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ENDORSES HILLARY College soph. drops lawsuit Nathaniel Rome dropped suit after Rubio’s withdrawal DAN SPINELLI City News Editor

Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be on the presidential ballot when Pennsylvanians vote on April 26.

At 3:49 p.m., College sophomore

Nathaniel Rome’s attorney John Bravacos announced in an email that he had withdrawn his lawsuit against the GOP presidential candidate contesting his eligibility to be on the ballot in Pennsylvania.

“Our client has requested that the Objection to the Nomination Petition of Governor Kasich be withdrawn,” he wrote.

Minutes later, Lawrence Otter, the attorney representing Kasich, confirmed the termination of the case in an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian. The withdrawal comes a day after fellow GOP presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) dropped out of the race after losing the primary in his home state of Florida to 1968 Wharton alumnus Donald

Trump. Rome is the chairman of Pennsylvania Students for Rubio.

Otter will still meet with Commonwealth Court Judge Bonnie Leadbetter tomorrow to discuss whether the court plans to give instructions on how to resolve similar cases in the future.

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Spectrum Students come to terms with sexual, gender identity at Penn SOPHIA WITTE Staff Reporter

Henry Goldberg, a 2013 College graduate, was studying abroad in Rome when he was almost outed. After slipping away from his friends one night and venturing out to a gay bar — a well-practiced routine at this point in the semester — he was approached by a mutual friend of his Penn friends who seemed to recognize him.

Goldberg froze and quickly feigned a

Spanish accent to match his on-the-spot story that he was from Madrid.

While the anonymity of being in a foreign city had allowed him to develop a routine, Goldberg wasn’t ready to come out. “It would’ve exposed this part of me that I wasn’t ready to uncover to other people or especially to myself,” he said. He decided not to come out for the rest of his time at Penn.

Goldberg is not alone. While at Penn, many students deal with the new and unfamiliar terrain of coming out as LGBTQ — gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer. Whether it be the first time that they open up to others, or

even the first time that they realize it for themselves, coming out as LGBTQ is an individual process that cannot be generalized across any two experiences.

But despite each person’s unique path to self-realization and acceptance, many students’ coming out stories share Penn as a common backdrop.

Discovering a new identity Coming from an all-male Catholic high school in Washington, D.C., College and Wharton junior Aidan Pongrace was not sure of his sexual identity during the first months of

freshman year.

“I guess you always kind of know, but even if you think it may be a possibility, you still think you must be attracted to girls in an environment where everyone else is,” Pongrace said.

Many bisexual students had even less exposure to nontraditional sexualities before coming to Penn. Engineering senior Maya Ebsworth said she had gay friends at her “very liberal” high school, but the possibility of being bisexual had never crossed her mind until freshman year at Penn.

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Professors predict domestic violence reoffenders

… we must resist the urge to scapegoat broad swaths of the population …”

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Researchers used machinelearning processes

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Two Penn professors found that the use of machine-learning forecasts at domestic violence arraignments could substantially reduce repeat domestic violence arrests.

Social policy professor Susan B. Sorenson of social policy and criminology and statistics professor Richard Berk looked at 28,646 domestic violence arraignments that led to charges and releases between January 2007 and October 2011. The researchers conducted a two-year follow-up for each case.

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Sorenson and Berk analyzed domestic violence arraignments and found that machine-learning forecasts better identify patterns of human behavior.

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Normally, in the United States, after being arrested, suspects are brought before a judge or magistrate in an arraignment, during which the suspect

receives a written document with the list of charges. At this arraignment, the judge or magistrate decides whether the suspect can be released to society.

This decision, pursuant to the Bail Reform Act of 1984, is based on the suspect’s risk of flight and the threat posed to public safety.

The study noted that current decisions are based on limited information and inferences, ignoring information about the offender’s behavior. Machinebased learning processes can combine and understand different inputs that may seem irrelevant to humans.

“Machine-learning is a ‘black-box’ statistical technique that basically squeezes all of the information out of data and is able to identify patterns across many more variables than we humans can understand,” Sorenson said.

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Students take spring break field trip to Paris The class allows academic and hands-on learning

MADELEINE LAMON Contributing Reporter

While many students use their vacation time to relax and take a break from classes, a small group of Penn students spent their most recent spring break in the Ville Lumiere continuing their education.

The seminar, entitled “The Making of Modern Paris,” allowed students to study Paris through an interdisciplinary and then enrich their learning experience by exploring the city during their spring break. The class is taught by French professor Andrea Gouletand urban research and education professor Eugenie Birch.

“We wanted to combine literary and artistic representations of the city of Paris with history of architecture and reflections on how urban planning has changed the shape of the city and the way the city is experienced by people who live there and travel there,” Goulet said. “Together we’re trying to look at how Paris’s past informs its present and its future.”

Working with literary and visual texts, students learned about the Haussmannization of Paris, the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand and food distribution within the city in preparation for the trip to Paris. Once abroad, they explored the city and visited a number of sites related to their studies, including Centre Pompidou, Montmarte and Parc de la Villette.

The class was originally created as a result of the Andrew Mellon Foundation’s Humanities, Urbanism and Design Initiative, which promotes collaboration between the Penn Institute of Urban Research, the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Design. This semester was the first time the class became affiliated with Penn Global, however.

“I felt comfortable in the city,” College senior Laura Ruiz-Colon said. “The program gave me the opportunity to have a taste of the summer abroad experience.”

With the support of Penn Global, students and their professors were afforded the rare chance to explore the Rungis International Market, a large whole-sale market on the outskirts of the city.

While most days were

composed of walking tours, students were given a free day in order to involve themselves with the topic of their “site project.”

This project, which began during the first half of the semester, required students to pair off and conduct research on a place of their choosing in the city.

“We asked them, in pairs, to go and engage actively with the site,” Goulet said.

After returning to Penn, students will combine their learning in Paris with the research they do at Penn to produce a project.

Chosen topics include the Palais Royal and the city’s Covered Passages, shopping malls built in the early 19th century.

Students in the seminar praised the experience.

“It was an awesome experience and I would recommend it

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Through “The Making of Modern Paris” seminar, students studied Parisian literature, art and history.

to anyone,” College sophomore Rachel Brock said.

College junior Nya Wilkins

agreed.

“It’s the best spring break that I’ve ever had,” she said.

Mayor Jim Kenney pushes for PPD body cameras He anticipates that it will improve police transparency CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney plans to ask city lawmakers for funding to provide 800 additional body cameras to city police officers.

The Philadelphia Police Department’s ultimate goal is to outfit all 8,500 officers with cameras by 2019. Body camera programs have also been initiated in other large cities including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston.

Body camera programs are a way to improve evidence collection, to strengthen officer performance and accountability and to enhance agency transparency. The cameras can also be used to investigate and settle any complaints about officercitizen incidents.

In the city’s 22nd District in North Philadelphia, about two dozen officers were involved in the original pilot program. Jennifer Wood, associate professor in

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“The only thing I would like the court to do is resolve this issue so we don’t have to go through this again,” Otter said.

Rome filed a petition on Feb. 23 to remove Kasich from the statewide ballot, claiming that hundreds of invalid signatures in his nomination papers left Kasich short of the required 2,000 signatures mark.

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the Criminal Justice Department at Temple University, who was a co-researcher for the pilot, said there were many positive outcomes including an increase in officer support towards wearing body cameras.

“We found overall that officers had very positive attitudes about the benefits of the cameras,” Wood said.

“When officers became experienced with the cameras and got used to them, they became champions of the cameras. One of the things we learned is that one of the best ways to instill the virtues of body cameras while policing is to have officers who have worn them explain the benefits of the cameras to other officers.”

The new cameras are expected to be about $1.1 million. The mayor plans to fund his plan with a mix of both city and grant money. The money for cameras and a system to manage the footage is part of a $30 million proposal for investments in the police department.

The financial aspect is one of the largest obstacles to outfitting all police officers with body cameras.

outside of Pittsburgh and is seen as a threat to front-runner Donald Trump in the Keystone State.

At a March 9 hearing, Otter agreed to a stipulation that left Kasich short of the 2,000 signature threshold, but argued that Rome submitted his petition 13 minutes too late. Any challenges to a candidate’s nomination papers must be filed within seven days of the Feb. 16 deadline, which occurred at 5 p.m. on that date.

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Following a pilot program that tested out body cameras, officers responded favorably and look forward to improved police performance.

