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Why aren’t more Penn students attending games at the Palestra? JOEY PIATT & BRANDON PRIDE Senior Sports Reporters

It’s a Saturday night at the beginning of February, and only 30 minutes remain until tip-off for a Penn men’s basketball game against Ivy League rival Dartmouth. Coming off big wins against Harvard and Temple, one would think the student body would be lining up to get inside the Cathedral of College Basketball. But with the action just minutes away, the student section is so empty that there is still time to snag a coveted courtside seat. While there are currently more student-athletes warming up on the basketball court than there are students in the stands, the general attendance sections are beginning to fill up. Many alumni have come back to visit their alma mater, some with children, to take in the game. Countless gray-haired supporters, hoping for a return to their glory days, also dot the home section. Two men wearing “Class of ‘72” sweatshirts and sporting wrinkles each buy a box of popcorn and take their seats near half court. But something is different about the Palestra than when these two were students. As more time passes, the opening tip is moments away. The student section is now around 40% full, but that number doesn’t tell the whole story. SEE BASKETBALL PAGE 10

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GRIP programs in China will relocate to South Korea after coronavirus outbreak Two GRIP programs will move to Seoul this summer JASON YAN Senior Reporter

Penn Global will relocate two of its Global Research & Internship Program cohorts from cities in China to Seoul, South Korea in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Penn Global Senior Associate Director Erica Sebastian said GRIP programs were moved following the University’s decision to cancel all spring study abroad programs in China, as well as the United States Department of State’s February advisory against all non-essential travel to China. The two programs, Law and International Affairs in Beijing and Engineering in Shenzhen, will place students at Seoul companies in their respective fields. Sebastian said Penn Global will work to ensure GRIP applicants’ access to global internships in other locations this summer. “By relocating the programs we are able to increase the likelihood that the program will run and that students will be able to have this experience,” Sebastian said. The Global Research & Internship Program allows students to participate in one of its pre-approved

The IFC streamlines new member education Number of required workshops for new fraternity members increased AMJAD HAMZA Staff Reporter

national Affairs in Beijing and Engineering in Shenzhen. Students in the direct placement program ap-

The Interfraternity Council has increased attendance mandates and number of required workshops for the New Member Education program after years of low turnout among fraternity members. The six-week program consists of four required workshops conducted by Counseling and Psychological Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, Campus Health, and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault for new members before being officially initiated into their chapter, IFC President and College junior Louis Galarowicz said. This will be the first year at least 80 percent of new members in each fraternity will be required to attend the AOD and CAPS sessions, Galarowicz added. Galarowicz, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, added all new members must also attend a workshop at their chapter house facilitated by MARS.

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The relocation of GRIP China programs follows the University’s decision to cancel all spring study abroad programs in China and the United States Department of State’s February advisory against all non-essential travel to China.

internships or research placements with guaranteed funding across the globe. Currently, GRIP has over 35 programs in 25 countries. GRIP offers two types of intern-

ship placements, cohort and direct placement. Students in the cohort program do not apply to a specific job, but instead to a general field in a location, like Law and Inter-

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SPORTS | Quakers sweep Ivy Weekends Penn men’s and women’s basketball both swept their Ivy Weekends against Columbia and Cornell, moving up in the Ancient Eight standings in the process. PAGE 9

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As a part of new member education, all new fraternity members must also attend a workshop at their chapter house facilitated by Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault before being officially initiated into their chapter.

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Last year, IFC required all new members to attend the MARS workshop but did not have a specific attendance mandate for the workshops hosted by CAPS, Campus Health, and AOD from which each chapter picked two to attend. The changes to the NME program were made to ensure more new members attend the workshops and create a more effective conversation about these issues, Galarowicz said. “We’re trying to target the issues we face in the most broadbased way,” Galarowicz said. “Conceptions of masculinity are tied to cultures of violence, conceptions of self, or substance abuse.” He added that he benefited from attending NME workshops as a first year and hopes more students will take advantage of these opportunities. “It was always the kids who

weren’t athletes, the kids who weren’t involved in other stuff who got saddled with a lot of the programs [in the past],” he said. Penn Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé said he credits the IFC for reaching out to CAPS to better streamline NME and achieve higher turnout. The IFC has tried several strategies in the past three years to increase turnout at NME events. In 2017, only five of Penn’s 27 fraternities met then-mandated IFC attendance requirements which included a sex education workshop, MARS workshop, and the Vagina Monologues. In 2018, the IFC hoped more flexibility would boost turnout by having fraternities choose only three programs to attend from nine options. The IFC adopted a stricter stance in 2019 by making the MARS workshop compulsory and threatening to block initiation of new members until they attended the re-

quired events. “There’s a lot of research that supports the fact that too many choices is overwhelming and can be a negative,” Director of Campus Health Ashlee Halbritter said in support of the IFC’s streamlining efforts. Campus Health will also hold its annual sex education workshop, known as “sex camp,” as part of new member training for both sororities and fraternities. Galarowicz said that at least four new members from each fraternity are required to attend the “sex camp” compared to last year’s three. Halbritter said that attendance requirements for the “sex camp” is lower than the CAPS, AOD, and MARS workshops because of space and time constraints. Halbritter added that Campus Health will offer an online equivalent for those who do not attend the camp. Delta Tau Delta President and College junior Matthew Garber said that the new IFC re-

quirements will not mean a significant change for his chapter. “[Delta Tau Delta] has always had a CAPS presentation, MARS, Penn Anti-Violence Educators,” Garber said. “We’ve been doing these since as long as I’ve been in the fraternity.” According to figures from 2017, Delta Tau Delta met the NME attendance requirements for Campus Health and MARS events but did not meet the then-mandated Vagina Monologues requirement. Garber, however, welcomed the IFC’s initiative to increase fraternity turnout at NME, adding that the Greek life community tends to face negative repercussions collectively. “[Galarowicz] really set the tone and has taken charge of this and made it simpler so that it doesn’t feel like yet another chore but something that’s important and that brings people together through unified values, namely inclusivity and education,” Dubé said.

ply for internships at specific companies through GRIP. The cohort programs originally in China will accept five students each. GRIP is still finalizing the Seoulbased companies where the groups will work. Although the cohort programs will continue in Seoul, Penn Global has yet to find suitable replacements for its three direct placement programs in China. According to Sebastian, GRIP is currently exploring different alternatives for the original direct placement programs. College first year Rebecca Jiang, who applied for the GRIP direct placement in Shanghai, said she received an email last week from Penn Global that said the programs in China were canceled and that GRIP is still working to find alternate locations. “To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t surprised, just because [the coronavirus outbreak has] been a big part of the news,” Jiang said. Jiang said she is worried the program will be canceled. She interviewed with a recruiter from the Chinese company Keru a few days before she received the email from GRIP, and said her interviewer did not mention that the coronavirus outbreak would change her potential internship. “I also recently had my interview for the direct placement, and the interviewer didn’t say anything about moving the placement away from China,” Jiang said. Sebastian said Penn Global will continue its direct and cohort placement in Hong Kong and other locations in the region. She added that direct placement is more difficult to relocate because it usually involves specific companies, unlike cohort placement, which is more

general. “It’s a bit more complicated because we can’t move the companies themselves out of China,” Sebastian said. “We have let our GRIP China direct applicants know that we are exploring options and we will be keeping in close touch with those students in the coming days and weeks.” Wharton senior Jia Wei Teo interned in Beijing at the Golden Bridges Foundation during the summer of 2017 as part of GRIP’s direct placement program. She said students who want to work or study in China should wait until the virus outbreak is over and re-apply next year. “If you want to have that experience in China, it’s not very easy to just replace it somewhere else,” Teo said. College senior Xin Liu, who attended a Penn Global Seminar in Shanghai, said an abroad experience in China is a unique way for students to understand Chinese culture. She added that the Chinese abroad experience is helpful for understanding political tensions between the United States and China, as well as racial tensions exacerbated by the virus. “Racialization of the virus to Chinese people, especially with the weird political tension between the United States and China, [leaves] an uneasy feeling for me since I am an Asian American,” she said. “Maybe visiting China would change people’s perspective of the country or show that it’s not as crazy or weird as they might have thought it was.” Liu said it is difficult to replace an abroad experience in China. “China is a pretty unique country in terms of how large and influential [it] is politically and economically. It’s kind of an anomaly,” Liu said. “You can’t just substitute it with another country nearby.”

