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• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations • Monday, May 18 at 10:15 a.m. • Franklin Field
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• 1985 Engineering graduate • Chief Development Officer of Comcast Cable • Monday, May 18 at 2:30 p.m. • Franklin Field
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Maria T. Zuber
• 1980 College graduate • E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Sunday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. • Franklin Field
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The Wharton School
School of Nursing
• Assistant Professor of Management • Sunday, May 17 at 9 a.m. • The Palestra
Samir Nurmohamed
… [A] majority of major experiences that defined my last four years were not only unplanned, but almost impulsive.”
Major General Margaret C. Wilmoth
• 1993 Nursing graduate • Deputy Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and Army Reserve Affairs in the Office of the Surgeon General • Monday, May 18 at 3 p.m. • Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
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2015 The mission of the College Houses is to provide supportive residential communities for undergraduate students. By design, the Houses integrate the intellectual and academic experiences of the conventional classroom with those of everyday life—through programming, events, and powerful interactions between faculty, staff, and students. In support of that academic mission, the College House Deans, who serve as chief administrators of these communities, established the College House Deans Integrated Knowledge Award. The Integrated Knowledge Award honors those residents who have shown themselves able to combine their academic passions with the concerns of the day-to-day life of the College House communities they live in, and through their activities and participation have directly benefited the members of their own House.
Mark Paraskevas W.E.B. Du Bois College House
First Place Award winner
Mr. Paraskevas has lived in Du Bois since he moved in as a first-year student, where he now takes a more active role as a member of Du Bois' House Council. Coming to Faculty Master Dr. Will Gipson's attention as a leading participant in the House's residential programs, he turned his interests in research into a project for Philly's former Mayor, the Rev. Dr. Wilson Goode, Sr. Under the auspices of the Fox Leadership Program, Mr. Paraskevas researched and produced a fifty-page outline of the history of Black political power in the city of Philadelphia, an outline which Mayor Goode is using in the writing of his autobiography. "Mark has an appetite for the college experience that has served him extraordinarily well. He is a fine example of what the College House experience can offer our residents and how it can launch students into a memorable Penn experience." — The Rev. Dr. William Gipson Faculty Master, W.E.B. Du Bois College House
Laura Doherty Stouffer College House Second Place
Ms. Doherty quickly became involved in the inner workings of Stouffer College House when she moved in her freshman year. She currently serves as President of Stouffer's Steering Committee, the group responsible for creating programming and community within the College House, and as a member of that committee she has organized many events both informative and social within the House. Among her more notable achievements within Stouffer has been the Philadelphia Seminar Series, which she co-founded with another resident, bringing a cross-disciplinary series of Philadelphians into the House to discuss their work in the city. She became the 2014 College House Research Fellow for Stouffer, presenting two papers in dermatology research to her peers and making her a stellar resource for other undergraduates interested in pursuing research goals. "What I love about Laura is that she shares her broad interests and experiences with our community... She knows so much and she is active in really diverse activities, and she shares. She brings outside people who are experts in a broad range of subjects to our House. Her own life seamlessly incorporates scholarship and community, and because she shares, her lifestyle is – of course in varying degrees – infused into the lives of other students." — Prof. Philip Nichols Faculty Master, Stouffer College House
Camilla Schneier Kings Court English College House Third Place
A Physics and Economics double major, Ms. Schneier pursues both sciences with rigor and passion, organizing events for her Perspectives in the Humanities residential program so that other students can experience her understanding that the humanities are vital in the pursuit of understanding in other disciplines. She quadrupled the number of events in the program and provides research opportunities for the other residents, and the Women in Physics program she co-founded with two other Housemates has helped nurture a community of women in the sciences, fostering mentorship and fellowship to improve women's participation in physics and STEM fields. "Camilla manages to integrate her job as PiH manager with great success... She has been able to integrate her knowledge of physics, economics, art, management and the environment in and out of our College House, for the benefit of the Penn community." — Dr. Marta Rivas-Olmeda Associate Master, Kings Court English College House
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Last year, Vice President Joe Biden emphasized the nation’s potential for world leadership and encouraged the graduates to take the reins. “We are so well-positioned to lead the world in the 21st century that we have to take advantage of it. You — this is not a hyperbole — you, all those receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees today, are going to make that possible,” Biden said to the 6,000 graduates. Playing on his political role, Biden also suggested that the graduating class had the potential “to write a new chapter, to bend history a little bit.” “Don’t listen to the cynics,” Biden added. “They were wrong about my generation, and they’re wrong about yours.” 2002 Commencement speaker Jim Lehrer, who is the executive editor and former news anchor for the PBS NewsHour on PBS, expressed doubt that the audience would recall much from his speech aside from the word “risk,” which he mentioned repeatedly. “As you search for your place in lives, I advise you to take risks,” Lehrer said. “Be willing to put your mind and your spirit, your time and your energy, your stomach and your emotions on the line.”
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When Academy-Award winning actress Jodie Foster gave the Commencement address in 2006, she offered her perspective on the post-graduation transition to the real world. “You will undoubtedly hear … sayings like ‘the hope for this country’s future’… and if you are anything like I was, you will spend the next six months in bed watching reruns and feelings like a complete idiot,” Foster said. “But somewhere in the middle of free-form post-graduation survival, the journey of your life has a way of sneaking off the starting line.” Foster called on graduates to strive toward a positive impact without constraining themselves by the actions of past leaders. “How will your experience pave the way for a new voice in America?” she asked of the crowd. “I hope it will take you out these doors, out into the open air. You will breathe it in your lungs and say, “From now on, this life will be what I stand for, dammit. Move over, this is my story now.” Foster, the only female speaker since 2000, concluded her speech in the words of rapper Eminem, insisting, “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime.”
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will deliver words of inspiration to the graduating class as this year’s Commencement speaker. The Daily Pennsylvanian took a look back at past commencement speakers and their words of guidance and encouragement.
John McCain
The faces of graduation: Commencement speakers through the ages In 2001, Senator John McCain expressed a similar faith in the potential of the graduating class. “I don’t know you personally,” McCain said. “I don’t know what you will become, but I know what you could become, what you should become.”
In 2011, Tony and twotime Academy-Award winning actor Denzel Washington encouraged the graduates to boldly embrace the chance of failure. “Every graduate here today has the training and talent to succeed. But do you have the guts to fail?” He asked the audience. “If you don’t, you’re not even trying.”
Netter Center uses Alumni Weekend to engage Penn with West Phila. 1979 Final Four cocaptains among alumni returning to Netter Center PAT ZANCOLLI Staff Reporter
Alumni Weekend isn’t just about returning to campus to reunite with classmates. For the Netter Center, Alumni Weekend is an opportunity to connect Penn graduates with the West Philadelphia community. On Alumni Weekend, May 15-17, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships will be hosting a number of events. “This interest originally came from other alumni,” Netter Center Assistant Director Rita Hodges said. A number of graduated classes have contacted the Netter Center over the past several years to conduct a service project over Alumni Weekend, Hodges said, but those plans never really worked out. As a result, Netter has made an effort over the past couple of years to plan Alumni Weekend events in a more engaged way, implementing panels and other events to make this possible. Alumni panels: The Netter Center will be hosting two panel discussions over the course of the weekend: one on Friday entitled “The Class of ‘80 Story,” and the other on Saturday, featuring a number of alumni
involved with Netter’s work. Friday’s “Class of ‘80 Story” panel will feature the class’s efforts over the past five years working with Sayre High School. “The idea is to share their story,” Hodges said. After the Class of 1980’s 30th reunion in 2010, members of the class decided that they wanted to be more involved with the West Philadelphia community. “We wanted another reason to exist besides to plan a party every five years,” Class of 1980 Vice President Len Bernstein said. “So we sat down at our reunion planning meeting and thought, ‘Perhaps we can come up with a project that benefits Penn and gives us another reason to exist as a class to get something accomplished.’” Since 2010, the Class of 1980 has worked very closely with Sayre High School students. Netter Center Associate Vice President and Director Ira Harkavy was able to connect the class to Sayre. ”[Harkavy] felt that they really could use a relationship with us as mentors,” Class of ‘80 President Jayne Perilstein said. Alumni from the class who live locally take Sayre students out to various career-related field trips with hopes to expose them to places of interest in the city. “The whole purpose of the panel is for us to get the word out about what we’re doing so that other classes could start thinking about doing an ongoing community service project
through Netter,” Perilstein said. The second panel, on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., will focus on featuring alumni who were involved during their undergraduate years. “It’s a discussion of several different ways that folks involved with Netter can do some good,” Bernstein, who will be serving as a panelist, said. Netter is looking to make this an interactive panel followed by an informal reception afterwards. Return of Final Four captains: On Saturday, May 16, the 1979 Final Four basketball co-captains will be running a “Skills and Drills” clinic as part of Netter’s Alumni Weekend plans from 9 to 11 a.m. The former co-captains, Tony Price and Bobby Willis, will be hosting their event for children of Penn alumni and kids from West Philadelphia alike. Price’s son A.J., an NBA player, will be participating in this event as well. “A.J. is a great role model for the kids,” Hodges said. Price runs a non-profit mentoring program out of New York, the “Pay the Price Foundation.” After Pay the Price has worked with kids in New York for several years, Price decided to expand his work to the Philadelphia area with Homecoming and Alumni weekend events. “We’re trying to give back to the community so this is a way for us to connect back with one, the university, and two, the West Philadelphia area,” Price said.
Whet your post-graduation appetite at these brunch locations There’s no need to sit through the Class of 2015’s graduation on an empty stomach. Enjoy one more brunch with friends before you graduate and leave the City of Brotherly Love. University City has no shortage of restaurants open for the late-morning brunch crowd, so here are a few places to go before the last hurrah. JEFFREY CAREYVA Staff Reporter
1. WHITE DOG CAFE White Dog may be a bruncher’s best friend, as long as you aren’t afraid of dogs. Located near 34th and Samson streets, White Dog offers unique canine decor and seasonal menus. Chef Zach Grainda uses only locally grown (for instance the Lancaster County 3-Egg Omelet), environmentally sustainable ingredients for his Spring 2015 brunch menu, featuring an Avocado BLT, a Smoked Chicken & Apple Sausage Sandwich and Stuffed French Toast with bruleed bananas and a Myers rum glaze. Prices range from under $10 a plate to over $30. 2. SABRINA’S CAFE Sitting at 34th Street in Powelton Village, Sabrina’s Cafe’s University City location is another great spot to enjoy your final diploma-less br unch. Dishes cost around $10 each, and there is a wealth of vegetarian and vegan options available. Sabrina’s latest brunch special takes advantage of National Poetry Month, offering dishes
like John Keats’ “Ode to Autumn Vegetables” Special Egg White Omelette, and also Robert Frost’s “Tufts of Romaine” Vegan Brunch. Have your friend from Drexel use his Dragon Dollars to pay for your Bella Vista Omelet and Stuffed Challah French Toast as well. 3. GREEN LINE CAFE With one location near 36th and Lancaster streets, one at the corner of 40th and Ludlow streets and another at 43rd and Baltimore streets, you shouldn’t need to take a trolley (‘green line’) to get to the Green Line Cafe. Start one of your last Penn mornings with an organic, Peruvian, Equal Exchange coffee, a fresh bagel and a sweet potato burrito for under $10. You may even see local poet Leonard Gontarek at Green Line, as he curates a poetry reading inside. 4. REED’S COFFEE & TEA HOUSE Alongside 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue, Reed’s is a more intimate and inexpensive location to sit and enjoy brunch over coffee. Local owners and operators George and Kat Reed have made their teahouse into
a welcoming and cozy establishment. They offer a wide selection of teas and a breakfast and lunch menu with organic options. 5. TEXAS WIENER Last on the list comes Texas Wiener, a brunch-time gem on the corner near 40th and Lancaster. They serve more than hot dogs, offering breakfast options that don’t surprise but satisfy. Help yourself to a breakfast platter like the Texas Special, a meat omelet or an egg sandwich for under $5. Texas Wiener is too small to accommodate a big brunch party, but bring your meat-loving friends for a quick brunch hoedown. OTHER OPTIONS: If you have the means to quickly travel to Rittenhouse, keep Café Lutecia on your radio for a good French brunch at 23rd and Lombard streets. Not far is Day By Day on 21st and Sansom streets. Get baked apple pancakes or huevos rancheros for under $15. Greek Lady is open every day at 9:30 a.m., and having a lamb gyro as your first meal is one way to get through the day.
