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Penn students on keeping track of sexual partners HANNAH NOYES Staff Reporter

At Penn, some are looking for a relationship. Others are looking for

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Everyone has a number: What’s yours? a one-night stand or hook-up buddy.

Either way, the question of how many hook-ups a potential partner has had can cause some anxiety. Some students say the answer to “What’s your number?” is not a deal-breaker.

A 20-year study of over 5,000 college students cited in The Huffington

Post from July 2014 found that the average number of sexual partners for students age 18-24 is 3 to 4 partners. The study was conducted from 1990-2010.

“The only way a number should matter is to you personally,” College senior Caroline — who preferred

her real name not be used — said. “I know some people with high numbers who are happy with it, I don’t think your number is a good indicator of anything about you.”

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‘Philly after Ferguson’ addresses police-minority relations Town hall brings together police and local activists JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Reporter

Emotions ran high over police and minority relations at the town hall meeting, “Philly After Ferguson,” held on Wednesday night.

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Members of the Philadelphia community, including several members of the Philadelphia Police force, gathered at Catalyst for Change Church at 3237 Barring Street.

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Last semester, students stood in solidarity in light of the Ferguson decision at a Town Hall meeting.

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No holiday celebration after PA same-sex marriage law Other LGBT issues may be pushing same-sex marriage to the side ALEXIS BLOCK Staff Reporter

While LGBTQ supporters celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama on Feb. 9, no official celebration of National Freedom to Marry Day was planned at Penn this year. This is the first time that the unofficial holiday — celebrated on Feb. 12 — has passed since same-sex marriage was legalized in Pennsylvania.

LGBTQ activist group Lambda Legal founded the holiday in 1999 to promote marriage equality.

In the past, Penn has celebrated the holiday with demonstrations promoting the legalization of marriage for same-sex couples with demonstrations around campus, ranging from serving wedding cake with two-bride

and two-groom toppers to taking photos in front of a rainbow-decorated Love Statue on campus.

The 2013 event was co-sponsored by both Penn Democrats and PennCollege Republicans, along with LGBTQ umbrella association, Lambda Alliance.

However, this year, LGBTQ and supporting organizations did not plan an event to commemorate the holiday. The lack of attention to the event begs the question of whether the fight is almost over for same-sex marriage rights. In the UCLA National Survey on Higher Education About Social Norms, the percentage of college freshmen who supported samesex marriage rights increased by 17.2 percentage points in five years, from 64.3 in 2009 and 81.5 in 2014.

“When [the board of Lambda Alliance] discussed what our priorities were for the term, marriage equality was not something that stuck out,” Lambda Alliance Chair and College junior Erich

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Kessel said. “It’s not a reflection on importance — it’s just not an immediate concern for us.”

Some of the issues that Lambda is currently focusing on are LGBTQ faculty diversity and violence against transgender people.

However, Kessel still recognizes the legalization of same-sex

marriage as an important issue.

“I just think [the legalization] is important in a basic way recognizing queer people as full citizens, almost as a form of security,” Kessel said.

The Lambda Alliance’s decision to not hold any celebratory events for National Freedom to

marry day comes after the May 2014 decision that lifted the 1996 ban on same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Erin Cross, the Senior Associate Director of the LGBT Center,thinks there is no planned celebration because the group that hosted the event, the Allies — an organization of non-LGBTQ identifying students who support LGBTQ rights — no longer exists. She also said that the lack of celebration is likely due to the fact that same-sex marriage is now legal in 37 of the 50 states.

“As marriage becomes legal in more and more states, students feel that that battle has been won,” Cross said.

For some students, the issue of same-sex marriage is not clear-cut. College junior and co-founder of Penn Non-Cis Roderick Cook thinks that not celebrating National Freedom to Marry Day is a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights.

“I think that it’s a very good

thing that [same-sex marriage] is not granting national attention because it’s taking a lot of resources and money from the LGBTQ movement as a whole for the past few decades,” Cook said.

Cook, who is also a former Daily Pennsylvanian columnist, believes that one of the reasons that same-sex marriage is not receiving a lot of attention from the mainstream media is because there are other more pressing matters.

“I think that a lot of the conversation that’s happening now around issues is moving more towards violence,” Cook said.

“Hate violence is something we need to focus on rather than looking for inclusion in some of these systems.”

Cook thinks, rather than integrating same-sex couples into the existing institution of marriage, there should be other easier options for couples to acquire the rights that marriage offers, such as insurance and adoption.

Bartram’s Community Farm: a growing presence in Philadelphia UNI program brings fresh produce to the community BENJAMIN ZOU Contributing Reporter

Historically, southwest Philadelphia has had some of the lowest rates of accessibility to fresh organic produce. The Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden — also known as Bartram’s Community Farm — seeks to change that.

Bartram’s Community Farm, located at 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, may in fact be one of Penn’s best-kept secrets.

Located next to Bartram’s Garden, the farm began four years ago as the brainchild of Ty Holmberg, the co-director of the Community Farm and Food Resource Center, a project of the Agatston Urban

Nutrition Initiative, which itself is a program of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at Penn.

