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SPEC shakes up Fling ticketing Only Penn students will be able to purchase floor passes ELLIE SCHROEDER Staff Reporter

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approximately 900 coveted floor passes for this year’s Spring Fling concert. Students will have the chance to reserve floor passes beginning on Monday, March 23 until Sunday, March 29. Each day of that week, a Google form will be posted on the SPEC social media pages or website at a random time throughout

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the day. The time of the posting will be different each day in order to give students various opportunities to reserve a spot. The first 50 people to fill out the Google form each day will receive a confirmation email allowing them to purchase two floor passes each. The email will contain information on exactly when and where

to purchase the tickets. Last year, floor tickets were sold through a lottery system where all students who entered their names on a Google form had an equal chance of getting a floor ticket. However, this year, SPEC has decided to make the system SEE FLING PAGE 11

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The faces of the Russian counterculture took the floor last night. The Slavic Languages Department and Perry World House brought Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two of the founders of the Russian band Pussy Riot, to Penn for a question and answer session on Tuesday. Pussy Riot is an all-female, feminist, anti-Putin punk band that advocates for oppressed groups through their provocative performances and lyrics. Pussy Riot seeks to use art as a vehicle through which they can enact change and impact the way people think about culture, politics and social issues in Russia and around the world. “It’s strange to separate performance and activism ... In terms of how human beings perceive issues, it is odd to separate two forms of thoughts,” Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said. The group made an appearance in the third season of House of Cards, which premiered on Netflix in February. Pussy Riot also released their first English song last month. To begin the session, William Burke-White, the director of the future Perry World House at

Former Cornell coach Steve Donahue introduced as 20th coach in Penn basketball history RILEY STEELE & STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor & Senior Sports Reporter

There’s nothing better than coming home. Fifteen years after leaving the Red and Blue to take over the head coaching position at Cornell, former Penn basketball assistant Steve Donahue was formally introduced as the Quakers’ next coach at a press conference at the Palestra on Tuesday. Standing next to Athletic Director Grace Calhoun, Donahue described his return to the Red and Blue as an opportunity that was too good for the 52-year-old to let get away. “This was flat out the best spot to win,” Donahue said. “I have the chance to win with the right type of kids, the right way. This place is one that has everything I ever wanted in an institution, because [it has] the people and the ability for me to really win championships. “I am a Big 5 coach. There are only five of us. To imagine that I am one of them, at this institution, is just incredible.” The 20th coach in program history, Donahue arrives at Penn after a season away from the sidelines, a period in which he did television

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work for ESPN. An assistant to legendary Red and Blue coach Fran Dunphy from 1990 through 2000, Donahue received his first head coaching opportunity with perennial Ivy bottom-feeder Cornell, spending a decade in Ithaca. However, in ten seasons with the Big Red, he transformed one of the Ivy League’s worst programs into a powerhouse. In his final three years at Cornell, Donahue won three consecutive Ancient Eight titles, becoming the first team outside of Penn and Princeton to ever do so. Following a Sweet 16 appearance in 2010, Donahue was hired at Boston College. Although they finished 21-13 in his first season at the helm, the Eagles won only 33 games in Donahue’s final three years in Chestnut Hill, Mass., claiming less than 10 victories in two of those seasons. Despite Donahue’s struggles in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Calhoun views the hiring as a nobrainer. “I was taken aback by his humility in describing his failures when he could have instead described [them] as circumstances beyond his control,” Calhoun said. “After all, we are ultimately defined by our responses to adversity. SEE DONAHUE PAGE 15

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Local business hosts fundraiser after fire at Cafe Renata The situation in Ferguson was … the government was acting directly against the majority’s interests.” - Alec Ward PAGE 6

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The eatery near 43rd Street caught fire last Thursday PATRICK ZANCOLLI Staff Reporter

When a local business struggles, the West Philadelphia community backs it up. Cafe Renata, an eatery located at 4305 Locust St., caught fire last Thursday. The fire started at 1 a.m. when kitchen towels left out after being removed from the dryer allegedly ignited when heat left in them combined with static electricity, general manager Kate Speenstra said. “The cafe was popular among the neighborhood and among students,” she said of the restaurant, known for its Mediterranean and American brunches. A resident living above the cafe was hospitalized, according to the Facebook event “Cafe Renata Tap Takeover Fundraiser.” The event was created by other local businesses to fundraise for Cafe Renata’s renovations. Local business owners, such as Ross Scofield, were upset by the news of the fire and wanted to do something about it. Scofield owns two restaurants near Cafe Renata, SEE CAFE RENATA PAGE 11

Cafe Renata’s windows were boarded up after the cafe caught fire last Thursday.

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TALKING BACKWARD | The Justice Department report on Ferguson shows why democratic participation is vital

s a sometime student of American politics, I experienced a certain bewilderment when I read the Justice Department’s report on the Ferguson Police Department. The report read like a laundry list of municipal malfeasance, but that in itself wasn’t surprising. What caught my attention most was the systematic nature of Fergusonian exploitation; it was precisely the minoritarian tyranny which, theoretically, should be impossible in a democratic system. Democracy, particularly American democracy, is specifically tailored to make it difficult for governments to exploit or oppress constituent majorities. The dependence of officials upon voters should mean that governments generally represent and advance the will of their constituent majorities. The more local a government, the more responsive it should be to majority will. Put simply, this is the basic theory of democracy. The situation in Ferguson was precisely the opposite: the minority-dominant scenario

which democracy theoretically prevents. The report makes clear that the mostly white city government systematically and intentionally used the police and courts to extract money from the mostly black population. It was not simply that the

