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Vagelos students blocked from Cog Sci major Already declared majors will not have to switch JILL MOELY Staff Reporter

Freshmen in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management may need to reconsider their course of study after a recent change in the program’s offerings.

On Monday, freshmen in the program — which offers a dual degree in the College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton — received an email stating that they could not choose Cognitive Science as their College major. Any student who had already declared the Cognitive Science major, however, would be not be asked to switch.

The email, sent by an LSM administrator, explained that “experience

has shown that students majoring in Cognitive Science simply have not covered an amount of basic science consistent with the philosophy and purpose of this program.”

Because LSM students graduate with degrees from two of Penn’s schools in four years, they must plan their courses carefully in advance. The second semester drop period had already ended when the

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SPEC-TRUM lands Rae Sremmurd for spring concert ELLIE SCHROEDER Staff Reporter

Get ready to party it “Up Like Trump” and take a “Selfie” to remember the night — “U Guessed It,” it’s SPEC-TRUM’s Spring Concert.

The event will feature rap duo Rae Sremmurd, along with Chynna Rogers and OG Maco, who will perform at World Cafe Live on March 28.

Chynna Rogers is a 20-year-old local rapper. She released her extended play “Chinois” last year and is best known for her songs “Selfie” and “Glen Coco.”

OG Maco, also in his 20s, rose to fame after his single “U Guessed It,” leading Rolling Stone to dub him “Atlanta’s newest rock star.” Since then, he has released several acclaimed mixtapes.

The best known act in the lineup, Rae Sremmurd, is a rap duo of two brothers from Mississippi. They released their first album, SremmLife, in January, working with famous producer Mike Will Made It. They have

More than half of the College Houses increased electricity usage JEFFREY CAREYVA Staff Reporter

While Eco-Reps spent the month of February encouraging college house residents to reduce energy usage, consumption in fact increased for over half of the buildings during the Power Down Challenge.

This year marked the the sixth year of the challenge and the first time ever that over half of the participating college houses increased their electricity usage. Gregory and Harrison College Houses won, with Gregory achieving the largest percent reduction in electricity use — 1.67 percent — while Harrison saved the most gross electrical energy — 2518 kWh. They will each receive a catered Ben and Jerry’s ice cream reception.

The high rises did well overall in the challenge, populating three of the top four places, even though Harnwell went up by .1 percent in percent reduction of electricity.

But aside from Gregory, Harrison and Rodin, every other college house used more electrical energy than the baseline amount set for the Power Down Challenge. Du Bois

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Hanging with Hoodie and Rae Sremmund The artists discuss their mtvU Woodie Award nods

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It may not be the Grammys, but mtvU’s Woodie Awards — where college students are invited to vote on their favorite music — are gaining a reputation as one of the hottest music award shows for up-and-coming artists. This year, the Woodies will take place on March 20 in Austin and will feature nominees

At Penn, with snow comes salt. Sometimes even before snow comes salt. It’s a winter hallmark — coating shoes, piled up in the corners between buildings and the ground and crunching underneath students’ boots as they walk to class.

When Penn uses salt, it washes into the Schuylkill River, which can contribute to toxic conditions. Regardless, Penn continues to use a lot of it. Alain Plante, who teaches earth and environmental science at Penn, posits that is using this much salt because it’s an easier, cheaper alternative to shoveling.

“Salt is too cheap,” he said. “The cost of salt fails to factor in the environmental externality.”

Externality, an economic term, is the implicit cost of something that isn’t necessarily reflected in how much it costs to purchase. So the externality of the salt Penn uses would not only include the amount of money that would eventually be needed to clean up streams, but also to wash off sidewalks in the short term

announcement was made, but the program’s administration said students will still be able to graduate on time.

“The timing is before advance registration for the fall, which means that first-year students are not so far along in one major that they have no other choices,” LSM Director of

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from well-known artists like Sam Smith and Charlie XCX, as well as lesser-known groups like Bad Suns and Childish Gambino.

The Daily Pennsylvanian took part in a phone conference with two of this year’s nominees: SPECTRUM artist Rae Sremmurd and 2010 Wharton graduate Hoodie Allen.

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of brothers Khalif and Aquil Brown, otherwise known as Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy. The duo is known for its tracks “No Flex Zone” and “No Type,” which reached number 16 on the Billboard 100 and has over 145 million YouTube views.

Steven Markowitz, better known by the stage name Hoodie Allen, is a hip hop artist nominated for the “CoSign” Woodie for his single “All About It” featuring Ed Sheeran. After graduating from Wharton with concentrations in marketing and finance, he moved to Silicon Valley to work for Google as an account executive while working on his music at night. He quit his job at Google soon after to pursue his music career full-time.

Rae Sremmurd Your sound right now is so popular. Looking forward into the future, how do you look to evolve your music and are you worried that that is going to cost you some of your fan base?

We have tons of fans that are going to evolve with us. ... We always will have our unique sound. It’s always going to elevate, and I think our fans are going to elevate with us.

Can you describe what it felt like when you found out you were nominated for an mtvUnot MTV Woodie?

It felt like I had a Woodie myself. ... It felt like I had just won the lottery. ... I spilled my Starbucks and everything.

You guys are very young men and just out of your teens.

Would you say that you are confident around older industry players? Where do you find that confidence and how can you instill that in other young people?

That confidence comes from within. ... Where we’re from you’ve got to stand out. They throw you into the jungle with all of the other wild animals, and you’ve got to love it.

When you become older and life becomes less about partying and women, what do you think you’ll be rapping about?

Traveling the world ... and

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freedom and girls. I’m always going to talk about girls.

In your interviews, you’re always happy. Where do you get that happiness from? What is the key to happiness?

The key to happiness, man, is just know who you are, know your values. You’re on top of the world, things are going good, you’re looking good, you’re living better ... you go right out there and you keep that smile on your face.

Where do you draw the influence from your music?

Rock, heavy metal, you know where they screaming like. [screams] You are from the same place as Elvis. Any artists that you look for to be working with or that you like listening to right now?

We really want to let things happen naturally ... but we are definitely interested in working with ... Bobby Brown. Definitely be interested in working with anybody. We just make music.

Hoodie Allen You went from being an account executive for Google to becoming a rapper. How has your degree served you in the music industry?

I think the thing that translated the most is, probably was the way I look at the world and the way I’m able to think

about myself as a business — from a marketing sense and how to really set up my album, my single in a way that can be most meaningful. That’s the biggest part of my real life experience in college that has translated to the music stuff.

Can you recall your earliest memory with music?

Going to a Britney Spears concert with my eight-year-old or nine-year-old first girlfriend that I had, and her dad had the hookup to ... Britney Spears and I was like, “This is crazy.” I was also nine [years old].

What is the magic behind a song? What makes a song great?

Sometimes it’s indescribable, but I think for me personally as a music fan, it’s how it makes you feel. Sometimes that can come from a great beat, or lyrics that really speak to you for some reason or another, or a great vocal performance.

