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People who enjoy the Schuylkill River Trail will soon have access to a closer link between University City and Center City. Bikers, joggers and pedestrians going south along the trail currently hit a dead end at Locust Street because the narrow space between the railroad tracks and the river prevents the boardwalk from continuing south on land. The break in the trail forces travelers to either backtrack or leave the pathway to return to city streets. When the project is completed — officials estimate an October opening — a 2,000-footlong boardwalk will run along the eastern shore of the river from Locust Street to the South Street Bridge. Since the boardwalk will nearly skim the water, a 460-foot ramp will be constructed to connect the pathway back up to the deck of the bridge. By jutting out over the river, the bridge gets around the lack of land space issue. The unique experience of walking over water coupled with the practical route will make this segment of the trail “a destination in and of itself,” Jim Campbell, president of the South Street Bridge Coalition, said. SEE SCHUYLKILL PAGE 7

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A 2,000-foot boardwalk will extend the Schuylkill River Trail (on the eastern side of the river) from Locust Street, where it currently ends, to the South Street Bridge.

Nom Nom Ramen opens new location in Walnut Street food court JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Writer

Nom Nom Ramen, a popular Philadelphia Japanese restaurant, opened a new location on Aug. 19 in the food court at 34th and Walnut streets. The restaurant replaced the Famous Citta Pizzeria, which closed earlier this year. In 2012, Nom Nom Ramen opened its first location at 20 S. 18th St. in Center City. The campus location will be eatery’s second location. Philadelphia Magazine dubbed Nom Nom Ramen’s ramen the best in Philadelphia in 2012 and hailed it as the best Japanese restaurant in the city in 2013. “We take pride in making our authentic Hakata-style ramen with custom-made noodles, fresh ingredients, house-made chasu pork belly, pork cheek and our tonkotsu SEE RAMEN PAGE 3

Engineering announces dean search committee

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In a shifting health care landscape, two degrees may be better than one Penn researchers found M.D./MBA alums were positively affected by their dual degrees

Some of Nom Nom Ramen’s soups take three days to make. The restaurant’s first location opened in Center City in 2012.

The University announced on Tuesday the formation of a committee to select a new dean for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Current Dean Eduardo Glandt will step down in June 2015 at the end of his current term, Engineering Director of Communications Joan EDUARDO Gocke told GLANDT The Daily OUTGOING PennsylvaENGINEERING nian in a May DEAN email. The consultative committee is comprised of faculty, student and alumni representatives and will be chaired by Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Steven Fluharty. The committee also includes four Engineering faculty members, one Perelman School of Medicine professor, one School of Arts and Sciences professor and one professor with dual appointments in Engineering and SAS. The committee will be accepting nominations through a confidential website as well as via email or mail through Sept. 30. The Engineering dean search comes after four schools — Nurs-

There was a point when Gary Phillips didn’t think he needed to graduate from Wharton. A pre-med student at Penn in the 1980s, Phillips dropped the Wharton half of his College and Wharton dual degree in order to graduate in three years in 1987. A year later, Phillips began studying medicine at the School of Medicine and was later presented another option: the chance to study in Wharton again, this time on an MBA track.

Phillips, still interested in business, saw the opportunity and took it. In 1991, he graduated from Wharton with an MBA. The following year, he received his M.D. from the University’s medical school, graduating from Penn’s M.D./MBA program. Today, Phillips is not a practicing doctor, although he keeps his license active. Instead, Phillips is the senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, where he is responsible for strategy, mergers, acquisitions and other financial matters. Phillips admits that he doesn’t need his M.D. to work in his current role. But for him, as with many other graduates of Penn’s SEE MD/MBA PAGE 2

Bagels no more: Einstein Bros Bagels at Houston Hall closed at the end of summer JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Writer

Einstein Bros Bagels closed its Penn location in Houston Hall at the end of the summer, according to Business Services. “Penn Dining routinely reviews the offerings on campus, taking into consideration

current options in and around campus as well as feedback from our diners gathered through various channels,” Barbara Lea-Kruger, director of communications and project management at Business Services, said in an email. “As a result of that review, the de-

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cision was made to close Einstein’s at the end of the summer.” In 2013, Einstein Bros was found to be in violation of several health codes, and has received relatively consistent poor customer reviews on Yelp. Nevertheless, lines in the bagel

shop routinely circled toward the door. The permanent replacement for Einstein has not yet been announced. However, in the interim, Houston Market will be serving breakfast options Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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education and resulting careers. Phillips noted that his medical education was extremely helpful in guiding his company to an investment of more than $7 billion in recent transactions. “In each case, I have to think, ‘If I were a doctor thinking about using this product, would I use it?’” Phillips said. “I’m constantly looking at technology and using my clinical hat to say, ‘Is there a need for this?’” The study also revealed that “physicians that had gotten their M.D./MBA 20 years ago are now in leadership and management roles, and not necessarily within

