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As it currently stands, Penn’s most famous alumnus is undoubtedly Donald

Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate who rose to political fame after a life spent out of government.

But Trump may soon have a competitor for that title. If the plans of 1996 College graduate Michael Avenatti come to fruition, Trump may

face a challenger to not only his political fame, but his presidency as well.

In an exclusive interview, The Daily Pennsylvanian talked to the firebrand lawyer Avenatti about his “nontraditional” time at Penn and how his political interest was

sparked as a student here.

The 47-year-old Californian thrust himself into the public spotlight this year as the hard-talking, no-nonsense lawyer who is also a chief liberal opponent to SEE AVENATTI PAGE 3

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing new sexual misconduct policies for college campuses that would expand the rights of the accused, allow for cross-examination during mediation, and reverse other Obama-era regulations that hold universities more responsible for sexual misconduct. Penn is no exception.

Experts and campus anti-assault groups say these proposed rules could affect the way sexual misconduct is handled at universities such as Penn in significant ways, with the potential to make it more difficult for complainants to voice their concerns.

Penn Law professor Claire Finkelstein represents a unique voice on the issue, having helped draft Penn’s current policy on sexual assault and harassment along with General Counsel Wendy White and former Provost Vincent Price.

Finkelstein said there were two major policy changes that would impact Penn as a result of the new guidelines: allowing for cross-examination of accusers and requiring a higher standard of evidence when determining whether a student is responsible of misconduct.

In the past, parties were discouraged from cross-examining each other to avoid creating a “hostile

environment” for alleged victims, as per the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights in the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. The letter has since been revoked as of September 2017.

DeVos’s directive marks an enormous change and would dissuade victims from coming forward due to fears of having their character tarnished during crossexamination, Finkelstein said.

“If [the Department of Education] does demand that schools allow for cross-examination of the victim, then I do believe that would have a strongly chilling effect, and that victims would be more reluctant to come forward,” Finkelstein said. “Nobody wants to come forward if that’s the treatment they are going to get.”

Finkelstein added that while cross-examination may be appropriate for criminal courts, in a campus setting it is far more problematic and could over-legalize the process without being essential for getting at the truth of the issue.

College senior James Hiebert, president of Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, echoed some of Finkelstein’s concerns over the reports of the new policies.

“While the updated guidelines and rules have yet to be released, we are distressed with policy changes that would hamper efforts to make campuses places that are safe to live and learn free from SEE DEVOS PAGE 6

Penn ranks as second most popular Ivy for transfer students It had a transfer acceptance rate of 8.14 percent JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

Colleges and universities across the country are starting to court “once-overlooked” transfer students, the New York Times announced in an article this month. Penn, however, has been doing so for years.

Among the Ivy League universities, Penn stands out both for its high acceptance rate of transfer students, as well as its large applicant pool.

For the 2017-2018 school year, Penn had a transfer acceptance rate of 8.14 percent and took in 221 out of the 2,715 students who applied. It only came second to Cornell University, which had an acceptance rate of 17.89 percent and accepted 852 students out of 4,762 applicants.

Other Ivy League schools,

including Brown University, Yale University, and Harvard University, not only accepted less than 3 percent of its applicants, but also only yielded less than 2,000 applicants.

Penn’s relatively high acceptance rate has been maintained at around the same level for the past four years, hovering between 8 to 9 percent.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said Penn takes more transfer students because the school has a larger capacity to accomodate them. Penn has the second largest undergraduate enrollment size after Cornell.

Brian Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, a New York-based college consulting firm, agreed, adding that Penn is often looking to fill bigger classes than other Ivies. “[For the class of 2021], Penn was looking to enroll a freshman class of 2,456, whereas Cornell was looking to enroll a class of 3,375,”

Taylor said. “For the other six Ivies, the numbers are much smaller.”

Yale University, for instance, enrolled 1,580 freshman students in its Class of 2021, while Brown University welcomed 1,719 students.

