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More seniors now study abroad

U. bias reporting website launches

Seniors were 30 percent of the students currently abroad

It lets grad. students report misconduct anonymously

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When students think about spending a semester abroad in Paris or Beijing, few think about doing it in their final year of college. This year however, Penn has seen a marked increase in the number of seniors opting to study abroad.

According to data from Director of Penn Global Nigel Cossar, seniors made up 30 percent of the total students currently abroad. That is nearly double the percentage from the past two academic years.

Cossar said the office is pleased to see the increase in seniors and suggested that Penn Global’s marketing may have had an impact.

“We’ve been working very hard at Penn Abroad to make it known to seniors that its not too late for them to study abroad,” Cossar said.

But while more seniors are choosing to spend their final months as a student abroad, the total number of Quakers abroad has fallen. This fall, only 194 students are abroad — the lowest number in recent history. This is due in part to the shift of On Campus Recruitment from the spring to the fall, which has discouraged students from jetting off in the fall.

Of the 194 students, 57 of them are seniors. Some students suggest that seniors might be insulated from concerns over OCR given that they

broader Philadelphia area over the past couple days. On Tuesday morning, Executive Vice President of Facilities and Real Estate Services Craig Carnaroli and Vice President of FRES Anne Papageorge sent out a notice of a heat advisory to the Penn commu-

Following a half year of collaboration between graduate and professional students and administrators, Penn unveiled its first Universitywide online bias incident reporting form on Tuesday afternoon.

The form allows students to report incidents, such as sexual misconduct and discriminatory harassment, anonymously. It also allows users to describe the incident including possible motivating factors such as age, disability, or sexual orientation. Provost Wendell Pritchett announced the website’s launch in an email sent to graduate and professional students Tuesday.

“We continue our long-standing collaboration with the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly … to identify and implement concrete solutions to the most important concerns of graduate and professional students,” Pritchett wrote.

“We encourage you to work with GAPSA to share your ideas and suggestions in the year ahead,” he continued.

GAPSA formally proposed the creation of an online system to report bias in a February 2017 resolution, which also vouched for a campus Central Diversity Office — an initiative which Joanne Mitchell, the inaugural chief diversity officer, said was

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As a heat wave sweeps through Philadelphia, students without airconditioning have resorted to sleeping in lounges and computer labs JULIA CLAYMAN Staff Reporter

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hile many students have been escaping the outdoor heat by heading inside to their air-conditioned dorm rooms, other students have not been quite so lucky.

Kings Court English College House, Du Bois College House, and Gregory College House do not have

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air-conditioning, and residents have been competing at night to find spots to sleep in air-conditioned common areas, while others report waking up at 4 a.m. if they choose to sleep in their respective dorm rooms.

The catalyst for these unusual sleeping behaviors has been the heat wave that struck campus and the

Two faculty chosen to direct first-gen., low-income student office The office is still searching for an executive director UROOBA ABID Staff Reporter

On Tuesday, Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett announced the appointment of professors Camille Charles and Rob Ghrist to serve as the two faculty directors of the Office of Penn First Plus, a new office for first-generation, lowincome students announced in the spring.

The national search for the executive director of the office is ongoing, and it is unclear when it will be completed.

As co-directors, Charles and Ghrist will help oversee the office, which was created by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Pritchett as part of an effort to create a centralized location for FGLI students to better

utilize resources and to form a community, the spring announcement said.

The May statement also said Penn students and faculty were consulted and involved in the “months of research” that led to the decision to create this office.

Still, some student leaders in the FGLI community have expressed concerns about the slow progress in filling positions like that of the executive director, and about the lack of student input in forming the office.

College junior Daniel Gonzalez, chair of External Operations and Outreach for Penn Afro-Latinx and former mentorship chair for Penn First, a student organization for FGLI students, said he was slightly concerned about the ongoing search for staff in the department.

“In terms of the hiring process and the organization, I hope that Penn’s very clear,” he said. “I know that not all the positions in this program have been filled and I question how the structure will play out.”

College junior and Internal Outreach Chair for Penn First Sebastián González said he hopes the new office will build upon the FGLI program at the Greenfield Intercultural Center.

“They have been spearheading the FGLI library, where students can go and pick up any books that they need for class,” he said. “But it would be nice if that office could institutionalize it. That way, we know it’s something that will be available to us moving forward for many years to come.”

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Admin. responds to backlash over Huntsman hours

They cite student involvement in the final decision RACHEL RUHLAND Staff Reporter

A week after Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett announced Huntsman Hall will no longer be open 24 hours, many students have pushed back in a variety of forceful ways, from creating a petition that garnered over 500 signatures to arranging a protest, which is scheduled for Sept. 6.

Wharton administrators say the decision was made after numerous discussions with students. In response to the wave of backlash from students who argue this shift won’t address students’ problems with wellness, officials continue to state that the decision was made following these “collaborative discussions” with students.

“Wharton administrators actively sought input from student leaders before coming to this decision,” wrote Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division Lori Rosenkopf in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

“After numerous collaborative discussions both planned and impromptu, we collectively decided this change would help

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“under consideration” in an April statement.

Mitchell — who worked with GAPSA’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership Council and the Provost’s Office to draft the form — was not available for comment.

“It fills me with motivation to work hard this year to give marginalized and underrepresented students the best Penn graduate experience,” IDEAL Council Chair

encourage wellbeing among our students,” she wrote.

It is still unclear how many discussions took place and whether student feedback was taken into account when administrators made the final decision.

Wharton senior Danielle Clanaman, a member of the Wharton Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Board, was one of the several student leaders who talked to administrators about the issue beforehand.

She said a select group of Wharton undergraduate student leaders were asked to meet with Garrett and other Wharton administrators to discuss several Wharton wellness initiatives toward the end of last spring semester.

Student leaders from Wharton Council and Wharton Wellness were also present at the meeting, but declined to provide immediate comment on the extent of their involvement in the roundtable and their thoughts on the final decision.

“We need to maintain the confidence of those who attended meetings. It was a dialogue between the students and Dean Garrett on this ongoing effort,” wrote Carolina Zuluaga, co-chair of Wharton Council and Wharton senior, in an email to the DP.

Wharton spokesperson Peter Winicov connected the DP to Clanaman but did not address questions asking for a list of students or student groups involved in discussions on the topic.

Clanaman said the meeting was focused on improving wellness in general and did not place much emphasis on the change to Huntsman’s closing hours. But when the proposal was mentioned, Clanaman said students pushed back. “[There was] no voting, just discussion … the Dean had a few things he wanted to talk through about how he thought we could improve wellness at Wharton,” Clanaman said.

Garrett suggested an initial proposition regarding changing the hours of Huntsman, which was not received positively by students present at the meeting, Clanaman said.

“The hours were originally more constrained and we pushed back on that, saying this wouldn’t be advisable for x, y, z reasons, and [the administrators] listened and engaged,” Clanaman said. “I think that all of us pushed back on different components of it just to understand where [the] administration was coming from and kind of to pre-empt some of the concerns that people might

Francisco Saldaña, who is pursuing a master’s degree in nanotechnology, wrote in an email.

The form is finally live, yet former GAPSA Equity and Access Chair Betsy Sneller, who graduated with a Ph.D. in linguistics in 2018, said administration had pushed back the release of the document several times before.

