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Cost of attendance rises 3.9 percent Financial aid budget also reaches new high of $206 million for 2015-2016 JACK CAHN Staff Reporter

Penn announced on Thursday that total cost of attendance for undergraduates will increase to $63,526

in the 2015-2016 academic year, the highest in University history. Total undergraduate charges will increase by 3.9 percent, though the all-time high $206 million authorized toward the University’s financial aid budget should keep attendance relatively affordable. Tuition rates will increase to

$43,838 from $42,176, while room and board costs will increase to $13,990 from $13,464. Fees will increase to $5,698 from $5,492. These numbers represent a cost increase of approximately two times the predicted rate of inflation for 2015, which the International Monetary Fund predicts will reach 2.1 percent.

This year’s changes do not deviate from historical norms — this is the sixth consecutive year Penn has raised its cost by 3.9 percent and the seventh year running that Penn has kept its tuition increase below 4 percent. Since 2011 and for the past 40 SEE TUITION PAGE 3

Fossil fuel divestment referendum passes

Referendum draws larger voter turnout than midterm elections ELLIE SCHROEDER Staff Reporter

Last week, more Penn students voted for fossil fuel divestment than voted in the midterm elections. The referendum to divest from fossil fuels passed on Friday with more than double the amount of votes needed. Thirty-three percent of undergraduate students voted in total, with 87.8 percent favoring divestment. In order for the referendum to be valid, 15 percent of the student body had to vote and 50 percent had to favor divestment. However, students who enrolled in fewer than four classes, an option popular with seniors, had trouble voting because of the way the computer voting system works. The Nominations and Elections Committee, which runs all student government elections on campus, uses a University computer system to keep track of votes. NEC Chair Devin Grossman said they used the University voting system because it is highly secure, but the system prevents certain students from voting. The NEC was able to override the system and count these students’ votes if they reached out directly to the NEC by email. Grossman said that every vote submitted by email was counted. “Every student that reached out was able to vote,” he said. He said the problem is ongoing in every student government election because of the nature of the voting system, which is used in every UA and Class Board election. However, in the confusion of the process,

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SHOTS ON PENN’S DIME How Penn funds alcohol for students JACK CAHN Staff Reporter

Alcohol is everywhere. Fraternities store enough of it to serve hundreds per night. It is sold illegally to minors, exchanged in dorm rooms and was even served at the Penn Museum during one recent exhibit. It may even be in a classroom nearby. “Culture and Taste of Wine” is a free Spring 2015

preceptorial for seniors led by Engineering professors Sung Youn Gwak, David Pope and Talid Sinno, in which students learn about and taste a variety of wines from different cultures. This wine tasting mini-course is fully funded by the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, which spends $2,000 annually on the preceptorial. However, Penn directly funding alcohol consumption is the exception, not the norm. Penn’s funding organizations,

Boozy brunch, $5 drinks open on 39th Street

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William Street Common opened over the weekend

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William Street Common’s brunch special features bottomless coffee and donuts, three drinks and an entree for $22.33.

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such as the Student Activities Council, are typically not permitted to grant funds for alcohol consumption. “Definitely none of [the funding] is going to BYOs if it’s coming from us,” SAC Chair Renata O’Donnell said. “Basically when you have money that’s granted through SAC, you have a financial advisor who is an adult that is going to help you spend your money. It’s not like students go around with a [credit] card

Philly’s hottest new eatery is on a mission to change how students enjoy beers, brunch and conversations — with tip included. William Street Common is nestled in the corner of 39th and Chestnut streets, occupying the former space of Drinker’s West. According to owner Avram Hornik, 39th Street was formerly known as William Street, which was the inspiration for the new restaurant’s name. Hornik is the mastermind of William Street Common, and he also owns Drinker’s,

Morgan’s Pier and Union Transfer. In addition to a menu featuring comfort foods, William Street Common features a threedrink brunch menu on the weekends for less than $23. With a service charge added to all items, there’s no need to calculate or leave tips. “We want you to just concentrate on enjoying yourself, and not [on] if the server is being taken care of. This is a prototype, this is like a hypothesis — we’re giving it a shot, and we could be wrong,” Hornik said. The restaurant’s brunch special features bottomless coffee and donuts, three drinks and an entree for $22.33. All cocktails, beer and wine are sold at a flat rate of $5. Snacks on the menu include pork belly fries and SEE WILLIAM ST COMMON PAGE 7

Jessica Williams talks comedy, equality and Jon Stewart Williams spoke as a part of Penn Women’s Week LILY ZANDI Contributing Reporter

As part of Women’s Week, comedian, writer and actress Jessica Williams headlined a sold-out performance on Feb. 28. Williams is a news anchor on “The Daily Show” and is most famous for her skits relating to the rights of minorities, youth, women and those who identify as LGBTQ.

Growing up, Williams said she always believed in equality between all sexes, races and demographics. For this reason, starting in elementary school, Williams tenaciously challenged gender stereotypes. “What I felt was society conditioning me to not be equal to boys … I always thought equality was a nobrainer,” Williams said. While Williams’ fervor was influenced by her upbringing, her sense of humor was shaped by her eccentric grandmother, who taught her to question social norms and describe the world around her in a comedic way.

“The woman that swore and cursed a lot was the person that I most identified with as a kid,” Williams said. “[My Grandmother] told really harsh, sort of cutting, but really funny jokes.” As a black child living in a predominately white neighborhood, Williams said she perpetually experienced a sense of “otherness,” leaving her feeling out of place in her community. “There was nothing super tangible that I could fit into,” she said. Upon reaching adolescence, Williams began to conceive of her

world as a place where people are constantly forced to pick a side, identify with a particular group and incessantly protect themselves from danger. For Williams, comedy became a means through which she could cope with this general uneasiness, promote social change and make everyone laugh in the process. While still in college, a casting director for a Will Ferrell movie suggested that she send in her tapes to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” After viewing the tapes, Stewart SEE WILLIAMS PAGE 7

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English Department remodeling to an interdisciplinary experience New course options, research papers and greater networks JILL MOELY AND RUIHONG LIU Staff Reporters

An English degree from Penn can get students anywhere. In recent decades, the English Department has graduated famous alumni such as Grammy-winning singer and 1999 College graduate John Legend, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and 1985 College graduate Jennifer Egan and Discovery Channel President and 1983 College graduate Rich Ross. English was one of the top six College majors among the Class of 2014, and the department has made headlines for its number two ranking by College Factual, surpassed only by Georgetown. Despite its success, the department is still evolving to offer majors and non-majors alike in a more interdisciplinary, hands-on experience. The ultimate goal of the changes, English Undergraduate Chair Michael Gamer said, is to provide a course of study that allows majors to pursue a wide variety of careers.

