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Provost Price reappointed to second term Price’s appointment has been extended until 2021

BY FOLA ONIFADE Deputy News Editor

Trustees opt against tobacco divestment without a vote Trustees opted against divestment despite massive faculty support

BY KRISTEN GRABARZ News Editor The proposal calling for Penn to divest its $7.7 billion endowment from tobacco companies died without a vote at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting.

The decision follows an overwhelming wave of divestment support within the Penn community.

The University Council saw a 51-6 vote in favor of divestment, and 530 senior Penn faculty members signed an open letter supporting the proposal. In February, the Faculty Senate voted unanimously in support of tobacco divestment.

Board Chair David L. Cohen recognized the detrimental health effects of tobacco, but said that it does not constitute a “moral evil.”

According to Penn’s divestment policy, areas being considered for divestment must qualify as “a moral

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evil implicating a core University value that is creating a substantial social injury.” Cohen also stressed that the Trustees are obligated to the growth and protection of the University’s endowment.

“We are stewards of funds contributed by our donors,” Cohen said.

The policy guidelines also specify that because of the Trustees’ fiduciary obligation, there is a “strong presumption against the University making investment decisions based upon political, social or ethical positions held by members of the community.”

“I am no fan of tobacco,” Cohen

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Provost Vincent Price’s accomplishments include spearheading Penn’s role in online learning and furthering global initiatives.

Penn P resident A my Gutmann announced at noon today that the Board of Trustees voted to reappoint Provost Vincent Price for a second term. His original seven year term — set to end in 2016 — is now extended until June 30, 2021.

Prior to his appointment as Penn’s 29th Provost in July 2009, Price — who arrived at Penn in 1998 — was a professor in the Annenberg School for Communication.

As Provost, he now oversees education, research, faculty and student life at the University..

Price’s accomplishments in his first term include his commitment to the Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence, spearheading Penn’s role in online learning and furthering Penn’s global engagement initiatives. “ Vince’s passion and intellect have strengthened Penn in countless ways, SEE PROVOST PAGE 2

Police arrested a South Philadelphia man early on Tuesday morning

BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer Philadelphia Police say a 26-year-old woman was raped in her apartment near Rittenhouse Square during a home invasion early Saturday morning.

The victim is a doctor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to reports by NBC10, 6ABC and CBS news.

After a three-day search, police arrested a South Philadelphia man for the crime. He has been charged with rape, robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and related offenses for Saturday morning’s assault.

The victim was reportedly followed home from a bar in Center

City, where she had been drinking with friends. Surveillance video from that night shows the suspect tying his bike to a tree before approaching the victim from behind. Authorities say that as she approached the entrance to her apartment on the 1900 block of Spruce Street just after midnight Saturday, the suspect grabbed her by the neck and forced her to open the door. According to police, the assailant repeatedly raped the victim before stealing her smartphone and keys and cycling away.

“We have this guy off the street and you can rest easy today,” Captain John Darby, head of the Special Victims Unit, said during a news conference on Tuesday. “More importantly, this young professional woman and her family can begin to rebuild.”

News Editor Kristen Grabarz contributed reporting.

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said at the meeting. “But the fact is the manufacture, sale and use of tobacco products is legal in this country.”

Faculty proponents of divestment saw their efforts rendered moot in a less than 10 minute discussion by the Board.

“It appeared to me that the strong majority of the University community was strongly supportive of the proposal,” Engineering professor and Faculty Senate Chair Dwight Jaggard said in an email. “I was disappointed that the Trustees did not approve the divestment proposal, especially as we are about to

enter the Year of Health at Penn.”

Penn President Amy Gutmann did not speak on divestment at Friday’s meeting. In February, she was one of two University Council members to abstain from the vote the issue.

Cohen presented alternative methods through which the University can express concerns about tobacco, including sharing the divestment proposal and trustee views with Penn’s current investment managers and discouraging the use of tobacco within the SEE DIVESTMENT PAGE 5

Rodin illuminates gender payment gap among faculty

Records show that female faculty make less than their male counterparts

BY ARIEL SMITH Staff Writer Women are being paid less than men for working the same jobs at Penn — and although the gap has been decreasing over the past decade, discernable disparity remains for most positions.

On Monday at the White House Summit on Working Families, former University President and current President of the Rockefeller Foundation Judith Rodin shed light on this issue after asked if women always know and communicate their value.

“When I was offered the Presidency of Penn...I think the board believed that I would and should feel extremely grateful,” Rodin said. “They offered me a salary and I went home overnight and started to get really angry.”

Rodin added that she went back to the Board of Trustees the next day before accepting the offer in 1994 and asked them, “Would you have offered me that [salary] if I were a man?”

“They stopped--to their credit--and paused and raised my salary significantly in the next 10 minutes,” Rodin said, to applause.

Rodin went on to top the chart

of highest paid sitting University Presidents in the 1997-98 fiscal year, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported.

Rising College sophomore and Communications Director of Penn Democrats Max Levy attended the event as an intern for the Center for American Progress, which cohosted the event along with the White House and the Department of Labor.

“I was disappointed to hear that Penn had initially offered her a lower salary. I usually think of Penn as a forward thinking institution and was surprised to hear of an example of pay inequality at my home school,” Levy said in an email.

The 2011-12 Annual Report from the Faculty Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty reveals that Rodin’s wage encounter has remained an issue over the past 20 years.

For the purpose of removing as many confounding variables as possible, the numbers addressed in the report are weighted for the number of continuing faculty member at each rank in each of Penn’s schools and are taken from the 2011-12 fiscal year.

The report’s statistics show that although female faculty members have historically made less than their male counterparts, the disparity appears to SEE SALARY PAGE 3

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THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIAN

Crime Log: June 13 - June 19

UNCONVENTIONAL INTERNSHIPS

Biking, building cross-country Suzette Wanninkhof will bike from South Carolina to California

BY KATHERINE CHANG Staff Writer While many Penn interns this summer may consider their morning commutes long, they don’t quite match up to one student’s 82-day journey.