What do you expect from your live show, coming up at the Woodie Awards?

A lot of live energy. Very punk rock meets hip hop, is what I would say.

If you could collaborate with anybody, who would it be?

Ed [Sheeran] was a dream collaboration, honestly. I’m lucky to have him as a friend.

If I were to pick someone else, I don’t know. I would say Justin

Timberlake.

What would you say are your responsibilities as an artist?

Do you feel yourself as a role model and does that influence your music?

I do put a lot of value into wanting to be a positive influence in the stories that I try to tell and convey. That message is one that is supposed to be positive, is one that can be followed. A lot of it is, I’ve had a bit of a non-traditional past to where I got now, and a lot of it is in line with taking chances and doing some things out of the ordinary and having faith in yourself, so those are some elements I’m trying to promote.

So I think in that sense, our responsibility as artists is to feel passionate about something and communicate that to people so that they can be their best as well.

How did you get hooked up with Ed Sheeran?

He’s been a buddy of mine for a couple of years now.

Every time he’s in New York, we hang out, so it was a very casual thing, where we decided instead of going to the bar, let’s go to the studio and let’s make a song. And “All About It” is that song.

As an artist who has had success without any major backing, what is your biggest advice for independent artists who want to enter the industry?

My biggest advice would be to not rush out something that you don’t really believe in 100 percent, because I think in the day and age we have now, it’s very easy to make music and it’s also very easy to share music, and you only get so many first impressions. So my advice would be to treat yourself like you’re always making that one impression and put out stuff that you believe in, that you spend time on and find ways to really support it, passion-wise and financially.

Do you have any plans for a [new project]?

I’ve just started working on something. ... It’s in its early stages and I’m always trying to give people some free music, so you can expect a mixtape-type project on the way.

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where salt has left white residue and even ultimately to repair infrastructure that has been damaged over the years by salt’s caustic properties.

The obvious reason behind the salt is safety. It melts snow and ice and keeps people from slipping as they trek across campus. But the side of salt that many people don’t see is the impact on the environment. A study on the subject published by the United States Geological Survey in December 2014 said, “Average chloride concentrations often exceed toxic levels in many northern United States streams due to the use of salt to deice winter pavement, and the frequency of these occurrences nearly doubled in two decades.”

In many areas of the world — including Norway, Switzerland and Germany — the use of salt is severely restricted or even prohibited because of environmental concerns, according to earth and environmental science professor Reto Gieré. ”[I]n these cases, the cities use sand and gravel, which is better for the environment ... and does not create the slippery mess produced by salt,” he said in an email. “Therefore, it is even safer for both traffic and pedestrians. The sand and gravel can be collected after the winter and

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Plante hails from Canada, where he said sand and gravel is used primarily. But he also said Philadelphia provides conditions that may not be as conducive for the same method. “In places where it stays cold enough and the snow stays around, you can walk on [snow] and drive on it. Philadelphia hovers around freezing, which means there’s a lot more melting and refreezing, so ice is a bigger problem, which is part of the reason more salt is used.”

“Our treatment of Penn surfaces and landscapes is moving in a direction to follow our Climate Action Plan,” said Ken Ogawa, the executive director of operations and maintenance at facilities and maintenance, in an email. He also gave examples of prepping some areas with brine before snow and using something called “magic salt.”

Even with the movement toward these greener methods, a lot of salt can still be seen on sidewalks and on Locust Walk.

“There are areas and situations where things could be done better,” Plante said. “It ultimately comes down to one person responsible for that sidewalk, or that set of stairs. There should be a better training of staff, where they say ‘We are a green campus, we need to be judicial with this.’

We shouldn’t be taking the easy way out.”

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College House experienced a 10 percent increase in electricity use, while Sansom Place used an additional 5071 kWh of electricity. The Quadrangle, Harnwell, Hill, Kings Court English and Stouffer College Houses all also saw an increase in percent and gross electricity use.

This was the second year that the challenge was held in February rather than November, since the Green Campus Partnership determined that the month was more stable and easier to measure because there is no daylight saving time.

“But there’s always f luct u a t i o n ,” E nv i r o n m e n t a l Sustainability Director Daniel Garofalo said.

Facilities and Real Estate Services were unwilling to give energy-usage data for January or February of 2015.

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temperature for Philadelphia in January 2015 was recorded as 31 degrees Fahrenheit, and only 22.1 degrees Fahrenheit in February 2015, according to U.S. climate data. But the Power Down Challenge does not take into account heating, because most of Penn’s heating is steam-powered.

Another factor is student involvement in the challenge.

“The whole point isn’t to get results, but to get people engaged,” she said. Wei’s team held

a social media competition each week of the challenge, with the winners receiving gift cards to sustainable companies on campus like HubBub. Still, some residents might not have been aware of the initiative.

“It might have taken a few weeks for students to get involved or to hear about the challenge,” Sustainability Strategic Planning Associate Sarah Fisher said.

“The challenge used to be three weeks long, and awareness could be raised during the first week of the month.”

For Gregory College House, Eco-Reps’ commitment to promoting engagement was a key factor to their success.

“Gregory was recently renovated, so our house is already pretty sustainable ... but we’re always trying to encourage sustainability and add environmental

consciousness to all the events,” College sophomore and Eco-Rep Tabeen Hossain said.

Eco-Reps in the past years had already made “zero-waste” events, where house residents would bring their own silverware and cups to enjoy food.

“We change the house’s lifestyle in little ways; we try not to be too obtrusive,” Hossain said.

The Gregory Eco-Reps promoted the challenge at study breaks and Sunday brunch, where they made pancakes in shapes like power symbols, electric plugs and light bulbs. The Reps gave pledge stickers to Gregory residents to put on their doors, pledging to “power down” so they would be entered into a raffle.

“One thing we noticed was that at the beginning of the month we would go around and turn off the lights in the study rooms,” College sophomore and Eco-Rep Camilla Davila said, “but as the month went on people remembered to turn them off more and more.”

“We would give candy to students using the study rooms to reward them because using the lights in there uses less electricity than the lights in individual rooms,” College freshman and Eco-Rep Lydia Ramharack said.

Gregory House Dean Christopher Donovan was very open to the Eco-Reps’ suggestions.

“He let us hold all of our events in the dark, with the lights off,” Davila said, “using three electrical candles as the only sources of illumination.”

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eaning in the doorway of my friend’s dorm, a freshman girl from down the hall explained why she wasn’t enjoying Penn. “I hate college. It’s too stressful,” she said. The University doesn’t guide us enough. People are ashamed to talk about CAPS. There’s the constant guilt, the opportunity-cost calculation — if you sleep an extra hour, you fall behind; if you have lunch with a friend, you’ve lost time to study or join a club or add to your resume. “Penn is bad for me,” she concluded. “I’m just not happy here.”

