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Pulitzer winner, alum, writes dangerously Jennifer Egan spoke about her bestseller for the Winter Reading Project

BY BRENDA WANG Deputy News Editor Shortly after graduating from Penn in 1985, Jennifer Egan held a series of temp jobs, from catering at the World Trade Center to assisting a countess who was an ex-World War II spy.

Today, Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who filled the Harrison Rooftop Lounge to capacity last night with almost 200 students eager to hear her speak about her book, “A Visit from the Goon Squad.”

A New York Times bestseller, the book is an experiment in narrative and form, with rockand-roll influences. It is divided into an “A” side and a “B” side, like a record, and contains many short vignettes from different perspectives and moments in time. “I thought of it as an entanglement of stories and lives,” Egan said.

The book was also chosen for the Winter Reading Project, which was supported by both the English Department and the Provost’s Office, because of it’s connection to the Year of Sound.

Students were able to receive free copies of the book. Attendance at this annual event was about

‘Heavenly’

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Pound Cake Heaven, a bakery located at 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue, aims to please local sweet tooths with its homey feel and large variety of homemade cakes. The bakery specializes in layer cakes, scones and pound cakes but also decorates cakes for weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions.

Pound Cake Heaven opened its second Philadelphiaarea bakery at 50th St. and Baltimore Ave. on Jan. 20

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Egan discussed how “A Visit from the Goon Squad” explores the interconnectedness of music, time and memory.

A new bakery close to campus makes it easy for students to get homemade cakes without leaving Philadelphia.

Pound Cake Heaven, specializing in layer cakes, scones and, of course, pound cake, opened its second location on 50th

Street and Baltimore Avenue on Jan. 20. It is one of a few bakeries to open west of the Schuylkill River.

Owner Pamela Thornton said that her shop fills a need for sweets in West Philadelphia.

“I knew that Baltimore Avenue was a good location because there’s no sweets, no genuine

location for sweets in West Philly,” Thornton said.

The bakery also decorates cakes for weddings, anniversaries and other special events.

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Wireless GSRs? That’s $10,000 each

Profs get $1 mil for green policy research

By 2016, all Huntsman GSRs will be renovated.

The price tag’s steep, but the tech is impressive

The School of Design researchers will produce tools to spur investment in green infrastructure

BY YUEQI YANG Staff Writer Group study rooms in Huntsman Hall are getting a $550,000 upgrade — not including carpets and furniture.

The Wharton School will install $10,000 worth of technology in each GSR over the summer break, starting with the rooms on the Forum level.

All GSR renovations will be completed by 2016.

During last semester, two prototype GSRs — F66 and F67 — drew about 200 students to test the rooms’ new features and give suggestions. Wharton Computing and Information Technology based the GSR renovation plan on students’

feedback.

Wharton computing will continue to analyze feedback and adjust its plans accordingly.

“A lot of decisions were shaped by students. Some of their comments really bring us an ‘aha’ moment,” Sarah Spaulding, the IT director of Wharton Computing, said.

This is the first major renovation of Huntsman’s GSRs since the building opened 12 years ago, David Siedell, the senior director of Wharton Computing, said.

The Daily Pennsylvanian took a look at the planned renovations.

Wireless Connections Students will be able to display their devices — including laptops, smartphones and tablets — on the screen through a wireless connection. “Students SEE GSR PAGE3

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One popular feature of the prototype GSRs were larger and more private screens. These screens will be implemented in all GSRs by 2016.

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The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a $1 million grant to Penn researchers to study adoption of green infrastructure in Philadelphia.

The study is part of a series of EPA grants to five colleges and universities to “evaluate innovative green infrastructure practices in urban areas, using Philadelphia, Pa., as the pilot area,” according to an EPA press release from Tuesday.

A total of $5 million was doled among the five schools in a collaboration between the EPA and the city of Philadelphia to implement a green stormwater

management system.

The Penn study, which is headed by School of Design professors David Hsu and John Landis, aims to produce analysis of the green infrastructure markets in Philadelphia that can be used to shape investment and public subsidies.

Additionally, the researchers will conduct qualitative policy analysis to “provide a better understanding of how well policies to promote the installation of [green infrastructure] are working in Philadelphia and elsewhere,” according to a research summary on the EPA’s website.

Hsu and Landis will also produce tools that the Philadelphia government can use to spur innovation and investment.

Other grants went to resea rchers at Swa r thmore College, Villanova University, Temple University and the University of New Hampshire.

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Ukrainian government criminalizes public demonstrations

Poll: 70 percent of Americans think new NSA regulations won't protect privacy

Following clashes between police and anti-government protesters, the Ukrainian government has passed a new set of civil disobedience laws which criminalize most forms of public demonstration.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center reveals that the majority of Americans disapprove of the National Security Agency's collection of telephone and internet data. Less than 30 percent of respondents believed that President Obama's new reforms for the agency, announced last Friday, would help protect Americans’ privacy. Seventy-nine percent believed that the new restrictions would not hinder the NSA's ability to combat terrorism.