Rising College junior and The Daily Pennsylvanian staff member Suzette Wanninkhof is biking across America with Bike and Build, a program that organizes cross-country trips to benefit affordable housing.

Wanninkhof is biking cross country with only her helmet, a sleeping bag, a few sets of clothes, basic toiletries, 32 other 18 to 28-year olds and a mission.

Beginning in South Carolina and concluding in California, the group will cover a total of 4,201 miles of backstreets and highways. Along the way, they will stop for 17 days at designated spots to help construct houses. So far, they have traveled over 1,500 miles.

For Wanninkhof, the journey began with a childhood dream and chance meeting.

“Some people want to go to the moon, I wanted to bike across the country,” Wanninkhof said, chuckling at her childhood aspirations. “But life gets in the way… biking across the country doesn’t really fit into anyone’s agenda.”

One day, stranded on the side of the road after missing her bus to New York, she struck up a conversation with a fellow strandee, who had done Bike and Build. It was then that her former dreams rekindled.

Although Wanninkhof had never biked more than 40 consecutive miles, she biked the mandatory 500 miles beforehand by biking to class, to Center City and in 13- mile loops every other day.

“If you want to bike across the country, you’re going to,” Wanninkhof said of Bike and Build’s mentality. “I never doubted that I would be able to do it.”

Preparation for the trip also involved fundraising. Each rider is required to raise $4,500 to cover all building supplies, expenses and donations. Wanninkhof, who was surprised by the generosity of her peers, began in November and hit her goal in May. She continues to receive donations even now, raising around $6, 000 so far.

In total, her group has raised over $165,000.

“A lot of people want to help [create] affordable housing, but there’s no easy way to do so,” Wanninkhof said. “Oftentimes, it seemed like people

night’s hosts or campsites are located. The first day was “a mere 46 miles, which then seemed pretty insurmountable but now seems like a joke,” Wanninkhof laughed.

Hosts range from churches to police stations to canoe rental houses and provide housing, dinner and breakfast. Each host gets $100 to give to their choice of affordable housing organization, and is not compensated otherwise, apart from the riders’ gratitude.

It isn’t just the hosts that demonstrated generosity and kindness. While they typically

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Suzette Wanninkhof has dreamed about biking across the country since she was young. Bike and Build has given her the opportunity to do just that. were just handing me money and saying, ‘Go help.’”

The group began their adventure at the end of May. Each day, they ride in different groups of three to six people due to safety concerns.

“Eight hours of riding can be pretty boring if you don’t have a pretty good conversation going.” Wanninkhof said.

“There’s only so much you can talk about to one person for three months.”

Over those eight hours, the group averages 75 miles a day, although the longest stretch so far was 116 miles. The distance mainly depends on where the

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Before crossing, they paused at a gas station where a man stopped them to talk.

Deeming the highway unsafe, the stranger offered to follow the bikers in his car.

Driving at 10 to 15 mph, he slowed down traffic in their wake.

“It was amazing that people like him would be so generous to take half an hour of their time to ensure our safety.”

Of their nearly three month travels, however, a large portion is spent building. The team stops every three or four days to build, mostly shingling, siding and painting. The largest of these build projects is in Colorado Springs, where the group stops for a week to build a house from the foundation up, often with the help of the future resident.

Wanninkhof noted the stark difference between the Penn environment and her summer on the road.

“I’m so used to the Penn lifestyle where you do 150 different things and you see 150 different people. And there are so many different directions that you’re being pulled in, whereas for this, it was to just go straight,” Wanninkhof said.

“At first, it was a bit crazy, but I’ve grown to love the predictability of it. I wake up every morning with just one goal, and that goal is a lot more concrete than a lot of other life missions are.”

Although the ride hasn’t been entirely smooth, Wanninkhof said that even the five to 10 daily flat tires have silver linings.

After biking through the Appalachian Mountains in the pouring rain, Wanninkhof suddenly got a front flat tire.

“I fell off my bike, all scraped up, and it felt like the end of the world,” Wanninkhof said. “The three other people I was with picked up my bike, brushed off my knees, changed my tire for me, and it was just that type of camaraderie and laughing about the ridiculousness of how it seems like the end of the world just ends up being something so good.”

Although her cross country adventure will end with her return to Penn, Wanninkhof said that the experience has helped her define her goals.

“I think at Penn, and life in general, [everything] is towards accomplishing the most. You have to get the best grades, most friends,” Wanninkhof said. “This trip is making me realize that I don’t want a job at Goldman Sachs. I want a job helping people.”

Last week’s crimes included vandalism and a sex offense

BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer Fraud: June 16, 2014: A 49-yearold unaffiliated male was arrested at 10:45 a.m. for a l leged ly at t empt i ng t o cash a check that was reported as being stolen at Wells Fargo bank on 3421 Chestnut St. Burglary: June 14, 2014: A 20-yearold affiliated male reported t hat u n k now n suspect /s forced their way into the rear door of a residence on the 3000 block of Pine Street at around 3:00 p.m.

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May crime sees rises in burglaries and thefts DPS initiated task forces to combat property crimes

BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer Rises in burglaries, bike thefts and retail thefts have led the Division of Public Safety to initiate task forces to combat the problems.

The increased off-campus burglaries in May is of concern following the five committed last month with no arrests.

This rise in burglaries accompanies the overall spike in property crimes, an increase of 60 percent compared to May of last year.

Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said that DPS implemented a new task force to address the upswing in burglaries that involved three incidents with affiliated complainants and two unaffiliated.

The task force is using undercover and uniformed police officers for patrol as well as working with landlords in an effort to increase safety.

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A total of 19 bike thefts occurred compared to the sixof last May in the Penn Patrol Zone, which is located between 30th to 43rd streets and Market Street to Baltimore Avenue.

There were three arrests made in connection with bike thefts in May. The increase follows the March 2014 trend when 12 bike thefts occurred for the month compared with the three from the previous year.

