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Inside Penn’s soaring tuition

Administrators explain why tuition is rising at twice the rate of inflation JACK CAHN Senior Reporter

Students have gone to extreme measures to protest soaring tuition costs. At USC, students climbed on

tables, stripped off their shirts and threw money in the air in protest at a Board of Regents meeting. At the University of Warwick, a sit-in ended in Taser threats and tear gas. And while their cries that “tuition is too damn high” have fallen on deaf ears — Penn’s tuition has risen at twice the rate of inflation in recent years — research indicates that students could

be right. A New York Federal Reserve Bank study released in July found that for every dollar of aid students receive, colleges increase tuition by 65 cents in order to exploit the “willingness to pay” — or demand — of students for a college education. In response, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal aid is “enabling

college institutions to aggressively raise tuitions,” and Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett tweeted “Do loans make higher ed cost more, not less?” But despite these findings, Penn’s administration is skeptical that aid is the true cause of soaring tuition. “There’s this hypothesis ... that SEE TUITION PAGE 7

NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZED STUDENTS DURING NSO DROPS 50 PERCENT Seven of 14 hospitalized students were freshmen

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The 2015 New Student Orientation saw a 50 percent decrease in alcohol-related hospitalizations compared to 2014, according to the Division of Public Safety. From Aug. 20 to 25, there were 14 students transported to the hospital for alcohol-related reasons, down from last year’s 28, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. Of these 14 students, seven were freshmen, compared to 21 hospitalized freshmen in 2014. This year, four sophomores, two juniors and one graduate student were also hospitalized. There were no seniors hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons. Eight of the hospital visits were by women, and six by men. “We aren’t looking for fish in a barrel, but we are looking for responsibility,” Rush said. “We want to make sure students can explore in a safe way.” There were 35 disorderly house complaints during NSO

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PennApps relocates to Wells Fargo Center

Penn researcher refuses to analyze Ashley Madison data

PennApps will take place this coming weekend from Sept. 4 to 6 SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

Randal Olson does not believe it would be valid or ethical to analyze the stats VIBHA KANNAN Staff Reporter

Many surprising statistics have come from over 30 gigabytes of private information that hackers leaked from the extramarital affair website Ashley Madison: among America’s top colleges, Cornell has the most registered emails; of the largest tech companies, IBM employees top the charts. Since the release of over 35 million Ashley Madison accounts, media and data analysts have been searching for high profile names and drawing conclusions. The data website dadaviz. com can tell you everything from which cities have the highest number of registered users to how many accounts are linked to official government email addresses. But one data expert from Penn does not believe information from the leak should be analyzed. Randal Olson, a postdoctoral researcher at Penn, says the reliability of the Ashley Madison data is in question — anyone could sign up with a .gov email and pretend to be President Obama himself. Even if the data is verified, Olson still believes it is unethical to analyze the information. “These people did everything on that website

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This weekend, over 2,000 top coders from across the globe will gather together in the near 21,000-person-capacity Wells Fargo Center to compete for over $30,000 in prizes.

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Move over, Silicon Valley — with the recent growth of PennApps, Penn is putting Philadelphia on the tech world map. This year PennApps has partnered with Comcast to relocate the 12th biannual PennApps — the largest collegiate hackathon in the country— to the Wells Fargo Center. From Sept. 4 through 6, over 2,000 top coders from across the globe will gather together in the near 21,000-person-capacity stadium to compete for fame, glory and over

… students who want to maintain a healthy state of physical and mental well-being have to try pretty hard to keep this competitive atmosphere from getting under their skin.”

$30,000 in prizes. The move highlights the collegiate competition’s vast growth over the years. Instead of hacking websites and secret files, coders at the PennApps XII hackathon will use their skills to create the most innovative software and hardware apps possible in a matter of just 36 hours. Founded in 2009 by a few Engineering students with a passion for coding, PennApps spurred the introduction of leagues of hackathons across the country since then. “We’ve gone from 17 students who wanted to work together for a weekend to being able to accept only a small fraction of the people that apply to come to PennApps,” SEE PENNAPPS PAGE 3

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ABROAD Students feel in limbo waiting for their abroad programs to begin JESSICA MCDOWELL Staff Reporter

It is a very strange feeling to be on campus with nothing to do. It’s about noon on Wednesday, Aug. 26, when I leave my friend’s apartment to meet some other friends for lunch. Locust Walk is unusually crowded for the summer, and most people seem to be wearing backpacks. It takes me until I get to 1920 Commons to realize that it’s the first day of classes. Well, for most people. But as my peers begin completing their nightly readings and problem sets, I’m getting ready to say goodbye. I am spending this semester in Paris, living out the dream of studying abroad I’ve had for as long as I can remember. I, and other Penn students studying abroad this semester, are in limbo right now, as we prepare to start our months away from Penn. College and Engineering junior Katie Wu, who will spend her semester at the University College London, said that it was hard to relate to friends on campus when classes had started.

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with the assumption that it would be private, and they have in no way said that it’s okay to analyze them,” Olson said. “They gave no consent to be researched, and it’s not our position to apply our morals to their relationships and personal lives.” Controversy arises, however, from Ashley Madison users who

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Reporter’s Notebook: FOMO during NSO

“It feels weird being here while other friends are going to classes because my PenninTouch is like … empty,” she said. Still, she said that not having to deal with moving in during NSO afforded her more time to socialize with friends. While for many, NSO is the start of the year, for me and for Katie, it is our last chance to see our friends on campus until next semester. “It’s a life-changing experience!” family friends tell me. “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” say others. But nobody prepared me for this bizarre, surreal experience of knowing that while I’m busy living out my “once in a lifetime,” Penn is still here, along with all of my friends, moving on without me. You could call it FOMO, but instead of not getting the joke or missing out on a cool party, your life and your friends’ lives are on opposite sides of the world. But actually being on campus and not being able to relate to classes or move-in or even New Student Orientation is an entirely different story. Hearing friends talk about what classes they have together is great until somebody asks what you’re taking and the only honest answer you can give them is “I don’t know.” Locust is

once again lined with people flyering for shows — only this time, when the show happens, I’ll be almost 4,000 miles away. Standing in the empty room in Rodin that will be mine in January but not seeing my name on the door is up there as one of the saddest but also most bizarre moments of my Penn experience. For other students who were not on campus during NSO, the experience of being away from Penn while their friends were back was also strange. College junior Rebecca Brown is spending her fall semester at King’s College London. While Rebecca is on campus as classes begin, she was at home in Pittsburgh, Pa. for NSO. Rebecca was back on campus for a few days after classes started to take a final she needed to make up from the spring semester. She described the experience of missing NSO as being “very weird,” especially since she was hesitant to go abroad in the first place. “I was never one of those people who always knew they wanted to study abroad, so when I finally decided to do it, I had to mentally prepare to miss out on stuff like NSO,” she said. “I had to tell myself that it probably looked more fun on Facebook than it actually was,” she laughed.

