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Why Penn students choose to transfer REBECCA LIEBERMAN Staff Reporter

Driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol during the crash

Look around your 100person lecture. Odds are, five of you won’t graduate from Penn. Penn’s aggregate undergraduate graduation rate is 95 percent. Each year, students choose to leave Penn, and this year is no exception. Several undergraduates have already dropped out or are planning to transfer to a different university this fall. Engineering freshman Brian McGrath, who was studying computer and information science, withdrew from Penn in December and is preparing to start at Drexel University in the fall. “I am really into music,” McGrath said. “I decided

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A van nearly struck a Penn Police officer close to the intersection of 40th and Sansom streets around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The van’s driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, eyewitnesses said. “It’s an open investigation,” said a Penn Police Department official, who did not give his name. “Somebody will get locked up for driving under the influence.” Other bystanders said the driver, whose identity has not yet been officially released, nearly hit an officer and, in the process, damaged at least two other vehicles parked along Sansom Street before ramming into a telephone pole. Down the stretch of Sansom Street west of 40th, three different vehicles had scrape marks. Penn’s Division of Public Safety headquarters are located at 4040 Chestnut Street. Some police cruisers are generally stationed south of the office, on that block of Sansom Street where the crash occurred. “This incident is still be investigated, so at this point we cannot confirm the cause of the accident,” a spokesperson for DPS said in a statement. Penn Police blocked off Sansom Street to vehicular traffic with a police cruiser

halfway through the first semester at Penn that I didn’t really want to continue doing something like computer science that I didn’t care about as much as music.” McGrath recognizes that the decision to leave Penn and pursue a major in music production at Drexel was risky. “It’s a lot safer to go through four years at Penn and get a job in computer science than it is to go somewhere like Drexel and try to get a job in music,” he said. “But I just reasoned with myself that I’d rather be happy actually learning stuff that I care about than try to just grind through for a safe job and more money.” Although he has withdrawn from Penn, McGrath remains involved in the SEE TRANSFERS PAGE 7

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Panelist leaves Biden forum amid lawsuit She allegedly discriminated against an Iraqi-American MADELEINE LAMON Staff Reporter

“… I am constantly adjusting and trying to navigate this huge, wealthy space that was not made for someone like me.” - James Fisher

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Lori Alf, the Penn Medicine ambassador scheduled to speak with former Vice President Joe Biden at a Feb. 28 forum, will no longer appear at the panel.

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Lori Alf, the Penn Medicine ambassador scheduled to speak with former Vice President Joe Biden at a Feb. 28 forum, will no longer appear at the panel, a Penn Medicine spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Alf is a cancer survivor who was given a ”revolutionary" treatment at Penn Med for multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. In her role as an ambassador for the organization, she was scheduled to speak at the forum, “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the

21st Century,” which also included Biden and Penn President Amy Gutmann. Around midday Wednesday, Alf was no longer included as a “featured panelist” on the forum website. She had initially been listed along with a picture. Alf’s spot in the forum quickly came under scrutiny after The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that she was being sued in Florida over allegedly discriminating against an Iraqi-American family. Alf, who owns an ice rink in Florida, allegedly made profane, racist statements directed at Hyaat Aldahwi, a young Iraqi-American skater, who Alf ultimately banned from her rink in January 2013. SEE PANELIST PAGE 7

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UA vice president attends Nobel Peace summit Sola Park attended the event in Bogota, Colombia ESHA INDANI Staff Reporter

Three Penn students represented the University as part of a youth delegation at the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota, Colombia. The 16th Nobel Summit marks the first time the Ivy Council — an organization that acts as a platform for the collaboration of students across the Ivy League — decided to to invite one student government representative from each of the schools to attend. The summit was a four-day event from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5 that focused on the development of global peace. It was attended by 28 Nobel Peace laureates and several world leaders, including the president of Colombia. Additionally, the summit invited a youth delegation of nearly 600

students from around the world to participate. The group initially asked College senior and President of the Undergraduate Assembly Kat McKay to accompany the Penn delegation. However, because McKay was unable to attend, College junior and Vice President of the UA Sola Park represented the Penn student government body at the summit. “Including the student government leaders was a good idea on the Ivy Council’s part just because if [the students] have great ideas on inter-Ivy collaboration they would be able to share them,” Park said. “That was one thing they really wanted to push forward at this summit I think.” Park said her experience working with students from across the Ivy League showed her the collective impact the schools could have on wider social issues, which she got

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College junior Sola Park said she was able to witness the first-hand the collective impact the Ivy League can have on wider social issues when Ivy League student body leaders signed the “No Apologies Initiative.”

to witness firsthand when Ivy League student body leaders signed the “No Apologies Initiative” presented by the student body president of Brown

University. “Just looking at that, even though this initiative calls on getting rid of app fees for low-income students, I think it

really goes beyond that,” Park said. “Something I really want to work towards with other Ivy League schools is looking at current university culture and

seeing what really factors into this current culture that we have of being elite and exclusive and how that really feeds into education inequality in general.” College sophomore Sarah Jacobs and College sophomore Olufemi Palmer also attended the conference as members of Ivy Inspire — a new inter-Ivy student newspaper founded by the Ivy Council. Jacobs said her “optimism was restored” after working with people dedicated to enacting positive social change in a negative political climate. “I think the biggest thing I took away from attending was that for every negative piece of legislation produced or rhetoric presented in our new political climate, there is also a group of incredible people who are working silently, day by day to combat them even when they aren’t in the headlines,” she said.

Fossil Free Penn protests at Wednesday U. Council meeting The group urges divestment from the fossil fuel industry ESHA INDANI Staff Reporter

At the University Council Open Forum on Wednesday, members of Fossil Free Penn staged a demonstration to speak out against the Penn administration’s continued investment in the fossil fuel industry. College sophomore and CoCoordinator of Fossil Free Penn Zach Rissman spoke at the open forum protesting the administration’s decision to reject a divestment proposal put forth by the group in October 2015, while other members of the group stood in silence, wearing surgeon’s masks with various phrases like “Oil Kills.”

