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Graduate student died in his home last week

Maurice Harton was a first-year Ph.D. student MANLU LIU News Editor

First-year Ph.D. student Maurice Harton died in his off-campus residence this week, according to an announcement from the Vice Provost for University Life.

Harton, 35, studied Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, and his research at Penn focused on the architecture of the Hellenistic and early Roman East, according to the AAMW website.

He studied the social dynamics of architecture and space, including cultural contact and identity through architecture.

“In the short time that Maurice was with us, he made a deeply positive impression on all of us as a highly intelligent, hard-working, and affable young person,” Classical Studies professor Tom Tartaron, who is also the chair of the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World graduate group, said in the announcement.

KATHARINE SHAO Staff Reporter

Graduate Employees TogetherUniversity of Pennsylvania, the graduate student group formerly focused on unionizing, has officially disbanded and sub-committees focused on individual student workplace issues have surfaced in its place.

When members of the student group withdrew their petition to unionize in February 2018, participation in the organization dwindled and efforts to unionize ultimately ceased. GET-UP decided to indefinitely delay its vote to unionize because of worries that the GOP-

dominated National Labor Relations Board might use the vote as a chance to overturn the 2016 landmark decision that formally categorized graduate students at Columbia University as “employees.”

Katie Rader, a fourth-year graduate student studying American Politics, said there have been no GET-UP general body meetings following the decision to withdraw the petition to unionize.

In early 2018, GET-UP established various committees to focus on more specific issues. Rader said the committee that is the most active is GET-UP’s Sexual Harassment Committee. Membership in the committee, however, has been constantly changing as previous members graduate. Different

working groups housed in specific schools are focusing on issues student workers face in their respective programs, and some GET-UP members are working individually on issues that could assist with unionization efforts.

Multiple GET-UP members have also said that they are not aware of which other committees currently exist under GET-UP. “We’re currently trying to redefine our initiatives,” said Rebecca Fishman, a GET-UP Sexual Harassment Committee member and second-year physics graduate student. “There’s been a few people who are graduating leaving, and there’s been a few people who have recently joined, so we’re actually currently working on deciding what to do going forward.”

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KATHARINE SHAO Staff Reporter

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A sign inside Houston Hall touts its historical significance as the nation’s oldest student union. Students say the scarcity of student activities is the reason they don’t see Houston Hall as a student union.

tions, so it kind of gives the illusion that [Houston Hall] is not a student union even if it’s supposed to be,” Pan said.

“It feels like a louder version of a library. There’s not really many student activities or really anything going on,” Puapattanakajorn added.

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Former Penn men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen admitted to taking bribes from Philip Esformes to get his son, Morris, into Penn.

It is the oldest student union in the country

Vice Provost of University Life Facilities Tom Hauber said.

College freshmen Karen Pan and Nichanun Puapattanakajorn consider Houston a study area rather than a place for student events.

“A lot of [rooms] are rented out by non-student organiza-

Harton earned bachelor’s degrees in Art History and Classics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s in Art History from the University of Texas. Harton’s master’s thesis explores the perspectives of enslaved people working in the Roman palaces of Augustus and Nero and was dedicated to his mother, who died in 2016.

Undergraduate Chair of Classical Studies James Ker also notified undergraduate students in classical studies courses of Harton’s death because some classical studies undergraduate students might have

Former coach Jerome Allen admits to bribery

Students don’t see Houston Hall as student union

A plaque outside of Houston Hall touts its historical significance as the oldest student union in the nation. Many students say they view the building as more of a dining area and study space than a hub of student activity, and Penn students and administrators are trying to change that.

Penn’s student government and administrators have attempted to bring more student activity to Houston, and new initiatives to create more student programming in Houston have recently gained more traction. The Undergraduate Assembly has been meeting administrators over the past month to turn one of the two reading rooms into a recreation space.

Houston Hall underwent a multimillion dollar renovation in 2000, adding Houston Market. In response to student survey results, Penn created more performing arts and meeting spaces, Executive Director of

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Pan said the building could better cater to students by hosting more events for students and publicizing that the events are taking place in Houston.

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Allen testified at Esformes trial on Friday BIANCA SERBIN Associate Sports Editor

Last Friday, former Penn men’s basketball star and coach Jerome Allen testified in Miami federal court that he received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from Philip Esformes, a Miami Beach executive and father of current Wharton senior Morris Esformes.

Between 2013 and 2015, Esformes bribed Allen to recruit his son as a basketball player in order to facilitate his acceptance into Wharton. In October 2018, Allen pleaded guilty to bribery charges in a federal district court, admitting that he had accepted money from Esformes to advocate for his son.

“We were extremely disappointed to learn that Jerome Allen, former head men’s basketball coach at Penn, accepted payments to recruit a potential student-athlete to Penn and concealed that conduct from the Athletic Department and University administration,” Kevin Bonner, Penn’s Associate Athletic Director of Administration and Strategic Communications, said in a statement. “The Univer-

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sity has been cooperating fully with the government and the NCAA so that the matter is appropriately redressed.”

Esformes is facing charges of fraud after obtaining $1 billion in a Medicare-related scheme. A portion of this money was used to bribe Allen, who is serving as a government witness in Esformes’ trial.

“I accepted the money to help Morris Esformes get into the school,” Allen testified in Miami federal court. “I got his son into Penn; I got his son into Wharton. None of that would have happened without me.”

Allen acknowledged that without the bribes, Esformes’ son would not have made the basketball team. In 2013, Allen made several trips to Miami to meet with Esformes and his son. Allen received $10,000 in cash, hidden in a brown envelope, from Esformes each time.

Allen watched Esformes’ son play several times. Despite the son’s lack of qualifications as a player, Allen agreed to “recruit” him after a bit of convincing from Esformes.

“He said to me, ‘we would be family for life,’” Allen testified.

In the end, Morris Esformes SEE ALLEN PAGE 3

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Penn Med students grow exotic plants for Phila. Flower Show Kevin Zhang and Sarah Santucci have won several awards FELIX LI Contributing Reporter

Every year in early March, Perelman School of Medicine students Kevin Zhang and Sarah Santucci take their home grown exotic plants to showcase at the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Zhang, a third-year M.D./ Ph.D student, and Santucci, a second-year medical student, have been growing and submitting their plants to the Philadelphia Flower Show in Center City for the past three years. Held annually at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the show is America’s largest indoor flower show, and it features awards given by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Both Santucci and Zhang have won multiple awards at the Flower Show. Santucci, who grows orchids, has placed first, second, and third in the show several times. Zhang has also accumulated dozens of awards, mainly for carnivorous plants such as Venus flytraps,

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butterworts, and pitcher plants.

The pair have grown thousands of plants together. In his apartment in Southwest Center City, Zhang has installed a terrarium that holds pitcher plants, steel shelves to house carnivorous plants, and a rooftop greenhouse where he and Santucci share growing space.

Zhang takes care of more than 100 plant species, while Santucci grows about 60 pots of orchids.

Santucci, who grew up in

Mississippi, said she discovered her love of orchids at a family trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show when she was in the seventh grade. “[At the Flower Show], I was just amazed at the variety of plants, especially the orchids,” she said. “So I started with regular grocery store orchids. It kind of grew into an obsession from there.”

Zhang said he was introduced to plants and gardening at a young age because of his

family.

“I was really interested in cacti just because of the way they looked in third grade,” he said. “I got my dad to bring me to a cactus nursery and it was there that amongst all the cacti I saw a few boxes of Venus flytrap.”

Zhang and Santucci met at a student activities fair when they were both undergraduates at Princeton University. Zhang was tabling for Princeton’s Botany Club, of which he was

Penn Athletics assistant died on Feb. 25 John Walton began his employment in 2015 MANLU LIU News Editor

A Penn Athletics assistant died by suicide on Feb. 25 in his home. He was 29 years old.

John Walton was an Operations Assistant in the Athletics Department Facilities and Operations division and began his employment in June 2015, Director of Athletic Communications Mike Mahoney wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Mahoney added that

JOHN WALTON

staff members were notified of Walton’s death through an email that was sent to members of the Facilities and Operations division.

“Very tragically, my son’s

death was by suicide,” his mother Mary Walton told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “There was no history of depression, he was doing well academically, had a strong circle of long-term friends, and no obvious explanation we have discovered. So many people loved him dearly.

We are all heartbroken.”

As part of the Athletics Department, Walton worked with Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics practices, competitions, and events.

He also coordinated logistical information for visiting teams.

Walton previously worked as an assistant at the Penn Law School in 2012.

He also served as a personal aide to a former Penn student with muscular dystrophy.

A graduate of the Community College of Philadelphia, Walton was working towards a degree in Sport and Recreation Management at Temple University.

Since February of 2013, there have been 14 students from Penn who have died by suicide.

president, and the two bonded over their love of plants.

“I was walking past this table and I saw a guy with actual plants, and he was happy to be there. He had really cool plants — and that was Kevin,” Santucci said.

