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Alumni interviews receive mixed reviews The University hopes to offer alumni interviews to 100 percent of applicants in coming years CLARE CONNAUGHTON & CAROLINE SIMON Staff Reporters

Senior soccer athlete looks to pursue passion for acting after graduation

While the Admissions Office continues to work towards its goal of interviewing 100 percent of applicants, the effectiveness of the program remains unclear. In 2012, only 51 percent of applicants received an alumni interview during the admissions process. Last year, 86 percent of applicants were reached, and this year — which the Admissions Office named its deadline for interviewing every applicant — the numbers are expected to reach an all-time high, though finalized data is not yet available. The alumni interviewers themselves are generally supportive of the program, although their feedback can be subjective. Lisa Haywood Meiselman, a 1991 College graduate and 1997 MBA recipient, became an interviewer to reconnect with her alma mater. “I just wasn’t that connected to the school anymore, and I wanted a way to stay connected and contribute something,” she said. “This was my way of giving back.” Although interviewers are required to take educational steps before interviewing applicants, each approaches the interview uniquely. For the most part, Meiselman avoids submitting negative

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On a cold night at Rhodes Field, Mariano GonzalezGuerineau took the field for one final game with Penn men’s soccer. It was the end of a successful career, but the beginning of a new opportunity for the senior. Soccer had been the focus of Gonzalez’s life for the past four years. After all, it’s why he’d come to Penn in the first place. Born in Argentina, the sport had been a part of his life from a young age, and in high school in Beverly Hills, Calif., it became apparent that he would continue into college. But just before he came to Philadelphia, Gonzalez stumbled upon another passion: acting. “It’s definitely something that came to me. I was fortunate enough and it came out of nowhere,” Gonzalez said of how he got into acting. “I wasn’t looking for it. In the process, I really found something that ignited a little spark in me.” The Perfect Role During Gonzalez’s senior year of high school, he was cast in the short film “Underprivileged.” In it, he played a young man who receives a scholarship to play soccer in the United States but learns he’s an illegal immigrant. Gonzalez’s uncle, Rafael Lanus, produced the film as part of a directing program at UCLA and built the story somewhat around his nephew’s life. “I was thinking about how things were going in his life and then I take my car to this mechanic [...] and he’s telling me about his daughter — who was deported [for living in the country illegally],” Lanus, who works primarily as a photographer, said. “I was listening to his story [...] and I thought well maybe I should combine both stories.“

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A Year of Crimes: 2014 in Review

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A look at the most notable crimes and campus security breaches of 2014 DAVID CAHN Staff Reporter

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Student calls for increased security in Quad

2014 was a busy year for criminals and the Penn police officers that fight them. From the murder at Copabanana to a crime spree that ended in a student arrest on 14 counts of burglary, last year saw a number of high-profile incidents. Behind the scenes, policing technology and undercover work by plainclothes cops helped catch many perpetrators and prevent violence — including a potential homicide. Murder at Copabanana On Tuesday, April 15, 31-year-old Timothy Cary was shot and killed outside of Copabanana on 40th and Spruce streets. Penn Police responded to the scene, apprehending 26-year-old Corey Gaynor, who was later positively identified by several witnesses and subsequently charged with murder. Gaynor’s pre-trial conference will be held on Feb. 18. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush attributes Penn Police’s quick response time to vigilance by her officers. PennComm dispatchers operate PTZ cameras, which allow

With recent break-ins, Wharton freshman wants more surveillance cameras ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

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In the wake of the Jan. 24 Quadrangle break-ins, Wharton freshman Christine Esserman calls for a higher level of security surveillance within the Quad. Esserman is one of three residents in the second room broken into by another Quad resident.

We are, to some degree, deprived of the normal mechanisms which compel us to challenge ourselves and grow as individuals.”

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student population as being 47 percent Asian. “He asked if I thought it was unfair that Asian kids got to go to these schools,” Cirone said, adding that she was taken aback by the interviewer’s comment. “And then he showed me the ratio of black and Hispanic kids, and he was like, ‘How do you propose to fix this problem of having so few black and Hispanic kids?’” Cirone also explained that her interviewer expressed frustration after she told him that she was a recruited athlete. “He said ‘Well then, you’re wasting my time because I don’t need to interview you,’” she said. Although interviews do not play a significant role in admissions decisions, Director of the Alumni Interview Program Patrick Bredehoft emphasized their importance. “We see the role of the interview in terms of what the admissions office gets to learn about the applicant as spice to the soup,” he said, citing interviews as the “one place in the application that’s totally unfiltered.” Alumni interviews also help to sell Penn to prospective students. “The single best advertisement we can have about Penn comes from our alumni,” Bredehoft said. Even early decision applicants, who have already demonstrated their commitment to Penn, participate in alumni interviews. “There’s nothing wrong with stoking a fire that’s already burning,” Bredehoft added.

