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hey arrived in droves, accompanied by parents and grandparents armed with swiffers. For most of this week, close to 2,500 bright-eyed students from the Class of 2022 moved into what will be their homes for the next year. Starting Friday, they’ll be joined on campus by Penn’s returning students. Learn more about the the newest members of the Penn community inside. SEE MOVE IN PAGE 21
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Huntsman Hall to change hours to improve campus wellness It will now close at 2 a.m. and open at 7 a.m. KELLY HEINZERLING News Editor
At 4 a.m. on any day of the week, it’s not uncommon to find Penn students hunched over desks in Huntsman Hall finishing problem sets, discussing strategies for a case competition, or even bingewatching reality television. It’s a hallowed Penn tradition — but one that will no longer exist starting this semester. As of Aug. 26, Huntsman Hall, which was previously open 24 hours a day, will close every night at 2 a.m. and reopen at 7 a.m. the next morning. This change is part of a larger effort to improve wellness among Wharton students, Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett announced on Thursday. “The idea was to really emphasize student wellness. We want students to go home at a reasonable hour and sleep,” Director of Wharton Student Life Lee Kramer said. “We’re hoping this is a positive step for campus and that students will be receptive to it.” Kramer added that the
building will be open 24 hours every day from the start of reading days until the end of finals. On top of changing Huntsman’s operating hours, the business school is hiring a new associate director to help undergraduate students “experiencing acute academic and personal challenges.” It will also open a new Mindfulness Space in the second floor Quiet Study Lounge, which will be open for all Wharton students to use for quiet meditation or prayer. Wharton’s push to improve conditions around students’ mental health comes amid a wider University initiative to boost wellness. In this past year, Penn has created a new wellness portal, held campuswide conversations on mental wellness, conducted an operational review of Counseling and Psychological Services, and hired a Chief Wellness Officer for the University. The news that Huntsman Hall will no longer be open 24 hours has struck a nerve with returning Penn students. Many have expressed concern over whether the change in operating hours will mean-
ingfully improve mental health, posting comments and memes online criticizing the decision. A petition started on Change.org calling on Wharton to revert the decision had gathered dozens of signatures on Thursday night. College senior Morgan Savige, who was informed about the new hours by a Huntsman security guard on Tuesday night, said she did not think reducing access to study spaces was an efficient way to address mental health on campus. “There’s a mental health pressure from other things on campus that causes people to take advantage of the 24-houraccess,” Savige said. “Reducing the access I don’t think would change the problem that exists.” Wharton junior Rahul Subbaraya agreed. “I think it’s dodging the issue,” he said. “The issue is not that we’re staying in Huntsman. We’re still going to have the same amount of work to do whether we’re studying in Huntsman or not. So it’s going to be more stressful to find a quiet place SEE HUNTSMAN PAGE 19
OPINION | Wharton needs a better solution “Closing Huntsman early fails to address the reasons students so often need to work later than 2 a.m. in the first place.” PAGE 4
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U. ‘Hidden Costs’ can pose hurdles for FGLI students Unanticipated fees include the student insurance plan GIANNA FERRARIN Staff Reporter
The summer before College senior Lyndsi Burcham began her freshman year at Penn, she was faced with a task familiar to all undergraduates: either to enroll in or to opt out of the Penn Student Insurance Plan. Since Burcham did not have health insurance, she needed to enroll. She was shocked to discover, however, that she would have to pay approximately $3,000 and remembered thinking she couldn’t afford the fee. “At that time I was like, ‘Oh god, how do I get that covered,’ because when I was a senior in high school my parents couldn’t help me with anything,” Burcham said. “I mean, I had teachers at my high school who paid for my first plane ticket to come to Penn.” While Burcham, the advocacy chair for Penn First — a student organization for firstgeneration, low-income students — said she later learned she could receive financial
assistance through Student Financial Services, she noted that she thought of this unanticipated fee as an example of a hidden cost not included in Penn’s estimated cost of attendance, which exceeded $70,000 for the first time this year. The 3.8 percent increase in cost of attendance was accompanied by a 5.25 percent increase in the total financial aid budget. For the 2018-2019 academic school year, the estimated cost of attendance is $71,200 per student and the University budget for total financial aid is $237 million. The University uses the estimated cost of attendance — which includes direct and indirect costs associated with being a Penn student, such as tuition, housing, and transportation, according to the Student Registration and Financial Services website — to determine how much financial aid a student is eligible for. Like Burcham, many FGLI students say there are hidden costs which are not explicitly included in the estimated cost of attendance, which can act as a financial burden on members of their community,
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even though SFS takes steps to address these fees on an individual basis. These hidden costs can take the form of unanticipated funds spent on classes, transportation, textbooks, social activities, and personal expenses like toiletries. “A low-income student doesn’t have walking around money,” said Mark Kantrowitz, a financial aid expert and publisher of Cappex, which is a website connecting students to colleges and scholarships. “There are a lot of costs that aren’t part of the official costs that they nevertheless have to pay that makes things difficult and so they have to make choices like do they buy some cold weather gear or do they eat a meal.” The SRFS website notes that the cost of enrollment in PSIP is added to an individual student’s cost of attendance if they enroll and indicates that students can contact their financial aid counselor for additional financial aid. Kantrowitz added that while he believes the most selective institutions could afford SEE FGLI PAGE 8
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The Wharton Council reforms club recruitment Clubs can begin accepting applications on Sept. 30 RACHAEL RUHLAND Contributing Reporter
Club recruitment has long been one of the most lamented sources of stress for underclassmen, particularly those who covet admission into Penn’s highly selective finance and consulting clubs. Now, following feedback from first-year students and club leaders, the Wharton Council has unveiled a new set of policies for club recruitment that will be implemented in the 2018-2019 school year. The Wharton Council began implementing changes to the notoriously tough recruitment process in the fall of 2016, introducing policy reforms like allowing no more than two rounds of interviews per applicant and requiring clubs to provide examples of interview questions. This year’s adjustments build on
these reforms. This year, clubs can only begin accepting applications on Sept. 30, a month after school formally starts. Prior to accepting applications, clubs must now also meet two other requirements: holding at least one General Board Meeting and one New Student Programming event. “New Student Programming events are a way for students to build their interests and engage with clubs and other students without concern over what the outcome of an application might be,” Wharton Council Co-Chair and Wharton senior Carolina Zuluaga said. While Penn’s newest class of students have only been on campus for a few days, some freshmen said they are already aware of Penn’s hyper-competitive culture and students’ preoccupation with finance and consulting clubs. “You need to adapt to Wharton’s academic life and work on club essays and applications, considering that acceptance rates for clubs can
be even lower than the university’s acceptance rate,” Wharton freshman Cristian Bernaschina-Guillermety said. “Many people have told me they wouldn’t recommend joining [them].” The growing reputation of Wharton clubs as detrimental to campus culture is part of what drove the Wharton Council to reform rules around recruitment. After surveying last year’s freshmen post-club recruitment, they found that students continued to describe the process as stressful and exclusive, despite the initial changes they made in 2016. In response, the Council reached out to Wharton club leaders in a series of roundtables and hosted an end-ofyear retreat to discuss how to tackle this issue without neglecting the clubs’ interests. “We spent more time talking with club leaders than freshmen because this affects their organization’s practices, and we want to make a difference but understand that we have to through small
changes,” Zuluaga said. “New Student Programming is a win-win for applicants and existing club members; the increased interaction between the applicant and the club means stronger interest and excitement so clubs get members who are 125 percent ready to join.” For current club leaders, the policy changes are recognized as necessary but also present new challenges. “As a project-based organization, the delayed application date means that we have to integrate our new members after our projects have begun, which is unfortunate for our clients and potential members,” Wharton senior and President of MUSE Jessica Kim said. “But the Council has always been receptive to feedback and this is nothing unbearable.” MUSE is one of the several Wharton clubs offering consulting services to clients within and outside of campus, who often request deliverables from its members soon after the start of the school
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Prior to accepting applications, clubs must hold at least one General Board Meeting as well as one New Student Programming event.
year. The change in the club recruitment timeline will certainly hit these groups the hardest, but they said they are also aware of the benefits these reforms will provide.
As Wharton junior and Penn Microfinance President Divya Rajagopal said, “I think the change will help improve the caliber of our applicants overall, and help with our selection process.”
Man charged with murder of Blaze Bernstein denies hate crime
The preliminary hearing was extended to Sept. 4
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The 21-year-old man charged with killing former Penn sophomore Blaze Bernstein was sexually “confused,” his lawyer said on Wednesday. “He has Asperger’s disorder,” Edward Muñoz said about his client Samuel Woodward to Buzzfeed News. “He has a lot of issues, I think, around sexual orientation.” During a quick hearing in Orange County Superior Court, Woodward denied the allegation of a hate crime — a sentence enhancement which was added to the murder charge earlier this month when Orange Country District
Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced that prosecutors thought Woodward killed Bernstein, 19, because he was gay. “A hate crime enhancement based on sexual orientation is appropriate due to the evidence developed by looking at Woodward’s cell phone, laptop, and social media,” Rackauckas said in a press conference on Aug. 2. “All of this revealed the dark side of Woodward’s thoughts and intentions.” Prosecutors intend to present evidence linking Woodward to the Atomwaffen Division, a violent neo-Nazi group, which was allegedly among a range of other altright organizations behind the racist flyers that appeared at various American universities, including Penn, in late 2016. In January, the nonprofit news organization ProPublica released a report showing that Woodward
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memes and messages allegedly posted by Woodward online, Muñoz told reporters that his client faced certain social challenges due to autism. “They don’t formulate lasting personal relationships in their life,” Muñoz said to Buzzfeed News. “They’re very isolated people. That leads them to go where they’re accepted.” He added that Woodward made social connections through race. “He is a blonde, blue-eyed young man,” Muñoz said. “There’s only going to be certain clubs he’s going to be allowed into.” Woodward is being held in Orange County Jail with bail set at $5 million. If convicted, he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole with the sentencing enhancement. He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge during a previous court appearance on Feb. 2
— exactly a month after Bernstein went missing while at home in California for winter break. A former high school classmate of Bernstein’s at Orange County School of the Arts, Woodward was charged with murder on Jan. 17, a week after Bernstein’s body was found in a shallow grave at the perimeter of a park in Orange County. While the Aug. 22 court appearance was slated to be a preliminary hearing for the trial, the hearing was extended to Sept. 4, according to Rebecca Moss, a public affairs specialist with the Orange County DA’s office. “He appeared for a hearing today where he was arraigned on the amended complaint that was filed by the DA office recently, which added the hate crime enhancement,” Moss said. “Woodward today pleaded not guilty to the
information on the amended complaint.” The pre-trial hearing, which was originally scheduled to take place on June 4, will allow the judge to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant the case continue to trial. Moss noted that no plea deals have been offered in the case, adding that it is common for hearings to be continued repeatedly in cases such as this. “Even [in] cases without additional charges, sometimes the hearings get continued especially because for a preliminary hearing, they’re going to have to present a lot of evidence,” Moss explained. “As far as a case like this, there hasn’t been much time in the grand scheme of things, as we continue to follow this case, I’d expect more hearings in the future to be continued.”
