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Family and friends wish to keep 2014 grad Anastasia Lyalenko’s memory alive DAN SPINELLI News Editor
Anastasia Lyalenko, a 2014 College graduate who died two weeks ago, compared her undergraduate experience to a footrace. “Like a runner keeping beat, I keep my eyes on the prize and never look to see who is running with me,” she wrote in a 34th Street article from March of her sen ior year. “But why don’t we try?” “We’ll stretch our tired limbs and let our straining hearts relax. I’ll stop for an hour if you’ll stop with me.” That theme — reserving time and care for others — permeated each area of Anastasia’s life, from her
involvement at the LGBT Center to her professional work with in the Computational Memory Laboratory at Penn. Nearly a year after she wrote those words, Anastasia lay in the Jefferson University Hospital intensive care unit suffering from viral myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation that disrupts the flow of blood to other essential organs. She was admitted to the hospital in early June after feeling chest pains and her condition quickly worsened. One by one, her supporters made cranes out of colored craft paper to brighten up Anastasia’s hospital room. “Her friends and roommates decided to make her hospital room ‘homey’ and personal,” said Victoria Lyalenko, Anastasia’s mother. Her room mate, 2014 Nursing graduate Kasey SEE ANASTASIA PAGE 3
Penn community largely supportive of decision to allow same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter
It was a historic day on Friday in Washington, as supporters of same-sex marriage gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 states. As the nation reacted to the momentous decision, members of the Penn community shared their thoughts on the long-controversial issue and its new future. Penn student David, who is the Co-Chair of Penn IvyQ and involved in Penn Queer and Asian and the Carriage Senior Society, was “ecstatic” when he heard the news. David wanted to be identified only by his first name because he is not yet out to his mother, who he said reads The Daily Pennsylvanian. “It means a great deal to me to have my desires represented on a federal level, especially when only a few select countries actually support gay marriage,” he said. “I think ultimately this decision will reduce discrimination. I feel like younger children will now grow up with the notion that gay marriage is legal and sanctioned by our government, and thus will view homosexuality through a less stigmatized lens.” LGBT Center Director Bob Schoenberg said that the decision was “very exciting.” “Most people I know are thrilled about it,” he said, though he noted that some LGBT supporters are concerned that marriage equality has taken precedent over other issues, such as workplace equality and transgender rights. “Marriage is in the forefront and has made it to the top court in the land,” he said. “I think the battles [over other LGBT issues] will continue and we will be victorious in those battles as well.” Political Science Professor Rogers M. Smith, who teaches Constitutional law classes at Penn, said in a statement that the Supreme Court’s decision has implications beyond same-sex marriage. “Important as it is, the Supreme Court’s SEE SCOTUS PAGE 5
Engineering prof wins grant to study the brain The Brain Research Foundation will sponsor Lee Bassett’s research on brain sensors VAMSEE MUPPARAPU Staff Reporter
Despite being an assistant professor in the Electrical and Systems Engineering Department, Lee Basset could uncover many mysteries about the brain with his pioneering research. Bassett recently received an exclusive Seed Grant from the Brain Research Foundation to develop a new class of sensors that will respond to chemical signals in the brain through quantum physics. These sensors can help scientists create a real-time map of brain activity in living animals, and, potentially, in humans. The grant gives Bassett and his collaborators, Bioengineering assistant professor Brian Chow and Bioengineering professor Andrew Tsourkas, $80,000 in funding over a two year period. Basset, whose academic background is in physics, described this research as falling under “quantum engineering.” “It’s sort of a branch of applied physics where we’re trying to find ways of using quantum physics to develop new devices or new technologies or other new science [innovations] that can be used more SEE RESEARCH PAGE 3
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Pre-frosh creates mental health support group
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Even before arriving at Penn, a pre-frosh is looking to address student mental health concerns in a new way. When he read an article from vice.com posted in the official Class of 2019 Facebook group, “Going to an Ivy League School Sucks,” by a rising senior at Columbia University, incoming College freshman Owain West wanted to do what he could to help his future peers. After asking the input of fellow incoming freshmen, West decided to create the Facebook group “UPenn Mental Health Helpers,” as a space for students to support each other with issues related to mental health. Incoming freshmen are currently using the group to share their own stories and express support for others through the comment section. “I had the idea that there was something we could do, something simple, to set up a support group so that such a thing would never happen, that people wouldn’t become so stressed out that they would resent the fact that they were going to such an academic institution,” West said. “So I said [in
We pat ourselves on the back for the number of things we call oppressive on a daily basis.” — Clara Jane Hendrickson PAGE 4
FIELD HOCKEY ON THE RISE Members of Penn’s class of 2019 formed a Facebook group to be open about struggling with mental health.
a post to the Penn 2019 group] that I would set up the [UPenn Mental Health Helpers] Facebook group that would be there so people could talk to other people when they needed help.” West’s drive to positively influence the atmosphere of mental
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On Tuesday, the Vatican confirmed the Pope’s official itinerary for his history-making visit to the United States in the fall. Pope Francis, who was elected to the papacy in March 2013, will visit Philadelphia on Sept. 26 and 27. The trip will mark his first visit to the United States since he was chosen. While in the city, the Pope will visit the Festival of Families at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and hold Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. In keeping with his consistent outreach to the underprivileged and
incarcerated, the Pope will also visit the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia. The Pope’s Philadelphia stop will mark the third and final leg of his five-day trip. The trip is expected to draw record numbers of visitors to the city, with some projections estimating as many as two million people. In an email sent to Penn faculty and staff on Monday from University Provost Vincent Price and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, they said “the visit will entail high levels of security and extensive coordination among public officials, businesses, and local institutions.” While the email also said that the University expects to be open as normal during the visit, “the health system will avoid scheduling elective
procedures at any of its downtown facilities between Friday, Sept. 25 and Monday, Sept. 28 and will encourage elective patients, along with those receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation, to be accommodated either before or after the papal visit.” University employees who want to attend the World Meeting of Families were encouraged to request time off through the University’s “regular PTO system.” Vice President of University Communications Stephen MacCarthy said that he expects the University and the Division of Public Safety, along with all other security forces in the city, to contribute in some way to the preparations for the Pope’s visit. The Division of Public Safety was not immediately available for comment.
