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PennDesign advises Phila. in housing Hurricane Maria refugees

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5,357 refugees arrived in Phila. after the hurricane HAWTHORNE RIPLEY Staff Reporter

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, nearly 400,000 Puerto Rican residents evacuated the island. In Philadelphia County, 5,357 evacuees arrived — more than any

other metropolitan area outside of Florida, New York, and Massachusetts. They slept on relatives’ couches, checked into hotels, and established permanent residences

throughout Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania researchers said.

Last fall semester, 45 secondyear master’s students in Penn School of Design’s City and Re-

Sen. Warren’s students remember her time at Penn Students described her as “tough” but “well-liked” GRANT BIANCO Staff Reporter

As United States Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) mounts her 2020 presidential campaign, allegations that she improperly claimed Native American ancestry combined with her reputation as a progressive firebrand continue to divide the electorate’s opinion of her.

Despite what critics call her “divisive” political reputation, interviews with Warren’s former Penn Law School students paint a mostly positive picture of her tenure as a demanding but well-liked professor. Before Warren entered the political field, the Massachusetts senator taught contract and bankruptcy law at Penn Law from 1987 to 1995.

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Between new apartment buildings, storefronts, and dormitories, several development projects have transformed the image of University City — sometimes at the expense of the region’s historic architecture.

One Penn alumna however, is taking a stand for the preservation of the city’s historical buildings.

2018 College graduate Corey Loftus has been submitting buildings to the Philadelphia Historical Commission since January 2018. Earlier this month, she won historical designations from the Historical Commission for three West Philadelphia Victorians. With this status, any plans to significantly renovate or demolish the buildings must gain the Commission’s approval — making

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Warren announced her presidential bid on Dec. 31, 2018. She taught at Penn Law from 1987 to 1995.

U. alum wins protection for local buildings Corey Loftus is fighting for historic preservation

gional Planning Department spent months evaluating Philadelphia’s response to the diaspora and found numerous government shortcomings.

it difficult to remove the buildings’ historic designs and renovate them in a way that would devalue their historic architecture.

Loftus wrote arguments that were more than 20 pages long for the historical significance of three Victorian buildings located at 3920, 3922, and 4525 Spruce St. At a Historical Commission meeting on Jan. 11, 2019, she won protections for the three properties.

“It’s a long, bureaucratic process,” Loftus said. “There’s about ten criteria for a building to be put underneath, and the criteria can be anything from famous architecture to someone famous having lived there.”

3920 Spruce St., which is occupied by the beloved, locallyowned bookstore House of Our Own, met the criteria. House of Our Own owner and 1971 College graduate Deborah Sanford said 3920 Spruce St. was once SEE PROTECTION PAGE 2

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3920 Spruce St., occupied by locally owned bookstore House of Our Own, was one of the locations that won historical designation.

Penn’s ‘Writer at Risk’ receives travel visa

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Admission figures dropped for the Class of 2023 SETH SCHUSTER Staff Reporter

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Erhaim will arrive at Penn in fall 2019 to participate in the program launched by Perry World House and Kelly Writers House.

The Syrian journalist was previously denied a visa JULIE COLEMAN Deputy News Editor

After months of being barred from entering the country, Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim has received her visa and will be able to visit Penn next fall as this year’s “Writer at Risk.”

Erhaim, who has reported on the Syrian civil war from Syria but now lives in London, was previously denied a U.S. visa because of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, despite receiving an invitation from the United States Department of State to enter the country. Most Syrian nationals, along with citizens of Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, and North Korea, are not allowed to enter the United States under the current ban.

She originally canceled her trip to Penn last semester to par-

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ticipate in the “Writer at Risk” program, launched by Perry World House and the Kelly Writers House. The program brings journalists who are “under threat and working in crisis conditions.” Erhaim said she does not know why her visa was eventually granted on Dec. 19, about a week after The Daily Pennsylvanian report about her denial to the country was published.

“In December, just a couple of days after that article and the many reactions on Twitter, I got an email asking me to send my passport or visa issuance, which means I’ve got the visa,” Erhaim said. “I wasn’t expecting [to get the visa], especially in December, because it’s usually the month where no one is working.”

Erhaim will arrive at Penn in fall 2019 to participate in the program.

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Penn admitted 1,279 students to its Class of 2023 through the Early Decision Program in December 2018. The newly accepted students made up just 18 percent of the applicant pool — Penn’s lowest ED acceptance rate to date.

But Penn was not alone in its decision to admit a lower percentage of students through ED this year.

Every Ivy League school that has released its early admissions data saw declines in their early accep-

students than it already does.

Brown University had the largest decline in ED admission rate compared to last year, boasting an 18 percent rate of admission for the Class of 2023, which is 3.1 percentage points lower than last year’s class. Dartmouth College experienced the second largest decrease, a 1.69 percentage point drop from the previous year. Cornell University had a similar drop of 1.66 percentage points from the Class of 2022.

At 13.2 percent, Yale University reported the lowest rate of early admission among the Ivy League, beating out Harvard College, which has been the most competitive university for the past two years.

For Penn’s incoming Class of 2023, legacy students represented a significant portion of students admitted, with 23 percent of admitted students having a parent or grandparent who attended Penn. This was a slight decline from last year, which saw 25 percent of admits who were legacies.

Across the four Ivy League institutions that reported the figure – Penn, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Cornell – Penn had the highest percentage of accepted legacy students.

About 48 percent of Penn’s Class of 2023 also self-identify as people of color or with a minority group. The proportion of admitted people of color was higher at Harvard and Princeton, where 49.2 and 50 percent of early admits self-identified as people of color, respectively.

The newly accepted students made up just 18 percent of the applicant pool — Penn’s lowest ED acceptance rate to date. tances compared to the previous year. Columbia University is the only Ivy that has yet to release its ED numbers.

Penn had the smallest decline in selectivity. The University’s ED admissions rate decreased by only 0.55 percentage points from 18.55 percent. The small change comes just one year after Penn had the most drastic decline among the Ivies, tapering early admissions by 3.5 percentage points.

As Penn’s admit rate drops, the ED applicant pool continues to grow. Nonetheless, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said Penn cannot accept more early decision

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First student-designed community will open in NCH One program has been chosen to launch next year SIDDARTH TUMU Staff Reporter

Penn is unveiling a new program to revamp housing options and introduce residential communities designed by students, the first of which will be implemented in fall 2019.

After receiving five applications for potential “Student-Designed Communities,” one of the communities has been selected and will be put into effect next year in New College House.

Director of Four-Year Houses and Residential Programs Ryan Keytack declined to reveal which

community was selected.

