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Donahue hired as basketball coach Former Cornell boss wom three Ivy titles RILEY STEELE & STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor & Social Media Director

Steve Donahue is the next Penn basketball head coach.

Sources confirmed Monday that Donahue will replace Jerome Allen, who spent five and a half seasons at the helm and had a 65-104 record as coach. A press conference is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the Palestra.

“An impressive group of candidates were thoroughly vetted, and Steve Donahue clearly rose to the top,”

Athletic Director Grace Calhoun said in a press release. “Coach Donahue is a nationally recognized coach and proven recruiter with unquestioned integrity. His deep knowledge of and appreciation for Penn basketball, the Ivy model of student-athlete development and the Big Five were unparalleled in the search.

“We are confident in coach

Donahue’s ability to return Penn men’s basketball to prominence.”

“It’s a great hire by Penn,” 1995 College graduate Matt Maloney — who played for the Red and Blue while Donahue was an assistant — said in a text message. “Coach Donahue is going to do a fantastic job.

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FINDING A HOME Students’ journeys to securing next year’s housing JESSICA MCDOWELL Deputy News Editor

One thing all Penn students have in common is that they need a place to live.

These are the stories of five different

groups of students, all who went through very different channels to find their homes on campus for next year.

Venturing off-campus For some students, on-campus housing is just not as appealing as renting a house or apartment beyond campus. Members of

Rally downtown in response to U. of Oklahoma incident

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Bon Appétit debuts more gluten-free options

The event supported the positive aspects of Greek life

Commons and Hill have gluten-free menu sections

stocking gluten-free products — and Penn is no exception. Recently, Hill House dining hall and 1920 ComHANNAH NOYES mons dining hall have completely Staff Reporter revamped their gluten-free section under the guidance of Bon Appétit Gluten-free food has become in- dietician Dan Connolly. creasingly popular recently, with Both dining halls now feature a major restaurants and grocery stores SEE GLUTEN FREE PAGE 2 adding gluten-free menu items and

JESSIE WASHINGTON Staff Reporter

The video of University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon members chanting racial slurs, which surfaced last week, sparked Philadelphia residents to hold a rally in Love Park Monday afternoon.

The rally, which was titled Show Us Your True Colors!, was hosted by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and representatives from the “Divine Nine” — the nine founding traditionally black Greek-lettered organizations. The event sought to support the positive aspects of Greek culture while also addressing the issues brought up by the University of Oklahoma incident.

The incident which prompted the rally involved members of the University of Oklahoma’s SAE chapter, who were caught on camera shouting “There will never be a n*gg*r in SAE,” and other similarly disturbing chants. The incident sparked national outrage and discussion over the continuance of racism in America, particularly in regards to Greek culture.

the Polybian Society, a political discussion group, chose to work together to find a house to rent.

Engineering junior Daniel Colson led the process.

“It was important for us to find a house because having a physical ‘home’ on-campus is really important, especially for us as a club. Without having a physical space,

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separate menu section titled “made without gluten,” and separate sections for gluten and non-gluten baked goods.

One of the primary reasons students avoid gluten is celiac disease. According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, the disease is an autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. It is estimated that one in 100 people suffer from it.

Not everyone who avoids gluten has celiac disease, though. Other students have developed a sensitivity to the gluten from external causes or simply by not consuming it frequently.

Connolly emphasized that he seeks to accommodate all students who choose to avoid gluten. “We have always aimed to serve all students who are avoiding gluten, regardless of the reason. We have a fairly consistent number of students

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 who are at all levels of the spectrum when it comes to their individual concerns around gluten levels.”

College freshman Sara Coyne, who is sensitive to gluten, however, said that the gluten free options are not always reliable. “It’s kind of a pain, because freshman year you have to be on the dining plan. Commons has mildly substantial gluten free area, but I usually eat chicken or a salad because most of the things available have the possibility of being cross-contaminated,” she said.

Dining halls currently have certain food items labeled as “made without gluten containing ingredients,” yet Connolly admitted that some accidental contact may happen with open kitchens and self serve areas.

In most dining hall kitchens, though, staff maintain separate preparation areas and even separate toaster ovens, Connolly explained.

Coyne, who is on the squash team, says it is difficult to get

a substantial meal from the dining hall that is completely gluten free, and her food habits have become repetitive. “It wouldn’t be difficult for the dining halls to become more gluten-friendly. A lot of things are naturally gluten free, but they don’t take precautions to keep them in a different place.” she said.

Bon Appetit’s attention to gluten-free foods has gotten positive feedback from some students. Connolly has had two standout experiences with celiacstudents where they have reached out to him to discuss how well his teams are doing in meeting their wellness goals.

“Bon Appétit is always looking into new ways to best serve their guests, and improve with student feedback,” Connolly said.

Along with Penn’s dining hall offering new gluten free options, a large number of Philadelphia restaurants have released gluten-free menus, including campus favorites such as Distrito and Beijing.

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Brown said she saw the issue as a major setback for race relations in the United States.

“We must get out of a pattern as a nation of taking four steps backwards, four steps forwards and then eight steps backwards,” she said.

In addition to discussing the University of Oklahoma incident, the rally also sought to highlight the positive aspects of Greek culture.

“I want the world to know that all fraternities and sororities are built on service, sisterhood and service, with academic excellence being the underpinnings,” Brown said, noting that Martin Luther King Jr. was also a member of a “Divine Nine” fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

In her closing statement she acknowledged the progress made by blacks in the United States, yet reminded the audience that there are still a ways

JESSICA WASHINGTON | STAFF REPORTER

City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown discussed the University of Oklahoma incident at a rally on Monday.

to go.

“We have indeed moved the needle, but when we witness and observe what happened last weekend, we are woefully

reminded that we still have so much work to do,” she said.

Members of Penn’s SAE chapter were not available for comment.

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Tech in the trailer park: alum finds true calling with startups Adam Saven’s unusual career path began at Wharton JOE LI Staff Reporter

One Wharton graduate’s career path led him from finance to Google to a trailer-run startup.

After receiving his diploma from Penn, 2012 Wharton graduate Adam Saven took a job with Credit Suisse, the banking firm where he did a summer internship. During the internship, Saven met Reilly Davis from Georgetown University, who later became his closest buddy in his career path.

While an intern, Saven worked every day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“I thought that was a lot of work, but then a month and half in we had a performance evaluation. I was asked, ‘are there any reasons why you are the first one to leave work everyday?’” he said.

For the rest of the summer, Saven resolved to work until he was the last person in the office — and he did. Saven was rewarded for his work with a full time offer from Credit Suisse, and he joined the firm along with Davis — but despite his effort, he soon realized that his true passion lay outside of finance.

“A lot of students choose finance for a lot of reasons. Some are really passionate about it, but I don’t think most students are doing it for the right reason,” Davis said. “Everyone just wants to do banking for one or two years after graduation because it is regarded as the best jobs for smart kids. I was one of them.”