There is a high cost in buying new equipment, including a digital infrastructure to store all of the data.

Even with financial barriers, there is strong political support for police body cameras. In May 2015, President Barack Obama created a task force, which included the former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, to evaluate how “to strengthen

Bravacos was due to submit a response brief on Wednesday afternoon when he announced the withdrawal of the lawsuit.

“We think it’s good to give the voters of PA a chance to express their views and we think Governor Kasich will do very well in Pennsylvania,” Chair of Penn for Kasich and College junior Joe Kiernan said. “Obviously, we’re pleased that they decided to drop the lawsuit.”

Rome’s petition did not escape the attention of multiple

community policing and trust among law enforcement officers and the communities they serve,” according to the president’s task force report.

Charles Loeffler, assistant professor of Criminology, said body cameras have gained a lot of political and public attention in the United States, so they have been quickly implemented. Researchers

national media outlets and even Trump, who tweeted that Kasich was ineligible in Pennsylvania.

Bravacos and Rome were not immediately available for comment on Wednesday. In the morning, Kasich visited Pennsylvania, speaking at a town hall at Villanova University in a suburb outside of Philadelphia.

Staff reporter Bowman Cooper and Enterprise Editor Jessica McDowell contributed reporting.

are now trying to find detailed evidence based on differing programs and areas.

“We are going through a period of very rapid adoption. The adoption is happening so quickly that we don’t have the evidence of success,” Loeffler said. “We would ideally like to know under what circumstance and for whom do the body cameras have desired or unintended consequences.”

In an interview with WHYY, Richard Ross, Philadelphia’s new police commissioner, said, “I am 100 percent behind body cameras.”

Ross’ department is extremely supportive of body cameras because he has said that they give a close real-life perspective of what an officer does and sees and can often change how people interact with officers.

Society has gone through many technological advancements that have shaped policing, such as the use of patrol cars, using computers in cars and wiretapping capabilities.

Wood said that body cameras are the next technological development.

“You see technological advancements and political shifts towards improving the structure and legitimacy of police,” Wood said.

“Thinking about those two broad shifts and how they intersect is a space where people are arguing that body-worn cameras can be used as a tool to advance transparency in policing, enhance community relations and enhance trust. “ In addition to body cameras, Loeffler said that there have been other ways to improve police relations, such as procedural justice.

Procedural justice is founded on the perceived fairness of the process based on how they were treated, rather than the perceived fairness of the outcome. In other words, even someone who receives a traffic ticket or loses his case in court will rate the system favorably if he feels that the outcome is arrived at fairly.

“At the end of the day, there is a bunch of things police agencies can’t control. But what they do control is the training of their officers and the equipment that they are going to give their officers,“ Loeffler said.

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violence is thus not limited to solely intimate partners.

They looked at inputs such as age, gender, prior charges, age at first charge, prior failures to appear and number of instant drug crime counts, among many other inputs.

Sorenson and Berk sought to find a group of offenders who could be released without concern that they would be rearrested for domestic violence.

“Even a few days in jail when incapacitation is not needed can cost an offender his or her job and more generally disrupt a variety of important household functions (e.g., childcare),” the study said.

Sorenson and Berk also found that less than 19 percent of domestic violence offenders are rearrested for new charges during the two-year follow-up period.

According to the study, “about 40 percent of all individuals arraigned for domestic violence can be released with the expectation that only about 1 in 10 will be rearrested for domestic violence.”

The use of machine-learning could reduce the amount of people who are detained without posing a threat to society.

“We don’t want to have people in jail who don’t need to be in jail,” Sorenson said. “It’s hard for them, it’s hard for their families, and it’s also hard for the taxpayers.”

“Another benefit is that you are able to better identify those who are likely to reoffend,” Sorenson added.

In domestic violence, “it’s usually a specific suspect ... who assaults another specific individual.”

If the courts employ this machine-based learning with domestic violence cases, they can decrease the risk posed to those specific individuals.

Sorenson also explained that domestic violence cases differed from other crimes. Unlike robbers who can attack different locations, domestic violence offenders often assault the same person. If the court can predict which offenders are likely to assault that same person again, the court can protect the victim.

“What comes next is [that] the court system needs to decide how they’re going to integrate this into their decision-making,” Sorenson said.

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“There are many parts of the criminal justice system that are using very recently-developed tools, including machine-learning, to predict who is a ‘good risk,’” Sorenson said. “The arraignment process, particularly for domestic violence [cases], has not had that benefit.”

Their study defines domestic violence as an “intimate relationship including dating, or a familial or blood relationship.” Domestic

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College Pitch Philly encourages entrepreneurship First-ever competition celebrates student innovation SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

From solutions to finding the perfect nail polish to improving public speaking, College Pitch Philly saw it all, including a winning innovation by a Penn student.

Students across the Philadelphia area gathered together on Feb. 24 at the University City Science Center’s Quorum to compete for thousands of dollars in prize money at the first-ever College Pitch Philly competition.

The competition was created by the Philadelphia Regional Entrepreneurship Education Consortium and its partners to increase access and better connect university students in the area with better entrepreneurial

resources.

“A year ago, a number of us from the area universities got together and wanted to put some increased emphasis on doing some joint programming for the university students,” said Chuck Sacco, a member of the Philadelphia Regional Entrepreneurship Education Consortium. adding that the goal was “having increased attention on this region from an entrepreneurship perspective and really wanting to demonstrate that this is a great place to come start something.”

30 teams pitched ideas to a panel of expert judges, of which four teams were awarded first, second and third place and People’s Choice. All the CEOs of the companies are undergraduates and 50 percent or more of all teams are undergraduates as well.

College senior Miranda Wang took home the People’s Choice

award for her company, BioCellection. Her company uses microbiology to help solve the plastic pollution problem in oceans. Because plastic is mixed in its composition and doesn’t decompose, it becomes brittle and breaks into extremely small pieces in oceans, making it is hard to find and remove. Plastic is also introduced into oceans in various ways, such as detergent by-products. Wang created a way to recycle plastic that minimizes waste and creates two by-products: a safe cleaning agent and aquafeed, a more sustainable fish food.

First place went to Temple senior Andrew Nakkache for his soon-to-be-launched app Habitat, which allows students to order pickup and delivery from their favorite food trucks and vendors.

Nakkache noticed that many students would like to buy food from

food trucks across campus even though food trucks were not part of dorm delivery services. Habitat will allow students who are willing to walk a mile or stop at a food truck on their way home to profit as food delivery staffers.

Temple sophomore Neha Raman took home second place for her company, Rungh Cosmetics. The Rungh System includes a specialized mixer, color capsules and base polishes that allow you to create your own nail polish color in a matter of seconds.

Danish Dhammi, a Drexel sophomore, won third place for his creation, SayUmm — an app in development which allows users to improve their public speaking skills. Users can speak in front of the cameras on their mobile phones, tablets or computers and get instant feedback on their pacing, language and how many times they say “umm.”

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Student entrepreneurs gathered in Philadelphia on Feb. 24 to pitch and present their innovative solutions to various challenges.

“It was a great event and hopefully a great opportunity for students as well,” Sacco said.

“Not only did they get to pitch and present and there were some

winners, but it was a great opportunity for students to network with each other and share ideas.

[It’s] hopefully something we’ll be able to keep doing.”

Freshmen share dissatisfaction with dining plan Students critique price and quality of dining food JACOB WINICK Staff Reporter

Penn requires all freshmen to purchase a meal plan, yet according to a Daily Pennsylvanian unofficial survey of 290 freshmen, nearly 80 percent of respondents wish they did not have to be on a meal plan.

Student respondents answered a survey posted on the Class of 2019 Facebook page.

The University has taken the position that meal plans are so essential to the freshmen experience that they should not be optional.

“Dining is a big part of being a freshman,” Director of Business Services Pam Lampitt said.

“It’s about bonding, it’s about developing relationships, it’s about seeing familiar faces, it’s about the fact that no freshman is alone.”

While many freshmen agree that eating at dining halls can be helpful for students trying to make friends, many freshmen argued that the dining plans should not be a requirement, mainly citing pricing, poor food quality and inconvenient dining hall hours.

“I completely understand that eating at dining halls is part of the college experience, but it shouldn’t be required when the whole system is this broken,” College freshman Jonathan Chen said.

