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unknown. Hatcher was the treasurer of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and lived in Gregory College House last year. He worked in IT support at Wharton and loved math, the email said. “He was an avid musician and loved ja zz ,” t he ema i l quot ed Hatcher’s parents as saying. “He also loved his cat, Toki.” College sophomore Minji Kwak,
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NUMBER OF FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES IN EACH COUNCIL
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MGC chapters have distinct approaches to recruitment that complement their smaller size BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer As pledges embark on their journey to brotherhood, the Multicultural Greeks are just gearing up for recruitment. However the MGCs operate within very different systems than the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council chapters. There are currently 11 active MGC fraternities and sororities with a total membership of 135 students. Each organization follows the individual recruitment processes of their national chapters. Wharton and College junior Peixin Mo, the president of the MGC, explained that the ways in which MGC groups find new members are incredibly diverse. Kenneth Jones, program coordinator at the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said that for the majority of multicultural Greeks, the decision to recruit falls to the individual chapter. This is one aspect that makes the MGC unique, he explained. This is true of Delta Sigma Theta, for example, one of Penn’s black interest sororities. President and Wharton senior Mahu Attenoukon explained that the chapter will be voting on whether or not to recruit this spring. “It is all about what is
best for the chapter at the time,” she explained, outlining factors such as how many current members will be graduating. Alpha Phi Alpha, a city-wide black interest fraternity, is also considering recruitment this semester. Chapter president and College senior and master of public administration candidate Ike Onyeador explained that recruitment will begin this month, “if it happens.” This would consist of three weekends of workshops with Alpha Phi Alpha’s Philadelphia chapter, which draws from all class years, he said. He noted, however, that “if the interest level isn’t appropriate, it won’t happen.” One of the reasons that recruitment is not a given for the MGC is the relatively small size of their fraternities and sororities. While the IFC’s average new member class this spring was 14.5 students and Panhel’s was 57 — not including Alpha Delta Pi’s 150 new bids — Jones estimated that the average MGC spring new member class would be between five and 10. Onyeador, who is one of two Penn students and nine total students in Alpha Phi Alpha’s citywide chapter, said that joining
Law School Dean Michael Fitts was named the president of Tulane University on Tuesday afternoon, a position he will formally assume on July 1. Fitts, who has been a professor at Penn Law since 1985 after earning his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from Yale University, will leave behind a legacy of fundraising prowess and an emphasis on interdisciplinary education after a 14-year deanship. His move leaves Penn with five deanships and an Athletic Director slot to fill. There is no word yet on who may be named as interim dean, Penn Law spokesperson Steven Barnes said. Fitts could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening. “This is a bittersweet moment for all of us at Penn,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said in a memo to the deans. “We are going to miss him greatly.” Fitts inherited Penn Law at a time when there were some divisions among the faculty, law professor Kermit Roosevelt said. Under Fitts’ leadership, the faculty became more cohesive and increased in number by 40 percent. Fitts led Penn Law’s Bold Ambitions fundraising campaign, exceeding the campaign goal and ultimately raising over $200 million. He oversaw major renovations of Penn Law’s buildings, which finished in January 2012 with
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Penn Law Dean Michael Fitts was appointed the next president of Tulane University on Tuesday afternoon, a position he will assume on July 1. Golkin Hall, a $33.5 million project. Ironically, Fitts’ fundraising talents weren’t obvious before he assumed the deanship. “I have not done a lot of fundraising,” he told The Daily Pennsylvanian following his appointment in 2000. “But I have a great product to sell — an excellent law school with a lot of opportunities.” When he was appointed, Fitts aimed to expand faculty, increase interdisciplinary education and raise Penn Law’s standing in the U.S. News and World Report. At the time, the school was ranked 12th; in 2013, it landed at number seven. SEE FITTS PAGE 7
Penn Vet funding level in governor’s budget BY SARAH SMITH Senior Writer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett proposed keeping funding for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine stable in fiscal year 2015. The embattled Republican governor proposed an appropriation of $28 million in his budget unveiled Tuesday morning, level with Penn Vet’s final
available budget this fiscal year, which ends on June 30. The funds are not set in stone: The budget will have to pass the Republican-held legislature before it is finalized. The final budgets are usually signed midsummer. In addition, the Vet School’s Center for Infectious Disease would receive $261,000 from the state government if SEE BUDGET PAGE 6
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who lived across the hall from Hatcher as a freshman, described him as “probably one of the most interesting people” she met at Penn. “He was … a brilliant person, and it’s terrible that he passed away,” Kwak said. Hatcher is the fourth Penn student to have died since the start of winter break. ■
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DRESSING WITH THE STARS
BY ZAHRA HUSAIN
ON TUESDAY EVENING, RENOWNED COSTUME DESIGNERS SPOKE ON A PANEL HOSTED BY PENN FASHION COLLECTIVE. THE DESIGNERS WORK ON SHOWS LIKE “30 ROCK,” “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,” “GIRLS” AND “THE GOOD WIFE,” AS WELL AS MOVIES LIKE “WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS” AND "BEHIND THE CANDELABRA.” COLLEGE SENIOR LYNN NGUYEN SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE PANEL, WHICH WAS MODERATED BY WHARTON AND COLLEGE SENIOR TIM CHAI.
