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CIA protest sparks controversy Questions of free speech raised after last week’s events SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Deputy News Editor

The protests that interrupted and ultimately ended a discussion between Penn professor Marjorie Margolies and CIA Director John Brennan have

kicked off a series of reactions across campus, from a petition by a student publication to an official debate sponsored by the Penn Political Union. Engineering junior Lucas Lipatti, who protested at the event and is a member of Students for a Democratic Society, the student group that organized the protest, said the group came to the event with very specific goals.

“The goal of the action was to first of all draw the line and say no,” they said. “That we do not agree with bringing a speaker like him to campus and that his war crimes should be exposed.” Lipatti also said they think the actions of the group were successful — that the protests elevated awareness on campus about issues

surrounding the CIA, and that the debate scheduled for Monday is evidence of this. Whether or not SDS actually intended to shut down the event is another story. “Our goal was to disrupt the event,” Lipatti said. “We did not have a specific goal as to whether it should or SEE CIA PAGE 2

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This spring, Penn awarded three seniors up to $100,000 each to implement projects that they hope will change the world. Here's a look at each of the winners: RAY POMPONIO Contributing Reporter

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For College senior Kriya Patel, the chance to help others is not just an opportunity but a lifelong commitment. A winner of the 2016 President’s Engagement Prize, Patel will assist women about to be released from Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility secure identification and health insurance. Her project has the potential to reduce recidivism rates and receive longer-term funding from the government. Patel is no stranger to providing this sort of aid. While taking the course “Women and Inca rceration” with Nursing associate professor Kathleen Brown, Patel gained hands-on experience working with female prisoners. In the course, students traveled to Riverside once a week and got to know the inmates. The course resonated with Patel’s desire to help others and served as her inspiration for the engagement project proposal. In reflecting on her experience under Brown, Patel said the course “put a human face to the word ‘prisoner.’” Patel’s project aims to do the same. She will continue her work

Nursing senior Melanie Mariano was conversing in Spanish with a resident of the West Philadelphia Paschalville neighborhood when he told her, “I just don’t want to be here anymore.” She was there for a class on community nursing, and the man was referring to his difficult transition immigrating from Puerto Rico. She felt unsettled by the statement and worried about the lack of mental health resources in the community. Flash forward several months, and she is planning a project to disseminate information about health care resources in Paschalville in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia. During her junior year, she became involved with t he Un it e d Com mu n it y Clinic, a free health clinic coordinated by Penn in the basement of the First African Presbyterian Church in West Philadelphia . Her relationships with her patients sparked her interest in community health and partnerships. “I thought I would teach these patients what I had

While most Penn seniors will be starting jobs or graduate school after graduation, one will be spending the next year in rural India. College senior Vaishak Kumar was one of three students awarded the President’s Engagement Prize this year for a project he developed to help improve rural farming in India. He hopes to help improve Indian farmers’ abilities to care for their plants and avoid losing entire crops to diseases. “The idea was, how do we make sure that these people increase their productivity, don’t lose their crops to disease and live dignified lives with incomes?” Kumar said. Kumar’s goal in the coming year is to help these farmers identify and treat crop diseases. He has identified several target villages, where he will recruit technologically capable volunteers who will help farmers photograph their diseased plants. These pictures will then be sent to scientists at a nearby non-governmental organization, who will diagnose the disease and reply with treatment options. Kumar will travel to India

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Car crash on 38th and Walnut leaves vehicles flipped, beaten

Students rally for change at Take Back the Night

The car crashed at 3 a.m. outside of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity house

Students marched and spoke out against sexual violence

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Around 3:50 a.m. on Saturday, a black Laredo Jeep speeding west on Walnut Street collided with a white Toyota Solara that was heading north on 38th Street, according to officers and bystanders at the scene. The black Jeep f lipped over, before coming to rest outside the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity house at the intersection of 38th and Walnut streets. The fire department, Philadelphia and Penn Police all responded to the scene, the Division of Public Safety said. Passengers and drivers in both cars were later seen being transported in stretchers to ambulances. DPS confirmed the passengers and drivers were taken in for medical evaluation and are not believed to be affiliated with the University. The black Jeep was travelling at least 65 miles per hour and had sped past three preceding red traffic lights before crashing with the Toyota, said taxi driver Mohammad Ali, who witnessed the event. Debris and glass littered the intersection, with police arriving approximately three minutes after the crash. College junior Adam Sopylo, who was in his room at the time, heard a loud crash,

Students poured into Houston Hall’s Bodek Lounge on Thursday, filling up the rows of chairs, dozens standing to the side and sitting on the floor. The crowd was there for Take Back the Night, a peaceful protest organized by Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention. Take Back the Night is an international event and nonprofit organization, and at Penn it takes the form of a rally, a march across campus and

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Take Back the Night is an annual event hosted by Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention, where participants speak out against sexual assault.

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a speak-out where survivors of sexual violence share their stories. Educator and activist Qui Alexander, the rally’s keynote speaker, talked about the power dynamics involved in sexual assault and social activism in general. “Rape culture operates like any other institution — a systematic structure of power,” Alexander said. “Take Back the Night is not just about taking power back, but about shifting power.” The rally and keynote speech was followed by a march around campus, where students chanted, “Penn unite, SEE TBTN PAGE 7

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with Riverside inmates with a focus on preparing them for life after incarceration. Riverside, an all-female prison in northeast Philadelphia, has an inmate capacity of 500. While incarcerated, the women receive adequate health care. However, upon release, they are only given five days of medication, Brown said. Brown will serve as Patel’s mentor throughout the project, providing advice and direction where needed. Together with Brown, Patel hopes to aid not only prisoners at Riverside but their children as well by enrolling them into health care programs. She then intends to track the released prisoners

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learned in school, but in reality they taught me more than I could have ever taught them,” Mariano said. Du r ing her sen ior fa ll, Mariano took a class called “Nursing in the Community,” in which she worked with a six-person clinical section to do a community assessment and health promotion in a partnership with the Free Library branch in Paschalville. Mariano first thought about

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should not have been shut down. It’s just how it happened.” But for Penn Law Dean Theodore Ruger, who was present at the event, the fact that SDS shut it down was precisely the problem. “We had all heard their very valid concerns, we recognized and respected their opinions about the CIA and their opposition to the CIA,” he said. “But when they kept going on despite repeated requests to let others talk, they did have the effect of censuring or silencing