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go through,” West said. “I don’t want anyone else at Penn to have to go through that.” The issue of mental health has received a great deal of attention at Penn in the past few years, highlighted by a string of student suicides that some believe were connected to Penn’s lack of resources for those struggling with mental illnesses. In response, Penn launched the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare, and expanded the services offered through Counseling and Psychological Services . Incoming Wharton freshman Melissa Matalon joined the group the day it was made. “I struggle myself with being down in the dumps about school and friend situations, so I feel like being a part of a group, I can help people who need help too, or if I ever need help I can find help there,” she said. “And I think it’s a really good way to find positivity in a more private way than having to ask people you know in person.” West said that the group has been “very well-received” by the pre-frosh community so far. “It’s been absolutely fantastic seeing what people have to say. I’ve seen people tell their deepest stories. It’s such a beautiful moment of catharsis when we see people telling their deepest secrets and trusting other people,” he said. “If we can foster that sort of trust, brotherhood and sisterhood,
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Benchimol, and girlfriend, 2014 College graduate Colleen Kase, went to a craft store to buy materials for a picture collage, but ended up purchasing a kit to make paper cranes. Remembering the Japanese legend that grants a wish to anyone who makes 1,000 origami cranes, Anastasia’s friends got to work. “It was a nice way to avoid the doom and gloom, and keep the spirits uplifted,” Victoria said. The medical staff at the hospital even got involved, helping to make cranes of their own. A week after being admitted, Anastasia suffered a stroke. Her aunt suggested setting up the Instagram hashtag #AnastasiasCranes to share information about her final days and host memories of her life. On June 15, a Monday, Anastasia died at 11:27 p.m. with her friends, family and over 1,000 paper cranes beside her. Artist Turned Doctor From an early age, Anastasia Lyalenko showed considerable academic promise, but her first inclinations were more toward art than medicine. “I kind of felt that she was probably going to go [in] some liberal arts direction,” Victoria said. Her watercolor paintings decorated her family’s house, sometimes even staining the walls when the painting oil ran off the canvas. “[It was as if] my house [was] covered in graffiti, but beautiful graffiti!” Victoria recalled. In high school, Anastasia became more interested in medicine. Most of her male relatives in the Ukraine (where Anastasia was born) are doctors, and Anastasia prided herself on being the first woman physician in her family. The tragic death of one of her classmates from an overdose also contributed to her plan to study medicine. “At that point, Anastasia knew exactly what she was going to do,” Victoria said. “I know it shook her.” The “star player” At Penn, Anastasia was pre-med and majored in the biological basis of behavior. One of her teachers, Psychology Professor Michael Kahana, noticed her academic potential. “She was an absolutely stellar, extraordinary student,” Kahana — who taught her in a class on
among our Penn class and Penn community, then I think that would solve not all but at least some of the problems that have occurred in the Penn community with depression and mental health.” Matalon said that the group is helping her with the transition to Penn. “Being part of this group is great for me because I’ve already been able to see how many supportive people are going to be around,” Matalon said. “In the end there is really nothing to be worried about when you have a lot of people around who want to help. Nobody wants to feel stressed out. Having this groups lessens the worry.” Incoming College and Wharton freshman Ruhy Patel agreed. “I find a lot of people who have been in similar situations as me and who have similar opinions about life, and it’s really cool to see people be so supportive and to have a class that’s so supportive of each other before we even get on campus,” Patel said. Incoming College freshman Mary Kate Dever joined the group from a different perspective. Dever entered Penn as a freshman last year but had to take a medical leave of absence after six weeks due to a concussion. “I think it’s important to acknowledge the fact that there are mental health issues and it’s good to talk about them,” she said. There are definitely a lot of different stresses and pressures to do a lot of different things as a freshman, to get
involved and go to classes as well … It’s important to have peers to talk to, people on your level. If someone [in the group] really needs something I can just be there for them.” Dever herself hopes to become a psychologist or counsellor. Despite originally titling the group “UPenn 2019 Mental Health Helpers,” West dropped the “2019” and said that he wants to extend the group to the entire Penn community. West acknowledged that official counselling, offered at places like CAPS, has its merits, but that the support provided by a peer group is beneficial in a different way. “With fellow students, there is the possibility that they’ve gone through it as well and they can connect with it on a more personal level, rather than when there is a dichotomy between the person who needs help and the person who’s giving help,” he said. ” There is something to say for the official counselling, but I think right now there is a gap in terms of personal support.” When he arrives at Penn, West hopes to establish the UPenn Mental Health Helpers as an official student group, and to potentially hold meetings and fundraisers. “I’ve been in contact with a few other people in the group about their ideas about what we could do. First and foremost [the goal] is to be a peer support group network on the largest scale possible … At least for some people in the group, I think it already has [created positive change].”
