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The Pi Kapp national fraternity alerts members that their chapter is suspended in the fall of 2014 due to hazing allegations from the previous year.
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ON JUNE 9, 2015, PENN’S CHAPTER OF PI KAPPA PHI HAD ITS CHARTER REVOKED, ENDING A NEARLY TWO-YEAR SERIES OF SANCTIONS, SUSPENSIONS AND HEARINGS.
Pi Kapp is caught by alcohol monitors on two separate occasions throwing a party. Pi Kapp is cleared after one disciplinary hearing, but has to pay a fine after the other hearing.
National officials hold a membership review of all Pi Kapp brothers, where members say over 25 percent of the fraternity is cut out. Members who are abroad or otherwise can’t attend the review sessions are automatically cut
Pi Kapp contributes $815 of chapter funds to a St. Patrick’s Day Party outside their house. They are placed on “cease-and-desist” — effectively banned from gathering in any context as a fraternity.
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Pi Kapp throws its annual War of the Roses philanthropic event. OFSL says the event violated the chapter’s “cease and desist” condition.
Pi Kapp is notified by its national organization that its charter has been revoked.
PI KAPP’S CHARTER REVOKED OVER SUMMER Pi Kapp joins ranks of off-campus fraternities after losing its charter DAN SPINELLI Senior Reporter
Penn’s Eta Nu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi had its charter revoked over the summer, fraternity members and chapter emails confirmed last week.
The group — now christened “Phi” — will operate without supervision by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, making it the seventh currently active off-campus Greek group. Most recently, the sorority Alpha Chi Omega voted to move off-campus in April. Phi will still recruit students normally during the spring rush process and will continue
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holding philanthropic and social events. Because their chapter house at 4042 Walnut St. was not owned by the national chapter or the University, the chapter members could continue renting it from Campus Apartments. Their two-year disciplinary battle with the Penn administration included controversy over the definition of a party, an unannounced search of the chapter
DWINDLING NUMBERS AND MORALE The fraternity’s troubles began in early 2014, when the chapter was suspended for the fall semester over a hazing allegation, and chapter members came increasingly under fire for
violations of their probationary agreement. One person affiliated with Pi Kapp and familiar with these negotiations said that most discussions left out the chapter members completely. “Predominantly we felt that the entire situation was handled horribly. We didn’t have any input into the process,” he said. “And more so than that, we had just gradually felt that
everything that had been going on was forcefully and directly making it so we couldn’t be friends.” Other fraternity members contacted over the weekend deferred comment to this source. A membership review, conducted by the national chapter in early September 2014, sparked SEE PI KAPP PAGE 12
Convocation addresses campus depression President Gutmann encourages Penn freshmen to ‘ask for help’ JACK CAHN Senior Reporter
One of Penn’s greatest achievements and one of its greatest downfalls is its competitiveness.”
house and the fraternity’s decision to hold a philanthropy event.
Regal music accompanied thousands of Penn freshmen as they marched down Locust Walk, sober and in business casual for their first time since arriving at Penn. The excitement was palpable; but few expected convocation to pointedly address the mental health crisis that has rocked Penn’s campus since six students committed suicide within 15 months. “Challenges are inevitable. Setbacks will occur. But you are not alone in navigating them. You are right here with others who are ready, willing and eager to help,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “Asking for help, far from signaling weakness or failure, is a most positive sign that you appreciate something very profound.”
Gutmann’s speech came at the heels of the suicide of Penn junior Timothy Hamlett, who was found dead earlier this summer. For months prior, the Penn community called out the administration for a perceived lack of action to fight depression and destructive perfectionism — or “Penn Face.” “I think Penn can do more to help students who are overwhelmed and need someone to go to and trust,” said Jim Holleran, the father of Madison Holleran — a Penn freshman who died in spring 2014 — in a February Daily Pennsylvanian article. Logan Gardner, a friend of Madison’s and a Wharton junior, agreed. “I think the approach of cultural change as an overarching theme is a very good step forward for Penn. But that being said, I don’t think you can get much accomplished without concrete goals,” he said. Gutmann’s speech does not indicate SEE CONVOCATION PAGE 12
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Convocation speeches by President Amy Gutmann (above) and other administrators discussed mental health as a key campus issue.
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Penn ranks among most LGBTQ-friendly schools Princeton and Cornell were the only other Ivies to make the list ISABEL KIM Deputy News Editor
Penn is the most LGBTQfriendly Ivy, according to Campus Pride, an organization that tracks un iversity accepta nce of the LGBTQ community. On Tuesday, Campus Pride released its top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly “Best of the Best” colleges and universities, with Penn earning a top
score in the Campus Pride Index, as well as being part of the top 25. Campus Pride Index is the “premier LGBTQ national benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to create safer, more inclusive campus communities,” according to its website, and it ranks colleges and universities through a stringent set of categories and rules. Penn was one of only three Ivy League schools that made the list. By .5 points, Penn beat out Princeton and Cornell in the Campus SEE LGBTQ PAGE 6
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As candidates compete for the coveted college student vote, some Penn students are actively rallying their peers to the ballot box. Here are the major candidate support groups on Penn’s campus and the steps they’re taking to put their favorite candidates in office. Penn for Hillary: Leading these groups by size is Penn for Hillary, founded last year — before Clinton even announced her candidacy — by College juniors Emily Irani and Mitchell McVeigh. The group — which is led by an eight-member executive board — has about 20 active student leaders and over 300 people on its mailing list. “We have a wonderful team of students who’ve been enthusiastic about supporting Hillary’s cause,” Irani said. “It is so exciting how wonderful the turnout has been.” In addition to their membership at Penn, the organization has been reaching out to other organizations in the Philadelphia area, especially schools. “We hope to form a united group of student volunteers around the Philadelphia area,” Irani said. Irani, who calls Hillary Clinton “a true fighter,” founded the organization with McVeigh after they both worked as summer fellows for the super PAC Ready for Hillary. Penn for Hillary has since become, according to its website, the most active pro-Hillary college organization in Pennsylvania. Last semester, its programming included Ready for Hillary co-founder Allida Black. The club plans to continue its speaker series this year, along with increased grassroots efforts such as door-to-door canvassing and phone banking, Irani said. They also hope to take a trip to New Hampshire to volunteer on the Clinton campaign. Penn Students for Bernie: Clinton’s opponent for the Democratic nomination — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders — has