“One of our main goals is to provide a space for people to reconnect with their food, the land and each other in a culture where people are so disconnected about where their food comes from,” Holmberg said. He also expressed hope that Penn, as a “highly resourced institution,” could become an “economic engine towards helping [Southwest Philadelphia] build the way they want.”

Holmberg and his co-director Chris Bolden-Newsome were able to secure 3.5 acres for the farm, with the support of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Bartram’s Garden, and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. The project includes an organic crop farm, a community garden, a

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Bartram’s Community Farm seeks to give southwest and west Philadelphia more access to fresh organic produce.

solar heated greenhouse, one of the largest fruit orchards in Philadelphia and an educational and training space for student interns the farm employs from nearby

Bartram High School.

The interns sell the food produced from the farm at a farmers’ market on 54th Street every Thursday at reduced prices to

local residents.

“We’re trying to provide tools for people to take power back over their food systems,” Holmberg said. “Whether a supermarket moves out, or whether the corner bodega only sells processed foods, you can now grow your own foods and control what you put into your own body.”

College senior Melanie Young learned of the lack of fresh produce in the West Philly region through her work with local students.

“The students who I’ve worked with have had to take days off from school due to health issues,” she said of her time working at nearby schools. Now, Young helps connect Penn students with the garden and farm in various ways, such as organizing service trips through Fisher-Hassenfeld

College House, where she is a residential adviser.

“It’s a really impactful project within this community which so needs it,” Grace Jemison, a College junior and weekly volunteer at the farm said.

While the farm has been a success in its first few years, the team is looking to strengthen its presence in the future. Potential projects include determining a legacy project where each cohort of interns will have an initiative around which they wrap their efforts, possibly organizing a speaker series at Penn and getting Penn students more engaged.

“The farm is gorgeous, and one of the most peaceful places I’ve ever been,” Jemison said. “Working there has been one of the most defining moments during my time at Penn.”

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Navigating Penn’s sexual assualt policy THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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n Monday, Jan. 26, President Amy Gutmann emailed the undergraduate student body, announcing the University’s new protocols regarding sexual violence. As part of a “comprehensive review,” the University considered and revised its own reporting and punitive processes, consulting the Department of Education, along with peer institutions.

The new protocols went into effect Feb. 1, hoping to reinvigorate Penn’s history as a school Gutmann labels a “longtime leader in responding to complaints of sexual violence.” These new procedures make important changes, like training faculty and solidifying the rights of both complainants and respondents. Changes to the charter and protocols also involve the creation of Penn’s first Sexual Violence Investigative Officer, a position later filled by former Attorney Advisor for AEquitas, Christopher Mal-

EDITORIAL | The University has a host of problems to consider regarding accessibility lios.

However, this new policy also creates a host of new problems. Perhaps the most jarring and important, is accessibility.

Gutmann’s email directs to what is titled the “Student Disciplinary Charter Amendment,” a document that fails to do the very job it was assigned.

Besides the thick legalese and complicated procedures, the Amendment’s problems begin with its location, published separate of Penn’s other disciplinary proceedings. Furthermore, the document repeatedly refers to the University’s Sexual Violence Policy. This means students seeking a simple definition of sexual assault, consent or stalking are still without help.

Finding the “Sexual Violence Policy” is more difficult than a simple, messy Google search. Upon visiting the Provost’s page — either directly or via the Office of Student Conduct’s page —

for an explanation of the policy, students are greeted with a cold “Error 404” page, with an ironically tragic subtitle: “Go Home.”

Searching for the Sexual Violence Policy in the Penn Almanac, a database of of-

include a “Sexual Violence Policy” published in May 2012 (as well as one from September 2013 and September 2014, as well as another from July 2012), in addition to multiple crime reports, documents from 1985 and

ficial University documents, proves even more challenging.

Results include a confusing aggregation of sexual assault policies from multiple decades, and do not label any “the most up to date.”

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University newsletters.

Thus, students have virtually no way of answering one of the issue’s most complicated and important problems: the meaning of sexual assault. Instead, they are bombarded with diverse and confusing definitions,

embedded in a sea of complicated documents.

If a student is considering reporting an incident, they need answers up-front. This is a prerequisite issue to the problems the Amendment attempts to address. Students need a solid definition, not a “it depends” or “it’s fuzzy.”

When trying to respond to difficult and confusing situations, the University needs to draw hard, clear lines.

How does the University define sexual assault? What does consent actually mean?

What happens when both parties are under the influence of alcohol or other drugs? Have they both raped each other?

Who, at that point, can claim status as the victim?

Even if these answers to these questions are complicated, the University needs to, at the least, make them easily findable, let alone readable. Perhaps they could take a cue from the “Charter of the Student Disciplinary System” and make a condensed version.

Online inaccessibility should make students wonder if there are other reasons the University hopes to keep its processes vague and largely unavailable to the student body.

This isn’t just logistically problematic: it’s discouraging to victims.

On Jan. 28, The Daily Pennsylvanian printed an interview with Mallios in which he said, “We want people to have confidence in the fairness and safety of the system so that they feel comfortable coming to this office to file a report, to respond to a report or to serve as a witness.”

While Penn has clearly stated it wants to ease the process of reporting sexual assault, the University’s actions have not, as of late, indicated as much.