Rather than curb the increasingly violent protest movement, these laws seem to have driven many protesters to a new level of anger over what they see as a dictatorial move by the state. Many around the world see this conflict as a manifestation of the growing divide between the people, who want closer relations with the European Union and the wants to maintain ties with Russia.

West, and the government, which

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to watch said movies on Netflix than at the Rave, and an additional $20 less on iTunes (cost of popcorn and Mike and Ikes not included in these calculations). The low cost of watching seven movies on iTunes for less than 30 bucks is worth the many conveniences that online paid services afford us: not being interrupted by incessant buffering and commercials, the immunity to computer viruses and most importantly, not having to wait 54 minutes after watching 72 minutes of a movie on Megavideo.

Not to mention, it’s a small price to pay when you look at the big picture — the combined savings of the 47.7% of Penn students who pay for their online services rather than going to the movie theater is somewhere between $196,136 and $295,344, depending on whether they use Netflix or iTunes, respectively.

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Writing, Twitter and rock ‘n’ roll

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have told us that they don’t necessarily need so many types of inputs [for projection],” Siedell said, “so we decided to change it to wireless connection, which will save us a lot of time and efforts.”

Other wires and plugs for laptops will be one the side of the counter, instead of in the middle of the table. The plug outlet will include a USB drive plug-in.

“We understand that ease of use is really important,” Spaulding said. “If you only book the room for an hour, you don’t want to spend 10 minutes figuring them out.”

seven times higher than in previous years, according to College senior and President of the English Undergraduate Adv isor y Board K ate Herzlin.

Students were pa r ticularly interested in what is known as the “PowerPoint Chapter” of the book, where a young character communicates solely through a series of PowerPoint slides. Egan came to the idea “via corporate narratives,” or how corporations communicate.

She even borrowed one of the PowerPoint graphics used, a seesaw balancing text boxes, from a presentation her sister was preparing for Bain & Company.

Bigger Screens The bigger screens seen in rooms F66 and F67 will be implemented throughout Huntsman GSRs because of positive student feedback.

Thomas Ruer, a secondyear Wharton MBA student, said he likes that the TV screen in F67 can be moved slightly to face toward the inner side of the room. “If you can see the screen from outside, then it’s not very private,” he said.

Ruchi Shah, a secondyear Master’s of Environment a l Stud ies student , says that she likes the big screen, which is “good for discussion.” The screen will also display how much time students have left and the names of the people with the next reservation.

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Students’ feedback indicated that students thought connecting to projectors could be simplified. By 2016 all GSRs will have wireless connectivity. the new GSR open house last semester.

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Carpets will also be in tiles, instead of a single piece, making it easier to clean and substitute pieces.

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E ng l i sh pr ofe ssor J.C. Cloutier, who joined Egan along with cinema studies lecturer Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve in a panel discussion, spoke of his interest in the visual and musical aspects of the novel and how it explores what it means to move from “analog to digital.” Egan was fascinated by the connection between music and time and how music can become connected with certain memories and periods in life. For Egan, listening to her iPod on her morning jog is “in a way, shuff ling through my life on a regular basis.”

At the end of the event, Egan read aloud her short stor y, “Black Box,” which was serialized on Twitter by The New Yorker. Tweeted in paragraphs of 140 characters or fewer, it purported to be the mission log of a female spy in the far future.

Egan also spoke of the difficulties of writing, which for her was an unconscious and intuitive process. “I do it on a

wing and a prayer,” she said.

“Sometimes no one shows up for these appointments with inspiration except me.”

Her words inspired aspiring writer Vaishak Kumar, a sophomore in the College. “[A Visit from the Goon Squad] is very experimental — it’s pushing the form ahead,” he said. “It did change the way I think about novels. I plan to write a lot more [now].”

Egan, who was an English major, remembered her time at Penn as “spectacular.” She considered history professor Alan Kors’ class on the Enlightenment, deceased sociology professor Philip Rief’s class on Freud and a class taught by Chaim Potok on science and literature especially inf luential during her time at Penn.

She also emphasized “that the two best skills you can emerge from college with [are] to above all be a good reader and a good writer.”

“There are no skills that are more valuable.”

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Papal bull THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE | Despite garnering the praise of many liberals, the pope has yet to make good on his ‘progressive’ statements

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uring his Christmas address in Vatican City, Pope Francis reached out to atheists, saying, “I invite even nonbelievers to desire peace. [Join us] with your desire, a desire that widens the heart. Let us all unite, either with prayer or with desire, but everyone, for peace.”

The line received an uproarious ovation, but I wish to withhold my applause.

Which nonbelievers do not already desire peace? Does he think we prefer war, death or destruction? Why not ask us to work toward peace, instead of just desiring and praying for it?

