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LETTERFROMTHEEDITOR

I’m cutting the Round Up. Bear with me.

Journalism is a force for good. I truly believe this. It challenges the status quo in the hopes of promoting some kind of positive change—whether it’s shedding light on something unknown, demanding improvement or attention or action, or forcing readers to reflect on their reality. Journalism helps us.

I’ve always referred to Street as a magazine for students, not a magazine against students. We’re here to inform and to challenge and to entertain—not to bully or shame or humiliate. In running for Editor–in–Chief, my goal was clear: to allow Street to truly become an arts and culture magazine, not a tabloid or a gossip rag.

Publishing fraternity gossip and sorority buzz delegitimizes the strong and provocative journalism Street does on a daily basis. I cannot consider Street a publication of character while running the Round Up, and I cannot expect readers to take our features and investigative stories seriously when published alongside something so baselessly cruel. How can we possibly run stories on important topics—topics like food insecurity and eating disorders and mental health—when we threaten our journalistic integrity weekly? It’s hypocritical and nonsensical. The Round Up compromises any tangible good we promote.

But it’s more than that.

The Round Up is pervasive. Like it or not, Penn reads it—it regularly clocks in as Street’s most–read article, hitting roughly 2,000 views each week. Penn voraciously consumes the Round Up, but that doesn’t convince me that we actually like it or need it.

I have more faith in Penn students—we read it to stay in the know.

We uneasily check every Thursday to see if perhaps our drunken

mistakes made the cut, to see if the things we want no one to know are suddenly made public. But we don’t read it because we take pleasure in it.

I can’t continue to publish the Round Up knowing the tangible harm it causes. I can’t represent and defend a magazine that stands for the systematic shaming of Penn students. I can’t possibly be the face of a publication that is at odds with itself. Journalism is a force for good because it can promote some kind of positive change.

The Round Up is not journalism. It does nothing intrinsically good.

So I’m cutting it. I’m getting rid of the Round Up. I’m compromising our numbers and our hits and I’m taking the plunge. If my legacy is to have knocked down Street’s numbers, so be it. Because I know my legacy will also include forgoing tradition in favor of something actively positive. It will include, hopefully, making Penn’s campus just a little kinder and a little gentler. I believe this will allow Street to be what it’s meant to be. I have faith in this. I hope you do too.

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HIT IT

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just waiting to be told to do HIT IT: something at any given moCuffing season QUIT IT: Flu season ment, the rest of us might as Yeah, yeah, Valentine's Day is around the corner. Big whoop.

While Highbrow's not one to couple up for coupling's sake, we do recommend attaching yourself to the one person you know who isn't sniffling, shivering or soliciting Vitamin C pills from their group chats. All your friends are sick, anyway—might as well spend some quality time with that guy who always carries Purrell.

HIT IT: Pledges QUIT IT: Doing things for yourself

The amount of boys ordering seven salads from Sweetgreen is ridiculously high. The number of girls leaving the Quad in onesies and other odd outfits is on an upward climb. Why, you ask? It’s pledging season, baby!

With a boatload of freshmen

well capitalize on the opportunity to never get out of bed.

HIGHBROW

Sometimes you're in, but most of the time you're out... count? It’s too hard to sit back and watch those slices pop in and out of the oven without ordering one for yourself.

Self–control was so last year, and even though bikini season is right around the corner, midnight munchies are inevitably going to get the best of us. Late– night

Allegro entertainment is always better with some damn good pizza in hand anyway.

Scene veteran: I miss the days when kids just did blow. Now there's a drug for everything.

Burrito aficionado: I felt lost and alone when I heard about Chipotle's health code violation, but I found my way to comfort in Qdoba.

If you disagree with this one, then why don’t you just CASH ME OUSSIDE HOWBOW DAH?

If you don’t remember eating it, did the calories even

at

Confused Wharton Professor: I'm sure many of you have start– ups.

HIT IT: STREET SLANG QUIT IT: PROPER ENGLISH

HIT IT: Late– night ALLEGRO QUIT IT: Spring break diet

over heard PENN

Your local hype– beast: I'm currently choosing between two gold crowns for my teeth or a motorcycle. That's a real decision.

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Wikimedia.

Devil who only wears Prada: I will not talk to you ever again if you wear CVS glasses.

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MY OWN PENN BUBBLE

Friday. The day when most are basking in the laziness that’s made possible by a weekday without class. It’s when brunch, Netflix and later–than– noon wake–ups reign supreme. Sounds like the life, no?

Except for me, and many of my religiously observant peers, that doesn’t exist. Let me walk you through the craziness that is my every Friday: Wake up as early as my body can handle. Cram in as much work as possible. Shower mid–afternoon.

Cook for Shabbat. Shut my phone and laptop down, wistful for the few hours of productivity I managed to get in. Set up my lights for the next 25 hours. Sprint to services as the sun goes down, because I’m never not running late—the sun goes down as early as 4 p.m.

The day’s just too short. And while that might sound straight–up stressful, it’s just the beginning of my weekly bliss: Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.

I grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in New Jersey. I attended Jewish primary school, a host of Jewish summer camps, Jewish high school in New York City and spent a gap year in Israel.

Then I came to Penn, which, statistically speaking, is a quarter Jewish. I guess you could say I live in a Jewish bubble. And up until I got to Penn, I didn’t really have to give my Jewishness a second thought.