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Undergraduate Assembly fills Nursing seat with special election Only 17 Nursing students voted in the special election ELIZABETH MEISENZAHL Staff Reporter

Nursing sophomore Candy Greczylo was elected as the Undergraduate Assembly’s Nursing representative last week, after the previous representative resigned mid-term at the end of last semester. Running unopposed, Greczylo won the election with just 17 votes from sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the School of Nursing on Friday. Greczylo said she aims to prioritize the needs of first-generation, lowincome Nursing students. Greczylo is the third consecutive Nursing student to run unopposed after only one student ran in each of the spring elections in 2018 and 2019. In the most recent election for a Nursing seat in April 2019, Nursing junior Tess Doran was elected with 136 votes. Although first years cannot vote in the election, the Nursing School has a total of 583 undergraduate students with only 17 students who voted for this special election. Nominations and Elections Committee Chair and College senior Olivia Crocker said she did not consider the low turnout unusual because the special election was in the Nursing School and Greczylo ran unopposed. Doran, the former Nursing representative, resigned from her seat in December, citing long hours in clinicals. Nursing students are required to complete clinical hours that allow

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Nursing sophomore Candy Greczylo was elected as the Undergraduate Assembly’s Nursing representative last week. The special election comes after former Nursing representative and Nursing junior Tess Doran resigned at the end of last semester citing long hours in clinicals.

students to work with patients at local hospitals. Doran was one of six UA members to resign mid-term this year. The NEC filled the open College and Wharton seats with runners-up from the April 2019 election. Doran, however, ran unopposed in the election – which prompted the special election. Greczylo said she heard about the position through her friends and an email from Student Nurs-

es at Penn, the school’s oldest undergraduate student organization which promotes opportunities for Nursing students. She added that she hopes to increase support for first-generation, lowincome Nursing students and address financial burdens for students in Nursing. Greczylo said Nursing students often have to travel to hospitals outside University City for clinicals, and she hopes the UA

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will advocate to fund Nursing students’ travel expenses. “There’s further ones where you do have to pay – either split an Uber or take SEPTA, which adds up when it’s every week,” Greczylo said. Greczylo added she also plans to address fees for missing clinical or lab hours, which can cost up to $400 for a make-up session, depending on the length of the clinical.

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and city councilman Mark Squilla traveled to the Chinatown district last Thursday afternoon to combat anti-Chinese sentiment related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Kenney ate lunch at Ocean Harbor restaurant JONAH CHARLTON Staff Reporter

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney traveled to the Chinatown district for lunch in an effort to combat anti-Chinese sentiment related to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. On Feb. 6, Kenney was joined by Philadelphia’s Managing Director Brian Abernathy, Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, and city councilman Mark Squilla for lunch at Ocean Harbor restaurant, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Come back to Chinatown and eat – it’s great,” Kenney told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Chinatown is safe. The city is safe. America is safe. Everybody should relax.” Chinatown residents said worries of the coronavirus have caused a decrease in the number of people eating out at restaurants, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The Inquirer added that the lack of business has led to financial losses for local restaurants and grocery

stores. Ocean Harbor staff said four banquets had been canceled during one of their busiest times of the year, The Inquirer reported. The Los Angeles Times reported that the coronavirus has led many Asian people to field “vitriolic attacks in public spaces, including suspicious looks,” xenophobic comments, and people running to avoid them. The racist acts have led Asian people to push back on Twitter with the hashtag “#IamNotAVirus” in condemnation of the sentiment, according to The Inquirer. Ocean Harbor’s manager Jess Wong said later that day, however, the mayor’s visit brought “a lot of people” to the restaurant for dinner that night. Coronaviruses are a large, very common family of viruses, according to The New York Times. The new strain originally broke out in Wuhan, China and was detected by Chinese authorities on Dec. 31, according to The Washington Post. The coronavirus has caused 908 deaths in China and 40,171 total cases have been confirmed, according to The Times.

A 60-year-old United States citizen diagnosed with the coronavirus died at Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital on Thursday, marking the first known American death from the virus, The Wall Street Journal reported. There are no reported cases in Pennsylvania and the risk to the Penn community remains low, according to an email sent from Penn administrators to students on Feb. 5. College sophomore Zhexuan Huang, however, remains stranded in his home city Wuhan, which is on lockdown, and has been forced to take a leave of absence from Penn this semester. On Jan. 31, the Trump administration declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its travel warning to the highest level, advising against all “non-essential travel to China,” on Jan. 25, according to USA Today. Penn has recommended that all students, faculty, and staff returning from mainland China self-isolate for 14 days upon returning to the United States, according to the email sent on Feb. 5.

Crocker said the Nursing seat was open to any Nursing sophomore, junior, or senior. Firstyear Nursing students were not eligible to vote or run, Crocker said, as they are represented by the UA’s nine New Student Representative seats. Crocker said that the NEC contacted SNAP to encourage students to run for the position. Crocker added that the NEC also sent messages out to Nursing

listservs and posted in Facebook groups including the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 and groups specific to Nursing students. Of the six UA representatives who resigned this term, both Doran and Nursing senior Jess Andrews, who was an associate member, cited the timeconsuming nature of their Nursing clinicals as reasons for their departure. The remaining three vacated UA seats belonged to associate members, which UA President and College senior Natasha Menon said the UA would not fill for the rest of this term. Associate members are unelected, non-voting members of the UA who are appointed by the UA Speaker. Last year, the UA and NEC struggled to fill four Engineering seats which led to a sixmonth vacancy between April and October 2019. The NEC reached out to student groups to attract candidates and filled the seats through a special election in October. The Nursing seat, now filled by Greczylo, was the only vacated UA seat this term to be filled after holding a special election. Wharton junior Anannya Shandilya, second runner-up in the spring 2019 UA elections for Wharton seats, will fill College and Wharton sophomore Nikhil Gupta’s seat. College sophomore Daniel Ruiz de la Concha, third runner-up in last year’s election, will take over for College junior Chase Serota as a College representative. Greczylo will hold the seat for the remainder of this semester.

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org has debunked a series of myths about the coronavirus to combat misinformation about the disease, Annenberg News reported. Viral posts on social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit have spread misinformation about the coronavirus. FactCheck.org has been working to correct conspiracy theories about the disease’s origins and the death toll, Annenberg News reported. One widely spread Facebook post that Annenberg has debunked claims that researchers have already developed a vaccine for the coronavirus. Although a vaccine has not yet been developed, the Wistar Institute has joined the global effort to create a vaccine for the virus. Chinese scientists have shared the sequence of the coronavirus, allowing researchers including those at the Wistar Institute to know which protein codes to replace in a potential vaccine. Penn Medicine professor Ebbing Lautenbach said a vaccine is unlikely to be available before the beginning of summer. Several false social media posts accused the Chinese government of censoring the real

number of deaths, claiming that up to 10,000 deaths had gone unreported. FactCheck.org debunked these falsehoods on Jan. 27. Only 81 deaths had been confirmed at the time that FactCheck.org published the article. Conspiracy theories have also spread on Facebook about the origin of the disease, pointing to an unverified scientific paper that claims to have evidence that the coronavirus was man-made. The theory asserts a connection between the novel coronavirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus. InfoWars host Alex Jones has spread the conspiracy theory that the Chinese government developed the virus as a genetic weapon. FactCheck.org published a rebuttal and spoke to expert biologists and virologists, who confirmed that the virus’ sequence shows no signs of human tampering. The virus is believed to have been transmitted to humans from an animal, which leading virologists currently believe is a bat, FactCheck.org reported. The coronavirus has caused 908 deaths in China and 40,171 total cases have been confirmed, according to The New York Times. Penn initially informed students in an email on Jan. 24 that Student Health Service and Campus Health were monitoring the situation, and communicating with Chinese international students and students studying

abroad or planning on studying abroad in China. On Jan. 29, Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé announced that students will be barred from studying abroad in China this semester, although the virus poses a low risk to the Penn community. He added that other students studying abroad in Southeast Asia have elected to return to Penn. Last week, Penn recommended that all students, faculty, and staff returning from mainland China self-isolate for 14 days upon returning to the United States. The recommendation came after the Pennsylvania Department of Health issued a similar guidance. No cases of coronavirus have been reported in Philadelphia or at Penn. On Jan. 28, a student at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia tested negative for the disease after being suspected of having the virus. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Penn Wharton China Center in Beijing will remain closed until Feb. 10. A Penn student, College sophomore Zhexuan Huang, is currently stranded in Wuhan, China after the city was placed on lockdown by the Chinese government. Waiting on a visa and unable to leave Wuhan, Huang cannot return to Penn this semester. FactCheck.org’s debunking was cited in stories in Vox, USA Today, and NBC Universal.