Members of the group said the decision to wear surgeon’s masks was meant to symbolize the impacts of climate change in areas where people actually wear masks due to pollution. They said they also hoped to convey that Fossil Free Penn feels its voice has not been taken seriously by the Penn administration. “[The demonstration]’s supporting and providing more emphasis to the student voice, which in the case of Fossil Free Penn has not been suppressed, but I think has not been taken as seriously as the Penn administration claims,” College freshman Jacob Hershman said. Wharton freshman and Media Chair of Fossil Free Penn Megan Kyne added that she felt the offthe-record meetings between

the club and the administration were not productive and did not allow for open communication between the two groups. “We have meetings with them, but they’re not allowing them to be public,” Kyne said. “It’s sort of them telling us how it is and not responding and not communicating.” Fossil Free Penn’s primary grievance against the administration stems from the administration’s rejection of its divestment proposal, which was written following a referendum held by the group in February 2015 in which 87.8 percent of students who responded voted in favor of Penn’s divestment from fossil fuel holdings. The administration convened an ad-hoc committee to consider the proposal. The ultimate

decision was to reject the document while promising greater investment in renewable energy research and campus sustainability. “The Ad Hoc Committee did not utilize facts and evidence to support their decision in their report , instead making their claim in just 19 words, 120 characters,” Rissman said in his speech. Rissman added that he felt that the administration’s refusal to to accept the divestment proposal was due to its fear of taking a potentially controversial stand. “I believe it was out of fear,” Rissman said. “It’s a fear of making a statement and that’s extremely unfortunate because silence is a statement.” Hershman said he believes the

fossil fuel industry was not the best use of the Board of Trustees’ endowment funds. “The biggest step that the university can take in becoming a paragon of university sustainability would be divestment,” Hershman said. “Fiduciary responsibility can still be fulfilled while divesting their holdings in fossil fuels and reinvesting their holdings in other profitable ventures.” Rissman concluded his speech by inviting the Board of Trustees to send members to the group’s open forum on divestment during the week of March 13. The group also hopes that its speech at the open forum, which several student group leaders attend, will further improve Fossil Free Penn’s presence on campus as well as garner greater

student support for the group and its mission. “It’s a really unique opportunity to really communicate your message to leaders of students,” Rissman said. “In order for divestment to exist and succeed we need overwhelming student support.” Kyne added that the group’s demonstration was part of a greater initiative to encourage activism among students rather than just working towards administrative change. “It’s part of a greater movement that we’re trying to get student support for and trying to create a social movement,” Kyne said. “We’re doing everything on our part to induce administrative change, but we need the social support and we need the student body to care.”

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“In order for divestment to exist and succeed we need overwhelming student support,” said College sophomore Zach Rissman, the co-coordinator of Fossil Free Penn, in a speech at Wednesday’s meeting.

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U. Council sparks debate over Penn’s political stances Other topics included financial aid and diversity OLIVIA SYLVESTER Staff Reporter

The administration’s role in politics once again dominated the University Council Open Forum on Wednesday. One student said the University “marginalized faculty and staff with different viewpoints” by sending the email that condemned Trump’s immigration ban, but another said the administration had not done enough for students affected by the ban. Yet another student asked the University to stay out of political matters altogether. Hannah Victor, a Nursing senior pursuing a dual degree with Penn Law School, said that the she was “disheartened to see blanket statements made by the administration” about the executive order. On the other hand, Julianne

Rieders, a graduate student in the Perelman School of Medicine, said she was not satisfied with the administration’s reactions to the racist GroupMe situation or the executive order. Rieders — a member of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership Committee — said she felt students do not feel supported in the classroom and asked the council to establish a central diversity office to “provide equitable support for marginalized students across campus.” Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush responded to Rieders’ comment and said a lot is happening “behind the scenes” as far as supporting students and assisting with marches and vigils. A philosophy professor present at the meeting also told Rush that he felt there was not enough open discussion on these issues, and a representative of Penn’s College

Republicans provided a different perspective and asked the University to generally stay out of political matters, adding that the school “must remain an open forum for political debate.” Outside of arguments over the University’s role in political matters, Zhan Okuda-Lim, a graduate student in the Fels Institute of Government, proposed recommendations for improving the administration’s accommodations of mental illness on campus, including shorter wait times at Counseling and Psychological Services, especially for initial appointments, and more publicizing of mental health resources to graduate students. Members of Fossil Free Penn stood silently wearing face masks in protest as College sophomore Zachary Rissman listed recent political actions relating to the climate change. He was met with some opposition from the representative of the College

Republicans, who said he felt that the group was dismissive of differing opinions. A representative from Penn First also brought up how Penn should accommodate students affected by potential defunding of public education. She asked that the admissions office adopt a “no-apologies” initiative to waive application fees. She said that Penn should also work toward reducing submission fees for its standardized testing requirement as well as for financial aid paperwork like the CSS Profile. “It makes no sense to pay money to receive money,” she said. She emphasized that low-income students can be unaware that Penn is even an option for college. She asked that Penn Admissions reach out to counselors from low-income public schools with the “How to Apply to College” Coursera course and offer panels on Penn’s admissions process specifically.

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Sophomore to launch startup for swapping baby clothes Dailey pitched her idea in New York this weekend NATALIA SANCHEZ-NIGOLIAN Contributing Reporter

Last summer, one Penn student turned her high school babysitting experience into a plan for a tech startup. College sophomore Anna Dailey founded Baby Bay Box as an online platform for parents to swap children’s clothing. The service’s target market includes both families seeking to save money on children’s clothing and environmentally conscious families who want to reuse clothing. “When I was babysitting, I noticed how much money parents were spending on clothing that their children would only outgrow in a matter of months,”

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she said. “And I noticed a lot of potential in the networks that were forming organically around me.” Dailey started conducting market research by tapping into the resources that were at her fingertips. She sent out surveys to parents in her hometown of Palo Alto, California, and results showed that families were spending $30 to $60 per month on clothing for their children. At Penn, Dailey researched ways to get her company off the ground. She applied to the WeissLabs incubator program in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, where she received support for her initial ideas. Baby Bay Box is still in the beta testing phase, where the company is testing the platform in small environments.

