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Excluded from no-loan policy

90 percent of LPS students receive financial aid, but many must take out loans JACK CAHN Staff Reporter

center by day and performing by night when he decided to go back to school 12 years ago. Three semesters of community college and two jobs later, he was admitted to Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

Little did he know that he would have to sell water bottles on the streets of Philadelphia and take out $30,000 in loans to cover his tuition bill.

Hip-hop singer Casey Bridgeford was living off of food stamps in Indianapolis, working at a community

Bridgeford’s financial troubles, he said, stem in part from the differences between financial aid for LPS and traditional undergraduate students.

Along with those in the Accelerated Program in the School of Nursing, LPS students are considered untraditional undergraduates and as such are not included in Penn’s no-loan, allgrant financial aid program.

Second, they are not eligible for most of the University’s named scholarships, although LPS has a limited number of scholarships that are exclusively for the benefit of its students. Third, like graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences, LPS students receive their financial SEE FINANCIAL AID PAGE 3

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Penn’s most recently released GPA data is from 2001 JILL MOELY Staff Reporter

Court jesters hide furniture Kings Court lounge furniture went missing on April 4

Differences in GPA may matter less than some students expect — most career paths and companies prioritize other factors.

“It is hard to generalize about entire fields,” Career Services Director Patricia Rose said. “In general, certain employers, such as well-known banks, consulting firms, tech companies, Teach for America, which receive lots of applicants, tend to look at GPAs more closely than other employers do in these same industries who may receive fewer applications from Penn

students.”

Wharton students who want to obtain jobs at brand-name investment firms, then, may need higher GPAs. However, other students within the school say GPA isn’t as important as other elements of their resume.

“Whether or not HR departments in companies actually have a GPA cutoff, that’s to be doubted … you’d want to be encouraging a more holistic application process,” Wharton senior Vivek Jois said. “You want to screen candidates more on the basis of who they are, how personable they are, how willing to be challenged they are.”

Other students say a tougher grading curve in certain types of classes can be a disadvantage when it comes to career interests. Engineering

students, for example, say that lower GPAs can hurt their chances to obtain internships.

“I think as far as looking for internships, GPA definitely matters just because it’s the best way for recruiters to look at your stuff,” Engineering freshman Phillip Trent said. “But I think it’ll be less of an issue junior and senior year, when we’re actually looking for employment — in Engineering especially, they care more about projects than grade point average.”

Some students have other reasons to be concerned about GPA — those planning on pursuing postgraduate degrees say grades really do matter.

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AXO latest to go off campus AEPi voluntarily revoked its charter in 2012

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April Fools Day has come and gone, but the spring shenanigans have continued at Kings Court English College House.

Lounge furniture, including chairs, lamps and couches, were found missing from the third and fourth floor elevator lounges early morning on April 4. Between the two floors, approximately 10 pieces of lounge furniture went missing.

Several pieces of furniture have been found by housing staff on the first floor of Kings Court and in the basement, but some lounge furniture remains missing in action.

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Monday’s announcement of Alpha Chi Omega’s move off campus recalls other recent shifts in Greek life at Penn.

In spring 2012, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity chose to move off campus after violating the University’s antihazing policy. Like AEPi, AXO plans to voluntarily revoke its charter. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life issued a list demands to the sorority SEE OFF-CAMPUS PAGE 2

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for instance, have average GPAs in the 3.7 to 4.0 range, as do those accepted to elite medical schools.

“The importance of GPA — and LSAT, of course — to the strength of your candidacy as a law school applicant is extremely daunting ... unsettling even, especially considering the job market in which lawyers are mainly being recr uited out of high tier schools,” College freshman Samantha MyersDineen said.

“As someone very interested in the legal field, I feel this constant pressure to perform at a certain level just in case I do decide to go to law school one day,” Myers added.

Besides these particular cases, however, Career Services says students shouldn’t see GPA as something that defines their career possibilities.

“Regardless of school, employers want to see how rigorous a student’s coursework has been; that’s why some ask for transcripts.

Second, a GPA is only one aspect of a student’s candidacy,” Rose said. “Many employers look at other things as well, such as a student’s participation in Penn activities, leadership roles, part-time [work] or

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“Even the most soughtafter employers hire students across a range of GPAs,” she added. “They know that Penn students make excellent employees and that’s why they recruit actively and broadly here.”

Penn has not recently examined data on schoolsp e ci f ic aver age GPA between its four undergraduate student bodies — in fact, the most recently reported statistics are from 2001.

The data from 13 years ago confirm what some students have long suspected: average GPAs differ slightly by school.

The College of Arts and Sciences and School of Nursing topped the list with GPA averages of 3.38 and are followed by the Wharton School with an average of 3.34. The School of Engineering and Applied Science trailed behind with an average of 3.28.

Although school-to-school differences are minimal, there are larger gaps between areas of study. According to the 2001 data, the average GPA among all humanities courses came in just under a 3.5. The average GPA earned in natural science courses, however, was between a 3.0 and 3.1. Social science courses hovered in between the two, with a GPA average of 3.3.

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3.5 3.3 3.07

Source: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ese302/lab-content/ Grade_Inflation.pdf

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Activist, feminist, teacher Prof. Salamishah Tillet has roots in humanities ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

Salamishah Tillet is an English and Africana Studies professor, but her expertise spans far past those subjects.

When she is not in the classroom, Tillet works as an activist for feminism and racial equality.

Her perspectives focus on the equality of gender and race simultaneously. “It takes moral courage to see a community of people as equal,” Tillet said.

She believes that the next step in the fight for equality is to make room for black women’s feminism to fit into the narrative of racial justice.

As of now, black feminism is seen as a marginal and radical issue, Tillet said. “Black women are oppressed through the state and the patriarchal narrative,” Tillet said at a panel discussion about racial relations on April 7. In other words, black girls are oppressed by the system of white supremacy and the system of patriarchy that exist in society.

Tillet has done anything but remain quiet. She is frequently a contributor on the MSNBC show “Melissa Harris-Perry,” where she talks about politics and racial issues. On the show, Tillet helps to answer some of the most difficult questions on race in America today.

Before her TV appearances and time at Penn, Tillet did not know that she would become a writer and activist. But she was quick to discover her passion for race and feminist issues during her freshman year of college after doing more community work in West Philadelphia.

Originally, she came to Penn wanting to be a lawyer. However, her increased involvement combined with her exposure to African-American literature changed her academic path.

Tillet graduated from the College in 1996 with an English

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degree. When she was offered a job here at Penn, she looked forward to engaging with Penn students and felt that the job was the perfect fit for her.

