February 4, 2014

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Building

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Penn crowned male and female bodybuilder champions last night

Following a Legend’s footsteps Counterparts a capella group president wins same award former member John Legend won in 1997

BY LAURA ANTHONY Deputy News Editor

BY AMELIA MacDONALD Contributing Writer Mr. and Ms. Penn proved that Ivy League students c a n have bu l k a nd brains.

Around 20 male and female Penn students showed off their bodies at the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre Monday night, competing for the title of Mr. and Ms. Penn and a trophy. This year, the bodybuilding competition was hosted by women’s track and field coach Tony Tenisci.

When the first line of tanned and oiled competitors stepped on stage, they were met with many cheers and “oohs” from the crowd. One competitor in a bright speedo was met with cheers of “Blue is your color!”

As the competitors quarter-turned and flexed in poses like the “side chest,” showing off their muscles in Spandex clothing, the sounds of appreciation increased.

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Counterparts is one of 10 a capella groups that will advance to the semifinal competition for the mid-Atlantic region.

It was like Pitch Perfect, but without the cups.

Counterparts, Penn’s coed jazz and pop a cappella group, placed second at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals held at Drexel University on Saturday.

Out of the 50 groups that competed, Counterparts is one of 10 that will advance to the ICCA semifinals for the Mid-Atlantic region, which will be held on March 29 at Rutgers University.

Counter parts also won two of the four other awards given out that night — College sophomore Lilly Claar won for Outstanding Choreography and College junior and Counterparts president Swaroop Rao walked away with the prize for Outstanding Soloist for “Big White Room.” John Legend, a 1999 College graduate, won the same award in 1997 when he was a member of Counterparts.

“I don’t think I’ve seen Counterparts that excited in my four years at Penn,” Engineering senior and former president of Counterparts Jackson Foster said.

Rao, who is the Performing Arts Council community coordinator and a cappella council chair, said that they were “really crunched for time” in their preparations for the competition, rehearsing arrangements they used for their fall show — the jazz classic “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Big White Room”

School of Arts and Sciences student David Lewis and Perelman School of Medicine pharmacology doctoral candidate Jesse Carlin were named Mr. and Ms. Penn on Monday night.

Vice President Joe Biden to speak at 30th Street Station on Thursday

BY HARRY COOPERMAN City News Editor Vice President Joe Biden will be coming to Philadelphia on Thursday, the White House announced on Monday.

Biden will speak at 30th Street Station at an event “highlighting the importance of infrastructure investment,” according to a press release from the White House.

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will also attend the event. Further details about the event have not yet been released.

In Febr uar y 2011, Biden, also at 30th Street Station, announced a $53 billion plan to fund high speed rails. At the time, he explained that the passenger rail plan would create jobs, grow the economy and protect the environment.

Biden most recently visited Penn in May of last year, when he delivered the commencement

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Penn Hillel board member dies

BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor

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Vice President Joe Biden will visit Philadelphia on Thursday to speak at 30th Street Station at an event on “the importance of infrastructure investment.” Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will also attend. address for the Class of 2013.

He also visited Philadelphia in February 2013 — about two months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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Anne Heyman, a 1982 College graduate and member of the Penn Hillel National Board of Governors, died in a horseback riding accident on Friday. She was 52.

Heyman founded a youth village in Rwanda in 2005 called the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village for orphans of the 1994 genocide. She was inspired to start the organization after drawing similarities between the orphan problem in Rwanda and in Israel after World War II. ASYV is currently home to more than 500 orphans.

“She was amazing,” Hillel rabbi Mike Uram said. “I really think she planted seeds for [the] transformation of [Rwanda].”

Penn Hillel sponsors an alternate break trip to Rwanda to visit Heyman’s ASYV each May. College junior Matt Kalmans experienced Heyman’s impact when he lead the trip to the youth village

one year.

"It doesn’t take 5 seconds of being in that village to recognize what an incredible impact she’s made on those kids,” he said. "These are kids who have exposure to a whole new breadth of dreaming they never could’ve imagined before and that’s all due to her.”

College junior Elana Stern, who spent a month of her gap year living in the youth village, remembered Heyman as a brilliant mind and a kind spirit.

“She really is a modern day heroine,” Stern said. “She has left an impact that is virtually unparalleled.”

Heyman and her husband, Sean Merrin, were the visionaries behind Moral Voices, an initiative sponsored by Penn Hillel that focuses on a different social justice issue each year. This program has reached about 1,000 college students, Uram said.

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MEXICO Graphic by Sean Mcafee and Analyn Delos Santos

Mexico’s

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President of the Mexican Senate Ernesto Cordero Arroyo gave a talk Monday night about the state of the Mexican economy. Cordero, who received his master’s degree in economics from Penn in 1998, is also Mexico’s former secretary of finance. The talk, held at Huntsman Hall, was part of the annual Reinsberg Lecture sponsored by the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business.

Cordero opened his talk by expelling myths about Mexico’s ailing economy. “Mexico is … an example of a country destroyed by international media,” he said. “You have read a lot that Mexico has very disappointing economic progress. That is not necessarily true. It has been able to grow at four and five percent [in annual Gross Domestic Product].”

Mexico experienced rampant inflation in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the Tequila crisis in December 1994, but has since enacted policies to curb Mexico is an inflation and establish open trade with other countries.