A year later, Saven and Davis left Credit Suisse to join Google.

“The atmosphere is very different. In banking, a newcomer would just take notes in a meeting,but at Google, the manager pushes you to contribute to the discussion. They try to teach you things,” Saven said.

To save money and commuting time, Saven and Davis bought a trailer in a parking lot across the street from the Google buildings

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Penn alumnus Adam Saven and his crew at Emjoyment.

and rode Google bicycles to the office every day.

They still live in the trailer today, but it has become much more than a residence — they also use the space as the office for their latest start-up.

During his time at Google, Saven had the opportunity to seriously think about his start-up idea and received help from his Google colleagues. He and Davis recounted the stressful and restrictive experience of searching for jobs in investment banking, so they decided to launch their first startup, a job discovery platform called Emjoyment that matched tech companies with talented college graduates.

The project occupied more and more of Saven’s time and finally one day, he sent a few text messages to his manager at Google saying that he wanted to quit his job to work on Emjoyment full time. His colleague at Google, Julius Schwerin, recalled the incident.

“I remember the manager was away from work for personal reasons, and he told Adam to wait until he came back to discuss quitting. But Adam just said,

‘No you don’t understand. I gotta quit now!’” Scherwin said. Saven eventually waited until the manager returned to formally quit his work at Google.

After leaving Google, Saven devoted his time fully to Emjoyment. Because the project did not work out as successfully as they expected due to problems with the matching process, they decided to wind down Emjoyment and work on a new start-up called CampusKudos, which aims at connecting college students with alumni who are working in tech related fields for employment opportunities.

Saven’s journey shows that banking isn’t for everyone — a trailer can offer what Wall Street can’t.

“Back at my time, everyone at Penn was told that the best job you can get is in private equity.

Nowadays students have PennApps, the Dorm Room Fund, etc. Google is becoming the new Goldman Sachs and banking is not that cool anymore,” Saven said. “Penn is not pushing students into banking and consulting that much like it used to. Tides have changed.”

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nless you have been living under a rock or a cabana during spring break, you have probably heard about the Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal that unfolded last week. At the University of Oklahoma, members of the SAE fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority were captured singing a racist chant as follows: “There will never be a n*gg*r in SAE *clap clap*, there will never be a n*gg*r in SAE *clap clap*, you can hang him from a tree but he’ll never sign with me, there will never be a n*gg*r in SAE *clap clap*” This clip of racism and hatred went viral as social media exploded with the hashtag #SAEHatesMe. The national organization suspended the OU chapter while the university had members removed from their campus fraternity house.

Two of the members were expelled from the university for their “role in leading a racist and exclusionary chant which has created a hostile educa-

THE VISION | Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will systematically oppress me tional environment for others.”

The Tri Delta members are currently under investigation.

Defenders of the OU SAE fraternity brothers proclaim that they are “kids” who made — as expelled student Parker Rice described — a “horrible

against people of color.

More importantly, this incident should be discussed beyond the topic of “hate speech” into a conversation on the inherent racism that underlies America’s systems of power.

in SAE” on a bus later transforms into the silent, biased hiring decision that there will never be a black person in this or that company. The casualness of singing “you can hang him from a tree” transforms into the apathetic acceptance

It is easy to look at this situation as silly, drunk chanting, but words have power. Words manifest the beliefs that we hold.”

mistake”. That perhaps it was the influence of alcohol or the overwhelming corruption of hip hop that led a group of white college students to chant about “hanging n*gg*rs from trees” on a bus after a formal. What should be understood first and foremost is that this song is not new, nor was it composed serendipitously.

This should be seen without a doubt as a remnant of a culture that has and continues to celebrate and perpetuate violence

Whether the embroiled members of SAE realize it or not, they are fortuned with layers of privilege. Aside from the controversy, many of them are representative of the next generation of business leaders, lawyers and public office holders. It is easy to look at this situation as silly drunk chanting, but words have power.

Words manifest the beliefs that we hold.

The ecstatic chant that, “there will never be a n*gg*r

of the murder of unarmed black people each day in this country.

Maya Angelou stated that, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”

While we are all entitled to our mistakes, it does not mean that our words and actions do not have deeper implications.

When a group of white fraternity and sorority members show their racism through a chant with slurs and lynching, do not attempt to excuse or

justify their behavior. Believe them. As much as they can profess their deepest apologies to erase this PR nightmare, their conscience made them feel comfortable enough to join a hateful song. At their core, they agreed with the words they chanted.

The scandal that unfurled at the University of Oklahoma is not novel and happens quietly on college campuses nationally. Whether it is a black sex doll in a holiday photo or a “Cripmas” themed gang party, these controversies arise and are swept under the rug after administrative posturing and carefully crafted apology letters. What is terrifying to realize is that no level of university sanctions or “diversity trainings” can truly unravel the deeply rooted biases that allow these incidents to occur. The insidiousness of discrimination is so ingrained and normalized that offenders cannot even accept that it is there.

We cannot continue to base the conversation around these issues as just a debate on hate

THE VISION speech and political incorrectness. Until then, the response will always be, “what can we do to not appear racist,” instead of a genuine desire to unpack racist beliefs. “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” especially when that crown gives you privilege and power over others. The words that are said are never simply a joke, or a chant or a “horrible mistake”.

Those words become reality.

NIKKI HARDISON is a Wharton senior from Buford, Ga. Her email address is chardi@wharton.upenn.edu.

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arch is Women’s History Month, and International Women’s Day was during spring break, on March 8. On campus, we had the first Women’s Week in two years at the end of February, hosted by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women, among other groups.

Just as the conversations about women are trying to integrate previously overlooked perspectives, such as those of women of color, of queer women and of poor women, we need to use the opportunity to address women’s well-being that goes beyond the OB/ GYN. We are no strangers to the fact that as a University and community, we are still wrestling with how to address mental health. The fact that we are having more open dialogue and discussion about the topic is a step in the right direction, but unfortunately, health care is often reactive to crisis, rather

THE MELTING POT | Dialogue about women on campus and mental health need to overlap than proactive and preventative.

In order to unpack this issue properly, we need to look at more factors than just attending a stressful Ivy League school. Addressing mental

nearly twice the rate it affects men. Data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also shows that while more men are successful at committing suicide, three times as many women will at-

to recognize them, but to ask why they exist. Physical illness is easy for us to grasp. And too easily, we dismiss difference as merely nature, without questioning what we can do about it.

Women from a young age may learn that they are the peacemakers of the house, and it can cost them their own wellness.“ health extends much farther than our campus.

We are familiar with the challengeable, but still prevalent stereotypes about gender.

This is just the way things are, we are taught, with “biology” being thrown around as a casual and vague explanation.

Might we have overlooked understanding true mental illness because of dismissals like these?

