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ore than 1,000 Penn students study abroad in over 50 countries around the world each year. And while many opt to travel to more familiar or secure locations, others choose to travel to “heightened risk regions.”

Penn Global’s Committee on International Travel Risk Assessment deems 70 countries as “heightened security risk regions” for reasons ranging from terrorism threats to fragile government infrastructures.

As of October 2017, 18 locations were marked with a travel security risk rating of “extreme,” 58 were marked with a rating of “high,” and 31 were marked with a rating of “medium.”

These risk levels are based primarily on the risk ratings of International SOS, the world’s largest medical and travel security services firm. The United States Department of State Travel Advisory is taken into account as a secondary measure as well.

Students wanting to study abroad in these regions must take extra steps to get their programs approved.

In addition to the standard application process, Penn Abroad requires students planning to study in heightened risk regions to complete the Undergraduate Travel Request Process. After reviewing their travel requests, the Committee on International Travel Risk Assessment provides safety recommendations.

“Typically, most students are approved, but they are approved under the condition that they take our recommendations into account,” Penn Abroad Director Nigel Cossar said. “The whole process is centered exclusively on our students’ safety abroad.”

Sometimes, students can also successfully petition to study abroad in heightened risk regions as participants of non-Penn affiliated programs.

College senior Shirin Vetry petitioned to study in Kampala, Uganda last semester, as part of School of International Training’s Uganda Development Studies. Though the region was deemed “high risk” due to concerns regarding road safety and crime, she said that the non-Penn affiliated program was an excellent opportunity to work with refugees, while also writing her senior thesis.

“Uganda is the biggest host of refugees in Africa and is known for its particularly benevolent refugee policies,” Vetry said. “Studying there was a perfect way to blend all of my pasSEE STUDY PAGE 7

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Former Penn trustee accused of sexual misconduct Dozens said he made employees perform sex acts SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor

Dozens of people have accused 1963 College graduate and former Penn Board of Trustees member Stephen Wynn of sexual misconduct, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Wynn served on the Board of Trustees until 2004 and donated $7.5 million for the construction of the Perelman Quadrangle,

which includes Wynn Commons.

In 2006, he was also granted an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University.

Wynn, a real estate mogul who was named the financial chair of the Republican National Committee after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, allegedly pressured various employees to perform sex acts. In one account by an unnamed manicurist, Wynn forced her to take off her clothes and have sex with him even after she repeatedly told him “no.”

He later paid the manicurist $7.5

million in a settlement, the WSJ reported.

In a written statement to the WSJ, Wynn denied all allegations.

“The idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous,” he wrote. “We find ourselves in a world where people can make allegations, regardless of the truth, and a person is left with the choice of weathering insulting publicity or engaging in multi-year lawsuits.

It is deplorable for anyone to find themselves in this situation.”

In an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian, University spokes-

person Steve MacCarthy wrote, “These are very troubling allegations and we are monitoring the situation closely. But at this point we are unable to comment further.”

Wynn is the current chairman of Wynn Resorts. In the past few decades, he has been responsible for building various luxury establishments in Las Vegas, including the Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, Wynn, and Encore casinos. He launched Wynn Resorts in 2002 with his ex-wife, Elaine Wynn, with whom he has spent

years in legal battles over their divorce agreement.

As of Jan. 26, his net worth was $3.6 billion, according to Forbes.

Trump and Wynn have a long history of battling both as “rival casino owners” and in court in 1999 over a variety of allegations, including fraud, money-laundering, perjury, conspiracy, and theft of trade secrets, Forbes reported.

The two ultimately settled in 2000, The Daily Beast reported.

“One of the great qualities Steve and Donald share: when they’re in a war they will fight like you’ve

never seen. But when it’s over it’s over,” Skip Bronson wrote, who authored a book on Atlantic City in the 1990s.

Wynn did not publicly endorse Trump before his inauguration, but he was an active member of Trump’s inauguration committee and has remained an avid supporter as the financial chair of the RNC, a position he took on at the end of January 2017.

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College sophomore’s alleged killer linked to a neo-Nazi group

Pictures were obtained of the suspect with the group REBECCA TAN Executive Editor

Samuel Woodward, the man charged with murdering College sophomore Blaze Bernstein, was part of an extremist, neo-Nazi group, according to a report published by the nonprofit news organization ProPublica on Jan. 26.

Based on the accounts of three sources with close knowledge of Woodward’s past, ProPublica reported that Woodward has been a member of the Atomwaffen Division, which the Southern Pov-

erty Law Center listed in 2016 as an active hate crime group. The Anti-Defamation League has described the group as “a loose group of neo-Nazis” that has been targeting college campuses.

The group was allegedly among a range of other alt-right organizations behind the racist flyers that appeared at various American universities, including Penn, in late 2016.

ProPublica said it obtained pictures of Woodward at an Atomwaffen meeting held in the Texas countryside. One of the pictures shows Woodward in a mask making the Nazi salute, and other pictures show him without

a mask and easily identifiable.

The report from ProPublica comes as the latest update in the ongoing investigation into the death of Bernstein, who went missing in Orange County, Calif. on Jan. 2, and was later found dead in a shallow grave on Jan. 10. Several days later, the Orange County Register reported that Bernstein, who was gay, had been stabbed over 20 times in what authorities suggest was “an act of rage.”

Woodward, who attended high school with Bernstein at the Orange County School of the Arts, was charged with the murder of the Penn student on Jan. 17.

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According to a sealed affidavit obtained by the Orange County Register, he told investigators that on the night of Bernstein’s murder, the Penn student had tried to kiss him.

Following Woodward’s arrest, there have been reports that the slaying was a hate crime targeted specifically against Bernstein’s sexuality. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said at a press conference on Jan. 17 that investigators have yet to establish a motive, but that they were “open to all evidence.”

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The Philadelphia Auto Show will return to the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Jan. 27 to Feb. 4, marking the 117th edition of the event. Organizers expect over 250,000 guests to visit the 700,000-square-foot display floor over the course of the next week, influencing an estimated $3.5 billion in car sales.

To add some glamour, the event will also exhibit various Hollywood cars and classic automobiles, including the Mystery Machine from “Scooby Doo” and a 24k gold-plated Delorean. Additionally, this year’s DUB Live exhibit will feature some of the country’s most popular modified vehicles.

The event features a car from Penn Electric Racing, the student-run company that designs and creates their own electric vehicles. The REV 3 from Penn Electric Racing, won first place overall at the Formula North Electric and Formula SAE competitions last year. The REV 3 sits alongside a variety of 2018 vehicles and 2019 pre-production models currently on display, including the 2019 Volvo XC40, 2018 Jaguar E-Pace, 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt, and 2018 BMW X2.

Attendees can also look forward to interactive display such as “Camp Jeep,” where professional 4x4 drivers allow riders to experience a Jeep’s on-road and off-road capabilities, and a Ride and Drive Zone that offers test drives from BMW, Kia, Volkswagen, Mazda, and Toyota. The Auto Show is open until 10 p.m. most nights and admission costs $14, but discount tickets are also available.

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Low income students say job resources fall short FGLI students say processes like OCR are isolating GIANNA FERRARIN Staff Reporter

As the search for summer internships has picked up, first-generation, low-income students say that traditional job search avenues at Penn are not tailored to their experiences.

College senior David Thai said that Career Services offers a “onesize-fits-all” approach that does not take circumstances of FGLI students into account. Because his high school did not offer Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes, Thai said that navigating Penn as a pre-med freshman had a “huge learning curve.”

When we went to Career Services for advice on adjusting to Penn, however, Thai said he did not receive the support he was looking for.

“I remember being deterred,” he said. “The folks there were telling me, ‘Maybe you should reconsider being pre-med,’ instead of offering

resources and support that would help me be a better pre-med student.”

Career Services has tried different ways to offer resources for FGLI students in the past, however. It gives priority to FGLI students in a program that funds unpaid summer internships, and it launched an initiative to offer students free professional clothing in the spring of 2017.

