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MEET THE CLASS OF 2023 Penn admits record-low 7.44 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023 There were 44,960 total applications this year GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Reporter
Penn admitted 3,345 out of 44,960 applicants for the Class of 2023 — the lowest acceptance rate to date at 7.44 percent. Acceptance rates have steadily declined over the past few years, with 8.39 percent of applicants admitted for the Class of 2022, 9.15 percent for the Class of 2021, and 9.41 percent for the Class of 2020. Penn received 44,960 applications for the Class of 2023, the largest applicant pool to date and a more than one percent increase from last year’s to-
tal of 44,482 applications. December’s early decision results yielded the lowest acceptance rate in history, with 18 percent of students admitted to the University. In 2017, the ED rate was 18.5 percent, dropping from 22 percent for the previous class. The ED applicant pool for the Class of 2023 plateaued after several years of steady growth. [As the process wraps up, prospective students reevaluate admissions at elite colleges] According to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda’s blog, 15 percent of students in the incoming class, around 500 individuals, identify as first-generation. For the Class of
2022, one in seven students self-identified as such. For others, Penn has been a part of their families for generations. 13 percent of students in the admitted class have a parent or grandparent who has attended Penn. In the Class of 2023, 51 percent of admitted U.S. students self-identify as students of color, with 53 percent the year prior. Members of the class hail from all 50 states as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. The states with the most representation in the incoming class include Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas. SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE 3
From Cairo to Vancouver: Meet Penn’s newest Baby Quakers Students are from more than 100 countries ASHLEY AHN & DANIEL WANG Staff Reporters
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Penn broke another record this year with its lowest-ever overall acceptance rate of 7.44 percent. Fourteen percent of the admitted class are international students based on their citizenship, and the students hail from 100 different countries. Fifteen percent of admitted students to the Class of 2023 are the first in their families to attend college.
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke to some students who were admitted to the Class of 2023 on March 28. Here are their stories. Ryan Afreen matched with Penn through Questbridge but did not think she would be accepted. Born and raised in Bangladesh, Afreen came to the United States three years ago and now lives in Queens, New York. Afreen opened her decision at school with her best friend and her guidance counselor standing next to her recording her reaction.
It took Afreen a while to realize she had gotten in, but then screamed so loudly that she startled her counselor. Afreen and her friend both started crying, and she called her parents right after. She said that she was nervous when applying to colleges because she is new to the country and did not know if her speaking and academic skills are qualified enough for higher education or that her parents will be able to pay for her education. SEE REACTIONS PAGE 3
Interfraternity Council creates VP position for diversity Majesty Uwagerikpe is the new VP of diversity ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter
Two years after the Interfraternity Council announced its search for a diversity chair, the IFC is finalizing a new Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion position to its executive board. The move comes after the IFC previously said they would no longer follow through with creating the position. Engineering sophomore Majesty Uwagerikpe, who was elected as Assistant Vice President of New Member Education and Recruitment of the IFC 2019 executive board, will now be VP of Diversity and Inclusion. He began working on projects under his new position in mid-February, although the position will be voted in officially on April 3 by the IFC executive board, presidents of all the IFC chapters, and
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Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life representatives including IFC advisor Jon Bell. In spring 2018, former IFC President and College senior Reginald Murphy told The Daily Pennsylvanian that a diversity chair would not be the most efficient method for the IFC. Instead of one person focusing on diversity, Murphy said all members of the executive board should be responsible for implementing diversity within their roles. “Our goal was not to have a diversity chair just because people
asked us to have one,” Murphy told the DP. “We wanted to make sure that we had something concrete for that person to do.” The 2019 IFC President and College junior Brian Schmitt decided to move away from this stance. As president, Schmitt reviewed all positions on the board in the beginning of the year and found that the ambiguity of the Assistant VP of NME and Recruitment could be refocused into a diversity and inclusion role because of the need to bring diversity into recruitment. At the February 25 monthly forum where all fraternity chapter presidents and the IFC are in attendance, the student leaders passed Schmitt’s proposal to create the new diversity chair. The changes to the IFC constitution will be finalized at the next IFC forum on April 3. As VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Uwagerikpe plans to hold a diversity summit this semester where executive boards of fraternities learn
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approaches to ensure people of all races and religions can feel safe and included at parties. He added that he wants to collaborate with groups such as the Penn Anti-Violence Educators, the LGBT Center, and the Penn Women’s Center. Uwagerikpe also said he plans to host a panel in the fall for potential new members to showcase diverse groups within the IFC that freshmen and sophomores may be unfamiliar with, such as co-ed chapters. Schmitt said the VP of Diversity and Inclusion will also work to promote financial inclusion, as the IFC recently endowed their first scholarship to alleviate the financial stress of dues. The VP of Diversity and Inclusion will be responsible for reviewing applicants and granting the scholarship to more than 10 students. “[Uwagerikpe] now has funds that he can use to help bring financial inclusion to Greek life as well,” Schmitt said. “Especially as a student
on financial aid myself, I remember being very nervous about whether or not I’d be able to pay dues.” Engineering sophomore Archit Dhar, a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, said while he is happy with the new VP for diversity position, he said the position should have been created “way sooner.” “People in Greek Life are finally acknowledging and taking action on an issue that a lot of people weren’t really paying attention to which is the lack of diversity and inclusion within Greek Life in general but also specifically the IFC,” Dhar said. College junior George Russell, a member of Alpha Chi Rho, said he applauds the new position. “I think it’s kind of unfortunate that we do need a position just for diversity,” Russell said. “You would think it would be included in all things we did, but it’s nice to have a position to make sure we are adhering to a standard of diversity.” OFSL director Jazmyn Pulley
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praises the current board for implementing the new chair. “It’s not an easy decision to make for an executive board a month after their transition to make major changes, so I think it really shows they’ve really thought this out and had conservations before making any major steps,” Pulley said. IFC’s VP for diversity comes two years after the Panhellenic Council created a VP of Diversity chair in spring 2017. Panhel VP of Diversity and Wharton sophomore Sahitya Mandalapu said she looks forward to working with her new counterpart on the IFC. “Being someone who is African American, being someone who comes from an immigrant background and having friends who are part of these other diverse groups, this has been a top priority of mine and I’m glad now I can start promoting these new efforts through this new role in the IFC,” Uwagerikpe said.
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QPenn builds community among LGBTQ groups
Events included a pride walk and a drag show MADDY STROHM Staff Reporter
QPenn, Penn’s annual celebration of LGBTQ culture, focused on building community at Penn this year through collaborative events including a pride walk, a drag show, and discussions on mental health. QPenn co-Chair and College junior Amber Auslander said the student organizing board tried to bring different LGBTQ organizations on campus together, as the community can feel disconnected due to the large number of affinity groups. “We feel that a lot of the LGBT groups on campus tend to not work together even though we all have this one core trait in common,” Auslander said. “It is really cool when all of these groups get to work
together and cover unique intersections that maybe one single group on their own would not have thought of.” The “Building Community” theme was showcased this past week through a variety of events, all co-sponsored by different LGBTQ groups on campus. Some events included a Pride Walk with Lambda Alliance, “Queer Zine Making” with Penn Non-Cis, a mental health discussion with Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and Penn Student Nurses Understanding Gender and Sexuality, a Pride Shabbat dinner at Hillel with J-Bagel, and a Drag Show hosted by the Queer Student Alliance. For groups like Penn Non-Cis, representing the transgender community and its role, as well as it difficulties, is important. College sophomore James Aykit, the social
media chair of Penn Non-Cis, said he thought it was important for the group to host its own QPenn event. “Having a space just for trans people is super important,” Aykit said. “Trans people face difficulties that are different than that of other members of the LGBTQ community.” J-Bagel, a group that represents both Jewish and LGBTQ identities on Penn’s campus, hosted a free Pride Shabbat dinner for students on Friday at Hillel. “It’s always so exciting to see the table clothes all decked out in rainbow, with streamers hanging from the ceiling, and to have people laughing and mingling,” J-Bagel copresident and College senior Brooke Rosenthal said. Auslander said to help build community, the QPenn board tried to make events accessible to all students and faculty. “We really wanted to make sure
our events were open to every member of the community, regardless of financial status or disability,” she said. To this end, the board tried to make as many events free as possible, including Saturday night’s QPenn and QSA Drag Show. The show, held at the Platt Performing Arts House, featured student performers and professional drag queens and kings from the Philadelphia area. At the show’s intermission, the student hosts gave a moment to Jonathan D. Katz, a visiting professor in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies department who was the first professor of Queer Studies in the United States to gain tenured status. Katz urged students to support Queer Studies at Penn. “We are about to begin a very serious push for Queer Studies here at Penn,” Katz said. “With that, the one thing you can do is enroll in our classes. The more of us in them, the more the University can understand that they need to build the curriculum in Queer Studies.” Attendees said they enjoyed the Drag Show and the week’s events. “Being a gay man on campus,
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QPenn and QSA hosted a free Drag Show featuring student performers and professional drag queens and kings from the Philadelphia area.
I feel like the community gets disjointed a lot of the time so when there is a big event like this, especially when it is free, it is just really nice to be able to come out and show my support,” College fresh-
man J’aun Johnson said. “I would definitely recommend the show to anyone in the future, especially if you are interested in gay culture and understanding it, or just want to have a good time.”
