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Gutmann announces new postgrad award
SEPTA launches 24 hour weekend subway service, free internet service
The President’s Engagement Prizes will provide recipients up to $150,000 BY KRISTEN GRABARZ News Editor Penn wants to fund its graduates’ efforts to better the world, thanks to a new initiative created by Penn President Amy Gutmann. Starting this year, seniors can apply for the President’s Engagement Prizes, which will provide up to three recipients with up to $150,000 to devise and implement a local, national or global engagement project during the year following their graduation from Penn. “These Engagement Prizes are a unique way to draw students into putting their knowledge into practice right after they graduate,” Gutmann said. The initiative, which was announced on Monday to the Class of 2015 in an email from Gutmann, will be open to undergraduates in all four schools. Collaborative projects with up to three awardees will SEE ENGAGEMENT PAGE 5 Luke Chen/Senior Photographer
The late night trains on the Broad Street and Market-Frankford lines will run every 20 minutes between midnight and 5 am on the weekend. SEPTA officials agreed that there would be a need for increased security during those hours.
Overnight service will feature a security officer on every train BY FOLA ONIFADE Deputy News Editor Weekend partygoers may no longer have to split cab fare after a late night on the town. On June 3, SEPTA announced its pilot program to operate a 24-hour subway service on the Broad Street and Market-
Frankford lines beginning on June 15. The summer pilot service will run from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays until Labor Day weekend. The overnight service pilot returns after being shut down in 1991 due to low ridership and safety concerns at the time. SEPTA’s senior management has acknowledged the changes in the city since then, however. “There’s an in crease in late night activity around the city
and an increase in population of people in the city compared to 1991,” SEPTA spokesperson Manuel McDonnell-Smith said. “Our customers have asked us to operate service on the weekends so that they can have an additional option to make their way to all these locations.” The late night trains on the Broad Street a nd Ma rketFrankford lines will run every 20 minutes between midnight and 5 am on the weekend. SEP-
Tap House to expand to Center City
TA officials agreed that there would be a need for increased security during those hours. “We want people to be mindful of their safety when they’re taking SEPTA at any time of the day,” Smith said. According to Smith, there will be an officer aboard every train that operates in the overnight service. There will also be additional deployment of SEPTA police SEE SEPTA PAGE 3
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Penn President Amy Gutmann called the initiative a “unique way to draw students into putting their knowledge into practice.”
Colbert is more effective than the classroom Stephen Colbert educated viewers by launching a Super-PAC BY ALISON ELLIOT Staff Writer
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City Tap House will join the ranks of Center City restaurants, allowing patrons from downtown to enjoy a much shorter commute. There is also a City Tap House in Washington, D.C.
The second Philadelphia location will open in September BY MADELINE MCCALLUM Staff Writer City Tap House customers from Center City won’t have to rely on cabs for much longer — this September, a new location will open at 2 Logan Square.
City Tap House Logan Square will replace an American pub- style restaurant called Public House due to the Public House Investments team’s decision to transform the space. Public House will close its doors on July 5 after dinner service. “This project is the culmination of months of exhaustive research, asking loyal customers for feedback and suggestions…” co-owner Gary Cardi
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said in a press release. Cardi, who recently opened a highly successful City Tap House in Washington, D.C., said that “City Tap House began as [his] dream bar.” He is “very proud“ to announce the second location in Philadelphia. Managing partner of City Tap House Andy Farrell said that the brand wants to “take SEE TAP HOUSE PAGE 3
If you’re looking for educational television, a recent Penn study suggests that you should consider tuning into Comedy Central. Senior researcher at the Annenberg Public Policy Center Bruce Hardy and his team found that viewers of “The Colbert Report” were more knowledgeable about the finances of political campaigns than those who watched other news broadcasts by surveying 1,232 adults in the U.S. about SuperPACs — which are used to collect campaign funds — and tax exemption policies and comparing the different news programs each citizen watched. “Colbert showed us the process, compared to the inverted pyramid structure of news, which basically just tells you ‘this is a SuperPAC.’ Colbert’s treatment was much more engaging, which led to retention of information,” Hardy said in an email statement. The research team conducted statistical analyses comparing the influence of news shows on level of knowledge, while controlling for socio-demographic varilables, political
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Stephen Colbert received his second Peabody Award for his coverage of SuperPACs and campaign financing. orientation, general political knowledge and political engagement, Hardy said. The researchers attributed the educational success of Colbert’s program to two main factors: his use of narrative style and satirical humor. By creating his own SuperPAC — Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow — on the show, Colbert provided his viewers with a more thorough
understanding of how SuperPACs operate. With each episode, Colbert led his audience through the process of legally creating and raising funds for his SuperPAC. Viewers could engage directly by making their own contributions to Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. The SuperPAC series earned SEE COLBERT PAGE 5
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Study shows most suicides occur at night
A Penn research team found a link between insomnia and suicide BY ZAHRA HUSAIN Staff Writer Suicides occur most frequently at night, according to a recent study by Penn Medicine. Led by Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program Director and Psychiatry professor Michael Perlis, the study determined that most suicides take place between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. The findings were released in the wake of the Spring semester’s two student suicides. In addition to revealing a possible connection between insomnia and suicide, the research findings suggest that those who are awake at such late hours may also put themselves at a greater risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. “These results suggest that not only are nightmares and insomnia signif icant risk factors for suicidal ideation and behavior, but just being awake at night may in and of itself be a risk factor for suicide,” Perlis said in a press release. According to the study, suicide rates saw an uptick after midnight and peaked between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. at a rate of 16.27 percent. After 6:00 a.m., this rate drops down to just over 2 percent. The study’s findings contradict earlier studies, which concluded that the majority of suicides occurred during the daylight hours. Perlis and his team explained that the percentage of late night suicides is higher because fewer people are awake, but
THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIAN
Faculty members ‘retreat’ to Rooftop Lounge to focus on individual writing projects 24 faculty members spent last week at annual writing retreat BY KRISTEN GRABARZ News Editor
those who are awake are more prone to suicidal activity. The findings accompany university-wide efforts to ra ise awa reness a nd i ncrease dialogue about mental health after following the five student suicides over the past year. Earlier this year, the University created a mental health task force to brainstorm ideas for improving assistance for students who are under severe stress and may suffer from other conditions. In March, Penn announced that Counseling and Psychological Services would be increasing its permanent staff numbers. While not a direct response to the two suicides earlier in the semester, this bolstering illustrated Penn’s increased awareness of mental health support. The expansion was expedited after months of budgeting by the administration. Around the same time as this change was announced, documents surfaced evincing complaints filed about CAPS. Students who needed help had not been getting it — The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that one staff psychologist emailed the program director to share concer ns over long wa it times for students asking for appointments, although these concerns were not addressed at the time. Data reveals that throughout the 2012 to 2013 school year, students had to wait for an average of about 13 days to get an appointment with a counselor at CAPS. The research will be presented at SLEEP 2014, the 28th annual meeting of the A sso c i at e d P r ofession a l Sleep Societies LLC.
