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Africa Center to close amid protests

African Studies Dept. also to join with Center for Africana Studies JESSIE WASHINGTON Staff Reporter

On Monday, students protested the closure of the Africa Center during Penn’s College Palooza, an annual fair hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences for prospective students.

How Penn presents itself to prospective students JESSICA MCDOWELL Deputy News Editor

As hundreds of recently-admitted high school students buzz around campus, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the members of the Kite and Key Society are working hard to present Penn in its best light to what will become the University’s newest class of undergraduates.

Since Sunday, admitted students have stayed with current Penn students, attended receptions and info sessions and experienced real Penn classes — all part of the Admissions Office’s Quaker Days program.

But while the University expends resources cultivating a veritable brand for itself, students have questioned whether this brand is an accurate portrayal of how real students experience campus life.

“When you come to Penn, you’ll immediately get both a pre-major advisor and a peer advisor, so you’ll never be totally on your own for things like picking classes, which is great because, with the exception of a writing seminar, there are no classes you absolutely have to take,” Wharton junior and Kite and Key tour guide Matthew Herling said on a campus tour.

Herling jovially led prospective high school students and their parents around campus, exuding confidence and charisma that couldn’t even be dampened by the gloomy weather.

In the Engineering quad, he spoke about the school’s unique offering of a Bachelor of Applied Science degree — which has a greater emphasis on liberal arts than a simple Bachelor of Science degree — and the senior projects engineering students must complete.

As he climbed up on the base of the Benjamin Franklin statue outside College Hall, Herling told the group of excitable students about campus traditions and the supposed origins of The Button. “Legend has it that Ben Franklin, coming back from a party late one night, stumbled over here and collapsed into

The protest, which was led by a combination of students in the African Studies major, the Penn African Students Association and members of Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, was sparked by the announcement that the Africa Center will close and the African Studies department will merge with the Center for Africana Studies.

“We are constantly told as a people

that all of our stories are one, and they are not,” said College senior Oyinkan Muraina, who is a member of the Penn African Students Association.

Muraina explained that while the study of Africa and Africana studies are connected, they are hardly the same thing. Africana studies at Penn mostly focuses on the transatlantic slave trade and its aftermath, while African studies relates directly to the study of Africa.

“They are clearly different things, and it makes no sense to combine them,” Muriana said.

College senior Charity Migwi, an African Studies major, sees this closure as a clear example of the lack of prioritization given to Africa. “This is a clear sign of who matters on this campus and who doesn’t, and Africa consistently SEE PROTEST PAGE 3

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Writing seminar to be taught by full-time instructors only

Anderson Cooper will speak on April 28

In previous years, graduate students often taught those classes

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Penn’s Critical Writing Program has the largest number of full-time instructors this year in its entire history.

Founded in 2003, the Critical Writing Program, more colloquially known as “writing seminar,” is a mandatory one-semester course taken by students across the four schools. It “brought together all the different writing programs across the University,” Critical Writing Program Director Valerie Ross said, adding that it is now one of the few college writing programs across the country to have full-time instructors, as opposed to adjuncts or graduate students teaching.

“This conversion to full-time staff has taken place over the past three years, with 2014-15, this year, being the first year with no adjunct — part-time — faculty,” Ross wrote in a follow-up email.

At the course’s inception, the Critical Writing Program was staffed mainly with part-time instructors, such as graduate students, along with adjuncts who could be teaching as many as four courses at various schools around the area and a few members

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Television’s favorite silver fox is coming to Penn.

Anderson Cooper will speak at Penn on April 28 in an event brought to Penn by the Social Planning and Events Committee.

From the death of Princess Diana, Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 presidential elections, Cooper has covered many of the most important stories of the past decade. Currently, Cooper is best known for his news show

… one can’t help but feel like they stand out when they are in a minority.”

“Anderson Cooper 360.” Cooper’s accomplishments include five Emmy awards and the New York Times bestselling memoir “Dispatches from the Edge.”

No stranger to Penn, Cooper visited in 2008 as the SPEC Connaissance fall speaker. Representatives from SPEC said that when they contacted him, he was very interested in returning as the SPEC Film and Connaissance spring speaker. They added that his supposed friendship with Amy Gutmann certainly helps.

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of the standing faculty who would occasionally teach seminars.

From the beginning of the program, “we were thinking about how we might staff the program in a way that was beneficial to those who taught for us as well as students,” Ross said.

From this year on, Penn’s wr iting center will be staffed almost entirely by full-time professors, except for 10 graduate students who are the beneficiaries of fellowships and are carefully vetted and trained before beginning teaching. The shift from part-time to full-time positions allows instructors to have more support, as well as benefits such as maternity leave, health insurance and contracts that solidify future employment.

“Everyone teaching in the curriculum is invested in the curriculum,” Ross said, adding that “they’re also

really great instructors.”

“Along with the obvious ethical reasons for wanting a full-time faculty, it’s also good for students to have full-time people,” he added, explaining that instr uctors have both more time to mentor and meet with students, as well as a greater investment in the curriculum.

The switch appears to have been successful, and students, regardless of their feelings of writing seminar itself, generally view their instructors positively.

Though the curriculum is occasionally criticized — one Wharton freshman who preferred to remain anonymous called it “Direction Following 101” — the faculty’s investment offsets much of the backlash.