Even for someone almost ridiculously enthusiastic about our University — Pennthusiastic? — that statement cut through the rose-colored glass I tend to cast around Penn. I’ve written before about how Penn’s made me the happiest I’ve ever been; I can prattle for hours about the incredible people here and our unparalleled academic opportunities.

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We’re very good as a student body at understanding the change we can create when it comes to politics or University policy, but we get lost in the overwhelming culture of Penn.” passing time down Locust burst with many of the same complaints. It’s become cliche to gripe about our preprofessionalism, or to suggest that we all slow down instead of plunging into on-campus recruiting/grad school/whatever the accepted path is.

We speak in large, sweeping terms to describe the issues we consider out of our control — when was the last time you didn’t hear somebody talk about “Penn culture” or “the Penn bubble?”

The nice thing about having a weekly soapbox is that I can attempt to explore these

change. I’m proud to attend a school where students can combat environmental catastrophes by initiating their own referendum, form their own PAC or create their own organizations and clubs to address everything from gender inequality to nonprofit consulting. Penn kids don’t seem to see limits to the problems they can address; we rush quickly to tackle the next international crisis, or to join protests of issues closer to home. We’re very good as a student body at understanding the change we can create when it comes to politics or

tive aspects of Penn’s culture — for my part, I’ve never heard the phrase “Penn culture” used positively — is a choice, and it’s one we make almost unconsciously in our everyday lives. I’m guilty of whining about our overly competitive student body and then asking my friends what they got on their last paper. I talk about our unhealthy environment, then wear my lack of sleep and constant state of running to a GBM like badges of honor. I’m part of the problem.

Change doesn’t have to come with an official label. It

doesn’t need University funding or a DP article to appear valid. Efforts we make on a small scale are just as legitimate. If we want to change Penn — to really alter the things we all dislike about the University — then we need to start at the individual level. While the University can make structural changes to dismantle our “pressure cooker environment,” we too have the power to better Penn. We control whether or not we contribute to preprofessionalism, or whether we actually discuss mental health and remove part of the stigma surrounding CAPS. We can embody the change so many of us crave.

Going home for spring break makes me realize how unrealistic our life at Penn is.

We run around from meeting to meeting, barely taking time to breathe; when trying to schedule lunch with a friend, she told me she was “booked” for the next two weeks. And I’m always jealous of someone else’s club, someone else’s class, some-

DANI BLUM one’s project — as much as I love everything I do at Penn, I feel like it will never be good enough. I don’t think this sentiment is a Penn-specific problem, necessarily, but it’s one we have the power to address. As a student body, we have the power to redefine Penn culture.

But it’s on us.

DANI BLUM is a College freshman from Ridgefield, Conn. Her email address is kblum@sas.upenn.edu. “The Danalyst” appears every Thursday.

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here’s something you should know about me: I believe in superheroes.

When I was a kid, I used to rush home from school every day to catch the latest episode of the Super Friends — a cheesy superhero cartoon series from the ‘70s. Each week, Superman and his pals would foil the plot of an evil scientist, stop a rampaging monster or prevent an alien invasion. Watching those guys, I learned about trusting allies and standing up against injustice and inequality. What they didn’t teach me, though, was how to cope when evil took a different, less easily identifiable form.

As I grew up, my concrete world of good versus evil was shattered. It started when my father was first diagnosed with cancer. When the cancer metastasized to his bones and his brain, I was lost and powerless. And as my family fought its war against the disease, I witnessed my country

GUEST COLUMN BY NATE BRONSTEIN enter a war on terror. As a millennial, I was taught that the 21st century would be prosperous and vibrant. Reality felt quite different.

As I struggled, my father made my own survival possible. Despite his ongoing battle against cancer, he taught me the importance of standing for something greater than yourself, and that our capacity for change is only as great as our capacity to give.

He taught me that love means giving everything you can for those around you, even if all you can give is loyalty or trust. Most importantly, he taught me the power of people and their capacity for transformational change, regardless of where they come from.

When my father left us, I knew I needed to live his values and his beliefs. This feeling stayed with me through my time as an undergraduate student in Washington. During that time I reached for every opportunity I could to

As I struggled, my father made my own survival possible. …

Most importantly, he taught me the power of people and their capacity for transformational change, regardless of where they come from.“

variables. This experience taught me about the breadth of issues that people face in our communities and the depth of injustice and inequity in this country.

The challenge of our generation will be to look beyond ourselves and for our future.

Teach for America gave me the chance to do something I know would make my dad and this institution proud, the chance to walk the walk. I will carry with me those values and lessons for the rest of my life.

nia, the very same institution my father attended so many years before me. Like pieces of a puzzle fitting together, I’m using the lessons from my classroom experience to build the policies and systems that will work differently for our students and their communities. As a teacher, I spent every class period analyzing and adjusting to 35 ever-changing, high-stakes

NATE BRONSTEIN is a 2014 GSE graduate and is currently dual enrolled in the Fels Institute of Government and the School of Social Policy & Practice. His email address is nate.bronstein@ teachforamerica.org.

live in my father’s example and serve my community as best I could. But when it came time to think about what would come next, I realized I had spent more time talking the talk than walking the walk.

When I was contacted by a Teach for America recruiter my senior year, I was skeptical of the organization. I’d heard critiques of the program, and I had never seen myself as a teacher. But I thought about how I could further live out my dad’s values — the best teacher I’d ever had.

Over the last three years, Teach for America has given

me a chance to do for others what my father did for me — ignite a spark. Day to day, my work in the classroom was not only about academic skills and content knowledge, but also about instilling love and life. It was never about

saving anyone, and I definitely never considered myself a superhero. Teaching is about playing your part in instilling the confidence and belief in someone else that they can be their own hero.

Looking at the challenges my students faced and the immense odds that were stacked against them, I arrived at the realization that great teaching alone will not solve the

systemic challenges of poverty and racism, or address related issues like lack of adequate health care, nutrition, shelter and employment opportunities. So I enrolled as a public policy student at the University of Pennsylva-

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Printing the future of prosthetics Engineering seniors print a new arm for a third grader EMILY OFFIT Staff Reporter

Five Engineering seniors are changing the life of an 8-yearold boy while revolutionizing the field of 3-D printed prosthetics for their senior project.

Matthew, called “Matty” by his friends and family, is a dolphin-loving third grader who lost his left arm from the elbow down to cancer at a young age.

“He is strong and determined and does everything he puts his mind to,” said Maura Walsh, Matty’s occupational therapist, in an email. “He is also one of the sweetest and most compassionate kids you will ever meet.”

Team members Matthew Lisle, Adrian Lievano, Prathik Prakash, Steven Xing and Freddy Hernandez combined their skills of mechanical and electrical engineering to 3-D print Matty a new prosthetic arm, which they call BionUX, which stands for Bionic Upper Extremity.

Although Matty is a huge sports fanatic and even pitches for his baseball team, the engineers hope to help Matty with a few tasks that his disability has prevented him from doing, like riding a bike or holding down the paper on which he is writing.