Zhang is currently studying the effects of iron on retinal cells in Ophthalmology professor Joshua Dunaief’s laboratory. Santucci, who is currently in her clinical rotations, has used her interest in plants to work as a research intern

for Dow AgroSciences and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Folasade Sofela, a third-year M.D/Ph.D student who was on Zhang’s learning team, said Zhang gave her and other team members their own carnivorous plant terrariums for Christmas.

“I think it’s good for anyone to have a hobby like this. It’s something you can come home to and make you happy,” Santucci said. “You can learn about so many things from plants and it can bring people together.”

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2017. He is survived by his father, stepmother, and three sisters.

known Harton.

“Maurice’s intellectual curiosity was expansive and passionate,” professor of Classical Studies Ralph Rosen said in the announcement, “and he conveyed this passion with a warm and energetic spirit. We are all devastated to have lost not only a remarkable mind, but a lively, generous presence as well.”

A gathering for Harton will be held on March 11 at 5 p.m. in the Penn Museum, Tartaron wrote in an email to the Classical Studies and Ancient History graduate students and faculty.

Harton is the 13th student who has died since the beginning of

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Grad students still have difficulty navigating advisor relationships Penn published centralizied guidelines in 2018 KATHARINE SHAO Staff Reporter

Nearly a year after Penn published centralized guidelines outlining the expectations in advising relationships between faculty and Ph.D. students, graduate students say they continue to find facultystudent advising relationships difficult to navigate.

The guidelines, which aim to clarify inconsistencies in departments’ respective handbooks, were established in spring 2018 when students and advisors brought concerns to administrators’ attention about the unclear expectations both parties would play in the dissertation process.

Anita Mastroieni, executive director for Graduate Education and Initiatives, worked with graduate students from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly to compile guidelines titled “Advising & Mentoring Ph.D. Students.”

The document covers topics such as choosing a dissertation advisor, conflict resolution, and seeking support and reporting concerns.

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was granted admission to Wharton in 2015. However, he never appeared on the basketball team’s roster or played on the team. He is now a senior.

“I lied [to the school’s admissions office],” Allen said. “I knew that if it got back to the University of Pennsylvania what I was doing for Morris Esformes, I would be fired.”

Overall, Esformes paid Allen more than $74,000 in cash bribes and $220,000 in wire transfers over a period that extended from 2013 to 2015.

In October, Allen, who currently works as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics, admitted to having accepted $18,000 in bribes from Esformes. Allen had to repay this sum and was additionally

student handbook from Penn as a template, she worked closely with Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Vice President and chemistry Ph.D student Buyan Pan to draft AMPed based on a similar document released in 2002 from the University of Toronto.

Despite the centralization of Penn’s expectations with graduate student advising relationships, few students say they think AMPed will significantly improve their experiences with their mentors.

Katie Pak, a fourth-year educational leadership graduate student, said she had not heard about AMPed. She said the handbook for her program “doesn’t have anything about navigating advisor relationships.” From her experience, there are several concerns with mentoring, which ranges from inadequate funding to being unable to contact professors.

Though AMPed points students to alternative conflict resolution avenues — such as the Office of the Ombuds, which is a resource for students, faculty, and staff who are experiencing difficulty in their work, education, or life on campus, according to its website — students said it is not worth potentially jeopardizing their relationship with

fined over $200,000 by the federal government. He was also suspended from his role with the Celtics for a period of two weeks. He has not yet been sentenced.

In July 2015, Bloomberg broke the story that Allen,

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Few students have seen the effects of the new centralized guidelines. The guidelines were established in response to graduate student concerns.

their advisors.

GAPSA Chair for Student Life Matthew Lee, who is a fourth-year Nursing graduate student, said one of the biggest contributors to poor mental health among graduate students is the lack of support from advisors. Students completing GAPSA’s mental health survey also wrote that they find the lack of support stressful.

Faculty advisors play a crucial role in their students’ careers, such

investigation of Allen’s conduct. Smrt specifically looked into whether Allen broke any NCAA rules.

Last month, Athletics Director M. Grace Calhoun indicated that Penn was unable to comment on the investigation until after Allen’s testimony.

“Penn thoroughly reviewed everything surrounding the situation, and as soon as we’re at liberty to proceed forward, after that part of the trial at least, we will,” Calhoun said.

Now that Allen has testified, it should soon become clear what Penn’s findings were.

Allen’s conduct could have implications on Penn’s ability to recruit in the future in the form of self-imposed, NCAA, or Ivy League sanctions. However, there could also be no further action from either Penn or the NCAA.

“I knew that if it got back to the University of Pennsylvania what I was doing ... I would be fired.”

- Jerome Allen originally labeled as “Coach 2,” had allegedly received $74,000 in bribes from Esformes. Penn hired Chuck Smrt of The Compliance Group, an outside consultant, to oversee its internal

as writing recommendation letters and providing funding for graduate student research, GAPSA’s Research Council Chair Greg Callaghan said. This leads to reluctance to confront issues in a mentoring relationship.

“It’s kind of a system that disparages making complaints at any level,” said Callaghan, who is a fifthyear graduate student in Ancient History. “It’s something that everyone is aware that is a problem, but

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Following the University proposal of a centralized sexual misconduct office, the Sexual Harassment Committee recently submitted their comments on the new policy, which includes asking for increased accountability, more mechanisms to report sexual harassment, and tracking sexual misconduct patterns.

Since 2016, GET-UP member and fourth-year Ed.D. student in the Graduate School of Education Katie Pak has worked with the GSE Ed.D. Working Group on the Funding Resources Guide, a website that would centralize funding opportunities for GSE graduate students.

Pak added that several students

there’s not necessarily a possible solution” to address the issues without jeopardizing the students’ careers.

“The relationship with your advisor really makes or breaks your whole Ph.D. experience,” fifth-year bioengineering Ph.D student Mike Magaraci said regarding students in science.

While students are doubtful of AMPed’s effect on mentoring relationships between faculty and graduate students, professors say the guidelines are helpful in outlining the responsibilities of the dissertation committee.

Rand Quinn, professor of education in the Graduate School of Education, said when he was hired as a professor, he only had guidance from a senior faculty member to learn how to be an advisor.

“A lot of it was learning on the job and reflecting on my experiences as a graduate student … and adopting those practices that were best in my own practice,” Quinn said.

School of Arts and Sciences Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education Ralph Rosen said he has used AMPed to resolve cases to clarify the responsibilities of the student and the faculty member when forming a dissertation com-

in the working group are meeting with GSE faculty with the hopes of resolving issues such as funding differences between doctor of education and doctor of philosophy students in GSE. Although the GSE Ed.D. and Ph.D. programs have similar graduation and educational requirements, Ed.D. students only receive one year of guaranteed funding compared to all four years of funding for Ph.D. students.

Several GET-UP members have also individually worked on issues that they believe will be helpful for future unionization efforts. With the upcoming 2020 presidential election, some GET-UP members are dedicating their time to campaign for Democratic candidates.

While it is not a coordinated effort by GET-UP, both Rader and Jo Wuest, a sixth-year graduate

mittee.

“There were some issues with interpersonal problems, which kind of spill over into intellectual dynamics,” Rosen said. “I have seen a couple times, where a student gets to the dissertation level and can’t find an advisor because the person or people they were going to work with left unexpectedly, retired, or got sick.”

In response to students’ wishes to remain anonymous when speaking about concerns and developing a good advising relationship with their advisors, Callaghan, Lee, and the GAPSA research council released an online feedback form in January, where students in graduate groups that are being reviewed can submit their feedback anonymously.

Lee said he hopes the form will encourage students to give more honest feedback and for the administration to identify common issues graduate students face. “[AMPed] is a step in the right direction towards acknowledging that this is an aspect of the graduate education process that we need to be thinking about and talking about, but as its own [publication], I don’t know if it’s going to move the needle much,” Callaghan said.

student in American Politics, said they have been volunteering with the Philadelphia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.

They said they hope a democratic administration will be more sympathetic to graduate student unionization, allowing GET-UP to restart their unionization efforts.

Though GET-UP activity has been less centralized, Pak and Wuest said they always keep GETUP’s overarching goal in mind and continue advocating for students’ labor rights.

“We’re making sure we’re continuously building power within campus by having relationships with the grad students and still working on issues and showing that we’re a mobilized group of students within campus,” Pak said.

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OPINION Penn should reclassify economics as a STEM major THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN EDITORIAL BOARD

MONDAY MARCH 11, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 14 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor BEN ZHAO Print Director SAM HOLLAND Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor ALICE HEYEH Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor DANNY CHIARODIT Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor WILL DiGRANDE Sports Editor KATIE STEELE Copy Editor TAHIRA ISLAM Copy Editor DANIEL SALIB Director of Web Development AVNI KATARIA Audience Engagement Editor CHASE SUTTON Senior Multimedia Editor MARIA MURAD News Photo Editor

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espite previous consideration, Penn will not reclassify economics as a STEM major. In making this decision, the University has missed an opportunity to make it easier for its international students to remain in the United States after graduation.

