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A recent study by a Penn associate professor explores how black men achieve success at predominantly white colleges and universities. Associate professor and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education Shaun Harper’s research focused on how these students resist the internalization of racist stereotypes, rather than just describing the hazardous effects of racism.
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“I knew that there could be something learned from those of us who were excelling,” Harper said. “We probably should study those who have actually been successful, which was the whole point of this national study.” Though his study states that he “conducted interviews with black male achievers at thirty predominantly white colleges and universities,” Harper said that the students in this study prefer to stay away from the term “high-achievers” to describe themselves. “It’s a cringe word for the
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Caitlyn Jenner answers to criticism
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Every student at Penn has probably shared a hall or a building with a professor or two during their time in college. Though it might sound odd to those unfamiliar with Penn’s residential system, faculty fellows are an important part of the College House system. For the year or few years that students live on campus, they enjoy professors’ company, go to them for advice or take advantage of the occasional baked good. But for professors, their stints living on campus are much longer and more meaningful. English professor Toni Bowers came to Penn in the early 1990’s and was immediately drawn to the College House system. A single parent, she thought it would be an ideal set-up for her and her son. They moved into Kings Court English College House which was, at the time, SEE PROFESSORS PAGE 6
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Jenner spoke about gender identity, career at SPEC event MADELEINE LAMON Contributing Reporter
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Caitlyn Jenner explained the conflict between her transgender identity and conservative Republican beliefs, and her experiences after transitioning.
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While she doesn’t see herself as a spokesperson, Caitlyn Jenner is committed to the fight. Wednesday night, in an event co-sponsored by the Social Planning and Events Committee and QPenn’s week of LGBTQ awareness, Jenner spoke to a packed audience in Irvine Auditorium. In a discussion moderated by Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Buzz Bissinger, Jenner opened up to the audience about her career and lifelong struggles with gender dysphoria. “I’m ready to talk about an issue
most people don’t understand,” Jenner said. For Jenner, that issue — the question of gender identity — has been a constant presence in her mind throughout her life. “For somebody in my community, that question goes through your head 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” Jenner said. “Who am I?” Donning a white blouse and yellow pants, Jenner relaxed on stage in her armchair, set intimately next to Bissinger, a Penn alumnus. The conversation, while dominated by Jenner, showed hints of the established and well-known friendship between the two. Bissinger was first connected to Jenner when he published his story SEE CAITLYN PAGE 2
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Massive Wharton donation promotes leadership
$10 million will serve undergrads and MBA students ALIZA OHNOUNA Staff Reporter
Wharton just received a major donation that will have lasting effects. A few weeks ago, 1979 Wharton MBA graduate Anne McNulty gave $10 million to the Wharton Leadership Program, which has since been renamed the Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program. The program serves four audiences: undergraduates, MBA students, Wharton executive MBA students and students in the executive education program, management professor Anne Greenhalgh said. Greenhalgh’s greatest hope for the program is that the money will be used to spark new initiatives. Although the breakdown of where the money will be distributed and any specific changes to the program have yet to be decided, it seems that undergraduates and WEMBA students will be in for the biggest treat. The majority of the resources in the Leadership Program currently go towards MBA students, Greenhalgh said, and the gift will likely
allocate more resources toward undergraduates and WEMBA students. The gift’s ar rival also coincides with a thorough reevaluation of Wharton’s entire curriculum, Greenhalgh said. All Wharton leadership development programs operate under the assumption that leadership consists of a set of skills that can be learned and developed scientifically. The current goal of the leadership program is to pair the cognitive aspect of leadership development, supported by scientific research, with meaningful mentoring relationships between students and professionals to create “stretch experiences,” said Jeff Klein, the executive director of the McNulty Leadership Program. Greenhalgh hopes that skills honed in Management 100, which embody the real-life leadership challenges that Wharton hopes to emphasize, will be applied to new classes and workshops in the future with the McNulty gift. Another initiative that may grow with the McNulty gift are the Wharton Leadership Ventures. The Wharton Leadership Ventures place teams of undergraduates and teams of MBA students in exotic places like
Antarctica and task them with completing a challenging “mission” that is designed to build character and collaboration skills. The ventures aren’t offered on as large a level to the undergraduates as they are to the MBA students, and McNulty is open to expanding undergraduate opportunities. Anne McNulty, whose late husband John also received his MBA from Wharton and whose three children went to Penn, hopes that the program will impart awareness of one’s weaknesses and strengths, the ability to communicate a vision and to persuade others, emotional intelligence and effective listening skills, all of which she views as essential to being an effective leader. Guide, for example, is a small undergraduate-organized initiative that pairs undergraduates with MBA students to create mentoring relationships. With the donation, this program may grow to match the scale of a similar program offered to MBA and WEMBA students. The McNulty Leadership Program will also continue to maintain the partnerships that it has formed with organizations and schools outside of Wharton. One such program is a West Point
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1979 Wharton MBA graduate Anne McNulty donated $10 million to the Wharton Leadership Program to strengthen leadership initiatives.
Leadership Exchange that places a group of Wharton students at West Point and a group of West Point students at Wharton for one day to experience the different leadership development methods. Doing more informal outreach is also on the horizon. McNulty said she would like to see more lectures and symposia relating to leadership development become open to the wider Penn community. More consistent collaboration between Wharton and other
schools has taken shape in the Lipman Family Prize Fellows. The Lipman Prize is collaborating with the McNulty Leadership Program to award money to an organization doing outstanding social impact work. The fellows help to choose the organization and are made up of undergraduate and graduate students from all of Penn’s schools. The prize is a complement to the McNulty Prize, which awards an individual who has done outstanding social impact work.
In the spirit of constantly refining the teaching of leadership development, the McNulty gift may also go towards the Center for Leadership and Change Management, an organization that provides grants to professors researching leadership and management strategy. Greenhalgh highlighted the importance of leadership across all the new initiatives that the donation will enhance. “Leadership is a relevant skill regardless of context,” she said.
United Minorities Council talks presidential issues Students discuss minorities’ political influence ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter
In the 2016 presidential election, the minority vote really counts, and Penn students have taken notice. Wednesday night, the Penn United Minorities Council hosted a discussion on how the current political candidates are addressing minority issues. UMC hosted this event so that students could reflect on the issues, share opinions and ask their peers questions about the election. The majority of the discussion revolved around the Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The room was divided over who was the most trusted candidate on political issues. Many students also expressed a sense of disillusionment when it came to the way candidates handle minority issues.
