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At Tufts, Kesha tickets are free

Kesha will perform at Tufts’ Spring Fling this month ISABEL KIM Staff Reporter

While students at Penn will have to shell out $45 to $55 each to see Kesha perform at Spring Fling, students at Tufts will be able to watch her perform for free.

Tufts, which hosts its own Spring Fling, has also snagged Kesha as its headliner. Kesha, along with MisterWives and Lion Babe, will perform at Tufts on April 25, a week after she performs at Penn. Tufts undergraduate students are allotted a single free ticket, and every additional ticket costs $30. At Penn, students must pay $45 for general admission, and non-student concertgoers must pay $80 for a ticket.

Unlike in previous years, when three artists performed, this year the Social Planning and Events Committee opted to spend its artist budget on two performers, Kesha and Kygo.

While SPEC members could not comment on the confidential details of their contract with Kesha, “a lot of factors go into booking an artist, and they’re all there regardless of which artist we look into,” SPEC Concerts co-Director and College senior Suvadip Choudhury said in an email.

Despite the price difference, Penn students recognize that there may be larger factors at play.

“Tufts is not a need-blind school. This means that they can reject people based on financial

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Pen n w i l l so on begin a search for a new leader of Greek life on campus.

On Tuesday, the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life announced SCOTT that Director of the Office of Fraternity REIKOFSKI and Sorority Life Scott Reikofski will retire after 20 years in the position. Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Hikaru Kozuma is charged with conducting the search for a new director following Reikofski’s departure. When Reikofski retires at the end of the academic year, he plans to work on his consulting business.

“It has been a privilege to work with amazing colleagues and tremendously talented, promising students,” Reikofski said in a press release. “I will always be connected to Penn as a proud Quaker and through friendships with generations of Penn alumni.”

The announcement comes shortly after national media attention on Greek life incidents at other colleges, including the release of a video depicting fraternity brothers at the University of Oklahoma chanting racial slurs.

While Reikofski was director, Greek life at Penn grew to 51 different chapters with more than 3,500 members. He oversaw the

Nutter talks sex and safety at DPS Commendation Ceremony Penn Police officers were recognized for their work ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

“When you are 18 years old, sex is always an emergency,” City of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told a room full of public safety officers and supporters on Wednesday. Nutter was speaking at the Division of Public Safety Commendation Ceremony, which was also the Undergraduate Assembly and Graduate and Professional Students Assembly Recognition Awards.

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Nutter was recounting a memory from his undergraduate Wharton years living in Lower Quadrangle’s Ashurst-McGee when his Resident Advisor gave Nutter and his hallmates a copy of a safe-sex book entitled “Sex is an Emergency.” In response to the gift, Nutter said at the time, “F**k that.”

Nutter followed this anecdote by expressing his appreciation for the University, saying that both of his chiefs of staff and many members of his office were drawn from the Penn undergraduate and graduate community. “Penn continues to astound the city, the country and the world,” Nutter said.

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Mayor Michael Nutter awarded 14 Penn Police sergeants, detectives, and officers for their work at their annual Commendation Ceremony on Wednesday.

The ceremony began with a procession of uniformed men wielding flags and marching to the tune of bagpipes. Vice President

There is also wide support among scholars for a higher minimum wage.”

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Select Penn students get a chance to meet Warren Buffett Penn’s Smart Woman Securities was founded last fall

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It was a trip that would turn many money-minded students green with envy. On March 19, seven members of the Penn chapter of Smart Woman Securities travelled as part of SWS’s annual program to Omaha, Neb., to meet Warren Buffett.

SWS is a national organization whose goal is to provide investment education through a mandatory 10-week seminar series and investment project.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in mentoring programs and to meet with successful investors.

The Penn chapter of SWS was founded this past fall and is currently composed of students across all undergraduate schools.

The Buffett trip is only open to SWS members, so this is the first year that Penn students have been eligible. To apply, SWS members had to submit a resume and respond to short answer questions.

“It was a very selective process,” Wharton junior and CEO of Penn SWS Samina Hydery said. “We were very excited to be able to send these seven members.”

Of the seven students, two were sophomores, three were juniors and two were seniors.

The SWS trip participants from all schools participated in site visits of companies invested in by Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, as well as other Omaha-headquartered firms.

The students also had the opportunity to meet Berkshire Hathaway executives and leaders of affiliated companies like Gallup.

“A common theme through many of the professionals at the companies we visited was that how you do something is just as important as what you do,” Wharton sophomore Emily

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Seven members of the Penn chapter of Smart Woman Securities got the opportunity to meet Warren Buffett.

Chandel said. “Not focusing on the end but focusing on the journey along the way.”

The trip also featured a twohour question and answer session with Buffett. Chandel was one of the few students who had the opportunity to ask Buffett a question.

Drawing from a well-known quote of Buffett’s in which he said, “I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they would feel like doing nothing,” Chandel asked Buffett to “share insights on raising humble, modern children and how to protect that mindset from any influence that comes from an affluent household.”

Chandel said Buffett told the audience that raising kids is the most important job one will ever have. She added that Buffett was “very happy and excited to talk about issues regarding strength of character and family.”

“I think he was trying to convey that there are more metrics of success than just financial and investing,” Chandel said.

After the question and answer session, the students joined

Buffett for dinner at his favorite Omaha steakhouse, Piccolo Pete’s. “It was Buffett-style,” Hydery said. “It wasn’t too extravagant and had a relaxed atmosphere.”

During the three-hour meal, each of the nineteen SWS chapter groups rotated in sitting at Buffett’s table and were able to experience first-hand the personal side of one of the richest men in the world.

“That was the best part of the trip, talking to him personally,” Wharton sophomore Aastha Jain said. “He is such a humble person. His personality was so great. It was just so inspiring to listen to him speaking and giving us wonderful advice.”

“He was very open and very comfortable to talk about anything we wanted to discuss and had a great sense of humor,” Chandel, who sat directly beside Buffett during dinner, added.