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ty said they have implemented another task force with the intention of improving the level of security for bike racks on campus. “We’re looking at the root cause of the uptick,” Rush said.

The task force is looking at the locations of the racks and the lighting and cameras put in place around them. Rush said the task force is investigating supplementary technologies available to improve bike rack safety.

Retail theft rose to 17 inci-

female professors, a 2.7 percent increase from the 2010-11 fiscal year. In their report, the Faculty Senate Committee labeled this increase a “perplexing” number.

At the Summit, Rodin acknowledged that speaking up and addressing situations of gender inequality is often difficult.

“I think often, and it will matter by the culture of that company or organization, if… [the] culture [is] suppressing, then women are more reluctant to put their hands up...and ask for things,” Rodin said.

Penn’s most recent Progress Report of Gender Equity, which was released in 2013, states that, as with peer institutions, women are more

heavily represented in the junior faculty ranks. Yet, the report notes that there have been “steady increases in the proportion of women in every faculty rank.”

The report further illustrates how over the past decade, the proportion of women on Penn’s standing faculty has increased to 30.7 percent in 2011, a 2.3 percent increase from the 28.4 percent of female standing faculty in 2007.

“I think it’s going to take a cultural shift, not legislation, to achieve pay equity in this country,” Levy said. “It’s going to take more women like Judith Rodin speaking out and stepping up before equal work leads to equal pay wherever you go.”

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dents from the seven reported last year, which DPS has said they are looking into with the establishment of another task force devoted to retail theft specifically.

“There are certain stores here that the retail thieves

love to go to.” Rush said.

Many times the CCTV cameras that cover Penn’s campus catch the criminals on film and uniformed officers can then be dispatched to make an arrest.

Building thefts are higher this May, but down by 11 percent for the calendar year.

Five of the 31 building thefts for May were from non-Penn buildings. Rush said stolen packages from porches or entrances of residences and apartment buildings is an ongoing problem within the Penn patrol zone.

DPS stressed that crimes against people are their top priority and the number remains relatively stable with 45 incidents reported this calendar year and 53 incidents last year up to this point.

Forcible sex crimes decreased with only one reported in the month of May

compared to four last year.

“You can never say it is good or bad when it’s up or down.”

Rush said, noting that forcible sex crimes typically see less of a correlation between the crime occurring and the crime being reported.

Crimes against people remained stable with only one less this May. While forcible sex crimes went down, there were two more simple assaults than last May. The May crime log also saw two more purse snatches — which are thefts of property without use of force of something like a purse or a cellphone that a victim is actually holding.

With that said, the 47 percent increase in total crime for May 2014 compared with last May can be attributed to the increase in property crimes — the burglaries and the bike, building and retail thefts.

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The appeal of “the other” MARGER THAN LIFE | Even after 400 years of European immigration, the American Dream hasn’t faded

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he American Dream is alive and kicking, but I have found it pulsing fiercely in the hearts of those who have not yet accessed it. And for those born into the American lifestyle, our European cousins seem to possess an aura that cannot be found in the Land of the Free.

Considering the historical context, such preoccupation with “the other” between Europe and America is an ageold phenomenon. But, after 250 years, why does the fascination with different — yet similar — cultures continue to flourish?

Thanks to international and exchange friends from Penn — and long train rides — I have had ample time to ponder possible explanations.

As sights from the Rhine Valley passed the wagon window, an unexpected conversation sparked between me and my travelling companions, an elderly German woman and a young German boy.

With the help of Google Translate, we exchanged stories about places we’ve been and would like to go, embellishing them through our mind’s eye. The boy spoke of America with astonishing detail, listing all the sights he hoped to see someday. I recounted my European travels, marveling at the beauty.

A fter wards, the woman simply stated: “We just want to see what’s inside us.” I was stunned at the accuracy of this awkwardly-phrased comment. Although I subconsciously understood, it took immersion to realize that the European experience illuminates the American experience.

The majority of Americans claim European ancestr y.

According to the 2012 U.S. Census, this group constituted 232 million people, or about 74 percent of the total population. And because of human interest in lineage, it follows that European Americans would gravitate towards

Eurocentric societies. I agree with the sentiment that understanding one’s predecessors inf luences individual identity.

Many aspects of American culture are shaped by Euro-

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Although I subconsciously understood it, it took immersion to realize that the European experience illuminates the American experience.”

pean civilizations, especially the historical versions. For example, the American Republic is identical to the Greek Democracy in every way except one — in a republic, sovereignty belongs to the individual, whereas in a democracy, it

belongs to the group.

An overwhelming majority of American children were raised on Walt Disney productions: animated films, story books and visits to the amusement parks.

It is a well-known fact that Mr. Disney heavily drew from European societies in the design of his creations. According to Robin Allan, author of the book “Walt Disney and Europe,” “The creative roots of the Disney empire … drew upon a European inheritance of literature, graphic and illustrative art, music and design as well as upon European and indigenous cinema.”

As a second-generation Irish-American, Disney is hailed as an American hero, not only because of the popularity of his cartoons, but also because of the American ideals that his accomplishments represent: steadfast conviction through failure and the ultimate achievement of selfmade success.

Success stories of European

immigrants, such as the Rockefellers, Carnegies and Kennedys, prompt a European interest in America. Natural curiosity bears the question: “What does America have that has enabled such success?”

James Truslow Adams, an American historian of mainly British blood, coined the term “American Dream” in his 1931 book “Epic of America.” He describes the phenomenon: “But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.”

However, the most recent development is that of the “European Dream,” which arguably is “quietly eclipsing the American Dream.” The steadily growing economic power of the European Union as well as key differences between European and American values may be the proper ingredients to overtake America’s global position.

MARJORIE FERRONE And the truth in the negative portion of the European stereot y pe of A mer ica is alarming: an overweight population, sometimes an overbearing patriotism, and an embarrassingly narrow view of German history, just to name a few. But hey, any publicity is good publicity, right?