6 percent of Ferguson’s black population voted, while 17 percent of its white population did. So although blacks are 67 percent of the population, they were only 47 percent of voters. Whites, although only 29 percent of the population, were 52

from indicating that odd-year elections reduce turnout, these numbers show that Ferguson’s blacks are able to vote in large numbers. That is, there doesn’t seem to be any wide-scale voter suppression or other impediment to registration, turnout has

All politicians … have a moral obligation to govern with integrity and compassion, and Ferguson’s elected leaders grossly neglected that obligation.” government’s composition did not reflect that of the electorate — the government was acting directly against the majority’s interests. The Ferguson situation represents a striking failure of a democratic system to behave the way it should, and I was curious. With a bit of research, an answer turned up pretty quickly. Voter turnout in Ferguson municipal elections is both low and disproportionate. Predictive data indicates that in Ferguson’s 2013 municipal election, only

percent of voters. The best explanation I could find as to why this might be is that, like most American municipalities, Ferguson holds its local elections in odd years so as to prevent local campaigns from being overshadowed by national ones. However, this appears to end up reducing turnout. In 2012, turnout was 76 percent overall, with 54 percent of blacks and 55 percent of whites voting, and in 2014 it was 42 percent overall, racial breakdown unknown. Aside

simply been low in municipal elections, as it is nationwide. I don’t mean to suggest that Ferguson’s black community is politically negligent or is to blame for the mistreatment individuals have suffered at the hands of the local government. All politicians, constituency regardless, have a moral obligation to govern with integrity and compassion, and Ferguson’s elected leaders grossly neglected that obligation. For a democratic system to function as intended, however, citizens

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ALEC WARD is a College sophomore from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@ sas.upenn.edu. “Talking Backward” appears every Wednesday.

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hen I introduce myself to other students, the one thing I try to avoid saying the most is that I am a transfer student. I can usually get away with not saying it the first time meeting someone because it doesn’t come up in early conversation. However, as they get to know me, it comes up. Anytime someone asks a question about “last year,” I inevitably have to reveal that I, in fact, didn’t go to Penn last year. After I say, “I transferred,” the response is usually “Oh, okay” or “Oh, cool, from where?” And when I tell them the name of the school, the response varies — those who recognize it say “Oh, nice” a little more emphatically than those who don’t. I have mostly gotten over what I had perceived to be a stigma against transfer students. Coming to Penn made me incredibly worried

TALL, SKINNY, MOCHA | A community facing its own challenges — not because of the heavily discussed and debated “Penn culture,” but simply because I am a transfer and I didn’t want it to affect how other people saw me. People transfer for a variety of rea-

self-serving, having come to satisfy some need that our previous institution couldn’t fulfill? I’d like to think it is both, but I think it’s more the latter. Going to a different school for one year hasn’t

apartments or off-campus, where it is relatively more difficult to meet new people. Most importantly, they’re not exactly looking for new friends. So when transfers come in, they are left mostly

Every transfer has a unique experience, but one characteristic they all share is having to work hard to meet other people.“ sons, but I was worried that I would be perceived as not as intelligent, not as capable or just plain weird. (Although I don’t need to tell people I transferred for them to think I’m weird.) Instead, I have begun to assess for myself the value that transfer students add to the Penn community, given that Penn sets aside a limited number of spaces for us. Do we enrich discussions, both inside and outside the classroom, with our diverse experiences, or are we entirely

made me more mature or more experienced than my peers who spent their first year at Penn. From what I have experienced, colleges are more similar than they are different. But I’d like to tackle the lingering issue of the stigma. Two semesters in, I don’t actually believe it exists anymore, but that doesn’t mean being a transfer is easy. By sophomore year, most students already have established their groups of friends and are living in high rise

to fend for themselves. Every transfer has a unique experience, but one characteristic they all share is having to work hard to meet other people. Penn is big enough so that I can pretend to be just another sophomore you haven’t met yet, but as a sophomore I’m expected to already have a group of friends. Though there are more than a hundred transfers, we’re quite spread out over campus, and it is more difficult to interact with each other than I’d like. Also,

though I enjoy the benefits of this relatively small community, I would definitely want to be more integrated than I am now. Also, sophomores are expected to have established myriad extracurricular involvements, but transfers aren’t on the same footing. A lot of my initial feelings of inadequacy came from the scores of rejections I received from the various clubs I’d applied to. The recently created Transfer Student Organization has done an incredible job of handling the social and academic concerns and issues transfers have before and when they get here. While it is encouraging to know that there is a niche community alive and ready to welcome transfers, it would be helpful if the whole student body displayed a similar commitment to welcoming its transfers as it does to its freshmen. When I reflect on why I actually transferred and

RAVI JAIN what I told Admissions, there’s a huge difference. I rambled on and on in my essay about the various majors that I wanted to explore that my old school didn’t have and why I was interested in those fields. But from the beginning, it was very simple: Penn is just better.

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Yoga workshop focuses on spirituality and meditation Penn Yoga and Meditation hosted the free course BLAKE PITTELL Contributing Reporter

Instead of another club with an application, interview and heated GBM, a new offering features a focus on relaxation. On Tuesday, Penn Yoga and Meditation hosted a free workshop on relaxation and mediation, flying in instructor Mangal Aarti from Toronto to help the audience achieve transcendence. Instead of a typical stretch form yoga class, the workshop emphasized spirituality and meditation through call and response chants of Hare Krishna tunes. Aside from focusing on relieving stress, the Maki Yoga highlights consciousness and a state of being.