For me, being Jewish at Penn is mostly easy. My rocky transition to college? Nonexistent, thanks to a little enclave in Hillel called the Orthodox Community at Penn (OCP). In a nutshell, this community of some–200 Orthodox Jews spends loads of time in Hillel everyday—eating meals together, attending prayer services up to three times a day and hosting intimate potluck Shabbat meals in the spirit of the weekly day of rest. "Members" often get acquainted before even stepping foot on Locust—many of us met during an often times shared gap year in Israel. By the end of my first week at Penn, I didn’t just have a friend group of fellow "gap year kids"—I was also already waving to upperclassmen on Locust. I instantly formed a family at Penn.

Beyond this oasis within Hillel, though, Penn was my first time in an environment with people who weren’t slight iterations of myself. They weren’t part of the "yeshiva league," the broader community of New York area Orthodox Jews, and many hadn’t met an Orthodox Jew before. It was the also first time I wasn’t spending upwards of four 4

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Life as an Orthodox Jew.

TALIA STERMAN hours a day, every day, in front of Hebrew texts.

Some more firsts: Having to explain why I was rushing to shower at 2 p.m. on a Friday. Having to explain why I’d be unreachable for 25 hours starting sundown on Friday. Having to explain why I was all dressed up on Friday night and Saturday morning—no, I wasn’t heading to a date night, but instead would be singing along with the entire OCP on Hillel’s second floor, Hebrew prayer book in hand. Having to apologize to new friends and group project partners for not responding to texts until three stars emerged on Saturday night.

Having to explain to people why I only eat Hillel

plaining what I was doing and why I was doing it?

To say, "Because that’s what I’ve always done, and it’s what I’ve been taught" isn’t good enough.

How about because my family has done so for generations? My paternal grandfather survived the Holocaust, hiding out in the forests, and my maternal grandfather escaped persecution in Baghdad and miraculously made it to Israel. Or maybe it’s because I believe in God. Tradition, continuity and faith are certainly sacred, but there had to be something more to why I maintain this all–encompassing lifestyle. Maybe it’s because I find it—and those who also practice it—truly inspirational.

I've had to make difficult choices about how I define myself, both in and out of Penn. I try to find a way to maintain my religious practices when they're not the norm, and I've learned that this doesn't come easy.

What’s most impressive is that my peers dedicate countless hours amid the pressures of life at Penn to securing all aspects of a vibrant Jewish community: maintaining a kosher dining hall, planning social events, advocating for religious students, coordinating prayer services and organizing learning opportunities around the clock.

Granted, at times, Judaism can be routine, ritualistic and disruptive. Take Shabbat, for example—I can’t use my phone, do work for a full 25 hours, use transportation, or go out on Friday nights. But even in its least inspiring moments, it's taught me perspective. I prefer to spin it like this: I get to turn off my phone. I get to take a 25–hour break from everything. I get to reconnect with friends, my family, God and myself.

Most of all, I get to be fully present. And Illustration by Anne-Marie Grudem when I’m doing it with over 200 passionate, dedicated Jews on a weekly basis, it’s all the wraps, twice a day —they’re definitively amazing, more magical. but it’s also because I keep kosher, which means I might still live in a bubble, but that bubble has no Wishbone, Allegro Pizza or Philly cheesesteaks expanded and helped me expand in ways I’d never for me. Having to explain what I’m mumbling anticipated. Judaism has been the one constant: before taking a sip of water—I’m saying a Bracha, my saving grace in this crazy phase of life we call or a thanks–to–God–for–hydrating–me. Catching college. The next time you ask about my religious myself saying Baruch Hashem (translation: thank choices, I hope I’ll have some more answers for God) after hearing good news, inevitably leading you. And while you’re at it, hit me up for Shabbat to some seriously confused looks. In other words, dinner sometime—you’re going to love it. it was the first time I was doing things entirely different from my peers, and having to explain what was so second nature to me yet incredibly foreign to anyone else who’d ask. And I hated to admit that the answers to these questions weren’t necessarily Read more at 34st.com clear to me—so how could I possibly go about ex-

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EGOOF THE WEEK: ANNA KANTER Finally: an EOTW who knows how soft Hillary Clinton's hands are.

BY JULIA BELL across the globe.

“I’m really passionate about women’s reproductive rights, reproductive health, public health and health policy,” she explained.

She's furthered that interest through her work at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, where she does research on the media’s coverage of the Zika virus. She plans to carry these values with her after she graduates in May, when she “100 percent wants to be doing something good for the world."

Anna was walking down Locust when her friend Jana flagged her down.

Jana, then the president of Penn Democrats, knew Anna had volunteered with Penn Dems before. She asked if Anna was free that Saturday to assist with a Clinton event—which is how, on that Saturday in November, Anna found herself driving a white van packed with Hillary Clinton’s press team down the highway.

The van was part of the Democratic candidate’s motorcade, which traveled from the Philadelphia airport to a political event in the city. Police cars bookended the motorcade and more police officers on motorcycles flanked the procession.

“You’re going super fast, like 70, 80 down regular streets,” Anna recalled. “And you can’t leave a gap between the other cars.”

Streets were closed off so the motorcade could proceed without interruption, and the vans zoomed through stop signs and red lights.

While Anna was driving, one of the journalists from NPR started recording a podcast in the van.

“I heard that her personal team was super stressed, since it was right before the election, so it was kind of silent in their car,” Anna said, “but the journalists were just sarcastic and funny and making jokes.”

After they drove down, Anna and the other volunteers had an opportunity to join the hallowed circle of Penn students who have profile pictures with major Democratic party figures (see: Joe Biden).

“They got us in for a photo with her [HRC] later,” she said. She doesn’t remember what Clinton smelled like, but “her hand was very warm, though. It was really

soft. She must lotion a lot.”

