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2016-17 UA president and vice president share their plans for the year CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

Freshman hopes to bring advocacy work to engineering career BOWMAN COOPER Staff Reporter

Engineering freshman Andre Wallace has been dedicated to fighting racism since he was in high school. Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, Wallace found the inspiration for his advocacy in the dynamics of his school and community. “Evanston’s a very diverse community on paper, but there’s so, so much that needs to be done in terms of just uniting our community,” he said. “In school, I thought it was interesting that there was so much divide between people just based on where they lived [and] what they looked like — I wanted to make their experience more of a united front.” Wallace saw a need for students to realize their commonalities despite differences in background. SEE RACIAL INEQUALITY PAGE 7 COURTESY OF ISABELLA CUAN

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n April 1, College junior Kat McKay and College sophomore Sola Park were elected as the new president and vice president of the Undergraduate Assembly, respectively. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with McKay and Park to discuss what they hope to bring to the 44th UA session in 201617 and what they hope to accomplish by the end of their term. Daily Pennsylvanian: What has been your past experience with the UA? Kat McKay: I was elected to the UA for the first time in my freshman fall and have been on it since then. [This year] I was UA Treasurer, so I proposed a $2.3 million budget for all student activities for 2016-17, and as an extension of that, I was one of the nine executive board members

for the Student Activities Council. So I had UA meetings five or six days a week this year, and I do not think [being] president will be more time consuming. Sola Park: I was also elected freshman fall. I was on the Social Justice Committee in my freshman year and I’m still on that committee as a sophomore. I was the Communications Director [this year]. I led a team of three and we mostly focused on internal and external communications. DP: What made you decide to run this year for president and vice president? KM: I decided to run because after three years of observing other people, I felt like I had a good understanding of the system and a good understanding of what initiatives

students care most about. I feel like I have a good grasp of the pulse of the student body and I also felt qualified. SP: I decided to run for VP specifically because the role really excited me, since I would be in charge of UA Steering, which is about bringing together a lot of people and that’s something I like doing personally. The reason I ran in my freshman year was because the president at the time, Joyce Kim, was such an inspiration to me. Seeing her leadership and Josh Chilcote’s, the VP at the time, excited me about the things I could achieve as a student. Seeing this year’s leadership, it was very different from last year’s: the vibe was very different, the ambiance between the people, the committees and the social bonds was all very different from what I first thought it would be.

DP: Can you elaborate on what you mean by this year’s change of atmosphere within the UA? KM: Every year it’s different. This year it’s been the most casual. The organization used to be so much more formal; we sat in hierarchical order in UA meetings and we had to present at the podium. It was a very different dynamic that I liked a lot. Next year I just want people to feel that their time in the organization is worthwhile and that they achieve something substantial on a weekly basis. DP: What do you hope to achieve in the next UA session? KM: It’s challenging to put a timeline on our projects but I care a lot about this annual tuition increase. SEE Q&A PAGE 3

Cognitive science center to close Majors express concern over the future of the program

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With the impending closure of the IRCS this summer, cognitive science majors express concerns over the future of the department.

After 26 years, the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science is closing, though administrators say the cognitive science major will not be affected. The IRCS, founded in 1990, is an interdisciplinary research institution studying human behavior and cognition. For the last five years, it has also been the home of the cognitive science major. While the closing of the IRCS had been floated as a possibility for several years, it only became a serious topic of discussion this past year as the Neural and Behavioral

Sciences Building neared completion. “Much of the cognitive science part of [the IRCS] is moving across campus,” IRCS Director David Brainard said. “That provides a moment to rethink the institution that supports cognitive science ... and to take a look at both the landscape at Penn and the landscape in the field of cognitive science nationwide.” Last year, the School of Arts and Sciences announced as part of its Strategic Plan the new “Mapping the Mind” initiative, which hopes to research the way the human mind works. The School of Engineering and Applied Science is also starting to think about new approaches SEE COGNITIVE SCIENCE PAGE 3

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Penn helps build community farm for West Philly The center works to increase access to fresh food CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter

About a five to 10 minute ride on the 36 trolley from Penn’s campus will get you to a secret garden of Philadelphia, the Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden. The center works towards increasing access to fresh, organic, nutritious food for the Southwest and West Philadelphia communities. It provides a place for people to develop tools for self-reliance through food sovereignty, to strengthen relationships with the land, their food and each other and to build a more just and community-powered food system. Ty Holmberg, the co-director of CFFRC, said this farm strengthens the community and gives access to healthy and culturally relevant food. “The ability to see the connection of people in a large city, but also being able to connect with the land and to their food, has been very rewarding,” Holmberg said. CFFRC is a joint initiative of the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative, a component of the University-assisted Community

Schools program of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at Penn, Bartram’s Garden, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Totaling four acres on the border of the Schuylkill River near 54th Street and Lindbergh Avenue, the CFFRC includes 1.5 acres of vegetable crop farming, orchards, an education and kitchen classroom and a green house and distribution center. College senior and assistant farms manager Zoe Blickenderfer said working at CFFRC enhanced her experience at Penn and helped her focus her scholarly interest in both urban studies and agriculture. “Being involved with the community farm and center provided a space for learning and growth in a non-traditional academic setting,” Blickenderfer said. “It also has provided a space for me to get away from Penn’s campus and breathe.” In 2015, with the help of 22 paid high school interns, the farm produced over 11,000 pounds of food, distributed over 80,000 vegetable transplants to over 130 farms and gardens in Philadelphia, hosted over 1,500 volunteers and held 50 affordable weekly

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The Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden is located just a 10 minute trolley ride away from campus.

farm stands. As part of the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative’s Youth Development Project, the CFFRC employs youth from John Bartram High School to help run the farm and community garden. The

students attend college and career readiness sessions, learn healthy cooking skills and participate in food systems field trips. Holmberg takes his students on a walk from the Fresh Grocer at the intersection of 40th and

Penn’s police officers honored DPS honored members who lowered crime JAMIE BRENSILBER Staff Reporter

The Division of Public Safety, in collaboration with the Undergraduate Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, held its spring com mend at ion ceremony Wednesday evening at Fagin Hall. At the ceremony, DPS honored members of its division, its partners in safety, AlliedBarton, the University City District, the Philadelphia Police Department and members of the Penn community for their devotion to service. “This is one of our favorite events of the year,” Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli said. Penn student leaders “pull their peers to hear some of the great stories ... [of how] the

people of Penn police are respecting the students.” Penn said farewell to Mitch Yanak at the ceremony after 13 years of service to the Penn community. Yanak will be leaving DPS to run the 911 systems with the Philadelphia Police. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush swore in new police officer Jenna Ficchi, who graduated from the Delaware County Police Academy in 2014 and is currently working towards a degree in criminal justice. “There are a lot of people in Public Safety who are part of driving crime down, making sure our students get through the semester safely,” Rush said. Rush thanked individual members of DPS for their service and made a point to thank every single department of DPS. Several members of DPS were commended at the ceremony for

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their efforts in specific incidents and how they followed-up on each incident. Such incidents included fraud incidents and cases of rape and assault. One group of individuals honored at the event was those who helped the day that a man entered Van Pelt Library with a machete. On Feb. 23, the search teams, PennComm Operations Center, and Penn Police all worked together to send out a UPennAlert, evacuate people, search every floor of the library and find the man with the machete. These individuals were honored for their help in finding the man. UA President Jane Meyer commended Radian security officer Jennifer, whose last name was not given, for her positive presence. GASPA also gave an award to Rush and Kathleen ShieldsAnderson for their service to the Penn community. Chief Gene Janda honored

the 2016 Medical Emergency Response Team seniors for their service to the Penn community. He mentioned how they covered the papal visit in September, won The Daily Pennsylvanian bracket and recently received their quick response service license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. recently awarded Penn Police advanced reaccreditation at the CALEA Conference last week. At this conference, Rush was awarded the Egon Bittner Award for Excellence in Leadership of a CALEA Accredited Law Enforcement Agency for 15 consecutive years. Since 1996, Penn has ramped up security, and even this semester, crime has decreased by 20 percent, Carnaroli said. Rush told the audience, “It takes a village to make us all safe.”