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org has been working to correct conspiracy theories about the coronavirus’s origins and death toll spread through social media, Annenberg News reported.

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Why Penn students should pack the Palestra

hile the Palestra is one of college basketball’s most historic sites, many Penn students fail to attend basketball games. Attendance at Penn men’s basketball games has been consistently dropping over the past two decades — while an average of 5,571 people attended each game in 2000, this had dropped below 4,000 by 2009. Many Penn students lack knowledge about Penn’s basketball history, and even those who know about the team are often not interested in attending games. But this does not have to be the case. Students should recognize the historic value of the Palestra and attend games to support Penn’s basketball teams. The Palestra, which opened in 1927, is the oldest major college basketball arena still in use today. Known as the “Cathedral of College Basketball,” it has hosted more college games, more college teams, and more NCAA Tournament games than any other arena in the country. It is a top destination for college basketball fans across the country and is the historic home of the Big 5, an unofficial conference of Philadelphia-area teams including Penn, Villanova, Temple, St. Joseph’s, and La Salle. It has also hosted basketball legends including Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Kyle Lowry.

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Last year, the men’s basketball team swept its Big 5 opponents, and the women were Ivy League regular season co-champions. So, for both teams the Palestra

has been the site of some of Penn basketball’s biggest victories. While Penn is not a Power Five school, its women’s and

men’s basketball teams have historically performed well in the Ivy League Tournament, and support from the student body can only enhance this per-

formance. Often at basketball games, players try to rally the student section before important moments. This shows how much student support matters to Penn’s athletes. If students show up to games in higher numbers, and cheer louder, it can boost athletes’ confidence and help them perform better. This could create a positive feedback loop of Penn performing better in games, which would lead more students to want to attend a winning team’s games. On the other hand, if attendance at games continues declining, Penn’s athletes may feel demoralized and disconnected from the student body. In 2018 the Palestra saw a historic 78-75 win for Penn against then-No. 17 ranked Villanova. This win was unprecedented and the attendance in the student section is no better proof of that. Fans stormed the court, proud of their school and proud of their team. This moment was historic not only because of the high profile of Villanova’s team, but because this was a meaningful and exciting time for Penn students. Why can’t we recreate more moments like this one? Attending basketball games strengthens Penn’s team and affirms the Palestra’s unique history. It’s time for students to recognize this and start engaging with the space.

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enn is not “well.” From the shocking stories of student and faculty suicides, to the everyday complaints about stress and feeling overworked, the state of mental health on campus is clearly not where it should be. The foremost culprit, at least through the personal experiences of myself and the students I know, is competition. Penn students are competitive to a fault, desiring to one-up each other with the hardest classes, the most board positions, or the most prestigious internships. And who’s to blame but ourselves? A column in the fall of 2018 located the problem within students’ attitudes, challenging us to “change the perception of competition collectively,” but this denies reality. The incentive structure within which Penn students operate is zero-sum: There are a finite number of As in most courses, and a finite number of internships at prestigious organizations. If we don’t give in to the rat race, our resumes will be left at the bottom of the stack. Penn’s administration has made a number of important strides in

promoting wellness on campus in recent years. Student groups such as Penn Reflect and Penn Benjamins have worked to promote openness between students. Counseling and Psychological Services is working to make themselves more accessible through the “Let’s Talk” initiative, which places counselors at locations frequented by students around campus. As for other mental health resources: The new Wellness at Penn website has centralized them into one directory.

While all of these efforts are laudable, their impact is limited because the incentive structure remains in place. The majority of students will fail to take advantage of these opportunities because any time spent on reflection, meditation, or another wellness-related activity is time that could’ve been spent maximizing their GPA or applying to internships. The problem with Penn’s wellness programming is therefore not a lack of opportunities, but rather a

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lack of incentive. In order to be impactful, wellness measures must be adapted to fit within students’ existing incentive structures, and that means integrating them within students’ existing commitments, such as classes and extracurriculars. Consider the success of Academically Based Community Service classes, which integrate service directly into students’ curriculums rather than treating it as some additional, outside-of-class activity.

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LETTERS Have your own opinion? Send your letter to the editor or guest column to letters@thedp.com. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc. Editorial Board, which meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to Penn’s campus. Participants in these meetings are not involved in the reporting of articles on related topics.

SARAH KHAN is a College junior from Lynn Haven, Fla.

While students may not have the incentive to engage in extracurricular community service, they always have to take classes, and taking an ABCS course in place of a standard course costs them nothing. For this reason, wellness and mindfulness should be integrated into the curriculum in a manner paralleling that of ABCS courses. There are already mindfulness-related courses around campus such as Angela Duckworth’s “Grit Lab,” and James Pawelski’s positive psychology course on “The Pursuit of Happiness.” If more of these courses were created, centralized, and (in some cases) adapted to fulfill College requirements, students would be able to engage in wellness and mindfulness without sacrificing their commitments. Maybe then could wellness become a mainstream focus on campus. JACKSON MAXWELL is a junior in the College from San Clemente, CA majoring in Philosophy and Sociology. His email address is jkm224@sas. upenn.edu.

Penn students, question more in politics TEJU KEEPS TALKING | Think critically before adopting new views

n 2020, politics is inescapable. Be it the Iowa caucuses or Thomas Homan’s speech at Houston Hall, political opinions are being thrown from all sides. In fact, even The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders as the candidate to beat Trump. It is especially important for us to question whatever we are fed through different sources, considering the strong polarization that characterizes these times. In the wake of a widespread political wave where every major event has political ramifications, there is a sincere need for us, especially as college students, to question more. The Thomas Homan event last month is a perfect example of this. A former Obama and Trump administration official who had the job of executing the orders of the laws passed by Congress comes to Penn to speak. He is met on one side, by a group of loud protesters who want him to leave. On the other side, he sees a number of people keenly listening, some of whom might be blindly agreeing, but others simply noting what he has to say. And these are just the people who attended the event, or those who didn’t want to attend but wanted to show their dissent. A significant number of people didn’t attend, and will read about what happened and form their own opinion based on these opinions. The key thing to note is the number of filters that all the content is going through. That is why it is so important that we question all that we hear in terms of accuracy and reliability. Being able to do that is a key part of what is called being media literate, which means applying critical thinking skills to mass media to be a more

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responsible citizen. Some would look at the protest and would align with the protesters simply because of the literal content of their message, without questioning further. In other words, the “why” of the protest can be temporarily sidelined. “Our goal tonight is ultimately for Penn to stop bringing racist a**holes to speak on campus,” a protester said. Instead of blindly aligning with such claims by assuming their accuracy, I advocate questioning them before deciding what one agrees with. Actually investigating this statement would lead

to the understanding that an executive agency that is following guidelines set by Congress can-

to conventional wisdom. But, it is very important to evaluate popular beliefs before aligning

In the wake of a widespread political wave where every major event has political ramifications, there is a sincere need for us to question more.” not work on bias. We tend to so often default

with them and ask ourselves, how much of that conventional

wisdom is all convention, and no wisdom? And at what cost? It is essential to do that especially in times when news around us can be so polarizing that mere exposure to some platforms can mislead us to make false assumptions and beliefs. In a letter to all readers, the DP President Isabella Simonetti expressed how important asking the right questions has been for her throughout her life. Penn students would do well to take Isabella’s advice. As voters of today, we must question more in order to avoid being misled or misinformed.

TEJASWI BHAVARAJU is a College first year from India, studying Mathematical Economics and C inema S tudie s . Hi s email address is tejaswib@sas.upenn. edu.