Harnwell’s Rooftop Lounge housed a whole lot of words last week. With most students gone for the summer, faculty members can finally focus on their own writing. Last week’s third annual faculty writing retreat helped instructors from the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education do just that. Organized by faculty and funded by the two sponsoring schools, the retreat allowed 26 registered participants from 14 departments to focus uninterruptedly on their own writing. From 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. last week, participants gathered in the Rooftop Lounge of Harnwell College House where they spent each day writing with an hour break for lunch and
socialization. “It’s really nice to have this come right at the beginning of summer when you need something to kick off your writing,” Graduate School of Education professor and event co-organizer Betsy Rymes said. GSE editor Jennifer Moore, East Asian Languages and Civilizations professor Ayako Kano and GSE professor Anne Pomerantz joined Rymes in organizing the retreat. Because of its unstructured nature, many of their responsibilities involved logistics, setup and cleanup. Also, they led each day’s 15- minute reflection session, during which participants discussed the their “strategies, triumphs and challenges,” Kano said. Although the participants did not read each other’s work, Moore served as a writing consultant and editor on site off whom faculty could bounce ideas and meet with one-onone. “They can make headway on current projects when they’re
done with grading and focus on their own research,” Moore said of the retreat. “I thought it was a special thing to be around so many people working so hard.” Now in its third year, the retreat has come a long way from its inaugural setting in a McNeil classroom. “It really felt like boot camp,” Kano said of the classroom atmosphere. “This year, because of the openness of the space, it felt more like a retreat — more relaxing and inspiring.” Working alongside their colleagues, participants could also escape the isolation that characterizes much humanities research. “In the humanities it’s very common that we work in isolation for our research,” Kano said. “There’s a lot of stress on doing your own thing. There’s relatively little collaboration.” The retreat fostered productivity along with its social atmosphere. She spent the bulk of the retreat revising a chapter of
her manuscript about various forms of labor that women juggle, finally finishing on the last day. Rymes published a book this year that she began during her first faculty writing retreat. The retreat’s benefits transcend manuscript pages. Working in collaboration, the faculty forged bonds over the week — one small cohort even walked up the 24 flights of stairs. Past years have produced “writing buddies” who have gone on to work together in rented library rooms and other venues throughout the year, Kano said. This year, assistant professors, who face publication pressure in order to gain tenure, were particularly encouraged to sign up. “Repeat customers” from previous years also filled many spots. Next year, the organizers hope to see the event grow in scope, participation and duration. “This is a fairly low key and low expense way — but to me a very visible way — of supporting faculty,” Kano said. “It gives me joy to see it happen.”
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App improves medical care communication Two MBA grads created Seratis to boost doctor communication
of doctor communication firsthand. With nothing more than a pager to keep track of her patients and colleagues, it was difficult for her to stay updated on the health of her patients — a problem that can threaten quality of care, she said. “One story that sticks in my mind was a woman who had developed overnight really bad deteriorating abdominal pains… I had to get in touch with the senior physician and the nurse to get an x-ray and a CT scan done,” Dhar said. “While everything else was happening, her condition was deteriorating pretty rapidly
and, well, she ended up dying.” Although text messaging devices like cell phones could help to prevent these types of situations, they are illegal for use in hospitals because confidential patient-doctor information is at risk for hacking.Pagers, unlike cell phones, are more secure because the data is encrypted, but they are becoming an outdated technology. Seratis has a secure network for communication, making it easier for doctors to speak with one another without compromising confidential information. There are a number of other mobile apps working toward a similar goal, like Cureatr, which is currently being tested at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. But Rettig says Seratis adds extra value to hospital communication. “Giving people the ability to communicate doesn’t help them if they don’t know who to message in the first place,” Lane said. “That’s the problem we’re solving, which we call team transparency.” Last year, Seratis ran a small pilot with Andrew Resnick — the chief surgical officer of Penn Medicine who has since become the chief quality officer at Penn State Univer-
as just “Tap,” the restaurant boasts five stone fire pits and a 120-seat rustic dining room. Farrell — who has been involved with D.C.’s new City Tap House — plans to be “very, very involved” with the Center City bar and restaurant. He is excited to see what the new location in Philadelphia will do for the brand. The new location will be built in the same style as the University City Tap House, featuring reclaimed lumber, steel and copper accents. The restaurant will continue to be a haven for beer lovers, with its wide selec-
tion of rare ales and lagers. “The overriding principle of City Tap House is making it approachable and fun… for the masses,” Farrell said, adding that there will be some “slight differences” between the University City and Center City locations. He noted that the University City community has embraced the bar and contributed to its success and “[the] ability to grow the brand.” Although the bar soon won’t be the only City Tap House in Philadelphia, Farrell said that the 39th and Walnut location will “always be special.”