Tillet said that her favorite part of teaching is her students.

“I’m always profoundly surprised by what can happen in a classroom,” Tillet said.

Students recognize Tillet’s passion for teaching.

“Any time she speaks it’s coming from the heart and that she is teaching as well as guiding you,” said College freshman Amari Mitchell, who is currently in Tillet’s class, “Feminism and Contemporary Black Women Writers.” Many of Tillet’s classes are open seminars and allow for free discussion of sensitive racial issues.

“She has so much wisdom, her advice is just so honest,” said College sophomore Abby Cacho, who is in the same class as Mitchell.

When she is not teaching, Tillet writes books to share her ideas with the rest of the world.

A few years ago, Tillet wrote “Sites of Slavery: Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the

Post-Civil Rights Imagination.”

This in-depth analysis of slavery in America digs into the legacy of American history that many like to pretend did not exist.

During her senior year in college, Tillet did an independent study looking at slave narratives from the 18th and 19th centuries. “I wanted to understand the original text that authors were responding to,” Tillet said.

“For me, the book answers two questions: Why is it so hard for America, even now, to acknowledge the legacy of slavery on one hand, and, by not doing so for so much of its history, what has that meant for AfricanAmerican citizens?”

Tillet grew up with an appreciation for the humanities.

Her father encouraged her to think of the connections between politics, history and war. Her mother was a musician, which influenced Tillet to appreciate art through various mediums. This influence shows through her class on Nina Simone, a feminist and artist.

Tillet admires how Simone has combined her talents and is now writing a book about her.

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after a student’s parent called the University following an AXO drinking event, chapter members confirmed.

One chapter member said that the original OFSL document was very similar to that issued to AEPi before its members chose to revoke the chapter’s charter.

AEPi’s off-campus reincarnation is now known as APES — although earlier this semester, a group of students attempted to recolonize an official AEPi chapter at Penn.

OFSL Director Scott Reikofski wrote in an email for a February article, “If individuals are attempting to restart the chapter, they are doing so against OFSL procedures, in violation of University policy, and will be considered an underground, unrecognized group.”

Penn AEPi Founding President and College sophomore Austin Billig said at the time that the national organization was dealing with the details of recolonization.

But some Greek organizations have disbanded completely rather than move off campus, under more serious circumstances. Phi Kappa Sigma, informally known as Skulls, was kicked off campus in 2012 following the death of a visiting student who fell in the fraternity’s house during an unregistered New Year’s Eve party in December 2010. After settling a wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million, the fraternity was suspended by its nationals and later kicked out of their house by the University.

A corporation of Skulls alumni currently owns the house, and Executive Director of PKS International Fraternity Doug Maden said for an April 2014 article that the “long-term plan” is for the group to recolonize and move back in. Maden said conversations about moving back to campus would begin this coming fall.

The infractions leading to AXO’s departure from campus are much less extreme than that of Skulls, but it still must deal with some similar obstacles, like where members will live. Since OFSL owns the sorority house, AXO members who planned to live there will need to find alternate housing should the charter be officially revoked.

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aid from the budget of their home school, rather than from a general financial aid pool like traditional undergraduates.

“Every LPS student by statute is excluded from the no-loan financial aid policy,” Bridgeford said. “The way that it works is whatever package that you end up getting, you are expected to find a way to pay for the rest of it. Even after you take out every loan that you can take, you can still be liable for paying money for being able to attend Penn.”

Student Financial Service lists four financing and payment options for LPS students on its website: loans, direct loans, direct PLUS loans and the Penn monthly budget plan. 60 percent of LPS students take out these loans. But for some, it is still not enough.

“Springtime and summertime are some of the hardest times for LPS students. I have friends who are just trying to figure out how to eat,” Bridgeford said. With four children and a wife, Bridgeford himself struggles to pay rent and make enough money to put food on the table. “It affects our lives and our outlook for the future. We are underserved,” he said.

SFS works hard to make Penn more affordable for LPS students, it said. Compared to traditional undergraduate students, a much greater percentage of LPS students receive financial assistance from Student Financial Services. Ninety percent of LPS students receive financial aid, SFS Director of Financial Aid Joel Carstens said.

This is compared to a 47 percent rate among traditional undergraduates.

SFS works closely with LPS students to help them afford a Penn education and SFS assistant directors often advocate on behalf of the LPS students they represent, said LPS Director of BA and BFA Programs Kathy Urban. Housing and dining allowances are included in all LPS financial aid packages for both part-time and full-time LPS students. Furthermore, LPS students are only asked to pay percourse tuition at roughly half the rate of traditional undergraduates.

There are a several reasons why LPS students are not included in

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Penn’s no-loan financial aid policy: First, LPS was established to serve working adults, so for most of its history, students have paid tuition via personal income or employer tuition, Executive Director of LPS Dave Bieber said.

Second, the intention of the all-grant initiative for traditional undergraduates was to enhance “both the affordability and attractiveness of Penn to this population in evaluating highly selective colleges and universities” and to “enhance our competitive profile in attracting talented and diverse students,” SFS said in a statement.

These goals aligned more strongly with traditional undergraduates — who face a highly competitive application process and must choose between highly selective universities — than LPS undergraduates, SFS confirmed.

Some students say the distinction exists for other reasons.

“When I was talking to the financial aid lady she said the reason they charge LPS students to take out loans is because we’re getting a second chance to get an education,” said LPS junior Dede Dede, who worked his way through community college before coming to Penn.

“LPS is pretty stingy. There’s no real disputing that fact.”

Dede said Penn should increase financial aid for LPS students for two reasons: LPS students often have to support families and spouses, and they have shorter work careers after graduating during which they can make enough money to pay back their debt.

Bridgeford, for his part, said financial aid policies should change because while most LPS students used to be part-time students and could therefore work while taking courses at Penn, more and more students are becoming full-time, a fact which Bieber confirmed. To date, half of students in LPS are full-time and half are part-time, although Bieber said these numbers change frequently.

Some LPS students hold an alternate view to Bridgeford and Dede.

“The list price of [traditional undergraduate] education ... is $60,000 per year plus. LPS students don’t pay nearly as much. Not even close,” LPS junior Connor Higgins said. “It’s a really good

deal. It’s almost more advantageous to skip university for a few years and then go to a school like Penn through a program like LPS. I find my aid package at Penn to be mind-blowing, just really good.”

LPS students pay roughly half the traditional undergraduate sticker price for LPS courses.