Aarti has been a manager in the finance world for 15 years and has been practicing yoga and helping others find their path for 12. Before leading the group in meditation, she discussed the concept of the human search. “We are all looking for something — searching for happiness, searching for love, searching for career,” she said, adding that she attributes this constant search to daily stress. The meeting also included mantra meditation where the group chanted while people played instruments including a mini piano and drums. The workshop had a call and response segment with the audience repeating Aarti’s chants. “While listening to the chants, I was able to picture myself in a place that is far more spiritual and far more peaceful,” graduate

student Prithvi Karapa said. The founder of the club, graduate student Swapnil Nankar, started the club in response to the significant amount of stress he witnesses on the Penn campus. “If someone is peaceful inside and has unshakable consciousness from within, then negativity cannot affect them,” Nankar said. The club is open to not just undergraduate students, but also to graduate students and staff members, “as this knowledge is universal,” he said. This club fits into this year’s theme, the year of health. Aarti said it is critical for people to remember not only to just be physically healthy but also mentally well. To continue their focus on mental health, the club will host a monk in Houston Hall on April 21.

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Muslim chaplain defies gender norms Rashad acts as mentor, friend to Muslim students ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

Penn’s Muslim Chaplain Kameelah Rashad balances her religious work along along with her community activism, doctoral studies and life as a mother. In the Muslim community, it is very rare to come across as an influential female leader. In Islam, women cannot be ordained as imams, the equivalent of priests in Christianity. Rashad has gone against the odds, exemplifying leadership within her religion and community, University Chaplain Rev. Charles Howard said. Rashad’s primary role at Penn is to offer support and guidance for the Islamic students. Living in a society that is insensitive to Muslims can be straining on a student who also has to focus on school work and extracurriculars, Rashad said. Rashad has received recognition for her work in the community and was even invited to the White House for her input on issues pertinent to the Muslim community. In her meeting with President Obama and other Islamic leaders from various sects of Islam and regions of the country, she was able to share her concern about the fear that Americans have of Muslims. Rashad cannot reveal much about the meeting, but she affirmed that Obama was receptive to her ideas and wasn’t just pushing an agenda. After the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, N.C., in early February, many Muslim students feared for their safety, having seen their peers fall victim to a hate crime. This is not the only current event demonstrating prejudice against Muslims. In 2012, the New York Police Department was caught closely watching Muslim communities — including the one at Penn — without a warrant. After incidents of violence by Muslim extremists, some have

made generalizations about the entire religion and have begun to blame individual Muslims for global problems. Rashad explained that the interpretation of Islam practiced by extremists is very different from that practiced by most Muslims. “What I have been focused on is for people to understand the human element of living in a climate that is hostile towards Muslims,” Rashad said. “We’ve seen an increase in bigotry towards Muslims.” And the bigotry has increased the level of stress and anxiety in the community, she said. “I attribute it to a feeling of being marginalized, and raised the question, ‘How do we as students get the protection that other students on campus might get?’” Rashad said. “A student once came to me and said that she had heard a classmate say, ‘We should just kill all Mus-

problems.’’’ Rashad said that an instance like this one — along with other micro-aggressive behaviors — can take a toll on a student’s mental health. “The impact is not just the legal and political ramifications, but also the emotional impact on the community,” Rashad said in regards to the 2012 NYPD investigation. Rashad is a current doctorate student studying clinical psychology. Her colleagues say that this makes her perfect for the position of chaplain. Rashad graduated from the College in 2000 and has a clear understanding of how rigorous and demanding the coursework can be. “It is really helpful to have someone who understands spiritual work and is trained in mental health,” Associate Chaplain Steve Kocher said. During her time at Penn so far, Rashad has been instrumen-

Students Association . She has worked diligently to keep alumni involved and helped fund the club. She also helps student leaders make club decisions and organize events. Rashad has not limited herself to focusing only on Muslim-related issues. She has also played a role in supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement by organizing events and showing her support at die-ins. She feels that many people fail to recognize black Muslims as legitimate. “People think that we are some milder form of Islam and that is not true," Rashad said. She pointed out the large black Muslim community outside of Philadelphia. “She has pushed her colleagues to care a little more about issues that may not be directly involved in,” Howard said.

COURTESY OF KAMEELAH RASHAD

Penn’s Muslim Chaplain Kameelah Rashad focuses her work on Muslim and non-Muslim issues.

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New MBA admissions director announced BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

Last month, the Wharton School’s MBA Admissions announced the hire of Frank DeVecchis as the new Director of Admissions after a 16-month vacancy following the resignation of former Director Ankur Kumar. DeVecchis has a lot of experience dealing with students as he was an academic advisor for around 200 Wharton MBA students prior to taking on this new role. DeVecchis said that his experiences as an advisor in particular will help him in his new role as Director of Admissions. “[The MBA] is a really challenging program. There are certain students that struggle and certain students that do very well.