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Fresh Grocer appeals latest ruling in case against Penn Penn announced it would replace it with Acme JAMES MEADOWS Staff Reporter
Penn announced it would replace the Fresh Grocer with an Acme store roughly a year and a half ago. Nevertheless, the 24/7 supermarket on the corner of 40th and Walnut streets has yet to shut its doors. The ongoing legal battle between the University and the local chain makes it unclear when, and if, the store will vacate the property. The Fresh Grocer filed a lawsuit against the University, the landlord of the popular campus location, in late 2016, and the case has been making its way through the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ever since. Most recently, the chain appealed the court’s May 2018 decision, which ruled on May 9 in favor of Penn saying the store’s lease had expired on May 31, 2017. Further legal pro-
ceedings are pending in the appellate court. Due to the ongoing litigation, both Fresh Grocer store manager Dawn Goldstein and Maureen Gillespie, spokesperson for Wakefern Food Corporation — the cooperative which owns The Fresh Grocer — declined to comment. The legal saga first began in 2016 when Penn contested The Fresh Grocer’s right to renew its lease after the supermarket allegedly failed to renew its lease “in a timely fashion,” according to a Facilities and Real Estate Services statement from December 2016. The University had issued a “Request for Proposal” from other local supermarkets in March 2016 to take the spot of The Fresh Grocer and the December statement indicated that Penn’s FRES already had chosen a new store to occupy the space. In April 2017, the University issued a joint statement with Acme announcing that the supermarket, which operates more than 100 locations in a number of states in-
cluding Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York, would replace The Fresh Grocer. Penn instructed The Fresh Grocer to vacate the premises by May 31, 2017. The Fresh Grocer contested the University’s claims and remained on the property, seeking to rally support among the Penn and local communities by taking out ads in The Daily Pennsylvanian and using the SavePennFroGro hashtag. The case made its way through Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas with an initial “projected trial date” of June 4, 2018. Throughout the process, customers at the store have expressed a mix of reactions to the possible loss of the store, which has occupied the location on the edge of campus campus since 2001. One of the most common concerns from students and locals alike concerns the transition period from the closing of one market to the opening of another. In July 2017, Michelle Xu, the former president of the Under-
graduate Assembly and a 2018 College graduate, told the DP about a survey undertaken by the UA at the behalf of Penn’s Business Service Division to collect data on students’ shopping habits. “Their idea behind it is to provide a Penn bus or some form of transit to be able to take kids to a grocery store somewhat close to the area, with the same kind of affordability as FroGro,” Xu said at the time. Sravya Alla, the communications director for the UA and a Wharton sophomore, said she could not provide more current information on the status of the situation. In the meantime, the University continues to tout the benefits of the installation of an Acme supermarket — which will reportedly contain a sushi bar, beer and wine section, and a Starbucks — in the location. “ACME continues advancing plans for enhanced offerings and an upgraded design for a first class urban grocery store here at 40th
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and Walnut Streets,” Datz wrote in an email. “[T]hey are progressing to be construction-ready when it’s
time to take over the space once it becomes available, to minimize the length of closure.”
The University has selected a new director of Greek Life Jazmyn Pulley assumed the position on July 9 SARAH KIM Contributing Reporter
Penn’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has selected Jazmyn Pulley as its new director after a months-long search process involving Greek life student leaders, the Vice Provost’s office, the director of Sexual Violence Prevention, and the Office of Public Safety. Pulley’s appointment comes six months after the departure of Eddie Banks-Crosson, who left his position as the former director of OFSL to become the new director of Wharton’s MBA Office of Student Life. She officially assumed the position on July 9. Pulley was formerly the associate director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Columbia University and the assistant director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Penn State University. As a student at the University of Delaware, she
was a sister of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. “We definitely wanted someone with experience, and Jazmyn has an abundance of that,” Panhellenic Council President and College senior Kaylee Slusser said. “It was incredibly important for us to know that the new [director] was able to understand that academics really do come first at schools like Columbia and Penn, yet Greek life is very prevalent and important to us.” Slusser, along with Intercultural Greek Council President Rio Dennis and Interfraternity Council President Reginal Murphy, watched video applications and sat through in-person interviews with candidates for the role. As a South Jersey native whose parents are from the greater Philadelphia area, Pulley is no stranger to the city or to Penn’s campus. “I’ve known a lot about Penn for a long time, and I’ve known a number of professionals that have worked here,” Pulley said. “So
when I applied for the position, it was an idea of ‘I want to be here as long as possible.’” According to Dennis, OFSL has experienced frequent turnovers in the staff leadership over the past several years. To that end, he found Pulley’s love of Philadelphia and her commitment to leading the OFSL team particularly compelling. Banks-Crosson’s time as the director of OFSL lasted around two and a half years. He succeeded Scott Reikofski, who led the OFSL team for 20 years before he retired. Staff turnovers have been especially hard for the IGC, which did not have its own advisor during the 2016-2017 school year, Dennis said. Each of the three Greek Councils are assigned an advisor that works more closely with them on issues such as housing assignments, events, and scholarships. The absence of an advisor meant Banks-Crosson had to take on those roles for IGC. “[The turnovers] stretched the
OFSL staff out really thin, which made it really stressful for them, and there were certain things that the different councils wants that they couldn’t see that year because there was so much going on,” Dennis added. Pulley said that she is looking forward to sticking in her position for a long time. “It’s really hard to do really what a director should in a short amount of time,” Pulley said. “That is my goal — just to stay here as long as possible and really give it my all because I think this community has enough going on, it’s large enough and I think the staff is large enough that I could be here years and years and still learn something new and do something new.”
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Jazmyn Pulley was the former associate director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at both Columbia Univeristy and Penn State University.
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OPINION Wharton knows its students are exhausted. It needs a better solution THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN OPINION BOARD
FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 32 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor
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he Wharton School’s announcement that Huntsman Hall will now close at 2 a.m. in an effort to promote wellness has sparked widespread backlash among students gearing up for another semester of latenight study sessions. With the University’s decision, the number of locations on campus open 24 hours has withered to a small group that includes the Van Pelt Library basement — and, of
of the Penn experience. Packed course loads, extracurricular commitments, social obligations, and recruiting events often add up to leave little time for rest. Inevitably, many students find themselves sacrificing sleep for additional hours in Huntsman Hall. Sleep deprivation can take a tremendous toll on a student’s physical and mental health. According to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
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Closing Huntsman early fails to address the reasons students so often need to work later than 2 a.m. in the first place.” course, the McDonald’s at 40th and Walnut streets. While this change is unlikely to prevent students from pulling all-nighters or from packing their schedules with one commitment after another, it is certainly one of the University’s more concrete steps thus far to improve student wellness. It is also an important acknowledgment from the business school of the unhealthy lifestyle common among students on this campus. All-nighters are a hallmark
a person who is sleep deprived is not only more likely to become physically ill, but is also at a greater risk of depression, anxiety, irritability, forgetfulness, and fuzzy thinking. Penn students have long called for the University to build a healthier environment on campus and, for years, administrators have provided assurances but little tangible change. The actions taken this past year, including the hiring of a chief wellness officer and the imple-
mentation of an operational review of CAPS, have been unprecedented in many ways. These steps are commendable, but the most recent decision to change the opening hours of Huntsman Hall is a misguided decision in the University’s wider effort towards creating a healthier environment. Huntsman’s reduced hours are unlikely to combat sleep deprivation, and the University must ultimately grapple with the level of competition and the rigor of coursework that motivates many of its students to forfeit personal wellness for academic and professional success. Huntsman has long served as a venue for collaborations and group-study sessions — valuable activities that often aren’t feasible
The reduction in study hours may add to the anxiety of students, who now find themselves rushing to complete work before Huntsman’s closing time, or spending more time working alone.” off campus or in dorm rooms. There is a reasonable possibility that the reduction in study hours may add to the anxiety of students, who now find themselves rushing to complete work before Huntsman’s closing time, or spending more time working alone.
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Of course, this policy change represents an important statement from the University: No student should be expected to work through the night. Sleep deprivation is highly unhealthy, mentally and physically, and should not be the norm. But closing Huntsman early fails to address the reasons students so often need to work later than 2 a.m. in the first place. It’s not because Huntsman’s lights are on. Instead, the University should consider limiting the number of midterms and projects throughout the semester, removing impediments to student collaboration on assignments, and continuing the expansion of mental health resources on campus. Until fundamental changes are made to the academic system at Penn, the decision to make 24-hour study spaces scarcer will only prove unpopular with students.
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Guest Column by CAPS Deputy Executive Director Meeta Kumar
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elcome back, Quakers! I hope all of you had a wonderful sum-
mer. I am writing to introduce myself in my new role as deputy executive director at Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS. I have a long association with Penn. I earned my Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Penn’s Graduate School of Education and have worked at Penn ever since for almost two decades — so I retain a keen sense of what it means to be a student on this competitive campus. As a former international student, I also know a lot about the challenges of transitioning to a new and un-
familiar environment. Through various roles at CAPS, I have had the privilege to work closely with various Penn communities over the years to support the mental health of our students. I write today also to introduce significant procedural changes at CAPS designed to make it easier, and less stressful, for students to access clinical support 24/7. We know the frustration you’ve experienced as demand grows for CAPS services. We listened to student concerns and dramatically streamlined our entry process. Our goal: reduce wait times, eliminate barriers to care, and improve the experience for our diverse undergraduate, graduate, and professional student body.
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Please remember that reaching out to CAPS — for yourself or a friend — is a sign of strength!” These important changes include being able to talk to a clinician 24/7 by phone. At night and weekends, call (215) 898-7021 to connect immediately with a clinician for a brief intervention about a pressing concern. During business hours, call 215-898-7021 and press “1” to speak immediately to a clinician to share con-
Make an appointment for common concerns such as academic or relationship stress, low mood, anxiety, or concern for a friend. Specialty appointment options can be reviewed with the front desk. Drop-in/walk-in to CAPS during business hours if you want to meet with CAPS staff immediate-
As a former international student, I also know a lot about the challenges of transitioning to a new and unfamiliar environment.”
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cern and determine next steps for support. If you need to make an appointment, you can do so during this call. Schedule appointments conveniently during business hours by calling CAPS and pressing “2.”
ly or to schedule an appointment with the front desk. CAPS hours are: Monday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are excited about rolling
MEETA KUMAR out these changes as a pilot plan for the upcoming year and look forward to your feedback. Please share your thoughts — anonymously or with your name — via our website: www.vpul.upenn. edu/caps/. Please remember that reaching out to CAPS — for yourself or a friend — is a sign of strength! CAPS offers multiple avenues to receiving therapeutic care — one time consultation, short term individual counseling, group counseling, medication, drop-in workshops, and referrals to specialists in the community. Your mental health is an important part of your holistic wellness and success in life. It is an honor to be a part of your Penn journey and we look forward to supporting you. MEETA KUMAR is the new deputy executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services.
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Penn may have changed my bond with my father, but it’s just as strong SIMONETTI SAYS | How college changes your relationship with your parents
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y dad and I are unusually close. When I was nine, my mother died following a six-year battle with breast cancer. In many ways, experiencing something like that at such a young age was a curse, but it also bonded me to my father. Starting college inevitably changes the relationships we have with our parents. Life at Penn is a trial run for adulthood. We decide what time we come home after a party, how much we drink, when we study, who we’re friends with, what we eat, who we’re romantically involved with, and how we care for ourselves. Consequences that our parents previously might’ve thought through for us are now our responsibility. This looks different for everyone. Some
students are more dependent on their parents than others. Still, for most, college is the first time we’re without them. During the first semester of my freshman year, I struggled with my mental health. Although my dad tried to be supportive by offering me resources like therapy, it was something I mostly had to figure out on my own. In high school, days are spent in class and with friends, and there’s usually some comfort in going home at its conclusion. I always looked forward to resting in my bed and watching television with my dad when I didn’t have too much homework. At Penn, however, I returned to an empty room. The only person I could really rely on was myself. I often texted my dad, telling him I missed him and that I
It can be upsetting to realize that I’m now in charge of looking out for myself, but it’s also refreshing to avoid the constant fights we’d get in when I lived at home.”