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Although she has received funding from the Wharton Innovation Fund, Dailey said she needs further financial backing. This past weekend, she pitched

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mothers who were environmentally conscious and enthusiastic about engaging in the project. She also collaborated with W ha r ton and Engineer ing freshman Ryan Galvankar, who mentored the company through the WeissLabs incubator. “In my opinion, the strongest selling point for Baby Bay Box is their blend of social consciousness and convenience in the baby clothing market,” he said. “I think that appeals to a lot of families.” Dailey finds that working alongside other driven entrepreneurs at Penn motivates her to continue developing her project. “If I were working on this on my own I would go crazy,” she said, “but it seems like every time I attend a meeting, I hear something that sparks an idea and I’m excited all over again.”

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Adjusting to life at Penn was a very difficult process. Many people, especially Penn students with whom I have interacted , assume that because I am on financial aid, I have everything I need to survive on Penn’s campus. These people forget to account for things like food, whether you are on a meal plan or not, travel expenses like cab fare or trolley fare, house expenses like having enough money to buy cleaning supplies and expenses for going out with friends — if we even have enough money for that. And to make matters worse, some of these people do not even want to understand. Every time I try to explain that I do not have enough money to do certain things, they either ignore me or look at me with a very disgusted face. These are just some of the issues that I have encountered since I arrived at Penn from a low-income

neighborhood in the Bronx, and I am glad to say that I am living proof that someone from my background can make it. That does not mean, however, that I have stopped struggling or am in a place where I am content with my financial situation. Because let’s be honest — when I go back to the Bronx, I still have to help put food on the table and ensure that I am not a burden to my mother during summer, spring or winter breaks. So, believe me, I am constantly adjusting and trying to navigate this huge, wealthy space that was not made for someone like me. I guess I just find ways to make it a little easier for myself. And I hope that by reading about some of the resources I used to better my situation, students who are low-income will take advantage of some of these tools or just feel like there is something that they can do. Let me start with saving

money, because I know that that is a huge problem in low-income communities like mine. The issue is not that we do not try to save, it’s that there are so many other expenses that pile up, which in turn leads us

chunk of my check and put it in a savings account that I do not touch. I put my savings in a completely different bank where I cannot have access to it unless I physically go downtown to the bank to withdraw my

… I am constantly adjusting and trying to navigate this huge, wealthy space that was not made for someone like me.” to prioritize those costs instead of saving up. How can you look to the future if you’ve got a light bill to pay now? One of the main ways I save is through the refund check that Penn gives me. For example, if I know that I am going back home for the summer, I save a good

money. This keeps me disciplined because I do not want to have to go all the way downtown to the bank to cash $40 because I did not budget properly for myself. Next, I budget myself accordingly based on my weekly spending habits. I use an app called Mint

that is linked to my bank accounts, tracks what I spend and puts them into little categories/budgets for me. This app also holds me accountable because I know that I have to adjust my budget based on what I spend and if I spent too much, Mint will put my business on blast for me to see. Lastly, I use some of the physical resources at Penn to help me. Penn’s FirstGeneration, Low-Income Program in the Greenfield Intercultural Center is a great place to get your textbooks for free if you are a low-income first-generation student. This center has helped me a lot because I know damn well that I could not pay for all of my textbooks without missing a meal or not having toilet paper. I know that this is not an abundance of resources and that there are still going to be obstacles that low-income students must

JAMES FISHER overcome. But I hope this provides a different way of looking at some of the situations that students like me face. Yes, being low-income is tough, but it is not the end-all, be-all. There are resources, myself and other peers included, that can help, and I hope you feel comfortable enough to use them. JAMES FISHER is a College sophomore from the Bronx, N.Y., studying communication. His email address is jafish@sas. upenn.edu. “Spilling the Real Tea” usually appears every other Thursday.

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I went back to Korea over winter break because that is what you do when you’re the daughter of Asian parents: You fly back to your country of ethnic origin so that all your relatives can exclaim to your parents “how much taller she is!” and “She looks just like you!” except in Korean, because you are, as mentioned earlier, in Korea. It was the first time I had gone back since high school. This year, the traditional exclamations were joined by three new questions: “Do you have a boyfriend?” “Are you going to get married?” “When are you going to get married?” The first question I expected. Interrogating me about my love life — in a vaguely heteronormative way — is a right and privilege for my relatives, and while annoying, it was somewhat expected. Family always gossips, not that I blame them. The second and third

surprised me. I’m a junior in college. I just turned 21. And yet, at least six different people on separate occasions have asked me when I am getting married. It was the sort of question that I expected to start receiving when I’m 30. When my mom leaned over and told them “she says she’s not getting married until she’s at least 27,” they would exclaim that it was “so late!” I’m not sure if their opinion stemmed from the fact that I was in Korea, talking to my relatives, or because most of the people who asked me this were much older than I am. Granted, I suppose I should allow for the fact that they were all kidding. But to my ears, they all seemed at least somewhat sincere. The way the question was worded, “when” I was getting married rather than “if” I would ever get married, indicated that marriage was assumed to be a certainty, that of course I would be

getting married, and that if I indicated otherwise it would be received with much surprise — and probably some criticism. Privately, I wondered whether people would be asking me this had I been born a boy. I’m vaguely certain that marrying, cre-

better) era, the fact remains that the cultural assumptions around the role of women and what they should want in life still revolve around antiquated ideals — or what some people would call “traditional” ideals. You could argue that this conversation

… the fact remains that the cultural assumptions around the role of women and what they should want in life still revolve around antiquated ideals.” ating a family, procreating and doing the whole mom thing are more “options” than “definites” for men. As much as we assume we are living in a modern, feminist, more enlightened (or at least changed, if you don’t think that these changes are for the

has become more relevant in the current political climate, where many unspoken opinions have come to light. Perhaps this is the wrong audience to be pitching this — admittedly not particularly original — idea to. After all, the more education you

have, and the higher income bracket you’re in, the less likely you are to marry early or have children early. But I think there is something to be said for examining the cultural assumptions and norms that we absorb, even as we enter and create a society that does not conform to them. Disney princesses marry their prince. “Say Yes to the Dress” airs rerun marathons all the time. “Having it all” for a woman means having the career and the family, and in many cases, the family above the career — and it’s assumed that a woman does want it all. If I told my parents that I wasn’t interested in professional success and would probably stop working once I had kids — therefore rendering the investment into my education rather useless — they would accept that more easily than a declaration that I had no intention to either get married or have children. For many people — probably not so much in

ISABEL KIM our generation, but definitely in the ones who raised us and are still relevant in that they judge our decisions — there are assumptions about what women should want, that part of being successful or being happy involves marriage. I’d argue that we, as a society, haven’t left that idea behind, even as we leave many other cultural norms in the dust. ISABEL KIM is a College junior from Warren, N.J., studying English and fine arts. Her email address is isakim@sas.upenn. edu. “It Keeps Happening” usually appears every other Thursday.