“When Mexico is in the expansion phase, its GDP grows faster than “Mexico is a very strong exporter, but basically what we export are manufactures — the United States,” Cordero said. “The Mexican economy is strong, our economy relies heavily on manufactures,” Cordero said. “It makes up 81 percent has high potential and is stable.” of the GDP. No Latin American country is even close.”

Cordero explained that because Mexico does not export commodities, but intermediate goods, Mexico appears worse off than other Latin American countries. “We do not design planes — we build all the parts to make a plane fly,” he said. the

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“I was the secretary of finance in the previous administration.

It is not elegant to say things about the new administration, but there is a learning curve here,” Cordero said. He was secretary of finance for Mexico from 2009 through 2011.

Since the enactment of the current administration’s policies, there has been a decline in the annual growth of Mexico’s GDP. The current secretary of finance, Luis Videgaray Caso , earned his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“I think Penn is definitely a better option than MIT to learn economic policy,” Cordero said.

HUMAN Development According to the Human Development Index, which measures the welfare of a country, Mexico ranks above Brazil, China, South Africa and India. The index, published by the United Nations, uses a country’s life expectancy, educational attainment and income level as metrics.

“Mexico is facing social challenges, but is not a poor country,” Cordero said.

He equated Mexico’s living conditions to Russia’s, which have surpassed those of an “emerging” nation.

Mexico’s HDI measured 0.775 in 2012, close to Russia’s HDI of 0.778.

“People believe that half of Mexico is in poverty,” Cordero added.

However, according to the World Bank, Mexico’s 2012 poverty level was five percent in 2012, compared to 15 percent in 1992. The World Bank defines “extreme poverty” as equivalent to living on less than $2 per day.

Photo by Andres de los Rios/Staff Photographer

FUTURE Outlook Mexico is investing in labor, technology and infrastructure with the hopes of continuing to grow the Mexican economy. “I am very optimistic of the reforms of my country. Without reforms, the economy would be seeing two to three percent growth per year. However, with the reforms, we are seeing five percent growth per year,” Cordero said. “[But] if you want to invest in a country, you have to look at the clouds in the horizon,” he added.

Economic Impact of UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS to the United States Cordero explained that the migration from Mexico to the United States is beneficial in some ways to the Mexican economy. “It has a positive effect, because some of the income of the migrants goes back to Mexico,” Cordero said. “That means some dollars go back to the Mexican economy, helping to support Mexican families. I think it alleviates a lot of social pressure,” he said.

The World Bank estimated that remittance, the term for Mexican immigrants sending money home to relatives, comprised two percent of Mexico’s 2012 GDP. Cordero added that Mexico should be working to create jobs that will retain their most productive citizens. “In terms of long-term human capital accumulation, I think that Mexico does not benefit at all [from the migration],” he said. “If you see the people that cross the border, they are very brave to cross without knowing the language. Most of them are able to survive and generate an income. That is the human capital you need in a country like Mexico.”

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Academic environment and drug usage are linked, study shows Q&A| Researcher Dan Romer discusses his study on alcohol and drugs in high school

BY ALEX GETSOS Staff Writer Researchers at the Annenberg School of Communications’ Adolescent Risk Communication Institute have found that marijuana and tobacco use decreases in a positive academic environment. However, their study shows that environment has no effect on alcohol use.

Dan Romer, director of the institute and co-author of the study, conducted an experiment with adolescents who the institute has been following since the age of 10 and traced drug usage throughout their high school years.

Ultimately Romer, along with his colleague Sharon Sznitman, found that nothing in relation to the academic environment can control the rise in alcohol use starting at the age of 18.

The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Romer to talk to him about his research.

The Daily Pennsylvanian: W hat do you think explains why alcohol use shows such a different trend than marijuana or tobacco use?

Dan Romer: When someone reaches age 18 , the drinking rate goes up quite a bit. Part of it is because kids go away to college and parents don’t watch them anymore. Despite the fact that you’re not supposed to be able to buy alcohol until you’re 21, it doesn’t stop young people from getting alcohol and drinking. We actually have the point of view that the under-21 law may not really be all that help-

ful. It sort of forces young people to drink in private places more than they need to because they know when they go out they won’t be able to drink.

DP: So, you think the under-21 law is essentially ineffective?

DR: One of the reasons it was put into effect was because of driving, but most of the alcohol-related accidents happen with older people. In terms of portion of accidents due to alcohol it’s much higher in over-21-year-olds.

DP: How does your study, which focuses on high school students, relate to college students here at Penn?

DR: Drinking in college is a huge problem and this is true at Penn as well as at a lot of other schools.

They ’re all tr y ing to f igure out programs to curtail the problem of drinking too much and getting sick. At Haver ford [College] they have an honor system for drinking. There really is no prohibition against drinking, they just have a rule t hat i f you see someone d r i n k i ng, you wat ch out for them a nd ma ke sure they ’re ok ay. F rom what I’m told, they have a much lower rate of problems, so maybe something like that would work.

DP: So you think Penn should adopt a similar system to the one at Haverford?

DR: Yes, so that people would do what they need to do and not feel as though they’re going to get arrested.