BY JILL CASTELLANO Staff Writer Two recent Penn graduates are helping physicians quickly communicate with colleagues. Seratis, a mobile app soon to begin a new pilot site in the psychiatric ward of Penn Medicine, was created to improve the sporadic communication between physicians interacting with common patients, 2014 Wharton MBA graduate Divya Dhar said. By clicking on a patient in the app, a doctor can see which of his colleagues are also working on a particular patient and real time updates on the patient’s condition. “Seven out of 10 care members coordinating with a patient do not know each other,” Dhar said. “We want to change that.” Dhar worked to create Seratis along with fellow 2014 Wharton MBAgraduate Lane Rettig, who turned Dhar’s idea into a physical product by designing and developing the app. A former physician, Dhar came up with the idea when she witnessed the difficulties
Univ. City bar will “always be special” TAP HOUSE from page 1 a neighborhood bar approach while still delivering what could be appreciated citywide.” Most Penn students know and love City Tap House, a restaurant and craft beer bar located at 39th and Walnut Street. Commonly referred to
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Divya Dhar and Lane Rettig created Seratis to help physicians keep tabs on individual patients.
sity — along with some of his team members. “I am very interested in quality [of healthcare], and one of the big issues in quality of healthcare across the country — and world, really — is communication,” Resnick said. Seratis will begin a larger pilot in the psychiatric unit of Penn Medicine in the upcoming weeks, which will involve many more of the team members that work with each patient in the unit. After finally finishing developing the app, Dhar and Rettig are ready to see how well their product works and to add any additional features that would further help physician communication. “What we’re doing has enormous potential to help literally millions of people,” Rettig said. “I like to tell people we have a secret weapon.”
SEPTA will run all night on weekends SEPTA from page 1 and personnel at major hubs and terminals, he said. SEPTA cashiers will be present at stations with high ridership. Passengers will be able to pay the operator at unstaffed boarding ovations. “I think it’s long overdue,” rising College junior Jade Parker said of the pilot. “People always complain about Philly closing down to early so this will definitely be helpful.” During the pilot run, SEPTA will stop the Nite Owl bus service, which follows the same pattern as the subway and currently serves as the late night public transportation option. The train will also replace
the Nite Owl on July Fourth and Labor Day. While the pilot may not necessa r i ly be t he less expensive option, it could outweigh its cost in terms of convenience for riders. “There will be extra costs for traction power and additional security and support it will, but again the point of the pilot is for us to take a look at a number of factors: including increased ridership,” Smith said. Tomorrow morning at 11 am SEPTA senior management will host a kick off at the Walnut-Locust station of the Broad Street Line for the launch of the pilot program, which begins on Saturday night. Xfinity will also announce its completion of Xfinity Wifi installation on most Broad Street Line stations. According to a SEPTA media advisory report, SEPTA riders will be among the first in the country to experience free internet access on subway platforms.
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Eye of the B-holder FAITHLESS QUAKER | In a world where everything is relative, what do we do about art?
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specter is haunting hip-hop — the specter of Lil B. For better or for worse, nearly every hip-hop listener has heard of Brandon McCartney aka Lil B aka the Based God, whose artistic reign spans the farthest reaches of Myspace and Twitter. He’s like the “Ed, Edd n Eddy” of popular music: bizarre, incoherent and yet disturbingly easy to enjoy. Despite (or perhaps because of) its weirdness, Lil B’s music inspires cultish adulation. A considerable chunk of the internet hails Lil B as a genius, a harbinger of the avant-garde in hip-hop and beyond. Even Jonah Weiner wrote an article in Slate justifying the “post-Lil-Wayne deconstructionist.” With music so frivolous, it’s easy to attach satirical value to Lil B’s work and enjoy it tongue-in-cheek. It’s as if an inside joke has swept through the rap community. The issue is that the joke might eventually become serious. Traditional music listeners
fear that after playing devoted groupies for so long, hip-hop hipsters have conditioned themselves to genuinely enjoy the Based God. They argue that by giving so much attention to anomalies like Lil B, we starve legitimate musicians of the respect they deserve. The defendants, however, see nothing problematic about this. They object that all music — and art, for that matter — is subjective. Who’s to say that Lil B is any less important than the likes of “real” rappers? This debate ought to look familiar. The clash between high and popular art has long been a central feature of Western culture, with mainstream entertainment vying for legitimacy alongside the critically esteemed works of the past. Advances in technology have only complicated the debate: decentralization fosters more intricate cultures and subcultures within the artistic community, sprouting a sort of musical Singularity in which facetiousness runs rampant and nonconfor-
mity has become its own brand of snobbery. There does seem to be some truth to the claim that artistic appreciation is relative. Yet we still acknowledge that some works possess exceptional value. There is something universally recognizable about Mozart that sets him above other musicians, but is his music truly “better” than that of the Based God? Is there a way to reconcile our conflicting intuitions? I think so. Art is powerful for its ability to conjure meaningful experiences and offer new perspectives. It’s not a quantifiable substance, but a potential for interpretation. To call a collection of notes artistic is to assert the possibility of having a meaningful experience listening to them, and since meaning is subjective, all art is indeed relative to whoever perceives it. You might say it’s all Based on your point of view. That said, particular tokens of artwork can satisfy a given set of criteria better than their competitors. We employ a multitude of expectations when
observing art. Some of these expectations have been so prominent that they came to define entire periods of history — the Baroque Era emphasized elaborate structure and technical elegance, while Romantic artists strove to embody the sublime. Not all art is valuable for the same reasons — we must apply the proper standards when judging a work for its value.