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, depression affects women at

tempt it. Other illnesses, like eating disorders, also affect women much more prevalently than men. And we cannot simply blame photoshopped models — eating disorders are by no means new phenomena, and they are born out of traumas and/or other illnesses.

These too are dismissed as superficial hang-ups and media brainwashing.

To understand — and treat — mental illness, we need to recognize gender disparities like these. We need not only

We know that in general, bodily changes such as puberty and reproductive cycles can affect mental health. But being a woman also still carries certain societal expectations and social statuses. The social role expected of a woman in her family, for example, can affect her mental well-being. This goes even beyond motherhood and/or being a wife. It affects daughterhood as well. In her book “The Way They Were,” Brooke Lea Foster explains how young women are more

depressed following parental divorce than daughters of married couples at a rate not seen in young men. “Daughters are often turned to for mediation,” she writes. Women from a young age may learn that they are the peacemakers of the house, and it can cost them their own wellness.

There are of course valuable resources on campus.

Counseling and Psychological Services offers group therapy for women of color, assault survivors and female graduate students. Some of the CAPS staff also specialize in women’s issues. There is also the very prominent Penn Women’s Center, as well as the lesser known Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness, which provides clinical care and conducts research.

But as we debate about the role of women at Penn and beyond, we must also use our resources to make mental health discussions just as integral.

This is not a call to overlook the

KATIERA SORDJAN health issues of men, as well as the social gender factors that may compromise their wellbeing. When maleness is the default, it is easy to see female conversations as exclusionary.

Rather, we must acknowledge that mental health and illness is not one size fits all. We cannot limit ourselves by only blaming “Penn culture.”

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York studying communications.

Her email address is skati@ sas.upenn.edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every other Tuesday.

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On Monday, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers officially endorsed former City Councilman Jim Kenney for mayor.

“PFT members voted overwhelmingly for Jim Kenney in our citywide referendum,” PFT President Jerry Jordan said in a press release.

Kenney was chosen by PFT members at a three to one margin.

The endorsement was publicly confirmed on Monday at the John B. Kelly School in Germantown, though union members had been alerted of the news by email the previous Friday.

Jordan said in a press release that the endorsement “is not just a commitment to helping Jim Kenney get elected, but to supporting his efforts as mayor to improve public education so that today’s school children become the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.”

Kenney tweeted a response saying he is “humbled” to have the support of PFT. “We must empower our teachers if we want to create a city where every child has shot at success,” he tweeted on Monday morning.

Last Friday, Kenney also received endorsements from several local LGBT leaders, including state Rep. Brian Sims (D-Phila.), the first openly gay legislator elected in Pennsylvania. The LGBT community is estimated to comprise of 50,000 Philadelphia voters.

Additionally, the Philadelph ia Council of t he A F L-CIO, the Amer ican Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization, the largest labor union in the city, also gave Kenney their stamp of approval. The group represents over 130,000 workers from over 100 unions, consisting of workers from the public and private sectors.

Endorsements from powerful unions like the PFT have historically provided an edge.

Philadelphia’s current mayor, Michael Nutter, and previous two mayors, John Street and Ed Rendell, all received PFT support in their first term campaigns, though not all endorsements came during the Democratic primaries.

In the 2007 election, the PFT chose to endorse no candidate during the Democratic primary, but eventually supported Nutter in the general election.

Kenney’s endorsements “[don’t] mean he is going to win, but make him a very powerful, if not the most powerful candidate,” Saint Joseph’s University history professor Randall Miller said.

These “three critical endorsements” are especially key because these groups “have money and manpower,” Miller added.

The teachers’ union — consisting of 11,500 members — will be a political force in the campaign.

“Historically, the teachers’ union has been able to get their people out in terms of working the polls, sitting in the phone bank and getting literature out,” Miller said.

This voting bloc will prove a strong addition to Kenney’s Election Day coalition.

“I’m excited about Kenney because he said a lot of the right things,” said Andrew Saltz, english teacher at Paul Robeson High School for Human Services. “I respect how he’s changed his mind on some issues. He’s opened minded about what’s next.”

Saltz explained that the votes are tallied on paper ballots given to each of the members of the union — they can check one, none or even do a write-in.

For some, this election

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The Philadelphia Teacher’s Union formally announced their endorsement for mayoral candidate Jim Kenney on Monday.

could be compared to the recent gubernatorial election where education was a top issue and teachers came out in force to vote. “A lot of teachers took Election Day as a personal day and worked the polls or went door-todoor,” Saltz said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer identified nearly 50 percent of the 9,400 PFT members who are teachers as out-ofcity residents in a Feb. 19 article.

“Ever y single teacher needs to be strong for the whole group to be strong. A lot of people took a ballot and said ‘I need to come back to you tomorrow because I need to read up on this’,” he said.

As the elected building representative for his school, Saltz was responsible for the ballot procedures at Paul Robeson, which he facilitated by sending out email notifications and suggested readings to help colleagues make their

decision.

“We had a really great democratic process and that’s a great way to get membership on board,” he said.

Despite the PFT bump, former Democratic state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams remains the front-runner in the eyes of most observers.

Kenney still lags behind Williams in fundraising totals and is fighting an uphill battle for support from the black community.

Williams had $426,000 still on hand at the end of 2014, compared to Kenney’s $76,000.

Fu r ther more, Ph iladelphia’s predominantly black electorate often votes on racial lines, which favors Williams.

Miller, however, thinks that Williams’ fundraising edge does not disqualify Kenney. “You don’t need more than the other guy. You need enough to compete with

Six students engineered their way into working at the nation’s most promising startups.

They have been selected for the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Fellowship Program. This is designed to give students the opportunity to experience a taste of the life in a prominent Silicon Valley startup, offering top notch experience in computer science. Over 2,500 applications from over 200 universities were received, and three percent of the pool was chosen.

The program is one of the premier fellowships in technology in the country. The KPCB Fellowship Program provides top-quality mentorship and access to substantial networks and responsibilities. There are different fellowships within KPCB to apply for: engineering, product and design. All accepted applicants from Penn applied for the engineering fellowship.

The process consisted of submitting a resume and completing an optional coding challenge. From there, cuts and callbacks were made to advance to proceeding interview rounds.

As a part of the process, a portfolio company reached out to applicants to ask to set up interviews, which also included a general informational meeting about the program. After another round of callbacks, they sent the remaining interviewees 20 startup companies within the portfolio. From there, individuals were given the opportunity to apply for interviews for those companies and become a KPCB fellow.

College and Engineering junior Adam Cole is working for a startup called Upthere, and was introduced to other companies through the recruiting process including Square, Shazam and Airwear.

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“It is more cultured towards a learning and exploration experience,” Cole said about anticipating his summer with the startup. “I have the opportunity to choose which direction I want to go.”

