March 1, 2018 by The Daily Pennsylvanian

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV NO. 15

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

FOUNDED 1885

Joe Biden makes low-profile visit to campus

Trump donations: a family affair

The Trump children together have donated at least $10,001 LUCY CURTIS Staff Reporter

Three of President Donald Trump’s children have attended Penn — administrative records show that all of them have donated to the University. Since 2010, Donald Trump Jr., who graduated from the Wharton School in 2000, Ivanka Trump, who graduated from Wharton in 2004, and Tiffany Trump, who graduated from the College of Arts and Science in 2016, could have contributed combined donations of anywhere between $10,001 to $22,743. Other documents, including University reports and tax filings from the Trump Foundation show that their father may have donated up to $1.4 million to the University. These records show that on top of sending several students to Penn, the Trump family has also made multiple donations to the University. Despite these contributions, Penn has largely stayed reticent about its links to the family, particularly after the controversial election of President Trump. Donations from the three Trump children can be found on the Honor Roll, which is a list of donors sent to every member of the class in the fall. The Honor Roll is one of many SEE TRUMP DONATIONS PAGE 3

Biden visited to speak to Wharton graduate student on Feb. 28 REBECCA TAN Executive Editor

had been relocated. “It’s entirely reasonable that when [the site] was closed as a cemetery, that all of the human remains were removed at that time – say in the 1920s or the 1940s,” Lloyd said. “Now if that’s not true, if they just paved it over, then the present-day owners of the land have a problem. A very big problem.” The property was purchased in 1826 by the group African Friends to Harmony, which President of the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum Doug Mooney said he believes was an

Former Vice President Joe Biden came to campus on Feb. 28 to deliver a lecture to students enrolled in William Lauder’s leadership course. Biden entered from the Walnut Street entrance of Huntsman Hall at around 2:55 p.m. on Wednesday. He came to talk to Wharton graduate students in the highly-selective course run by The Lauder Institute’s William Lauder, who also serves as the executive chairman of Estée Lauder Companies. Biden’s visit was not publicized, and he arrived at the back entrance of Huntsman Hall to little fanfare. In the two hours before his arrival, both University spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy and Wharton spokesperson Peter Wincov wrote in separate emails to The Daily Pennsylvanian that they were not aware Biden was coming to campus. Wincov referred the DP to Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio, who did not respond to immediate request for comment. The Lauder Institute website also did not list Biden’s lecture as an up-

SEE CEMETARY PAGE 7

SEE BIDEN PAGE 6

ALICE GOULDING | STAFF REPORTER & CHRISTINE LAM | DESIGN EDITOR

The oldest African American cemetery in West Philadelphia could be lying beneath a Penn parking lot and the remnants of a former car wash near 41st and Chestnut streets. Now, a Philadelphia business wants to turn the site into a new apartment building. Maps dating back to 1886 indicate that the cemetery was located at 4125 Chestnut St. and extends eastward to a parking lot that Penn now owns and operates. Many experts say it is unclear whether those buried in the cemetery are still underground or whether they have been relocated elsewhere. “From my estimation looking at it,

Penn owns roughly two-thirds, maybe three-quarters, somewhere in that range, and the other third or quarter is being developed now [for the apartment building],” Penn University Archivist and Record Center Office Manager and Senior Archivist Jim Duffin said. “More than the majority of the cemetery is owned by the University – it’s the parking lot.” Director of the University Archives and Record Center Mark Frazier Lloyd said it’s currently unclear whether there are still any remains at the location at this time. However, Lloyd added that he had also not seen any documentation that the remains

Penn admissions’ numbers reach a historic high

Penn leaders oppose GOP bill slated to affect financial aid for students

YONI GUTENMACHER Staff Reporter

A proposed Republican higher education bill that aims to change the way students pay for college will have negative impacts for Penn, according to Penn officials and student leaders. The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act was written by two Republican congressmen and passed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in December. The proposal will negatively impact Penn’s financial aid in a number of ways, according to University Director of Financial Aid Elaine Papas-Varas. Papas-Varas listed changes to the federal grant program, loan programs, workstudy, and loan forgiveness as ar-

Penn received 44,482 applications this past year

Penn received a total of 44,482 applications for admission to the Class of 2022, a drastic increase from last year’s 40,413 applications and the most in Penn’s history. Of those applications, 37,409 were submitted in the Regular Decision process while the remaining 7,073 were part of the Early Decision Program. Last year’s applicant total was also the highest ever at the time, yet it was still easily topped this year. The total amount of applications received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has increased by 10 percent since last year alone and has nearly doubled over the past

10 years. The total number of applications was first published as “44,000+” in a post on page 217 of Dean Eric Furda’s official blog. Kathryn Bezella, Penn Admissions vice dean and director of marketing and communications, clarified that the exact total was 44,482 in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Noting the record-breaking application total, Furda added that this year’s applicant pool saw “notable increases across broad geographical boundaries and within programs including Artificial Intelligence, behavioral economics and STEM fields broadly defined.” The release of the total number of applications comes several months after Penn announced its lowest early decision acceptance rate to date of 18.5 percent.

It will impede students’ ability to pay for college MAX COHEN Staff Reporter

OPINION | The Price Tag of Sisterhood

“Sororities cater to the wealthy and threaten inclusivity. The culture of wealth that permeates Panhellenic sororities must end.” - Isabella Simonetti PAGE 5

SPORTS | Wrapping Up

Penn men’s basketball is one weekend away from the Ivy Tournament but there is still work to be done. The Quakers hope to tie up loose ends by clinching the regular season title on Friday. BACKPAGE

JULIA SCHORR | DIGITAL DIRECTOR

Changes to the federal grant program, loan programs, workstudy, and loan forgiveness are all areas that could be affected.

eas that could be affected. To lobby against this plan, Papas-Varas attended a meeting of the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations and participated in 11 meetings with representatives of Congress and staffers from the Philadelphia area

NEWS Environmental residential program to come

NEWS CAPS to start workshop series about body image

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

SEND STORY IDEAS TO NEWSTIP@THEDP.COM

in Washington, D.C. at the end of January, according to Student Registration and Financial Services Communications Director Paul Richards. Papas-Varas, along with COHEAO and Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs,

developed “talking points to share with members and their staffs,” Richards said. A foremost concern for PapasVaras is that the PROSPER proposal would eliminate the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant fund, a grant for students with exceptional financial need. “We have students here who certainly benefit by the FSEOG grant,” Papas-Varas said. “That would be one negative impact of the PROSPER Act to our students.” Papas-Varas also said that loan programs would be cut for both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates would see an elimination of subsidies and graduate students could be potentially limited in the amount they could borrow. Penn students who participate SEE GOP BILL PAGE 6

SEND NEWS TIPS TO NEWSTIP@THEDP.COM CONTACT US: 215-422-4640

ONLINE AT THEDP.COM

2 NEWS

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM

New Eco-House residential program at Harnwell

The program will launch officially in fall 2018 ZACHARY CHIN Contributing Reporter

Many students will take part in the new Eco-House: Environment Residential program, which will launch in fall 2018 and looks to create a sustainability-focused form of housing. The mission of Eco-House, which will be on the first floor of Harnwell College House, is to demonstrate affordable sustainable living in order to inform, engage, and inspire Penn’s fellow residents, visitors, and community members. Residents will get to take part in activities and workshops that enhance their sustainable living skills throughout the academic school year. These include service-learning field trips, meetings with professors within the Earth and Environmental Science Department and STEM-related fields, as well as working with local environmental non-profit orga-

nizations to bring about environmental change. There will also be social activities such as faculty dinners, weekly study breaks, hiking, kayaking, and volunteering in the community garden, among others. College sophomore Nicole Posadas, who lives in Harnwell, proposed the residential program. Posadas was one of several students from the Penn Environmental Group looking to find a lounge for various environmental groups to come together. While searching for a suitable space, Posadas approached Harnwell Dean Courtney Dombroski, who said that she would consider allowing her to use the lounge on the first floor, provided she could turn the floor into a residential program. “Harnwell is excited for the Eco-House residential program, which is the only STEM residential program in the upperclass Houses,” Dombroski wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “What’s really special is that residential program was generated by a current Harnwellian.”

While Penn Environmental Group did not work together to make the residential program happen, Posadas continued the process with the help of a few other friends. One does not need to have any experience with sustainability to apply to the program. In selecting successful candidates, they looked at applicants who mentioned that they are “interested in learning” or who “know a lot but still want to continue to do this” on their personal statements, Posadas said. The program is expected to enroll between 15 and 25 residents in its pioneer cohort. One successful applicant is College and Engineering freshman Angela Yang. Yang said she had found out about Eco-House through the environmental fraternity she is a part of, Epsilon Eta. “I wanted to integrate education, my social activities, and my living with sustainability, so that it would be a 24/7 experience,” Yang said. Yang is already looking forward

to implementing some initiatives, like creating a small garden. The program will be run by both Posadas and College sophomore Samantha Friskey, a resident advisor on the floor, with support from Harnwell’s senior staff, including Dombroski. “I wanted to take on the position to help provide an equally rewarding experience for my residents. My hope as an RA is that I’m able to cultivate a community where it is easier to be environmentallyfriendly and also fun at the same time,” Friskey said. Friskey heard about the program through Posadas, who she met when they worked together in the Penn Sustainability Office. Friskey was already applying to be an RA, and she said hearing about the program helped her decide to reside in Harnwell. “A benefit of the Eco-House residential program is creating an opportunity to live together and to live sustainably and to have a physical location that can hopefully serve as, quite literally, a home base,” she added.

JULIO SOSA | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

The program will hold a variety of activities and workshops, such as faculty dinners, weekly study breaks, hiking, kayaking, volunteering in the community garden, and service-learning field trips, among others.

Penn Law prof. plays key role in NFL v. Colin Kaepernick case Stephen Burbank is the league’s system arbitrator JAMES MEADOWS Staff Reporter

A Penn Law professor is presiding over an internal collusion lawsuit between the National Football League and former starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick. On Oct. 15, Kaepernick filed a grievance through the Collective Bargaining Agreement against the NFL alleging that the owners of the league “entered into an enforced, implied and/or express agreements to specifically deprive” him from another job for which he was

STEPHEN BURBANK

“eminently qualified.” Kaepernick, who began playing as the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in 2012, became a free agent in 2017. The prior year, he had

made headlines by protesting national police brutality by remaining seated and kneeling during the national anthem. His actions attracted national attention prompting similar protests from other players as well as wide spread criticism, including that of President Donald Trump. “The owners of Respondent NFL Teams have been quoted describing their communications with President Trump, who has been an organizing force in the collusion among team owners in their conduct towards Mr. Kaepernick and other NFL players,” Kaepernick’s grievance letter read. “Owners have described the

Trump Administration as causing paradigm shifts in their views toward NFL players.” Stephen B. Burbank has a history of dealing with issues similar to these. He served first as the special master for the NFL from 2002 until 2011 when he became the league’s system arbitrator, a role he has held ever since. He has presided over many high-profile disputes throughout his tenure including cases concerning salary caps and player contracts. “The issues that I have exclusive jurisdiction over relate to things like freedom of movement of players, free agency, collusion, things like that,” he said. “So they are systemic is-

sues to be distinguished from issues that relate to injured players or other grievances.” In 2016, Burbank issued a ruling on a case finding that the league had mischaracterized and withheld funds totaling roughly $120 million from players. According to Ben Meiselas, one of the three attorneys representing Kaepernick, proving collusion does not require proof of some explicit document, but a demonstration of a pattern that two or more NFL teams, or one or more teams and the NFL itself, had an agreement to limit his employment options. Burbank said he could not comment on the ongoing litiga-

tion. Meiselas indicated that Burbank has granted investigators access to electronic communications, including emails and text messages, involving several teams that were linked to Kaepernick. He added that his firm is now in the process of deposing various NFL administrators. “My review of the documents makes me a pessimist of people being good and doing the right thing,” he said. “Though I am extra confident after reviewing the records that Mr. Kaepernick is going to get justice through these proceedings. It reflects a very nasty time period that we live in.”