“I feel like we should put people into positions that actually represent us,” Nursing sophomore Ayont Young said. “How do you tell who’s real and who’s not?” “When you get to college, you’re not paying as much attention to what’s going on in the outside world,” UMC Chair and Wharton junior Temilola Ransome-Kuti said. Students are still debating which candidates would be in their best interest to elect. Although the Penn College Republicans were invited, UMC said they did not respond to any outreach from them. Members from Penn for Hillary and Penn Democrats, as well as those just interested in politics were present to express their views. Some students expressed concern that candidates would say whatever it takes to win the minority vote, but are rarely held accountable once in office. Students distrust the radical ideas that candidates present because they
are rarely able to follow through. “Candidates tend to overshoot for their goals in their campaign and end up compromising away most of their ideas later on,” one participant said. While it was widely agreed among the group that Republican candidates were not concerned about issues of race, some pointed out that Republicans still try to prove that they can win the minority vote. The group laughed about how Trump brought minority women on stage to testify their support for him. However, his strict immigration policies and tendency to use vulgar language toward minorities has pushed many away. Others feel that winning the minority vote is more of a strategic plan rather than a genuine dedication to change. College sophomore Lawrence Perry said that political candidates think that they can meet with one or two prominent people in minority communities and gain the vote.
However, some feel that the candidates have good intentions but are prevented from accomplishing things because of checks in power, especially Congress. “Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish much because he has been halted by the Republican-dominated congress,” Engineering junior Sergio Labra said. Several times, students brought up the issue of trying to use the minority vote to accomplish real goals and solve problems. “The key way for minorities to hold politicians accountable is to be registered voters,” College junior Ray Clark said. There is a disparity between the demographics of Americans and the demographics of people who vote, he added. Another participant pointed out that Republican voters are more likely to show up at the polls. While it remains unclear right now what Sanders or Clinton would do for minorities once in office, it is clear that what minorities have to
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even asked her about a recent article in The Daily Pennsylvanian, which, like many other sources, was critical of her role as a spokesperson in the community. Jenner acknowledged that she did not have the background of a typical LGBTQ individual. “I am not a spokesman,” Jenner said. “I am a spokesman for my story.” The discussion then allowed pre-selected students to ask Jenner questions of their own. Perhaps the most provocative of these focused on Jenner’s suppor t of the Republican party. While she was quick to acknowledge that she believed Democrats were better at addressing LGBTQ issues, she articulated her support for the GOP, especially what she
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“Call me Caitlyn,” officially announcing Jenner’s female identity to the world, in Vanity Fair over the summer. The two have remained friends ever since. D u r i ng t he d iscussion, Jenner referred to Bissinger as “my buddy Buzz,” with clear affection in her voice. Jenner frequently got caught up in speaking to the audience, leaving little time for Bissinger to ask questions. At one point, she even cut him off, saying “one second Buzz, I’ll get right with you.” Bissinger’s questions focused on Jenner’s family, her transition and her role in the transgender community. He
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The United Minorities Council held an event on Wednesday night to discuss the minority vote in the 2016 election.
say has a big influence on the election. “The minority vote was disenfranchised, [and] I think it says a lot about where we currently are as a country that politicians are trying so hard to cater to the minority vote,” College freshman Brittany Bing said. “Looking at how far we’ve come legally and socially says a lot.” The minority vote is no longer
something that can be overlooked. Many are still trying to see who the candidates really are and determine what they can expect from candidates once in office. “There’s so many questions that need to be answered,” College sophomore Maya Arthur said. “I think as the election continues we’ll have a clearer stance on who we want to vote for.”
termed the “Reagan conservative approach.” “The bigger issue is what our country is going through right now,” said Jenner, referring to the national debt and other economic issues. While Jenner received much applause on stage, many audience members seated on the first floor left early and various students expressed their disappointment in the event. According to College senior and exchange student Kristine Andersen, Jenner seemed “self-absorbed” and could have addressed a wider range of issues facing the LGBTQ community. Others, however, said it was interesting to learn more about a highly publicized story. Having watched Jenner’s
transition through the reality TV show “Keeping up with the Kardashians,” College sophomore Cami Potter was eager to see Jenner in person. “It’s nice to see it come full circle,” Potter said. Despite some negative reactions to the event, it was highly anticipated on campus in the weeks leading up to the discussion. Tickets cost $5 for Penn students and $30 for non-Penn students. Tickets went on sale, both online and on Locust walk, two weeks ago. They sold out almost immediately. W hatever the reactions, Jenner was able to tell her story and assured everyone that Caitlyn is here to stay. “Girls, I’m on the team, and I’m staying on the team,” Jenner said.
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Penn profs. discover new way to treat cocaine addiction The potential drug was tested on rats SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter
Penn researchers may have cracked the code to cocaine addiction. Psychiatry professors Matthew Hayes and Heath Schmidt and Nursing assistant professor Bart De Jonghe, have recently found that a drug typically used to treat obesity can be used to treat cocaine addiction. Hayes had previously done a study that showed that when a drug derived from glucagon-like peptide-1 — a hormone that regulates feeding behavior — was directly infused into the brain of rats, it reduced the rats’ intake of palatable food but had no effect on their intake of normal foods. Looking at the connection between eating pleasurable foods and taking drugs of abuse, the trio theorized that a connection in treatments could be made. “Palatable” foods — common in Western diets— can be thought
of as foods high in sugars and fats that people tend to overconsume, compared to “normal” foods like salad. When people eat foods high in sugars and fats, circuits in the brain that regulate reward mechanisms increase the brain’s levels of dopamine — a neurotransmitter that encodes for pleasure and increases when people perform activities like eating good food, socializing and sex. “The way that drugs of abuse work, like cocaine, is that they hijack the dopamine systems in the brain and cause a huge release of dopamine,” Schmidt said. “Really rewarding foods sources like fats and sugars act on the part of the brain that increases dopamine signaling. Drugs of abuse do the same thing. So theoretically, anything that regulates this system should affect both drug taking and intake of highly palatable foods.” In a near three-year study, the team found that when the GLP-1based drug Byetta was introduced into the brain of rats, the rats self-administered less of cocaine
similar to how both people and rats reduced their consumption of palatable foods in the presence of the compound present in the drug. Currently, there are no FDA approved pha r macok inetic therapies for cocaine addiction. However, the compound the trio studied already has FDA approval and is currently used in treating diabetic and obese patients. This lends it an advantage in paving the way for new treatments for drug abuse as well. Although the team’s lab exclusively focuses on preclinical trials in animal models, in the future they would like to expand their research to clinical trials in humans. “We hope to establish collaborations with addiction labs that do work with human cocaine addicts and be able to do a first patch screen to see whether or not these compounds are efficacious for the treatment of cocaine addiction,” Schmidt said. “And hopefully in the future we can set up a collaboration to potentially look at this compound in humans.”
