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Corey Gaynor was convicted of firstdegree murder for 2014 shooting DAN SPINELLI City News Editor

Corey Gaynor, who murdered a man outside of Copabanana in April 2014, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday afternoon.

In the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, Gaynor shot 31-year-old Timothy Cary at least 10 times at point-blank range.

The shooting occurred near 40th and Spruce streets.

Cary was brought to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and pronounced dead at 1:43 a.m. that morning.

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HEELYS Group of six players form bond over childhood favorite

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“HEELY GANG!” Sophomore forward Michelle Nwokedi gives out the call the moment she realizes what she’s being

interviewed about, and the members of Penn women’s basketball begin to swarm. Some are turned away (“You don’t have Heelys!”), others miss out while completing interviews about the sport they play (“We’re not waiting for Sydney”).

Over the past few weeks, members of the Ivy League-leading Quakers have been seen rolling around on “Heelys”

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after practices. How did it come about?

“One day ... who was it?” Nwokedi pauses.

“You,” sophomore guard Anna Ross reminds her.

“OK. Well like they all had scooters, and I was like, ‘Ugh, I really wanna be included,’ so I was like, ‘Dude, remember those shoes, I forgot what they’re called, but they had the wheels.’ And

one of them was like, ‘They’re Heelys,’ and I was like, ‘Let’s get some! Like why not, let’s just go get some Heelys.’

So we got Heelys.”

The revived trend came as a surprise to Penn coach Mike McLaughlin. “I was shocked, I didn’t know they even made them anymore,” he said. “I must SEE HEELYS PAGE 9

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ELYAS TECLE Contributing Reporter

This past week has featured almost anything but winter weather.

With high temperatures reaching the 50s and 60s, campus was buzzing with students finally having lunch outside. Squirrels were running rampant as the warmer weather signaled an entrance to spring ... or so we thought.

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Instead, it will graze our area with a couple of inches of snow come Friday morning. In this case, it looks like the highest snowfall will actually be towards the south rather than north and west of Philadelphia. A general one to two inches will be the norm anywhere from the coastal sections of New Jersey and Delaware to the Lehigh Valley with the highest chances of three inches accumulating being toward Delaware and South Jersey.

Most of these accumulations will be on grassy surfaces, but given

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Foreign language courses emphasize culture Cross cultural analysis requirement still needed SUN JAE LEE Staff Reporter

Students in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Nursing and the Wharton School all have foreign language requirements. These courses don’t only teach language — they also teach students about the culture that is associated with the language.

But foreign language isn’t the only College requirement that emphasizes learning about foreign cultures.

College students are also required to fulfill the Cross Cultural Analysis Foundational Approach.

Associate Dean of the College and Director of Academic Affairs Kent Peterman said that this decision was made in a vote by the faculty in discussions regarding the College curriculum.

“Certainly there are many aspects of our curriculum that connect students with globalization and times and places removed from our own, but there were faculty that were aware that too many students go through Penn without having that kind of exposure to something that’s outside the contemporary United States,” Peterman said.

Peterman explained that this was possible if a student chose to take no major or elective credits and fulfill no sectors with courses related to areas outside of the United States. He also added that while the faculty were discussing the possibility of a Cross Cultural Analysis requirement at the meeting, there was mention of the overlap that it may have with the foreign language requirement, given the cultural component of language courses.

“Culture is really important, but what you’re doing with the culture

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The foreign language requirement is not the only cultural requirement that students in the College must fulfill.

is using that as a vehicle to get into the language,” Peterman said. “We really need the cultural analysis — not just being exposed to a culture, [but] engaged in thinking in a disciplined way about a culture.”

Foreign language courses, though, remain deeply focused on teaching culture as well as language.

“You can’t separate language from culture — they are

intrinsically connected,” said Christina Frei, academic director of the Penn Language Center.

“You automatically in the language structure and usage can connect it to learning about cultural practices, products and perspectives.”

Though there are courses that focus more on basic conventions and grammar — such as courses that focus on translation of languages like Latin — most language courses focus as much on teaching about the culture of a language as they do on teaching the social or historical context of nation(s) in which it is used.

Frei said that language courses are often designed to allow students to engage in those contexts by prompting them to compare their own beliefs and practices to those that characterize a certain culture.

“By comparing one’s own beliefs about one’s culture, wherever

you’re from, you [can] compare [your own beliefs] to the beliefs and practices of the target culture,” Frei said.

Frei also emphasized that the curriculum of language courses aims to make sure that students understand that culture can transcend national boundaries. The Language Center has begun to invite the students of various languages to events that highlight the cultural aspects that they share, allowing students to gain an awareness of the role of the language and culture in a global context.

“We’ve begun to have events where we invite students from [many different languages] to look at cultural products that they have in common rather than the differences that are created by national boundaries,” Frei said. “We think that in the next few years, students will see more events that have to do with what we call ‘language without borders.’”

Cheaper Hey Day, Feb Two Phila. teachers Club with new UA budget found guilty of cheating Junior and senior classes got 50 percent boosts

CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

Funding boosts of over 50 percent to the junior and senior class boards — which will go primarily to subsidizing Feb Club and Hey Day for students — were the highlights of this year’s Undergraduate Assembly budget decisions.

The Junior Class Board received an additional $11,360, which reflects a 56.27 percent increase, with most of the funds going towards reducing the cost of Hey Day. “Hey Day is the most visible event that any class board hosts,” College junior and UA Treasurer Kat McKay said. “It’s a priority of student government that if we have a big event and a big tradition, we want everyone to participate.”

Similarly, the Senior Class Board received a 52.67 percent increase in funding. College senior and Senior Class Board President Jesus Perez initially requested $110,368.36 despite

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receiving only $23,450 last year.

Perez did not expect to receive the full amount, but made the request to show that Senior Class Board activities have been traditionally underfunded.

The funding increase will provide additional discounts for senior activities like Feb Club.

Special Planning and Events Committee also received an additional $66,425, reflecting a 7.85 percent increase. The majority of the increase in Spring Fling funding went to security and operations — costs that have to be met in order for the University to approve Spring Fling’s programming.

“The number of security guards per person going to an event is dictated by University policy,” Engineering senior and SPEC Treasurer Billy Clarke said.