While most student visas are valid up to a year after graduation, students who obtain STEM degrees can apply to extend the Optional Practice Training period for an additional two years. The University should prioritize the needs of international students by reclassifying economics as a STEM major.

Economics remains among the most popular majors at Penn, and it involves many of the skills that STEM majors must employ, like math and analysis, according to College freshman Ramona Sripitak, an international student from Thailand. In other words, economics involves substantial mathematical reasoning, and should be named a STEM major.

Mathematical economics is a STEM major, created to satisfy the STEM classification for international students. “Those who want to pursue a STEM major should declare Mathematical Economics,” Associate Dean of the College and Director of Academic Affairs Kent Peterman wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Some international students have chosen this route in order to avoid visa complications.

“My parents sent me here for education for four years and it’s a big, huge, investment,” said College junior and mathematical economics major Gehna

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Nandwani, who is also an international student from India.

“I’m not just here to get a degree and go back home. I want to do something with my life.”

But for many, this option isn’t ideal. Mathematical eco-

international students to seek valuable job experience in the United States following graduation instead of being forced to move back home. International students shouldn’t have to choose a major they are less

versity, Columbia University, Brown University, Yale University, and Princeton University, have reclassified economics as a STEM major. There is no reason why Penn should draw such a hard line on this

Reclassifying economics as a STEM major would allow international students to seek valuable job experience in the United States following graduation instead of being forced to move back home.” nomics has four course units more than the traditional major, which can be less appealing to students who are more interested in broader exploration of economics.

Reclassifying economics as a STEM major would allow

interested in, like math econ, in order to spend more time in the United States, particularly when Penn could easily make the changes necessary to avoid such conflict.

Many of our Ivy League peers, including Cornell Uni-

issue when the benefits are so clear.

International students encounter a variety of issues related to employment in the United States. Many already feel pressure to pursue STEM degrees in order to keep their

visas.

“I know for a fact that visa status is a huge problem especially when we’re looking into internships because our prospects as international students in humanities are very limited,” said College junior and international student Aula Ali, who is majoring in economics. “If the econ status [were] to change, that would be very helpful.”

This change won’t resolve the issue of international students feeling forced into STEM majors, but it could have a significant impact on many students by giving them more mobility with major selection and security after graduation. Reclassifying economics as a STEM major would affirm Penn’s commitment to such a prominent portion of its student body, and their futures after completing their undergraduate degrees.

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The problem with the ‘model minority’ trope at Penn

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AAKRUTI’S ANGLE | For students of Asian heritage studying at an Ivy League university, this has been normalized

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icture this. A precocious child, no older than 11, ferried from one “quirky” after school activity to another, at the behest of her assiduous mother. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is not a road less traveled, as much as it is a thoroughly beaten path. She has already been made aware of the prerequisites: intelligence, perseverance, dedication. And the endgame? That she will eventually grow to fit a convention that has transcended geographical borders and time.

The model minority. Not anywhere near as avant-garde or novel as some of the newer sociological phenomenons, but one we should pay attention to all the same.

William Peterson coined the term in 1966, in reference

to Japanese Americans that overcame discrimination by achieving academic and professional success. The phrase was relevant in encapsulating the manner in which East Asians could achieve assimilation into American society. In essence, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean immigration to America was concomitant with the assumption of higher education and economic attainment. Consequently, following 1965, the influx of Asians that emigrated had careers concentrated in the STEM or business sectors.

This quintessential representation of Asians, then, perhaps should have been restricted to that particular generation of immigrants. Instead, the phenomenon has evolved into a trope that the children of these

The stereotype is problematic for a variety of obvious reasons, predominantly, the inevitable pressure and stress placed upon this minority group.” immigrants are frequently expected to conform to. Moreover, the definition of the convention itself has grown to encompass South Asians, ignoring differences between cultures in favor of assimilating “Asians” into a singular typecast. There are a defined set of norms and values within this pigeonhole, includ-

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ing an expectation to maintain high academic standing, a financially stable career, and monetary success.

The stereotype is problematic for a variety of obvious reasons, predominantly, the inevitable pressure and stress placed upon this minority group. Yet, for students of Asian heritage studying at an Ivy League university, this has already been normalized.

The deeper repercussions are related to the discourse surrounding Asian Americans. At Penn, the model minority phenomenon is pervasive enough that it has begun to define the group itself. The implication is that this minority is subject to the expectation of success, which is accompanied by a failure to recognize and target the obstacles that stand in their way.

There are a number of consequences to this definition. A quick Google search reveals that there are very few general scholarship funds available specifically to the Asian-American community. This serious deficit fails to account for the 12.3 percent of Asian Americans that live below the federal line, that could benefit from scholarships available specific to them.

Penn’s assumption of affluence and success could intentionally prevent Asian students from lower income backgrounds from applying.

AAKRUTI GANESHAN Further, Penn seriously lacks in its efforts to foster a tightknit community between Asian Americans. The model minority trope has introduced a serious issue of competitiveness within the Asian community, and while this can be productive, it is more than often detrimental to mental health. There is a dire need for targeted efforts at remedying this. And while Penn already has its own set of pre-existing issues regarding underrepresentation and mental health, a better understanding of the nuances of this phenomenon will greatly ameliorate issues specific to the Asian community.

However, alleviating this phenomenon goes beyond focusing on competitive culture. As a community, we need to change the discourse regarding this minority, and shift our paradigm of the expectations placed on them as a whole. While it may be easier to ignore harsh realities, glamorizing the difficulties faced by an entire group of individuals can homogenize and devalue their identities.

We need to render the model minority into more of a phrase, and less of a phenomenon.

AAKRUTI GANESHAN is a college freshman from Melbourne, Australia.

Her email address is aakruti@sas. upenn.edu.

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Why I’m grateful for Wharton’s presence on campus UROOBA UNPLUGGED | We should take advantage of the opportunities Wharton offers us

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harton undeniably influences every facet of Penn’s campus culture — from the academics to the social life. But that is not necessarily a bad thing.

Prior to coming to Penn, I had an astonishingly narrow view of the finance world. Like many Americans, most of what I knew came from watching The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short.

I thought that the fields taught at Wharton were irrelevant to what I wanted to study or do with my life. I was wrong. Partially because it was forced on me by Wharton’s heavy presence on campus, I quickly discovered the interconnectedness of

business and civil society.

At first, Penn’s pre-professional culture and the student body’s focus on the most prestigious firms seemed excessive. However, I quickly realized that Wharton’s influence on Penn’s campus is a microcosm of business and money’s influence on the world. And whether I believed this influence to be positive or negative, the fact remained: it was necessary to understand how these interactions work if I wanted to make the world a better place.

Even if I didn’t plan to pursue investment banking or finance myself, chances are I would still interact with professionals in these

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fields. Nonprofit and foundation leaders constantly meet with corporate leaders to network and fundraise. Additionally, politicians regularly meet with corporate lobbyists when creating policy.

Regardless of career, it is imperative to understand the influence of corporations on our politicians.

Since coming to Penn, I’ve shifted the way I perceive the actions of government officials based on what industries I know are funding their campaigns and lobbying their agendas. This understanding, often lacking in our national voter education, is accessible to us by viewing Wharton’s emphasis on public policy.

For students who wish to work in public interest, this understanding is especially necessary. Business can be the root of many inequalities.

While consumers benefit from the cost of cheap goods, workers who make those goods often earn well below living wages. Studies show that garment workers in Bangladesh earned less than the minimum hourly wage 64 percent of the time.

Additionally, income inequality has been on the rise in the United States. According to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, the top 1 percent of families in the United States earned around 26.3 times

more than the bottom 99 percent in income.

Solutions to these issues require thinkers from a variety of areas to work together. On campus, there can be an unfortunate divide between Wharton students and College students. This divide, flowing into post-grad, results in a blockade to an educated collaboration between public and private sectors.

We have the opportunity to bridge this gap of communication as un-

Penn gives us an unparalleled opportunity to learn from elite business professionals, in the shape of both peers and faculty.

All Penn undergraduates are allowed to take classes in Wharton.

We even have the opportunity to pursue inter-school minors in Wharton. More students should take advantage of these opportunities.

In the same vein, Wharton students should take advantage of learning from students from other

Wharton is consistently ranked one of the best business schools in the world. Attending a school like Penn gives us an unparalleled opportunity to learn from elite business professionals, in the shape of both peers and faculty. “ dergraduates.

Wharton is consistently ranked one of the best business schools in the world. Attending a school like

schools. While many Wharton classes teach students how to maximize efficiency in business, many College classes teach students the

UROOBA ABID sociological, political, and historical outcomes of these business interactions. Wharton students can benefit from comprehending these perspectives and implementing their lessons in future work.

