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CAPS brings counselors to Penn students

Plans on hiring counselors reflecting diversity of students SARAH FORTINSKY Staff Reporter

Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Pennsylvania is in the process of hiring four new staff members to extend its

hours to evenings and weekends and to expand its outreach by placing full-time clinicians in professional schools.

CAPS expects to adopt this new schedule by the end of the spring semester and has already placed full-time staff members in the School of Dental Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine.

After a successful six-week trial

period last spring, when CAPS remained open Saturdays on an emergency-basis, CAPS Director William Alexander submitted a proposal to the University to add hours on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and to extend hours to 7 p.m. on the three weekdays that currently close at 5 p.m. In September, the University granted permission to hire four new full-time staff members to help

staff the additional hours, and to serve as CAPS contacts in the professional schools.

“The way we did [the trial period] was that the CAPS staff was simply working more hours, and that was not a sustainable solution,” Alexander said. “But everybody recognized that it was a good thing, so that’s SEE CAPS PAGE 2

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ock interviews and sp e e d net work i ng sessions aren’t just for recent graduates. For skilled immigrants, these exercises help them gain insight into the American job search process.

On Wednesday, PennPAC, Penn Club of New York and the Class of 1993 partnered with Upwardly Global on a onenight “imPACt” event in New York City.

The three groups of Penn alumni conducted mock interviews and facilitated informal speed networking sessions, all with the goal of helping Upwardly Global job seekers — skilled immigrants and refugees forging new career paths in the United States

— overcome barriers in their job search.

“For anyone coming here that’s already in their careers, one of the biggest concerns is how you translate your success, strengths and experiences from one country to another country,” 1993 College graduate and PennPAC Executive Director Jackie Einstein Astrof said.

“What we try to do is help them through the hurdles in the process.”

PennPAC is comprised of Penn alumni who offer probono consulting to nonprofit organizations in Philadelphia and New York. The group has worked with Upwardly Global once before and aims to reconnect with fellow alumni while SEE SUPPORT PAGE 3

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Study finds wage gap larger among Ivy League grads

New College House: luxurious, but remote

Men reap the benefits of an elite degree more than women do

Some residents feel isolated from the rest of campus CATHERINE DE LUNA Staff Reporter

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A recent study of socioeconomic inequality at elite colleges by The Equal Opportunity Project brought an economic disparity to light — the gender wage gap is noticeably wider among Ivy League graduates, with female graduates making about 30 percent less than their male counterparts.

The study found the assumption that students “will be better off financially if they graduate from ... an elite college” to still be true, but “far truer for men,” The Atlantic reported. Harvard professors of economics Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, who have published several studies on the wage gap, offered a few explanations to The Atlantic for this gap.

They have found that Ivy League graduates generally tend to enter industries with the highest salaries, which also happen to be the ones with the largest wage gaps. For example, finance and management consulting employ 46

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New College House is the most posh of Penn’s student dorms, but it’s also on the edge of campus, abutting the corner of 33rd and Chestnut streets.

Accordingly, its lack of relative proximity to both class and social life turn many away. But for those who live there, its distance from campus is less of an issue.

“By giving up our ability to think critically, we lose a sense of personal agency…”

College freshman Hannah Singer likes the location of NCH, since it is close to her early morning rowing practice. She does see certain drawbacks to living farther away from the hub of campus. Singer mentioned that often when she walks back to her dorm at night, she is often alone as most of her friends live in the Quadrangle.

“There are definitely times when I realized how much more convenient it would be to live in the Quad,” Singer admitted.

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Harvard spent $0.5 million on political lobbying Issues include immigration and scienctific research HARLEY GEFFNER Contributing Reporter

In 2016, Harvard University spent over half a million dollars to lobby the federal government, according to a report in The Harvard Crimson.

Harvard’s Office of Federal Relations, based out of Washington, D.C., works year-round to lobby federal agencies on issues included protecting students with undocumented immigration status, science research funding, Harvard’s taxexempt status and financial aid, the Crimson reported. This past year, the office spent $550,000, an increase of $10,000 from their spending in 2015.

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College freshman Lauren Tappan also has an overall positive impression of NCH’s location, since most of her classes are in the surrounding area. However, Tappan found that at the beginning of the year, it was more difficult to make friends, considering most freshmen live in the Quad.

Since then, she has discovered a strong sense of community within NCH. “Everyone is generally very nice and caring,” she said.

College freshman Morgan Thweatt agreed with Tappan regarding the inclusiveness and friendliness of the NCH community, which she thinks is especially well suited for freshmen. Though Thweatt has been extremely happy with her housing experience, she does know people who have felt the opposite.

“I think that like you have to put in more effort to know people outside of your suite …

“Harvard and the federal government have a long standing partnership that involves research funding, student financial aid, tax related issues, and a range of other issues that require us to have an ongoing interaction to be able to inform the policy making around those issues,” Harvard spokesperson Kevin Casey told the Crimson last year.

This year, Harvard President Drew Faust told the Crimson she plans on “ramping up” advocacy efforts in 2017 under President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday President Faust announced during a faculty meeting that she had travelled to Washington, D.C. in January to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (RKy.) and Senate Minority Leader

you can easily just [seclude yourself] in your room,” she said.

College freshman Sam Eichenwald describes himself as an extrovert and was vocal about how great NCH has been for him.

“I would say, considering the type of person I am … I am extremely happy that I’m living in New College House,” he said.

Eichenwald was surprised

by NCH’s amenities, given the common stereotypes surrounding college freshman dorms. “I always assumed that I’d live in a rat hole,” he said.

Every NCH resident has a single within a suite, all suites are equipped with a flat-screen television and there is dining and retail on the first floor.

It seems the relative lack of proximity to both social and academic life is, on the whole, not an issue for those who call NCH home.

“It’s like a five minute walk every day for significantly more luxury,” Eichenwald said.

Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — a trip initially planned for April.

Casey told the Crimson that funding for advocacy efforts usually increases during periods of presidential transition.

“I suspect there would be a bit of added intense activity because of the nature of the transition,” he said. “In this instance, there seems to be even more need for engagement.”

The Crimson reported that among Ivy League schools, Harvard ranks second only to Penn in the amount of money dedicated to lobbying in 2016, according to a website operated by the Center for Responsive Politics. While Harvard spent $550,000, Penn spent $580,000, Yale University $50 0,0 0 0 and the rest of the Ivy League schools spent under $310,000

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percent of Penn graduates, as well as the majority of Ivy League graduates.

