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The curtain rose this Election Day, and with it the break-of-dawn dealers of democracy, the great agents of the American Dream while others are dreaming: campus polling station workers.

Melodramatic? Maybe, but as I begrudgingly left my house at 6:35 a.m. to watch the opening of the polls, I did not expect to find anybody genuinely enthused to be up so early. What I found instead were people across campus volunteering in some way to host the drama of

American democracy.

I dragged myself halfconsciously into the Harnwell College House polling station at 6:40 a.m. and soon realized that I was late to the party.

Four Penn students had already almost completely set the stage for what would become a 13hour performance, with polls opening at 7:00 a.m. and closing at 8:00 p.m. Voters joined the stage crew across campus and the country, as they prepared to continue the theatrics of the 2016 campaign season.

“There are a lot of political groups on campus and lot of opportunity to get involved in the Philadelphia community,” said

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Up for grabs on Tuesday, the second-largest delegate haul remaining on the primary calendar were Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and once again, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took sweeping victories.

Clinton claimed the victory here in Pennsylvania, taking the biggest prize of the night, as well as in Delaware, Maryland and Connecticut. Though Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took Rhode Island, Clinton SEE PRIMARY RESULTS PAGE 3 widened her lead over the

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Vermont senator. As of 11 p.m. on April 26, according to The New York Times, Clinton beat Sanders in Pennsylvania with 57 percent of the vote to his 42 percent.

As for Pennsylvania on the Democratic side, there are 210 total delegates. Of these, 127 are allocated according to the congressional districts’ votes, 62 are based on statewide totals and 21 are unpledged — these are “superdelegates.”

Vice President of Penn for Hillary and College senior Robert Klein said that a victory in Pennsylvania could “be a big boost of momentum for the campaign.”

As for why he believes Clinton appeals to Penn students, Klein

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Finding the right bereavement policy

The committee made recommendations for improved reporting policies

The five stages of grief may make sense on paper, but in practice people rarely fit this mold. Everyone’s experience with grief is unique.

A student group on campus called Actively Moving Forward is working to make Penn’s policies accessible to students’ unique grieving situations. The peer counseling group is led by College seniors Drisana Hughes and Melanie Wolff and College sophomore and Daily Pennsylvanian senior reporter Pat Zancolli.

“This is a thing that happens to a lot of students, there are a lot of people who don’t come to this group who need help and there needs to be a bigger consciousness among our age group to look out for and help people who are going through this because it is an excruciatingly painful thing,” Hughes said.

According to the national AMF organization, approximately one in four college students has lost a family member or close friend within the last

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The Daily Pennsylvanian recently received the results of an investigation conducted by DP alumni to review the reporting that went into a post that was retracted in February.

During a trip to South Carolina for the primary, a video captured by a DP staffer and posted with incorrectly transcribed captions led to sparring between the campaigns of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.), culminating in Cruz asking his Communications Director Rick Tyler to resign.

Following the DP’s eventual retraction of the blog post containing the video, DP Editor-in-Chief Lauren Feiner and DP President Colin Henderson asked a group of alumni to conduct an official post-mortem investigation.

“We have an amazing group of alumni who reached out to try to work through some of the mistakes we made from the beginning,” Henderson said. “We felt it was a logical step to formalize it and try to institutionalize as many of the suggestions they had as possible, and this was just the best way to do it.”

Executive Editor of Politico Peter Canellos , Managing Editor at ProPublica Robin Fields and writer at The New York Times Binyamin Appelbaum conducted the report and passed on their findings.

The report called the video incident a “misstep,” but also said that DP editors “demonstrated admirable concern for the

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While there is no official bereavement policy set by the Provost’s Office to help students, Penn’s AMF chapter has been working to change this.

year. Research has shown that these students’ GPAs decrease significantly during the semester of loss.

“It is the reality of being a young adult — you have a high likelihood that you will lose someone in college. So, it is important to adjust the policies for those people,” Wolff said.

Currently, there is no official bereavement policy set in place by the Provost’s Office to help students juggle their academic commitments while

grieving the loss of a close friend or family member. Penn’s AMF chapter has been working with administration to create a policy that they believe will best assist students who are grieving.

“It is trying to get that infrastructure so that kids don’t have to do what the system should do for them,” Hughes said.

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flexible to accommodate the different needs of individual students. It is intentionally different from the policy that is outlined by the university for staff.

“Penn has a bereavement policy for staff, and it is a little bit sobering. If you lose a child you have five business days; if you lose an extended family member you have three business days. And we did not want to follow that for undergraduates at all,” Hughes said.

The members of AMF believe that students would be limited if the policy were to set a number of days that students were allowed to miss after a loss.

They say that everyone has unique needs in these situations, and the policy they are pursuing reflects that.

“One size does not fit all, so we are going for a framework that everyone can start at and then find their own perfect ending,” Hughes said.

Executive Director of Education and Academic Planning at the Provost’s Office Rob Nelson is working closely with AMF to establish the protocol for students who have experienced a significant loss.

“Ultimately there is no hard and fast rule for bereavement,” Nelson said.

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Sex. assaults can be reported on Penn Guardian App offers alternative ways to contact police JAMIE BRENSILBER Staff Reporter

In order to combat the epidemic of sexual violence on college campuses, investigators have recently experimented with alternative ways of reporting sexual misconduct.

At Take Back the Night on April 7, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush explained how students could use the Penn Guardian app to anonymously report sexual assaults.

In 2011, Penn developed the Penn Guardian app. Rush described it as the reverse of a UPennAlert. Whereas PennComm sends messages to Penn students via UPennAlerts, students can send messages to PennComm via the Penn Guardian app.

To register, students download the free “Rave Guardian” app from either the App Store or Google Play.

Students then set up their profiles with photo information, emergency contact information and allergy information.

Through the “Send-a-Tip” feature, which has a green eye icon, students can choose the category of the incident they are reporting: accident, abuse/assault, bullying, disturbance, drugs/alcohol, harassment/stalking, mental health, repair needed, school policy violation, social media abuse, suspicious activity, theft, violation and other.

In a situation involving an unconscious person at a party, for example, a bystander could use the drug/alcohol category to send a tip to Penn Police with the address of the party and the description of the person.

Police would then come to the party, look for the intoxicated person and take him or her to the hospital — all without giving away the name of the person who submitted the tip.

“You can get information out to

people without getting involved,” Rush said. The Division of Public Safety hopes more people will submit tips to Penn Police and save lives now that they can be done so anonymously.

Students can also directly call Penn Police through the app or by dialing 215-573-3333. But if students have downloaded the Penn Guardian app and created a profile, this information will be shared with Penn Police. So when students call Penn Police from their phones or through the app, Penn Police will know the student’s name, allergies, and GPS location.

“In addition to the anonymity, we get to have your GPS location,” Rush said. This “makes all the difference in a timeliness point of view for first responders.”

Rush mentioned how the app could be used in cases involving mental health, too. A student could send a tip to Penn Police through the app about a roommate who may be a danger to him or herself. Police

would then come by to see if the roommate would talk to a counselor. Then the counselor would decide if the roommate is safe to leave alone or if the roommate needs to be brought in to Counseling and Psychological Services.

Other situations when students can use the app include cases of domestic violence, allergy attacks and sexual assault.

Survivors of sexual assault or their friends can send a text through Penn Guardian when they do not feel comfortable communicating out loud on a phone call.

Penn Police can then assist immediately after the assault and present the survivor with four options: notifying the University’s Sexual Violence Investigator, getting in touch with the District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit, going to a hospital and getting a medical examination, or doing nothing. Penn Police present these options to the survivor, who can then choose any combination of the

four.

If the survivor does not know the name of their assailant or rapist but later sees him or her at a party, the survivor can get the offender’s name and notify police at that time.

The survivor can text Penn Police through the app, with a description of their assailant or rapist and the address of the party.

Once a student sends a text through the app, PennComm dispatchers triage the message. The dispatchers first go on the radio and assign a police officer to check on the well-being of the subject of the message and note that an anonymous person sent a tip. Police officers, with knowledge of the reporter’s profile and information in the text, go to the house and find the person who is in need of help.