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Penn professors Matthew Hayes, Heath Schmidt and Bart De Jonghe related “palatable” food to the study of cocaine addiction in an effort to find an FDA-approved treatment.
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OPINION The Republican debate’s drunken state CITIZEN CAPOZZI | Citizen Capozzi tailors his account of last Saturday’s Republican debate for the average Penn student
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The bottle of vodka is open. It is Saturday night, and I am preparing to watch the Republican primary debate on CBS with my friends. Since most are tuned in for Donald Trump, we are throwing out any chance of seriously considering the candidates and are instead preparing a drinking game. The rules are agreed to, and the debate begins. Rule #1: Take a shot every time a Republican blames Barack Obama instead of seriously answering a question. When moderator John Dickerson asks neurosurgeon Ben Carson about his previous suggestion to ignore the rules of war when fighting ISIL, I immediately become nervous. My lack of trust in the Hippocratic Oath is immediately confirmed when Carson starts obfuscating his lack of foreign policy knowledge by answering, “In terms of the rules of engagement, I was talking about, you know,
Obama has said, you know, we shouldn’t bomb tankers, you know, coming out of refineries because there may be people in there, or because the environment may be hurt. You know, that’s just asinine thinking.” I nod vigorously as I fulfill the doctor’s prescription and take a drink. Rule #2: Take two shots every time Trump says something that should end his candidacy but probably won’t. My liver little suspects the impending danger as Trump is confronted by his previous suggestion that former president George W. Bush should be impeached for lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I innocently assume that Trump, knowing he’s campaigning in a state where George W. Bush is immensely popular, will distance himself from that comment. However, Trump carpetbombs my naivete by shouting, “They lied. They said
there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction.” As the moderator tries to restore order, I prepare to take my punishment. But Trump is not done, shouting,
drive Americans to drink, I think to myself, “Mission accomplished.” Rule #3: Take three shots every time a Republican goes out of his way to further alienate young voters. I have almost made it through the entire debate
... we are throwing out any chance of seriously considering the candidates and are instead preparing a drinking game.”
“The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush. He kept us safe? That is not safe.” My liver is not safe, as I am obligated to take four shots. When one of my friends jokes that Trump’s goal is to
without this rule triggering, but now Marco Rubio brandishes his concluding speech, saying, “We are going to be a country that says that life begins at conception and life is worthy of the protection of our laws. We’re going to be
a country that says that marriage is between one man and one woman.” I begrudgingly reach for the bottle, envious that Hillary Clinton is probably smoking a celebratory Cuban instead. Rule #4: Finish the bottle if a GOP debater destroys their candidacy by showing sympathy for immigrants. After a while, I’m pretty confident this rule won’t be triggered. But then the moderator asks Florida Gov. Jeb Bush about his much maligned comment that illegal immigrants “broke the law, but it’s not a felony … it’s an act of love.” I initially assume I’m safe, since Bush is an experienced politician and will surely pivot from that comment by attacking Marco Rubio or hyping border security. Yet Bush delivers a mighty blow to my liver — and whatever political chance he still had — by saying, “They’re not all rapists, as you-know-who said. They’re not that. These
LOUIS CAPOZZI are people that are coming to provide for their families. And we should show a little more respect for the fact that they’re struggling.” Somewhat surprised and almost willingly, I reach for the vodka. Yet mercy is at hand, as the bottle is empty. Only one thing is clear: For the next debate, I’ll need more liquor. LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” usually appears every other Thursday.
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Yesterday, Penn welcomed Caitlyn Jenner as the Social Planning and Events Committee Connaissance spring speaker and QPenn’s keynote speaker. The moderator was 1972 College graduate and Daily Pennsylvanian alumnus Buzz Bissinger, who wrote the Vanity Fair story announcing Jenner’s transition. With ticket lines stretching down Locust Walk, it was clear that the student body was definitely interested in hearing what she had to say. We commend SPEC and QPenn for hosting such a visible and socially relevant speaker, who, since her announcement that she is transgender, is a figure of both celebrity entertainment and social justice. SPEC has chosen a speaker who is interesting in both who she is and what she has to say. SPEC did well in bringing a speaker who could create
discussion both before and after the event. Regardless of how well you may have thought she spoke, this event will foster productive conversation among the student body. Last week’s DP article “Penn non-cisgender community hesitates to welcome Caitlyn Jenner” suggests that her place as a transgender celebrity is already creating conversation on campus. First and foremost, let us be clear. We cannot make a value judgment on whether it is her responsibility to be a representative for transgender rights, or how well she represents and advocates for them. We are not asking her to embody any particular concept of what a transgender celebrity should be. These are questions that are not our place to answer, regardless of our individual values. However, we do feel it is our responsibility to hold
her accountable for sparking productive discussion at Penn, as this is what should be expected of all the speakers that SPEC brings.
answer every question was exactly what we want from a speaker. When confronted with a question about her position
... we do feel it is our responsibility to hold her accountable for sparking productive discussion at Penn, as this is what should be expected of all the speakers that SPEC brings.” In that regard, we think that she and Bissinger delivered. Although Jenner consistently ignored Bissinger’s attempts to move forward with the conversation, her enthusiasm and readiness to
as an icon for the transgender community, she acknowledged that she was a special situation and should not be considered a spokesperson for the community. She also admitted her lack of knowl-
edge, having only met her first transgender person nine months ago. However, her speech about her past body dysmorphia and suicidal thoughts she felt gave genuine insight into her experience as a transgender person. The most heartfelt moment had to have been when Jenner opened up about her regret of never being able to tell her father, who passed away in 2000, about her transition. The auditorium went silent as Jenner praised her father and wished that he could see her now. This willingness to expose vulnerabilities is what differentiates good speakers from great ones, and groups should look for speakers that are willing to move past what we can already learn with the click of a button. The event ended with audience questions that were pre-selected by SPEC and QPenn. This was a good
decision on their part. The questions chosen were thoughtful and did not hold back: One student asked Jenner about the conflict between her transgender status and her conservative Republican beliefs. However, another student did not ask her original question and instead asked Jenner, “What emoji do you use the most often?” This caused significant confusion on stage, which led to Jenner’s eventual response, “I have no idea what an emoji is.” We don’t blame the hosts for this disturbance because there really is no way to completely control audience engagement. We believe that SPEC should seek to continue bringing speakers like Jenner to campus — speakers who command the attention of the student population and spark meaningful discourse on campus.
