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Jenner to visit Penn on Feb. 17 as SPEC Connaissance speaker

Last summer, newsstands across the country were filled with copies of Vanity Fair with its now iconic cover unveiling Caitlyn Jenner for the first time to the world. Now, she’s coming to Penn. On Feb. 17, Jenner will come to campus along with Penn alumnus Buzz Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of the Vanity Fair story, for the Special Planning and

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Events Committee’s spring speaker event. Tickets are $5 for Penn students and $30 for the public, and will go on sale on Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. on Locust Walk. There will be 125 physical tickets each day from Monday to Thursday and the remaining tickets will be sold in staggered releases online. Public tickets can only be purchased online. Jenner is one of the most visible transgender figures in the world. Prior to her transition last summer, she was known for winning the gold medal for the decathalon in the 1976

Olympics, her role in reality television and her connection to the Kardashian family. Jenner was also the subject of significant controversy prior to her transition. She received criticism from the media for her estranged relationship with her four children preceding her marriage to Kris Jenner. Last week, Jenner also settled a lawsuit over her involvement in a car crash last year that left a 70-year-old woman dead. Despite this controversy, SPEC hopes that Jenner will stimulate conversation on

campus. “We always try to bring in someone who will promote healthy discussion about topical issues,” College junior and SPEC Connaissance Director Caroline Pitofsky said. The event, which is co-sponsored by QPenn, will take place at 8 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium and will consist of 60 minutes of discussion moderated by Bissinger followed by an audience question and answer session. SEE CAITLYN PAGE 5

Inside an Iowa Trump rally Trump seeks to galvanize voters days before the Iowa caucuses DAN SPINELLI & NICOLE RUBIN City News Editor & Staff Reporter

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — Inside the cramped walls of a middle-school gymnasium, supporters of all different sorts came together to hear the gospel of 1968 Wharton graduate and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. There was a Nebraska man, transitioning between jobs, eager to see a spectacle, a taxi driver frustrated with “complying” to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and a 21-year-old fan smitten with the brash, billionaire businessman. All made it to the altar of The Donald on Sunday for, if not a worship service, something close to it. “Donald Trump is my hero,” said Chris Brueggeman, who drove me and three other Daily Pennsylvanian reporters from Des Moines to Council Bluffs in his taxi. The real

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Junior High School on Sunday, the day before the Iowa caucus that kicks off the election’s primary season.

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Applying to law school seems scary. There are standardized tests to take, letters of recommendation to receive, essays to write and resumes to fill. But what is difficult for many students is the application process. By the end of January, Penn Law School early decision applicants will all have their decisions. Like other law schools, Penn offers SEE LAW PAGE 5

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Seneca Safe Space is a forum for women of color CHLOE CHENG Staff Reporter

Despite the variety of niche groups on campus, some students discovered a void they felt needed to be filled: the absence of safe spaces that welcome all women across Penn. In response, Penn’s chapters of Seneca International and Women SPEAK stepped up to the challenge of fulfilling that responsibility. Both groups welcome all genders to attend their events. Seneca International — a global women’s rights advocacy organization that raises awareness at U.S. universities about international issues affecting women — was established in 2012 at Penn, Stanford and Yale. However, it was only this past fall semester that Penn’s Seneca International chapter decided to create the Seneca Safe Space initiative in order to provide an opportunity for free dialogue among women of color on campus. “I felt as though there was not a

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estate mogul “is not compliant” with the status quo, something Brueggeman admires. Trump arrived in Council Bluffs, a small town across the Missouri River from Omaha, Ne., for a rally at Gerald W. Kirn Junior High School. In a surreal hour of political theater, Trump handed a $100,000 check to Partners for Patriots, a group which supplies disabled veterans with service dogs, reaffirmed his support for building a wall on the Mexican border to keep out immigrants entering America illegally and bashed Republican rival Sen. Ted Cruz for accepting a loan from Goldman Sachs and Citibank.

space on campus for all women of color from different backgrounds to discuss their experiences, both as people of color and as women. The goal of the Seneca Safe Space is to provide precisely that,” College sophomore and former Internal Director of Penn’s Seneca International chapter Meghana Nallajerla said in an email. While there are existing spaces and resources on campus for minority women, such as Sister Sister and the Vagina Monologues, there was no discussion space that combined women from these different minority groups. “[Seneca International’s] director of programming and myself were talking about how there are a lot of safe spaces for women of color that are of a specific ethnicity or race, but we thought there was a need for a safe space type of collective on campus that was open to women [of all] ethnicities and races,” said College senior Gloria Huangpu, president of Penn’s Seneca International chapter. “That’s why we thought it would be a good idea to start a safe space where people from diverse backgrounds could find commonality.”

“I backed McCain — didn’t work. I backed Romney — didn’t work. Now, I said, let’s just do it ourselves,” Trump said. In a form of prominent outreach to evangelical Christian voters, Trump organized the rally in the form of a conversation between him and Reverend Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University in Virginia. The event itself opened with a prayer (“We pray for thy blessing to be on Donald Trump,” an emcee said) and contained various references to religion and family. Falwell, the president of Liberty University in Virginia, pointed out Trump’s rougharound-the-edges style, but praised him as “actually very generous” and compared his

or allies of women of color. Seneca most recently collaborated with Penn Women SPEAK to discuss the experience of women of color in the workplace. Penn Women SPEAK was founded early last year by College sophomores Sylvia Guan and Claire Huang, who is also a former video

producer for The Daily Pennsylvanian. The organization aims to provide a safe space where students are able to discuss issues that women face. “We thought that there was another organization on campus that had this kind of idea, but it was surprising to us that we didn’t really

have this specific club where we talked about everyday things like catcalling. There were other groups that focused on things like sexual assault, but nothing as broad,” Huang said. Both groups, in creating these safe spaces, were aware of the national controversy concerning “hyper-sensitive” college students. “The things that we were uncomfortable with, we just never voiced our opinion on. I don’t like the idea of calling college students hypersensitive; I would want to say we’ve become more aware of the things that do affect us,” Guan said. “I know that some people think that college students are too sensitive and that we shouldn’t waste our time trying to be safe, but when you experience societal disadvantages and you’re surrounded by it every day, it’s good to have a place to retreat to to discuss those types of things and to feel like you’re not alone in experiencing them,” added College freshman Denise DeFelice, director of programming for Penn’s Seneca International chapter. “And then, you can go back to your everyday life and not be sheltered in a bubble because that’s not what we want.”