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Walnut streets to the Fresh Grocer on Chester Avenue near 54th Street in order to see and understand the disparities in the food being supplied to the different neighborhoods. Research by a team of Yale University professors found that healthier food options are typically limited in low-income neighborhoods. “Lower-income neighborhoods (compared to those in higher-income neighborhoods) stock fewer healthier varieties of foods and have fresh produce of much lower quality,” the study said. According to a 2012 USDA report, if a number of food stores are close by, competition over price, quality and other store attributes is likely to be greater and consumers are likely to benefit, but if there is only one store nearby, there is likely to be less competition over these attributes. The food education programs stress the importance of the traditions and culture of food. The other co-director, Christopher Bolden-Newsome, heads an area of the farm that is dedicated to the African Diaspora as a way to connect or reconnect to African heritage. Bolden-Newsome highlighted the importance of passing down food traditions through the

generations in order for the African American culture to survive. “The farm is a place where the African American community can reestablish the broken link of the basic knowledge and information of our history between the older generations and younger generations,” BoldenNewsome said. “It is essential to give integrity and respect to each generation.” Many Penn students participate at the CFFRC through volunteer days on Saturdays, in Academically Based Community Service courses through the Netter Center or by becoming a Farm Fellow. The Farm Fellowship is a year-long opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students who want to learn more about food systems through service learning. By growing their own food and learning the importance of food, Holmberg says the community is reclaiming some of the power in where their food comes from. “When we are able to grow our own food, we are getting out of the power structure of the grocery store based on if it moves in or out,” Holmberg said. “If we develop tools, we can be self-reliant and do it ourselves, then we are bringing power back to the community and out of that system.”

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Assault

At 10:15 p.m., an afﬁliated 57-year-old woman reported that a man grabbed her by the neck at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She reported that he then threw her against the wall. Police later arrested the unafﬁliated 52-year-old man.

Burglary

At 3:18 p.m., an afﬁliated 20-year-old man reported a theft from the Pi Kappa Alpha house on Spruce Street near 39th. No arrest was made.

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At 7:04 p.m., an affiliated 81-year-old man reported that a suspect rang his doorbell and claimed he had a package belonging to this suspect. The suspect picked up the UPS package on the man’s floor inside his home, addressed to the man, and ran away. At 9:34 p.m., five minors surrounded an affiliated 22-year-old woman at the corner of 42nd and Pine streets. One of the kids grabbed an item from her hands and fled. Police put the kids into custody. The woman was not injured.

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Organization hopes to unite film groups on campus UTV to be umbrella organization for existing clubs LYANNA YE Contributing Reporter

Acronyms like ACK, DAC, SMAC and TAC-e are well known in the Penn community as Performing Arts Council sub-committees that oversee a number of performing arts groups on campus. But film and video groups have always lacked a cohesive acronym of their own — until now. Film and video groups at Penn — which include Alum Time, Bent Button, Classless, The Late Night, Opia Films and the Penn Cinema Initiative — have begun the process of banding together in their own coalition under the leadership of UTV. The brainchild of College junior Brad Pettigrew and College senior Arielle Port, the new coalition seeks to share resources and funding to become a more unified representation of the film and video presence at

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to cognition and its relationship to information science. Because of the new plans, “it made sense to have the support for cognitive science coming in new forms,” Brainard said. “And given that you’re going to put new things into place, you’re going to have to make way for them by closing old things.” Following the decision to close down the IRCS, Brainard sent out an email to the IRCS mailing list announcing that the IRCS would close on June 30 — an email that surprised and alarmed some students. Several students reached out to Charles Yang, director of the cognitive science major, with questions. “I think [their concern] was

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Film and video groups will get their own campus acronym, joining the ranks of other performing arts groups like DAC and TAC-e, with the creation of the new coalition UTV that will act as an umbrella group.

Penn. UTV has been providing equipment and other resources to video groups like The Late

basically that the research institute has been the home of the major, and how do you have a major without a home?” Yang said. “Some of you have already expressed concerns to me about the future of the major,” he wrote in a March 25 email sent to the undergraduate cognitive science mailing list. He went on to discuss the Mapping the Mind project, mentioning that it “may become the new home for the major, although the details are not yet clear.” “I understand, and share, your anxiety over the uncertainties,” it read. For College sophomore Jonnell Burke, who is a cognitive science major, the email — which was the first she had heard about the closing of the IRCS — did little to reduce her confusion.

Night and Classless for years, and now the group will serve as an umbrella organization that

“I actually found out through [the] email,” Burke said. “Apparently a lot of people had been asking questions and [the IRCS] wanted to I guess assuage us, but they didn’t really say anything there, just ‘we’re still figuring it out,’ basically.” Burke, who has already declared her major, said she was concerned about what ramifications the closing of the IRCS might have on her own studies. “Will this hurt me, or, will this hurt people after me?” she said. “That’s one of my main concerns.” Burke said she felt like the students had largely been left out of the loop. “We haven’t heard anything, and we don’t know why it’s happening,” she said. “If I could get an explanation, I’d be better equipped to make my next move.” The closing of the IRCS also

connects all the film and video groups on campus. College sophomore and

came as a surprise to College junior Alison Xu, another cognitive science major. “I just assumed that ... they were just moving over to the new building,” Xu said. “I’m not really sure why it’s closing, because cog sci is a budding field — to me, it seems like it should be only getting bigger and bigger.” But Brainard and Yang both emphasized that SAS is still heavily invested in the field of cognitive science and that the closing of the IRCS should not hurt current or potential majors. “I want to make this absolutely clear: the University and the School of Arts and Sciences are completely behind the major,” Yang said. “I expect the major to be fully supported, no matter what this new structure is going to be or where it’s going to be.”

co-founder of the new film club Opia Films Amanda Prager was very involved in the discussions that brought about the new coalition and believes that it could dramatically improve the film community at Penn. She said she hopes the group will give clubs resources she didn’t have when starting her club such as help applying for funding, finding actors and providing a community with similar interests. “I honestly think there should be more film clubs,” she said. “We have enough talented people, enough creative people who want to do this, that I have a feeling there are going to be more popping up.” Penn Cinema Initiative, another film group, was introduced to the new coalition by Pettigrew, who is the lead editor of the club’s film appreciation blog, The Moviegoer, and is also involved with Classless. College junior and Acting President of PCI Ashley Stinnett is excited by the opportunities

that UTV’s support could bring to the future of film appreciation at Penn. “When you have one name and something that is consistently happening, it gives people something to look forward to, expect and anticipate,” she said. “I think that regularity will help for this to become a mainstay, a community and a culture in a way that it hasn’t had the opportunity to before.” UTV was chosen as the face of the new coalition for its significant presence in Penn history as well as its extensive alumni network. Beginning in the 1970s as a broadcasting TV station, UTV has since moved from producing its own shows to helping other groups with its substantial resources. Now, it seeks to unite all the film and video clubs with a common interest. “[The goal is] when you come to Penn, you think video and you’ll think UTV, and you can find everything under UTV,” College junior and UTV president Colin Zhang said.

