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AXO lives on as sorority of none

Eight of 15 interviewed Penn Ashley Madison subscribers told the DP they were hacked

University administrators say that the chapter will recolonize

DAN SPINELLI Senior Reporter

LILY ZANDI Staff Reporter

After a difficult semester making the move offcampus, the members of OAX are now planning for recruitment and philanthropy.

After Alpha Chi Omega violated Penn’s Alcohol and Drug Policy in January, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life placed 22 sanctions on the sorority. Former AXO members declined to go into exact detail as to what these sanctions were, but confirmed that instead of complying, they almost unanimously decided to disaffiliate and relinquish their charter.

Since April, OAX has existed as an off-campus, philanthropic organization for the women that were previously members of AXO. OAX is roughly the same size as AXO was because only a few members decided to continue their involvement in the sorority or not be a part of either SEE OAX PAGE 9

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o one was more shocked at finding their name among the 32 million Ashley Madison subscribers than one Penn pro-

fessor.

The Aug. 18 hack released 9.7 gigabytes of private user data, including names, email addresses and credit card information. There 104 subscribers with upenn. edu email addresses. Out of the 15 Ashley Madison subscribers interviewed by the Daily Pennsylvanian, more than half said they were hacked and didn’t sign up for an account themselves.

“Every day, I get a scam message notification,” said the professor, a scholar of women’s health.

He never signed up for Ashley Madison and believes his email was acquired when

a virus struck his computer earlier this year. During that virus, he later said, his information must have been used to register for an account.

The professor’s research on women’s health, he claims, tends to make his computer more susceptible to malware and fake links.

After making a Google search about female anatomy, “I was getting all kinds of pornographic emails,” he said. The emails were most likely from other Ashley Madison subscribers who often solicit other users. He visited an IT official at Penn who identified the virus and cleared it from his system, but was still not aware the emails might be connected to the adultery website.

He only found out when he was

In the ongoing feverish tug-ofwar over Greek life at Penn, you have just volunteered to be the rope.”

contacted by The Daily Pennsylvanian.

“It makes you wonder how much that’s going on [the Internet] that we’re not aware of,” he said.

In an analysis of the 104 upenn.edu emails registered on the Ashley Madison website, the DP was only able to verify that 36 of them were functional and connected to real people. The website doesn’t require email verification, meaning a user can subscribe with someone else’s email or a fake one.

An alumnus whose email was registered with the website also felt alarmed by the news. He never registered for the site, but believes it may have been linked to an identity theft from last year.

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PennApps XII to emphasize civic engagement

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This weekend’s hackathon will partner with the City of Philadelphia

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This year’s PennApps will be the largest to date, with over 2000 participants from 147 universities across 11 countries.

Penn is about to be filled with thousands of hackers from across the globe, ready for 36 hours of weaving codes into technological tapestries.

Tomorrow kicks off the 12th

biannual PennApps, the world’s largest and first student-run collegiate hackathon. Individual coders and teams of up to four people will spend the weekend finding innovative ways to use hardware and software to solve real-world problems.

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No current plans for body cameras for Penn Police Phila. Police have had successful pilot program LOWELL NEUMANN NICKEY Staff Reporter

In the wake of scrutiny and media coverage over police interactions with minorities, body cameras have emerged as a potential resolution.

The Philadelphia Police Department launched its pilot program using body cameras for its officers in December. At the time, the Division of Public Safety said it was researching the possibility of implementing a program of its own, but was waiting for the PPD pilot to pan out.

Given the Penn Police’s unique scope and patrol area, body cameras could be redundant, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. Penn has over 140 pan-tilt cameras covering almost every inch of public space on Penn’s campus. “We aren’t rushing into it because we don’t really need it,” Rush said.

She also pointed out that under Pennsylvania’s strict wire-tapping laws, the police must ask to record before entering any private residences. Still, DPS has been researching body cameras for some time, Rush said, and they will continue to consider it an option in the future.

After the conclusion of its pilot program this March, the PPD is working on the evaluation of the findings, PPD Public Information Officer Lieutenant John Stanford said.

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countries.

“We’ve never done something of this scale before,” head of PennApps marketing and press Devesh Dayal said. “We have a huge set-load of sponsors on board this time, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out...

This time we’ve increased [the number of students] quite a bit because we’re all about inclusivity and including as many student

“Once that evaluation is done, the department will make a selection of camera type and system that is most practical,” Stanford said. The department will then make a purchase and start a permanent program.

More than 30 volunteer officers from the PPD’s 22nd district began wearing body cameras in December 2014. They tested cameras from multiple companies, most notably the company Taser, which also produces conductive energy devices. The officer’s reactions have been generally positive. Officer Anthony Case told the Philadelphia Daily News in an article printed on Wednesday, “I thought it was a progressive idea on the department’s behalf. If I go on the street without it, I feel like I’m going back in time a little bit.”

The statistics on body cameras are also, in general, quite positive. One study shows that after the implementation of body cameras, the number of complaints filed against officers dropped from 0.7 complaints per 1,000 contacts to 0.07 complaints per 1,000 contacts. These numbers may seem minuscule, but in terms of real dollar value, approximately four dollars are saved on dealing with complaints for every one dollar spent on cameras.

That said, the purchasing of the cameras, storage space and other necessities represents a huge initial investment. According to the Police Executive Research Forum, most agencies spent between $800 and $1,200 on each camera.

But that doesn’t mean the

hackers as we can.”

In addition to its relocation to the Wells Fargo Center this year, the hackathon will include new features and community-based initiatives.

Through a “route” system, hackers can choose to incorporate different themes into their hacks, such as design, humor, virtual/augmented reality and educational technology.