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Art is powerful for its ability to conjure meaningful experiences and offer new perspectives. It’s not a quantifiable substance, but a potential for interpretation.”
My attitudes, emotions and preferences aren’t always the
same, either. Pregaming in my apartment calls for a different ambiance than does my morning meditation, and choosing “Timber” over the Well-Tempered Clavier might not reflect ignorance so much as situational awareness. For those brief moments, the former actually possesses greater value. Of course, some works have an absolute advantage. John Ruskin defined fine art as “that in which the hand, the head and the heart of man go together.” The most lasting works of art fulfill multiple departments at once — they are universally accessible and easy to appreciate across a wide range of dispositions. Perhaps this is what distinguishes the great composers from those who have not yet stood the test of time, that “je ne sais quoi” that even Miley Cyrus fans acknowledge sets Bach apart from “Bangerz." Within the web of absolute relativism, we can make subjective assessments that come usefully
JONATHAN IWRY close to objectivity. Our preferences are often well established, and some works satisfy those paradigms better than others. The knottier question is which perspectives are most worthy of endorsing. This issue reaches beyond the scope of pure aesthetics, reflecting deeper disagreements about ethics, politics and society. In truth, it’s unclear whether a single answer even exists; our goal might instead be, as Richard Rorty says, “keeping the conversation going.” And that’s what we’ll continue to do, Based God willing. Perhaps that was His plan for us all along. JONATHAN IWRY is a College 2014 graduate from Bethesda, Md., who studied philosophy. His email address is jon.iwry@gmail. com.
Standards of happiness
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE | How an unexpected lesson on perspective can apply to us at Penn
“W
hen Americans come, they always wonder why the Chinese are always in a hurry,” the man sitting across from me said. “They question why whenever a train or bus prepares to stop, everyone always pushes and shoves to be first in line.” I nodded, being the perceived “Westerner” despite my black hair and eyes. “There’s no use in getting up too fast. It won’t make the train stop any sooner,” I said. The man acknowledged my “typical” answer. “That’s what they all say,” he responded, “but what outsiders don’t internalize is that on most forms of public transportation in China, everyone competes for limited seats. If you are not one of the first people in line, you will likely have to stand or wait for the next bus. That’s why people
are always conditioned to be in a hurry.” I visited all the top destinations listed on About.com during my trip to China last summer, but the most enlightening parts of my trip did not occur while climbing the Great Wall in Beijing or cruising through the bunds in Shanghai. They took place during those long seven-hour train rides sitting next to strangers with whom the only commonality I shared was where we were sitting. This trivial example can be applied to a larger global scale. While some Chinese practices may be different from U.S. standards, it does not mean that its people cannot be just as happy. I do not advocate for one standard of living over another, and it’s important to realize two separate ideologies cannot be easily compared. Each culture comes with its distinct
traditions and values, and like the man on the train said, “You cannot compare Eastern and Western standards of happiness.”
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I sometimes hear fellow classmates talk about wanting to meet people from around the world … yet they end up spending most of their time with people similar to themselves ideologically.”
On a smaller and more familiar scale, the same principle can be applied to our very own
Penn bubble. In such a dense and diverse community filled with so many cultures with even more clubs to join, people to meet and events to attend, it can be easy to impose our own views on others’ decisions. In Penn’s pre-professional atmosphere, it is easy to question why someone would choose a major or become involved in a club they are not passionate about in pursuit of a perceived status or profitable career. The reverse is equally questionable to some: devoting all of one’s time to a single activity, forgoing other passions and friendships. With organizations ranging from performing arts groups to cultural clubs to religious and spiritual groups, each group attempts to promote its own identity to distinguish it from neighboring groups. When we find a group whose identity does not align with our
own, it can be easy to dismiss the views of the people in the organization, creating fractions within the Penn community. I sometimes hear fellow classmates talk about wanting to meet people from around the world before they leave college, yet they end up spending most of their time with people similar to themselves ideologically. This becomes even more problematic when our social identity becomes closely linked to the groups we choose to associate ourselves with, and it often becomes hard to free ourselves from the mold constructed out of our extracurricular activities. We are often told to find our niche at Penn, but that does not mean we cannot venture outside these boundaries to meet those who are different from us. In fact, these people can become our own “strangers on the train” who can teach
YUQIAN LI us more about the world and ourselves. In the end, whether you are an anthropology major or a mechanical engineer, and whether you choose to spend Saturday nights out w ith friends or inside your cozy apartment watching reruns of “Game of Thrones,” we are all simply trying to do things we enjoy. During those splitsecond moments when I question others’ choices, I quickly remember that everyone else — in their own way — is simply trying to seek their own happiness, just like me. YUQIAN LI is a College junior from Lexington, Mass., studying economics and political science. Her email address is liyuqian@ gmail.com.
