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Penn takes steps to prevent mumps Penn has put up flyers and sent emails with hygiene tips ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter

As the mumps outbreak continues to hit college campuses across the state, Penn is now taking steps to prevent the contagious disease from spreading.

Student Health Service and the College House system at Penn have attempted to halt the spread of mumps by notifying at-risk students through emails and posting flyers with hygiene tips across campus. SHS is also providing free booster vaccines to at-risk students, Campus Health Director Ashlee Halbritter wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

SHS has identified students at risk, including athletes who have visited Temple University recently, and recommended that they get booster shots through a message on their SHS portal.

“If you do get a targeted message from student health, do read it and act accordingly,” SHS Director Giang Nguyen said. He added that students sometimes do not remember to get vaccines they are due for.

Three Penn undergraduate students have been diagnosed with mumps as of April 9.

The first case was announced in an email on March 27 to students, faculty, and staff. Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé said unlike the situation at Temple University, the three cases at Penn are not related to each other. The cases follow an outbreak at nearby Temple University that has affected at least 140 students. Isolated cases have also been reported at Drexel University, West Chester University, and in Montgomery County, Pa. Mumps is a contagious viral disease with symptoms including fevers, headaches, muscle aches, loss of appetite, and swollen salivary glands. The disease is typically spread through saliva, such as sharing food or drinks.

In light of Spring Fling on April 13, several deans of college houses had sent out emails to residents informing them of SHS’s prevention tips and posted flyers around the houses.

The emails also encouraged students to avoid SEE MUMPS PREVENTION PAGE 10

Petition calls on Penn to save Book Center

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Penn Book Center owners announced its closure on April 8 ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter

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Miguel performed at Penn’s Spring Fling concert on April 13. Days before Fling, students protested Miguel because of a 2017 sexual assault allegation. SPEC stood by Miguel, but said they will change their selection process.

President Gutmann moderated the panel MAX COHEN & CAMI DOO News Editor and Staff Reporter

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Joe Biden, Jeb Bush, and Jim Kenney spoke at the Silfen Forum event on the opioid crisis.

est drug crisis in American history,” declaring that “no family is immune” and that the crisis “cuts across all communities and affects every corner of society.”

Biden decried the overprescription of opioids by American doctors and the “greed” of drug companies. He stated the death tally from the current opioid crisis is larger than the American death toll from the Vietnam War. “What we’re seeing in an emergency room now is picking up the pieces of the

A week after the owners of the Penn Book Center announced its closure, more than 3,000 Philadelphia residents have signed a petition to save the bookstore. The petition, which was addressed to Penn President Amy Gutmann, called on the University to meet with the bookstore owners to develop a business model that would save the store.

On April 8, store owners Ashley Montague, who graduated from Penn in 1999 with a Ph.D. in English, and Michael Row, who received a Wharton Ph.D. in 2001, announced that Penn Book Center will shut its doors after nearly 60 years of business. Although they have taken steps to keep the store, which opened in 1962, from closing, the owners said these measures have not generated enough profit.

English professor Chi-ming Yang started the petition on April 10 after the owners made the announcement. In the petition, Yang called on the University to find a solution that keeps both the Penn Book Center and the Penn Bookstore in place to serve the school.

Yang also commended the President’s Office for promoting the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition and the President’s Engagement and Innovation prizes to “reward students who ‘make a substantial, sustainable impact in the world,” but called on them to do the same for the Penn Book Center.

“Now is the time for the University to stand behind its commitments to sustainability and social innovation,” Yang wrote.

The Penn Book Center regularly hosts poetry and book readings with the Institute of Contemporary Art and Penn’s Center for Africana Studies. In fall 2017, the Penn Book Center stopped selling course books and expanded its collection to the sale of “regular trade books.”

The decision was made because the Penn Book Center did not receive enough revenue from the course books, Montague said.

Yang said the petition received 2,000 signatures within the first 24 hours. Yang added

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Biden and Bush address opioid crisis in the U.S.

Penn Presidential Professor of Practice and former Vice President Joe Biden addressed a sold-out audience and held a conversation on the opioid crisis with Penn President Amy Gutmann at Irvine Auditorium on Thursday.

Biden was joined by fellow Penn Presidential Professor of Practice and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Mayor of Philadelphia Jim Kenney, Penn professor of emergency medicine Jeanmarie Perrone, and Harvard professor of psychobiology Bertha Madras.

The experts stressed the severity of the nationwide opioid crisis, clarified the benefits of decriminalizing addiction, and the need to change the country’s culture to reduce dependence on such drugs.

Gutmann introduced the event by labeling the opioid epidemic as the “deadli-

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220 million prescriptions,” Perrone, who is also a Penn emergency department physician, said.

Explaining why government has failed to deal with the opioid crisis, Biden said many politicians believe addiction is a matter of willpower, leading to a lack of funding for opioid prevention policies.

“It’s a disease — it’s a disease of the brain,” Biden said, refuting what he said was a widespread misconception.

Madras agreed, stating ad-

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diction is a bio-behavioral disease that leads to compulsive use of drugs, and that many people cannot simply “climb out of that uncontrollable urge.”

In the face of Philadelphia’s opioid crisis, Kenney said the city learned to decriminalize addiction.

In order to combat the epidemic, he said Philadelphia launched the Resilience Project, which includes treatment facilities.

“We don’t want to lock people up, it makes things that much worse,” Kenney said. “I think we have to do a whole lot more of that diversion in order to have some impact.”

The experts discussed treatment options for opioid addiction and solutions for the crisis, with the doctors describing medical solutions and the politicians proposing legislation and government action.

Perrone praised the “tremendous helpful” that drugs like Buprenorphine and Methadone do to stabilize SEE BIDEN PAGE 10

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Penn plans to provide free menstrual products UA and GAPSA are working with administrators DANIELLE CAPRIGLIONE Staff Reporter

Penn has approved a pilot program to provide free menstrual products in several buildings across campus — a move that comes after students called on administrators to make the products more accessible last semester.

The Undergraduate Assembly and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly have held several meetings with administrators from the Vice Provost for University Life and Student Health Services throughout this semester. On April 10, VPUL spokesperson Monica Yant Kinney emailed the groups and approved the initiative to bring more tampons and pads to campus bathrooms. Director of Campus Health Ashlee Halbritter said the program will begin in the next four to six weeks.

Halbritter said the details are not “wholly fleshed out yet” and the University has not selected specific buildings or the amount of menstrual products that will be offered.

The initiative is not intended to provide all students with their entire monthly supply of menstrual prod-

ucts, Halbritter said, adding that the University aims to give students free products in emergency situations.

GAPSA Chair of External Affairs B.J. Courville, a second-year Penn Law student, said the highest priority areas will likely be where students spend the most time, such as libraries and buildings where classes are held.

“There’s such a stigma associated with menstruation and vaginas,” Courville said. “I think a lot of people have been afraid to talk about the need.”

Halbritter said the funding for the program will come from GAPSA and VPUL, and that students as well as Maintenance and Housekeeping will likely work on stocking machines or baskets of products in bathrooms. The student groups and the administration have not yet determined the entire cost of the program, Courville said.

Since January, the UA and GAPSA have worked to advocate for the availability of pads and tampons on campus. Both groups have worked separately with administrators to advocate for the service, UA New Student Representative and College and Wharton freshman Nikhil Gupta said.

In December 2018, Gupta spoke about increasing the availability of free men-

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Students reflect on identity at Indigenous Latinx Dinner

Penn researchers highlight risk factors for student suicide

Speakers ate and shared stories about family history

The panel featured faculty, students, and psychiatrists

MADDY STROHM Staff Reporter

Students, faculty, and staff from across the Philadelphia region came together April 11 to share a meal and celebrate Indigenous and Latinx identity.

Attendees at the dinner, which was hosted at the Greenfield Intercultural Center, offered reflections on their backgrounds and traditions. First-year public health graduate student Laura Lagunez, one of the event’s organizers, said the dinner was part of a larger effort to build community among Penn’s Indigenous population.