health care is a business,” Pauly said. “I think what we’re seeing is that more of our graduates who were M.D.s are actually sticking with health care as a business now and sticking with the clinical part,” Pauly continued. “Now, they’re more looking to get an MBA to see how to make the health care system better.” David Fajgenbaum, a 2013 Perelman graduate and current MBA student, aims to do just that. After losing his mother to cancer when he was an undergraduate at Georgetown University, he decided that he would dedicate his life to fighting cancer. At Penn’s medical school, he dove straight into studying oncology. However, his knowledge of public health — he received an Physicians MPH in Cancer Epidemiology Borrow from Library that had gotten and Cancer Prevention at Oxford their M.D./ 24.6% University after Don't graduating Watch Movies from Georgetown — gave him a populaMBA 20 years Theaters tion-wide perspective, which led to ago are now in his dissatisfaction with the current Free Streaming 47.7% leadership and medical landscape. Paiddisappointed Online Services management 16.9% “I was very with the drugs available in the cancer roles, and not necessarily 9.2% space,” Fajgenbaum said. He believed that drugs should be both within more effective and cheaper than hospitals. ” were at the time. “I realized 1.5%they that I really wanted to be part of -Mitesh Patel advancing therapy in the cancer Author of recent paper on M.D./MBA program space.” Fajgenbaum realized that the hospitals,” 80 best way to realize his goal of 3.1% Patel noted. While 6.3% percent of alumni entered residen- “speeding Other up the pace of discovcy, less than half are still clinically ery” — which would require conIt's a way to hang out with friends practicing. necting pharmaceutical compa25% It's advocacy a good studygroups, break academia “There has been a40.6% change in nies, the career paths of people going andIt patient care wasand tohappy get an makes you feel — relaxed through this program,” explained MBA in health care management. 25% Required for Class school, I got Wharton professor Mark Pauly, “During medical a co-author of the study. “When excellent training on how to treat it started, it was very unusual for the patients right in front of me. physicians to study business. And But what I didn’t get was an educain es fact, sevenorganized movies, medicine more or was, less, tion about how patients fit within it’s safe to say, hostile towards doc- the larger health care system,” Fajevery semester. Simple arithmetors thinking of what they do as a genbaum explained. tic proves that it’s $40 cheaper business.” While the majority of alumni toBut watch movies on Netflix were satisfied with their experinow,said with the monetization than at the Rave, and are an addiof health care, “people more ences in the dual-degree program, comfortable withonthe idea (cost that the study by Penn researchers tional $20 less iTunes

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This location also features a new menu item, called YukiGori — a Japanese dessert that tastes like ice cream and shaved ice — which is exclusive to the campus location. The restaurant is presently in its soft opening phase. As of now, the restaurant does not open until 12 p.m. and is only accepting cash for payment. A fully operational restaurant is expected sometime in September, as well as a full menu.

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s activism, devoid of action, impotent? This is the question I believe we must begin to ask, the question that begs whether passive responsibility can be adequately met by passive activism, what many today call social media activism. I do not mean to decry social media as a tool to spread information about atrocities occurring around the world. In fact, I thank social media for breeding in our generation a certain reverence for global communion, which seemed to evade our forefathers. Like millions of others, I too changed my profile picture to the red equal sign in support of the Human Rights Campaign’s 2013 crusade to achieve marriage equality before the Supreme Court. I must abashedly admit that I joined the Kony 2012 Facebook group and actively advertised the initiative. To this day, my cover photo on Facebook is #BringBackOurGirls, and I can be found sharing articles about Gaza or refugees on the U.S. border any day of the week. More recently, I joined many of my friends at Penn in support of the #OKSis movement to speak out against cat calling and sexual harassment on the street. I have been pleased by the conversation this has started, and I am hopeful that it can lead to some changes on the ground. However, the fate of other social media campaigns makes me somewhat apprehensive. These campaigns often appear and disappear like fads, and, while many are dedicated to these causes, others bounce around hashtags next to new manicures and topless selfies, more emblematic of vanity than solidarity. Still others, upon realizing their activism has had little effect or attracts backlash, abandon the cause all together. The #BringBackOurGirls campaign is a poignant example. From the beginning, the movement was plagued by serious flaws. The girl pictured in a once popular

GUEST COLUMN BY OYINKAN MURAINA photo, edited by Emmanuel Hephzibah, hailed not from Chibok — the location from which the kidnapped girls were taken — or even Nigeria, but from Guinea Bissau, well over 1000 miles away. (In case you were wondering, the girl in the photo was not abducted nor has she been deprived of an education.) As the campaign grew in popularity, swindlers rushed to create sites to “field donations” to the cause. Yet, none of them seek funds in order to rescue the girls of Chibok. At best, the creators of these funding campaigns seek to use the popularity of #BringBackOurGirls to raise money for their own causes and, at worst, seek to field money to their personal coffers.

agendas. Worse still, these social media campaigns often fail in their most basic duty: to educate the masses. Little else can be expected when complicated crises are boiled down to 140 characters for easy digestion. These scant summaries often lead to misapplications of the public’s energy. In the case of #BringBackOurGirls, celebrities, politicians and journalists rushed to rally for women’s education in the wake of the kidnappings. However, this focus on education, while appreciated, belies larger issues at hand. The most recent spate of terrorism and the Nigerian government’s tepid response are not occurring in a vacuum, but abreast presidential