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Studies conducted by Penn assistant professor Mary Regina Boland found links between the environmental conditions of a person’s birth month and a variety of health conditions, Penn Medicine News reported. Boland, an informatics professor, began researching links between a person’s birth month and their risk of health conditions in 2015 at Columbia University. She examined the birth dates of more than one million patients treated over 14 years in New York City and discovered links between birth month and a variety of cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological diseases, Penn Medicine News reported. In 2017, Boland published a larger study of more than 10 million patients in three countries and was able to connect disease risk to the environmental factors present during a person’s birth month, such as climate and

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The Lululemon pop-up located on 37th and Walnut streets finally closed its doors after reaching the end of its lease, which was extended two times since the store opened on Penn’s campus in July 2018. The store was part of Lululemon’s national effort to establish temporary stores, known as popups, on college campuses in order to target students and promote wellness through free events. Yet some students said the store’s high prices and low in-store inventory deterred young shoppers. The pop-up opened in summer 2018 under a temporary lease and was initially scheduled to close after five months in business. However, the store extended its lease twice before eventually closing on Jan. 31, 2020, Penn’s Executive Director of Real Estate Ed Datz wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Datz wrote that the University plans to fill the retail space in the next few months, although there

are currently no confirmed tenants. College junior Riley Wagner said although she enjoys Lululemon, she believes the pop-up model didn’t fit well with the needs of the Penn community. Wagner shopped at the Center City location last semester, instead of the campus location, because of their larger inventory. “When I think of pop-up, I think of something that you only go to once because it’s limited time only,” she said. “And with Lululemon, there’s nothing special about this store compared to its other stores — it’s not that special of a concept.” Wagner said she preferred Raxx Vintage, the store that filled the retail space before Lululemon, because of its unique pieces and more affordable price range. “It is pretty unaffordable for a lot of people,” Wagner added, referring to Lululemon’s high prices. Penn students expressed concern over the expensive, and therefore exclusive, nature of the brand when the pop-up first opened. A pair of Lululemon leggings can range from $88 to $158, while some sports bras cost upwards of $100.

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pollution, according to Penn Medicine News. “I think the major takeaway is that environmental exposures can affect your body in ways that you may not expect,” Boland said. “It’s very possible that climate change could affect how many grandchildren you’ll have. That’s something you’re probably not thinking about.” She discovered links between exposures to carbon monoxide and fine air particulates during the first trimester and increased risk of health conditions like depres-

sive disorder and atrial fibrillation, respectively, Penn Medicine News reported. She also found a link between decreased exposure to sunlight during the third trimester and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. “One example of this that is very well studied is the exposure to dust mites in the first three months and the link between asthma,” Columbia professor and co-author of Boland’s study Nicholas Tatonetti told the Washington Post. “Once we identify [the connections] we can make

recommendations about lifestyle choices and how to have a healthy child. Right now we don’t know that; we’re just starting the analysis.” Boland told The Washington Post that the studies were partially made possible by the Affordable Care Act, which requires certain public health records to be collected on a daily basis in the country. “In the future, there will be an unprecedented amount of data that will be available to use to for these kind of analysis,” Boland added.

Penn Med finds manufactured immune cells can fight cancer Penn Med researchers edited immune cells JASON YAN Senior Reporter

Researchers at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine discovered that genetically-edited immune cells can survive in cancer patients, Penn Medicine News reported. The research team found that

manufactured cells were able to kill cancer months after being edited. Penn Medicine News reported that the cells were edited in three ways, making it the first “sanctioned investigational use of multiple edits to the human genome.” Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Penn Medicine and senior author of the study Carl June told Penn Medicine News that the data from the study indicated two develop-

ments. “First, we can successfully perform multiple edits with precision during manufacturing, with the resulting cells surviving longer in the human body than any previously published data have shown,” June said. “Second, thus far, these cells have shown a sustained ability to attack and kill tumors.” The study was intended to assess the safety of using this gene editing technology on humans.

“Is it safe and feasible?” Penn Med professor and co-author of the study Edward Stadtmauer told The New Scientist. “I think that’s what we demonstrated.” Wellcome Sanger Institute researcher Allan Bradley told The New Scientist that using CRISPR technology to treat cancer is not without risk, as some of those genetically edited cells might turn cancerous. “There’s a risk of causing can-

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cer sometime in a patient’s lifetime,” Bradley said. “We need to understand more before rushing into human clinical trials.” Stadtmauer told The New Scientist that the team hoped to create “off-the-shelf” cells that could be prescribed to patients, which could lower the cost and time for treatment compared to the traditional gene therapy approach. “This is the first confirmation of the ability of CRISPR/Cas9 tech-

nology to target multiple genes at the same time in humans and illustrates the potential of this technology to treat many diseases that were previously not able to be treated or cured,” June told Penn Medicine News. Last year, Penn Med researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 editing technology to remove genes from immune cells in three cancer patients, the first study of its kind in the United States.

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Bernie, Biden student groups canvass in New Hampshire

Dozens of students braved the cold to knock on doors. JULIE COLEMAN, JONAH CHARLTON, PIA SINGH Senior Reporter, Staff Reporters

DOVER, N.H. — Braving subzero temperatures, remote rural roads, and strangers behind doors, undergraduate students from Penn for Bernie and Penn for Biden trekked from Philadelphia to New Hampshire to canvass for their candidates. Just days before Tuesday’s firstin-the-nation Democratic primary, Penn students aimed to make their mark on the race for the White House and knocked on hundreds of doors throughout the Granite State. Penn for Bernie, joined by Philly for Bernie, Drexel for Bernie, and Rowan for Bernie, arrived in New Hampshire on Friday night with a group of approximately 40 students and returned to Philadelphia Sunday night. Four Biden supporters from Penn canvassed in different parts of the state, including College junior Ben May, who left campus this semester to work full-time on the Biden campaign. May and Biden campaign regional fellow and Engineering sophomore Ronak Bhagia plan to continue canvassing up until Tuesday’s election. The large group of Sanders supporters mirrored the enthusiasm for the Vermont senator in the polls, where Sanders enjoys the lead in the RealClearPolitics polling average. Biden, once seen as the front-runner in the race, is a distant fourth in the polling average — sitting more than ten percentage points behind Sanders. Bhagia, the Biden supporter, said he and the other volunteers received three or four packets each day with lists of potential voters. The packets contain approximately 30 to 40 addresses of 70 to 100 prospective voters in a certain neighborhood. For each house Bhagia visits, he writes down whether or not someone answers the door and, if they answer, if he

thinks the person is likely vote for Biden. Bhagia said some issues he faced while canvassing occurred because his car could not handle the harsh New Hampshire climate. A snowstorm hit the state on Friday, knocking out power in thousands of homes. Numerous trees and telephone poles collapsed. His car nearly got stuck on a remote, rural road. “I’m completely stuck in this dirt road, my phone’s at about five percent, there is no house anywhere to be found near me,” he said. “It is about 13 degrees Fahrenheit and I was not nearly dressed well enough for it, so for a while I was like, this is about to be rough.” After shoving sticks and leaves under the tires, Bhagia was able to keep going. Though canvassing can be tedious – and even dangerous – he believes it is vital for voter turnout, especially in the few days before the primary. “For every 100 people you canvass, you’re going to get 10 that are going to go to the polls that wouldn’t have otherwise,” he said. Penn for Bernie canvassers used an app known as MiniVAN, which College sophomore and Penn for Bernie president Jack Cahill said is popular among Democratic campaigns. The app consolidates a database of eligible voters in specific areas. Canvassers then record each voter’s reaction towards Sanders in the app, ranging from “strong support” to “hostile.” “We’ve pretty much just been knocking on doors and making sure people are planning to go out and be voting in their primary — it’s all about turnout,” Cahill said. “A lot of people we’ve been talking to are undecided or even leaning to the right.” According to Cahill, students from Penn, Rowan, and Philly for Bernie knocked on 2,000 doors total in Rochester and Dover throughout the weekend. College sophomore and Penn for Bernie co-director Amira Chowdhury said their team is optimistic Sanders has the majority of voters in

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College sophomore Ronak Bhagia (top) canvassed for Joe Biden in New Hampshire this weekend even persisting after car troubles in rural areas. College sophomores Amira Chowdhury (bottom left) and Jack Cahill (bottom right) canvassed for Bernie Sanders.

