junior forward, Tatiana Thompson, under the basket with a crafty wrap-around pass. With 2:16 left in the game, Georgetown called a timeout, down 47-49. Out of the timeout, Georgetown was unable to connect on a three from Jones. After a few more scoreless possessions, Georgetown called another timeout with 46 seconds left, still down two points with a real chance of victory. Out of this timeout, Thompson managed to find the basket after a tough drive, tying the game at 49 with 33 seconds left. Richmond immediately called a timeout. The ball was trusted with

Parsons who dribbled the clock down before driving to the hoop where she was fouled by Thompson. She sank both free throws, giving Georgetown just 6 seconds to recover from the two-point deficit. Kovacikova took the ball the length of the floor and put up a contested but in-rhythm threepointer from the top of the key to win the game. It rattled out, giving the Spiders the victory. Regarding her final effort, Kovacikova recognized that it did not have much of a chance of going in, but she also had no other option. “Of course I was trying to force it in with my eyes,” Kovacikova said. “It was really far away, but it was probably the only chance we could have done.” Following the game, Head Coach James Howard discussed the 17 points that Hinds-Clarke managed to score on the Hoyas and the team’s effort to contain her offensive prowess. “She was one of the problems we tried to focus on going into the scout, we knew she was very physical in the post,” Howard said. “We wanted to double her but we didn’t get there quick enough and she made us pay. She hit some big shots down the stretch. She’s a senior, she’s playing with a lot more sense of urgency now.” Moving forward, Howard wants to work on shooting, recognizing all of the open shots which the team missed throughout the contest. “I knew that going into this year, losing three seniors who score so much and you can see it in the box scores,” Howard said. “We are averaging around 49 points a game. It’s hard to fill the shoes, but some people are going to have to step up and make shots. Hopefully one of these days the shots start to fall and they build some confidence.” The Hoyas return to action in Pittsburgh, Pa., to face the Panthers on Saturday, Nov. 16.

TAILGATES AND TRADITIONS

LSU Win Over Alabama Affirms Its Greatness

James Travis Directly after the conclusion of No. 2 LSU’s 46-41 victory over No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, Nov. 9, my initial reaction was to call a long lost childhood friend to ask what exactly the Tigers’ head coach, Ed Orgeron, was saying in a postgame interview. He may have suspected I was trying to rekindle a friendship, but I just needed to understand what exactly the authentic Louisiana coach was exclaiming after the biggest victory of his career, a game that altered the forecast of the rest of the season for the Southeastern Conference. The LSU victory on Saturday far overshadowed the rest of the conference slate, setting the Tigers up as favorites to qualify for the SEC championship and College Football Playoff while far more questions remain for the other teams. The media discussed this matchup as the biggest game of the college football regular season, featuring two of the top three teams in the latest CFP rankings, and it did not disappoint. LSU jumped ahead 33-13 at the half despite a second half surge, and Alabama could not overcome that deficit. Joe Burrow, the Tigers’ starting quarterback, continues to look like a strong Heisman candidate after his fourth victory over a top 10 opponent in the Tigers’ undefeated season so far, and that position will only solidify as he leads his team to an SEC championship appearance. As gut-wrenching as the mere thought of it may be for fans of the Crimson Tide, Alabama should want LSU to win their remaining games to maximize the chance that Alabama sneaks into the CFP. Alabama has dropped late regular season games and still recovered to make the playoff before, and that may happen yet again this season. While winning the rest of their schedule is a

prerequisite for contention now that they will not be playing for the conference title, Alabama will need help from outside of the conference, such as Oklahoma and Oregon each losing a game, to make the playoff. Fortunately for them, the Alabama brand is strong enough to get them into the CFP even if their resume says otherwise. The team LSU is likely to face in the championship Dec. 9, No. 6 Georgia, shut out Missouri to win 27-0. Its defense looks elite, but the offense will have to make some adjustments if they want to make the playoffs, as Jake Fromm has fallen well short of his performance two seasons ago when the team did qualify for the playoffs, and its backfield has really fallen off after losing Sony Michel and Nick Chubb to the 2018 NFL draft. They play No. 11 Auburn this week and can use that game to identify what must change in order to make a serious run. Georgia can lose this game and still make the conference championship, but a loss to the Auburn Tigers would all but erase their playoff aspirations. Auburn had a bye week and will come out swinging as it seeks to make a New Year’s Six bowl game. Unfortunately, its hopes of an SEC title are out of reach, but if it beats Georgia and Alabama, it should make a strong claim for the top 10. Florida is in the same situation. While it doesn’t have the same promise they looked to have, the future of the Dan Mullen era in Florida looks bright with Auburn getting frequent contributions from younger players, especially on the defensive side of the field. Looking at teams that join Alabama in having numerous question marks, on the other end of the SEC rankings, Arkansas lost to Western Kentucky in such an embarrassing fashion, by a final score of 45-19 at home, that head coach Chad Morris was ultimately fired. Arkansas fans should be happy to lose a head coach that has never won an SEC game in his nearly two complete seasons with Arkansas. It may not get better, but there’s no way it can get worse. Another notable loss was South Carolina losing to heavy underdog Appalachian State. With each passing week, the Gamecocks’ previous win over

