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Former cancer researcher indicted for stealing funds from federal government OCTOBER Johnson starts working at Penn, in the School of Medicine

DECEMBER RealTimePrimers begins to sell validated primers

2005

2007

TIMELINE

FEBRUARY Johnson stops working at the University

JUNE 2007 – DECEMBER 2009 Johnson receives a $65,000 grant every three months from the DOD

2009

OF JOHNSON’S ACTIONS WHILE AT PENN

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BY SOPHIA LEE

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2006

AUGUST Johnson and his wife start a for-profit company, RealTimePrimers

Steven Johnson allegedly used federal grant money to fund his own for-profit science material business

BY KRISTEN GRABARZ and ARIEL SMITH News Editor & Staff Writer Former Penn cancer researcher Steven Johnson allegedly misused federal research money to fund a for-profit business, according to

2008

Johnson applies for federal grant to study cancer treatments

2010

JUNE – DECEMBER RealTimePrimers makes 10 shipments of validated primers through FedEx, including 2 to Penn

Thursday’s indictment by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

T he Depa r t ment of Just ice charged Johnson with eleven total counts of theft and fraud, alleging that he “embezzled, stole and obtained by fraud” property from the United States Department of Defense.

According to the indictment, Johnson and his wife launched a business, called RealTimePrimers, in 2005, while he remained an

employee of the University. Johnson’s business advertises the sale of scientific materials related to DNA research.

Assistant to the U.S. Attorney Karen Grigsby said that Johnson’s actions resulted in an “entire investigation by the F.B.I.” In 2006, Johnson applied for and received a federal grant from the Department of Defense, which was to be used for ovarian cancer research at Penn. The Department of Defense disbursed approximately

Phila. community demands that Penn ‘pay its fair share’

Penn does not make PILOT contributions to the city

BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer

The West Philadelphia community is criticizing Penn’s relationship with the city and asking the University to do its part.

Community members and organizers from Philadelphia Jobs with Justice held a community forum on Saturday titled ‘Is U. Penn Paying Its Fair Share?’. The resounding ‘no’ was clear from those who spoke to the 40 in attendance.

The main issue raised was Penn’s lack of Payment in Lieu of Taxes to

2014 SOURCE: Indictment from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

MAY 29 Indictment filed against Johnson for mail fraud and theft from government

$65,000 every three months from June 2007 through December 2009, equaling a total allocation of approximately $656,000 in grant funds.

The indictment does not specify how much of that money was diverted toward Johnson’s business, although it alleges that he misused property valued at more than $5,000 between 2005 and 2010.

“Mr. Johnson’s termination from Penn occurred soon after we were made aware of his actions and reported them to the proper authori-

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the city.

PILOT contributions are the payments that groups who are exempt from paying property taxes voluntarily make to local governments to cover costs of essential services such as police and fire forces and road construction.

Penn was previously involved in a PILOT agreement with the city from 1995 to 2000, but it was not renewed after that period.

Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth Donna Cooper, a 1987 Fels Institute of Government graduate, spoke at Saturday’s forum.

“If they could pay $1.8 million dolSEE PILOT PAGE 3

ties,” Penn Medicine’s Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Susan Phillips said.

According to the indictment, Johnson used some of the grant money to order DNA testing kits through the School of Medicine and processed them with the University’s equipment. He allegedly then sold the completed “primers” through RealTimePrimers and used FedEx to ship the materials to

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Musicians played at the event #IWILLLISTEN, a rally to end the stigma against mental illness. The event was organized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and took place at LOVE Park in Center City.

Engineering library Smith says ‘yes’ to wedding planning closes despite student dissatisfaction UNCONVENTIONAL INTERNSHIPS

Rising Wharton junior is interning for a wedding and event planning agency

BY KATHERINE CHANG Staff Writer

Courtesy of Melanie Smith

Rising Wharton junior Melanie Smith’s internship for Lisa Kenward Events and Plum Productions has allowed her to explore an unconventional set of career options.

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Many girls dream about their own wedding, but very few dream of all the different weddings they can plan for others.

But that’s exactly what rising Wharton junior Melanie Smith is doing this summer as an intern at Lisa Kenward Events, a wedding planning business, and Plum Productions, a corporate events planning company for Southern Living Magazine.

Like most Penn students, she’s using her summer to explore potential career options. Claiming that she doesn’t fit into the “cookiecutter Wharton mold,” Smith said that she is excited to test the waters SEE WEDDING PAGE 2

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Some of its books will be moved to Penn’s off-campus storage facility

BY EMILY OFFIT Staff Writer Next semester, engineering students will have to look for new quiet study spots.

Penn’s engineering library, in the Towne Building, officially closed on May 20.

According to a press release, some of the books currently being held in the Towne Library will be moved to Penn’s off-campus storage facility known as the Libraries Research Annex (LIBRA), located in West Deptford, NJ. These books will be available upon request via the Franklin Online

Catalog.

“It’s a great place for people who have classes close by the Towne building or DRL to study,” Engineering sophomore Doug Cotler said. “I’m sad to see it close down.”

In addition, part of the Math-Physics Library in David Rittenhouse Laboratory will be renovated into active learning classrooms, which allow students to learn with the help of demonstrations and other hands-on activities.

These changes, however, have been met with increasing controversy.

Several graduate and doctoral students took action and circulated a petition — which amounted to almost 1000 student signatures — following the announcement of the library closing. This outcry allowed for a compromise that SEE LIBRARY PAGE 2

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Penn researcher joins MTV’s ‘Look Different’ campaign Ameena GhaffarKucher hopes to reduce micro-aggressions

BY COREY STERN Staff Writer MTV launched a new “Look Dif ferent” campaign this spring to encourage youth to challenge the racial, gender and anti-LGBT bias in their environments. Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education and Associate Director of the International Educational Development Program Ameena GhaffarKucher played an active role in launching this campaign.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Ghaffar-Kucher about her work with MTV and her thoughts on bias in society today.

Daily Pennsylvanian: How did you become involved with the Look Different campaign?

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher: Just a little over a year ago, the folks from MTV reached out to me because they wanted to learn more about my work on Islamophobia and bullying. We had an hour-long phone chat and I thought that was that. But, a few months later, I received another email from MTV. And a couple of days later, I was sitting on the 40th floor of the MTV building in Times Square, listening to the ideas for the campaign. It was at that meeting that I was invited to be part of the advisory board for the campaign.