Students can also send photos of the situation through the app, but only if it is safe to do so. If students know the victim and have a previous photo of the victim, sending this photo through the app can help

police identify the person in need.

“There are many people who prefer texting over phone calls,” Rush said. The Penn Guardian app provides students with this opportunity.

911 dispatchers are attempting to create a similar program. At this point, if someone texts 911, the person will be directed to call the number. It is difficult for 911 dispatchers to find a person’s location based on a text. The Penn Guardian app uses the GPS in students’ phones and can therefore find students’ locations.

Similarly, if students have the app but are in different cities that have Smart 911 connections, the police in these cities can get the info and profile information for 911 calls.

Despite the advances in technology relating to reporting crimes, calling is still the best way to reach police.

“If you’re fine calling the police, just do that, it’s quicker,” Rush said.

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violence and unfair “encounters with the police.” She also advocated for job creation and college access, overturning the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United as well as fighting climate change and food insecurity.

Clinton’s remarks primarily focused on uniting the Democratic Party against Republican candidates.

“We will build on a strong tradition from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama,” she said. Clinton also praised Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his supporters for “challenging” politicians to address income inequality and money in politics.

“Together, we will get that done,” she said. “Whether you support Sen. Sanders or me, there’s much more that unites us than divides us.”

“We have to be both dreamers,

and doers. As a great Democratic president said, ‘There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America,’” she added, quoting her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton also rebuked presidential candidate and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s accusation that she had “played the woman card.”

Several Penn students helped out at the victory speech celebration and the day’s earlier campaign events.

Penn Democrats President and College junior Max Levy directed the press before the speech began.

Hillary for America Fellow and College junior Barry Johnson said he canvassed for Clinton during the day.

“I was really excited that she

won. I really agree with all the issues that she discussed in her speech,” Johnson said.“It was really exacting to the degree to which she won Pennsylvania, as well as the other states.”

Penn for Hillary Co-President and College junior Sam Iacobellis, who watched the speech from campus, said that Clinton repeated many of her previous talking points. “I think you can definitely tell with the results tonight that they’re overwhelming in her favor,” he said. “She’s trying to reach out to Bernie Sanders supporters.”

Iacobellis said that following the primary results, Penn for Hillary will be working closely with Penn Democrats to “mobilize our infrastructure and members” for campaign efforts in preparation for the November general election.

He believes that after Clinton’s

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On Tuesday night, Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the Terrace Ballroom of the Philadelphia Convention Center after winning four of five state primaries on the east coast.

About 1,300 people attended the speech, including multiple members of Penn Democrats and Penn for Hillary.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. across the Northeast with Clinton winning in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Delaware. To celebrate Clinton’s victories, a mix of several songs, including “Turn Down for What,” “Fight Song,” and

Rihanna’s “Work,” followed the announcement.

At 8:49 p.m., news sources confirmed Clinton had won the Pennsylvania primary. And at 9:09 p.m., Clinton began her remarks, thanking several Pennsylvania politicians, including Governor Tom Wolf, Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Rep. Matt Cartwright and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.

“With your help, we’re going to come back to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention,” Clinton said. “With the most votes and the most pledged delegates, and we will unify our party to win this election.”

She added, “Now think of this, our nation was born in Philadelphia.

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praised her three main issues: her acknowledgment of the issues of college debt, campus sexual assault and climate change.

“You have Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and the Republicans denying the very existence of climate change, let alone not having a plan,” Klein added.

Penn for Bernie did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday by publication time.

In her victory speech from the Philadelphia Convention Center, Clinton said, “With your help, we are going to come back to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention with the most votes and the most pledged delegates,” and that, “We will unify our party to win this election and build an America where we can all rise together, an America where we lift each other up instead of tearing each other down.”

Though Clinton is almost assured the nomination at this point, Klein said he believes that Sanders has fired up the Democratic party, saying, “He has waged a very impactful campaign, and he’s reached

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DP’s reputation” by reaching out to ask for an external postmortem investigation.

Ultimately, the alumni came up with five things that the DP could do to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future.

First, they urged editors to apply the same standards across all platforms. The DPolitics blog, where the video appeared, was meant to have a more casual voice, which the alumni said could have contributed to a lack of accountability.

Second, the alumni urged DP journalists to seek responses

a lot of people and created a lot of energy.”

On the Republican side, it was a clean sweep for Donald Trump, who won all five contested state primaries with a commanding amount of the votes on Tuesday. He is now even closer to the 1,237 delegates necessary to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.

Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware all went for the 1968 Wharton graduate, who won with over 55 percent of the votes across all states.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich managed to place second place in four of the states, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) only finished second in Pennsylvania.

In the heated Democratic senatorial race, Katie McGinty rode a wave of establishment support, including nods from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, to defeat former Navy admiral and former congressman Joe Sestak, who had been heavily favored throughout the primary campaign.

Sestak incurred the wrath of the Democratic Party establishment in 2010 after running against Sen.

Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary, who had recently switched his party registration from Republican.

Sestak beat Specter, but lost to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) in the general election. Toomey will now face McGinty, Governor Tom Wolf’s former chief of staff, in November.

Penn Democrats President and College junior Max Levy was pleased with the result across Pennsylvania’s main races, including a victory for state Rep. Dwight Evans in the 2nd District primary against 11-term Rep. Chaka Fattah.

“We have championed strong, progressive candidates throughout this primary process and are proud to say that the people of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania agreed with us,” Levy said in a statement.

All three of the candidates Penn Democrats endorsed — Clinton, McGinty and Evans — won their primaries.

“I’m kind of surprised that Cruz is coming in second in Pennsylvania,” said Penn College Republicans President and College and Wharton junior Jennifer Knesbach. “Kasich focused all of his efforts in Pennsylvania for the most part. He spent a lot of time in

Philly and in Pittsburgh, whereas Trump was spending all his time in all five states and still managed to blow projections out of the water.”

Kasich and Cruz’s defeats in the northeastern states at play yesterday shed light on the two candidates’ recently announced collaborative strategy to win three future primaries. In an effort to force a brokered convention, both candidates issued written statements calling for the Ohio governor to stop competing in Indiana and for Cruz to clear the way for Kasich in New Mexico and Oregon.

Moving forward, Indiana will hold its primary on May 3, while Nebraska and West Virginia will be contested by Republicans the following week on May 10.

Trump obtained the majority of the 118 pledged delegates at stake across the five states. Before the polls closed on Tuesday, Trump held a commanding pledged delegate lead with 844 delegates over Cruz’s 543 and Kasich’s 148.

While Pennsylvania was the largest state up for grabs on Tuesday, only 17 of its delegates were pledged to the candidate with the most votes across the state. The remaining 54

from the subjects of any story or video before publication.

This way, details may be clarified and not discovered later, like the fact that the book Rubio was referring to in the video was a Bible, which drastically changed the meaning of what the DP staffer transcribed as what he thought he’d heard.

Third, the alumni called for all content to be assessed before publication by at least one person who was not involved in creating it. Fourth, they recommended clarifying the chain of command during trips like the one to South Carolina. On that particular trip, all the reporters present were editors or highly ranked on the DP’s editorial

board.

“Someone whose judgment and perspective wasn’t affected by being ‘on the ground’ should have taken on the role of story editor,” the alumni wrote.

Finally, the post-mortem investigation called for the DP to develop a clearer policy on corrections and retractions.

“The editors deserve credit for being transparent in handling the firestorm over the Rubio video,” the alumni wrote.

“But their uncertainty about what threshold they needed to reach to justify a correction or retraction led to a multi-phase, slow-motion retreat that compounded their problems.”

Feiner said the organization

has already begun to implement these changes.

“We now try to make sure that there’s an appropriate amount of distance between the editors and the stories,” she said. “In the cases where an editor may be closer to a story or source through activities they’re involved in, we make sure they’re not the only one looking at the story.”

She added that the DP plans “to implement the standard that we apply to our normal articles to all of our platforms,” including the DPolitics blog.