also won a loyal following at Penn. Penn Students for Bernie began this summer as a Facebook community established by College junior Matre Grant and College sophomore Sarah Figgatt, and now has nearly 170 followers — up from about 130 last week. Figgatt, who saw Sanders speak this summer in Charlottesville, Va., was drawn to his candidacy because “he just seemed so genuine.” Figgatt believes students support Bernie because he “appears willing to listen to us, not big business.” Sanders’ heavily grassroots campaign of rallies and open town hall meetings is, Figgatt believes, what distinguishes him from political stalwart Hillary Clinton. “He seems down-to-earth and ready to listen to the people.” The organization expects that as Penn students learn more about the 2016 candidates, more of them will be drawn to Penn Students for Bernie. This semester, Grant and Figgatt plan to assemble a board for the organization, with a particular focus on recruitment, Figgatt said. Students for Rubio: On the Republican side, one of the more popular candidates is 44-yearold Florida senator Marco Rubio. Students for Rubio, a nationwide network dedicated to the Rubio cause, has been gaining traction on many college campuses. “Rubio is the innovative leader we need to face 21st century issues,” said College sophomore Nathaniel Rome, who serves as Students for Rubio’s Pennsylvania chairman. “He wants our generation to live and work in a nation that embraces innovative thinking, encourages entrepreneurial spirit, protects the needy and stands for freedom and democracy.” College sophomore Makayla Reynolds, who leads Students for Rubio’s Penn chapter, agreed, adding that “Rubio knows how to get people to the middle class.” Reynolds believes Rubio’s candidacy will help break the stereotype that Republicans are “all white men” and bring much-needed diversity to the GOP. Reynolds hopes that Rubio, as a Cuban-American himself, will
be able to chip away at Clinton’s traditionally strong support in the Hispanic community. Students for Rubio plans to work with other Penn groups — including Penn College Republicans and the Penn Political Coalition—to spread the word about Rubio’s platform. Reynolds also plans to hold various social events such as presidential debate watch parties and GBMs to “bring like-minded people together.” The Penn chapter also coordinates with other Students for Rubio groups throughout the country, in states like Illinois, New York and of course, Pennsylvania. “We want to be coming together for a common purpose,” Reynolds said. The network has 15 active chapters in Pennsylvania alone, according to state chairman Rome. “Penn students are among the most politically engaged in the state,” he added. “Having a strong presence on Penn’s campus will be an important goal for us.” Penn for Rand: Another popular conservative candidate at Penn includes Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Paul, whose proliberty, pro-small government views culminated in an infamous showdown with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, enjoys a small but loyal following in Penn for Rand. College sophomore and Penn for Rand leader Hunter Pearl favors Paul because “only Rand Paul is consistently against government overreach and the erosions of our liberties.” Pearl was drawn to Rand Paul as a presidential candidate after his Senate filibuster successfully led to the end of surveillance provisions in the Patriot Act that many viewed as unconstitutional. Penn for Kasich: As for Ohio Governor John Kasich, his Penn supporters have rallied around his strong track record as governor of Ohio and conventionally stately performance in the Aug. 6 GOP debate. A post on the official Penn for Kasich Facebook page applauded Kasich as having “demonstrated that compassionate conservatism, moderation and experience are a winning combination!”
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NSO introduces new students to Penn’s party culture Expectations are both met and crushed in the spirit of the first week LILY ZANDI Staff Reporter
Aside from Spring Fling, New Student Orientation is considered the biggest party weekend of the year among Penn students. NSO includes both Universitysponsored and student-organized activities. These events range from education in sexual violence and street safety to social events run by Penn, like the party at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Still, other students opt to go off campus for drinking and partying. Prior to coming to Penn, new students might have heard rumors of Penn’s ranking as the No 1. party school by Playboy, coupled with tales of its active nightlife. By the time they arrive, freshmen
are not necessarily shocked by the fact that drinking and partying occur even at a top-tier academic institution like Penn. Rather, new students said they were caught off guard by the extent of the partying. For example, many freshmen did not anticipate that alcohol would be so accessible and fraternity parties would be so popular. “I do not know what I expected before coming to Penn, but the first time I went [to fraternity parties] at night, I was surprised to see so many people out and so many people drinking,” College freshman Emily Rush said. Other new students were more taken aback by how welcoming fraternities were toward freshmen. “Coming in, I knew there would be parties, but I did not think there would be that many freshmen,” College freshman Molly Hessel said.
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Hessel added that she had expected the party culture to be more taboo. But in Hill College House and the Quadrangle, invitations to fraternity parties were conveniently placed under dorm room doors. This practice gave her the impression that events hosted by the fraternities are not only accepted, but even endorsed by Penn. “I was surprised with how cool the school is [with partying],” Hessel said, adding that she thought students would have to sneak around to attend parties. For transfers, however, the extent of Penn’s party culture is not surprising. “[The partying] is about as much as I expected. New students expect to go out and party,” University of Michigan transfer student and College sophomore Niel Valecha said. New freshmen and transfer students reported feeling
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This year’s NSO hosted a series of late-night activities that centered on the “Year of Discovery” theme, including a Hillel midnight brunch, political quizzo, and annual toga party at Penn Museum.
social pressure from their peers to attend events hosted by the fraternities instead of those organized by Penn. “I totally felt pressured [to go to fraternity parties] because I thought not doing so would be weird,” College
freshman Annika Iyer said. “PennFest [a Penn-run NSO festival] was at 11 p.m., which is about the same time as when all of the fraternity parties started and everyone would say ‘go out and drink instead,’” Hessel said.
Despite all of the social pressure and feelings of anxiety that accompany heading off to college, new students generally regard NSO to be a positive experience and an effective way to adjust to Penn’s culture.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 VOL. CXXXI, NO. 59 131st Year of Publication
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TALKING BACKWARD | Penn is right to affirm open expression, but whence the need to do so?
