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600
97%
54%
of freshmen live in on-campus housing
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in the Class of ’18 will go abroad
of all undergrads live in on-campus housing
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31%
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of freshman men join fraternities
29%
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81%
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of you will see yourself getting married someday
of freshman women join sororities
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Mental health task force in ‘brainstorming stage’ after summer research The task force will present initial proposals to students in September BY WILLIAM MARBLE Enterprise Editor
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Penn’s mental health task force is in the process of synthesizing information and developing recommendations to improve mental health resources on campus after conducting research and in-
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terviews last semester and over the summer. The task force, which was convened by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price in February, will meet with student groups to-
ward the end of September to present preliminary ideas. “We’re in the data gathering, brainstorming stage and looking at what are the most feasible recommendations to include in the report,” said
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Anthony Rostain, a psychiatry professor who is the cochair of the task force. “We’re going to be rolling out some exciting ideas once we’re done the process.” He declined to discuss
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When you need a ‘safe space’ and a listening ear
A new video shows how cultural centers support minority students BY HUIZHONG WU Staff Writer “You need to go talk to Brian,” a friend said to Wharton
junior Rachel Palmer. Her friend was referring to the director of Makuu: The Black Cultural Center, Brian Peterson, in response to Palmer’s question about an academic issue. Though Palmer knew of the cultural center as a resource on campus, she had never taken ad-
vantage of it. “After my first experience, I was there every day,” Palmer said. Palmer is one of the students featured in the My Safe Space at Penn campaign. The campaign was founded last spring by the student leaders of the 5B — a coalition of mi-
nority groups — to highlight Penn’s seven cultural centers as additional resources for students outside of Counseling and Psychological Services. The centers include Greenfield Intercultural Center, La Casa Latina, the LGBT Center, Makuu, the Pan-Asian
American Community House and the Women’s Center. The campaign shows that “you have an opportunity to go and talk to people who understand what you’re going through, whether that be academic issues, social issues or if you just need to talk to someone who’ll be able to relate to you,” said College senior Denzel Cummings, one of the student leaders behind the campaign and a co-chair of UMOJA. Following three suicides last semester, the student body started a more open and active discussion about mental health. The My Safe Space at Penn campaign was one of the results of these conversations. The campaign consists of a video and posters which are being presented during New Student Orientation. The video, specifically, features six different students sharing how they have found a a sense of belonging at Penn through the centers. The centers are particularly important for supporting minority students’ mental wellness because talking about and seeking treatment for mental illness can be stigmatized in these communities. “From the perspective of UMOJA, something that we talk about a lot is how minority students from the African diaspora don’t always feel comfortable talking about the mental issues they have. Culturally it’s not something
that’s talked about as much,” Cummings said. In addition, minority students may face d if ferent challenges in adapting to Penn. Cummings noted that he went to a primarily black high school whose student body was “completely different” from Penn’s. “Minority students a lot of times have different burdens, such as breaking down the achievement gap,” he said. Addressing these specific challenges is exactly where the cultural centers come in by connecting with students who may be shy about asking for help. However, the centers are not an official alternative to CAPS for mental wellness “The cultural resource centers don’t have a clinical function or role,” Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access William Gipson said in an email. “But from a holistic perspective, they are spaces that support student interest in culture, traditions and identity exploration.” Students in the campaign said they see the centers as a complement to CAPS. “A lot of times, given the stigma against mental health, a lot of people, especially incoming freshmen, are a little hesitant to go to CAPS, at first,” said Stephanie Jideama, a College senior who was featured in the video. “However the cultural centers … they are that bridge to go to CAPS.”
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MENTAL HEALTH from page A1 student suicides and pressure on campus to address mental health, the task force was charged with evaluating the existing resources on campus and making recommendations to improve the psychological well-being of students. Over the summer, the task force continued its research into the mental health resources already available at the University — including students’ satisfaction with Counseling and Psychological Services — and performed “benchmarking to compare what programs are happening here at Penn compared to what’s happening at other institutions,” said Rebecca Bushnell, the task force’s other co-chair, who is also an English professor and the former dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The group met with Victor Schwartz, the medical director of the Jed Foundation — an organization that works to promote mental health and prevent suicide among college students — to discuss best practices in college mental services.
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Penn President Amy Gutmann, center, speaks at a University Council meeting in February during which she introduced the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare. “We really promote a kind of community public health approach,” Schwartz said in an interview. “The starting point is providing good and adequate clinical services to the campus, but that has to be part of a network of education, communication and community-building that helps to promote mental health and prevent suicide.” He was asked not to discuss specific details of the meeting, but he said he is “impressed” with the mental health support already on campus and the task force’s progress. “Mental health isn’t the core
mission of what a university does, so it’s not always on the radar,” he said. “When you’ve gone through a period like this, a campus really needs to do a self-study, self-evaluation, talk to outside people to get another point of view, but that doesn’t always mean there’s something wrong with the system.” The task group is broken into two working groups, with one addressing outreach and education and the other focusing on treatment and intervention. No students sit on the task force itself — which drew ire from students and
faculty last semester — but students have been involved in the research process through participation in the working groups, Bushnell said. One challenge the task force is addressing is how to coordinate diffuse resources that already exist. “It’s been really interesting to see all the great things that are going on already,” Bushnell said. “At a place [like] Penn, which is so decentralized, we need to find a way to bring all these things together.” In addition to resources being spread out across the
University, policies also differ across schools. For example, each school has its own leave of absence policy — a topic that the treatment and intervention group is studying — which may make it difficult to standardize policies, Rostain said. However, decentralization is not a challenge unique to Penn — it is a common problem at large, older universities, Schwartz said, where “many things have developed by accretion over long periods of time.” The task force’s recommendations will also likely focus on increased communication between administrators and students, a goal that student groups have focused on. College junior Julie Bittar, chair of the Penn Undergraduate Health Coalition, said many students are ill-infor med about policies and resources on campus. “What I really hope they do is take strides in bridging information gaps and giving access to students,” she said, citing confusion over medical emergency policies as an example. The task force is also studying CA PS ser vices, crisis management and ways to identify students in distress. It will present its recommendations to the president and provost by the end of the year, and the report is expected to be made public in early 2015. The task force is still accepting input from students, who can send comments to Bushnell or Rostain.
