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Threats, racial slurs alleged over Fling Students may look to file charges due to the incident JESSICA MCDOWELL Deputy News Editor

After an alleged hate crime during Spring Fling involving death threats and racial slurs, several students say they have opened an investigation

with Special Services at the Division of Public Safety.

At 1:30 p.m. on April 17, the Vietnamese Students’ Association hosted a members-only barbecue at a house on 41st and Spruce streets. Members who were present described several groups of people walking by making racial gestures or rude comments directed toward them.

College senior Patrick Vinh, who was one of the students hosting the event, then said a student he identified as “an African American male wearing an OZ tank top” approached their porch and asked for a burger.

Vinh recalled asking the student — who was later correctly identified as a member of the underground fraternity OZ — to leave, telling him it was a

closed event.

Vinh then claimed that the student, when asked to leave, was combative and he retaliated, saying, “Is it because I don’t look like you? I eat rice and watch anime, too.”

After the student left, the group claimed that they resumed their event.

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Anderson Cooper cancels SPEC talk

Cooper is contractually obligated to cover ongoing riots in Baltimore DAN SPINELLI Staff Reporter

Anderson Cooper will not be speaking at Penn on Tuesday night.

The Social Planning and Events Committee announced the CNN anchor’s sudden cancellation with a post on the event’s Facebook page on Monday night.

The post attributed Cooper’s cancellation to his “contractual obligation” to cover the ongoing riots in Baltimore. On Monday night, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency due to several days of rioting in Baltimore after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of spinal injuries while in police custody.

“At the end of the day, Anderson Cooper is the face of CNN. It is very important that he is there to cover what’s going on,” Wharton junior and SPEC Connaissance co-Director SEE ANDERSON COOPER PAGE 3

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BEYOND BLACKNESS Students discuss relationship between African and AfricanAmerican life in the U.S.

many student groups have taken on a united voice against ongoing instances of racism in the United States. But given this strengthened unity, students contend that it is important to also recognize the SOPHIA WITTE Senior Reporter nuanced differences that exist within the larger black community, which includes Over the past year, Penn students have all students from the African diaspora. taken action against racial discriminaMany African and African-Amertion as the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric ican students at Penn believe that the Garner and other black victims have am- black community is unified because of plified calls for racial justice across the a shared experience of living as a black country. person in America — not because black Spearheading campuswide discus- people constitute a homogenized group sions and student demonstrations at with assumed similarities beyond the Penn, such as “Ferguson Fridays” and color of their skin. campaigns for racial profiling reform, “Tensions come about when you

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(left) Wharton MBA student Ikenna Ekeh (right) College junior Iyassu Berhanu

ignore people’s differences and don’t acknowledge the individual,” said Samiza Palmer, a College freshman who grew up in the U.S. in a culturally Sierra Leonean household. “You have to celebrate the differences within the black community, but also not take away from the fact that there’s a unifying factor of taking on all the burdens of being seen as a black person in America when you step into the general space.”

A spectrum of experiences On his 11th birthday, College junior Iyassu Berhanu awoke to the news that his dad had been arrested after winning the first mayoral election in Ethiopia in

2005. The standing government accused his dad, along with many civil rights activists and journalists, of committing treason and inciting the violent riots that followed the government’s decision to invalidate the election results.

Though Amnesty International and the European Union deemed them “political prisoners” and requested their immediate release, Iyassu’s dad remained in prison for over 20 months until he was finally released, and then returned to his former post in the Bucknell SEE BEYOND BLACKNESS PAGE 3 EMILY CHENG | NEWS DESIGN EDITOR

Combatting excessive force: Penn Police trained in sensitivity

Today, either everyone has a disorder, or no one does.”

- Katiera Sordjan

U. has seen seven cases of excessive force claims since 2012

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Philadelphia resident Brandon Bynum weaved in and out of the cars at 38th and Walnut streets with Penn Police on his tail. By this point, he was riding a different motorcycle than he was before he chose to flee.

What happened in between is disputed by both sides.

Bynum said in a complaint filed in federal court on July 31, 2014 that the police attacked him two years prior with batons without lawful cause. The University responded with its own allegations that Bynum had committed multiple traffic violations and tried to run over Penn SEE POLICE PAGE 2

Summer program offers high schoolers a peek at Wharton LBW admins say the program is not linked to admissions BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

Some hope to get their feet wet in the business world. Others hope to get a foot in the door at the Wharton School.

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Regardless of their motives, select rising high school seniors populate the Quad every July to take part in the intensive business program, Leadership in the Business World.

The camp was founded in 1999 in response to a demand from the Wharton administration to find ways to connect with high school students who were interested in finding out more about

business school.

Since its first year with an inaugural class size of 30 students, the program has expanded: Last year, LBW received 700 applications and boasted a 20 percent acceptance rate, with the 140 admitted students representing 25 states and nearly 20 different countries.

The program carries a cost of $6,995 with a $75 application fee, but

need-blind financial aid is available to applicants.

LBW alums and current students describe the program as being similar to the Management 100 class they took at Wharton in their first semester of freshman year.

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Police officer Gary Cooper with his motorcycle. The University denies that Officer Cooper caused Bynum’s injuries, including to his left leg, on which Bynum claims in his complaint the officer put unnecessary pressure during the arrest.

Seven cases involving the use of excessive force and violation of civil rights have been filed against Penn Police since 2012.

All of these cases have been filed in federal court for violations of the Civil Rights Act. Of these cases, four were settled outside of court and dismissed, one went in favor of the University and the last — Bynum’s case — will go to trial after May when more evidence is collected.

“Most of these cases get settled in this system,” Penn Law School professor David Rudovsky said.

“In all of these cases, [the goal is] to get compensation for what they say was an alleged wrong by the police.”

Putting up defenses Officers are given a lot of leeway in determining use of force and arrests. Rudovsky said a lawyer must prove that a defendant — in cases arguing excessive force, this means a police officer — is more likely to be guilty than not in order to win a civil case.

“The law in this area gives the officer a lot of defenses,” Rudovsky said. “The officer has usually got a fairly broad discretion in determining whether to arrest somebody or use force, and as long as the officer was not unreasonable, that can be a defense.”

Many claims of excessive force don’t make it far into the legal process. The most recent case involving police brutality claims against Penn Police was dismissed on April 10 on the grounds that Penn Police cannot be sued

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 separately from the University Board of Trustees, and that the complainant does not have probable cause to sue for damages. The defendant will likely refile the case, however, citing the Trustees as the defendant.

The complainant, Georgia resident Halimah Allen, filed a case against Penn Police and Penn Police officer Julia Umbrell on Dec. 30, 2014, for allegedly dragging her out of a car at 31st and Market streets and using undue force to slam her against the vehicle and the sidewalk. She sued for damages due to alleged permanent injury and loss of wages.

Allen filed an amended complaint on March 10 which asserts that Umbrell did not attend the mandated Municipal Police Officers’ Education & Training required by all officers serving in the state of Pennsylvania. Bynum makes a similar claim in his suit against the University; however, in both cases, Penn denied the allegations. The University claimed that both Allen and Bynum’s legal counsel failed to show deliberate indifference on the part of any policymaker at the University.

The Division of Public Safety declined to comment on any pending litigation; however, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said all Penn Police officers are required to go through the state-mandated MPO training along with other department-specific training programs.

“Our officers are highly trained and highly disciplined, but they are working in an environment where they are confronted with dangerous situations,” Rush said.

“We need to make sure we are providing the best training and oversight.”

The mandated MPO training consists of 24 hours of training over the course of a three-day program, plus one day of firearms training. DPS also requires that its Penn Police force also go through one day of diversity training

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dubbed “Diversity 101.”