I hope to better identify the individuals that might do very well.” DeVecchis first came to Wharton in 2009 as the Associate Director of the Wharton Fund. In 2011, he became the director of the Global Immersions Program and in 2013 was briefly the interim director of MBA Program Academic Affairs. Most recently, he was the Director of MBA Academic Operations, a position he held since July 2013. DeVecchis said that his past work with the MBA curriculum, departmental administrators and departmental chairs will also be beneficial for his new role as he works to promote the MBA program to prospective students. “I have a unique view of what our academic experience has to offer so I can talk to applicants about that, and do a better job at articulating it,” he said. When asked about what he would change about the MBA

admissions process, DeVecchis applicants either on campus or in said it will be something he plans certain hub cities. to figure out in the next few years. The prospective students are His first official day on the job given a prompt about a real-world was just two weeks ago and he is business problem and must anastill settling into the role. lyze it together. Applicants are “Every director has a different evaluated on how they interact view of their role in the process,” with each other to see what they he said. “Some review every ap- would “add to the discussion” at plication and others are more Wharton, DeVecchis said. team-based to come up with a DeVecchis said that in MBA more holistic decision.” candidates, he is looking for a DeVecchis added that the most “built-in sense of curiosity” as immediate changes coming to the well as “those who are really MBA Admissions Office will be looking to learn and grow here, the two new hires: a data analyst not just someone looking to check and a Senior Associate Director, a box.” who will be specifically focusing In terms of advice for prospecon the “diversity of the applicant tive students, DeVecchis said to pool,” he said. “be yourself” and to not “model In his first two weeks, DeVec- behavior that you think a school chis has already been traveling wants to see.” to participate in the evaluation of “Make sure you are the right MBA applicants in “team-based fit for the school as much as the 3434 discussions.” Invited applicants 34school is the right fit for you. ST STST have the option to attend a team- Truly be yourself and put your based discussion with five other best foot forward,” he said.

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Penn, showed two of the band’s most famous videos: “Punk Prayer” and “I Can’t Breathe.” In the Punk Prayer video, the band members dance in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior to protest the Church’s support of Putin in the last election. During that performance, the members were arrested by the Moscow Police. As a result, both Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years in prison in 2012. Since then, “Punk Prayer,” which addresses both universal concerns and events in Russia, has been dubbed one of the most successful pieces of art activism. The second video shown, “I Can’t Breathe,” depicted Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova being buried alive. “[The video] speaks to our emotions ... the feeling of wanting to talk and scream and change something but you do not know what to do, as if you do not have enough air,” Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said. Through the scene, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova also pay tribute to Eric Garner, a man who died while being arrested by New York City police. “I can’t breathe” were reportedly the last words said by Garner. “We are not focused on

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more involved to ensure that the students who most want floor passes can get them. “We want the people who really want floor tickets to get them in a fair way,” Engineering sophomore and SPEC Concerts Director Kelsey Simet said. “This year, if you are putting in a lot of effort, your chances will be much better.” Additionally, this year only Penn students will be allowed in the floor section of the concert, although general admission tickets will be available for purchase by the public. The theme and artists have not yet been announced for this year’s concert. “This year we are adamant that everyone on the floor is from Penn because so much of the money that goes to Fling comes from Penn subsidies, so we want to make sure that Penn

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Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova (left) and Masha Alyokhina (right) spoke at Penn Museum on Tuesday.

something specific ... In December, we came to New York to film a video against the war in Ukraine but found ourselves among protestors of the Eric Garner case,” they said. “The fact that we decided to include an issue that does not relate to our country comes from people we met in our travels.” Becoming familiar with the Eric Garner case compelled Pussy Riot to speak out against police brutality in the United States. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said that in the U.S., politicians feel that their actions are “watched” or monitored by the media whereas policemen are not. “Law enforcement believes that they are in a blank space and

students get the most enjoyment out of this concert,” Simet said. In addition to the f loor passes, there are approximately 7,500 general admissions tickets available. Tickets will be sold on Locust Walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting March 30, and online ticket sales will begin at the same time. The sale will go on until April 15 or until tickets sell out. Members of the public who are 18 years of age or older can purchase general admissions tickets at a higher price and will be let into the concert with valid ID. Unlike the past two years which featured three performers — two opening acts and one headliner — this year there will be only two Fling artists, both of whom will be announced on Sunday night. “We decided to spend our money on two high quality performers that all Penn students

cannot be touched ... They should be touched ... All bodies need to feel watched,” they said. In addition to protesting human rights abuses and expressing discontent for certain sociopolitical structures in both the states and Russia, Pussy Riot intends to restore meaning to music. Both Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova contend that music should be reflective of and make profound insights into the sociopolitical situation of the given time period. “We started Pussy Riot to inspire musicians to do political things ... because we feel that music has lost its value,” Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova acknowledge that the messages of

their videos are often subjective and can be viewed in a variety of ways. Such an effect is inevitable, however, when their work relates to various parts of the population. “We are very against a single meaning ... We like when people take issues and give them their own meaning,” they said. Despite the repercussions of their often controversial actions, Pussy Riot chooses to never censor themselves. “If we personally feel there is an issue we can’t be silent about, we have to act no matter the consequences ... only thing you can do is speak out loud, as loud as you can about the things that should be changed,” Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said.

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Penn women’s lacrosse has certainly picked up where it left off last year, and senior attack Tory Bensen is right at the heart of the team’s success. The No. 14 Quakers are undefeated through their first six games, and after two dominant wins over Saint Joseph’s and Georgetown, Bensen has been named Ivy Co-Offensive Player of the Week, her second Ivy award in as many weeks. Bensen notched a combined eight goals in the two games, most notably scoring five in a 15-8 win over the Hoyas. The honor is the third of Bensen’s career, one that has seen her emerge as one of the Red and Blue’s most productive and important players.