Additionally, these industries tend to have less standa rdized promotion practices at the higher end of the pay scale, and rely more on self-advocacy.

Women in general are less likely to negotiate or be successful at negotiations than men, according to Cornell University economics professor Francine Blau.

Goldin and Katz also found that women with a “high-demand, low-f lexibility job, and a wealthy spouse — a position many Ivy League women find themselves in,” are more likely to either take a step down in or leave the workplace altogether, whether to accommodate her partner’s career or to take care of children.

when I wrote the proposal and the Provost’s office and the Vice Provost’s office agreed that we should find a way to fund this in a permanent way.”

In looking for additional sta ff members, A lexa nder and CAPS Director of Outreach and Prevention Services Meeta Kumar said they are committed to hiring counselors that ref lect the demographic diversity of the student body. The field of psychology is largely dominated by white women, A lexa nder sa id, so the search for male or minority counselors that are still equally qualified might take more time.

“We need diversity, just like we have diversity in the student body,” Alexander said. “So we try at CAPS to at least mirror the student body in terms of demographics, and right now we pretty

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much do mirror the student body, [but] that’s not by accident. You have to work at that.”

A key aspect of the four new staff members’ work will focus on expanding the reach that CAPS has on Penn’s campus. This “embedded model” of bringing CAPS to students, rather than making students go to CAPS is one that has been widely adopted by counseling centers throughout the country.

So far, one of the four staff members has been hired and currently works full-time in the Penn Dental School.

She had previously worked part-time for CAPS, which made the transition easier.

A CAPS staff member also just began working full-time in the Penn Vet School. Alexander said he is working with the Penn Law School and Penn Medicine to gauge the demand for a full-time CAPS staff member in those professional schools.

“These expansions, not just in the hours but also in our model of service delivery, highlight the sensitivity to students’ schedules, to student need and just making it as accessible and easy as possible for students to connect with mental health services with CAPS in a variety of different ways,” Kumar said.

A lexa nder sa id t here is some discussion about bringing CAPS staff to student undergraduate groups, as well. By bringing CAPS to the students, he said he hopes CAPS will become familiar to the student body.

“CAPS is not an abstract concept anymore. It’s a real, live person who is a clinician, who you can identify with, and it just gets a lot more real,” Alexander said.

“It helps us and the students because it can dispel myths and break down stigma. You begin to see the clinician not as a spooky man, but as a real person.”

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M&T sophomore develops Invisalign alternative Orthly gives users dental care with a few clicks STEPHANY LI Contributing Editor

Wharton and Engineering sophomore Daniel Hanover and his partner, Patrick Lee, who attended Duke University before taking a leave of absence, just launched their startup app, Orthly, earlier this week.

Orthly makes invisible aligners 70 percent cheaper than other brands and delivers them to customers via a few taps on the phone.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with these two co-founders about their new startup: Daily Pennsylvanian: What exactly is Orthly? What does it do?

Patrick Lee: Orthly is the world’s first app that gets you a magical smile at less than 70 percent of other brands, with just a few taps on your phone.

Daniel Hanover: Normally, if you want to get your teeth aligned, you go to an orthodontist and go through many procedures and end up receiving a treatment plan, at the cost of three to five thousand dollars. However, if you like, you could use our app and do the exact thing for about $1,500. So it saves money. It’s a lot more convenient.

Ultimately it’s the same product.

PL: For the customization part, you come to us, or we come to you, and scan your teeth using the device. Or, if you set what time your evaluation to be, the app uses

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offering professional support to immigrants.

“It’s just a nice way of getting together with other Penn alumni as a community instead of standing around with a cocktail for two hours,” Astrof said.

“Alumni are arguably having just as much fun and finding it quite rewarding and impactful.”

your location to direct you to the nearest clinic that we have in the city. Within the minute you are connected, we pay for your Uber ride there, and you go there for 15 minutes to get the scan done, and on that same day, you will get to see what your future teeth look like in Orthly.

DH: Orthodontists can request photos of your teeth through the app to track how you are doing.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What is the inspiration or idea behind this startup?

PL: Back in March 2016, I went to an orthodontist office and I was inquiring about Invisalign, and they quoted me for $6,500. I was shocked by the price, and I want to look into it more, so I investigate it further, and I realize that a lot of the cost that is associated with Invisalign treatment could be largely reduced without affecting the treatment outcome for a large percentage of cases. So for mild to moderate treatment cases, you are able to effectively reduce cost by 70 percent or more, but still have the same treatment. … If you take a look at an Invisalign treatment case, $2,000 is paid by orthodontists to Invisalign, and that’s how Invisalign makes money.

It does not charge customers directly … And the orthodontists charge the remaining $4,000, and around 50 percent to 60 percent of that goes to office overhead cost, which pays for equipment, rent, employees. Then the rest of that 40 percent goes to labor fees

for every-once-a-month checkups. By working directly with manufacturer as a direct consumer company, we are able to get rid of both prices … and create a new treatment model, where we are able to greatly reduce that $4,000.

Daily Pennsylvanian: When did you guys start working on Orthly?

PL: So, I had the idea in March 2016, and I pitched the idea to Daniel… and we started working on it a little bit during the summer, and we really picked up around August.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What is the current status of the startup team?

DH: Right now, solidly it’s just us two.

Daily Pennsylvanian: How is Orthly doing so far?

DH: We just launched earlier today (Tuesday, Feb. 7). The website and app went live a couple hours ago. So you can download it in the app store now.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What do you think are some unique or strongly competitive features of this startup that let it stand out in the market?

DH: Convenience and price are the base two, and also the app is built with a lot of care. It’s very nice designed.

PL: I think it’s not just the model itself, but the channel we are delivering it through…it really resonates with millennial and people at our age, like 18 to 30. People at our age don’t want to go to clinic

anymore.

DH: Exactly. Low commitment.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What are the goals that Orthly wishes to achieve?

PL: We want to be able to give people the ability to have great smiles, because we think that a better smile really allows people

to be more confident and leads a better life.

DH: If we have to set a specific goal, it would be to get people know about us.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What is the most valuable thing or a life lesson that you’ve learned so far in your entrepreneurship? What is

some advice that you think is worth sharing with your peers who are also trying to start their business?

DH: Building something meaningful takes time.

The event occur red less than two weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily barring citizens of seven countries from entering the United States. Just as the order weighed heavily on the minds of those on campus — including Penn President Amy Gutmann — PennPAC volunteers viewed their efforts to assist immigrants in a new light.