“EVERY ENGLISH PROJECT I EVER HAD, I MADE A DRESS.” Jenn Rogien, costume designer for “Girls” and “Orange is the New Black,” had an interest in design even in high school. She started her career in Saks Fifth Avenue’s buying department. One night, she volunteered to help an overwhelmed friend sew costumes for a television show. She fell in love with costume design and never looked back. Rogien recently worked on a short film whose director had a Chanel sponsorship, and many of the costumes came straight from Chanel’s showroom. Most of her other projects do not have sponsorships, which allows the costumes to speak more for themselves. “You’re really creating the identity of the show, not layering on your personal brand,” she said.
Recruitment style varies by MGC chapter MGC from page 1 such a small organization can be daunting for some because it requires a larger time commitment. Some MGC Greeks are following recruitment processes more similar to Panhel and the IFC, Andie Cuartero, Whar-
“WINNING AN EMMY WAS BETTER THAN GETTING MARRIED … BY A LOT.”
“I WANTED TO BE A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST.”
Veteran costume designer Ellen Mirojnick won an Emmy in 2013 for her work on “Behind the Candelabra.” She said that when she is designing, she takes into account their personas because actors’ personalities influence the producers’ visions of the characters. “You are basically a translator,” Mirojnick said. “You have to be a really good listener. And really listen, not just pretend. You have to be neutral and find the common ground. You have to make sure every single person is on the same page.”
ton junior and president of the Asian-interest sorority alpha Kappa Delta Phi, explained . aKDPhi’s recruitment is “patterned over Panhellenic,” she said, consisting of a week of open events which will begin on Feb. 24, before two “more intimate” closed events. The sorority, with a current membership of 33 women , is still very different in size from Panhel groups, and Cuartero said that means “our identity in general is very different.” She emphasized particularly how being comparatively small means that everyone is “very close knit,” adding that the so-
Tom Broecker, who has worked on shows like “Saturday Night Live,” “House of Cards” and “30 Rock,” originally wanted to be a psychiatrist. “I’m basically a psychiatrist [now],” he said of designing costumes. “I listen to people, but I also tell them what to wear.” Broecker said that to succeed in costume design, it is important to love people and actors. He explained that the main job of a costume designer is to start with the scripts and build the characters from there.
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rority “really evolves” with every new member class. Size does have a downside in terms of visibility, Attenoukon noted. “There’s a mysterious cloud around the MGC,” she said, attributing this in part to each chapter’s decentralized recruitment style. She explained that visibility is an area that all MGC groups are hoping to expand. “We’re a small community but we have so much to offer,” she said. Jones outlined that this semester, the MGC will be aiming to raise awareness of their presence on campus by hosting an event called Rush MGC on Feb.
19 in Claudia Cohen Hall. All MGC fraternities and sororities will be present for prospective members to come and familiarize themselves with the chapters, he said. This past fall, MGC organizations recruited a total of 20 new members, but Jones said he expects the overall numbers for this spring’s recruitment to be significantly larger. Despite their size, there are many other ways in which MGC organizations are finding new recruits. For example, Lambda Theta Alpha, one of Penn’s Latino interest sororities, recruits using an interest group. This
“Costumes allowed me to play all of the roles.” Dan Lawson, costume designer of “The Good Wife,” originally planned to be an actor, but found passion in costume design. He shared that in his experience, defensive actors are not completely confident in their roles. Lawson said he always reminds himself to “check [his] ego at the door” to remember not to be offended. After having difficulty finding suitable business attire for women, Lawson collaborated with a British boutique owner to create his own clothes for his characters. The endeavor lead to a larger collaboration to create a fashion line sold in the owner’s shops. “I got into fashion because I wanted to create a chic, elegant business woman who doesn’t dress like a man,” Lawson said. “I wanted my characters to be feminine and be confident in a woman’s look.”
group sources members from both Penn and Temple University, which is also part of the sorority’s chapter. It also holds weekly meetings to organize things like philanthropy events. This semester’s interest group, which currently consists of approximately 13 women, held its first meeting last night. College senior and the chapter’s orientation advisor Diana EstradaAlamo said that interest group membership is “very fluid” and that anyone “can come in and out” during the year. Members of the interest group submit applications if they want to formally join the so-
rority, which the chapter leaders review if they decide to recruit new members, Estrada-Alamo explained. After recruiting four women in spring 2013, EstradaAlamo said that the sorority will not be recruiting this semester as they will be focusing instead on getting their alumni chapters more involved. Even though their recruitment process does not follow the formal standards of the rest of the Greek community, MGC members are highly enthusiastic about their organizations and their years at Penn. “We pride ourselves on our lifetime commitment,” Attenoukon said.
