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Wharton curriculum adapts to tech fields

Changes will bring technology and finance closer ALIZA OHNOUNA Staff Reporter

Wall Street and Silicon Valley may be 2,562 miles apart, but at Penn, finance and tech are becoming increasingly intertwined. Eric Bradlow, a professor in the Marketing Department at the Wharton School, sees business strategy and technological competency, particularly in the way of data science, as inextricably linked skills for jobs in the modern economy. “People that can take statistical modeling and big data and turn it into corporate strategy — that’s what firms are looking for today,” he said. Bradlow cited recent changes that Wharton has made in its curriculum to keep up with the needs of the changing job market. Wharton re-named its Operations and Information Management Department (OPIM), the Operations, Information and Decision Department (OID). This department offers more than just a new acronym. It seeks to rigorously blend computerbased data analytics and business management SEE WHARTON PAGE 6

Schuylkill cleanup continues days after spill

Deaf, ASL students ﬁnd lack of recognition in Wharton policies VIBHA KANNAN Deputy News Editor

OVERLOOKED As her teammates lowered their hands to signal the rugby play, College senior Sophia Hu moved towards the ball. An American Sign Language interpreter stood nearby to sign the coach’s instructions. After she made a goal, Hu turned towards her teammates to be greeted with a sea of hands in the air, twisting side to side — it was the ASL sign for applause. “One of my rugby teammates had been learning ASL and she told the rest of the team to do that,” Hu said. “One of the most heartfelt gestures that someone can make towards a Deaf person is showing interest in ASL and their culture.” When Hu and College senior Connor McLaren first stepped onto Locust Walk four years ago, they were the first signing Deaf students

to enter Penn in over 15 years. Both Hu and McLaren had gone to mainstream, hearing schools for most of their lives. However, when it came to choosing a college, both considered hearing and Deaf schools. “My mom and I actually visited Penn before I even applied. We talked to Student Disability Services, and they gave us a tour of their interpreters, CART services and all those things,” Hu said, referencing Penn’s Communication Access Realtime Translation service that provides note takers to transcribe lectures. She was impressed with the resources and decided to apply to Penn a few months later. “I think the disabilities office ended up spending more time with my mom than me when we visited

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‘Something that is part of my identity’ Despite their involvement in other activities on campus, both students found a community in each other and other students interested in ASL. Hu a nd McLa ren con nected

with each other before coming to campus through Student Disability Services. Once they entered Penn, they both became involved in Pennin-Hand, an ASL club. Through silent dinners, ASL sessions and social events, Hu and McLaren met students who were interested in the Deaf community. Both of them identify as culturally deaf, or Deaf with a capital “D,” which refers to physical hearing loss as well as the culture that accompanies deafness. Deaf students like Hu and McLaren not only face a physical barrier but also a cultural divide. Morevover, socially, both Hu and McLaren still face communication barriers. “If I go to a party, sometimes I’ll SEE DEAF PAGE 7

Former Philadelphia Mayor Nutter to teach at Columbia

4,200 gallons of oil spilled into the river in gas tank leak on Monday

Cleanup efforts in University City are still underway following an oil spill in the Schuylkill River on Monday. While much of the oil has been removed from the river, land cleanup is projected to continue throughout the week. The spill occurred near the Chestnut Street Bridge at a facility owned by telecommunications firm CenturyLink, located at 2400 Market Street. Following a malfunction in an emergency generator, a gas tank in the facility leaked 4,200 gallons of heating oil, of which about 250 gallons spilled into the Schuylkill River and onto the river’s banks, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a press release. Bystanders in the area recalled seeing large amounts of what looked like “red dye” in the

because she was so worried,” Hu said, chuckling. However, despite the strength of Penn’s academic resources, Deaf students still face many social barriers that the University is unable to bridge. Some students also say that the awareness of deafness on campus is still limited due to certain administrative policies. Wharton remains the only undergraduate school with a language requirement that cannot be satisfied by ASL.

Nutter’s term as mayor ended on Jan. 4 MITCHELL CHAN Senior Reporter

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Although a Wharton alumnus, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter will be turning to Columbia to teach courses on professional practice in urban policy.

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Former Philadelphia mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter is now the newest faculty member at Columbia University. After eight years at City Hall, Nutter will begin teaching this semester as a professor of professional practice in urban policy at Columbia’s renowned School of International and Public Affairs. The Columbia appointment comes

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shortly after the completion of Nutter’s second term as mayor of Philadelphia, which ended on Jan. 4. Nutter, who grew up in West Philadelphia, graduated from Wharton in 1979 with a concentration in management. While at Penn, he worked as a DJ in a local nightclub and was part of the Friars Senior Society. Throughout the years, Nutter has maintained strong ties to his alma mater, including speaking at a Penn Democrats event in September 2014. During that event, he recalled that SEE NUTTER PAGE 6

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City Council bills may impact U. City businesses Council will review security & environmental issues LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

From mandatory security cameras outside Smokey Joe’s and Blarney Stone to a five cent fee for plastic bags at Fresh Grocer, certain City Council bills that will be re-introduced in 2016 might directly affect University City businesses and clientele. A new City Council is currently in session and members of the Council will be working diligently in the coming months to reintroduce bills that did not see the light of day last year. One such bill would force businesses that serve alcohol to place security cameras outside of their establishments. The bill was proposed last year by Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. following the November 2014 disappearance of Shane Montgomery, whose body was found in the Schuylkill River in January 2015. The West Chester University student went missing after leaving a bar in Manayunk, but police had trouble tracking him down due to lack of video surveillance outside the bar. His body was found five weeks after going missing. The piece of legislation received

significant opposition and was rejected in committee. However, the bill will be presented again this year, according to Joshua Cohen, Councilman Jones Jr.’s spokesperson. Jones’ persistence to get the bill passed in 2016 comes from a promise Councilman Jones made to Karen Montgomery, mother of Shane Montgomery. “After a phone call from Councilman Jones to [Montgomery’s] mother, he promised her that we would introduce a bill that would mandate having cameras in establishments with commercial activity license,” Cohen said. “In no way do we think [cameras] would have saved him from drowning, but at least it could have given police a starting point as to where he had gone.” The passage of such a bill would force University City businesses such as Smokes’, Blarney Stone, and City Tap House to comply with its stipulations. The potential bill will most likely face opposition from the Philadelphia restaurant industry, which advocated against it last time around. The proposed legislation in 2015 presented serious burdens for business owners. Restaurants and bars would have to bear the financial cost associated with hardwiring the security cam-