ng vi Li nt de tu S e et pl om C d TO P QUAL I T Y

LU X U RY ST U DE NT H OU SING

P E R F ECT LOCAT I ON

S PACI O U S B E DROOMS

C LU B ROOM W I T H WAL KOU T T E RRACE 24- H O U R F I T N ES S C EN T ER

D R AMAT IC CIT Y V IEWS

G ROU N D -F LOOR R ESTAU RANTS

Apply Free Spaces filling quickly

LIMITED TIME

215.222.4212 THERADIAN.COM

THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

NEWS 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

CAPS focuses on body image with workshop series New workshop series aims to engage minority groups AMY LIU Staff Reporter

Many students say concern over body image is rampant on Penn’s campus. Now, Counseling and Psychological Services is launching a new initiative to help. EmBody You! is a semester-long series of CAPS workshops aimed at promoting body positivity and healthy eating habits, CAPS Director of Outreach and Prevention Services Meeta Kumar said. The project launched on Feb. 27, the first day of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. It consists of eight workshops led by CAPS psychologists and social workers with experience in body image counseling. Topics range from emotional eating to masculinity ideals, and each workshop will focus on a specific group, including transgender individuals, postpartum women, international students, women of color, and disabled people.

TRUMP DONATIONS >> FRONT PAGE

ways the University engages with alumni in order to build relationships and encourage them to donate. Many of these donations are solicited through The Penn Fund, which was founded in 1927. “We reach out to all undergraduate alumni donors and potential donors and encourage them to make a personally significant gift in support of undergraduate education,” Executive Director of The Penn Fund Colin Hennessy wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. According to the Honor Roll, Ivanka Trump donated to “other University priorities,” while Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump donated directly to the

“The myth is that these issues only affect white, cis women who are of upperclass socioeconomic status, but these are issues that impact a lot of different communities in a lot of different ways,” Kumar said. “What kind of representation do you see of yourself? What kind of historical trauma has happened? What kind of stereotypes do you encounter?” she added. Currently, CAPS has a team dedicated to eating disorders, which works closely with clinicians, nutritionists, and case managers at Student Health Services. CAPS offers individual and group therapy for students with body image concerns, including art therapy for students who have an eating disorder diagnosis. “It’s necessary. There are a lot of people out there who have body image issues for a variety of reasons, but it’s not really talked about a lot,” College freshman Brooke Price said, adding that body image is addressed less often than issues like stress or classism. Body image overlaps with other mental health issues, such as anxi-

Penn Fund. The category “Other University priorities” refers to gifts donated to the University for a specific school or purpose, instead of gifts which are donated directly to the Penn Fund. Donors can select where they wish to send their gift when they make it. Ivanka Trump donated between $5,000 and $9,999 in the 2010-2011 school years. Donald Trump Jr. donated between $1,000 and $2,499 to the Penn Fund in the 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 school years. Tiffany Trump donated between $1 and $249 once in the 2015-16 school year. According to Hennessy, previous years of The Penn Fund Honor Roll, which the website lists since 2009, “were either never produced or not retained.”

ANANYA CHANDRA | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

EmBody You! is a new semester-long series of workshops that is run by CAPS aimed at promoting body positivity and healthy eating habits.

ety, isolation, and lack of a community, Kumar said. College freshman Trent McHenry said he was surprised at how fit the Penn population was when he

first arrived at Penn. He added that “type-A” students at Penn may fall victim to difficult body standards. “The people who go to this kind of school are more prone to be per-

The Penn Fund, which Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump donated to, is Penn’s general fund that the University puts towards its operating budget. The fund is maintained by donors, many of whom are Penn alumni. “Gifts to The Penn Fund are either unrestricted in nature, meaning they are put to use for the most pressing needs related to undergraduate education such as undergraduate financial aid, or they are gifts to Penn’s undergraduate endowed scholarship program,” Hennessy wrote. The Penn Fund falls under the greater umbrella of Penn’s Development and Alumni Relations department, according to John Zeller, the Vice President of Development and Alumni relations. DAR manages all of-

fices that seek to develop relationships with alumni. “The goal is to create lifelong relationships and serve as the intellectual home for our graduates,” Zeller wrote. “We seek to engage donors at all levels and stewardship of their support is also a critical element of future gifts.” Ivanka Trump’s net worth is estimated to be around $300 million. Donald Trump Jr.’s net worth is estimated to be between $150 and $300 million. Tiffany Trump, who has recently started her first year at Georgetown Law, has a net worth around $10 million. Research done by The DP in 2016 revealed that Donald Trump may have donated over $1.4 million, but it is unclear whether this donation was made to the University or just pledged.

fectionists and take their goals very seriously, and when someone takes a goal like losing weight too seriously, it can quickly become dangerous and unhealthy,” said Mariya Bershad, founder of Penn’s chapter of Project HEAL, an international organization that aims to provide resources for people with eating disorders. Some of the staff members of EmBody You! were inspired to get involved with the initiative after leading the CAPS group Body Love, a monthly discussion space started in spring 2017 centered on body image for students who identify as women of color, Kumar said. However, last semester Body Love only met twice. This is the first time CAPS has hosted this many body image workshops in one semester. One of the workshops in March plans to focus on beauty standards for women of color, which Nursing freshman Sydney Steward said can be complicated for black women. Every time she goes to Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, she said she questions whether her afternoons at the gym are worth it. How-

ever, she added that she now feels “comfortable in [her] own skin.” “You see women like Kim Kardashian and you say, ‘Okay, this is what the media says is beautiful.’ But if you change the skin tone, it’s not. And that’s something always in the back of black women’s minds,” Steward said. “For black women, it’s definitely a different landscape.” The CAPS workshops will also address body image among transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. “In heteronormative spaces there’s a strong reinforcement of, ‘Men are masculine; women are feminine,’” Price said. “The definitions of masculinity and femininity are so narrow, in dress, mannerisms, and body types.” Kumar says she hopes the workshops will help students who struggle with body image but are too intimidated for an individual CAPS visit. Bershad agreed, “As with many mental illnesses, if it’s impacting your academics or ability to be social significantly throughout the week, those are signs it is a problem and it’s not just you’re on a diet.”

GEORGIA RAY & CRYSTAL SUN | DESIGN ASSOCIATES

His children’s inclusion on the Honor Roll indicate their gifts have already been donated. In the 1980s and 1990s, Penn

attempted to encourage larger donations from Trump, but it is still unclear whether this was successful.

AT THE CORNER OF 33RD & CHESTNUT IN THE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY CITY HOTEL A NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT TO NOURISH THE SOUL 20 S 33RD ST | PHILADELPHIA, PA | 19104 COOPPHILA.COM | 215-398-1874

OPINION To be a small fish in a big pond CHANCES ARE | Anonymity can be more fulfilling than fame

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 15 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor LUCY FERRY Senior Design Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Design Editor CHRISTINE LAM Design Editor

A week ago, I was in my kitchen, scooping out fist-sized balls of Haagen-Dazs green tea ice cream, ready to gorge myself as a reward for all the night’s hard work (two essays on French colonialism and the French Revolution — whew!), when I overheard my roommate say something which piqued my interest. She was talking to an interviewer, presumably over a Skype call, answering some question I couldn’t hear clearly because the interviewer’s voice was too deep. And then she said this: “Well, when I came here, it was the same old story, you know — a small fish in a big pond.” She carried on a little longer explaining, and I snorted and whispered to myself, “Story of my life.” At the time, I felt a brief pang

of empathy and then continued right on with my gluttony. But those words reverberated in my head for the rest of the week: “a small fish in a big pond.” In my early years at Penn, it was something my father had said to me when I cried to him with feelings of inferiority. “Amy,” he would sigh and shrug, “You’re just a small fish in a big pond now. What can you do?” Oddly enough, being a small fish in a big pond was something I was excited about before entering college. I was the big fish in my hometown, the koi in those westernized Japanese gardens in bourgeois intellectual homes. Not only was I bigger and faster than the other fish, I made it look easy, too. Everyone knew my name, partly because I was one of the only Asian kids in a class of 50, and partly be-

ALANA SHUKOVSKY Design Editor BEN ZHAO Design Editor KELLY HEINZERLING News Editor MADELEINE LAMON News Editor HALEY SUH News Editor MICHEL LIU Assignments Editor COLE JACOBSON Sports Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Editor YOSEF WEITZMAN Sports Editor

PEXELS | CC0

cause I always swept the awards at the year’s end. I thought that being a small fish, being anonymous, would be freeing. For once, I could be whoever I wanted to be.

analogy between bragging about one’s achievements and baking a clay pot. We try to make something materialize by speaking positive words about ourselves, but in the end, all we create is

AMY CHAN

I’m sure that everyone at Penn has experienced at some point the sensation of being ‘less than,’ of trying one’s best and still falling short.” But I never realized how worthless being mediocre can make us feel. I’m sure that everyone at Penn has experienced at some point the sensation of being “less than,” of trying one’s best and still falling short. Suddenly, we think that we need to be successful. Much of our identity and self-respect was founded on this aspect. To my shame, when I started being merely mediocre in my English classes here, I realized that a lot of my love for languages and writing was based on my skill in them. The revelation came for me in reading a poem for class by Marianne Moore, with the killer first line: “really, it is not the business of the gods to bake clay pots.” The poem makes an

more mundanity. The gods are those who are superior by their very being, who have no need of grabbing achievements nor of saying something about them to be divine. Moore’s humility was such a striking contrast to the rest of our class’s Modernist poets — who either considered themselves the greatest or wanted to be. For Moore, the simple act of writing was enough, and even then, she never considered her writing extraordinary. In reading Moore, I was transported back to my high school days, when I stuck Emily Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody!” to my computer: “How dreary — to be — Somebody! … To tell one’s name — the livelong June — / To an admiring Bog!”

With the exception of the best, we will all be nobody in some parts of this world, so we might as well learn to accept it. Being a small fish can be better than being a big one, because when we’re small, we have more room to wiggle, to move around, to see the little beauties the big fish miss because of their enormity. The world nowadays pressures us to make our names known, but there is something wonderful about a life lived with intention, intimacy, for one’s self. To truly know who we are apart from our accomplishments, to keep the secret of ourselves to ourselves, can often be a more difficult task than blurting out who we think we are to those who don’t care and aren’t listening. And as we Penn students know, the more difficult task, when it is achieved, tends to be the more meaningful one. AMY CHAN is a College senior from Augusta, Ga., studying classics. Her email address is chanamy@ sas.upenn.edu.

ALISA BHAKTA Copy Editor ALEX GRAVES Director of Web Development BROOKE KRANCER Social Media Editor

CARTOON

SAM HOLLAND Senior Photo Editor MONA LEE News Photo Editor CHASE SUTTON Sports Photo Editor CAMILLE RAPAY Video Producer LAUREN SORANTINO Podcasts Producer

DEANNA TAYLOR Business Manager ANDREW FISCHER Innovation Manager DAVID FIGURELLI Analytics Director JOY EKASI-OTU Circulation Manager REMI GOLDEN Marketing Manager

KRISTEN YEH is a College freshman from West Covina, Calif. Her email address is kristeny@sas.upenn.edu.