We can only hope that the administration fixes these issues before someone in need of help gives up trying to find the answers they seek.

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e can’t hold our liquor.

Two weeks ago, in an attempt to to reduce what The New York Times tactfully called “alcohol-soaked student misbehavior,” Dartmouth banned hard alcohol on campus. I’m skeptical that this policy will work, and I don’t think Penn should take similar action. We need to take the impetus on ourselves to combat the problems that come along with drinking.

I’ve found that Penn students, myself included, are not receptive to alcohol education. This summer when the Penn Alcohol Module came out, my class got a kick out of the ways we could avoid actually watching the educational videos. We blew up the Class of 2018 Facebook group with, “lol I just left the video playing and went away” comments and, “Does anyone actually take this seriously?” I understand why we have this gut

aversion to being taught how to drink. We’re adults, we think. We can handle this on our own.

We can’t, though. The MERT statistics are shocking: This past NSO saw a 65 percent increase in hospital transports. An article in the DP last week featured quotes from multiple students discussing their black out experiences, and far too many of us can relate.

I’ve heard the excuses before — “We’ve all been there,” “It’s college.” We refuse to accept that we can’t drink responsibly.

Our campus has turned MERT into a passive verb: “Yeah, he got MERTed last night,” I hear during Sunday brunch at Hill. Even though we treat MERTing casually, many of us don’t rely on its services enough. I’ve had multiple friends tell me to never call MERT on them, even if they’re dangerously intoxicated. As one flat-out told me, “I’d rather die than get MERTed.” Here’s another wrinkle: Penn

students talk about alcohol. A lot. It’s hard not to let drinking dominate our conversations, especially during pledging. We’re so scattered that when we finally make that lunch date with that friend we haven’t seen in two weeks, we have the urge to recap

who can’t go out. Nobody wants to ask for help.

Whether we ask for it or not, though, there are resources here to help us. DAPA, Penn’s Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor program, works to educate the Penn community on how to “party

We’re embarrassed to admit that we can’t handle our alcohol. … Nobody wants to ask for help.” our stories — and a lot of those were created as members of the Banker’s Club. I haven’t passed a single day at Penn without a conversation about alcohol: what soand-so did drunkenly, what type of booze someone is bringing to the pregame. But we don’t talk about responsible ways to drink.

We’re embarrassed to admit that we can’t handle our alcohol.

No one wants to be the person

smartly.”

“Students get the wrong idea that not drinking is the only way to drink responsibly. DAPA doesn’t want to stop you from drinking,” said Theodore Caputi, DAPA’s co-president. “We just want you to be safe. While not drinking is certainly one responsible option for students, those who want to drink have ways to do it safely.”

Staying safe doesn’t have to mean staying in. “Students also have the misconception that safe drinking is boring drinking. Actually, safe drinking and drug use shouldn’t kill your buzz — and it’s pretty easy to do. Three of the top tips we provide are: Hydrate before and during drinking, eat proteins and carbohydrates while drinking and party with a buddy.”

Caputi believes there needs to be more of a dialogue about safe drinking on campus. “Penn student groups, especially frats, sororities and residence halls, need to have more informed, non-judgemental conversations about safe drinking. Too many college students are hospitalized for unsafe drinking practices, and some even die … This harm is avoidable.”

As Penn students, we need to be more receptive to DAPA’s message. We should be more mature and take ownership over alcohol education. We don’t

DANI BLUM need to stop drinking or push for Dartmouth-like measures — we just need to learn to drink safely.

For better or for worse, drinking for most of us means pretending to be more adult than we actually are. It’s time we accept the responsibility that comes with that.

DANI BLUM is a College freshman from Ridgefield, Conn. Her email address is kblum@sas.upenn.edu. “The Danalyst” appears every Thursday.

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‘WhoseYourLandlord’ to change the way you rent Temple graduate designs app for rating landlords FRANCHESCA PENA Contributing Reporter

Ofo Ezeugwu, a recent graduate of Temple University, has created an app that allows renters to rate their landlords. During his junior year at Temple, Ezeugwu was running for vice president of the student body. As part of his platform he began thinking of ways to further support

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At the event, members of the community were able to address activist leaders and members of the police force with questions and concerns regarding relations between police and Philadelphia residents.

A major focus of the event was the recent shooting death of Brandon Tate-Brown, a 26-year-old Philadelphian who was shot and killed by Philadelphia Police in December.

Tate-Brown was shot in the head during a traffic stop after allegedly reaching for his weapon.

At Penn, Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation hung sheets with the words “Who killed Brandon T. Brown?” around campus as part of its weekly Ferguson Friday protests.

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off-campus students. From this, the app WhoseYourLandlord was born.

Ezeugwu says that WhoseYourLandlord is not just another Yelp. When asked what makes the website different from other rating websites out there, he stressed the site’s emphasis on “the core of the problem.” “[WhoseYourLandlord] is a unique place where you can review the service being provided to you,” Ezeugwu said, emphasizing the app’s focus on the

interpersonal aspects of renting.

This allows users to concentrate on the service and responsiveness of their landlords and not just the physical aspects of their rented homes.