Each category will have its own themed prizes, guest speakers and expert judges, as well as

implementation by Penn Police would necessarily cost a fortune.

Police agencies have looked to the federal government for funding. In December of last year, the Obama administration announced a plan to spend $75 million on body cameras alone as part of a $263 million, threeyear plan to help improve the nation’s

police forces. The caveat is that state and local departments will have to match any funding they receive from the federal government.

Though most programs around the country are still in their early phases, many experts maintain that use of body cameras has the potential to change the way police officers

and citizens interact.

Assistant professor of Criminology Charles Loeffler said the adoption of wearable body cameras can be compared to the adoption of other, now standard police equipment such as uniforms in the 19th century or patrol cars in the 20th.

Loeffler feels that there is still a lot

of research that can be done, and the effectiveness of body cameras will depend on a variety of external factors.

“A lot will depend on the particulars of how body camera programs are implemented and how they are communicated to citizens and rankand-file officers,” said Loeffler.

Penn Police is not the only agency with hesitations over adopting body cameras. Some officers and policy experts have expressed concerns over the camera’s potential to add yet another level of surveillance on the American people, and extend the infringement of privacy rights.

“We are always concerned when the government, particularly the police, collects large amounts of information about people who aren’t entering the criminal-justice system,” said Mary Catherine Roper — the deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania — in the Wednesday Philadelphia Daily News article.

“We’re concerned that it not become a bank of ‘suspicious characters’ for police to look through later. They need to be adopted with a lot of caution and care and protections.”

Loeffler feels that the camera’s effects on privacy will again depend heavily on multiple factors. “How citizen privacy will be affected by police cameras will depend a lot on how the technology is used by police departments and how courts balance the interests of the public, the police and the privacy of citizens,” Loeffler said.

various activities and workshops.

This year, PennApps is pushing community involvement by automatically accepting all applicants from local high schools and colleges in the Philadelphia area — an initiative to grow the technological community. The hackathon has also introduced a social and civic hacking route in conjunction with the Office of Innovation and Technology in the City of Philadelphia government. This route will give students access to city data and

allow them to work with government officials to solve problems.

PennApps stated in a press release that Mayor Michael Nutter may be coming to inaugurate the event.

“Hackathons like PennApps are a great place to learn new things about how engineering plays a larger role in society and how it’s important to go outside the classroom to build things that have a visible impact on society,” Dayal said.

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winning creation was lifesaber, an app that helps first responders perform CPR. The app guides the rescuer with protocol: it determines if CPR is needed and gives feedback to make sure compressions are in sync, automatically calls 911 and provides the location of incident, alerts other app users nearby for assistance and provides Automated External Defibrillator (AED) locations. “[PennApps is] a great place to hone your skills,” Dayal said. “You come in expecting to

build something and it’s really common to come out building something you never thought you could have done before. ...

There’s a major focus on learning. It’s great to see all the help that the hacks that are made can provide.”

After coding over the weekend, hackers will present their projects in a science fair setting on Sunday. Members of the public will be welcome to test out the inventions at the PennApps Expo.

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After the conclusion of a pilot program this March, the Philadelphia Police Department is moving forward with the implementation of body cameras.

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Penn robots win world soccer championship for 5th time Team traveled to China to participate in competition

SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Staff Reporter

Every July, Penn dominates in a soccer world championship. But it’s not the students on the field.

This summer, Penn’s robots beat out Iran in the RoboCup World Finals.

“You have robots playing against each other in a game of soccer, and all the robots are supposed to be autonomous, so that means that they behave by themselves based on the algorithms you programmed,” doctoral student and Penn RoboCup team captain Stephen McGill said.

Penn’s RoboCup team is composed of two different groups.

Undergraduate students generally compete in the standard platform league, which uses smaller robots that are only a few feet tall and standardized hardware for each team in the competition.

Graduate students compete using adult-sized humanoid robots, which teams build themselves. There are also differences between the two leagues in how the robots play against each other.

“You want to coordinate three or more of these robots on a field for the standard platform league. For the adult-sized humanoid league it’s a one-on-one scenario, like a penalty shot in hockey,” McGill said.

It was Penn’s humanoid league that ultimately swept the competition this year, winning its last game in overtime.

“We were able to defeat Iran in the nick of time,” McGill said.

Some of the same students have been involved with RoboCup and working on fine-tuning the robots’ algorithms for years. The longevity of the project has paid off. Penn has been incredibly successful over the years, winning its fifth trophy in a row at this year’s competition.

McGill attributed the Penn team’s success to “a lot of hard

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Penn’s robots won the annual Robocup World Finals this summer. From left to right: Professor Dan Lee and team members Marcell Missura, Jianqiao Li, Jinwook Huh, Heejin Jeong, Seung Joon Yi, Stephen McGill.

work.” He also credited faculty sponsor professor Daniel Lee for keeping the team on the right path.

“He really makes sure that we’re staying focused and looking at the

right aspects of the code,” McGill said.

The challenge factor of the competition also increases every year, making it hard to stay consistently

competitive.

“This year in particular, the vision changed a lot because ... everything was white, except the robots, the field and the obstacles.

And the turf was just like astroturf,” McGill said.

Even the logistics of traveling to this year’s Robocup were more challenging than usual, because it was held in Hefei, China.

“We had to fly all of our equipment over, and deal with all the headaches of shipping,” McGill said. “Once we got over there we set up shop and did our best to reprogram the robots, to fix any bugs.”

Engineering junior and fellow team member Sagar Poudel explained in an email that the competition is not all about soccer.