appeal to Reagan, who as a di- Republican rivals and Hillary vorcee was not a natural fit for Clinton, Trump volleyed barbs Evangelical voters, but won them at the media (during the rally, over nonetheless in 1980. the Trump campaign prevented “One of the reasons I believe media members from leaving a him is because so much of what designated pen at the back of the he says is politically incorrect,” gym) to raucous applause from Falwell said. the crowd. For aggrieved supporters like “The guys in the back, the one visitor who shouted out to press, are the most dishonest a reporter in the media section, people out there,” he said. “The illegals are killing us!” What the media cannot deny, Trump is both savior and truth- as Trump pointed out, was his teller, with his Wharton degree commanding lead in a variety of an intellectual credential. national polls, including the re“I like that he tells it like he spected Des Moines/Bloomberg sees it,” said Jared Thomas, a poll released on Saturday. 21-year-old attendee who sported While the poll has him nara white “Make America Great rowly beating Cruz by five Again” hat. “He’s in the business percentage points in Iowa, world and I think that’s really 4 Trump noted one category where 3 3434 good.” SThe STSisT markedly behind: likability. When not targeting his He has the highest unfavorability

rating of any Republican candidate. “Can you believe it?” he said. Some disillusioned voters can. At Scooter’s Coffee House — a few miles from the school — I spoke to Jeff Hilborn, a Bernie Sanders supporter who nonetheless planned to attend Trump’s rally for the entertainment value. “It’s funny that the first politician I’m going to see isn’t even a politician,” he said. Hilborn doesn’t plan to caucus on Monday night because he will be busy transferring to a new job. The caucuses begin at 7 p.m. and generally involve a greater commitment from voters than traditional primaries. Voters must communally meet and voice support for candidates in a public setting, rather

than picking their name behind a closed ballot box. It’s a commitment that the Trump campaign is acutely aware it’s supporters, many of them first-time caucusgoers per the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll, may not follow through on. “You get one chance tomorrow to make a difference, don’t waste it on a wimp!” said Iowa State Co-Chair Tana Goertz, a former contestant on Trump’s reality television show, “The Apprentice.” Trump used his own unique form of motivation. “In Iowa, you have a lousy record: 16 years that you haven’t picked a winner,” he said. “Please pick a winner this time.” Photo Manager Carson Kahoe contributed reporting.

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Penn Women Speak and Seneca International have created safe spaces inclusive of all women on campus. Seneca International created Seneca Safe Space last fall for women of color.

Seneca Safe Spaces are put on two Tuesdays a month. The first is a topical collaboration with another group; the second is an experiential safe space where a Counseling and Psychological Services representative is present to help guide the discussion as students talk about their experiences as women of color

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Exorbitant lifestyle. Infamous interviews. A wealthy family who funded his debut as an entrepreneur. Portly, frequently-mocked physique. Lavish habits that are as fascinating as they are shameful to an entire country’s politics. And a Wharton graduate. Sound familiar? He’s not Donald Trump, but Malaysian tycoon Jho Low comes pretty close. It’s hard to say what he does exactly. His Twitter bio offers that he is the CEO of finance company Jynwel Capital, as well as a “global entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Investor” (with a capital I, a deliciously Whartonite detail). But what he is actually known for is his involvement in a corruption crisis that is currently rocking Malaysian politics. Low is accused of money laundering and fraud in his exorbitant real estate dealings, while partying it up in the United States with the likes of Paris Hilton. This corruption scandal goes all the way up to Prime Minister Najib Razak. He, Low and other government

members are accused of transferring money from the sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, which was recently found to be missing $4 billion. Low formed connections with Najib’s family when he met his stepson, Riza Aziz, as an undergraduate in London. The two are now involved in several ventures together, notably in Aziz’s production company Red Granite Productions. Low often talks about his experience in higher education in terms of networking. In fact, his entire account of his time at the University reads like the diary of the sceniest Wharton kid on campus, who probably lived in Domus and got involved with, like, 12 hedge funds. He took a semester off to start an investment fund with some well-connected friends. Before graduating, he was managing money for some of them. He talks a lot about the “key relationships” he formed as a student, particularly with people from prominent Middle East-

ern families who are now themselves entwined in the 1MDB scandal. Talk about a Wharton cliché. It almost seems as though the only difference between Trump and Low is where they’re from. Penn rhetoric about international students is often centered around the ideal of the “global leader,” an inspiring, if vague archetype. And for many international

made prominent alumni lists, but someone as infamous as Jho Low — with his lengthy profile in The New York Times and a notorious reputation back home — isn’t considered connected to the University in the same way. It alienates him in a frustrating way that we wouldn’t apply to other American alumni. Connections to Penn are a big deal. People are even concerned with Bill

. .. where do the global leaders all go? Why don’t we ever talk about them?” students, going to an Ivy League school does open the doors to a sparkling career. So where do the global leaders all go? Why don’t we ever talk about them? Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar and entrepreneur giant Anil Ambani are two who have

Cosby’s honorary degree — and he didn’t even go here. It’s strange that names and association play such a significant part of the Ivy League identity, but they do. It’s also true that U.S. politics are sensationalized and fascinating to people outside

the country, while the reverse isn’t as true. So while we all follow the unbelievable rise of Trump and shake our heads remembering that he once paced down Locust Walk, Jho Low isn’t a name discussed on any Penn platform. This week, Najib’s new attorney general cleared the prime minister of his charges, saying that the $700 million he was accused of taking was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family, and that most of this money has now been returned. It’s a weak statement against the torrent of questions and accusations that remain, but it means that the case is considered closed. The momentum from frenzied press coverage is fading. While Malaysians remain angry, pressure from the West wanes because none of it is really “connected” to us. Once you know Low is from Wharton, the satire seems to write itself. Maybe the most ironic and stereotypical scandal that Low has been involved in is the

funding for the blockbuster movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The production company behind the film was none other than Red Granite Pictures, and it too has come under fire of accusations of money laundering. The kicker? You can’t even watch the movie in Malaysia. While the spectacle of American politics unfolds for the world to see, Low and Najib’s antics are being forced under the rug and out of the international spotlight. Even if it’s happening far away amid many other global crises, we shouldn’t forget who Low is nor about his connection to Penn. Since we’re bowing our head in shame over Donald Trump, there’s no reason why Jho Low shouldn’t be condemned on campus as well. MEERABELLE JESUTHASAN is a College freshman essentially from Singapore, studying English and Cognitive Science. Her email address is jesum@ sas.upenn.edu. “You Speak English?” usually appears every other Monday.