While Higgins will graduate with debt from the loans he’s taken out, he said that he appreciates Penn paying 60 to 70 percent of his tuition. The one caveat, he says, is that some students come to Penn with debt from community college, which makes their financial situation more difficult, especially because it can make them ineligible for some loans.

LPS financial aid does not only affect current students — it also affects prospective students.

“I am interested in LPS because I’m a psychology major and I know Penn has one of the best psych programs in the country,” said Mike, a prospective LPS student who currently studies at Philadelphia Community College. “The price affects my decision in a sense because I’m trying to find a scholarship or pay out of pocket.”

When asked whether or not he intended to take out loans, Mike said that he thought “Penn was a no-loan campus.”

LPS financial aid concerns

extend beyond the no-loan financial policy.

“Communication between LPS, SFS and the students could definitely improve. Most SFS representatives are not familiar with the tuition reduction LPS students are entitled to, and we spend most of the semester with an ‘unpaid’ balance on our accounts,” LPS senior Anna Carapellotti wrote in an email. Urban said that this problem is typically the result of late tuition reduction requests, and SFS said that students are welcome to contact an SFS assistant director to discuss student account balances and how to resolve them.

When it comes to communication, LPS students say that they do not hear back from the financial office regarding their package in a reasonable time and therefore have difficulty with financial planning.

While traditional undergraduates typically receive their financial aid packages upon admission, LPS students must wait additional weeks and typically do not receive their actual aid and loans until six weeks after the start of the year, according to the LPS Students Association.

“You don’t really have a clear picture of the financial obligation when you have your foot in the door. I was trying to make a decision between Georgetown, Columbia and a few others schools,

and they told me this is what your aid is going to be, this is what your loans are going to be, but LPS didn’t do that,” Dede said. “You’re kind of making the decision in the dark.”

SFS says this is the natural result of the structure of the LPS program. “These students often change courses, or combine day and evening classes. This results in varied costs; the LPS student does not have the standard cost of attendance as a traditional undergrad,” SFS Director of Communications Marlene Bruno wrote in an email.

Aid cannot be finalized until the drop period closes, Urban said.

Financial aid concerns are not unique to Penn. Students at Columbia’s School of General Studies, which is equivalent to Penn’s LPS, also face challenges caused by limited financial aid, the Columbia Spectator reported.

The disparity between LPS and traditional undergraduate financial aid is growing. While undergraduate and graduate students will directly benefit from the Making History Campaign fundraising, LPS students will not directly benefit. They will benefit indirectly, Carstens said, from the additional resources the School of Arts and Sciences will receive.

Furthermore, while traditional undergraduate financial aid increased

by 6 percent this year, LPS financial aid increased by 4 percent.

LPS has no intention to change its financial aid policies, Urban said.

LPS concerns relate directly to academics as well. While traditional undergraduates can take courses in any school as a result of Penn’s One University policy, LPS students must pay in full for any classes not in LPS, outside their major or covered by tuition reduction requests, effectively limiting students with financial concerns from taking courses at Wharton or the Engineering school. LPS says that this policy is intended to help the LPS student body.

“Grant aid applies only to courses that are specifically required in order to complete the BA degree. Elective or optional classes taken outside LPS are not grant eligible. This policy exists to help us distribute grants as equitably as possible across our population of students,” Bieber said in a statement.

Yet, most LPS students agree that the benefits of LPS outweigh the harms.

“My favorite part of Penn is being part of the Penn community. I’ve been pretty well accepted based on my academic performance,” Dede said. “At the end of the day, I think that’s worth whatever price we’re paying.”

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OPINION Tiering us apart

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THE DANALYST | We need to stop ranking Greek groups

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have heard the phrase “Tier One” too many times this week.

Girls in the dining hall mentioned it while gossiping about hazing: “Why do they think they have the right to haze? They’re not even Tier One.” A hallmate tossed it out while trying to rank Greek organizations: “Hey, which ones do you think belong in the top tier?” After Facebook stalking a boy from her recitation, a classmate raised her eyebrows and told me: “Oh, wow, he’s in a Tier One.” The phrase is meant to elicit some sort of reaction, I think — an “Ooh, look at that!” a, “Wow, that’s so cool.”

But after being inundated with the phrase, my personal reaction is that it says something unsavory about our culture at Penn.

I understand that some Greek groups are more prestigious than others — some have longer legacies, more impressive histories and higher profile alumni. But in probing

other Penn students on their perceptions of Tier One over the past few weeks, I’ve realized that assigning status to Greek organizations diverges from the purpose of these institutions in the first place. As a friend who recently pledged a frat told me, “Tier One doesn’t really mean a whole lot. The spirit of fraternities

but it only makes up about 2 percent of what my fraternity does … When I can go to the house and discuss my deepest, most secretive problems, with any one of over 60 brothers, I know that I’ve picked a real ‘Tier One’ fraternity.”

While sororities have their own hierarchy, I don’t consider it to be as prevalent. A

ally measure?

Downtowns, my friends told me. Crazy parties. Concerts thrown in mansions.

In other words, money.

Tier One functions as a euphemism for wealth. It’s a perpetuated status that we allow ourselves to be wowed by. We associate hierarchy with the haves and have nots,

There is nothing wrong with making and spending money, but wealth shouldn’t be the primary factor we idealize.” isn’t in who throws the best parties or mixers or gets drunk the most or is the craziest or any other vain attempt at recognition. The way fraternities are judged by people outside the fraternity system is not what the spirit of fraternities is about. Fraternities should be judged on brotherhood.

From outside the system, people look at them only on what the public is invited to go to,

friend in Sigma Kappa told me, “I don’t think Penn has particularly distinct sorority tiers, and certainly not as blatant as at other schools.”

When we speak about Tier One, we’re talking about organizations meant to contribute to the community and foster close-knit relationships between young men. But if Tier One isn’t an indication of brotherhood, what does it re-

in this campus where Donald Trump’s daughter walks alongside students who grew up below the poverty line. A recent frat pledge told me that when he thinks of Tier One, he thinks of “groups that can afford more parties and afford better venues … They have an allure because they can afford things that most can’t, like yacht parties, Afrojack or Madeon.” Another said, “The

idea [of Top Tier] generates from them holding more parties, but that’s because they have the money.”

To be clear, I have no problem with the concept of Greek life. I’ve seen the positive impact it’s had on many of my friends, and as someone who enjoys the, um, products of frats, it would be hypocritical of me to condemn Greek organizations. As an institution, there is nothing wrong with Greek life. Where we get into trouble, though, is when we rank one group over another.

We shouldn’t create a hierarchy; we shouldn’t act like middle schoolers when it comes to evaluating each other. And we certainly shouldn’t factor money into the mix.