“I’ve talked to tons of other freshman about this and no one is happy. ‘The dining halls are good’ is never something a Penn student would ever think,” he added. “I can’t believe we are forced to purchase such expensive plans when absolutely no one wants to eat in the dining halls. It just feels like we are forced to flush money down the toilet.”

While the quality of Penn’s dining halls is hotly contested, poor food quality was almost

always the first reason mentioned by students interviewed for this article when they explained why they did not want a dining plan.

“If Penn had good food, I’d understand requiring freshman to be on the plan, but since the food is often so terrible, it doesn’t seem right,” College freshman Carl Fulghieri said.

Niche, a popular online college review and ranking website that polls students, gave Penn a B- for dining, worse than all other Ivy League schools.

Many freshmen contested the cost of dining plans, arguing that Penn should not mandate the purchase of expensive plans.

This year, incoming freshmen could choose from one of three dining plans for the 2016-17 academic year — all with a different ratio of swipes to dining dollars — for $5,086.

Bryan Williamson, a Penn Law student and graduate advisor , reasoned that if it weren’t for the price, students would be content with their dining plans.

Despite the high prices, 20 percent of freshmen still believe the dining plan should be mandatory, according to the survey.

“I was really shocked when I came to Penn. I haven’t heard anything good from my 29 freshman residents about dining,” Williamson said.

“I did my undergrad at Cornell, which also requires a meal plan, but they were much better priced. It’s such a shame at Penn,” he added. “I think they realize that if they don’t require freshman to be on a dining plan no one would go to them. It’s all financial. Instead of making better food, which to be frank, pales in comparison to every other college I’ve visited, they force students to buy meal plans that are way too expensive.”

Despite calls for smaller and less expensive dining plans, Campbell Grey, a residential faculty advisor in Kings Court English College House, insisted that you could not put a price tag

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Students contacted through the Class of 2019 Facebook page mentioned problems with strict hours, poor food quality and price.

on the value of dining halls.

“Sitting over dinner and talking about stuff is a great opportunity to put in practice what you are learning in classes, but it is also just a really affirming way to share this experience,” Grey said.

“The college houses that freshmen live in are not conducive to cooking on your own, so without a dining plan where is everyone going to eat?” he said.

“I’m sure if you tried to eat out for every meal, you’d end up spending much more than you do on the dining plan.”

However, many freshmen frustrated with the meal plan argue that eating out does not only provide much better options, but is in many cases less expensive than dining halls.

“It’s a blatant lie that the dining plans are cheap. It’s a real problem when eating at Chipotle is way less expensive than eating at Commons,” College and Wharton freshman Scott MacGuidwin said. He also expressed frustration that major dining halls were not open late on weekend nights, a common sentiment among other students interviewed.

The numbers actually do indicate that Chipotle is in many cases less expensive than eating at a dining hall. Since the meal plan cost $5,086 a year and Penn

students spend approximately 31 weeks of the year at school, the weekly cost for a dining plan is a approximately $164, enough for 24 chicken burritos or 33

foot-long sandwiches at Wawa.

“I don’t have any idea how they got their prices,” Chen. “It all just seems like a shady operation, and I wish it’d be more clear.”

When you break down each of the three dining plans available to freshmen, it turns out each one charges a different amount per meal swipe, depending on the ratio of meal swipes to dining dollars. For example, the Away From Kitchen plan, which comes with approximately 16 swipes per week, values each meal swipe at an average of $9.77. Whereas the Best Food Fit plan, which comes with approximately 8 swipes per week, values each meal swipe at an average of $16.34.

Even stranger for students is the process of exchanging meal swipes for dining dollars in the

2-week window where this is allowed for a maximum of 50 swipes. While dining dollars are purchased at a cost of one dollar per dining dollar and meal swipes range in value from $9 to over $16, students only get 4.87 dining dollars per meal swipe.

However, for a student like Engineering freshman Anvi Dalal, who finished last semester with over 120 meal swipes because she didn’t think the dining halls offered sufficient vegetarian options, the exchange is better than nothing.

“I just wish Penn would leave it up to us to decide if we want a meal plan. I’m not saying it’s a bad option for every student, but having everyone purchase a meal plan is ridiculous,” MacGuidwin said.

“I could rant on for hours,” he added. “I really hate it.”

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OPINION The United States should embrace immigrants TOE THE LINE: PENN DEMS | We must treat immigrants with the dignity and compassion that all human beings deserve

THURSDAY MARCH 17, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 30 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects BRIELLA MEGLIO Director of Internal Consulting ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor JOYCE VARMA Creative Director

One of the most pressing issues in this presidential election has been illegal immigration and its effects on America. Rhetoric from many in the Republican field — particularly Donald Trump — has caused many Americans to see immigrants as threats in need of deportation. However, we must resist the urge to scapegoat broad swaths of the population and should instead treat all immigrants with compassion and dignity.

When Donald Trump called Mexican immigrants “rapists” who are “bringing drugs ... bringing crime,” it set the tone for the conversation about immigration within both parties’ primaries. Republicans, speaking generally, have advocated for harsher enforcement of immigration law. This would take the form of deportation raids, limitations on or a removal of a pathway to citizenship, the end of sanctuary cities like Philadelphia and perhaps even the building of a wall between the United States and Mexico.

These proposals are predicated on the notion that undocumented immigrants are

a detriment to our country.

The popular GOP narrative implies that immigrants bring violent crime over the borders and hurt the American economy. However, data overwhelmingly shows the higher the immigration rate in an area, the lower the crime rate.

In addition, research by economist Giovanni Peri shows that immigrants “expand the U.S. economy’s productive capacity, stimulate investment, and promote specialization that in the long run boosts productivity.” Obviously, the economic impact of immigration is complex, and it does us no good to oversimplify the situation. However, given the nuances of the issue, the ideas put forth by the GOP nominees — shutting out immigrants, deporting those already here, etc. — are not practical or reasonable policies.

Instead of allowing hatred to drive our discourse, we must offer compassion to undocumented immigrants.

They are often fleeing poverty or oppressive governments and are seeking a brighter future for themselves and their families. If we want to call the United States the “great-

est country in the world,” we must live up to what that entails. If we don’t treat immigrants with the dignity that they deserve, we turn ourselves into the “greatest country in the world, but only if you were already here.” Not only is that much less catchy,

First off, we need to create a pathway to citizenship for nonviolent, law-abiding undocumented immigrants.

There should be caveats: They must recognize that they did not come to this country through existing legal channels and should pay a small

... we must resist the urge to scapegoat broad swaths of the population and should instead treat all immigrants with compassion and dignity.”

but it also undermines the fundamental American ideal of equal opportunity for all.

Getting down to the nuts and bolts of the issue: We need comprehensive immigration reform. Immigration is a complicated topic, but there are a few key components that must be included in any laws passed.

fine, but those conditions should not be prohibitive for the most impoverished immigrants. We must make becoming a citizen an easier process.

If a person is already contributing to American society, there should be a straightforward process so that they can be given the equal protection and rights under law that citi-

zenship affords.

We must also end deportation raids that are breaking up immigrant families as you read this. Taking parents away from their children, or spouses away from each other, is a profoundly unjust practice.

The Obama administration’s deportation policies are one of the few areas we disagree with the president. These raids do not make our country safer and indeed contradict the aforementioned American doctrine of equal opportunity for all. To be clear, ending the deportation of all nonviolent immigrants is easier said than done, but it should be the overarching goal that we as Americans strive towards.

When discussing this issue, it is easy to forget that immigration is not some abstract concept. First and foremost, immigrants are people, and they deserve to be treated as such. Most of us originally come from immigrant families at some point in our lineage. Because of this, each of us shares a story with the people fleeing oppression and violence in other parts of the world. Each of us is seeking a better life for our children and grandchildren. That shared

history is what makes America great.

We all have different backgrounds and unique stories, but we come together and share the common ideals of liberty and justice for all. We need to live up to that creed and reject the xenophobic rhetoric that has permeated the Republican narrative.

The immigration system needs reform, yes, and we must improve it. But we can’t do it just because it will make Americans’ lives better. We must do so because our country’s enduring symbol is the Statue of Liberty, and for “the greatest country in the world,” embracing the immigrants in our community is unequivocally the right thing to do.

LUKE HOBAN is a College junior and the Penn Dems communication director. He is a science, technology & society major and a philosophy minor.

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College Republicans supports immigration reform.