The senior leads the Ivy League with 24 goals on the season and is tied for third in the nation in goals per game at 4.0. Bensen paced the Quakers last season with 43 goals and she is well on her way to approaching and even possibly eclipsing that mark with 24 in the young season. She has not been held scoreless in any of the Quakers six games thus far. Throughout their near-decade run of dominance in the Ancient Eight, the Red and Blue have been especially known for their defensive prowess. But Bensen is looking to change that perception by turning the Quakers into an offensive powerhouse as well. It is the third straight week Penn has taken home the offensive honor, an indication of how dominant the squad has been on the attack this year. Not to be outdone, senior defense Meg Markham — a preseason All-American — had strong defensive performances

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Sophomore guard Matt Howard and teammates persevered after news broke about coach Allen leaving, playing two more games, winning one.

with the squad right away. Just like his new team, Donahue has a strong relationship with Allen, coaching him during his tenure as an assistant coach with the Quakers in the 1990s. “I’d be remiss to say it’s not bittersweet to replace someone like Jerome Allen,” Donahue said at the press conference. “He had a lot to do with this program and with my development as a coach.

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process. Just got to keep moving forward.” Even now, the situation hasn’t quite settled for the athletes. “It was definitely an emotional time – still is an emotional time – because of how close we are with coach Allen and how much he means to all of us,” senior captain Cam Crocker said. “We understand the situation and he’s going to be fine, so that helps with our situation a lot more. For the younger guys, [we’re] just trying to have a positive perspective on this and trying to keep them together at a time like this to go forward.” Even with emotions still raw, Crocker said that the team understands the decision is part of the business, adding that the team must grow from it. Donahue met with the team on Monday night shortly after reports came out about the imminent hiring. While in the midst of the healing process, Howard was still excited when he heard about his new coach, who connected

“He taught me a great deal about basketball. Unselfishness. Unity. All of my core values that I … talk about, Jerome Allen instilled them in his teammates and me as a young coach.” Donahue said that he has reached out to Allen, who remains positive after leaving the team, even ending a text message to Donahue with “Go Quakers.” While those two men share a

balls, six draw controls and eight caused turnovers during the week to earn Co-Defensive Player of the Week and secure a

Penn sweep of the individual Ivy awards, the first time the team has done so in almost two years. The Red and Blue will look

to maintain perfection as they take on No. 1 Maryland today in College Park in their toughest matchup of the year.

25-year relationship, Donahue is only beginning to build one with a new group of players. According to those at his meeting with his new squad, Donahue was well received by the Red and Blue. “From what he had to say, he said all the right things,” Crocker said. “He took control of the situation, expressed his sentiments with us as a team first and foremost and actually connected with so it was a good first impression with the team.” Donahue takes over a young squad with which there will still be a veteran presence in the locker room despite the impending graduation of Crocker, Patrick Lucas-Perry and Greg Louis. “You’ve still got a lot of leadership there even though the freshman are young,” said 2014 College grad and former guard M iles Jackson- Ca r twr ight. “You’ll have Antonio [Woods], Mike [Auger] and Darnell [Foreman]. Those guys will be ready to step into a leadership role in their sophomore year. Matt Howard as well. You’ve also got Tony [Hicks] and Darien [NelsonHenry].

“You’ve got a lot of leadership and a lot of guys who want to prove a lot of people wrong.” With those players stepping up, the Quakers have strong prospects to improve on their 9-19 finish from this season, especially if the team can gel under a new man in charge. For seniors like Crocker though, last week’s matchup with Princeton was the final game at

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Battle of the sexes: Stacking up the seasons for Penn basketball TOM NOWLAN, TOMMY ROTHMAN & THOMAS MUNSON From The Daily Pennsylvanianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports blog, THE BUZZ Even though their regular seasons have wound down, both Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball have been in the news of late. As Steve Donahue prepares to take over the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team while Mike McLaughlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unit enters postseason play once again, our 3-on-3 writers compare the two squads. Who was better in 2014-15: Antonio Woods for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team or Michelle Nwokedi for the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side? Associate Sports Editor Tom Nowlan: Nwokedi. Yes, Woods was certainly a bright spot for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad, but what Nwokedi was able to do this season was simply stunning. Despite playing relatively few minutes early in the year, the Texas native got better as the season progressed, winning six Ivy League Rookie of the Week nods and establishing herself as a starter. Despite averaging only 18.2 minutes per contest, Nwokedi was able to finish second on the team with 7.1 rebounds per game and scored the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; third-most points per game with 8.9. Associate Sports Editor Tommy Rothman: Nwokedi, easily. She averaged nine points per game (slightly more than Woods) in 19 minutes per game (far fewer than Woods). Nwokedi was also a force on the boards, notching seven rebounds per game and also finishing second in the league with 2.3 blocks per contest. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to compare a guard to a forward, but

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Despite his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappointing record, freshman guard Antonio Woods has emerged as a breakout talent for Penn basketball this season and figures to be a key part of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans for years to come.

Woods didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do enough â&#x20AC;&#x153;guard stuffâ&#x20AC;? (passing, steals, hitting threes) to beat out Nwokedi. Penn does not award a Rookie of the Year award, so Nwokedi will have to be content with her Ivy League Rookie of the Year nod. Associate Sports Editor Thomas Munson: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m leaning towards Nwokedi on this one. We were spoiled by sophomore center Sydney Stipanovich double-doubles

late last season, but Nwokedi was Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading rebounder over the final four games. Her 6-foot-3 frame made her nearly unstoppable in a relatively vertically challenged Ivy League; yet she can make plays with the ball in space and drain shots like a guard. Woods impressed, but Nwokedi was a driving force behind a winning team and was often a difference maker. Which teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backcourt is in