Allocating over $2 million among various student groups and initiatives is never a straightforward task, but after weeks of negotiations and meetings, the UA Budget Committee approved its 20162017 budget with relative ease.

Unlike in previous years, the UA was able to satisfy the requests of most major groups, which made the budget season go by smoothly.

“Most years you have people coming in and arguing over $50,000, but this year … we literally made so many people happy,” McKay said. “It’s a record — the UA never makes that many people happy.”

Not only did groups submit reasonable requests this year, but the UA also had additional money to grant the requests.

Last year, the Student Activities Council was overfunded, so this year SAC adjusted its request to more accurately reflect their needs.

As a result of this additional money, many groups received considerable increases.

Student groups working with the UA Budget Committee have also commended them for their attention to detail and guidance.

“It’s bureaucratic, but it is because it needs to be. We’re dealing with a lot of money and making sure everyone gets what they need,” Clarke said.

delays on Friday morning.

For anyone traveling on Friday morning or early afternoon, I would not change any of your plans just yet unless things get much more serious in terms of snowfall, but there

is a chance that travel operations slow down for a time in the morning. By the afternoon and evening hours, I expect the sun to do its work and actually melt some of the snow by day’s end.

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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 year’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 ($400 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.

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DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES: FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 12pm NOON Submit your entry here: writing.upenn.edu/cw/prizes.html These contests are subject to the University Code of Academic Integrity.

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Grade-school students achieved abnormal scores JAMIE BRENSILBER Staff Reporter

Last week, two former educators at a Philadelphia public school pleaded guilty to charges of cheating on standardized tests.

Cayuga Elementary principal Evelyn Cortez and Cayuga teacher Jennifer Hughes were the first to be convicted in the test-cheating scandal that rocked Philadelphia and led to the arrest of eight educators.

Principal Cortez pleaded guilty to perjury, tampering with public records and criminal conspiracy and will be sentenced in late April. Hughes pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy and was sentenced to three years of probation.

Pennsylvania began investigating irregularities on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exam in 2011, following a Philadelphia Inquirer report that suggested cheating explained the increases in test scores.

The Inquirer report noted the suspicious jump in test scores at Theodore Roosevelt Middle School in East Germantown. In two years, 400 students jumped 52 out of 100 points in math and 51 points in English on the statewide PSSA exam.

Principal Stefanie Ressler was praised for her success, but many Roosevelt teachers suspected cheating. According to the Inquirer report, many teachers claimed to have seen answers to the test written on the board, as well as students talking with the principal while possessing the exam booklets.

The Inquirer found that 66 percent of seventh graders at

Roosevelt read below gradelevel, but 73 percent were found to be proficient or advanced on the PSSA reading test.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Education website describes the PSSA as a “standards-based, criterion-referenced assessment which provides students, parents, educators and citizens with an understanding of student and school performance.” The PSSA encompasses English, math, and science and technology exams between grades three and eight.

Graduate School of Education professor John Puckett said, “pressure was building, and the cry was being raised to compel teachers to leverage test scores.”

Puckett noted that the problem was most prevalent in Philadelphia and Atlanta. Puckett, who teaches courses on American education reform, said that he was unsurprised by the cheating scandal because of the pressure teachers were under to improve test scores.

Cheating had been “predicted and suspected long before these two cities were spotlighted,” Puckett said. “Teachers were very vulnerable in that they were being blamed as a source of the problem of low test scores, and they were being told they had to get the test scores up.”

“Some principals and teachers simply buckled under the pressure,” Puckett added.

With the rise in standardized testing that followed No Child Left Behind, teachers felt the pressure to raise test scores.

Puckett cited the “testing culture that has gone bonkers” and that “our educational leadership is obsessed with test scores, and reigning this in is going to be very difficult.”

Puckett noted that the increases were statistically impossible, but that the “principals were celebrated as models

and icons” in their success.

He compared these principals to Mark McGwire, a baseball player famous for breaking Babe Ruth’s record but ended up being on steroids. “The analogy in public schools was that these principals and teachers were on steroids with these test scores.

You can’t expect that kind of turnaround in one year.”

Some of the teachers involved in the cheating scandal actively erased and corrected students’ answers. Puckett noted that part of what caught officials’ attention was the inordinate amount of correct answers following erased responses. “It was statistically impossible to get the number of correct answers out of erased answers.”

Despite all of this cheating, Philadelphia has not gotten the national attention that Atlanta has with cheating. Puckett said that 225 schools were flagged as suspect statewide in 2013, but only 89 of those schools were investigated. According to Puckett, the Philadelphia schools’ financial problems overshadowed their cheating scandals.

Not only are the schools harmed by the cheating scandals, but also the children are deprived of the resources they need. The false success of the students “masks the need for greater resources in these skills” that were tested by the PSSA, Puckett said.

Their “entire education is being cheated,” Puckett added.

Teachers taught to the test and prepared students for these specific exams, when they could have used the time more productively, Puckett said.

“Teaching to the test became a way to raise test scores. And we knew it was coming. Sooner or later, people were going to start cheating on these tests.”

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Perelman family leaves legacy of feud on campus Family’s feuds present in campus buildings REBECCA HEILWEIL Staff Reporter

In May 2011, Ruth Perelman, with her husband Raymond, donated $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, making it the largest gift to a U.S. medical school in history. Two months later, she passed away in the hospital that now bears her family name.

Today, the Perelman legacy lives, stretching over Penn’s grounds and across Philadelphia.

The Medical School, the Institute for Contemporary Art and the new Center for Political Science and Economics all bear the family name.

But while most students understand “Perelman” as merely the all-consuming title of an influential and charitable family, the Perelman family has been consumed by drama and conflict.

The patriarch of the family After graduating in 1940 with a degree from Wharton, Raymond Perelman made his fortune in mining and manufacturing, ultimately founding RGP Holdings, a company that made him billions.

The son of Lithuanian immigrant parents who lived through the Great Depression, Raymond set his sights high. After meeting Ruth Caplan, the couple moved

back to a Philadelphia suburb — setting the stage for generations of notoriety and charity both at Penn and beyond. His marriage to Ruth and move back to Philadelphia established him as the patriarch of one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest and most influential families.

After establishing his fortune, Raymond started what has become a long list of recipients of his charitable donations. Since 1998, Raymond has personally spent almost $70,000 on campaigns and political fundraising, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Beneficiaries have included the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee.

