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FORMER ICE DIRECTOR RETURNED TO SPEAK. PROTESTERS RETURNED TOO. Homan previously visited in Oct. and faced protests JONAH CHARLTON AND PIA SINGH Staff Reporters

Three months after Perry World House shut down a University-

hosted panel due to student protesters, former United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan spoke at Houston Hall without interruption while protesters chanted outside the venue. Homan spoke for an hour to

an audience of more than 40 attendees, while many protested in Houston Market and surrounding stairwells, blocked from the door by Penn security officials. Homan emphasized the tragedy of the border crisis, but said ICE is not the agency that controls the

Penn bars students from studying in China due to the coronavirus outbreak

Over 7,700 cases and 170 deaths were reported JONAH CHARLTON Staff Reporter

Students who planned to study abroad in China this semester will instead study at Penn due to the outbreak of the

detainment centers, and should not be blamed for enforcing Congress’ laws. The event, “ICE: Fact vs. Fiction,” was hosted by Penn’s College Republicans. For the entirety of Homan’s speech, protesters chanted slogans including, “No ICE. No KKK. No

Fascist USA,” and “No hate. No wall. Sanctuaries for all.” Some posters read: “No one is illegal on stolen land,” and “Multiculturalism is America.” During the Q&A session at the end of the event, Wharton firstyear Christopher Gonzalez asked,

“Have you seen the [border] wall work? Does it work?” Homan responded that the border walls have helped to slow down sex and drug trafficking, as well as illegal immigration. SEE ICE PAGE 3

Sorority recruitment registration falls approx. 8% About 50 fewer students rushed in 2020 AMJAD HAMZA Staff Reporter

coronavirus, Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé wrote in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Dubé first told members of the University Council on Wednesday that students will not study abroad in China this semester but reassured attendSEE CHINA PAGE 3 FELICITY YICK

Approximately 50 fewer people registered for recruitment to Penn’s eight Panhellenic sororities this semester, the first significant drop in registrants since 2017. For the last three years, Panhellenic recruitment has recorded approximately 600 registrants for rush. This year, sororities saw an approximately 8.3% decrease in registered students, with only approximately 550 registered for rush, according to the Office of

Fraternity and Sorority Life. This drop follows a nationwide trend in Greek life recruitment, according to Panhellenic Council Vice President of Diversity and Wharton junior Sahitya Mandalapu. Mandalapu said factors specific to Penn, such as class size and the number of female students, may have impacted the numbers. The Class of 2023 consists of 2,400 students, a 4.8% decrease in size from the Class of 2022’s 2,552 students. 55% and 53% of the Class of 2022 and 2023 are women, respectively. Delta Delta Delta Vice President SEE REGISTRATION PAGE 6

Number of lactation spaces increased 15 fold since 2010 There are approx. 60 lactation rooms at Penn HANNAH GROSS Staff Reporter

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Dubé said some students studying in Southeast Asia have also chosen to return to Penn following the coronavirus outbreak.

Since the University declared the creation of additional lactation spaces “an official priority” in 2011, the number of areas where women can pump breast milk on campus has increased from four rooms in 2010 to approximately 60 rooms in 35 buildings in 2020. Penn Women’s Center has been pushing to install more lactation spaces for new mothers who strug-

EDITORIAL | Gen. ed. should be easier to fulfill “Penn’s four undergraduate schools should offer a more diverse selection of courses that fulfill general education requirements.” - DP Editorial Board PAGE 4

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gle to find a space to breastfeed their child or pump breast milk on campus. Penn Women’s Center Director Sherisse Laud-Hammond said that the number of free breast pump attachment kits distributed by Penn Women’s Center through their Pump-Kit Giveaway Program has nearly tripled in the past three years. She added that PWC hopes to increase student awareness of these lactation resources and solicit funding to expand the initiative. She said the pump kits cost approximately $35 each. Many of the lactation spaces on

campus have hospital grade Medela Symphony breast pumps that are provided by PWC, the buildings that are home to the spaces, or grant funding, which PWC’s Associate Director Elisa Foster described as unique to Penn compared to other universities and workplaces. The spaces are private rooms, often about the size of a single-use bathroom, with comfortable seating where women can pump. “Most workplaces you’re lucky to have an easily accessible room to go to,” Foster said. “Most women have to bring their pump from home and commute with it back

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and forth.” Last year, Penn added a lactation room at 3535 Market St, which is home to Student Health Service, and a mobile lactation suite at Penn Dental’s Robert Schattner Center. Laud-Hammond said that for women who leave their breast pumps at home, PWC distributes free breast pump kits as part of their Pump-Kit Giveaway Program to any student, staff, or faculty member who requests one for use in a lactation space. The pump kits are for use by individual women and SEE LACTATION PAGE 7

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First AVP of Equity and Title IX Officer to centralize sexual misconduct investigations Rovinsky-Mayer previously worked at Drexel ANYA TULLMAN Staff Reporter

In January 2019, Penn proposed a policy that would centralize sexual misconduct investigations into one office under a new administrative position, the Associate Vice President of Equity and Title IX Officer. On Nov. 11, the University appointed Michele RovinskyMayer as the first AVP of Equity and Title IX Officer. Before coming to Penn, Rovinsky-Mayer worked in the Office of Equality and Diversity at Drexel University as the Title IX Coordinator for 11 years. Now, she hopes to educate the Penn community about the new Sexual Misconduct Policy and how they can respond

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Penn proposed a policy that would centralize misconduct investigations into one office under the AVP of Equity and Title IX.

to these incidents. According to Rovinsky-Mayer, the policy was implemented on July 1 and consolidates four policies about sexual harassment, consensual relationships, violence and

stalking, and retaliation. The Title IX office will now be the contact for all complaints against Penn faculty, staff, and students alleging Sexual Misconduct policy violations. In the past, graduate student

misconduct claims were handled by deans of the accuser’s school. “It was created to make sure that all investigations have a consistent framework, but have that rigor to the investigative process so that people can trust in the process,” Rovinsky-Mayer said. Rovinsky-Mayer said she hopes to inform students, staff, and faculty on what steps to take if there is an incident of sexual misconduct. She has spoken to groups such as Student Intervention Services, Penn Violence Prevention, and leadership of the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils. In October, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced the results of a survey on sexual assault from the Association of American Universities. According to the survey, in 2019, 25.9% of undergraduate women and 7.3% of un-

dergraduate men on Penn’s campus reported having experienced unwanted sexual contact since entering college. Rovinsky-Mayer said she has spent time looking at the survey and investigating how the Title IX office can be more responsive to individuals who may want to report sexual misconduct but are scared to do so. “One of the main goals will be to increase reporting so that individuals can get the resources and support that they need,” RovinskyMayer said. “In order to do that, I want to make sure that people understand the process and that we’re as transparent as possible about the process so that they’re less fearful of coming forward.” When an individual comes forward with a complaint, the University’s Title IX office will

determine under which of the four policies it falls, Rovinsky-Mayer said. The office will then help the individual understand what to expect when reporting and offer support throughout the process. Deborah Harley, who is the Investigative Officer for the Title IX office, investigates complaints of sexual violence, sexual harassment, relationship violence, and stalking made against faculty, students, and staff. She said she is optimistic about the future of sexual misconduct reporting at Penn with the creation of Rovinsky-Mayer’s new position. “It shows how Penn has made this a priority here,” Harley said. “I think that we’re really lucky to have Michele as the AVP and Title IX Officer. She has a lot of experience and seems very dedicated to the position.”