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Request for respect GUEST COLUMN BY DYLAN HEWITT, RISHI SIMHA, JOANNA KAMHI, NICOLE GRABOWSKI & DAWN ANDROPHY
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s leaders of organizations that strive to increase violence prevention education and enhance campus dialogue on identity, we would like to express our concern about offensive advertising used by fraternities during this year’s rush process. Specifically, we refer to an open rush flyer created and dispersed by the brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon. It features a woman’s butt, clothed minimally with lacy thong underwear, and the words “RUSH DKE” written across her in black marker. We are not writing this to indict the men of DKE or because we think that Greek life is bad. In fact, one of us served as his fraternity’s rush chair this year, and many of our organizations’ members are Greek. Rather, we believe the implications of this flyer are part of a much larger issue and wish to take this opportunity to
address them. The use of women’s body parts as promotion is objectifying. It sends a message to the freshmen hoping to be a part of such an organization that women are nothing more than their physique. As we know both from history and present times, it is one small leap from dehumanization to violence. That this flyer essentially depicts a woman’s butt as a prize for successful pledges only proves this point. These actions also appeal to the worst stereotypes of masculinity and fraternities. First, they promote the idea that men hold power over women and may treat them any way they choose. When fraternity rush should be about forming lifelong friendships, they additionally send the message that men who don’t fit an alpha-male and heterosexual mold aren’t welcome. We must ask: Does this flyer truly reflect your views? This
isn’t a question isolated to the brothers of DKE, but for all men currently in and pledging fraternities. If not, why align yourself with its message? We can write as many editorials as we want, but until action is taken at a grassroots level, our campus and society will not overcome a culture in which women are treated as objects. To current brothers: Know
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The use of women’s body parts as promotion is objectifying.”
your power and speak up against harmful and offensive norms. When a disembodied woman becomes your go-to form of advertising, question why. To new members: You are the next generation of Greek life
at Penn. We challenge you to go through the education process thinking about how your respective organizations treat others. And to the Penn community: Continue to hold each other accountable; be bold, be daring, be human. Above all, be stewards of change and demand that every person on this campus is treated with respect. DYLAN HEWITT is a senior in the College and first-year at the Fels Institute of Government and the Producer of Penn Monologues. RISHI SIMHA is a junior in Wharton and the President of One in Four. JOANNA KAMHI is a junior in the College and the Chair of Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention. NICOLE GRABOWSKI is a senior in the College and the Advocacy and Education Chair of the Vagina Monologues. DAWN ANDROPHY is a junior in the College and the Chair of Lambda Alliance. They can be reached at dhew@sas. upenn.edu.
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was not impressed by “A Wing-sperience to Remember,” the article about the Wing Bowl, a competitive eating contest of who can eat the most buffalo wings. Celebrating the worst of things all things American, it glorified gluttony with a side display of sexism. In a world where too many American children go to bed hungry, a world where Congress cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and a public school took lunches away from its students because the parents were behind on the bills, publicly celebrating excessive eating is callous and wasteful. I’m also curious as to how competitive eating is considered a sport. We admire athletes because they push their bodies to maximize physical strength through rigorous training and a good diet. Beer and buffalo wings, especially when consumed in excess, do not meet these standards. The experience is sexist as well. Showing scantily clad women and the presence of a “can cam” is appalling and ob-
jectifies these women’s bodies for money. Whether they are willing participants or not, their bodies are being used to peddle beer and wings, while those of the men who attend are not. The added element of crowd coercion and jeering makes this choice seem more like coercion. The author concludes that the event must be okay because a “female” won. Such a statement is dehumanizing because it uses the word “female,” reducing the winner to just her female anatomy, and is also akin to stating that racism is no longer a problem in this country because we have a biracial president. The DP’s coverage brushed over the sexist aspects of the event, used dehumanizing language and even featured a bikini-clad model next to a regularly clad male attendee. It also glorified the ability to consume to excess in an era when many are struggling to survive. I hope, in the future, the DP looks at non-traditional competitions and sports with a more sensitive eye. Respectfully dissenting, Caitlin Dougherty, CAS ‘14
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THE INTERNET EXPLORER | Don’t let Instagram, gym selfies or the latest diet craze ruin your appetite
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veryone on the Internet is a health guru. Pick any trend and there are hundreds of self-proclaimed experts with an Instagram account who are ready to tell you how to eat your way to happiness. You are always just one Google search away from expert advice on the paleo diet, veganism, fruitarian living, gluten-free baking, CrossFit, Bikram, etc. The FDA doesn’t police food blogs, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. One particularly confusing health trend is #cleaneating. Search the hashtag on Instagram and you’ll scroll through endless pictures of everything from steamed chicken and veggies to sugary vegan pancake stacks. What’s the scientific logic tying them all together? In a report titled “What is clean eating?” (never mind
how popular a trend gets, there will always be people who require more explanation on the subject), CNN writes that clean eating is meant for people “who want to feel good about what they’re putting in their bodies.” I had Federal Donuts the other day and I felt great — is that clean eating? It is hard to create a healthy, feel-good movement around food and/or the act of eating, because people need and enjoy different things. Healthy looks different for a marathon trainee and someone with serious food allergies. And happy looks different for a family on food stamps and a girl during finals week. We should not be judging our diets based on arbitrary guidelines (Is this gluten-free? Is there dairy in this? Would a caveman eat it?) but instead get motivated by our individual body goals.
Each person’s body is different and each person’s narrative of finding nutrition nirvana will be too. No one should try to blindly follow what appears on their news feeds or what another CrossFit blog says about carbs.
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life. By the first weekend of February, these were replaced by pictures of Super Bowl nachos and spinach dip. What we should realize is that these are edited versions of our lives and our eating habits — these snapshots
No one should try to blindly follow what appears on their news feeds or what another CrossFit blog says about carbs.”