DP: What is the campaign’s mission?

AGK: The mission is multilayered but at its core, it’s about challenging the way we interact with people who may be different from us in a variety of ways — race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity religion etc. — and hence to reconsider how we view peo-

Courtesy of Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher

“It’s about challenging the way we interact with people who may be different from us,” Ghaffar-Kucher said of MTV’s ‘Look Different’ campaign. ple, as in to “look different.”

The campaign strives to build on millennials’ commitment to issues of equity by giving them information and tools to understand and respond to bias of any kind…This first phase is focusing on racial bias but the next phase will look at gender bias and the final phase will tackle LGBT bias.

DP: Does the campaign have any personal significance to you?

AGK: Yes! The campaign’s focus on micro-aggressions is really important to me… Basically, [micro-aggressions] are these everyday, common statements or actions that seem really benign but the cumulative nature of them makes them quite harmful for those on the receiving end.

As a woman of color and a Muslim, I’ve definitely experienced my share of micro-

aggressions, so the campaign is a little personal for me.

I’ve learned a lot from the incredible people who are on the advisory board as well.

We’ve had some really great conversations and even a few debates on the issues at hand.

DP: How does your research connect to the campaign?

AGK: I have been deeply engaged with South AsianAmerican and Muslim-American youth from a variety of backgrounds since 2002. My research has focused on academic engagement and socialization of these youth, particularly in U.S. public schools. As a result of this research, I have become particularly interested in biasbased bullying. With two of my colleagues, Monisha Bajaj and Karishma Desai, and with the support of the good people at South Asian Ameri-

cans Leading Together, we created curricular resource guide for teachers, which focuses specifically on how to address the bullying of South Asian American youth.

DP: Do you believe that we as a society are becoming more or less biased towards one another?

AGK: I think we’re a lot more open and maybe even tolerant but I’m not sure that we’re any less biased. And I should clarify that being “tolerant” isn’t necessary a good thing. Tolerance has come to mean simply putting up with something and this also means being tolerant to problematic behaviors. I think our biases and how we show them is changing, and that is something the campaign is trying to address by focusing on micro-aggressions rather than more “traditional” forms of racism and bigotry, which sadly also still exist.

DP: What do you think are the biggest problems we face today regarding biases towards specific groups?

AGK : Now that’s a big question! I think we’re more connected than ever and that means we have a lot more contact with people who may be “different” from us. There are so many positives about this close connectedness but at the same time, our hyperconnectivity is in some ways preventing us from really doing the work to “get to know” people. We’ve become a little lazy and quick to judge, partially because of an over-stimulation of information and partially because we’re impatient. This is a real problem. It means we’re investing less in nurturing relationships and learning about people and instead are making snap judgments and often even letting stereotypes prevail.

Crime Log: May 23 - May 29 Crimes include one burglary, one assault and two DUIs

BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer Burglary: May 25, 2014: At about 5:30 p.m. an affiliated male reported that he observed an unknown male enter through the unsecured front door of the complainant’s residence on 42nd St. and leave with the complainant’s property.

Harassment: May 23, 2014: An affiliated male on the 400 block of Guardian Drive reported that he received a harassing phone call at about 5:00 p.m.

May 29, 2014: An unaffiliated female stated that at 6:30

a.m. a male suspect got in a verbal confrontation with several individuals and threatened them at 255 S. 38th St. Assault: May 29, 2014: An unaffiliated male stated that at about 4:30 p.m. a male struck him with a bag at 3401 Chestnut Street and a private criminal complaint was advised.

DUI: May 29, 2014: At about 9:30 p.m. an unaffiliated 58-yearold male was arrested for hitting a parked vehicle on the unit block of S. 38th St. Police detected a strong odor of alcohol on the suspect and observed bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.

May 29, 2014: At about 1:45 a.m. police observed an unaffiliated 35-year-old male slumped over the steering

wheel of a vehicle at the intersection of Convention Avenue and South Street. Police detected a strong odor of alcohol and observed slurred speech and bloodshot eyes.

Theft: Theft from building: 2 Theft from vehicle: 1 Bike Theft: 9 Retail Theft: 6 Arrests from Theft: May 23, 2014: An unaffiliated 42-year-old male was arrested in connection with a building theft at the Perelman Center, 3400 Civic Center Blvd. at 7:00 a.m.

May 23, 2014: An unaffiliated 42-year-old male was arrested in connection with a bike theft at 3400 Civic Center Blvd. at 10:30 a.m.

May 24, 2014: An unaffiliated 42-year-old male was ar-

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May 27, 2014: An unaffiliated 29-year-old male was arrested in connection with a retail theft at CVS, 3409 Walnut St. at 12:15 p.m.

May 28, 2014: An affiliated 29-year-old female was arrested in connection with a building theft at the Perelman Center at 7:00 a.m.

May 28, 2014: An unaffiliated 32-year-old male and an unaffiliated 34-year-old male were arrested in connection with a retail theft at American Apparel, 3661 Walnut St. at 6:00 p.m.

May 28, 2014: An unaffiliated 32-year-old male was arrested in connection with a retail theft at Blue Mercury, 3603 Walnut St. at 6:45 p.m.

THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIAN

‘The choice was complicated’ LIBRARY from page 1 would retain some of the books in the Math-Physics library.

Many professors spent months trying to sort out what books and journals would remain on campus, but the choice was complicated due to the varying needs of different disciplines.

“We are going through an irreversible sea of change,” Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Eduardo Glandt said in a past email.

“The book or journal printed on cellulose is becoming a collector’s item, a wonderful artifact to be saved and preserved.”

Some faculty and students are still unsettled and not convinced.

“Everyone knows that there are all sorts of things online; but math books, for the most part, aren’t. Some things you really need in front of you,” said Math Professor David Harbater.

These changes continue to outrage graduate students who feel they had no input in the matter. Many students utilized the books that the library offered for research. Harbater believes that while our generation relies largely on online publications, there is still a demand for physical books.

“The closure of [Towne] library had a surprising effect: it made me realize how useful physical libraries can be,” Engineering Ph.D student Greg Henselman said in an email.