“Just like how these robots are trained to detect a ball, they could later be trained to detect other useful stuff such as roads, which could be of great help for visuallyimpaired people. Today, they are being trained to run towards a soccer goal post, but some day these very robots could be trained to run in a surface where human interven75004 tion might be dangerous or even impossible.”

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ear Mr. BanksCrosson, First of all, let me wish you the best of luck. In the ongoing feverish tug-of-war over Greek life at Penn, you have just volunteered to be the rope. It is a job which, frankly, I do not envy.

On one side of this tugof-war, pulling with all their might, are the University’s lawyers and PR staff. They fear the legal liability and potential bad press which social clubs for college students — for this is essentially what fraternities and sororities have become — inevitably represent.

I suspect you would agree with me that Greek organizations should be about more than parties. They have strayed, in large part, from their origins as associations dedicated to moral values, and they need to refocus upon those origins. You may hope, in your new position, to lead the effort to put Penn’s

TALKING BACKWARD | An open letter to the new OFSL Director chapters back on track. It is a worthy goal, but I fear it is a futile one. Like all human associations, Penn’s Greek organizations resist change when it is imposed from without. Even if this were not the case, the trust between the office you now lead and the students it supervises

ability. It is in their rational interests to eliminate Greek life completely, to drive it from campus and wash their hands of the risk it represents. That your office has, in the past five years, become far more punitive in character than it had been before, despite no change in leadership,

the potential to be powerful forces for good in the lives of their members and the communities within which they reside. But this team is out-muscled and growing weary. In this game, convictions about what is right and what is good rarely outweigh financial interests.

Penn’s Greeks need space to reform from within, guided by mentors whom they respect, not administrators whom they have come to resent.” has been deeply damaged in the past several years. Penn’s Greeks need space to reform from within, guided by mentors whom they respect, not administrators whom they have come to resent.

This you may also hope to change. It is not, however, in the interests of those to whom you are accountable to allow you to take the actions necessary to rebuild trust. In that space, they see only li-

shows that the University has reached this conclusion. The sudden departure of the previous director — an enthusiastic proponent of Greek life — suggests that the authority of your position is insufficient to stop them.

On the other end of the rope, pulling just as furiously but with less far success, is a coalition of those who believe that despite everything, Greek organizations retain

And so the rope has slid, inch by inch, through their hands. If the game doesn’t change, this team, to which I believe you belong, is not only going to lose, but is going to collapse in a heap.

You have a chance to change the game. The essential relationship between Greeks and the institutional University has to be amended. The legal ties between Greeks and Penn must be cut

without sacrificing the guidance structures which represent the best hope at lasting cultural change within the Greek system — which is what happens when chapters go underground. Maintaining ties with national organizations is essential if chapters are to fulfill their highest potential, but current recognition agreements do not allow chapters to operate without University sanction.

What you must do, if you wish to save to the system you profess to cherish, is put yourself out of business — gradually. Work with national organizations to restructure recognition agreements so that chapters may operate as private social clubs, answerable to national leadership but not to the University itself. Only this will end the tug-of-war without destroying Greek life entirely. Only this will give chapters the space and the resources they need to begin re-discovering their moral centers. Only this

ALEC WARD will avert a plague of unaccountable, unsupervised, underground organizations which stand for little else besides hedonism and indulgence. Only this will save the system you have said you believe in.

I hope you are able to do what must be done.

ALEC WARD is a College junior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@ sas.upenn.edu. Follow him on Twitter @TalkBackWard.

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Lengthy preparation precedes semesters abroad

Administrative red tape plagues abroad students JESSICA MCDOWELL Staff Reporter

For students spending their semesters abroad, the registration process didn’t end with simply signing up for classes on Penn InTouch.

Though the semester is already underway for many students who are abroad, the process began as early as February, when most Penn Abroad applications are due. Students say that the process of obtaining a visa and coordinating with Penn departments back home can be a stressful one.

Assistant Director of Penn Abroad Rochelle Keesler said that regardless of where a student is going, all Penn Abroad programs begin with the same process, including essays, health information and recommendations. Unique program requirements may include a housing application, a language placement test and a minimum GPA. Of all 107 Penn-sponsored programs, only one requires a student to submit a high school transcript, Keesler said.

College senior Vince Cooper, who spent the fall of his junior year in Seville, Spain, remembers the application and registration process as being “pretty long.”

Once he had been accepted to the program, Cooper remembers the frustrating process of applying for a visa.

“That process was so stressful,” he said. “Since I live in Delaware, I had to go to the

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For students spending their semesters abroad, the registration process didn’t end with simply signing up for classes on PenninTouch.

consulate in New York City, and they are extremely overbooked.

You can’t make an appointment there until three months before you leave, but then they’re booked three months in advance,” he said.

“So pretty much I would just log on everyday for the month of July to see if a spot opened up,” he explained.

College and Wharton junior Cora Neumann is spending the semester in St. Petersburg, Russia. Neumann is a Russianlanguage target student for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, whose process of obtaining a visa was complicated by the fact that she is an international student from Germany.

“Applying for the visa was rather stressful because to be

able to get a visa for Russia, you need an invitation letter, and that one came rather late,” she said.

“Thankfully the visa processing center in Germany is pretty quick, so I have had my visa for around two weeks now.”

Neumann also said that her application process as an international student was more complicated because her home country’s first language is not English.

“I needed a physician’s statement, which was interesting because my physician at home doesn’t speak much English,” she said. “I had to translate the whole thing to my doctor and then tried to translate things [back to English],” she added.

College junior Melissa TustinGore is studying abroad at the National University of Singapore

this semester, where she has been since July 28. She described her application and registration process as “really really awful” and even said that she “regret[s] coming to this university to study.”