“If you have an outlet where you can voice your opinion, it will come back to you,” Ezeugwu said, referring to the increased responsiveness that users receive from the lessor. “Companies guard their brand.”

By creating more transparency within the relationship between

renters and landlords, Ezeugwu hopes to give some power back to the renters. A keen eye will notice the app name uses “whose,” the possessive form of who, and not “who’s.”

“Current real estate websites are backwards facing, focusing on landlords and owners. We use the possessive form because we are giving renters ownership,” Ezeugwu said.

Ezeugwu hopes this initiative will allow students to know what to expect before signing a lease.

Brown-Dickerson, spoke at the event, begging police to release the footage from her son’s death.

“Brandon was tried, judged and condemned by the police,” Brown-Dickerson said. “Please just show me the footage.”

Brown-Dickerson also revealed that she had first learned of her son’s death over the radio on her way to work that morning.

“How many of you would be fine hearing of your child’s death on the media?” Brown-Dickerson asked. Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler also spoke out about how TateBrown’s death was handled in the media. “Before she even knew he was dead, we knew his whole criminal record,” he said.

Brown-Dickerson claims that the police never contacted her.

“No sergeant or deputy of the police had the decency to come to me to tell me my first-born, my first everything was gone.”

Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel, who also spoke at the event

as a panel member, apologized directly to Brown-Dickerson for the way in which she discovered her son’s death.

“That is unacceptable,” he said to her.

Bethel came under fire from community members in attendance who accused Bethel of protecting police members rather than civilians by refusing to release the names of the officers

responsible for Tate-Brown’s death.

“If you are protecting cops, who is protecting us from you?” demanded an audience member.

“We are moving in the right direction,” Bethel responded. But members of the crowd clearly disagreed, voicing their outrage at the suggestion that relations between police and the community were improving.

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So far, his response has been largely positive at Temple.

“I definitely wish I had known about it before I signed my lease,” Temple junior Lauren Tedrow said.

“It’s very user friendly and it’s actually very helpful,” Chris Konowal, a Temple sophomore, said.

“It’s very hard to know you will get a good apartment and even harder to know if the landlord is good.” Konowal says he is using WhoseYourLandlord to help him find housing for next year.

Initially targeted towards university students, the app has an expanding presence, with its largest markets being Philadelphia and New York. This Friday, the company will receive its biggest coverage yet when it will be featured on ABC 20/20 at 10 p.m.

EST. But Ezeugwu is already a known presence on Temple’s campus.

“I feel like everyone knows him. He’s super nice,” Tedrow said. “If I say his name, right away people know [who he is].”

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Calling for female voices in the workplace ‘Women at Work’ highlights gender gaps in the office JILL MOELY Staff Reporter

Wharton professor Adam Grant has teamed up with best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg to “lean in” to issues women face in the workplace.

The two have collaborated to create a four-part series for The New York Times, called “Women at Work,” which published its first installment in December and will end in March. The articles cover topics such as biases about female workers, getting women to speak up at work and the troubling phenomenon of assigning “office household tasks” according to gender.

Grant said the ultimate goal of the series is awareness — he hopes

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the articles will both show the prevalence of the gender gap and introduce effective ways to overcome it.

Although the articles’ publication will not immediately banish all issues women face in the

workplace, they have the potential to make a real difference.

“These essays make clear that what is key is changing attitudes.

The puzzle is how to do that, and the answer is going to vary from workplace to workplace and from field to field,” said political science professor and Director of the Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality and Women Nancy Hirschmann.

“They do communicate some specific information, of which even sympathetic readers might not be aware, and that information can fuel informal discussions in their own workplaces which may lead to change in attitudes and policies,” she added.

The roots of their partnership go back to 2013. When Sandberg published “Lean In,” her best-selling book about women, leadership and the workplace, Grant — who

had already been conducting his own research on the relationship between gender and one’s career — noticed an interesting overlap between their work.

The idea to write a series together came a bit later, after Sandberg approached Grant for suggestions of relevant research on topics she was investigating.

“Her questions were incredibly insightful, and they got me thinking about some data I’d collected but that I’d never analyzed,” Grant said.

“So I analyzed all of my data… and I was stunned, but not in a good way, at the patterns that jumped out. Over and over again I kept thinking ‘How is this possible?

We live in the 21st century!’ So I showed the results to Sheryl, and she said, ‘This is amazing! Amazing in a bad way, but people need to know about this.’”

Although neither Grant nor Sandberg felt entirely qualified to write the pieces on their own, Grant said their collaboration utilizes both of their strengths.

“It’s the most equal partnership I’ve ever had as an author,” Grant said. “We talk about the topics we want to cover, and Sheryl will share her experiences: what she’s seen, what she’s encountered. I talk about the research that I’ve been reading that I think is particularly insightful, and we basically put together the common denominator.”

Grant believes that the series has already caused positive change.

“We’ve heard from executives at several dozen Fortune 500 companies … who have said ‘This has inspired us to take action,’” Grant said. “You can always question the power of the pen and what difference words will make, but it’s been encouraging to see that some

readers are taking notice and responding.”

The series has also struck chords at Penn.

“I really appreciate the series.