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wanted to come home. Usually, he forced me to stay put so that I could adjust to college. While that was probably for the better, it was difficult for the most important person in my life to be leading a separate life in a different city. It still is. I went from seeing my father every day to scrolling through his Instagram posts with friends I’ve never met before. No matter what your experience with your parents is, going to college changes how you interact with them. Now, when my dad visits me at school,
I went from seeing my father every day to scrolling through his Instagram posts with friends I’ve never met before.” we usually go out to dinner or a show and catch up like I do with my friends. It can be upsetting to realize that I’m now in charge of looking out for myself, but it’s also refreshing to
avoid the constant fights we’d get in when I lived at home. Penn can be hectic and is plagued by many issues: sexual assault, binge drinking, wealth disparity, hyper competition —
sometimes I wish I had a parent living with me to help me grapple with all of that. That’s normal. There will be times when we feel overwhelmed and alone, inundated in our worries, when we want a parent to help us out. But I’ve grown stronger for navigating Penn on my own. Since starting Penn, I’ve cultivated a new appreciation for my dad. I’ve used the time we’ve spent apart to reflect on all he has given me and how lucky I am to go to Penn — something I’m sure I couldn’t have done without him. Although we spend more time apart than we do together, our relationship is just as important as it was before I moved away from home. ISABELL A SIMONE T TI is a College sophomore from New York studying English. Her email address is simonetti@thedp.com.
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his summer, audiences have flocked to the theaters to watch an unlikely blockbuster, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The documentary follows the life of Fred Rogers, better known as the TV educator, Mister Rogers. Rogers once remarked, “How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us?” This month, approximately 10,500 Penn undergraduates, myself included, will move into West Philadelphia. Of these students, ap-
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GUEST COLUMN BY SAMANTHA STEIN proximately 6,000 will move into University-owned housing with nearly 2,400 located in the high rises. The remaining 4,500 will be situated in off-campus rentals at the crossroads of a nationwide humanitarian crisis. This housing, known to Penn students as the epicenter of thriving residential programs, student life, and, most pragmatically, a place to crash for the duration of the school year, sits atop land once occupied by low-income families seeking affordable places to call home. However, University encroachment has since inaugurated unrelenting increases in rent prices, gentrification, and residential segregation, pushing out locals and transforming stable poverty into grinding poverty. The story of West Philadelphia is often told as a tale of two cities, forked cleanly into the categories “campus” and “community;” but, despite the abundant residential segregation rendering vastly different lived experiences for inhabitants, the tale occurs within a single geographic space and is thus best told as an intertwined evolution of oppression defined by redlining, land grabs, and strategic buys, and reflected in the lives both at the
mercy and behind the helm of such implementations. The story has origins in historic community engagement practices and paternalistic policies, home in the hearts of the locals pushed out by gentrification and eviction, and sustenance in the complacency and blind eyes of the current inhabitants. The story’s future lies in our hands, current Penn affiliates.
research on housing insecurity in West Philadelphia, I have sought to understand what it means pragmatically to be a good neighbor amid the current state of urban affairs. Through my research I have learned of the immense burden transient occupants pose to the West Philadelphia community. “I just wish people would care more,” Regina Brewington, a long-
It is our responsibility to help mitigate the cycle of poverty in West Philadelphia by being invested community members.” Many of us, as first-year students mandated to move into University housing or upperclassmen seeking residences near campus, are unavoidably faced with participation in a morally questionable program. Nonetheless, we are privileged with the potential to be good neighbors. In fact, it is an ethical obligation. Through over a year of
term 19104, resident told me one evening. She proceeded to tell me of the construction done next door which came without warning and left water leaking through her basement wall and steps, and of the couch her neighbors had left sitting at the border of their properties for nearly a month. “To me [it shows] that they just don’t care,” Brewing-
ton remarked. Despite being short-term occupants, as student residents of the West Philadelphia community, we are not exempt from our civic duties and humane responsibilities. We must be active participants in our communities rather than disinvested transients. Community disinvestment not only contributes to dilapidated neighborhoods, it decreases community capacity to effect change and to organize for collective wellbeing — factors which predispose communities to high rates of eviction. Sociologist Matthew Desmond claims that eviction is “a cause, not just a condition of poverty.” The eviction of a single family can destabilize an entire block leading to exponential subsequent evictions. With 9.3 percent of renters displaced from their homes in 2015, Philadelphia is a national leader in renter displacement. Although not included in typical measurements of housing insecurity (measured by forced moves), moves which result from people seeking more invested communities are last-resort in nature and of great impact. Thus, the burden of housing insecurity,
broadly defined, is immense. As incoming members of the West Philadelphia community, it is our responsibility to help mitigate the cycle of poverty in West Philadelphia by being invested community members. In addition to basic property upkeep, we must strive for positive interpersonal relations with our neighbors. We must inform our neighbors of potentially impactful property upkeep we are planning and lend a hand when possible. When invited, we must attend civic association meetings where we must listen openly and empathetically to the concerns of our neighbors. Likewise, we must extend the invitation to our neighbors for seats at our own tables. For too long, campus and community have remained divided in a shared space. Presently, many of us do not have the choice to opt out of campus housing. But, we do have the option to be participants in the West Philadelphia community and the ethical obligation not to give up. Initiating collaboration is essential. SAMANTHA STEIN is a College junior. Her email address is swstein@sas.upenn.edu
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Penn Police responded to 161 summer crimes
Police responded to 11 instances of “simple assault” JAMES MEADOWS Staff Reporter
A total of 161 documented crimes took place at Penn this summer between May 16 and Aug. 16, according to data provided by the Division of Public Safety. The number took into account all crimes that occurred within the DPS patrol zone, an area which encompasses a portion of University City, largely stretching from 30th to 43rd streets as the east and west borders and from Market St. to Baltimore Ave. as the north and south borders. The majority of those crimes, 139 of the total 161, were characterized as “crimes against property,” which are incidents such as robbery, bribery, and burglary, and 22 were considered “crimes against persons,” which include murder, rape, and assault. Penn Police responded to 11 instances of “simple assault” this
summer, according to Maureen Rush, the vice president for public safety and the superintendent of the Penn Police Department. Rush said this represented an uptick from prior years when 6 and 7 simple assaults took place in the patrol zone in the summers of 2016 and 2017, respectively. Simple assaults refer to those that do not result in hospitalization. She added that the majority of the victims in these incidents were health care workers in hospitals and indicated that the opiate crisis and other mental health issues were contributing factors in the increase. Despite small fluctuations in crime, Rush described the statistics as “pretty comparable” to previous summers, when 153 and 168 total crimes occurred over the same period in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Over the summer, the patrol zone also witnessed a spate of burglaries occurring around 40th Street, largely between Pine St. and Baltimore Ave. — an offcampus, predominantly residential area just south of campus. On
Aug. 9, DPS sent an email to the Penn community writing that the “items were taken from residences for which doors or windows were unsecured.” With no suspects yet apprehended, Rush said investigators are still pursuing leads. Package thefts also remain an elusive source of crime within the area with people reporting approximately three to four packages as stolen from doorsteps over the summer. “Across the country there is a pattern now where perpetrators are following the Amazon white truck, or the FedEx, or the UPS, and as soon as the delivery is made they grab the package and it’s gone,” Rush explained. To curb package thefts, DPS encouraged all students to direct their deliveries to the local Amazon Center in 1920 Commons. With other packages, DPS suggests that on-campus students to address them to their respective dormitories. The department is currently working with off-campus landlords to accept incoming package at their leasing offices.
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Research will continue regarding Penn’s ties to slavery Gutmann acknowledged the research on June 28 MADELEINE NGO Deputry News Editor
Less than two years after a Penn spokesperson denied any direct involvement between Penn and the slave trade, Penn President Amy Gutmann penned a statement to the community this summer formally acknowledging that 75 of Penn’s former trustees, including the University’s first Provost William Penn, were slave owners. Now, members of the Penn History of Slavery Project — the student group that unearthed the evidence that prompted Penn’s latest inves-
tigation into the matter — say the research has only just begun. “Now that we’re getting into the nitty gritty of the details and exploring things, we realize that there is a lot more conversation to be had,” member of the project and 2018 College graduate VanJessica Gladney said. Supported by Penn’s History Department, the group first formed in 2017 under the guidance of professor Kathleen Brown and began to call into question the University’s steadfast claim that denied the possibility of any historic ties to slavery. “Penn has explored this issue several times over the past few decades and found no direct
University involvement with slavery or the slave trade,” Ron Ozio, a University spokesman, notably told the Philadelphia Tribune in September 2016. This denial came shortly after Georgetown University openly acknowledged its ties to the slave trade and many other institutions of higher learning began to explore the issue. After learning about the student group’s findings, Gutmann and Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett announced the formation of a working group of faculty “to examine the role of slavery in Penn’s early years.” The collection included Senior Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer Joann Mitchell, Law and Sociology Profes-
sor Dorothy Roberts, Africana Studies Professor Heather Williams, and Brown. On June 28, Gutmann released a statement referring to the findings of both the student researchers and the working group recognizing the role of slavery in the University’s past. “[Slavery] was a profoundly painful and odious part of our nation’s history,” she wrote. “No segment of American society or institution founded during the 18th Century, including the University of Pennsylvania, escaped its scourge. Far from it.” Gutmann continued on to thank the faculty group, expressed pride on behalf of the students involved, and commit-
ted Penn to five goals in the future, including the support of future research, the development of a website as a database for information on the findings, the joining of the Universities Studying Slavery consortium, and the encouragement of schools and departments to inform the community about the institution’s ties to slavery in the past. After reading the statement, College junior Dillon Kersh said he was glad to see Penn acknowledging the group’s research. “The school is really listening to us,” said Kersh, also a member of the student research group. “They’re not brushing off and ignoring us.” In an email sent on Aug.
16, Leah Popowich, a spokesperson for Gutmann, wrote that the president did not have “anything additional to add to the statement at this time.” Moving forward, Gladney said she and other members of the student group will continue to assist PSP in its ongoing research this semester, largely through the seminar, HIST 273, which will meet on Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. each week. Gladney encourages interested students to get involved with the research by registering for the history course this semester. “We are interested in getting this conversation really started and getting as many people involved,” Gladney said.
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a student’s eligibility for financial aid. Elaine Papas-Varas, the University director of financial aid, explained that SFS uses a number of calculations to determine each component of the total cost of attendance. For example, she said, in order to establish the estimated costs associated with the category “Books and Supplies,” the office obtains “extensive documentation” about what each school at Penn requires of its students. She noted fees not currently included in the cost of attendance can be added on at a later time. “There are things that we absolutely do miss,” Papas-Varas said referring to fees that some students are required to pay. “We would look at those on a case-by-case [basis].” Papas-Varas said SFS accepts appeals from students in cases when expenses for a category in the cost of attendance exceed the amount officially calculated by the office.
For example, she added, students who think they are being required to spend more on their textbooks than was originally estimated in their financial aid calculations, can provide the office with their syllabi and receipts for money spent on books. If the office finds that the students spent more than the expected amount for textbooks at their school, their individual cost of attendance can be adjusted to better reflect their experience. Noting that the program at the Greenfield Intercultural Center helps students to identify and receive financial support for hidden costs, Burcham said she believes improvements, such as the addition of a fulltime FGLI program coordinator, could be made to better aid the FGLI community. “Our goal is that eventually there will be a much more efficient, streamlined, very transparent process for these issues to be resolved and for them to be communicated with students ahead of time,” Burcham said.