Still, my bias remains tilted toward the other side of the Atlantic. As I listened to my young German friend talk about his hopes of going to America to see the Statue of Liberty, I realized that even after 400 years of immigration and modifications to “the dream,” America remains a symbol of a brighter future.

MARJORIE FERRONE is a College junior from Houston studying geology. Her email address is marjorie.ferrone@gmail.com.

A war on ennui

THE FACELESS QUAKER | One month after graduation, my slacker’s paradise is turning into purgatory

B

laise Pascal once wrote that when a soldier complains about his difficult life, “try giving him nothing to do.”

For the first time, I’m starting to feel like Pascal’s soldier.

It’s already been a month since I completed my undergraduate degree — since I returned home a veteran of the whole College Experience. I was looking forward to a comedown from the sweet grandiosity of graduation, a spectacular victory lap around the neighborhood to indulge and relish my own sense of accomplishment.

I expected that I would get back to work on the Future soon enough, but that first I needed a few weeks to decompress. I had earned it.

Sadly, the leisure couldn’t last. Boredom, that silent killer of the young and restless, is starting to overtake me, and I’m aching for something to do.

I’ve been trying desperately to occupy myself by rereading novels, scouring Wikipedia for information to swallow whole and hopping between my house and the cafe down the street.

My freedom is becoming a prison.

A couple of days ago, amid my daily meme hunt, I discovered a Japanese video of a cat sitting in a chair looking out over the horizon. Amusing though it was, I couldn’t help but see myself in him. For the most part, he was relaxed, contemplating whatever it is cats contemplate and turning his head every so often for variety.

This particular soldier didn’t seem to mind being relieved of duty.

Even so, there was something not quite right about his situation. He looked slightly uncomfortable, and I got the sense that he felt out of place.

This wasn’t his natural incli-

nation.

As an undergrad, I used to anticipate eagerly the creature comforts of home — taking a sabbatical from the to-and-fro

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Whoever probes the human condition discovers that we need purpose … engagement with the world to keep us going.” of life at Penn to savor my suburban sanctuary. But it was only because they were breaks that I could appreciate them in the first place; I now stand before the inevitable transition into real life, and these escapes are losing their sweetness.

A life like this seems perfect

from a distance. But whoever probes the human condition discovers that we need purpose, some sort of engagement with the world to keep us going. It’s in our nature to strive for progress and press forward into the uncertain void. A crucial part of our humanity is our ambition, a will to power that requires no justification and pushes us to make something of ourselves.

Without it, our existences are less lives than limbos.

In one of his most famous works, philosopher Robert Nozick asks us to imagine an “experience machine” capable of simulating any pleasurable experience we desire. If we plug in, we trade real life for a world of perfect hedonism.

Nozick suspects that if given the choice, most of us would choose meaning over artificial pleasure. Even Simba chose to return to the Pride Lands; things couldn’t stay “hakuna

matata” forever.

Now, languishing in the monotony of an endless summer, Nozick’s dilemma resonates with me more than ever. I always believed that a life of pleasure is worthless without meaning, but I hadn’t realized just how saturating it can be.

I feel like Odysseus stuck on Calypso’s island — seduced at first by an eternity of simple pleasures, I have started to come back to my senses. The ambrosia has gone stale, and my heart aches for Ithaca.

I have been doing nothing for far too long, and nothing is too exhausting a thing to base one’s life around. It’s time to unplug from the machine.

Perhaps the cat and I really are alike, waiting for a leisurely relief that never comes.

Like me, he is procrastinating, distracting himself from the age-old mouse hunt, and hard as he tries to escape his

JONATHAN IWRY soldierly self, he can’t help but miss it. He knows the hunt could be for naught, and that the mouse may linger just beyond his claws forever. But he strives anyway because it’s the striving that keeps him going, that keeps him alive.

If there were no mouse, he would invent one for himself.

It’s the hunt, not the prey, that electrifies his dreams.

At the end of the video, the cat notices something in the distance. He hoists himself off his laurels, abandons his post and prowls away to some adventure beyond the screen.

JONATHAN IWRY is a College 2014 graduate from Bethesda, Md., who studied philosophy. His email address is jon.iwry@gmail. com.

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Wharton student dances his way to the top

BY KRISTEN GRABARZ News Editor One W har ton student doesn’t just think he can dance — he knows he can.

Rising Wharton sophomore Nick Silverio was selected to compete on the eleventh season of the hit reality TV show “So You Think You Can Dance” after auditioning in Philadelphia. He traveled to the “Vegas Round” callbacks — which actually took place in Los Angeles.

“The whole process is definitely a TV show,” Silverio said of the experience. “It’s not just ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ — it’s ‘So You Think You Can Smile’ and ‘So You Think You Can Act.’” Calling the show a “really intense process,” Silverio said that the segments of the show aired on television are only 4 percent of what actually happens before that stage of the competition. Contestants must endure an improvised round of dancing, two photoshoots, four video shoots and a second round of improvisation before the solo round.

“You can get cut at any point,” Silverio said. “What you see on TV — those are the remaining 5 percent of dancers who made it.”

Silverio said that friends have encouraged him to audi-

tion for “So You Think You Can Dance” since the show’s inception, but contestants must be at least 18 to try out. At 19 years old, he finally took the plunge in January.

Silverio was inspired to audition by his friend Deanna Tomasetta, who auditioned for “So You Think You Can Dance” over three consecu-

tive seasons and had her solo featured in season nine.

“What the show did for her was incredible, so I wanted to see if I could get that experience,” Silverio said.

Originally from Massachusetts, Silverio started dancing at age three . He entered the realm of competitive dance at age seven and has been com-

peting every since. He said he hopes to learn every style of dance that he can.”

Silverio didn’t trek to Center City to audition alone. A member of Penn’s Arts House Dance Company, Silverio was accompanied by a band of his fellow dancers, who brought signs and support.