Throughout Philadelphia, the Perelmans helped support the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kimmel Center and a Jewish day school. In October, the Perelman Center for Jewish Life broke ground, which will be housed at Drexel University.

But of all of Raymond’s beneficiaries, Penn has been the largest.

On top of his record-breaking $225 million donation, Raymond also pledged $25 million to the Center for Advanced Medicine in 2008 and established an endowed professorship in the School of Medicine.

Continuing the legacy The couple’s two sons both

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Ronald Perelman changed Logan Hall to Claudia Cohen Hall in honor of his ex-wife. He gained naming rights after a $20 million donation in 1995.

attended Wharton. After graduation, they each went into business.

Ronald, the eldest Perelman brother, has been called a mix of “tabloid headlines and Chabad charity.” A successful businessman, Ronald has been named the 80th richest person in the world while his marriages have earned New York Magazine features.

Jeffrey Perelman, while quieter than his brother, has also made a name for himself as the CEO and founder of the JEP Management holding company. His wife, Marsha, also has a degree from Penn.

Both Perelman sons have continued their connections to Penn after graduation, with both following in their father’s footsteps of offering donations to the university. Also like their father, their names are scattered around campus buildings to this day. But, drawing a distinct line from the patriarch of the family, many of Ronald’s and Jeffrey’s donations to Penn have been intertwined with family feud.

In 1995, Ronald donated $20 million to renovate the Perelman Quadrangle, gaining naming rights for Logan Hall. The donation then constituted the largest campus life donation in the University’s history.

Ronald’s most recent contribution to Penn will fund the long-awaited Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, which will house the economics and political science departments, in addition to the Center for the Advanced Study of India, the Browne Center and the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism. Ronald also currently serves on Wharton’s Board of Overseers.

Not to be outdone, Jeffrey has his own list of charitable donations to the university. His past contributions have supported the School of Medicine, the School of Design and the Institute for Contemporary Art. Jeffrey also currently serves as the treasurer on the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Board of Directors.

The feuds behind the scenes But underneath the exterior of charity, the Perelman family was consumed by feud. In the 1980s, Jeffrey was finally overwhelmed by personal and professional

conflict with his brother, and he moved to Colorado. Distressed by familial animosity, Ruth ensured that Jeffrey could have his own company through selling various family assets. For the time being, she had secured peace.

But family conflict reached a high point when she died. In August 2012, when Raymond accused Jeffrey of illegally changing his wife Ruth’s death certificate in 2011.

Raymond said that Jeffrey and his attorney had convinced a funeral home director to change Ruth’s primary residence to her home in Rittenhouse Square, instead of the original address listed in Palm Beach, Fla., according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. A spokeswoman for Jeffery then said, “Raymond is upset that Ruth named Jeffrey as executor and personal representative of her will.”

As recently as last year, the two were embroiled in legal battles over a separate issue regarding Raymond’s investing of the assets of an employee pension benefit plan to which Jeffrey was the beneficiary. Last summer, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Jeffrey’s claims that Raymond had consistently misreported his investments.

According to Forbes, Ronald and Raymond share their own tensions as a result of their business relationship. Raymond’s refusal to promote Ronald to president of his division of his company strained the father-son relationship for years, despite the fact that Ronald took his father’s side in feuds with his brother.

Ronald is also more religious than his father. In a 2011 interview with Forbes, he commented: “I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don’t believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.”

The same Forbes interview with Ronald and Raymond did not include Jeffrey.

“Well, we’re alike,” Raymond said, regarding his father. “We both have fires in our belly.”

Buildings can be bought For Ronald, the fire in his belly more recently embroiled him in a separate conflict — one that

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A named professorship of finance was established in honor of Ronald Perelman in 1986. His portrait hangs in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall today.

unfolded on Penn’s campus.

In 2008, the University announced plans to rename the building after his ex-wife and 1972 College and Wharton graduate Claudia Cohen. His decision to rename the building came a year after Cohen’s death from ovarian cancer. Ronald first acquired naming rights to the building after a $20 million donation to the university in 1995, and he chose to name the building after Cohen despite their divorce in 1994.

At Penn, Cohen was the first female managing editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. After graduating from Penn, she helped bring the notorious New York Post “Page Six” gossip column to prominence. Cohen was known for frequenting the Hamptons and Manhattan social scenes.

Penn had mixed, if not negative, reactions and made national news for the name change.

“I, as an academic, am accustomed to seeing buildings with names like Newton, Copernicus, Darwin,” chemistry professor Ponzy Lu told The New York Times in a 2008 article. “Then to see the name of this person, who is very fresh in our memory, who is not associated with a pursuit of knowledge — a gossip columnist: it strikes me as being totally idiotic.”

David Lei, then a junior and editor for the DP, told the Times,

“People were pretty unhappy about it, mainly because the name is quite old and it’s been Logan Hall for a long time. Many students and people in the community were unhappy that the name of a historical building could be ‘bought.’ ” The building, originally named Logan Hall after James Logan, who served as secretary to William Penn and as one of the first trustees of the university, still bears Cohen’s name today.

A lasting legacy Over the years, several of Ronald’s children have attended Penn.

At Penn, the family lives and breaths. There are professorships, portraits and even students that share the Perelman name. In 1994, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Hope Perelman, Ronald’s daughter and then-student.

When asked about her father’s legacy at Penn, she steered away from stereotypes of privilege and entitlement.

“It was a give-and-take relationship,” she said. “We always earned things. We weren’t just given things …. Sometimes people are just given things. If you’re taught that you have to fight for things, it builds character in a person.”

“My father always says you can’t take the easy way out, because it may not get you anywhere,” she added.

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The Settlement provides for eligible Settlement Class Members to receive their choice of either: 1) a one-time payment of up to $25.00; or 2) ten $5 Services Vouchers valued at a total of $50.00 for use at one of JMEC’s student salons to receive future services.

