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How Penn helps grad students with kids

Many think the University is not kid-friendly enough NATALIE KAHN Staff Reporter

Penn students have a lot to keep them busy — jobs, research and for about 1,500 of them, children at home. Associate Director of Penn’s Family Resource Center Jessica Allen Bolker

said this statistic is surprisingly high. Latoria Eason, a Graduate School of Education student, is the mother of a 15-month-old and a three-year-old. However, instead of bringing to them to Philadelphia, she is leaving them at home with her partner during the two semesters it takes to finish her degree. “It’s more so an emotional drain,” she said. “You go through phases of guilt — feeling guilty for leaving your

kids, feeling selfish, even though you know you’re doing it for them.” History of Art doctoral student Will Schmenner brought his family to Philadelphia with him. He and his wife have a seven-year-old and and a four-year-old. He said that the University climate ostracizes graduate students with families, which in turn encourages many students not to have children

while earning their degree. For many women, he added, this means delaying pregnancy until their last year of graduate school so that they can hand in their dissertation before having a child. Schmenner’s wife, Lucia Bay, who recently completed a graduate degree in London, added that there is no easy SEE PARENTS PAGE 2

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Students speak out at annual Take Back the Night

… bolstering the appearance of prestige is a poor reason to accept the many downsides … of the Early Decision system.” - Editorial on Penn Early Decision system PAGE 4

Last Thursday’s event included a march, followed by a vigil MICHEL LIU Contributing Reporter

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The annual Take Back the Night march was organized last Thursday, organized by the organization Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention.

Drums and shouts of “No more silence; no more violence!” filled the air as marchers made their way down Locust Walk Thursday night, waving signs and chanting against sexual assault. The Take Back the Night march is an annual peaceful protest organized by Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention. A rally in Houston’s Hall Bodek Lounge preceded the march, featuring writer and activist Rachel McKibbens as a keynote speaker, as well as a performance by the Quaker Notes a cappella group. McKibbens discussed sexual, domestic and relationship abuse. Her personal accounts particularly

highlighted the identification of violence and the recovery process that follows. “There is not one healing path for everyone,” she said. “Tonight is not what fixes [rape culture], but hopefully it will be a catalyst: a way in which we interrupt silence, make the proper noise, as well as know when to listen.” “I thought she was extremely moving,” College sophomore Erica Rego said. “The things she said resonated with my experiences, and even people who aren’t survivors of sexual assault could relate to what she was saying about not feeling comfortable in your own body and the normalization of violence.” After the march, the protestors returned to Houston Hall for a candlelight vigil and a survivor speak-out. Carnations and snaps SEE NIGHT PAGE 5

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World-traveling monk visits Penn’s Bhakti Yoga Club He warned students against puusruing external success CAROLINE CURRAN Contributing Reporter

Penn students’ idea of success was cha llenged late Wednesday night in Houston Hall. Penn’s Bhakti Yoga Club hosted world-traveling monk Devamrita Swami, who spoke about wisdom in today’s world and the various ways students perceive what defines success. “You can pursue success in the outer way,” he said, “which is what the media presents — fame, fortune and social status.” Swami said that internal success, however, comes from a

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Devamrita Swami has been traveling the world for more than 40 years, after graduating from Yale University and becoming a monk.

deep knowledge of oneself. “I know how to be the master of the mind and senses, and that

is the first necessity for real success in life,” he said. For over 40 years, Swami

has been traveling the world, sharing his inner wisdom. He discovered the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of the wisdom of ancient India, and has served as a monk in the Krishna Bhakti tradition since 1982, after graduating from Yale University in 1972. “I was looking for the solution to all human problems,” he said. “And after four years of studying [at Yale], I realized there’s no material solution to human material problems, so I began to look on another level.” Swami said students often strive for external success in competition with those around them. “There’s fear that if you stumble and fall, it will be

horrible,” he said. “All the runners behind you will trample on you and get ahead. You’ll fall back behind the pack.” Swami compares this pursuit of success to climbing a symbolic ladder. The top rung — the peak of external success — is “quite lonely” and “actually not so satisfying.” Next, he described how people climb a symbolic ladder in pursuit of success, only to be disappointed by the outcome. Devamrita Swami’s description of this pursuit of external success hit close to home for many Penn students, who can relate to a culture driven by competition and ambition. “I feel like Penn students associate themselves with their

success,” club leader and College sophomore Rishabh Kumar said. “Everyone here is competing to be at the top of the ladder.” Mangal-Arti Devi Dasi, who leads weekly meditation sessions for Penn’s Bhakti Yoga Club and who helped organize the event, said she believes that speakers like Devamrita Swami are important for Penn’s community. “There are all kinds of departments here for neuroscience and psychology and mathematics,” she said. “But there’s not so much, even in the best institutes in the world, that teaches you about how to deal with life. Those kinds of things you’re left to do on your own.”

Penn Museum exhibit aims to preserve Iraqi and Syrian culture “Cultures in the Crossfire” opened on Saturday GIANNA FERRARIN Contributing Reporter

Responding in part to ongoing attacks in Syria and Iraq, the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology opened a new exhibition on April 8 that explores the cultural heritage of the region and Penn’s role in ensuring its preservation. Titled “Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq,” the exhibit will run through Nov. 26, 2018, and features 50 artifacts from the museum’s collections as well as Arabic manuscripts, music and documentary film clips. The exhibit also showcases

contemporary art — a first for the museum. Artwork from contemporary Syrian artist Issam Kourbaj, whose work focuses on images from his homeland, is featured alongside ancient artifacts. Kourbaj’s contributions include “Strike i, ii, and iii,” a series of video clips of burning matchsticks and “Seed,” an installation incorporating a plush toy caught in a hand grinder. Speaking at the museum on April 7, the artist said that despite the destruction of cities and illegal trade of artifacts in the Middle East, there is still much to be done to preserve the artifacts that remain. Director of Research and Programs at the Penn Cultural Heritage Center Brian Daniels agreed, adding that the center coordinates

with 17 international organizations to preserve Syrian and Iraqi culture. “You can’t take yourself seriously as engaged in cultural heritage issues if you’re not responding in some way to the current crisis in Syria and Iraq,” he said. Daniels emphasized that while Penn experts are not currently working on the ground in the Middle East, they are coordinating with refugee communities in other ways, such as the preservation of cultural sites. Daniels co-directs the center’s Safeguarding the Heritage of Syria and Iraq Project, which supports professionals and activists in conflict areas working to protect cultural heritage. “We’re coordinating through the

refugee and diaspora community that has sprung up, and academics who left the country,” Daniels said. Syrian-born archaeologist Salam Al Kuntar, who serves as another co-director for SHOSI, is one of these academics. She has been involved in the center’s cultural preservation efforts since 2013 and played a large role in creating this exhibition. “We are more focused on areas that don’t really get help from international organizations,” she said. While doctors and teachers may have more obvious roles to play in helping those affected by conflict in Syria and Iraq, archaeologists also play a role, she added. “It’s symbolic,” she said. “This is what we know and do best.”