She said that even though she went through the normal Penn Abroad application process, she then had to reapply for everything once she arrived in Singapore because none of the original application materials went through — a process that was even further complicated because their computer systems did not recognize the hyphen in her last name.

After she arrived, she had to wait several weeks for her visa to process and had to register for classes, which she thought would be taken care of beforehand.

Aside from all of the registration problems she faced, Tustin-Gore also talked about how difficult it was to reach

advisors at Penn. “There is the problem of coordinating things with back home,” she said. “No one seems to understand that I am literally on the other side of the world and cannot attend events at Penn.”

Tustin-Gore said that Student Financial Services specifically was hard to contact. “Coordinating things with [them] has been a huge nightmare. I was really scared about money at a lot of points — and still am — because my bill keeps showing weird things, but it takes [them] a long time to get back to my emails and I can’t just pick up the phone and call them,” she explained.

Still, Tustin-Gore does not blame Penn for the complicated process she has dealt with. “I don’t think this is Penn’s fault,” she said. “But I do think that Penn needs to stipulate that this university take care of these things and properly accommodate the

exchange students or else they should end their partnership.

“This has taken a serious toll on my mental health,” she added.

While Tustin-Gore and Neumann are just beginning their study abroad trips, Cooper has had time to reflect on his experience. Though he acknowledged that there were tedious parts of the application process, he said that the Penn Abroad program coordinators did their best to streamline the experience.

“The coordinators of the program put a lot of thought into all aspects of the trip,” he said.

“They ensured everyone was matched to a family that fit well with their personalities and ways of living. We went on periodic cultural excursions throughout Spain. Even the planning for and acquisition of tutors was thoroughly taken care of,” he said.

“I definitely cannot complain,” he added.

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A call for visibility of black women in media

Penn students and staff speak out against double discrimination ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

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Penn Africana and English Professor Salamishah Tillet co-wrote an article for the New York Times.

from both race and gender.

Tillet’s article emphasizes that there have been many black women who are victimized and subjected to violence by the police, yet very few of their names are circulated in the media.

Sandra Bland, a black woman who died in police custody after being pulled over for a traffic violation, was recognized amongst the public after the hashtag #SayHerName blew up on Twitter. Some have critiqued the case and insisted that Bland’s attitude instigated the incident. “[If she were] any other woman, would you have called it an attitude or would you have said, ‘Yeah, I can see why she was upset or annoyed?’” Penn’s Muslim Chaplain Kameelah Rashad said in an interview.

“Black women have responded to this flattening by making themselves more visible. The #SayHerName campaign — the movement within a movement that helped to elevate the profile of Bland’s case and that of other African-American girls and women — has emerged as a response to this dearth of coverage,” Tillet’s article stated.

In the article, Tillet reminds readers of Rekia Boyd, a young black woman who was shot in the head by a police officer in 2012, raising the question of why her name was not broadly circulated in the media.

“They don’t know Aiyana Jones who was a seven-year-old, who was killed in her house after police entered. She was shot and killed in her sleep,” Rashad said, referring to another case of violence against a black female that has gone relatively

unnoticed.

Lack of black female visibility in America is nothing new. This is an issue that is deeply rooted in many social movements. “[The] abolitionist movement, the suffragette movement, the feminist movement, civil rights — all of those movements, black women have been an integral part of,” Rashad said.

Even the #BlackLivesMatter movement was started by three black women. “It appears everyone benefits from the work and commitment that we put in those movements, but we [black women] don’t,” Rashad said.

“Theft of black women’s labor is rampant on Twitter,” said Leslie Jones, a graduate student who studies intersectionality and media around this issue in the Sociology department.

The lack of proper representation of black women in the media contributes to the perpetuation of disregard for black women in everyday life, Jones said.

“What it means to be a black woman is not some numerical amalgamation of being a white woman and a black man — it’s unique,” Jones said. “The schema that people use to analyze black women in America is so negative and so biased that they look at us in these ways in day-to-day interactions.”

“There is a double consciousness; I want to be considered feminine and I want to be considered a woman, but the stereotypes associated with black women is that we’re harsh in a way that is very masculine,” Rashad said, “They want us to be as quiet and inconspicuous as possible.”

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Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Rekia Boyd, Eric Garner and Sandra Bland all have one thing in common — each individual died at the hands of police. But only the males have gained the media attention to become household names.

Black female visibility has become a pressing issue across the United States. Much of this is a result of media portrayal of black women, with coverage often focusing on black men and sometimes misrepresenting women.

This summer, Penn Africana Studies and English professor Salamishah Tillet co-wrote an article for The New York Times entitled, “Female Visibility Matters,” reflecting on the disparity between the media attention that black females receive compared to their male counterparts.

“When we talk about lynching, police brutality and mass incarceration, we are almost always talking about African-American men, not women,” Tillet, who was not available to respond to requests for comment, wrote in the Times article.

Even in the classroom, black women sometimes feel they are treated as less than male peers. College sophomore Destiny Bingham recalled that in an Africana Studies class she was enrolled in, which was taught by a male professor, the instructor opted to skip over the section of the course focusing on black women to save time. Once students voiced their opposition, the professor agreed to cover the material, but only briefly. Whereas other topics received a week of attention, the topic regarding black women received one day, Bingham said.

On campus, feelings of exclusion are not uncommon for black women. College junior Nya Wilkins is one of the few women of color in her Panhellenic sorority. “Like everything in life, it has its ups and downs,” she said of sorority life.

“One of those downs as a black girl in a Panhellenic sorority is that at times I feel alone because of my racial identification, and I find it difficult to express myself. It was first built for white women. It wasn’t built for me.”