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“My self confidence deteriorated every time I got a lower test score or didn’t prepare well for my internships,” she said. Afreen believes the decision was surreal after her struggles as a first-generation immigrant. Coming to the United States was a “cultural shock” for Afreen, and her parents had to work around the clock. “It was big news actually, because I go to a local school, and going to such an elite school — an Ivy League — was almost impossible according to all my friends and my teachers,” Afreen said. “But I think nothing is impossible if you’re really perseverant and really want something.” Before opening her admissions decision, Rebecca Wirtschafter, constantly refreshed her portal for 50 minutes. The website was not working, and when she asked her guidance counselor to check for her, her guidance counselor could not log in either. “I’m sitting there for so long and finally it says ‘view status update.’ I click it, and I just don’t believe it,” Wirtschafter, who is from Boca Raton, Florida, said. “My mom is there with me and my dad had just left because we thought we weren’t going to see it for a little while, I’m screaming and I’m so happy I started crying.” Wirtschafter immediately called her sister, who is a junior at Penn, and she was so happy that she started crying too. Afterwards, Wirtschafter went out to frozen yogurt with her family — their tradition for celebrating everything. Wirtschafter applied to Penn Early Decision and was deferred, so she said that it was a “painful week” for her waiting
for the decision to be released. “I submitted my deposit right away, and I’ve already joined the Facebook group,” she said. Lauren Davidson, who hails from Atlanta, said Penn became her first choice after attending the three-day Penn Early Exploration Program in October for low-income students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. When Davidson opened her acceptance letter, she was at a dinner banquet for another college’s admitted students visiting day, so she could not express her excitement out loud. “I was internally screaming and crying, but I couldn’t actually,” Davidson said. Davidson said she looks forward to interacting with and being part of Penn’s diverse community, and is waiting to see if Penn offers her enough financial aid for her to attend. “I’ve been going to the same school for seven years, so going to a college campus where I can see people from all walks of life and meet new faces is definitely something I am really excited for,” Davidson said. Kathy Wang was on the plane to visit her brother in San Francisco when the Ivy League decisions were released. She opened her Penn portal in the car on the way to the hotel. After a few waitlists and rejections from other schools, Wang was not expecting to be accepted into Penn. “When I opened up Penn’s result, I was really surprised that I got accepted into UPenn,” she said. “I was really happy, I was screaming ‘Oh my gosh, I got into UPenn!’” Wang, who is from Cleveland, plans to attend Quaker Days and make a final decision afterwards. Wang applied to Penn as a cognitive science major and plans to attend medical school to become a doctor.
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There are 100 countries represented in the admitted class, with 14 percent of students hailing from foreign nations. Each year, the University admits approximately half of the incoming class through the Early Decision Program. Penn plans to enroll a class of 2,400 after
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From top left to bottom right: Ryan Afreen, Rebecca Wirtschafter, Lauren Davidson, Kathy Wang, Michael Chen, Layla Murphy, and Christopher Maximos are admitted students to the Class of 2023.
Michael Chen, who is from Vancouver, British Columbia, said he was emotionless when he first opened his acceptance letter, because he initially did not see the word, “Congratulations!” After reading past the formalities of the “on behalf of” that started the letter, Chen said he realized he was accepted and could not believe the decision. “Penn has always been my dream school and the fact that I was able to get in, not only to get into Penn but also LSM, I was just really happy,” Chen said. Chen was accepted into the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Science and Management, a dual degree program between the College and Wharton. Chen said he felt compatible with Penn’s work-hard vibe when he visited campus last summer, solidifying Penn as his number one school. “One thing that distinguishes Penn from any other school is how busy the people are, how they always have something to do, like a target, and I think that
really fits with who I am as a person,” Chen said. “I want to have that kind of active mindset.” At approximately 1:20 a.m., Layla Murphy opened her acceptance letter with her mom and friend beside her in Cairo, Egypt. Murphy said she was opening eight admission decisions at that time and initially skipped over Penn because she was too nervous. When she finally opened the letter, Murphy, her friend, and her mom “collectively screamed for like a solid 10 seconds, laugh-crying.” “It was all really emotional and loud,” she said. “It was late here so I kept thinking oh my god am I waking my entire building up.” Murphy said with a generous financial aid package and her brother currently attending Penn, the University is a strong contender among the other acceptances she received. A prospective History major, Murphy said some extracurriculars she
First-gen., low-income grad students host panel Panelists spoke of personal experiences COURTNEY DAUB Staff Reporter
At the first annual community discussion for first-generation, low-income graduate students on March 28, panelists described their earliest memories being FGLI and the challenges they faced in academics and being separated from their families. More than five dozen students filled Penn Law’s Levy Conference Center for the dinner and discussion, hosted by Penn First Graduate Association. This gathering follows a year of unprecedented strides in FGLI graduate student advocacy. Graduate and Professional Student Assembly appointed its first ever FGLI deputy in August 2018. In the fall, the Penn First Graduate Association formed as an umbrella group under GAPSA for all FGLI graduate organizations. The panel included professor of Pharmacology Arnaldo Díaz Vázquez, Director of Veterans Upward Bound at Penn Diane Sandefur, professor in the Higher Education Division Manuel González-Canché, and Associate Vice Provost William Gipson. The event, which included panelists answering questions about being FGLI throughout their lives, was a culmination of PFGA’s work for the year, said GAPSA FGLI Deputy Jade Parker, who helped orga-
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nize the event. Díaz Vázquez, who grew up in and attended college in Puerto Rico, said he experienced immense stress over costs of transportation to go to university instead of going to trade school and supporting his family made him feel “awful.” These feelings of guilt were complicated by stress over poor performance upon entering college.
González-Canché said he first became aware of being low-income during his time in a prestigious Mexican high school. His feelings of exclusion continued into college, where he said in Mexico, most people attending college are not FGLI. The panelists described how being FGLI aids them in their current work and allows them to act as role models for students and family. “Feel proud that you’re opening a path,” Díaz Vázquez said to the crowd of students, adding that he shares his story with others and helps students build networks. The event ended with panelists talking about the misconception that FGLI students seek special treatment. “I realize that there are super wealthy folks out there who are buy- Diane Sandefur ing their children’s way into highly selective universities. We don’t have that Sandefur decided to go to col- opportunity nor would we want lege after getting married and hav- that opportunity,” Sandefur said. ing two kids. She described the She added that FGLI students struggle of balancing work, school, want to accomplish the work by and family. their own merit instead of being “There was no social time,” treated differently than other people. Sandefur said. “I would never atGonzález-Canché added that tend anything like [this event].” whenever he got a job he thought
“I realize that there are super wealthy folks out there who are buying their children’s way into highly selective universities.”
people just gave it to him because he’s Mexican instead of because of his own work. While he believes more in himself now, he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with getting extra support or attention for being FGLI. “We left our families, we left everything to be here,” GonzálezCanché said. Angélica Gutiérrez, first year graduate student pursuing a masters degree in education, said seeing two Latino faculty on the panel was particularly important for her. “Coming to a space like this it reminds you that you do belong here,” Gutiérrez said. “[The event] was a good grounding reminder that we are here because we deserve to be here. We are part of this bigger community.” The presence of Latino faculty on the panel was also important for Biridiana Rodriguez, who received her master’s degree in Educational Policy in 2018. Rodriguez said that the event shows a greater commitment at Penn not just to recognize FGLI students, but students who are FGLI and identify as queer or as a person of color. Parker said that she hopes attendees will get a sense of community from the event and be inspired to get involved with advocacy. “We’re often siloed into our different programs and don’t have the time to come together,” Parker said. “I’m curious and excited to see where [FGLI graduate advocacy] goes.”
would like to participate in if she were to come to Penn are the Bloomers, Kelly Writers House, and The Daily Pennsylvanian. “I’ve been to campus a lot of times and I know I love the feeling of it and the vibe of it and I love Philly,” she said. Christopher Maximos, who is from Netcong, New Jersey, got home just before Ivy League decision time at 7 p.m. While waiting for the decisions to load, he sat staring at the wall, imagining in his head what it would be like to attend each school. When Maximos saw that he was accepted, he screamed for “a solid five minutes” and then cried with his parents. “My hand was shaking so badly that I couldn’t even read the words,” Maximos said. “Then I saw a piece of confetti, and I was like ‘this is it.’” “It was just a wonderful moment; it felt like the culmination of four years of work and just excitement about what’s left to come,” Maximos added.