“I do know that the online bias reporting form was supposed to be live in January of last year, and that got pushed back,” Sneller said. “It’s been something the administration itself has agreed to do and has put

a couple hard deadlines on before.”

Earlier this year, administrators indicated the form would launch by the end of April. [link] IDEAL previously collaborated with student activists to create a bias incident reporting form in 2016 following a series of racist GroupMe messages which were sent to black Penn freshmen — drawing the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Haley Pilgrim, GAPSA’s current and first black woman president and sociology Ph.D. candidate, said the form would not only foster a more

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Many students have pushed back in a variety of forceful ways in response to the new Huntsman hours, from creating a petition that garnered over 500 signatures to arranging a protest scheduled for Sept. 6.

have.”

News of the change in hours was announced months after that meeting, Clanaman said.

The concerns voiced by students after last week’s announcement are similar to the pushback student leaders at the meeting expressed, Clanaman added. “I would say they are

very similar conversations,” she said.

The new policy to close Huntsman early was announced as part of Wharton’s efforts to improve wellness, but students disagree that the initiative will serve its purpose. “[The decision] definitely came from the administration,

but we also had meetings with student leaders and other students in the spring semester to ask them questions about what we can do and also ask them what they thought about closing the building for a few hours,” said Undergraduate Director of Wharton Student Life Lee Kramer.

inclusive environment and “return agency to the victim of an aggression,” but would also help Penn collect data on experiences of bias on campus.

“It is important we collect this data if we are to take seriously the goal of making sure Penn feels like home to all students. Data lets us see our community’s needs, helps us make informed decisions on where our initiatives would be most helpful, and [helps us] measure our effectiveness,” Pilgrim wrote in an email.

“I know that there are students

who read that email and felt more at ease, and that is a beautiful thing to be a part of.”

GAPSA and Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania, or GET-UP, have also called upon Penn to improve its sexual harassment reporting procedures.

Advocates have noted that some policies, such as requiring that all reports of sexual harassment must be brought to the dean of the student’s school, which has the power to determine whether to conduct an investigation or take any action following the complaint.

According to Jenn Phong, a member of GET-UP and a fourth year Ph.D. student in educational linguistics, the form could help get around this reporting issue due to the anonymous nature of the website.

She added, however, that questions about the organization of the reporting system still linger. She wrote in an email that she wonders whether the reports will be sent to specific schools or departments, if they will be sent immediately, or if they will be aggregated into a single report after a certain period of time.

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Bachman appointed as dean of School of Social Policy The former BU professor will begin in January 2019 DEENA ELUL Staff Reporter

Boston University’s Sara “Sally” Bachman will serve as the new dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at Penn, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett announced Wednesday.

Bachman will replace John L. Jackson, Jr., who was appointed dean of the Annenberg School For Communication last spring. Bachman’s and Jackson’s appointments will both become effective on Jan. 1, 2019.

In April, Penn formed a Consultative Committee, consisting of faculty, administrators, and students, to advise the University as it searched for the next selection of Jackson’s successor. SP2 and PennDesign professor Amy Hillier, who sat on the committee, wrote in an email that its work was completed in June.

At Boston University, Bachman serves as the inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, which aims to work with cross-sector collaboration to promote social work and social justice in health-related fields, the press release read.

She also holds the positions of the Paul Farmer Professor in the School of Social Work and of a research professor in the School of Public Health at BU. The press release also stated that in her role as director for the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, she coordinated faculty and ex-

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are more likely to have secured jobs or internships for post-graduation, and thus less likely to be involved with job-hunting.

This was the case for Wharton senior Jameson Mah, who is currently studying abroad at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.

“I got my junior year internship very early, it was my top choice, and the group had a very high rate of return offers,” Mah said. “I felt very comfortable I wouldn’t have to recruit senior year, so my senior year would be relatively free.”

Mah added that he felt studying abroad in his senior fall could be “the best of both worlds” since more senior Penn traditions occur in the spring.

“I think if I look back on my last year, I went from Penn to

New York for my internship, then to study abroad, and then back to Penn to finish it off,” Mah said.

“That’s a very diverse experience.

I think other people wished they could’ve had that, as well.”

College senior Summer Osborn, who is spending her semester in Cork, Ireland, delayed her acceptance from junior year to go abroad senior fall in order to spend more time with her upperclassmen friends during their final spring at Penn.

“There’s a lot of lasts that happened last fall that I didn’t realize were going to be lasts,” Osborn said, reflecting that her choice meant she would never experience another New Student Orientation. “I am happy, I think, to have some sort of different experience.”

Some seniors, however, said they didn’t have the choice to study abroad before senior year.

Nursing senior Liat Greenwood, who is currently studying abroad at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said the Nursing School only allows nursing students interested in studying community health to go abroad senior year. Other nursing programs in Australia and the United Kingdom, which focus on medical surgical rotations, are offered to juniors.

“I actually applied to Penn knowing that this program happened senior year and wanting to do this program as part of my Penn experience,” Greenwood said. Three other Penn seniors are currently in the Israel program with Greenwood.

According to Cossar, other seniors abroad are located in many of the other popular fall destinations for Penn students such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, France, and Italy.

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Sara “Sally” Bachman will serve as the new dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at Penn, replacing John L. Jackson, Jr.

perts from various disciplines to reduce health costs, improve outcomes, enhance the patient experience, promote population health, and stimulate health equity.

The BU website reports that she has worked in health policy research and program evaluation for 20 years, particularly in the area of state health policy for those with disabilities. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Bucknell University, a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a PhD from Brandeis University’s Florence Heller School, where she served as a Pew

Health Policy Fellow.

“Sally Bachman is an acclaimed scholar, teacher and academic leader,” Gutmann wrote in a statement, adding that Bachman is committed to interdisciplinary efforts and community partnerships to promote “social work, social policy, social change and social justice.”

“I am grateful for the exciting opportunity to serve as the next dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice,” Bachman wrote in the statement. “Together, we will leverage our shared passions, skills and knowledge in the pursuit of social innovation, impact and justice.”

Announcing the fourteenth group of winners of the

Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Challenge Award Marcello Chang, ’19, Physics, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Computer Science Ali Ghorashi, ’19, Physics Megan Gumina, ’19, Biochemistry and Biophysics Srinivas Mandyam, ’20, Biophysics, Mathematics, Physics Matthew Osborn, ’19, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physics Continuing: Angus Beane, ’19, Mathematics, Physics Tong Tian Liu, ’19, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Physics Tiberiu Mihaila, ’19, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physics The award consists of full tuition and fees until graduation.

To qualify, College students major in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, or Physics and will submatriculate in the Physics or Chemistry graduate groups.

The next round of these annual awards will be made in May 2019.

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You don’t have to live on campus to love campus

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THE OXFORD C’MON | Living off campus can be healthier and easier on your wallet

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n April of my freshman year, I crossed the invisible boundary of 45th Street on foot for the first time since coming to Penn. I had walked to the Green Line Cafe on 42nd and some thrift shops on 45th, but had never truly gone another block into the city.

Instead of popping, the Penn bubble had insulated my freshman experience and cushioned my social life into the small sphere of Locust and Walnut streets. While it is convenient to have everything you need within a five-block radius, the insular nature of existing in such a small social sphere can be more damaging than one might think.