memory — said. “Her exams defined perfection.” Anastasia was also active at the LGBT Center as chair of the Queer Ladies at Penn group. “Under Anastasia’s leadership, Queer Ladies grew exponentially, reaching students who had never been active at the Center before,” LGBT Center Associate Director Rebecca Schept said in a statement. Additionally, she was an LGBT Center Mentor and member of the Queer Student Alliance. Kase noted how Anastasia advocated for LGBTQ-affiliated women at Penn. “There’s often a female presence lacking in LGBT life at Penn,” Kase said. The Queer Ladies group used dinners, parties and other social gatherings to provide that necessary welcome space for LGBTQ women, she added. Kase met Anastasia in February of their junior year on the dating app, OkCupid. Their paths at Penn had not crossed before then, as Kase was involved in Greek life as a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, while Anastasia spent most of her free time with LGBT Center groups. During her time at Penn, Anastasia chafed against the typical “work hard, play hard” atmosphere. Her 34th Street piece captured a desire to maintain friendships amid a stressful academic curriculum and challenging extracurriculars. “She struggled with that — being a very busy, ambitious person — but also a kind person that wanted to treat people really well,” Kase said. Anastasia graduated in May 2014 with all the trappings of a successful future: loving friends, a supportive partner and a job offer. In the spring of 2014, Kahana was asked to spearhead a fouryear, $22.5 million initiative to identify techniques for memory restoration. He immediately tapped Anastasia to be a member of his laboratory. Working with patients who suffered from severe neurological disorders, she excelled. “Not only was she a phenomenally talented young scientist, but she was a compassionately caring human being,” he said. Anastasia, in the process of applying to medical school, would have had her pick of programs. “I [asked] her to visit Harvard, Stanford and the other top programs,” Kahana said. “I know
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that all the tough medical schools would have been vying for her at admission time.” She was hard-working and intensely devoted to the lab’s mission to restore memory to others. “She was the star player on our team,” he said. “She will be remembered” Anastasia, even in her final days, couldn’t stop making her friends laugh. In one of the few moments when she woke from heavy sedation, she “danced” and “flipped off ANASTASIA her dad.” LYALENKO “He pulled a stupid joke, so she flipped him of f,” Kase recalled. Her unexpected passing left a gap in the lives of those that cherished her sense of humor, rapacious intellect and kind compassion. “Her message was, ‘There’s always someone that loves you.’ ” Victoria said. Ironically, Anastasia — whose memory lingers among those closest to her — researched memory restoration. If anything, her patients will remember the lab assistant that worked unceasingly to restore their memory loss, Kahana said. “In her work during one short year, she helped so many people remember,” he said. For Colleen Kase, Anastasia’s life is a constant source of inspiration. “She was such an important part of my life,” Kase said. And for Victoria, who lost her daughter far too soon, Anastasia’s commitment to loving and honoring others — from her high school classmate to Colleen and her college friends — remains a source of inspiration. “Without love, we are nothing,” Victoria said. “Anastasia took some time to show her love.” Perhaps the greatest honor her friends and family could have done for her in her final hours was to do what she asked the Penn community to do in her 34th Street article: “relearn empathy and friendship” by stopping to speak with someone else. So her loved ones stayed by her side — over 1,000 paper cranes among them — to grant Anastasia her final wish.
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broadly in other areas,” he said. In this case, his research could strongly impact the field of neuroscience. Despite the brain not being the subject of his usual academic research, Basset was drawn to it. He credits the uniquely sensitive nature of quantum systems for leading him to the field of neuroscience. “Part of [what] makes the brain so exciting and so interesting is its complexity,” he said. Although it may seem odd for an ESE faculty member to receive a grant for research that contributes to neuroscience, it aligns with the BRF’s approach to finding and funding promising research. Dr. Terre Constantine, Executive Director and CEO of
the Brain Research Foundation, said it was not uncommon for non-neuroscientists to submit proposals to the BRF for grant funding. She added that the BRF often funds more innovative projects that other foundations and the government would be less inclined to fund because it’s more of a risk. “If you are doing something that will help the understanding of the brain or advancing the understanding of neuroscience, we’re definitely going to look at it,” she said. Bassett also acknowledged the role of the BRF’s vision of neuroscience research when talking about his grant. “It gives me an opportunity to try and launch this direction of research,” he said. He added, “Because I don’t have a background in this, it’s
kind of hard to crack into the traditional funding streams of neuroscience, [such as] the National Institute of Health.” That said, the BRF’s historically strong track record gives the organization reason to believe that Bassett’s research will eventually transcend these more “traditional funding streams of neuroscience” — on average, for every dollar the BRF funds, researchers are able to secure $20 from other sources. Despite the BRF’s efforts in funding brain research, Constantine feels that there is not enough national support for such investments, limiting the advancement of neuroscience. “The biggest thing is not just getting people to know what it is, [but] we need to get the support up for it,” she said. “It’s such an underfunded area of science.”
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LEFTOVERS | Reintroducing the political in leftist thought
his past week, I attended an event at the Free Library of Philadelphia hosted by the editors of n+1, a small New York-based literary and social criticism magazine. At the event, one of the editors, in a jab at a recent piece published about the magazine, pointed to the political datedness of its author and the irony of his belonging to an Althusserian tradition. A woman approached the editor at the end of the event and commented, “Mentioning Althusser to a public audience at the Free Library creates a troubling knowledge barrier.” The editor responded with, “Well, how many blue collar people do you know?” The editor’s accusation represented the codification of an American left whose culture, ideology and tactics seem to be frighteningly out of touch. The goals of liberals seem more bent on proving a moral high ground than strengthening any political orientation. There exists an alarming discon-
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nect between those theorizing, writing, protesting and occupying in the name of class injustice, and the institutions and practices of power these efforts claim to reject. This chasm has solidified the left’s
plan, one protester responded: “I don’t think anyone was seriously interested in seizing the apparatus of the state ... that kind of project has been successfully delegitimized over the past 30 years.”