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City Council bills slated for 2016 may have a direct impact on University City businesses and artists. The bills will be reintroduced from previous years and voted on this year.

eras and implement video monitors, according to Melissa Bova, Director of Government Affairs at the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (PRLA). Bova recognized the bill’s genuine intention, but pointed out potential conflicts for restaurants in high rises or establishments

Textbook prices increase, Bookstore rentals rise Majority of titles now available to be rented SUN JAE LEE Staff Reporter

Six years ago, renting a book from the Penn Bookstore was unheard of. Now, more than 80 percent of titles are available for rent. As the Penn Bookstore has increasingly offered more affordable options, the number of textbooks rented or bought from the Penn Bookstore has increased. On Jan. 12, the Penn Bookstore reached out to students in an email, reminding them that the majority of books can be rented and that renting course materials can save up to 75 percent of the original cost. “The Penn Bookstore recognizes that cost-savings remains an important priority for stu-

dents,” the email read, noting that “students have many choices as to where they buy books.” Christopher Bradie, the associate vice president of the Penn Business Services Division , discussed the growing trend of book rentals as prices of textbooks have climbed. “More students [buy] books in terms of the unit sold because they’re taking advantage of saving actions,” Bradie said. “But it’s been a long trajectory — I can date back to 2005 when we really started concentrating our efforts and really focused on affordability as an institution.” When Barnes & Noble began offering textbook rentals in 2010, it found that 40 percent of students would, when given the choice, choose to rent a book instead of buying it. In 2011,

Barnes & Noble incorporated textbook rental as a standing option in many schools. The company was surprised to see that rental textbooks, which Penn Bookstore Manager Katie Woodward estimated as costing around 35 to 85 percent of the price of a new textbook, were a more popular option than digital books, which she estimated as costing 50 to 60 percent of the price of a new textbook. “People were always very pleasantly surprised when they found out that they could use [physical rental books] just like a brand new book they had bought on their own,” Bradie said. “With digital, students have to embrace a new way of reading and consuming information, so that didn’t catch on as quickly as some people thought that it would.”

that would have to bear costs even though they were leasing their business space from a landlord. “We don’t really think [the bill] is going to have the benefit the Councilman is working for,” Bova said. “Why are restaurants being targeted? If you’re going to target the industry, target every business

out there.” Another bill that may reemerge soon proposes charging customers a five cent fee for non-reusable shopping bags at supermarkets and stores. The University City establishments that would most markedly be affected include two CVS stores and Fresh Grocer su-

permarket. “Plastic bags become trash among the additional trash of the city of Philadelphia,” said Councilman Mark Squilla, who presented the bill last summer. “We saw [the bill] as a way to possibly remove some of the blight in the city by reducing the number of bags being used at purchase.” No hearing was held in 2015 for this piece of legislation due to the imminent election cycle and opposition from the chemical industry, which manufactures plastic bags. Squilla said that the bill — or another version of it — will be re-introduced about a month after scheduled meetings with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Philadelphia Department of Revenue, both of which would be in charge of enforcing the bill. Although similar legislation has been enacted in cities like San Francisco, Chicago and Washington D.C., critics question how such a fee would affect the poorer sectors of the city. Squilla argued that “a lot of stores that cater to the people of the poorer populations” already make you pay for bags, but that his office is looking into incentivizing the usage of reusable bags. “It’s kind of hard to argue with the intention of keeping the city cleaner,” he said.

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river and as far south as Chestnut Street . At present, University City traffic over the Schuylkill is unaffected by ongoing cleanup efforts, although part of the Schuylkill Banks Trail has been closed due to cleanup activities. A Philadelphia police officer stationed at Chestnut Street who spoke on condition of anonymity said that he did not know when the trail would reopen. Behind him was a long string of yellow barricade tape along the river trail. At the time of publication, the Division of Public Safety said that the spill did not pose a threat to students. “At this time, DPS is not aware of any specific concerns for students, but will monitor and alert should any arise,” DPS wrote in an email. Federal and local investigators are still determining exactly how the oil got into the Schuylkill River, including what path the oil followed after entering the water. Nearly a dozen agencies have been brought in to monitor the situation, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Philadelphia Water Department.

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The Schuylkill River remains contaminated following an oil spill last Monday. Clean up efforts will continue until the end of the week.

CenturyLink has also hired a private environmental response contractor, Miller Environmental Group Inc., to assist in the cleanup, including removing oil from the river with vacuum trucks and conducting tests on snow and soil samples collected at the scene of the spill. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, who is also monitoring cleanup efforts, expects that the water portion of the cleanup response will be completed by the end of this week, DEP Community Relations Coordinator Virginia Cain

said Tuesday in a press release. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Water Department has been handling numerous inquiries from the public about the safety of local water supplies following the spill. “T he oil spill on the #Schuylkill occurred downstream of our drinking water intakes. This means no impact to drinking water quality,” the department posted Monday on Twitter. The DEP has also reported that no fish were killed during the oil spill.

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Students and faculty tackle classroom insensitivity Discussion on openmindedness and diversity NISHANT UPENDER Staff Reporter

“Language can and does cause real harm to individuals and groups,” Provost Vincent Price said as he opened Wednesday’s panel discussion on classroom culture. A group of Penn faculty and students came together to discuss classroom environments on campus and how perceived insensitivities regarding race, religion and sexual orientation have the potential to create uncomfortable learning environments. During the conversation — co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost’s Campaign for Community and the Faculty Senate — panelists discussed some of their uncomfortable classroom experiences. Most of these experiences dealt

with comments regarding race that students and faculty perceived to be inconsiderate. Several panelists felt demeaned by remarks that they said had unintended consequences. Confronting these problematic experiences in the classroom can be especially difficult for students because they are often intimidated by the authority of faculty figures, some panelists said. “I have students who come to me and say, ‘This happened to me in a class, or this colleague of mine said this, that or the other to me, how can I handle that?’” sociology and Africana studies professor Camille Charles said. “Sometimes there are ways to [navigate these situations] and sometimes there aren’t, but I think that if you’re going to try to maintain that relationship and still not become so jaded as to believe that everybody is going to be like that person, that we have to have strategies involving advocates.”