As women at a school like Penn, it’s hard to honestly believe that upon graduation, we might not be afforded the same opportunities as our male peers,” Engineering freshman Allison Schwartz said. “While it takes much more than a couple of articles to change corporate culture overall, it is definitely nice to see discussion being prompted, especially, in part, by a man.”

Grant and Sandberg hope discussion continues to spread, bringing policy change with it.

“Spreading awareness and sharing evidence of the best practices is part of the equation, but we also need a lot more leaders, managers and employers to take action,” Grant said

Vagelos gender divide reflects trend in STEM fields Students acknowledge gap, but don’t see harm ISABEL KIM Staff Reporter

Although males outnumber females in the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences program by 18 percent, few see need for change.

The Vagelos MLS program, like many STEM fields, has a gender ratio that skews more towards men than women — though it has remained remarkably stable. Incoming freshman since 2010 have had a 59 percent male to 41 percent female ratio entering the program, and the same ratio has applied to graduating seniors for the past twelve years.

Students acknowledge the gender gap, but say that it has not negatively affected the culture of the program. ”I’ve met great guys and girls in the program. If anything, racial diversity is much more of a problem and not representative of Penn’s population,” College freshman Hope Merens said.

College senior Jenny Yan agreed. “The ratio hasn’t really affected my experience in any negative way in the program because out of the people I interact with, there is a good mix of both guys and girls in our study groups,” Yan said. “And I actually haven’t thought that much or even noticed too much the gender ratio difference.”

College junior Sam Allon said that although men may outnumber women, the females in the Vagelos program hold their own.

“As far as quantity goes, there are definitely more men than women in Vagelos, but as far as quality goes, women have men beat,” Allon said.

However, students pointed out that while the Vagelos program in particular may not be skewed in gender, STEM fields in general tend to be.

“There really isn’t a huge gap between the number of girls and guys in the program, as is the case most of the time in life sciences such as biology,” College freshman Margo MacDonald said.

“However, I have noticed that

it’s much more common for the boys in the program to choose the physics or biophysics side of the curriculum rather than biochemistry, and there is a huge gender gap in my honors physics class.”

Director of the Vagelos MLS program Ponzy Lu pointed to an article recently published in Science Magazine, stating that the gender ratio of the Vagelos program is not so different from that of the wider scientific world, and that demonizing STEM gender ratios might be an overgeneralization, when other academic fields have greater disparity.

Admission to the program is blind to race and gender, focused solely on academic ability and interest in science. “Everybody has

a shot,” Lu said. “We say ‘Here’s an opportunity, if you want to, give it a shot.’“ The gender ratio of the Vagelos program, and in STEM fields at Penn in general, may have roots in nationwide trends among women pursuing science.

The question then becomes whether the program should strive to combat STEM’s gender gap.

Lu finds intervention unnecessary. “The male to female ratio, which I used to worry about when I first started the program, I’ve stopped worrying about,” Lu said.

“To my surprise, no matter how I look at the numbers, it’s all the same. It’s not different from the whole field in general.”

Students echo his opinion, stating changes to the program’s recruitment would not be enough to counteract an issue that is prevalent across the nation.

“I think even if the program recruited more females, the resulting people who stay may still end up being more male dominated just by the nature of people who are interested in the Vagelos curriculum,” College senior Jenny Yan said.

Lu thinks those interested in gender gaps should shift their focus to another question. “I think people should be asking the question: There are lot of fields where there are a lot of females,” he said. “Why do males leave them?”

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Admissions office gears up for Quaker Days The program hopes to host 1,000 prospective students CAROLINE SIMON Staff Reporter

With the Quaker Days program approaching, the Admissions Office is searching for hosts to give prospective students a real taste of Penn.

Previously called Penn Preview Days, the program is now in its second year under the Quaker Days name. Its goal is to provide accepted students with a chance to visit campus and learn more about Penn as they decide which college they will ultimately attend. Last year was the first time that all students had the opportunity to stay overnight.

Eight hundred students participated in the program last year, and 700 stayed with current students. This year, the program hopes to accommodate 1,000 prospective students.

“It was more than just a name change,” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said. “We want students to be able to have a perspective — by living it — what it is to be a Penn student.”

However, last year, the program experienced difficulty recruiting students to be hosts.

In an effort to find interested hosts, Dean Furda rode around campus in a golf cart asking students to volunteer and brought pizza to the Undergraduate Study Center in Van Pelt Library.

This year, the admissions office hopes that the students who visited campus for Quaker Days last year will step up.

“Hopefully the freshmen that are here this year that were hosted last year remember how important that experience was,” Furda said.

Admissions Office Associate Director Lara Grieco expressed similar thoughts.

“We’ve created a culture of hosting and welcoming the class for an overnight experience on campus,” she said.

Grieco also added that the program aims to provide

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students with a more individualized visit. “We’re going to find programming that’s going to fit their interests and their passions and their intellectual endeavors,” she said.

College freshman Rive Cadwallader, who attended Quaker Days last year, is generally supportive of the program.

“Overall it was a super positive experience,” she said. “The part about it that I thought was valuable and that I really couldn’t have gotten otherwise was a better understanding of the social aspect of Penn.”

