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This summer, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life announced the appointment
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of Eddie Banks-Crosson as director, a position he officially assumed on Aug. 17. The hire comes after a series of controversies at Penn involving Greek life. Last April, Alpha Chi Omega announced its move off campus, with Pi Kappa Phi following
suit over the summer. Last December, Phi Delta Theta received widespread criticism for an allegedly racist holiday photo and was subsequently placed on probation. Following the first few weeks of serving in his new role, The Daily
Pennsylvanian sat down with Banks-Crosson to learn about his background, his positions and his goals for the future. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND? I’m an inner city kid, from Birmingham, Ala. … I knew I
wanted to go away from home … Went to [Jacksonville State University], had a great experience but learned very quickly that I was unprepared to be there. So I had a young man that was a hall director SEE OFSL PAGE 5
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Wharton students compare their pre-Wharton expectations with reality
It is as if we want our conception of the world to be doctored like the headlines of the CCP.”
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Like many incoming freshman, Kevin Chou wondered whether Wharton would live up to its reputation as a highly competitive and stressful environment. So far, however, Penn’s business school has not been what he imagined. “I feel like Wharton in general, and maybe Penn, too, has a reputation of being
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a pressure cooker, and that the cutthroat competition can really get at you,” he said. “But at least for me — and granted it’s only been two weeks — I don’t really sense that.” Fellow Wharton freshman JJ Vulopas said that he has also been “pleasantly surprised” about the atmosphere at Wharton after arriving on campus. “I’ve heard some horror stories,” he said. I guess [it’s SEE WHARTON PAGE 8
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Penn First builds support for first-generation students It can be jarring to be a first-generation college student at an elite school VIBHA KANNAN Staff Reporter
Neither of Wharton senior Megan Humes’ parents has graduated college. Between them, they have collectively applied to only one job. But Humes was an excellent student who grew up in an idyllic middle-class neighborhood and was the first person in nine years to get into Penn from her high school. She was excited to
join a community of students who shared her own academic ambitions. However, she soon realized that, on an elite campus like Penn, being a first-generation college student can be a jarring experience. While a friend had an internship set up in Turkey by her father, the only job her parents could get her was at the car dealership where her dad worked. In her management class, she encountered students whose parents were CFOs of large corporations, and along Locust Walk, she brushed sleeves with
children of doctors, lawyers and politicians. Inspired by her experience, plus a social impact class about low-income students, last spring Humes and several other first-generation students founded Penn First, a group for low-income and first-generation students. “There is a stigma on campus with saying you are a low-income or firstgeneration student, but we want Penn First to be a safe space,” College senior and co-founder Sam Trinh said. College senior Cheyenne Rogers, another co-founder,
said the club plans to create a mentorship program where entering freshmen can speak about their concerns with upperclassmen. Her parents had never attended college and didn’t come to her high school parent-teacher conferences because they were intimidated by the institutional formalities. During her freshman year at Penn, she felt ashamed to ask for help when she began struggling in her economics and calculus classes. “I didn’t want to admit SEE PENN FIRST PAGE 8
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Penn entrepreneurs win health startup competition Karoscik and Sengupta created a company to market a medical invention SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Staff Reporter
Wharton isn’t the only place you can find entrepreneurs at Penn. Two Neuroscience graduate students, Krystle Karoscik and Medha Sengupta, recently won the National Institute of Health Neuro Startup Challenge. The competition involved creating a company to market a medical invention, and required competitors to develop a business plan, a market strategy and pitches to investors. Competitors could choose from 16 different products. The NIH invention they chose is an air gun-based technology for studying traumatic brain injuries. “What’s revolutionary about it is that it can change pressure frequencies to study anything from mild [traumatic brain injuries] all the way to blast-induced [traumatic brain injuries], and it can also study human cell lines in real time,” Karoscik said. Karoscik and Sengupta had
worked closely together for two years before Karoscik learned about the contest and suggested to Sengupta that they enter. “It was a great experience for us, I think, because we got to really use all our scientific knowledge, but also learn about the business side of things,” Sengupta said. “I was always interested in research, but I really wanted to do something that went beyond lab research, that was actually translating or applying research in healthcare or medicine.” The process began a year ago, and Sengupta and Karoscik won each phase of the competition as they progressed. “We went to Atlanta, Georgia in February to the Neuro Launch Demo Day Investor Conference,” Karoscik said. “We presented our poster there that outlined our entire project — the science and business aspect.” Although the device was originally developed for soldiers, who are most likely to undergo blastinduced brain trauma, Karoscik and Sengupta are looking into additional possible applications. “Hopefully we’ll be able to use it for other applications like sports
injuries, concussions, pediatric patients that have epilepsy and falls.” Karoscik said. They also see additional possible routes for their business model. “We have the device for research purposes right now but we’re looking to branch off into other areas, hopefully into imaging and drug development,” Karoscik said. Sengupta is most interested in the eventual application for drug development. Karoscik said one of the most exciting things about the win was being partnered with the NIH and with healthcare leader Richard Merkin. “Getting our names tied with Richard Merkin is awesome because he’s a really big name,” Karoscik said. Through the competition, they have also been connected with potential investors, and are heading to San Francisco this fall to present to more. Overall they agree it was a great learning experience. “You really don’t have competitions that allow you to experience the science side plus the business side of things, so this was a really good opportunity to get involved with,” said Sengupta.