Liberal and Professional Studies graduate student Persephone Tan critiqued the lack of diversity on the panel during the discussion. “I noticed probably within the first five or 10 minutes of this event that there was no Asian person on the panel,” she said. “I wanted to have you guys think about …that there is a huge Asian population at Penn and to have the organizers of the committee or future events be more conscious of obviously including more different kinds of people.” Additionally several panel members addressed the lack of conservative faculty members at the discussion who they felt had opposing beliefs that needed to be brought to the conversation. Panel members talked about how they believed Penn faculty and Penn as an institution could address these issues. Graduate School of Education professor Shaun Harper suggested that one way to address

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these conversations about race and identity is to provide “remediation” for faculty on improving cultural understanding. Wharton senior Rachel added that modules like those used for freshman pre-orientation and the more recent Thrive at Penn module could also work for helping faculty identify micro-aggressions and their own implicit biases. The panelists agreed that diverse faculties are the best way to ensure that diversity of experience and racial equity flourish at universities. “It isn’t easy. I just would encourage you to keep trying, because we really need you,” Charles said, speaking to minority students interested in academia. “We really need a more diverse faculty across disciplines, across professions, across schools.” Women’s Center Director Felicity Paxton said anyone can become more thoughtful by trying to under-

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Panelists met Wednesday night to address the lack of discussion about uncomfortable classroom experiences involving identity, religion and race.

stand other points of view. “You don’t just become a good person by intending to be one. You

become one by being thoughtful and raising your own level of consciousness,” she said.

OPINION How Penn dealt with Winter Storm Jonas EDITORIAL

THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 2016 VOL. CXXXI, NO. 124 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects BRIELLA MEGLIO Director of Internal Consulting ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor

What is there to say about Winter Storm Jonas? Not very much on our campus. To go by the vista offered by High Rise Field on Saturday morning, no student could be rebuked for thinking we’d get to February before attending class again. And yet, in a flurry of activity, the hardy men and women of Facilities and Real Estate Services undid the weather’s work — by Monday morning, you could have walked down Locust Walk in flip flops without any trouble. We salute their efforts in keeping us high and dry. To the eldest among us, this should be no sur-

prise. In the fall of 2012, a storm of more apocalyptic proportions bore down on West Philadelphia. And while the East Coast’s major metropolises were then also made inoperable by Hurricane Sandy, Penn’s campus got away with only a few leaf piles where they shouldn’t have been. This is a bigger job than it seems — one requiring not only the determination of the people in trucks and movers, but also logistical masterwork. Locust Walk was pretreated from 34th Street to 40th in the days before the storm arrived. By dawn Saturday morning, the same path was

full not of snow but of snowplows. Small bulldozers, manual shovels

of flyerers neutralized the historic storm, enabling the University to send a

This is a bigger job than it seems — one requiring not only the determination of the people in trucks and movers, but also logistical masterwork.” and full-sized trucks with snowplows wide enough to carry a whole day’s worth

confident “Normal Operations” email by Sunday night.

Students were able to get to class on Monday unimpeded by snowdrifts. Penn’s efforts both before and after the snowstorm led to a minimum of hazard and trouble for inhabitants on campus. And yet, it must be acknowledged that while Locust and its immediate surroundings may have been thoroughly cleared for the operation of the University, some of the community around us has been left frozen. A sinkhole, having erupted before the storm, has left 40th Street between Walnut and Chestnut yet unplowed. Similarly, Irving Street between 40th

and 41st streets has turned into a virtual (and dangerous) ice skating rink. As our neighborhood and its residents dig themselves out of the blizzard and return to normalcy, it would behoove Philadelphia to follow Penn’s example. Amidst other administrative gaffes that Penn has made in the past, it was heartening to see a prepared and well-executed effort by the University yield such positive results. We hope that other parts of the administration can learn from FRES’ efforts to tame Jonas, Sandy and all of nature’s more expressive children.

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THIS ISSUE BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y. His email is bclaar@sas.upenn.edu.

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GUEST COLUMN | Over 80 Penn student leaders and Pennsylvania lawmakers sign statement in support of the U.S.-Israel relationship Israel is often misrepresented at Penn. Whether through the placement of black flags on College Green or the construction of an “apartheid wall” in front of Van Pelt Library, Israel is depicted as an abominable tyrant, and the substantive facts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are deemed insignificant. The pro-Israel community at Penn actively chooses not to propagandize Israel, the conflict or the immensely complex situation in the Middle East. Portraying Israel’s geopolitical circumstances as simple or the conflict as one-sided is a disservice to the well-educated Penn community. Last Thursday’s issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian and a banner on Locust Walk soon feature a leadership statement that affirms support for the United States-Israel relationship. The statement, coordinated by the Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel group on campus, is signed by over 80 student leaders, as well as the Republican senator from Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s new

Democratic mayor and several candidates for the Philadelphia-area seat in the House of Representatives. The presidents and executive vice presidents of all four class boards, as well as many leaders of the Undergraduate Assembly, College Republicans, Penn Democrats and the Penn Political Coalition signed PIPAC’s 2016 Leadership Statement. The statement was also signed by leaders of Greek life organizations, minority coalitions, performing arts groups, community service groups, student publications and numerous other organizations that reach all corners of student life at Penn. At the very least, this display of strong support for the U.S.-Israel relationship should encourage you to learn more about Israel and its important bond with the United States. It should further remind you that the aforementioned demonstrations, which are superficial and devoid of context, are just noise. Those who take the time to learn about the complexities of America’s strongest democratic ally in the Middle East become

stronger advocates, producing nuanced arguments that account for the multiple sides of this political situation. By doing so, they can advance an allegiance to peace in the Middle East above any particular side. To put it simply, Israel

within its borders, thereby forcing proactive defense to be a constant necessity. Innocent Palestinians living in the West Bank are frequently subjected to security checkpoints where their mobility is unfairly restricted, and innocent Israe-

... by supporting the U.S.Israel relationship, we can create an environment that is more conducive to peace in the long term.”

is complicated. Israel is barely larger than New Jersey, and it has an incredibly diverse population of Jews, Muslims, Christians and others with roots all around the world. It is a country in which people of all faiths work together in business, are treated together in hospitals and govern together in parliament. However, Israel has enemies that seek its destruction from both outside and

li Jews often walk in fear of being stabbed in the street because of their faith. The people of Israel — Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc. — live through these complexities and traumas every day. The United States and Israel have always shared a deep bond. Both countries are committed to democracy, equality, human rights and the rule of law. Despite the myriad obstacles to

peace, the two nations work together to pursue prosperity and stability in the Middle East. American and Israeli armed forces collaborate to keep both the United States and Israel safe from a seemingly infinite stream of threats. Furthermore, Israeli innovation, ranging from technology to pharmaceuticals to agriculture, has led to momentous progress in both societies. Attempts to delegitimize and demonize Israel — through propaganda, divestment campaigns and boycotts — are not productive in achieving peace and prosperity for Israel, the Palestinians or the region. Instead, let’s make an effort to engage in dialogue with all sides. Let’s educate ourselves, read different articles recounting the same events and attempt to isolate the true impediments to peace. Unfortunately, we are not going to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East overnight. Nevertheless, by supporting the U.S.-Israel relationship, we can create an environment that is more conducive to peace in the long term. In 2011, President Barack Obama said,