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Professor analyzes healthiness of TV shows CHAMP tracks issues and behaviors in TV over time REBECCA TAN Contributing Reporter
Is television programming getting better or worse for us? A research team at the Annenberg Public Policy Center has launched a study to find out. The Coding of Health and Media Project, dubbed CHAMP, is being led by Patrick Jamieson at the Annenberg Center. For more than 10 years, the Center has been tracking unhealthy behavior featured in television shows and movies dating back to 1950. They made notable observations on issues ranging from gender representation to suicide depictions to gun violence. In December 2015, the team received a new, three-year, $745,000 grant from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation in order to expand their study to the additional area of healthy behavior on TV. Such behaviors include exercising, the respect for difference among people and social cohesion. Among these, Jamieson explained that social cohesion is the most difficult to track. “For this category, we are basically forcing a quantitative frame on a qualitative question, which can be problematic,” Jamieson said. He further explained that this was a general challenge to the project because healthy behaviors tend to be more difficult to objectively identify than alcoholism or violence, citing the example of the TV show “Modern Family.” “A cast-level analysis, that is, one that looks at the demographics of the cast, may pick up that this show features a gay couple. However, it is much more difficult
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Patrick Jamieson’s project analyzes unhealthy behavior in TV through elements like exercise and openness to people of other races.
to determine, quantitatively, if their interactions with their child, with each other and with society, are positive.”
Penn contributes over $14 billion to state economy $10.8 billion went directly to Phila. economy JENNA WANG Staff Reporter
The University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine contributed more than $14 billion towards the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia economies in fiscal year 2015. According to the report by Econsult Solutions, Penn contributed $14.3 billion in 2015 to Pennsylvania’s economy, $10.8 billion of which went directly to Philadelphia’s economy. This created $6.4 billion in salaries and wages for the state. Penn created one out of every nine jobs in Philadelphia, totaling up to 90,400 jobs created
both directly and indirectly in 2015. As the city’s largest private employer, Penn directly employed 37,000 people, with another 53,000 indirectly connected to Penn through construction, retail and professional service industries. In particular, the report highlighted the large number of capital projects Penn undertook in 2015 that created a significant amount of jobs. Penn spent $932 million in constructing and renovating buildings on campus in 2015, resulting in the indirect employment of 10,300 workers in Pennsylvania. Research and development was another area in which Penn generated cash. The University received $939 million in research money from the
couple on “Modern Family” is great, but that it is still important to consider if the portrayal of this couple perpetuates stereotypes or excludes members of the LGBTQ community. Apart from re-orientating towards healthy behavior, CHAMP is also expanding to include more shows popular among Latinos and blacks, both of whom are coming to comprise a greater percentage of the United States population. Such shows include “Blackish” and “Empire” as well as programs on the Spanish-language network Univision. In addition, CHAMP aims to track 3,000 hours of television in three years, up from the 1,600 hours that the CHAMP initiative completed during its first five years. “What makes us unique is that we cover multiple variables, with
government and other sources in 2015 and ranked among the top five institutions in the country to receive the most government funding for research. A behemoth presence in Philadelphia, Penn also gave back to the Philadelphia community through investment and spending. Penn spent $344 million on Philadelphia-based businesses, with around 35 percent of this amount spent specifically on West Philadelphia-based businesses. The University pumped $1.8 million in contributions and investments towards public schools in Philadelphia. Penn students and visitors, as well as patients admitted to Penn Medicine, together summed up $279 million spent locally on various goods and services.
College junior Britt Brown, who is a member of the preprofessional LGBTQ group Wharton Alliance, agreed. She said that having a gay
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participants of my sample,” he said. “They maintain that they are no more gifted or no smarter than their cousins, than their classmates, their brothers.” Harper said that they instead pride themselves on “being regular guys who managed to do well in school.” He added that these students believe that labeling themselves as high achievers suggests a sense of exceptionalism, which is not how they perceive themselves. “When I got here, the microaggression and racial things I had to learn to cope with and deal with came as a surprise,” said College sophomore Brenton James. After attending the Eagle Academy for
Young Men, an inner city public high school in the Bronx, James’ encounters with racial biases at Penn shocked him. James recounted a time in which he was at a political group party and other members wanted to see him dance. He also said that at a school with a party culture, “sometimes it was like black men are constantly being turned away, or as they say at Penn: ‘Hey, go take a lap.’” Harper’s findings indicate that these students were successful in resisting racial stereotypes through campus leadership role and participation in student organizations. Harper is the faculty advisor of the Penn group, Black Men United. It serves as a space for undergraduate black male students to offer
large samples observed over a long time,” Jamieson said. Research Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Dan Romer agreed, explaining that many studies look at snapshots of TV portrayals, but only the Annenberg team investigates the history of entertainment media on a yearby-year basis to uncover long-term trends. CHAMP is labor intensive and logistically complex, but Jamieson and his team strongly believe that this work is necessary to capture a more comprehensive understanding of television. “What is potentially really interesting,” Jamieson said, “is combining the trends for positive and negative behaviors on television and developing a ratio. This would allow us to see if genres of television, as a whole, are becoming healthier or unhealthier for us.”
each other support. James said that Harper, among other mentors, who helped him along the way. “I guess they just kept me on track, and they kept me focused because things like that make you angry,” James said. “But you don’t want to do something that you regret because you are paying $60,000 a year for a top level education, and you don’t throw that away for anything.” “This happens not because I’m in a room full of malicious students who are looking to segregate me and stuff. It’s because what white privilege does — it blinds you from it,” James said. “So when you ask these questions, they’re not doing this to say, ‘Hey do something stupid.’ They’re doing it because they’re ignorant, nonetheless.”