However, Cadwallader criticized the overly structured nature of the program, which required prospective students

to attend mandatory events and information sessions. “I guess it was necessary to have that structure for the weekend, but I felt like I could have skipped that,” she said. “The most valuable part for me was getting to see different student groups and getting to do my own thing on campus.”

College freshman Joyce Tien had a similarly positive visit.

“The really friendly vibe of the campus made a really good first impression,” she said.

But, Tien said she wished for more opportunities to connect with her future peers. “I didn’t get a chance to really meet a lot of the other potential students,” she said.

Students who participated in the program as hosts last year are also supportive. College sophomore Hannah Fagen said that she welcomed the chance to show prospective students around campus.

“I was really excited when they said they were looking for hosts because I love hosting people and showing them around,” Fagen said. “I know that that’s a nice way to get a personal view of anything, especially a school.”

This year, Quaker Days will take place from April 12 to April 15. Students who are interested in hosting can sign up on the admissions office’s website.

on Total Frat Move, Total Sorority Move and Buzzfeed, proclaim what the number of people you have had sex with says about you.

But students interviewed for this article — from various graduating classes and of different social circles — all agreed on one thing: Numbers shouldn’t matter unless you want them to.

Caroline keeps a PowerPoint of her hook-ups. Anyone she has slept with or just kissed has earned his own slide with a photo and memories of where and how they met pre-hook-up.

“I think that it seems a little crude. For me I’m not ranking or comparing them personally, but your college years go by really fast,” Caroline said. “It’s nice to keep a record, and if I kept it in a written diary, no one will think twice about it,” she added, flipping through the slides of her PowerPoint.

Similarly, Julie, a College junior, keeps an Excel spreadsheet of her romantic encounters.

“I’m probably making too big of a deal out of the number thing by keeping it written down,” she said. “But it’s basically for my own amusement.”

All of the students interviewed agreed that there is a somewhat gendered double standard when it comes to numbers. Men are more thrown off by girls having high numbers, but both men and women prefer their partners to keep their numbers down, the College senior said. In her view, she added, girls talk more about the details of sexual encounters but are less likely to share without being prompted, while boys are

more upfront, but less detailed.

“I don’t think the world is ready for women to be as public with sex as men,” she said.

Chris, a College senior who preferred his real name not be used, kept track of his number in high school and early in college, but stopped mid-college when he decided it no longer mattered.

“I used to have it written down in a notebook,” he said. “But I didn’t want anyone to find it, so I threw it away.”

Chris explained that he isn’t worried about the number of people that his partners are having sex with, but rather if they’re being safe about it, using protection and getting tested regularly.

“It all comes back to people thinking having sex with a lot of people is dirty, but as long as you’re being safe, and getting tested, I don’t think its a problem,” he added.

“I don’t care about anyone else’s number,” Julie said. “And if someone else judged me on my number, that would be a goodbye to him.” She added that she wouldn’t judge anyone for a high or low number.

The double standard seems to extend to people who haven’t hooked up with anyone in college.

“I have guy friends who are still virgins and they still find the need to lie about it,” Chris said. “With girls, it’s seen as more respectable.

Guys, it’s like, ‘Oh, why can’t you get a girl?’”

“If I was with a guy who said it was his first time, it would make my heart sad,” Sam, a College freshman, said. No one in her friend group keeps track of their number, but she believes that people do judge others on their numbers.

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season — graduated in the spring. “We’ve had two guys really separate themselves in the goal.

Jimmy Sestilio and John Lopes are both still competing for the job,� Murphy said of the current situation at goalie. “That [competition] is certainly a healthy thing for us.�

The graduated senior class also featured a number of midfielders who played significant roles on the team — including a first-team All-Ivy selection in Zack Losco.

The team will look for others to step up into those roles, particularly on face-offs, where the Quakers struggled last season. “The face-off is one area where we need to get some answers still,� Murphy said. “We haven’t been great there through the preseason so we need to address that and find some people who can make a difference there.�

While positional changes are clearly on Murphy’s mind, so too are the intangibles that can’t be measured in practice. With a roster that features a number of freshmen and sophomores in significant roles, a lack of collegiate playing experience is a slight concern. “It’s a lot of game decisions.

Some timer-on calls, shot clocktype calls that are somewhat subjective. It depends on how the

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before with strong results. “We also have three young players who are going through this type of schedule for the first time, but I like where we’re at.�

Freshman forward Michelle Nwokedi is one of those young players upon whom Penn has relied quite heavily this season.

Last weekend, the rookie posted consecutive double-doubles, averaging 15.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and five blocks in the two games, including a career high 19 points in her first career start against the Lions.

Nwokedi wasn’t informed of the decision for her to start until right before Saturday’s contest.

However, McLaughlin says the change is permanent, primarily

refs are calling games how we’re going to defend and attack those situations,� Murphy said about what he’s looking for in the first game. “We’ve got some young guys that haven’t played meaningful minutes in the past. It’s one thing to do it in practice or in a scrimmage, but it’s a whole different matter when you’re playing in a game.�

While UMBC struggled in its first game of the season, the Retrievers pose some unique challenges for the Quakers schematically. Murphy and his staff have worked over the past few days preparing for UMBC’s zone defense and two-platoon system, which involves heavily defensiveor offensive-minded midfielders.