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Freshmen reveal complexity of diversity on campus While many connect with similar peers, segregation can still be an issue JESSIE WASHINGTON Staff Reporter
For many new minority students, the opportunity to connect with peers of shared backgrounds is incredibly important. “You need to find somewhere you belong," College freshman Adam Abebe said. “It’s important to find people that will understand what you’re going through.” College freshman Aminat Balogun agrees that while race doesn’t determine her friendships, racial or ethnic identity can often be a uniting factor for minority students. “I don’t exactly feel pressure to hang out with people of my own ethnicity, but I do find myself
attracted to the group,” Balogun said. “I am of Nigerian ancestry and I feel the need to reach out to people of the same nationality — not because that is where I belong, but because I am interested in learning more about my culture and people.” Balogun feels as if Penn culture can sometimes be isolating for minority students. “In comparison to other elite schools that I visited during the college process, Penn is fairly diverse, but that’s all relative,” Balogun said. “It still needs to be much more racially diverse.” Many students note that even if Penn appears diverse, social situations can often be quite segregated. “I think Penn is a diverse community by design,” Balogun said. However, “oftentimes people of similar racial and socioeconomic backgrounds group together.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes students will have to work to meet new people.” While Abebe disagrees that Penn is as a whole segregated, he says that some of his friends have experienced segregation while attending parties over NSO. “I don’t think Penn is segregated, but frats maybe. When I went to parties I saw my friends being turned away, while they kept letting in white people behind them,” he said, adding though that he couldn’t be sure it was about race. Despite the possibility that parties themselves might be segregated, Abebe maintains that most groups on campus are open to all. “You see people of color everywhere," he said. “Everyone seems to be welcome in every club regardless of race.” As for Balogun, while she still
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THE QUIXOTIC QUAKER | Equity champions like Penn can end the unpaid internship
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vy League colleges have a reputation for catering to the cashmereclad upper class. But in recent decades, Penn has eschewed elitism and minimized the advantages of financial privilege so well that I sometimes forget I share a campus with some fabulously wealthy classmates. This is not by accident. Since arriving at the University in 2004, President Gutmann has made equity a priority and increased financial aid by 160 percent. Under Gutmann, Penn became the largest school (by student population) to boast a no-loan — now “all-grant” — financial aid policy and launched countless initiatives to level the economic playing field. With all this good work, it’s time for Penn to address one remaining bastion of inequity: the unpaid (or underpaid) internship. The problem with unpaid internships is their exclusivity. I had time to think about this while interning at a firm in NYC. My position was modestly paid, and living in Manhattan was … well … as expensive as living in Manhattan. The work experience
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was tremendously valuable, but the costs associated with Big Apple living were greater than my salary — and my family had to make up the difference. I couldn’t help but wonder about less advantaged students who couldn’t “afford” intern work. Prestigious but unpaid
yond the undergraduate years. I spoke with some local students: Yannik, a Philadelphia native and student at the esteemed Rhode Island School of Design, stated, “As a sculpture major, it’s necessary to have some kind of internship … but I’m not in the financial position to have one
as a win-win situation. The benefit to employers is obvious: free labor. And for wealthier students, internships are more plentiful when students work for free. Lower-income students, however, are left completely out of the equation. Because unpaid intern-
Still, unpaid internships are perceived as a win-win situation, which makes them unlikely to be eliminated through legal means.” internships help students strengthen their career prospects — but unpaid work isn’t feasible for poor students. A career-buoying unpaid internship in Washington, D.C., can cost upwards of $6,000. When the opportunity costs of not earning $3,500 by working at a McDonald’s are taken into account, it is easy to see why, when it comes to unpaid internships, some students lose out. Because internship experience is often used to determine which candidate will “get the job,” it seems likely the ripple effect of such inequity persists be-
that is unpaid.” Yannik might have to settle for paid work that is “art related” rather than accept an unpaid internship that’s a better match for his career. Jessica, a recent alum of the Community College of Philadelphia, told me about her work experience: “I really wanted to apply for this internship in Oklahoma, but when I learned [the internship was unpaid], I knew I … wouldn’t have the money. You pay for the privilege of working.” Unfortunately, unpaid internships are often perceived
ships benefit both corporations and wealthier students, they are unlikely to be eliminated through legal means. In fact, the legal climate for eliminating unpaid internships is getting worse: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently got rid of several legal restrictions for unpaid internships. The most significant remaining regulation is that unpaid internships must benefit the intern more so than the employer — a statute so vague it is essentially unenforceable. Universities however, can change things, and some have
already stepped up. New York University agreed to vet the legal compliance of unpaid internships before posting them on its careers website in 2014. Quickly after Columbia University stopped offering academic credit for unpaid internships. Unpaid internships have not become much of an issue on campus. Perhaps this is because, for us lucky Quakers, Penn subsidizes many unpaid or underpaid internships through programs such as the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative, the Civic House Public Interest Internship Fund and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. But just because many Penn students aren’t negatively affected by the existence of unpaid internships doesn’t mean the University should be complicit in this unfair practice. As a nationally-recognized academic powerhouse, Penn should consider the plight of students at less generous schools and discourage the existence of unpaid internships altogether. To this end, Penn should require that companies seeking unpaid interns clearly
THEODORE L. CAPUTI demonstrate a net benefit to students. Exploitative internship offers should be removed from the PennLink website. This way, if employers want access to Penn talent, they will need to make their internships fairer. The unpaid internship is a formidable opponent in the world of inequity and a challenge worthy of an equity champion like Penn.