“You really do need that

Trustees: Tobacco is not a “Moral Evil” DIVESTMENT from page 1

Courtesy of Jason Gui

Co-founder Jason Gui and his partners came up with the idea for Vigo in response to students’ habit of falling asleep in class. The device helps you stay awake by tracking eye and head movements.

BY JILL CASTELLANO Staff Writer Throw your coffee away, because one Penn senior design project will soon hit the streets to help you perform daily tasks with optimal efficiency.

Vigo helps its users stay awake by tracking eye and head movements w ith a device that attaches to the ear, which can vibrate, play a song or light up when it detects you’re getting tired, 2013 Wharton and Engineering graduate and co-founder Jason Gui said.

Vigo also links to its own app, which can show users their energy patterns throughout the day and make suggestions for activities and food choices to ward off tiredness.

Following over 1,000 preorders, Vigo will soon be in the hands of late-night studiers, long distance drivers and others who hope to stay awake at important times — and it all started with a senior design project.

“Something that kept coming up in our discussion of what to make was falling asleep in class, since that’s a big concern that a lot of students have,” Gui said. “So we began to work on building a device to help students stay awake in class.”

Following great feedback from judges and industry professionals, the team decided to take their project and deliver it to the public.

Gui moved to China following graduation to work with

companies employ marketing and business strategies that are morally evil, including the aggressive marketing of harmful products to children in the developing world.

Of Penn’s peer institutions that have debated tobacco divestment, Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Stanford have all voted to divest. Of the top five medical schools, Penn is the only one lacking a divestment policy. Cohen argued that the impact of peer institutions’ divestment from tobacco has been “negligible.”

In the past, the University divested from companies in response to genocide and apartheid — “moral evils” that the Board of Trustees classified as being in a category separate

from tobacco.

Pediatrics professor and Director of the Department of Medical Ethics at CHOP Chris Feudtner — one of the faculty authors of a letter supporting divestment — sees some benefit to the Trustees’ discussion.

“While these steps do not constitute total divestment, they represent a victory for better aligning our institutional values and actions,” Feudtner said.

Despite the wide faculty support for divestment, it is unclear whether those in support will continue to push the Trustees for complete divestment after Friday’s conclusive discussion.

“Given how definitive they were… I don’t think we’ll be pushing this again in the near future,” Weisberg said.

Courtesy of Nick Silverio

Rising Wharton sophomore Nick SIlverio has signed with Clear Talent Group, a top talent agency based out of New York and Los Angeles. He plans to take a gap year from Penn to pursue dance in New York City.

Senior design project turned startup wants to keep you awake

Vigo has a device that attaches to the ear and an accompanying app

much support when you’re under that much pressure,” Silverio said. “I’m glad that they showed Arts House [on TV] and that Arts House got that kind of exposure. They deserve that kind of exposure.”

“After watching ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on TV for so many seasons, it was so special to watch the audi-

tion process firsthand,” rising College sophomore Natalie Meeder said. “Nothing made it more special, though, than to be able to root for one of the greatest dancers I know and one of the best personalities I have been lucky enough to befriend at Penn.”

Silverio plans to take a gap year next year to live in New York and pursue dance.

He signed with Clear Talent Group — a talent agency that represents top performers across a variety of industries, as well as previous winners of “So You Think You Can Dance” — after taking part in a rigorous audition process throughout the spring. Silverio said that the agency ordered him to be “The decision to leave school for a year was really, really hard, especially because of Arts House,” Silverio said.

“They’ve been crazy supportive — and my parents have been surprisingly supportive as well.”

However, Silverio said he plans to return to Penn and get his Wharton degree.

“I’m hoping to see where my year takes me,” he said. “Now is the time to prioritize.”

Look for Silverio on “So You Think You Can Dance” , which airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Eastern Time on Fox.

manufacturers on building a viable product. He faced some hurdles along the way, including adding and dropping additional team members.

“When we built the prototype, we built something that centers around the three of us [who designed the product,] but everyone has a different facial structure,” Gui explained. “We ended up taking a lot of measurements to figure out what the ideal size and shape of the product was.

We had to change the design to make it bendable and also refine the electronics.”

Tiantian Chang, 2013 graduate of the Integrated Product Design masters program, joined the team to help with the production.

“This kind of experience at Penn encouraged me to go to startups and try to run

my own business, rather than go to a big company like Google,” Chang said.

Before long, the team launched its 45 - day-long Kickstarter campaign, which will fund production in San Francisco and the start of shipping in September.

The team has found that their product especially attracts professional drivers, since it could help prevent drowsiness and keep drivers awake and safe behind the wheel.

The team is currently in talks with UPS, FedEx, taxi companies and other businesses that employ long distance drivers, in the hopes of arranging contracts with some of them by the end of the year.

“Vigo has a bright future,” Chang said. “We’re really a hot topic in Silicon Valley.”

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University.

“I think it’s a very important statement for the University to make a statement against tobacco, but I think it has to stop short of divestment,” former Board Chair James Riepe said.

Philosophy professor Michael Weisberg — who chairs Penn’s Social Responsibility Advisory Committee and has been a strong voice in favor of divestment — said that although full divestment is off the table, he was pleased at the Trustees’ proclamations of prospective divestment — which will include encouraging investment managers not to buy tobacco stock and using its proxy votes in tobacco companies to advance its views on tobacco.

“We certainly moved the trustees very far from where they started,” Weisberg said.

Newly elected Vice Chair Andrea Mitchell also spoke in accordance with Cohen’s points.

“As a cancer survivor and someone who has advocated against tobacco use professionally... I feel that the steps you have outlined are a more effective way for the University to take action,” Mitchell said.

After the brief discussion, none of the roughly two dozen trustees put forward a resolution for tobacco divestment.

Faculty proponents of divestment have argued that tobacco

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It would’ve been better if someone had been thinking like a good screenwriter.