GUEST COLUMN BY AMY GUTMANN
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n my two years so far at Penn, I don’t think I’ve ever had my spirits lifted by the receipt of a blast email from a senior administrator. That is, until yesterday morning, when I found a note from Penn’s provost, Dr. Vincent Price, waiting in my inbox. “As our richly diverse community of scholars reassembles on campus for the new academic year,” the note began, “this is a fitting time to reaffirm our shared commitment to freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression.” The note went on to plug Penn’s upcoming “Campaign for Community” which, according to the note, “will aim to help us discuss and confront issues that are often avoided because they may seem ‘controversial’ or intractable.” I found this email so heartening because, as attentive readers will doubtless know, the past half-decade has been something of a dark age in terms of unfettered expression on campus. Beginning around 2009, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — a campus watchdog group founded by a Penn professor — has cataloged dozens of cases of students and faculty being sanctioned for expressing unpopular or controversial ideas. This phenomenon got a good deal of play in the media this summer, with articles like “My Title IX Inquisition” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “I’m a Liberal Profes-
sor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me” in Vox and “The Coddling of the American Mind” in this month’s Atlantic Magazine being widely read. This may, I suspect, have played a part in Dr. Price’s decision to send his note. I was thrilled to see Penn’s provost repudiating intellectual intolerance in a campuswide communique. I hope the community does reaffirm this commitment. But I have a counter-challenge for the provost and all those who make
leaders to consider. At some point in the not-too-distant past, perhaps driven by increased competition, universities in general stopped thinking like the mission-oriented principled institutions that they are and started thinking like businesses, which they aren’t. The big questions stopped being “How can we enable our communities to search for the truth? How can we foster curiosity and promote the life of the mind?” and began being “How can we attract more
… [U]nlike past bouts of resistance to academic freedom, today’s ‘war on hurt feelings’ was driven largely by student demands … .” important decisions at Penn: As we push to have vibrant, tolerant, difficult discussions, consider how it became difficult to do so in the first place. One common theme that this summer’s articles stressed was that unlike past bouts of resistance to academic freedom, today’s “war on hurt feelings” was driven largely by student demands — in other words, it was bottom-up. Students asked their universities to shield them from ideas they found distasteful, by means of trigger warnings and punishments for giving offense, and universities obliged them. Why they did this merits close scrutiny. I have a hypothesis, which I invite Penn’s
applicants? How can we draw top students away from peer institutions and toward us?” Students became clients, and any business owner or economist will tell you that in order to thrive, a business needs to give its clients what they want. Businesses are not principled. They respond to consumer demand. Institutions, on the other hand, are guided by principles. Hospitals are supposed to heal, churches to save, universities to educate. When any of these starts thinking like a business, they stray from their purpose and betray their values in a messy rush to meet demand. They build better dorms instead of better class-
ALEC WARD rooms, fund concerts instead of lectures, embrace censorship instead of toleration. And although 21st-century Penn has maintained a clean record as far as open expression goes, it has not stayed completely free of marketactor thinking. It has — from time to time — strayed from the essential goals of education into the lesser, unprincipled goals of demand-satisfaction and peer competition. And so, as we reconvene this year, I invite the movers and the shakers of Penn to reaffirm their own commitment to the principles of the academic endeavor. When you build a new building, or fund a new program or launch a new initiative, question your own motives. Does this advance the search for truth? Does it foster curiosity and promote the life of the mind? Penn has always tried to be a leadership institution. It’s time to lead on to a better academic future.
ALEC WARD is a College junior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@sas. upenn.edu.
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warm welcome to all at the start of a new academic year. This week marks the landfall 10 years ago of Hurricane Katrina. Entire communities were destroyed and more than 1,800 people died, underlining the urgent need for better understanding of issues ranging from climate AMY GUTMANN change to civil engineering, public health preparedness to crisis communications. When we both remember back and look forward, we see that the legacy of Hurricane Katrina highlights the fact that higher education is called upon to understand humanity’s greatest challenges and serve as an educational force for public good. Directing our knowledge to creatively understand and address issues of public importance is a notion deeply embedded here at Penn. Not only did Penn respond energetically to the humanitarian crisis of Katrina with immediate aid and thoughtful analysis as follow up, we also persisted in our knowledge-based response over time. Today, 10 years later, through our Fox Leadership Program, Penn is one of the only universities that still has student leaders on the ground in New Orleans contributing to — and learning from — the ongoing rebuilding efforts there. This adds to the hundreds of thousands of hours of pro bono service and care that Penn faculty, staff and students provide here at home in Philadelphia each and every year. Penn has grit for the common good. It is with this heritage of engagement for the common good foremost in mind that I look forward to the second year of the President’s Engagement Prize. For seniors, this is an opportunity to earn your local, national or global engagement project the resources and recognition it deserves and needs for success. Last year’s winners spent the summer making great progress on their projects. They have been empowering young girls nationwide; engineering sustainable water purification systems for those who lack them; improving comprehensive recovery for cardiac patients; and building quality education and health care resources for communities that currently do without. Imagine all you can achieve through your engagement project idea should you join their ranks. The President’s Engagement Prizes are a one-of-a-kind a start-up fund for full-time civic engagement. Prizes are awarded competitively, with winners receiving $50,000 for one year of living expenses after graduation and up to $100,000 in project expenses. Full-time undergraduates in the College, Wharton, Nursing or Engineering who will graduate in May, August or December of 2016 are eligible. The scope and scale of your projects will be limited only by the imagination and resourcefulness that each of you brings to the process. This not only represents a profound opportunity to begin your professional lives by working to transform the lives of others; last year’s inaugural entries showed us how the very act of developing a proposal provides an invaluable ‘leg up’ in setting a meaningful course in your lives post-graduation. The Prizes are a unique opportunity to make that difference sooner rather than later. I encourage you to visit our brand new website to explore the Prizes: http://www.pennpep.upenn.edu/. I also hope everyone will make time to visit an information session this fall to learn more about the resources available to help create and submit applications. As we kick off the fall semester at Penn, be sure to keep an eye out for another special announcement. Very soon, you will hear about a new Prize, one that will provide an equally powerful and prestigious opportunity for Penn students to make a difference. Only, for this Prize, the key word is Innovation. Stay tuned. And welcome back, everyone! Amy Gutmann
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t seems to me that these days, high school is viewed less as an experience to be valued in itself and more as a mere stepping stone to college. Now that there are handbooks, websites and corporations that claim to know all the variables in the complicated formula of college acceptances, high school seems like nothing but a series of boxes that you need to check off in order to arrive at the desired endpoint. College is sold to high school students as the light at the end of the tunnel: If you follow the basic pattern of success now, you’ll be able to branch out and try new things later. Students are afraid to explore, afraid to fail in high school because they’re afraid one unchecked box — or the substitution of one box for another — on their checklist will keep them from getting into the college of their dreams.
During New Student Orientation, almost every freshman that I met talked about how they wanted to try something different, to do something they hadn’t done before. They all wanted to diversify their Penn experience from their
prov team and several plays. I had acted throughout elementary and middle school, but other activities had taken precedence in high school. I had vowed to myself that when I got to college I would return to the stage that I had missed
People are pushed to be the best they can be here. But they’re most often pushed to be the best they can be in what they are already good at.” high school experience — to join new clubs, explore new classes, play new sports, meet new people. I felt the same way. The very first week of school my planner was chock-full of prospective club meetings, tryout dates and application deadlines. One Saturday night, I planned to audition for the im-
so much and refine my rusty acting skills. I had never done improv, but I thought it would be a fun way to relieve stress and sharpen my wit. I wanted to be able to make an audience get cramps from laughing the way that I had while watching the improv team during the Freshman Performing Arts night.