Even though most people would be terrified to barrel down the highway in a van filled with journalists in a Presidential candidate's motorcade, Anna has a higher tolerance for uncomfortable situations than most people (although she does admit that the drive was scary). The motorcade drive actually combines two items that Anna has an affinity for: social causes and talking to strangers. While most of us cast our eyes to our phones during uncomfortable social situations, Anna actually likes talking to people she doesn't know. Her embrace of the potentially awkward comes in handy during PennQuest, where, as a group leader, she has to convince a group of scared freshmen to open up and befriend each other in the Appalachian wilderness. Anna

has four days to take nervous freshmen from strangers to life–long friends—no small task, but a welcome challenge for the perpetually warm and inclusive Anna. Anna's deft ability to handle interactions with strangers also came in handy this semester, when she volunteered for the Democratic campaign by registering voters in Clark Park and door–knocking in the highrises.

To be sure, Anna always had an affinity for people. She gravitated towards a cappella group Off The Beat, immediately identifying the group as one that would quickly become a close Penn family for both her and its other members. Anna served as Off The Beat's president last year.

As a Health and Studies major, Anna also takes a look at the social issues that impact people

Street: If your life were a musical, who would you want to write the score?

Anna Kanter: That’s tough.

I mean, you can’t beat Steven Spielberg—with some LinManuel Miranda flair thrown in there for creativity. Maybe a duo? I feel like they’d be a dream team.

they’ll be university–approved.

(Ed. note: it was weird but probably university-approved.)

The weirdest thing I’ve seen done on PennQuest—my freshman year, a kid in my group pooped out of a tree with all of us watching. Twice.

It was amazing. It’s captioned on video somewhere. We also did circle poops. All the girls in my group freshman year.

Tandem poops are great.

wearing dresses. Yeah, and I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

question but people always shoot it down when I ask it.

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Street: So what’s your spirit vegetable?

AK: I would say it would have to be a sweet potato. Kind of earthy, into bright colors—even though I’m wearing all black. I decided that’s something I want to do though, is wear more bright colors, because everything’s been a little dreary.

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Street: Of Lin and Steven.

AK: Leven...Stin...bad couple names.

Street: What the weirdest thing you’ve licked during PennQuest?

Anna: Probably the weirdest thing I’ve licked is someone’s armpit, but I don’t think that’s that weird. I’ve seen some weird things get licked, though, for sure.

Street: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen get licked?

AK: The weirdest thing I’ve seen get licked...I don’t know if

Street: If there are two types of people at Penn, what are they?

Anna: So, I knew I was going to be asked this and I keep coming back to this even though it’s cliché: those who did PennQuest and those who wish they did PennQuest.

Street: Is there anything about you that’s stayed the same since Kindergarten?

Anna: I love to read, I used to read to kids in my class. I love

Street: Do you have a favorite meme?

AK: Honestly, I’m not super into the meme culture. I appreciate them when people send them to me but I wouldn’t say I really understand it. I wouldn’t say I’m ‘in’ the meme culture. I probably sound 90 years old. But I do like the Kermit meme. The me–to–me ones.

NAME: ANNA KANTER HOMETOWN: EVANSTON IL

Street: If there were a me–to– me Kermit meme about your life, what would it be?

AK: Let’s see...I’d probably say, "Me: Apply to jobs. Me to me: continue watching Parks and Rec." Street: Is there anything that we forgot to ask you?

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WORK HARD STUDY HARD? Work–study doesn't just have to be about clocking in hours. These students snagged some of the coolest work–study gigs around. Read on, and try to contain your jealousy.

SARAH LENTZ (C'19)

alumnus Margorie Margolis, WCI works on women’s development both in Philadelphia “I’m a political science and abroad. The organization major, and although I’m not works to implement programs entirely sure what I want to do with that, non–profit work in communities across the globe according to the needs is definitely a big chunk of of the women living there. “I what I’m looking into for the future,” said Sarah, who interns recently worked on a program in Jordan, trying to encourage at Women’s Campaign Interwomen to join the workforce,“ national. Founded by Penn

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Sarah explains. “My job was to look up Jordanian women who had participated in exchange programs through Goldman Sachs, 10,000 women, or any of the State Department’s international exchange programs, and had returned back to Jordan to work. I researched these women to see what they are doing now and what their contact information is, so that WCI could contact them to participate in speaker series with other women, multiple panels and leadership training.” Initiatives such as this are meant to empower women to feel more comfortable entering

SOFIA PALACIOS C’19)

Sofia Palacios found her job through a fellow teammate on the field hockey team. She works as a runner through Penn Athletics and scores basketball, football and field hockey games—basically any Penn Athletic event you can think of. The culmination of the work–study program: working Penn Relays.

“I really had no idea how massive it was. It’s not too often you see all of Franklin Field filled.

Being on the field and seeing how much work goes into the event was incredible,” Palacios says. “Obviously, I’ve watched a ton of sports but actually being a part of making everything run smoothly has definitely changed my perspective.” Although technically undecided in her major, Palacios is pursuing an interest in history in the College. “I don’t know if sports will necessarily be a specific part of my job [after graduation], but I can definitely see it being a part of my life forever," she says. "This job has helped me discover that.”

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the workplace. Sarah decided to continue her fall internship into second semester. “Learning how non–profits work has been what I am most grateful

for. Observing the important connections in the political world firsthand has been really interesting.”

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Lion,” but with bacon. Each of nilla or caramel) can be made for customers upon request. these items are $4.