Hollywood Sequel Syndrome is alive and well in this second installment of the black ensemble comedy Think Like a Man, based on the Steve Harvey book of the same name. The problem movie—has no advice on how to add humor to a wedding romp in Las Vegas that takes place after the main characters have gotten their man.

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rence Jenkins and Regina Hall, respectively) are set to walk down the aisle, and the whole gang is back together for a wedding weekend in Vegas. But the formula is stale: the girls are trying to outdo the girls for one crazy night in Vegas and vice versa. The bride and groom, as usual, are reluctant to participate in the craziness because they love each other. Hangoveresque madness ensues.

From the bumbling white husband—whose friendship with the rest of the group is unclear—to the groom’s frat bros Isaac and Terrell (Adam Brody and David Walton), the token white characters serve as the butt of jokes like “Their frat must have been Abercrombie & Fitch Epsilon.”

Sure it’s funny, but it offers the kind of laughter you’ll forget about as soon as the movie’s over.

Kevin Hart’s comedic delivery is as on point as ever, but the funniest scene in the movie might be an underwear and argyle socks dance he does to Pitbull’s “I Know You Want It.” And where there’s Pitbull, there can only ever be mediocrity.

Everyone in this movie can genuinely act, but the typically–funny cast has been given subpar material to work with. The ending is too neatly wrapped in a bow, the plot lines too predictable.

The intertwined storylines become too heavy handed and they ultimately get in the way of the movie achieving any truly raucous laughs.

If Michael Ealy’s baby blues, Meagan Good’s bodacious booty, and Kevin Hart’s generally funny presence are enough to satisfy, then this is the movie for you. Otherwise, you’re better

Directed By: Tim Story Grade: C See If You Like: Cheap laughs and that’s about it.

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An early morning duo that can cure everything from hangovers to existential crises.

I subscribe to two religions: Oprah and Bowie. Throw in a sweaty 90 minutes of Bikram Yoga and call me enlightened. Finals are coming, and internships are sucking, and summer living ain’t easy. Okay, that’s false; it totally is. But between a hectic

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BAR OF THE WEEK NORTHBOWL

BY ROSA ESCANDON

Because tator tots. That’s right. Tator tots. All the tator tots.

This past April, someone who had a huge impact on my life died. Yes, he went to Penn.

And before you ask, yes, it was a suicide. It’s been something that’s been weighing on my mind a lot in the past months. Every why, what–if and what–the–fuck has run through my head as I’ve tried to make sense of something that doesn’t make sense. college. I met him while walking on campus. His happy face stood out among the busy people on Locust Walk going to class. We talked a bit, and he told me to come join a course he was teaching on meditation. “It’ll be life-changing,” he said. I was skeptical.

He was right though. The course was awesome, in a new-agey sort of way. It helped me let go of the pessimistic thoughts that had bothered me since I was a kid (although my sarcasm seems here to stay). I later got involved with other groups my friend helped with on campus: Active Minds, the Consciousness Club, the Penn Center for Mindful-

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Lucky Strike is great if you are a fan of both striking out and blacking out, but you probably haven’t heard about the best bowling lane/mid–priced bar in downtown Philadelphia (it is really more surprising that this combo is a thing). Northbowl is easily the hippest bowling lane in Philly, but what really makes Northbowl shine is the deals.

Every Wednesday and Sunday after 9 everything is $2 each (also from 5-7 Mon. through Fri because it’s summer); shoes, bowling, rotating canned beer selections, and tater tots.

strike up conversations with total strangers in coffee shops or on the street, and a lot of these people came to these events. In my eyes at least, he seemed like a total free spirit, a tad compulsive but utterly genuine. If you asked me if I knew someone who was actually happy in life, I would have named him right off the bat.

Yes, you heard correctly this place sells tater tots.Northbowl has a lot of great upscale bar food from the veggie hot wings to the short rib quesadilla, but what really should have center stage is the tater tots. They have a whole menu of tater tots from herbs

That’s why it came as such a blow when I heard about his suicide. Because he, who helped me and so many others, couldn’t help himself. And because I—and everyone but those closest to him—had no idea how much he struggled. And because I had the sickening feeling that I should have gotten to know him enough to help him. I was hospitalized for attempted suicide at age fourteen, so I’ve been there, and I understand what it’s like to be there. I feel like I could have done something, but I just didn’t know.

cheese menu). Now you may be saying to yourself, the food is great and all but tell me more about getting drunk. Northbowl has a great selection of local beers and surprisingly vintage wines. They also do specialty cocktails, like really special cocktails. The tequila with sparkling lemon and lavender is an instant classic and even their take on the “city special” has a little more class with a shot of Tullamore Dew. Over all, you might not bowl a perfect game, but Northbowl is a good choice for a perfect night.

What I’ve learned from this, and the mental health crisis at Penn, is that we are all human. We are so much more complex than the adjectives we describe ourselves with on our resumes or the fun personas we show at parties. Everyone, including the people who seem to be the most put–together, face hardships. In some ways knowing this is empowering, because it means that the things we do for each another really can help.

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My friend called me a few weeks before he died. He told me he was moving away soon, and that he felt he had done everything that he needed to do in Philadelphia. In many ways, I think he was right. He was an incredible force of good at Penn, and he touched many lives. I still meditate, and I’m involved with the communities at Penn he helped create. I hope to carry on his legacy in my own decision to value life and to help others to do the same. Peace, Justin. I will miss you.

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Game hopes to become yearly tradition VETERANS FOOTBALL from page 8 Though the centerpiece of the event is the game itself, there are certainly many other festivities involved in the weeklong celebration of veterans.

The events range from a pig roast celebration and football gala to being introduced at the Phillies game.

Last year, the game took place at the conclusion of a Philadelphia Soul game at the Wells Fargo center as part of Military Appreciation Night.

Last year’s game featured a number of former players from both military academies, including Navy star quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who broke the NCAA record for rushing

Trip to Europe just the start M. SOCCER from page 8 land became more appealing.