“we are excited about the opportunity of bringing these distinctive student voices together” - Eric Furda
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Editorial | Remove Michael Steinhardt’s name from Penn Hillel building
MONDAY APRIL 1, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 20 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor BEN ZHAO Print Director SAM HOLLAND Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor ALICE HEYEH Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LOOSE SEAL FERRY Design Editor? TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor DANNY CHIARODIT Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor
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n February 2018, the University announced that it would rename Wynn Commons and rescind former Penn trustee Steve Wynn and Bill Cosby’s honorary degrees after they were both accused of sexual misconduct. On March 21, similar allegations surfaced against the philanthropist, Wharton graduate, and Penn Hillel building namesake Michael Steinhardt. Six women told ProPublica and the New York Times that Steinhardt made sexual requests to them. He also allegedly made comments to women about their bodies and fertility. Penn does not technically own the Hillel building and thus isn’t responsible for the naming of it, according to an email Penn spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy sent to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Still, because of Hillel’s prevalence on campus and the building’s prominent location, the University must respond to these allegations by working with Hillel to remove Steinhardt’s name from the building. Steinhardt is a major donor to Jewish philanthropic organizations, as well as New York University. John Beckman, an NYU spokesperson, said in an email that the University would be
conducting a review into Steinhardt’s interactions with students, faculty, and staff. Penn, however, has not commented on the allegations against Steinhardt. The editorial board of NYU’s student newspaper also called for the renaming of the University’s Graduate school of Education, which was largely funded by Steinhardt. In the past, Penn has responded to students’ concerns with regards to controversial alumni. For example, last year, Penn removed a portrait of former Graduate School of Education Dean Dell Hymes after students put up posters detailing his history of alleged sexual harassment. In March of 2018, the Penn administration sent an email, calling for suggestions on how to improve procedures around sexual harassment. “Creating a campus free of sexual violence and sexual harassment is one of Penn’s highest priorities,” the email read. The administration’s silence on Steinhardt undermines its commitment to creating a campus free of sexual violence and harassment. “Currently, Penn Hillel is not receiving funds from the Steinhardt Foundation or family, and there are no plans currently
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for future solicitation,” Campus Rabbi and Penn Hillel Executive Director Michael Uram wrote in a statement to the DP. While it is encouraging that Penn Hillel is not planning on soliciting money from Steinhardt, the University must take action by coordinating with Hillel to remove Steinhardt’s name from the building. “Institutions in the Jewish world have long known about his behavior, and they have looked the other way,” Sheila Katz, a vice president at Hil-
lel International, told the New York Times. “No one was surprised when I shared that this happened.” Penn’s revocation of Cosby and Wynn’s honorary degrees, as well as the renaming of “Wynn Commons,” set an important precedent for the University. The fact that the administration has not released a statement or taken steps to respond to the allegations against Steinhardt discounts the progress made last year. In her letter announcing the
decision to rescind Cosby and Wynn’s honorary degrees and rename “Wynn Commons,” Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote that, as “a University, we have always been, and will always continue to be, looked to by our alumni and neighbors, our faculty, and most of all by our students, for moral leadership.” In the #MeToo era, it is vital that Penn take a stance on sexual misconduct, and uphold its commitment to a campus free of sexual violence.
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Your four years at Penn don’t have to be the best of your life TYLER’S TAKE | Embracing the growth that comes from our struggles is far more valuable than pretending that we are living it up 24/7
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hen I arrived at Penn, I had fully bought in to that uniquely American, ubiquitous cliché about college: it will be the best four years of your life, so make the most of it! But the truth is, that concept is actually harmful. We tend to put so much pressure on ourselves to “make the most” out of college and to enjoy everything we do. We feel FOMO when we aren’t living it up like everyone else seems to be doing. At Penn, the need to have a stellar college experience manifests itself deeply in our social atmosphere. Social life can somehow start to feel like a competition: who can have the rowdiest St. Patrick’s Day, go out on a Wednesday and still ace their classes, and have the most Instagram-worthy formal pictures? Yet this ignores the deep loneliness that so many students feel. In between the competing priorities of classes, extracurriculars, jobs, and just the everyday demands of adult life, it can be incredibly difficult to prioritize maintaining friendships. Additionally, consider what the notion of college being the best
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four years of your life implies: it’s all downhill from here. We like to joke about this, but it’s a profoundly negative way to view adult life. If we truly buy in to the idea that our lives peak in college, we have no motivation to follow our passions, take risks, and make the rest of our lives great. For many students, college — and Penn in particular — seems designed to alienate them. Although I cannot speak to this from personal experience, I know this is especially true for students
of marginalized backgrounds since American colleges have a long history of primarily catering to the needs of rich, white men. Far from being a wonderland of fun experiences and incredible opportunities, college is actually a time where it is very natural to struggle and fail. Becoming an adult is hard. For many of us, college is the first time we have to be truly independent. Our decisions start to seriously matter. Expectations and responsibilities only increase as the years go by. We
will almost certainly make wrong decisions, miss deadlines, disappoint ourselves, and face rejection and criticism. I don’t mean to get too negative, however. I think the struggles of college are actually beneficial. Failure makes us better people. Embracing the growth that comes from our struggles is far more valuable than pretending that we are living it up 24/7. And in the end, missing out is not so bad. I have found that missing out on social events has helped me clarify my values and priorities. The events I went to purely because I was afraid of missing out turned out to be some of the least memorable. If there’s anything that I’ve learned in college, it’s that nothing is black and white. College will not be the best time of your life, nor will it be the worst. It will just be a unique four (or more) years. In a lot of ways, the so-called “real world” after college is a more enjoyable place. I have found the time I have spent away from Penn doing internships to be quite relaxing. We often speak of escaping the “Penn bubble,” but ultimately, the best way to do
TYLER LARKWORTHY that is to no longer be a student at Penn. The bottom line is, you don’t have to like college, and you certainly don’t have to like Penn to get a lot out of college. I spent so much of my time here fretting about the many issues I have with Penn, worried that my life would forever be inferior because I did not go to the “right” college for me. So, instead of trying to make the most out of Penn, just try to make it through. That is an accomplishment in itself. T YLER L ARKWORTHY is an Engineering junior from McLean, Virginia studying Computer Science. His email address is tlarkwor@seas. upenn.edu.
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can prevent students who have to hold down work-study positions or other jobs from participating as much as they would like. Plenty of other schools across the east coast provide their bands with scholarship money to reward their members for their service. Elon University, for example, pays each member of the band $20 for every basketball game that they play at, while other universities like Temple provide their bands with scholarships. Granted, Penn’s band
technically does fall under the designation of being a D1 Ivy League sports team, so the University is more restricted than other schools in paying its band. That said, however, the band provides plenty of other services outside of its formal function of being a sports group. The University often asks the band to play at various campus events throughout the year, and as the huge amount of pictures of Penn President Amy Gutmann with the band shows, the group also
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makes up a sizable proportion of how Penn presents itself to the public. Penn should compensate band members for these services, even if they can’t do so for their services at sporting events. Alternatively, simply by increasing the band’s budget, the University could do a world of good for the most visible club on campus. The University only partially funds the travel expenses for the band, forcing the group to rely on its alumni network to cover the rest of the costs. By al-
locating more financial support to the band in its budget, Penn Athletics could enable more students to go on road trips during the fall football season. This in turn would allow the band to have a larger presence on the field, making it better equipped to cheer the Quakers on and better able to positively represent the University. Or, by increasing funding to the band program, the University could eradicate the need for members to pay dues at the start
of each season, which typically go towards paying for uniforms and other equipment. Though the band offers aid for students who can’t afford to pay the dues, by being able to eradicate them entirely, the band could swell its ranks by attracting students who aren’t struggling with money, but who don’t want to have to pay to take to the stands. It is undeniable that the band has a huge presence on campus and that it greatly benefits the Penn community at large. As a recent article by Carter Thompson pointed out, the band serves as an extra player on the court and field and acts as a familiar and enthusiastic face to Penn’s teams when they’re playing home and away. The Penn Band is more than 120 years old and has long served as both a preserver of Penn traditions and a source of school spirit and pride on a campus in desperate need of it. The Penn Band’s services have been invaluable to the University, and the band’s budget ought to reflect that. JAMES MORRISON is a College freshman from Pipersville, P.A. studying English. His email address is jmorr2@sas.upenn.edu.
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The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology — commonly referred to as M&T — held its second annual summit on Saturday. Students heard from investors and entrepreneurs, interacted with program alumni, and saw presentations of senior student design projects. This year’s summit focused on “disruptive technologies” that cause changes in the market, such as cryptocurrencies and cloud computing. Seniors in M&T presented their design projects to a panel of alumni judges in competing for a
$2,000 prize. M&T Director of Integration Sangeeta Vohra, who organized the summit, said while last year’s summit focused on healthcare, this year’s topic was specifically chosen to be more broad in scope. “[Last year] some of our really amazing [senior design] projects were not in the healthcare theme so we couldn’t include them,” Vohra said, adding that “disruptive technologies” was chosen because many M&T seniors did projects in this area. Vohra said the summit aims to integrate the program’s engineering and business components. “It’s great to build up amazing things, which is the engineering aspect,” Vohra said,
“But I think our students should also be thinking of why they’re building it, who the customer is, who are the stakeholders, and so it becomes a more complete project.” The summit is designed to bring together M&T students, faculty, and alumni, giving current students an opportunity to learn from and network with alumni. “M&T is not only a program, it’s also a network,” M&T Director Gad Allon said. “We have an opportunity here for our students to present to people that can take these ideas, connect them with the right people, and maybe help them launch those ideas.” This year’s summit included a new component called “Structured Speed Networking” where
students could ask alumni questions about their career paths. The summit kicked off with a moderated conversation between Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar and 1996 M&T graduate Jeff Fluhr, the co-founder of StubHub, Craft Ventures, and other companies. This was followed by a panel discussion featuring other M&T alumni which focused on the challenges of scaling companies to larger markets. Throughout the discussion, students and alumni in the audience asked questions about the panelists’ experiences and accomplishments. M&T seniors, who have to complete a business analysis plan on top of the Engineering project requirement, then showcased their senior design projects to the judges. The projects,
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Tzipi Livni, widely regarded as the most powerful woman in Israeli politics, spoke at Penn Wednesday night about the nuances surrounding the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and her work towards resolving the issue. Livni, a major politician who announced her retirement from politics in February 2019, highlighted her support of a “twostate solution,” which would establish Israel and Palestine as two separate sovereign states. She also noted how she advocated for peace in the 20 years she spent holding government roles such as Leader of the Opposition, Foreign Minister, Justice Minister, and Vice Prime Minister. Throughout the talk, Livni advocated for maintaining Israel’s identity as a Jewish state while preserving democratic rights of non-Jewish minorities, expressing her faith that a twostate solution could fulfill both these goals. “Equality is also a Jewish value,” Livni said. “It is clear that the meaning of a Jewish democratic state means ‘The nationstate of the Jewish people with equal rights to all citizens.’” Livni also shared stories from her time as a member of the Israeli Security Council and as a negotiator during various Israeli-Palestinian peace talks,
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Livni (right) advocated for maintaining Israel’s identity as a Jewish state while preserving rights of non-Jewish minorities. “Equality is also a Jewish value,” she said. “It is clear that the meaning of a Jewish democratic state means ‘The nation-state of the Jewish people with equal rights to all citizens.’”