“We’ve become less of a books department; we’re a media and English department,” Gamer said. “We don’t just teach about books — we teach ancient manuscripts, and we teach digital media film, TV. The stuff we’re interested in is the stuff that’s happening now. ” The English Department is remodeling itself through constant diversification of its course catalog — besides more traditional courses which primarily focus on literary analysis, students can take interdisciplinary courses like “Science and Literature,” “Literature and Law” and “Medicine and Literature.” In the future, the department will add additional courses that link English with other fields, including disability studies, environmental studies and business. “On the one hand, English is a discipline. It is a discipline about how to interpret language, about history of that language, about the various institutions that have used that language,” Gamer said. “But a lot things that we target are by nature interdisciplinary ... novels are about religion, politics, economics, gender, race, class.” The department will also diversify its offerings with courses in Penn’s

new psychoanalytic studies minor. The program seeks to investigate the role and function of psychoanalysis through the lens of literature, history, health sciences and anthropology. The English Department will offer four of the 15 courses that align with the minor, and English professor Max Cavitch, who teaches “Literatures of Psychoanalysis,” said the minor may attract students from traditional STEM majors. “We’re interested in bridging humanistic and scientific disciplines, and psychoanalysis is one of those fields that does an excellent job of that. It can percolate outside of the English Department and into other departments and to people who are not necessarily interested in being English majors,” Cavitch said. “We’d love to have more students take courses that might enhance their own program.” In order to prepare and challenge students within the major, the English Department has also introduced a junior research seminar, through which students immerse themselves an independent project. “It’s a nice way to transition from the normal five to ten page papers kids are writing in the

English Department,” said English Undergraduate Advisory Board Chair Katie Antonsson, a College senior. “It’s sort of testing the waters before you actually jump into writing a 50, 60 page research paper that’s going to take a year and a half of your life.” Beyond new course offerings, the English Department will continue to focus on students’ perennial concern of post-graduation employment. After the 2009 financial crisis, the department witnessed a roughly 10 percent drop in enrollment, with 117 majors in the Class of 2010 compared to the 131 majors the previous year. However, Gamer said that enrollment has bounced back in the past two years and is continuing to grow. Part of this rebound in numbers may be due to the measures the department has taken to alleviate student concerns about job prospects. Most recently, the department revamped its alumni database, which students can access on the department website to connect with nearly 600 alumni working in different industries. “Technology might impact the form that language takes,” Gamer

said, adding that the department launched a new website at the end of February. Professors and students within the department also say that English majors shouldn’t be worried about finding a career — their studies give them versatile skills that employers value. “[The major] cultivates a sense of empathy so that you can better understand the human experience and be a better teller of human stories,” Gamer said. Employment data shows that this type of skill has real worth: according to USA Today, the average mid-career annual salary for Penn English majors amounts to $90,000. “It may not be the strict Wharton OCR track, but at the end of the day the most important thing is that we know how to write, and that is such a valuable skill,” Antonsson said. “You’re able to think critically, you’re able to think analytically, you’re able to research — components that are necessary for such a wide array of jobs.” Gamer added that a degree in English is applicable to a variety of fields. “Whether you are in a boardroom, or a classroom or a courtroom,

it’s about language,” he said. “And if you can analyze complex language, whether it’s ‘Madame Bovary’ or the annual report for a company you are working at, you can have some pretty powerful things to say.” In late February, an English Department alumni panel brought panelists from a variety of fields to campus, including lawyers, speechwriters and academics. The panelists agreed that their English degrees allowed them to pursue their diverse passions and obtain rewarding careers. “People don’t have faith in humanities. They think that if you don’t have a job in math, then you’re completely useless,” 2013 College graduate, English major and Google employee Oliver Pare said. “It’s a real shame that people haven’t recognized values in English and other humanities fields.” From introducing new courses to revamping its online resources, the English Department’s makeover aims to educate its students like never before. “We try to train people to be articulate and to write well,” Gamer said. “We try to train people to be charming.”

Penn’s seeking employment rate one of lowest in the country Only 4 to 5 percent of Penn graduates cannot find jobs

Penn has one of the lowest rates of graduates seeking employment across the nation. Yet, a very small number of people are still looking for a job, according to the Career Plan JOE LI Survey Report. Staff Reporter “When we do our employment Employment statistics prove survey, we know that our seeking Penn’s reputation of high pre-profes- employment rate is around four to sionalism, with very few graduates five percent, which is exceedingly lacking post-Penn plans. low for new college graduates,” DiEvery March, Career Services rector of Career Services Patricia sends out survey reports to a number Rose said. of recent Penn graduates to see what Penn has seen a seeking emthey’ve been up to after leaving ployment rate of approximately six campus. By the fall, most people typ- percent in 2012 and 2013, less than ically respond that they have found Princeton’s 9.1 percent in 2013 and their employers or have enrolled in 7.5 percent in 2012, Rose said. various graduate programs. “Harvard is also six percent, but

their survey asks for what do you plan to do instead of what you are actually doing,” Rose said. This comparison between Penn and other Ivy League institutions suggests that Penn is indeed a top-notch feeder for employers in different industries. Senior Associate Director of Career Services Barbara Hewitt said that more Penn graduates may actually have jobs than the report suggests. “Some people just don’t fill out the survey. And sometimes a graduate is first unemployed when he fills out the survey, but later finds a job.” The reasons why a very small number of graduates are still unable to find a job upon six months of

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graduation, Rose said, really vary from person to person. “Some may not start thinking about jobs until graduation, some others may travel, just to take a break,” Rose said. “Someone might also get ill, or experience some family issues,” Hewitt added. “Sometimes life just gets in the way.” Although not all Penn graduates may be immediately employed or accepted in graduate programs, the University’s low seeking employment rate suggests that the vast majority of students achieve their goals soon after graduating. “Penn students are very successful overall,” Rose said. “So remember, it might take you a little longer to get a job, depending on what you do, but it’s always good to spend time exploring and thinking about it.”

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years, tuition has increased annually by at least 3.75 percent. But while tuition has reached a record-high, Student Financial Services’ financial aid budget has also hit a new peak. As a result of growth in financial aid allocations, the average net cost of attendance for aided students will be almost $1,500 less this year than it was in 2005 in constant 2005 dollars. The impact of these dollars is felt by almost half of Penn undergraduates. This year, 47 percent of students received need-based grants from the University, and most families with incomes of less than $180,000 received grant assistance. “As the first in my family to attend college, I understand the far-reaching impact a college education can have,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said in a statement. “By eliminating financial barriers to be able to attend the University of Pennsylvania

and by reducing the burden of debt, Penn’s all-grant program is making a Penn education possible for thousands of students and their families.” Since 2004, Penn’s financial aid budget has increased by 161 percent, averaging growth of 8.3 percent per year. At the same time, Penn has also doubled its efforts to recruit minorities and students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Even so, Penn undergraduates take out an average of nearly $20,000 in loans, one of the highest rates in the Ivy League. The University predicts that its financial aid budget will continue to grow, making a Penn education increasingly more affordable. Between 2005 and 2012, Penn raised $360 million for undergraduate financial aid and $290 million for graduate financial aid. The University hopes to build off this momentum and raise an additional $240 million in undergraduate aid and $110 million in graduate student aid by 2020.