“There was an initial selection process that then got forwarded to the individual houses,” Keytack said. “The student groups interviewed the houses, the houses interviewed the student groups, and if there was a mutual match, we could green-light the community.”

Keytack said the idea for the student-designed communities stemmed from the need to assess and revise housing options for students. The new program also looks to complement the new sophomore housing policy, which states that all sophomores must live on campus starting in fall 2021, and the ongoing construction of New College House West.

Aside from student-designed communities, students can also choose to live with other students in interest-based programs or course communities, such as the Mentors or Integrated Studies residential programs.

College freshman Sam Rosenberg, who is in the Integrated Studies Program, said the changes to the course and program communities would benefit students in ISP by helping keep students together beyond their first year.

“There certainly are small groups of friends within the program but I think that these changes should help lead to a broader sense of community among the students in the program,” Rosenberg said. “The

student-designed communities seem like a good way to get students to stay on campus and I’ll definitely be interested to see how they work out next year.”

College and Wharton freshman Maddie Lau, who is in the Huntsman Program in International Studies, was skeptical of the new housing policy. Lau said because Huntsman is an integrated academic and residential community, not much would change with her living experience.

She said that although a studentdesigned community could simply end up being a group of friends living together, “it could also be a really fun experience for people to get into things they didn’t know about and meet new people.”

The student-designed communities are designed to complement the new sophomore housing policy which will go into effect in fall 2021.

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“They come to visit the house, they’ve heard that [Lin] lived here, and they’re just in tears, they’re so emotional, about being in the place and standing in the house where she actually lived,” Sanford said.

“And the emotion behind that is something we’ve seen over and over again.”

2016 School of Design graduate Amy Lambert, who has nominated buildings for historic designation before, said there are historic properties like 3920 Spruce St. all throughout Philadelphia and praised Loftus for her work.

“These buildings are mnemonic,” Lambert said. “Corey’s work highlights that everything is not as it seems, and there’s some really rich history attached to everyday buildings.”

But Lambert said Philadelphia’s system for designating buildings as historic is not conducive to preserving entire historic neighborhoods at once.

Patrick Grossi, director of advocacy for the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia said he agreed with Lambert, and previously told The Daily Pennsylvanian that growing demand for housing results in developers replacing historic buildings with more profitable apartment complexes. Still, Grossi said individual efforts like Loftus’ can be a catalyst for a broader preservationist movement in Philadelphia.

“We would be thrilled to see people take nominations in their own little corner in the city,” Grossi said.

“It’s not necessarily going to stem

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Historical designation can be given based on criterion ranging from significant architectural value or housing a famous resident.

the residence of renowned Chinese architect and writer Lin Huiyin, who graduated from Penn with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1927.

Sanford said Lin lived at the building during her time at the University, where she was kept from pursuing a degree in architecture because she was a woman. Lin later went on to become a pioneer for women in her field as an architectural historian and had an enormous impact on Chinese architecture and culture.

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the tide of demolition that we’re seeing, but it’s an excellent place to start and it’s something anybody with a little bit of help and a little bit of resources can participate in.”

Loftus plans to continue participating. She said she nominated an entire block of houses on Chestnut Street from 42nd to 43rd Street and plans to submit nominations for properties like 4527 Pine St. and Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church at 4625 Springfield Ave. “I was an art history major at Penn, so I am super interested in the visuals, culture, and our built environment,” Loftus said. “I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and I was always interested in West Philadelphia architecture. I think I’m taking ownership for my city and making sure that Philly is protected.”

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Penn faculty to restore sites destroyed by ISIS $2 million was granted by the U.S. State Department GORDON HO Deputy News Editor

A Penn team is leading a weeks-long effort to preserve cultural heritage in Mosul, Iraq after the United States Department of State granted $2 million to the University.

Part of the group of Penn Museum faculty and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professors will be in the region until early February 2019 as part of the three-year project called the Mosul Heritage Stabilization Program. The initiative hopes to restore and conserve the city and its culture after the Islamic State destroyed important cultural sites, including those of minority groups such as Christians and Yazidis.

The first part of the project, which is currently underway, aims to assess the conditions of 15 to 20 sites and implement any emergency repairs immediately. After six months, the team will recommend the U.S. government take on longerterm projects to repair and conserve certain sites.

The overarching goal of the project is to encourage minority communities who were

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“We are delighted that Zaina was issued an exception and had been issued a visa to the US,” PWH Deputy Director LaShawn Jefferson said.

“Her expertise will be invaluable in campus.”

Jefferson said Erhaim will likely conduct two large lectures, hold student office hours, guest lecture in classes, mentor students, and participate in podcasts during her time on campus.

Erhaim said she is grateful to have obtained the visa and is glad

pushed out of Mosul to return to the area, along with restoring part of the traditional diversity of the city’s population, project leader and Penn archaeologist Richard Zettler said.

NELC professor Heather Sharkey, who studies religious and minority groups in the Middle East, said Penn is an ideal institution to take on the project.

“The range of expertise that we have in the Penn Museum and the level of historical engagement in this region, especially in archaeological work and conservation, is unrivaled.

This is an area where Penn truly excels,” Sharkey said. “The fact that the U.S. State Department awarded this grant to Penn signals their recognition of our excellence in this field.”

In November 2018, the group

surveyed the area for 10 days and saw damage to Christian churches and monasteries in east Mosul. The team also saw the damage inflicted on the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

Zettler recalled that the damage to the entire complex was catastrophic and estimated its preservation will cost $40 to $50 million, an amount that well exceeds the $2 million grant Penn received.

The United Arab Emirates government will lead the preservation effort, Zettler said.

Michael Danti, who received a Ph.D. in anthropology from Penn in 2000, is the project manager and a Penn Museum scholar. Danti said he was shocked by the amount of work that has yet to be done.

“I have never seen anything like Mosul in terms of destruction,” Danti said. “It’s been two years or more since the Islamic State was driven out of Mosul and in some cases when we enter churches and mosques, virtually

certain people are receiving visas to enter the United States despite the ongoing travel ban.

“I’m really glad that some who are banned are making it through,” she said. “Just to be there, just to show up, just to prove a case, or just to remind people that we exist — we’re regular, we can do good things.”

But she said her case is an exceptional circumstance. She added that she remains frustrated by the discrimination bolstered by the travel ban and that her trip to Penn was postponed in the first place.

Erhaim said social media may have had an impact on the visa waiv-

er process. In addition to her own circumstance, she said her friend and Syrian film director Talal Derki was also denied a visa after being invited to the Academy Awards, where his film “Of Fathers and Sons” was nominated for Best Documentary Feature. But Erhaim said he received his visa two days after Facebook and Twitter campaigns on his behalf garnered significant attention.