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I think it’s a crisis that faces higher education in this country in general, and it’s been talked about in Washington, talked about in think tanks — and now it’s time for it to be talked about between students and administrators at the university level. Mental health and wellness is a big deal; one of the ideas on our platform was to create a six-month mental health leave because currently the University policy is inconsistent about whether or not you can take only a semester or a whole year off. Some projects are more feasible ... for example we talked about designing an introductory computer science class because CIS 110 is prohibitively time consuming and a lot of people won’t take it as an elective. Designing half-credit classes is also

something else we want to work with with the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education. SP: I’m personally passionate about social justice, so it’s a huge field that I can incorporate into different projects. One idea I had for dealing with sexual assault is using UA Legal Services to cater to sexual assault victims and survivors of any interpersonal violence. During campaigning, a lot of the Steering groups I met with also talked about how issues like sexual assault don’t just concern one group, so I want to increase collaboration and communication. Relating to mental health, I want to showcase the different resources we have at CAPS that cater to different nationalities, ethnicities, gender identities ... a lot of this is not well known at Penn. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

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A revolution is coming soon within the Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders is calling for a “political revolution” with fiery rhetoric against the wealthy and Wall Street. On Tuesday, the fire spread to Wisconsin, where Sanders won a decisive 14th victory. Exceeding any reasonable pundit’s expectations, Sanders has undoubtedly run a strong campaign. As they head for a showdown in New York, Sanders will probably defeat the deeply unpopular Clinton in most of the remaining states. But let’s make something clear. Sanders has no chance and never has. The Democratic Party has rigged their process to hand the contest to Clinton, an otherwise weak candidate. This manipulation has occurred on several levels. Mathematically, Clinton has a structural edge due to super delegates, which make up about 15 percent of the total delegate pool. These superdelegates overwhelmingly support Clinton, who has 473 compared to Sanders’ 32. At this rate, Sanders would have to win over 55 percent of the

popular vote to compensate for Clinton’s advantage. But the math wasn’t even supposed to matter. About a year ago, very few people outside of secluded Vermont had heard of Sanders. Clinton held an iron grip on the Party and was widely hailed as the Party’s inevitable nominee by the media. This Party-backed aura of inevitability chased away formidable candidates that could have actually challenged her, like Joe Biden. When Sanders entered the race last April, he lagged far behind Clinton. While his revolutionary message inflamed an electorate disillusioned with America’s future, the Democratic Party grabbed the fire extinguisher. Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz only allowed four debates before the Iowa caucuses, scheduling them on weekends when viewership would be low. The Party wanted the fire doused by Super Tuesday. After Sanders routed Clinton in New Hampshire, the Party rallied to her side in the South. Prominent black leaders overwhelmingly support Clinton, including

John Lewis, who claimed he “never saw” Sanders involved in the Civil Rights Movement, despite contrary evidence. This attack on Sanders worked, as Clinton swept the southern states, winning around 85 percent of the black vote. Now, despite winning seven of the last eight states, Sanders has no chance. If he

free college and higher taxes on the wealthy. State-level Democrats are also striking a more progressive tone. California and New York just implemented $15 per hour minimum wage laws. In the Pennsylvania Senate race, Joe Sestak — previously one of the more progressive members in Congress — is being outflanked

Bernie Sanders is calling for a revolution in the Democratic Party. ” won every remaining state by a 55-45 margin — this won’t happen — he would still lose the earned delegate race, with the Party superdelegates poised to pad the margin. Yet, while Sanders’ revolution will be crushed, the Party bosses appear ready to placate his followers. Clinton, as she has done throughout her career, has shifted with the political winds to echo Sanders on minimum wage,

by John Fetterman, who openly identifies with Sanders. Historically, revolutions are good for ambitious leaders unafraid of dirty hands. But the winners of the coming revolution will not be outsiders like Sanders or Fetterman. They will be progressives like Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, revolutionaries with insider credentials. The Party,

desperate to ward off genuine outsiders like Sanders, is already empowering these figures in Congress. Within a decade, moderate Democrats like Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp and Claire McCaskill will be marginalized within the Party. Sanders has already shown that had Clinton been challenged by a well-connected progressive like Warren, she probably would have lost. Undoubtedly, ambitious progressives have taken notice. Not convinced? Consider what’s currently happening to the Republican Party. As Trump threatens the Party’s power and financial interests, GOP officials suddenly have a mystifying affection for arch-conservative Ted Cruz, who has consequently become somewhat mainstream. For ambitious progressives like Warren or Brown, the formula is straightforward: appeal to socioeconomic anxiety against the wealthy, promote protectionist policies against free trade and embrace an aggressive brand of identity politics. Simultaneously, the next revolution can avoid Sanders’ greatest

LOUIS CAPOZZI weakness by finding a way to incorporate powerful black leaders into their movement. If Sanders had won even half of the black vote this year, he would have routed Clinton. The path is there, if there’s a Democrat ambitious enough to seize it. Bernie Sanders is calling for a revolution in the Democratic Party. Though it won’t happen this year, it’s coming. The fire he started is spreading. When it happens, we’ll all “feel the Bern.” LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” usually appears every other Thursday.

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As an incoming transfer student last fall, I came to Penn with all the enthusiasm I could. In particular, I thought I was finally going to participate in extracurricular opportunities — the main facet of the American educational system that brought me all the way from Tunisia. After attending many information sessions by student-run organizations, I selected the ones offering hands-on experience that resonated with my interests. Then I started applying. I expressed genuine interest, emphasized my eagerness to learn — thinking it was important — and answered questions about relevant experience, etc. However, I was slammed by one rejection after another. At first, I was just surprised. I couldn’t understand how I wasn’t able to access my university’s

resources. Then, I simply blamed myself for not putting in the necessary effort. I decided to take advantage of my experience anyways and try again in the spring. Come the second semester, I applied to a few student-run clubs and other Wharton initiatives. I put in more time and effort — and yet I was snubbed again. For the first time since my arrival, I was angry. I was given a strong impression of exclusivity and even inequality. Those with resources are those able to solidify their experience and unlock more doors, while others only have to watch. In fact, applications and interviews are all about past experience, not intellect ua l cu r iosity or eagerness to learn. We are expected to talk about leadership experience and answer recr uitment-like questions.

But, wait … if you don’t give me opportunities, how can I ever gain experience? If the criteria is to show what I already know, then how is the experience edu-

about failure is a sign of weakness. From several conversations, I learned that some try to move on by looking at “less competitive” clubs that do not

Those with resources are those able to solidify their experience and unlock more doors, while others only have to watch.” cational? Many students at Wharton silently undergo an inner fight because of similar frustrations. They just hide their struggle with the “Penn Face” because spea k ing openly

necessarily reflect their interests, as this is their only way to get involved. Others decide “not to be much of a Wharton person” and look for their interests — and merit — elsewhere. Mental health, of course,

is at the heart of this response. Rega rdless of the outcomes, students question their merit and capabilities and become prone to negative comparison to others. The worst part — nobody talks about it because everyone wants to seem “on top of it.” We are on a dangerous path. If students send sterile rejections like recruiters, not as empathetic classmates, then of course we will have a selfish culture. If we are not given the opportunity to try what we really like, then of course passion will vanish. Between the lines of attractive resumes, there will be forgotten interests, disconnection with the University — or both. We need to make clubs more accessible and reeva luate exaggeratedly pr e -professiona l pr a ctices, such as coffee chats with club recruiters and

second-round interviews. Sending constructive feedback to rejected students could be an example of alternative practices to promote a culture of support. Competitiveness can be beneficial, but only if it serves as motivation for students to push themselves further. Undermining others might help with short-term success as measured by starting salaries, but no further. I wrote this column not only for myself, but for all those who can relate to it. I wrote this column because I believe in the potential of my classmates and my university. I know we can change things so that everyone gets the most out of their experience. Loujeine boutar is a Wharton sophomore and a an international student from Tunis, Tunisia.