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reports of students. “It’s so hard to be negative because you’re sitting across from a live person, and they’re so hopeful,” she said. Like Meiselman, 1998 College and Wharton graduate Alison Berkowitz Prout became an interviewer to reconnect with Penn. Prout said that she uses the interview to discover something about the applicants that could not be learned from simply reading their files. “I always try to pull out of them something that wouldn’t otherwise be in the application,” she said. Prout also believes that interviews provide alumni with a “nice and readily available way to offer their time to Penn,” she said, adding that she does not freely praise applicants. “I don’t only write positive or glowing reviews when I do it,” she said. Despite the positivity expressed by the Admissions Office and interviewers themselves, many students have mixed feelings about the alumni interview experience. College sophomore Alex Cirone recalls a negative interview experience with a Penn alumnus who challenged her over the demographics of her high school. Cirone, who is white, attended Hunter College High School in New York City. At the beginning of her interview, the interviewer handed her a New York Times article which listed Hunter’s

Although not every Penn student has a positive interview experience, Penn does not systematically collect feedback on alumni interviews. Currently, students who would like to report about the quality of their experiences must directly contact the admissions office. Other students, however, found their interview experiences to be generally positive. College freshman Caitlin Howell said that her interview ran 45 minutes over schedule and only ended when her interviewer remembered that there was another applicant waiting. Regular decision applicant for the Class of 2019 Branden Bateman enjoyed his interview as well. “It didn’t feel like it was an interview, but just chatting with a friend,” he said. However, applicants have experienced issues with their interviewer not having answers to some questions about Penn. Regular decision applicant for the Class of 2019 Bryce Fender said that when he asked his interviewer whether he could pursue a dual degree even though he had only applied to Wharton, his interviewer did not have an answer. Interviews also provide essential information about what to expect at Penn. Fender said the most interesting part of his interview was his interviewer’s reassurance of the social scene at Penn. “He told me that I’d have a hell of a good time at Penn and that the parties were great,” he said.

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Doug Oliver throws hat in the ring The Democrat is up against four others in mayoral race DAN SPINELLI Staff Reporter

On Saturday, Philadelphia’s mayor’s race will formally welcome its newest candidate. According to a press release sent out this week, Doug Oliver is set to officially enter the ring on Saturday. He will announce his candidacy at the Flying Horse Center in Germantown. Oliver served as Mayor Michael Nutter’s press secretary from January 2008 to September 2010. Oliver then became the vice president of marketing and corporate communications at city-owned utility Philadelphia Gas Works, a position he held until earlier this month. His resignation from PGW came with controversy. While still a PGW employee, Oliver starred in a television advertisement for PGW’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. As a prospective candidate, Oliver’s appearance in a publicly funded advertisement

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Early predictions disfavor Oliver’s chances due to his close association with the Nutter administration. After two terms with Nutter as mayor, voters will likely desire a shift in administrative practices. Furthermore, Oliver appears politically inconsistent to voters. Oliver registered as a Republican in 2010 but changed his party affiliation to Democrat in 2012. With Philadelphia’s last nine mayors being Democratic, Oliver’s move appears less an ideological shift in his beliefs and more a pragmatic way to increase his appeal to a majorly Democratic electorate. Oliver also lacks name recognition among city voters and support from Philadelphia’s Democrats, who have mostly aligned with Williams, Kenney and Abraham. Saturday should provide a barometer for which i s s u e s Oliver will focus on in the election.

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prompted calls for an ethics violation. Former City Councilman Jim Kenney, another mayoral candidate, remarked to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “You don’t get free face time on the rate-payer’s dime. It’s not complicated.” While appearing in the advertisements, Oliver had an exploratory committee consider a run for mayor. He said that he had appeared in similar advertisements in past years. Only days after Kenney made a formal complaint, Oliver resigned from his post at PGW. Oliver denied being forced out, and he cited Philadelphia’s “resign to run” rule as reason for his departure. The “resign to run” policy prevents public employees from running for public office while still employed by the city. Oliver’s announcement on Saturday will pit him against state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, former District Attorney Lynne Abraham, former City Solicitor Nelson Diaz and Kenney, whose accusations against Oliver will almost certainly be readdressed during the campaign.

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Wharton announces new Senior Fellow Former White House aide to join Wharton staff BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

Penn’s newest Senior Wharton Fellow is coming to Penn straight from the White House. Special Assistant to the President and White House Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation Jonathan Greenblatt can now add Senior Wharton Fellow to his repertoire. Greenblatt will come to campus a few times a month for the remainder of the academic year to lecture as part of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. He spent the last twenty years starting and scaling companies, working in public services and developing nonprofits. Greenblatt co-founded Ethos Brands — which launched Ethos Water, a product now owned and sold by Starbucks — and founded All for Good, an online platform that aggregates volunteer opportunities to increase the number of Americans participating in community service. Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Wharton management professor Katherine Klein knows Greenblatt both personally and professionally and asked him to come to Wharton when she found out he would be leaving the White House to lead the Anti-Defamation League. “Jonathan has had an extraordinary social impact career,” Klein said. “He was an early-stage entrepreneur using the for-profit business strategies to spin off huge contributions to children around the world. He is someone who can speak to all kinds of different [social impact] strategies and is in a terrific position to comment on social impact trends, opportunities and best practices.” Greenblatt said he is excited to explore the opportunities of social impact in an academic setting. “Wharton has been doing important work in social impact in the past few years,” he said. “When Katherine proposed [coming to Wharton], it was an exciting idea for me, coming out of the White House.”