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If you do not wish to be a part of this Settlement, you may exclude yourself. If you do not exclude yourself, you will be bound by the Settlement and all Orders of the court. As a result, you will no longer be able to sue or continue to sue the Defendants about the claims in the Settlement. To request exclusion, you must mail your request in writing, postmarked no later than April 7, 2016, to the Jean Madeline Litigation Claims Administrator at 1801 Market Street, Suite 660, Philadelphia, PA 19103. The Court, located at Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, City Hall, Court Room 630, Philadelphia, PA 19107, will conduct a hearing on whether to approve the Settlement on April 21, 2016 at 10:00am, and if so, determine what amount of fees and expenses should be awarded to class counsel and the class representatives. If you wish, you or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost. You may object to the Settlement in advance of that hearing by following the procedure set forth in the Long Form Notice. Your objection must be received by April 7, 2016.

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OPINION The combover-in-chief CITIZEN CAPOZZI | Citizen Capozzi predicts Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States

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Donald Trump will defeat Hillary Clinton and become the next president of the United States.

To those vehemently insisting that the primaries are ongoing, Trump’s sweeping Super Tuesday triumph makes his eventual victory almost mathematically certain.

Meanwhile, the rigged Democratic primary never gave Bernie Sanders a real chance.

That said, let’s skip ahead to what’s really important: the general election. If I were a betting man, I would bet on Trump, even as many Republican leaders are predicting that Trump will destroy the Republican Party.

The head-to-head polling between Trump and Clinton shows a close race, though Clinton tends to poll slightly better. Both candidates are unpopular, and while Trump is more unpopular, around 60 percent of voters distrust Clinton. So what tips the scale in Trump’s favor?

First, history is on Trump’s side. Since 1950, a political party has only won three straight elections once, with even popular presidents like Dwight Eisenhower and Bill

Clinton having been succeeded by members of the opposing party. Further, Eisenhower and Clinton had significantly higher approval ratings than Barack Obama does, putting history on Trump’s side.

Second, the American electorate is extraordinarily angry. While Hillary Clinton has been declared President Obama’s heir and argues that “America never stopped being great,” Trump’s angry populist rhetoric connects especially well with white working-class voters. This might explain why about 20 percent of likely Democrat voters would consider Trump, giving him a chance in blue states like Massachusetts. Over 60 percent of the voters believe that the country is heading in the wrong direction, and they might prefer radical change to Clinton, who is a near-perfect embodiment of establishment politics.

But hasn’t Trump taken radical far-right stances that will alienate undecided voters? As I argued previously, this widespread perception is false. Trump supports the Obamacare mandate, Planned Parenthood and a more pro-

gressive tax code. Simultaneously, Trump opposes neoconservative interventions, free trade and entitlement reform.

Yes, Trump has taken radical — though disappointingly popular — stances against illegal immigration and Mus-

containing mob connections, business bankruptcies and troubled marriages. But Clinton also has a full closet of skeletons. The 2016 presidential election will be the nastiest election in American history, dominated by negative ads and personal attacks.

Donald Trump will defeat Hillary Clinton and become the next president of the United States.” lims. But don’t forget, Donald Trump is a master salesman.

He’s already rebranding himself as a “common sense” conservative and promising that “everything is negotiable.” Until a year ago, Donald Trump was a Manhattan liberal who invited the Clintons to his wedding. He transformed himself over the last year to win an election, and he’ll do it again.

However, I concede that Trump has a sketchy past

Trump has proven himself a master bully, saturating the media with negative branding that devastated Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

He’ll do the same to Clinton, starting with her email practices, declaring her a criminal fleeing the FBI. When that accusation stagnates, he’ll resuscitate old accusations from the Whitewater Controversy, capped by the insinuation that Clinton murdered Vince Foster.

When the media laughs that off — but only after repeating the accusation thousands of times — Trump will make Juanita Broaddrick a household name. Broaddrick, Bill Clinton’s most famous rape accuser, has endorsed Trump and is accusing Hillary of trying to “silence” her, even though Clinton has argued that rape victims should be believed. Trump will make that hypocrisy hurt.

And now for the “Trump” card against my argument: Donald Trump is a racist and therefore cannot win. Although the media now regularly repeats that line, many including Al Sharpton are skeptical. Trump, who supports affirmative action, polls around 12 percent with black voters. Compare this with Mitt Romney in 2012, who won only 6 percent of the black vote against Barack Obama.

Though Clinton will labor to brand Trump as a racist, it’s hard to imagine him doing worse than Romney.

And finally, record-breaking turnout will boost Trump.

Because of Trump, the GOP has seen record turnout in its primary races so far, while

LOUIS CAPOZZI Democratic turnout is down from 2008, suggesting low enthusiasm for Clinton.

Clinton will make good arguments — which I mostly agree with — against Trump.

But people have underestimated him from the beginning, as I argued last September. This election will be agonizingly close and could rewrite the textbook of American politics.

Trump has promised he will make Americans “sick of winning.” And in 2017, he might prove himself right.

LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu.

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The spring semester may only be at its halfway point, but Penn has set the calendar for the next academic year. For the Council of Deans, establishing the calendar so far in advance is standard operating procedure. Each year, the undergraduate deans assemble and prepare a calendar that they then propose to the Office of the Provost for approval, while taking students’ opinions into account during the process.

The process is refreshingly multifaceted, and the potential calendar goes through multiple stages before being approved.

Just a quick glance at

the 2016-17 calendar, however, reveals a notable change: Next year’s winter break will be five days shorter than it was this year.

In 2015, the fall semester ended on Dec. 18, and the spring term began on Jan. 13. Next year, fall exams will end later — on Dec. 22 — and students will return for classes on Jan. 11.

Of course, some variation in the calendar from year to year is inevitable.

The calendar must shift to some extent to accommodate changes that occur with the natural passage of time, such as adding a

day to February during a leap year. It’s also true that the University is not completely free to determine

Regardless, it is still a bit troubling that the break between the fall and spring terms will be decreasing.

also beneficial for our mental health.

While we understand the need for a summer break

Next year’s winter break will be five days shorter than it was this year.” the length of the academic year. Penn must abide by certain state regulations, which require that a minimum number of educational hours must be met.

Considering the level of stress that Penn students experience during each semester, a winter vacation of a considerable length is not only warranted, but

long enough to allow for internships of substantial length, there is also something to be said for allowing students to decompress from school and work be-

tween fall and spring semesters. A shorter winter break benefits no one.

In comparison to other Ivy League institutions, Penn is already on the lower end when it comes to the length of winter break.