Prices vary but generally range MCDONALD’S: Believe between $1 and $3. it or not, McD’s also has two Illustration by Gloria Yuen gorgeously delicious $2 items hidden from its public menu: the Bacon McChicken and the Bacon McDouble. Different from the more traditional McChicken and McDouble, the bacon versions of these burgers incorporate one slice of thin, juicy bacon between the patty and the bun—making a world of difference.

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Veg menu items that can be transformed into bowls and SMOKES': Little did we wraps upon request. Burgknow, Smokey Joe's also has a ers can also be morphed into hidden collection of unique, bowls and wraps as well—all “unofficial” drinks. The for the same original price.

“Electric Lemonade”—a $10 bright blue drink comprised KITCHEN GIA: Located of a traditional Long Island at 3716 Spruce St., Kitchen (made with tequila, vodka, Gia offers warm beverage spelight rum, triple sec, gin, and cialty items outside of its regua splash of cola) infused with lar menu offerings. While their Blue Curacao Liqueur—packs normal coffee menu is open for a punch for a night out. The the public to see, the specialty Pennstitution also secretly items—including strawberry– serves the “Stoli Punch": a $10 chocolate hot chocolate, cherry fruit–flavored vodka mixed cordials and milk steamers (vawith orange, pineapple and cranberry juices infused with bits of cherry and oranges.

Knock back a Hot Totty ($6) for another secret special: a hot Lipton tea, mixed with a shot of whiskey.

SWEETGREEN: Sweetgreen and Bon Appetit—the main food dining and catering service at Penn—have recently teamed up to offer you their newest concoction: the “Healthyish Bowl.” Not too healthy, but healthy–ish, the bowl includes warm squash, shredded kale, Sweetgreen Hot Sauce, cucumber, Herb Falafel, cilantro, fresh lime squeeze, warm quinoa, raw beet, feta cheese, Cucumber Tahini Yogurt Dressing, and spicy sunflower seeds—all for $11.85.

Make sure you add Sweetgreen on Snapchat to learn more LYN’S FOOD about this new secret menu TRUCK: Located right outitem, @teamsweetgreen. side the lower quad gate, Lyn’s Food Truck has some hidden CAPOGIRO: Not listed food gems available for stuon Capogiro’s menu are its dents who are on top of their distinct and unique Frappes. game in the secret food menu Customers can pick any one or scene. The “White Lion” is a two flavors of gelato and create sandwich roll with egg whites, the milkshake–like concoction mixed vegetables, chicken and for $7.49. For $5.56 (with mushrooms. The “Yellow Lion” tax), you can also purchase the is the same—but instead of Affogato—a newly secret addi- egg whites, it uses regular eggs. tion to Capo’s menu offerings. And then you have the coveted “Red Lion,” which is essentially Once present on the menu but in hiding as of late, the the same thing as the “Yellow

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AMERICAN APPAREL'S LASTING LEGACY Trendy, provocative, but simple—American Apparel, a once popular and thriving brand, will finally close its doors in April after years of financial turmoil. After filing for bankruptcy twice (once in 2011 and again in 2016) and ousting founder and CEO Dov Charney in 2014 because of sexual harassment lawsuits, the company was sold to Gildan Activewear. Despite recent reputation of American Apparel as a failing brand with slow sales and unchanging product lines, the company leaves a distinct cultural and economic legacy in the world of retail.

American Apparel is somewhat of a retail miracle, a store that was able to expand from a wholesale company to a trendy retailer with a global presence. It's a brand that permeates campus, from the store on 36th and Walnut to the students who rock its clothing.

One policy that sets American Apparel apart from similar retailers is their “Made in LA” stance: that is, all clothing is made in the USA, with no sweatshops involved. This idea attracted many young people to its stores, and in context with its closing, will leave about 3,400 factory workers in Southern California jobless. In a time where many retailers go overseas for their production, and politicians are calling for 8

more factory jobs in the United States, the failure of this company is more politically relevant than ever.

Although, this American– made “ethical superiority” set American Apparel apart from the rest, it was just as (in) famous for its controversial, provocative and sexualized advertising strategy. American Apparel ads, up until 2014, had a voyeuristic feel to them—featuring topless female models, camera angles often used in pornography, models in sex positions and even porn stars like Faye Reagan. In 2009, American Apparel featured award– winning porn star Sasha Grey, wearing nothing but yellow thigh-high socks in one of their campaigns. The iconic “Meet ___” format for advertisements paired with sexually provocative poses quickly became iconic and defined the company.

However, not all of its sexually charged campaigns were met with popular buzz. American Apparel came under fire for often using models that looked childlike in their campaigns, further hurting their image in relation to CEO Dov Charney’s sexual assault lawsuits. For example, the 2013 “Meet Trudy” ad was banned in the United Kingdom for featuring a vulnerable, underage looking model.

College sophomore Seb Dombrowski agrees that the

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retailer’s provocative ads are not well received for good reasons.

"I don't really like their advertising style. I think that the voyeuristic viewpoint and sexualization of Lolita–esque models further exacerbates an issue that already plagues our society.”

The provocative marketing strategy initially worked very well, making it seem as though buying sex was as American as apple pie. Only in recent years has American Apparel changed their marketing strategy to include more inclusive and less controversial models and poses.

Though American Apparel’s advertising and workforce may be the only legacy they leave

behind, Penn students are still going to miss the 80s classics, high–quality basics and well– fitting pants that American Apparel has offered for over 10 years. The brand maintained a loyal fan base for its basic staples: disco pants, colorful knee socks, ringer tees, classic jeans and lulu tops, among others.