Claire Klieger, the senior associate director at Career Services, said that Career Services will continue its efforts to serve FGLI students.

“We’re hoping to … develop, at least on the undergraduate side, a student advisory board comprised of some first-generation students to figure out where some of the other gaps are,” Klieger said.

FGLI students said Career Services is not the only campus job resource that fails to adequately consider their personal experiences.

The on-campus recruiting process can also be isolating for those in the FGLI community.

Thai said most job recruiters he talked to during OCR could not re-

late to his background.

“It was very much condescending, but at the same time it felt like [recruiters] were pitying me,” Thai said, of his OCR experience.

“They didn’t see it through the perspective of ‘ok, I overcame all of this, and here I am interviewing with you.’”

College junior Jonathan Delgadillo also added that typical recruitment settings can be difficult to navigate for FGLI students who cannot always afford professional clothing. Delgadillo said that, until last fall, he only had one suit to wear to job interviews — the same suit he wore to prom.

Delgadillo also said that traditional professional development settings can isolate FGLI students when they assume a level of background knowledge that comes with having college-educated parents.

“We don’t come in with a lot of social capital. We don’t have the privilege of not being forthright and intentional with going to [general body meetings] and events,” Delgadillo said. “We can’t just say, ‘Oh, I don’t care, my dad’s best friend works at Goldman and

he can offer me something for the summer’ — there’s no security.”

In response to their experiences, some FGLI students have created new resources to aid them in the summer internship search.

Collective Success is a studentrun nonprofit organization that was created with the intention of offering career advice specific to FGLI students. Penn’s chapter of the organization was co-founded by Thai and College senior Kamilla Yunusova, and it offers career-oriented resources and programming to FGLI students at Penn, Temple University, and Drexel University.

The annual Ivy League conference for first-generation students, 1vyG is another resource FGLI students can turn to for professional development. The conference, which will be hosted at Penn in February, will feature five workshops geared toward post-graduation success and will include a career fair.

Thai, who is a director of student programming for the conference, said that he anticipates that the setting will be a more welcoming environment for FGLI students

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Penn’s chapter of Collective Success offers career-oriented resources and programming to FGLI students from Penn, Temple, and Drexel.

compared to OCR, where recruiters often come from more privileged backgrounds.

Wharton sophomore Adrian Fletcher, who is a professional outreach chair for Collective Success, said that he hopes the nonprofit can give FGLI students resources that other students take for granted.

“Having immigrant parents and

coming to America, a lot of times they’re really focused on making sure they provide for you,” Fletcher said. “[They’re] not really necessarily focused on teaching you how to give a proper handshake, [and] how to write a proper resume because they might have not ever done that themselves.”

GET-UP petitions for better sexual harassment policies GET-UP is still waiting for a response to its petition NAOMI ELEGANT Staff Reporter

The Graduate Employees Together—University of Pennsylvania published a petition in September calling for better procedures to report sexual harassment for students in the Graduate School of Education. This petition follows multiple allegations of sexual harassment perpetrated by faculty.

GET-UP, a group of graduate students working to become recognized as a union, addressed the petition to GSE Dean Pam Grossman and called for her to “inform the GSE community as soon as possible about actions [she has] taken or [plans] to take to ensure that GSE students are safe from sexual harassment.”

Four months later, GET-UP is still waiting for a response.

Grossman did not respond to immediate request for comment.

The issue of sexual harassment among graduate students at Penn recently surfaced, as a spreadsheet entitled “Sexual Harassment In the Academy: A Crowdsource Survey” included several allegations of harassment perpetrated by Penn faculty.

Miranda Weinberg, Ph.D. candidate and one of the petition’s five authors, said that there has not been any “tangible” change since the publication of the petition, which was addressed to GSE Dean Pam Grossman.

“I don’t know of anything that’s come of it,” Weinberg said. “Just sort of promises of ‘we’re working on it.’”

Executive Director for GSE Communications Kat Stein wrote in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian that the school continues to follow the University’s sexual harassment

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The petition was created after multiple allegations of sexual harassment perpetrated by faculty were made on a spreadsheet.

policy.

Stein added that, in November, GSE created a subcommittee on sexual harassment under GSE’s umbrella Committee on Race, Equity, and Inclusion to examine “better ways to communicate our processes” regarding sexual harassment. The committee has met three times since its creation.

The subcommittee is comprised of three GSE administrators and one student — petition author and GSE Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Phuong.

Although Phuong agreed with Weinstein that there “hasn’t been much outward-facing change” since the petition was published, Phuong said that GSE administrators are “constrained” by the University-wide sexual harassment policy.

“The University has certain policies that they dictate, and then different schools have to follow them,” Phuong said. “So we’re figuring out how to navigate certain policies Penn has that I don’t

think are necessarily beneficial to students.”

One of the University-mandated procedures that Phuong thinks should be changed is the policy that all reports of sexual harassment must be brought to the dean of the student’s school, who has complete power to determine whether to conduct an investigation or to take any further action following the complaint. “[Deans] are not necessarily experts in being able to handle sexual harassment and leading these investigations,” Phuong said.

Phuong is not alone in her opposition to this policy. In November, SASgov, the student government body for graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences, passed a resolution to petition Penn to change this policy “with the utmost expediency.”

In the resolution, SASgov suggested creating an independent body to deal with sexual harassment reports, which, unlike deans, would “not hold personal or pro-

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fessional power” over the student and would be “sufficiently trained in handling issues of sexual harassment with trauma-informed sensitivity.”

Phuong, Weinberg, and the other three authors of the petition are all members of GET-UP and say that they believe that unionization will help graduate students achieve the September petition’s aims.

“The ultimate goal is a union contract which would have a grievance procedure laid out so that graduate employees who face sexual harassment know what the steps are,” Weinberg said.

Zachary Smith, a political science Ph.D. candidate, a member of GET-UP, and a signatory of the petition, agrees with Weinberg. Smith believes that a union contract with a clear grievance procedure will help combat sexual harassment by ensuring that “everybody is made aware of the rules.”

“A contract can create a situation in which advisors and [principal investigators] and supervisors are made more aware of what they can and cannot do,” Smith said.

Phuong said that the petition has received criticism for merging its cause with unionization efforts.

“There’s some pushback that we shouldn’t have coupled sexual harassment with work, but that’s one of the main spaces where sexual harassment occurs,” Phuong said. “Sexual harassment is a workplace issue.”

Victoria Gill, a GSE Ph.D. candidate and another petition signatory, said that she hopes the petition will encourage both GSE and Penn in general to build a policy that makes it “comfortable and acceptable” for people to report grievances.

“There aren’t that many support systems or even systems in place to deal with this issue,” Gill said.

“That needs to change so survivors can feel safe to come out and speak about the harassment and abuses they face.”

Apart from Penn, there have been recent efforts to publicize

sexual harassment in other universities. “We can try to make changes within our school, but the fact is that Penn has certain policies we can’t change,” Phuong said. “It’s not just a GSE issue.”

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OPINION Home is not a place FRESH TAKE | How Penn silently entered my conception of home

MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 6 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor LUCY FERRY Senior Design Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Design Editor CHRISTINE LAM Design Editor

When I first set foot on Locust Walk’s tired red bricks on that sweltering August day in 2016, it was the first time I had ever left home.

For someone with no experience, the first step should always be small — like 14,000 kilometers. Separated from home by the whole of the continental United States and the Pacific Ocean, I thought I was detached like a bee lost from its hive.

But here’s why, almost two years later, I’m telling you to leave home if you love it.

Freshman fall was defined by a refusal to accept my surroundings.

When I listened to my professor’s monotonous drivel in Meyerson Hall, I longed to be going for a run in that park near my house, playing with the sheep. When my head hit the pillow in my dorm every night, I pretended I was back in my bed in my leafy suburb in central Auckland, 9000 miles away. When

I walked on Chestnut Street, seeing the cars drive on the wrong side of the road, I felt foreign.