I went to the auditions thinking I’d be alongside other eager beginners. Instead, I tried out for improv after someone who had acted professionally throughout high school. While I was waiting for my audition slot for two different plays, I sat amongst a star-studded cast of seasoned actors and listened to them talk about all the shows they had been in. I started feeling very out of place. The auditions had been advertised as open to people of all skill levels, but I was surrounded by people who had been performing their whole lives. How could I compete? Needless to say, I didn’t make the second round of auditions for any of the groups I tried out for. Instead, I ran for and was elected as a freshman representative to the Undergraduate Assembly, a branch of Penn’s student government. I was elated. I love the work I
do on the UA. But then again, I’ve been involved in student government every year since fourth grade. One of Penn’s greatest achievements and one of its greatest downfalls is its competitiveness. People are pushed to be the best they can be here. But they’re most often pushed to be the best they can be in what they are already good at. That is where Penn sells itself short. We work hard and excel in what we know we excel at in order to get into Penn, and once we’re here and try to broaden our non-academic horizons we end up falling into the same beaten track we grazed in high school. Penn extracurriculars epitomize the catch-22 of the workforce — you need experience to get your first job, but you can’t gain experience without having your first job. Many of Penn’s clubs are unforgiving ones for rookies. In
EMILY HOEVEN keeping admittance rates low and prestige high, they don’t give us the chance to begin — or to begin again. We come to college hoping to discover new aspects of ourselves, our passions, our abilities. College is all about exploring the unknown. But who knew the unknown was so damn exclusive?
EMILY HOEVEN is a College sophomore from Fremont, Calif., studying English. Her email address is ehoeven@ sas.upenn.edu.
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Penn professors reach millions through open learning classes Professors find value in being at the forefront of education’s future SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Staff Reporter
While Penn professors teaching Open Learning classes have to dedicate a lot of their time and resources to millions of online learners, the opportunity to contribute to the future of education is incentive enough. Penn provides free online classes to the general public through a program called Penn Open Learning. Although these courses are not for any kind of credit, they are taught by Penn professors and closely follow the material that they teach their Penn students on campus. Penn professors film lectures and upload supplementary material through a partner company called Coursera. Another, called
edX, will soon be used as well. Professors do not receive any extra pay for the extra work, but Penn Open Learning classes reach more than 2 million people in nearly 200 countries, which for some professors makes the experience worth it. “It’s been a great experience,” said Director of the Lauder Institute and Wharton Professor Mauro Guillen. “It’s wonderful to connect with so many people around the world.” Giullen teaches a class through Penn Open Learning called “Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society.” He said he knows that his class alone has reached over 100 countries. “The students are primarily aged 16 to 26,” said Guillen. “It’s a little surprising there are so few people over the age of 60, but that might be because they have to access it on the computer.”
This far-reaching potential is what Guillen finds the most rewarding. “It’s a chance to reach the largest possible audience,” he said. James White, an adjunct professor at Penn Medicine, was approached to do an Open Learning course because Penn Medicine wanted to represent itself with an array of 10 to 12 classes online. “I got to choose a body part,” White said of his Open Learning debut. White teaches a course on Open Learning called “Going Out on a Limb: The Anatomy of the Upper Limb.” “It’s very different,” White said. “You lose the student COURTESY OF JOHN LOO | CREATIVE COMMONS interaction. When you tell a joke, nobody’s laughing, which With their classes so widely New York City, someone stopped makes it much, much more viewed, Open Learning profes- him on the street and said he rec- difficult. You’re also more consors have become academia’s ognized him from the course. scious of making a mistake. equivalent of celebrities. Guillen “He said, ‘You’re the one from When you’re teaching in the said that once when he visited the videos!’” classroom you say, okay, they
can figure this out, but not when you’re being filmed.” Even so, White is not a stranger to his lectures being filmed. “Online education is intrinsic to Penn Med already,” he said. “Within 15 minutes, every lecture is available on the internet. Students have the opportunity to stop and rewind lectures where most of us talk too fast, because we’re trying to cover so much material in a 50minute timeframe.” White and Guillen are both excited to spearhead the future of teaching. “Online learning is the wave of the future, where students worldwide can take part,” White said. “It’s a great thing, really.” Giullen shares the sentiment. “Penn offers the largest number of free online classes of any University in the world. It’s great for Penn’s branding and its 75004 image.”
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Pride Index, an “overall indicator of institutional commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policy, program and practice” according to the website. Penn earned a total of 5 out of 5 stars measured by the index, the highest overall score possible. Only six other universities out of the 25 received a fivestar rating. Penn was joined at the top by Indiana University, Bloomington, Montclair State University, Rutgers University, University of Massachusetts and the University of Washington. W h i le Pen n r e c eive d the highest overall rating possible, it didn’t receive perfect marks in all categories. LGBTQ Academic Life
received 4 out of 5 stars, while LGBTQ Support & Institutional Commitment and LGBTQ Recruitment & Retention Efforts both received 4.5 out of 5 stars. But no institution is perfect, and Penn’s high ranking indicates that while it still has room to improve, it is already ahead of its peers. “There are still only about 225 colleges and universities that have professionally staffed LGBT centers,” Director of the LGBT Center Bob Schoenberg said. “And that’s out of 4,000-plus colleges and universities.” Still, he recognized that “most have some kind of a student organization” for LGBTQ students. There are a number of reasons why Penn received such a high rating, from the
presence of a professionally staffed LGBT center, to its anti-discrimination policies, to courses that address LGBTQ issues. While many of Penn’s LGBTQ friendly aspects are simple, they add up. Around 200 factors were used to evaluate universities. This is not the first time that Penn has made the Campus Pride List, and the university has a history of being highly ranked by the organization, albeit using different ratings. “Ten years ago we were one out of two that got 20 out of 20,” Schoenberg said. Penn’s five out of five ranking is relevant in that “being perceived as LGBTfr iendly is impor tant to people recruiting high quality employees and students,” Schoenberg said.
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Phila. bill could limit number of Drexel food trucks A Change.org petition opposing it has over 2,850 signatures. PAT ZANCOLLI Staff Reporter
University City residents are passionate about their food trucks. Since the proposal of a bill to limit the number of food trucks on Drexel’s campus, the district’s councilwoman has received regular complaints. Drexel University recently submitted the request to the Philadelphia City Council to limit the number of food trucks allowed in University City in order to
promote on-campus dining options. Bill No. 150600 was introduced to City Council on June 18, and it restricts the number of food trucks allowed in the Drexel University District to 25. The bill also says that only 10 trucks will be allowed on 32nd Street between Chestnut and Market Streets. Drexel submitted the bill in order to promote their current on-campus dining options as they plan to extend their facilities, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, who sponsored the bill, said. The public has reacted negatively since the bill’s introduction. A Change.org petition entitled
“Save the Drexel Food Trucks!” has received over 2,850 signatures to date. Due to the high number of complaints Councilwoman Blackwell has received, City Council is “not moving forward with anything until [they] can make sure the community and vendors are in agreement,” Blackwell said. If the bill were to move forward, the next step would be to hold a public hearing, but Council will not be held until the Sept. 10, Blackwell said. Regardless of whether or not the bill moves forward, it will not change food truck activity on Penn’s campus in its current form.