“This event will help show

that not everyone feels the same way as our current administration does about the role that immigrants play in American life,” 2007 College graduate Craig Mills said. “This is just one small step in a longer process to show immigrants that we want to work with them and help them succeed, so they can help the country succeed.”

Alicia McMahon, volunteer and events coordinator of Upwardly Global, said she hoped

that immigrants unfamiliar with the U.S. job search process will leave the event more confident that their background makes them desirable to American employers.

“Just the fact that they’re not from the United States can really weigh on our job seekers’ confidence,” McMahon said. “Their immigrant story is something that they should be proud of and shouldn’t shy away from.”

“They have tenacity and they have grit and they’ve clearly illustrated that they are adaptable individuals, and that is something that’s marketable to any employer,” she added.

McMahon said the opportunity for Upwardly Global participants to learn lessons from PennPAC volunteers — such as the value of a robust professional network — can help them internalize the skills conducive to professiona l

success in the United States.

“All of our job seekers have been in the U.S. for less than five years, so one of the things we offer is trying to get them a network that they don’t have yet,” McMahon said.

“I think attending an event where you have a strong network of people, who can illustrate the importance of a network and what that can offer you professionally and personally, is really beneficial.”

NEC blocks UA’s resolution on membership eligibility Some UA members leave before the end of the term ESHA IDANI Staff Reporter

The Undergraduate Assembly passed an Election Eligibility Resolution on Jan. 29 that would ensure that members of the organization, once elected, would serve the full one-year term, after nine out of 35 elected representatives this year resigned before the end of their term.

But the resolution was not implemented by the Nominations and Elections Committee.

The resolution was brought forth after members of the UA recognized a need to address the trend of people leaving before their terms were up. Reflecting on the past year, members noted that not every member served the full one-year term required by those involved with the organization. Two of the nine who resigned were serving as firsttime elected members of the UA. “The thought process was that this resolution would make it clear that it is a full one-year commitment,” President of the UA and College senior Kat McKay said.

McKay added that the organization prides itself on the proportionate representation of its constituent groups and feels that inconsistent membership would impact the UA’s ability to work on initiatives on behalf of the students.

“A lot of people run without a firm grasp of what the UA means,” she said. “This is so they’re not surprised that it’s X number of hours of work.”

The resolution passed in the UA, which served to direct the Nominations and Elections Committee to consider adapting the resolution into the Fair Practices Code, the document used to govern elections. The resolution stated that any member who

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The UA intends to send a a message that all members are expected to serve their entire term. Two members who resigned were new electees,

resigns from his or her position would no longer be eligible for the next UA election session.

However, the NEC felt that there might be better alternatives.

“We felt this wasn’t the best way to go about it,” Vice-Chair of Elections and College junior Allie Rubin said.

While both organizations are in the process of finding another approach to address the issue of member retention, no alternative has yet been finalized.

The resolution was aimed at highlighting factors that would limit the time a person serves as a representative of a constituent group in the organization.

“If, for example, students are considering study abroad, they shouldn’t consider running, because of a lack of eligibility,”

Rubin said.

Rubin and McKay added that the “candidate package is changing” and would include several “checkpoints” to make clear what a candidate’s position on the UA would entail.

NEC Chair and College senior David Scollan stated that, for the most part, those who decide to discontinue their term on a student government body are upperclassmen.

“When we do have people hop off, it’s upperclassmen because priorities change,” Scollan said.

McKay agreed, adding that it was normal for this to happen.

“You evaluate your priorities,” McKay said. “It’s natural to choose among the things you start with. Some you continue, and some not.”

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Daniel Hoover and Patrick Lee created an app called Orthly in which users can buy invisible aligners 70 percent cheaper than other brands and delivers them to customers via a few taps on the phone.

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The quest for nuance THE CONVERSATION | A call for mental rigor in a chaotic world

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To fellow Politics, Philosophy, and Economics majors — have you noticed just how difficult it is to explain the major to non-Penn people? How many times have you received a puzzled look and a “Wait … so you have 3 majors?” in response?

Or applied to jobs and had to select your major from a drop down menu, only to find that PPE is nowhere to be found?

In my personal case as a double major involving PPE, it’s practically impossible to fully explain what it is that I study exactly.

Sometimes, when I feel the need to clarify that I do not, in fact, major in all three fields (because, let’s face it — that’s a lot more impressive than what I actually do) I like to tell people that I study the systems that have formed out of man’s three desires in life. In the case of economics and politics, I think the idea is clear. We want money (a means to security, freedom and convenience) and power over others (either as a means to money or for more control

in our individual and collective lives).

However, I would contend that the third pursuit that we as human beings are naturally inclined towards is that of wisdom. This can be viewed as the ability to use the aforementioned means as well as our knowledge and background to achieve a greater understanding of the world and our place in it.

This kind of understanding is usually achieved through empathy and diversity of life experiences and provides the basis for our judgement and intuition.

One characteristic of modern life is the sheer amount of information that we encounter on a daily basis. We each hold access to virtually all the information in the world in our pockets and live in a society in which it is easier than ever to express ourselves. Have you noticed just how exhausting it is to go through a Facebook feed recently? It is an endless stream of memes, video clips, sound bites and

clickbait articles. Recently, Mr. Trump’s accession to the presidency has amplified more political opinions than ever before.

Often, users on social media tend to portray complicated social and political issues as simple and obvious, at times employing sarcasm

tained so easily.

We need to maintain discipline, rigor and logic in our thinking to understand why we support or oppose certain things. Take no premise or assumption for granted, and doubt even your own intuition when it seems arbitrary.

When you have an immedi-

One would do well to remember that wisdom without knowledge is useless, but that knowledge without wisdom is dangerous.” or satire to disparage those who disagree. However, now more than ever, it seems prudent to exercise a certain level of skepticism about opinions regardless of whether they align with ours or not.

Confirmation bias is always a tricky beast, but perhaps even more dangerous is the notion that truth can be at-

ate reaction to something, consider why and try to understand that reaction more precisely.

Without this kind of nuance in our thinking, we leave ourselves prone to oversimplification and fitting information into pre-existing narratives. By giving up our ability to think critically,

we lose a sense of personal agency that is a crucial part of being an individual.

For this reason, regardless of political affiliation or opinion of Trump as president, everyone ought to find his preferred means of communication via Twitter extremely concerning. The idea that anything meaningful about national policy or America’s collective identity can be expressed in 140 characters is of course ludicrous. Aside from his policies themselves (some of which are certainly disturbing on their own), I find troubling his seemingly arbitrary means of arriving at them. Trump’s presidency just seems so reactive rather than grounded in anything tangible.

