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Google CEO brings Wharton name to the top of tech Sundar Pichai’s MBA classmates describe him as down-to-earth

thoughtful and down to earth. On Aug. 10, a massive corporate restructuring placed Google under a new company called Alphabet, which catapulted 2002 ELLIE SCHROEDER Deputy News Editor Wharton MBA graduate Sundar Pichai into the limelight as Google’s new leader. Thanks to “The Social Network,” the Google’s previous CEO, Larry Page, will run thought of a Silicon Valley giant may bring parent company Alphabet along with Google to mind the stereotypically unsociable genius, co-founder Sergey Brin, while Pichai takes a la Mark Zuckerberg. But Google’s newly charge of a downsized Google. instated CEO — a Penn graduate — has The tech company’s restructuring is destruck his peers and employees as reflective, signed to reinvigorate Google’s innovative

spirit by reducing bureaucracy, as well as to render the company more attractive to investors by separating Google’s most profitable businesses from its other, often more experimental, endeavors. Pichai, who is from India, beat the odds in an impressive array of personal and academic feats before entering Google in 2004. A profile of Pichai in Bloomberg Businessweek published last year describes his low-income childhood in urban India, including the fact that his family didn’t own a television or a car

for most of his childhood. Pichai proceeded to earn a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and then his masters of science from Stanford University, where he studied materials science and semiconductor physics. After working as an engineer in Silicon Valley, Pichai attended Wharton, graduating as part of the top five percent of his 2002 MBA class and being named a Siebel scholar, a distinction given to top students in prestigious graduate programs.

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Penn student Timothy Hamlett’s death ruled a suicide

The former track runner was missing since December CAROLINE SIMON, DAVID CAHN AND JESS MCDOWELL Staff Reporters

On Monday, June 1, the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed in a media release that former College junior Timothy Hamlett’s death was a “suicide by drowning.” Hamlett’s body was found in the Hudson river on Friday, May 29. His mother, Katherine Hamlett, believes that her son committed suicide by jumping from the George Washington Bridge. “We never had any indication that our son was suicidal at all. It is important to me that people do know that this is what he did,” Hamlett said. “I don’t want to sweep it under the rug and avoid the reality of how he died.” A Facebook page dedicated to searching for Hamlett announced his death on Monday afternoon. Hamlett, who was recruited to run track for Penn, vanished on Dec. 26. His wallet was found in a park near the George Washington Bridge in New York. Hamlett’s cell phone was traced to two young people who said they found the belongings at a park near a school. Police did not suspect foul play since $10

remained in the wallet. In March, the Teaneck Police Department confirmed that the investigation of his absence was still open. On the evening of June 1, the Teaneck Police Department declined to comment until the following day and did not confirm that Hamlett’s death was a suicide. During his sophomore year at Penn, friends said that Hamlett’s personality changed. His parents believe that this change in character was caused by his use of performance-enhancing drugs. In September 2014, Hamlett was arrested for throwing a brick through someone’s window. Following the incident, Hamlett took a medical leave of absence from the University. “We as a family strongly believe that his use of supplements was an aggravating, if not primary force for the change in his behavior,” Katherine Hamlett said. Timothy Hamlett was home with his family at the time of his disappearance. In the months since, his mother has led her own investigation to find her son. In early May, the family announced that they would offer a $10,000 reward to whoever could provide information about Hamlett’s disappearance. Katherine Hamlett said the family was considering raising the award to $25,000

before Timothy’s body was found. Hamlett’s death marks the seventh Penn student suicide in the past two years. After two suicides occurred within three weeks last spring, Penn launched the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare in February 2014 to evaluate its mental health initiatives. Katherine Hamlett said her son did contact Counseling and Psychological Services for help while he was a Penn student, but found that the center’s 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. service hours did not accommodate his schedule. He initially sought help from a private counselor, she said, although he did eventually see a counselor from CAPS before he began his leave of absence. “CAPS had limited availability for counseling,” she said. “With respect to college counseling services generally, they need to be available at times that are outside the regular working times.” Katherine Hamlett believes that all students should receive a regular mental health checkup, similar to annual physical checkups. Although she said there is a resolution to the mental health crisis facing college students, she believes that it has yet to be found. “There is more work to be done,” she said. Hamlett also drew parallels

between her son’s suicide and that of Madison Holleran, the track athlete who committed suicide last year. “There have been two suicides in the same year on the same team,” she said. “It’s devastating.” “I was at Madison Holleran’s service. And I was absolutely so hurt for the grief and pain of the community and the loss of her beautiful life,” Hamlett continued. Penn President Amy Gutmann expressed sympathy on behalf of the University. “The entire Penn community is deeply saddened by Timothy Hamlett’s passing. A popular and talented member of the Penn family, his was a life of tremendous promise that ended far too soon. We share the pain felt by Timothy’s family and loved ones, and our thoughts and prayers are with them,” Gutmann said in a statement. The Facebook post announcing Timothy Hamlett’s death stated that a ceremony would be held in his memory on June 12 in Englewood, N.J. There was also a private ceremony for family and friends held in Martha’s Vineyard. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be sent to Legal Outreach, to the Timothy Akil Hamlett Fund in support of their Summer Law Institute at the

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The death of Timothy Hamlett marks the seventh Penn student suicide in the last two years.

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In the high rises, swapping rooms is no longer required The policy change means more is up to the residents

multiple-occupancy units, where bedroom size and single bedroom spaces are unequal, are required to switch rooms between semesters.” JEFFREY CAREYVA Deputy News Editor The defunct policy largely applied to groups of four residents Students moving into three- living in three-bedroom apartbedroom quads can get more ments in the high rises. Residential permanently settled — they are no Services and College Houses & longer mandated to switch rooms Academic Services will no longer after the fall semester. enforce the old rule, leaving student Effective for the 2015-16 aca- residents to come to room agreedemic year, Penn’s Housing Terms ments on their own for the full & Conditions has dropped the academic year. clause that states, “Residents of “In collaboration with CHAS,

the policy was removed since most of the quads are filled during room selection by groups of friends and many students make their own decisions about who lives where in advance of or at arrival,” Director of Residential Services John Eckman wrote in an email. “Some leave it to first-come, first-serve.” Living in a three-bedroom quad rather than a four-bedroom one amounts to over a $2,000 reduction in price per year, though now only two residents will reap the benefits of a single bedroom in those layouts.

“We expect that in a vast majority of cases students can figure out what works best for the group,” Eckman continued. “There’s nothing preventing them from switching among themselves going forward.” Among friends, choosing a room doesn’t have to be life or death. “Who got what room was not a big deal,” College sophomore Kieona Cook, who lives in a three-bedroom apartment in Harrison College House, said. Cook is happy that she won’t need to swap bedrooms at the end of the semester, “because

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MATT MANTICA President JILL CASTELLANO Editor-in-Chief SHAWN KELLEY Opinion Editor LUKE CHEN Director of Online Projects LAUREN FEINER City News Editor KRISTEN GRABARZ Campus News Editor CLAIRE COHEN Assignments Editor STEVEN TYDINGS Social Media Director PAOLA RUANO Copy Editor RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor COLIN HENDERSON Sports Editor LANE HIGGINS Sports Editor

s a kid growing up, my parents gave me a daily allowance of what we then called “screen time.” At first 30 minutes, later extended to an hour, this was the single portion of the day when I was allowed to watch TV or use our family’s single computer — my dad’s office desktop. We never had video game systems. The philosophical foundation of this restriction, as I always understood it, was that time spent in front of a screen, no matter how much enjoyed, was essentially time wasted; a guilty pleasure akin to sweets — at best, lacking any real virtue, downright harmful in large quantities. As I aged into late middle and high school, and the number of screens in our household grew to include laptops, iPods, tablets and cell phones, the restrictions loosened and then collapsed

TALKING BACKWARD | Is there a virtue ethic of technology use? altogether. Part of this was certainly due to the everincreasing use of computers as engines of scholastic productivity, rather than simply entertainment, but as screentech proliferated, its perceived status — at least in my household — as essentially devoid of virtue seemed to fade as well. But it never disappeared entirely. To this day, when I have an empty hour, I find myself performing a sort of automatic moral calculus when I decide whether to spend it in front of a screen or not. Non-screen activities, in my mind, possess a quality of virtue, screen ones a quality of vice. What’s odd is that this persists even when the medium itself is the only difference. On a recent flight to visit family, I read a hard copy of a magazine cover to cover and felt a real sense of accomplishment as I finished the last page. It felt like time

well spent. Had I read all the same articles on my laptop, I don’t doubt I would have harbored a sense that I had, in some vague way, wasted those same 90 minutes.

of my prejudice was vindicated when the esteemed journal Psychological Science published a joint Princeton/ UCLA study which found that students who took long-

… [I]n the timescale of the iPhone age, society is only about six years old … .”