Through KPCB, participants will be able to meet with renowned venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

Some eminent investors from previous years include John Doerr and Mary Meeker.

The applicants believe that KPCB is an investment in their futures.

Engineering and Wharton sophomore Thomas Lee will be working for Opower, an up-and-coming software as a service firm. “Within Opower itself, I’m interested in the energy industry and environmental issues. It is a good opportunity for me to get to know more about the energy

industry, especially electrical utilities.”

For Engineering senior David Mally, participating in KPCB isn’t just a way to land a summer internship, but an opportunity to open doors at multiple firms.

“I became familiar with a lot more companies, and I am now looking at full-time jobs for next year,” he said.

“It is good for getting my name out there and getting more exposure.”

KPCB is open to and encouraged for any individual, regardless of their school within Penn.

“It just takes some comp sci knowledge that can be acquired through the Internet and with the hacking scene,” Engineering and Wharton junior Nilesh Kavthekar said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a philosophy major or finance major.”

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the organization is just an idea in everyone’s head,” Colson said.

W h ile Colson — a long with College junior Michelle Gassmann, College sophomore Robert Harrelson and six other members of the society — successfully found a house to lease, it required significantly more initiative and preparation on their part.

“The process is definitely more informal and requires a bit more tenacity,” Colson said, adding that the group had the lease for their house at 41st and Pine streets signed by early December. “I probably looked at more than 50 houses before finding this one on Craigslist.”

“It can be really tough to find good off-campus spaces, too,” Colson added, saying that they signed the lease for their house less than 24 hours after it became available.

While the process itself was tricky, it provides extra benefits for residents of the house.

While a typical on-campus student will pay upwards of $900/ month to live in a dorm during the academic year, members of the house will pay rent of roughly $750/month. Unlike on-campus housing, though, signing an off-campus lease generally requires a security deposit equivalent to one month’s rent.

“I like the autonomy I have living in a house — I don’t have to worry about dorm checks or signing anybody into my own

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 house,” Gassmann said. “How ridiculous is it that you pay for a month of rent for December and January, but you’re told you aren’t allowed to come back for half of those months — no thanks.”

“As with everything in life, it’s a tradeoff. Walking the extra few blocks in the winter will suck, and a perceived danger of walking so far can be stressful, but I think it’ll be just fine,” she said.

For Harrelson, the biggest draw was living with friends.

As a transfer student from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, “I didn’t know anyone well enough besides members of Polybian who didn’t have housing. When the house opened up, it solved all of my problems,” Harrelson said.

“As a transfer, I would have appreciated it if the University had been more upfront about how housing works,” Harrelson added, noting that it probably contributed to his decision to live off-campus.

Moving back on-campus Not all students who live offcampus enjoy the experience, though. College sophomore Oscar Murillo and Engineering sophomore Jay Havaldar currently live in Hamilton Court Apartments at 39th and Chestnut streets. After spending a year off-campus, the pair decided to move back on-campus, aiming for either the high rises or Sansom Place West.

“Off-campus costs really add up and financial aid doesn’t

cover it,” Havaldar said. “You also usually have to sign a lease for an entire year, which is inconvenient if you’re not on-campus for the summer,” he added.

Though not rising sophomores, Havaldar and Murillo applied for housing through the same inter-house selection process, but they experienced more of a challenge with their selection.

“Originally, I accidentally selected a one-bedroom double [in Sansom Place] instead of one that would give us separate bedrooms, so we applied to change our selection,” Murillo said.

After a week, their assignment was successfully changed to a different layout.

“We actually got really lucky,” Havaldar said. “We’re in a two bedroom apartment with a living room and a kitchen in Sansom, but it doesn’t really cost any extra.”

“We’re kind of far from everyone else, but it worked out,” he said.

Residential program Instead of leaving it up to chance, some students choose to apply to programs specifically tailored to their interests.

Michael Samuelson, Ivan Thorpe, Curtis Kuo and Loui Luna — all College freshmen — chose to apply for The Rodin Arts Collective, a residential program for students interested in visual arts, music and theater.

“We were thinking we would

apply for the high rises, but then we found out that it was relatively rough odds to get in,” Samuelson said, “so we decided to apply for TRAC.” Requiring applicants to be more proactive, applications were due the first week of the semester, which included an essay and interview.

For Samuelson, the process was worth it. “It was actually really easy. The essay was manageable and straightforward. It definitely beats what my friends who applied traditionally to the high rises went through,” he said.

With residential program applications, unlike in-house and inter-house selection, applicants don’t physically get to choose their rooms. Instead, on their application, applicants indicate which types of rooms they would be okay with, and if they are accepted, they are automatically placed into a room.

The process worked in the group’s favor. “We actually put that we wanted a three-bedroom quad on the application,” Samuelson said. “We got really lucky though and we ended up with a four-bedroom quad.”

Aside from getting an ideal room, the group has the added benefit of extra programming and common interests built in with their fellow hallmates.

“It’ll be really nice living with people who already have something in common with us,” Kuo said.

In-house selection Engineering sophomore Aditi

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM Vrudhula, Wharton sophomore Chelsea Awan, Wharton and College sophomore Shabnam Eghbali and College sophomore Sofia Rodriguez aimed to live in Rodin College House with a distinct advantage: three of them already lived there, which qualified them for in-house selection.

With better prospects than inter-house selection, the group set their sights high, shooting for a high-demand four-bedroom quad.

“Personally, I would have preferred to move off-campus because you get a little bit more freedom, but we already lived here and I already had roommates I liked,” Awan said.

However, unlike three-bedroom quads, which comes at one of the lowest price tags for on-campus housing, a four-bedroom quad is significantly more expensive, running more than $11,000 per academic year as compared to a three-bedroom quad’s $8,500.

“For me, price was definitely a concern. My brother is also living in a four-bedroom quad, and costs add up,” Vrudhula said.

However, Awa n pointed out that it is still cheaper than paying for a single apartment in the high rises, and students still get their own bedrooms.

While demand was high for four-bedroom quads, the group was successful in their quest.

Inter-house selection As far as housing goes, rising sophomore students tend to get the short end of the stick.

Most students who choose to

live on-campus go through the inter-house selection process, which comes after all other upperclassmen and residential program applicants have been placed, leaving what are generally considered the leastdesirable rooms.

Wharton freshman Richard Lou, College freshman Oscar Alber to, College freshman Robert Louis and Engineering freshman Anya Hall met through intramural soccer and decided to tackle the process together. Like most other rising sophomores, the group set their sights on a three-bedroom quad in one of the high rises — the most popular type of room available during inter-house selection. More specifically, they wanted to live in Rodin.

“We knew we wanted to be in the high rises and I have [upperclassmen] friends who had already gotten housing in Rodin, so it seemed like the best option,” Lou said.

Housing entirely upperclassmen for the past two years in a row, rooms were selected in Rodin at a faster rate than either of the other two comparable high rises.