THIS ISSUE ZOE BRACCIA Deputy Copy Editor GRACE WU Deputy Copy Editor NADIA GOLDMAN Copy Associate SAM MITCHELL Copy Associate FRED LU Copy Associate SUNNY CHEN Copy Associate RYAN DOUGLAS Copy Associate MARGARET BADDING Copy Associate CARSON KAHOE Photo Associate JULIO SOSA Photo Associate LIZZY MACHIELSE Photo Associate EVAN BATOV Photo Associate

LETTERS Have your own opinion? Send your letter to the editor or guest column to letters@thedp.com. Unsigned editorials appearing on this page represent the opinion of The Daily Pennsylvanian as determined by the majority of the Editorial Board. All other columns, letters and artwork represent the opinion of their authors and are not necessarily representative of the DP’s position.

What we can learn from problematic historical figures TABA’S TAKE | The stories of Benjamin Franklin, Seneca, and Dostoevsky are still relevant today It was Fyodor Dostoevsky who wrote, “Man’s greatest failing is a constant lack of moral sense.” Ironically, it was Dostoevsky’s own lack of moral sense that Penn Russian and East European Studies professor Kevin Platt prompted me and my peers to reflect on in “Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature” as we concluded reading “Crime and Punishment.” Dostoevsky was a pretty racist, anti-semitic, xenophobic guy, Platt pointed out, and yet, we still read and enjoy his work. Platt raised the following question: How should we deal with great works by ethically dubious people or communities, even in the past? The age-old question of whether we can separate art from artist, craft from creator, has become all the more topical in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Following the removal of Steven Wynn’s name from campus, History of Education professor Jonathan Zimmerman argued in a recent op-ed for amending the plaque on Benjamin Franklin’s famous statue to include the title, “OWNER OF SLAVES.” An intriguing proposition, but one which my partiality toward Ben Franklin disposes me against. Still, my realization that Franklin owned slaves, though it should not have been unexpected, was rather disappointing. When I read Franklin’s autobiog-

raphy last summer, I found in him a deeply admirable figure and, if I’m to afford myself the compliment, a kindred spirit. After all, Franklin and I were both born in Boston and journeyed to Philadelphia to mark our respective leaps into adulthood. Besides, we even share a Myers-Briggs personality type, ENTP; the parallels are uncanny.

eca are. Wilson also pointed out that Franklin and Seneca share another, more unfortunate commonality: they were both slave-owners. In fact, owning slaves was hardly Seneca’s only moral failing. After all, Seneca — who produced enlightening works on moral philosophy; who argued that austerity and self-mastery are critical and poverty

You learn more both about our society and about history if you’re aware that … all societies are flawed.” — Classics professor Emily Wilson Although they lived some 1700 years apart, Franklin has a few things in common with Seneca, the ancient Stoic philosopher I recently came to revere after reading his moral essay, “On the Shortness of Life.” In a conversation with Comparative Literature Chair Emily Wilson, who recently became the first woman to translate Homer’s “Odyssey” to English and who has also authored an acclaimed biography of Seneca, she commented on how eminently quotable both Franklin and Sen-

useful for striving for virtue while defeating the lure of ‘the passions;’ who wrote, “it is inevitable that life will be not just very short but very miserable for those who acquire by great toil what they must keep by greater toil” — was the mastermind behind some of the emperor Nero’s most bloody, power-hungry political maneuvers, and was at one point positioned at the very top of Roman imperial society, until Nero decided to have him killed. “We’re kind of stuck with our

past,” Platt tells me over a coffee. “We have to figure out how to derive certain kinds of positive ideas from it in order to instantiate them in the future, and that turns us back to things like Seneca and Dostoevsky.” The quotability of Franklin, or Seneca, or even Dostoevsky means many of their phrases circulate disembodied, ready for a reader to absorb these kernels of knowledge without bothering to examine their context. “We want to idealize, we want to heroize, we want to think if we’re going to study either figures or literature from the past, they must be 100 percent good,” Wilson told me. “And I actually think you learn more both about our society and about history if you’re aware that … all societies are flawed.” I realize that my disappointment at discovering Seneca’s or Franklin’s flaws suggests I’ve succumbed to the heroization trap already. “We have to judge individuals against the standards of their period,” Platt observes. After all, the author of a work can be regarded as a creation himself, authored by the prevailing forces of his time and place. Viewed this way, we can wish that Dostoevsky were as progressive as Tolstoy and some of his other contemporaries, but we should nonetheless be more willing to excuse Dostoevsky’s prejudices and relish the genius of his work.

MATEEN TABATABAEI We might wish that Seneca could’ve been a sage example of the Stoic philosophy he preached, but we can recognize that his failure to attain fulfillment by pursuing money and power is telling in its own right. And, as Wilson puts it, “In the case of Seneca he repeatedly says … I’m trying to be a doctor but I’m sick myself.” Finally, we must acknowledge that Ben Franklin did own slaves through his life — but this is more of a reflection on his time period. Far less common was Franklin’s ability to re-evaluate his attitudes toward slavery, becoming instead an influential abolitionist, building schools for black children. Only if we learn from the errors of yesterday do we stand a chance of correcting the mistakes of today. MATEEN TABATABAEI is a College freshman from Newton, Mass. His email address is mateen@sas. upenn.edu.

The price tag of sisterhood SIMONETTI SAYS | A look at the exclusive nature of Panhellenic sorority dues It starts with the girls you see on Locust sporting sweatshirts emblazoned with Greek letters. Maybe a few of them are in your classes and seem nice, like people you might want to be friends with. On the weekends, you see them at the fraternity parties you go to. And then the fliers from off-campus sororities start to pile up under your door. Under 30 percent of Penn students participate in Greek life. But it doesn’t take long for a freshman to feel like that percentage is higher. Before you know it, you want to be in a sorority. But what happens when the cost of joining a Panhellenic sorority is as opaque as it is exclusionary? You might have read about my own experience with sorority rush in 34th Street Magazine. Some of the response I received criticized my “superficial” aims centered on “exclusivity,” suggesting that the “Panhellenic community is a place where anyone who identifies as a woman can find support and a place of empowerment.” The numbers say otherwise. Prior to the third round of rush, potential new members will receive emails with information regarding the financial

CATHERINE LIANG | DESIGN ASSOCIATE

requirements for the organizations they are considering joining. Usually, there is an additional fee that new members must pay. According to the VPUL website, the dues for new members of Panhellenic sororities range from $575-$931 per semester. But after collecting the emails sent to PNMs with financial requirements from each of Penn’s eight sororities, I found that the costs actually range from $575-$1,170. Accurate information regarding sorority dues isn’t available to PNMs before they begin re-

cruitment, and that’s a major problem. What’s more, there’s no getting around the fact that sorority dues are expensive. In order to avoid these egregious costs, some choose to join offcampus organizations that have cheaper dues. College sophomore Grace Boroughs is a member of the off-campus sorority OAX. Formerly a Panhellenic sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, OAX chose to leave campus after the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life sanctioned the chapter for us-

ing alcohol during New Member Education. The University was tipped off by a concerned mother. Part of Boroughs’ decision to join OAX was motivated by its dues, which she noted were “less than any … on-campus sorority.” “It did help in the decision factor,” Boroughs said. “Also knowing that they’re very flexible with how we pay, when we pay, and they’re very encompassing of people who can’t pay on time or in full amounts,” she said. It’s important to note that offcampus sororities can charge less in dues since they do not need to pay their national chapter. Additionally, the proceeds from philanthropy events are able to be completely donated to the charity of their choice, while some on-campus sororities must pay a portion to their chapter. Girls who are in a similar position to Boroughs and choose to join off-campus organizations are affiliating themselves with organizations that Penn has discouraged students and their families from joining. According to a message posted on the OFSL website from

June 2017, “Their members live in, and host parties at, nuisance houses off campus and are known to cause problems in the community … These ‘secret’ organizations do not have regulations against hazing or the use of alcohol.” According to Panhellenic Vice President of Community Development and College junior Kyler McVay, the Panhellenic Council offers scholarships to members of sororities that are taken out of Panhellenic’s budget. McVay noted that last year, of the approximately 60 women who applied for scholarships, 40 received them. But the financial awards granted never cover the full cost of sorority dues. “We never give scholarships in full,” McVay said. “For example, if your sorority dues are $600, unfortunately, we’re never able to give that full amount of $600 just because given the amount of people who apply, we can’t cover everyone’s dues so they’re generally given in smaller grants of $2-300.” Boroughs was aware that Panhellenic offered scholar-

ISABELLA SIMONETTI Furthermore, what happens when members of sororities do not pay their dues is unclear. In November last year, the former Vice President of Finance of Delta Delta Delta sent an email to members of the sorority who had not paid their dues, stating that their names would be announced at the beginning of chapter each Sunday unless they took care of their outstanding balances. This is in accordance with Tri-Delt’s national policy, former Tri-Delt Social Chair and College sophomore Kebele Cook said. Cook mentioned that Tri-Delt is working on a new accountability plan. McVay noted that she was unaware of this practice, and policies regarding dues vary from chapter to chapter. Still, this method of socio-economic shaming speaks to the financial exclusivity of Panhellenic sororities. Sorority dues go toward a variety of the costs associated with membership, including social events and house upkeep. As they are now, sororities cater to the wealthy and threaten the inclusivity of the wider Penn community. The culture of wealth that permeates Panhellenic sororities must end. It’s time they adapt to meet the needs of all Penn students, not just the ones who can pay their dues.

In order for sororities to be truly socio-economically inclusive, they should provide full scholarships, or at least compensation that matches the prices of OAX and other off-campus organizations.” ships, but it wasn’t something she wanted to pursue. “I didn’t look into them because I didn’t feel like I deserve a scholarship over someone who actually needed it even more than me,” she said. While the Panhellenic scholarship system appears to be robust, in order for sororities to be truly socio-economically inclusive, they should provide full scholarships, or at least compensation that matches the prices of OAX and other offcampus organizations.