SRFS launches financial wellness program to teach Penn students how to budget The program will feature online modules LEANNA TILITEI Staff Reporter

Student Registration and Financial Services launched a new initiative on Monday aiming to provide Penn students with enhanced personal finance skills, the first centralized financial wellness program of its kind at Penn. Led by 2019 College graduate Lyndsi Burcham, the program, known as Financial Wellness at Penn, is part of the University’s larger Wellness at Penn initiative. The program will feature a series of monthly events, including in-person workshops and online modules, focused on preparing students to make better financial decisions after Penn. The program is open to all Penn undergraduate and graduate students. As part of Financial Wellness at Penn, representatives from SRFS as well as student ambassadors for the program will host monthly financial wellness events, dubbed “Financial Fridays.” Burcham

said these events are intended to be more relaxed and conversational than a typical panel. The first “Financial Friday” will be held on Jan. 31 at noon, and it will focus on how to make financial resolutions for the new year. Burcham said it is important to call the initiative a wellness program instead of merely a financial literacy class, because finances can impact other aspects of students’ lives, such as their mental and physical health. “[Financial wellness is] more than just knowing the actual content and knowing what to do,” Burcham said. “It is actually being able to implement it and make long-lasting change within your lifestyle.” Before Financial Wellness at Penn, SRFS did not have a formalized program focused on financial literacy, according to the Director of Communications for the Division of Finance Paul Richards. “We know that there were initiatives that existed individually around campus, but this is the first centralized effort for financial

wellness,” Burcham said. Some of these individual initiatives include services offered by the University of Pennsylvania College Achievement Program, which offers academic and personal support to first-generation, low-income students and incorporates financial literacy into its program. The Urban Studies Department also offers a popular class on financial literacy, URBS 140, “Inequity and Empowerment: Urban Financial Literacy,” which was once co-taught by 2013 Wharton graduate Brandon Copeland, a linebacker for the New York Jets. According to a press release sent to various student groups on campus, SRFS will continue to recruit student ambassadors for the program, and it will also offer financial wellness grants for students who want to start their own financial literacy initiatives. Financial Wellness at Penn will also give private presentations on topics like budgeting, banking, credit, loans, and investing for interested student groups. The Financial Wellness web-

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site features information on budgeting, banking, debt, and investing. Students also gain free access to Cash Course and Financial Avenue, two external financial education programs. College sophomore and Undergraduate Assembly member of the SRFS Advisory Board Ryan Bush said he hopes the program will have a positive impact on the Penn community. “Nobody should have to worry about figuring out convoluted financial issues on top of juggling classes and extracurriculars, and this program helps to make that process just a little more manageable,” Bush said. College junior Brooke Price said the program is a great idea, especially for students who might not otherwise have access to such financial advising resources. As a first-generation, low-income student, Price said she did not have a structured way to learn about financial literacy, and said it was difficult to find financial advising on her own. “There is such a wealth of information on the internet that it

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might be hard to know what is best for me,” she said. “But it’s great that Penn is structuring [the program] in a way that’s great for college students and they have an awareness of where students are coming from.” Penn’s Vice President for Finance and Treasurer MaryFrances McCourt hopes to see the finan-

cial wellness program become a larger part of student life. “My vision five years from now is that financial literacy will not be viewed as a separate program, but rather as part of the fabric of how we enhance our student experience with evidence of its impact across all aspects of student life,” she said.

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“Walls work,” Homan said, gesturing to the protesters outside the room. “As we can see tonight, walls work.” Former Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Robert Bonner told PBS that physical barriers can be effective, but they cannot completely stop migrants from trying to cross the border. Some migrants may find other, more complicated ways of bypassing the border, PBS reported. Throughout the event, protesters booed and stomped their feet in unison. “Our goal tonight is ultimately for Penn to stop bringing racist

a**holes to speak on campus,” College sophomore and protester Maya Hairston said. Protester and College sophomore Summer Thomas added in between chants, “If not anything else, [we protest] to show the immigrants here at Penn that there are still people that support them regardless of if the institution does.” Gonzalez said he thought the event was informative, but encourages dissenters to listen to opposing ideas. “I strongly agree with the right to protest, but I think people should stay open-minded and try to listen to different ideas, rather than to shut down speakers,” Gonzalez said. “I think if people from both sides got the chance to hear it, even if they disagree with it, they’d

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Event attendees were told by Penn security to exit Houston Hall through a side door, and therefore did not encounter the protesters.

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ees that the “risk to the Penn community remains very low.” Dubé added that Penn Global, University of Pennsylvania Health System, and other University offices have been working together over the past 10 days to address the impact of the outbreak. “This is a quickly evolving situation and I want to assure members of the Penn community that we are diligently monitoring the situation with our partners across campus, in the Health System,

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and in the City of Philadelphia,” Dubé wrote. “We are extremely fortunate to have access to worldclass resources and expertise.” Dubé added that other students studying in Southeast Asia have also chosen to return to Penn. An email sent by Provost Wendell E. Pritchett, Executive Vice President Craig R. Carnaroli, and Dubé on Jan. 24 to the Penn community stated that all students who traveled to China within the last 14 days and developed a cough, fever, or difficulty breathing should contact Student Health Service immediately.

at least come out of it with some more knowledge.” Homan was appointed by 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump, and served as ICE acting director from January 2017 until his retirement in June 2018. During his tenure, ICE implemented controversial policies that many say violated the rights of immigrant families, including the revocation of a policy that had allowed some critically ill undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States for medical treatment. Under former President Barack Obama, Homan oversaw thousands of border arrests. In the same month he retired, Homan also defended the Trump administration’s policy which separated immigrant families along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to CNBC. “Families that came across the border, I feel bad for them,” Homan told the audience. “Believe me, I do. I’m a father, too. When you put an ICE badge in your pocket and a gun in your hip, it doesn’t mean you stop caring about people.” College Republicans Communications Director and College first-year Harrison Selznick, who attended the event, said the group invited Homan back to Penn so students could get a chance to hear him speak. “We just wanted to dispel some of the myths that are associated with ICE so some people actually know the purpose of ICE and what they do,” Selznick said. College Republicans President and College sophomore Spencer

Landis added that the group was disappointed when Perry World House’s panel, “Detention and Deportation from Obama to Trump” was shut down last semester. Landis said he thought 100 to 150 people would attend Tuesday’s event because of the registration list on EventBrite. He said many attendees were deterred from entering the room by protesters. “[The protesters] were blocking the staircase and the entrance,” Landis said. “There were lots of kids who registered who couldn’t get into the event due to the protesters’ actions.” After the event, The Daily

“Most students who traveled to China over winter break have now met or passed the 14-day incubation period associated with the novel coronavirus,” Dubé wrote. The new strain of coronavirus – a large, very common, family of viruses – was detected by Chinese authorities on Dec. 31, according to The Washington Post. The New York Times reported that over 7,700 cases and over 170 deaths have been recorded. The disease has spread to 16 countries, including the United States, prompting China to suspend all travel from the city of Wuhan and place travel

restrictions on at least 12 other cities and more than 50 million citizens in China, according to the Times. Director of Campus Health Ashlee Halbritter said in an interview with the DP on Jan. 26 that Campus Health, Study Abroad Office, International Student and Scholar Services, and Penn Global are working together to communicate with Chinese international students and students currently studying, planning to study, or traveling abroad in the near future. Since then, the Centers for

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Former United States ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan was appointed by 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump, and served as ICE acting director from January 2017 until his retirement in June 2018.

Pennsylvanian spoke with Homan before he was escorted out of the building by security. “I’m just here trying to set the facts straight and tell people who Homan is, what Homan did, and why Homan did what he did so they understand the full concept of what happened at the Southwest border,” he said. After Homan left the building, protesters continued to chant outside Houston Hall, where they stood in a circle on Penn Commons. College senior and protester Jacob Hershman was part of this circle.