Before any of us can do our part to create a more equitable world, we must understand all the systems that shape it. Though business can cause social inequalities, it also has the potential to uplift communities and contribute to achieving development goals. I’m grateful that Wharton has given me insight into the powerful relevance of these fields.

UROOBA ABID is a College sophomore from Long Island, N.Y. studying International Relations. Her email address is uabid@sas.upenn. edu.

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KRISTIN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.

Recognize the dangers of unprescribed adderall THE OXFORD C’MON | Recreational abuse of drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin is not a victimless crime

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t’s 3 in the morning. Your coffee cup is empty. Your eyes feel itchy. Your body aches from hunching over your notes. Your pen has run out of ink. Even your fingernails feel tired. Maybe you think you’ll never be able to pass your midterm on Thursday. Maybe you feel like taking a stimulant is the only way you’ll be able to focus on the studying at hand. Maybe you don’t think it’s a big deal to pop an

Adderall in the back of your throat like your favorite color Skittle and keep grinding until the sun comes up. Maybe you don’t realize that recreational abuse of drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin is not a victimless crime.

Adderall, a common stimulant prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or narcolepsy, does improve focus and decrease impulsive behavior. But it is a

controlled substance that can cause dependence and addiction. A recent report conducted at Bates College claimed that one in three college students had abused Adderall at some point. According to another study from the University of Michigan, 9 percent of college students reported misusing Adderall in 2012.

I’m not hating on Adderall.

Quite the opposite actually.

For those who actually do suf-

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fer from ADHD, Adderall is a valuable and useful tool which individuals can choose to take or not take. The abuse of this drug by students who simply want to cram for their upcoming midterm or pump out a paper at 4 a.m. is what I take issue with. For obvious reasons, drug abuse is a bad thing. Less obvious is the fact that drug abuse creates unhealthy expectations for all college students.

Penn’s celebratory and competitive culture over who has the least sleep or worst workload doesn’t help.

We aren’t robots. We shouldn’t need to stay awake in order to study for a midterm and write seven literature reviews all in one night. But the growing abuse of Adderall creates a culture of unfounded and unrealistic expectations that only end with a large amount of the student population feeling incapable of doing the same amount of work, and drug dependence for others.

I know we all wish there was more time in the day. Waking up at 5 in the morning to write an essay due at an 11 o’clock class isn’t ideal, but it’s manageable, and one of the ways I personally balance nonnegotiable sleep with getting

my work done. My concern lies not with judging someone based on whether or not they’ve taken Adderall to help them study, because it’s effects are appealing, especially during midterm season. But, Adderall abuse is a growing phenomenon among college students. A phenomenon that rips rifts into the fabric of a school, creating craters that students shouldn’t have to navigate around.

I’m making the case for Ad-

SOPHIA DUROSE Adderall might seem like a quick fix to the study troubles

The abuse of this drug by students who simply want to cram for their upcoming midterm or pump out a paper at 4 a.m. is what I take issue with.” derall — for those who are prescribed it. But others need to think for a minute about the diminutive quality of taking a drug for personal gain that some people actually need in order to function in the conventional classroom. Abusing

you’re currently facing, but the consequences that ensue can be lasting.

SOPHIA DUROSE is a College sophomore from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn.edu.

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Construction for $46 million Tangen Hall will finish by 2020 The building will be a hub for student entrepreneurship ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter

Penn announced plans to complete Tangen Hall, the first student entrepreneurship hub at Penn, by August 2020 at a Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.

Tangen Hall’s construction will cost $46.35 million and will span 68,000 square feet, KSS Architects partner Petar Mattioni announced at the meeting.

The seven-story building’s creation was announced in October 2018 and will be located at the intersection of 40th and Sansom streets. Construction will begin in May 2019.

The building will house the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship

program, which provides faculty advising, financial support, and entrepreneurship courses to Penn students looking to establish their own startups. The hall will also create spaces for collaboration between Wharton, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Design.

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett said Penn is considering requiring students to apply for membership to enter the building so the facilities could be restricted to students who are working on entrepreneurship ideas.

“If we have a membership, it will allow us to monitor activity because we will have a swipe card,” he said. “If you are a member, you get in, and if you’re not a member, you will be asked questions about your project.”

The consideration of adding

the membership is so that the building will not only be a study space for students, but rather a building focused on entrepreneurial activities, Garrett said.

Garrett added there are approximately 1,000 students in Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship who are “actively engaged” and invested in their entrepreneurial projects.

Mattioni said the space will include a test kitchen for foodcentric startups and office space for student-led ventures.

In October 2018, the charity branch of a company founded by 1992 Wharton graduate Nicolai Tangen donated $25 million to start construction on Tangen Hall. It will be designed by the same architects who drafted plans for the Pennovation Center, which houses offices, labs, and

production spaces for startups and officially opened in September 2016.

Mattioni said the building will be “transparent and translucent” so that “people walking along this building will be able to get deep views into the facility.” He added that the architects are considering making Tangen’s exterior colors green and blue.

Penn President Amy Gutmann said she advocated for the bright colors because she didn’t want “just a glass building that is gray.”

“We want our buildings to be signature buildings and basically shout that the University of Pennsylvania designs buildings really worth looking at,” Gutmann said.

“Because it has a very special function, we don’t want to look like the other institutions.”

NEC amendment bans election practice Candidates can no longer approach voters with laptops CONOR MURRAY Staff Reporter

Armed with laptops, student government candidates often approach students at random in an attempt to win their vote. But a new NEC amendment has now banned the practice.

The amendment prohibits candidates for the Undergraduate Assembly and Class Boards from providing students with the device they use to cast their ballot. The amendment was made to the Fair Practices Code and was enacted on Feb. 11 by the Nominations and Elections Committee.

The amendment states that candidates “may not provide the device, including but not limited to laptops, tablets, or cell phones, used to cast any part of the ballot of another voter.”

The amendment clarifies the existing policy prohibiting candidates from coercing students into voting

for them, which was adopted last year, NEC Vice Chair for Elections and College sophomore Kiley Marron said. The Fair Practices Code defines coercion as “making demands or implications, or taking physical action, that forces or intends to force another student to campaign or vote in a certain way.” The previous policy allowed candidates to provide laptops and other devices to students when courting their vote.

NEC Chair and College senior Stephen Imburgia said the amendment is an important step in ensuring free and fair elections. He added that without this policy, extroverted candidates benefitted in previous elections, as they were more likely to randomly approach student voters.

Through feedback received from UA leaders in the last semester, the NEC learned that these campaign practices created a “race to the bottom for who could go into the most dining halls and who could give their laptops to the most people,” prompting the NEC to deliberate amending the coercion policy to explicitly ban this practice, said Imburgia, a former

DP reporter.

In fall 2018, the NEC held a hearing over potential FPC violations of two freshmen Class Board candidates. During the hearing, the Committee heard evidence that the candidates in question approached a student in their room and set up the online ballot on a laptop for the voter.

Under the existing policy, that did not constitute a violation. But Marron said the hearing was a “wake-up call” to strengthen the enforceability of the policy.

“I think eliminating laptops or other personal devices entirely from these interactions between candidates and voters will prevent a lot of these coercive practices that we were trying to prevent with the original amendment,” Marron said.

To address the possibility that this may hurt voter turnout, Marron said the NEC is looking at new ways to publicize elections, and hopes to expand NEC-operated voting booths across campus during voting periods.

UA Secretary and College soph-

omore Mercedes Owens said that the new policy will be helpful in ensuring that all votes will be “valuable and real with very little possibility of coercion.”

Owens said that candidates might have to shift their campaign strategies because under the new policy, they will have to “genuinely connect” with voters instead of “possibly intimidating them.”

UA treasurer and College junior Natasha Menon said that the amendment shouldn’t have an impact on turnout, since “candidates can find innovative ways of reaching out to voters that aren’t coercive.”

Menon also cited the importance of the NEC’s upcoming efforts to tackle voter turnout. Since the NEC is a neutral body, Menon said that elections will benefit from an apolitical effort to get people to vote.

The amendment will have its first impact on student government elections in April, when all of the Class Boards and the Undergraduate Assembly are up for election.

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union, the UA and building administrators have been working towards expanding student events and programming in Houston Hall for several years.

UA President and College senior Michael Krone said the Assembly wants to revitalize the space to make it “brighter and more welcoming,” like adding art or more modern furnishings. The goal, Krone said, is to make Houston Hall a more community-focused place where students would want to relax and spend more time in.

Last semester, UA members met with Hauber and assistant director of VPUL facilities Laurie Hall and proposed the idea of converting one room of the building into a recreational room to draw more students into Houston.

Wharton and Engineering junior Nick Parkes, who

that people could go and, like, watch ‘The Office’ without feeling judged,” Parkes said.

Executive Director of the Office of Student Affairs Katie Bonner said administrators have made efforts in the past to bring more student activity into Houston Hall and that they also want students to associate Houston Hall as an events space, not just a dining or studying area.