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Fran Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon has been the head coach of Lafayette menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball since 1995. Before beginning his 20-year stint with the Leopards, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon was an assistant at Penn from 1989 through 1995 along with recently hired head coach Steve Donahue. On the eve of coaching Lafayette in the NCAA Tournament against No.1-seed Villanova, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon spoke to The Daily Pennsylvanian about Donahueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hiring. Daily Pennsylvanian: What is your reaction to the news that your former fellow assistant at Penn, Steve Donahue, was hired to take over the program? Fran Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hanlon: Well, I have two reactions. Coach Jerome Allen is one of my favorite people of all-time, I coached him and I love him dearly. I understand this is the business weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all chosen, but [Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dismissal] was not easy for me. That being said, Steve Donahue was my assistant basketball coach in high school and my longtime friend, and there is no better basketball person than he is. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as good as anybody and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

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Woods and Mike Auger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; along with returning veterans Hicks and junior Darien Nelson-Henry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will bring plenty of talent to the table, but a worst-to-first jump, especially with a new head coach factored in, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that easy. Rothman: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say 35 percent. The Red and Blue had their moments this past season, especially down the stretch. Donahue is an impressive new hire, the recruiting class is solid, and Penn isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t losing all that much to graduation. But overall, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team was very bad this year, so even if they improve, they could still be pretty bad. They wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be playing in the NCAA tournament and the NIT is almost certainly out of the question as well. Could they finish a hair over .500 and get into one of the lesser tournaments? Maybe. Munson: I might sound crazy, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna say 75 percent. The women may be losing a few key seniors but that shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop them winning their share of league games. For the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m cautiously optimistic about the future. They have an excellent young core and an incoming recruiting class that looks strong (assuming it stays intact). Wesley Saunders is graduating from Harvard and there are some depth concerns for Tommy Amakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quad. The biggest question mark for Penn is whether any big men not named Auger can play consistent basketball. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach height but you also canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just be tall if you want to win games. Without senior Greg Louis, the Quakers might get challenged a little more on the defensive end, but I have full faith in the Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to finish in the top three of the Ancient Eight.

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better shape moving forward? Nowlan: The men. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all because of one guy: Woods. Sure, freshman Anna Ross was a valuable cog in the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense this season, but no guard on the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad has the sheer transcendent talent of Woods. He can score in bunches while still effectively operating the point, something that will be really fun to watch for the next three years. Things will get even

better for Woods when junior Tony Hicks graduates and his touches increase even more. Rothman: The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team. Ross had a strong season and freshman Beth Brzozowski had some good games, but with seniors Kathleen Roche and Renee Busch both graduating, I have to give the men their tenth win of the season here. Woods and Hicks form a dynamic duo in the backcourt, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined by incoming freshmen Jake Silpe and Jackson Donahue (no relation to Steve). Munson: While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to choose a backcourt led by the dynamic Ross, I definitely have to take the men on this one. Woods and Howard both have superstar potential for the Red and Blue. What stood out to me most about this season as a whole was Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; progression. By the final game against Princeton the offense ran through him and he looked more than comfortable taking the reins and running the point. Sure, Hicks will be back next season but I think the last few games proved that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a changing of the guard as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core gets younger and deeper. Finding minutes for Hicks, Howard, Woods and freshman Darnell Foreman will be a tough task for Donahue next year. Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball will play in its third consecutive postseason beginning on Thursday. What are the chances that both basketball squads receive postseason bids in 2015-16? Nowlan: 15 percent. Yes, the women are a lock to finish in one of the Ivy Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top two spots next year and earn a postseason berth, but the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team has a long way to go to get back to the top of the Ancient Eight. Sure, sophomores-to-be

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tremendous hire for Penn. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy for my friend and for Penn because they have somebody who is familiar with the Ivy League. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s familiar with Penn, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done an awesome job as a coach and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrific. DP: Had you spoken to Donahue at all about his interest in taking the job? FO: I talk to him a lot, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about Penn basketball for various reasons. He knows what I feel about coach Allen, so we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have those conversations. We talked about everything other than that. 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. I left him a message, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get back to me but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m guessing heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being inundated with calls. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like family, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all family. Jerome, coach Donahue, me, [former Penn coach Fran] Dunphy. One of our family members happened to lose that job and someone else in our family got that job. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the business weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve chosen. DP: What do you think coach Donahue brings to the job that will make him successful? FO: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got tremendous energy, tremendous people skills, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a basketball lifer and he has a great rapport with everyone around him. He forges great relationships with his players, has a great plan in place and gets his kids to play the way he wants him to play. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole package because he can recruit, he can coach and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outstanding individual. DP: Given all those skills, do you think coach Donahue was a nobrainer for the position? FO: Being in the Ivy League and after his success at a place that traditionally was pretty bad and hard to win at, I thought it was a tremendous

hire. Would Penn consider people like Andy Toole and Matt Langel, other guys who were in the family? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the extent of their interest in the job. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just thinking that the next person better be someone who is in the Philadelphia family and connected to Penn, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what Steve is. DP: How important was it that Penn hired someone who understood not only Penn basketball, but Philadelphia basketball as well? FO: I think it was paramount that that was the direction they take. To Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit, they did take that direction and did not fool around with it too much. They probably thought they would like to have someone with head coaching experience, so they got the whole thing. To have someone who has won in the Ivy League like Stevie has done, first as an assistant at Penn and then at Cornell, there are so many boxes you can check off with having him on board. DP: Was there ever any interest on your part in the position? FO: They never contacted me. There was no interest on their part. I think they knew who they wanted, they went after him and they got him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great choice. DP: It hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even been a full week since Penn finished its season. What do you make of the speed with which coach Donahue was hired. FO: Once again, it goes back to what you just said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a no-brainer. If you target someone from the outside, that would be my first call. 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 theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d come up with. And Andy Toole, Leshawn Trice, Andy Toole and maybe Matt Langel would be right up there.