I’m the first to prattle about my love for Penn, but there’s a glorification of wealth that permeates this campus. The heavy influence of Wharton, the pressure to work in finance, the fact that we have an entire Tumblr dedicated to $800 Canada Goose

DANI BLUM jackets and the wild stories we swap from spring breaks to PV and Cancun all indicate our campus-wide adoration of an expensive lifestyle. There is nothing wrong with making and spending money, but wealth shouldn’t be the primary factor we idealize.

We should strive for more than status. We need to reach higher than the Top Tier.

DANI BLUM is a College freshman from Ridgefield, Conn. Her email address is kblum@sas.upenn.edu. “The Danalyst” usually appears every Thursday.

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e always said that sororities weren’t for us.

But when we got to Penn, everyone said that Greek life here was “different.”

It wasn’t rah-rah, it wasn’t lifedefining, it didn’t embody that Animal House, girls-in-pearls stereotype. So we joined, and after three and a half years, multiple terms on our sorority’s executive board and “bonds of sisterhood” to show for it, we don’t regret our decision. But after three and a half years, multiple terms on our sorority’s executive board and one semester of investigation, the lopsided patriarchal governance of Greek life at Penn became impossible to ignore.

Penn is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and we’re proud of that — especially considering that women literally run Penn.

The University president, the Undergraduate Assembly president and our senior class president are all women.

Widespread involvement in movements like the Vagina Monologues and Take Back

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But in Greek life administration, we have come to realize, women simply aren’t treated as equals. Admittedly, national sorority institutions and their antiquated principles are partially to blame. And while we don’t fault Penn for allowing these institutions to exist on campus — Greek organizations create a wonderful sense of pride, community and philanthropy — Penn administrative bodies, specifically the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, have exacerbated this institutionalized gender inequality.

Why are sorority women threatened with rush sanctions if they meet in groups of larger than six that include freshmen before recruitment, while fraternities engage in a semesterlong, alcohol-fueled dirty rush process and OFSL turns a blind eye?

Why is a sorority-hosted philanthropy event that raises over $18,000 for charity criti-

cized for its premise and venue, while a nearly identical philanthropy event hosted by a fraternity at that same venue goes unchallenged?

And why is a sorority that is found “guilty” of hosting

tacitly condone this.

The Penn Panhellenic website boasts that “Sisters within the Greek system at the University of Pennsylvania are leaders on campus and in the classroom.” If women are real-

sorority women are accused of the same crimes, such leniency disappears. This selective enforcement is ostensibly meant to protect women — from competition, objectification, alcohol and overt sexuality

… [I]n Greek life administration, we have come to realize, women simply aren’t treated as equals.” an event for freshmen with alcohol initially issued virtually identical sanctions to a fraternity caught red-handed engaging in “hazing-esque” activities by the police?

Maybe these seem like trivial injustices, and you’re thinking that we’re just whiny (ex-) sorority girls. But the fact of the matter is that Penn, an institution at the forefront of progressive and modern research, is teaching a portion of its female students that they require more oversight and scrutiny than their male counterparts, and we are no longer willing to

ly campus leaders, why are we treated as if we are incapable of making choices in our own best interest?

A criticism of drinking and hazing in Greek life is not what we’re getting at — that’s not a new topic. But the gendered enforcement of policies governing behavior and the alarming culture of paternalism that they perpetuate is what needs to be discussed. At Penn, we have witnessed that when a fraternity is accused of breaking the rules, it can expect a slap on the wrist. We know from firsthand experience that when

— but at the end of the day, these policies are really meant to protect women from themselves.

It would be wrong to place all of the blame on OFSL for the sexism that exists in Greek life. There isn’t even one place to put all the blame. But first and foremost, we look at ourselves. For the past three years we have been complacent with a system that propagates inequality, but not until recently did we realize that the institution that purported to protect us has actually been undermining our strength as college women.

Yes, we could have chosen not to join Greek life. But we did, and we certainly don’t regret it. What we do regret are the years we spent silent, not challenging the double standard that governs sororities and fraternities at Penn. We are proud to be part of a group of women refusing to accept that some rules apply to only half the Greek population. Now, we are pursuing what we originally thought sororities might have to offer: a space that empowers women to question antiquated systems, build a community based on shared ideals and start a meaningful conversation about existing problems in the process.

LINDSAY BALOW AND LIZA JOHNSON are College seniors, studying communication and international relations respectively. Their email addresses are lbalow@ sas.upenn.edu and elijo@ sas.upenn.edu. They are both former members of a sorority recently in the news.

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What is the Internet of Things?

Alzheimer’s patent case finalized

Penn scholars lead innovation in the new technology

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After five years of legal action, Penn will be awarded attor ney fees after winning a patent case against the Alzheimer’s Institute of America.

The court awarded the fees on March 30 to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals. They had both been accused by the AIA for infringing on patents related to Alzheimer’s research, but were victorious in a federal jury trial three years ago.

A special master will be appointed to help determine the cost of the attorney fees owed. The fees will likely be upwards of several hundred thousand dollars.

The patent in question

The Internet of Things will connect everyday products, from toothbrushes to couches to doors, to the Internet — and Penn faculty are at the forefront.

“The Internet of Things today is a lot about Fitbits and Apple watches,” future Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar said. “But tomorrow it will be the things that run homes [and] schools, reason about the world, take actions, and we will interact with them at a very high level.”

The building of these technologies, which includes everything from smart watches to a bottle that senses what pills you take daily, is different from creating just any electronic device for the masses.

“Now wearables are so personal and intimate and they try and work with your life,” said Rahul Mangharam, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering. “You have to have a very good understanding of human behavior — what a human wants and needs — and be able to design that.”

Carla Diana, a faculty member at the Integrated Product Design Program at Penn and a designer focused on new visions for the Internet of Things, explained that there are several levels to these types of technologies, including products for individuals, groups of people and the environment as a whole, all of which are currently being developed by different companies.

On a personal level, society has seen the introduction of items like Fitbits and scales that hook up to the Internet. Yet Mangharam explained that these devices must take another step before really changing human behavior — which may not be reached until people can wrap their minds around the potential personal invasion the Internet of Things could involve.

“Fitbits today can tell you how

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Intrigued by the possibilities of 3D printing, Penn researcher Carla Diana created a children’s book, LEO the Maker Prince, to give her visions access to younger audiences.

many steps you’ve taken, but you can’t correlate it to anything of practical value about how it’s improving health,” Mangharam said.

“It is a good way to quantify but it hasn’t closed the loop — you have to actually give a way to change behavior.”