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New startup WeTrain offers on-call personal trainers The app hopes to provide affordable exercise options LYNNA YE Contributing Reporter
Now there’s an Uber for everything, even personal trainers. WeTrain is a recently established startup that aims to shake up the fitness industry. Co-founded by Thomas Jefferson University graduate student Zachary Hertzel and second-year
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“a very STEM-y kind of place,” she said. “They wanted to bring in someone who could do more in the humanities in the building and make people feel welcome who weren’t in the Engineering School.” Once there, Bowers developed a program called Perspectives in Humanities, a way to connect undergraduates with the Penn
Wharton MBA student Jon Sockol , the company supplies on-demand personal trainers that can be reached by using WeTrain’s mobile application. Sockol was inspired of the idea for WeTrain while working in New York. In his own research, he was surprised by the lack of affordable exercise options. “For me, I used to be 60 pounds heavier. And [when] I was working to lose the weight,
I would never consider using a personal trainer, because the average price point for New York is $100 to $150 an hour,” Sockol said. WeTrain workouts consist of 30 to 60 minutes of vigorous exercise and are personalized for your specific goal. There are six different types of workout sessions, from the “Shred Factory” for muscle training to “BLT” for enhanced butt, legs and tummy. 30-minute workouts are priced at
$17, while an hour session costs $25. However, these prices can be split in half by bringing and working out with a friend. For first-year Wharton MBA student Allie Miller, it is the small things that make WeTrain preferable over going to the gym. “They make sure that a WeTrain trainer shows up wearing a WeTrain shirt, and they send you a photo of the trainer with a bio before they come over. There’s also a secret password
that they have that they have to type in,” Miller said. “It’s been a great way to light a fire in my workout routine and make sure that I’m not settling for 40 minutes on the treadmill.” In the future, WeTrain hopes that they would be able to provide the on-call service throughout Philadelphia. They are looking to partner with Uber, the Special Olympics and the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network to increase
awareness of their service and to donate some of their earnings to charity. “To be able to have a business that can do good on helping people reach their fitness goals and help various other causes in the community — that’s why you live and run a business,” Sockol said. WeTrain’s mobile application is available on the App Store and will be available for Android users in the coming future.
Humanities Forum, which is still quite active. Bowers also developed scholarships for residential fellowships, and helped a student at Kings Court English College House fulfill her vision of a Penn Authors Forum, where a different professor was invited each week to speak about books they had published. Boswers’ son also loved living in a college house. “My son grew up there and developed lots of good relationships
with students,” she said. Once he was middle-school aged, they moved to the suburbs to take advantage of better schools. Bowers still lives offcampus, and she said it has certainly changed the dynamic of her experience as a professor. “I find now that the only students I really know are the ones in my classes,” Bowers said. “When I lived in the house, I knew a lot of students across a lot of schools.” She a lso m isses t he
“quasi-social” interactions she had with students. Bowers would take students on outings to Center City to see plays, and would even ask students to babysit. “Students interacted with my family more than just me,” she said, adding that the two dogs she had were very popular. Jamuna Samuel, a music professor, currently lives with her daughter in Rodin College House. She, like Bowers, finds that her eight-year-old daughter thrives in the college atmosphere. “She loves it. She’s a very social kid,” Samuel said. Samuel has lived in Rodin for a year and a half, and said she intends to stay for another two at least. She loves the “vibrant” community and having a “window into this generation.” “It helps me understand more
where my students are coming from, the pressure that they’re under, how involved they are extracurricularly — which I would never have understood if I didn’t live on campus.” Samuel, like Bowers, sees herself as an ambassador for the humanities in her community. She organizes outings to the orchestra and opera for students. Living on campus also allows Samuel to immerse herself in her own work much more completely than if she had lived off-campus. “Especially as a working mother, working on campus has allowed me to be so much more present in my department,” Samuel said. She values the “constancy and immediacy of campus life,” but added that “maybe it’s not for everyone. Others may find it fatiguing, but I find it
energizing.” Medical Ethics and Health Policy professor Lance Wahlert lives — and teaches — in Gregory College House. He’s lived there “on and off” for the last 10 years, first as a graduate student at Penn and now as a professor. He also teaches a class called “Science of Sex and Sexuality” in its film lounge. Gregory is known for its film program, and it’s one of the reasons Wahlert has stuck around. “I’m a film scholar, so I feel very at home here,” he said. Unlike Bowers and Samuel, Wahlert doesn’t have any children. But he said the College House system is just as conducive to adults living alone. “It’s great,” he said. “You’re living with others, yet living alone at the same time.”
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A renaissance long overdue for the Red and Blue M. SQUASH | Major
upsets propel team COREY HENRY Sports Reporter
That seismic activity you’ve been feeling recently has been Penn squash leaving opponents shaking in their boots after the team’s wins. In a way, you could thank coach Jack Wyant’s squad for the outbreak of parity that has left the College Squash Association rankings in tatters week after week. But if you wanted to figure out just how the team was able to make the historic turnaround, look no further than former Athletic Director Steve Bilsky. “[Bilsky] saw something in me 12 years ago and felt I’d be a good fit here,” Wyant said. “My resume wasn’t the longest at the time so they took a real chance on me.” Wyant didn’t have the same credentials as most squash coaches. Aside from a decorated career as a squash player at Princeton and as a professional, Wyant’s only other experience came from his time at Proctor & Gamble and coaching a high school team. Bilsky took the chance on the Ohio native before the 2004-05 season to lead the women’s program into the upper echelon of squash. Success came early and often for Wyant and after eight years he was
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now. They’re definitely two entirely different worlds.” Sprinters and distance swimmers rarely compete in both types of events, essentially because they require such different skill sets. The main difference between the two is the degree of endurance required in the distance events. Since she first began competing in the distance events during her freshman year, Burns discovered that her competitive
given the chance to lead the men’s team as well. Wyant’s stint with the men’s team started well with a Hoehn Cup championship in his first season. Things started to slip after that season as the Red and Blue slid to a ranking of No. 14 heading into the 2013-14 season. “Falling to 14 was the best thing we could have done,” Wyant added. “We sort of hit rock bottom as a program and the athletes realized that they needed to change their level of commitment.” That’s when things started to look up for the Red and Blue. Citing disorganization and a lack of focus as the reasons for their struggles, the team rallied around a trio of sophomores occupying the top three spots on the ladder and attempted to reverse their losing trend. “We used the losses as motivation,” senior Augie Frank said. “[the coaches] were very excited to get going and it kind of snowballed with the rest of the team.” It was a season for the ages as Penn squash rumbled to a top eight end-of-season ranking for the first time in five years. The next season saw the Quakers mostly tread water rankings-wise, but their biggest win of the season came at that season’s Potter Cup with their win over Franklin & Marshall that moved them up to a No. 7 ranking. “Last year was the first year we became a skilled team,” Frank
personality might even be better suited to longer races. “I’m pretty stubborn,” Burns said. “I don’t like to see people get too far in front of me. I’m a good catcher. “For example, on relays, if we’re ever behind, it’s all about catching that girl in front of me. So with distance events, it’s basically one long relay, and I don’t want to be last.” She does not want to be last — or even second. But winning isn’t the only thing Burns brings to the team. She brings that winning mentality not only to meets,
added. “All of a sudden we were a team that could play with the best teams.” Jumping six spots in one year was unheard of before Wyant’s program introduced a new era of parity to college squash. In a way, the 2013-14 season was just a warning — this past season the team pulled off one
of the most impressive jumps in history. Sitting at No. 7 coming into the season, Penn breezed through its early season competition before hitting its home opening weekend against then-No. 2 St. Lawrence and third-ranked Rochester. With respective 6-3 and 5-4 victories, Penn
squash pulled off yet another fivespot jump in the next rankings to a season-high No. 2. “We know we can compete with the best teams in the country now,” sophomore Hayes Murphy said. “We’ve been working really hard and knew eventually it would click.” Other teams across the nation
have taken and notice of this success and tried to mimic their rise. Schools such as Drexel and Bates have put a considerable focus on building their teams into contenders, and already elite teams such as Rochester and Trinity have used their resources to bring some of the brightest minds in squash to their coaching staffs. While the Quakers move closer and closer to a potential first-ever Potter Cup championship, there is an invisible hand behind them pushing the team forward. Penn Athletics has shown their commitment to Wyant’s abilities from the beginning, from staying patient through the team’s struggles to allotting any resources necessary to even offering bi-weekly yoga. “It’s not just me who wants to win,” Wyant said. “I feel like I have a large team behind me providing support.” This year’s Potter Cup fields one of the most competitive draws in the history of college squash. While Penn squash may not have the championship pedigree of some of their opponents like Harvard or Trinity, the Quakers’ coaching staff has put the team in a great position to add another superlative to their 127-year history. “I’m not in this business to do anything but try to win,” Wyant said. “We think at the very least our teams should be as good as our university.”