Social media campaigns often fail in their most basic duty: to educated the masses. Little else can be expected when complicated crises are boiled down to 140 characters for easy digestion.” Meanwhile, Ann Coulter and the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK have been made strange bedfellows in their respective appropriations of the hashtag to bring attention to their own movements. To be fair, Ann Coulter appropriated the slogan to remind everyone of the derisive need to #BringBackOurCountry, whereas the MPACUK used the hashtagchanged UK Muslim Public Affairs Committee to MPACUK to shed light on very real hypocrisy within U.S. foreign policy. However, both appeared in poor taste. Where activism should have bred camaraderie, “activists” instead volleyed for attention like spoiled middle children, trading on the misfortunes of a people — with little to no connection to the Obama administration’s foreign policy decisions — as social currency for their own

elections, in which President Goodluck Jonathan will run for another term. All the same, the security situation in Nigeria has been deteriorating for decades, with Boko Haram adding to this headache since 2002. Churches, mosques, marketsremoved comma and schools alike have been targeted in order to craft an atmosphere of terror. Where Boko Haram abducts girls to serve as bush wives and sex slaves, they also massacre boys or conscript them as child soldiers. Attendance rates for both boys and girls are low in northern Nigeria and are unlikely to improve in the midst of such insecurity. #Br ingBackOurGirls is but one of many problematic social media campaigns. While the movement can be said to have effectively shamed the Nigerian government into publicly

acknowledging the seriousness of the insecurity in Nigeria, its popularity cannot mask its clear deficiencies. The time has come to take a critical stance towards such “activism.” In so doing, we as Penn students must recognize social media as a means to an end. That end may be as simple as spreading information and as ambitious as altering social behavior, but a hashtag alone will not suffice. Activism is of little import without long-term investment, legwork and risk-taking. Finally, we must also acknowledge the limitations of these movements. Our social media networks consist of individuals, with whom we choose to associate. At times this means our twitter and newsfeeds’ are forums in which we violently agree with one another, whilst remaining willfully ignorant of other points of view. Such ignorance is an unforeseen tragedy of the digital age. However, if activism is ever to succeed in achieving change, we must seek knowledge incessantly and then transfer that knowledge to those who may not agree. It is my hope that men and women who support the #OKSis movement heed the lessons of past movements and continue this conversation on campus, in our GBMs and in our friend groups. We must reach out to those who do not see the harmful effects of sexual harassment and explain it to them. When women are harassed on our streets, we should speak out en masse against such behavior. We must fight to ensure that our frat parties do not become theatres for the reenactment of the subjugation of women and their agency. Without such effort in the real world, our labors in the digital world are unlikely to yield little more than bitter fruit.

OYINKAN MURAINA is a College senior from Macon, Ga. studying international relations. She can be reached at omuraina@sas.upenn. edu.

ne of my goals for this summer was to cure my addiction to professional procrastinating website Buzzfeed. It was a futile but well-intentioned attempt to increase my productivity this semester. But who needs Buzzfeed? Instead, I can MAYA RAWAL just refresh my Facebook newsfeed to find endless more about the ALS As30-second videos of my sociation. Internet trends pop up friends dumping ice on all the time. There is an themselves. The ALS Ice Bucket important line to draw beChallenge, as it has been tween those that stop short named, is an Internet phe- of catalyzing a larger, nomenon that has spread more impactful movement throughout the country in — like changing one’s prothe last few weeks. The file picture — and those stunt aims to raise aware- that do. The most obvious inness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called dicator as to where the Lou Gehrig’s disease. Af- Ice Bucket Challenge falls ter being nominated by a lies in its results. The ALS friend to participate in the Association reported $4 challenge, people pour ice million in donations beand water on their heads, tween July 29 and August post the videos and name 12 this year, up from only three to five more people $1.12 million in that twoto do the challenge within week period last year. The outpouring of support in24 hours. You may be wondering cludes at least 70,000 firsthow ice relates in any way time donors. ALS Assoto the fatal disease, which ciation President and CEO causes muscle degenera- Barbara Newhouse extion and paralysis. I hon- plained that the newfound estly have no idea. In fact, attention and increased when the trend first began awareness of this lesserto spread, I dismissed it as known disease are just as yet another example of so- valuable as the donations. As with so many other cial media-fueled “slackphenomena, celebrities tivism.”

Internet trends pop up all the time. There is an important line to draw between those that stop short of catalyzing a larger, more impactful movement … and those that do.” Our generation seems especially keen on posting statuses or pictures that purport to raise awareness for a given cause. Remember when everyone changed their profile picture to a giant equal sign to signify support for gay rights? It was an inspired movement that I fully support; however, such measures do little or nothing to actually help their cause. This slacktivism has in part fueled older generations’ disdain of the millennials and their wish for the days of student-led protests for civil rights, against involvement in Vietnam and the like. I’m certainly just as guilty as many others of patting myself on the back for supposedly fighting for justice. I’ve signed several petitions on change. org and I continue to get emails from the website. However, change.org is a for-profit site, and it indiscriminately accepts sponsorship and advertisements from organizations that often don’t support the progress that petitioners seek. No real social activists sit at computers all day mindlessly scrolling through change.org. The good news is that the Ice Bucket Challenge isn’t just another wellintentioned but ultimately misdirected trend. Variations of the challenge include donating $100 if you fail to complete it on time, donating $5 each time someone you nominated accepts it and donating $10 after doing the challenge. In their videos, people often encourage others to donate to and research

and politicians have begun to participate in the challenge, giving it even more attention. Jimmy Fallon and the Roots simultaneously poured ice water on themselves in a segment of “The Tonight Show” and then nominated the entire New York Jets team. Bill Gates released a video displaying the contraption he thought up to dump a bucket on himself and nominated Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest and Chris Anderson of TED. So maybe there’s hope for our technology-addicted generation after all. We may not be marching in the streets, but after all, things have changed since 1960, and we have evolved as well. Maybe all you really need to support research for an important cause is a bucket of ice. While I have yet to be nominated for the Ice Bucket Challenge, I suspect I’ll have my turn to do so before long. I will join everyone from Justin Timberlake to Mark Zuckerberg to Gov. Chris Christie in this show of support for ALS. I will run around and scream about how cold I am. And then I will donate to the ALS Association and nominate a few more friends to join the cause.