“This inference problem is insanely hard because each person is different, particularly in terms of health. But that is the Holy Grail,” he added.

Mangharam and Diana, along with their colleagues, Associate Director of the Integrated Product Design Program Sarah Rottenberg and Fine Arts professor Orkan Telhan, have been involved with the Penn xLAB, which officially opened this past summer. The xLAB team has been working on several products, including interactive Legos that hook up to a TV to allow a child to interact with his or her toy as well as an immersive yoga mat.

“We want people’s interaction with the object to be as natural as possible,” Diana said. “For example, with the yoga mat we are not using a camera — we want someone to be able to use it anywhere.”

The yoga mat will direct users with light to the correct areas to position their hands and feet for a given position. It will also provide several skill level options, ranging from novice to advanced based on the preference of the user.

Because many companies are eager to jump on board into the future of technology, the resulting

products could be disjointed and incompatible.

“Each company is interpreting the Internet of Things in their own way,” Mangharam said. “This is how computing was in the ’70s and now it’s coming back to that — like Apple products only work with Apple.”

The government is also developing an interest in the Internet of Things, in hopes to act as a facilitator between the different interpretations of each company, Mangharam said. According to technology-focused news supplier NextGov, senators are hoping to “plunge headlong into what some have hailed as the next frontier in computing — the so-called Internet of Things.”

Cisco predicts that at least 50 million devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020, so this area of technological advancement is one that will quickly emerge in future society and may spark more policy questions related to the safety and privacy of the Internet.

Mangharam’s goal is to inform Penn students of what the Internet of Things is, and what it may bring to society, but he also hopes to get people “designing the projects that they want to use.”

He invites any student, Engineering or not, to participate in the xLAB’s research and to increase excitement about the prospective technological future that is currently in its “awkward teenage years,” Mangharam said. xLAB is located in 279 Levine Hall.’

covers a range of Alzheimer’s disease-related technology, including certain acid codings used to examine a particular Swedish mutation of the disease, according to the official complaint filed on Nov. 24, 2010. The Swedish mutation is used in the AIA’s research to study the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in the lab or in animal testing.

The AIA claims that this form of research could allow for the discovery of a new method of early and accurate Alzheimer’s testing — a discovery with a great commercial value that Penn was well aware of, the AIA further alleges in the complaint.

The AIA filed the lawsuit after Penn researchers published a report in June of 2000. In the study, the complaint says, Penn researchers

artificially grew mice with a particular mutation in order to test an imaging process that would help diagnose and track Alzheimer’s. In the complaint, the AIA alleges Penn was not authorized to use the strain of mouse due to the AIA patent.

The federal jury trial was held over the course of 10 days and concluded on April 23, 2012. U.S. District Judge Timothy Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered in favor of Penn and Avid on May 2, 2012.

After the jury decision, the AIA filed several post-trial motions and an unsuccessful appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The defendants filed their motion for attorney fees from the AIA on May 16, 2012.

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Gladwell questions Penn’s legitimacy Malcom Gladwell returns for Authors@Wharton LILY ZANDI Contributing Reporter

Every time Malcom Gladwell comes to Penn, he shows that he is not afraid of controversy.

The noted journalist and author once again returned to campus on Wednesday to discuss the legitimacy theory and how it relates to Penn.

The talk, moderated by Adam Grant, was part of this year’s Authors@ Wharton Speaker Series. Following the conversation, Gladwell answered questions tweeted from the crowd at the Zellerbach Theater.

Gladwell, who has written bestsellers such as “The Tipping Point,” “Blink” and most recently “David and Goliath,” did what he is most famous for: challenging common misconceptions and offering bold solutions. He began with a story from 1970, when the British army invaded Northern Ireland in an attempt to restore order in the region. Contrary to popular belief, the more stringent the British soldiers were towards the citizens of Northern Ireland, the more rebellious the citizens acted in response.

“People will obey authority when people feel that authority is acting legitimately,” Gladwell said.

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“When you increase penalties, you undermine the the legitimacy of the system.”

Gladwell contrasted this incidence with the seemingly inexplicable compliance with the American tax system. Despite the fact that various social scientists have proven that it is more economically rational to cheat the system, Americans are more diligent about paying their taxes than citizens of any other country because they largely feel their taxes are just.

“Legitimacy needs to be protected so that our society can function as it should,” he said, adding that the unrest in Ferguson stemmed from a fundamental distrust in the police force and local government.

Gladwell also applied this concept, known as the legitimacy theory, to higher education in America. As public universities are becoming more expensive and private universities are becoming more wealthy, education has become increasingly inaccessible.

To relate the legitimacy theory to Penn students in particular, Gladwell explained that the 10 wealthiest private schools in the nation, including Penn, receive the greatest amount of tax subsidies. As a result of these subsidies, the average Penn student receives $27,000 worth of benefits while the average student at Penn State receives a mere $9,000.

“Is there a reason why Penn gets

such a high proportion of taxpayer money?” he asked. “Is it the case that Penn does a better job at making education accessible?”

Gladwell did not think so. He claimed that only seven other schools serve a smaller percentage of disadvantaged kids than Penn, yet another example of inequality that he believes undermines the legitimacy of American higher education.

“There is no justification for why you should get a subsidy three times that of someone at a public school,” Gladwell said. “You need to stand up and say that you do not want to profit from a version of authority that is not fundamentally legitimate.”

This was not the first time Gladwell called on Penn students to act. In a February 2013 speech at Penn — one of many past visits — he caused a stir for suggesting that students boycott the “violent, stupid game” of football on campus.

As demonstrated by events such as Ferguson, Gladwell acknowledged that the idea of citizens fighting back against societal institutions is unsettling. However, he encouraged Penn students to promote such change.

“When major social change happens in a society it is because students stand up and speak up,” Gladwell said. “The beneficiaries of the system need to stand up against it.”

BionUX reaches for first at Pennvention

Five engineering students take home $5,000 prize GIANNI MASCIOLI Contributing Reporter

For one team, victory at this year’s PennVention competition was just an arm’s reach away.

On Wednesday, five Engineering seniors won the final round of PennVention with their project BionUX, a design for a prosthetic arm with touch sensation. The winners — Matthew Lisle, Adrian Lievano, Aadithya Prakash, Steven Xing and Freddy Hernandez — received a grand prize of $5,000 to further develop their project. BionUX was originally conceived as the team’s senior design project.

“We are one step closer to making a lasting impact, and we are unbelievably grateful to Penn for providing this opportunity,” Lisle said. “What we are most excited about is that we can apply these funds to take this proof of concept to a real product for Matthew, the eight-year-old amputee.”