THEODORE L. CAPUTI is a College and Wharton junior from Washington Crossing, Pa., studying finance/statistics and mathematics. His email address is tcaputi@wharton. upenn.edu. “The Quixotic Quaker” appears every other Wednesday.
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KEEN ON THE TRUTH | In China, censors are to blame for public misinformation; in America, we can only blame ourselves
first heard of the Falun Gong in the early 2000s. The house church I attended in Guangzhou was a little nervous about the increase in police scrutiny of religious events. But we were relieved to find that the police weren’t coming after Christians — they were looking for practitioners of an “evil cult,” some sort of wacky group practicing self-immolation. I remember feeling good, in a middleschooler sort of way, that I had nothing to do with that “evil cult”— and grateful that, for once, the Religious Affairs Bureau was focused on something worth investigating. I didn’t give the Falun Gong a second thought until I encountered them in a book assigned for History 394. The book opened with an incident at Sun Yat-sen University, where my father lectured for many years. A young doctor left the campus in a clean white vehicle with a prominent red cross on its side. He arrived at a kill-
ing ground. A few shots were fired, and a body was thrust into the van, the head and feet still twitching. The dying man’s kidney had been tissue matched to a 50-year-old Chinese patient, and the doctor quickly
just weren’t that many healthy dissident kidneys to go around (a piddling 15,000 were arrested after the 1989 Tiananmen massacre). But a decade later, 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners placed themselves in
But we were relieved to find that the police weren’t coming after Christians — they were looking for practitioners of an ‘evil cult,’ some sort of wacky group practicing selfimmolation.” removed it. Perhaps the kidney had belonged to an abominable criminal who — hoping to do a single good deed before he died — volunteered his organs for humanity. Perhaps. This was back in 1991, several months before Li Hongzhi began to teach the yoga-like practice and peaceful principles of the Falun Gong. Organ harvesting was still a new science. Besides in 1991, there
orderly rows on a Beijing sidewalk outside of Zhongnanhai to protest the imprisonment of 10 of their number and demand legalization of their religious publications. They touched off arrest on a massive scale. Of course, I never heard anything about this stunning protest. Nor do I recall hearing about the mass incarceration and physical torture — for purposes of “reconversion”
— that followed. But a highly conservative estimate of a million practitioners were ground through the Chinese laogai system by the beginning of my high school career. Of that million perhaps 180,000 (estimation is difficult) were screened for harvesting and 65,000 — with suitable organs — killed in cold blood. And I was under the impression that Falun Gong was an evil cult, being kept in line by the good work of the RAB! Even before I started following politics in America, I often heard complaints about media bias. Fox, CNN, The New York Times, ABC News — nearly every large media outlet — eagerly promote their own beliefs on every controversial issue. But thinking about my upbringing in China, I realized that there is a degree to which Americans are misinformed only in so far as they want to be. Very few people read the news across the political spectrum. Thus, for example, one
half of the country was shocked this summer at the “anti-abortion group” that put out a “heavily and selectively edited” video to attack Planned Parenthood for accepting reasonable processing fees — while the other half applauded the Center for Medical Progress as it caught Planned Parenthood in the act of discussing how they “sell” babies’ “body parts.” Each side watches only a few seconds of the videos involved, and those seconds are hand-picked to build one side of the argument or the other. It is as if we want our conception of the world to be doctored like the headlines of the CCP. True, the competitive nature of our media gets us a long way. News outlets which originally tried to minimize the Planned Parenthood videos, for example, were quickly pressured into covering them. But in order to really know what’s going on, extra effort has to be made — click on a few links, flip
JERMIAH KEENAN through a few channels, hear, perhaps, opinions with which we don’t agree. And if you sometimes get frustrated, as I do, with how much work it takes to sift through the biases on a single story, it’s useful to remember what a priceless privilege it is to have the contradictory accounts in the first place.
JEREMIAH KEENAN is a College junior from China, studying mathematics. His email is jkeenan@sas. upenn.edu. “Keen on the Truth” appears every other Wednesday.
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WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF BEING INVOLVED IN GREEK LIFE? If I look at my own experience, I had a group of young men that pushed me to be better than what I perceived myself to be, but those men also held me accountable … my experience and the experience of students that I’ve worked with has been that we’ve been able to navigate this thing called college because of the people that we surround ourselves with. And I think back to some of my fondest memories in college — work with my fraternity brothers. I think that I wore a suit coat because of my fraternity. I learned to tie a tie because of my fraternity. I learned to function in American society and be a socialite because of my fraternity. Those are the things that I would say are some true benefits to being a part of that group. And I learned a lot about myself. I tell people all the time: I can do anything because I was in a fraternity, because we didn’t necessarily have to like each other to get the job done. And that’s how I approach my philosophy and my work — we don’t have to love each other, we just have to get the job done. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR GOALS FOR THIS SEMESTER AND THIS YEAR? The goal for this semester and the year is just to really get to know the Greek community at Penn, get to know my staff and get to know what it takes to get the work done. I think it may not be as dramatic as people want it to be, but I think that’s my honest answer. WHAT CHANGES DO YOU PLAN ON MAKING TO THE OFFICE AND TO GREEK LIFE AT PENN? Right now, I’m getting new furniture, so I think that’s something I can be open and honest about, but again, I don’t have an idea or sense of what needs to change, and I think the basic answer is … my vision and direction is just to be great.