Disease Control and Prevention raised its travel warning to the highest level, advising against all “non-essential travel to China,” on Monday, Dubé wrote. The State Department advised against traveling to Hubei Province, China on Tuesday, according to Dubé. On Tuesday, William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia announced that a Chinese exchange student suspected of having the coronavirus had tested negative, according to 6ABC Action News. Within the United States, there are currently five confirmed cases: two in southern California and

“We were hoping to encounter some of the [event attendees] who were leaving, but that wasn’t the case,” he said. “So that tradition of making a channel for which people will have to pass, sort of like a walk of shame also didn’t happen, so it became kind of a community moment.” Event attendees were told by Penn security to exit Houston Hall through a side door, and therefore did not encounter the protesters. Homan was escorted out of the building separately. “I’ll come back here 100 times,” Homan told the DP. “I’m not afraid to talk to anybody.”

one each in Chicago, Arizona, and Washington, according to CNN. Five U.S. airports have since begun screening all passengers coming from China for the coronavirus, NBC5 Chicago reported. While the United States only has five confirmed cases in four states, over 100 patients in 26 different states have been tested for the coronavirus, according to NBC News. Campus Health and Penn Global will continue to update their websites with information on the coronavirus and how it will impact students, according to Dubé.

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Penn’s general education requirements shouldn’t be so hard to fulfill

THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 2020 VOL. CXXXVI, NO. 5 136th Year of Publication ISABELLA SIMONETTI President BENJAMIN ZHAO Executive Editor MAX COHEN DP Editor-in-Chief SUKHMANI KAUR Photo Editor AVA CRUZ Design Editor JULIE COLEMAN News Editor ASHLEY AHN News Editor CONOR MURRAY Assignments Editor GRANT BIANCO Opinion Editor WILL DIGRANDE Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor ZOEY WEISMAN Copy Editor NAJMA DAYIB Audience Engagement Editor SAGE LEVINE Video Editor ALEC DRUGGAN Podcast Edtor PETER CHEN Web Editor

hen it comes time to choose courses for the upcoming semester, Penn undergraduates have to be cognizant of their respective schools’ graduation requirements. The College of Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Nursing each have their own set of requirements for their respective student bodies. But, when students search for possible classes to fill these requirements, they are often met with limited options in terms of both the content and availability of these courses. This lack of options may drive students to choose classes they are less passionate about, even if they are interested in the general topic of the requirement. To mitigate this issue, Penn’s four undergraduate schools should offer a more diverse selection of courses that fulfill general education requirements. In addition to having a greater number of topics to choose from, students could also choose class times that fit their busy schedules, rather than being pigeonholed by a required class that blocks them from other courses of interest. One possible solution would be to allow more classes to count for multiple requirements, which would give

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students more flexibility and let them choose classes they are passionate about. A more varied choice in courses would not leave students feeling forced to choose a class they have no interest in simply to fill a requirement. In the College, for instance, many students face difficulty fulfilling the Living World sector. When filtering the Spring 2020 courses by sector on PennInTouch, the search returns just 10 results that meet this requirement. Most of these overlap in subject, with biology

and psychology as the most recurrent topics. With so few courses offered, students may face difficulty getting into classes that fulfill the Living World requirement, making it hard for them to graduate on time. The University should offer more courses, and a variety of them, that fulfill each sector or foundational requirement to make it easier for undergraduates to explore different topics throughout their time at Penn. Students also have busy schedules outside of class,

whether due to athletics, research, extracurriculars, or work-study jobs. Because there is a massive lack of options among available classes that fulfill sector requirements, students may have difficulty finding a class in a time slot that works for them. If Penn provided more options for each requirement, students could fit these requirements into their schedules more easily. Understanding and catering to students who are juggling many priorities is imperative to supporting a diverse and healthy

Penn must not remove call box telephones

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ccording to Department of Public Safety, there are more than 700 call boxes – or “blue light” phones – across Penn’s campus. The Undergraduate Assembly recently announced it is considering an initiative to replace the phones in campus call boxes with buttons. DPS must not be allowed to entertain this dangerous proposal, as the call box phones are absolutely vital to campus safety. Removing the phones and replacing them with mere buttons would eliminate much of the utility and function of the call boxes. Call boxes play a vital role in maintaining accessibility and safety on campus. One sentiment expressed in this week’s article announcing the UA’s proposal was that cell phones effectively rendered the call boxes redundant. This is a privileged and downright erroneous assumption. There are people without cell phones (let that sink in). Some people can’t afford them. Others, like me, choose not to use them for health or practical reasons. Penn has already failed in making its campus accessible as there are no payphones anywhere on campus (the nearest one is on 40th Street). Although there are courtesy phones

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and call boxes, most of these only allow campus calls, not outgoing calls. Suggesting that Penn remove the very little public communication infrastructure it has left completely ignores the people who rely on it. Furthermore, the belief that all use of campus call boxes boils down to one simple scenario that can be communicated using a button is a gross oversimplification. The call boxes are not just for emergencies – they can be used to request a walking escort or ride, for instance. This infrastructure should not be dismantled, regardless of whether or not a majority of students find it use-

ful. Just as much as we need public transportation, we need public communication infrastructure. Even for those who do own cell phones, the call boxes are still relevant. For one, the call box phones are hotlines, meaning you don’t need to dial anything – you immediately get a Penn dispatcher. More importantly, calls from fixedline phones can have their location shown immediately to a dispatcher, something cell phones simply cannot do. DPS markets its “Penn Guardian” app as a “must-have” for students, but this misleads students

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from the reality that mobile phones are simply not suitable for emergency usage. GPS triangulation for cell phone locations can be off by up to 300 meters. The call boxes, and all landlines, are much better suited for emergency communication, immediately providing dispatchers with crucial information in situations where every second counts. Those who discount call boxes, landlines, and payphones as unnecessary should consider that Penn’s high rises are all within 300 meters of each other. If you were to call from a cell phone, GPS triangulation could place you in one of 72 stories of

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student population. One solution to class selection that can ease the stress of filling requirements is having more courses that “double count”, meaning they fulfill two requirements. For example, Survey of the Universe (ASTR001) counts for both the Physical World sector and the Quantitative Data Analysis approach. However, only 56 of the hundreds of classes Penn offers this semester double count, and they are often full or have waiting lists due to the large number of students interested in fulfilling multiple requirements at once. If Penn were to expand doublecounting classes, it would ease the burden of fulfilling requirements and allow students to be more flexible with their already rigid schedules. The current course selection process pressures students to fill certain requirements with classes they have little interest in, or those where they have to rearrange their entire schedule to attend. By forcing students into these situations, Penn is missing out on engaging its attendees with courses they might enjoy more. An oceanography class may teach a room full of humanities majors a few interesting scientific facts, for example, but their time is likely better spent elsewhere.

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Penn residences. Fixed-line phones don’t have this issue, which is one reason why they shine in emergencies. To be clear, the concept of incorporating a one-touch button into the call boxes is not inherently bad; however, any such button must supplement – not replace – the existing phones. Penn already makes life hard enough as it is for those who don’t use cellular technology. Penn no longer allows dorm landlines, no longer has payphones on campus, and prevents outside calls from being made from campus courtesy phones. Those without cell phones are simply treated like second-class students. Instead of ignoring or discriminating against such students, Penn must accommodate them – just like every other flavor of Penn students. It’s annoying enough already to walk 15 minutes to get to a payphone. At present, there is no publicly accessible alternative to the campus call box phones, and we cannot afford to lose them. NAVEEN ALBERT is an Engineering first-year from Waukesha, WI. studying Computer Engineering. His email address is naveen23@seas. upenn.edu