A magnifying glass amplified every small subtlety that defined home into the most substantial aspects of my life. Frosted Flakes were way too sweet, but Cheerios were too plain.

I had my parents ship me Weet-Bix Bites, my favorite New Zealand cereal. How could I ever call home a place where I didn’t like the cereal?

Home, in my mind, was a mosaic of tiny things like cereal. But then, something wacky happened.

On my first trip to New York, as the day retired, I felt myself missing home. But my mind was craving Locust Walk. My brain sought comfort in the dorm I had lived in for two months. The flashing “PHILADELPHIA” light on the bus evoked a sense of security. I was taken aback.

Did something change within me?

Home is not a place. It’s a pocket

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of your brain that travels with you, collecting the nuances of places to preserve.

Fellow columnist Amy Chan rejected the notion of comfort associated with home, writing that it

of home evolved as I swapped every hard “e” for an American one.

I had spent the last few semesters feeling like an alien in America. But once I got back to my “origin,” I realized that Philadelphia had strik-

Like my accent, my home is blended. Instead of a bundle of discrete experiences in one city, home subconsciously grew into a collection of dynamic nuances in multiple places.” is any place that defines us. But in order for a place to become part of who we are, we must find comfort in it. And that process is silent and unhurried.

Penn’s nuances were the newest addition to my pocket of home.

Slowly, but surely, the loose bricks of Locust institutionalized themselves in my mind.

The United States, which contained my newest experiences of “home,” was becoming a part of me.

When I recently went back to New Zealand for winter break, the first thing I was told was that I “sounded so American.” Fixated on my new accent, my friends couldn’t concentrate on what I was saying. My view

ingly infiltrated my conception of home. It had become part of who I was — I didn’t just sound like a weird American-New Zealand hybrid, but I felt like one too.

Facing a tough situation over break, I found myself wanting nothing but Mott’s Apple Sauce. Instead of picking a New Zealand comfort food, my brain reached into my reservoir of “home experiences” and selected an American item to crave.

Like my accent, my home is blended. Instead of a bundle of discrete experiences in one city, home subconsciously grew into a collection of dynamic nuances in multiple places.

It’s important that Penn take se-

LUCY HU riously helping students develop a sensation of home. The Assembly of International Students lobbied for an extra day for International Student Orientation. International Student and Scholar Services organizes workshops on acclimating to American life. But ultimately, the process is individual and cognitive.

If we start thinking about home as a reservoir of experiences, it might be easier to leave that one place we love, but that holds us back.

So, throw yourself into the deep end, allow yourself to feel homesick, and don’t go running back.

Because it was precisely the 14,000 kilometers of distance that was the last ingredient in my new favorite cereal recipe.

What’s next? Maybe I should try mixing Weet-Bix with apple sauce.

LUCY HU is a College sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand, studying political science. Her email address is lucyhu@sas. upenn.edu. “Fresh Take” usually appears every other Monday.

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Exactly one week after I stepped into my new position as the vice president of recruitment on Penn’s Panhellenic Council, my social media was flooded with girls discussing a 34th Street feature titled, “Sorority rush failed me. It will again.”

I have to admit, my first reaction to opening this article was, “Shit.

What did I do wrong?”

Having worked so hard on recruitment last semester, and for about 20 hours each day during recruitment week itself, I felt almost personally responsible for what the author was about to detail.

However, by the time I reached the end, I didn’t feel exactly the way I expected to. While the author does mention several of the issues the Greek community faces, the bulk of the article served to perpetuate the harmful stereotypes that plague the Panhellenic community, which the members of Greek life at Penn work so hard to break.

The author stated several times that the process is flawed, as sorority women must make judgments, and eventually cuts, based on “short, superficial” conversations.

I agree that this is an inherent imperfection of the process. However, these judgments move in both directions, which the author glossed over. She failed to highlight her own snap judgments of the sororities, motivated not by her own impressions of the sororities, but rather by

websites like GreekRank.

She asks, “How could these women decide that I wasn’t right for their organization after just a few minutes?” But, in the same vein, she seems to take no responsibility for why she decided that the women from the two chapters that called her back were not worthy of her time.

She does acknowledge that she made some mistakes during the process, relying heavily on stereotypes, but just as quickly justifies this reliance by blaming it on a lack of adequate time getting to know the chapters. Having gone through recruitment myself, I understand this sentiment. It can be challenging to form an opinion of an entire organization based solely on a pool of short, sometimes superficial conversations.

That being said, websites like GreekRank do not offer useful information — instead they offer toxic reviews that degrade the sorority women on Penn’s campus, doing a disservice to all women. As the largest women’s group on campus, the Panhellenic community is a place where anyone who identifies as a woman can find support and a place of empowerment.

Each and every Panhellenic chapter on Penn’s campus offers these qualities, so if the author’s main reasons for going through recruitment were “female friends, social opportunities, and a commu-

nity to support [her],” then the process did not fail her, as she chose to withdraw. Women’s empowerment is not deciding that the 200 women in certain organizations are beneath you and therefore not worth your time. If that was the type of “empowerment” the author was looking for, I do not believe that she would find it in the Panhellenic community.

The process of recruitment is a

tential New Members judging them based not on their character, but rather on stereotypes placed on their chapter before many of them even joined. Some chapters also have to deal with the fact that PNMs would rather not be in a sorority at all, than join their sisterhood.

The recruitment process is designed to help as many women as possible find a close-knit community on Penn’s campus. All eight

Women’s empowerment is not deciding that the 200 women in certain organizations are beneath you and therefore not worth your time.” long and draining one. It takes a lot of effort on the part of the women going through the process to talk to people for multiple hours a day, for a week. It takes just as much effort to be able to deal with some form of rejection. The same effort is displayed by sorority women — they have to talk to just as many people, if not more, and it can be hard when a girl you really liked doesn’t get called back to your house, just based on how the chapter does its lists.

They also have to deal with Po-

chapters provide great opportunities for membership, and the structure of the recruitment process works to place all women who wish to join a sorority into one of our eight organizations, while trying to keep an equal distribution across chapters and class sizes.

However, there is a difference between wanting to join one sorority (or two, or three or however many you think are cool), and joining a sorority. If recruitment was designed to give each PNM a bid

to whichever chapter they initially thought was “top tier”, recruitment would be pitting one woman against another, sorority against sorority. In a world where women are often viewed as inferior, women tearing down other women just further exacerbates the problem.

Panhellenic’s mission is to oversee a community of women who foster and support each others’ growth, but we are not perfect. We still face issues such as the heteronormativity that shows its face during all aspects of sorority life, including recruitment, mixers, and big/little week. We face a limited amount of diversity in all areas, including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and socio-economic status. We face issues with feminism itself, despite being a feminist organization, due to our close ties to fraternities.

If we don’t combat these issues, we face the possibility of losing the organizations that often serve as inclusive and uplifting spaces for women on our campus. As a community, we have a lot to work on, but I am proud to be a part of a group that acknowledges its problems and actively works to solve them.

SHIVANI PRAKASH is a Engineering junior from Mclean, Va. studying bioengineering. She is the vice president of recruitment of the Panhellenic Council.

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Male students have a responsibility to combat rape culture at Penn SIMONETTI SAYS | Complacency is the problem — education is the solution During New Student Orientation, I, along with all of my classmates, was required to attend panels and information sessions about sexual assault on campus. To my surprise, many students skipped these events, and a large portion of those who attended spent the whole time giggling or on their phones.

Nearly every weekend, I hear about friends who have been groped and kissed without warning at fraternity parties. With each new woman I meet in college comes a unique horror story of unwanted sexual attention from men. It’s becoming a rarity for me to meet a woman who hasn’t been

sexually assaulted at Penn. I’ve only been a student here for six months; this is just the tip of the iceberg.

According to a 2015 Report from the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, since entering Penn, 12 percent of female undergraduates experienced nonconsensual penetration and 20.8 percent were victims of unwanted touching.

