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Brown cracks down on booze Brown’s new policy restricts registered parties to public spaces on campus like Penn’s Houston Hall CAROLINE SIMON Staff Reporter

Members of the Penn community are critical of Brown University’s drastic changes in its alcohol policies following two incidents of sexual violence at fraternity parties, one of which involved a date rape drug.

The new rules at Brown ban alcohol in all residential areas, including Greek houses.

Registered parties involving alcohol must take place in public university spaces — like Penn’s Houston Hall — with adequate supervision and must only serve alcoholic beverages to students of legal drinking age.

The fraternities where the assaults allegedly took place, Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa Psi, face serious punishment. Sigma Chi has been suspended until 2016, and Phi Kappa Psi has been stripped of university recognition for the next four years. Groups failing to follow the new rules will face similar consequences.

Penn’s alcohol policies are far less strict.

Students of legal drinking age are permitted to possess and consume alcohol in college

SERVING UP SCRUMPTIOUS Restaurants review Restaurant Week JESSICA MCDOWELL Deputy News Editor

On a typical Monday night, Penn students are gathered around tables in 1920 Commons or getting takeout from Chipotle for dinner. But, a few weeks out of the year, Penn students can be found trekking downtown to enjoy a full

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Dwindling numbers in Wharton-Nursing dual-degree program

three-course meal at some of Center City’s finest restaurants.

In the last few years, Restaurant Week has become a crucial part of Philadelphia’s — and Penn’s — food culture. But while diners during Restaurant Week get the experience to try unique dishes and visit new restaurants, the week is just another day in the life for restaurant staff.

Dave Conn is the head

Jose Olmeda, the chef de cuisine at the popular Cuban-style diner Rosa Blanca, doesn’t have as many years of experience with Restaurant Week, but he has found his footing nonetheless. Since helping to open the restaurant in December 2013, Olmeda has participated in every Restaurant Week in Philadelphia — three in total.

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Juices and cycling: Penn’s alternative health techniques

Health Care Management five year track proves one year too many for many freshmen DAVID CAHN Staff Reporter

SHS dietician says juices are healthy when used properly

Wharton and Nursing sophomore Samantha Noblejas is taking six and a half credits this semester. She balances her rigorous course-load with a Saturday morning rotation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, she hopes to work in hospital administration.

Noblejas is a big fan of the five-year Health Care Management dual-degree program, but admits that it is “very demanding.”

Though the Nursing School was unable to provide official numbers by the time of publication, individuals in the program estimate that the dropout rate is at least 50 percent.

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chef at Tinto, a Garces Group Spanish tapas hotspot. Having been with the restaurant since its opening in 2007, Conn is no newcomer to Restaurant Week.

“I would have to double check how many years it’s been, but we’ve been doing it pretty much since our opening,” he said. “It’s definitely become a much bigger thing in the last four or five years,” he added.

HANNAH NOYES Staff Reporter

Spin and juice cleanses have become popular on Penn’s campus

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Some Penn students go beyond the standard Pottruck workout to stay healthy.

“Juicing and alternative exercise classes — such as [cycling programs] Soul Cycle, Flywheel and [pilates program] SLT — are becoming quite the trend,” Student Health Services nutritionist Debbie

Westerling said.

Wharton sophomore Julie Shanus used to be on the track team, but after quitting, she said, “I needed to find another form of exercise.” Her friends recommended she try Flywheel, which she says she prefers over SoulCycle because it is more competitive. Julie has also dabbled in juice cleansing.

While some are still skeptical of the diet, Westerling said there are ways to use it effectively.

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taken that aren’t the standard in juice cleansing,” she said. “They can be the gateway to more excessive dieting or exercise, because all senses are heightened in many ways.”

For example, college sophomore got into juicing with her mom in New York, but she does not rely solely on the liquid diet.

“I juice more in Philadelphia than I do in New York, but I’m not doing straight juice cleanses,” she said. Emma maintains a Paleo diet — based on basic food found in hunter-gatherer times — and supplements it with juices.

She warned other juicers to be mindful about when they choose

to diet.

“I tried a juice cleanse two weeks before Fling, but it wasn’t that successful,” she said.

Shanus said that she did a juice cleanse to feel healthier and isn’t concerned by the negative press that juice cleanses have received.

The effectiveness of a juice cleanse depends on the person, she said.

“It’s more of a mental thing than a physical thing — and having willpower,” she added.

Shanus and Emma both agree that there are a range of options for healthy food around Philadelphia, both stating Pure Fare and Hip City Veg as some of their favorites. Shanus recommends the udon noodle salad — no noodles, extra chick’n.

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“There’s a huge drop-out rate,” Noblejas said. In the class of 2017, three out of 10 students dropped the Nursing degree program. Among the class of 2018, she said, “I think there’s like one or two left.”

Wharton and Nursing freshman Yuming Qin says she is “basically already out of the program.”

Qin applied to the program because she couldn’t decide between a career in healthcare and one in business. “I always felt that business was my academic interest, whereas healthcare was just kind of a better career industry,” she said.

Qin cites a number of motivations for dropping the program.

The first is cost. She says spending a fifth year at Penn is very expensive and there are other ways to achieve her goals.