but daily in the team’s practices. "[Her impact] is not just at meets,” Schnur said. “I mean, yeah, she wins most of her races. But she sets a great tone every day in practice. She works hard. And she works hard every day. “What Virginia brings to the team is consistency — she never has a bad day. She comes in and kicks butt every day, and she’s really fun to watch.” Hard work like that combined with her talent often results in success. For her, that standard lies in an invitation to the coveted NCAA national
championship meet. Qualifying for nationals means either making an NCAA A-cut or being selected as one of the 328 women invited to the meet who have swum B-cut time standards. “I’d like to make NCAAs before I graduate,” Burns said. “That would be a complete grand expectation compared to where I was coming in as a freshman, so that’d be really exciting. It’s not the end of the world if I don’t, but it’d be nice.” The humble sophomore is working to make that dream a reality, having already surpassed
this season’s B-cut. “I’ve made the B-cut,” Burns said. “[Getting an invitation] also depends on how the rest of the country does, what kind of year it is with which events, but nothing is impossible.” For now though, Burns has to focus on claiming an Ivy title in her events. The swim team is already in Princeton, N.J., preparing for a three-day Ivy Championship meet that starts on Thursday morning. “She’s done ever yth ing we’ve asked of her all season long,” Schnur said. “She’s been
fantastic from day one, and hopefully her Ivy will be equally great.” With a winning attitude like hers, it’s hard to imagine any other outcome. “When you looked at her in high school, there was something about her that we knew she’d be a good swimmer,” Schnur said. “[Assistant coach] Marc [Christian] and I loved her attitude, and we love the kind of person she is. “To see how she’s developed as a swimmer is really gratifying.”
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On Friday night, Columbia Athletics’ website featured the banner headline, “Lions Become First Ivy Team To Score 50 Against Quakers Despite 71-51 Loss.� It was a pretty accurate summation of how the first half of Ivy play has gone for Penn women’s basketball. The Quakers (18-3, 7-0 Ivy) have sprinted to a perfect 7-0 start and a 15-point average margin of victory in that span. And they’re showing no signs of letting up. Sophomore guard Lauren Whitlatch is playing the best basketball of her career. She set a career high in scoring with 19 points two weeks ago against Dartmouth before eclipsing that mark again last
weekend with 20 against Columbia. And neither of those factor in the 11 rebounds she grabbed against Harvard. “Nothing fazes her,� coach Mike McLaughlin said. “She can go 1-for-9 and know that she’ll stay on the court as long as she plays the game the right way. She defends, she gives great effort on both ends of the floor. She knows it doesn’t matter when she makes shots — it’s helpful when she does — but she knows she’s not going to come out from missing shots. “The only way she doesn’t play as much is if she stops competing and that just doesn’t happen with her.� Whitlatch’s success will be critical if the Quakers vie to stay atop the conference — and even look to make a tournament push in March. The team’s 20-point loss to Villanova showed what can happen when the post game is stifled and the guards aren’t able to hit shots. But as Whitlatch continues to draw attention from defenders alongside fellow guards Anna Ross and Kasey Chambers, forwards Michelle Nwokedi and Sydney Stipanovich will be better able to operate inside — the way they have through seven Ivy games this year. Now making the turn to the second half of Ancient Eight competition, the Red and Blue shift their attention back to Brown and Yale, who they’ll pay visits to on Friday
ALEX GRAVES | DESIGN EDITOR
Now entering the second half of Ivy play, Penn women’s basketball will look to junior forward Sydney Stipanovich to sustain its success inside.