There will be seven or eight players from the 1979 Final Four team at the event, in addition to a number of volunteers from the community, Willis said. The clinic will have 10 different stations with two adults at each station to supervise and guide the young athletes. “We have a great time,” Willis said. Book drive at the Penn Bookstore: Netter will also be hosting a book drive, partnering with the Penn Bookstore and Bags of Books, an organization started by 13-year-old Alexa Grabelle, the daughter of the Class of 1993 president. During Alumni Weekend the group will run a book drive at the Penn Bookstore to benefit West Philladelphia schools. Bags
for Books has collected 50,000 books to date, with 20,000 going to Netter and the West Philly schools. “I think it’s going to go really well, and I’m excited to see what we collect,” Alexa Grabelle said. “Unlike other book collections where they just distribute the books to children, we give kids the choice to choose books that they’re interested in,” she added. There are two ways that alumni and others on campus Alumni Weekend can get involved. One option is that people can bring new or gently used books to collection centers on campus including the bookstore, the Sweeten Center and the Netter Center. However, Lisa and Alexa Grabelle think the second option will be more popular. When checking out at the Penn Bookstore
throughout Alumni Weekend, there will be a table of books that people can purchase and donate directly. “Most alumni, when they come to campus, end up going to the bookstore to buy a T-shirt or a sweatshirt or something like that. Right when they go to check out, the books are right there. They can just take a book, add it on their order, and the bookstore will collect it and put it in the bin right there for the Netter Center,” Lisa Grabelle said. Netter set an original goal for the drive to be 30-50 books, but bookstore manager Katie Woodward encouraged shooting higher, Hodges said. Now, Netter is looking to collect 200-300 books. “It truly has been a pleasure to work with the Netter Center,” Lisa Grabelle said.
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Holistic admissions may leave Asian students at disadvantage Students, experts argue Penn may discriminate against Asian Americans CAROLINE SIMON Staff Reporter
An increasing desire among colleges to build a well-rounded class may put Asian-American students at a disadvantage. As admissions offices nationwide have adopted holistic admissions policies, judging applicants by their subjective merits as well as their numerical qualifications, race has emerged as a significant factor in admissions decisions. Although related policies like affirmative action are designed to prevent unfairness towards certain minorities and promote campus diversity, the system of holistic admissions has the potential to create a new kind of racial discrimination against Asian-American students. Because many Asian-American students have high grades and test scores, they are often held to higher standards by admissions officers, according to a Princeton University study. The research sought to discover how racial ethnicity affects admissions decisions by using SAT scores to measure the advantage provided by race, compared to white applicants. The study found that applying as an African-American provides an advantage equivalent to an additional 230 points on the SAT, while Hispanics received a 185point boost. Asian Americans have a “bonus” of negative 50 points. Although the Asian population in the United States has been steadily increasing, the percentage of Asian students at Ivy League universities — including Penn — has remained roughly the same over the past two decades, according to data provided by the
National Center for Education Statistics. Data from fall 2013 indicate that at the time, 18.7 percent of Penn undergraduates identified as Asian-American or Pacific Islander. By contrast, at the California Institute of Technology, where race is not considered in admissions decisions, the proportion of Asian students has nearly doubled over the past 20 years. 44 percent of undergraduates enrolled at Caltech in the 20142015 academic year identified as Asian, according to the Registrar’s office. The legal question In November of 2014, an organization filed a lawsuit against Harvard, alleging that Harvard had doled out an unfair rejection against an Asian-American due to racial bias within the admissions system. Although Harvard — an early supporter of considering race in admissions decisions — said it does not have racial quotas and evaluates each applicant on an individual basis, the suit claimed that Harvard propagates discrimination against Asian students by taking in race as a holistic measure in the admissions process. The case was filed on behalf of the student by Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit organization aiming to end race-based admissions policies. The leader of the group is investment broker Edward Blum, who also played a key role in the high-profile 2012 case Fisher v. University of Texas that brought the issue of affirmative action back to the Supreme Court. “That [Supreme Court] opinion created a much higher hurdle for universities to overcome if they intend to use racial classifications and preferences in their admission policies,” Blum
said. “It is our belief that all these competitive schools are not complying with that new hurdle.” Blum said it is a challenge for universities to strive for diversity while avoiding discrimination. “Universities must walk a very fine line in raising the bar for some based on race and lowering the bar for others based on their race in order to achieve diversity,” he said. The Harvard lawsuit has yet to be resolved, but the growing trend of holistic admissions policies has made it easier for all colleges to justify actions that may be considered discriminatory. The holistic process of considering race as one of many factors used in admissions has been declared constitutional by the Supreme Court, though the Court has struck down admissions policies that use racial quotas. “The fact that the Supreme Court has pushed schools to this individualized holistic assessment means that it’s very hard to say what’s going on with any individual applicant,” Penn Law professor Kermit Roosevelt said. And although it has been argued that affirmative action policies providing advantages to minority groups like blacks are to blame for discrimination against Asians, the fault may lie with holistic admissions in general. “The number of students who lose spots to minorities because of race-based affirmative action is a pretty small number, and that’s not what is keeping down the number of Asians,” Roosevelt said. “What’s keeping down the number of Asians is not using race as a plus factor for underrepresented minorities, but using race as a negative factor for Asian applicants.” But it is not certain what makes it more difficult for Asians students to get accepted to top
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colleges. “It could be something about the holistic admissions system look ing for well-rounded applicants or particular extracurricular activities that the Asian applicants don’t tend to have,” Roosevelt said. “Or it could be straight-up racism.” Penn: diversity or discrimination? Although Harvard is the only Ivy League university that has been formally accused of having unfair admissions policies, discrimination against Asian applicants may be occurring within the walls of College Hall as well. “Based on the limited public information that we have about Penn, Penn is indeed racially balancing its freshman admittees as well as limiting the number of Asians it will accept,” Blum said. “What the data indicates to us, and to many observers, is that while Penn is raising the bar and lowering the bar as well as most competitive universities based on race, Penn is also engaged in a de facto quota limiting the number of Asians that it will take.” Meanwhile, Penn maintains that it is committed to diversity and fairness. “Diversity at Penn is central to our educational mission,” Penn Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio said. “The University has in the past strengthened, and continues to strengthen, the community by recruiting academically accomplished students who provide a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, interests and perspectives to enrich and support the lively exchange of ideas and intellectual experience.” The Admissions Office could not be reached for comment for this article. Blum said there is a difference between seeking “cosmetic” diversity — diversity based only upon appearance — and
true diversity: differences in background that bring unique perspectives to a freshman class. “To have various backgrounds of kids who grew up in rural areas, kids who grew up in inner city ghettos, kids who come from single-parent households,” Blum said. “All of those things tell us much more and create a much more truly diverse environment than the fact that you were born with a certain skin color.” While Blum acknowledged that diversity is a worthy goal for colleges, he said it is unacceptable to work towards cosmetic diversity by using race as a factor in admissions. “If Penn just wants to pursue cosmetic diversity for the sake of cosmetic diversity, and achieve this through quotas and racial balancing, then that is absolutely not okay,” he said. The consequences of unfairness College freshman Mitchell Chan, who is Chinese-American, left the the box on his application indicating his race empty. At his high school, a magnet school in San Francisco where the majority of students are Asian, it was a well-acknowledged fact that the college admissions process is more difficult for Asians, he said. “We all knew that being Asian doesn’t actually help you,” Chan said. “We weren’t fooled by affirmative action speak. We knew it did not apply to us.” Chan explained that many students from his high school with one Asian parent and one white parent identified as only white on their applications in order to avoid potential admissions consequences resulting from being Asian. Chan believes Asian students are at a disadvantage because many take the same classes and participate in the same activities, making it more difficult to stand
out to admissions officers. “A lot of Asian students who are very qualified tend to do a lot of the same things,” Chan said. “A lot of them are in the orchestra, a lot of them take AP Chem, a lot of them take AP Physics.” And a huge number of these students are vying for the same spots at top universities. “There’s definitely no short supply of very talented Asian-American students applying to schools like Penn,” Chan said. But Chan does not believe that suing universities is the answer. “We don’t think it’s something worth going to court over,” he said. “They expect more from us, but we just have to give them more.” Engineering sophomore Katie Wu, who attended an international high school in Shanghai, said she did not feel that she faced personal discrimination because of her race. But she believes that discrimination does occur on some level for Asian students applying from inside the United States. “There’s a ton of really qualified [Asian] students who apply to Penn from local schools and who don’t get in,” she said. “I think it’s important to investigate whether it is because of race that they were rejected.” In general, Wu feels discrimination against Asians is an issue, even after being accepted to college. “I haven’t felt it actively, but it’s definitely there,” she said. “At least there’s a need for us to prove ourselves.” Wu believes that these policies may be here to stay. “I don’t know where it’s going to go. I don’t think the admissions process is going to change very much,” she said. “It’s worth it to investigate and know that these biases and discriminations exist.”
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Penn administrators reflect on their own graduation President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price tell their stories COREY STERN Staff Reporter
Dear Rachel,
Ally,
You may have grown up, but you’ll always be our little “Ruggie.” We are so proud of you! Congratulations!
Looking forward to a future even brighter than the past!
Our Love, Mom, Dad, Jamie & Kyle
With much love & pride, Mom, Dad, Benjamin, Teddy, Grandma Patti, Papa Sandy, MomMom & Poppy
Christopher E. “HUP” Hupfeldt Jr. Class of 2015
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As the Class of 2015 prepares to mark a new period in their lives, Penn administrators will be there to confer degrees and honor the accomplishments of these students. However, while these administrators lead the ceremonies amid the “Pomp and Circumstance,” they will remember their own graduations. Here, some Penn administrators reflect on when they too were motivated young adults ready to conquer the world. Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel (Nazareth College, 1978) “I remember vividly my baccalaureate graduation. I graduated from Nazareth College in Kalamazoo, Mich., a small school — a total of about 120 people in my class. The dean of students had worked hard on pronouncing my last name; he got it right during graduation rehearsal. However, when he read my name at the actual ceremony, he called me Antonio (which implies male) — versus Antonia (female). To this day, I cringe when anyone calls me Antonio!” President Amy Gutmann (Harvard-Radcliffe College, 1971) “At my u nderg r a du at e
Provost Vince Price (Santa Clara University, 1979) “Thinking back on my own college graduation, my most vivid recollection is of the visible delight and pride shown by my parents and family. Having experienced many commencements since then, I am often reminded that the ceremony honors not only the accomplishments of the graduates but also the community that supported them — the family, friends and classmates who shape who we are, and who give particular meaning to the idea of commencing an exciting new phase of life.”
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Hup, We have loved cheering you on these four years at Penn. We are so proud of the young man you have become. Continue to work hard, play hard, keep your sense of humor, be a good friend, and always believe in your dreams. Your journey begins …. You have been and always will be our treasure. We Love You! Mom, Dad, Reilly & Quinn
commencement in 1971, two memories stand out most clearly for me: just how proud my mom was, and that it was the second ever joint Harvard-Radcliffe Commencement. At that time, there wasn’t equal access to admission to Harvard for women. Instead, the norm was a four-toone ratio of men to women. So, on commencement, all of my friends wore badges of solidarity on their robes to show the time had come to change the status quo. “It was such an exciting day for me, no doubt because of the sheer celebratory energy of the event, but also because I was preparing to leave the country for the very first time for a year-long fellowship in London. A wonderful day, and one that I only wish my father could have been alive to see.”