“America’s commitment to Israel’s security flows from a deeper place — and that’s the values we share. As two people[s] who struggled to win our freedom against overwhelming odds, we understand that preserving the security for which our forefathers — and foremothers — fought must be the work of every generation. As two vibrant democracies, we recognize that the liberties and freedoms we cherish must be constantly nurtured. And as the nation that recognized the State of Israel moments after its independence, we have a profound commitment to its survival as a strong, secure homeland for the Jewish people.” With that in mind, it is my hope that you — the Penn community — will see past the noise. Penn’s campus leaders have joined our policymakers and the White House in doing so. Now it is your turn. JEREMY JICK is a senior in the College studying political science and economics. He is the outgoing president of Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee. His email is jjick@sas.upenn.edu.

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Daily Pennsylvanian issues digitized from 1885 Penn Libraries spearheaded the digitization effort JINAH KIM Staff Reporter

Diving into Penn’s history just got a lot easier. Electronic copies of The Daily Pennsylvanian stretching through its 132-year history are now accessible online at dparchives.library. upenn.edu. The digitization effort, spearheaded by Penn Libraries in conjunction with the DP, was meant to preserve records of Penn’s history and make them more easily accessible for the 21st century. So far, over 49,000 pages have been digitized and archived, out of the 158,000 that will eventually make up the collection. “We get a lot of people who contact the DP every month asking if it’s possible to see an issue from a certain month, and we always have to advise them to — if they’re in the city — visit the school and the library,” DP General Manager and 1980 Engineering graduate Eric Jacobs said. “This wasn’t something that was readily ac-

cessible unless you could go to the library and browse through the microfilm and there wasn’t an index or any modern tool for searching the history of the DP.” While the library is in possession of the vast majority of issues of the DP going back to its founding in 1885, mostly in microfilm, microfiche and bound volumes, there was, until recently, no way to access these issues off of Penn’s campus. “In late fall of 2008, David Lei, who was then the executive student editor of the Daily [Pennsylvanian] came by my office,” David McKnight, director of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, said. “He said ‘Look, do you think the library might be interested in getting involved in digitizing the DP?’” At the time, McKnight was Director of the Schomburg Collection for Electronic Text and Image, or SCETI. “David’s appeal seemed like a compelling project, and so through 2009 I lobbied for the project,” McKnight said. The initiative, which started

in 2009, was initially projected to take three years and cost $600,000. Penn Libraries has invested over $200,000 in the project, including $120,000 through donations, primarily from alumni. Significant donors include Library Board of Overseers member Edward Mally and his wife Julia , both of whom graduated from the Wharton School in 1983, as well as the Class of 1979. Digitization Project Coordinator and 2005 College graduate Jessica Dummer has been in charge of the digitization project since shortly after its inception, and coordinated efforts to collect, scan and preserve the Library’s collection of old issues. The school did not directly manage the optical character recognition or the image-to-text conversion procedure. Penn Libraries worked with software companies Digital Divide and Veridian Software to convert and scan the necessary files, while Creekside Digital managed the scanning of microfilm. Penn Libraries is hoping to raise $500,000 more for the proj-

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The Daily Pennsylvanian, dating back to 1885, is currently in the process of being digitized in its entirety by Penn Libraries. The first issues went live this week.

ect, which is expected to last two more years. Archives from 1885 to 1900 and 1965 and 1992 are already online; visitors can search by headline or story, and can sign in to save libraries of clipped articles.

“When David originally contacted me in ’08, he had a big picture vision for the project,” McKnight said. “It was good for the Daily; it was good for the Library because we at the Library were dedicated to creating, stor-

ing and providing access to information. It would be great for the alumni office, great for the development office and great for the school as a whole, because the Daily is the institution of record for the school.”

U. Council discusses sexual violence prevention This was the first meeting of the semester SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Deputy News Editor

Sexual violence prevention was the hot button topic of the University Council meeting Wednesday afternoon. Since the release of the Association of American Universities’ survey on sexual violence, students have called for the administration to address the issue more seriously. Students, faculty and administrators met in Bodek Lounge to discuss the issue for the first meeting of the semester. During a question-and-answer

session following the presentations, College and Wharton junior Megan Yan, co-chair of Penn Association for Gender Equity and former Business Manager of The Daily Pennsylvanian, asked what had changed since the release of the AAU survey results — which reported that one in three Penn women had experienced some form of sexual assault. Jessica Mertz, the director of Student Sexual Violence Prevention and Education, responded that it “reminded us of some areas that we need to focus on.” She also said it “re-engaged and energized more folks to get involved with it.” During her presentation, Mertz discussed education initiatives

like Student Anti-Violence Advocate Training, a six-hour training session to inform students about how to be active bystanders. She also applauded student groups like Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention working to spread awareness of the issue on campus, noting that “looking at the problem as a cultural problem” is key to making progress. Penn President Amy Gutmann asked how to more clearly direct students to resources. “One very simple fact that came out of the survey that did surprise us [was that] a very high proportion of our students did not know where to turn,” she said. “We need to simplify the infor-

mation given to them,” Mertz responded. “It’s almost like we have too many options — we just need to make it clear in our messaging.” Patricia Brennan, director of Special Services within the Division of Public Safety — a department that handles sensitive issues like sexual assault — said that it’s important for students to know that wherever they go, they will be connected with the right resource to help them. Brennan also noted Special Services is not a division of Penn Police, because Penn Police has a geographic boundary but Special Services does not. If a Penn student experiences sexual harassment abroad, for example, they

can still contact Special Services for counseling and instructions for how to move forward. She also said that Special Services does not conduct investigations of sexual assault, explaining that “we assist the city with the investigation.” Newly-hired Sexual Violence Investigative Officer Deborah Harley, who responds to complaints against students, and determines if their actions violate the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy, also spoke at the meeting. She detailed the process of bringing a complaint against a student in the University. For now, she said, complaints against faculty are not funneled

through her office, but Provost Vincent Price said that in the future complaints against faculty will also be handled there. Harley stressed that there is an appeals process if either party is unsatisfied with the Office’s decision. The meeting ended on a different, more uplifting topic. College sophomore and Penn Muslim Student Association representative Nayab Khanthanked Gutmann for her vocal support for Muslim students on campus, and lauded the Halal dining initiative that will offer meat that is prepared in a way that is acceptable under Islamic law at Kings Court English College House. The room applauded.