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Study: Marijuana might impede sleep (or not) Researchers found a correlation between pot and sleep problems
A recent Penn study found a correlation between marijuana use and sleep problems — but the study’s senior author said that other factors could play a role. The study — which assessed responses to a 2007 to 2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by self-selecting people ages 20 to 59 — showed that any history of marijuana use is linked to impaired sleep quality. While the study only demonstrates correlation, not causation, results suggest that those who began using marijuana in adolescence have a much higher risk of sleep impediments as adults than those who did not. “The most surprising finding was that there was a strong relationship with age of first use, no matter how often people were currently using marijuana. People who started using early were more likely to have sleep problems as an adult,” said lead author Jilesh Chheda, who came up with the project idea, in a statement released by Penn Medicine. Psychiatry instructor Michael Grandner, the senior study author, agreed that the risks of marijuana “seem to be the greatest for the youngest people.” However, he noted several potentially confounding variables that could have contributed to the correlation. The abstract of the study states that those adults “who began after 18 years” most frequently experienced ‘severe nonrestorative sleep’ — a constant feeling of unrest during the day, no matter how much sleep one has the night before. This result is particularly applicable to college students, as many people become exposed to marijuana after they leave for college. “If you think about it, [nonrestorative sleep] could be an effect [of cannabis use],” Grandner said. “If it’s mellowing people out during the day,
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local, national and global engagement through the projects they design.” According to the CURF website, the President’s Engagement Prizes will supplement Penn’s “commitment under the Penn Compact 2020 to impactful global, national and local student engagement.” “It’s an exciting new venture for Penn,” Gutmann said. “It always gives me great pride to see how committed Penn people are to making a positive difference in the world.” Further details about the prizes and application instructions will be released at the beginning of the fall semester in late August, although applicants will have to submit a project proposal. The application process will take place throughout September and October.
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Assault: May 30, 2014: A 20-year-old affiliated male was arrested in connection with a fight to which police responded at 2:00 a.m. on the 100 block of S. 39th Street. The suspect fled the scene before returning and charging at an officer, punching him in the face and causing further injuries. Other Assault: May 30, 2014: A 43-year-old affiliated male reported to police at 9:30 a.m. that a known male made veiled threats. DUI: May 31, 2014: An unaffiliated 25-year-old male was arrested at 3:15 p.m. on the 100 block of S. 38th Street when he was found to be asleep at the wheel of his car in a moving lane of traffic. The suspect was ob-
Graphic by Luke Chen they’ll probably feel sluggish no matter how much sleep they’re getting. That’s a possible explanation.” The study’s abstract concluded that “frequent cannabis use is associated with impaired sleep quality. Initiation of cannabis use in adolescence may impart a higher risk for subsequent insomnia symptoms.” However, as Grandner noted, people who begin using marijuana in adulthood are “fundamentally different” from people who begin using marijuana before the age of 15. “Are those people on the same psychosocial stress trajectories as those [who begin using marijuana before the age of 15]? Probably not,” Grandner said. Grandner noted another confounding variable between sleep and marijuana use may lie in people trying to solve pre-existing sleep conditions by self-medicating with marijuana, which may exacerbate the symptoms rather than solve the problem. While writers ran amuck with the study’s results — Time magazine published an article titled “Marijuana use can bring
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sleepless nights, study finds” and the International Business Times wrote that “Marijuana could turn you into a nighttime ‘Walking-Dead’ zombie” — this study does not reveal causation, Grandner said, noting that other variables are “probably more likely” to impact sleep than marijuana use. The study was published in Sleep magazine and is titled “Patterns of Marijuana (Cannabis) Use and Sleep Symptoms in American Adults.” “Just like everything else in the world, there’s always a good and a bad, and it’s always better to know what the good and the bad is,” Grandner said of marijuana. “The truth is always more important than your agenda. [Right now] the evidence is not overwhelming in one direction or another.”
“Political satire... is effective” COLBERT from page 1 Colbert his second Peabody award in April 2012. Later that year, he announced that he was dissolving Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow — but, as Hardy’s study demonstrates, viewers have carried its message with them. “I am not saying that mainstream news should set up their own SuperPACs, but the use of narrative to show the process of creating one was a very successful teaching tool
served to have bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Disorderly Conduct: May 31, 2014: An unaffiliated 22-year-old male was arrested at 1:45 a.m. on the 3800 block of Chestnut Street in connection with a cab dispute. Police noted that the suspect became belligerent and yelled when they arrived on the scene. Fraud: June 1, 2014: An affiliated 20-year-old male reported unauthorized charges on his bank card at 5:00 p.m. June 2, 2014: An affiliated 45-year-old male at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Blvd. reported an attempt was made to fill unauthorized prescriptions. June 4, 2014: An unaffiliated male reported to police at 6:30 p.m. that a suspect attempted to pay for his order with fake currency at Jimmy Johns, 3925 Walnut St.
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Colbert employed,” Hardy said. The researchers suggested that Colbert’s integration of comedy and news allowed him to more effectively communicate with viewers. “Annenberg Public Policy Center has done studies in the past showing that political satire shows... are extremely effective in teaching people political literacy because they are also funny,” research assistant for the study and LPS student Madison Russ said. “If you’re laughing about something and they make a joke but it’s also true, you’re more engaged, which leads to increased retention.” The research team hoped to contribute to the existing dialogue on the most efficient methods of teaching.
“I hope that a study like this will spark a bigger conversation about news media,” Russ said. “There cannot just be one news model. Every type of news is useful in its own way.” Contributing to the discussion himself, Colbert commented on the study’s findings in a recent segment of “The Colbert Report” by comically instructing other news networks to follow his example and apologizing for being too informative. Hardy said that seeing Colbert discuss his research was “definitely a highlight of [his] career so far.” “Let that be a lesson to you, Fox News: show, don’t tell,” Colbert said. “I let you down, nation. Clearly, I must work harder at informing you less.”
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1. Distrito $5 margaritas, $2 Tecate. ‘Nuff said. 2. Kick Off Party at Fado Quizzo, nerds. 3. Philadelphia Union Watch Parties Aspirational. 4. Brauhaus Shmitz Because Germans are better at beer. 5. Worldtown Festival Beer, burgers and balls.
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1) ACQUIRE BOOZE (& CHASERS & MIXERS)
Presumably, you know the drill. Fine Wine & Spirits on 43rd & Chestnut, UCB on 43rd and Walnut, Shopping Bag across the street if you have enough arms for the chasers. Shouldn’t take you long unless you need to outsource a favor to someone more age-appropriate. Your summer party is the time to experiment with that weird drink (see “Drink of the Week” online for drinkspo) you’ve always wanted to try and buying alcohol you might actually enjoy drinking.