As we continue throughout our academic careers, we should remember that ultimately we are learning not just about our respective fields, but a way of considering and thinking about all that the world presents us.

This means that we ought to reject things that tell us that

JAMES LEE anything is simple or certain until we ourselves think about and consider the issue on our own.

Our pursuit of wisdom is a difficult but necessary one. One would do well to remember that wisdom without knowledge is useless, but that knowledge without wisdom is dangerous. The quest must go on, and how we get to our final destination will be as important as where we end up.

JAMES LEE is a College junior from Seoul, South Korea, studying English and Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. His email address is jel@sas.upenn. edu. “The Conversation” usually appears every other Monday.

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After discussing, in the latter portion of my previous column, the professional troll that is Breitbart News Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, I was sincerely intending to pick a more pleasant topic for this week. But then, as fate would have it, three days after I wrote about the merits of light versus heat, a real (non-metaphorical) fire was started on the campus of University of California at Berkeley. Given the amount of free publicity Yiannopoulos has already received, I might have decided not to write about it, but the selfrighteous disdain with which the media cast the protest has convinced me that a more nuanced take is in order.

For those still unfamiliar with the story, I’m referring here to the recent protest and subsequent fire that resulted in the cancellation of a scheduled Yiannopoulos speech at UC Berkeley. Most of the controversy has surrounded a small subsection of the protesters who marched onto campus with their faces covered, destroying property and wreaking havoc in an attempt to shut down the event.

In reflecting on the media

coverage of the protest, I was reminded of a recent column written by my fellow columnist, Calvary Rogers. Though he was speaking primarily about Penn, Rogers’ observation that there are “many critiques of how black students protest, yet barely any critique of the racism we experience on campus,” is certainly relevant to the situation at UC Berkeley.

The vast majority of what’s been written about the event at UC Berkeley has either been an outright condemnation of the protestors or a criticism of their destructive actions. And while most articles about it have highlighted Yiannopoulos’ bigoted message, few demonstrate the full extent of the danger that Yiannopoulos poses. Without fully covering the threats that engender protests, the media inadvertently diminishes the concerns of vulnerable students.

Already, Yiannopoulos has shown he’s not above targeting individual students.

During a speech at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he mocked a transgender student who later decided to leave the university. And be-

fore the UC Berkeley event there was word that Yiannopoulos was planning to out undocumented students as part of an attack on the sanctuary campus movement.

For those students who feel directly threatened by Yiannopoulos, the argument that he has a constitutional right to free speech would likely mean little when

concerns of those vulnerable students should be taken seriously.

Currently, I don’t believe universities are doing enough to quell the fears of their students. If we are to be unwavering in our defense of free speech, then we should be equally unwavering in our defense of those who are threatened by it.

If we are to be unwavering in our defense of free speech than we should be equally unwavering in our defense of those who are threatened by it.” weighed against their own self-preservation. The reality is that being targeted by Yiannopoulos leaves students susceptible to harassment and possibly even death threats by his more reckless followers. That isn’t to say he shouldn’t be allowed to speak, but rather that the

By far the most popular argument against protesting Yiannopoulos is that doing so only helps his movement.

It’s also not a hard one to make — his pre-order book sales shot up after the UC Berkeley incident. But while destructive protests, like the one at UC Berkeley, cer-

tainly make Yiannopoulos’ job easier, it’s likely he’d still paint himself as the persecuted conservative if faced with even the most respectful of demonstrations.

Taken to its logical extreme, the argument against fueling Yiannopoulos’ narrative can seem like an argument against any kind of resistance. This is, after all, a man who tried to defend our country’s history of slavery by saying other cultures did it too; surely he’s capable of framing any rational dissent as fascistic censorship. Given his propensity for distortion, I’m sure many students would rather just try to stop Yiannopoulos than attempt to play nice with him.

Personally, however, I can’t commend the act of shutting down a Yiannopoulos speech. Yes, Yiannopoulos may spin whatever criticism he faces but a resistance would likely be more successful if it had better optics.

And as far as the argument that hate speech shouldn’t be considered free speech, history — including recent history — has proven that university administrations cannot be trusted to make

CAMERON DICHTER that distinction.

My main gripe is not so much that the media took issue with the protestors but that they did so without equally weighting the concerns that they faced. I don’t deny that the UC Berkeley protest was likely a net gain for Yiannopoulos, but I doubt the students involved felt they had any other choice. For all the pundits and writers who jumped at the chance to criticize the students’ method of resistance, there are very few who accurately portrayed the fear that may have drove them to that decision.

CAMERON DICHTER is a College junior from Philadelphia, studying English. His email address is camd@sas.upenn. edu. “Real Talk” usually appears every other Monday.

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Branches of student government meet to discuss school future Panel addresses minority student issues ISABELLA FERTEL Staff Reporter

Financial accessibility, sexual and mental health de-stigmatization, increased minority group representation on campus and educational reform were just some of the themes addressed at Penn Student Government’s open State of the School meeting on Wednesday.

The heads of the five branches of student government spoke at a panel in the rooftop lounge of Harrison College House to discuss the accomplishments of first semester and the initiatives PSG will be spearheading in the coming months. The panel answered presubmitted online questions, as well as queries from students in the audience.

President of the Social Planning and Events Committee and College

senior Spencer Winson mentioned the committee’s initiatives to be more financially inclusive and attract diverse sections of the senior class to events, especially during Feb Club — a traditional, month long events program for seniors to commemorate their final semester at Penn.

“We are working actively to create new and exciting fixtures on campus that make minority voices heard on campus,” Winson said.

Olivia Nelson, a Wharton senior and director of SPEC-TRUM — SPEC’s social planning and events committee to represent undergraduate minorities — spoke of her personal dissatisfaction as a “member of student government and … minority student” in reference to PSG’s efforts regarding diversity. Nelson plans to make Feb Club, a “historically not [inclusive] senior tradition, more” inclusive.

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Financial issues, sexual and mental health, minority group representation on campus were just some of the themes addressed.

but stated that “the changes will reflect the needs of sustainability and the voices of students” pertaining to the event.

The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education announced their plans to speak with undergraduate deans to ensure that student’s financial backgrounds do not affect which classes they take or majors they pursue. SCUE intends to discuss academic reforms

such as reducing added course costs and fees, offering more halfcredit courses and promoting the use of older, rentable textbooks.