Emotional growth or peace is stunted the second your back hits the ceiling of that Penn bubble. But, it’s not as scary as you think to break free.

Upperclassmen I worked with at the Kelly Writers House told me that moving off campus was the best decision they made, and last year, I eagerly opened

with relatively acceptable living standards, but it was easier than I expected to find a place I both liked and could afford (especially when financial aid packages

Penn makes it exceedingly easy to distill the entire world into its old brick buildings, and we must not forget that more exists out there.” my computer in search of the freedom they claimed helped them decompress after stressful days; a freedom afforded to them by distance. I faced some financial difficulty in regard to balancing a convenient location

can be applied to off-campus living).

The choice to move off campus was financial, but personal as well. The expense of living in a dorm seemed disproportionate to the quality of living, and it was

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actually fairly uncomplicated to find an apartment for cheaper than Penn charges for its dorms.

My 12-month lease amounts to less than Penn charges for oncampus housing where students live for only 10 months, many of them without full kitchens and with roommates. This obviously doesn’t encompass every apartment complex in the city, but don’t forget that The Radian isn’t the only place you can live in if you move off campus.

College can brand you with a mark of independence and freedom, but this freedom felt truly complete when I signed my lease. Having an apartment al-

till the entire world into its old brick buildings, and we must not forget that more exists out there.

Leaving campus and having a space in a different social sphere — a social sphere unaffiliated with college in general — can provide you with the healthy emotional break you sometimes need. Not to mention the physical act of walking to an off-campus living situation is the perfect excuse to skip a gym session every now and again. Having a full kitchen and access to your own groceries can lead to healthier eating (G-d knows I needed that after a freshman year of surviving off bagels and non-perish-

Don’t forget that The Radian isn’t the only place you can live in if you move off campus.” lows me to leave Penn’s campus at the end of a long day and see people on the street not wearing Pennface. I greet neighbors in the morning who aren’t in my 8 a.m. recitation, and that’s O.K.; actually, I find it healthy.

Not everyone needs to be constantly surrounded by activity and hustle.

If your personality is suited to the constancy of on-campus living, the endless stream of events and plans and parties, then by all means, enjoy your time and take advantage. However, Penn makes it exceedingly easy to dis-

able snacks).

Living in the Quad is seen as an invaluable and necessary experience, but not everyone needs to be constantly saturated in the negative culture of sleep deprivation and 24/7 activity.

Everyone deserves a break, but it’s easier to catch your breath and take this break when you’re not living in the epicenter of the rumbling recreation.

SOPHIA DUROSE is a College sophomore from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn.edu.

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Why didn’t students get to vote on the Huntsman decision?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR BY AMIT GUPTA

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eturning to campus after summer break is supposed to be a fun and exciting experience. We get the chance to reconnect with college friends whom we haven’t seen all summer and revisit our favorite haunts on campus. There’s this amazing sense of familiarity with returning to what has become our second home, as well as a sense of excitement for what new experiences lie ahead.

We look forward to a new year with new classes and new adventures, but we do not look forward to new policies and regulations whose outcomes we were given no chance to change. Such was the case with the disastrous and surprising news that Huntsman Hall would be closing daily at 2 a.m.

I’m not here to deliver a eulogy

floor of JMHH every night, seven days a week. As someone who gets very stir crazy and cannot sit in the same spot for too long, Huntsman was an important place for me to work where I could drift between Quiet Study Lounges to computer labs to group study rooms to the curved desks lining the side halls of the second and third floors. Whether you wanted someplace quiet or loud, secluded or surrounded, Huntsman had it all. The dungeon at the bottom of Van Pelt simply does not compare, nor does it offer enough space for all of Penn’s students.

Now, Quakers must either argue with roommates over how late they can keep the lights on or stay up all night in residence hall lounges. The latter entails converting what were meant to be social spaces into study ar-

The real problem, however, isn’t that Huntsman is closing early; it’s that somehow the student body has no say in the matter.” to Huntsman, but nevertheless, I must admit that I’ve probably spent more time in Huntsman than any other building on campus.

In Huntsman, I took classes, attended events, held club meetings, studied, and even socialized. Last fall I could be found on the second or third

eas, further bleeding classwork into all aspects of student life, which is undoubtedly bad for mental health.

The real problem, however, isn’t that Huntsman is closing early; it’s that somehow the student body has no say in the matter. We go to a school where students are spending up

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to $75,000 a year for the privilege of having no say over their education or college experience. Somehow, an insulated bureaucracy within the school and a Board of Trustees comprised of rich donors make decisions that affect 25,000 students without any of us having a voice. It’s ironic to me that in the same city where our Founding Fathers birthed a new age of modern democracy, Penn ignores the voices of its students.

Somehow President Gutmann, Dean Garrett, and the Trustees see it permissible to tax us without representation. Franklin would be appalled.

What is the point of having an elected student government if they are finding out about these policies by reading The Daily Pennsylvanian like the rest of us? I’m sure everyone loves airport shuttles during

What is the point of having an elected student government if they are finding out about these policies by reading The Daily Pennsylvanian like the rest of us?” winter break, but for some reason I feel like this is the type of issue the Undergraduate Assembly should be allowed to decide on. The school encourages us to vote in Class Board elections where we get to hear about how every candidate will continue to host Econ Scream, Penn Holi, and Hey Day, so we end up voting based on how many friends and fraternity brethren post for them on Face-

book, the quality of their music videos, and the aesthetics of their photos with Ben Franklin statues.

What we are not encouraged to vote on, nor even have an option to do so, is referenda concerning student life. Who remembers voting on whether administrators should send police officers clad in bulletproof vests and paid event observers to knock on the doors of fra-

ternity houses last year? Who voted on whether off-campus groups should be forced to disclose their membership to the university? Whether or not we agree with these decisions, we deserved to have a voice in making them.

As students, we should be considered citizens of Pennlandia or at least shareholders of Penn Corp. considering we provided the school with $937.9 million of tax-free revenue, net of financial aid. I’ll even settle for being considered customers at this point if it means we have a say in school policies and are afforded the respect stakeholders deserve, instead of sold cost-savings as a mental health initiative.

The sad truth of the matter is that Penn knows it holds all the leverage. Tens of thousands of students will apply every year no matter what the administration does because we are told from day one that getting into the Ivy League will raise us above our peers and change our lives for the better. The only thing that could jolt the school into action would be if we threatened their revenue stream by all applying for transfer and mailing them our acceptance letters. For some reason, however, I sincerely doubt we would all commit to eschewing our elitism. I guess that means we must settle for reading the DP to find out that Huntsman is closing early.

AMIT GUPTA is a Wharton and Engineering junior studying bioenginerring. His email address is agupta98@wharton.upenn.edu

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his is not a senior bidding farewell to my time at Penn, but some parting advice to Quakers as someone who has actually started to see how our time here carries into our lives going forward.

In my first column, I compared myself to the “old man yells at cloud” joke. At this point, I walk a treacherous line against sounding like the Andy Bernard type who won’t let college go, but I’m sitting on a laundry list of observations, and if living in a frat house taught me anything, it’s that laundry that goes unacknowledged

grows mold, and that’s not pretty.

So here it goes.

First off: as much as you may hear otherwise, the people are the defining feature of Penn. There is no magic soaked into the Locust Walk bricks or poured into the tap water (though there definitely is something in the tap water. Freshman — invest in a Brita); there is just the space we choose to fill with our collective actions and mindsets.