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Greenblatt will speak to students about a number of topics under the umbrella of social innovation, including impact investing, social entrepreneurship and financial innovation. On Jan. 14, Greenblatt lectured in Klein’s undergraduate-level “Knowledge for Social Impact” class, offering a taste of his future presentations. He not only spoke to the students about his interest in social impact and his contributions to the field, but also discussed intertwining both policy and business in creative ways to make the greatest impact. Wharton and College junior Sarah Baldinger, who is studying business economics and public policy and political science, has done a lot of policy research at Penn. “I found it very interesting to see how he has interacted with the public, private and non-profit sectors and to see how many ways someone can make a difference,” Baldinger said. College and Wharton senior Morgan Motzel has an extensive background in social impact and plans to enter the field after graduation. Motzel was impressed by Greenblatt’s speaking style and how he interacted with the students. “He wanted to know every student in the class and why we were interested in social impact,” Motzel said. “He really tailored what he spoke about to what we were interested in and wove in answers to our questions throughout his talk.” “The discussion was very inclusive,” Motzel added. “I felt like he really respected our opinions. He felt like a very, very experienced peer.” When asked about Greenblatt’s lectures later in the semester, both Baldinger and Motzel said they would love to hear more of his message. As for Greenblatt, he was highly impressed by the students. “You have a very engaged, very intelligent and wellprepared body of students who have a sense of their place in the world,” he said. “It’s exciting to see what I can teach them and what I can JONATHAN gain from them.” GREENBLAT

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OPINION The new era of civil disobedience

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e tend to lose focus as our perceptions of reality become skewed when tragedies twist within the wavelengths that our nightmares unravel. What seems to be a massacre of American citizens by those paid royalties to serve and protect such citizens puts us in denial of what our nation describes as its “values for the good of the people” and holds us in sheer angst at the theoretical dystopia that our futures hold. These sentiments are not only for what our antagonists have gotten away with in abusing and murdering those who do not pose a threat, but also toward how much more they can get away with, knowing that wearing a badge — for the most part — constitutes invincibility from charges. We feel helpless, because with countless efforts to fulfill the always audible plea for equality and the protection of natural rights, we are no more than “race-baiters” and an

unsettling cacophony to misinformed audiences. But I’d like to state that an individual shooting an unarmed individual does not sound like race-baiting, but rather a violation of one’s humanity. I am unsettled by the fact that an unarmed black man is

the faint silence are loud cracks of pistols as the corpse of the line leader falls and inherits the ground they walk. Nowadays, it often seems like many of us are just waiting for Rev. King to rise from his grave to recite one more edifying speech, all in hopes to deliver us from our

will eventually succumb to the limitations of human life and no longer be able to march alongside future generations. The latter indicates that we must no longer delay social progression in anticipation for another martyr, because we are a new generation and we cannot rely

Black men essentially are in a dimly lit room, walking in a single-file line in accordance with the life expectancy of each individual, and within the faint silence are loud cracks of pistols as the corpse of the line leader falls and inherits the ground they walk.” killed every 28 hours. When put into perspective, that gives ordinary men like myself only a little more than a day from the last victim to regretfully enjoy the merits of being alive until they face the projected probability of their fates. Black men essentially are in a dimly lit room, walking in a single-file line in accordance with the life expectancy of each individual, and within

pains once again. As such a vivid dream as that is, it is a dream deferred when the cravings for justice have no patience fo those who remain hungry. We must realize that leaders of civil rights movements are as human as we are — that we are as capable of speaking out, resisting unlawful practices and leading movements as they were and, more importantly, that they

solely on our predecessors for the salvaging of our people. For instance, it becomes a problem if black people are waiting on President Obama — believing him to be a Christ-like savior of some sort — to lift his finger to anoint them with the waters of a utopian complex upon which blacks are given a key to escape the room of systematic oppression, whilst blaming him for not

readily doing so, without realizing the most powerful man in this nation is, himself, limited by the doctrines by which he was elected. Not to say it is a problem to submit grievances to our president, but that there is one to think that he can change everything so easily without the progressive activity of the people under his service. The concept of “waiting” has become the crux of accepting defeat with the delusion that reluctance from taking action will lead to good measures, which will never be the case in American society. For any person that holds authority who abuses his or her position of power, it is of utmost importance that the people do not cower and accept unjust values because they believe themselves to be helpless. We are in a new age of old values, where with technological advances we have more opportunities to not only replicate but advance the reformist ideals of the past. It is important that we stay informed

THE VISION about these issues as they pertain to us and have the necessary applications built from our awareness. Continue to march, continue to debate and continue to keep noise levels high. Speak for a cause, and spread the message: “The people will not be silenced.”

TAYLOR HAMILTON is a College freshman from Melville, NY. His email address is taylorhxx@gmail.com. “The Vision” is a space for unfiltered minority voices and appears every Tuesday.