Undergraduate Assembly President and College senior Kat McKay acknowledged students’ concerns regarding the lack of “immediate gratification” when dealing with the administration. McKay reiterated that there is “the possibility of impact” and that the UA has

“leverage with University politics.”

In response to audience questions on how PSG was dealing with the issue of sexual assault on campus, McKay spoke about the new Interfraternity Council policy that requires 100 percent of new fraternity members to complete training to combat sexual assault, facilitated by a new student task force aided by the UA. McKay said this initiative aims to not only reduce the frequency of sexual assault in fraternity settings, but also acknowledge “how student culture perpetuates sexual assault.”

PSG plans to champion several other sexual health and safety initiatives around Valentine’s Day, including the freshman class board’s Got Consent campaign, which will distribute candy and condoms with a Valentine’s Day meme. The sophomore Class Board plans on doing a similar condom and cupcake initiative.

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and College and Engineering sophomore Aren Raisinghani spoke of his plans to ensure that the funds and energy allocated by the board are put towards events that have profound meaning on the student body, such as class-wide yoga sessions designed to alleviate stress after the first week back on campus in January, and a “love week” coming up around Valentine’s Day. “Each and every single event is fun but has an impact and a deeper meaning,” Raisinghani said.

Last semester, the board introduced a “steering” initiative, which enables sophomores not on the class board or in student governments to influence the initiatives taken and the events put on by the board, and “keep the class board accountable.”

“Steering makes sure that the board represents the class… and takes out the exclusive factor” of student government, Raisinghani said.

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Penn men’s hoops shows mettle in successful weekend MATT FINE

Not dead yet.

Coming into the weekend, Penn men’s basketball’s chances to make the Ivy League Tournament and compete for a March Madness bid seemed almost nonexistent. The Quakers were not shooting well, and seemed unable to hold teams off down the stretch in games.

But by early Sunday afternoon, it appears as though the Red and Blue have life once again.

Their victories over Columbia and Cornell at the Palestra this weekend came in dramatically different fashions, and in each, the Quakers displayed some of what we had hoped to see out of them before the start

of Ivy League play.

On Friday against Columbia, Penn played possibly its best 20 minutes of the year, finishing with a nine-point lead in the locker room at halftime.

But when Columbia came out hot to start the second half and regained the lead by four, there was a familiar concern Penn would fade down the stretch and lose by double digits.

But it didn’t.

Instead, the Quakers knocked down a few huge three-pointers, continued to dominate on the glass, and played just stingy enough on defense in the final five minutes to hold on for a 70-62 victory. The nightmare of their six-game losing streak to start conference play was finally over.

Then, after a day off on Saturday, the Red and Blue thrashed Cornell. Cornell had three (yes, three) points 10 minutes into the game, and if not for

a missed floater as the first half buzzer sounded, Penn would have been up by 30 at the break.

The squad held a talented offensive team to 14 points in the opening 20 minutes, and then coasted to a 82-63 victory.

This is a different team than we have seen over the last three weeks.

Friday’s win against a good Columbia team may have been a huge relief to a squad that has had so much trouble all year closing teams out. But coming into Sunday, there was concern that there would be a letdown.

Within the game’s first five minutes, though, it was clear Penn was going to chase Cornell out of the gym.

By no means does this mean that I believe the Quakers are a shoo-in for the Ivy League tournament. They still have quite a hill to climb — currently two games behind fourth-place Columbia — and when they face

Cornell and Columbia on the road in a few weeks, those may prove to be must-win contests.

What this weekend showed however, is this talented, yet brutally inexperienced group may have just learned what it takes to win meaningful conference games.

“There’s gotta be some desperation in our play. But there’s a vibe in our play now, that toughness right from the first whistle and then continue that throughout,” Donahue said. “I think that’s what we learned this weekend, because I think Friday night’s game was as physical a game as we have played against a really good team. That’s where you gain confidence, in particular for the younger guys.”

And along with that, it appears as though Donahue has figured out his desired rotation, something he has struggled with at times this season, navigating

his decisions through the youth and inconsistent play of many guys on the team.

We knew early this year AJ Brodeur was a stud on both ends of the floor, and he looked at times to be on a different level than the big men matched up against him this weekend.

Maybe less easy to predict, at least several weeks ago, would be the emergence of freshmen guards Devon Goodman and Ryan Betley. Goodman has played his way into consistent role in the point guard spot and Betley hit five threes, scoring 22 points and grabbing eight rebounds against Cornell.

If these two can play like this, and if Sam Jones can shoot the ball like he did in his 17point performance on Friday night, the Quakers may become an offensive juggernaut, something that felt impossible after watching their past month of dismal shooting.

Red and Blue closes out regular season in style

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sweep, men split

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All’s well that ends well. For Penn squash, both the men and women can certainly agree, having each picked up a final win to cap their regular seasons.

On the women’s side, the No. 2 Quakers (11-1, 6-1 Ivy) wrapped up a phenomenal regular season with a pair of dominant wins this weekend against Columbia and Cornell. On the road Friday evening, Penn dispatched the No. 8 Lions (6-6, 3-4) at love, and then again when hosting the No. 7 Big Red (8-6, 3-4) Sunday afternoon, the scoreboard showed a zero for the visitors.

Another stellar outing, the pair of sweeps marks the team’s fourth consecutive 9-0 win, and its sixth of the season. Masterfully, sophomore ace Reeham Salah finished the regular season at 11-0, not having dropped a single game, while junior Melissa

Alves ended up at 10-0 and senior Michelle Wong stretched her winning streak to eight matches over the weekend.

Reflecting on the final weekend of the regular season, coach Jack Wyant was filled with pride.

“It was a great weekend, though really long. The Friday-Sunday split is relatively new in our sport, and it’s pretty draining,” Wyant said. “I’m very happy for the team, and for the seniors to finish 11-1, making this either the best or second-best season we’ve ever had, the last 13 years. I’m very proud of the result, and them because of how the team has come together as a group. I’m excited to have the opportunity to train for the next week and a half before team nationals.”

The next challenge that awaits the team will be those very CSA Nationals, hosted at Princeton this year, which will force the team to dig deep one more time as it looks for redemption from last year’s heartbreaking second-place finish.

“It’s kind of the same situation as last year. We had an incredible

season as well but this isn’t the end.

We have nationals in two weeks, so that’s our last big push. We just have to keep going,” Wong said.

Now winning its ninth straight match, some might worry about overconfidence going into the postseason, but senior Anaka Alankamony assures her team has the right mentality.

