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Phi Psi sued after alleged sex assault Penn grad sues frat, alleged attacker for January 2013 incident CAROLINE SIMON News Editor

2015 College graduate Reginald Stewart is suing Phi Kappa Psi as well as 2014 College graduate Charles Gibson over a sexual assault he claims took place after a Phi Kappa Psi rush party in January 2013.

The suit — which lists Gibson and both the national and Penn chapters of Phi Psi as defendants — claims that Stewart was forced to consume excessive amounts of alcohol at the party, which occurred on Jan. 12, 2013. Then, Gibson allegedly took Stewart back to his dormitory and sexually assaulted him. Stewart says he was too intoxicated to fight Gibson off.

Stewart is seeking almost $500,000 in damages for the consequences of the assault, which left him with “a lot of medical issues that he’s still dealing with the repercussions of today.”

The lawsuit accuses Gibson of assault, and Phi Kappa Psi of serving alcohol to minors and creating the environment that Stewart claims led to the assault. Both Stewart and Gibson were under the age of 21 at the time of the party, and neither were members of the fraternity.

According to court documents, Gibson does not deny having sex with Stewart, but claims that the encounter was consensual.

The suit was originally filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas , but upon the defendant’s request, will be moved to U.S. District Court , where it will be tried.

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Renowned TV critic breaks down the explosive finale of Season Five

This former 34th Street managing editor spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian on Tuesday about that shocking Game of Thrones season finale, the growth of DAN SPINELLI weekly TV recaps and shows he News Editor really doesn’t like.

WA R N I NG: SPOI LERS Week ly episode recaps AHEAD — which Sepinwall helped popAlan Sepinwall, a 1996 College ularize — were not always the graduate, definitely watches more preferred format of TV recaps.

TV than you. As a TV critic for “It started online,” Sepinwall HitFix.com, he watches dozens of said. shows each week “at a minimum.”

He began blogging about TV

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while at Penn, sometimes surreptitiously completing recaps of his favorite show, NYPD Blue, during an all-night editing session at The Daily Pennsylvanian office.

“I had kind of fallen for NYPD Blue in my sophomore year,” he said.

Once Penn students were first given emails, he began meeting other NYPD Blue fans online, encouraging him to eventually set up his own blog. At The

Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. — where Sepinwall wrote from 1994 to 2010 — he recognized the necessity of reviewing HBO’s smash hit The Soprano episodeby-episode.

“When a significant thing happened like Ralphie getting whacked, I knew we had to write about it immediately,” he said. “By season six, I realized I needed to [recap] every week.”

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Students point to education and academic requirements as solutions

Donald Trump declares candidacy for 2016 presidential race

BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

In the wake of recent cultural conflicts on campus, many Asian students are challenging the University and campus organizations to do more to bridge cultural gaps between ethnic groups and create more dialogue and awareness about racial issues.

Rising Wharton senior Lawrence Li, the Vice Chair of Finance for the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, believes that, over the past academic year, racial issues have become more visible.

“The main things that come to mind would be the Phi Delt incident and the more recent Vietnamese Student Association incident,” Li said. ”[Such] incidents have just brought racial relations to the front of the discussion, whereas last year, during my sophomore year, the main topic of discussion was mental health,” he said.

Rising College senior Kristen Kelly, the Chair of the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board, said that she does not think there has been an increase in the “instances of microaggressions and outright

Trump challenges Mexico, China and Common Core DAN SPINELLI News Editor

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With a call to arms against Mexico, China and the Common Core, 1968 Wharton graduate and business mogul Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday.

Trump, 69, who had wavered in 2008 and 2012 before ultimately choosing not to run, said he was “officially running” this time during a nearly 45-minute speech at Trump

Our hypersexualized culture tells us that we will want sex the same way we did at 20 when we’re 50.”

Tower in New York City.

Trump began his campaign on the attack — tossing insults at former Florida governor Jeb Bush for supporting Common Core educational requirements and at President Obama for his health care plan.

He had some harsh words for Mexico in particular.

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” he said on Tuesday. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime.

They’re rapists.”

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Penn graduate develops energy efficient battery Elon Musk dubbed “Reallife Iron Man” by Robert Downey Jr. SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

Elon Musk, the 1997 Wharton and College graduate who has been dubbed by Robert Downey Jr. as the real-life Iron Man, may have outdone even Iron Man with his latest creation.

Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, is the mastermind behind one of the biggest product launches this year. The Powerwall, a wallmountable consumer battery, is the first product in the Telsa Energy suite, the company’s venture into the energy business.

The Powerwall not only provides sustainable energy but also shifts control to the consumer, Wharton professor Ruben Lobel said.

The Powerwall battery is designed to store energy from the grid and be a backup for resident and commercial users during grid outages. It was originally planned to store seven kilowatt-hours of energy and 10 kilowatt-hours of energy at prices of $3000 and $3500 respectively — excluding inverter and installation costs — and

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a Great Wall on the Mexico-U.S. border and having Mexico foot the bill.

“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border,” he said. “And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”

Despite his vast wealth and name recognition, Trump faces bad odds in a crowded field of 11 other Republican candidates, with former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie expected to

delivered the energy at an average of two kilowatts per hour.

However, after recently receiving shareholder feedback, Musk has almost doubled the power output to five kilowatts per hour, while keeping the price the same. Using the original costs, Deutsche Bank calculated that the Powerwall would be able to provide energy at $500 per kilowatt hour, which is less than half of current costs for electricity.

The batteries generated a revenue of $800 million in the first week after their release to the public and are already sold out until mid-2016.

“The paradigm shift we are seeing now is that consumers have stopped being this dumb agent, where they receive a fixed electricity price and then consume at will,” Lobel said.

Lobel explained that the battery will allow for a smarter consumer because consumers will not only be able to respond to grid outages but will also be able to determine consumption during high-energy and lowenergy hours. Consumers could bank grid energy during highenergy hours and use it during low-energy hours to save money

instead of simply complying with fixed energy rates.

Although the idea of using storage batteries for residential and commercial buildings has been present for years, Lobel said a key question will be whether or not Tesla’s product can provide energy at an affordable price, in an efficient package.