Penn, we have a problem. And we’re just starting to recognize it, on campus and beyond. Following the sexual misconduct allegations that recently surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, women around the

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world have been using #MeToo, indicating that they have been assaulted. Women at Penn have contributed to this movement as well.

At the end of last semester, 34th Street Magazine published an issue devoted to the stories of sexual assault survivors at Penn.

issue by reading, engaging in difficult conversations, and being active bystanders.

While there are numerous student groups like MARS, as well as organizations like Street, dedicated to addressing this issue, the campus culture we have right now

It’s becoming a rarity for me to meet a woman who hasn’t been sexually assaulted at Penn. I’ve only been a student here for six months; this is just the tip of the iceberg.”

It’s time for men to take action.

“Maybe it starts with something more immediate, which is just educating yourself and reading the news,” College senior Nico Carrino said. Carrino is the president of Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, an on-campus organization dedicated to educating men about sexual assault awareness and rape prevention. “The next step, I guess, from there, is talking to people about it.”

Sexual assault is hard to understand. The lines that define it are blurred. This is not intended to call out men; it’s a call to action.

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is dangerous.

The party scene is overwhelmingly Greek, particularly for freshmen who arguably are the most vulnerable group on campus. A 2015 study from the Journal of Adolescent Health, entitled “Incapacitated and Forcible Rape of College Women: Prevalence Across the First Year,” found that “out of the 483 women surveyed from an unnamed private university in the northeastern U.S., 18.6% reported instances of attempted rape beginning when they arrived on campus into the following summer.”

“I think that there’s an issue

with the fact that, yeah, the majority of parties and social organized social spaces on campus are strictly male,” Carrino said. “The people who are providing alcohol, the people who are providing the space, the bartenders, the bouncers...”

When I’ve attended fraternity parties, the brothers at the door judge us: if my friends and I are hot enough, if we’re wearing clothing that’s tight enough, if they want to hook up with us. This is how they decide if we will be let in. This is the kind of space that dominates Penn’s social scene.

I urge men in male-dominated groups to first acknowledge that sexual assault is a prominent issue on this campus, and then educate themselves instead of remaining acquiescent to a system that fosters a harmful culture toward women. #MeToo alone is not enough to stimulate change. The movement demands the participation of all men.

The frequency of sexual misconduct on this campus is shameful. By reading some of the responses to the recently released seuxal harrassment survey in academia, the scope and gravity of the issue becomes even more transparent.

One adjunct instructor from the University of Nebraska noted that she was “[s]talked, harassed, threatened by a colleague who also threatened the safety of my toddler

ISABELLA SIMONETTI daughter.”

An undergraduate at an unspecified Canadian university also said, “When I was an undergraduate, the head of the department slapped my behind with a rolled up newspaper while I was walking down the hall.

Another time, I caught him staring at my chest while we were having a meeting about planning an undergraduate event.”

These are some of the thousands of stories that have been shared, and many remain untold. It’s a terrifying epidemic that demands participation from everyone. There are so many influential parts of this campus where male students have all the power, and women are helpless and vulnerable. Men, help us fight rape culture. We can’t address it without you.

ISABELL A SIMONET TI is a College freshman from New York studying English. Her email address is simonetti@thedp.com

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How should the University Archives handle controversial materials?

THE WALLFLOWER | Nude photographs aren’t just limited to Snapchat; Van Pelt might even have a few Tucked away deep in the University of Pennsylvania Archives, there is a collection of 781 photographs featuring nude Penn students and faculty. The collection is the renowned work of Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer who was commissioned by the University in 1883 to conduct motion photography work on the Penn and Veterinary Hospital grounds.

These pictures created a controversy at the time of their publication; many Penn community members labeled them “pornographic.”

Muybridge’s work was brought into the purview of the University thanks to Thomas Eakins and Fairman Rogers, two former professors affiliated with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Engineering School, respectively.

Eakins and Rogers were intrigued

by Muybridge’s work, most notably his Palo Alto photographs of the Leland Stanford horses — yes, that Stanford. Muybridge famously proved that there is a point in a horse’s gallop when all four feet are off the ground. Accordingly, Eakins and Rogers reached out to then-Provost William Pepper, to bring Muybridge to Penn. Pepper

and the trustees agreed that hosting Muybridge’s motion photography work would bring prestige to Penn — the trustees soon discovered this was not the case.

Muybridge accepted Penn’s offer, and with good reason; the University granted Muybridge $5000 — about $130,000 today, adjusted for inflation — constructed for him a photography studio equipped with advanced photography gear, and even created a board of six Penn and PAFA faculty to supervise the work.

But here’s the catch. Despite the incontestable contributions that Muybridge’s work at Penn made to human and animal locomotion studies, and the critical role of the University in funding the project, Muybridge’s photographs of women for the project border on pornographic and fetishizing.

I journeyed into the Van Pelt stacks to find the complete collection of Muybridge’s “Animal Locomotion” — a misnomer, as most of the pictures are of humans. As I thumbed through the beginnings of the 629-page thick pictorial encyclopedia, I was intrigued by the seemingly endless stop-motion pictures of leap-

frogging and pole-vaulting naked male Penn students.

That is, most of Muybridge’s work with male Penn athletes and faculty involved various sequences of locomotion and sports movements such as running, rowing, somersaulting, batting — photographed entirely in the nude.

other, drying oneself with a towel — none of which was captured on the male models. l began to feel uncomfortable looking at the photos — this work didn’t strike me as a human motion study, but rather like the stills of a bootleg pornographic film.

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l began to feel uncomfortable looking at the photos — this work didn’t strike me as a human motion study, but rather like the stills of a bootleg pornographic film.”

As I continued to leaf through the book, I came across Muybridge’s work with female subjects, who are unnamed in the University Archive’s formal description of the Penn Muybridge collection. I noticed a marked difference in these photos in relation to the male photos. Just to name a few, the females’ photos portrayed sensual poses of women undressing, kissing, disrobing one an-

of Muybridge’s work issued by Penn fails to mention the numerous women photographed. Although I came to discover through an outside source that Muybridge’s female subjects came “from all classes of society,” presumably from Philadelphia, Penn names only the male faculty and male student athletes featured.

Even the Penn Medicine News Blog mentions only the men pho-

tographed in the 781-picture collection.

Further, a justification on why there are suggestive photographs stored in a University-chartered and managed archive is needed.

Some may argue that Muybridge’s female photographs fall under the umbrella of “human motion,” but do photos of women on the toilet really constitute representative human movement? The mission of the University Archive is to “ensure the timeless preservation of historically significant documents and other materials that reflect the University’s origins and development.” Is the continual curation of such pictures in accordance with that mission?

The University should be more open with regards to contents that are displayed and memorialized on campus, especially those that are more dated. As cultural sensitivities evolve and what is considered “in good taste” changes, Penn should be more mindful and transparent in describing older projects. For example, for the Muybridge project, the University Archives should issue a content warning on the pornographicleaning stills in his collection.

I am not suggesting that the

JENNIFER LEE Archives eliminate controversial photography work or stop accepting them for display. That would be a violation of academic and artistic freedom. Rather, they should be more vigilant in conditioning viewers before witnessing potentially upsetting material.

This should be the case for any future or previous works that the Archives chooses to induct into the collection.

The Penn community can judge this for itself, as the entire collection is currently available for view in the University Archives.

JENNIFER LEE is a College sophomore from Fairfax, Va. studying international relations. Her email is leej@dailypennsylvanian. com

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In a move to further protect immigrant rights, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, announced the creation of a new position in the city’s criminal justice system on Thursday.

Krasner said the creation of this new immigration counsel position assures immigrants that they can use the justice system without

expecting “disproportionate consequences,” such as deportation, because of their status. The idea is not to provide a loophole for people to get away with crimes, The Associated Press reported.