expressing regret that these negotiations ultimately failed. She bemoaned the current state of Israeli politics, saying that many other politicians are too afraid of being called “leftwing” or accused of “cooperating with the enemy” to support a solution.
Livni added that while she does not know what she will do once she retires from politics, she hopes to continue advocating for Israeli rights and peace. The talk was followed by a moderated conversation with Penn Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Mike Uram and a ques-
tion and answer session with the audience. In response to a question from Uram about the limits of legitimate criticism of Israel, Livni said critics of Israel are not being anti-Semitic as long as they question government policies and not Israel’s rights as a sovereign state.
The event was co-hosted by hosted by Penn Hillel, the Penn Israel Alliance, and the Ilan Heimlich Memorial Speaker and Film Series sponsored by 1975 College graduate Lenny Gold. Attendees agreed that the event gave them new perspec-
tives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “It’s not exactly an everyday occurrence that you get to listen to someone who’s directly participated in peace talks and has held such a lofty position in government,” College freshman Gregory Levy said. “My opinions now are a lot more nuanced.” “I think seeing Minister Livni be able to communicate well with a group of young American Jews was sort of heartening,” College freshman Aaron SiffScherr said. “There seems to be a lot of disconnect between Israeli politicians and young American Jews, so I was happy to see that she was able to [connect].” College sophomore Mark Lis praised Hillel’s attempts to maintain a nonpartisan position by inviting politically diverse speakers. “I’m glad they have [speakers from] across the spectrum,” Lis said. “It’s allowing the conversation to be made deeper and [giving] people a place to express their opinions and ask their questions.” Hillel Springboard Ezra Fellow Tal Edelstein added that he hoped the event would give students a solid basis of knowledge to facilitate open and productive conversation. “You can’t have a conversation without having that initial thought. And these events are where those thoughts come from.” Edelstein said. “The conversations that we have [here], they aren’t the end, but just the beginning.”
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United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith spoke about reconciling poetry with modern political and technological culture at the Philomathean Society’s Annual Oration. Smith, who has published five books and won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 poetry collection “Life on Mars,” addressed a crowd of more than 300 students and community members in a lecture titled “Why Poetry? Why Now?” Throughout her hourlong talk in Meyerson Hall, she shared anecdotes and read various poems to show how poetry can provide an alternative to the impersonal nature of the digital age. “In some ways, the question ‘Why poetry?’ disheartens me,” Smith said. “I wonder why poetry is one of the few art forms that’s subject to such a persistent need for defense. We don’t hear ‘Why fiction?,’ ‘Why film?,’ or ‘Why dance?’” Smith contrasted the universal
feelings acknowledged in poetry with the modern focus on individual uniqueness, saying that poetry allows a new perspective. “You might also begin to recognize there are new possibilities of feeling and awareness available to you, ones that take you far beyond those pitched to you by marketing teams of corporations of products,” she said. College Junior Sydney Gelman, who is the Philomathean Society’s Annual Oration Director, praised poetry’s ability to bring people together at Penn, despite the University’s pre-professional climate. “I feel like a lot of times at Penn we are a very pre-professional society in which it’s like work work work, have to get a job at Goldman Sachs,” Gelman said. “I personally think literature is an entryway to empathy for groups you don’t normally come into contact with.” Smith is in her second term as the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate, a position she assumed in 2017. She also serves as the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Creative
Writing Program at Princeton University. When reading and speaking about her own poetry, she highlighted her focus on expressing difficult emotions. “I take part in the struggle that characterizes so much of living,” Smith said. “Sometimes that means the anger that I feel because there is something that I know is wrong that I know is happening.” College freshman and Philomathean Society member William San Pedro said the event gave him a new appreciation for contemporary poetry. “When I think of poetry, the first thing that comes to mind is Shakespeare or Robert Frost,” San Pedro said. “There’s still poetry happening now, and there’s a lot of ways you can appreciate it. This [event] is one of them.” Each year, the Philomathean Society hosts the Annual Oration to bring notable speakers to campus. Past speakers include neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga, primatologist Jane Goodall, and political scientist John Mearsheimer.
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Addressing a crowd of 300 in Meyerson Hall, Smith contrasted the universal feelings acknowledged in poetry with the modern focus on individual uniqueness, saying that poetry allows a new perspective.
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Election season is heating up at Penn, with two presidential and two vice presidential candidates running in the Undergraduate Assembly election this week. As campaigns pick up and students prepare to vote for new leaders, the differences in campaign platforms will become evermore important to voters on campus. Below is all the information on the basics and logistics to this year’s election, as well as what you need to know about the candidates before voting. The basics The voting period will officially open at midnight on Monday April 1, and close at 5 p.m. on Thursday April 4. The results are set to be announced on Thursday at 9 p.m. The UA presidential candidates will have the chance to discuss their policy ideas at the presidential debates on Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m. Their running mates will debate on Tuesday at 8 p.m., immediately following the second presidential debate. Who’s running for UA president and vice president The race for president of the UA is between College and Wharton junior Maria Curry and College junior Natasha Menon. Curry currently serves as chair of the UA’s Dining, Housing, and Transit committee, and Menon currently serves as UA treasurer. Curry is joined in the race by her running mate, College sophomore and UA representative Chase Serota. Menon’s running mate is College junior and UA Speaker Brian Goldstein. Maria Curry and Chase Serota Curry and Serota have framed their platform around the slogan, “A UA for You,” with the goal of bringing students closer to their student government. “We think the UA has been disconnected, historically, from the student body, and therefore, the student body from administration,” Curry said. Their platform consists of
Maria Curry (left) and Natasha Menon (right) are the two candidates for UA president.
five pillars: transparency, equity and representation, sustainability, mental health and student life, and modern infrastructure. Curry said that she plans to address transparency by holding more focus groups to connect students with administrators on topics like housing and dining, as well as by publishing agendas from UA meetings with administration. Curry said that she and Serota have already been addressing transparency by drafting and passing an amendment requiring the UA to report revenue earned from airport shuttles on their annual budget. Curry also said she wants to meet with University trustees and press them to commit to divesting from fossil fuels within the next year. She said that she and Serota have been meeting with Fossil Free Penn to collaborate in their divestment efforts. To facilitate transportation around Philadelphia, Curry said she hopes to lobby with Business Services to allow Penn students to use their PennCards to load SEPTA credit to ride the city’s public transport. Curry cites her and Serota’s record in the UA as important qualities, specifically Serota’s project renovating the Van Pelt basement and Curry’s help in developing Penn Rides on Request. Natasha Menon and Brian Goldstein Menon and Goldstein have employed a five-pillar platform, consisting of transparency, inclusivity, accessibility, wellness, and academics. Menon said she hopes to
tackle wellness by recognizing how far-reaching the concept actually is, expanding beyond just mental health issues. Menon hopes to expand Counseling and Psychological Services embedded models, similar to the one in Huntsman Hall, to more community-oriented settings, such as ARCH or the Women’s Center. She also hopes to address physical wellness by pushing for halfcredit courses that focus on physical fitness. Menon and Goldstein will also undertake a “know-yourrights” academic campaign by compiling resources to help students navigate situations where their personal rights may be infringed upon. Menon said these situations range from professors insisting on having class on snow days to harassment or inappropriate conduct in the classroom. The campaign would help students learn what their liberties are and who to contact in these instances. Goldstein said that he and Menon will also tackle club recruitment in hopes of making the process less stressful for students. The UA is currently working on creating an online resource that details the clubs on campus, which Goldstein said he hopes to complete and promote this to the student body. Goldstein and Menon, who both served on the UA’s executive board this year, cite their experience as one of their biggest qualifications. “What’s really important is using those relationships you’ve developed with administrators over the past few years to affect tangible change,” Goldstein said.