New Hampshire. Cahill stressed that their job is not just to campaign for Sanders, but to inspire people to vote, despite obstacles like misinformation, disenfranchisement, and physical disabilities. “The issue is just a matter of turnout and getting them to the polls, given that there are so many barriers to voting here in this country,” he said.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren (center), discusses her campaign and the election with Daily Pennsylvanian reporters Jonah Charlton (left) and Pia Singh (right) at a town tall in Lebanon, New Hampshire, days before the nation’s first Democratic primary. The DP will be in New Hampshire covering the primaries until Wednesday morning. Warren is currently third in polling averages in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

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LEBANON, N.H. – Former Penn Law School professor and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (DMass.) hosted a town hall for around 500 people on Sunday night in New Hampshire. In the heart of the action leading up to the nation’s first Democratic primary election, Warren called for “big structural change.” When asked by Daily Pennsylvanian reporters what she would say to on-campus college voters, Warren stressed the need for “an America that works for everyone.” “Who the government works for has got to be the central question that will determine your future,” Warren told the DP. “If we stay on this current path of government working great for giant corporations, for billionaires, and for lobbyists, then your future – unless you are a billionaire, a giant corporation, or a lobbyist – is going to be in real trouble.” Warren detailed her plans to combat corruption, climate change, and alleviate issues that affect working class Americans in front of a crowd of mostly older families with children. There were a handful of college students in attendance, including several from nearby Dartmouth College and Philadephia’s Temple University. In her speech, Warren also criticized the recent impeachment trial, calling it “a sham trial with no evidence.” During the Q&A session of the town hall, Warren compared current Vice President Mike Pence to a loyal pet. An audience member asked the Senator whether she discusses her own potential vice presidential picks with her dog, Bailey, who was present at the town hall. “Do you whisper into Bailey’s ear, ‘Who is going to be my Mike Pence? Who’s go-

ing to look at me with adoring eyes?’” a man in audience asked. Warren cut off the man and said, “Oh, I already have a dog,” followed by laughter and cheers from the crowd. Dartmouth sophomore Izzy Glennon said she remains undecided about which Democratic candidate will get her vote. But she said she was glad to attend the event, especially due to its proximity to Dartmouth’s campus. “I think it is important just to take advantage of this opportunity, being up here and having such easy access, especially being a student and all this being free,” Glennon said. Temple seniors Katherine Weaver and Andrea Salas were at Warren’s town hall covering the event for their college newspaper. They stressed the importance of the youth vote in the upcoming presidential election. “I know they say that all the time, but there really is a lot at stake [in the presidential election],” Weaver said. “I think students should be aware because this [presidential election] is going to affect us more than it is any other voters.” Salas echoed Weaver, adding she feels her age group is not always represented at the polls. “People who get involved in politics are usually older people because they have the time to watch the news and get politically involved.” Salas said. “In order for issues that affect us to really be addressed, more college students need to get out there and vote – especially women.” Currently, Warren is polling third in the RealClearPolitics polling average of New Hampshire, behind both Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind. Before her current position in the Senate, Warren was a longtime law professor, teaching at Penn Law between 1987 and 1995. According to recent interviews with the DP, both students and faculty who knew Warren held her in high esteem.

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Squash wraps up regular season with a pair of victories The men beat Columbia for first time in six seasons DUSTIN GHANNADI Sports Reporter

Penn squash continued its Ivy League matchups this weekend, as they wrapped up regular season play. Splitting time between home and on the road, the men’s and women’s teams played against Columbia in the Penn Squash Center on Friday, then traveled to Ithaca, N.Y. on Sunday to take on Cornell. Both teams were ultimately successful on the weekend, with each garnering two valuable wins. On Friday, the No. 3 men’s team (12-2, 6-1 Ivy) handily defeated No. 11 Columbia (7-9, 4-3) by a score of 9-0 on Senior Night. After what was the last home match of the season, the Red and Blue continued their success at Cornell. The Quakers started with four straight-set wins against Columbia, setting up senior Wil Hagen to clinch his team their last home match of the season. Although he dropped his first game, Hagen resiliently fought, taking each of the next games by a margin of five points or greater to earn the match win for the Red and Blue. David Yacobucci, the a fellow senior, finished his last home game of his Penn career strong with a dominant 3-0 win. This match was particularly special for the team in that it was the first time they had defeated the Lions in six seasons. “I think it was a really good weekend,” coach Gilly Lane said. “We hadn’t beaten them since 2014, so it was a great way for us to send our seniors off and

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Senior Wil Hagan dropped his first match, but later rebounded and won three straight matches to clinch the matchup against Columbia on Friday evening. The Quakers eventually won 9-0 on Senior Night.

I was happy David and Wil Hagen got those wins.” Also playing on Senior Night, the No. 7 Penn women (8-5, 4-3) edged the No. 6 Lions (9-6, 4-3) in a nail-biter. A pair of gritty 3-2 wins from the Red and Blue followed by a five-game loss set the match up for a tight finish. Another 3-2 win, this time from freshman Ashley Manning’s win was the final dagger into the Lions team; taking the last game 11-9, she sealed the victory for the Red and Blue. “The main thing is that we need to continue to make sure that when things get tight in our matches, we focus on executing our game plan rather than thinking about the outcome,” women’s coach Jack Wyant said. “It’s incredibly important especially when matches can literally come down to two points one way or another” Both teams then traveled to Ithaca, N.Y. to take on the Cor-

nell. The men played a talented, No. 13 ranked Big Red (5-9, 1-5) squad and scored a second 9-0 victory, the team’s programhigh ninth of the season. Freshman Saksham Choudhary continued his perfect streak, finishing the season with a flawless 14-0 record. Looking forward to the postseason, the men now waits for placement in the CSA championships in Cambridge, Mass. “We need to continue to improve physically and mentally, to continue to make better choices in shot selection and do a ton of video work in order to prepare for nationals,” Lane said. “We’re going to take a couple of days of rest and then get back to work mid-week and are looking forward to a strong showing at the national championships.” The Penn women also had considerable success against the No. 11 ranked Big Red (5-9, 1-5 Ivy). Finishing in a convincing

7-2 tally, the team’s young talent shined. Starting slow and giving up two of the first three possible points, the Red and Blue went on the offensive, winning the final six matches. Sisters Jamila and Amina Abou El Enin both went undefeated against the New York teams, gaining two instrumental points in the wins. “We had a real nail-biter versus Columbia,” Wyant said. “We had a long talk about what we could do better after that match and I felt like today, the team showed great progress and executed the game plan cleaner today … and that resulted in the 7-2 win.” The women’s team is preparing to wrap up their season at the CSA championships in New Haven, Conn. Overall, both teams have remarkable seasons and will look to solidifying their place in Penn history at the CSA championships.

DP Sports Player of the Week: Junior Eleah Parker The junior center scored 41 points over a pair of games TYIRA BUNCHE Senior Sports Associate

This weekend, Penn women’s basketball gained ground in the Ivy League standings with back-to-back wins over Columbia and Cornell. The team was led by two dominant performances by junior center Eleah Parker, earning her DP Sports Player of the Week. Parker entered this season with a plethora of awards from her sophomore season, including Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, Big 5 Player of the Year, and a unanimous spot on the All-Ivy first team. Despite having these accolades, she took some time to get going this season. Starting with Penn’s game at Saint Joseph’s, Parker went on a stretch of five games of single-digit points. That included a game against Stetson in which she scored only two. But after that game, she turned her season around, highlighted by her performances this weekend. On Friday against Columbia, Parker became the 23rd player in program history to eclipse the 1000-point mark, putting up 28 points. She finished just one point shy of her career high. Parker’s 13 rebounds earned her a double-double, while she also had two assists and three rebounds. Parker followed up that performance Saturday night against Cornell. She fought off fatigue to put up 13 points, eight rebounds, four blocks, and a steal to help lead Penn to their third straight win. Her performance marked the fifth time in the last six games that she reached double digits. The only single-digit performance during that time was during Penn’s loss to Harvard, when she scored eight. While her offense is what stands out on the stat sheet, Parker’s defensive presence on the court is unmatched. Her 6-foot-4 frame allows her to dominate in the paint and use her body to box out opponents. Parker now averages 2.4 blocks per game and has 43 blocks this season, the most in the Ancient Eight. Meanwhile, her seven rebounds per game is the seventh in the League. The Quakers are going to need Parker to take her dominant performances on the road next weekend when they face off with Brown and Yale.

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With 28 points in the Quakers’ win against Columbia, Eleah Parker became the 23rd player in Penn women’s basketball history to score 1,000 points. The junior also scored 13 points against Cornell the following night.