Krasner’s victory in last year’s election for Philadelphia’s new DA was called a “seismic change” for the city. During the race, Krasner vowed to stop President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

Former immigration attorney Caleb U. Arnold was named to the position of immigration counsel.

Arnold, who uses gender-neutral

pronouns, will be responsible for building benign relationships with immigrant communities and for ensuring the safety of witnesses and victims in the process.

Arnold will work with prosecutors on minimizing the impact of criminal convictions on immigration status, especially for those who are low-level offenders with no significant threat to the city, according to Philadelphia Magazine.

Krasner’s proposal was made in hopes to strengthen fair treatment, he said to The Associated Press.

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Krasner’s idea to establish an immigration counsel position derived from a similar policy implemented in Brooklyn last year by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

Gonzalez reported in a statement to The Associated Press that 200 cases have been resolved to reach

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“In the face of misguided federal policies, we need more local prosecutors who are willing to take a stand and do what’s right,” Gonzalez said, according to The Associated Press.

Krasner’s progressive agenda and strong opinions on various issues had been heatedly discussed at Penn. Some expressed concern over what some call Krasner’s “anti-police” position, while others endorsed Krasner as a candidate.

Supporters of Krasner believed

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Faculty group to address campus LGBTQ inclusivity The group hopes to expand queer studies at Penn MADELEINE NGO Staff Reporter

The LGBTQ Faculty Diversity Working Group, which works to recruit and unite LGBTQ faculty at Penn, is working to bring more queer studies to Penn and expand the diversity of the University’s faculty.

The LGBTQ Faculty Diversity Working Group was created in 2011 by the LGBT Center in response to a perceived lack of inclusivity for LGBTQ faculty in the University’s diversity initiatives. The group aims to create a welcoming campus for LGBTQ individuals and pushes for

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sions, so I petitioned for the program.”

Due to the unique nature of her study abroad program, Vetry had to complete a large amount of paperwork and obtain approval from her Penn Abroad and major advisors.

She described the process as “pretty stressful” but definitely worthwhile, given the academic merit of the program.

Many students agree that, despite the additional steps they have to take to get their programs approved, they are often pleased with the support they get from Penn Abroad.

College and Engineering junior Oliver Chan said Penn Abroad provided “incredible support” to ensure his safety and said that the office has been extremely accommodating.

Chan is currently studying

a stronger queer curriculum.

André Dombrowski, chair of the LGBTQ Faculty Diversity Group and Art History professor, said that although the group is working on initiatives to hire more LGBTQ faculty, there were not many concrete plans already in place.

Dombrowski added that the group has had conversations with various administrators about the underrepresentation of LGBTQ faculty and options for queer studies at Penn.

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program offers an LGBTQ Studies concentration within the GSWS major.

Kathleen Brown, the director of the GSWS program, said members of her department are working to expand core course offerings within

in Amman, Jordan, a city classified as “medium risk” due to concerns stemming from potential militant attacks.

Chan said that the additional application process was extremely streamlined.

“The forms and the waivers were extra hurdles along the way, but I think Penn Abroad made the process to be as painless it can be,” he said.

Chan wanted to participate in the program, which has been affiliated with Penn for over a decade, because of the intensive academic offerings in Arabic and the homestay aspect of the program, which he described as “integral” to a study abroad experience.

He added that he does not notice any imminent risks involving bodily harm while in Jordan.

College and Wharton sophomore Jonathan Lahdo appreciated Penn Abroad’s re-

LGBTQ Studies and to hire an additional professor for the program, who would likely be employed by spring 2019.

“Our larger plan is to be able to provide LGBT Studies with an academic home on campus,” Brown said.

Director of the LGBT Center Erin Cross said she hoped to engage more with the group when she took over the position last year.

The diversity of Penn’s faculty has increased in recent years following the five-year Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence that Penn President Amy Gutmann announced in 2011. The $100 million plan was created to recruit and to mentor a diverse faculty.

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sponsiveness to unexpected political events.

This spring, Lahdo will be studying at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, which was deemed “medium risk” because of concerns regarding terrorism and conflicts in neighboring regions.

Having visited the country several times, Lahdo said he believes that despite the country’s political instability, the dangers do not manifest themselves in day-to-day lives.

When the prime minister of Lebanon abruptly resigned last year — an event that sparked political turmoil in the country — Penn Abroad responded with “great flexibility,” according to Lahdo.

“When the announcement came out, they actually sent us an email giving us the option to cancel our semester abroad plans even though it was past the deadline,” he said.

der the plan will be strengthened and renewed over the next five years, according to a report published in March 2017.

Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen, also a Penn Law professor, said Penn is only required by the federal government to collect data on gender, race, ethnicity, and disability status, but there is no similar federal mandate for sexuality or other types of diversity.

“Some of us would like to see better ways for the University to assess the size and scope of the community,” Allen said. “There are ongoing discussions about that possibility.”

Allen said there were no concrete plans in place to address this issue.

“Anytime I see an LGBTQ pro-

Both the programs in Jordan and Lebanon are Penn-sponsored programs, which are subject to review every four years.

Penn Global’s Committee on International Travel Risk Assessment updates the list of heightened security risk regions every month, under the review of Jamie Molyneux, the director of International Risk Management, and in accordance with the U.S. Department of State Travel Alerts and Warnings.

The list is subject to change in cases of unexpected political events or natural disasters.

In the wake of protests in Egypt in 2011, Penn Abroad discouraged students from studying abroad in the region and offered backup options elsewhere in the Middle East.

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Why Penn may reclassify econ as STEM program This would help students in the work visa process CHAE HAHN News Reporter

Penn is currently exploring whether it will seek reclassification for its economics major to be designated as a STEM program, which would ultimately help international students in the work visa application process.

Just recently, Yale University, Princeton University, and Brown University have reclassified the economics major as a STEM program.

This trend has become increasingly popular among universities since the Department of Homeland Security included “Econometric and Quantitative Economics” in the list of STEM-designated degree programs in 2012, the Yale Daily News reported.

“The School of Arts and Sci-

ences, like Yale, considers economics to be a social science,” School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty wrote in an emailed statement.

“The Department of Homeland Security classifies ‘Econometric and Quantitative Economics’ as a STEM field for the purpose of a STEM OPT Extension, and the SAS Ph.D. program in Economics is now classified in this category,” Fluharty continued. “The Economics department has begun exploring whether it is appropriate to seek this classification for its undergraduate program.”

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services allows international students without a work visa to work for one year on their student visa, a period known as Optional Practice Training. Students majoring in STEM-designated programs are eligible for a two-year extension in their OPT. Because this benefit is specifi-

cally given to those majoring in STEM, and humanities students tend to have a more difficult time finding employers to sponsor them in their H-1B work visa application, international students often opt to pursue a path in STEM. College sophomore Aula Ali, who is majoring in economics, said that although she did take future visa status into account when choosing majors, it wasn’t a deciding factor for her because she is also open to working back home postgraduation.

“I know for a fact that visa status is a huge problem especially when we’re looking into internships because our prospects as international students in humanities are very limited,” Ali said. “If the econ status was to change, that would be very helpful.”

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While the mathematical economics is labeled as “Econometric and Quantitative Economics” and thus a STEM major, economics — one of the most popular majors at Penn — is not.

College sophomore Gehna Nandwani, majoring in mathematical economics, said that the program’s STEM designation was one of the factors she took into consideration when declaring her major.

“Reclassifying economics seems like a really good opportunity and incentive for international students to pursue the field in the United States,” Nandwani said.

The process Yale underwent involved a petition by its Economics Department to reclassify both its undergraduate and graduate programs as STEM. This petition was ultimately approved by the Connecticut Office of Higher Education. As a result, their programs, once classi-

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fied as “General,” are now classified as “Econometric and Quantitative Economics.”

If the same change were to happen at Penn, the process would likely have to be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Economics Undergraduate Chair Holger Sieg wrote in an emailed statement.