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#BlackLivesMatter course makes way to Dartmouth The University could follow in Dartmouth’s footsteps ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

#BlackLivesMatter is now more than just a twitter trend. The social movement is here to stay whether or not it’s still on your timeline. Dartmouth College is the first school to turn the social movement into a class this spring. The class is interdisciplinary and has experienced popularity among the student body. Here at Penn, there has been much activism surrounding the protests over the allegations of police brutality in Ferguson and Staten Island last year. However, now that some of the tension has subsided, it is a question of whether the social

impact will last. Currently, in Africana Studies there are some classes that touch on the current, local protests sur rounding the #BlackLivesMatter movement. There are broad courses for social change, but a #BlackLivesMatter course would give the students the advantage of studying the movement as it’s happening. “I think having a course on #BlackLivesMatter with everything that’s been happening in the country over the past six to seven months is a profound opportunity to really unpack what is happening,” Chaplain Chaz Howard, a professor in Africana Studies who teaches a class called “The Heart of Social Change,” said. Students who participated in the #BlackLivesMatter protests would be obvious prospects for the course. But

attracting students outside of the movement could prove more challenging. “I think more students would be interested in taking the course if it was able to fill a requirement,” said Jane Abell, a College graduate student and teaching assistant for many classes that involve race relations. “Some people don’t really know why the black students on this campus are taking these cases and protests so seriously,” College freshman Samiza Palmer said. “And I think where the cultural bridge begins to grow is where there is information.” Students who were interviewed expressed optimism about the potential of the class similar to the one at Dartmouth. “I think that it would be beneficial to both graduates and undergraduates and could even contain a community

component. We could learn a lot from the community members. Even though we are highly educated, we haven’t had their experiences,” Abell said. For students interested in creating a similar course, the possibility might not be too far out of reach. Howard explained that for the course to become reality, students could propose the idea to a professor who could construct a syllabus to present to the department for approval. “This is going to be our generation’s Civil Rights Movement,” College freshman Taylor Allen said. “I feel as though with the Ivy Leagues being such elite institutions, and the demographics that they attract having a class like this says a lot about the University in terms of their commitment to making the #BlackLivesMatter movement have relevance and importance.”

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Mental health is a collective effort MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 VOL. CXXXI, NO. 24 131st Year of Publication

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ith the release of the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare‘s recommendations, many are left feeling dissatisfied with the efforts made to improve quality of life for students. Although the task force and its goal of assessing and improving resources for students is well-intended, the recommendations lack the sense of urgency and priority that we would like to see considering the gravity of the issue. Without any dates or timeline for the proposals set forth, the report does not pressure the University to make the recommended changes. Additionally the report lacks straightforward initiatives and tangible goals for the University. It does not set forward any proposals in regard to funding, staff or programming, forcing us to question if we can actually expect to see any real changes in the way the University handles issues

of mental health and promotes the well-being of its students. However, there is an important additional layer that has been left out of the conversation — the students themselves. Let’s face it: No task force, report or recommendations, no matter how immediate or in-depth, will be

form of severe depression or other serious illnesses, but can be much smaller problems — problems that many feel, but few speak out about. When it comes to educating yourself about mental health issues, it is easy to dismiss the subject entirely and tell yourself that it is not

hallmates, sisters, brothers, classmates — in their time of need. Take steps to be not just the friend that others feel comfortable approaching in troublesome times, but be the friend who knows what to do, the one who knows the numbers to call and the places to go to get help.

As a community, we have the power to reconstruct the way we view mental health on our campus.” able to holistically address the issues students face in regard to mental health. While the University absolutely must be accountable and responsible for addressing the issue, we too, as students, must be accountable to each other. As a community, we have the power to reconstruct the way we view mental health on our campus. Issues of mental health do not always take the

something you will ever have to face. But it’s not always about you. We need to educate ourselves for the sake of others — for the friend who may knock on your door in the dead of night, in desperate need of help because they don’t know what to do. Learn about the numerous resources that Penn has available, so you can know where to direct others — your friends,

Mental health issues are not rarities; in fact, there’s a very good chance every single student will be affected, whether directly or indirectly, at some point during their time at Penn. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in four people will be affected by a mental or neurological disorder in a given year. And most of us know at least four people. Many conditions — anxiety disorders,

mood disorders and substance abuse — occur in late adolescence and early 20s, making the issue especially pertinent to our University. Some critics of the task force’s report say that the report is centered on changing school culture, which is idealistic and unrealistic. Yes, we attend a very academically challenging university with a pre-professional atmosphere that drives intense competition. And yes, these spaces of competition may — and, let’s be honest, probably will — always exist. But this does not mean we cannot create safe spaces for each other. Not just in Counseling and Psychological Services or Student Health Service — but in our dorm rooms, hallways and classrooms — we should not feel afraid to have open dialogue. We owe it to our friends and to ourselves to push our conversations past the superficialities of our next midterm or this weekend’s parties. We

need to take the time to stop and sit down and ask each other openly about how we feel, about what is truly bothering us and what we can do to help. And most importantly, when someone opens up, we must be informed enough of all that Penn has to offer that we can actually do something to help. We are all busy with a million different things, but our mental and emotional health — especially those of our friends — should be a priority. We may still feel an incredible pressure to succeed, but we should not feel pressured to dismiss our feelings. In the light of recommendations that do fall short in offering concrete answers to our mental health challenges, students can take the charge. We can construct safe spaces in which to have open dialogue. And we can educate ourselves, if not for our own sake, then for the health and safety of our friends and classmates.

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ANOTHER LOOK | Worthwhile political discussions don’t exclude the possibility of difficult emotions

n Jonathan Chait’s recent article for New York Magazine, he criticizes what he calls “p.c. culture”: the new left’s tendency to take offense and its preference for censorship over open debate. Pieces like this often assert that “p.c. culture” poses a threat to freedom of expression in society as a whole. While I find the claim that this cultural phenomenon is a threat to our First Amendment rights to be fear-mongering at worst and hyperbolic at best, I can see why critiques like this one capture the public’s attention. Articles that denounce political correctness strike a chord because they identify a troubling attitude that exists among certain pockets of social activists online and on campuses — an attitude that that tells us we have a right not to be distressed, that sees offense and discomfort as a kind of violence. With the internet as a political platform, the emergence of this ultra-sensitive

attitude makes sense. It’s increasingly possible to avoid exposing ourselves to viewpoints that oppose our own. It’s easy to frequent only the news sites you agree with, to find a community of people online that shares your niche political view, to block your racist relative’s Facebook posts from your newsfeed.

on social media, we often say they’re “attacked.” The commonly used term “safe space,” which forbids the expression of certain offensive attitudes, contains the implicit assumption that some words and ideas are unsafe — that being exposed to them is tantamount to suffering a kind of harm.