“Wharton already has a health care management concentration and it’s difficult to justify spending an extra year and an extra year of tuition especially for something that I wouldn’t necessarily end up utilizing,”

she said. “I can’t really afford that.”

Health Care Management is the only dual-degree that cannot be completed in four years. Qin says the length is unique to nursing because clinical hours cannot be sacrificed. “It’s a tradeoff of money, time and sanity,” she said. “I dedicated a lot of time to studying and I felt like I wanted to experience a lot more of the extracurricular side of college.”

Qin says it is common for students to drop the Nursing side of the degree because they find their interests don’t align with the goal of the program.

“The moment you realize that ‘maybe I have a wider interest or diverge from the health care path’ then the opportunity cost of staying in the program becomes kind of steep,” she said.

“That isn’t as much of a problem with the other dual degrees because of their wider flexibilities,” Qin said. Whereas the other dual degree programs allow students to choose their concentrations in Wharton, Health Care Management dualdegree students are locked into their majors in both schools.

Danielle, a College junior, began juicing for medical reasons.

“I did a juice cleanse from Pressed Juicery over one winter break because my sister was drinking a lot of juice. I was also getting extremely bad migraines for two weeks which wouldn’t go away,” she said.

After doing a three day cleanse, Danielle was cured of her migraines. She believes that as a college student, the access to fruit and vegetables may be limited, and it is easier to consume them through juicing. She currently drinks juices in addition to her regular meals.

“I was skeptical about juicing in the beginning, but I’ve had a pleasant experience,” she said.

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Despite dropping out, Qin speaks highly of the Health Care Management dual-degree program. “I don’t think there is another program like it in the country,” she said.

The high dropout rate for the class of 2018 came as a shock to upperclassmen. “That was a big thing this past semester. I heard a lot of freshmen were dropping out and we were very shocked,” Noblejas said.

While she will stay with the program, Noblejas understands where the freshmen are coming from. “Of course it depends on preference,” she said. “I think both sides are a lot of work.

Both sides are very demanding.”

Students looking to transfer into the program can apply for an internal transfer in May. Wylie Thomas, Vice Dean for the Office of Institutional Advancement, cautions that any such decision would be made only with academic merit in mind. “Admissions decisions are based on these criteria and not a desire or necessity to fill open spaces,” she said in an emailed statement.

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(Left) NewzBeat music videos teach people in Uganda about world issues using rap. (Right) NewzBeat Raporters from left to right: Survivor Kaawonawo, Mc Loy and Lady Slyke.

Journalism and rapping come together in Uganda BOOKYUNG JO Staff Reporter

If rap brings Eminem, Juicy J or O.T. Genasis first to mind, you haven’t seen the other side of hip-hop yet. Every week, NewzBeat anchors Lady Slyke and Survivor deliver their flow filled with news from all over the world.

Paul Falzone, an Annenberg Ph.D. graduate and founder of Peripheral Vision International, has produced NewzBeat since 2013. NewzBeat is a weekly video series that features national and international news for the Ugandan public. He said he is trying to answer the question, “how can we engage pop culture and existing ways of distributing media in a way that people would pick up the content on their own?”

Each NewzBeat episode is about five minutes long, covering four to five topics of the week. The episodes are made in both English and Luganda, the most-widely spoken local language in Uganda.

Falzone previously worked as a producer creating documentaries and web videos, but his experience with a consulting job at Uganda piqued his interest in establishing a nonprofit organization to create an impact on Ugandan society.

“Uganda chose me. It’s a weirdly addictive place,” he said.

Since Uganda has an incredibly young population — the average age being 15.5 years old there — Falzone

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houses, and alcohol policies of on-campus Greek houses vary by chapter.

However, while Universityapproved parties may be held in on- or off-campus spaces, they must be registered with the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives. Groups holding such parties are required to hire security guards and a bartender approved by the University.

While the AOD office acknowledges the link between alcohol and sexual assault, it does not believe that consuming alcohol leads directly to sexual violence.

“Alcohol is often involved in sexual assault, but not always, and alcohol is not the cause of sexual assault,” AOD Office

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wanted to create a unique way to draw the nations’ attention to current events. The rap news team in Uganda decides on which topics to include in each week’s episodes, and the rappers present the content like anchors.

“It’s easier to train a rapper to be a journalist than to train a journalist to rap,” Falzone said.

The episodes are broadcasted on air, but Falzone added that because 90 percent of households don’t have electricity, he distributes the content through video halls where people come together to watch collectively. He also uses radio, Facebook and YouTube to deliver the content as widely as possible.

Broadca st i ng u nbia se d news in Uganda is particularly significant now given the country’s current political situation. Devra Moehler, professor at Annenberg School of Communication focusing on political communication, described the Ugandan political landscape as a “hybrid system” or “quasi-democracy.”

“There is election, but in other ways the government is ver y much in control,” she said.

According to the 2014 Human Rights Watch World Report, “after 27 years in office, President Yower i Museveni’s government increasingly suppresses freedom of assembly, expression, and association while escalating threats to civil society.”

Lee Shaker, a professor at Portland State University who is conducting efficacy research on Falzone’s projects,

also acknowledged the not-sodemocratic political situation in Uganda. “[An] ongoing fundamental problem in Uganda is corruption of the government and public officials,” he said.