Cornell undergraduates, for example, will end their 2016 fall term on Dec. 17, and return for spring classes on Jan. 25.

While in the meantime Penn must comply with state law, perhaps it is time to bring these concerns — giving students enough time away from the stresses of college life — to the state level.

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Virtual reality simulates mental illness experience

Two students created VR with Google Cardboard TIFFANY YAU Contributing Reporter

Penn and its students have attempted to address the issue of mental health through a task force, multiple new clubs and countless events, but two students are taking a more creative approach.

On Wednesday, College seniors Reika Yoshino and Jun Xia hosted an event to allow students to interactively experience a “mental health virtual reality� with Google Cardboard — to get a brief look at what it’s like to suffer from mental illness.

Yoshino and Xia started their creation after sending out a survey

to around 40 anonymous Penn students. The survey asked individuals to share their experience with mental illness and how it has influenced their everyday lives.

Yoshino and Xia found patterns in the survey results. Based on responses from those diagnosed with mental illness, depression was found among 83 percent of individuals, closely followed by anxiety, along with PTSD and bipolar disorder.

Then, over the course of one week, Yoshino and Xia collaborated to create a virtual reality experience, with the goal of tackling the issue of mental health in an innovative way. “Especially at Penn, problems like these become very serious, and we want to show there are different ways to approach discussing

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On Tuesday, the House Committee on Ways and Means met to discuss free speech on college campuses.

The Congress Oversight Subcommittee is confronting the question of whether tax-exempt universities endanger their nonprofit status by allowing political activities on campus.

Georgetown law student Alexander Adkins testified that he was repeatedly prevented from using school space and resources to support a Bernie Sanders campus group.

The Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s Director of Litigation Catherine Sevcenko also testified. The organization, which was co-founded by Penn professor Alan Kors, has assisted in Adkins’ recent case in Georgetown.

Some congressional members worried that the question was not an issue for the Ways and Means Committee. “We have plenty of work to do, and this not it,� said Rep. John Lewis (DGa.).

According to FIRE’s Spotlight rating, Penn “nominally protect[s] free speech,� based on the organization’s analysis of university sexual harassment, open expression, student conduct, facilities use and electronic resource policies. “It’s an issue that political groups experience on campus,�

Penn Democrats President Max Levy said. He added that the Student Activities Council does not fund political events, and that funding typically comes from Penn Political Coalition’s separately-supported Synergy Committee.

He added that political groups can encounter difficulties when campaigning politicians are invited to speak. When booking large-scale rooms in the Wharton School, for instance,

speakers have to be approved by the University.

Penn for Kasich founder Joe Kiernan said that political debate is necessary to the university student experience.

While Penn for Kasich has yet to see any limitation of free expression on campus, Kiernan adds that a campus group support a more radical candidate like Donald Trump might have a “more trying� experience.

In his testimony, Sevcenko argued that challenges to student free speech rights is a national problem, and referenced cases of university political censorship at Catherine University and American University.

Sevcenko also said that the First Amendment applies differently to public and private universities. While state universities are government entities that are subject to free speech protections, private universities — depending on how they selfmarket — can also deal with questions of free association and breach of contract.

“It’s deeply ironic that the the university in an attempt to preserve their 501(c)(3) status are in fact censoring people, censoring students ‌ This is not a minor problem.â€? According to Sevcenko, 50 percent of the colleges and universities that FIRE analyzed had “openly unconstitutional speech codes.â€?

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A jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County deliberated for two-and-a-half days before declaring the 28-year-old Gaynor guilty of first-degree murder, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The judge in the case, Lillian Ransom, then immediately sentenced him to life in prison.

“The conviction today is in no small part due to the excellent evidence presented to the jury and the court,” Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said.

In an interview after Gaynor’s conviction, Rush ref lected on the Division of Public Safety’s quick

turn-around time after spotting the shooting. DPS first became aware of the incident after PennComm operators noticed the gunshots on closed circuit television monitors.

Penn Police were on the scene within minutes of the shooting, following Gaynor after he fled south on 40th Street, dropped his semiautomatic weapon and ran west on Pine.

Gaynor had been charged with multiple crimes before the shooting related to unlawful possession of a firearm. He was also charged with various drug-related crimes and for receiving stolen property.

With his conviction on Wednesday, Rush said “this individual will no longer be a threat to the Philadelphia community.”

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Penn students debate divestment Debate held to discuss U.’s divestment from fossil fuels ERNEST MONAHAN Contributing Reporter

As Penn’s ad hoc committee on divestment from fossil fuels begins to deliberate this month, Penn students took the opportunity to voice their opinions on the issue as well.

In a discussion on Wednesday led by the Penn Sustainability Review, students broke down the issues of fossil fuel divestment and discussed the morality of investing the University’s endowment in fossil fuels.

“To not divest is to actively undermine our campus sustainability,” Wharton and Engineering junior Thomas Lee said.

Lee, a member of Fossil Free Penn, said companies that contribute to fossil fuel emissions are committing a moral evil and that Penn is too by investing in them.

Last year, 88 percent of Penn undergraduates voted in favor of a referendum to divest from fossil fuels. Thirty-three percent of

undergraduate students voted in total, with 87.8 percent favoring divestment.

Fossil Free Penn launched the referendum and called for Penn to stop new investments in the fossil fuel industry, remove holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies within five years and reinvest a portion of the funds into clean energy assets. Members of Fossil Free Penn used a variety of metrics to estimate that four percent of Penn’s $9.6 billion endowment is currently invested in fossil fuel companies.

Wharton MBA student and Wharton Graduate Energy Club President William Harvey said divesting from companies would limit Penn’s ability to influence them to transition to more renewable forms of energy.

“Instead of divesting from fossil fuel, we should invest in cleaner energy research,” Harvey said.

Wharton MBA student Aroon Vijaykar said investing in fossil fuels contradicts Penn’s Climate Action Plan 2.0.

“Divestment is about aligning our incentives towards a brighter future,” he said.

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Penn’s divestment movement reaches back to 2014, where students protested against the University’s investment policies.

Last week Penn appointed members to the Ad Hoc Committee on Divestment, one of many steps toward the proposal reaching the Board of Trustees. Their recommendations will become public later this year.