ISABELLA SIMONETTI is a College freshman from New York studying English. Her email address is simonetti@thedp.com

Navigating Penn with your best friend CONVOS WITH CARLOS | The pros and cons of old friends As everyone started to commit to their colleges at the end of senior year, I was finally able to see where everyone would spend their next four years. It had been a very stressful time of not knowing for them, and for me as well, since I was an early admit to Penn. In a perfect world, I would have liked to have gone to college with all my best friends from high school. Imagine another four years with the same people you’ve come to know and love. While this did not happen, one of my best friends was accepted to Penn off the waitlist. Having someone from back home is amazing. You can bond with them even closer, have a friend to eat with at the dining hall, study together, etc. This is the type of person that knows you inside and out — they know how to push your buttons. When you’re sick, they are the first people reaching out to see if you’re OK and if you need anything. These are special people

in your life that you hold dear to your heart. They are not just some random people you met at Quaker Days. College freshman Lin Jia Chen came to Penn with her close friend, fellow College freshman James Aykit. Chen appreciates having a friend to walk to class with, just like she always had during high school. “It’s like we get to do the same things as we did in high school,” Chen said, “but a more grownup, college version of it.” When I complain about my problems to one of my good friends at Harvard University, she says I am at least lucky to be going to Penn with someone from high school who can relate to me. Our friend group got split up; two went to Penn, two went to Yale, and one went to Harvard. I still admire her courage for starting college on her own since most of us had a friend to rely on. And yet, there are some disadvantages of coming to col-

CHRISTINE LAM | DESIGN EDITOR

lege with a friend. It requires a bit more effort to meet new people because it just feels better to stick to your best friend. Depending on the type of relationship you have, competition can happen if you are in the same classes. And, you start to become dependent on one another. This dependency can hold back your personal growth, and ultimately, your college experience. But, that’s only if you let it happen. Now that my first semester is behind me, I have learned to set boundaries and expectations with my friend here at Penn and my other close friend at Drexel University. Making and creating friendships with others that used to be acquaintances has become something I am working hard on. The social stigma of eating in a dining hall alone has gone away. Going from a small high school environment to a big school like Penn has been a weird transition. I used to love that small, close-knit community where I would see all my friends in the hallways. I know these tight communities exist at Penn, but I’m still trying to navigate my way around campus to find them. Essentially, the answer is not to shun my friend. While I branch off and make new friends, these friends can easily become hers too. This is only the beginning; there is still time to find new groups of friends. Before I knew my friend would attend Penn with me, I had envisioned a whole four

years trying to experience everything by myself. I definitely feel that students that come to Penn without any friends from their high school are stronger and their ability to make friends in unfamiliar social situations is a testament to that strength. At the end of the day, I really appreciate all the friends from back home I have in the Philadelphia region. I know if I ever

had an emergency, they’d be there for me in a heartbeat. Even so, I think now is the time for me to test the waters and take a dive into the wider social pool at Penn. CARLOS ARIAS VIVAS is a College freshman from Stamford, Conn., studying communication. His email address is cariasv@sas. upenn.edu. CARLOS ARIAS VIVAS

newstylepizzeria

Hours Monday - Thursday 10 am - 11 pm Friday 10 am - 12 am Saturday 11 am - 12 am Sunday 11 am - 10 pm

newstylepizza.com 4060 Chestnut St. • (215) 222-3663 Order Online

6 NEWS

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

Ambassador discusses state of the Middle East

Dennis Ross spoke at Penn Hillel on Monday RACHAEL RUHLAND Contributing Reporter

Ambassador Dennis Ross spoke to a full room at the Perry World House to discuss the current state of the Middle East. He spoke on Monday as part of the Ilan Heimlich Memorial Speaker and Film Series at Penn Hillel. It was the third event in the inaugural series, which aims to explore the complexity of Israel relative to religion, diplomacy, and culture. Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and has served under every president from Carter to Obama, except George W. Bush. In addition to Hillel, the event was sponsored by 12 constituent groups on campus, whose organizations are rooted in politics and political affairs.

The event, though titled “Israel at 70 - Opportunities and Challenges” for the 70th year since Israel’s declared independence, provided what Ross labeled as a “broader conversation on the area as a whole.” Throughout the discussion, he addressed Israel in the context of the Middle East, or as he put it, “Israel is a nation categorized by enormous restraints, but [lying] in a very difficult neighborhood.” The conversation’s wider scope on the Middle East stood out to attendees. “I thought it was interesting that he didn’t just focus on the Israelis and Palestinians because a lot of people tend to focus on the issue without realizing how other things in the region are affecting it as well,” said College sophomore Hannah Levinson. Levinson serves as campus relations coordinator of the Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee, an event sponsor that advocates for a strong United States-Israeli relationship. Ross instead chose to ad-

dress Israel through its numerous tensions with other countries. He stated that the present state is “worse than anything we’ve seen before” for this very reason. He identified these conflicts, which included the situations in Yemen, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, as results representative of a “fear of [the] loss of regimes.” Ross added that acknowledging this fear is a critical first step in solving these issues. The event was divided into lectures, a conversation with Penn professor Benjamin Nathans, and open discussion. Nathans questioned Ross about his beliefs on the current administration’s action, or lack thereof, in Syria. Ross claimed that “Donald Trump is the anti-Obama … except in one place, Syria.” He regarded the former president’s interactions with the nation as tentative and laden with a fear that it would develop into the “next Iraq.” Ross ended the discussion by saying that he “remain[ed] fundamentally optimistic for Israel’s future.”

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM

BIDEN

>> FRONT PAGE

coming event. After wrapping up his term as Vice President under former President Barack Obama, Biden has taken on joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts and Sciences, with a secondary affiliation in the Wharton School. Since his formal appointment as the “Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor” a year ago, Biden has increased his engagement with the University. Last year, the former VP came to speak on

JULIO SOSA | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

>> FRONT PAGE

NRBELEX | CC BY-SA 2.5

not be teaching a course, but that “there will be opportunities for our students to benefit from his presence at Penn.” Even before Biden formally became a Penn professor, he was a beloved figure on campus. In 2013, Biden was selected as Penn’s commencement speaker. Various members of his family have attended Penn, including his daughter, 2010 Social Policy and Practice graduate Ashley Biden and late son, 1991 College graduate Beau Biden. The former vice president’s granddaughter, Naomi, graduated from the College in 2016.

Biden came to talk to Wharton graduate students enrolled in the highly-selective leadership course run by The Lauder Institute’s William Lauder in Huntsman Hall at around 2:55 p.m. on Feb. 28.

GOP BILL

The ambassador spoke at Penn Hillel in the third event of the Ilan Heimlich Memorial Speaker and Film Series, which aims to explore the complexity of Israel relative to religion, diplomacy, and culture.

campus three times, attracting a full house of students, staff, and faculty at each event. Earlier this year, Biden also officiated the opening of the Penn Biden Center alongside President Amy Gutmann and NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell. He was also one of the panelists at this year’s Silfen Forum where he discussed the importance of immigration to American identity. At the packed event, Biden argued that there is “no compelling evidence” that immigration has led to economic dislocation in the United States. University administrators said last year that Biden would

in work-study positions would also be affected, according to Papas-Varas, as they could see work-study allocations cut by almost 50 percent. Matt Sessa, executive director of SRFS, described the University’s lobbying effort as centered on “advocating and educating members of Congress.” “While I understand the national concept for access and increasing the availability for undergraduates throughout the country, I’m speaking on behalf

of our institution,” Papas-Varas said. “And for us to lose that benefit is significant in terms of our graduate students being able to work.” According to Inside Higher Ed, this proposal is part of a push to shift funding from private universities in the Northeast to schools that don’t normally receive such funding, like community colleges or for-profit institutions. It would also focus on work-study programs that primarily serve undergraduates, harming universities like Penn. Yet Sessa stressed the proposal was still in its early stages and the changes the PROSPER Act aims to implement are far from becoming

law. “It has a long way to go before it becomes actual law or statutes,” Sessa said. “It’s highly unlikely it gets enacted in its current form.” In addition to official opposition from Penn, the PROSPER Act was also met with opposition from President of Penn Democrats and Wharton sophomore Dylan Milligan. “This whole plan is screwing over students who are taking on debt to go to college by lessening the amount of federal support they can get,” Milligan said. “Overall, I’d say it’s a bad idea — the best investment the government can make is in education.”

OPEN LATE & LATE NITE DELIVERY

Domino’s

SUN-THURS: 10AM - 2AM • FRI-SAT: 10AM - 4AM WE MAKE ORDERING EASY!

CALL DIRECT OR CHOOSE YOUR ONLINE OR MOBILE DEVICE

215-662-1400

4438 Chestnut St.

Smart Phones

Tablets

215-557-0940 401 N. 21st St.

THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

Penn honorary degree gender gap narrows Penn has awarded a total of 1,740 honorary degrees NAOMI ELEGANT & ALEX GRAVES Staff Reporter & Director of Web Development

In the wake of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic decision to rescind the honorary degrees granted to Steve Wynn and Bill Cosby, a range of questions has been raised over whom the University selects to receive honorary degrees and what can prompt the University to revoke that honor. To provide context on the issue, The Daily Pennsylvanian investigated the history and demographic breakdown of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honorary degree recipients. Each year, the University offers around seven honorary degrees to figures in academia, research, politics, and the arts. Often, the list of awardees includes notable Penn alumni and donors. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commencement speaker, NBC Newsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, will also receive an honorary degree. She will be joined by seven other recipients, including Annenberg Professor Emeritus Elihu Katz, Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick NĂŠzetSĂŠguin, Harvard University professor of American history and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Chobani CEO and refugee advocate Hamdi Ulukaya. Including Mitchell, four of the eight honorary degree recipients are women. Last year, Penn awarded four honorary degrees to women and three to men. Of the 1,740 honorary degrees awarded by Penn between 1757 and 2017, only 164 have been granted to women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9.43 percent. 1,576 went to men. In 1894, founder and former

JULIA SCHORR | DIGITAL DIRECTOR

CEMETARY

>> FRONT PAGE

early mutual aid society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These [bodies] are in many ways the founders of the black community in West Philadelphia,â&#x20AC;? Mooney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They deserve to be respectfully treated. These are people. They are not trash that should be dug up and thrown in a landfill somewhere.â&#x20AC;? The lot was first identified as a potential cemetery at the end of January and Mooney said it is not registered on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Officials in the Department of Licensing and Inspections have issued permits for the apartmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction, but Mooney believes that construction on the building would disrupt the burial ground, if bodies were still intact. In order to continue with construction, developers of the apartments will have to

petition the Orphansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Court Division of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas for permission to disturb the land. These discoveries come just weeks after Penn has seriously started to reexamine its history with the black community in Philadelphia. An independent study supported by Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History Department discovered evidence of 20 of 28 investigated founding trustees holding ties to the slave trade. 2017 College graduate Matthew Palczynski, who helped work on the research project, said the burial site has historic significance and could potentially be traced to nearby Monumental Baptist Church, located on 49th and Locust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a relevant conversation given the fact that African Americans have been a part of the history of Philadelphia since its founding, both in aspects related to slavery and freedmen,â&#x20AC;? Palczynski said. A church employee said Rev.

Wendell Mapson, senior pastor of Monumental Baptist Church, is interested in contacting the city and finding out more about the landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Duffin said he was surprised the cemetery had gone unnoticed for so long, but said it was not the first time a remnant of the black community was forgotten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously if there was an African American community there, they need a place to bury people, so they created their own burial ground,â&#x20AC;? Duffin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, a lot of these African American burial grounds were forgotten.â&#x20AC;? Palczynski said he believes the University should use its resources to help preserve the site and formally determine and excavate any remaining bodies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are really focusing as a University on this past,â&#x20AC;? Palczynski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We almost have a duty to make sure something so close to our campus isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t destroyed, as well.â&#x20AC;?