The left must come to terms with the fact that, for better or for worse, no long-term project other than working through the state apparatus has become legitimate.” role as one of calling out injustice from the marginalized periphery rather than pushing for and achieving concrete demands. Of course, many leftists would see this as proof of successful fringe politics and grassroots antiinstitutionalism. In response to the common criticism of the Occupy movement that it lacked clarity of vision and any sense of a political
This commitment to an unfeasible tabula rasa fantasy politics stifles transformation in our own time. It is true that, under capitalism, the form of political institutions limits the politics that can be performed through them. However, there is nothing to suggest that capitalist political institutions totally dominate the potential to use and subvert them. The left must come to
terms with the fact that, for better or for worse, no long-term project other than working through the state apparatus has become legitimate. We don’t need a revolution and we don’t need to overthrow capitalism overnight to ameliorate many of the injustices facing working people in this country. The emphasis on diversity of tactics, intersectionality and collective liberation have often weakened the feasibility and sustainability of our left movements. Penn political science professor Adolph Reed so aptly warned us of “the long, slow surrender of American liberals” in his recent piece “Nothing Left.” He pointedly wrote that “the left has no particular place it wants to go ... It lacks focus and stability; its métier is bearing witness, demonstrating solidarity, and the event or the gesture. Its reflex is to ‘send messages’ to those in power, to make statements, and to stand with or for the oppressed.” So, we continue to cling to our
cardboard posters and chant “This is what democracy looks like.” Yet, we forget that too often our own, nonhierarchical movements lack democratic accountability and stifle necessary debate regarding the efficacy of our goals and tactics. We pat ourselves on the back for the number of things we call oppressive on a daily basis. We’ve replaced the vanguard of the proletariat with the vanguard of our own self-protection. We’ve set up safe spaces and even our classrooms antagonistically to political spaces, leaving little room for both the leaning into controversy and deepening of empathy that is much needed. We’ve expended more energy promoting trigger warnings than performing the dirty work of political change. Even Toby Zeigler of “West Wing” provides us with this important heed when he intentionally calls World Trade Organization protesters tourists: “I’m sorry I was waylaid by a group of tourists. I don’t call them protesters. I’ve
CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON seen better organized crowds at the DMV.” While this kind of lowhanging fruit characterization is ubiquitously used as an excuse to not take seriously the concerns of the left, it points to the dangerous truth that, more than anything, we have become tourists in our own political system.
CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON is a rising College senior from San Francisco studying political science. Her email address is clara@sas.upenn.edu.
Why I thank Donald Trump for his derogatory comments about Mexicans
dding to the long list of Republican presidential hopefuls, 1968 Wharton alumnus Donald Trump announced his candidacy on June 17, taking a punch not just at Obama and his adversaries, but also at Mexicans. Claiming the United States has become “the dumping grounds for everybody else’s problems,” Trump accused our southern neighbor of “not sending their best.” Referring to Mexicans, the business real estate mogul stated, “They’re bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” He went on to say that should he be elected president, he would have a wall built to separate the U.S. and Mexico on Mexico’s dime. Though comments like these aren’t exactly outlandish among the more right-wing conservatives , the fact that such derogatory and xenophobic comments are still being thrown around matters.
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A part of the largest and fastest growing demographic group, people of Mexican origin totaled approximately 33.7 million in 2012 according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center. About one-third of this group — 11.4 million — is comprised of Mexican-born immigrants, while the remaining two-thirds are U.S.born and self-identify as Hispanics of Mexican origin. I myself identify as the latter. My parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States in search of a better life and opportunity. In 1979, my father — like many other Mexican men at the time — migrated to the U.S. on a farm worker’s visa. He worked in the fields of California, from grape picking in Napa Valley to picking peaches and plums in Fresno. Although he earned far below minimum wage, taxes were still extracted from his already low paycheck. In 1986, the Immigration Re-
form and Control Act under the Reagan administration was signed into law, legalizing the status of many undocumented immigrants, including farm workers from Mexico. My father qualified for this amnesty and received lawful permanent resident status. My mother migrated to the country soon after. Over the years, without a college education, my parents have remained a part of the working class, juggling multiple jobs at times to raise a family of six. Growing up, my three siblings and I learned to work hard and take advantage of the opportunities available to us as American citizens. My siblings and I are in the first generation in my family to attend and graduate college. Many Mexicans and their families living in the United States today share this story. And so, naturally, I was awestruck when I heard Donald Trump offend me, my family and the millions of hardworking Mexi-
cans that came and continue to come to this country — despite xenophobic policies and a broken immigration system — in the pursuit of happiness and opportunity.
been involved with Penn for Immigrant Rights, the only immigrant rights advocacy group on campus. One of the many goals of this organization is to raise awareness
These people you call drug-dealing criminals and rapists are the people working endless hours under the scorching sun picking the fruits and vegetables on your silver platter … .” I could feel the resentment in his voice. I began to ask myself why anyone would have such built-up anger against a group of people from which stems my identity, and the pinnacle reason behind my motivation to succeed at a premier institution such as Penn. But amid this confusion, I felt a surge of motivation unlike anything I had felt before. Since freshman year, I have
among our peers about immigrant rights in this country, including what it means to be undocumented. Most of our executive board is of Mexican origin. I have found solace working alongside advocates and activists to dispel the very misconceptions about Mexicans and other immigrants that too many people like Trump relentlessly propagate. So no, Trump, I think you
have a couple things wrong here. These people you call drug-dealing criminals and rapists are the people working endless hours under the scorching sun picking the fruits and vegetables on your silver platter, the maintenance staff cleaning your mansions and penthouses, the construction people building your hotels and resorts, and the parents of students receiving the same Ivy League education you and currently one of your daughters is pursuing. But most of all, thank you for inspiring me and other young activists everywhere to keep fighting against the egregious stereotypes defining our families and the very people I would love to see you try to run your empire without.