“I really liked my professor and she was super knowledgeable about her subject. The failures of writing seminar are not her failures,” College freshman Ben Facey said.

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More students stay in Phila. after graduation Almost half of graduates are staying in the city ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

More students than ever are staying in Philadelphia after graduation.

17 percent of the Class of 2014 reported graduating to work in the Philadelphia area — up 3 percent from the Class of 2013, according to Director of Career Services Patricia Rose.

“I would agree that more students are now looking for or considering full-time employment in Philadelphia after graduation,” Rose said. “Of course depending on their career interests, some students may focus their search in New York City or other areas, but that is not because they are less-satisfied with Philadelphia.”

Wharton junior Lauren Lauer is one of the many that will be working in Philadelphia this summer. Lauer will work as an analyst at LLR Partners, a private equity firm. She came across the opportunity through Penn’s

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“It was one of the few private equity firms listed and I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” Lauer said. “I looked at New York and Washington but in the end, I was

happy to live in Philly since I already rent a house here.”

Lauer also said that a majority of her friends will be working in Philadelphia this summer. However, “post graduation, I’d prefer

to live in New York City,” Lauer said.

Though trends still favor New York over Philadelphia for Penn graduates, more than two-thirds of Philadelphians recently surveyed said they feel positive about the trajectory of the city and that they expect it to improve more over the next five years, according to a Pew Research Center poll. This was the highest rating in the poll’s history since 2009.

When he spoke at Penn at the Division of Public Safety Commendation Ceremony on Apr. 2, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter confirmed that the student retention rate in Philadelphia is higher than ever.

“Eight years ago, we were holding on to about 29 percent of our nonnative Philadelphia college or university students,” Nutter said. “Today, that number is 49 percent. It is one of the many reasons why we have seen population growth officially for one of the first times in 60 years.”

“More and more young people come here, not only for a great education, but they come here to stay,” Nutter said.

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this chair. He didn’t realize how fat he had gotten, so when he sat down, a button popped off his coat and rolled across the walk until it landed, split in two, outside Van Pelt Library,” he said.

While Kite and Key is a separate, student-run organization, Herling said that they work closely with the Admissions Office to cultivate a single image of Penn. “We have a close relationship with them and they support us financially,” Herling said.

Specifically for Quaker Days, Herling said that Kite and Key has worked under the purview of the Admissions Office to create “more informal tours, generally on a volunteer basis.”

In terms of portraying Penn, Kite and Key President and College and Wharton junior Brad Hebert emphasized that they never instruct their tour guides to lie on campus tours, but do encourage them to put a positive spin on things.

“I never lie and I always admit if I don’t know something, but I do tend to paint things in a positive light,” Herling said. “As a tour guide, you are the face of Penn,” Herling said. “We avoid saying anything that would tarnish our reputation.”

But while Kite and Key’s mission of branding Penn to prospective students largely begins when they visit campus, for the Admissions Office, the process begins much earlier.

“There’s a recruitment phase that takes place over the course of several years for many students,” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said. “That could happen because a student has visited our campus and said, you know, notice me, or it could happen through test scores or something like that.”

One of the highlights of tours is a stop at the Quadrangle, where Herling talked about the University’s “really unique College House system, which separates itself from a dorm by having faculty members live among the students,” he said. He joked with his audience about how some students “decide they want to try being adults” and move off campus, where they live off the “Chipotle diet.”

After giving his group a very simplified explanation of the housing system, Herling stopped in Huntsman Hall, where he discussed the specific requirements of a Wharton degree and the “hands-on experience you get through really innovative classes, like Management 100.”

With his tour group circled around him in Huntsman, Herling turned to student life on campus.

When a concerned mother asked about date rape and sexual assault on campus, he admitted that he didn’t know all of the specifics of the University’s programs, but pointed to successful student-run programs like the Vagina Monologues to illustrate the campus’ commitment to the cause.

As the tour concluded, Herling discussed activities and resources available to students. “What makes Penn Penn really is its student groups. This is not the place for you if you want to just go to class and come home and watch Netflix,” he said.

After the tour, Daniel Villar, a high school junior from Bethesda, Md., spoke highly of his experience. “This seems like a really nice school,” he said.

“This is only my third college visit, but I would say there’s probably a 90 percent chance I will apply.”

For Herling, who has been involved with Kite and Key since his second semester of freshman year, being a tour guide has been a rewarding experience. “I’ve had a really positive experience at Penn, so this has been a really good way to give back,” he said.

“It’s really awesome to be able to show students why it’s so great.”

After decisions to accept students have been made, Furda said his job of selling Penn is largely done. “At Quaker Days, now is the time to really step back, set all of the recruitment to the side and really let the students decide what environment would be best for them.”

But while those prospective students will experience real undergraduate classes and dorms, some current students have said that there were some things that surprised them once they actually matriculated.

“I came to Penn because it presents itself as being really

good at a lot of different things.

The liberal arts aspect of the education appealed to me,” College sophomore Mark Toubman said.

“One thing I felt really let down by when I got here was the student groups,” he said. “You sit in these info sessions and they laud about all the hundreds of student groups on campus and it’s really exciting, but the truth is that so many clubs make you apply for positions.”