“We were elbow-bumping distance, which is insane.”

Jain added that she found it interesting to hear Buffett — who himself attributed part of his success to being a white male in America — share his perspective on women in finance.

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to fallen Sgt. Robert Wilson of the Philadelphia Police Department who was shot to death on duty earlier this year.

Fi f t e en com mend at ion s were then presented to 14 Penn Police sergeants, detectives and officers for their work. Commendatory letters and letters of recognition were also presented to Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Yvonne Ruiz and Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Mark Winter, as well as eight dispatchers and supervisors

An affiliated woman at Ryan Veterinary Hospital at 3805 Spruce Street reported that the veterinary hospital staff had received threatening phone calls on March 13 from the former owner of an animal treated at VHUP.

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T he Undergraduate Assembly and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly then presented their Public Safety Recognition Awards to several Penn Police officers, chosen based on letters of gratitude submitted by members of the student body in appreciation for the officers’ help, according to DPS. Rush said that Nutter’s office contacted DPS about the Mayor attending the ceremony.

Nutter commended the Penn community for its work in putting together the late Wilson’s funeral at the Palestra on

At 4:14 a.m., unaffiliated 75-year-old man at 4021 Walnut Street reported burglary of a store by an unknown suspect. The suspect took money and food.

March 14, which he attended.

“It took an army to make that funeral happen, and they recognized it,” Rush said.

The commendations were chosen based on outstanding achievements in public safety by not only police officers, but also by PennComm dispatchers, ADAs, Penn Patrol officers and the University City District Security Ambassador Jason Giles.

“It’s not just for the police,” Rush said. “It’s for everyone in public safety — it takes a team to bring the package together to keep people safe, and that’s what we do 365, 24/7.”

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YouTube sensation headlines concert at World Cafe Live David Choi joined by two other artists onstage TIFFANY YAU Contributing Reporter

It might have been April Fools’ Day, but on Wednesday night, World Cafe Live’s lineup was anything but a joke.

Performing for the crowd were Matthew Wade who is better known as My Silent Bravery, Tess Henley and YouTube star David Choi.

My Silent Bravery opened up the show with his music about perseverance and inner strength in the face of hardship. Wade explained that he strongly believes in the importance of the soft-spoken act of giving back to create a broader impact.

“My usual motivation is to reach and connect with people, to move them and touch them on an emotional level,” Wade told

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information. Given that their cost of attendance and class size is comparable to ours, they net more money from the students. I’m not upset about the Kesha situation as I would much rather have to pay $50 to see an artist than the $60,000 ticket price associated with a year

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upgrade of over 24 Universitymanaged chapter houses. He wrote a guest column in The Daily Pennsylvanian last year about the benefits of Greek life, despite some of the negative stereotypes.

Reikofski, also a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity,

YouTube star David Choi has just under 1 million subscribers.

the DP. “I hope to keep putting out music that people can connect to and relate to,” he said.

Next on stage was Tess

Henley. She performed her hits, which ranged from her bittersweet “Wonderland” to her upbeat “Positively Me.” Henley

of tuition,” College freshman Julio Sosa said.

“If the fees are basically only to cover what we’re paying for the event, then great. Personally I’m rather curious as to how to expenses break down,” Engineering and Wharton freshman Rafael Dimaano said.

Other students speculate that contractual terms may be behind

the ticket price difference.

“She’s probably charging Penn a lot more money because Penn has one of the largest Spring Flings on the East coast. If she charges us more, we have to pay more,” Wharton junior Sneha Shashikumar said.

The talent budget for SPEC concerts this year is $180,000, as detailed in the SPEC concert budget.

was honored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in 2013 with the Distinguished Service Award as part of the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community.

Reikofski earned his doctorate from Penn’s Graduate School of Education in 2008 and published his research on organizational change and

planning for fraternity system management.

“Scott has served Penn admirably for more than two decades,” added Kozuma in the press release. “He has left an indelible mark on students who have grown to become contributing members of society and proud Penn alumni. He has been a champion for students, and he will be missed.”

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holds “Positively Me” very close to her heart, as this song was written for her grandmother.

“I do music for the hope of

providing to my friends and family members because they have helped me so much through all of this,” Henley said. “Support from my family and friends really keeps me going.”

Henley will be on the road for the rest of the year while work ing on producing her new record. In February, she released her new EP album, “Wonderland” and is doing her best to increase its popularity.

“I hope to travel around the world to different places to share my music with the people who I love the most,” she said.

Lastly, headliner David Choi started his performance with “All I Need.” He went through his repertoire of songs, which consisted of “Bad Girl,” “Together,” “That Girl” and “Don’t Forget.”

Throughout his music career, Choi said, “My songs have taken on increasingly mature

sounds … because I’m older now.”

He conjures his motivation from his love of writing songs and sharing it with people to help them overcome obstacles.

“I’ll receive comments like ‘it made my day better’ and ‘it saved my life and prevented me from killing myself.’”

Choi’s music has gone viral online. He is a YouTube sensation with just under 1 million subscribers — and his songs have received almost twenty million views With a dedicated fan base, Choi is one of the most wellknown Asian American pop artists.

“It is my blood, my heritage, my history — but I am also American. The only Asian thing about me is that I like Asian food and I look Asian,” Choi said. “As a musician, I don’t believe that there is a boundary.”

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OPINION Increasing the minimum

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TOE THE LINE | The minimum wage debate

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n Economics 001 with Rebecca Stein, Penn students learn that a government-imposed minimum wage distorts the market equilibrium and creates unemployment. However, as Professor Stein would likely admit, her lesson on the minimum wage falls short of reality. In practice, a reasonable minimum wage benefits lowincome employees more than it harms the labor market. While President Obama’s proposal to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 languishes in the Republicancontrolled Congress, Penn Democrats applauds Governor Tom Wolf’s effort to increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage. We encourage Congress to make a living wage possible for every American.