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LGBTQ RAs and GAs share their experiences The positions come with advantages and challenges

CHLOE CHENG Staff Reporter

The experience of being an LGBTQ resident advisor or graduate associate is much the same as the experiences of other RAs and GAs — but with a few marked differences. RAs and GAs who identify as LGBTQ say they’re sometimes able to understand their residents on a deeper level, but face certain challenges they wouldn’t have to face otherwise. A number of RAs and GAs believe that their identities have allowed them to be more sensitive and receptive to certain issues. Graduate School of Education student Dan Kent, who is a GA

in Rodin, believes that identifying as queer has led him to be more tuned in to mental health issues. “Just from my lived experience as a gay male, I feel like I can read people better and see the tell-tale ‘signs’ that we’re supposed to look for. Not sure if other people would say that,” he said. Along with some of the perceived advantages come difficulties. While most residents are immediately accepting, some who have never been in close contact with a queer person before may initially feel some discomfort, making it harder for an RA or GA to form connections with them, according to College junior Cody Smith, an RA in Ware. Last year, there were some LGBTQ-related incidents in the Quad, said College senior

Charles Carr, who was an RA in Ware last year and is now an RA in Rodin. Signs related to the LGBT Center, as well as a SafeZone sticker from a gay GA’s door, were ripped down. Carr recounts a particular incident where he was woken up at 3 a.m. by a drunk freshman yelling, “‘I knew you were a faggot!” outside of his door. “It wasn’t directed at me, but waking up to that was definitely really jarring. Needless to say, I reported that incident just because even though it wasn’t directed at me, I wanted them to know that it wasn’t okay to say that in any context,” Carr said. Every RA and GA goes through diversity training. During the diversity training, house staffs break into groups to discuss what it means to be a community and to be diverse and

to be integrated, according to College senior Eliana Yankelev, an RA in Ware. “We broke down terms like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ and talked about how it’s really hard to have a truly diverse community, because just by saying ‘diverse,’ you become divisive — almost exclusionary. So we try to create a true sense of community and high standards for inclusion, and ask people to always have an open and understanding perspective,” Yankelev said. In addition to diversity training, staff members have the option of going through SafeZone training, which is LGBTQ-specific. SafeZone training focuses on possible scenarios that RAs and GAs may find themselves in and educates them on how to respond. SafeZone training teaches RAs and

GAs how to create comfortable spaces for people and how to be sensitive to residents’ needs, according to Nursing senior Ian Alexander, an RA in Fisher Hassenfeld. Staff members who undergo SafeZone training then receive a sticker to display on their doors that lets residents know they should feel especially comfortable talking to their RAs or GAs about LGBTQ-specific concerns. Particular considerations, such as when and how to come out to residents, also characterize the experience of being an LGBTQidentifying RA or GA. Alexander chooses to bring up the subject of his sexuality in casual conversation with his residents, while Carr chose to come out to his residents during his first hall meeting, when he

and his residents were sharing proudest moments. “My motivation was to share something pretty personal in the hopes that they would feel more comfortable sharing things with me in the future,” Carr said. “So I said that my proudest moment was coming out to my brother because it was really difficult for me.” Similarly, Yankelev came out to her residents during her first hall meeting and also invites her girlfriend to join in on hall activities. “Five years from now, I want my residents to be able to say, ‘Oh yeah, my freshman year RA was a lesbian and was always straightforward about it — it was never a point of contention. I learned how to be comfortable and see it as a normal thing, not even thinking twice about seeing two girls holding hands.’”

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Makayla Reynolds to lead Class Board 2018 Reynolds elected as first black female class president ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

After the votes were tallied on Friday night, small town Floridian and College sophomore Makayla Reynolds was elected as the first black female class president in Penn’s history. “I tried to sell myself as the outsider,” Reynolds said. “My background and where I come from and what I stand for is very underrepresented at Penn.” Reynolds will be replacing the previous class president College sophomore Vadim OrdovskyTanaevsky. After having the experience of being a class president in high school, Reynolds decided to pursue the same position in college. “I don’t think that Vadim has done bad at all,” Reynolds said. “I think he’s done great. People just wanted a change.”

Many students have expressed concern that the class board has little impact on student lives. Reynolds speaks to this concern. “If you aren’t involved, it’s hard to see what the class board is doing,” she said. She hopes that she will be able to make a tangible difference. Reynolds said that “the hardest part is getting people to be interested in voting.” Only about 800 of the over 2400 students in the sophomore class voted in the election. Over the past weeks, Reynolds worked tirelessly to get her name out to other sophomores. She wanted to make an impression online as well as face-to-face with voters. Her Facebook and website served as a platform to inform the Class of 2018 about why she was a good candidate. Reynolds said that a lot of her campaigning was talking one-onone with friends and acquaintances she knows from activities she’s involved with on campus. Outside of class board, Reynolds

is part of MedLife Penn, a group that promotes health equity both locally and globally, and a public speaking advisor for communication within the curriculum. Reynold’s favorite extracurricular is being a Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters. This gives her a chance to make a difference in the community. In her time as president, she hopes to inspire other students and have an impact. Reynolds wants to maintain Penn traditions, but also start new programs and initiatives within the student body. One of the challenges of being president is the expectation to bring together a group of students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Reynolds hopes to work with some of the many cultural groups at Penn to create events that appeal to students who identify with different cultural backgrounds. Another goal is to bring greater awareness to mental health. Reynolds is passionate about making an

impact. She hopes to make Penn a less stressful environment, but realizes that most mental health problems are deeper than that. Reynolds wants students to be able to get the care that they need, whether that is on campus at Counseling and Psychological Services or outside treatment. As a health and societies major, healthcare is extremely important to Reynolds. If she works in politics, she hopes to be the secretary of health and human services for the White House. Reynolds hopes to inspire other students who face obstacles and feels that she can relate to most students in Penn’s population who are from a marginalized group. She hopes to inspire those who might feel as though they can’t do something based on race, gender or socioeconomic status. “I hope that people know that they can come up to me with any concerns,” Reynolds said, “We’re all equals, [and] this isn’t a hierarchy.”

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Makayla Reynolds was elected the first black female class president in Penn’s history. She will serve as the sophomore class president this year.

Penn students chase jobs rather than higher education Penn grads go straight to work rather than to school SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

Although employers have steadily increased educational requirements for hires, the majority of Penn students still join the workforce immediately after finishing their undergraduate studies. A recent survey by Chicago-based job search engine CareerBuilder showed that in the last five years more and more job positions have increased education qualifications required of applicants. However, the percentage of Penn students pursuing higher education immediately after undergraduate studies hasn’t increased to match that trend, and the majority

of students go on to full-time employment right after obtaining a bachelor’s degree. The survey, which was based on more than 2,300 employers in the private sector, found that 37 percent of companies say they hire college graduates for positions that in the past were primarily held by people with only high school degrees, and 26 percent say they hire people with master’s degrees for jobs that used to go to candidates with bachelor’s degrees. In an email statement from Career Services, Senior Associate Director Barbara Hewitt said more Penn undergraduate students are opting to enter the workforce immediately after graduation because of the strong state of the current economy. In a recent Career Services

survey, more than 64 percent of the Class of 2015 was employed either full-time or part-time and full-time students surveyed earned an average salary of $68,152. 13.1 percent of the Class of 2015 is either continuing education or seeking to continue education, compared to 14.6 percent in 2014, 17.5 percent in 2013 and 19 percent in 2012. “There’s no doubt that it’s an advanced-degree holder’s market out there,” said Dennis Yim, the director of pre-business and pregraduate programs for Kaplan Test Prep. “Specifically for MBAs, job placements are up, compensation packages are up and business schools have been doing some serious innovating over the past few years, integrating into their curriculum courses to teach such high in demand skills like coding and data

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science.” Yim noticed the trend of an increase in MBA holders in the tech industry, which he said could be due to the increasing versatility of the degree and higher value placed on this type of education in prospective employees. Accord i ng to Joa n ne Munekawa, a career services manager at the resume writing and career services agency Employment BOOST, the increasing number of students with bachelor’s degrees means that employers can expect that and more of their applicants. She said that even if a degree above a bachelor’s may not be necessary to perform a job effectively per se, companies can use these higher educational standards to fish out candidates who have a strong

work ethic, better punctuality and higher upward mobility. She also said that employers particularly like higher degrees when they are accompanied by work experience because then employees will be able to leverage some of their experiences during their casework. Career Services said that a majority of Penn alumni do go on to pursue higher education later on in life. In the most recent out-ofundergraduate alumni reports, 63 percent of respondents indicated that they were enrolled in or completed an advanced degree program after five years, and 73 percent indicated they had done so within 10 years of graduation. The increase in students joining the workforce could also be attributed to the increased prevalence of on-campus recruiting. Nearly 42

percent of the Class of 2015 was employed through OCR or a previous OCR employer. Still, some companies don’t seem to be noticing the trend of increased educational qualifications. Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter said that although this may be true in a limited number of sectors, employers in some fields are reducing qualifications because they find that there’s little correlation between quality of work and degree obtained. “As more employers discover that to be true, so will more employment attorneys and anti-discrimination government agencies and those groups will put pressure on employers to stop requiring degrees unless the data shows that those degrees are relevant to job performance,” Rothberg said.

