March 13, 2017

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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017

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‘What up with that?’ Kenan Thompson to speak at Penn

MADNESS Penn women’s basketball wins the first-ever Ivy League Tournament, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament next weekend

No. 1 PENN 71 60 No. 4 BROWN

No. 1 PENN 57 48 No. 2 PRINCETON

The ‘SNL’ comedian will headline SPEC Connaissance on March 21 STEPHEN IMBURGIA Staff Reporter

Between Space Jam-themed parties and the resurgent choker trend, it’s clear that the ‘90s are still all that for Penn students. But with their announcement Sunday night, the Social Planning and Events Committee has taken Penn’s ‘90s obsession one step further. The branch of SPEC that brought speakers like Anna Kendrick and Serena Williams to campus, SPEC Connaissance, is bringing Kenan Thompson to Penn on Tuesday, March 21 to speak at Irvine Auditorium. “We thought that Kenan would be great, because not only do we all see him every weekend on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ but we also grew SEE SPEC PAGE A2

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“… this faith that others will reciprocate our goodwill is necessary in our world.”

Ivy League regular season championship? Check. Ivy League Tournament championship? Check that, too. Pen n women’s ba sketba l l marched out to a 57-48 victory over Princeton in the championship game of the first-ever Ivy League Tournament, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament next weekend.

It will be the team’s third trip to the Big Dance in four years. Ultimately, the qualities of Penn’s win over Princeton were the same qualities that have brought them such unprecedented success in recent seasons — strong defense, methodical offense and clinical finishing. Everything started to go right for the tournament’s No. 1 seed after once the second quarter started. A tight first ten minutes left the

game in gridlock, with Penn only up 15-14. But in the second period, the Quakers locked the game down. They allowed just four points — the lowest total the team has ever given up in a quarter. In the same time, they moved the ball patiently and deliberately on offense, putting up 14 in the quarter. “We came in knowing that defense was gonna win us the game,” tournament-MVP Michelle

Nwokedi said, emphasizing that the team needed to focus on getting one stop after another. It worked, and the team’s offense came along with it, she said. The Quakers were clinical on offense, allowing them to take possessions slowly and control the pace of the game to their liking. Shooting 46 percent in the second and third quarters, the team’s average SEE CHAMPS PAGE B2

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MEN’S HOOPS GETS MARCH SADNESS

Break can hurt low-income students Dining halls were closed over spring break

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CATHERINE DE LUNA Staff Reporter

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Lack of financial aid options means that many lower-income students don’t have the option to travel or participate in spring break programs.

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Spring break is usually a time for relaxation and freedom, but for first-generation and low income Penn students, the week-long break can be a time of anxiety and economic worry. With dining halls closed, some students have trouble finding affordable options for food since many depend on their meal plan. But as a part of the Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center’s support for FGLI students, the GIC had a food pantry that students could utilize.

“It creates an issue because not everyone can support themselves when it comes to food on campus ... this is one way we try to mitigate that,” graduate student Hulya Miclisse-Polat said, who interns at the GIC. Though several students say that this pantry system is very helpful, spring break has other shortcomings for FGLI students. One problem is not having the resources to travel or participate in special spring break programs. “We need to look at bigger systemic issues ... we need to think about the way these programs do not address [that],” Miclisse-Polat said. Col lege f resh ma n Da n iel SEE BREAK PAGE A3

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