While productivity and per capita Gross Domestic Product have risen significantly since 1950, the real value of the minimum wage has fallen over time. Currently, full-time workers earning $7.25 an hour

of a minimum wage increase argue it would hurt the people it intends to help, studies prove the contrary. According to the aforementioned CBO study, low-income and middle-class families would accrue significant benefits from a minimum wage increase. Gary Burtless, an economist at the Brookings Institution and cosignatory of the letter to President Obama, found the increased weekly earnings gained by low-wage earners who remain employed would significantly exceed the earnings lost by the reduction in employment.

The choice is clear: Increase the minimum wage and empower low-income workers while boosting the economy, or accept the status quo and continue to see millions of hardworking Americans struggle to survive despite working fulltime jobs. Let’s raise the wage.

make only $15,000 annually.

Penn’s room and board fees are nearly that much. It is incredibly difficult to live on that salary, let alone raise a family with it.

Additionally, the economics support increasing the minimum wage. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would, at worst, cause a reduction in employment for 1 million workers, but the increase would benefit about 16.5 million employees.

Accounting for these increased earnings and slight employment reduction, there would still be a $2 billion increase in net real income. There is also wide support among scholars for a higher minimum wage.

In 2014, 600 economists — including seven Nobel laureates — sent President Obama and congressional leaders a letter urging them to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016.

Although most opponents

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he Penn College Republicans have an atypical stance on the minimum wage. In our view, this is largely a positive question.

Penn students understand that there are concrete tradeoffs that come with higher minimum wages.

From a policy standpoint, the most important thing is that policy makers are upfront with the American people about these tradeoffs.

For example, during President Obama’s last rhetorical push for a minimum wage, he essentially portrayed it as a costless policy change.

Basic economics tells us this is not true. This skepticism was confirmed by a Congressional Budget Office report, which came out confirming the obvious: In general, higher minimum wages increase unemployment. At the time, this was seen as a setback for President Obama as he had denied that there were any costs.

This kind of rhetoric is what we’re most critical of.

We can debate policy, but we shouldn’t mislead voters.

Secondly, we need to be smart about how we implement minimum wage changes. There’s economic research that suggests policy makers should be cautious on two fronts.

The first is that the timing of minimum wage increases can affect firms’ responses. For example, if we increase minimum wage during a recession or recovery it’s possible that firms are more likely to invest in technology as opposed to hiring new workers. Even if we agree to increase the minimum wage, timing is important.

A second consideration is the minimum wage’s effect on youth unemployment.

There’s ample evidence that shows that holding a job when you’re young increases life outcomes throughout your lifetime. Young work-

ers are most likely to be harmed by minimum wage increases. Policy makers may want to consider designing a minimum wage so that its effect on young workers is mitigated.

In sum, our view is pragmatic. We’re not so much worried about the policy as the outcome. If policy makers can go before the American people, be honest about potential costs and convince them to support a minimum wage increase, we’re all for it. What we won’t stand for is misleading the public purely in order to score political points by passing legislation.

Will Cassidy C‘16 Penn College Republicans representative

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No one is placed in a prison, private or government run, unless some government agency puts them there.

Perhaps you could direct your opprobrium at the governments which place them there. Your desire to blame corporations for all the ills of this world is misplaced.

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Seriously? Now earth-moving equipment is on the naughty list? I guess making plowshares instead of swords isn’t enough anymore to avoid that list.

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Ah, the self-righteous posturing of youth. Nothing like it. Thank you, Harvey and Randolph for your voices of reason. I would add that the Palestinians can have a country anytime they like, once they cease calling for the destruction of Israel and the death to Jews.

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Civic Scholars program to create student advisory board Student feedback to be used for future program changes RUIHONG LIU Staff Reporter

Change may be on the way for Penn’s Civic Scholars program, which lies at the intersection of academics and community service.

The Civic Scholars program, which requires students to participate in community service, maintain a 3.3 GPA and complete a capstone project. Among other requirements, it has been working on creating an advisory board to provide student feedback to the program. College sophomore Syra Ortiz-Blanes, who is among those spearheading the initiative, is excited for the changes to come.

“It’s something that will happen sometime next semester.

We’ll work on what we have and build upon it,” she said. “Now, we’re a collective community and we try to change the format of the proseminar, change the retreat; there’s a lot of potential for growth.”

Ortiz-Blanes, a native of

Puerto Rico, is interested in educational reform and women’s rights. She has been involved in community service since high school and has worked in public schools for four years. The Civic Scholars program enabled OrtizBlanes to continue pursuing her interest on Penn’s campus.

“The program exposed me to a lot of opportunities early on,” Ortiz-Blanes said. “I love doing community service. If I wasn’t required to do so, it might be harder to be as committed to it.

But Civic Scholars constantly remind me, doing things you love is really great.”

All Civic Scholars are requ i red to pa r t icipate i n PennCORP, a pre-orientation program focusing on giving back to the Philadelphia community.

College sophomore Senait Bekele found it to be a great start to the program. “My most memorable experience would be, in the beginning, coming to Penn and seeing how nice the Penn area is. It’s hard to fully understand the issues that are in the community,” Bekele said, adding that it helped her, “understand the privilege that we’re not

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aware of.”

Civic Scholars are also required to take five mandatory courses, including two Academically Based Community Service courses. Students have different opinions about the structure.

College senior Rachel Hirshorn has been in the program for four years. She found that the required courses provided a platform to interact with different faculty members at Penn. “There are amazing opportunities not many Penn students are aware of,” she said. This semester, she went to a local high school every

week as part of an ABCS course and taught them about bioethics.

Civic Scholars also must complete a capstone project at the end of their senior year — the Civic Scholars seniors presented their capstone posters on April 1. Hirshorn’s project focused on health care.

“It is really gratifying to complete something like that even if you didn’t get credit or didn’t get anything for it. It is really rewarding to design something and see it through from start to ending,” Hirshorn said.

For program Director David

Grossman, the biggest challenge for students is to find a balance.

