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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014
Over $56,000 raised for suicide prevention
3-D skull printing: PennDesign tools help vet surgeries
The money has been donated for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
PennDesign and Penn Vet collaborate to enhance treatment for patients
BY MIKE TONY Senior Staff Writer Heather Ford found out the morning after. A text message from her old soccer coach asking if she had heard the terrible news told Ford something was wrong. Erica Denhoff found out the morning after too. She was on a trip in Utah when she looked at her phone and saw the email announcing the news that College freshman and Penn track and field runner Madison Holleran had committed suicide on Jan. 17. Ford knew Holleran since they were both 13, hav ing played in a summer soccer league with her growing up. Denhoff, a 2008 College graduate and Penn track and field alumna , never met her. But each has stepped up to honor her memory with suicide prevention fundraising in her
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name. In fact, more than $56,000 has been raised for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention through three separate fundraisers in Holleran’s memory. Each acknowledges that suicide prevention awareness has to increase, particularly in a collegiate landscape so physically and mentally draining for young people who push themselves as hard as Holleran did.
Animal health and architecture aren’t two fields you would expect to interact. But since PennDesign acquired new 3-D printers
this fall, neurologists at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine have been working closely with the School of Design to print 3-dimensional models of dog and cat skulls that aid them when performing brain surgery. Last October, Evelyn GalSEE 3-D PAGE 2
Alumni Support Denhoff is just one of 183 donors contributing to a total of $11,293 raised to date made to an AFSP donation campaign sponsored by Penn track and field alumni. The campaign was launched five days after Holleran’s death by Penn track and field Alumni Ali Harwood/Staff Photographer
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Friends, family remember Holleran
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BY SARAH SMITH Senior Writer When Jimmy Holleran climbed the stage at his daughter’s memorial service, he had a speech prepared. However, when he looked at the crowd gathered in Irvine Auditorium, he decided to abandon it. “It’s just not what I feel,” he said. “What I feel now is you guys need each other.” Over a hundred people gathered Sunday night to remember College freshman and track team member Madison Holleran, who committed suicide on Jan. 17. As friends and family shared memories of Holleran, they also began to work through the questions left after her death. “I realize in situations like [these], things aren’t always black and white. They don’t always have answers,” College sophomore Taylor Hennig, a former teammate of Holleran’s, said. Depression, she added, is more prevalent than people realize, and seeking help is anything but a sign of weakness. “I go to therapy every day,” Jimmy Holleran said. After his daughter’s death, people from around the country wrote letters sharing their experiences with depression and with their children’s struggles. He and his family started the Madison Holleran Foundation, aimed at preventing suicide and “help[ing] just one
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Family and friends gathered in Irvine Auditorium on Sunday night to remember Madison Holleran, a College freshman who committed suicide on Jan. 17. Much of the discussion at the memorial centered on how to deal with depression and other mental health problems. person who’s really struggling make that call.” Jimmy Hollera n reca lled walking a lap around his snowcovered backyard in the shape of the dirt circle Madison pounded into the yard by running. He looked down at it and saw a halo — and went to the school soccer field to make another. “I’m just spiritual,” he said.
University Chaplain Chaz Howard began his address urging people to confront their feelings head-on. “If it’s acknowledged, and we can share it, we’ll move into the life we want to enjoy,” he said. Holleran, her friends said, was not only an impressive athlete, but a reliable friend who loved to laugh. Hennig knew she and Holleran would be friends, she
said, when Holleran accidentally gave Hennig her home number to text. “That’s something I’d do,” she said. After the ceremonies in Irvine concluded, the group took a lap around the track at Franklin Field in the snow, holding candles. “Mr. Holleran,” Howard said, “I think with this last lap we made one more halo for your daughter.”■
Last summer, Mor itz Erhardy, 21, an intern at the investment banking division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch died in his apartment in London. He pulled three all-nighters . The incident triggered discussion on Wall Street about reducing hours for junior bankers. “I was interning when the news came out,” a Wharton and College senior who interned at Goldman Sachs last summer said. “Pulling all-nighters is not unusual for i-banking interns. We’ve all done that.” In January, J.P. Morgan Chase implemented the “protected weekend policy” — one weekend a month when junior bankers do not need to work. Other banks, such as Bank of America, where Erhardy worked, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup adopted similar policies. Citigroup sent out a memo on Jan. 29, saying that junior bankers should take the weekend off, though they were expected to “continue to check their email.” Many banks are also exploring setting up a committee to study “how to provide protection for junior bankers” and give them additional time off, Patricia Rose, director of Penn Career Services, said. However, Wharton seniors and former interns doubt these policies will translate SEE INTERNS PAGE 5
Terry Adkins, fine arts professor, died of heart failure Friday The art professor’s work was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor Fine Arts professor Terry Adkins died of heart failure on Friday, Feb. 7. He was 60. Adkins was teaching three classes this semester. He taught “Graduate Studio II,” “Graduate Studio IV” and “Sound Seminar: Sonic Measures,”
which was offered for both undergraduate and graduate students. “He was a fiery soul in this department,” Ken Lum, director of the Fine Arts Undergraduate Program, said. “He was the guy that always played the shaman’s role, it was always predictable but always productive.” When not in the classroom, Adkins was also a renowned artist and musician. Museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, have displayed his works. He also won the 2009 Rome Prize and was
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named a 2008 USA James Baldwin Fellow. In 1986, Adkins founded the Lone Wolf Recital Corps, a unit that used performance to supplement Adkins’ installations. Adkins’ work will be on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennel between March 7 and May 25. Much of Adkins’ art centered around placing unheralded historical figures in their rightful place in history. “There was never a single reading to his work, and that’s very hard to achieve,” Lum said.
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The fine arts professor won the 2009 Rome Prize and was named a 2008 USA James Baldwin Fellow for his work. Currently, the department is working to find instructors to take over Adkins’ classes through the end of the semester. “The department was hit very hard, and it’s impossible to compen-
sate for the loss of Terry,” Lum said. “I am deeply saddened by Terry’s sudden passing,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said in a statement. “Terry was an incredibly accomplished artist and inspiring teacher, and a wonderful person, who I feel privileged to have known. The many students, faculty and staff who knew Terry and how much he contributed and meant to our community join me in deeply grieving his loss.” Adkins is survived by his wife, Merele Williams-Adkins, and two ■ children.
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