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adults make adult decisions … I do know that choosing to relinquish your charter … and still trying to maintain an experience that is unsupervised can be very dangerous. And you know, I’ve heard things in my career. The institution, there’s too many rules for us to follow. And I don’t really see them as rules; I see them as safety guidelines. And I think that when we reflect on what an experience is today in society we have to think that… things change and societies change, and so expectations change. And we have to be able to navigate those expectations appropriately and necessarily. SOME MEMBERS OF AXO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OFF CAMPUS HAVE SAID THAT THE CHOICE WAS A GOOD ONE BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE STIGMA THAT’S USUALLY ATTACHED TO BEING IN GREEK LIFE. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? I had a conversation with a group of students that are leaders in their organization and they said, “We’re working to try to provide quality experience
for every student on campus, but we’re competing with a group where underage students can go and have alcohol.” So I would, and I’m not going to get in a debate about whether it’s good or bad, but what I’m saying is, you as an adult are making a decision where you’re okay with what happens next. And so that’s what I say … Once you’re a member of a Greek organization, you’re always a member of a Greek organization, whether or not you want to acknowledge it. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON HANDLING THE RECOLONIZATION OF AXO? IS AXO AN ON-CAMPUS AFFILIATED SORORITY THAT PLANS TO RECOLONIZE? I am not directly involved. My supervisor is leading that charge, because he has the history … my understanding is that the group never closed — members chose to leave. So the group is still technically an active group and I think however that looks moving forward is up to us and their national organization. Some quotes have been edited for clarity.
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Penn follows through with historic mansion demolition Despite pushback, the mansion will be replaced with a student housing complex
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After a long battle between Penn and the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, the historic mansion at 400 S. 40th St. has finally been demolished. On Aug. 22, the University began demolishing the 40th and Pine mansion in order to create new student housing. Although Penn tried to compromise with the neighborhood, proposing a plan to incorporate the mansion into the housing complex they had received permission to begin, the neighborhood ultimately refused to meet them in the middle. Saving the mansion would have cost Penn more money, but the university was willing to do this if the neighborhood agreed to it. “It’s not like this thing happened overnight. There was enough of a lag time that if the opponents wanted to reach some sort of conclusion, they could’ve
done it,” Spruce Hill District zoning committee Director Barry Grossbach said. “Penn purchased the property in 2003 for redeveloping a neighborhood eyesore, and in that time presented a variety of redevelopment concepts to the local community,” Facilities and Real Estate Services Vice President Anne Papageorge said in an email statement. Ultimately, Penn decided to go forward with demolition after the university was granted a hardship — a designation allowing developers to circumvent the zoning code as written. In 2012, the Philadelphia Historic Commission determined “the property so blighted that its reuse was not feasible,” Papageorge said. The Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association, a group of West Philadelphia residents, appealed the demolition, but the decision was upheld by the Board of License and Inspection Review, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Commonwealth Court. “As far as the neighborhood is concerned, that battle is over,” Grossbach said. “It’s unfortunate
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A GUIDE TO PENN’S SIX NEW DEANS CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
The Class of 2019 are not the only new faces on campus — six new deans have been appointed over the last several months to serve throughout Penn’s 12 schools. Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett, Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel and Social Policy & Practice Dean John L. Jackson Jr. began their terms during the summer of 2014. Graduate School of Education Dean Pam Grossman took office this past January, and Penn Law School Dean Theodore Ruger and School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Vijay Kumar filled their positions this July. Penn President Amy Gutmann explained that the surge in new dean appointments stems from the timing of deans’ terms of service, as well as the length of her own term. “We have 12 deans all together, and our typical terms for deans are seven years, then five years. So given that they’re 12-year terms — you can figure, this is my 12th year as president — there’s going to be that kind of turnover,” she said. “They’re really off to a great start.” Despite specializing in diverse fields, three of the new deans — Villarruel, Jackson and Grossman — are currently working together on youth initiatives to serve local Philadelphians. The project, for which details have yet to be announced, will integrate nursing, education and social policy and practice. Even with six recent additions, the administration’s dean search isn’t over yet — Gutmann said that Penn is currently on the hunt for a new dean for the School of Design, whose current dean, Marilyn Jordan Taylor, will finish her term in June 2016. All of the new deans bring different backgrounds, experiences and ideas to their roles. Learn more about them below.
John L. Jackson Jr., Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice: Integrating Diverse Fields John L. Jackson Jr., whose term as Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice began July 1, 2014, is a cultural anthropologist with research interests in the impact of mass media on urban life, globalization, racial and ethnic diasporas, racialization and media technology. At the time of his appointment as dean, he held primary faculty appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences, with a secondary appointment in SP2. Jackson also became the University’s first Penn Integrates Knowledge professor when he joined in 2006, kicking off a program designed for faculty with appointments in two Penn schools who work to integrate various fields of knowledge.
Antonia Villarruel, Dean of the Nursing School: Addressing Needs of Minorities Antonia Villarruel, whose term as Dean of the Nursing School also began July 1, 2014, came to Penn after serving as associate dean for Research and Global Affairs at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Villarruel has developed a research program that studies interventions for Latino, Mexican and Puerto Rican populations, with a focus on reducing sexual risk among Latino adolescents. Much of her work has centered around minorities — she served on an advisory council concerning minority health and health dispar-
ities for the Secretary of Health and Human Services and was president of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations. Geoffrey Garrett, Dean of the Wharton School: Globalizing Knowledge Geoffrey Garrett, the third Penn dean to begin his term on July 1, was a Wharton faculty member from 1995 to 1997 before traveling across the globe to serve as dean and a professor of business at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. Garrett, who has held leadership roles and faculty positions at universities in the United States, England and Australia and has served as president of the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, brings a global perspective to his position as dean. Pam Grossman, Dean of the Graduate School of Education: Revitalizing Teacher Education Pam Grossman, a professor of education originally hailing from Stanford, Calif., took the position as Dean of GSE on Jan. 1, 2015, marking the completion of four dean searches within one year. Grossman’s experience ranges from K-12 classrooms to teacher education. At the time of her appointment, she headed Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching, and her research focuses on the changes facing teacher education, especially in New York City.