To begin with, Dolezal focused on finishing his academics rather than immediately jumping into the professional leagues, as some soccer players do.

A number of professional leagues in the United States begin their tryouts before the end of the college calendar, and as such some players decide to forego their final semester in favor of jumpstarting their careers.

“I made the decision that I wanted to graduate and get my degree,” Dolezal, a communications major, said. “I’d seen some guys at Penn in the past decide to go play their spring semester and not graduate and then come back a few years later to finish up. I knew I’d be missing out on some opportunities in the [United] States during that time.”

But if playing in the United States would be less favorable,

New mindset powering Penn’s athletes TRACK AND FIELD from page 8 leadership.

On the men’s side, some clear stars began to emerge throughout the indoor season, including rising junior runner Thomas

touchdowns in a season by a quarterback during his time at the academy.

Ultimately, the Navy Veterans won the inaugural game 4038 due to a late game-winning drive, setting the stage for a tightly contested rematch.

“It was an unbelievable game.

The very last play of the game the Army receiver was stopped at the one-yard line as time expired,” Krause said. “We had a good crowd at the game and it was a tremendous game, a tremendous effort and a great success.”

This year hopes to bring some of the same excitement as many of last year’s players return, along with other competitors. The players are made up of former players from both academies, as well as active and former members of the armed forces. Additionally, eligibility was granted to those whose mother or father served in the armed forces so that they could play on behalf of their mother or father.

Though this will just be the second year of the game’s existence, Krause and others involved with running the game have high hopes for the expansion of the concept.

“We have a five year plan for the game. We’re going to continue to stay in Philadelphia, but ultimately we would like to potentially expand the game and take the game around the country,” Krause said. “Also to expand the game to include Air Force and other branches of the military. At the end of the fifth year, we’d like to take the game international and play an overseas clash.”

With the passion of Krause and his fellow volunteers, who were busy laying the turf for the field when interviewed, the game and its message can clearly be spread far and wide.

“The game’s not going to go away, we’re going to continue to use the game as an umbrella of awareness for veterans,” Krause said. “And it’s a lot of fun, it’s great stuff.”

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2014 Penn graduate Jonny Dolezal was a key member of Penn’s Ivy League championship team last season, starting in all but two games. months.

“I may never have the opportunity again at this age [to travel],” Dolezal said.

Awad and 2014 Penn graduate high-jumper Maalik Reynolds.

And in the spring, those seeds began to sprout and bloom.

Throughout the outdoor season, the men’s and women’s cores of young athletes continued to improve while their seniors finished their careers strong.

The standout on the track for the Quakers was Thomas Awad, who put together a run of six straight victories at six different distances.

Meanwhile, the most consistent production came from the team’s most unlikely group: the throwers.

Rising juniors Sam Mattis and Kelsey Hay and 2014 Penn graduate Jake Brenza led a rejuvenated throwing group that took the Ivy League by storm.

As the outdoor season went on, both the men’s and women’s squad began to finally rack up solid team results, eventually gaining significant regional rankings.

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DF: Yeah, I’ve talked to most of the guys in my class.

Just in general we’re saying as soon as we get here, it’s hard work from the door. If that means staying in the gym for two to three hours, four hours, we’re going to get this done.

We’re there for each other no matter what happens.

are no areas of concern for the Quakers moving forward.

Key senior leaders like Reynolds, Brenza and Gabrielle Piper will be moving on, and the women’s side has still not managed to crack the Ivy League top six.

With this said, after a year of constant improvement and strong performance from underclassmen, there is more than enough reason to believe that the Quakers will take yet another step forward next year.

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line, Dolan and his team have surely taken a deep breath and a quick look back. But you can rest assured that they have begun to line up at the next starting line.

After all, for the program, the long-term race has just begun.

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In the final outdoor month, the program notched several individual Penn Relays titles, the men’s team cracked the top half of the Ivy League at Heps and the program sent three athletes to NCAA Finals.

The year certainly ended on a positive note for the program, but this is not to say that there

DP: Can you describe your senior season and what sort of role you filled during that season?

DF: Well my senior year, I had a lot of guys on my team who had their ups and downs so I had to be the guy who was stable. I had to lead them when stuff got tough, when we were in tough games I had to step up, knowing that this was my last year. I had to take over when it called for it, get guys shots when they need it, slap guys on the butt and tell them to keep playing, just being an

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DP: With Penn’s performance the past few years, a lot of people around the program are calling for a shift in coaching. Did that potential change in coaching factor into your decision at all?

DF: No not really. I know coach Allen, he’s a great coach.

He had a couple of struggling years, but he’s a great coach and he’s going to get us back in shape. He’s the right guy to do it and there’s a lot of good guys in this program, great assistant coaching group. We have all the pieces to turn this right around. We’re in the business next year.

there’s definitely this need for a point guard of the future.

How do you think you’d be able to fill that sort of role down the road?

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why then did Dolezal choose England? After all, there’s plenty of soccer to be found throughout Europe.

For Dolezal, it came down to family connections, and the ability to get a British passport.

“I’ve applied for a British passport. My dad was born in England so I’m applying as a direct descendant,” Dolezal said.

“It’s a situation where not quite as many Americans can go over [to play soccer] because of restrictions.”

In making his decision, Dolezal was not without his fair share of advisors, relying particularly on Penn coach Rudy Fuller, who served as a coach and mentor to Dolezal throughout his career.

“Rudy [Fuller] has always been someone I’ve felt like I could confide in and he’s been a great mentor for me over the past four years,” Dolezal said. “And that relationship will continue on even now that [my time at] Penn is over. An opportunity like England is going to require me to reach out to other coaches, but Rudy has been really helpful.”

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No looking back for Penn track

Long road ahead for Dolezal M. SOCCER | Former Penn captain Jonny Dolezal looks to play in England

BY HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor It’s been a summer of journeys and constant motion for Jonny Dolezal.