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Wharton expands social media outreach with Snapchat account Outreach will engage current and prospective students, along with alumni BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter
Next time Wharton students take a Snapchat, they may have the opportunity to be featured on the business school’s social media. The Wharton social media team recently created an official Snapchat account. “The decision to launch Snapchat account was relatively easy one,” Director of Wharton New Media Communications Stefan Frank said. “Our own survey data and independent market research showed that students use Snapchat in a big way. Our social media team has grown dramatically, and we are now in a better position to respond to students.” Frank said that the purpose of the account is twofold: to engage with current students and alumni, and to authentically convey the Wharton experience to prospective students and make them more familiar with life at Penn. Specifically, the Wharton social media team will take the Snapchats sent to the account and use them to help students create engagement in events on campus. The team will also repurpose the content to share with audiences around the world. “Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are great for broadcasting information and engagement, but we feel that Snapchat is one of those apps that has blown up being about interaction,” Frank said. “Wharton is excited to be in a space about interaction.” Frank’s social media team will begin intensive promotion of the account at this year’s graduation. “Now with graduation, it is good way to capture these moments and a good way to target
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alumni,” Frank said. Although the account is brand new, the social media team is already looking to further student and public engagement. Frank said that they hope to create “Snapchat Stories” over time and even engage “guest snappers,” students that will showcase a day in the life of a Wharton student through Snapchats. The possible creation by Snapchat of a Wharton “Live” section is something that the team hopes to see one day. The Live section on Snapchat is where users send their Snaps related to a specific event or location, to an official feed to have a chance to be featured for all users to view. “That is not something we have control over, but the fact that we will be on Snapchat will
drive more engagement [from the company],” Frank said. Frank added that the team is looking into requesting Snapchat to create a geotag. But the short-term goal is to build excitement and awareness about the new account within the Penn community. “It is really an exciting time and evolution for social media and higher education. We are glad to be at the forefront,” Frank said. Following in Wharton’s social media footsteps is Penn’s social media team. Manager of New Media Communications for Penn Matthew Griffin said in a statement that his team is in the process of developing a Snapchat account under the name UofPenn, but have yet to make any posts.
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Sex dolls, OAX and armed robberies: top stories at Penn this year Looking back at the most prominent news coverage on and off campus JENNIFER WRIGHT Deputy News Editor
The 2014-15 academic year was a milestone for the current graduating class. But it also hosted many important events in campus life. Here is a look at some of the biggest stories of the past year: STUDENT SUICIDE College student Amanda Hu was found unresponsive in her off-campus apartment on Sept. 28, 2014. Hu, a 20-year-old from outside of Charlotte, N.C., was on a voluntary leave from Penn and working in a laboratory. Police ruled her death a suicide in October, marking the sixth suicide since August 2013. END OF SAC MORATORIUM On Oct. 23, 2014, the Student Activities Council partially lifted a moratorium on the establishment of new student groups in place since fall 2012. All nonperforming arts groups were then able to apply for recognition to receive benefits like access to spaces and funding. HOLIDAY PARTY PROTEST Protesters from two campus groups took over President Amy Gutmann’s annual holiday party at her campus home on Dec. 9, 2014 asking the University to make payments in lieu of taxes to the city. During the event open to all students, Gutmann participated in a “die-in” where she and others lay on the ground for fourand-a-half minutes in memory of Michael Brown. Her participation sparked pushback from the Penn Police Union president who wrote a letter published by the Daily Pennsylvanian asking for an apology from Gutmann. Protesters had stopped traffic at intersections on campus on Dec. 1, 2014 with a “die-in” in response to the grand jury decision to not indict police officer Darren
Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Over 100 protesters joined the action organized by campus group Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation that made its way through campus and into buildings. ARMED ROBBERY The RadioShack on campus was held up at gunpoint on Dec. 11, 2014. Three suspects made off with cash from the register, merchandise and an employee’s phone and wallet. The store closed for good in late March. SEX DOLL CONTROVERSY Members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity became the target of
controversy over winter break. A Facebook photo showed the brothers posing in holiday attire with a black blow up sex doll in the back up the lineup, which they later said was meant to be Beyoncé. The fraternity was put on probation by its national organization and barred from social activities until they completed a sexual misconduct training. MISSING STUDENT College junior Timothy Hamlett was reported missing after being last seen by his parents on Dec. 26, 2014. The Teaneck, N.J. native and former Penn track athlete was on leave from Penn following criminal charges
against him. Hamlett’s mother told The Daily Pennsylvanian that he underwent a pituitary gland analysis on the morning of his disappearance to test for a brain cyst. Although the family reportedly hired a private investigator to aid in the investigation, no information on his whereabouts has come to light since. TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH The Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare released its report on Feb. 17, 2015. The eight-page report pointed to the need for cultural changes rather than structural changes, but recommended a website to list University
resources and clarifying leave of absence policies to students. The task force was established by Penn President Amy Gutmann the previous February in the wake of several student suicides. AXO BECOMES OAX By a majority vote, the sisters of Alpha Chi Omega sorority voted against signing a document with the University which outlined the chapter’s probation in early April. The organization was found in violation of Penn’s policy following a drinking event. Leaders in the sorority looked to revoke the chapter’s charter and continue off-campus believing the sanctions, which included not
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Pop culture topics and trends when seniors were freshmen A look back at what was popular during 2011 New Student Orientation ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter
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Are we still talking about Kim Kardashian’s husband? Then: Life before Kim-ye. Back in 2011, the Kardashians were just as persistently hyped in the media as they are now. But Kim had a different beau on her arm. Who could forget Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to basketball star Kris Humphries? When accused of following through with the televised wedding all for publicity, sister Kourtney Kardashian piped up and said, “I feel like if she was going to marry someone for publicity, she would pick someone that people knew.” Now: Kim Kardashian is married to rapper Kanye West, and the duo now has a daughter, North West. And while fans are still keeping up with the Kardashians, no one is really keeping up with Kris Humphries. Can Apple maintain its top spot in the technology world without Jobs? Then: In 2011, we said hello to Siri, the intelligent personal assistant on the new iPhone 5. The added bonus was that you could give your phone an accent. The downside: We could never actually get Siri to answer anything useful, but it was fun to ask “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” The answer was always 42. Now: Today, techies are raving over the Apple watch released earlier this year. The watch comes in different styles from sporty to chic. Time will tell if this newest product will go mainstream. What are we turning up to now? Then: We were rolling in the deep and setting fire to the rain as Adele swept the top charts. Her metaphoric song lyrics and unique voice were virtually unavoidable in 2011. That year also marked the beginning of Nicki Minaj’s time in the spotlight with “Super Bass” — a somewhat milder song than her now popular “Anaconda.” Now: Too hot, hot damn! “Uptown Funk” has brought an old school vibe back, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 14 consecutive weeks. Many have also been listening to the new Taylor Swift album “1989.” She might not be able to keep a man, but she has kept her songs on the top charts. Are William and Kate still living a fairy tale? Then: Sorry ladies, Prince William officially left the market. The royal wedding was seen as an almost modern-day fairy tale. People worldwide watched as Kate Middleton, a formerly unknown bachelorette, married the heartthrob, Prince William. Now: Kate and William have just celebrated the birth of their second child, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge. How are we fighting for change now? Then: This might not be the fondest memory for Whartonites headed to investment banking careers, but 2011 was the year of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Americans paraded through the business
district of New York City, demanding a more equal share of wealth. Now: Protesting this year has been focused on drawing attention to racially motivated police brutality. The #BlackLivesMatter movement has dom inated the scene, and ma ny Penn students have been involved t hemselves with campus protests, such as the Ferguson Friday demonstrations — weekly symbolic demonstrations led by Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation highlighting the racial injustices that still exist. What’s the lastest celeb top story? Then: Back in 2011, what were Penn students up to? Answer: “Duh, winning.” Oh wait, that was “Two and a Half Men” star, Charlie Sheen. This televised interview meltdown covered the tabloids and made for the punch line of many jokes at the time. Now: So what’s the deal with Kylie Jenner’s lips? Her mysterious body transformations have sparked conversation over social media, including the #KylieJennerChallenge. One way to waste your study break is to try and copy her fully plumped lips and post your efforts on social media. So you go to Penn State, right? Then: 2011 was not the year to joke about Penn State. After a child sex-abuse scandal, the Penn State name was tarnished. This added one more reason to be annoyed when someone confused the school with Penn. Now: People still slip up and call our school Penn State, but at least it’s not in the headlines for a scandalous crime. Fling Flang Flung: Who was singing during that night you don’t remember? Then: Ratatat, Flo Rida, and Lupe Fiasco rocked the stage at Spring Fling 2011. Now: Kesha and Kygo performed this spring. Which was better? You’ll have to ask the graduating seniors. What about the economy? Going into the job force looks slightly less intimidating now than it did in 2011. Unemployment Rates (U.S.) 2011: 8.5% (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) 2015: 5.5% (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) Average Starting Salaries for the Class of 2012 Business Majors: $51,541 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Engineering Majors: $60,639 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Humanities and Social Sciences: $36,824 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Average Starting Salaries for the Class of 2014 Business Majors: $49,807 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Engineering Majors: $64,891 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Liberal Arts and Humanities Majors: $38,604 (Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
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From graduation to ordination: becoming a priest after Penn Alumni choose religious life over lucrative careers in statistics and finance DAN SPINELLI Staff Reporter
On Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, Stephen Colbert introduced one of the frequent guests to his Comedy Central show with an unusual flourish: “Joining me now [is] chaplain of the Colbert Nation — Father Jim Martin!” Martin, a 1982 Wharton alumnus and Jesuit priest, smiles and engages Colbert in talk over the recently announced resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Colbert has invited Martin on his show since 2007 and filmed a video with him earlier this year on behalf of America Magazine, the weekly Jesuit publication where Martin, a former 34th Street cartoonist, is an editorat-large. As an outspoken writer with 10 books to his name, Martin is one of the most prominent Jesuits in America. Years ago, Martin studied finance without even a thought of entering the priesthood. “There was zero interest while I was at Penn in being a priest,” Martin said in an interview. Despite identifying as Catholic, Martin did not make the Church a priority in his life while a student. “I went to Mass most Sundays when I wasn’t hungover,” Martin said. The call to worldly success occupied his thoughts, but Martin, along with several other Penn graduates, would go on to devote his life to the Catholic Church. Converting from a Quaker to a Catholic Priest Only later, after working for General Electric in the financial training program, did Martin envision a new life for himself. Through the writings of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, Martin became interested in entering the religious life. He spoke with his local parish priest, and the idea “just clicked,” Martin said. Like other members of Catholic religious orders, Jesuits are required to take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. But that did not deter Martin. He found it “very freeing” to “give everything up and rely on the order.” The versatility of Jesuit priests also appealed to Martin. As a Jesuit, he could write, work overseas and serve the poor. However, unlike diocesan priests, Jesuits generally do not hold private property. All of the royalties from Martin’s books — many of which
were bestsellers — go to the Jesuit order. The Jesuits, which include Pope Francis among their ranks, are a unique religious order in Catholicism. They are known for their work in education and writing, as well as their often liberal take on Church issues. Unlike Martin, Father Tom Whittingham, a 2006 Wharton graduate, thought about the priesthood during undergraduate years. He attended the University of Tennessee, where he “had conversations” about the religious life with the local campus minister. In the fall of 2001, he enrolled at Penn in the graduate program in statistics. Little more than a year into the program, he realized that graduate work was not making him happy. He became heavily involved in the Penn Newman Catholic Center, a space for Catholics on campus, where he often ate breakfast with the priests. After dropping out of the Ph.D. program in his second year, Whittingham worked at the Center for Studies of Addiction while finishing up a master’s degree in statistics. All the while, he felt the call to join the priesthood more strongly. During one of his breakfast meetings with the local priest, Whittingham finally resolved his decision. “The pastor asked me if there is some part of you that you don’t think can be accessed or utilized except as a priest,” Whittingham recalled. On June 13, 2006, Whittingham found out he had been accepted to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, the training division for priests in the Philadelphia archdiocese. For him, the decision followed years of discerning his true earthly mission. “I realized I was most joyful when I was helping in a ministry capacity at the Penn Newman Center,” Whittingham said. From Profit to Priesthood Though they attended Wharton years apart from each other, Martin and Whittingham both recall a secular atmosphere in the business school. “At the time, [the] business ethics in the studies we were doing were really [a] very minor, almost negligible part of our studies,” Martin said. Whittingham noticed less of an emphasis on financial success at the doctoral level. “I hadn’t gotten into any of the classes that had a real-world focus,” he said. However, school was still “very driven” where “progress is life.” There wasn’t “a lot of stop and
them not Catholic, supported his process of discernment and even have grown accustomed to using specific Catholic terminology. “I had to explain it to some of my friends who aren’t Catholic by analogy,” Fangmeyer said. He described the added time he would spend thinking about the priesthood to the extra time one would spend with a girlfriend. Except his girlfriend in this case would be Jesus, he said. Of his process of discernment — “It’s been well-received by my close friends,” he said.