This is the minimum amount of training that any Penn Police officer has, Rush said. In addition, officers attend area-specific trainings throughout the year. These programs include other forms of diversity training, issue-specific briefings and defensive tactics.

The DPS diversity training program began in 2004, when the department brought in an outside consultant to help craft the basis of the course. Different programs over the years have included managing conflict in a diverse environment, preventing bias-based policing practices and responding to mentally ill individuals. DPS has worked with the Penn Women’s Center to present on how to handle interpersonal violence in a diverse community and the University’s Chaplain Chaz Howard on respecting the community’s religious diversity.

Verbal Judo Before the program was implemented, Penn Police saw a July 2010 case involving a confrontation with five street preachers.

In July 2012, the five evangelical ministers filed a case against the University, Allied Barton and six Penn Police officers for the alleged wrongful arrest of the ministers while they were preaching their religious message on the street. They claimed Penn Police unlawfully seized and destroyed their camera equipment. In February 2014, the federal court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Penn.

To refresh on previous sensitivity lessons, DPS also has roll call training, in which Rush’s staff put together a video message directly from Rush which is played for all the officers at the start of their shift. These videos involve short presentations on current themes and conflicts on the national scene and refreshers in previous trainings.

Recently, Rush implemented a

roll call video that discussed how officers can handle protest, and it discussed the national theme of violence surrounding interactions with the police.

DPS Captain of Staff and Administrative Services Gerry Leddy leads a program with Penn Police called Verbal Judo, which details how an officer can diffuse a negative situation and how to start a conversation with people who are angry.

One of the most publicized case against Penn Police involving claims of excessive force involves a complainant who claims an officer verbally and physically assaulted him. Philadelphia taxi driver Saharo Sacko sued the University and Penn Police officer Dominic DiLorenzo in February 2014 for attacking him without probable cause, according to the complaint.

Sacko was allegedly stopped

by Penn Police officers near 42nd and Walnut streets for careless driving. DiLorenzo proceeded to pull Sacko out of his vehicle and throw him against the trunk, the complaint alleges. The University denied the accusations and stated that Sacko was driving erratically in bad weather and was following a Penn Police vehicle too closely.

The case was settled outside of court and dismissed in April 2015.

The claims in this case are something Verbal Judo and other trainings aim to prevent and combat.

“Our officers are continually trained on use of force and proper response to people who are mentally ill or people who are going to hurt them,” Rush said. “Our police have lot of interactions and have very few complaints about violence.”

DPS conducts a firearms training dubbed “Shoot, Don’t Shoot” that looks at scenarios in which deadly force is necessary or unnecessary, as well as a handto-hand combat training program called Defensive Tactics Training.

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM DPS also has a firearms simulator program that allows an officer to interact with videos of real-life scenarios in which an officer must choose when it is appropriate to use deadly force.

Every use of force by Penn Police officers is reviewed through the filing of a Use of Force Report that is approved or disapproved through the chain of command up to Rush’s office. A use of force constitutes anything from a hands-on encounter to the use of pepper spray, a taser or a firearm. A supervisor is to be called in if any use of force occurs, who ensures that a complaint is written and that the officer files a report.

If a use of force is deemed inappropriate for the scenario, Rush said those who reviewed the report will decide whether the incident is a training issue that calls for a retraining of the officer or if it is a disciplinary issue calling for repercussions.

If a shooting occurs that involves Penn Police, DPS does not handle the investigation. Instead, the Philadelphia Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office will investigate to determine whether the officer should be charged criminally to insure neutral oversight. The officers under investigation are placed under administrative leave during the investigation.

Race Relations and Police To combat any possible racial bias, at DPS’s annual meeting with the department’s Advisory Board in April, a statistical analysis is presented looking at the race and gender of officers in every interaction with the community versus the race and gender of the individual that was stopped.

“That process is embraced by the rank and file and it is what we preach, and what we instill and what we ensure,” Rush said.

The DPS Advisory Board consists of faculty, staff and students

from the Undergraduate Assembly, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the United Minorities Council.

Concerning the racial makeup of Penn Police, “We make sure that our department is reflective of the demographics of our community,” Rush said. “Race relations is a constant, daily reminder.”

At the end of 2014, 40 percent of the Penn Police force self-identified as members of a minority, including women as one of these categories. The force included 28 Blacks, 12 Hispanics, three Asians, two Native-Americans and 75 white officers. Women make up about 14 percent of the police force. DPS invites members of the community from resource centers like the LGBT Center and the African American Resource Center to help interview candidates for Penn Police.

College sophomore and cochair of UMOJA Ray Clark recognizes that police-student interactions on campus can be tense. “Police interaction with the community is a problem nationally that clearly affects Penn as well,” Clark said.

One plaintiff alleges he was racially profiled by Penn Police.

Philadelphia resident Mustafa Waliyyuddin filed a case against the University and Penn Police Officer Michael Ricciardi in November 2013 claiming he was wrongfully beaten by the officer because he resembled a black male who had previously stolen a bike on campus. However, the University denied all charges, and the case was dismissed in April 2014, as the defendant ceased to purse the case and mailings sent to him regarding the case were returned to the court.

“I think there’s a delicate balance between recognizing their work as public servants and their role in perpetuating an aura of fear in the areas they are supposed to protect,” Clark said.

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University economics department.

Since moving from Ethiopia to Pennsylvania six years ago, Iyassu feels that he experienced the “typical high school stuff” of other American teenagers and now considers himself fully invested in his work and commitments at Penn.

But as his dad has forged ahead with his Ethiopian political activism from abroad, and with recurrent news of family and friends back home receiving threats or being imprisoned, Iyassu has definitely not forgotten his connection to Ethiopia. For Iyassu, this connection largely drives his work ethic at Penn, as he views his life “in terms of what most people from Ethiopia don’t have the opportunity to get.”

“I don’t necessarily want to ‘other’ myself from the AfricanAmerican community, but it’s strange that someone like me can be lumped into the same story as someone who was born and raised from somewhere like Tennessee just because, to the typical untrained American eye, black is black,” Iyassu said.

Opting to use a fake name to preserve her identity, Ginika, an African-born undergraduate who grew up in the U.S. from a young age, also highlights the cultural diversity within the black community.

Rather than feeling only connected to other black students, as many would assume, she feels that many of her friendships have come out of shared personal experiences — such as those she has with first- or second-generation African or Hispanic immigrants who also grew up with immigrant parents and the related culture-specific norms.

“The black community at Penn is filled with many types of bonds and relationships that go beyond race,” she said. “We have a few ethnic or cultural differences, but we’re able to form bonds even with them.”

Since she spends a lot of time with other black friends, Ginika is often asked to explain “why she only hangs out with black people.”

“This question is very harmful as it homogenizes blackness. What people are really saying is that it’s wrong to only hang out with the same ‘types’ of people,” Toshe said.

“It’s low-minded, just as it would be to question some white people on why they only hang out with each other.”

Recognizing this problematic perception of the black community, William Gipson, the associate vice provost for equity and access, stresses that Penn’s culture gets much of its richness from the unique subtleties that African immigrants bring to campus.

“The thing that makes Penn so impressive is not just the diversity, but the depth within that diversity,” Gipson said. “The people who most get this benefit are the ones who get to know these students individually — getting to really know their stories.”

Growing up with ‘micro-aggressions’ Coming from a predominately black and minority high school where “expressing blackness” did not feel as crucial, College sophomore and New Jersey native Raheem Veal felt it was difficult to adjust his sense of black identity at Penn.

“I felt I had to act a certain way to be sure not to reinforce certain stereotypes, but I’ve gained such a strong sense of self from feeling like I have a place where I belong and where I can decompress,” Raheem said, referencing the support he feels in the black community.