In that particular case, reason tells me that my differing reactions must be born of mere empty prejudice, perhaps a residual neural pathway from those bygone days of being told that TV was bad. Yet there are other times when I think I’m onto something. For years I’ve taken class notes by hand, driven by the general prejudice that not-screen is better than screen. In 2014, however, that particular manifestation

hand paper-and-ink notes retained complex conceptual information better in the long-term than students who typed, even in the absence of any digitally-enabled multitasking. Something about the screen medium itself, independent of what it was used for, was producing inferior results. Communication is another realm where I think I’m vindicated in my anti-tech biases. Say you had a rela-

tive who you hadn’t heard a word from in five years. One day, you get word from him, giving you an update on his status, saying that he’ll be in your area soon and wants to meet up. I suspect you’d find the exact same words far more meaningful if they came through your mail slot, handwritten and stamped, than if they popped up in your inbox amid listserv clutter and weekly notifications from Career Services. I don’t claim to know precisely why that is, but I don’t think I’m wrong. I don’t really have a strong, writing-seminar-type justificatory proposition about the inherent viciousness of technology to plug here, other than to say that I retain a vague sense — which I suspect others share, and which merits broad consideration — that the tech-as-candy simile which governed my upbringing wasn’t far off the

ALEC WARD mark. As such, when I see a room full of friends staring zombie-like into their various screens, I can take some solace in the thought (hope?) that, in the timescale of the iPhone age, society is still only about six years old, and that we may yet grow out of our single-minded craving for empty sweets.

ALEC WARD is a College junior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@sas. upenn.edu.

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s a sophomore studying computer science, I am not the first person to acknowledge that the coursework of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is difficult. The computer science class I took first semester last year pushed me more than any class I have ever taken. On too many regrettable nights, I have found myself in the engineering quad past midnight. While I personally have yet to pull an all-nighter, I have friends who have done so multiple times in one week. Engineers have a strong academic reputation, in part shaped by the sleepless, overworked culture we create for ourselves. Simply having the title of “engineer” seems to automatically earn the perceived respect of being someone hardworking, inventive, persistent and exceptionally intelligent. When I tell someone outside of the Engineering School I am studying computer science, almost

GUEST COLUMN BY ALLISON SCHWARTZ instantly their eyes brighten up. “Wow, you must be really smart,” they say, without knowledge of my grades and

what interests me. I receive comments like the previous one almost every time I introduce myself to

H e a r i n g a wo m a n u n d e r m i n e h e r own potential does not make me feel complimented, but sad. Even worse I often get comments questioning my own aptitude and capabilities..” implying that whatever work they are pursuing themselves does not also instantly equate with “being smart.” Being an engineer by no means makes me — or anyone else — “smarter” than our peers in other undergraduate schools. Getting up at 5 a.m. for clinicals, dissecting sheep hearts, writing 12-page papers regularly — the assignments my peers do amaze me. I am choosing an engineering curriculum not because it is something I think I am gifted enough for, but because it is

another student. I understand they are intended as compliments, but over time I have wondered about what the subtext might insinuate. Why are my friends who are English majors and Nursing students not greeted with the same deserved praises? Why is there often a surprised tone? What makes me, a female engineer, receive these comments more frequently than my male peers do? Lastly, why do these comments mostly come from other women? We are most impressed

by what we think we cannot achieve ourselves. Too many times has a female told me, “I could never be an engineer; my brain doesn’t think like that.” Hearing a woman undermine her own potential does not make me feel complimented, but sad. Even worse, I often get comments questioning my own aptitude and capabilities. After telling a friend I am taking multiple computer science courses next semester, she exclaimed to me, “Why would you ever put yourself through that?” This dialogue is a direct reflection of the still-present lack of confidence in women to pursue STEM and of the consistent portrayal of engineers as “brogrammer” men. Kate Miller, a senior studying computer science and the former president of Penn’s chapter of SWE, Society of Women Engineers, explains, “There are limited role models or templates for the path women might take. Young men and women unconsciously emulate the people

who look like them on TV, in movies, etc., which is why representation of women is such a big deal in fixing the STEM talent pipeline.” Too often, I catch myself nodding along to the difficulties other women bring up, confirming to them my rigorous curriculum and persistent stress and, in turn, unconsciously dissuading both them and myself from pursuing our interests, no matter how difficult. Constantly being reminded of strenuous schoolwork is dispiriting. This reflects in the numbers. Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science ranks in the top three undergraduate CS departments in the country; yet women tend to leave the program at twice the rate of men. A study at Stanford also found that, “women engineering students perform as well as men, but are more likely than men to switch to a different major. These women switch because they don’t believe that their skills are good enough and they don’t

feel like they fit in engineering.” Of course, more variables are at play than simply our dialogue. Elementary education, greater media representation, lack of female role models and direct discrimination are all large contributors to the gender gap in STEM fields. Still, we should adapt our conversation to focus less on what is challenging and more on making these fields accessible to all. Let’s subvert false expectations that women need superpowers or a bigger brain to study STEM because men are naturally better at technical sciences than women are. Let’s find other ways to compliment each other and acknowledge that every major is strenuous and worthwhile in its own way.

ALLISON SCHWARTZ is an Engineering sophomore from Penn Valley, Pa. Her email address is allsch@seas. upenn.edu.

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Free Microsoft Office eases freshmen finances The change follows work by the UA and administration CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor

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When College senior Yessenia Moreno arrived at Penn in 2012, she stopped by Penn’s Computer Connection to buy a new laptop. To her disappointment, the University did not provide Microsoft Office — a tool that is indispensable for succeeding in almost any class at Penn. As a low-income student, she received financial aid, but her package did not cover the approximately $100 cost of Microsoft Office. The software provided an added burden to the already high expenses of any student’s first few months of college. But by her sophomore year, Moreno had joined the Undergraduate Assembly, where she

served on the Academic Affairs committee. In September of 2013, she introduced a proposal for a project — to make Microsoft Office free to all Penn undergraduates. “It was something that caught my eye that was really important,” she said. “It’s something that I feel as Penn students we take for granted, but we use it all the time.” Although some schools and classes provide subsidized or free technology for students — for example, Wharton students enjoy the benefit of free printing — Moreno said that none of the schools provided Microsoft Office for free when she introduced the initiative. “It’s a very important thing to have,” she said. “It’s one less thing to worry about, one less thing to pay.” Thanks to Moreno’s work, the Class of 2019 will not have to pay

for Microsoft Office — all Penn students can acquire the software free through Campus Express. College sophomore Nathaniel Rome, a current member of the Academic Affairs committee, said the UA was proud to have completed its project. “This is a change that the Academic Affairs Committee has lobbied for in the past,” he said in an email. “We are pleased to see that that the administration is addressing this student need and we look forward to another productive year, working with the administration to improve the quality of life and education on campus.” Office 365, the newest version of Microsoft software, was made available through an agreement between Penn and Microsoft, and includes cloud-based email, calendaring and the full Microsoft Office suite of applications

— Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. While students like Moreno have pushed the University to provide Microsoft Office to students, Jaron Rhodes, the Director of Communications at Penn Information Systems and Computing, explained that the project has been a priority for the administration as well. “The University has fostered a long-standing desire to provide Microsoft Office products to our students at no cost,” he said in an email. “PennO365 represents a major collaboration success that will ultimately benefit students and the entire University.” Moreno believes that this year’s freshmen will benefit most from the now-free software. “Particularly for the incoming class, it’s really cool,” she said. “It’s really exciting, and they’re really lucky.”

Dean of the School of Dental Medicine reappointed to six more years Dean Denis Kinane has held the post since 2009 CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor

This summer, Penn announced the reappointment of Denis Kinane as dean of the School of Dental Medicine. Kinane, who was first appointed in 2009, will serve until June 30, 2021. Kinane’s first term was marked by many changes, including the renovation of the Dental School’s facilities and the strategic recruitment of top faculty. “Right now, and what we will be doing going into the next phase of my appointment, is [to] complete the Evans building,” Kinane said. “We’re also looking to enhance the students’ experience by improving and increasing the number and quality of clinical faculty.” While Kinane will serve as dean for six more years in a familiar post, his reappointment follows six new dean searches at Penn over the past two years. The University appointed new deans for the School of Nursing, Graduate School of Education, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Penn Law School, the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy & Practice. Kinane believes that it is

important to pour tailored multi-degree prothe best resources grams — allowing students into giving students to earn dental and medical hands-on learning degrees or dental and law deexperience. Although grees in a more streamlined roughly 80 percent fashion. of students choose to “With an ambitious continue their educavision and through a series tion beyond their four of bold moves, the dean has Dean of School of years at the Dental realized significant change Dental Medicine School and specialize in virtually every aspect in a particular field, of the School’s programs some move directly to practicing and operations,” Penn President dentistry. Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent “We have to give you the best Price said in a joint statement. “Penn possible experiences and best Dental today — its stature, scholarpossible simulators and the best ship, clinics, finances and facilities possible methodologies, so we — is considerably stronger and better can teach you in an environment positioned than it was just six years where you will also be able to ago.” work with patients,” he said. “It’s a So far, Kinane’s impact has exbig task that we undertake.” tended beyond introducing academic Kinane has also focused on initiatives and revamping school implementing efficient use of re- facilities — he has engaged with sources during his time as dean, Dental School students on a personal, a step he says helps to reduce stu- individual level. dent tuition, as well as adapting Lamarr Holland, who gradutraditional teaching models to re- ated from the School of Dental flect the reality of the digital and Medicine in 2014, recalled a social media age. time when he and his friends “At the end of those four years, were studying in the library, and you will be a skilled physician,” Kinane engaged them in conversahe said. “And that is quite some- tion, asking them what they liked thing.” and didn’t like about their curricuOver the next six years, Kinane lum. hopes to recruit more star faculty and “He’s the kind of guy who likes complete the building renovations. to joke around,” Holland said. “He He also plans to work closely with was very personable and relatthe other graduate schools to create able.”