2) TEXT ALL YOUR SUMMER GROUPMES
Because there’s about 20% of the normal population chilling here during the summer. So go ahead and spam your sorority listserv, your frat listserv, your IAA listserv, and whoever’s around is around. Hell, invite your high school friends, invite your favorite Green Line barista, invite your coworkers. The best part of summer parties is that you have no idea who is going to show up and there won’t be enough of you to avoid making new friends!
3) GAMES
You should refresh your drinking game knowledge before everyone gets there, so that the whole “new friends” thing isn’t forced to rely solely on everyone’s small talk abilities. Small talk sounds like work, and summertime is no time for work (besides your totally stressful internship). Slap Cup, Flip Cup, King’s Cup, and Asshole are all good alternatives for when you realize that Pong only involves four party guests.
4) MAKE SURE YOUR PLAYLIST IS AD FREE
Summer parties are definitely more laid back, but ads on your Spotify can totally kill the mood. Try to use your roommate’s Spotify Premium, or make a Sound cloud (or Hype Machine! new feature of the website) playlist.
5) PREPARE FOR MILD REJECTION Some people might leave your party to check out the Smoke’s/Blarn/Cav’s (lol Drexel) scene. That’s okay because they will either a) come back because those places are empty/lame during the summer (refer to Street last week) or b) have a less fun time than you anyway because your party is going to be GREAT.
Cue the music: it’s time to start the summer subletter shuffle. Be it the highrise resident displaced by incoming summer students or the brother hoping to escape the abyss of frat house stank, no one is immune. To commemorate this annual Penn tradition, here’s what you had to say.
“I didn’t get a sublet so I couch-surfed for over a month…I mean I ended up living in an empty room in the Radian for a while which was nice. I paid rent by baking.” — Melissa D. ‘16 “My roommate was addicted to Adderall and was super filthy and had a disgusting smelly charcoal dog when I moved in. A couple weeks later, I couldn’t stand how terrible he smelled so I washed him... and turns out that it’s a white dog… She threatened to sue me when I moved out. Also: never thanked me for washing her dog.” — Barunie K. ‘14 “The housekeeper stayed 3 hours overtime on her 4 hour shift because she couldn’t stand to leave the house in all its filth. She only did so out of the goodness of her heart because she didn’t want us living in such an unhealthy environment.” — Elliot O.’17 “There was blood in the fridge….like, dried blood.” — Jackie C. ‘15 “[The people I was subletting from] told me when I had arrived on their doorstep with all my stuff that their house was being condemned in a month, but I could stay if I wanted. So I did.” — Anonymous, ‘17 “When I was cleaning, I found a black stick stuck between the closet doors, blocking it from closing. Little did I know that this black stick was the hilt of a giant and VERY sharp black serrated sword. So I stood there like King Arthur amazed at what had just happened and grateful that I had not stabbed myself or someone else when pulling it out.” — Carlos C. ‘14
ALBUM REVIEW “Sparks” — Imogen Heap BY REBECCA LAPOINTE
Ever since Imogen Heap’s first album was released way back in 1998, the woman has not lost touch with the type of artist that she is. Listening to Heap’s new album “Sparks”— with that signature soothing voice — once again reminds us GRADE: A why we fell in love with her in the DOWNLOAD: “Me The Mafirst place. The eccentric and wildly chine” or “Lifeline” creative Brit proves to listeners that SOUNDS BEST WHEN: You’re her familiar electronica-pop-techno in the mood to take a seristyle is still fresh. Heap’s lyrics are ous chill pill (or a Xanax) as poetic as her older works, which she proves with songs like “You Know Where to Find Me” and “Propeller Seeds.” Do not let some of the weirdness — that’s her thing anyway — discourage you because once you hit play on any song, you will be transported to a surreal, magical island the locals call Imogen. This album includes the usual trademarks for Heap with her smooth-as-caramel-sweet-as-honey voice mixed with her stellar piano skills and instances of wild syncopation. Those that are savvy enough to listen to “Sparks” in its entirety will surely be pleased. Heap is back at it, but even better.
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Tournament unlike any other MCGINNIS from page 8 together. And in the end, I was left with a resounding feeling that this was the epitome of what basketball can be. I’ve been to plenty of basketball games in my life at a variety of skill levels, but The Basketball Tournament was different. Most games involve two well-disciplined teams with full coaching staffs and wellthought-out plays and rotations. These games often have very little on the line, just another win or loss on the record. The vast majority of the time players are on those teams because they were selected, not by their own choice. The Basketball Tournament was none of that. Instead this weekend there
was something unique. Teams came out, each brought together by some meaningful connection, and played with energy and passion and, most of all, without inhibition. For once, there was nothing stopping Selby from taking a long three-pointer because he saw an opening, or Smush Parker, a former Lakers point guard, from throwing an alleyoop off of an inbounds play. Teams could play without coaches, without full rosters and without real playbooks. Were there plenty of shots that most coaches would have screamed their heads off about their players taking? Certainly. But for every terribly chosen shot, there was one that blew the small crowds in the arena away. You might expect more discipline in a tournament where the teams were all brought together by the prize of $500,000, yet it became clear that the prize wasn’t on the minds of the majority of teams. Players were there for the experience, for the love of bas-
ketball and for the chance to play with teammates old and new. It was clear in their faces and in their press conferences. After facing the Philly Patriots, a team with a number of UVA players and Penn’s Fran Dougherty. Pat Fisher, a 5-foot-9 Pitt graduate from the Philadelphia area, had nothing but praise for his opponents following the loss. For Fisher, it was all about the experience of getting together a good group of friends and having the opportunity to play against top level talent. So while the first part of The Basketball Tournament is over and only the final remains to be played, the experience will last for a while, because I doubt I’ll ever see basketball quite like that again. I’m not sure if I’ll ever stand agape from displays of pure athleticism and basketball skill as often as I did this weekend, and it’s not just because of the number of games played. Here’s to hoping that The Basketball Tournament wasn’t just a one time deal.