Theodore Ruger, Dean of Penn Law School: From the Supreme Court to Sansom Street
outside experience includes a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and stints in Washington, D.C., law firms.
Theodore Ruger, who previously served as Penn Law’s deputy dean, officially became the dean of Penn Law on July 1, 2015, replacing Interim Dean Wendell Pritchett. Ruger has a background in health law and regulation, food and drug law and constitutional law. Prior to his appointment, he had held numerous leadership positions at Penn, including advisor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. His
Vijay Kumar, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science: Transforming Technology Vijay Kumar, whose term as dean of the Engineering School also began on July 1, served in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering.
Kumar’s work focuses on the development of autonomous robots and biologically inspired algorithms for collective behavior. From 2012 to 2014, he was assistant director for robotics and other physical systems in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House.
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the same] with any prestigious school — about the atmosphere, the competitiveness [and] the curve. But I’ve really just seen an open and supportive environment so far. And everyone I’ve talked to — there’s a lot of people willing to help.” Wharton freshman Melissa Matalon agreed. “I guess there is that stereotype that people [at Wharton] are obnoxious or super competitive, so I was worried about that,” Matalon said. “When I actually came here ... I barely met any obnoxious people. People were super friendly. It wasn’t really the environment that people stereotype it as.” While expressing similar feelings as her peers, Matalon acknowledged that she still has trepidation about her adjustment from classrooms in the high school to the halls of Huntsman. “It was very overwhelming to be in a place where so many people are so well-spoken and vocal because I’ve never
really been in that environment before,” she said. “It was much easier to share my voice in my high school, and now everyone is a leader who is vocal about their opinions, and it’s more of an effort to get your thoughts out there. That’s something that I’m going to try to work on.” Vulopas said he has felt the same way. “Meeting all the new people, being in a new place — it’s a definite adjustment, especially when everyone you talk to has a startup in China, researched this, discovered this,” he said. “But again, we’re all in the same boat. So it’s intimidating that I’m surrounded by all these brilliant people and resources, and I think that finding my way will be tough, but fulfilling.” Before arriving on campus three years ago, Wharton senior Dave Thomas had similar feelings. For Thomas, the school initially felt “very intimidating,” but he soon realized that the feelings of intimidation came from within. “Each person has a preconceived notion of how they are and how things outside of them also are, so [the intimidation] was true to the extent that I allowed it to be,” he said. “I’ve been through three-plus years of struggles — of course, because it’s a very difficult school — but I’ve had a lot of help. My friends have always been there to help me. Faculty members have always been there to help me. It is intimidating, but once you get accustomed to being in such a high-paced, rapidmoving culture, it doesn’t seem as intimidating. It’s more the norm.” Fel low W ha r ton sen ior
Connie Chen also emphasized the importance of camaraderie at Wharton. “The competitiveness [at Wharton] is with the curve and getting into clubs and [oncampus recruiting] jobs,” Chen said. “From my experience, I’ve had some very collaborative friends, and you help each other and work together and ‘case’ together. I think some people might not be as collaborative as others, but you tend to just stick out with people who are positive. I would say 95 percent of the people are super nice and helpful.” At the end of his undergraduate experience, Thomas said he has come to understand the meaning of being a student at Wharton. “[At Wharton], I’ve developed into my own. I feel like I’ve found my niche. I’ve discovered what it means to be a Wharton student in the sense that you are very gifted and you are very able-minded,” he said. “But you use your able-mindedness and your gifts for the greater good, rather than just for self-attainment or self-glory. As you grow older in Wharton, I feel like you realize that not everything is about you. Its more about the greater community, and that’s why you give back.” For the freshmen, many are hoping to use their first year at Wharton to discover their passions. “I don’t know what I want to do in the future or where these next few weeks, months [and] years will take me,” Vulopas said. “But Wharton allows you to explore. Especially this first year — this is exactly what I want to do.”
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Chow said they are working with Dean of Admissions Erica Furda in order to reach out to incoming first-generation freshmen. The founders also want to connect club members with firstgeneration alumni and faculty members. “We want them to see people that are successful in their professions, so members can be like, ‘I can make it too,’” Rogers said. “Amy Gutmann herself is actually a first-generation college student.” However, the founders of Penn First don’t believe that the difficulties first-generation and low-income students face is just a conversation between their group and the administration. “This is really a schoolwide movement,” Chow said. “We’re just the vehicle for the change.”