Instead, we should take the time to figure out what does and doesn’t work for our bodies — and then stop sharing and bragging about it on the Internet. Social media adds a weird layer of social pressure to the world of dieting. The new year brought about more gym selfies than I’ve ever seen in my
probably don’t capture the day your friend woke up late and had Wishbone for lunch or his 2 a.m. trip to McDonald’s. On the internet, you can’t tell which friend spends more time at the gym or which one went up a pant size last week. Kelsey Miller, a writer for Refiner y29, just launched “The Anti-Diet Project.” She
self-identifies as someone with a history of disordered eating, citing a time when her life revolved around yogurt and ellipticals. Now, she is working with specialists to help her get back to the basics of a healthy lifestyle. The goal of the Anti-Diet Project is to forget about the “good” foods and “bad” foods binary and to reduce shame around eating either one. On her Instagram, Kelsey recently posted a picture of her favorite “guilt-free beef stew.” She adds, “It’s just regular beef stew that you don’t feel bad about eating.” In a brave and interesting way, Kelsey is attempting the unthinkable — to unlearn years of contradictory and unhelpful messages that she and other men and women have received about food. There is uncertainty in dieting — that’s why it’s a $61
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Q&A | Howard Stevenson’s book covers micro-aggressions and how to be racially literate BY VICTORIA MOFFITT Staff Writer Howard Stevenson, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, published a book in January based on his research in Philadelphia schools and institutions entitled “Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference.” The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Stevenson to discuss his findings on how students, teachers and educators can resolve racial conflicts. The Daily Pennsylvanian: Can you summarize in a few sentences what your book is about? Howard Stevenson: Basically it’s a summary of some of the research and the schoolbased intervention work I’ve been doing for about 20 years to teach skills on how to talk about racial politics, how to talk about racial stress and help people resolve moments when they feel overwhelmed by racial conflict. DP: Did you conduct research in different kinds of institutions in addition to schools? HS: The clinical work I’ve done has been in different settings besides schools. But the research that we’re looking at is, for example, families who talk to their children about race. In general, those students tend to do better — academically and emotionally — when they’re faced with rejection because of their racial backgrounds … Some people, when they’re faced with a racial conflict, they think it’s like facing a tsunami. They’re so scared and frightened that they run from it, or they’re just paralyzed … But not everyone sees something racial as a tsunami. Climbing a mountain might be scary, but it’s doable … it’s a challenge. It’s still scary, but I think, “If I get the right tools, I’ll be able to do it.” DP: The term “micro-aggressions” came up in your book as an example of racial conflicts. Would you mind explaining what that means? HS: They’re racial microaggressions — slight insults to a person’s existence, framing them in a way which someone might find it hard to resist or rebel against because it’s subtle, it’s slight, it’s dismissive. But it still has an effect on a person’s well being — someone saying, “Even though you’re dark, you’re pretty.”
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Graduate School of Education professor Howard Stevenson published a book in January that discusses his Philadelphia-based research on racial conflicts. That’s a subtle thing, but it’s racial. It’s not blatant like the n-word. Those are accumulative over time, and [research] suggests that those subtleties in schools make you feel like you’re less a part of the school. DP: How would you define racial literacy? HS: The definition is the ability to read, recast and resolve racial stress in relationships. The first part — about reading — is, do people really interpret accurately what’s going on in a particular racial conflict … and am I able to read my own emotions in it? Recasting the stress means … I have to breathe a little bit, maybe I have to stop speaking, maybe I need to ask for a break … and then they can see [the conflict] differently enough to respond to it in a way that they feel resolves the issue for them. You might not have an answer for the conflict, but at least you’ll have a response that’s not either an underreaction — pretending it didn’t happen — or an overreaction, where you say and do something that doesn’t get at the real heart [of the issue]. DP: What advice do you give to educators on how they can improve racial tensions within classrooms? HS: First try to know yourself … Knowing when you get stressed in these situations, you’re going to be better prepared to see someone else’s stress, and you might think twice about how you decide to resolve it. Use a different strategy besides avoidance …
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Getting by with a little help from friends BY ALEX GETSOS Staff Writer Cogwell, a mental health group on campus, is training and equipping students with the necessary tools to be able to reach out to friends and peers who are struggling with any issues they may face, recently focusing on mental wellness. The student-run group was born out of a collaboration between Counseling and Psychological Services and the Vice Provost in 2006, and it currently has about 10 to 15 active members. “Our goal is to create a network in which Penn students can come together and be able to freely talk about what’s going on in their lives or in a friend’s life,” program director Lucy Goodman said. “And so students are able to effectively communicate with their peers, especially with regards to mental health.” T he g r oup f o c u se s on four main components: active listening with a social worker, Ba rba ra BerleyMellits , logotherapy w ith Perelman School of Medicine professor Henry Bleier,
coping mechanisms and direct interaction with CAPS professionals to practice constr uctive communication. “The training session we put on bi-annually is really the crux of Cogwell,” Goodman said. Accor d i ng t o E ph ra i m Levin , assistant chaplain of Penn and advisor to the group, Cogwell not only encourages students to learn va luable com mu n ic at ion skills, but also aims to create a tight-knit network of students who can support each other. “W hen a person learns these things, they can apply it to themselves or to their families in a leadership situation because they are very valuable things that people can take with them for a lifetime,” Levin said. “Our focus is on being positive by creating a larger net of students who are in touch with each other and their friends — hopefully that will catch more people.” The group not only works i n c onju nc t ion w it h t he Vice Provost and CAPS, but has also received support
from foundations such as Minding Your Mind. Last semester, the group brought actress Brittany Snow to campus for their Love is Louder campaign to talk about her experiences with bullying and an eating disorder. L ev i n f u r t her emph a sized that Cogwell seeks to properly equip students to handle difficult situations while also knowing when to ask professionals for help. “We’re creating another channel to CAPS and I think it’s important to have alternate routes to CAPS,” Levin said. “The main emphasis here is that it’s friend-tofriend dialogue.” Goodman explained that during training, students learn how to listen and understand what they’re hearing, how to communicate back to their peers, the difference bet ween healthy and unhealthy coping, how to d i f ferent iate bet ween normal stress and excessive anxiety and how to tell when a friend or roommate is in serious trouble. “We aren’t encouraging students to become some-
one’s counselor or psychiatrist but want to help them make the right decisions if they have to seek some other form of help,” Cogwell Chair and College junior Joanna Heinz said. Goodman added that the handling of mental health issues is a national, not just local, issue. “Mental health is something that is swept under t he r ug by U. S . c u lt u r e in general, it’s not just at Penn,” she said. “More mental health resources need to be more present on campus — you don’t necessarily need to be diagnosed to see someone at CAPS or come to our training event.” The group aims to both de-stigmatize mental health on campus and approach the issue from a positive angle. “At Penn there is a sort of focus on the individual and individual success and reaching out is frowned upon because there is a notion that you’ll deal with it yourself,” Heinz said. “We want a dialogue to be created where people can come and talk to each other openly.”