For many African-American students, being born and raised

as a black person in America has deeply influenced the formation of their identities. For Raheem, racial biases tend to manifest in less explicit ways, through what he calls “micro-aggressions.”

“They’re told to you subconsciously through interactions, like lack of eye contact, the way people speak to you or you can tell they’re not taking your opinion seriously,” Raheem said. “It can almost feel like a wall between yourself and everyone you meet — a clear wall, but it’s still there — and you filter the way you are and feel more restrained, like you can’t push yourself forward.”

As a member of the Black Student League, Samiza— the Sierra Leonean student raised in the U.S. — also feels closer to her black identity, largely due to experiences with these implicit forms of racial biases.

“You have to sort of prove yourself and your intelligence, and then deal with noticing the surprise from people when you do so,” Samiza said, who was raised in the U.S. “I sort of identify more with the black community after finding people who have these common experiences with me.”

you, then crossing the street then crossing back, or holding their bags more tightly when you walk by,” Ikenna said. “But I’ve become more self-aware of how people might see me. I know not to spend too much time just hanging out on the street since I never know what will happen.”

the classes, but when I asked why I didn’t get an A, he couldn’t explain why.”

In recognizing the potentially offensive implications of this dissociation, Chima emphasizes that, rather than expressing a sense of elitism or privilege, she simply wants to escape the “truly terrible reality” that she has taken away Disassociation from living in America as a black While many immigrants like person.

Ikenna have acclimated to the “African-Americans just have conflicting notion of both main- to carry so much psychological taining their African identity and baggage,” she said, “and it has just sometimes adapting to the black made me appreciate my option to American experience, others prefer go home and have my freedom of to remain more detached from the thought back.” implications of being a part of the Engaging in discussions of black community in America. race After just moving to a U.S. elDespite their cultural nuances, ementary school from Africa, African American and African Ginika asked her parents if she students have said that race-based could go to her biases indisclassmate’s birthc r i m i nat ely day party. But affect all after inquiring people who are I don’t necessarily about the girl’s even perceived want to ‘other’ race and finding as being Afriout she was Afcan-American. myself from the rican-American, “All black African-American her mom did not people are community, but let Ginika go to going to have it’s strange that the party. an experience “When Afriinherently difsomeone like me A Different Mindset cans first come ferent than can be lumped into Many African immigrants, par- to the U.S., they others based the same story as ticularly those who had never been often only know on the shared exposed to “micro-aggressions” the negative parts someone who was exper ience before arriving on campus, feel of the black idenof some sysborn and raised overwhelmed by the assumption tity, like crime tems being from somewhere that everyone in the black commu- and ghettos,” she built against like Tennessee just nity has a uniform understanding of said. “Blackness you when race. becomes linked because, to the you’re seen as For Nigerian Wharton MBA to how being black first,” typical untrained students, Ikenna Ekeh and Tayo black is portrayed Raheem, American eye, black said Obayelu, coming to the U.S. was in the U.S. and the Africanis black. ” the first time they even realized that the media, so imAmerican blackness is a component of their migrants often - Iyassu Berhanu student from College Junior New Jersey. identities worth mentioning. don’t want to be “The biggest shock coming here associated with Though this was being identified firstly as a these negative connotations.” common experience derives from black person,” said Tayo, who had After coming to America for an imposition of how others decide barely been exposed to American the first time last year, Chima to see and treat black people in the culture or history before coming — a Nigerian MBA student who U.S., Samiza noted that it is noneto Penn last year. wished to use theless a “uniting factor” that gives “Being black isn’t a fake name to all black people a practical stake in really an identity preserve her combatting racial injustice as long in Nigeria since identity — has as they are living in America.

Even though Chima wants to basically everytried to differI’ve become more one is black.” entiate herself separate herself from the Afriself-aware of how After asking from the Afri- can-American experience, she people might see for some classcan-American recognizes how all black people mates’ thoughts culture. She have reason to join in discussions me. I know not to activism about racial inequities on her paper spend too much time now regrets and about the Afriher decision to in America. just hanging out on “The problem of race affects can-American leave her home the street since I stereotype, Tayo country in the us all regardless of cultural backgrounds,” she said. “No matter how was surprised never know what will first place. by the emotional “It’s a huge you want to differentiate yourself, it happen. ” reactions that this shock coming doesn’t mean anything in the face - Ikenna Ekeh here and feel- of outright prejudice.” subject triggered Nigerian Wharton MBA student ing like you’re Having grown up in the U.S. for some African Americans in the not part of the but in African households, Ginika group. Because racial discrimina- human system because of your skin and Samiza both capture this sense tion never grazed her consciousness color,” Chima said. “My experience of double identity: the impulse to growing up in Nigeria, sensitivity to here has accelerated my plan to go preserve African cultural identity, the topic was completely foreign to back to my country, where I simply alongside the growing sense of emher. won’t feel the underlying fear of pathy and identification with being “It’s been confusing to come maybe getting shot just going to the a black person in America.

“My culture and values are very here and be expected to take on and grocery store.” feel these difficulties as if they were In addition to an incident when ‘African,’”Ginika said. “But at the my own,” Tayo said. she and her group of mostly black same time, I’ve also had the ‘AfriLike Tayo, Ikenna noted that friends were ignored to the point can-American’ experience, which African Americans and African that they left the restaurant, Chima really just is what it means to be immigrants sometimes have differ- especially remembers her experi- black in America.”

African and African-American ent sensitivities to certain situations ence with one of her professors. involving race.

“Regardless of what I did or said, students alike note the numeri“My African-American friends the professor basically thought I cal strength from black unity in tend to call out and talk more about was always an angry black woman, the face of the racial injustice that racial issues that I may not see at even though I tried especially hard affects them all. But they add that first, like if they ask if I realized to be smiling,” she said. “I did all this unity, while powerful, does not what a person just did or said,” he my assignments and came to all translate to the black community as said. “I guess it doesn’t affect us as much at times.”

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a melting pot devoid of distinctive characteristics.

Earlier this month, students protested the University’s announcement of the Africa Center’s closure and the consequent merging of the African Studies department and the Center for Africana Studies.

“Dissolving a space for a specific culture within the greater black community further enhances and perpetuates the idea that we are all one monolithic race,” Samiza said.

“What makes a unified race in the end is not just acknowledging the differentiations within the race, but celebrating these spectrums of cultures.”

Beyond blackness For Samiza, change will only happen if more people start celebrating the distinct inflections within the black community.

“I don’t want to continue dealing with preconceived notions about who I am,” Samiza said. “It will take people getting to know individuals, and then having that individual change disseminate throughout groups.”

Extending this prediction to an international context, Ikenna believes that the U.S. will increasingly reflect the world’s inevitable transition to being a “global playground” of interconnected people — one that will potentially fade arbitrary racial divisions that have been constructed especially deeply within American society.

On a trip to Kenya with his Penn classmates, Ikenna noticed a subtle,but significant shift in the tone of the group.

“Everyone was generally more relaxed and felt safe, and I think it was because, when people are exposed to other places and cultures, they learn that others are doing well without all these issues of race or color that are much more built up in the U.S. than in many other places,” he said. “A lot of it comes down to education and people’s openness to better understanding one another on an individual level.”

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Victoria Zhao said.

Members of SPEC Connaissance and Film, who were planning to co-host the event, were informed “around 5 p.m.” on Monday that Cooper would not be speaking. They plan to issue refunds as soon as possible to the sold-out crowd of the event. Tickets cost $5 for Penn students and $10 for members of the public, although tickets were being resold for higher values.

Cooper was scheduled to speak in Zellerbach Theatre at the Annenberg Center, which holds up to 965 people.