“For [No. 1] Harvard [in January], we were looking very hopeful, and we prepared ourselves well, but then we lost to them 7-2, which was a bit devastating,” she said. “We’ve worked hard since, and we’re taking that work ethic into nationals, where Harvard and Trinity are probably going to be our biggest competitors, and we know how good they are.”

Wyant shared his players’ excitement for the upcoming matches following senior day, adding, “It’s great because we have a postseason to look forward to. It’s not farewell just yet.”

For the men (8-5, 4-3), the weekend was only half as sweet, concluding with a Friday-Sunday split. Up in New York City, Penn

fell to No. 3 Columbia (11-2, 6-1) in a close battle at 6-3, but then back in Philadelphia, it promptly greeted No. 11 Cornell (6-10, 1-6) with an 8-1 defeat. This season’s best formers have been junior Hayes Murphy at 11-3, sophomore Jonathan Zeitels with a record of 11-2, and junior ace Marwan Mahmoud rounding off at 9-4.

Coach Gilly Lane felt that the team did an excellent job of rebounding mentally and physically for the regular season finale.

“It’s a tough stretch. It’s the only time this year we have that Friday-Sunday schedule. I’m really proud of the boys and the way they turned things around,” Lane said. “I thought we had a great effort at Columbia. It’s definitely a tough place to play, so it was nice to come home today. The boys played some nice rallies today against a team that’s fit, hungry, and knocking on the door of top-eight. Today we played the bigger points better.”

With nationals next up at Harvard, Lane is working to prepare his team for the rigorous battles ahead

with nation’s top teams.

“I challenged the guys Friday night after the Columbia match saying, each player had to look at himself in the mirror and decide what they needed to do to improve,” he said. “I think they did that for sure and we’re going to ride this win, and hopefully bring that into Friday.”

Reflecting on senior day, he pointed out BG Lemmon and Rahil Fazelbhoy as really catalyzing Penn’s rise to greatness.

“This is the class that really turned it around. The year before they came, the team was No. 14 in the country, and they weren’t the most heralded recruiting class. But they put the work in, and decided that they wanted to be great,” Lane said. “BG and Rahil stuck in four years and have played incredibly well and were great leaders for this program. So to go out on a win for their last home matches is great.”

With the regular season now in the rearview mirrors, past successes are pushed aside with the focus solely on the next chapter — the CSA Nationals.

There’s now a four-way tie for fifth in the Ivy League standings with six games left to play.

The Quakers will need to be at their best to have any shot to compete on the second Saturday of March at the Palestra for the conference title.

But what this weekend did, besides just the two wins to get them back into mathematical contention, was prove to themselves and the rest of the Ancient Eight that they have what it takes to string together victories when it counts.

And if they really have figured it out, I think there’s plenty of reason to believe this young, but talented, squad will make a run. Don’t count them out just yet.

MATT FINE is a College junior from New York City, N.Y., and is a senior sports reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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their home arena, watching as their only conquerors fell to Columbia to solidify the three-way victory. Rock beat scissors, and paper had beaten rock, so all that was left was for scissors to conquer paper. They may not have gotten to clinch their title on the strip, but judging from the noises in the upper deck, it didn’t seem to really matter to anyone.

“We got loud,” Upbin chuckled. “We were just as excited as if we were down there, winning the bout. It was the same euphoria; we all celebrated together.”

The euphoria is sure to last, but the celebration stops tomorrow. Penn’s next task is to secure as many of their player qualification for NCAA championships. The stage only gets bigger, and the teams only get tougher. But no matter what, they still have what was a crazy repeat.

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also defeated by Rice Coming into the season, Penn’s starting front court of Michelle Nwokedi and Sydney Stipanovich got most of the attention. And rightfully so — the pair led the Ivy League in rebounding and were both near the top in scoring. And while both have been been brilliant once again this season, it was actually their back up who did the most damage this weekend.

Sophomore forward Princess Aghayere led the Quakers in scoring against Columbia with 21 points and chipped in with another 12 against Cornell. While the six-foot Virginia native has been showing flashes of talent all season-long, I’m not sure anyone saw this outburst coming from her.

Penn is certainly not complaining though, as Aghayere’s emergence makes the Quakers look like an even likelier favorite to win the Ancient Eight again this year. If Aghayere is able to continue her strong play, she might even force coach Mike McLaughlin to consider making a change in his starting lineup. And that’s a big deal. McLaughlin has sent out only two different starting lineups all season, and he only changed it after junior guard Lauren Whitlatch suffered a season-ending injury.

Regardless of who starts, this weekend showed that several players are likely to start getting more playing time in the coming weeks. Not only was Aghayere spectacular, but sophomore guard Ashley Russell

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Sophomore guard Ashley Russell and her fellow underclassmen have stepped up this season, providing the Quakers with a bright future.

and freshman guard Phoebe Sterba also gave glimpses of serious talent.

Russell recorded seven points in a career-high 28 minutes over Columbia and Sterba stepped up with seven points against Cornell. It is always encouraging to see bench players step up, but it’s especially important when your schedule is as brutal as the Ivy League schedule is. When you have multiple road doubleheaders within a month, depth is almost necessary for success.

Not only did Penn find some depth for the rest of this season, but it also might have found its answer to a question that has been on the back of everyone’s mind all year. How is Penn going to replace senior guard Kasey Chambers and reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Stipanovich?

It will certainly be no easy task, but this weekend showed that the Quakers have the personnel to be contenders in Ivy play for at least the

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On top of Aghayere, Russell, and Sterba, who are all underclassmen, next year’s squad will also feature junior guard Beth Brzozowski, Nwokedi, junior guard Anna Ross, and Whitlach when she recovers from her injury. You hate to think so far ahead, but regardless of how this season shakes out, I’d be shocked if the Red and Blue weren’t the favorites to win it all next year.

So while nothing really changed this weekend in terms of expectations for this season — Penn entered and exited the weekend as the Ivy favorites — this weekend certainly gave Quaker fans a lot to look forward to for several years to come.

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Geatz said. “We are kind of missing too many people to play a really good team and expect to win. We can still win, but we’ve got to win close matches and get a little lucky.�

Up next for the Quakers is the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament at Princeton on February 17-18. Geatz doubts that his team will return to full health by, so next weekend he will be counting on a little luck.

Penn came flying out of the gate against Cornell (6-17, 2-6).

This time, however, it was freshman forward Ryan Betley who led the Quakers.