Penn will rely on its experienced attack for balance in the game with the team boasting such a different midfield unit. Heading that attack are two of the team’s top three goal-scorers: senior attack Isaac Bock and junior attack Nick Doktor.

The pair combined for 41 goals and 28 assists last season for a Quakers offense that finished third in the Ivy League in goals last year.

It’ll be a tough road for the Red and Blue to repeat last season’s successes, but every journey begins with a first step and for Penn men’s lacrosse that’s UMBC.

Senior attack Isaac Bock was one of Penn’s top offensive players last season, finishing 3rd in the team in points. The Quakers return the vast majority of their offensive core, including eight of their top 10 scorers from last season. With changes coming to many other areas of this Penn team, the offense should provide stability.

given the development the Missouri City, Texas, native has shown throughout the season. “We need to be able to score the ball a little bit more effectively and Michelle gives us the ability to do that,� McLaughlin said. “I think she’s going to be a special player for us and she’s ready to go now while playing upwards of 20 minutes per game.�

Against the Elis (11-9, 5-1), the Quakers will be forced to confront a squad that has played well of late. Up until its 65-55 loss to Harvard on Saturday, Yale had ridden the hot hand of rookie guard Tamara Simpson to seven consecutive wins.

Although the Bulldogs do not have anyone ranked in the top 18 in scoring in the Ivy League — Simpson is the conference’s 19th leading scorer at 9.3 points per

contest — McLaughlin knows the threat Yale’s pace of play poses for his defensive-minded squad. “Yale puts a lot of pressure on us,� McLaughlin said. “But if we can handle that, we’ll be able to win the game. Defensively, they’re also going to put pressure on the ball and try and speed us up, so managing that will be the key for our girls.�

In two games against Brown (9-11, 3-3) last season, then-freshman center Sydney Stipanovich averaged 13.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per contest, posting double-doubles in both matchups.

Although the defending Ivy Defensive Player of the Year may be a force down low, the Bears push tempo similarly to Yale, due in large part to junior guards Jordin Alexander and Ellise Sharpe.

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The first-year athletic director announced that interviews will likely begin soon and the administration hopes to name Ambrose’s successor within the next five weeks.

While many members of the program played under Ambrose for multiple seasons, it’s clear that even those who played for the three-time Ivy champion for only one year are doing their best to deal with the situation. “We are still working hard in practices, in the weight room and in the classroom,� freshman Jill Kennedy said. “We know in order to uphold our reputation, we need to prepare now in the offseason, regardless of the changes that have been made.�

Despite Ambrose’s departure, the Quakers do not

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Although it’s unclear exactly who Calhoun and the administration may target to replace the man who went 148-71-35 in his time at Penn, the players’ positive mindset can only help as the program transitions into unfamiliar territory.

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While last Friday’s loss to Cornell sent the Red and Blue to fourth in the Ivy standings and a full two games behind undefeated No. 16 Princeton, the Quakers are used to playing from behind. Last year, Penn never led the Tigers in the standings until after its win on the final day of the regular season.

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There’s a busy weekend ahead for Penn Athletics, with spring sports kicking into gear with season openers and winter sports making their final trek towards conference and national championship tournaments. Starting on Friday, the Quakers will travel all up and down the East Coast to compete, from Virginia to Massachusetts.

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time. We have to go into the Yale game prepared for that.

“We’re gonna let the cards fall [where they may] on Saturday night [against Brown] but I can tell you that we’re going to come out with a lot more energy than previous Saturday nights, because this isn’t a trend that we hope continues.”

The Quakers will likely enter Saturday night’s contest a bit on the battered side, considering the physicality of their opponent the night before.

Yale (16-7, 5-1) comes to Philadelphia tied for first in the Ancient Eight in large part due to its willingness to do the dirty work down low. The Bulldogs lead the Ivy League in offensive

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The loss of King means that Brown has one less player who can box out Penn’s Greg Louis, or close out on shooters like Hicks and Jones.

Hicks scored 20 points in the second half in Penn’s comeback over the Big Red on Friday, while Jones hit seven threepointers in the Quakers’ loss to the Lions on Saturday.

The Bears have size on the inside — two-time Ivy Defensive Player of the Year Cedric Kuakumensah is no slouch — but have allowed opponents to connect on 33.3 percent of their three-pointers this year.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Moving on from the Ambrose era

THE WEEKEND AHEAD With so much action on top this weekend, we break down what teams to watch >> SEE PAGE 9

WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND

W. SOCCER | Calhoun expects to find a

replacement coach within the next five weeks

BY THOMAS SPRATT Staff Writer

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Coach Darren Ambrose recently announced that he would be leaving Pen women’s soccer after 15 years for the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.

It’s never easy to say goodbye.

Nevertheless, after 15 seasons at the helm, three Ivy League championships, a handful of NCAA Tournament berths and an ECAC title in 2000, Penn women’s soccer is in the process of bidding farewell to its all-time winningest coach.