By including corruption incidents from other countries in their coverage, NewzBeat tries to address political issues in Uganda while still avoiding possible governmental regulation. Shaker said NewzBeat’s approach to handling corruption is fundamentally different from those by other news outlets.

“We are not showing stories about Uganda or the president of Uganda, but we are showing stories of completely different spaces and people,” he said.

Shaker’s experiment showed a priming effect. NewzBeat episodes discussing corruption in other nations impacted the audience’s opinions about its government. However, the effect was an unexpected one.

“People started to see their situation favorably,” Shaker said, mainly because the news stories were about largescale corruption taking place in South Africa or Ukraine, whereas corruption in Uganda is small-scale day-to-day happenings.

To tailor its coverage to the research results, he said NewzBeat is now covering smaller-scale stories that are met with legitimate punishment.

Sha ker a lso eva luated whether the collective viewing environment affected how viewers absorbed the message.

He said there wasn’t significant difference between each

viewing circumstance, but is looking to evaluate the conversation spurred by watching together in video halls.

“All over the world, people absorb information in a different way, and that’s the beauty of PVI,” Malini Doddamani, senior director of Wharton Marketing and Communications and PVI board chair, said. “PVI is meeting people where they are, rather than trying to get its message across in the way we know how.”

Moehler added that Falzone’s attempt to combine entertainment with information is also a smart way to have people pay attention to the news. Doddamani also voiced a similar opinion.

“Education and entertainment does not have to be separate,” she said.

Falzone said that although there is a hip-hop community called “Lugaflow” in Uganda, the most popular type of music is dance-hall infused pop.

“Because hip-hop is not such a mainstream category, it can be more identified with the community,” he said.

Since its establishment in 2011, Peripheral Vision International has remained unaffiliated with any government, preferring to stay independent. It’s suppor t comes from many organizations’ donations and grants.

“It’s impressive to me that Paul is from the Annenberg School. It’s just amazing to see the work he’s doing in Uganda,” Doddamani said.

“He is the son of this institution.”

Associate Director Noelle Martin said in an email. “A person’s intoxication or incapacitation is not an invitation or an opportunity to engage in an act the person did not or could not consent to.”

Even though Penn enforces its alcohol policies at registered events, students often circumvent the system by holding unregistered parties, usually at off-campus locations. At Brown, the new regulations regarding alcohol on campus may drive students to party in more dangerous environments.

College freshman Shannah Reagan believes that Brown’s new policies will exacerbate the problems rather than solve them. “If anything, it’s going to make it more dangerous for the students,” she said.

“Partying is going to happen

regardless of whether or not there are rules against it.”

At Penn and at Brown, medical amnesty policies protect students from legal repercussions when seeking medical help for themselves or another after a substance-related health incident. At Brown, however, students who receive medical attention are required to “follow up with an educator,” according to the university’s website.

Reagan supports Penn’s medical amnesty policy because she believes that it emphasizes what is best for the students rather than what is most politically correct. She suggested that Brown adopt more policies that are “studentfocused and realistic.”

President of Penn Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor Program and Wharton sophomore

Theodore Caputi also feels that Brown may be making a mistake in implementing their new policies. “Brown runs a serious risk in banning these kinds of parties,” he said.

“When you ban parties like this, sometimes you drive them underground.”

Although Caputi’s beliefs do not necessarily represent those of Penn DAPA, he feels that Penn’s current policies — a “practical solution to address a high-risk population” — are more effective at encouraging safe consumption of alcohol.

Like the AOD Office, Caputi recognizes the link between alcohol use and sexual violence but does not believe that the relationship is necessarily causal. “I think that we walk a thin line between sexual violence and substance abuse,” he said.

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Across the city, Restaurant Week features different restaurants that offer a smaller tasting menu of some of their regular menu items at a more limited price point. Each restaurant offers a three-course dinner for a flat rate of $35 — at restaurants where dinner can often cost more than $50 per person.

Many restaurants also feature a lunch menu, which offers three courses for a $20 price tag.

Participating restaurants and chefs are almost unlimited in fare or experience. Those participating this week range everywhere from the famous Stephen Starr Asian-fusion grill Buddakan to the Brazilian steakhouse Chima.

But while chefs come from all different backgrounds and experience levels, all restaurants participate for essentially the same reasons. While many times the decision to participate is made at the corporate level, the event gives restaurants highly valuable exposure.

“For us, it’s a no-brainer. Restaurant Week gives us a good level of exposure to a group of diners we don’t see on a regular basis,” Conn said. “It gives us a broader range of opportunity.”

And it seems to be working. According to Olmeda, diners start making reservations for Restaurant Week as much as a month in advance.

Conn agreed. “We definitely see people in higher volumes. We might get a lot of covers on a Friday or Saturday night typically, but during Restaurant Week, we’ll see as many covers on a Monday or Tuesday night,” he said.

With such a higher volume, juggling the restaurant and all the orders while maintaining the overall atmosphere and dining experience can be a challenge.

“It’s definitely a lot more fastpaced,” said Amanda Feinstein, beverage manager at Rosa Blanca.

“You get a lot of people coming in, so we’re trying to move tables in and out as quickly as possible, but at the same time, people are there to enjoy the food, and we don’t want to sacrifice that,” she said.