Like Katie and Rebecca, I’m grateful for the small amount of time I’ve been able to spend on campus before I leave for the semester, even though it is a bit strange. It’s afforded me the opportunity to really say goodbye to the people I will miss the most. For some, though, it isn’t possible to make a trip to campus before their semester abroad begins. College junior Andrea Vargas Guerra, who is doing a health and community program that will take her to four different cities around the world, did not get a chance to visit Penn. “Being away has been super weird. Watching Snapchats and seeing things on Facebook of NSO stuff is really odd,” she said. While many study abroad programs have already started, Andrea’s has not. She described feeling like she was “slacking” because her friends have all started coursework and other campus commitments. I laugh at that, because it’s very true. My only commitments right now are the coffee dates and dinner plans I have made with friends. I don’t even have my backpack with me on campus. I’ve gotten used to stopping to talk to people on Locust and answering the dreaded “how are you?” question with “I’m

claim to have taken the moral high ground. Recently, former Executive Director of the Family Research Council and TV star Josh Duggar, who is an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, was revealed to have had an account for almost two years. Sam Rader, another popular conservative Christian video blogger, also paid for an Ashley Madison account. While the exposure of such

high-profile individuals’ possible involvement in extramarital affairs has gone viral, Olson says being famous isn’t a good enough reason to violate someone’s privacy. “Just because they are public figureheads and public leaders in their groups doesn’t mean they deserve to be targeted any more than a random person,” Olson said. He added that another major

problem with using the Ashley Madison information is that many of the conclusions have been drawn by data amateurs — “renegade scientists,” as he called them — who are improperly trained to do such research. Olson said that data amateurs receive viral attention for their incorrect conclusions. He cited one recent case of a mistaken analysis implicated Vatican officials in the Ashley Madison

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As most students adjust to a new semester of classes, students waiting to go abroad experience Penn from a new perspective.

good!” and maybe babbling about how excited I am to study abroad. It took me off guard when friends started just waving as they passed me on campus or when the standard answer to “How are you?” once again became “I’m exhausted.” For a split second, I questioned my decision to leave the Penn bubble. I’m happy here. I have great friends and a wonderful education at my fingertips. I’ve cried more from saying goodbye to friends and family in the past

two weeks than I did when I was saying goodbye to my hall at the end of my freshman year — and that’s saying something. But right now, while everyone else is “exhausted” and “so busy,” I’m still really good and really excited to have my oncein-a-lifetime opportunity.

scandal. It turned out to be Virginians who simply forgot the .gov part of their email address. “It’s silly things like that, where we’re besmirching the name of the Vatican on a completely wrong analysis,” Olson said. Plenty of experts disagree with Olson’s view on the Ashley Madison data. Jishai Evers, founder of the data publishing website dadaviz.com, believes that as long

as the conclusions are taken with a grain of salt, responsible data analysis is acceptable. The ethical question doesn’t just fall to professionals — because the Ashley Madison data is available online, anyone with an Internet connection can access the leaked data. As Wall Street Journal columnist Jeff Yang wrote: this hack “may be an extinction-level event for privacy as we know it.”

Jessica McDowell will be reporting from Paris, France this semester. You can follow her series, Notes From Abroad, where she will report news on the Penn abroad experience.

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Applications, auditions, GBMs and more: an inside look at Penn club recruitment Clubs share missions, time commitments and recruitment strategies TIFFANY YAU Staff Reporter

PENN HYPE Penn Hype’s name speaks for itself. It is an SAC-sponsored and coed hip-hop fusion dance group. They incorporate cultural, traditional and modern dance styles, ranging from bhangra, b-boying, Bollywood, dancehall, salsa and hip-hop. Experience is not required — many members had never danced before or are experienced in a different style. Penn Hype recruited at the SAC activities fair last week. Though they were the last slot on Locust Walk, they were able to get a speaker to attract more individuals

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE SOCIETY The Parliamentary Debate Society, better known as Penn Parli, is a top-tier debate team that incorporates styles and order of British Parliamentary speech into their own. They excel in competitions in the American Parliamentary Debate Association against other societies from the Ivy League and east coast on an annual basis. They emphasize their social and familial ties to bring out the best in each other. Their members typically hold well-established positions throughout Penn, from Student Activities Council chair, to speaker of the Undergraduate Assembly, Nominations and Elections Committee chair, honors societies and athletics. New individuals are encouraged to try out. Like many other clubs, they utilized the SAC fair to recruit more freshmen.