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decision making, the latter which has become increasingly dependent on the former. For students not concentrating in OID, Wharton’s core curriculum ensures that all students will be familiar with basic data science techniques. Programming languages R and SQL, which are designed to statistically analyze big data, are taught in varying capacities in upper level statistics courses and in Wharton’s core curriculum. According to Bradlow, the skills imparted in the curriculum fall into four categories: managing and handling of data, which essentially translates to setting up databases, cleaning data and querying/extracting data; predictive modeling, which involves statistics and data mining; optimization, which enables companies to decide how and when to issue coupons and set

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Penn Dems was one of the first organized groups to endorse him as mayor during his first election. His wife Lisa, a 1992 graduate of Penn’s Graduate School of Design, is president of Philadelphia Academies, Inc., an educational advocacy nonprofit that has partnered with Penn in the past. “Although his tenure was not without its setbacks and unfulfilled goals, he has shown a tremendous ability to solve significant problems with strong and ethical leadership,” former Penn Democrats president and College senior Sean Foley said in a statement. At press time, it was unclear whether Nutter had received similar offers from other universities. Nutter cited the reputation and influence of SIPA’s scholarship as key reasons for accepting a position at the prestigious New York

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM prices; and the ability to use the given data to make good business decisions. Wharton has also done much in the way of educating its students about how technology companies have become successful using data science technology and other means. “There’s a lot of emphasis [in various Wharton classes] on management within the technology field ... in a lot of management courses there are cases of technology companies” that attribute a lot of their successes to good management,” said Eliana Mason, a senior in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology program. Mason has been to able to reinforce both skill sets in her summer internships, which have involved working in the technology departments of banking or financial companies. Mason has cited “being able to understand people with both of them [tech and management

skills]” as key to being successful in her internships. Wharton is still in the process of refining its curriculum to better pair the skill sets of both domains. Sarah Beckoff, a Wharton senior, has noticed a rise in the demand for courses that incorporate more programming languages and data analytic methods. She also anticipates a re-thinking of Wharton concentrations in the future, to meet both student and job market demand. Start-ups, she noted, have a growing appeal among students, and it “definitely helps if you speak a similar language [coding].” Consulting and investment banking firms are not the only professions that rely on data science. Those interested in “data scienceimmune” fields can no longer perform relevantly and effectively without data science techniques. “The days in which people are pigeonholed down a certain track should come to an end,” Bradlow said.

City school. “The opportunity to work with such distinguished faculty and incredible students at this internationally recognized university is an enormous responsibility,” Nutter said in a press release. His daughter Olivia is currently a junior at Columbia. During his time as mayor, Nutter reached national prominence as a dynamic urban reformer. His administration earned over 150 awards for its successes in innovative, exemplary urban governance. “As mayor of one of our nation’s largest cities, he has earned a national reputation as a leader in urban public policy — addressing key challenges in economic development, public safety, environmental innovation and many others,” SIPA Dean Merit E. Janow said in a press release. His administration was not, however, without controversy. In Nov. 2015, Nutter made headlines when his office announced that

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ask a friend that knows ASL to go with me so they can translate a bit,” McLaren said. Student Disability Services provides accommodations for academic purposes but not social occasions outside of the University. “Penn does a great job providing resources academically,” McLaren said. “It’s not like I want to bring around interpreters when I hang out with my friends, anyways.” Hu said that there are also cultural aspects of Deafness that many people aren’t aware of. “Cultural Deafness is something that is part of my identity, which a lot of people don’t know about. It’s sort of like when people say they’re ‘American’ or ‘Chinese.’”

heard the good news, I literally ran around and told everyone, even people who didn’t care,” Spellun said. “It was probably the best day of my life.” Currently, Penn is the only Ivy League institution to offer an ASL minor. “This was a strongly-backed student initiative. Students from all majors and fields were very interested in taking ASL as a minor,” Fisher said. The ASL minor is interdisciplinary, with a focus on linguistics and Deaf studies. Courses include linguistics classes, language classes and culture classes. Through the research-based capstone, a n Academ ica l ly Based Community Service class, the minor encourages students to work with nearby Deaf schools. Fisher said the first minor graduated in 2014 and four more students are graduating this year. Around 20 students are currently pursuing the minor. Fisher attributes the success of Penn’s ASL program to the language center and student initiative.

Getting recognition American Sign Language has a long history at Penn. After a group of students expressed interest in ASL, the first course was offered in 1996. I n 2001, the language committee passed the initiative that ASL could fulfill the foreign language requirement. At this time, Penn was the only Ivy League university that offered ASL as a forcredit class. While Brown - Hannah Kasper University held its first ASL class in 1995, it only began offering it for credit in 2005. Brown is the only other Ivy However, when 2012 College League institution that offers graduate Arielle Spellun first for-credit ASL classes, but took ASL during her freshman Fisher said that the number of year, she realized that more steps instructors limits their program. had to be taken in order to in“They only have one full-time crease awareness of the Deaf instructor and they really limit community. other hires, so they can’t offer She knew of a few seniors who a lot of courses per semester,” informally met up at Allegro she said. “They can’t offer what Pizza every week to practice Penn offers in capacity, and I signing to each other. Spellun think that’s mainly to the credit hoped to formalize this arrange- of the Penn Language Center ment and eventually founded and the Department of LinguisPenn-in-Hand. But it was her tics being interested in doing quest to get ASL approved as this research.” a minor that absorbed her life at Penn. A final roadblock “I was obsessed with it,” Penn is undoubtedly the leader Spellun said. “I literally spent in pioneering the ASL program almost three years just lobbying within the Ivy League. It is the to get the minor approved — only Ivy League where ASL can ASL was my life at Penn and the be taken as minor or to fulfill the minor was like my baby.” foreign language requirement. Spellun started talking about But the Wharton School has not a potential minor to the Dean of adopted this progressive policy. the College of Arts and Sciences College jun ior Megha n Dennis DeTurck, her Math 104 Swyryn first decided to take professor at the time, in October ASL because it fit easily into 2009. However, her proposal was her schedule and fulfilled the rejected multiple times. language requirement. But after On Feb. 27, 2012, almost three a semester of class, she decided years after her first proposal, to pursue the minor because she Spellun received an email from moved “learned so much more current ASL Program Coordi- ASL in one semester than French nator Jami Fisher. She had just in her four years of high school.” returned to her room after her Swyryn is one among a growfinal class of the day, and she ing number of students in the anxiously opened the response. College who use ASL to fulThe minor had finally gotten ap- fill their language requirement. proved. Spellun still remembers However, this policy does not jumping up and down with her extend to Wharton students, who roommate, crying in excitement. cannot take ASL to fulfill their “It had been my last chance foreign language requirement. before I graduated, and after I McLaren cited this exclusion