Students, faculty, and administration alike — in every second, you are Penn. There is no reason the “Penn culture” of 2030 will reflect today’s culture, save for

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what we carry forward. Keep that power in mind.

Imposter syndrome comes up a lot. The very fact that you’re capable of feeling imposter syndrome is a testament to the collective strength and potential of everyone around you at Penn. Just short of 10,000 of you are liable to feel that, and the great irony is that that means about 9,999 people are intimidated by you personally.

Just about everyone is looking

In that same vein: learn from your peers. I would never have gotten the experience I had at the DP if unnaturally committed students hadn’t made it what it is. The most I got to actually help people outside the Penn bubble was in the work I did in a legal advocacy club (shout-out PennCASE) started by a friend of mine. If I had to make a conservative estimate, I’d say I had to ask friends for help with problem sets

If you keep your head up, ask for help, and advocate for yourself without being doted on, support is out there.” at you about the same way you look at them. Whether you’re a freshman nervously embarking on your first year, or a senior — nervous for a whole separate host of reasons — embarking on your last, remember that. Realizing that was a pivotal point in college and my life overall.

9,000 times a week when I took Formal Logic.

People around you are and will be successful, but that isn’t to your detriment. Learning how to let that help you grow will make your experience all the better, and give you unparalleled and diverse exposure to potential paths, skills,

and opportunities.

I will fully admit that I’m often more optimistic and idealistic in my columns than I am in my day-to-day life. There will be bad times. Things won’t always go well. You’ll fail tests and lose friends and not get bids and lose elections and learn to recognize a rejection email from the first three words of the intro. Your time will test you, but if you tap out and fall into a crevice of your own struggle, you’ll eventually learn that you often need to be your own first responder. If you keep your head up, ask for help, and advocate for yourself without being doted on, support is out there.

I started taking meds for anxiety and depression during college. I’m a pretty open person, but that was once pretty much the only real secret I had. This period of your life might well drive you to that point. But if it does, just go with it. The stigma against struggle is “real” in the sense that you will definitely have the opportunity to believe it, but you’ll also have the capacity to resist it. I’ve gotten infinitely more judgmental looks from the weird outfits I’ve chosen to wear than the help I decided I needed.

Finally, for all the good I know

your peers will bring, there will be those who will seem to want you to be unhappy. People will tell you they don’t feel they belong, and therefore you are not allowed to belong. They’ll say their opinions must become yours or you are selling out or blind or ignorant. Acknowledge the feelings of others, but do not let them define you. Recognize where grievances are legitimate, but do not fear happiness, success, and involvement over the negativity or resistence that, at times, will feel like a quicksand inviting you into complacency.

I’ve never been good at goodbyes, and as I write what may well be my last lines to appear in the DP, the familiar haze of indecision is rushing through me. I could rewrite this column a million different ways. But much like with the college experience, sometimes you’ve just got to wing it and trust it’ll work out. Thanks for indulging me through all these pages — it’s been a gift.

See you on the other side.

DYLAN REIM is a 2018 College graduate from Princeton, N.J. He served as the social media editor of the 133rd Board of the DP, and as an opinion columnist.

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Beefsteak lost in the Houston Market renovation The unique and popular salad spot will not reopen GORDON HO Staff Reporter

The official reopening of Houston Market brought several new dining options, while retaining old favorites like the sushi bar. But there was one conspicuous vendor that did not make the cut: salad shop Beefsteak.

The shop is permanently closed, Director of Communications and External Relations in the Division of Business

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they did not believe student groups were very involved in the establishment of the office.

“Something I found ironic was that groups like Penn First and Seven|Eight were the reason that the Penn First Plus initiative was created, but there wasn’t a lot of student involvement in the creation of this program or the organization of it,” Daniel Gonzalez said.

Two years ago, Penn opened a resource center for FGLI students. Earlier this year, Penn admitted the largest number

Services Barbara Lea-Kruger said. The space that Beefsteak once occupied in Houston Market is currently walled off.

Director of Communications of Bon Appétit Management Company Bonnie Powell said Beefsteak’s former location will become a space for the catering team from Bon Appétit, which has been Penn’s food service provider since 2009.

This team previously used a temporary space that has since been removed during the Houston renovations.

“We had to make some difficult decisions with you all

about the best way to use what we have, given our current business needs,” Powell said in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “I can tell you that we are actively exploring other options with José Andrés’ team, but there are no details to share yet.”

José Andrés is a world renowned chef who started the Beefsteak chain in Washington D.C. in 2015, according to QSR Magazine. The location on Penn’s campus opened in June 2016, and was listed at the time as one of Philadelphia Zagat’s “11 Most Anticipated

of first-generation students in its history. One in every seven students admitted to the Class of 2022 is the first in their family to attend college — an increase from just one in 20 students who entered Penn in 2005.

Daniel Gonzalez and Sebastián González agreed they were excited about the new office, but they want to be involved in the future.

“We’re super thrilled about it, and we just want to make sure that we work closely with administration as they start implementing everything,” Sebastián said. “We just want to

stay in the loop.”

According to Pritchett’s email, Charles and Ghrist will collaborate with Pritchett, Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein, and others in the Penn community “to begin the vital work of this office and to conclude our national search for its inaugural Executive Director.”

“Camille Charles and Rob Ghrist are two of our foremost faculty leaders in helping our students achieve personal and academic success,” Pritchett’s statement read.

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Restaurants for Spring.” It was among the first six Beefsteak locations, and the first outside of the Washington D.C. area.

Some students said they were surprised and disappointed to learn on Tuesday that Beefsteak was permanently closed.

“I had no idea that Beefsteak was closing and Beefsteak was one of my favorite restaurants in Houston Hall,” College junior Rebecca Suh said. “I was just really upset and shocked because I thought Beefsteak was always really popular. Every time I went there, there was always a super long line.”

Students also said they regret losing a spot where they could create healthier options that cater to students who follow vegetarian and vegan diets “For vegetarians, this was kind of a hot spot. I know a lot of my vegetarian friends used to go there,” College junior Alina Peng said. “This was the one restaurant that provided that [healthy] option.”

With Beefsteak gone, only one of Houston Market’s eight vendors — the salad stall Ivy leaf — caters specifically to vegetarian and vegan diets.

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nity, warning of conditions “potentially dangerous for heat-related illnesses.”

Kings Court English College House resident and Engineering freshman Matthew Cho said he felt “a wave of heat wash over” every time he stepped off the elevator onto his fifth floor hall.

“There’s no ventilation – all the hot air has been trapped up there for so long,” Cho said. “I start sweating as soon as I get onto my floor.”

Another Kings Court English College House resident and College and Wharton freshman Noa Attias said the dorms are “abnormally hot.”

Executive Director Doug Berger of Penn Business Services said they are trying their best to help student residents battle out the heat, specifically “trying to find places for students to have a break from those buildings.”

“We had a water ice truck around. We’re doing it again tonight for those two buildings,” Berger said, referring to Kings Court English College House and Du Bois. “We did add some additional cooling in Kings Court in some

lounges in preparation for this.”

Faramarz Vakili, executive director of operations and maintenance for FRES, said to battle the extreme temperatures, FRES added portable air conditioning to some Kings Court English College House lounges and offered Italian ice to residents of Kings Court English College House and Du Bois at around 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

Despite the free ice and airconditioned common spaces, however, residents say they remain frustrated.