“There is no confirmation that when actually campaigning for the visa, you’re going to be getting it,” Erhaim said. “But we have two examples. So maybe there is something.”

The fact that the U.S. State Department awarded this grant to Penn signals their recognition of our excellence in this field.

- Heather Sharkey

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The team will be in Mosul until early February 2019 as part of a three-year project to restore Christian and Yazidi cultural sites damaged by ISIS. The project is a part of the Mosul Heritage Stabilization Program.

nothing has been done since the Islamic State has left those buildings.”

Danti said the conservation project may also be a slow process. As the Islamic State has stolen most of the equipment the Iraqi engineers and architects

use, it will be challenging to assess architectural plans and the stability of building structures.

While Sharkey said the goal is ambitious and desirable, it is unclear if people who left northern Iraq or Syria would return to their original homes,

where their families resided for generations.

“The question is, can the restoration of some sites actually bring communities back?”

Sharkey said. “What will be the incentives for communities to return?”

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I looked at my Penn admissions file, and you should too CHRISTY’S CORNER | We need to advocate for more transparency in the college admissions process

THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 3 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor BEN ZHAO Print Director SAM HOLLAND Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor ALICE HEYEH Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor DANNY CHIARODIT Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor

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dozen or so admissions officers are seated around a seminar room, each with an applicant’s documents held in front of them. One states, “accept,” and a number of hands shoot up.

“Waitlist,” and up goes another number of hands. Repeat the process one last time for “deny,” beat the gavel, and a student’s future is decided. This is how I imagine the inside of a college admissions decision room.

The admissions process has always been murky to me. But when I heard about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which allows students to view their admissions files upon written request, I was intrigued.

On Nov. 7, 2018, I sent an email to the admissions representative of my region, found through the

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that gave me no new information.

Only the first page and one other page had new information. On the first page was my GPA, my senior year coursework, my SAT scores, my SAT II scores, and my AP scores. Another page wrote out the form user’s title, the date the form was submitted, and that the file was placed into the admit bin.

Most int e r e s t i n g l y, there were four numbers, labeled "E," "I," "M," and "AI." With these letters came no description. However, AI, a number much larger than the other three could be interpreted as academic index, a score out of 240 that takes into account one’s GPA, class rank, and standardized testing scores. Two more boxes contained the words “very demanding” and “FG," presumably short for firstgeneration, and that was the extent of my admissions file.

Admissions files at Penn were not always this obscure. In 2015, Stanford University publicized a

These comments in our files grant us true insight into what admissions officers think of us, not only as students but as human beings.”

Office of Admissions contact page.

The next day, I received an enthusiastic reply from my admissions officer, who was delighted to share my request with her colleagues. 42 days later, my file was sent electronically.

My file was 18 pages long, and scrolling through it, I realized, most of it was a replica of my Common App, organized in a way

method of retrieving admissions files, which led to an increase in requests at colleges throughout the nation, including Penn. To combat the issue, Dean Furda planned to remove certain personal comments from applicants’ files before granting students access. The plan was put into action and today's admissions files that are available lack substantial information.

What Dean Furda doesn’t realize is that these comments in our files grant us true insight into what admissions officers think of us, not only as students but as human beings. More concrete, detailed feedback can help students better understand how to lead successful lives at Penn.

Detailed comments illustrate students in a way numbers can not. They are the essence of our admissions file. Without them, admissions officers prolong the notion that students are summed up into a set of statistics — and in this case, four numbers.

Though my experience was anticlimactic, I do not regret requesting my file, and others shouldn’t either.

Many may dissuade people from looking at admissions files, saying the act is harmful. In 2017, 1986 Wharton graduate and cofounder and director of One-Stop College Counseling Laurie Kopp

Weingarten urged students not to look at their admissions files.

But, there should be no harm.

Even if Penn provided more information within the admissions files, which they should, there should be no reason to feel offended — we are already students at the University. I’ve earned my spot at Penn, and four mysterious numbers and some phrases do not change that.

What’s more, having access to more detailed comments might help us to grow in an academic setting and professional environment.

Although the admissions file does not give the full scope of the admissions process, having the right to access it is a start. What we need to fight for is transparency. While Penn doesn’t even have a rubric for interpreting admissions files, other schools have clear guidelines along with original comments attached to their files.

Duke University has a clear-cut guideline for viewing admissions files, with six components — high school curriculum, academics, recommendations, essays, extracurriculars, and test scores — graded from one to five. Moreover, admissions readers provide a paragraph summary on the entire application.

Harvard University provides students with a summary sheet,

comments from two admissions officers assigned to review their file, and their application. If students did not waive FERPA rights when applying to college, they can also see letters of recommendation from their teachers. Now, with the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit, previously highly confidential documents have been made public, including one that documents the criteria Harvard uses to judge an applicant. The document shows a grading scale from one to six, and evaluates based on academics, extracurriculars, community employment, family commitments, athletics, personal qualities, and recommendations letters.

After years of relentless effort spent preparing for admission to top schools, students deserve transparency. We ought to have the right to receive actual feedback that can be used to advise younger friends and relatives. At a time when the admissions process is under intense scrutiny at academic institutions, it is imperative that we do our part in holding Penn accountable too.

CHRISTY QIU is a College freshman from Arcadia, Calif. studying architecture. Her email address is christyq@sas.upenn.edu.

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h et h er it’s dining halls or food trucks, restaurants or Wawa, let’s stop calling food disgusting.

The words most commonly associated with Penn Dining are probably “gross” or “disgusting.” A few times at Penn I have heard people describe restaurants on- or off-campus as “disgusting” as well. As a result of this, I'm often cautious to state my preferences for restaurants or food because I’m unsure of what others might think of it.

We are all entitled to our own preferences, but we should do our best not to degrade the preferences of others, especially when it comes to food. We also need to recognize the socioeconomic privilege and cultural insensitivity that's associated with calling food “disgusting.”

Using that word is a two-fold

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problem. First, Penn students hail from a variety of different backgrounds. This means that people have different conceptions of food and how it is prepared, served, and eaten.

We should try not to be so quick to judge or express disgust of other cultures and their food. Your disgust might be directed at a symbol of someone else’s culture. Too often we don’t understand another group’s culture sur rounding food and so we are disgusted

by it. Many East Asians have had the experience of bringing food from home to school and being embarrassed while eating it in the lunchroom. I remember hiding my kimbap under the cafeteria table while eating it because of how other kids reacted to it.