Crime Log: Aug. 8 - Aug. 14, 2014 BY HARRY COOPERMAN City News Editor DUI: Aug. 8: A n u na f f i l iated 25-year-old female was arrested after police observed her driving recklessly on the 300 block of 34th Street at 7:39 a.m. Her breath smelled like alcohol, her speech was slurred and her eyes were bloodshot, police observed. Fraud: Aug. 12: T wo suspects, an unaffiliated 22-year-old male and a juvenile, were a r r e st e d a f t e r t he y le f t Chili’s at 3801 Chestnut St. at 2 p.m. without paying for their meal. Aug. 13: Two unaffiliated
males — one 20 years old, the other 18 years old — were arrested at PNC Bank at 200 40th St. at 11:56 a.m. after attempting to cash a check that had been reported as stolen. Robbery: Aug. 14: A n unaf f iliated 20 -yea r - old ma le was a r rested by Drexel Police at Cozara Restaurant at 3200 Chestnut St. at 3:26 p.m. after the male was reported to have presented a note demanding money to an unaffiliated 33-year-old female.
43rd Street at 5:30 p.m. after police officers saw him kick an affiliated 24-year-old female, causing bruising and swelling to her leg. Other Offense: Aug. 14: A n unaf f iliated
6 8 -year- old male whom police were investigating for being disruptive at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s emergency room was arrested at 6:48 a.m. after the investigation found he had outstanding
warrants. Theft: Retail theft: 1 Bike thefts: 2 Theft from building: 4 Theft from vehicle: 3 All other theft: 2
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Think about the person you want to be and use Penn (and it’s myriad resources) to become that person.” Like many highs, the exhilaration of NSO wore off. It was replaced by classes, listservs for far too many clubs to remember, hardcore Whartonites and the overwhelming pressure to “figure myself out.” Many of you will go through the same process in the coming week. As you do, I encourage you to remember that this is but the beginning of one hell of an experience — one that you have the power to shape. Over the next four years, you’ll be making decisions about your classes, clubs,
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A separate educational session is devoted to sexual violence for first time BY WILLIAM MARBLE Enterprise Editor Pe n n i s i nt r o d uc i n g a new format for the sexual violence prevention training during New Student Orientation this year. The program will be run by Speak About It — a performance group that
presents “about consent , boundaries and healthy relationships,” according to its website. Here’s a rundown of things you should know about the presentation and sexual violence at Penn. • The sexual violence prevention session will now last an hour — much longer than in previous years — and cover topics about sexual health and sexual violence prevention. In previous years, the
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sexual violence presentation was tacked on to the end of the Safe Liv ing presentation. • NSO is a primary source of information on resources for victims of sexual assault. A Daily Pennsylvanian poll from last fall found that 65 percent of undergraduates learned how to get help after an assault during NSO. • The DP poll also found
that knowledge of campus resources was relatively low. Only 19 percent of undergraduates knew that Penn has a trained rape crisis victim advocate. • Speak About It will perform at over 20 colleges this ye a r, i nclud i ng H a r va rd , Brown and Cornell universities, and customizes its script for each school. • The training session will
ensure that the University is in compliance with new federal standards for sexual violence education. • The University recently proposed changes to its Sexual Violence Policy, which would add specific definition of relationship violence, domestic violence and stalking to the policy banning sexual violence among faculty, staff, students and visitors to campus.
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The 2016 presidential election remains distant for most people, but for Philadelphians, a key election decision is just around the corner: whether or not Philadelphia will host the Democratic National Convention. The Democratic National Com m itt ee — com mon ly referred to as the DNC — named the City of Brotherly Love as a finalist to host the 2016 Democratic convention, where delegates will officially nominate the party’s candidate for president. The other four finalists are Brooklyn, NY; Birmingham, Ala.; Columbus, Ohio; and Phoenix, Ariz. The DNC will announce the host city either later this year or early next year. From Aug. 13 to Aug. 15, DNC officials met and toured Philadelphia with big names in local politics, such as Mayor Michael Nutter, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.) and former Pennsylvania Governor and urban studies professor Ed Rendell. “The economic impact and public exposure that the DNC bring would be very valuable for the city,” Penn Democrats Outreach Director Ray Clark and College sophomore, said in an email. “A return to Philadelphia, the birthplace of freedom, liberty and democracy, by the DNC is long overdue.” Philadelphia has some familiarity with political conventions. Even though the last Democratic convention
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With NSO looming, MERT preps for calls
BY JOE LI Staff Writer As freshmen are moving onto campus this fall, Penn’s Med ic a l E mer genc y R e sponse Team is preparing for the inevitable calls they will
receive about students who drink too much alcohol during New Student Orientation. Sixty-five MERT members — all of whom have received professional training in emergency medical assistance — will be on call this Friday in order to assist students who need medical attention, MERT Captain Omar Sobh explained. Each MERT team that is deployed will have “at
least one member with extensive Emergency Medical Services experience,” Sobh said. Last NSO, 12 students — five male and seven female — were transported to the hospital. However, that is the lowest figure of NSO hospital transports in the past four years. In 2012, 30 students were transported to the hospital due to alcohol-related inci-
dents. In 2011, 21 students were transported for the same reason. In 2010, 31 students — the highest number in the past four years — were transported to the hospital for alcoholrelated reasons. When students feel like they have drunk too much alcohol, they can call MERT to receive the help they need.
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“We provide first response to medical emergencies on campus, anywhere between 30th Street and 43rd Street, and between Baltimore and Market,” Sobh explained. Sobh emphasized that students shouldn’t be afraid to call MERT due to the University’s Medical Amnesty Policy, which states that if an underage student is not feeling well due to drinking alcohol, calling MERT would not result in any punishment against the student. However, a student could be punished for some other violation they committed while intoxicated. “Our team members are all Penn students, so students shouldn’t be afraid to call MERT,” Sobh said. “We are always happy to work with people when they are not feeling well.” In responding to medical emergencies, MERT collaborates with the Division of Public Safety and the Philadelphia Fire Department. To reach MERT, students should call DPS at 215-573-3333. So don’t hang up if you hear someone from Penn Police on the other end, Sobh warned — DPS dispatches MERT teams to respond to medical-related calls.
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After a call is placed, a Philadelphia Fire Department ambulance, a Penn Police officer and a MERT team will head to the location reported in the call. MERT takes only about four minutes to respond to the scene, Sobh said, “as we are a lot more familiar with the campus.” M E RT t e a m memb er s travel on bicycles and usually arrive first, Sobh said. After arriving at the scene, MERT members will carry out assessments and make a determination about further treatment.