“After hearing from the mathematicians how important it was for them to be able to browse the stacks, and on learning the engineering library was going to close, I made a point of exploring the shelves in the optimization section, which I’d never done before.”

Harbater has also questioned the reason for the implementation of new active learning classrooms. “Universities are concerned that everything is going online, and this may be an attempt to make universities more relevant,” he said. “They are trying to discover what works well and what doesn’t.”

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“The closure… had a surprising effect: it made me realize how useful physical libraries can be,” Engineering Ph.D student Greg Henselman said in an email.

Interning as a ‘yes person’ this summer WEDDING from page 1 of event planning.

“I don’t want to do finance, and I don’t want to do all the On Campus Recruiting for consulting jobs, and I know I want to do something different, but it’s not something that I’ve had the opportunity or capability to explore at Wharton or Penn,” Smith said. “So coming here, I get to see this industry that is kind of looked down upon and often not available.”

As Lisa Kenward’s rightha nd woma n, Smith de scribed her job as that of a “yes person.”

“Whatever she needs from me, I say yes to,” Smith said.

“She’s the ‘yes person’ to the bride, and I’m the ‘yes person’ to her.”

During the weddings, Smith has filled a variety of roles.

At one slightly short-staffed nuptial, she helped tend the bar, assisted the bridal party and organized the procession.

“I got the bridesmaids alcohol a lot because they kept wanting something to drink,” she laughed.

With Plum Productions, her major project this summer is helping to market Southern Living Magazine’s first annual Bottles & Barrels event in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Smith said that the event will offer an Iron Chef type competition, as well as a variety of wine, beer and food.

A s a n event pl a n ner, Smith’s favorite aspect is observing the happiness that permeates throughout a wedding scene.

“Ever ybody’s so happy.

I get to talk and learn a lot about the bride and groom, make sure the family’s comfortable and just make things run a little more smoothly,” Smith said. “Just trying to make the bride not stress at all is nice, because I definitely want someone to do that for me when I get married.”

While many of her peers may enjoy corporate scenery and office windows, Smith has an entirely different vantage point.

“It’s so beautiful. Love is so beautiful. I love seeing the groom’s face when he sees the bride for the first time.”

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THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIAN

40 people attended the forum PILOT from page 1 lars for taxes then, they can certainly afford it now,” Cooper said, citing Penn’s previous PILOT contributions and the University’s growing financial status since then.

The call for Penn and other nonprofit organizations around the city to reinstate these payments has been building for the past few years since the revenue from PILOTS fell from $9 million in 1995 to just $687,000 in 2009.

PILOT contributions fell after the passing of Act 55 in 1997 by the Pennsylvania Genera l A ssembly which clearly explained how to obtain tax-exempt status in the state.

Because local property taxes are used to fund schools, new appeals for Penn to contribute payments accompany possible solutions to the Philadelphia School District’s current financial shortfalls.

Penn asserts that its contributions to the City of Philadelphia and the surrounding neighborhood have a positive impact.

According to an email from Associate Vice President of University Communications

Johnson allegedly stole from DOD INDICTMENT from page 1 his customers. The U.S. Attorney consequentially charged Johnson with one count of theft from a program receiving federal funds, as well as 10 counts of mail fraud.

The indictment states that Johnson “devised and intended to devise a scheme to defraud the University of Pennsylvania and the Department of Defense” as least as early as December 2005.

If conv icted, Johnson’s maximum possible sentence consists of 210 years of imprisonment, a three-year period of supervised release and a $2.75 million fine, according to the U.S. attorney’s

Phyllis Holtzman, the University annually contributes $800,000 to the Penn Alexander School. She also argued that the University saves the city millions through the work of Penn’s 116-member accredited police force.

Today, Penn and Columbia are the only two Ivies that do not pay PILOT contributions to their local governments.

“Institutions that pay PILOTS are mostly in cities or municipalities that have a much greater reliance on property taxes and no comparable city wage tax like in Philadelphia.” Holtzman wrote in reference to the fact that the University’s employees pay over $140 million to the city’s general fund from their paychecks.

Penn Political science lecturer Mary Summers spoke at the forum and encouraged Penn to restore PILOT contributions. Summers said she hoped this type of forum was the beginning of a movement “to save the soul not only of Penn, but [of ] higher eds around the country.”

Last year, Penn and 11 other area institutions of higher education released a report citing the ways the universities benefit the city financially in other aspects.

Summers cited this report in reference to the hourly wage estimation of the time volunteers spend in the community, and she and claimed that the University overesti-

office.

Johnson was an employee of the Perelman School of Medicine from 1998 to 2010, specializing in cancer research. He published several papers during his tenure at Penn, including “Gene expression profiling of malignant mesothelioma.”

Before bail is set, pre-trial services are conducted with the defendant to examine his ties to the community and other factors that might make him a danger or place him at risk of evading trial.

The U.S. Attorney’s office expects Johnson to turn himself in and self-surrender on Thursday to appear before the magistrate and hear his bail set. Grigsby said that bail determined by “the risk of flight and dangerousness to the community.”

“In this instance, I would anticipate that he is not at risk of flight or a danger to the community,” Grigsby said.

mates its contribution.

Penn maintains its significant community involvement, mentioning the $1 million they contribute annually to the Netter Center for Community Partnerships as well as the Penn Summer Scholars Program that gives highachieving Philadelphia high school students the opportunity to attend a three-week program at the University tuition free.

Speakers at the meeting mentioned that Penn takes advantage of services the city provides like snow plowing and trash collection.

The University countered that Penn contributes $2 million to the University City District, a collaboration between area institutions, businesses and residents that provides services like street cleaning and trash removal.

“As the largest contributor to UCD, these programs would not be possible without Penn’s support,” Holtzman wrote.

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Cooper argued that neither she nor anyone in attendance at the forum are excused from their property taxes based on the good things they do in their community, like volunteering or donating money to charity.

“Why would we allow any institution to make its own decision about what it thinks is the common good and deduct that from their tax payment?” she asked. “That’s anarchy.”

Summers called for, “respectful, reciprocal relationships” between communities and universities — “not ones where they’re deciding how to create partnerships,” she said.