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Sanders finds passionate support at Phila. rally Sanders addressed student debt in Wednesday speech JACOB WINICK Staff Reporter

The slamming of drums and the screeches of air horns could be heard ringing through North Philadelphia on Wednesday night, as an estimated 10,000 people crowded into Temple University to listen to presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (IVt.) speak. Between chants of “Feel the Bern” and “We want Bernie,” many Sanders supporters gave similar reasons for showing their support. “We really need a change from establishment politics,” said Kathy Hiester, a resident of

University City who worked at Penn helping students register for the Pennsylvania primaries, which will take place on April 26. “We are all out here to support Bernie Sanders because he’s one of us. He’s my guy, and I’m a shareholder. I’ve donated to him 10 times. I’ve skipped haircuts and all sorts of things to give to him. He’s here for us. “Unless you’re wealthy and selfish, Sanders is your guy,” Hiester added. “I even got in trouble with my daughter the other day for chanting ‘He’s my daddy,’ but it’s true.” Sanders fittingly chose to give his speech at a university, since much of his grassroots support has come from young people frustrated with the status quo in Washington.

“He’s really popular with college students because, honestly, despite the age difference, we get him,” Sydney Ross, a juniorat Temple, said. “Some people say he’s an idealist, but as young people, we know that he can really have an impact. We know he can create a more sustainable future.” The crowd seemed to cheer every time Sanders opened his mouth, jumping up and down every time he raised his voice. Yet, nothing got the young crowd as passionate as when he started to talk about college tuition. “Who here has student debt?” Sanders asked. Thousands of hands immediately shot in the air. “Join the club,” Sanders added, bringing most of the crowd to their feet. “People who get an

education should be rewarded, not punished.” The rally even attracted some high school students who wouldn’t normally be involved in politics. “Bernie Sanders is causing a mental change in this country,” high school senior Mango Amaryllis said. “I’ve never been really into politics, and I’m honestly partially here just to watch people go crazy, but I’m also here because I can tell Bernie cares about everyone and we really need that.” After an hour speaking, Sanders wrapped up, much to the disappointment of many of his fans, but not before reminding his supporters that voting come Election Day was the most important thing they could do.

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Bernie Sanders attracted a large crowd of university students and general public at the Liacouras Center at Temple University.

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THE CRAFTIEST SIGNS OF THE SANDERS RALLY Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally Wednesday night on Temple University’s campus at the Liacouras Center. The rally drew a crowd of over 10,000, of which not all could fit into the venue. Many supporters brought expressive, DIY signs.

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Clinton talks wages and unions with Phila. supporters Clinton spoke with labor organizations Wednesday LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed delegates of Pennsylvania’s American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Clinton, fresh off of a loss to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, discussed issues of interest to AFL-CIO members. The candidate shared her plans for increasing wages, ensuring equal pay, protecting American jobs and increasing unions’ bargaining power. “I think it’s pretty clear,” Clinton said to the unionists congregated at the Sheraton Hotel’s Liberty Ballroom. “Unions helped build the greatest middle class in the history of the world. When unions are strong, wages go up.” Clinton visited Pennsylvania ahead of the April 26 state primary, which is shaping up to be an

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This, he thought, was what could bring the student body together. “I really was just working on trying to find ways to show people that there was a lot of common ground between each other,” he added. Bringing people together is a major aspect of Wallace’s platform in fighting racism. He wants students to start reaching out to different types of people that they normally would not associate with. “That is the first real step in changing racism,” he said. In an effort to effect this change, Wallace joined two student groups in high school — Students Organized Against Racism and Team Access and Success in Advanced Placement.

important contest for both Democratic candidates. Four other states will also be at play that day. The most recent poll, released by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday, shows Clinton leading Sanders 50 to 44 points among likely primary voters in the Keystone State. The candidate focused part of her remarks around relevant state topics. She mentioned having watched Villanova University’s basketball team win the men’s NCAA National Championship on Monday to the delight of the audience. Clinton also commended Gov. Tom Wolf’s efforts to increase the minimum wage in Pennsylvania and mentioned the importance of protecting the state’s steel industry. “China and other countries have been dumping artificially cheap steel here in our country,” she said. “American steel workers pay the price … it is a crucial part of our manufacturing base.” Clinton’s talk at the AFLCIO convention highlights her success at fundraising from the Democratic elite donor base, in contrast to Sanders’ struggle with

“SOAR was more of a platform to get students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to discuss their daily lives and what issues were showing up for them and ways to advocate for themselves in the school,” Wallace said. Team ASAP, on the other hand, focused on the enrollment and success of underrepresented students in Advanced Placement courses. As a result of his advocacy, Wallace won the 2015 Princeton Prize in Race Relations, which helped him to validate the work he had done. “There’s a point in time where you’re just like, ‘Am I making a difference? Is it worth it whatsoever?’” he said. “I was super, super excited to get the Princeton Prize.” Since coming to Penn, Wallace’s activism has taken a back seat to academics and adjusting to the rigor of college life, but he does not intend for it to stay that way.

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On April 6, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke with members of Pennsylvania’s AFL-CIO chapter about her plans to raise wages and protect American jobs.

this. As of March 21, the labor sector’s contribution to Clinton’s campaign totaled an overwhelming $10,683,514 as compared to Sanders’ $84,324, according to the nonpartisan research group

“I did a lot more in high school than I’ve done here; I’m trying to change that up for next year,” Wallace said. “My goal for next year is really to sit down and work with ... a group called Students Confronting Racism and White Privilege.” Wallace’s goals for his activism do not stop there — he has big plans to bring advocacy into his future career as an engineer. “Within the racial advocacy work, there’s so much qualitative literature, but in terms of looking at ways to quantify and measure racism, there’s no really great way of doing that,” he said. “The skills I’m learning through Engineering will really help me in the long run, help me figure out ways to address systematic racism on a quantitative level, and that’s really what I’m looking forward to trying to do after four years here.”

Center for Responsive Politics. Sanders has been able to orchestrate a deep individual-donor base which, through small contributions, has allowed him to amass an estimated $139.8 million in

campaign donations as of April 6. Clinton’s direct campaign contributions total $159.9 million. Clinton briefly mentioned her Democratic rival at the convention, saying Sanders and she had

“real differences about how we would go achieving our goals.” She also criticized his ability to pass viable bills in Congress. Sanders is currently on a winning streak, having won six out of the seven contested states since March 22. Most recently, the senator won the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday with 56.6 percent of the vote. Sanders’ small momentum has allowed the self-proclaimed democratic socialist to reduce Clinton’s lead as the candidates prepare to battle out New York’s delegates on April 19. According to an April 6 New York Times article, both Democrats will be focusing their campaign efforts in the coming weeks on New York, the state Clinton represented as a senator and where Sanders was born. “When unions are weak and workers lose their voice and their bargaining power incomes stagnate, inequality grows and families suffer,” said Clinton, who promised the attendees that the labor movement would have a champion in the White House and a seat at the table if she were to be elected president.