“I have talked with students who are Indigenous but feel that they can’t claim their heritage,” said Lagunez. “Being Indigenous and Latinx is different than just being Latinx, and many students ask themselves what is there to gain in proclaiming their Indigenous background.”

The attendees discussed what it means to have an Indigenous Latinx identity, which includes various groups across the Western Hemisphere, such as the Navajo of the Southwestern United States and the Quechua of Peru. People also spoke about the definition of Indigenous Latinx and shared stories about their family history.

The event was organized by Professor Américo MendozaMori, who teaches both Quechua and Spanish and designed Penn’s Quechua Language Program.

Mendoza-Mori worked with student groups such as Natives at Penn and Quechua at Penn to plan the event.

The dinner began with a short introduction from Mendoza-Mori and Lagunez. Both speakers emphasized the need for spaces to talk about Indigenous identity at Penn beyond traditional Latinx campus groups.

“We used to use ‘Latino’ or ‘Hispanic’ to identify people, and in recent years it has become ‘Latinx’ to better reflect the diver-

sity of the community,” MendozaMori said. “But somehow the words Latinx or Hispanic, just by their name, emphasize the European heritage.”

Lagunez also facilitated a “Tree of Life” activity where participants gathered in small groups and drew a tree that contained the most important aspects of group members’ identities. They included characteristics such as place of origin, foods that remind them of home, and skills they have learned over time.

Mendoza-Mori stressed the importance of bringing different cultural groups together, but also allowing each group to celebrate its own identity.

“Universities are trying to become more diverse spaces, but this is a two-way bridge,” MendozaMori said. “The university can promote more channels and create spaces where communities can come together, but on the other hand, students need to also consider their identity and the value of their identity.”

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The attendees discussed what it means to have an Indigenous Latinx identity, which includes various groups across the Western Hemisphere, such as the Navajo of the Southwestern United States.

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DANIELLE CAPRIGLIONE Staff Reporter

About 30 students, faculty, and psychiatric professionals gathered at a panel April 11 to discuss suicidal behavior among college-aged individuals and how this relates to mental health at Penn.

Penn professors, psychiatric professionals, and a student talked about the biological, social, and environmental factors that put students at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Drawing from their own research or clinical experience, the four panelists discussed how these risk factors come into play at Penn. The event was hosted by the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and Penn’s Department of Psychiatry.

Multiple panelists talked about “Penn Face,” the tendency of Penn students to act as though their lives are perfect despite the challenges and stresses they are facing.

Panelist Corinne Masur, a psychologist from the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, said the prevalence of Penn Face raises questions about Penn’s environment. She said a stronger campus community would lead students to feel less pressured to present an idealized version of themselves to others.

College senior Rebecca Pels described research she has conducted on mental health at Penn, addressing topics such as Penn Face and the connection between mental health and minority status.

“If you are of a background in which mental health was never spoken about during your upbringing, you may not only have difficulty identifying your struggles, but the likelihood that you will see your difficulties as related to your culture or minority group status is diminished,” Pels added.

Even if mental health services are available, Psychiatry professor and event organizer Lawrence Blum said, students

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Multiple panelists talked about “Penn Face,” the tendency of Penn students to act as though their lives are perfect despite challenges.

who are struggling often do not take advantage of them because of internal obstacles that prevent them from recognizing that they need help.

Pels suggested the University could destigmatize seeking mental health services if it required freshman students to meet with a mental health advisor the same way they are required to meet with an academic advisor.

Panelists also detailed various factors that put college students at high risk for suicide. Masur said adolescents’ emotional intensity and impulsivity can make them more vulnerable to suicidal thoughts, while Pels said social media causes adolescents to negatively compare themselves to others.

Counseling and Psychological Services Deputy Executive Director Meeta Kumar said minority students, such as students of color and LGBTQ+ students in particular, are more likely to experience suicidal thoughts.

Psychiatry professor Maria Oquendo said suicide is the second leading cause of death for people between 15 and 24 years old. She talked about biological factors that contribute to suicide risk, encouraging people to talk about mental health within fami-

lies the same way they talk about genetic risk for cancer or heart disease.

“The idea that this is not only familial but genetic is a very powerful idea,” Oquendo said.

Masur encouraged her fellow professionals to listen to the adolescents in their lives and look for subtle behaviors that reveal emotions such as hopelessness, anger, despair, and loss of interest.

Many of the attendees were mental health professionals who work in academic or clinical settings. Nana Asabere, a secondyear psychiatry resident at the Perelman School of Medicine, said she sees a lot of Penn students professionally and came to the event to learn how to better approach their care.

“I’ve thought a lot about if there are things we can be doing as a community that would enable us to better screen, better intervene in a more powerful and impactful sense than some of the ways we often do when somebody is in crisis,” Asabere said.

“I was glad to hear about some of the initiatives that are happening on Penn’s campus and all of the work that is going into thinking about this issue and attacking it.”

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Juniors Lin and Ortiz-Siberon named Truman Scholars The scholarship awards $30,000 to grad. studies MANLU LIU News Editor

Two Penn juniors were named 2019 Truman Scholars on April 11, out of only 62 students awarded nationwide.

The scholars, College juniors Louis Lin and Angel Ortiz-Siberon, were chosen from 840 nominees from 346 institutions. The Truman Scholarship is a meritbased award of $30,000 that supports students who plan to pursue careers in government or public service. The students must aim to attend graduate or professional school with the intent to pursue a career in public service.

When Lin found out he was named as a Truman Scholar, he jumped and screamed in a Spanish market in New York. Lin, who was in New York as part of his work for Penn First, received the call from a staff member at the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

“I was in shock,” Lin said. “I did not expect this to happen.”

Lin, who is a first-generation, low-income student, studies Health and Societies and political science. Lin thought it was particularly fitting that he received the news on a trip to take FGLI students to a professional development program, as the bulk of his leadership efforts at Penn have been focused on FGLI student issues.

“Three buckets I put my time into are first-gen, low-income advocacy, theater, and Asian Amer-

ican studies,” he said.

Lin was recently admitted to Penn’s sub-matriculation program for a Master of Public Health and is interested in health and education policy for lowincome, immigrant communities.

When Ortiz-Siberon heard that he was named for the award, he immediately thought of the help from his family, friends, teachers, and professors he received along the way.

“I could only really think of all the wonderful help and support I’ve gotten,” Ortiz-Siberon said.

“Even though my name is out there, it was really a collaborative effort.”

Ortiz-Siberon, who grew up with a single mother in a low-income household, said he is most inspired by his mother’s story and is thankful for her sacrifice, which ultimately got him into Penn. Ortiz-Siberon is studying sociology in the College and hopes to pursue a sociology Ph.D. studying poverty and social mobility after graduation.

“Especially because my focus is in sociology and social policy, I think I see the value in having good support systems and how much that helps you,” Ortiz-Siberon said.

A native of Puerto Rico, Ortiz-Siberon transferred to Penn his sophomore year from Bentley University in Massachusetts, where he studied business. There, he was inspired by his research on mass incarceration, and decided to transfer to Penn to study and promote social justice.

As a vice provost for university life Mellon Mays fellow, Ortiz-

PHOTOS FROM LOUIS LIN AND ANGEL ORTIZ-SIBERON

College juniors Louis Lin (left) and Angel Ortiz-Siberon (right), were named as 2019 Truman Scholars. They were chosen from 840 nominees from 346 institutions. This year, 62 students were awarded nationwide.

Siberon also conducts research on the socioeconomic position of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Outside of Penn, Lin serves as judge of election on his precinct’s election board in Philadelphia and is the committeeperson on the 27th Ward Democratic Executive Committee. He said his interest in politics was inspired

by a Democratic campaign he worked on shortly before 2017.

Lin is also the professional development chair for penn first and is part of the admissions dean’s advisory board.

In his essay for the Truman

Scholarship application, Lin wrote about designing a school bus system that serves meals during the summer to students in Pennsylvania public school districts.