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Gov. Corbett vulnerable in 2014 election BUDGET from page 1 the budget passes untouched. “The University community thanks Gov. Corbett for prioritizing education in this budget and supporting the only veterinary school in Pennsylvania,” the Office of Government and Community Affairs said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing to serve the Commonwealth and to
working with the governor and the General Assembly as the budget process moves forward.” This may be Penn’s last year working with Corbett, who has been called the most vulnerable incumbent governor in the country as he gears up for a re-election fight. His approval ratings have hovered in the mid-30s, and several polls show him losing to his Democratic challengers. However, no incumbent governor has ever lost a re-election bid in Pennsylvania, and such a large field of challengers may leave a Democratic nominee cash-strapped and exhausted by November.
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Penn Press offers books for free on JSTOR BY LAUREN FEINER Staff Writer For those who have a hard time closing their computers and picking up a book, a solution might be a few clicks away. The University of Pennsylvania Press has recently moved approximately twothirds of its content — more than 850 books, dating back to the Press’ origin in 1890 — to the online database JSTOR. These books are available to anyone with a PennKey login through JSTOR on the Penn Libraries website. JSTOR of fers a dig ital rights-free PDF version of its content that won’t time out or limit users from viewing it on different devices, Penn Libraries’ Social Sciences Bibliographer Lauris Olson explained. Furthermore, JSTOR’s contract with Penn Libraries allows multiple users to simultaneously access the same content on its site. Olson said that it is unlikely for major textbooks to become available in an online format that is open to students. It would not be profitable for publishing companies to sell one electronic copy to the library for a class of several hundred students, he explained. With platforms like the nonprofit JSTOR, publishers still get royalties from their products, since institutions pay for access to content. Director of Penn Press Eric Halpern noted that 12 percent of the company’s annual book sales
Fitts will take over at Tulane on July 1 FITTS from page 1 Students and faculty said Fitts was involved with every aspect of Penn Law and a visible presence in the halls. “I remember hearing that there was a judge Dean Fitts wanted to encourage to interview Penn Law students for clerkships,” Roosevelt said. “Knowing the judge was a former wrestler, Dean Fitts offered to wrestle him. Perhaps it was perceived more as a threat — in any case, the judge did interview Penn
are in the electronic format. While e-books have not been around for long, Penn Press is no stranger to the web. It started providing content through Google Books in 2011 and then moved to Kindles, Nooks and online libraries. Denise Agosto, a professor at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics, noted that although publishers debate how much information they should make available online, there is a trend toward online versions of printed books across universities. Fifty-seven percent of the American Association of University Presses’ more than 130 members offered some form of digital content by the end of 2013. Penn Press has been around since 1890 Penn Press has been moving some of its content online since 2011
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students and hired some.” “ He w a s ver y muc h a ‘students’ dean,’” said second-year law student Kevin Reardon, who is simultaneously earning a management certificate from Wharton. R e a r d on’s pr og r a m — whose inaugural class entered in the fall of 2013 — is one of several interdisciplinary programs Fitts helped pioneer. Among others is a joint degree program with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a center that publishes on technology policy. “Mike Fitts has been an absolutely superb dean of the Law School who has dramatically improved ever y aspect of legal education at Penn,” law professor Louis Rulli said. “He will be sorely
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missed.” Current Tulane president Scott Cowen announced last spring that he would be stepping down. Cowen, who came to the New Orleans-based institution in 1998, is known for shepherding the school through Hurricane Katrina — and, to the students, for dyeing his hair green and sitting in the student section during homecoming. “We’d been on pins and needles the entire time,” T ulane sophomore Sarah Hostetler said of the wait since Cowen’s announce -
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Nicholas Carr spoke to students in Claudia Cohen Hall on Tuesday about the increasingly distracting nature of technology in everyday life. costs outweigh the benefits. The internet and digital media discourage “all ty pes of think ing that actually require attention and that require focus and concentration,” he said. “All our mental energy has tended to go into taking in as much stuff as possible as quickly as possible.” I n add it ion , Ca r r c au-
ment. Tuesday afternoon, Tulane sent out an email announcing Fitts’ appointment to students, faculty and staff. F itts spoke to a crowded room at Tulane that same afternoon. “We’re all beaming down here,” Hostetler said. “Tulane students definitely want to see his commitment to New Orleans. We come down here, and we don’t stay on the campus of Tulane.” Fitts’ academic specialties include legislative and election law and separation of powers.