“As a new freshman, coming into Penn and then being told you aren’t good enough for certain groups — it’s a very disappointing process,” he added.

For College freshman Mitchell Chan, the most unexpected thing about Penn was how stressful the “work and play balance is to maintain.”

“I visited campus as a high school student, and my impression was that the campus was big and confusing, but that the people were really friendly and helpful,” Chan said. “But I got here, and everything is so fast-paced.

My life is busy, unpredictable and tiring.”

“I guess I took the ‘social Ivy’ reputation a little too seriously,” Chan said.

Toubman also commented on how stressful campus life can be at Penn. “I feel like a right of passage to being a Penn student is seriously questioning your happiness here,” he said. “I’ve talked to a lot of upperclassmen, and the number of students who have seriously looked at transfer applications is actually shocking.”

Ultimately, though, Toubman and Chan both acknowledged that Penn has given them many positive experiences.

“I mean, it’s not perfect. Penn throws you into the real world with real world problems and some people aren’t equipped to handle them, but it does get better,” Toubman said. “Things like learning how to pick the right classes can make a huge difference.”

“If I had to go back and do it all again, I probably would pick Penn a second time,” Chan said.

“There’s no perfect college, right?” Toubman said.

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Cooper to talk about current political issues that have been important to Penn students this year, such as the Ferguson protests and police-civilian relations.

“We think the student body will be interested to hear him talk about what has been happening in the past year politically,” they said, adding, “He’s so experienced we can talk to him about basically anything.”

SPEC bega n scopi ng out speakers in the fall by working with agencies before eventually striking a deal with Cooper, a decision that was screened by the University. Their past speakers represent a broad range of experiences and perspectives, such as Henry Kissinger in 2006, Seth Meyers in 2010 and Matthew Perry in 2013.

“We look for people who are going to bring a lot of discourse to campus,” SPEC representatives said of the speaker selection process.

Cooper is the son of artist and designer Gloria Vanderbilt and American author a nd screenwr iter Wyatt Emory Cooper. He received his bachelor of arts from Yale in political science.

The event will take place from 8-9:30 p.m. in Zellerbach Theater. Students can purchase tickets starting at 10 a.m. on April 15, both online and in the Annenberg Box Office. Tickets will cost $5 for Penn students and $10 for members of the public.

SPEC anticipates a great reaction from the student body on announcing Cooper’s return to Penn. “He’s someone who’s really wellknown and someone who the student body is going to be really excited to see,” SPEC Connaissance co-director and Wharton junior Victoria Zhao said.

“He is someone they know and someone who will challenge and inspire him at the same time,” SPEC Connaissance co-director and College senior Gabriel Jimenez added.

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falls short,” Migwi said.

The protest was staged to intentionally grab the attention of prospective students in order to encourage University action.

“We chose this venue because Penn responds to people whose voices matter, and prospective students and their parents are one of them,” Migwi said. “It is my opinion that Penn wants to sweep this under the rug. Well, now they can’t.”

Despite the clear feeling of protesters that African studies is not a priority on campus, School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty maintained that this was not the case.

“Repositioning the activities of the Africa Center is not an abandonment of its core missions. Elimination of federal funding on many fronts has forced the School of Arts and Sciences to rethink how we best support our highest priorities,” Fluharty said in an email.

Fluharty stressed that while the administration recognizes the difference between Africana and African studies, they

see the benefit in combining the programs under one roof.

“We understand fully that the study of ‘Africa’ and the study of the ‘African diaspora’ can mean very different things. But it is also the case that the study of each of these areas can beneficially inform one another,” Fluharty said.

Despite the Dean’s insistence that the loss of federal funding is to blame, many students disagree.

“They say it’s financial, but I don’t really get that. The center only had three staff [members],” Migiwi said. “We’re shutting down the only center for African Studies, but Penn is opening a whole new center in Beijing.”

College Palooza targeted admitted students visiting campus for Quaker Days. Some prospective undergraduates at the fair said that the protest made them more likely to come to Penn. “This affects how I feel about Penn positively,” high school senior Saracanez Chafik said.

“I think it’s really cool to see the students being so passionate,” added another prospective student.

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ast week, my fellow columnist Sophia Wushanley brought up an interesting observation: The workout areas of Pottruck are very segregated by gender. Often, you will find women predominately using the cardio machines on the first floor, while men tend to gravitate towards the weightlifting rooms.

Sophia pointed out that gendered expectations of the ideal physique may prevent women from seeking out weightlifting, and lead men to focus too heavily on strength training. Typically, men are expected to be muscular, while women should be lean.

However, I would like to offer another component to this phenomenon. Segregation in the gym may simply lead to a reinforcing cycle of social awkwardness.