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Penn Athletics gets a facelift fit for a champion Red and Blue unveil rebranding initiative NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

It might be hard to place a finger on just what it is, but Penn Athletics has a slightly different look these days. Throughout the semester, the athletic department has rolled out a series of changes to the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; branding, including the Champion Your Life campaign formally announced on Wednesday. The culmination of over a year of research and gradual unveiling, the rebranding is part of a holistic effort by Penn Athletics to reinvigorate student interest and reposition itself within the Penn and Greater Philadelphia communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Penn Athletics has created a

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means the case for Penn athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to convince [the kids] â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they loved it right away because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different. Anybody can make you do sprints, but teaching somebody how to kickbox and hit something while

really unique niche in Philadelphia, in the Ivy League and in the nation,â&#x20AC;? Athletics Coordinator Julia Martin explained. With the rebranding, the University hopes to market itself utilizing that niche. Although the process began in the months leading up to his return to University City in August 2015, former Penn wrestling coach Roger Reina â&#x20AC;&#x201D; currently senior associate athletics director for external affairs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has taken the lead in guiding the department through the rebranding along with Martin. In addition to the external changes, the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal facing is changing as well. Foremost is the set of five core values unifying Penn Athletics: Aiming Big, Character First, Humility, Enjoyment and Community Matters. The primary means this will manifest itself is through the expression of these

values in Penn Athleticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; writing and promotions. In a sense, Martin explained, the goal is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;tell a story through the brand.â&#x20AC;? One of the biggest new focuses is on data-driven decision making. To that end, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun brought in Fred Popp, a London-based

moving around, the kids loved it right away,â&#x20AC;? Steel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of times Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just be like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everybody hit the bags as hard as you can, because I know thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you want to do.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Similarly, even though Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s varsity coaches may not personally receive the satisfaction of delivering punches or kicks to

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really been part of their culture. So, if you can do something different to keep them interested and then get the weights in there too, you get all-around athletes.â&#x20AC;? As a result, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength and conditioning program has gained a positive reputation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even among its rivals. According to Steel, Villanova football and Dartmouth womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball have reached out to him about instituting Muay Thai. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a few schools come in just to learn the basics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in order to teach it, you have to know all about it,â&#x20AC;? Steel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about [Penn being considered] pioneers, but I would say we do it as consistently as anyone else.â&#x20AC;? Ultimately, with conditioning, coordination and physical

toughness all being tested, kickboxingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s benefits for Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletes seem boundless. And as the man who has orchestrated the makeover of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength program for the last decade looked on at his proteges, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but take pride in the transformation happening before his eyes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can only watch so many squats, having been coaching for years, but watching kickboxing still excites me,â&#x20AC;? Steel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just seeing the kids learn, because the first day they do it, they can barely hit the pads. As they progress, their balance improves, hand-eye coordination improves, all that kind of stuff. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very neat to see, and they make progress very fast, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real rewarding thing to experience.â&#x20AC;?

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Around that vision, the objectives of the new rebranding are centered. The purpose of this long-term undertaking is to project a cohesive image to create a sense of familiarity and appreciation for all Penn Athletics teams as a singular unit. To that end, dozens of executive interviews were conducted with leaders on campus, in addition to surveys of students, athletes and alumni. This legwork has been done to nail down what consumers are looking for out of the Red and Blue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then fighting like a startup in a crowded market to capitalize on it. Although administrators were loath to outline a specific set of expectations for the rebranding, Martin would allow that there is one overarching goal for the fan experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The benchmark is unification.â&#x20AC;?

The new slogan of Penn Athletics, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Champion Your Life,â&#x20AC;? was officially unveiled Wednesday to coincide with National Athlete Appreciation Day.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me it was a really exciting opportunity to bring the experiences that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gained in the commercial world and the technology world and come back to a very familiar landscape with a new lens,â&#x20AC;? Reina noted. To the athletics administrators, the key is to treat Penn Athletics as a startup, competing for the attention and affection of its audience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in this case the University as a whole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a significant media market so from a standpoint of not only engaging students, but engaging the local community and youth sports teams. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a tremendous advantage over our friends in Ithaca, for example,â&#x20AC;? Reina explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I think one thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important is that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be more acutely aware of what our opportunity is to engage todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students with our sports teams today.â&#x20AC;?

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average, well down from the .301 batting average against her last year. Combined with just 12 walks, Sargent is yielding on average just one base runner per inning, well down from her average of nearly two per inning last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the summer, I decided to break down the fundamentals of my motion and work on them, which has resulted mechanically in a much better motion for me. It keeps me from getting tired so I can work deeper into games,â&#x20AC;? Sargent explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting better break on ball, getting ahead on batters, which allows me to throw the pitches that I want to throw rather than what I need to get over for strikes.â&#x20AC;? Sargentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominance reached a high point last week against Rider when she came just one out shy of completing only the second no-hitter in school history. Her performance in the first month of the season is a big reason for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 9-8 non-conference record. Aside from her stats and tangible results on the mound, Sargentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence on the team has had a profound effect on how they play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you know you have a chance to win a ballgame, I think

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the whole team just goes out there with a lot more confidence knowing that your pitcher is going to keep you in the ballgame,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You tend to play better defense, you tend to hit the ball more because you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel the pressure.â&#x20AC;? Senior Kanani Datan agrees and feels that she instills more than just confidence in the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Sargent] is a very dynamic teammate to have, so she brings a lot of positive energy, and just a lot of energy to the team in general,â&#x20AC;? Datan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She came in day one as a freshman and it was almost like she was already a senior. She was always loud, she was always positive, she was always a presence on the field, you knew she was there.â&#x20AC;?

This weekend, Sargent and the Quakers will face their biggest test of the season so far. The team travels to Hanover on Friday and Cambridge on Saturday to play doubleheaders against Dartmouth and Harvard, respectively. Dartmouth, the two-time reigning Ivy League champ, returned the vast majority of their team from last year, and are poised to be the Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest obstacle in their quest to reclaim the title. The Crimson also figures to be in contention for postseason play, and will challenge the Big Green for the top spot in the Ivy North Division. Despite the formidable opponents, with Sargent in the circle, Penn stands a fighting chance against anyone.

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Not many Penn athletes can say they spent time in the pros before putting on the Red and Blue for the Quakers. In fact, perhaps none besides freshman tennis player Dmitry Shatalin boast that honor. Shatalin grew up in Moscow, playing tennis competitively from an early age. As a teenager, he competed in ATP Tour Challengers and other tournaments on the pro circuit. Until he got injured that is. It was at that point that his parents decided college might be a better option for him, so he could continue his tennis career as well as his studies. After visiting Penn during his senior year, Shatalin knew it was the school for him. “I came here, and I loved the coach, loved the boys, loved the school,” he said. However, despite applying to

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Being from Seattle, Nelson-Henry gives a nod to his hometown and family for being in tune with health trends. “Everyone at home is really health-conscious and all organic, gluten free, all of that stuff. My dad is a really amazing cook and great at portion-sizing and food groups. My mom — she and I eat out more, but still pretty healthy. She isn’t a very good cook, but I still love her.”

Penn and being accepted early decision, his journey since arriving in Philly has been anything but smooth, a big part of which can be attributed to stringent NCAA eligibility rules. When Shatalin was touring on the pro circuit before deciding to pursue collegiate tennis, he had signed a sponsorship deal with Nike and received financial aid from the sports company as well. The move was considered a violation of NCAA rules. And as a result the NCAA demanded he sit out for the beginning of this season and pay some of the compensation he received from Nike to charity. While Shatalin says he was happy to donate the money, sitting out while everyone on the team played was challenging for the young Russian. “It was really difficult because in the beginning of the year I saw guys playing matches, and I was kind of part of the team, but not really because I couldn’t represent Penn tennis,” he said. “It was really tough to wait and to practice because it kind of felt like I was practicing for nothing.”

“I think there are guys, who if they realize [they] are a little too heavy for their fitness levels, will alter the way they eat — but it’s usually a matter of a few pounds in one way or the other.” “We don’t live and die by weight,” Fiori continued. “But I think if people realize their weight isn’t in line with the demands of the sport, they’ll change something, but it’s not extreme. Weight can affect your performance on the erg, and you can throw your weight around, but in the boat, other people have to pull that weight too.” If they’re able to stomach it, tailoring meals to the demands of morning practice has proven helpful for others on crew. “I tend to front-load my meals, because our practices are frontloaded as well,” senior rower Anne Stack said. “I’ll try to eat a banana or a bar beforehand.” Stack’s nutrition is further complicated by the fact that she is gluten-intolerant. Though she found that out during her freshman year, a time where she started a new school in a new