YESSENIA MORENO is a rising College senior from North Las Vegas studying political science. Her email address is ymoreno@ sas.upenn.edu.
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ruling in favor of same-sex marriage probably only accelerates slightly what the tides of history and changing popular views would soon have brought about in any case,” Smith said. “But the statements in Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion stressing how a fundamental commitment to human dignity undergirds constitutional guarantees of equal protection and privacy are likely to shape debates over the Constitution’s meaning on many issues and for many decades to come.” The United States is now the 21st country to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. The Justices were divided in a 5-4 ruling. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. He stated that “[Gay Americans] ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” Each of the dissenting justices wrote their own opinions. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the decision had “nothing to do with the Constitution” and Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the ruling was a “threat to American democracy.” President Obama, who vocalized his support for same-sex marriage in 2012, praised the decision, calling it “a victory for America.” Prior to the ruling, 36 states, including Pennsylvania, permitted gay couples to marry. The remaining 14 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
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Dakota, Tennessee and Texas must now end the same-sex marriage ban. Two political groups on campus, The College Republicans and Penn Democrats, both expressed their support of the decision. “The College Republicans welcome the decision. As an organization which has historically supported gay marriage, we are gratified that Anthony Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, along with a majority of the court ruled in favor of marriage equality,” President of the College Republicans and rising College junior Will Cassidy said in a statement. Rising College senior and President of Penn Democrats Sean Foley agreed. “Penn Democrats applauds the Supreme Court for recognizing the right of Americans to marry whom they love,” Foley said in a statement. “Many opponents of same-sex marriage argue that the matter of same-sex marriage should have been left to the states, that the Supreme Court had no business making this decision. But although our states might be laboratories of democracy, the United States of America should never experiment with human rights. The ability to love freely is surely such a right.” Despite the satisfaction of many Penn students, gay and straight alike, some expressed displeasure. One rising sophomore, who asked to remain anonymous in fear of backlash from peers, was strongly opposed. “I think that marriage is between one man and one woman, and that’s a personal opinion, but unfortunately, my personal
opinions don’t factor into U.S. law,” he said. “Having two parents of the same gender, that’s out of balance with society.” Though against the marriage of same sex couples, he added that he does not object to gays themselves. “I have no problem with [gay people],” he said. “They are human beings like you and me. I have some friends who are gay … I just don’t get into the subject of gay marriage with them.” Aside from the hurdle of those who continue to oppose same-sex marriages, David said that, despite the ruling, the fight for gay rights is far from over. “There are many other issues affecting queer individuals daily, like trans violence, racism and mental health issues, that legalizing gay marriage will not solve,” he said. “And I think a lot of people are worried that now that gay marriage is legalized, people will question queer activists by asking them ‘What more do you want? You already have equality! Everything is fixed! Stop complaining.’” David added that his decision to remain anonymous in this story also represents how much more needs to be done. “I think part of me being anonymous adds to the fact that legalizing gay marriage isn’t the end of the fight,” he said. “Personally, while I’m still very happy about the legalization of it, I still have a hard time imagining the day I can actually get married. Because that would mean coming out to my mom, which no amount of legalization could help me do.” News editor Caroline Simon contributed reporting to this article.
Penn alum develops app for affordable college advice Ivy Authority allows applicants to ask Ivy League grads for advice YASMEEN KABOUD Staff Reporter
Tuition at Ivy League universities may be on the rise — but a new app makes getting there much more affordable. Ivy Authority, which was co-founded by 2010 College graduate Michael Tate, allows students from around the globe to ask questions regarding the college application process and receive answers from Ivy graduates Tate wanted to create a low-cost resource for students who would otherwise not have access to college application advice. Although some wealthy college applicants hire private counselors for thousands of dollars, many students do not pay for outside personal assistance during the application process. “We had classmates who had expensive tutors, expensive consultants,” Tate said. “About a year ago I said to some of my friends, ‘why don’t we create something at a very low cost that can expand opportunity to
anyone, whether they went to a top boarding school, or whether they went to a public school in the middle of Iowa.’ And now for the first time ever, it exists.” For many students who go to public high schools, getting quality advice about the college application process can be a struggle. Many lower-income students rely on internet resources such as collegeboard. com, which matches a student’s credentials to a college that may be a good fit for them. The app, which is available for download in the Apple Store, charges its users $2.99 per question. Rachel Tosney, a rising College junior from Rancho Palos Verdes, California, said she had a college application counselor who helped her through the process, but that Ivy Authority would have been helpful. “I probably would have used this app,” Tosney said. “It would have been great to talk to more people who had recently been accepted to schools I was applying to.” However, Elena Schiavone, a rising College sophomore from Piscataway, New Jersey, relied more on advice from her brother, a recent Harvard alum.
“If this app had been available, I probably would not have used it. I had my brother to answer questions for free.” The Ivy Authority app, which launched on May 25 of this year, is available for students around the world. “With the iPhone, you can access us from pretty much any country that you can access the App Store,” Tate said. “In addition we are working on a new edition as well as an Android version.” “This app, unlike some apps out there, is targeting not just the 1 percent, it’s targeting the 99 percent — it’s targeting 100 percent of everyone in the world,” Tate added. Ivy Authority will answer questions for anyone seeking college application advice, including those who are not seeking acceptance to an Ivylevel school. “In some ways this company has a social mission,” Tate said. “This app is a tool for promoting greater equality and opportunity. We don’t think it should matter who you were born to or who you were born as. Everyone should have equal access to top college prep advice.”