We need to create a culture where people feel responsible for each other and that would make it better than having it be illegal.

DP: What specifically do

you ask high schoolers in your study?

D R : We a s k e d t h e m , “Have you tried [marijuana, cigarettes and alcohol], and if so, how much do you use them?” For alcohol, we asked if using it included bingeing.

Then we asked them about their school — does their school ask them to take drug tests, etc.

DP: And how does academic climate relate to usage?

DR: There is big variation about how high schools treat their students. Some are authoritarian and don’t care what you think about the rules as long as you follow them. Others are much more respectful — teachers and administrators have respect for their students. We measure a “good climate” based on whether students respect each other, students respect teachers, are the rules clear and so on. If they’re in a good climate, they’re less likely to use marijuana and smoke cigarettes, and over the course of the year are less likely to to continue smoking cigarettes and marijuana.

DP: What do you think the solution for adolescent alcohol usage should be?

DR: Alcohol has become so normative now amongst young people that it really doesn’t matter what people think, it’s just the natural thing to do. [Penn] should encourage students to drink responsibly. It’s very difficult to tell people “You can’t drink,” given the marketing and given what we find with high school kids even in places where they respect the teachers. Ultimately you can’t stop them because they are going to drink. [Penn] should follow Haverford and have students watch out for each other.

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Counterparts singing for success

SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT GIFT?

COUNTERPARTS from page 1

by Jessie J and “Creep” by Radiohead.

“We all thought we had a shot right after we performed, but we weren’t really sure. There was a lot of nervous energy,” Foster said.

Claa r sa id t his per for mance experience was a bit different because they had to incorporate choreography for the competition, which is not a standard part of their shows. She said she had a bit of experience choreographing for musicals at summer camps, but she was extremely surprised to win an award for her first choreography on such a large scale.

“No one can tell us that we’re awk ward and can’t dance anymore,” she said.

Claar could feel the positive response f rom the audience during their performance, and when the final results were announced, “It was one of the happiest moments of my life,” she said. “I was so surprised.”

“It’s really great to see that we can show the professional quality of the student per for mi ng a r ts at Penn when we have groups like Counter parts able to succeed so well at these competitions,” Wharton senior Chirag Pathre, administrative chair of PAC, said.

Counterparts participated in the ICCA competition in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, advancing to the semif i na ls ever y ye a r except 2002.

The Deaftones from Westminster Choir College won first place at the quarterfinals and will also be advancing to the next round of the competition.

The f ina ls of the ICCA competition will be held in April in New York.

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Into the whirlpool

THE QUAKING POINT | In a sea of clubs, self-realization requires more than just treading water

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Two weeks into school, and listserv welcome emails were blowing up my laptop faster than I could read them.”

r emember my first semester vividly. Like mo st f r e sh men , I wanted to get involved on campus, and campus was happy to oblige. I was greeted by a barrage of posters and sign-up sheets competing to woo me for my email address. Two weeks into school, and listserv welcome emails were blowing up my laptop faster than I could read them.

As these words go to press, the newest arrivals on our campus are scurrying about shaking hands, making small talk and looking for a social circle to nestle into for the next three and a half years.

And I’m not talking just about Greek life (though one in four of us takes that road).

Performing arts groups are holding auditions, and political clubs are organizing GBMs in hopes up rallying up-andcoming Frank Underwoods to their causes. Even the Philomathean Society is hosting “solistimums” to kick off

its prestigious and selective application process.

Social organization has existed for as long as humanity itself — it’s a staple of our history as a species. By coming together, we pool our collective efforts to meet life’s challenges, be it hunting wild boar or tackling problem sets. All too often, however, we’re torn between the collective and the individual, trying to balance the communal instinct with the self.

We’re social animals at the social Ivy. But this place is a whirlpool of clubs, dues and flyers on the Walk, and it’s easy to get sucked in. So how do you balance your various interests without sacrificing your identity?

It’s a classic Penn syndrome: you join too many groups and end up overextending yourself. Before you know it, you’re scrambling to juggle your various commitments, and your existence has been reduced to a series of groups and dead-

lines. A moment eventually comes when you ask yourself, “What am I doing this for? A couple of board positions?”

Group affiliation is addictive, but letting it consume your life can be dangerous. No matter how you approach your extracurricular activities, it’s important to hang on to your individuality. Let the groups you’re in engage you without defining you. Make sure not to surrender your priorities or values.

Yes, you looked good to the University because you were involved and an active participant in your community. But Penn chose you, not for the groups themselves, but hopefully for the person who helped make those groups what they are.

Some of the most epic legends of history involve those who were unafraid of standing out. Ben Franklin ran away from home to start a new life in Philadelphia, refusing the path laid out for him by his

family. Napoleon actively rejected conventional rules of strategy, and until he invaded Russia, he was arguably the most successful commander in military history.

The moral of the story, of course, is never to invade Russia. At least not as a freshman.

Innovation may often come from working with others, but strong groups are, at their core, collections of strong people. In order to pool collective efforts, everyone must have something unique to bring to the table. Being in the world requires being yourself.

It’s not just about keeping afloat. College is, above all else, a time of growth and self-discovery. Beyond grades, parties and everything in between, the most valuable thing we walk away with is a sense that we have somehow grown — that somewhere along the last four years, something has awoken inside us, and that we’ve found a voice within ourselves we didn’t know we

JONATHAN IWRY possessed. From learning to live away from home to landing our first jobs, we slowly come to terms with our own independence.