Kings Court English College House resident and College and Wharton freshman Ana Arango described Tuesday night as “pretty hectic.”

Desperate to sleep in one of the buildings’ few airconditioned rooms, Arango said students took to common spaces such as the lounge, computer lab, and library. She added “people were fighting” for spots in the lounge.

Attias said one hallmate “literally slept on the counter below a TV in the lounge because all the couches were filled.” Another one of Attias’ friends is borrowing her air mattress to use in the lounge.

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battle out the heat in their own rooms are finding it nearly impossible to sleep in the feverish temperatures.

Arango spent the night in her dorm room, despite the heat.

“People are waking up at 4 in the morning,” Attias added.

To add to the chaos, two fire alarms went off, one of which was in Attias’ room.

“To be honest, nobody knows why,” Attias said. “We think it’s because of the heat.”

“I don’t get it,” Attias added. “I pay the same amount of tuition as the people in the Quad.”

Since all students in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business are required to live together in Kings Court English College House, Attias “didn’t really have a choice to be in Kings Court or not.”

Kings Court English College House, Du Bois, and Gregory College House are the few remaining dorms without air conditioning.

Although most residential buildings at Penn initially did not have air conditioning, it was added to the Quad dorms and Hill College House during their respective renovations in 1999 and 2017.

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renovation project on Houston, which had not been modified for 20 years, occurred three years ago, said director of Business Services and Hospitality Services Pam Lampitt.

Funding for this latest $15.5 million endeavor came from Penn’s capital plan for housing and dining renewal, Lea-Kruger said. Other recent renovation efforts on Penn’s dining halls include a $6 million renovation of the 1920 Commons basement in 2012 and the $80 million renovation of Hill College House and its dining hall in 2016.

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Annenberg welcomes new associate dean

Paxton assumed the role on Aug. 16 MADELEINE LAMON News Editor

After a decade serving as director of Penn Women’s Center, Felicity “Litty” Paxton has left her role to become the associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Annenberg School for Communication.

The Penn Women’s Center weekly newsletter announced Paxton’s new position, which she officially assumed on Aug. 13.

She is replacing former Associate Dean Amy Jordan, who left Penn after 21 years at the end of 2017 to be a professor at Rutgers University.

Jessica Mertz, the director of PVP and former associate director of PWC, will serve as the interim director of the center for the semester as Penn “undertakes a national search for a new director,” the newsletter wrote. Paxton added in an email that she will continue to serve as PVP direc-

tor while heading up the women’s center.

“I am excited to provide support and leadership to the Penn Women’s Center while VPUL conducts a national search for a new Director,” Mertz wrote. “I have had the privilege of working closely with the PWC staff and many of the groups they advise over the years and am personally invested in it’s continued success.”

Paxton taught a number courses for the Critical Writing Program, the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, in addition to serving as a residential faculty member for 12 years, the Penn Almanac reported. She has served as a lecturer in communications for a large portion of her time at Penn and was awarded the University of Pennsylvania Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2018.

Vice Provost for University Life spokesperson Monica Yant Kinney did not respond to immediate request for comment.

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tioning to a full-time role in Annenberg and to have this opportunity to build on the great work of past Associate Deans,” Paxton said, according to the Almanac.

Paxton received a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies as well as a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Penn. She was named PWC director in September 2008, after serving as its assistant director.

She oversaw the establishment of Penn Violence Prevention, a program providing education and advocacy about interpersonal violence, as well as the center’s first lactation room, and the University’s first Environmental Education Kitchen.

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Felicity “Litty” Paxton left her role at the Penn Women’s Center to become the associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, which she assumed on Aug. 13.

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The increasing numbers of upperclassmen in the college house may be attributed to NCH’s “priority points” application system. All applicants to the house are given a lottery number.

More juniors than ever before are living in NCH KAITLYN BOYLE Staff Reporter

Bonding with the residents of your freshman dormitory is a Penn tradition, but most students do not typically choose to stay in these dorms for more than a year — that is, until New College House came along.

NCH, which opened its doors in 2016, prides itself on being home to a vibrant, tight-knit community. Many of its first batch of residents have chosen to continue staying there year after year, and some say they have no plans to leave. With its suitestyle dorm rooms and 40-inch flat screen televisions, NCH was the first four-year house to reach capacity during the 2018-19 room selection period, leaving out some 250 interested applicants. In total, the dorm houses 344 residents, excluding staff.

The dorm’s popularity with upperclassmen is also growing.

The percentage of juniors increased from 3.2 percent in the 2017-18 academic year to 21.9 percent in 2018-19. At the same time, the total number of under-

classmen fell from 91.7 percent of the NCH population in the 2017-18 academic year to 73 percent in 2018-19.

The increasing numbers of upperclassmen may be attributed to NCH’s “priority points” application system. All applicants to the house are given a lottery number, but returning residents have the ability to lower their number with priority points. Points are awarded for a variety of reasons, including event participation, employment in the office, and one’s ability to be a “good community member.”

Engineering junior Katrina Pham has lived in NCH since she was a freshman, and said she plans to room there again during her senior year.

“It’s very convenient,” Pham said, citing its proximity to the Engineering Quad.

Pham added that she has also come to value the close community at NCH. “Last year, I lived right across from Dr. Cam Grey,” Pham said, referring to the NCH’s faculty director. “He had these wonderful conversations each weekend night where we would just talk about politics and events.”

College junior Jacky Chan, who is entering her third year as a NCH resident, agreed. “[The faculty and staff] genuinely care for the residents and go above and beyond to check in on people,” she said.

Chan added that it was exciting for her batch of students to get to build the culture around NCH after arriving as its first occupants three years ago.

“We kind of felt a bit special in the sense that we were living in a brand new dorm and quite a bit away from the quad,” she said.

Both Pham and Chan worked as front desk staff during their first year. Pham then went on to serve on the House Council, which receives an annual budget from the University to spend on dorm events. Chan, inspired by the spirit of mentorship at NCH, served as a Meliora Ambassador during her sophomore year. The position is part of a program that pairs upperclassmen with three to five freshmen also living in NCH. “We actually developed a tight knit community here,” Pham said. “It’s kind of something that we still identify with today.”

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Your Guide to Freshman Performing Arts Night

Arts House Dance Company Arts House Dance Company is a student-run dance company that performs contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap and hip-hop. We’re dedicated to presenting the highest level of performance and technique.

Penn Atma Atma is UPenn’s award-winning all-female South Asian fusion a cappella group, most noted for bringing together a wide variety of genres to create Dhamaka a deep and unique sound.

Penn Dhamaka is the university’s first and only allmale dance troupe. Dhamaka combines Western Counterparts and South Asian dance styles, aspiring to present a Counterparts is Penn’s oldest co-ed a cappella fresh, unique, and innovative fusion of cultures. group. Founded in 1981, Counterparts has a repertoire including standards such as “At Last,” Onda Latina hits like Radiohead’s “Creep,” and alumnus John Through performance, Onda Latina’s goal is Legend’s “Slow Dance.” to entertain and to educate both the troupe’s members and the community about the beauty and Disney A Cappella Disney is Penn’s co-ed, community service interest, origins of Latin-American and Caribbean dance. a cappella group that specializes in Disney music.