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After uncertain summer, Phila. schools to open on time BY JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer Since May, the Philadelphia School District has faced continuing budget problems and the potential for massive layoffs or a late start to the school year. Here are some of the summer highlights (or lowlights) you may have missed while you were away from campus: $2-a-pack tax passes House, but goes no further July 2 — The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s House of
Representatives passed a $2-apack cigarette tax to help close the School District of Philadelphia’s funding gap. However, additions to the bill prompted further debate and amendments by state senators. One change proposed by senators was to have the tax end after five years. While the House was supposed to meet on Aug. 4 to discuss changes to the cigarette bill, on July 31 it canceled its session to vote on the proposed tax until September. The tax was estimated to generate $83 million, and the House decision left the legislation in limbo. Drastic options that were proposed include the laying off of 1,300 staffers or shortening the
school year. As of now, however, no cigarette tax has been made into law. New School Reform Commission member July 3 — Mayor Michael Nutter named former Masterman School principal Marjorie Neff as a new member of the SRC. Neff is the first member to serve on the nearly 13-year-old commission who is a current or former educator. Pink slips distributed July 10 — More than 300 district employees were laid off because of individual school budget decisions. While teachers were spared, employees af-
fected for the most part were noontime aides and special education assistants, as well as eight assistant principals. The district said the layoffs were unrelated to layoffs proposed in lieu of $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes. Governor Tom Corbett advances $265 million to the district Aug. 6 — Corbett announced that he would advance $265 million to the school district in order to help ensure that classrooms would open on time. However, the money does not address the school district’s underlying problem with underfunding since the district was already counting on these funds
to maintain the below-adequate budget of last school year — meaning this announcement did not represent any new revenue. Schools to open on time, after scare of late start Aug. 15 — Superintendent William Hite announced that schools will open as intended on Sept. 8 and further layoffs have been avoided in spite of the existing $81 million budget gap. Hite cited in his statement that “the loss of classroom time for students” was the main motivation for starting on time. Cleaning staff reductions and the elimination of SETPA transportation for students living less than two miles from their school are among the new cuts.
Writers House, NYC library make online course personal ‘Modern Poetry’ course will have weekly inperson meetings BY CASSIDY LIZ Staff Writer Online courses don’t have to be impersonal. Penn’s Modern Poetry Massive Open Online Course, taught by professor and Kelly Writers House Faculty director Al Filreis, has teamed up with the New York Public Library to add weekly course meetings at Hudson Park Library in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to its curriculum. The class is one of the most popular MOOCs offered by Penn via the Coursea online learning platform. “[The NYPL] had been very interested in reaching out to users of the public library and encouraging them to come into the library to do more than check out books,” Filreis said of the partnership. “They’d been watching the phenomenon of MOOCs and were trying to figure out if they should offer them themselves.” Ultimately, the NYPL decided to team up with Kelly Writers House’s existing course, which attracts a staggering 40,000 students per course on average. Filreis credits this anomaly to the personal angle of the courses. “We were familiar with the course, and probably would have considered a [partner-
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The Kelly Writers House at 3805 Locust Walk is teaming up with the New York Public Library to add weekly course meetings to ‘Modern Poetry,’ a massive open online course taught by Writers House Faculty Director Al Filreis and offered through Coursera. ship], but the initial publicity let us know what an engaging course could be,” Luke Swarthout, director of adult education services at the library system, said. “Many of the authors in the course are folks we have in the archives; there’s some natural overlaps and synergy with the humanities.” The NYPL is operating a similar program at another one of its branches for a University of London photography class. The NYPL currently owns and operates 87 libraries across the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. The organization has been pushed to add digital archives and e-books in recent years. MOOCs are the next step in the development
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English professor Julia Bloch, who coordinated with the NYPL, believes that it is an excellent opportunity for Penn’s MOOCs to make connections with nonprofit and public resources. “For us, the wider significance of this partnership is the opportunity to forge an affiliation,” Bloch said via email. “Collaborative partnerships like this one are at the heart of our pedagogy — and our commitment to keeping our course a completely not-forprofit venture.” While the NYPL partnership is the first official meetup, ModPo students have organized several face-to-face group meetings in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Manila, Athens, Edinburgh and other cities during past semesters, Filreis said. The course also includes weekly live webcasts, during which students can call in, tweet and post questions. “We sit there without an agenda and just talk,” Filreis said of
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Penn has accumulated a number of traditions over its 274 years. Some are dignified, others are more whimsical, but you can’t consider yourself a true Quaker until you’ve booed the Princeton Tigers on Franklin Field during a football game or eaten fried Oreos during Spring Fling. For those new to campus, here is a rundown of what to look forward to over the next four years.
Convocation In this ceremony, members of the incoming freshman class and transfer students are officially welcomed to the University.
At midnight on the eve of the first Economics 001 midterm, students let off steam by gathering on the Quad’s Junior Balcony and screaming their stress away.
Convocation is one of the only three instances during your time at Penn when your entire class will come together as a group (Hey Day and Commencement are the other two).
Besides the hoards of loud freshmen, if you’re lucky, you’ll witness more adventurous upperclassmen streaking through the Quad.
The event features speeches by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price, and performances by several acappella groups and the Penn Band.
Homecoming Spring Fling Described by some as one of the nation’s best college parties, this weekend gives students a chance to trade studying for a concert and carnival in the Quad. The Social Planning and Events Committee hosts a concert at Franklin Field. Last year’s concert featured performances by Magic Man, Ra Ra Riot and David Guetta.
Hey Day On the last day of classes, juniors march through campus with styrofoam hats and canes to mark the official start of their senior year. Historically, seniors have thrown ketchup, flour and even rotten eggs at the juniors on Locust Walk, but five years ago, administrators and student leaders worked together to provide a cleaner and safer experience. At the annual Final Toast on College Green, seniors toast juniors as they pass by.
Homecoming brings alumni back to the halls of their alma mater. Many will head over to Franklin Field to watch the Quakers face off against Brown, and of course, to throw toast onto the field at the end of the third quarter after they finish a rousing rendition of “Drink a Highball”.
Penn Relays In the last week of April, Penn hosts the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field meet in the country. High school, college, amateur and professional atheletes compete in the events, which attract a global audience to Franklin Field. Celebrity athletes who have competed in the races recently include Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Seniors say farewell to Penn as they receive their diplomas and words of wisdom from a guest speaker at Franklin Field. Last year singer and Penn alum John Legend delivered the keynote address.