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Two days ago, four Daily Pennsylvanian staffers landed in Iowa to cover the nation’s first election of the 2016 presidential race. Throughout February, we will send seven staffers to cover primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina, respectively. Starting Monday, all of our coverage on the campaign trail and about the election will be housed on one central blog, called DPolitics. As an organization, we have never shied away from travel. In fact, as recently as this winter, the DP used its travel budget to send two sports editors to Hawaii to cover Penn women’s basketball. With that said, covering the election will be perhaps

the most demanding coordinated travel effort that the DP has attempted in its history, both in terms of the logistics and resources required to pull it off. And it centers around a subject whose connection to Penn may seem, at first glance, tangential at best. Which begs the question from our readers: Why are we investing our time and resources in political coverage when we could be using them elsewhere? Let’s discuss the most obvious reason upfront — the enduring popularity of 1968 Wharton graduate and Republican candidate Donald Trump. Trump’s Penn connection is substantial, both as an alumnus and as a parent of

a currently-enrolled student. This is reflected in recent political discourse around campus, much of which is at least partially driven by

and into the national political landscape as a whole. As such, in our travels and in our political coverage as a whole throughout the next

... covering the election will be perhaps the most demanding coordinated travel effort that the DP has attempted in its history.” Trump’s controversial policies and actions. We view this connection as a golden opportunity to provide the university community with a gateway into the election

year, we will endeavor to provide the Penn community with objective multimedia reporting and occasional first-person accounts that focus on the election’s con-

nections to Penn and young people across the nation in particular. In doing so, and collecting our political coverage in one centralized blog, we hope to promote meaningful political discourse on campus. Ultimately, it’s always been a part of the DP’s mission to provide engaging and relevant content to the Penn community and provide staffers with meaningful experiences. That’s exactly what we’re doing here. The Daily Pennsylvanian is a nonprofit organization, independent from the University of Pennsylvania. However, the welfare of the Penn student population — between our staff and throughout the rest of campus — has always been the

COLIN HENDERSON driving force behind our decisions to allocate resources and coverage. Our decision to devote resources to cover the election is no exception. COLIN HENDERSON is the president of The Daily Pennsylvanian and a Wharton junior concentrating in finance and marketing from Nazareth, Pa.

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Phila. School rankings Penn-affiliated schools get top ranks CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter

The Penn Alexander School and Samuel Powel Elementary School were noted as among the top schools in the district according to the School District of Philadelphia’s School Progress Report. The report measures the school district’s performance and charter schools for the academic year. Every year, the District Performance Office presents the SPR, which allows the school district to track its students’ progress and see whether it is meeting certain standards. In addition, the report allows administrators to make evidence-based changes and maximize the impact of the school district’s resources on students. Instead of relying solely on test scores, the progress reports place more emphasis on student growth. The domains evaluated include performance and improvement on standardized assessments and school climate, which focuses on student attendance and retention. High schools are also evaluated on college and career readiness and post-secondary outcomes. Based on their scores, schools are then placed in one of four performance tiers to mark their current status for the year, with “model” being the highest achievable score followed by “reinforce,” “watch” and “intervene.” Only eight city schools attained “model” status, including the Penn Alexander School, which received a cumulative score of 83 percent. The University of Pennsylvania has a close relationship with the Penn Alexander School. Each year, the University gives Penn Alexander $1,330 per student. The Graduate School of Education provides student teachers for classrooms and professional development and workshops for the school’s staff. In addition,

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Penn students serve as interns and tutors at the Penn Alexander School. Powel received a “reinforce” status and earned an overall score of 65 percent. In addition, the elementary school was designated as a “peer leader,” which means Powel topped district rankings when compared to schools that educate similar populations. Betsy Rymes, a professor at GSE and director of the Riepe College House Mentor Program, believes one reason Powel is successful is because of its leadership. Despite its fiscal problems, Powel has been headed by strong and supportive leaders, including Principal Kimberly Ellerbee and Alexander Stone, director of school support at Drexel University. “Mrs. Ellerbee is no-nonsense and is extremely organized. She is really involved with the curriculum and school instruction. She runs a very tight ship,” Rymes said. “Her counterpart, Mr. Stone is really involved with school climate and working with the volunteers. His approach to working with kids makes the school a much better place.” GSE and Penn students also have a strong relationship with Powel. GSE sends interns and student teachers to Powel. Many Penn students also volunteer at Powel through the Riepe College House Mentor Program and

PennPals, a community-based mentoring program which pairs a Penn student with a Powel student. Jessica Lowenthal, director of Kelly Writers House and a Powel parent, believes that volunteers are crucial to Powel’s success. “The relationship with Drexel and the proximity to Penn helps because there is a ready population of student volunteers who are pitching in, along with parents, where they can,” Lowenthal said. “I think that is very helpful, especially in a school district suffering from a lack of people.” Even though Powel and the Penn Alexander School have strong scores, there is still work that needs to be done in the School District of Philadelphia. Out of the 300 schools graded, 80 percent of the schools fall into the district’s two lowest achievement categories. “I would like to see district level improvements. I think it would be great to have a nurse everyday of the week so that my daughter can get sick on days other than Thursday. I think it would be great to have teacheraids. I think it would fantastic to have class sizes that are commensurate to learning needs. It’s criminal to have 30 kids in one class,” Lowenthal said.

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Early Decision Round 1 and Early Decision Round 2. The Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at Penn Law, Renee Post, said that Penn Law “instituted Early Decision [Round] 2 a number of years ago at the request of applicants who couldn’t take the October LSAT and wanted to take the December test.” Penn Law releases its decisions on a rolling basis, but all early decision applicants will know by the end of January. Should Penn students choose to apply early decision? Todd Rothman, the senior associate director of Penn’s Graduate and Professional School Advising Unit and the Pre-Law advisor says that Penn “really has to be your first choice.” Early decision comes with a binding contract, and students forfeit the chance to compare financial aid packages. During the 2013-14 school year, around 219 Penn seniors and alumni applied to law schools. According to Rothman, this figure is lower than it

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“They have a relationship, so the conversation will flow nicely,” Wharton junior and SPEC Connaissace Director Caroline Wills said. “We got pretty lucky with Buzz. He is a Penn alum and he’s maintained his connection with Penn,” Pitofsky said. Bissinger spent an extensive amount of time interviewing Jenner both before and after her transition and has experience approaching the sensitive nature of topics that will come up in the discussion. “We want to talk about the hard issues and ask the difficult questions, but we want to address them in a way that is appropriate and effective to conducive conversation,” Wharton junior and SPEC Director Alex McClelland

was eight years ago. Do Penn students have an advantage in applying to Penn Law? “Penn Law School really likes Penn undergraduate students. They’re familiar with the rigor, they’re familiar with how challenging many of these courses are, they’re even familiar sometimes with professors. And because our university is one where all of the undergraduate and graduate schools are on the same campus, I think they view it as an advantage because if you are a good fit and really liked Penn as an undergrad, they believe you’ll probably be a good fit and like Penn for law school.” According to Dean Post, “Penn is our largest feeder institution.” Penn Law and Mr. Rothman “work really closely together so that Penn undergrads know the law school encourages them to apply,” he said. First-year law student Josh Spector mentioned how well Penn prepared him for law school. “Academically and socially, Penn Law is a different experience than Penn undergrad, but coming from Penn

undergrad definitely made for a smoother transition.” What makes a good application? Taking rigorous and upperlevel classes as an undergrad can also help prepare students for law school. “Taking classes where I was expected to read 300-400 pages of academic literature a week prepared me for the workload of law school,” Spector said. Rothman stressed the importance of academics, including how rigorous the students’ courses were as well as the number of upper-level classes ta ken. Students must also demonstrate involvement on campus and be “more than just a passive member” of organizations, Rothman said. Dean Post says the admissions team looks for “potential, curiosity, leadership, commitment, academic achievement and students who are committed to their community.” “My strong advice for the Penn community, is to work with Todd Rothman and his team to develop a strong application. Penn students are uniquely positioned with the resources available,” Post said.