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Here’s what you missed this summer Prof. resigns after allegations of relationship with students Robert Kurzban left voluntarily, Penn says
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Former Psychology Professor Robert Kurzban has resigned from Penn as of early this month, according to an email from Psychology department chair Sharon ThompsonSchill. This came two months after allegations first emerged that Kurzban had multiple inappropriate relationships with students he had been directly overseeing, violating University policy. “Professor Kurzban informs me that, although he denies the allegations that he violated University policy, he felt that the publicity surrounding some of his social life made it in his and the University’s best interests for him to resign voluntarily,” Thompson-Schill wrote in the July 2 email addressed to faculty, staff and graduate students in the Psychology department. “The University has now accepted Professor Kurzban’s resignation.” Penn spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy confirmed that the University has accepted Kurzban’s resignation. Kurzban, then Undergraduate Chair of the Psychology Department, came under University investigation in Spring 2018 when The Daily Pennsylvanian published allegations that he engaged in multiple romantic relationships with students under his purview as an instructor and advisor in apparent violation of Penn policy. In response to these allegations, Kurzban
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Last semester, allegations emerged that Kurzban, who was the former Undergraduate Chair of Psychology, had sexual relationships with his students, violating University policy.
has said he “would never intentionally violate” University policy, and that he did not think the relationships were inappropriate. Thompson-Schill said in her email that the department has been working to create more open dialogue around issues such as misconduct and communication. “Because no one on the faculty had any idea that anyone in the department was involved in anything like the behavior described in the DP articles, it is evident that we need work to foster an atmosphere of open communication,” she wrote. Thompson-Schill added in her email that the Psychology department has been in contact
with both the Department of Public Safety and Penn’s Sexual Violence Investigative Officer to learn about the offices’ efforts to educate staff and students about preventing and reporting sexual violence on campus. “When we return to campus for the Fall semester, we will be arranging meetings for students and for faculty so we are all more informed about how we can respond when someone comes to us with a concern or when we hear of behavior that is inappropriate or possibly so,” Thompson-Schill said in the email. In late April, the same day that the DP published a story detailing allegations of romantic encounters between Kurzban
and one of his advisees, Kurzban stepped down as the president of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, a role that he was elected to occupy from 2017-2019. Thompson-Schill confirmed the next day that Kurzban had also been dismissed from his post as the director of the honors program in the Psychology department. While originally slated to teach the Senior Seminar in Psychology class in the fall semester, Kurzban was removed from the course roster following these allegations. Kurzban confirmed that he has left Penn, but declined to address questions asking whether he would be teaching at another university.
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More than 70 former trustees were slave owners MANLU LIU Deputy News Editor
Penn has announced a range of significant findings into the University’s history with slavery. In a statement dated June 28, the University wrote that 75 of Penn’s former trustees were slave owners, including Penn’s first Provost, William Smith. The University also paid a Penn professor for work done by an enslaved man whom he owned, and sent faculty members to raise money from slaveowning families. “In this and other ways, the labor of enslaved people was used to support and care for Penn faculty and students,” the statement read. Penn President Amy Gutmann also listed five action items that the University planned to take in light of these findings. Apart from supporting further research into the issue, Penn plans to develop a website to serve as a repository of the information, supporting the continued research of the Penn Slavery project, and join the Universities Studying Slavery consortium — a coalition of schools dedicated to studying the legacies on slavery on contemporary life. Penn’s Thursday announcement is a distinct reversal from a position adopted two years ago. In 2016, after Georgetown University publicly acknowledged the university’s own
The statement from President Amy Gutmann came after undergraduate researchers uncovered earlier this year that many of Penn’s early leaders had substantial connections to the slave trade.
connection to the slave trade, Penn Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio told The Philadelphia Tribune that “Penn has explored this issue several times over the past few decades and found no direct University involvement with slavery or the slave trade.” Earlier this year, an undergraduate student research study supported by Penn’s History Department found that many of the University’s founding trustees had substantial connections to the slave trade.
In this “Penn Slavery Project,” the students, led by Penn History Professor Kathleen Brown, found that out of the 28 trustees they investigated, 20 of them owned slaves. The group presented their preliminary research on Dec. 11 at College Hall only weeks after the Princeton and Slavery Project unveiled dozens of archival documents about Princeton’s ties to slavery. Penn responded to the students’ findings by forming its own working group to inves-
tigate the University’s ties to slavery after meeting with the students who were part of the research group. “Our statements last year regarding any further University nexus were based on the best information that was then known to the University Archives,” Penn spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy said in a statement earlier this year. “Through the [Penn Slavery Project] student’s research, we are now aware of additional information.”
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Professor Benoit Dubé already holds multiple other administrative positions, including Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.
The role is the first of its kind in the Ivy League YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor
Benoit Dubé, a professor of clinical psychiatry, will become Penn’s first-ever Chief Wellness Officer, filling a position created by the University in April. Today’s announcement, made by Provost Wendell Pritchett and Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian, said that Dubé will become the leader of wellness programs on campus in several ways. “As Chief Wellness Officer, he will be a core member of the University Life team, direct wellness initiatives across the University, and oversee an integrated new division of Student Wellness Services,” the email said. The email added that the new Student Wellness Services umbrella division will include the Offices of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, Campus Health, Counseling and Psychological Services, Penn Violence Prevention, and the Student Health Service. In addition to his professorship, Dubé holds more than ten other titles at Penn. Most notable are Director of Wellness Initiatives, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, and Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. As an associate professor, he received a Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011. Dubé began his career at Penn as a medical resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 after earning a medical degree from the University of Montreal in 1997 and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Concordia University in 1992. According to the official announcement, Dubé’s new position is the first of its kind in the Ivy League. Pritchett emphasized Dubé’s many years of excellence in teaching and leader-
ship at Penn in the emailed announcement. “Benoit Dubé is the ideal leader to galvanize wellness across the Penn community,” Pritchett wrote. “Benoit’s empathy, energy, and vision will be invaluable as President Gutmann and I expand our focus on wellness as a core value of the Penn experience.” The new division of Student Wellness Services to be led by Dubé will work to both expand mental-health services and increase the accessibility of those services, according to the emailed statement. Among these efforts, the division will work to increase capacity at CAPS and to create “phone, video, texting, and app-based technologies” that will be available to students at all times. Additionally, it will attempt to better distinguish between short-term and long-term care options offered at CAPS, as well as additional wellness options. In February, Director of Outreach and Prevention Services Meeta Kumar said that CAPS was short on space and might not have room to accommodate the five new full-time therapists who were joining its staff. Just a month later, data from a mental health survey administered by the Undergraduate Assembly showed that Penn undergraduates wanted to see more shortterm options. In addition, students in the survey said that they wished for an “embed model,” in which students could see CAPS clinicians designated for specific schools for walkin appointments at buildings on campus rather than at the CAPS office on Market Street. “Benoit will build highly visible collaborations that will engage diverse community members in affirming wellness as a central priority of life on our Penn campus with programming that nurtures multiple dimensions, including emotional, mental, physical, financial, spiritual, and social wellness,” Cade said in the emailed announcement. “We are delighted to make this important appointment!”
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Graduate student Kristina Krull, who was pursuing a master’s degree in education, died at her home in New Hampshire this July. Krull had been a fellow in the Penn Graduate School of Education’s Boarding School Teaching Residency program and a teaching fellow at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. She was the fourth student to die this year, and the 12th to have died since the beginning of 2017. According to an email from GSE Dean Pam Grossman, St. Paul’s Acting Rector Michelle Chicoine said Krull was someone who “inspired those whom she taught and coached and quickly earned the respect of the faculty and staff she
worked alongside with.” Krull earned a bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, before graduating from Springfield College in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Exercise Science. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Merrimack College, according to her LinkedIn. Krull attended Phillips Exeter Academy. On her LinkedIn profile, Krull described herself as someone who “enthusiastically [pursued] positions that allow [her] to help other men, women, and children become the BEST versions of themselves — physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.” According to Springfield College’s website, Krull played field hockey at the high school and collegiate level. Candlelight vigils for Krull were held at St. Paul’s School in July.
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Lack of women’s bathrooms in DRL sparks criticism Administrators responded with a temporary measure MANLU LIU Deputy News Editor
Five days after a note criticizing a shortage in women’s restrooms in the David Rittenhouse Laboratories was spotted on the door of a men’s restroom in June, the School of Arts and Sciences administrators found a temporary solution. In an email to all physics graduate students and undergraduate physics majors, SAS Director of Facilities Operations Christopher Augustine said the 2E10 men’s restroom will be re-labeled as a women’s restroom. “For the last few weeks a series of restroom outages on the 2nd floor of DRL have caused there to be only one functional women’s restroom on this floor of the building (as compared to three functional men’s restrooms),” Augustine said in the email.
“While University Facilities is working to address the issues in the women’s restrooms, SAS Facilities, in partnership with the Department of Physics, is temporarily relabeling room 2E10 (normally a men’s restroom) as a women’s restroom to provide additional restroom facilities to the women on the floor,” he added. Several classrooms on the second floor of DRL currently serve as locations for math summer courses. However, undergraduate math majors did not receive Augustine’s email. Over the usual sign designating 2E10 as a men’s restroom, there is a note posted that marks it as “Women’s Room” in large font. In smaller text, the note contains a shorter version of Augustine’s email. “This temporary measure will be reversed once the two restrooms that are out of order (fully or partially) are brought back online,” the note said.
The note also includes the SAS Facilities and Planning and Operations Department address. Physics graduate student and Diversity in Physics member Sophie Ettinger said in an email that she is very appreciative of Vice Dean for Finance and Administration Matt Lane and his colleagues’ swiftness in solving the bathroom issue. “I am grateful they were willing to drop everything and work on this,” she said. In early June, a flyer criticizing the limited availability of restrooms for women, transgender individuals, and nonbinary individuals was spotted on the 2C10 men’s restroom. “There is only one working STALL accessible to women on this floor (not just 1 restroom, but only 1 stall),” the note said. “There are no gender-neutral bathrooms at all, but there are three separate men’s RESTROOMS — that’s ridiculous.”
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On Jun. 4 President Donald Trump disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles from visiting the White House for a Super Bowl victory celebration. The abrupt White House announcement came after nearly the entire team said they intended to boycott the celebration that was scheduled to take place the next day. “The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White
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Quakers selected as Pulitzer Center student fellows Two student applicants from Penn were selected YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor
The Pulitzer Center announced that College junior Nicole Brigstock and 2018 Wharton graduate Svanika Balasubramanian are among its 2018 student fellows. The Pulitzer Center, a news and media organization that sponsors reporting on social and political issues around the world, offers 43 undergraduate and graduate students a chance to travel and report on overlooked global issues through a yearly fellowship. Every year, two student applicants from Penn are selected for the fellowship, one associated with Penn’s Middle East Center and the other through the South Asia Center. The selected fellows travel to their respective regions of study and report on current issues in the region. At the end of the summer, each of the fellows is expected to complete a full-length article and a multimedia project, both of which will be published on the Pulitzer
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College junior Nicole Brigstock was announced as a Pulitzer Center 2018 student fellow. She chose to work for SASANE in Nepal for her fellowship.