Don’t let racism spread with coronavirus

REMARKS WITH LARK | The coronavirus is fueling prejudice, and that needs to stop

he coronavirus. We’ve all heard about it. The latest strain that was first detected in Wuhan, China on Dec. 12 has spread far and fast. But spreading even faster than the coronavirus is widespread misinformation about the virus. Small facts are sensationalized into eye-catching stories and uncertain details into unquestionable facts, adding to the growing wall of fear. It’s this uninformed fear that encourages baseless anti-Chinese sentiment and discrimination. The coronavirus is a serious health crisis, but we can’t use it to drive us towards hatred and fear. We need to remain well-informed throughout the situation and recognize how to separate a health epidemic from the country and culture where it originated. The source of the new coronavirus strain is believed to have originated from a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The virus, which is transmitted between animals and people, has previously not been identified in humans. Although the exact source of the virus has yet to be identified, recent reports suggest bats and snakes as the possible reason. The virus, which causes illness symptoms including fever, fatigue, and sore throat, can be spread through the respiratory system. Since the outbreak was officially announced on Dec. 31, the virus has rapidly spread throughout China. As of Jan. 28, the death toll is at 170 with over 7,700 cases. So how has the public responded? With anti-discriminatory remarks and crude, offensive statements targeting the Chinese people. In Canada, only three cases have been confirmed. Yet over 9,000 people signed a

petition urging a Toronto-area school board to keep children whose family members recently returned from China out of the classrooms. Businesses in Chinatown are recording a slowdown in growth. The situation in Toronto has escalated to the point where Health Minister Patty Hajdu noted that there is a real risk Chinese Canadians could feel “somewhat targeted” because of the outbreak. Twitter reveals widespread racism and disdain for China. Derogatory remarks belittle Chinese customs and traditions while baselessly calling for bans against Chinese people entering America. But these remarks are ignorant to the true situation at hand and China’s quick response to it. Nature Medicine, a science research website, reports that China’s response to the outbreak has been “swift and decisive” and praised China for its “remarkable progress in responding effectively to disease outbreaks.” In just less than a month after the first patient was identified, the government shut down the Wuhan seafood market of suspicion. The entire city of Wuhan, with a population over 11 million, has already been effectively locked down. China has led massive national and international efforts to solve this health crisis. Chinese scientists and international researchers have pooled together resources to quickly find a solution. In the midst of a crisis, China has remained transparent about the situation and open to collaboration. In the West, too, extreme security measures are being taken as a precaution. Passengers from China are being appropriately screened before entering foreign countries. Health officials are

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New School of Design degree program focuses on using robotics in architecture The program will launch in fall 2020 SHARON LUO Staff Reporter

Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design will offer a new masters degree program this fall that specializes in using robotics for architecture and design. The new program is known as Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (MSD-RAS), and it is one of the

few architectural programs in the nation to use robots and artificial intelligence in design, according to Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture Winka Dubbeldam. The degree requires ten courses and can be completed in nine months. Assistant Professor of Architecture and MSD-RAS Program Director Robert Stuart-Smith said his motivation to introduce the new program was to keep up with the changing architectural industry, which now relies more on automation, robotic engineering, and soft-

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ware design. “We feel almost an obligation to make sure our graduates are trained for a career that is based on present and near-future changes in the industry,” Stuart-Smith said. The degree allows students to gain hands-on technical robotics experience. Students will utilize ABB IRB 4600 industrial robots in the Autonomous Manufacturing Lab (AML), led by Stuart-Smith. They will also have access to other labs in Weitzman, all of which are a part of the Advanced Research and Innovation Lab (ARI), led by Dubbeldam. “Students will learn specific skills like scripting, software, and how to program these robots to create designs,” Dubbeldam said. “Our program distinguishes itself because Penn also has higher engineering in robotics, allowing us to collaborate with Penn Engineering literally right across from us,” she added. The MSD-RAS program aims to push boundaries in the field of architecture, Assistant Professor of Architecture Masoud Akbarzadeh said. “Robotics and autonomous technology can give architects the ability to go beyond existing conventions and restraints,” he said. Mariana Righi, a former School of Design student and current Autonomous Manufacturing Lab operator and researcher, said that her experience in the graduate program

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of Membership and Engineering senior Natalie Munson said, however, trying to pinpoint a specific reason for the decline in registrants would be speculation and hoped the drop was just a “blip.” Greek life organizations have faced bad publicity nationwide, potentially leading to the decrease in sorority recruitment numbers at Penn this year, Mandalapu said. “Penn is not immune to that national trend,” she added. There have been multiple highly publicized deaths tied to Greek life recently. On Jan. 17, a sophomore was found dead in a fraternity house

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The new program is known as Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and it is one of the few architectural programs in the nation to use robots and artificial intelligence in design.

helped her learn how to code, an important component of the new robotics program. Righi believes coding is also an important skill to hone for those who want to pursue architecture. First-year design student Mia Kim said she is intrigued by the program and believes the MSD-RAS degree is at the forefront of design technology. However, she stressed the importance of balancing ethical responsibility with automation. “Automation and robotics opens the door for a new era of design and

raises the challenge of balancing ethical design with efficient design,” Kim said. Stuart-Smith and Dubbledam both emphasized they want students in the program to be “critically aware” of the environmental impact of their work. “We’re thinking about the environment, the life cycle, and trying to put humanity within an ethical approach to automation of robotics,” Stuart-Smith said. An ongoing collaborative project between Akbarzadeh and Stuart-

Smith is one example of how students in the program might use robotics in tandem with architecture. Akbarzadeh and Stuart-Smith are using robotics to construct a fullscale concrete house. Dubbeldam wants students to expand their idea of what it means to be an architect. “I think what’s really important is to work on the role of the architect: to get out of the corner that is only designer. Ten percent of the role is to design and 90% is realizing the design,” she said.

at Stanford University. Additionally, the parents of a first-year student at Cornell University who died last year have filed a lawsuit against Cornell University and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The Ithaca Voice reported that the Cornell student was last seen alive at an unsanctioned rush event on Cornell’s campus. Mandalapu outlined Panhellenic Council’s ideas to boost recruitment registration. She said she hopes to improve the matching process of coffee chats, which are held to give prospective members an opportunity to speak with current sorority members about their experience in Greek life. She added that the Council hopes to host an event for sophomores and upperclassmen to

explain what opportunities are still available if they want to participate in Greek life. The smaller number of registrants did have a silver lining for some chapter leaders in making the process more personal. Chi Omega president and Nursing junior Sophie Henderson said that smaller number of registrants may have allowed OFSL and sorority chapters to better accommodate students registered for rush. According to OFSL, 180 students withdrew from recruitment compared to approximately 200 in past years, indicating a greater rush retention rate. “As much as we want more people to rush, I think smaller numbers

were nice too because the groups that rushed were smaller and there was a more intimate environment when the girls came through the houses,” Munson said. Spring Panhellenic recruitment consists of several rounds where interested students initially visit all eight chapter houses and submit a list of preferences. Prospective members are then matched to a smaller number of sororities for the next round of recruitment. The process continues for several rounds as students and chapters narrow down their choices. The week ends with a final Bid Day, which took place on Jan. 19, at which point new members received a bid from one of the chapters.

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UA rep. will lobby Du Bois to prioritize Black students in housing selection

Students have mixed feelings on initiative ELIZABETH MEISENZAHL Staff Reporter

This semester, Undergraduate Assembly representative and College junior Kristen Ukeomah is lobbying for Black students to receive priority in the Du Bois College House selection process. Since its 1972 founding, Du Bois has never given housing priority to Black students, Faculty Director of Du Bois William Gipson said. Students, including current and former residents, hold mixed opinions on whether to implement the policy. Ukeomah said she hopes to meet with Rhina Duquela, the dean of Du Bois College House, and leaders from Makuu this se-