Now, before you start jumping all over me for being too pedantic, allow me to explain why I’m so hesitant to take Pope Francis’ grand gestures at face value.

In early 2013, Pope Benedict XVI captured the public interest by resigning the papacy because “God told him to.”

Benedict’s tenure as pontiff was marked by a sharp turn to the right, seeking what he called a “smaller purer church.” Compared to the much beloved Pope John Paul II, Benedict was a disaster for the church’s image.

So when the papal conclave elected Pope Francis, the first non-European Pope since 1272 and a man who was renowned for his kind manner and work with the poor, the contrast was incredibly stark.

Ever since, I have watched countless liberal pundits and writers proclaim Francis a godsend for progressive values. I cannot help but be reminded of 2008’s enthusiasm for Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign. Both generated a large amount of early enthusiasm through their eloquent pronouncements before actually making policy changes — Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, and the pope was named Time’s 2013 Person of the Year.

Let us revisit some of the

pontiff’s highlights from his first year: On May 23rd, Pope Francis suggested that “even the atheists” can go to heaven. Amid the ensuing media sensation, Vatican spokesman Thomas Rosica quietly released a statement clarifying that the Pope meant atheists can go to heaven … by becoming Catholic.

In a “surprise interview” on a plane back to Rome on July 29th, Francis said, “Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord?” Once again, proponents of social justice lauded the sentiment as new gospel — forgetting to mention that Francis has never changed the church’s opposition to homosexuality. As recently as 2010, he called gay adoption a form of discrimination against children and claimed marriage equality would “seriously damage the family.”

It should have come as no surprise that two months later the pontiff would order the excom-

munication of Australian priest Greg Reynolds, who was advocating for gay marriage and the ordination of female priests.

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I care because Pope Francis has made no effort to correct the lie that condom use increases AIDS transmission — a falsehood propogated in Africa by a previous pontiff.” says that sounds remotely liberal should be followed by an asterisk.

“But, Collin,” I hear you cry, “you’re an atheist! Why do you even care what the pope has to say?”

I care because the Catholic Church leads and influences over 1.2 billion (as it likes to boast) parishioners worldwide, with over 70 million in the United States alone.

I care because Pope Francis has made no effort to correct the lie that condom use increases AIDS transmission — a falsehood propagated in Africa by the previous pontiff.

I care because estimates suggest the church’s annual spending approaches $170 billion worldwide, 10 times the annual profits of Walmart. I say “estimates” because the church is tax-exempt, so it is not required to report its earnings.

I care because the Catholic Church spent over $2 million in 2012 fighting marriage equality in Maine, Maryland, Washington and my home state of Minnesota.

I care because Catholic hospitals account for 15 percent of hospital beds in the United States and many more world-

COLLIN BOOTS wide, and the church’s stances on contraception, abortion and end-of-life care often dictate which medical interventions are prescribed.

I care because Pope Francis could change it all.

Regardless of your beliefs about the pope and his alleged hotline to heaven, he holds tremendous power over many of the people and issues I care about greatly. I hope I am wrong about Francis being purely a PR campaign, but actions still speak louder.

COLLIN BOOTS is a master’s student studying robotics from Redwood Falls, Minn. Email him at cboots@seas.upenn.edu or follow him @LotofTinyRobots.

Dream in 45 seconds

LINES OF PERSPECTIVE | Blinded by the perpetual flash of our iPhone cameras, we move further from true appreciation of beauty

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s Black F r iday settled itself among the f ro zen pavements of New York City, I walked to the David Zwirner Gallery, determined to tackle the art of Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist who has enhanced a lot of discussions in my surroundings these days.

A line full of beanies and long coats greeted me, long enough to scare many who weren’t ready to be that dedicated to art.

After at least three hours of waiting, we were exposed to a small square room, where we were given 45 seconds in “The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away,” a so-called infinity mirrored room. Many new art enthusiasts were grabbing their cameras and phones, waiting nervously to take a picture representing their short adventure, already ready to say that they had

been changed irrevocably by the out-of-the-ordinary installation. Unfortunately, I was one of them, fidgeting with my iPhone case, my heart pounding to capture the millions of lights.

The installation included a small platform in the middle of an expanse of water and suspended lights. I lied down on the platform and took in the piece of art all around me, realizing the absurdity of our actions after a mere 15 seconds.

Instead of truly appreciating this 80-year-old artist, who influenced pop art and minimalism with her dense patterns of nets and polka dots and her intense, largescale environments, we were focused on collecting her phenomenal atmospheres in our own mediums.

I realized the feeling of being out-of-space, of being surrounded by ancient, lit souls, maybe too late, for I only

possessed 45 seconds in the room.

This exhibit made me afraid and frustrated, for we have become too obsessed with representation and social media.