Georgia is looking more and more like a fluke. Since it looks doubtful they make a bowl game, its fans should emphasize their Georgia win whenever possible. Tennessee barely edged out Kentucky to place them one win away from making a bowl game. While it’ll likely get the one win it needs, Tennessee fans will be expecting next season to be much better. Kentucky still needs to win two of its remaining matchups to make a bowl game, and its schedule is looking favorable with Vanderbilt and Louisville left. Similarly, Ole Miss secured its fourth win of the season against New Mexico State. It plays LSU this week and has nearly no chance of winning against the conference’s, and likely the country’s, top team. However, its rivalry game against Mississippi State will likely decide if Mississippi State makes a bowl game. Ole Miss fans will be satisfied to spoil the rivals’ season given the chance, finding some solace in this otherwise disappointing season. The most notable game of this upcoming weekend is No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Auburn. Should Georgia lose this game but win the SEC, the debate about whether a two-loss SEC champion deserves to make the playoff will be fierce. The rest of the games are either a battle of the bottom or a matchup with a clear favorite. Fresh off the bye week, Mississippi State will look to capitalize on a stunned Alabama in the most likely upset game. The following week is the traditional SEC pre-rivalry week slate where top teams will each feast on a significantly inferior team. It is telling that the most exciting game will be Georgia vs. Texas A&M in a match where the line will clearly favor Georgia, likely by double digits. It will be fun in the same way that watching the scrappy but inexperienced sports movie protagonist get absolutely destroyed by an opponent early on in the film is. As teams turn their focus to their postseason aspirations, the LSU Tigers sit pretty while everyone else has serious reason for concern. James Travis is a junior in the McDonough School of Business. TAILGATES AND TRADITIONS appears online and in print every other Friday.

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his third-straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Akinjo was the only other Hoya to score double figures, recording 13 points, nine of which came in the first half. Yurtseven’s efforts to cut the lead to five points were the best the Hoyas could do, as the Nittany Lions quickly regained a doubledigit lead and held it for the remainder of the game. Penn State led the entire game and, with three minutes left to play, put the game out of reach with back-to-back three-pointers to take a 79-62 lead. For the game, the Nittany Lions shot 45% from three-point range, making 13 three-pointers. The game was a great opportunity to make a statement victory, but the Hoyas fell short in all phases of the game, with the stakes seeming too high as the Hoyas faced their strongest competition to this point in the young season. “We just did not handle the moment,” Ewing said. Georgetown will look to bounce back as it faces Georgia State University (1-1) Sunday evening, its last home game before heading to Madison Square Garden for the Empire Classic. Despite the impending challenge next week, Ewing will continue to focus on one game at a time as he helps the team improve in all phases of the game. “We have to watch film, make corrections and then after that get ready for Georgia State,” Ewing said. “They’re a quality team as well, so if we don’t play well, they’re capable of beating us.” Tipoff versus Georgia State is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, at Capital One Arena. The game will be televised on FS1 and can be heard locally on The Team 980 on 95.9 FM.