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Father Tom Whittingham at the elevation during the First Communion Mass he had this year.
smell the roses,” Whittingham added. In his pre-professional program, Martin noticed far more of a focus on the bottom line. “There was almost no moral or ethical considerations,” Martin recalled of Wharton during his time as a student, though he admits “that may have changed [by now].” In one of Martin’s books, “In Good Company: The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience,” he recounts an incident where an advisor tried to persuade him from taking an American poetry class. “That won’t get you into Goldman [Sachs],” Martin recalls the advisor telling him. The unadorned lifestyle of a priest is not a traditional choice for Penn graduates, who often pursue more lucrative professions. “The kind of students that come to Penn are not necessarily the type of students who will discern for the priesthood,” Assistant Director of the Penn Newman Center Jeff Klein said. While Wharton questioned Martin’s conceptions of profit and poverty, courses in the College of Arts and Sciences often challenged his conception of religious belief itself. 2011 College graduate Eric Banecker, who is studying at Saint Charles to be a priest, remembered being challenged on Catholic doctrine in his English and philosophy classes. After having attended Catholic school through elementary and high school, Banecker appreciated being forced to think critically of his faith. Ultimately, the pushback “actually confirmed” what Banecker
believed about religious issues. He thinks back to his time at Penn fondly because it helped him foster leadership qualities, even if they didn’t translate into a financial success. “Penn’s emphasis on the importance of leadership applies beyond typical careers [that] one might associate with Penn,” he said. Father Martin, despite his apprehensions about Wharton’s lack of ethical focus, still speaks with praise of his time there. “I love Penn. Even though I didn’t end up doing what I entered Penn to do, I have such a soft spot in my heart for Penn,” he said. Martin even admits to using some of his business knowledge at Wharton to assist in his clerical duties. While working with the Jesuits in Kenya, Martin helped locals fund their own small businesses using tips learned in school. He also still remembers the “four P’s of marketing” and applies them to his own business transactions on behalf of the Jesuits. “I got a superb business education,” he said. Wharton senior James Fangmeyer, who is still in the process of discerning whether or not to become a priest,also sees a practical value in applying a business education to the priesthood. “Business serves a functional value for any religion,” he said, citing the marketing and business development skills necessary for any parish priest. Fangmeyer has chosen to not actively pursue the religious life for now, but he has not ruled out the priesthood in the future. He is currently looking forward to his job as an analyst of collaboration
networks in the Technological Institute of Monterrey in Mexico. For all priests and men discerning for the priesthood at Penn, the Newman Center has been a common source of spiritual support. Newman Centers across the world are rooted in the ministry of British Cardinal John Henry Newman, who suggested a center for Catholics at secular universities. Penn’s Newman Center — founded in 1893 — is the first one of its kind in America. “We want to give people opportunities to explore their relationship with God, and ultimately move closer to fulfilling that vocation. I’m optimistic that we do help people in the Church,” Klein, the assistant director of the center, said. From Whittingham’s consistent involvement with Newman Center ministries to Banecker’s role as president of the Newman Center while an undergraduate, the center consistently attracts Catholics looking to develop their faith as students. Often, the decision to discern for the priesthood comes as jarring to friends, especially non-Catholic ones. “My Penn friends were among the most surprised when I entered the priesthood,” Martin said, though they are extremely supportive of him. According to a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Martin even jokingly referenced some of his Jewish friends from Penn giving him advice on which items to give up for Lent, the Christian liturgical season of fasting and repentance. Fangmeyer’s friends, many of
Being Catholic at a Secular University The Catholic community at Penn, though active in ministry and service, does not dominate campus conversation. Catholics were a “very vibrant minority” during his time at Penn, Whittingham said. Still, Catholic holidays received less attention than their Jewish counterparts, he said, with few students skipping class to take off on Good Friday — the day in which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — as opposed to students skipping class for major Jewish holidays. “Catholics almost had fear of standing out,” he said. Banecker doesn’t recall an “anti-Catholic bias” on campus, referring instead to an “anti-belief bias.” He found the skepticism surrounding traditional religious beliefs a beneficial way to challenge his intellectual convictions. “Sometimes [debate] is a good thing,” he said. Martin attributes Penn’s secularity to its founding as a practical institution. “It’s the difference between being founded as a seminary — as some of the other Ivies were — and [being] founded by Ben Franklin. He was a practical guy,” he said. Sometimes, Catholic pride ran strong on campus due to a few committed leaders. While Whittingham was a student, he remembers 2007 College alumnus Stephen Danley holding a “mass club” on Sunday nights at Saint Agatha-Saint James Church on 38th and Chestnut streets. Danley, also a member of the varsity basketball team, would fill four to five pews with his friends for the 9 p.m. mass. He was “pretty passionate about his Catholic faith,” Whittingham said. As are the Penn Quakers, as few as they may be, declaring their lives in service to the faith.
With increased demand, big changes ahead for CIS department Department plans to introduce new CIS class geared toward non-majors EMILY OFFIT Staff Reporter
In response to increased demand, the Computer and Information Science department will welcome several changes in the coming semesters. Interest in technology education has been reflected in the number of students who enroll in computer science classes each year. In 2007 there were 240 declared computer science majors — in 2015, the number has more than doubled to 610 students. Part of the increase stems from the major now being open to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. “That is part of the liberal arts education today at Penn — knowing a little bit about technology and appreciating how it can change the things you do,” said incoming Engineering dean Vijay Kumar, who will take office July 1. “It’s our mission to teach you that.” Yet the growing interest in computer science has proven to be a challenge for not only the computer science department itself, but also for the Engineering school as a whole, which has struggled to fit students in large enough classrooms, especially for classes of over 200 students. Although the department has moved some of the larger entry level classes into a larger room in Leidy 120, the space problem has continued into higher level computer science classes as well. “The number of classrooms
available at Penn is not enough for the expanding population,” Chair of the Computer Science Department Sampath Kannan said. “I have a feeling this is a University-wide problem, partly because Penn doesn’t prioritize building classrooms.” Engineering junior and Computer Science major Fifi Yeung agrees that Penn prioritizes research and innovation over a need for larger classroom space. “They keep building new buildings but not putting lecture halls in them,” Yeung said. “They built the Singh center, which was really nice, but they didn’t put any lecture halls in it. They focus so much on research.” Yeung’s plans for fulfilling her major requirements have been affected by the lack of space. Although she completed the first two homework assignments for Computer and Information Science 110, she still was not able to enroll in the class, a fact which she found more frustrating because many students do not attend the lectures. Now, she’s a credit behind in completing her major. With more students in entry level classes like CIS 110 and 120, the department has had to increase the number of undergraduate TAs, who are instrumental in helping students work through the homework, which can count up to 50 percent of the grade, in weekly office hours. “The Engineering school has been generous in terms of TA resources,” CIS 120 professor Stephanie Weirich said. “For CIS 110 and 120, we try and keep a 10:1 ratio.”
As a CIS 121 TA, Yeung has experienced angry students, especially those without a strong coding background, in office hours who complain that the TAs don’t help as much as they could. Many students have also complained about the long lines that build up while students wait for TA assistance. Kannan has proposed an alternative to these office hours in which one TA will help a group of students who are all struggling with the same issue. CIS 110 office hours are headed in this direction, and Yeung has also begun helping students in this way to try and help as many students as possible. “When we see people run into the same problem in homework, we will run a mini lecture,” Yeung said. “We hope that people will ask us questions in recitation, but they tend not to.” Yeung has seen some of the teams of TAs double in recent years, and she feels that its hard to train a lot of newer members. “A lot of experienced TAs need to go to upper level classes, so the people who TA the lower level classes haven’t seen all the problems as frequently,” she said. However, overcrowding isn’t the main problem for the Computer and Information Science department. Kannan feels that the issue is more central to the increased interest of non-computer science majors who want a class that is more tailored to their desire to learn computer literacy. A few months ago, Kannan and CIS professor Steve Zdancewic attended an Undergraduate Assembly meeting to discuss their idea for a new type of computer science class, which would
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The Towne Library will soon re-open with new high-tech classrooms as well as a remodeled library space, part of which will be used for CIS 110 office hours this upcoming fall.
increase the subject’s role on campus in response to the increased interest. “We went to the UA meeting to get a feel for what kinds of things the students would be interested in seeing,” Zdancewic said. “There was a lot of excitement and positive feedback.” From this UA meeting, the department decided to start structuring a new class to be introduced in the fall of 2016, which will “give students the experience they want,” Kannan said. While the specifics of this class are still in the works, it could include broad topics of computer science or a course on web development rather than data analysis or straight programming, which early computer science classes currently cover. Geared for non-majors looking for technological experience, the course would not be a requirement for computer science
majors, which the department hopes would ease registration. It would also require less weekly work than is required for entrylevel computer science classes. Computer science faculty and students hope the department will continue to see growth not only in the number of students, but for faculty as well. “It’s hard to predict, but I can imagine continued growth and more outreach in terms of people who are not going to be in engineering but want to get something.” Weirich said. “Computer science is a new literacy, and if you can’t put things together in a code, you are lacking certain tools that are so powerful.” “The department is hoping to grow over the next five or six years by adding more faculty,” Zdancewic said. “We are also thinking about which areas in terms of discipline are important for that strategic vision of our
long term plans.” There are other changes that are coming sooner to the Engineering School. The Towne Library, which closed last year amidst disappointment from Engineering students, will soon open with new high-tech classrooms as well as a remodeled library space, part of which will be used for CIS 110 office hours this upcoming fall. While these challenges may not have an immediate solution, the CIS department hopes the new developments will create growth in research and education alike. “We see great and exciting areas of growth in computer science,” Kannan said. “We see a lot of research where computer science is the key player — it interacts with practically every other discipline. We want to grow because of the research potential, and at the same time, it will help us teach classes.”
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Student transformations: two seniors reflect on changing at Penn Robert Hsu and Katlyn Grasso discuss their journeys from freshman year CLARE CONNAUGHTON Staff Reporter
As they walk up to receive their diplomas at Commencement, seniors are immeasurably different than they were the first time they set foot in the quad. Now, graduating seniors have the chance to reflect on their transformations over their four years at Penn. Robert Hsu Upon arriving to Penn, College and Wharton graduate and former Daily Pennsylvanian columnist Robert Hsu was set on attending medical school after finishing his undergraduate studies. “It was a lot of trial and error,” said Hsu. “You’re given this clean slate. It was a lot of figuring out who you want to be and how you want to do it, without going crazy.” Hsu recalls being meticulous about planning every single step of his Penn career and how it would help him get into medical school: conducting research, volunteering at a local clinic and taking pre-med required classes. This trial and error not only helped Hsu realize his interest in
health research, but also led him to join Social Impact Consulting at Penn, which offer pro-bono consulting services for local non-profit organizations. “I never really thought about helping non-profits in an indirect way, it really challenged how I thought about community service,” Hsu said of his experience. Hsu came from a high school environment where students’ main concerns were getting into college: taking SATs, ACTs, joining every club with a leadership position — but he found that letting go of that hyperROBERT HSU planning ma ntra at Penn proved to be more valuable. “At Penn you learn that life isn’t this straight path, it’s this meandering thing to unfold, and I think that it is so much more fun when you just let it unfold.” Hsu recently completed his capstone project for the Civic Scholars program at Penn, where he studied the short-term use of e-cigarettes in smokers who were not looking to quit and how it affected their attitudes towards smoking e-cigarettes.