To accomplish this, administrators installed a TV that is always kept on in the bistro section of the ground floor to generate background noise. In fall 2018, Student Health Service hosted an event in Houston for each of the 12 days leading up to final exams to help students destress.

One reason students do not gravitate toward Houston Hall to host or attend events, Bonner said, is because Penn’s campus has expanded significantly since Houston Hall was built in 1896. She added that Houston Hal is not a central

“It feels like a louder version of a library. There’s not really many student activities or ... anything going on.”

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is a member of the UA, said Hall was receptive to the idea, adding that Hall suggested the rest of the building could also be transformed to enliven the atmosphere.

Parkes added that making Houston Hall a more lively place on campus, however, goes beyond fostering a sense of community. He said a student union should also work to improve student wellness.

Parkes said when he sits in a space, like Houston Hall, where everyone is already doing homework, he also feels obligated to do work.

“The whole goal is to create some sort of physical space

location on campus anymore.

Hall said she wants more students to be involved in planning events programming in Houston. Bonner said although student organizations don’t typically think to hold club meetings and events in Houston’s lobby, she hopes more students will host events, such as open-mic nights, in the building.

“What I would like to see in a [student union] is a place where any student, regardless of what they’re involved in or where they come from, knows that they can come [to Houston Hall] and find community,” Krone said.

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How Penn Dems decides to endorse presidential candidates 14 Democrats have already announced their candidacy GRANT BIANCO Staff Reporter

In politics, endorsements can make or break a candidate’s chances at winning an election. Now, Penn Democrats are considering endorsing a wide variety of candidates for political office, including a candidate for the looming presidential primaries.

But despite a slew of Democrats declaring their candidacies for the 2020 presidential election in recent weeks, Penn Dems plans to wait to endorse a favored candidate until March 2020. The club wants to hear firsthand from visiting candidates and conduct extensive research into the potential Democratic nominees for president.

With less than 11 months until the Iowa caucuses, the primaries

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are starting to get crowded — 14 Democrats are currently vying for the nomination. Prominent figures such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have declared, as well as lesserknown candidates such as South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg and author Marianne Williamson.

Former Vice President and Penn Presidential Professor of Practice

Joe Biden has still yet to announce whether he will run.

The group’s process for endorsing candidates can vary and there is no explicit endorsement policy. But board members said it generally involves the organization gathering as much information as possible before the executive board makes a final decision.

“As a club, we try to meet as

many candidates as possible, whether we host them at our deputy board meetings or we have them at speaker events,” President of Penn Dems and College sophomore Emma Carlson said.

Penn Dems will also endorse some candidates in the upcoming Philadelphia primary elections.

Penn Dems Communications Director and College freshman Tamara Wurman, who is also a DP photographer, said the Penn Dems executive board voted in late February to endorse Penn graduate Jamie Gauthier for a City Council seat.

Gauthier graduated in 2004 with a master’s in city and regional planning.

The endorsement process may differ for national elections, such as the 2020 presidential primaries.

“For more high profile elections, such as the presidential primary or national Senate races, you can expect a more detailed explanation,”

Wurman said.

The group has endorsed candidates in contentious presidential primaries in the past, such as Barack Obama in 2008’s race against Hillary Clinton. More recently, Penn Dems endorsed Clinton over Bernie Sanders back in February 2016, well before she secured the party’s nomination in July.

Despite the group’s early endorsement in 2016, Penn Dems Political Director Owen VoutsinasKlose said not to expect a presidential endorsement anytime soon.

“We’re not going to endorse for President obviously this year,” Voutsinas-Klose said, as Pennsylvania’s primary occurs on April 28, 2020. “That might be something that happens next year.”

Carlson said Penn Dems will likely make a decision “probably after Super Tuesday at least,” referring to the early March 2020 date when numerous states hold their

primaries.

Although the group’s endorsement for president may come relatively late in 2020, efforts are already underway to bring presidential candidates to campus.

Carlson noted that one presidential challenger, former U.S. Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), is scheduled to speak to Penn Dems in April.

Candidate visits to Penn may have possible political implications, Voutsinas-Klose said. As a political group at an Ivy League School located in a swing state, he said visits to Penn Dems should draw the attention of national candidates.

Those who take the time to visit campus will likely be seen more favorably by the club’s base, he added.

“That’s who our members are going to respect,” Voutsinas-Klose said.

Panhellenic Council to require wellness point person for each sorority The Council will also host pop-up wellness events ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter

The Panhellenic Council will now require all sororities to have a wellness point person in each organization. The move is part of Panhel’s recent initiatives to improve mental health awareness in sororities.

The wellness point people will be trained and follow the Panhellenic Council wellness curriculum that former Vice President of Health and Wellness and Wharton senior Mackenzie Lukas had created last fall. The curriculum will require each person to conduct various workshops and activities each month in different areas of wellness, such as nutrition, exercise, and stress management.

In spring 2018, the Panhellenic Council introduced Lukas, who is a former Under the Button editor, as the first vice president of health and wellness. Lukas had originally planned to require all sororities to establish a wellness chair by this spring.

Current Vice President of Health and Wellness and College junior Teagan Aguirre has since found that most sororities already have a position similar to a wellness chair, and will instead put in place a general requirement for a wellness point person.

She said the wellness point person will substitute the creation of individual wellness chairs.

Aguirre, a former 34th Street staff member, added her goal is “not to create another additional position” but to work with each chapter on the certain aspects of wellness that they have identified are important

to them.

Delta Delta Delta, for example, has a body image coordinator, Aguirre said. Panhellenic President and Wharton junior Claire Canestrino said Alpha Delta Pi also has a student-chaplain role in charge of wellness.

In fall 2018, Sigma Delta Tau added a second wellness chair to the organization, Wharton junior Meg Sreenivas said. As SDT’s first wellness chair last year, Sreenivas created an email campaign where members could fill out a Google Form asking campaign committee members to send encouraging, anonymous emails to another sister.

“Someone on the committee will write you a personalized email with some GIFS, telling you you’re going to be great,” Sreenivas said. “It’s nice because you don’t even know who is sending you the email but someone cares enough to sub-

mit to you or write it.”

Sreenivas said 609 emails were sent out to SDT members in the first three months of the campaign.

“I think [wellness] is something that can be easily overlooked, but I think it makes a huge impact to a sorority when they do have wellness initiatives,” Sreenivas said.

College freshman Rachael Villari said Chi Omega has a Personnel Advisor who has similar responsibilities as a wellness chair and has walk-in hours for sisters to sit down and discuss their personal concerns.

“Especially in the beginning when you’re new and you don’t know anyone, it’s nice to know you have one person to talk to at least if you ever have any problems and you’re not feeling great about something,” Villari said.

College freshman Camryn Kozuch, who accepted a bid

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Chi Omega participates in 2019 sorority bid day. The group has a “Personnel Advisor” who has similar responsibilities to a wellness chair.

from Chi Omega, emphasized that mental wellness should be at the forefront of sorority life. She also said rush, which occurs during the week before classes begin in the spring, was excessively intense.

Throughout the semester, Aguirre also plans to have workshops on sorority recruitment for freshmen women in the fall semester, “recognizing

it is a stressful process.” Aguirre will plan wellness pop-up events that will replace Panhellenic Council’s Wellness Week, which began in 2017.

“I think by having it as a pop-up event once a month would kind of make sure that the idea of wellness is carried out throughout the whole year rather than one week,” Villari said.

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Eventful break for Penn Athletics includes Akins’ NCAA silver finish Gymnastics set program record with score of 195.075 DUSTIN GHANNADI Sports Reporter

Spring break was an exciting time for Penn Athletics. With impressive wins from many teams, the Quakers had a lot of success.

Track This weekend was also a big weekend for track, as junior Nia Akins nearly won it all. After being named the Most Outstanding Indoor Track Performer of Ivy Heps two weeks ago, Akins began her pursuit of an individual NCAA title on Friday.

She qualified for the 800-meter final after a 2:06.05 time in the semifinals. In the championship race, Akins was even faster, running a personal-best 2:03.74.

She ended the race in second and was narrowly edged out by Penn State’s Danae Rivers, who had a strong close and finished with a mark of 2:03.69.

Gymnastics Led by senior and Missouri native Caroline Moore, Penn gymnastics defeated Southeast Missouri to start the break. The team ended with a total score of 191.900, compiling its best scores

on the floor (48.300) and beam (48.150). Freshman Natalie Yang led the way on the beam with a personal record of 9.875.

Penn then continued its Midwest tour, traveling to take on Lindenwood and Illinois-Chicago in St. Charles, Mo. Although the Quakers competed well, they finished last of the three teams with a 193.575 mark.

Despite strong scores in the floor routine — which was their best combined score of the competition — and beam, the Red and Blue struggled on the vault, scoring a 47.625. Although the Quakers left Missouri with a third-place finish, the trip was special for Moore, who had the opportunity to compete in front of many of her family members and friends.