said. Jenner was originally slated to be SPEC’s fall speaker, but due to her recent transition and publicity, she requested that her appearance be rescheduled for the spring. “We felt that it would still be something very relevant and it actually informed our fall semester event,” Pitofsky said, referring to the event where tennis star Serena Williams spoke in November as part of the annual SPEC Connaissance and SPECTrum series. Although both high profile speakers represent a lot to intersectional communities, McClelland believes that Jenner will stimulate more discussion. “While Serena was excellent and provided great content and thought, I think a lot of people were really just star struck by the fact that it was Serena,” McClelland said. “I think this event will lead to a lot of conversation about

a topical issue on our campus and in our society, which is definitely something we try to do as SPEC and SPEC Connaissance.” Students reacted extremely positively to the announcement. Within an hour of the announcement, more than 640 students said they were attending the event on Facebook, and another 620 said they were interested in it. “The fact that Caitlyn Jenner is coming to speak means that Penn students are taking a proactive approach to teaching our campus about the political and societal changes that America is currently facing,” said College freshman Sripad Kodukula. College freshman Libby Jardeleza echoed Kodukula’s sentiments, adding that she liked the pop culture appeal of Jenner. “She is a popular culture icon and not an academic, like typical speakers.”

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Penn LGBTQ leaders attend national conference Topics dicussed include minority issues CHLOE CHENG Staff Reporter

This year, five undergraduate and five graduate students affiliated with Penn’s LGBTQ community travelled 673 miles to attend the nation’s largest LGBTQ conference. Penn has been sending students to the Creating Change Conference in Chicago for years, with all expenses covered by alumni donations to the LGBT Center. In order to attend the conference, which lasted from Jan. 20 to 24, students had to submit a short statement describing why they should be chosen, what they hoped to gain from the conference and what they would be able to contribute to the LGBT community at Penn upon returning. This year, over 30 students applied. “It’s very innovative, it’s very rooted in social justice, and I think that by taking our students out of Penn and bringing them to

the conference, we get a lot back from it, but they also get a lot out of it,” LGBT Center Associate Director Rebecca Schept said. Many of the conference’s workshops and sessions focused on the challenges of identifying with multiple minority groups as well as the experiences of less well-represented populations. “There were a number of workshops that focused directly on LGBTQ-specific issues and very intersectional workshops that focused on Latino LGBT issues, Asian LGBT issues and black LGBT issues,” said College senior Chikezie Wood, co-founder of the Association of Queer International Students. “I thought it was beautiful because there were so many intersecting identities that were given space,” graduate student Maurice Jackson added. “Their narratives were given the space, time and love that the people in this community need and seek.” One of the events that resonated with Jackson was entitled “Black Feminism and the Movement for Black Lives”, a

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10 Penn students affiliated with Penn’s LGBTQ community travelled 673 miles to attend the nation’s largest LGBTQ conference.

discussion featuring activists Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett and Charlene Carruthers. The discussion encompassed the trans perspective within black feminism and offered three generations’ worth of different views on the black feminism and Black Lives Matter movements. The conference was not without controversy, however. Some people attending the conference felt that the invitation for the United States Immigration

and Customs Enforcement to speak violated their safe space. And a group of protesters spoke out against A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel organization which some accuse of “pinkwashing,” or using LGBTQ advocacy to turn the focus away from human rights disputes within Palestine. “I think that when there’s a space of healing, you have to realize that people are coming with scars and wounds and hurt and pain, and the smallest things

can be triggers,” said Jackson. Participants brought back a variety of new perspectives to apply to the Penn community. “I think that we need to appreciate our privilege and what that affords us,” Jackson said. “But when we step out of this campus and onto the street and we’re being activists and we’re interacting with regular people, we need to meet people halfway and realize that not everyone has that pool of knowledge.

It’s about educating each other because education is a shared experience.” Medical student Mark Meisarah believes that attending the conference with other campus leaders in the Penn LGBTQ community allowed everyone to get to know each other on a personal level, which will hopefully increase collaboration between different LGBTQ constituent groups in the future. Creating Change remains as relevant as ever to the LGBTQ community, even though the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality. “To say that the fight [for LGBTQ rights] is over disregards the rest of the community. The first step is marriage equality,” Jackson said. “Now how do we get equality for everyone else? How do we respect bisexual identities? How do we respect non-cis identities? How do we respect asexual identities? There are so many identities that fall under this umbrella. How do we gain respect and love for them?”

Penn group teaches students to balance work and life Wharton to apply new research to the student body NISHANT UPENDER Staff Reporer

Penn students often find themselves torn between commitments, trying to juggle classes, hobbies and relationships. Members of the Wharton Work/ Life Integration Project’s student advisory board hope to connect students to the quality of life research done by the project to foster self-actualization in the student body. WLIP is focused on helping students identify what their values are and educating students about

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forced to take evasive action due to a football-sized drone that passed within 10 feet of its right wing, according to a Washington Post report. Additionally, according to a December FAA report, pilot interaction with drones increased nationwide from 238 incidents to 740 in the first seven months. Drone use has also caused security concerns during highprofile public gatherings in Philadelphia. During the papal visit in September, the FAA issued an alert that designated Philadelphia as a “No Drone Zone” during the pope’s visit. “If you plan to attend any of the Papal visit events, please leave your drone at home,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a September 2015 statement. “Anyone flying a drone within the designated restricted areas may be subject to civil and criminal charges.” The Philadelphia local government has recently taken steps to embrace drone use by its local agencies despite the controversial incidents in the past year. Most recently, on Jan. 27, Philadelphia Controller Alan But kovitz a n nounced that his office had used a drone

healthier lifestyles on campus and beyond. Some of the recent events WLIP has put together include a panel about managing the emotional stress of On Campus Recruiting and a discussion about how students balance Greek life with schoolwork and other extracurriculars. WLIP hopes to foster an environment in which students feel comfortable sharing their experiences openly so that others feel less alone in their complications and concerns, Wharton senior and board member Leah Davidson said. The board also plans to bring in

speakers from companies ranked high on employee satisfaction and have their executives share strategies for promoting employee well-being. Wharton Work/Life Integration Project Director Stewart Friedman founded the project back in 1991 in order to study the balancing act of interests that people face everyday. The project — first among its peers — researches the best practices for balancing personal and career obligations. Friedman uses the insights from his research in his Coursera course, “Total Leadership,” which currently reaches over 135,000 people. The United States

Department of Labor has also used Friedman’s research on work-life balance. “I was really just starting to ask the question myself of what can we do to make the world one in which people care about their lives beyond their work, including their children as well as society, their bodies, their minds, their spiritual lives,” Stewart said. “How are we going to create an environment that supports the whole person?” The first step to finding personal fulfillment is visualizing your goals, Friedman said, adding that you should organize your motives in a hierarchy to help you better understand where you

should spend your time. The next step is to identify the people and groups that are most important to you. Friedman often refers to what he calls “total leadership,” which involves leading from the point of view of the whole person. “Personal leadership development helps you to clarify what matters to you, who matters to you and how to create meaningful change in your world,” Friedman said. Friedman’s final step to finding personal fulfillment is trying different methods of achieving your goals. “People [in the ‘Total