After graduation, Hsu will move to Washington D.C. to work for a consulting firm, combining his interests in healthcare and the public sector. “I don’t really think of life as what is next anymore,” said Hsu. Looking back on his Penn journey, Hsu would have told himself to indulge more in the natural curiosity that he felt as a freshman, as the years go by quickly and it’s easy to become jaded. “It’s cliche, but stay hungry and stay foolish,” he said. Katlyn Grasso Katlyn Grasso, founder and CEO of GenHERation, a female empowerment network for high school girls, and winner of the 2015 President’s Engagement Prize reflects on her journey through Penn. A native of Hamburg, New York, the Wharton senior also began her Penn career on a pre-med track and lived in the pre-med hall at Hill in case her “businesses didn’t work out,” she said. “For me freshmen year I was just trying to figure out what college was, and what I wanted to get out of it.” After spring break, she decided to speak to the entrepreneurship department at Wharton. Grasso wanted to pursue entrepreneurship more seriously, so when she went home for the
summer after her freshman year with no internship plans, she decided that she would use the time to work on a business. “I thought, ‘Why not give it a try,’” she said. Walking along a street in her hometown, Grasso passed by a daycare center that had a “help wanted” sign in the window. “Something clicked in my head,” said Grasso. When she walked inside to inquire about the sign, she mentioned her business that teaches toddlers to tap dance. The Wharton senior had been dancing her whole life and is in Soundworks Tap Factory at Penn. “I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher, but I knew that I could tap dance,” she said. With the help of her sister, she developed Tap for Tots, which spread throughout dozens of daycare centers across the Western New York area over that summer. Grasso was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug, and continued to pursue her passion for business by working at the Small Business Development Center. She then entered the Wharton Venture Initiation Program. Though she didn’t get through the pitch round, Grasso was motivated to refine her ideas. That’s where she began to develop what would become GenHERation. After receiving funding from
the Wharton Innovation Fund and Wharton Social Impact Initiative to study leadership development in high school girls, she interviewed over 700 girls, 40 female professionals and 30 educators in all 50 states and in nine countries and four continents. To test out what she learned, she started a leadership camp in Buffalo, New York for girls. She saw that she needed to not only connect girls to other female professionals, but also to companies and nonprofit organizations so that girls could launch their own advocacy campaigns. Now, GenHERation is a media company that connects high school girls to female leaders and professionals, as well as nonprofits. With her President’s Engagement Prize, Grasso will kick off a 10-city North American tour with GenHERation’s Summer Leadership Series, in conjunction with Ernst and Young and Adobe, where $20,000 in scholarships and prizes will be awarded. Fifty female executives will be present, with the hopes of inspiring girls to start their own social impact projects, in what Grasso calls “GenHERation domination.” Grasso believes what was best about Penn for her was that it taught her how to embrace uncertainty. “Now I love spontaneity,” said
Grasso. “I used to be very OCD, and had to have every second of my day planned, but now I don’t even know what I’m going to do an hour from now. That has transformed my life in so many KATLYN GRASSO ways.” Grasso attended a Catholic, allgirls high school, where she said everyone looked like her. “My freshman year I had such an awesome and diverse hall,” she said of her arrival at Penn. “I realized that I have to talk to everyone and anyone, I can learn something from everyone.” She recalls sitting with her MGMT 100 team the day before classes began, where they played “two truths and a lie.” While discussing how they had spent their summers, her teammates spoke of their study-abroad experiences in Brazil and independent film festival submissions. “Everyone was so incredible,” Grasso said. ”[And I thought] ‘Wow here I am: Katlyn from a small town in Buffalo, and I’m at Wharton.’ So if I’m given the opportunity to be with all of these amazing people then I have to make the most of it.”
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Admissions yield rate holds steady at 66 percent The yield rate is likely to fluctuate over the summer CAROLINE SIMON Staff Reporter
On May 1, 66 percent of students accepted to the Class of 2019 committed to attend Penn. Last year, the yield rate for the Class of 2018 was also 66 percent. During this year’s application cycle, 37,267 students applied to Penn in the early and regular rounds, and 3,697 were accepted. The overall acceptance rate
was 9.9 percent, also the same number as last year. The yield rate is likely to fluctuate during the summer months, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said in an email. While some students may rescind their acceptances, others may be accepted off the waitlist, causing minor changes in the overall rate. Yield rates for the rest of the Ivy League have not yet been released. Last year, Penn had a lower yield rate than Harvard University, Yale University and Princeton University, but a higher rate than Brown University and
Dartmouth College. Furda said that the programming offered to prospective students contributed to the steady yield rate. “The energy and bonding of the class during our three recruitment events ConnectED Quakers Days, Multicultural Scholars and Quaker Days helped bring the class together to start the critical transition into our campus community,” he said. “I would like to thank all of our campus partners, Penn Alumni and current Penn students for reaching out to the class of 2019.”
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A final bye-line
A quest for truth
SENIOR COLUMN BY WILL MARBLE |
SENIOR COLUMN BY HUIZHONG WU | How I learned to deal with the gap between me,
What the DP means to Penn and to me
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must have said it a hundred times during my three years as a reporter and editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. “This sentence has to go. It’s too cliched.” So when I sat down to write my farewell column, I told myself I couldn’t let my last byline be a cliche. Most senior columns are full of them. Instead, I told myself I’d write about the importance of the DP to the Penn ecosystem. I’d write about the successes and pitfalls of college students reporting on the micro-society they inhabit and the administration that oversees it. I’d write about how administrators read the DP every morning. Perhaps I could write about the nine months in 2013 I spent reporting for a series on sexual assault at Penn. About how my editor, Sarah Smith, and I interviewed dozens of people: advocates, University administrators, academic experts and, most importantly, survivors of sexual assault (Sarah deserves all the credit for those last interviews). I could describe our poll of students’ opinions and knowledge about sexual violence at Penn. I’d write how we discovered that resources for survivors of assault are so decentralized that many students simply didn’t know where to get help. And then I’d brag about how, after our series ran, the University decided to significantly beef up the New Student Orientation sexual assault education session. Or maybe, I thought, instead of writing something sappy, I could write about how the DP served as a forum for community discussion about mental health after the tragic suicides last school year. I’d write about the dozens of stories that put a mirror up to our culture and examined inadequacies in mental health resources. I would say how proud I am of the reporters and editors at the DP for covering such a difficult topic with grace and sensitivity. If I decided to write about mental health, I’d mention my belief that our aggressive coverage contributed to the University assigning a task force to investigate mental wellness at Penn. And I’d mention how disappointed I was with the task force’s recommendations, which amounted to nothing more than an over-hyped public relations stunt. (The whole report took nearly a year to compile and ended up being 8 pages long; the NFL’s “deflategate” report took four months and ran well over 200 pages.)
WILL MARBLE I could write about the countless beautiful profiles that told the stories of unique people. Or I could mention how the DP connects Penn students to the broader community they live in and localizes national issues — I did spend a year covering politics, after all. But after thinking about all the serious, non-sappy things I could write in my senior column, I realized it was my colleagues that made my experience at the DP so valuable. So instead of writing a Sorkin-esque lecture about the value of college journalism, I decided it was more important to thank the amazing people of 4015 Walnut. Readers beware: cliche ahead. Sarah and Seth, just meeting you two would have made my time at the DP worth it. You’re the best friends I could ask for, and I’ll really miss you when I’m on the West Coast. To Jody, Harry and Fiona: Thank you so much for being my Blue Room partners in crime (and complaining). You’re all amazing. Gaby, Jenny, Javier and the rest of the 128 Red Room staff were some of my first DP friends. Long live the Copy Vets. Thanks to Julie, Jen, Anjali and others who welcomed me into the culture of the DP when I joined the board midway through the 128 as a shy sophomore. Members of the 130 wouldn’t believe how quiet I was at first. Shout out to @DPBoiBand for all the great tweets. And, finally, to everyone else — Mike, Huizhong, Michele, Glenn, Alex, Spencer, Jill, Steven J., Steven T., Jen Yu, Amanda, Ellen, Gianni and so many more: Thanks for making my DP experience as great as it was. I hope my editor doesn’t think this column is too sappy or cliched. I would.
WILL MARBLE is a College senior from Erdenheim, PA. He is a former news editor, copy editor and staff reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. His email address is marble.will@ gmail.com
my sources and my articles
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f there’s one thing I learned in four years at Penn and three years at The Daily Pennsylvanian, it’s that truth is subjective. “How can that be?” you may wonder. Your article is either right or wrong, it’s either a lawsuit or not. What inbetween space is there? But even with the articles that weren’t lawsuits — which is 99.9 percent of our articles, mind you — the tricky, slippery nature of words in a standard 18-inch article became clear. Whenever we covered protests, or any other topic that got someone worked up that week, we would inevitably get angry emails or phone calls. Sometimes it was because we messed up and misquoted someone, but other times, it was simply because someone’s version of the truth just did not line up with the one printed. For example, when I covered the minority affairs beat last semester, I was constantly told, “The DP misquoted me” or “We don’t like the DP.”
No matter what I did, whether it was recording all the interviews, reading back my notes to sources or doublechecking my articles, I would get the sense that the sources I was covering weren’t satisfied, and by proxy, neither was I. The answer, I realized, was understanding the gap that lies between journalism’s objective voice and the minority perspective. There’s a limit in the truth that journalism is able to present. This is a truth limited by the “objective” voice and a mainstream position. It’s limited by the amount of space we have in the paper and if the design editor is feeling generous in giving us just an inch more. It’s limited by the essay that one needs to dash off in 12 hours for that class that one slept through for most of the semester. It’s limited by who can afford to spend most of their free time chasing down sources for an article and not spending time at a job earning enough money to buy textbooks for the semester. I talk about truth because truth is what a newspaper pur-
portedly presents. It’s what gives us value in the community. It also represents a standard of excellence to live up to. But as anyone who has ever been quoted by a paper knows, the truth that journalism purports to serve up is also an illusion, trimmed by an editor and a reporter who need to tell a newsworthy story. Despite the limits inherent in journalism, the hard deadlines and the necessary illusion, I still believe in the power of good journalism. The article you worked on for a week, or a month or six months does matter, even if your source hates it. And as Ta-Nehisi Coates showed with his journalism, you don’t have to be “objective,” but you have to be fair. It’s never more clear that the truth, whatever truth that may be, does matter when someone sends you an email in caps lock decrying your writing ability, your journalistic ability and your individual worth. As for all the sources that we have misquoted or those who feel misaligned by the
HUIZHONG WU DP, I’ll say this: If there’s anyone more obsessed with getting to the truth than a group of student journalists at the DP — well, I haven’t found them yet. A shoutout to the Blue Room 129 (Sarah and Shroom), to Jeremy, Ryan, Alyssa, Sarah, Brenda, Fiona, Laura, Tvisi, Rebecca and all of the other reporters I’ve had the pleasure of seeing develop or just do great work. Here’s to the truth.
HUIZHONG WU is a college senior from Philadelphia. She is a former news editor and staff reporter. Her email address is whuiz@sas. upenn.edu.
At the end of the night
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SENIOR COLUMN BY FIONA GLISSON | Ugly shoes and other stories
like to frame articles by describing images that represent overarching themes of the story. When I think of The Daily Pennsylvanian, I see a certain editor tap dancing down the hall with a Hey Day cane, after we finally got a key source on the record for a student government story — none of us knew he could do that. I remember shivering in an alley in Old City with a group of protestors who were dead set on ending mountain top removal. Or maybe the image I remember most is of a dining hall worker, brow furrowed, spreading a stack of healthcare bills across his dining room table, while he told us he did not make enough to support his ailing wife. I missed most of Spring Fling my sophomore year to cover that story, and I don’t regret it. In terms of fuel, The Daily Pennsylvanian runs on the dedication of its staff. Improbably, a core group of fulltime students run an independent media company in their spare time. We press University officials for answers when their public relations
department blocks access. We uncover important documents that tell the real story of mental health at Penn. We pound the pavement, hocking ads so that the lights stay on and printing presses continue to run. We design stand-alone websites and interactive graphics because in 2015, The DP is so much more than six columns of text, available in your College House lobby. It all has to be done every night before 1:30 a.m., when the paper MUST go to press. And then we do it all again tomorrow. It’s a huge opportunity for hands-on experience in reporting and media. In my hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y., we have an expression: “It is what it is.” Usually paired with a shrug, it means accept life at face value and move on. The Daily Pennsylvanian taught me that there is usually more to the story. I’d like to thank Sarah, Will, my editor Huizhong and everyone else who gave me the tools to dig for those answers. The DP can be completely consuming: A real full-time job. Long before Mark Zuckerberg traded Cambridge for
California, many a DP editor skipped class, got the story and launched their career. “If they had a shower here, I would live here,” one advertising manager used to say. And we do it all for the love of the work and our dreams of one day landing on the front page of The New York Times (or the next big thing in online media that we will invent.) The Daily Pennsylvanian also has a tendency to chew up and spit out its staff. All those sleepless nights and missed classes come at a cost. Of the DP alums I’ve had the privilege to meet, many told a story about how the paper did not appreciate their time or their work. To the DP editors of the future: Do your best work. Challenge yourself. Value the contributions and ideas of your coworkers. Elections should not destroy friendships. Teamwork makes the dream work.