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opportunities, which she was able to take full advantage of. As a team, the Quakers’ offense flows much better when Parker is on song. Recently, teams like the Lions and the Big Red have tried to double her when she gets the ball in the paint, opening up outside shots for sharpshooters like freshman guard Kayla Padilla and senior guard Phoebe Sterba, who torched Cornell with six three-pointers. After scoring in the double digits just five times in the team’s first 12 games, Parker has now done so in five of the last six games. If that continues, she will demand even more attention from opposing defenses, opening up easier routes to the basket for her teammates. Crawford’s rapid emergence and Penn’s bench With his team riding a threegame losing streak, coach Mike McLaughlin inserted junior forward Tori Crawford into the starting lineup at Harvard. Since then, she has racked up a few impressive performances for the Red and Blue. Standing at 6-foot-2, Crawford is a mismatch for most Ivy League players in the paint. Playing 38 minutes in the overtime thriller against Columbia, the forward scored 13 points, including some clutch one-on-one baskets in the fourth quarter that gave the Quakers some breathing room as the Lions looked to gather mo-

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pulled out another tight victory in the final minutes (all five of the games in their current winning streak have been decided by single-digits). A team that was winless in the Ivy League just a week and a half ago is now 4-2 and tied for third, just one game back of conference leaders Yale and Princeton. The other team in that tie for third is Brown, which has similarly won four consecutive Ancient Eight games after dropping its first two. That makes the game between the Bears and the Quakers on Friday night at the Palestra even more important than it normally would be. The winning team will move to 5-2 in the Ivy League, tied for second with the loser of the Yale-Princeton game on the same night and just a game back from first. A win would essentially make the Red and Blue a lock for the Ivy League Tournament given the way they are currently playing. At 5-2, the Quakers would have at least a game cushion on both Harvard and Brown, and un-

mentum. Clutch buckets were not needed in the game against the Big Red, but Crawford still stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, nine boards, and four assists. With Crawford in the starting lineup, however, the Quakers will need to find another offense playmaker from the bench. Sophomore forward Kennedy Suttle, whom Crawford replaced, is a tenacious defender but does not have the same offensive prowess, averaging just 3.8 points per game. Guards Michae Jones and Katie Kinum both play with tremendous energy, but neither has been quite able to match what Crawford offers on the offensive end. In fact, having a game-changing player off the bench could just be the difference between a loss and a win in tight Ivy League games. Against Columbia, the Quakers’ bench totaled just nine points, eight of which came from Jones. They were outscored by Columbia’s bench player Kaitlyn Davis, who had 10 points herself. If Penn had been able to call on its bench to ignite the offense, it could have offered the starters more rest, and the Quakers might have been able to put the game away earlier. Starting Crawford has certainly looked like a good decision, and she has repaid her coach’s faith in her with strong performances on the court. However, McLaughlin now has to decide who is ready to step up as the team’s new x-factor off the bench.

less Cornell, Columbia, or Dartmouth makes an unexpected run, they would only have to finish ahead of one of those two teams to make the Tournament. They would also be the current holders of tiebreakers with both the Crimson and Bears with a victory on Friday. This also doesn’t seem like a Penn team that is likely to collapse down the stretch of the season. With Brodeur, Goodman, and potentially Betley on the court, the Quakers have strong senior leadership that knows how to deal with the grueling nature of Ivy Weekends, especially on the road. Talented freshmen like Dingle and Martz should also be able to provide an important source of scoring, with players like junior Eddie Scott, freshman Lucas Monroe, and senior Ray Jerome giving the team key minutes on both ends as well. Last year, Penn and Brown faced off at the Palestra on the final night of the regular season for a spot in the Ivy League Tournament. Their matchup comes much earlier this season, but the stakes might be the same.

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The area designated for current undergraduates is not completely composed of average students. Many other Penn athletes have come in groups to support the team. There are even some who have snuck in that look much too old to be students. The Quakers dominate the Big Green as play begins, coasting into halftime with a 28-14 lead. With plenty of big plays so far, the crowd is constantly applauding. But the student section lacks a certain energy. Even though it has been an exciting game to watch, the Penn students who have shown up have remained in their seats the entire time. Every highlight-reel dunk or steal is met with soft applause â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not the overwhelmingly loud cheers that are associated with basketball student sections across the country. On a night when the Quakers would go on to fight off a Dartmouth comeback and further establish themselves as an Ivy League Tournament contender, the student sectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest reaction of the night very well may have been when a fellow student finally won the infamous layup, free-throw, and three-point contest played during a timeout. This is a familiar scene as of late at the Palestra. Two weeks earlier, Big 5 rival Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made the trip across town, and so did its fans. While Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student section was slightly fuller for that game than it was against Dartmouth, St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fans often roared louder than the students wearing red and blue. Game-day scenes like these signal that the culture surrounding basketball at Penn is not the same as it was during the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball heyday. Why does the Palestra, commonly referred to as the Cathedral of College Basketball, routinely struggle to fill its 8,722-seat capacity? After all, the history of college basketball cannot be written without Penn. In addition to competing against historic Ancient Eight rivals on a weekly basis, the Quakers also compete in Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big 5, a yearly round-robin that determines the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best team. The Palestra is recognized as an integral part of college basketballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and

inception. Penn prides itself on having a diverse student body with differing interests, but discussions with many students showed that their reasons for not attending games were mostly the same. As an Ivy League school, Penn carries an identity as an academically rigorous institution, where students are often consumed by their studies and extracurricular commitments. Undergraduates often find themselves moving from class to class during the day only to attend several club meetings later that night. Perhaps the simplest explanation behind declining student attendance at Penn games is that students just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the time. The Daily Pennsylvanian talked to students in order to find out exactly why attendance is not what it once was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of times, I have a lot of work and may only have an hour,â&#x20AC;? Wharton senior Trista Vatavuk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Depending on the weekend, you do have a lot of work, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even like you get to choose other social things over basketball games.â&#x20AC;? This explanation proved to be consistent across schools, years, and backgrounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] mostly just me being busy. I do so much, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really go to anything that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to or that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at the top of my priorities,â&#x20AC;? said Derek Nhieu, the president of the Class Board of 2023. While it is easy to say that Penn students are just busy and always have been, the numbers tell a different story. The decline in attendance at Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball games is the result of a trend that has slowly evolved over the past two decades. According to the NCAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official data on college basketball attendance, the average attendance at a Penn home game from the late 1970s to the end of the 1990s was frequently around 5,000 people. In many cases, that number was closer to 5,500, and in some years it even exceeded that total. For that portion of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illustrious basketball history, Big 5 basketball was king in Philadelphia, and competition for the crown was strong every year. The Quakers were also consistently a top-two Ivy League team that turned NCAA tourna-

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ment berths into the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new normal. Entering the 21st century, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball continued to be a consistent, highcaliber program that competed at the national level. Attendance at the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games also seemed to have carried over its 20th century totals, as the average attendance in 2000 was a respectable 5,571 people. This trend did not last long, however, as the early 2000s brought along the start of the decline in attendance at the Palestra. Only five years after the Quakers played in front of an average of 5,571 people, the average attendance at Penn home basketball games fell to 4,620 in 2005, a year in which the team made the NCAA Tournament. This new trend continued throughout the rest of the 2000s and into the 2010s. In 2009, for the first time in decades, the average attendance at Penn home games was under 4,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3,656, to be exact. At the same time, Penn began to lag on the court, as the team struggled to compete in the Big 5 and reach March Madness. A trip to face Kansas

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really cool; I decided I want to get all the awards. I saw after 5,000 points you get a watch, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been going to a bunch of different sporting events,â&#x20AC;? Wharton freshman Carson Sheumaker said. Even though there is a contingent of students who faithfully attend games, many reported that they have a tough time getting others to join them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have frequently tried to bring friends to games. Sometimes it works; many times it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work,â&#x20AC;? Sheumaker said. As opposed to other schools where many studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social lives revolve around the basketball schedule, at Penn, basketball games are generally not seen as viable social events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was in high school, going to games was a tradition, but I feel like at Penn going to games is not a tradition,â&#x20AC;? Cloobeck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is more about how we work hard, and we play hard, and we choose how we want to play.â&#x20AC;? Some students noted that the Palestra is too far of a walk for them to consistently attend games. While the arena can be nearly a mile away for students who live off campus, this is hard to believe as well, as many students are known to frequently travel much farther to Center City for various social gatherings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday is a day to catch up with people I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to see as much during the week, and I think ideally we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to a basketball game,â&#x20AC;? Wharton sophomore Merrick Eng said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would probably go somewhere else that is more chill.â&#x20AC;? If there is one overarching theme, it is that the decline in attendance at Penn basketball games comes from a culture issue that stems from student perception of what is important. There is no doubt that Penn students spend their weeks hitting the books and let loose on the weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the school follows a â&#x20AC;&#x153;work hard, play hardâ&#x20AC;? social schedule. But taking in a basketball game at the Palestra? For most, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not the way they want to play.