“If someone bought with a credit card, it can be immediately refunded. For other types of payment, [Annenberg hasn’t] gotten back to us with exactly how they’ll do it,” College junior and SPEC Secretary Roshni Amin said.

SPEC organizers repeatedly affirmed their intention to “get out refunds as soon as possible.”

The group will add any updated information to Facebook, and will be available to answer questions sent to film@specevent.net or connaissance@specevents. net.

“We are working with Annenberg to really expedite that process,” Zhao said.

There are no immediate plans for Cooper to reschedule or for another speaker to take his place. “It’s too late [to replace him], and we aren’t allowed to have any events during finals week,” Amin said.

The indeterminate nature of Cooper’s stay in Baltimore because of the developing importance of the riots in that area also influenced SPEC’s decision to outright cancel the event, rather than reschedule.

Such a sudden cancellation is highly unusual for SPEC’s events. “I don’t think this has happened to SPEC in a very long time,” Amin added.

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OPINION A hypochondriac mind

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THE MELTING POT | We are just as guilty of over-diagnosing mental illness as we are of overlooking it entirely

T

he story is becoming all too familiar.

A student struggles with symptoms of anxiety and restlessness because of academic and personal stress. They make an appointment at Counseling and Psychological Services or a local clinic, only to be told that they most likely have a much more serious, underlying mood condition, like bipolar disorder or major depression. The student is subsequently handed a prescription and sent on their merry way.

However, the student has never had the basic mood issues of these disorders and displays symptoms that so far can only be considered acute and episodic.

The change in tone about mental health on campus has been apparent. Previously silent students are sharing their stories and experiences with others, in the hopes that as a community we can move towards addressing the issue in a more productive and healthy manner.

But as we think about the widespread problem of not

recognizing mental illness, we may also need to consider the implications of jumping immediately to the conclusion of disorder.

Diagnosing illness is by no means an easy task. This is one reason why the medical

Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders now extends bipolar disorder to children, even though the onset is commonly understood to occur during the teen years and early 20s.

We risk not only completely polarizing the discus-

patient will experience.

Perhaps the most infamous case of misdiagnosis is the Rosenhan experiment, where Dr. David Rosenhan and seven other associates visited various American psychiatric hospitals in 1973

There is little incentive for insurance companies to prioritize long-term care for chronic illnesses over immediate and invasive treatments.” profession is so demanding and esteemed. Many diseases have overlapping symptoms, and often, problems have to be ruled out before it can be definitively said what the patient is suffering from. Get it wrong, and doctors can expect hefty lawsuits, hence why practitioners maintain a malpractice insurance policy should they be sued.

In mental health, the debate over proper diagnosis can have serious implications for the population involved.

For example, the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and

sion of illness and health, but also undermining its severity.

Today, either everyone has a disorder, or no one does.

When it comes to pharmaceuticals, the stakes are high as far as identifying proper treatment. Adjusting to psychiatric medication can be difficult at best. Headaches, tinnitus, appetite changes and sleep disturbances are just some of these side effects.

For someone without the illness that the medication is supposed to treat, adverse effects can persist without the emerging benefits that an ill

pretending that they were hearing a voice. As soon as they were admitted, they reported that they no longer had the hallucinations and continued behaving as normal. Yet, they were all treated as schizophrenic patients “in remission” except for one. To further prove this point, a research hospital aware of the study picked out patients as being actors from Rosenhan, when he never actually sent anyone there.

Even worse, our current healthcare policies ensure that mental health treatment

remains problematic. There is little incentive for insurance companies to prioritize long-term care for chronic illnesses over immediate and invasive treatments. It is cheaper to pay a psychiatrist 10 minutes for a consult and medication than for an hour-long therapy session.

The 2008 Mental Health Parity Act mandates that insurance companies must treat mental and physical health care equally, but not that all companies have to provide coverage.

At Penn, if you are referred out of CAPS, as I was after my first year, you can expect to either pay a hefty out-of-pocket bill or search for a doctor that both fits your needs and takes your insurance.

The medical care I received while I was away is what enabled me to return to school. But on the surface, it could certainly seem problematic. For months I was walking into the doctor’s office and returning 10 minutes later with a prescription for a new, mind-altering medication, with my own research

KATIERA SORDJAN and knowledge having to fill in the blanks during this trial-and-error period.

Healthcare requires a holistic approach, and mental wellness is no different. Medication is enormously beneficial, but is only one aspect of treating people. Seeing mental health solely through the lens of illness not only leads to overtreatment, but leaves no room for preventative care and overall well-being.

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

Her email address is skati@ sas.upenn.edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every other Tuesday.

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ear Penn Community, Thank you for your spirit of volunteerism. Your continued support of the many volunteer opportunities offered at the University is unprecedented.

Thank you all so very much for your contributions to benefit our surrounding community during the past holiday season.

Many families were adopted, an abundance of food, coats and toys were distributed and many benefited from various kind gestures displayed by the Penn community. We were also fortunate to be joined by members outside the Penn community who willingly participated in our “Adopt A Family” initiative.

There are no words to adequately describe the level of generosity.

Many benefit from your continued willingness to share. We receive many expressions of gratitude from community members and agencies we have partnered with.

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THE VISION | Why black women deserve the right to defend themselves in spaces where they are consistently erased

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o other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.” ― bell hooks Quiet as it’s kept, the denial to protect the black woman in this country belongs to a long-standing American tradition from which this University is not exempt.

The Christmas card Phi Delta Theta fraternity produced last semester with a black sex doll was an act of violence that objectified and attacked the black woman. This is not debatable, especially if you do not belong to the community for which this image was viscerally damaging.

With that, it is imperative to recognize that Penn’s decision to disavow itself from protecting its black female students was its own act of permissible violence. And this, too, is sadly not debate-

able.

This past Friday, Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation’s imitation slave auction in front of Phi Delt and the protest SOUL held for the life of Rekia Boyd, had very specific, nuanced

persensitive,” that Phi Delt is “nice” and black women need to “get over ourselves” illustrates the ways members of the Penn community attempt to derail black female empowerment in the hopes of salvaging their own com-

In 2012, an off-duty police officer, Dante Servin, fired rounds from his car into a crowd and murdered the 22-year-old, unarmed Rekia Boyd. Just this past weekend, Servin was declared not guilty on all charges. Follow-

… [O]ur community falls prey to the same societal standards of sexism, homophobia and ableism.” purposes: to recuperate the black woman from a deliberate historical erasure, to mourn the unjust murder of black women and to acknowledge the acts of violence that are persistently performed to our bodies, which time and time again are denied as acts of degradation even when black women deem them as such.

With some of the most “brilliant minds” in the world on this campus, to engage in retrograde dialogue that suggests this “isn’t a race issue,” that black women are “hy-

fortable ignorance (which is an affront to the safety of all black women).

It is suffering, at best, to have to swallow the gross swaths of ignorance that permeate a campus as prestigious as one like Penn. But at worst, this brand of cowardly denial demonstrates the intellectual ineptitude of those in power, those who keep speaking and refuse to simply listen.

This consistent erasure of intersectional narratives exists within the Black Lives Matter movement as well.

ing the court’s decision, there was definite outrage but not nearly the same level as that given to subsequent cases involving black men. Black women’s voices, narratives and our own specific violent experiences are being erased.

And this erasure is especially damaging when it exists within a movement that was authored by three black lesbian women.

It is unfortunate that even within our own movements, our community falls prey to the same societal standards of sexism, homophobia and

ableism. “Black lives” is not epitomized only as the lives of black men. When black female activists choose to voice these concerns, they are told that they are “derailing” the movement, ignored or they receive verbal harassment from their male counterparts.