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After winning its first six games of the season in impressive fashion, what is left for Penn’s women’s lacrosse to prove? Well, taking down the top-ranked team in the nation would be a nice start. The No. 14 Quakers (6-0) look to make this a reality Wednesday afternoon when they travel to take on No. 1 Maryland. For the Quakers, this 6-0 start has been their best since 2011. The team currently sits atop the Ivy League standings with Princeton and boasts a high-octane offense led by junior midfield Nina Corcoran and senior attack Tory Bensen. The defense has also been stout, headlined by senior defense Meg Markham, who was recently named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. Similarly, the Terps (7-0) have been sizzling since opening day. They have defeated three of the nation’s top six teams and — in just seven games — have outscored opponents, 99-44. Surely, Wednesday’s tilt against Maryland will be a tall challenge

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“I was again taken aback as he described his professional and personal challenges over the past three decades, and I heard perspective, perseverance, wit and wisdom that can only come from life experience.” Now tasked with improving the fortunes of a team in the midst of its longest Ivy title drought — eight seasons — since the 1960s, Donahue is excited about the opportunity to develop a talented group of players heading into next season. After freshmen Antonio Woods, Sam Jones, Darnell Foreman and Mike Auger played significant minutes in 2014-15, a talented incoming recruiting class and various veteran players will allow Donahue to implement an exciting style of play. “We’re going to recruit highcharacter kids that play an extremely fast, skilled, gritty and smart style of basketball,” Donahue said. “We’re going to get up and down the floor, and we’re going to do it in a manner that is really focused on execution on both sides of the ball. “I hope that you can look out and, even if we didn’t have uniforms on, you would know that it is a Penn basketball team.” Donahue’s vision for Penn basketball fit in with what Calhoun was looking for in the program’s next head coach. Calhoun hired the firm of long-time Division I basketball coach Eddie Fogler as a consultant after first developing the characteristics needed in the next coach. “I’ll start by acknowledging that with a year to really study this, I felt that – as of [former head coach Jerome Allen’s] resignation – I had a really strong sense of the background and the personal attributes that were

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Junior midfield Nina Corcoran leads the NCAA with three assists per game.While Penn women’s lacrosse has the nation’s top passer, it will need a lot more to beat top-ranked Maryland on Wednesday.

for the Quakers. That has not fazed the team, however. “We know that this is our biggest game this season, but we believe that we can win and that’s

the biggest thing,” Corcoran said. “Once you start doubting it, that’s when things go wrong.” Of the team’s many strengths, Maryland’s offense is especially potent, sporting national stars like

going to be required in our next coach,” Calhound said. “So it really allowed me to focus the search really quickly.” Moving on candidates became a priority for the first-year AD, as Penn hoped to stay ahead of the curve compared to searches at other Division I schools. While Penn initially considered a few assistant coaches, Calhoun didn’t see the job as ideal for someone’s first head coaching experience. The Red and Blue looked at 25 coaches with Division I head coaching experience, vetting candidates for experience as well as familiarity with the financial aid model within which Penn operates. “[The more I] had a chance to talk to people, the more it just became so obvious that no one could check all the boxes and presented the profile and the proven track record that Steve Donahue does,” Calhoun said. Calhoun had launched a coaching search as an athletic director once before, finding a new coach in her previous position at Loyola virtually immediately after she took the job. This time around, Calhoun had the benefit of being on campus and having more experience at the school. Since arriving on campus, Calhoun placed an emphasis on assessing and turning around the Penn basketball program, deeming it either the 1-A or 1-B priority alongside assessing the division of intercollegiate athletics and recreation as a whole. “You can debate which order they happened in, but certainly getting through that assessment and figuring out how to take that next step forward is so critically important because this is our flagship sport,” Calhoun said. “We need the Penn community to feel good about our program

and be engaged in our program. “We want students to come to games. We want there to be interest in the program and we want to proudly represent the University with what we do here so we’re well positioned to do that.” With the one-year anniversary of her hiring less than a week away, Calhoun now has a better sense of what the basketball program needs to thrive in the current Ivy League. With that knowledge, she hopes that she can work hand and hand with Donahue to return the Quakers to prominence. While Penn used to be able to rely simply on its superior facilities, such as the Palestra, along with its history to recruit topnotch athletes, Calhoun believes the school needs to rethink many of the program’s smaller aspects to help regain competitive advantages in an improving Ivy League. “Certainly making the announcement of a coach is just the first step now in the next chapter,” she said. “We do need to work together to assess what he will need and the team will need to be competitive. We certainly know there will be a series of changes that we’ll need to go through to reposition that program so that ought to keep us plenty busy.” Despite the changes looming on the horizon for the Red and Blue, Donahue understands that it will take a significant amount of work for both he and Calhoun to accomplish their goals surrounding Penn basketball. “Obviously, right now, that vision is not where we want to be,” Donahue said. “We need to be back on top because that’s where we belong. “I will roll up my sleeves and work as hard as I can to make sure that happens.”

freshmen attack Megan Whittle and junior midfield Taylor Cummings, who is seventh in the nation in draw controls. The two have combined for 44 goals this season.