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of compassion. Right before her comprehensive exam — the test that determines whether or not she receives her degree — she was informed that her son was having a seizure. However, she was not permitted to go home and postpone the test. Though Eason took the exam and was notified this week that she passed, she already petitioned her department so that future parents will not have to face the same struggle. With the help of her peers, there now exists a rule that students facing a crisis during their exam can reschedule it. Schmenner described more

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Artist Issam Kourbaj contributed video clips of burning matchsticks and “Seed,” which depicts a plush toy caught in a hand grinder.

progress from the University with regard to accommodations for families, such the establishment of the Family Resource Center. Opened in 2010 as a part-time facility in Houston Hall, the Family Resource Center earned a permanent home on the first floor of the Graduate Student Center in 2014, Bolker explained. To create a sense of unity among graduate student parents, Bolker described that the center runs upwards of 30 programs per year for both parents and children. She said that the Family Resource Center is not a day care — children must be supervised at all times when playing with the toys or using the reading room — but instead prides itself on the resources it offers. The Family Resource Center has 500 active members, and its target audience is parents with kids under the age of four. Membership is free and just requires a consent form to receive subsidized child care via Care.com and to become

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eligible for family grants, among other benefits. The Family Resource Center offers two lactation rooms as well, a facility Schmenner said Penn was lacking until four years ago. For this reason, he seldom used to bring his wife to campus, an area he called “completely and totally unfriendly” to new mothers. To this end, Schmenner said that the Family Resource Center is “fighting some of the entrenched cultural practices” and “making space to help the University change.” As issues such as the lack of University housing for graduate students with families are not readily fixable, he said, he finds hope in the fact that Penn has begun to make changes. Still, he noted that there is quite a ways to go. “The way the system works, right now,” he said, “it’s assumed that you just won’t have a kid during graduate school.”

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Penn Med center director merges social media, health The center aims to connect social media and health care HALEY SUH Staff Reporter

Yelp and Twitter may not be the most obvious places to gather information on health care and hospital management, but the director of Penn Medicine’s new Center for Digital Health, Raina Merchant, will do just that. The new center was founded to provide a connection between technology, social media and health care. Recognizing the power of various social media platforms to reveal potentially significant information about a patient’s health, Merchant has published

many papers emphasizing the value of social media in improving health care. “We call it the social mediome, as a collection of all the social data people are distributing and sharing on a regular basis,” Merchant told Philly. com. “And we’re trying to better understand the connections with health.” CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Ralph Muller said that what prompted the creation of the center was Merchant’s work in leading the MyHeartMap Challenge, a crowdsourcing contest that sent participants into Philadelphia to identify and submit locations of automated external defibrillators — electronic

devices that can save someone from cardiac arrest. Merchant then created an application that people could use to locate the nearest automated external defibrillators in the case of an emergency. Merchant’s research involves partnerships with the Wharton School, the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation named Merchant one of the top 10 leaders in the country in health care under the age of 40. “[Merchant] is an innovative leader ... we saw that she had a talent in coming up with innovative solutions in healthcare,” Muller said.

Earlier this month, Merchant published another study, which found that Yelp reviews of hospitals offer valuable information that traditional hospital consumer assessments do not always provide. These traditional assessments often suffer from low response rates and only give a general indication of patient satisfaction without clearly identifying the complaints. “Digital health is a new way of thinking about how to get information from multiple sources and digesting the patterns there might be,” Muller said. “So it’s really the whole conversion of [getting] information from traditional to technological sources.”

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Philadelphia named the second-smoggiest city in the Northeast Trump’s reduction in EPA funding could hurt the city CHRIS DOYLE Staff Reporter

Environmental advocacy group PennEnvironment announced at a press conference Thursday that Philadelphia is that Philadelphia is the second-smoggiest city in the Northeast. The group challenged Congress, President Donald Trump and local legislators to respond. But just hours later, the Philadelphia City Council voted to suspend the city’s electric car program. PennEnvironment — which is not affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania — found there were 97 days of unhealthy levels of smog in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan tristate area last year. There were also 212 days of elevated particulate matter levels, which PennEnvironment Campaign Organizer Ash Khayami said the report found was the fifth-highest in the country. Exposure to unhealthy levels of air pollution can cause asthma attacks, respiratory illness and premature death. Khayami fears Trump’s recent

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PennEnvironment — which is not affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania — found there were 97 days of unhealthy levels of smog in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan tristate area last year.

executive order that relaxed pollution standards and rescinded several environmental protection policies introduced by the Obama administration will worsen Philadelphia’s air quality even further. In addition, Trump’s proposed discretionary spending budget eliminates 31 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency’s funding.

Gretchen Dahlkemper, national field director of the group Moms Clean Air Force, is also concerned about recent developments from the White House. She encouraged local and national representatives to invest in clean energy. “As President Trump rolls back 31 percent of the EPA’s budget, that means that cities like

Philadelphia will not have the resources and the funds to clean up the air for our children … But we still have an obligation here in Philadelphia to clean it up,”

Dahlkemper said. “So our City Council, our mayor, our state, are going to have to fundraise to raise that money from our constituents to deal with the massive cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.” Dahlkemper specifically called for the continuation of Philadelphia’s electric vehicle program, under which electric car owners can pay the Philadelphia Parking Authority to install a curbside charger and an electric vehicleonly parking sign in front of their homes for about $4,000. “When the burden to protect our children is now on the state and on the city, City Council is poised to roll back the electric vehicle permit act,” Dahlkemper added. “I urge City Council to reject this bill [to suspend the program] today, without putting another program in its place. Quite literately, our children’s health depends on it.” PennEnvironment Deputy Director Adam Garber also voiced opposition to the Philadelphia City Council’s bill. He told The

Daily Pennsylvanian that a suspension of the program would inhibit clean energy use and its health benefits, saying “we need cleaner cars to make sure we can all breathe easier.” However, several hours after the press conference, the legislature moved to suspend the electric vehicle parking program. 2014 College graduate Matthew Pershe, a legislative aide to the law’s sponsor Councilman David Oh, told the DP that an amendment was being introduced later that day that would reinstall the electric car program if the City Council does not introduce a replacement in two years. Garber, however, believes even a two-year pause could further threaten Philadelphia’s air quality. “Putting a two year hiatus on [the electric vehicle parking program] to make us all breathe dirtier air that will cause more asthma attacks, more respiratory problems, and more heat attacks, is an unhealthy way for the city to move forward.” Garber said.