“I came in as somebody who

wanted to go into pediatrics to help kids through medical means — that’s what I wanted to do for the most of life,” Lin said. “But HSOC and a lot of policy classes made me realize that larger systems are what need to change and working at the policy level to effect that change so that people are not getting sick in the first place or having the insurance to pay for [medical treatment] if they get sick.”

Lin said he hopes to pursue a J.D. in health law and an Master of Science in Education in education policy in the future, and plans to use the scholarship towards his law degree.

Ortiz-Siberon said he is interested in increasing access to education and empowering low-income Puerto Rican communities.

Aside from his work in La Casa Latina, Ortiz-Siberon has worked to help immigrant communities in Philadelphia. He participates in the Puerto Rican Institute of Music, where he plays percussion. After graduation, OrtizSiberon intends to pursue a Ph.D. in sociology and social policy.

In 2018, then-College juniors Anea Moore and Stephen Damianos were the two Truman Scholars from Penn.

The 2019 Truman Scholars will attend a leadership development program at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. on May 21. They will receive their awards at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Mo., on May 26.

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Benjamin Pinkel, who received a BSE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1930, was actively interested in the philosophy of mind and published a monograph on the subject, Consciousness, Matter, and Energy: The Emergence of Mind in Nature, in 1992, the objective of which is a “re-examination of the mind-body problem in the light of ... new scientific information.”

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 23 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor ALICE HEYEH Print Director BEN ZHAO Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor ALICE HEYEH Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor DANNY CHIARODIT Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor WILL DiGRANDE Sports Editor

Save the Penn Book Center THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN EDITORIAL BOARD

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he Penn Book Center recently announced that it would close its doors in May due to financial hardship.

This stems from the rise in online book sales and competitors like Amazon. For nearly 60 years, the Penn Book Center has served as a literary hub on campus catering to professors, students, and the greater Philadelphia community. It also has started to bring in prominent speakers like Rebecca Traister, Imani Perry, Feminista Jones, and Helen Zia. The University must help save the Penn Book Center so that Penn does not lose a major resource for its academic and literary community.

Since the announcement of its closure, Penn faculty and students have expressed their disappointment and desire to save the Penn Book Center. Associate Chair of the English Department Chi-Ming Yang started a change.org petition, “Save Penn Book Center,” directed towards Penn President Amy Gutmann. The petition urges the administration to take action to help the Penn Book Center and has received over 3,000 signatures.

“This closure would mean an immeasurable loss to Penn’s intellectual community and to that of the surrounding University City neighborhood. We write to ask that the university find a way to help sustain this small but vital corner of our campus,” it reads.

The petition lists reasons why the University should help the

By helping support local businesses, Princeton is doing the right thing, and there is no reason why Penn can not introduce a similar system in order to help support the Penn Book Center.” book center. For example, Princeton University subsidizes a 30 percent discount on textbooks at their independent bookstore Labyrinth Books. This encourages students to make use of Labyrinth, and helps keep it in business. By helping support local businesses, Princeton is doing the right thing, and there is no reason why Penn can not introduce a similar system in order to help support the Penn Book Center.

In an April 12 opinion piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer, owners Ashley Montague and Michael Row described their feelings about the closure of the Penn Book Center.

“This shared grief reminds us of the extent to which an independent bookstore is rooted in its community. Like a plant, it’s shaped by its environment. Those daily interchanges between booksellers and customers — conversations about books, the weather,

politics — help us choose which books to buy and how to display them,” they wrote.

According to Philadelphia

Magazine, the University did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the likelihood of a partnership with the Penn Book Center. Montague also told Philly Mag that Penn has been “very flexible on the lease terms” over the course of the past few years.

While this is encouraging, it is time for the University to step up and help the Penn Book Center survive.

“One of my favorite things is going in there, looking for a book, but getting sidetracked by different books,” said creative writing instructor and associate Director for Recruitment for Penn’s Creative Writing Program Jamie Lee-

Josselyn. “I think that experience — getting to do that and maybe losing track of time a little bit — especially these days when we’re all so busy and so scheduled, is something I’ll really miss about going there.”

The Penn Book Center offers students and faculty a much-needed break from the University’s many pre-professionalist spaces, and serves Penn’s academic community. Losing the Penn Book Center comes with a serious cost to our campus, but there is a solution. The University has vast resources — the administration should use them to save the Penn Book Center.

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THE OXFORD C’MON | Why are Penn students willing to accept hookup culture, but not female masturbation?

et’s talk about sex. Well, almost. First, let’s talk about the benefits of sex, like improving immunity, helping heart health, relieving some instances of minor pain, and improving sleep.

The list goes on. What if you could reap these health benefits — a reduction in stress, better sleep, relief from menstrual cramps — without the need for someone else? I’m sure many of you are sitting there going “What is she talking about?

You can do all those things plus more if you just take three minutes out of your day and masturbate!”

You’re absolutely right. But female masturbation, though immensely beneficial for personal and physical

reasons, is still seen as a taboo topic in today’s world, despite reports that up to 81% of women have enjoyed a solo session.

Why are Penn students willing to accept the casual hookup culture that permeates our campus, but not female masturbation? Arguably, masturbation can be less emotionally confusing than this hookup culture, yet it’s more stigmatized.

One can’t help but wonder if that’s due to the fact that a hookup is typically perceived to occur between a man and a woman, while female matsurbation is only for the pleasure of the woman. So my question is, why are sexual encounters where men benefit more normal-

ized? And how can we combat this idea? By talking.

It’s not only men who find the topic of female masturbation embarrassing. I’ve brought it up with close friends who have turned red and refused to discuss the topic.

While I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, or pressure anyone into a discussion they don’t want to have, this embarrassment runs deeper than a simple unwillingness to talk with me. Women’s sexual empowerment has historically not been a priority. So let’s make it one.

It can be harmful to grow up assuming none of your female friends are masturbating due to to the lack of discourse surrounding the topic.

Studies have found that 58% of 17 year old girls report having masturbated. But have they talked to each other about it? Not talking about masturbation can make you think you’re abnormal for doing something completely human. You internalize self-induced sexual pleasure as an anomalous occurrence that you need to hide and be embarrassed by. You grow up ashamed for enjoying something that should only be viewed as healthy.

Women have sex. So why is it CAROLINE CHIN still surprising that we masturbate?

Personal exploration of sexual preferences should be encouraged, not swept under a rug for future sexual partners to find. Getting to know your own body makes it easier for you to enjoy someone else getting to know your body.

Female masturbation is also an unseen affair in pop culture. We’ve all seen movies or shows where a man pumps one out real quick, or at least mentions doing said deed.

Rarely do we see a woman taking her bra off after a long day and enjoying some much needed girl time. If we don’t see representations of female masturbation in media, including dialogue about female masturbation, how are we supposed to know it’s a perfectly normal thing to do? It’s not like a typical sex ed class in the United States covers the topic either, due to the fact that there’s no national standard or curriculum. In Ontario, Canada, an outdated sex ed curriculum (from 1998) was recently updated to include topics such as masturbation, sexting, gender expression, and consent. Male masturbation has been normalized through constant conversation, media reflections, and expectations for men to do it. That’s totally fine. But

SOPHIA DUROSE let’s include some female masturbation in this expectation.

You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. That should be a lesson everyone knows by now. However, if masturbating is something you do want to try, or have always done, don’t let the harmful stigma surrounding it stop you from enjoying yourself, and being open about it. Make yourself feel the best you’ve ever felt.

The best part — you truly don’t need anyone else: anyone else’s permission, anyone else’s time, or anyone else’s approval. So what are you waiting for?

SOPHIA DUROSE is a College sophomore from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn.edu

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f there is one thing that is consistent throughout the annual housing process at Penn, it is the drama.

Each year, the housing process comes and complicates so many friendships, leaving some people hurt, and others feeling guilty. How does a group of friends turn so easily into fragmented groups of fiercely held grudges?

There’s a lot of talk about how broken the housing process is logistically at Penn, but there’s also work to do on our side as students.

