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Some students say depression and mental health are stigmatized BY BRENDA WANG Deputy News Editor

Recent events have sparked discussions on issues of stress and mental health on campus, with many students expressing frustration at the lack of dialogue surrounding mental health. The father of College freshman Madison Holleran, who committed suicide last Friday, said her suicidal thoughts were linked to the challenges Holleran faced at Penn, according to The New York Post. He told the Post on Monday that the “pressure in the classroom at Penn” led to “worries and stress.” However, he also said that he did not blame the University for her death. Some students recognized a prejudice against mental health issues and the difficulties of seeking help for depression. “CAPS just seems so distant,” College sophomore Arame Niang said. “You know about it, but you don’t want to go there. People look both ways before going in.” However, A manda Hallock, a College sophomore, thinks the stigma surrounding mental health goes beyond Penn. “I don’t think that it’s the school’s fault,” she said, citing the “lack of mental health conversation” in the United States. “I think there’s a big belief that it’s all in your head,” she said. “[There is] victim blaming on the person who has depression.” Many people shared Holleran’s stor y on social media. A blog post on Tumblr suggested that people run in memory of Holleran, who was a member of Penn’s varsity track and field team, and in support of people suffering from depression. Many people tweeted with the hashtag #MilesforMadison. The Tumblr post was removed later on Tuesday. A Facebook page called “Run With Madison Holleran” garnered over 2,200 “likes” as of Tuesday night. A campaign on the charitable fundraising site Crowdrise had raised over $2,300 for suicide prevention as of Tuesday night. The story of Holleran’s death was picked up by The New York Daily News, Buzzfeed,

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Today’s list is the seventh annual think tank ranking published by a Penn group BY MELISSA LAWFORD & HARRY COOPERMAN Staff Writer & City News Editor Penn’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program released its annual think tank rankings today, a widely known index that has been praised for its evaluation of the policy-oriented institutions. At the top of the index is the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., which was awarded the Think Tank of the Year for 2013. Some of the topics recently studied by the institute include American monetary policy and the effects of university technology transfer contracts on the larger market economy. The Brookings Institution received the same designation of top think tank last year as well. Director of TTCSP James McGann said the purpose of the rankings is “to underscore the important role that think tanks play,” especially in the modern age where there is an “avalanche of information.” McGann elaborated that part of the report’s purpose is to raise the profile of think tanks “to increase their capacity so that they can in-

crease their performance.” Chatham House, a think tank on international policy based in the United Kingdom, came in first on the list of Top Think Tanks Worldwide that were not in the United States and second on the list of all think tanks worldwide. Ten think tanks from the United States, and eight think tanks from Europe were in the top 25 of the Top Think Tanks Worldwide, making up 72 percent of that list. Africa, Oceania and the Middle East had no think tanks in the top 25 think tanks in the world. The top think tank in Asia was the Japan Institute of International Affairs, ranked at 13 in the world. The highest ranked South American institute was from Brazil, coming in at number 21 on the list. This year’s rankings were decided by a group of more than 1,950 experts and think tank representatives, who judged organizations based on their quality, academic performance, publications and reputation, among other factors. TTCSP announced its ratings on Wednesday at a press conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by the World Bank. Regional events also took place in over 30 cities around the world to announce the think tank ranking report. The think tank rankings were first created in 2006 as a response to donors, government officials, SEE RANKING PAGE 9

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PennCard to Penn key: Gregory program adds touch key to IDs The initiative lets you enter your room with your PennCard BY JENNY LU Staff Writer Phone, keys, PennCard — now you only need to remember to take two of the three before leaving your room. Residents in Gregory College House were issued new PennCards last week that can open the doors to their rooms as part of the contactless card pilot system that has been underway in the college house since last summer. This new PennCard was activated Tuesday and performs all the functions of a regular PennCard. Previously, Gregory residents carried around a “temporar y access” key card. Now, they only need their PennCard. R adio-frequency identification — typically known a s R F I D — t e c h no l o g y is inst alled in residents’ PennCards via a microchip. To open their rooms, residents tap their cards and enter their four-digit PAC code on new locks on their doors. However, residents must still tap their cards at a hotspot located by the front desk ever y 15 days to recharge the card. The next step, Director of Residential Services John Eckman said, is to integrate the hotspot with the turnstile at the entrance to the residence hall, so swiping in would recharge the card. “At that point, the system will be fully installed in the building,” Eckman said. Gregory resident and Col-