The debate was hosted by the Penn Sustainability Review and cosponsored by a number of groups, including The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Engineering senior and Penn Sustainability Review Editor-inChief Sasha Klebnikov said the debate was designed to move away from established speaker events into

a more active discussion. By bringing students from both sides of the argument to discuss the most logical path going forward, the debate allowed students to hear from both perspectives.

“It is important to get the dialogue going, and PSR offers a venue for that,” College senior and Penn Sustainability Review Managing Editor Tatiana Brunvall said.

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This spring break, Penn men’s lacrosse will be jetting off to beautiful, warm, tropical ... Pennsylvania.

With faceoffs against Penn State, Lafayette and Villanova before classes start up again, the Red and Blue (1-1) do indeed have a busy week ahead of them.

First up is No. 20 Penn State (3-1).

Just a year ago, the Red and Blue fell to Penn State 11-14. But much has changed since then. The main difference? The man in goal.

Although the 2015-16 season is young, freshman goalkeeper Reed Junkin has emerged as the Quakers’ starter between the pipes. The Massachusetts native quickly adjusted to collegiate level play and proved his utility in Penn’s first two matchups, tallying 28 total saves in 120

minutes played.

“Reed has adjusted very well to the speed of the game,” Murphy said. “Obviously the shots come in a little harder than they do in high school.”

“But I think he can take a step forward in regard to leading the defense,” Murphy added.

Just a week ago, after his debut performance against Michigan, Junkin earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors with 12 total saves — four of which came in the first quarter of play.

“At this point we feel like Reed is our starter,” Murphy said. “All in all he’s done a great job, obviously making a lot of saves and playing well for us in the cage so we’re happy with where he is and how he’ll

progress.”

Coming off a loss last weekend to No. 11 Virginia, the Quakers are hoping to improve upon some of the notable weak points that have emerged in the first two games of the season.

“We have not faced off well in the spring after facing off well in the fall,” coach Mike Murphy said. “It’s a little bit frustrating and a little bit mystifying as to why that is. So we spent a lot of time on it this week, we’re trying a few more guys and hopefully we’re better facing off.

“But it’s also very relative. Penn State is struggling facing off just like we are so if we do have success, I’m not going to think that we’ve solved all our problems but that we’ve performed better than we have to date.”

The Nittany Lions are also coming off a loss last weekend — to Penn’s neighbor and future foe, Villanova.

Junkin, like Murphy, noted that the Quakers can improve their faceoff game. But he also acknowledged that there are other areas of improvement for the Red and Blue too.

“Our clearing game wasn’t as good as it usually is,” Junkin said, “We’re usually close to 80-100 percent and last game we were not even close to that. So we definitely need to work on that.

“Defensive-wise, we need to lock down, not be top side too much because we got beat for six goals in that game, and we have to limit our turnovers.”

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they continue to build into next year and beyond.

“We’re just trying to build on what we’ve already done this season,” he said. “What I mentioned to the team is that this starts our championship run. We are going to start building right now, figuring out how we are going to win on the road and obviously take

it into next year. There are so many things on the line that we are excited about.”

The improvement will need to continue on the defensive side of the ball for Penn to end its season with three victories, especially after its dismal performance in a loss to Yale last weekend.

“We were frustrated with our defense. It has been something that we’ve been pretty consistent with but weren’t last weekend. I want to make sure that we play extremely hard at Dartmouth and Harvard.

Execution is important but competing is way more important and that’s what we like to see.”

Donahue also discussed how

his squad must to learn how to win important games even when they aren’t playing their best.

“We’re still one year into this.

Winning basketball games is a huge tool for motivating this summer and knowing how good you can be,” Donahue said. “Getting that win validates all that work you’ve put in. Playing well is good, but at this point figuring out how to win, whether you play well or not, is probably more important.”

Despite everything coming to an end for the Quakers, these final three contests could be the start of something even bigger in the future for Penn basketball.

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best I could ask for.”

While Nelson-Henry voiced his excitement at the idea of playing the role of spoiler, coach Steve Donahue had his eyes set on what winning these final three contests could mean for his program as

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Penn men’s lacrosse will be staying close to home this spring break, taking on two opponents, including No. 20 Penn State at Franklin Field.

The Quakers will have three contests over break in which they can work towards perfecting these skills before Ivy play begins on March 19 against Princeton.

But the focus must be on taking one game at a time for the next three local match-ups. The first two will be held at Franklin Field, and the last at Villanova.

“We haven’t played a complete game yet,” Murphy said. “Hopefully we can put our best foot forward facing off and clearing and riding well on offense and defense.”

And luckily for Penn, its Philadelphia stay-cation of sorts gives them plenty of time to practice playing “complete games” over spring break.

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in recent weeks.

Tirapelle is not only confident that everyone will be ready to go — including 149-pounder CJ Cobb and 141-pounder Marc Mastropietro, who sat out against Drexel a week and a half ago — but that the team has the potential to stake out a strong performance at Jadwin.

“I think we’re at a point where I think we can achieve the goals we set for ourselves pre-season,” he said. “Selfishly, and as a coach, you always think you can be doing better. Like I

said, it’s a finite amount of time and you always wish you had a couple more weeks to work on things.

“It’s about prioritizing and figuring out what will have the biggest impact on the wins and losses.”

For Thomas, this will be his last go-around after four years of EIWA competition. And he’s ready for his team to lay it all on the line.

“We all have to step it up to get to our goals,” he explained.

“We can’t just coast through it and expect to do well. We’re in the zone, and there’s no room for going in satisfied.”

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Although it took a little bit of time to get the Quakers’ offense rolling — 12 and a half minutes, to be exact — Penn (2-1) was nothing short of dominant in its 15-8 win over Rutgers. Senior attack Iris Williamson netted the first goal for the Red and Blue, starting a streak of seven unanswered goals that put the home team up, 7-1, at the intermission.

Perhaps most notable about Penn’s first-half performance was its ferocity — something that was almost entirely missing in last week’s 12-6 road loss to No. 10 Duke. The loss saw the Quakers’ ranking fall from No. 14 to No. 19 by the Inside Lacrosse Poll. “We played a little scared against Duke. We weren’t running at full speed through anything, which was really, really frustrating,� coach Karin Corbett explained.