Unlike what some GOP candidates have recently discussed, the immigration reform that we support does not feature a 55-foot wall or mass deportation as its focal point. However, we also oppose President Obama’s recent executive orders regarding illegal immigration. This is an issue that deserves to be addressed in a democratic manner through Congress, rather than by decree.

Our current immigration mess is twofold: There are 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have jobs and children, but no path to legal status. At the same time, millions of talented wouldbe immigrants spread across the globe who are eager for a better life and have applied to legally immigrate will likely never come to live in the United States due to hopeless layers of bureaucratic complexity and

red tape. In short, it is still far easier to immigrate illegally than to come through legal channels.

There are problems with our efforts to prevent illegal immigration on all levels. Nearly 15 years after Congress mandated the creation of a visa overstay tracking system, the United States still has no idea how many visitors overstay their visas. Although our border security is likely as effective as it has ever been, the Department of Homeland Security has been far too slow to adopt technology — such as drones — that could make policing the border easier and cheaper.

Security of the border and visa entry system is a vital first step towards offering a pathway to legal status and ensuring that our legal immigration system functions appropriately.

The illegal immigrants currently in the United States are not an imminent threat to the survival of the union, despite

what Donald Trump might say.

The illegal immigrants in our country already create great economic value according to nearly all economic analyses conducted on the issue. If granted legal status, these immigrants would not only pay

proximately 30 percent of adult illegal immigrants are the parents of U.S. citizens under the age of 18. Breaking up these families would be reprehensible, regardless of the wrongs committed when the parents immigrated illegal-

Immigration is a complex issue, and members of both parties have proposed simplistic solutions too often.” more in taxes, but also be free to take advantage of all that is possible in the United States — such as education, jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities — thus further increasing economic benefit for all.

More importantly, when we discuss illegal immigration, we are discussing the fates of over 11 million people. Ap-

ly. With these issues in mind, College Republicans support a path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.

There is the obvious exception of those who commit crimes while in the United States illegally, which should be an immediate disqualification for attaining legal status.

We support reforms to make legal immigration quicker and easier. The best place to start is to increase the number of H1-B visas issued to highly-skilled workers, along with ensuring that international students graduating from U.S. colleges can stay in the United States if they wish to do so. These measures can help ensure that the United States remains fertile ground for technological innovation and entrepreneurship.

Additionally, we support granting more visas for lowerskilled workers and entrepreneurs, as they too are vital for economic development. Country quotas should be eliminated, as they keep the United States from getting the best possible immigrants and only marginally increase diversity.

For those who want to become citizens, it should take a few years — not a few decades — to earn a green card.

Immigration is a complex issue, and members of both

parties too often propose simplistic solutions. Mass deportations, walls and similar draconian measures are unworkable in practice and, more importantly, go against the values that America has upheld for the past 240 years, while the president’s executive orders are anathema to the democratic process. Both parties need to work together to find common ground on immigration reform. We hope that members of both parties recognize the gravity of the situation and finally put aside the political posturing that has characterized past debate.

OWEN O’HARE is a Wharton freshman from Chatham, Va., studying finance.

CORRECTIONS: Following the publication of the article published in print as “Professor under protection,” the Division of Public Safety clarified that while it has corresponded with Professor Anthea Butler about threats, it has not formally investigated these threats or put her under any type of special protection. The beginning of this article has been changed online to clarify this information.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 side of the gender binary. But even with this internal awareness, coming out at Penn has been a very new experience for Casey, largely due to different cultural norms surrounding LGBTQ issues.

During high school, Casey tried telling their parents on two separate occasions about their sexual orientation and gender identity, but despite those conversations appearing meaningful in the moment, their parents continue to disregard Casey’s identity.

“It wasn’t even denial. It was just ignored as their way

a boyfriend and wear dresses,” Casey said. “Penn has given me more room to breathe and be myself.”

The distinct cultural assumptions around LGBTQ people have also impacted Casey’s experience with coming out to people at Penn.

“In Hong Kong, I was basically out by assumption because by broad Asian standards, if you are a girl with short hair who wears masculine clothes, then people assume that you’re gay,” Casey said. “So it has been a new and surprising experience here realizing that I actually have to go out of my way to tell people.”

“I had always liked guys and didn’t really know there was anything in between, so I didn’t even think to consider if I wasn’t straight,” Ebsworth said.

Coming to Penn provides a new stage for exploration and often students’ first exposure to true independence — an unprecedented sense of freedom that tends to come with more opportunities to engage in sexual experiences.

“When you first get to college, it’s probably the most opportunity you’ve had up to that point to have sex with girls, but I began to find myself They just … making up excuses why I Internal acceptance continue to wouldn’t bring a girl back Many LGBTQ students and more and more instances do not come out based on assume that I’ll like that,” Pongrace said. many contextual factors, inFor Casey*, Penn’s open eventually do ‘girl’ things cluding a lack of exposure environment is a stark con- like find a boyfriend and to unconventional sexual trast with the one they are identities or an unwelcoming wear dresses.” used to at home. Coming environment. But beyond exfrom an all-girls Christian - Casey* ternal pressures, individuals school in Hong Kong, the have to come to terms with College freshman — who is their sexualities internally non-binary and prefers “they” of escaping the problem. before announcing it publicly pronouns — has long been self- They just pretended like noth- — a moment of self-acceptance aware of their sexual preference ing happened afterwards and that takes each person different toward girls, as well as their continue to assume that I’ll even- amounts of time and types of exsense of not aligning with either tually do ‘girl’ things, like find periences.

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“I wasn’t ready to come out because I wasn’t comfortable with myself yet,” College junior John* said. “And then once you start feeling more confident about yourself, you just want to throw it out there.”

While living in Paris the summer after freshman year, Pongrace said that the experience of living abroad provided the chance to “shed that element of yourself that makes you think that you must be straight or must fit into any specific category.”

For John, the experience of being away from Penn’s environment also pushed him to open up about his sexuality back at Penn.

“When you’re abroad, you’re more removed from the social scene at Penn, and I think that helped me realize why I felt out of place a bit,” John said. “When I came back, I just realized that I wanted to be happier — more myself.”

But for Goldberg, coming to terms with being gay was a process that lasted beyond his four years at Penn. After never seriously considering the possibility of being gay before Penn, he continued to be unsure about his sexual orientation throughout his underclassman years.

“I wasn’t sure at all freshman

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year, and even when I experimented sophomore year, it didn’t feel right with girls or guys,” Goldberg said. “This confusion was always looming in the back of my mind, until a trigger switched when I found myself ending up with guys, especially when I was living abroad.”

Looking back at his time in Rome, Goldberg is still amazed that his friends there never caught him when he slipped

away to a gay bar for the night.

Like Pongrace and John, living in a foreign culture allowed him to truly explore his sexuality for the first time.

“I was still so confused and sorting things out in my head. I just knew in that moment that it wasn’t an option to be open,” he said.

Back at Penn, Goldberg fell into an even deeper internal struggle during his senior year,

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THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN which he characterized with two other thing.” extremes: “either acting out in Once they do come out, public or completely retreating though, many students note how and not talking to people at all.” much the decision has positively “I felt alone because I needed impacted their sense of self. to figure things out for myself, “I think I’ve grown a lot as a and I was scared that I was going person and gained so much natto unleash on my parents and ural confidence by embracing friends, whether it be rudely or more aspects of my personality,” the possibility of crumbling into Pongrace said. “When you’re weakness.”

After witnessing a n LGBTQ student be publicly outed in his social scene, Goldberg decided to wait until after graduation to come out.

“If that had been me, I don’t think I could ever take Locust Walk and have my sexuality be what people - Henry Goldberg were talking about when they saw me,” Goldberg said.

“I wasn’t in a place where I could handle that kind of atten- trying to be someone you’re not, tion because I was still grappling people can see through it, but with it myself.” now I can feel the change even in Goldberg decided that his the way that people interact with post-Penn move to Chicago me as I can connect with them on would be his official transition another level now.” into being openly gay. But the Like Pongrace, John now renight before his departure, he alizes how limited he felt before found out that he had been indi- coming out and openly addressrectly outed in his hometown of ing all parts of his identity.

Dallas.

“I was not truly myself and I “I was trying so hard to main- was always hiding something tain this control and was so that wasn’t fully me,” John said. ready to let it go, and then sud- “It’s made me feel so much more denly I found out that random confident, like I can be 100 perpeople from my town were talk- cent myself now.” ing about me,” Goldberg said.