It is unacceptable in 2015 that women, queer and noncisgender people continue to be the backbone of these movements, and yet our lives are perpetually devalued.

Whenever black women speak we are distorted as speaking aggressively, threateningly and violently; this interpretation is born because of systems of racism that do not value black female voices. The blatantly racist and sexist comment section of the DP has proven, time and time again, why black women’s voices are so necessary and why black women speaking, for and about ourselves, is necessary for our own survival and resistance.

Creating platforms for black women to defend ourselves is an act of self-love and self-preservation, wheth-

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THE VISION er in front of the Phi Delt house or within the social landscape of the Black Lives Matter movement. These acts are never comfortable but they are necessary in reinforcing to ourselves that we worthy of protests and that our pain is valid. “i found god in myself and i loved her, i loved her fiercely.” — Ntozake Shange

VICTORIA FORD is a College senior from Piedmont, S.C. She can be reached at vicford@sas.upenn.edu.

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of 10 students led by Resident Team Advisors, who are generally rising Wharton sophomores, and must create a business plan that they present at the end of the month to the entire program.

“Students get what we RTAs like to call ‘a four week crash course in Wharton,” Wharton senior and former RTA Charles Wetherbee said. “They are exposed to a sampling of coursework from renowned faculty, entrepreneurship exercises.”

Some summers, the program has taken place in both Philadelphia and San Francisco, with 70 students in each location; the San Francisco students then travel to Philadelphia for the final week. This year, all 140 students will be at Wharton’s main campus.

In addition to classes, students have the opportunity to go on site visits of companies in New York and D.C., at places like J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and American Express. In San Francisco, students had the opportunity to visit companies like Google and eBay.

Some students like Wharton freshman Charlotte Elizabeth de Vaulx applied to LBW without any preconceived notions of Penn or Wharton. De Vaulx came from a liberal arts background and had been thinking that she might attend colleges like Brown University.

“My dad is in business, and I just wanted to get my feet wet,” she said.

Wharton junior Manning Feng had a similar experience. “I had never been on campus before and did not know how a business school works,” she said. “I thought that it would be a good idea to apply to LBW.” Yet many students have a definitive interest in Wharton before applying to Penn. Wharton freshman Mariana Repsold applied to the program to find out if Penn would be the right fit. Prior to coming to LBW, Repsold had participated in summer programs at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Cambridge, adding that there was a culture at her high school in Brazil of attending academic camps.

“I decided Wharton was my dream school, and I wanted to see

how living at Penn would be,” she said.

Regardless of their motives for applying, students responded positively to the experience.

“LBW was a huge part of my decision coming to Penn. It locked down that Wharton would be my first choice and that I would be going into business,” Wharton freshman Richie Lou said.

“It was a blast,” Wharton sophomore Michael Barton added. “I went into the program not wanting to go to Wharton and came out wanting to go.”

Repsold agreed that the program was fun and said that it solidified her interest in Wharton.

“LBW was the best program I did,” Repsold said. “It made me certain that this is where I fit in.”

She added that she had Management professor Anne M. Greenhalgh as a lecturer during the program, and then last semester had her as her Management 100 professor.

“I loved her from the summer and really wanted to have her again, so I was really lucky,” Repsold said.

While Wharton sophomore Hera Koliatsos said she was not blown

away by the academic experience of LBW, she was still enthusiastic about her month at Wharton.

“The best part of the program is the people you meet ... the networking. They’re extremely intelligent kids,” she said.

And despite de Vaulx’s initial uncertainty, LBW completely changed her perception of the school.

“I just fell in love with the entire Wharton,” she said.

Yet the students agreed that, in addition to seeking positive academic opportunities and the social experience of working closely on their business plans with teammates, many of their peers in the program hoped that LBW would help them in the admissions process to Wharton or Penn.

De Vaulx said she was taken aback by the number of students who were set on applying to Wharton. “[Upon arriving] I didn’t know that most people wanted to go to Wharton. I was wondering, ‘Why the hell do all these people want to go to Wharton?’ I was definitely not the traditional [student].”

In fact, approximately 30 percent of LBW participants are admitted to

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“The fact that so many of us got in makes me feel like it would help,” Wharton freshman Elaine Chao said.

However, a disclaimer on LBW’s website reads, “Please note that participation in LBW does not guarantee admission into Penn.” During the program, this message is enforced.

“Dr. G [Anne M. Greenhalgh] said it a handful of times,” Koliatsos said.

Wharton sophomore Aaron Brenner added, “A lot of people might have had that perception but it was squelched the first week. The RTAs were adamant that there was no correlation.”

Feng had a similar experience.

“There was definitely a rumor, but RTAs made it clear that it’s not a 1:1 ratio [for acceptance into Wharton],” she said.

LBW administration also enforces that the program is not an express ticket to Wharton.

“By no means do we have it set up as being a feeder,” Associate Director of the Wharton Undergraduate

Division and Director of LBW Teran Tedal said. “The students in LBW are great candidates for Penn regardless.”

“Just naturally if you have 140 students in a program and they spend a month in Philly, it really shows Penn and Wharton in a great light,” LBW lecturer Lawrence Gelburd added.

“Going to LBW doesn’t help [with admission to Wharton] but encourages students to apply.”

Another reason for the higher acceptance rate to Penn for LBW students than for the general population is the culture of Penn admissions.

“Penn has a culture of taking students who know they want to be here,” Repsold said. “That’s why they take a large percentage of the class early decision. But I know a lot of kids [from LBW] that did not get in, too.”

But the lucky LBW students who did get accepted to Penn feel that their month of business immersion gave them a leg up over their Wharton peers who did not participate in the program.

“Coming out of LBW, you are already a step ahead of other Wharton students,” Lou said.

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Penn Medicine expands COREY STERN Deputy News Editor

Lancaster General Health officially signed an agreement with the University of Pennsylvania Health System last Tuesday to join the Penn Medicine network.

The latest acquisition for Penn Medicine includes a health system with three hospitals, worth nearly $1 billion. It adds to Penn Medicine’s already expansive 6.7 million combined square feet of hospitals and outpatient centers that bring more than $7 billion of economic impact to the region.

Penn and LG Health first formed a strategic alliance in February 2014. In March, Penn’s Board of Trustees tentatively approved the acquisition and gave University administrators the authority to complete the deal.

“Since forming our strategic alliance more than a year ago, we’ve learned our cultures are similar and that we share a passion for excellence, aimed at improving health and providing more value at less cost,” Ralph W. Muller, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, said in a press release last week. “Tremendous synergies and opportunities

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are possible by combining two of Pennsylvania’s financially strongest and clinically advanced systems.”

Penn is not alone in medical center expansion. In March, Penn State’s Board of Trustees voted to merge their Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with regional non-profit PinnacleHealth System under a new entity known as Penn State Health. Hundreds of other health systems and hospitals have merged in the past several years, creating even larger systems that employ thousands.

“We extensively evaluated partners that could strengthen our not-for-profit mission of advancing the health of our community in this era of unprecedented healthcare reform,” Thomas E. Beeman, President and CEO of LG Health said in the same press release. “Our choice, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, is an elite organization with the resources and expertise to truly transform healthcare.”

The Daily Pennsylvanian has complied a brief timeline of the growth of Penn Medicine, as well as some facts and figures about the deal.

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The School of Medicine is renamed in honor of Raymond and Ruth Perelman in recognition of their $225 million gift to the school.

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The Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia, founded in 1871, merges with the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). It is now known as Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

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Faced with more than $300 million in deficits, Penn Medicine is established to govern UPHS, its four hospitals, the School of Medicine, clinical practices and satellite facilities.