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It’s time to end Early Decision EDITORIAL BY THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN OPINION BOARD

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Looking over the official Class of 2021 admissions statistics, which were released publicly last Thursday, we at The Daily Pennsylvanian are reminded of a few simple, disheartening truths. Penn fills a higher proportion of its incoming classes with early decision admits than almost any other school. It provides no meaningful advantages to the student body and inflicts many detriments. We have pointed this out before, and yet the numbers continue to rise, year after year. Of the 60 schools surveyed by the Washington Post in 2016, Penn had the second-highest percentage of students admitted via binding Early Decision at 54 percent, and was the only Ivy to break 50 percent. If Penn hits its target class size this year, that number will rise to 55 percent. It’s no secret why this happens. Among “highlyselective” colleges, a low acceptance rate is considered a sign of prestige and

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that wishes to be thought of as top-tier. Higher, for instance, than competitors Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University, Duke University and Johns Hopkins University. But bolstering the ap-

applicant pool compared to that of the regular cycle. Though schools, including Penn, have made efforts to diversify their early applicant pools, a recent study of Common Application data by the Jack Kent

Penn can no longer claim to be doing all it can to assemble the highest-quality class possible each year while drawing well more than half of its admittees from less than a sixth of the applicants.” pearance of prestige is a poor reason to accept the many downsides which come along with such heavy use of the Early Decision system, which are many and have been extensively chronicled. Perhaps the most egregious of these disadvantages is the relative wealth of the early decision

Cooke Foundation, which supports and advocates for high-achieving low-income students, showed that “29 percent of high-achieving students from families making more than $250,000 a year applied early decision, compared with only 16 percent of high-achieving students from families with

incomes less than $50,000.” The study highlighted a laundry list of other ways in which the Early Decision process disadvantages applicants of lesser means, including the long-known fact that such students often need to compare financial aid offers from multiple schools to ensure their families’ ability to pay for their education. And the results show, particularly at highly selective schools. At America’s top colleges, a mere 3 percent of students come from families in the bottom quartile of the US income distribution. It has been known for years that binding, preferential admissions practices contribute to this disparity. And yet Penn, for all its talk about inclusivity, diversity and engagement, has been filling greater and greater shares of its incoming classes from this same pool. That is all the more tragic considering that a top-quality education of the kind which may be found here is worth the most to the very students whose access

early admissions practices impedes. Even if it is true, as Early Decision’s supporters claim, that its use ensures that the students who are most enthusiastic about attending Penn get the best possible chance to do so, there are numerous other ways in which this objective might be accomplished. As other schools have done, Penn could switch to an “Early Action” model in which enthusiastic students may apply early on a nonbinding basis. Alternatively, early admissions could be abandoned altogether in favor of a regular-only process. We have little concern that doing so would render Penn unable to fill a class with qualified students. It is long past time to correct this error. Penn can no longer claim to be doing all it can to assemble the highest-quality class possible each year while drawing well more than half of its admittees from less than a sixth of the applicants. It is time to do away with Early Decision.

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desirability. The Early Decision cycle produces one enrollment for every offer of admission extended — a “yield rate” of 100 percent. Regular Decision, on the other hand, tends to yield slightly less than 50 percent year to year. Therefore, early decision admits mean fewer admits overall, and therefore a lower overall acceptance rate. Applying the actual numbers to the equation gives a sense of how this really works. This year, 40,413 students applied to Penn. Of that amount, 1,354 were accepted early and enrolled automatically. That meant that, come spring, there were 1,091 additional spots to fill. A further 2,345 applicants were accepted, indicating an expected yield rate of 46.5 percent. If the whole class were filled that way, Penn would have needed to accept 5,258 applicants, leaving the overall admit rate at 13 percent, as opposed to the actual result of 9.2 percent. Still selective, yes, but on the high end for any school

The memes have finally taken over, everyone. The war has been lost. Like thousands of other students, I was added to the “Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club” group on Facebook recently, and my news feed has since been flooded with memes about all things Penn. Recurring themes included the difficulty of financing a Penn education, mental health issues among students and experiencing academic and social failure. Hilarious, right? I admit to some cynicism here. Honestly, some of the memes really were pretty funny and clever. The fact that the more popular ones got over a thousand likes show that they’re relatable to a lot of people. It also shows that Penn students aren’t reluctant to laugh at themselves, which is relieving to see for a school that sometimes takes itself too seriously. Some people have even mentioned that the group serves as a means of achieving solidarity, in the sense that it allows peo-

ple to recognize that others around them are experiencing and feeling similar things. But here’s the thing: While digs at Princeton or commentary on the culture of procrastination at Penn are generally harmless, some of the topics are actually kind of serious. Some memes even served as astute commentary on issues like the University’s approach to mental health or the cutthroat culture among students, which are issues that affect a lot of people. One meme juxtaposed the beliefs and supposed practices of Management professor Adam Grant, one of the most high-profile professors at Penn. Professor Grant has been a vocal critic of the pre-professional and “hypercompetitive” culture at Penn and other academic institutions. He has claimed that “toxic atmospheres” in classes are unnecessary and ultimately detrimental to mental health. The meme contained a screenshot of an alleged email notifying a student

of rejection to Professor Grant’s Management 238 course, explaining that only 70 seats were available and that over 250 had applied. The course requires applications separate from the Penn InTouch registration system. The meme received over 650 reactions on Facebook, with one commenter demanding an explanation

thing discomforting about the fact that so many students recognize a variety of problems or issues, and their first and only instinct is to make a meme. This form of satire, while legitimate, is limited both in its ability to create meaningful dialogue and to reach an audience. In order to utilize the