Lobel also mentioned that increasing production could help with the pricing process, allowing more consumers to easily adopt the use of storage batteries. Tesla is already working on the construction of a $5 billion Gigafactory in Nevada, which is planned to open in 2017 and will produce the batteries for their cars alongside the Powerwall and Powerpack, a smaller rechargeable energy storage battery. However, he said that demand will likely vary by market and will depend on the local regulations in the areas that the products are sold.

“Tesla is not just an automotive company, it’s an energy innovation company,” the company’s business statement says.

“Tesla Energy is a critical step in this mission to enable zero emission power generation.”

enter soon.

He does stand out among Republican candidates who have downplayed their personal fortunes by flaunting his own wealth. Near the end of his speech, Trump held up a piece of paper that calculated his net worth to be $8.7 billion.

A Quinnipiac University poll taken last month found that nearly 70 percent of participants held an unfavorable view of Trump, the highest percentage of all Republican candidates.

Trump still has not filed official documents with the Federal

Election Commission to declare his candidacy, but he said he intends to do so before the filing deadline at the beginning of July.

The Democratic National Com m it t e e r e sp ond e d t o Trump’s announcement with a tongue-in-cheek press release.

“He adds some much-needed seriousness that has previously been lacking from the GOP field, and we look forward to hearing more about his ideas for the nation,” spokeswoman Holly Shulman said in the statement.

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The mandolin reigns at Penn Museum concert Outdoor summer music series kicked off at Stoner Courtyard LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

What happens when a musician, a lawyer, a state government worker, a UPS employee and a library research specialist get together in their free time? You get the Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble, a band of part-time mandolin aficionados committed to sharing their repertoire of eclectic acoustic tunes.

Yesterday the group did just that by kicking off the Penn Museum’s sixth annual Summer Nights Concert Series at the museum’s outdoor Stoner Courtyard.

The ensemble of five played a wide array of songs ranging from jazz and swing to bluegrass and folk. Their instruments of choice were the little-known mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mandobass.

“I think we’re kind of hoping that the uniqueness and the flexibility of the type of instruments that we play will find us an audience,” said Henry Koretzky, the group’s mandocello player.

Their audience yesterday — composed mainly of Penn staff, students and families — was entertained by the band’s quirky instruments and their talkative nature between compositions.

Although a spectacle for audiences now, mandolin orchestras were an ordinary part of American communities in the early twentieth century. The

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Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble brought their unique sound to the Penn Museum Summer Nights Concert Series.

group’s purpose is not only to entertain, but to promote this rich American heritage.

“There’s a certain novelty aspect of people never having been exposed to these instruments before … One of the things that we really enjoy doing is opening people’s eyes and ears to say, ‘Wow I didn’t know mandolins sound like that,’ ”Koretzky said.

The band’s creative use of the mandolin instrument family makes them stand out not only to an average music listener, but within mandolinist circles as well. Due to their members’ varied musical backgrounds, the Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble experiments with different genres rather than sticking with traditional arrangements. In fact, their five man team is rather small compared to the 20 to 30 players mandolin orchestras usually have.

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“We’re kind of in that awkward size range between, say, a string quartet and an orchestra,” Koretzky said. “That’s why we are doing our own arrangements and pulling in all kinds of songs from the unlikeliest places and having a lot of fun with that.”

The Summer Nights Concert Series will be taking place every Wednesday at 5 p.m. until Sept. 2. In the spirit of the Penn Museum’s multi-cultural collection, the series will feature cultural rhythms from around the globe ranging from Eastern European to Afro-Brazilian beats.

“The series is a wonderful way to spend some time in the museum’s garden and to share some global music while enjoying a happy hour,” said Tena Thomason, the museum’s assistant director for public programs.

“It’s very relaxed.”

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On his blog “What’s Alan Watching” at Hitfix, Sepinwall recaps at least 10 shows — some more regularly than others — and writes longer essays about the TV industry. Like many critics, Game of Thrones’ explosive season finale on Sunday left Sepinwall suspicious about a certain character’s apparent assassination.

“If he’s dead — and I don’t want to believe he is — if he stays dead, its bad storytelling on about 17 different levels,” Sepinwall said of fan-favorite Jon Snow’s supposed demise.

Besides, keeping a familiar presence at the Wall, where the existential threat of legions of White Walkers looms, is necessary.

“Who’s our point of view there [on the Wall]? Davos? I like Davos but he has no interaction with zombies or White Walkers,” he added.

Sepinwall also chimed in on a controversial scene earlier in the season, where a popular character was raped. Sepinwall, who had been overseas the week the episode aired, had not posted a recap of the episode.

“The show has a history of not usually handling [sexual assault] very well,” he said. The scene drew pointed criticism for being a deviation from the show’s source material — where

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Michael Platt appointed sixteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor

a minor character was raped instead — and for focusing the camera on Theon Greyjoy, another character witnessing the assault.

“Ultimately, she inspires Theon to be a man again,” he said. “That’s not a good move.”

Despite its all-too-constant displays of sexual violence, Sepinwall said he enjoys Game of Thrones. But that other famous show with zombies? Not so much.

“Walking Dead is not one of my favorite shows,” he said.

“But it’s capable of being a good show.”

How about the polarizing Netflix drama House of Cards?

“Thankfully, the worm has turned there and people have recognized it’s junk,” Sepinwall said.

Although the critically-acclaimed dramas of recent years feature “middle-aged white guys going through midlife crises,” Sepinwall thinks the potential for diversity is expanding.

“If you look at Jeffrey Tambor on Transpa rent, fifteen to twenty years ago that character is treated as a joke in one episode of a show,” he said.

As for the Netflix hit Orange is the New Black: Many of those characters “wouldn’t have had their stories told” years ago.

Whether or not the future for television is bright, Alan Sepinwall will certainly be watching.

Platt will teach in College, Wharton, and Perelman schools CAROLINE SIMON News Editor

President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced Tuesday that Michael Platt has been selected as the sixteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1.

T h e Pe n n I nt eg r a t e s Knowledge program, which Gutmann launched in 2005, seeks out faculty members with appointments in at least two schools whose research and teaching incorporate multiple disciplines.

Platt, a neuroscientist whose work focuses on the brain’s decision-making processes, will have appointments in the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Marketing in the Wharton School.

“His [Platt’s] presence at Penn will productively bridge our Perelman School of

Medicine, School of Arts and Sciences, and Wharton School in path-breaking areas of neuroscience,” Gutmann said in a statement. “Best known for his studies of decision-making, social cognition and attention, Michael exemplifies Penn’s commitment to integrating knowledge in order to address both timely and timeless questions of great societal impact.”