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 as a possible reason for a lack of awareness about the Deaf community at Penn. When he applied to the University, he took into account that ASL classes were offered as part of the language requirement in the College. “I thought there would be a correlation between offering ASL and students being a little more aware and interested in Deafness and Deaf capitalized culture,” he said. McLaren expressed positive feelings about the minor and said that many of his hearing friends are students who take ASL at Penn. However, he does not think that there is widespread awareness of ASL and deaf culture at Penn, despite the existence of the ASL minor. “It’s not very mainstream at all,” McLaren said. “I understand that ASL is like any other subject and might only appeal to a certain part of the community, but I think changing Wharton’s ASL policy could at least improve exposure.” According to the 2013 report of the Modern Language Association of America, ASL is the third most commonly taken foreign language after Spanish and French. There are 109,577 students enrolled in ASL — seven percent of college students taking a foreign language. “Wharton is a huge part of the University, so if even a few Wharton students took ASL there could really be a surge in interest as people get to know more about it,” McLaren said. Lobbying for a change in Wharton’s policy is a potential goal for Penn-in-Hand, of which Hu serves as the current president. Other hearing students taking ASL are also supportive of this initiative. Swyryn believes that Wharton’s exclusion of ASL is a reflection of its general insulation from the rest of Penn. “Excluding ASL from specifically the Wharton language requirement is basically suggesting that deaf people can’t be relevant in business,” she said. “It’s saying that they can’t run companies and that people in the business community don’t need to know how to communicate with them.” Nursing sophomore Hannah Kasper, who also takes ASL courses, agreed that Wharton’s policy is restrictive. “Their rule basically says they don’t recognize ASL as a language, which is what people have been fighting for in the U.S. for so long,” Kasper said. Fisher said that part of Wharton’s rationale for excluding ASL from counting for their language requirement is that it is “American” and does not “promote expansion of their global initiative.” When contacted by The Daily Pennsylvanian for comment, Director of Wharton Media Relations Peter Winicov referred to a previous statement made in an

earlier DP article. The last time Wharton spoke to the DP on the issue of ASL courses satisfying the foreign language requirement was in April 2009. “Wharton’s language requirement provides students the opportunity to attain global and cultural nuance through the study of a language other than English,” said Scott Romeika, director of Academic Affairs and Advising for Wharton’s Undergraduate Division, in 2009. “ASL is encouraged as an elective and can still count toward the general education curriculum.” “Of course ASL is American, but tak ing ASL brings students into a language and culture that is different from the standard ‘American’ hearing experience,” Fisher said. “Learning one signed language can bring people into the extensive and close-knit worldwide Deaf network ... it’s actually easier to communicate with others who sign different languages than in communities where there are different spoken languages.”

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bleheader weekend. Meanwhile, Brown played Yale twice in the last few weeks. Which way do you prefer?

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MM: I think the biggest challenge with us not starting the real true Friday-Saturday round robin until this weekend, the reality is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to get non-conference games in early-, mid-, late-January. Anytime in January, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really tough to get non-league games. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why you see Penn have one game since the Princeton game. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the reality of it, so the solution is probably just to play your travel partner in those weekends leading up to the first FridaySaturday weekend.

Penn basketball takes the court for the first Ivy doubleheader of the season this weekend, traveling up to Yale on Friday before heading over to Providence for a battle with Brown. In anticipation of the matchups, The Daily Pennsylvanian talked with Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach Mike Martin, who was an assistant for the Quakers from 2006-2012. The Daily Pennsylvanian: How would you summarize your nonconference schedule?

DP: How would you describe the progression of Cedric Kuakumensah over the last few years?

Mike Martin: I thought we had some solid performances. We had some games where we would have liked to have played better and closed it out with some leads and some games. Hopefully, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll lea r n from those experiences and those will help us in conference play. We did some good things, competed well and unfortunately werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to close a few out where we had leads late.

MM: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great kid. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really hard worker and extremely humble and coachable. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone from a guy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a defensive presence and a rebounder his first year, yearand-a-half to a guy who was our leading scorer. He can stretch the floor, he can shoot the three, score inside, make plays off the dribble. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all because of how hard heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked. Just to see the development in him has been great as a coach and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Brown basketball coach Mike Martin became the fourth-youngest head coach in Division I history when he took over for the Bears in 2012, but he made a name for himself during his tenure with the Quakers from 2006-12, where he coached against curent Penn coach Steve Donahue.

because of how hard heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked and the time heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put in. DP: Who are the underclassmen that are standing out to you? MM: In reality, one senior plays and three juniors are part of our

rotation. The other nine guys are all freshmen and sophomores. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of our team, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a lot of good performances. Maybe weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see a little more consistency, and the guys are working hard to be more consistent, but I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you see with freshmen and sophomores in college basketball. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really excited about our young players and are really optimistic about their

futures and our future as a program. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of guys that have worked really hard.

MM: He was the head coach at Cornell when I was playing at Brown. We had mutual respect for each other, I had coached against him when I was an as-

sistant at Penn, when he had those great teams at Cornell. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a guy that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve looked up to, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a good relationship. I have respect for how his teams played. When he was at Boston College, I would visit him here and there, watch his team practice and talk to him about the game, coaching college basketball. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great coach, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good person.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a long 13-game season in front of us. I really think that anyone in this league can beat anyone on any given day. This league is really strong and it was good to have the first win, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all going to add up in the end when we play 14,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really try to take it by 5 minute segments of the game,â&#x20AC;? the coach continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then you approach it as a 40 minute game and an 80 minute weekend. We want to keep ourselves contained in that little boxed area, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to try to win those little boxes. [At] the end of the season, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll add them up and see where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not gonna get ahead of ourselves or get behind ourselves. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna do what we do, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staying focused on the task at hand.â&#x20AC;? But while McLaughlin emphasized the difficulty of winning what would be Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second Ivy title in three years, he believes his squad is ready for the challenge, especially after a strong and productive preseason.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our continuity on the offensive end, the transition, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improved. We rebound the ball better than we did at the start of the year, and we added depth. Those are three things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve shown progress in,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have great team chemistry right now, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing really well together,â&#x20AC;? Stipanovich said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve prepared really well and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready for Yale on Friday.â&#x20AC;? Whether Yale is ready for Penn remains to be seen. The Bulldogs swept their two-game set with Brown earlier this month, but havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beaten the Quakers in their last four tries. The Bears, meanwhile, havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t topped Penn in four years. But even if the Red and Blue sweep the Yale-Brown doubleheader for a fifth straight time, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a long way to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of games ahead of us,â&#x20AC;? Stipanovich said, before adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to think of each game as a championship game, because you never know in the end what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna come down to.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cruelty of the Ivy League. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win it in one weekend, but you sure can lose it.