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ouis Menand, in his New Yorker article “Live and Learn,” tackles the question of the purpose of American college education. That’s easy, we might say, but when we are left to contemplate this question, something ostensibly self-evident turns out to veil an intricate issue. Menand himself proposes a “democratic” theory of the ideal college education — a sort of coming-of-age experience designed to, by socializing students, provide the template for thinking like an adult while simultaneously cultivating our independence and critical faculties. This conception of college is presented in contrast to the far less romanticized views of college as primarily a sorting hat intended to shuffle you onto the right career track or, alternatively, as a time chiefly to acquire a specific set of skills applicable in a certain profession. Menand’s favored theory is well-received by many of us, but it also leaves

the question: For how many of us does it ring true? A problem is that at institutions like Penn, its Ivy League peers and other oftenproclaimed guiding stars of American higher education, the infatuation with success has a disadvantageous backside. As students, we are not only ex-

illusion of success, where it’s not about the inherent worth of a commitment, but its face value, that ultimately counts. In the academic sphere of college life, grade inflation and mandatory attendance are just two examples of hand holding. If you do not have the discipline yourself, the reasoning goes, points for at-

We are, to some degree, deprived of the normal mechanisms which compel us to challenge ourselves and grow as individuals ….” pected to succeed, but we are in a sense not even allowed to not succeed. Academically, professionally and socially we are surrounded by an overabundance of paths to reach “success.” Often this is not so much the kind of success as we would traditionally see it, but rather a passable

tendance will ensure you attend class. In the professional domain, if there isn’t an appropriate internship, you can be sure there is some opportunity to do something else which has a nice enough ring to it — no matter how little it may inherently benefit you. As long as success points

can be gained, that is. Likewise, who needs social skills when you can fill up an entire week with social events funded by the university? “Success,” to many, is after all not only about your resume, but your social life as well. The crowning piece of this reality is inevitably the student culture which impels us to be content with this type of “success.” After all, both “hards” in “work hard, play hard” can be all about it. Worse yet, perhaps, is that this child-safe environment impedes the very development of the independent adult we seek in the ideal college education. It should not be surprising that, in an environment where we can nearly sign up for success at any corner; where we, to a large extent, can avoid demands for diligent efforts; where risktaking is often unnecessary and where situations in which we legitimately need to challenge ourselves are few; self-reliance is not exactly bred with stag-

gering success. We are, to some degree, deprived of the normal mechanisms which compel us to challenge ourselves and grow as individuals, as we, to be hyperbolic, chase illusory success at a four-year summer camp. Far from reiterating the sentiments like those of William Deresiewicz’s infamous New Republic article “Don’t Send your Kid to the Ivy League,” I do believe that students at institutions like Penn are doing incredible things in their academic, professional and social lives, and that we are not, in fact, sheep. The point that I am hoping to make, however, is that we are in a system which has become too much about comfort and safety, however desirable these may be, to the detriment of personal development and opportunities to challenge ourselves. Here I talk not of challenging ourselves in terms of having a heavy course load or balancing a commitment to a dozen of different activities and

OSCAR A. RUDENSTAM clubs, but rather that of having to think for yourself and being responsible. If I attempt to put it succinctly: I believe college should be less of a continuation of high school and more of a development opportunity towards adult life.

OSCAR A. RUDENSTAM is a visiting junior from Tokyo, studying economics, sociology and business. His email address is osru@sas. upenn.edu. “The Idealistic Pragmatist” appears every other Tuesday.

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them to “pan, tilt and zoom” in an effort to identify suspicious behavior. The dispatcher was “keeping a close eye,” Rush said. She “saw a guy running” and got a brief description, Rush said. This information was relayed to cops on the ground. Rush says the Copabanana case was solved by a combination of human resources and technology working together. The Crime that Wasn’t In July 2014, plainclothes police officers Charles Ritterson and Steve Thammavong recognized Andre Taylor, an ex-convict who had previously been charged with robbery, engaging in suspicious behavior. The undercover officers followed him for five hours. Throughout the day he would follow closely behind women and then walk away. They believed he was waiting for the right opportunity to commit a sexual assault. Rush, who herself was once an undercover officer for the Philadelphia Police Department, says

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015 that undercover cops cannot arrest a suspect for merely suspicious behavior — they must wait for the crime to occur. “You almost have to, even undercover, let it happen,” she said. The next day, Ritterson and Thammavong teamed up with Philadelphia Police, and Taylor “started getting friskier.” Eventually, he cornered a woman near a garage at 4500 Larchwood Ave. and put a wire around her neck. The undercover officers immediately arrested him. The victim was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital. Rush believes that without police intervention, the crime would “have been either a sexual assault or a homicide.” Finals Week Assaults During finals week this December, a woman was robbed after being hit over the head with a bike lock. That week, Penn Police, along with Philadelphia Police, had recognized a pattern of behavior from a suspect of similar description. The suspect had allegedly committed a series of sexual assaults, including two groping incidents on Drexel’s

campus. Rush said that video footage of the suspect helped unlock his method of operation. During his fifth and final assault, the suspect, identified as James Barrett, was arrested by two undercover Philadelphia Police officers. In the aftermath of the arrest, Penn detectives helped gather victims to positively identify Barrett, who is currently being prosecuted by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office. The Laptop Thief In April of last year, Anthony Bagtas, a former College freshman and Penn basketball player was charged with 14 counts of burglary after a crime spree in which he allegedly stole unattended electronic devices from dorm rooms in the Quadrangle. When the arrest first occurred, Penn Police Deputy Chief of Investigations Michael Morrin told The Daily Pennsylvanian that from the start it was “very possible” that the incidents were related because “they had the same manner, same method and happened in the same vicinity within the same specified time period.”