lege sophomore Adam Gross described having to go recharge his card as “a minor little hassle,” compared to the benefits of having an integrated PennCard and room key. “It’s very nice having this one card that stores everything,” Gross said. The PennCard with RFID technology also allows the Division of Public Safety to respond more quickly to a lost or misplaced card. Director of Security Technology at DPS Mark Wolfheimer pointed out that if a resident lost a PennCard, the lost card could quickly be deactivated. A lost PennCard would also be easier to replace than a lost key, which might require a locksmith to change the locks on the resident’s door. “[We’re also] looking at encryption procedures for the contactless card project to enhance the level of security for the software that keeps the system running,” Wolfheimer added. Another benefit of the RFID technology is that a time limit for access can be set on the cards. This could be useful in issuing temporary access cards for guests that come to Penn for conferences or other events. The pilot system in Gregory, along with a similar system at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, is part of a larger University-wide RFID project. Gregory and the Singh Center were chosen so the RFID technology could be tested in both residential and nonresidential buildings. In the coming months, Eckman said Residential Services would evaluate feedback from Gregory residents as well as

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A pilot system in Gregory lets students enter their rooms with their PennCards. If successful, the program will be implemented in the new college house on Hill field. the operating costs of the system to determine whether the University would like to extend the technology to other buildings. If the pilot system is successful, the next steps are to implement the keyless entry system in the new college house on Hill Field as well as in Hill College House after it undergoes planned renovations, Eckman said. Going forward, the University may

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Unearthing a Pharoah’s tomb, Penn researchers reshape history A discovery by researchers confirms the existance of the Abydos Dynasty of Egyptian pharoahs BY KRISTEN GRABARS Staff Writer Since graduate school, Josef that didn’t appear anywhere Wegner has spent countless else in history, so we didn’t hours exploring the tombs of know who he was at first,” WeAbydos in the Egyptian desert. gner said. But upon excavating a previThe inscriptions on the walls ously buried tomb in January, of Senebkay’s tomb connected Wegner and his team knew the mysterious pharaoh to an they had found something ex- unconfirmed dynasty of Egyptraordinary. tian kings called the Abydos Most tombs have unadorned dynasty, which was proposed walls, stripped of their decora- by Egyptologist Kim Ryholt in tions by ancient plunderers. 1997. Identifying Senebkay as In this tomb, the walls were the first or second king of the decorated with intricate paint- Abydos dynasty, Wegner and ings of protective goddesses his team finally confirmed its and the name of its ancient existence. Egyptian occupant, Woseribre Wegner shared his exciteSenebkay. ment over the discovery with Reading the name, Wegner, the rest of “Team Dude” — a who is the associate curator title coined by Near Eastern in the Egyptian Section at the Languages and Civilizations University of Pennsylvania professor Jennifer Houser WeMuseum of sheratonad_final_Crops.pdf Archaeology and gner, who 1 12/22/11 10:05 AM was the only woman Anthropology, was taken aback. one the team and is married to In all his years studying Egyp- Josef Wegner. sheratonad_final_Crops.pdf 12/22/11students 10:05 Paul AM tology, he’d never heard of the Penn1 graduate tomb’s occupant. Verhelst and Matthew Olson, “We were pretty puzzled for both of the Department of Near two days. It was a king’s name Eastern Languages and Civi-

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Team members include Josef Wegner, Jennifer Houser Wegner and their 10-year-old son Alexander Wegner as well as graduate students Paul Verhelst and Matthew Olson. They plan to return to Abydos this summer to continue their work on the site and indentify new pharoahs of the newly-confirmed Abydos dynasty. lizations, also noted that the King’s mummified remains, long since dismembered by tomb plunderers, were still inside the tomb. They identified King Senebkay as having died in his mid to late 40s. “Not only do you have his name [on] the tomb, but you

also have him there as well,” Olson said. Even 10-year-old Alexander Wegner, who has accompanied his parents on field research since infancy, was excited by the discovery. He helped to sort pottery at the dig site and was elated to spend time with

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of the Abydos dynasty prove that in archaeology, no one can predict what might be hidden under layers of sand. “Every time you go out, you have a slight prediction of what you think you’ll find, but it always turns out completely different,” Wegner said.