I’d like to give a shout out to Harry, a fantastic coeditor, even though he’s from Queens. Thanks to Kat, Steven and the whole DPOSTM office, for being an oasis on particularly
FIONA GLISSON horrendous nights. Most of all, I’d like to thank my former beat reporters — Bookyung, Brenda, Cassidy, Fola, Jessica, Kristen, Laura, Lauren and Yueqi — for their intrepid reporting. And thanks to my parents — I really didn’t skip that many classes, honest. My favorite image of my time at the DP is of friends, sitting in the Blue Room, laughing at the end of another night of production. FIONA GLISSON is a College senior from Brooklyn, N.Y. She is a former news editor and staff reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Her email address is fcglisson@ gmail.com
Finding comfort despite change
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t took a recent walk through campus for me to realize how much things can change in just a few years’ time. At risk of sounding like an actual senior citizen — back in my day, Spruce Street across from the Quad had only one sidewalk. Locust Walk was partially blocked off due to construction revamping the ARCH building. The Singh Center for Nanotechnology barely existed. College can fly by before you even have time to pause, take a breath and realize it’s over. So much can change: everything from the buildings on campus, to your major, to the people around you. For someone that generally dislikes change, it was already a big step for me to trade my cozy Southern hometown for a bustling
SENIOR COLUMN BY JENNY LU | The best friends and memories come from stepping outside your comfort zone Northeastern city. But as my fourth year here wraps up, I have found that some of my most rewarding experiences at Penn have resulted from me leaving my comfort zone and trying something new. This was how I found myself sitting in an information session for The Daily Pennsylvanian at 4015 Walnut Street one day freshman year. I had little journalistic and writing experience. Little did I know that day would spark what would become a second home, a lifestyle and some of the best friendships that I wouldn’t trade for the world. Gaby and Will, you set an amazing precedent, and I was honored to succeed you. To my copy staff, thank you for letting me be your (sometimes) fearless leader and always having faith in
me. To my co-editor, Jen Yu — where do I even begin? Words can’t even begin to describe what went down during our Red Room reign (alliteration!).
changes, it’s ultimately up to you to make the most of your time here before it’s too late (RIP Don Memo’s, RIP DP Dough). Be that person that makes the plans and gets
stants throughout the change; those that I can count on to carry me into the future. To Lambda Nu Gamma (LNG): Remember those obnoxious people freshman
College can fly by before you even have time to pause, take a breath and realize it’s over.” Aside from the DP, “trying new things” took me across the city, from Fairmount to Society Hill, as I fell in love with food. My countless restaurant visits have satisfied my stomach (but not necessarily my wallet), and it has allowed me to explore the city. Wherever I end up, Philly will always hold a special place in my heart. So, something valuable I’ve learned is that as life
everybody on board instead of passively sitting back and hoping someone else will take on that responsibility. Hopefully, as in many of my experiences, good food will be involved. But I can promise whatever you end up doing, the memories will be unforgettable. Thank you to everyone that has touched my life at Penn and positively affected my time here. But in particular, these have been my con-
year that would monopolize the lounge and missed a certain green couch so badly they immortalized it on a fling tank? Oh, right — that was us. To Alpha Delta Pi: For the opportunity to make the friends I’m lucky enough to call sisters. You are all flawless diamonds. To the “Cheesesteak” group text: This was the best tradition ever. Sarah, I hope that we can still howl togeth-
er as packmates even if the day comes when we are no longer engaged on Facebook. To Michele: Who knew we would end up here since the days of #DPDining? Thank you for being the best foodie friend I could ask for and for letting me be an honorary Jew/adopted Ozer. Next up: Austin! To Jessica: Here’s your shoutout to commemorate all the Street shoutouts we planned but never submitted. Thanks for always listening to my stories and problems. May our Snapchat fire streak never end. Finally, to my parents, who have always believed in me no matter what. It took me getting older to realize just how hard you worked and how much you sacrificed for me to be where I am today. You are my true role models, and I admire you
JENNY LU deeply. While a lot has changed, much still stays the same. Allow me to come full circle and close my undergraduate career with the very words that welcomed me: Hurrah, hurrah, Pennsylvania!
JENNY LU is a College senior from Chapel Hill, N.C., and a former copy editor and staff writer of the DP. Her email address is jennylu731@ gmail.com.
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How to count cop cars SENIOR COLUMN BY SARAH SMITH | I can’t give life lessons on being a col-
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lege journalist — but here’s what I do know
hen I was The Daily Pennsylvanian city news editor, I learned not to stop for emergency vehicles unless they gathered in what I nicknamed a “critical mass.” One cop car on the side of the road? Just a traffic ticket. Move on. Two on the side of the road? Probably nothing. Safe to ignore it. Ambulances on the side of the road usually weren’t my business. Two cop cars plus an ambulance plus a fire truck stopped in front of a building? Worth a look. Three cop cars? Slow down, glance around, see what else is going on. Then there were the ones I knew were bad. An ambulance parked on Locust Walk and a fire truck at 39th Street whose driver said he couldn’t tell me what was happening or if everyone was all right. The cop cars parked around the house across from mine, lights off, caution tape wrapped around the open door where a few police officers stood shooing people on their way. Those were two of the suicides, the first and the last, and by the end
and we got indications from Penn’s communication staff that the administration was unhappy. Sitting in our office, the administrator told us about the consequences of what we’d done. We, the student newspaper, had been irresponsible in printing what actually happened to the student. We could even trigger our fellow students to kill themselves — did we really want that on our conscience? Because, the administrator told us, swiveling back and forth on a maroon desk chair, it would be. Recently, a friend said this about the DP: “The people are pretty nice, but it’s pretty inconsequential on a national scale.” It was after 1 a.m., and I was too tired to argue. I spent too much time the next morning thinking of the perfect response — a la Kathleen Kelly in “You’ve Got Mail” — and came up with nothing pithy. All I thought of is: Who cares? That’s the point. We’re supposed to be consequential on a Penn scale. Writing for the DP is an oxymoronic position between being treated like a child and working on highstakes stories. We have an assigned
SARAH SMITH microscope. And no matter how much sleep I lost over what that administrator said about our possible contribution to the suicides, I’ll stand by our choice to report them. We spent hours locked in a tiny office those nights and came up with this philosophy: We didn’t believe in holding information back from our peers. It wasn’t our place. I’m biased, but if I went to Penn as a student who didn’t write for the DP, I’d want a group of people devoted to publicly holding the administration — and certain student groups who handle things like
We didn’t believe in holding information back from our peers. It wasn’t our place.” I had it down to a routine. We’d get confirmation from the medical examiner in terse emails without any form of punctuation. We’d talk to parents and friends and get a blanket comment from the Penn administration. We’d run the story. Maybe we’d cry later. When the mother of a dead student told me she almost named her child “Sarah,” I went home and shattered a glass because it’s what people do in movies. All I got was a mess on my floor and a cut on my foot. There was one beginning-ofthe-year meeting with a senior administrator when I knew we were in trouble. We’d just run a story about a student who killed herself,
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“student media contact,” a babysitter, who alternates between trying to give us advice and sending angry responses when we try to email someone in her department after 5 p.m. (Asking you, fellow email-users: Am I wrong to think that’s not how it works?). On the other hand, people can sue us (but please don’t). You can laugh at the typos and that time we cut an entire word off the headline of the top story — I laugh at it too, now that I’m not responsible. But remember this: We had to learn some way of staying detached and impartial enough to do the hardest stories while letting ourselves grieve with the rest of Penn. It’s local reporting under a
your money — accountable. I don’t pretend we always do the best job, but what I do know is we try, and sometimes we report something that makes an impact. I can’t speak for the rest of the DP, but I’m guessing this holds true for many of us: I’ll never learn proper table manners. It kills my mother. If there’s a cop car running by, lights on, I’ll crane my neck around to look at it just in case.
SARAH SMITH is a College senior from Marblehead, Mass. She is a former news editor and staff reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Her email address is smsarah@sas.upenn.edu.
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Three boards later, a final goodbye SENIOR COLUMN BY MICHELE OZER | A look at three years of life dedicated to The Daily Pennsylvanian
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hen I first arrived at Penn, I had decided that the newspaper world was no longer for me. After finishing up a career as a high school journalist, I thought it was time to call it quits and find another calling. But reluctantly, my friends from my Media and Communications residential program dragged me to that very first Daily Pennsylvanian info session. Here I am, three boards later. And I’ve got the bags under my eyes to prove it. I love The Daily Pennsylvanian. There, I’ve said it. I may deny it now that I know the sweet taste of freedom, what an evening is like when not spent in a windowless office from 5 p.m. until at least midnight. But I venture to say that the very best times of my Penn career have happened within the pink and white walls of 4015 Walnut Street. Three boards are not common at The Daily Pennsylvanian. I started as a freshman design trainee. I had never used Adobe Creative Suite in my life, and I still remember the first infographic I made in that first training session — a mix of colors that didn’t match and probably an offensive font or two. By the end of my first semester of freshman year, I was craving a close group of friends and a sense
friend a girl could have, and Jenny of belonging. I decided to run for abroad, but my plans fell through. and DP Dining excursions. My time at the DP has given Lu #2 for being the best in-office Weekly Pennsylvanian editor and Panicked about what I would posgot the job. And so began my DP sibly do that next year without the me plenty to be thankful for, most friend. To Hailey, my forever partner inDesign crime. To Yolanda DP in my life, I ran for one of the specifically: journey on the 128. The sports New York Syndication Corporation and Connie and the Melons, for To Times the 128: You instilled withinSales As Weekly Pennsylvanian edi- only jobs still available: 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 all the Facebook hacks tor, I learned about the curse of photo editor. I had never held a me a passion for great journalism tolerating Information 1-800-972-3550 and for your constant support. 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n coming up with a concept for this column, I can easily say I rediscovered my deep admiration for the ability of every columnist I ever edited to come up with compelling topics on a regular basis. It did, in fact, take me quite a while to figure out what senior advice I wanted to impart — or even what advice I had — knowing quite well that penning farewell advice to thousands of people about my age is, more or less, an exercise in indulgence and nostalgia. So it seems fitting for the spirit of graduation, in any case. When I first came to Penn, I had a lot of plans.
I would play tennis regularly at Penn’s new facilities along the Schuylkill and devote much of my time to a political group on campus. I would definitely be a political science major. Or economics. Or physics. Or some combination. I wouldn’t take any engineering classes, though I expected I would try out a few Wharton courses. And while it really made no sense to figure out what I wouldn’t likely do before arriving on campus, I doubted I would join a fraternity or go abroad. After college, I would head to law school, probably in New York, where I certainly would end up after four years either way.