Women of color face the unique struggle of intersectionality, or double discrimination, stemming

“Being a woman and being black definitely puts you at a very unfair disadvantage in society,” Bingham said. “It is reflected in the way people perceive you.”

“I feel like people tend to look at black women and look at me as if I must fit into one of these archetypes,” Jones said.

She referenced images that have been used historically to categorize black women, such as Jezebel and the black mammy. “[It’s] what you see on the Aunt Jemima syrup bottle,” Jones said, explaining the black mammy archetype. “[It was] a particular role that comes out of slavery where black women would be the major caretaker for white children.”

This derogatory image of black women has been perpetuated and continued in modern day life. Earlier this week, Miley Cyrus referred to Snoop Dog as her mammy when he brought her brownies during a skit in the MTV Video Music

Awards.

The term “mammy” is a word that insults a black woman’s race and gender.

“The mammy archetype in academia is really strong, [people] expect black female professors to be nurturing and not assertive,” Jones said. “That assertiveness is taken as aggressive.”

Another popular archetype that is used to categorize and put down black women is the Jezebel archetype, which stereotypes young, especially light-skinned black women, as overly sexual rather than beautiful or lovable. ”You’ve got the Jezebel stereotype where they [sleep] around with a lot of people and are scandalous,” Bingham said.

However, it seems that white women are not sexualized in such a negative way. “White women are portrayed as more sweet and compliant, and more beautiful in most cases,” Bingham said.

Jones cited an instance where someone wrongfully assumed she was in a service position, which she believes was because of her race and gender. “[It’s like] going to the store, and without anybody asking you if you work there, asking ‘Where are the paper towels?’” Jones said.

Despite feelings of isolation, women of color are not alone.

“Interacting with media that represents your own experiences makes you feel less isolated,” Jones said.

She explained that despite being a minority, there are people out there going through similar things.

Rashad recommended for black women and girls who feel overwhelmed to find a mentor who understands what they are going through.

“The best advice I would have is to actively seek out other black women and women of color who will almost intuitively validate and affirm who you are,” Rashad said.

“They will encourage you.”

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organization. “[OAX formed] when we dealt with the University for a couple of months at that point. They had given us our finalized sanctions, and we as a chapter felt that we had to make a change,” one member, who preferred to remain anonymous, said.

Even though nearly all of the members from AXO individually chose to disaffiliate and join OAX, members do not consider OAX to be a replacement of AXO. Because a few members decided to remain in AXO’s chapter, AXO and OAX are separate entities. The members of OAX interviewed for this article had no comment on the future of AXO and claim to have no knowledge of what will come of the official chapter.

Even though the AXO house is currently vacant and there are no current members in the sorority, according to OFSL, it is still an on-campus, affiliated sorority that intends to recolonize.

“Alpha Chi Omega is still an active chapter as of now, and we are working closely with their national organization about next steps,” Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Hikaru Kozuma said.

Although members accept responsibility for their actions and acknowledge that they violated the Alcohol and Drug Policy, some still believe that their punishment did not fit the crime.

“Obviously we did something wrong and we know that we deserved to be punished,” the member said. “We admitted that we were wrong. But it was out of scope.”

“We tried to negotiate with the University, and it did not work,” another member added, who also wanted to be anonymous.

Members identify their breaking point as when the University demanded that they stop their main philanthropy event called Big Man on Campus, which is the biggest student philanthropy event held at the university. All of the proceeds from BMOC are donated to women’s shelters.

“A lot of people were upset about that, and [we disaffiliated] to maintain things like that that are a real aspect of who we are,” the first member said.

In the eyes of OAX members, one of the advantages of being disaffiliated from AXO is that OAX is that the group is not obligated to send a portion of the philanthropy proceeds

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Although the AXO house is currently vacant, the organization is still an on-campus, affiliated sorority that intends to recolonize.

to the national organization. All of the earnings from their philanthropic efforts can instead be donated directly to the women’s shelters.

Even though OAX will lose the alumni network that comes with being a part of a nationallyrecognized, University-affiliated organization, the Penn alumni of AXO were supportive of the chapter’s unofficial decision. The fear of straining these ties was among the organization’s biggest concerns when weighing the costs and benefits of remaining affiliated.

“The Penn alumni are fully behind us and very excited about this. And that is what I think is most important to most of us,” the first member said.

To pay tribute to their alumni, members decided to name their organization OAX. The name OAX was originally a nickname alumni used for the sorority.

“We just decided to embrace our alums even though technically we are separate now,” the second member said.

Although there are clear advantages to being an on-campus, affiliated sorority — like OFSL’s assistance in organizing recruitment and the legitimacy that the on-campus status brings to a sorority — members of OAX are confident that revoking their charter was the correct decision for them.

“This is a really positive thing for us and, we hope it will be a really positive thing for everyone else,” the second member said.

Members are also looking forward to not being subject to the

stigma that is often associated with Greek life. In light of the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi most recently revoking its chapter, going off-campus seems to be a developing trend among Greek organizations at Penn.

“I think that it is more of a national trend ... personally for me, it is kind of a relief to no longer have to deal with that negative stigma [of being in Greek life], and I think some other people are starting to feel the same way,” the first member said.

Before finalizing their underground identity, OAX consulted with members of organizations at other Universities who transformed in the same way.

Beyond its philanthropic efforts, OAX values its sisterhood and the social connections that the sorority has provided for its members. The organization will still hold the same registered date nights and formals.

For this reason, future recruitment for the organization will still include a social component.

“We want girls to be able to join and have the experience we had to have the opportunity to make friends,” the first member said. “I gained so much from the network of girls that we have, and we want to be able to continue that.”