tioned the audience about the potential negative effect of technology on memory. “The problem we are experiencing with the net, and new technologies in general,
is that we are blocking our ability to move information from work ing memor y to long-term memor y,” Carr said. “And it turns out this is fundamental to the depth of your thought.” Carr added that thinking critically is a byproduct of synthesizing the information we consume. “Having a rich intellect isn’t about grabbing individual bits of information when you need them all the time. It’s about weaving all of that stuff together into a higher level of thought,” he said. For many students in the audience, the subject matter hit close to home. “There are clearly a lot of pros and cons to this new age of technology and how it is making us think,” College sophomore Samantha Klein said following the lecture. “But I’m still going to use Facebook, and I’m still going to use everything, and I think most people will. But I think [Carr] just makes me think about how else I can think.” As members of the audience increasingly began to whip out their phones and tablets toward the end of the lecture, Carr concluded with a quote by the novelist David Foster Wallace: “Learning how to think … means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
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Penn grappler eyes All-American status
WRESTLING| Lorenzo Thomas has faced some of the nation’s best after a competitive year off
In both of Penn’s matches over winter break, on Jan. 1-2 and 11, respectively, Thomas fell to No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus of Minnesota, 6-3, and Nebraska’s No. 13 T.J. Dudley, 9-6. In both matches, Thomas led early before falling in takedowns in the third period. This trend continued over the weekend during the Red and the Blue’s dual against Ivy-heavyweight Cornell. The Quakers -1-32 loss featured yet another close match for Thomas, this time against No. 2 Gabe Dean. “My strategy was that I knew I couldn’t stay on bottom because he would have the upper hand,� Thomas said. “He is really good at top and going into the match I was trying to keep up.� Thomas w ill see Dean again at the EIWA Conference Championships at the Palestra on March 8-9. If Thomas hopes to achieve his goal of finishing tops in his weight-class in the conference tournament, he will need to work on getting the upper hand in matches, especially late in bouts. “I need to work on neutrals and some more of my takedowns,� Thomas admitted. “I haven’t been doing too well in that category lately.� Despite Thomas’ shortcomings, the former Ivy League Rookie of the Year isn’t letting his record against fellow standout wrestlers discourage him. Instead, he’s looking forward to the next opportunity for him to improve his chances at becoming an All-American.
BY LAINE HIGGINS Staff Writer Imagine taking a year off from something that you do better than almost anyone in the country. It’s highly likely that, after 12 months away from your craft, you’d be a little rusty when returning to action on a consistent basis. It’s safe to imagine most people having the same problem. But if this season has taught Penn wrestling anything, it’s that Lorenzo Thomas isn’t like most people in that regard. Thomas, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pa., has been a staple for the Quakers this season at 184 pounds, boasting a 17-7 record. Ranked No. 13 nationally in his weight class, Thomas is responsible for 30 of Penn’s points scored in dual meets, 20 percent of the team’s total output. And while those numbers are impressive, what says more is that Thomas is producing at such a successful level after sitting out last season. Despite not competing in
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At 17-7 on the year, junior 184-pounder Lorenzo Thomas, currently ranked No. 13 in his weight class nationally, has been Penn’s most consistent force this season, but has been unable to notch a win in five matches against top-20 opponents. 2012-13, Thomas started the 2013-14 season on a high note, winning the Keystone Classic on Nov. 24. In his second season on the mats for the Quakers, Thomas hopes to turn this early success into a run at becoming an All-American, an honor that
requires a top-eight national ranking at the end of the season, as well as an EIWA Conference champion. “I wrestled with a lot of the top guys,� Thomas said. “If I can get better at everything I need to work on, I think I can achieve my goal of being All-
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Bonenberger is gentle giant off the court W. HOOPS from page 10 star freshman center Sydney Stipanovich to flourish in this system. “[Bonenberger] has given us another side of her,” McLaughlin said. “Now, she’s grown as a player. … Last year she didn’t have the ball skills that she does now. … Her basketball maturity has grown, she’s more poised than she was and she handles adversity better.” W hat’s more intr ig uing about Bonenberger is her interest in environmental issues and animal rights off the court. She is a renowned animal lover and volunteers whenever possible. “I absolutely love animals,” Bonenberger said. “I volun-
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teered last summer with the Wildlands Conservancy. … I worked with children … and taught them about different animals like birds, reptiles and everything else. “I would love to just travel the world and see everything.” Perhaps her love of animals is what translates to her pure instincts on court. Bonenberger and the rest of the Quakers made significant strides in their chances to claim the Ivy title this season by knocking off Dartmouth and Harvard last weekend. But for now, Bonenberger will probably stay with her normal regiment of lifting twice as much and playing, disciplined basketball. This lover of animals and her teammates are on the prowl, and the rest of the Ancient Eight should take notice. “We run this floor the whole game,” Bonenberger said. “Teams don’t know what we are doing, and we can do whatever we want.”