This is because, in general, debate about issues with as much gravity as sexism, racism and homophobia evokes strong emotions. When we attempt to keep these emotions out of politically active spaces, we’re required to ban the dialogue that gives rise to them. Ironically, it seems to have been decided that these

People who believe that it constitutes a real harm to be exposed to an opinion they find bigoted will never feel safe in the sort of conversation that needs to be had the most: one that actually engages with the opposition.“ Just as we have the ability to tailor the images we project online, we also have the ability to tailor the information we see. And if you’re surrounded only by opinions you agree with 90 percent of the time, that other 10 percent that leaks in can feel like an assault. We even use this kind of language to describe it. When someone is criticized

But why is it a problem to have this kind of mindset? It asks us to avoid the kinds of substantive discussions that allow us to question our views, influence our ideological opponents and move the discussion forward. Steering away from discomfort and offense when it comes to controversial issues tends to bring meaningful debate to a screeching halt.

issues are too serious for us to seriously debate them. People who believe that it constitutes a real harm to be exposed to an opinion they find bigoted will never feel safe in the sort of conversation that needs to be had the most: one that actually engages with the opposition. The result of this attitude is division, not change. Smaller and smaller “safe” bubbles

of ideological homogeneity are formed, and everybody shouts in the general direction of other people’s bubbles without risking the danger of stepping outside their own. No one is convinced to change, only to identify which side they’re on. People inside these groups may feel more secure because they won’t be forced to defend their viewpoints to the people who disagree with them the most — the offensive-beliefholders on the outside — but this makes it seem like there’s been progress where there has more likely been a regressive shutting down of the whole discussion. It creates an illusion of a safer, more tolerant world, when in reality it’s simply a more polarized one. The rest of the world is still out there, the only difference is that we’re not engaging in a dialogue with it. And that’s a shame, because pretending an idea doesn’t exist, or refusing to acknowledge it, or dismissing it as unreasonable doesn’t

SOPHIA WUSHANLEY stop people from having that idea, and it certainly doesn’t stop that idea from having an effect on the larger world. Real progress requires doing the opposite; it requires shutting down the idea rather than shutting out the people who espouse it. It requires the uncomfortable work of trying to change people’s minds rather than asking them to leave.

SOPHIA WUSHANLEY is a College senior from Millersville, Pa., studying philosophy. Her email address is wsophia@ sas.upenn.edu. “Another Look” appears every other Monday.

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Olympian, entrepreneur and all-around animal lover A Penn student’s plan to revolutionize animal testing DAVID CAHN Staff Reporter

Seated in his pale blue scrubs with a Wharton cap covering his dirty blond hair, Benjamin Lewis looks low-key at first glance. But the seventh year School of Veterinary Medicine and Wharton dual-degree student and former United States Olympic kayak team captain may have the potential to save thousands of human and animal lives with his startup Ethical Animal Research, he said. He gave the example of testing a diabetes drug to explain the purpose of his company. Right now, a big pharmaceutical company will induce diabetes in healthy animals to test the drug before advancing to human trials. Instead, Ethical Animal Research will crowd-source already sick animals to provide drug companies with a population of animals to test their drugs on. The existing process has three steps. First, “you’re inducing horrific diseases [in the animals], then you test [the drug] on the animal” and finally “you kill it,” he said. “So it’s a pretty shitty value chain for the animal.” Lewis said the animal testing industry kills about 100 million animals a year, but has not seen much innovation over the past century. He thinks this boils down to the nature of the industry — no one really wants to talk about killing animals for a living. By changing the prevailing model for second round preclinical trials — when the effectiveness of drugs are tested in animals — Lewis believes he can help pet owners, doctors and drug companies. And with over 50 clinical trials conducted by members of his network — scientists who “wrote the book” for their specific industries — he’s got the data to back it up, he said. First, he said, testing on already sick animals is more accurate for

pharmaceutical companies. “Induced disease is a terrible proxy for natural disease,” he said, “whereas natural disease is a wonderful proxy for natural disease.” Lewis added that with the current model, 92 percent of studies in animals fail in humans. If pharmaceutical companies can fail their drugs earlier, at the animal testing stage, they can save hundreds of millions of dollars spent developing drugs that will eventually not get federal Food and Drug Administration approval. “Targeting naturally occurred conditions instead of artificially created models is going to be much more predictive of the clinical outcome, beside saving thousands of animal lives and being a much more conscious way to conduct research,” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia postdoctoral student Federica Sgariglia wrote in an email.

Currently, Ethical Animal Research has about 100,000 animals in its recruitment base, Lewis said. Soon, it hopes to add 600,000 and eventually, grow into the millions. “We have some projects in the pipeline; the momentum is pretty strong,” said Nikhil Joshi, a fourth year veterinary student, former Accenture consultant and member of the Ethical Animal Research team. “We’re accelerating toward being a live, profit-generating company.” Lewis said sick animals and their owners are better off because Ethical Animal Research will pay for the treatments to be administered to animals, who are often left to die because the cost of medical procedures can be prohibitive for animal owners. Veterinarians benefit too because they get paid to conduct procedures where the owners might

have otherwise walked away due to cost. This is not the first time an organization has tried to recruit sick animals for studies. Lewis said the FDA launched a similar program but that it failed because vets were not paid for the treatments. Ethical Animal Research, by contrast, will incentivize vets by paying them for the treatments. The market size of the animal testing industry is 20 billion dollars, Lewis said. Meanwhile, demand for his service is “completely inelastic” because pharmaceutical companies are required by the FDA to conduct animal research. Lewis’s wife and business partner Christina Lopes, who is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, said his combination of passion and pragmatism puts him in a “sweet spot” to advance the industry.

“His heart is really in the business. He really is an animal lover,” she said. This is not Lewis’s first entrepreneurial endeavor, nor does he believe it will be his last. Until this past December, Lewis worked in Brazil at 4Vets, a company he started after dropping out of Penn two years ago. The company distributes animal products in Brazil. He said that he recognized the business opportunity while on spring break in Brazil. “The entire supply chain of the country was backwards,” he said. He remembered thinking, “There’s a huge opportunity here. It turned out to be the second largest pet market in the world.” The company, he said, is now worth more than 20 million dollars. Lewis hails from southern Florida. He spoke highly of his father, a doctor, who repeatedly dabbled and failed in business, and taught

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Penn program gives former inmates another chance

PREP partners Penn with local nonprofit COLE SPEIDEL Contributing Reporter

The brains behind the next big start-up may not be computer science prodigies or Wharton graduates, but former inmates. On Saturday, two Penn students presented the basics of entrepreneurship to nine formerly incarcerated men — referred to as “clients” — at the Rescue Mission of Trenton as part of a new program aimed at helping exoffenders start their own businesses. Partnering Penn with the Rescue Mission, the Penn Restorative Entrepreneurship Program provides entrepreneurship training and also pairs student-mentors from various

Penn schools with clients for oneon-one assistance in formulating a business plan. Penn students in both undergraduate and graduate schools participate in the program as an independent study course, creating weekly lesson plans, giving and grading clients’ homework and ultimately preparing the client to present a business plan in April to potential investors — members of the Penn community and business owners. “It’s a great opportunity for these clients, because when they first come back to the community they face a lot of obstacles,” director of the program Charlotte Ren said, who is also a Social Policy & Practice professor. “They are often viewed as a problem rather than a potential asset to the community. So what we are doing

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here is trying to find these peoples’ talents, motivations and dreams, and help them turn their potential business ideas into reality.” Ren along with Rescue Mission’s COO Barrett Young started the program as an innovative approach to reducing reincarceration rates and reintegrating ex-offenders. PREP is currently one of the only programs of its kind, but Ren is hoping that will change. “We offer an innovative approach to addressing a very important social problem. That is reincarceration,” said Dr. Ren, also a senior fellow at Wharton’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management. “The U.S. government has spent a lot of money to address this issue. The annual expense is about US $60 billion.” For Anthony P, PREP is an opportunity to re-launch his chocolate business. When Young first presented the idea to Rescue Mission clients, “I raised my hand right away; I was one of the first ones,” he said. “So this is perfect for me, absolutely perfect.” “Everything’s going to be unique in the Cocoa-Nut, that’s the theme and the name; It’s Cocoa-Nut because I make crazy flavors, like curry and cayenne pepper ... then you’ve got your plain flavors too, but I like the CocoaNut because I’m a cocoa nut. Crazy for chocolate and crazy flavors.”