We forget how insistently institutional this campus is, and after enough semesters, it can be easy to succumb to conformity. But your uniqueness as an individual is worth preserving, and nobody else will do it for you. Like any muscle that needs to be flexed regularly, it’s use it or lose it.

So heed the words of Hillel the Elder: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

JONATHAN IWRY is a College senior from Bethesda, Md., studying philosophy. His last name is pronounced “eev-ree.”

Email him at jon.iwry@gmail.com.

Life’s a great balancing act

FRIEDOM OF SPEECH | One hundred and twenty-nine reasons to leave it all behind and study abroad

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was in Israel for 129 days. That meant 129 sunsets, 129 breakfasts, 129 walks and 129 opportunities to do something new and exciting.

One year ago, I was hesitant to study abroad. Even after I applied at the last minute, I knew that in all likelihood I would stay here at Penn where I was comfortable. I felt that I needed to obtain leadership positions in my extracurricular activities and focus on my grades, sentiments with which I’m sure many of you can identify. I was happy, so why leave the comfort of my nest?

Whether by act of divine intervention or simply because other applicants were more qualified, I didn’t obtain the leadership positions I had desired, the ones that would have forced me to stay at Penn. In terms of going

abroad, the only thing holding me back was fear — fear of the unknown, fear of being alone and fear of losing my place on the career track. Would I be able to handle being far from home for such an extended period of time? Would I be as happy there as I was here?

I didn’t know the answers to any of those questions. What I did know was that if I didn’t go, I would always wonder, “What if?” Unwilling to accept that fate, I purchased a ticket for the 27th of August, confirming that I would not be returning to Penn for the fall semester of my junior year.

I arrived at the airport trembling, but following the sage w isdom of Theodor Geisel — known to most of us as Dr. Seuss — I assured myself, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you

choose. You’re on your own.

And you know what you know.

And YOU are the [girl] who’ll decide where to go.”

Once my feet hit the ground, the fears melted away and were rapidly replaced with the excitement for my new adventure.

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arrived.

You’ll become accustomed to taking an afternoon siesta, or perhaps setting aside time in the morning to savor your coffee. You won’t be rushing from an OCR interview to your club sport practice, although you may be rushing to

I can say confidently that I took in every sunset, devoured each Israeli-style breakfast and relished each walk around my home of four and a half months.”

One of the aspects of life abroad that you will most immediately observe is that the pace of life is noticeably slower. People walk instead of run, sip instead of gulp. They enjoy a meal and don’t ask for the check before dessert has

catch a train, bus or plane that you booked at the last minute.

I can say confidently that I took in every sunset, devoured each Israeli-st yle brea kfast and relished each walk around my home of four and a half months. I went to the bus

station without a destination in mind, embracing a more spontaneous lifestyle than the one we have here at Penn.

Going abroad cer tainly isn’t perfect. At some point you will feel lonely, homesick, confused and lost. But when these things start to happen, “Don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.”

None of this is to say that the lifestyle we have here isn’t valuable. It is. We work hard and diligently for four years, preparing ourselves for our future careers and lives. Still, we often find ourselves hurrying through life to get to the next success instead of relishing and appreciating the moment. We check our schedules to see when we can fit in lunch with a friend, down our morning coffee en route to class and sign up for more clubs than our schedules permit.

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ALEXANDRA FRIEDMAN “So,” as Dr. Seuss would say, “be sure where you step, step with great care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)”

What did I learn? It all boils down to balance. Work hard, yes, but also watch the sunset. Enjoy restaurant week not simply for the inexpensive gourmet food, but also for the company. And definitely, definitely, study abroad.

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Alpha Delta Pi, Penn’s newest sorority, offered bids to new members on Friday.

ADPi will host its first charity event for the Ronald McDonald House on Feb. 22.

ADPi offered 150 bids to new members and has plans to move in to the old ZTA house

BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer Penn’s newest sorority, A lpha Delta P i , has of f icially moved in.

A f ter inter v iew ing ap prox imately 20 0 women, ADPi formally handed out 150 bids to new members on Friday. This marked a key moment in the sorority’s colonization on campus. “A DP i really ex ists here now,” Katie Schaller, ADPi’s leadership consultant, said.

ADPi has plans to lease the house at 4032 Walnut Street for new members to occupy in the fall. The house is currently occupied

by Zeta Tau Alpha, the second most recent addition to Penn’s Panhel community, which will be moving across the street. Between 16 and 18 women will live in the house, which will be “a great place to congregate,” Schaller said.

Bid day marked the end o f A D P i ’s r e c r u i t m e n t process, which was independent of formal sorority recruitment. The sorority’s information sessions had received full-house attendance, Schaller said.

New members were sourced from all classes and bids were handed out to approximately 20 seniors and 30 juniors, as well as 100 sophomores and freshmen. Schaller ex plained that although the new senior members will only be a par t of the soror ity on campus for this semester, membership is “a life-long thing.”

Schaller explained that a key characteristic ADPi was looking for in its new member class was leadership skills, as the sorority must now work to establish itself on campus.