And the food is really what Restaurant Week is about. While most participating restaurants feature relatively lengthy full menus, Restaurant Week menus often consist of nothing more than a few simple choices for each course. Deciding which dishes make the cut and which ones don’t can be a make-orbreak moment for a restaurant.

“A lot of times we try to stick with our most popular dishes — and the ones that are typically favorited most by our staff,” Olmeda said.

Restaurant Week menu picks include masitas de puerco adobo, a spiced fried pork served with homemade corn pudding, and pollo a la brassa, rotisserie chicken accompanied by sour orange-achiote butter and roasted baby potatoes. “We did actually end up adding a new dish specifically for our Restaurant Week menu a year or so ago, and that was the vegetarian casserole because we didn’t really have a true vegetarian option, and it actually ended up on our regular menu,” he said.

Conn spoke specifically about a format — developed by Jose Garces himself — that guides the

restaurant staff in deciding what will be on the Restaurant Week menu. “We always do three courses, and Jose Garces’ formula was always two savory courses and then a pastry — something sweet,” he said. As a tapas restaurant, each of the first two courses allows diners to choose not one but two menu items. “Some of them are more substantial and some are more classical tapas items, but we make sure Restaurant Week diners are exposed to a nice offering from the regular menu,” Conn said.

For Tinto, diners tend to gravitate toward duck confit wrapped in serrano ham smothered in a wild black cherry spread as well as the Spanish octopus with smoked green olive aioli and spicy tomatoes.

While many frequent Restaurant Week diners have complained that the week offers lowered standards of service and food, both Conn and Olmeda have done their best to make their Restaurant Week experience as consistent with their regular service as possible.

“A lot of thought goes into our menu when we’re picking things out to make sure that we’re able to execute the dishes with an increased volume without sacrificing the quality,” Conn said. “We really stand behind our offerings — nothing is being dumbed down just because the menu is more limited.”

Olmeda agreed, also emphasizing that while the menu was smaller, he didn’t want diners to feel restricted by it. “Our goal is to give customers a good idea of what would be on our regular menu, without it feeling limited,” he said.

Feinstein, who spends more of her time on the floor interacting with customers than behind the scenes in the kitchen, emphasized that Restaurant Week was about the entire dining experience, not just the food. “I like to be on the floor as much as possible, interacting with customers either at the hostess stand or at their tables. Our goal is to keep the quality of the experience the same, even with the higher traffic,” she said.

For many Penn students, Restaurant Week presents a more affordable way to experience some of the city’s best eateries.

“I went to Estia with some friends last week, and I had a great time. It wasn’t prohibitively expensive, and it’s probably not somewhere I would have gone without Restaurant Week,” College sophomore Robert Harrelson said.

“It’s not often that I get out of the lab and really enjoy the treats that the City of Brotherly Love has to offer. It’s really something special,” Wharton sophomore Jack Stein said.

As Restaurant Week winds to a close, for the restaurant staff, the week will be all about the victories.

“The staff works so hard during Restaurant Week. It’s pretty cool to see everyone moving together so quickly,” Feinstein said.

At Tinto, each Restaurant Week menu comes with five distinct plates of food. “One of the coolest things is looking back after the two-week period [of Restaurant Week] and seeing how many menus we sold and then multiplying that number by five. It’s just mind blowing. In that short amount of time, we have literally sold thousands and thousands of plates of food,” Conn said.

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Re-evaluating the efficacy of College sectors Both students and faculty will be part of the process JILL MOELY Staff Reporter

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With dozens of courses fulfilling each requirement, the College of Arts and Sciences’ sectors are not particularly constraining — but administrators still want to ensure that each one does its job.

In the continuation of a several-year evaluation process of the seven sectors required in the College curriculum, the school is currently focusing on the efficacy of Sector III, or Arts and Letters.

In the past two years, administrators have evaluated the Society and History and Tradition sectors.

Using focus group responses and faculty feedback, the evaluation process is highly qualitative and subjective. But College administrators don’t see a better option.

“When we began this, we really wanted to resist the notion that students were widgets, and that we could precisely measure with multiple-choice tests what somebody may have learned,” Assistant Dean and Associate Director for Academic Affairs Eric Schneider said. “That verges on the idiotic, and it really doesn’t tell you very much in the end. If a student has memorized a bunch of facts, what does that tell you about how well they can articulate the value of something?”

Although the difficulty and subjectivity of such evaluations may leave some students wondering if sector requirements are worthwhile, these problematic elements of re-evaluation stem from an integral aspect of the College’s academic program: choice.

“The sectors themselves reflect our culture of choice. It’d be so much easier to evaluate if there were four courses everyone had to

take, but our faculty opted not to do that, and I think our students like having choice,” Schneider said.

In order to gauge and ensure the effectiveness of the current standards — which have been in place since 2006 — administrators have developed a two-pronged approach to examine the first four sectors. A separate panel analyzes the final three, Living World, Physical World and Natural Sciences and Mathematics, utilizing a slightly different method.

The first component of the evaluation process is centered on student focus groups. The College sorts randomly-selected students into three groups: students who haven’t taken a course in the sector, students who have just finished one and seniors who fulfilled the requirement several years ago.