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Learn about the groups you’d like to join at the Student Activities Fair on Thursday, Aug. 28th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., or check out the website of the Office of Student Affairs at vpul.upenn.edu/osa.
Both the University and surrounding community offer a number of resources to help students stay physically and mentally healthy, so they can work hard and play hard.
Physical Health
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Student Health Services (SHS), located at 3535 Market Street, offers regular check-ups and resources if you are sick. Vaccinations are also available. You can schedule an appointment over the phone, through the SHS website (www.vpul.upenn.edu/shs) or in person.
Penn offers limited free counseling to students through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), located at 36th and Walnut streets. To schedule an appointment, call the CAPS office at 215-898-7021. For emergencies, call 215-349-5490 and ask for the CAPS clinician on call.
In case of an emergency, students should go to the Emergency Department of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, located on the first floor of the Silverstein Building on the corner of 34th and Spruce streets.
Another resource for students is the Reach-A-Peer helpline. The RAP line is staffed by trained student volunteers on call between 9 p.m. and 1a.m. The number is 215-573-2727.
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Civic House, located at 3914 Locust Walk, is the central hub for community service at Penn. You can learn more about the many student volunteers that coordinate volunteer programs on campus and in the city.
If you’re interested in joining performance arts or just want to see what Penn’s groups have to offer, check out the Freshman Performing Arts Night on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Theater.
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The writers and literary-minded students at Penn will find their niche at the Kelly Writers House, located at 3805 Locust Walk. Writers House hosts readings and workshops and publishes journals devoted to creative writing.
The Penn Democrats is one of Penn’s largest student groups with over 2,000 members. College Republicans organizes the conservative vote on campus. Penn Leads the Vote is a non-partisan group sponsored by the Fox Leadership Center that works to get out the vote during elections.
For the average Penn student not looking for the commitment of varsity sports, intramurals are a great way to get your athletic fix. Sponsored by the Residential Advisory Board, each college house competes in sports such as flag football and volleyball.
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If you choose to drink illegally, the University guarantees medical amnesty to any student seeking medical help if they or a friend overdoses on alcohol or drugs. Any University-funded undergraduate student organization wishing to serve alcohol at an event must register in advance with the Vice Provost of University Life. The full text of Penn’s alcohol policy can be viewed online at vpul.upenn.edu/alcohol.
Most gym-inclined Penn students exercise at the Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, a multi-level facility located at 37th and Walnut streets. The facility offers a wide array of exercise and weight machines, basketball courts, a swimming pool, a climbing wall and even a virtual golf studio.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT The undergraduate student government is made up of six branches that represent students in all aspects of University life, from Fling and Hey Day to clubs and classes.
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MINORITY ORGANIZATIONS Penn offers dozens of cultural and minority support groups to cater to its increasingly diverse student body. There are five main coalitions for minority groups on campus, each with its own campus resource center.
Lambda Alliance The Undergraduate Assembly (UA) - Advocates student concerns to the administration - Responsible for distributing approximately $2 million each year to itself and the other five branches
Class Boards - Coordinate class-wide activities that boost school spirit, such as the annual Hey Day for juniors - Any activity or event suggestions should be directed to the Class Boards
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Social Planning and Events Committee (SPEC)
The ARCH building at 3601 Locust Walk is home to the Pan-Asian American Community House, La Casa Latina and Makuu, the black student cultural center. Renovations to the building were completed in mid-January.
- Coordinates most of the social events on campus, including Spring Fling - Divided into nine different subcommittees
Student Committee on Undergraduate Education (SCUE) - Watchdog group for undergraduate education - Members are chosen in an application process during their freshman or sophomore year
Penn’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender interest and support groups are united under the Lambda Alliance. These groups include the Queer Student Alliance and a Jewish-interest group called J-Bagel. The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center is located in the Carriage House at 3907 Spruce Street.
Student Activities Council (SAC) - Controls funding allocated to most of the student groups on campus - Clubs must apply for recognition and send a representative to general body meetings
Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC) - Oversee student government elections and the nomination of representatives to University committees
Greenfield Intercultural Center The Greenfield Intercultural Center is located at 3708 Chestnut Street, and is the main hub for minority and intercultural events and student groups.
Penn Women’s Center The Penn Women’s Center, which serves as a resource for women on campus and addresses issues including discrimination and sexual violence through advocacy programs, is located at 3643 Locust Walk.
United Minorities Council The UMC encompasses Caribbean, black, Asian, Arab, Latino and American Indian student groups. Check One, a group concerning multi-ethnic and multi-racial experiences, is also part of the UMC.
Asian Pacific Student Coalition The Asian Pacific Student Coalition is the umbrella organization for Penn’s Asian and Asian American student groups. There are also many Asian-interest extracurriculars on campus including sororities and fraternities, the world’s first Hindi acappella group, and the Pan-Asian Dance Troupe.
UMOJA UMOJA is the umbrella organization that works to unite students of the African diaspora. Its member organizations include the Black Student League, Onyx Honor Society and African Rhythms dance and drumming group.
Latino Coalition The Latino Coalition is the overarching organization for Penn’s Latino groups. These groups also span a wide variety of interests on campus, from the Wharton Latino Undergraduate Association to the Onda Latina dance troupe.
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You’ll start learning about Greek life from your first weeks on campus, but formal recruitment doesn’t begin until January. Here are the basics about getting involved:
Penn regulates Greek life through the Office of Student Affairs and Fraternity Sorority Life. There are 30 fraternities at Penn, which compose the Interfraternity Council. The sorority counterpart, the Panhellenic Council, is made up of eight chapters. The third council is the Multicultural Greek Council, which governs the historically black, Latino and Asian fraternities and sororities. MGC has 12 chapters.
Freshman recruitment begins in the spring semester for all Greek organizations. Men can rush any fraternities they wish and are introduced to the various options in a process known as open rush. There is no required registration or fee, and the first rush events are normally open to everyone. As the process continues, invitations — which become increasingly exclusive with each event — become necessary before pledging a certain fraternity. Sorority rush is a different process. Women must visit all nine sororities and meet current members of each one. Invitations are issued to specific girls each round. Registration in December and an accompanying fee is required. MGC chapters have their own rush traditions which vary from chapter to chapter.