and Saturday, respectively. Last time around, the matchups weren’t even close. Hosting the Bulldogs (11-14, 2-6) in January, McLaughlin walked away with an easy win to mark the
100th of his tenure at the Palestra. Stipanovich and Ross each put up 16 points as the Quakers coasted to a 68-49 rout. The next night, the Bears (13-9, 1-7) fared nearly as bad. Midway
through the contest, Stipanovich’s 14 points matched Brown’s total as a team — and despite the Red and Blue pulling their starters, the 66-49 contest was never close. This weekend marks the turn in the Ancient Eight season, with Penn having faced each of the other seven teams in the conference once. Although that offers a chance for reflection as the final stretch nears, McLaughlin’s squad has embraced his game-by-game mental approach. “I don’t think it’s hit us yet, because we’re having so much fun playing with each other, we’re still in the midst of it all,� Nwokedi said. “We’re just taking each game at a time, and I think when it starts to get closer and closer, that’s when it’s going to hit.� A date with Princeton awaits for Penn at Jadwin Gym on March 9. Whether the team is thinking about it yet or not, the Quakers may well need to run the table in order to come into that game in sole possession of first in the Ivy League and control of its postseason destiny. And the next stops on that journey are in Providence and New Haven this weekend. The combined three conference wins between the two Ivy rivals don’t seem to matter much to the Quakers, currently ranked 36th in RPI. “We don’t discuss records,� McLaughlin said. “We don’t discuss
what the last result was. We’re just really concerned with how we can go up there and do what we like to do.� Meanwhile, the Tigers have been rolling through conference play following their 50-48 loss at the Palestra in January. Princeton’s otherwise perfect Ancient Eight slate has even featured 30-point blowouts against Dartmouth and Columbia in the last two weeks. As the Red and Blue look to stay ahead of their New Jersey rivals, they’ll need continued sharp play from their offensive weapons. That means playing through the post. Inside, Nwokedi and Stipanovich play off one another, with one seeming to always pick up her game if the other isn’t scoring as much. “We do feed off of each other,� Nwokedi said. “If one of us isn’t playing well, there’s always going to be another person playing well. It’s not even just me and Sydney. I think our guards have really been stepping up and contributing in big ways. I know if I’m not playing well, I can always rely on my teammates.� Individual stats don’t matter much to the second-winningest coach in program history, however, who focuses on the numbers on the board when the final buzzer sounds. “It doesn’t matter what their numbers are as long as we keep winning.�
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program, she continued to succeed both in and out of competition, so much so that coach John Ceralde tapped her as a team captain even though she is just a junior. However, the choice was not hard for Ceralde to rationalize. “There are a lot of things that factor into being chosen for a captain. They have to show leadership, discipline and commitment. Rachel is well-grounded and very focused. She definitely knows how to lead by example,� he said. For Graham, the captainship represents what she loves the most about the team. “It means a lot to be able to be there to support all of the girls, and I’m really lucky to have two other awesome girls to work with who are some of my best friends, and we just really love working together,� she said. Graham’s style as a captain is very much in line with why Ceralde picked her as a captain — she is focused and positive, both inside and outside of the gym. “Generally I try to have a great attitude and try to stay focused in competition, and just keep that positive attitude going throughout the team,� Graham said. With only one week to go until the Ivy League Championship, the Penn gymnastics team heads to New Brunswick, N.J., on Saturday to square off with Rutgers, Temple and Ursinus. The biggest change for the Quakers in recent weeks as opposed to at the beginning of the season has been their performance on beam. The team struggled in its first two meets, but it has pushed its team score into the mid-48s in the past few weeks. Graham has been right in the middle of that. Two weeks
ILANA WURMAN | DESIGN EDITOR
So far in 2016, junior Rachel Graham has set a new personal best on beam of 9.850, which is tied for fifth-best score in program history.
ago, she set a new personal best and tied for fifth best in program history with a score of 9.850, and her scores have consistently ranged from the high-9.6s to 9.7s. “We’ve just been working so hard in the gym, we’ve really been working on our mental game as well as our physical routines,� she noted. Graham has also been an integral part of the squad’s year-long success on floor, their most consistent and highest scoring event. Averaging a score of 9.620, she
has competed and placed in Penn’s top five scorers on floor at all five meets so far this season. With Graham and the rest of the team heating up, the Quakers’ prospects for the rest of the season are looking good. With Ivies just around the corner and conference championships only a few meets afterwards, Ceralde and the rest of the team have much to be excited about. “The team, along with Rachel,� Ceralde said, “is looking forward to more success down the road.�
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Six months of practice. 22 weeks of doubles. Thousands of miles swam. And it all comes down to three days in February. Without exaggeration, for the Quakers, this entire season has been about one thing — going fast at Ivy League Championships. And now that it’s finally February, coach Mike Schnur has a lot to say. “We’re a heck of a lot faster than we were in November,” he said. “They’ve worked hard all year and kept their focus on Ivies. I’m looking forward to seeing it pay off this weekend.” The Red and Blue, however, have no delusions of grandeur. Although Penn has made great efforts to improve throughout the season, the team would be hard pressed to ask for anything more than a repeat of its fourth-place finish from last year given the strength of Yale and perennial powerhouses Princeton and Harvard. But don’t count the Quakers out just yet, as they could play a significant role in what appears to be the
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exclusively from three-point range. “I think I’ve adjusted well to being known as ‘the shooter,’ and finding those holes to the hoop that they don’t think I’m going to take,” Donahue said. “It’s just all about those little things that I’ve worked at getting better at.” The Quakers will also benefit from the post presence of
dominant storyline of this year’s clash of HYP teams. For the first time since 1999, a team other than Harvard or Princeton will go into the championship as a serious contender for first place. After beating both the Crimson and Tigers in the dual meet season, Yale looks to be on the verge of breaking Harvard and Princeton’s stronghold on the Ancient Eight and taking home the trophy after a 19-year hiatus from an Ivy League Championship. “Yale goes in the meet certainly as a favorite but not far ahead of Harvard and Princeton,” Schnur said. But the resurgence of the Bulldogs as an Ancient Eight swimming power comes with a catch. Before they can dismantle the past 17 years of Harvard-Princeton dominance, they first have to go the distance, quite literally, with the Red and Blue. “I’m most excited to go up against Yale,” sophomore Virginia Burns said. “They have one of the most prominent distance programs in the league and probably the only distance program that can compete with ours.” The performance of Penn’s distance contingent, led by Burns who was the Quakers’ sole Ivy champion last year, will have a sizeable say in who walks away with the crown this weekend. In the 500yard freestyle alone, preliminary heats will feature eight of Penn’s 17-woman squad.
“We’re bringing a rather large distance squad this weekend,” Burns added. “And we’re hoping to see how the scoring lines ups between the two distance rivals.” For Schnur, however, it’s not so much about the belligerent sides as the individual soldiers. “In a meet like this you are not
really competing with teams, you are competing with individuals,” Schnur said. “Your 17 women swim their events versus everyone else’s 17 women, and you see who steps up in the mornings.” Freshmen make up seven of the Red and Blue’s championship roster this year, a sign of good
things to come. But in the immediate future, many of Schnur’s hopes lie with a certain Brockton, Mass., native. “I think we need Virginia to do what she did last year,” said Schnur of the sophomore’s first place finish in the 500 free. “And I think we have a lot of potential finalists, [but]
you never go in looking for [a title]. “I’d like to think that it’ll happen again,” said Burns of a successful title defense in the 500 free. “But I was surprised last year so you never know if there’s going to be another surprise this year.” In addition to Burns, the Quakers boast some serious title contenders in Nancy Hu in the 200 butterfly and Rochelle Dong in the 50 free or perhaps the 100 fly as well. But if Penn wants to save its fourth place claim or even contend for third, it will need to do what Schnur has stressed all season — getting wins when they can and getting by it when they can’t. “We did our job,” he said of the season. “We won the dual meets we should’ve. We lost the dual meets we should’ve.” When the Red and Blue head up to Princeton for the Ancient Eight meetup on Thursday, they’ll go to get the job done and not get too caught up with potential history being made. “If we take care of the Harvard distance kids, the Brown distance kids and the Princeton distance kids, then we’ll get plenty of points,” Schnur said. “We don’t have to beat Yale in those races, but we have to get a lot of thirds, fifths, sevenths and ninths.” Those thirds, fifths, sevenths and ninths may one day become firsts and seconds, but for now, the Quakers will just have to keep swimming.
senior Darien Nelson-Henry, who missed much of the first go-around against the Elis and Bears after sustaining an ankle injury at practice prior to those matchups. The forward has been an offensive force since missing those two games, however, averaging 15.8 points per game over the team’s last four contests. Last weekend, Nelson-Henry even emerged as a distributor, dishing out six assists (a career high) in each of the two games.