Once the groups have been assembled, data is gathered in a

surprisingly simple way. Each test group is presented with an artifact — a painting, a piece of music or a short novel, for example — and asked to discuss it.

The responses from each group are then analyzed, in order to determine whether the sector courses have had any effect on the students’ responses to the presented materials.

“We ... work through it to just sort of see whether students bring something beyond personal prejudice to bear on whatever this is,” College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dennis DeTurck said .

The second aspect of the regulatory process is the College’s constant line of communication with faculty.

“We try to be very self-conscious about what the sectors are with the faculty who are teaching sector courses,” DeTurck said. “We want them to be aware they’re teaching a sector, and for

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Dem. senator’s charter school support gains Rep. allies Charter schools continue to ignite debate DAN SPINELLI Staff Reporter

State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams’s support for charter schools has made him some unusual allies.

In the debate over charter school expansion, Williams, a Democrat, has often found himself allied with conservatives. Generally, Democrats advocate keeping funds within the local school district, while Republicans have petitioned for vouchers supporting the choice between public and nonpublic schools.

In 1997, Williams was one of the lone Democrats to join Republicans in the bill ANTHONY HARDY a l l o w WILLIAMS ing charter

schools to form in Pennsylvania.

More recently in 2010, Williams introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that mandated vouchers for poor students in underperforming schools. Three Republicans cosponsored the bill with Williams.

Such bipartisan action on education has made Williams the darling of some conservative elites, including Republican Senator Patrick Toomey, who invited Williams to view the 2013 State of the Union address as his guest.

Moreover, Williams’ recorded support for charter school expansion resulted in huge gains to his campaign treasury when he unsuccessfully ran for Pennsylvania governor in 2010. Through the political action committee Students’ Choice, Williams received an astounding $3.3 million to support his gubernatorial bid in the election, which Republican Tom Corbett ultimately won.

The PAC was bankrolled by three local businessmen, whom

T he Ph iladelph ia Inquirer described as “free market entrepreneurs in the mold of Ayn Rand.” One of the businessmen, Jeff Yass, is a board member at the libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute.

The dominance of Democrats in Philadelphia’s elections has often led to bipartisan support for politicians, but statewide elections are typically much different. For Williams to receive such extraordinary support from conservative donors in a race ultimately won by a Republican is out of the ordinary.

Williams traces his longstanding support for school-choice to his own education at a Quaker boarding school, the Westtown School in West Chester, Pa. He even founded a charter school himself, naming it Hardy Williams Academy after his father.

While his position has won admirers across the aisle, Williams’ outspoken support for charter schools has raised criticism from education activists in Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania’s state government does not help fund charter schools, meaning that the cashstrapped Philadelphia School District must buck part of the tab for new schools. With the school district already sporting an $81 million budget deficit, activists think that charter school expansion will weaken district schools.

While charter schools do have to be reviewed every five years by the school district to renew their authorization, these specialized schools often have freedoms which district schools lack.

In June 2014, The Notebook — a Philadelphia newspaper covering the school district — reported that charter schools received “more than $175 million” toward special education “but only spent $77 million for that purpose.” This discrepancy is due to charter schools’ freedom to allocate their budget as they choose.

While the teachers’ union stands firmly at odds with

Williams’ stance on charters, his position may find empathy with parents struggling to find the best educational outposts for their children. Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education Nelson Flores “can see why parents want their child to attend a charter school,” he said.

For Flores, the debate between pro and anti-charter ignores the nuanced differences between various charter schools.

He acknowledged the individual desire of parents who see charter schools as a superior option than their district school.

“From the perspective of individuals and community organizations who have been living in the city for decades [with] these schools [that] have never served them well, it becomes more complicated,” he said.

Flores, who has taught in public schools for six years, also dispelled the myth that all charter schools are corporate cash cows.

“I am reluctant to paint all charter schools with the same brush,” he said. Some charters are even run by community organizations. These organizations “have not gotten momentum to improve the [public] schools” and have “decided to open their own charter schools.”

The Pan American Academy Charter School, for instance, is run in partnership with Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a Hispanic nonprofit in Philadelphia. Congreso is devoted to expanding bilingual education in Philadelphia.

Ultimately, Flores believes the charter school debate ignores structural problems like poverty. “ T he st rongest cor relation with ach ievement is socio-economic status, which is something that the charter school reform doesn’t address,” he said.

For Williams to become Philadelphia’s next mayor, he will have to transcend the polarized debate and tackle these structural issues.

Around the world (in more than 80 days) with Wharton dean Dean Garrett returns to Phila. on world tour BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett made a pit stop in Philadelphia on Wednesday — but he didn’t spend much time in his office.

Garrett hosted the Philadelphia stop of his Wharton Global Conversations Tour series at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Center City. One hundred and fifty-one guests attended — mostly alumni and their spouses, but also some current MBA students. The Philadelphia event was the second in the conversation series and follows Garrett’s Jan. 12 visit to Hong Kong.

The theme of leadership underscored the evening, and CEO of investment management company Vanguard and 1983 Wharton MBA recipient F. William McNabb III joined Garrett in the discussion.