Attendees of the meeting split off into groups to discuss reactions to the speakers and brainstorm ideas. They were encouraged to sign a petition backed by Philadelphia Jobs with Justice aimed at Penn President Amy Gutmann requesting that Penn commit $6.6 million annually in payments to the city.

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Community members passed out stickers emblazoned with Penn President Amy Gutmann’s face, encouraging the University to give more money to the city.

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Neither good nor evil BRITISH CURRENCY | Whether they are lambasting or applauding the system, people need to chill their Greek fever

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butterfly flaps its w ings in China, a teenager puts a firecracker up his ass in West Virginia and the American media condemns Greek life.

I covered fraternity and sorority life for The Daily Pennsylvanian last semester. As an exchange student from the United K ingdom, where fraternities are nothing more than the my ths of “A nimal House,” I was struck most by one thing: the wariness Penn Greeks have of the press.

Cover ing soror it y bid night, I was chatting to a freshman over the phone. I asked how she felt being welcomed to her new sorority.

There was a muffled exclamation in the background as someone realized she was talking to the DP. I was given a “I’m sorry, I don’t feel comfortable answering your question” and then a dial tone. Writing about philanthropy efforts, a president

needed to ask an advisor before she could tell me how much money her soror it y raised for charity last semester. Whisper the words “Skulls” or “hazing” in an interview, and a source would curl up like a woodlouse.

What I did get were numerous spiels on “the pillars of Greek life.” “Philanthropy,” “friendship for life” and “gentlemen” were spoken e agerly a nd ever y where, chanted emphatically: “We don’t haze.”

British perspective meant I had a bemused but by no means hostile approach — I was rather taken aback.

Then I began to learn the Greek attitude to press attention is, well, fair enough.

They’re up against a lot.

The system is associated with sexual assault, underage d r i n k i ng a nd de at h .

Some schools, like Amherst College, have banned students from joining off campus organizations, stories are published about “The

Da rk Power of F rat er n ities” and Bloomberg has announced that 60 deaths since 2005 have been associated with the Greek system.

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Condemning Greek life in its entirety diffuses blame and partially excuses whoever did something wrong.

It also places unfair generalizations over everyone else who participates.”

Bad things happen outside Greek life, but other student groups don’t seem to inspire the same level of intrigue.

T here’s somet h i ng about frats that really attracts the national press. I was once cont acted by a jour nalist from The New York Times

who wanted help sourcing a story on students joining sororities and “what they are signing on for.” People seem to feel that the system is secretive and uniquely subversive.

The problems associated with the Greek system are chilling and undeniable. I have encountered nothing like it at Penn, but some fraternities do run around shouting, “No means yes, yes means anal,” and it’s hard not to associate that with the “one-in-five” statistic concerning the sexual assault of women.

Even at Penn, people do die. In 2010, a John Carroll University student fell to his death at an unregistered frat party on campus. Whatever the national organizations may claim, many members of fraternities and sororities u ndergo br ut a l i nit iat ion rites, too.

Ultimately, though, organizations don’t make people.

People make organizations.

To attribute reckless behavior and sexual assault to an organization takes the agency away from the individual.

Condemning Greek life in its entirety diffuses blame and partially excuses whoever did something wrong.

It also places unfair generalizations over everyone else who participates.

There are many positives that can be associated with Greek life too, and it is frequently put on a pedestal for these reasons. It’s easy to talk about the leadership skills, the alumni networks, the social life and the support systems — ones that often really do work.

But I don’t think the Greek system should be lauded as a pioneer of student integrity either. As far as I can see, Greek life is whatever the people within it make it. It’s not a framework that suddenly brings enlightenment or gives opportunities that students wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere. It’s just a for-

MELISSA LAWFORD mal friendship group.

Greek life is unique in the attent ion it receives a nd the polar extremes people associate it with. From my perspective as an exchange student, encountering this phenomenon for the f irst time, I f ind the approach absurd. Students should be able to identify with a community without the outside world becoming obsessed with its label and its implications. Some people need to stop presenting Greek life as a corruptive force, and some people need to stop announcing it as our saving grace.

MELISSA LAWFORD is an exchange College junior from the University of Edinburgh studying English literature. Her email address is melkalawford@hotmail. co.uk.

Shooting for gun safety

GIRL, INTERRUPTING | The slackening of state gun regulations has all the absurdity of a joke, but none of the humor

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here’s a joke that goes like this: A ma n wa l k s i nto a bar in Georgia.

Mistaking a man at the counter for the bartender, he asks him repeatedly for a shot. The man he’s asking finally turns to him and asks, “You sure you want it, man?” And the first man says, “Yeah, and make it a double.”

So the man at the counter raises his gun and shoots him twice.

There’s another joke that goes like this: Since 2009, there have been, on average, two mass shootings in the United States every month (with mass shootings referring to the murder of four or more people by firearm in a single incident). According to the FBI, those shootings account for less than 1 percent of all firearm murders in the country.

Despite President Obama’s poor record on gun control, a n a rea i n which he has made little to no significant progress, his administration has been continuously charged with assaulting gun owners’ Second Amendment right to bear arms since he took office. Those accusations, though fictitious, have caused gun sales to skyrocket in recent years.

A nd , wh i le t he ad m i n istration has done little to regulate gun use, the gun lobby and its supporters have pushed through a preponderance of legislation slackening those same regulations. Perhaps the most frightening of these efforts culminated on April 23, 2014, when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed the “Safe Carry Protection Act,” referred to by critics as the “guns everywhere bill.” The bill allows licensed gun owners in Georgia to bring fire-

arms into a number of public buildings, including bars, churches and, at the discretion of individual districts, even schools.

The punch line for this joke is unclear. Maybe it’s the fear I often feel walking down the street at night, wondering which of the people walking past might suddenly draw a gun from a purse or coat pocket. Maybe it’s the fact that for the first — and hopefully last — time in my life, I woke up in my dorm bed two months ago to the sound of gun shots and then drifted back to sleep as a man died in front of Copabanana, less than a block away.

Maybe it’s the fact that soon, that fear won’t abate at all for Georgians walking into crowded, well-lit buildings, where a drunken debate or charged comment might translate into gunfire as suddenly as a confrontation in

a dark alley. Maybe it’s the way the extreme, prejudiced opinions of certain citizens no longer abstractly threaten my liberty via their access to the voting booth, but now more concretely threaten my life via their access to highpowered weapons.