On Friday, the accepted students col lected t hei r bids from the Claudia Co-

hen H a l l Ter race R oom before heading to the sorority’s bid day celebration that evening. The women who did not receive a bid were contacted privately by phone.

Eng ineer ing f reshman Nabi l a Faou r desc r ibed receiving her bid as “the best feeling ever,” and was excited to begin “a new adventure” with ADPi. Engineering sophomore Kyra Berger also described her sel f a s ver y e xc it e d to receive a bid , add i ng that she was par ticularly looking for ward to the “hands-on” opportunity of establishing a new sorority.

New members d iv ided themselves into 13 committees at their first meeting on Sunday. Each committee w ill organize a dif ferent aspect of ADPi life, such as sisterhood, Schaller said.

“The goal is to have them create their ow n exper ience,” she explained.

The leadership of each committee will rotate, she said, meaning that each sister will have a voice in the process. After looking over the minutes of Sund ay ’s meet i ng, S cha l ler added that she was “really impressed” with the fact that all new members are “really passionate about getting to know each other.”

I n t he com i ng week s , A DP i w i l l be look i ng t o build a relationship with the rest of Penn’s Greek community. It will also host its first philanthropy event on Feb. 22, cooking breakfast for the families of children associated with the Ronald McDonald House Charities .

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Art salons bring masterpieces to the masses A new society is encouraging Penn students to think, learn and love art

BY YUEQI YANG Staff Writer With Mozart, light desserts and 19th century paintings, the first event of the Penn A r t Appreciation Societ y drew about 30 students to the Bodek Lounge last night.

Elaine Liu , a College and Wharton sophomore, began the club last semester after she saw an unfulfilled need from students who wanted to appreciate art in an informal setting.

“Penn has a pre-professional environment. Penn students want to get multiple degrees and more time to look for jobs, so they don’t have the time to take an art history class,” she said. “The current art clubs on campus do art creation, but we focus on art appreciation, which should be open to everyone.”

Liu has v isited several symposiums organized by facult y members. “Those tend to be exclusive, because you have to have in-depth knowledge to understand the art,” she said. “But we don’t want to limit the discussion to art history majors. Students from different majors have different perspectives and life experiences that can contribute to the discussion.”

One of the attendees, a College sophomore named Alex Wang said, “I like art. I am not an art history major. I wish to study art independently as a hobby, to study it leisurely.”

Wang’s favorite part of the evening was the discussion, where students talked about art in small circles, each led by an art history student.

Wang thought the salon moved faster than his Art History 102 recitation had.

“We don’t get to discuss in

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The Art Appreciation Society, which was founded last semester, had its first event last night. Attendees participated in salon-style group discussions, listened to a lecture on Impressionism and learned about art history. details [here], but you get to hear people’s initial impression and words. You also get to hear the discussion leader’s knowledge about the painting. ” Danielle Harris, a College senior and discussion leader, said the most enjoyable part of art is not viewing the art, but talking about it. “People go to museums with friends and family. They hope to be able to have conversations about art,” she said. “[The event] is for those who want to learn art in an relaxing environment, not in class or sitting by a book themselves.”

She also gave a lecture about Impressionism at the event. Using Monet’s “Sunrise” and Degas’ “The Dance Class” as examples, Harris’ lecture presented three aspects of art analysis – formal, experiential and contentbased. Harris chose Impressionism as the topic because it is more accessible for beginners.

“Impressionism talks about the present and requires less previous art history knowledge, such as iconography,” she said. “But I wouldn’t say that Impressionism is less sophisticated or complex.”

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BY KRISTEN GRABARZ Staff Writer At its meeting on Sund ay, t he Under g r adu at e A ssembly d isc ussed t he proposition of a new preorientation program dedicated to research.

A research-focused preorientation program would expose students to a variety of research disciplines, wh i le pr ov id i ng posit ive first experiences with research, College and Whar-

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This year’s Power Down Challenge, a month-long energy reduction initiative by the Green Campus Partnership, kicked off yesterday in Houston Hall.

Rwandan prime minister mourns alum HEYMAN from page 1 “The notion was that the Jewish community should tackle one moral issue every year,� Uram said. �[There were] conversations about socia l just ice bec ause of Anne’s philanthropy.�

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Hey ma n is sur v ived by her husband and their three chi ld ren. The fa mi ly has asked for donations to be made to ASY V in her memory.

This marked Ms. Penn’s fifth win BODYBUILDING from page 1 This year’s Mr. Penn, School of Arts and Sciences student David Lewis, hails from Oxford, England and appeared on stage with the Union Jack

ton junior Robert Hsu said. “A lot of us think research is just pipetting and mice,� he explained.

Penn would be the first school in the Ivy League to establish such a program, UA R e p r e s e nt at i v e a n d College junior Joyce K im said. The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships has expressed interest in hosting it, UA R epresent at ive a nd College sophomore Yessenia Moreno added.

Hsu also suggested that the program reach out to students of low socioeconomic status, adding that the program may lead to increased Penn repre-

sent ation among R hodes and Marshall Scholars. A Penn student has not won a Rhodes scholarship in the past four years.

T he UA a l so r et u r ned to t he subject of ment a l health, addressing the development of a comprehensive mental health resource guide for Penn students.