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Trump flaunts Wharton, but college years remain a mystery Classmates remember him as “low-key,” if at all DAN SPINELLI Senior Reporter

Whenever his intellectual credibility is questioned or mocked, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is quick to remind everyone where he attended college. “I went to the Wharton School of Finance,” he said multiple times in a July 11 speech in Phoenix, Ariz. “I’m, like, a really smart person.” Trump transferred into Wharton’s undergraduate program — then known as the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce — after spending two years at Fordham University in New York. He graduated in 1968 and has embraced the school’s card-carrying prestige ever since. In an Aug. 16 television

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successful.” “They know it’s a great business school,” Trump replied. Despite Trump’s repeated mention of Wharton, his own classmates hardly remember him, and he even describes the school’s high-flung reputation as overwrought in his 1986 book, “Trump: The Art of the Deal.”

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“In my opinion, that [Wharton] degree doesn’t prove very much, but a lot of people I do business with take it very seriously, and it’s considered very prestigious,” Trump wrote. He added, “It didn’t take long to realize that there was nothing particularly awesome or exceptional about my classmates, and that I could compete with them just fine.” During Trump’s rise to the top of the real estate development world, various news publications exaggerated his academic achievements at Wharton, according to a 2011 Salon magazine article. Reports of Trump’s grades at Wharton vary. The New York Times reported in 1973 and 1976 that he graduated first in his class. But in a 1985 biography of Trump, Jerome Tuccille wrote that he was not an honor student and “spent a lot of time on outside business activities.” Another biographer, Gwenda Blair, wrote in 2001 that Trump was admitted to Wharton on a special favor from a “friendly” admissions officer. The officer had known Trump’s older brother, Freddy. Trump’s classmates doubt that the real estate mogul was an academic powerhouse. “He was not in any kind of leadership. I certainly doubt he was the smartest guy in the class,” said Steve Perelman, a 1968 Wharton classmate and a former Daily Pennsylvanian news editor. Some classmates speculated that Trump skipped class, others that he commuted to New York on weekends. “Four years — including lots of required classes — is a long time never to hear of a classmate, especially with such a distinctive name,” wrote 1968 Wharton graduate Larry Krohn, another one of Trump’s classmates, in an email. In a manner hardly consistent with his outsized personality, college-aged Donald Trump was barely seen around campus on weekends, remained uninvolved in most campus activities and his

picture was even absent from the yearbook. While there’s no lack of Trump hotels, casinos and golf courses, no building on Penn’s campus bears his name. Though he only attended Penn for two years and was not especially active on campus, Wharton’s alumni magazine named him one of their “125 Most Influential People” in 2007. A Wharton spokesperson said that the leadership of the alumni office and magazine have turned over since the publication of the article, and declined to comment further on Trump. Penn has declined comment to multiple news sources on the topic of Trump’s presidency and attendance at the University. Another classmate, who did not wish to be identified, speculated that Trump might not have interacted much with his class at Wharton because his late transfer required him to take the core courses that many of his classmates had taken as freshmen and sophomores.

He was very self effacing — he never talked about himself. ” - Ted Sachs 1968 Wharton graduate

Other students disputed this notion, pointing out that Trump still completed the curriculum in two years — meaning at least some of his credits from Fordham had to transfer over. Of the 13 classmates who spoke with the Daily Pennsylvanian, only one remembers seeing Trump at all on campus. That student, 1968 Wharton graduate Ted Sachs, remembered a far different Trump than “The Donald” of today. “I liked him. I thought he was a really nice low-key guy,” Sachs said. “He was very self effacing — he never talked about himself.” Sachs, retired from a finance and consulting career and now

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Penn no longer requires the essay portion of standardized tests TIFFANY YAU Staff Reporter

Even students who have already been accepted to Penn believe its new standardized testing requirements are in applicants’ best interests. Penn’s Admissions Office recently altered its standardized testing policy, removing the required submission of the essay portion of ACT and SAT scores. Most students and experts consider it a good change — it takes out the subjectivity of grading an essay and is more accessible to international and English as a Second Language students. College freshman Chris Denq

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said that eliminating the essay requirement will direct students’ concentration more towards other sections and subjects of standardized tests. “You can definitely study a lot better,” he said. International students also see benefits to the change. “Considering that the SAT is a standardized way for testing people from different countries, it makes sense that you’re taking the essay requirement away because it can be very subjective,” said College junior Isabella Rahm, who is Swedish but graduated from high school in New Delhi. The University cited increased accessibility to underrepresented students as a reason for eliminating the essay portion of the SAT. In a press release, Senior Associate Director for Research and Analysis John McLaughlin said that the new

policy will allow more first-generation, Latino and black applicants to meet testing requirements. “We aim to make a Penn education accessible to the world’s most promising and impactful young scholars,” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said. Early decision applicants for the Class of 2020 expressed relief at not having to worry about the writing section. “I think it makes the application a lot more approachable,” Palos Verdes Peninsula High School senior Leea Joo said. “A big load of weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.” Van Nuys High School senior Joe Lee agreed, also expressing concern of standardized tests’ ability to judge students’ capabilities. “I’m glad this policy was

changed, but personally, I feel that the SAT is a misrepresentation of what a student can offer,” he said. “I think extracurriculars are very important and really demonstrate who a student is.” Brian Taylor, director of New York-based college consulting firm Ivy Coach, does not believe the change will positively benefit economically disadvantaged students, suggesting that with or without the essay, they have the same level of potential to do well on the exam. “How does it make it more fair [economically]? It doesn’t. They’re still requiring other sections,” he said. ”[The essay] definitely is one of the more coachable sections of the SAT. You can go in there with a prompt, what you’re going to write about, and no matter what that prompt is, you can write about that

overseeing the Google toolbar, Pichai went on to lead the development of Google’s web browser, Google Chrome. He was then promoted to vice president and then senior vice president and headed key sections of the company including Gmail, Google Docs and Android. In light of his rapid success, Pichai’s reputation as a kind, quietly confident leader has followed him from Penn to the top of the corporate ladder. Parth Chopra, a Wharton and Engineering sophomore who interned at Google this summer, said

Pichai carries a very positive reputation at Google. “He’s really popular within Google — I was only there for 12 weeks — but everyone I know really liked him and really respected him,” he said. “I heard he also brings a different way of

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complete [the essay], it will not be the same as the type of writing that you would have if you had unlimited time to write a personal statement,” he explained. “The fact is that admission officers often didn’t compare the two samples. There wasn’t as much value as what people thought there would be.” Taylor added that illegible penmanship served as another setback. “It is very hard to decipher high school handwriting,” he said. With college application season fast approaching, the effect of the new testing requirements on Penn’s incoming class will not be clear until decisions are released. “It’s a change that should be seen in the long term. It would be difficult to measure its effectiveness in a year from now,” Rahm said.

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Safety alerts not sent to students during summertime Temple and Drexel send alerts to students even if they’re away from campus for the summer

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Though other Philadelphia universities send students safety alerts over the summer, Penn does not. After a shooting over the Fourth of July weekend near Kings Court English College House, various students reported not receiving a UPenn Alert about the incident, though some faculty and staff members did. The Division of Public Safety said the decision to not enroll students in the summer alert system stemmed from technological issues as well as concerns of bothering students away for the summer with late-night messages. Drexel University, whose policing

patrol zone overlaps with Penn’s, does not allow students to opt out of receiving summer alerts, according to its Public Safety website. Temple University also sends safety alerts to at least some students during the summer months, including to those away from campus. “Communication via the DrexelALERT system is a critical component of Drexel’s emergency notification strategy,” the website states. “If you are a student, faculty or staff member, messages from DrexelALERT to your Drexel e-mail account and voice messages to all Drexel landline phones will be automatic.” Drexel, which operates under a quarter system for scheduling, sent out two safety alerts since the beginning of the summer. Penn also sent two alerts — one for the Fourth of July shooting, and another for a daytime snatch-and-grab. Vice President for Public Safety

Maureen Rush said she did not feel any pressure to adjust Penn’s alert system because of Drexel’s policy. “We’re not Drexel,” she said. “It’s an individual decision of each university.” When UPenn Alerts were first set up in 2007, all members of the Penn community — including faculty, staff and students — received the safety messages, according to Rush. But DPS received complaints during the summer from some students upset about receiving alerts when they weren’t on campus. “We were met with a number of unhappy students who were in Japan, Los Angeles … etc saying, ‘I don’t need to get this [alert],’ “ Rush said. Complaining students couldn’t just opt out of receiving alerts, Rush said, because the technology DPS uses to send UPenn Alerts was not equipped to allow them to voluntarily unsubscribe.