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coaches from a range of Division I conferences. The ranking is a crucial metric, as along with winning percentage and rating percentage index, it will be used to determine bids for the NCAA Championships in March. The accolades, however, will not affect Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparation for two dual meets against Princeton and Rider this weekend. The Quakers will travel to New Jersey, where the Tigers (2-5) are set to host their only home meet of the season. Penn will then return to the Palestra to face Rider (6-8) on Sunday. The first Ivy League action of the season for both teams should be closely contested. Princeton, whose program was once mired in mediocrity, boasts a wealth of talent. Coached by former All-American Chris Ayres, the Tigers will likely field four nationa lly ra n ked wrestlers against the Red and Blue this we ekend , i nclud i ng Abr a m Ayala and Brett Harner, who performed spectacularly at the Midlands Championships. Tirapelle, however, emphasized that consistency has been the key to success for his team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preparation doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change that much. As far as the type of gains youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been making and the type of training, it stays mostly the same,â&#x20AC;? Tirapelle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With lesser teams, you can put on more volume at the be-

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After rallying from a first-period deficit to record a 9-6 win on Saturday, No. 18 May Bethea looks to continue going strong this weekend.

ginning of the week and maybe with higher-level teams, if you feel you really need to perform, you can pull it back a little. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really the only difference.â&#x20AC;? Rider, like Princeton, will present unique difficulties to the Quakers. The team possesses four Eastern Wrestling League champions along with No. 7 Conor Brennan at 157 pounds. He will likely be countered by No. 17 May Bethea, who has not lost a match in three weeks. The question that

remains is whether his brother Ray will be able to join him on the mats this weekend, as he missed the match against Binghamton due to injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to tell 100 percent, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking unlikely at this point,â&#x20AC;? Tirapelle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still day-to-day in our sport. You really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t k now until Friday afternoon whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really going to be going for you.â&#x20AC;? Though the Quakers are confident in their abilities, a fully healthy roster would definitely soothe their worries.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016

Penn welcomes Princeton for a meeting of giants

SQUASH | Men look

to rebound with win

GREG ROBINOV Sports Reporter SATURDAY

Princeton (2-6, 0-2 Ivy) 12 p.m.

Ringe Courts

SATURDAY

Princeton (5-1, 1-1 Ivy) 2:30 p.m.

Ringe Courts

Heeding the advice of the Godfather, Penn squash will keep its friends close and its enemies closer this weekend as Princeton comes to Ringe Courts for a marquee matchup. Coming off a gripping 5-4 comeback victory at Trinity last weekend, the Penn women (7-1, 1-1 Ivy) will have to defend their No. 2 ranking against the thirdranked Tigers (5-1, 1-1) Saturday afternoon. Assistant coach Gilly Lane is excited for the contest, as the two schools historically have been neck and neck in the standings. “First and foremost, it’s Penn versus Princeton,” Lane said. “It doesn’t matter if you are at home or on the road — it’s one of those old school rivalries.” The close ranking of the two

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top 10 of the conference’s leaderboards. Sears, however, has had his veteran suppor ting cast that has proved more than capable of picking up the slack. Most notable is sophomore gua rd Makai Mason, who has matched Sears with 15.4 points per game while dishing out a team-high 4.1 assists per contest. “They’re good enough around him with three other seniors, plus their leading scorer is a sophomore,” Donahue said. After finishing with Yale on

teams also adds to the drama surrounding Saturday’s contest. Both squads come into the day having lost only to Harvard, the top-ranked team in the country. Especia l ly for t he Qua kers, who look to continue the momentum from the win over the Bantams last weekend, the match is a big one. Junior Anaka Alankamony was very proud of her team’s performance last time out and believes their high collective confidence is a decisive factor going into this weekend. “Right now we’re ranked two in the nation, and Princeton is ranked right behind us, so it’s definitely going to be a challenging match,” Alankamony said. One of the major talk ing points of the weekend regards ace freshman Reeham Salah, as she forfeited her match midway against Trinity after sustaining an injury from a collision on court. Lane believes this setback will not have any lasting impact on her game or keep her out of the side. “Reeham is a really tough competitor and mentally very strong. Although Saturday was obviously not the way she wanted to finish a match, she’s going to be ready to go for [this] Saturday,” Lane said. “She’s one of the best competitors I’ve ever seen and had the ability to watch her play for years on the junior circuit, so I know she’ll be ready to play and more importantly play for the team and take part

Friday, the Quakers will head to Rhode Island. While Brown is ostensibly a much more beatable team, the Bears have managed to give Penn fits in recent years, winning four consecutive matchups dating back to March 2013. “They’re a solid team. They have a lot of good pieces,” junior guard Matt Howard said of the squad that finished tied for last in the conference with Penn a season ago. “We haven’t really looked ahead to [Saturday] yet, but we’ll be ready for them.” For their own part, the Red and Blue will continue to look for backcourt leadership from

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Junior Anaka Alankamony believes that Penn women’s squash is ready to take on No. 3 Princeton on Saturday as the Quakers look to carry the momentum forward from last week’s come-from-behind win over Trinity.

in this historic rivalry.” On the men’s side, the secondranked Quakers (7-2, 1-1) need to rally back after being dominated by the Bantams in Hartford, 8-1, on Saturday. To do that, they’ll need to beat Princeton (2-6, 0-2) who sit 11th on the table.