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that I was this poor girl who was failing her classes and couldn’t talk to her parents,” Rogers said. “Looking back at it, I just wish I could have had somebody that I could have talked to that really got it.” College sophomore and cofounder Collin Loughead said that the club will plan social events on campus and affordable trips into the city. “Penn is a prestigious institution, and a lot of Penn students have expensive hobbies, so we want to show them something you can do on campus that’s free,” Loughead said. Penn First also has plans at the administration level. Wharton and Engineering senior Jackie
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Distrito’s new $3.50 tacos will make you go loco Other renovations include a karaoke lounge and a CD-based jukebox KRISTEN GRABARZ Campus News Editor
Chef Jose Garces gave Distrito a makeover — just in time for some start-of-the-semester stress eating. Seven years into operation, Distrito’s first floor has been completely renovated into Distrito Taqueria, a casual, vibrant and affordable eatery distinct from the original restaurant on the floor above. The renovation means that Penn students need not travel far for affordable Mexican food. Inspired by the street food heritage of Mexico City’s taco shops, a new menu offers $3.50 tacos, $9.50 burritos and $9.50
quesadillas, which rival the pricing of Frontera and Honest Toms and can be prepared with a selection of nine fillings. Along with the traditional soups, salads and appetizers, a full bar is also available, featuring Distrito’s signature margaritas. The renovation brings a casual flair to the 40th and Chestnut restaurant, featuring market lights, swing set seating, picnic benches and seating emblazoned with glitter and floral patterns. The Volkswagen beetle seating area has been relocated to the center of the dining room, and a new karaoke lounge can seat up to 20 guests — with room on stage for a singer. A CD-based jukebox accompanies the flat-screen televisions around the perimeter of the
taqueria, and an AstroTurf host area leaves guests ready for a rustic culinary experience. Six hundred lucha libre masks adorn the wall alongside the stairs dividing the top and bottom levels, adding even more cultural panache. The second floor of the restaurant has also been updated with an open layout and new furniture, though the original Distrito menu remains the same. The Garces group’s first Philadelphia restaurant, tapas purveyor Amada, will celebrate its 10th anniversary in October. The group’s 7th and Walnut Rosa Blanca restaurant, a Cuban- and Caribbean-inspired venue, is in the midst of a renovation as well. After closing in early June, it will reopen this fall as a coffee rum bar concept.
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Who would play you in the movie version of your life? Amanda Bynes, but before she spiraled out of control.
What’s your favorite movie? Miracle, easy.
What’s your favorite class at Penn? I took a cool class called “The Autism Epidemic� freshman year.
Pre-game meal? Greek Lady. I get chicken with a side of rice and green beans and mushrooms.
Best place to eat around campus? Chipotle.
Any superstitions? When we win, I have to wear the same sports bra and compression shorts, and if we lose, then I have to change it and start with something new.
Pump-up song? The instrumental soundtrack from Rudy.
Who’s your favorite player on the US Women’s National Team? Megan Rapinoe.
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able to build a strong friendship off the field with Nwokedi that has carried over to Penn. “It’s weird because she used to mark me during games, and now, she is playing forward with me, so it’s pretty cool to see that transition.� Another freshman who has had an easier transition as a result of former club connection is Maddie Dawkins. A Philadelphia native, the young forward played on Continental FC Delco with fellow freshman Tori Klevan. The two rookies, who both play forward for the Quakers, have been friends for some time now, so being able to continue playing together and seeing each other grow at the collegiate level has been a special experience. “We have been great friends for a long time, so it was exciting [when we both committed to Penn],� Dawkins said. “I think we bring a great energy together because we really know how each other works, so we can push each other to our limits.� Although not a freshman, Lauren Petite has also greatly benefited from the friendships she made on her club soccer team, Lamorinda United 95. Petite transferred from TCU after her freshman season, and as a new member of the Quakers, she has been reunited with her former club teammate, sophomore forward Farah Otero-Amad. Petite believes that OteroAmad’s reassurance ultimately
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Sophomore Lauren Petite has had some adjusting to do since transfering to Penn, but her relationship with Farah Otero-Amad has helped.
played a big role in her decision to come to Penn. She also sees numerous similarities between her old club team and her new collegiate team that make her appreciate her new squad even more. “To have someone that knows you and saw you grow and to be able to play with them in college is a really special thing,� Petite said. “The thing about my club that I cherished the most was the family aspect of it, and one of the reasons I actually chose Penn and
this team was because I felt like the family dynamic was there as well.� In fact, everyone who came in knowing someone from her younger playing days stressed how special it was to find a team where the camaraderie is so strong between everyone. “We all feel like we knew each other before,� Stephens said. And in a period of such turnover for their program, that bond is such a special and rare thing to find.
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Early season schedule could pose threat for Penn Quakers to take on 13th-ranked Clemson
contest, and she — along with and the rest of the Clemson offense — figures to be one of the toughest foes ahead for Dwyer and her fellow backs. Of course, what really matters for
the Red and Blue is the seven games on their slate in which they will take on their Ancient Eight rivals. Last season, after closing out 2014 with three consecutive wins, the Quakers salvaged their conference
record by finishing 3-3-1 for a share of third place in the league. The two teams that finished ahead of them, Harvard and Dartmouth, both return key players and will be tough matchups for this year’s Penn squad.