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can be attached to the breast pumps located in the lactation spaces. In 2019, PWC distributed 71 kits, almost three times as many as the 26 kits distributed in 2016, Laud-Hammond added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let you not pump during the day,â&#x20AC;? Foster said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really significant about some of the work weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is that we were able to supply those resources as well.â&#x20AC;? In order to keep up with increasing demand for breast pump kit attachments, Laud-Hammond said

mester but has not yet met with the respective parties or College Houses and Academic Services. The house was founded by Cathy Barlow as a residency program for Black students at a predominantly white institution, Ukeomah said. Ukeomah said she heard from her friends who live in Du Bois that fewer Black students lived there than when she lived in Du Bois her freshman year. She said she decided to take on this project after meeting with a Black student who was unable to get housing in Du Bois. Housing priority in Du Bois can play a key part in the room selection process because more people apply to Du Bois than there is room. Katie Musar, associate director for housing occupancy at Penn Residential Ser-

vices, said that Du Bois typically fills up each year, and some students are placed on a waiting list. College first-year Sabria Henry-Hunter currently lives in Hill College House as part of the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program but hopes to live in Du Bois next year. She said she wants to see Du Bois prioritize housing for Black students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making it just a multicultural dorm might take away from the space thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been created there,â&#x20AC;? Henry-Hunter said. College sophomore and current Du Bois resident Chinaza Okonkwo said she supports the dorm prioritizing Black students. She added that some Black first-year students that she knew had been denied from the house. College sophomore and Du

Bois resident Jonathan Hanson added that he would like to see priority given to people of color who opt to live in Du Bois. Engineering first-year and Du Bois resident Isaiah Williams, however, said he does not support any particular housing selection policy but thinks Du Bois should be opened to those who are willing to be part of the community. Wharton junior Beverlye Gedeon wanted to live in Du Bois after her first year, but was not able to get into the college house. She echoed Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thoughts and would not support a policy of giving priority to Black students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That mission is of course going to attract Black students, but at the same time, nobody should be denied the opportuni-

ty to be a part of the initiative,â&#x20AC;? Gedeon said. Ukeomah said that she believes there is a level of unawareness among administration about what Du Bois means to Black students at Penn.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be that people want to live in Du Bois just because it has a kitchen,â&#x20AC;? Ukeomah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about Black history, Black culture, and the contributions of Black people to this campus.â&#x20AC;?

she is confident that PWC will be able to obtain more funding to sustain the initiative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that [lactation] is becoming a priority for a lot of folks,â&#x20AC;? Laud-Hammond said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the reasons why I know that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to secure more funding.â&#x20AC;? Laud-Hammond and Foster said one of the PWCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main goals is to make sure that members of the Penn community know that these lactation resources exist, which they hope to achieve through more outreach programming. PWC has partnered with Penn Human Resources and the Family Resource Center to offer breastfeeding education ses-

sions since 2013, according to Human Resources Senior Work-Life Consultant Karen Kille. Foster added that PWC is particularly interested in increasing student awareness, because the primary users of lactation spaces have been faculty and staff. In 2019, over 70% of individuals who used the breast pump kits were faculty and staff, according to statistics provided by PWC. College senior Bianca Owusu said she was unaware of the lactation spaces on campus but recognized the importance of having these resources available to the Penn community.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all a part of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights,â&#x20AC;? Owusu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Women] should feel free to take care of the kids and do what they need to do.â&#x20AC;? Family Resource Center Director Jessica Bolker said that the two lactation rooms in the center are open to all members of the Penn community. Bolker added that Penn has come a long way in adding more lactation spaces on campus since 2010, when the Family Resource Center was home to one of only four lactation rooms on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly still some work to be done,â&#x20AC;? Bolker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some gray spots on the map, some challenges for certain faculty and

students where there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t space where they are, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re walking a bit.â&#x20AC;? Bolker said that in an ideal world, there would be a lactation space in every building on campus, although she recognizes that there are spatial limitations. Foster, who was working at PWC while breastfeeding, said she had the ideal situation with a hospital grade breast pump, lactation space, running water, comfortable chairs, and supportive colleagues in the building where she worked. She described the experience, however, as also â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the most difficult thingsâ&#x20AC;? she has had to do.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;So anyone else who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have even one or two of those things is struggling,â&#x20AC;? Foster said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might not say that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re struggling, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard.â&#x20AC;? Foster said that providing ample lactation resources to the Penn community is a matter of reproductive justice, which she said includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;having the decision and ability to say for yourself that you are going to breastfeed your child.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of our mission for gender equity and gender justice is to involve ourselves and advocate for women to make sure that they have what they need to get through the day at work,â&#x20AC;? Laud-Hammond said.

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Since its 1972 founding, Du Bois has never given housing priority to Black students, Faculty Director of Du Bois William Gipson said.

NYT best-seller Cathy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil talks data privacy breaches at Penn Museum

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weapons of Math Destruction,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which was required reading for incoming first-year students last summer.

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Penn Libraries hosted New York Times best-selling author and mathematician Cathy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil to celebrate Data Privacy Day, a day to promote and raise awareness of privacy and data protection. Many people, particularly those who are mentally ill or racial minorities, are unaware that their data may be used by employers and the criminal justice system to discriminate against them, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil said at the talk held at Penn Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harrison

Auditorium on Tuesday evening. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil added that because hirers consider medical and criminal records and a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s address when conducting evaluations, hiring algorithms and criminal profiling systems are susceptible to biases. She said that data collection tactics, which include using a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health records, are an unconstitutional violation of privacy, because they use subjective criteria to assess individuals. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil described workplace personality tests administered by employers as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;weapon of math destruction,â&#x20AC;? used to reject job applicants who fail the test according to their potential employer. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil

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cants. She also wrote The New York Times bestselling book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weapons of Math Destruction,â&#x20AC;? which was assigned to all incoming members of the Class of 2023 last summer as part of the Penn Reading Project. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil spoke for approximately 30 minutes and subsequently answered questions from the audience. Engineering sophomore Katherine Hann, who attended the event, said she was concerned by the lack of transparency in data privacy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our warning that there

could be algorithms that are working against us, and we need to be aware that there could be some bias against us based on something that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily relate to the actual topic that the algorithm is judging us on,â&#x20AC;? Hann said. Hann added that unethical data privacy practices are a frustrating problem for others in the engineering field. College junior and attendee Victor Diaz expressed concern about how data privacy violations could

be resolved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was nuts, but also very poignant because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, okay, we have to move on and work with what we actually have,â&#x20AC;? Diaz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like a call-to-action in that sense.â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil said that privacy, including medical information, should be legally protected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot leave this to the experts, because the experts do not have our best interests in mind,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil said.

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basketball captain AJ Brodeur said. “Those [are] long road trips to Harvard, Dartmouth, and Yale; you see it on your schedule, and you know you’re going to have to power through it.” With traditional scheduling used by other conferences, players will often have several days of practice following a game. It is during this time that teams have the chance to address the result of the previous game and learn from it moving forward. “Usually when you lose a game, there’s a grieving period, whatever it is: You’re angry, or you’re sad, or you’re happy,” men’s coach Steve Donahue said. “You have none of that on Friday night [of Ivy Weekends]. You almost have to build your mind up before this happens [and say] no matter what happens, I’m moving on.” The Ivy Weekend leaves teams with no time to dwell on the result of Friday night’s outcome. While it is human nature to want to reflect on an important result in the past, Penn men’s and women’s basketball know that they must set their focus on the future. “We have to get on to the next game. As a player, you have to automatically switch that, and I think it comes from within,” senior guard and women’s basketball captain

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Freshman guard Jordan Dingle and Penn men’s basketball get their first taste of an Ivy Weekend at home this Friday against Harvard.

Phoebe Sterba said. “We have to move forward because [the next game] is literally in the next 24 hours.” Due to the unique challenges that the Ivy Weekend poses to teams, Penn’s coaches have tried to find ways to simulate the experience of playing multiple games back-toback. “One thing we do is try to play preseason tournaments that are back-to-back to get a feeling [of what Ivy Weekends are like],” Donahue said. “We talked to [the players] a lot about it in California [in the Wooden Legacy tournament] when the turnaround is similar to what an Ivy League Weekend is.