MAYA RAWAL is a College sophomore from River Forest, Ill. studying cognitive science. Sure enough, she was challenged to complete the Ice Bucket Challenge shortly after finishing this column. She can be reached at mrawal@sas. upenn.edu.

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Pinch, roll and tweet: Campaigning for condom use

Jason Parad’s The Condom Pledge uses social sharing to encourage sexual safety BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer

Forget purity rings. Just put on a condom. Jason Parad, a graduate degree student of Bioethics, is committed to making 16- to 26-year-olds worldwide use condoms. The Condom Pledge, which Parad launched in 2013 while a master’s student of public health in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, is a health initiative that promotes condom use specifically as a preventative measure for HIV. The campaign now reaches more than 30,000 people in 60 countries, including many African and Southeast Asian countries. “I always had an interest in HIV prevention and visited a lot of countries with organizations that were equally passionate about it,” Parad said. While traveling, he realized that people in different parts of the world are shying away from using the word “condom.” “It’s hard to imagine that people who are uncomfortable saying the word will be able to consistently use one,” he said. “In many countries, the use and even discussion of condoms is held to be taboo or even illegal.” The campaign’s approach to normalizing preventive measures for HIV makes it noteworthy. “Anything to promote preventive measures is the step to the right direction,” Rosemary Frasso, Center for Public Health Initiative Senior Fellow, said. She noted that preventing diseases such as HIV costs much less than curing them. Parad acknowledged that existing organizations have made pushes to distribute condoms, but said that not enough has been done to have people voluntarily use them. He created six criteria that he believes will make the program successful. The criteria are based on behavioral contract concepts he learned at Penn, and are meant to encourage people to adhere to their pledges. “People were very interested, very enthusiastic and very supportive,” director of the Master’s Public Health Program and Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives Jennifer Pinto-Martin said. “It’s a nice balance of

academic innovation and real world execution of the idea.” In terms of schools’ efforts on sex education and distribution of condoms, Frasso suggested that the Condom Pledge “would be a really thoughtful and interesting campaign to adopt for college students.” Perelman School of Medicine professor Chyke Doubeni, who has observed Parad’s progress at Penn, explained why the Condom Pledge is not just useful in the developing countries but for the entire world. “In the U.S., it is not so much that people don’t know about condoms, people just don’t use them enough,” he

said. Parad’s next step is measuring the impact of the Pledge. He said that the significance of one “like” on Facebook is difficult to define. Despite some possible challenges for Parad, Penn faculty were positive about what he has done so far and will continue to do. “The campaign is continuing to enroll new people – people from different generations,” Doubeni said. “It’s just a simple straightforward message. That’s the strength of it,” Pinto-Martin added.

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Atma is Penn’s all-female South Asian fusion a cappella group. Since its inception, Atma has been most noted for bringing together a wide variety of genres to create a unique sound. Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 201 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 1

Counterparts

Counterparts, founded in 1981, is Penn’s premier co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group. They are sexy when your eyes are closed, presentable when they’re open, and soulful all the time. The group that has been graced by some of the funkiest and most soulful voices to pass through Penn. Former members include John Legend and some girl named Sheetal. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 203 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 203

Disney A Cappella

Disney A Cappella is Penn’s coed, community service-interest, all-Disney-all-the-time a cappella group. Our mission? Spread happiness and Disney magic to the community. Come experience a whole new world with us! Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 204 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 2

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Arts House Dance Company

Arts House Dance Company is a student-run and choreographed company grounded in technique. They primarily perform contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap and hip-hop. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 7pm-10pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175 AND Tuesday, 9/2, 8pm-11pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

Dhamaka

Penn Dhamaka is Penn’s ﬁrst and only all-male dance troupe, which strives to fuse South Asian styles (bhangra, Bollywood, raas, gharba, etc) with western styles (hip-hop, step, etc). Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 8pm-11:30pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175 AND Monday, 9/1, 12pm-3:30pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio

Onda Latina

Onda Latina is UPenn’s premier Latin Dance troupe, performing styles ranging from salsa to tango. Onda spreads its special ﬂavor on and off-campus through shows, guest performances, and fun events. Auditions: Friday, 9/5, 3pm-8pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

Pan-Asian Dance Troupe

Full Measure is Penn’s premier Christian a cappella group. We hope that we are not merely singing Christian songs, or putting on the “right Christian attitude”. Instead, we hope to be inspired by the Holy Spirit, not our own ambitions, to spread the Gospel on Penn campus and the West Philadelphia area. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 214 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 214

The only dance troupe of its kind at UPenn, Pan-Asian Dance Troupe seeks to celebrate and educate the community on Pan-Asian culture through traditional, modern, and fusion dances. We welcome people of all nationalities with interest in all styles ranging from traditional ethnic dance to hip-hop to contemporary. Join us in our expression of identity and culture through dance. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 11am-1:30pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio AND Monday, 9/1, 3:30pm-6pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio

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Full Measure

Penn’s premiere modern rock/alternative a cappella group. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 215 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 215

Pennchants

Penn’s premier all-male a cappella group singing songs from Queen to Boyz II Men, Jackson 5 to Maroon 5, Aerosmith to Mika and everything in between. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 216 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 216

Penn Masala

Aspiring a cappella singer? Listen to the world’s ﬁrst and premier South Asian a cappella group! Penn Masala has gone on to perform for sold-out crowds in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New Delhi and Mumbai, even performing for President Barack Obama’s celebration of Diwali in 2009 and at the Indian International Film Academy Awards earlier this year. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 4pm-10pm, Williams Hall Rm. 218 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 3