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Rush said that her detectives were eventually able to catch Bagtas because “there was a good witness who was able to shed a whole lot of light.” Bagtas was not identified on camera in the act of theft because there are no cameras in the Quad. Bagtas’s trial readiness conference will be held in March. BLCE Takes on Spring Fling At Spring Fling, Penn students were confronted with increased enforcement of alcohol-related rules, threats of arrest from Penn Police and a warning that parties would be broken up by undercover officers from Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. Rush said that the increased enforcement at Fling was caused by an order by the head of the state police force to increase emphasis on underage drinking at universities. “There was a concentration for them to start spending more time on college campuses,” Rush said. Increased BLCE attention also came due to a request from the Division of Public Safety. Last spring, Sergeant Dan Steele told

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the DP, “Specifically for Spring Fling, our presence was requested [by DPS].” The BLCE is “looking for behavior that really stands out,” Rush said. Violators are “going to be meeting a whole lot of new friends.” When asked whether DPS will request BLCE presence in 2015, Rush said, “We want their help.” She added that year-round undercover officers from the BLCE attend parties at Penn and blend in with the crowd to catch illegal behavior. Body Cameras are a No-Go Protests in the aftermath of the jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown inspired the #BlackLivesMatter movement. President of the Penn Police Association Eric Rohrback wrote a letter to the DP criticizing President Amy Gutmann for her participation in a die-in. Rush responded with her own letter, which called Gutmann an ally of Penn Police. With this attention, calls for body cameras on police have been renewed. Nonetheless, Rush said

that DPS would not be moving forward with the initiative. “The body cameras for us are more about research at the moment,” Rush said. Trends in 2014 Overall, crimes against persons were down in 2014, with 91 such crimes reported compared with 122 in 2013. Crimes against property were up, with 780 property crimes reported in 2014, compared with 728 the year before. Bike theft, theft from buildings, retail theft and burglary remain the biggest offenders. Rush counts this as a success. “Your safety walking around, your safety in buildings, is our priority,” she said. Newly available DPS crime statistics show an increase in sexual assaults in 2011-2013. The National Research Council reports that 80 percent of sexual assaults go unreported. In 2014, Penn hired new staff to address this issue. Jessica Mertz was appointed director of Student Sexual Violence Prevention and Education, and Christopher Mallios was named Sexual Violence Investigative Officer.

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In fall 2014, admissions’ hottest recruit was not a basketball star or a math genius, but 18-year-old poet Peter LaBerge. With a book, entitled “Hook,” set to be published in October and countless published poems under his belt, LaBerge, now a College sophomore, has become a force to be reckoned with in the world of creative writing. LaBerge has placed poems in professional journals such as the Indiana Review, Redivider, Copper Nickel, DIAGRAM and the Beloit Poetry Journal. The ending poem of “Hook,” entitled “Peter,” appears in Best New Poets 2014, which was recently released nationwide. While attending a small Connecticut preparatory school that devoted just one week a year to poetry, Peter had to venture outside the classroom to pursue his interest. At the age of 15, he

began his own biannual — now quarterly — literary publication, The Adroit Journal. He subsequently won a Gold Medal for Poetry from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, among other recognitions, in his junior year. After participating in a summer writing program in California, Caroline Harris, soon to be a member of Penn’s Class of 2019, stumbled upon The Adroit Journal. “Peter LaBerge did something truly incredible by creating Adroit. He built a global network of writers and demonstrated that writing does not have to be an isolating or solitary act. ... With every workshop I attend, I meet more people whose lives have been touched by Adroit,” she said. In addition to his work with the mentor program and the journal — which has now received nearly 20,000 submissions and has grown to a monthly readership of 30,000 — LaBerge is still in the early stages of publishing his upcoming debut collection of poems.

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The chapbook, a slightly shorter collection of approximately 25 poems, is inspired by the lives of Matthew Shepard — a 21-year-old gay man who was brutally murdered in 1998 — and Bobby Griffith — also a 21-year-old gay man who committed suicide after struggling to come to terms with himself. “It’s sort of a modern reflection on these two lives cut short and how they intersect with gender, sexuality, religion and family,” he said. Despite his success, LaBerge’s status as a college student has still caused him to face ageism in the publishing world. “It’s definitely hard to show people — writers and nonwriters — that there are many student writers who are just as worthy of attention as the professionals,” he said. Though LaBerge hopes that creative writing will always be a part of his life and plans to acquire his MFA after his time at Penn, he also admits that it’s hard to exclusively become a writer in a non-academic environment. Instead, he plans to pursue a career in advertising or branding and has already received a certificate in managerial economics, business analytics and financial accounting through Harvard Business School’s HBX Program this past summer. LaBerge’s biggest message is that young writers should not give up writing just because it may not fit a standard that students are taught in high school. He said he encourages students, regardless of what they plan to do after college, to look outside the classroom for writing endeavors. “At the end of the day I’m trying to show that students of all kinds can write, while exposing these same students to contemporary poets and writers that aren’t discussed in the classroom. Specifically, I want to change how poetry is actively perceived by the average high school student.” SEE EXTENDED STORY ONLINE