Housing can be insidious, sneaking into inner insecurities about our relationships at Penn, who we consider close to us, and most importantly, if others consider us close to them. But housing shouldn’t destroy our friendships at Penn, and we can have a layer of professionalism during the process to make sure that that doesn’t happen.

First off, why does it hurt us?

You know someone who needs help, so reach out to them I’m the son of two pastors, but my faith is my own It’s because of what we think the implication of who we room with is. We can’t help but extend “Who should I live with?” to “Which of my friends actually like me, and which of them hate me?” when that’s an incorrect assumption.

It’s easy to think catastrophically like that, as if the housing process is the deciding factor in whether or not to people are actually your friends. It’s undeniable that at some level it’s going to be based on the level of friendship with one another.

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But that’s not the entire picture. There are so many other factors that go into who makes a good fit for roommates, and it really shouldn’t have such a strong hold on whether or not your friend likes you.

There’s always a weird courting process, like when the teacher says, “Get into groups!” and we look around and see if anyone’s interested.

Other people’s eyes meet, and we are desperately looking around the room, trying to find someone that will reciprocate our eyesight. Housing is awkward, really awkward. It’s showing our hand to what feels like the question: “Are you actually my friend or not?” when we don’t want it to be that question. We don’t want

to hurt anyone’s feelings, but we also feel strongly about the people we want to live with.

friends. A three bedroom when you have four or five close friends. The system gives us a

The housing process sucks.

It makes you feel bad, and at times, it makes you hurt other people, regardless of intention.”

It doesn’t have to be that way.

The truth is that housing presents a problem with no good solution. It makes us feel like we have to rank our

mental model that is structured to rank our friends, and it’s bad, but perhaps unavoidable at some level.

There needs to be a layer of professionalism that comes

between our interactions with housing and our relationships.

If someone doesn’t want to room with us, it shouldn’t shake the deepest fears in us, and call the relationship into serious question. It’s okay to not want to room with one of your friends. It’s not okay to not be transparent about it. It’s not okay to lead people on, or commit to something you will later on retract from.

We accept the right of our friends to want to room with other people, because we also have the right to say the same thing to them. If we think of housing as an indicator of our friendships, or as a way to measure how close we are with our friends, we are bound to get hurt or hurt others.

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The way to make this easier is to be clear and honest about your intentions, and not take things too deeply to heart if your ideas don’t go as planned.

Mostly everyone has good intentions and doesn’t want to ruin relationships over whether they get into Harnwell or Rodin.

Lastly, if relationships have already been damaged by the housing process, try your best to make amends. It doesn’t matter who’s to blame, it matters that the friendship was damaged all because people chose to live with other people.

A healthy friendship shouldn’t be destroyed by this.

The housing process sucks.

It makes you feel bad, and at times, it makes you hurt other people, regardless of intention.

It is infuriating to think that it has that much control over our relationships. But it’s just a process; it’s only the rooms we sleep in. It’s nothing compared to the friendships and relationships that we’ve built, so there’s no reason it should threaten that. Your friendships at Penn are precious and to ruin them over housing is unfortunate.

JOEL LEE is a College sophomore from Groton, Conn. His email address is joelslee@sas.upenn.edu.

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This past weekend, students and other members of the Penn community participated in several festive events on campus.

On April 12, people gathered on College Green to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. In India, Holi symbolizes the arrival of the spring season. The two-hour long event included dance performances by PENNaach, Penn Dhamka, Penn Masti, and West Philly Swingers, as well as the traditional throwing of colorful powder.

The powder, known as Gulal, comes in many different colors and is an important symbol in Hindu culture. The event was hosted by the Penn Hindu & Jain Association, Rangoli, Penn Class Boards, and Penn Traditions.

On the following day, Penn Park hosted Spring Fling, an annual festival highlighted by food trucks, inflatable slides, and performances from

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student groups. After the events during the day, the weekend concluded with a concert featuring Miguel and J.I.D. After it was announced that Miguel would be headlining the concert, students attempted to organize a protest against the event on Facebook due to sexual assault allegations against Miguel. SPEC stood by their choice despite the student protests, but they acknowledged that changes need to be made in their selection processes for the future.

This year was the second year that Spring Fling took place at Penn Park in one day; prior to 2018, the events other than the concert took place over a span of two days in the Quad. This year’s concert also saw the return of a two-artist lineup after SPEC decided to bring four artists to Spring Fling last year.

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Not all Penn students are required to be vaccinated

Certain students can file for vaccination exemption GORDON HO Staff Reporter

The surge in mumps cases at Penn and across Pennsylvania has prompted a discussion about vaccination regulations. While almost all students at Penn are compliant with their immunizations, Penn’s policies do not require all students to be vaccinated.

Three Penn undergraduate students have been diagnosed with mumps as of April 9. None of the students are currently contagious or in isolation. Penn students, faculty, and staff were notified about the first case of mumps through an email from administrators on March 27. At Temple University, more than 140 cases of mumps have been reported, with isolated cases at Drexel University and Pennsylvania State University.

Policies at Penn grant certain students exemptions from being from vaccinated, Executive Director of Student Health Service Giang Nguyen said. Students can opt not to receive the vaccine if it threatens their health or if their

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religious or philosophical beliefs prohibit immunizations. He added, however, that students have no need to worry about large numbers of unvaccinated classmates.

Penn community’s immunization compliance rate at about 99%, Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé said. Nguyen said that those who are officially exempt from vaccinations are classified as compliant and thus are included in the around 99% compliance tally.

However, he added that the percent of those that qualify for exemptions is so small that it does not make a big difference on the overall compliance rate.

If students previously received a vaccination and had a life-threatening response, they are qualified for exemption, Nguyen said. In general, medical contraindication — when a vaccine threatens the health of a student — depends on each individual’s history and is judged on a case-by-case level.

“A signed statement indicating specific medical contraindication from a Medical Doctor, Osteopath, Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant is required for medical exemption,” the immunization requirement document from SHS

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Student Health Services has been offering a mumps booster to students in light of the confirmed cases on campus.

states.

Students with religious or philosophical beliefs that prohibit them from immunization can also file for exemption, but they must submit a signed declaration of religious or philosophical objection form, according to the immunization requirement document from SHS. Although students can be exempted from immunization requirements, Nguyen said the online student health history and Tuberculosis risk screening form must still be submitted.

“From a public health standpoint, we need to know whether someone is at risk for tuberculosis, and being at risk for tuberculosis doesn’t mean that you are forced to be vaccinated,” Nguyen said. “It really is a requirement so that we can identify people who need to have additional counseling about the probability of having tuberculosis themselves and to be offered treatment if they might have a latent infection.”

The exemption policy is made

by University administration in coordination with SHS and is a longstanding policy that has existed for decades, Nguyen said.

While Nguyen said the compliance rate is high at Penn, there is always a chance of an outbreak for diseases students are required to be vaccinated against. Nguyen said that is why the University often reminds students about the basic ways to avoid all infections, such as washing hands frequently, using hand sanitizer, and not sharing food, utensils, and personal objects like e-cigarettes.

Currently, Penn requires all students to show record of two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine or proof of immunity. But Nguyen said there is no statewide regulation for mumps vaccinations in colleges.

The only statewide regulation for immunization in college campuses is meningitis, a disease where there is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

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that peer Ivy League institutions such as Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Harvard University, and Brown University have independent bookstores in the surrounding area. In the petition, Yang wrote that Princeton University subsidizes 30% of textbook sales at its independent bookstore to encourage students to buy books.

Montague said the petition has brought hope that Penn and the Penn Book Center can find a way to save the beloved bookstore. In the past, the University has been flexible with the Penn Book Center’s lease, Montague said.

“Maybe something similar to what they do at Drexel where you have a co-op that you could get some Penn students from Wharton working on certain aspects of the business,” Montague said.

“You could have English students who might be able to be book sellers.”

Penn faculty and students said

they hope the petition will garner the attention of Penn administrators and lead to the University helping to resolve bookstore’s financial struggles.