Platt currently serves as Professor of Neurobiology, Director of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. Organizations such as the National Foundation, the Klingenstein Foundation, the McDonnell Foundation and the Department of Defense have supported his research, and he has been recognized in the New York Times, the Washington post, the Wall St reet Jou r na l, Nationa l Public Radio, A`BC, BBC and PBS. Platt has also served as the President of the Society for Neuroeconomics. He holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from Penn, and a BA in Biological Anthropology from

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Yale.

“Michael returns to campus as not only a brilliant, pathbreaking researcher but also a formidable collaborator,” Price said in a statement. “I am confident that he will quickly galvanize alliances

both across and beyond our campus, significantly advancing Penn’s global leadership in neuroscience —V as well as its connections to some of the most exciting and innovative work being done in psychology and economics.”

Sheraton employees plead guilty to defrauding Penn of over $3 million Criminals face milliondollar fines and lengthy prison sentences JESSICA MCDOWELL AND CAROLINE SIMON News Editors

On Wednesday, two employees at the Sheraton University Hotel pled guilty in Pennsylvania federal court to defrauding Penn of more than $3 million.

Both Kenneth Kapikian, 57, and Dennis Gagliardi, 60, were charged on May 26 with seven

counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to a memo released by Patty Hartman, public affairs specialist at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

According to the sa me memo, the two men allegedly engaged in a scheme to “fraudulently obtain monies from the University of Pennsylvania” by billing the University for services they never provided to the Sheraton University City Hotel.

The hotel is owned by a subsidiary of Penn and is not managed directly by the University.

They also allegedly directed vendors to inflate their bills to the hotel, where the defendants were also employed.

Kapikian, the hotel’s general manager, pled guilty to six counts of wire fraud and and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, while Gagliardi, the hotels’s chief engineer, pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Both men will be sentenced on September 14. Kapikian faces up to 140 years in prison

and a $7.8 million fine, and Gagliardi could receive up to 100 years in prison and a $5.7 million fine.

Shortly after the charges were originally brought against the defendants, the University released a statement, which stated that “no Penn employees were named in the charges or implicated in the alleged criminal conduct in any way.”

The statement also said that they “intend to vigorously pursue recovery of all losses that have been incurred by the hotel.”

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HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION? Write us! The SP encourages guest submissions from the Penn community. Submissions can be up to 700 words long. The SP reserves the right to edit for accuracy, clarity, grammar and DP style. The SP does not guarantee publication of any submission. Send submissions to Opinion Editor Katiera Sordjan at sordjan@thedp.com.

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SEAN MCGEEHAN is a rising College senior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.

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his past week, an advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval for flibanserin, a drug that would treat low sexual desire in women.

Chairwoman Susan Scanlan of Even the Score, a coalition of women’s organizations lobbying for the drug’s approval, celebrated the recommendation. “Today, we write a new chapter in the fight for equity in sexual health,” she declared. The push for flibanserin and its treatment of hypoactive sexual dysfunction disorder in women not only makes a mockery of the drug approval process. It marks a dangerous emboldening of the trend towards medicalizing women’s sexuality and a step away from women’s equality in the bedroom.

Even the Score trumpets the statistic that 26 drugs exist to help men with sexual dysfunctions, but no such drugs exist for women.

With this perceived inequity, Even the Score has called the

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LEFTOVERS | ‘Pink Viagra’ hurts women and profits Big Pharma FDA gender-biased because of hesitations to approve the drug.

However, every one of the 26 drugs that currently exist for men treat erectile dysfunction rather than low sexual desire. The naming of flibanserin as a “female Viagra” is offensively misleading as this

A 1991 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that “sexual dysfunction is more prevalent for women (43%) than men (31%),” a finding that is widely cited in support of medicalizing and creating drugs to treat FSD. The methods of this

Flibanserin is trying to solve a medical problem that simply might not exist. But here is a problem that does. Media and porn teach us that women can expect to achieve orgasm through penatrative sex.” is the first drug of its kind to treat low sexual desire in either sex.

Yet, the approval of this drug is looking to solve the wrong problem.

Hypoactive Sexual Dysfunction Disorder belongs to the larger category of Female Sexual Dysfunction, a condition whose creation was carried out by large pharmaceutical companies.

study have since been held under scrutiny and the accuracy of the results have come into question. It is no surprise that the authors of the paper were affiliated with and received research and consulting support from large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Procter & Gamble. Sexuality researchers and clinicians

with strong financial ties with pharmaceutical companies shaped discussions, the naming and the ultimate inauguration of drug development efforts to cure FSD. FSD is a textbook example of pharmaceutical company diseasemongering. By creating FSD and promoting a medicalized view of women’s sexuality, pharmaceutical companies successfully established a market for drugs to treat low desire in women. The greatest offense, however, is the lack of scientific data and research backing FSD, a condition whose legitimacy is shaky at best. In fact, there is still very little that is known about the biological processes governing women’s sexuality.

Flibanserin is trying to solve a medical problem that simply might not exist. But here is a problem that does. Media and porn teach us that women can expect to achieve orgasm through penetrative sex.

Our hypersexualized culture tells us that we will want sex the same way we did at 20 when we’re 50.

Our cultural norms and sex ed classrooms encourage female purity rather than celebrating women’s bodily self-knowledge.

It’s going to take a lot more than a drug, whose efficacy is dubious, to solve these problems whose roots are largely social, psychological and relational.

Flibanserin comes with a whole host of alarming and unfortunate side effects including sedation, fainting, dizziness and nausea, all of which become more severe if a woman drinks alcohol or uses oral contraceptives. But, the worst side effect of all is the drug’s association of loss of desire with a female dysfunction. Not only does this fault women for unfulfilling sexual unions, it treats sexual desire as an individual phenomenon that is gifted to someone else rather than something to be cocreated through partnership. Even the model of consent that is frequently taught continues to view sexual desire as something that is requested and then given, often a woman’s acceptance to a man’s invitation.

CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON Let’s not let Big Pharma fundamentally change how we view our bodies and sex lives.

Let’s refuse to settle for a pill that denies us the emancipatory process of engaging in a much needed conversation and reconceptualizing of sexual desire in all genders.

CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON is a rising College senior from San Francisco studying political science. Her email address is clara@sas.upenn.edu.

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hroughout the last month of the spring semester, anti-Muslim advertisements were carried throughout Philadelphia’s neighborhoods on dozens of SEPTA buses. The message they offered, “Islamic Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran” is a false one, tailored to incite prejudice and division among viewers and the community. A diverse array of political, religious and civic leaders in Philadelphia rallied against the advertisements in the weeks prior to their appearance, unfortunately to no avail. A federal court ultimately backed the ads, citing the constitutional free expression rights of American Freedom Defense Initiative, the private political extremist organization that sponsored them.

Thirty-two leaders representing all of Philadelphia’s major religious communities issued a statement encapsulating the response of the city’s faith groups to the unfounded message of these

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advertisements. “We will continue to reject attempts to stereotype any tradition or community,” they resolved. “Working as spiritual with the members of diverse faith and ethnic communities within Philadelphia, our challenge and our hope is to strengthen the ties among all communities to improve the quality of life.”

The occurrence of such a glaring act of hatred within our community unfortunately proves that no space is entirely immune to hateful speech — even the side of a SEPTA bus. The response of Programs in Religion, Interfaith and Spirituality Matters and the religious community at Penn was, and continues to be, one that promotes interreligious understanding as a path to combating hatred. The AFDI’s advertisements can only succeeded in creating religious intolerance and inciting violence if we fail to come together as a community and stand strong against dangerous stereotypes.

Throughout the months of April and May, PRISM partnered with the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia in a response campaign, #DareToUnderstand.

We asked Penn students of all faith backgrounds to post photos on social media in response to the SEPTA ad campaign. The call to action was simple: Take a picture of yourself or with friends holding a sign explaining why you stand in opposition to the AFDI’s message or why you believe interreligious unity is important. You can write about a personal interreligious experience that underscored your shared humanity, a meaningful relationship you share with someone outside your faith or simply an expression of solidarity.

As a response to the AFDI advertisements and to religious intolerance as a whole, #DareToUnderstand aims to deconstruct stereotypes in a lasting collection of stories. We hope that it will continue to provide a forum for people of all faith

backgrounds to participate in the discussion on religious identity and understanding.

Campus Challenge in Washington, D.C. Penn was the only nonreligious institution selected for

The occurrence of such a glaring act of hatred within our community unfortunately proves that no space is entirely immune to hateful speech — even the side of a SEPTA bus.”

Moving forward, we wish to transform #DareToUndestand into more than just a hashtag. We invite and encourage all members of the Penn community to break out of religious and cultural circles to explore the huge breadth of interreligious diversity that our campus has to offer. To date, Penn has a strong legacy of interfaith programming. Last year, the university was honored as one of three finalists in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service

this honor. Recently, interfaith dialogue initiatives including Abraham’s Tent, Penn Jews and Muslims (JAM), Moral Voices Fellowship, the iBelieve interfaith seminar, Religious Diversity Week and Interfaith Service Weekend have laid the groundwork for lasting, all inclusive forums for interreligious engagement at Penn. The Faith Fund, in conjunction with the Office of the Chaplain works to provide support for a range of diverse and

innovative interfaith discussions and programs. PRISM hopes that these programs and opportunities will foster a future of greater understanding by promoting unity in diversity.

As a diverse campus community, we wish to reflect on our response to the SEPTA advertisements as an example for the future and for Penn.

When such glaring statements of hatred strike so close to home, how should we react?

We must continue to condemn inflammatory messages that serve to divide, stigmatize and incite prejudice while working to break down barriers between our own communities. Through discourse and meaningful engagement across faith boundaries may be the less convenient path, it is the only path to unity.

SAM MURRAY is a rising College junior and co-chair of PRISM from New Canaan, CT. His email address is pennprism@gmail.com.

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racism” over the course of her time at Penn, but believes that tangible change still needs to be made.

“In many cases, I feel that discourse exists within our own communities, but doesn’t always expand outside of them — and, when it does, it can be met with significant resistance from others,” Kelly said.

Rising Engineering junior Rich Chaudhary, the Vice Chair of Finance for the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, agreed that the gaps among cultural bubbles must be bridged.

“One thing that happens a lot is self-segregation among cultural groups,” Chaudhary said. “[The Penn South Asian Society] tries to make people aware that there are other cultural groups. Organizations within the universities should push their members to, on a personal level, not be afraid to break the bounds of their bubble and their cultural group and be inclusive of other cultures, and definitely try different groups than they have before.”

Chaudhary added that he believes the University itself should play a role in improving cultural relations.

“The University should really

strive to make it so that these different groups, the 5B organizations and the three cultural houses, are mandated to do different crosscultural activities and collaborate with each other so that the students involved with the organizations are able to come into regular contact with each other, learn more about each other and create more dialogue,” he said.

Li, on the other hand, emphasized the importance of educating the broader Penn community to changing the dynamic of cultural relations on campus.

“I think education is the most important thing,” he said. “That we’re not ignorant about what’s going on around us and that … ultimately education is how we move toward a society that is ultimately more accepting of all people as a whole.”

Li said that, in light of the Phi Delta Theta incident in which the fraternity posed with a black sex doll for its holiday photo, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition has been working with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to potentially implement cultural sensitivity training. Even though Asian students were not victimized by the incident, they hope to partake in the training in order to prevent future issues.

But he also noted the

importance of having an education program that involves the entire University.

“One thing I have thought about would be a poster campaign like that of Office of Alcohol and Other Drugs, but more based towards education on cultural awareness,” he said.

Kelly agreed with Li’s emphasis on education.

“We need to ask ourselves: what are we doing to educate one another, and educate ourselves, about these issues? I’d love to see the University doing more to support our cultural centers and our academic departments,” she said.

Kelly cited the academic requirements as an important way that the University is encouraging cultural dialogue.

“I think that this [academic requirements that emphasize culture] is an important requirement to have, and appreciate the effort on the part of the University to expand student awareness about issues of diversity in the US,” she said. “At the same time, I feel like policymakers may be disconnected from the student experience if they think that this action is sufficient to make a positive social climate for minority students.”

But Kelly believes that the current requirements may not be enough.

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“Maybe that means we should expand the lists of courses that apply for these sector and distributional diversity requirements, or find ways to expand programs that offer minors into fully fledged departments,” she added.