Passion like this was common among men at the meeting. Recognizing his hiring disadvantage looking for a job in his former field of security, Brian D hopes PREP will help him start his own firm. “If I have trouble getting back into my industry that I truly have a lot of passion for, you know, I’d like to open up my own shop,” he said. “I know a lot about the industry, it’s easy work, I love to do it, it’s something for me to wake up and want to go to work. That’s what I look forward to doing.” During Saturday’s lecture College senior Jenna Goldstein and SP2 student Allison Herens talked email etiquette and elevator pitches, discussed a case study of a former inmate turned successful entrepreneur and had them practice networking with each other. “Being in a controlled environment for so long, I lost some of my socialization skills,” Anthony F. said. Still, the class remained motivated to learn and engaged with the lesson and student mentors. “They were super receptive to what we were saying, which was very encouraging,” Goldstein said. Although this is PREP’s first session, the clients are optimistic. “This time around will be the last time I open, I hope, and I am going to know how to do it,” Anthony P said.

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On Monday, Governor Tom Wolf will officially fire Chairman of the School Reform Commission Bill Green. The decision comes after the SRC approved applications for five new charter schools. Wolf had urged Green to deny all applications. Meanwhile, Green’s replacement, Marjorie Neff, a fellow member of the SRC, did not vote to approve any new charters. Green, a former City Councilman, was nominated to lead the SRC last year by former Republican Governor Tom Corbett. The SRC is the five-member body that oversees the Philadelphia School District. The governor is charged with choosing three members of the SRC and selecting the chair.

Philadelphia’s mayor picks the other two members. In a statement released Sunday night, Green said he will fight Wolf’s decision in the Commonwealth Court. “I hold the office of chair and the office of commissioner; there is no vacancy in the chair and no legal basis for another commissioner to be named chair,” he said. Green claimed that state law prevents the removal of SRC chair except for “misfeasance and malfeasance.” Wolf’s decision, Green said, contradicts the SRC statute that keeps commissioners “free from political repercussions from their actions while in office.” The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that “the move could throw the commission into turmoil” as the SRC moves to approve a budget for the 2015-16 school year.

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from SAC and do whatever they want.” SAC and other funding sources on campus allocate funding for specific purposes — such as transportation or speaker honoraria, O’Donnell said. This system, by design, is intended to prevent students from spending money on alcohol and other illegal expenses. While receiving funding for alcohol directly is rare, receiving it indirectly is not. Many Penn clubs are able to afford alcohol because their budgets are fungible — when clubs receive University funding for transportation, honoraria or to cover other costs, they can reallocate the money they generate from revenue or other less restrictive funding sources towards the purchase of alcohol. Through this lens, alcohol provided by funded clubs on campus is indirectly funded by Penn. This problem is not unique to Penn. Every school that provides

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snack bacon, and sandwiches range from eggplant parm to barbecue short rib. Hornik said that one of his favorite dishes served at William Street Common is the Albany Style Pierogies, which has origins from his time working with the New York State Assembly of Albany. He said that two of his good friends, one Polish and the other Korean, would get care packages from their mothers. When Hornik visited, he would always be served kimchi and pierogies. “For me, you can’t have kimchi without pierogies, and pierogies without kimchi,” he said. Hornik said that because the rent in West Philadelphia is a quarter of the rent in Center City, “we can afford to give you space, and not expect you to spend as much money.” Anyone who plans on spending four hours eating, writing a paper or playing vintage arcade games is welcome to do so, Hornik said. William Street Common promotes social conversation — a conversation, he said, that doesn’t have any ulterior motive.

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funding for its clubs sees a similar phenomenon. The only way a university could prevent this from happening, however, is by eliminating all funding for student groups — which is not seen as a feasible solution. Preceptorials aren’t the only instance when Penn funds student alcohol consumption. During the Final Toast on Hey Day, Penn Traditions pays for every student to drink up to two beers while socializing with their classmates. “The idea is that while the juniors are officially being given senior status, the seniors are being welcomed into the alumni community. It is a huge party with live music, all kinds of food and wine and beer,” Executive Director of Alumni Relations Elise Betz wrote in an email. Despite the lively Hey Day atmosphere, though, Betz said that students behave responsibly. “We have never had any problems,” Betz said. “Seniors who are over 21 are adults, and we treat them with the respect and trust that they

deserve as adults.” The Office of Development and Alumni Relations serves alcohol at several other events throughout the year, including Homecoming, the Seniors for The Penn Fund kickoff and a Feb Club event. At these events, student safety is a priority, Betz said. “It is very controlled. Students must show ID, then are given wrist bands with a tab for one drink per hour of the event,” Betz said. “If a student appears intoxicated when they show up, they are not permitted in the event.” While some students think it is inappropriate for the University to fund alcohol consumption, even to students who are above the age of 21, others disagree. “That’s something we should be promoting. A safe environment for drinking and socializing — that’s something I don’t object to,“ College sophomore Leopold Spohngellert said. “Before you enter the adult world, you need to have more experiences with mature drinking.”

“For a conversation to be social, there can’t be any ulterior motive. So if you’re a salesperson, it can’t be a social conversation. If someone wants something from you, then it’s not a social conversation,” Hornik said. Although William Street Common is Hornik’s newest project,

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invited Williams to fly to New York City for an in-person audition. She compared her first encounter with Stewart to a “really good first date.” Soon after, at the age of 22, Williams became the youngest news anchor on “The Daily Show.” She was hired as a full-time news anchor during an election year. “Everything just felt right,” Williams said. Attendees applauded Williams’ ability to comment on real-world problems in a

Peter Thacher attributed the referendum’s resounding success to the efforts of the club in recruiting students to vote. Volunteers set up voting tables with laptops at major intersections, dining halls and dorms on campus and also went door

to door in residential houses. In the wake of the referendum, Thacher said the group is still debating its next step toward divestment but will definitely pursue conversations with the Board of Trustees.

light-hearted way. “I really like how she was able to talk about serious issues, like systemic inequality or depression or the feeling of otherness, while still managing to make everyone laugh,” College sophomore Amelia Goodman said. To leave the audience with a tangible demonstration of her values and the topics she is most passionate about, Williams showed two clips from “The Daily Show.” The first clip was of Williams satirizing the “stopand-frisk” practices of the New York City Police Department. Stop-and-frisk “was the first