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016 over a three-year period and report her findings. She will collect data on recidivism rates, Medicaid usage and prescription fillings and then pass along her findings to the City of Philadelphia in the hopes of continued funding. “Enrolling someone and then sending them out into the world is so incomplete,” Patel said. Ultimately, she would like to continue to work with this underserved population as a career. Patel recognizes the lack of privilege and opportunity for these women. Many are former victims of violence and require medication, care and monitoring. “She wanted a career path that would allow her to make a difference,” Nursing senior Andre Rosario, a close friend

of Patel said. Even without the prize money, though, Rosario thinks Patel would have found a path of her own in assisting others. Her background at Penn speaks to her compassionate nature. A biological basis of behavior major, Patel is also a member of Alpha Iota Gamma, the pre-professional healthcare fraternity and a volunteer at Petey Greene, a program which provides individualized tutoring for incarcerated individuals. Modest yet exceptionally driven, Patel thought her application to the President’s Engagement Prize was a long shot. Yet upon receiving a surprise phone call from President Gutmann herself, Patel was ecstatic.

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in June and conduct surveys and research. The program will begin in the fall, and he will stay in India in an advisory role and will continue to focus on analyzing results and data and streamlining the system. Kumar conducted a lot of research while planning his project and worked closely with his mentor, Dr. Devesh Kapur, the director of Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India. “It’s phenomena l [ D r. Kapur] found so much time to spend with an undergraduate ... to develop this project with me and to support me,” Kumar said. “[Vaishak] is a realist about

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM the ... challenge, but at the same he has a sense of optimism which I think is essential for young people,” Kapur said. “He epitomizes the best of Penn students ... he has a certain can-do approach to life.” Kumar has been heavily influenced by his family members who worked in agriculture. Though Kumar grew up in the city of Mysore, India, he frequently visited family members where he saw agricultural issues firsthand. “For me to see such a stark division between the two modes of life was very unsettling,” he said. “I realized that’s the community I want to work for. There’s a whole nation that we have left behind.” No one in Kumar’s high school ever left India for

college, but watching “The Social Network” inspired him to apply to schools in the U.S. He was accepted to Penn and decided to attend — the first time he was ever on an airplane was when he flew to Philadelphia before move-in freshman year. At Penn, Kumar has explored his passion for filmmaking and enjoys making short films that “explore the medium itself ... films about films.” He plans to make a documentary about his project over the next year. “He inspires you to be a better person ... his enthusiasm is really contagious,” said College junior Cheshta Dhingra, a close friend of Kumar’s. “He talks about his project all the time. I know he’s itching to go and start.”

expanding her engagement beyond the classroom during her clinical rotations for the course, when her patrons would ask her questions about birth control and HIV testing. She started to wonder where they would have gotten information if the nursing students weren’t there. She brought up the idea of employing a nurse at the library with her clinical instructor Briana Ralston and her course directors. She f i rst met with the Strategic Initiatives Department at the Free Library of

Philadelphia which has existing programs that place social workers at library branches. The social workers that she spoke to were eager to have someone with a background in health to help with patrons that came in with medical problems. Mariano came up with the idea to have a nurse in the library to provide preventative health services like screenings and immunizations to empower patrons to take steps towards their own health. “Melanie really took the bull by the horns and she engaged

this project. She didn’t just show up to class, she invested,” Ralston said. M a r ia no’s f r iend s a nd colleagues attested to her compassion. “She pours her heart into the things that are really important to her,” Wharton senior Lawrence Li said. “She’s probably one of the nicest people that you’ll ever meet.” “She has this absolute passion, not only with members of the community,” Ralston added. “She really brought her nursing skills to every

interaction she had.” Next year she will implement her plan. The first three months will consist of gathering information from community members, becoming familiar with the neighborhood and getting to know the library’s culture. That will help her determine her role at the library. In addition to providing preventative health services like immunizations and screenings, she also plans to implement health education progra mming for topics like healthy eating, contraception or health

literacy. The final portion of her project will involve assessing the sustainability of a long-term partnership with the community. If all goes well, Mariano hopes that the City of Philadelphia will consider hiring a library nurse as a full-time position. While Mariano’s friends and colleagues are eager to praise her, she is quick to def lect praise. “I would literally not be where I am right now without everyone who has helped me,” she said.

speech.” Ruger introduced the event, which was organized partially by Penn Law, and for the majority of the time was seated as an audience member. He said he feels there wasn’t anything he could have done to keep the event going. “I was involved in trying to talk to the protestors in order to persuade them to permit the event to go on,” he said. “But in this instance they were made aware of the University’s freedom of expression policy — they were repeatedly told that we had heard their views and respected their views, and

nonetheless, they persisted.” The official policy Ruger mentioned says that the “University affirms the right of members of the University community to assemble and demonstrate peaceably,” but adds in a subsequent section that individuals or groups violate these guidelines if “they interfere unreasonably with the activities of other persons.” This was the gist of the email, from Provost Vincent Price and Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, that was sent out to all undergraduate students on April 5. Neither the

event nor the protestors were specifically mentioned in the email. “Members of our community will at times be confronted with ideas that they fundamentally oppose,” the email said. “The solution is not to suppress the ideas we reject, but instead to counter those ideas with better ones.” Penn President Amy Gutmann declined to comment on the matter beyond what was addressed in the email by her fellow administrators. After the protests, the student group Penn Political Union reached out to members of SDS to

see if they would be willing to participate in a debate on the subject of the morality and effectiveness of the CIA. College junior Sarah Simon, President of the Government and Politics Association, which is the umbrella organization over PPU, said they wanted to create a space for debate as soon as possible, using the momentum from the elevated awareness on campus that had come from the protests. “We wanted to seize the moment,” she said, adding that they expect 80 to 100 people to attend Monday’s event.

PPU holds monthly debates on a variety of topics — in the past few months they’ve debated about the Iran Nuclear Deal and Bernie Sanders’ promise of free college. College sophomore Cornell Overfield, who will argue in the debate that the CIA “do indeed help ensure global security,” said the format of the debate will be new for PPU. “This is a bit of a revolution for us,” he said, adding that it likely had to do with a change in leadership. “Usually our debates are parliamentary affairs, not this two on two.”