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Commending our chapters GUEST COLUMN BY SCOTT REIKOFSKI

r at e r n it i e s h av e been on college campuses since December 1776, providing a values-based experience, a home away from home, peer challenges and support for hundreds of thousands of students. While each fraternity or sorority has its own ceremonies and rituals, all of these organizations are rooted in scholarship, service and brother or sisterhood. Unsurprisingly, Penn’s Greek community is among the oldest in the nation, celebrating 165 continuous years. Today, Penn is home to 50 different recognized Greek organizations: 30 Interfraternity Council chapters, eight Panhellenic chapters and 12 chapters in the Multicultural Greek Council. More than a third of the undergraduate student body participates in fraternity or sorority life, and we anticipate upwards of 1,000 new members joining the Greek community this semester. I urge student leaders in all chapters to act responsibly as they welcome these new members into our fold. Attitudes and social environments within organizations ebb and flow constantly as new people join, drift off or graduate. We are pleased that so many of Penn’s Greek chapters are known for cultivating open-minded, supportive environments where diversity is welcomed and celebrated. Penn is home to historically Christian-based chapters that sponsor Shabbat dinners for their Jewish members. Our gay, bisexual and lesbian students find warm and safe chapters to join. We are especially proud that the racial makeup of the Greek community now mirrors the overall diversity of the University’s undergraduate population. Educational efforts continue as we work to ensure that all chapters are places of encouragement and acceptance. Recent assessments done by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life through a national study indicate that

the levels of overall satisfaction in Penn’s Greek community is up, and overall learning and program effectiveness have improved significantly. Some of our chapters post the highest grade point averages of all chapters in their national organization. IFC members at Penn earn slightly higher grades than male undergraduate averages, and Panhellenic GPAs are significantly higher than the average for a l l Penn underg raduate women.

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We are pleased that so many of Penn’s Greek chapters are known for cultivating openminded, supportive environments where diversity is welcomed and celebrated.” We are proud of these academic achievements, especially because Greek members devote considerable time outside of classes and studying to chapter activities and campus-wide leadership positions. Each year, Penn’s Greek community notches 17,500 hours of hands-on community service while raising $125,000 for local and national charities. “Sure … that all sounds nice,” you say. “But what about the alcohol? The hazing? The wild parties?” These are societal issues that are present on high school and college campuses nationwide, and are visible across the entire student body, not just in fraternities and sororities. While there are certainly chapters that have earned their reputations and stereotypes, our office works closely with the Greek community to educate members to not be just bystanders, but thought-

ful, caring peers, respectful neighbors and mature stewards of the legacies of their national chapters and alumni. Recognized Greek organizations benefit from close advising by trained staff that help students grow into leaders who make wise choices and take responsibility for their actions. Penn’s official fraternities and sororities also benefit from meaningful friendships and mentoring that their members receive from alumni. While Penn is home to chapters that offer something for most students, I recognize that Greek life as we know it isn’t for every student. It’s always possible that you may be interested in joining, but are still searching for an organization that fulfills your own concept of service, sisterhood or brotherhood. To these students we say: You’re in luck! Our community is actively growing, with new chapters coming online each year. Opportunities exist to shape an organization from its infancy. In conclusion, I thank the student body for its support and inclusion of the fraternity and sorority community, a historic element of undergraduate life and one of Penn’s many grand traditions. A strong, positive fraternity and sorority experience is a superlative compliment to the rigorous academic experience students receive at Penn. SCOTT REIKOFSKI is the director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. He can be reached at reikofsk@upenn.edu.