For the group, the inter-house process paid off; after getting their selection time from residential services, they chose a three-bedroom quad in Rodin.

“The high rises have all the amenities we were looking for and you don’t have to pay extra for utilities, like you would offcampus,” Lou said. “And we’re all really neat, so having our own space will be nice.”

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The email and calendar platform is known as Project ButtonUp.

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Penn is a very decentralized institution — but the different parts of the University will soon be integrated online as the gaps between them are “buttoned up.”

Penn Information Systems and Computing, which develops IT solutions for Penn’s 12 schools and numerous centers, is currently leading an effort to bring a common email and calendar platform for the entire University.

Known as Project ButtonUP, this University-wide effort is a collaboration of more than 50 Penn employees.

“Project ButtonUP is addressing the long-standing desire for a single, opt-in service available to all schools and centers providing email and calendar,” an ISC spokesperson said. “This service will allow for greater school and center collaboration while reducing complexity and costs for the

University.”

At last month’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting, Tom Murphy, Vice President for Information Technology and the University’s Chief Information Officer, and Joshua Beeman, Executive Director of Information Security, gave an update on IT at Penn. The two discussed, among other topics, how a common email and calendar platform is expected to launch by the summer.

While it will provide an overarching platform for any school or center that wishes to join, Project ButtonUP will emphasize “highlevel engagement at the school and center level,” the ISC spokesperson said. This will help ISC ensure that the platform is meeting the needs of those involved and encourage the University’s schools and centers to participate.

“We are currently in vendor negotiations to get the best deal for Penn and are working with the Project ButtonUP team and school/center IT leadership to explore solutions,” the spokesperson said.

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The hiring does not come out of the blue because of Donahue’s connections to the Red and Blue.

He spent 10 seasons as a Quakers assistant under former coach Fran Dunphy, helping Penn win six Ivy League titles in eight seasons in the 1990s, three of which came with Allen as the Quakers’ star player.

Additionally, Nat Graham — one of Allen’s top assistants in 2014-15 — was Donahue’s assistant at Cornell and Boston College.

“I am thrilled to be coming back to Penn as its head men’s basketball coach,” Donahue said in a press release. “Having been a part of Philadelphia and Penn basketball for the greater part of my life, I have a great passion for this city and this program. I spent 10 extraordinary

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years as an assistant here at Penn working with one of the great head coaches in all of college basketball, Fran Dunphy.

“That, combined with my experiences as head coach at Cornell and Boston College, have led me to this distinct opportunity to return the program that I grew up watching to national prominence. I plan to provide the energy and the enthusiasm that will put Penn basketball back atop the Ivy League.”

Donahue left Penn to become the head coach at Cornell in 2000, where he also spent 10 seasons. In his final three seasons at Cornell, Donahue won three straight Ivy titles. It was the first time in Ivy history that a school other than Penn or Princeton won three consecutive Ancient Eight championships, a mark since replicated by Harvard over the course of the past five

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In 10 seasons at the helm of Cornell, new Penn basketball coach Steve Donahue won three straight Ivy titles before leaving for Boston College.

seasons.

“Steve Donahue was my assistant basketball coach in high school and my longtime friend, and there is no better basketball person than he is,” current Lafayette coach and former Penn assistant Fran O’Hanlon said.

“He’s as good as anybody and it’s a tremendous hire for Penn.

“I’m happy for my friend and for Penn because they have somebody who is familiar with the Ivy League, he’s familiar with Penn and he’s done an awesome job as a coach.”

In 2010, Donahue led Cornell to the Sweet 16, the farthest any Ivy team has made it in the NCAA Tournament since Penn’s 1979 Final Four squad. Still, he had an opportunity to return to the Quakers before his Big Red squads established themselves as an Ancient Eight powerhouse from 2007 onward.

Following Dunphy’s hiring at Temple in 2006, Donahue was considered one of the leading candidates to replace his former mentor. However, then-Athletic Director Steve Bilsky opted to hire then-Brown head coach Glen Miller as Dunphy’s successor, passing over Donahue for a different individual with Ivy League head coaching experience.

Nine years later, following Allen’s dismissal at the end of this season, Calhoun quickly moved to bring Donahue back into the fold at Penn. After informing Allen on March 2 that he would not return in 2015-16, Calhoun hired Donahue as Allen’s replacement less than a week after the former coach’s final game with the Quakers, a 73-52 loss to Princeton.

“I certainly knew through other

people, other friends that when coach Allen left, Steve would be one of the guys that Penn wanted to talk to,” O’Hanlon said. “It’s like family, we’re all family. Jerome, coach Donahue, me, Dunphy.

“One of our family members happened to lose that job and someone else in our family got that job. It’s the business we’ve chosen.”

to meet with each other before they play a game.”

While Penn will see immediate changes to its program, it isn’t the only Ivy program with interest in the coaching change. After Donahue’s long tenure and significant impact in Ithaca, the news has piqued the curiosity of those currently at Cornell.

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needed for developing young players,” Maloney said. “He’s a proven winner. Given the time he spent with the program earlier in his career, he definitely understands the history and tradition of Penn basketball and the Palestra. “[The hiring] definitely puts the program in the hands of someone who will continue the proud tradi-

“I have a great passion for this city and this program.”

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Allen’s ouster did shake up that very same Penn basketball family, particularly those who played under him the last few seasons. Miles Jackson-Cartwright, a guard for the Red and Blue from 2010-14, was one of those who was shocked by Allen leaving, but even he thought positively of Donahue’s hiring.

“He knows what it takes to win in this league,” Jackson-Cartwright said of Donahue. “From that standpoint, past experience-wise, it seems like a great fit.”

Jackson-Cartwright was around for the tail end of the last coaching transition for Penn — joining the Quakers shortly after the move from Miller to Allen during the middle of the 2009-10 season — and he thinks this changeover will go much more smoothly.

“It was a much different situation,” Jackson-Cartwright said. “But now, I think it’ll be great for the team because, firstly, they announced the new coach fairly early so you can start transitioning the guys with the new coach right away... I think it will be a much easier transition just because they’ll have a lot more time

asked Donahue’s successor — coach Bill Courtney — if he thought it was a good move by Penn.

“Absolutely,” Courtney responded to the question. “I don’t know that if you’re Penn if you [can] go out and find a better guy than Steve Donahue. Obviously this league has become extremely, extremely difficult and there are quality coaches at every institution and lots of very good players who play in this league now.

“So when you out and get a guy like Steve who you know is a very good coach, that speaks well about your program.”

The success at Cornell propelled Donahue to a job at Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2010. After a successful first season in which the Eagles went 21-13, the squad fell on hard times, finishing with a losing record in three straight seasons. He was fired after the 201314 season and spent last year as a broadcaster for ESPN. “Coach Donahue brings great knowledge of the game in Xs and Os, as well as a great temperament and patience, something that is

tion of Penn basketball and I have no doubt that coach Donahue is the person to do so.”