Moreno suggested that the completed guide should be sent to freshmen before their ar r ival at Penn, so that students ca n a r r ive with knowledge of available mental health resources.

UA Representative and College sophomore Julie Bitt a r proposed the cre ation of an online mental

health forum like the Penn Admirers Facebook page, where students could ask a nony mous quest ions t o health professionals and sha re i nspi rationa l T ED talks.

Finally, the UA discussed last Wednesday’s launch of the Penn Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention group’s “Got Consent?� campaign.

ASAP took photographs of various student groups, including the UA, and made posters advertising the importance of consent.

K im said the UA plans to continue work ing w ith A S A P t o s p r e ad s e x u a l harassment awareness on campus.

draped around his shoulders, tanning oil dripping from his chest.

This was Lewis’ first bodybuilding competition. Though he is in the habit of participating in various power sports, he has never done anything in the form of an aesthetic competition. When asked what his friends and family think of his participating in Mr. Penn, he said “they think it’s hilarious.�

Lewis also won best male choreography.

This was the fifth win for this year’s Ms. Penn, Perelman School of Medicine pharmacology doctoral candidate Jesse Carlin. She participated in the competition last year but did not come in first place.

She said that this will be her last year competing. Carlin runs track and field, and said she considers the competition a chance for a “celebration dance� to exhibit her accomplishments as an athlete. She admires the “strong female look� and is “proud of her body,� she said.

To get ready, she spent the weeks leading to the competition dieting and training.

This year, Carlin put in “extra effort� for her last run. She says she consumes “lots of Red Bull and chocolate� to get pumped for the competition.

Lewis also says her friends and family find her hobby a “little strange� but are proud and excited by her wins.

Besides the overall Ms. and Mr. Penn winners, each class also crowned a victor. The first winner was Engineering senior Omari Maxwell, in the men’s short class. His act consisted of posing to the PokÊmon theme song. College senior Gabrielle Piper was champion in the women’s tall class.

Carlin represented the women’s short class, and Lewis won the men’s tall class.

Tenisci dedicated the event to Madison Holleran in his introductory speech.

He also encouraged the audience to compete in next year’s competition. “Find the truth of your body – I challenge you,� he said.

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Begley posts dominant double-double TURN BACK from page 9 the score at 35.

At that point, it was time for senior captain Tim Begley to show exactly what he was worth.

“You just gotta make plays, and sometimes it’s going to be my chance,” Begley said.

The veteran spur red an 11-point run capitalized by two foul shots that increased Penn’s lead to 57-46. Begley dominated the floor by adding the next eight consecutive points for the Red and Blue.

The Quakers never relinquished their grip on Harv a r d despit e a desp er at e effort in the last four minutes of regulation.

“I think we tightened up d e f e n s i v e l y,” t h e n - P e n n

Stipanovich led Penn to two big wins ROUNDTABLE from page 8 Penn basketball on Saturday night.

The Penn game was particularly impressive, as a three-point barrage led by Laurent Rivard pushed Harvard way ahead before the Quakers could even catch their collective breath.

Sure, Harvard is and already was the favorite to take the Ivy title, but it looked as if teams like Princeton and Columbia (and to a lesser extent, Penn) would give a little bit of a challenge to the Crimson.

Yet those three teams went a combined 0-6.

So if Harvard can sweep Yale and Brown next week while playing at home, the Crimson will be up two games in the standings less than half way through their Iv y slate.

I n other words, sounds like it will be smooth sailing

Even in equal age, sexism still prevalent ZIEBELMAN from page 8 cited fans at six in the morning.

While the “main” attraction is the wing-eating competition itself (which has its own set of moral questions), the nearlynaked women are equally as important to the crowd.

What does this say about gen-

coach F ra n Du nphy sa id .

“Then we made some good decisions on the of fensive end.”

Their good decisions eventually allowed Penn to seal up its victory. When Harvard took to fouling to extend the game late, the Quakers resp onde d by goi ng 5 - f or - 6 from the charity stripe, all but sealing a season-defining 70-57 victory.

Begley scored 21 points on the night and snatched 10 rebounds to notch his third double-double of the season.

The night was also an historic one for Begley as his one converted trey pushed him into second place on Penn’s all-time three-pointers list with 221.

However, Begley’s coach, Fran Dunphy, will remember him in a different way than the statistic.

“A s I remember his career, I won’t think of him as a three-point shooter,” Dunphy said. “I’ll think of him as a very good basketball player.”

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Spor ts Editor R iley Steele: W hile Har vard m ay h av e d e mo n st r at e d that there is no chance any team steals the throne from the two-time defending Ivy cha mpions, this weekend was the complete antithesis for Penn men’s hoops.

To put the Quakers Iv y weekend doubleheader in perspective, it says a lot when a 30 -poi nt defeat somehow isn’t the lowlight for a team.

Many expected Penn to drop its game against the Cr imson. W hat was more surprising, however, was the dud the Quakers laid against Dartmouth on Friday night.

Despite starting the game st rong a nd t a k i ng a lead into halftime, Penn wound up losing to a team playing without Gabas Maldunas, the Big Green’s leading scorer and rebounder this season.