“We have to weigh the needs of the communities in various ways,” Rush said. “If I’m causing you distress because you’re waking up in California [from receiving an alert] and have a medical condition, I could be causing you harm.” Since that summer, DPS cut most students off of the list of people receiving alerts. “We stopped sending them to students, except for RAs, GAs, or students involved in summer camps,” Rush said. Work-study students and other campus employees should receive the alerts as well, but Rush said there is not a comprehensive list of these groups for DPS to include, unlike the readily accessible records of College House staff. “Databases don’t all speak to each other,” Rush said of the varying groups of summer workers, researchers and students living offcampus. And the system is often tedious

for administrators to use. “We were putting [names of RAs and GAs] in one by one by hand,” Rush said. The UPenn Alert system has undergone some policy adjustments in its short history. Faculty members were allowed to opt out of receiving alerts this year after negotiations between DPS and the Faculty Senate. “We were able to develop that system through our vendor and ISC (Information Systems and Computing),” Rush said. Even though the technology lets faculty opt out of receiving alerts, it doesn’t allow students to do the same. “[The names] come from different databases,” she said. “Students come from Penn InTouch whereas faculty and staff come under the payroll system.” It was unclear why work-study students, who are on the University’s payroll, could not have been included as well.

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DPS would like to automatically enroll students next summer with the option of them opting out of the system. “We are entertaining the option of doing that for students next summer,” Rush said. “We’ll give you the opportunity to stay in — you wouldn’t have to do anything.” Rush emphasized that, while UPenn Alerts are a valuable safety tool, they are not the “end-all” of safety on and around campus. “It’s important not to make the UPenn Alert the only thing to protect the students,” she said. “The thing that protects students is people.” She pointed out that if students had wandered near the crime scene over the Fourth of July weekend, police would have directed them to leave the area anyway. “[It’s the] totality of the public safety program that keeps people safe,” she said. “Not one solution fits all.”

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Penn Museum leads efforts to protect historical landmarks threatened by violence in Syria LAVI BEN DOR Staff Reporter

The Syrian Civil War, which has devastated the nation since 2011, has not only exacted a heavy toll on the nation’s people, but also on the archives of its rich culture and history. Cultural heritage sites such as historic cities, museums and archeological excavations, many of which are hundreds if not thousands of years old, have often been caught in the crossfire of the violence that has swept the nation or even been specifically targeted by various factions. Many have suffered significant damage, which is why the Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center has been leading efforts to protect and document these historic landmarks. The center has operated the Safeguarding the Heritage of Syria and Iraq Project since 2013, aiming to prevent future destruction to cultural sites in the region and enable local communities to repair and preserve damaged historic buildings. “We really wanted to take some action, to do something that wasn’t just talking about the damage, it wasn’t just crying over spilled milk but rather was going and moving in the forward direction,” Penn Cultural Heritage Center fellow Katharyn Hanson said. “A lot of folks don’t think that action

can take place on the ground while the conflict is going on, and much of the work going on that the Penn Cultural Heritage Center is involved in is really proving that action can take place,” she said. “You can work with invested, brave local colleagues on the ground and get them the materials they need to move forward and make projects take place and make sure that heritage is protected and documented,” she added. Last summer, the center worked with the Smithsonian Institution to put together a workshop entitled “Emergency Care for Syrian Museum Collections” for Syrian citizens dedicated to protecting these sites. The program served to enable the participants to effectively protect valuable museum possessions from potential looting and destruction. “While it is very difficult for international heritage organizations to travel into Syria today, there are a number of Syrians who regularly risk their lives to protect their cultural heritage,” said Penn Cultural Heritage Center Director of Research and Programs Brian Daniels, according to a press release. “This workshop and other efforts going forward are designed to support these individuals and their efforts.” The work and planning done at the workshop enabled Syrian volunteers and experts to complete the preservation of the Ma’arra Mosaic Museum in March 2015, a project organized by a consortium of international groups including the Penn Cultural Heritage

Center and the Smithsonian. The effort involved reinforcing and protecting the mosaics in the building, which date back to the third through sixth centuries, and repairing the damage done to the building, according to a Penn Museum press release. “We’ve seen how the invaluable cultural heritage of Syria has fallen prey to destruction by heavy artillery, targeted explosive attacks and looting as never before,” said Syrian archaeologist and Penn Cultural Heritage Center consulting scholar Salam Al-Kuntar, according to the press release. “We all know that what a group of dedicated Syrians have done is a small but meaningful act and a courageous act, taking difficult steps during wartime to preserve Syrian history for future generations. Let us hope that this will be the first of many more concrete efforts of preservation.” Hanson said the work on the Ma’arra Mosaic Museum took place as a result of its representatives asking for assistance while at the workshop, adding that the Penn Cultural Heritage Center only takes on projects that local communities request. “One of the important things about doing community work and working with colleagues in countries where you are coming in as an outsider is making sure that the projects that you’re doing are wanted by the community, and you’re working not as someone coming in with answers but working in connection with the community,” Hanson said. The Penn Cultural Heritage

Center’s efforts have also included a research component. Thanks to grants received from the National Science Foundation last year, the center, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been building a database of the damage done to historical sites across the region. Combining ground reports, information from databases and geospatial data to identify and record structures that have sustained damage, the effort has located over 1,200 sites so far, according to the Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s website. “This is really important as we move forward not just for the research angle of it: why does this happen? How does stuff get damaged during conflict? but also [for] the potential [use] when we think about documenting things in advance of war crimes prosecution,” Hanson said. Hanson said that she hopes that the center’s efforts are able to empower communities in the region to protect valuable, culturally significant sites and artifacts from the destruction that the conflict has caused. “I hope that the impact is that we are able to help facilitate projects and work that our colleagues coming from the ground would want to have happen and we’re able to in some way both have these projects go forward to better protect sites and to document sites and also that we’re able to conduct research that will allow us to better respond to these situations in the future,” she said.

Penn has announced that it will suspend classes and normal university operations on Friday, Sept. 25, the day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive in Philadelphia for a two-day visit. The news marks a change of plans — as of late June, the University had planned to remain open that day. Penn joins Rutgers University-Camden, Drexel University and the Community College of Philadelphia in canceling classes on Sept. 25. The schools say the logistical difficulties of the papal visit would make it difficult to operate as usual. Public transportation that weekend will be running on an adjusted schedule with limited stops, and traffic restrictions will be placed around a portion of the city that includes West Philadelphia. During the visit, vehicles will not be allowed to enter the restricted zone, and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, the Vine Street Expressway, and parts of the Schuylkill Expressway will be closed. Penn notified its faculty and staff of the change in an email Thursday, citing “anticipated logistical and transportation issues” as reasons for the suspension. However, some staff, including public safety, dining services and facilities employees, will still report to work, according to the notification. Penn has announced that it will suspend classes and normal university operations on Friday, Sept. 25, the day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive in Philadelphia for a two-day visit. The news marks a change of plans — as of late June, the University had planned to remain open that day. Penn joins Rutgers University-Camden, Drexel University and the Community College of Philadelphia in canceling classes on Sept. 25. The schools say the logistical difficulties of the papal visit would make it difficult to operate as usual. Price and Carnaroli added that “the health system will avoid scheduling elective procedures at any of its downtown facilities between Friday, September 25 and Monday, September 28” and encouraged Penn employees who wished to make plans around the World Meeting of Families to obtain approval from their supervisors. Pope Francis, who will visit the Festival of Families on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and hold mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul while he is here, is expected to draw at least 1.5 million people to Philadelphia.