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PennApps Director Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran said. The number of student hackers participating this year is up from around 1,500 last year to over 2,000 this year. Devesh Dayal, head of marketing and press at PennApps, believes that the new move to the stadium will help bring PennApps and coding to a larger worldwide stage. “Moving to Wells Fargo increases our national reach over anything. While we have a huge reach in Penn Engineering, with Wells Fargo we also gain the huge title spots of Comcast … so any hack at PennApps can expect to get a lot of publicity over what they made, especially if they make it to a rank position,” Dayal said. Dayal added that the increased exposure is beneficial for students who want to work in the tech field. PennApps sponsors such as Microsoft, Apple and Google provide opportunities for students to show off their work, and it is not uncommon for students to cite their work at PennApps on their resumes, Dayal said. After a positive experience working with Comcast last semester for the 11th PennApps, the choice to partner with Comcast and the relocation to the Wells Fargo Center seemed like the logical next step for the growing size of the competition. The stadium offers free Xfinity WiFi with 350 access points and 700 Bluetooth beacons and is equipped with one-gigabit-per-second dedicated Internet connection, to satisfy the needs of the coders. “Comcast is committed to

investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs and technologists, while inspiring change through media,” Comcast Chief Business Development Officer Sam Schwartz said in a press release. “PennApps give us an opportunity to highlight Comcast as innovative partners to 2,000 emerging technologists from around the nation.” The news of the move comes almost a year after Comcast’s announcement of construction of the Comcast Innovation and Technology Center in Philadelphia, a new home for its growing workforce of technologists, engineers and software architects. Dayal believes that the growth of the competition will help to make Philly an “it” location for tech. “Philadelphia’s already becoming a huge tech storm. Revamps have been done for the city to build a tech street. It’s definitely making a name for itself,” Dayal said. “With PennApps, the way we’re helping out is that we’re working with a lot of local focuses to groom Philadelphia’s local tech climate and atmosphere.” While PennApps is helping Philadelphia make a tech name for itself, individual participants find personal reward in the coding experience. “It’s amazing to sit and try to hack something. You appreciate the grander scale of things and how the things you build actually play a larger role in the society you live in and the world you’re working in and not just as a dorm room hack but something that can impact the future,” Dayal said “And I think the Wells Fargo Center and its site is a pretty good embodiment of that idea.”

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PENN AEROSPACE CLUB The Penn Aerospace Club is dedicated to individuals of all different backgrounds who share one common interest: aerospace.

WHARTON LATINO Wharton Latino is an undergraduate organization that brings together the Latino community and those interested in Latin America within Penn. Through corporate, educational, social and community service events, Wharton Latino seeks to provide a professional experience to its members by hosting educational speakers and integrating the club’s members through social and community service events. The club is constantly recruiting. In the fall, the Wharton and SAC recruiting events provide the largest inflow of freshmen. For freshmen, Wharton Latino hosts a Freshmen Project, where freshmen are engaged by organizing the activity of their choice. Late in the fall, freshmen are allowed to apply to board positions and committees. GBMs are every three weeks, in

addition to all other events that are hosted throughout the school year. They are big on the social aspect of the club. They have invited freshmen to dinner and will continue to organize lunches throughout the semester for members to interact.

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PENN FOR HILLARY Penn for Hillary is the leading campus organization supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for president of the United States. Its members use it as a forum where students of all political stripes can discuss issues affecting the 2016 campaign. They emphasize leadership on pressing issues to Penn students, including college affordability and women’s health programs. New members are encouraged to join. Visit www.pennforhillary. com or email Robert Klein or Emily Irani to get involved. While board members meet on a weekly basis, GBMs, guest speakers and BYOs are typically once a month, and the group organizes events with other political groups as well.

Their members are very hands-on, from rocket launches to space balloons. Their operations division interacts with companies such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. PAC also serves as a great teaching environment for aerospace. They hold a series where PAC leaders give short lectures about various topics in aerospace throughout the school year. PAC hopes to overcome the gender gap by encouraging students from all different schools to join. Like many clubs, they recruited through the Student Activities Council and Engineering club fairs, which are followed by multiple GBMs. Their first one will feature short presentations from each project team and operations division about their projects and roles to engage more students to take part. They will continue to recruit in the spring semester after freshmen develop more technical skills and a better sense of their interests. GBMs are weekly, and project team meetings are either weekly or by demand. PAC hosts events approximately once a month.

COUNTERPARTS Counterparts is known as the oldest coed a cappella group at Penn. They specialize in a wide variety of music from jazz to pop and incorporate splashes of personality into their songs. Counterparts hosts auditions at the start of every school year. They typically require interested individuals to prepare a verse and chorus of any song of their choosing. Open auditions are Sunday, Aug. 30 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Monday, Sept. 1, from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. in Williams Hall. Counterparts practice together 5-6 hours per week. In addition to preparing for competitions, they also perform often on campus and in Philadelphia throughout the year. Counterparts released a new music video this past weekend. Members have accomplished as much as recording albums, touring California and placing in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.

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Between the hundreds of clubs on Penn’s campus, it might be difficult to decide which one is right for you. Clubs require different time commitments and many offer opportunities for greater involvement beyond attendance at a General Body Meeting. The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with a few organizations on campus to share their missions, time commitments and recruitment strategies.

to take interest. They performed at Freshman Performing Arts Night and will perform at many other collaborative events with other organizations on campus throughout the year. Auditions are in the fall and spring. There are typically more auditions and openings in the fall, so interested students should consider auditioning early. They have performed at different showcases, reaching out to different universities and different communities that are not from Penn. To encourage people to dance and take interest in the club, they will host instructional choreography workshop events throughout the year.

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OPINION What experiment?

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THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EXPERIMENT | How Ben Franklin’s plan for mental well-being is relevant to contemporary campus life

f you go to Penn often, you probably encounter him all the time. You might pass him on College Green, or perhaps you see him more frequently on your way to Stouffer Commons from central campus. He’s also been known to make an appearance on 34th Street between Walnut and Spruce, looking brave and a little frightened. He’s such a frequent sight around these parts, in fact, that even if you venture off-campus, you might run into him smiling at you with a glint in his bespectacled eyes or working hard at the only trade he ever really loved, the printing press. By now, you’ve probably gathered that I’m talking about Benjamin Franklin, a man this city is so in love with that his face greets anyone who drives through it. Philadelphia’s obsession with Franklin is well-deserved, I might add, as I found out when I read his autobiography this summer. Within its pages, Franklin

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casually narrates how through hard work, independent study and efficient application of his talents to every problem he en-

focusing on developing one. The list includes temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, mod-

