• 9.0 points per game doesn’t come for free: in our cover this week, I look into what makes freshman Austin Freeman the player he is today.  (Short answer: hard work, selflessness and raw talent.  Long answer: read it here.)
• Congressman Frank Wolf has been causing quite a fuss over a $20 million donation from a Saudi prince to Georgetown, News reports.  The Editorial Board tells Wolf he’s barking up the wrong tree.
• The Hoyas face off against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday at the Verizon Center.  Tony Francavilla tells you why you shouldn’t be worried.  (Hint: the main reason is 7′ 2″ and has a hook shot that can’t be contained.)
• Looking for something to do after the game on Saturday?  Black Comedy is playing at the Devine Studio Theatre (you can buy tickets here) and Ryan May Handy says it’s not half-bad.
• Molly Redden takes us across the ocean and around the world with letters from a friend of hers in Kenya.
• If you still haven’t made up your mind about which GUSA ticket to vote for, maybe our article on Tuesday’s debate will help you out.  (And then go here to vote.)

And that is all the news that’s fit to print.  Well, most of it anyway.

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