That being said, you’re not taking a four-hour bus ride in between as well.” In addition to being mentally and physically exhausting, the Ivy Weekend poses another unique challenge to Penn student-athletes: keeping up with Ivy League academics. “To prepare for the Ivy League weekend, [you need to] stay ahead on schoolwork and make sure there are no distractions,” senior guard and women’s basketball captain Kendall Grasela said. “I think that’s a big thing especially coming in [as a freshman]; you’re worried about school and what work you’re missing.”

Although the stress of keeping up with schoolwork could be a potential distraction for Penn studentathletes, both teams have prioritized staying in the moment and focusing on the game at hand. “We have to focus on basketball while we’re in the moment and block out those four hours [to compete],” Grasela said. The Ivy League Weekend can serve as a test of how hard a team has worked to prepare itself for the mental and physical challenges of the college basketball season. While some teams may dread the challenges that the Ivy Weekend poses, Penn men’s and women’s basketball have chosen to embrace the unique nature of their conference schedule. “[We] try to hype up the Ivy League Weekends because no other conference does a back-to-back consistently like that, and it’s really hard,” Sterba said. “So, you kind of have to look at yourself and be like, ‘Wow, we’re really cool that we do this.’ [The fact that] our bodies can get through this is a reflection of how hard we play and how aware the coaches are.” This weekend, both Penn teams will begin their Ivy Weekend slate, as the men’s team will host Harvard and Dartmouth at the Palestra, and the women’s team will make the bus ride up to Cambridge, Mass. and Hanover, N.H. to take on the Crimson and Big Green.

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wins in Penn’s most recent set of dual matches. Brothers and teammates Carl and Neil Antrassian, a senior and sophomore, respectively, are also engineers on the team and bring a unique bond that helps bring the whole group closer. “When I was a freshman, other members of the team were able to help me with my classes, so it’s really great to have teammates that you can rely on to help,” Neil said. “It’s nice to have people around you doing the hard stuff, too,” Artalona agreed. “When you’re working extra hard, you know they are as well, so it’s nice to know you’re not the only one.” The Penn wrestling-engineering connection is by no means a recent one. Program greats such as Class of 1999 graduate Andrei Rodzianko — in a dual-degree program with Wharton — and Class of 2002 graduate Rick Springman were also engineering students during their undergraduate careers. In addition to being Penn’s first-ever title winner at the Midlands Championship and an NCAA All-American, Rodzianko also received the Dr. Harry Fields Award for academic

achievement in three of his four years, showcasing his dominance both inside and out of the classroom. Springman will likewise be remembered for his success on and off the mat, as he captured an EIWA title in 2000 while also contributing to the Philadelphia spoken word scene during his time at Penn. The tradition has continued to the present day, where the wrestling mat still remains a special place on campus for the tight-knit group bound by their academic passion. But like all other student-athletes, how wrestling engineers balance their priorities all comes down to being organized with their schedules. “One thing our coach stresses when we’re freshmen and new to Penn is being efficient with your time,” Neil said. “We don’t have as much free time as other students because we have to come in here, watch film, and be on the road a lot, so you really have to make your time count.” While many aspects of the Penn wrestling roster have changed over the years — including the 2005 departure of coach Roger Reina before he returned three years ago — the consistent and impactful engineering class won’t likely be shrinking anytime soon.

Penn women’s basketball faces Ivy League road challenge in New England The Quakers will take on Harvard and Dartmouth TEIA ROSS Sports Reporter

The Quakers have their work cut out for them this weekend. Coming off of three consecutive losses, Penn women’s basketball will look to break the streak this weekend against Harvard on Friday, then Dartmouth on Saturday. The Quakers are entering pure Ivy season, with only Ancient Eight opponents left. The Red and Blue (104, 0-1 Ivy) dropped their first Ivy game in early January against the Tigers (13-1, 1-0), but plenty of season remains, including a Princeton rematch, for redemption. Last year, both of Penn’s first two games against the Crimson (10-5, 1-1 Ivy) went into overtime, with each team coming away with a win on their home court. In the Ivy League Tournament, however, the Quakers walked away with a handy 91-62 win. The Quakers will look to override Harvard’s home court advantage in their first game of the weekend on Friday. Freshman Kayla Padilla has been a dominant force for the Red and

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League title. “The best comparison I have with [Kayla] is Alyssa Baron,” McLaughlin said. “Kayla’s a little more creative with the ball and can really shoot the three right out of the gate as a freshman. There are a lot of similarities in terms of their impact but they’re obviously different players.” Padilla sits atop the League for three-point conversion, having hit an impressive 41 out of 94 attempts. The freshman is undoubtedly a scoring engine, whose presence is a huge driver of the team’s offensive success. Out of the eight games where she has put up more than 20 points, the Red and Blue have won six. The Quakers’ loss to Temple last week was the first game where Padilla scored in the single digits. Unsurprisingly, the Red and Blue struggled to create offensive momentum in the fourth quarter. For such an offensive powerhouse, it’s only natural that the greatest area for growth for Padilla is her defensive game. Indicative of a greater focus for the entire team, Penn will look to refine its defensive play going into the Ivy League portion of the season. “We’re asking Kayla to do so much on the offensive end as we develop defensive intensity,” McLaughlin said. “So I’d like to see her be a little more active chasing balls down and rebounding the ball. But she’s

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Penn women’s basketball already lost to Princeton once this season, but the Quakers will have a chance at redemption as they head into the home stretch of Ivy League play. Penn boasts a 10-4 record so far this season and will face a difficult road trip this weekend.

Blue, improving game by game. Her performance against Princeton brought her to a career and seasonhigh of 27 points. Padilla has had eight games in which she has had 20 or more point games. However, in Penn’s most recent game against Temple, she hit a season low of eight points. Padilla’s rebound back to her

usual level of play will be a crucial aspect of the coming weekend. “Your first Ivy Weekend as a freshman is always interesting, because you’re seeing a lot of things for the first time,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “I have no doubt she’ll respond the same way she has with everything we’ve done.”

really doing a phenomenal job given everything that we ask of her.” Padilla’s talent comes from a rich 14-year background of passion for the game. She first picked up a basketball at four years old and hasn’t put the ball down since. After competing throughout middle school, Kayla attended Bishop Montgomery High School and joined its successful program. For three years, Padilla was coached by basketball veteran Noelle Quinn. A Bishop Montgomery alum herself, Quinn attended UCLA before a successful 12-year career in the WNBA. After getting drafted as the fourth overall pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft, Quinn debuted with the Minnesota Lynx. She would also go on to play for the Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics, and Seattle Storm. She returned to coach the Bishop Montgomery team late in her career, splitting her time as the head coach there during the WNBA offseason. It was Kayla’s sophomore year when Quinn first returned to the Lady Knights in a coaching role. “I remember the first practice I walked in, and immediately [Kayla] caught my eye as far her talent and just how hard she was working,” Quinn said. “I was still playing when I was coaching, and almost every day that first season we played 1-on-1 after practice just to get her competitive juices flowing and to challenge her in a certain way.” Padilla blossomed under

Quinn’s leadership. Her impressive accolades in her short time at Penn are minuscule compared to what she racked up over her four years at Bishop Montgomery. Her senior year, she was a McDonald’s All-American nominee and was named the 2019 Daily Breeze Player of the Year, an honor awarded to only three other Lady Knights in program history. It was her competitive experiences at the high school level that set her up for such a dynamic transition to college play. “I think playing those really competitive teams, and me being a captain three out of the four years taught me to deal with adversity early on and to help lead a team against other really great teams,” Padilla said. “I think that exposure to highlevel play was instrumental in helping me be able to step into a competitive platform in the Ivy League.” Over her four years Padilla amassed a whopping 1,907 points for Bishop Montgomery, good for third all-time in program history, just behind her coach’s 2,764 for first on the list. “Since early on I thought of [Quinn] as a mentor, but now as I’ve gone off to college I’ve seen her more as a friend,” Padilla said. “She’s actually the reason why I wear number 45 right now. Just to pay tribute to her and everything she’s done for me and how much she’s influenced me.” Quinn donned the number 45 for her entire career as a basketball player — from the court of