scoring drought, Penn State went on a 15-3 run to take a 25-7 lead. Yet Georgetown would not go down easy and fought back with help from sophomore guard James Akinjo. Akinjo ended the Nittany Lions’ run with a three-pointer, sparking a 9-0 Hoyas run over the next 1:31 to cut the deficit to nine points. Georgetown fought to keep the lead within striking distance. Akinjo knocked down a baseline jumper to cut the lead to 35-28. Although the Hoyas began to make shots, they could not stop their counterparts and eventually trailed 42-34 heading into the break. Ewing was disappointed in the pace of the game, as the Nittany Lions were able to slow down the contest and play more to their strengths. “They wanted to play slow, we wanted to play fast,” Ewing said. “Unfortunately, it didn’t work because we gave them too many wide-open shots.” For the half, both Georgetown and Penn State shot just under 43% from the field; Georgetown committed 13 turnovers and Penn State committed nine. Ewing sees shooting as the first thing to fix on the journey toward getting the offense back on track. “They beat us at everything. We turned them over also but we only got 12 points off turnovers. We also couldn’t make shots,” Ewing said. “We’ve got to do a better job at shooting a better percentage; we’re a better team.” To start the second half, senior center Omer Yurtseven brought the crowd to its feet with an aggressive and-one dunk, cutting the deficit to 42-37, the closest the scoring margin would get for the rest of the game. In the loss, Yurtseven, the team’s leading scorer, recorded

that was threatening but went just over the net. In the final minute of regulation, Nealis had a chance to win it for Georgetown as he split his way between two defenders and cut into the box. But his shot from a tight angle was right at goalkeeper Gabriel Gjergji as the game went to overtime. The best chances for either team in the overtime periods came from the Georgetown offense. With just seconds remaining in the first overtime period, junior defender Chris Le found Nealis in the box off a strong throw-in. Nealis flicked the ball to Dodson who headed the ball into the back of the net. The referee ruled that Nealis had illegally followed a Bulldog defender during the play, however, and the goal was ultimately disallowed. In the 106th minute, Le once again created a fantastic scoring opportunity after he received the ball on the left side of the box following a Butler clearance. Le played a cross on the ground to Dodson whose shot from six yards out was powerful but directly at Gjergji who made a firm reaction save. Both teams began the penalty shootout with their first three shooters scoring before the Bulldogs’ fourth penalty taker hit his shot over the crossbar. Junior forward Jack Beer took

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Junior midfielder Jacob Montes looks to put a spin move on a recent victory over Marquette. On the year, Montes has scored eight goals on 49 shots as one of the Hoyas’ highest-volume shooters. the fourth penalty for the Blue and Gray, but his shot was saved by a diving effort from Gjergji. Next, Butler’s fifth penalty taker missed wide of the net leaving freshman midfielder Dante Polvara with a chance to win it for Georgetown. Polvara coolly shot his penalty kick down the

center of the net to advance Georgetown to the championship game of the Big East Tournament. The Hoyas outshot the Bulldogs 21-10 and had 11 corners to the Bulldogs’ two as the Hoyas yet again controlled the game from an offensive perspective.

Georgetown will host Providence College at 12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, on Shaw Field in the Big East Tournament championship game, which will be nationally televised on FS2. Providence defeated St. John’s University 2-1 to clinch a spot in this game.

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Champions League after being unable to replace stars Luis Suárez and Raheem Sterling. Within three years, Klopp brought Liverpool all the way to a Champions League Final. Perhaps most importantly, he has established Liverpool as a club for top players to not only start their careers in but also stay into their primes. After winning the Champions League last season and racing off to a nine-point lead in this season’s Premier League campaign, Klopp’s club has con-

tinued performing well. While his margin kept them ahead of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, which has won the last two leagues in record-breaking fashion, Liverpool has clearly established themselves as the best team in the world of football, sitting well atop one of its most competitive leagues and consistently performing well in UEFA competition. Klopp has also done so mostly without the massive signings that teams like PSG, Barcelona and Real Madrid routinely make, with star Virgil Van Dijk being the only player to cost over 70 million pounds in

the transfer market, a standard cutoff in value to determine the world’s elite players. Now trying to determine why Klopp succeeds, what distinguishes Klopp’s teams is his ability to get the greatest performances out his players and create a team environment where all of his players fully commit to his philosophy. His Dortmund and Liverpool teams have been defined by frenetic high pressing of their opponents, a style that not only requires commitment by all eleven players on the field but also superior stamina. An-

other distinct aspect of Klopp’s Liverpool team is the lack of a defined star player, centered around a balanced front three of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané. Considering Liverpool’s clear status as the team to beat in the Premier League and Champions League without an overly lavish transfer budget, it is hard to dispute that Jürgen Klopp is the best manager in the world right now. Vikram Sud is a senior in the College. FROM THE SPOT appears online and in print every other week.