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Soccer prominent in local culture BETHLEHEM from page 8 vitalization through arts and culture.� Though a major soccer team like Bethlehem Steel no longer exists in the town, there is certainly still a strong culture of soccer and a link to the history of the club. “It’s always interesting having conversations with people about the event and if they knew there was the team in the past. Some people knew about the history and others don’t,� Mosel said. “There’s still a lot of club soccer being played and an NPSL team here called F.C. Sonic.�
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Former Cornell guard Louis Dale was among a large number of players who saw The Basketball Tournament as an opportunity to reunite with college teammates, as he joined with 10 of his teammates from the 2010 Sweet Sixteen team.
Ivy League and Big Five make impact TOURNAMENT from page 8 play and we were excited about that,� Zeglinski, Singletary’s former teammate, said. “He said he would help coach and stay on the roster, he has a great basketball mind and it’s great to have him on the team.�
The Patriots coasted to an easy win in their first round matchup against Pup ‘N Suds, a team of unheralded players from nearby Delaware County. While the Patriots were made up of players with experience playing basketball in Europe or on D-I teams, Pup ‘N Suds were the underdog in the truest sense, from their name (a reference to the Disney movie “Brink!�) to their lack of relative size and athleticism. “They [gave us some trouble], we thought we were going to blow them out looking across the
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Notre Dame Fighting Alumni ultimately separated themselves from the pack to set up a final matchup on June 28 at a location to be decided by fan vote. Team Barstool boasts a plethora of exNBA talent including Dahntay Jones and Josh Boone, while the Fighting Alumni have a balanced roster of some of the best basketball talent to graduate in the past decade. Though talent came from far and wide to play, a large number of players came from within the local Philadelphia area. In many ways, Dougherty was
through Morrison, the committee reached out to Mitchell and Ness, a Philadelphia-based apparel company, which agreed to develop a line of 12 clothing items using the images provided by Morrison. It is precisely that unique combination of community, historical soccer significance and culture that made the site an ideal venue for the event. Though the event is centered around the World Cup games, there is still plenty of other entertainment to be found there. “In addition to the 26 games that will be shown on a giant LED screen, every night after the games there are concerts by nationally touring artists playing on our Levitt stage,� Mosel said. “ESPN is going to be broadcasting live here on Monday doing live look-ins during the USA Ghana game. It’s going to be a place of national attention.�
troversial decision. The team’s new look is not all negative, though. Forward Clint Dempsey has filled in nicely in the captain’s role for Donovan, supported directly by more experienced team leaders in fellow forward Jozy Altidore and midfielder Michael Bradley (son of Bob). The U.S. team’s more experienced core has been augmented by a more dynamic and youthful supporting cast than ever before in the team’s history. This energized squad, in combination with Klinsmann’s more proactive approach to the game, has led to some of the most exciting and successful play in recent memory leading up to the year’s World Cup. But despite this apparent rejuvenation and sea change for the national squad, the U.S. team finds itself in a similar position to last year: namely, facing an uphill battle. This year, the U.S. team got very unlucky in its World Cup draw, finding itself in the proverbial “Group of Death.�
To even move past group play, the U.S. will need to contend with perennial powerhouse Germany, Christiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and Ghana, which has been a thorn in the side of the U.S. for each of the past two World Cups. And even if the U.S. were to earn more points than two of those teams and advance past group play — which is quite possible — it would still need to contend with Lionel Messi’s Argentina, defending champion Spain and home favorite Brazil to contend for the championship. Even Klinsmann has conceded that expecting for the U.S. to win the World Cup this year is simply “not realistic.� But all is not lost. The U.S. are still possibly fielding its most exciting squad of all time, and they are primed to put on a show in one of the world’s most spectacular sporting enough. For now, that’s more than enough to expect. It’s almost time to hit the pitch, and it’s going to be fun. That will never change.