Neither Feiner nor Henderson said they were particularly surprised by the report’s findings.

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delegates are unbound and were chosen directly by voters, even though delegates are free to endorse any of the candidates up until the Republican National Convention in July. Political pundits and major media outlets alike have dubbed this type of delegate allocation as a “loophole”-type primary.

The quirky rule didn’t go

unnoticed by students who went out to vote today on Penn’s campus.

“I think something everyone is noticing this primary season is just how undemocratic the GOP primary is,” Knesbach said. “In Pennsylvania, you have to vote for the delegates and the delegates then can vote. It shows how crazy the process is.”

“There was nothing incredibly surprising about what we got from it,” Henderson said.

“What was important was that we take away something tangible from it, and something that has a lot of credibility and something created by outside eyes. I think it’s something all of our staff can get behind and use as a reference point moving forward.”

Feiner said the investigation provided a learning experience.

“This entire process has

forced us to really evaluate ourselves in a way that we haven’t been challenged to do in the past,” she said. “As a result, we’ve really been able to figure out weak spots that probably would have been revealed later on, just because of the nature of how quickly media is changing. I think we’re now trying to move forward by implementing stronger structural changes and setting ourselves up to perform effectively in a 24/7 media environment.”

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OPINION It’s a shame FAIR ENOUGH | The time has come to automate the strike zone

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 55 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects BRIELLA MEGLIO Director of Internal Consulting ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor JOYCE VARMA Creative Director

It’s been a tough week, and it’s only Wednesday. Everyone had too much end-of-semester work to enjoy the nice weather over the weekend, 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump won the Pennsylvania primary and the Department of Justice launched a ludicrous and unconstitutional attempt to criminalize academic open expression.

If you, dear reader, read this column with any sort of regularity, you can likely guess that I could write angrily about any of these at length. I could take controversial stands, provoke online commenters and endanger my future job prospects.

But it’s late. The school year is almost over. Classes end today and finals are fast approaching. Nobody has the energy for meaningful controversy, least of all me. And anyway, you can probably imagine what I’d say about any of those topics without my even having to say it. Isn’t this job great?

So I’m going to do what center-right newspaper columnists do when they get sick of writing about things that matter — I’m going to muse grumpily about baseball.

Specifically, I’m going to complain about the fact that it’s 2016 and Major League Baseball is using 200,000-year-old technology to determine balls and strikes.

The human eye is a fallible thing even at the best of times — just ask a trial lawyer. Or try this experiment: Pick up any approximately fist-sized object and throw it at the wall.

Now walk over and put your finger on the precise spot in the space 18 inches in front of the wall through which your object passed. Tough, right?

Now imagine that your object had been moving just shy of 100 miles per hour, as well as potentially deviating six inches or more from a standard arc trajectory. This is approximately what the home plate umpire in a professional baseball game does 292 times, on average, in the course of nine innings on the diamond.

As you’d guess, the results turn out to be significantly less than perfectly accurate. According to data from PITCHf/x, a motion-capture software which precisely maps baseball pitch flight paths, umpires between 2008 and 2013 blew a lot of calls. MLB umps

called 13.2 percent of pitches that crossed home plate inside the strike zone balls and 15 percent of pitches that crossed the plate outside the zone strikes.

And although data indicates that umpires have been getting more accurate every year

and it’s already installed and operational in every major league ballpark. A number of broadcasters display the pitchtracking graphic alongside instant replays of borderline pitches, generously allowing fans the chance to groan in

... I’m going to do what center-right newspaper columnists do when they get sick of writing about things that matter — I’m going to muse grumpily about baseball.” since 2008, PITCHf/x still indicates that even the league’s most sharp-eyed ump, Lance Barksdale, still maintains a solid 10 percent error rate. For the average ump, it is more like 17 percent.

And yes, you read that right.

There’s a motion-capture software which precisely maps pitch flight paths in real time,

agony as they watch their star hitters called out on pitches well outside the zone. The acute sting of injustice is, believe me, not mitigated by the knowledge that the error is completely and utterly avoidable.

Let me just say this again, for effect. There is a fullyfunctional, pre-installed, ready-to-go technology which

is capable of calling balls and strikes with 100 percent accuracy. Instead, balls and strikes are called by human beings whose error margin is, at minimum, 10 percent. This, quite simply, is ludicrous.

Defenders of the human-eye strike zone like to wax poetic about how learning and exploiting an ump’s biases and tendencies is just “a part of the game,” like field positioning or stealing bases. But this simply doesn’t hold. The strike zone is as clearly-defined in the rules of the game as basketball’s three-point line or the penalty mark in soccer. The only difference is that it can’t be clearly drawn on a floor or field.

Would basketball fans insist it was “part of the game” if 10 percent of shots from the field were awarded three points? Of course not.

What is truly not “part of the game,” insofar as the game is what the rulebook says it is, is a strike being called a ball, or vice-versa. That is a breakdown of the game, and we now have, for the first time, a perfectly reliable technology to prevent those breakdowns.

Baseball has already accepted video review of certain

ALEC WARD umpire calls, acknowledging that they’re sometimes blown and appropriately providing a remedy. It’s time to do the same for the strike zone.

If baseball were invented today, the technology would be adopted without a second thought. It exists, it works and there are no downsides. Just get on with it.

There. I’ve had my say for the week. There’s nothing to conclude. School is over. Stop reading. Go outside. Catch a game.

ALEC WARD is a College junior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@sas. upenn.edu. Follow him on Twitter @TalkBackWard. “Fair Enough” usually appears every Wednesday.

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Like those at most northeastern universities, many of Penn’s students are liberal.

Because of this, I wasn’t surprised when I read an article in The Tab called “What it’s like being a Republican at Penn.” The writer interviews a member of Penn College Republicans who details some of the abuse he’s received simply based on his political orientation, including a moment in which he wore a College Republicans tank and was told, “I can’t believe you’re wearing that.”

The one part of the interview that seemed out of place and inaccurate, however, was when the anonymous Republican claims, “I believe conservatives are very tolerant of liberals, while liberals are very intolerant of conservatives.” While the rest of the piece is a glowing endorsement of bipartisan thinking and respecting opposing viewpoints, this sentence simply throws across an unsubstantiated stereotype that really isn’t true.

Political discourse, especially at an intense institution like Penn, is toxic from just about every side and, for the

most part, completely unwarranted. Much of the rhetoric about politics has moved from discussing the ideas to discussing the character of the people espousing those ideas. For instance, look at the comments on The Daily Pennsylvanian’s articles online, and you’ll find various insults from “stupid lefty” to “racist conservative,” as if all liberals are stupid and all conservatives are racist.

It’s this kind of vitriol coming from both ideological sides that really limits us from making progress on what really matters: solving problems that afflict Americans.

Sometimes it’s hard to believe, but both Democrats and Republicans want to make this country better than it already is. To claim that those who have different solutions to addressing issues are somehow unpatriotic is an absurd notion that many of us are convinced of, despite evidence to the contrary.

I must confess I am certainly guilty of this sort of thinking. My roommate and I, who are political opposites for the most part, even agreed at one point that it would be

incredibly difficult to date someone who doesn’t have the same political beliefs as we do.

At the time it made sense in my mind since political debates turn personal way too easily, but in hindsight, it’s absurd to filter out possible friends or significant others simply based on their fiscal and societal beliefs.

against you can feel like a personal attack. We too easily buy into the left versus right narrative that pits us against each other and makes it seem as though someone who is a conservative must be the complete antithesis of someone who is liberal.

This vitriol is almost entirely a product of the two-

Political discourse, especially at an intense institution like Penn, is toxic from just about every side and, for the most part, completely unwarranted.”

It’s easy to get angry at someone who doesn’t have the same political beliefs as you, though. Just yesterday, many of us students voted in the Pennsylvania primary elections, and given the strong personal connection many people develop with their preferred candidate, someone voting

party system that has become mainstream American politics. The Democratic and Republican parties both have official platforms that are over 60 pages long each, and we’re supposed to believe that each voter falls right into line with every single one of those beliefs? As the comedian Louis

C.K. has opined, “I think when someone falls into one category for everything, I’m very suspicious. It doesn’t make sense to me that you’d have the same solution to every issue.”