The Red and Blue will first take on Brown on Friday night. The Quakers’ previous loss to the Bears was one of the team’s most frustrating of the season, as Penn led for much of the game before scoring only two of the game’s final eleven points. That victory was one of only two so far for Brown in Ivy League play; the squad currently sits tied for last in the Ancient Eight. “That first weekend really hurt us,” Jackson Donahue said. “We’re keeping in the back of
our mind how we felt after those losses. But we also have to remember how far we’ve come.” The Quakers’ loss to Yale was much less of a fluke. The Bulldogs, co-Ivy League champions a season ago and conference favorites going into 2015-16, have made short work of their Ivy competition, winning all eight of their games by an average of 14 points. Senior forward Justin Sears, the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2014-15, has been his
dominant self, pacing the Bulldogs with 16.5 points per game. Sophomore point guard Makai Mason has averaged 15.9 points of his own while dishing out 3.8 assists per game, second in the conference behind Brown’s Tavon Blackmon. A win over Yale, unlike a takedown of Brown, would be a season-defining upset for the Quakers, who still sit below .500 in conference play and in fourth currently. However, to hear the Red and Blue’s coach say it, both
of these weekend’s contests are far from predetermined. “We’re playing well, but we know we can play better. We’ve still got half of the season left,” Donahue said. “Each of the teams that have beat us, we feel we can compete with and beat.” And in the eyes of the firstyear coach, an Ivy title, however unlikely, is still well within reach. “Who knows what’ll happen? The conference is still wide open.”
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Ask anybody, and they’ll tell you that college is the time to change who you are. But Penn swimming phenom Virginia Burns didn’t foresee the transformation she would undergo. When the sophomore sensation arrived on campus last year, she was a mid-level recruit for the women’s swimming team. Her strongest events were the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races, but something wasn’t right. As she and her coach agree, she wasn’t quite tapping into her full potential. “We saw that last year,” coach Mike Schnur explained. “She had a class conflict,
and in the fall, there was a day of the week where she couldn’t come to women’s practice. She would come train with the guys. And she would end up getting in the distance men’s lane, because that was the only workout that would be appropriate for her. “She would train with [star men’s swimmer Chris] Swanson’s group, and she liked it! She started to swim really well in there, so we said, ‘You know what, let’s see what you can do in women’s workouts.’ And she just took to it pretty quickly. So we thought that maybe her future wasn’t in the 50 anymore.” Schnur gave Burns her chance in the Total Performance Invitational at Kenyon College in December, and she took it with
both hands. The then-freshman finished second in her first-ever 500 free with a personal best of 4:54.43 — an incredible time for her debut in the event. In fact, that time was seven seconds off from the B-cut for the NCAA Championships that season. The rise to the top for Burns had only just begun. She would continue to surge on in the pool, ultimately finishing the season with an individual Ivy title and a personal best of 4:45.67 in the 500, just a couple of seconds shy of earning an invitation to NCAA’s. Schnur was surprised at how good of a distance swimmer Burns turned out to be. “If you had asked me when I was recruiting her if she’d be this good, I would’ve said you’re crazy,” Schnur said. “We’ve seen her
develop over the last year fantastically, but in the beginning of her freshman year, no, I wouldn’t have expected her to be this good in the 500. I saw the speed in the 200 and 100, but I’m very pleasantly surprised to see how good she is in the 500. I wish I could get her to do a mile!” Despite the initial appearance that the transition to long distance came naturally to her, Burns didn’t see it as seamless. “It’s really weird,” she said. “I talk to my friends from home and look back on my high school team and all that, and I talk about how my training is so different and how I’m basically just a different swimmer SEE BURNS PAGE 7
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The Quakers have gained momentum at just the right time in the season. For two consecutive weeks, the Red and Blue have set a new season record for team total score, and broke 191.000 points for the first time in 2016 last week at Towson. While many gymnasts have had a hand in this surge, it would not have been possible without the actions of one particular gymnast: junior captain Rachel Graham. An Albuquerque, N.M., native, Graham is the youngest of the three
team captains and has played an integral role on not just this year’s team, but on each team here since she joined the program in 2013. Her introduction to gymnastics at Penn was very similar to her introduction to gymnastics overall — through her family. “I have two older siblings, and they were both already doing gymnastics, so I just grew up with it,” Graham said. One of those siblings, Katie, was a gymnast at Penn from 2008-2012, and helped to introduce and familiarize Rachel with the program here, which certainly helped make her transition onto the team more seamless. During her freshman season, Graham immediately moved into a key role, stepping into the lineup each of the squad’s 11 meets on vault and floor and eight meets on the beam. Last year, Graham helped to lead the team an Ivy Classic title. As Graham progressed in the SEE GYMNASTICS PAGE 8
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They say that the second time’s the charm. Luckily, the Ivy League schedule provides for exactly that. This weekend, Penn men’s basketball will play host to Yale and Brown, two opponents who have already beaten the Quakers (9-12, 3-4 Ivy) this season. The Red and
Blue were rocked, 81-58, by the Bulldogs (17-5, 8-0) in New Haven on Jan. 29 before falling, 89-83, to the Bears (7-15, 2-6) the following evening. “We just didn’t guard that weekend, for whatever reason,” Penn coach Steve Donahue said of the pair of losses. “We know we’re better than that, and we’ve learned from it.” The Red and Blue indeed seem to have turned a corner since then, winning three of their past four contests, including a 92-84 shootout victory at Cornell last Saturday. That win was fueled by a career-high 25 points from freshman guard Jackson Donahue, who has been the Quakers’ primary scorer for much of the second half of the season. Donahue’s stellar Saturday performance was aided by several points in the paint, a positive development for a player who has normally operated almost SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 9
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