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Du’aa Moharram (NURS) Co-President, Queer Muslims and Allies at Penn; Political Chair, Muslim Students Association; President and Co-founder, Muslim Mental Health and Wellness; External Chair, Penn Queer & Asian Society; Social Media Coordinator, Girls’ Basketball, Coordinator, Muslim Interscholastic Tournament; Student Fellow, Perry World House; Teaching Assistant, iBelieve Interfaith Dialogue in Action; Student Minor, School of Nursing: Health, History, and the Humanities; Research Assistant, Dr. Cynthia Connolly in the Bates Center for the History of Nursing
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Folasade Lapite (CAS) Co-President, Communications Chair, Student Hospice Organization of Penn; Chair, Health and Societies Advisory Board; Vice President of Internal Affairs, Synchronized Swimming; Vice President of External Affairs, Secretary, Penn’s Pre-Medical Association; Penn Humanities Forum Fellowship; Body Image Conference Panelist Speaker; Clinical Research Assistant, Center for Mental Health; Masters of Bioethics at Perelman School of Medicine; Onyx Senior Honor Society; Residential Advisor, Riepe College House (Social Chair), Oracle Senior Honor Society
Julia Pan (CAS) Chair, Political Chair, Outreach Chair, Lambda Alliance; Annual Oration Director, Philomathean Society; Interactive Lab Director, Internal Manager, Marketing & Design Liaison, TEDxPenn; Business Developer, Hack4Impact; Leader, PennCORP Pre-Orientation Program; Internal Chair, Freshman Liaison, Penn Queer & Asian; LGBT Center Advisory Council; Sphinx Senior Honor Society; Carriage Senior Honor Society; Bell Senior Honor Society
Kaylee Slusser (CAS) President, Penn Panhellenic Council; President, 2-year A-Team Captain, 1-year B-Team Captain, VP of Fundraising, Penn Mock Trial; Student Representative (CAS), Social Justice Committee, ISTAR Representative, CURF Advisory Board, Undergraduate Assembly; The Barnes Foundation Exhibition Curator of ‘’From Today, Painting Is Dead,’’ The Ross Gallery Exhibition Curator of ‘ ’Soy Cuba / I Am Cuba,’’ History of Art Department; Publicity Commissioner, 2019 Class Board; Panhellenic Delegate, Public Relations Chairman, Philanthropy Committee, Sigma Kappa; VP of Programming, Order of Omega Honor Society; International Politics Research Assistant, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics; Dean’s List; 8x Outstanding Attorney, including at Yale University and at the American Mock Trial Association Open Round Championship
Lyndsi Powell (CAS) President, Recording Secretary, Step Committee Co-Chair, Civic Committee Chair, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Treasurer, Du Bois College House Council; Math and Science Tutor, Brain Bee Coach, Science Olympiad Coach, Senior Project Essay Analyst, Charter Member of National Society of Black Engineers Jr. Chapter of Greater Philadelphia, Upward Bound Math and Science; National Society of Black Engineers; Fulbright-Hays Zulu Group Project Abroad Recipient; Onyx Senior Honor Society; Penn QuestBridge; Freshman GPA Honor Roll, Onyx Senior Honor Society; Health Promotions Awards Book 1st Place, Environmental Ownership Awards Book 1st Place, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Miss Black and Gold Pageant Scholarship Recipient
Rebecca Lambright (CAS) Musical Director, Bloomers; Production Coordinator, Mask & Wig; Marketing Chair, Simply Chaos Comedy; Recruited Writer, Web Master, Kelly Writers House; Senior Coordinator, Junior Coordinator, Leader, PennArts PreOrientation Program; Merchandise Chair, Friars Senior Honor Society; Oracle Senior Honor Society; Kinoki Senior Honor Society; Merchandise Chair, Formal Chair, Chi Omega; Graduate, Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative
Sabrina M. Aponte (CAS) Artistic Director, Choreographer, Creativity Committee; Onda Latina Dance Troupe; Cipactli Latino Honor Society; Oracle Asian-Pacific Honor Society; Penn IUR Urban Leadership Fellow; Civic Development Intern, Public Service Intern, Volunteer; Netter Center for Community Partnerships; Krifcher Intern of the Year, Netter Center for Community Partnerships; Administrative Assistant; Penn Urban Studies Department; Research Assistant; PennAHEAD; Alumni Relations Committee, Penn 1vyG Conference; Dean’s List
Samantha Ratakonda (CAS) President, Co-Director of Training, Media Communications Chair, Reach A Peer Helpline; Penn Program for Public Service Intern, Civic Development Intern, Teaching Associate, Netter Center for Community Partnerships; American Sign Language Beginner Sessions Co Teacher, Penn In Hand; Girl Scouts at Penn; Research Assistant at Akizu Lab at Colket Translational Research Building (CHOP); Class of 1983 Intern of the Year awarded by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships/Penn; Created a program (Student Wellness Engagement Leadership Linking S.W.E.L.L.) for improving mental health on campus in collaboration with Dr. Karu Kozuma and other administration; Volunteering at Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care at CHOP; Penn’s Thomas Newmann Scholar; Poem ‘’View From Above’’ published in The America Library of Poetry
Savi Joshi (WH) Organizer, Dear Penn Freshmen dearpennfreshmen.com; Engagement Manager, Growth Consultant, Wharton Small Business Development Center; Co-Chair, Executive Board, Wharton Alumni Relations Council; Dancer, Hype Dance Crew; Wharton Passion Project Fellow; Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative, PAACH Hype Team, PAACH; Vice Research Officer, CMO, Mentorship Chair, Smart Woman Securities; Diversity Committee, Nominations and Elections Committee; Wharton Global Research Internship Program; Joseph Wharton Scholar
Tonna Obaze (CAS) Planning and Facilitating Co-Chair, Political Chair, Admissions Chair, UMOJA; Centennial Conference Chair, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - Gamma Chapter; Inaugural Events Chair - Black Ivy League Business Conference, Black Wharton Undergraduate Association; Order of Omega Honor Society; Student Representative, Undergraduate Assembly; Student Representative, University Council; Lead Researcher, Blacks @ Penn: Building Sustainable in Underrepresented Communities Through Developmental Programming; Leader, PENNacle Pre-Orientation Program; Undergraduate Intern, University of Pennsylvania Center for Social Impact & Strategy; Benjamin Franklin Scholar
Victoria Brown (WH) President and Co-Founder, Seniors for the Black Penn Fund; Vice Chair of Nominations, Nominations and Elections Committee; Vice President of Finances, Black Wharton Undergraduate Association; Collegiate Member of the National Finance Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Lead Statistical Researcher, Political Science Department; Chairwoman, Black Ivy League Business Conference; Political Chair, UMOJA; Onyx Leadership Award; Onyx Academic Excellence Award; Martin Luther King Community Involvement Award
Zeba Raisa Shah (CAS) President, Penn Atma; Political Chair, Penn Association for Gender Equity; Facilitator, South Asian Women’s Space; Career Services First Gen Advisory Board Member; Outreach Senior Deputy, Penn Democrats; Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative[APALI]; Spice Collective; ACTION: Active Cross Cultural Training In Our Neighborhoods; Marketing Committee, South Asia Society; Questbridge National Merit Scholar
Aren Raisinghani (SEAS) President, 2019 Class Board; President, EVP, VP Professional Development, Penn Engineering Council; Engineering Representative, New Student Representative, Undergraduate Assembly; Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Intercollegiate MUN Debate Team [Penn IAA]; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity; Friars Senior Honor Society
Calvary M Rogers (CAS) Captain, Track & Field; Co-Chair, UMOJA; VP of External Affairs, 2019 Class Board; Undergraduate Representative, University Council; Undergraduate Representative, University Council Committee of Diversity and Equity; Columnist, The Daily Pennsylvanian; Research Assistant, Penn Law; Friars Senior Honor Society; 5 x Ivy League Champion; Indoor and Outdoor 200m School Record Holder
Chirag Manyapu (CAS & WH) Business Manager, Show Chair, Choreographer, Penn Dhamaka Dance Team; Project Chair, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education[SCUE]; Leader, PENNacle PreOrientation Program; Executive Committee, MUSE Marketing; Graduate, Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative; Research Assistant, Wharton Accounting Department; UPenn South Asia Society; Community Service Chair, Friars Senior Honor Society; Social Chair, Oracle Senior Honor Society; Osiris Senior Honor Society
David Gordon (CAS) Chief, Equipment Officer, CPR Instructor, Crew Chief EMT, EMT, Penn MERT; Holistic Education Project Lead, Resource Centralization Project Lead, Spaces on Campus Project Lead, Civic Engagement Project Lead, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education; Teaching Assistant, Biology 101; Undergraduate Learning Assistant Trainer, Student Advisory Committee, Center for Teaching and Learning; Research & Education in Active Coating Technology SURGG Tent Team; University Council Committee on Academic & Related Affairs; Penn Immersive Initiative; Peer Advisor, College of Arts & Sciences; Architecture Honors Thesis; Dean’s List
Jay Shah (CAS) Vice-President, Secretary, Freshman Representative, Undergraduate Assembly; Opinion Columnist, The Daily Pennsylvanian; Mentor/ Teacher, Netter Center (Robeson HS/School of the Future); Volunteer, Hospice @ Penn Medicine; Volunteer, Penn Medicine Cut Hypertension Community Clinic; Researcher, Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics; Dean’s List; President, Sphinx Senior Honor Society; Oracle Senior Honor Society; Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative
Jose A. Lopez (CAS) Vice-President, Events Coordinator, Onda Latina Dance Troupe; President, Vice-President, Delta Chapter of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc; Chair, Emily Sachs Dance Benefit; Social Media Manager, Strictly Funk Dance Company; Chair, Penn Festival Latinx 2017; Lambda Alliance Programming Committee; Quaker Days Student Programming Committee; Penn Life Sketches Cast Member, PHINS; Publicity Chair, Penn Grupo Quisqueyano; Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society