Forgetting feminism

GUEST COLUMN BY EMILY CUTLER AND CATALINA MULLIS

s sorority recruitment approaches, many freshmen will consider joining a Greek organization. We made the decision to pledge a sorority last year. We had some amazing experiences: We made great friends, enjoyed sisterhood events and got a chance to help with our sorority’s philanthropy. However, we fou nd t hat some aspects of our sorority promoted anti-feminist thinking. There was a general focus on physical appearance. The first thing we were told about representing our sorority was to “look good in letters.” For example, we were told not to wear a shirt displaying our sorority’s monogram with sweatpants or without make-up. Our custom on Wednesdays was not just to wear letters, but to “look cute” in letters. We also learned not to tag our sorority in Facebook pictures of us wearing sweatpants. While these small restrictions may seem harmless — especially to the sisters who made them — emphasizing attractiveness so heavily influences women to value their appearance over other qualities, thereby contributing to a culture that objectifies women. A few weeks ago, as our sorority prepared for recruitment, one of the main focuses of our training was on physical appearance — how we should dress, style our hair and put on our make-up

during recruitment events. The recruitment director recommended that everyone have their nails painted at the salon beforehand. One requirement that significantly bothered us was that all sisters straighten their hair. This not only reinforces ethnocentric beauty standards, but also promotes conformity by mandating that all sisters wear the same hairstyle. In general, we were disappointed that we were told to promote the sorority with our appearances more than with our individuality. The emphasis on physical appearance extended to Philanthropy Week as well,

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What these experiences demonstrate is that sorority life is often not about empowering young women, even if that is its aim.” during which one of our activities was delivering shirts to fraternities for brothers to wear in support of our cause. One sister sent an email to the listserv jokingly saying, “If you don’t look hot when you deliver them, I will personally cut off your hair while you sleep. Seriously. Look hot. Do your makeup. Straighten your hair. It’s like recruitment, but for future husbands.” Another sister seconded her, emailing, “ You guys should be tak ing photos and you want to look good. Enough for the boys to be like: ‘OH DAY UMM, let’s mix and continue to help the sorority’s philanthropy 4eva.’” While the spirit of the emails may have in jest, the emphasis on physical appearance sent a more serious message. The emails implied that it is necessary

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for women to use their appearance to gain support for a cause, instead of employing qualities such as leadership, persuasion and publicity skills. Further and more disturbingly, it trivialized the importance of our cause by completely shifting the focus to something unrelated and superficial . What these experiences demonstrate is that sorority life is often not about empowering young women, even if that is its aim. Instead, it tends to unknowingly push them to participate in their own oppression by asking them to focus on their appearance. It frequently seemed that our life in our sorority was more about how we needed to fit into a mold to please others, particularly men, instead of how we can counter harmful notions about our worth as women and how we can build ourselves up for the future. While one can certainly take pride in her appearance, it is problematic when this is considered to be the most important quality. It is disturbing when one considers that most freshmen find joining a sorority to be the only opportunity they have for a social life. What this means is that one of the only ways to make a lot of friends is by conforming to particularly oppressive standards. This is entirely false. We encourage freshmen to think carefully about the anti-feminist thinking promoted by sororities before deciding to pledge a Greek organization. While pledging is a great opportunity to make friends, in our opinion, the social life that sororities offer is not worth having to conform to oppressive, objectifying standards. EMILY CUTLER AND CATALINA MULLIS are College sophomores from Birmingham, Ala. and Los Angeles, studying romance languages and communications, respectively. They can be reached at cutlere@sas.upenn. edu and mullisc@sas.upenn.edu.

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Catalyzing service professions

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Law school dean: ‘It’s crucial that new generations of lawyers dedicate themselves to public service’ BY DEEPA LAKSHMIN Contributing Writer

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A new set of subsidies called Catalyst Grants will enable Penn Law students to pursue public service with less consideration for personal financial repercussions.

The Cat a lyst Gra nts, a new fellowship program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, doubles the number of public interest fellowships available to the Law School’s graduates. With the help of these fellowships, students interested in the nonprofit and public sectors can join workplaces they may not have otherwise considered. “ It ’s a c omplet e ga me changer for someone who’s just trying to get their foot in the door,” said Arlene Finkelstein, associate dean for Public Interest Programs and executive director of the Law School’s Toll Public Interest Center. Thanks to these new fellow sh ip s , p o st g r adu at e s can work in volunteer positions at government offices, NGOs and international and domestic nonprofit organi-

zations. These opportunities allow students to gain real-world experience and cultivate new skills for their future careers. “In the meantime, they are fulfilling the needs of the organization [they are working for],” Finkelstein said. Penn Law School Dean Michael A . Fitts said in a press release that he believes public service by lawyers is necessary “to solve the problems our countr y faces.” “It’s crucial that new generations of lawyers dedicate themselves to public service, including and especially in government,” he said. Penn Law’s Toll Loan Repayment and Assistance Program also reduces student loan debt for grant recipients. The first set of Catalyst Grants will be awarded in April 2014.