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received the President’s Engagement Prize, will be reporting on the lives of Indian migrant workers in the Middle East. Mainly, she said, she will be focusing on Indian workers in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Balasubramanian said that she has been interested in the issue since high school, when she worked for a nonprofit that helps migrant workers in Oman, where she is from. According to Balasubramanian, the current dilemma facing Indian migrant workers in the Middle East can be divided into two main issues, both of which she plans on covering. The first, Balasubramanian said, is that poor individuals in India are scammed by middle men into believing that they will be provided with well-paying jobs and a better quality of life. Second, the “kafala” system in
the Middle East binds migrant workers to specific sponsors, preventing them from achieving upward mobility and financial freedom. Balasubramanian said that both of these issues keep migrant workers in debt and low-paying jobs with little support from local government. She said that her article will hopefully educate Indians about the truth behind jobs in the Middle East, preventing them from falling prey to false offers. “What I’m most looking forward to is the opportunity to really hear a lot of these stories and the opportunity to give these people an opportunity to tell these stories in a way that hasn’t been done before,” Balasubramanian said. In addition to the article, Balasubramanian plans on producing a small podcast series to fulfill the multimedia project requirement.
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U. doctoral candidate dies Furda comments on while on extended leave SAT/ACT requirement Vance Patrick is the second student to have died in 2018 MANLU LIU Deputy News Editor
Penn social work doctoral candidate Vance Patrick died while on extended leave. He was a practicing social worker in New Jersey, according to an emailed statement from Vice Provost for University Life spokesperson Monica Yant Kinney.
Yant Kinney said Patrick graduated with his cohort in 2016 but, since then, he was on leave while finishing his dissertation. Patrick had taught required courses in the School of Social Policy and Practice’s Racism sequence, according to The Clinician, SP2’s Clinical Doctor of Social Work Newsletter. The Clinician further stated that Patrick taught a class titled “American Racism and Social Work Practice” in Fall 2014
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and another titled “Understanding Social Change: Issues of Race and Gender” in Spring 2015. In 2014, Patrick served as the LGBTQI Coordinator for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families Office of Adolescent Services, The Clinician said. The University is not aware of the cause of death, Yant Kinney said. Patrick is the second Penn student to have died in 2018.
He does not see Penn going test-optional YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor
On Thursday morning, the University of Chicago announced that it would no longer require undergraduate applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score in order to be considered for admission. However, according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, Penn will maintain its current testing requirement and will not follow up with a similar move anytime soon. While some schools — mostly liberal arts colleges — around the country have done so since the 1950s, the University of Chicago is the first top10 research university in the United States to adopt a testoptional admissions policy, according to The Washington Post. Every Ivy League school currently requires standardized test scores for admission. “Do I see Penn going testoptional? I don’t see us going test-optional,” Furda said. “We look at testing as part of our admissions policies and there is some added validity there.” Despite not championing the policy for Penn, Furda did say that he saw the University of Chicago’s decision as wellintentioned and potentially impactful on the world of competitive admissions to elite universities. “Whenever an institution of Chicago’s stature makes an announcement like this, it makes institutions then look at what they’re doing,” Furda said. “They are trying to increase access and looking at where there are barriers to that access.” Furda said that Penn’s office of admissions is always looking for the best way to evaluate its applicants, noting the policy
change they implemented in 2015 to disregard applicants’ scores in the essay section of the SAT. The testing requirement change is part of a larger set of policy shifts under the “UChicago Empower Initiative,” a series of changes posted online on the school’s admissions website. “The UChicago Empower Initiative will increase access to UChicago by expanding access for first-generation and rural students, enhancing financial support for those who serve our communities, and enabling student agency and ownership in the college admissions process,” the online post said. In addition to dropping the testing requirement, the initiative also changes the application process by granting applicants the option to submit a two-minute video introduction, replacing the old alumni and on-campus interviews. Penn Vice Dean and Director of Marketing and Communications for the Office of Admissions Kathryn Bezella said that, despite being potentially helpful for admissions officers, the two-minute videos present their own difficulties in evaluation because of socio-economic and geographic inequalities that could manifest in the qualities of the submitted videos. “It’ll be interesting to see how they evaluate those things and think about those biases,” Bezella said. She added that some students simply might not be talented or charismatic in ways that would be apparent in a video production yet still might be qualified applicants. Furda also noted the socalled “digital gap” that might prevent students in certain areas of the country from pro-
ducing compelling videos. However, he added that he is considering implementing some sort of video option in the application to supplement the alumni interviews rather than to replace them. “Maybe having a one-minute introduction so our alumni interviewers could have some icebreaker already and then know what that student looks like when they’re going to that coffee shop, looking for that student among a sea of other 17-year-olds waiting for their own college interviews,” Furda said. The “UChicago Empower Initiative” also makes several financial aid policy changes — most notably, a guarantee of free tuition for families with incomes under $125,000 per year and “typical assets.” With regard to that new rule, Furda said that, though a commendable move, the message is simple “while the calculation of financial aid is not that simple.” Furda added that the creation of such a benchmark seems inconsistent with the new SAT/ ACT policy which completely removes any formalized testing benchmark. “What’s interesting here is fixing one point of an adjusted gross income and using that fixed point while then also saying that a testing fixed point is something that you cannot make a decision on,” he said. Despite several criticisms of the policy shift, Furda did stress that the University of Chicago deserves credit and respect for making the move. “I think it is an incredibly powerful message that will be well received broadly, popularly,” Furda said. “But, institutions that see tests as part of a holistic process will have some questions.”
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Constantia Constantinou will be the new VP YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor
Penn will appoint Constantia Constantinou, the current Dean of University Libraries at Stony Brook University, as the new H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost and Director of the Penn Libraries. In an email to administrators, Provost Wendell Pritchett said that Constantinou will begin her job on August 1. The announcement comes several months after the current Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Carton Rogers announced his retirement in Oct. 2017. Rogers, who has been working for Penn Libraries since 1975, will retire in June. The University announced in January that it had cre-
ated a special committee consisting of Penn faculty, staff members and students to find and appoint a new Director of Libraries. Constantinou’s appointment is one of four major administrative announcements from Penn’s top leaders this year. In early February, Penn announced that John L. Jackson, Jr. of Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice would be named the new Dean for the Annenberg School for Communication. Less than three weeks later, President Amy Gutmann and Pritchett named Tufts University professor Andrew Hoffman as the new Dean for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. And in March, the University named Mark Wolff, a professor and the chair of cariology and comprehensive care at the College of Dentistry at New York
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University, as the new Dean for Penn Dental. More recently, the University announced plans to create new administrative positions, including a Chief Wellness Officer, who will oversee a new department at Penn called “Student Wellness Services,” and a new Executive Director for a consolidated “Penn First Plus” officer. Constantinou has worked in numerous University libraries in the past, including libraries
at the City University of New York, Rutgers University and Iona College. Most recently, she served for the past five years as Dean of University Libraries and as SUNY Distinguished Librarian at SUNY Stony Brook. In the emailed announcement, Pritchett emphasized Constantinou’s strong record of embracing technology in her past university library leadership roles. “She has been a pioneer throughout her career in developing digital, multimedia, and technology initiatives in large
university library systems,” Pritchett said. When Rogers was appointed as the director of libraries in 2004, Penn President Amy Gutmann similarly highlighted Rogers’ achievements in technological innovation while he served as the director of information processing, in a statement to the press. The vice provost and director of libraries is one of the six vice provosts who work under Pritchett; the others being the vice provosts for faculty, education, global initiatives, research, and University life.
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Eagles fans quite literaly took to the streets following the team’s historic Super Bowl victory. Many Penn students joined Philadelphia residents in the festivities, marching from campus downtown after the game.
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Following allegations of sexual misconduct, the University physically removed Steve Wynn’s name from a section of Perelman Quadrangle. The area has since been renamed “Penn Commons.”
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Thousands of Philadelphia residents and their families participated in the “March for Our Lives” protest, making their way through Old City while chanting and holding signs aloft to protest rising gun violence.
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The All-American Rejects headlined the 2018 Spring Fling concert, along with fellow performers CupcaKke, Sage the Gemini, and Jojo.
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The 124th running of the Penn Relays took place at Franklin Field this past April, a meet that included some of the best Olympic athletes in the world.
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The Philadelphia Eagles celebrated its victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI with a parade down Broad Street which was attended by thousands of fans.
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After the Penn men’s basketball team won the Ivy League tournament and clinched a place in March Madness, senior captain Darnell Foreman sat on the hoop during the celebrations.
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Students and performing groups transformed College Green into a sea of colors for Holi: a festival of love, color, and life.
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Over 1,200 admitted students registered for Quaker Days, with over 900 of those students requesting overnight housing for their stay.
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The Class of 2018 celebrated its graduation at the 262nd Commencement, which featured NBC News anchor and 1967 College graduate Andrea Mitchell.
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Penn Med friendly to women It was ranked second-best employer for women KIRA HOROWITZ Contributing Reporter
Penn Medicine was named the second-best employer for women in America by Forbes. Forbes’ first-ever list of “America’s Best Employers for Women,” which was released in late July, ranked employers based on their ability to support and grow their female workforce. Forty thousand American employees, including 25,000 women, were surveyed on working conditions and diversity at their places of employment. Women make up 77 percent of the workforce and 55 percent of the executive positions at Penn Medicine, which comprises the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Perelman School of Medicine, Forbes reported. Five out of seven Penn Medicine entities are headed by female CEOs. The FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women pro-
gram at the Perelman School of Medicine was highlighted by Forbes for improving the recruitment, retention, advancement, and leadership of women faculty. The initiative also aims to promote education and research in women’s health and leadership. Such programs, along with a general “culture of equality,” earned Penn Medicine a score of 89.1 out of 100 in the ranking. Penn Medicine also earned the No. 6 spot in the 2017 Forbes “Best Employers in America” ranking. Regina Chapman, CEO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, emphasized the merits of Penn Medicine’s work environment in an interview with Forbes. “People created opportunities for me to be exposed to different parts of the organization and higher levels of leadership … I have worked at a number of hospitals — three other health care systems — and Penn Medicine has, by far, the best hospital culture.”
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Pennsylvania is one of the least affordable states for higher education, according to a recent report from the Penn Graduate School of Education. The Institute for Research on Higher Education, housed in GSE, compared states in the College Opportunity Risk Assessment, the Philly Voice reported. The study ranked Pennsylvania as 48th in the nation for affordability, measured in terms of the percentage of family income that families pay for college even after students receive financial aid. The study found that in Pennsylvania, where higher education is one of the least affordable, families devote close to 40 percent of their income to cover higher education costs. The study also looked at college opportunity risk, which measures which state in
the country is most at risk of denying its students access to higher education. According to GSE, the assessment takes into account factors such as “how a state prepares its high school students, how it engages non-traditional college students, how it supports minority students, and the state’s fiscal health and stability.” For overall opportunity risk, Pennsylvania ranked as 23rd in the nation. But for education participation among adults, Pennsylvanian came in last among all 50 states. According to the report, just 2.9 percent of students aged 25-64 are enrolled in education programs beyond high school, which is the lowest in the nation. And while Pennsylvania ranks relatively high in terms of “completion of college programs in a timely manner,” the report still found significant racial disparity in postsecondary completion rates. The city ranked 40th in terms of completion equity between white students and all other minority groups.