Second, we all come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. We shouldn’t assume what others can afford to eat.

Calling the food they eat “disgusting” when that’s what is

feasible for them is degrading.

People who haven’t had the luxury of eating high quality food for most of their lives may have a very different viewpoint on what kinds of food they like.

Saying that what someone else eats is disgusting is a way of putting them down, making them feel like they disgust us for eating the foods they want to, or are able to afford. It’s never our place to judge people in this manner.

It’s okay to have preferences,

but the way we convey them is important.

Now, of course we should be working to make dining hall food healthier. The food at Penn could be better quality, and freshman should be able to opt out of the dining plan. Still, when we speak of disgust, it should never be used for food. We can convey a message of preference in a way that doesn’t unintentionally hurt others. There’s a difference between calling the dining plan “unhealthy” or “not worth the money,” and calling it “disgusting.”

The change I ask for is not a difficult one. It’s a simple modification of vocabulary: When we dislike a food, we can state our preferences in a more respectful way. Its effect, on the contrary, is huge. It will allow us to be more respectful of people’s preferences and the food of their cultures. It will push us to acknowledge the privilege we have in being able to have high quality food, and understand the upbringings of others who are less fortunate. When we call what others eat to nourish themselves disgusting, we’re looking down on them, judging them, and calling their actions disgusting.

JOEL LEE is a College sophomore from Groton, Conn. His email address is joelslee@sas.upenn.edu.

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VERONICA FENTON is a College sophomore from Penn Valley, Pa. Her email address is fentonv@sas.upenn.edu.

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o all of our fellow Quakers, welcome back to campus! Whether you are a first-year student who has just gotten your first semester under your belt or a senior gearing up for graduation, the Undergraduate Assembly wishes you the best possible start to your spring semester. We wanted to take a moment to show how far we have come over the past semester and to share our goals for the remainder of the year.

For those of you that might not be familiar with what the UA is, we are the elected, representative branch of Penn Student Government charged with advocating on behalf of students to administrators, funding student activities, and providing services to the student body. You might have taken a ride on one of our airport shuttles home for Thanksgiving (and look out for them again in advance of spring break). But the UA provides so much more.

Since we were elected in April, the UA has focused on improving transparency, accountability, student wellness, inclusivity, and community engagement. We started internally by revamping our committeebased structure and forming five

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Since we were elected in April, the UA has focused on improving transparency, accountability, student wellness, inclusivity, and community engagement.� new committees: Academic Initiatives, Dining, Housing, and Transit, Equity and Inclusion, Student and Campus Life, and Sustainability and Community Impact. We introduced new internal project management tools and accountability mechanisms such as highlighting all of our projects on our website and publishing a Mid-Session Report to demonstrate our progress to the student body.

We achieved great progress

in the fall on a number of fronts.

We partnered with the Penn Voter Engagement Council to help improve civic engagement on campus and increase voter turnout and education in the 2018 elections. We continued on our endeavors to reform the club recruitment process, and we look forward to seeing improved digital resources for club recruitment management. We began analysis into how to restructure tutoring and peer advising in

undergraduate schools to achieve parity in student experience, and we are looking to expand the availability of syllabi on Penn InTouch. We worked with minority coalitions on campus to advocate for increases in available funding for groups under their jurisdiction and will continue to push for adequate funding and spaces for our cultural, performing arts, and recreational groups on campus.

Our work, however, is far from over. Looking ahead to this semester, we aim to finish what we started to the best of our ability to improve the student experience. We plan to revive the graduate-undergraduate mentorship program in partnership with the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, continue to examine ways to provide menstrual products for students in key

Looking ahead to this semester, we aim to finish what we started to the best of our ability to improve the student experience.�

campus locations, reduce the carbon and plastic footprint of the University, and more.

Our approach is to research diligently and creatively apply solutions to problems. Whether that means tracking increases in tuition over the past 20 years and projecting them into the future, coordinating funding allocations to student groups, or attempting to understand the nuanced implications of new housing policies, the data will drive the answers.

We will continue working hard for all of you as your elected representatives and appointed peers. We ask that you engage, that you speak up, and that you let us know what is on your mind and how Penn can be improved.

If you have anything to share to improve your Penn experience or that of others, we encourage you to come to our first-ever Open Forum GBM

this Sunday, Jan. 27 at 9.p.m in the Ben Franklin Room in Houston Hall. We are specifically devoting time at this meeting to hear from members of the community, so please come out to share your thoughts!

Otherwise, find us on Locust Walk tabling once a week (usually with free candy!) or fill out our suggestion box to help us add to our list of projects. We are excited to hear from you and to work hard for you and for a better Penn.

You can reach the UA Executive Board at the following email addresses: President: Michael Krone (president@pennua.org), Vice President: Jordan Andrews (vp@pennua.org), Speaker: Brian Goldstein (speaker@pennua. org), Treasurer: Natasha Menon (treasurer@pennua.org), Secretary: Mercedes Owens (secretary@ pennua.org).

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Penn Law graduate, said Warren had a reputation as a tough but likable professor.

“I think she had all of our names memorized on the first day, so there was no place to hide,” Sanfilippo said. “You better know your reading [in her class].”

1990 Penn Law graduate Stephen Binhak also said the senator’s course was demanding. “She was considered a very tough professor, but she was well-liked,” he added.

Several of Warren’s former students also emphasized her intellect and expertise in the legal field.

“She processes things very quickly, and she also understands arguments much more quickly than most,” 1992 Penn Law graduate Eric Marandett said.

1993 Penn Law graduate Susan Marandett described War-

ren as “whip-smart.”

Students said her teaching style was “Socratic” and said she was heavily focused on making sure students were engaged and actively involved in class.

“She would usually engage at least eight or 10 of us with questions any given class,” said Sanfilippo, who took Warren’s first-year contract law class, which usually consisted of more than 100 students.

“If you didn’t have the answer quickly, she’d move on,” Susan Marandett said.

Although Warren now ranks among the nation’s most notable progressive politicians and was the first prominent Democrat to announce their 2020 presidential bid, her former students said her strong political presence is a stark contrast to Warren’s former attitude in the classroom, where she remained unbiased and nonpartisan.

“You would never know what side she was on in any kind of

given discussion. She was very fair,” Sanfilippo said. “You would never know her politics as a teacher.”

Binhak also said it “never occurred” to him that Warren would run for office and Susan Marandett said she “didn’t sense any political aspirations” from Warren at the time.

Although Warren’s political leanings and ambitions were not apparent to her former law students, Binhak said he sees flashes of Warren’s teaching style now in her political career.