President of the Penn Museum both of whom face multiple Sara Yorke Stevenson became allegations of sexual misconthe first woman to receive an duct, the University has only honorary degree from Penn. ever revoked two other degrees Numbers from other Ivy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those of German Kaiser League universities are simi- Friedrich Wilhelm II and Gerlar: at Brown University, only man ambassador to the United around 10 percent of all re- States Johann Heinrich von cipients of honorary degrees Bernstorff. The two degrees The 1918, New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation between 1769 and 2017 were were rescinded in Jan. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 women. two years after America broke For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Though men are still dis- off diplomatic relations with proportionately represented Germany and not long afterFor Release Friday, March 2, 2018 among Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honorary degree Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrance into World recipients, the gap has been War I. steadily decreasing. While Penn stated in 2016 Between 1990 and 1999, that it is not the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roughly 30 percent of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice to rescind honorEdited by Will Shortz No. 0126 honorary degree recipients ary degrees, President Amy were women. For 2000 and Gutmann 29recently said in an52 Some Reverses ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2009, the proportion had1grown interview on Feb. 20 that it undergrad course Source of 15 16 to 36 percent. So far thisembarrassment de- was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very32logicalâ&#x20AC;? Ceiling for the Uni- degs. forâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; someversity public to rescind Wynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and53 Not just in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ALICE GOULDING | STAFF REPORTER cade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from 2010 to 2017 35 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ said â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? 17 18 officials Cosbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees 43 percent of honorary degree given the cir- head, sayThe identification of the lot as a potential cemetery at the end of Janurary comes just weeks after 36 Write a think 10 Skedaddled 54 Kamehameha 21 Penn has 19 seriously started20to reexamine its history with the black community in Philadelphia. recipients have been women. cumstances. piece, say 15 How buzzkills Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peer institutions are Wynn received his honor- Day observers 22 23 24 25 37 Drifter end things not far off. For the same period, ary degree in 2006 following56 Little buddy 16 Golferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 38 ___ Mosby, 27 28 46 percent of Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honordonation for57 From that point 26 collectiona $7.5 million main role on on ary degree recipients have been Wynn Commons in 1995. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;How I Met Your 17 Numismatistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 29 30 31 32 33 34 women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slightly more than at University Motherâ&#x20AC;? of Nevada, Las58 Simplifies collection 59 Cozy curl-up Penn. At Harvard, 36 18 percent 35 36 37 MexicanVegas and39Sierra Some Nevada Colsandwichlege have also of honorary degree recipients polygamous awarded Wynn spots 38 39 40 figures and UNLV between 2010 and 2017 weresample 19 ___ honorary degrees, DOWN 41 they Niche women. Between 1990 and announced doform not of plan to 20 One-named 41 42 singer with the that architecture? 2009, Harvard awarded around remove honor until further 1 Verbal 2007 #1 hit 43 44 45 46 47 48 outpouring, in Affordable Housing Available: 42 Many workers 27 percent of its honoraryâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t de- Matterâ&#x20AC;? investigations. slang in Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lake grees to women, lower21than at block Cosby received his honor49 50 51 52 Building Hamana 2 Dead Penn, which awarded around makeup ary degree in 1990. Including 3929 Pine Street 2F (6 BR apt) 53 54 55 43 Sharp-looking 33 percent of honorary 22 degrees least 60 universi- 3 Sobriquet EssentialPenn, 20 of atfootwear? for filmdomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3929 Pine Street 3F (6 BR apt) to women over the same timeU.S.ties to grant him a degree have Daniel LaRusso, 56 57 24 First team 48 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Yankee to win the period. revoked it following multiple with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theâ&#x20AC;? 393059Pine Street (6 BR house) Yearsâ&#x20AC;? N.H.L. Stanley Besides Wynn and Cosby, allegations ofmemoirist sexual assault. 4 Common suffix 58 Cup (1928) 3929 Pine Street 1F (5 BR apt) for 7-Downs 26 Diner order that 49 Home of the PUZZLE BY CALEB MADISON 3927 Pine Street 3F (4 BR apt) 5 Areas first known gets filled? pizza parlor 6 Ursine sci-fi 21 Actress Tia of 45 Devices that 34 Has holdStreet of 28 Life instinct, in 3931 Pine 1R (4 BR apt) creature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worldâ&#x20AC;? introduced the psychology 50 Certainty 37 Stud poker click 3927 1R (5 BR apt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; wheel available Aug 1) 7 Atom with 23 They have Pine hops Street variation, ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE an electronic 46 Norwegian king 25 Get back informally imbalance until 1000 together O R E S I T B Y T E C 8 G in jazz 39 Skimpy 47 One spreading 27 Ones who know H I T K O R E A R I V A L swimwear 9 Students with seed the way? S C U B A T A N K O L I N E 300 and 400 40 Sloppy planting N O D E A N T S A D L O T 30 Underdog 51 Something that classes: Abbr. job? victory A L E R T C O N C R E T E S people wish 10 Audit, as a you would take P A S T I M E O R S W I G 31 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blueâ&#x20AC;? or class 41 Refer (to) when you leave O N O P H I W I N O â&#x20AC;&#x153;beardedâ&#x20AC;? bird 11 Sticking points 43 Backstabber I S L A N D H O P P I N G 54 Noted mansion 32 Act without 12 One-named man, for short K N O T O E D T E L originality 44 ___ al Ghul singer with the E D U M C S T S E L I O T 33 Deviation 55 Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son (Batman foe) 2013 #1 hit V E R B A L I S E P I P P A â&#x20AC;&#x153;Royalsâ&#x20AC;? I N N A T E U F O A H E M Online subscriptions: Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s puzzle and more than 7,000 past 13 Bury www.ConstellarCorporation.com | Emily@constellarcorporation.com | 215.387.2712 ext. 101 N I O B E B A L T I M O R E puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). 14 Bulgariaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s S A T E D A V O I D N A S Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. Simeon I and L E S M E N S A E S T Simeon II

Crossword

Puzzle Answers

NEWS 7

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

CREATIVE WRITING CONTESTS CREATIVE WRITING CONTESTS FOR PENN STUDENTS FOR PENN STUDENTS The Creative Writing Program is sponsoring the following contests this

spring for Penn students. Contest winners will be selected by judges who The Creative Writing following haveProgram no affiliation withawards the university. the The contests are open to students of any school. prizes annually to University of Pennsylvania students: Entries may be left in the designated box at the Center for Programs in

The William Carlos Williams Prize Writing (CPCW), 3808 Walnut St. Entries should bear: Contemporary student's name, year, address, email address, and category of from the Academy of American Poetsschool, ($100) submission. Do not submit the same piece for more than one contest. Awarded to the best original poetry by a graduate student. Submit up to 5 poems (max. length of entry, 5 pages). This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, NOON POETRY: Submit two copies of up to 5 poems (5 page total). Undergraduate The College Alumni Society Poetry Prize ($500 first prize) $400 first prize, Graduate prize $100. Awarded to the best original poetry by an undergraduate. Submit up to 5 poems (max. length of entry, 5 pages). FICTION ($400 first prize): Submit two copies of one short story only, maximum 7000 words (Undergraduate only)

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prize ($400 first prize) DRAMATIC WRITING first prize): Submit two copieswords). of one script for stage, Awarded to the best original short story by an ($400 undergraduate (max. 7,000 screen, television, or radio (Undergraduate or Graduate)

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing ($400 first prize) REVIEW ($400 first prize) Submit two copies of one review of a current Awarded to a graduate orbook, undergraduate student fororthe best script (stage, screen, play, film, cd, art exhibition, performance (Undergraduate only) television, or radio).

LITERARY TRANSLATION ($400 first prize) Submit two copies of up to 3 pp. of verse or 5 pp.

of prose translated into first English from any language; include two copies of the original text and a The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award ($400 prize) brief words) about the of work and authorplay, if notfilm, well-known or Graduate) Awarded to the best review bynote an (75 undergraduate a current music(Undergraduate release, book, or performance. CREATIVE NONFICTION ($400 first prize) Submit two copies of one nonfiction piece only, maximum 7000 words The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation (Undergraduate only) ($400 first prize)

Awarded to the best English-language translation of verse or prose from any language by a graduate prize)or 5 pages of prose; include a copy of the or undergraduate student.JOURNALISTIC Submit up to 3WRITING pages of($600 poetry Submit copiesabout of one newspaper or magazine article, feature story, original text and a brief note (75two words) the original work and author. exposĂŠ or other piece of investigative journalism, maximum 7000 words work can already have been published (Undergraduate only)

The Gibson Peacock Prize for Creative Nonfiction ($400 first prize) Awarded to the best creative nonfiction piece by an undergraduate (max. 7,000 words). http://www.writing.upenn.edu/cw/prizes.html The Parker Prize for Journalistic Writing ($600 prize) Awarded to the best newspaper or magazine article, feature story, exposĂŠ or other piece of investigative journalism by an undergraduate, published or unpublished (max. 7,000 words).

DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES: FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 5:00 pm Submit your entry here: writing.upenn.edu/cw/prizes.html These contests are subject to the University Code of Academic Integrity. Open to students of any school at the University of Pennsylvania.

Still need a place to live next year?

8 SPORTS

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM

Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black athletes celebrate Black History Month As another February and another Black History Month come to a close, it is important to take time to reflect on the history and triumphs of black culture across the world. While students often pay homage to the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the March on Washington, it is also a chance to recognize the less recognizable role models. Wrestling senior May Bethea has seen some of those role models on Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. He recalls how the influence of his older brother Aaron, who also wrestled for the Quakers and graduated in 2005, helped him beyond just sports; the elder Bethea introduced the current senior to the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; community before he even started classes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My brother lived in DuBois his sophomore year; I was a senior in high school and I would come visit him a lot,â&#x20AC;? the Trenton Central graduate said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would go to some events at DuBois, so I was introduced to the black community before I even got to Penn.â&#x20AC;? Bethea also attended the Af-

MOSES NSEREKO Sports Reporter

The great Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are not makers of history, we are made by history.â&#x20AC;? To Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black student-athletes, this is a well-respected premise from a well-admired leader. For Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball senior Michelle Nwokedi, Black History Month provides a chance to pay tribute to the opportunities created by the work of those who came before her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always just think of Martin Luther King, and all that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done for us; years ago, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be at Penn,â&#x20AC;? the 2017 Ivy League Player of the Year commented. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a lot of significance behind that, and it helps me humble myself, to be able to attend a university like Penn.â&#x20AC;? Years ago, so many things wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been possible for people of color.

ricana program for pre-freshmen at Penn, which further aided his transition to campus. The program provided him and the other Africana alums with a support system and invaluable ties to inspiring black faculty on campus. For Bethea, his wrestling influences go beyond being inspired by his brothers. He cites Jordan Burroughs, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freestyle 74 kg, as one of his idols. Bethea followed Burroughs, also a New Jersey native, throughout his NCAA career at Nebraska, eventually getting a chance to watch him win his second national title in Philadelphia. As for Nwokedi, like many great athletes, her illustrious career could only have been inspired by another incredible talent: LeBron James. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All that [LeBron] does isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just basketball related. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stood up for social issues, as well,â&#x20AC;? the senior forward stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before getting to this part of my life, I probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have appreciated him as much, I would have just saw him as

a basketball player. But now, I see him as someone who I look up to on the court and off the court.â&#x20AC;? On the court and off the court. Carrying this important concept forward, Nwokedi and Bethea both aspire to positively impact others beyond their respective sports. While it is important to recognize black history and sacrifice, both seniors acknowledge that, primarily, Black History month is a celebration. That also means a celebration of family, as both athletes praised their respective families for being strong support systems. It also means appreciating the figures in local communities as well. Black History Month exemplifies that inspiration can be drawn from everyone. Because each and everyone of us is made by history.