“My sister actually lives near Cape Girardeau, and I got to see her,” Moore said. “My parents came out as well as one of my friends from grade school which was really nice. At the Lindenwood meet, I had 15 relatives there. It was really cool because most of them had not seen me do gymnastics since I was five years old.”

As Penn wrapped up its Midwestern trip, the group’s eyes turned to Maryland, where the Quakers met a strong Maryland

team. Although the Red and Blue finished second out of four teams, they scored a 195.075, beating Penn’s all-time scoring record of 194.600.

“We have been wanting to break the school record since our freshman year. It has been four years that we have been dreaming of this moment,” Moore said. “Finally, we saw our hard work pay off and accomplishing the goals we set. We are not done yet, and our goals have been taken up a notch now.”

As the Quakers celebrate this achievement, they will begin to focus on their next meet at William & Mary on Friday and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships the week after.

Fencing Although they did not have a match on the first weekend of break, men’s and women’s fencing were both practicing before the NCAA Regional Championships on March 9.

The men’s team had a strong showing at the tournament. Although they did not have any top three placements, many Quakers placed in the top 15 of all events.

Sophomore Sean Wilson and freshman Emon Daroian placed seventh and 15th, respectively, in epee.

The Red and Blue fared better in foil, with sophomore Michael Li, senior Raymond Chen, and freshman Jerry Wu finishing fifth, 10th, and 13th, respectively.

The best placement of the night for the Quakers was a fourth place finish by junior Adam Green in sabre. Behind him were freshman Xiteng Lin and sophomore Andrew Sun in ninth and 11th place, respectively.

The women’s team also ended with strong results. The group had numerous top-15 finishes at NCAAs. In epee, freshmen Vanessa Dib and Margaux Games finished fourth and 10th, respectively. In foil, juniors Nicole Vaiani and Danielle Ferdon finished seventh and 11th, respectively.

The Quakers also had two top-15 finishes in sabre, with junior Sara Papp and freshman Lark Izenson coming in 10th and 11th place, respectively.

Wrestling Throughout the break, Penn wrestling was preparing for the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships. The team was the youngest at the tournament, with six true freshmen and eight first-time starters.

Eight of the 10 wrestlers that Penn sent had wins, with five of six freshmen winning. The Quak-

Men’s lax picks up first wins of season Red and Blue jumped out to an early lead in both games CHARLIE MA Contributing Reporter

Entering spring break, Penn men’s lacrosse was winless.

The Red and Blue had started the season with tough losses to three of the top five teams in the country. In two of these losses, the Quakers were unable to maintain fourth quarter leads.

On Friday, that changed.

Penn earned its first victory of the year on the first day of the inaugural Philly 4 Lacrosse Classic against area rival No. 11 Villanova. After conceding four goals in a span of 2:26 in the final minutes of fourth quarter, the Quakers (2-3) were able to hold on for a win.

Though the Quakers led from wire-to-wire, it was a true game of runs. The Red and Blue jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead, but the Wildcats (3-2) did not go

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since eliminated Columbia in overtime.

More importantly, the Penn defense has been able to limit the Crimson in the two games the teams have played, holding them to just 61 and 59 points in regulation. It won’t be an easy task, but if the Quakers heat up on offense against Harvard next Saturday, they might just be able to glide into the Ivy League title game.

Yale? Junior guard Miye Oni has been a dynamic playmaker for the Bulldogs all season, and they’ll be playing in a friendly atmosphere behind the home crowd at Lee Amphitheater. But the Red and Blue domi-

down quietly. Despite the early deficit, Villanova would go on its own five-point run, bringing it back within one early in the third quarter. Penn answered with its own 7-1 run that lasted until just under four minutes left in the game. After falling well behind, the Wildcats were able to make one last push, scoring the last four points of the game before getting beat by the clock.

Leading the way for the Quakers in their 13-11 win was freshman attacker Sam Handley, who finished the day with four goals and three assists.

Sunday’s matchup against Saint Joseph’s (3-4) began in similar fashion. The Quakers started off hot, scoring the game’s first seven goals and keeping the Hawks scoreless the entire first quarter. This time around, however, the Red and Blue left nothing to chance and kept their foot on the gas, never letting the Hawks get within six.

Penn’s dominant 13-6 victory began at the faceoff X, where

nated the Elis on Friday, taking an early lead and never looking back en route to a 77-66 victory. That game, in particular the 46 combined points from junior forward AJ Brodeur and senior guard Antonio Woods, will no doubt be on everyone’s mind if the two teams play again.

Princeton? Senior guard Myles Stephens has broken the hearts of Penn fans time and time again over the last four years, but right now he isn’t getting much help. Without Devin Cannady, the Tigers just aren’t the same team that beat Penn twice earlier this season, stumbling into the Ivy Tournament on the back of three consecutive losses.

It’s important to acknowledge that Penn is just 1-5 against the other Tournament teams this season and

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Junior Nia Akins followed up her Ivy Heps title in the 800-meters with a second-place finish in the event at the NCAA Championships.

ers had three wrestlers place, and they had a champion in freshman Anthony Artalona. Artalona’s win came in overtime, making it his seventh victory in extra time this season. The Red and Blue’s other big performances came from the freshmen duo of

Carmen Ferrante — who placed fourth — and Doug Zapf — who finished in sixth. Ferrante’s and Artalona’s qualify them for the NCAA Wrestling Championships from March 21-23. They will learn their seedings and draws for the tournament on March 13.

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the Quakers won 16-of-21 attempts. Defense proved to be another vital factor in the win.

The Red and Blue set a season low in goals allowed, recording 19 turnovers as a team and 14 saves from senior goalie Reed Junkin.

Offensively, junior attacker Adam Goldner led the way with four goals, while Handley con-

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that each of them pose a difficult matchup. The Red and Blue will still need something special to qualify for March Madness, but right now, they have the momentum, the talent, and the belief to get the job done.

So yes, while it’s admittedly not too hard to make a case for why any of the three other teams could or even should beat Penn next weekend, the Quakers are a much bigger threat than their No. 4 seed suggests.

Heck, they just might win it all once again.

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Baseball and softball each notch several wins over spring break Baseball had a viral raindelay war against Winthrop EMILY GLIKLICH Contributing Reporter

Though the Quakers may not be able to bring the Florida sun back to Philadelphia, Penn softball is returning from spring break with a sunny outlook on the rest of the season.

The Red and Blue faced 10 teams in seven days at the USF-Clearwater Parks and Recreation Invitational Tournament in Clearwater, Fla. Penn finished with a 5-5 record in the tournament, defeating several opponents that have played more games than the Quakers so far this season.

Senior utility player and captain Jessica England is particularly optimistic about Penn’s performance in Florida this year.

“A lot of teams already had 15 or more games under their belt by the time we played them,” England

said. “Coming out with a 5-5 record was a pretty good result.”

England credited the Quakers’ performance on defense, as well as clutch contributions from freshman players at the plate, for the team’s successful start to the season. She also highlighted how the Red and Blue’s supportive team environment will be instrumental to their success throughout the season.

“Everyone was really supportive whether they were playing or not, so that’s a good sign,” England said.

Overall, England thinks that Penn (5-5) is going to be a formidable opponent this season.

“We’re definitely one of the stronger teams in the Ivy League,” she said. “What’s really important is for us to take it one game at a time … [and] carry this momentum.”

Penn softball has its Ivy League opener against Yale next weekend, and the Quakers hope their momentum lasts longer than their tans will.

Penn baseball also took a tour down South for its spring break,

competing against UNC Greensboro, Duke, and Winthrop.

The Quakers (4-4) approached spring break as an opportunity to face high level competition and set the bar for the rest of the season. “[We’re] just trying to really cement our roster, cement our pitching staff, cement our position players,” junior pitcher and captain Christian Scafidi said. “[We want to] reinforce that we can play with some big teams, some really good teams, and come out on top. It gives us a base to go off of throughout the season.”

Though the Red and Blue did not come out on top in their first threegame series against UNC Greensboro, they were able to quickly rebound and sweep Duke and then go on to beat Winthrop in two out of the three games.

“We were close in all our games,” Scafidi said. “[We were] tied going into the eighth, and we just needed to find a way … whether it was the pitcher getting an extra out or somebody stepping up and getting an ex-

tra knock at the plate.

“We were on both ends. We didn’t get the job done [against UNC Greensboro], and then we were able to find a way to get the job done in the Duke series. … I think it showed that we can really compete against anybody.”

One of the team’s greatest strengths, according to Scafidi, is its cohesive dynamic.

“The whole team’s been putting together and helping us win,” he said. “Our competitiveness and our love for one another has been one of our strengths. … If one person doesn’t get the job done, the guy behind him is ready to step up.”

Based on their performance thus far, Scafidi and the Quakers have their sights set high for this season.