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Penn hosts Pa. Youth Action LGBTQ conference Transgender issues at top of the agenda CHLOE CHENG Staff Reporter

This past weekend, more than a hundred LGBTQ youth and allies from all over the state convened on Penn’s campus for the three-day Pennsylvania Youth Action Conference. This marks the third time that Penn has hosted the conference, which is in its fifth year. This year’s conference theme was “The Future of Community Safety and LGBTQ Pennsylvania.” Reflecting this theme, many of the plenaries — sessions where all attendees come together to hear speakers — focused on ending violence against LGBTQ people, and in particular, transgender women of color. The conference also included a range of workshops, focusing on exploring the issue of LGBTQ youth homelessness, learning how to be an ally to transgender survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence and learning how to advocate for a trans-friendly campus. Here’s a look at some of the conference’s major highlights. Violence against transgender individuals The opening plenary on Friday evening focused on the history of violence against transgender individuals and the current work and remaining work to protect transgender lives. The first panelist, Deja Lynn Alvarez, is the director of the Divine Light LGBTQ Wellness Center, the

first LGBTQ homeless shelter in Philadelphia. She also serves on the Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee, where she works to resolve historical and current tensions between the police force and the transgender community. In talking about the progress being made toward safety, Alvarez mentioned the passage of Directive 152, which establishes specific policies and procedures that police must follow in interaction with transgender individuals, such as respecting and using correct names and pronouns. Alvarez was joined by Samantha Jo Dato, who is the coordinator of the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. She believes the majority of the directives that police are given to abide by are aimed for dealing with “people who are middle-class or who have home training” but not for people who are “left alone and abandoned, or someone who has no manners, or someone who is just living in the wrong environment and is just acting up.” She doesn’t think that Philadelphia is safe for transgender individuals, noting that “the life expectancy of a trans woman is 29.” The panel also included Timothy Cwiek, who is a reporter for the Philadelphia Gay News and has worked for over a decade pressing police and city officials for transparency on a case involving the death of Nizah Morris, a young transgender woman of color. Reforming the criminal justice system The Saturday morning plenary focused on ensuring that black lives matter in Pennsylvania, and the

afternoon plenary explored ways to reform the criminal justice system so as to better accommodate LGBQ people, but in particular, transgender individuals and those who do not identify within the binary. Ciora Thomas, a transgender woman of color, recounted her time in Allegheny County Jail, where she was housed with men and assaulted by a particular guard for months. When asked whether she thinks the criminal justice system is broken, Thomas responded, “I think broken is the wrong term because it was never fixed.” Moderator Naiymah Sanchez mentioned sitting in on a training where it was suggested that when a transgender person or gay man files a complaint, it’s because they are looking for attention. The Prison Rape Elimination Act states that “genital status alone no longer determines where you are housed and in fact, where you know yourself to be the safest must be given the utmost consideration,” according to Nellie Fitzpatrick, the director of the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs. The act must apply to federal prisons, but state prisons and county jails are able to decide whether to implement PREA or not.

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Over 100 LGBTQ youth and allies from across Pennsylvania convened at the University for the three-day Pennsylvania Youth Action Conference.

Single-sex bathrooms and transgender rights At the Commonwealth Banquet on Saturday night, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated black transgender woman who has been an activist for over 40 years, gave the keynote address. She reminded attendees to remember their history and those who have paved the way before them.

Griffin-Gracy brought up the controversy surrounding the use of single-sex bathrooms, saying, “Until they start putting men and women bathrooms in private homes, f**k you.” She continued, “We’re a part of this society. If they think they’re going to pull us over and push us back into the closet, I’ve got news. When I came out of my closet, I set the house on fire. I have nowhere else to hide,

so deal with me. I’m here, and I’m going to win.” 2011 College graduate and 2014 PennDesign graduate Jason Landau Goodman — who is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Youth Congress, the organization that puts on the YAC — also spoke to the LGBTQ youth leaders. “You are the state of the state,” he said.

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Monday, April 11, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 43 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects BRIELLA MEGLIO Director of Internal Consulting ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor JOYCE VARMA Creative Director

This past week, I attended Bernie Sanders’ rally in Philadelphia, marking my first time attending a presidential campaign rally. Reflecting over the past several days, I found myself fiddling with my contradictory feelings. The rally was both thrilling and disappointing. It was both unifying and alienating. It made me both hopeful about the plausibility of change and worried about the long-term consequences of populist politics. While waiting for three hours in the cold to enter the stadium, I heard a variety of reductionist — even if entertaining — comments. “I just want to move to Norway. Bernie’s going to make the U.S. into Scandinavia!” — as if Scandinavia does not confront a whole host of political issues including xenophobia and severe budgetary constraints. While waiting, some people near me began to light up. As the smell of weed set in, the people around me began chanting “Burn for Bernie.” I felt a little bit like I was back home in San Francisco at a music festival, not a presiden-

tial rally. During Bernie’s speech, some of the most exciting moments were dampened when one person, visibly angry, yelled out, “Mention Latinos!” or when another responded to Bernie’s call for gender pay equity with, “Yes! Stay the f**k out of my uterus!” I have been an avid supporter of Bernie Sanders and his campaign for a while now. I have brushed aside the think pieces on “Bernie Bros,” believing an attack on a candidate’s supporters to be unfair criticism. I am still skeptical of those who use politicians’ supporters as the primary argument to dismiss a candidate. Our country is too big and too full of wackos to believe that any candidate can guarantee that their supporters demonstrate political nuance and a sophisticated understanding of policy. In American democracy, politics most often trumps policy. The masses attending political rallies merely reflect the current American political climate. But, whether it is fair or not, I believe a presidential

candidate ought to model the terms of political engagement they wish to inspire among their constituency. And this is where Bernie unfortunately fell flat. At Wednesday’s rally, Ber-

if you supported virtually every disastrous trade agreement which has cost us millions.” In the middle of an inspiring speech that touched on every reason why I support Bernie, this comment on Hillary’s