Red and Blue prepare for NCAA regional tournament over break FENCING | Quakers positioned for success

Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fencing are looking to parry, counterattack, and riposte their way to victory at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional championships in Easton, Pa. The No. 7 Penn men (28-11, 5-2 Ivy) started hot two weeks ago by going 4-1 at the Ivy League Championships, garnering their third Ivy title in a row. However, this past weekend, they struggled at the Temple Invite, finishing 2-2 with ailments to top fencers playing a factor. According to coach Andy Ma, sophomore epee Justin Yoo, who finished second in the nation last year, has been sick with the flu but will return this weekend. Sabre Julian Merchant was out with a hamstring injury, but like Yoo, should be healthy for regionals. The No. 8 Penn women (29-11, 5-4) find themselves in an entirely different situation from the men. The women went 3-3 and came up fourth at the Ivy League Championships, a result seen in three out

The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation

620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 FOR ANSWERS TOSyndication TODAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PUZZLES The New Times Sales Corporation ForYork Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Release Tuesday, February 27, 2018 For Information 1-800-972-3550 CHECK OUTCall:PAGE 7! For Release Thursday, March 1, 2018

NEWYORKTIMESCROSSWORDPUZZLE Edited by Will Shortz Crossword Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS

ACROSS 1 Value of snake

craps 1eyes Someinmetal bands?as a 4 Rules 4monarch Not get involved 109Difficult P.I. endeavor 12 Sellout 14 on service TV 13 Put 1950s site 89 or 93, 15 87, a gas pump 14 on Hamilton, to Burr 16 25-Down, 16 With *Smelled office request 18 Group of football 17 Pro at taxintime blockers, brief 18 anyon place 19 In Point a flowchart 20 Counterparts of 20 compressions, Picnic crasher physics 21 in Pitiful group 22 22 Wear On theaway lookout 23 24 ___-X *Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not pros serious!â&#x20AC;? 24 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get 26 Member Solving of a 25 crosswords, e.g. Marvel Comics 28 group Gurneysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; destinations, in 29 Divinity school brief subj. 29 Part of a disguise 30 T-X connection 30 Who wrote and 33 Neighbor ofAll the sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asteroid Waterâ&#x20AC;? inbelt 1972

Crossword 61 Foreboding

Strip discussed theofOslo 31 in #21 24 Accords 32 Lush 36 Word with circle 33 or Yachterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ear itinerary, maybe 38 Nobel â&#x20AC;Ś or a laureate hint to Wiesel understanding the answers to 39 Opinion pieces the starred clues 41 Nashville 37 venue, Clove hitch, e.g. 38 informally â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading the ___: One 42 Morkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TVMan, pal One Year, 44 Wait for a green 21,730 Pagesâ&#x20AC;? light, (2008say book) 45 Fire and fury 39 Hotel room 46 Peculiar feature: Abbr. 47 doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get 40 ItBack to school? returned 41 Ones doing 49 Less introssincere, as a promise 42 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Love Song 51 Make black, in of J. Alfred aPrufrockâ&#x20AC;? way poet 52 Al hub city 46 El *Poetry 53 49 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Already?â&#x20AC;? Middleton of English tabloids 56 City straddling and Asia 50 Europe Hard-wired 34

ANSWER ANSWER TO TO PREVIOUS PREVIOUS PUZZLE PUZZLE SA CS AP MS S OS HI FR UE N XA AX CI TL O M LA EM EM RO QI UM AP RA TL V P S SE CB AU TS OH A N T MI EG OT CI TA AR DA BH LO ON NE DY LE AN SD I F O R A P T E P I A N O S T A N D R O S I N T O D O O U T T A S N A G

DI RT EC H R ET TA RN O EC O O M ER W A A R S T I N E L I S E D I S ST EA TS AT TE

AM M IA AL MR ME AC BA TE OP A T MU S I CS DE OU M RB AB N R D N O O G O I R L A L A E K

E L AE IV NI EE

D A SN TE E LC U M TT OE RR IA GT M OE C P A E P L A E S D T

AR CA TT A

PENN ATHLETICS >> BACKPAGE

of the last four years. However, senior epee Stephanie Wolf had a high fever going in to the weekend, which potentially affected the championship outcome. Fast-forwarding to this past weekend, the women were nothing but exceptional. They claimed an undefeated 4-0 record at the Temple Invitational, creating momentum they hope to utilize during the regional championships. For the upcoming regionals, the format is based off the New England Intercollegiate format, meaning it will be an all-individual competition. Players fence for themselves and accumulate LIZZY MACHIELSE | ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR points. Penn will utilize 24 fencers total, 12 women and 12 men. Over the next few weeks, sophomore epee Justin Yoo will look Every team will fence each to best his second place finish last year at NCAA nationals. other in the round-robin style first round. After each successive the chance of upsets. Even a top an NCAA championship since round, 25 percent of the fencers fencer can have a bad day, start Michael Mills in 2013. will be eliminated, until 12 re- slow, and find themselves elimiWith plenty first and second main in each weapon class. The nated. That gives everyone a team All-Ivy award recipitop six or seven fencers, depend- chance to win. ents on both sides, Penn has ing on the weapon, will advance When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all said and done and the talent to compete against to the NCAA championships. the last weapon is sheathed, both anybody. This reality, comHowever, the number of touch- the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squads bined with a coach who just es per bout is a key factor affect- arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for complacency canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to stop winning ing the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strategy for the at regionals. The goal for every Ivy League Coach of the Year, regional championships. fencer is to qualify for NCAA provides the Quakers with the According to Ma, the five- championships and eventually be- tools to create their own destouch bouts at regionals increase come the first Penn fencer to win tiny.

DANIEL WITTMER Sports Reporter

NA AP NP AS

F W LH OI OT RE R I TO S SE

TH AE M N L M I NA N E I EA

SO PD E E U D OT SE N AN

MT S I A N R C S E

P EA S C C T O R T E

R OL A S R I V O A N

Y NS T E C E D R S

51 Judge Something 63 Lance

of encountered the O.J. trial in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Close 64 Book after Encounters of Chronicles the Third Kindâ&#x20AC;? 65 Surface 53 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Um, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look 66 Grazing now, but area â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? 67 54 Drakes Boastful : ducks :: ___ : ofswans mother Greek mythword to 68 Apt follow each 55 *Hayloft itemrow of circled letters 57 Now full 69 Subtext of 58 Jefferson Skirt 59 Airplaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Illmaticâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;White rapper Rabbitâ&#x20AC;? 60 ___ Ă&#x2030;chos (French daily) DOWN 61 Top-2% group 1 Diplomatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skill 62 Is from Issy? 2 Film editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

gradual transition DOWN 3 Leftover in a 1 juicer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did you just see that?!â&#x20AC;? 4 Olympic sport 2 with Cough drop strokes brand 5 Repeat 3 Some works 6 Calif.-to-Fla. of Robert route Schumann 7 Elongated, 4 heavily Music boomlet of armored the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s fish Smidgenfrom 85 U-turn 6 SSW A witch doctor might be in one 9 Opening word? Japanese meal in 107 Rear admiralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a box rear Beatflow oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gums 118 ___ Part of EspaĂąa 129 Green-lit 10 Richard Person with 13 of inverted morality â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfaithfulâ&#x20AC;? 11 Coins Olympics event 19 of ancient since 1936 Athens 14 Picked Stadiumup sounds 21 on 15 Place â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cometo on!â&#x20AC;? 24 sing 17 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock-a-Bye Playwright Brecht Babyâ&#x20AC;?

1 14

4 15

12 17

19 22 25

22 20

23 23

26 33

24 24 28

27 34

46 40

47 41

35 44

56 51

50 43

52 49 57

58 52

62 55 65

32 41

64 57

61 54

49 42

51 47

53 56

66 59

69 62

PUZZLE BY ALEX JIM HILGER PUZZLE BY EATON-SALNERS

25 See 16-Across 21 Things with 26 entrances Bona fideand

exits

A narcissist has a big one 23 Turner on a turntable 28 Relative of an ĂŠpĂŠe 25 Neighborhood in 30 New Concern forL.A. a York or debt collector 27 Accessory on a 31 chain Brink 32 More sardonic 31 Goal of many a 35 candidate End of a line on the Underground? 32 Member of the royal 37 British Antivirus family software brand 27

Are you a current undergrad or graduate student? Taking Summer Session courses? Interning in Philadelphia?

Apply online now at www.upenn.edu/hospitality-services

11 15

28 31

Registration for 2015 Registration 2017 summer housing housing isisnow nowopen. open.

25 29

42 37

53 50

9 16

40 Not Divinity sch.to 33 wanting believe the truth 43 Logo with an 34 Unpleasant exclamation ending mark 35 Ball boy? 48 Annual French 36 Tiniest film festival site complaint 50 Smoothed out 37 Durant and Love the N.B.A. 51 of Deep sleeps 41 Got together 53 Particular in a 42 Polytetrafluorodesign ethylene, 54 familiarly Ricelike pasta 43 tech 55 Notable Belgrade launch of 2007 denizen

56 Composition Anatomical of 44 canalRing des â&#x20AC;&#x153;Der Nibelungenâ&#x20AC;? 57 Most Royaldocile title 45

47 58 Swaddled Outfit in ones

Caesarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senate

48 Debonair

59 Los Pac-12 team 52 Angelesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ___ College of Art and Design 60

Mutual fund

consideration 55 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kapow!â&#x20AC;? 56 of Wyo. 62 Neighbor Little rascal

Online subscriptions: Online subscriptions: Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s puzzle puzzle and and more more than than 7,000 7,000past past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.

JEROME ALLEN is a Wharton Senior and the co-founder of the Wharton Sports Business Summit. Comments on his column can be direct to dpsports@thedp.com.

LIVE AT PENN!

No. 0123 No. 0125 10

body has the chance to rally around teams of our own. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bring some of that same excitement and energy to the teams that represent our University on the field and court everyday. Many famous athletes have competed in Franklin Field and the Palestra over the years. From LeBron James, to Usain Bolt, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kobe Bryant, a number of legendary sports figures have graced the sidelines of our arenas. But vastly more important than those who have competed at Penn for a mere game or event are our alumni, classmates, and friends who have donned the Red and Blue. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our peers. We have an incredible opportunity to both learn more about Penn Athletics and give our support on March 10 and 11 as the second annual Ivy League tournament tips off in the historic Palestra. If you can make it out, join the Penn Band and the Red and Blue crew in the stands as we cheer on our basketball teams as they compete for an NCAA tournament bid. Come be a part of more Penn Athletics history. Go Quakers!

@dailypennsports

@DAILYPENN

14 19

17 21

fanbase so historically passionate that students used to extract the goal posts from Franklin Field and toss them into the Schuylkill River after big wins. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other historic athletic building, the Palestra, is known by most as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cathedral of College Basketball.â&#x20AC;? Since opening on January 1, 1927, the Palestra has been the home gym of Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big 5. The building hosted a game in the inaugural NCAA Tournament in 1939, and has played host to more college basketball games than any other gym in the country. The Palestra has seemingly endless amounts of rich history, and I encourage everyone to walk a few laps around the concourse to read about some of those historic moments. Now, the team has the opportunity to add to that history by winning its next two games, thus raising its 24th Ivy League Championship banner. As a Philadelphia native it was invigorating to see the student body rally around the Philadelphia Eagles on their way to a Super Bowl LI victory. Now the student

13 18

16 20

CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

Senior forward Michelle Nwokedi takes inspiration from high-profile role modes such as LeBron James on how to carry herself on and off the court.

Registration for 2018 SummerHousing is now open. Apply online now at www.upenn.edu/hospitality-services

SUDOKUPUZZLE

Skill Level:

3 9

6 5 9 7 2 4 9 3 8 4 7 7 4 1 9 5 1 4 8 5 4 2 3

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

2 9

Solution to Previous Puzzle:

ÂŠ Puzzles provided by sudokusolver.com

Bethea, Nwokedi appreciate those who came before them

Create and solve your Sudoku puzzles for FREE.

Play Sudoku and win prizes

at:

prizesudoku.com

The Sudoku Source of

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daily Pennsylvanianâ&#x20AC;?.

THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

SPORTS 9

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018

Quakers to finalize seed in last Ivy weekend

After team tourney, squash goes for individuals titles 11 Quakers to vie for AllAmerican distinction

W. HOOPS | Tournament foe Yale highlights weekend

PAUL HARRYHILL Sports Reporter

MARC MARGOLIS Associate Sports Editor

MBB PREVIEW >> BACKPAGE

change any game. With a spot in the Ivy Tournament already locked up, the Bulldogs might choose to rest Mason this weekend in hopes that he could play during the tournament when they need him most. But whether they see Mason this weekend or next, the Red and Blue do not seem to be losing sleep over the possibility of facing him. “It’s like [preparing for] anyone else,” coach Steve Donahue said. “You try to go back on film and figure out where he fits in and what he did in the Harvard game, the one game he did play, and be prepared.” Although the matchup against Yale could bring more drama, the more momentous game could come against

FRIDAY

Yale

(15-10, 8-4 Ivy) 7 p.m. The Palestra

SATURDAY

Brown

(5-10. 3-9 Ivy) 7 p.m. The Palestra

CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

Junior Reeham Sedky has had success at CSA Individuals in the past, but has yet to come away with a championship title.

weekend. In her freshman year, Sedky fell in four games to Trinity College’s then-junior Kanzy El Defrawy in the final. In her sophomore year, she was again defeated in the final in four games, this time to Harvard’s Gina Kennedy. This year, she is primed to reverse her fortunes. “[Reeham’s] put in a lot of extra time, she’s had a lot of hard matches, and she’s sought out outside competition and has continued to push herself,” coach Jack Wyant said. “Her preparation this year has been fantastic.” If both Sedky and Alves win their first-round draws, they would then meet each other in the second round. Regardless of who comes out on top, Wyant will be “rooting hard for one of those two to go on and win it.” The breakout star on the men’s side has been Andrew Douglas, who in his very first year of collegiate squash has

Brown (11-14, 4-8) given its Ivy tournament implications for both teams. The Red and Blue could be playing for the regular season Ivy League crown and the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League tournament, while Brown could be playing for their tournament life in a do-or-die game. The Bears are currently in a tie for 6th in the Ivy standings, but they are just one game back from punching their ticket to the Palestra. They need some help however. Cornell must drop both of their games this weekend for the Bears to even have a chance, while the Bears would need to win out and get some help with tiebreakers to pull off some early Ivy madness. Brown leads the Ivy League in points per game, with 77. That offensive fire power was

built up an impressive resume. He went 14-4 as the team’s No. 1 in league matches this season and is looking to get more than a strong learning experience out of his trip to Washington, D.C. Douglas goes into the tournament seeded fourth in Division A. Coach Gilly Lane has the utmost confidence that despite his youth, Douglas will contend. “He’s prepared well, he’s put the time in, he’s led by example this year, and we’re excited for him to play amongst the elite and show why he’s one of the best players,” Lane said. This weekend is the Quakers’ last chance to make a statement in the collegiate squash world this season. With athletes on both the men’s and women’s team primed for championship runs, and much of the competition taking place in a facility built by Penn squash parents, the stage couldn’t be set much better.

It is almost that time of the year. With Ivy league playoffs just around the corner, Penn women’s basketball will play host to Yale and Brown this weekend. Despite having a tournament CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR spot locked up, the Quakers’ (187, 9-3 Ivy) seeding is still up for Senior guard Anna Ross will look to close out her career with wins in her final regular season games against Yale and Brown. grabs. “All of us seniors are trying to just keep us in the moment, not come current No. 4 seed Yale (15- McLaughlin said. moving forward to the Ivy League 10, 8-4) to the Palestra on Friday. After what should be a competiTournament even though that’s Similar to Penn, Yale boasts tive matchup with Yale, the Quakwhat we’re really excited about,” strong front court play, particularly ers will take on Brown on Saturday senior guard Anna Ross said. “We from Jen Berkowitz. for their senior night. are still going for first place [in the “She’s a tough matchup beBrown (15-10, 3-9) has strugIvy league.]” cause she can step out and shoot gled in conference play. Still with As of now, they could be any- the three. She can pull our post so much on the line, no matchup where from the No. 1 seed to the away,” coach Mike McLaughlin can be taken for granted. No. 4 seed depending on how this said. “She’s another tough leader “Brown can really score the basslate of weekend games shakes for them.” ketball,” McLaughlin stated. out. Berkowitz is fourth in the Ivy The numbers support Last weekend, Penn suffered league in scoring with 15.0 points McLaughlin’s claim. its first loss of the season to an Ivy per game on an efficient 57.0 perAgainst the Bears, the Quakleague opponent not named Princ- cent from the field. To put that ef- ers can expect a track meet, eton. In a close game against Har- ficiency in perspective, Princeton’s with Brown pacing the league vard, the Quakers’ outside shooters Bella Alarie is second in the Ivy in scoring offense. Still, Brown struggled, with the team shooting League in field goal percentage is last in the Ivy in scoring deonly 34 percent from the field. Se- with 51 percent. fense and provided no issues for nior stalwarts Anna Ross and MiAside from Berkowitz, the Penn in their last meeting, an chelle Nwokedi combined to shoot Bulldogs also boast a talented 88-55 Red and Blue victory that just 6 of 24 from the field. backcourt in Tamara Simpson and saw five players in double figure 34 3434 scoring. ST STST Going into this weekend, it will Roxy Barahman. be crucial to get the hot hands go“Roxy does a good job, she gets This weekend has it all. Being not only for seeding, but also to in the lane. We got to keep her out. tween senior night and seeding provide momentum going into the We’ve been working on what we implications, Penn will look to tournament. call push points to keep her out capitalize on a potential momenIn their first matchup of the of the lane and when she does get tous weekend before postseason Film Film Film polled polled polled you you you totofitond fifind nd out out out how how how you you you are are are getting getting getting your your your Sunday Sunday Sunday afternoon afternoon afternoon weekend, the Quakers will wel- in there we don’t overcommit,” play roles around.

highbrow ego food & drink film feature music arts lowbrow highbrow ego food & drink film feature music arts lowbrow highbrow ego food & drink film feature music arts lowbrow

This weekend is the last hurrah for Penn squash’s 2017-18 season. Eleven Quakers — six women and five men — will travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the College Squash Association Individual Championships and play for the prestigious distinction of being an All-American. On the women’s side, junior Reeham Sedky, senior Melissa Alves, senior Marie Stephan, freshman Haley Scott, sophomore Lindsay Stanley, and freshman Julia Buchholz will represent the Red and Blue. Making the trip on the men’s side will be freshman Andrew Douglas, senior Hayes Murphy, sophomore David Yacobucci, freshman Yash Bhargava, and senior James Watson. At the CSA Championships, the athletes will be placed into two divisions, A and B. The top 10 of 16 in Division A will be named first team AllAmericans, while the other six from Division A and the top four finishers in the Division B brackets will be second-team All-Americans. For some, this will be a valuable learning experience against elite competition. For others, this tournament is a chance to assert their dominance in the world of collegiate squash. Although it was a tough season for women’s squash, many of the individuals who will be competing in Washington are looking to make serious waves. Sedky — the two-time Ivy League Player of the Year who dropped zero matches and only a total of one game all season, and hasn’t lost a league match in more than two — has a chip on her shoulder going into this

FILM FILM FILM

DO DO DOYOU YOU YOUPAY PAY PAYPER PER PERVIEW? VIEW? VIEW?

How HH

BYBY ANTHONY BYANTHONY ANTHONY KHAYKIN KHAYKIN KHAYKIN movie movie movie fixes. fifixes. xes. Here’s Here’s Here’s what what what wewe we learned. learned. learned.