“I always appreciated the simplistic, crisp, not–too–extra aesthetic that AA managed to cultivate," says College freshman Bernie Rogers, who's a fan of the brand. But other students, like College senior Miguel Rivera-Lanas, won’t mourn the store's closing.

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fered was ill–fitting tee–shirts, sweatpants and leotards," he says. "So I’m not too broken up about seeing them off.”

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tle widespread discussion of its prevalence among Penn students. While the administration has made several efforts to address food insecurity, shame often keeps students from speaking out and seeking help.

What Food Insecurity Means at Penn Food insecurity largely starts sophomore year, given that freshmen are required to buy a $5,086 meal plan. Financial aid covers this for some students, many of whom choose after freshman year to opt out of the meal plan in exchange for a monetary refund from Student Financial Services. They can make the money go further on their own, saving the extra to buy textbooks or send home to their families. Many of those on the meal plan resent the price, knowing that they would never regularly spend that much on groceries; however, being on a meal plan ensures a steady supply of food.

Although most go off the meal plan to save costs, many still struggle to afford food, especially if their financial package shrinks after freshman year. With a reduced or completely eliminated meal plan, food–insecure students may find themselves entering sophomore year with no guarantee of three meals a day—let alone one.

“Penn’s cost increased. So even not taking out a meal plan I still had an amount I had to pay out of pocket, and to pay for that I just couldn’t afford to buy food,” Lillian remembers. “This year, you know, I can get a pound of pasta for seventy–five cents. So it’s not the healthiest, but it’s food.”

College senior Wayne Schmitt also takes issue with the high cost of the dining plan. “I

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he stress of not knowing where their next meal is coming from can be both mentally and physically taxing on students.

Lillian had difficulty reconciling her student status with the pressing need to supply herself with food. "I work two jobs... And I’m still a full–time student. You don’t perform as well when you’re not nourished. It’s just a fact,” Lillian said. “So it’s hard sometimes

when people are dismissive of that struggle.”

Danielle found that when she stopped eating regularly she faced intense migraines and frequent illness that made it difficult to study.

Isaac noted that food–insecurity complicates the college experience for many students.

“Being hungry definitely affects your focus and things like that. It definitely affects your stress level,” he said. “On top of that having to make sure you’re budgeting for food...that definitely adds a lot.”

Lillian explained that friends or classmates will often comment on her grades, without recognizing the difficulties of being a food–insecure student. “People in general are just like, ‘Oh you should’ve studied more, this class was so easy, why didn’t you do this, go to this review session.’ And it’s like, I don’t have as much free time. If I have to choose between eating and studying...I don’t know. It’s a tough call.”

On top of the academic repercussions, students also find that when social life revolves around grabbing lunch and BYOs, not having money for food can feel isolating. “It limits the social circles that you can be in with ease at Penn,” Isaac said.

Heather agreed. “There’s a ‘going out to eat’ culture and a BYO culture and an ordering in culture. That’s frustrating because you always have to put yourself out of that and find different ways to find bonds. Because those are social things, and you have to find different social situations that don’t cost anything.”

Lillian too faces exclusion based on her food security status. “I just can’t do things.

That’s more of a general financial issue. But it can be kind of awkward, because a big thing is people going, ‘Oh, let’s grab dinner, let’s grab lunch,’ and it’s like well, I still want to hang out with you, but not like that.”

Lyndsi Burcham, a College sophomore and Secretary of Penn First, a group for first–generation college students at Penn, found that this social inhibitor can prevent low–income students from expanding their social circle.

“That’s the primary way for a lot of students to make close relationships,” Lyndsi said. “So it just leaves us in this spot where we’re just kind of secluded into our own community because we do what we can afford and only that.”

Still, Lillian feels uncomfortable disclosing her food insecurity. “I just didn’t really talk about it. I would make up excuses if some-

one wanted to get lunch, say I already ate or “I don’t think people think about something. It’s very uncomfortable.” Restau- it at all,” Lyndsi added. “People can’t rants like Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Honey- imagine that someone isn’t eating.” grow can set a student back anywhere from ten to fifteen dollars—a steep price for some.

Combating Food “There’s a lot of very privileged people, and it’s very casual to spend $20 on a meal. And Insecurity that’s more I spend on groceries in a month.”

When she has confided in people she finds she here are resources on campus to address is often met with pity. “I don’t like people feelfood insecurity, including administrative ing sorry for me. And that’s the response I get efforts and government assistance. But because from people when I tell them,” Lillian recount- these students’ struggles are so rarely talked ed. “Like, aw poor you, that sucks. And yeah, it about, many aren’t aware that such help exists. does suck, but I’m still an adult. I deal with it.”

Many students find relief by applying for Lyndsi also finds that pity is a common food stamps under the USDA’s Supplemenresponse from her peers. And while she is tal Nutrition Assistance Plan (SNAP), alopen about her low–income status, she un- though not all are aware that they could derstands students like Lillian who aren’t. qualify for them. There are inhibiting re“The thing is there’s not really anything they quirements as well—recipients must work can do. It puts you in this awkward position at least 20 hours per week to be eligible. of if they offer to buy you food, I don’t want Wayne, Lillian and Danielle all rely on you to feel sorry for me,” she said. “I’m very food stamps, which Danielle says helped open about my identity as an FGLI student her “completely.” Lillian said the SNAP and I’m not ashamed of it, but I know plenty benefits turned her life around, and only of students on this campus who identify as wished she had known about them sooner. low–income and they try to Wayne took initiative to hide it as much as they can.” fill a gap that he saw on cam“There’s a lot of Wayne also feels unpus by starting the Free Food very privileged comfortable declining inat Penn group on Facebook vitations to BYOs. And alpeople, and it’s to help students who might though he recalls one friend be food insecure. Through very casual to who confided he skipped the group, where clubs and spend $20 on a meals to save money, he has organizations can publicize found students generally reevents offering free food, meal. And that’s luctant to admit facing simiWayne has found he can go more I spend on lar struggles. “I don’t think several days without paying groceries in a it’s something that’s very for meals. But he admits that often talked about,” he said. he sacrifices nutrition by month.”