The Crimson will surely feel the departure of Katie Benzan, their leader in points and assists last year. After a record-breaking junior season, Benzan decided to step away from Harvard women’s basketball for her senior year. Instead of completing her four years of athletic eligibility in the

Ivy League, she will graduate from Harvard and play in the 2020-2021 season at Texas. As Benzan was a leading scorer in each of her games against Penn last year, the Quakers’ defense will likely not miss Benzan’s presence in Ivy League basketball. Freshman Lola Mullaney has taken Benzan’s spot as

Harvard’s leading scorer. The next stop on their New England journey will be in New Hampshire to take on the Big Green (7-8, 1-1) on Saturday. Last year, the Quakers were victorious twice, although their second win was by a tight four-point margin. Dartmouth beat out Harvard in early January by one point. “We really have to focus on defense, just raising our level of intensity on defense and playing people tighter,” junior center Eleah Parker said. Senior captain Kendall Grasela will also continue her impactful season against the Crimson. Grasela has been averaging 30.5 minutes per game in her last season as a Quaker. Dartmouth’s scoring leadership comes from senior Annie McKenna, who is currently averaging 12.9 points a game. McKenna also boasts a .735 foul shot percentage, making it imperative for the Quakers to keep her off of the free throw line. The long trip up to Cambridge, Mass. and Hanover, N.H. is a foreboding one, and if the Quakers can take down both Ivy opponents despite the road-trip adversity, they’ll set themselves up for a successful rest of the season.

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In her first Ivy League game earlier this month against Princeton, Padilla dropped 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting. The Red and Blue hope the freshman phenom will continue her strong form this weekend.

Bishop Montgomery throughout her time in the WNBA — and it remains the only number to have been retired in Bishop Montgomery history. It’s no surprise that Quinn sees herself in Padilla. She attributes Padilla’s astonishing success to her drive and fundamental willingness to work hard. “Just a flat-out passion for loving basketball and just wanting to get better is where I can relate to Kayla, even though

we’re a different generation,” Quinn said. “I think that’s the reason why she’s having such great success so early. She has that engine and motor. You’re seeing the product of someone who just puts her head down and works hard and obviously has done amazing things in that.” Padilla’s attitude certainly reflects that sentiment. Despite the mountain of recognition she continues to receive, her only

response is to keep working. “She’s impacted us greatly and is learning from day to day what it takes to be a good player and a winning player and a program player,” McLaughlin said. “She wants to be the best she can be and she wants to help Penn win as much as possible.” It’s an athlete of this incredibly rare caliber that will undoubtedly serve the Red and Blue as they take on the rest of the Ivy League.

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“Kobe” after Bryant. “He really represented Philadelphia well,” Monroe said. “The way he approached the game and his hard work and his commitment to the game, I think that really embodies the Philly mentality of working hard and being blue collar.” Despite his Philadelphia roots, Bryant will forever be most associated with Los Angeles and his 20-year career with the Lakers. Women’s basketball freshman guard Kayla Padilla is from the Los Angeles area and was able to watch Kobe’s career up close. “We grew up watching him since he was number eight, all the way down till he retired,” Padilla said. “There’s a special connection especially being from L.A. to see his journey of facing adversity and success and bringing happiness and unity to the city.” Before the five NBA championships, before the 18 All-Star appearances, and before the two Olympic

gold medals, Bryant played at the Palestra in 1996. Bryant dropped 29 points to lead Lower Merion to an upset in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District 1 High School State semifinals, en route to a state title. After graduating, he was drafted at 17 years old as the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. Now 24 years later, Penn men’s and women’s basketball practice and play on that very same court. “For my favorite athlete, and my favorite player of all time to play in this gym, and now with this tragedy, it makes it a little more special and means a little bit more to me,” junior Jelani Williams said. Goodman, for one, is not new to playing on courts that Bryant graced. In high school, Bryant played a game at Germantown Academy, Goodman’s high school. Goodman’s coach, Jim Fenerty, actually played in a game against Bryant on that same court. While Bryant’s physical skills on the court are what shined the most, his “mamba mentality” may be what he is remembered for most. The

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 saying has taken over social media, and has been used by athletes and non-athletes alike. In 2018, Bryant published “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” about his memories as a player. In a 2018 Amazon Book Review interview, Bryant described the mamba mentality as being “about focusing on the process and trusting in the hard work when it matters most. It’s the ultimate mantra for the competitive spirit.” Not many people can relate to being an NBA superstar like Bryant, but everyone can relate to that mamba mentality that Bryant lived by. “You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate Kobe,” Monroe said. “The way he approached things, the way he approached his craft, I think he could have done anything in the world that he wanted to just because of how hard he worked.” While Bryant’s retirement in 2016 was the end of his professional career, it was not the end of his involvement in the sport. Bryant opened the Mamba Sports Academy and coached his daughter, Gianna’s basketball team, the Mambas. With Gi-

anna’s eyes set on the WNBA, Bryant became an advocate for women’s basketball at all levels. “It was amazing to see someone like that really be in the corner of women’s college basketball and women’s professional basketball as well,” junior forward Tori Crawford said. Crawford recalls from when she started playing competitively at nine years old and her coach asked her what number she wanted to be, and she chose 24 because she wanted to be like Bryant. “I remember when I initially picked my number, I just said, ‘I want to be as competitive and as gritty as him and really go after every single ball,’” Crawford said. “It’s a duty I’ve held myself to this entire time, but I think [his death] really magnifies [it] now.” Both Penn men’s and women’s basketball teams were devastated by the news, but were honored to have grown up watching Bryant’s career. Bryant’s impact on women’s basketball, his career in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and his mamba mentality will all live on forever.

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Freshman Lucas Monroe, senior Devon Goodman, junior Tori Crawford, and freshman Kayla Padilla all cite Bryant as a basketball influence.

Penn men’s basketball begins Ivy play with pair of games The Quakers will look to build a winning streak CHARLIE DOLGENOS Sports Reporter

Two wins this weekend puts Penn men’s basketball in great shape toward making a strong push toward the Ivy League Tournament. Two losses puts the team in desperation mode. The Quakers will take on Harvard on Friday and Dartmouth the following day, both at the Palestra. This season for the Quakers (8-7, 0-2 Ivy) has been defined by inconsistency. They have had some great performances, beating a tough, physical Alabama team on the road and hanging around until the final minutes against No. 8 Villanova, but they have also suffered back-to-back losses against Ivy rival Princeton and an ugly shootout

loss to 4-16 Saint Joseph’s. “I think the scheduling unfortunately had a lot to do with [our inconsistency]. We have to be the only team in Division I history to play one Division I game over, I think, a 34-day stretch,” coach Steve Donahue said. Despite this, this team remains confident. The Quakers have seen how good they can be when they’re sharing the ball, being gritty on defense, taking care of the ball, and taking good shots. “We’re a team that’s capable of making a deep run into the NCAA Tournament. [We’re] certainly capable of winning the Ivy League,” freshman guard Jordan Dingle said. “Once all the pieces are clicking together, we’re a really, really good team.” The Red and Blue have started to regain their footing. Following a three-game losing streak, they bounced back last Saturday to beat

Big 5 foe Temple. In order to maintain their momentum into conference play, they may need even more out of their freshmen. “We’re putting a lot on the young guys,” senior forward AJ Brodeur said. “As time goes on and they get more and more experience in our league, you’ll start to see more and more consistency, not just out of them but out of everyone.” Harvard (13-4, 2-0), on the other hand, has found its consistency. The Crimson have won eight games in a row and are 2-0 in the Ivy League. Its last two losses came against two teams, USC and Maryland, that received votes last week to be in the top 25 nationally. The uncertainty heading into the game Friday is whether or not Harvard leading scorer Bryce Aiken will play, although that currently seems unlikely. He has been out since Dec. 21, and there is still no timetable for his return. Last year,

Aiken scored 19 points and played a key role in eliminating Penn from the Ivy League Tournament. The uncertainty surrounding Aiken doesn’t bother Dingle. “[My approach changes] none whatsoever. I approach every game the same way,” Dingle said. The uncertainty around Aiken hasn’t bothered Harvard, either. The Crimson haven’t missed a beat, going 6-0 without him. That includes a win against Cal, which plays in the Pac-12. After the Harvard game, the Quakers’ tough weekend will continue. They have to turn around and play Dartmouth (7-10, 0-2) the next day, only their second back-toback of the season. Dartmouth, at least on paper, poses a smaller threat than Harvard. The Big Green have dropped five consecutive games, including their first two Ivy League games against Harvard.