TT T

hough hough hough wewe all weall know allknow know thethe thewatch watch watch Hugo Hugo Hugo in in theaters. intheaters. theaters. And And And weweweyou you you guess guess guess then then then that that that Penn Penn Penn stustustu47 Internet Internet Internet is isfor is forfor porn porn pornfit fithis tfithis t this mold mold mold of of overworked ofoverworked overworked IvyIvy Ivydents dents dents would would would prefer prefer prefer to to get toget their gettheir their (thanks (thanks (thanks Avenue Avenue Avenue Q),Q), Q), thethe theLeague League League students students students well, well, well, with with with only only onlyRomCom RomCom RomCom xfionline xthe fixonline online with with with freefree free on full display when these ers and Bears. sen Community College bethe rest fiof league wasn’t played earlier this season at the bedroom AJ Brodeur, Jackson Dofore transferring toundergrads Penn. On streaming bedroom bedroom is no isisno longer nolonger longer thethe the only only onlyabout aware of, and who fits what about about 17% 17% 17% of of Penn ofPenn Penn undergrads undergrads streaming streaming websites websites websites likelike like SideReel SideReel SideReel Palestra, when Brown scored area nahue, and Collin McManus the west coast, are fewer we’re about,” coach Donahue area area being being being ceded ceded ceded to to digital todigital digital territerriterri-watching watching watching movies movies movies atthere the atatthe Rave the Rave Rave evevev-and and and Ch131 Ch131 Ch131 rather rather rather than than than pay pay pay forforfor 90 (albeit in overtime) in a los- tory. all attended Northfield Mount prep schools than there are on services explained. “Itbybrings kid tory. tory. For For For every every every girl girl with girlwith with daddy’s daddy’s daddy’seryery semester. erysemester. semester. services services provided provided provided by Netfl byNetfl Netfl ix aand ixixand and ing effort against the Quakers. Hermon, a prestigious prep the east coast. For that reason, [Wood], that is more confident AmEx, AmEx, AmEx, window window window browsing browsing browsing ononon ButBut But how how how about about about thethe other theother other ste-steste-Redbox? Redbox? Redbox? The Bears offense is led by school in Massachusetts, and many students that would have is his own game, and it helped Fifth Fifth Avenue Avenue Avenue hashas been hasbeen been replaced replaced replaced reotype, reotype, thethe one the one one that that says says says allor all colallcolcol- While While While 75% 75% 75% ofa of us ofus watch uswatch watch movmovmovBrandon Anderson and Des- Fifth were teammates together with reotype, otherwise spent athat year two him become better player and with with with online online online shopping. shopping. shopping. And And And lege lege lege students students students are are poor? are poor? poor? The The The free free free ies ies online, ies online, online, nearly nearly nearly 50% 50% 50% pay pay pay for forfor mond Cambridge, both guards current Brown junior, Chris at prep school end up at junior it helped us become a better FYEs FYEs everywhere everywhere everywhere have have have virtuvirtuvirtu-movement movement movement of of information ofinformation information made madeit. it. Iit.hear I Ihear hear Horrible Horrible Horrible Bosses Bosses Bosses ——a—a a Why Wh W who average an identical 17.6 FYEs Sullivan. college (JuCo) instead. made team.” points per game. They have allyally That experience, according “The two years I makes spent in new ally been been been rendered rendered rendered useless useless useless (pun (pun (punpossible While this team is — certainly possible possible byby the bythe interweb the interweb interweb makes makes new new release release release on on iTunes on iTunes iTunes — is— hysisishyshys- 3.1% 3.1 3 also been getting efficient pro- intended) tointended) Jackson Donahue, not of only aterical, few years intended) with with with thethe the existence existence existence ofof JuCo I definitely got much bet- better than it was terical, terical, butbut is butisis duction from Tamenang Choh. thethe made him better on store. thestore. court, Whose ter,” Wood said. “I thinkdoIdo imago and is in a position tothe win Whose Whose recommendations recommendations recommendations you doyou take? youtake? take? multifarious themultifarious multifarious iTunes iTunes iTunes store. it it worth itworth worth the the Choh, who is the reigning Ivy but off of it as well. proved in every aspect of my its first Ivy Championship 25% 2 Things Things Things areare no areno different nodifferent different here here here 50 50 50 1.51.5 1.5 salads salads salads at atat 47.7% 47.7% 47.7% League Rookie of the Week, “The extra year of general game.” since the Other Other Other 2006-2007 season, at at Penn, at Penn, Penn, where where where the the the Rave Rave Rave gets gets gets Sweetgreen Sweetgreen Sweetgreen 40% 40% 40% has scored in double-digits in maturity was huge,” he said. 40 It coachA Friend Donahue says the team 40 40is clear that coach DonaA Friend nearly nearly half half half the the the traffi traffi traffi c for citcfor for thethe the hue appreciates having some stillA Friend it itweek it would would four out of his past five games. nearly “And [for my game], helped must use this inwould orCinema Cinema Cinema Studies Studies Studies 25 midnight midnight screenings screenings screenings of ofblockof blockblockhave have have cost cost cost if if if 30 30 30 guys on the team after “They gave us a handful midnight because day in and day out older der to get better. Major Major Major 26.2% 26.2% 26.2% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% here,” Donahue explained. buster you’re playing withas guys at bringing in the likes of Wood buster buster hitshits hits likelike like Twilight Twilight Twilight Hulu asasHulu Hulu “The team continues I Ihad had seen seen seen it to it it Professor Professor Professor or TAor or TAthat TA I had 20 20 20 JuCo, Mark Jackson, and “The key thing is limit penetra- does your same level, itnewest takes from improve over the next 10-14 does does thethe the dayday day after after after theso the the newest newest in in in theaters? theaters? theaters? Street Street Street tion without fouling because episode your game new heights.” MacDonald early in his days in this league, is the one episode episode of of30 ofto 30Rock 30 Rock Rock airs. airs. airs. This This This Matt Ramen Ramen Ramen noonoonoo10 10 10 *Students *Students *Students surveyed surveyed surveyed werewere were they’re one of the best teams “It was definitely the best tenure. Bringing on these types that will win the [Ivy] tournaallowed allowed allowed to choose to choose to more choose more moredles makes makes makes sense. sense. sense. WeWe We Penn Penn Penn students students students dles dles aren’t aren’t aren’t es es seven esseve se thanthan onethan option. oneone option. option. into the country at getting to decision I’ve made in my life,” of0 0players, he says, is about ment,” he said. 0 are are are too too too busy busy busy procrastinating procrastinating procrastinating that that that bad, bad, bad, I I I every every every sem s the free throw line.” he said. finding ways to make the team After their win over Harvard on on Penn on Penn Penn InTouch InTouch InTouch and and and designdesigndesignguess. guess. guess. tic tic prove tic pro p The return to New England Similar to Donahue, Bro- better. last weekend, the Red and ing funny funny funny lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse pinnies pinnies pinnies forforforentertainment entertainment entertainment accessible accessible accessible and and and The The The average average average Penn Penn student student student watch towat wa will also provide a reunion for inging deur and McManus, Caleb “It’s a unique way that we Blue seem toPenn be doing just to to a couple members of the Quak- thethe Wood spent two years atin Lascould go find one someone the clubs clubs clubs we’re we’re we’re involved involved involved in to intotoinexpensive that. inexpensive inexpensive to to anyone to anyone anyone with with with anthat anan(who (who (who is anything isisanything anything butbut but average, average, average, if if ifthan than than at at leave leave leave thethe comfort thecomfort comfort of of our ofour our beds beds beds to totoAirPennNet AirPennNet AirPennNet account. account. account. Wouldn’t Wouldn’t Wouldn’tyou you you askask Amy askAmy Amy Gutmann) Gutmann) Gutmann) watchwatchwatch-tional tional tiona $2 of of popco ofpop po notnot not inclu in tions). tions). tions T inging seven ingsev s lessless less than tht many many many co paid paid paid serv se inging ing inte in buffering bufferi buffe immunit immun imm and and and most mm inging ing to towt watching watchi watch onon Mega onMe M Not Not No to price price price to t Dine-In, Dine-In, Dine-In, Catering Catering Catering &&Delivery &Delivery Delivery thethe big thebig pi b savings savings savino Happy Happy Happy Hour: Hour: Hour: Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri 5-7 5-7 5-7 students studen studew services service servic r Lunch Lunch Lunch Special: Special: Special: Mon-Fri Mon-Fri Mon-Fri $8.95 $8.95 $8.95 movie movie movi th tween tween tween $1 Early Early Early Bird: Bird: Bird: Sun-Thur Sun-Thur Sun-Thur $10.95 $10.95 $10.95 dependin depend depe Netfl Netfl Netfl ix ix o Moral Moral Mora of judge judge judge if yi

Every Saturday & Sunday from 11am - 3pm

$3 Bloody Marys & Mimosas from 11am - 1pm 4000 Spruce Street • (215) 382-1330

34TH STREET Magazine December 1, 2011 34TH STREET Magazine December 1, 2011 34TH STREET Magazine December 1, 2011

Join us for brunch at

8 88

• 215.387.8533 • •215.387.8533 PattayaRestaurant.com PattayaRestaurant.com PattayaRestaurant.com 215.387.8533 • University • •University 4006 4006 4006 Chestnut Chestnut Chestnut Street Street Street University City City City

*A*A*A sim of of 100 of100 10 P surveyed survey surve their their their film fi

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV NO. 15

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

(14-14, 7-5 Ivy)

(11-14, 4-8 Ivy)

Yale

FOUNDED 1885

Brown

7 p.m. New Haven, Conn.

6 p.m. Providence, R.I.

M. HOOPS | Quakers take on Yale, Brown in final regular season games CARTER THOMPSON Associate Sports Editor

The final regular season matchups are upon us. Penn men’s basketball will travel to Yale and Brown this weekend for its final tune-up before post-season play. The Quakers (21-7, 11-1 Ivy) will look to lock up the number one seed for the Ivy League Tournament the next week. Friday’s matchup against the Elis

(14-14, 7-5) has the potential to look slightly different than the first meeting between these teams earlier in the season. Yale’s Makai Mason, the 2016-2017 Preseason Ivy Player of the Year who led Yale’s upset of No. 5 seed Baylor in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, was hurt all of last season. The guard saw his first game action this season two weeks ago against Harvard, logging 21 minutes and 8 points. Although he has not played since that match up, teams have no choice but to prepare for him given his prolific ability to SEE MBB PREVIEW PAGE 9

GILLIAN DIEBOLD | DESIGN EDITOR & CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

Wrestling enters postseason play with conference tourney

Penn Athletics is making history you don’t want to miss

EIWA championships also function as NCAA qualifiers

JEROME ALLEN Guest Columnist

WILL DIGRANDE Associate Sports Editor

For some of Penn’s wrestlers, this weekend will mark the season’s end. For others, it’s just the beginning of the madness. This weekend is the start of the postseason for the Quakers, so the team is getting set to take on wrestlers from 15 other schools in this weekend’s Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) championships. For the Red and Blue (9-8, 2-3 EIWA) this is the equivalent of a conference tournament — only the highest placing wrestlers will move on to the NCAA championships on March 15-17 in Cleveland. Returning this season after a twelve year break, coach Roger Reina is eager for his first EIWAs since 2005. “I’m really excited going into this weekend, I think our team has done a terrific job all year long in terms of making improvements and building on their past experiences, and we expect that to con-

tinue going into this weekend,” he said. If there’s one Penn wrestler to watch for this weekend, it would be senior captain Frank Mattiace, wrestling at 197 pounds. At 24-5 on the season, he boasts the team’s best record. Last year, Mattiace was Penn’s first EIWA champion since 2013, and he will be looking to continue his success. “It would mean a lot to me,” Mattiace said. “I’ve been working really hard this year, and I think it would just be a really nice way to end my career. I know that I put the work in but at this point I just have to wrestle.” His path to victory won’t be easy — also in his weight class are a pair of freshmen that could shake things up. Princeton’s Patrick Brucki defeated Mattiace earlier this month in a dual meet, and Cornell’s Ben Darmstadt has an incredible 13 first-period pins this season, so both will be hungry to prevent Mattiace from going backto-back. Earlier this week, the team learned how many automatic bids for the NCAA championships would be earned from each weight class. The number of eligible

EMILY XU | STAFF PHOTOGRPAHER

Senior Frank Mattiace has a chance to defend his EIWA title from last season and qualify for NCAAs all in one meet this weekend.

ranked wrestlers determined each class’ number of bids, and along with Mattiace, fellow seniors May Bethea (165 pounds) and Joe Heyob (184) both contributed to earning a bid for their class by virtue of their rank and record. This trio is familiar with the system, as they are Penn’s only returning wrestlers who competed in last year’s NCAAs. Bethea made it the furthest but all three earned at least one win, so this year they will have their hearts set redemption. Heyob will have the benefit of being in the weight class with the most NCAA spots up for grabs this weekend. If he places anywhere in the top 7, he will automatically qualify for Cleveland’s championships for the second straight year. Mattiace and Bethea, who is looking for his third straight NCAA bid, will have it slightly tougher and will have to place in the top six to lock down an automatic spot. In the lightest weight classes, Penn’s talented freshman pair of Daniel Planta (125) and Gianni Ghione (133) will look to make some noise and earn a spot, but since their weight classes only have one and three automatic bids, respectively, their job will be much harder. Still, Mattiace is optimistic about the team’s chances. “Everyone on the team’s been working really hard this year and that’s what it comes down to, so I know it could be a little nervewracking, but the best thing to do is ignore all those nerves and just let it fly,” he said. “And I think as long as we do that, we should have a solid amount of guys go to the NCAAs.” Penn’s wrestlers have spent their entire season working towards this weekend. Win or lose, they’re gonna leave it all on the the mat.

I’m excited about what’s happening in Penn Athletics, and you should be too. This past weekend was an extremely successful one for Penn athletics. Over the weekend fans saw women’s basketball punch its ticket to the Ivy League tournament, track and field have a strong showing at Heps, men’s basketball triumph over Harvard, women’s lacrosse take down Johns Hopkins, and men’s lacrosse knock off No. 1 Duke. While this weekend was incredible, not enough attention has been given to the fact that Penn Athletics has a deep history of excellence and celebrated traditions. From the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field competition in the country, to Franklin Field, the stadium that played host to the Philadelphia Eagles for almost a decade, Penn Athletics has been witness to a number of historic events. Penn has had a number of impressive athletes suit up in the Red and Blue, including John Heisman, the man whom the award for the most outstanding college football player is named after. Though an abundance of tremendous athletes have come through each program, I want to focus on the most storied program in particular: men’s basketball. The men’s basketball program has churned out generations of accomplished men on and off the court. These generations of former players attained great heights. The

CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

With so many big events and historic buildings on campus, students have a unique opportunity to experience college athletics.

program ranks 18th all-time in NCAA Division I wins with 1,747 and leads the Ivy League in several categories, including all time Ivy League wins. Penn also holds the league’s longest win streak in history at 48, and the league’s lone Final Four appearance in 1979. Lifelong Penn Athletics fans have been created over time as a result of this rich history both within the basketball program and Penn athletics as a whole. There are many dedicated fans who follow the team around the country, bringing unwavering sup-

port and energy to the team on and off the court. Of those fans, I must point out two in particular, Jill Szporn and her husband Monroe Szporn (C’71). Season ticket holders since 1981, these two have missed fewer than 10 men’s basketball games over the past 10 years. Beyond basketball, you can find these two in the stands cheering on just about any Penn Athletics program. These two embody the passion our athletics department has evoked out of the fanbase, a SEE PENN ATHLETICS PAGE 8

SEND STORY IDEAS TO DPSPORTS@THEDP.COM CONTACT US: 215-422-4640