Too often we immediately dismiss a policy because it has been suggested by the opposing party, but when we erase the “liberal” or “conservative” labels on a proposed measure, sometimes we can be surprised of its origins.

A great example of this, which liberal pundit Van Jones pointed out on the most recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” is cap and trade, which was swiftly adopted by liberal policymakers despite being a proposal from conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation. Another piece of evidence is former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s so-called “Romneycare” during his time as governor of Massachusetts that paved the way for the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare.”

We all have great ideas, and while heated arguments will always be intrinsically linked to political discussion, we must

ALESSANDRO VAN DEN BRINK make sure that we create an environment where we’re willing to listen to someone who offers a different perspective than our own. As the Republican in The Tab article notes, “I don’t discuss my political views much with friends since I fear rejection.” When we as a school fail to create a space where students are confident in displaying their opinions, we prevent Penn from being the best university it can be.

ALESSANDRO VAN DEN BRINK is a College sophomore from New York, studying economics.

His email address is alevan@ sas.upenn.edu. “Small Talk” usually appears every other Wednesday.

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Three incoming freshmen share paths to Penn Perspectives from members of the Class of 2020 SOPHIA LEPORTE Staff Reporter

As the school year draws to an end, Penn’s Class of 2020 is preparing to transition to college life this fall. The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with three incoming students to talk about how they decided to come to Penn.

Tyler Knox Incoming College and Wharton freshman Tyler Knox set his sights on Penn as a sophomore in high school, after becoming interested in business. Last summer he came to Penn to participate in a business leadership program for minorities, and hoped to attend as an actual student.

In September, Knox launched an online browser-based game called Kaylune, which he based on the popular gaming site Neopets. Though he describes the first two hours of the launch as a “disaster,” Knox continues

to work on the site almost every day and is proud of its success.

Knox found out about his a c c ept a nc e i n D e c emb er after applying early decision.

Though he was not optimistic about getting into Wharton, he opened his portal while surrounded by his entire family.

Knox is also excited about Penn’s opportunities outside of class. “I’m very much excited to participate in a lot of Penn’s extracurriculars,” Knox said, mentioning the Undergraduate Healthcare Club and Penn Running Club as activities he’s interested in joining.

immediately texted her parents.

“I kind of knew as soon as I got accepted that I was going there [to Penn],” she said. In high school, DaSilva worked on creating an antibiotic to minimize bacterial resistance, a project she started freshman year in her honors biology class, and hopes to continue working on it in college.

At Penn, DaSilva is interested in studying neuroscience and biochemistry through the Roy and Diana Vagelos Scholars Program in the Molecular Life Sciences.

Her career goal is to become a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Sabrina DaSilva Incoming College freshman Sabrina DaSilva visited Penn briefly last year and fell in love with the school’s campus and welcoming atmosphere.

DaSilva was at Duke University when the acceptances were released last month, but knew she wanted to come to Penn.

She was on the bus with other students at Duke when she found out, and so she couldn’t show her excitement, but

Andy Nguyen Incom ing College freshman Andy Nguyen was raised in Philadelphia. He studied at Penn previously as part of a summer program for Philadelphia students, where he commuted to campus to study Greek and Roman mythology. After getting a feel for the school over the summer, Nguyen was enthusiastic about attending this fall.

In high school, Nguyen ran

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During Quaker Days in April, prospective students got the chance to explore what Penn has to offer.

a technology council, which advised the administration on technology ideas, in addition to filming all of his high school sports team’s videos.

He also teamed up with Weidner Memorial School, a public

school in North Philadelphia for students with disabilities.

He presented his film of the school, named “Day in the Life of Weidner Memorial,” to the school board, and ended up winning the “Extraordinary

Teen Award” from Pottery Barn Teen for his work.

Nguyen is excited to be able to choose his classes at Penn so he can learn things that actually interest him, and to meet new people next semester.

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Indicted congressman Fattah loses district seat Dwight Evans will replace him in Penn’s district LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

Rep. Chaka Fattah’s (D-Pa.) 22year reign over Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District seat, which includes Penn’s campus, came to a stunning end on Tuesday when state Rep. Dwight Evans won the Democratic primary. Evans beat Fattah, a 1986 Fels Institute of Government graduate, by eight percentage points.

Evans, a political veteran who has represented the 203rd District (Philadelphia County) in the state

House of Representatives since 1980, challenged the incumbent following Fattah’s July 2015 indictment for racketeering conspiracy and other charges.

In the general election, Evans will run for the seat against Republican candidate James Jones, who was uncontested. The seat has been in the hands of the Democratic Party since 1948 and has been held by an African-American for the past 50 years.

Tuesday also marked the first time Fattah was challenged in a Democratic primary after winning the seat in 1994 for the first time.

Over his 22 year career in Congress, Fattah became popular for

consistently securing federal funds for projects in the district, which is overwhelmingly Democratic and African-American.

The district also includes parts of North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township.

Brian Gordon, a Lower Merion Township commissioner and lawyer, came in third with 11.42 percent of the vote, with 73.84 percent of precincts reporting. Ninth Ward leader Dan Muroff, who was endorsed by The Philadelphia Inquirer, finished last with 8.25 percent of the vote.

Gordon had a strong showing, despite being outmatched in

campaign contributions. As of April 6, he had raised $46,695 in donations compared to Muroff’s $351,243, according to FEC filings.

Fattah, 59, conceded just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, touting his record of bringing resources to the district, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

His loss marked a stunning fall from grace for the legendary congressman. When Fattah last ran for reelection in 2012, he won with 89 percent of the vote.

The congressman’s indictment last year opened the window for potential candidates to challenge him.

Fattah originally had four challengers until state Rep. Brian Sims,

who currently represents parts of Philadelphia in the state House of Representatives, suspended his candidacy on Feb. 16.

Fattah’s legal troubles began in 2014 when Gregory Naylor, Fattah’s former chief strategist for his 2007 mayoral bid, pleaded guilty to concealing the misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant funds and campaign contributions. Naylor admitted to having conspired with Fattah to pay off a series of debts with campaign and federal money.

Almost a year later on July 29, 2015, Fattah was indicted by federal authorities on 29 counts. The congressman was accused of diverting

campaign funds, federal grants and charitable donations to finance his failed 2007 mayoral campaign.

Four of his partners were charged as well, including his district office chief of staff Bonnie Bowser.

After an unsuccessful attempt to have his corruption case dismissed based on congressional privilege, Fattah’s trial is scheduled to proceed on May 2, less than a week after the Pa. primary.

In an unrelated incident, his son, Chaka Fattah Jr., was sentenced to five years in prison and was ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution after being convicted of tax fraud.

He is currently appealing his conviction.

Penn courts LGBTQ prospective students by email Lambda Alliance organizes mentorship system CHLOE CHENG Staff Reporter

In early April, around 200 accepted LGBTQ students and allies received emails from members of Penn’s queer community, telling them about the wide variety of LGBTQ resources that Penn offers.

“I’m pretty sure Penn is one of the few schools that specifically recruits for LGBTQ people,” said College freshm a n Ju l ia Pa n, L a mbd a Alliance’s Vice-Chair of Outreach Programs. “So it’s a very queer-friendly school.”

Around the end of March, Jordan Pascucci, who serves as the Associate Dean of Recruitment for the Office of Admissions, sent Pan an Excel document with the names of both accepted early decision and regular decision

LGBTQ-identified students.

Those who identified as allies of the LGBTQ community and were accepted early decision were emailed by mentors. Including allies in the regular decision list would have posed a challenge in terms of finding enough current students to email the prospective students, so only those who identified as LGBTQ in regular decision were emailed.

According to Pan, 64 current Penn students signed up to be “mentors.” On the flip side, 40 mentees were identified during the early decision round, and 160 were identified during the regular decision round. With allies included, the regular decision list would have encompassed 350 people.