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Prevent bicycle theft by properly using your U-Lock Thread the U-Lock through the front tire AND frame. If possible remove the front tire and thread the U-Lock through both tires and bike frame Do NOT lock your bike to wooden fence poles, chain fences or anything else that can be easily defeated
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Do not leave your laptop or personal property unattended Do not use your laptop to “hold your seat” at a cafe or elsewhere Do not ask strangers to “watch your stuff” Remove personal items and GPS devices from vehicles that are in plain view
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FROM COLLEGE GREEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN:
PENN STUDENTS INTERN AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE The political debates may be in full swing, but the presidential candidates aren’t the only ones who have their eyes on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Take a look at Penn’s summer 2015 White House interns:
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Max Levy, College junior Levy brought his Class Board experience to the White House and learned that he wants to enter a career in politics. White House Office: Office of Public Engagement
Megha Agarwal, Wharton sophomore Agarwal, who is a business staff member for the Daily Pennsylvanian, is a Penn Public Policy Research Scholar and used her internship to combine her interests in business and public policy. White House Office: Office of Management and Administration, Personnel Department Responsibilities: Helped with change in tech platforms, transferring data and streamlining and worked on annual salary report, focusing on gender pay and equity — this year women in the White House made a record high of $0.91 to the dollar. Top moments: Talking to Denis McDonough, the president's Chief of Staff, about his workouts — he runs to and from the White House everyday and the Secret Service follows him by car — and hearing President Obama’s speech in the Rose Garden after the Supreme Court voted in favor of marriage equality. What she learned: “A lot of people say that if you want to end up at the White House, you have a certain path that you need to follow—that’s not how the reality is. So many people have different ways of ending up at the White House and doing what they love, but at the White House. You don’t necessarily have to be doing policy work or political science. They have photographers, people who put together video campaigns — there are so many different things in the White House.” Advice for future interns: “If you even have the remotest interest, apply! What I’ve gotten out of working there and working with all the people there is that there are so many types of people who work at the White House. You don’t have to be a political science major. They’re looking to enter new realms — go for it!”
Responsibilities: Worked on a portfolio of the progressive community and organized the White House Conference on Aging, which takes place once every 10 years.
SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Staff Reporter
Incoming students planning to pursue biology coursework may need to rethink their future schedules. Of the three core introductory biology courses, one will only be offered in the fall in future years. Biology students can either take Biology 101 and Biology 102, spanning two semesters, or Biology 121, which spans one semester. Biology 121 was recommended for students with the strongest high school biology background — AP or Honors. Until recently, Biology 101 was only offered in the fall semester, Biology 102 in the spring and Biology 121 was offered both semesters. Last Tuesday, a wrench was thrown in the works when the department announced that from now on 101 and 102 would both be taught in the fall and in the spring, but 121 would be limited to only the fall. “My 121 class was pretty small in the spring, and I think that’s why they’re getting rid of it,” College sophomore Maddy Overmoyer said.
What he learned: “This was very confirming that that world is somewhere I want to be. One thing I was impressed and surprised about was how little there was of those "House of Cards" political, scheme-y
White House Office: Office of the Vice President, Communications Staff Responsibilities: Drafting a daily news card to brief the office and the vice president, press, media and social media account monitoring.
Advice for future interns: "Everyone says keep your head down and work, which is true, but it’s also stupid advice. I would say take advantage of every opportunity — the people around you are some of the most accomplished people, they’re intelligent and have a lot of insight. Get to talk to people about their experiences. Relish being there — I will really miss walking in the gates everyday."
Biology professor Eric Weinberg confirmed that low demand factored into the decision. “Spring enrollment for 121 is low,” he said. “It didn’t seem like it was filling that much of a need.” But Biology 101 was consistently oversubscribed. “We were having a very hard time accommodating all of the students who wanted to take Bio 101, and we were finding that some of the students who were probably better suited for 121 were also taking 101,” Biology Department Chair Brenda Casper said. Casper stressed that pure numbers weren’t at the root of the change, though. “More importantly, we were having students start 102 before they took 101. We had two categories of students in 102 — some that had had 101, and some that hadn’t, so the instructors of 102 were finding it difficult to present the material in a way that met all the students’ needs,” she said. “This way we’ll have 101 both semesters, and they can start that sequence whenever they want, and we’ll only be offering 121 in the fall.” More reasoning for limiting 121 to the fall alone, Casper explained, is that the Biology Department simply doesn’t have the manpower to teach so many introductory classes at once. This change is also coming at a
Jane Meyer, College senior Meyer, who is a circulation staffer for The Daily Pennsylvanian, has been a big supporter of President Obama ever since 2008. One of her favorite Penn memories was viewing the elections results when he was re-elected for his second term as president.
time when the whole curriculum of introductory biology classes is being restructured. “We’re probably going to be seeing 101 looking more like 121 in terms of subject matter,” Casper said. The department plans to rearrange the topics covered in introductory biology classes: Biology 101 will cover molecular, cell biology and genetics, and Biology 102 will include evolution, ecology, physiology and organismal biology. Plant biology, historically taught in 101, will also be moved to 102. “Instead of dividing things into plants and animals as much, we want to ask how cells and organisms function,” Weinberg said. Casper is also excited for a new lab that will become part of the curriculum for both Biology 101 and Biology 121. “As far as we know we’re alone in offering a very exciting new metagenomics lab that will be taught in both 101 and 121,” she said. “This lab will enable students to characterize and describe the composition of bacterial communities around them. They’ll be able to sample these bacterial communities, use this technique to get the composition of the community and then we’ll be comparing across communities to get information about the structure.”
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Advice for future interns: “Take advantage of your time there — you’re working at the best place in the world.”
What she learned: “One of the things I learned in the internship is that hard work is noticed and pays off, at least that was my experience in my office. I felt like a full member of the team — I didn’t necessarily feel like an intern who was ignored half the time, I felt like a true member of the communications team and of the research team. I put hard work in, and that was recognized.”
Top moments: Seeing Vice President Biden, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama speaking and going to the press briefing with Secretary of the Press Josh Earnest on the day the Affordable Care Act was upheld by the Supreme Court. What he learned: "The main thing you learn is how to handle yourself in a high stakes professional environment. Obviously it’s very serious work that people are doing and you have to rise to that level … The people are very laid back, which was interesting — I did not expect that. All very nice, down-to-earth people, which I think is a reflection of the vice president’s personality also."
people. Our office was really all about the team mentality of the work needs to get done and it’s only going to get done if we all really see that our goal is the mission of the president — you just put your head down and you work … it was a very positive environment.”
the president deliver his remarks [on marriage equality], which was an incredible moment. Being in the Rose Garden, even without the president, is so cool. And then being there when the president is delivering his speech is amazing, and then when he is delivering a speech on such a historic momentous decision — it’s unreal.”