I do not want to live in a country where we believe that only those who share our opinions are qualified to make good policy.” nie addressed Hillary Clinton’s doubts concerning the Vermont senator’s presidential qualifications. Sanders told the enraptured Philadelphia crowd, “I don’t believe that [Hillary Clinton] is qualified if she is, through her Super PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special-interest money … I don’t think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in Iraq. I don’t think you are qualified

qualifications irritated me. It didn’t irritate me because Bernie’s campaign decided to stoop to the petty remarks that have dominated this election season. The comment irritated me because Bernie justified his stance based on Hillary’s voting record, equating professional qualification with political position. The comment did not merely signal intraparty conflict; it embedded itself in the much larger issue

of the divisive politics of disgust that have dominated how fellow liberal Americans refer to their fellow conservative Americans. It is the sad reality that Barack Obama’s primary campaign platform of bipartisanship has turned out to be a pipedream more than anything else. He took responsibility for this failing during his last State of the Union address, but I am of the belief that this failing is more a reflection of the obstructionist politics of the last eight years than a reflection of Obama’s personal failure. Before Wednesday’s rally, I had ignored every piece comparing Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, finding the correlation annoying and unproductive. One is a committed public servant running an honest campaign; the other is a rich bigot engaging in the political process in the basest way. But, the truth is, the wild differences between these candidates do not change the fact that both are populists and both are running populist campaigns. Populism might be appro-

clara jane hendrickson priate for the political moment, but I worry about the long-term consequences of such intransigence. I do not want to live in a country where we believe that only those who share our opinions are qualified to make good policy. Smart liberals need smart conservatives. Show me a political rally that fills a stadium of people who believe this, and I think we’ll be well on our way. clara jane hendrickson is a College senior from San Francisco studying political science. Her email address is clara@sas.upenn.edu. Follow her on Twitter @clarajanehen. “Praxis” appears every other Monday.

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There’s been a great deal of debate over the disruption caused by activists at CIA Director John Brennan’s event on Friday. And while much has been written either condemning the protesters’ message or simply disagreeing with how they expressed it, I can’t help but reflect on one of the more remarkable moments of the event. What I’m referring to is the moment when Penn Law Dean Theodore Ruger took the stage and asked the protesters if they were, “trying to silence [Mr. Brennan].” Imagine, for a second, the implications of that question. Are we really worried that John Brennan — the director of an agency that kills hundreds of people across the globe — is at risk of repression by a small group of nonviolent activists? Let me be clear: I don’t mean to belittle the importance of free speech. The right to open expression is a guiding principle of our institution. But even with the most important of principles, we do ourselves a

disservice by following it blindly. And when I say blindly, note that I don’t mean in our dedication, but instead in our understanding. A true dialogue on free speech must include the fact that a person’s ability both to speak and to be silenced is directly connected to the amount of power they possess. And shouldn’t it be mentioned that free speech — a right originally ratified in order to protect citizens from government censure — is being used to defend the highest ranking official in a government agency from the chants of a couple protesters? At the very least, that power dynamic ought to factor into the conversation. In a University-wide email regarding the disruption, administrators made clear that Penn “cannot exist without the free exchange of ideas” and that, “the solution is not to suppress the ideas we reject, but instead to counter those ideas with better ones.” This all sounds

great in theory, but I can’t help but think it disregards the reality of the situation. The Students for a Democratic Society and the CIA do not stand on equal ground. Students don’t have the necessary platform to ever truly suppress — or

last group could have easily been removed. The only reason they weren’t is because having to use force on two non-violent citizens might have undermined the CIA’s legitimacy in the public eye. Technically, Brennan left because he chose to.

... I believe that free speech is incredibly important. I just hope discussing it doesn’t cause us to disregard other issues.” even counter — the voice of a government agency. The fact that the event was “shut down” doesn’t actually mean the protesters were able to silence Brennan. Actually being able to repress someone requires the capacity to do so — which, as I stated earlier, students do not possess. Just like the first two sets of activists who were shuffled out, the

To be clear, my intent in writing this is neither to praise nor condemn the protesters. I just think we ought to reflect on the dynamic that might have lead them to protest in the first place. Obviously, shouting matches are not conducive to intellectual discourse, but given the lack of an equitable platform, protests are often the primary way that marginal-

ized groups can have their voices heard. Too often conflicts such as this one are being framed as a battle between those who promote free speech and those who wish to suppress it. Not only is this characterization inaccurate, it’s actually causing us to ignore the bigger picture. I experienced this firsthand while reading the responses I received to my article about protesters at Yale. Though my intention was to raise awareness to the racialized dynamics that pervaded the situation, the majority of people who left comments claimed I wanted to criminalize free speech —despite the fact that I never once expressed that opinion. Instead of being able to discuss an important issue, I was instead assumed into the free speech versus no free speech dichotomy, which is something I assume will happen with this article as well. So again, to make it abundantly clear, I believe that free speech is incred-

CAMERON Dichter ibly important. I just hope discussing it doesn’t cause us to disregard other issues. The purpose of having the open expression guidelines is to make sure nobody’s voice can be censured. But when we let debates over free speech drown out all other issues, we actually end up undermining that very purpose. After all, what’s the point of having free speech if it’s the only thing we talk about? Cameron dichter is a College sophomore from Philadelphia, studying English. His email address is camd@ sas.upenn.edu. “Real Talk” usually appears every other Monday.

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TEDxPenn held over weekend brings 12 speakers

Speakers included an exconvict, musicians JOSH OGULYE Contributing Reporter

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This year’s TEDxPenn conference featured 12 inspirational speakers, including an ex-convict and the soundtrack composer for the Netflix show, “House of Cards.”

them accessible for a public audience,” said Penn professor Michael Horowitz, whose presentation explores how the life experiences of leaders

fundamentally shape their willingness to take risks. “A lot of this is about exposing people to things that they haven’t necessarily thought

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Penn student groups frequently offer to broaden the perspective of the student body through speaker events, but few do so by inviting ex-convicts, aspiring comedians and neuroscientists onto the stage. This weekend’s fifth annual TEDxPenn conference sought to present 12 speakers from diverse backgrounds at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and hopes to deliver TED’s motto of “Ideas Worth Spreading” to Penn’s campus. The TEDxPenn team consists of a group of 30 Penn students who work together to independently organize a licensed TEDx event each year. The group is responsible for presenting a collection of presentations that embodies the values of both the TED and University of Pennsylvania brands. This year’s speakers included

George Martorano, an ex-convict who spent 27 years in jail on a drug charge but spent that time in jail on creative writing and spiritual studies, and Jeff Beal, who composed the soundtrack for the Netflix drama House of Cards. TEDxPenn used an open nomination form, the Penn Alumni Association and extensive Internet research to compile a list of people with engaging ideas who might be able to speak at the conference and, through a long nomination process, ultimately narrowed down its roster of speakers from over 150 potential orators. The Speaker & Content team was tasked with the job of pruning down this list of possible presenters and preparing the selected speakers for the main stage. Individual speakers come into the event with varying levels of public speaking experience. Some come in with a strong grasp on their speech. For example, Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar, who opened this year’s conference, gave a TED talk at the main conference in 2012.