Leadership’ course] start to do experiments to try to change their world —experiments that are designed to make things better in all four parts of their lives: work, home, community and themselves,” Friedman said. Students can take advantage of Friedman’s research by participating in events planned by the WLIP’s student advisory board. “Recently we’ve tried to become more of an independent student organization and focus more on events that are relevant to students, looking at how we can make the themes of work-life integration pertinent to the student body,” Davidson said.

to provide the Department of Licenses and Inspections sky-high views of damaged properties, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer At Penn, student organizations — such as Penn Aerial Robotics and Penn Drones — have emerged to also promote the construction and experimentation of unmanned vehicles.

images and videos for commercial purposes must apply for an FAA Section 333 Exemption. One of the requirements for the exemption — having a pilot license — has created problems for business owners in Philadelphia. Matt Satell, the founder of Philly By Air, has had trouble with the quirky FAA requirement. His company has been hired by clients such as Temple University to take drone footage for commercial purposes. “The Section 333 Exemption is limiting in terms of what we are able to do,” Satell said. “It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense because piloting a drone is completely different from piloting a Cesna or anything like that. But those are the regulations currently on the books.” In December 2015, the FAA imposed a new rule requiring all recreational drone users to register their drones with the FAA and pay a $5 registration fee. Nearly 300,000 owners registered their small unmanned aircrafts in the first month, according to a Jan. 22 FAA press release. Experts expect the final FAA regulatory framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to be issued at some point in 2016. “We are waiting for the future regulatory framework to be set up and enacted, because

then we won’t have that pilot license requirement. That will allow us to do much more,” Satell said. The FAA’s delayed action in tackling regulatory issues at the federal level prompted local governments to propose their own solutions. Ph iladelph ia Mayor Jim Kenney — when serving in City Council — was one of the most outspoken proponents in favor of regulating drone use in Philadelphia. In 2014, the former Fels Institute of Government instructor proposed a bill “to regulate the use of unmanned

aircraft systems, and create penalties for improper use of said systems.” The bill died, however, in the Public Safety Committee. Randall Miller — local politics expert and St. Joseph’s University professor — emphasized the need for uniform federal regulation regarding drone use. “ D r o n e s m a nu fa c t u r e r s should argue for a uniform standard of regulation,” Miller said. “They don’t want many standards from different jurisdictions, it’s problematic.” T he FA A has tr ied to

dissuade local governments from overtaking the FAA’s jurisdiction of U.S. airspace as it could “severely limit the flexibility of the FAA in controlling the airspace and flight patterns, and ensuring safety.” Satell agrees with the FAA’s position and is optimistic of the upcoming regulations. “I think that there should be one set of rules governing the entire national airspace. It makes it much safer and easier to understand,” said Satell. “Like any new form of technology it takes society some time to get adjusted to it.”

Even Penn faculty are at the forefront of UAV innovation. Roboticist and the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Vijay Kumar, heads one of the leading labs that builds flying autonomous quadrotors with the potential of surveying everything from natural disasters to mapping the insides of radioactive buildings. Despite the frequency of drone incidents, the FAA has taken its time in formulating a nationwide regulatory framework to address these issues in the U.S. airspace. As of February 2015, the only guideline required from the FAA is for drones to fly below 400 feet, stay five miles away from airports, avoid flying near people or stadiums and that the aircraft not weigh more than 55 pounds. Com mercial drone users face further restrictions. Those wishing to use drones to collect

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Drones have become increasingly popular in the last year, and are even making their mark at Penn as groups like Penn Dronesand Penn Aerial Robotics emerge.

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opponents. Meanwhile, sophomore May Bethea lost in a tough contest to Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adam Krop. Despite these steep hurdles, the Red and Blue held an advantage after eight matches. In the battle of the 174-pound weight class, 17th-ranked Kent faced off with No. 14 Jonathan Schleifer. After trailing for the majority of the match, Kent would rally in the third frame, picking up eight of his 11 points and stealing the victory, 11-9, over Schliefer, whom he had lost to earlier in the season. Kentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two wins this weekend bring his record up to 19-4 on the season, just three away from his career high. After missing the previous season due to a back injury, the senior returned in 2015 with a vengeance and has wreaked havoc upon his opponents to date, success Kent attributes to â&#x20AC;&#x153;staying here over the summer and working hard all year.â&#x20AC;?

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In a sport where points earned can vary heavily from match to match, it is imperative to hold steady to the finish. Penn wrestling learned that lesson the hard way this weekend when strong starts but tough finishes against quality opponents doomed the Quakers in back-toback losses against Princeton and Rider. Heading into their dual with the Tigers (4-6, 1-0 Ivy) it was clear that Penn (3-3, 0-1) had their work cut out: Two of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top point producers, seniors Casey Kent and Lorenzo Thomas, were both matched with fellow top-20

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Senior Casey Kent continued his strong return from injury in 2015 with an 11-9 decision over No. 14 Jonathan Schliefer on Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Quakers, they would go on to lose control of the dual with decisive losses at the heavyweight and 125-pound weight classes. The team would start its Ivy League schedule with a negative result, just its fourth non-Cornell conference loss since 2003.

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That is not to say that the Quakers need to â&#x20AC;&#x153;reinvent the wheel,â&#x20AC;? according to coach Alex Tirapelle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much about remedying the situation,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought that was a pretty salty Princeton team. We were a little shorthanded, [we] had a couple guys out. I thought

weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d still be able to get it done and get the win. Hats off to them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they wrestled tough and squeezed it out.â&#x20AC;? Ready and raring to go again on Sunday, the Quakers started off strong against Rider (9-9, 4-2 EWL) with an impressive victory from Bethea followed by a major decision from Kent and a technical fall from Thomas, putting the score in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favor, 12-3. But Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory would be the last points the Quakers registered on the day, losing their final six matches and falling to the Broncs, 22-12. Some of the struggles for the Red and Blue as of late can be tied to injuries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including some of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cornerstones. After starting the season with seven in the top 25, they now boast only four top-20 ranked grapplers: Thomas, Kent, Bethea and senior C.J. Cobb. That quartet combined for a 6-2 record this weekend, picking up 21 of the

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teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 27 points over the two duals. Tirapelle is proud of the work of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centerpieces but notes that it is now up to the other six starters, and those who enter the lineup, to fill in the gaps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those guys are providing a good example. Those are our mainstays. Those are the guys who get it done day in and day out,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at the same time, there are 10 weight classes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a team competition. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be riding those guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coattails. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We appreciate their efforts, we appreciate when they can pick up bonus, but we have to be learning from them and everyone else has got to be contributing as well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a team sport. As much as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out there competing individually itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a team sport.â&#x20AC;? The Quakers will look to refocus their energy and pick up some wins on Saturday in an Ivy doubleheader with Brown and Harvard.