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the Georgetown offense. At the conclusion of the Big East tournament, Carolan, Leas and senior midfielder Sarah Trissel earned spots on the Big East All-Tournament Team. The Hoyas fell to Xavier in a well-fought game against a difficult opponent, according to Head Coach Dave Nolan. “Obviously, it’s disappointing for our streak to end, but you’ve got to give a lot of credit to Xavier; they’ve been the best team all year. To win both the regular season and championship, there’s no argument against that, and I know how difficult that is because we’ve done it ourselves, so credit to them,” said Nolan in an interview with GUHoyas. “At the end of the day, I can’t find fault with our team for what they were doing. We tried everything possible.” On Monday, No. 18 Georgetown received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament. This appearance is the Hoyas’ eighth consecutive tournament qualification, as they look to return to the College Cup after making a run to the Final Four last year before falling to North Carolina in double overtime. Georgetown will face West Virginia in the first round of the tournament Saturday, Nov. 16, at Shaw Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. placed his diving header into the open net tying the game. Despite having another seven shots following the equalizer, the Hoyas were unable to grab a second goal, and the game went to overtime. Throughout both overtime periods, the Hoyas had a number of efforts on goal but were once again denied by Kruse, who finished the match with nine saves. The draw was enough, however, for Georgetown to clinch the 2019 Big East regular season championship after the lead the Hoyas

had built atop the conference table. Georgetown outshot Creighton 27-11 and had 19 corners to Creighton’s two. Additionally, Nikopolidis made four saves in net for the Hoyas. The Hoyas will enter the Big East tournament as the top seed and will host the semifinal match on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. on Shaw Field. recorded two more shots before Georgetown responded with its first in the 25th minute. Despite the few opportunities to start the first half, the Hoyas soon found several offensive chances as they recorded seven shots in the first half to the Friars’ four. Scoring broke open shortly after the Hoyas’ first shot, with Carolan finishing off an assist by sophomore forward Boo Jackson in the 28th minute to secure a 1-0 lead. Carolan successfully struck again

in the 32nd minute, this time off an assist from Jackson and senior midfielder Carson Nizialek. The pair of goals moved Carolan into the fourth spot on Georgetown’s all-time scoring list and sent the Hoyas to the locker room with a 2-0 lead at the half. Georgetown attacked the Providence defensive line from the start of the second half. The Hoyas tallied 10 shots in the first 30 minutes before landing a third goal in the 75th minute. Menta received the ball in the box after a shot by GerminoWatnick was deflected by the Providence keeper, passing the ball into the back of the net. Germino-Watnick put the game away with a goal of her own off an assist by Jackson in the 85th minute, leading Georgetown to a 4-0 victory. On the day, the Hoyas recorded 21 total shots, with 14 on net as compared to the

Friars’ six, two of which were on frame. The shutout marks Georgetown’s eighth of the season. Moreover, Georgetown has not lost a Big East matchup since 2017, recording its 15th-straight conference victory. Leat earned the titles of Big East Goalkeeper of the Week and Freshman of the Week for her fifth and sixth shutouts of the season, as she has been absolutely instrumental to the team’s success thus far. Carolan and Nally were also recognized on the Weekly Honor Roll for their performances in the Villanova and Providence games. Georgetown returns home Thursday to host Xavier University. The Hoyas faced the Musketeers twice last year, tying 0-0 through double overtime in their first meeting and winning 3-1 in the Big East tournament. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Shaw Field.

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Senior forward Paula Germino-Watnick strikes a shot on net in a recent Georgetown victory. This shot was one of four in the game against Providence for Germino-Watnick who has nine goals on the season.

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Georgetown Advances to Conference Finals DREW SEWALL Hoya Staff Writer

The No. 3 Georgetown University men’s soccer team advanced to the championship game of the Big East Tournament by defeating Butler University in the fifth round of penalty kicks by a score of 4 to 3 in the Big East semifinals on Shaw Field on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The top-seeded Georgetown Hoyas (14-1-3, 7-0-2 Big East) hosted the fifth-seeded Butler Bulldogs (11-6-2, 4-4-1 Big East) and emerged victorious, clinching a spot in the Big East Finals, to be held Sunday, Nov. 17 on Shaw Field. In their previous matchup this season, the Hoyas defeated the Bulldogs 3-0 courtesy of two goals