Pennsylvania Six-5000

Penn Six is Penn’s premier all male comedy a cappella group. In our spare time, we enjoy LARPing and watching romantic comedies together in the dark. Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 220 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 5

The Penny Loafers

The loafers are a co-ed indie/pop/rock a cappella group. Our repertoire consists of songs that you may not know now, but you deﬁnitely should! Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 23

PennSori

PennSori is a premium Korean American A Capella group on UPenn campus. We perform both Korean and American pop songs, and sometimes mash them up for a little bit of fun! Enjoy. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 7pm-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 24 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. P4

PennYo

PennYo, Penn’s premier Chinese a cappella group, was founded in 2002 by a group of students bonded together by their passion for singing Chinese songs. The name “PennYo” is a play on the Mandarin word for friends. We draw our material mainly from contemporary Chinese pop music, but also incorporate English, Korean and Japanese songs into our repertoire. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 219 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Houston Hall Rm. 311

Quaker Notes

Penn’s premiere all-female a cappella group. Our repertoire includes a variety of artists ranging from Imagine Dragons to Christina Aguilera. We love Penn, music, and having fun together! Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11:30am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 25 AND Tuesday 9/2, 6pm-12am, Houston Hall Rm. 223

Shabbatones

The Shabbatones is one of the premier Jewish a capella groups in the country. Singing popular Israeli, American and Jewish music we are also a close knit family. We are known for our energetic concerts, entertaining arrangements, and exciting annual winter tour! Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 27 AND Tuesday 9/2, 6pm-10pm, Houston Hall, Class of ‘49

The Inspiration

We are an all-female South Asian fusion dance team dedicated to bringing a large variety of dance styles to all our performances, from classical and folk to Bollywood and Bhangra. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 5:30pm-8pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175 AND Monday, 9/1, 7:30pm-10pm, Harnwell Dance Gallery

Penn Dance Company

Founded in 1975, Penn Dance is the premier modern dance company on campus. We are co-ed, student run, and the only dance company on campus with a professional artistic director. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 2pm-4pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175 AND Monday, 9/1, 10pm-12midnight, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

Soundworks Tap Factory

Soundworks Tap Factory is Penn’s one and only strictly tap dancing group! We are a completely student-choreographed performance group that produces a show every spring. Auditions: Monday, 9/1, 6pm-9pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio AND Tuesday, 9/2, 9pm-12midnight, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio

Sparks Dance Company

Sparks Dance Company (SDC) is Penn’s premiere dance company dedicated to both performing and to community service. Auditions: Monday, 9/1, 9pm-12midnight, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio AND Tuesday, 9/2, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Sachs Dance Studio

Strictly Funk

Strictly Funk is known for energy, versatility and precise execution of avant-garde student choreography. The dancers perform hip-hop, jazz, contemporary and funk, displaying each member’s unique talents and skills. Funk has no limits. Auditions: Monday, 9/1, 1pm-5pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

West Philly Swingers

We are UPenn’s Premier Swing Dance Troupe, specializing in Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing. Join us in performing, competing, and engaging in the Philly swing community! Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 3pm-6pm, Irvine Auditorium, Emily Dance Studio

Yalla

Yalla is Penn’s only Middle Eastern Dance and Drum Troupe. Founded in 2004 the group has showcased its unique style incorporating Latin beats and hip-hop rhythm together with traditional Middle Eastern dance and drum. The group aims to expose the Penn campus to a diverse array of music and momentum through their fusion style. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 12pm-2pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

SMAC (Singers, Musicians, and Comedians) Bloomers

Bloomers is the nation’s ﬁrst all-female musical sketch-comedy troupe. We write and perform an original production twice a year, with support from our outstanding technical crew, costume crew, business staff, and band! Auditions, Cast: Tuesday, 9/2, 5-10pm AND Wednesday, 9/3, 5-10pm, Houston Hall, Platt Room. Auditions, Band: Monday, 9/1, 8-10pm AND Tuesday, 9/2, 7-9pm AND Wednesday, 9/3, 7-9pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 176

We are an a Cappella singing organization for students who desire a musical outlet. This organization concentrates on music written or performed by persons of the African diaspora with a purpose of educating as well as entertaining audiences. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 11am-11pm, Williams Hall Rm. 28 AND Tuesday 9/2, 8pm-12am, Williams Hall Rm. 28

The Excelano Project

DAC (Dance Arts Council)

Founded in 1862, the Penn Glee Club is the oldest performing arts group at Penn. With our Band, Singers, and Tech Staff, we perform throughout the world sharing our music. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 6pm-12am, Houston Hall, Class of ‘49 AND Monday, 9/1 6pm-12am, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 180

African Rhythms Drum and Dance Troupe

African Rhythms is a drum and dance troupe that educates Penn and the Greater Philadelphia area about musical traditions rooted in West African and Afro-Cuban culture through performance. Auditions: Monday 9/1, 5pm-7pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175 AND Tuesday, 9/2, 6pm-8pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 175

The Excelano Project is the Penn’s ﬁrst and only spoken word group. Auditions: Sunday, 9/7, 7pm-9pm, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

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The Mask and Wig Club

Mask & Wig is the nation’s oldest all-male musical comedy troupe with 4 sections: Cast, Band, Stage Crew, and Biz Staff. Check out our Free Show on Sunday at 8pm in Zellerbach! Auditions: Monday, 9/1, 4pm, Houston Hall, Class of ‘49

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

New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir is dedicated to praising God with music and spreading the message of the Gospel on Penn’s campus and in the surrounding communities. NSP performs a variety of music, including original songs, medleys, traditional and contemporary Gospel. Aside from the main concerts, NSP also sings at nearby churches, soup kitchens, and goes Christmas caroling on campus. Open Rehearsal Wednesday, 9/3, 8pm, Arch, Rm. 200

Penn Band

The Huge, The Enormous, The Well-Endowed, Undefeated Ivy League Champion, Penn Oxymoronic Fighting Quaker Marching Band! Open Rehearsal Monday, 9/8, 6pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Band Room

Penn Dure

Korean traditional instrumental and performing arts group. Auditions will be announced at a later date.