“It hurts to have people talking Campus support about something so personal Many LGBTQ students see without you there, but no matter Penn’s resources as a crucial how it happened, the band-aid reason behind Penn’s welcoming just had to be ripped off at some environment, but both students point.” and administration recognize But the initial moment of that formal programs and serhaving your sexuality made vices can only go so far. public is never as conclusive as “On campus and in the world ripping off a band-aid. Instead, in general, it’s important to be coming out is an ongoing pro- supported not just by a small cess of meeting new people and group of people, but by the entering new situations — ex- wider community at large,” periences that become easier as said Director of Counseling and people become more comfort- Psychological Services Bill Alable with each component of their identity.

“I spent my time hiding it, and it made sense for me at the time because I didn’t have the self-esteem to make it real for myself yet,” Goldberg said. “But it really is true that the more people you tell, the easier it actually is. The more people you can confide in, the more real it’s going to be - Aidan Pongrace for you and the more you’re going to accept the fact that it’s a part of who you are.” exander. “For all college-aged students, lots of identities are Spitting out the words being formed during this interAfter internally accepting esting time in their lives, so each one’s sexual identity, the idea of of these normative experiences actually coming out often feels should really be celebrated.” intimidating due to the unknown Alexander said the struggle and inevitable changes that it en- with dealing with various identitails. ties, both related and unrelated to “Once you actually spit out the sexual and gender identity, often words, once you say it, you’ve leads to associated health probturned the page, and even though lems, including anxiety, sleeping you know it will be better, there’s issues and mild depression. also that unknown element about CAPS and the LGBT Center how your life will change,” Pon- offer a variety of resources and grace said. programs with the goal of proMany LGBTQ students share viding a comprehensive support a concern that others may begin system for everyone on campus. to perceive them differently.

“It is so important to students But after coming out, students that Penn is an accepting place, almost always realized that even if they ultimately decide to people did not react with the not get deeply involved with the judgments that they may have organized LGBT community anticipated. here,” LGBT Center Director “You internalize it because it’s Bob Schoenberg said. you, but it’s mostly that people Many programs are designed now just know something new so that students can find support about you, and they move on dispersed throughout campus with their lives,” John said. without having to explicitly For College junior Kate*, her reach out for services. The Safe friends all responded very posi- Space program, for example, tively to her bisexuality, but she educates and trains students and was most appreciative of the faculty to openly offer support to friend who made didn’t react any LGBTQ student who might much. need it. Other programs, like “It was the best reaction when the Preferred Names program, she didn’t make it a big deal deal with nuances of language at all, because I don’t think it and pronoun use for non-gender should be this huge thing,” Kate binary students. said. “I let other things define me, and that should just be one Finding a place in the LGBTQ

I just knew in that moment that it wasn’t an option to be open.”

Once you actually spit out the words, once you say it, you’ve turned the page.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 community Despite the breadth of resources, Penn students often find themselves in a new world as they seek out connections with other LGBTQ students. For many, the organized LGBTQ community serves as the initial point of exploration.

“We strive to make it clear that we don’t have one profile of what a student who comes to the LGBT Center is like,” Schoenberg said. “We work hard to make everybody feel that they’re welcomed here and there’s no stereotype or description to fit.”

But in many ways, the institutionalized LGBT groups do not offer the type of natural connection that students are hoping to find.

“Having official LGBT groups can help, but people who want to be politically involved, for instance, aren’t the same as people who want to do other things, so even within the LGBT community, there’s different groups,” Ebsworth said.

Though Kate hopes to find more LGBTQ friends to relate to at Penn, she does not feel that the LGBT Center is the right place for her to find this connection.

“When people come out, they often don’t know what to do, let alone find someone to relate to, so I found myself going out of my comfort zone at first at some LGBT events, but with people who I really just didn’t connect with,” Kate said.

Kate also attributes her difficulty in finding LGBTQ friends to the fact that there are very few figures on campus who people can look up to. This lack of visibility perpetuates a cycle in which LGBTQ people refrain from coming out since their sexuality seems like such an anomaly at Penn.

“Especially for gay or bisexual girls, there are rarely any females at Penn that are open about it, so it’s really hard as a female to find people that are your people,” Kate said.

“I do love my friends now, but it would be nice to have someone to relate to about certain stuff.”

The LGBT Center recognizes that its resources represent just one of many possible supports for students who are seeking personalized ways of dealing with the coming out process.

“We realize that not everyone will feel comfortable dealing with the Center,” LGBT Center Senior Associate Director Erin Cross said. “Each person is very unique and individual, and everyone takes their own time and their own journey through the process of coming out.”

Beyond official resources, students who have recently come out often turn to one or

two people they might know to deterred him from coming out as belief that bisexual people are only hiding their homosexuality. introduce them to others in the a freshman.

This lack of understanding LGBTQ community. Because “I think it would’ve been even Penn social life is generally very harder to come out in the Greek about the intricacies within the segmented, students often strug- system just because it’s gen- LGBTQ community permeates gle to find LGBTQ people if erally more heteronormative, all spaces on campus. Casey they were not already out before more based in hypermasculin- indirectly felt the sting of discoming to Penn. ity,” Pongrace said. “It would crimination and ignorance when “Penn tends be very segre- just make the newness of being they came across a social media gated in terms of social scenes out harder because you’re much post by a Penn freshman.

“It wasn’t directed at me, but and groups, so coming in fresh- more of a black sheep in that enI came across his post that said, man year and not really knowing vironment.” [about my sexual identity], all the On a day-to-day basis, many ‘I don’t dislike or discriminate friends that I made and groups people at Penn subconsciously against homosexuals; I just think I joined happened to be filled talk or act in ways that make that they’re disgusting,’” Casey with mostly straight people,” Eb- LGBTQ students feel marginal- explained, pausing to wipe tears from their eyes before finishing sworth said. “After coming out, ized.

I found myself asking where all “I never was ashamed or their story.

Casey also recalled a night the gay people were and how I needed to find it in myself to be could find them. It wasn’t an ob- OK — it was more other people,” during New Student Orientation vious social scene to break into.” she said. “I thought that it was when they accidentally apWhile the segmented nature of so open at Penn and would be an proached a closed party and as campus life reflects the diverse easy platform to talk to people, they walked away, they vaguely heard a guy yell, “Get out of mix of people at Penn, it my house, d*ke.” often discourages students “I really do count my from moving outside their I wish there were blessings because everycomfort zones after already a lot of things that thing and everyone here getting settled into their lives here. could be changed, is generally very accepting, especially compared “I think people get into to Hong Kong,” Casey said. these very rigid groups and but those little nuanced “But there are still bad things worry that it’s not easy to things are the hardest to that happen, and even more change and find new people switch.” things that happen and then after a certain point,” Ebare not talked about at all.”

- Kate* sworth said.

While the process of coming out often comes Ignorance on campus In addition to the difficulty in but I feel invalidated all the time, with personal and emotional difconnecting with other LGBTQ especially being a girl who likes ficulties, Alexander, of CAPS, emphasized that the goal for students, certain types of lan- both [sexes].” guage and behaviors — while Kate described many in- Penn should not be to treat infrequently charged with malice stances where her relationship people in order to alleviate the — continue to isolate LGBTQ is overlooked. Her long-term hardships that may come from students on campus. relationship with a girl is often this experience. Rather, campus “While no one has given me forgotten when friends talk culture should encourage and a bad reaction overall, I don’t about couples in their friend foster self-exploration as an acthink that Penn is as accepting as group, and her male friends who cepted and even healthy process.

“The discussion needs to be people think,” Kate said. “I wish know about her girlfriend conreframed so that the normative there were a lot of things that tinue to flirt with her at parties. could be changed, but those little “It’s very invalidating when experience of discovering one’s nuanced things are the hardest to they don’t take my relationship orientation and identity is truly switch.” seriously,” she said, “and it’s encouraged,” Alexander said.

Especially for people in Greek little things like that time that “It’s a force that begins to move life, certain customs can be seen show that people at Penn just itself when it starts to become a as alienating. Beyond the norm don’t take it seriously in gen- public conversation.” that social life revolves around eral.” *Names have been changed to going to all-male fraternities, Even at an event for LGBTQ Kate explained less obvious cus- students, Casey talked to a protect the identities of individutoms, such as “My Tie” events, in fellow student who expressed his als. which girls receive the tie of the guy who will be their arranged date for a sorority event.