“A lot of her verbal talent now is exactly the way it was when she was a professor,” Binhak said. “She didn’t look a whole lot different as a senator than she did as a professor.”

Others, such as Eric Marandett, are less certain of her electoral prospects.

“There’s going to be a lot of people in the Democratic primary,” he said. “Whether she gets through it, who knows?”

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Slow start for grad. student mental health group Penn Franklins optimistic despite low turnout KATHARINE SHAO Staff Reporter

A semester after the launch of Penn Franklins, the graduate student peer support group, the organization continues to struggle with low turnout despite the need to improve resources for graduate student mental health.

In September 2018, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly launched the Penn Franklins group after GAPSA’s mental health survey showed that almost half of the graduate students who responded to their survey felt “so depressed it was difficult to function.”

While more than 150 graduate students originally joined the organization and attended the peer supporters training hosted in the fall, Penn Franklins External Director Mandy Lin, who is a candidate for a master’s degree in philosophy in education, said there are currently about 30 active members. Penn Franklins hosts walk-in sessions several hours each day three times a week.

Internal Chair of Penn Franklins Matthew Lee, who is a fourth-year Nursing graduate student, said the student turnout for the group has been “close to none.” But, Lee said

he is still optimistic and hopes to continue providing this resource for graduate students.

“The first semester is always hard because you’re building up your name recognition,” Lee said.

“As we offer training, as people get more interested, we’ve managed to grab more people and it has spread through word of mouth.”

Franklins student counselors, who are called “peer supporters,” are trained by Counseling and Psychological Services staff to recognize signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses and receive a three-year certification from Mental Health First Aid, a national group that teaches skills to respond to signs of mental illness.

Lin said the long wait times for CAPS services, irregular schedules for graduate students, and the stigma surrounding mental health has made it difficult for graduate students to seek help.

“Undergraduates receive a huge amount of support [for mental health] from administration. For grad students, these are things you have to organize on your own,” Lee said.

Lee also said he believes peer support is particularly beneficial for graduate students because they would be able to talk to someone who better understands the issues they face.

Asminet Ling, a fourth-year graduate student studying criminology, said she joined Penn Franklins as a peer counselor because she was interested in mental health and illness given her background in psychology as an undergraduate.

“Penn Franklins is right now the only real mental health support resource specifically for graduate students,” Ling said.

Ling added that unsupportive academic advisors could also add to the stressors graduate students face on campus.

Lee said he hopes to help establish a health and wellness officer in each of the 12 graduate schools to better communicate students’ mental health concerns to administrators and provide a list of mental health resources on campus. Lee said the health and wellness officers could also help spread awareness of the peer counseling group.

To increase accessibility to Penn Franklins, Lee said he has talked to the house deans in Sansom Place East, where many graduate students live, to host walk-in hours in the building. Lee added that Penn Franklins will also collaborate with the Graduate Student Center and attend mental health and well-being conversations on campus to bring greater awareness to the services the group offers.

KATHARINE SHAO | STAFF REPORTER

A September 2018 Graduate and Professional Student Assembly mental health survey reported that almost half of the graduate student respondents felt “so depressed it was difficult to function.”

Dental students to be trained to administer Narcan by end of Jan. The medication can block opioids’ effects GORDON HO Deputy News Editor

LIZZY MACHIELSE | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Three one-hour sessions occurred in September, November, and December 2018, with around 170 students attending each session. The initiative was designed to combat the nation’s growing opioid crisis.

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collaborated with local municipalities in order to prepare for future natural disasters on the island. In addition, the group advised Philadelphia legislators and analyzed how Philadelphia can provide better housing and aid to its new residents, receive appropriate federal funding, and ease the cultural transition of Puerto Rican natives.

The project culminated in presentations in December 2018 in Philadelphia, attended by Puerto Rican politicians and Philadelphia legislators, which concluded that the city needed to streamline the way it collected data on migrants and provide tax incentives for Puerto Rican people living in Philadelphia to send money home.

Ariel Vazquez, a PennDesign professor who led his students in a study of the effects of Puerto Ricans entering the continental

United States, said Philadelphia’s response to the mass migration should have been more proactive.

“Once we went to Puerto Rico and we came back, we looked at how Philadelphia didn’t really have a strategy for people coming in,” he said. “We didn’t see funding.”

Students also presented work placement initiatives to help Puerto Ricans re-enter the job market, Vazquez said.

“When people are coming to Philadelphia from Puerto Rico, these situations might be different, said Alex Krefetz, a second-year master’s student in city and regional planning. “In some cases, there are things we can adapt in our plans to meet the needs of evacuees here in a way that they’re comfortable and familiar with.”

Krefetz said there is also a shortage of informative data on where Puerto Ricans are going and staying after Hurricane Maria. Despite some U.S. Census Bureau counts,

Krefetz said most publicly known numbers on the post-Maria immigration to the continental United States were driven by second-hand estimates, such as enrollment in the public school system, which is not a dependable or comprehensive measure.

Citylab reported that neither state nor federal institutions kept track of how many Puerto Ricans left or returned following the devastation of the territory.

Despite the mass influx of Puerto Rican residents to Philadelphia, Krefetz said the city did not receive appropriate amounts of federal aid, in part because of this lack of data.

The United States has a historical precedent of collecting the information of individuals thought to be revolutionaries during the colonization process, Krefetz said, which created an obstacle to accurate data collection.

“We knew that asking Puerto Rican people to fill out a govern-

In September, every student in the Penn School of Dental Medicine was required to undergo training to use Narcan — a medication that saves people from opioid-related overdoses. Now, after several sessions, all students will be officially trained in administering the life-saving drug by the end of the month.

Approximately 170 students attended each session, and the final session is scheduled for the last week of January, Dental School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Faizan Alawi said. The initiative was announced in an effort to combat the nation’s growing opioid crisis. In 2017, more than 1,200 overdose deaths occurred

in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

“If we want to stop this scourge of deaths, we need to find a method of getting this into the hands of large numbers of people in the public,” Dental School Dean Mark Wolff said. “It’s remarkable how the drug reverses what is deadly.”

The training sessions mainly focused on teaching students how to use the drug, third-year Dental student Matt Casey said. Students learned to push the container at the bottom, similar to a syringe, causing a pre-measured amount to go through the device and enter the patient’s nostrils. The liquid drug then reverses the overdose almost immediately after it enters a person’s bloodstream.

The training sessions also emphasized the need to prevent people from becoming addicted to nar-

cotics. Dental School professor Elliot Hersh, who led the Narcan sessions, said students are morally obligated to not over-prescribe narcotics.