Sean Foley, College senior Foley worked for Vice President Joseph Biden this summer, who grew up in the same town as him, Scranton, N.J., and went to the same grade school.
Biology department adjusts course schedule Biology 121, a common intro course, will only be offered in the fall
Top moments: Staffed Obama’s speech about the Iran nuclear deal at American University and saw the President speak at the Conference on Aging.
White House Office: Office of Communications Responsibilities: Fact-checking for the communications research department and updating White House officials on the latest news. Top moments: “I was allowed to go into the Rose Garden and see
Advice for future interns: “Take advantage of all the opportunities given to you. They do a great job at the White House of providing structured opportunities to learn more about many different aspects of the White House, so they have speaker series — even if I’m a communications intern, I can go talk to someone about the foreign policy side of things. There will probably be very few other opportunities in your life when you’re basically handed these opportunities to learn on a silver platter.”
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Penn’s “no-loan” financial aid policy Tutors Wanted! rebranded as “all-grant” Job Opportunity • Tutoring Center
Qualified applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Sophomore, junior or senior - 3.25 GPA with A/A- in course taken at Penn - Excellent time management, communication, organization and interpersonal skills Tutoring positions offer excellent pay in addition to providing informative training seminars and the opportunity to interact instructively with peers.
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The policy itself remains the same despite the name change CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
The financial aid program at Penn — touted as one of the best in the country — has been rebranded as an “all-grant” policy. Prior to the change made this summer, the program was referred to as a “no-loan” policy. The change is limited to name only — the program remains the same, according to the University’s financial aid webpage. The program still provides students with a financial aid package that includes grants and work-study jobs, and there are still no loans included in the program. But the webpage also states that loans are available “at the student’s discretion, to substitute for work-study and expected summer savings, for certain expenses not included in the standard academic year cost of attendance (e.g. health insurance), and for summer school.” Ron Ozio, Penn’s director of Media Relations, confirmed that the program itself has not
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changed. “There is no change to the program,” he said in an email. “Penn remains one of the few universities in the country fully committed to an all-grant financial aid program. This was just an effort to simplify the way we talk about it.” Last semester, the student group Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation held a protest against Penn’s no-loan financial aid policy in which students wrote the amount of money they had taken out in loans on a
poster around their necks. “There is no shame in us having or showing that we have loans. Rather, Penn should be ashamed for telling the world that it is accessible when many of the students of low-income backgrounds are forced to take out loans,” SOUL wrote on their Facebook event page. Although the program promises financial aid packages that do not mandate that students take out loans, many ultimately take out loans to afford college expenses not covered by the
University 2015 College graduate Alexander Droznin-Izrael said that he took out loans to cover costs that Penn did not take into account in calculating his financial aid — for example, food, textbooks and a computer. Droznin-Izrael said the new name does not clarify the policy. “I think it’s still confusing,” he said. “I think Penn should do a better job of explaining to people that even if they get financial aid they may still have to take out loans.”
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From textbooks to electronics, GivTake will have Penn students covered this semester. GivTake, a startup founded by sisters Erica and Karen Polle, a College junior and Yale senior, will have its soft launch this week. The startup is an online marketplace for college students to buy and sell anything from textbooks and dorm supplies to tutoring services. “I think the way that college students tend to buy stuff is usually on Facebook, and I think that’s a useful tool because everyone has one,” Erica Polle said. “But we personally found that things could get messy, and things could get lost.” Instead of endlessly scrolling through a group like Free & For Sale, GivTake users can sort goods by category, price and payment or delivery options. Users can make a free account on the site — givtake. com — and browse and sell listings at their schools. There are three main account types: one for students who want to buy or sell items, one for campus organizations wanting to sell event tickets, and one for businesses ranging from small Etsy-style boutiques to larger national companies. GivTake is unique from other online marketplaces because it exclusively caters to college students, Polle said. GivTake also offers the options to exchange
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GivTake is an online marketplace for college students to buy and sell anything from textbooks to tutoring services.
items and choose to pay either in person or online, unlike similar sites such as Craigslist, Amazon or Ebay, which only offer one of either option. Users can meet up in person and exchange items or buy with cash, or buy items online. GivTake also has an in-site messenger to allow for streamlined communication between buyers and sellers. During the soft beta period, users will be able to access the site and provide feedback. A small number of users at Columbia and New York University will also have access to the beta version during this trial. The startup will conduct its hard launch several weeks from
now, in which it will add more vendors and listings as more people join. It will also add in services such as tutoring, once they receive more feedback from users. After the hard launch, the site will begin a promotional campaign offering rewards for users who refer the site to others. “We want to be the go-to place for students to buy and sell anything and everything from textbooks and dorm supplies to tickets and electronics,” Polle said. “And we think there should be an easier and more efficient way to make, buy and sell things and make money on what they don’t want, and save money on what they do want.”
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cut out of the fraternity, as were all senior class members, according to the source. “We lost probably 30 of our 80 people,” he said. What followed was, according to him, a “semester-long saga of the University pressuring
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any change in Penn’s mental health funding — Penn has increased its funding for Counseling and Psychological Services by less than 8 percent per year since 2006, despite the fact that it has achieved record levels of fundraising and increased tuition at twice the rate of inflation. But it does indicate a change in the tone of conversation about mental health. “Let me make that very clear. No one — and that includes you, and you and me — no one, no one makes it in life on his or her own,” Gutmann said as she concluded her address. “No one makes it through college, let alone life, on his or her own. The sooner we learn this lesson the more successful we are likely to be.” And Gutmann was not alone. All of the keynote speakers at convocation spoke about mental health. “You’re not performing without a net. I’ve encouraged you to embrace the unfamiliar, but too much confusion can be bewildering, even a little scary. If at any time you feel estranged, disconnected, depressed … like a person with no place in this community, if you feel that you are really losing your balance, please reach out,” Provost Vincent Price said. “We all need help from time to time. We are all truly in this together.” Even the University Chaplain Charles Howard’s prayer evoked images of the seemingly double life
national officials to chapter executives, was their decision to hold their annual fundraising dance, War of the Roses, while still on cease-and-desist. Members claimed that they didn’t know whether or not the event would be allowed by OFSL. Jones said in a Saturday, March 28 email that all events, including philanthropic ones, would be put on hold, but added that he “would have a better answer on Monday” after working with the Office of Student Conduct. The student who communicated with Jones said he stopped hearing back about the event after that email. “Given that we were essentially three days away and we realized we just weren’t going to get an answer, we decided to go for it,” he said. The chapter remained on cease-and-desist for the rest of the academic year, despite repeated attempts for chapter executives to meet with OFSL and rectify the situation. In a meeting with Jones after the War of the Roses event, the source said he was told “everything should get figured out within a day or so” of OFSL receiving a report on the St. Patrick’s Day party from the Office of Student Conduct. On May 8, the source wrote to Jones, “[The] chapter remains on cease and desist despite the fact that all relevant parties have had all of the information they need for eight days, and it seems that nothing will be resolved before everyone leaves for the summer. This outcome is frankly unacceptable. “ With only a few days left in the semester, the chapter unanimously voted to end their relationship with OFSL and go off-campus. In June, the national chapter formally revoked their charter in a letter to members from Pi Kappa Phi National President Tracy Maddux, citing as reasons the violation of the terms of their probation with the two parties, the St. Patrick’s Day event and War of the Roses. Members are excited about the move off-campus, given their turbulent history with OFSL, but remain bitter about the way they felt removed from their disciplinary process. “Anything we did, even things we did that weren’t mistakes, were assumed to be,” said the source familiar with the events. “We were kind of the scapegoat for last year.”