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Penn’s urban location in West Philadelphia provides exciting opportunities, but that also means students need to be aware of their surroundings. With more than 100 police officers and an extensive network of campus security guards, Penn’s Division of Public Safety has a large security force — separate from the Philadelphia Police Department — that aims to keep students safe. Here are some of the University’s safety services:
UPennAlert System In an emergency situation, the UPennAlert system can reach students, faculty, staff and visitors through text messages, emails and the Penn Siren Outdoor system. Students can register their cell phones and email addresses with UPennAlert on Penn InTouch.
Blue-light Phones DPS has set up phones around campus and the surrounding areas for emergency use. The phones can be distinguished by their yellow covers and the blue lights overhead. When the phone’s receiver is lifted, a call is immediately made to the DPS dispatch center, and a security officer will be dispatched to the site regardless of whether the caller speaks into the receiver.
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To request a walking escort to or from locations on campus, students can dial 215-898-WALK from any non-University phone. Students can use the service 24 hours a day. During busy times, like finals week, escorts are available outside popular locations like Van Pelt Library.
Though Greek life provides excellent opportunities for those interested, it is not the sole source of social activity on campus. Whatever your religious, political, academic or artistic interests, there is probably a student organization that will fit your needs — and if there isn’t, you can always start your own.
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ENDING AN ERA FOOTBALL | With coach Al Bagnoli set to retire at season’s end, the Quakers are looking to send him off on top BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor For the Penn football program, 2014 is set to be a season of firsts — and one, all-important last. Let’s start with the firsts. The first “first” may be the most unpalatable. Just one season after winning the Ivy title in thrilling fashion, Penn struggled in 2013, losing its final four games to finish 4-6. This was the first time that the Red and Blue had followed up an Ivy championship with a sub-.500 record under coach Al Bagnoli. Plenty of factors contributed to the Quakers’ struggles last season: injuries, turnovers, a propensity to give up the big play — but all of that has been firmly put in the rearview mirror.
“I think we went into the offseason with a very different mindset,” Bagnoli said. “It’s hard to continually win in this league. I think we got humbled a little bit [last year].” If the Red and Blue want to unseat Princeton and Harvard from atop the Ancient Eight, they’ll have to replace the question marks attached to multiple key positions with periods. The Quakers will enter the 2014 season with no clear-cut, experienced option at quarterback for the first time since 2010. Billy Ragone – and his beard – is gone, as is Ryan Becker, leaving the door wide open for any one of four remaining viable candidates, none of which has starting experience. As it stands, sophomore Alek Torgerson has the inside track to be under center when the Red and Blue open their season against Jacksonville on Sept. 20. He emerged seemingly out of nowhere in the season finale against
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Al Bagnoli is heading into his 23rd and final season as Penn’s head coach before handing over the job to long-time assistant and defensive coordinator Ray Priore. Bagnoli is the active leader in wins among FCS head coaches.
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The presumptive starting quarterback this season, sophomore Alek Torgersen (left), would do well to repeat his two-touchdown effort against Cornell in 2013.
Red and Blue lift off for trip to Italy W. HOOPS | After winning an Ivy title last season, Quakers head to Italy for preseason trip BY RILEY STEELE Sports Editor Emeritus 2014 has already been an unforgettable year for Penn women’s basketball. Luckily for the Quakers, the program shouldn’t be lacking excitement anytime soon. Following an outstanding season in which the Red and Blue captured their first Ivy League title since 2003-04, Penn brought its summer to a close with a 10-day trip to Italy in mid-August. And while some may view the trip solely as a reward for the Quakers’ success last season, it’s clear that the journey is a mixture of both pleasure and business for Penn. In addition to spending time sightseeing in Milan, Venice and Rome, the Red and Blue also played three games against various Italian and German professional squads over the course of their trip.
“For a basketball program, number one we’re grateful for the opportunity to go and we’re grateful for the support of the alums for giving us this opportunity,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “It gives us a chance to look forward to the year coming.” The Red and Blue kicked off their trip in Philadelphia on Aug. 11. After a short flight to New York, the Quakers then departed for Milan where they spent three days and played their first matchup against a select team of Italian all-stars. With strong efforts from a number of key returning players, the Quakers topped the Italians, 69-39. Sophomore center Sydney Stipanovich led the way with 19 points, while senior Kathleen Roche, senior Kara Bonenberger and sophomore Melanie Lockett also scored in double figures. Over the course of the next six days, the team spent one day each in Venice, Florence, La Spezia and Pisa before wrapping up its trip with a two-day stint in Rome. The team also took a day trip to Swit-
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Change is coming for Penn football. After four successful years at quarterback for the Red and Blue, Billy Ragone is gone. And after 22 years coaching Penn football, Al Bagnoli is set to retire at season’s end and hand over the reins to current defensive coordinator Ray Priore. To top it off, the Quakers fell under .500 last season despite being the favorites to claim the Ivy League title for a second consecutive year.
But don’t think for a second that the Red and Blue are going to take another step back in 2014. Sure, Princeton has been crowned as the favorites for this year, picking up nine votes in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll. Heck, I voted Princeton first myself. Yet that doesn’t mean that this Penn team isn’t set to improve on last season’s finish — four straight losses — and compete for an Ivy crown. It was just last year when Penn was picked to finish first after winning the title the year before, and Bagnoli said that it was often a kiss of death to be chosen first in the preseason. He was definitely right. This year, Princeton coach Bob Surace dismissed the preseason poll when asked about it. “Chip Kelly talked about how boring and unimportant the NFL combine is,” he said. “Times it by a gazillion and that’s how I feel about preseason honors and awards.”
Surace is definitely right in that regard: The preseason pick to win it all doesn’t mean anything. In fact, the rankings are mostly based off of the previous year’s finish for each squad, since none of the schools had begun practice when the vote was announced. Based on last year’s finish, one might expect Penn to nosedive into the bottom half of the Ivy League, but that is simply not something that this team is poised to do. In fact, the Quakers might just be the team best positioned to compete with Princeton for that Ivy crown. Just look at their roster. The Red and Blue return all of their running backs, their top receivers and tight ends and almost their entire back seven on defense. The team will be filled to the brim with experience at key positions, flanking the quarterback with All-Ivy wideout
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Penn looking to reverse Ivy luck W. SOCCER | After getting snubbed out of NCAAs, Quakers look for Ivy redemption in 2014 BY LAINE HIGGINS Staff Writer
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Junior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli missed playing during her freshman year due to injury but was solid for the Quakers in 2013. After being named first-team All-Ivy last year, Terilli will look to be even better in goal this year.