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The first win is out of the way. Already ahead of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pace, there should be many more to come for Penn baseball. The Red and Blue dropped two of three games against Stetson in Florida to open their 2015 season, winning the second game in between losses in the series opener and rubber match on Friday and Sunday, respectively. The Quakers (1-2) are coming off a strong 2014 season that saw the Red and Blue finish 24-17 and win 15 of 20 Ivy games before falling to Columbia in a season-ending playoff loss in coach John Yurkowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first season at the helm. On Friday, Penn fell in its opener to the Hatters (7-5), 9-0. Stetson southpaw Adam Schaly held the Red and Blue to three hits over seven innings while striking out five. Meanwhile, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior starting pitcher Ronnie Glenn exited after allowing four runs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two of which were earned â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on five hits and six walks in 4.1 innings. The

Quakers walked 10 Stetson batters in the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to beat anybody like that,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said about the high walk total. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give ourselves a chance.â&#x20AC;? In the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first outdoor action of 2015, Yurkow noticed rustiness and early-season issues that put Penn at a disadvantage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just thought in general in game one, our focus wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t great, in really all facets of the game,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t swing the bat that well.â&#x20AC;? In the second game, the Quakers jumped out to a 4-1 lead on a rainy Florida day thanks to a strong outing from senior starting pitcher Connor Cuff, as well as a three-run home run from junior outfielder Matt Greskoff. The game was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning and play was resumed early on Sunday, with Stetson promptly scoring three runs off Penn reliever Mike Reitcheck. The Quakers struck back with a bases-loaded two-run single from Greskoff in the top of the seventh and a sacrifice fly from senior shortstop Mitch Montaldo in the eighth to pull ahead, 7-4. Reitcheck held the Hatters to two hits over the final three innings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought we did a really good

job showing mental toughness,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve caved at that point [because] they had the momentum, but we answered right back, got a few more and we expanded the lead and got the victory.â&#x20AC;? Later on Sunday, the Red and Blue struggled once again on offense in a 3-1 loss. Senior infielder Jeff McGarry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; starting at first base â&#x20AC;&#x201D; provided the only offense for the Quakers with a ninth-inning home run, but the team couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t otherwise crack Stetsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitching, squandering an adroit outing from sophomore starting pitcher Jake Cousins, who allowed two runs in 5.1 innings. Yurkow was unimpressed with the Quakers leaving five men on base and the missed opportunities that ensued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a couple opportunities where we had a chance to push runs across, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, [but] I thought all in all it was a very well-played game by both teams,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. Last season, the Quakers started the season with six losses before sweeping Delaware State in a twogame slate on March 11. This time around, Penn managed to notch its first win of the new season in its second game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already ahead of where we were last year,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said.

swimmer has completed such a sweep. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you could get a more perfect weekend,â&#x20AC;? Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did everything but sell hot dogs between events â&#x20AC;Ś He set himself up as one of the all-time great Ivy League swimmers.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, Schultz took the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle championships in addition to finishing runner-up in both the 50- and 100-yard free.

Both Schultz and Swanson were among the meetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most prolific scorers. With both stars returning for their senior campaigns next year and an emerging sophomore class rounding into form, Schnur has found a lot of reason to be optimistic for the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our younger guys really made great strides from last year,â&#x20AC;? Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we have the same time drops again next year that we did this year, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a tough

team to beat.â&#x20AC;? The meet marks the end of the season for the majority of the program, as those who did not make the Ivy squad finished up their seasons at the ECAC Championships. However, Swanson has already automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships, where he will compete later in the month. It remains to be seen whether or not Schultz will join him at the meet.

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effort from junior captain Tony Hicks and 15 points from freshman guard Antonio Woods. Hicks, playing for the first time since a two-game suspension related to a postgame incident in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial matchup against Brown, scored 23 points off the bench. He passed the 1000-point mark for his career on a line-drive two-point jumper with 14:44 to play. But self-inflicted errors put the Quakers in too big of a hole for their second-half rally to matter in the standings. Penn shot 8-for-26 in the first half and continually left Hobbie open for catch-and-shoot opportunities until freshman guard Darnell Foreman locked down the perimeter after the halftime break. Despite the comeback, the Red and Blue couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut what was at one point a 19-point deficit to anything less than four. Now, with three games left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all at home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the remaining drama will surround the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quest to avoid finishing alone in last place in the Ancient Eight for the first time ever.

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This weekend saw five players each from the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash programs travel to Princeton for CSA Individual Championships. On the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, sophomore Anaka Alankamony and freshman Marie Stephan reached the quarterfinals of the Ramsay Cup before falling to the eventual champion and runner-up, respectively. For the men, freshman Anders Larson reached the consolation finals for the Molloy Cup before losing to Rochesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michelangelo Bertocchi.

No. 44 Penn took to the road this weekend to face off against three opponents in Boise, Idaho. The team made up for its loss to Brown last weekend by taking down BYU, No. 72 Boise State and No. 73 Utah to improve its record to 9-1 on the season. The Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win against Boise State was capped by a tough tiebreaker win by junior captain Vim De Alwis as Penn won all three matchups 4-3. The Red and Blue will next take the court on March 7 against Radford.

Even though Brown slipped ahead of Penn in the final event of the day, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track and field still claimed fourth place at the Heptagonal championships, marking its best finish since 2007. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team finished seventh, anchored by a school record in the 60-meter race by freshman Taylor McCorkle. Junior Thomas Awad was named Most Outstanding Track Performer as he won the 3K on Saturday and helped Penn win the distance medley relay for only the second time in program history.

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never had a meet like this.â&#x20AC;? Additionally, the Quakers competed without standout freshman swimmer Alex Peterson, who is recovering from a jaw injury. Not to mention the fact that the Red and Blue didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t field a single menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diver. In the face of this adversity, the Red and Blue actually gained ground relative to last year on the meetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top two finishers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Princeton and Harvard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really stepped up nicely.

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Championships. But all things considered, Schnur is entitled to feel good about what his squad accomplished. And there are quite a few things to consider. First of all, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the improving nature of the Ivy League. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ivy League is extraordinarily fast in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swimming right now,â&#x20AC;? Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

We were faster this year in every event than we were last year,â&#x20AC;? Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [Penn] team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we would kill them right now.â&#x20AC;? Junior stars Chris Swanson and Eric Schultz stood out throughout the Championships for the Quakers. Swanson took first place in all three distance free events â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the 500-, 1000- and 1650-yard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in meet-record times. It is only the sixth time an Ivy League

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combined to go 2-for-7 from the field and grabbed only six rebounds. Unwilling to watch Brown forwards Cedric Kuakumensah and Rafael Maia punish his team continually, coach Jerome Allen turned to the end of his bench. Enter forward Dan Dwyer. The freshman from River Forest, Ill., had received more than three minutes of action only twice entering Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest, but the rookie played 16 minutes down the stretch, grabbing four rebounds and keeping Maia in check. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not necessarily frustrated with the guys who played ahead of [Dwyer],â&#x20AC;? Allen said after Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resemble the right approach, and I said: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see what Dan can give us.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And to his credit, he did a tremendous job.â&#x20AC;? Despite the early deficit, the Red and Blue managed to claw back into the game against Brown (13-16, 4-8) due in large part to a fine offensive

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Penn clinches postseason berth

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On a weekend in which the program honored its seniors, forward Kara Bonenberger stood out with 10 points on Friday against Brown.