“If you can avoid giving the pills, it prevents them first from getting into the illegal drug supply and second, it prevents people from becoming addicted,” Wolff said.

Wolff added that after the student trainings are completed, faculty members will also be trained in administering Narcan through similar sessions.

Third-year dental student Goldie Razban, who participated in the training, said all health professionals — including those in the medical, nursing, and dental fields — should know how to administer the drug.

“We as health professionals also should be responsible in taking care of our patients and taking care of our communities,” Razban said.

ment list might not make them feel comfortable,” Krefetz said, citing the researchers’ need to work with groups Puerto Rican people trusted.

“It was inspiring for us that many of these organizations were focused on providing the aid and their mission in the short-term,” Krefetz added. “The luxury we had as Penn students is that we can really work with them to help provide long-term planning.”

PennDesign department chair Lisa Servon hopes to use this semester’s project as a model for how city planning can adapt to serve groups it has historically been weaponized against.

“I tend to think about the studios for the following year pretty early, and I learned that Philadelphia has a very significant Puerto Rican population,” Servon said.

“I thought this was a great way to try to use our studios to do some good.”

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019

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Russell leads the way in Big 5 win Quakers finish second in the city with victory over Temple

feeling their way into the game.

They forced turnovers on Temple’s first two possessions and converted on the other end to take an early 6-0 lead.

After stumbling at first, the Owls (4-14, 2-2) slowly adjusted to Penn’s unrelenting press and stingy zone defense to knock down a few short jumpers from the paint.

Nevertheless, the Red and Blue maintained their defensive intensity and disrupted Temple’s offensive rhythm to end the first quarter with two blocks, two steals, and three forced turnovers to open up a 19-12 lead.

The second quarter saw both teams play even, back-and-forth basketball. Temple began to heat up from beyond the arc to tie the game at 21 points apiece, but the Quakers responded with an 8-0 run of their own – five points of which came at the hands of senior guard Ashley Russell – to take a 31-23 lead. After a buzzer-beater from sophomore center Eleah Parker, Penn entered halftime with a 35-27 lead.

Parker opened up the second half with a score after the Red and Blue forced another turnover on the Owls’ opening possession, and the Quakers never looked back.

The third quarter was an offensive onslaught for Penn, pouring in 29 points during the 10-minute period.

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The Quakers were aggressive and effective all night on the defensive end; it was only a matter of time before the offense followed suit.

After a tough home loss to Villanova in which the Wildcats secured a Big 5 title, Penn looked to finish off its Big 5 schedule on a high note against Temple at the Palestra on Wednesday. The Red and Blue did just that, beating the Owls, 71-62, in a game in which they never trailed. “When [this coaching staff] first entered Penn, we didn’t win in the Big 5 for the first seven or eight years, period,� coach Mike McLaughlin said. “I want them to celebrate again. The two other times we won the Big 5, we were 3-1, and that’s what we were again today. This [win] is a lot to celebrate for them.�

In the first quarter, the Quakers (10-3, 3-1 Big 5) wasted no time

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I just liked how we came out of the locker room. We picked up where we left off in the second quarter and carried it over to the third.�

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The quarter ended on another exciting note when sophomore guard Michae Jones beat the buzzer to give the Red and Blue a 64-46 advantage. “I think we made shots; I think we had some timely threes in transition. I think Eleah had a couple putbacks. I thought we spread it out really well,� McLaughlin said. “I just liked how we came out of the locker room. We picked up where we left off in the second quarter and carried it over to the third. I loved our third quarter, defensively and offensively.�

In the final frame, Temple made every effort to dig its way back into the game, but could do no more than to cut the Quakers’ lead to nine points with less than two minutes remaining. Penn held on for a victory, which gave the program its best start through 13 games since its 2015-16 Ivy League title-winning

season.

The Red and Blue received strong performances from a number of players on the night, but none was more impressive than Russell, who was all over the stat sheet and threatened a triple-double. She contributed 18 points in addition to nine rebounds and seven assists. “I kind of just let the game come,� Russell said. “If I’m hitting my shots, I feel more comfortable and, honestly, the confidence flows. I don’t really notice assists or anything, I just hit whomever’s open and I go after every board.�

Despite a sluggish fourth quarter, Wednesday’s win was a strong one for Penn. The Quakers will look to continue their winning ways when they take on Haverford at the Palestra on Jan. 27.

success, which is in line with the season’s slogan: “Better Together.� “This is one of the closest teams I’ve ever been a part of. These guys care about each other on and off the court, push each other, motivate each other, and have each other’s backs,� Lane said. “The seniors have done a great job leading by example by drawing on past experiences, allowing for the underclassmen to grow. We couldn’t be happier about how this team’s come together.�

Lane stresses that they’re trying to improve on the little things day in and day out. “You know it’s focusing on the little things, the little details. We’re all about making progress every day, making sure that we’re putting each player in the right position to succeed in each and every match,�

Lane said. “I think each player on this team has bought in to the fact that the results will take care of themselves if we do the appropriate things on and off the court. In the past, we’ve been too resultsoriented. This year, we’ve really tried to make sure we’re preparing the right way: focusing on the process and not the result.�

The three freshmen — Aly Abou Eleinen, James Flynn, and Michael Mehl — have been undefeated this season. As a whole, the team has only lost eight matches, and eight of their players haven’t dropped a match all season.

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Senior guard Ashley Russell filled up her stat line with 18 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists against Temple. The Quakers won the game, 71-62, to finish second in the Big 5 with only one loss. Next up for the Red and Blue is a home date with Haverford.

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Squash, despite its individual nature, is still very much a team sport at the collegiate level. So beyond their talents, these freshmen attribute much of their success to the welcoming environment around them, which provided a smooth transition from high school to the top of the college squash world — something that could have been incredibly jarring in a less accommodating environment. “I think the seniors have played a huge role in our success so far,�

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Mehl echoed these sentiments. “It feels as though the seniors, on this team at least, lay the foundation for the whole of the team,� he said. “Whenever we’re down, they’re people who bring us back up.�

There is a palpable sense of excitement around the team, a feeling that perhaps has never been felt to this extent before. The Quaker Meeting House’s article “Recognizing a Significant Moment in a Program’s History,� published on the Penn Athletics website, is tangible proof of this energy.

The writers are barely able to contain their excitement, citing quotes from sports film classic “Field of Dreams� and commenting on how nice of a ring “Penn Squash — National Champions� has to it. The pressure and expectations could be too much for a team with less experience.