Despite his struggles at BC, Donahue remained a popular option to fill Allen’s spot on the Palestra sidelines among former players and the program’s board members. In speaking with The Daily Pennsylvanian last week, Tim Krug — Allen’s former teammate and a player with the Quakers while Donahue was with Penn in the 1990s — emphasized a significant amount of alumni support for Donahue.

“I think a lot of the former players and people close to the program ... I think it’s common to have Steve Donahue’s name close to the top of those people’s lists,” Krug said at the time. “I don’t see how you can have a list that doesn’t have Steve Donahue’s name in big bold letters at the top. He coached here under two outstanding coaches ... and went on to do phenomenal things at Cornell. He won three Ivy titles at a school that had never competed for Ivy titles.

“To me, it’s a no-brainer who the next coach should be.”

DONAHUE’S PATH TO PENN

While a student at Ursinus College, Donahue played both basketball and baseball all four years. In his freshman season, Donahue helped lead the team to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Donahue coached as an assistant at two Pennsylvania high schools, Springfield (1984-1987) and Monsignor Bonner (1988). While at Monsignor Bonner, Donahue coached under current Lafayette coach and former Penn assistant Fran O’Handlon.

In his first collegiate coaching job, Donahue served as an assistant with Philadelphia University during the late 1980s.

Donahue served under historic coach Herb Magee as the team put up strong records in both seasons.

Donahue worked for 10 years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Penn, spending the whole decade with then-Penn coach Fran Dunphy.

While he was at Penn, the Quakers won six Ivy League titles in an eight-year span and advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times.

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Penn won’t be Donahue’s first stop as an Ivy League head coach as he spent ten years at the helm of Cornell. The Big Red won three-straight titles in his final three years, culminating in a trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2009-2010.

Donahue moved on to coach Boston College, following his success at Cornell. Over the course of four seasons, Donahue compiled a 54-76 record and failed to reach the NCAA Tournament.

Donahue was announced as head coach of Penn basketball yesterday, filling the void left by the resignation of coach Jerome Allen last week.

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been through the process of building a program from the ground up and, while many cite luck in recruiting for his success at Cornell, there is no doubting his results.

“It’s not like he won a championship 20 years ago, his [last Ivy title] was within the last five years,” said 1978 College grad and former basketball player Stan Greene, who is also a member of the program’s board. “He took a bad program, made them Ivy League champions, became a top-25 team and advanced to the Sweet 16, so he’s proven and respected by the Penn community and the basketball community in general.”

Everyone around the program put in their two cents about the hiring, calling for up-and-coming assistants like Yanni Hufnagel or former Penn players like Andy Toole. Successful mid-major coaches like Jim Engles also received attention.

But Donahue was the obvious choice through and through. He is the man to turn around Penn basketball.

“If you hired the best search firm in the world and they did a really good job, I think that would be the first name they’d come up with,” said Fran O’Hanlon, a former Penn assistant alongside Donahue and current Lafayette head coach.

Donahue’s lack of success at Boston College appears to be the only drawback, but the job in Chestnut Hill, Mass. was simply too tough. The school’s priority is football, the Eagles can’t compete

with ACC powers like Duke, Virginia and North Carolina and the resources available for the basketball program are limited.

Now Donahue is back where he belongs: at Penn and in the Ivy League. He isn’t a stunning, ambitious hire, but that isn’t what the Quakers need. The Red and Blue needed a proven coach who can take a strong freshman core and

build.

“Even though we’re all shocked and sad that [Allen] is gone, it is still a breath of fresh air,” former Penn basketball guard Miles JacksonCartwright said.

And Jackson-Cartwright hits it right on the nose: This is a fresh start. A fresh start for Penn and a fresh start for Donahue after his firing at BC.

Getting back to the top of the Ivy League won’t be nearly this easy, but this is the right move by Calhoun.

So let the Donahue era begin.

STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton junior from Hopewell, N.J., and is a senior sports reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at tydings@thedp.com.

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Only a few hours after learning that coach Jerome Allen would not return next season, the Quakers played inspired basketball for their mentor, capping off a weekend sweep with a win against Cornell on March 7.

After falling to No. 33 Arizona State earlier in break, the Red and Blue recovered with a 5-2 victory over UNLV in their ďŹ nal match of spring break.

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After winning a tournament in the fall, senior Austin Powell picked up right where he left off, ďŹ nishing 6-under to capture the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular title.

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The Quakers aren’t going anywhere ‌ even if they’re on the road.

Penn continued its strong play this year with wins over break against Radford, Georgia State and New Mexico State.

It didn’t seem like Penn’s grapplers had made the most of their spring break, but ďŹ ve of the Red and Blue’s best qualiďŹ ed for the NCAA Championships in St. Louis later this week.

MEN’S BASKETBALL For awhile, it seemed like the Red and Blue had the Tigers on the ropes, thanks largely to a terriďŹ c alley-oop from Antonio Woods to Matt Howard and a Woods jumper to beat the ďŹ rst-half buzzer.

MEN’S LACROSSE While Penn couldn’t ďŹ nd a win against No. 11 Princeton over the weekend, junior Nick Doktor and freshman Reilly Hupfeldt each scored six points for the Quakers in excellent individual performanc es.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The tributes for coach Allen continued before and during his ďŹ nal game at the helm on March 10, when Penn players wore shirts donning Allen’s old number in warmups and on the bench.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE There’s nobody better right now than senior attack Tory Bensen, who scored 11 goals in three games (all Penn wins) over spring break.

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL No better way to get your ďŹ rst win of the season. Trailing by one in extra innings, sophomore Leah Allen smacked a shot up the middle, scoring two for the walk-off victory.

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for letting us in), and I had never even attended a wrestling match before. But we fought through and covered the Red and Blue, who had a solid showing on the tournament’s first day.

After only a couple hours, we knew we had to leave our hometown behind for bigger and better things.

Stop 2: The Big Apple I must have incredible friends because I was also able to convince another hometown friend, Noah Hartzell, to assist on the trip.

After picking him up, we hit the road for New York City, where we were set to cover Penn women’s basketball matchup with Columbia.

Traffic on the way was rough.

However, relying heavily on bumping music at absurd volume levels to keep our spirits up, we persevered. Our playlist throughout the trip was eclectic to say the least, although more Drake, Michael Jackson and Meat Loaf was played than I would care to admit.

At Columbia, we met another Associate Sports Editor, Tom Nowlan, who would assist with the rest of the trip. After approximately 30 minutes of wandering aimlessly around campus, we got situated in the gym.

The Red and Blue were solid once again, as they have been for quite some time. Standout observation from Penn’s easy victory: freshman forward Michelle Nwokedi is terrific and will be for years to come.