When I check out the weight rooms, I don’t shy away because I am afraid of

THE MELTING POT | Social discomfort furthers the gender disparities at Pottruck being too muscular. I know that it is good for my body to do resistance and weight training. I simply feel uncomfortable being the only woman there, precisely because of the embarrassment Sophia likened to walking into the wrong restroom. If I see other girls, I am much more likely to enter the weight room, instead of putting it off for another day, or attempting to return at a later point when the floor is less packed.

did not belong. As someone who sporadically gets into workout routines only to drop them after a couple of weeks (academics being the usual excuse), I have often walked into the weight room not quite remembering how much weight I can comfortably use on particular machines, or how to properly position myself. I think it is normal, regardless of gender, to feel a bit intimidated when you are working out along-

a College freshman, used to jog every day on the treadmills, but switched to swimming for a lower impact workout. “I would definitely feel uncomfortable being the only girl in the room if gaining muscle was my goal, but it’s not. I don’t want to be too muscular.” Barbara Jun, a College senior, doesn’t see much practicality in muscle training for real life situations. “There’s a tradeoff ... when you focus on muscle

If men see muscle training as masculine, they may perceive other types of workouts, such as cardio, yoga and Pilates as ‘girly.’”

Of course I do not think I am in serious physical danger just by being in a room full of men. But one can’t help but feel like they stand out when they are in a minority.

I worried about looking like the smallish, confused girl in the gym who clearly

side someone who looks obviously stronger and more capable than you. But unfortunately, it is hard to separate gender from our ideas about physicality.

Female students at Pottruck have had various experiences. Christina Zhou,

training you aren’t as good at cardio. If someone is going to rob me, I’m not going to fight them. I’m going to run.” She said that she would probably have to ask for help with some of the machines in the weight room, especially because of the risk of injury.

“I would be unsure if I was doing it right ... I don’t want to embarrass myself.”

Just as we have gendered expectations for ourselves, we also have gendered expectations for others. If we as women think we should be focusing on cardio, we expect men to focus on muscle training. If men see muscle training as masculine, they may perceive other types of workouts, such as cardio, yoga and Pilates as “girly.”

Sometimes, the first floor cardio machines are nearly all occupied, mostly by women. This then forces you to venture to another floor to work out, further maintaining the separation in the gym. As less women focus on strength training, the pattern will continue in order to avoid being out of place.

I know that by passing over the weight room more often than not, I am contributing to the problem. But I believe that being a good example will lead to a snowball

KATIERA SORDJAN effect. Normalizing all genders to be active participants in both cardio and strength training will further encourage well-balanced health, as well as social spheres.

So I have another suggestion. Be open to different types of workouts, but maybe bring a friend as well.

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York studying communication.

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ere at Penn, it’s all too easy to get caught up in our immediate to-do lists. In 2016, our campus will be caught up in our foremost national duty: electing the 45th President of the United States. We support Hillary Clinton for President because she has the experience, vision and new ideas necessary for an American-led 21st century.

Penn played a substantial role in electing President Barack Obama in 2008 and rallied to re-elect him in 2012. Now, we must build upon President Obama’s accomplishments by supporting Secretary Clinton. From social progress to the Supreme Court, critical issues are at stake in 2016.

As Hillary declared in her campaign kickoff video, “Americans have fought back from tough economic times, but the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top.” Delivering lasting economic opportu-

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District of Columbia granted full marriage equality. Now, thanks to the hard work done by activists on campuses like ours, over 70 percent of Americans live in the 36 states where loving LGBTQ couples can make a lifetime commitment to one another.

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ary Clinton. As a mother, lawyer, First Lady, senator and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has worked tirelessly to champion students, families and the middle class.

As First Lady, she worked with Congress to pass the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which helps

As a mother, lawyer, First Lady, senator and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has worked tirelssly to champion students, families and the middle class.” for everyone. And ultimately that will benefit the organizations that we join and lead.

Let us not forget the social progress we have made in the last few years — that is what is at stake in this election. In 2011, when this year’s graduating class first arrived at Penn, just six states and the

Pay Act, we have advanced women’s chances to fight for fair pay. Now, as Hillary Clinton shatters that highest, hardest glass ceiling, it is time for Congress to enact a law that finally ensures equal pay for equal work.

No one is better prepared to lead our country than Hill-

millions of underprivileged children access healthcare.

In her first year in the Senate, Clinton secured $21 billion to rebuild New York after 9/11.

And as Secretary of State, she brought an international coalition together to impose the harsh sanctions on Iran that eventually forced the regime

to negotiate. Throughout her career, when Hillary Clinton set out to make a difference, she delivered. That is why she will make an effective president.

This campaign is about building an America that, in 10 years, will be where our kids go to great schools, where our parents find a secure retirement and where we feel safe on all of our streets.

This is about achieving more than what’s probable by striving to do what’s possible.

Hillary said it best herself; she is going to be our champion for an America in which “you can do more than just get by — you can get ahead, and stay ahead.”

In 1993, Hillary Clinton, then First Lady, delivered a rousing commencement address here at the University of Pennsylvania. The New York Times reported that she emphasized the strengths of our institution by imploring, “What we have to do here at

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Why professors chose Penn Picking the right university isn’t just for students SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

Incoming freshmen aren’t the only ones who chose Penn — faculty members were drawn to the University for their own reasons.

Many Penn educators found a home at Penn. Whether they joined Penn’s faculty after finishing graduate school as a Quaker or abroad, and whether they were attracted by teaching or research, Penn educators believe that the Penn community, students, resources and fellow colleagues are one of a kind.

Mathematics professor Nakia Rimmer In 1997, Nakia Rimmer found his niche.

When the current Department Head of Undergraduate Math first came to Penn as a graduate student in 1997, he immediately knew this was where he wanted to spend the remainder of his career.