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News coverage made some uncomfortable DISCUSSION from page 1 Time.com and the International Business Times, among other news organizations. Some students were uncomfortable with the perceived sensationalist coverage of Holleran’s deat h, i nclud i ng i n T he Daily Pennsylvanian. “The way it was handled in the DP … I’m unhappy,” Harrison Glicklich, a College sophomore, said. He

suggested that the mentions of sorority recr uitment, among other issues, trivialized her death. A lthough Prisca A lilio, a College sophomore, also questioned the intent of the media coverage, she said “at the same time, I like that it’s getting coverage, so now you have people in the [Penn] administration who are actually going to be forced to discuss mental health issues.” However, others were unsure of what changes could be made and skeptical that any action would be taken. “I think there’s a lot of things Penn could do,” Hallock said. “It’s more about what Penn’s willing to do.”

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who practices antitrust law as a partner at the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm. Because of the intricacies of the case, the DOJ and Bazaarvoice have a status conference scheduled for Wednesday at which both parties will discuss how to proceed with finding a remedy. The DOJ and Bazaarvoice also filed a joint statement on Friday outlining the plan for negotiations in the coming months. T he DOJ cou ld not be reached for a comment. A spokesperson for Bazaarvoice deferred comment to a press release from Jan. 9, which said the company was “disappointed in the outcome of the litigation,” as it believed the merger with PowerReviews had been “beneficial to customers.” Despite the fact that a meeting is set for Wednesday, a

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THE BUZZ: THREE UP, THREE DOWN

Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash vs. Drexel BY DANIEL RICH

is 2-1 at the top position on the ladder, including a win at Trinity. Wong is undefeated individually at 6-0. Dragons: Both the Drexel

menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams are riding three-game winning streaks over Bucknell, Tufts and Middlebury. An energized and confident Dragons squad

can be expected at Ringe Courts on Wednesday as the Quakers try to end Drexelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent success. Three Down

Momentum: Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash both started the season 4-0. Since then, both teams have lost back-to-back matches against

Harvard and Trinity, arguably the two best programs in the nation. In both losses, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad failed to win a single individual match. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team also lost both matches by identical 6-3 margins. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momentum has certainly slowed, making a win on Wednesday absolutely critical. Top of the Ladder: The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team has failed to find success at the top of the ladder, with a 1-5 team record at the No. 1 spot and an 0-6 record at the No. 2 spot. Freshman Rahil Fazelbhoy came close to winning at the No. 2 spot against Trinity but fell in a close 3-2 match. Sophomores Tyler Odell and Liam Quinn have also struggled in the early going, with Odell posting a 1-3 record at the No. 1 spot and Quinn posting an 0-3 record at the No. 2 spot. Wins near the top of the ladder against Drexel could provide the team with the spark it needs to get back on top. History: There is very little history behind Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup. However, the limited history does favor the Quakers in Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matches. On the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, the Red and Blue hold a 1-0 all-time record over the Dragons, with the last meeting being a 9-0 Penn win in December 2012. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team is also 2-0 in the matchup, winning 6-3 and 9-0 in their last two matches against the Dragons.

the competition the Quakers have faced, a trend that will continue against the Owls (10-7, 1-2). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a difficult stretch where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing high-level competition,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are challenging teams that can score the ball with very talented players.â&#x20AC;? Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s losing streak has also largely masked the fact that they were ver y much within striking distance to win two of those games. In fact, if not for a late missed shot against Villanova and a few questionable foul calls versus St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Quakers could easily have gone 2-1 in that stretch.