“One programmatic challenge we have — that I know we share with other initiatives on campus — is how busy Penn students are, and the implications that has for effecting balance in their lives,” Grossman said. “Because Civic Scholars is something students take on in addition to their regular course-load, we are mindful to incorporate messages about healthy balance and the importance of self-care.”

Bekele feels that balance is an issue that could be improved upon, mentioning that three Civic Scholars of the approximately fourteen initial students in her year have withdrawn from the program.

“One of the issues is that students feel they have to go outside their major to fulfill the requirement, so maybe they can broaden the requirement and somehow

include classes within other schools outside of the college,” Bekele said.

Grossman said that the program does its best to work with individual students.

“We retain the great majority of students who enter the program,” Grossman said. “Those few who do leave the program have varied reasons. Each year, we strive to be transparent about the expectations for participating in the program as a way to help all Civic Scholars manage this opportunity.”

Overall, students in the program have positive reviews.

“Each year feels very different. Everybody does service in their own way. It was a great learning experience,” Hirshorn said.

“It gives you a forum to talk about things that are really important and different,” OrtizBlanes added.

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Q&A with Noelle Melartin Penn takes first in EPA The DP sat down with the new director of AOD JILL CASTELLANO Editor-in-Chief

Alcohol and drugs are on the mind of one Penn administrator every day of the week. The Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives helps students navigate the risks and dangers of substance use, and a new director is taking the helm.

Noelle Melartin, the new director of AOD, served as associate director from 2010 until March 2015, when she was promoted to her new position. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Melartin to talk about her office and her new role.

Daily Pennsylvanian: I’ve heard from a lot of students that they don’t know about all of Penn’s resources. You’ve spoken about raising awareness about what AOD is and what it offers.

What specifically is AOD working on now to raise awareness in that way?

Noelle Melartin: Well that’s a good question. Why don’t I just give you a rundown of all the different areas that we work with students on ... First Step is our counseling service for students who are experiencing any kind of negative consequence from alcohol or other drug use. From there, we can also provide referrals to other services. We also can consult and offer support to students who are concerned about their friends or somebody in the group where they have a leadership role. Being in a leadership role often means that when there’s a problem, you’re the one who hears about it and you’re the one who’s expected to do something. … One of the other major things that our office does is party registration, so for groups on campus that want to host an event with alcohol, they have to register the event through our office and what that does is they receive a lot of guidance and support on how to host an event that is safe or safer.

DP: Other Ivy League institutions, like Dartmouth College, have recently banned hard liquor on campus. Does AOD have any plans to change Penn’s policy?

NM: Penn’s alcohol policy was reviewed in 2011 and up

until that poi nt ha rd alcohol was not permitted at all, and so parties could only host with wine or beer.

NOELLE We also don’t MELARTIN allow kegs on Director for the this campus Office of Alcohol and Other Drug or any kind Program of mass conInitiatives sumption vehicle. As of the 2011 policy review, hard liquor is permitted in certain types of parties. So a registered event with 150 guests or fewer, with a set guest list, may have hard alcohol served at their parties. We know that it’s not very often that these groups are having 150 people and the set guest list, so it’s really more like special occasions. … So it is permitted under certain circumstances at certain parties, but across the board it’s not something that has been permitted. I know that it’s widely used outside of the context of registered events, but as per university policy, it’s actually only permitted at those certain small events.

DP: You spoke before about training students to talk to their friends if they’re using drugs or drinking too much. Can you speak a little bit more about that?

NM: There are a few major groups that we train every year.

So for example, [residential advisers] and [graduate associates]: They are often the ones on the front lines when something is happening, so when somebody comes home at the end of the night and they’re really really sick or something else is going on or their roommates are concerned about them, they’re often the ones who are called to respond first. We want RAs and GAs to have some preparation for how to approach students when they have that kind of concern or what are the things they should look out for in terms of negative consequences or changes in behavior, as well as what they should do next. We train them on the resources that are available, and they also receive training from their house dean in terms of the protocol for responding when there’s an alcohol or other drug situation. So that’s

one really important group that we meet with every fall. We also train the Greek social chairs and presidents in terms of party registration policies and also how to respond if an incident happens in their house or within their group.

And then other groups of student leaders like students who work at the tutoring center and students who serve as teaching apprentices. We are able to give them some level of information so that they feel somewhat equipped to respond if a student were to come forward with an issue.

DP: A big concern and topic on campus over the course of the past year, I’m sure you know, is mental health. What role do you think that this office plays in mental health-type initiatives on campus?

NM: You know, one of the most interesting parts of working on the alcohol and other drug issue is that it’s never going to be its own issue. It’s something that reaches into all aspects of student life, including health and mental health. Alcohol and other drugs can have an impact on somebody’s mental health or somebody’s mental health can be motivating somebody to want to use alcohol and other drugs — either for the first time or in a way that they hadn’t used them before. … In our First Step program, we do often talk about those issues in terms of how alcohol or other drug use may be impacting somebody’s mental health, and in those circumstances I’m often able to provide a referral to [Counseling and Psychological Services] if they at the time are interested in looking into another level of counseling to address those issues.

DP: Is there anything that you’re particularly enthusiastic about or excited about in your new position?

NM: I’m really excited about the opportunity to work with a broader range of student groups.

As associate director, I was in charge of the First Step program and I really do love meeting with students one-on-one and providing the counseling. It’s been really exciting for me to experience the other side of things and get out there more and interact with students in a different way.

This Q&A has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

green energy challenge Climate Action Plan 2.0 promotes green initiaJILL MOELY Staff Reporter

For the past six years, the Environmental Protection Agency has ranked Penn among the best universities in the country in terms of green power support — but some students say there’s more to being green.

The EPA’s Annual College and University Green Power Challenge, which has been in place since the 2006-07 academic year, tracks university purchases of renewable energy credits, or RECs, within 39 different academic conferences.