“Especially if it’s a freshman girl who at first doesn’t want to proclaim that she’s gay, it’s natural to feel ostracized when it is assumed for you to be set up with a guy,” she said. “I think it’s really upsetting that there are things in place like that, on top of all the emphasis on male-female in the Greek system where everyone is always going to frats and places where it’s just hard to find your people.”

Pongrace similarly felt the alienating subtleties of the Greek system, such as the fraternity culture of almost exclusively inviting girls over for parties. Looking back, Pongrace thinks that the process of going through fraternity rush may have

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Binghamton (2-12) Four Games Meiklejohn Stadium

When it rains, it pours.

In a game that featured a rare lightning delay, Penn baseball fell short on the road to Villanova, 6-1.

Many of the same issues that

have been plaguing the Quakers (2-7) so far in the young season were prevalent once again in the team’s fifth consecutive loss.

Conceding runs early in games has been one of the problems for the Red and Blue, and the early inning woes continued today.

After allowing 10 runs in the first innings in just eight games so far this season, the Quakers found themselves down 1-0 in the first frame once again when Villanova senior Adam Gross doubled to leftcenter field and later scored on a Todd Czinege single.

Coach John Yurkow believes that the early deficits have been a

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result of several factors.

“When you look at our starting pitching, the talent is out there on the mound. I think when we go down early, it’s difficult mentally because of some of the struggles at the plate,” Yurkow said. “I think going forward we need to go back to the basics and implement some of the small ball tactics, although that is not usually our style, to give some support to our starting pitching.

“Also, I think some of the blame goes to the fact that we have such a young team. With all the inexperience, it takes some adjusting.”

Penn escaped the rest of the

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inning without further damage, but in the second frame the Wildcats (6-2) blew the game wide open.

Villanova tacked on four runs in the second, which included a two-run blast over the right field by Gross. The home run marked the end of a disappointing day on the mound for junior starting pitcher Andrew Burnick.

Penn looked to have some life in the fourth inning when junior catcher Tim Graul got hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a single, and later scored on a wild pitch.

However, in the bottom of the inning, Villanova regained its five run lead on another Todd Czinege

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RBI single.

That would be all the scoring for the day, as the next five innings went quietly, especially for the Quakers, who managed only four hits on the day.

The Red and Blue hope that their hitting will wake up during its home opener this weekend against Binghamton in a four-game series.

“We know what we need to do as a team. We are going to have a good practice tomorrow to get ready for Binghamton,” Yurkow said. “I think a few of our guys are going to work on making some physical adjustments at the plate and hopefully that will help get our hitting going.”

With all of the youth on this year’s Penn squad, it’s not a tremendous shock that the team is off to a less than stellar start to the year.

However, it appears that the team’s flaws to this point are certainly reversible, and this weekend will be a great opportunity for the Quakers to begin playing at the level that got them only a game away from the Ivy League title each of the last two seasons.

The skies should be clearing up for the Red and Blue as the season progresses. And the next chance to get better isn’t too far off, as the Quakers host Bighamton for a pair of doubleheaders this weekend.

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Junior outfielder Leah Allen strides from the dugout to the batter’s box as pounding bass echoes through the relatively empty stands at Penn Park. It’s the top of the third inning in the first of two games against Lafayette on a Wednesday night. “I’m the flyest in the world,” calls out O.T. Genasis from the speakers.

As Allen settles in at the plate, toes twisting in the red dirt, three expectant Quakers stand itching on

the edge of their bases. Then comes the pitch. Next, a monster hit that sails clear over the chain-link fence at Penn Park, and with that, the Red and Blue (7-5) jump out to a 4-0 lead over Lafayette (4-7) that will never be relinquished.

Penn took the first game of the doubleheader against the Leopards handily, 4-0, with Allen earning all of her team’s RBI with her grand slam. Allen’s shot brought in freshman Sam Pedersen, senior Kanani Datan and senior Lauren Li, and Li paced the team with two hits in three at-bats.

The second game opened in similar fashion to the first, with Allen ripping a hit past Lafayette’s outfielders for a two-run triple to put the Quakers up 2-0.

“I wasn’t hitting well in Florida, so it was definitely a big confidence booster coming back in here,” said Allen, the 2014 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. “It felt good.”

With another home run on Wednesday, Allen’s 19 homers sits

at third highest in program history, just one out of second and five shy of the all-time record. If Allen continues on this clip, she is primed to break the Penn record by her graduation in 2017.

Although Penn was able to get into a batting groove early, the rest of the game would take place in fits and starts. First, lightning in the area delayed the game for 30 minutes, abruptly halting all action on the field.

“I felt like we really had a lot of momentum going when the weather did kick in, so that I think worked to our disadvantage,” coach Leslie King said.

When play resumed at 7:00 pm, it was almost as if Penn was starting over from square one. In almost every subsequent inning, Penn stranded a runner on base, failing to convert its six hits into runs.

Just when it seemed like Penn had its second win of the night in the bag, the Leopards struck back. First baseman Allison Brown opened up

the top of the seventh inning with a soaring home run over the left field fence to make the score 2-1. The Lafayette bats would stay hot as the next four more batters came to the plate, bringing about a tight situation for the Quakers with a runner on first and third with two outs.

With one out standing between her team and a win, King took that moment to intervene. She gathered her players on the pitcher’s mound to refocus and brought sophomore pitcher Mason Spichiger back in to replace Li. “I just told them we’ve been here before. It’s just one out,” King said.

“I had a lot of confidence in them.”

Just two strikes and a cleanly fielded fly ball by sophomore thirdbaseman Molly Oretsky later and the Quakers would seal their sweep of the Leopards with a 2-1 victory in the second game.

Despite the wins, the Red and Blue were not satisfied with their performance.

“We all get really anxious when

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With 19 career home runs, junior Leah Allen has the third most in program history. Her grand slam against Lafayette added to that tally.

we hit,” Allen explained. “I think we just need to slow everything down and just take it pitch by pitch.”

King concurred, noting further points of improvement on offense.

“We are certainly not where we want to be,” King said. “We left a lot of runners on base tonight, and we have to do a better job of moving runners along when they’re on base.”

The Quakers are in action next on Saturday against Army. In the three short days before their next competition, Penn will work to gain confidence in the areas of weakness on offense.

While Penn may be a team that can notch wins at the moment, they have not yet reached their full potential. Because, according to King, “We certainly have not arrived.”

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Kent’s consistently strong performances have earned him a ranking of 15th in his weight class, and last week he secured an at-large bid for the NCAA Championships, which start Thursday.

However, Kent’s success this season was anything but assured.

When Kent defeated Cornell sophomore Andrew Garcia in the Bearcat Open in November to kick off his season, it was his first match for the Red and Blue in 20 months.

Kent’s back has nagged him for years, but the pain intensified just prior to the start of the 201415 season, so he decided to see a doctor. Kent then discovered that he had injured a disk in his back, and was advised to take the season off from wrestling to rest and rehabilitate.

The season was Kent’s longest break from the sport since he began wrestling at age four for his hometown Norristown (Pa.) Golden Eagles. Kent’s journey back to the mat was tedious as he waited for his back to recover, and the time off made him all the more anxious to wrestle again. “I think when you don’t wrestle, you kind of have more motivation,� Kent said. “You don’t really like [wrestling] sometimes when you’re doing it, but when you’re not doing it, you kind of just want to do it again. You don’t really remember how hard it is when you’re not doing it, so you’re kind of

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If anyone had forgotten about Casey Kent last year, his performance in the 2015-16 season has served to jog their memories.

The senior has been one of the Quakers’ most successful and most durable wrestlers this season, as he has wrestled in the 174-pound slot in every meet and tournament for the Red and Blue on his way to a 25-7 overall record.

This has included a 10-2 record in dual meets and a 15-5 mark against EIWA foes.

Kent’s season has included numerous memorable moments, including a win last month over Bucknell senior 174-pounder Rustin Barrick, ranked 20th in the weight class, to help Penn eke out a 19-18 victory against their EIWA opponent. Kent also finished third place in his weight class in both the Nittany Lion Open and the Southern Scuffle. In the latter, he resoundingly defeated Wyoming junior and seventh-ranked Benjamin Stroh and No. 1 Brian Realbuto, a junior from Cornell. “I think my favorite moment was doing well at the Southern Scuffle,� Kent said of his performance. “I did pretty well there.