Pan-Asian Dance Troupe Along with semesterly shows, they perform at neighborhood hospital, schools, and service events Pan-Asian Dance Troupe seeks to celebrate and educate the community on Asian culture through and fundraisers. traditional, modern, and fusion dances; and to establish an organization where people can express Full Measure themselves through dance.

We seek to worshipfully compel others to know Jesus Christ more through music and our lives.

We’re excited to have freshmen join our FMily and PENNaach PENNaach, founded in 1997, is Penn’s premiere share our purpose!

South Asian Dance Troupe and the first in the nation of its kind. Our dance styles include Off the Beat Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Garba, Bhangra, Penn’s modern rock & pop a cappella group Bollywood and Hip-Hop. that has been featured on 16 Best of College A Cappella albums and on POP TV’s aca-docu Penn Dance Company television series, Sing it On! Penn Dance Company is Penn’s premiere modern dance group. The oldest dance group on campus, Pennchants Penn Dance stands out as the only company with a A veritable all-male sonic avalanche, The professional artistic director.

Pennchants have drawn praise from audiences all across the country for their inventive arrangements, inspired choreography, and alarmingly rugged good Soundworks Tap Factory Founded in 2001, Soundworks Tap Factory looks performing your favorites. is University of Pennsylvania’s one and only strictly tap dancing group. We are a completely Penn Masala student-choreographed team that produces shows Penn Masala is the world’s first and Penn’s own all-male South Asian a cappella group. We combine throughout the year.

Western and Indian music to create innovative Sparks Dance Company arrangements that we’ve performed around the Penn’s premiere dance company dedicated to globe, from London to Dubai. both performing and community service, SDC maintains a high technical level of many styles of Pennsylvania Six-5000 dance including ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, Guys who like singing and long walks on the and contemporary. beach... We cover your favorite hits and sing our own original parodies. Sketch comedy and videos Strictly Funk included at no extra charge.

Strictly Funk is a diverse company that focuses on hip hop and contemporary styles, with members Penny Loafers Penny Loafers has been Penn’s premier co-ed indie from Penn’s undergraduate and graduate schools and the greater Philadelphia community. and pop a cappella group since 1986. When we’re not loafing around, we arrange and perform songs West Philly Swingers from a variety of artists from Bon Iver to Chance Penn’s premier swing dance troupe! From Lindy the Rapper.

Hop to West Coast Swing, social & performance: WPS keeps Philly swingin’ PennSori PennSori is an a cappella group that serves to Yalla Middle Eastern Dance and Drum connect Korean and American cultures. We mix Troupe Korean and American songs to create a product Yalla is the University of Pennsylvania’s premier that is unique, cross-cultural, and fun. belly dance and drum troupe.

PennYo PennYo, Penn’s premier Chinese a cappella group founded in 2002, focuses on mashing up Chinese and English songs. We held tours in USA and Asia, SMAC (Singers, Musicians, and and released 4 studio albums.

Comedians) Quaker Notes Quaker Notes is Penn’s premier all-female a cappella group! We sing a variety of contemporary genres without limiting ourselves to a particular style, and we create all of our own arrangements.

Bloomers Comedy Bloomers is the nation’s first all-woman sketch/ musical comedy troupe! The group consists of band, business, cast, costumes, tech, and writing sections. Check out our website (bloomerscomedy. com) for more info!

Shabbatones The Shabbatones are Penn’s premier Jewish a Cappella group. We specialize in popular American, The Excelano Project Israeli, and Jewish music and are looking forward to The Excelano Project is Penn’s first and premier our Miami tour in January! spoken word poetry group. This group is about finding voice and finding family through the power The Inspiration of words.

The Inspiration is a co-ed a cappella singing group dedicated to entertaining and educating its Penn Glee Club audiences through performance of music of the Founded in 1862, the Penn Glee Club is one of African diaspora. the oldest performing arts groups in the country.

The PGC is comprised of three sections: Singers, Band, and Tech Staff.

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African Rhythms Drum and Dance Troupe African Rhythms is a traditional African drum and dance troupe that seeks to educate Penn, the surrounding communities, and ourselves about the culture of Africans, through dance, percussion, and workshops.

The Mask and Wig Club Founded in 1889, Mask and Wig is the nation’s oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe, annually presenting two productions and an international Tour while maintaining a historic Clubhouse.

Contact with questions: ack.chair@gmail.com (A Capella) tace.chair@gmail.com (Theater) dacchair@gmail.com (Dance) smac.chair@gmail.com (Singers, Musicians, Comedy)

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New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir NSP seeks to spread the Word of God through song and help be a catalyst for spiritual change for those affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and in surrounding communities.

No auditions!

Penn Band Penn’s most active, most attractive, most reactive performing arts group. We play at athletic, scholastic, and community events. Football!

Basketball! Disney World! Flexible commitment!

No auditions! All instrumentalists welcome. www. pennband.net/join PennDure PennDure is Penn’s only Korean traditional drumming group. In addition to various oncampus performances, we carry out community services and performances for diverse communities around the Philadelphia region.

Penn Jazz Want to play jazz but can’t decide between all the different student-run big bands at Penn? Oh wait, there’s only one. Penn Jazz -- for Penn, for jazz, for you.

Penn Sargam We bring together music ranging from South Asian and Western Classical to Bollywood, Pop, and Rock. Sargam features a variety of talented vocalists and instrumentalists from all over the world!

Penn Singers Light Opera Company Penn Singers is a fun-loving and tight-knit theatre company with performers and tech members, producing a Broadway-style musical every fall and a G&S light opera in the spring.

Penn Sirens Penn Sirens is Penn’s premiere all-women’s vocal ensemble performing all types of genres.

Each semester we put on a musical-style show, incorporating acting and dancing into our music.

Simply Chaos Simply Chaos is Penn’s first and only stand-up comedy collective. We perform at events around Philadelphia, sponsored campus events, and produce our own show every semester.

Without a Net Without a Net is Penn’s only improv comedy troupe, performing large-scale shows semesterly and small shows at philanthropic events. We’re dedicated to bringing a unique form of comedy to campus.

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Women’s basketball announces ambitious schedule

The Quakers play NCAA champs Notre Dame Nov. 12 MARC MARGOLIS Sports Editor

After missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015, Penn women’s basketball fans can now see who stands in the Quakers’ way of returning to the Big Dance.

Two days ago, coach Mike McLaughlin announced the 2018-2019 schedule for the Quakers, which features a bevy of competitive non-conference opponents before the beginning of Ivy League play starting in February.

Penn’s marquee non-conference matchup will be against defending national champion Notre Dame, who the Quakers face on the road in just their second game of the season on Nov. 12.

November’s duel with the Fighting Irish will be the team’s second in a row, having lost to the would-be NCAA champs, 66-54, at home. The game will feature a Final Four hero in senior guard Arike Ogunbowale, who hit two straight buzzer beaters in as many games against Connecticut and Mississippi State.

Like she does to most teams in the country, Ogunowale could give Penn fits, especially considering the graduation of last year’s

starting backcourt in Anna Ross and Lauren Whitlatch as well as backup Beth Brzozowski. This year, expect senior guard Ashley Russell and the team’s European trip standout, sophomore Katie Kinum, to take turns handling Ogunowale.