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BLOODY ‘ELL: OUTSOURCING YOUR SUMMER SEX AT PENN
Penn’s campus is dead during the summer. You can’t exploit the high rises for free laundry, you actually go to Saxby’s because Starbucks Under Commons is closed, and most importantly, you can’t just find some random Wharton bro at Smokes to have sex with (and then walk home immediately after in shame because you can’t believe you f**ked someone who wears Vineyard Vines polos. But he’ll be rich one day and work at Goldman, so whatever). But if you’re a Penn student with a typical summer day job and not much else going on, you’ll have more free time than ever. So how do you fill your free nights when that stack in Van Pelt just isn’t calling your name? Last weekend, I went with a friend to a gig at a North Philly bar. With three British bands on the bill and a showtime of 9 p.m., the show was expected to run pretty late — late enough that my friend left half way through the show because he had work the next day. What do you do when you’re alone at a bar and it’s almost 11 p.m.? Drink. The patriarchy sucks, you know, with the whole unequal rights, unfair danger and unjust oppression thing, but at least it buys you free drinks. “Well, ‘ello there.” A tall, bearded British guy sat down next to me at the bar. As soon as I heard his accent, I was his. Over the sound of a roaring British punk group, we exchanged small talk while he bought me three vodka sprites (apparently they call them vodka lemonades overseas), and his accent was so strong that the letter “H” didn’t seem to exist. Or maybe I was just drunk enough that there were only twenty-five letters in the alphabet. Finally, the headlining band played. I was pretty excited to hear them play, but British Dude had other ideas. As I danced in the crowd (read: tapped my foot and slightly moved my head because I’m afraid of people seeing me dance, even when I’m four drinks in), British Dude decided to make a move. Ever so eloquently, he positioned himself behind me and grabbed my left boob. I grinded into him (read: stepped backwards closer to him and moved a little). I guess I’ll never know what a full set from Random British Grunge Band sounds like, because somehow, I ended up in a cab from Fishtown to Penn’s campus with a British Dude who’s name I did not know. “So, by the way, what’s your name?” I asked, conscious of the cab driver’s judgment. As I wondered about the weirdest thing the cab driver has ever seen, British Dude’s hand drifted up my thigh. “You don’t need to know,” he said. He continued moving his hand around my thighs. “Okay, it’s Jamie,” he said. Each time his hand moved up and down my leg, he got closer and closer to me. That’s when I realized that I had a problem. Twenty-five dollars in cab fares later — is that what going to a downtown is like? — we were back by 40th and Spruce, and as soon as we reached my room, our clothes started coming off. As he slid his hands lower and lower, I knew I had to say something. “I have my period,” I said, quick and abrupt. I immediately decided to give him a blowjob to avoid any sort of awkward conversation. He started breathing quickly. “F**k,” he moaned. I kept going. As he got closer, he said, “Oh, bloody ‘ell. Bloody, bloody ‘ell.” It was the British accent thing all over again. I remembered to mentally pat myself on the back for bringing a British guy home. After Jamie came, he wanted to reciprocate (God bless the British), but I reminded him about my, umm, situation. Also, I wasn’t sure how I felt about a guy sticking his hand in my underwear, only to find a bloody maxipad that should have been changed hours ago. But, we were both drunk, and I wanted compensation for my impeccable oral skills, so when he took my underwear off, I didn’t stop him. When he saw what a shedded uterus lining looks like, up close and personal, he tried to backtrack and cover up his mistakes. For the first time, I felt a man’s finger shoved up my butt. I gasped. I was way too vanilla for that. “Oh, bloody ‘ell. You like that, babe?” he whispered in my ear. “Actually, I don’t think I do,” I said, realizing in that moment just how odd I felt. “You got any sex toys?” I was too vanilla for that too. He shrugged and started to finger me. “Bloody ‘ell, you’re so wet,” he said. I wanted to point out that I actually wasn’t really that wet, and that he was probably just mistaking the death of my eggs for moisture, but that seemed like it might kill the mood. I laughed softly to myself. For the second time that night, he misread my vocal cues. “Bloody ‘ell, do I want to f**k you,” he said. I did everything in my power not to burst into extreme laughter. Did he not realize the double meaning in his words? Did he not realize how many times he had said “bloody” that night, never referring to my bleeding vagina? Around 2 a.m., I called Jamie a cab back to his Center City hotel around 15th and Market. He was headed to Washington, D.C. the next day, then to Miami and then back to his home in Northeast England. When he grabbed my hand and kissed me goodbye, I noticed a splotched coating of hardened maroon fluid on three of his fingers. As soon as he got into his cab, I burst into laughter.