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As the Penn women’s soccer team prepares for its season opener against Mount St. Mary’s on Sept. 5, it is looking to build on the program’s culture of success. Coach Darren Ambrose explains that the Red and Blue always have the expectation of “competing at the top of the league.” “[That] resonates with all of our players,” he said. “I think the younger players coming in came here because they knew they could compete to win a league title.” Last year the Quakers came up just short of that goal, finishing second in the Ivy League behind Harvard. The women’s team had a heartbreaking end to their season, just missing an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament despite a 5-1-1 conference record. In 2013, Penn’s offense was led by recently graduated forward
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Stipanovich leads team while abroad W. HOOPS from page D1 zerland while staying in Milan and played its final two games on consecutive days while in La Spezia and Pisa. The first contest against La Spezia went much the same way as the team’s first game of the international trip, with the
Quakers taking down the Italian team, 78-49, behind another balanced attack. Stipanovich once again led the way with 23 points, and the Red and Blue benefitted from a pair of secondhalf three pointers from junior Brooklyn Juday. Against the German team Chemcats Chemnitz, however, things would take a slight turn for the worse as the Quakers fell, 62-56. Penn fell behind by 18 midway through the third quarter and never fully recovered. Due to NCAA rules, the Red and Blue’s four incoming freshmen were ineligible to play and
unable to travel with the team. Penn was also without forward Stephanie Cheney, who recently left the team after only one season with the program. Nonetheless, as the Quakers transition into a new era — one without recent graduates Alyssa Baron, Meghan McCullough, Kristen Kody and Courtney Wilson — Penn had the chance to develop its culture and players’ abilities while on the court in Italy. “We want to see who fits well together and plays well together,” senior forward Katy Allen said. “And obviously things will
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change by November, but it will be nice because it’ll be different without the four seniors from last year.” Though Allen did not play overseas due to her ongoing recovery from a broken foot at the end of last season, the veteran looked forward to utilizing her position as a team leader to help the squad grow. “Just to kind of organize drills and get people back into the swing of things, I think that’s a good chance for us [seniors] to step up as leaders,” Allen said. “I guess [the injury recovery] could be a chance for me to step up in my role on the bench and see some things that I can help the other playMichele Ozer/Sports Photo Editor ers out with.” Last summer, Penn men’s It didn’t take long for defending Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Sydney basketball traveled to Italy Stipanovich to get going in her sophomore year, helping to lead the team in Italy. in preparation for its upcoming season. It’s clear that the them how it went and they all in the long run for the Quakers, Quakers’ feedback follow- said they loved it,” Allen said. the personal ramifications are ing their experience abroad before the trip “I’m looking for- what matter most. “I think it’s a very rewarding is f resh i n t he m i nds of ward to it based on what they trip for them,” McLaughlin said. McLaughlin’s squad. said.” “Right when [the men’s And while the trip’s impact “It’s something that they’ll cherteam] came back, we asked on the court may pay dividends ish for a very long time.”
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FIELD HOCKEY | With key players leaving the program, Quakers start season with different look BY RILEY STEELE Sports Editor Emeritus
Fresh off a second-place finish in the Ivy League a season ago, Penn field hockey is hoping to build on that success with another winning season in 2014. Unfortunately for the Red and Blue, replicating last season’s success won’t be easy given the squad’s current roster. Despite dropping a de-facto Ivy title game to then-defending national champions Princeton in November, the Quakers had many reasons to be optimistic entering 2014. Penn put together its most successful season in recent memory last year, notching wins in 13 of its 17 matchups. Then-freshman attack Jasmine Cole led the Red and Blue throughout the season, scoring 18 goals to go along with three assists on her way to capturing Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. And with Cole and risingseniors Emily Corcoran — the Quakers second-leading scorer and assists leader in 2013 — and goalkeeper Carly Sokach seemingly set to return, along with six incoming freshmen, Penn had high hopes for the upcoming season. But two weeks away from their season opener, as the Red and Blue welcome six freshmen to the roster, the Quakers will be forced to deal with the loss of significant depth from last year’s team. While seniors Amelia Cohen, Katie Harrington, Sunny Stire-
walt and Julie Tahan graduated in May, the program has also seen at least five players leave the team since the end of last season. I n t he we ek s f ol low i ng Pen n’s loss t o P r i ncet on , Sokach, Allison Weisenfels, Camille Parry and Neela Mahanty all left the program. Several months later, Cole informed coach Colleen Fink of the her intention to transfer and has since enrolled at Rutgers. The Quakers will be hard pressed to replace an offensive force like Cole. The Montclair, N.J., native led the Ancient Eight in goals and finished the season tied for the Ivy lead in points. On the defensive end, Sokach’s prowess in goal will be deeply missed. The thenjunior finished second in the
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Kerry Scalora, who notched six goals and three assists in 16 games played. In the absence of Scalora’s dynamic play-making ability on the pitch, A mbrose expects his younger and perhaps more untested players to redefine the Quaker’s attacking strategy. “When big characters leave the program and graduate or when key contributors move on, it also kind of thins the forest for all of the trees to grow,” he said. He is looking forward to the return of one key contributor in particular: senior midfielder Katilyn Moore. “[Moore] is such a presence and force on the field, leads by example and brings a physical presence to the game that few players can do,” he said.
for Bagnoli is the amount of experience the Quakers boast elsewhere. Thirteen of Penn’s top 14 pass-catchers will return this season, including senior Conner Scott, who snagged 38 balls for 458 receiving yards and three scores last year. Meanwhile, 2013 honorable mention All-Ivy Kyle Wilcox will be relied upon once again to power the Quakers’ ground game. On the defensive side, Bagnoli cites his team’s back seven as its greatest strength — and with good reason. The linebacker corps will be solidified by two-time firstteam All-Ivy selection Dan Davis, while virtually all of the starting defensive backs from 2013 return to the field, including senior standouts Evan Jackson and Dan Wilk. But the driving storyline behind this year’s Penn football campaign will be the end of
an era. Just prior to the end of the 2013 academic year, Bagnoli announced that this season — his 23rd at Penn — will be his last as head coach. Bagnoli has already tapped defensive coordinator and longtime right-hand man Ray Priore as his successor, preventing the speculation inherent to a coaching search and keeping the program’s culture intact. With nine Ivy championships to his name, Bagnoli’s legacy as one of the greatest coaches in Penn history is already secured. But he doesn’t want a season-long retirement party. “I certainly don’t want to take any onus away from the season,” Bagnoli said. “It’s just great to be part of a very special fraternity and it’s been a great run.” And the pieces may be in place for one last great run.