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Kenney emerges as slight frontrunner in mayoral race Former Councilman leads in polls, endorsements JONATHAN BAER Staff Reporter

While the Democratic mayoral primary remains three weeks away, a frontrunner has slowly emerged: former City Councilman Jim Kenney.

According to several recent polls, Kenney — who served as a City Councilman At-Large for 24 years before stepping down to run for mayor — has a slight advantage over the other five Democratic candidates.

A poll released on April 22 by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees put Kenney in the lead with 26 percent of the vote. However, the two candidates trailing

Kenney — State Sen. Anthony Williams and former District Attorney Lynne Abraham — remain in close striking distance with 25 percent and 22 percent, respectively.

More recently, Forward Philadelphia — a Political Action Committee that supports Kenney — released a poll last week with Kenney in the lead with 33 percent, Williams with 23 percent and Abraham with 18 percent.

In anticipation for the Democratic primary on May 19, Philadelphians are beginning to make up their mind on which candidate they support to succeed Mayor Michael Nutter.

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According to several recent polls, former City Councilman Jim Kenney has a slight advantage over the other five Democratic candidates in the mayoral race.

as someone from North Philadelphia,” College sophomore Zakya Hall said of Kenney.

Hall, who plans to vote on May 19, also cited Kenney’s policies regarding criminal justice and

education as factors that contributed to her decision to support the candidate.

“I spoke with many members of my family and we all support Jim Kenney, and he is in great shape to win this election,” she added.

While Kenney does have a slight lead in the polls, he has a much more decisive lead in endorsements.

According to NewsWorks’ Mayoral-Race Endorsement Tracker, Kenney leads all mayoral candidates with 28 endorsements from local leaders, interest groups and major unions, including the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO. Williams comes in second with 14 endorsements, whereas Abraham has only one major endorsement.

However, anything can happen

in the next few weeks to put either Williams or Abraham past Kenney. While PACs supporting Kenney and Williams have been airing supportive ads since March, Abraham recently spent $700,000 on television ads that will begin airing today, which could help her remain in serious contention.

Even though Kenney does hold the lead in the polls and in endorsements, it’s clear that Philadelphians haven’t completely made up their minds yet.

“For a while I had really considered [Democratic candidate] Doug Oliver,” Hall said. “But I think that when it came down to it, I just really respect Kenney and I felt that he has the best amount of experience ... and he has a proven record for fighting for issues that I am behind.”

Some Wharton classes are all fun and gamification Game-like systems promote cooperation and motivation EMILY OFFIT Staff Reporter

Fear not, Candy Crush lovers — Penn offers a class that applies the same gaming concepts to class grading and student motivation.

A term known as gamification, which incorporates competition and game-thinking into other activities, has become a buzzword over the past couple of years with the success of apps like Foursquare. At Penn, Legal Studies and Business Ethics professor Kevin Werbach uses such motivational techniques in his classes.

“Gamification is applying design techniques of games and using them in other ways,” Werbach said. “That means figuring out how games motivate and engage people and then trying to use that to motivate people to work and learn.”

This class is taught at both the undergraduate and graduate

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What they estimated to be 20-25 minutes later, the original student returned with a large group of other students.

The members then said the confrontation devolved into a “heated argument” involving racial slurs and threats.

“People were saying things like ‘f**k you chinks’ and other really horrible things,” College senior Bethany Cam said. She recalled that some students tried to climb onto their porch, and that people attending the barbecue formed a blockade to try to prevent non-members from entering the property. She said that a mob of people formed outside the house, all yelling and screaming at them.

She also recalled death threats.

“People were saying, ‘We’ll kill you — you don’t belong here.’

There were maybe two or three guys chanting it,” Cam said. One of the other people there, she said, threw a cup of alcohol at them.

They remembered that the original student who approached them, noticeably more intoxicated, instigated the second confrontation, approaching the house and saying, “Remember me?”

The student they identified, however, denies that. “I passed the house again walking to another party. I was with a big group of people — some were OZ brothers, some weren’t — and I had no intention of approaching them or starting anything with them,” he said, though he admits that he doesn’t remember who started the altercation.

The student, who wished his name not be used, has a different account of what happened that day. He remembered passing the house for the first time on his way to a party on Pine Street, and said that he decided to approach them.

“I’m a really social person, so I just wanted to hang out. I just wanted to sit on the porch and engage with them,” he said.

The student recalled that the hosts of the barbecue were not as polite as they claimed. “I didn’t know it was a closed event, but they were immediately really defensive.

I was automatically kind of shooed away,” he said.

While he admitted he was

levels, as well as online through Coursera. The classes taught at Penn are set up in a flipped classroom style, such that students much watch the online lectures before class and participate in group activities during class time.

“In games, you start with zero and you build your way up, so there are a set of class activities that you can do that are worth a certain number of points,” Werbach said. “There are options for different things you can do so you can go in different directions.”

Werbach doesn’t use badges and golden stars that some students might associate with preschool competition, but he does acknowledge that games offer psychological insights that aren’t solely used in games, like leaderboards and other intrinsic rewards which can be translated to other areas.

Some Wharton classes can pit students against one another, which can cause divide and a lack of student cooperation, but Werbach hopes that these types of

drinking at the time and that he doesn’t remember exactly what words were exchanged, he said he remembered “making the anime comment.” While it was not meant to be malicious, he said, “I understand how ignorant it was; it was silly and should not have been said.”

The students attending the barbecue also admit to drinking, but claim that they were “not drinking as heavily” as the student they identified.

Cam said the student she identified both instigated the second, larger attack and was present for the entire time. She estimated that the later incident lasted about 10 minutes.

While the student admitted to being present for the second incident and to using foul language, he denied ever using racially charged language in that confrontation — only in the initial one. “Other people were saying things in relation to race, but I never did. I’m sure of that,” he said.

The student claimed that he was there for a few minutes, but left when things started to get heated.

Meanwhile, the students hosting the event have upheld that this was a racial attack on them and their culture. “It made a lot of people feel unsafe,” Vinh said.

“It pretty much ruined my Fling,” Cam said. “They were really saying that we didn’t belong here at this university as minorities.”

“The fact that this could happen, here, at an Ivy League institution, in 2015, is just unbelievable,” Vinh added.

After the incident, VSA sent out an email to its members identifying OZ and its members as the perpetrators. “We’re assuming they’re all OZ members because some of the others were also wearing OZ tanks,” Cam said.

The OZ student identified in the email, however, denied that the large group consisted of all OZ members.

The internal email also stated that “some of the senior members were present and felt personally attacked” and that they “would like to publicize this incident to the greater Penn community.”

“Asian Americans have always been stereotypically seen as the quieter, submissive group, which

classes will foster more collaboration and individual motivation to learn.

Wharton senior Daniel Yellin enjoys the class structure, which put students in collaborative teams but grades them individually on a

curve like some other Wharton classes do. He liked the idea that, if everyone put in the work, they could get an A. “Everybody had the incentive to try their best with their group because it wasn’t on the Wharton

curve,” Yellin said. “It encourage collaboration, and you felt motivated to push your teammates to do their work.”

Werbach agrees that some other classes can forget to focus on what matters in education.

“In education we don’t focus enough on motivation, we focus on content and assessment,” Werbach said. “But game thinking is much more about getting someone to start and keep going — that means thinking of the activity of an ongoing journey.”

Yellin was uncertain that this class style, which he believed took a positive spin to the typical grading system, could apply to a finance or statistics class, in which students need to understand the material on an individual basis.

He was also concerned that the flipped classroom turned off some of his classmates.

“I think some people might have thought that it was childish,” Yellin said. “There were probably some people who didn’t watch the lectures online, they might have

makes us more vulnerable to racial targeting and attacks like this one,” the email continued.