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IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH BY BENJAMIN BEHREND This summer I’m not interning at (fill in the blank), volunteering in the faraway country of (fill in the blank) or working in a lab to cure (fill in the blank). Instead I decided to read, write, relax and visit our neighbor to the north. The trip unexpectedly pushed me out of my comfort zone, and made me realize that traveling alone doesn’t mean that I have to be lonely. I love Canada. I love the crisp wholesome air, the warmth of a donut from Tim Hortons and the fact that strangers smile at one another when eye-contact is accidently made (a rarity in my native Philadelphia). Plus, the maple leaf — the most innocent of all foliage — is featured dead-center on the Canadian flag. Canada might as well change its motto to “we will care for you, always.” I was certain someone would want to make an impromptu trip to Toronto with me, a city I’d never been to, and a mere twelve hour bus ride from Philadelphia. I reached out to friends and family. Friends were busy with the above mentioned activities, and even family couldn’t be coaxed into the trip. Screw it, I told myself. I’m going to Canada, not eastern
Ukraine. I can totally do this. I booked my tickets and reserved a spot in a downtown hostel. When I told friends and family about my solo weeklong trip to Toronto, it was as if I told them I was sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. I was asked who I would talk to if I was alone, and others commented on how daring I was — as if I was actually going to eastern Ukraine. The most unsettling advice I received was to watch out for dangerous people posing as friendly strangers. I started internalizing what they were saying. I had never travelled completely on my own to a place where I had almost no personal contacts. I didn’t want to be that guy eating dinner with only his phone as company. I didn’t want to have to ask others to take pictures of me in front of Toronto landmarks. And I certainly didn’t want to be taken by gangs of dangerous people posing as friendly strangers. All of these worries swirled in my head like a bowl of anxiety soup. After a long bus ride that included bumpy roads and the occasional loud snorer, I made it to Toronto. It was gray and rainy, and the long walk to the hostel wasn’t much better. Dripping wet and tired, I dipped into various coffee shops and stores in order to get access to
spotty wifi and plan my route to the aptly named hostel, Planet Traveler. I stepped into the nearly century-old building, and was greeted by a young Spanish expat named Maya. She had worked at the hostel for a while and I imagine she had seen many weary travelers. As Maya showed me around the spacious and hip hostel, I saw a smorgasbord of mostly young people from Japan, South Korea, England, Ireland, France, Germany and other countries. Many were playing board games in the lobby area, cooking meals together in the communal kitchen or just chatting with one another about their travels. Our final stop on the tour of the hostel was Room 26, my home for the next week. It was a small, but comfortable room with three bunk beds and a large window. I rolled my suitcase into the room and was greeted by Shane, a 22-yearold Irishman who had moved to Canada to work. He was living in the hostel until he found an apartment. We did the standard greetings and then he mentioned that the person who had previously been in my bed was a loud drunken guy from L.A. who was only in the room for a day. I promised him that I wouldn’t be nearly as much of
an asshole. As the day went on I was introduced to the other core members of Room 26; two Brits, and a Frenchman working as a beer brewer. By the time I got settled in my top bunk that night, I knew that I didn’t have to fear being a solo traveler. Over the course of the next week, I explored the city on my own while also hanging out with newly made friends from the hostel, many of whom were also solo travelers who had come from much further away. After a week of visiting museums, eating at restaurants, watching the NBA finals with Europeans that know a ridiculous amount about American basketball and walking for hours through Toronto, my trip came to a close. A transient, yet intimate community formed in my week at Planet Traveler. People from all over the world who found friendship and solace in one another. At Penn, I often feel that people are unwilling to risk wandering, for fear of straying from some set path. We’re young, now is the time to throw caution to the wind and be aimless for a while. So don’t be afraid, because if you’re like most people, travelling alone does not mean that you’ll be lonely.
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Coral Gables on New Year’s Day in 2014. Duke has never lost to an Ivy League opponent, winning nine games in as many opportunities. The Blue Devils last matchup with an Ivy squad was a victory over Dartmouth in 2006. Last season, the Quakers won more than 20 games for the
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Penn has a little bit of recent history on its side. The Quakers are just 1-11 in its 12 games against current Atlantic Coast Conference teams, but they won their most recent game against an ACC foe, a remarkable 67-66 upset of Miami in
second consecutive season and won their first ever game in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament . For the 2015-16 season, Penn will return both its leading scorer and leading rebounder in rising junior Sydney Stipanovich and rising sophomore Michelle Nwokedi as the Red and Blue try to bring the program to new heights.
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talent, the Quakers will also be returning rising senior Sonya Latycheva and rising junior Kana Daniel. They rotated at the No. 2 and 3 positions, and were regulars in the starting doubles lineups. Latycheva was awarded second-team All Ivy honors for her doubles play, mostly with Sol Eskanazi, whose graduation may have the biggest impact on this young Penn squad. Eskanazi leaves Penn as one of the most decorated players in program history, finishing with a combined singles and doubles record of 150-55. Eskenazi was named First-team All-Ivy in singles four consecutive seasons, and First-team All-Ivy in doubles for three straight
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Entering the fall, there will certainly be plenty of challenges. Among the greatest hurdles entering the season will be replacing the six outgoing starters from 2014, including goalkeeper Allison Weisenfels, backs Helene Caniglia and Mary Rose Croddick, midfielder Katherine Cook, and attackers Alex Iqbal and Emily Corcoran. Both in terms of statistical production and leadership ability, this group is tough to replace. Hoover recognizes the challenge that the current captains face in taking over but notes that it is an essential task. “It is going to be really important for [the captains and senior leaders] to move us in the right direction and the captains are already doing a great job,� Hoover said. “They’re staying in contact and they’re leading spring practices. I think it’s going to be a smooth transition.� Not only will the 2015
seasons, along with one Secondteam All-Ivy honor in doubles. Eskenazi was also honored as a co-recipient of Penn Athletics’ Association of Alumnae Fathers’ Trophy in her senior season, which acknowledges the on- and off-field accomplishments of a graduating senior athlete. Eskenazi, along with senior captain and No. 6 singles player Alexandra Ion , will certainly be missed in 2016. Despite the loss of Eskanazi and Ion, the Red and Blue have a lot to look forward to with their incoming freshman class of Caroline Xie, Marta Kowalska , and Ojasvinee Singh. Xie, a San Diego native, was rated as highly as the third best recruit in the country as she competed at the international junior and professional level. Kowalska,
Quakers witness the return of senior midfielder Alex Agathis and sophomore goalkeeper Elizabeth Mata — both players will be returning after having missed the majority of the previous season with injuries — but they will also welcome six incoming freshmen to the roster. Hoover believes that these six freshmen may just be the key to replacing the outgoing seniors. “I think they’re very skillful players,� Hoover said. “We have a pretty strong group of girls coming in. I think they’re ready.� Among that group, Hoover is quick to highlight incoming freshmen Selina Garzio. “She’s such a strong player. She’s so tall so she has a long reach. She’s very deceptive with her play,� Hoover said. “Very strong player. Very well rounded.� Entering next season, the Quakers face a tough schedule. Per usual, Penn will battle four Philadelphia squads and the other seven Ivy League teams. However, Penn will
from Poland, was ranked as high as 443 in the world in junior tennis. Singh, out of Visakhapatnam, India, could be one of the most highly touted recruits in the Ivy League, reaching No. 78 in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings this May. Despite the loss of two starters, including one of the best women’s tennis players that Penn has ever seen, there is plenty of reason to believe that the Quakers could compete for an Ancient Eight title next year. With the great end-of-season play, the young talent with a year of experience under their belts, and an impressive recruiting class, the Ivy League and the rest of the nation have a lot to watch out for in the Red and Blue next year.