Pan then matched “mentors” with “mentees,” taking into account similarities such as home state, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation. College sophomore and member of the

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College freshman Julia Pan, Lambda Alliance’s vice-chair of outreach programs, matched Penn student mentors with mentees.

Lambda Alliance board Sean Collins said that the program looks to match people who “have similar experiences in some manner. We hope that the

mentor has some possible way of connecting to the mentee so that people who might want to be involved in a certain group [on campus] get matched with

someone from that group.”

Pan believes it’s important to let students know about Penn’s vibrant queer community. “I think a lot of times, for LGBTQ students, something that’s most important to their identity is their LGBTQ status, so sending these emails shows them how involved the Penn queer community is,” she said. “Second of all, it gives them a personal resource that they wouldn’t be able to find through a website. It’s very important that people know that we’re there for them.”

Pan said that even if students choose not to respond to the emails, it’s beneficial for students to know about the resources in case they ever need them.

College freshman Cathy Zhang, who sent four emails, said that the program is an important way for prospective students “just to know that these communities exist when

they’re coming in as a freshman.” She continued, “At least for me, joining these groups helped me meet a lot of new people that I feel like I have a lot in common with. So it’s not just for getting in touch with those groups, but also for really trying to know individuals who are like you and might shape your experience at Penn in a positive way.”

As with all programs, there is room for improvement. Pan wishes that the early decision list could have been sent to her during the first semester, so that emails could have been more timely. She is also looking for ways to increase response rate.

Collins recalls receiving an email from current College senior Eliana Yankelev when he was a senior in high school.

“Talking to her really assured me that regardless of whatever I did at Penn, that there would be a right space for me,” he said.

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CAPS. accommodations and navigate “Penn officials are aware that financial obstacles. This caring these things happen and have a path one-on-one support can continue “The extent and scale of support of stuff that they are supposed to do, for weeks and months after the necessary is going to vary. AMF but since it is not explicitly avail- death,” Associate Vice Provost for did a good job of calling attention to able how are we supposed to know Student Affairs Hikaru Kozuma the effort that Penn needs to put in where to go or how to find it or what said. to make the support services easier the protocol is,” Hughes said.

However, many students are unto access and better explained for Hughes and Wolff say the goal aware of this role of SIS and think students.” of the policy is to “streamline the that it is solely a resource for stuThe current plan is to create a process” since so many people have dents who are suicidal. The AMF web page that directs grieving stu- had such different experiences. team thinks their webpage would dents to a counselor or advisor that Some people have had very good greatly help with that misconcepcan coordinate with the student’s experiences, while others have been tion and point more students, like professors and notifies the neces- somewhat lost, they said.

Erhardt, in the right direction. sary organizations on campus.

“The fact that so many people “Immediately after I found out, According to the leaders of AMF, have had so many different experi- someone [from SIS] reached out to this should be implemented by 2017. ences going to so many different me, which I don’t really think is the “We developed a comprehen- parts of Penn is concerning to us role of that office, but they really sive communications plan,” Nelson because we think it is super fixsaid. “We want to make sure that able,” Hughes said. they have an advisor to rely on to get A lot of that variation comes them there.” from the fact that different proNelson said that academic advi- fessors treat these situations sors are knowledgeable, helpful differently. resources. Since they have an es“It is really dependent on tablished background with their the professor you have, and we respective students, they are in the just want to make sure that all best position to help guide those the professors are receptive to affected through the series of deci- it and more understanding,” sions they must make.

Wolff said.

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Advisors serve as a vital middle- a Wednesday and was emailing Erhardt had a good experience man between students and their professors about her situation that with SIS. They notified Wharton, professors, so that students are not same day. contacted her professors, coorditasked with having to contact the “I had a professor that I emailed nated with her sorority since it was various offices that need to be noti- four times after my mom died, and during rush and they reached out fied in these situations. he didn’t answer one. Not only did I to Career Services because it was “One of the hardest things is re- not know if I was getting zeros on during on-campus recruiting. They alizing that you have to notify all all these exams I was missing, but also connected her with someone at these people on campus about what also there is something so frustrat- CAPS and she was able to get an aphappened which is so hard right ing about having to email professors pointment that same day. They then after it happens. That is not what in the days and hours after a loved showed her the different people she you want to be thinking about,” one passes away,” Hughes said. could contact in different offices.

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Throughout her bereavement, out funeral arrangements.’ [There “That is so not what you should Erhardt did not miss much class. are] so many different things both be doing,” Hughes said. “I should She did not know how much class personally and academically that be calling my grandmother and my she would have been allowed to you have to figure out, and so really aunts and my uncles. Not my math miss, and that was not something we want to have everything on the professor.” that anyone in SIS or CAPS dis34 3434 After her sister’s passing, Er- cussed with her.

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particular difficulty with was I was really nervous coming into midterms in February,” Erhardt said. “I had been having issues focusing in classes, and I was just feeling very overwhelmed, so I wanted to see if it was possible to get any extra time on my tests.”

Her professors, while understanding, would not grant her extra time unless it was approved by Student Disability Services. “[SDS] doesn’t grant extra time on exams for bereavement or grieving. So they were like if you have been seeing a therapist and they are able to say that there is another condition that is alongside the grief, then we could grant you an accommodation for that.”

Erhardt was seeing someone at CAPS, and she was able to get the extra time on exams, which she feels really helped her deal with stress and perform better on the exams.

Everything worked out for Erhardt, but she feels there was a lot of unnecessary confusion and logistics. The leaders of AMF agree.

“Some of the stuff we are trying to avoid is we have had students get directed to SDS to register as disabled. You are not disabled when your parent dies.

That is not necessarily appropriate,” Hughes said. “And then there is Student Intervention Services where basically when you think someone is suicidal or dangerous to those around them, you call SIS and they will send like a police officer to your door. That is also not necessarily appropriate for some who are experiencing more of a long-term grieving period as opposed to a stagnant trauma.”

Catching up Bennett Mohin, a senior in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, left campus for home in upstate New York when his father, who was suffering from cancer, started rapidly deteriorating.

Mohin spoke to his LPS advisor briefly but did not reach out directly to any of his professors. His girlfriend called the LPS office after his father passed away a few days after his arrival home. In total Mohin took two weeks away from school.

“I missed that next week, including multiple important assignments,” he said, “I came back

the next weekend, attended a full week of classes that I have very little memory of and went back to my parents’ for spring break.”

After spring break, Mohin really felt the time that he had missed catch up to him.

“Everyone at school was really sympathetic and gave me extra time to complete the stuff I missed, but I was significantly behind, and still am, in just about everything,” he said.

For several courses, Mohin exceeded the number of excused absences allowed. But the greater issue laid in a collaborative critical writing course.

“I had a serious problem in [that] course, which I had to drop,” he said. “We had a lot of group assignments so it wouldn’t have been fair to receive credit for someone else’s work. There’s also a tight schedule for presentations and papers, so it was just too much to miss.”

Mohin’s grade dropped from a 95 (a seemingly unachievable A+) to a 60 in the five days that he took to help his mother and sister with funeral arrangements. Because it was past the withdrawal date, Mohin had to pay the full price for the class.

His graduation has also been delayed as he now must return in the fall to receive one last credit.

Mohin said that though both his advisors and professors have been very helpful and sympathetic, he was expected to begin performing by the same standards as he was held to prior to his loss within a few weeks.

Neither CAPS nor SIS reached out to Mohin as far as he recalled, although his LPS advisor provided him with the information for the resources.

“CAPS hasn’t contacted me at all. I wasn’t even aware it existed until my advisor mentioned it,” Mohin said. “I haven’t had time to reach out to them either in all fairness. In my family culture, asking for help is a sign of weakness so I’m predisposed to distrust psychological services.”

“My mother and sister have been taking it it harder. I think they look to me for guidance now that it’s just the three of us. I try to maintain a positive outlook but it’s not always easy.”