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Nobel prize-winning economist speaks at Penn Kahneman spoke about decisions in the workplace RAY POMPONIO Contributing Reporter

A select group of Penn students had the chance to attend a major industry conference this past week. On Thursday and Friday, the Wharton School held its third annual People Analytics

Conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia. The first keynote guest was Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, who spoke on Thursday afternoon in front of a crowd of 400 including MBA students, faculty and industry practitioners. In conversation with Dan Pink, author of “To Sell is Human,” Ka hneman spoke about h is exp er ience i n

psychology, economics and consulting and how it relates to people analytics. According to the conference’s website, people analytics is “a datadriven approach to managing people at work.” Those using people analytics tend to bring sophisticated models to decision-making, especially as it relates to hiring, performance evaluation, compensation and

leadership. decision process. In his talk, KahneSome companies man emphasized that have already made data-driven models strides in reducing should not replace noise, K a h nemen hu ma n de cisions, noted. For example, but instead should Google uses many augment them to employees to judge help better inform DANIEL KAHNEMAN a particular job candecision makers in didate, a process that organizations. m in im izes differThe conference sought to ences in opinions and leads to understand why organizations more rational decision-making. ma ke er roneous decisions, “We’re worst at making very among other questions. big decisions because we have Those familiar with Kahne- few opportunities to practice man’s work, which includes his them,” he said. bestselling book “Thinking, As another example, he Fast and Slow,” know that much pointed out that first-time of the error in human judg- homebuyers tend to overspend ment is due to cognitive biases. on their house and leave themThese biases include mistakes selves very little to spend on like anchoring, or the tendency furniture. This kind of flawed to rely heavily on one piece of judgment, and discovering the information when making deci- proper methods to correct it, is sions, such as giving too much what Kahneman’s research is importance to the odometer all about. reading when buying a used car Ultimately, the attendees and failing to take other factors walked away from Kahneman’s into consideration. talk with a warning to avoid Kahneman said the variabil- overconfidence and to be sysity of outcomes — sometimes tematic when making decisions called noise — is an addi- in the workplace. tional source of error because The conference has seen sucit distracts people during the cess since its inception in 2014.

Organized by a team of MBA students and Wharton professors Adam Grant and Cade Massey, the conference aims to provide a dialogue about incorporating people analytics into the work environment. “We definitely want people to be talking about their experience with people analytics,” Massey said. Aside from hosting over 20 speakers including Olympic soccer gold medalist Abby Wambach and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, this year’s conference provided opportunities for attendees to network outside of speaker events. The first day of the conference featured a startup exposition and an evening cocktail reception. Conference chair and Wharton MBA student Aa kash Gupta said the planning process is much longer than that of a typical event at Wharton. The student-led planning team begins contacting sponsors and keynote speakers in the summer before the school year begins. “There’s always been a focus on getting diverse points of view,” Gupta said.

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take back the night” and held signs that read, “Break the silence, stop the violence.” After marching, the students reconvened in Houston Hall for a survivor speak-out. Inside the room dimly lighted with candles, survivors of sexual assault were invited to stand and share their experiences. Those who chose to speak were met with snaps and hugs from audience members after telling their stories. This year’s Take Back the Night comes alongside the the recent Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, administered last year by the Association of American Universities and released in September. The survey found that nearly a third of Penn women experienced some

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form of sexual assault by their senior year. In response, Penn President Amy Gutmann sent a University-wide email that called the results “deeply troubling” and called on the Penn community to “effectively tackle this problem.” “I think because so many of the statistics show how prevalent sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking are on our campus, this year is especially important,” Associate Director for the Penn Women’s Center Brittany Harris said. Gutmann did not attend Take Back the Night, but wrote a letter of support that was read aloud at the event. “Through your resolve and commitment, the Penn community will continue to lead the way in taking back the night,” Gutmann said in a letter that was read by College

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junior Gabriella Ficerai-Garland. The Vice Provost for University Life will be adding two new

positions dedicated to sexual violence prevention and awareness, Director of Student Sexual Violence

Prevention and Education Jessica Mertz announced at the event. Recent efforts to combat sexual assault at Penn include Penn Anti-Violence Educators, a peer education student group that facilitates workshops on how to be an active bystander, as well as Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, which uses peer-education to combat sexual violence in all male student groups and also co-hosted the event. “Historically, it’s been seen as a women’s issue, but now we recognize that men are affected by sexual assault too, and also the vast majority of sexual assaults are perpetrated by men,” MARS President and College junior Sam Summer said. “We need to have an active role in stopping that.” The keynote address and other speakers served as sources of information for students to learn more

about sexual assault prevention. “He was really empowering but really reasonable and easy to relate to,” College senior Renata O’Donnell said of Alexander. “I was on the edge of my seat.” Administrators said this year’s event stood out in terms of campus participation. Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush said it was the largest crowd she had ever seen in her 22 years of attending Take Back the Night. Mertz agreed that this year’s event was exceptional. “This year, more than ever I have seen our Penn community come together,” Mertz said. Overall, students were impressed with the power of the event. “It is truly one of the most powerful and moving events on Penn’s campus,” College junior and ASAP Chair Isabella Auchus said.