Still, it should only get easier for the Quakers after the first Ivy contest. On Sept. 26, first-year coach Nicole Van Dyke will lead her team to Cambridge for her inaugural Ivy League game against defending champion Harvard. Hopefully for Van Dyke, it won’t be a rude welcoming to the Ancient Eight. The Crimson return junior forward Margaret Purce, who has punished conference opponents in her first two seasons. For the second straight season, she was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list. She has also competed for the U.S. Under-20 National Team and was the first freshman to win Ivy League Player of the Year, doing so in 2013. If the Red and Blue can get past Purce and the Crimson, they may have the inside track to the Ivy League title. Of course, the Big Green won’t let anyone run away with the championship belt. Dartmouth returns nine starters from last season’s crew, so it should again be relevant throughout the season. Penn hosts Dartmouth on Oct. 17 in its fourth conference tilt of the season. The game could have large
each other and we play a Penn-style soccer.” If that “Penn-style” is anything like what Van Dyke was used to at Stanford, it will certainly involve winning. Before packing her bags for Philadelphia after her hiring was announced in mid-March, Van Dyke spent four years in Palo Alto. In those four seasons at the Farm — her first three as an assistant coach, her final as assistant head coach — her team racked up a 0.866 winning percentage. Put another way, that’s only nine losses for the Cardinal in 97 games. Granted, Van Dyke isn’t the one netting goals and earning tournament MVP honors. But if the Seton Hall win was any indication of just
how much the aura of Van Dyke permeates through her players’ actions on the field, there are certainly good things to come for the Red and Blue. “We come to practice, and it’s a blast,” says senior captain Erin Mikolai. “It’s not a job anymore.” Part of this change in atmosphere comes from the influx of fresh faces on the team. From a player standpoint, nine new freshman joined the roster in 2015 and a slew of players out with injuries in the spring have returned to competitive shape for the fall. Thus, with the roster far from concrete, Van Dyke has inspired a sense amongst her players of wanting to prove their worth both to their coaches and to their peers.
“There’s no one on the team that wouldn’t give 120 percent for her every single practice,” said Mikolai. “Just the momentum and the dedication at practice it seems like we’re a completely different team.” The work ethic isn’t the only thing that looks different about the Quakers in 2015. For the first time since Suzette Wolf coached the Red and Blue back in 1993, Penn has a female head coach. Not only that, Van Dyke brought in two female assistants to join assistant coach Emily Perrin, a 2014 hire and the sole remnant of former coach Darren Ambrose’s staff, to round out an allfemale staff. That being said, the Cal-Bakersfield grad and former coach doesn’t
allow gender to define her coaching style. “I prefer not to coach as a female,” she said. “We coach the individuals, we coach the teams.” “My goal is that we’re just lead-by-example role models and that we’re good leaders for them every day,” said Van Dyke. Thus far, one of the biggest impacts that Van Dyke and her staff have had is ushering in a new era of simplicity. “Rather than being more direct in everything, she’s more about simple touches, finding feet, finding the easy pass,” said Mikolai. “She just gets us to be more composed with the ball.” This change of play was noticeable on Sunday. Last year, it wasn’t
“Right when I got back on the field, it was great, I got out there running and playing with everyone. I fit right in. Everyone is so nice.” Soon, it’s time to get down to business. There’s the first practice, when everything seems new and the season sits on the horizon. The transition to college athletics varies sport to sport, but in most cases there’s one main factor: athleticism. “Usually everyone’s the same size as me when I played in high school; when I’m in college everyone is 22 years old and huge and they go like that and I fall over,” Stephens said, miming a slight push. “I just need to get into the weight room I guess. Other than that everything is pretty much the same.” In practice, the newcomers have a chance to start to get up to speed, but there’s no substitute for real game experience. There’s the first game, when the team faces its first real challenge as a unit and the hard work of the past few weeks begins to show. The narrative for the first game always differs. For some teams, the freshmen aren’t expected to be huge
contributors and upperclassmen dominate the starting lineup from opening day. But on most, there are openings. Not always a starting role, but often significant playing time. “Role changes per kid, it’s so different. Each kid acclimates differently. A lot has to do with ‘Is there someone in their position?’ and ‘Are they coming in at a high fitness level?’” Van Dyke said. “The one thing that happens is everyone gets an opportunity. It just depends how they run with that opportunity.” For Penn, the first game narrative was simple: the newcomers came to play. No matter how you cut the statistics or the tape, it’s impossible to remove the imprint left by new faces. Petite, Stephens and freshman Romie Boyd started the game. Fellow freshmen Cami Nwokedi, Allie Trzaska, Cameo Hazlewood and Maddie Dawkins all saw playing time off the bench. All in all, the new players combined to score all three of the Quakers’ goals and took 10 of the team’s 11 shots on goal. The first game is just the beginning of the story. The rest of the story, you ask? That remains to be told.
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After a tough 2014 campaign, one that featured the loss of All-American defender Caroline Dwyer to injury before Ivy League play and ended with the departure of longtime coach Darren Ambrose, Penn women’s soccer looks to rebound this season. But a daunting schedule lies in the Quakers’ path. The Red and Blue begin their year with seven straight out-of-conference games. While 10 of their 16 games will be within the familiar confines of Rhodes Field in 2015, Penn’s early season matchups are highlighted by a trip down south to face No. 13 Clemson in South Carolina. The Tigers — who are fresh off an inspiring 2-1 victory over then-eighth-ranked South Carolina — appear to be the toughest matchup on the Quakers’ horizon. Junior midfielder Catrina Atanda was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week after her game-winning goal in the
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the Red and Blue — she looks like she belongs in the coach’s position. Maybe her calm demeanor on Sunday was a reflection of the scoreboard — thanks to an early goal by sophomore transfer Lauren Petite, Penn settled into its first regular season game with a one-goal lead only four minutes into the action. Regardless, from the way her players clicked on the field from the get-go, it is clear that whatever Van Dyke has done in her two short weeks of coaching at Penn is working. “It’s game by game,” said Van Dyke. “But also, we want to build a culture and a team where we play for
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freshmen to a sophomore transfer and, of course, a new coach, it could have been easy for coach Nicole Van Dyke to get overwhelmed by all of the players waiting for her in Philadelphia. “During the spring, we tried to see everyone we could,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said, describing her experiences meeting the new recruits during her own coaching transition. “We didn’t get to see everyone, so at the first meal you’re kind of like ‘OK wait is that Sasha?’ because she’s in real clothes and I’ve never seen her there.” The personal stories are just the beginning, though. The real plot begins at Penn. There’s the first day, when players hit campus, get welcomed by their new teammates and start preparing for the season. “The first few weeks were kind of hard. I didn’t get to practice with the team right away because I didn’t have some blood tests in,” Stephens said.