Not everything needs to be a means of activism, but it feels unsatisfying to accept that the only thing we can do about certain things to throw our hands up in the air and have a laugh.” from Grant with regards to the class’ alleged exclusivity. This kind of juxtaposition shows that memes have the power to do more than elicit likes and lols, even if the effect achieved is inadvertent. But there’s some-

power of these memes, people need to complement them with action in the real world. Whether that takes the form of a more nuanced discussion, an organized protest or event or even writing out one’s thoughts in a student publication,

real change needs more than a couple of minutes spent on Photoshop. Otherwise, these memes serve no other purpose than to reflect our collective cynicism and lack of actual initiative. One could point out that the purpose of the group is limited to kicks and giggles, and that I’m missing the point. I get that. But isn’t it at least strange to think that our reaction to recognizing real problems is to create a meme? That in most cases, this often ends up being the only form of “action”? On the receiving end, most of us look at the meme, laugh and maybe like or share it. Maybe we comment something about it being “TOO REAL.” Then we forget about it and then maybe move on with our lives. Some people might find no problem with that, and point out that they’re just memes. But this triviality is precisely what I find disturbing. Some of the issues mentioned above are very much real — I don’t think anyone would dispute that,

JAMES LEE and I don’t think anyone would take them so lightly in a public discussion. Not everything needs to be a means of activism, but it feels unsatisfying to accept that the only thing we can do about certain things is to throw our hands up in the air and have a laugh. Because ultimately, the memes will be forgotten, the cry of laughter long faded away, but Penn will still be here, in all its glory and shadows. JAMES LEE is a College junior from Seoul, South Korea, studying English and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. His email address is jel@sas.upenn. edu. “The Conversation” usually appears every other Monday.

Punishing students for peaceful demonstrations violates Penn’s principles REAL TALK | Why every student should be concerned about the citations levied against Fossil Free Penn Every one of us, no matter our political views, has a campus issue that we’re passionate about. For some that issue is sexual assault, for others it’s diversity and for almost every student on Penn’s campus, the rising cost of tuition is a subject of concern. But while these issues may feel particularly salient to our current moment, they are by no means new. Each struggle we face has a history — a legacy of student activism that’s transformed Penn into what it is today. And for every one of the issues I’ve mentioned, there’s been a student-led sit-in held to address it. When about 130 students gathered in the lobby of College Hall as part of Fossil Free Penn’s protest for the University to divest from fossil fuels, they became a part of that tradition. And when the administration gave citations to 69 of those students, it didn’t just threaten them, it threatened every student on campus who might want to advocate for a better future.

We all rely on the freedom to express our views without punishment and therefore we should all be concerned when that freedom is endangered. The right to hold a peaceful demonstration is something all Penn students possess. So long as the students involved are operating within Penn’s Open Expression Guidelines, any attempt by the University to deter their demonstration would be a violation of its own policy. I reached out to the chair of the Open Expression Committee, Sigal BenPorath, and a University spokesperson to ask why students had been cited for their demonstration. Unfortunately, both declined to talk to me on the matter, saying that University policy forbid them from discussing citations. This refusal to communicate on disciplinary policies suggests a certain unwillingness on the part of the administration to defend and explain their actions. This lack of transparency is disheartening, and we as a

community deserve to hear a justification for these citations. As far as I can tell, the only reason that students were written up is that they didn’t leave College Hall before it closed at 6 p.m. But if it’s true that administrators were just following

Fossil Free Penn’s dissent. And according to College sophomore and Fossil Free Penn member David Zhao, “[Administrators] used [the sit-in] as a justification to shut down negotiations, essentially saying ‘well now you’re in bad standing because you’ve incurred these

We all rely on the freedom to express our views without punishment and therefore we should all be concerned when that freedom is endangered.” protocol and not actively trying to silence Fossil Free Penn, then why did they incur citations for sleeping in College Hall on Wednesday night but not on Tuesday? The fact that this rule isn’t being enforced systematically seems to suggest that it was little more than a pretense for punishing

citations and we’re not really gonna talk to you.’” So not only did the administration only start issuing citations after the sit-in had progressed, they also used them during negotiations as a way of discrediting Fossil Free Penn. These sorts of underhanded tactics denigrate our University

and run counter to our principles of free and open expression. But if the citations don’t seem so concerning to you now then consider what sort of precedent they might set. In the past students have been charged for things like barricading the entrance to College Hall. Now they’re being charged for staying past 6 p.m. When the limits put on expression become more confining, it threatens the voice of all students, not just those who are currently being penalized. There are of course countless other ways to advocate for change. Students can write op-eds, petition the University or lobby for change through the Undergraduate Assembly. But when those other avenues are exhausted, a peaceful demonstration becomes the primary method of engagement. In the past students have relied on sit-ins as a way to lobby for an array of crucial policy changes. It’s because of a sit-in that female students convinced the admin-

CAMERON DICHTER istration to adopt anti-rape procedures. It’s because of a sit-in that the administration agreed to establish an intercultural center and continue need-blind admissions. Without the unfettered right to hold a peaceful sitin, the power that students possess is sorely limited. So regardless of whether or not you’re sympathetic to Fossil Free Penn’s cause, we should all recognize the danger that a repressive administration represents. CAMERON DICHTER is a College junior from Philadelphia, studying English. His email address is camd@sas.upenn. edu. “Real Talk” usually appears every other Monday.

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Penn researcher receives $16.3 million to develop an HIV vaccine

Phila. starts free gun lock program

Shaw’s team will use monkeys to replicate the virus

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A Penn researcher has received $16.3 million in funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to speed up the development of a HIV vaccine. Professor of hematology/oncology and microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine, George Shaw is looking to build on earlier work in model building of the HIV infection in humans, according to Infection Control Today. Shaw’s initial research is based on the ability of some people to produce antibodies that

mostly neutralize the virus during the course of the infection. An HIV vaccine does not yet exist due to the nature of the infection, which quickly mutates and hides its external layer of proteins, commonly called the envelope. The envelope can then combine with a host cell, allowing the virus to enter the host cell, replicate and eventually kill the cell, according to Life Science Daily. The proposed vaccine will introduce non-infectious parts, or a weaker form of the microbe, to immune system cells, preparing them for potential attacks against an infection they have already come into contact with. In their new work, Shaw and his team will be infecting

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George Shaw is a professor of hematology/oncology and microbiology in the Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.

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that could help develop a vaccine to mimic the behavior of the virus.