Moore, a co-captain of the 2014 squad, missed the end of the season in 2013 due to a knee injury. According to Ambrose, the senior is finally healthy and will be ready to play during the Quaker’s season opener. In addition to the return of Moore, Ambrose has high hopes for the rest of the team’s returning starters. “Obviously [forward] Clara Midgley and [midfielder] Erin Mikolai we fully expect to pick up some of the slack, but we’ve got some players that we haven’t seen,” he said. These unseen players include eight incoming freshmen and junior back Paige Lombard, a transfer student from Miami. Penn’s two-week preseason will give Ambrose a glimpse at just what his team can do on attack and how his players best work together. “We want to see how the girls are before we decide on a final system,” Ambrose said. “We want to see who complements who so that we’ve got a system that allows us to maximize the depth of our roster.” Defensively, Penn will rely
on the already established success of it junior class. Last season, back Caroline Dwyer and goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli both earned first team All-Ivy honors. This year, the duo will continue serving as stalwarts of the Quakers’ backfield. In 2013, Terilli allowed just seven goals in 15 games. Over the summer, she was one of four goalies named to the United States Under-23 training camp, which took place at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Dwyer had a similarly eventful summer; she was one of just 35 players in Division I Women’s Soccer named to the Mac Herman Trophy watch list. The award, regarded as the most prestigious honor in collegiate soccer, is given to one male and one female player each season. Much of Penn’s game plan remains unshaped, but with a new season on the horizon, the prospect of cultivating winning chemistry amongst the 26-member team doesn’t worry Ambrose in the slightest. “It is a very exciting time as a coach.”
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Penn beats Dartmouth in the longest game in Ivy League history: It seemed to be all but over for the Red and Blue when Dartmouth kicker Riley Lyons lined up for a chip-shot field goal to end the game, but senior linebacker David Park got his hand on the ball, sending the game into overtime. From there, the teams exchanged touchdowns in the second overtime (after Lyons failed to win it in the first OT) and field goals in the third OT. Finally, after another Lyons miss, Penn won the game on a touchdown run by junior Kyle Wilcox.
Men’s soccer wins the Ivy League title: After finishing with an abysmal 3-13 record in 2012, the Quakers turned it around in dramatic fashion in 2013, going 5-1-1 in Ivy play to finish atop the Ancient Eight. On the final day of the season, they took down Harvard, 2-0, in Cambridge, collecting goals from senior Nicky Yin and junior Duke Lacroix while sophomore Max Polkinhorne shut out the Crimson. The Red and Blue would go on to host an NCAA Tournament game, falling in penalty kicks to Providence.
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football coach Al Bagnoli announces retirement following 2014 season: In a press conference at Weightman Hall, Bagnoli said that he would retire following the upcoming season, which will be his 23rd at the helm. Outgoing AD Steve Bilsky also announced that defensive coordinator Ray Priore, who has been an assistant at Penn for over two decades, would take over for Bagnoli after the 2014 campaign.
Grace Calhoun named new Penn Athletic Director: After long-time AD Steve Bilsky announced in the fall that he would retire effective June 31, Penn began searching for its first new athletic director in 20 years. Calhoun, then the AD at Loyola Chicago, was chosen in a search co-chaired by Provost Vincent Price and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli. Calhoun became the first female AD in Penn history and took over full time on July 1.
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Women’s lacrosse claims share of eighth straight Ivy regular season titleAfter taking down Cornell on April 26, the Quakers won a share of the Ivy title for the eighth straight year under coach Karin Brower Corbett. The Red and Blue would proceed to defeat Harvard in double OT before beating Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament to avenge their only regular season Ivy defeat.
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New perspective for men’s soccer M. SOCCER | Loss of senior leadership opens up opportunities for underclassmen BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor It was a different sort of offseason for Penn men’s soccer. Last fall saw a team coming off a disappointing season return to campus with a newfound vigor following intense training in the spring and will its way to an Ivy League title. A nd though the circumstances are certainly different in 2014 — title defending being much different than title chasing — the team appears mentally up to the challenge of repeating as Ivy champs. “The year before, coming off that spring, was a completely different mentality, different team in the way we approached the season,� senior forward Duke Lacroix said. “It’s a bit different in terms of how we finished off last year, but I think the intensity is all there, and it has to be there every year.� Though it’s too early to see the development of a team culture that will certainly miss a
strong group of senior personalities, and players, Lacroix saw a number of underclassmen stepping up from the moment they took the turf in spring practice. “We lost a really good class, a real close-knit group of guys who did a great job leading our team,� he said. “Everyone has stepped up, even the sophomores, to gel the team together and work with the freshmen to get ready for the upcoming season.� Along with the departure of seven seniors, the Quakers also have to weather the loss of sophomores Sam Hayward, who transferred to Virginia, and Travis Pillon, who left the team for personal reasons. Hayward and Pillon both played significant minutes for the team last season. Hayward was second on the team with five goals, while Pillon started nine games and made significant contributions on both ends of the pitch. Meanwhile, Penn added a pair of players in junior goalkeeper and UCSB transfer Nick Savino and sophomore midfielder Levi Levenfiche. Savino spent last season recovering from shoulder surgery
and serving as a student-manager for the team. Though junior Max Polkinhorne finished last season goalkeeping for the Quakers, early practices will help to decide who starts the season in goal. Levenfiche originally tried out for the team during walkon recruiting last season and ended up narrowly missing the cut. After working out with the team during their spring practices, he was added to the roster. The other major addition of the offseason was assistant coach Mike Piranian, who was previously with Carnegie Mellon. While there, Piranian helped the Tartans to four NCA A Tournament appearances in six years. “He has a very strong background at a like environment, coming from Carnegie Mellon, a very prestigious, high-acaMeredith Stern/DP File Photo demic institution where there are a lot of challenges for the Senior forward Duke Lacroix will figure to have another significant role on the team after serving as a captain athletes there to stay success- last season. Lacroix also led the team in scoring with eight goals while contributing three assists in 2013. ful in both areas,� coach Rudy Fuller said. staff found themselves a tough “The goal for us is to not only find.� “He’s won everywhere he’s nonconference slate, including win the Ivy League but to win a The Quakers will find themgone — he won as a player, he a pair of games in Washington national championship,� Fuller selves back in action on Sept. won as a coach. That fits in well state against Washington and said. 5 when they face next-door with what we’ve established at Seattle — both of which made “In order to do that, you’ve rival Drexel at Rhodes Field Penn.� NCAA appearances — in early got to go out and play games as part of the University City Once again, Fuller and his September. against the best teams you can Classic.