College senior Derek Willie, who studies English, said he has little faith in the Penn administration because of its responses in the past to Fossil Free Penn, which called on the University to divest from fossil fuels, and Graduate Employees Together – University of Pennsylvania’s campaign for unionization.

Despite student advocacy, Penn has not divested from fossil fuels. Penn has also opposed the formation of a graduate student union. “[The Penn Book Center] is contributing very much to the Penn community, but I don’t think the University values that,” Willie said.

“They think of everything in terms of money and I think that given Penn’s attitude toward these kinds of things combined with the general business atmosphere in which small book stores are going out of business, I think that is what is allowing this to happen.”

A few days before hearing about

the Penn Book Center’s closure, sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature Julia Dasbach attended a reading featuring worldrenowned poet Ilya Kaminsky. She said she was heartbroken when she heard the news and that she had hoped her poetry collection would be featured at the bookstore after it is published this September. “[Penn Book Center] supported me from the very beginning back when I was a nobody,” Dasbach said. She added the Penn Book Center hosted the launch of her chapbook of poems when she was a first-year graduate student.

Montague said she hopes Penn will help the owners come up with a creative solution to save the bookstore. “[Row and I] are the owners I guess, but in a way we don’t really own it, and that’s why it’s so wrenching to say we’re going to close it, because we’re not the only people who have something invested in this,” Montague said. “I feel like it was kind of a legacy to us that we took on. It would be great for this to continue.”

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strual products on campus during an open forum at the University Council meeting.

Courville said she hopes that someday every bathroom on campus will have free menstrual products regardless of gender.

Courville added that during her first semester at Penn in fall 2017, she noticed that the bathrooms did not provide free pads and tampons, unlike other colleges she visited.

She said later that semester, Penn Law installed two machines that provide free menstrual products, but the machines were not always stocked and some machines still charged people quarters.

This semester, VPUL and SHS created a map of available menstrual products across campus. After the map was released, UA members surveyed 60 to 70 locations on campus and found that the majority of the machines were either out of stock or broken, Gupta said.

The UA and GAPSA presented their results of the survey to Hal-

britter and Kinney to highlight inaccuracies with the current availability of pads and tampons in campus buildings. In response, Halbritter said Maintenance and Housekeeping is increasing the frequency they stock machines with pads and tampons and are repairing broken machines.

GAPSA also gathered student anecdotes highlighting experiences of students who did not have the necessary menstrual products easily available, which they submitted to administrators. Courville said for example, one medical student performed surgery and another law student interviewed with a top law firm without the menstrual products they needed.

In February, GAPSA and the UA also circulated a petition addressed to President Amy Gutmann which demanded the expansion of free menstrual products and later garnered 834 signatures.

“Hopefully, by the end of the school year, by the time we’re all taking finals, there’s a few more free tampons,” Courville said.

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the brain.

Madras analyzed the three stages of opioid demand reduction: prevention, intervention, and treatment.

“We have to understand that a lot of this begins at home and families,” Madras said.

“It’s not cool to take drugs in general,” Bush said, mentioning the intersection of mental illness and addiction in terms of his daughter’s struggles.

During his time as governor of Florida, Bush implemented drug courts and drug treatment facilities across the state, a move he described as an incredible success.

“This is a national challenge. If we marginalize it to the most vulnerable amongst the people we see on the screen, we miss the

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point,” Bush said.

As the conversation transitioned to the role of illegal drugs, Kenney broadened the conversation to China, where he said most fentanyl originates from.

To stem the flow of drugs passing through the border, Biden proposed negotiating with the countries in question and implementing consequences for non-cooperation, as well as hiring additional personnel at legal ports of entry.

“I’m relatively optimistic and confident,” Bush said, expressing hope for a decrease in the pain caused by the opioid crisis. “You’re seeing a decline in prescription drugs.”

As Gutmann asked what each panelist wished Americans would understand about the crisis, Bush said he wanted “to change our culture so that we don’t default to taking a pill to solve our problems.”

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shared food or drink containers.

As many college houses host shared food events, some, such as Gregory and Stouffer, are taking precautions to minimize the spread of illnesses through food.

“For our in-house events we are asking our staff to do all food serving, and not allow self-service to further reduce spread of germs,” Stouffer College House Dean Nadir Sharif wrote in an email to the DP. Gregory College House staff have also posted SHS flyers about preventing illnesses throughout the house and purchased additional food utensils and cleaning supplies for events, Dean Christopher Donovan wrote in an email to the DP. Penn currently requires all fulltime students and students living in campus housing to have two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. A person with two doses of the vaccine is 88% less likely to get mumps than if they went without the vaccine, so it is still possible to contract mumps

after having received the mumps vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and the University of Pennsylvania Health System do not recommend a campus-wide vaccination at this time, Halbritter wrote.

Temple University recently started a free vaccine clinic for mumps which delivered 2,285 vaccines to Temple students, faculty, and staff on its first day.

“This recommendation may change before the end of the semester as we continue to monitor the situation,” Halbritter wrote.

Nguyen encouraged students who suspect they have mumps to self-isolate and avoid infecting others.

“If someone does have symptoms of concern, then they number one should isolate themselves and not expose their classmates and friends,” he said. “Don’t go out to social activities and parties if you think that you might have mumps, don’t go to class, don’t go to group meetings and so on.”

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The UA passes record $2.6 million budget for 2019-2020 The budget has increased 3.84 percent from last year CONOR MORRAY Staff Reporter

The Undergraduate Assembly has passed a record-breaking budget of $2,647,878.64 for the 20192020 academic year, with notable increases to the Student Activities Council’s budget and funding specifically set aside for the senior class board’s Feb Club for the first time.

The budget represents a 3.84 percent increase from the $2,550,005.00 allocated for the 2018-2019 academic year. The money will be allocated to the five branches of student government, Medical Emergency Response Team, and Penn Labs.

The UA was able to increase their budget because of an increase in their source of funding: the general fee, which is a portion

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of every student’s cost of attendance that funds student activities.

The general fee, which rises as the

University’s tuition and fees increase, rose from $6,364 per student in the 2018-2019 academic

year to $6,614 per student for the 2019-2020 academic year, newly elected UA President and College junior Natasha Menon said.

SAC will receive $1,347,690.30 next year, its biggest budget in history, two percent more than the $1,320,876.67 it received in the 2018-2019 academic year. The Student Activities Council will be recognizing 26 new student groups this year to receive access to SAC funding — a significant increase from the typical 10 to 15 new recognitions each year, due to a more lenient application process. SAC currently recognizes more than 200 students groups on campus, AC Chair and Wharton and Engineering junior Emily Su said.

The UA’s budget is determined by the assembly’s budget committee. The budget committee for the upcoming academic year was led

by Menon, who previously served as the body’s treasurer.

SAC Vice Chair and College junior Elena Hoffman said SAC requested a funding increase to recognize more student organizations. SAC recognized groups are able to apply for annual budgets and request contingency funding for club events and projects, Su said.

Hoffman said SAC typically recognizes between 10 and 15 groups each year, but this year they decided it was financially feasible to give more funding to student groups.

“We always have so much money left in our reserves,” Hoffman said, adding that the money that SAC does not spend is generally used to help clubs pay off any loans or debt.

“It’s not that that money doesn’t get spent, but we just thought that for so long, we had been too cautious,” Hoffman said.

SAC took a more generous approach to evaluating appli-

cants, Hoffman said. She added that SAC was less likely to reject groups that fit all of the required criteria for applying, marking a change that emphasized meeting standard requirements rather than placing increased emphasis on interviews that gained clubs admission into SAC. Menon said another major change was granting the senior class board $1,300 specifically for non-alcoholic events during Feb Club. She said the lack of funding for these events was a concern among previous senior class boards and she hopes that the change will help reduce the senior class board’s “stress of trying to create profits throughout the years through fundraisers.”

In previous years, the class board had to take on the brunt of the fundraising alone, but she said the additional money can serve as a safety net and take off pressure from the class board.

