Better than a cup of coffee, the Morning Digest will provide you with what you need to be prepared for the day: a daily round-up of links, local news, and important events on campus and around D.C.

     Today will have scattered clouds with a chance of rain, with a high of 75.

To masticate today:

• OCAF, Student Housing do the bureaucracy shuffle: Yesterday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson and Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey announced that OCAF and Student Housing would be moving to the Division of Student Affairs effective July 1, 2013, among other office changes. 
• Question Time: Jim Coury (SFS ’15) has advanced to the semifinals in the College Championship of the show Jeopardy. Tune in on May 15 to watch the semifinal round.
• May Madness: Point guard Tre Campbell confirmed that he has committed to play basketball for Georgetown, last night via Twitter . He joins power forward Isaac Copeland as part of the incoming class.

What to look out for:

• Going to get law schooled: Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed two separate cases against Metro Transit officers. The teenagers represented in the cases allege that Metro Transit officers assaulted them, then invented charges in order to justify the arrests.
• Bus-spotting: Several changes to the D.C. Circulator have been proposed this week. Under the new plan, put forth by  Councilwoman Mary C. Cheh (D-Ward 3), Circulator fares could double, from the current fare of $1. The revenue from the increased fare would go towards expanding Circulator routes, including the Georgetown-Rosslyn and Georgetown-Union Station loops. Of course, if public transport is just too plebeian for you, D.C.’s cabs will be taking credit cards by the end of August, so buckle up.

This afternoon, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson and Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey released a memo announcing pending changes in the structure of the Office of University Facilities and Student Housing, which includes the Office of Campus Activity Facilities and Student Housing.

As of July 1, 2013, OCAF and Student Housing will become part of the Division of Student Affairs. Housing and the Office of Residence Life will consolidate into one office, headed by Stephanie Lynch, Director of Residence Life since 2003. OCAF will move to Student Affairs as part of Student Engagement, and will be led by Assistant Dean Erika Cohen-Derr.

The entire Office of University Facilities and Student Housing will change to become Planning and Facilities Management. Jonalyn Ware Greene, who currently heads the Office, will transition to lead Financial Management and Business Operations for the new office.  The role of Planning and Facilities Management is to ”focus on master planning, facility infrastructure improvements and work order management implementation to facilitate service improvements,” according to the memo. These changes will not affect summer or fall housing, late stay, or activity space scheduling.

The memo, titled “Strategic Changes to Support a Vibrant Living and Learning Community,” explained that these changes came after consultation with students and faculty and took comments and questions from the Hoya Roundtables over the past two years into consideration. “We are making significant investments to bring more students on campus, and to engage students, faculty, and staff in the life of our campus, inside the classroom, in residence halls, and in the many co-curricular opportunities offered,” the memo said. ”This change comes at an exciting time and provides us the capacity to ensure students experience a premiere residential environment that supports an engaged campus community.”

Photo: Tiffany Lachhonna/Georgetown Voice

Update, Tuesday, 6:00 pm: “It appears that the vehicle was left in neutral and simply rolled out of its space,” DPS Chief Jay Gruber said. “The vehicle was unoccupied when the accident occurred. There was nobody driving it. There was no foul play. It wasn’t intentional. At this point in time, we don’t anticipate anybody getting any tickets or anything like that.”

The crash ended up damaging University property in the accident. “It’ll be referred to our office of risk management, which does all our insurance claims to work it out with the car insurance company,” Gruber said.

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This past weekend, Georgetown’s adjunct professors voted in favor of forming a union with the local branch of Service Employees International Union, SEIU Local 500.

The election was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. 311 of the 650 eligible voting members participated in the election, and 72 percent voted in favor of forming a collective bargaining unit. Georgetown joins American University and George Washington as part of a larger SEIU initiative to unionize the part-time professors in the District.

This vote comes after an extended campaign, launched in Oct. 2012. Provost Robert Groves wrote to the faculty about the unionization process, citing the Just Employment Policy as an important aspect of Georgetown’s partnership with its workers. As per the policy, “all working members [at Georgetown] have the right to freely associate and organize, and that the University will respect the rights of employees to vote for or against union representation without intimidation, unjust pressure, undue delay or hindrance in accordance with applicable law.”

After the election, there is a seven-day period for objections to be filed, and the results cannot be certified until any objections are resolved. Once the results are certified, SEIU Local 500 will represent part-time, non-tenure line faculty on the Main Campus. Neither faculty of the the Law Center campus nor the Medical Center, which includes the NHS in this case, will take part of the union at this time.

David Rodich, Executive Director of SEIU Local 500, spoke favorably of Georgetown’s administrators. “This was a respectful process between the union and Georgetown University,” he said. “The administration made a point of putting their social teaching into practice … I hope that other institutions will look at how Georgetown put its just employment policy into practice and that they will view this as a model for how universities should handle organizing campaigns.”