by junior midfielder Jacob Montes on Sep. 20 on the road in Indianapolis, Ind. The Blue and Gray got off to a quick start as sophomore midfielder Sean Zawadzki scored in the third minute. Zawadzki hit a low one-time effort through traffic from about 20 yards out that flew into the bottom corner, giving Georgetown an early lead. Butler quickly struck back, however, as it equalized in the seventh minute. Zawadzki lost possession in the midfield leading to a quick Butler counterattack. Midfielder Alex Lehtinen finished the attack by placing his shot past freshman goalkeeper Tomas Romero, tying the game at one. After that goal, the half was full of back-and-forth action, but neither team was able to break the

deadlock for the remainder of the half. Well before the half, the Bulldogs had a prime opportunity to take the lead in the 16th minute, when forward Brandon Guhl found himself free in the box about 10 yards from goal. Guhl turned and got a shot off, beating Romero but hitting the crossbar to bounce off the goal line before freshman forward Will Sands cleared the ball away from danger. The game entered the halftime period with both teams still level. Like the first half, Georgetown struck first early in the second half when senior defender Dylan Nealis played a through ball to senior forward Achara on the right side of the box. Achara attempted to cross the ball to junior forward

Derek Dodson, but a Butler defender slid in and blocked the cross with his hand, resulting in a penalty kick. Achara buried the ensuing penalty kick, giving the Hoyas a 2-1 lead. Butler equalized once again, though, courtesy of Guhl. On a quick counterattack in the 70th minute, midfielder Jack Haywood played a through ball to Guhl who had a great one-time finish into the bottom corner, tying the game at two. After the goal, Guhl continued to be a persistent challenge to the Blue and Gray. In the 73rd minute, Guhl nearly assisted a goal but the resulting shot went wide of the net. Seconds later, he hit a half-volley from outside the box See BUTLER, A11

Senior center Omer Yurtseven drives through the lane and slams home an open dunk against Penn State on Thursday.

MATT SACHS

Hoya Staff Writer

In a game marked by poor shooting and turnovers, Georgetown University dropped its Gavitt Tipoff Game contest to Penn State by a score of 81-66. For the game, Georgetown (2-1) shot 38% from the floor and committed a season-high 21 turnovers, 13 coming in the first half. The Nittany Lions (3-0) converted the Hoya turnovers into 24 points. The Gavitt Tipoff games are an annual series of games in which teams from the Big East and Big Ten conferences face off. In the event last year, the Hoyas traveled to defeat Illinois. Georgetown Head Coach Patrick Ewing (CAS ’85) was

most disappointed in the team’s frequent turnovers throughout the game, especially in the first half. “We have to do a much better job of taking care of the ball,” Ewing said. “That’s one of the things we always try to stress is having a low turnover game, and then we gave up 22 points off [turnovers]. That’s way too much.” Penn State got off to a fast start to take an 11-point lead in the first five minutes. Penn State guard Myreon Jones scored 14 of the team’s first 16 points, all before the first television timeout, on his way to a career-high 21 points by the end of the game. Riding the Georgetown See PENN STATE, A11

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Junior forward Derek Dodson fights for a loose ball near the goaltender in a recent Georgetown victory. On the season, Dodson has scored seven goals and recorded six assists — his third-consecutive season with at least 19 points for the Hoyas.

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GU Falls to Xavier in Big East Final RACHEL GAUDREAU Hoya Staff Writer

Second-seeded Georgetown traveled to Omaha, Neb., to face sixth-seeded Providence in the Big East semifinals on Thursday. The Hoyas secured a 2-0 victory and earned a spot in the Big East title in the championship game, where they lost 2-1 to the top-seeded Xavier Musketeers. The Hoyas (13-4-3) opened the game by challenging the Friar (8-9-3) defense with two corner kicks and three shots within the first 11 minutes of play. In the following 15 minutes, Georgetown recorded six unanswered shots before Providence tallied its first shot in the 28th minute, which was saved by freshman keeper Anna Leat. In the 32nd minute, senior midfielder Carson Nizialek powered a set piece from 25 yards out to connect with freshman midfielder Julia Leas, who headed

the ball to the back corner, where junior defender Kelly Ann Livingstone got a thigh on the ball to finish it off and put the Blue and Gray up 1-0, Livingstone’s first of the season. The Friars responded to the goal with three shots at the end of the half, but they were shut down by the Hoya defense. Early in the second half, Providence continued the offensive pressure with four shots to Georgetown’s one in the first 10 minutes. However, the Blue and Gray offense soon notched a second goal to extend its lead in the 57th minute. Graduate forward Amanda Carolan scored the goal, recording her 11th goal of the season, with a shot from 20 yards out that found the upper right corner of the net. The goal moves Carolan to the third spot on Georgetown’s all-time scoring list with 34 career goals and breaks her previous career-high of 10 goals in a