This lack of awareness eating foods like pizza and among the larger Penn population can be doughnuts that these events offer. And Lyndsi frustrating, especially when students wait- noted that many low–income students balance ing on bank deposits from their parents schoolwork with one or more jobs, making it complain of being “broke” in front of stu- hard to squeeze extra events into their schedule. dents sending money home to their families.

Just last month Penn opened the FGLI “I don’t think people think about the im- Center, housed in the Greenfield Interculplications of that when they say it because for tural Center. The new center includes a me, when I hear someone saying, ‘Oh yeah, food pantry where food–insecure students I’m just a typical broke college student,’ I’m can access household staples at any time. like, you don’t actually get what that means,” College seniors Jessie Abrams and Liza LanLyndsi said. “It’s just kind of frustrating be- sing founded the group Swipe Out Hunger, cause your definition of broke isn’t broke.” which allowed students to donate the monetary Still, Lyndsi finds that comments like these value of their meal swipes to the food bank come from ignorance rather than callousness. Philabundance. But last semester the adminis-

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tration approached them with the idea to facilitate the donation of meal swipes to food–insecure students on campus instead. The program was made available only to students whom SFS identified as high need. Last semester, they donated 450 meals to 57 students staying on campus over Thanksgiving break, and 600 meals to 23 students over winter break. The group now includes an education component as well.

“I was definitely ignorant to the fact that there’s a huge food–insecure population on college campuses,” Liza said. “I don’t think people know that it’s an issue on this campus, let alone any college campus.”

Isaac hopes to see more efforts going forward to address food insecurity, like more food pantries and donation drives.

“Access to sufficient food options for all of our students is a priority for Student Financial Services,” SFS Director of Communications Karen Hamilton said. “SFS is working to streamline the process for when students exercise their option to remove dining plans from their packages.”

Isaac sees his new position as a point person that can direct students to the resources they need. “There are a lot of resources available,” Silber said. “They’re just really scattered and hard to find.” For example, Danielle was able to secure meal vouchers from organizations on campus like Student Intervention Services, PennCAP and La Casa Latina when she was struggling freshman year. Silber also hopes that the new center will help foster community among students facing similar struggles.

“It’s very isolating, because so many people at Penn are very privileged and have access to a lot of things, so you can feel like you’re the only person. But every so often you’ll run into someone in a similar situation that’s like, you never would’ve known,” said Lillian. “It’s a lot easier when you know that people are going through the same thing.”

written by Genevieve glatsky, a senior in the college and news editor at the daily pennsylvanian.

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fter a school–sponsored dinner last year, Lillian* was struck by a thought: “Wow, I don’t know when I’m going to eat again. Hopefully soon.”

Now a junior in the College, Lillian remembers growing increasingly worried about where her next meal would come from. Living on–campus as a sophomore provided unforeseen challenges—due to a mice and roach infestation, her kitchen was essentially useless.

Without a meal plan for the first time, Lillian was at a loss. “I basically just lived off of dinner discussions and evented free food,” Lillian explains. “Which is obviously really hard.”

Food insecurity, or the state of being without a reliable food source, plagues 22 percent of Philadelphia residents every year. However, the struggles of food–insecure students within the subset of the Penn community are not widely known about or discussed.

According to a report done by Feeding America, a nationwide chain of food banks, more than 10 percent of its 46.5 million adult clients are college students. Activism on campus in regards to food insecurity has emerged over the last few years; this fall, PennDesign students built a huge, luminescent flower on Locust Walk in an attempt to bring attention to food insecurity. Last April, Free Food at Penn worked to collect leftover food from different events and offer it to students. Earlier this month, seven students planned to lobby Student Financial Services (SFS) over “inadequate financial aid [plans]” according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. One student, Danielle*, described how she ate one meal a day to save money and lost 25 pounds in just months.

Although the conversation about food insecurity has made strides, there is lit-

feel that the quality of the food isn’t worth the price a lot of the time,” he says. “The dining halls are convenient but I don’t want to pay for the convenience. It’s too expensive to pay for that.”

Heather Finnegan, a freshman in the College, is on a meal plan that limits her to one meal swipe a day. “So what ends up happening is I gorge myself once a day,” Heather remarked, “and then not eating for the rest of the day.”

Although dining dollars are included on Heather’s plan, she notes that they’re largely ineffective in purchasing consistent meals. The items students can purchase with dining dollars in places like Houston Hall or Frontera are expensive, and it’s easy to run through dining dollars quickly. And even though the meal plan guarantees a next meal, she finds herself constantly calculating how much credit she has left when she checks out, something she never sees other students doing.

Grocery shopping poses another challenge for Heather. Growing up in upstate South Carolina, her family bought most of their food at a smaller, discounted store where most of the food sold was past its shelf life. Groceries in University City, on the other hand, are sold at a steeper rate.

Students often struggle to pay for meals during the time when they are expecting a refund check from SFS—a process often delayed by unexpected paperwork. Isaac Silber, the Program Coordinator for the newly created First– Generation Low–Income (FGLI) Center, noted that, “In those windows, it’s especially hard to make sure that you have enough for food.”