Michael Krone (CAS) President, Speaker, Communications Director, College of Arts and Sciences Representative, Undergraduate Assembly; Chair, Communications Director, Student Activities Council; Vice President of Logistics, Quaker Classic Tournament Director, B-Team Captain, Penn Mock Trial; Musical Director, Shabbatones; Student Coordinator, Leader, Participant, PENNacle PreOrientation Program; Participation Co-Chair, Seniors for the Penn Fund; Tour Guide, Kite and Key Society; Co-President, Founding Member, Shamash Senior Honor Society; Administrative Assistant Work-Study, Office of Student Affairs; Sphinx Senior Honor Society
Min Choi (WH) First-Generation & Low-Income Student, PennCAP; President, Vice President of Business Development, PennWorld; Director of Finance, The Veritas Forum; Small Group Leader, Grace Covenant Church; Internal Chair, Financial Chair, Koreans At Penn; Spring 2019 Cohort, Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative; Vice President of Internal, Section Leader, PennDure; Teaching Assistant, Operations, Information & Decisions Department; Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity; Beta Gamma Sigma Academic Honor Society
Montell D. Brown (CAS) Executive Vice President, 2019 Class Board; President, Parliamentarian, Chaplain, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - Psi Chapter; Parliamentarian, Tenor Section Lead, New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir; Undergraduate Mentor, Community Schools Student Partnership; Conference Co-Chair, Black Pre-Law Association; Black Wharton Undergraduate Association; Dean’s List; Penn-in-Washington Fall 2016 Cohort; Alpha Phi Alpha Pennsylvania College Brother of the YearLaw Journal; Programming Chair, Rodin College House Leadership Residential Program
Nick Hunsicker (CAS) Alumni Liaison, Piano Accompanist, Props Designer, Penn Glee Club; Music Director, Librarian & Orchestra Manager, Penn Singers Light Opera Company; Finance Chair, The Vagina Monologues/V-Day; President, Osiris Senior Honor Society for the Performing Arts; Music Director, Theatre Arts Council (Spelling Bee, Pippin, Tick Tick Boom); Administrative Assistant, Platt Student Performing Arts House; Resident Advisor, Ware College House; Dean’s List; Undergraduate Fellow, Penn Media Scholars in China; Honors Thesis, Annenberg School for Communication
Nick Joyner (CAS) Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor, Film & TV Writer, 34th Street Magazine; Undergraduate Mentor, Penn LGBT Center Mentorship Program; Second Censor, Recorder, Philomathean Society; Member-at-Large, Daily Pennsylvanian Inc. Board of Directors; Penn Chair, IvyQ LGBT Conference; Undergraduate Fellow, Penn Libraries Digital Scholarship Fellowship; Research Fellow, Penn Media Scholars in China; Thouron Award; Dean’s Scholar; Dean’s List
Rafael ‘’Ralphie’’ Flores (CAS) President, Secretary, Penn Singers Light Opera Company; Alumni Director, Community Liaison, Penn Players; Cipactli Latino Honor Society; Osiris Senior Honor Society; Research Assistant, Sociology Department; Dean’s List; William A. Levy Travel Fellowship; Front Row Theatre Company; Quadramics Theatre Company; iNtuitons Experimental Theatre Company
Ryan Leone (CAS & WH) President, Day Hosting Coordinator, and Tour Guide, Kite and Key; President & Founder, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative Student Society; Running Back and Academic Coordinator, Varsity Sprint Football; Resident Associate, RIE Program Coordinator, Ware College House; President & Founder, Penn Health Tech Student Board; Writer & Executive Editor, Synapse Healthcare Journal; Research Assistant, Platt Lab- Penn Medicine; Friars Senior Honor Society; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Thouron Award
Sanjit Chakravarty (WH) Co-Chair, Recognitions Chair, Recruitment Chair, Wharton Council; President, Director of Video, Penn Masala; Wharton Dean’s Faculty Teaching Awards Committee; Oracle Senior Honor Society; Loan Officer, Student Federal Credit Union; Dean’s List; Beta Gamma Sigma; The Ballard Fund for Real Estate Excellence AwardHonor Society
Shiv Nadkarni (CAS) Community Service Chair, Performing Arts Council; Senior Research Assistant, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research (Penn Department of Psychiatry); Podcast Lead, Doctors Who Create; Music Director, Counterparts A Cappella; Volunteer, CHOP Homeless Health Initiative; Alpha Iota Gamma Pre-Healthcare Fraternity; Conference Committee, Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club; Dean’s List; Nu Rho Psi Neuroscience Honor Society; Friars Senior Honor Society
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SPORTS 11
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019
Late comeback not enough in women’s lacrosse’s loss to Northwestern Quakers gave up more goals than they had all season long JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor
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The Quakers will have to wait until tournament time for revenge. No. 5 Penn women’s lacrosse traveled westward to take on No. 9 Northwestern in its final nonconference matchup of the season. The Quakers ultimately lost for the second time this season, by a score of 17-13. The Red and Blue (8-2, 2-0 Ivy) and the Wildcats (8-3, 2-0 Big Ten) had entirely different narratives heading into Sunday’s matchup. Northwestern is the highest scoring offense in the nation, while Penn came into the weekend with the eighth fewest goals allowed per game and the third-best save percentage in the country. Despite that defensive fortitude, the Wildcats scored the first four goals of the game on the way to a 6-1 lead. It was senior Selena Lasota who lead Northwestern, but Penn stayed within striking distance with goals from freshman attackers Taylyn Stadler and Madison Jiranek. The Wildcats’ hot start proved to be too much to overcome, as the Quakers were unable to outscore the high-octane Northwestern offense in the
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Kevin Zhu took victory in their doubles match, leaving the point up to Mautner and freshman Edoardo Graziani after a court two loss. The match went to a tiebreak, where the veteranrookie pair lost after being unable to win some key points.
second half. “They came out firing from the opening whistle, and we were very timid and back on our heels,” coach Karin Corbett said. “We haven’t started real strong in the past couple of games, including against Maryland. We started very slowly today while [Northwestern] kept possession, attacked and scored a lot of goals, and we really got into a hole. “The game was won in the first 10 minutes, and against a good team, you can’t get into a hole like that.” Penn cut Northwestern’s lead back to four on a goal by sophomore midfielder Abby Bosco midway through the first half, but the Wildcats responded with a 5-2 run to stretch their lead to seven. Sophomore attacker Zoe Belodeau scored with 1:56 left in the first half to chip away at the Northwestern lead before halftime. The Quakers came out of halftime facing a six-goal deficit, but Northwestern started the half on a 3-1 run in the first nine minutes to stretch its lead to a gamehigh eight. The Quakers showed resiliency, though, scoring five unanswered goals — including two from junior attacker Gabby Rosenzweig to trim the Wildcats’ lead to just three with 3:19 remaining. “I was really proud of our second half run. Our cutting and feeding was working and we were scoring off that,” Corbett said. “At halftime, we stressed that we had to keep the ball moving and attack aggressively. We also made
The women, who played at home, were coming off an easy win against Saint John’s last weekend. The match was sure to be difficult, as the Penn women had not defeated the Tigers in Ivy play since 2008. The visitors were ranked No. 38 in the nation, sitting four places higher than the No. 42 spot they held last year
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Sophomore attacker Zoe Belodeau was a bright spot for the Red and Blue on Sunday, scoring four goals and picking up an assist in the loss. With this performance, Belodeau now has a team-best 26 goals, and she is the second member of the team to reach double-digit assists.
a change on the draw that allowed us to get more possessions and stepped it up defensively.” Northwestern ended up hanging on in the final minutes, as freshman Lauren Gilbert put an exclamation point on a 17-13 Wildcat win. Last season in this matchup, the Wildcats prevailed in double overtime. Stadler, Rosenzweig, and Belodeau led the way for the Quakers offensively, posting four, five,
and six points, respectively, but their goals alone weren’t enough to push the Red and Blue over the top. Throughout the game, the Quakers got quality looks at the goal but were unable to convert, while Northwestern capitalized on its shots on goal. In the first half, the Wildcats converted 13of-16 shots on goal, while Penn converted just 7-of-11. The Red and Blue also struggled with
turnovers, turning the ball over 19 times and forcing just 13 Wildcat turnovers. Penn will look to bounce back next weekend when they travel to Providence, R.I. to face Brown. The Bears are 6-5 overall and have won two straight conference matchups after falling 15-11 to Dartmouth in their conference opener. “A huge part of our season is still ahead of us, and we’ve got to
play well in it. Brown beat Princeton last week, and they’re a good team,” Corbett said. “It’s going to be a battle because that trip is very difficult to make. Our goals are to start strong, keep our confidence high, attack on offense, and play a whole 60 minutes.” The Quakers struggled to contain the Wildcats’ offensive explosion, and their defense will be vital to their success as they finish up conference play in April.
when they defeated the Red and Blue, 5-2. After winning the doubles point, two straight-set victories from freshman Yulia Bryzgalova and senior OJ Singh, who is also a DP staffer, put the Quakers in good position to win the match, but four Penn singles losses meant that Princeton ended up victorious.