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NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell University reveals new retires from Board of Trustees campus policy on drones

Drones allowed on campus for educational purposes OLIVIA SYLVESTER Staff Reporter

Penn recently released a set of guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems, informally known as drones, on or above Penn’s campus, Morris Arboretum, the New Bolton Center and Pennovation Works, according to Penn’s Almanac. The University created these guidelines to “ensure the safety and protect the privacy of all members of the University community and promote compliance with all applicable federal and state laws,” according to the Almanac. In accordance with the

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and other barriers. Lauren Feiner, a College senior and former editor-in-chief of The Daily Pennsylvanian,

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According to court filings, Alf allegedly said “there won’t ever be an Iraqi skater at the Olympics — over my dead body” and referred to the Aldahwi family as “towel heads” and “Iraqi f**king c**ts.” The suit accusing

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Penny Loafers, an a cappella group on campus. “I’ve just been taking the train [from home in New Jersey] every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday to Penn and gone to rehearsals there,” McGrath said. “Come next fall, I’ll just walk the four blocks from Drexel.” College sophomore Brian Rogers will begin classes at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the fall, where he plans on studying geological engineering. “I did an internship this past summer at Vanderbilt [University] at the environmental engineering department, which is something Penn doesn’t have,” Rogers said. Rogers considered transferring to Vanderbilt, but after doing research, he learned that Missouri S&T offered a major in geological engineering. “If I’m going to spend a lot of money on an education, I want to make sure that I find something I really am passionate about,” Rogers said. “Since Penn didn’t have that exactly, I thought I might as well transfer.”

Federal Aviation Administration’s rules, Penn will allow the operation of drones for licensed educational and recreational activities or research. Among the rules listed by the Almanac, a drone must fly below 200 feet at a speed of less than 100 miles per hour. The guidelines also specify that there are no drone flights allowed at large gatherings or sporting events. They are also not to interfere with the operations of manned aircrafts, such as the medical helicopters of Penn’s hospitals. Every drone on Penn’s campus must be under 55 pounds, and if between 0.55 and 55 pounds, must be registered

with the FAA. If anyone is caught in violation of these policies, they could be subject to disciplinary action or prosecution, according to the Almanac. The drone’s operator is financially responsible for any damages caused by a flight, unless it was for authorized research or educational purposes. There are rising domestic and international concerns about how drones might affect the safety and privacy of citizens. For example, a Colorado town considered creating a “drone-hunting ordinance” before rejecting the idea, and the French military is training eagles to destroy drones because of terrorism concerns.

heard the crash from her house on Sansom Street along with her roommates. “We heard what sounded like a car coming down the street quickly, crashing into something, and then sounding

like it backed up back into whatever it crashed into,” she said. By the time she looked outside, a group of police officers had filed out of DPS headquarters and were running toward 41st Street.

Aldahwi of discrimination was filed in 2015 by Aldahwi’s mother, Angela. “Mrs. Alf has decided not to participate in the upcoming Silfen Forum. She indicated to us that she felt the recent media coverage of litigation regarding her business had the potential to draw attention away from the Forum’s

important focus on cancer,” Penn Medicine spokeswoman Susan Phillips said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. The forum, which will be Biden’s first public appearance in his new position as a Penn professor, sold out minutes after tickets went on sale and is being livestreamed.

Nursing freshman Rachel Pak decided to take a year off from school after completing her first semester at Penn, and she is considering transferring to a different institution. Pak said she was not eager to begin college in the fall, but she was afraid to push it off. “I just went because it’s what everyone was doing,” she said. Pak felt overwhelmed by Penn’s pre-professional atmosphere and by the numerous decisions she needed to make regarding her course selection, extracurricular activities and social life. “I never had gotten a break,” she said. “I was always working, and I don’t remember really having a relaxed childhood.” During her time off from school, Pak hopes to “soulsearch, find out a little more about myself and have time to read and knit.” Pak still may return to Penn next spring, and if she does, she plans on getting involved in greek life and other extracurricular activities. “I want to make sure I’m giving Penn a fighting chance,” she said. “I don’t think I was in a place to be happy at Penn earlier, but I

just want to make sure I’m doing everything I can to be happy at Penn and know that it is or it isn’t my place.” On the other hand, College sophomore Peter Romanello transferred from Wesleyan University and enrolled at Penn this past fall. “Being from New York City, I definitely wasn’t used to being in an isolated environment,” Romanello said. “For example, if there was a test at 10 a.m., the dining hall was closed, so I’d have to do UberEATS from a town like 30 minutes away.” Romanello described having an “existential crisis” during Wesleyan orientation. He remembers never feeling completely settled, and he never felt that he would miss out on anything if he left campus. Romanello decided to transfer to Penn when he went home for Thanksgiving and realized that his classmates felt much more settled at their colleges than he did. “They weren’t all feeling the way I felt,” Romanello said. “I realized that I really did deserve to spend these hyped-up years of college at a place I would be happier to attend.”