Each credit represents one megawatt-hour of sustainablyproduced energy. When a university buys RECs, they lay claim to a certain amount of green power that has already been produced. Penn takes first in its Ivy League bracket for REC consumption, and also outranks larger universities such as Ohio State University.

When it comes to the EPA Challenge, Penn has a winning tradition — in each year of competition since 2009, the University has bought more RECs than any other participating institution. Most of the green energy behind Penn’s purchased credits comes from wind power.

However, some students say investing in RECs simply isn’t enough. Although the purchase of credits promotes production and use of clean energy, some argue doing so isn’t a long-term solution.

“We believe that reinvesting money from dirty fuels towards clean energy is a more effective way towards this sustainability goal,” Fossil Free Penn Administrative Outreach Coordinator Thomas Lee, an Engineering and Wharton sophomore, said.

“Unlike RECs, reinvestment

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Programs such as Greenfest, a campus-wide environmental festival, have helped Penn top green power-usage rankings.

has long-term global climate scope and helps to expand the endowment, instead of being one-time certificates with no return on investment in the future.”

Regardless, Penn’s Sustainability Director Dan Garofalo said that the University is currently “committed to supporting fossil-free domestic energy production through the voluntary purchase of RECs.” Data from the Challenge shows this to be true — in the past nine years, Penn has increased its funding of green power and associated green energy consumption from 112 million kilowatt-hours to over 200 million.

Buying into renewable power is only a small part of Penn’s effort to be green, however.

“Although the purchase of wind RECs supports the production of clean domestic energy and allows Penn to claim an offset to a significant portion of our emissions, the focus of the Climate Action Plan 2.0 is on the reduction of energy use on campus,” Garofalo said.

Among other things, the Climate Action Plan 2.0 promotes

on-the-ground initiatives to change the habits of students and staff. One of these initiatives is the Eco-Reps program, which promotes green practices across areas such as Greek life, athletics, college house living and others.

“As Eco-Reps, our main goal is to reach out on an individual level so people change living habits,” Hill College House Eco-Rep and College sophomore Justin Kirschner said.

“We want to encourage behavioral changes … it does impact Penn’s overall energy usage, because the undergraduate population is so large,” added Hill College House EcoRep and College freshman Jisoo Kim. With or without the EPA Challenge rankings, Garofalo said Penn’s efforts are bringing about real change.

“When the growth of campus and weather is factored in, we have achieved a 10.4 percent reduction of electricity per square foot of campus space,” he said.

“Penn is justifiably proud of the fact that the University actually has reduced ‘non-green’ electricity use on campus.”

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It’s do or die for Penn in Ivy play M. LACROSSE | A win

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Before the start of April in the 2014 season, Penn men’s lacrosse was the 18th-best team in the nation. They were 4-3 and only had lost to top-20 teams.

They then whipped up a win streak that spanned the remainder of the regular season and the Ivy Tournament, finally screeching to a halt against Drexel in the NCAA Championship.

That was then, but this is now.

And now is very different.

Entering the season ranked No. 13, Penn (3-6, 0-3 Ivy) has not been ranked since February, which was incidentally the last time the Quakers won a game.

Losing to all five of its ranked opponents by over five points per game, Penn is seemingly not on track to finish above .500 in what could be its worst season since 2012 — the last year that Penn did not finish the season with a national ranking.

By losing its first three Ivy games — including a heartbreaking double overtime 10-9 loss to Cornell — the Quakers have put themselves in a situation where they need to win their remaining three Ivy games to have a shot at making the Ivy Championships in May to defend their crown.

That means that Saturday’s

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game against Brown is do or die.

A win against the Bears (8-1, 2-0) could be the first step towards tapping back into the undefeated April magic from 2014. And history might just be in Penn’s favor. Since 2011, the Quakers are 14-5 in April. Even in its dismal 2012 campaign, the team recorded two of its three wins in this month.

So how does a team on a fourgame losing streak turn the ship around? The answer will have to be finding a reliable man in goal might be the key to resurrecting the 2015 season.

For the past four years, Brian Feeney was a stalwart in the net — he played all but 14 minutes of his senior season. But after his graduation in 2014, coach Mike Murphy has been forced to mix and match his keepers.

Despite the time senior goalie John Lopes spent as Feeney’s understudy, practice has not made perfect just yet for the Berwyn, Pa., native. He has lingered below a 50 percent save percentage thus far in the campaign, and junior goalie Jimmy Sestilio has actually played the majority of minutes.

No matter who is in goal for Penn, he will face intense offensive pressure from Brown, a team that has been averaging just over 16 goals per game this season. And behind a 62.4 percent face-off win percentage, the Bears will be a menace on attack if they are able to take control of the ball from the start of each play.

The pressure is on for Saturday. But Penn has been here before. And with a little bit of luck, they might be able to pull off a perfect April once again.

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Penn softball split a doubleheader with lowly nonconference Lafayette on Wednesday evening. After blowing a four-run lead in the final inning of game one, the Quakers rebounded in convincing fashion to take down the Leopards in game two, 10-4.

In the day’s first contest, the Red and Blue (12-10, 3-1 Ivy) rode five innings of one-run ball from sophomore righty Alexis Sargent and a home run from sophomore outfielder Leah Allen to a 5-1 lead going into the top of the seventh inning.

Then, the wheels came off. Lafayette (2-20) started running through the bases, generating plenty of the Quakers’ woes. Fueled by a barrage of Penn errors and five runs surrendered by sophomore reliever Courtney Cuzick, the Leopards scored eight runs in the top of the seventh. Lafayette freshman

In the first of Penn’s two games against Lafayette, sophomore outfielder Leah Allen blasted her third homerun of the season. The sophomore then batted 3-for-4 with four RBI in the second act.