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Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; comprised of freshman Libby Jardeleza, junior Haley Wickham, freshman Nancy Hu and sophomore Kim Phan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finished in 1:46.35, which got the Red and Blue going strong. Senior Morgan Scott followed that up with a win in the 1,000yard freestyle in a time of 10:20.7, trailed closely junior Maddie Jardeleza with a finish of 10:39.36. In the 100 breaststroke, Penn also dominated the podium in the 200 fly where freshmen Madison Visco and Kelsey Prince combined with senior Annie McCotter to take the top three spots with times of 2:08.04, 2:08.78 and 2:12.17. On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side sweeps in the 1,000 free and 200 back highlighted an impressive performance for the Quakers Sophomore Taylor Uselis won the 1000 with a time of 9:31.49,

three new pool records SAM ALTLAND Sports Reporter

While Senior Day may have only been Saturday, that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop Penn swimming and diving from sending out their graduating class with a full weekend of success. On Friday evening, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team dispatched visiting West Chester, 164-125, while the women claimed a 185-101 victory. Less than 18 hours later, both squads were back in Sheerr Pool, this time against La Salle where the Quakers racked up 165-123 and 160-129 wins, respectively. Penn started off Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet in style, sweeping the first event of the day. In the 200-yard medley relay,

with seniors Bradley Wachenfeld and Brendan Crystal close behind, touching in 9:37.06 and 9:46.60, respectively. In the 200 back, senior Brian Foleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time of 1:54.46 was good for a first place finish, and sophomores Andrew Drummond and Uselis rounded out the top three. In one of his few events of the weekend, senior Eric Schultz sprinted back to take the lead after trailing heading into the last lap, winning the 200 free by .07 seconds in a time of 1:39.46. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meets like these are kind of what swimming is all about.â&#x20AC;? Eric Schultz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about days like today where we can go out and have some fun without all the built up pressure and get ready for our next stage of competition.â&#x20AC;? Rounding out the excitement on Friday was freshman Thomas

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teammates and supporters, before taking to their home pool to race one final time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nice to have the rest of the team recognize the seniors and the work we have done in our time here.â&#x20AC;? Siewert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we as a class have really focused on making every swim count, and trying to bring all the classes together, and in the end itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be recognized.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since after this race not all of us will be going to the same meets, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to have this one last time were we are all together,â&#x20AC;? McCotter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really is a celebration of the entire year, but also how close we are as a team.â&#x20AC;?

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Not to be outshone by the seniors, freshman Thomas Dillinger set a Sheerr Pool record in the 400-yard IM with a time of 3:57.53.

Seniors continued to dominate the day for the Quakers, first as McCotter took home the 1,000 free in 10:22.07, and Scott recorded another win on the weekend, claiming victory in the 200 free. On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side Swanson and Wachenfeld led the way in the 500 free finishing one-two. Swansonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time of 4:27.32 fell just short of knocking off yet another Sheerr Pool record. While the score sheets may reflect a great weekend for the Quakers, they were secondary on a day where it was the seniors themselves, and not the times they posted that were important. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The legacy of this class is easy to describe, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a commitment to hard work,â&#x20AC;? coach Mike Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They work hard every day, they represent their school with pride, and the men and women that are here are the right ones. They just do everything right, and they have been a joy to coach. â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just really proud of our whole class for sticking together through all four years and of all the hard work we have done.â&#x20AC;? Scott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing my teammates and my classmates swim fast is one of the best feelings in the world, and being celebrated today is amazing.â&#x20AC;?

the sparkling freshman impressed onlookers once again with a performance worthy of the No. 1 slot in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles ladder. After a hard-fought 6-4 win in the first set, the second set stood at 5-3 with Mautner one game away from a win. Zyhmantovich had the serve and was pounding the ball with immense power, but Mautnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return accuracy was giving him fits. After several long points, the score ran to 30-40, match point for Mautner. And what a point it was. Zyhmantovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serve sent Mautner sprawling to his right, out of the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boundaries. Mautnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return went across court, and Zyhmantovich confidently laced the ball down the opposite touchline. Despite being an unreachable shot for most players, Mautner raced to his left and dinked the ball over the net, sending Zyhmantovich racing forward. What happened next had every spectator in the arena glued to the rally. Zyhmantovich executed a perfect slice shot, placed delicately in the corner of the field of play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He hit a pretty good slice into the

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dominant night for Stipanovich, who finished the weekend with a combined 35 points, 30 rebounds and seven blocks. It was the continuation of a hot streak for the first team All-Ivy center, who has averaged 15.8 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game over her past six games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing the best basketball Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen her

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Sophomore Nicholai Westergaard claimed the rowdy atmosphere helped him secure one of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four singles wins on Saturday.

corner,â&#x20AC;? Mautner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if I could get there. It left me with no option but to go for the lob.â&#x20AC;? The lob over Zyhmantovich was too well struck for a return, and the crowd erupted into cheers. Game, set and match to Mautner. A win for the Quakers felt especially sweet after a week of determined training, as assistant coach Brian Ward pointed out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew what we needed to fix this week,â&#x20AC;? Ward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guys put in the extra time to tweak little

things, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to show.â&#x20AC;? Up next for the Red and Blue is Old Dominion, another contest that should be a barometer for how far the Penn squad has progressed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited for Old Dominion,â&#x20AC;? Mautner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be one of the toughest teams we play.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that our competition going forward will be good,â&#x20AC;? Ward added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to have to continue to play well and improve.â&#x20AC;?

play and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty good after the first two years,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The roll sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on right now ... sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really good.â&#x20AC;? Three games into the Ivy League season, Penn is perfect, though the 14-game tournament still has many more twists and turns to go. Princeton matched the Quakers this weekend in similar routs of Brown and Yale to improve to 2-1 in the league, while Cornell and Harvard also sit a game back of the Quakers with 3-1 records.

Next weekend will feature the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Ivy League weekend roadtrip of the season, as the team heads north to take on Harvard and Dartmouth and hopes to maintain its perfect conference record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone in our league can beat anyone,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only really worry about what we do, and if we compete hard and we defend hard, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to give ourselves a shot every time out whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at home or on the road.â&#x20AC;?