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In order to contend for the Ivy League championship in 2015, Penn women’s soccer will need senior back Caroline Dwyer, who missed time last year with a knee injury, to anchor the Quakers’ defense.
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implications considering its timing at the climax of the Ivy season. Following their game with the Big Green, the Quakers’ final three contests all come against Ivy foes. The first, which comes against Yale, is a rematch of the Red and Blue’s only draw from the 2014 season. Though it comes at home, the matchup won’t be easy for Penn and could be influential in shaping the final Ivy League standings. Afterwards, it might be tempting for the squad and its fans to look ahead to the final game of the season when Penn hosts archrival Princeton over Homecoming on Nov. 7. But sandwiched between it and the Yale matchup is a potential trap game up in Providence, where the Quakers have a Halloween contest against lowly Brown. 2014’s cellar dwellers may not look too intimidating now, but anything can happen in New England during the fall, especially if weather becomes a factor. Despite the obstacles on its schedule, Penn lost only four starters from last season’s group. With a new coach and a healthy Dwyer manning the back line, no matter who the Red and Blue face in 2015, there’s no telling what they can accomplish.
uncommon to see the Quakers struggle to connect passes under pressure. Last weekend, Penn’s touches were precise and despite an aggressive attack from the Pirates, its defenders never seemed flustered. According to Van Dyke, “We use these games to showcase what we’re learning and as we continue we start to build something.” Just what is that something? It’s too soon to say. After all, the season is barely three weeks old. But if the positive energy and poise of Van Dyke’s team on the field continues to grow, it’s possible that those women with “PENN” emblazoned across their chests could very well be hoisting an Ivy trophy above their heads sometime in the near future.
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Five of 10 new players have previously met in club play ANNA DYER Associate Sports Editor
For just about everyone, college is about new experiences. A new city perhaps. New friends. New teachers. And for athletes, a whole new team filled with unfamiliar faces. After training with the same team throughout high school and developing a strong support system of friends, family and coaches, the transition to the collegiate level is understandably a difficult one for most athletes. But luckily for a few of the girls on Penn women’s soccer, not every face on their new squad is unfamiliar. In fact, five of the 10 team’s new players — including freshman forward and Ivy League Rookie of the Week Sasha Stephens — either played on the same club team as a current Penn teammate or played against one in club competition. Although Stephens, a California native, didn’t play on the same club team as any of her current teammates, she did play against fellow rookie Californian Cami Nwokedi, which created a unique dynamic when the two finally joined forces for the Red and Blue. “It’s actually kind of funny because she committed two days after I did,” Stephens said. “She had just moved to a new team that I played regularly in tournaments, so we finally met, and we instantly hit it off.” Despite the pair’s fierce competition on the field — Stephens and Nwokedi both played forward for their rival squads — Stephens says she has been
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On any given weekend afternoon at Rhodes Field, you’ll see women charging up and down the turf, bold red block letters branding “PENN” across their chests. Flurries of action spring up and scatter across the field following the arcs of the soccer ball. Amidst all this chaos, one woman is a point of calm and stillness. Coach Nicole Van Dyke wears the same Penn badge across her chest as her players, but she hardly ever moves. No pacing, no nervous twitches. Just her eyes following her players’ outstretched legs and feet yearning for the ball. Even from just a first glance of Sunday’s 3-1 seasonopening victory over Seton Hall — Van Dyke’s first game coaching
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Newcomers start first chapter of Penn experience Quakers add 10 to veteran-laden roster HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor
First, there’s the prologue. Before reaching Penn, every athlete has a story. The Ivy League is an enticing destination for athletes, a rare blend of firstrate academics and competitive Division I programs. No athlete comes to Penn just for the athletics, they come for the same reasons any college student chooses their respective school. “It’s all about the people. Everyone made me want to come
here,” freshman forward Sasha Stephens said. “The atmosphere — I live in California so I’m all the way across the country — I want to go somewhere that I love if I’m going to go 3,000 miles away from home.” And just like the rest of the student body, there isn’t one cookie-cutter that matches them all. Not everyone takes the direct route. Stephens originally committed to Dartmouth, but after a coaching switch between the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Stephens reconsidered her recruiting options and landed on her feet with the Quakers. For sophomore transfer Lauren Petite, who didn’t see
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any game action with TCU last season before coming to Penn, the path to the Red and Blue wasn’t direct either. “I had heard from my club coach, who had a relationship with Nicole [Van Dyke], that she was going to try to come in and do something a little different with the program, play a more possession-oriented style. That was very important to me,” Petite said. “The atmosphere of the team and the school in general was so welcoming, I knew this is where I wanted to be.” From a new class of SEE NEWCOMERS PAGE 11
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Freshman forward Sasha Stephens committed to Penn after a coaching change at Dartmouth led her to reconsider her prior commitment. The La Mesa, Calif., native is one of 10 new players for the Quakers and scored two goals on Sunday.
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