“Obviously the goal for the season is to win an Ivy League Championship, and I think we have a really good start,” Scafidi said. “We got a great group of guys here that are all working together and working together well, and I think we

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Junior starting pitcher Christian Scafidi allowed just five earned runs over 12.2 innings against UNC Greensboro and Winthrop over break.

can definitely achieve that goal and have a better season than we did last season.”

But game-time performance is not the only thing off to a successful start for Penn baseball. When the team’s first game versus Winthrop was delayed because of rain, the two teams engaged in some friendly an-

tics — the video footage of which went viral on Barstool Sports, which dubbed it “the best rain delay war of all time.”

Only time will tell if the Quakers are cut out to clinch the Ivy League Championship, but at least they’ve already got one title under their belt this season.

Red and Blue still undefeated after pair of tight home victories W. LAX | Penn defeated Drexel and Georgetown CHARLIE MA Contributing Reporter

After two hard-fought, backand-forth games over spring break, Penn women’s lacrosse remains undefeated.

It took everything in the Quakers’ power to protect their perfect record, defeating hometown rival Drexel on Tuesday by a score of 12-10 and No. 21 Georgetown on Saturday, 8-7.

In their matchup against Drexel (2-3), the No. 8 Red and Blue (6-0) found themselves in unfamiliar territory. After a slow start, the Quakers faced their largest deficit of the season, down by a score of 4-0 after just the first seven minutes of the game.

Penn, however, was quick to bounce back. Led by junior at-

tacker Gabby Rosenzweig and sophomore attacker Zoe Belodeau, the Quakers went on a 5-0 run, tying the game at the 12-minute mark and taking the lead just 18 seconds later.

“We can’t take 20 minutes or a whole first half to fix things that we see,” Belodeau said.

“We need to take each possession as a chance to learn and grow.”

Penn traded goals with Drexel before taking its own fourgoal lead with 15 minutes left in the game, an advantage that would prove too much to overcome. Junior midfielder Erin Barry led the team with three goals, while freshman goalie Krissy Kowalski, who is also a DP staffer, earned her first victory in goal, playing a careerhigh 45 minutes and collecting three saves.

Saturday’s victory over Georgetown (5-2) was a different story. From the opening

draw to the end whistle, the game was neck-and-neck. Neither team was able to pull away by more two goals, and the outcome was decided in the final seconds.

“Our big theme was the 60 minutes that we have to play and focus with full intensity, and I think we did that today against a good opponent,” coach Karin Corbett said.

For the Quakers, it was a true defensive battle, with the contest being their lowest scoring of the season. “[Georgetown] plays a high intensity zone that we haven’t seen yet,” Belodeau said.

“During the week, offensively, we had to get very disciplined working together and moving the ball.”

Even with this preparation, the Hoyas were able to force 17 turnovers. However, the Penn defense could not be overlooked. Junior goalie Mikaila

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reer-high 23 points, with 21 points courtesy of her season-high seven treys. “[Phoebe] spread the floor and made some big shots at the right time, she ran the floor hard, she was in the right spots to have the ball skip to her, and she knocked them down,” coach Mike McLaughlin said.

Although the Quakers shined with the deep ball, they also were dominant inside the paint, where they outscored the Bears 18-8 in the first half. This edge would continue throughout the game, as Parker had another productive night and finished with 26 points and eight rebounds to her name.

“Eleah was dominant again, she has just taken her game to another

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ting] better.”

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record this week against what might be their toughest competition yet — No. 2 Maryland.

level,” McLaughlin said. “She just wanted the ball down low and was just determined to carry us at times.”

A positive improvement for the Red and Blue was that they were able to stay out of foul trouble. With only seven team fouls in the game, McLaughlin wasn’t forced to pull any of his key players, unlike Friday night.

The game was pretty much in hand for the Quakers in the third quarter as they built their lead as large as 22 points. With the game under wraps, Penn was able to sit some of their starters and take some time off the clock.

After the clock ticked down to zero, the Quakers were all smiles and hugs as they waved their Ivy League title banner and celebrated with one another.

“It was awesome. I think it was

just a feeling that you get throughout the entire bench, everyone was just really excited and I think that we just knew all of our hard work paid off,” Sterba said. “It was just that final moment and I think all this relief all of a sudden.”

“It’s an amazing accomplishment. It’s been an unbelievable journey with this group, they’ve progressed so much from the beginning of the year to where we sit today,” McLaughlin agreed. “It’s the culmination of a lot of effort.

It’s that pinnacle, you finally get what you set out to get.”

By halftime in Providence, Princeton had already won its game against Yale, clinching a share of the Ivy League title and the top seed in the Ivy League tournament, where the season continues next weekend.

the right time, and with voting right around the corner, there’s a chance she’ll be first on some voters’ ballots. Leading her team to the NCAA tournament would surely bolster her chances even more, and she’ll have a good chance to do that with the way she’s been playing.

Her competition, of course, is last year’s winner and Princeton star Bella Alarie, who has put up some impressive stats of her own and led her team to the No. 1 seed in the Ivy Tournament.

Phoebe Sterba could be Penn’s xfactor next week.

Parker is this team’s best player and go-to option on offense, but Sterba has stepped up all season, including

on Saturday night, trailing only Parker in points scored. Sterba nailed 7-of-11 three-pointers and was a force on offense against the Bears. This marked the second time this season Sterba has scored over 20 points, after she put up 21 in Penn’s Ivy opening-win over Princeton in January.

Averaging 9.3 points per game, Sterba hasn’t been the first or even second option for the Quakers on offense. Nonetheless, her offensive explosion in Providence could give her confidence to step up in the Ivy tournament. If Sterba gets hot in New Haven, Conn., especially against the Tigers again, the Red and Blue team could just make their way into the Big Dance.

started to gather some momentum.

In the first half, Woods hit a step back three to stop a Yale run, and Goodman got a steal and a fastbreak layup after big baskets from Yale. In the second half, it was offensive rebounds and outlet passes — mostly from Silpe — that helped keep the Bulldogs at bay.

Penn now moves on to the Ivy League Tournament, where it will face No. 1 Harvard on Saturday.

With the win over the Bears, the Quakers capped a regular season full of extreme highs and lows. They beat Villanova for the first time in 16 years and went on to sweep the rest of the Big 5, but struggled throughout much of Ivy play. At the end of the day though, the Quakers found a way to the top half of the conference.

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“I thought Cheeseman played excellent in the net. We were on defense a lot, and I felt the defense did a good job against a potent [offense] with a lot of scorers on attack. I think we played well as a team, and Cheeseman came up big for us,” Corbett said.

Belodeau proved to be the main offensive catalyst against Georgetown. The sophomore attacker finished the day with seven points, five goals and two assists. At her side, Rosenzweig finished the game with five assists, living up to the hype of ranking third in the country in assists per game.

“For me it’s a game at a time,” Corbett said. “It’s not about necessarily who we play right now. It’s more about [get-

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Woods poured in seven straight to open up a nine-point lead for Penn before the first media timeout. The two of them paced the Quakers the rest of the way, with Brodeur leading with 24 points and Woods finishing with 22.

All throughout the game, Penn had the answer whenever Yale

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In their most important stretches of the season, Penn basketball’s two best players certainly rose to the occasion.

Junior forward AJ Brodeur and sophomore center Eleah Parker finished off their stellar regular seasons in a pair of weekend sets over spring break, earning the duo DP Sports Players of the Break.

Parker came into the break with the women (22-5, 12-2 Ivy) having all but clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament but still having plenty to play for with a regular season championship on the line. While foul trouble meant the center scored only 10 points in the Quakers’ dramatic overtime victory over Harvard, Parker still contributed on the defensive end with three blocks and a few timely buckets, helping the Red and Blue avenge an earlier loss to the Crimson.

Parker really began to turn it on for the season’s final road trip. With the Quakers needing wins in their final two games to keep pace with Princeton in first, they leaned heavily on their leading scorer. Parker scored a career high 29 points and came one shy of a career high in rebounds with 16 in the Quakers’ win over Yale.

Parker followed up on this mammoth performance with 26 points and eight boards against Brown the next night.

The sophomore also continued to serve as the anchor for Penn’s strong defense. After allowing 70 points to Harvard, the Red and Blue allowed no more than 56 points in their final three games.

Over this stretch, Parker averaged three blocks per game.

Unlike the women, the men came into the weekend likely needing to win three of their final four games just to make the Ivy League Tournament. In the first of these four against eventual No 1. seed Harvard, Brodeur came to play, scoring 24 points in Penn’s eventual loss to the Crimson. With their backs now fully against the wall, Bro-

deur once again led the Quakers with 19 points and 13 rebounds, helping them to a season-saving victory over Dartmouth. After Brown took down Princeton earlier on Friday night, the Quakers returned to the Palestra knowing that wins in their final two games would guarantee them a spot in the Ivy League Tournament, but anything less would eliminate them. In the weekend’s first game against Yale, Brodeur led the Quakers in scoring for the fourth consecutive game with 24 points.