We are not able to want, desire, take pleasure in accidental beauties passing in front of our bodies each day. The phenomenon of Instagram and then Snapchat, the phenomenon of sharing our daily lives more instantly and on a more public surface, has deepened this lack of pleasure.

We all have experienced that moment when we take a picture of the food placed on our table at a restaurant before enjoying the details of the condiments or the exotic smells emanating from the plate, just to be able to show to the world what we ate.

The second exhibit, “Love is Calling,” reaffirmed my beliefs. Instead of appreciating the figures of colored polka

dots, our souls, chained to representation, wandered around “capturing” each mirror with our phones, each dot in our squared cameras. At times, the phones we clutched seemed to be a far more concise representation of ourselves.

At the Louvre Museum, people r ush to get to the “Mona Lisa” just to photograph it, leaving no room to appreciate the painting, and make us — those who choose immersing ourselves in art over capturing it — feel that we are not presented a masterpiece but a painting that might not deser ve its full credit.

Not only does this habit diminish some artwork, but it also makes us forget other pieces of art. Indeed, the room where the “Mona Lisa” resides also includes pieces of pure Italian Renaissance, a haven for anyone partial to

that period of human daily representation and gigantic venues.

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We are not able to want, desire, take pleasure in the accidental beauties passing in front of our bodies every day.”

At the David Zwirner Galler y, the isolated room is not the only entertainment.

T wenty-seven large-scale paintings are exposed on long, white walls. They are ignored by the audience, who feels as if these other rooms are simply waiting rooms, warm refuges from the cold.

The audience doesn’t recognize the complementary value of these paintings. The side

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full of pastel and bright colors and subjects recurrently seen in Japan is part of and reveals a simpler side of Kusama’s art, showing us where her inspiration comes from.

Art appreciation fades away slowly but surely. To be really changed by art these days is very rare. At the Guggenheim Museum or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cameras are forbidden, even those with no flashes. I used to be upset, but now I am thankful, for I know some souls can dream in 45 seconds more faithfully.

DIANE BAYEUX is a College freshman studying English from Paris. Her email address is dbayeux@sas.upenn.edu. You can follow her @dianebayeux.

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Hero robots compete in Miami Professors, students and robots participated in the DARPA Robotic Challenge in Miami

BY BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer I n Febr ua r y, el it e at hletes from around the world will travel to Sochi for the Olympic Games. However, the “Olympic Games for robotics” already happened in December.

Pioneers in robotics congregated in Miami, Florida on Dec. 2 0t h a nd 21st to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge, which pits humanoid robots against each other to save people from dangerous situations.

T wo teams that include d Pe n n p r o f e s sor s a nd students, T ROOPER a nd THOR, came in eighth and ninth place, respectively.

The Tr ials consisted of eight tasks the robots would face when responding to disasters, ranging from climbing up a ladder to opening and passing through multiple doors to turning valves.

“P utting ever y thing to gether was really challenging,” Kostas Daniilidis, a professor of Computer and I n for mat ion Science a nd member of team TROOPER, said. He explained that it is because the robot should be able to fulfill various tasks that would usually require several less complex robots.

Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics professor Vijay Kumar was also part of the team.

“A not her pr o blem w a s that we had to deal with the delay in control and had to be predictive,” he said, because the communication between the operator and the robot often was not quick enough.

Writing control strategies — the programming which allows the team to control their robot — was difficult for the teams. The program must cont rol nu merous joints and parts at the same time in order to make the robot “work within the laws of physics.”

On the day of the trials, there were additional unexpected problems such as w ind a f fecting the move ment of robots and the sun inhibiting the proper functioning of cameras, which allows the operator to see what the robot encounters and also make decisions.

T he t wo t e a m s a r e i n pr epa r at ion for t he nex t round, the DA RPA Robotics Challenge Finals, which is to take place after 12 to 18 months of research and refinement. “The idea is that you get better at doing these tasks,” said Lee, while mentioning that such a period is not long enough for additional research.

Daniilidis had a particular

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Penn professors and students took part in the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency – DARPA — Robotics Challenge on December 20th and 21st as part of team TROOPER and team THOR. Both tems will compete in the next round next year. focus in mind for his team.

He wants to make the robot “less dependent on the operator.”

I n ad d it ion t o K u m a r, Daniilidis and Daniel Lee, a professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering and Computer and Information Science and member of team THOR, a number of people associated with Penn Ro-

botics competed at the Robotics Challenge. Penn was one of the only universities that was involved with two teams, Lee said.

There were not only current Penn students working on the two teams but also many alumni working with other teams. The chief scorer of the trials, Eric Krotkov, received his Ph.D. in

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Thornton’s mother and head baker at Pound Cake Heaven also specializes in deep-dish apple pies.

Penn students can receive a discount on their purchase at Pound Cake Heaven with a valid PennCard, although Thornton did not specify the amount of the discount. The bakery is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. On Sundays, it is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is closed on Mondays.