The Pennsylvania native opened the games scoring with a corner three. He then proceeded to pace all shooters with 22 points to go along with eight rebounds. “I think we’ve progressed a lot since we both came to campus,� Betley said about

himself and fellow freshman guard Devon Goodman, who added 13 points. “Getting used to the offense, getting used to playing the defense the way coach wants us to.�

Their improved play hasn’t gone unnoticed. The pair has become part of a solid eight-man rotation Donahue has begun to rely on. “In particular the younger kids have really gotten comfortable, Devon and Ryan, in helping us win games now,�

Donahue said after Sunday’s win. “I think prior to that, it was ‘let’s get them some time but are we gonna win playing them?’ I feel more confident now that they can not only get time, but at this point in their freshmen year they’re helping us win games.�

Penn dug itself into a huge hole by starting the season 0-6 in Ivy play. Early losses to Brown and Dartmouth especially sting, given that winning those games would have put the Quakers in fourth place right now — the final spot to get into the inaugural Ivy League tournament.

Building on this weekend’s momentum will be key in closing the two-game gap between Penn and Columbia for the tournament’s final spot. “I think there’s a core group here that really understands almost a sense of anger that we’re in this position and let’s be competitive and use that in a positive way,� Donahue said.

The Quakers are young, but with a weekend sweep under their belts, perhaps they are finally in position to make a run at a postseason berth.

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contests were decided in the third set with Penn falling just short of securing the point.

The home team’s sole win came from Mautner, who defeated Jamie Malik 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Throughout the match, Mautner became visibly frustrated by his opponent’s judgments about where the line was. Late in the second set, the Rice coach warned Malik that another digression would result in a point penalty. “He was a good player, but it was definitely a chippy match. I thought he made some tight line calls and I was getting a little heated out there,� Mautner said. “I was happy that I was finally able to break through at 4-3 in the second set.�

Tensions simmered in the middle of the match, but Mautner regained control of the court in the third set and jumped out to a 5-0 lead before eventually defeating Malik 6-2. “I want to stay as lucid out there as possible. I think John McEnroe is the only guy who can play well when he’s heated,� he said.

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The weekend started out on a high note for the Quakers (4-3) with a thrilling 4-3 win over the previously unbeaten Badgers (3-1). After losing the doubles point, Penn battled back with singles victories from junior Josh Pompan, sophomore Kyle Mautner and junior Gabe Rapoport.

With the contest tied at three points each, the outcome of the match fell on the shoulders of freshman Max Cancilla. Undefeated in singles play entering the weekend, the rookie battled through two close sets, losing the first, 6-7, to Wisconsin’s Osgar O’Hoisin and capturing the second, 7-6. The final set brought another back-and-forth contest between Cancilla and O’Hoisin, with the Quakers’ freshman ultimately defeating his opponent, 7-5, to win the game, set and match for Penn. “He showed how important it is to make just one more ball. A few points he played awesome and he got to the net and those were key points that he won,� his teammate Mautner said. “That was incredible.�

Coach David Geatz was similarly impressed with the performance of Cancilla and the rest of the Red and Blue roster. “It was a big emotional match, it’s always good to beat one the Power 5 schools,� he said.

The score on Sunday would not be as close, however, as Rice (5-4) soundly defeated the Quakers, 6-1. Despite the imbalanced score, three of the singles

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Penn Athletics Weekend MVP: Princess Aghayere W. HOOPS | Sophomore

forward comes off bench

JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Editor

Penn Athletics had a widely successful weekend, with plenty of teams taking home multiple victories. There were several standout athletes, but none shone brighter than Penn women’s basketball’s Princess Aghayere.

Aghayere was the driving force behind both Penn wins this weekend. Her total stats for the weekend were 33 points on 79 percent shooting with 10 rebounds, but even that doesn’t do her performance justice.

The sophomore forward was a force to be reckoned with in Friday’s game against Columbia. With senior center Sydney Stipanovich nursing an ankle injury and junior forward Michelle Nwokedi in foul trouble, Aghayere was thrust into a prominent role.

And boy did she come through.

Aghayere finished with a team-leading and career high 21 points and was nearly unstoppable in the paint.

She also added six rebounds, several of which came on her own shots and gave her second chance opportunities to score. Her persistence and aggressiveness near the basket gave the Quakers a scoring threat on a night that they sorely needed one.

Against Cornell on Saturday, Aghayere jumpstarted the Quakers, providing a vital spark at just the right time. After a slow first quarter in which the Red and Blue trailed for the majority of play, Aghayere led Penn on a run to take a four-point lead into the half, one they would not relinquish. In the last 3:25 of the half, Aghayere put up six points, including a buzzer-beating layup.

The forward’s post work on offense was crucial again, as she recorded two more offensive rebounds and gave Penn another option down low. She finished the day with 12 points despite only playing for 18 minutes.

Aghayere has normally played second fiddle to Nwokedi and Stipanovich, but her emergence as a legitimate scoring threat in her own right makes Penn all the more dangerous. She proved this weekend that

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Quakers go back to back for Ivy title

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M. FENCING | Team finishes tied with

Columbia, Princeton for championship

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Second verse, same as the first. Maybe even a little bit sweeter…

On Sunday, the Red and Blue secured their second straight men’s fencing team Ivy League title at the Coach Dave Micahnik Fencing Center. In identical fashion to last year, The Quakers shared the 16th Ivy title with Ancient Eight rivals Princeton and defending NCAA champions Columbia.

At first glance, many things look the same: an identical 4-1 score line on the weekend, and the same co-champions. But to these Quakers, this year’s success is even more satisfying.

“This year, we really rallied behind each other,” junior foil captain John Vaiani said. “I feel like team-spirit is just stronger [this season]. Our first day was supposed to be impossible and, instead, we swept the day, which is incredible.”

Impossible. The Quakers’ weekend was to start with a bout against Brown, followed by a three hour wait before tackling Harvard and no. 1 Columbia. In response, Penn went 3-0, highlighted by an incredible 15-12 takedown of the NCAA champions.

Freshman foil Willie Upbin secured the winning touch to send the Quakers into the second day on without a loss.

Upbin’s reflection on the weekend underlines how unified the mindset of this program is.

“As a freshman, I never thought about being first team, second team, [foil] All-Ivy champion or whatever,” the Brooklyn native said. “It was always about the team, so to come out as a freshman and win bouts for my team, and clinch the win against Columbia was like, ‘wow...’”

Interestingly, not only did the same three teams share the title again, but for the second straight year, they also had the same results against one another at the Ivy League Fencing Round Robins.

It’s become a game of rock-paper-scissors between them. Penn beats Columbia. Princeton beats Penn. Columbia beats Princeton.