also be facing off against five top-25 ranked teams in 2015. Fortunately for the Quakers, the upcoming season starts off slowly, allowing the team to develop some rhythm. Still, a strong start is imperative. “It’s always essential. It’s always necessary to start off strong. When you get a good start, it’s easier to keep momentum than it is to start a little shaky,� Hoover said. “I think it motivates people to start off strong. They get excited and pumped for the next game because they want to keep this going.� Entering next season, the team will be young and mostly unproven. Winning the Ivy League title will surely be a tall task, but that will not stop the Quakers from shooting for the top. “In the end, everyone always wants to win the Ivy League championship,� Hoover said. “But I don’t think we should look so far in the future. We need to look at it one game at a time.�
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When Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin announced a trip to Hawaii for the upcoming season, he talked about providing an experience for his players during their four years at Penn. Now he’s added a meaningful experience a little closer to home. The Red and Blue announced a home-and-home series with Duke for the next two seasons, beginning with a Nov. 13 matchup at the Palestra. The Quakers will head to Durham for a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium — which was modeled after the historic Palestra — during the 2016-17 season. “This is a nother exciting addition to our schedule,” McLaughlin said in a press release. “The Palestra and Cameron Indoor Stadium are two of the most historic arenas in college basketball, and this is sure to be an incredible experience for the players, coaches and fans of both teams.” It has been 31 years since the Quakers and Blue Devils last played head-to-head. In their lone previous matchup, Duke hosted Penn and defeated the Red and Blue, 74-47. The Quakers have faced top five ranked teams each of the past two seasons in November. Last season, Penn traveled to No. 4 Tennessee to open its season, a year after playing No. 5 Notre Dame at the Palestra in its second game of its bannerraising 2013-14 season. While the Blue Devils will no doubt be the heavy favorites going into the early season duel,
indoor field hockey. Although the pressure can seem palpable as scouts from the U.S. Women’s National Team vigilantly track each player’s performance, Hoover put her head down and focused on playing her game. “It was a lot. With the Young Women’s National Championship, you know that everyone’s looking at you and there are so many good girls there, it’s a little nerve-wracking at first. But overall you have to play,” Hoover said. “Don’t overthink things. It is stressful, though. You want to get picked. You want to go to the next level.”
For Penn women’s tennis, 2015 was a streaky but ultimately successful season. By the year’s end, the team had notched several wins against nationally ranked teams and generated excitement for bigger things to come in 2016. The Quakers opened the spring season very well, winning five of their first six matches, all against nonconference opponents. However, they then proceeded to lose three straight matches against teams ranked inside the top 55 in the country, including dropping a 7-0 decision to No. 33 Arizona State. As the Red and Blue entered the Ivy League season, they seemed to be capable of playing high-level tennis against tough opponents, but were struggling to finish good teams off. After three straight losses to start conference play, something changed. The Quakers finished their season by winning three of four, all against nationally ranked opponents, including wins against No. 63 Harvard and No. 75 Cornell. On Senior Day, they upset No. 46 Columbia, closing out the year 10-8 overall, and setting the bar high for next season. Along with a fantastic stretch to close out the season, the play of rising sophomores Lina Qostal and Ria Vaidya is promising for the Red and Blue. The two freshmen played in the No. 4 and 5 singles spots, respectively, and finished with winning records. Along with the younger
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Despite a forgettable record and the loss of six seniors in 2014, Penn field hockey looks poised to make waves in the upcoming season. Penn’s record in 2014 (8-9, 3-4 Ivy) was not indicative of the team’s performance this season. Just ask incoming sophomore attack Alexa Hoover. “I think [2014] went pretty well. We had some tough games where we lost by one goal,” Hoover said. “They were
Hoover was one of the team’s bright spots in 2014. Her 14 goals put her in fifth place for goals in a season in Penn field hockey history, just the third time a freshmen Quaker has had such success. For Hoover, most of that pressure is self-imposed. “For me, I put a lot of pressure on myself but I’ve also made it a goal for myself to stay where I was last season,” Hoover said. “You don’t want to fall off after one season. You want to stay continuously good and keep your skills.” Her success last season did not go unnoticed. She was named Ivy League rookie of the year and was invited to the Young Women’s National
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2015 MAJOR MOMENTS IN PENN Rising senior (left) Sam Mattis throws the discus; former men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen was fired (top right); rising sophomore Michelle Nwokedi (bottom right) was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year
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