Stephanie Thomas then hurled her second consecutive perfect inning of relief to close out the game. “We had a decent lead, and then we made three errors, basically back to back,� coach Leslie King said. “It was a poor effort, both pitching-wise and defensively.�

However, Penn rebounded quickly in the second game. The Red and Blue scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back. “I think we’re very resilient. We’re fighters,� King said of the bounceback win. “We’re satisfied with that second win, but we still know we have to be better.�

Allen followed up her home run with a 3-for-4, four RBI performance in the second game, including a long double off the fence in dead center field. Hitting just .246 coming into the day, Wednesday’s performance was a much-needed confidence

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Though her goals are lofty, Van Dyke’s past speaks to her ability to take programs from relative obscurity to competing at an elite level. As a 23-year-old, Van Dyke assumed the head coaching position at Cal State Stanislaus, a Division II program that was only three years old.

Yet in her third season, Van Dyke led the Warriors to a 15-4-2 record and a league title. “[It was] probably one of the least desirable locations in the Division II conference,� Van Dyke said. “And we went on in three years to win the conference.�

She followed her performance at Stanislaus by returning to her alma mater, where she spent a five-year stint overseeing Bakersfield’s transition into Division I soccer. Although her team struggled to manage a .300 winning percentage, Van Dyke’s next career move was to join Stanford as an assistant coach under the tutelage of Paul Ratcliffe, a five-time Pac-12 coach of the year.

During her four years with the Cardinal from 2011 to 2014, the program finally broke into the realm of a powerhouse, winning its first national championship in 2011 and recording an almost preposterous record of 81-9-7 over that span.

boost for the sophomore. “Sometimes I can get kind of down on myself,� Allen said, laughing. “[Days like Wednesday] let me know that I can still hit and I’m still doing well.�

A key moment came in the fifth inning, when Lafayette loaded the bases with one out and looked poised to reprise their earlier comeback. However, senior righty Alexis Borden induced a 1-2-3 double play to get Penn out of trouble. “Getting out of a bases-loaded jam any time is key, and a double play is a pitcher’s best friend,� King said.

Next up, the Quakers travel this weekend to take on Brown and Yale.

The Red and Blue will kick off the four games when they travel to Providence Friday afternoon. The Bears (6-10, 1-3 Ivy) have struggled thus far this season and sit tied for

Harvard for last place in the North division. However, freshman pitcher Katie Orona has been impressive in her rookie campaign, sporting a 1.97 ERA in just under 50 innings.

The following day, Penn will trek down Interstate 95 to take on similarly underwhelming Yale (4-9, 1-1 Ivy). The Elis have failed to hit a single home run as a team this year, but sophomore outfielder Camille Weisenbach has an impressive teamhigh .444 batting average.

Despite the lackluster profile of the upcoming opponents, King believes her team will have no trouble staying focused. “Every team in the Ivy League is a challenge. Nobody is a cakewalk by any stretch,� King said. “You can’t take anything for granted. You have to go out there and scrap and earn every victory that you get.�

The experience gave Van Dyke the exposure to a premier program in action, which was precisely what she sought there. “I was ambitious professionally,�

Van Dyke said. “I wanted to work with the highest elite [athletes] that I possibly could.�

Of course, competing with the likes of Stanford can be an uphill battle in the Ivy League, in large part

out what’s a good fit for Penn. “I don’t want to just compete with the Ivies for players. There are kids out there that maybe you can help them understand the value of this education.�

Though Van Dyke notes parallels between Penn and Stanford in their academic standards and national recruiting reach, she was attracted to Penn in part because of the ways in which Philadelphia’s environment differs from the wealthy Palo Alto suburbs. To her, it’s a city with a “blue collar� sensibility. “I think it might attract a different kid, which is probably a little bit closer to my roots,� Van Dyke said.

A first-generation college graduate, Van Dyke grew up in a household that valued hard work, as her father did when he moved his family from Washington to California to start his own business in marble, tile and construction. But her humble beginnings didn’t deter Van Dyke from excelling in athletics and academics.

And though there is little about the Ivy League that is blue collar, Van Dyke now takes up the challenge of helping a team from a largely ignored athletic conference to ascend the national rankings. “I’d love to see them compete [like] Princeton [women’s] basketball is doing right now,� Van Dyke said. “I’d love to see that happen here.�

In order to be a good recruiter, you have to figure out what’s a good fit for Penn. �

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due to the lack of athletic scholarships. Van Dyke remains confident, however, that she can recruit at the level needed to put Penn on the map. “Anybody can recruit a good player,� Van Dyke said. “Especially at Stanford, it’s more like throwing fish out of the boat. But in order to be a good recruiter, you have to figure

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Real season starts this weekend for Red and Blue TRACK & FIELD | Penn

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Penn track and field may be known for traveling distances quickly on the track, but this weekend the program will take its traveling abilities to the extreme.

In the course of only a few days, the Quakers will send athletes to compete in Florida, California and New Jersey in what should serve as their biggest competitive test of the still-young season.

With a few low-key meets under their belt, the Red and Blue feel that they are in form to start challenging themselves on the track, no matter the venue.

“Up until now it’s been a lot of work ... we’re kind of setting the table for the rest of the season,” middle-distance coach Robin Martin said. “Now, it’s an opportunity for these athletes to really test themselves against the best.”

Of particular note and intrigue will be the Florida Relays,

which host some of the premiere middle-distance runners in the nation. The meet will be littered with veteran athletes, but Penn has two freshmen who just may be up to the challenge.

Those freshmen are middle-distance runners Candace Taylor and Jeff Wiseman, both of whom have already taken the Ivy League by storm, winning several individual events in both indoor and outdoor competition.

Both are excited to step onto what should be the biggest stage of their young collegiate careers.

“I think at first I was very afraid of the elite runners in college,” Wiseman said. “But now that I’ve had such success ... I’m really ready to attack it.”

Despite the relatively high stakes of the upcoming weekend, both freshmen — along with the rest of the team — were remarkably loose in their Wednesday practice. According to Penn’s coaches, that is all by design.