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student-run peer counseling group that offers help to students who don’t necessarily feel as comfortable speaking to a formal therapist at CAPS. “We are always here to listen, support and validate any of our peers that choose to come in,” College junior and founder of Penn Bens Roy Lan said. “Our peer counselors are trained to provide a problem solving framework to those who come in to better deal with their issues. The loss of a loved one is something that our peer counselors are trained to deal and help with.”

Lan said that although Penn offers many resources to students facing the loss of loved ones, they could be coordinated and integrated more robustly.

Penn has a network of resources already in place that can be greatly beneficial to students.

SIS also helps students navigate this network.

“SIS does not do this work alone.

The team has important relationships across campus with partners including the Chaplain’s Office, CAPS, Academic Advising, College Houses and Academic Services and Student Financial Services,” Kozuma said.

Nelson said that SIS organizes representatives from various offices around a table for a case conference when a student is truly struggling.

Together the various representatives discuss how to best organize the support effort for a student — whether they are facing extreme grief due to the loss of a loved one or have attempted to harm themselves due to mental illness. In this way, the process is already personalized.

“Some of the things we have noticed Penn has already. We just don’t realize that we have them when we are going through it, because there is nothing searchable,” Hughes said.

Ultimately, AMF wants to make sure that students are aware of these resources so that their obstacles with administration are not faced in the future. The group has even more plans to spread the word and they hope to incorporate this information in the pre-orientation modules for incoming freshmen. “[These cases] show that it is not uniform and it is not understood across the body, and this website is just the first of many steps,” Hughes said. “Our stories are one of many.”

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College senior Gabby Cuccia, who is also a member of Penn women’s track and field.

When I was tipped off around 7:05 a.m. that President Amy Gutmann would be making an appearance at the Vance Hall polling station, I bid the Harnwell crew adieu and headed to the next theater. Along the way, I called as many Daily Pennsylvanian photographers as I could, and after two voicemails and two half-asleep rejections, I finally got a hold of News Photo Editor Julio Sosa, who messaged me “Here comes the Crimson Chin!” before legitimately sprinted to Vance.

While waiting for the guest of honor, I met Graduate School of Education student Abdul-Qadir

Islam, the stage manager of the Vance Station, or as he called it, “majority inspector.” I have met few people in my life as enamored by civil service as Islam, who has volunteered in this role for two years and whose extracurricular life centers around youth empowerment.

“At one point in this country, as [a] person of color, I was not allowed to vote, and I truly believe in the opportunity to have a place in civic engagement,” Islam said. “I think activating my voice and making sure that I’m present in these kinds of situations can ensure that I have a better impact.”

Our conversation was cut short when Gutmann entered the room.

When not serving as Penn’s president, the political science scholar has dabbled in national politics

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After voting, Gutmann left the booth to take the usual pictures with the volunteers, as the cameras clicked for their favorite on-campus star. Before she left, I asked Gutmann why she thought it was important that students actually voted today.

“I think in a democracy, unless students vote, they won’t have a voice in the outcome,” she said.

“I think it’s really important that young people have a voice in what goes on in our country and in our state.”

By 8:30 a.m., after roving campus with Julio for over an hour and visiting four different campus polling spots, we only witnessed four people total actually vote.

Of course, nobody goes to the matinee anyway; as the actual waking hours came, so did the voters. I myself went to the Penn Center for Rehabilitation and Care at 36th and Chestnut streets to vote.

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Polling stations across campus were abuzz with activity this primary election day. Penn President Amy Gutmann cast her ballot early in the morning at Vance Hall.

The streets outside the best venues are always filled with promoters and this show was no different; during our early morning stroll of campus, Julio and I met Penn Democrats President and College junior Max Levy, who joined other Penn Dems members across campus in campaigning for their favorite candidates. The

group’s endorsed nominee, Hillary Clinton, topped their list of preferences to get a callback for November’s final audition.

“There’s far too much at stake to roll back the progress we’ve made over the last eight years.” he said.

“Right now, we need to make sure that we have a strong Democratic candidate for the fall to show how

unacceptable Trump’s policies are.”

As the curtain fell at 8:00 p.m. when voting closed for the day, the performances of candidates 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton received the most press, but no great show exists without a great crew and crowd.

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READY FOR POSTSEASON PLAY In the final regular season game for Penn men’s lacrosse, the Quakers were forced to play on Rhodes Field in the midst of inclement weather, ultimately falling to Philadelphia rival Saint Joseph’s, 9-8, in overtime.

More than just a cheer M. TENNIS | Lahlou leads

team with Arabic chants MATT FINE Associate Sports Editor

DANIEL XU | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

It almost seemed impossible.

Down 5-1 in the final set two weeks ago against Brown, sophomore Josh Pompan needed a miraculous comeback to win the match for himself and clinch the team victory for Penn men’s tennis.

Sick and exhausted, he slowly but surely clawed his way back to somehow win.

Mostly unnoticed during the comeback and in the post-match celebration, however, were the chants his teammates were belting out.

They weren’t in English.

Led by senior Ismael Lahlou, the chants for Pompan, the hero of the match, were in Arabic.

As Pompan collapsed in victory and the team stormed to the locker room, the call and response chants continued, with the rough translation: “Who’s got your back?” in Arabic, followed by the whole team screaming, “POMPAN!” Coach David Geatz later recalled what a special moment it was for him as he watched his team celebrate.

“I thought it was a really cool moment,” he said. “Our Muslim guy leading the chant for his Jewish teammate. Every time I see that video I can’t help but smile.”

Penn men’s tennis is an extremely diverse team, maybe the most so of any sport at the school.

With players from every corner of the continental United States,

along with athletes from Jamaica, Indonesia, Morocco and Russia, the squad’s multiculturalism is certainly something noticeable, even if it was all by accident.

“I don’t think about it at all when recruiting,” Geatz said. “It just kind of happened and it’s kind of a cool thing.”

He also credited the school itself for his team’s multiculturalism.

“Penn attracts a lot of international students and it prides itself on diversity. The administration goes out of their way to make that happen,” he said. “The inclusiveness I think is unique here, especially compared to some of the state schools I was at before coaching here.”

The team may come from very different backgrounds, but it certainly doesn’t divide them. The 14-man team is as tight knit as they come, something that might be a part of their success this season.

“The team couldn’t be much closer and it’s a really interesting dynamic,” Geatz said. “Everyone is from all over the place. Different color, different religion but they’re still one big family. That’s how they look at each other.”

Whether the team’s diversity is something that is just a product of luck or the school itself, there’s no denying that the mix of language and nationality on one squad is something not often seen, even at Penn.

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Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Leadership Award: Sol Feinstone Undergraduate Award:

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The class procession will depart from High Rise Field at 11:45am. The Hey Day ceremony will take place at 12 noon in front of College Hall.

No bottles, cans or containers permitted in the picnic or in the procession down Locust Walk.

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Lightning, Hawks rain on Quakers’ home finale M LAX | Late comeback

not enough in OT loss ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN Senior Sports Reporter

Slip slip, slide away.

After lightning delayed the start of Tuesday’s game by almost an hour, Penn men’s came back from a three-goal, fourth-quarter deficit to tie the score 8-8, before falling in overtime to Philly neighbor Saint Joseph’s, 9-8, in the team’s regular season finale. “I think our biggest issue on the day was facing off,� coach Mike Murphy said. “We knew their kid was good, we were slipping around a lot and also had some other issues that I think impacted our ability to

win some face-offs.�

While this is not a new problem for the Red and Blue (8-6), it certainly did not help them in Tuesday night’s game.

Due to lightning and heavy rain, the two squads only faced off at 8 PM after a slated 7 PM start.

The first score belonged to the Red and Blue. Sophomore Reilly Hupfeldt put one into the back of the net off an assist from senior attack Nick Doktor, the first of three assists on the night for Doktor.

But as the two squads continued to play on Rhodes Field — damp and slippery as it was — the Hawks (10-3) responded with two goals, slipping ahead of Penn, 2-1, with 6 minutes left in the first quarter.

The Red and Blue came back

with two of their own with scores from Alex Roesner and senior Pat Berkery.