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to study.” Huntsman Hall was among the last buildings on Penn’s campus that offered 24-hour study spaces to students. The Undergraduate Study Center in the Van Pelt Library basement operates for 24 hours a day from Monday to Thursday throughout the semester and every day during reading days and final exams. Other late-night study spots include the main section of Van Pelt Library, which is open until 12 a.m. from Sunday to Thursday and 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Penn Benjamins co-director and College senior Gabby Rothschild said she thinks closing the building will just prompt students to relocate. Rothschild added that she appreciates the University’s effort to address wellness, but does not see this
particular step as an effective one. Not everyone agrees. 2017 College graduate Nick McGrievy is a current secondyear PhD student at Princeton University, and said he has noticed that buildings at Penn tend to operate later than at Princeton. “A lot of buildings are open 24 hours at Penn versus with Princeton things are closed,” McGrievy said. “I think that’s done on purpose with the intent of making sure that students actually go to bed.” Huntsman Hall officially opened in 2002. At the time, Wharton spokesman Mike Baltes cited the creation of group study rooms as one of the prominent components of the $140 million building. In 2004, students reported that the popularity of Huntsman’s 57 group study rooms, commonly referred to by students as “GSRs,” created a competitive and stressful en-
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vironment. The study rooms at Huntsman have also traditionally been an area of contention between Wharton students and students from other Penn schools, seeing as only students registered to Wharton have the ability to reserve the highly coveted study rooms for 90 minute time slots. Huntsman GSRs recently underwent a two year upgrade that was completed in 2016. Each GSR was outfitted with $10,000 worth of technology, including larger screens, wireless connection to student devices, and huge whiteboard walls. These resources, which made Huntsman an even more popular destination for students in recent years, will now no longer be available after 2 a.m. “It’s a cultural thing at Penn that you can go to Huntsman at any time of day and people are always there,” Savige said. “People should at least have the option of studying that late.”
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What You Missed in the Penn Food Scene this Summer Summer break brought a lot of changes. But fear not, weʼve been keeping tabs. ANNABELLE WILLIAMS | ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
Brought to you by 34th Street Magazine You’re not the only one who changed over summer break. In just three months, much has changed in UCity’s culinary landscape, for better or for worse. We’ve rounded up all our food-related coverage—the good, the bad, and the ugly—so your stomach knows what to expect when you find your way back to campus. Honest Tom’s Taco Shop became Honest Tom’s Plant–Based Taco Shop. The news that all of Honest Tom’s offerings—from their iconic beef burritos to their cheesy nachos—would be replaced with plant–based options sent shockwaves through the West Philly community. Street writer Maryanne Koussa went to try their new menu. Here’s her ranking of their new offerings. 1. Biff Tacos: This walnut– based meat substitute was by far the favorite. Not only did it have the most flavor, it had that salty aspect you expect when you bite into a classic taco. While it was slightly dry, the seasoning really shined.
2. Sweet Potato Tacos: This is a classic, and a classic that’s been sitting, unappreciated, on Honest Tom’s menu for a while. It’s sweet, but that is expected (dude, it’s a sweet potato). It doesn’t taste like anything special, but it’s fine that the sweet potato as the main star. 3. Carbacoa Tacos: This is their new lentil and carrot barbacoa, meant to replace their carnitas. Not sure if the “c” is meant to stand for carbs or carrots, but they’re both very present.…This is the taco that really makes me question the odd texture that really only comes with vegan foods. 4. Chucken Tacos: Meant to replace chicken, “chucken” is made of chickpeas and plantains. Besides the terrible name (Ed. note: seriously, try say it out loud), this is the type of vegan food that keeps me from being vegan. No sauce can save this one, just skip it. Besides the tacos, I tried the PB nachos. Not peanut butter, plant–based, and these were so good that the sad boy music stopped for a second
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and Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” had to play to make sure I could contain myself. &pizza opened in Capogiro’s old space. With the sudden closing of Capogiro in early 2018, Penn was left with a collective gelato–filled hole in our hearts (and stomachs). But in March, Street reported that &pizza, a make–your–own pizza concept restaurant, would be coming to fill the space. As of August 2018, &pizza is open for business. From Daniel Bulpitt’s review and write–up on the new spot: &pizza opens on campus as one of over 30 stores since its founding in 2012. According to Rachel McLaughlin, &pizza’s head of marketing, the store prides itself on being a “different kind of pizza shop,” offering options from a decadent “American Honey” pie with pepperoni and hot honey, to the “Farmer’s Daughter”, which has egg and chili oil. In addition to these signature pies, dubbed “the Hits,” &pizza also offers a build your own option with unlimited toppings. No matter what you end up ordering, each pizza will cost you
around $11. While it’s not what you might crave when you think of a typical, New York style pizza, &pizza’s offerings appeal to a more eclectic palate. The pizzas, while oblong and seemingly large, are actually about enough for one moderately hungry person. My only gripe is that the pizza was somewhat lacking in cheese— but this also meant that I didn’t feel as bloated after eating it, so not all bad. HubBub Coffee closed. Our last day of HubBub coffees between classes came on May 11th, when the Philadelphia– based chain shuttered its location on 37th and Spruce Streets. Street reported on the closure in May of 2018. Here’s what we had to say: Founder and owner Drew Crockett (C’05) created HubBub in West Philadelphia in 2009 as a mobile food and coffee truck, which grew to include the University City location, a location in Radnor, and another in downtown Philadelphia. The location on Penn’s campus opened in 2013. But HubBub also started on Penn’s campus as one of the first of a “new wave”
of gourmet food trucks—Crockett started selling coffee on 38th and Spruce Streets in 2009; the truck is still in operation in various locations around the city. The news of this closure comes almost exactly a year after Crockett announced the closure of the HubBub Coffee on 17th and Arch Streets. And SoBol opened where HubBub used to be. The açaí bowl chain took over the space at 3736 Spruce. The new spot opened Thursday, August 23, when SoBol’s Facebook announced that the first 50 people in line at noon were eligible to receive free regular–sized açaí bowls. For those of you who missed the opening, stop by anytime—they’re open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for açai bowls with a bevy of topping selections. Halal Guys is opening a few blocks from campus. The New York City restaurant started as a food truck and became an iconic storefront for halal food. And now, in addition to their Chinatown Philadelphia location, they’re opening a second spot at 3816 Chestnut, as Street reported in April 2018. Street got the
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chance to try some of their most iconic offerings, and here’s what we thought: Four bright yellow bags sat on the table, three filled with falafel/beef gyro/chicken combos, and one filled with rolled pita, baba ganoush, and hummus. Strewn about were the Halal Guys’ famous pouches of white sauce and red sauce, the latter of which elicited a near– universal “holy shit” reactions even from people not new to the realm of spicy foods. The tender chicken and gyro brought about one reaction above all others: “they’re not greasy!” Even the falafel feels light, with a green interior reminiscent of the Goldie blend. Combos are available, or single– protein dishes with just gyro, chicken, or falafel. Dim Sum Garden is phasing out BYO. Billy Penn reported in June that the change was due to “rowdy customers”. But BYO isn’t dead entirely at the Chinatown spot; there’s a $15 corkage fee to bring your own alcohol. If you’re of age and prefer to order at the restaurant, you’re in luck—there’s a wine and beer list.
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Student Theater Shows to Look Forward to This Fall A round up of all the licensed shows happening on campus this semester. MICHAEL SCHWOERER | CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Brought to you by 34th Street Magazine Every year, the 46 groups in the Performing Arts Council (PAC) put on productions for the Penn community to enjoy. From a cappella to dance (and everywhere in between), these groups provide a creative outlet for hundreds of students and entertainment for thousands. While many of these groups write, choreograph, or compose their own shows, others take a completely different route; this subset of groups applies for rights to various theatrical pieces, which they then perform on campus. These productions range from Broadway musicals to slapstick farces, from operettas to contemporary tragedies. Here, we look ahead to the shows that have been licensed to various Penn groups this semester. A Raisin in the Sun (African American Arts Alliance) The mission of the African American Arts Alliance (4A) is “to promote awareness of Black culture through the arts, specifically focusing on theatre.” In this capacity, 4A has produced some amazing shows since its founding in 1991, including “Stick Fly,” “The Colored Museum,” and “Once on This Island.” This semester, 4A will be putting on Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play “A Raisin in the Sun.” Premiering on Broadway in 1959, the
play has won 5 Tony Awards. It details the experiences of the Youngers, a black family seeking to better their lives in 1950’s Chicago. The play touches on important issues of family obligation, housing discrimination, and identity. The Addams Family (Penn Singers Light Opera Co.) Penn Singers is a four–year musical theatre company that performs a Broadway–style show in the fall and an operetta in the spring. Founded in 1957, the group performs ensemble–heavy pieces under a professional director; upon joining, membership lasts for the duration of one’s time at Penn. This semester, Singers will be performing “The Addams Family,” a musical comedy by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice. The show details two days in the life of the creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky Addams family, and the drama that ensues when Wednesday invites her new boyfriend and his family over for dinner. It draws its inspiration from the work of Penn alumnus Charles Addams (C ’30), whose comic strip served as the inspiration for numerous films and television series. Heathers: The Musical (The Pennsylvania Players) Among the oldest groups
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at Penn, the Pennsylvania Players has been in operation since 1936. Producing a musical in the fall and a play in the spring, the group also organizes a 24–hour theatre festival every winter. Players is among the few professionally directed groups at Penn, hiring a new director every semester. This fall, Penn Players will be producing “Heathers: The Musical,” by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy, based on the 1988 film “Heathers.” This rock musical details a series of tragic events at Westerburg High School, touching on serious issues like teen suicide and bullying. The musical comedy has become a cult classic, with numerous regional productions and a pre-
mier on the West End this fall. Peter and the Starcatcher (Quadramics Theatre Co.) Quadramics Theatre Co. bills itself as “the group focused on enjoying life and getting the best experience possible out of working on and performing a great show.” Every year, the group produces a straight–play in the fall and a raucous musical during Spring Fling. This fall, Quadramics (or Q, as it’s affectionately known) will be performing Peter and the Starcatcher, a 2009 Tony– nominated play by Rick Elice that provides a backstory for the major characters of the novel “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie. With music interspersed throughout, this show has shipwrecks, mermaids, a mysterious treasure
The Prince and the Wooglefoof (Stimulus Children’s Theatre Co.) Described as Penn’s “premier children–oriented theatre group,” Stimulus Children’s Theatre Co. (Stim) produces shows targeted at a young audience. Apart from their main stage shows every semester, the company has a strong community service aspect to it as well, performing shows and holding theatre workshops at local elementary schools. This year marks Stim’s 30th anniversary at Penn. For this occasion, they’ll be producing The Prince and the Wooglefoof, a new musical written by Penn alumna Jessica Penzias (C ’12). Based on Brian Anderson’s book “The Prince’s New Pet,” this musical tells the story of a young prince in a sad kingdom of gray, who discovers a mysterious, colorful creature! Thom Pain (iNtuitons Experimental Theatre Co.) “WE WILL ALTERNATE YOU.” That’s the motto of Penn’s one and only experimental theatre group, iNtuitons. Founded almost four decades ago, this group has carried out its mission to bring the avantgarde, the unusual, and the strange to the Penn community. Though they’ll be performing in Houston Hall this Fall, the group has also taken advantage of
more alternative settings for its performances, such as Stouffer College House and the PAC Workshop. For their Fall show, iNtuitons will be producing “Thom Pain,” a one–person show written by Will Eno. This extended monologue is told by the titular character, an extremely unlucky person, who details the many misfortunes they have gone through so far. Tick, Tick… Boom! (Front Row Theatre Co.) Front Row Theatre Co. is among the most prolific performing arts groups on campus, producing four shows every year (NSO, fall, winter, spring). Front Row strives to perform “socially relevant student theatre” with every performance. Their most recent shows include “Loot,” “She Kills Monsters,” and “Speech & Debate.” Front Row has yet to announce their show for this semester, but they are preparing for their NSO production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick… Boom!” This musical serves as an autobiography of the “Rent” playwright’s life in the 1990s, as he struggles to find success as a composer in New York City. The performance is free for freshmen and will take place in the rooftop lounge of Harrison College House on Friday, 8/31 at 8:00 PM and 11:59 PM, and Saturday, 9/1 at 8:00 PM.