With only six games left in the collegiate careers of the seniors on both teams, a sense of urgency is looming. “There’s a lot of nerves, there’s a lot of emotion, there’s a lot of things on the line, but we have to make sure that we stay confident and focused and play with heart rather than nerves,” Shatalin said. With plenty of time left to
face off with the rest of the conference, both teams are still positioned well to make significant improvements from their finishes last year. To beat their 4-3 Ivy record from last year, the men are planning on keeping it simple. “With Ivy play, it’s important to make sure the energy is up, follow the tactics, and execute
with no fear,” Shatalin said. The men will look to execute next weekend at home against Harvard on Saturday and Dartmouth on Sunday. The women will head to Cambridge, Mass. on Saturday to take on the Crimson, followed by a face off with the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on Sunday.
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Quakers stun defending national champ Yale in triple overtime Freshman Sam Handley scored the game winner WILL DiGRANDE Sports Editor
MEN’S LACROSSE (3OT) No. 2 YALE No. 13 PENN
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Maybe the warm spring weather is just what the Quakers needed. On a balmy Saturday at Franklin Field, No. 13 Penn men’s lacrosse kept its five-game winning streak intact with a thrilling 13-12 tripleovertime win over Ivy League rival and defending national champion Yale. After a nail-biting first two periods of overtime couldn’t produce a winner, freshman attackman Sam Handley sent a laser into the back of the net a minute into the third bonus period to send the home bench and fans into a frenzy. Six different goalscorers — each scoring at least a pair of goals — lifted the Red and Blue (5-3, 3-0 Ivy) to victory, their first over the No. 2 Elis (6-2, 2-1) since 2017. Penn stuck with the Bulldogs for the entirety of regulation, a stark difference to the last matchup be-
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that rapport going,� Mautner said. “Around sophomore or junior year of high school, I made a verbal commitment with him that I wanted to come to Penn.� Choosing and attending Penn provided much needed direction and assistance to Mautner, who for so long lived a life that in many ways revolved around tennis. “My dad pushed me [toward Penn] to try to explore a career in finance because, at that time, I had no idea what I wanted to do,� Mautner said. “I was just super interested in playing tennis and the prospect of playing professionally, but he helped me make a more informed decision.�
tween these two programs. In that meeting in last year’s Ivy League Tournament, Yale raced out to an early lead and never looked back, coasting to a 21-6 victory. The Quakers would make sure history didn’t repeat itself this time around, and would have an answer to every strike from Yale. The first half was mostly backand-forth play from both sides, with the game either tied or in the visitors’ favor for all 30 minutes of play. A late goal from Yale freshman Matt Brandau was the only difference between the teams at halftime, with the Elis ahead 6-5 heading into the break. Penn would come alive in the third quarter, however, much to the delight of the sizeable home crowd. It took nearly six minutes for the first second-half goal, but then the floodgates opened. A pair of seniors, attackman Simon Mathias and midfielder Alex Roesner, struck less than a minute apart to notch the Quakers into their first lead of the day at 7-6. Three unanswered goals from the Red and Blue to close the third period saw them soar into the final period ahead 10-7. In the fourth, the momentum began to shift. Penn freshman at-
tackman Dylan Gergar picked up his hat-trick with 10:04 to play, putting the Quakers up 11-8 and in solid control of the contest. But a furious comeback from the visitors, featuring four goals in seven minutes, saw them surge into a 12-11 lead with just 2:05 to play. Never a team to give up, and energized by their fans, the Red and Blue held on to the final possession as time ticked down. Senior midfielder Tyler Dunn turned out to be the answer the home side needed, as with time expiring he turned and fired off an equalizer for the Quakers to send the contest into overtime. “There was not a doubt in my mind that I was going to get a shot off, but I knew I had to hurry it up a little,� Dunn said. “It’s just the trust that my teammates have to give me the ball at the end, I really appreciate that. It was such a team effort right there.� In sudden-death overtime, any shot can mean the end of the game, so fans were on the edges of their seats until Handley saw the historic result through with his winner to set off a frenetic celebration. “It felt like a shot I had already taken a thousand times over,� Handley said. “I felt like everything just clicked and connected.�
Once he was at school, however, Mautner, had to deal with the challenges that come with being a freshman thrust into the spotlight at the No. 1 singles slot. While at practice he carried teammates’ equipment and was the team’s resident ‘little guy.’ He faced pressure at matches to compete with and win against the best players that opposing teams had to offer. Nevertheless, Mautner earned first team All-Ivy praise during his freshman year and tallied three wins over ranked players en route to an 11-11 record. Since then, Mautner has only grown and improved, twice more being named first team AllIvy and becoming team captain. Taking on a leadership role for the team has been something that the senior has enjoyed greatly. He
is the lone fourth-year senior for Penn and takes pride in forging strong relationships with younger players in the same way that he was welcomed as a freshman. “I try to give [younger players] advice whenever I can and act as a mentor figure to them,� Mautner said. “I love the guys and I think that we have our best team culture to date. That’s reflected in our results, because we’ve had a top-25 ranking this year.� As for the rest of his senior season, Mautner knows that there’s much left for both him and his fellow Quakers to accomplish, especially with the onset of Ivy play. Individually, Mautner has his sights set on the Ivy League Player of the Year award. Last year saw him miss out on the accolade to
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Columbia’s Victor Pham, but that slight only adds fuel to the fire. “I was so close last year as a finalist,� Mautner said. “I thought I should have won it, but it was close, so this year I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, and that’s what I’m striving for.� The team’s focus centers around qualifying for the NCAA Tournament, which has proven elusive for the Red and Blue in recent years. Getting into postseason play would almost be icing on the cake for Mautner. When recalling his favorite memories with the Quakers, the senior highlighted the moments of passionate, energetic, group celebration after big wins that justify all of the work that the players put into each season. Mautner came to Penn with
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sionally, but my career just kind of built on itself.� Bryzgalova’s success on the court led her to play in a doubles tournament with a student from Columbia, who inspired her interest in going to an Ivy League university and representing her school on the court. As Yulia recounts, the difference between individual professional play and team play is astounding, and she’s overjoyed to have the support of her team both on and off the court. “I’m just really enjoying this team,� she said. “The practices are the highlight of my day, and I really enjoy spending time with the team. It’s much more enjoyable than when you play pro tennis. I have school, my friends, and my team, and I don’t even
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have time to miss home.� In fact, the connectedness of the tennis program is what brought Bryzgalova to Penn, as Penn men’s tennis player Dmitry Shatalin reached out to Kunovac regarding Yulia’s skills and interest in coming to college in the United States. “Shatalin came to me and said, ‘I know this girl from Russia, I’ve known her since we were kids, I think you would really want her on the team, she’s really good,’� Kunovac said. “So I looked at her results, and knew she could have a scholarship anywhere immediately. So I started thinking about how hard it would be to beat out other schools. Once Yulia came to visit here, I started to realize just how special she is, because of who she is as a person. I felt like she was the sort of DNA this team is made out of, and that she’d be a perfect
fit, and she is.� Bryzgalova continues to impress off the court as well, keeping up with her busy academic life as a student in the College by exploring different academic topics of interest while juggling the demands of college athletics. “The transition to being a student was actually pretty hard in the first semester,� Bryzgalova said. “[Before,] I was playing tennis most of my life, and the rest of the day I was just resting, but here I need to do a lot of homework and go to classes and actually do well in school. Once I got used to my schedule, though, it became so enjoyable. Yulia plans to take her career and schooling one step at a time, and see where that leads her. Looking ahead to the rest of the season, she will certainly be key for the Quakers as they begin Ivy League play.
“Everything was scattered: my school was in one part of the city and the tennis courts were in another,� she said. “I had to travel across the entire city just to get to practice, which wasted so much time. Sometimes [at Penn] I might complain when I have to walk 20 minutes from class to the tennis courts, but it’s nothing compared to what I had to go through [in Poland].� Coming to play for Penn tennis marked a major change for Curnic and Kowalska, whose previous trainings had mostly been on a oneto-one basis. “Back home, it was so hard [to find people to play with],� Kowalska said. “There was one girl who I would train with every day. Sometimes I had to play with guys who had different styles, so that was not as helpful to my tennis.� Penn men’s tennis player Dmitry Shatalin, a senior from Moscow, thinks that this transition has helped him become more independent on and off the court. “[In Moscow,] training was obviously more intense and more personalized,� he said. “Everything was kind of put on the table, so I had a clear idea of where I had to be every week. But at Penn, with
14 of us [on the team], suddenly I had to take care of everything on the tennis court. As much as it can be tailored, the athlete himself has to learn to make crucial decisions and be mentally tough.� In addition to less customization at Penn, Shatalin has also found less time for training due to classes and being a TA for two engineering courses. Having practiced six to seven hours daily back in Russia, his practices are now more focused on quality rather than quantity. “At one point, I started to accept that two hours a day was the most I could afford [to train],� Shatalin said. “So I trained really intensively, and [was] very focused on every shot. This made me appreciate and put maximum effort into every moment I have on the court.� The three student athletes all feel that they have benefitted massively from a team setting. Shatalin, in particular, enjoys both the competitiveness and supportiveness of his teammates. The international influence has even affected the teams’ cultures, with the women’s team opting for a more European-sounding workout playlist. But despite the differences in nationality, the Quakers are united in tennis.