“The tour offers me lots of great chances to listen to and learn from Wharton’s incredible alumni literally all around the globe. I got an enormous amount out of the Hong Kong conversation earlier this month and I look forward very much to Philadelphia tonight as we look at the world of business and leadership through the eyes

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Wharton External Affairs Samuel T. Lundquist, Garrett asked McNabb a variety of questions in traditional talk show format about his company, the Euro crisis in Greece and growth rates in China.

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San Francisco One MBA graduate asked May 4, 2015 151 attendees Garrett why female Wharton Hong Kong graduates are not as successful as Jan. 12, 2015 their male counterparts. Garrett London responded with a few examples of March 4, 2015 Miami successful female Wharton gradApril 27, 2015 uates, such as the “number two at Yahoo” and the head of human resources at Goldman Sachs, before adding, “I don’t want that to be an GRAPHICS BY KATE JEON/NEWS DESIGN EDITOR SOURCE: wharton.upenn.edu/globalconversations excuse for not doing more.”

Lundquist concluded the event of a great alumnus, Bill McNabb,” said. “I am trying to stay in Philly Wharton community. “One of marshals, who generate alumni with a “call for leadership.” “The Garrett said in a statement prior to after graduation … the highlight the best parts of Wharton and connections and encourage gradu- power of the network — that’s the event. for me [tonight] was learning that the MBA program is the commu- ates to give back to Wharton. what we’re cultivating,” LunThe event proved to be a prime there are over 10,000 alumni in nity aspect,” Narula said. “When The hour-long conversation dquist said. networking opportunity for grad- Philly.”

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Led by sophomore Maria Elena Ubia, the defending Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Princeton was able to take individual victories at the No. 1, 2 and 9 spots on the ladder.

But the Tigers were no match for Penn’s deep squad. The Quakers stymied their Ancient Eight rival from the beginning of match play with a pair of two-point, fifth-set wins in the opening shift from freshman Melissa Alves at No. 3 and junior Haidi Lala at No. 6.

Looking ahead, the women’s team will be back in action against Ancient Eight competition this weekend as it hits the road to face No. 4 Yale on Saturday and No. 11 Brown on Sunday. The Quakers are 1-1 against teams ranked in the top five, so this weekend’s game against the Bulldogs (17-4, 5-2) will provide Penn with an ample test. Brown (3-2, 0-2), on the other hand, should give the Quakers yet another tally in the win column.

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Franklin Field may have met its match.

“We sort of pride ourselves with Franklin Field for having one of the premiere facilities on the East Coast,” coach Steve Dolan said. “I think the Armory has become that for indoor tracks.”

This weekend, Penn track and field will travel to compete in the New York Armory Invitational at the historic Armory against the toughest competition they have seen thus far this winter.

Of course, making a claim to any Philadelphia track enthusiast that any venue on the East Coast comes close to rivaling Franklin Field borders on sacrilege, so what exactly does the Armory offer?

Here is how the tale of the tape breaks down.

Franklin Field certainly has its advantages, having opened in 1895, more than 15 years before its counterpart. It is also the home of the Penn Relays — the oldest, largest and possibly most famous annual track meet in the United States.

The Armory certainly holds its own in the matchup, though.

Established in the early 1900s, the Washington Heights, Manhattan-based venue is the home of both the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the prestigious Millrose Games track

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“Every game matters. Anyone can win any game, so it’s really exciting.”

Roche believes that the key to success is “just making sure everyone goes in and knows their role and does exactly what they need to do. That’s going to be important for not only this weekend but every weekend following.”

The Quakers (9-6, 0-1 Ivy) did just that in their last game against

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February 2012 on the road, part of the Quakers’ run at a conference championship that ended just one win shy of sharing the Ivy League title with Harvard.

Unlike the last time Penn swept these two teams in a weekend, this time the Quakers will have home court advantage. Though interest in the team has dwindled in recent years — in part due to low finishes in conference play in the last two seasons — the Red and Blue’s victory in front of a sold-out crowd against St. Joe’s bolsters hopes for another lively Penn contingent for the upcoming weekend’s games.

“Sold out crowd at the Palestra: There’s nothing like it, and we’re

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late. The defending Ivy league champion in the 50-yard free, Shultz will likely be one of the best swimmers in the building on both Friday and Saturday.

While West Chester is a Division II men’s squad, it is the cream of the crop in its respective division.

“West Chester is without a doubt one of the best Division II teams in the country. They have great freestylers,” Schnur said.

“West Chester in particular has a guy named Victor Polyakov who

meet held annually.

Regardless of personal biases toward their home track, the Red and Blue are nonetheless excited to compete at the Armory.

“It’s gonna be an electric atmosphere,” Dolan said. “They’ll get that extra shot of adrenaline from competing [there].”

Beyond the hype surrounding where the meet will be held, the Armory Invitational is also quite possibly the most important meet in which the Quakers will participate before indoor Heptagonals.

Several weeks ago, Dolan noted that his athletes would start to approach top competitive shape around the end of the month. And now that January is coming to an end, it is time to evaluate the condition of the Penn runners, throwers and jumpers.

With such a significant meet, it is definitely tempting to view it as a measuring stick for the two teams in their entirety. But to hear it from the coach himself, the invitational will be all about the individuals.

“What I’m expecting are seasonal bests, and hopefully some personal bests to go along with it,” Dolan said.

Several Penn athletes have stood out in the early goings of the indoor season.