The implicated student, however, feels that he may also be the victim of racism in this incident.

He admits to having initial contact with the group and to being present for some of the later incident, but thinks that he has been singularly pinpointed in this incident “because I’m the most easily identifiable person there,” he said. “I was the only African American there, and I was wearing an OZ tank.”

OZ found out about the email sent to the VSA listserv, which specifically identified both OZ and one of its members, when a student in VSA forwarded the email to an OZ member he has class with.

When OZ’s board received the email on the morning of Wednesday, April 22, OZ President and Wharton junior Jonathan Copeland sent an email to their internal listserv.

“By signing a bid to this House, each of us becomes something larger than ourselves. Together, we become one. Our decisions reflect not only on us as individuals but also on OZ as a larger institution,” Copeland’s email read.

“THE NAME ON THE FRONT OF THE JERSEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NAME

ON THE BACK,” it continued.

Copeland’s email also demanded that the brothers involved in the incident immediately step forward and admit their wrongdoing, saying that, “This is an executive order.”

“They know that their actions were not representative of us as an organization or our moral code,” Copeland said in an interview.

The original student implicated in VSA’s email issued a formal apology via an email that he sent to the students who hosted the event.

The email, titled “An Apology on Behalf of OZ,” took responsibility for the incident.

“What occurred was not acceptable on my part or the other members of my house, and you did not deserve any form of harassment or degradation. I, and the members of our house who were involved in the exchange, are fundamentally at fault, and we realize that our behavior was unacceptable, unjust, and offensive,” the email said.

Since sending the email, the student said that he has not received a response, or responses to follow-up emails and phone calls.

The VSA members who received the email stated that they did not believe the apology was sincere. “It was clearly a political move on his part and on the part

of OZ,” Vinh said. “Our priority is making our members feel safe again on campus,” he said.

The student who authored the email, however, denied that it was anything less than genuine. “I’m really really sad that that was their opinion,” he said. “I very much wanted to take responsibility for what I did and to start an open dialogue with them.”

The VSA students who hosted the barbecue have stated that while they as a campus group are not pursuing this incident further, some of the individual members are.

They plan to investigate whether or not the incident qualifies as a hate crime. “We have spoken to [Pan-Asian American Community House], the Vice Provost’s Office, the Office of Student Conduct and several other organizations, all of whom have been very supportive,” Cam said.

OSC and DPS declined to comment, citing confidentiality reasons.

While they have not pressed charges, Cam said that they have opened an investigation with Special Services at DPS and that they will be reviewing traffic camera surveillance footage from that day this week. “Depending on what we find on the tape, we may press charges,” Cam said.

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A class taught at Penn now applies the same structure behind video games to class grading and student motivation.

just gone through the motions.”

“Even if they did get a good grade, they didn’t get out of the class what they could have,” he added.

These techniques are also taken out of the class. Werbach has consulted with large companies to help them use gamification to motivate frontline employees.

He has worked with a large hotel chain create a competitive game environment to motivate the front desk staff, bell staff and others to provide the best service. He also works with other large retail companies.

Yellin agrees that these practices could be help motivate employees in work environments that can be repetitive, like in a telemarketing call center. But he does not think that they could be used in higher level jobs that often do various jobs on a daily basis.

Legal Studies 240 or “Gamification for Business,” which has a cross listing with Operations and Information Management, will be offered again in the fall of 2015.

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To take next step, Quakers should up schedule ante STEVEN TYDINGS

On the media room wall at the Palestra, there is a framed photograph, a snapshot in time of better days from Penn basketball.

No, it’s not something from the 1979 Final Four. Nor is it even a photo of an Ivy League championship team.

But the photograph, showing a massively packed press row for a 2007 matchup against thenNo. 1 North Carolina, provides a glimpse into a part of Penn’s past, and something that can easily be brought back into the future.

Scheduling big opponents used to be a staple of the Quakers’ slate. The North Carolina game from the 2007 season is an exception as Penn usually has to go on the road to face a marquee opponent.

But trips to North Carolina, Duke and Kentucky, just to name a few, were important to the program. Playing in preseason tournaments against teams that were almost surefire losses on the schedule served the

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of winning the title. “It was just pure elation.�

There is no doubt that last year’s disappointing result made this victory even sweeter. After a tough 2014 season filled with injuries and missed chances, the Red and Blue finished dead last in the Ivy League

same purpose.

It’s not like Penn actually thought it would be an even matchup against these teams.

Quite simply, games against bigname opponents are about an experience.

It allows alumni to re-engage with the program, using destinations like Hawaii in 2006 or Duke in 2012 as talking points to draw donations. It gives players a chance to play in some of the big-name arenas in college basketball outside of the Palestra.

And students on campus certainly take notice when their school is playing a top opponent.

So when Penn’s 2014-15 schedule came out, there were all of the usual suspects. Fourteen conference games against Ivy opponents. The normal set of Big 5 games. A parade of local mid-majors to fill out the slate.

But the one thing clearly missing was a marquee team or two. Sure, Villanova was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and Vanderbilt provided a winter break getaway. But let’s be honest: Those don’t quite whet the appetite of those involved in the program. Penn plays the Wildcats every year, and Vanderbilt is, at best, a middle-of-the-pack SEC team.

So now it’s time for that to change.

With a new coach at the helm, the Quakers need to bring back big names to the schedule. Even if it may not happen right away, as Penn has contracts in place against opponents for future schedules.

Athletic Director Grace Calhoun, for one, seems on board. “We’ve looked really closely at the operating budget,� she said. “I think the Penn way of doing things is always going to be that motto that we do more with less. I think our coaches take pride in the fact that whistles and bells don’t make up for a better experience, that investing in the right ways to make it a real value added experience is what we want to do. “At times we weren’t capitalizing on the some of the good things we could be doing. We should be playing in an exempt tournament and ideally some place warm in the winter. Make it a nice fan trip, cultivation opportunity.�

It doesn’t have to be another trip to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational or a flight to the Battle 4 Atlantis (not that anyone would be opposed to that!), but it’s time for Big 5 opponents to no longer be the biggest name on Penn’s

Championship.

So what changed?

This year’s amazing comeback was certainly not by chance. In fact, with four of last year’s five starters returning, the Quakers’ success can be attributed to countless hours of work on and off the course. “I think one of the biggest things is that we all got better throughout this last summer and

offseason as we worked hard on our games, and I think we also developed into our roles a little more,� Powell said. “This year, we knew we could lean on each other.�

The players quickly found that they could lean on each other during the competitions and when play had ended. Earlier in the season, when the Quakers were not seeing the results they

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Freshman key to Penn’s division title yet again SOFTBALL | Freshman

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Penn softball has been firing on all cylinders recently, having won six of its last eight. And Jurie Joyner has played a big role in the team’s thriving offense.

The freshman catcher/first baseman has been a key addition for the Quakers, who have punched their ticket to the Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth.

The McDonough, Ga., native ranks among the Ivy League leaders in several batting statistics. She is the league leader with 33 RBI, and her .398 batting average, 13 doubles and .673 slugging percentage rank second. Of course, she rarely checks stats — and only after the season is over.

“I’m not focused on my personal goals,” Joyner said. “Right now, I really want to win this Ivy League championship.”

Joyner cam to Penn after four years on the softball team at Ola High School, during which she won numerous accolades and was first team All-State her junior and senior years “I had a couple other schools that I was looking at that were all closer to home, [but] right when I stepped onto the campus, it felt like I needed to be here,” Joyner said. “I couldn’t pass an Ivy League education up.”