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Thousands mourn Beau Biden’s death President Obama was among those who eulogized the Penn alum JESS MCDOWELL Staff Reporter

Thousands gathered at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. for the funeral of 1991 College graduate Joseph R. “Beau” Biden last Saturday. Biden, who was the former Attorney General of Delaware, died on May 30 after a long battle with brain cancer. “The reaction has been universal,” said Reverend Leo J. O’Donovan, president emeritus of Georgetown University, who spoke at the service. “Whether you were a friend of Beau Biden’s

or knew him only from the press, how sad. How very very sad.” The church had room only for those personally invited by the Biden family. Guests included dozens of foreign dignitaries, several senators and state representatives, Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Obama family. Hundreds more gathered in local gymnasiums and cafeterias nearby, where the service was streamed on TV monitors. Four eulogies were delivered, including one from U.S. President Barack Obama. “Beau Biden was an original,” Obama said. He described the “cruel twist of fate,” — a 1972 car accident that killed Biden’s biological mother and little sister — that forced Biden to “ask God

for broader shoulders.” Obama also joked that Biden took after his father, Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, following a career in politics and even choosing the same law school. “He even looked like Joe, though Joe would be the first to admit that Beau was an upgrade. Joe two-point-oh,” Obama joked. Obama acknowledged Biden’s political accomplishments as Attorney General, which included protecting women and children in Delaware from domestic violence and sexual assault. Biden ended his second term as Attorney General in January and had announced that he intended to run for Governor of the state. “He accomplished in 46 years what most of us couldn’t do in

146,” Obama said. “The world noticed, they felt it — his presence was felt. And isn’t that the whole point of our time here?” Obama’s 25-minute-long eulogy was followed by Biden’s half-sister and 2010 School of Social Policy and Practice graduate Ashley Biden. Ashley described her life as “a collage of memories and moments [of Beau] — Beau was a constant presence in my life.” Ashley described memories of visiting her older brother while he was a student at Penn “even though the most unpopular thing to do was invite your 8-year-old kid sister to spend the night in your college apartment.” “I hung around Beau-y so much that his friends nicknamed me ‘flea’,” she laughed.

Though Ashley described many of her own memories of her bond with her brother, including taking him to his chemotherapy appointments, she remembered most his relationship with his brother, Hunter. “Hunter was the wind beneath Beau’s wings,” she said. Immediately following Ashley, Hunter gave the final eulogy. In his speech, he described his first memory as lying in a hospital bed at age three — a refearence to the same car accident that took the lives of their mother and sister, with Beau standing over him, holding his hand and saying “I love you, I love you.” “In the 42 years since, he never stopped holding my hand. Throughout his career, he held so many hands,” Hunter said. “Beau’s

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The Boston Celtics announced this week that former Penn men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen will join the team in an assistant coaching role. It will be the first NBA coaching experience for Allen, who will support third-year Boston coach Brad Stevens as the Celtics look to improve on last season’s 40-42 record, which was good for the seventh seed in a weak Eastern Conference.

“For me, it’s a blessing,” Allen told the Boston Globe. “Brad had enough confidence in me to feel like I can add value. I am eager. I’m excited. I’m just looking forward to everything.” Allen and Stevens have been friends for years, dating back to Stevens’ tenure at Butler University. When the Celtics were in Philadelphia to take on the 76ers last season, Allen helped facilitate a pregame shootaround at the historic Palestra for the NBA squad. Allen’s tenure at Penn ended in rather disappointing fashion this spring, when the Quakers and their former star player agreed to part ways after a frustrating

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season in which the Quakers finished last in the Ivy League with a 4-10 conference record, part of a 9-19 overall mark. Over parts of six seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, Allen amassed a 65-104 record, featuring just one winning campaign, in 2011-12. Despite his generally disappointing coaching tenure, Allen is still grateful for the opportunities offered to him by Penn. “I tried to look at it like I left [the Penn program] better than I found it,” Allen told the Globe. “When the door closed, I tried to ILANA WURMAN | DP FILE PHOTO keep a positive attitude. My time was up [there]. What can I com- After being fired from his position as Penn basketball head coach, Jerome Allen will join the Boston Celtics in his first NBA stint. plain about?”

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What it costs to be a food truck at Penn Truck owners discuss legal and financial aspects of food truck business LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

On 40th and Locust streets Sadik Karakulak leans over the front window of his food truck and hands a fresh order of falafel to his third customer in the last ten minutes. He removes his gloves, checks his phone and returns to the front of the truck. “You were asking about my biggest challenge, right? For me, it’s managing my two businesses,” says the Turkish owner of Troy Food Truck, which serves Mediterranean food on campus. Karakulak also manages a Mexican food cart at 38th and Spruce streets. For Karakulak, getting his two businesses off the ground was an even bigger challenge that entailed capital investments, countless permits and, most importantly, patience. Not anyone can pull up a truck and sell their cuisine at Penn. To be a mobile food vendor at University City, prospective food truck operators have to apply for a location permit through the Philadelphia government. Food truckers are put on a waiting list and are notified when designated spots open up around campus. That notification can take time. “I waited over two years for this spot, but now the waiting list is even longer,” Karakulak says, who has been serving gyros and falafels to Penn students and faculty for almost four years now. Karakulak’s two year wait was well worth it since it guaranteed him one of only two spots on 40th Street between Spruce and Walnut streets. Once a food truck gets a location permit in University City, it can maintain its spot by paying an annual renewal fee. For Troy, that means paying a yearly $3,500 for its sought-after location. To avoid paying such a hefty fee, some owners decide to do

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business on food carts rather than food trucks. Food carts are usually smaller, cheaper to buy, pay lower fees for location permits and are easily towed by a motorized vehicle. “I started with a food cart because it requires less money to start off. When you start you don’t have a lot to invest with. I started with this and am comfortable like this,” says Leo Saavedra, owner of Tacos Don Memo at 38th Street between Spruce and Locust streets. The limited amount of designated spots on campus coupled with a growing food truck industry has made the waiting list longer and more competitive. Saavedra explained how it took him only three months to get a location permit on 38th and Sansom streets seven years ago. However, two years ago when he decided to apply for his current spot, he was on the waiting list for over a year and a half. As if investing in a food cart or truck, and waiting years on a location permit isn’t enough, mobile food vendors have to wade through a bureaucracy of city license applications before starting business. A Unit Plan Review, a Food Safety Certification, a Commercial Activity License and a Vendor Motor Vehicle License are just some of the many licenses that vendors have to apply and pay for before starting their businesses. This process involves going to multiple city offices, waiting months for responses and paying hundreds of dollars in fees. “It’s definitely a costly endeavor. Your truck has to pass inspection, your registration, your insurance. None of this is cheap. There are a lot of costs that go into this before you sell a single entree ,” President of the Philly Mobile Food Association Rob Mitchell said. The PMFA has been at the forefront of some recent triumphs for the food tr uck industry in City Council. One frustrating obstacle for any reform to take place was the fact that there wasn’t a distinct definition for food trucks and carts.

Instead, they were grouped into the city’s antiquated definition of a “street vendor,” which includes “wagons,” “handcarts” and “hawkers” among other archaic descriptions. This all changed on May 5 when Mayor Nutter signed Bill 150056 into law, which defined food trucks and carts as “mobile food vendors.” “The most important part of this law is that it validated us. By giving us our own definition, it recognized us as a legitimate thriving industry in the city,” Mitchell said, who worked with the City Council to get the bill passed. The bill didn’t stop at a technical definition. It also made changes to the city’s restrictive zone permit regulations. The ordinance now allows mobile food vendors to legally operate in private lots. This update is a significant win for the industry, given that food trucks are prohibited on virtually any street in Center City and food carts are only permitted on some sidewalks. Operating in privately owned lots provides an opportunity for vendors to gain access to the more restricted areas of the city by setting up contracts with property owners. The new ordinance might provide a channel for prospective food trucks to bypass the long waiting list for a location permit in University City by dealing directly with lot owners in the surrounding areas. For now, however, Karakulak and Saavedra are more focused on getting by the slow summer months at Penn. Both indicated that their sales dramatically decrease by more than 50 percent while the University is not in session. It’s an expected loss that they account for and more than make up for with sales during the academic year. The Troy Food Truck owner is not worried. “Business slows down so I’ll probably go on vacation, too. We know these times are slow so it gives me time to relax a bit,” he says before returning to the back of his truck to serve another customer.

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AirPennNet is watching: What Penn can see One former ITA spills what info Penn looks at, and what they don’t LUIS FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

From the quiet study lounges in Huntsman Hall to the closetlike bathrooms in Van Pelt Library to the air conditionerless rooms of Hill College House, AirPennNet is a constant presence on Penn’s campus. Students connect their computers and mobile devices to the University’s far-reaching Wi-Fi network for academic, personal and sometimes questionable purposes. It is rather easy to configure AirPennNet for personal electronic devices and have them connect by default every time they turn on. With AirPenn Net’s prevalence, it is easy for students to overlook the University’s policies they are adhering to by using Penn’s online network. Penn’s Information Systems & Computing staff operates AirPennNet. Last month, the network’s infrastructure consists of 4,000 wireless access points that suppor ted over 34,000 distinct users transfer 406 terabytes of data in a recent peak month, according to ISC leadership in an email. ISC keeps operational logs when systems connect to Penn networks, including the device’s IP address and PennKey username if available, among other key identifiers. What does this mean for students’ privacy? “If the site [visited] uses ‘http,’ Penn will have access to the name of the site they visited, which pages they visited, [and] the content from that site, but it is my understanding that the actual content of the page is not recorded anywhere by default,” said a Penn student and former Internet Technology Advisor. The student was not comfortable discussing the internal activities of ITAs for

attribution. He added, “I believe that only the metadata [is recorded], like which address it was connected to, and which computer made the request is logged, but not the content of the website itself.” Although ISC does not routinely monitor the content of Penn’s Internet traffic, it can do so under certain conditions. “We do not examine the content of Penn’s Internet traffic unless it is in the specific context of investigating an active incident — such as may affect the integrity of the campus network or a suspected violation of law — responding to a valid legal request, or to an emergency,” ISC leadership said. These exceptions are stipulated in Penn’s Policy on Privacy in the Electronic Environment. According to ISC, “such events are infrequent.” If the University does have justifiable grounds to check a student’s Internet activity, e-mails can be scrutinized. According to the former ITA, content sent under Penn-provided e-mail accounts would be readily available for investigators. Content sent from personal e-mail accounts would be more inaccessible. “For non-affiliated emails, these ser vices usually use “https,” so the content of the messages isn’t going to be visible to anyone at ISC even if they tried,” said the former ITA. One of ISC’s roles is to intervene when a student on Penn’s network is downloading or sharing copyrighted material, such as movies or music, in an illegal manner. Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act , ISC is required to notify a user about suspected copyright infringement if it receives a takedown notice from a copyright holder, such as a movie studio or record label. “It’s not like you go to download a movie and ISC is immediately alerted because they’re running some monitoring software,” said the former