Starting the day right Breakfast, as the saying goes, is the most important meal of the day. But what do you do about breakfast when practice starts at 6:00 a.m.? Penn’s rowing teams face this predicament almost every day. The early mornings mean that cooking breakfast requires the rowers to wake up at a time when most students would be just wrapping up an all-nighter. In the hours before sunrise, sometimes even finding an appetite is hard, and the demands of practice mean that fueling and hydrating beforehand is critical. However, the oarsmen and women have found ways to adapt. “When I wake up in the morning, I have no appetite. I found there are two ways to handle that,” senior oarsman Diego Fiori said. “One is to - Anne Stack get up earlier and get some coffee in my system — that helps me get going so I can stomach something — or I bring country, the Zimbabwe native my snack with me and eat right was able to manage her dietary before we get on the water, so restrictions with the high-energy that will get to me at least for the demands of the sport. second half of a two-hour prac“The only thing it really cuts tice. I used to not eat anything out for me is bread, pastry and before practice, and there are a pasta — though pasta is a pain,” lot of guys who do that — what’s she said. important is hydrating beforeBeyond having food restrichand.” tions, meal timing has also been For the heavyweights, weight is a struggle for Stack and her team. a factor that can influence perfor“Finding the right times to eat mance on the water. is difficult,” she said. “Weight matters for us, and “I definitely struggled because that’s tied to diet,” captain Conor by the time I finished practice and Davenport said. went to class, I’d be hungry but

Despite being discouraged initially, Shatalin soon realized he had to look at the big picture. “I think that was the wrong mentality,” he said. “Never do that. It’s always important to be giving 100 percent no matter what.” Soon, Shatalin was able to play again and represent the Quakers on the court. However, before long, he faced another setback, falling on his wrist and ending up in a cast. “It’s been a slow process, and he’s

been really unlucky,” coach David Geatz said. “But he’s been playing better and better, and he’s a great kid.” Perhaps adding to his difficult transition to college is the fact that Shatalin was only 16 years old when he was accepted to Penn. Now 17, Shatalin has to balance his rigorous tennis training with an equally challenging degree in electrical engineering. And yet, despite his young age

and challenging schedule, Geatz believes he is capable of performing well, both on the tennis court and in the classroom. “He is a very mature 17 year old. … He is really coming on [after a tough fall semester].” A glimpse of Shatalin’s hard work on the court appeared last weekend as he and senior Blaine Willembourg won their doubles matches against both Yale and Brown, helping Penn secure the allimportant doubles point and go on to win both matches. “It’s been a tough journey, and this past weekend was my first actually healthy match, and we did really well, so I’m proud of the boys,” Shatalin said. Looking toward this weekend’s matches at Harvard and Dartmouth — two tough teams that finished tied for second in the Ivy League last year — the Red and Blue hope to keep up the momentum from sophomore Josh Pompan’s incredible comeback against Brown last weekend, which secured the victory against the Bears. For better or worse, the opponents

this weekend will be familiar faces. The Quakers fell to Harvard, 5-2, and narrowly beat the Big Green, 4-3, earlier this season in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. While Shatalin lost his matches in both, he is certainly in a better place health-wise for this weekend. As for whether he will continue to play doubles or move to the singles lineup as he improves, that remains to be seen. “He is one of the most physically gifted, talented guys in the whole league,” Geatz said. “He’s a great doubles player. … He would have played singles too if he had been eligible from the very start.” Most importantly, Shatalin will be there for his team regardless of the lineup. “He has great team spirit. He is always the first guy to cheer his teammates on.” And this weekend, as the Quakers look to remain perfect in regular season conference play, they could certainly use both Shatalin’s play on the court and his enthusiasm off of it.

nothing would be open. [Dining Services] have been better about having a 24/7 option, but valid options with a balanced meal aren’t always open.”

“It can be tough — I’ve gotten ability to eat properly.” better at both being strong and Those limitations affect athweighing in lighter. The night letic teams at all times of the day, before I’ll restrict fluid and some especially teams with weekend or food, and sometimes even right morning practices. before I won’t be able to eat or “Across all sports teams, on drink anything and have to work the weekend, all the on-campus out, but as soon as I step on the eating facilities just aren’t open scale and weigh in I can refuel.” when you need them to be,” Wong “It’s the water that’s the biggest challenge, because hydrating can’t be done in an hour. A bottle of water is a pound, and a Clif Bar is two ounces.” However, knowing these restrictions exist, the staff has been able to deal with these challenges in a unique way during competitions - Darien Nelson-Henry and on longer trips. “[The staff] will take us to the grocery store to buy weigh-in food.” said. “When we went to Chatta“We practice at 8 or 9 on Saturnooga, we walked to the store days, and for the freshmen, they and got ingredients — like sweet just don’t eat before practice and potatoes — and made them in the can’t eat breakfast, unless they hotel microwave.” have access to something in their rooms. It sets you up to not eat the A community forged in food healthiest meal sizes when food There’s always that one table in becomes available.” the dining hall populated by those Hrdlicka, knowing the chalin gray Penn Athletics hoodies or lenges of eating in a setting where navy blue Dri-Fit team apparel, the options, though numerous, sweaty and starving after a long are not optimal, has started to practice. Eating together is an give dining hall tours to incoming important part of team unity for freshman athletes to give them a many athletes on campus, but preliminary idea of what healthy, the dining halls can be problem- athletic-minded nutrition looks atic for many teams. Finding like in a dining hall. ways to properly fuel an athletic “We’ll go to one of the dining body can be difficult when rely- halls and have one of the chefs ing on Penn’s dining services and and the dietician for the Penn working with a limited personal dining hall system walk us budget. through what are better places to “I think [the challenge is] the look in the dining hall, [asking], availability of good eating re- ‘Where does the food come sources. I can’t say everywhere from, and how is it prepared?’” on campus is bad, but you have Hrdlicka said. to work to put together a good “[I’m] making sure the athletes plate and cost can be a factor,” know all of the options available said Nelson-Henry. “If you play at the dining halls that can make a sport and the dining facility is up a good balanced plate and only open for a set of hours, and corresponds to the point in their you have practice during those season and the level of training hours, you’re kind of out of luck that they’re at.” with the dining hall options and you’re forced into a much more When eating becomes dangerous narrow selection. In a body-conscious and im“The time limitations of being age-obsessed society, the extra an athlete definitely impacts the layer of pressure from athletics

can sometimes send athletes over the edge and into the territory of disordered eating. “Many female athletes engage in restrictive eating, sometimes in hopes that losing weight will increase performance in their sport,” said Tiffany Stewart, head of the NCAA’s Female Athlete Body Project, in a recent article. “Research suggests that disordered eating among female athletes is especially dangerous because it increases risk for relative energy deficiency in sport and subsequent injury.” Traits of an eating disorder can easily be masked as dedication to the sport or a commitment to health for both male and female athletes. However, both teammates and athletic staff are able to be a resource to athletes who need help if they become aware of the issue. “I think people have had issues in the past on teams I’ve been on,” Stack said. “Dealing with that was [about] figuring out the best treatment for that and how to support them through it, and also finding the right people to contact. Putting everyone together — coaches plus teammates plus parents plus Kayli — that’s the best way to deal with it.” Wong credited the rowing staff for being receptive to her concerns and observations when she feared a teammate had a problem. “I wasn’t afraid to go to them and trusted that they wouldn’t blow the situation out of proportion.” Penn’s nutritional support may not yet be at the level of larger athletic powerhouses, such as Oregon, Wisconsin and Washington (among many others) which have introduced athlete-only dining halls with athletically tailored food choices. Wisconsin even has “refueling stations” with snacks and energy bars in locker rooms and weight rooms. But at Penn, the increased support and enthusiasm stemming from Hrdlicka, the coaches and the athletes themselves is a healthy start.

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More than just a number For sophomore Kennedy Wong, who joined the rowing team as a coxswain after a year as a distance runner on the track team, shifting athletic expectations have impacted the way she fuels her body. “I took some of the things Kayli told me from when I was running and tried to maintain that in my current diet, like trying to eat more protein to avoid injury.” As coxswains must maintain a certain weight in order to streamline the boat’s movement, part of the demands of the position is to be more weight conscious. However, Wong has managed her transition smoothly. “The weight a female coxswain is expected to be is close to my natural weight and our coach is very good about not demanding a single number. In the spring it’s more important, but it’s not something I worry about — I still run and I eat healthy, but that’s part of being on a sports team and respecting the work the rowers do.” Wrestling is infamous for taking extreme measures to make weight — whether trying to sweat out water weight or fasting before a match. However, with proper planning and guidance, these measures don’t have to be taken. “Everything I eat, I make sure it’s good quality. I’m big into ethical treatment of what I’m eating, I use cage free eggs and grass-fed beef,” junior Caleb Richardson said. “You have to plan ahead or you’ll be stuck eating out. There are healthy options on campus, but I’ll suck it up and walk back home to Baltimore Street.” Eating on the road, where prior to competing the grapplers must weigh in an hour before competition, is something that makes fueling for matches difficult.