That was exciting.�

amped up to get back on the mat. “I don’t think I lost motivation — I probably got more motivation.�

Kent kept himself in shape primarily through running and participating in as many team activities as his back would permit during Coach Alex Tirapelle’s first year at the helm of Penn wrestling.

Upon retaking the mat, Kent found his skills, built up through years of experience, still largely intact. While somewhat rusty, he returned to his normal form after a few weeks of action. Kent was able to wrestle over the summer, which made his transition into the collegiate season relatively easy.

The 174-pounder found the most difficult adjustment to be the re-acclimation to the physical grind of the sport. “When you run, it’s not the same conditioning as wrestling conditioning,� Kent said. “You can be in really good running shape — which I was — and not in very good wrestling shape because your whole body gets more tired when you wrestle as opposed to just your legs. [Wrestling] is more of a whole-body shape.�

Even though Kent was unable to practice his physical skills on the mat last year, the time off helped improve his mental game. Watching his teammates compete in tournaments such as the Keystone Classic, Shorty Hitchcock Open, EIWA Championships and NCAA

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NCAA Championships who have bested him this season. Such opponents include Realbuto, who beat Kent in Penn’s dual meet against Cornell in February after Kent defeated him in the Southern Scuffle; Oklahoma State junior Kyle Crutchmer, who bested Kent at the Southern Scuffle and is ranked eighth in the weight class and Army junior Brian Harvey, who is ranked 18th in the weight

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Penn wrestling will have one more year with Kent, as the senior has elected to use his remaining year of eligibility to compete for the Quakers in 2016-17.

Although his journey might have taken a yearlong hiatus, Kent is on his way to finishing what he started two years ago when this year’s NCAA Championships begin on Thursday.

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Morning runs, weight cuts, long road trips and dozens of matches take their toll on the body. It takes a certain level of toughness to endure the aches, pains and hunger. A collegiate wrestling season is draining.

But, this weekend, win or lose, the season will come to a close.

On Thursday, four Penn wrestlers will enter the world’s most famous arena for the year’s final tournament. If they have their way they won’t be leaving until Saturday, with a medal in their hands.

Senior 184-pounder Lorenzo Thomas will lead the bunch on their trip to the NCAA championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

This is the third straight year that the Pittsburgh native has earned a trip to college wrestling’s biggest stage — a place where he has had not only experience but great success as well.

As a sophomore in 2014, Thomas earned All-American honors after his sixth-place performance at the 184-pound weight class. This season he enters the tournament as the 11- seed, the same as 2014, in a crowded field of former All-Americans and the returning champion, junior Gabe Dean of Cornell.

But, Thomas’ success is not all

“He had an off day at the conference tournament but other than that he’s been pretty reliable for us all season,� Tirapelle said. “As an unseeded guy in the bracket, he’s not someone who I would want to draw.�

The other two Quakers heading to the Big Apple are sophomore 157-pounder May Bethea and junior 133-pounder Caleb Richardson.

Bethea, a first-time qualifier, earned an automatic bid with his sixth-place performance at the conference tournament. Richardson, on the other hand, had to sweat it out as he waited for the selection committee to decide his fate.

Unfortunately, the pair’s 2-14 combined records against their respective fields is not an encouraging sign. But, the stage shouldn’t be too daunting for either grappler, which could give them an advantage on Thursday.

Bethea’s older brother Canaan was a two-time qualifier and made it to the Round of 12 at last year’s championships for Penn. As a result, May knows what it takes to succeed at this tournament.

Richardson on the other hand is making his third appearance in as many years. After failing to win a match as a freshman in his first trip and notching one win at last year’s tournament, the junior is hopeful he can make a deep run and finally get to the podium.

The path to Saturday, when the placing rounds are held, is neither short nor is it easy. But nothing comes easy in wrestling. If the Red and Blue can advance all their wrestlers to Friday and have two guys on the podium on Saturday, it will not only be a successful tournament but a catalyst for next season as well.

Whitlatch said. “It’s definitely nice to be close, that’s what we wanted,� junior center Sydney Stipanovich said. “But I feel like if we were to fly across the country, we’d still have the same mindset.�

But Neighbors isn’t worried that the long journey will cause his team to come out flat. “I know we’re gonna come in prepared,� Neighbors said of his Washington team. “I can’t tell you how we’re gonna play, but we’re gonna be prepared.�

Penn will have a real chance to pick up the first NCAA Tournament win in program history this Saturday. If they do, they’ll move on to face the winner between No. 2 Maryland and No. 15 Iona (read: Maryland). If not, the season will end, but the memories will

carry over into next year and well beyond. “Being able to play in the tournament is such an amazing experience we’ll remember for the rest of our lives,� Stipanovich, the lone rotation player remaining from the last tournament team, said. “I’m excited to get back to it.� “It’s a dream come true. And the fact that it’s come true, I can’t even describe the feeling,� Chambers said.

And the only way for the Quakers to keep the season going is to keep doing the same thing that got them this far: Winning. “We deserve to be here, we’ve earned the right to be here,�

McLaughlin said. “Now we’re gonna go out there and play the game the way we’ve done all year.�

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in the past. His 9-6 record against the rest of the field this season is solid, but upon a closer look, it is even more impressive than it seems.

Those six defeats are all to wrestlers with top-10 seeds and are also the only blemishes on a 30-6 senior campaign.

Three of those losses came against Dean, the latter two of which were decided at the wire.

Two of the others were avenged last weekend when he took down returning finalist Nate Brown of Lehigh on his third try. His only other loss was against Navy’s Matt Miller, whom Thomas defeated in their other match this year.

That’s why Penn coach Alex Tirapelle thinks opponents should not be fooled by the veteran’s seed. “I think maybe they [Thomas and Brown] were a little underseeded and I’m sure the guys that are on the receiving end that are gonna be wrestling them are kinda like hey ‘what the hell.’�

At 174 pounds, Casey Kent is likely the Quakers’ next best chance to have a grappler on the podium. He finished the year ranked 13th in the coaches’ poll and has pulled off some very impressive wins. None however were bigger than his victory over two time All-American Brian Realbuto at the Southern Scuffle.

The Scuffle, one of the nation’s most prestigious tournaments, featured many of the wrestlers Kent will face off against in this weekend’s field. His third-place finish there in January and his 10-6 record against this year’s NCAA entrants point towards the possibility of a very deep run for the senior from Norristown, Pa. However, a disappointing showing at the EIWA Championships has led to some doubts.

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Championships from the stands has made him less nervous when competing in similar tournaments this season. “It feels like a bigger deal when you’re in it, but when you’re sitting there as a spectator, since you’re not as much a part of it, it makes it seem not like such a big deal,�

Kent said. “It allows you to sit back and put things into perspective, so I have that in my mind when I wrestle.�

This year won’t be Kent’s first trip to NCAAs, however. He qualified in 2014 as a sophomore in his former 165-pound weight class.

Kent faced a difficult first-round opponent, then-North Dakota State senior Steven Monk, who was ranked fourth going into the tournament and ended up placing third overall. Kent battled to a hard-fought 7-4 loss before losing 2-1 in the first consolation round.

Kent’s previous NCAAs experience will allow him to go into the tournament this year with a more level head should he qualify. “NCAAs don’t seem like as big of a deal, so if I get there, it won’t feel like as much pressure,� Kent said before the at-large selection last week. “It feels like a big deal when you go there the first time, but it won’t be my first time there.

I’ve watched it, I’ve participated in it, and I know I can compete there.�

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over time. But I certainly think his teams are well-coached, their players play their roles to perfection, and they’re clearly identified.

That’s one of the signs of having a well-coached team.�

With the game being played in Maryland, the Quakers might have one small edge: They have a two-hour bus trip, while the Huskies must fly across the nation to get to the game. The Red and Blue will have a less burdensome commute, and a larger fanbase at the game once they get there. “I think we’ll get a lot of support, which will mean a lot to us.

This whole season we’ve had so much support, and that was awesome,� sophomore guard Lauren

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For some, entering college represents the beginning of an entirely new chapter of life. But for two members of Penn men’s lacrosse, reminders of earlier days are impossible to avoid.

Junior defensemen Eric Persky and Kevin McDonough have recently assumed larger roles in the Quakers’ strategic system. After the departure of defensive cornerstone Matt McMahon, this year’s unit is expected to operate as a cohesive whole instead of relying on individual talent.

The team might already be ahead of the curve, however, as Persky and McDonough have

developed a connection that stretches far beyond the beginning of their careers as Quakers.