an example of the type of talent that made up most of the tournament. Dougherty is a local player, having grown up in nearby New Britain, Pa., and a former Ivy League and Big 5 player with aspirations to play in Europe. The Basketball Tournament featured plenty of players of all of those dispositions, including teams from Cornell and Princeton, teams of local players (like Pup ‘N Suds), and teams of Big 5 players. In fact, Dougherty wasn’t even the only recent Ivy League graduate to play, as for-
mer Princeton guard T.J. Bray teamed up with other recent Princeton alumni on another team. But for a lot of players, Dougherty included, a large part of the experience was playing close to home in the city of Brotherly Love. “Playing in Philly has been so important to me, high school, college and now still playing in tournaments like this,� Dougherty said. “It’s really special and it’s great to stay at home and have people come out to the games that you know.�
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put on quite the show for its nation. This summer’s World Cup figures to be a different story entirely for the United States in some respects and eerily similar to that of four years ago in others. First of all, the U.S. has a new man at the helm, having parted ways with the calm and collected presence of former head coach Bob Bradley in favor of Jurgen Klinsmann, a more fiery and intense personality. The U.S. team also has a dramatically different look on the pitch, having cut Donovan — the team’s all-time leading goal-scorer and most recognizable figurehead — from the final World Cup squad in a highly con-
In recent years, the strong tradition of Philadelphia-based soccer has been continued by the Philadelphia Union. The Union began playing in 2010 as an expansion team in Major League Soccer, and are currently one of very few remaining professional soccer teams in the area, following the dissolution of the Kixx and the Independence in the past five years. “A couple years ago, [the Philadelphia Union] came out with their third kit, which is a Bethlehem Steel F.C. jersey, as a [tribute] to the team,� Mosel said. “That happening inspired a lot of the programming that we’re doing with our event.� During the process of planning the event, Mosel and his team of community volunteers reached out to Daniel Paul Morrison, whose great uncle played for Bethlehem Steel F.C. After learning more about the team
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014
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City of Basketball Love
For the joy of the game
Dougherty and co. fall in the second round in Philly-centric basketball tournament BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor
Philly Patriots vs. Pup ‘N Suds
Philly Patriots vs. Citi Team If you enjoy watching basketball to any degree, then Philadelphia University became heaven on earth this weekend as The Basketball Tournament took over the Gallagher Center. Though his team would eventually fall in the second round, 2014 Penn graduate Fran Dougherty was center stage for the event and certainly important in helping his team, the Philly Patriots, come together. “It started with Fran McGlinn, Dan Comas and Fran Dougherty. They put it together,” Sammy Zeglinski, a member of the Patriots and a UVA graduate, said. “I got some of my former Virginia teammates in on it and they were all about it.” Going into the tournament, the team was looked at as one of the favorites to go on a deep run, in part due to their recruitment of former UVA star Sean Singletary. Yet a late injury to Singletary left him on the bench as the team’s coach. “It was a shame Sean didn’t get the OK to play, coming in we thought he would be able to
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— if not wholly successful — showing in the World Cup. The team finished first in its initial group, propelled by an improbable tie against the English national team and an exhilarating last minute victory against Algeria courtesy of a Landon Donovan goal. The U.S. was knocked out in the first round of single elimination play, but it had already
“You guys need a fifth? I’ll suit up, man.” At most basketball games, comments like that would be taken as a joke, but it was a serious question. Josh Selby, former NBA player and Kansas graduate, and the rest of the members of his team, Team FOE, were warming up on the court, notably short one player. Selby turned to the man shouting at him from the stands and simply said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine,” before flashing a smile, turning around and knocking down a three-pointer from several steps behind the line. Though Selby wasn’t entirely right, as his team would go on to lose their opening round game, his attitude was characteristic of the pure basketball paradise that was The Basketball Tournament. Put simply, it combined all the best parts of basketball. There were Cinderella stories upon Cinderella stories. One team that only started one player over six foot went against a team with former NBA talent. Another was comprised of athletes from Olivet Nazarene University, an NAIA school, yet held its own for most of a game against former Ole Miss star Marshall Henderson and NBA veteran Hakim Warrick. There was a game of four-onfive, as mentioned above, where the score was close the entire way. There was raw athleticism on display and alley- oops and highlight-reel dunks abounded. There were teams of alumni suited up in their school colors and teams brought together who had clearly spent little time playing
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By teaming up with some high school friends and former UVA players, former Penn forward Fran Dougherty put up a strong effort, but his team, the Philly Patriots, ultimately fell short in the second round.
All is not lost for U.S. soccer COLIN HENDERSON A lot has happened in the world of international soccer since the last World Cup was held four years ago in South
Africa. All-time greats like Ronaldinho have faded away from their once seemingly untouchable positions of supremacy. Up-and-coming stars like the electric Neymar have taken their places. Most of the world was made aware — for the first time — of Qatar’s existence, the controversial host of the future 2022 World Cup. But despite all of the change, one thing remains the same.
The eyes of the entire footballing community — and even the world — will converge on this year’s World Cup, as they do every fourth summer. And this time, they will turn to Brazil, a nation with a rich history of soccer. The ride hasn’t always been smooth. In fact, with potential strikes for Brazilian public transportation workers and difficulties in stadium construction, it has been anything but.
However, all of that will be forgotten when the Brazilian national team opens up the tournament this afternoon against Croatia. The past four years have signaled change across the board in the international soccer community, and the United States national team is no exception. Four years ago in South Africa, the United States national team captured the imagination of the nation with an inspired
ESPN coming to history-rich Bethlehem for SoccerFest Small town in Lehigh Valley, Pa. hosts World Cup viewing party BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor Long ago in the town of Bethlehem, there was born...a soccer team. In the early 1900s, Bethlehem, Pa. was home to Bethlehem Steel Football Club, widely considered to be America’s first pro soccer dynasty. Now, as the soccer world prepares itself for the World Cup, the site of the original Bethlehem Steel plant – which sponsored the club – prepares itself for a unique World Cup viewing experience. As part of the FIFA World Cup SoccerFest and Viewing Party, ESPN has selected Bethlehem SteelStacks as one of very few venues around the country where it will look-in live at crowd reactions during the USA vs. Ghana game on June 16. “It’s been a wonderful experience and opportunity for us. We’ve been working on this event for over two
years,” Curt Mosel, vice president of marketing and public relations for ArtsQuest, the nonprofit arts organization serving as the host for the SoccerFest and Viewing Party at SteelStacks, said. “And we formally took steps about 15 months ago with an organizing committee made up of community volunteers to participate in creating a programming and working through all the ideas that culminate with what this event has become.” However, the viewing party is just one aspect of SoccerFest as the overall event will span June 12-16 and 19-22 at SteelStacks. The venue is a recently renovated arts and cultural center that hosts other festivals and concerts throughout the year. “We’re on an industrial brown field, the former headquarters for Bethlehem Steel,” Mosel said. “It’s an 1100-acre area that could have just as easily been torn down and turned into a Walmart, but instead it’s an arts and cultural campus that’s designed around urban re-
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Bethlehem SteelStacks, the former site of Bethlehem Steel’s industrial headquarters, will host a nine-day soccer festival, including the viewing of 26 different World Cup games. The festival will also include a number of concerts at Levitt Pavillion and various games and activities for people of all ages.
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