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I think the real punch line is our failure to grasp the simple truth that doing the same thing over and over will never produce a different result.”

Whatever the punch line is, I’m still waiting for it. Waiting for gun laws like this to start making sense as yet

another young man with a legally purchased firearm is carted off to prison or the cemeter y, leav ing behind him an unthinkable number of dead bodies and grieving families and gun rights advocates stepping forward to say, “It’s a shame, but crimes like this are unpreventable,” insisting that the only solution is to arm more people in hopes that next time someone will turn the gun on the shooter rather than another innocent.

I think the real punch line is our failure to grasp the simple truth that doing the same thing over and over will never produce a different result. Until we make a real move toward restricting firearm access, we’ll keep reading about these shootings in the morning news. We’ll continue crying over deaths we might have been able to prevent. We’ll continue fear-

ANNIKA NEKLASON ing the next person to pick up a gun and punctuate his hatred and depression with a slug in the head of a coed, a secretary or a first grader.

The real punch line is that more than 11,000 people are murdered with a gun every year in the United States, and we have yet to close the loopholes that currently allow 40 percent of firearms to be sold without background checks.

I wa nt to ma ke it ver y clear: When I say gun control in this country is a joke, I don’t mean it’s funny.

It isn’t funny at all.

ANNIKA NEKLASON is a College sophomore from Santa Cruz, Calif., studying English. Her email address is aneklason@gmail.com.

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M&T alumnus donates $7.5 million The donation will be used to renovate the M&T building

BY COREY STERN Staff Writer The home of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology’s is about to get a facelift.

On June 3, the University announced that it received a $7.5 million donation from 1992 W har ton and Engineer ing g raduate L a r r y Robbins, an alumnus of the M&T program. The dona-

tion will go towards a complete renovation of the M&T building, which will soon be renamed the Larry Robbins Building. Part of the donation will also be used to establish a permanent fund to support the operations and maintenance of the building. The gift was made in conjunction with the M&T program’s 35th anniversary fundraising campaign.

Robbins is the founder and CEO of Glenview Capital Management. Forbes currently estimates his personal net worth to be $1.4 billion.

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‘Brilliant’ law school alum confirmed as federal judge McHugh’s confirmation came 237 days after his nomination

BY ARIEL SMITH Staff Writer Gerald A. McHugh, Jr., a 1979 Law School graduate, was conf ir med on Apr il 2 as a United States District Judge for the Eastern Distr ict of Pennsylvania. He officially took office on May 20, the clerk’s office at the District Court said.

His confirmation came 237 days after his nomination by President Barack Obama on August 1, 2013.

“He is well known t hroug hout Pennsylva nia as a brilliant trial and appellate lawyer, for his commitment to his community in West Philadelphia, and for his mastery of the law,” Partner of Raynes McCarty Trial and Appellate Lawyers Stephen Raynes, who is a friend and former colleague of McHugh, said.

McHugh spent some time as a shareholder at the civil litigation law f ir m Litv in, Blu mb er g , M at u sow a nd Young until 2004, when he left to become a partner at

the Philadelphia law f irm R ay nes McCar t y. His ten years of work at Raynes McCarty in complex civil litigation has garnered many distinctions, such as the title of “Philadephia Law yer of the Year” in Product Liability by the Best Lawyers in America for the years of 2011, 2013 and 2014.

“I felt I had achieved all that I could as a lawyer, and wanted a new challenge before it was too late in my career to make a change,” McHugh said of his decision to pursue a career as a public official.

Raynes said that M c H u g h ’s c h a r a c t e r — which he described as “brilliant, empathetic, fair and committed to giving back to the community” — is wellsuited to a judge’s position. “[ Mc Hug h] is someone who has a wonderful moral compass,” Raynes said. “I think he w ill endeavor to understand the facts and circumstances surrounding the decisions that he will be called upon to make, and I think he will be eminently fair concerning every issue.”

Mc Hug h’s a sc en sion t o t he b e nc h f ol lowe d a lengthy path from nomination to confirmation. Eight months after McHugh was

nominated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a successful motion to invoke cloture, which would end debate on and force a vote on the nomination, on March 26. With extensive Democratic backing, McHugh was confirmed that day in a 59 to 41, highly partisan vote. He received his commission on March 28.

Mc Hu g h c o l l e c t e d b e tween $50,000 and $100,000 for Obama’s 2012 campaign, making him one of the President’s biggest local bundlers.

With his confirmation behind him, McHugh’s focus has turned to his robed responsibilities.

“The administrative challenges of being a judge in a large, busy federal court are daunting,” McHugh said.

Mc Hug h wa s b or n a nd raised in West Philadelphia.

He obtained his bachelor’s

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degree summa cum laude from St. Joseph’s University in 1976.

After graduation from law school, McHugh remained in Pennsylvania to clerk for the honorable Edmund B. Spaeth of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. He then clerked for Alfred Luongo of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania — the same court where he currently practices — from 1979 to 1981.

Perhaps a reflection of his own journey to the bench, McHugh most looks forward to working with the lawyers who serve as law clerks.

“Their intellectual energy motivates a judge to be his or her best in every single case,” McHugh said.

Five vacancies currently await nomination in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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BY MARLEY COYNE At the beginning of this summer, I made a 78–item to do list. Tasks ranged from the mundane (email academic advisor) to the absolutely critical (bikini wax ASAP) to the unlikely to receive a check mark (run half marathon). The List (one of many) is part of my Five Year Plan, an ambitious—probably cocky—set of goals which include drafting a novel before turning twenty two, getting into a top law school, and deferring the offer for a year or two participate in a fellowship abroad that fuses human rights research with journalism. At this point, you may consider rolling your eyes or pointing out that the odds for completing just one of those tasks suck. Hold that thought.

I subscribe to the belief that organization is a virtue and that competition fuels ambition. If you go to Penn, you after that, you get shit done. And that’s mostly a good thing. Now let’s talk drawbacks. I’m going to skip the part about stress and pressure because, let’s be honest, that conversation is a little played out. We work like the

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mine—or even a moderately close acquaintance—I probably subjected you to my incessant agonizing on upside: we’re getting closer to my point.