“At Penn, I suspect that any reclassification request would need to be ultimately approved by the PA Dept of Education,” Sieg said. “Penn cannot unilaterally reclassify a major as STEM as far as I know since it affects immigration policy. It’s not trivial to get this done and there is a multi-layered review process.”

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Rebounding and bench points key for men’s hoops in win Quakers out-rebounded St. Joe’s, 51-36, in Big 5 victory SAM MITCHELL Associate Sports Editor

Penn men’s basketball avoided a winless Big 5 season with a 6756 win over Saint Joseph’s at the Palestra.

The game was a back-andforth battle, with the Quakers (13-6, 1-3 Big 5) eventually closing out the Hawks (9-11, 0-3) with a dominant surge early in the second half, after going into halftime up by only three.

Here are the four biggest takeaways from the game: The game is won on the boards Penn’s dual-big lineup allowed them to dominate on the boards with 51 total rebounds, the most they’ve pulled down in regulation all season. Most of their prowess came on the defensive end, where they allowed St. Joe’s only eight second-chance opportunities the whole game.

The Hawks got more offensive rebounds when they played No. 1 Villanova earlier in the season.

It wasn’t just the Quakers’ two bigs that got in on the action, however. Every member of the

team had at least one rebound, with all five starters pulling down six or more. Woods, who averages 3.4 rebounds on the season, put up nine rebounds.

The team’s prowess rebounding on the defensive end also had an impact on offense. The team excels offensively in transition, and scored many times in the first few seconds of the possession. This is only possible when wing players are confident that whoever is down low will scoop up the rebound.

If you had any doubts about Brodeur, they should be long gone Sophomore forward AJ Brodeur had yet another incredible game, proving he can dominate in many phases and styles of the game. Brodeur put up a double-double, scoring 13 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, which is above his season average in both categories.

While he didn’t top his previous three-point shooting dominance, sinking only one of six from beyond the arc, he made an impact just about everywhere else, with three blocks, strong passing and even an emphatic dunk with seven seconds left to seal the deal.

The whole game, he was

nearly unguardable from down low, where he was able to show a wide variety of post moves that many teams seem to have forgotten in basketball’s era of the stretch-big. Although offensive rebounding isn’t a strong suit of this team, he did have one spectacular show of potential in this area, grabbing two straight offensive boards to set up a Ryan Betley three.

His play all season has led to recognition from The Daily Pennsylvanian, the Ivy League, and, now, St. Joe’s coach Phil Martelli.

“Villanova has the best players in the city, they have the most best players in the city, but if there was a pick-up game, Brodeur’s getting picked,” Martelli said. “All of us aren’t gonna get a guy picked, but [Penn] would get him picked.”

This team has huge potential moving forward into the rest of Ivy play, and there’s no question that Brodeur will be a huge part of making that potential into a reality.

Don’t sleep on Penn’s bench Basketball is a team sport, and the way that Penn plays absolutely exemplifies that. Although coach Steve Donahue has been sticking with the same starters

all season, many bench players saw substantial time on the court and had a huge impact on the result of the game.

Notably, junior guard Jake Silpe and senior guard Caleb Wood came off the bench and played a crucial role in the Quakers’ victory. Wood scored 12 points and got three rebounds in his time on the court. His role in the game proved invaluable to the team, as he allowed the team to continue their scoring onslaught regardless of which guards were playing.

Likewise, Silpe, although he didn’t have the numbers that Wood had, was a vital part of the bench unit in this game, especially on defense. He’s an excellent communicator who helps bring the team together with his tough, physical, and aggressive defense.

On the whole, Penn’s bench players scored 19 points, as opposed to zero from the St. Joe’s bench. With an 11-point margin of victory, the consistent scoring from the Penn bench proved to be vital to the outcome.

Turnovers are a point of concern Although the team was able to power through and get the win, it turned the ball over 15 times, as

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With eight points and seven rebounds, junior center Max Rothschild was one of several Quakers to dominate on the glass in their win.

opposed to seven from St. Joe’s.

On top of that, the Quakers’ assist-to-turnover ratio was one of the worst all season.

If this was the first time this has happened, maybe it wouldn’t be such a cause for concern. But, we’ve been here before. Against Columbia two weeks ago, the team gave up 20 turnovers, nearly costing them what should have been an easy victory.

Most of the team’s turnovers come from misplaced passes and errors in communication. The bad news is that, if this team is

prone to having games where it turns the ball over like crazy, it could cost it dearly in the highstakes Ivy League tournament, where one loss will result in elimination.

The good news is that this team has all the pieces it needs for success, and has shown twice now that it can overcome turnovers and bad decisions because of all their strengths. If the Quakers work on their communication and ball security, then they have the talent to make a deep run into March.

After career game, Ashley Russell is DP Sports Player of the Week W. HOOPS | Junior sets new career best in points BREVIN FLEISCHER Associate Sports Editor

Two games. Two wins. 29 points.

Not a bad week for Ashley Russell.

Behind the strong play of the junior guard, Penn women’s basketball defeated Big 5 foe Temple on Wednesday before blowing out

Gwynedd Mercy on Sunday.

Against Temple, Russell was especially dynamic. She scored a career-high 19 points with three three-pointers, leading all scorers in the process. Additionally, Russell combined her scoring acumen

with equally impressive vision.

She matched teammate Anna Ross with four assists to pace the Red and Blue.

Following her career performance, Russell again played well against Gwynedd Mercy. The guard scored 10 points and stole the ball twice. Her efforts, and the efforts of her fellow starters, resulted in a sizable early lead for the Quakers, which allowed coach Mike McLaughlin to limit the playing time of Russell and the other starters in favor of allotting minutes to

the bench.

In her first full season as a starter, Russell has demonstrated great strides in her game. In the two previous seasons, she operated as a trusty reserve, capable of guarding opposing players and providing occasional shot making. However, in her junior season, Russell has proven her abilities as an explosive scorer with a well-rounded game. Her five double-digit scoring games this season are a testament to that offensive improvement.

However, the expanded role has

not diminished Russell’s grit, hustle, or toughness in the least. Against both Temple and Gwynedd Mercy, she was at her peak, hounding opposing players on the perimeter, jumping passing lanes, fighting for loose balls, and racing down the court. Simply put, Russell was everywhere this weekend.

The combination of that gritty hustle and her more glamorous scoring exploits culminate in an especially dangerous, complete player — one more than worthy of earning DP Sports’ Player of the Week.

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Penn’s Patriots fans revel in Philadelphia’s sports hatred New England supporters in the minority, remain vocal

fans at Penn to feel a strong connection to home and family. “The first Super Bowl win [for the Patriots in 2002] was special because I was just starting to understand my identity as a New Englander,� said Josselyn, who was a freshman at Penn at the time. “For many of us, you have to leave home to understand what home is.... To be at Penn [during the Super Bowl], I felt a little disconnected but it also, at that point, became something that I could call to home and talk about.�

Current Penn students from New England have a similar sentiment now that their team is facing off against Philadelphia’s team. Freshman Lorenza Raggio Colagrossi, who has lived in both Connecticut and Brazil, still feels bonded to her family through the Patriots. “I was video-chatting with my family during the [AFC Championship],� Colagrossi said. “My parents were in Europe and my brother lives in New York City, so we were all doing a joint family watch-party from different locations, which was super fun.�

Despite being in the minority, Josselyn and Colagrossi are not alone in their support for the Patriots in Philly. There’s no better example of this fact than the story of Professor Michael Horowitz, a die-hard Pats fan in his eleventh year at Penn.

When Horowitz moved to Philadelphia, one of the things that he needed to do was find a local

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For many at Penn, next Sunday’s Super Bowl will be a time to come together and proudly cheer on the city’s team, the Philadelphia Eagles.

But there is a smaller group on campus that would love nothing more than to see thousands of Eagles fans sulking in disappointment after the game. This smaller group is, of course, the New England Patriots fan base, a much smaller but still somewhat prevalent crowd currently at Penn.