She is now considered an emerita trustee

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Andrea Mitchell, 1967 College of Liberal Arts for Women graduate, has been designated an emerita trustee following 20 years as a Penn trustee. The University Board of Trustees convened last Friday during its Winter Stated Meeting, ratifying a resolution of appreciation for Mitchell and announcing that she will become an emerita trustee, according to Penn’s Almanac. Mitchell’s reporting for NBC News — where she currently serves as veteran chief foreign

affairs correspondent — has spanned five presidents and included coverage of Cuba, foreign policy and Congress, according to her biography on MSNBC. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that Mitchell jump-started her journalism career when she joined the student-run WXPN radio station as a Penn undergraduate. Since graduating, she has spoken at Penn on several occasions — the Annenberg School for Communication graduate ceremony in 1997, the inaugural Fox Leadership Program’s Lessons in Leadership lecture in 1999 and the inauguration of Penn President Amy Gutmann in 2004. Last July, the DP sat down with Mitchell, where she reflected on her

involvement in WXPN and the challenges she faced as a woman who wanted to become a broadcast journalist. “I studied everything: political science and history, of course my literature courses and music. And it better informed what kind of person I wanted to be,” Mitchell said in the interview. “I just wanted to be more engaged in the world.” Mitchell joins several notable Penn alumni as an emeritus trustee, including 1959 Wharton graduate and founder of the Huntsman Corporation Jon Huntsman Sr. and 1954 Wharton graduate and Chair Emeritus of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Leonard Lauder.

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Last July, Andrea Mitchell told the DP about how she jumpstarted her journalism career when she joined the student-run WXPN radio station as a Penn undergraduate.

Trump to reverse Obama’s transgender bathroom rules He says the issue should be handled at the state level JINAH KIM Staff Reporter

The White House is planning to roll back guidelines that require public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Obama administration issued this guidance last May and received both praise and backlash. President Donald Trump said in April that he thought transgender people should be able to use “the bathroom they

feel is appropriate.” But he also told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in April that legislation on the issue should be handled by state and local governments. “I think that local communities and states should make the decision,” he said on the show. “And I feel very strongly about that. The federal government should not be involved.” The Washington Post obtained a draft of a letter to U.S. public schools that said , “this interpretation has given rise to significant litigation.” “The draft says administrators, parents and students have ‘struggled to understand and apply the statements of policy’ in the Obama-era guidance,’”

the Post reported. While this change will not affect Penn directly, advocacy for transgender rights has historically been visible on campus. Last February, the Social Planning and Events Committee invited Caitlin Jenner to speak at Irvine Auditorium. Penn’s noncisgender community, including members of Penn Non-Cis, a group founded in 2013, was hesitant to welcome her because of her political views. In April, the Wharton School announced the construction of gender-neutral bathrooms in Huntsman Hall, in order to follow suit with other academic buildings that already had gender-neutral options.

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a lock to make the Ivy League Tournament in which they will have home-court advantage no matter their seed. However, there are multiple reasons the Quakers will be determined to maintain their onegame lead over Princeton and 1.5 game lead over Harvard. For one, the top seed would avoid both those teams in the first round of the tournament. And while it no longer carries an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, a regular season title is nothing to scoff at. Cornell (14-9, 5-5) and Columbia (13-10, 3-7) have no shot at that regular season title, and will be playing their absolute hardest just to get into the tournament as the fourth and final seed. The Red and Blue wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be taking these games lightly, especially after a loss and another scare against two underdog foes last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cornell is experienced, they always have five kids on the court that can make plays. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very disciplined, very organized, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very senior-laden so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re composed,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Mike McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just very efficient in what they do. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a team where if you

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well in the cross country season this fall, Penn will be sure to pick up points at the longer-distance events. In particular, the men ought to rack up points in the 5000-meter run, where Brendan Shearn and Christopher Luciano pack a two-three punch in the seedings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main goal for us is at Heps to see how high we can score,â&#x20AC;? Hatler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be kind of hard to try and beat well-established teams such as Princeton and Cornell who have a lot more depth than we do across the boardâ&#x20AC;Ś.Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be scrappy, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to try to get third.â&#x20AC;? Princeton and Cornell have been the top dogs for a number of years now, as Penn has had

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Junior guard Anna Ross says the Quakers have a chip on their shoulder as they look to bounce back from their first Ivy loss against Yale last Saturday. Penn also had a scare against Brown last Friday.

break containment or assignment, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make you pay for it. So we gotta be sharp with our scouting, we gotta be sharp with our personnel, we need to be locked in, and not have a possession off against them, because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you pay.â&#x20AC;?

to settle for third. But with new freshmen to add to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depth, the Quakers could try to close the gap on the top two this weekend. In the shorter-distance events on the track, two names lead the headlines for the Red and Blue. For the women, junior Taylor McCorkle has been racking up the plaudits, earning top-three seeds in the 60m and 200m dashes. McCorkle, paired with 60m hurdle rookie Breanne Bygrave, who already broke the Ivy League record just a month into her career, ensure that Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s women will pick up valuable points on the track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This appears to be one of the strongest [womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] teams in recent history,â&#x20AC;? coach Steve Dolan said. The other star sprinter for the Red and Blue is sophomore

Calvary Rogers. Last year as a freshman, Rogers took second in a tightly-contested 200m dash. This year, he enters Heps at the No. 3 seed, but almost every other top-10 seeded runner earned his spot at a particularly fast race in Boston two weekends ago. Rogers will have a chip on his shoulder as he dukes it out for the 200m title on Sunday. All the stars will have to align if Penn wants to usurp Princeton and Cornell at the Ivy League championships this weekend, but at the very least, the championship meet should bring a dramatic conclusion to the indoor season and give the Quakers a springboard into the spring season in a few weeksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time.

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Cornell has managed to beat the Quakers each of the past two seasons, and almost took the first matchup this season in a 61-55 Penn win. They appear to be a bigger threat than the Lions, but the Red and Blue arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overlooking their Manhattan foes either.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Columbia has a really good post game,â&#x20AC;? junior guard Anna Ross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think [the key is] our defense staying aggressive, and if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re scoring, not letting that get us down, staying sound for 40 minutes.â&#x20AC;? Penn beat the Lions 64-54

in the first matchup, and no Ivy team has a post game good enough to challenge Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star duo of Sydney Stipanovich and Michelle Nwokedi when those two are on top of their game. Stipanovich has been dealing with a nagging injury and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at her best in the loss to Yale, but if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think every Quaker will bring their A-game this weekend, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know this team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of extra motivation from that [loss to Yale]... it just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go our way at all,â&#x20AC;? Ross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still have a chip [on our shoulder]. The Yale game was heartbreaking, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to lose a game. Going undefeated halfway through Ivies was a great accomplishment, so it sucks to let one slip by us.â&#x20AC;? The Red and Blue want to win, and they want to do it emphatically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These games are big, because we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat them by a lot [last time]. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play great against Columbia, we only won by 10. And Cornell was with us the whole game,â&#x20AC;? Ross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a good team that can beat Ivies by 15-plus, you know. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the goal this weekend.â&#x20AC;?