W. HOOPS | Quakers’

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THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor

On Saturday at the Palestra, Penn women’s basketball celebrated the careers of its four seniors. Throughout the game that followed, the Quakers never needed to stop their celebration. On Senior Night, the Red and

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The girls’ league was also wildly competitive this season, with stalwart Neumann holding the No. 1 ranking in USA Today’s nationwide list. The Saints took down rival Archbishop Wood High School in the championship on Feb. 23, a game Sette said “was as watched as the boys’ championship.” While this year’s PCL playoffs were competitive all-around, the Palestra has also hosted some legendary Catholic League contests in years past. In the 1953 city title game, held between the victors of Philadelphia’s Public and Catholic Leagues, West Catholic High School beat Overbrook High School, 54-42. Overbrook was led by future Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, and went on to beat South Catholic High in the city title game the following season. In 1968, the now-closed North Catholic High School played a quarterfinal matchup against Bishop McDevitt High School. On the morning of the game, North Catholic coach and school disciplinarian Jack Friel suspended the entire varsity squad for cutting class. That night, Friel played the JV squad instead. “The youngsters, booed by North’s fans during warmups and hit with chants of ‘We want the varsity!’ had not played for eight days,” longtime Philadelphia Daily News scribe Ted Silary wrote.

Blue easily dispatched Yale, 59-33, after defeating Brown the previous night to win their seventh consecutive contest and clinch a postseason berth for the third season in a row. “Coming in as a freshman … [the seniors] have been so welcoming,” freshman forward Michelle Nwokedi said. “It’s sad to see them go, but I’m glad we could get the win for them.” “It was all about the culmination of what [the seniors] have

But in a stunning upset, North’s JV players carried the day with a 77-60 victory. While the Palestra has been the predominant venue of choice for Catholic League postseason games, there were some years in which the circumstances surrounding high school contests led to controversy. In March 1998, Anthony “Tupac” Davis was shot upon leaving the Palestra after the Public League Championship. After the shooting, Penn did not schedule Catholic League games at the arena again until the 2007 playoffs. Despite the break, PCL fans have flooded the Palestra since then with equivocal fanfare. Joe Parisi, former Catholic League boys’ basketball moderator, still remembers the “great high school games complete with streamers and rollout messages.” For Parisi, the Palestra brings not only a historical aura but the chance for a large volume of ticket sales. “It’s been great the past couple of years [with] sellouts [and] near sellouts,” he said. Moreover, Parisi said that the “phenomenal job Penn does with their employees” makes for a comfortable game environment for league administrators. Sette affirmed the arena’s many benefits. “Over the years, we tried Temple and La Salle, and [their] buildings are very nice,” Sette said. “It’s just something about the Palestra that just brings out

given to the program,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “It was a terrific night.” With all four seniors — Kathleen Roche, Renee Busch, Kara Bonenberger and Katy Allen — in the starting lineup, the sizable crowd was into the game from the get-go. And the energy in the Cathedral of College Basketball only increased when Allen and Roche got the first two buckets of the game for the Red and Blue (18-7, 9-2 Ivy). The Quakers used a balanced offensive attack to take a doubledigit lead about midway through the first half. At halftime, Penn was up by 15, and the result of the contest was never in doubt. “Our team did such a great job of being so focused,” Allen said. “Even changing the starting lineup, when people came in they were ready to go just like if they had started. It was just a great atmosphere.” The Bulldogs (12-14, 6-6) played with a lot of energy, but much like Brown on Friday night, they were simply unable to matchup with the relative frontcourt size and backcourt quickness of the Red and Blue. All of the seniors made solid contributions to the win, particularly Bonenberger — who notched five assists — and Allen, who continued her recent streak of strong play with a six-point, eight-rebound performance. Nwokedi — who has been a force in the paint for the Quakers of late — flat-out dominated, notching a team-high 19 points and 10 rebounds on an insanely efficient seven shot attempts. “I was just really focused,” she said. “I really wanted to get

these seniors a win because they deserve it.” Sophomore Sydney Stipanovich chipped in with 12 points, eight boards and two blocks of her own, while freshman Beth Brzozowski provided instant energy, dropping seven points and dishing out four assists. Friday night’s matchup was mostly the same for Penn. After surrendering the game’s first two points to Brown (10-16, 4-8), the Quakers went on a 17-4 run. The Red and Blue’s fast start was led by their tall stars who continually abused the Bears in the paint. Bonenberger, Stipanovich and Nwokedi scored Penn’s first 11 points and 14 of its first 17. But it was on the boards where they caused the most damage. “Last weekend against Harvard and Dartmouth we got a lot of offensive rebounds, but we just couldn’t get the defensive rebounds,” Bonenberger said. Friday night sang a different tune for the Quakers, who outrebounded Brown 48 to 33. With the two wins, the Red and Blue officially clinched no worse than second place in the Ivy League and a postseason berth for the third time in as many seasons. Though Penn has not been eliminated from Ivy title contention, No. 14 Princeton will have to lose twice in three games to force — at minimum — a one-game playoff. Penn’s seniors have not played their final game at the Palestra because the Quakers face Princeton at home on March 10. But first, the squad will head up to Columbia and Cornell for their final Ivy doubleheader next weekend.

COURTESY OF TED SILARY

The Palestra has hosted Philadelphia Catholic League playoff games often since 1942, including semifinal and final games this February.

everybody.” Respect for the Palestra even extends to league coaches. Class of 1999 Wharton graduate and former Penn basketball player Paul Romanczuk is now the head coach at Archbishop Carroll. Romanczuk’s team has made the Catholic League semifinals — and has therefore played in the Palestra — for the past seven years. “It never gets old for me,” he said. “There’s nothing like getting your name announced as a starter

in that building.” Like his players, Romanczuk loves the arena and the presence of PCL playoff games at the venue. “It stands for so much tradition and history,” Romanczuk said. “There’s not a bad seat in the house.”

PAT GOODRIDGE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior attack Catherine Dickinson paced the Quakers on Sunday with her first four goals of the season, including two in a 24-second span.