Despite the fact OAX is now underground, members strive to maintain good connections with all University-affiliated organizations and the administration.

“At this point we are just happy that we are doing what is right for us, and we have no issue with the Greek community or the University,” the member added.

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blackmailer not contacting the user’s friends and family. The user ultimately chose not to pay, and has not heard back from the blackmailer.

Rick Romero, the founder of a free email provider called VFEmail, found evidence of spammers using his service to send threats similar to the one described by the current student, according to a report by Krebs on Security, an information technology blog.

While Romero’s filter stopped many of the threats from being sent, he estimated to CNNMoney that around 500 were issued before the filter was activated.

Four other Penn-affiliated users admitted to legitimately registering for the website, but either deleted or abandoned their account shortly after. Their data remained in Ashley Madison’s database, despite the company’s assurance that users could delete their personal data for $19. Impact Team, the hacker collective allegedly responsible for the leak, released the data to expose Ashley Madison’s collection of ex-subscribers’ information, according to Zero Day, a technology blog.

“These days, [hacks] happen all the time,” the women’s health professor said. “It’s like a race for IT people to keep up with the people that have been hacked. I’m always curious how the hackers benefit from this.”

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“I had some issues with ID theft — I had some money taken,” he said. After learning that his email was registered with Ashley Madison, he called his credit card company, who said he had not been charged for the site.

Like the other users contacted for this article, he asked for his name to not be used because of the public shame associated with being linked to the infidelity website.

The Ashley Madison data breach has caused panic overseas, especially in countries where adultery is against the law.

The BBC reported that in Saudi Arabia — where adultery can earn someone the death penalty — 1,200 email accounts were registered with Ashley Madison.

According to the New York Post, two suicides have been linked to the Ashley Madison leak in Canada.

While the professor and alumnus were not contacted by anyone after the hack, other subscribers received threats that their registration status would be made public unless they paid money.

One current Penn student received an anonymous threat after the Aug. 18 hack, demanding Bitcoin — a form of online currency — in exchange for the

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After nearly 10 months with no competition, Penn volleyball will suddenly find itself very busy this weekend.

The Red and Blue will head down to Washington, D.C., and Maryland to play four games in two days as part of the DC Classic. Penn’s first action of the season will come in a Saturday doubleheader against Maryland and George Mason in the nation’s capital. The Quakers will then make the short trip to Maryland’s campus on Sunday to take on Western Carolina and Howard.

While this weekend will bring a fresh start for the Quakers — who went 8-17 last year and 5-9 in the Ivy League — Maryland (4-0), George Mason (2-1), Western Carolina (2-2), and Howard (0-4) have already begun their 2015 campaigns.

That being said, this year’s Penn team brings far more experience into its opening matches than last year’s squad.

The 2014 Quakers were forced to rely heavily on their freshmen, tasking many of them with key roles.

And while most of the Class of 2018 played impressively in their first year, their lack of seasoning certainly showed at times. Now, those players return with a year of experience under their belts.

Of course, each new season brings a new crop of freshmen.

Coach Kerry Carr said that she would use these nonconference games as an opportunity to throw her eight first-year players into the mix and see what they can do. But Carr was quick to emphasize the difference between this season and last. “Now we can insert the freshmen not because we have to, but because we want them to get experience, so we can put them

Penn field hockey is a team that, in a very real sense, is at a crossroads.

In a year marred by attrition and adversity, the Quakers fought hard for their 8-9 record in 2014.

And this leaves the Red and Blue in a situation both exciting and precarious looking towards 2015, a year that could reasonably be marked by either further struggles or breakthrough.

With all of that said, let’s break down the Quakers’ upcoming schedule to see which areas in particular could make or break their 2015 season.

A Telling Opening Stretch For a team that features a star sophomore in Alexa Hoover and will likely rely heavily on the depth of its young talent, a solid start to the season should figure to be crucial. And this season’s opening salvo should be especially telling.

The Red and Blue’s first five games come against two opponents with winning records in 2014, two with losing records and one which was .500 on the year.

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Senior outside hitter Alexis Genske is the star, but the nowseasoned sophomores will be the X factor for Penn volleyball.

better situations, knowing that we have plenty of depth at every position via experienced leaders,� she said.

Carr’s newest recruiting class is impressive, but the core of this team is formed by its returning players, led by seniors Alexis Genske and Alex Caldwell. Each has high expectations for what they and their teammates can accomplish.

Genske is targeting an Ivy League title this season and hopes that Penn’s new high-octane offense will help make that a reality. “We’ve been speeding up our offense a lot recently,� Genske said. “We worked really hard this weekend with the setters and middle and outside hitters on splitting the opponents’ blocks by setting really fast balls, so we’re trying to shoot it outside faster to create holes in their defense.�

It has been said that a good offense is the best defense; Genske stressed the importance of preventing the Quakers’ upcoming opponents from executing their own game plans. “We’ve been working on serving tough, to keep them outof-system as much as possible,� she said.

Just like Genske, Caldwell is optimistic about the team’s potential. She believes the team is ready to finally win an Ivy title, and wants to accomplish it with an undefeated campaign.

But while Genske was focused on tactics, Caldwell highlighted improved mental preparation as something that she believes will pay off when the games begin. “It is a very different ballgame in college, but the sophomores that were freshmen last year are now completely ready to play at this level,�

Caldwell said. “They know what to expect. There are a lot of things [they needed to] learn and adapt to, but everyone is finally getting on board to the level that we need to be at to win.�

Carr said that her primary goal is to see the team improve with every single point, just as it has been in preseason practices.