“It’s the things that you never realized were so important,” Lisle said. “But when you previously didn’t have that ability to do something before and now you do, that’s a big deal.”

The BionUX arm is pioneering new techniques in the field of prosthetics. 3-D printing the arm allows for a customized fit and a lower price point. The team has also integrated complex electronics to allow for sensory feedback, which could provide Matty with a sense of touch.

The arm works by attaching sensors in the prosthetic fingers

to the skin on the upper arm of the wearer. The goal is that when Matty touches something, he will be able to feel a similar sensory experience in the brain as if his hand were actually touching it.

“Other 3-D printed prosthetics are passive with no motors or electronics,” Lievano said. “This is a huge step up from preliminary prosthetics and a tangent from the most expensive ones.”

The team met Matty and began working on their project with the help of several experts in the field, including prosthetist Alberto Esquenazi of Advanced Arm Dynamics, a company specializing in fitting amputees with technologically advanced upper arm prostheses.

“The goal is to try and allow individuals to do more things on their own and be more independent,” Esquenazi said. “We also try to work with them so that they don’t end up injuring their remaining arm.”

Walsh, who has worked with Matty since he was an infant, hopes that the arm will help him gain confidence and even more acceptance among his peers.

“Even since we began talking about him getting the arm, so many of his peers are interested and have great questions about it,” Walsh said in an email.

“This makes him cooler and half robotic,” Lievano added.

“He loves it.”

This soon-to-graduate team is not stopping at helping Matty.

Lisle explained that they have applied to several competitions, hoping to receive grant money that would allow them to continue their work in advancing this new field of prostheses.

“There are a lot of hobbyists involved and not as many qualified experts [in 3-D printing],” Lievano said. “There is potential in recruiting more design engineers to orchestrate a larger effort.”

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Ex-Wharton dean to head Fed. bank COREY STERN Staff Reporter

Former Wharton Dean Patrick Harker is returning to Philly.

On Monday, Harker —currently the President of the University of Delaware— was named the next president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, effective July 1. This role will put him in charge of one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks, which oversees the Third District of eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. It will also give him a voice on the powerful Federal Open Market Committee, which dictates the nation’s monetary policy. He replaces economist Charles Plosser who retired from the post on Sunday.

James E. Nevels, chairman of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Fed, said that among the diverse pool of candidates, Harker was the most qualified for the job.

“His deep roots in the region, his distinguished career in academia, his drive for innovation, and his passion to make our region an economic engine for the future truly impressed our board,” Nevels said in a press release.

Harker, who has served

on the Philadelphia Fed’s board for the last three years, has been at the helm of the University of Delaware since 2007. Prior to that, he had been Wharton’s dean for seven years. Harker expressed his excitement to be taking on this new role.

“As a lifelong native of the Third District, I am honored and excited to be asked to serve as the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,” Harker said in a press release. “I look forward to working with the Bank’s dedicated staff to continue the Philadelphia Fed’s vital service to the District and the nation.”

Harker is also a proud Penn alum, having received his bachelors, masters, and Ph D. in civil engineering all from Penn. His wife, Emily Saaty Harker, graduated from Wharton in 1981.

“It is a pleasure to be able to welcome Pat back to Philadelphia. He was a superb dean at Wharton and a highly successful leader of the University of Delaware,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “He brings exceptional leadership skills to his new post with the Federal Reserve, and we wish him great success in this very important position.”

PNC announces new environmental policy

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Activists protested PNC Bank’s financing of coal mining expeditions last semester LAUREN FEINER City News Editor

PNC Bank is taking steps to be more environmentally aware in its financial investments. The bank announced in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report that it will not give credit to mining projects or coal producers “with 25 percent or more of their production coming from MTR [mountaintop removal] mining.” This is a significant change from the company’s previous standard of 50 percent.

The shift comes after pushback from environmental groups, like the one organized by the Earth Quaker Action Team on Penn’s campus last December. The University disappointed students in Penn Community Against Mountaintop Removal when it renewed its contract with PNC in 2013. Penn has most recently agreed to renew its contract with the bank for another five years starting July 1.

In PNC’s report, it noted that it now looks at potential clients’ past and present compliance to environmental standards. This year, it plans to include an assessment of environmental practices when assessing risk of business with customers. PNC also hired an Environmental and Social Risk Officer to aid this process and assess the bank’s own policies.

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Administration and Advising Peter Stokes said, adding that students concerned about completing another major are encouraged to consult with him.

Despite the sudden news, LSM students are hopeful that their academic futures will not be set back.

“I don’t foresee this impacting my graduation time. I was considering two different majors offered in the LSM program,” a student who preferred to remain anonymous said. “I kept this in mind so that no matter which major I chose, I would be making progress towards graduating. That being said, this definitely changes the classes that I had planned for the next few semesters. I’ll have to talk to my advisor and

upperclassmen to determine an alternate course plan for the next three years.”

Because Cognitive Science is not listed among the offered majors on the LSM website, past majors had to obtain special permission and few Vagelos students enrolled. The option became more popular in recent years, however, and Stokes said the program saw an increasing need to revaluate whether the major belonged in the program.

“The Vagelos Life Sciences & Management program is designed to give students an understanding of scientific innovations, and how to manage and promote them,” he said. “A foundational education in basic science is an essential part of that design.”

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added. “However, in the context of this particular interdisciplinary program, LSM, with its specific goals, it is felt that the students need to be sure to acquire first and foremost an understanding of the basic building blocks of science.”

Students say the change would not prompt them to leave the program.

“I still would have applied to LSM because I’m interested in the intersection of healthcare and management,” the student in the program said. “I also love the sense of community and mentorship that LSM provides.”

Regardless, some may have to abandon a course they had already begun.

“I actually really loved the interdisciplinary breadth of classes that Cognitive Science offered,” the student said. “I would get to take BBB classes along with computer science and psychology. It was an interesting mix of science, humanities and analytical subjects.”

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Gov. Wolf suspends death penalty Whether it becomes permanent is under review JONATHAN BAER Staff Reporter

While Pennsylvania is currently one of the 32 states with the death penalty, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf is working to change that.

Wolf announced in February that he had suspended the death penalty in the state until he can review an impending report on the subject.

“This moratorium is in no way an expression of sympathy for the guilty on death row,” Wolf said in a statement on Feb. 13. “This decision is based on a flawed system that has been proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings, as well as ineffective, unjust and expensive.”

Wolf’s moratorium on capital punishment might not last long.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will soon decide on the legality of Wolf putting a hold on the death penalty in the state.

While proponents of the death penalty have called

Wolf’s actions lawless and unconstitutional, opponents have been quick to applaud Wolf’s efforts.

“The world has largely eliminated that form of punishment both because it’s a hard punishment to implement from the policy side and also because it’s just barbaric,” said Steve Hoenstine, press secretary for State Sen. Daylin Leach (DMontgomery/Delaware), who introduced a bill on Feb. 13 to the state Senate that would eliminate the death penalty.