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dents in attendance were eligible for the chance to make a $10,000 half-court shot. This promotion is just one of many, as Penn Athletics also uses the Penn Rewards app that offers students a chance to earn points for attending sporting events. These points then make students eligible for a variety of prizes. Not only are students at schools like Villanova committed during games, but they are also committed to pre and postgame activities. Taking these activities into account, students at these schools are often blocking out nearly five hours for a single game. Although Penn and its associated activities consume much of its studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time, there is little reason to believe that students at Villanova or Duke are significantly less busy. These similarities suggest that if Duke and Villanova students can give up an entire night for a basketball game, Penn students should have the time to at least walk in the doors. Thus, there must be a deeper explanation for Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declining attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; culture. While many students cite time constraints as their reason for not attending games, this may not be entirely accurate. Penn is widely known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social Ivy,â&#x20AC;? a reputation that it has earned in large part as a result of the strong Greek life presence on campus, as well as many other social clubs and events. While most Penn students do have time for social events, they would rather attend a BYO, go to a frat party, or even stay in than go to a Penn basketball game. With the average college basketball game running two hours long, many students simply prefer their social events to be a bit shorter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing about basketball games. They are pretty long, so I feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to commit to those few hours when I can just go to dinner with a friend for 45 minutes,â&#x20AC;? Vatavuk said. While most students have trouble making time for games, some have found unconventional reasons to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found the rewards app

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in 2018 ended an 11-year NCAA Tournament drought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope we get back to the NCAA Tournament, because I have friends who go to Duke, and they have much more fun [at games] than I would,â&#x20AC;? College sophomore Michael Hua said. While student attendance has been on a steady decline for decades, alumni support of the program has remained strong even as the Quakers struggle to return to the level they were at in the 1980s. Through their strong attendance, Penn alumni have clearly demonstrated that they are more passionate about Penn Athletics than current students. When most students arrive on campus, their knowledge about Penn basketball, as well as their interest in the sport, is limited. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understood we had a rivalry with Princeton, and I understood the Palestra, and I knew about the Big 5,â&#x20AC;? College sophomore Jaden Cloobeck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that was something I picked up at Penn. When I was first applying to Penn, I did not [know] anything about the basketball team specifically.â&#x20AC;? In some cases, the disconnect between students and Penn Athletics is even greater. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for enlightening me on the fact that we even have a basketball team,â&#x20AC;? Wharton freshman Sukanya Kennamthiang said when asked if she had been to a Penn basketball game. For certain selective schools, college basketball is king. Villanova and Duke are nationally known as both academic and athletic powerhouses with competitive admissions. In fact, Villanova routinely experiences a surge in applications following its NCAA Tournament successes. At these schools, student social life revolves around when and where games are being played. At universities like Villanova, it is commonplace for students to enter competitive raffles just to secure a seat. On the other hand, at Penn, students are incentivized by rewards and promotions just to get them in the door. Before Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent game against Big 5 rival Temple, stu-

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Wrestling drops pair of home matches to Cornell and Columbia Doug Zapf won both of his bouts for the Red and Blue VINNY VEERAMACHANENI Sports Reporter

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“Go until the whistle.” One of the most common phrases in sports is also the one that can give athletes the most trouble, and it was especially important in Penn wrestling’s match against Columbia. The Quakers hosted the Lions and Cornell in back-toback dual meets on Saturday to continue Ivy League competition. Despite excellent showings from sophomore Doug Zapf and freshman Michael Colaiocco, the Quakers, missing three starters, suffered consecutive losses on the day. The losses marked the end of Penn’s four-match winning streak and dropped them to fourth in the Ivy League. The Quakers match against Columbia was a back-and-forth

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up her career night with another dominant game, tallying 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. Meanwhile, junior forward Tori Crawford was one rebound shy from a double-double, with nine boards and 10 points. Senior guard Kendall Grasela only tallied six points, but her presence was definitely felt on the court. The co-captain had an all-around game, grabbing four rebounds, three steals, and four assists. At the

battle that featured numerous lead changes leading up to the final match. Zapf got the Quakers started with a decisive 5-2 victory at 141 pounds. Freshman Lucas Revano continued the Quakers’ momentum at 149, winning by a score of 7-3. After Penn’s first loss at 157, senior Jake Lizak helped the Quakers rebound with a win at 165 pounds. The referee ruled a potential match-winning takedown for Columbia had come after the final buzzer, handing Penn a win and a 9-3 lead in team points. Sophomore Neil Antrassian led his match at 174 by a considerable margin until the last seconds. A six-point takedown by Columbia gave the Lions a 10-9 win in the match and the momentum. Columbia continued to build on that performance, winning their next match and taking a 11-9 lead in team points. Freshman Cole Urbas was able to get a takedown a few seconds into overtime for sudden victory at 197, reclaiming the team match lead for Penn. After wins from Columbia sophomore Danny Conley at 285 and Penn’s Colaiocco at 125, the score going into the final match was 15-14 in favor of Penn. This led to a winner-take-

7:24 mark in the second quarter, Grasela showed off her dribbling skills as she smoothly dribbled between defenders, putting in the layup and drawing a foul. “Kendall really did a heck of a job to get us started,” McLaughlin said. “I think that was one of her better performances on both ends of the floor in a really long time.” Getting to the free-throw line was a big part of Penn’s game on Saturday. Not only were they able to get to the line, they were also successful from it. The Quakers had 19

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Wrestling at 125 pounds, freshman Michael Colaiocco picked up a pair of wins this weekend to continue his strong rookie season. The rookie and Doug Zapf were the only Quakers to go undefeated in both matches.

all situation at 133 pounds. Sophomore Carmen Ferrante put up a tough fight for the first two periods, and the score of the match was tied at 2-2 going into the final frame. After briefly gaining the lead, Ferrante suffered a takedown and was unable to recover, losing the bout 4-3, with Penn losing the overall match by a score of 17-15. “We felt we were still a good

shots from the charity stripe, making 14 of them. While the offense for Penn flourished, their defense was able to keep the Big Red off balance and force bad shots. Most importantly, they were able to keep Cornell’s top two scorers this season, senior forward Laura Bagwell-Katalinich and senior guard Samantha Widmann, to a combined 14 points. The Red and Blue will look to keep the good times rolling on the road next weekend when they face off with Brown and Yale.

enough team here to beat Columbia, and I think we were,” coach Roger Reina said. “I think [Antrassian and Ferrante] were the two swing matches.” The Quakers had no time to sulk over the loss, however, as a fresh Cornell squad, riding a 91-match Ivy League winning streak, arrived for the second of the back-to-back dual meets. Zapf once again led off for the Quakers at 141, and despite

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with both teams playing well on offense throughout. However, it was the Quakers’ defense late that made the difference, preventing the Big Red from making a comeback. “Not having [Betley] was a huge loss for us for sure, but I think we showed a little extra grit and a little more toughness playing without that weapon that we usually have,” Brodeur said. “I thought a lot of us, especially the young guys, responded well to that

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dealing with much tougher competition in Cornell senior Noah Baughman, was able to get a takedown in the final 10 seconds to secure a victory for Penn. “[Baughman] is a really good opponent, and he was really tough to score on,” Zapf said. “I feel like my hand fight all led into that one shot that I got.” However, Zapf’s win was one of the few bright spots for Penn

adversity.” As has been the case many times this season, Goodman was responsible for much of Penn’s success. Although he missed a few critical layups late in the game, he spread the ball around all afternoon and made several contested shots. Goodman has scored in double figures in 15 of his last 17 games. The trip to Newman Arena was a homecoming of sorts for Donahue, who coached the Big Red for 10 seasons, leading them to three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths,

in their contest against Cornell. Besides Zapf and Colaiocco, who dominated his opponent in a 6-3 win, the Quakers lost every match. Two pins for Cornell gave the Big Red a 30-6 win. Reina noted that Cornell was the team to beat this year in the Ivy League. “It’s either been Penn or Cornell that’s won the Ivy League title for the last 27 years, so they’re a program that we need to march towards, and we need to continue to win battles on the recruiting front and gain ground competitively on the mat,” Reina said. “We’re fully focused on doing that in the years to come.” Zapf, one of Penn’s leaders on and off the mat, reiterated the fact that the Quakers need to put the doubleheader in the rearview mirror and keep pushing forward in the season. “I feel for a lot of our guys. We had that first match, and we definitely fell short,” he said. “I think the best thing to do is get back and get after it.” The Quakers will look to bounce back this Saturday against Princeton. Although the Tigers beat the Big Red by a 19-13 score on Sunday, Penn will hope to pull off the upset in its final Ivy League dual this season.

including a magical run to the Sweet 16 in 2010. As a result of inclement weather in upstate New York on Friday, the game was played on Sunday as opposed to Saturday, when it was originally scheduled. While this delay gave Penn fans a unique opportunity to watch an Ivy League basketball game on a Sunday, it will give the Quakers a short week to prepare for another important Ivy League game against Brown (11-8, 4-2) on Friday night at the Palestra, where Penn will try for its sixth straight win.