W. LACROSSE | Penn

season on a snowy day at Franklin The first two scores came in a comes back in wild home Field. 24-second stretch midway through the first half, the second of which RILEY STEELE was assisted by Corcoran and gave Senior Sports Editor the Red and Blue a 4-3 lead. After junior Lely DeSimone exTory Bensen had been quiet all tended Penn’s lead to 5-3, the squads game for Penn women’s lacrosse. traded goals before Vanderbilt One week after scoring six goals added two straight scores to knot against Delaware, the Red and the game at six right after halftime. Blue star attack had only notched At that point, Dickinson scored her one score as the Quakers entered third goal of the game before junior overtime in their matchup with Iris Williamson and sophomore Vanderbilt on Sunday. No better Sarah Barcia added a goal apiece to time for the senior to make her pres- give the Quakers their largest lead, ence felt. 9-6. With only four seconds remainThe Commodores surged ahead ing in overtime, Bensen smashed with five goals of their own in an home a goal past Commodores’ 11-minute period in which they goalkeeper Maddie Kratz to give limited Penn to one goal. DickinPenn its second straight win to son’s fourth goal of the game put open the 2015 campaign, 12-11. Penn back ahead by two, 10-8, but The Darien, Conn., native scored Doherty, Kunowsky and junior two goals on the day, the first of attack Mallory Schonk combined which tied the matchup for the No. for a trio of scores to gave Vander12 Quakers with 5:54 remaining bilt its last lead of the day. in regulation before sealing the Over the course of the subsequent game before the buzzer in the extra seven minutes, both teams battled to period. the finish. After Bensen’s score with Sunday’s contest was a back-and- under six minutes to play tied the forth affair between two programs game, the Red and Blue managed accustomed to close encounters one final push to grab the win. with one another. This season is the However, Corcoran — who finthird straight in which Penn (2-0) ished with two goals and four assists and Vanderbilt (3-2) have faced off, — saw her free position goal with with the Quakers clinching all of 45 seconds left disallowed due to them by a one-goal margin. a stick penalty. Senior goalkeeper Junior midfield Nina Corcoran Lucy Ferguson — who recorded got the scoring underway with the 10 saves on the day, seven of which first of her two goals less than four came in the second half — stopped minutes into the game to give Penn Schonk’s shot at the end of regulaan early lead. After the Commo- tion to give Penn a chance for the dores countered with a free position win in overtime. score, Corcoran added her third Bensen’s score completed the goal of the season to push the Quak- Red and Blue’s comeback after the ers ahead once again. Commodores spent the first period From that point forward, it of overtime running down the became a game of streaks for both clock. Ferguson and Penn’s stingy squads. Consecutive goals from defense held off Vanderbilt one Vanderbilt sophomore Jill Doherty final time, giving the Quakers an and junior Alexa Kunowsky put the opportunity to set up the veteran for Commodores ahead, 3-2. her late goal. Junior attack Catherine DickinPenn will next be in action on son was the game’s leading scorer, Tuesday when it travels to take on notching her first four goals of the Rutgers. WISDOM TEETH RESEARCH

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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015

BROWN 75 69 PENN

YALE 55 50 PENN

UNLUCKY NUMBER SEVEN

M. HOOPS | Penn in midst of worst Ivy losing streak IAN WENIK Sports Reporter

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Already written off as bound for last place in the Ivy League, Penn basketball came oh-soclose to pulling off an upset against Yale that would have sent the conference into chaos on Saturday night. But two free throws here, a clutch three-pointer there and the Bulldogs maintained order in the Ancient Eight, winning, 55-50, in a game that the Quakers led for 35:38. A key final stretch made that stat obsolete. With 2:19 to go, Yale (21-8, 10-2 Ivy) guard Javier Duren was fouled on a drive before calmly sinking two free throws to put the Bulldogs ahead for the first time all night, 48-47. After Duren missed with 1:30 to go, the Quakers appeared to be in prime position to control the clock in the game’s late stages. But Ivy Player of the Year contender Justin Sears put an end to that narrative, outmuscling Penn center Darien Nelson-Henry to grab an offensive rebound before immediately feeding guard Jack Montague for the dagger that extended Yale’s lead to four points. “In the guts of the game, I can see in Justin’s eyes he’s not going to be denied, and you’re literally going to have to hold him back to block him out,” Yale coach James Jones said. “He had that

gleam in his eye, he went after [the rebound] with reckless abandonment because he knew he had to get the ball.” Sears later added a critical and-one over Nelson-Henry on a baseline drive, spoiling what had largely been a strong defensive effort by the Quakers junior. “I kind of went for the up-fake, he got by me, I tried to make play on the ball and I didn’t make it,” Nelson-Henry said. Coupled with the Red and Blue’s 75-69 loss to Brown on Friday, Saturday’s defeat against the Bulldogs marks the Quakers’ seventh straight defeat – the longest Ivy losing streak in program history. Penn’s respectable performance against the Elis came one night after the Red and Blue (7-18, 2-9) were nearly run out of the gym in Providence by Brown guard J.R. Hobbie … again. The sophomore — who scored 21 points in the Bears’ 71-55 win at the Palestra two weeks ago — dropped the same number on the Quakers the second time around, nailing five threes in the first half alone. At the same time, Penn found itself betrayed by an inefficient frontcourt. Starting forwards Nelson-Henry and Greg Louis SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 8 HELEN FETAW | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Swanson, Schultz shine at Ivy meet M. SWIMMING | Penn

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Oftentimes in sports, the stats accurately show everything one would need to know about a contest. That was not the case for Penn men’s swimming over the weekend. From Thursday to Saturday, the squad finished fourth at the Ivy League Championships, posting an overall team score of 1042.5 points. Although the result fell short of the squad’s goal of matching last year’s mark, coach Mike Schnur took an extremely positive view of his team’s performance. “I think we exceeded every expectation that I had,” he said. “We swam so fast at this meet.” The result is, on paper, a step back from the team’s thirdplace finish at last year’s Ivy SEE M. SWIMMING PAGE 8 ONLINE AT THEDP.COM

Palestra fills for high school playoff games Penn’s arena has hosted PCL playoffs since 1942 DAN SPINELLI Staff Reporter

Since 1942, the Palestra has played host to the playoffs of the Philadelphia Catholic League, the city’s athletic organization for Archdiocesan schools. The 89-year-old arena hosts the boys’ varsity semifinals and finals as well as the girls’ varsity finals. The games are spread out over two nights in February, generally a Wednesday and subsequent Monday, with nearcapacity crowds consistently filling the gym. The boys’ semifinal games take place in a doubleheader format on Wednesday, as do the girls’ and boys’ championship games a few days later. Philadelphia Catholic League chair Joe Sette said that this year’s boys’ championship between Roman Catholic High School and Neumann-Goretti High School nearly sold out the entire venue.

“They sold out general admission tickets and were only a couple short of selling out reserved [seats],” Sette said. “There were people sitting in the aisles.” While Sette admits “it is very expensive to rent out the Palestra,” he thinks the revered venue best accommodates the league’s sizable amount of supporters. “The crowds are such that we can’t go anywhere else but the Palestra,” he said. The Catholic League has a storied history in the city, having produced dozens of professional football and basketball players, including two NBA Hall of Famers — Tom Gola and Paul Arizin. And in February, three boys’ basketball teams — Roman, Neumann and Archbishop Carroll High School — were ranked among USA Today’s top 50 teams in the country. This year, Roman triumphed over Neumann in the final, breaking the Saints stunning six-year record of league titles. SEE CATHOLIC LEAGUE PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640