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Penn ready for home Invitational FENCING | Penn looks for wins against inferior teams after two straight successful weekends

BY TITUS ADKINS Staff Writer As a big weekend looms on the horizon for Penn fencing, the Quakers are as calm and confident as they have been all season.

Coming of f a successful show ing each of the past two weekends, both Penn’s men’s and women’s fencing squads look to continue to harness that momentum at the Philadelphia Invitational this weekend as both teams prepare for the Ivy Championships next month.

“Everyone’s looking good right now,” junior captain Jason Chang said. “We had the [North American Cup] over this past weekend where we had a lot of great performances and finishes across the board, and we’re looking for a very strong result this weekend.”

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Middleweight matchups loom large WRESTLING from page 12 December.

The Quakers are looking forward to getting two of their most important wrestlers, senior Andrew Lenzi and freshman Caleb Richardson, back after the pair missed last weekend’s duals.

Penn coach Rob Eiter was satisfied with the squad’s performance last weekend given the absence of the duo.

“With [Richardson and Lenzi] out, we’ve been fortunate with how things have gone,” Eiter said. “That’s important for team morale to know that we can still perform and win dual meets without two of our

ago, the men’s squad f inished 3-2 while the women finished with a clean sweep of their competition, 5-0.

The men’s only defeats came to North Carolina and Penn State, and the squad looked solid, despite having five of its top fencers out of the lineup.

“The last time we did not send the full team,” coach Andy Ma said. “This weekend the men’s team will be full power.

“We aren’t fencing Penn State this weekend. We’re fencing teams much weaker.”

T he R ed a nd Blue w i l l be looking for a hometown sweep this weekend, where the only real competition the women’s team will face will come from Temple and Northwestern.

But Ma is confident that his team can break through for v ictor ies against both squads.

“Two weeks ago, we beat Temple,” Ma sa id. “I f we fence well we should beat Temple again and hopefully Northwestern as well.”

The women’s tea m w i l l look to repeat its per for m a nc e a ga i n st t he O wl s from Jan. 12 and build on the success it has had thus far in 2014. In their last matchup with Temple, the Quakers won with all three weapons and took the match, 17-10.

T he men’s side w i l l go against North Carolina, Sacred Heart and Duke at the Invitational. Penn is looking for a better showing against the Ta r Heels tha n when they last did battle in Virginia.

“The men’s team should have no problem,” Ma said.

“We should beat ever yone as usual, because our team is ver y strong. [The other teams] are not very strong.

We have beaten them every year.”

This weekend looks to be a successful one for both of Penn’s teams, and the Quakers have placed an emphasis on the refinement of its movements in practice this week.

“Since we’re entering the bulk of our season starting this weekend, it’s just mainly

leaders.

“It’s been a good opportunity for some of the younger guys to step up.”

One young Penn grappler that has stepped up recently is freshman 133-pounder Ken Bade, who won both his matches and earned his first pin of his dual career last weekend.

“He wrestled great the last two weekends,” Eiter said.

“His confidence is there. You can see it. He’s actually made that transition where he’s taken what he’s learned in his losses and used it for his style.

It’s a huge thing for a young kid like that.”

Army, while lacking any ranked grapplers, does have strength in the middleweight ranks, which will make for some intriguing matchups.

At 165 pounds, Penn sophomore Casey Kent, who boasts a team-best 6-1 dual record and is coming off back-to-back bonus point victories, will chal-

lenge Army’s Chandler Smith.

Smith, a junior, has posted an Army team-high 25 victories and is undefeated in dual matches this season.

The 157-pound match features a showdown between Penn sophomore Ray Bethea, who is 14-6 on the season, and Army senior Paul Hancock, who has put up 17 wins, five of which have come by major decision.

Penn junior Jeff Canfora, who entered the season without much job security in the 141-pound class – a new weight class for the junior – appears to have hit his stride. Canfora is 3-0 in dual bouts in the new year and has won six of his last seven matches.

“It’s a little bit of getting used to the weight and a little bit of just trusting myself more in the matches and opening up,” Canfora said about his recent success.

Although Army is not a familiar foe for the Quakers,

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With the Quakers just a month away from the Ivy championships, junior captain Jason Chang remarked that “everyone’s looking good right now” for the Red and Blue heading into the Philadelphia Invitational this weekend. about maintaining our physical conditioning, the small details like making sure our point control is good,” Chang said, “and our movements are smooth and just boosting our confidence in getting ready for Ivy League Championships in two weeks.”

I f ever y t h i ng fa l ls i nto pl ac e a s it shou ld , b ot h Penn’s men’s and women’s teams could be able to walk aw ay f r om t h i s we ekend without even so much as a scratch.

Penn’s grapplers are not worried – they are confident in their respective styles regardless of the opponent.