Gymnasts seek to bring home conference title at Ivy Classic Quakers enter big meet with momentum GRIFF FITZSIMMONS Sports Reporter

Four Ivy League schools, four different events, one trophy. Classic. Penn gymnastics will travel to New Haven, Connecticut this weekend to take on Yale, Brown and Cornell in the conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decisive meet, the Ivy Classic. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just joining us, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how this kind of thing will play out. The teams will rotate through the vault, the uneven bars, the balance beam and the floor exercise, fielding up to six gymnasts in each event and holding on to the five highest scores. And though the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conclude until early April, this Saturday will determine which of the four Ancient Eight schools with varsity gymnastics teams is to be crowned this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champion. For Penn to bring home the title, it will have to upset against not one, but both of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champions. In 2016, the title was shared for the first time in history between Cornell and Brown, who split with scores of 193.325. Yale trailed with 191.650, and Penn brought up the rear with 191.050. If the Quakers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to relive the defeat of last February, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to remember the team they were at the beginning of this season. At the season-opening Lindsey Ferris Invitational back in January, Penn (4-10, 2-2 Ivy) dropped its highest score in nearly two years (193.275)

a nd , mor e i mp or t a nt ly, trounced Cornell by nearly three points. The Big Red (7-7, 1-1), who currently hold the highest regional qualifying score of the four Ivies, will likely be Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stiffest competition this weekend. Penn also got a chance to take on Yale (5-7, 2-1) at home early in the season, defending the Palestra by taking them down 193.575-192.125 in an edge-of-your-seat, come-frombehind victory. So how did the Red and Blue do it then? Well, against Cornell they tapped into their freshman class, and their freshman class delivered. Kelly Flavin, Alex Kothe and Emma Cullen all posted above-9.500 scores on the uneven bars, and were in turn able to support junior Kyra Levi and ensure that her remarkable 9.850 in the event was not scored in vain. Additionally, the Quakers, led by sophomore Nicole Swirablus (9.850) dominated the beam, an event in which the Big Red dropped below 47.000 points. Against Yale, it was a breakout performance from sophomore captain Caroline Moore, who won three individual events on the night that made helped bring the Quakers back from their 0.950-point deficit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just practiced so hard throughout the preseason and this past summer, so coming off of last season we were defintiely motivated,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our only setback is our mentality, so really just switching the mentality to being positive in the and

transferring that over to meets is really whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s led to our success.â&#x20AC;? Though these early-season victories were invigorating for the Quakers, their Ivy League optimism was short lived. Penn got the chance to face both Cornell and Yale again but struggled in the pair of rematches, falling to the Bulldogs, 193.050-190.825, at the Rutgers Quad Meet and to the Big Red, 190.950-193.575, at home at the Pink Meet. Not to mention the fact that home-field advantage is very real in this sport. Cornell won at home in 2016. Penn won at home in 2015. Brown (6-9, 0-1) won at home in 2014. What will it take for the Quakers to stay honed in on the end goal this weekend despite this? What will it take for them to get in Yaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to go in with the same mentality as we do with every other meet; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing the same skills, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re competing the same way we always do, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just at a different setting,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be whoever wants it most thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to win.â&#x20AC;? Seeing as Penn hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t posted a score that could best that Cornell showing since early 2015, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that everyone will have to be on their game come Saturday in order to agglomerate the most impressive aspects of the front-end of the season into one special championship performance. In short, to upset Cornell, Yale and Brown (ranked No. 55, No. 57 and No. 58 respectively to Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 61), Penn will have to put it all together like we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen it do in years.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Penn’s lacrosse teams to take on national powerhouses Men face No. 6 Virginia, women face No. 17 JHU BREVIN FLEISCHER Associate Sports Editor SATURDAY

No. 6 Virginia (3-0) 1 p.m.

Franklin Field

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No. 17 Johns Hopkins (2-0) 1 p.m.

Baltimore, Md.

I know what you’re thinking. It’s February. Lacrosse season has barely started. There’s no way the Penn men and women are playing meaningful games already. Well, if I’m as good of a mind reader as I have claimed, then all of you would be wrong. Both teams have totally ignored the concept of easing into the season. Instead, they’ve opted to battle two of the most distinguished programs in all of collegiate lacrosse right out of the gate. The women travel to Homewood Field to take on Johns Hopkins, while the men welcome

Virginia to Franklin Field. In a testament to the strength of both Penn programs, neither of these traditional lacrosse powerhouses should phase the Quakers though. Penn women’s lacrosse (1-0) opened its season last weekend when it traveled to Delaware, beating the Blue Hens, 9-7. Junior Caroline Cummings led the way for the Red and Blue, registering a career-high five goals en route to Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors. Her efforts, as well as the play of senior goalie Britt Brown, have earned the Quakers significant national recognition, as they are currently ranked No. 12 in the Cascade Media Poll by Inside Lacrosse. However, Penn won’t be the only ranked team in this weekend’s matchup, with No. 17 Johns Hopkins (2-0) sitting just behind the Quakers. Still, for Penn coach Karin Corbett, these rankings aren’t necessarily suggestive of the lacrosse that’ll be played. “For us, every game matters. So it’s not about what the rankings are,” she said. “It’s a preseason poll basically. I don’t put much stock in it. It’s more about how we compete each time. I want us to be better

than we were last weekend and see how we can grow as a team.” Team growth will be equally important on the men’s side, as Penn (1-0), ranked No. 17 by the USILA poll, welcomes the sixth-ranked team in the nation to Philadelphia. Although the men’s opening game went more smoothly than the women’s, there remains room to improve for the Quakers, including, as coach Murphy highlighted, at the face-off “X,” where Penn only won eight of the 17 draws. Despite a mediocre showing in that specific department, Penn was largely impressive in the 10-5 win over rival St. Joseph’s, avenging last year’s defeat to the Hawks behind three goals from sophomore attackman Alex Roesner and 15 saves from sophomore goalie Reed Junkin. The Red and Blue will hope to follow a similar storyline this weekend against the Cavaliers, as last year’s matchup between the two teams resulted in a 15-10 Virginia win. Coach Murphy, when reflecting on last year’s game, feels that his team didn’t play exceptionally well in any phase, but this is a new year, and he sees hope for improvement with this year’s team.