The junior also contributed on the defensive end, forcing three early turnovers that would give the Quakers an early lead and help the Red and Blue hold Yale’s potent offense to just 66 points.

After defeating the Elis, Penn ended its season with a winnertake-all matchup against Brown.

Playing with the season on the line for the third straight game, Brodeur continued to come up clutch. Working especially well with junior guard Devon Goodman, Brodeur scored 18 in the game, including 13 in the second half, as the Red and Blue punched their ticket to the tourney with a

58-51 victory.

While their performances down the stretch were impressive, Brodeur and Parker have been key players all year for their

teams. Both led their respective squads in points, rebounds, and blocks this season, with Brodeur also leading the men in assists.

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ing for Ivy League Tournament matchups against Harvard, they will once again look for their key players to step up when the lights are brightest.

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Takeaways from a title-clinching win W. HOOPS | Quakers shot over 40 percent from three JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor

In the regular-season finale, Penn women’s basketball took care of business in Providence, R.I. and cruised to a 75-53 win over Brown.

While the men fought hard to secure a spot in the Ivy League Tournament, the women locked up the No. 2 seed in the women’s tourney thanks to great play on both ends of the floor.

The Quakers (22-5, 12-2 Ivy) dominated the game from the opening whistle, not relinquishing their lead over Brown (9-21, 1-13) for the entire contest. Here are some key takeaways from Saturday night’s win.

Penn came out to play on offense It’s been proven time and time again that the Quakers can play tight defense to win games. They rank No. 7 in the NCAA with just 53.6 points allowed per game and No. 20 in opponent three-point percentage, surrendering just 27.7 percent of attempts from distance. They have a dominant defensive center in sophomore Eleah Parker, who ranks sec-

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enn women’s basketball has been dominant all year. Now the Red and Blue have an Ivy League title to show for it.

The Quakers came into Saturday’s game controlling their own destiny, knowing that they would win at least a share of the title with a win. Coming off a victory against Yale on Friday night, the Quakers travelled up to Providence, R.I. to battle Brown, whom they beat by 40 points last month. Even though they were facing the team at the bottom of the Ivy standings, the Quakers didn’t let up and defeated Brown handily, 75-53.

The Quakers will be the No. 2 seed in the Ivy Tournament, and will battle No. 3 Har-

vard for a spot in the championship. The title was their fourth in six years.

In the first half, Penn (22-5, 12-2 Ivy) was extremely efficient shooting the ball, shooting 50 percent from the field and 62.5 percent from behind the arc. The opposite was true for Brown (9-21, 1-13) as they shot just 23.5 percent from the field.

Sophomore center Eleah Parker was the star against Yale, and junior guard Phoebe Sterba was one of the key players this time around. She showed her offensive prowess early from behind the arc, with all 12 of her first-half points coming from distance.

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Penn men’s basketball clinches Ivy Tournament berth with weekend victories over Yale and Brown Quakers’ defense led the way in Saturday’s win JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Reporter

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It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t pretty.

But when the final buzzer sounded, the Quakers got the job done.

In a thrilling, back-and-forth affair in front of a rowdy Palestra crowd, Penn men’s basketball defeated Brown, 58-51, to secure the fourth and final spot in the Ivy League Tournament. The win came one day after a 77-66 victory over Yale that kept the Quakers’ season alive.

“I’m proud of our guys,” coach Steve Donahue said. “I just sensed it with this group over the last couple of weekends, that someone’s really going to have to knock us out to not be in this.”

The Quakers’ defense gave the usually high-powered Brown offense fits all night long. Penn (19-11, 7-7 Ivy) forced the Bears (19-11, 7-7) into committing 22 turnovers. On the other end of the floor, even though it was Senior Night, it was the junior duo of Devon Goodman and AJ Brodeur

that powered the Quakers, especially in the second half. The two finished with 38 of the Quakers’ 58 points.

The first half was very evenly matched, with the two teams heading into the break knotted up at 27. Penn held the lead for much of the half, but never by more than a couple of possessions. The star of the half was senior guard Jake Silpe, who led the way with 13 points on a bevy of threes, backdoor cuts, and layups.

“It was a really good feeling,” Silpe said. “I felt my shot going, got my legs involved … and got to the rim.”

In the second half, the Quakers jumped out of the gate firing on all cylinders. An 8-0 run, powered mostly by inside looks from Brodeur and senior forward Max Rothschild, forced Brown to take a timeout. But the Bears fought back with a run of their own, even taking a one-point lead with 14:34 left to play.

The Quakers kept at it though, and were able to take the lead for good off a Goodman three and Brodeur floater. Brown was able to nibble at the lead, but a particularly strong stretch from Penn pushed the lead up to double digits. With about nine minutes to play, the combination of a block from sophomore forward Jarrod Simmons, a Goodman three, a steal, an offensive board, and a Goodman layup forced Brown into a timeout.

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In Saturday’s win over Brown, senior forward Max Rothschild accumulated seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals.

“AJ is a force down low for any team that he plays against, so we always try to do that two-man game,” Goodman said. “If I pass it in to AJ, he’s going to score most of the time. And then he’s a smart enough player to know if he’s double-teamed to kick it out to a shooter.”

That two-man game was especially lethal tonight, as all four of Brodeur’s assists came on Goodman buckets, including the one at the end of that stretch to give the Quakers a 10-point lead, and one of Goodman’s assists was on a Brodeur fast-break layup.

Brown was able to shrink the lead to four as the Quakers’ offense stagnated over the next few minutes , but Brodeur stopped the bleeding with a layup with

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3:05 left to play. Both defenses hunkered down, and no more field goals were made. And with each defensive stop, each clutch rebound, the Quakers kept the clock moving until there was no time left.

Against Yale on Friday, the Quakers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, taking down the Bulldogs by double-digits. The win, coupled with a Brown win against Princeton, set up the win-and-you’rein matchup on Saturday between the Red and Blue and the Bears.

Right from the start, everything seemed to go the Quakers’ way. Brodeur picked up three steals and senior guard Antonio SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE 10

ond in Division I with 3.23 blocks per game.

On Saturday night, though, the Quakers came out to play on offense. They shot the ball at a 52.5 percent clip from the field and sunk 9-of-20 three-point shots, both season bests in conference play. Parker, junior Phoebe Sterba, and senior Princess Aghayere scored 26, 23, and 16 points, respectively, while each shooting over 50 percent from the floor.

Critics will point out that they were playing a Bears team that was by far the worst in the Ivy League. After beating Yale to open the season, Brown went on a 13-game losing streak and lost 12 of those games by 10 points or more. Brown also allowed a conference-high 78.4 points per game.

These are valid concerns, but this Brown team still beat Yale by 15. Furthermore, Penn was the first team to shoot over 50 percent from the floor and over 40 percent on threes in conference play this season. At the very least, it will give the confidence when taking shots next week during the Ivy League tournament.

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This Penn team is much better than a No. 4 seed MICHAEL LANDAU

Step back and take a deep breath.

And then another one. Breathe until you’ve considered all that Penn men’s basketball has been through this Ivy League season.

The Quakers started 0-3 in the Ancient Eight, lost back-to-back games to Princeton, dropped three contests in overtime, and saw several late leads slip away. After falling to Harvard on March 1, the Red and Blue were 4-7 in conference play, and they ended up needing to win their last three games to keep their postseason chances alive.

But after all the hand wringing, all the tight losses, and all the anxiety-ridden weekend nights, the Quakers are right where we expected them to be: playing in the Ivy League Tournament, albeit as the No. 4 seed, and competing with three of their closest rivals for a coveted spot in March Madness.

Maybe we should have seen this coming. Before its rough stretch starting in late December, Penn was pretty clearly the best team in the Ivy League. The Red and Blue started the season 10-2, beating Villanova for the first time in 16 years and taking out Miami (Fla.) with an

impressive offensive display.

The Quakers were the best team in the League then, and if you look at the big picture, they don’t seem far from it right now. In Villanova and Temple, the Red and Blue have defeated two teams that are likely to make the NCAA Tournament as at-larges at the very worst, one more than the rest of the Ancient Eight combined.

That shows Penn’s upside, which, despite the loss of Ryan Betley, might be the highest in the Ancient Eight. If you want to look at recent results, the Quakers still hold the edge. While the Red and Blue were busy sweeping their final three games, their opponents in the Tournament dropped a combined six contests, all struggling to differing extents.

In short: These Quakers are in no way a true No. 4 seed.

Don’t believe me? Just take a look at the teams Penn could take on next weekend at Yale.

Harvard? Sure, the Crimson have the likely Ivy League Player of the Year in junior guard Bryce Aiken, and they have already beaten the Red and Blue twice this year. But they struggled a bit over the final weekend of the regular season, getting run off the court by a Cornell team on a five-game losing streak before barely squeaking by the longSEE LANDAU PAGE 9

CHASE SUTTON

Senior guard Antonio Woods and Penn men’s basketball come into next weekend’s Ivy League Tournament as a serious threat to win it all.

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