… Franklin concocted a list of 13 virtues that he intended to work on improving throughout his life ….” countered, he made a success of himself and helped to transform Philadelphia from a backwater town to a major world city. But I actually found the first part of Franklin’s autobiography — where he talks about the formation of his character in early life — much more interesting than the dry listing of accomplishments that comprises the second half. In an effort to cultivate himself into the best person he could be, Franklin concocted a list of 13 virtues that he intended to work on improving throughout his life, each week

eration, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and humility. Franklin believed these virtues were uncontroversially good for everybody, and that development of them would improve general contentment with oneself and one’s life. Inspired by his plan for selfimprovement, I started to think more about what would happen to me if I tried to strengthen the presence of these virtues in my own character. How would I change as an individual? How would my feelings of general contentment and happiness

alter? Most importantly, how would cultivation of these virtues improve my mental health and well-being? As a graduate student overwhelmed by considerations of my upcoming qualifying exam, dissertation research and writing, fellowship applications and the eventual difficult academic job search, I am one of many Penn students, faculty and staff whose shoulders constantly slump from the burden of our various responsibilities. As I have found both in my own life and from my observations as a graduate associate in one of the undergraduate houses, this ongoing pressure, paired with the competitive atmosphere of Penn’s campus community, all too often leads to a downward spiral of stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of inferiority. The tragic spate of suicides we have encountered here and at other universities is an extreme example of what can happen when campuses like Penn stress

the importance of material and academic success to the detriment of all other aspects of character and living. So here I am, ready to embark on an experiment this semester using the list that good old Ben swears by. Every other week, I will write about something I have changed in the way I conduct my daily life to try to strengthen one of the above virtues in myself. Writing about my experiment in a public forum will force me to be accountable and actually follow through, which is great. What’s more, I will learn about the value of developing these virtues for myself and for the campus environment as a whole. Right now, students who want to maintain a healthy state of physical and mental well-being have to try pretty hard to keep this competitive atmosphere from getting under their skin. Undergoing this process will hopefully teach me about the many issues our community

GINA ELIA needs to address in order to nurture a culture of contentment, confidence and comradeship. Such an environment would actually encourage prioritizing mental health and well-being over all other academic and social concerns. To me, that sounds like an environment worth striving for.

GINA ELIA is a graduate student from Hingham, Mass. Her email address is ginaelia@sas.upenn.edu. “The Benjamin Franklin Experiment” appears every other Monday.

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CITIZEN CAPOZZI | Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, like Penn legacy students, confront mixed blessing of family accomplishments

n the college application process, there are always applicants with an advantage. Some students get a perfect 2400 on their SATs, while others win an international science competition. And, of course, there are the legacies. Legacies have an undeniable advantage in gaining admission to Penn. This advantage is especially clear in early admissions, where just under 50 percent of legacy applicants were admitted for the Class of 2018. This legacy advantage also exists outside of Penn. Researcher Michael Hurwitz recently found that legacy students were 45 percent more likely to be admitted to the nation’s top 30 schools, an advantage worth an added 160 points on the SAT. If the 2016 presidential election were a college admissions process, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush would be the legacy candidates. While there are important differences between Clinton and Bush, both come from powerful families with

presidential alumni. Legacy status, even without an explicit competitive edge, provides important implicit advantages in college and politics. Legacy students are more likely to grow up wealthy, get a good education and have access to networks of influential people. For legacy politicians, the advantages are similar. Just as legacy students probably won’t fail on standardized tests for financial reasons, Hillary and Jeb won’t lose in 2016 for a lack of money. Aided by family networks, Jeb Bush has raised almost $100 million while Hillary Clinton has fundraised “like no one before [her] with a dearth of caution that boggles the mind,” as journalist Frank Bruni quipped. Additionally, Hillary and Jeb’s legacy statuses grant them access to their families’ political networks. The vast majority of Jeb Bush’s foreign policy advisors previously worked for his father and/or brother while Hillary Clinton inherited her husband’s political allies,

including Virginia governor Terry McAulife and CNN commentator Paul Begala. Legacy students can also benefit from family networks. College senior Aidan McConnell, whose father graduated from Wharton in 1988 and whose mother graduated from the College in 1987, recognized this. “Through my mom, I knew of fraternities

often directly and indirectly influence their children’s career paths. College junior Samuel Byers, whose father graduated from Wharton in 1987, hints at such indirect influence, noting that his father “was involved in the first ILMUNC, so now that I am here, I’ve always wanted to do similar things.” Byers added that his father is “very proud

Legacy status, even without an explicit competitive edge, provides important implicit advantages in college and politics.” like St. A’s, I knew the general social scene and I was familiar with the Political Science Department.” Just like legacy students, Hillary and Jeb have an insider’s edge in 2016. For all the advantages that legacy status brings both students and politicians, there are also unique challenges. Legacy students often face intense pressure from their parents, who

of that and the things he did at Penn. Twenty-five years down the line, I’d like to feel similarly proud.” Legacy politicians face similar pressures; the Bush family long assumed Jeb would run for the presidency before his brother, former President George W. Bush, did. In both college and politics, legacies can feel subject to a higher standard. A College

sophomore, who wished to remain anonymous and whose parents both attended Penn, explained that “fulfilling his parents’ expectations is [his] life’s biggest challenge.” He went on to recount how, even though he was excited to attend the University of Chicago after being admitted early, his parents “pushed [him] to go to Penn.” His parents “created a standard [he] had to fulfill.” In the presidential race, Jeb Bush seems aware of the burden that comes with having his last name. In the first Republican primary debate, Bush acknowledged, “I’m gonna have to earn this. Maybe the barrier — the bar’s even higher for me. That’s fine.” Are Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush unsuitable to be president because they belong to political families? Certainly not, as both have experience and impressive qualifications. Likewise, most legacy students here at Penn deserve to be here and studies show that they generally perform on the same level as non-legacy students. Lega-

LOUIS CAPOZZI cies like Aidan McConnell assume little. “You certainly have a small advantage getting in, but once you’re here, it’s a meritocracy and mommy and daddy aren’t gonna bail you out. I’m no more coddled than anyone else.” Just like legacy students, Hillary and Jeb have a lot of hard work ahead to prove they belong. Their future legacy depends on it.

LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” appears every other Monday.