“I’m just going to go in there and try to wrestle my style. I’m not too concerned about what [my opponent does],” Canfora said in a quote that could have applied to the entire team.

The Quakers should feel good about their chances against this Army team, but they know the Black Knights will make them earn every point. “ They ’re a ha rd-nosed team,” Eiter said. “They’re a grind-it-out type team. It should be a good dual.”

Canfora emphasized the importance of the dual.

“It’s definitely a big match momentum-wise. A win going into the biggest [conference dual] we’re going to have in Cornell, a team we haven’t beaten in a while, is definitely going to build some momentum.”

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Last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup with Illinois State marked the first home meet in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly renovated gymnastics facility. Because of delays in construction, the Red and Blue didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the opportunity to get any advantage by training on the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new equipment well in advance.

As a result, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limited amount of time working in its new facility ultimately cost the team. Unable to spend extra hours training in a freshly renovated arena, the Quakers were forced to use older equipment while training.

Led by senior Diana Moock, the only all-around g ymnast for the Red and Blue against Illinois State, as well as sophomore Car issa Lim and f reshman Kelly Tan, Penn kept the matchup close. Thanks to the energy given to them by the friendly home crowd, the home opener could provide a much needed lift and some momentum for the team as it moves forward.

The departure of Penn gymnasticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2013 graduating class has had deeper ramifications throughout the early portion of the season.

That class, highlighted by Dana Bonincontri, Kirsten

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately, it just comes down to our 40 minutes anyway, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ready.â&#x20AC;?

After missing the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last game due to injury, junior forward Katy Allen appears poised to return to the rotation. Meanwhile, sophomore guard Keiera R ay is still listed as day-to-day and is unlikely to see much action, if any, against the Highlanders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that people are able to step up [with those player s i nju r ed ],â&#x20AC;? ju n ior forward Kara Bonenberger said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Melanie [Lockett] and Rayne [Connell] did amazing [against Temple]. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to k now that when players get hurt, we have people to step up.â&#x20AC;?

When it comes to stopping NJIT, Penn will have to focus on Shakia Robinson, who is using her fourth year of eligibility to play for the Highlanders this season. Current NJIT head coach Steve Lanpher used to coach Robinson when he was an associate head coach at Massachusetts.

Robinson will have to contend with Bonenberger and freshman center Sydney Stipanovich in the paint, both of whom tallied double-doubles against Temple.

On the offensive side of the ball for the Quakers, senior captain Alyssa Baron will look to stay hot after scoring a game-high 21 points on

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Senior Diana Moock has been stellar for the Quakers this season. Last week against Illinois State, Moock scored 9.65 on the bars in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrow home loss.

Strausbaugh a nd Mega n Milavec, was an integral part of coach John Ceraldeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup over the past several seasons.

Without players like Bonincontri, Penn has had a new, sometimes inconsistent identity this season. A younger team than in years past, the Quakers have struggled in several events, most notably on the uneven bars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a position where Bonincontri was a staple throughout her four seasons.

A lack of experience and consistency plus less veteran leadership for for younger players than in previous seasons have combined to cause a rough start to the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2013-14 campaign.

Entering this weekend,

there is much left for Penn to accomplish.

S at u r d ay â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s m at c hup marks the home opener for Yale. The Bulldogs have competed only once so far this season, finishing fourth in the New Hampshire Invitational last weekend.

Having only competed in two meets themselves, the Quakers could easily turn their season around with a few quick victories.

A fter last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close loss, the Quakers have all the tools at their disposal to make waves as the season progresses.

And if Penn can get off to a quick start on Saturday and steal a win from the Bulldogs, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no limit to how far the team could go down the road.

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7-for-13 shooting during her last time out.

If all goes as planned, the Quakers might end up extending the best nonconference start in Penn history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just need to keep up

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THEY SAID IT Jerome Allen

“There weren’t too many positive things we could take from that experience.”

— On last Saturday’s 85-68 loss to Saint Joseph’s

Penn coach

Saturday vs. NJIT

THE EDGE Penn takes on the Highlanders — who’s got the advantage?

OFFENSE: The Quakers certainly

shouldn’t have any trouble scoring in this one. Armed with two dynamic forces on the blocks in Darien Nelson-Henry and Fran Dougherty, and Tony Hicks in the backcourt, Penn should be able to score at will on Saturday. Together, the three rank in the top-12 in scoring in the Ivies.

Advantage: PENN DEFENSE: It isn’t often that the Quakers get the edge on defense, but that might be the case facing NJIT. The Highlanders consistently are outrebounded by their opponents, giving up 35.9 boards per game, 1.5 more than they pull in on average. Also, NJIT is putting up only 3.2 blocks per game, giving Penn’s forwards a chance to take the frontcourt advantage.