There was a trip to Israel to start off the summer. An excursion to various parts of Europe will follow later in the summer. And all throughout, a journey to prepare himself for what’s to come — his dream of playing soccer overseas.

Now a 2014 Penn graduate, Jonny Dolezal had one goal in mind when he began playing for the team four years ago — securing an Ivy League title.

“To win an Ivy League [title] in your senior year? I don’t think you can ask for more than that,” Dolezal said. “The coaches did an amazing job transforming us into a new team in one season.”

With that goal finally completed and his college career coming to a close, Dolezal came to a crossroads. Would he continue to pursue soccer at the professional level or leave behind the game that had given him so much throughout his life?

“I’ll come back from [visiting Europe for three weeks] and look to spend two or three weeks really working out hard in preparation to hopefully play in England, that’s where I’d really like to play,” Dolezal said.

“That’s my rough game plan right now.

Soccer’s still a big part of my life, it always will be.”

So Dolezal set his sights on a new challenge, that of playing soccer overseas, which begins not just as a challenge in the sense of the differing level of play, but also in the logistics of working and living in an entirely different nation.

As someone born and raised in the United States, Dolezal might have been expected to continue to hone his craft in his home country, but through a number of factors Eng-

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Though his season ended early due to injury at the NCAA regional finals, rising junior distance runner Thomas Awad was one of many Quakers who elevated their success to a higher level this season under the guidance of head coach Steve Dolan.

COLIN HENDERSON Any distance running coach worth his salt will preach for his runners never to look back when they are in the middle of a race. It is almost always counterproductive, as it distracts a runner from the ultimate goal: reaching the finish line.

To use an oft-employed cliche, this year’s indoor and outdoor track seasons have been a marathon (and not a sprint) for the Quakers. It may be corny, but it is true.

Since head coach Steve Dolan took control of the then-floundering program a few years ago, he has always prioritized the importance of the journey over the destination.

This philosophy has been enthusiastically adopted throughout the year by his young core of athletes, the vast majority of whom have put their heads down and focused on individual improvement rather than specific results.

Not once did they seem to stop and look behind them, instead keeping

Arena football clash honors United States veterans

their sights set straight ahead, into the future.

However, the year is now over.

They have crossed the proverbial finish line. And, well, it’s about time to finally look back and evaluate the year that was for Penn track and field.

It would be a stretch to say that expectations were high for the program going into the year, but things were certainly looking up.

The program had struggled through the previous few years, finding themselves beginning to settle in as perennial Ivy League bottom feeders.

But the program was armed with a new look – fronted by a wave of

Q&A with 2014 recruit Darnell Foreman From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ Basketball season may be months away, but the summer is the perfect time to catch up with one of this year’s top recruits, point guard Darnell Foreman. The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Foreman about his choice to come to Penn and how his playing style will fit on the team.

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Army and Navy veterans kick off Year of Veteran at Class of 1923 rink

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor Though the Fourth of July is still looming in the near distant future, it doesn’t mean it’s too early to begin celebrating the United States and its veterans.

This weekend, Penn’s Class of 1923 Arena will host a unique celebration of United States armed forces veterans at Saturday’s Army Veterans vs. Navy

Veterans arena football game. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.

The event, which is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m., is the second annual game played in the hopes of raising awareness for veterans and helping veterans find employment. It will also serve as a way of kicking off Philadelphia’s Fourth of July-centered Year of the Veteran celebration.

“I came up with the idea three years ago and we got the game launched last year and this year it’s now a standalone [event],” Joe Krause, the president of Jakib Media Partners and one of the chief organizers of the event, said.

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“We wanted to do something to honor the military and then Martin Judge put the fuel into bringing the game into a reality because he has a passion for helping veterans find employment.”

The game is being put on by the Judge Group and AFL Global, both of which are owned by Martin Judge.

The latter is involved in expanding arena football across the world and hopes to use opportunities like this to feature the sport and help the sport stay active within the American market.

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THE BUZZ

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS

Before the game on Saturday, the locker rooms were made ready for the Army and Navy Veterans teams, composed of former football players from both academies along with a number of active and former members of the armed forces.

young talent – and a corresponding wave of optimism.

However, these positive feelings did not immediately manifest themselves in terms of positive results on the track.

Despite a long winter of continuous improvement, neither the men’s nor the women’s teams were able to crack the top six at the indoor Heptagonal Championships.

But the seeds had been planted.

On the women’s side, underclassmen like rising sophomore runners Ashley Montgomery and Cleo Whiting began to gain confidence, following in the footsteps of solid senior

Daily Pennsylvanian: What kind of school were you looking for during your recruitment and how did Penn fit that mold?

Darnell Foreman: Ultimately, I was just looking for a school that was a good fit. Good opportunities, great coaching staff that was great at getting players better. A program with a lot of tradition, a winning tradition.

And then, not least, a school with a high standard of academics.

DP: What other schools were you looking at?

DF: Hartford and FDU (Fairleigh Dickinson University) at the end of my high school career.

DP: When did you visit Penn and what did you do during your visit that led you to choose Penn?

DF: I visited the week after my high school visited. I walked around, toured the campus and talked to the

whole coaching staff a lot.

DP: Which of the coaches have you been in contact with the most?

DF: I’d say coach Allen. He came to my state championship game and he got in touch with my family. Right after that game, we just hit it off right there. Coach Bowman came to the game after that. It was a good effort right there.

DP: What did the coaching staff tell you about how you’re going to fit into Penn basketball next year?

DF: Just to be a leader, work for everything. There’s a lot of opportunities to just come in and play hard, give it your all and lead these guys.

Whether you’re on the floor, on the bench, you can just be a leader, giving all that 100% effort down there, that toughness.

DP: What sort of skills do you think you can provide immediately off the bench for the team?

DF: Probably my defense, my attitude toward the game. The intangibles really, you know I really won’t tell what stuff goes on offense until I start working out with the guys. But my intangibles are going to be shown immediately.

DP: With the recent release of Tony Bagtas from the program,

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