Corbett’s team could not be kept down for long, though. “One of our goals was to attack from the start,� senior midfielder Nina Corcoran said. “I think that set the momentum for the whole game that we were going hard to

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Although they’ll be under the sun, there will be no break for Penn women’s tennis over the next week.

The Quakers will be heading to Texas for four matches against tough opponents, such as UT-Arlington and UT-Austin, spanning the week of spring break.

The Red and Blue (5-3) are riding high right now, coming off a big 5-2 victory over a strong Maryland team at home and are currently enjoying a five-game winning streak. Despite their soaring success already, coach Sanela Kunovac has no interest in letting up and emphasizes the challenges ahead. “I think it’s very important for us to be going up against really good teams, which is what we’re gonna get in Texas, outdoor tennis, and to be on the road several matches in a row,�

Kunovac said. “That’s really important since the first three matches of our Ivy season we are on the road, and usually the first three really set the tone, so it’s important for the team to adjust to being on the road, since we’re pretty good at home.�

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Last season, the tilt with the Bears (2-1) was a smooth win for Penn thanks to offensive fireworks provided by then-senior Tory Bensen and then-junior Nina Corcoran, who each contributed three goals.

This year, Brown should pose less of an offensive threat, as they lost Alyssa DiBona and Janie Gion — two of their most prolific point scorers and only team members to earn second team AllIvy or honorable mention All-Ivy nods in 2015 — to graduation.

Penn isn’t thinking too much about the holes in its opponent’s roster, though. “It’s coming out and dictating the tempo both offensively and defensively off the draw and really taking it to ‘em,� Corbett said. “We play well when we go hard and when we can play fast.�

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halftime. “That was huge for our attack today, putting up 15 goals and everyone scoring,� said Corcoran, whose six assists were just one shy of the program’s single game assist record.

The offensive fireworks continued into the second half, as Williamson and DeSimone notched two more goals each to put Penn up, 11-1. Then, Rutgers offense started to wake up, winning six draw controls and scoring three unanswered goals to bring the score to 11-4. “I think where we fell apart a little bit was ground balls and fighting for those ground balls,�

Corbett said. “So I think we have to come up with those draws, so we have the ball more on our offense.�

Though the Quakers and Scarlet Knights would trade scores for the rest of the contest, the visitors trailed by no fewer than seven goals for the remainder of the second half. Looking ahead, the win provided a much-needed confidence boost to the Quakers as they prepare to open their Ancient Eight slate against Brown at home

he wanted to ensure the team was well-rested as it readies for its sixth straight weekend doubleheader. “We stayed the course, and we shortened our practices for fatigue reasons to make sure that we’re sharp mentally and physically,�

McLaughlin said.

Sophomore forward Michelle Nwokedi backed up the assertion that the team was rested and excited for one of the biggest weekends of the season. “It’s a preventative measure,� she said of the shortened practices. “A huge part of this game is mental, and you don’t want to get tired.�

It will be important for the Quakers to stay rested, as 88 percent of the minutes this season have been distributed between six players that have scored 92 percent of the teams points.

Between the two of them, Nwokedi and Stipanovich rank first and second in the conference in rebounds and blocks and are eighth and ninth in points per game.

Meanwhile, two of the primary ballhandlers, sophomore Anna Ross and senior Kasey Chambers, top the conference leaderboard in assist-toturnover ratio.

definitely excited to see how players differ and how the level of play differs in different areas,� Kowalska said. “It’s going to be challenging and exciting.�

Penn will first take on North Texas on Sunday in Denton, before driving through the lone star state to Arlington, Austin and finally Houston, completing their tour with a match against Rice. Over the course of the week, they will traverse roughly 500 miles of Texas terrain, raising the question of fatigue for Kunovac’s team. Despite the long distances, senior Sonya Latycheva dismissed the notion of travel weariness. “We’ve all played juniors before coming to Penn and that’s one of the things as a tennis player you’re supposed to do is travel and go from hotel to hotel, so we’re kind of used to that,� she said. “It will be a nice experience to go through it together as a team.�

Upon returning from break, the Ivy League season is just around the corner, with the only buffer coming in the form of a home match with St. John’s.

Next up will be visits to Princeton, Yale and Brown. As such, Kunovac stresses the need to face tough competition to prepare for what’s ahead. “We can expect them to protect their home turf really well. One of the reasons we scheduled this was because we wanted to get pushed at the level we expect from the Ivies or better,� she said. “So we hope for

that, and we don’t want to get a win because we have an inferior opponent. We want to earn it.�

The women will not be the only Quakers hitting the road over break, as the men’s team is taking a trip westward to Colorado and California. Their tour will include five matches, with the first three being played in the shadow of the Rockies before hopping over to sunny San Diego.

The Red and Blue (4-7) will look to find their form on the road after a turbulent stretch that included a rough 5-2 defeat at home against Penn State just after dominating visiting New Mexico 6-1.

They will kick off their excursion with weekend matchups against Denver and Colorado before taking on Air Force on Tuesday. Penn’s next stop will be the Golden State’s southern coast to clash with San Diego and San Diego State.

The men have even more of an impetus to crystalize their game over break than the women do, as they will be ushered into Ancient Eight play in just a month’s time, with no scheduled matches after leaving California. The beginning of April will see them kick off at home against Yale and Brown, putting an added emphasis on performances this coming week before the grind of the Ivy season gets under way.

So while the vast majority of students will be looking to find some rays to soak up this spring break, Penn tennis will be toiling in the heat as the season warms up.

The Red and Blue’s first opponent of the weekend, Dartmouth (12-16, 7-5), saw its five-game winning streak snapped in Saturday’s loss to Yale despite Kate Letkewicz’s clinic on offense, where she put up 27 points on 9-for-13 shooting, including 4-for-8 from long-distance.

Forward Lakin Roland and Letkewicz have been vital players for the Big Green. Roland averages 15.8 and 8.3 rebounds — both of which place fourth in the conference — with Letkewicz not far behind at 12.6 points and 7 rebounds.

Saturday’s opponent, Harvard (14-11, 9-3), has won six straight since falling to both Penn and Princeton at home. The Crimson’s leading scorer, AnnMarie Healy, ranks second in the conference in points per game and fourth in field goal percentage with 16.1 and 51.3 percent, respectively. She filled up the stat sheet last Friday against Yale with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Shilpa Tummala and Kit Metoyer have also shared the burden on offense, and Tummala took over in Saturday’s 92-79 shootout with Brown, recording 24 points with six three-point buckets and 12 boards.