“There’s a certain energy I like that the school has ... [After] the positive experience working with the Math Department, getting the master’s [and] working closely with Dean DeTurk as my master’s advisor, this quickly became the number one place I wanted to work at,” Rimmer said.

After graduate school, Rimmer taught in the Philadelphia public school system, the Community College of Philadelphia and West Chester University before earning a second master’s degree in applied math at the University of Delaware — which allowed him to return to Penn to teach full time in 2006.

Rimmer said that working at Penn offers flexibility and many opportunities to implement new, non-traditional ways of teaching.

Six or seven years ago, Rimmer was able to create calculus courses online so that students could take calculus over the summer or abroad.

“I think I would have encountered resistance at other institutions ... Penn allowed me that ability and I appreciate that,” Rimmer said.

He added that his students constantly inspire him. His favorite part of teaching at Penn is the first few weeks of the fall semester teaching Math 103 and 104. ”Freshman come in and I sometimes am the first professor they see at Penn and they’re very energetic and very motivated to do well,” Rimmer said.

Criminology professor Adrian Raine Originally hailing from England, Criminology Department Chair Adrian Raine came to Penn when its Criminology Department was budding eight years ago.

When Larry Sherman set up Penn’s Criminology Department — the first at any Ivy League institution — he called Raine, who had been teaching in Los Angeles for 20 years.

Raine was thinking about returning to teach in England at the time and had even received two other offers from English colleges. He decided that he would visit Philadelphia on the way to England, but in a twist of fate he realized he lost his passport and green card.

During the three months it took

to replace his passport and green card, Raine traveled to Philadelphia twice and was smitten.

“It wasn’t just the institution. It wasn’t just the location. It was the people I met,” Raine said. “You have leaders of departments who are very vibrant, very energetic ... who can draw you to the institution and make you excited about being part of a bigger plan.”

Raine arrived at Penn as a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, so he had connections with not just the Department of Criminology but also those of Psychology and Psychiatry. At the time he interviewed, there was only one other criminology professor at Penn.

Raine appreciates Penn’s proximity to Philadelphia itself. “I could feel the heartbeat of Philadelphia right there in Center City ... It was like England ... being able to walk on the streets ... the masonry and brick work,” he said. “I feel like I’m back home and I can say that I feel like I’m more at home in Philadelphia than I ever have in the 20 years I spent in Los Angeles ... It’s my home away from home.”

Classics professor Peter Struck After arriving at Penn 15 years ago after teaching at Ohio State University, Classics professor Peter Struck, who is particularly interested in mythology, made his “nostos” — a Greek word meaning “homecoming.”

“In my wildest dreams of my academic career, this is it. I don’t imagine there would be another place I could aspire for. I felt incredibly lucky — there are more people out there who want to do this job than there are jobs out there,” Struck said.

While Struck enjoys the camaraderie among faculty at Penn, he enjoys the integrative nature of the academic climate.

“It’s a very decentralized place ... It’s not like there’s one thing we do here. There’s a lot of things we do here ... There’s a lot of different ‘Penns’ out there depending on which part of the institution you’re in.”

As a Classics professor, Struck was particularly drawn to Penn’s fostering of a liberal arts education, stressing that the University offers academic freedom and does not impose roadblocks in academic pursuits.

“Not every academic institution these days has such a commitment to intellectual freedom,” Struck said. “Penn absolutely does, and that’s the thing I probably most admire about it.”

Economics senior lecturer Rebecca Stein In 1998, Rebecca Stein left the Windy City and was blown away

by Penn.

One could say that Director of the Microeconomics Principles Program, Senior Lecturer Rebecca Stein arrived here by a chance of fate — when her husband was hired at Penn, she left Chicago after completing her Ph.D. at Northwestern and also took a spot among the faculty. Penn’s liberal arts focus was an added draw.

Stein realized Penn was her true home was when she rejected a job offer at another university.

“I had to think a lot about what my priorities are and that’s when I

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decided that [it] was teaching over research and this position is very teaching oriented,” Stein said.

She has been teaching here for 18 years and said that she has truly found where she belongs. “I love teaching here. That comes across doesn’t it?” Stein said. “[My favorite thing about Penn] is really the students and [Penn’s] institutional support of teaching.”

Stein also said her job offers a balance between work and family, which is something few professionals are lucky enough to have, as well as a large range of positions and opportunities for those working here.

“There’s a range of positions at Penn,” Stein said. “This place has many, many different facets and strengths in all these different dimensions. You have faculty that came here for research, you have faculty that came here for teaching, you have faculty that came here for administrative roles; and they all find strength to grow.”

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The secret history of the Sweeten Alumni House Fraternity house fire killed three people in the 1900s CLARE CONNAUGHTON Staff Reporter

Although hundreds of students walk by it almost every day, few have set foot inside the Sweeten Alumni House off College Green, and even fewer know the full extent of its secrets.

Built in 1914, the house on Locust

Walk was originally home to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. It served as the fraternity’s house for almost 50 years until a fire killed three people and damaged the interior, leading one sophomore who may have played a roll in the spark to be tried and found guilty for three counts of involuntary manslaughter. The house was then used by the Office of the Dean.

By 1981, the gothic house became the alumni house. The alumni house

was originally housed in Eisenlohr Hall, which has since become home of the University president.