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Lesser known but not lesser loved; two dorms’ rich communities shine Gregory and Stouffer provide a warm home for a tight-knit group of students LILY ZANDI Staff Reporter

For two Penn alumni, Stouffer College House played such an integral role in their college experience that they decided to get married on the steps. Of the many communities on Penn’s campus, the lesser-known college houses of Stouffer and Gregory College House create lasting impressions on residents. Gregory and Stouffer are the unassuming low-rises located on the edge of campus. The average Penn student may be unaware that these houses even exist, but for the roughly 500 students living in there, they serve as the epicenter of their social lives and Penn experience. Both houses pride themselves on having the highest retention rates on campus. Many students who live in Gregory or Stouffer their freshman years choose to continue to live in their chosen house through graduation. For a lot of the residents of Gregory

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period, according to DPS. One of these complaints ended in a citation for underage drinking at 4036 Spruce St. According to DPS, a student was heavily intoxicated and belligerent when Penn Police responded to the complaint, resulting in his citation. DPS met with several houses before NSO to go over policies and expectations and plans to do the same with the houses that received complaints over the weekend, Rush said.

and Stouffer, these houses are not only a place to live, but a home away from home. “I first came on for financial reasons, but stayed for the community,” 2015 Wharton graduate and Stouffer resident Valerie Richards said. “There is always somebody who has my back.” “We are just a community that helps each other and are not bothered by doing so,” said Wharton junior Chantelle La Marr, who also lives in Stouffer. Many students make the bulk of their friends in their freshman year dorms and decide to return to maintain these connections. “I returned because of the atmosphere,” College sophomore Lydia Ramharack said. “It’s really friendly. A majority of my friends live in Gregory so that’s why I returned.” Given the overwhelming number of fraternity houses located in and around Locust Walk and the variety of events they host every weekend, the third of the student body involved in Greek life can seem to have a disproportionate amount of influence over the social

scene at Penn. But this is not the case for the remaining twothirds of the student body who have managed to carve out their own social hubs. Since they raise and manage their own funds, Stouffer residents and staff have complete jurisdiction over the way the social events are conducted and the house is organized. All house decisions are made collectively and house management is a collaborative endeavor among the residents, house managers and the staff. “We do everything as a community, make decisions as a community, chart our course as a community,” Stouffer Faculty Master Phil Nichols said. “That is harder, and it takes a lot of time, but it is how a community is made.” To ensure that the voices of the residents are heard, upperclassmen are given the opportunity to take on leadership roles in the house. House managers are responsible for planning the 18 to 20 social events that take place in the house each week. Activities in Gregory and Stouffer are very

One freshman received a citation for public urination after an incident involving the Ben Franklin statue at 37th and Locust Walk. “We have a zero tolerance policy in terms of urinating on Ben and in public, period,” Rush said. “This student was apprehended, cited and will have to go to court to explain their actions.” Other crimes during NSO include multiple vandalisms on the 4000 block of Spruce Street, two arrests for disorderly conduct on Walnut Street and a stolen vehicle at the 3900 block of Spruce Street.

popular amongst the residents. “The events are well-attended because they come from our community, not somebody else’s idea of what our community would like, and also they are a lot of fun,” Nichols said. While Stouffer residents host barbecues, game nights, a semi-formal as well as charity events in honor of a resident who passed away, Gregory students appreciate the regularity of TV nights, study breaks and brunches on designated days of the week. “[Gregory residents] like the consistency of being able to see the same people at the same time,” Gregory House Dean Christopher Donovan said. This system allows for the events to be planned in accordance with the residents’ wishes. “I think where there is an opportunity to do something better, Stouffer does. When we do a great event, we keep on doing it again,” College junior Peter Moon said. “It ends up being what the residents want instead of what was decided 10 years ago.”

Despite being very social communities, all of the residents in Gregory and Stouffer live in single rooms, which may attract students who place a premium on privacy. But this does not detract from the social bonds among the residents. Residents willingly venture out of their rooms, socializing with other residents and participating in events. Students are not forced to form relationships with one another simply because they are living in close quarters. “Stouffer is filled with people that want to be social and have a community and respect the need for people’s need for alone time … [the events] are not shoved down people’s throats,” La Marr said. “One of the reasons I love living here is because there is always someone to share with,” Nichols said of Stouffer. Despite the physical isolation of the buildings, the students in Gregory and Stouffer are often involved in a lot of extracurricular activities and are in no way segregated from the rest of campus. “There is a stereotype that

people in the house never get out, but this is not true — Gregory students are very active in the community,” Donovan said. What connects the residents of Gregory and Stouffer is that they appreciate the sense of community in their houses. This common value is what makes their bonds so strong. House masters claim that Gregory and Stouffer residents are just as diverse as the Penn community, and there is no typical type of student that is drawn to either one of the houses. “There is something that anyone could be interested in here,” Ramharack said. This camaraderie extends beyond the residents’ four years at Penn. House alumni who live in the area still attend the social events hosted by Stouffer or Gregory. Stouffer and Gregory residents find great comfort the social hubs they have formed within their college houses. Many would never trade it for an apartment in the high rises. “It is not just a community, it becomes your Penn family,” La Marr said.

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Penn preps for Pope Francis From festivals to speakers, students welcome with excitement EUNICE LIM Staff Reporter

The pope is coming to town, and Penn couldn’t be more excited. Called “the largest event” in Philadelphia’s history by Mayor Michael Nutter, Pope Francis’ two-day visit during the last weekend of September is expected to attract over a million people to the city. In anticipation, College and Wharton senior Andrea Muglia started the initiative Penn for Pope Francis with a couple of friends last spring semester to organize events around his visit. The main event is to walk down together as a Penn community to the papal mass on Sunday, Sept. 27 after a group breakfast. Over 1,000 people — including students, professors and staff — have already signed up to participate in the group procession. “As someone who is involved in the Catholic community and a lot of other organizations at Penn, I was in a good position to get as many people to engage with this historic event,” Muglia said. “And I personally like this pope, so this is really special to me.” In addition, Penn for Pope Francis and the Newman Center are hosting Wharton alumnus Father James Martin on Monday,