Herb dispenser wins at Pennvention finals Eight of the original 75 teams made it to the finals BRIAN ZHONG Staff Reporter

A self-composting toilet, an online student health insurance platform and a light automation device may seem entirely different from each other, but all three ideas — and five other innovations — were showcased at the Pennvention final round Wednesday. Teams of Penn undergraduate and graduate students pitched their start-up ideas to a panel of judges at the Wu and Chen Auditorium. The competition, which is run by the Weiss Tech House, strives to promote technological innovation by rewarding the most promising proposals with funding and mentorship opportunities. The grand prize winner, Pinch, developed an automated kiosk that dispenses various spices, herbs and seasonings in grocery stores. “A toilet can [compete] against a neural brain activity device, so you have very different ends of the spectrum,” Director of Weiss Tech House Anne Stamer said. “While we hit trends, much of it is actually trendless because it’s really about the people working on the idea and moving along.” Pennvention garnered more than 75 submissions, whittling down the number of teams to eight after two rounds of judging. Throughout the three-month process, teams sharpened their ideas by seeking guidance from 50 mentors whose expertise spans business, law and other fields. “They can enter the competition with an idea, utilize the resources that we have to offer, and then come out three months later much closer to a product or even ready to begin selling their product,” Pennvention cochair and College junior Jordan Rosenthal said. “We hope that by the end of the competition, they’re not only closer to completing their product but they also understand who it helps, what problem it’s solving and how they’re going to fit that need.” NeuroFlow, the second-place team, constructed a digital health platform that equips doctors with biometric data, an objective tool that can inform treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental disorders. Comprised of undergraduates, MBA and Ph.D. students from Penn and Drexel University, the team has already been refining the product for 10 months and plans on delivering their platform to the U.S. Military Academy’s sports psychology program. “Since the competition is a very time-sensitive thing to have something ready by today, we made decisions about what needs to be focused on and what can be put off until later,” Drexel senior Matthew Roll said. “That type of pressure is good because it makes us make tough decisions.” The team also honed the product’s presentation by preparing a video for the second round of the competition. “We learned how to present this software in a way that appealed to the general public and

the judges, not just to the consumers and the physicians who would be using the software, and how to frame the software so that audience will get the most of what we show of it,” Engineering senior Taylor Concannon said. Rosenthal hopes that everyone across Penn’s undergraduate and graduate schools — not just Engineering and Wharton students — will capitalize on the on-campus networks and resources for Penn student entrepreneurs seeking to jump-start their ideas. “Everyone has a little bit of entrepreneurial spirit, and if they allow that to come through and if they put themselves on the line and pitch their ideas and find other like-minded entrepreneurs, people will be astounded by the support system and just how far they can take their ideas and their own drive.”

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Pennvention, a startup competition run by the Weiss Tech House, pit 75 teams against each other in a three-month long process.

A free gun lock program was launched in Philadelphia on Thursday to promote gun safety throughout the city. The initiative is a joint effort by the Sheriff’s Office and City Council President Darrell Clarke. According to 6abc.com, the gun locks will be available at Philadelphia City Hall and will be distributed this summer. The gun locks contain cables that can be threaded through unloaded firearms to prevent weapons

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from the audience greeted the survivors of sexual assault who chose to share their experiences and reflect on their recoveries. This year, ASAP changed the program form to make it more open and adaptable to people’s preferences. For example, in previous years, the Penn Women’s Center would open after the survivor-speak out as an area to “decompress,” according to Isabella Auchus, College senior and chair of ASAP. This year, it opened earlier and made itself available to participants after the march, to “make the event more accessible based on people’s comfort levels,” she said. Auchus said she hoped that the event would be both an uplifting demonstration of support for people personally affected by sexual assault

from firing. “There were more than two hundred individuals who lost their lives as a result of getting access to weapons last year,” Clarke said, according to 6abc. “Gun locks add an additional step, an additional thought, an additional action that may prevent someone from doing something that they may regret for the rest of their life,” Councilman Curtis Jones said in a statement. The decision to launch the gun lock program comes amid growing calls to combat gun violence locally and across the country. The locks will be available to pick up in City Hall.

and an illuminating learning experience for newcomers. First-time participant of the march, Engineering junior Tage Das, thought so. “The numbers and enthusiasm I see are really important,” he said. “It shows that there is a significant number of people who take this issue seriously enough to make an event out of it. The real stories told are heartbreaking and horrifying, but we have to look at them in the eye.” While the event offered a fresh perspective on sexual assault for many, Auchus said that its main purpose is to “shine a spotlight on survivors” — and to celebrate the empowerment of solidarity and speaking out. “Who we are is not what happened to our bodies,” McKibbens said. “We can name an atrocity and still dance in its aftermath.”

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Penn baseball’s hot streak Track and field continues fizzles out against Brown, Yale success at Virginia Quads Quakers drops three at home, swept by Yale

Women take first, men take second

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On a hot streak for the ages with an 11-1 record over its last 12 games, maybe it would’ve been useful for Penn baseball to get a taste of humility in its second Ivy League weekend of the season. Unfor tunately, Yale and Brown gave the Red and Blue a bit more than they were bargaining for. Taking on the pair of Red Rolfe Division schools on the road, the Quakers weren’t able to extend their magical run, falling in three out of four games culminating in a heartbreaking 10-inning loss to the Elis. As such, Penn (14-13, 4-4 Ivy) falls to .500 in conference play, two losses behind Columbia with twelve games to go. On the defensive side of the ball, the start of the four-game series looked awfully like the previous two weeks had for the Red and Blue, as yet another dominating pitching performance from Jake Cousins carried the Quakers to a 4-2 win over Yale. The senior ace threw his second consecutive complete game and only allowed seven runners to reach base, which marks his sixth consecutive start with at least six innings pitched and fewer than two runs allowed. But at the plate, Game 1 in Providence represented something totally new for the Red and Blue. After having only hit six total home runs in its first 23 games, Penn hit four solo shots, including a pair of dingers from junior outfielder Daniel Halevy, unleashing an unprecedented boost of power to take the early lead in the series. Boosted by three RBI from senior Tim Graul, the Quakers jumped out to a 5-0 second inning lead in the second game against Brown (9-13, 3-5) — but that would unfortunately mark the high point of the weekend for the Red and Blue. Though starter Adam Bleday did exit with a 5-4 lead, the Red

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Senior pitcher Jake Cousins earned the lone victory for Penn this weekend, allowing just two runs in seven innings of work.