I had every reason to go to Cape Town, the least of which being that the sophomore slump isn’t exactly a myth, and goddamnit, I needed a break. Also, study abroad would look nice on my resume. So for three months, I ignored that gnawing sensation in the pit of my stomach that told me not to go. I fell into the trap revelation: it doesn’t. To everyone who wants to spend a semester abroad, I both commend and envy you, but I’m trusting my gut on this one.

Another revelation: there’s a lot of shit on Google. When something falls through or you change your mind, there’s quite literally hundreds of pages worth of backup plans. I decided to spend the latter half of my summonks in Laos, and I’m really excited. I could use a bit of Zen. I doubt I’ll stop making lists or plans anytime thons—I encourage you to schedule some time to do exactly what you want, no reason necessary.

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BY CAROLYN GRACE “I want my clothes to make you smile.” Such was the aspiration of fashion designer Patrick Kelly as he crafted bright and boldly colored creations. The 1980s style icon took the streets, clubs, and runways of New York and Paris by storm with his work, combining his Southern African American roots with his knowledge of art history and urban nightlife to create an aesthetic unlike any other. For over five years, Kelly brought performance art to the catwalk and pushed cultural boundaries with his work. His clothing reflected his firm belief that haute couture should be accessible to everyone. By the time of his death in 1990, Kelly had left an indelible mark on the world of fashion.

In honor of the renowned designer and his mantra, the Philadelphia Museum of Art threw a viewing party last week for Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love, the latest exposition in the museum’s Perelman Building. The exhibit features over 80 of Kelly’s designs as well as selections from his personal collection of black memorabilia, videos of his over-the-top fashion shows, and photographs by famous artists such as Horst P. Horst, Pierre et Gilles, and Oliviero Toscani. The display will remain at the Perelman Building until the end of November.

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The true highlight of Runway of Love, however, is the array of Kelly’s funky accessories. The designer added everything to his pieces, from colorful feathers and oversized buttons to Eiffel Tower hats and golliwog dolls. The result is a series of playful clothes crafted for the urban socialite. The collection pays homage to Kelly’s muse, Josephine Baker, as well as his role models Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, and Elsa Schiaparelli. Yet the pieces are so wonderfully puzzling and unique that is quite impossible to forget who the real designer is.

Packed with outrageously fun clothing, accessories, videos, photos, and other objects, viewers will have no trouble smiling as they experience the entertaining world of Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love.

BY ARIELA OSUNA Few will forget 2007’s “The Battle of the Album Sales” in which 50 Cent lost to Kanye West in a bet saying he would retire. Yet, two years later, he released “Before I Self-Destruct”.

Fiddy says he’s still “rich as a motherfucker and ain’t much changed” in “Hold On”, the opening track of his new album, “Animal Ambition.” As suggested by the title (subtitled: “untamed desire to win”), 50 Cent’s subject matter remains the same: money (“Chase the Paper”), fame (“Winner’s Circle”) and drugs (“Smoke”). Bringing up old beef, 50 Cent takes a stab at Kanye’s fashion domain in “Hustler”. Throughout the album, the music maintains an unfettered pretentiousness, but, as evident after a couple listens, there’s actually insecurity in how hard he’s trying. Track after track, “Animal Ambition” begs the question—has Fiddy still got it? While it’s hard to tell if he’s back for good, it’s in the overlooked tracks such as “Twisted” and “Winner’s Circle” that his talent comes to light.

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Philly roller derby plays at Penn ROLLER DERBY | Philly Roller Girls takes over Class of 1923 Arena for the weekend

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor Did you think Penn’s campus would be devoid of live sports action this summer?

Though there certainly aren’t many Penn sports around using the facilities, that doesn’t mean that no one is. This past weekend Penn’s

Graduate Dougherty leads one team TOURNAMENT from page 8 ed friends, family and others to join the website as fans for their team.

The number of fans recruited by each team played a large part into their selection for the tournament, as the 24 teams with the highest number of fans were automatically selected into the field of 32. The eight additional teams were selected by the tournament organizers.

As one might expect with a tournament with such open team creating policies, the players have a variety of backgrounds and reasons for teaming together.

For some, the tournament is an opportunity for a reunion of sorts.

That’s certainly the case for 2014 Penn graduate Fran Dougherty, who will get together with players from his high school alma mater, Archbishop Wood, along with a number of players from UVA. Among the many notable players on the team is three-time first team All-ACC guard Sean Singletary, whose jersey number was retired by UVA.

Brown hopes to bring local talent to Penn Q&A from page 8 itself, you can’t get better than such a historic site. I’ve been around campus, I’ve been coming around there since I was eight, going to all the Penn basketball camps. So I kind of knew what I was going to get from Penn. I love it, everything

Class of 1923 Arena was overrun by a roller derby event as members of the Philly Roller Girls took part in a pair of matches against teams from Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa. The Philly Roller Girls are an all-women roller derby league and a member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), which is the highest governing body in roller derby.

The organization is intended to help promote strength and athleticism through competition, while also fostering important leadership skills and

helping support local charities in the community.

The league is comprised of four teams – the Liberty Belles, the Independence Dolls, the Block Party, and the Cheese Skates — each of which has a unique role and level of talent.

This weekend the Liberty Belles and the Block Party competed against the Steel City Roller Derby and the Eerie Roller Girls, respectively. The Liberty Belles are the all-star team of the organization and compete in the top level of interleague play, while the Block

number of teams have. But it’s certainly clear that from the bottom on up, there’s an incredible amount of talent descending on Philadelphia University.

If there’s anything we’ve

learned from March Madness each year, it’s that anything can happen in a tournament.

After all, who’s to say a team like Cornell can’t have another Cinderella story?

about it.

DP: Can you describe yourself as a player and what your strengths and weaknesses are?

JB: I think I’m a player who is going to play hard every single minute. If things aren’t falling for me offensively, I can help you out in other ways. I can rebound, play defense, take charges. Anything that’s in the best interest of the team, I’m ok with that. I’m a very unselfish player, really about the team growth. I play the team’s growth, sometimes ahead of my personal growth.

DP: One of your teammates

also has an offer from Penn, so are you going to be trying to get him to join you?

JB: I’m going to be on him, I really think Penn is a great opportunity, that’s why I took it so early. I think he understands the magnitude of that decision and that Penn can really help him in the future for him and his family, so I’m really going to be pushing hard to get him and other local guys to really consider Penn.