Additionally, the Red and Blue will also square off against two other NCAA tournament teams in Maine and Big Five rival Villanova in the non-conference slate.

The Quakers will begin their Big Five title defense against St. Joseph’s on Nov. 15, who they beat last year on the road for only the third time in school history.

Unlike Penn, the Hawks will return a majority of their starting lineup this season, leaving them in a position likely to improve on their 57-50 loss to the Red and Blue.

Two weeks later, Penn will participate in the Navy Classic, where the team will travel to face both the Midshipmen and Maine over the course of two days in Annapolis, Md. Like the Quakers, Navy also made the Women’s NIT last season after posting over 20 wins on the year.

Maine received an automatic bid after winning the America East conference championship.

Prior to Ivy League play, Penn will host Division III team Haverford College, which will serve a similar function as

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Gwynedd Mercy did last season as a final tuneup before the brunt of conference play kicks off.

After what should be a likely win, the Quakers’ next 13 games will be against Ivy League opponents, with a winter break game against Princeton representing

the only conference game not in this stretch.

The Red and Blue will have a chance to get revenge on Princeton on Jan. 5 following last year’s Ivy League Tournament championship loss. Unfortunately for Penn, the Tigers re-

turn 2018 Ivy League Player of the Year in junior forward Bella Alarie, who is likely to build on her 13.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks per game sophomore season. The duel between Alarie and Penn’s presumptive star for 2018-19, sophomore center El-

eah Parker, should produce one of the greatest spectacles of the Quakers’ campaign.

All in all, Penn will have its hands full both inside and outside the Ivy League as it works to get back to its championship winning ways.

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a bit of redemption here home for our first game, I think it’s definitely a challenge but we’re excited for it.”

Berger echoed Swenson’s sentiment.

“Challenge-wise for us, I think it’s just going to be a new test,

beating up on someone else besides ourselves for the past two and a half weeks, so it’s going to be a very high intensity game.

They’re going to be looking to get their first win.”

The Quakers will look to do the same on Friday night.

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shutout, but they hope to avenge their loss.

“They gave us trouble last year,” Swenson said. “It was a good game, but they beat us, so

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Which Penn Athletics team will win a title this fall?

Women’s soccer, football, sprint football show promise THE SPORTS EDITORS

With the majority of fall sports kicking off this weekend, we at The Daily Pennsylvanian figured it was a perfect time to look ahead and think about endings. Our Sports Editors discuss which of Penn’s teams have the strongest rosters and are likeliest to win a title — Ivy or otherwise.

Theodoros Papazekos, Sports Editor — Women’s Soccer It might be a bit of a dark horse considering the final Ivy standings in the past few years, but Penn women’s soccer has a legitimate chance at an Ivy title this season. Coach Nicole Van Dyke finally has a team made up of only her own recruits, so her style and philosophy should be well ingrained into the team by now.

The veteran leadership is there up and down the roster.

Kitty Qu provides a consistent, veteran presence in net behind Camilla Nwokedi and Megan Lloyd who anchor a back line that was solid a year ago. In

front of them, Allie Trzaska leads the midfield as a creative force, and Sasha Stephens, Emily Sands, and Emma Loving are all capable options in attack.

Newer additions have brought a spark as well: freshmen Jojo Cotto and Mia Shenk have played meaningful minutes, and transfer Breukelen Woodard has been a key figure in the midfield.

While the Ivy League remains competitive — 2017 champions Princeton advanced to the national quarterfinal — Penn women’s soccer has the pieces to make a run come October.

the defensive side of the ball, seniors James Juliano and Angelo Matos return to the front seven after not playing last season, while defensive backs Tom Console, Guiseppe Bevacqua, and Michael Doulong anchor a strong secondary.

Still, despite a large portion of last year’s talent returning, what truly gives Penn the best chance to win a championship this season is the top-heavy nature of the CSFL. Traditionally, only Penn, Navy, and Army have truly contended for league titles over the past couple decades, and barring any unforeseen changes, that will remain the same this year.

The Quakers will have their hands full with the service academies, but do not sleep on the Red and Blue as they seek to avenge last year’s loss to Army in the title game.

Marc Margolis, Sports Editor — Sprint Football Though Penn sprint football does not compete for an Ivy League championship, this team has what it takes to hoist the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) trophy this year.

Offensively, the Quakers return 2017 First Team All-CSFL quarterback Eddie Jenkins, who helped Penn pace the league in total offense last season. Aside from Jenkins, the Red and Blue return dynamic senior running backs Jake Klaus and Max Jones in addition to star senior wide receiver Aidan Kelly. On

Yosef Weitzman, Sports Editor — Football Penn football only finished fourth in the Ivy League last season and that team boasted Justin Watson, one of the best players in school history who is now fighting for a roster spot in the NFL. If that was all you knew about

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Junior quarterback Eddie Jenkins and Penn sprint football look likely to contend for another Collegiate Sprint Football League title after a loss to Army in last season’s championship.

Penn and Ivy League football, it would be perfectly fair of you to say that the odds are stacked against the Quakers winning a title this season. In fact, it would be fair of you to say that even if you were an expert in Ivy football — the preseason media poll

ranked Penn fourth best in the conference.

So then what gives? Consider what happened last year. With just two Ivy games remaining on the schedule for each team last season, it was still possible for seven — that’s right seven

— of the teams in the Ancient Eight to win a share of the title.

Add in the fact that in the two seasons prior to 2017, Penn shared titles with a total of three other teams, and at least one thing should be clear: anything is possible in Ivy football.

Field hockey opens season the tough way with two top-15 contests Penn hosts ACC giants in ACC-Ivy Crossover challenge DANIEL WITTMER Sports Reporter

The Quakers will certainly have their work cut out for them this weekend.

Penn field hockey will open its season against secondranked University of North Carolina and No. 14 Wake Forest, as part of the ACC and Ivy League Conference Crossover.

Penn has lost to North Carolina (2-0) in each of the past

two seasons, so hopefully the third time will be the charm for the Red and Blue. The other matchup versus Wake Forest (1-1) will mark the first time that the two teams have ever met.

North Carolina has already started the season hot, bouncing two top-twenty teams in No. 5 Michigan (0-2) and No. 20 Iowa (1-1). History consistently repeats itself for the Tar Heels, as the team has either won it all or finished runner-up in the NCAA tournament six out of the past twelve years.

While offense is certainly an

important part of the game, the Quakers have been prioritizing improving defense. “We’ve also been focusing on very patient defense and not just diving in, because if we dive in they will just go around us since they are a very skilled team,� junior center forward Alexa Schneck said.

As for Wake Forest, its comeback upset of Michigan this past Saturday proves that it will be a tough opponent come tournament time. Since their early exit to Maryland in last year’s NCAA Tournament, the Demon Deacons have been

playing with a chip on their shoulder.

The home field advantage of Ellen Vagelos Field, coupled with the opportunity to compete against probable deep-run NCAA Tournament teams, is exhilarating for a squad still working to find its identity after losing All-American and four-time First Team All-Ivy member Alexa Hoover. “We actually gained nine freshman this year, and they have all stepped up,� Schneck

said. “Our team has been extremely strong. [Hoover] was extremely talented, but we still are as competitive a team in terms of Ivy and NCAA.�

Although Hoover won’t be suiting up this season, she will be gracing the sideline as the team’s new Director of Operations for the 2018-19 season.