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Former Fed Chair Greenspan discusses trade war at Wharton event

He was hosted by Penn Wharton Budget Model DANIEL TAN Staff Reporter

In a packed auditorium in Perry World House, students and faculty gathered to hear former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan speak about pressing economic issues the country is facing. During the hour-long talk, Greenspan addressed a range of topics, including the ongoing trade war with China and America’s mounting federal deficits.

The event, “Appraising the Future,” was organized by the Penn Wharton Budget Model and was moderated by its faculty director, Business Economics and Public Policy professor Kent Smetters. From 1987 to 2006, Greenspan served five consecutive terms as chair of

the Federal Reserve and received appointments from four different United States presidents.

The dialogue began with a discussion on the rise of China’s economy, which Greenspan was quick to put into context.

“China, as far as market value of what it produces, is marginally higher than the United States, but on the per capita basis, they’re something like one third of where we are,” Greenspan said. “We had China’s per capita GDP back in the 1960s.”

On the United States-China trade war, Greenspan expressed a bleaker view, noting that trade restrictions will lead American taxpayers to pay for tariffs on Chinese imports. In a best-case scenario for the United States, he noted, it would only be that “we lost less than they did.”

Greenspan also praised the Swedish model of generous

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“If we followed their economy, we’d do fine,” he said, dismissing the common objection that Sweden only has

the population of New York City. “It has nothing to do with whether you’re a large economy or a small economy, it has to do with the form of your pension programs.”

Still, Greenspan was quick to affirm the merits of capitalism when responding to an attendee’s question about the recent rise of socialism in the United States.

“Factually, there’s no doubt capitalism raises the standards of living,” he said.

Greenspan’s arrival on campus comes after the recent publication of his book, “Capitalism in America: A History.”

The book, published in October 2018 and co-authored with journalist Adrian Wooldridge, details the economic history of the United States from colonial times until today. Early arrivals to the event received free copies.

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Throughout the talk, Greenspan also displayed his more human side. Noting that Greenspan’s wife, NBC anchor and 1967 College and Wharton graduate Andrea Mitchell, was in attendance, Smetters asked “what’s the secret to your long lasting marriage?”

“It’s her smile,” Greenspan said.

Attendees said they admired Greenspan’s career and appreciated hearing from an academically oriented speaker.

“It was really cool to get an actual Fed Chair in,” Wharton junior Simone Liao said. “We usually don’t get many academic speakers.”

Other students praised Greenspan for his wide range of achievements.

“Mr. Greenspan is an icon of the U.S. and capitalism,” second-year Wharton MBA student Henrique Hypolito said.

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DP Sports Player of the Week: junior attackman Adam Goldner M. LAX | Goldner had a season-high six goals in win JACOB WESSELS Associate Sports Editor

The goals just keep coming.

Penn men’s lacrosse clinched its first regular season Ivy League title in 30 years in style, tying the school record for goals in a game in a 26-13 win over Harvard. It comes as no surprise that junior attackman Adam Goldner led the charge, scoring six goals and earning DP Sports Player of the Week honors.

Goldner’s double hat trick marked his second consecutive game accomplishing the feat after his six-goal outing against Brown last weekend. Yet, this

time the outcome was probably more impressive.

Goldner took a while to get going, scoring his first goal of the game when the score was already 4-1 in favor of the Quakers, but he would turn it on from there, scoring six of the next nine Penn goals. As part of this goal scoring flurry, Goldner racked up a hat trick in just 10 minutes and 56 seconds. Eight minutes later, Goldner would get started on his second trio of goals, scoring his next three in an impressive four minutes and 15 seconds.

Goldner created offense even when the ball didn’t go in the net — he finished with 12 shots, seven of which were on frame.

He also won two ground balls.

Goldner was not the only

Quaker to have an impressive afternoon Saturday, as 13 different players recorded a point for the Red and Blue. Freshman midfielder Sam Handley also scored six goals on just six shots on goal, giving him 44 points for the season and the new freshman points record, besting John Ward’s 1995 mark of 42.

This dominant scoring run has put the Goldner on the doorstep of history, as his 39 goals for the season are good for third most all-time, just five goals behind the mark of 44 set by John Shoemaker in 1987.

With two games to go in the regular season, Goldner has plenty of time to add to his historic campaign before the Quakers head to the Ivy League Tournament.

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Women’s tennis picks up two crucial wins, men stay winless in Ivy play Women have chance to earn an NCAA Tournament berth JESS MIXON Associate Sports Editor

With the end of the regular season approaching, the matches are becoming more and more important for Penn men’s and women’s tennis.

Both teams faced off with Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Sunday. The women had a very successful weekend, sweeping both of their matches, while the men were unable to stop their Ivy League losing streak.

The men’s team (16-10, 0-5 Ivy) lost, 4-1, to Cornell (12-8, 3-0) before falling to Columbia (14-3, 4-0) by a score of 7-0 on Sunday.

The men have struggled to build momentum after a promising start to their season. At one point, the Red and Blue were undefeated at

home and boasted impressive wins over Cornell, Harvard, and Dartmouth during the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships back in February. Cornell is currently undefeated in the Ivy League and has come out on top in 11 out of the past 12 meetings of the two teams.

The women (14-5, 3-2) had a markedly different weekend, notching a 5-0 win against Cornell (6-14, 0-5) on Friday before defeating Columbia (13-3, 2-2) by a score of 4-0.

Earlier in the season, the Columbia women were favored within the Ivy League, as they beat the Quakers in February during the ECAC Championships.

“We’re just a completely different team now. We knew there was room for improvement, and we were really good through February and March at filling gaps and getting ready to fire on all cylinders like we are now.” coach Sanela Kunovac said.

And fire on all cylinders they have.

The Red and Blue won the doubles point in both matches for the 10th and 11th straight occasions this season before quickly picking up singles wins to finish both matches early. The team has had great success in doubles, with three incredibly successful pairings.

“We do the right things,” Kunovac said. “We penetrate, we’re very good at the net, and we have strong ground strokes. Individually, they’re good doubles players, but the way that we’ve managed to match them is that much better.

We’ve managed to create a team that is better than its parts on courts 1, 2, and 3.”

On Sunday at home, the women’s matches faced a series of rain delays, providing extra challenges with a match time of over four hours. After stopping and starting multiple times, the doubles point was decided by juniors Ashley Zhu

and Caroline Xie in an uncharacteristically close call for the Red and Blue.

Two games into the singles, the match moved inside due to concerns that the courts were too slippery. The Red and Blue managed to execute despite the variable conditions.

“As a coach, today I learned that our players are so adaptable,” Kunovac said. “They were able to maintain their focus through the ups and downs: whether it’s indoor or outdoor, slippery or not. … They were organized, they knew their resources, and they were focused. I think you could’ve put an elephant in the middle of the court and they still would’ve found a way to go around it.”

With one weekend of Ivy League play for both teams, it’s this kind of adaptability that could suit the women well. The women will face off Yale and Brown with a chance to come out on top of the Ivy League.

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Junior Ashley Zhu — along with her partner Caroline Xie — played a crucial role in picking up the 11th straight doubles point for Penn.

“This team is prepped and ready to go deep and play NCAAs if we get to qualify,” Kunovac said. “So even though it’s the last weekend at home, it’s just one step towards what we’re aiming for as a team.”

The men will travel to New Ha-

ven, Conn. and Providence, R.I. to face off with Yale and Brown next weekend, while the women will play at home. The women’s last two matches will help decide whether or not the team will receive an NCAA bid.

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Extra-inning loss part of up-and-down series for Penn softball Penn exploded for 14 runs in five-inning game three win

“Every game in the Ivy League has mattered for us, and it’s a really close run this season between the teams; there’s no clear leader and no clear loser,� sophomore third baseman Lucy Yang said. “Getting swept really isn’t an option if we want to finish on top.�

In game one on Friday, Princeton (12-17, 8-4 Ivy) was able to hold the Penn offense in check from the mound. The Quakers (18-13, 9-6) had a huge opportunity in the third inning when they had the bases loaded with only one out, but were only able to get one run across. A home run by freshman outfielder Corrie Phillips in the top of the seventh inning would be the only other offense the Quakers would muster in the game, as they fell to the Tigers, 5-2.