and Blue bullpen melted down by allowing four runs in the bottom of the seventh frame, allowing the Bears to snag a doubleheader split from the jaws of defeat. Facing the team it entered the weekend tied atop the Ivy League standings with, Penn had an opportunity to respond and make a major statement in a pair of Sunday games at Yale (1412, 5-1), but the opposite result would unfold as the Bulldogs jumped all over Penn starter Mike Reitcheck. A balanced Yale offense leading the Ivy League with a stellar average of 6.65 runs per game carried the Elis to a 6-0 lead by the time Reitcheck exited in the sixth, and there was no miracle comeback effort from Penn in a 6-2 loss. With an opportunity to fight back and earn a series split, the Red and Blue came out on fire in the series finale, seizing a 4-0 lead boosted by a two-run double from Matt McGeagh — representing the 13th consecutive game the sophomore third baseman has hit safely in in

what’s been a massive breakout season. But after Gabe Kleiman helped Penn maintain that edge with a stellar six-inning, onerun performance on the mound, the Quakers fell victim to some late-inning madness once again. Aided by a Graul error, the Bulldogs managed to score three runs off closer Jake Nelson to tie the score at four apiece. Soon after, in the bottom of the tenth, Yale designated hitter Benny Wanger crushed a devastating walk-off double off Nelson to complete the wild comeback and send the stunned Red and Blue home empty-handed. Though the weekend’s ultimate result was disappointing to the Quakers, Penn is far from out of the mix for its first Ivy title since 1995, standing only a game back of Columbia (8-15, 4-2) and Princeton (9-18, 5-3) in the Gehrig Division. Next up, the Red and Blue have a tough non-conference tilt at Delaware (16-14, 4-5 CAA) before hosting the defending champion Tigers in what could be the most important Ivy series of the year.

Those numbers just seem to keep falling. On Saturday, Penn track and field continued a string of impressive and recordsetting performances at the Virginia Quad Meet. The women’s squad finished first overall, while the men came in second, falling only to the host school. The Quakers continued the trend of building up stronger performances as the season progresses, recording 15 top-10 marks in program history, including three new WILL SNOW | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR school records. For the women, the storyline Freshman thrower Maura Kimmel continued her impressive rookie only begins at their first-place season this weekend, once again breaking the discus school record. finish in the meet. The Red and Blue’s women’s squad was freshman Elena Brown-Soler podium finishes at the event, responsible for all three of the to surpass their own school with a majority of the Quaknew Penn records recorded record for the third consecu- ers’ notable finishes coming from the meet. Even more im- tive meet. from the field events. pressive, of the two individual Supplementing Kimmel’s Joseph Jordan received the records broken at the meet, strong discus performance only track second place finish both came from freshman. were equally impressive with a runner-up performance In the discus event, Maura personal bests from other in the 400m hurdles. Tim Kimmel reset the bar for freshman field competitors. Schanastra finished second herself, improving upon her Katherine Schroeder’s 3.68m to Kaplan to record a notable previous record with a throw clearance on the pole vault one-two finish for the Quakof 48.43 meters. Posting two notched another top-10 for the ers, while Sean Ryan and Sean top-10 marks was Kimmel’s women. Meanwhile, Isis Trot- Clarke scored second in the fellow freshman, hurdler Bre- man recorded a top-10 throw hammer throw and pole vault, anne Bygrave. In addition to in the discuss, to add to her respectively. breaking the school record in podium finishes in the shot put The Quakers will now the 100m hurdles, Bygrave and hammer throw. head home to host the notoriadded another top-five time On the men’s side, the ous Transatlantic meet, where in the 400m hurdles for good Quakers garnered a first- Oxford and Cambridge will measure. The third school place finish in one event, a play visitors in an exciting inrecord came from the 4x100m javelin victory garnered by ternational competition. And relay, where the junior duo senior thrower Sam Kaplan, en while all eyes will be on the of Barbara Biney and Taylor route to a second-place finish track, watch out for the record McCorkle combined with overall. The men’s team man- books, because those numbers sophomore Imani Solan and aged to record several strong just seem to keep on falling.

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After another goal from Dartmouth, the Quakers put up four straight. With little left to play for, the Quakers eased up, allowing the Big Green to go on a 3-2 run in the game’s

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Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf struggles with 11th place finish at Princeton

Quakers finished behind five Ivy foes JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Editor

While most of the golf world was focused on the Masters this weekend, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf had some work to do elsewhere. The Quakers finished 11th out of 14 teams at the Princeton Invitational, which is a 54 hole tournament at the par-71 Springdale Golf Club. Penn finished with a total team score of 897, or +45, placing them behind five Ivy opponents in Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell and Columbia, and two spots ahead of Brown. The overall result is a step back for the Red and Blue, who had already bested Cornell and Columbia in their last time out at the Towson Spring Invitational on March 25 and 26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in general weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re disappointed in our performance,â&#x20AC;? interim coach Mike Blodgett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we went out there and saw some of the teams that

we consider equal competitors as us, kind of in the same category as us, and we saw our performance fall short of not just what we expected to do on the golf course but what we saw other teams were able to do out there.â&#x20AC;? On the first day, Penn combined for a total score of 596 for the first 36 holes, putting them in 10th place. But a high 301 in the last round on Sunday allowed St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to leapfrog from 12th into 10th, pushing the Quakers back one spot. For Blodgett, there were several things that went wrong for his team this weekend. Most of them, however, circle back to the team not getting enough time for course practice. Due to the winter weather extending into March, the team could not get the usual amount of time outside, and was forced to adapt its practice style. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still trying to get into spring golf shape. We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had much opportunity to be outside, or practice the way that we like to this season. So I think every time we go on the golf course weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just finding

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Though sophomore Josh Goldenberg led the way with a solid 34th-place finish, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf struggled down the stretch at Princeton, turning in its highest round on Sunday en route to finishing 11th.

out a little bit more about our games and where we are at for the season.â&#x20AC;? The low scorer of the

tournament for Penn was sophomore Josh Goldenberg, who shot a combined 222, tying him for 34th place at th tournament.

Goldenberg was well situated after the first day, as he was tied for 15th overall with a 145. But a 77 in the final round hurt his

final standing. Other notable performances from the Quakers included 225s from both junior Carter Thompson and sophomore Zareh Kaloustian, who played in his first match of the year over the weekend. With just one more tournament on the schedule before the Ivy Championship, there is a silver lining to this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s result. The poor play can allow the team to reflect on what areas of their game they need to improve upon and come out hungry to prove they are better than what they just showed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to use this weekend as a learning experience,â&#x20AC;? Blodgett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had an opportunity to debrief on the van ride home and just discuss what we can improve on, getting ready for next week, and I expect my guys to come out with fire in their eyes, ready to go next weekend.â&#x20AC;? While the result may not have been the outcome they wanted, not all is lost for Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf, as there is still plenty of time to refine their game.