Eleinen, Mehl, and Flynn are more than up for the task. “Obviously, it’s a lot of pressure because college squash is pretty competitive,� Eleinen said. “But I think so far, the freshmen have been doing a good job. It’s all about working hard and doing what you can do, and everything works out in the end.�

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Flynn brought his team to the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Championship from 2015-2018, serving as the captain of the team his senior year.

Their contributions have helped Penn soar to unprecedented heights. For the first time in program history, the

Eleinen echoed Lane’s coaching philosophy and also expressed his appreciation of the coaching staff. “We’ve had a great start to the season so far, and it feels really good coming in as a freshman and winning all our matches. It definitely gives us a lot of confidence,�

Eleinen said. “I think we all have faith in each other and we all work really hard. Obviously the coaches make it so easy for us cause they’re always there for us on and off the court.�

Nonetheless, they’re not letting their feet off the gas pedal. “In my opinion, yes, we have had quite a bit of success throughout the semester and throughout the year so far,� Mehl said. “I don’t think that it’s done until the season’s done. We still have a lot of matches ahead, and like I said it’s not done until the season’s done.�

The women’s team has had a lot of success early this season as well. The Quakers started 5-0 and are now 6-1, with three top-10 wins over No. 4 Stanford, No. 9 Drexel, and No. 10 Brown. This is nothing new for the Red and Blue, however, as they have now won at least six of their first seven matches in four of the last five seasons.

Penn’s dominance has attracted the attention of the squash world.

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Expectations will be high for the Quakers in the near future. For now, though, the Quakers are just focused on the process.

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Takeaways from DP’s meeting with Andrea Wieland Wieland is the associate AD for sports performance MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor

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On Jan. 16, the DP had an hour-long sit-down with Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance Andrea Wieland. Among the topics discussed with Wieland, who has been working at Penn since July 2018, were mental health, mental performance, athletic training, and sports psychology.

Here are three key takeaways from the meeting.

Data is used extensively to allocate mental health resources

A point of emphasis for Wieland throughout the discussion was her data-driven approach. That manifests itself in different ways in each of the sports performance areas that she oversees, but some of the more interesting applications of this analytical style relate to mental health specifically.

When athletes report issues to members of Counseling and Psychological Services, information like their sport and year is collected in a way that maintains personal confidentiality. That data is then pooled at the end of each month and evaluated by an external mental health consultant. If certain trends appear, CAPS resources might be allocated differently to accommodate the athletes’ specific needs.

“I think the data is really going to help us with decision making,” Wieland said. “Without the data, we are just stabbing in the dark and hoping for the best.”

In particular, Wieland mentioned that this data collection process allowed her depart-

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ment to determine that one Penn Athletics team was in need of extra resources, and a CAPS member has been designated to work with those athletes accordingly.

“The idea is if we are having seemingly some trends on particular teams, there might be something about that sport or their travel or whatever might be going on from a cultural perspective. [We need] to see what kind of interventions might be helpful,” Wieland said.

Funding is a major area of concern Despite Penn’s approximately $14 billion endowment, certain areas of Penn Athletics sometimes struggle to implement all of its desired plans.

According to Wieland, “budget constraints” are the largest hurdle she has had to face in evaluating proposals throughout the sports performance department.

Earlier in her tenure, Wieland was prepared to hire an athlete wellness coordinator to contribute to athletes’ mental health and performance. She

In the meantime, I’m trying to do non-budgeted solutions with a 0.00 budget.

Trying to be creative.”

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“We would like to have somebody more full-time, so we’re working on fundraising for that,” Wieland said. “In the meantime, I’m trying to do non-budgeted solutions with a 0.00 budget. Trying to be creative.”

Additionally, a limited resource pool for Penn Athletics as a whole means that

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“It has been such a positive experience for us,” men’s coach Gilly Lane said.

In fact, the opportunity to play at Drexel may even be helping Penn improve from last season. The old courts at Ringe gave the Quakers a home-court advantage, but according to Lane, the team often struggled when playing on the road.

“Our old facility, it was hot, it was bouncy, it was almost like playing racquetball on a squash court. [Drexel’s] courts play so true and have actually helped us adapt to playing on the road,” Lane said. “In the past we weren’t great at playing on the road, and we always played really well at home. I think [playing at Drexel] is helping us adjust to playing at courts all over the country.”

This change in the “warmth” or bounce of the courts has changed the way the teams have had to play.

According to the coaches, however, this change is for the better, as it allows the Quakers to use their skill and shot placement techniques.

“These courts lend themselves to more shot-making and skillful play. … The game on our old courts was more attritional; this can be a bit more attacking,” women’s coach Jack Wyant said.

All this does not necessarily mean the transition was made without any challenges.

As a result of the increased distance from campus and decreased time on the court, the coaches have had to make some adjustments to their typical routine.

“The boys have a longer walk to get to practice, so we need to make sure to plan ahead so they can get the treatment that they need. … Having a shorter amount of time to practice and not having access to the facility all the time makes the guys utilize practice time. … That hour and a half is always to

even listed a job posting for the position. However, a lack of funding meant that bringing in this extra staff member wasn’t feasible, and the post has since

Wyant echoed Davis’ sentiment.

“My sense is that because she’s had a year away, she appreciates how short the window is to compete at this level, and she appreciates it in a way that she didn’t in her first or second year,” Wyant said. “Therefore, she’s really attentive to how her body is feeling and how to address those ailments that she faces on a day-to-day basis.”

For Davis, it’s the day-today routine that’s most important.

“I like getting the treatment in that I need each day, putting in the time on the court, doing recovery, and getting

Wieland’s department can only use a small portion of the money received overall.

“Any time I’m hearing [about] money getting donated, I’m thinking sports performance,” Wieland said. “But other people want their projects done, so I think that’s what it is in any organization. It’s not a lack of support or desire or recognition of need, it’s how we are going to fund it, which is the bottom line.”

There has been an increased focus on collaboration Another theme that came up throughout the meeting was Wieland’s desire to encourage collaboration among individuals involved with Penn Athletics.

She mentioned multiple groups, including the Student Well-Being Committee and Mental Performance Advisory Council, that she created and oversees with the intention of bringing people together from all corners of the Athletics Department.

“The philosophy of the department is being cross-trained and very collaborative and cooperative,” Wieland said. “So

if there is someone who has a degree in sports psychology, they are serving on our Mental Performance Advisory Council to help with dissemination of content curriculum for studentathletes and coaches.”

Beyond her committee oversight, Wieland has attempted to promote cooperation on a more individual level. She said that during her time at Penn so far, she has met with every coach or their staff and conducted an in-depth survey with the Athletics Department’s sports performance professionals. According to Wieland, no one had done this before.