With this in mind, McLaughlin seems confident that the best plan of action moving forward is to encourage his players to maintain and improve upon the style of play they have used all season. This largely includes the play of senior guard Alyssa Baron, who has transitioned into one of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key distributors after serving as its dominant scoring threat over the past couple of years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is going to get her shots, but I like the way sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing it,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking for her teammates.â&#x20AC;? A d d i t i o n a l l y, w i t h t h e

emergence of freshman center Sydney Stipanovich and the continued solid play of junior forwards Kara Bonenberger and Katy Allen, Penn will continue to focus on its frontcourt players. However, the Red and Blue do have some adjustments to make, especially regarding the play of the frontcour t. After seeing Stipanovich and Bonenberger foul out against St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, McLaughlin has encouraged his star post players to play smart basketball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to understand situations â&#x20AC;Ś and use their arms correctly,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little things like that. â&#x20AC;&#x153; We need t hem bot h to

play, especially Sydney needs to play more than 17 or 18 minutes for us.â&#x20AC;? Follow ing three tough losses and one particularly emotional contest against Big 5 rival St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Wednesday certainly could be a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;letdownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game for the Quakers. Still, McLaughlin has maintained that his team remains fo cused on the task at hand despite recent disappointing results. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen [any letdowns] in practice, and they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t responded that way all year,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. Penn will be forced to overcome more than just its own mental obstacles to manage

a win against the Owls, as it will face a challenging Temple team coming off of two straight wins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Temple is a very athletic team,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to have to keep the ball in front of us â&#x20AC;Ś and really minimize our mistakes.â&#x20AC;? The Quakers will also have the challenge of traveling in less than ideal weather conditions, but McLaughlin remains confident that, much like this tough scheduling stretch, his team will fight through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These kids are resilient. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes them special,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deter them.â&#x20AC;?

From The Daily Pennsylvanianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports blog, THE BUZZ Penn squash will be entering Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup with Drexel in the midst of a losing streak. Both the No. 10 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and No. 3 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squads are now sporting identical 4-2 records after losses to Harvard and Trinity. The Dragonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; No. 15 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team (6-7) and No. 14 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team (5-6) have historically been pushovers for Penn, but are things about to change? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trending up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trending down. Three Up Chloe Blacker: After missing time due to an injury, the senior co-captain is undefeated individually at 3-0 since her return to the court. She was one of only three players to win individual matches against Trinity. Her position at the bottom of the ladder provides a powerful finish to a strong womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup. As she continues to make her comeback, Blacker is primed for yet another victory at the bottom of the ladder against Drexel. Freshmen: The two freshmen on the Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash roster, Anaka Alankamony and Michelle Wong, have provided phenomenal results thus far for the Quakers and plan to use their winning strategies in the match against Drexel. Alankamony

McLaughlin hopes to avoid letdown game W. HOOPS from page 12 the road against city-rival Temple. Penn has already faced a series of tough opponents this month, including Villanova, Princeton and St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s i n it s p a st t h r e e ga me s . Coach Mike McLaughlin contends the main culprit for his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent struggle to pick up a win is the quality of

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Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash has endured significant struggle at the top of its lineup this season. Sophomore Tyler Odell has spent the majority of the season as Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one player, going 1-3 in his four contests at the position. Overall, Quakers in the top three positions on the ladder have gone 4-14.

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Penn to rely on forwards in Ivy play

NOTEBOOK from page 12 set this matinee up for an exciting finish. The whole stadium is rocking with anticipation as the clock winds down. 1:54 — Despite the Owls’ best efforts, La Salle pulls out the close victory, 74-68. 2:06 — Duren on his game-clinching free throw attempts: “I just wanted to make those free throws and get out of here.” 6:43 — Seventeen minutes before the tip sees the St. Joe’s student section filled to the top while Penn could barely muster more than 25 students. “Rush events killed us today,” remarks one member of the Red and Blue Crew about the low turnout. 7:0 5 — Cr owd noise is about even early on in the match despite the mismatch in crowd size. 7:33 — St. Joe’s is raining threes and quickly separating f rom Penn which prompts the Hawk s fans’ rollout: “Stick to PhDs, not shooting threes.” 7:53 — By ha l f ti me St . Joe’s is up, 57-23, and has held the Red and Blue scoreless for the last six minutes of the half, save for a Tony Hicks trey right before the halftime horn. 7:55 — A lumni and students alike tour the Palestra concourse, trading stories about their favorite memories made in the arena. “It’s the best place for college basketball in the countr y,” a 1981 alum from St. Joe’s who came to games as early as grade school said. “I wish they could’ve had this game [on ESPN, too].” 8:10 — St . Jo e’s pic k s up right where it left off at half, continuing to punish the Quakers from downtown en route to opening up a