“Senator Leach is very encouraged by the actions that Gov. Wolf has taken.”

“When we eventually see what the report holds, [Leach] thinks that we’ll be able to see that the flaws we see nationally with the death penalty are also the flaws that we have in Pennsylvania,” Hoenstine added.

“That being the case, there is a pretty strong argument that we should eliminate it.”

While it is clear that the death penalty is very expensive for states, its effectiveness as a crime deterrent is largely

unknown. ` “Basically no one knows if the modern death penalty impacts crime at all,” Penn criminology professor Emily Owens said. “In the United States, we don’t use the death penalty enough to statistically and credibly estimate an impact of the death penalty on crime.”

Even if the data has been inconclusive, Pennsylvanians strongly support capital punishment. According to a 2003 poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, 67 percent favor it, 28 percent oppose and 4 percent were undecided.

Pennsylvanians’ willingness to embrace the death penalty can be seen in its large death row population. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the state currently has 186 people on death row, which trails only Alabama, Florida, Texas and California.

Nonetheless, the big death row population has not produced a frequent use of the death penalty. Pennsylvania has only executed three people since 1976, the last one in 1999.

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Pretzel Factory’s first days of success New store on campus serving ‘Philly pretzels’ ANNA HARDCASTLE Contributing Reporter

Philly Pretzel Factory, “Home of the Real Soft Pretzel,� recently opened a new location at the heart of Penn’s campus on 39th and Spruce streets.

The franchise is the world’s largest Philadelphia-style pretzel bakery, with over 100 locations.

The store near Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had to close down in June. Construction on the new location began in December and opened last week.

Katie Bertelsen, who has been a partner in Philly Pretzel Factory for three years and worked in the corporate field for Ben and Jerry’s for 15 years prior to that, said, “The Ben and Jerry’s on 40th has done well thanks to the appetites of Penn students, so [we thought]

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why not open near there?

Indeed, the company picked a good spot. The store has not even been open for a full week but they’ve been received very well, Bertelsen said.

Marty Ferrill, President of Philly Pretzel Factory, said the new location experiences a lot of traffic. “We do a lot of catering out of our business, as well,� Ferrill said. “Our pretzel platters are great for school campuses.�

Even with an Auntie Anne’s on 34th and Walnut streets, because they offer such a wide array of snacks, including platters, candy, trail mixes and other treats, the “grab and go� snack store has little competition in the area, according to Bertelsen. “There are no direct competitors for pretzels specifically, especially the Philly style that we serve,� Ferrill said. “Any snack category could be potential competition, though.�

Store workers and locals alike have been excited about the opening. “I love when a customer finds us and walks in the door and is so excited,� Bertelsen said. “We’ve had quite a few happy dances when they walk in the door.�

In the future, the company hopes to find a boardwalk location to replace the one in Lenox City that they closed at the end of last summer. They also hope to extend their weekend hours beyond 12 am on Fridays and Saturdays to capture the hungry crowds on late weekend nights.

Currently, the brand is working on networking, and are giving out free samples. “It’s a great product. That’s what separates our pretzel from others,� Ferrill said. “It’s handtwisted made fresh every single day. I’m really excited about all the students and other people around to try our pretzels.�

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Khalif and Aaquil Brown, the brothers behind Rae Sremmurd, found the confidence to believe in their music despite their youth. “That confidence comes from within ... Where we’re from you’ve got to stand out,� they said. “They throw you into the jungle with all of the other wild animals, and you’ve got to

love it.�

The duo credited their sustained positive attitudes to their self-assurance. “The key to happiness, man, is just know who you are, know your values,� Brown said. “You’re on top of the world, things are going good, you’re looking good, you’re living better ... you go right out there, and you keep that smile on your face.�

Tickets will be sold online and on Locust Walk for $15 after spring break. SPECTRUM will try to boost excitement by introducing Penn to the artists with a listening party on Thursday at 4 p.m.

in ARCH 108, where students can buy tickets for a discounted $12.

SPEC-TRUM will be offering a bundled ticket deal with SPEC Jazz & Grooves and Soulection, who are holding a concert featuring Esta, IAMNOBODI, Jay Prince and Joe Kay on March 27. “[The artists] are pretty popular, especially from over the summer at parties,� SPECTRUM director and College senior Kendall Jackson said. “People know their songs and get really excited about them.�

Staff Reporter Bryn Ferguson contributed reporting.

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Red and Blue take six All-Ivy performers to EIWAs WRESTLING | Penn ready

for stiff competition

THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor

Are you ready to rumble?

The Red and Blue’s wrestling season is about to reach critical mass with the approaching EIWA Conference Championships this weekend.

The Quakers, who are led by six All-Ivy grapplers, are in a strong position to finish near the top of the heap Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa., something many believed to be unfathomable a few months ago. But this impressive group never lost confidence.

While fifth-ranked Cornell may be out of reach, Lehigh is not indestructible, and Penn will be looking to knock off the Mountain Hawks in front of their hometown faithful.

The biggest advantage in Penn’s favor is unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection C.J. Cobb. The 149-pound senior, who has only three blemishes to his name this year, continues to build steam heading into the season’s final stretch.

Joining Cobb as an All-Ivy firstteamer is sophomore phenom Caleb Richardson at 133 pounds. The 2014 NCAA qualifier has continually proven that last year’s appearance in the season’s culminating tournament was no fluke.

Richardson, who has hovered around the bottom of the rankings all season, returns to the Lehigh Valley with a chip on his shoulder.

The last time he made the trip, he narrowly fell to eighth-ranked Mason Beckman, 3-2. That, coupled with his heartbreaking loss two weeks ago to 14th-ranked Kevin Devoy of Drexel, have Richardson gunning for a strong performance to show the

national spotlight. A seventh-place finish at EIWAs his freshman year followed by an All-American nod his junior year, coupled with his current No. 5 ranking, have been impressive.

However, Thomas has fallen in relation to his fellow Ivy League foes, dropping from a unanimous first team selection in his rookie season.

Much of this is due to the development of Cornell’s Ivy Wrestler of the Year Gabe Dean.

Dean will again be Thomas’ biggest hurdle to conquer in his quest THOMAS MUNSON | ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR for an elusive EIWA title. In January, Junior Brooks Martino has been a leader off the mat all year, but with a Thomas forced the Big Red star to second-team All-Ivy nod, he has been no slouch on the mat either. overtime before he was defeated by sudden victory. It will be interesting depth of the Ivy League. wants to capture a title. to see how the two stack up on the For the first time in his career at Another grappler to watch will biggest stage either has appeared on Penn, Richardson will be entering a be star senior Lorenzo Thomas. The so far this year. high-profile tournament with a target 184-pounder slid into the All-Ivy seOf course, Penn had three other on his back. However, it will be im- lections as an honorable mention.

All-Ivy selections. Junior Brooks portant for the sophomore to keep his With each successive season, Martino and senior Brad Wukie eyes on Beckman and Devoy if he Thomas has climbed further into the filed in with second-team honors at

157- and 174-pounds respectively.