So far, Joyner has made a smooth transition but notes the weather in Philadelphia is

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Freshman Jurie Joyner has been a sparkplug for Penn’s offense in her first collegiate season and has played a huge role in the Quakers’ South Division title. The McDonough, Ga., native leads the Ivy League in RBI and ranks second in batting average, doubles and slugging percentage.

different from that of Georgia.

“This year, when we had to play in the bubble for three months, it was crazy for me,” Joyner said. “I still have to wear my Under Armour sometimes during games and it’s almost May.” Although she admits she was nervous coming into school, she has brought her bat as well as

a positive attitude to the clubhouse. Joyner believes one of her greatest strengths as a softball player is her resilience.

“My dad taught me to not give up, to bounce back. When I get into really tough times, I don’t dwell on it, I just go out there the next day and I hit, I take ground balls and I make sure that doesn’t define me,” Joyner

finds success in field COLIN HENDERSON Sports Editor

At last year’s Penn Relays, Penn track and field picked up three individual victories, the first time since 1922 that the program had done so.

Of course, the team’s historic success was cause for immediate celebration. But there was a flip side to that success with which the team had to contend this year: the burden of increased expectations.

Ultimately, over the past weekend, the Quakers may not have been able to repeat their exorbitant individual successes of yesteryear, but they still stepped up their game at the largest annual track meet in the world.

“It’s the power of the Penn Relays,” coach Steve Dolan said.

Penn was unable to pick up any individual victories throughout the three-day event, but the team did come close on multiple occasions. And nobody came closer than sophomore multi-event athlete Noel Jancewicz.

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It’s appropriate that Jancewicz led off the proceedings for Penn, being that she knows a thing or two about fast starts. Last year, in her first collegiate competition at the Relays, she took first overall in the heptathlon.

While she was not able to defend her title, she did perform well throughout the multi-day event, wrapping up on Thursday with a runner-up finish.

Jancewicz’s close encounter with victory was indicative of a common theme for the Red and Blue, especially in the field: strong performances coming up just short.

Junior Thomas Pitt had himself quite the weekend, finishing second overall in the long jump before going on to place seventh in the high jump. The high jump proved to be an especially fruitful event for the Quakers, as freshman phenom Mike Monroe notched an impressive fifth-place finish.

And Monroe is just getting started.

“I know I can do more and have more coming up in the future,” he said. “It just makes me more motivated.”

Beginning in a March 22 victory over University of the Sciences, Joyner hit safely in 10 consecutive games. The 10game hitting streak was snapped during the first game of a doubleheader against Yale, before Joyner ripped off a 12-game hitting streak that started in the second game later that day.

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said. “One game doesn’t define me as a player.”

A familiar name on Ivy League press releases, Joyner has received the Ivy League Rookie of the Week award three times this season. In fact, she was honored three weeks in a row in late March and early April during a stretch in which she scorched the Ivy League.

consecutive games, and has registered a hit on every day she has played except for March 8, where she went hitless in two games. The consistency she brings to the middle of the lineup has been advantageous for the team.

But having a key freshman cog in the middle of the lineup isn’t a novel experience for coach Leslie King’s squad. Last season, then-freshman Leah Allen took the Quakers and the entire Ancient Eight by storm, setting single season program records with 13 home runs and 43 RBI in a season en route to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors.

However, Allen’s numbers became more pedestrian in her sophomore season, as the outfielder struggled at the plate early on in the 2015 campaign.

Although Allen has improved her numbers of late — she went five-for-eight in two games against Columbia on Saturday — Joyner’s presence in the lineup and production at the dish helped make up for some of that production.

In the future, Joyner hopes to improve upon something she thinks is important for softball players — a calmer disposition.

“I’m trying to keep a more even keel,” Joyner said. “That’s something that the older girls have definitely taught me. You’ll see them have a bad at-bat or make an error and they won’t carry it with them.”

Penn will travel to Hanover, N.H., to play the Big Green for the Ivy League title this Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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This Weekend’s Top Ten 1. Penn Relays The largest annual track and field meet in the world came into town this weekend at Franklin Field, and it did not disappoint. Over the threeday event, more than 110,000 spectators saw stars like US sprinter Justin Gatlin tear up the track.

6. Women’s Lacrosse Penn sent its seniors off in style on Sunday, taking down Cornell, 10-9, in dramatic fashion on Senior Day. Attack Tory Bensen saved the day with a game-winning goal in the game’s waning minutes.

8. Track & Field Freshman Mike Monroe and junior Thomas Pitt battled it out on Saturday, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively.

7. Women’s Golf With a fifth-place finish in the Ivy Tournament over the weekend, the women’s squad was unable to match its male counterpart. However, with a roster laden with talented underclassmen, the future certainly looks bright for the Red and Blue.

9. Women’s Rowing The Quakers’ varsity eight finished second in the Class of 1984 Award Races, beating out Dartmouth for the first time since 2002.

2. Men’s Golf

3. Softball

Worst to first. That’s the transformation the Quakers underwent this year after finishing eighth at last year’s Ivy Championship. Led by Austin Powell, they edged Princeton to take home the Ivy title in exhilarating fashion.

The Red and Blue needed a couple wins over the weekend to clinch their division title, and they got the job done, winning three out of four. The Quakers will take on Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship Series.

4. Baseball

5. Track & Field

Penn finds itself in the same position as the end of last year, prepping to play a onegame playoff for the division title against the Columbia this weekend.

The Quakers didn’t pick up any individual victories at the Relays, but they came pretty close. And none closer than multi-event athlete Noel Jancewicz, who followed up her 2014 heptathlon victory with a runner-up finish over the weekend.

10. Track & Field It’s one thing to run in the Penn Relays, and it’s quite another to take the event over. And that’s essentially what freshman sensation Candace Taylor did for the Quakers, running in four different events, including Penn’s fifth-place 4x800-meter relay.

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Following last year’s disappointing last place finish, Penn men’s golf came back with a vengeance this year to edge Princeton by one stroke in the Ivy League Championship. The Quakers were led by senior Austin Powell.

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On the back nine in the final round of the Ivy League Men’s Golf Championships, Penn knew it was going to be close.

What the Red and Blue might not have realized was just how close it would be.

On Sunday, after three rounds of exciting play, the Quakers won the Ancient Eight crown by just one stroke with a total score of 885 over Princeton’s 886.

After starting the final day four strokes behind then-first-place Princeton, the Red and Blue knew they would have to play their best to keep pace with the Tigers.

Although uncertainty swirled around the exact scores of each team throughout the round, senior captain Austin Powell made one thing clear to his coach.

“I’m not going down without a fight.”

And Powell wasn’t the

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only Penn golfer with this resilient mentality. Over the course of the final nine holes, the Quakers’ top four golfers combined to go seven-under-par, including two eagles from sophomore Dane Walton on the 10th and 13th holes. Powell and fellow

It was probably one of the coolest feelings I’ve ever had in my ” life.

- Austin Powell Penn senior golfer

senior Ben Cooley each notched four birdies on the last nine as well.

Despite electric play from the Quakers, it was difficult to tell where they stood during the round.

“The whole day we were guessing,” coach Bob Heintz said. “What was very obvious

was that Quinn [Prchal, Princeton’s top golfer] was playing really well, so it was looking a little bleak about halfway through.”

In fact, the situation might have been even bleaker than Penn thought as Princeton had a seven-shot lead at the turn. Nevertheless, the Quakers focused more on playing their best game than on the score, and it paid off.

“We wanted to have a shot coming down the last couple holes which we did, and we played really well down that stretch,” Powell said. “We just wanted to have fun. ...

We felt like if we were loose and like ourselves we would have a good chance.”

After the round finished, the entire Penn squad, which had been staggered in different pairings on the course, learned that it had clinched the Ivy League title by one stroke, a margin that has only occurred three times in Ancient Eight golf history.

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