— one of perfectionism and one of depression — lived by many at Penn. “May they be free from the need to impress others with accomplishments, for we are already impressed and proud of them,” he said. “May they be free enough to slow down and savor all that this place has to offer, rather than race through until graduation.” Students and administrators were surprised. “I can’t believe the focus on mental health,” one administrator said, noting that previous convocations did not have similar agendas. Some upperclassmen at the event said that they too were shocked, and pleased, by the emphasis on mental health. “I think that one major good thing Penn is doing is admitting this is such a massive problem because mental health issues have been an issue at major universities for a long time,” said Ibrahim Bakri, a College sophomore. “By pushing this to the forefront, Penn is making the problem real, and making the problem real is the first step to fixing it.” Still, many Penn students think the University isn’t doing enough to address mental health at Penn. “I think more needs to be done,” College junior David Silbert, who performed at convocation as a member of the Glee Club, said. “I don’t think there would be such a high number [of deaths] if something wasn’t lacking in the CAPS system and everything else that we have here.”
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and I really got the impression that this team is ready to break Discussing Penn Athletics ... out of the long shadow cast by with more personal pronouns former coach Al Bagnoli and define itself on its own terms. And to a certain extent, I think In preparation for the upcom- that means a renewed focus on ing season, Penn football held its the basics. There was one espeannual Media Day on Tuesday. cially illustrative sound byte from With a new head coach, as well Priore himself: “You’ve gotta esas offensive and defensive coor- tablish the run; you’ve gotta stop dinators, there was certainly a lot the run. You’ve gotta make big to be said. Here are the most in- plays; you’ve gotta stop big plays. teresting takeaways from the day. You’ve gotta [limit] turnovers; Spor t s Editor Holden you’ve gotta get turnovers.� McGinnis: For me, the most inAll of which is definitely easier teresting tidbit was hearing about said than done, especially given the Quakers’ new vision under a that the Quakers found themnew coaching staff. Coach Ray selves on the losing end of all Priore — while not a new face of the battles mentioned above to any of his players, consider- throughout the 2014 season. ing that he’s been at Penn since And it definitely remains to be before they were born — brought seen whether the team even has in offensive coordinator John the personnel to possibly pull Reagan and defensive coordina- off these fundamental concepts tor Bob Benson in the spring to in Ivy League competition. But help shape the team’s mental- it seems like the Red and Blue ity and culture. are determined While talking to — and, with two Priore, Reagan new coordinaand Be n s o n , tors, well on there was an their way — to emphasis on the winning the offYou’ve gotta team developing the-field battle of establish the a “blue-collar� embracing a new run; you’ve mindset, focusidentity, even if ing on “grit� and that means simgotta stop the “grind.� plifying thei r run. It’s tough to � previous identity say exactly how in the process. - Ray Priore that mentality Sports Editor Penn coach on team’s translates into a Laine Higgins: simplified philosophy college football As defined by the landscape where dictionary app on spread offenses are the norm. The my Mac laptop, stamina is “the Quakers attempted 42.5 passes ability to sustain prolonged physper game last season, at times ical or mental effort.� Hanging using their short passing game tough, pushing through — whatas an extension of their running ever cliche you choose, it is no game. With sophomore running doubt something that was lackback Tre Solomon returning ing at Franklin Field last fall and from an ACL tear that cut short something that needs to be presa successful freshman campaign, ent if Penn hopes to finish better along with a number of other ex- than 2-8. perienced returning backs, Penn Stamina. That word was on — fingers crossed — won’t have the lips of several players at Penn the same issues with running football’s media day on Tuesday back depth as they did last year. morning. Junior quarterback Sports Editor Colin Hender- Alek Torgersen defined it a little son: Agreed. I definitely think differently than my computer, that the team’s focus on a new however. culture stuck out to me overall, “We’re gonna fight ‘til the
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finishing in the 100th percentile during March Madness and nailing a few others guesses of late, I’m willing to give you five definitive statements about the Quakers in 2015-16. There’s no way these can go wrong. Yet nobody will be surprised when they all eventually turn out to be horribly off. 1. Junior Alec Neumann will lead the Ivy League in goals. It’s difficult to replace a legend, but that’s exactly what the New Hope, Pa., native will attempt to do as the Quakers move on from legendary striker Duke Lacroix. Fortunately, Neumann played well last season, scoring eight times, a mark good enough to finish tied for third in the Ancient Eight. With Princeton’s Cameron Porter out of the picture – he scored 15 goals in 2014, nearly double Neumann’s total — the Red and Blue forward should pace the conference and give Penn a chance at its second Ivy title in three seasons. 2. Five wins would be considered a success for Penn football ... But the Quakers won’t get there. Coach Ray Priore’s first season at the helm features a series of difficult games, with very few guaranteed victories on the schedule. It’s safe to say Penn can
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Last year, a Penn women’s cross country squad woefully bereft of veteran firepower finished last in the Ivies. If that was Dolan’s realistic expectation going into the year, it certainly would have been disheartening to hear. And if he said, going into the year, that he expected them to be a top-notch Ivy squad, the future letdown would have been tremendous. So going into a new season, the majority of Penn’s coaches are smart to stay mum on the subject of their expectations for their respective teams. But although this is a wise strategy for each team internally, is this actually good for Penn Athletics as a whole? It’s no secret that Penn has struggled in recent years with athletic attendance, and part of that has to do with the expectations that Penn Athletics has implicitly established for its programs and relayed to its potential audience. For its publically visible teams, football and men’s basketball: mediocre play. For its less publicly-visible teams, the rest of them: who knows? The thing is, fans have a right to expect something of the teams they go to see, whether that team’s coach establishes those expectations or not. It’s part of the deal – if you take the time to go see an athletic contest, you have a right to expect a certain level of performance. Otherwise, what’s the point of showing up at all? As a start of Grace Calhoun’s term as Penn’s athletic director, 2014’s fall semester was a complete disappointment from a standpoint of objective results. Although then-junior runner Thomas Awad did take home an
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In 2014, center Sydney Stipanovich played a crucial role in Penn women’s basketball’s run to the NCAA Tournament, helping the Red and Blue knock off rival Princeton in their final game.