The Princeton pitching would continue to dominate Saturday morning, but this time it was matched by the dominant pitching of Penn freshman Julia Longo. Longo dueled Princeton starter Ali Blanchard, with neither pitcher allowing a run through seven innings.

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Penn softball fell victim to being the unstoppable force that met an immovable object.

In a matchup of two of the best teams in the Ivy League, it was a battle between Penn’s hot offense and Princeton’s dominant pitching. Going into the series, Penn was at the top of the conference in batting average, while Princeton led the Ancient Eight in earned run average. At the start of the series, Penn held the top spot in the standings, with Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard all close behind, tied for second place.

One three-game weekend later, Princeton regained the lead over the Quakers with a 2-1 series win. The Tigers won game one, 5-2, and clinched the series with a nine-inning 1-0 win to start the Saturday doubleheader. The Quakers’ lone win on the weekend came from a 14-5 game three offensive explosion.

ter Longo gave up two singles in the top of the ninth, and junior pitcher Jennifer Brann came in to try to put out the flames. A sacrifice bunt followed by a sacrifice fly plated the only run that the Tigers would need, as the Quakers lost, 1-0.

The Red and Blue flexed their offensive muscles in the final game to beat the Tigers, 14-5.

After struggling against Princeton’s pitching in the first two games, Penn seemed to have gotten Princeton’s number the third time around. The Quakers put up 14 runs, highlighted by a eight-run third inning that included a two-run homer from Yang. “It was really important for us to find a way to produce any way we could, and we managed to do that,� she said. “It is really important for us to do the little things, and of course the big hits will come.�

With a nine-run lead after five innings — despite a four spot from the Tigers in the top of the fifth — the Quakers were able to end the game early after four and a half innings through the mercy rule.

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Senior attackman Simon Mathias scored two of these goals. By the end of the game, he had four goals and two assists.

From the outset, it was clear that senior leadership would be an integral part of Penn’s play. “Our two captains, they obviously are our captains and do a good job of leading, but they really stepped up on the field too,�

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Junior attackman Adam Goldner and freshman midfielder Sam Handley each finished the day with six goals. Handley scored both the opener and the game winner. His six-point effort pushed his total to 44, enough to set a new freshman single-season record with two regular season games to play.

Freshman midfielder Nick Loring led Harvard with three goals.

Though the Quakers made history with the win, they have to keep up their hard work if they want to continue to be successful.

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Once again, Harvard was only able to score one goal in the second quarter. The Red and Blue surged ahead, establishing a 10goal lead at the half.

In the third quarter, the Crimson outscored the Quakers, 5-3. “Defensively, I think we could have been a little bit better with our — what we call flies and recoveries. Certainly in the third quarter, which we lost 5-3, we could have been a little sharper on defense,�

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Penn closed the gap to just three with 4:18 remaining, but they couldn’t muster any more offense as Dartmouth ran time off the clock to hold on for a victory at Franklin Field. “We needed to work their zone defense more, and we didn’t, and even when we did have wide-open shots, we dropped passes or just shot at the goalie,� Corbett said. “We took low-angle shots, which isn’t good in a zone because you want to spread the ball around.�

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Akins and Ene set program records in stellar weekend for track Penn finished with 10 event wins across three meets EMMA RONZETTI Sports Reporter

With athletes competing in the Tennessee Relays, Bucknell’s Bison Classic, and the Rider Invite, Penn track stayed busy this weekend.

When all was said and done, Penn took home 10 victories, and 10 of its performances secured spots in the top 10 all-time for their respective events.

The women’s team broke several records across all three competitions. At the Tennessee Relays, the group set two program records while making strides in three others.

In the 4x400-meter relay, sophomore Uchechi Nwogwugwu and juniors Elena Brown-Soler, Cecil Ene, and Nia Akins set the third-best time in program history.

In the field events, Brown-Soler continued to put her name into the

record books by taking the fourth all-time slot in the long jump, with junior Kathryn Schoenauer moving into the ninth-best position all time.

The women finished out the field program with an additional five athletes placing in the top 10 of their events.

Penn’s biggest accomplishments in Tennessee were the record-breaking runs of Akins in the 800 and Ene in the 200, who set new times of 2:03.76 and 23.63, respectively.

“I don’t think we’ve changed anything, which I think has been really helpful. Honestly, the thing that’s changed has been the racing aspect of it and building confidence over time,” Akins said.

“We worked more on endurance in the offseason, and now we are beginning to focus more on speed.

It’s helped me to feel more confident in my fitness, but at the same time it has forced me to manage my expectations and mindset towards competition,” Ene said. “If you execute your race properly, the time will come.

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Junior Cecil Ene was one of four Quakers to compete on the 4x400m relay team that set the third-best time in program history this weekend.

When I see a good time, I am always happy, but I feel it’s more beneficial to focus on what I could improve on and never be complacent.”

The women picked up yet another record during the Bison Classic on Saturday with junior Maddie Villalba’s run of 4:16.83 in the 1500, outpacing the previous program record by 1.12 seconds.

The Quakers rounded out their hectic weekend with a few victories at the Rider Invite. Freshman athletes made their presence known in this competition, with Mia Knight conquering the 100m dash, Haley Rizek securing the javelin win, and Skyla Wilson delivering the seventh-best 100m hurdle time in Penn history. Junior Zoe Early also came

away with a victory in the pole vault with a mark of 3.55m.

While men’s track was unable to set new program records, the team still had a strong showing this weekend.

In the Tennessee Relays field events, the freshmen continued to dominate with Marc Minichello, whose 72.45m javelin throw gave him the third-best spot in Penn history. Junior Nathan Fisher’s performance in the pole vault was the fourth-best all-time mark, and sophomore Cristian Constantin’s triple jump secured the sixth all-time mark in program history.

The men acquired most of their victories at the Rider Invite due to their formidable display in the field events. Sophomore Campbell Parker was on double duty and failed to disappoint, winning in both the discus and hammer throw. With a mark of 7.12m, sophomore Demetri Whitsett snatched the long jump victory, and junior Sean Clarke triumphed in the pole vault.

The placement of several Quakers in NCAA East record spots was a highlight of this weekend’s competitions. Minchello’s javelin throw put him at the seventh-best spot on the NCAA East list this season, and Villalba’s run in the 1500 at the Bison Classic is the fourth-best time in the NCAA East. Akins’ time in the 800 moved her into second on the NCAA East qualifying list.

“My whole team follows the same mindset. Now we’re in a position where we’re doing really well as a group, and I just try to piggy-back off of them and feed off their energy and do the best,” Akins said.

Now that invitationals season is almost over, the Red and Blue have their eyes on several pivotal competitions. After next week’s Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton, the Quakers will head back home to the Penn Relays before gearing up for the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships.

Men’s lightweight and heavyweight rowing come up short in home races Both squads finished second Dodge Cup for the past 26 years and, unfortunately, couldn’t turn in their three-team regattas CHRISTIAN VILLEGAS Contributing Reporter

This Saturday, Penn men’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing took to the water against a few Ivy League competitors. The lightweights competed at home on the Schuylkill River against Columbia and Yale, while the heavyweights took a short trip over to Leonia, N.J. to face both Columbia and Princeton.

Lightweight rowed with the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Cup on the line. Going into its matchup, Penn’s varsity eights was ranked third while Yale and Columbia were ranked fifth and sixth, respectively. Penn hasn’t won the

its luck around this year.

The morning started with tough losses in the second, third, and fourth varsity eight races. In each, the Red and Blue placed in third out of three teams. In the second they fell short of second place by two seconds; they were behind by eight seconds in the third and the fourth by just .67 seconds.