“He’s determined to prove that he’s a capable player and he’s been really good for us this year. “A lot of it is that he’s committed himself to [the weight room] and gotten stronger and improved his shooting.” And while Rosenberg has split time between starting and coming off the bench, he has been the Lions’ most consistent force on the offensive end, scoring in double-digits in each of Columbia’s last 16 games. Yet with all of those weapons on the offensive end and strong defenders like junior Meiko Lyles at the other end, the Lions have still been missing one of their biggest impact players — junior Steve Frankoski. Frankoski is known for his three-point shot, both his quick release and strong accuracy. As a sophomore last year, he helped lead Columbia to an upset over Harvard with a 27-point effort on 9-for-12 shooting. But his junior year, like much of his time at Columbia, has been plagued by injuries, limiting him to just four appearances on the year. “He has one of the best attitudes I’ve ever coached, and he’s obviously in a difficult situation,” Smith said. “But he hasn’t been fazed one bit. His leadership has been outstanding. “We haven’t been shooting the ball as well lately, so maybe he’ll get some cracks here.” Despite Frankoski’s absence, the Lions have still found a way to have success, in contrast to their preseason ranking. And with 10 Ivy contests remaining this year, including one at the Palestra on Saturday, Columbia is determined to turn the corner as a program. “It takes time,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we’ll keep pushing ADthrough B&W and reap the rewards here.”
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Penn junior forward Kara Bonenberger has become one of the Quakers’ most consistent inside presences this season, and has made life easier for her teammates. An efficient rebounder, Bonenberger’s average of 6.4 boards per game is second-best on the team, as are her 30 offensive rebounds and 15 blocks.
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Penn freshman called up to world stage BY COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ
conference record, which inIt may be the offseason for cluded a close loss at then-No. Penn women’s soccer, but at 2 Michigan State that helped to least one member of the Red provide some early experience and Blue is still getting ready for a squad with no seniors. to lace up her spikes and hit “We are very young,” Smith the pitch. said. “Us going into that enAccording to Penn Athletvironment and competing ics, freshman midfielder Ana with them had to lift some of Chevtchenko has been called [the Columbia players’] spirup to the Russian national its, helping them believe they team in preparation for two could compete with anybody.” friendly matches against the Columbia’s youth has been United States squad over the prevalent this year, especially next week. at point guard. With Brian BarBoth matches will be held bour, the Lions’ second team on American soil. The first All-Ivy point guard, graduatwill take place at 3:30 p.m. this ing last May, the team has Saturday at FAU Stadium in turned to a trio of sophomores Boca Raton, Fla. The other — Isaac Cohen, Maodo Lo and gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Grant Mullins — to take over the following Wednesday in the backcourt. Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. Cohen, described by Smith It’s Chevtchenko’s second as a “point-forward,” has been call-up to the Russian nationthe Lions’ chief distributor, al team this academic year leading the squad in assists — her first came in Septemper game. Yet despite his ber for a World Cup qualifier 6-foot-4 frame, he also leads against Germany. the squad on the boards, rank“I am extremely happy that ing first amongst Ivy guards in Ana is getting to represent rebounds per game. her country against the U.S. Meanwhile, Lo and Mullins women’s national team this have taken over some of Barweek,” Penn coach Darren bour’s scoring duties, putting Ambrose said. up 14 and 12.8 points, per game “Representing your country respectively. Lo has been paris the highest honor you can ticularly impressive, ranking get in sports and is one Ana No. 2 in the Ancient Eight in has worked hard to achieve,” three-point shooting at 49 perhe said. “We are proud of her cent. and excited to see her compete But Columbia’s leading against the United States.” scorer has been junior forIn addition to leading her ward Alex Rosenberg, who has high school team to two Orstarted to tap into his potential egon state championships, in a major fashion. After playChevtchenko — who holds ing in the Maccabiah Games both American and Russian last summer, Rosenberg has citizenship — competed on improved across the board. Russian junior national teams Smith wasEASYCARE happy BRAND with throughout her youth soccer Rosenberg’s progress after career. Ambrose knew the the junior struggled at times deal from the beginning. the past two years. >>CHECK BACK Starting next painting project? True Value’s ultra-premium Starting your next painting project? “We knew in recruiting that “Someyour kids would maybe tomorrow to seeTrue how Value’s ultra-premium international career was hang their Paint headsoffers and Paint doubt EasyCare complete satisfaction with up a lifetime EasyCare offersPenn complete with her a lifetime basketballsatisfaction stacks important to her,” he said. themselves, but he has gone ® ® andExperts try warranty. Come in andCome talk toinour Color Experts and try warranty. andCertified talk against to our Certified Color the Lions “I think the experience she the other way,” Smith said. arting yourour nextexclusive painting project? True Value’s ultra-premium Starting your next painting project? Trueexactly Value’s ultra-premium Starting your next painting project?find Trueexactly Value’s selection tools. You’ll find what you ultra-premium ourcolor exclusive color selection tools. You’ll what you syCare Paint offers complete lifetime EasyCaresatisfaction Paint offers with complete satisfaction a lifetimewith a lifetime EasyCare Painta offers completewith satisfaction need to choose color with needyour to choose yourconfidence. color with confidence. and tryExperts® and try Comewarranty. inColor and talk to our Certified Experts® Color andtalk trytoColor rranty. Come in and talk towarranty. our Certified Experts Come in®and our Certified Starting your next painting project? True Value’s ultra-premium exclusive color selection tools. You’ll exactly ourfind exclusive selection tools. You’llwhat findyou exactly what you exclusive color selectionourtools. You’ll exactlycolor what you find EasyCare Paint need offers tocomplete satisfaction with a color lifetime chooseneed your with confidence. tocolor choose your with confidence. ed to choose your color with confidence.