Football ushers in start of 2017 season with annual spring game Questions remain at QB, while young talent shines THOMAS MUNSON Sports Reporter

The sun was shining down on Franklin Field on Sunday afternoon for Penn footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual intersquad spring game. Unlike most traditional Division I spring games, the Quakers

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep score, but rather simulate realistic in-game situations with full contact and referees. The game marks the culmination of spring practice and gives the coaching staff one final look at the team in pads until preseason begins in August. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You look for consistency in the team, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through

just twelve practices,â&#x20AC;? coach Ray Priore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw both the offense have success and the defense have success. Good consistency across the board.â&#x20AC;? Of course, the focus today was on the quarterback position. The biggest question entering the 2017 season will be who takes over for graduating senior Alek Torgersen. Freshman Tyler Herrick and junior Will Fischer-Colbrie

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both took snaps today. But Priore wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t name a frontrunner for who secured the upper ha nd enter i ng t he summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still open game,â&#x20AC;? Priore explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think anytime you have a transition at the quarterback position weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not gonna make those decisions until weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re into camp. Guys have worked really hard going through the spring, have showed great promise, understanding what we do offensively, which is the most important part.â&#x20AC;? While the transition will undoubtedly be difficult given Torgersenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pedigree as a potential NFL quarterback, junior wide receiver Justin Watson spoke highly of the two new potential gunslingers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit different, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing it all offseason so I think at this point weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kinda getting used to it,â&#x20AC;? Watson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will and Tyler have both done a really good job of being leaders.â&#x20AC;? Building chemistry between the receiving corps and the new quarterbacks will be key to

continuing the Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent track record of success, which includes two consecutive seasons that ended with shares of the Ivy title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a repetition thing and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really noticed that we have a lot of guys staying after practice throwing after balls, getting in here on our days off,â&#x20AC;? Watson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can tell weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten a lot better from practice one to two, two to three and all the way to practice twelve.â&#x20AC;? But, while thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no early indication of who will take the reigns under center in the fall, many other players stood out on Sunday. One position group where there will be a lot of holes to plug next season is the offensive line. But, Priore and Watson were both excited by what they saw from the young potential starters. Additionally, three freshmen: tight end Matt Norton, defensive linema n Ta heeb Sonekan and especially running back Abe Willows caught the eyes of coach Priore. Willows took a significant amount

of snaps during the spring game and also drew the attention of Watson. Watson, of course, will be entering the final season of what has already been an illustrious career. He is a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year finalist and has two conference titles to his name. This season, as the undisputed number one wideout, he will have the opportunity to show off in front of NFL scouts much like Torgersen did in 2016. However, Watson will be focusing on winning another title, not his potential professional career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Torgersenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] advice was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the best thing you can do is win a championship.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focused on,â&#x20AC;? Watson recalled the senior saying to him. After a three-way tie in 2015 and a traditional tie last season with Princeton, the Quakers will be focused on securing sole possession this time around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tired of sharing,â&#x20AC;? Watson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is not just a championship this year. The goal is outright championship.â&#x20AC;?

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late, letting his save percentage dip below 50 percent, but against Brown, he rebounded in an enormous way, gobbling up all outside shots, forcing the Bears to think twice about each shot they took. Although he fielded a loss, Junkin should be proud about conceding only 11 goals to a team that previously averaged 16.33 goals per game at home. Unfortunately, no matter how well Junkin played, his team had very little chance of winning, as Penn was dismantled at the faceoff â&#x20AC;&#x153;X,â&#x20AC;? winning only seven of 23 draws. College lacrosse is both a game of runs and a game of possessions. In order to string together goals, a team has to be able to win faceoffs, something Penn has been largely unable to

accomplish this entire season. Changing the faceoff strategy appears to be a must for the Penn coaching staff, but after utilizing four faceoff men in this game alone, one is forced to wonder if all resources have already been exhausted in that regard. Suffice it to say, something has to change for the Quakers to have any hope of reaching the Ivy League Tournament. A season that began so promisingly with wins over Virginia and Navy has become increasingly dire, as Penn must now beat Harvard and Dartmouth to have any chance of securing a bid, and, depending on how the rest of the Ivy League regular season pans out, even those two wins might not be enough.

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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017

Penn Athletics Weekend MVP: Softball’s Alexis Sargent

Senior ace tossed pair of complete games in wins JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Editor

Penn softball’s Alexis Sargent has already established herself as the premier pitcher in the Ivy League. And when the team needed her the most this weekend, she showed up. In two starts, one each against Brown and Yale, the senior ace threw two complete games, compiling a 2.00 ERA for the weekend. Penn (14-12, 5-3 Ivy) went on to win both games, beating Yale by the score of 4-1 and Brown by the score of 5-3. Thanks to her solidarity on the mound, Sargent earned the victory in both. The first game against Yale featured a vintage performance

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the end results. “We had a couple little goals: one of them was to do all of the little things right, because the little things add up to make a win,” Sargent explained. “The other was winning every inning.” On Friday’s doubleheader against Yale (9-21, 4-4), the Quakers did just that. In the first meeting of the day, a 4-1 win for the visiting team, Penn played through three scoreless innings before taking control in the top of the fourth. Junior Molly Oretsky launched a home run deep over the centerfield fence to drive in junior Jurie Joyner and freshman Clare Sebastianelli and give Penn a three-run lead. Though the Bulldogs responded with a lone home run in the bottom of the fifth, Penn’s Oretsky would add one more run for good measure in the seventh off of an RBI-triple from senior

from Sargent. In seven innings she scattered six hits, struck out four and walked only one en route to her eighth complete game of the year. The lone run came on a home run in the fifth inning, and only once did Yale have more than one hit in an inning. Sargent ran into a little more trouble against Brown on Saturday. In the first meeting between the Quakers and the Bears, the home team plated three runs in the sixth inning to whittle Penn’s lead down to two. Brown was threatening more with runners on first and third and only two outs, but Sargent shut the rally down. All in all, she finished with a complete game, four more strikeouts and another win. The Alexandria, Va. native also contributed on the other side of the ball, helping to spark a three-run fifth inning with an RBI single.

Sargent has been a steady figure in the circle for Penn over the last two years, developing under the wing of star pitcher Alexis Borden, a 2015 graduate who topped the Ivy League in strikeouts her senior year with 144, and coming into her own during her junior season. While Sargent was no short of dominant in 2016, her strength has only grown this year. In 14 appearances, she leads the Ivy League in wins (9), strikeouts (74) and ERA (2.19). With almost exclusively Ivy games left on the schedule, the Red and Blue will need Sargent to keep this level of play up if they want to have a chance at capturing an Ivy title. But this weekend, she provided the Quakers with the pitching performance that they needed, and that’s why she’s this weekend’s Penn Athletics Weekend MVP.