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Penn men’s basketball defeats Cornell for fifth straight win Freshmen Dingle and Martz scored 17 each in the win BRANDON PRIDE Senior Sports Associate

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Capping off a successful weekend trip to the Empire State, Penn men’s basketball won its fifth straight game with a rollercoaster 79-73 win over Cornell. In a truly wild game, the Quakers (12-7, 4-2 Ivy) and Big Red (5-14, 2-4) had 10 ties and 12 lead changes. The Red and Blue continued a recent trend of winning games by playing well down the stretch. Their win today could end up being crucial when seeds are determined for the Ivy League Tournament. The Quakers had their hands full all game long, as Cornell’s three-headed monster of se-

nior Josh Warren and juniors Jimmy Boeheim and Terrance McBride scored 51 of the Big Red’s 73 points. Warren seemed incapable of missing a three-point shot, as he made five of his six attempts from deep and finished with 23 points. “He was unbelievable, it’s really difficult to guard guys that can shoot like that, and he made us pay [when we contested him],” said Penn coach Steve Donahue. Meanwhile, Boeheim, the son of legendary Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, was unguardable at times, but he went just 1-for-6 from behind the arc. One of the most memorable moments of the afternoon occurred with around a minute remaining when senior forward AJ Brodeur connected with junior guard Eddie Scott, who threw down an emphatic alleyoop dunk to put Penn up six. Scott has proven to be an exciting player to watch, as he had two dunks for the second consecutive game. Less than 30 seconds of game time later, Brodeur blocked a pivotal three-point attempt,

which was critical for the Quakers’ win. Brodeur was just one rebound of two assists short of a triple-double. “It was big to have a lot of guys score in a lot of different ways, and to get it done defensively, especially when we’re on the road. We really showed our toughness today,” said Brodeur. “We’re capable of getting leads, maintaining leads, and coming back.” Playing without senior guard Ryan Betley, who did not travel with the team after suffering an injury against Columbia, fellow senior Ray Jerome took his spot in the starting lineup. While Jerome did a serviceable job in Betley’s place, but it was a pair of freshmen who really stepped up. Guard Jordan Dingle and forward Max Martz both finished with 17 points to tie for Penn’s second leading scorer behind senior guard Devon Goodman, who scored 18. “[The freshmen] were terrific, and Max in particular, for him to be another scorer stretches the defense. And then Lucas Monroe gave us great minutes,” Donahue said. “We’re going to

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Senior forward AJ Brodeur had another impressive performance for the Quakers, finishing one rebound and two assists short of a triple-double. His strong play has been instrumental in the Quakers’ hot start to Ivy play.

need them down the stretch if we’re going to win a championship.” In a wild first half, both teams

went on 8-0 runs and shot over 40% from beyond the arc, with the Quakers ultimately going into the locker room up 38-35.

The second half was not much different from the first, SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 11

Women’s basketball completes weekend sweep of Ivy competition Phoebe Sterba drained six threes for the Red and Blue TYIRA BUNCHE Senior Sports Associate

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Senior guard Phoebe Sterba finished the game with 22 points, one shy of her career high, including 18 points from beyond the arc.

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It’s usually difficult to play with fatigue, but not for Penn women’s basketball. Friday night, it was junior center Eleah Parker who led Penn to an overtime win. Saturday night, it was senior guard

Men’s basketball making a strong push for Ivy Tournament berth MICHAEL LANDAU

It’s never smart to make these kinds of predictions too early, but Penn men’s basketball has shown enough.

Coming off four consecutive victories, the Quakers headed up to Ithaca, N.Y. on short rest to face Cornell on Sunday afternoon. They were without the services of senior guard Ryan Betley, who was injured in Saturday’s win over Columbia, and multiple players, in particular freshman forward Max Martz, were forced to play

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Senior guard Devon Goodman and the rest of Penn men’s basketball could move to 5-2 in Ivy League play with a win over Brown on Friday.

more minutes than they have for the majority of the season. In addition, Cornell was coming off a double-digit win over the previously unbeaten Ivy League team in Princeton (a team that has already defeated the Red and Blue twice this year). The Big Red had lots of momentum, and they came out on Sunday making all kinds of long and off-balance shots, with two players in their starting lineup recording careerhighs in points. Despite that, the Quakers were able to find a way to win once again. Senior captains Devon Goodman and AJ Brodeur had their typical reliable performances, combining for 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists. Freshmen Martz and guard Jordan Dingle stepped up in a big way, putting up 17 points each and giving the Red and Blue much needed offensive production without Betley in the lineup. With the help of those strong showings, the Quakers SEE LANDAU PAGE 9

Phoebe Sterba. Sterba helped lead the Quakers to a 63-41 win at the Palestra against Cornell. The Red and Blue have now won three games in a row and are above .500 in conference play. Back-to-back game nights are physically draining for players, even more so following an overtime game the night before. At times in the first quarter, it was evident that the two games were taking a toll on Penn (13-5, 3-2 Ivy). However, that fatigue was quickly replaced by aggressiveness as their offense got going. “We were physically fatigued from last night,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “I just wanted them to play as hard as they could, even if they were short

runs. I didn’t want to slow the game down; I wanted them to go fast.” While the physicality required to play is one thing, McLaughlin was also impressed by the mental fortitude his team showed to come out again and play the way they did. From the very beginning, the Quakers’ fast-paced play paid off on the offensive and defensive end. It was clear that Cornell (9-9, 2-4) was uncomfortable with the pace of play, and Penn was able to force 13 turnovers. The Quakers were then able to turn those into 15 points. Sterba opened up the game with a three-pointer on the first possession of the game, going on to drain six treys in total.

With that performance, she moved into a tie for fourth on Penn’s all-time career threepointers list with 165. Meanwhile, she led all scorers with 22 points and was one point shy of her career-best. “It definitely feels good to get the first ones in, and it also really helps to open the floor for other teammates,” Sterba said. “It doesn’t only help me, but it also helps my teammates, which is really good too because we have really good scorers on our team.” While Sterba highlighted the offensive play for the Red and Blue, several players had dominant games to help drive Penn’s offense. Parker followed SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 11

Three takeaways from the Quakers’ victory over Cornell W.HOOPS | The Quakers dominate at the Palestra MICHAEL LAU Sports Reporter

Penn women’s basketball had a very successful week, emerging with a pair of wins to grab a winning Ivy record for the first time this season. Here are three takeaways from this weekend’s games at the Palestra. The Palestra is Penn’s fortress Returning to their home court for the first time in almost a month, the Quakers rounded out the week with a pair of wins. The Lions almost snatched victory away from the Quakers’ hands on Friday by shooting lights out from three (12 of 25), but when it mattered the most, Penn got a lift from the home crowd and emerged victorious in overtime. The team is now 7-1 at the Palestra, its only loss coming at the hands of Princeton, who is leading the Ivy League. The Red and Blue still can improve on finding ways to win on the road, but if they can continue to

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In Tori Crawford’s 38 minutes against Columbia, the junior forward scored 13 points, highlighted by a few clutch baskets in the fourth.

make the Palestra a difficult place to play for opponents, a finish near the top of the Ivy League should still be safe in Penn’s hands. Penn’s offense revolves around Parker It has taken her a while, but junior center Eleah Parker seems to have gotten her offensive groove back. On Friday against Columbia, she erupted for 28 points and 13 rebounds en route to reaching the 1000-point milestone in her Penn career. On Saturday against the Big Red, Parker had a less eye-catching

but perhaps equally important stat line of 13 points and eight boards. Guarding her for most of the gane was fellow 2018-2019 first team All-Ivy selection Laura BagwellKatalinich, but Parker was able to come out on top. Most of Parker’s offense hinges on her moves in the post and her ability to crash the glass. This weekend, against the undersized interior defense of both Columbia and Cornell, she grabbed four offensive rebounds in each game. Those led to simple second-chance SEE TAKEAWAYS PAGE 9

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