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Sept. 14 to speak about Pope Francis’s papacy and his visit to Philadelphia. “We think Father Martin’s visit is important because, given that he is a Penn alum, a Jesuit like Pope Francis and one of the most well-known Catholic priests in the country, he is the very best person who could communicate with Penn students about Pope Francis,” said College senior Sean Foley, who is organizing the event. “We want this event to invite people from Penn and the Philadelphia community from all religious backgrounds to learn about Pope Francis and understand why what he does matters.” Before the pope’s arrival in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, the Drexel Catholic community will celebrate with Penn and hold a “pope fest,” a carnival-style college party open to the public at the Newman Center on Friday, Sept. 25. Penn students also have the option to participate in the Pope’s visit by volunteering with the World Meeting of Families. The city and the World Meeting of Families called for a total of 10,000 volunteers earlier this year and allotted 300 volunteer spots to Penn. “This pope is so important for the church and the world right now,” said Ricardo Simmons, director of the Newman Center. “He’s been teaching all of us how it important it is to be humble, simple and inviting, and I look forward to learning more from him.”

says if you give colleges and universities federal aid to help the students pay for education, they’ll just look at that as a revenue line and keep raising prices because there is still going to be demand for their product,” Director of Financial Aid Joel Carstens said. “But the Fed is just saying they found a correlation ... and that was for non-highly selective private universities — of which Penn is not.” Disavowing the Fed’s argument, Carstens says that the real reason Penn’s tuition is growing at four percent annually is because the costs of higher education grow at a rate faster than an average “basket of goods.” “We are a heavily people-intensive market,” he said. “The market basket of goods that it costs institutions to run is different for this industry than it is for other industries.” Carstens’s argument is based off of research conducted out of the College of William and Mary by David H. Feldman and Robert B. Archibald. Their results are

budget has grown at twice the rate of tuition and the net cost of a Penn education — tuition minus financial aid — has been flat or declining annually. “Penn has exhibited outstanding stewardship of our resources. I know that for people unfamiliar with the economies of higher education, it looks as though this is somehow [just] an improper escalation in the costs of higher education,” said Provost Vincent Price. “But the bottom line is those are real costs, and they represent changes in real services, and were it not for growth in our endowment ... and other sources, those escalations would be even higher.” Students don’t seem convinced. Last year, Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation held a Student Debt Demonstration in which they protested Penn’s lack of affordability by donning placards with the amount of debt they’d taken out. “For a university to promise low-income students, who are mostly students of color, the option to go to this school and be able to graduate debt-free with a

no-loan grant or scholarship aid package, this is something that must be adhered to,” then-College senior Breanna Moore said following the protest. Students point to Penn’s $200 million annual budget surplus, billions of dollars of construction spending and Penn’s successful fundraising campaigns — Penn raised a record $510 million last year — as evidence that Penn could do more to make college affordable. Data compiled by the Institute of Educational Services shows that five of the eight Ivy League universities — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown and Cornell — have lower tuition fees than Penn. According to the federal government’s “College Scorecard,” Penn students on average take out $20,407 in loans — the highest amount among all Ivy League universities. “University housing is not affordable compared to other housing in Philadelphia,” said Wharton junior Bennett Sultan. “[But] I don’t see Penn hemorrhaging money from any of its programs.”

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compiled in a book called “Why Does College Cost So Much?,” which sits on a shelf in the office of Michelle Brown Nevers, vice president of Student Registration and Financial Services. Feldman and Archibald show that the cost of dentists, physicians, professors and other high-paid professional service providers grow faster than inflation. Penn President Amy Gutmann agrees and says that in order to maintain Penn’s prestige, the University must continue to invest in the best professors. “The real costs of a Penn education are significantly higher that the tuition that we charge. We have a very highly educated workforce, and we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best faculty, many of whom who could write their ticket at any place,” Gutmann said. “More than half of our costs are our talent base — our faculty and our staff. “ Penn’s administrators argue that tuition growth is crucial for Penn to run effectively — tuition represents 35 percent of Penn’s operating budget. In terms of affordability, Penn’s financial aid

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upcoming matchup goes beyond this surface-level hype. This year, wins might be tough to come by for the Quakers, and with a brand new coaching staff and team philosophy, every win should be cherished. This matchup against the Mountain Hawks, who went a

paltry (poultry?) 3-8 last season, is a winnable one for the Red and Blue. But in the three weeks that follow the Lehigh jaunt, Penn is set to face three very tough opponents in Villanova, Fordham and Dartmouth. Quite simply, if Penn loses its opening matchup, the team could very easily find

itself sitting on a winless record through four games, giving its opener extra importance. Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: Personally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early season games against Washington and American. Coach Rudy Fuller always schedules a

tough nonconference set for the team and this year is no exception. The Quakers took on both of these teams last season and came away winless, but they were just a few late goals away from tallying better results in both games. This season, the early nonconference opponents will serve as a test for a team that graduated a stellar senior class in 2015. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roster is looking relatively young overall, and while its new recruiting class garnered national attention, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never safe to bet on freshmen immediately boosting a collegiate squad. Best of all, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great chance for Penn soccer fans to see some excellent play at Rhodes Field in the home opener. Washington is ranked No. 10 in the NSCAA preseason poll and will be looking to improve on its short NCAA tournament run last season. Penn may not have the talent to keep up with the Huskies, but if last season is any indication, the Quakers will at least make it an interesting game. Associate Sports Editor Tom Nowlan: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna have to go with field hockeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earliestpossible early-season matchup:

minute, a rare counterattack by Seton Hall cut the deficit in half, when midfielder Amanda Gulli beat two Penn defenders to a cross that she was able to slide past diving senior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defensively, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to concede goals like that one, so obviously we need to be better there,â&#x20AC;? Van Dyke said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think we got better as the game went on, and it does get harder on your defenders when you go up one or two goals early.â&#x20AC;? The Quakers did not face another dangerous attack after that, and in the second half, Stephens provided Penn with an insurance goal. A corner kick took a deflection off a Seton