ITA. “No, ISC doesn’t do that from what I understand. It would only be if they’re notified by someone else.” A student is subject to disciplinary action by the Office of Student Conduct if multiple takedown notices are received. As reported by The Daily Pennsylvanian in May 2012, sanctions against students have included paying fines, performing certain hours of community service and the threat of a notation in their academic records. “The allegations and the enforcement are being driven by the copyr ight holders, and not by Penn,” said ISC leadership. “The number of takedown notices and/or subpoenas we receive is considered

confidential.” A com mon m isconc ep tion among students is that torrenting or peer-to-peer filesharing is illegal and prohibited by Penn. “Torrenting by itself is just a technology to speed up the downloading of large files. It’s when you torrent content that is copyrighted that you run into issues,” said the source. The former ITA also noted that when it comes to streaming copyrighted material through websites, students do not face much of a risk. “So I know there are some websites, for example, that offer TV shows for free through various means that are not necessarily legal. The chances of

that affecting someone who has viewed them are very slim. Typically the copyright holder is more concerned with the website itself than people who have watched the content,” said the former ITA. T he for mer ITA den ied any notion that ISC has any malicious intent in handling students’ data and expressed confidence in AirPennNet’s security. According to ISC leadership, user activity in the network is encrypted using industry-standard practice. “It means that if someone is sitting next to you or in the room across and they’re trying to wirelessly look through your data, they won’t be successful. It’s the strongest type

of security that’s offered currently,” said the source. In fact, one of ISC’s main objectives is to maintain the network security by proactively monitoring for viruses and malicious activity on the network’s devices. When disruptive activity is detected by ISC, it follows a protocol in which ITAs and other Penn staff sit down with students to assess and clear any damaging software from their devices. “Their motivation behind it is not to get anyone in trouble,” said the ITA. “They do it all to protect the student and protect their own network, specially in cases of malware that could spread across the network and infect a lot of machines.”

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Guest Column: Reflection on rowing for Greg Myhr Guest Column by: DAREN FRANKEL

To the unknowing passersby, the wet heat and high pitched buzzing emanating from the stairwell was indicative of a boiler room on overdrive. It was the dead of winter, so who would think twice about the equipment working hard to heat the many courts and locker rooms where Penn athletes trained. On a typical weekday morning, our bodies would raise the temperature in the concrete basement of the Hutchinson Gymnasium from a breezy 64 F to the upper 80s and above. This was our home. And our hell. It was everything we wanted and everything we despised. This is where we trained, often twice a day, pushing our minds and our bodies to the brink of failure all for the upcoming spring season. Penn had a rough few years, going from one of the top crews in the country to barely managing to stay afloat. Greg Myhr had stepped up to the challenge of rebuilding a program that once churned out greatness. And that is what he spent his short tenure doing.

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By the time we were upperclassmen, we, the class of 2013, knew we weren’t going to be another one of those historic Penn crews that won race after race and took the national championship by storm; although we certainly wished we were. At the

very least we wanted some credit for our work. To be remembered by future generations of Penn oarsmen for bringing our program from the depths into the shallows so that they might scratch the surface and reach the medal stand.

To the unknowing passersby, the wet heat and high pitched buzzing emanating from the stairwell was indicative of a boiler room on overdrive. It was the dead of winter, so who would think twice about the equipment working hard to heat the many courts and locker rooms where Penn athletes trained. On a typical weekday morning, our bodies would raise the temperature in the concrete basement of the Hutchinson Gymnasium from a breezy 64 F to the upper 80s and above. This was our home. And our hell. It was everything we wanted and everything we despised. This is where we trained, often twice a day, pushing our minds and our bodies to the brink of failure all for the upcoming spring season. Coach Myhr will have his wish. Future classes will never truly know what we as oarsmen did to keep this program afloat. No one will notice the gaps in the years Penn fell short of greatness — the lack of “Pennsylvania” engraved on trophies over the past decade or the lack of photographs of championship boats will simply be overlooked. And we

accept that. We were not destined to be champions. But that’s not to say our work was all for naught. We know we rowed for a reason. We rowed to build the foundation for the next dynasty. We worked to set the stage for champions to come. And we look forward to the day those champions arise. The sad truth is, however, no one will ever know what coach Greg Myhr did either. Coach Myhr didn’t win any championships. He did not amass a collection of trophies to fill the shelves in the boathouse. Years from now a lone portrait hanging in the Madeira Shell House may be all that commemorates Coach Myhr’s six years as head coach in the program’s long history. But we will remember. All of us who rowed for Penn, who rowed for Greg Myhr, will remember what he did for us and our program. Coach Myhr redefined what it meant to work hard. He elevated the standard for what it meant to be strong, to be fast — what it meant to push ourselves. Coach

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Myhr built up our team and pulled in more athletes each year. More rowers meant more competition, and more competition meant faster squads. Coach Myhr sent athletes onto new and greater challenges — he sent two men to Cambridge to represent the light blue in the annual Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race, and three others to represent the United States at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships. We will remember how Coach Myhr turned us into a threat to our competition. How he made us hold our heads high. And how he made us proud to row for Penn and to be a part of something greater. Thank you Coach for all you have done for us and for this program. You will be sorely missed. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Welcome to campus, freshman. Unlike in high school, college is a time where many are eagerly counting down the days until they return. If you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing, roll with it — no one does. Take off the lanyard they gave you to hold your PennCard. Better to lose it than be identified as a freshman. Just Bursar the new one to your parents. The first couple of days of NSO will be filled with required programing; attend or not, the choice is yours. During the day, flyers advertising numerous frat parties will be slid under your door. These flyers will be invites by different groups such as “Brickhouse” and “Lions”. The invites may state a dress code, but as you will learn in college, everything is optional and you can basically do whatever you want.

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You will pregame in the coolest person’s room on your floor (turn your music down to avoid being written up) and then roll out of the Quad (or Hill) in a huge squad that will certainly identify you as a freshman. Embrace it — the upperclassmen have all walked to a party with a group of 20-something people in tow. At this party — you could be subject to a DFMO. Elbow your path to the nearest source of alcohol, grab a cup full of Bankers and enjoy.

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Worst case scenario, you could get MERTed if you don't pace yourself. The Medical Emergency Response Team is made up of students, who are EMTs, who will stabilize you and get you to the hospital (for any sort of injury, not just blackouts). Attempt to avoid this during NSO. You don’t want to be dubbed “MERT kid” your first night of college.

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ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

Penn’s location near the center of urban Philadelphia offers access to a ton of city resources and easy transportation. But as with any urban center, it is important to know how to best keep yourself safe. Penn’s Division of Public Safety works 24 hours with a force of over 100 police officers to guard us — in addition to the Philadelphia Police Department — and they offer many safeguards to students and faculty on campus. Here are some tips you should follow to stay out of harm’s way:

UPennAlert is Penn’s own real-time notification system that spans campus-wide which warns students, faculty, staff and visitors about any danger. The alerts are tailored to the community by location and role on campus to make sure the message gets out to those who need to know. You can register your cell phone or email address to receive alerts through Penn InTouch.

Avoid Walking Alone at Night

The Penn police force watches over campus 24 hours a day, but students should always remain in groups when walking at night. Coordinate plans with some of your new floormates, or utilize Penn’s walking and driving escort services. Students can request a walking escort around campus anytime by dialing 215-898-WALK, or a University van ride at 215-898-RIDE from 6 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.

Call MERT If You or a Friend Needs Emergency Care

Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team is a student-run service organization that is dedicated to giving emergency medical help to anyone on campus. If you or a friend is injured or in need of medical help, MERT can provide assistance and transportation 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. year round, with extra operating hours during NSO. All MERT responders are required to honor patient confidentiality. Also, Penn’s Medical Amnesty Policy insures that any student reporting or in need of medical help due to an alcohol or drug overdose will not be subject to discipline by the University. Dial 215-573-3333 to have a DPS dispatcher connect you with a MERT responder.