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You've heard the complaints about teenagers and technology. Parents warn against the dangers of spending too much time on the internet, advising children to go outside, get fresh air and exercise. Professors designate appropriate times to use laptops. Older generations criticize our frequent use of smartphones.

But using technology might not be as harmful as we thought. A recent study published in Psychological Science suggests that moderate technology use can actually be beneficial for teens.

“It’s not surprising that they found that media has a positive effect on well–being. That’s something that we already see,” said Dr. Amy Bleakley, a professor at the Annenberg School of Communications who teaches a class called “Teens and Screens."

The researchers observed that, for a specific period of time, teenagers’ well–being improved the longer they spent

using digital devices. These time limits were estimated to be an hour and 57 minutes on a smartphone, four hours and 17 minutes of computer or laptop use, 3 hours and 41 minutes of watching videos and an hour and 40 minutes playing video games.

The researchers concluded that the connection between well–being and screen time was relatively weak. Even large amounts of screen time were expected to lead to little negative effects—but there are other factors that determine the severity of screen damage.

WHAT SITES ARE YOU ON? Professors at Penn emphasize that the content of sites, not just the amount of time spent on them, matter.

“I’m certainly not somebody who thinks that screen time is just always and forever

bad," said Dr. Deena Weisberg, a psychology professor who specializes in development. "There are good apps, there are good social networking sites that can serve a lot of really good functions but like I said, it all depends on who is using that kind of media, and when, and for what purpose, and how much.”

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Dr. Weisberg also addressed the danger of letting technology take up too much time.

“If they’re spending time on screens, they’re not doing other things for instance," she said. "So if you’re on a screen, you’re generally not exercising your body or having social interactions with other people or learning about the physical world around you. So it’s not the app per se, it’s that it’s taking you away from time that you could be spending on those other important activities.”

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'I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO' SPOTLIGHTS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO LIVED IN THE SHADOWS America still can’t come up with a good answer.

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what’s going to happen to this country.” A short scrap of footage highlights how eerily similar protest signs from 1960s Birmingham are similar to those in 2014 Ferguson.

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As a window into Baldwin’s remarkably perceptive mind, this documentary is spectacular. Often overshadowed by the more prominent Civil Rights leaders, Baldwin and his philosophies are rarely explored in the classroom or in our cultural conversation as a whole. After spending just 90 minutes with this documentary, you gain a peak into his worldview—the careful mixture of realism, optimism, sympathy and incisive wit feels like a cool antidote for the vitriolic political climate of today.

The documentary jumps effortlessly throughout time, painting a visceral portrait of racial America. Footage shows white policemen relentlessly beating black men in suits and ties. A scene from a 1960s rom–com starring a rosy–cheeked Doris Day immediately cuts to a shot of a lynched black woman. Peck interweaves this footage with pieces of Baldwin’s manuscript (narrated by Samuel L. Jackson—nearly unrecognizable without his booming, dynamic voice) to great effect. There

is no end point to this documentary, no eventual triumph; instead, Peck cultivates the sense of weariness that Baldwin undoubtedly felt as a black gay man living through the 1960s.

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Baldwin’s consistent presence in the film goads the audience to action. His persistence helped to get us where we are now, and there is still much work to be done. Peck describes discovering the works of Baldwin when he was 15 years old—how they gave him the words he needed to articulate his own feelings. With this documentary, Peck amplifies Baldwin’s voice to millions of people around the world so that his words will serve to galvanize them, giving those who are voiceless the will to speak and fight.

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The runway is typically a place of a stylized, idealized beauty—cold and exclusive. It’s a place, typically, of thinness and whiteness. That was not the case on January 25th.

The V–Day fashion show is an annual event that centered around the theme of identity this year. In Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags, models walked down a homemade runway lined with flamingo–pink

feather boas and chairs of cheering spectators. The show was something of a happy conglomeration, with each participant walking in drastically different ways. Some held hastily–made signs emblazoned with Sharpie and glitter. One proclaimed “Muslim and Proud.” Another, made by Nick Silverio (W '17), stated “If the Heel Fits.” He held it

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as he walked down the catwalk wearing a pair of high heels.

Some dressed up and stalked sulkily down the walk in the spirit of traditional models, while others wore pajamas and slippers.

Each model walked to a different song of their choosing, so the event was set to an eclectic mix of song clips that faded into one another. The show’s events chair, Syra Ortiz-Blanes (C '17), walked twice. First, she walked while wrapped in a billowing Puerto Rican flag, the country she is from, and then later she stepped out wearing comfortable–looking blue pajamas. “I also think it’s really valuable to have a fashion show that breaks walls, even if it’s just a small event," she said.

"It’s not an anti–fashion show.

It’s a fashion show to show that fashion can be like this.”

The event was a collaboration between the UPenn V–Day Campaign and Penn’s fashion magazine, The Walk.

V–Day is a global movement with the goal to end violence against women and girls. For the past 15 years, the UPenn V–Day Campaign has sought to raise awareness about violence against women and girls and to raise funds for its beneficiary organization,

Celebrating identity at the V-Day Fashion Show

COLIN LODEWICK Women Organized Against Rape, the only full–service rape show isn’t just about presentcrisis center in Philadelphia. ing different identities, but Along with the fashion show, also showing that all different identities are valid, especially in a time when many are being denigrated by politics and media. There is a clear relationship between fashion and identity. The inherency of performance and self–expression in fashion suggests that it should be an open and inclusive field. That’s hardly the case, though. Regarding this fact, Syra argues that the V–Day show “brings the opportunity to strut down the catwalk to everyone, no matter what they look like or who they are.”

