February 7, 2017

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n sports, you often hear that the most important game is the next one, but you might not always believe it to be the case. For Penn men’s basketball, however, the cliché couldn’t be more true. In what’s likely the most anticipated sporting event on campus this year — this decade? — the Quakers will welcome hated Princeton to the Palestra on Tuesday night, engaging in the 236th edition of the Ivy League’s undisputed best basketball rivalry in what’s become a must-win for the Red and Blue to stay in conference tournament contention. “[There’s extra excitement] on our side for sure; we’re really hungry for a win, and that’s the first part of this,” Penn coach Steve Donahue said. “We’re in a skid and we’re trying to get out of it, fight any way we can — and it just happens to be against our rival, which adds to it even more.” SEE PREVIEW PAGE 7

How other universities responded to immigration ban

Students launch reproductive rights group

While Penn is taking an active stand, not all universities follow suit

PFRJ was launched last week by two College juniors

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The Penn administration has not remained silent in light of President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban. A few days after President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, Penn President Amy Gutmann took a public stance on the issue. In an email sent to the Penn community, which she also recited at a Faculty Senate protest, Gutmann condemned the executive order as “injurious to our work and inimical to our values.” Gutmann, along with Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber, also helped draft a letter to President Trump criticizing the ban. The letter, which urged President Trump to “rectify or rescind” the executive order, was signed 47 other university presidents. Many of the universities that have signed the letter have taken a public stance and expressed deep concer n rega rding the implications of the immigration ban. In a statement to the Princeton community, Eisgruber called immigration

A new student organization, Penn for Reproductive Justice, launched its reproductive rights advocacy platform on Thursday. Members chalked Locust Walk in opposition to the reinstatement of the global gag rule — which blocks U.S. federal funding from organizations that provide abortion services — and highlighted the effects they say the

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College junior and PFRJ co-founder Esther Cohen said PFRJ labels itself as reproductive rights advocates instead of pro-choice in order to remain inclusive.

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law will have on women’s health over the next four years. College junior and PFRJ cofounder Esther Cohen said PFRJ distinguishes itself from being labeled as pro-choice, instead opting for the label of reproductive rights advocates, in order to remain “inclusive and lead to more activism.” “We’d be more productive if we were [a group] for reproductive justice in general,” she said. “Abortion is seen as only a women’s issue and that it becomes exclusive when you think SEE RIGHTS PAGE 2

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