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Penn coach Darren Ambrose saw freshman midfielder Ana Chevtchenko miss two collegiate games to play on the Russian national team, but he knew that her international play would take precedent when he recruited her. gains from it will help her in the college game and her time at Penn.” Chevtchenko was plagued by injur y throughout her
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Junior forward is a force down low
W. HOOPS | In a new offense, Kara Bonenberger has asserted herself as one of the Quakers’ strongest players BY JIMMY LENGYEL Associate Sports Editor “No one can fight with her on the court,” sophomore guard Rayne Connell said with reverence. “She’s a beast.” That beast is Penn junior forward Kara Bonenberger. Bonenberger’s tenacity and physical style is contrasted by her quiet, focused demeanor when leading her teammates. Over the course of her three years on the Penn women’s basketball team, Bonenberger’s stats have escalated and opposing teams have learned to account for her presence on the floor at all times. “She’s got a unique personality, [her teammates] love her because she’s got some quirky tendencies,” head coach Mike McLaughlin said with a smile creased across his face. “But for us she’s stoic…unassuming, unemotional. She does what she’s got to do.” The Pennsylvania native provides an interesting dynamic to her team. Her complex yet gentle attitude allows her to fit into all sorts of roles on the team, whether on the court or off. “She can play any personality on our team,” Connell said. “She can be the really nerdy kid into science or she can be the hardest working kid on the court.” Specifically, her weight room ethic is a point of admiration for not only her coach, but also the rest of her teammates. “I’ve been trying to keep going and lifting and running to stay in shape,” Bonenberger said. “I think I’m the only one on this team that likes to lift. It’s so much fun and relaxing for me.” “I think [lifting] has translated,” McLaughlin added. “I think she’s getting to her position stronger, she never gets pushed off the ball and it has translated to her success.” Her biggest strength on the floor this year has been improved by her weight room ethic. She constantly pounds the inside of the post, notching layup after layup. While she’s not the strongest outside shooter, the Quakers haven’t had to rely on that aspect of her game. Bonenberger leads the team in field goal percentage (.507) as a result of her ability to get consistent high-percentage looks under the basket. Not only has she contributed to the team statistically, but her contributions have also allowed
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(17-3, 4-0 Ivy) After pummeling Princeton and Penn at Lavietes Pavilion, one almost gets an impression that the only thing that can stop an inevitable Crimson run in March is some sort of freak injury, like the broken foot that will sideline forward Kenyatta Smith for the rest of the season. Stay tuned…
(11-7, 3-1) Beware the Bears. Brown is as nasty as its namesake on defense, holding Columbia to 6-22 three-point shooting in a 64-56 win over the Lions on Saturday. The Bears have now won three straight Ivy home games, but they will receive a big test when they travel to face Harvard on Friday.
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(13-8, 2-2) Getting swept by Yale and Brown is an absolute killer for Kyle Smith and crew, who looked like they had finally turned the corner. Their chances at a postseason berth aren’t dead yet, but the Lions will need to sweep Penn and Princeton to pick their spirits up and avoid a death spiral.
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(12-5, 0-3) It’s hard to believe now that #2BidIvy was once a thing. The Tigers have completely collapsed during Ivy play, falling to Harvard and Dartmouth on the road to kill any realistic chance at even qualifying for the NIT. Princeton needs to find secondary scoring options after receiving only seven bench points on Saturday against the Big Green.
(1-17, 0-4) Alone again, naturally. As the Big Red’s RPI sinks lower and lower (currently at 343rd nationwide), memories of this program being relevant in the Ancient Eight continue to fade away. Cornell’s best shot at an Ivy win this season may just come on Friday night, when it takes on a struggling Penn squad at the Palestra.
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Columbia looks to turn the corner in Ivy play and extend its surprising success M. HOOPS | The Lions’ young players have shown youthful talent and resilience all season
Penn AD search heats up with consultant hire Penn brings Daniel Parker into the fold to help find Steve Bilsky’s successor with 4-5 week timetable in mind
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Wait, that was just one weekend? We’ve only had one stretch of back-to-backs so far, but up is already down and down is already up. About the only thing that remains constant these days is Harvard’s dominance…
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When coach Kyle Smith’s Columbia basketball team looked at the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll, the Lions saw a sight for sore eyes: The team was ranked eighth … out of eight. “We tried to take it with a grain of salt,” Smith said. “It was out there so we had to address it but hopefully it was good motivation.” But Columbia now stands in a very different place. Currently, they sit in the middle of the pack even after losing twice this past weekend. The Lions are 2-2 in Ivy play heading into weekend matchups with Princeton and Penn. Smith’s squad posted a stellar 11-6 non-
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Penn’s athletic director search is beginning to heat up. After a new website dedicated to the search announced two open forums — taking place on Feb. 11 and 12 — the committee’s website released that Daniel Parker of Parker Executive Search has been retained as the consultant in the process of finding outgoing Athletic Director Steve Bilsky’s successor. The firm’s website says that PES completes most sports executive searches within 4-5 weeks, keeping up with Penn’s objective to find a new AD by the end of the semester. PES’ normal timetable proceeds by understanding its client and figuring out the client’s ideal candidate, identifying candidates, facilitating interviews and following up — all while maintain-
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