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down. His time of 30:06.43 was not only the sixth-fastest mark in the Ivy League so far this season but also was good enough to earn the sophomore first place. More success was earned down south on the University of Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. Again, it was distance runners leading the way, but it was the women who were the most dominant in Thomas Jeffersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backyard. The Quakers paced the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,500-meter run. Seven Penn runners finished in the top 13, five in the top nine, four in the top six and the Red and Blue had the top two overall finishers. Sophomore Abby Hong finished her run in just 4:39.67 and was followed less than a half second later

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Once again, Penn track and field was split between two meets this weekend. While most of the team enjoyed slightly warmer weather in Charlottesville, Va., at the Virginia Quad Meet and Lou Onesty Invitational, sophomore distance runner Christopher Luciano dealt with colder temperatures in nearby Princeton, N.J., at the Sam Howell Invitational. Luciano, who was the only member of the Red and Blue at the meet, competed in the 10K. His lack of teammates didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t slow him

by senior Elyssa Gensib with a time of 4:40.02. Gina Alm added to the success for Penn women when the

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Competing at the Lou Onesty Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., junior Noah Kennedy-White took second place with a 53.55-meter throw.

Pittsburgh-area native finished in sixth place with a time of 2:19.52 in the 800m. Her performance outpaced five other Red and Blue

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athletes who finished amongst the top 20 in the event. The Quakers also had good showings in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 800m at the Lou Onesty. Again the Red and Blue clogged the leaderboard with three finishers in the top eight. The lowest time amongst them belonged to junior Jack Huemmler, who still recorded a time of 1:55.75, good enough for fifth place in the event. They added this performance to freshman Calvary Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win in the 400m a day earlier with a time of 48.17. The men made their biggest mark in the throwing events, where they had multiple top two finishes from their veteran hurlers. Junior Noah Kennedy-Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw of 53.55m placed him second at the Lou Onesty. It was an impressive performance for the junior

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from Jericho, N.Y. However, it fell well short of the Lannigan Field record of 65.12 meters. The record, of course, belongs to none other than senior Sam Mattis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who set the record one day earlier at the Virginia Quad Meet. Coupled with Mattisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win was a pair of titles in the high jump and pole vault, from Lance Yassey and Michael Benz, respectively. Junior Billy Bishop, also a member of the Penn football team, recorded the second best throw in the shot put event. His 15.29m hurl just narrowly edged out West Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garret Kohnke by a mere tenth of a meter. Next weekend the Quakers travel to the Widener Invitational, in Chester, Pa. It will be their second to last competition before the Penn Relays.

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of the game. Down a run, sophomore Daniel Halevy led things off for Penn in the second. After watching the first pitch go by for a ball, the sophomore got a hold of the 1-0 pitch, launching the ball over the left field fence to tie things up. Heading into the bottom of the seventh in a 1-1 tie, Lescher gave up a leadoff single to senior Nick Ruppert, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. When the next batter, catcher Adam Gauthier, walked, Ruppert deftly stole third, putting the winning run just 90 feet from home. Lescher intentionally walked Feinstein to load the bases with one out, trying to create a force out at home. He wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to get it, as Holbrookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pop-up to second was just deep enough for Ruppert to score, securing the 2-1 victory despite Lescherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time out, I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a little bit better,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach John Yurkow said of his budding ace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To

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It involved a lot of late-inning action, but Penn baseball walked away with the weekend split against Dartmouth and Harvard, losing the first game in each of the back-toback doubleheaders before taking the second. It appeared as though the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural tilt would be a rough one for the Red and Blue (13-14, 5-3 Ivy). Sophomore right-hander Billy Lescher gave up a one-out triple to Dartmouthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyle Holbrook, followed quickly by a pair of singles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first of which scored Holbrook. With the Big Green (9-17, 2-3) threatening to break the game open, however, Lescher settled down, retiring the next two batters and allowing only three more hits the rest

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Down to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final strike, senior Ryan Mincher tied things up with an RBI double before Penn baseball beat Harvard, 6-5, in extras.

to Tesch in center, giving the lead back to the hosts, 5-4, before Cousins forced a fly out to Matt Greskoff in right. It seemed like it was all over for the Quakers with two out and a runner on third in the ninth. Down to their final strike, Mincher tied the game back up for the Quakers, launching a double to the wall in left to score Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill and make it 5-5. With the Crimson unable to score in the ninth, the game dragged through a scoreless 10th before freshman Chris Rabasco hit home Grant Guillory in the 11th with an

RBI single for his first career hit to give Penn the 6-5 lead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a nice performance from Bleday and we handed it over to Cousins and he gave us a chance to win the game,â&#x20AC;? Mincher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you can ask for.â&#x20AC;? Harvard managed to get a man on in the 11th, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tie it up, as Penn finally won the marathon game and secured the weekend split. Yurkow put the significance of the win bluntly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I can tell you this, the bus ride home is a lot better than it would have been if we would have lost that game.â&#x20AC;?

the other.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did pretty well in the red zone,â&#x20AC;? junior linebacker Donald Panciello added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started out a little slow, offense was 4-for-4 on first downs coming out of the red zone, but we picked it up after that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get many turnovers, which is kind of a bummer, but we bounced back and held our own. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to watch film and see what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to improve on.â&#x20AC;? On the whole, the day provided

the chance to cap off the few weeks of practice the Quakers get in the spring, offering a little bit of momentum and excitement before a few long months without football. As Priore emphasized to the team in his postgame speech, summer practices are just 130 days away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first foe, Lehigh, awaits just 30 days after that. And soon after, the road to a second straight Ivy title begins.

Condonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development and senior attack Iris Williamsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great play have helped the Point Lookout, N.Y., nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own successes this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re such good cutters, they have great sticks. Put it anywhere in their vicinity and they have a great handle so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so fun playing with them. I feel like I can pull the trigger a lot more with certain people because they have such a good handle with the ball.â&#x20AC;? The Red and Blue face a very

tough schedule for the rest of the season, with four Ivy contests remaining, three of which will be on the road. However, the team will be able to relax and celebrate its seniors in the meantime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 2-1 but we have a tough road ahead,â&#x20AC;? Corbett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re enjoying this. Our seniors deserved this win. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a great class and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited that they got this win at home even though the weather was awful.â&#x20AC;?

Kunovac said. Just like the day before, Penn responded in a big way. Needing to win four of the six singles matches, the Quakers were victorious in five, including the match-clinching win by senior Sonya Latycheva. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew this is our home where we have an amazing record, and we have a bunch of tenacious players who thrive in adversity,â&#x20AC;? Kunovac said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not used to losing the double point but we did, and their attitude was just like,

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Here we go single, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get four wins.â&#x20AC;? Latycheva, preparing for her final matches of her Penn career, is ready for a few more big victories this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want a nice big â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; against Cornell and Columbia. Obviously I just want to go out and have fun with my teammates,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be my last home match, hopefully with a nice big crowd, and we can share the moment together.â&#x20AC;?