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Three years after Penn’s administration launched the Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence, the diversity among faculty members has increased, albeit marginally. Announced in 2011, the Action Plan allocated $100 million over five years to accomplish its goals, citing that “a diverse standing faculty both prepares students to live and lead in a global society.” A progress report detailing the status of the Action Plan was released last February, and the results, while mixed, show “a steady increase in proportion of new faculty hired who are from underrepresented minorities or are women,” Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen said. Allen believes that great progress has been made, largely due to the work of the diversity search advisors, who are tasked with recruiting diverse faculty members. The initiative, which was devised by the central administration, is complicated by the fact that the separate schools are responsible for carrying out the Action Plan individually. Overall, the University saw an increase in

minority hires since the Action Plan was issued, though the schools varied slightly in effect. Statistically, the Annenberg School for Communication has had the greatest success, with a 17.1 percent increase in underrepresented minorities among its faculty and a 3.5 percent decrease in female faculty members. Conversely, the School of Engineering and Applied Science saw the smallest increase in percentage change of underrepresented minorities and women, with only 0.6 percent and 0.3 percent increases, respectively. Of the Action Plan’s target groups, female faculty members saw the smallest total net increase, with the portion of female faculty increasing from 30.7 percent to 32.1 percent — a 1.4 percent gain, as opposed to the 2.1 percent increase in underrepresented minorities among faculty. “The numbers are small in every school,” Faculty Senate Chair Claire Finkelstein said. “Proportionately, the University has had least success in growing the percentage of women on campus among the groups that the Diversity Action Plan seeks to improve.” While the Action Plan seeks positive change, it does not address all diversity-related issues within Penn’s faculty. For

example, there is a significant difference between male and female faculty salaries, Finkelstein said, citing a 7.8 percent difference from 2013 to 2014. “I know that some of those losses we can’t control — individual stories have a huge percentage-wise impact on our departing numbers,” Allen said, adding that while the overall statistics may seem low for a plan that is more than halfway to completion, the quantification of faculty career choices into numerical values might be misleading. Financially, she said, “the financial targets were met and exceeded.” While there is still work to be done, progress is being made in diversifying the faculty in race and gender. “The figures that we have for this year show that last year over 47 percent of everyone hired was a woman, so we’re almost at the halfway mark,” Allen said. Whatever the final results of the Action Plan may be, Penn’s commitment to diversity is a step in the right direction. “In all the time I’ve been at Penn ... I want to say this is the first comprehensive plan from the office of the President to say we need to move forwards with this,” Senior Director to the Deputy Dean of Wharton Anita Henderson said.

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With the parallels between Gonzalez and the fictional character in the film, the Argentinian auditioned and was selected for the role. He had little acting experience at the time, but had previously expressed interest in acting before the role. The 15-minute film made its rounds through various film festivals and received generally positive reviews. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, so the people developing the story found a few parallels between my story and this kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? Gonzalez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So they asked me â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you come audition for it?â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to them [â&#x20AC;Ś] and it worked out.â&#x20AC;? For Lanus, it was an interesting experience working on a project with his nephew, but the two kept family matters out of the workplace. The family connection helped bring the young actor onto the set, but his â&#x20AC;&#x153;natural talentâ&#x20AC;? kept him around. With a story built somewhat around his life, Gonzalez was able to thrive on the set despite his limited prior training. For Gonzalez, it was an opportunity that opened his eyes to the world of acting.

A Stroke of Luck Sometimes all it takes for someone to find his or her passion is a fortunate coincidence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a stroke of luck. That was certainly the case for Gonzalez. He was never involved in acting clubs or activities in high school or college. It just so happened that his uncle was making a film and the role fit him perfectly. After finishing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Underprivilegedâ&#x20AC;?, he knew that acting was something he wanted to pursue, but his future was already set for the next four years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was such an amazing experience. It sounds corny, but I felt so natural doing it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was feeling a fire inside of me. At the same time, I took it as a project.â&#x20AC;? A project was all it could be for Gonzalez. The 22-year-old had already decided to dedicate the next four years to play soccer at Penn. In addition, as an international student without a work permit, he was unable to get paid for acting while in college. Before he knew it, Gonzalez was off to college, and his focus shifted back towards soccer and academics. Acting would rise again later.

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Penn assistant coach Nikola Kocovic will look to use his knowledge of the program to his and the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advantage.