The Sweeten Alumni House was named for 1937 Wharton graduate E. Craig Sweeten, who served as the Senior Vice President for Development and Public Relations. After his retirement, Penn’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution to name the center after Sweeten.

Today, the Sweeten Alumni House is home to alumni-focused initiatives such as Penn Alumni Relations, Undergraduate Classes and Reunions, the Penn Alumni Interview Program and the Regional Alumni network, including the Penn Club of South New Jersey and Philadelphia.

The Sweeten Alumni House is used for a wide variety of events, from the New Student Scholarship Orientation held every fall to Feb Club in the spring. “People have even gotten married here. We have held weddings here,” said Kristina Clark, Director of Operations and Special Programs for Alumni Relations.

Few students may know that the Alumni House is home to the campus carillon, an instrument consisting of many bells, that chimes

every hour from noon until 6 p.m.

The bells were originally donated by 1953 Wharton graduate, 1961 Masters of Communication recipient and former Director of Alumni Relations Michel T. Huber, in memory of his daughter and her fiancee, two Penn alumni who died in a car accident shortly after graduating.

The house itself features a living room and conference room, with the latter available to student groups, as long as someone is around to supervise the house, Clark said. “Someone has to stay late, secure the building, that kind of thing,” she added. The space houses a baby grand Steinway piano donated in 2012 in honor of Alumni Award of Merit recipient, former Penn Alumni president, Trustee emeritus and 1967 Wharton graduate Paul Williams.

“People come back here and ask for information, what changed ... it’s a nice place to reminisce,” said Brian Anders, administrative assistant for the Penn Alumni Interview Program and Sweeten Alumni House Building Manager. Anders considers the house a “hidden gem,” noting its attached terrace that the staff uses to host various events.

Generally, the house is quiet and

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serene. In the living room area, a collection of sofas sit within feet of what is probably the most treasured aspect for Penn students: the Alumni House’s Keurig machine.

Throughout an entire Friday afternoon, fewer than ten individuals entered the Alumni House — one

student used the bathroom, made a cup of coffee and was on his way.

An alum stopped by to ask for directions at one point and picked up some “Proud Penn Alumni” buttons. Another took a tour through the house and flipped through an old yearbook.

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Grant Frame’s work focuses on Assyrian inscriptions JOHN BARTLETT Contributing Reporter

Rewriting history can be a rewarding endeavor.

P rofessor Grant Frame of Penn’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations recently received a PROFESSOR National EnGRANT FRAME dowment for the Humanities grant of $250,000 to continue his work with his project, The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period.

His work is based on an idea at the University of Toronto in the early 1980s to create a collation in English of every royal inscription from the height of the Assyrian empire. Frame and his colleagues now have 14 volumes to show for their efforts. Originally a project taken up by universities around the world, in recent years the work has been focused at Penn, where the main collation is created.

The royal inscriptions describe military campaigns, hunting campaigns and construction projects, and could be found on palaces, temples and monuments. While many of the inscriptions have been translated in the past, several were not translated in English and most were translated before a complete understanding of the Assyrian language was developed.

When the first few translations were completed in the late 19th century, transcribers often weren’t as careful and meticulous about their work as common practice requires today.

“The main point of my project is to go back and find the original inscriptions, and check and collate them,” Frame said. “Make sure that what people said they said in the past was actually correct.”

Such a task led Frame to museums all around the world in search of original Neo-Assyrian inscriptions. He visited London, Berlin, Istanbul and Baghdad before their political situation with the United States became complicated in the early 2000s.

Frame cites the many inventions and ideas that have arisen from Assyrian culture and found use all over the world. Arches, for example, were a construction technique first developed in this empire, and described in these very inscriptions. The inscriptions cover many historical events that have been alluded to in other known historical works, including the Bible. Frame said he feels that the culture responsible for creating such things is one worth knowing about.

“I don’t see how we can understand the present unless we can understand the past,” he said.

Once gathered, these translations have been added to an online collection in addition to the physical volumes being published. The result: almost 90,000 page views in 91 different countries around the world. These countries included many in the Middle East — the location of the Assyrian Empire, at its time the largest empire the world had ever seen.

“People in that area — Iraq, Syria — it’s very difficult for them to get books,” Frame said. “So to be able to access this material online is very important for them.

To be able to understand their culture and history.”

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Democratic candidate Doug Oliver visits Penn Penn Dems yet to choose endorsement JONATHAN BAER Staff Reporter

While Penn students might see Spring Fling as the biggest upcoming event, for those interested in Philadelphia politics, the Democratic mayoral primary race might be more exciting.

On Monday night, Democratic candidate for mayor Doug Oliver spoke to a room of over 20 students as part of Penn Democrats’ lecture series titled “Philly’s Future: The Race for Mayor.” Oliver discussed his experience and plan to tackle the city’s most pressing issues.

“If you look at all the problems that the city has, let’s not be distracted by the symptoms,” Oliver said. “Let’s figure out what the core problems are and solve for that. From our perspective, those problems are education, jobs and fairness. My argument is that if you name 10 problems that this city has, eight of them occur because of a failure to educate or to employ.”