“I think that it was a tough loss against Trinity, and unlike the other matches, we just felt like they were just a little too good,” freshman Max Reed said. “I think we’re taking a step back and looking at where we can improve on being a little sharper with our short game, a

little fitter, a little more explosive and having a little more fire. Those are the keys were looking at.” Both the men and women will enjoy the luxuries of home court advantage the next couple of matches, as their Ivy League opponents will travel down to

two rookies — freshmen guards Jake Silpe and Jackson Donahue. Donahue in particular has shined as of late, averaging 17.5 points over his last four games. “Over the last few months I’ve really gotten accustomed to playing within the system,” the Connecticut native said. “I’m star ting to come along and do the right things at the right times.” “Jackson Donahue and Jake

Silpe have been playing 35-40 minutes a night, and I think you’re going to see that continue,” coach Donahue acknowledged. “One, they’re playing well and two, that’s the situation that we’re at right now.” So, as the team faces the final 13 games to determine their Ivy fate, fans will not be rooting for the established backcourt of Tony Hicks a nd A ntonio Woods that seemed destined to

lead the team just a few months ago; rather, the Penn faithful will put their trust in two firstyear players riding the hottest streaks of their young careers. “My mentality is not going to change just because we’re coming into Ivy play,” Jackson Donahue said. “I’m just going to keep cutting, keep shooting and keep finding ways to get open.” The Red and Blue have al-

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ready played more than half of their games, a 15-contest stretch which has clearly featured both ups (a 16-point victory over La Salle) and downs (that overtime loss to Princeton). However, much like the careers of Silpe and Donahue, the part of the season that truly matters is just getting started. Jacob Adler contributed reporting.

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Philadelphia to take on the Red and Blue through Valentine’s Day. Reed elaborated on the true benefits the squad enjoys when hosting events at Penn. “It’s huge. The fans and having the support here is really big and really just not having to drive,” Reed said. “The ride to Trinity was seven hours and then having to get out and play later is just tough. Sleeping in our own beds, getting treatment in our own rooms and the fans are a huge advantage.” Regarding the nature of the rivalry, Penn and Princeton have exchanged blows over the years with each team getting a fair share of exciting victories over the other. “For the men, their record doesn’t show it, but it’s been back and forth. I know we beat them two years ago at home, they beat us last year at Princeton, 5-4,” Lane said. “It’s their first match after exams, so I know they’re looking forward to coming in here and battling with our boys. For the girls, Princeton beat us last year at nationals, 5-4, after we had beat them at their place. I think it’s gonna be a tough Saturday, a lot of hard fought matches.” The normally-friendly confines of Ringe Courts will be full of sweat and adrenaline, but expect no hospitality from Penn as their Ivy League neighbors come Saturday afternoon.

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Penn squash readies to host Princeton this weekend in a clash of Ivy rivals.

Brown basketball coach Mike Martin prepares to host his former team on Saturday.

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LET’S PLAY

TWO M. HOOPS | A hot Yale, beatable Brown await TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor

Now, we’re into the thick of things. After a one-off loss against Princeton nearly three weeks ago, Penn men’s basketball (6-9, 0-1 Ivy) will dive into Ancient Eight play for good this weekend as they travel to Yale and Brown. The Bulldogs (11-5, 2-0) and Bears (5-11, 0-2) have already faced off against each other twice this year, with Yale winning both matchups handily by a combined 31 points. The Elis, picked narrowly to win the conference in the preseason coaches’ FRIDAY

Yale (11-5, 2-0 Ivy) 7 p.m.

New Haven, Conn.

SATURDAY

Brown (5-11, 0-2 Ivy) 8 p.m.

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Providence, R.I.

poll, have looked every bit like the team that tied with Harvard for the conference’s top spot a season ago. Still, Penn coach Steve Donahue is reluctant to look at the New Haven Five as a nything but just a nother team. “This year, all seven teams are really good,” the firstyea r boss sa id of Pen n’s Ancient Eight foes. “Yale’s just the next one up. We’re excited about going up there and playing them.” The Bulldogs’ early-season success — which has featured a two-point road loss to until-recently-undefeated SMU and an active six-game winning streak — is largely attributable to the continued excellence of reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Justin Sears. The senior forward has put up 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, both of which rank in the SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 9

Quakers have chance to rebound A weekend of with opening Ivy doubleheader dueling duals W. HOOPS | Yale,

Brown up next at home

TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor FRIDAY

Yale (11-8, 2-0 Ivy) 7 p.m.

The Palestra

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Brown (12-4, 0-2 Ivy) 7 p.m.

The Palestra

The Red and Blue will get a chance this weekend to rebound from a tough loss. But with non-conference play having reached its end, the next loss could be devastating. Penn women’s basketball (12-3, 1-0 Ivy) will play host to Yale (11-8, 2-0) on Friday and Brown (12-4, 0-2) on Saturday in the Quakers’ first Ivy doubleheader of the season.

The team will be looking to bounce back from a blowout loss at Villanova on Tuesday night, when the Wildcats scored 51 points from beyond the arc, good for seven more than Penn had overall. Villanova launched an incredible 41 threes in its 66-46 victory, neutralizing the Quakers’ incredible paint-protecting duo of Sydney Stipanovich and Michelle Nwokedi by simply avoiding the paint altogether. Penn coach Mike McLaughlin noted the effectiveness of that strategy. “The way they play forces not a lot of action around the rim, and that’s been our success with Sydney and Michelle,” the coach said. But McLaughlin is not worried that the Wildcats exposed an Achilles heel — a template any team can use to dismantle Penn’s outstanding defense. “Do I think that will be a trend? I think this was more a product of Villanova. They’re SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 8

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WRESTLING |

Penn faces Rider, Princeton

SANJAY DURESETI Sports Reporter SATURDAY

Princeton 4 p.m.

Princeton, N.J.

SUNDAY

Rider 12 p.m.

The Palestra

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This week, Penn wrestling coach Alex Tirapelle asked his wrestlers to take turns carrying each other across the practice room. W hile the activity provided a good workout, it also emphasized the necessity of cohesion, the need for the teammates to lift each other in times of strife. T h i s we e ke n d , Pe n n’s wrestlers will need to come together as they will face two teams who each boast

multiple nationally-ranked grapplers over the span of 48 hours. That is not to say, however, that the Quakers are unprepared for the challenge. Many of the team’s wrestlers have been in top form as of late, leading the Red and Blue to victories in 3 out of their first 4 dual matches of 2015-16. Pen n’s success has not gone unnoticed. The NCAA recently released the first of four Coaches’ Panel rankings, which included five Penn grapplers. Sophomore May Bethea, junior Caleb Richardson, and seniors Lorenzo Thomas, C.J. Cobb and Casey Kent were all ranked within the top 33 nationwide for their respective weight classes. Cobb and Thomas, who just picked up his 100th ca reer win aga inst Binghampton, were both rated No. 11 in the country by the panel, which is comprised of SEE WRESTLING PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640