Know the Penn Police Emergency Hotline

When faced with any emergency on campus, the Penn Police are there to help. Save the Penn Police emergency number on your cell phone, at 215-573-3333. DPS also has set up blue-light emergency phones at various locations on campus. The phones are housed in a yellow cover with blue lights on top, and they immediately call the DPS dispatch center when lifted — whether the caller is able to speak into the receiver or not.

For all ambitious freshmen going to bars: here’s the deal. Smokey Joe’s is good for Tuesdays, when Kweder plays. Also, Smokes is good for sink-or-swim on Wednesdays. Pay a cover, and drinks are $0.50 before midnight. Blarney Stone is its own unique niche. Hide your jacket in the little cupboard under the stairs, and avoid the bathrooms at all costs. Harvest is our new gem at Penn. It is extremely crowded, but their cheap Long Islands on Thursdays can’t be beat. If you’re looking for something different on a Thursday, catch an Uber to a Downtown. The club charges a cover to get in, as well as for drinks. Toss on a bandage skirt and some heels, and you should be ordering gin and tonics in no time. If you want a break from the frat scene, stop by one of Penn's performing arts shows. Dance, a capella, theater, you name it — there are dozens of performances by student groups throughout the semester. Mask and Wig and Bloomers — all-male and all-female student groups, respectively — perform completely original comedy shows, and during NSO, they’re free. Upperclassmen — you already know what you’re doing. You’ve seen the Facebook invites, you’ve already planned what darties and Downtowns you’re going to and are already looking forward to singing along with Kweder.

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Looking to find your people niche on campus? Connecting with others of similar backgrounds is one way to do it. Here’s a list of cultural minority and LGBT resources and groups. The ARCH: This building houses many of the minority organizations on campus. The Pan-Asian

American Community House, La Casa Latina and Makuu all call this space home. All three organizations are located on the bottom floor of the building. The Greenfield Intercultural Center: This center is focused on intercultural understanding and hosts many programs promoting intercultural dialogue. It works with many of the other minority and intercultural groups on campus.

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The Latin@ Coalition: This is the umbrella organization for Penn’s 24 Latin@ groups. They advance the agenda of Latin@ students and work with the University to promote diverse representation on campus. UMOJA: UMOJA is the umbrella organization for Penn’s various groups encompassing the African diaspora like the Black Wharton Undergraduate Association, National Society of Black

Engineers, Onyx Senior Honor Society and others. The Asian Pacific Student Coalition: This is the larger organization that encompasses Penn’s many and varied Asian/Asian-American groups. They work with the administration and with their constituents to promote Asian/Asian-American representation and interests. The Penn Women’s Center:

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Located at 3643 Locust Walk, next to the compass, the Women’s Center is a resource that promotes gender justice and advocates for women. They also work with Penn Violence Prevention to educate the Penn community and hold events throughout the year. It’s also a comfortable place for students to study or relax. The LGBT Center: Located at the Carriage House at 3907 Spruce

St., the LGBT Center is a resource for LGBT students and staff, providing a variety of services. It’s the building with the rainbow flag next to Harrison College House. Lambda Alliance: The umbrella queer advocacy group at Penn, Lamda Alliance serves as both a forum for its constituent groups to interact within and as an advocate to advance LGBT equality on campus. IRINA BIT-BABIK | NEWS PHOTO EDITOR

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With nearly two dozen candidates vying for the country’s most powerful job title, the 2016 presidential election is setting up to be the most divisive American election in history. The Aug. 6 GOP debate and latest news of Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails only intensified the question many are asking: Who should be the next commanderin-chief? While many on both sides of the aisle remain undecided, several Penn student groups have emerged rallying behind individual candidates. Some of these have existed for some time, while others are more recently organized student campaigns. As Penn’s political community gears up for another year, these are the prominent and/or upand-coming organized candidate support groups on campus: PENN FOR HILLARY: One of Penn’s largest and oldest organized 2016 candidate groups, Penn for Hillary was founded in 2014 in anticipation of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run. The organization claims to be the second-largest Ready for Hillary college group in America, according to its website, and is run by an eightmember executive board. In addition to organizing grassroots

campaigns at Penn, the group is also expanding its outreach to other Pennsylvania schools and the pro-Hillary community in Philadelphia.

jobs, according to his campaign — and relatively moderate social views have made him one of the more popular Republican candidates on campus.

PENN STUDENTS FOR BERNIE: Despite famously calling himself a socialist, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders quickly became the breakout character of the Democratic Party. This Facebook group already has over 130 members and will be organizing large recruitment efforts throughout the year, according to co-founder and College sophomore Sarah Figgatt. Per his campaign website, Bernie Sanders’ platform promises to “fight for a progressive economic agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, [and] protects the environment.”

PENN FOR RAND: The Pittsburgh, Pa.-born former eye doctor enjoys a small but loyal following of Penn students. Kentucky senator Rand Paul made headlines earlier this year when his Senate floor showdown against fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell prevented the reauthorization of several surveillance provisions in the PATRIOT Act. In the GOP debate, Paul said of the size of government, “Look, I don’t want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington.” It’s a view echoed throughout Penn for Rand’s Facebook page.

PENN FOR KASICH: Beginning as a Facebook campaign, Penn for Kasich is quickly gaining traction. John Kasich emerged as one of the more traditionally “presidential”-sounding candidates in the GOP debate in Cleveland, where he famously said of gay marriage, “[just] because somebody doesn’t think the way I do, doesn’t mean I can’t care about them or love them.” Kasich’s track record as governor of Ohio — during which he created 300,000 private-sector

STUDENTS FOR RUBIO: A nationwide campaign to promote the candidacy of Florida senator Marco Rubio, this organization consists of about 1,000 student leaders and over 3,000 college-age volunteers in 30 states, according to their official site. College sophomore Nathaniel Rome is the network’s Pennsylvania chairman, and has been actively recruiting Penn conservatives to the Rubio cause. At 44 years old, the Cuban American senator is the youngest candidate in the 2016 race.

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The 2014 campaign was characterized by close losses and injuries, with the Quakers finishing 8-5-3 overall. The young team struggled to come together at first, but by mid-season, the team rallied to finish third in the Ancient Eight at 3-3-1. For the first time in 15 years, the 2015 squad will take to the field under the direction of a new head coach, Nicole Van Dyke. Senior Kalijah Terilli returns in goal after earning All-Ivy honors last season and 2013 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Caroline Dwyer, a senior, will be back in the backfield after sustaining an injury in 2014.

Expectations were high for the reigning Ivy League champions, but thanks to several unlucky losses, Penn finished 2014 tied for fifth in the Ivy League at 6-9-2. Then-senior midfielder Duke Lacroix ran the show for the Quakers, ending his season with 20 points, two game-winning goals and first team All-Ivy honors. In 2015, Penn will look to junior Alec Neumann, the team’s points leader in, to headline the offense in Lacroix’s absence. Other key returning starters include seniors Forest Clancy — a 2014 second team All-Ivy midfielder — and Max Polkinhorne, an All-Ivy Honorable Mention that led the conference in saves with 82 in 2014.

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While the men had a breakout season in 2014, the women finished last in the Ivies. This year, the men will look to jump into the league’s top two, while veterans like Cleo Whiting will attempt to ground the women in success.

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Storied coach Al Bagnoli ended his 23-season career at Penn last year with a fizzle at 2-8 and sixth in the Ivy League. Several bright spots emerged from the offense, but defensively Penn could not stop the ball, with opponents scoring 31.9 points per game. 2015 marks former defensive coordinator Ray Priore’s first season as head coach at Franklin Field, and junior quarterback Alek Torgersen returns to conduct the Red and Blue’s offense. On the other side of the ball, senior defensive lineman Tyler Drake is the Quakers’ biggest threat.

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Since their 12-2 Ivy campaign in 2010, the Quakers have been consistently mediocre within the Ivies, and 2014’s 5-9 campaign was certainly no exception. The Quakers do return two incumbent captains — Alex Caldwell and Alexis Genske — but also return more than their fair share of question marks.

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Following a losing campaign in 2013, the Quakers showed some signs of improvement last year, posting a solid 4-3 record. The team was led by thensenior running back Mike Beamish, who averaged just under 90 rushing yards per game and provided the team with a bruising physical presence on offense. Despite the loss of Beamish, the team should be set up to make a run at the upper reaches of the CSFL this season. Returning key playmakers on both the offensive — junior quarterback Mike McCurdy — and defensive — senior defensive lineman Ed Cai — sides of the ball, the Quakers could push a perennially strong Navy squad once again after a heartbreaking two-point defeat last season.