Last year, the team finished 2-5 in Ivy play, eclipsing only Yale and Brown. One of the challenges this season, Kocovic notes, is the health of the players, a group that was plagued by injury last season. This is in addition to the incessant need to strike a balance between the calling of the court on one hand and the classroom on the other. To Kocovic, however, there is cause for optimism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The future is really bright,â&#x20AC;? he assessed. He praised the current players, but also called attention to some important developments instigated by the head coach. He noted how Geatz has managed to better the team during his years as a coach by improving the team culture, recruiting and scheduling, as well as fundraising. With these changes in mind, Kocovic understands the need for looking at the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development in the long-term. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The key is patience,â&#x20AC;? he noted. Kocovic recognizes that much of the period he played for the team was transitional in nature, and the potential of the team was not necessarily reflected in its results. Now, as he sees it, is the time for the team to rise to the level it is capable of performing at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[We] have nowhere to go but up.â&#x20AC;?

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efforts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were also in action. In the high jump, junior Thomas Pitt finished third overall, just ahead of freshman Michael Monroe. And while junior thrower Sam Mattis had an uncharacteristically poor weekend (fouling twice in the shot put), sophomore Billy Bishop was able to register a top-10 all-time throw for Penn in the same event and finish seventh overall. The Red and Blue will travel to Penn State this Friday to compete in the Sykes Sabock Cup.

teams performed quite well, finishing third and fourth, respectively. Meanwhile, two underclassmen also found a way to shine under the bright lights of the Big Apple, as freshman Candace Taylor and sophomore Carey Celata broke into the top three spots of the Penn record books in the 500m and 1000m, respectively. The weekend was undoubtedly dominated by the Red and Blue runners, but the jumpers and throwers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Â who had headlined the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early season

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Eyes on the Future With the soccer phase of his life complete, Gonzalez has his eyes firmly planted on the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt soccer as this one stage, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to conflict the two things,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew in some way [acting and soccer] werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to complement each other [during college].â&#x20AC;? Now entering the next stage of his life, the senior is ready to dedicate his full focus to his acting passion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rarely an easy road into the film industry, but Gonzalez is well aware of the challenges ahead.

Translating Skills Long hours of preparation. Coordinated physical actions. An overall physical performance viewed by hundreds of people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As an athlete, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a performer. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a physical performance that requires training and preparation,â&#x20AC;? Gonzalez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In acting, you can draw parallels in it being a physical form of work.â&#x20AC;? In acting classes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommended that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re involved in physical activity outside of class. Ferguson was quick to explain the

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advantages of being an athlete in the industry. In Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes, athletes have an advantage in their ability to exhibit body control and â&#x20AC;&#x153;express emotions through the bodyâ&#x20AC;?. For Petrovitch, the preparation and discipline in practice was more the focus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to have a lot of endurance and have a discipline to go after it every single day even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not having results that you like,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having discipline and commitment and mental fortitude is very useful in the entertainment industry.â&#x20AC;? Regardless, Gonzalezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience as a soccer player at Penn shaped his college experience.

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member of Penn soccer during his time in Philadelphia, Petrovitch has gone on to act in 26 different films and TV programs while also founding his own production company, Markwood Films. Petrovitch had some early advice for Gonzalez on his transition into the film industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I told him] what he could expect out here. I had taken a similar path,â&#x20AC;? Petrovitch said of his prior conversations with Gonzalez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just what to expect experience-wise out here and how to navigate Los Angeles business-wise.â&#x20AC;? While it may seem strange to see a soccer player transitioning into the field of acting, the two disciplines share more similarities than meet the eye.

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Penn basketball had plenty of time to ruminate after its ﬁrst Ivy game, one in which the squad blew a 15-point lead to rival Princeton. But after a win over St. Joseph’s last weekend, the Quakers cultivated some of that momentum, shutting down Dartmouth in a 58-51 win. Featured are a few snapshots of only the second Ivy win for the Red and Blue since last February.

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efforts, being named Co-Ivy League Player of the Week and Big 5 Player of the Week, respectively. Roche has been a consummate veteran for the Red and Blue all season, stepping up to the challenge of being one of the team’s top leaders and playmakers. This past weekend was no different, as the captain notched a total of 27 points and 11 rebounds in the two road victories. The scoring burst pushed Roche’s scoring average to 9.2 points per game, good for second on the team. Though Roche paradoxically

did not also win the Big 5 honor, Ross was certainly a deserving recipient. The freshman scored 19 of her 26 weekend points in Saturday’s win in Cambridge, including a perfect six-for-six performance from the free throw line in the final two minutes. Ross has filled the point guard slot admirably through the first half of the season, dishing out a team-high 58 assists. Roche and Ross will look to defend their honors as the Quakers return home to the Palestra this weekend. Cornell will come to town on Friday night before Columbia makes the trip down I-95 on Saturday evening.

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Kocovic back for more as coach M. TENNIS | 2014 graduate returns to Quakers in assistant role BY OSCAR RUDENSTAM Staff Writer

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HUNTER MARTIN/COURTESY OF PENN ATHLETICS

Last year as an athlete with the Quakers, Nikola Kocovic was one of the top men’s tennis players.