On the track, freshmen Candace Taylor and Jeff Wiseman have had several outstanding performances in sprint and middle-distance running events, respectively. Meanwhile, on the field, junior thrower Sam Mattis

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Franklin Field may have met its historic match when compared to the Armory in New York. The Quakers’ home stadium may be 15 years the older and host Penn Relays, but the Armory — located in Manhattan — houses the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and hosts the Millrose Games.

has continued his outstanding run from last year.

Conspicuously absent from this group of standout performers is star junior runner Thomas

Awad, fresh off of recognition from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association. The majority of distance runners, who have been off from competition,

will also take the track at the Armory.

It’s hard to know exactly what to expect from the Quakers this early in the season, but

one thing is certain: If they come close to matching the hype that comes along with running at the Armory, it should be a fun meet for them.

NJIT, in which many members of the team contributed to its 59-29 victory. Freshman forward Michelle Nwokedi led the way with 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks while sophomore Sydney Stipanovich, Roche and sophomore Sade Gibbons also contributed on both ends of the floor.

After a week of good practices following the win, coach Mike McLaughlin echoed Roche’s faith in the team.

“At this point, our confidence is there,” McLaughlin said. “Trust in

each other is there. We have learned how to win. Anything can happen, but hopefully we will go out there relaxed and ready to play.”

The Red and Blue will certainly be looking to avenge a heartbreaking loss to Dartmouth in last year’s matchup in which the Big Green pulled off a win by three in the final seconds, breaking the Quakers ninegame winning streak.

Although McLaughlin praised Dartmouth’s size and scoring abilities, he feels confident that his team can win on the road.

Furthermore, despite having to prepare for two big conference games in a 24-hour span, McLaughlin and his team have a clear and focused mentality.

“One at a time,” he said. “We’ll prepare for Dartmouth, and then after that game, we will start preparing for Harvard. One game at a time.

Eighty minutes overall, but Dartmouth is the only thing that matters right now.”

Harvard, who finished second in the Ivy League last season, is a perennial contender with a formidable

offensive team. Already this season, Harvard and Dartmouth have split their contests. In the teams’ second matchup, Harvard stormed back from a 14-point deficit in the final minutes to win, 79-75. Although Harvard is ranked second in the league with 66 points per game, they also allow the most points per game of any member of the Ancient Eight at 69.5.

Certainly, the competition this weekend will be fierce — maybe even as fierce as the snowy gusts from winter storm Juno.

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just glad that everyone came out to support us,” freshman guard Antonio Woods said. “We hope we get the same support for this upcoming weekend.”

Against the Hawks, the Quakers overcame committing 19 turnovers and converting just 57.1 percent of their free throws by holding the opposing squad to shooting just 33.9 percent from the field. Penn will likely need a similar defensive performance against Dartmouth and Harvard to secure victories — the Quakers are 4-0 when they hold their opponents to less than 60 points, but just 1-10 when they concede 60 points or more.

Fortunately for Penn, Dartmouth averages an Ivy League-worst 62.4 points per game. However, the Big Green played some of their

best basketball of the season last weekend, coming from behind to beat Harvard on the road by erasing a 14-point Crimson lead in the second half with a 26-2 run.

Slowing the Dartmouth attack starts with containing Alex Mitola, a sharpshooting 5-foot-11 junior who leads the team in scoring at 14.3 points per game while shooting 41.0 percent from three-point range. Mitola racked up 25 points in a victory over the Quakers in Hanover last season, though he was held to just four points when Penn defeated the Big Green at the Palestra last year.

As Allen is quick to point out, Mitola’s play is also complemented by the Big Green’s other weapons.

“Alex is the head of the snake so to speak, but he does a pretty good

job of just trusting his teammates,” Allen said. “They all play together.

They all play hard.”

In addition to Mitola, Dartmouth’s arsenal includes 6-foot-7 junior Connor Boehm and 6-foot-9 senior Gabas Maldunas, who both average double figures in scoring.

The Big Green’s greatest advantage against the Quakers might be experience. Dartmouth has just one player averaging more than 10 minutes of playing time per game who is a sophomore or younger: freshman Miles Wright. Meanwhile, Penn has three freshmen and one sophomore playing at least 20 minutes per game, and for those freshmen, the weekend will represent their first time playing Ivy League games on consecutive days in their young careers.

Despite losing key seniors Kyle Casey, Brandyn Curry and Laurent Rivard to graduation after last season, Harvard has also reloaded with a veteran group that includes seniors Wesley Saunders, Steve Moundou-Missi and Kenyatta Smith and juniors Siyani Chambers and Agunwa Okolie in its regular starting lineup — a group tasked with winning an Ancient Eight title for the Crimson’s fifth consecutive season. However, Harvard’s loss at home to Dartmouth suggests that the conference championship could be up for grabs this season.

If the Quakers are lucky, their youthful squad can force their way into the Ivy race by capitalizing on home court advantage this weekend and sweeping the Big Green and Crimson for the first time in three

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is tremendous.”

Polyakov, a junior, hails from Toganrog, Russia. He is dominant in the distance freestyle events and will hope to freeze out Quakers’ star Chris Swanson in both the 1000-yard and 500yard races.