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We are less than three months away from the true beginning of the Steve Donahue era for Penn basketball. The Quakers are set to begin their 2015-16 schedule with a home matchup against Robert Morris. The Northeast Conference’s Colonials are fresh off an NCAA Tournament appearance and are coached by former Red and Blue guard Andy Toole. Duke women’s basketball will also visit the Palestra on the same day, giving the Quakers an intriguing doubleheader. As for the rest of the schedule, here are the highlights with some preliminary analysis. Nov. 21 at Washington: The matchup with the Huskies will be the Red and Blue’s only game against a Power Five conference team. Penn has two players from the area in senior Darien Nelson-Henry and junior Matt Poplawski, giving each

player a nice homecoming. Nov. 25 vs. La Salle: Penn’s first Big 5 matchup of the season. Dec. 2 at George Mason: The Atlantic 10’s Patriots took down the Quakers in a close matchup down in Virginia two years ago. Dec. 9 vs. Temple: Donahue will get the chance to face his mentor — and former Red and Blue coach — Fran Dunphy at the Palestra. This is also the last home game before Penn students go on winter break. Dec. 19 vs. Ursinus: Penn’s first matchup against a Division III school since 1993-94. While it may be unsurprising to some that the Quakers would take on Donahue’s alma mater, it definitely breaks from the mold of previous year’s schedules. This is one in which you can definitely expect a Penn victory. Dec. 22 at Drexel: Easily the most fascinating and refreshing matchup to see on the schedule. The Dragons haven’t played against Penn since 2012 as former Athletic Director Steve Bilsky didn’t want the Quakers traveling to the Daskalakis Athletic Center. With a new AD and head coach, it’s nice to see the Quakers face their 33rd Street rivals. Dec. 28 at Villanova: Penn’s only

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goalkeeper Etan Mabourkah — spent time training with the U.S. Under-18 national squad last year. The loss of forward Duke Lacroix will certainly loom large for the team throughout the year, but Fuller — as always — has fully reloaded for another potential title run. Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: While Colin is looking at Penn’s most highly touted recruiting class, I think the other team at Rhodes Field will also take a huge step forward thanks to its freshman class. After an up-and-down season that ended with the resignation of head coach Darren Ambrose, who took the head coaching job at Vanderbilt, the Quakers have brought in nine new players, eight freshmen and one transfer. New coach Nicole Van Dyke is looking to begin a “new era of Penn women’s soccer,” and this freshman class will be one of the building blocks for that new era. Last year’s team put together a strong closing stretch to its Ivy League season, pulling out two wins and a tie in its final three games to pull into a tie for third place. With seven returning

starters, including three All-Ivy honorees, a strong freshman class could be just what the Quakers need to build up to an Ivy League title in the next few years. Sports Editor Laine Higgins: Penn field hockey’s Class of 2019 perhaps has not only the most potential of any incoming class of athletes but also the most pressure. For the past two years, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year has hailed from Penn, with Jasmine Cole capturing the award in 2013 and Alexa Hoover earning the honor in 2014. If coach Colleen Fink hopes to continue this trend, she’ll have to look to one of her six incoming players. Perhaps the most likely successor in the Quakers’ lineage of talent is Rachel Mirkin of Winnetka, Ill. While playing for New Trier High School, the freshman racked up 31 goals, 19 assists, a state championship and team MVP honors. Another impressive newcomer is goalie Reina Kern of Princeton, N.J. In her four years playing for The Hun School of Princeton, Kern tallied 826 saves and an N.J. Prep ‘A’ All-Star team nod for each season.

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Penn looks to change narrative after subpar 2014 FOOTBALL | Quakers have

veteran depth up front RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor

Don’t forget about the new guy. It’s fair to say things didn’t go anywhere close to planned for Penn football in 2014. Predicted to finish near the top of the Ivy League standings, the Quakers instead posted a 2-8 record, with the squad’s lone victories coming against a pair of teams — Columbia and Cornell — that ended the year a combined 1-19. The overarching storyline for Penn in 2014 — and, admittedly, thus far in 2015 — undoubtedly focused on Red and Blue coaching legend Al Bagnoli. Last April, the nine-time Ivy League champion announced his decision to retire following the 2014 season before taking an administrative position within

Penn Athletics. The thinking was that head coach-in-waiting Ray Priore would officially take over at season’s end, while many figured Bagnoli would recede into the background following a successful final act. Not so fast my friend. Three months into his new role as director of special projects, Bagnoli stunningly un-retired in February to take over at Columbia, a team that hasn’t won a game since 2012. Now, rather than having their offices remain a few feet from one another, Priore and Bagnoli will instead face off when the Quakers and Lions meet on Oct. 17. Entering his first season at the helm, Priore and his players could easily get caught up in the narrative surrounding the Ancient Eight this year, one that has not been terribly kind to the Quakers. After all, not only is Bagnoli back on the sidelines elsewhere, but Penn is also predicted

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to finish sixth in Ivy play in 2015. However, less than a month away from the Red and Blue’s opening contest on Sept. 19 against Lehigh, Priore is preparing for his opening act as the boss with aplomb.

“It’s easy being the co-pilot for so many years,” Priore said during Ivy League Media Day. “Now, you’ve got the power in your hands and it’s your job to make the right decisions and keep everyone focused.”

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Despite Penn’s struggles over the past two seasons — the team endured an eight-game losing streak that bridged the end of 2013 and the first four games of 2014 — there are reasons for Priore to feel optimistic about his first campaign. Junior quarterback Alek Torgersen finished with nearly 2,900 total yards last season, including two separate contests in which he completed 40 passes, a school record. Penn was also decimated by injuries in 2014, and nowhere was that more apparent than in the backfield. But with sophomore back Tre Solomon on the road to recovery after an ACL injury, he, a handful of talented receivers that includes sophomore receiver Justin Watson and an upperclassman passer could test even the conference’s most stout defenses. The Quakers’ strength comes

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This summer, Penn baseball alumni Austin Bossart and Ronnie Glenn have taken their talents from the Ivy League to the minor leagues. Bossart and Glenn recently began their professional baseball careers after being selected in June’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Bossart — a catcher taken in the 14th round by the Philadelphia Phillies — has been playing for the Class A Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters. Glenn, a left-handed pitcher who went to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 22nd round, was assigned to the Rookie League Orem Owlz. “Honestly, it has been a fairly smooth transition coming from Ivy League baseball,” Bossart said. While noting that pitchers across the board consistently throw harder, he added, “I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the transition, which in my mind is a credit to the high level of play in the Ivy League.” Bossart has transferred the ex-

cellent play that won him co-Ivy League Player of the Year honors this past spring to the Crosscutters, as he has batted .365 in 52 at-bats for Williamsport. Glenn has also pitched well, winning a team-high five games for the Owlz and striking out a dominating 30 batters in just 21 innings. While the game they play is the same, both have had to adjust to new roles and a new lifestyle. After playing almost exclusively on weekends for the Quakers, the duo now must play a game (or possibly two) each day. While different from college baseball, it hasn’t been a radical change for either, as both experienced similar playing schedules in the collegiate summer baseball leagues in which they participated in summers between school years. Glenn — who finds himself playing in Northern Utah — has had to make the added transition from starting pitcher to reliever. But again, he credits his quick adaptation to the new role to his time in summer leagues. “Last summer in the Cape Cod League I had a similar transition from a starting role to a relieving role,” Glenn said. “I think having

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Former Penn catcher Austin Bossart was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in June, and has batted .365 in 52 games for Class A Williamsport.

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his rapid improvement since joining the Owlz. Minor league baseball is often made out to be a difficult experience. While Major League Baseball players take home some of the highest salaries of any athletes, minor leaguers often receive a fraction of that. Furthermore, buses are the preferred mode of transportation, with

many rides exceeding 10 hours. Healthy and tasty food is either rare, expensive or both. And, since baseball has an extensive minor league system consisting of many levels, it’s not uncommon for those at the lowest levels to feel that a journey to the Major Leagues is insurmountable. However, little of this has fazed Glenn and Bossart. “The minor league life is definitely an interesting lifestyle,” Glenn said. “I am sure there are many things one could complain about, but I frequently find myself distracted by my appreciation of the game and for my opportunity to be living out a childhood dream. The conditions of this lifestyle are insignificant compared to my faith in God and my opportunity to play professional baseball in the Los Angeles Angels organization.” “There are long bus rides, but the Phillies organization takes care of the players,” Bossart added. “We are fed twice a day at the clubhouse and

have many healthy options to choose from, which makes staying in shape and in tip top form much easier.” Outside of baseball, both players also appreciate the settings in which they are playing. Williamsport is the home of the Little League World Series, in which the best Little League teams from around the world meet each year to crown one global champion. Many remember Philadelphia’s own Mo’ne Davis’s outstanding performance as last year’s tournament. “I can imagine it is going to be an awesome experience,” Bossart said. “I can’t wait to go catch a few games whenever the time comes.” Likewise, Glenn has enjoyed playing baseball in the friendly community of Orem. “The fans are wonderful, the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains is breath-taking, playing baseball everyday has been fun and the facilities are incredible,” Glenn said. “I really could go on and on.”

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