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In goal, senior goalie Reed Junkin made a season-high 22 saves to keep the Quakers in the contest. A good number of his stops came down the stretch or in overtime, right when the team needed them most. But junior face-off specialist Kyle Gallagher, although he didn’t end up on the scoresheet, might just be the reason Penn came out on top. Gallagher came into the game
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nis in the United States? Sophomore Marija Curnic of the women’s team also hails from Croatia. For Curnic, it was a daunting task to balance practice with academics, especially because she began to travel frequently to play in tournaments or for her national team when she was 12. “I would study while I was traveling, but it was kind of challenging,� Curnic said. “I would [be] in class with other people who aren’t athletes, so it wasn’t made for me to adjust my school schedule based on tennis. Here [at Penn], the school is far more understanding about it.� Curnic notes that back in Croatia, the conditions for practicing tennis were also less than ideal. “At Penn, I feel like I have everything to be successful,� she said. “Back home, we didn’t even have indoor facilities to practice in. I would usually practice outdoors, [even when] it was freezing cold — and with old tennis balls.� Curnic’s teammate, senior Marta Kowalska, also described similar concerns about tennis in her native Poland.
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DP Sports Player of the Week: senior designated hitter Sarah Cwiertnia Cwiertnia launched her first home run of year on Friday JACOB WESSELS Associate Sports Editor
Another big weekend for Penn softball. Another big weekend for Sarah Cwiertnia. As the Quakers took two of three games from Dartmouth this weekend, they relied heavily on the offensive production of senior first baseman and designated hitter Sarah Cwiertnia, whose strong hitting earned her DP Sports Player of the Week. Cwiertnia started the week going just 2-for-8 in the team’s 5-2 loss to Rider on Wednesday and the first game of Friday’s doubleheader against Dartmouth. However, the senior was quick to shake off her slow
start, leading the Quakers to wins in the final two games of the series. In the second half of Friday’s doubleheader, Cwiertnia got the scoring started, driving in three runs with her first home run of the season to left-center field. This blast would prove to be the difference maker, with the Red and Blue ending their two-game skid with a 6-3 victory against the Big Green. In the series finale, Cwiertnia entered a new gear. After falling behind 6-1 early on, the Quakers battled back to even the score at six before Cwiertnia came to the plate with the bases loaded. The senior delivered a clutch two-RBI double down the left-field line, giving the Red and Blue their first lead of the game as part of a nine-run fifth inning. Cwiertnia got another chance with two
runners on in the sixth, once again delivering a base hit that would drive in both runners. In the end, Cwiertnia would finish the game 3-for-6 with four RBIs. She also scored two of the Red and Blue’s 17 runs in game two. Throughout the weekend, the senior had seven RBIs, three runs scored, three doubles, and one home run, while hitting .357 in 14 at bats. As a senior, Cwiertnia has filled a much bigger role for the Quakers this season. After appearing in just 26 games for the Red and Blue last year, the first baseman has already seen action in 23 contests this spring. She has a batting average of .358 — which is tied for second best on the team — as well as 10 RBIs. It was this week where she began to really find her power stroke, account-
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Bryzgalova making immediate impact The freshman is already a four-time national champion EMILY CONDON Sports Reporter
From Moscow to Philadelphia, and just about everywhere in between, Yulia Bryzgalova tears up the tennis court and continues to make a name for herself and for Penn women’s tennis. The Russian-born, 21-year-old freshman decided to put her future professional career on hold to pursue a university degree at Penn, and she quickly worked her way up to becoming the Quakers’ top performer. Bryzgalova, a decorated fourtime national champion and twotime ITF pro doubles winner, adds more than just her experience to the team. “If you look at her record, there
are a lot of three-setters. What this shows is that she finds a way to compete. When you say her name to me, I think of her competitive heart,” coach Sanela Kunovac said. Bryzgalova began playing tennis at a young age, and as her skills continued to develop, so did her aspirations. She hadn’t planned on professional play from the beginning, and took her career one step at a time — letting her skills speak for themselves. “I was just playing tennis and I had good results,” Bryzgalova said. “When I was under 12 years old I was competing in Russia, and then I started to win most of my tournaments in Russia, and my parents decided that I needed to go compete in Europe. I did pretty well there, and then after that I came to America and played a lot of tournaments here. I didn’t really set out to play profesSEE BRYZGALOVA PAGE 12
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Both teams have athletes from all around the world MICHAEL LAU Sports Reporter
Tennis is not as popular in the United States as football, basketball, or baseball. “Don’t tell that to Serena [Williams],” Penn women’s tennis coach Sanela Kunovac
quipped. Historically, Penn tennis has not been as celebrated as some of the other sports, such as football and basketball. But on the other side of the globe, European players have long dominated on the tennis court. Penn men’s and women’s tennis have taken advantage of this by bringing in international recruits from a broad range of countries, including Croatia,
Poland, Russia, Germany, and Italy. For Kunovac’s team, those recruits have often come from the same international background as her. All told, four of the 10 women on the roster are international. A fifth, senior and DP staffer OJ Singh, hails from India but attended high school in the United States. The men’s team features three foreign-born players of the 13
athletes on the roster. Kunovac, a former Penn tennis player herself, is Croatian. Having come to the States at the age of 13 with hopes of becoming a full-time professional player, Kunovac knows first hand that talents can be found overseas. So what do the international Quakers have to say about tenSEE INTERNATIONAL PAGE 12
Red and Blue tripped up in Ivy League openers against Tigers
Kyle Mautner has been steadily dominant in four-year career
Men’s and women’s teams fell, 5-2 and 4-3, respectively
Senior has been first team All-Ivy each year at Penn
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Ivy League play started off on a sour note for Penn men’s and women’s tennis, as both sides fell to rival Princeton this Saturday in their conference openers. In a highly competitive match, the women (11-5, 0-1 Ivy) lost their opener at home to the Tigers (124, 1-0) by one point. The Quakers easily took the doubles point, but after winning two singles matches and then losing two, the fate of the match was left to senior Marta Kowalska, who fell to her opponent after three hard-fought sets. Playing on the Tigers’ home court in New Jersey, the men (166) fell to the Orange and Black (17-6, 1-0) by a score of 5-2. Last year, the men defeated Princeton in an easy 6-1 victory to open up Ivy play, but this time around, they were unable to win on key singles courts to secure the victory. The only two wins came from senior Kyle Mautner on court one and senior Dmitry Shatalin on court four. Mautner, currently ranked No. 85 nationally, has been a huge contributor to the success of the team
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Senior Dmitry Shatalin had a successful day on Saturday against the Tigers, winning his singles contest and picking up a doubles victory.
by providing consistent wins on the top court. “He’s probably one of the very best players who has played at Penn for the last 10, 15 years,” Shatalin said of his teammate. This match marked the first since early March when the two seniors have been back on the court at the same time, as Mautner had been out with pneumonia for three weeks. The Red and Blue looked to make
this transition as smooth as possible to avoid breaking up team dynamics. The usual doubles pairing of Mautner and Shatalin was split up, but the new arrangements did not serve the Red and Blue as well as they had hoped. Shatalin and freshman SEE IVY OPENER PAGE 11
It didn’t take long for Penn men’s tennis’ senior star Kyle Mautner to become an integral part of the program — as a freshman, Mautner immediately rose to the top of the Quakers’ lineup and earned first team All-Ivy recognition — but he’s still come a long way over the course of his four years representing the Red and Blue. Mautner grew up in Greenwich, Conn., where he played hockey until deciding at the age of 12 to focus on tennis full-time. Despite switching sports so long ago, he recognizes that his hockey experience contributed to his tennis game. “Being able to have good balance on the tennis court translated over [from hockey],” Mautner said. “In general, it was tough on your lungs and got you into really good shape.” Mautner’s embrace of and commitment to tennis, though,
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Freshman Yulia Bryzgalova played in professional tournaments in Russia before joining the Penn women’s squad as a 21-year-old freshman this year.
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After nearly winning the award last season, senior Kyle Mautner is once again in the running to be Ivy League Player of the Year.
was very much a show of his appreciation for the sport’s individual nature. In order to garner All-Ivy awards at the No. 1 singles spot as Mautner has, one has to be comfortable with being alone in competition. So comfortable was Mautner in that solitary, competitive environment that he played his way to a No. 17 ranking in the Class of 2015, including the top spot in the state of Connecticut.
Throughout that rise to national notoriety, Mautner had Penn on his radar. “I’ve known [Penn coach David Geatz] since I was 12 years old because he used to teach at a club in my hometown, Greenwich, and since he lived in the Northeast area of the United States, he’d come to tournaments a lot and he kept SEE MAUTNER PAGE 12
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