DANIEL XU | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

After posting a phenomenal 15 saves in last week’s win at St. Joseph’s, sophomore goalie Reed Junkin will need to dominate yet again if Penn men’s lacrosse is to upset No. 7 Virginia on Saturday.

“We are a little bit more mature this year,” Murphy said. “We have three seniors starting at close defense and a returning starting goalie. We pretty much return everyone, so I hope that we’re a bit more composed this year.” For both the men’s and women’s

teams, composure will be vital when facing two of the giants of college lacrosse in the second weekend of the season, but, seeing that it is so early in the year, neither team is focused on how this weekend’s games could affect its overall team resumes.

In fact, when asked what a win over a highly-ranked Virginia team would do for his team, coach Murphy responded simply, “It would make us 2-0.” Two weeks into the year, neither Penn team wants anything more than that.

Quakers face slate of brutal non-conference doubleheaders TENNIS | Four matches

in just over 24 hours JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Editor

Weekend double headers are always difficult, but this is something else. In the outdoor season opener, Penn men’s and women’s tennis will play two matches this weekend, and they both have tall tasks ahead of them. The women’s side heads to Maryland to take on the Terps on Saturday before coming back home to face Rutgers on Sunday. Meanwhile, the men have two consecutive home matches on Sunday, starting at 9 in the morning with Old Dominion and continuing with Navy. The men’s squad is fresh off of the ECAC Championships,

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added. “We’re not going to get complacent with this little winning streak. We did that earlier in the season and that turned into an 0-6 losing streak. We’re going to stay hungry and humble.” The Quakers, or at least their veteran leader and coach, downplayed the narrative thrust upon them. They don’t see themselves as having miraculously transformed into a championship team. “We’re still in a rough position … and the only way to get out of that is to keep playing and getting better,” coach Steve Donahue said.

where they tallied two wins en route to a fifth-place finish. After falling to Dartmouth 4-1 on the first day, the Quakers rebounded with consecutive wins to finish the tournament on a high note. The Red and Blue will have their hands full on Sunday. Old Dominion comes in ranked No. 26 in the latest ITA poll and their top player, junior Adam Moundir, is currently ranked as the 34th best singles player in Division I. On the other hand, Navy comes in the loser of three straight matches, and they also will play a double header the day before. The Quakers will look to a few key players who have performed well as of late this weekend. Sophomore Kyle Mautner has been dominant in singles play, going 9-1 in the top spot. The No. 2 and No. 3

Both Howard and Donahue cited the closeness of the first six games and the Quakers’ defensive performances as evidence of the team’s quality before the streak. Neither accepted that the magnitudes of this weekend’s games are any greater than normal. Instead of subscribing to the hype a winning streak creates, Donahue stressed the importance of improving in practice. Donahue, like any coach, is loath to admit to standings watching or considering hypothetical tiebreaker scenarios. “All those things that [the media] thinks about, and fans, and alumni … it’s all fun, but it doesn’t do us any good, so we don’t think like that,” Donahue

doubles pairings of Mautner/ Matt Nardella and Josh Pompan/ Thomas Spratt have also been

very effective, going 7-2 and 9-1 respectively. For t he women, t h is

weekend serves as a chance for redemption. Last weekend, Penn lost both its matches 4-3

in heartbreaking fashions. Sunday’s loss to Old Dominion was especially dramatic, as Penn fought back to tie the match at 3 before dropping the final singles match. The women, much like the men, have a tough first match and an easier second opponent. Maryland comes in at No. 42 in the ITA poll and has yet to lose a match yet this year. Rutgers has lost to four straight opponents, and has not won a single match in the last three contests. The Red and Blue have struggled a bit thus far this year, and will look for production from senior captain Kara Daniel and freshman Sara Dreyfuss, two of their top performers. The weekend is going to be long and grueling for Penn men’s and women’s tennis. But if they can pull out a few victories, it’ll all be worth it.

said. As an example of a fun fact Donahue wouldn’t claim to know: the Quakers could clinch an Ivy tournament spot this weekend. Coach-speak notwithstanding, the Quakers have a glorious chance to shut the door on Columbia and take full control of fourth place. As it stands now, Penn has the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Lions in the race for the last seed of the conference tournament — but this fact could change instantly during Saturday night’s matchup in New York City, giving the showdown massive playoff implications. Still, Donahue doesn’t see it that way. “Cornell could win out and get

in. We could win out and get in. Columbia could lose every game … there’s so much more that could happen to start thinking like that,” he said. “Everybody’s in the race essentially … These are all extremely important [games]. We got to beat Cornell, and then we’ll move on to the next one.” This weekend’s slate will be a tough battle for the Quakers. The back-to-back opens with a visit to Ithaca to play Cornell, then the de facto playoff play-in game at Columbia. Both matchups will feature hungry teams looking to keep tournament dreams alive and avenge previous losses. The rest of the conference has had time to prepare and adapt for the

new-look Quakers. When Penn takes the court, it won’t see the same teams it beat earlier in the year; the Quakers likely see completely new defensive schemes, increased intensity, and hostile environments. Winning on the road isn’t easy, especially not at this point of season. “It’s been a long season. A lot of guys have injuries or are hurting. You just got to dig down deep and give everything you got in these last weeks,” Howard said. “I expect Cornell to play a great basketball game, they’re a good offensive team, and I thought they’ve played well with the exception of our game. I thought

they played really well the night before at Princeton,” Donahue added. “We’ve got to be ready to play the way we’ve been playing.” The way the Quakers have been playing should be good enough. Penn hasn’t trailed in a game for its last 129 minutes of game time spread across four games. The average margin of victory in those games has been almost 17 points. As great as the sudden change of fortune has been, Donahue knows another reversal could happen just as quickly. The Quakers still have a losing record. Yes, they’re back from the brink, but they haven’t earned anything yet. This weekend presents an opportunity to do just that.