To Penn coach Karin Corbett, stopping the Terps offense will require a team effort. “It’s not about the one-on-one matchups — it’s about team defense,” she said. “[We] also want to cause some turnovers.” Fortunately, one of the Quakers’ strong suits is their defense. In the back end for the Red and Blue are four returning starters from 2014: senior defenses Markham, Lydia Miller and Taylor Foussadier, in addition to senior goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson, who has been instrumental to the team’s success this season. On the other side of the field, Penn looks to end Maryland’s current streak of dominating opposing offenses. The Terps’ defense does not concede many shots on net and goaltending has been strong for the squad all season. “Their defense is very solid, they protect the eight and they don’t pressure you out a lot,” Corbett said. “We have to generate a lot of movement to get good looks.” For the Penn offense, that will require a fast tempo and a hard fight to keep possession, meaning that all turnovers will be costly. Corbett says that avoiding complacency and finishing plays will

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roster that can be considered a local product. Zack Rosen, Ibby Jaaber, Tim Begley, Ugonna Onyekwe, Michael Jordan, even Jerome Allen; Donahue is well-aware of the fact that the greatest Penn basketball players of recent memory have gone to high schools well within driving distance of the University. “It’s critical that’s where we recruit our hardest,” Dona hue said. “Philly-type kids. Gritty. [Players who] understand the Palestra.

Parents [who] understand the Palestra and Penn. [Their] cousins understand the Palestra and Penn. Their older brothers want to go see them play. “That’s where we get great players.” Most importantly, Penn will need the players currently on the roster and its commits for the class of 2019 to buy in. Donahue is a coach with a unique leadership style. This is a coach who brought a stuffed Boston College mascot to practices on Chestnut Hill, nicknamed it the “Energy Eagle” and offered it

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also be critical to the team’s success on offense. With so many positives from both sides of the field, this year’s contest should be more balanced than usual, as Penn looks to beat Maryland for the first time since the 2007 NCAA Tournament. “We definitely have a different mindset going into this game than in previous years,” Corbett said. “We’re going to go out there, play our best and give them a game.” Junior midfield Lely DeSimone, one of Penn’s top goal scorers, recognizes the importance of playing a smart offensive game. “The key to tomorrow’s game is possession and making smart plays,” she said. “I think if we have the ball we can score,” Corcoran added. “It’s going to be about winning the draw and getting those ground balls.” After all, if the Red and Blue want to take down the nation’s biggest program, they will have to start by doing all the little things right.

up as a talisman to the player who worked hardest in practice that day. But maybe little things like that are exactly what the Quakers need. It’s obvious that Donahue — who spurned other schools’ advances to return to the program for which he worked as an assistant for 10 years — has a specific vision in mind. Time will tell if it’s the correct one. IAN WENIK is a College senior from Short Hills, N.J., and is a senior sports reporter at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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The number 20 was plastered all over the Palestra Tuesday afternoon for the introductory press conference of new basketball coach Steve Donahue. It was proudly emblazoned on the Penn jersey that adorned the podium on the dais. It shone on the scoreboard above the court. Dona hue is the 20th

basketball coach in program history. But it’s apparent that he’s focused on an integer one digit higher. Tuesday also happened to be the 21st anniversary of the Quakers’ upset of Nebraska as an 11-seed in the 1994 NCAA Tournament, Penn’s last win in the Big Dance. Things have changed a lot since then – the Ivy League is almost unrecognizable compared to its former self. Heck, it’s completely different from what it was back when Cornell made three st ra ight NCA A appea rances under Donahue from

2008-10. Face it. The days of Penn and Princeton winning the Ivy title by birthright are dead. A new approach is needed to restore the Red and Blue program to relevance. Luckily for Penn fans, Donahue is well aware of the conference’s paradigm shift. “The days are over in this league where you can rely on this building [the Palestra] and the Big 5 to take you to the NCAA Tournament,” he said. So what exactly will it take to get Penn back into

relevancy in March Madness? It’ll take a couple factors. First, the Quakers will need to go back to playing a real nonconference slate that jettisons the likes of Niagara, Wagner and Marist for Power 5 schools and (gasp!) even Drexel. Donahue is unafraid of scheduling the big boys. At Cornell, he took the Big Red to Assembly Hall to face Indiana, Cameron Indoor Stadium to play Duke and Allen Fieldhouse to play Kansas, in addition to their annual trip to the Carrier

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Dome to take on Syracuse. “People thought I was crazy at Cor nell. They thought I was crazy at [Boston College]. They may have been right,” he said. “I had the hardest nonconference schedule in the country at BC. I had 18 road games my last year at Cornell. “I will play anybody.” Penn’s rebirth will also require a renewed commitment to local recruiting. Guard Darnell Foreman, a Camden, N.J., product, is the only player on Penn’s current SEE WENIK PAGE 15

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Was an assistant at Penn before becoming head coach at Lehigh

Last Penn coach to win an NCAA tournament game (1994)

Team got worse each season under his watch

Lowest Penn coach winning percentage since 1914 (.385)

Left in 1989

Left in 2006

Left in 2009

Left in 2015

Left to take a job at Loyola University

Left to take a better job at Temple University

Fired mid-season after losing the ﬁrst seven games

Fired

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‘Only time will help’

Senior Sports Reporter

It’s hard to undergo more change in a two-week span than Penn basketball has. The Quakers have made a quick transition from former head coach Jerome Allen, beloved by his squad and in his fifth full year at the helm, to Steve Donahue as the new man in charge. While Penn is done with the coaching carousel, the change has only just begun. On March 7, the Red and Blue were getting ready to

play Cornell in the second half of an Ivy doubleheader when the news broke that Allen would be gone after the season. After meeting with their coach, the team put together an impressive effort that evening, handily defeating Cornell, 79-72. “Of course it’s been tough, especially that Saturday for Cornell,” sophomore guard Matt Howard said. “That was a tough game to play with the news right before it, but we wanted to play our hearts out and get the win for him, especially that night. “Dealing with it now, only time will help the healing SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 13 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640