beat Columbia and Cornell, but nothing else will come as easy. The Red and Blue have zero shot at taking down Villanova, Fordham, Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard. With contests against Lehigh, Brown and Princeton — the latter two of whom should take a step back in 2015 — Penn will need to sweep that trio to reach .500. Unfortunately, I don’t think the Quakers have it in them. 3. The Ivy League women’s basketball race will come down
individual Ivy championship for the Red and Blue, no fall team truly challenged for an Ivy title. No team even finished runner-up. As Penn Athletics’ target audience, you have a right to reasonably expect better this fall, and that applies to every single team. From football – which finished a paltry 2-8 last year – you should expect to see tangible improvement from junior quarterback Alek Torgersen – who is going into his second year as starter – and a defensive secondary that proved to be paltry against the pass last season. And you should expect a completely different team culture, led by an overhauled coaching staff. From men’s soccer – which failed to deliver on its Ivy titlelevel potential last year – you should expect a return to form and a run at an Ivy title. From men’s cross country and sprint football, you should expect to see teams pushing to break into the top tiers of their respective leagues. From field hockey: a team on the brink of contending for an Ivy title. From volleyball and women’s soccer: a return to a more consistent level of play. From women’s cross country: a move out of the Ivy League’s cellar. Again, you have a right to expect better from Penn Athletics this fall. And if the program expects to see its attendance to increase in the near future, it would be smart to wholeheartedly embrace these expectations itself. COLIN HENDERSON is a Wharton junior from Nazareth, Pa., and is a sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at henderson@thedp.com.
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to the final game of the year. Two seasons ago, Penn and Princeton did battle at Jadwin Gym with a berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. The Qua kers won that game, ending the Tigers’ run of Ivy titles.Princeton went 30-0 and took the Ancient Eight crown going away in 2014-15. In March, the stage, the players and the narrative will be the same as when Penn captured its first conference championship in a
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Forward Alec Neumann scored eight goals last season, a mark that led Penn men’s soccer. With the Quakers aiming for another Ivy title, the junior will need to be similarly productive.
decade back in 2014. Unfortunately for Mike McLaughlin’s squad, the Quakers will fall short and end up in the WNIT yet again. 4. Penn Athletics will celebrate more than two Ivy championships. Last year, the Red and Blue only captured Ancient Eight titles in women’s squash and men’s golf, while Penn gymnastics won the Ivy Classic. On the other hand, a group of defending
champions. including women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer and women’s basketball, fell short of repeating. But it’s a safe bet that those three, as well as rejuvenated men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams, can all finish near the top of the conference table. There’s definitely room for improvement for numerous squads, particularly throughout the fall season. Yet you heard it here first: Year two of the Calhoun era
will pack the trophy case more than it did last season. 5. Even when I’m wrong about everything mentioned above, I’ll still be a Red and Blue optimist. I mean, someone has to be one, right? Let the games begin. RILEY STEELE is a College senior from Dorado, P.R., and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at steele@thedp.com.
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SEASON’S GREETINGS Last fall opened with plenty of excitement as Grace Calhoun began her first semester as Penn’s athletic director, but the Quakers failed to bring the positive results on the field to match. This year, the Red and Blue will look to get off a stronger start. Here is a breakdown of the season openers for all of Penn Athletics’ fall programs.
Women’s Soccer Who: Seton Hall Where: Rhodes Field When: Aug. 30 at 1 p.m.
Slated to open the season against Seton Hall on Sunday — a team that Penn has not faced since 2003 — the game will be coach Nicole Van Dyke's first with the Red and Blue.
Men’s Soccer Who: Washington Where: Rhodes Field When: Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
In a difficult opening match, Penn will host the Huskies, who finished 10th in the coaches poll last season. Last season, the Quakers fell short in a 3-1 loss in Seattle.
Field Hockey Who: Liberty Where: Lynchburg, Va. When: Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
After a scrimmage against Shippensburg at home on Saturday, the Red and Blue are hoping to redeem themselves after a close 3-2 loss to the Eagles in 2014.
Volleyball The Quakers will travel to the nation’s capital with the Who: Maryland; George Mason hopes of turning the tide from their 3-8 nonconference Where: Washington, D.C. When: Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. performance last season.
Cross Country Who: Big 5 Invitational Where: Philadelphia, Pa. When: Sept. 11
For the each squad’s first meet of the year, Penn men’s and women’s cross country will head to Belmont Plateau in hopes of repeating their dominant performance from last fall.
Football Who: Lehigh Where: Bethlehem, Pa. When: Sept. 19 at 12:30 p.m.
In its season opener, Penn takes the short trip out to Bethlehem to face off with the Mountain Hawks. The last time they faced Lehigh, the Quakers came away with a win in 2003.
Sprint Football Who: Franklin Pierce Where: Franklin Field When: Sept. 19 at 12 p.m.
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What to expect this fall from the Red and Blue COLIN HENDERSON
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n the lexicon of collegiate coaches, “expectations” has become somewhat of a taboo subject. As an illustrative example, think about the approach of Penn’s famously process-oriented track and cross country coach, Steve Dolan. In my two-plus years on campus – all of which I have spent covering Penn’s runners – I’ve had quite a few conversations with Dolan, most of which have been quite insightful. But I have almost never been
able to get him to plainly lay out his expectations for his teams. I’m not talking about expectations for athletes’ conduct – I’m talking about expectations for future performances, expectations for future results. None of this is to say that Penn’s coaches don’t have performance-related expectations for their athletes, but rather that they tend not to express them publicly. And that’s probably for the best, because under-promising and over-delivering is generally a low-risk, high-reward strategy for collegiate athletic programs. At least internally, that is. SEE HENDERSON PAGE 15
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hen my colleagues and I interview the coaches and players that comprise Penn Athletics, it’s fair to say that our conversations are more often than not devoid of anything, to put it bluntly, bold. Luckily, I get to have a less stringent filter. I’m here to be bold. For Grace Calhoun and our friends in Athletic Communications, keeping expectations low — at least those that are portrayed externally — is a good thing. Red and Blue
quarterback Alek Torgersen has never elevated himself to Joe Namath status and guaranteed a win. As bad as some teams are in the Ivy League, no coach has ever responded to a question about his or her team’s chances by saying, “I’m almost positive we’ll kick their asses.” It’s not surprising that Penn players rarely allow us to know exactly what their expectations are. While you should hold the Red and Blue to a high standard on the field, nobody wants to be that person who foresees great things from herself and her team, only to fail to meet those expectations. But, what the hell? After SEE STEELE PAGE 15 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640