After the first 15 minutes, the two Philly teams seemed to be in a game of ping pong, bouncing back and forth on scores keeping it close.

The second period would have a different character.

Freshman goalkeeper Reed Jukin and the Red and Blue defense let in five for the Hawks. Penn’s only score before the half came from Kevin Brown to break up Saint Joseph’s scoring streak.

The Quakers’ lead had slid away, going into the locker room down, 7-4.

But Penn took back control.

The Red and Blue offense held control of the ball for the majority

of the third period. With their possession time, Penn attempted 12 shots on the Hawks’ goalkeeper, yet only converted on one. “We didn’t shoot the ball particularly well,� Murphy said. “Not our sharpest day in any phase really.�

Freshman Simon Mathias put one in with 10:48 left in the third just following the Hawks’ Mike Rastivo’s second of the night. “We were a little bit out of sorts defensively in the first half,�

Murphy said. “Then we settled down and played much better defense in the second half obviously giving up one goal.�

Mathais’ score would be the last of the period.

If the Red and Blue spent the third period cutting it close, in the fourth they got it done.

Junkin didn’t allow a single ball in the net from the Hawks keeping them at eight goals.

Meanwhile, Penn’s offense surged ahead to tie the score. “They played pretty good defense,� Murphy said. “They started playing some zone, but our zone offense was sharp and scored a couple goals against them.�

Three different players scored those last three goals for the Red and Blue. First Hupfeldt, followed by veteran attack Doktor and the last was Mathias’ second of the game.

With the score all tied up, 8-8, the Quakers’ held possession as the clock wound down in regulation time, but they were unable to secure a win and thus the game went to overtime.

But the Red and Blue ran out of steam and the victory slipped from their fingers when Hawks’ Kevin Forster scored his second of the game three minutes into the sudden death overtime.

While this was the last regular season match-up for the Quakers, their season is not over yet.

In just under two weeks the Red and Blue will go to the Ivy Tournament and try to repeat what they were able to do two years ago in winning the weekend and going on to the NCAA Tournament. “We’ve got 11 days off now before we go to the Ivy Tournament,� Murphy said. “Hopefully we can rejuvenate ourselves and correct some things from this game and put our best foot forward in the Ivy tournament.�

Freshmen stand out as Penn hopes for Ivy series bid SOFTBALL | Pederson,

Cwiertnia make impact COREY HENRY Sports Reporter

Don’t let the name fool you, some members of Penn softball have become known for how hard they ball.

Despite their relative inexperience, freshmen Sarah Cwiertnia and Sam Pederson have become valuable members of Penn softball’s lineup during Ivy league play.

The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week, Pederson has wasted little time carving out her niche with the team. Sporting a teamhigh .390 batting average and .424 on base percentage, the infielder

has reached base in 32 of 37 games since being added to the starting lineup.

Heading into last weekend’s matchup, the Scottsdale native was nursing an 11-game hit streak that was snapped in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader before being restarted in the first of Saturday’s contests. “Compared to [before the streak]

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I was in my head too much,� Pederson said. “Softball is so much easier when you’re relaxed.�

The Zen approach has paid off for the Quakers’ leadoff hitter, whose recent string of performances has netted her fair share of accolades. “She’s been solid throughout the entire season. I don’t think she’s had a lull,� Penn coach Leslie King said. “It’s great to have someone in the leadoff spot that has a 50 percent chance of getting on base.�

King continued to compliment Pederson’s ability to extend her atbats and avoid striking out. While a relative neophyte to college softball, the freshman has become a pitcher’s nightmare and threatens to terrorize those who take the opposing mound for years to come. “I just hope that I can continue improving over the next four years,�

Pederson added. “Hopefully next year we can make a solid run at the title too.�

Not to be outdone, fellow freshman Sarah Cwiertnia has also used her bat to power Penn’s offense during this crucial stretch of Ivy competition. Despite the disappointing results at Princeton two weekends ago, one of the bright spots to come out of the series was the emergence of the Villa Park, Calif. native.

Cwiertnia went off in the seroes, knocking in her first career home run and going 6-for-12 at the plate, good enough to vault her up to third on the team in batting average at .333 and second in slugging percentage at .486. “I think focusing on timing the ball instead of just trying to hit it was really helpful,� Cwiertnia said.

Most of the freshman class expected to work their way up to playing time further down the road,

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Already one of Penn softball’s best players, reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week Sam Pederson leads the team with a .390 batting average.

but King had different plans. Starting three freshmen in the lineup seemed like a bold move to most, but for the Red and Blue it became a strategy that looks to have a huge impact in future seasons. “I had low expectations [heading into the season],� Cwiertnia added. “I’m just happy I can help my team win.�

2016 isn’t quite over yet, but the freshman has resisted the urge to dwell on the past and has set her sights firmly on the next chapter of her Quaker career. Her teammates have also reaped the benefits of Cwiertnia’a timely hitting throughout the season. “I feel that when everyone steps up and does their job it’s a great time,� Pederson said. “Having a team that’s so welcoming really helps you play to your potential.�

Cwiertnia’s ascension to the starting lineup didn’t come without its road bumps. Despite the early season slump, the coaching staff stood by their decision to keep the

freshman in the lineup, hoping that her fortunes would turn around soon enough. “You never know how freshmen are gonna step up,� King said. “We knew what she was capable of, it was just getting her settled in and getting her confident in her abilities.�

On a team with just three seniors, most of the squad’s talent will be returning next year. By taking advantage of its opportunities to give its players significant time early in their careers, Penn threatens to be the team in the Ancient Eight capable of ending Dartmouth’s reign atop the conference.

With this powerful duo of freshmen leading the way, the Red and Blue may have their sights set on more than a few pieces of hardware before the class of 2019 graduates. “We are a young team, and I feel very optimistic about their future,�

King said. “I think they’re going to have really good careers here.�

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Ivy coaches prepare for first edition of tournament STEVEN TYDINGS

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he Ivy League basketball tournament is finally here. ... So what exactly does that

mean?

Ever since the Ivy League was formed in 1955, it has always stood apart. No scholarships for athletes.

Limits placed on athletics in favor of a traditional student-athlete model. The Ancient Eight has always been, in a word, unique.

But change is on the way. In place of the “14-game Tournament” comes a four-team tournament coming to the Palestra next March 11-12 for both men’s and women’s basketball, giving the top four teams in the league a chance to win two games and make it in.

“I liked the idea of playing it at the home sites of the higher seeds. ... But if you’re not going to play at the site of the higher seed, then I really believe that a neutral site would be the next best scenario,” McConnell said. “Because for as much as I’d love Princeton to be a pre-determined home site for a conference tournament in the future, I can certainly understand why people would have concerns about a team that could possibly be the third or fourth seed, for example, next year’s second, third or fourth seed, potentially having home games in the conference tournament.”

McConnell has every right to be frustrated with the formatting.

Compounding the issue for the Tigers is that they are likely to be a top seed next season with nearly the entire roster returning in 201617, including injured forward Hans Brase.

McConnell added an observation that’s undeniably true: The conference tournaments that hold games at home sites end up with “incredible atmospheres.”

The Palestra has seen such

don’t blame them,” he said. “We’re going to review it I think every couple of years. My concern is, where else?”

While the location remains up for debate, a four-team format seems to be favorable among more coaches, particularly those who have been contenders for Ivy titles.

Especially when compared to all eight teams in, a format which most people I spoke to were against.

But how would tiebreakers work for these four teams? The Ivy League said it will have a tiebreaking procedure in place, yet what it will look like remains to be seen.

One issue was almost exemplified this season. If Penn had won its last game against Princeton, it would have had the same Ivy record as Harvard, which would have slotted as the 4-seed in a tournament this year. They would have had the same records against the No. 1, 2 and 3 seeds. They split their head-to-head matchup. The only difference in their Ivy performances was that Penn swept Cornell and split with Brown, while Harvard swept Brown and split with Cornell.

How you tell those two teams apart is beyond me.