DP: Can you describe Lower Merion’s season and how you performed during this past year?

JB: We came off a state championship run the year before and we lost 10 seniors, which is huge.

We only had four returning guys from varsity, so we started off 2-6 and around Christmas time we started to turn it around.

We won a huge game against Sanford, and I forget the numbers, but we really turned the season around. We made it to the State quarterfinals and lost to La Salle, but that turnaround during the season was huge for our program. We refused to lose, that was our motto. So we really turned the season around and it was really special.

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that would have seemed unlikely a couple years ago, but one that is nonetheless fitting given the tremendous success of the Penn throwing program throughout the outdoor season.

“We have a group that’s deep, motivated, and really pushing each other,” Dolan said. “And we’re bringing in some good freshmen [throwers], so I’m excited.”

Hay may not have the high expectations of Reynolds or Mattis going into finals, but Dolan is optimistic that she will be able to make some noise.

“Both Maalik and Sam were very strong qualifiers,” Dolan said. “Hay is not one of the higher seeds ... but the field is very closely bunched. So I feel good about all the qualifiers.”

Also notable for the Penn women was 2014 graduate Gabrielle Pipers’ performance in the 100m hurdles, the last run of her successful career with the Red and Blue.

“For her to qualif y for NCAAs in her last season ... was fun to see,” Dolan said.

“And she leaves here as one of the top hurdlers in school history.”

In the next two weeks, Dolan and his staff will focus on preparing Penn’s three qualifiers for competition in Oregon.

The rest of Penn’s athletes will get the next few weeks to recover. But as Dolan is quick to point out, rest doesn’t come for long for a varsity track and field athlete, and it won’t be long until the Quakers head across the Atlantic to compete in the UK later this month.

of the year — Awad — was not able to perform up to his high standards.

Awad ran in the 1500m, but was hampered by an inopportune illness and, thus, was unable to qualify for finals. The rising junior was also unable to run in the 5000-meter, an event for which he earned All-American honors as a freshman. It was an unrepresentative end to a season that saw him win six consecutive races at six different distances.

“We had a lot of great performances and a lot of solid performances,” said Dolan of his team.

“Obviously, Tommy [Awad’s] run was sad,” he added. “He had an untimely sickness ... and with the quality of his season, he should be at [finals].”

On a happier note for the Quakers, the women’s squad was also able to send a qualifier through to finals in Oregon.

Rising junior thrower Kelsey Hay put up an impressive mark of 48.89m in the javelin, good for twelfth place overall and the final spot in the NCAA finals.

Hay’s qualifying throw gives the Red and Blue two throwing qualifiers for NCAA finals (along with fellow sophomore Mattis).

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Another crucial factor for Jack son- Ca r t w r ig ht was coach Jerome A llen, who has plent y of exper ience of his own in the realm of European basketball. Allen spent 12 years playing in Europe following his NBA c a reer, i nclud i ng a 2 0 0 9 stint as a player-coach for It a l y ’s S n a id er o C uc i ne Udine. “[ A l l e n] p r e t t y m u c h helped me through the process of seeking an agent,” Jackson- Cartwright said.

“He knows so much about what to look for in an agent, and also what to look for in a [playing] situation.”

But a move abroad also entails a ton of change, and Jackson-Cartwright readily acknowledges the challenges that will come not only in keeping up with his former

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Penn teammates, but also his younger brother, Parker.

Miles knows that Parker — an incoming freshman for Arizona ranked 57th in the ESPN 100 — will have his own challenges to face.

“I just told h i m to get ready for a whole new basketball experience,” Miles said. “The first thing I told him is that the honeymoon is over… I told him the first thing they’re going to do [at Arizona] is just be on him, day one. “ But he’s so re ady, so motivated and there’s really not much else I can tell him.”

Now a bit removed from Penn basketball, Miles won’t m a ke a def i n it ive statement on what his class’ legacy for the program is just yet, but he has an optimistic view of the Quakers’ prospects in 2014-15, as the squad returns key wing Tony Hicks and center Darien Nelson-Henry.

“Everybody’s just really ready to prove that we’re not a f unction of the last se a son t hat we’ ve had ,” Miles said. “Ever ybody ’s really motivated.”

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This isn’t the first time that the Roller Girls have used the Class of 1923 Arena. In fact, the organization has used Penn’s arena, along with Temple University’s Liacouras Center, for years.

Though the organization won’t return to skate on Penn’s campus until next season, they will still be around the area later in the summer. The Roller Girls have games in Feasterville, Pa. and Philadelphia remaining on their slate, which wraps up in early November.

Dougherty’s team, the Philadelphia Patriots, brought together the second-most fans of any team competing and has likewise earned the secondseed in the tournament. The team takes its name from an AAU team that GM and Archbishop Wood graduate Fran McGlinn played on.

For others, the tournament provides an opportunity to raise money for charity.

Though only two of the entered teams are non-profit by designation, a few other teams have pledged to donate some quantity of their winnings to charity. One team, DMV’s Finest, formed their team with the purpose of raising money for the Zaching Against Cancer Foundation, which was formed in honor of former University of Maryland men’s basketball manager Zachary Lederer.

Most of all, it’s an opportunity for players to have unique experiences playing against top-level talent and with teammates both old and new.

Among the most mercurial players in college basketball the past few years, Ole Miss standout Marshall Henderson has teamed up with ex-NBA players like Hakim Warrick as part of one team that’s certain to turn heads.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

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Miles away, a career continues

Unique tourney comes to Philly BASKETBALL | The Basketball Tournament invites teams from all over to play for $500,000

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor

ers to Jackson-Cartwright about the impending transition around graduation.

“He told me to keep working, really,” Jackson-Cartwright recalled. “He told me stuff to look for in terms of the style of play.”

“It’s a culture shock for many people, but I’m just looking forward to it ... not many people get this opportunity so I’m just blessed to be able to continue my

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the 2009 Villanova Final Four team faced off against the 2011 Cornell Sweet Sixteen team in a basketball tournament?

Probably not, but the world might just find out this weekend.

Beginning on Friday, Philadelphia University will be overrun with teams and fans from across the country as The Basketball Tournament (TBT) comes to town with possibly the most unique tournament concept to date.