But the coach couldn’t fully contain her competitive spirit. “It’s really exciting to play someone besides ourselves,� she said. “We’re super stoked to see someone else across the net and think about someone else besides our teammates — someone to kill.�

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with those successes, coach Colleen Fink feels that this year’s squad has the potential to replicate — or even eclipse — the accomplishments of last year’s team. “Our team has players that are on the cusp [of All-Ivy] status every year, and these players will rise to the occasion,� Fink said. “Also, with Alexa Hoover coming in with one year of experience already under her belt, I think we definitely have potential to go further this season.�

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The combination of young talent with experienced leadership has Penn poised for a successful season in 2015.

While the Quakers finished 8-9 last season, they put together an impressive four-game winning streak late in the season and lost by only one goal to Princeton — the defending Ivy League champions — in the last game of the year.

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ago. “[When I was a freshman] the more experienced players on the team were really outgoing and helped us out if we ever had any questions,� sophomore midfielder and attacker Rachel Huang said. “They had a really great relationship with the coaches too, which made the experience even better because I think it made us feel like a family pretty early on in the season.�

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starting for Penn when the team opens play against Liberty on Friday, each player could see significant time this year. “I think they all can contribute.

That’s exciting to see,� O’Brien said. “The earlier you can get them in and get them experience, the better it will be in the long run.�

Of course, the underclassmen’s period for success is not limited to this year. Garzio is especially keen on the team’s youth movement and believes that freshmen and sophomores will have the opportunity to find their role on the team in the coming seasons. “We all have different playing styles so I think that once it comes together, it creates a nice group.�

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should continue to be the team’s strong suit.

Hoover is the team’s only sophomore to have earned a starting role as a freshman. Entering the season, she recognizes the possible pitfall of a sophomore slump.

After all, her play in 2014 marks one of the best individual performances in Penn field hockey history, meaning that expectations will continue to ride high heading into the season. “In the weight room, it’s about keeping things up and getting stronger and faster. On the field, it’s about not overthinking it,�

Hoover said. “A lot of times you try too hard to do what you did last year, and that can get you into the sophomore slump. You just have to focus on one thing at a time.�

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Tough Early Conference Slate Of course, despite the importance of Penn’s nonconference schedule, this team will ultimately need to make a name for itself in league play. And the Quakers will be forced through the gauntlet from the very beginning of Ancient Eight competition.

Cornell is the first Ivy opponent up for the Red and Blue.

Last season, the Big Red went 5-2 in league play, including a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the Quakers. In total, Penn will be forced to take on three winning Ivy squads from the previous year in its first four league matchups.

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In 2014, the Tigers went 6-1 en route to an Ivy championship, taking down Penn, 4-3, in the final game of the regular season to clinch the title. Last year, the Quakers failed to play spoiler, but this year, they very well could get their revenge in the form of a titleclinching win over their rivals.

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It’s a very important position she’s playing,� Hoover said. “She has a very smart on-field awareness, field presence, strong skills, and I think she’s going to be even better now [than previously expected].�

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In other words, it is a challenging stretch — but not overwhelmingly, and Penn’s results in these first five games could be predictive of its overall record for the year.

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Fresh off a successful season opener, Penn women’s soccer is tasked with maintaining its momentum against against Temple and Mount Saint Mary’s at Rhodes Field this weekend.

The Quakers (1-0-0) will look to continue the strong offensive play that guided them to a 3-1 victory over Seton Hall last Sunday. That matchup showcased an impressive group of new talent, as sophomore transfer Lauren Petite and freshman Sasha Stephens each scored in their first appearances for the Quakers.

Stephens’ two goals in her collegiate debut also earned her the distinction of Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

The Red and Blue’s defense was equally sound, conceding

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jitters,” assistant coach Katelyn O’Brien acknowledged.

“You just have to figure out how to apply them.”

The Quakers faced both squads last season at Vagelos Field, losing to Liberty, 3-2, on Sept. 14 before dispatching Longwood, 5-0, on Oct. 19.

O’Brien cites the Liberty loss as a sort of microcosm of the Red and Blue’s 2014 season — the team played a closely contested game before falling just short in the final minutes.

“We can take a lot from last year,” O’Brien said. “It will add a little bit more fire to the belly this year, especially with the senior class. I think they’re really hungry.”

Co-captain Elizabeth Hitti is one of the members of that senior class. Coming off a sub.500 record last season, she is ready to embrace her leadership role during her final season in University City.

“This is my last first game,” she said. “I want to go out with a bang. And especially with the six freshmen, the way we start on Friday is going to set the

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only one score on a surprising counterattack midway through the first half. The Quakers responded by shutting down the Pirates for the remainder of the period and the rest of the game.

In her first year at the program’s helm, coach Nicole Van Dyke was encouraged by what she saw from her team against Seton Hall, but was also prepared to make changes in the coming days.

“The preseason is so short,” Van Dyke said. “We got a good result out of our first game but there’s always so much to learn and get better at, and I think things are going to change for every game.

“We have a lot of kids who can contribute, so depending on the game and [the opponent’s] style and how we want to play, there will be changes every weekend.”

The first game of the weekend will be Friday against an undefeated Temple team. The Owls (4-0-0) have been impressive up to this point; they went a full 334 minutes before allowing their first goal of the season on Tuesday against Rider, and have outscored opponents 14-1 in their four wins to begin the year.

Mount Saint Mary’s, on the other hand, will visit Philadelphia on Sunday still searching for its first win of the young season. The Mountaineers (04-0) and Penn met in a tightly contested season opener last

fall, one that ended with a 1-0 victory for the Red and Blue.

Despite the early success and previous head-to-head matchups, both coaches and players for the Quakers appeared more preoccupied with their own squad rather than the group on the opposing sideline. They believe if they take care of everything in their control and continue to work hard on the practice field, the team will be in position to have a great weekend and season going forward.