Flash forward to now, and I’d say I couldn’t have been less accurate, but I did end up majoring in economics. So there’s that. Yes, only a pre-frosh would lay out in such detail that much of a college plan. But while it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that trying to plan both large life plans and minutiae of college life is ill-advised at best, looking back, I am surprised at how serendipitous many of the major events during my college career seem to have been. I was convinced I wouldn’t travel abroad, until, a month before my last opportunity dawned and I decided that a semester
in London wasn’t worth passing up. I didn’t think I would join a fraternity, until I stumbled into one I hadn’t even known existed when I, quite by happenstance, passed by and was lured in with free food. I didn’t even have a notion that economic consulting was an industry until a bit before I applied to work at the firm I’ll be returning to in August (in D.C., not New York, for the record). Taking computer science classes — much less a minor — didn’t cross my mind until a high school friend convinced me to sign up for an intro class during fall registration of my sophomore year. And I certainly had no preconceived notions
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that I would have been an opinion editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian until shortly before elections rolled around. Nor would I, in retrospect, give up any of those experiences for the world. In fact, a majority of major experiences that defined my last four years were not only unplanned, but almost impulsive. That’s probably not so sustainable, come to think of it. We often try to think of life as a path which we more or less try to follow and which we can predict. That model is valid at some stages in life. But I think right now, life can often be more like weaving through a for-
est: You have a faint concept of where you want to go, though perhaps no concrete sense of how to get there. So you twist and turn, often going in whatever direction seems most compelling at the time. As it turns out, that’s quite alright. There is more out there than we know — definitely more than the set of experiences we often limit ourselves to in pursuit of staying “on track.” I wouldn’t encourage abandoning all planning as a quixotic task — focusing on some outline to keep you motivated can take you far. But mixing in a degree of spontaneity can take you a lot further. At least, when an opportunity
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Senior attack netted team-leading 58 goals
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Freshman guard led team with 106 assists
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Freshman claimed Ivy League scoring title with 14 goals
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Penn basketball going beyond the box score Student group to analyze games and practices HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor
It’s Nov. 23, 1998 and Penn basketball is up against a tough task — No. 7 Temple, a team that has had the Quakers’ number for the past 17 meetings. But that night was different. Led by 22 points from Penn’s Michael Jordan, the Quakers would secure an overtime victory and fans would storm the court. In that crowd of fans was Nakia Rimmer, the now-math professor was a graduate student at Penn at the time. Turn the clock forward to present day, and Rimmer still has the same passion for Penn basketball. “I’m a spectator. I went [to Penn] as a grad student in the late 90s. I experienced the Michael JordanUgonna Onyekwe years. So I lived
the Princeton, Brian Earl, that rivalry,” Rimmer said excitedly. “This is in my blood, I want that back so much! It’s coming back.” In the upcoming season, Rimmer will serve as more than just a spectator as he, along with a small group of
I’d be foolish not to utilize the resources here and the type of kids that you get at Penn. ” - Steve Donahue Men’s basketball coach
undergraduates, will be working on basketball analytics projects for the
men’s basketball coaching staff. The group will likely be around five to 10 students next semester and will seek university recognition as a student group. The endeavor started off almost as if by chance. “I was walking down Walnut and [assistant] coach [Nat] Graham was walking the other way. This is late March, early April,” Rimmer said. “He knew I taught math, knew I went to the away games. He says, ‘You think we can get together a group of students who would be interested in analytics?’” Rimmer and a group of students met with Graham and new assistant coach Joe Mihalich Jr. — a math major at Nazareth College — a few days later. Thus far, Rimmer and his students have only worked on a few projects, but expect to have more to work on once the season comes into view. The group plans to attend games and practices and find ways to take their
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Newly-hired coach Steve Donahue and his assistants hope to get the most out of the Penn community and build a student analytics group headed by math professor and Quakers’ baskerball fan Nakia Rimmer.
analysis beyond what’s commonly shown in the box score.
“Last season, or maybe a couple of seasons ago, I was at a game and Stu Suss [Penn’s statistician] was agitated and he was like ‘It’s upside down, the stats are upside down!’ I got the box score on my phone, and I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Rimmer remembers. “Apparently it was offensive rebound percentage. Defensively, the average is to get two thirds of the possible rebounds, but it was upside down, [the other team was] getting two thirds offensively. That was my first experience [with advanced stats].” The coaching staff hopes to utilize the staff to improve both their scouting and to help advise in-game changes. By having student analysts at games and practices, the team will be able to better inform their decision-making. “I’d be foolish not to utilize the resources here and the type of kids that you get at [Penn],” Penn coach Steve Donahue said. “To have an analytical staff come to every practice and evaluate all the things — I can give them things, but they can add some thoughts of what they see.” Many basketball programs utilize students or outside services to perform statistical analysis for them; Penn is far from the first to take this approach. For example, Duke
recently installed SportVU cameras, which are able to track player movement, in Cameron Indoor Stadium and is working on an application to give fans access to historical player data. Looking across the Philadelphia sports scene, analytics have clearly taken a hold of the city of brotherly love. General manager Sam Hinkie has taken an analytics-minded strategy in rebuilding the Sixers, while Eagles head coach Chip Kelly has applied sports science to every aspect of his team’s training and preparation. While most NBA teams derive analysis from SportVU cameras, the Palestra, like most college basketball arenas, isn’t equipped with that sort of technology. Regardless, Rimmer believes there’s plenty to be seen beyond the box score. And for a Penn team that’s looking to turn around its fortune behind strong recruiting classes and a new head coach, every detail — whether it’s determining how freshman Sam Jones gets open for three-pointers or the best way to utilize three guard lineups — can make an impact. “This building, the Big 5, isn’t good enough now to win the Ivy League,” Donahue added. “You need to be really sharp.”
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Penn basketball coach Jerome Allen’s last stand Fired with two games left, Allen fights until the end STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Reporter
It’s just a few minutes until tipoff as Jerome Allen strolls out of the locker room and onto the Palestra floor for Penn basketball’s penultimate game of the season. The coach sports something between a smile and a grimace, fitting for the matchup with Cornell, two bottom-feeders in the Ivy League looking to finish their 2014-15 seasons on a high note. Everything is in place. The Penn Band has just finished playing the school fight song. Both squads mechanically go through layup lines while a few thousand fans slowly fill in small patches of the Palestra. The celebrated arena has seen everything, from the first games of the NCAA Tournament to numerous Ivy championships. It has hosted past stars like Wilt Chamberlain and present ones like LeBron James. This is home to Allen, a 42-yearold former player who helped put three of the banners in the rafters while starring for the Quakers and wearing No. 53, a number no one has used since. He has traded in his jersey tonight for a skinny Italian blue suit, white shirt, red and blue tie and black shoes, topped off with a white pocket square and a pair of glasses. He has a distinct smile on his face while he shakes hands with the referees and grins widely while talking with assistant coach Ira Bowman. His players begin jogging to the bench, and Allen high fives each of his pupils, just as he does before every game. But this isn’t like every game. Far from it. Five hours before, news broke that Allen would be out as coach after the season. No longer would he stroll the sidelines for the Red and Blue. Someone else would coach his players, and someone else would call the Palestra their home. The news caught many off guard, although it wasn’t a complete surprise. After all, not many coaches can afford to post nearly 20 losses per season and walk away unscathed. Especially at Penn. Allen himself played a part in the growing history of the program as the star guard for the Quakers in the mid-1990s. After a freshman year in which Penn lost both games to Princeton, Allen led the Red and Blue during an unstoppable three-year run in which they didn’t lose a single conference game, not even to the Tigers. He captained the 1993-94 team that remains the most recent in squad in program history to win an NCAA Tournament game. Now, Penn isn’t fighting Princeton for Ivy titles or NCAA Tournament victories: It’s fighting for relevance. On this Saturday night, the fight seems particularly futile, with a young Penn squad featuring a lame-duck head coach on its way to last place. But for Allen, this is his final stand. His last chance to make an impression before he is unceremoniously cast out into the coaching world. One final chance to win.
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After he stands with his team for the national anthem, the illfated head coach begins his final lesson before tip-off. His five starters — four of whom come from a rapidly improving freshman class — sit attentively on the bench with Allen drawing out plays in front of him. There is no doubt where each player’s focus is at the moment: It’s on Allen. The team was rocked to its core when the news broke, and each stands in unwavering support around their leader. The team hangs on his every word. Once the players get settled into the hurried pace of this game, Allen neatly takes a seat on the bench. While he gets up once to speak with his three guards, he spends most of the opening act of this game nestled between his assistant coaches on the bench. Each of his three assistants — Nat Graham, Mike Lintulahti and Bowman — sit focused and ready, desperate to get a win for their friend and fellow coach. “I’ll forever be indebted and appreciative because of his belief in me and giving me an opportunity to follow my dreams and opening a door to me that I’ve been trying
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In mid-March, then-Penn coach Jerome Allen coached his final game at Penn — a 21-point loss to Princeton. As a player, Allen often battled Princeton for Ivy League titles, but on that night it was merely a fight for relevance.
to access for a long time,” Lintulahti said a few weeks before the season ended. “There’s that sense of gratitude, and some of that’s tied to professional stuff, but first and foremost, we’re friends and he’s as humble and committed a friend as anybody I’ve ever come across.” While his final 65-104 record as a head coach didn’t sit well with fans, Allen had certainly won the hearts of his fellow coaches and Penn alumni, along with his players. Even after his tenure ended, there was an outpouring of support from all corners. "[Allen] is somebody that I really grew up with,” Miles Jackson-Cartwright, a guard under Allen, said hours before tip-off. “Even when we got in trouble my junior year, [he] stuck with me. That meant the world to me. He’s not old enough to be a father figure to me, but he was like my older brother. We were close on the court. We were very close off the court. I felt like we got even closer when I left. “It’s a sad day, man.”
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Flash to the second half, and Allen is locked in place, standing firmly in front of his seat, not listening to the boisterous cheers of the 2,000 fans in attendance. You wouldn’t know it from his stoic face, but this night belongs to the Quakers. Sam Jones drains his third and final three of the game to put Penn up 20 points, its largest lead in an
He’s not old enough to be a father figure to me, but he was like my older brother. ” - Miles JacksonCartwright Former Guard
Ivy game all year. While Allen calmly talks to the defense, the entire crowd and bench are in a frenzy all around him. The Palestra sounds like Penn is on the verge of an Ivy League championship. And this year, it’s the closest the Red and Blue will get to the Ancient Eight crown. Allen’s steady stature fails to truly portray his emotions in the moment, but his attire accentuates it. Asked three days earlier what choices he’d make for a championship game, Allen — who was aware at the time he was on his way out — knew exactly what he’d wear. “If I have the opportunity to have any say-so in it — because my wife would probably try to take over,” he said, “I’d probably wear a blue suit, white shirt, red and blue tie.” Just 10 days after this game against Cornell, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun takes center stage at the Palestra, announcing Allen’s replacement — former Penn assistant Steve Donahue – only a week after the Quakers’ final game. "[The more I] had a chance to talk to people, the more it just became so obvious that no one could check all the boxes and presented the profile and the proven track record that Steve Donahue does,” Calhoun said at the introductory press conference.
The track record Donahue displayed was one Allen had not put together when he was first hired. The former Penn standout had accumulated just seven games as a volunteer assistant coach before he was thrust into the interim head coaching role after Glen Miller’s firing during the middle of the 2009-10 season. After a tumultuous close to the season, Allen took over as full-
coach, this matchup with Princeton would simply be another 20+ point loss strewn into a pile of resounding defeats. After going through the handshake line — exchanging customary pleasantries with the fourth team to sweep the Quakers in 2014-15 — Allen quickly breaks for the locker room, becoming the first member of his squad to exit the court, trailed by players,
to a group of reporters in front of whom he’d always been guarded. Each loss leaves Allen with something to be desired, unfinished business. And with something left on his plate, Allen shows no signs of stopping, regardless of his ouster. “I’ll definitely watch the film and break it down, and I’ll pretend like I’m talking to the guys when I’m breaking it down, and taking notes and all that stuff,” Allen said at the presser. “But at the end of the day, it’s an opportunity for me to get better, and an opportunity for me to try to evaluate what I could have done, first and foremost, to make the result is different the next time.” While the final score of his final game certainly didn’t reflect it, the Quakers appeared on their way up, making strides late in the season. Just a year after arguably the worst season in program history, the air around the team seemed different despite a similar win-loss record. “I said we always challenge ourselves to leave it better than we found it,” Allen said. “And not to throw anybody under the bus, or name names, but I changed the culture. I changed the culture. “I wish it would reflect the number of wins and losses that I want to see.” After 15 minutes talking to the media, the man who coached his final game receives his curtain call, his swan song. Walking out of the press area, a sea of players, family, players’ family,
him well moving forward. But he wants none of that, still focused on Penn when he responds, “I ain’t going nowhere.” He even jokes that he would try to suit up and play in the Ivy League one-game playoff at the Palestra four days later. Despite the loss, despite the end of his job, there is a distinct smile on Allen’s face, contrasting the near grimace he wore before the game. Jamal Lewis, one of his players, is one of many people handing Allen a small token of appreciation, saying it’s from the team. Two older women give the coach something a little bigger, a larger banner that reads “We <3 Jerome” that is signed by a number of his former players. Even the banner can’t get Allen too emotional. He finally finds his way out of the small corner of the Palestra while the crowd slowly thins, moving towards the court to take photos with his seniors, each of whom just played their final game as well. After over an hour of hugs, pleasantries and photos, Allen is finally ready to go. His wife heads up the ramp and toward the exit, carrying many of the things people handed him out of the Palestra. The scoreboard is turned off, giving an outside observer no idea of the result of this final game. The Palestra’s seats are now empty. A new game has started, featuring young children who can barely hit the rim. The lights
“I wish it would reflect the number of wins and losses that I want to see.” - Jerome Allen Former Penn Basketball Coach
time head coach. The Quakers improved in each of his first two full seasons, challenging for the Ivy title in 2011-12 behind senior guard Zack Rosen. But after Rosen graduated, Allen’s team put together the worst threeyear stretch in terms of wins and losses the program had ever seen. But this season, there were finally glimmers of hope. Jones’ three-pointers had become regular occurrences that opposing squads couldn’t shut down. Fellow freshman Antonio Woods proved himself as point guard, accumulating 11 assists against Cornell in this solemn 79-72 victory. “Of course it’s been tough, especially that Saturday for Cornell,” sophomore guard Matt Howard said after Donahue’s hiring. “That was a tough game to play with the news right before it, but we wanted to play our hearts out and get the win for him, especially that night.” Young players like Howard and the freshmen — firmly on display throughout the Cornell win victory and all conference season — made fans wonder if a bright future was firmly on the horizon for the Quakers.