Penn Jazz Ensemble

Penn’s only jazz ensemble, Penn Jazz performs during the semester on campus and in Philadelphia. Monday, 9/1, 10am-6pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 177

Penn Sargam

Sargam is Penn’s only classical and fusion South Asian music group. We welcome musicians from all backgrounds to come and audition! We are also looking for a business manager. Auditions: Saturday, 9/6, 12pm-3pm, Williams Hall, Rm. 812 Business Manager Interviews: Tuesday, 9/9, 8pm-10pm, Williams Hall, Rm. 812

Penn Singers Light Opera Company

Penn Singers is a fun, talented family of friends that produces a Broadway-style show in the fall and a Gilbert & Sullivan light opera in the spring. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 3pm-6pm AND Monday, 9/1, 3pm6pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 179

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. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 1pm-6pm AND Monday, 9/1, 6pm11pm AND Wednesday, 9/3, 6pm-11pm in Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 177

Simply Chaos

Simply Chaos is Penn’s ﬁrst and only stand-up comedy group. Auditions: Sunday, 9/14, 2pm-5pm AND Monday 9/15, 8pm10pm AND Friday, 9/19, 5pm-8pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 177

Without a Net

Without a Net is Penn’s best (only) comedy improv group comprised of experienced and new improvisers. We perform long and short form improv at various venues during the year. Auditions: Sunday, 8/31, 6pm-9pm AND Monday, 9/1, 7pm10pm, Platt Performing Arts House, Rm. 179

TAC-e (Theater Arts Council) African American Arts Alliance

4A serves as one of the premier performing arts organizations on campus. Our mission is to promote an awareness of Black culture through the arts with a special focus on theater. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Platt 179). Show: “The Bluest Eye”

Front Row Theatre Group

Front Row is Penn’s only student group committed to performing socially relevant theatre. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Harrison College House Basement). Show: “The Shadow Box”

iNtuitons Experimental Theatre

iNtuitons comes from two words: intuition and automation. The group was chartered to attract people with diverse artistic interests and as an outlet for Classical or Avant-Garde ideas. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Room G7, Irvine Auditorium). Show: “Like Us on Facebook”

PenNaatak

South Asian theatre and beyond. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Room G16, Irvine Auditorium)

Penn Players

The Pennsylvania Players is the only student theatre group in TAC-e that hires professional directors. They put on a fall musical and a play in the spring. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Platt 180). Show: “Gypsy”

Quadramics

Quadramics is Penn’s ﬁrst all-student theatre group and we are fun-loving, ridiculous, people who share a passion for good times and great theatre. Come join the fun, madness, drama! Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Class of ‘49 Auditorium, Houston Hall). Show: “Large Animal Games”

Stimulus Children’s Theater

Stimulus Children’s Theatre Company is Penn’s premier children-oriented theatre group. We perform for Penn’s campus and area elementary schools. Auditions: Tuesday 9/2 and Wednesday 9/3, 7PM-11PM (Green Room, Irvine Auditorium). Show: “Phantom Tollbooth”

Penn Theatre Techies

We represent tech members of the Theatre Arts Council community. We spend time in various areas of tech such as costume, lighting, sound, makeup, set, stage management, etc. You can work on many shows at once, and we love to teach, so no experience necessary! Monday 9/8 and Tuesday 9/9, 7PM-11PM. African American Arts Alliance, Front Row, & Stimulus Children’s Theater: Harrison College House Upper Lobby. Penn Players & PenNaatak: Harnwell College House Upper Lobby. iNtuitons & Quadramics: Rodin College House Upper Lobby.

Friday, August 29 at 7 p.m. Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center

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A representative from Student Health Services will follow up with the student. He/she may be required to attend a treatment program. Ofﬁce of Student Conduct will review the case to see if the student committed other violations besides drinking.

College sophomore and frequent runner Ava van der Meer said, “With the new addition, I will probably try to run along [the Schuylkill] more. I love when trails change things up and there’s more to explore.” In addition to the 15-footwide pathway for foot and bike traffic, the boardwalk will boast four lookout areas that will stretch beyond the path by eight feet over the water. These resting areas will allow pedestrians to pause and enjoy the view of the city skyline without blocking the

main path. Along with the appeal of a picturesque river crossing, the boardwalk will make different parts of the city more accessible. West Philadelphia residents will especially benefit from this convenient transportation route since the current lack of connectivity hampers people’s ability to travel into other areas of the city. “New links add safe, easy ways for more people to get into the city by foot or bike, instead of by car or public transportation,” Sarah Stuart, deputy director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, said. The project “is im-

portant because it provides a great connection for communities underserved by green space, high quality infrastructure and access to things like business employment,” she added. The new boardwalk contributes to a decades-old movement in Philadelphia to promote a more connected city through uninterrupted trails. Joseph Syrnick, president and CEO of the Schuylkill River Development Corporation, said the project is a great achievement for the city since it “creates more momentum to continue making progress southward.”