With Mayor Michael Nutter ending his second term, Philadelphians will decide their next mayor with the Democratic primary on May 19. Oliver is one of six candidates vying for the Democratic nomination.

Oliver’s experience and youth sets him apart from the other candidates. At 40 years old, he is the youngest Democratic candidate running by over 15 years.

He is also the only Democratic candidate with no experience as an elected representative.

While he has never run for public office, Oliver

has a long history in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia politics. Before leaving Philadelphia Gas Works to run for mayor, Oliver worked in former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration as press secretary for the Department of Public Welfare and served as Mayor Michael Nutter’s press secretary for three years. “[The other candidates] have extensive resumes of accomplishments, but I would say that through all of their experience, they haven’t solved the issues that affect our city most,” Oliver said.

“After a century of experience from the people who are running against me, we haven’t solved for these problems. I seek to bring a fresh perspective to this conversation. I seek to bring a new way of thinking.”

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“I think out of all of the candidates we’ve seen, he has offered the most honest perspective on the mayors race so far,” College sophomore Matt Kelemen said of Oliver. “He presented the most unique and appealing policy to millennials.”

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brought in three other Democratic candidates for mayor: Abraham, Diaz, and Kenney.

“We’ve wanted them to have the opportunity to lay out their vision for the city, what policies will affect us as college students, what will affect this neighborhood and the city as a whole,” College sophomore and Penn Democrats Political Director Sam Iacobellis said. “We really want to hear what they have to say and have the opportunity for our members and people to come hear them talk and ask questions, and see where their heads are at.”

Iacobellis also acknowledged that Penn Dems will soon pick which Democratic candidate that they plan to endorse.

While Oliver has very few mayor endorsements, a Penn Dems endorsement has an enticing history.

“Mayor Nutter found himself in this exact situation in 2007 — he had no support whatsoever from any elected official, no business unions, no organizations,” Oliver said. “Originally, nobody supported him except Penn Dems.

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After taking a round of photographs with his new teammates, Vhito made his way down to the team locker room. As he walked down the tunnel and into the room, he was welcomed by chants of “Vhito! Vhito! Vhito!�

As he ran along the locker room, laughing and examining his customized locker, Vhito no longer looked like a cancer patient. He looked like someone simply enjoying his time with his teammates, as so many Penn athletes do on a daily basis.

A concept that came up several times throughout the event was “perspective,â€? specifically that while Penn fights every day for wins on the field, Vhito fights for something much more important. “It’s life and death versus wins and losses,â€? Murphy said. “They’re not even on the same scale.â€? “It’s not how you handle the good times,â€? Priore added. “It’s how you handle adversity ‌ We saw how strong today Ashley and the family were.â€?

And it would serve the Quakers well to apply the perspective they gleaned from their time with their new captain not only to the field next year, but to the rest of their lives.

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After dropping their ďŹ rst three matches in Ivy League play, the Quakers picked up a conference victory over No. 63 Harvard on Saturday. The squad nearly replicated the feat on Sunday, but was barely edged out by No. 37 Dartmouth.

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Like their baseball counterparts, Penn had a four-game set against division opponents this weekend and did not disappoint. Freshman Jurie Joyner continued her torrid campaign, homering in the Quakers’ crucial 7-6 win on Sunday afternoon.

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squads — won the league with a perfect 7-0 mark. However, newly hired head coach Nick Walker has brought a change in the atmosphere of the team and believes that the squad is poised for a turnaround. “You just have to give the kids accessibility, so that they’re able to play,� Walker said. “Rugby can be technical, but it can also be quite an easy game to pick up.�

While the sport can be highly competitive, the members of the team are quick to remind themselves that Penn Rugby Club is, after all, a club. And rugby, after all, is just a game. “At a school where people get segregated into different organizations, different groups, [rugby] really brings people together,�

Glysak said. “We have lots of different kids from lots of different backgrounds who wouldn’t normally hang out together. “So we’re not just here to play with our mates, we’re here to go have a drink with our mates after the game.�

After over an hour of grueling practice in those chilly, damp conditions, a drink is certainly well deserved.

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lot of things don’t live up to the hype.

The Articles of Confederation. The League of Nations. “Tha Carter IV." However, the preseason sound and fury that surrounded Penn baseball has turned out to signify plenty: The Quakers — preseason favorites in the Ivy League — have been just as good as advertised, rolling to a 10-2 Ivy record.

Leading the brigade both on the mound and at the plate for the Quakers has been the senior class. Coming into the year, Penn was stacked with known veteran entities on both sides of the ball — seniors Connor Cuff and Ronnie Glenn were to be the pitching staff’s co-aces while fellow upperclassmen Jeff McGarry and Austin Bossart were expected to anchor the lineup.

All of that veteran talent earned the Quakers the preseason honor of being named Baseball America’s “Ivy League Team to Beat.”

And guess what: True to projections, the senior leaders have led the way all season.

Glenn and Cuff both sport sub-three earned run averages and have combined to tally more complete games (five) than home runs allowed (three). Bossart has hit at a .344 clip while handling the pitching staff from behind the plate. Meanwhile, McGarry — despite a lackluster .235 average — has started every game and is among the team leaders with four home runs.

But what has made the team truly unstoppable has been the contributions from the lesshyped players.