2015 College graduate Patrick Vinh, who was one of the hosts of the event at which the altercation between members of the

Vietnamese Association and the fraternity OZ took place, does not believe that education is the answer.

“Caucasian students really aren’t aware or aren’t interested in becoming educated about other cultures. It’s not about educating [Caucasian students], it’s about integrating them, getting rid of stereotypes,” he said.

Vinh added that it was not the policies at Penn that need changing, but the atmosphere.

“I have to hand it to Penn,” he said. “It was a forerunner of the other Ivies, the first Ivy to have women. Penn is pretty progressive.

Now, the atmosphere [regarding racial relations] needs to change.

There needs to be a different focus at Penn.”

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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

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BY CAROLINE MARQUES | Despite what you’ve heard, the Cannes Film Festival isn’t all about the parties. Of course, it’s fun to drink on sun-kissed terraces next to your favorite movie stars, crash parties on the beach, or sip champagne on the yacht. But what makes Cannes so special is not only the time spent dancing ‘til dawn, but the hours spent in dark rooms watching movies with the director next to you. Cannes remains the festival of festivals — so here is Street’s take on what was good, bad and simply beautiful.

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THE BAD

THE GOOD LOVE Ever the controversial filmmaker, Gaspar Noé (responsible for the crazy drug-induced film “Enter The Void”) is back to his old tricks. What makes “Love” so special? Maybe it’s the 3D sex scenes, the awesome soundtrack or the insane debate surrounding it about whether it’s a solid art film or just plain porn. Watch it (just not with your parents) and definitely, bring it up in a Cinema 101 course.

AMY Street Music highly recommends you check out this touching documentary. You’ll get to know Amy Winehouse, from when she was a child to an international jazz icon.

You see her charismatic, funny personality behind your favorite songs “Back to Black” and “Rehab,” as well as the lost soul she became towards the end of her life, roaming around without guidance or help.

Kleenex are highly recommended.

THE SEA OF TREES Despite its beautiful cinematography and great acting, there’s no hiding that this one of the festival’s major disappointments. Coming from such a brilliant director who has made so many films that impacted our generation, this one falls a little flat. You’ll see where he’s coming from and appreciate the existential question about life, loss and meaning but you might want your money back.

AMNESIA This is a film that had the potential to address themes of memory and retribution, but it ended up confusing many of its viewers. It simply does not compare to the director’s 1969 “More” (which also takes place in Ibiza and has a soundtrack by Pink Floyd). I recommend skipping this one and watching “More” which is nicely shot and will make you laugh more than you expect.

CAROL You’ve surely heard all about the film already and even stalked the red carpet premiere photos of Todd Haynes, Rooney Mara (who we saw exit the Majestic Hotel, looking as stunning as always) and of course, Cate Blanchett.

Set in New York, Blanchett plays a divorcee who pursues a younger woman working in a department store circa 1952. Everyone gave this drama (and its exceptional performances) a standing ovation at the Grand Théatre Lumière — surely you will too.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD I understand “Mad Max” is a cult film.

Yes, it has some seriously cool CGI but lacks in other areas. Let’s agree to

THE BEAUTIFUL YOUTH Shot by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, this is a film meant for the big screen. Michael Caine, Jane Fonda and Paul Dano (among many others) play somewhat tortured creative minds at a hotel in Switzerland. You’re bound to fall in love with the first opening scenes, the banter between the guests and the view of the Swiss mountains.

Plus, it’s a philosophical exploration about what it means to grow old and grow up.

MEDITERRANEA Jonas Carpignano, a young director who grew up in New York and Rome, shows a lot of promise with his first feature film. It is not light, but rather explores a heavy, topical issue. It’s the rocky journey of two friends from Burkina Faso trying to make it to Italy, one that will simultaneously break your heart and inspire you to take action.

But you will marvel from the opening scene to the last at how vibrant each shot is.

LOUDER THAN BOMBS Jesse Eisenberg plays a husband dealing with the consequences of the death of his mother, his unstable brother and recently newborn child. At times, the plot is a little confusing, but some of the sequences are not only very experimental and innovative but aesthetically marvelous. The director uses photos and black and white shots giving you a great variety of bold, beautiful scenes to pick from.

The Bachelorette is Sexist AND OTHER THINGS

BY BYRNE FAHEY There are many things to hate about ABC’s dating reality shows, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

There’s the complete and total lack of diversity, for one. The shows typically consist of one model-type, physically flawless white person doling out roses to a hoard of equally attractive white people of the opposite gender. There’s the seeming script of it all – to be expected with reality television, but still frustrating. There’s the lack of successful marriages to actually come out of the shows. Audiences happily ignore this detail.

Then, we have the time factor. Each show can take up to two grueling hours of your day, not to mention time for recapping and gossiping after. There are the absolute bullshit career titles that run under the names of contestants.

I’m all for following your dreams, but “sport fishing enthusiast,” “dog lover,” “manscaper” and “free spirit” have appeared. And lastly, there’s the sickly feeling I get in my stomach every time

I watch, knowing that the show will not better my life or necessarily the lives of anyone else. It will promote negative ideals about romance and unrealistic expectations for women and men alike.

It is, undoubtedly, a hugely selfish and utter waste of time.

And yet, I still watch. It’s an instant bonding experience with those who also watch. It’s perfect for watching while cooking, reading, doing work or working out, because you can be distracted for five minutes and return to them discussing the exact same thing.

The host, Chris Harrison, actually appears to be a very normal and likable guy. And when things go wrong, they often respond in a pretty upfront manner. When Bachelor Juan-Pablo Galavis threatened the success of the Bachelor Empire by garnering bad press for homophobic comments in Season 18, they didn’t save him and instead allowed the fan base to turn him into a villain.

But this summer, on Season 11 of The Bachelorette, producers yet again

ignored any kind of morals and designed the show so that it began with two bachelorettes – a move I have not yet recovered from. In the first episode, the 26 suitors voted on which woman they would fight for, and the other was sent home. ““Will this be awkward and probably a bit painful?” Chris Harrison asked the audience in the intro scene (“Sure!”).

On a show with numerous issues, one thing I championed was the opportunity to put a woman in charge of her romantic life. And then they stripped it away! All of a sudden, girl power was replaced with cattiness, jealousy and drama as Britt and Kaitlyn battled to impress their prospects enough to win the vote. What should have been a celebration of women wearing the pants turned into another sexist shit show in which women were degraded and disrespected.