Given the way the last Ivy weekend with Dartmouth and Harvard played out, McLaughlin doesn’t see much of a need to switch up the

gameplan prior to the games. “We’re probably going to handle things the way we’ve done it,� he said. “We’re going to play the same style, we can change as the game dictates. I think offensively we’re always adapting to new sets and new roles.�

Princeton has rebounded to win its last 10 after their winter break tilt with Penn to open conference play, in which the Quakers prevailed 50-48. The Tigers’ paltry 29.1 percent field goal percentage was their lowest of the season, and Princeton has not shot below 40 percent since.

Six games during the streak have been won by more than 20 points, and Harvard was the only team to close with a single-digit deficit (9 points) against the reigning Ivy champions. The Tigers have a balanced offensive attack, with their five starters averaging between 8-14 points, and two of them, Annie Tarakchian and Alex Wheatley, were first team All-Ivy a year ago.

With the opportunity to claim the Ivy League title, McLaughlin can feel the excitement surrounding the team. “We had two weekends away. I think they’re super excited. ... These games are valuable, and we’re on our court. It’s a pretty good spot to be in.�

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Wednesday evening, Penn women’s lacrosse made quick work of Rutgers, 15-8

Both Penn tennis squads will be heading west to get some action in over spring break

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

M. HOOPS | Quakers aim to be

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Final stretch of Ivy play awaits

spoiler for Princeton’s season MATT FINE Associate Sports Editor

Over spring break, Penn basketball will be seeing many ends. Unless the Red and Blue end up with a postseason bid, the break will bring the end of the college careers of seniors Darien Nelson-Henry and Jamal Lewis, the end of head coach Steve Donahue’s first year at the helm and possibly the end of the Quakers’ first winning Ivy season FRIDAY since the 2011Dartmouth 12 campaign.

Penn (11-14, (9-17, 3-9 Ivy) 5-6 Ivy) will hit 7 p.m. the road over Hanover, N.H. the next week to take on DartSATURDAY mouth (9-17, Harvard 3-9), Harvard (12-16, 4-8 Ivy) (12-16, 4-8), and Princeton 7 p.m.

(20-5, 10-1) as Boston, Mass. the Ancient Eight season TUESDAY comes to its Princeton conclusion.

(20-5, 10-1 Ivy) T he Red and Blue will 8 p.m. be looking to Princeton, N.J. repeat their performance against the Big Green and Crimson after defeating them in back to back nights at the Palestra earlier this season.

Princeton, however, poses a unique situation for the Quakers. Penn is vying for revenge after dropping an overtime heartbreaker against the Tigers in January.

Along with that, Princeton is in a position to surpass Yale for the Ivy League title, meaning with a win, the Red and Blue could spoil the Tigers’ chances for an Ancient Eight title and NCAA Tournament berth.

In the midst of his final and best season as a member of the Red and Blue, NelsonHenry is excited for the opportunity to finish the his Penn basketball career on a high note.

“This is the first time I could go .500 overall and in Ivies,” he said. “It would be huge to know that my last year was statistically the best since I’ve gotten here.”

He was even more eager to potentially ruin Princeton’s season and postseason aspirations.

“Being the spoiler is fun anyways, but especially when it’s against Princeton. If we can mess up Princeton’s season then nothing would make me happier — other than winning an Ivy League championship, of course — but this is the second SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 7

THIS | Ivy title on the line in final three games

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JACOB ADLER

Associate Sports Editor

It’s the last week of the season, and there’s currently a tie for first place. Get your popcorn ready.

Penn women’s basketball will host Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend in its final Ivy League doubleheader of the season before driving to New Jersey to conclude regular season play against Princeton in a contest that could determine

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the winner of the Ivy League title.

The Quakers (21-4, 10-1 Ivy) have the opportunity to earn the program’s second conference championship in three seasons, but to get there, they will have to go through the other three teams that round out the top four in the Ancient Eight standings.

The Red and Blue entered their

penultimate weekend of conference play having won each of their last eight games and 15 of 16 but fell to Cornell, 51-46, despite junior center Sydney Stipanovich’s 16 points and eight rebounds. The next day brought Columbia, which the Quakers routed for the second time this season, 60-42.

However, the Friday loss allowed

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Princeton (21-4, 10-1) to claim a share of the conference lead, making things interesting as both teams come into this weekend at 10-1 in Ivy play.

Coach Mike McLaughlin said that while the atmosphere at practice was loose and the players were confident this week, SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 8

NCAA bids on the line as Quakers head to Princeton

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Ranked 16th in the country at 184 pounds, senior Lorenzo Thomas looks to repeat the All-American status he earned in the 2014 season, but he must first work his way through EIWAs this weekend.

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The road to NCAAs runs through Princeton.

This weekend, Penn wrestling will head to Jadwin Gym as the Tigers play host for the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships, taking place across two days.

For the Quakers, the tournament is the next step on the road to becoming an All-American, as it serves as the primary means of qualifying for the NCAA Championships, although

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some at-large bids will still be up for grabs.

Bids to nationals, hosted at Madison Square Garden on March 17-19, are given out to the top-finishing wrestlers in each weight class at EIWAs, though the number of bids in each weight class will vary between three and seven wrestlers. If the Red and Blue hope to punch their tickets to the Big Apple, they must first have strong performances this weekend.

Fortunately for the Quakers, they’ve had some time to prepare. By the time this weekend rolls around, Penn will have had two full weeks off following a dual meet at Drexel.

“I think [the break] helped, because we get a full week of hard preparation and then a week of tapered off,

less-intense work,” senior Lorenzo Thomas said. “The average week we split it half and half where we go hard in the beginning then taper off, but this time it was a full week of each.”

Thomas is one of coach Alex Tirapelle’s best shots at taking home an individual EIWA title, coming in ranked No. 16 at 184 pounds — although his longtime rival from Cornell, Gabe Dean, holds the top spot in the InterMat rankings.

On the whole, the Red and Blue come into the weekend looking to move past some tough losses in dual meets — including defeats at the hands of Drexel and Princeton — and get some grapplers back from injuries SEE WRESTLING PAGE 7

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