All four of us staggered out of the gym, tired and determined to consume some sort of food.

After waiting what seemed like two hours for some sort of hoagie (and being called out several times by the deli’s owner for our clear cluelessness), we made our way back to Penn’s campus to get some much needed sleep.

Stop 3: Dividing and Conquering All four of us were up early on Saturday and ready for a busy day.

The day started inauspiciously for me, as my attempted Wawa run was thwarted by a power outage on the corner of 37th and Spruce. Undeterred by both sickness and tiredness, I fueled up at Dunkin Donuts before jogging across campus to Penn Park.

There, I stopped in to check

out Penn men’s tennis warming up for its match with Radford, a match it would eventually win, 5-2.

But time was of the essence, and I hustled back to my room to pick up Mike and head back to Lehigh to cover the second day of EIWAs. We snuck into Stabler just in time to witness heartbreak for Penn wrestling, as both C.J. Cobb and Lorenzo Thomas were defeated in close semifinal contests. Canaan Bethea would advance to the finals, but by then we were long gone — with Mike having left back to his home and with me hurrying back to Philly, bound to catch the second half of Penn men’s lacrosse against Villanova at Franklin Field.

Meanwhile, back in Philly, Noah and Tom held down the

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fort, covering men’s tennis and men’s lacrosse. After circling campus multiple times to find a parking spot, I caught up with them during the second half.

The Wildcats took the game easily, and Penn’s Nautica-wearing contingent of supporters were getting irritated in the stands.

The vibes at Franklin Field left something to be desired, but everything about the trip was going according to plan.

Stop 4: And then Something Hit the Fan‌ After the lacrosse game ended, we dropped whatever we had planned on doing to figure out what in the world was going on.

Thankfully, we were able to assemble a ragtag group of individuals — me, Tom and Noah included — to get the situation under control before heading over to the Palestra to cover the team, which was set to play Cornell.

There was a strange feeling in the building with Allen coaching as a lame duck, but the Quakers played inspired basketball.

Freshman A ntonio Woods looked especially like a man on a mission, and Penn easily took down the Big Red. In the subsequent press conference, Allen stayed mum on the obvious subject by channeling his inner Beast Mode, a humorous albeit anticlimactic conclusion to the evening.

At some point during the day, I was informed — to my horror — that time would “spring ahead� that night, depriving us of a crucial hour of sleep. I ended up sleeping for about two hours that night. The plans had completely gone off the rails.

Stop 5: Southbound and Back Again We left Philadelphia at 5:30 on Sunday morning and hit the road for Norfolk, Va., where we were ready to catch Penn baseball take on Old Dominion in an afternoon doubleheader.

We started the final day of the trip with understandably low energy, but as the sun grew brighter and the hills grew flatter, the vibes in the Camry got considerably more positive.

By the time we made it across the Chesapeake Bridge, we were bumping the Beach Boys on a consistent basis and the temperature had risen to over 50 degrees.

Noah and I were ready for some baseball; Tom was still sleeping like a baby.

When we finally got to Old Dominion’s baseball stadium, it couldn’t have been a more perfect day for a game. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and a cool, coastal breeze circled around the ballpark.

The Red and Blue looked a bit sluggish in the first game of the doubleheader, falling after a lateinning rally by the Monarchs despite a solid outing by Quakers’ star pitcher Conner Cuff.

The Red and Blue also fell in the second game, victimized by a spectacular catch made by an Old Dominion outfielder while running into the left field wall.

Through some combination of sugar, loud music and adrenaline, we were able to take turns on the road and make it back to Philly, where we dropped Tom off. Meanwhile, Noah and I made the final trek to Nazareth, putting the road trip officially to an end.

Seven sporting events, almost 1,000 miles and countless memories later, the journey had ended where it began, in my hometown. And spring break had only just begun.

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Lions’ supporters rightly excited by Bagnoli hire KYLE PERROTTI

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he Ivy League football world is clamoring about Columbia, and for the first time in almost two decades, it isn’t in the form of mockery.

Last month, Columbia Athletic Director Peter Pilling and university President Lee Bollinger introduced Al Bagnoli, who had retired from Penn in November, as the new head coach of the Lions’ terribly ailing football program — a move that sent many Light Blue hearts aflutter and shocked fans around the Ancient Eight. From the hilariously hyperbolic column published in The Crimson to an op-ed in the Columbia Daily Spectator written by former Daily Pennsylvanian Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings, Columbia is no longer flying (way) below the radar.

Bagnoli comes to Columbia as the second-winningest coach in Ivy League history. In addition to having considerably superior avenues for recruiting, he brings enthusiasm to a role that has been devoid of it for years — something I witnessed first-hand last season.

I began covering football for the Spectator last year, and it only took a couple weeks for me to realize that monotony would become the theme of 2014. It was a sentiment I saw mirrored on the faces of the meager few who regularly attended Columbia’s home games.

But that’s about to change.

Through covering Bagnoli’s hire, I’ve been able to talk to many of the program’s biggest supporters, including a number of former players. Although their opinions vary about how much success the team may eventually enjoy, there wasn’t a single person I’ve talked to that wasn’t pleasantly surprised by the hire.

Last year, I often tried talking to my classmates about Columbia football, but I might as well have been trying to describe the Tea Party ethos (most Columbians, as

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you may know, happen to loathe the far-right), by the disinterested, sometimes disgusted stares I received.

However, over the last month, I’ve had plenty of people approaching me, suddenly interested in boning up on their Light Blue football facts.

The biggest chasm I’ve found among fans and alumni is not whether the hire will bring at least some success to the program. It’s about how long it will take.

One of the alums I spoke to, 1993 Columbia College graduate Des Werthman, who was so frustrated with the state of the program he wrote a letter to Columbia requesting to have his name stricken from its hall of fame, is cautiously optimistic. He highlighted that when a program has been so deeply entrenched in a culture of losing, it will take a while to turn the ship around.

Werthman may very well be correct, given that Bagnoli must get a waiver from the Ivy League office to do any off-campus recruiting this year, and will likely have to try to make something out of his inherited crop of players.

Others, including former Lions’ football player and NFL All-Pro defensive end Marcellus Wiley, think it should be a quicker turnaround.

“I’m looking forward to a fast transition. I’m not the guy who says this is going to be a five-year plan,” Wiley told me. “I think you get people in there with a like mind and real goals, and it’ll be time to go to work.”

I’ll admit that I was surprised by the Penn reaction to Bagnoli’s hire.

Upon hearing the initial rumor, I imagined thousands of livid Red and Blue fans, commiserating with Urban Meyer-hating Florida Gators fans.

That hasn’t been the case. The Penn faithful I’ve spoken with have all said the exact same thing — they simply wish Bagnoli the best.

When I interviewed former defensive captain Brandon Copeland, he told me that most of the current

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COURTESY OF THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR

Al Bagnoli took over as Columbia football coach last month.