Lisle and Lievano were also recently awarded a President’s Engagement Prize for their homegrown organic water purification project.

Taking second place at PennVention was Roominnate, a home design app, while Oncora Medical, a team looking to harness the power of data to improve oncology, took third place. These three teams along with five other finalists presented their projects before an audience and panel of judges at Levine Hall’s Wu and Chen Auditorium.

All of the finalists had a little over a week to prepare for the event and were coached on their presentations by Glenn Rockefeller of the Wharton Communication Program.

All semifinalists in the competition received an award of $200 to help develop their project, and were also matched with teams of four to five mentors based on their specific needs. PennVention had a network of over 60 mentors that were in touch with student teams in person and over the phone.

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“Because we have such an extensive network, we’re able to gauge from our mentors what is their area of expertise, and then we’re able to ask our teams what they need help with.”

Each year, the competition attracts up to 100 teams competing for the grand prize. Past years’ winners have included a 3-D printer for bioengineering, anti-glare coating for glass devices, and wireless chargers

for electronic devices.

One non-student attendee at the event was a previous winner of the PennVention competition in 2004.

Josh Koplin is the co-founder and chief technology officer at Humanistic Robotics, Inc., which is the successor to the product he and his partner pitched at this competition.

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College House administrators do not know who is responsible for rearranging and hiding the furniture, or exactly how they did it. The elevators in Kings Court are relatively small and could not fit more than a few pieces of furniture at a time, so it would have taken several trips to bring the furniture to the basement.

Until the furniture is found or replaced, the affected elevator lounges will remain somewhat barren. “Some of us are annoyed, but some of us found it funny,” College and Wharton freshmen and Kings Court resident Dylan Adelman said.

It is unclear whether the furniture was moved as part of a late April Fools prank, a pledge task or a funny drunken idea. “The jokester could have benefited from a calendar, though — they missed April Fools by a couple of days,” Adelman said.

Kings Court English housing staff have responded to the furniture’s disappearance by sending a series of emails to house residents, imploring the culprits to return the furniture.

The furniture’s disappearance “creates many problems for our housekeepers and our students,” Kings Court English House administrators

wrote in an email. “The lounges on KC3 are virtually unusable in their current state.”

“If you have moved them, either for April Fools, or for some other reason, please return them to their original location. It would be greatly appreciated,” they added.

The emails suggest that student residents may be hiding the missing furniture in their rooms. “Students who are found with furniture in their rooms can be fined by housing and can warrant a notice to the Office of Student Conduct,” the email continues.

According to Section 45 of the Residential Handbook, “Common-area and c om mon-u s e f u r n it u r e, equipment, or fixtures are intended for use by everyone.

A minimum of $50/day fine will be levied against a resident if they remove the above items.”

Where could the rest of the missing furniture be hidden away? “Nobody knows,” Adelman said. “I think some people have it in their rooms, and just don’t have any way to get the furniture out since it’s really tough to move it all in the elevators.”

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Penn club tennis heads to national championship Squad will start trek against Northeastern RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor

There’s a team from Penn competing for a national championship this weekend. But nobody would be surprised if you didn’t know that.

While a variety of the University’s perennial varsity teams are in the midst of quests for Ivy League titles and bids to their sports’ respective endof-season tournaments, Penn club tennis will take part in the United States Tennis Association Tennis on Campus National Championship in Cary, N.C., beginning on Thursday.

Competing against teams from 63 other schools across the nation, the Quakers are accustomed to the pressurized environment that accompanies playing at nationals, having qualified for the tournament in each of the past four seasons.

However, for the casual tennis fan, the structure of club tennis may be anything but familiar.

In a varsity tennis match at the collegiate level, two teams compete in th ree doubles games for a single point. Once a team has captured two of those matches, it secures the point, before immediately taking part in six singles matchups, with each match winner earning an additional point.

However, the USTA’s Tennis on Ca mpus progra m differs wildly from that model.

Whereas varsity tennis sees teams aim for the highest point total (out of seven) via singles matches, co-ed groups have their players compete in a combination of men’s singles,

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Despite its sport’s unconventional nature in comparison to its varsity counterparts, Penn club tennis has encountered success on the court, and will compete at this season’s national championship this weekend.

women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles matches.

And, similar to the World TeamTennis model, squads do not win based on the number of individual matches secured.

Instead, the team that wins the most overall games is the victor.

It isn’t just fans who may be confused by what they see on the court. For many players who competed in the sport at younger ages, transitioning can be incredibly difficult too. “For people who have played

tennis their whole lives, it’s very weird,� Penn club tennis co-captain Vivek Nimgaonkar said. “It’s very different from a normal varsity high school or Division I match. There’s definitely a lot that’s different to get used to.�

In addition to the unconventional str ucture of the head-to-head matches, teams are also able to substitute players in for one another, even in singles games. “Switching people in can be challenging,� Nimgaonkar said.

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Being a part of Penn rowing means carrying on a long and rich history. And the current crews are about to contribute another chapter.

This weekend, the Childs and Dodge Cups are on the line for Penn men’s heavyweight and lightweight crews, respectively, with some age-old Ivy rivals standing in the way.

For the heavyweights, the races present a challenge to determine whether they can extend their early-season success, whereas the lightweights are looking to redeem themselves after last weekend’s losses against Cornell and Harvard.

The heavyweights, fresh off a win against Northeastern last weekend which allowed them to retain the Burk Cup, will travel to Princeton on Saturday to row it out against Columbia and Princeton for the Childs Cup. The race, which dates back to 1879 — one of the oldest intercollegiate cup races in the nation — is one of historic significance.

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Unlike some of the teams the Quakers may see at nationals, the squad also does not have any outside coaching. Instead, the team’s co-captains — Nimgaonkar and Lauren Rosenstock, the women’s captain — are in charge of establishing lineups and running practices. “It definitely does make things more difficult,� Nimgaonkar said. “If you’re one of the people in the lineup and captain at the same time, there can be what seems like a conflict of interest by putting yourself there.

And it can also be hard at times to pull someone off the court in the middle of a match. “It can be fraught with some problems, but we’re lucky because everyone we have buys into the team and trusts [the captains’] judgment.�

The team’s ability to trust one another may be pivotal against some of the best teams in the country this weekend. Penn will be matched up against Northeastern, UCF and Indiana in its four-team group beginning Thursday. “In my time on the team, I feel like this is our strongest group with the most upside I’ve ever seen,� Nimgaonkar said. “It really just depends on how we finish in our first few matches in group play. If we can come out and do really well against Northeastern, we should have a solid chance of accomplishing some great things this weekend.�

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“It can throw off your rhythm if you’re beating one guy and the other team substitutes someone else in. It can also take time to adjust, and that knocks you off your game a little bit. “In this type of tennis, that can be costly. It’s not just good enough to win the match, you need to fight for every point.�

Like most teams in college sports, the Quakers take part in a variety of contests early in the season before eventually entering a stretch run.