Penn Athletics announced on Jan. 30 that head coach Darren Ambrose was leaving the Ancient Eight to blaze another path, this time at Vanderbilt.

In the two weeks since Ambrose’s resignation, the Quakers —- who went 8-5-3 in the fall — have realigned their focus in order to ensure continued success next season.

“It’s characteristic of our program that, even when faced with adversity, we have to be resilient and get on with it,” sophomore Tahirih Nesmith said.

Nesmith, along with her teammates, have been overwhelmingly positive when discussing their time with their former coach while

expressing gratitude for the experiences they’ve shared. Still, the Charleston, S.C., native acknowledged the importance of moving forward in order to “begin a new legacy for the program.”

As the Red and Blue attempt to stabilize themselves following Ambrose’s departure, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun has stressed the importance of confidentiality throughout the search for a new coach in order to protect the candidates and athletes involved.

“We are committed to making the best choice for our student-athletes,” Calhoun said. ”[We are looking for] someone with the character and integrity necessary to coach at the highest level of competition at a rigorous academic institution.

“Darren is a major reason Penn is one of the premier women’s soccer programs in the Ivy League today. We will miss him, but we wish him well as he makes the move to another outstanding institution in the SEC.” SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 8

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Freshman forward Sam Jones had a brilliant night against Columbia despite the Lions’ blowout of the Quakers. The rookie drained seven treys, pacing the team with a career-high 23 points, after hitting a crucial three-pointer to give Penn the lead in the final minute the night before against Cornell.

M. HOOPS | Penn hosts

third pair of Ivy foes

BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor-Emeritus

What’s the cure for a hangover?

Whatever it may be, Penn basketball is in need of some relief after following up the instant gratification of big Friday victories on its first two Ivy weekends of the season with equally deflating letdowns in

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Yale (16-7, 5-1 Ivy)

Brown (10-13, 1-5 Ivy)

an 83-56 domination.

It was an eerily similar story to the Red and Blue’s first Ivy weekend of the season, in which 7 p.m.

7 p.m. they outfought Da r tmouth The Palestra The Palestra before being run out of their own gym by Harvard — and losses the day after. winning, 71-69, on a floater by one they can’t afford to repeat.

The Quakers (7-12, 2-3 Ivy) junior guard Tony Hicks with “We’re yet to figure out what will take a crack at finding a only four seconds left. is leading to our slow Saturcure on their own floor when Saturday, though, Hicks and day night starts,” junior center they host Yale and Brown for a pretty much all of his team- Darien Nelson-Henry said. “But back-to-back at the Palestra. mates — save for freshman we just have to keep the mindLast Friday, the Quakers forward Sam Jones — went set that it’s the next game every took advantage of a second-half MIA. Columbia held the QuakSEE M. HOOPS PAGE 9 rally to stun Cornell in Ithaca, ers to just 17 made field goals in

Quakers hope for weekend rebound W. HOOPS | Nwokedi

to remain starter

BY RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor FRIDAY

Yale (11-9, 5-1 Ivy) 7 p.m.

The Palestra

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Brown (9-11, 3-3 Ivy) 6 p.m.

Providence, R.I.

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Then-freshman Sydney Stipanovich averaged 13.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in two games against Brown last season, both wins for Penn.

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Down, but certainly not out.

Although Penn women’s basketball will hit the road once again this weekend, the squad has no plans of going anywhere in the larger picture — the race for the Ivy League title — despite last Friday’s

letdown against Cornell.

After splitting last weekend’s contests with the Big Red and Columbia, the Quakers (12-7, 3-2 Ivy) will travel to New Haven, Conn., to face Yale on Friday before wrapping up their fifth road matchup in seven games against Brown on Saturday.

W hile this weekend’s slate of back to back games represents the third of six consecutive Ivy doubleheaders for the Red and Blue, coach Mike McLaughlin is confident in Penn’s physical and mental states, despite the loss to Cornell.

“We have some kids that are banged up like every other team, but physically we’re in good shape,” McLaughlin said. “We’re mentally tough too. The bulk of this team was around last year and has experienced this type of season SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 8

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Red and Blue hit field looking for ‘14 repeat

M. LACROSSE | Penn

returns offensive core

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor SATURDAY

UMBC (0-1) 1 p.m.

Franklin Field

It’s that time of the year again.

A year removed from a season that ended in an Ivy League Tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth, No. 13 Penn men’s lacrosse will take the field on Saturday to host UMBC. The Retrievers (0-1) opened their season against No. 6 Johns Hopkins in a one-sided game that ended 16-4 in favor of the Blue Jays. For the

Red and Blue, UMBC will be their season opener, though the team has played in scrimmages each of the past two weekends.

“I hope to build on what we did last year. I’m very excited about our new staff. Our senior class is fantastic and has shown effective leadership over the course of the school year and into the preseason,” coach Mike Murphy said.

“We’ve had two pretty good scrimmage dates the last two weekends. I feel good about where we are, I feel good about our preparation.”

Recovering from the loss of a handful of essential seniors has been the focus for the coaching staff in the offseason. While Penn returns eight of its top ten scorers from last season, starting goalie Brian Feeney — who played all but 14 minutes last SEE M. LACROSSE PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640