The weekend seemed to be a n ex a mple of Pen n’s season in a nutshell. The Quakers committed 18 turnovers aga inst Da r tmouth that cost them a winnable

der stereotypes that remain ingrained in our culture, and how do we explain such behavior to our daughters in the future?

There are many different forms of feminism — one of which takes pride in women wearing whatever they want, which can be seen in the “slutwalk” movement or on our very own campus with the BARE fashion show last week.

But this was not what was happening Friday morning.

Women were being objectified and as a female spectator, it was hard to watch.

But alongside the 27 male

ber and senior Eric Osmundson also contributed 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Penn to aid the Quakers in their sixth-consecutive victory.

Dunphy reflected on Harvard’s squad by noting that they were “much improved” and “gave [the Red and Blue] everything [they] could handle there in the second half.”

But on that night, the Quakers would celebrate their victory.

Penn would continue its hot play and capture the Ivy League title in decisive fashion, clinching a 13th seed in the NCA A tournament. Additionally, Tim Begley was named Ivy League Player of the Year and also a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy First Team.

While the Quakers continue to struggle this season, losing in their only trip to Lavietes Pavillion, their victory over Har vard back in 2005 is still something exciting to which one can turn back the clock.

game against a lesser team and were outscored by 33 from beyond-the-arc against Harvard.

Like so many times before, the Red and Blue took two steps back after seemingly taking a step forward over the past few weeks.

For Jerome Allen and the rest of the team, wins over NJIT are no longer going to cut it. Penn came up short (again) against Iv y opponents, and now have next-tono chance to win the Ancient Eight this season. It’s pretty clear that Penn has nothing left to play for except pride and to save Jerome Allen’s job.

B u t i f t h i s w e e k e n d ’s games taught us anything, it’s that the Quakers may not be able to do either.

Associate Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: On the women’s side of the game, this first Ivy weekend solidified the fact that this is truly a three-horse race for the title. It took only two games to break wide open a race that many preseason predictors easily handed to Princeton.

The weekend started with a significant upset as Harvard

competitors at the table was one woman, Molly Schuyler, who took home the crown.

For just the second time, the victor was a woman — some could call that a big step towards equality.

However, we must ask ourselves: Is stuffing one’s face full of food what we want the people in our community to aspire towards?

Events such as Wing Bowl are absurd and don’t represent real life for most. But, behind every joke or spectacle is a bit of truth about the world we currently live in, and what we

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Despite trailing after the first half, senior captain Tim Begley sparked a crushing Penn effort by contributing eight consecutive Quaker points. Begley scored 21 points and 10 rebounds and went on to win Ivy League Player of the Year in 2005.

went into Princeton and took down the four-time defending champion, 78- 68. This was the first home Ivy loss si nce t he 20 0 8 - 0 9 season for the Tigers, a team that had been nothing short of dominant over the past few seasons.

However, t he Cr i mson headed down to the Palestra the following night, and found themselves outmatched by Penn, as the Quakers won, 6738. The win was highlighted by yet another dominating performance from freshman center Sydney Stipanovich, who has to be considered the biggest reason Penn has jumped into contention this season.

Considering Penn’s loss to P r inceton, this race is clearly wide open as each of these teams has been dominant for long stretches, yet lost in decisive fashion to one of the other contenders. The way they’ve been playing lately, the Quakers have to like their chances, as they ’ve saved some of their best basketball for this Iv y portion of the season, and proved it against Dartmouth and Harvard.

must ask ourselves is whether we are okay with the subtle message events like these send.

If we can recognize the craziness and laugh for a few hours, but then return to normal life, then great — let’s enjoy the show. But the second that this craziness begins to impact how we see the world — well, then we have a problem.

ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN is a College s ophomore from New York and is an as sociate spor t s editor. She can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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Penn coach Jerome Allen has had little trouble identifying his team’s problems throughout the season, but his Quakers have been unsuccessful in correcting them.

Time for Allen to crack code to his team PHILLIPS from page 8 son-Henry could give more effort on the defensive end.

He believes that his team doesn’t have the discipline to avoid coughing up the ball or to play tough defense for 40 minutes. And, most importantly, he knows this group of players cannot get motivated for an entire contest.

But just like teachers in so many schools around the country, Allen seems to stop at step one.

Instead of asking the tough questions about why this team isn’t motivated or why Penn makes so many unforced turnovers, Allen simply continues to bang on his critical drum after every tough loss.

I don’t know what work gets done behind closed doors. Maybe Allen has tried his hardest to light a spark underneath

his team, has attempted every possible avenue for getting his players excited to play the game of basketball.

Maybe he, like so many teachers, is burned out, frustrated that the image he had of his unit in his head isn’t translating to the real world.

But at the end of the day, when the principal comes into a classroom and sees one student taking a selfie in the corner, another sneaking a bite of his Wawa sandwich from under the table and yet another cursing about the assignment that’s been given, it all looks the same, whether the effort from the teacher is there or not.

For Allen, the current “principal” is leaving, and the next one won’t turn a blind eye to the challenges Allen has faced.

Either Allen finally unlocks the code to this team that he’s put together, or it won’t be his team for much longer.