A lot of people would be bothered by the scoffs and dirty looks that come from wearing an opposing team’s jersey in Philly.

But not these fans. In fact, they seem to enjoy it. “Why like what everybody likes when you can like what everybody hates and envies?� joked Jamie-Lee Josselyn, who graduated from Penn in 2005 and currently works as the Associate Director for Recruitment for the Creative Writing Program at Penn. “It’s a lot of fun to have won as much as we have, and it’s a lot of fun to see other people’s jealousy about that.�

On a more serious note, however, being able to watch the Patriots’ success over the last decade and a half has allowed many Pats

bar to watch the Patriots games on Sundays. Unaccustomed to the huge presence of Eagles fans in most of the bars in Center City, Horowitz, his wife, and a group of friends sought a new spot in town to watch their beloved team. What they finally came across was Smith’s Bar on South 19th Street. “We ended up at Smith’s, and it was a [Cleveland] Browns bar at that point,� Horowitz said. “There were four or five Patriots fans, and we sat in the corner of the bar, and we had like one TV. And then we just started bringing more people, and we just kind of got the word out. One of the Browns fans bought a [different] bar, so the Browns fans left, and we kind of inherited it.�

From there, the Pats fans came to Smith’s in bunches, making it a prime location to watch New England play on any given Sunday. “At the high end, there’ll be up to 150 people that’ll come to Smith’s specifically to watch the Patriots. It’s like a little slice of home on Sundays in the fall.�

As Smith’s case shows, Patriots football has the power to bring people together. But it also has the power to tear people apart, at least on Sunday afternoons.

Freshman Nathalie Rodrigues Vaz FalcĂŁo knows all about this, being a Pats fan with a boyfriend who is an Eagles fanatic. FalcĂŁo was able to see the NFC Championship in enemy territory, as she watched the Eagles game at her

boyfriend’s home in the suburbs of Philly. The experience, according to her, was surreal. “Going to [Jack’s] house, the only way I can describe it is that it’s like the closest I’ll ever get to going to a cult meeting without actually joining a cult,â€? said FalcĂŁo, half-jokingly.

Next Sunday, then, will be an intense time for both Jack and Nathalie, who will have to put their respective teams ahead of everything else for a few hours.

New England fans, of course, are not short on confidence, but that doesn’t mean they’re taking the Eagles lightly. Freshman Cameron Vaziri, a lifelong Pats fan, views the Eagles as a tough matchup. “I’m a little worried because the Eagles’ offense is one that stretches the field horizontally, and that’s what the Patriots have struggled against this year,� Vaziri said. “Also, the Eagles’ defensive front is tough, so I’m a little concerned.�

Nonetheless, Vaziri, just like every other Pats fan, believes that Tom Brady and the gang will have enough left in the tank to take home a sixth Super Bowl.

Only time will tell, but when the Patriots are involved, the game is almost always that much more entertaining. Things are shaping up to be the same way on Sunday, and one thing’s for certain: Patriot Nation at Penn will be ready no matter what. After all, they’re the group that everyone loves to hate.

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stellar 18-for-27 from inside the arc, with Brodeur’s post moves and the guards’ slashing abilities leading the way. “We started to notice that [we could dominate inside] after the first couple of minutes. It took us a while to actually get into it, but we started to look there more often and I think that played into a lot of our success,� Brodeur said.

Across the board, balance was a major theme for Penn on both sides of the ball. Defensively, Penn cruised to a 51-36 advantage on the glass, with all five starters securing at least six rebounds.

And on offense, the Quakers had eight players score, including 12 points off the bench from Caleb Wood, who started off the aforementioned 12-0 run with a three-pointer of his own. In contrast, though the Hawks got strong individual efforts from Newkirk and Chris Clover (12 points),

Saint Joe’s had zero bench points to Penn’s 19.

Combine that advantage on the bench with a well-rested Penn squad that had a week since last playing against Temple, compared to three days for the Hawks, and it was no surprise that the Red and Blue were at their strongest in the game’s latter minutes. “The rest was a big part of this game, because they don’t have depth, and we have the depth,� Donahue said. “We were sitting here all week waiting for this game, and that’s a factor for sure.�

Next up, the Quakers return to Ivy League play, hosting Yale and Brown for a doubleheader next weekend before embarking on a five-game road trip.

But as Penn approaches a grueling stretch of play in its more prominent conference, it can rejoice in knowing that, thanks to a bit of Palestra magic, it avoided making the wrong kind of history in its more intimate one.

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and learn lessons to continue to improve themselves. Despite a tough, close loss, the Quakers (1-4, 1-1 Ivy) still have their eyes on the Ivy Classic, which is now only a month away.

The Quakers continued to work on making small adjustments and improving their consistency against SEMO (2-4, 1-1 Midwest Independent Conference). Despite the final result, Penn saw some standout individual performances, and the team’s score of 192.200 was its highest all season. “Despite the loss, we made a ton of improvements today,� senior co-captain Kyra Levi said. “I’m not walking away with anything but pride for the team. I think we’re on a great path, we’re going to peak at the right time.�

Penn had some trouble early in the meet on bars, although it was able to recover considerably with the powerful group on beam, scoring 48.475 there led by a 9.825 from Caroline Moore. The team has had success all year in this event and is hopeful for the future, given the high level of performance the team has already seen from freshmen Darby Nelson and Darcy Matsuda. “They’re doing exactly what we would want them to do and what they’re supposed to be doing,� Levi said. “They’re working hard in the gym and that’s paying off. Even if there are some bumps along the road in a meet, they’re figuring out how to deal with their nerves, and I think that they’re really coming back stronger.�

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tage Penn had over Gwynedd Mercy coming into Sunday’s matchup, the team decided to experiment with different defensive approaches. Throughout the first half, the Quakers frequently initiated a full court press, leading to many turnovers for the Griffins. Coach Mike McLaughlin had his players switching between man and zone defenses as well, both proving to be effective against a hampered Gwynedd Mercy offense. “We were working on a few

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Junior captain Caroline Moore led the Quakers in one of the team’s strongest events with a 9.825 on beam.

stunning performances on the floor, anchored by senior Alex Hartke’s team-leading score of 9.875. Overall, five gymnasts on Penn’s side scored above 9.700. “Alex is a unique combination, because she’s one of our most consistent, but also one of our highest scoring [athletes], which is just like a deadly combination,� Levi said. “Every time she goes up, none of us are really worried, and we’re all just kind of excited to see what she’s going to come up with.�

Floor is a special event, as it consists of a long, choreographed routine and has significant room for style and creativity to play a role. It’s also about putting on a show, something that Penn especially relished given that this was the team’s first chance to perform in front of a home crowd.

Although the yelling and fanfare of a home arena might seem

like a distraction, it mostly just makes the Quakers even more fired up and excited to compete. “Floor’s a really fun event; we get to just kind of have a good time. It’s different than beam, which is very serious and calm and floor is just energetic,â€? Levi said. “It’s the only time you actually get to feel like a kid again, you just dance around ‌ it reminds us why we love the sport and that’s why I really like floor, because it gets you back to your roots of why this is exciting and why it’s a good time.â€?

Despite suffering a difficult loss against SEMO, Penn has a lot to feel good about from this meet and will continue to use it as motivation to improve. The Quakers will need to be at the top of their game next week, where they will travel to Ithaca in an attempt to get revenge over reigning Ivy champion Cornell (3-2, 1-0 Ivy) on Saturday.

things that we needed to go into league play,� McLaughlin said The Quakers ended up posting 15 steals, nine blocks, and 29 points off turnovers to cap an amazing defensive performance. Penn even forced shot clock violations on multiple occasions.

Another aspect of the teams’ discrepancy was height. Gwynedd Mercy only had three players six feet or taller. As for the Quakers? Nine. This physical advantage led to many mismatches in the post, the Quakers putting up 42 points in the paint, and a lot of offensive

boards – 29 to be exact.