“I’m just trying to ... get into a groove where I feel comfortable and confident in myself,” Taylor said. “That’s something that sometimes doesn’t come as easily, especially as a freshman

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Freshman Jeff Wiseman has been a revelation for Penn track and field’s middle-distance program, along with fellow freshman Candace Taylor. Both will get heavily tested at this weekend’s Florida Relays.

going to such a big competition.”

Elite competition will not be exclusive to the Sunshine State for the Quakers this weekend.

The Stanford Relays also provide some of the year’s top

distance-specific competition, this time for Penn’s long-distance runners. “[It’s] the best meet in America for the longer distance events throughout the entire year,”

Quakers to tee off 2015 campaign W. GOLF | Penn to follow

up fifth-place Ivy finish TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Reporter

As many of Penn’s teams approach the midpoint of their spring seasons, the women’s golf squad is still waiting to tee off its 2015 campaign. But the Quakers won’t have to wait much longer.

On Thursday, the team will head to Bedminster, N.J., to take part in the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational. The Quakers will compete for the top spot in a field of 12, which includes Ivy foes Yale, Princeton and Columbia.

It was a rough winter in the Philadelphia area, but Penn coach Mike Anderson doesn’t think the team will be too rusty in its first action this weekend.

“I feel pretty good about our preparation this spring,” the coach said. “We’ve been fortunate to get out on the course three or four times since spring break.”

In fact, Anderson believes the Quakers might have a bit of an edge over their competition, despite being forced to deal with the rough weather.

“I know some schools farther northeast than us haven’t been able to get on the course yet,” he said.

Penn will send five golfers to

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Peacocks’ junior shortstop Jon Kristoffersen. However, the senior bounced back with two strikeouts, ending his day after four innings with five total punchouts.

Montaldo kicked off the fireworks for the Quakers in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot of his own. Junior outfielder Gary Tesch added an RBI single later in the frame, and Penn’s route was on. As the Quakers substituted new pitchers each inning, the squad added a run in the fifth and three in the seventh to seal the victory.

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After going through two straight years of Penn finishing fifth in the Ivies, senior Amanda Chin will hope to lead the team back to title contention.

the two-round tournament, with the worst score of the five being omitted from each round’s tally.

Anderson said he would send freshman Allison Wong, sophomores Erin Lo, Isabella Rahm and Sophia Chen and senior captain Amanda Chin — the team’s lone upperclassman — to the event.

Of course, this tournament and next week’s Brown

Invitational carry far less weight for the Quakers than the Ivy League Championships, which will take place from April 24-26 in Bethlehem, Pa. There, Penn will try to earn its second league title in program history.

As a result, Anderson plans to use this week’s event as an opportunity to evaluate his players and figure out the best

Up next for the Red and Blue is its second consecutive Ivy weekend doubleheader. After splitting with Dartmouth and sweeping Harvard at home, the Quakers are set to hit the road for two games each with Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday.

After a rough start to its 2015 campaign, Penn has righted the ship of late, with its only blemish

since March 18 coming in its loss to the Big Green last weekend. However, the Quakers breezed through their four-game set in the upper northeast last season, sweeping the Elis by a combined seven runs before notching a pair of 3-2 wins over the Bears.

Coming off a midweek loss to Hartford, Yale (8-9, 2-2) fell in both games to Cornell last weekend

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before picking up two wins against Princeton. Brown (6-14, 2-2) split each of its doubleheaders with the Tigers and Big Red.

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claim the No. 39 spot in the International Tennis Association (ITA) rankings back in early March — the highest rank in Penn men’s tennis history.

Coach David Geatz attributes much of the team’s success to the rookies.

“Those guys mean a lot,” Geatz said. “Nicolas has only lost one match all year, and Josh hasn’t lost much.

“So when you think about a tennis match, you only have to win four [matches], and that’s half of what you need with those two freshman.”

Despite getting off to the best start in program history, Ivy League play — which began last week when the Quakers dropped a hardfought match to Princeton — brings challenging teams and top-notch players.

Because of this, Penn knows it can take nothing for granted.

“The whole Ivy League is tough,” Pompan said. “Seven of the eight teams are in the top 75 in the country. They are brutal competition, so we will have to play well, but that is what we have been training for all year.”

The No. 51 Quakers will take on No. 61 Brown and Yale this weekend. The Bears and Elis tied for seventh last year in the Ivy League.

Never theless, after last week’s defeat to No. 28 Princeton in which Pompan claimed Penn’s only victory, the team knows it will have to bring its “A” game to keep pace in the conference standings.

“I think if we all compete hard [we can win],” Pompan said. “I know the pros say one point at a time, so if we

just focus on that, then we can really go out there, compete hard and hopefully take the victory.”

The match will be even more challenging considering that the Quakers lost their captain and No. 2 singles player Vim De Alwis to a knee injury for the rest of the season.

Although the loss is a tough blow for Penn, Geatz has hope that Podesta and Pompan’s success can carry the squad through the tough stretch of the season.

Pompan certainly believes this is possible, especially with the support of his teammates.

“Its pretty nerve-racking going out there,” Pompan said.

“You got the guys yelling at the top of their lungs, pounding on the ground.

“I think you just have to put that in the back of your head, play tough, really compete hard and just know that you have your team there. You just keep fighting for your team.”

Although the freshmen may still get some pre-match jitters, Geatz says he isn’t surprised by the freshmen’s success and how easily they have adapted to the college game.

“I thought Nicolas had a chance to win every match in the Ivy League. He lost his first match, but he is still out there staying after practice, playing, so those guys are dedicated.”

Hopefully, this dedication from the freshmen, as well as the rest of the team, can bring the Quakers to their ultimate goal.

“We need to get into the top 40 in the country, so we can make the NCAA tournament,” Geatz said. “Our guys would be fired up about that.”

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possible approach to a title pursuit.

“It’s important to see how we stack up against the other teams and see what we really need to work on over the next couple weeks,” he said.

And while Yale, Harvard and Princeton have traditionally dominated the Ancient Eight, Anderson is confident that his Quakers can put up a fight when the stakes are high.