MCGINNIS from page 12 they might be even more dominant. Anchored by Stipanovich, the Ivy League leader in blocks, the frontcourt for Penn is a large reason why the Quakers are leading the Ivy League in opposing field goal percentage. The impact of these forwards on the defensive end was particularly obvious during a January game against Norfolk State when Stipanovich and Bonenberger combined for a season-high 11 blocks in one game. The improved play of the trio has affected the play of senior captain Alyssa Baron, who is more and more in the role of a distributor rather than the raw scorer she was during her first two seasons with the Quakers. While some might see her career-low scoring average as a sign that she’s somehow lost a step or is no longer the focal point of this offense, the real reason is that this Penn team is deeper than many that she’s played on in the past. There’s no longer the burden on Baron to take over a game when she’s playing with a talented core that will continue to

improve with the re-integration of sophomore guard Keiera Ray into the rotation. When the rest of Ivy season commences, the Quakers will need all the depth they can get. Stipanovich, Bonenberger and the rest of the front court will need to be at their best to contend with dominant big-women like Harvard’s Temi Fagbenle and Cornell’s Allyson DiMagno. And three or four years ago, no one would have thought that would be the case. With the way Penn has been playing through its nonconference slate, it’s easy to forget that the Quakers are only recently removed from being at the bottom of the Ivy League. This current team is the epitome of that transformation, as they’ve constantly improved under the guidance of McLaughlin and the leadership of Baron and other seniors. It’s these strategic changes, namely the increased prominence of the frontcourt, that have made this team one of the finest in recent memory. Yet, there is still much of the season to go and 13 very important Ancient Eight games remain. When it comes down to Ivy play, Penn’s success, unlike last year, now lives and dies with its core of forwards. HOLDEN McGINNIS is an Engineering freshman from Philadelphia and is an associate sports editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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From dawn to dusk: a day at the Palestra REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK With a Philly doubleheader and GameDay on tap, an indepth look at Saturday’s action BY COREY HENRY Staff Writer 8:00 a.m. — The doors to the Palestra open. Soon afterward, buses from Temple and La Salle show up filled with students (some visibly drunk) ready to support their respective

squads in the 12:00 game. 8:50 — A lot of people are showing up early to take a quick tour of the Palestra concourse filled with relics telling the history of this hallowed arena as well as positioning themselves behind the college GameDay set. 9:19 — Digger Phelps, a former assistant coach at Penn, is the first GameDay host to arrive and recounts some of his fondest memories from his tenure with the Red and Blue. 10:00 — La Salle grad Tim Legler

reminisces about being back in the Palestra and some of his best memories of the arena. “This was my home court for four years,” he said. “When you played a Big 5 game, it was always sold out.” 10:15 — Rumors start to circulate among reporters that students are planning to throw streamers on the court after the first basket in keeping the old tradition. 11:15 — The Temple-La Salle game has officially been sold out. 11:53 — The atmosphere around

the arena just before tip-off is electric. Both student sections are trying to outdo each other with noise. 12:04 p.m. — A layup by La Salle’s Jerrell Wright opens up the scoring, but the streamer rumor proves untrue. 12:18 —The game stays very close, which keeps both crowds energized with cheering and rollouts. 12:44 — A 10-0 La Salle run right before the half puts them up by five at the break, 36-31. Neither team was able to build a lead larger than five

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Welcome to Ivy season! Did you miss us as much as we missed you? Good. Now, let’s get down to business as we stand on the precipice of Ivy weekends. We’ve got one of the

points in the first period. 1:15 — An even scoring attack headed by Tyreek Duren, Tyrone Garland and Wright has allowed La Salle to build an 11-point lead midway through the second half. 1:17 — The student sections continue with their traditional rollouts while both teams have turned to getting offense from the paint. For the game, Temple had 42 points in the paint compared to La Salle’s 36. 1:52 — A late run by Temple has

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best mid-majors in the country pacing the conference, and one of the most embarrassing teams in the country at the bottom. In between, it’s almost too close to rank. Almost.