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Name: Bhavya Shah School: The College of Arts and Sciences and The Wharton School Hometown: Hanover Park, Ill. What’re you most excited for?: “I’m excited for the toga party.” What’s your favorite item that you brought to Penn?: “Probably the family picture that my mom gave me, and she made a scrapbook of a bunch of pictures.”
Name: Agustin Garcia School: The School of Engineering and Applied Science Hometown: Miami, Fla. What are you most excited about?: “I’m excited about moving away from my hometown.” What’s something interesting you brought from home?: “My culture. I’m multicultural with my mom from Spain, dad from Nicaragua, and family from Europe and the Americas.”
Name: Landry Davis School: The School of Nursing Hometown: Greenville, S.C. What’re you most excited about?: “I’m most excited to meet new people, see the nursing program and all the extracurricular activities.” What’s your favorite item that you brought to Penn?: “I have a dreamcatcher that I’m hanging from my room.”
Name: Harold Benavides School: The College of Arts and Sciences Hometown: Naples, Fla. What’re you most excited about?: “I’m excited to start classes, to see how that is. I’m also excited for some of the stuff at NSO.” What is your favorite thing you brought from home?: “My favorite thing I brought from home has to be my guitar.”
Name: Brenner Maull School: The School of Engineering and Applied Science Origin: Salisbury, Md. What are you most excited about?: “I am most excited to meet new people.” Are you in interested in any specific classes this semester or joining any clubs?: “I think I will be trying out for club tennis.” What was your favorite thing about Penn when you were applying to schools?: “I really liked the campus with the confined city feel.”
Name: Ryanna Nankivel School: The College of Arts and Sciences Hometown: Rapid City, S.D. What is the most interesting thing you brought to Penn?: “I made a collage out of black Post-it notes and a white pen. Two hundred black Post-it notes and I framed it so it’s 3 feet by 2 feet. I brought it so I could hang it up in my room. It’s a bunch of my favorite video games like Pokemon, Zelda, and Kingdom Hearts characters.”
Name: Bo Ku School: The College of Arts and Sciences Hometown: Blue Ball, Pa. What’re you most excited about?: “I’m just excited for meeting new people, meeting my professors, and just getting used to the college life.” What is the most interesting thing you brought to Penn?: “I brought some plants and lots of vines. I brought a clothing rack, one of those pole-type racks for my room.”
Name: Nichanun (Nat) Puapattanakajorn School: The College of Arts and Sciences Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand What’re you most excited about?: “I’m excited to throw toast!” What’s your favorite thing you brought to Penn?: “Probably a lot of stationary.”
Name: Lilia Carpenter School: The College of Arts and Sciences Hometown: “I’m from 20 minutes up 76” What are you most excited about?: “The new gym sounds amazing and meeting people. I want to maybe get a job as a barista at one of the student-run cafes.” Are you interested in joining any clubs or excited for any classes in particular?: “Classes this semester? Elementary French! I’ve never taken French before, but I’ve been to France and loved it so there’s that. I’m interested in joining a singing group but I’m not sure which one or how hard hard I’m willing to go for it.”
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Mark Kocent knows the Quad. He should — he lived there for nine years: First as an undergraduate, then as a graduate student, and finally as Linda Kocent’s husband when she was serving as a faculty fellow in the School of Nursing. In fact, he was living on campus when his daughter was born. Now, after a 40-year relationship with the University, Kocent has become the University Architect — a role which puts him in charge of renovating his old haunts and helming the design of the physical future of Penn’s campus. The previous University Architect, David Hollenberg, held the position from June 2006 until his partial retirement in June 2018. Kocent’s appointment to the University Architect position became effective July 2. Facilities and Real Estate Services Director of Communications Jennifer Rizzi confirmed that Hollenberg will continue to work with the Office of the University Architect on special projects, including the preparation a book of all construction projects completed on campus in the past 15 years. Kocent, who also holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Drexel University, was a 1982 College graduate, earning a degree in design of the environment and enlisting as a member of Kite & Key, according to QuakerNet, and serving as the corporation president of Sigma Chi. He soon returned to Penn graduating with a master’s degree in city
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planning in 1991 from the School of Design. In his professional life, Kocent garnered experience including eight years working for Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates — a Philadelphia-based architectural planning and design firm. He said that he spent roughly 15 years working in private practice, with projects on a number of university campuses. Kocent found his way back to his alma mater in 2004 when he began working as the University’s principal planner. Serving in this role for 14 years, Kocent notably managed the creation of the Penn Connects and Penn Connects 2.0 campus development plans, which were established in 2006 and 2012 respectively to guide the development and expansion of campus, particularly on land acquired along the Schuylkill River. In his newest role, Kocent will act as the head of an office, which he characterizes as “the [steward] of the physical campus, both the buildings and the landscapes.” As Penn’s lead architect, Kocent oversees the design and preservation of the institution’s facilities and will have a considerable number of responsibilities including the hiring of architects, the management of sustainability initiatives, and guiding the renovation of existing buildings alongside the design of new structures. The Office of the University Architect works closely both with other departments within FRES and with the broader University leadership. “We’re very much in partnership with the design and construction staff in our office, and the operations and maintenance staff, and the real estate
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and development staff,” Kocent explained. “We all work together on a lot of these projects.” He added that building goals are “very carefully coordinated with the University leadership’s strategic plan for each of the schools and centers, and also with the development offices’ financial goals with each of the schools.” Kocent noted that part of his work as University Architect will involve the development of Penn Connects 3.0, an updated version of the campus master plan. He also said that he will be working on many buildings outlined in the Power of Penn campaign, including the Wharton Academic Research Building, the Penn Medicine Pavilion, and New College House West. Additionally, Kocent said that the office is planning to renovate landscapes on campus in the coming year, including Woodland Walk and the area of 34th Street between Walnut and Spruce streets. Kocent emphasized that his work at Penn over the years helped prepare him for his newest role. “I worked alongside the University Architect for all those years, and then had the opportunity this year to move up and graduated to that role,” he said. “There’s a sense of continuity here.” “It’s not someone totally new coming in,” Rizzi added.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the first article in what will be a semester-long series on the state of Ivy League athletics over the past decade. Over the summer, Cole Jacobson, Sam Mitchell and I set out to chronicle how each team at each school performed in the past 10 years. In this series, we’ll be highlighting some of our results, starting with overall rankings of all the schools. In the coming weeks, we’ll look at the best individual teams, Penn’s place in the Ivy League, and much more. Each new article will shed light on a specific topic we find intriguing and insightful. Thanks for reading, and enjoy! — Jonathan Pollack Methodology This is a condensed version of the methodology and terminology used in this study. For the complete version, please visit our methodology report online at thedp.com. We considered all sports where at least half of the Ivy League competes at the varsity level. This means that we did not include certain sports in which only a few Ivies compete, such as sprint football, skiing, men’s volleyball, water polo, etc. We took data from the past 10 complete school years going back to 2008-09. We saw this as an appropriate compromise between being large enough to have a sample size indicative of which schools were best, yet small enough to reasonably demonstrate which programs are the best right now. For sports where some Ivy teams don’t compete, each team’s finish was mathematically adjusted to a hypothetical finish on an eight-team scale, with the first-place team remaining at 1 and the last-place team finishing 8. Ivy League titles were split into outright and overall titles to account for shared titles. In the case of a shared title, each team that earned a part of the Ivy title was given a championship. We felt it was important not to have any ties in our study, as it would have made our analysis much more complex. The general tiebreakers, in order, are head-to-head results, Ivy Tournament seeding, Ivy point differential, head-to-head point differential, and RPI. Several sports required sport-specific tiebreakers that replaced the general tiebreakers. Premiere postseason appearances, wins, and national titles refer to the NCAA Championship or Tournament, or each sport’s equivalent of that. Here are our rankings of the eight Ivy League athletic programs. No. 1 — Princeton Princeton clearly was the most successful school in the Ivy League over the last decade. On top of an average finish that’s nearly half a place better than the next best school, the Tigers had the most Ivy titles, Ivy postseason titles, NCAAs appearances, and top 25, 10, and 5
finishes. Princeton dominated in several sports, with nine teams earning the top average finish in their respective sports, but that’s not all that made the Tigers the best in the conference. Princeton most impressive feature is that it was competitive in almost every sport. 29 of Princeton’s 33 teams took home an Ivy title in the last 10 years, with all but two of those 29 teams winning at least two titles. The Tigers averaged a top-four finish in 25 sports, and their worst overall finish was just 5.2 — just 0.1 less than Dartmouth’s overall average. With a few standout teams and all-around above average performance, Princeton easily earned the top spot. No. 2 — Harvard Right behind Princeton as an elite Ivy League athletic program is Harvard. The Crimson are clear second fiddles to the Tigers, but still stand head and shoulders above the rest of the league. While it placed second in average finish, Ivy titles, and NCAA appearances, Harvard had the most national titles in both the team and individual categories. This was largely due to the sheer dominance of its women’s squash team, which racked up seven team titles and six individual championships. Harvard’s average finish might actually undersell how close they are to Princeton. The Crimson had a median finish of 3.2, well below their average finish, indicating they were dragged down by a few poor finishes. Most notably, the three men’s running teams — cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field — averaged finishes of 6.4, 4.7, and 5.1 respectively. With 26 out of 33 sports earning at least one title and 12 different teams grabbing the top spot in their sport, Harvard, much like Princeton, was competitive in almost every sport. No. 3 — Cornell Moving on to the middle tier of Ancient Eight, Cornell takes third place behind a few dominant teams along with many that were solidly in the middle of the pack. Cornell wrestling is perhaps the best individual team in the entire study — the Big Red captured all 10 Ivy titles, nine ECAC titles, and 10 individual NCAA championships. SEE IVY LEAGUE PAGE 25 GILLIAN DIEBOLD | DESIGN EDITOR
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Halfway through his first NFL preseason, the former Penn star wide receiver has a strong chance to make an NFL active roster.