This game marked the last non-conference matchup before an onslaught of Ivy headto-heads culminating in the Ivy League tournament, which will be hosted at the Palestra during the last weekend of Penn’s spring break. Next, Penn will be traveling to play Brown in Providence this coming Friday after a short break in action.

Armed with a unique chemistry headed by Ross and others, as well as a tough and versatile defense, the Quakers certainly have a chance to dance come March.

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ate fans of a team that is rarely this successful, and to do this despite losing key players makes this that much more special.”

After the win, crowds of people took to the streets to celebrate.

During the day, police had applied Crisco grease to downtown street poles to deter fans from climbing

them after the game, but this did not stop them for long.

“The celebration of a Super Bowl win will be a thousand times bigger than the celebration we saw last Sunday,” said Singer of a possible Eagles victory. “I’m not sure there will be a Philadelphia left if the Eagles win the Super Bowl.”

A few Penn students, such as Engineering freshman Jack Goet-

tle, are even braving the cold and traveling to Minneapolis to see the game in person. His prediction: a two-touchdown Eagles victory.

“I’m hyped for the Super Bowl, considering I’ve been waiting for 14 years, and I bought my tickets earlier this week,” he said. “Eagles 27, Patriots 13. Book it.”

Given the harsh treatment many Vikings fans received while in Philly for the conference champi-

onship, Minnesota might not be the most welcoming place for flocks of Philadelphians, but it takes a lot to stop the Birds’ followers.

Students not at the game can still easily join in on the revelry. For many, the possibility of a first Super Bowl win for the Eagles would take temporary priority.

“I have three midterms the week right after the game but if we win I’ll run straight down to Broad

Street and just celebrate for the whole week,” Engineering freshman Ethan Boyer said.

For other students, like Jones, the game has a personal touch.

“Beating the Patriots would be extra special for me, because I actually moved to Boston when I was 11 and had to watch all my friends celebrate championship after championship for their teams,” he said. “It was tough because none

of my friends had experienced their football team suffer.”

Singer could not express how much a Super Bowl win would mean - not only to him, but to Eagles fans everywhere.

“Generations have come and gone without seeing this team win a Super Bowl. Never winning is part of our identity,” he said.

“People’s lives will change if this team wins.”

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enn men’s basketball’s season has been defined by making history for the right reasons. And now, following Saturday night’s effort, the Quakers have avoided doing it for the wrong reasons.

In their final Big 5 contest of the season, the Red and Blue finally broke their in-town losing skid, edging local rival Saint Joseph’s, 67-56, for their first Big 5 win of the season. With the victory, the Quakers (13-6, 1-3 Big 5) avoided going winless in the informal conference for the first time in four years.

“I just think, Big 5 game at the Palestra on a Saturday in January, that’s why these guys come here,” said coach Steve Donahue, who secured his first win against the Hawks in three tries. “For us, it’s a huge game, and St. Joe’s is a program that’s gotten us these last couple of years. I thought we played hard as heck and I think we showed grit.”

Saint Joe’s’ quickness and length on defense gave Penn some major issues early, forcing five turnovers in the first eight minutes, but the Quakers would soon claw back with a lockdown defensive effort that would last the remainder of the contest.

Penn went on a 10-0 run midway through the first half, as the Hawks (9-11, 0-3) went on a scoring drought of more than five minutes. Though St. Joe’s’ leading scorer, James Demery, scored 10 points in the first half, the Hawks couldn’t get anything else going, as Quakers held a 33-30 lead at the break.

“The story of our team, and our season, is our defense,” Donahue said. “Playing two bigs, with the defensive numbers we have right now … we’re way different than last year, and way ahead.”

St. Joe’s would briefly take the lead back in the second half behind senior point guard Shavar Newkirk, who finished with a game-high 19 points. But Penn would proceed to go on another back-breaking run, and this one would put the game away for good.

A 12-0 burst, punctuated by a Ryan Betley three-pointer on a possession that involved two Brodeur offensive rebounds, put the Quakers up by double digits with roughly 10 minutes remaining, a lead that the Red and Blue wouldn’t relinquish the rest of the way.

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It’s that time of year again.

But this time, it actually matters for Philly, and Penn is getting in on the fun.

As the Philadelphia Eagles get set to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, Penn’s campus is filled with fervent support for the Birds.

The whole city has united behind the team, and whether you are at the high rises, on Locust Walk, or in DRL, you are bound to see some of the ever-familiar green, white, and black combo of the Eagles’ color scheme.

The Penn Museum is even taking part in the excitement, as employees dressed the museum’s satyr statue with quarterback Nick Foles’ jersey last Friday. Part of the hype surrounding the Eagles is their meteoric rise to the top of the league standings this season. After finishing 7-9 for the past two seasons, Philadelphia turned it around this year to finish 13-3, its best regular season finish since 2004, coincidentally also the same year the team last reached the Super Bowl. Their opponent in that game was none other than the Patriots.

So if there is one thing on the mind of Eagles fans, it would be revenge for the 24-21 loss their team suffered in Super Bowl XXXIX. “It would be payback for the first Eagles game I can remember watching, the Super Bowl where the Eagles lost to the Patriots,” College sophomore Matt Her-

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To show off its Eagles pride, the Penn Museum staff carefully placed a jersey on a statue in the courtyard in front of the museum.

mann said. “Right now, not much would make me happier than to see the Eagles win this game.”

“Beating the Patriots would probably change many people’s lives considering we lost to them in ’04,” College freshman Harris Avgousti agreed. “As a Philly fan, I hate the Patriots for what they did to us and beating them for our fist Super Bowl would be the perfect ending.”

Despite having the best record in the NFL, the team has had its fair share of misfortune this season, as they have been plagued with injuries since Week 1. Most notably, starting quarterback Carson Wentz tore his ACL in Week 14, taking him out for the rest of the year. The role fell to backup Nick Foles, who has since led the Eagles to five wins in six games.

Without a doubt, the most impressive of the Eagles’ wins would have to be the 38-7 thrashing of the Vikings in the NFC Championship last weekend. With a potential home Super Bowl on the

line, Minnesota took an early lead before Philadelphia scored 38 unanswered points to the elated roars of the home crowd at Lincoln Financial Field.

“Even as the game became a blowout, every score and every big play had the place rocking,” College junior Max Jones said of his experience at the game. “Everyone knew that we’d been picked underdogs in our home stadium and the fans made sure they did their part to help the squad. At the end it was like a 70,000-person party, and you could feel the joy in the air.”

College freshman Jake Singer was also at the game and shared Jones’ sentiments.

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Anna Ross might be the definition of selfless.

In a dominating win on Sunday, Penn women’s basketball easily took care of Gwynedd Mercy, 89-25. The highlight of the game wasn’t the score differential – one point away from tying a program record – but rather Ross, the Quakers’ senior point guard, finally breaking the program assist record with a career total of 429 and counting.

Up until the record-breaking assist, Penn’s whole bench was frozen with anticipation, and there were many close calls. In the first quarter, Ross was dishing it out, but the Quakers (11-5, 2-1 Ivy) started out slow on offense and many of the potential baskets rimmed out.

In one instance in the second quarter, where it seemed as if she had finally done it, the basket didn’t count due to a walk.

And then finally, after a slick pass to the post moments later, Ross became the new owner of the record. The bench erupted with excitement, and after a timeout was called, Ross was embraced in a tight huddle by her coaches and team due to her outstanding achievement.

“It’s a really special mo-

ment, and I’m glad I can celebrate it with my teammates,” Ross said.

And, of course, her teammates shared the feeling of accomplishment.

“Since freshman year she’s been the glue of this team,” senior guard Lauren Whitlatch added.

The rest of the game indicated a dominant Penn squad. Anytime the Griffins (12-7) put together anything resembling a run, the Quakers would immediately answer. This pattern of success can be attributed to the team’s extremely active defense, which practically suffocated any of the visitor’s attempts to turn this blowout into a game.

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