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CROSS COUNTRY Penn’s young runners look to take next step in Ivy competition
BY COLIN HENDERSON With the 2014 fall season Sports Editor ready to go for Penn’s various sports teams, it is time to get Expections can be both a gift excited. What is getting our and a curse for a team. sports editors most excited This is one of the key issues (and should get you excited as at hand for Penn cross country well)? Let’s take a look, shall entering the 2014 season. we? Both the men’s and women’s Senior Sports Editor Stesquads entered the 2013 season ven Tydings: OK, to start off, as largely unknown entities — I’m not going to let anyone two young squads with little hischoose watching Al Bagnoli’s tory and a lot to prove. final season. That’s because But times have changed for we are all excited to watch it. the Quakers. It doesn’t need any emphasis. Under the tutelage of coach For my non-Bagnoli pick, I’m Steve Dolan, both the men’s going to go with the other end and women’s programs saw the of the Penn football spectrum emergence of several young, and the development of Alek talented runners last year. Torgersen. While the Bagnoli Chief amongst this new wave era comes to an end, the time of of talent for the Red and Blue Torgersen has just begun. With is junior Thomas Awad. Awad Bagnoli referring to Torgersen grabbed the attention of running as a “diamond in the rough,” fans nationwide with a worldmy interest is certainly peaked. beating spring track season, How about you Holden? highlighted by a 3:58.34 mile at Sports Editor Holden Mcthe Penn Relays. Ginnis: Well Steven, it’ll cerAwad understands that in ortainly be interesting to see der for his team to be successful, he will need to lead them on what Torgersen can produce the course. and whether or not Penn foot“Personally, I’m at the point ball can deliver an Ivy title for in my career where my goal is Bagnoli in his final year. to win every race I compete But I think the attention Megan Falls/DP File Photo in,” he said. should shift back across the The women’s team also bridge to Rhodes Field, where A 2012 second-team All-Ivy selection, senior defensive back Dan Wilk is a found a standout star in sopha certain team is practicing strong tackler on a veteran Penn secondary expected to stand out this year. omore Cleo Whiting. In her an entirely different form of freshman campaign, she esfootball (oh, wait, we call it soc- With a legitimate Ivy star in rally the remaining troops aftablished herself as the top runcer). Last season we saw the Thomas Awad and a strong ter losing so many key conner on the team and qualified men’s soccer team rebound supporting cast, it looks like tributors to transfers and other for the national championship entirely from a 1-6 Ivy record the Quakers are finally ready reasons. The program grew so meet. in 2012 to claim the Ivy League to make it over the hump and much last year that it would be Several secondary young title. Though they graduated a challenge for an Ivy League disheartening to see it take a runners also emerged last year, strong senior class, much of the title. What do you think Ian? step back. core remains the same and it’ll You have the final word. PUBLIC NOTICE: VEHICLE ABANDONED AT REPAIR FACILITY be interesting to see if they can Spor ts Editor Ian We Take Notice, that in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:10A-8 et seq., application put the pieces together again. nik: I’ve been very excited to has been made to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, to Colin, any thoughts? see the cross country team receive title papers authorizing the sale of 2007 Suzuki Forenza Sports Editor Colin Hen- grow and develop since I first KL5JD56Z37K579761 on 9/1/14 and 8:00am by means of a public/priderson: There’s no doubt about started interviewing former vate sale. This described motor vehicle which came into possession of it — football and soccer will get coachBlake Boldon back in Fanelle’s Auto through abandonment or failure of owners to claim it may the majority of the attention my freshman year. I personbe examined at 100 W. Crescent Blvd Collingswood, NJ 08108. Objections this fall season. Of course, I ally think that Princeton has to this sale, if any, should be made immediately in writing to the following can’t help but be somewhat amassed enough talent to hold address: State of New Jersey, Motor Vehicle Commission, Special Titles Unit, 225 East State Street, P.O. Box 017, Trenton, NJ 08666. excited by the prospect of Penn off any challenge from the football’s defense being led in Quakers, but I fully expect to part by my fellow Nazareth see Penn pick up a top-four Area High School graduate, finish at Heps this year. senior Dan Wilk. I’m gonna have my eyes on But ultimately, nothing gets field hockey, for different reame more excited than the men’s sons. I’m curious as to whether cross country team’s chances. or not coach Colleen Fink can
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including sophomores Brendan Shearn and Nicholas Tuck for the men and junior Elyssa Gensib for the women. With so much young talent returning to each squad, expectations will inevitably be higher this year. A repeat of last year’s sixth-place performance at the Heptagonal championships will certainly not carry with it the sense of optimism that it brought last year for both teams. This holds especially true for the men’s side, which showed considerable improvement and ended up finishing fourth last spring at the outdoor track Heptagonal championships. “Ultimately, we want to win a Heps title and make it to NCAA s,” Awad said. “We honestly think that’s a very realistic goal this year.” The women’s team is still too young to contend for an Ivy title, and it has set its goals accordingly. “We just want to improve on last year, which was an improvement on the year before,” junior Amy Darlington said. Nonetheless, Dolan is optimistic about the group’s future as it continues to gain some
much needed depth and experience. “We have about 10 women’s middle-distance runners coming in. It’s a very large and talented freshman class,” he said. As always though, Dolan is more concerned with his team’s long-term progression than short-term expectations. “We haven’t really talked about [expectations],” he said. “We’re just going to focus on maximizing our potential. In terms of expectations, we’ll just let the cards fall where they may.” Both squads lost crucial senior leadership, and will rely on a pair of junior captains — Awad and Darlington for the men’s and women’s squads, respectively — to take major leadership roles this season. “I just want to be the best leader that I can be, and hopefully one of our top runners as well,” Darlington said. So where does that leave Penn cross country? Not favorites, but not exactly underdogs. It looks like the only thing to expect of the team is that by the end of the season, it will figure it out.
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