The premise is simple.

32 teams, one weekend (and a final on a later date), and the winning team takes home $500,000.

Who can play? Pretty much anyone. Who is playing? Pretty much everyone.

Beginning on March 1st, teams could be created on the tournament’s website, where GMs and coaches assembled their rosters and recruited fans.

Fans are the other way that the tournament is unique. Teams recruit-

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After four productive seasons with the Quakers, 2014 graduate Miles Jackson-Cartwright plans to take his talents to Europe, following in the footsteps of former Penn star Zack Rosen and coach Jerome Allen, among others. The guard recently signed with Rival Sports Group, an agency which also works with current NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris and Jordan Farmar.

M. BASKETBALL | Standout guard seeks to play in Europe

BY IAN WENIK Senior Staff Writer T he basketba l l d r e a m isn’t quite over yet for Miles JacksonCartwright.

Penn’s now-graduated captain has signed with the Rival Sports Group, aiming to jump-start his

professional career.

Rival Sports has its share of star basketball clients, including the Phoenix Suns’ Morris twins (Marcus and Markieff ) and the Lakers’ Jordan Farmar.

But instead of heading to the NBA, Jackson-Cartwright will be headed abroad to Europe.

Where, exactly? The guard isn’t exactly sure yet.

“I’d rather be in Western Europe,” said Cartwright, who fondly recalled preseason tr ips to

THE BUZZ

Q&A with 2015 Penn basketball commit Jule Brown

BY STEVEN TYDINGS

From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ While the 2015-16 season is far away for Penn basketball, that hasn’t stopped coach Jerome Allen and his staff from peering far into the future.

The staff got a commitment a few weeks ago from Lower Merion High School rising senior small forward Jule Brown, a player who many think has strong upside potential. The DP spoke with Brown about his decision to commit to Penn, his playing style and his time at Lower Merion.

Daily Pennsylvanian: What were you looking for in a school during your recruitment and how did Penn ultimately fit that criteria?

Jule Brown: Well first off, I was looking for a school with a great academic makeup and you can’t really go wrong with Penn’s academic tradition. I was really looking for a school that would push me academically.

Second of all, from a basketball standpoint a coaching staff that would push me to be a better player and an even better person.

DP: How did you ultimately come to the decision now, how exactly did it come about?

JB: I was talking to my head coach, coach Downer and I told him that we decided we were going to wait until August to see what else was there. I talked to coach Allen and we’re so similar, we’re from similar backgrounds. I was just talking to him and thinking about all the opportunities that he could provide for me and once I graduate from Penn all the opportunities I could provide for my mother and my grandparents. It was a no-brainer. I didn’t really want to wait.

I knew from then that that’s where I

wanted to go.

DP: What separated Penn in the process from schools like Columbia and Lafayette that made you offers as well?

JB: Location. I wanted my mother and my grandparents to be close, that was a plus. Just the familiarity of it, being a local guy, being the first guy from Lower Merion to [play basketball] at Penn was a great honor. I felt like Penn needed some more local guys and I felt like I could be that guy.

DP: Penn in the past couple years has struggled to pick up wins. Did that factor in, the fact that the program has been struggling recently? And how do you think you can make an impact when you come to campus in a year?

JB: That definitely had an impact.

Penn’s always been a great basketball school. I’m a little too young to fully understand it, but I know they’ve always had a great basketball tradition.

They’re struggling now, but I wanted to be a part of that turnaround. I really believe in coach Allen and coach Bowman and coach Graham and I really believe they can turn it around.

DP: Which coaches were specifically involved in your recruitment early on?

JB: I’ve known coach Polykoff since I was in eighth grade. He tried to get me to go to Friend’s Central [High School] and then when he arrived at Penn he started to recruit me. I’ve been talking to him a lot. I just met coach Graham a couple weeks ago, so I’m not too familiar with him. It was really coach Polykoff who introduced me to Penn.

DP: Have you visited campus and if you have, what were your impressions of campus and the Palestra?

JB: Well the Palestra speaks for

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Belgium, Germany and Italy with his teammates. “I want to be in a situation where I can grow as a player, to be able to develop.”

When making the decision to sign with an agent and go abroad, Cartwright received some advice from a fellow Penn basketball alum that has since gone overseas — Zack Rosen.

Rosen, who has successfully latched on with Maccabi Ashdod in the Israeli Basketball Super League, relayed some key point-

Three Quakers qualify for NCAA finals

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Once again, five-time All-American performer and 2014 graduate Maalik Reynolds qualified for the NCAA Finals in the high jump. Reynolds placed 3rd overall in Jacksonville, Fl. by clearing a height of 2.17m. Reynolds placed 6th at the NCAA Finals last season and will look to continue his success in Oregon.

TRACK AND FIELD | Hay, Reynolds and Mattis move on to Eugene, Ore.

BY COLIN HENDERSON Senior Staff Writer “It would be awesome to get a big group of guys out at Nationals.”

That comment was made weeks ago by then-sophomore distancerunner Thomas Awad, just days after his historic sub-4:00 mile at the Penn Relays. And while it may not have worked out the way he would have liked for himself, his team largely came through for him.

Penn track and field sent a school record of 14 athletes down to compete

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in NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Fla. last. They did not disappoint, sending an impressive three Quakers to compete in the NCAA Finals in Eugene, Ore. “It’s a huge step forward for us,” said coach Steve Dolan. “It definitely gives us a positive feeling about how the spring season went.”

The men’s squad was able to build off of their breakout fourth place finish at this season’s Heptagonal championships with another strong overall performance.

Rising junior thrower Sam Mattis and 2014 graduate jumper Maalik Reynolds – who have stood out for the team all season – came up big for the program once again.

Mattis improved on his school re-

cord throw in the discus yet again, tossing the disc 62.13m en route to a fourth place finals-qualifying finish.

Reynolds was also able to qualify for finals, easily clearing 2.17m and placing third overall. The five-time All-American performer will look to end his stellar career with the Red and Blue on a high note.

The men’s side also put up some solid performances on the track.

Rising sophomore Nick Tuck put up an 8-second personal best in the steeplechase, and fellow rising sophomore Brendan Shearn performed well in the 10000-meter, placing 20th overall.

Unfortunately, the breakout star

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