Take senior infielder Mitch Montaldo. After a pedestrian first three years of his career — he hit just .211 in 2014 — Montaldo has blossomed into the Ivy League’s leading power hitter. The St. Louis native leads the Ancient Eight with eight home runs and sits at third in the league with 26 RBI, all while manning the demanding shortstop position.

Further adding to the hit parade has been senior outfielder Connor Betbeze. Like Montaldo, Betbeze had a rough 2014 — he hit just .214 with a cringeworthy .321 slugging percentage — and didn’t look to factor in as much more than a role player during his senior campaign. To the contrary, Betbeze has emerged as a valuable leadoff hitter, as his .462 on-base percentage leads the team.

Despite their outstanding 10-2 conference record, the Quakers find themselves in a familiar

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In his senior season, catcher Austin Bossart has provided veteran leadership from behind the plate while hitting .344 in front of it.

position — tied atop the Lou Gehrig division with Columbia. Last season, the two squads played a one-game playoff to determine the divisions champion, a game the Lions took in painful fashion, 2-0.

However, Penn quickly put the loss behind it and has looked much more confident thus far this season.

“This year, I’m just a bit more at ease,” coach John Yurkow said back in February. “I feel like I can trust my guys a little bit more, since they have a better idea of what we’re trying to do.”

Honestly, it’s very difficult to see last season’s crushing defeat playing out for a second consecutive season. Fueled by its plethora of battle-hardened senior talent, there is no reason why Penn shouldn’t be able to continue to dominate the remainder of Ivy play. The Quakers will get a chance to separate themselves when they play four games against last-place Princeton next weekend before a four-game home-and-home showdown with Columbia two weekends from now.

And assuming that the Quakers take home the Gehrig Division crown, who would want to face the trio of Cuff, Glenn and sophomore righty Mike Reitcheck (4-1, 2.21) in the threegame Ivy League Championship

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Series? Who would want to face a lineup that routinely bats McGarry — Baseball America’s pick for Ivy Player of the Year — seventh? You’d certainly be hard-pressed to find any takers.

Because with this Penn squad, you always get exactly what you’d expect.

TOM NOWLAN is a College freshman from Montpelier, VT, and is an associate sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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The first team captain in the Ray Priore era of Penn football may not have the speed or stature of a typical Division I athlete, but that doesn’t matter. He’s got enough heart and toughness for

someone 10 times his size.

On Friday, the Quakers named 4-year-old cancer patient Vhito DeCapria their first captain of the upcoming season. The event was organized in part by the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, which focuses on using sports to create meaningful experiences for children battling pediatric cancer.

“As a team, it really puts things in perspective and focus,”

Priore said.

Penn’s connection with the nonprofit organization runs deep, as Denis Murphy, the foundation’s president, played football with Priore in college.

“When Ray became head coach, the first thing he did was pick up the phone and call me and say, ‘Can we get into the program,’” Murphy said.

“And I said, ‘It’s not if, it’s when.’”

With the vast majority of the football program gathered together, Vhito and his family — including his older brother, Vinnie, and parents, Ashley and Nick — entered the room. With Vhito sporting a mask on his face for medical purposes, the gravity of the moment was overwhelming.

Murphy started off the proceedings by describing the origins of the organization. His

daughter Jaclyn — now a healthy college student — suffered from pediatric cancer but found strength when she was “adopted”

by Northwestern’s women’s lacrosse team in 2005. That year, the Wildcats went on to win the national championship.

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Given the club status of Penn’s men’s rugby team, the variation in talent level and previous exposure to the sport is massive, with some players entering as newcomers to the sport and some coming in with national team experience.

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There are no rain delays in rugby.

Last Tuesday night, under the train trestle at Penn Park, Penn men’s club rugby proceeded with practice despite an uncomfortable drizzle and blistering winds.

T h e r oug h we a t h e r seemed quite appropriate for the stereotypically violent and testosterone-fueled sport. However, to those on the team, the sport is much more intricate and complex than casual observers might expect.

“Where I grew up, everyone grew up playing rugby,” said Club President, London native and Wharton junior Andrew Janssens, blood oozing from a freshly skinned

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knee. “So there’s a big teaching component to it. Some people here have played football, where they have the contact, but they’ve never passed the ball in their life.”

Therein lies an interesting dichotomy within the composition of the team. While some members — largely international students hailing from rugby hotbeds such as Australia and the United Kingdom — have been playing the sport their whole lives, many other players are experiencing rugby for the first time.

“We have players coming in from abroad who have played a lot ... some kids have played U-18 for their national sides,” junior Dan Glysak said. “But we always pick up a lot of new American kids who have never played before. A lot of them have high school backgrounds in sports like lacrosse or football.”

Since rugby is not an

officially recognized NCAA sport, the club has no formal recruiting process and must draw its talent exclusively from Penn’s existing student body. The University also has a women’s club rugby team, which is structured similarly to its male counterpart and must undergo the same recruiting process.

“Our big recruitment happens at the activities fair,” Janssens said. “We just shout at people until they decide to join the team. Honestly that’s all we do.”

Despite the casual approach to recruiting, the club takes the sport very seriously.

The Ivy League is one of the stronger conferences in the collegiate rugby landscape, and the team frequently participates in invitational tournaments against national powers such as Cal and Penn State.

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