Senior Jeff Canfora rounded out the squad with an honorable mention at 141 pounds.

Martino, who battled injuries last season, has been the vocal leader of the team and as a captain has proven his worth to the team beyond his performance on the mat. Still, he has grown tenfold as a wrestler this year, and his 8-2 record against EIWA opponents — coupled with his team leading 3:0 pin ratio — is a talking point heading into the tournament.

For all three wrestlers, a strong performance at EIWAs could be the difference between making the trip to St. Louis for the NCAA Tournament or staying home.

Heading into their first major tournament as a strong healthy team, the Quakers are looking to prove that they deserve their national ranking and are poised to create havoc as a potential heavyweight this weekend.

Quakers prepare for green grass and blue skies on Virginia trip BASEBALL | Penn will

head south to Virginia

TOMMY ROTHMAN Associate Sports Editor

After getting its first taste of live pitching, real grass and natural sunlight last weekend in Florida, Penn baseball is set to head down to Virginia for a warm spring break .

The Qua kers a re scheduled to open their road trip on Friday with its first of three games against Old Dominion, although coach John Yurkow noted that the teams might play

a doubleheader on Saturday instead of playing on Friday.

Yurkow indicated that he will have seniors Ronnie Glenn and reigning Big 5 Pitcher of the Week Connor Cuff pitch the first two games before turning to sophomore Jake Cousins for the finale.

The coach said that his main goal for the weekend is to win the series, but he also brought up a more specific issue that’s weighing on his mind. “One thing to keep an eye on is how we hit left-handed pitching, because I don’t think we did a good job of it last weekend,� the second-year coach said.

“We’re working on some things to try to get that taken care of ‌ I’m anticipating at least one of [Old Dominion’s] starters being left-handed.â€?

Penn (1-2) certainly f loundered in its first encounter with a lefty: Stetson southpaw Adam Schaly shut out the Red and Blue for seven innings in the season opener. The Quakers lost that first game 9-0, then bounced back for a 7-4 win before dropping the rubber game, 3-1. “The first game, it was the first time we were outside. We weren’t really in the f low of the game,� Yurkow said. “We

walked too many guys, and I didn’t think we got great at-bats.

By the second game, we started to settle in a little bit and play better baseball. “That’s kind of what I had expected, to be honest.�

The bats got off to a slow start in the first series, as Yurkow had warned would likely be the case; but a few Red and Blue batters did a decent job with the lumber. Senior captain Austin Bossart went 4-for-10 over the weekend, while fellow senior Jeff McGarry and junior Matt Greskoff both went deep.

Yurkow can be certain of an improvement in at least one area

for the Virginia trip: depth. “One of the problems going down to Florida is that we were not able to take our whole roster, so it’s tough to match up on the bench,� he said. “On the spring trip, we can take everybody, so we’ll have more options.�

After the three-game set against Old Dominion (2-4) in Norfolk, Penn will head to Richmond for two games against VCU (3-5) and five against Richmond (5-3), with one off-day between each series. Yurkow said he expected sophomore lefty Mike Reitcheck to get a start in one of the

VCU games, possibly turning to a freshman for the other.

Yurkow and his crew are geared up for the sun-chasing trip down south, but the coach is thankful that it will be the last one. After spring break, the Quakers will play the rest of their games in the northeast, with hopes that the sun will follow them home. “You can do as much simulation in The Bubble [Penn’s indoor practice facility] as you want, but it’s just not the same as [practicing and playing] outside,� he said. “We’re looking forward to that, whenever it does get warm up here.�

FLAMES

Flames’ former alternate captain reflected on the surreal scene. “It was tough when I heard the news, and I don’t think its really set in yet,� Glencross told reporters. “It’ll set in, I’m sure, on my threehour drive to Washington.�

A day later, it appeared that the same scene was about to repeat itself.

Midway through practice, Hartley picked up the phone again, skating off to the side for several minutes. As Hartley handed off the phone to defenseman Dennis Wideman, the rumors begin to swirl once again in the stands.

This time, smoke did not give way to fire. Wideman later admitted on Canadian TV network TSN that he was playing a prank on the media.

Penn’s Class of 1923 Arena itself provided opportunities for levity. Given the rink’s limited bench area — it certainly wasn’t designed to be an NHL practice facility when construction began in 1968 — players found the task of finding personal space difficult when they were forced off the ice for five-on-five drills. “Is this the penalty box?� asked defenseman Corey Potter as he hopped the low wall onto the already cramped bench. The answer to that question: no. In fact, the arena lacks penalty boxes entirely.

“There’s not enough room here!� defenseman Raphael Diaz added as he struggled to find the vaguest semblance of personal space.

Many of the assembled Calgary media members found the arena freezing, shivering under peacoats.

Perhaps they were brutally aware of the irony, considering their origins in southern Alberta.

If any member of the Flames was in his element, it was rookie left winger Johnny Gaudreau, who was born in southern New Jersey and went to Gloucester Catholic High School, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

Gaudreau returned home to a hero’s welcome. A box of 30 friends and family saw the budding star notch an assist on the game-winning goal in Calgary’s 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Tuesday, and Gaudreau returned to his old high school following practice on Monday to see his jersey retired in a formal ceremony.

Despite his local roots, Gaudreau only made his debut on Penn’s campus that weekend. “I had never skated there before,� he said. “I guess there’s a lot of history in that rink, and it was cool to practice there.�

And the cold? “Oh no, it’s definitely a colder one in that rink.�

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NO. 13 PENN 17 7 RUTGERS

With win, Red and Blue ready for real Ivy tests

W. LACROSSE | Pair score

five goals each in victory TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor

Now, the games really count.

Penn women’s lacrosse will dip into Ivy play on Saturday for the first time in the 2015 season, as it travels to take on Brown.

But first, the Quakers had a bit of SATURDAY nonconBrown ference business (3-0) to finish 1 p.m. up on Providence, R.I. We d n e s day.

TUESDAY T h e Saint Joseph’s Q u a k (3-1) ers used a n 11-3 4 p.m. halftime Franklin Field le a d t o cruise to a 17-7 midweek victory over Rutgers. With the win, the Red and Blue pushed their season-opening winning streak

to three and seem to be firing on all cylinders as they begin their pursuit of an unprecedented ninth consecutive Ivy title.

“I thought we came out right off the bat, ready to go,” coach Karin Corbett said of Wednesday’s victory. “I really like how sharp we looked.”

Senior attack Tory Bensen and junior attack Iris Williamson each notched five goals for the Red and Blue in Wednesday’s win against the Scarlet Knights (1-4), joining a total of eight Penn players who found the back of the net. Ten different members of the program have now scored throughout the 2015 season.

“It just goes to show how much depth we have in our attack,” noted Bensen, who now has a team-high 13 goals on the year. “It’s so hard to predict who will come up big for us on any given day.”

“We really have a lot of depth this season,” Corbett added.