“I really do [think] we can challenge the powerhouses,” Anderson said. “We have some girls that have made some improvements in their game, and if we can get four solid scores every round, we can definitely compete with the teams at the top.

“It’s just a matter of getting everybody to play well at the same time.”

Since being hired in 2008, Anderson has overseen the two most successful seasons in team history. The Quakers came out of nowhere to blow away the field and earn the 2010 Ivy League championship with a 22-stroke victory, and they took runner-up honors when they finished just six strokes behind Harvard in 2012.

But after fifth-place finishes in each of the last two seasons, the Red and Blue could certainly use a strong start to their season this weekend to build some all-important confidence and momentum.

Martin said. “So the opportunity to go to [Florida and Stanford] is great for those athletes.”

This means that Penn’s top distance athletes, like junior Thomas Awad and sophomore

Nick Tuck, will get their chance over the weekend to show what is in store for the rest of the outdoor season.

Meanwhile, the rest of Penn’s competitive squad will travel to Princeton to participate in the Sam Howell Invitational. Martin hopes that his squad’s wide exposure will provide a showcase for its depth of talent.

“You’re gonna start to see that Penn track and field has elite athletes,” Martin said. “And behind those elite athletes we have some very good athletes.”

Among other logistical challenges, the weekend will also put a strain on Penn’s coaching staff, which will be pulled in three different directions. However, Martin also believes that Penn’s “deep and talented staff” will shine through.

There’s a lot going on for the Quakers this weekend. But ultimately, the reason they have this weekend circled on their calendar is simple: the past few meets have basically been tune-ups, and this marks the beginning of the tough part of their competitive slate.

As Martin put it: “It’s real outdoor track.”

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Van Dyke’s lofty goals for debut season

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starts with recruiting KENNY KASPER Senior Sports Reporter

Recently hired Penn women’s soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke started from humble beginnings, but she comes to Penn with the ambitious goal of putting the Quakers on a national stage.

Taking the program to new heights will be no small feat, as Van Dyke succeeds Darren

Ambrose — one of the most successful and prolific coaches in Ivy League history. In his 15 years at the helm, Ambrose’s squads never recorded a losing season while winning all three of the program’s Ivy League titles.

But Van Dyke has more than Ancient Eight championships on her mind. She plans to move focus away from merely winning an Ivy League title and toward competing on the national level by creating a competitive preseason schedule.

“I don’t want one game against

Harvard to be the end all for the whole entire year. I want to win an Ivy League championship, but I also want to compete at the national level,” the former Stanford assistant coach said. “I know that’s not going to happen overnight, but I would like to strengthen the schedule a little bit. I would like to create a culture where... we’re looking at [the schedule] as in a 17-game sense, not just a seven-game sense [against Ivy competition].”

According to Van Dyke, this strategy has two advantages.

Most importantly, it positions the program to compete for at-large bids for the NCAA Tournament on a consistent basis, even when a bad bounce against Princeton or an injury before playing Harvard costs Penn the Ivy title.

“The end goal is obviously competing for a national championship,” Van Dyke said. “In order to do that, you don’t have to be one — you have to be one of 64.”

Secondly, The former Cal State Bakersfield player also aims to boost the team’s

nonconference schedule in order to prepare the squad for Ivy League play, in turn ensuring that it leaves less to chance against its conference opponents.

However, Van Dyke’s plan to challenge her team starts from her own coaching values.

“If I say, ‘Hey, we want to be the best that we can be,’ and then I don’t schedule anybody that’s even going to challenge us, then I’m not really staying true to what I think our purpose is,” Van Dyke SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 8

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and Pompan lead Penn ANNA DYER Associate Sports Editor Penn men’s tennis has its eyes on the prize, and the Quakers certainly have the pieces in place to make a run at the NCAA tournament this season.

What is possibly the most talented squad in Penn history started off the year hot, taking down then-No. 16 Penn State on the Nittany Lions’ home courts.

That victory, along with many others this season, was due in large part to two freshmen phenoms — Nicolas Podesta and Josh Pompan.

Podesta, who plays No. 1 singles and doubles for the Red and Blue; and Pompan, who usually plays No. 3 singles and doubles, have brought both skill and enthusiasm to a Quaker team that finished sixth in the Ancient Eight in 2014.

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As Penn baseball opened up its April slate on Wednesday afternoon, Saint Peter’s stood no chance of fooling the Quakers at Meiklejohn Stadium.

Behind senior infielder Mitch Montaldo’s two home runs and three RBI and a masterful outing by senior pitcher Dan Gautieri, Penn scored their seventh win in their last eight contests with an 11-4 victory over the Peacocks.

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The Quakers entered the game on the heels of three walk-off wins in four games between Sunday and Monday.

However, with four more Ivy League games on the horizon this coming weekend, Penn (8-9, 3-1 Ivy) ensured there would be no need for late-inning heroics from the beginning of the contest.

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Roseland, N.J., native set Saint Peter’s (2-15-1) first nine batters down in order. Bolstered by the veteran’s strong start, Penn’s bats followed suit early and often.

After Gautieri retired the side in the first, senior catcher Austin Bossart and junior outfielder Jonah Campbell had consecutive RBI groundouts in the bottom half of the inning to get the Quakers on the board, 2-0. After junior infielder Ryan Mincher

led off the second with a double, sophomore catcher Tim Graul singled to bring him home and push Penn’s lead to three.

As Gautieri continued to roll through three, the rest of the Quakers did their part, scoring in each of the first five innings.

Leading 3-0 in the bottom of the third, Campbell smacked an RBI single before junior outfielder Matt Greskoff was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give Penn a 5-0 advantage.

Gautieri’s only blemish came in the top of the fourth, when he allowed a solo home run to SEE BASEBALL PAGE 9

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Senior outfilder Mitch Montaldo was positively explosive at the plate on Wednesday, with a performance that was good for two homeruns and three RBI.

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