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GYMNASTICS | Squad

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So close. In their first home meet of the season, Penn gymnastics came within three-tenths of defeating West Chester, falling by a score of 190.875-190.600. The Quakers finished ahead of Centenary, who totaled a score of 186.350. The contest, which was originally scheduled to be a dual meet with Centenary, was changed to a tri-meet as one of West Chester’s early competitions this season was cancelled due to snow. Despite not walking away with a first-place finish, the Red and Blue had a very successful day. In front of a packed crowd in Rockwell Gymnasium, the team broke the 190-point barrier for the second time this season, falling just .025 points shy of its season high. “We put up a good fight, we

definitely finished strong, but we still just need to work on a couple things,” coach John Ceralde said. While the team approaches every meet the same, the fact that this meet was the first home meet of the season seemed to provide the gymnasts with a little extra energy and enthusiasm. “It was our third meet of the season, and being at home helps. The girls were pretty excited to be back home and compete,” Ceralde said. So far this season, the Quakers have struggled out of the gates at each of their competitions, posting their lowest event scores on the first event. However, this was not the case on Sunday, as the Quakers began the day on the vault with a solid team score of 47.500. Sophomore Ally Podsednik led the way for the the Red and Blue, earning third place in the event with a score of 9.650. “It’s always good to start off on the right foot, it was a strong showing and we did well,” Ceralde said. Penn also saw a sizable

improvement in their scores on the beam. The team total on the beam was 47.750, and several gymnasts improved upon their scores from previous meets. Juniors Kelly Tan and Rachel Graham both tallied scores of 9.775, which was good enough for two second-place finishes and a new personal record for Tan in the event. “I think all of it was definitely an improvement, everyone is just trying to keep that great attitude, stay in the moment, and focus on each skill one at a time, and they did that,” Graham said. The team also set a new season high on the uneven bars with a team score of 47.325. Sophomore Kyra Levi and senior Morgan Venuti finished second and third in the event with scores of 9.725 and 9.650, respectively. The last event for the Quakers was the floor, where they continued to post their best event scores. The team received a total event score of 48.025, and Levi took home second place in the event with a 9.750. Furthermore, severa l

freshmen stepped into the lineup and performed well, a strong indicator of success to come. In addition to Morgan Hunker, who has been in the lineup for all three meets, Alberta Massey and Nicole Swiribalus were in the lineup made their debuts at the meet. Massey earned a 9.350 on the vault while Swiribalus received a 9.55 on the bars. “The idea was just to get them some experience, and they stepped up, and we’re pretty excited about their future,” Ceralde said. Graham agreed with Ceralde’s sentiment. “It’s great to see the new blood coming in and stepping up for sure, and we just want to see that keep going,” she added. With several important weeks on the schedule in the next few weeks, the Quakers strong effort on Sunday is a promising sign for positive things to come. As long as the team remains consistent, they should be in good position to defend their Ivy League title and contend for the conference championship.

ALEX FISHER | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

With a score of 9.650 on vault, sophomore Ally Podsednik took third on the event, helping propel the Red and Blue to a second-place finish.

Mixed results in final bouts before Ivy Championships FENCING | Men’s squad

undefeated in Indiana TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor

The final tune-up before the battle for the Ivy League saw Penn fencing pitted against some of the best the rest of the nation has to offer. The Red and Blue trekked to South Bend, Ind., on Saturday to compete in the Northwestern Duals. On the men’s side, the No. 3 Quakers dominated, going 5-0. For the men, the highlight of the day was a thrilling 14-13 win over their hosts, No. 2 Notre Dame. It was the Quakers’ second win over the Irish this season. Penn also notched its second win over No. 7 Ohio State,

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the scouting report, so that definitely helped out,” Sherrod said of Nelson-Henry. “We’ll definitely see him next time, so we have to be ready for that.” Donahue’s squad didn’t have to wait long for a shot at redemption, as the Quakers headed to Brown in a battle of the Ivy League’s last two winless teams the following evening. However, 26 points and eight rebounds from Brown center Cedric Kuakumensah proved too much for Penn in a thrilling 89-83 win for Brown. “They had some older kids

16-11, while sweeping the unranked trio of Stanford (a 15-12 victory), UC-San Diego (21-6) and Air Force (18-9). “The men’s team this season, we’ve practiced hard, worked hard, we’ve trained hard and we have pretty good fencers,” coach Andy Ma said. “So last weekend we struggled a little bit because we played a lot of (powerhouse) teams, but we still won. We won but it was very close.” Freshman Justin Yoo had a dominant day on epee, going 12-3, while sophomore Zsombor Garzo went 11-3. Ma was particularly pleased with the performance sophomore Jake Raynis, who went 8-4 on epee. Senior Shaul Gordon came up big for the saber squad with an 11-3 record, while sophomore John Vaiani’s 9-3 record led the foil crew.

On the women’s side, the No. 9 Quakers had a rougher go of it, beating Stanford (16-11) and Air

that have played with each other for a long time, so when it came to crunch time, they knew what they had to do,” Donahue said. “We’re obviously still trying to figure out where we’re trying to go.” With Nelson-Henry absent, the stage was set for Brown (6-12, 1-3) to use Kuakumensah to attack Penn’s interior, but the center instead connected on three three-pointers in the game’s first four minutes to help the Bears jump out to an early 11-5 lead. Penn wouldn’t fall too far behind, as a breakout performance from reserve big man Max Rothschild allowed

the team to stay alive. As the 6-foot-8 freshman began to dominate on the offensive glass, he wound up with 12 first-half points en route to a career-high 18, helping Penn cut the deficit to 46-45 entering the half. “[Max] is a guy that really came of age today,” Donahue said. “Going up against the Ivy League all-time leading shot blocker and taking it right to him.” Behind a scoring burst from Matt Howard, who led Penn with 20 points despite a rough 8-for16 performance from the foul line, the Quakers’ lead grew as large as six points early in the second half, but the Bears soon

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(19-8) and unranked UC-San Diego (14-13). The women were led by freshmen Katherine Khaw, who finished 10-6 on sabre, and Naomi Popkin, who went 9-9 on foil. Sophomore Stephanie Wolf led the way on epee with 8 wins. “The women’s team had a couple [of] good fencers that did not go. We have a few girls who were sick or had small injuries,” Ma said. “Next week will be the Ivy Championship, so we were very conservative, we pulled some good fencers out.” The Northwestern Duals were the final meet before those Ivy League Championships, which will be played this coming weekend at Cornell. Ma is optimistic the men’s team will build on what has been a strong season so far. “We are very strong this year,

but we have to perform well. We have a chance to win the Ivy. So far, there are three or four strong teams. Columbia is ahead of us because they won the NCAA Championship last season and this year have the #1 ranking. And Harvard and Princeton are always strong. So we have to perform well.” The women finished second last year, but Ma kept his expectations grounded. “Last year we had a couple superstars graduate. This year we’re still a relatively young team, so hopefully we can maintain top three, top four for this season. That’s our goal.” The Quakers will go up against all seven of their Ancient Eight foes this weekend in the roundrobin frenzy that determines the Ivy champion. The stiff competition will be nothing new.

responded with a 22-6 run led by Kuakumensah and point guard Tavon Blackmon (23 points, 10 assists). “We didn’t guard well tonight, but we’re so young, guys are trying their hardest and try to do things maybe they can’t do,” Donahue said. “Honestly, I feel this is the fourth or fifth game where we didn’t make foul shots in a game where I thought we outplayed the opponent.” With the help of Howard’s consistent penetration and another strong shooting effort from freshman guard Jackson Donahue — who scored 17 points — the Quakers quickly clawed back into it, taking an 81-80

lead on an assist from Howard to Rothschild. “I can’t say enough about Matt Howard’s performance; I thought he was the best player on the floor,” Donahue said. “[As for Jackson,] he’s maturing as a player — I think he’s going to be a guard that’s more than just a shooter — and he’ll make decisions like you saw tonight.” Penn continued to battle, but the Quakers struggled to stop Brown — which went 13-for-24 from downtown — late, as the Bears seized an 86-83 lead after Rothschild fouled out. Penn got one last opportunity, but Jones’ three-point attempt off a phenomenal Howard feed

fell just short, as Brown secured possession and took care of business at the foul line to clinch the tight victory. Still winless in Ivy League play, the Quakers will host Harvard and Dartmouth next weekend. Although attrition has harmed Penn in more ways than previously thought conceivable, Saturday’s showing by the freshman class seems to be a silver lining in the program’s prospects moving forward. “It feels nice [to have success], but we lost, so it’s not the best feeling,” Rothschild said. “We’ve got two at home next weekend, so we’re excited for that.”