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Three days later, Allen walks onto the court for the final time, wearing his old varsity sweater, proudly displaying a large Penn ‘P’ in the center. While it’s not his championship attire, his sweater only comes out for special occasions, worn only for his first few matchups with Princeton — and this last one. But that isn’t the only throwback on the court during warmups. His players, each of whom he recruited, each of whom he had a major hand in developing, rep his patented No. 53 on their backs, sporting T-shirts in a singular sign of support for their coach. At the time, Allen seems to pay no mind to the gesture “I was pissed,” Allen said, referring back to the T-shirt display. “I guess I shouldn’t say that. I don’t want to sound ungrateful. But, you know, I try to do everything so it’s not about me. I really appreciate the gesture. And it got to me.” After the seniors are recognized at center court — this is their last game, too — the starting lineups are presented, ending with the announcement of Allen. While Allen’s inclusion at the conclusion of starting lineups is a regular occurrence, the long ovation from a loud but small crowd of 2,334 fans. As the ovation continues, Allen enters the huddle, trying to lead his team to another emotional victory.
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A couple hours later, there would be no final win for Allen. Unfortunately for the outgoing
coaches and photographers. Allen can’t escape the spotlight. Not tonight. Next up: One final press conference. Three nights earlier after Cornell, Penn’s head coach had refused to answer questions about his impending resignation. Now he seems comfortable in front of the Penn backdrop, opening up
former teammates and general well-wishers swarm Allen in the northeast corner of the Palestra with hugs and handshakes. Allen shed his old varsity sweater in the locker room, and all that separates him from the on-rush of bodies is a crisp striped shirt. One by one, people go up to Allen, thanking him for his time as coach while wishing
remain on in the arena, as Allen waves goodbye to the small crew still remaining, an eclectic group of Penn alums, former coaches and fans all looking at him while the sound of a basketball dribbles in the background. And in an instant, Allen walks into the locker room one final time, closing the door to end this chapter of his basketball career.
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The people make the experiences the copy department and getting training in the design department by the humble, but brilliant Christine Chen is particularly memorable. But despite all of the platitudinous interviews endured, sports came out ahead when I na r rowed my com m itments to just one department, mostly because it was just so much fun. My nights (and early mornings) working as an associate sports editor alongside Mike Wisniewski, Sushaan Modi, Megan Soisson and Alyssa Kress remain my quintessential experiences from the DP. I hope they know how much I appreciated, then
KENNY KASPER
It’s a running joke that sports interviews are decidedly uninformative. At best, they involve a string of very sincere platitudes. At worst, they are with Jerome Allen. So the question frequently posed to me is the following: Why would one choose to be a sports journalist? The standard answer is that we write about sports because we’re interested in people.
“The people make the experiences at Penn worthwhile. It’s true at the DP, it’s true everywhere else at Penn.” The stories of players’ wins and losses — on and off the field — help us understand and process our own successes and failures. I chose to write about sports these last four years thanks to people, but not just the people on Rhodes Field or in the Palestra. That choice goes back to the people in the offices on the second floor of 4015 Walnut St., and like almost anything, if you understand the people then you will understand why they do what they do. For instance, you’ll understand why a freshman, like me, would join three departments simultaneously in his first semester at Penn. The DP was home to multiple communities that made me valued and wanted almost as soon as I stepped on campus — my time spent with Dan Nessenson, Ben Schneider and Rachel Easterbrook in
and now, the ways in which they mentored, encouraged and befriended me. There’s a tacit expectation that at some point in this column I moralize or hand down some hard-earned wisdom gleaned from spending four years at this place. But in a way, I have already said what’s most important: The people make the experiences at Penn worthwhile. It’s true at the DP, and it’s true everywhere else at Penn. And taking advantage of that sometimes means stepping outside our carefully groomed, resume-ready, detail-oriented tendencies to see where value truly exists. For instance, Penn students take somewhat perverse pleasure in finding fault with the DP — myself included. As a former copy assistant, I loathe typos. As a former design assistant, I cringe at uninformative graphics. (Seriously, when is
Learning to say ‘yes’ IAN WENIK
someone going to fix those pie charts on that alumni donation story?) But the DP continues to make mistakes of all varieties, and it will still make them in the future. What Penn students forget is that the DP is a student newspaper. It’s inherently a learning experience, and it sees its editorial staff turn over every year and welcomes a hoard of new freshmen each semester — bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and totally unaware of what a style guide is. In four years at Penn, I have learned that in the large scheme of things, these mist a kes don’t rea l ly matter. This fact is obvious to some people, but virtually everyone at Penn is a perfectionist to some small (or very large) extent. We forget that typos can be forgiven. In my experience, all of the DP’s greatest errors came when we failed to mentor, coach, nurture and befriend our staff members in the right ways — when we failed to provide them with all of the community that I was offered in my time here. Like I said, Penn students are perfectionists: They’ll make a few mistakes along the way, but they will get better. They don’t write anything, however, if they aren’t drawn into the offices of 4015 Walnut St. in the first place. I wrote about sports for four years (and interviewed Jerome Allen for three of them) because of the people. That sort of experience will always be the DP’s best product.
“No.” Penn women’s soccer coach Darren Ambrose didn’t have much to say to me when I asked him what changed in the second half of his team’s 8-0 win over NJIT, the first game I ever covered (they only scored three goals in the final 45 minutes). I guess I didn’t take that — or the terrible “Highlander” reference I used as a lede — as a sign I should stop writing about sports, because here I am after four years, still plugging away. What changed? I learned to say yes — and to not ask stupid questions after a blowout. I said yes when Megan Soisson pulled me aside after a random writer’s meeting my sophomore year and asked me to run for Sports Editor one year earlier than I wanted to. Every assignment I could get my hands on got a “yes.” Go on a solo Brown-Yale basketball road trip after a snowstorm? Sure. Squash match at Drexel? Why not? But maybe the most fulfilling thing about my four years at DPOSTM was hearing “yes,” whether it was from Chris Lubanski when I asked to profile him and his transition from top prospect to LPS student
— to this day, my favorite story — or from the other editors in the office when it was my turn to blast the music on Miley Monday, T-Swift Tuesday or Thug Life Thursday. The DPOSTM office gave me unconditional acceptance, which helped me grow as a writer and a person. It also had the side benefit of providing me with a repository of inside jokes, stories and hashtags that only oh, six or
Every assignment I could get my hands on got a “yes.” Go on a solo Brown-Yale basketball road trip after a snowstorm? Sure. ” seven people will get. I’ve pulled off a sort of slow fade over the past semester or so, as my internship at CSN Philly came calling. But I don’t think I’ll ever disappear from the DPOSTM office entirely … so long as nobody takes down my quotes on the wall. I can’t say goodbye without saying thank you: To Riley, Steven, Holden and
Colin for laughing at all my jokes (even when I ran them into the ground) and making me look forward to spending seven hours in a windowless office on a nightly basis. To Cal Silcox, Megan Soisson and Mike Wisniewski for pulling me into the DP in the first place and making sure I stayed on board. To Mike Tony for helping me come into my own as a writer and being the type of editor I aspired to be. To John Phillips for teaching me not to take things too seriously. To every single Penn player I’ve covered for giving me a good quote and a better story. To the brothers of Sigma Nu for being the best friends I could possibly have asked for and turning the chapter house into a home for me. To Dick Polman for all the countless lessons inside and outside of the classroom. And to my family for always being there, no matter what. I’m not filled with anxiety about graduating — maybe that’s my impending master’s year talking — but I know that after Monday, I’ll be leaving something behind at 4015 Walnut. Hopefully the walls in the sports office will preserve it. IAN WENIK is graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in History and is from Short Hills, N.J. After graduation, he will be pursuing a M.S. in Journalism at Columbia.
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PHOTO FAREWELL: FAVORITE PICTURES FROM FOUR YEARS
Graduating DP photographers Zoe Gan and Ajon Brodie and former Sports Photo Editors Michele Ozer and Jing Ran share their favorite pictures from their time on staff.
KENNY KASPER is graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in Philsophy and is from Santa Rosa, Calif. After graduation, he will be working at L.E.K. Consulting in Boston.
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Top moments from 2014-2015 Track and Field makes history at Outdoor Heptagonal Championships The men’s and women’s teams finished third and fifth respectively for their best finishes since 2009 and 2012. Junior Thomas Awad was named Most Outstanding Men’s performer of the meet after winning the 1500 meters and 5000 meters.
Men’s Golf wins the Ivy League title After finishing dead last in the Ivy League last season, Penn men’s golf sought revenge and claimed the championship with a one-stroke edge over Princeton. Seniors Austin Powell and Ben Cooley helped lead the way for the Quakers.
Women’s Squash wins the Ivy League title
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“Rachel Chan has gone above and beyond the call of duty as an ITA in Harnwell. While working on a project for an environmental club at Penn she stepped in to help us make posters to educate others about the adverse effects of the use of fossil fuels. Additionally, she helped me navigate through an application for a research grant and I cannot thank her enough for that. She has such an extraordinary and outgoing personality and is super friendly to everyone she meets. It is because of her that I have made many new friends in Harnwell just sitting down in the computer lab. Her compelling interest in environmental issues and computer science will take her very far in life... She would make a wonderful guest speaker, inspiring incoming ITAs to achieve their best in their position as an ITA.” ~ Wayne Schmitt “There was one time where my laptop wasn't turning on, and I had a paper due the next morning. Even though Rachel's shift ended at 10 pm she stayed an hour past the end of her shift to help me troubleshoot my computer. ” ~Dennis Sell
The Quakers claimed the program’s third women’s squash with an undefeated Ivy League season. Sophomore Anaka Alankamony, freshman Marie Stephan and junior Yan Xin Tan all played key roles atop the ladder.
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“Kaitlyn was the first ever ITA to help me. Since then, we have been great friends. She literally came to the computer lab at 2 AM to help me with an emergency I was having when the computer was freezing. She is always willing to help and is so incredibly nice. KAITLYN IS THE BEST! ” ~ Tucker Reynolds
By a slim margin of .300, Penn topped Brown to cap the Bears’ Ivy Classic winning streak at two and earn the program’s first title since 2012. Senior captain Wynne Levy saved her best for last, posting a career-high 9.775 on vault in the final rotation.
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Women’s Lacrosse finishes yet another successful season While Penn lost its streak of Ivy League regular season titles, the No. 15 Quakers can take solace in the fact that the team’s only losses came against top 15 teams, including a pair of losses to Princeton and the team’s season-ending NCAA Tournament loss to No. 4 Syracuse.
Men’s basketball honors outgoing coach Jerome Allen
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Before the team’s final game with coach Allen against Princeton, players honored their coach by wearing warm-ups with his number, 53, on the back.
Women’s basketball wins first ever Big 5 title With a late game three pointer from senior guard Renee Busch, the Quakers claimed victory over Temple and a share of their first ever Big 5 title. For a senior class that has meant so much to the program, it was another huge milestone.
Baseball finishes 16-4 in the Ivy League, puts together spectacular season
For the second straight season, Penn took Columbia to a playoff game for the Gehrig Division title. Unfortunately, this season had the same result, but the Quakers still put together an excellent season, rebounding from a slow start.
Softball advances to Ivy League Championship series for second straight year With another strong class of freshmen, coach Leslie King put her team in position to claim the South Division title once again. However, Dartmouth remains the class of the Ivy League in softball, as the Big Green claimed the series over the Red and Blue.
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