Leah Allen. On the defensive side of the ball, Sargent struck out four batters en route to her seventh complete game and eighth win of the season. The second act, an 8-6 win, was a similar story. Once again, the Quakers got hot in the fourth inning, this time to overcome a 4-2 lead amassed by the Bulldogs. Though sophomore Sarah Cwiertnia anchored the offsense with three RBI, the win was very much a team effort with six different players scoring. “I think one thing that is true this season that hasn’t necessarily been true in past seasons is that each and every one of our players is contributing to the win – it’s not just a few people that are hitting the ball and one star pitcher,” Sargent said. “I think that’s what a championship team does.” On Saturday against Brown (11-19, 3-5), each of Penn’s five runs in Game 1 came from a different player, while Oretsky continued her streak of solid

play and picked up two RBI. Sargent, whose 2.23 E.R.A. heading into the weekend led the Ivy League, pitched another complete game for the Quakers. In game two, Sargent handed the over her duties on the mound to a trio of her teammates: junior Mason Spichiger, senior Courtney Cuzick and freshman Jennifer Bran. Despite striking out a combined five batters, the Bears hitting lit up as the afternoon went on and batted in seven runs to Penn’s three. After a successful weekend on the road, Sargent and her teammates are cautiously optimistic. The Quakers will face Drexel in a mid-week non-conference matchup on Wednesday before opening South Division play with back-to-back doubleheaders against Princeton on Saturday and Sunday. “The fun part is the games count twice as much because a win for us is a loss for them,” she said. “I think we’ll really play out with intensity that will be palpable on the field.”

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BUT NOT M. LAX | Quakers’ loss to Brown makes for uphill battle to Ivy tournament BREVIN FLEISCHER Sports Editor-elect

ll of the elements were there. Great goaltending. An explosive start. Smart shot selection. Everything in the early going truly pointed to a Penn men’s lacrosse victory, but Brown’s resiliency proved too much to handle, resulting in an 11-8 loss for the Red and Blue. The Quakers (4-5, 1-3 Ivy) are now on the brink of Ivy League Tournament elimination, as they once again failed to play a complete 60 minutes of lacrosse. In last week’s loss against Yale, after playing the first three quarters poorly, the Quakers ended on

a tear, scoring six of the game’s final seven goals before running out of time to complete the comeback. Against Brown (5-4, 2-1) the Red and Blue started much the same way they finished last weekend, opening up a 5-1 lead halfway through the second quarter. Sparking that opening run for the Quakers was maybe the least likely of sources, as junior defenseman Jack Ullrich scooped up a loose ball in front of the net and finished for his first goal of the season. Also contributing were more consistent goal scorers junior attackman/midfielder Kevin McGeary,

sophomore attackman Simon Mathias, and junior All-American long stick midfielder Connor Keating. Mathias, in particular, shined during the goalscoring run, scoring two goals in highlight reel fashion. The first started with a one-handed interception at the boxline and culminated in a bevy of stick fakes and a low finish on the sprawling Brown goalie, freshman Phil Goss. The second was a lefty dive shot from goal line extended where his SEE M.LAX PAGE 8

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No.10 PENN 17 6 DARTMOUTH

Penn crushes Dartmouth to keep its Ivy title dreams alive Women’s lacrosse still one game behind Cornell

Quakers sweep Yale, split with Brown on the road LAINE HIGGINS Associate Sports Editor

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Consider the stakes raised. After collecting a sweep of Yale and a split with Brown over the weekend, Penn softball has faced every opponent in the North Division and already has its eyes on the South Division title. Though intradivisional play does not begin until next weekend, the Quakers (14-12, 5-3 Ivy) currently are just one game behind Princeton and tied with Columbia.

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Penn women’s lacrosse has a knack for making big games look easy. It did that on Saturday when they handily took down Dartmouth, 17-6. The Quakers (9-2, 2-1 Ivy) tied their season high in strikes with 17 en route to winning their third straight. The Quakers dominated on offense, but their defensive effort also deserves praise. For the ninth time this season, the Red and Blue held their opponent to fewer than 10 goals. The team has won all nine of those contests. The No. 10 Quakers played host to the Big Green (5-5, 0-4) after a trying three-game road trip that was capped off with a statement victory over then No. 16 Northwestern. The Red and Blue carried that momentum up to the start of play and struck just one minute after opening draw. The game’s first goal was scored by senior attack Emily RogersHealion, who would go on to have a six-point affair. She has 16 goals in 11 games after scoring 17 in 20 games last year. Her recent performance has been a boon to the Quakers’ scoring efforts in 2017. The Quakers would draw twice more in the following 10 minutes, creating a 3-0 lead halfway through the first half. The Big Green would come roaring back in their most

Penn softball in strong position after weekend Penn’s 3-1 weekend record was key to moving up in the divisional standings considering that both the Tigers and Lions started their conference play with spotless records through four games. According to senior pitcher Alexis Sargent, the team was well aware of what was at stake heading into their northern road trip. “We knew that we had to play the best we could, so there was a lot of motivation on that end,” she said. In order to make winning manageable, coach Leslie King encouraged her team to shift its perspective away from SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 9

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Senior attack Emily Rogers-Healion continued to bring the fire on offense, leading Penn with six goals on Saturday and scoring her 16th goal in 11 games.

notable run of the game, scoring off a free position goal and then tallying another just 40 seconds later. But a one-goal deficit was the closest the game would remain on the day. Penn went on a 6-0 run to round out the first half. Two goals came from the team’s star midfielder Alex Condon, three from freshman sensations Erin Barry and Gabby Rosenzweig, and another from Rogers-Healion. Six-goal deficits are hard to overcome in any sport, women’s lacrosse being no different. Making matters even more difficult is the Quakers’

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strong defensive play. With the Red and Blue needing to conserve a lead, one would expect the team to hold back, run down the clock, and ease off the pressure. That was not the case on Saturday. The Quakers kept their foot on the gas pedal for the game’s last 30 minutes. Just 20 seconds in to the second stanza, Rosenzweig scored her eleventh tally on the year. Only one minute later, Condon would draw again, her 26th of the season. With an 11-2 lead, the game was all but over. SEE W.LAX PAGE 7

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In Friday’s second game against Yale, an 8-6 win for the Quakers, sophomore firstbaseman Sarah Cwiertnia continued her hot streak, leading the Quakers with three RBIs.