Whereas most of Penn’s teams

face nonconference opponents before buckling down for Ivy League play, the club tennis program competes in local dual matches and tournaments before beginning its quest to qualify for nationals later in the spring.

At the beginning of the year, the squad — which usually features around 10 men and 10 women each season, all of whom have experience playing at the high school or club level — does battle with nearby opponents.

The Red and Blue often face instate rivals, such as Villanova, Penn State and Temple, as well as Delaware and Columbia.

They even went to a tournament in Wisconsin this season.

Beyond taking on a handful of the 600 schools that take part in Tennis on Campus, the Quakers also face opponents in a sectional tournament. Out of the approximately 20 teams in attendance, the four teams to reach the event’s semifinals usually qualify for nationals.

With that in mind, Penn was heartbroken when it dropped a close match to Pittsburgh in the quarterfinal of its sectional. However, because each school can send only one team to nationals, when two of Penn State’s teams reached the sectional’s semifinals, the Quakers were the unlikely benefactors. “We had a bit of a non-traditional route to nationals,�

Nimgaonkar said. “In addition to the three teams that qualified because of the semifinals, we ended up having a playoff between us, Villanova and Delaware. We beat both of them, but it was a little too close for comfort.�

In addition to its sheer ability to qualify for the 64-team tournament, the club’s most impressive aspect is that it is

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Penn heavyweight rowing will look to continue its strong spring season with a follow-up to its victory over Northeastern by taking the Childs Cup.

in the Childs Cup races for much of the event’s history, but Princeton was able to surpass Penn just a few years ago after a long streak of wins. Last year, Princeton won the cup, and Penn finished second.

This year, heavyweight coach Greg Myhr and his crew want to snap that trend. “We have a little more confidence this year,� he said.

So far, the heavyweights have showed strength by finishing second at the San Diego Crew Classic against some top-ranked crews, as well as by edging out Northeastern for the Burk Cup. Myhr is wary of early season success, however. Even if a crew is fast in the beginning, it must make sure to gain speed as the season unfolds to keep up with the fierce competition in the world of intercollegiate rowing.

Last year, despite an early win against Northeastern, Penn was not able to perform as well as the Huskies later on in the season. “Things are going great, but there’s a whole lot more to get done,� Myhr continued.

For all of his squad’s success so far, Myhr is not losing sight of his ultimate goal. “Make no mistake — we need to get to the top,� he concluded.

For the lightweights, a different Ivy League cup race awaits on

Saturday in the form of the Dodge Cup. It will see Penn take on Yale and Columbia in New York City.

Last weekend, the Red and Blue hosted Cornell and Harvard at home for the Matthews-Leonard Cups.

Penn struggled to overcome its Ivy rivals, and while Cornell and Harvard are recognized as two of the top crews in the country, the losses make this weekend an opportunity for redemption.

But much like last weekend, Saturday’s races will present a major test.

Last year, Penn lost to both Yale and Columbia in the two varsity races — including the cup race, which Yale took home.

In fact, while Penn was a dominant force in the early period of the cup race in the mid-20th century, Yale has dominated in the last several decades.

The Bulldogs have only lost the cup twice since 1979, once to the Quakers and once to the Lions.

Penn hopes to end Yale’s decade-long winning streak on Saturday, but for either Penn or Columbia to do so would be an incredible feat given the track record of the New Haven crew.

One thing is for sure: For any fan of Penn rowing, Saturday’s rowing events are not ones to miss.

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Senior pitcher Alexis Borden entered Wednesday’s game out of the bullpen, but the Quakers were ultimatley unable to hold off Villanova.

Mother Nature and Villanova combined to give Penn softball an awfully rude welcome home on Wednesday.

The Wildcats dominated the Quakers, opening up a huge lead and withstanding a late rally en route to an 8-4 victory. Villanova (14-18) provided plenty of run support for junior pitcher Kate Poppe, who dominated Penn (13-14) for most of the game.

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the game, but Wildcats’ sophomore Natalia Segovia opened up the scoring with a leadoff homer against Penn reliever Lauren Li in the top of the third. The visitors tacked on two more runs in the inning thanks to some subpar play from the Penn defense, which struggled throughout the game.

Villanova added to its lead in the top of the fifth. Senior Alexis Borden retired the first two hitters she faced, but things unraveled from there. To say they unraveled quickly would be inaccurate, as the inning was halted by a brief rain delay. The Wildcats scored two runs on three hits, two steals, two wild pitches and a walk, extending its lead to 5-0.

Villanova would pounce on Borden with two outs once more in the next inning, scoring three runs to open up an 8-0 lead before freshman Mason Spichiger came in to stop the bleeding.

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rest of the throwers down to Fairfax with the Quakers’ runners, but concerns about an overly slick surface in George Mason’s throwing circle may force them to travel to West Chester, Pa., instead to compete in the Bill Butler Invitational.

Regardless of venue, Mattis has a chance to build on an already stellar season. At the Florida Relays last weekend, he won the discus with a toss of 60.31m, not far off his personal best of 62.31m.

An All-American in the event last year, Mattis has hopes of competing in the discus on a stage bigger than the NCAA championships, where he has competed twice.

“This year, if all goes well and I get a little lucky, hopefully [I’ll be in the] World championships,” he said. “But at the very least, I want to improve upon my place last year at NCAAs — see if I can be number one, or if not, as close as possible.”

Mattis finished fifth at the NCAA championships last year.

An improved finish would mean a ticket to the USATF nationals — and possibly beyond to international competition.

The nature of this weekend’s meet also means that an emerging powerhouse relay team on the women’s side will be split up.

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Carey Celata combined to set a new school record in the sprint medley relay last weekend in Florida. However, the runners will compete in open events at George Mason instead, giving them all a chance to show their individual progress as they head towards the most substantial part of the season.

Celata, who anchored the sprint medley last weekend, will run in the 800, her primary event.

She started to come into her own all the way back in indoor season but has noticed the entire team making progress in recent weeks.

“I guess what we saw in Florida was people taking the next step, competing on a larger scale, competing in bigger meets, not just local,” she said. “I think that’s definitely a big learning experience, and it’s hard to make a change from a smaller-scale meet to a big meet like Florida Relays.