Format There are very few buildings around college basketball that conjure up the nostalgia and excitement of the Palestra. It is certainly set apart from the other Ivy League gyms, able to both hold more fans and provide a better atmosphere.

Benefits For Penn coach Steve DoArguing how the tournanahue, it’s a no brainer that the ment should be composed will games be held at the Palestra. probably continue for a while. “[The Ivy tournament] is in But there’s little doubt that this venue, which is critical,” the players and coaches are he told the DP this March. “It - Brown basketball coach Mike Martin delighted by the idea of a tourmakes our league unique that nament itself. we can hold it in this venue ...

“I think everyone is exI worry down the road that it gets crowds for big events. Last year, cited,” Brown coach Mike Martin off of that.”

Harvard and Yale fans packed the said. “I think everyone realizes However, Penn gets a strong ad- arena for a one-game Ivy playoff. this is best for the student-athlete vantage in having the tournament Donahue pointed out that the venue experience. It’s the best thing for at the Palestra. Home court advan- has hosted the Atlantic 10 Tourna- our student-athletes and I’m glad tage in basketball is an element ment, a league which at the time everyone realizes that. teams fight for, a factor that decides had three teams with home ties to The two Ivy tournament games outcomes of important games. the Palestra (St. Joe’s, La Salle and could be opportunities to put your Yet unless Penn is the top seed Temple). Despite the allegiances strongest teams on national TV, in in the tournament, there are those to those three teams, none of them front of alumni and general colwho question whether they should received a distinct home court ad- lege basketball fans as well as the get that advantage, including Princ- vantage. committee members that will be eton women’s basketball coach Donahue does understand how deciding seeds come Selection Courtney Banghart and Princeton other coaches would be frustrated Sunday. A strong performance men’s basketball assistant Brett by Penn hosting the event. could help with the all-important McConnell.

“I think that’s a concern and I yet undefinable “eye-test” that has

It’s the best thing for our student-athletes and I’m glad everyone realizes that.”

kept the Ancient Eight’s hopes of getting two bids from becoming more realistic on the men’s side.

(The women’s teams got their due with both Penn and Princeton making it to the Big Dance this March.)

But it still all comes back to the fact that the players themselves want to have the chance to join in on March Madness, even for just a couple days.

“The first thing for us was the fact that the players were really excited about it and they were really looking forward to the opportunity to play on that kind of a stage,” McConnell said. “We all watch, during March, all these other conference tournaments and the excitement and energy of not only the crowd, but the audience, that it brings in from a television perspective. It’s something that I think our guys were really excited to potentially be a part of.”

“Every regular season game, every time you step on the floor, it’s meaningful,” Martin said. “This doesn’t change that, but it allows for obviously more teams to feel as though they’re competing for a championship up until the last weekend of the regular season.”

A tournament, at the very least, will provide a neatly done way to crown a champion. In the past, some titles have been foregone conclusions going into the last weekend of the year, making the ending somewhat surreal. Take what happened in 2010 with Donahue’s Cornell squad.

“We won our last championship up at Brown,” he said. “We couldn’t cut down the nets. We had a game the next day. It was anti-climactic. ... There was no celebration of that accomplishment.”

Upping the League’s profile One place where a tournament could truly help is in recruiting.

The league did not seem to fare much better from standing alone on its regular season champ when it came to getting highly touted high school players who want to see the bright lights of March.

“There are just concerns because there’s a long-standing

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Penn basketball coach Steve Donahue is among the supporters of the Ivy basketball tournament — particularly as long as the Palestra hosts it.

reputation for the Ivy League being unique, for better or worse, being unique,” McConnell said. “Some other coaches probably negatively recruit against the Ivy League for its uniqueness and one of those [factors]likely had been the lack of a conference tournament.”

Having the tournament nationally televised would also help get to recruits, showing high quality recruits that joining the Ivy League won’t stifle your ability to shine in March. As of now, the league is currently exploring its options when it comes to a TV deal for the games.

The only place where the Ivy League needs to be wary is how well it will be represented come the NCAA Tournament. After all, the Ivy League has won five tournament games in the last seven years, including Donahue’s Sweet 16 team at Cornell. While any team that wins a tournament game gets a certain payout, the league of that team also gets money as well, so putting your best team forward is quite lucrative.

So would a 4-seed in the Ivy Tournament that makes a run be your best team? In the example above, a Penn team that would have won just 14 games (if it beat

Princeton and won an Ivy tournament) would likely be sent to a play-in game, possibly held just two days after the conclusion of the conference tournament.

Getting a second team into the Big Dance, presumably the regular season winner in this example, would solve that problem.

“I think our league continues to improve,” Martin said. “It continues to evolve. I think in many ways there should have been a conversation this year about a second bid for Princeton. But it’s going to be a challenge for our league or any league like us to get a second bid no matter what, but I can certainly see the scenario where [the Ivy Tournament] helps.

However, even though it may not provide the Ivy League with a golden path to a second bid, or give every team a chance to achieve glory in March, the Ivy League tournament is here to stay, bringing six games, three men’s and three women’s, that will be must-watch next March.

Just 317 days until tip-off.

STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton senior from Hopewell, N.J., and is a senior sports reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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CSA Runners-Up (14-2, 6-1 Ivy) The Quakers came as close as you can get to a national championship, losing 5-4 to Harvard in the final match — the Crimson were the only team to best the Red and Blue the regular season as Penn went 12-1 overall. Four off the team's players earned o All-American A ll-American honors at the season's s eason's end.

Ivy Champions (24-5, 13-1 Ivy)

Cornell presented the lone bump in the road as the Quakers cruised to a 13-1 Ivy League record and No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tour Tournament. Led by Ivy League Player of the Year Sydney Stipanovich, the Red and B lue almost upset No. 7 Blue Washington W ashington and will return allll five starters next year. a

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Ivy Champions (7-3, 6-1 Ivy)

After a dramatic season that saw highly unlikely wins over Villanova, Princeton and Harvard, Penn clinched a share of the Ivy title with a 34-21 win over Cornell on Nov. 21. Senior Linebacker Tyler Drake was named Tyler Ivy Defensive Player of Ivy the Year for his efforts. the

Satur A lot hinges on this Saturday's Ivy title-decider against Cornell for the Quakers, but no one can question the excellence this team has achieved in 2016.

Besides being led by the nation's top assist-giver, Nina Corcoran, the team has Nina boasted its depth all year boasted long, and that depth will help long, them greatly moving into them the postseason.

Second in Ivies (13-3, 5-2 Ivy)

After bringing a 5-1 Ivy record into their final game Princ of the season against Princeton, the Red and Blue lost in heartbreaking fashion on a over sudden-death goal in overtime. Sophomore Alexa Hoover led the conference with 27 goals on the season with as Elizabeth Hitti led the as nation with 1.12 assists per nation game and broke the program game career assists record.

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Ivy Champions The Quakers headed into the NCAA Championships this year ranked No. 1 in the nation on the back of a historic Ivy League championship.

They finished eighth, but their record of 6-2 against teams in the top 10 speaks to this team's quality. A young team, they’ll be back and better than ever next year.

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Third in Ivies In addition to sending a program-record six swimmers to the NCAA Championships, the Quakers boast their first-ever national champion. Chris Swanson won the NCAA title in the 1,650-yard freestyle swim in what was one of the craziest comebacks in the history of collegiate swimming.

Fourth at Indoor Heps The Quakers have had some high-profile performances, highlighted by Thomas Awad's Ivy record-shattering 3:57 mile and Sam Mattis' world-best discus throw to go along with his NCAA title. Will the two stars take their act to the Olympics in Rio this summer?

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Although the Red and Blue didn't get to the national championship game like the women's team, the squad won the CSA consolation ladder and finished fifth in the nation.

And here's a good sign: the Quakers will return all but three players from next year's squad.

After winning a program-record 16 games a year ago, the Quakers came up short in a one-game division playoff versus Columbia. This season, Penn has rode the bats of Tim Graul and Gary Tesch to a 9-7 Ivy record and a shot at a playoff spot as they head into their final series this weekend.

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