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to take on a Harvard squad just 1-5 in conference play. Once again, however, an early lead proved insufficient for the Quakers. After an RBI single from Tesch in the second and a run-scoring ground out for Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill in the third, junior lefty Mike Reitcheck seemed to have the game well in hand for the Red and Blue. Through four innings, the Crystal Lake, Ill., native had given up one hit while throwing a scoreless game, but the Crimson (9-17, 2-6) finally got to him in the fifth. With runners on first and second and two out, Ben Skinner got a hold of an RBI single to right, getting Harvard on the board. An error by freshman Matt Tola the next batter allowed Skinner and Connor Quinn to score a pair of unearned runs and give the Crimson a 3-2 lead. Penn managed to get a man on in the sixth and seventh, but could do nothing with it, falling by that single run in the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first contest. Game two brought more pain for the Red and Blue. Although RBI singles from Tesch and Mincher gave the Quakers a 2-0 lead in the third, Harvard scored three in the fourth off of junior Adam Bleday. An RBI double from Mincher in the fifth handed the lead back to Penn, 4-3, but once again, the Crimson mustered a response. With junior Jake Cousins working in relief for the Quakers, Harvard loaded up the bases with no one out. A fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice forced an out at home before Cousins walked in a run. Skinner then hit a sacrifice fly

her past two games and is second on the team in goals. Her scoring streak has earned the praise of Corbett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought Alex Condon had a phenomenal game all over the field and everything she did,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great finisher and I thought she played really well.â&#x20AC;? Corcoran is also proud of her fellow attack and acknowledges that

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been anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match but our freshman came up big for the second week in a row.â&#x20AC;? On Sunday, the Red and Blue came out slow against No. 52 Dartmouth, dropping the doubles point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there was a little bit of a letdown after the big win against Harvard. We felt prepared but when the points started rolling, we just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play our usual game,â&#x20AC;?

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Despite lack of wins, Men, women suffer from Penn continues to grow subpar weekend scores M. ROWING | Heavies

GOLF | Men

second in three races

finish fifth out of seven Ivy teams

ANDREW ZHENG

COREY HENRY

Associate Sports Editor

Sports Reporter

Over the weekend, Penn lightweight and heavyweight rowing participated in a pair of historic competitions — but the results were less than memorable. In the 106th Childs Cup race against Princeton and Columbia last Saturday, the No. 13 Quakers easily fought off the No. 16 Lions, but were unable to make significant ground against the No. 3 Tigers. At Overpeck Park, N.J., the Red and Blue finished second in all three races. In the Varsity 8, a wide 10.6-second gap prevented the Quakers from wrestling the Childs Cup away from the Tigers, who have now retained the trophy for seven straight years. While there was little surprise at the commanding lead by the undefeated Princeton crew, the Red and Blue provided stiff competition for the Tigers in the Second Varsity 8, which was decided by a relatively narrow 3.2-second margin. Interestingly enough, Penn’s second boat recorded a slightly better time than its first, finishing the course in 6:06.5 compared to the varsity boat’s 6:06.9. While neither boats were able to beat their Princeton opponents, it does speak to the team’s depth and potential for altered boating arrangements. In all of the races, Columbia lagged far behind, the greatest of which came in the third race as it finished 16.5 seconds after the Quakers and over 30 seconds after the Tigers. While the Penn-Princeton rivalry is always a sight to see, the best action of the weekend could

Both Penn golf teams traveled out of state to different tournaments this weekend, but only one team traveled far enough to avoid the wrath of Mother Nature. With rain forcing the tournament to be consolidated into a 36-hole competition, the men’s team was only able to muster a 10th-place finish at the Princeton Invite this weekend while the women finished fifth at the River Landing Classic in North Carolina. Leading the way for the men’s side was sophomore Carter Thompson, who finished 20th out of the 81 golfers at the competition. Fellow sophomore Amay Poria finished just four strokes behind Thompson to card the second lowest score for the Red and Blue. Out of the seven Ivy teams in attendance, Penn placed fifth behind Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia. Duke took home the victory on the weekend by putting up the three best individual performances in the field. Some of the same struggles from last semester reared their heads as the lineup struggled to produce outside of the top two golfers. With matching 297 team performances both days, the Quakers were unable to break into the top half of the 13-team field. With just the Wolfpack Spring Intercollegiate remaining before the Ivy League Championships, the emphasis will surely be on figuring out how to make sure the conference trophy stays in Philadelphia. The women’s team made the trek down to North Carolina and came away with a fifth place finish at the River Landing Classic. Cohost East Carolina took home the

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Competing in the 106th running of the Childs Cup, Penn heavyweight rowing took second out of three in all three races this past Saturday.

be found up north in the lightweight Varsity 8’s clash with Cornell and Harvard. Coming into the meet, there was little question that it would be one of the Red and Blue’s most difficult of the Spring season. As the two-time defending national champion and secondranked team in the nation, the Big Red were the clear favorites even when pitted against the Red and Blue and No. 5 Crimson. In the race between the first boats, those differences initially became clear as Cornell darted away to an early lead on their home course, but gains from Harvard and Penn put pressure on the leaders. “[Cornell] got off to a lead but didn’t necessarily continue to extend that, so it sort of felt like they were within reach,” coach Colin Farrell said. After over five minutes of grueling competition, the Crimson and Red and Blue stood neck and neck with the Big Red not too far ahead, but as the boats entered the final stretch, the Quakers fell short. “I think Harvard was just able to sprint a little better than us, a little sooner than us,” Farrell said. “Right at the end of

the race when we needed to go a little bit faster I think Harvard just executed a little better.” “The disappointing part for us in that race was that we ended up third,” he continued. “The positive that came out of it was that we felt like ran with those guys, and we still feel like we have room to improve.” Moving forward, Farrell stresses that he and the team will continue to work hard but also look at other sources for improvement. “We are always doing that stuff in terms of evaluating combinations and specific players,” Farrell said. “We don’t just look to say, ‘We just have to row better or we just have to race better.’” “We just have to find the right combination. So that certainly is something that has been going on to this point and will definitely continue. We think we can find some more speed for sure.” With the season having just begun for both the lightweights and heavyweights, some tinkering with seating arrangements seems inevitable, but as any crew team will tell you, there are only so many opportunities to get it right.