The second verse, much like the first. And while it’s unclear which is the rock, paper or scissors, the rivalry is not lost to any of its members.

“For the past three years, [Princeton’s] had our number,” Vaiani, the three-time first team All-Ivy foil, said. “We’ll just review what happened to be ready for them next year.”

We’ll make it our mission to beat them next year, for sure,” Upbin added.

The women’s team also came home with a podium finish on Sunday, finishing in third to a Princeton and Columbia. Senior epee Alejandra Trumble, freshman foils Danielle Ferdon and Nicole Vaiani, sophomore foil Simone Unwalla, and senior saber Dana Kong all earned second team All-Ivy status.

Epee Justin Yoo joined the elder Vaiani as Penn’s two All-Ivy first teamers while Upbin along with fellow freshman Connor Mills, senior saber Isaac Buchwald and junior epee Zsombor Garzo made up the men’s second All-Ivy team for Penn.

The cherry on top: The Dave Micahnik Center. The Red and Blue captured the title on the grounds named after the revered coach for Penn who retired in 2009, after leading the men to their 14th Ivy title.

“Home is always special,” head coach Andy Ma said. “We fence in that room all the time, we compete there all the time, we know [those] strips.”

The team was comfortably huddled up in the upper deck of

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The floodgates have finally opened.

Winless in its first six conference games, Penn men’s basketball came out firing on all cylinders this weekend at the Palestra to take down Columbia and Cornell in a sweep of New York’s two Ivy League teams.

The Quakers (9-12, 2-6 Ivy) had played competitively many of those losses, often getting off to quick starts before faltering towards the finish. The difference was closing the games, something the young group had struggled with heading into their matchup a strong Lions team.

“I think you see the determination in this group,” coach Steve Donahue said after Friday night’s 70-62 victory over Columbia (10-11, 4-4). “The bottom line was I think we really played hard as heck and wanted this game, needed this game. And I’m really happy for the guys that we got it.”

After watching an 11-point lead slip away in the second half, senior forward Matt Howard was determined to not let another strong start go to waste.

Howard hit a clutch three-pointer with eight minutes to play, cutting a brief Columbia lead down to one. But, it was his defensive closing that sealed the game for the Red and Blue.

On back-to-back Columbia possessions in the final minute, Howard swatted away layups, essentially shutting the door on the surging Lions.

Those plays, epitomized the hustle that the Quakers maintained for the entire 40 minutes on Friday night.

“I thought it was a really gutsy win,” Donahue said. “At times execution wasn’t great, but the energy was ridiculous.”

The stats backed up Donahue’s summary. While Penn only shot 38.1 percent from the field, the Quakers

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never stopped fighting. The key to withstanding a mediocre shooting night was their tenacity on the glass. The Quakers outrebounded Columbia 48-31 and pulled in 19 offense rebounds to give their shooters repeated second chances when they had the ball on their end of the floor.

Junior forward Sam Jones was the offensive catalyst on Friday night, hitting three triples in the first half.

Jones’ confidence carried over into the second period, when he nailed two more from deep. The second of those came with just under three minutes to play after a Penn timeout. Up one with the ball, Jones understood the importance of getting a score to keep Columbia at arms length, and he nailed his final bucket of the night from beyond the arc.

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Penn sweeps first Ivy road trip to remain atop standings W. HOOPS | Quakers

beat Columbia, Cornell

JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Editor

After nearly a month of play in the friendly confines of the Palestra, Penn women’s basketball had a challenge in front of them this weekend: venture out and win Ivy games on the road.

Consider that challenge complete.

In their first Ivy road doubleheader of the season, the Quakers did not disappoint, beating Columbia on Friday 64-54 before traveling to Ithaca to take down Cornell 61-55 on Saturday. Penn (14-6, 7-0 Ivy) maintained their perfect Ivy record and cemented their position atop the Ancient Eight.

Pr incess Aghayere stole the show for the Red and Blue Friday night against the Lions (12-8, 2-5), leading the team with a career high 21 points on 81% shooting. On a night where senior center Sydney Stipanovich was limited due to injury

and junior forward Michelle Nwokedi was in foul trouble, the sophomore forward picked up the slack, as she was a dominant force down low all night.

“To get that type of contribution, it was awesome,” coach Mike McLaughlin said after the game on Friday. “She did phenomenal.”

The Red and Blue started off slow and stagnated a bit in the first quarter, but an explosion of 21 points in the second quarter allowed them to open up a 33-15 lead on Columbia at the half. The second half was much closer, with the Lions mounting several comeback attempts. But the Quakers held their ground, and never let their opponents trim the lead below double digits.

The game against Cornell (12-9, 3-5) was much more tense. Penn trailed for the majority of the first half, but fought their way to a 34-30 lead at the end of the second quarter, courtesy of the efforts of Aghayere and freshman guard Phoebe Sterba.

The last 20 minutes were a

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lot of the same back and forth action, with the Quakers never relinquishing their lead but also never able to truly pull away.

The Big Red made it close at the end, cutting Penn’s lead all the way to 4 in the final minute, but a key steal by Kasey Chambers stymied Cornell’s comeback attempt.

“It’s not really unexpected with Cornell,” junior guard Anna Ross said of the late game comeback. “They’re a great, gritty team, very scrappy guards, we usually have a tough game with them. So just staying calm, everyone coming together was the main focus there.”

The pair of games served as a testament to Penn’s domination down low on both sides of the ball. The Red and Blue put up 68 combined points in the paint in the two games, while giving up only 38 and recording 12 blocks. The Red and Blue also had a big rebounding advantage, finishing the weekend with 79 boards to their opponent’s 53.

Much of that has to do with the presence of the Quakers’

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Sophomore forward Princess Aghayere powered Penn women’s basketball to a pair of victories over the weekend, scoring 21 against Columbia and 12 against Cornell as the Quakers stay undefeated in Ivy play.

big two Nwokedi and Stipanovich, but contributions from the bench, including Aghayere’s persistance on offense and Sterba’s efforts on defense, have bolstered what is already one of the Quakers’ strongest aspects.

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the ball tonight, she gave us that dimension,” McLaughlin said after Saturday’s victory.

“Sydney gutted it out this weekend, I’m really proud of her.

And the post play was really good.”

At the halfway point of

their Ivy season, the Quakers couldn’t ask for much more. A perfect conference record with strong play up and down the lineup has Penn sitting pretty and already setting their sights and the end goal: a victory in the Ivy tournament.

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