“We have a lot of young players

goals set a career high. Junior midfield Nina Corcoran, the defending Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, notched a career-high five assists and moved into ninth-place on Penn’s all-time assists leaderboard.

“It’s really great that our offense doesn’t just revolve around one person,” Bensen noted. “We have a ton of players with lots of skill who are capable of getting assists or scoring goals.”

Bensen, of course, was the hero of the Red and Blue’s victory over Vanderbilt last Sunday when she scored the game-winning goal with four seconds left in overtime. The Quakers hope that the Darien, Conn., native can continue her recent success as she leads Penn’s balanced attack into Providence to take MICHELE OZER | DP FILE PHOTO on undefeated Brown.

Junior attack Iris Williamson notched a career-high five goals for The Bears (3-0) are led by the Red and Blue against Rutgers on Wednesday in Penn’s 17-7 win. midfield Lauren Toy. The junior has notched a team-high eight who have a lot of potential. We the ball in the net.” goals and three assists over the have plenty of kids who can put For Williamson, the five course of Brown’s three wins,

each of which has come by at least four goals.

Although the Bears finished seventh in the Ancient Eight last season with a 2-5 conference record, Corbett acknowledges that they will be a tough opponent, especially on home turf.

“Obviously, as defending champs, they’ll be gunning for us, and they’ve shown that they’re very capable of winning games,” she said.

However, the Quakers have plenty of reason to be confident heading into league play. Fueled by the starpower of veterans such as Bensen, Corcoran and senior defense Meg Markham, the Red and Blue are undoubtedly in the driver’s seat of the Ivy League.

“I think if we go out there and play clean and play smart, we’ll be just fine at the end of the day,” Corbett said.

A ninth consecutive Ivy title would be an incredible accomplishment for the Quakers. The road to that goal starts Saturday.

Quakers look to keep hot streak rolling in N.M. heat

M. TENNIS | Penn has its highest ranking ever ERIC BRAUNER Contributing Reporter

As spring break quickly approaches, Penn men’s tennis is excited to depart frigid Philadelphia for New Mexico, a destination as physically hot as the Quakers’ recent play.

After a trio of 4-3 wins last we ekend aga i nst Br igha m Young, then-No. 73 Utah and then-No. 72 Boise State, the 39th-ranked Red and Blue (9-1) start up their action over break on Saturday with a home match against Radford. The matchup with the Highlanders (1-2) marks the Quakers’ only battle at home between Feb. 11 and March 21.

After wrapping up in Philadelphia, the squad will then head to Albuquerque to take on Georgia State (5-6) and No. 45 New Mexico, before stopping

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in 2012, third in 2013 and finally first in 2014.

Despite their incredible success, all four of the seniors are quick to point out that they did not achieve all these accomplishments alone.

“I think a lot of it is just the people around us,” Roche said when discussing the seniors’ feats. “The coaching staff, the girls ahead of us that taught us how to do it right, the girls behind us that are keeping us interested and motivated everyday.”

Busch also attributes her class’ achievements to the people who have surrounded them over the past four years.

“It’s the culture of the team [that has led to our success], the quality of people we have been around from when we were freshmen,” she said.

“They showed us the way and how to work hard and teach the younger girls who are coming after us.”

Although the four seniors are incredibly humble in praising others for their victories, McLaughlin credits their collective success to work ethic.

“I’ve been coaching 20 years, and I’ve never had a group of four that could match their work ethic, their commitment,” he said. “I’ve just never seen it.

“They are so motivated, so driven, so committed to the program, to the teammates. It is a really special group.”

This impressive work ethic off the court has certainly proved to be beneficial on it. The senior class holds the record for the most Big 5 games won. It beat Saint Joseph’s for only the second time in 40 years. It snapped a nine-year losing streak to Harvard.

The list of accomplishments goes on and on.

One of the more notable achievements for the class has been its success against Big 5 schools.

in Las Cruces, N.M. to compete against New Mexico State (2-5) and UT-Arlington (5-3).

While Penn preps to take on another challenging slate of opponents, the Red and Blue have every right to feel confident after last weekend’s sweep. Not only were the Quakers’ victories impressive in their own right, but the team’s current ranking is the highest national ranking in the program’s history.

D e s p it e t h e i r s u c c e s s throughout 2015, Penn — only 10 matches into its spring schedule — knows that it cannot afford to become complacent.

“What our team has accomplished up to this point has been great, but we don’t want to rest on our laurels,” senior Jeremy Court said. “Everything we’ve done up to this point is building towards the Ivy League season, the most important part of the tennis season.”

In New Mexico, coach David Geatz finds himself in familiar

Between 2005 and 2010, the Quakers didn’t win a game against their Philadelphia rivals, going 0-20.

Until this season, the Red and Blue had only won four out of 50 games against these teams in the past ten years.

However, this group was determined to change that. Bonenberger even considers this year’s Big 5 title as her favorite moment of the past four years.

“We were not feared [in the Big 5],” she said. “Penn is an Ivy League school. No one really cared about it.

Now, this year, we showed we can play with anyone.

“We are part of the Big 5. We are a big Philly team.”

The idea of team pride has carried over to more than just Big 5 games — it defines the team both on and off the court.

As Roche says, supporting, bonding with and playing with teammates is about more than winning.

“The girls in my class — we have a great class — I love them to death,” she reflected “They are such hard workers. They make every day fun.”

Although the seniors’ time as members of the Red and Blue is coming to a close, Roche hopes they that have left a meaningful legacy behind.

“I hope [the underclassmen] remember that basketball is fun,” she said. “Every day, we are really lucky to play in a program like this, with coaches like this, with teammates that love the game as much as each other.”

McLaughlin doesn’t deny that the four seniors will be greatly missed by their coaches and teammates.

“It is going to be a bittersweet day when they take the jersey off.”

Now, with three games remaining in the regular season, it’s time for the seniors who changed the face of Penn women’s basketball to finish strong, take their final bow and receive nothing less than a standing ovation.

territory. The fourth-year boss both played and coached for the Lobos in the 1980s.

And as the only ranked opponent on Penn’s trip, New Mexico (8-7) is expected to give the Red and Blue a run for its money.

“From (rankings) 15 to 50, there is a tremendous amount parity,” Geatz said. “Any one of those teams could beat the other on a given day.”

Even though five matches over the course of a week is a test of wills for any team, Geatz has set the bar high for the Quakers. When asked how he would define success over break, the expectation became abundantly clear.

“Win every match,” Geatz said.

Aside from the high number of matches, another challenge the Red and Blue will have to face on the trip is the absence of their No. 1 singles player, freshman Nicolas Podesta. With the rookie on the sideline, junior captain Vim De Alwis will be

tasked with playing from the first singles spot.

“I think [Podesta] is almost worth two points,” Geatz said.

“He wins all of his singles matches and nearly all of his doubles.”