Advantage: PENN OVERALL: Coming in to Saturday night’s game, Penn and NJIT feature a combined 1125 record on the season. Penn has put together a few good games, particularly against Princeton and Niagara, but has laid eggs in others. NJIT on the other hand has dropped two straight games, and struggles to rebound the ball. Overall, Penn’s size and homecourt advantage at the Palestra will have an impact on the young Highlanders, and should give the Red and Blue the win.

Advantage: PENN

Interior play will be crucial factor for Penn M. HOOPS from page 12 the field.

“I thought they did a tremendous job of competing and playing hard and sharing the ball and attacking the basket,” Allen said of his bench. “I was happy for them, the way they finished the game.”

Against NJIT (8-12), though, Allen would likely prefer not to have to resort to his bench to slow down the Highlanders’ attack.

The lone independent program in Division I, NJIT has made tremendous strides under coach Jim Engles, but the team has struggled recently, losing eight of its last 10 games.

However, NJIT’s latest contest — an 88-82 loss to North

Carolina A&T on Saturday — featured a record-breaking performance.

Freshman guard Damon Lynn set a school record for scoring with a 34-point effort against the Aggies, hitting nine of his 18 three-point attempts.

His hot hand poses an imposing challenge for Penn guards Miles Jackson-Cartwright and Tony Hicks.

But the Quakers are not intimidated by elite snipers, having held NCAA scoring leader Antoine Mason to 9-for-25 shooting back when they stuffed Niagara on Nov. 26, 85-66.

“We can’t rely on one man to stop [Lynn], per se, it has to be overall team effort,” Allen said. “I just think all our guys are more so focused on getting back in transition, not turning the ball over, finding their man early … just trying to put a solid defensive game together.”

The key to victory over the Highlanders may not necessarily be Jackson-Cartwright and Hicks outgunning Lynn from

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Of NJIT’s 12 players who have received floor time this season, none stand over 6-foot-8.

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bully smaller opponents.

“We always try to play insideout,” Allen said. “We like to think that our two interior players are tough to guard when they’re focused and they’re locked in, so hopefully that trend can continue.”

If it does, the Quakers may just take full advantage of their last nonconference chance.

THE LAST TIME: Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, 54-53 Penn, at Newark, N.J. The Quakers earned the 1,700th win in program history — but barely. Then-sophomore Patrick Lucas-Perry drained a three-pointer from the wing with just over two minutes to play to snap a 49-49 tie, a lead that would hold as NJIT’s PJ Miller missed a runner from the foul line on the game’s final possession.

THE BUZZ: TURN BACK THE CLOCK

Dunphy back at Palestra in Penn win

BY COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ

January 24, 2007 — Flash back to one of the most prominent games in Big 5 history. Former Penn boss Fran Dunphy was coaching against his former team for the first time in his career in a visit to the Palestra.

While dealing with the media on one occasion leading up to the game, the Philadelphia native responded in true Fran Dunphy fashion.

“Me, I’m a bore-ass, you don’t

need to talk to me,” Dunphy said. “I’m not going to give you good quotes or any of that stuff.”

Despite fielding an athletic squad led by NBA-bound g ua rd Dionte Chr istmas , Temple was inexperienced.

Dunphy’s Owls entered the game with a 7-10 record, having dropped both of its Big 5 games up to that point.

Dunphy knew going into the game that the spotlight may be on him, but that the game would ultimately be about the players on both sides.

He got his wish, sort of.

Temple came out firing, eventually taking a commanding 19 point lead over the Quakers.

But Penn quickly turned the tide in the second half. Within minutes, the Red and Blue had tied the game up and the game remained close throughout.

With Penn trailing by one in the final seconds, senior forward Mark Zoller put up a desperate three-pointer with one second left. He missed, but was fouled.

As he stepped up to the line, Zoller knew he had the game in his hands.

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“To be honest, I’ve never been more nervous in my life,” he said. “My knees were shaking.”

He sunk all three free throws.

In doing so, the veteran secured Penn’s first win over Temple in four years.

Ultimately, Dunphy left the Palestra with love for his former team, but frustration over the night’s results.

“In a game like this it was just a terrific, terrific atmosphere to be in,” he said.

“I’ll root for them like crazy, I wasn’t rooting for them to play quite as well tonight as they did.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH Penn Sr. F Fran Dougherty Fran the Man struggled against the Hawks last Saturday, scoring only seven points in 20 minutes of action.

He should have a tremendous physical advantage down low against the smaller Highlanders.

NJIT Fr. G Damon Lynn Lynn has demonstrated a scoring touch beyond his years, pacing NJIT with a 17.2 points per game scoring average.

He has scored in double figures in each of his last seven games, including a 34-point eruption against North Carolina A &T Saturday.

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One last stop on Penn’s nonconference ride W. HOOPS | After a thrilling midweek win over Temple, Red and Blue close out nonIvy games against lowly NJIT

fore Ivy League play continues.