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Wharton Public Policy Initiative enables political internships One College sophomore interned for a Puerto Rican congressman ESTHER YOON Staff Writer

Not many interns get a chance to share a casual oneon-one meal with their congressman. Rising College sophomore Luis Ferre Sandurni did just that this summer with Puerto Rico’s Congressman Pedro Pierluisi, whose office he interned at in Washington D.C. Thanks to the funding provided by the Wharton Public Policy Initiative, or PPI, Ferre was one of over 70 students that had an opportunity to participate in a public policy internship. PPI paid for students’ transportation, housing, and other job related costs. While Ferre interacted mostly with the legislative staff, he

explained, “It just gave us [a] different perspective on how politicians are,” he said. “The congressman I saw at dinner wasn’t the same one I see in Puerto Rican headlines or newspapers here. I saw a more humane congressman. We could actually naturally interact and have him tell us what his motivations were.” Ferre used this summer to gage his career options. He worked closely with the congressman’s legislative staff and was a firsthand witness to drafting a bill. “This internship gave me a good overview of how the legislative process works.” He was impressed by the congressman’s dedication to his constituents, especially in the face of Puerto Rico’s challenges as a U.S. territory. “He has knack for answering ... the constituents directly,” Ferre said. “Just sympathiz-

ing with them and letting them know he’s going to do everything he can, and it’s just something [that is] very natural.” Being Puerto Rican himself, he was able to relate with the country’s concerns. “We’re a territory, yet we’re not a state or a sovereign nation,” Ferre said. “So many times, we get unequal treatment.” “For example,” he said, “we can’t vote for the president of the United States, we don’t have proportional representation in Congress, we only have one representative in Congress who can’t vote on the floor. And yet,

we have to abide by the same U.S. laws. [The internship] was a first hand experience to all these challenges Puerto Ricans face — it was eye-opening to see.” Going forward, Ferre seeks to keep the relational components of public policy — that these issues affect real people — in mind. “That’s the essence of it all. What has to be remembered is that it’s not just about the millions of dollars being allocated to a program ... We need to realize that all these issues that we talk about are real numbers that represent real people.”

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Throughout their travels in Italy, Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball mixed culture and basketball, traveling to a number of historic sites in Italy while playing against three strong teams from Italy and Germany. In their matchups, the Quakers got help from unexpected places as junior Brooklyn Juday and sophomores Jackie Falconer and Sade Gibbons played significant minutes for the first time in their Penn careers.

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just fine despite the thin roster, cruising to a pair of victories. However, early in the third and final game of the European slate, sophomore guard Melanie Lockett went down with a knee injury, limiting the Red and Blue to just eight players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only had nine players for

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Lintulahti. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to do great,â&#x20AC;? Polykoff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one thing if you ask anyone about Mike is that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a basketball

the trip, so it gave some players that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played much since theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here the chance to play,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a terrific experience for them on the court.â&#x20AC;? Foremost among the Red and Blue taking advantage of their playing time was junior Brooklyn Juday, who scored 12 points against La Spezia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a pair of huge three-pointers â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

after only playing 22 minutes for the Quakers last season. Additionally, sophomores Jackie Falconer and Sade Gibbons saw some of their first action at Penn after minimal playing time last season. And though their final game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; against a professional German team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ended in a 62-56 loss, the Quakers grew through the unique experience of playing

and traveling throughout Italy. In terms of the future of the team in the coming year, McLaughlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message was simple. The graduated class of 2014 leaves the team lacking in ball-handlers, an area where an incoming class of recruits will look to provide assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of our guard play, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to rely on some freshmen that have not gotten [to

the team] yet, but will contribute quickly,â&#x20AC;? McLaughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We return Renee Busch and Kathleen Roche, who played primarily at the three, but primary ballhandlers is where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to need younger kids to step up.â&#x20AC;? When Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball begins its preparations for its Ivy title defense, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have this experience to look back on fondly.

nut. He lives, breathes and eats basketball. It was really a huge win-win for both Mike and I â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for the Penn basketball program in general â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that he has an opportunity to move up.â&#x20AC;? The UMass graduate came to Penn in 2013 after working

as the Athletic Director and basketball coach for HOPE Charter School in Philadelphia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew Mike before working at Penn,â&#x20AC;? Polykoff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a local high school coach. I was a local high school coach. So we knew of each other already.

Once he started helping out and working at Penn, our relationship just grew from there.â&#x20AC;? Lintulahti served a number of roles for Penn last season, including helping Polykoff coach the JV team. The assistantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knowledge of the JV squad helped the team late in the season when Matt Poplawski, also a member of Penn soc-

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tus has been the Quakers’ starting kicker during his first three seasons at Penn, while Gammill handled kickoffs early in the 2013 season before going down with an injury, missing all but two games. “I had a pretty rough injury,” Gammill said. “It’s kind of rough to miss the whole season, but I’m back. I’m back and better than ever, so it is tough to rehab and do all of that, but it’s good to be back on the field and back in the thick of things.” Now the two are battling with Morgan for a placekicking spot that coach Al Bagnoli said was “wide open.” Morgan missed his only field goal attempt last year, while Loftus struggled by going just 4-for-12 on his kicks. “We’ve all been working hard,” Gammill said. “It’s a little interesting to work [with Loftus and Morgan]. It is an individual spot but we are still teammates, so there’s a balance between competing and staying as a team.” The other battle pits two newcomers against each other with Kelley and Elmore. Last season, punting duties were handled by a

BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor For Penn football, the quarterback position is decided. Most other offensive positions have also been decided. So have most of the defensive positions. But special teams remains wide open, a group that is often the least heralded part of the program yet still holds significance for the Red and Blue. The Quakers are going into the final weeks before their season starts with battles still going on for the kicker and punter positions. Senior Connor Loftus, junior Jimmy Gammill and sophomore Aron Morgan are all working to earn the job as placekicker while two freshmen — Hunter Kelley and Brock Elmore — try to secure the starting job at punter. The placekicker competition features two more experienced athletes in Loftus and Gammill. Lof-

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Quakers speak universal language of sports

W. HOOPS | Tough games and historic sites boost team chemistry

they’re both universal languages. At least that’s what Penn women’s basketball learned on its alumni-funded trip to Italy in midAugust. “After one of the games we BY HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor went out to eat, and I thought that was the pinnacle of why we do What do math and basketball this. We got to separate our playhave in common? ers and [the other team’s],” coach Well, other than the obvious Mike McLaughlin said. connection of statistical analysis, “Their English was limited and

our Italian was limited, but they were able to communicate through one common bond which was the game of basketball.” In addition to the challenge of facing strong international competition, the Quakers had to deal with a language barrier — which all but eliminated communication with the other team and referees — and FIBA rules. Fundamentally, basketball is

basketball, so the language barrier was rather easily overcome at game time. But the rule differences required some early adjustments for the Red and Blue. The most glaring differences were the 24-second shot clock and eight-second backcourt rule, each significantly shorter than the NCAA rules of 30 and 10 seconds respectively. In addition, the three-point line

in FIBA rules is around a foot and a half further out than in the NCAA. However, the Quakers didn’t have any trouble from long range in their final game, as they shot 7-for-15. Another unique challenge to the trip for the team was a roster lacking in depth. With NCAA rules preventing the team from bringing along its newest members from the class

Mascot search faces uphill climb Freshmen needed to fill the role of resident campus celebrity BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor Who is the man behind the mask? It’s a question many Penn students have asked about the Quaker while watching him cavort around campus during New Student Orientation or lead cheers on the sidelines of a football game. Nowadays, it’s a question that the Penn cheerleading team has to ask of itself. With a busy schedule for the fall semester looming, the search is on to pick several new students to fill the suit — and to take the strain off the upperclassmen performing the job

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The Quaker mascot is a mainstay at Penn athletic events, but for the time being, he cannot be taken entirely for granted. With only two students behind the mask set to return next year, the search is on for new freshmen who can the Quaker’s overly large shoes.

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M. HOOPS | Red and Blue continue to fill in the blanks BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor

Penn basketball officially added its third assistant coach for the 2014-15 season. After naming Nat Graham to the staff late in the spring, coach

Jerome Allen added Mike Lintulahti as a volunteer assistant coach, promoting him from assistant director of basketball operations. Lintulahti was a visible presence on the Quakers’ bench last year, working under Allen and his three assistants. And with Scott Pera and Jason Polykoff leaving for other jobs, a spot opened for SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 10

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of 2018, Penn found itself shorthanded with only nine players in physical shape to play. Senior forward Katy Allen (foot) and junior guard Keiera Ray (knee) are continuing to recover from prior injuries and had to sit out the entire trip. Through the first two games of the trip, the Quakers were doing SEE W.HOOPS PAGE 10

Rowing casts a wide net at NSO Coaches hold info session, aiming to draw in novice hopefuls BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor There are rites of passage that virtually every Penn student passes through during their four years on campus. Hey Day. Failing to avoid the compass and realizing it doesn’t actually do anything. And of course, being approached by a representative from the rowing team. Wednesday night, the students who heeded that call received their first taste of life on the water, with the women’s squad hosting a onehour information session and the men’s heavyweight team following suit immediately after. Rowing holds the distinction of being the only Penn varsity sport that actively recruits new members — a status that its coaches and athletes eagerly accept. “The reason [these students are] here is that we spend a lot of time during move-in and during all the NSO events trying to talk to as many people as we can,” men’s heavyweight coach Greg Myhr said. “So we make a significant effort between all three of our teams to get the word out about rowing.” The recruiting effort is certainly aided by its visibility. For example, new assistant men’s heavyweight coach Drew Baustian was a fixture at the lower quad gate on move-in day, chatting up virtually every confused-looking freshman behind a bulky cart with a smile on his face. But the appeal of rowing to the novices — many of whom may have never held an oar in their lives — may lie within the ease at which the sport is picked up. “I don’t know if you could recruit someone for volleyball or basketball or football who had no idea what that sport was. I just don’t think you could get up to speed in time,” Myhr said. “With rowing, you put an oar in the water, you pull really hard on it and you do it again and again and again. “And there’s some subtlety to it, but not that much.” That broad appeal led to a massive crowd of all shapes and sizes packing in a muggy Donaldson Room at Weightman Hall, from the former cross country standouts to the ROTC kids, all the way to the freshman who thought she would need to put on weight to become a coxswain. Tryouts, though, are demanding. Myhr embraces it. “It is [intensive,] and we’re looking for pretty special athletes,” he said. “It’s awesome because we do find them every year.” The number of neophytes that come to a handful of practices before walking away far exceeds the precious few that survive the cutdown process and qualify for the SEE ROWING PAGE 11