H a r va r d (14-2, 1-0 Ivy) The baddest of the bad. The Crimson are stacked from top to bottom and really don’t have a glaring weakness. Once guard Wesley Saunders returns from injury, Harvard is a serious threat to go 14-0 in Ivy play. For now, it’s 1-0 after a 61-45 defeat of Dartmouth.

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(12-6, 1-0) Break up the Lions! Columbia has won five in a row, including a 10-point win over Cornell on Saturday. The Lions are an impressive 9-1 at Levien Gymnasium and appear to be a far different group than the squad that collapsed after nonconference play last year.

(7-8, 1-0) The Bulldogs are finally starting to put an up-and-down nonconference slate behind them. Junior point guard Javier Duren has really rounded into form, scoring double figures in four of his last five games, including a 74-67 win over Brown last weekend.

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(3-11, 1-0) One step forward, two steps back. The good vibes of the Quakers’ upset win over Princeton were largely erased Saturday in the wake of an embarrassing 85-68 loss to St. Joseph’s in which Penn surrendered 13 first half three-pointers. The Red and Blue will try to rebound against NJIT.

(8-7, 0-1) Perhaps the Ancient Eight’s most underwhelming team so far, the Bears have lost five of their last seven games, and already face a deficit in the Ivy standings. Sophomore forward Cedric Kuakumensah will need to improve on his 6.7 points per game going forward to give Brown hope.

p r i n c e t o n (11-3, 0-1) Meanwhile, one bad loss has erased memories of the Tigers’ fast start. Princeton’s hopes of turning the Ivy League into a two-bid conference went up in smoke after a disappointing 77-74 loss to Penn on Jan. 11. The Tigers need to rebound and fast.

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d a r t m o u t h (7-8, 0-1) Same old, same old. The Big Green have lost four in a row, and looked dreadful doing so. In a Saturday loss to St. John’s, Dartmouth shot a woeful 34.5 percent from the field to end up on the wrong end of a 69-55 scoreline. A home date with Harvard looms this Sunday.

(1-14, 0-1) What happened? With Shonn Miller out for the season, the Big Red have completely imploded. Their only win? Over Division III Oberlin. Head coach Bill Courtney has looked overwhelmed as the nightmare scenario of all nightmare scenarios has now come true.

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W. HOOPS | After three straight defeats, Penn heads to Temple looking for a win in final Big 5 game of season BY COLIN HENDERSON Associate Sports Editor HOLDEN MCGINNIS

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O n T uesd ay, he av y snow f a l l made travel on roads throughout the Philadelphia area particularly treacherous. Similarly, Penn women’s basketball has had a tough road to navigate, starting with the beginning of the month. And on Wednesday, the Quakers (8-5, 1-2 Big 5) will look to overcome another obstable and end their three-game losing streak on

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Senior guard Alyssa Baron has seen her scoring average decrease over each of the past two seasons, but has evolved into one of the team’s main distributors, dishing out three asssists per game.

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ff to their best 13-game start of the past decade, Penn women’s basketball has many wondering what’s changed this year. The short answer? Experience and a talented freshman class. The long answer? Well, it all starts with a group of forwards who have anchored an offense that has focused much more on the inside game than in years past. Junior forwards Katy Allen and Kara Bonenberger have continued to expand their roles after their first full year as starters last season.

Meanwhile, freshman center Sydney Stipanovich has been a revelation, leading the team in rebounding despite playing just 23.1 minutes per game. The strategic change is apparent in the Quakers’ shot selection. Just last year, Penn ranked near the top of the Ivy League in three-point shots attempted while this year they rank second to last. In creating his rotations, coach Mike McLaughlin has taken advantage of his wealth of forwards, occasionally exploiting teams by using three forwards at a time and constantly shuffling his top three to keep them fresh. Clearly, this strategy has worked rather effectively. The school-record eight game non-conference winning streak certainly speaks for itself, and though the team has lost five games, those losses have come against teams with a combined record of 67-17. Now, it’s not just the offensive performance that makes this frontcourt core so special. On the defensive end,

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