The nonconference slate featured a few miraculous finishes — from a buzzer beater against Miami on New Year’s Day to Wednesday night’s thriller against Temple. There were also some pushes from Penn that

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Associate Sports Editor just fell short, including back-toback heartbreaking losses against It’s been quite a nonconference Villanova and St. Joesph’s earlier ride for Penn women’s basketball. this month.

And this weekend, the Quakers will But that part of the season will make one final stop on that ride be- come to an end this weekend when

the Red and Blue (9-5) host the New Jersey Institute of Technology in their final nonconference game of 2013-14.

“I think this is the most difficult [nonconference schedule] we’ve had in terms of the level of competition and we’ve responded very well,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “That can only help going forward as we get into the league and get comfortable with the back-to-backs.”

Coming off Wednesday night’s

win against Big 5 rival Temple, the team’s first win over the Owls in nine years, Penn will need to work hard to maintain its focus and avoid a potential trap game.

Though the Highlanders (5-17) haven’t pulled off any particularly jarring upsets and have struggled to piece together winning streaks this season, NJIT was able to beat Brown on Jan. 11 — and even hung in with Harvard for a half.

Saturday’s matchup sees the

Quakers return to the Palestra for the first time since their blowout loss to Princeton on Jan. 11. The game will be the first in a Penn basketball doubleheader against NJIT, with the men’s teams doing battle in the nightcap.

“I like the doubleheaders with the guys,” McLaughlin said. “It does give the girls the opportunity to play in a more lively atmosphere.”

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Penn looks to respond after ugly defeat M. HOOPS | NJIT matchup is Penn’s opportunity to erase the failings of last Saturday’s blowout loss to Saint Joseph’s

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The Red and Blue will look to sophomore center Darien Nelson-Henry, who averages 6.8 rebounds per game, to help solve their rebounding woes after the defeat vs. St. Joe’s.

Penn basketball has one more chance.

One more chance to get a win, any win, as nonconference play comes to a close.

One more chance to show that its upset win over Princeton was no fluke.

Can it make the most of it?

That question will be answered Saturday when the Quakers (3-11) host NJIT at the Palestra, desperate to eliminate the bad taste of last weekend’s disappointing 85-68 loss to Saint Joseph’s.

The Hawks completely embarrassed the Red and Blue in all aspects of the game, hitting 13 first-half three-pointers while opening up a 34-point halftime lead.

“There [weren’t] too many positive things we could take from that experience, just in terms of our ability to impose our will on another team,” Penn coach Jerome Allen said. “If you’re looking for small victories, you try to highlight the things that we control when we control them, but there [weren’t] too many times when we could do that.”

Penn was done in by its usual set of problems against the Hawks on Saturday: offensive inefficiency and poor rebounding.

The Quakers shot a woeful 29 percent from the field in their dreadful first half showing and were vastly outrebounded by St. Joe’s, 36-25.

But Saturday was not completely without positives for the Red and Blue to look back on. They committed a season-low 10 turnovers and received solid bench play in the second half, spearheaded by freshman Dylan Jones’ 10-point effort on 4-for-7 shooting from SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 11

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Freshman forward Dylan Jones was a bright spot for the Quakers in Saturday’s loss to St. Joe’s, providing 10 points on 4-7 shooting in a high energy stint off the bench.

Quakers get healthy for Army dual Red and Blue face key Ivy test in early season WRESTLING | Red and Blue welcome Andrew Lenzi and Caleb Richardson back to lineup as Black Knights arrive

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But despite their improvement since the beginning of the season, the Red and Blue are still young and facing problems.

After a disappointing loss to IlSophomore Elyse Shenberger, linois State last weekend, Penn Penn’s top all-around gymnast, regymnastics is back on the road, mains injured and out of the lineup. this time for its first Ivy League Additionally, the Quakers are hurtmatchup of the season. ing collectively as the graduation While the Quakers have had a of its 2013 seniors and a delayed tough start, finishing fourth at the start to the opening of the team’s George Washington (GW) Invita- new facilities didn’t do the Quakers tional and narrowly falling to the any favors in getting ready for the Redbirds, the team has improved SEE GYMNASTICS PAGE 10 from week to week.

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With the Black Knights set to invade Penn wrestling’s territory this Sunday, both squads seek the same thing: a third straight dual win.

The Quakers (4-3, 3-1 EIWA), who took down Binghamton and Bucknell last weekend, will be looking to extend their success in EIWA conference play and build their confidence

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Despite performing well last week in his absense, the Red and Blue will welcome freshman 125-pounder Caleb Richardson, along with his 9-6 overall record, back to the mat with open arms. during a crucial time in the season vard by double digit margins. Army’s against Army (5-3, 4-3). lone loss in 2014 came at the hands of The Knights, who have won three Boston, a squad Penn dominated in of their last four duals, seized their SEE WRESTLING PAGE 9 last two against American and Har-

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