Meanwhile, the producers must be over the moon. A controversial decision led to press, press and more press.

GUTTER BALL: JARET REDDICK

BY CAROLYN GRACE I wouldn’t say I’m the biggest fan of Bowling For Soup, and they’re probably not a fan of me either. But I’ve got to thank their lead singer for re-teaching me an important lesson about the Internet and the power of words.

The saying goes that inspiration has many names. Recently, mine has been named Jaret Reddick. That’s right, the lead vocalist, rhythmic guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band Bowling For Soup. (You know them - “1985” was in all of our CD players and 3-inch-thick iPod minis.) Jaret Reddick would probably be surprised by my saying this, given that our last encounter had nothing to do with me fangirling over his music. On the contrary, I pretty much snubbed BFS’s 21 years of work in under 140 characters.

Last week, I was browsing the WXPN Concert Calendar online and happened to glimpse Bowling For Soup in a show lineup for this Friday at the Theatre of Living Arts. The sight of the band’s name immediately transported me back to my surprise birthday party in fifth grade. It was 2005, and I, now 11 years old, had just received my first-ever mix CD as a present from my friend Amanda. The third track was Bowling For Soup’s cover of “1985,” which, arguably, has received more attention than the original version by SR-71. (I mean, come on, the BFS rendition reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified as a Platinum single.) It’s a classic, cathartic pop-punk song, and until recently it was the only song I legitimately knew by the band. I admit that I am not well-versed (pun intended) in Bowling For Soup’s repertoire. A lot of the facts that I’m spewing out right now are a product of Google and Wikipedia.

My general lack of BFS knowledge clouding my brain (I literally just found out that the group was nominated for a Grammy and wrote the intro theme to “Phineas and Ferb” ), I looked at the band’s concert listing with skepticism. What could they possibly be playing 10 years later besides Track 3 from my mix CD? I turned to Twitter for my answer, partially out of genuine curiosity, and partially because I was feeling snarky.

“Bowling for Soup still tours,” I tweeted, “which begs the question — what else do they play besides ‘1985’?” No hashtags, no direct mentioning of Twitter handles. Just straight text that I thought would float in cyberspace predominantly unnoticed, save for maybe a favorite or retweet from a friend. I thought wrong.

About two hours later, I logged back on to Twitter absentmindedly, only to discover I had a handful of notifications.

Standing out amongst them all was a response to my BFS tweet from none other than Jaret Reddick himself: “‘Almost’, ‘Girl All The Bad Guys Want’, ‘High School Never Ends’, ‘Ohio’, etc…You know…HITS and stuff.” Touché, Mr. Reddick.

Jaret’s response generated eight retweets, 72 favorites, and six replies. It is the most popular tweet on his profile from the past two weeks. I think I have been officially blacklisted from the pop-punk/alternative rock world.

I felt pangs of embarrassment and guilt in those first few hours of notifications. My tweet expressed a fleeting thought and seemed so insignificant at the time. I was not prepared for the amount of attention it got. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my genuine surprise held no ground whatsoever. I had published something on the Internet.

Therefore, it was 100 percent possible for anyone, rockstars included, to see it. It’s easy to forget that anonymity doesn’t exist online, even if we omit any hashtags or usernames from posts. Sure, lack of identifiers makes finding something on the Internet slightly more difficult, but it doesn’t make it impossible.

Which brings me to the other lesson that Jaret Reddick retaught me: Think before you speak ... or in this case, tweet. I have nothing against Bowling For Soup, I really don’t. That makes it harder for me to explain why I wrote that tweet in the first place. I honestly have no explanation beyond having a spout of word vomit. Clearly, an incredibly public online forum is no place to project it.

Not to mention, I passed judgment on a group I hardly even know, which makes this incident all the more ludicrous. Bowling For Soup formed in 1994. Their major hits like “1985” and “Girl All The Bad Guys Want” were in 2003 or 2004, when most social media was little more than nonexistent. So it’s not surprising that they may not have as much current recognition in popular media as artists that rose to fame during the digital age. But that doesn’t excuse me for dismissing their work as irrelevant. This Twitter debacle is a classic example of musical ignorance, of falling victim once again to the iTunes Top Songs playlist or Mix 106.1 FM’s Top 20 Countdown.

One of the six responses linked to Jaret Reddick’s tweet was also a direct reply to mine. “Go deep with @jaret2113 and @ bfsrocks you may just enjoy what you hear!” wrote @Dopenasty99. “Not just what the radio tells you to like.”

So I decided to have a listen to the songs Mr. Reddick mentioned, and you know what? I was nodding along to “Almost” and “Girl All The Bad Guys Want.” And I really liked “High School Never Ends” and “Ohio.” I even looked up “Punk Rock 101,” “The Bitch Song” and “Emily” afterwards. While I won’t claim to be a Bowling For Soup fanatic, I can say that I’m glad I gave their music a fair chance. It turns out I actually do like it.

So I want Jaret Reddick to know that he made an impact on the girl who posted that snarky tweet from a couple weeks ago. Thank you, Mr. Reddick. Although you probably don’t want to interact with me again, you’ve inspired me to redouble my effort to be conscious of what I say and when I say it. And while I can’t make your concert tomorrow night, I can guarantee I’ll be strumming my air guitar to Bowling For Soup with a new attitude from now on.

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launched himself past the rest of the competition with his championship hurl. With his back against the wall, Mattis stepped up with a fury that Penn fans aren’t used to seeing from their athletes.

That throw was the equivalent of Tony Hicks hitting a buzzer-beating three pointer to beat Duke in March Madness or Austin Bossart hitting a walk off homerun to win

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the College World Series. It’s like Alek Torgersen throwing a game wining touchdown in the BCS championship, if Penn was eligible for the game.

In short, the throw was not an only an iconic Ivy League sports moment, it was an iconic NCAA moment and thus deserves celebration. Simple acknowledgement of the feat is not enough. To fully appreciate Mattis’ mastery, take some time next year to take the hike down to the Schuylkill and watch the NCAA’s top thrower

go to work. It may be your last chance to witness one of your classmates do something amazing in a Penn uniform before you leave campus.

Watch him. Appreciate him.