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Penn is winless in Ivy play this season, having dropped back-to-back games against Princeton, but they will look to right the ship this week.

In its most recent loss to Harvard, the Big Green missed 15 consecutive shots in a row from beyond the arc. Despite this issue with shooting, Dartmouth wasn’t far behind by the end, losing by a

score of 70-66. If Penn wants to have a serious chance in the Ivy League this year, winning at home against Dartmouth is a must. We’ll see if the Quakers are up to the challenge.

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“Ivy Weekend” is a challenge for men’s and women’s teams HOOPS | Games are played on Fri. and Sat. JOEY PIATT Sports Associate

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The Ivy League announced Tuesday that it will adopt a new schedule for the men’s and women’s basketball seasons starting in 2020. The current eight-week schedule features six weekends with a pair of conference games each and a pair of single contests against each team’s “travel partner.”

Ivy League announces 10-week long basketball schedule starting next season Back-to-back games will only be played three times WILL DiGRANDE Senior Sports Editor

The 2019-20 Ivy League basketball season will be the last to feature the the signature back-toback games on six different Friday and Saturday nights, as the League announced Tuesday that a new 10week schedule for both the men and women that will be adopted for the forthcoming two seasons.

The current eight-week schedule features six weekends with a pair of games each and a pair of single contests against each school’s “travel partner” – Penn and Princeton, for example. But based on a year-long planning process that took input from coaches, administrators and studentathletes, it was decided to spread the season over two more weeks to minimize the impact of grueling weekends on the student-athletes themselves. “Understanding that scheduling is always a challenge with competing

interests, this new format accomplishes two of our chief priorities: to create a structure that is fair and equitable over time and continues to minimize the impact on missed class time for our student-athletes,” Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris wrote in a statement. To accommodate the new 10week Ivy schedule, Penn men’s basketball will play all of its Big 5 games before the start of the 2021 calendar year, per comments from coach Steve Donahue last week. With the new schedule starting play on Jan. 2 for all 16 teams, the

final week will still occur in the beginning of March, allowing for the Ivy League Tournament to be played the following week. The new schedule still features three weekends of back-to-back games, with the first pair taking place in the second weekend of January, which is also the second week of the new conference schedule. The other back-to-back weekends will occur in Week 6 and Week 8, with a final two-game sequence in Week 3 with contests on Saturday and Monday, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

At any level, the college basketball season is demanding both physically and mentally, but the season becomes especially demanding during conference play. However, teams in the Ivy League have an extra challenge to deal with — the Ivy Weekend. The Ivy Weekend refers to the Ivy League’s unique approach to scheduling games, in which 12 of each team’s 14 conference contests are played back-to-back on Fri-

day and Saturday of each week from late January to early March. In a move announced Tuesday, however, only six games will be played backto-back starting next year to minimize the number of times that teams need to make lengthy road trips on consecutive days. For Penn men’s and women’s basketball, the Ivy Weekend poses several challenges that only add to the mental and physical demands of the college basketball season. “It’s a lot more physically and mentally exhausting,” senior forward and men’s SEE IVY WEEKEND PAGE 8

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Senior guard Phoebe Sterba (right) and Penn women’s basketball have to deal with six “Ivy Weekends” this season.

Kayla Padilla is unstoppable for the Quakers in her rookie season W. HOOPS | Padilla’s coach had a 12-year WNBA career JESS MIXON Senior Sports Associate

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Padilla has racked up five Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards so far this season. She averages 19.5 points per game this season, and Penn has won six of the eight games where Padilla has scored 20 points or more.

Penn basketball remembers Kobe

Local players grew up idolizing the late legend TYIRA BUNCHE Senior Sports Associate

On Sunday, the sports world was rocked by the devastating news of the death of NBA star and Philadelphia legend Kobe Bryant. A Philadelphia native, Bryant became a local legend during his time at Lower Merion High School. Although he spent time growing up

in Italy, and spent his entire professional career in Los Angeles, Philadelphians will always cherish and be proud to call him one of their own. Penn men’s basketball freshman guard Lucas Monroe and senior guard Devon Goodman both grew up in Philadelphia suburbs and are proud that they grew up in the same area as Bryant. Bryant was a big part of Goodman’s family growing up, and their dog was even named SEE KOBE PAGE 9

In college basketball, a certain caliber of talent is so rare that a program might only see such an athlete once every 20 years. For Penn women’s basketball, that athlete is Kayla Padilla. As a freshman making her collegiate debut this season, Padilla has rocketed to the top of the squad, the Big 5, and the Ivy League. The Torrance, Calif. native has quickly become the highest scoring player for the Quakers (10-4, 0-1 Ivy), and even more, the entire Ivy League. Her impressive 273 total points across

14 games has her easily on top of the Ivy League by a margin of 43 points. And the basketball world has noticed. Padilla has racked up five Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards, most recently after scoring 27 points against Princeton earlier this month. She also has two Ivy League Player of the Week awards and was named the National Freshman of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association — an honor given to only three other Quakers in program history. The mountain of statistics and recognition rings familiar for Penn women’s basketball. Padilla’s level of star power in her debut season has mirrored that of all-time program scoring leader, 2001 graduate Diana Caramanico.

Caramanico went on to score 2,415 career points for the Red and Blue and led the team to its first-ever Ivy League title and NCAA tournament game. By the end of her freshman season, Caramanico had amassed 10 Ivy League Rookie of the Week Awards and over 500 points, a trajectory that Padilla could easily follow in her debut season. While Caramanico is a more historic comparison, of the four Ivy League Rookie titles awarded to freshman during his 11 year tenure, head coach Mike McLaughlin felt Padilla’s talent is most reminiscent of 2014 graduate Alyssa Baron. Unsurprisingly, Baron is the second all-time scorer in program history, ending her career at Penn with 1,806 points and an Ivy SEE PADILLA PAGE 8

Wrestler-engineering connection is historic 11 of the Quakers’ 38 wrestlers are engineers WILL DiGRANDE Senior Sports Editor

Studying engineering at a school like Penn is no easy feat by itself, but a select group of wrestlers somehow makes it work every year along with their time on the mat. Penn wrestling has historically been closely tied to the School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a significant number of team members drawn to the rigorous yet well-renowned programs it offers. Presently, the Red and Blue have

11 engineers out of a roster of 38, a much greater fraction than most other Penn teams. These studentathletes are not limited to a certain year either, with four freshmen, three sophomores, and four seniors — including Adam Kirsh, in a dualdegree program with Wharton — comprising wrestling’s engineering contingent. Some of the most talented members of the team happen to be among this group, including sophomore Anthony Artalona, who just last week was ranked No. 13 for the 157-pound weight class in the NCAA Division I Coaches Panel. “The main part of balancing it is just enjoying the work,” Artalona

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Sophomore Neil Antrassian is one of 11 wrestlers on the team who study in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

said. “I don’t mind working many hours in the week to finish the work I need to do because I enjoy it.” Other engineers who have seen notable recent success for the Red

and Blue are freshman Jake Stefanowicz and sophomore Jake Hendricks, each of whom picked up SEE ENGINEERS PAGE 8

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