Better than a cup of coffee, the Morning Digest will provide you with what you need to be prepared for the day: a daily round-up of links, local news, and important events on campus and around D.C.

     Today has a good chance of rain with a high of 64. Update, 6:22 pm: There is a 30 percent chance that it is already raining.

To masticate today:

• Michelle Obama book signing: This morning, Michelle Obama will be signing copies of her book “American Grown: The Story of the Whitehouse Garden and Gardens Across America” at Politics and Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW between 11:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

What to look out for:

• Breast cancer walk: The Georgetown Lombardi/Capital Breast Care Center team raised more than $145,000 for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in D.C. The 39.3 mile, two-day walk took place on Saturday and Sunday, and, at the closing ceremony on Sunday, Avon presented $250,000 to Capital Breast Care Center.
  
• Capital Bikeshare accused of underpaying workers: The D.C. bike rental service has come under investigation by the U.S. Labor Department now that a former employee alleges that he was underpaid for nearly two years.
• This time, it’s not the British: Former Marine Adam Kokesh is planning a march on Washington. The gun rights advocate has stated that, if enough people attend, he will lead a group of rifle-toting gun rights supporters across Memorial Bridge and into D.C. this 4th of July. Recognizing the illegality of such a venture, Kokesh hopes the police will work with him on a plan to allow the protest to take place.

Better than a cup of coffee, the Morning Digest will provide you with what you need to be prepared for the day: a daily round-up of links, local news, and important events on campus and around D.C.

   Today will be humid with a chance of showers, with a high of 64.

To masticate today:

• Hit the books: Tonight, OCAF will be hosting the Hoya Saxa Study Slam at Sellinger Lounge at 11 p.m. There will be free pizza and candy. There will also be coffee to remind you that you still need to study, and that this isn’t a middle school sleepover.
• The Postal Service: Georgetown students can now use PostYourBook to buy and sell textbooks to each other. It is a free service where you post the textbooks you still own from past classes, and you can contact students who have the books you want. This will hopefully help cut down your costs, although Vox is definitely going to miss scouring Facebook GAAP groups for textbooks.

What to look out for:

• Drink up: It’s National Drinking Water Week! This week of hearty celebration serves to remind us of the “essential role drinking water plays in our daily lives.” There are going to be various school events and festivals to increase awareness about the importance of water conservation and recycling.
• Buck up: In another reminder that D.C. is neither a swing nor a state, President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at The Ohio State University last night. He spoke at length about the unique qualities of American citizenship, and took the opportunity to slip in a few jabs at Wall Street and Congress—all in all, a rollicking good time. Watch it in full here.

On Tuesday morning, former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) came to Gaston Hall to deliver the first of a series of four talks, titled “The Clinton Lectures at Georgetown,” that will occur over a number of years.

He was introduced by University President John De Gioia, who detailed Clinton’s accomplishments, which include the founding of the Clinton Foundation, which partners with NGOs, world leaders, and other institutions in order to foster solutions to problems such as poverty and environmental sustainability.

This  is not the first time Clinton has given a series of lectures at Georgetown. In 1991, during his tenure as governor of Arkansas and his first run for president, he delivered a series titled “New Covenant,” about the importance of public service.

Clinton focused on a similar topic for his first talk. “I have reached the firm conclusion that 21st century citizenship requires that we do some public good as part of private life,” he said. ”The future can be better than the present, and each of us has a personal, moral responsibility to make it so.”

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As the unfortunate among us undertake the first round of finals today, it might comfort you to know that at least you’re going to look good while suffering—and no, it’s not all that healthy Leo’s food finally paying off.

A recent study conducted by the venerated institution of Buzzfeed measured “The Sexiest, Smartest Schools in the Country.” They used the academic rankings from Forbes and the equally scientific data from DateMySchool’s National Hotness Google Doc Index to create the graph. The graph placed Georgetown below Princeton and Harvard for academic rigor (chip, meet shoulder), but far ahead of Stanford and Northwestern for sexiness of the student body.

The top 10 list includes Columbia and University of Virginia, paired with pictures of sexy alumni—Jake Gyllenhaal and Tina Fey respectively. Vox thinks, however, that they need to re-evaluate: don’t we get points for Bradley Cooper, the actual sexiest man alive, and Bill Clinton?

Georgetown performs well overall in the District, scoring above both American University and George Washington in both the “Most Academic” and “Most Sexy” categories. (Howard was not included in the poll, but in this report, at least, GW remains ranked.) American loses out to GW in terms of studying, but GW remains the least attractive of the three schools.

With that in mind, happy studying! Enjoy the ego boost based off of completely arbitrary criteria.

Photo: Jessica James via Flickr.