In the varsity eight race, Penn was able to push to second place, three seconds ahead of Yale, but ultimately it was Columbia which left the Schuylkill with the Dodge Cup. “In the fourth varsity and the third varsity, Yale had done a really good job of establishing control,” coach Colin Farrell said. “I think we had done a good job in the middle of the races by kind of

matching speeds but gave up a bit too much early and maybe a touch more at the end of the race as well.

I think we still have a lot of work to do to put together a more complete race.”

The heavies also had a hard time in their battle with Columbia and Princeton for the Childs Cup. The Cup has been completely dominated by Princeton in recent years, and Penn has not won since 1993. In the second varsity eight race of the morning, Penn finished third of three, 1.8 seconds behind Columbia. The varsity eight race went better for the Quakers, who placed second, 4.5 seconds behind the Tigers. Penn has now earned second place in this race seven out of the last eight years.

The team is focused on building off of this performance moving forward.

“I don’t think it really changes anything from where we were before today,” Farrell said. “We know our team, we know where we’re at and what we need to work on. The whole team is working towards being able to feel that we are putting our best effort out there, but the challenge in rowing is that you’re trying to coordinate nine people in order to get that to happen.”

The Red and Blue will be meeting these teams again next week. The heavies will take on both Yale and Columbia at home for the Blackwell Cup, and the lightweight team will have Princeton to take care of for the WoodHammond Trophy. Both squads will have the opportunity to take a step forward and improve upon their performances from this weekend.

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A total of 26 goals, a sevengame winning streak, and the title of Ivy League Champions.

Saturday’s game was momentous for No. 6 Penn men’s lacrosse, as the Quakers defeated Harvard by a score of 26-13.

The Red and Blue (7-3, 5-0 Ivy) are now guaranteed to, at

the very worst, tie for first place in the Ivy League following their victory. They have also clinched the No. 1 seed in the Ivy Tournament.

By beating Harvard (5-6, 1-3), the Quakers also continued their five-game Ivy League winning streak.

Penn hadn’t won an Ivy title since 1988, and the Quakers’ success this year has not come without practice and perseverance.

“Not only are we kind of preparing and improving, but I think the guys are really taking it upon themselves to do a little

bit of extra stuff, whether it’s weightlifting or extra shooting on the field or getting in some extra film,” coach Mike Murphy said. “A bunch of guys on the team, they’re just kind of taking those extra steps to make sure that we’re getting better each week and being prepared for each opponent.”

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No. 9 Penn women’s lacrosse hosted Dartmouth in its fourth Ivy League matchup of the season, but the Quakers were ultimately handed their third overall loss and first of Ivy play in a 15-11 defeat on Senior Day. The Quakers (9-3, 3-1 Ivy) came into the weekend undefeated in Ivy League play, winning three of their last four games. The Big Green (84, 4-1), on the other hand, were just a week removed from a loss to No. 16 Princeton, a loss that snapped a six-game win streak.

Dartmouth fielded the 10th best scoring offense, averaging 15.45 goals per game, while Penn allowed just 8.91 goals per game — the 12th lowest mark in the nation.

Facing a strong offensive team — as they did against now No. 6 Northwestern and No. 2 Maryland, the Quakers couldn’t defend Dartmouth’s strong offensive attack.

Freshman attacker Taylyn Stadler opened up scoring for the Red and Blue off an assist from junior attacker Gabby Rosenzweig, and Penn scored again on a goal

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from sophomore attacker Laura Crawford, but the Big Green pulled even on two goals from junior midfielder Sophia Turchetta.

With the score knotted, the Quakers went on a 4-1 run with goals from sophomore midfielder Elyse Decker, junior midfielder Erin Barry, Rosenzweig, and freshman midfielder Michaela McMahon. Senior attacker Kierra Sweeney put one in for the Big Green with under three minutes left in the half, but the Quakers maintained a 6-4 lead through the half.

“I think our defense was getting more stops, but we had a lot of opportunities on attack that we didn’t finish, and we were shooting at the goalie’s feet a lot, and that was predictable,” coach Karin Corbett said.

In the second half, Dartmouth caught fire. After Stadler buried a shot in the bottom of the net to open second-half scoring, the Big Green scored four unanswered goals to take their first lead of the game at 8-7. Rosenzweig tied the game once more, but the Big Green kept their foot on the pedal, scoring four more unanswered goals off of four draw-controls to take a 12-8 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.

“I think that their fundamentals were better than ours today — their catching, their throwing, their finishing, “ Corbett said. “I thought they shot a lot better than we did, especially since we were 1-for-8 on free-position shots, and that’s not good at all. They finished their opportunities and we didn’t.”

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Freshman attacker Taylyn Stadler notched a pair of goals and an assist in Penn women’s lacrosse’s 15-11 loss against Dartmouth on Saturday.

Penn collects third straight series win at home versus Princeton BASEBALL | Quakers won first two games of series REBEKAH CANTY Sports Reporter

In a jam-packed Meiklejohn Stadium, Penn baseball played Princeton in a three-game series this weekend. The Red and Blue fed off of their fans’ support and beat the Tigers in the series — taking two out of the three games.

Coming off of their loss against Monmouth on Wednesday, the Quakers beat Princeton, 15-9, in game one on Friday. Penn (19-10, 8-4 Ivy) took advantage of wild pitching and numerous errors by the Tigers (7-21, 4-8) to score throughout the game and bounce back from the Monmouth loss.

“Off the field, everyone got a little more sleep [and] a couple more days of rest to prepare for Friday,” junior starting pitcher Christian Scafidi said.

“We recognized what we did wrong as far as our approach to the plate [on Wednesday], and we changed it up and tweaked it based on what we thought Princeton was going to bring to us. As far as pitchers, we put more emphasis throughout that week on making sure you’re going to hit that spot or swirl your

off-speed to the right place and execute more of those pitches.”

These strategies surely paid off for the Quakers — especially in the first two games this weekend.

On Saturday, the Red and Blue out-dueled Princeton, 1-0, after sophomore designated hitter Jackson Petersen plated sophomore pinch runner Kyle Cronk with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning. Tigers’ pitcher James Proctor went the distance but did not receive any run support from his offense.

On the other side Scafidi pitched a gem — throwing 8.1 innings and giving up just one walk the entire game. The Penn ace struck out 11 batters, making him the first Quaker since 2016 to punch out double digit hitters.

“I had a good work week working with assistant coach Josh Schwartz. He got me along the right track. I was able to locate the ball well, and we elevated a few pitches which ended up getting a lot of swings and misses from them, and that was what led to so many strikeouts,” Scafidi said.

Saturday’s second game was a 7-2 loss for the Red and Blue.

Junior Josh Sidney started the contest but only went 1.2 innings. Sidney gave up seven runs, only three of which were

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Starting pitcher Christian Scafidi was lights out in the second game of Penn’s three-game set against Princeton this weekend. The junior allowed no runs, gave up just six hits, and struck out 11 batters in 8.1 innings of work, marking his best performance of the season to date.

earned. Reliever John Alan Kendrick — who replaced Sydney in the second frame — shut down the Tigers in his 7.1 innings of work. The junior didn’t allow a hit and struck out seven.

“We made an error — it was a hit by pitch — and we kind of misplayed a bunt coverage and then next thing you know they put seven runs up on the board,”

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coach John Yurkow said. “We were a little disappointed that weren’t able to complete it and get the sweep and win game three, but at the same time I think you have to give a little credit to Princeton.”

As Yurkow alluded to, the Red and Blue weren’t able to get back into the game after giving up the seven runs in the

first two frames. With that being said, the team is already focused on the next part of its schedule.

“In baseball you’re going to play maybe 30-45 games a year so once you get into a season it’s fast and furious, there’s not a lot of time to dwell on, ‘is it a good outing or a bad outing?’ so you have to move on from

that pretty quickly,” Yurkow said.

Overall, the Red and Blue had a strong weekend and their wins put them near the top of the Ivy League. They currently stand tied for second place in the conference and will travel across town to face La Salle in a nonconference matchup on Tuesday.

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