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The best receiver in school history is starting to make a name for himself in Tampa, Fla., but his roster spot is still far from secured. After setting records in nearly every receiving statistical category at Penn, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Justin Watson finds himself in the midst of a tightly-contested battle for a roster spot. In front of him are four veterans who are virtual locks to make the roster: Mike Evans, DeSean Jackson, Adam Humphries, and Chris Godwin. “I think everyone kind of knows those first four guys. Then there’s a group of — you could make it probably as big as five if you wanted to — that’s in that second group,” Buccaneers head coach
Dirk Koetter said in a press conference last week. Watson’s competition includes as many as six others according to Bucs wide receivers coach Skyler Fulton. He echoed Koetter’s list of Freddie Martino, Bernard Reedy, Sergio Bailey, and Bobo Wilson, and tacked on Jake Lampman and Ervin Philips to the list as well. Of the six, four have played in regular season NFL games, an experience the rookies in the group have not had. Koetter has declined to name a front-runner among the group in multiple press conferences, as did Fulton in the call with The Daily Pennsylvanian. The competition is just that tight. Despite that, Fulton was quick to praise Watson’s game, and suggested that he has the potential for a long and successful NFL career. Watson’s professional football career did not have the start he would have hoped for. After becoming the first Penn player since
2002 to be drafted into the NFL, the fifth-round pick was forced to the sidelines during offseason workouts in the spring with an injury. The injury meant missing out on important reps against NFL talent, something Ivy League and FCS prospects severely lack. “You wish you had that time back but obviously you can’t. What I’ve tried to do when I was injured was just taking advantage of being able to get in the weight room a little more and get into my playbook a little bit more,” Watson said. “And then since then, just trying to make up for lost reps, grabbing a couple reps extra at practice and after with [Bucs starting quarterback] Jameis [Winston] and making up for some of those reps we missed in the spring.” “I don’t think it’s a secret that he played in the Ivy League and he probably hasn’t seen a [defenSEE WATSON PAGE 27
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Besides wrestling, Cornell had the best running teams in the league. Five of the Big Red’s best nine teams, in terms of average finish, came in either cross country or indoor/outdoor track and field, and those teams combined to bring home 13 Ivy championships and the school’s lone non-wrestling individual national title. Most of the metrics pointed to Cornell finishing slightly over Penn and Yale. Cornell had significantly more Ivy
The Bulldogs have some of the more impressive national title runs.” titles, both outright and total, as well as a higher average finish, more sports with a title, and more national titles. However, the Big Red finished sixth in terms of median finish, and they have the second-most teams that averaged a finish of sixth or worse, with nine. Still, the overall average finish and number of titles were enough to put Cornell in third. No. 4 — Yale Slotting in behind Cornell but just ahead of Penn is Yale. Yale volleyball is another team that was clearly the best in its sport, taking home four outright Ivy titles and seven overall. The Bulldogs also have some of the more impressive national title runs, taking home the 2018 men’s lacrosse and 2013 men’s hockey titles. Both of those titles came in sports the Ivy League had not won in a long time; it was the league’s first men’s lacrosse title since 2001 and first men’s hockey title since 1989. Yale is the only school to rank higher than its average finish would dictate, due to a number of other statistics. Aside from average finish, the Bulldogs lead the bottom five schools in almost every category — Ivy titles, team national titles, teams with the conference’s top average finish, teams with Ivy titles, median finish, and teams that finished in the top half of the league. Like Harvard, Yale suffers from a poor showing in indoor and outdoor track, significantly pulling down its average finish. With all of these factors combined, Yale is able to leapfrog ahead of Columbia and Penn to take fourth place. No. 5 — Penn Penn rounds out the second tier of Ivy schools, finishing just behind both Yale and Cornell. Much like Cornell and
Yale, Penn has one particular sport that it towers over the rest of the league in. The Quakers’ women’s lacrosse squad took home four outright Ivy titles, nine overall, and three Ivy Tournament titles. Aside from women’s lacrosse, Penn football weathered a coaching change to remain one of the better teams in the conference, with titles in half of the seasons. Unlike Yale and Cornell, which have more teams at both ends of the conference, Penn teams are often squarely in the middle of the conference. The Quakers have 11 teams that averaged finishes between fourth and fifth; no other Ivy school has more than seven. Likewise, Penn has very few teams at either the top or the bottom of the league, with just nine teams that averaged finishes better than third or worse than sixth. By most stats, Penn was quite average, and its unspectacular showing earns it fifth place. No. 6 — Columbia Sitting slightly beneath the trio of Cornell, Penn, and Yale is Columbia. Columbia boasts one of the more dominant Ivy teams in its men’s tennis squad, which captured seven Ivy titles, accounting for more than 20 percent of the school’s total. Columbia’s other strong program is fencing. Between the men’s and women’s teams, the Lions have eight Ivy titles, two team national titles, and four individual national titles. Columbia is also the school with the largest discrepancy between men’s and women’s titles, with
Penn teams are often squarely in the middle of the conference.” 25 men’s championships to just 7 women’s titles. While the Lions actually have an average finish that is better than Yale’s, they rank behind Yale and Penn in nearly every other category, including major categories such as Ivy titles and NCAA appearances. Columbia has only 12 teams that won titles in the past decade, a drop from the 16 teams that Penn had. Like Penn, Columbia has just one sport with the best average finish in the league. Even when adjusting for the fact that the Lions have the fewest total teams in the Ivy League, they don’t have a strong enough profile to push past the schools in front of them, landing them in sixth place. No. 7 — Dartmouth In seventh is Dartmouth, which sits well behind the pre-
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vious schools but comfortably in front of Brown. Dartmouth men’s soccer is the school’s premier team, taking home six titles in a very competitive Ivy sport. That team also won eight games in eight NCAA Tournament appearances, tied for second-best among all non-squash teams in the study. Dartmouth’s other strength came not in the form of a team, but a particular athlete. From 2009-2013, Abbey D’Agostino dominated the cross country and track and field circuit, earning all seven of the Big Green’s individual NCAA titles, including the Ivy League’s first ever cross country title. Still, the gap between Dartmouth and sixth-place Columbia is considerable. Aside from a 0.4 gap in average finish, the Lions nearly doubled up on the Big Green in Ivy titles. Dartmouth had just eight sports that finished in the top half of the league, and only nine that won titles. Aside from D’Agostino, the Big Green had a poor national showing; just 11 wins and only one top
10 finish. All of this combines for a second-to-last place finish for Dartmouth. No. 8 — Brown In every sport, someone has to come in last, and by all accounts Brown did just that in the Ivy League over the past 10 years. The Bears finished dead last in almost every category — average finish, Ivy titles, NCAA appearances, NCAA wins, and NCAA titles. The only sport where Brown really held its own was rowing, where its men’s heavyweight and women’s open teams both placed near the top of the conference and contended for the national title each year. And while Brown’s past is quite bleak, the future doesn’t look much better. Brown’s last Ivy title came in 2015-16 with men’s lacrosse, but the Ivy League currently houses the reigning national champion in Yale. Like Harvard and Yale, Brown has a misleading average finish. But Brown’s actually gives it more credit than it probably deserves; Brown’s median finish is nearly 0.4 spots worse than its average. The Bears av-
eraged finishes of sixth or worse in 19 out of 33 sports, and were the only school to not have at least one sport where they had the best average finish. Brown had just five sports where it average at least a top-four position
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EDITORIAL | Wieland hire is a step in the right direction Penn Athletics, mental health, Since 2005, four Penn stu- dating the responsibility and acand wellness have not always dent-athletes have died by sui- countability for the well-being had a symbiotic relationship cide. Countless more have end- of student-athletes. Wieland over the years. But the admin- ed their athletic commitments brings to Penn a wealth of existration’s decision to hire Dr. after suffering from mental perience in mental health treatAndrea Wieland as a new asso- health issues or injuries. ment and preparation. ciate athletic director for sports In recent years, there has She comes from an athletiperformance is a commendable been criticism of access to re- cally renowned Florida prep step toward addressing the is- sources for student-athletes to school, where she served as sues at hand within the depart- seek help. Furthermore, fol- head of mental conditioning. ment. lowing last year’s departure of Before that, she was CEO of We know of too many stu- Senior Associate AD Sherryta the International Center for dent-athletes who suffer from Freeman, it became unclear ex- Performance and Health. At all overload: over-packed sched- actly who was responsible for stops, Wieland worked to impleules, over-burdening expecta- spearheading and presiding over ment a holistic approach to the tions, and tragically, coaches initiatives of mental health and well-being of athletes across the The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation who do not always understand wellness. board. Her arrival represents the Avenue, New York,Wieland N.Y. 10018potential to begin a new era of how to handle subsequent situa- 620 Eighth The addition of Dr. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 tions of poor mental health. willRelease be instrumental to consoliFor Friday, August 24, 2018 well-being for student-athletes
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Calhoun and her administration are serious about generating real change. We encourage all student-athletes on campus to embrace and be a part of this change. Working together and in earnest, all stakeholders in Penn Athletics
can ensure that there need not be another tragedy to necessitate genuine progress. This editorial reflects the viewpoint of The Daily Pennsylvanian Sports Department. Comments can be directed to dpsports@thedp.com.
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at Penn. Likewise, the expansion of athlete-specific in-house care, through dedicated sports psychologists, and more executive attention being placed on the mental aspect of student-athletes’ lives, has raised our hopes that Penn Athletics not only recognizes but is willing to address gaps that exist. These recent moves may not produce results overnight. We still expect that some football and sprint football players will have to end their athletic commitments due to head injuries incurred in-season. We still expect that some gymnasts and wrestlers will suffer from body image issues and other difficulties associated with such meticulous work on their physiques. We still expect student-athletes across the board to suffer from high levels of stress and occasionally depression. But these expectations should be aggressively dismantled through serious hard work and attention to detail on behalf of the administration as well as student-athletes themselves. Bringing Dr. Wieland on board is another indication that Athletic Director Dr. M. Grace
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sive back] as good as he’s going to see week in and week out in the NFL. So there’s definitely things that [he] has to experience on the field to make adjustments to, but he’s quick to make adjustments,” Fulton said. “There’s a lot of players that have the physical ability. What’s going to separate Justin Watson is going to be his work ethic and his football IQ.” That has been a familiar trope in the media’s coverage of this receiver competition. The margins are small, but everybody has already taken notice of Watson’s willingness to put in extra work after practice and his identification and understanding of football concepts. For his part, Watson credits Penn with helping develop both of those attributes. “I think it’s something that’s just been instilled in me from my time at Penn,” he said. “It was always ‘if you can still run, stay after practice and get some extra routes [in]’. Extra reps always help. At Penn one of our sayings was always ‘One More’. One more rep, one more lifting session, one more route with the quarterback, so for me, I’ve just tried to embody that my first couple weeks down here [in Tampa].”
The other mark in Watson’s favor is his work on special teams. It is generally expected that backups contribute on special teams as they continue to grow and develop into larger roles in their main positions. For Watson, who played only limited special teams in his freshman year at Penn, this has meant a complete commitment to learning and executing on all four major special team units. That plan has worked; Watson has started in at least three of the four units in both preseason games so far. His effort and ability in those areas have not gone unnoticed. Fulton, who was also Watson’s special teams coordinator at the East-West Shrine Game, credited him with an unofficial solo tackle in the latest Buccaneers preseason game. Watson, for his part, claimed only an assisted one. That tackle might prove to be a more important stat than last week’s touchdown. If Watson can prove to be a factor on special teams, his path to a roster spot becomes a lot clearer. With the competition as close and as deep as it is, Watson has his work cut out for him to make the roster, even if the Buccaneers elect to keep six receivers rather than the usual five. “There’s a lot of teams that bring in players for camp who
are camp bodies,” Fulton said. “They just bring guys in so they can save guys’ legs. We don’t have any camp bodies in our receiver room. We’ve got 11 guys that can play in the NFL. So it’s really going to come down to who can be the most consistent, who can stay healthy, and ultimately when guys get chances to make plays, who can make the plays.” “Do these guys all have to play really good between now and the final 53-man cut and stay healthy? One-thousand percent.” But even if the Buccaneers do elect to cut their fifth-round pick, Fulton suggested that Watson would not be out of work for long. In fact, some analysts and reporters have suggested that Watson might make the roster simply because a different NFL team would almost certainly claim him from waivers should the Bucs attempt to place him on their practice squad. “I would be shocked [if he doesn’t make a final NFL roster],” Fulton said. “If at this point, after catching four balls and a touchdown, making a solo tackle on kickoff and doing what he’s done, what he did before the draft, combined with everybody knows his work ethic, and character … I would be shocked. But I’ve seen crazier things happen.”
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