The only thing it really cuts out for me is bread, pastry and pasta — though pasta is a pain.”

The time limitations of being an athlete definitely impacts the ability to eat properly.”

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NUTRITION PLANNING CRITICAL FOR PENN ATHLETES ARIEL FIELDMAN Sports Reporter

ou are what you eat. And for Penn’s varsity athletes, nothing could be more important than what they put in their bodies. Expending massive amounts of energy on the court, the field, the track, the pool or in the weight room, something has to give athletes the fuel to power their bodies through multiple workouts per day, as well as to (maybe) stay awake in class. It’s a challenge for anyone to eat right, but getting the proper nutrition is even more critical for athletes to ensure peak performance. And with the amount of not-so-sound nutrition information floating around on social media, the unlimited amount of ice cream in the dining halls and the time crunches between class and practice, it can be hard to know exactly what, when and where to eat. The path to healthy eating The resources available for Penn’s athletic nutrition program have been steadily growing for the last few years. Adding full-time sports nutritionist Kayli Hrdlicka in 2013, as well as investing in equipment such as the Bod Pod — which provides metrics on body composition such as body fat and lean muscle mass — means that the information on sports specific nutrition is more readily available to athletes. Prior to Hrdlicka’s hire, the sports nutrition department consisted only of a single part-time employee responsible for the school’s 960 student-athletes. Hrdlicka initially developed an interest in

nutrition after losing her uncle to a heart attack far too early. “He was only fifty-two,” she said. “I had a lot of family who struggled with health issues that could have been helped with better nutrition. That sparked my interest and that was the only thing I wanted to study undergrad.” The nutritional challenges faced by collegiate athletes resonate personally with Hrdlicka, who herself was a collegiate distance runner at Northwest Missouri State, where she studied dietetics. Now a registered — as well as a certified sports specialist — dietitian, Hrdlicka works throughout Penn Athletics to provide nutritional and team-specific dietary support. “As an athlete during undergrad, I’d sit in classes and wonder, how does this affect me?” Hrdlicka, though currently working as Penn’s sole sports nutritionist, has goals to expand the sports nutrition program. “I think right now we’re in a really exciting transition period. Last year they had deregulation in the NCAA where you can now provide more meals and snacks [to athletes],” she explained. “We’ve pursued that a little bit and been able to provide more nutritional support to certain teams. There’s been more excitement and interest in how nutrition can impact athletics. “I’d love to be able to provide more recovery options and to expand some of my educational reach to

athletes and maybe eventually partner with Dining Services.” Increased communication with the coaching staff has also helped Hrdlicka further expand her influence and educate athletes. “When I first got here, [the coaches] weren’t used to having someone here,” she said. “It wasn’t something that came to the forefront of their minds and I had to reach out to talk to their teams. Now I’m having coaches reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, can you come in and talk to my team?’ They could really benefit from you. “Hopefully as years go on, this will become more of a standard, and it’s a given that a team will meet with me.” Nutrition, supersized Standing at 6-foot-11, Darien Nelson-Henry needs to fuel not only a super-sized body, but a super-sized beard and off-the-charts activity levels. Eating properly has been a critical factor in Nelson-Henry’s basketball success and overall fitness. “I do think of myself as a nutrition-conscious person,” he said. “That doesn’t always mean I follow it, but if I do eat something I know is bad for me, I know it’s bad for me. I learned a lot from Kayli and [Strength and Conditioning] coach [Stephen] Brindle in terms of tailoring my diet, but a lot also comes from my own individual research — it’s not hard to go on Google and pick up on central themes to plan

your diet around.” However, Nelson-Henry wasn’t always so nutrition-savvy. “When I came in as a freshman, I weighed around 280 pounds, but now I’m around 250-255,” he noted. “When I first got here, [Former Penn coach Jerome] Allen told me to lose 15 pounds, so I was kind of forced into doing it. But when I did do it, it made being on the court so much easier and from there I took it upon myself to do everything I could to eat as well as I could. On the court [having an extra] 10 pounds is like jumping with a weight vest on.” Though Nelson-Henry cites himself as one of the more nutrition-conscious members of the Red and Blue basketball squad, a shift in attitudes towards the role of nutrition has also come from the staff. “With [current Penn coach Steve] Donahue, I’ve noticed he really stresses diet and noticed a shift in some of the way my teammates eat. He’ll do anything for us in terms of scheduling meetings with Kayli and getting us into the Bod-Pod.” When practicing multiple times per day, it can also be difficult to fit in meals and snacks, as well as to properly time them. “It’s pretty hard to fit in meals [between practice and class]. Sometimes you’re going to look stupid and be the only person eating in class, or bring food to the gym and scarf it down before you work out.” SEE NUTRITION PAGE 9

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To make it to the top of any industry, you have to be willing to think outside the box. Fortunately for Penn Athletics, Jim Steel has taken the message. Behind the efforts of the 12thyear strength and conditioning manager, Penn’s varsity teams have strayed from the status quo in the weight room, adopting an unconventional method to raise themselves to the next level: Muay Thai kickboxing. “I’ve just found that it’s so good for hand-eye coordination, for conditioning it’s unbelievable, and it improves people’s athleticism,” Steel said. “Plus, it’s fun; you get to hit or kick something.” The inception of Muay Thai might seem like a recent innovation to a casual observer, but the adjustment to Penn’s workout program has actually been decades in the making. In 1985, Steel was a defensive lineman for Montgomery Community College and an avid fan of professional football. His father was a professor at

Maryland — the alma mater of Cowboys linebacker and eventual NFL Hall of Famer Randy White. Watching an episode of NFL Today, Steel observed White engaging in Muay Thai workouts, and the rest was history. “What I saw was a blurb of Randy White just kicking these pads, and I kept watching it over and over — I was a big Randy White fan because he and my dad knew each other,” Steel said. “I finally found a pad and started kicking the heck out of it, and as the years went on, I started reading about it more.” By the time Steel was hired by Penn, the rookie had become an expert, eager to integrate his newfound knowledge into the world of intercollegiate athletics. “I just started doing [kickboxing] with my players, basically winging it wherever I went,” Steel said. “By the time I got here, I had already coached 10 or 12 years, so I had gotten a decent grasp of it. … By now, all of my assistants have taken lessons or fought, so everyone here can teach.” One might have expected such a change to be met with some dissent, but this was by no SEE KICKBOXING PAGE 8

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For Penn softball, not much has changed in the last two seasons. They have had a strong offense, made several runs at the Ivy title and had an ace starter named Alexis. But this year, the difference is in the last name. Just a year after graduating perhaps the most illustrious pitcher in program history in Alexis Borden, the Quakers have found a new star in the circle in junior Alexis Sargent. After waiting in the ranks for two years behind Borden, Sargent emerged as Penn’s next top starter early in the season, wasting little time in establishing herself as a bona fide ace. In just a month of non-conference games, the junior from Alexandria, Va., posted a

miniscule 1.01 earned run average. “She got off to a good start, and mentally for her getting off to a good start was very important,” coach Leslie King said. “She’s really built off of the early success that she had and is just feeling very confident on the mound, which is great.” While Sargent has struggled in the first few Ivy League matchups, her ERA still sits at a stellar 1.68 in 71 innings pitched. She has also recorded an impressive 74 strikeouts, eight complete games and three shutouts, good enough for an 8-3 record. “Every season you walk in hoping for the best,” she said. “This year we knew that there were big shoes to fill with the loss of Borden, and I was just hoping to do my part and do my best. I’m very happy with where we’ve been so far this season.” Part of the reason for Sargent’s elevated performance this season has been her ability to keep runners off the bases. So far this season, she has become much harder to hit, holding opposing batters to just a .220 batting SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640