Entering this weekend, the team knows that it can make great strides even without picking up a win. “Just knowing that we can

hang with No. 2 and No. 14 in the nation would just be a huge confidence booster and definitely lead us to success in our other long-term goals,� Schneck said.

For the Quakers, those longterm goals involve claiming their first Ivy League title since 2004. Experiences against stacked competition this weekend and a grueling schedule moving forward make Penn field hockey an intriguing team to be watched this fall.

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They’re the leaders now. They all played at a really young age — since they were freshman.

It’s a lot more familiarity.�

This Friday, Penn will put its unblemished record on the line against No. 13 North Carolina State (3-0-1). Fresh off a win against No. 10 South Carolina, the Wolfpack look to continue an unbeaten streak of their own behind junior Tziarra King, who was named to the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, which is awarded annually to college soccer’s most outstanding player. “I think that we have to protect the ball a little bit,� Howard said. “I think it’s being a little more comfortable, continuing to get fitter, and just coming

sharper as the season goes on.�

Highlighted thus far by strong goalkeeping and great defensive play, the Quakers have only allowed eight shots on goals thus far through two games. But going up against a star-studded attack will require the Red and Blue to come out firing. “I think we keep the energy high in the second half for sure.

It’s definitely something that we want to bring in to the first half in the future. It’s an area we need to work on. I really expect for the rest of games to come out firing every half,�

Howard said.

In order to beat NC State, Penn will have to get off to a better start offensively than it has to this point in a season. So far, all six of Penn’s goals have been scored in the second half

of contests. “I want to get a fresher start.

We haven’t conceded any goals in the first half which is great.

It would be nice to put some goals away in the first half against NC State,� Van Dyke said.

On the other side of the ball, NC State has scored six goals in four matches. The Wolfpack are currently out shooting their opponents 70 to 33 on the season, and will look to do much of the same this weekend. “I know we team defend, but our back line is going to have to deal with a Hermann trophy nominee and that’s going to be a [test]. But we generally do quite well even with a top player on the team,� Van Dyke said.

If Penn can hang with a ranked opponent, it might just be the Quakers’ year after all.

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It was a big summer for soccer, and not just because of the 2018 World Cup. Penn men’s soccer has been preparing all summer long for a new season. The Quakers will open their year at home on Rhodes Field, attempting to avenge last year’s 2-0 loss to Monmouth (0-2) as the sun sets over Philadelphia.

The team has been in pre-season since midAugust, but most members have been training individually since the summer began. NCAA rules prevent Penn athletes from practicing as a team, but this rule doesn’t apply to individuals wanting to compete on a club team separate from the school. Sixteen players from Penn soccer played on club teams all summer long working to improve their individual games. Over the past couple weeks, the team has been trying to combine their skills to mesh as a group, with ten freshmen and a junior transfer from Lafayette joining the squad.

On the new talent, first-year head coach Brian Gill stated that “we have a lot of new faces, so it feels like we’re new, we’re trying to do new things.” He added that, “I don’t think what we want to try to be as a program or who we want to try to be as a program has changed much at all.”

The four captains for the season are fifth-year Joe Swenson, seniors Gavin Barger and Jerel Blades, and junior Brandon Bartel.

Of his new leadership group, Gill said, “They’re ambitious, they’re ready to go, I think they’re excited about the season, they want to get into new challenges themselves. As a coaching staff, we’re going to rely heavily on those guys leading this group on the field.”

In the past four years, Penn has failed to finish in the top half of the Ivy League. Last season, the Quakers fell down to seventh. However, all but two starters will be returning.

With coaching adjustments and new captains, the team hopes to use its experience to grow the program.

Last year’s match against Monmouth went the wrong way for the Quakers in a two-goal

W. SOCCER | Quakers seek to keep momentum going against top-15 team ZACK ROVNER Sports Reporter

New year. New team.

Penn women’s soccer is off to its first 2-0 start in three years and is firing on all cylinders.

Through just two games, the Quakers (2-0) have already scored six goals and recorded two shutouts. Last season, in 16 games, the Red and Blue tallied a total of 10 goals and five shutouts. So far, they are on pace to shatter both of these marks.

“I think we all decided this year was going to be our year,” sophomore forward

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Paige Howard said. “I think we all worked really hard over the summer and the team bought into that.”

This Penn team has a different feel to it. Last season, the Quakers were 0-2 through two games and did not record their first victory until their sixth game. This season is different. In her fourth year, coach Nicole Van Dyke’s first recruits are now seniors, giving her a lineup entirely comprised of players that she coached to play in her system for all four of their years at Penn.

“This senior group came on when we started,” Van Dyke said. “We coached this group for four years. They know how we do things.

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Cross country heads to Bucknell for season-opening meet Men’s, women’s teams set to kick off seasons strong WILL DiGRANDE Associate Sports Editor

It’s time to start the season off on the right foot.

When Penn men’s and women’s cross country teams open their seasons this week, they won’t be too concerned with results. Friday’s Bison Open at Bucknell will serve as an early season benchmark.

Despite only being on campus for a week, the two teams have been together for most of the summer, first during preseason and then during a retreat in the Poconos, where the runners had a chance to bond with their teammates in a calmer environment.

“One of the neat things is that when they got to campus, they were already a collective group and comfortable together,” coach Steve Dolan said.

In this first meet, the teams will run a shorter distance than usual, with the women running 4000 meters and the men running 6000m instead of 6000m and 8000m, respectively.

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Men’s senior captain Kevin Monogue will look to lead Penn cross country to a strong performance at this Friday’s Bison Open, which marks the first meet of the season for both the men and women.

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season and will give the athletes and coaches a gauge of how the team will fare in later meets.

“We try to treat this first meet or two as builders for the season,” said Dolan, who is entering his seventh season at the helm for the Quakers. “The next three to four weeks are a big training block for us, so the meets are an important part of the process.”

The women are looking to bounce back from losing last year’s captain, Abby Hong, who finished her Penn career with standout seasons in both cross country and track. The men have also lost some top finishers in Chris Luciano, Pat Hally, and Ross Wilson, creating an opportunity for young Quakers to fill these roles.

Still, some talent remains, with a number of returning athletes, including junior Aaron Groff and sophomore Danielle Orie, on both sides.

Each team is looking to improve upon last season, which featured a 3rd place Ivy League finish for the men and a 7th place showing for the women in the conference championship.

Although the teams want to go out and do their best, this week’s meet should be lowstress for the runners.

“I don’t think this Friday is about results,” said women’s senior captain Karli Visconto.

“The goal is always to go in, gain momentum, and use the first meet as a rust-buster.”

Men’s senior captain Kevin Monogue echoed her comments that the team is treating this Friday as a warm-up for the main part of the season.

“It’s important in the sense that we start off on the right foot, but the reality is it’s not the Heps, it’s not the NCAAs,” he said. “Nonetheless, we want to approach every meet with a really strong mentality and focus, and perform as best as we can.”

Even with the desire to place well individually, Visconto is more concerned with the team performance and camaraderie as a whole.

“Building each other up and carrying each other along throughout the race is more important than beating other teams at this point, so I think we’re really looking to gain confidence and get work done,” she said.

No matter the results this weekend, the Quakers plan to go in, run their fastest, and do whatever it takes to improve this season.

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