The show’s goal? “To celebrate anyone and everyone,” the campaign is also known for Syra asserts. “Just to celebrate its popular production of The people in a time when people Vagina Monologues. aren’t really being celebrated."

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student coach. With his own training not consuming all of his time, Kaleb picked up his first camera. “First, I photographed everything: whatever I saw. Coming back to school in August, I started to take photos of the football team whenever I

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had free time during practice,” he remembers.

“Photography served like an escape from reality, in a sense, because I was able to show everyone what I see,” Kaleb explains. “And another feature of photography is that you get

to freeze time, especially when it’s a moment that you don’t get back.”

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“It’s the first wall dogs have to break through to find an owner," says " Kaleb Germinaro (C '17). "It’s like a professional headshot on LinkedIn. If you have a crappy picture, no one is going to take you seriously." When Kaleb noticed that too many shelter dogs up for adoption had blurry photos, he took matters into his own camera–carrying hands. He started reaching out to shelters last year and has since volunteered to photograph for four different dog rescues between Phoenix and Philadelphia. “If you can’t see their faces, it’s harder to connect with them right away,” Kaleb points out. “So when I take pictures of dogs with dark faces, my aim is that the details in their face don't disappear.”

Back home in Arizona, one shelter’s director has told him that often the dogs with the best photos get adopted. Check out his website or social media accounts, and it’s no surprise why. The dogs are confident, lively and often look purebred.

With striking clarity and candid body language, these aren’t your amateur pet pics.

On his style, Kaleb says, “I don’t really enjoy setting up shop or having the dogs do poses. Just make your animal feel comfortable wherever they are at.”

As adorable as they look on camera, many of his subjects carry stories of hardship behind the lens. In the photo of Willow, a boxer from Boxer Luv Rescue in Phoenix, one can see an imprinted line around her

waist where she was bound to a table for breeding purposes.

Different forms of abuse continue once an animal is taken in by a shelter. For example, Kaleb learned from working closely with the rescue animals that darker ones are less likely to be adopted.

Kaleb can tell his own tale of overcoming adversity. After two years of suiting up and standing on the sidelines of Franklin Field, the wide receiver recruited to play football for Penn was ready to make his first game–time debut in the 2015 season.

But on Dec. 9, 2014, his football and college career came to a shocking halt.

While practicing, his “body started to feel funky.” His face went numb. He couldn’t lift his arm. Sent to the hospital by the sports trainer, Kaleb's initial stroke diagnosis was concluded to be a relapse of multiple sclerosis. “It’s a degenerative disease, so basically my immune system attacks my nervous system,” Kaleb says, further explaining that there is no known cause or cure.

“The first semesters back I did so bad [at Penn]. I got brain fog. I blacked out before tests due to my stress/ anxiety,” Kaleb says. “But I got my bearings with the help of my professors, and here I am, about to graduate.” Even though he had to be taken off the roster, neither his coach nor his teammates would let him go that quickly. Head Coach Ray Priore offered his former player a position as a

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So you went to the Women’s March—congrats! You’re, like, a visionary. A leader! Pat yourself on the back with your turquoise ring–laden hand. Maybe you can even put it on your resume somehow.

But now you have all these pesky signs left over, and you need something to do with them. The most important week of the year, Big/Little week (yay!!!!!), is coming up, so we’ve put together some fun, cute ways you can transform that expression of resistance and anger into an adorable display for your little’s wall!

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Cover up the reproductive organs on your “Uteruses before Duderuses” sign. This will turn that slogan from a stark commentary on male control over female reproductive rights into a statement on how boys are dumb and aren’t as important as the AMAZING friendship you and your little have!

Glue some hilarious snaps of your little being so blackout to your “I’m With Her” poster.

Completely cover the poster that has an especially poignant Audre Lorde quote with the words “YOU’RE ADORABLE AND I LOVE YOU, JACKIE!!!”

Change your “Resist” sign to say “Can’t ResiSDT my SiSDTers!"

Put a speech bubble on that poster of Martin Luther King Jr. and write, “I have a dream...that you’ll be my bestie FOREVER!"

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Doomsday clock moves farther from midnight The human race has taken some major L’s in the past few weeks, but on Wednesday it looked like the tide may finally be turning.

Her Royal Highness Queen of All That Is Good Blessed Be She Beyonce Knowles announced that she is pregnant with twins. The news brought some hope to a global population that has been reeling. Former President Barack Obama released a statement saying “This is the best thing to happen since me.” Street reached out to God for a comment and he told us, “I realized I’ve been kind of a dick lately, so I thought I’d do something nice.

I needed to do some serious rebranding.”

It looks like his strategy worked. In the hours since the announcement, Conservative Aunts on Facebook and Bernie Bros alike have been posting about their excitement.

“I finally have something on my feed that isn’t triggering,” said a Wharton junior with a “Love trumps hate” sticker

on her laptop. Even That One Facebook Friend Who Criticizes Everything has made no public announcements. One senior explained why Beyonce’s pregnancy meant so much to him: “I’ve been feeling pretty pessimistic about the future.

Like I just want to crawl into a hole. But now I have something to work for. I want the future to be good for them,” he said, gesturing towards Beyonce’s baby bump. Another senior said that it has already mended broken relationships: “I have this one friend who I haven’t spoken to since he said La La Land was a tired cliché.

But I am no longer capable of feeling anger.”

The development appears to already have affected federal policy. President Trump has announced that he will be redirecting funds allocated towards building a border wall to a massive shrine devoted to Beyonce, which will be located on the moon. Construction is set to start later this year.

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