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Sophomore forward Caitlin Moon turns upfield in the Hoyas’ victory against Providence. Moon has two goals on the season.

single season. Throughout the game, Georgetown outshot Providence 20-10, nine being on goal for the Hoyas, while the Friars only challenged Leat thrice. Georgetown held a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks. The Providence keeper, Shelby Hogan, recorded seven saves to Leat’s three, achieving her seventh shutout of the season and Georgetown’s 10th. Georgetown’s offense had found success against Providence in the past, defeating the Friars 4-0 in Providence on Oct. 6, one of the team’s strongest victories of the season. With the win, the Blue and Gray returned to the Big East championship for the fourth consecutive year, having won its past three appearances. The second-seeded Hoyas took to the field in Omaha at Morrison Stadium on Sunday afternoon to challenge the top-seeded Xavier Musketeers (16-3-2) for the conference title. After having defeated the Musketeers 2-1 at home earlier this season, the Hoyas hoped to emerge victorious once again to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but ultimately fell to Xavier. The game opened with opportunities for both sides, as the Musketeers earned both a shot and a corner kick in the first 10 minutes to the Hoyas’ two shots and one corner kick. In the 11th minute, the Xavier offense gained possession and sent the ball down the field immediately on a counterattack. Sophomore forward Brooke Sroka received the long ball and lofted a shot into the back of the net, past

Leat, to put the Musketeers up 1-0 early. With the wind at their backs, the Musketeers continued offensive pressure and landed a second goal in the 36th minute of the half on a shot that came from 14 yards out. Despite tying Xavier with eight shots in the half, Georgetown could not find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes and headed to the locker room down 2-0. The Hoyas began the second half with the wind to their advantage, as they looked to notch a goal to bring the game within one. From the whistle, the Blue and Gray dominated possession and created numerous offensive opportunities. The Hoya offense earned seven shots and three corners in the second half, while the defense held the Musketeers to one shot and zero corners. Senior defender Meaghan Nally and Nizialek led the offensive efforts, both tallying three shots in the match. One of Georgetown’s most promising chances at a comeback came in the 64th minute when Carolan slotted the ball toward the right post, with the shot eventually traveling just wide of the net. Toward the end of regulation, in the 88th minute, senior forward Casey Richards also put a shot on net that was saved by the Xavier keeper. The Blue and Gray recorded a pair of shots in the 57th and 58th minutes, first with a header by Leas that was saved by the Xavier keeper and another ball from Nizialek directed on goal that was again saved. The Xavier keeper ended the day with eight total saves, shutting out See XAVIER, A11

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Vikram Sud

Jürgen Klopp Has Become The World’s Top Soccer Manager Despite managing highly successful clubs since 2001, Jürgen Klopp has never really been considered a candidate for the title of the world’s best manager by many members of the media. What Klopp did recently for Borussia Dortmund, winning the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2012 with one of the league’s youngest teams before a successful 2013 Union of European Football Associations Champions League campaign, as well as making the 2018 UCL finals with Liverpool and getting off to a great start this year, should cement him as the world’s top manager. Jürgen Klopp began his career managing Mainz 05, earning the German club promotion to the Bundesliga and even qualifying for the Euro Cup, which is now the Europa League. His efforts were recognized by Borussia Dortmund, the second biggest club in Germany behind Bayern Munich, in 2008 when he was hired. His time at Dortmund was again defined by overachievement. He managed to claim con-

secutive Bundesliga titles, topping a vaunted Bayern Munich team in the midst of an era where they reached three UCL finals in five seasons. In 2013, Klopp led Dortmund to the Champions League final, topping Real Madrid in the semifinals, before losing a heartbreaking final to Bayern Munich. What Klopp managed to do in Dortmund was nothing short of remarkable, as he managed to keep Dortmund competitive with Bayern, a club with both more historical prestige and far more money, proven by Mario Götze and Robert Lewandowski. Those stars both signed for Bayern in 2012 and 2013 despite Dortmund’s success under Klopp. When Klopp left Dortmund in 2015, he was a hot commodity, but even Liverpool could not have expected the success he brought when they secured his hire. At the time, Liverpool was reeling on and off the field, struggling to qualify for the See SUD, A11