Because after all, it’s not every day that Penn produces a national champion.

Editor’s note: Sam Mattis’ title in the discus was the highlight of the Penn’s showing at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. For a full recap of last week’s events, visit thedp.com.

COURTESY OF PENN ATHLETICS

Despite a winning record, men’s heavyweight rowing coach Greg Myhr was not renewed for 2015-16.

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THOMAS MUNSON | ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Sam Mattis broke his own school record in the discus, earning a national title for the Quakers.

JOYNER >> PAGE 8

Joyner like a shadow as she walks from the dugout to the batter’s box for each at-bat in each game, she doesn’t mind the pressure.

“I kind of like it,” she said. “I try to calm myself down and stay positive and just remember that if I don’t do it one of my teammates will.”

Although given Joyner’s track record, it’s rare that she doesn’t perform at the plate. In 20 Ivy League contests, she only struck

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Bossart was the first Quakers’ player chosen since right-handed pitcher Vince Voiro went to the Oakland Athletics in 2012. He is the highest Penn selection since Mark DeRosa — a utility man who played for eight teams in 15 seasons — was drafted in the seventh round by the Atlanta Braves in 1996.

“Knowing his skill set both offensively and defensively, I think Austin is a solid addition to the Phillies’ system,” Yurkow said.

Eight rounds after Bossart’s name came off the board, the Los Angeles Angels nabbed the southpaw Glenn, who threw 52 innings while compiling a 3.12 earned run average in his senior season.

“It was probably the best day of my life,” Glenn said. “When I got the call from the Angels, the scout was so excited for me, he could tell that I was a compassionate guy and he wants to see me do well.

“I knew it was the right fit for me, and I was really happy that the Angels selected me.”

After predominantly spending his first two seasons in the Quakers’ bullpen, Glenn’s stats as an upperclassman starter were also influential in putting Penn on the cusp of winning the Ancient Eight in 2014 and 2015. In 19 starts since the beginning of the 2014 season, the Lake Worth, Fla., native compiled a 9-5 record while

out a minuscule three times.

It would be hard to top such a stellar opening season, but Joyner doesn’t seem daunted by the prospect. She is confident in her abilities on the diamond and knows that the results will come if the work she puts in is steady.

Looking ahead to next year, Joyner isn’t focused so much leading the Quakers in numbers or statistics; rather she wants to become a leader for her character.

“My freshman year, I kind of looked up to people and looked up to the leadership of the older

girls,” Joyner said. “I kind of want to improve on that aspect where the freshman this year are able to look up to me.”

So what does being a leader mean to Joyner? It’s putting others first, it’s thinking about the big picture for the team with every play and every at bat.

“I also think a leader doesn’t have to be someone who tells people what to do or bosses them around or anything,” she said. “I want to be a leader even when I don’t say something.

“I lead by example.”

throwing six complete games.

“Ronnie did a lot of stuff for us during his career, moving from the bullpen to a weekend starting role,” Yurkow said. “Like Austin, he is just an unbelievable kid and I am so happy that is he getting this opportunity.

After his selection, the Angels informed Glenn that he would be playing for their affiliate in the Pioneer League — the Orem Owlz — in Utah in the coming months.

His first game comes Thursday and — due to the extended period since he last was on the mound — he will initially see the bulk of his action out of the bullpen.

“I had a feeling he would end up with the Angels,” Yurkow said.

“And I know they will give him every chance to be an important part of their system.”

“I think [Yurkow] was messing with me when he said that,” Glenn said. “He knows that I’m a pretty spiritual guy. I keep telling people that I’ve been praying to God this whole time, and I guess the Angels intercepted it.”

In tallying a team-leading 48 strikeouts in 2015, Glenn was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week and Big 5 Pitcher of the Week in consecutive weeks for his efforts at the end of March and beginning of April. The veteran also picked up his second straight AllIvy Honorable Mention at season’s end.

The Red and Blue stalwarts were two of the first three Ivy League players drafted, as

Harvard pitcher Tanner Anderson went to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round. The Crimson and Quakers each had two players drafted, while defending conference champion Columbia led all Ancient Eight schools with three individuals selected.

Though Brown, Cornell and Yale failed to register any draft picks, Princeton’s Tyler Servais was selected in the 27th round while Dartmouth infielder Joe Purritano went to the Cincinnati Reds in the 30th round.

Lions outfielder Gus Craig — who shared Ivy Player of the Year honors with Bossart — was picked by the Seattle Mariners in the 30th round. With Craig’s selection, each of the award’s past five winners ended up playing professionally at the end of their Ivy careers.

As Bossart and Glenn prepare to continue their time on the field away from Penn, the fact that the Quakers have seen two of their leaders drafted highlights the team’s improvement under Yurkow and could bode well for the team’s veterans in coming years.

“Coach Yurkow has supported our dreams since freshman year,” Glenn said. “He’s worked closely with us and he’s turned this program in a great direction. I think he’s a positive influence in the dugout and locker room, and he’s got these young guys really developing earlier and having them buy into the program.”

“Frankly, I don’t want them to.” Those were the chilling words Coach Myhr uttered to us one winter’s morning in the basement of that gymnasium.

They hung in the air for a few moments as their meaning sunk in. Coach Myhr had a different plan. He didn’t want future oarsmen to have any idea from whence they came, only where they were to be. He wanted champions to walk into the boathouse each and every day.

He wanted champions that believed they were champions — winning was not an option, it was just what Penn oarsmen did.

Coach Myhr will have his wish. Future classes will never truly know what we as oarsmen did to keep this program afloat. No one will notice the gaps in the years Penn fell short of greatness — the lack of “Pennsylvania” engraved on trophies over the past decade or the lack of photographs of

championship boats will simply be overlooked. And we accept that. We were not destined to be champions. But that’s not to say our work was all for naught. We know we rowed for a reason. We rowed to build the foundation for the next dynasty. We worked to set the stage for champions to come. And we look forward to the day those champions arise.

The sad truth, however, is that no one will ever know what coach Greg Myhr did either. Coach Myhr didn’t win any championships. He did not amass a collection of trophies to fill the shelves in the boathouse.

Years from now a lone portrait hanging in the Madeira Shell House may be all that commemorates Coach Myhr’s six years as head coach in the program’s long history. But we will remember. All of us who rowed for Penn, who rowed for Greg Myhr, will remember what he did for us and our program.