Hall defender, and the rookie capitalized from close range yet again. Stephens finished her first game with the Red and Blue with two goals and six of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15 shots. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve be en pract ici ng that exact movement where I just pop off the post on those plays in the box, and I was

super excited to see it work in a game.â&#x20AC;? Stephens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we are going to keep working on for whoever is playing that position on the field, and I think that it will be dangerous against a lot of teams.â&#x20AC;? While it may not have been a perfect game for the Quakers, the team and its coaching staff have plenty of reason to be

Discussing Penn Athletics ... with more personal pronouns Buckle your seatbelts, ladies and gents, the fall sports season is upon us. Although the do-ordie Ivy League matchups are still weeks away, in the meantime Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight fall teams are readying for their slate of nonconference foes. Our sports editors discuss what games outside of Ancient Eight play are must-see, must-win affairs for the Quakers. Sports Editor Colin Henderson: To me, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no doubt about it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotta be Penn footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season opener on the road against Lehigh. I know, I know, I admit that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of picking the low-hanging fruit here. After all, this is one of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two marquee sports programs (and the clear fall season headliner). And this is the debut for longtime assistant-turnedhead coach Ray Priore. Plus, as a native of the Lehigh Valley, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just excited that some Penn athletes and fans are going to experience what my old stomping grounds have to offer. But my excitement for this

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its Sept. 4 season opener versus Liberty. Last year, the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; matchup with the Flames was in many ways a microcosm of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season as a whole: The Red and Blue blew a 2-1 halftime lead en route to a disappointing 3-2 home loss. That game was one of the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; five one-goal defeats in 2014. Seemingly every week, Penn seemed to be right on the cusp of victory, only to walk away instead with a souring loss. Though Coach Finkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team ended with an unimpressive 8-9 overall record, anyone who watched the squad play knew that the numbers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accurately represent the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent. So, in this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first game, the Red and Blue, powered by the returning offensive stars Alexa Hoover and Elizabeth Hitti, will look to start their season off on the right note. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game will feature an added challenge, as the Red and Blue must make the trek to Lynchburg, Va., to face Liberty in unfamiliar territory. And hopefully for the Quakers, 2015 will be a year of pleasant surprises rather than constant frustrations.

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impact for the Lions both on special teams and as a backup linebacker this preseason. Against the Jets on Aug. 13, Copeland led Detroit in special-teams snaps, yet failed to register any playing time on defense. But in the Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last two contests, he managed to work his way into the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front seven, compiling five total tackles for a team that made the playoffs a season ago. Yet for a team like the Lions, playing time at linebacker likely will be hard to find for Copeland. Detroit already features Stephen Tulloch, DeAndre Levy and Tahir Whitehead as starters, with Kyle Van Noy entrenched as the crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backup. The next week will be telling for the former three-time first team All-Ivy selection. All 32 teams are required to cut their roster sizes down to 75 players by Tuesday before finalizing their 53-man rosters on Saturday. For Copeland, latching on with the Lions represents what may be his final chance to make a name for himself in the NFL. But despite his ambitions to play professionally, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been working on of late. On top of his effort on the field, Copeland has also made strides in

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After spending a year out of football, former Penn linebacker Brandon Copeland now continues his pro aspirations with the Detroit Lions.

developing an app that helps users generate quick randomized exercises for fitness. Alongside former Penn teammates Joe Holder and Scott Lopano, he has spent over a year working on FHiitLife, which is designed to help people with busy lives to find time to work out as efficiently as possible in small time periods. The basis of the app was generated immediately after Lopano began working for UBS in 2013. While working extended hours at a chaotic rate, the former punter recognized that he no longer had as much time to dedicate to working out. What began as a randomization spreadsheet eventually gave way to a website â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one initially designed by Copeland that is now under construction with professional web

developers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, soon, a fullyfunctioning app. Copeland believes the platform should be ready for a Beta launch in the near future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been ... slow, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a baby step process and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking it,â&#x20AC;? Copeland told ESPN. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re okay with that because we all have our own priorities, but we have helped some people individually â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not through the app, but through other stuff, personal training stuff â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the benefits people have gotten from our work.â&#x20AC;? While the results of both his app and pro career have not yet come to fruition, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s undoubtedly been a breakthrough summer for Copeland. Now all that remains to be seen is whether his hard work â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on and off the field â&#x20AC;&#x201D; actually pays off.

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SUMMER HIRES It was a busy summer for Penn Athletics as a large number of head and assistant coaches were brought into the fold with the Red and Blue. Included in the Quakers’ most recent hires are two rowing bosses, a former NCAA-qualiﬁer wrestler and a former standout goalkeeper.

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Wesley Ng Women’s Rowing Head Coach

Men’s Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach

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Andrew Blum Women’s Rowing Assistant Coach

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Ripanti. Caslow recorded 67 tackles while missing one-anda-half games and Ripanti logged 75. Matchup: Villanova Date: Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. Where: Villanova, Pa. 2014 Record: 11-3 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Penn will travel to Villanova for some Thursday night football, a game that was rescheduled because of the papal visit that weekend. Villanova’s Andy Talley will face off with coach Ray Priore in the former’s first matchup with the Quakers since Al Bagnoli left the program. Ironically, Talley was instrumental in Bagnoli’s hire at Columbia University in February. In last year’s matchup at Franklin Field, the Wildcats routed the Quakers, 41-7, with all the scoring plays occurring in the first half. Then-junior quarterback John Robertson threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns, and the Wildcat defense stopped Penn’s offense multiple times in its own territory. For the Red and Blue, then-senior running back Kyle Wilcox provided the team with its only score on a 67-yard scamper. Robertson is a holdover on this year’s team, but two of his top weapons, wide receiver Poppy Livers and running back Kevin Monangai, have graduated. Livers caught 67 passes for 987 yards and nine touchdowns, while Monangai rushed for 1,138 yards and 12 touchdowns. Robertson himself broke the 1,000-yard barrier, gaining 1,272 yards along with 11 rushing touchdowns, while he also had 35 touchdowns through the air. Villanova also sees its leading tackler from 2014 back this year in senior linebacker Don Cherry. He wreaked havoc on opposing offenses last year, totaling 134 tackles (21.5 for loss), 10 sacks and 5.5 forced fumbles. Matchup: Fordham Date: Oct. 10 at 1 p.m.