SAM HOLLAND | ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Senior captain Matt Nardella and his doubles partner sophomore Kyle Mautner have found consistent success for the Quakers this year, going 7-2 in their matches at the No. 2 doubles slot.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN M. HOOPS | Quakers face

FRIDAY

Cornell (7-18, 3-7 Ivy)

high-stakes trip to Columbia in battle for tournament spot

7 p.m.

Ithaca, N.Y.

THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS

SATURDAY

Sports Reporter

Columbia (10-13, 4-6 Ivy)

Hope has blossomed into opportunity for Penn men’s basketball, but the Quakers still have to seize it. Two weeks ago, hope was the only thing the Red and Blue (11-12, 4-6 Ivy) had: at 0-6 and last place in the conference, they seemed all but eliminated. Since, Penn has looked unstoppable in four straight wins, three of them wireto-wire. Now, the fourth-place Quakers have an opportunity to play their way into

7 p.m.

New York, N.Y.

the Ivy League tournament and a potential NCAA bid. This weekend gives Penn the opportunity to continue the streak against the teams it started against two weeks ago: Cornell (7-18, 3-7 Ivy) and fellow fourthplace Columbia (10-13, 4-6 Ivy). It also represents the Quakers’ only chance to earn a season sweep of an Ivy team. “After going 0-6, we just got tired of losing,” freshman guard Devon Goodman said. “We’re coming out with more of an attitude, we’re angry… and we feel like we have something to prove every single game.” “We just put it in our minds that we were going to turn it around and figure out a way to win,” senior Matt Howard SEE SHOWDOWN PAGE 9

WILL SNOW | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

No. 2 women’s squash chases national title

Hopes high that Penn can rise to the occasion MOSES NSEREKO Associate Sports Editor

This one is for all the marbles. This weekend, Penn women’s squash heads Princeton to compete in the College Squash Association National Team Championship. For the Quakers (11-1), their momentum is impressive, as they’ve secured nine straight wins to finish off their regular season. “I think that the team is very confident, and I think that wins have contributed to that,” coach Jack Wyant said. “I also think that the intensity level in practice has ramped up, and that is as much of [the team’s] doing as it is mine.” Part of what has made practices so intense is the strength of the team’s upper echelon. Sophomore Reeham Salah closes out her regular season 12-0 as the Quakers’ No. 1 player. Just as impressive,

junior No. 2 Melissa Alves also posted an undefeated regular season, notching ten wins. But while the established veterans of the team have impressed, Wyant is quick to give credit to the rest of his lineup for making their recent wins so decisive. “I am really pleased with the progress of the freshmen; they’ve grown up a lot this year,” Wyant said. “The returning players all have a sense of what it takes to compete college squash and the freshmen have done a great job learning that. They don’t really get a chance to ease into the team.” Penn will start their opening match of the draw against Cornell, the team that the Red and Blue faced most recently on their schedule. If that’s not reassuring for Penn, add in the fact that the Quakers beat the Big Red 9-0. Still, Wyant is clear to point that this weekend is still a new tournament. ”Overall, the score line against Cornell looked decisive, but if you

look into the individual match scores there were a lot of close games,” the seventh-year coach pointed out. “It will be a good test to start out, and obviously we feel comfortable as favorites in that match.” While the Quakers’ previous record means nothing, the team has scored wins against all of the teams entered in the draw except one: Harvard. The Crimson enters the tournament as the number one seed and the only team to take down the Red and Blue, beating them 7-2 back in January. But this Penn team is even better than they were back in January. “Obviously we didn’t intend to lose to Harvard, but that served as a great motivator the rest of our season,” Wyant said, “Right now, we’re just excited to get to Princeton and start matches.” Whether or not Penn women’s squash is poised to take home the title isn’t a lock, but one thing is for sure. These girls are on fire.

COREY HENRY | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior Melissa Alves and the Quakers will be looking to bring home a national championship this weekend. Penn women’s squash came agonizingly close to the title last season, but fell to Harvard. SEND STORY IDEAS TO DPSPORTS@THEDP.COM

Quakers look to surprise at championship meet TRACK & FIELD | Team had strong indoor season WILL SNOW Senior Sports Editor

Track and field’s indoor season may be one of the shortest in college sports, but it’s nearing a dramatic finish as Penn prepares for the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships this weekend. The league’s championship meet will take place at the Armory Track in New York City, one of the nation’s most famous indoor venues. For some athletes on the team, the thought of competing at the Armory is something to look forward to. Senior Chris Hatler, for example, has been competing at the Armory for years. And just a couple weeks ago, the distance runner shattered a career milestone — the sub-four minute mile. “I’ve been running at the Armory since I was 16 years old, so to be able to go back and accomplish one of my lifetime goals was something that was pretty incredible,” Hatler said. “It’s something that every miler works for, the magical sub-four mile.” But Columbia’s indoor arena isn’t just a home for Hatler. Sophomore thrower Rachel Wilson is also looking forward to Heps because of the competition and its location. “It’s a really exciting time,” she said. “Especially since it’s gonna be at the Armory, it’ll be really loud and noisy, so exciting with so many things going on at once.” Wilson is seeded No. 2 in

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Sophomore Calvary Rogers and the Penn track and field squad have been solid in the indoor season, but are an underdog at Heps.

the weight throw, an event she broke Penn’s all-time record for earlier this year. Similarly, Penn rookie Maura Kimmel also holds the No. 2 seed in the women’s shot put. The freshman also broke the school record for her event earlier in the season — and has since broken her own record multiple times. On the men’s side of the throwers, senior Noah Kennedy-White has had a resurgence at the tail end of the season after a slow start. No longer in the shadow of

graduated NCAA champion Sam Mattis, Kennedy-White has worked his way up to a fourth seed in the shot put, currently just under two meters outside of second place. If the throwers can carry their weight on Saturday and Sunday, things could look optimistic as the runners take the track. With Hatler and senior Ashley Montgomery leading the distance squads that did SEE TRACK PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640