“We want the work ethic there and [to] continue to grow as a group and as individuals,” Van Dyke said. “And hopefully that means getting good results.

We want to come out strong and score a couple early goals like we did last weekend and get better as the game goes on.”

“I feel like we are doing a lot of things well,” Stephens said.

“Once we put together a few more components from practice into games, we will be the real deal.”

The Quakers, with fresh bodies on the coaching staff and in the lineup, will inevitably need more time to fully mesh as a group on the field. But with that in mind, if the team plays a similar game to its first, it could very well finish the weekend with two more wins.

With ample talent and the confidence from two more wins to go along with it, Penn could indeed prove itself to be the “real deal.”

tone for the rest of the season.

“As a leader, I’m trying not to let it get to me, but there’s going to be lots of added pressure.”

Playing two road games over the weekend will allow the team to get a rare experience: a four-day road trip.

“We’re actually leaving at 3 p.m. [Thursday], and then spending that night on the road,” Hitti said. “After our game [on Friday], we’ll have a practice Saturday at Liberty in preparation for our game on Sunday. It’s going to be pretty booked.”

O’Brien also sees the road trip as an opportunity to build team unity.

“It’s nice to step away from Penn, especially early on,” O’Brien said. “Any time you can spend three, four days away from the classroom and what you’re used to seeing every day, it’s definitely a great learning experience.”

On the field, the Quakers will — as they did last season — rely on the offensive firepower of sophomore Alexa Hoover. In 2014, the attacker won the Ivy League’s Rookie of the Year award after leading

the conference with 14 goals.

Assisting Hoover with the offensive load will be Hitti and junior co-captain Elise Tilton.

Highly-touted freshman Selena Garzio will anchor the defense.

Liberty (1-0) returns its top five scorers from a year ago.

Senior Sarah Gipe notched a team-high 19 goals in 2014, while classmate Ashlee Krulock added eleven of her own.

Longwood, which dropped its first matchup of 2015, 8-1, to James Madison, will be led by senior attack Jennifer Burris.

A year ago, Penn’s loss to Liberty was one of five one-goal losses the Quakers suffered. To improve on their 8-9 record from last season, the Red and Blue are going to need to benefit, largely, from a simple infusion of luck.

And with numerous key pieces returning — along with the arrival of several freshmen with great potential upsides — the Quakers certainly show plenty of promise.

But, before the team can begin to dream big, it must get some wins under its belt. And this weekend is the place to start.

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You Belong With Me. Favorite food truck on campus?

Eh, I don’t really eat at the food carts.

What do you think of Drake and Serena Williams dating?

Drake all the way. I’m a huge fan of him. Can we talk about that Meek Mill beef? I’m pro-Drake.

That “Back to Back” song was great. It’s actually my warmup song.

You’re not mad that Drake’s taken though?

Nah, he’s probably not for me.

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SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Field Hockey issue THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS Underclassmen take on new, significant roles WILL AGATHIS Associate Sports Editor

For many of Penn’s fall sports teams, there exists the recurring theme that youth plays a key role.

For Penn field hockey, this axiom remains relevant.

Because more than half of the Quakers’ starting lineup graduated last year, many of the current freshmen and sophomores were afforded the opportunity to win a starting role this preseason, and they have run with it. They are now looking to make a name for themselves on a daily basis as the

Senior class looks to shepherd rookies Veterans to make up backbone of Quakers lineup

season begins.

On the back end, sophomore goalkeeper Liz Mata is expected to start for the Red and Blue this season after dealing with a concussion in 2014. She and freshman Reina Kern have formed a formidable duo at goalkeeper.

“Although Mata didn’t see much time in the goal cage last year, we had all spring with her and she was able to lead us to an undefeated spring season,” assistant coach Katelyn O’Brien said. “And Reina is definitely competitive, so it’s a nice competitive feel with the goalkeepers.”

Defensively, the team loses stalwarts like Helene Caniglia and

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Penn seeks redemption in season opener for ‘14 defeat

Quakers look to get rid of jitters against Liberty, Longwood

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Junior co-captain Elise Tilton will be expected to help star sophomore Alexa Hoover carry the offensive load this year.

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Following her own successful freshman season, reigning Ivy League Rookie of Year Alexa Hoover may now be the star of Penn field hockey. But this year’s crop of freshmen will look beyond the sophomore phenom for guidance in their first season of collegiate athletics.

The Quakers’ roster in 2015 features a core of veteran talent that’s already been around the mean Ivy League block three times — experience and knowledge that is sure to come in handy for a conference slate absent of easy games.

After the departure of All-Ivy seniors Emily Corcoran, Alex Iqbal and MaryRose Croddick following the 2014 season, the Quakers are counting on this season’s crop of returning leaders to take charge. According to the official Penn Athletics roster, there are a grand total of six seniors on the squad, including attacker Elizabeth Hitti, who finished top 10 in the Ivy League both in goals and assists last season.

“One of the key aspects of our team is our leadership, since the more experienced players can provide the underclassmen with advice, especially at the beginning of the season,” Hitti said.

“The presence of the juniors and seniors will make it easier for the freshmen to learn the college game, which will hopefully translate into increased confidence in their own abilities once they get on the field.”

For many freshmen, it is often comforting to know that the veteran players were in their shoes just two or three years SEE SENIORS PAGE 10

And so it begins.

Penn field hockey will kick off its 2015 campaign this weekend as it travels to Virginia to battle Liberty on Friday before facing Longwood Sunday afternoon.

“Even as a coach, you’ll always have those SEE OPENER PAGE 11

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