Where: Franklin Field 2014 Record: 11-3 Conference: Patriot League Coach Joe Moorhead’s Fordham was a force on offense last season, but the team might not be as powerful after the loss of several key players. Among those no longer with the team is quarterback Mike Nebrich, who won the Patriot League’s Offensive Player of the Year designation in his senior campaign with totals of 3,599 passing yards and 30 touchdowns. Also gone are Brian Wetzel, Tebucky Jones and Sam Ajala, three receivers who each surpassed 1,000 receiving yards last year. One key player that will be returning for the Rams is sophomore running back Chase Edmonds. After a freshman season in which he logged 1,838 rushing yards and 23 rushing touchdowns, Edmonds won numerous accolades and has already been added to several preseason watch lists. In

addition, he was recently named the Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Fordham also lost its top four tacklers from last year along with defensive lineman Brett Biestek, who led the team with 18 tackles for loss in 2014. In last year’s matchup, the Rams trampled the Quakers, 60-22. Although then-sophomore quarterback Alek Torgersen threw for 316 yards through the air, three different running backs had rushes of 40 or more yards and placekicker Jimmy Gammill connected on five field goals, Penn’s defense did not have an answer for Fordham’s offense. Nebrich threw for 566 yards and six touchdowns, while Edmonds ran for 107 yards and a touchdown. Jones and Ajala combined for 402 receiving yards and three scores. And after Fordham’s DeAndre Slate ran back a fumble recovery for a touchdown with 2:48 remaining in the first quarter, the Quakers trailed for the remainder of the game.

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And on the first day... PENN 3

W. SOCCER | Stephens

scores twice in debut SAM ALTLAND Sports Reporter

Sunday was a day of firsts for Penn women’s soccer at Rhodes Field. First game of the 2015 season. First career goals for

Sasha Stephens and Lauren Petite. First game for new coach Nicole Van Dyke. And probably most importantly, the first win of the year for the Quakers, as they defeated Seton Hall in a weekend matinee, 3-1. It took Pen n (1- 0 - 0) all of four minutes to put themselves in front, when sophomore transfer Lauren

Petite notched her first goal wearing the Red and Blue. The former TCU midfielder caught Pirates’ goalkeeper Gina Maiorana flat-footed and lobbed a shot from 30 yards out that found the back of the net. “Petite did an amazing job today,” Van Dyke said. “She recognized that the keeper was out, and that early goal

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really set the tone for the game going forward. “I think our offense did a nice job in general of executing the scouting report, and as coaches that is what we want to see — our players being students of the game.” The Quakers would continue to control the run of play through most of the

Previewing Penn’s pre-Ivy pairings FOOTBALL | Quakers

face tough early foes JACOB ADLER Associate Sports Editor

As September approaches, so too does Penn football’s opening contest. The Quakers kick off their season with two nonconference games before facing Fordham in early October. But what should coach Ray Priore’s squad look for against its non-Ivy foes? See below: Matchup: Lehigh Date: Sept. 19 at 12:30 p.m. Where: Bethlehem, Pa. 2014 Record: 3-8 Conference: Patriot League The Mountain Hawks may be the Quakers’ first opponent of the season, but Lehigh will play in two contests prior to hosting Penn. Led by coach Andy Coen, ot finished 3-8 last year in what was Coen’s first losing season since 2009. Junior quarterback Nick Shafnisky returns for his second year as the starter. In 2014, he struggled to the tune of a 59.4 percent completion percentage and a 14 to 12 touchdown-to-interception

ratio. But he was also a threat in the running game, gaining 746 yards and six scores on the ground. Perhaps the Mountain Hawks’ top threat on offense is sophomore wide receiver Troy Pelletier, who led the team in receiving in his freshman season with 49 catches for 815 yards and seven touchdowns. He has shown a penchant for big games, as evidenced by his three different contests of 100-plus receiving yards, including his behemoth 10-catch, 214-yard game against Holy Cross. Apart from Shafnisky and Pelletier, it is unclear who will be the players to watch on offense. Last season’s leading rusher, Rich Sodeke, has graduated along with the team’s second-leading receiver, Josh Parris. The latter’s 635 receiving yards were 413 more than the third-mostproductive receiver. On defense, Lehigh brings back its two leading tacklers from 2014 — both junior linebackers — in second team All-Patriot League selection Colton Caslow and Pierce SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 9

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early stages of the first half, and their persistence was rewarded in the 16th minute when a bouncing ball in the box took several def lections and landed at the feet of freshman forward Sasha Stephens for an easy goal. “I know I am very happy with the way the offense was able to perform today, and what we’ve been working on

in practice I think was really reflected in the game,” Stephens said. “With all the different forwards and attacking players that we have, it was nice to find a combination that worked well, and we were able to just get going.” Despite having played SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 8

Copeland’s busy summer keeping NFL hopes alive FOOTBALL | Roster cuts

prominent this week RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor

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It’s been a busy summer for Brandon Copeland. Now almost three years removed from helping guide Penn football to its last Ivy League title, the former Red and Blue linebacker is still trying to make an NFL roster. But after stints on two different practice squads and spending last fall out of football after being cut from the Tennessee Titans’ roster, Copeland’s rejuvenated attitude could be key to his tenure with the Detroit Lions ... however much longer that may be. After graduating from Penn, the Sykesville, Md., native spent parts of the next two offseasons with the Baltimore Ravens and Titans. The Titans cut Copeland — who went undrafted in 2013 — last September, leaving the

three-time Ancient Eight champion without a job. But after several months off, Copeland came back with a vengeance at the NFL Veteran Combine in Arizona in March, clocking in at 4.52 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He agreed to a oneyear deal with the Lions a month later. For someone trying to pursue his dream, it seems the break from football might have been a blessing in disguise. “It was good for me,” Copeland told the Detroit Free Press. “Last year put that desperation in me that just makes me a nastier person on the field. “I was always a good player, but now I had the chance to take a step back, reevaluate everything and now every time I step on the field, it’s really just nothing held back.” Though he has yet to play a down in the regular season, Copeland has attempted to make an SEE COPELAND PAGE 8 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640