“It’s really kind of centralizing the components, finding where the efficiencies are,” she said. “I think it’s having one person coordinate a lot of moving help, a lot of moving parts. Or give vision to a lot of moving parts to help with the efficiencies.”

With that collaborative mindset in place, Wieland hopes the Sports Performance Department will grow and improve over time.

into the rhythm that I get into each day at Penn,” she said.

This year, her hard work has been paying off. Replacing Melissa Alves at the No. 2 spot on the ladder behind Reeham Sedky, Davis hasn’t missed a beat: she’s 7-0 this season, and she hasn’t dropped a game. She has been instrumental in the Quakers’ wins over No. 4 Stanford and No. 9 Drexel, among other wins against top 10 opponents.

Wyant has been impressed with Davis’ ability to step up in Alves’ absence this year.

“She knew this year that she was going to have to shoulder more responsibility by playing higher on the ladder, so she’s worked really hard to elevate her game,” Wyant said. “The other thing that I would say that’s helped is that she gets the

most time with Reeham, which helps her improve a lot since she’s playing the best of the best.”

Coming from England, Davis has had to adjust to a vastly different squash culture in the U.S. “The biggest change is being on an actual squash team.

In England, you play individually, whereas here you play on a team,” Davis said. “That being said, I love the atmosphere and my teammates here. All the preparation running up to it while the team is bonding and being together, it’s great energy.”

Davis will spend this week preparing for matches on Saturday against Trinity and Colby before resuming Ivy League play next Wednesday at Princeton.

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Sophomore No. 4 Julia Buchholz and the rest of Penn women’s and men’s squash are enjoying their new home away from home at Drexel.

the best of their ability,” Lane said.

“We are guests,” Wyant said. “We need to be on our best behavior. At our old gym, Ringe, we loved it. It was ours, but it was like a little clubhouse where we could do whatever we wanted.”

While it might be frustrating acting as guests in Drexel’s facility, Wyant is still able to see the positives for both his team and the Philadelphia squash community as a whole.

“One of the benefits of being here this year is that we have a much deeper relationship with Drexel,” he said.

“They will always be our inner-city rival … [but] our sport is social, and after college it’s a great way to meet people, so it’s been great seeing the teams get to know

each other.”

While the teams have certainly found a home away from home at Drexel, the coaches did not mince words when it comes to their excitement about returning to Penn’s new facility.

“Words can’t describe how excited we are, this has been a project ten years in the making when we really started thinking about it,” Wyant said. “It’s going to be among the best facilities in the country. We’ve loved our time at Drexel, but we are excited to get into the new digs.”

With another successful season underway and a new home in the works, Penn squash certainly has a lot to look forward to, but the growth the team has experienced during its time at Drexel should not be ignored.

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Davis steps up at No. 2 despite injury woes Junior is undefeated through seven matches JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor

It’s no secret that Penn women’s squash junior Jessica Davis has had trouble staying on the court.

“She’s a little bit like Humpty Dumpty,” coach Jack Wyant joked, comparing Davis to the oft-injured fairy tale character. “We’ve got to piece her together for every match.”

Davis only played four matches last year, as injuries prevented her from competing for much of the season.

Yet while many other athletes might have quit when faced with this much time off, Davis is a trailblazer.

“I’d estimate that she’s got to be in the top five of all Penn athletes in terms of time spent in the training room,” Wyant said. “She’s worked

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Home sweet home — except when even your home games are away.

With the current reconstruction of the Ringe Courts this season, Penn squash has been practicing and playing home matches at Drexel’s Kline & Specter Squash

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Undefeated freshman trio leads the Red and Blue to new heights PAUL HARRYHILL Sports Reporter

The “Big Three” in sports is not a new phenomenon, but it is one that’s becoming more and more popular as teams seem to be deliberately building around a dynamic trio. LeBron, D-Wade,

Penn men’s squash seems to have adopted this approach with its own freshman big three — Aly Abou Eleinen, James Flynn, and Michael Mehl — all of whom have helped propel the program to the very top of collegiate squash.

The freshmen have combined for a 24-0 record in their individ-

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Center. Despite the change in venue, the expectations for the teams are as high as ever, and the results thus far have shown as much; the men have jumped out to an 8-0 start with the women playing at a 6-1 clip.

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No. 2 Eleinen, No. 4 Flynn, and Bosh; Steph, Klay, and Durant; Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and No. 5 Mehl are 24-0 and Robert Kraft.

really hard to get back from her injuries.”

Her road to recovery was a long one, but she had help along the way.

“I give a lot of credit to Meredith [Henze] and our training staff. I know she’s also spent a lot of time with doctors at Penn Sports Medicine and doctors back [in England] when she was there last summer,” Wyant said. “It’s a collection of people with which I have nothing to do, but I give all of those guys full credit for piecing her together.”

Davis’ motivation to get back on the court and practice has been a primary factor for her post-recovery success.

“Being out last year was a motivating factor,” Davis said. “I’m grateful for the time I have on the court, and I want to do my best while I’m here.”

ual matches. In terms of games, they are a stunning 72-14.

Eleinen, like his teammate senior Karim Hussein, hails from Egypt. The freshman is recognized as potentially the best squash player to ever come out of his high school alma mater, the Brooks School. There, he was All-New England three times, twice an All-American, SEE FRESHMEN PAGE 8

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Freshmen Aly Abou Eleinen (left) and Michael Mehl are two of three standout freshmen who have broken into the starting nine for Penn men’s squash, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the country.

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Junior Jessica Davis has played through pain to solidify herself as the No. 2 on the ladder for Penn women’s squash.

Hot starts unsurprising for men’s and women’s squash Men’s 8-0 start is team’s best in the 21st century JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor

Most of the time, Penn sports aren’t in the national spotlight.

Don’t tell that to Penn men’s squash, though.

As of Jan. 22, the Quakers are No. 1 in the nation. Coach Gilly Lane, who is entering his third season at the helm after graduating from Penn in 2007, has transformed the Quakers into a national squash powerhouse since his arrival.

Led by Lane’s squash savvy and a bevy of talented players including sophomore All-American Andrew Douglas and freshman Aly Abou Eleinen, the Red and Blue are a perfect 8-0 heading into February. This includes impressive wins against No. 7 Yale, No. 4 St. Lawrence, and No. 5 Rochester.

Lane’s coaching philosophy is a big reason for the Quakers’ undefeated record this year.

“I think first and foremost we are not focused on winning; we’re just focused on improving every day,” Lane said. “The goal of the team is to make sure we’re continuing getting better every day and focusing on the process and not the results.”

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