“And I think definitely the [sprint medley relay’s success] shows we’re ready to compete with those teams.”

The women’s sprint medley relay team’s recent success is indicative of the larger emergence of Penn’s middle-distance team.

Freshmen Jeff Wiseman — along with Candace Taylor — have headlined a squad that features both youth and undeniable talent.

With Ivy foes Columbia and Dartmouth ready to compete at George Mason this weekend, the Quakers won’t have to wait long to prove themselves once again.

Penn finally got to Poppe in the home half of the sixth. After two quick outs to start the inning, Li worked a walk. Then, freshman infielder Jurie Joyner sent one over the right-field wall, luring a horde of jacket-clad Quakers out of the dugout and into the cold to celebrate and mob the freshman star once she had finished her trot around the bases.

After Sargent singled and both sophomore Leah Allen and junior Korinne Raby were issued free passes, Poppe was pulled for sophomore Brette Lawrence. With the bases loaded, Lawrence walked the first hitter she faced — Vanessa Weaver — to force in a run, and Allen scored on a wild pitch moments later. By the end of the inning, Villanova’s lead had been cut in half.

But Penn did not score again, and the 8-4 score would hold for the remainder of the game.

“There were definitely some

bright spots at the end of this game,” assistant coach Dani Gonzales said of the late-inning push. “Hopefully we can continue the momentum with our bats and take it into this weekend. It shows that we have heart, that we have fight.”

The miserable combination of rain, wind and cold did not provide a pleasant environment for a Penn team that had been hoping for a comfortable mid-week matchup at home following a weekend road trip.

And the Quakers won’t get to stick around for long. They will play their next five games on the road, traveling to Ithaca for a four-game set against Cornell before playing one game hosted by a considerably more local opponent: Drexel.

Penn has now dropped four of its past five games and is now under the .500 mark. If the Red and Blue want to turn their fortunes back around in the coming week, they’ll have to do it in enemy territory.

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the top half of its four-team flight during Friday’s preliminary round.

“That’s the main part,” coach John Ceralde said.

That task alone is a challenge in and of itself, as the team has not made it through to the second day of team competition since the 2011-12 season.

“We’ve had several good meets throughout the year, but we’re still looking for the 24-for-24,” Ceralde said. “That means hit all our routines.”

Given the Palestra magic, that goal might just be within reach for the Quakers.

“It’s really exciting that it’s at the Palestra this year because we’ve always done great things there,” senior captain Kaitlyn Reszkowski said. “It is a little bit of a home-field advantage because we get a lot of fans.”

The second important thing for the team will be to keep a razor-like focus.

“The coaches tell us that you can only control yourself, so essentially the other teams don’t matter,” Reszkowski said. “We try to keep everyone really loud and cheer each other on as much as we can so you don’t hear anyone else but Penn.”

But no matter how special the Palestra environment may be, and no matter how loud the gymnastics team can cheer from the sidelines, the way in which Penn caps off its season will depend on who shows up with their game faces on Friday.

“Unlike other sports, it doesn’t matter so much what you do beforehand,” Reszkowski said. “It’s right then and there.”

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the Quakers’ squad — has her sights set on bigger and better things.

After a solid-but-not-stellar performance at ECAC Championships in March, USAG’s could very well be a shot at redemption for Penn against its Ivy League foes.

“Coming off of ECACs, I think we still have room to prove ourselves,” Shenberger said.

Although the Red and Blue narrowly defeated both the Bears and Elis at the Ivy Classic in February, they were unable to continue their Ancient Eight streak of dominance during ECACs, where the Quakers finished fourth behind both Ivy squads.

“We know what they can do, and we know what we can do,” Shenberger said. “Everybody is getting really pumped to go out with a bang and really hit our routines.”

Indeed, in a sport where tenths of points often determine the difference between first and second place — Penn’s Ivy League title over Brown was decided by .300 points — how the Quakers finish their 2015 campaign could very possibly come down to whether Penn sticks all of its landings or bobbles its dismounts.

But the team isn’t letting the pressure get to them. Instead, they are focusing on the “controllables” and trying to take things one small step at a time.

The first step, then, will be qualifying for finals, set to take place on Saturday. Getting there means that the squad will need to finish in

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After Penn failed to qualify last season, junior Elyse Shenberger is hungry for another chance to best her Second Team USAG All-America honors on bars from 2012.

Come Friday morning, the Palestra will be nearly unrecognizable to its basketball season regulars.

For the first time in the University’s history, the Cathedral of College Basketball will host the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals from April 10-12 for three days of intense team and individual competition.

The weekend’s meet features eight teams from around the country, including familiar faces from Brown and Yale. The rest

of the field consists of teams from Air Force, Bridgeport, Lindenwood, Seattle Pacific and Texas Woman’s University.

Given the home-court advantage and Penn’s status as reigning Ivy League champions, the stakes for the Quakers could not be higher.

“Every tenth counts.

Every wobble counts,” junior

all-arounder Elyse Shenberger said.

This is not the first rodeo for the Hummelstown, Pa., native — back in 2012, Shenberger earned Second Team USAG honors for her performance on bars. However, this season, the junior — along with the rest of SEE GYMNASTICS PAGE 9

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Quakers reunite heading to George Mason Invitational

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to rest several runners IAN WENIK Senior Sports Reporter

After taking separate road trips across America last weekend, Penn track and field will reunite this weekend.

Most of them, that is.

One week after putting up strong individual results at the Florida Relays, Sam Howell Invitational and Stanford

Invitational, the Red and Blue will compete as a singular unit at this weekend’s George Mason Invitational in Fairfax, Va., albeit without a number of key contributors.

Several of Penn’s top runners, including standout junior distance runner Thomas Awad, will take the meet off for either training or rest purposes.

Awad broke his own school record in the 5000-meter run at Stanford, finishing in 13:33.29. He won’t have a chance to better that mark this

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weekend.

“He’s actually gonna skip George Mason and train, because that was a huge effort for him to run that 5000 meters,” coach Steve Dolan said. “So he’ll just be gearing up towards the Penn Relays.”

Top discus thrower Sam Mattis will compete this weekend for the Quakers — though it may not be at George Mason.

The team’s original plan was to send Mattis and the SEE TRACK & FIELD PAGE 9

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Penn discus thrower Sam Mattis may not join his teammates at the George Mason Invitational, instead traveling with his fellow throwers to the Bill Butler Invitational in West Chester, Pa. Mattis won the discus toss in Florida last weekend.

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