win with a total score of 898 on the weekend, more than 20 strokes ahead of the Red and Blue’s 922. The Quakers saved their best for last in the tournament. By shooting a 305 as a team on Sunday, Penn was able to hold onto their fifthplace finish. Out of the four teams representing the Ancient Eight at the tournament, the Quakers finished second behind Harvard. Leading the charge up the leaderboard was freshmen Rachel Dai, whose 226 54-hole score was good enough for

the top ten of the individual leaderboard of 75 golfers. The women find themselves in the same predicament as the men, with just one more tournament left before the Ivy Championships, time is running out to figure out how to ensure that they’ll be the team hoisting the championship trophy on April 24th. Their next chance to see how they stack up to their competition will come next weekend when the women play their first and only match of the season against Brown.

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Field hosts Spring Game

NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

For a few, sunny hours on Franklin Field, Penn football was back on Sunday. Capping off spring practices for the Quakers, the two-hour Spring

Game gave alumni and students a glimpse of what the Red and Blue will look like once their quest to defend the Ivy title begins in September. “We don’t get to play many games so coming out here — even if it’s our own players — going aggressive and being able to tackle, it’s awesome for us,” junior quarterback Alek Torgersen said. “It’s something that we can look forward

to during spring ball.” Instead of running a strict Red versus Blue game, coach Ray Priore opted for a more controlled series of situational run-throughs — shifting from long-field situations to red zone play — and mixing some special teams action in between. “The best part about today is that no one got hurt, that’s the best,” Priore noted. “We’ll always take that as No. 1 as a coach. We came

out of the spring relatively healthy. Saw great improvement week by week.” Structured around rotating guys in and out in order to get a look at some younger players that will need to fill holes left particularly on the defensive side with the impending graduations of lineman Dan Connaughton along with linebacker — and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year — Tyler Drake.

At the start of the day, it seemed as though the offense was going to run roughshod all day. Torgersen found wide receivers Adam Strouss and Justin Watson early and often while junior Brian Schoenauer and sophomore Tre Solomon both proved effective out of the backfield. But the squad led by defensive SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 8

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Sweep extends Penn’s Red and Blue keep pace Ivy win streak to three in Ivy race with victory W. TENNIS | Quakers

W. LAX | Corcoran leads

MATT FINE

WILL AGATHIS

Associate Sports Editor

Coming off its first Ivy League win of the season last weekend, Penn women’s tennis hoped to build on that confidence as two ranked opponents, Harvard and Dartmouth, arrived in Philadelphia. With a 4-3 win over Harvard and a 5-2 victory against Dartmouth, the Quakers (10-7, 3-2 Ivy) did just that. On Saturday, the Red and Blue, currently ranked 74th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, played host to No. 63 Harvard. The Crimson (10-9, 0-4) visited Penn in the midst of a strong season, including a win over top 25-ranked Fresno State, but still in search of its first conference win. The Quakers got off to a good start, winning the doubles point with wins by the pairings of sophomore Ria Vaidya and freshman Marta Kowalska and junior Luba

Ivy League games always pose a threat. Penn women’s lacrosse has already fallen victim to an intraIvy upset once this year, and coach Karin Corbett is determined to never let that happen again. On Saturday, the Quakers took down Columbia, 15-9, avoiding a potential trap game and adding another conference win to their resume in the process. The Lions (5-7, 0-4 Ivy) have not had their best season in 2016, but they certainly came to play at a snowy Franklin Field. They kept pace with the Quakers (8-3, 2-1) for the majority of the game maintaining possession an impressive amount. Nevertheless, the Red and Blue were not going to be upset on their home turf on the team’s Senior Day celebration. It was no accident that they scored 15 goals and

keep home-court edge

way during Senior Day

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After splitting the first two sets, freshman Marta Kowalska won a clutch 7-5 third set to secure the match against Harvard for Penn.

Vazhenina and sophomore Lina Qostal. Despite the momentum, the Quakers dropped three consecutive singles matches ad quickly found themselves one match away from losing. Needing three wins of their own, the Red and Blue rattled off two straight-set wins by Qostal and junior Kana Daniel. Tied at three, the match rested on the racquet of Kowalska. After winning the first set, 6-4, and

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dropping the second, 6-2, she dug deep in the third to gut out a clutch 7-5 third set victory to clinch the match for the Quakers. Penn coach Sanela Kunovac said her team’s mental strength allowed them to fight back and earn the victory. “I think, because of our mentality, we were able to play down to the wire,” she said. “It could have SEE W. TENNIS PAGE 8

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maintained a high-pressure attack through the waning seconds. The first half consisted of backand-forth scoring chances: Penn had three different four-goal leads over the course of the opening frame. By halftime, the Quakers were up 8-4 and Nina Corcoran had already notched a hat trick. However, as has been the case this season, a four-goal lead is not a comfortable one. Just a few weeks ago, Penn faced a 4-0 deficit to 17th ranked Towson before scoring seven straight to win. Corbett knew this and pushed her team to continue raising the bar in the second half. “Keep attacking,” Corbett said. “The main thing we did well today [was] caused turnovers in the midfield. We needed to get the ball into our offense’s hands and not play a ton of defense, and I thought we did a good job of that.” With just under eight minutes left to play, junior attack Sarah Barcia gave Penn its first five-goal lead of the day while the Quakers would go onto score two more

times. Senior attack and captain Nina Corcoran would play a role in the team’s final three goals and registered eight points on the day, a career high for one of the program’s greats. “Senior Day is one that you always remember so it’s nice to have that as a memory,” Corcoran said. Corcoran finished the day with four goals and four assists. She is nationally recognized as a playmaker — currently IWLCA National Player of the Week — and after scoring the game-winning overtime goal against Northwestern and then picking up another four against Columbia, Corcoran can one of the nation’s best all-around attackers. Regardless, Corcoran will continue to play the way she plays. “I don’t really care what other teams think about me.” This year’s offense has also seen the rise of sophomore attack Alex Condon. Coming off the bench, Condon has scored seven goals in SEE W. LAX PAGE 8