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Freshman Justin Yoo, who finished 12-3 on epee, and the rest of Penn men’s fencing were unstoppable on Saturday, going 5-0 as a team.

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Two meets, two wins apiece for the men and women of Penn swimming and dive.

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M. TENNIS | Quakers even on

season through four matches JACOB SNYDER Associate Sports Editor

It was a much-needed turnaround. Following a disappointing trip to Seattle last weekend that produced losses to both East Tennessee State and Washington, Penn men’s tennis was in desperate need of a spark to kick-start a season full of expectations and promise. In Saturday’s match at the Hecht Tennis Center against Middle Tennessee State, they got just that. A 5-2 victory for the Red and Blue (2-2) advances them to .500 on the season while preparation for the Ivy League schedule continues. The atmosphere felt different in the facility right from the start. With a raucous crowd in attendance to see the Quakers take on the Blue Raiders (2-2), the energy was right behind Penn with every serve and return. “We got into it early today,” sophomore Nicholai Westergaard said. “The energy was higher than usual, it definitely helps get the adrenaline flowing.” Westergaard was one of four Penn players — joining freshman Kyle Mautner, junior Matt Nardella and senior Blaine Willenborg — to win their singles match on the day, the most since the opening weekend 7-0 sweep of Navy. These four wins coupled with the ever-important doubles point to begin the meet added up to one thing: an emphatic Penn triumph. Doubles matches had been a point of inconsistency for the Red and Blue, but the the reliable pairing of Westergaard and senior Austin Kaplan- undefeated in three matches together this season- had been a bright spot for the Red and Blue. However, when the duo dropped its doubles match 6-4 on Saturday, the Quakers could have easily become disheartened. Instead, the other two doubles teams of junior Thomas Spratt/Willenborg and Mautner/ Nardella pulled off key 7-6 and 6-3 victories to secure the doubles point for Penn. As singles play began, all eyes were on Mautner. The Greenwich, Conn., native has been a revelation during his first season in University City, featuring strong performances in every match leading up to Saturday’s contest. Against Middle Tennessee’s top player of senior Dima Zyhmantovich, Mautner had his work cut out for him. However, SEE M. TENNIS PAGE 8

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YALE 81 59 PENN M. HOOPS | Freshmen step

up as injuries hamper Penn COLE JACOBSON Associate Sports Editor

All season long, first-year Penn basketball coach Steve Donahue’s mantra has been simple: “We’re trying to build this into a championship program.” On Friday night, he may have gotten a first-hand view of one. Behind dominant performances

from senior forwards Brandon Sherrod and Justin Sears, the first-place Bulldogs pulled away from the Red and Blue late in a comfortable 81-58 win on Friday before the Quakers fell to Brown, 89-83, on Saturday. “Yale is a terrific basketball team, with guys who can compete at a very high level,” Donahue said. “We did a good job competing physically for the most part, but we’re just not there yet.” Yale (13-5, 4-0 Ivy) jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead, as the matchup seemed set to be the blowout that was expected. But the Quakers (6-11, 0-3)

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wouldn’t lay down flat, as a strong shooting performance from Sam Jones helped the Red and Blue trim the lead to two at 31-29. However, just as Penn was threatening to take its first lead, the experienced Yale squad squashed the momentum. Sears began to dominate inside, spearheading a 10-2 run that put Yale back up by double digits going into the break. When Sears was removed from the game with foul trouble, Penn seemed primed to chip at the deficit, but the exact opposite scenario panned out.

Led by Sherrod, who finished with 19 points on 7-for-7 shooting, the Bulldogs managed to go on a 15-5 run without their superstar before coasting in the final minutes. Adding to Penn’s troubles in the paint were the absences of big men Darien Nelson-Henry (ankle) and Mike Auger (nose), who only played a combined nine minutes on Friday night before both missing Saturday’s tilt. “He’s a load, we talked about him in SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 9

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ALEX GRAVES | DESIGN EDITOR

Junior forward Sydney Stipanovich continued her dominating season, putting up two more doubledoubles and helping Penn to a 3-0 Ivy start with a combined 35 points and 30 rebounds on the weekend. SEND STORY IDEAS TO DPSPORTS@THEDP.COM

Dominant. There aren’t too many better words to describe Penn women’s basketball’s weekend. Coming off of a disheartening loss to Villanova, the Quakers rebounded en route to a 68-49 victory over Yale and a 66-49 win over Brown. Penn (14-3, 3-0 Ivy) parlayed strong defensive effort into success on the other end in both games, stifling its opponents to a combined 33 percent shooting. Friday’s rout of Yale (11-10, 2-2) was coach Mike McLaughlin’s 100th win with the Red and Blue. The honor was just another in an already long list for McLaughlin, who earned his 500th career victory as a

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head coach earlier this season. “He’s a great coach and that just shows how great a coach he is,” junior captain Sydney Stipanovich said. “He works hard each and every day to get us better and it’s awesome for him, we’re really excited.” Early on, Penn’s game against Yale was anything but certain. The two teams battled back and forth through the 13 minutes, before the Quakers gained separation with a 10-0 run to take an 11-point lead with 5:18 to play in the second quarter. From there, the Red and Blue never looked back. 13 second-half points from sophomore guard Anna Ross helped put away the Elis, who trailed by 24 with 1:29 to play. Ross finished with 16 points, six rebounds and six assists in one of her stronger games of the season. “I loved their energy, I loved their aggressiveness,” McLaughlin said.

“We hung in there, we really played solid defensively the entire night.” Against Brown (12-6, 0-4), Penn jumped out to a much quicker start. Despite falling behind 7-5 early in the first quarter, the Quakers put together one of their most effective stretches of basketball all season, keying a 38-7 run to jump out to a 43-14 lead with 5:57 to play in the third. The run featured a nearly nine-minute scoreless stretch for the Bears as Penn stifled Brown on every one of its attempts. The Bears mounted a slight rally late in the fourth quarter, scoring 13 points in the final four minutes against Penn’s bench, but it was too little too late. Brown guard Jordin Alexander led the team in scoring with 19 points, but struggled early on, with only four points coming in the first half. In the end it was another SEE W.HOOPS PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640