The Golden Rams are 7-0 this season in dual meets and have no intentions of letting the Division I Quakers ruin their perfect season. That’s why the men’s team will need to focus and not look past West Chester to Saturday’s meet with La Salle.

Still, Saturday will be the true test of the weekend for Penn

men’s swimming.

While the Quakers were named fifth “most improved team” in the nation by collegeswimming.com, the Explorers were 11th in the same poll.

“They’re a very much improved team, and we’re going to have a good meet with them,” Schnur conceded.

West Chester isn’t the only squad with an undefeated record, as La Salle lays claim to a winning streak of its own.

The Explorers have began the year 6-0 with their most recent victory coming at the hands of a 216-87 thwarting of Loyola.

The Explorers have had luck in their home pool thus far, but the Quakers look poised to be the more experienced team heading into the contest. If any further reassurance is needed the Red and Blue men are undefeated in out -of-conference

meets so far this season.

The weekend holds starkly different story lines for the three squads competing, but a 4-0 nonconference record for Penn swimming is surely not out of the question.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP STAGE SET FOR STIPANOVICH’S STEP UP THE BIG HYPHEN TOWERS OVER THE ANCIENT EIGHT NO. 4 TENNESSEE TOO MUCH FOR PENN SEASON STARTS WAGNER LOSS REMINISCENT OF LAST SEASON PENN CLINCHES BIG 5 TITLE JUST THE BEGINNING FOR AUGER AND WOODS PRINCETON EASILY DISPATCHES PENN WOMEN TICK. TOCK. PENN WOMEN

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Penn basketball looks to leave behind first-half headlines as both teams head into Ivy League doubleheaders this weekend.

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| Quakers look to build off of St. Joe’s win

M. HOOPS

BY KENNY KASPER Senior Staff Writer

Team Stats in 2014-15

FRIDAY

Dartmouth (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) 7 p.m.

The Palestra

MEN’S 5-10, 0-1 Ivy 66.3

Last week, Penn basketball seemed to be getting back to its old winning ways: On Saturday, the team treated its fans to the Quakers’ first Big 5 win since 2012 after scraping their way to a 56-52 win over Saint Joseph’s.

In their next two match ups, the Red and Blue will try to do something else that they last achieved in 2012: beating Dartmouth and Harvard in the same weekend.

Rounding out a five-game home stand, Friday will feature the Big Green (8-8, 1-1 Ivy), while Saturday night will pit the Quakers (5-10, 0-1) against the four-time

SATURDAY

Harvard (11-5, 1-1 Ivy)

67.5

7 p.m.

The Palestra

defending Ivy League champions in the Crimson (11-5, 1-1).

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17.1

Tony Hicks, 14.0

WOMEN’S Record

9-6, 0-1 Ivy

Points per game

58.5

Points allowed per game

54.3

Turnovers per game

14.6

Leading scorer, PPG

Sydney Stipanovich, 10.8

W. HOOPS | Penn will face

FRIDAY

BY ANNA DYER Associate Sports Editor

7 p.m.

Dartmouth, Harvard on road

Winter storm Juno may have dumped over two feet of snow on the northeastern United States. It may have closed thousands of roads and schools. It may have even caused governors to declare states of emergency. But there is one thing that Juno can’t hold back this weekend: Penn women’s basketball.

As blizzard conditions continue in New England, the team will embark on a two-day road trip in which it will take on two tough competitors — Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday.

This weekend’s competitions mark the

Dartmouth (10-6, 1-1 Ivy) Dartmouth

SATURDAY

Harvard (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) 6 p.m.

Harvard

start of the Quakers’ remaining 13 conference games — a challenge, no doubt — but senior captain Kathleen Roche believes the team has the right mentality to win.

“Every game is a battle,” Roche said.

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Red and Blue look for sweep SWIMMING | La Salle,

West Chester lay ahead

BY THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor

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Sophomore Michael Wen has been a breakout star for Penn in the sprint butterfly disciplines, consistently finishing atop the podium in the 100-yard fly and the “A” Medley relay.

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In a year barren of home meets for Penn swimming, a weekend slate of away matches against locals La Salle and West Chester will nearly feel like home.

On the women’s side, the Quakers can look to freshman talent from distance

swimmer Carolyn Yang and mid-distance freestyler Virginia Burns. The pair has combined for 12 individual event wins for the 2014-2015 season against both Ivy and nonconference foes.

La Salle and Division II West Chester don’t boast the strongest women’s teams, so the competition will not be very steep for the Quakers.

This weekend will be a great opportunity for coach Mike Schnur to rotate some fresh faces into the lineup who

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don’t usually make the trek to travel meets.

Additionally, this weekend will give some of the elite racers — such as junior IMer and distance freestyler Meaghan Kwarcinski — a chance to swim their offevents, such as backstroke.

“We’ve had a lot of very competitive, high-pressure meets this season, and it will be nice to let the girls have a meet that’s not like that,” Schnur said.

The men’s squad, however,

will face a much tougher challenge and will need to keep its foot on the gas if it hopes to escape the weekend without a blemish.

Junior co-captain Eric Shultz, who was just .17 seconds away from breaking a 35-year-old Sheerr Pool record in the 100-yard free against Delaware last weekend, is hungry to take on two squads that have received a lot of national attention of SEE SWIMMING PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640