JOHN PHILLIPS is a senior English major from Philadelphia and is a senior staff writer for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at jphil2010@gmail.com

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Contestants paraded around the floor of the Wells Fargo Center with women dressed in similar fashion to enter the competition. This display of sexism begs the question of what purpose this event really serves. While the wing-eating is the “main” attraction, this side spectacle is just as much a part of the event.

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“Some things just have to change.”

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“Hopefully this game tonight stings. It’ll get [the players] to pay attention a little bit more.

We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.”

- Saturday versus Harvard

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ever have I been in a situation where women were expected to show their breasts for a crowd of cheering men. Never have I been in a situation where women complied.

Never, that is, until Friday.

In volunteering to cover the infamous Wing Bowl, I knew what I was getting myself into: waking up before sunrise to watch competitors stuff their mouths with chicken wings while being egged on by a crowd of drunk and boobloving men.

Yes, it sounds absurd on paper, but it was a spectacle I wanted to experience for myself — and what better way to do it than with a press pass around my neck, watching the event fewer than 50 feet from the action in the media’s designated area?

So that is what I did.

As the events of the morning took their course, I joined in with the crowd, allowing myself to cheer for the frontrunners, be grossed out when someone vomited and root for Penn football player Sebastian Jaskowski in the Big 5 competition.

I let myself write off the practically naked women who paraded the competitors around and cheered them on, as well as the bare chests of ordinary women on the jumbo-tron, as just part of the spectacle.

While it was certainly the absurd event I had been promised, behind the spectacle of it all lay double standards and expectations of women that I had never experienced.

I was raised to believe that I could do anything I wanted with hard work and diligence, regardless of my gender.

Though the world sometimes told me otherwise, I have been lucky enough to be in schools that value equality, and to have been inspired by female role models who pursued their dreams even when they faced tremondous odds.

Yet in an era where we stress equal opportunity for all, an event that displays such blatant sexism is still sold out and packed full of ex-

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“We don’t value the basketball. Sometimes, we just play basketball without understanding that each possession is important.”

- After defeating NJIT

pos-“We get a pos session where there’s two guys locked in and the other three guys are out to lunch.”

- On Nov. 30 after a close defeat vs. Lafayette

- After the rout against St. Joe’s

“You got to hold teams to one shot on every defensive possession, and that’s something we didn’t do in the second half as well.”

- On jan. 2 after losing to george mason

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erome Allen told me once that if he weren’t a basketball coach, he’d be a teacher.

And in coaching, like in teach-

ing, one of the pitfalls instructors often fall into is seeing a problem and simply pointing it out rather than trying to understand why it is occurring.

Instead of figuring out why a student is sleeping in class, a teacher may simply yell at the kid to wake up.

There is a three-step process that actually serves to rectify the issue. First, you identify the problem — a student is sleeping in class. Next, you translate, asking yourself what the source of the problem may be — perhaps the student is sleeping because he is bored, or he isn’t getting enough sleep at home. Fi-

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nally, you take action — talking to the student about his home life, or changing up the lesson plan.

Allen is great at the first step, because he can damn sure identify problems.

After Saturday’s blowout loss versus Harvard: “Some things are going to have to change.”

After a win against NJIT: “We don’t value the basketball. Sometimes, we just play basketball without understanding that each possession is important.”

And after the rout against Big 5-rival St. Joe’s: “Hopefully this game tonight stings. It’ll get [the players] to pay at-

tention a little bit more. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.”

On Jan. 2, after a grueling loss to George Mason after leading at halftime: “You got to hold teams to one shot on every defensive possession, and that’s something we didn’t do in the second half as well.”

The list goes on and on, one quote after another following every contest.

Allen is phenomenal at identifying problems.

He thinks sophomore Darien Nel-

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What are the major takeaways 2005: Penn trumps from the first weekend of Ivy play? Harvard to keep firm grasp as Ivy leader

BY DP SPORTS EDITORS From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ

T he f irst weekend f ull of Ivy League doubleheaders is over for both men’s and women’s basketball. So what did we learn? Our editors examine the major takeaways from a hectic week in the Ancient Eight.

Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings: The biggest thing to come out of this past Friday and Saturday was how easy the rest of Ivy play is going to be for Harvard men’s basketball. The Crimson defeated Princeton, basically eliminating the Tigers then and there f rom title contention, before torching

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In six-plus seasons at the helm, Harvard coach Tommy Amaker has led the Crimson to two outright Ivy titles. This weekend saw Harvard assert its dominance yet again, beating both Princeton and Penn.

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Despit e t he f act t hat Pen n men’s hoops hasn’t lived up to expectations in 2013-14, we can ref lect on a squad that raised itself to great heights in 2005.

O n Feb. 4 , 2 0 0 5 , t he Q ua kers were gearing up for a road matchup with rival Har vard at Lavietes Pavilion, a game that could either unseat or solidify the Red and Blue’s ranking atop the Ivy League.

Both teams started the game slowly as the squads combined

to post only six points in the first four minutes of play.

But Penn eventually picked up steam and took an 18-7 lead. However, a barrage of three-pointers from Zach Martin pushed Harvard within eight.

Unfortunately for Penn, Harvard continued its tight defensive play and the Red and Blue squandered their 13-point lead. A 9-2 run by the Crimson late in the first half sent the Quakers into the break trailing, 35-29.

However, Penn came out and showed some resiliency by quickly nailing three baskets to tie up

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