If the Quakers are able to sustain the momentum they have built up thus far as they head into the remainder of their season, they could establish themselves as a force to be reckoned with in a conference full of them.

“It’s been a banner century for Ivy League tennis,” Geatz said. “There are seven Ivy League teams that are ranked in the top-60 in the country, and the conference as a whole is playing better than I’ve ever seen it play before.”

Even though Penn has been on fire as of late, once next week’s Southwestern swing draws to a close, the forthcoming intraconference competition will make for some very interesting matches down the road.

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fourth-, fifth- and third-place teams in the conference — looming between Friday and Tuesday.

Against the Lions (13-13, 5-7), Penn will look to avenge one of its worst losses of the season, an 83-56 shellacking in New York on Feb. 7. That loss was the first in the Quakers’ current losing streak, a stretch that is the longest Ivy losing skid in program history.

The Red and Blue’s last win came against their opponent on Saturday night, the Big Red. Though Cornell (13-15, 5-7) has dropped four of its last five, the Big Red shocked Harvard at home last Friday with the help of 24 points and 15 rebounds from forward Shonn Miller.

Miller also had a monster game against Penn in the

Quakers’ win on Feb. 6, posting 20 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Big Red. However, the Euclid, Ohio, native was outdone by Red and Blue junior captain Tony Hicks, who scored 25 points and hit a game-winning floater with four seconds left in overtime.

Penn’s Ivy season will conclude exactly where it started: against rival Princeton. In a Jan. 10 matchup between the two squads, the Tigers (13-14, 6-5) faced a 15-point deficit midway through the second half before storming back behind 23 points from sophomore forward Henry Caruso to take the wind out of the Quakers’ sails heading into the remainder of Ivy play.

Beyond attempting to put an end to their losing streak, the Red and Blue will also look to send their veterans out with a bang. This weekend’s contests

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With freshman star Nicholas Podesta out of the lineup in New Mexico, senior Jeremy Court will look to guide the team to wins on the road.

represent the final three games for Penn’s three seniors — Greg Louis, Cam Crocker and Patrick Lucas-Perry.

Despite the struggles the program has encountered over the past three seasons, coach Jerome Allen noted the positive impact the trio has had on the Red and Blue in their time at Penn.

“When Penn wins again, and we will win again, it will be because [the seniors] helped lay the foundations for the culture,” Allen said.

It will be interesting to see whether or not Louis is featured prominently in Allen’s gameplan throughout the next three games. Despite starting for the Quakers for the majority of the season, the fifth-year head coach benched the senior against Yale for the entirety of the contest, instead opting to start seldom-used rookie forward Dan Dwyer.

As the Quakers wind down their season over spring break, the squad will need to register at least one victory to match its win total from last year. Penn finished 8-20 in 2013-14 after going 9-22 the previous year.

And if the Red and Blue end up losing two of their three matchups over the next several days, it will mark the third time in as many seasons that Penn has lost 20 games. Prior to 2012-13, no team in program history had ever lost over 20 contests.

This time around, with the end of their season in sight, the Quakers will attempt to buck a number of trends that have plagued the team all year. While Penn tries to end its seven-game losing streak and send its seniors out with a win, it may take more than one to ensure that this weekend is not the last stretch of games for Allen as well.

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After six grapples were named All-Ivy, Penn wrestling takes on EIWAs this weekend

After a trip to Stetson, Penn baseball heads to Virginia for a series of games

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Forward Greg Louis is one of three seniors playing in their final games over spring break.

The numbers tell the story: Penn basketball has been anything but successful in Ivy League play this season.

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Columbia (8-18, 2-10 Ivy)

Cornell (15-11, 6-6 Ivy)

No. 13 Princeton (27-0, 11-0 Ivy)

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to winningest class in history

Associate Sports Editor

The year was 2011.

The Dallas Mavericks had just won their first NBA title. Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was named the number one song of the year. Nearly all of America had woken up at 5 a.m. to watch the Royal Wedding.

And four talented freshmen joined Penn women’s basketball, eagerly hoping to make their mark on what was, at best, a mediocre — if not downright dismal — program.

It had been a tumultuous stretch for the Red and Blue before the quartet arrived

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on the scene. The 2009-10 season saw the Quakers finish last in the Ivy League, winning only two games in coach Mike McLaughlin’s first season. The following season, the results improved, but only slightly, as the team finished sixth in the Ancient Eight standings.

Could these four freshmen — Kathleen Roche, Katy Allen, Kara Bonenberger and Renee Busch — be the ones to right the ship?

“I could only hope,” McLaughlin said.

Flash forward to 2015. The four girls — now seniors — comprise the winningest

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class in Penn women’s basketball history.

They lay claim to an Ivy title, the first Big 5 title in program history and countless other accolades.

But their path to this elite status was not always so clearly defined.

“I remember all the coaches gave each person a paper,” Bonenberger said, reflecting on her freshman year. “And it said, ‘What do you want to do this year and throughout your college career?’ I remember writing actually get third place in the Ivy League.”

Like Bonenberger, Allen had hopes of

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turning the program around when she got to Penn. But it’s safe to say she, along with her teammates, could never have imagined the degree of success they would achieve.

“I knew coming in that I really likedcoach McLaughlin’s philosophy,” she said. “We had all the pieces to be a good team.”

Before long, the pieces began to fall into place, and the Quakers steadily moved up the ranks in the Ivy League, finishing fifth SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 9

Calgary Flames make chilly debut at Penn Class of 1923 Rink hosts NHL team for practices IAN WENIK Sports Reporter

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Due to scheduling issues at the Philadelphia Flyers home arena, the visiting Calgary Flames found themselves practicing at Penn’s Class of 1923 Arena early this week. During their time at Penn, the Flames were at the mercy of the NHL’s annual trade deadline.

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The madness of the NHL trade deadline in Philadelphia, which passed at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, did not limit itself to the Flyers’ offices at the Wells Fargo Center.

It touched Penn’s campus as well.

After scheduling quirks forced the Calgary Flames away the Wells Fargo Center to Penn, a pair of the squad’s sessions at the University’s Class of 1923 Arena quickly descended into choas as the team’s management wheeled and dealed earlier this week.

On Sunday, the Flyers hosted their annual Flyers Wives’ Carnival, a massive charity event that took up the entire floor at the Wells Fargo Center and featured a Ferris wheel that fit inside the building

by — quite literally — an inch. A Sixers game scheduled for Monday evening rendered the ice unavailable that day as well.

Thus, Calgary was forced to dress in the Wells Fargo locker room and bus over to University City in full uniform.

But not every player that bussed over with the team would return.

Mere minutes into Sunday’s noon practice, Flames’ coach Bob Hartley received an ominous phone call, the purpose of which came to light when he tapped left winger Curtis Glencross on the shoulder.

As the team briefly left the ice to say its goodbyes, a realization spread over the assemblage of Calgary media: Glencross had been traded.

Not even the players knew Glencross’ destination; a few asked the writers on scene for updates from their Twitter SEE FLAMES PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640