Penn players and alumni will only root against Columbia when the Lions play the Quakers (which is Columbia’s homecoming in 2015).

I think that is more telling than any statistic or anecdote I’ve heard in the last month.

While the top brass at the Spectator has barred me from giving any sort of an opinion on the Bagnoli hire itself, I can say with full confidence that people out here in Morningside Heights are pretty damn excited at the prospect of having hope, having expectations and having a football team.

match up with Hofstra, they will not be the only Ivy squad playing past the regular season. Princeton, the only undefeated women’s team in the country at 30-0, is the Ivy League’s automatic qualifier in the NCAA Tournament, where they will square off against Green Bay in the First Round on Saturday.

For the Tigers, the bid comes with a great deal of disappointment. Despite its perfect record, Princeton enters the Tournament as a No. 8 seed in the Spokane, Wash., region, positioned much worse than many analysts projected.

The Tigers’ own official Twitter account expressed its dissatisfaction with the snub, tweeting, “An eight seed? What? … Is this fair?”

Despite the perceived slant from the NCAA selection committee, Princeton still has a legitimate shot at going deep into the tournament. Led by senior guard and Ivy Player of the Year

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Senior forward Kara Bonenberger will look to end her career on a positive note as the Quakers compete in the WNIT.

Blake Dietrick, the Tigers will now be playing with a chip on their shoulder as they enter the most important stretch of their season. They also likely will face top-seeded Maryland on the Terrapins home court if they make it past their opening matchup.

So, while Penn and Princeton will be playing for much different stakes, the two programs will have the chance to capture their one shining moment during college basketball’s most exciting

time of year. For the two teams, it will be a chance to cap off their highly successful seasons — and their seniors’ careers — on a positive note.

In post-season play, every shot, every pass and every rebound can change the course of a season. When the dust settles, only one champion can be crowned.

For Penn and Princeton, that whirlwind journey starts this weekend.

Kyle Perrotti is a student at Columbia University and is senior staff writer of The Columbia Spectator.

He can be reached at dpsports@ thedp.com.

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STEVE DONAHUE THE PERFECT

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ell, that was easy.

Steve Donahue was the obvious candidate to replace Jerome Allen as Penn basketball head coach. And who did Penn Athletics select to fill the void left after Allen’s dismissal? Donahue.

Sometimes, it’s that simple.

In the end, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun went with the obvious hire, and, really, who can blame her? Donahue checks off everything you would normally be looking for in a new coach for the Quakers.

Overall coaching experience? No doubt, as the 52-year-old has spent 30 years in the business.

Penn and/or Ivy experience? 10 years as an assistant under Fran Dunphy and 10 years as the head coach of Cornell.

Ivy success? Three Ivy titles at Cornell.

His run at Cornell from 2008-10 was the best run ever by a school other than Penn or Princeton in the Ancient Eight … that is, until Harvard’s reign began five years ago.

That’s the issue: The current Ivy League is much different from the one Donahue left in 2010.

Since Donahue departed Cornell in 2010 for the job at Boston College, Tommy Amaker has built a dynasty at Harvard, painting the Ivy League Crimson with five straight Ivy League titles. Amaker has turned Harvard into what Penn and Princeton were for the last 50 years,

an Ivy force that is renowned outside of the Ancient Eight. And while Donahue was at Boston College, he lost all four matchups with Harvard, struggling to compete with the Crimson in his own backyard.

It’s not just the Crimson either: The Ivy League as a whole is much better. Schools like Brown, Columbia and Dartmouth have emerged from the cellar of the Ancient Eight and put together squads worthy of postseason bids in recent years.

Every squad outside of Donahue’s old Big Red squad has taken a turn in the league’s top four since he left

Penn’s whirlwind start to spring break Quakers battle in games along East Coast COLIN HENDERSON Sports Editor

When spring break rolls around, some college students go on extravagant excursions to exotic destinations seeking beautiful views, warm weather and adventure.

Others catch the first ride home and decompress with their families and hometown friends for the remainder of the break.

I took a more unconventional approach, traveling up and down the East Coast to cover Penn Athletics. I guess it’s just in my nature.

The idea came up in a text conversation between myself and Associate Sports Editor Thomas Munson, and it went something like this: “Let’s cover as many sporting events on the opening weekend of spring break as physically possible.”

Was the idea ridiculous? Irrational? Insane?

Probably. But we decided to go full speed ahead with

the trip anyway.

Here’s how it went down.

Stop 1: All Eyes on the Lehigh Valley My journey began early on Friday, March 6, in my hometown: the infamous Nazareth, Pa. With the ambitious plans I had set, I needed some help.

For reasons I have yet to fully understand, my longtime friend from home, Mike Kopach, decided to help me with the trip. After picking him up in my 2009 Toyota Camry — a car that noticeably lacks a front hubcap — and briefly praying that it would not break down during the trip, we made our way to our first stop.

That stop was Lehigh’s Stabler Arena, the venue in which I had graduated less than two years back and where Penn wrestling had traveled for the first day of Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships.

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and helped raise the profile of the mid-major conference.

And while Penn was still reeling after the Glen Miller firing when Donahue left Cornell five years ago, the program has seen further issues.

The Quakers just endured their worst three-year stretch in program history, going a combined 26-61 while finishing tied for last place in the Ancient Eight this season.

Sufficiently scared? Don’t be.

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Quakers to face Hofstra in postseason W. HOOPS | Penn gets

WNIT game at Palestra TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor

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Senior catcher Austin Bossart and the rest of the Penn baseball team took on Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va., at the beginning of spring break.

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But wait — there’s more!

Despite finishing second in the Ivy League, Penn women’s basketball’s season isn’t over quite yet. One year after securing the Ancient Eight crown and competing in the NCAA Tournament, the Quakers will play in the postseason yet again.

Although they will not be playing in the Big Dance, the Red and Blue were selected for the next best thing on Monday night: the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

Penn will host Hofstra at the Palestra on Thursday. The bid marks the third consecutive postseason appearance for the Quakers, who made the Women’s Basketball Invitational in 2012-13 before reaching the

NCAA Tournament last March.

Just as they have all season, the Quakers will be led by Ivy Defensive Player of the Year and unanimous first-team All-Ivy center Sydney Stipanovich. The Red and Blue will also seek key contributions from freshman standout and Ivy Rookie of the Year Michelle Nwokedi, as well as senior stalwarts Kathleen Roche and Kara Bonenberger, who may be slowed by a knee injury suffered against Princeton on March 10.

Meanwhile, Hofstra (20-12) is coming off a loss in the Colonial Athletic Association title game.

The Pride are led by freshman guard Ashunae Durant, who is averaging 11.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per contest.

The exact time of tipoff is yet to be announced, but, as the higher seed, the Quakers will have home-court advantage.

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