Some habits die hard. Few people understand this oft-quoted cliche better than Nikola Kocovic. The former Penn men’s tennis captain, who graduated from the College last year, is back with the program as an assistant coach for the 2014-15 season. Kocovic will assist head coach David Geatz in a variety of tasks, including general coaching during matches and practice as well as in recruiting. For Kocovic, who played tennis competitively throughout his four years at Penn as well as in high school, continuing his career in tennis was the natural choice. “I wanted to find something that would allow me to stay involved with tennis,” Kocovic, who is currently in a gap year before attending medical school, said. As an assistant, having played so recently for the team brings its fair share of advantages. “I get to spend another year with a really good group of guys led by an amazing head coach,” he explained. “A lot of these guys are good friends of mine.” To the other players, Kocovic will no longer be a teammate, but a coach. He believes his unique position can aid the team’s training practices. “I know all the things that they try to get away with,” he said. Kocovic believes his three years of experience playing under Geatz will allow him to complement the head coach effectively. It gives him an opportunity to bring an alternative style of coaching to the team. In his own career at Penn, Kocovic was a leading player and part of a team which struggled in fierce Ivy League play, but which also showed a lot of resilience and strength. In the 2013-14 season, notably, he was a part of a successful Red and Blue effort to beat rival Princeton for the first time since 2007. Given his recent history with the team, Kocovic is keenly aware of the challenges facing it. “No victories will be handed over to [us],” he said, referring to the high level of the Ivy League teams. SEE KOCOVIC PAGE 8

With weekend road wins over Columbia and Cornell, the Bulldogs solidiﬁed their position atop the Ivy League as the only remaining squad with a perfect conference record. The Elis haven’t looked back after upending defending national champion Connecticut on Dec. 5, winning ﬁve in a row including last Saturday’s eight-point win in Ithaca.

Last weekend, many were left to wonder whether or not Harvard was as strong as in years past as the four-time defending Ivy champs fell to lowly Dartmouth at home. Harvard bounced back with a weekend road sweep of Princeton and Penn, holding the Quakers to 38 points on 30 percent shooting on Saturday.

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Saturday’s emphatic 86-65 defeat of Brown salvaged a weekend split for the Lions, who have hovered near the middle of the Ivy pack all season. Freshman guard Kyle Castlin has been red-hot as of late, including a career-high 21 points in the win over the Bears.

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After ﬁghting back from a double digit deﬁcit against Penn in its Ancient Eight opener, Princeton did not have an easy task to deal with on Friday, hosting Harvard at Jadwin Gym. Although the Tigers fell by three, they effectively limited Harvard’s ability to control tempo before pulling off a win against Dartmouth.

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Senior forward Shonn Miller has handled the vast majority of the Big Red’s offensive workload, as his 255 ﬁeld goal attempts are by far the most on the team. Miller will need to build on his 16.2 points per game if Cornell is to make a move in the Ancient Eight.

6-11, 1-2 Ivy

The Red and Blue managed to piece together consecutive strong performances over the past two weekends, taking down Big 5 rival St. Joseph’s for the ﬁrst time in three years before impressively shutting down Alex Mitola and Dartmouth on Friday. The game against Harvard went as expected as the Crimson sailed to an emphatic win.

8-10, 1-3 Ivy

Aside from an anomalous 70-61 victory in Cambridge on Jan. 24, the Big Green have struggled in Ivy play – losing to Penn and Princeton. When opposing defenses are able to shut down star junior guard Alex Mitola, Dartmouth has failed to get in any sort of offensive rhythm.

9-12, 0-4 Ivy

Things couldn’t get much worse for the Bears at this point. After losing its best player to graduation last spring, Brown is now without its two top ﬁgures from 2013-14. Leland King – the Bears’ leading scorer this season – is no longer with the program, and Brown will struggle to ﬁnd anyone with the ability to put the ball in the hoop at the rate he did.

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TRACK AND FIELD | Penn

BY TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor It was a strong week on the court for Penn women’s basketball, which picked up a pair of impressive road victories over Dartmouth and Harvard. And news for the program off the court was arguably just as strong. Senior gua rd Kathleen Roche and freshman guard Anna Ross both received accolades for their weekend SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 9

Awad breaks 42-yearold record in return

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Senior guard Kathleen Roche was rewarded for her two big performances over the weekend.

Freshman Anna Ross has merged as a steady presence running the point for the Red and Blue.

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Field and other top track venues the United States. However, the shows growth at Armory in stage was not too big for Awad, who decided to match its history BY COLIN HENDERSON by making some of his own. Sports Editor Competing mainly against a highly competitive field of profesHe’s back. sional runners — along with two In his first competitive action other elite collegians — Awad since ea r ning A ll-A mer ica n dropped an astounding time of honors at cross country Nation- 4:00.2 in the indoor mile. The perals, star junior runner Thomas formance destroyed the previous Awad headlined the efforts of Penn indoor mile record — which Penn track and field at the New had stood for 42 years — by two York Armory Invitational over the seconds. weekend. Awad’s exhibition is reminisIf any word can be used to de- cent of the sub-4:00 mile that he scribe the Armory, it’s historic, as SEE TRACK AND FIELD PAGE 8 it has been compared to Franklin CONTACT US: 215-422-4640