The two natives of New Canaan, Conn., were high school teammates and members of the Red Rams’ varsity lacrosse team.

A historically elite program, New Canaan has produced a wealth of highly talented Division I prospects, including three-time All-American and former Dartmouth head coach Andy Towers, two-time All-American Joe Siletto and former Duke standout and current Penn head coach Mike Murphy.

Under the mentorship of Chip Buzzeo, captain of Princeton’s 2001 national championship team, Persky and McDonough bloomed into versatile athletes and began racking up accolades. Persky, a year younger than McDonough, entered Penn after a career that saw him garner All-State and All-American honors as well as overtures from D-I powerhouses like Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame.

McDonough, a two-time AllState selection who had elected

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Products of the New Canaan lacrosse program, juniors Eric Persky and Kevin McDonough have continued their partnership with the Quakers.

to take a postgraduate year at a nearby prep school, committed to the Quakers not long after Persky’s pledge. A standout football player who had the chance to play collegiately, McDonough made lacrosse his athletic priority, entering Penn alongside Persky.

According to Murphy, these formative years played key roles in the pair’s athletic development.

“They’re from a strong program with good coaches,” he said. “We have an alum there named Will Koshansky, who does a really good job working with the defensemen.

There’s a lot of good lacrosse out [in Fairfield County].”

Both Persky and McDonough are highly appreciative of their time as teammates at New Canaan, and their dual commitment to Penn

ensured that they would not be alone in handling the transition to the collegiate game.

“Eric is a guy I trust so much on the field after seven years of playing together. Playing with him in high school was awesome,” McDonough said. “Coming here, a big thing is communication when you get to this level so having him there to talk through stuff and help me out when I didn’t know what to do was really big and really helpful.”

And, although the two have plenty of reverence for the past, Persky and McDonough hope to translate their established athletic bond into greater immediate success.

“It’s a big jump from high school to college, but we had built up that chemistry that’s still there on the field to this day,” Persky said. “And I think that with what Coach Stagnitta and Coach Murphy have been doing this year, we’ve built a lot of chemistry throughout the whole defensive unit. And that’s going to power us through the season.”

“I think in general, our defense is becoming a lot closer and we’re starting to get a lot on the same

page. We know each other’s tendencies and Eric and I definitely have that background knowledge,” McDonough said.

The two will hope that this developing cohesion is present come Saturday, when the Red and Blue open Ivy League play with a match against the Princeton Tigers. After a 12-6 loss to No. 11 Villanova in their last contest, which saw the Frocarro brothers run roughshod over the Quakers’ defense, Penn will once again encounter some brilliant offensive talent.

Senior attackman Ryan Ambler scored a career-high five goals in last year’s edition of the Ancient Eight rivalry, leading the Tigers to a 17-11 win. He will be joined by Zach Currier, an All-American midfielder who recently served a one-game suspension for throwing a ball at an official.

Penn freshman Reed Junkin will look to continue his stellar start to the season and, with reliable sophomore Tyler Blaisdell in the other net, the audience at Sherrerd Field should be in for a match that will exhibit explosive offense and hardnosed defense in equal quantities.

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It’s springtime in Philadelphia, and Penn track and field is gearing up for outdoor season.

Three weeks removed from Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships, this Saturday’s

Philadelphia College Classic will be the first official competition in a long time for many members of the team. Coach Steve Dolan said that while it will be the first outdoor competition for most Quakers, it is not as if the team will be unprepared.

“We’ve been off a couple weeks of competition since indoor season, so I don’t expect for us to be at our very best,” Dolan said. “But in the same way, the outdoor season goes quickly and we like to use indoor as a stepping stone to outdoors, so we’re going to give our best effort and I think we’ll have a lot of good performances.”

A relatively new meet, the

Philadelphia College Classic has been hosted by Penn all four years it has existed. Franklin Field will house athletes from schools around the Philadelphia metro area to inaugurate the spring track and field season.

“There had been a tradition of the Big 5 getting together, and we wanted to expand on it. Early in the season, teams don’t always compete with their full roster, so we thought why not invite all the schools in Philadelphia,” he added. “It’s a chance for all of us to come together and kick our seasons off, and it’s been fun and we’re honored to host.”

As senior Taylor Hennig, who won the 800-meter dash at last

year’s meet, points out, the first outdoor meet of the season will come in a low-pressure atmosphere. It allows some athletes to get comfortable competing or, in her case, monitor progress after an injury.

“I’m running the 800 again, but I’m not in the same place training as I was last year,” Hennig said. “I didn’t train for most of January because of an injury, so I’ve just been trying to train. I’m going to try the best I can and at least go through the first 600 really fast and then if I can hold on and run fast I will.”

Senior Sam Mattis was one of three members of the Red and Blue to travel down to Florida

for the USF Invitational last weekend, along with senior Kelsey Hay and junior Noah Kennedy-White. Mattis and Kennedy-White took first and fourth in the discus, respectively, while Hay claimed victory in the women’s javelin. Mattis, the 2015 NCAA champion, believes his recent performance was a good starting point but not necessarily where he’d like to be.

“Honestly, I think everybody was looking for a little bit more,” the East Brunswick, N.J., native said. “I certainly was, but it was a decent opener, all things considered.”

While Thursday’s forecast calls for a high of 66, the high

temperature for Saturday’s meet is only 46 degrees, although with sunny conditions. However, according to Mattis, that is still an improvement over other weather he has seen in past Philadelphia College Classics.

“The weather is always bad.

Last year, we were throwing when there was snow on the field. The year before, I think it was raining. The year before that, it was 45 degrees. It was supposed to be 65 this Saturday, but they just changed the forecast,” he said.

“I think it makes the team tougher so that when we get to the warm part of the season we’re ready to perform.”

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COACH MIKE McLAUGHLIN Ivy League Coach of the Year after leading the team to a program-record 24 wins

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The Quakers fought tooth and nail to emerge victorious from a historically competitive Ivy League. Now they need to get through the rest — and the best — of the nation.

Penn women’s basketball (24-4, 13-1 Ivy) will head to College Park, Md., on Saturday to face Washington (22-10, 11-7 Pac-12) in the first round of the NCAA

Tournament.

The Red and Blue will be making their fourth tournament appearance and are hoping to land their first-ever win. Penn’s last appearance came in 2014, when the team got off to a fast start against Texas but faltered as the game wore on. Penn’s spot as a 10-seed is its highest ranking ever.

The seventh-seeded Huskies are making their 18th appearance and their second in a row. Washington is 15-17 all-time at the Dance and made the Elite Eight in 1990 and 2001. The Huskies are led by junior guard Kelsey Plum, who ranks third in the nation in

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Saturday, 4 p.m. College Park, Md.

scoring with 26.2 points per game.

From here on out, it’s do-or-die for every team in the field. But the Quakers aren’t letting the win-orgo-home format throw them off their game.

“I talked about this all year with the team. If you [always] value everything that’s in front of you, and the game in front of you as the most important game, you won’t have to retrain your body, change things for this game,” Penn coach Mike McLaughlin said.

“Obviously, we understand, if you win you go, if not you don’t.

But I think consistency with

this team, the way we do things, they’ve really adapted to it, they really like it. I don’t think we’re gonna add anything different. We might add plays differently, but we’re not gonna have the way we do things any different, regardless of what is at stake.”

While the Quakers seem to be handling the pressure well, something else will take a big jump on Saturday: The quality of Penn’s opponent. Washington is a top team in a power conference and is certainly an imposing foe for the Red and Blue. But the Ivy League champs aren’t easily intimidated.

“We’re a very good team,”

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No. 7 Washington (22-10, 11-7 Pac-12)

sophomore forward Michelle Nwokedi said. “Playing against Duke that first weekend, and playing Colorado State, who only lost once all season — and to us — showed that we can play with anyone. We’re going in [to this] as if it’s any regular game.”

“We’re focused on us and what we have to do well. We’re focused on our offense and our defense,” junior guard Kasey Chambers said.

Washington, in turn, isn’t taking the Quakers lightly.

“It was really easy not to underestimate Penn, we just [watched] a little bit of film and they got our

respect really quick,” Washington coach Mike Neighbors said.

“The only place we’re going to be favored is on the seed line in my opinion. You’re talking about a team that won the conference championship in a year when their league was as good as its ever been, as evidenced by [the Ivy League] getting that at-large bid for the first time in history.”

Neighbors is also wary of his counterpart.

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