Coach Myhr redefined what it meant to work hard. He elevated the standard for what it meant to be strong, to be fast — what it

meant to push ourselves. Coach Myhr built up our team and pulled in more athletes each year. More rowers meant more competition, and more competition meant faster squads.

Coach Myhr sent athletes onto new and greater challenges — he sent two men to Cambridge to represent the light blue in the annual Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race, and three others to represent the United States at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships.

We will remember how Coach Myhr turned us into a threat to our competition. How he made us hold our heads high.

And how he made us proud to row for Penn and to be a part of something greater.

Thank you Coach for all you have done for us and for this program. You will be sorely missed. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

Sincerely, Daren Frankel On behalf of the Penn Heavyweight Class of 2013

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Two Penn players taken in MLB Draft

BASEBALL | Austin Bossart and

Ronnie Glenn will play pro ball

RILEY STEELE Sports Editor

For the first time in the John Yurkow era, two of Penn baseball’s own are moving on to play professionally.

On the third day of the 2015 MLB Draft, recently-graduated catcher Austin Bossart and left-handed pitcher Ronnie Glenn each heard their names called, becoming the first members of the Red and Blue to be drafted in three years.

It was only the third time since 2003 that multiple Penn players were drafted.

The reigning co-Ivy League Player of the Year, Bossart was the first player from the Ancient Eight taken in the first-year player draft, going to the Philadelphia Phillies in the 14th round with the 414th pick overall.

A four-year starter, three-time captain and two-time first team All-Ivy selection with the Quakers, Bossart was key in Penn’s resurgence over the past two seasons. The O’Fallon, Ill., native led the team with a .358 batting average in 2015 while notching 13 doubles, four home runs and 27 RBI as the Red and Blue ended their season tied for first in the conference’s Lou Gehrig Division for the second straight year.

“I’m excited for Austin to get this opportunity,” Yurkow said. “He is maybe the best leader I’ve seen during my time coaching college baseball. He arrived on our campus four years ago and moved into the starting lineup right away.”

For his career, Bossart batted .302, threw out 45.3 percent of would-be base stealers and played in 157 games, a figure good enough for third all-time in program history. The catcher finished his career with 34 doubles and 250 total bases at the dish, marks that rank eighth and tenth all-time in school history, respectively.

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2015 graduate Ronnie Glenn threw 52 innings in his senior season, finishing with a 3.12 earned run average.

Joyner builds on stellar frosh year SOFTBALL | Joyner batted an

incredible .347 this season LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor

Take a look at the statistical leaderboards from Penn softball’s 2015 season and one name appears over and over again: Jurie Joyner, Jurie Joyner, Jurie Joyner.

In her rookie season, the McDonough, Ga., native was the biggest contributor to the Quakers’ offense, racking up 33 RBI, 46 hits, six home runs, a .655 slugging percentage and a .387 batting average. All of those marks paced the team.

Joyner is the latest in a trend of outstanding rookies for Penn softball. In the 2014 season, outfielder Leah Allen, known for her menacing lefty swing, earned three Ivy League Rookie of the Week nods and ended her season as Ivy League and ECAC Rookie of the Year. As outstanding as Allen was for the Quakers on both offense and defense, Joyner is even better.

Though Joyner is only a freshman, she has already established herself as a top talent, not only for the Quakers, but in all of the Ivy League. She was voted a unanimous first-team All Ivy selection and took home Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Most recently, Joyner was named a first team ECAC All-Star as a designated player — the only Ivy Leaguer to earn a spot on the top team.

Joyner has only spent one year in the Red and Blue and her pile of awards and accolades is already mounting. With all of that recognition you would also expect mounting pressure. While there are certainly expectations that follow SEE JOYNER PAGE 7

To the unknowing passersby, the wet heat and high pitched buzzing emanating from the stairwell was indicative of a boiler room on overdrive. It was the dead of winter, so who would think twice about the equipment working hard to heat the many courts and locker rooms where Penn athletes trained. On a typical

race after race and took the national championship by storm; although we certainly wished we were. At the very least we wanted some credit for our work. To be remembered by future generations of Penn oarsmen for bringing our program from the depths into the shallows so that they might scratch the surface and reach the medal stand.

Watching Sam Mattis throw a discus is perhaps the most exciting athletic event I have witnessed in my short time at Penn.

Perhaps men’s basketball will have a miraculous turnaround under coach Donahue. Maybe baseball will finally knock off Columbia. Perhaps Michelle Nwokedi will lead her team to an NCAA tournament win. But for now, Mattis is Penn’s must-watch athlete.

Let’s start by examining his accomplishment.

For the first time in 12 years, Penn track and field has a national champion.

With a throw of 205 feet 0 inches, Mattis broke his own school record in the event.

That throw was the second furthest in Ivy League history.

The junior is now only the second Ivy League man to win the NCAA title in discus and the first since 1949.

But never mind all that. Sports are about excitement. Where’s the thrill in watching a bunch of huge men tossing heavy Frisbees?

To answer that question and to do Mattis justice, you have to watch him in person. When I saw him at the Penn Relays, I was on the edge of my seat. It was breathtaking to witness his mammoth, arcing throws released with intense aggression.

There was very little time between throws and the up-tempo pace of the competition added to the excitement as athlete after athlete tried to outdo the previous. Though Mattis did not win at Relays, he certainly looked like a man on a mission.

At the NCAAs, Mattis reached his zenith. In so doing, he proved that even in a sport without a clock, there can be a last second victory.

It was on his sixth and final throw that he

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GUYRANDY JEAN-GILLES | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rising sophomore Jurie Joyner will be one of the Quakers’ top bats next season.

weekday morning, our bodies would raise the temperature in the concrete basement of the Hutchinson Gymnasium from a breezy 64 F to the upper 80s and above.

This was our home. And our hell.

It was everything we wanted, and everything we despised. This is where we trained, often twice a day, pushing our minds and our bodies to the brink of failure all for the upcoming spring season.

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Penn had had a rough few years, going from one of the top crews in the country to barely managing to stay afloat. Greg Myhr had stepped up to the challenge of rebuilding a program that once churned out greatness. And that is what he spent his short tenure doing.

By the time we were upperclassmen, we, the class of 2013, knew we weren’t going to be another one of those historic Penn crews that won

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