But there are also other reasons why Penn is open to more transfer students.

A recent New York Times article reported that transfer students can to help improve a college’s overall yield rate, which refers to the percentage of students who accept their offers to attend the university.

A high yield rate is typically indicative of a more selective college, and is often an important statistic to college administrators.

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U. plans to construct more all-gender bathrooms

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More than a year has passed since the Office of the University Architect announced its intention to launch a feasibility study to explore the possibility of expanding the number of all-gender bathrooms on campus.

Now, the OUA has finished the study, said David Hollenberg, who served as the University Architect for nearly 12 years until his partial retirement in June. The next steps in the expansion involve a partnership between Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services and the University’s schools to reconstruct existing bathrooms, officials said.

In June 2017 the LGBT Center, under the leadership of Director Erin Cross, partnered with FRES to increase the number of all-gender bathrooms on campus, determining that more than 100 singlestall restrooms could be converted to serve all genders.

Last June, 37 of the approximately 200 nonresidential buildings maintained by FRES included at least one all-gender bathroom.

As of this August, Cross and Hollenberg said the number has increased to 55. Hollenberg said, however, this statistic is slightly misleading as it includes propertytype buildings, like garages, Greek

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two-thirds of transfer applicants who were accepted to a university enrolled, whereas only 28 percent of freshmen did the same. Of the 3,575 students accepted into the Class of 2021, 2,457 students enrolled, resulting in a yield rate of 65 percent.

houses, and utilities, in its total. Of the 129 non-property nonresidential buildings on campus, he said roughly 42 percent have at least one all-gender bathroom.

Funded by the OUA, the months-long feasibility studies were used to determine which academic, recreational, and administrative buildings on campus could accomodate all-gender bathrooms.

“UPenn was trying to look at a number of single-sex single-stall bathrooms and what it would take to make them multi, all-gender from an engineering standpoint specifically,” Hollenberg said.

“We’ve demonstrated it’s possible and feasible and we showed how.”

Hollenberg explained that members of his office spent the time completing conceptual designs for specific buildings and academic departments that had expressed interest in the project.

He added that they also developed a standard system or “language” to make the new bathrooms more easily replicated in future buildings. The OUA will post the standard dimensions and designs for all-gender bathrooms on its website later this academic year, he said.

According to Cross, the OUA’s work on the study means that Penn now has access to a template for the projects. “[The schools] just have to pay for construction work and the specific design for their school. I can’t

stress how important this,” Cross said.

Heidi Wunder, a FRES spokesperson, wrote in an email that the OUA, which is a department of FRES, will continue working with the schools engaged in the ongoing pilot program.

She added that future bathroom renovations, like all on-campus construction, would be undertaken as a partnership between FRES and schools/buildings which choose to install all-gender bathrooms.

Queer Student Alliance Chair and College junior Amber Auslander, who uses they/them pronouns, said they “understand the difficulties” of creating more allgender bathrooms, especially since converting bathrooms could incite pushback from some students.

“It’s a lot of student efficacy that leads to these changes rather than the administration reaching out to us and wanting to make their students more comfortable. The situation should be considered more pressing,” Auslander said. “I do think more of an effort needs to be made to show the Penn trans communities that they are cared about and their voices are being heard.”

Some students noted that many existing all-gender bathrooms are not easily available and some are not even accessible. For example, in June, a flyer criticizing the lack of women’s and all-gender bathrooms was taped to a bathroom door in David Rittenhouse Labo-

ratories.

“A lot of the gender neutral bathrooms are kind of out of the way, for some reason. I find that —and this goes even more for a conversation about disability activism and rights — but a lot of them are out of the way, high up, you need to climb the stairs to reach them,” Auslander said.

College junior Brennan Burns, a transgender woman who feels most comfortable using all-gender bathrooms, recounted many in-

stances of having to go out of her way to access a bathroom. During a class that she had on the top floor of Claudia Cohen Hall, she had to travel to a bathroom in the basement. In Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall, she said, the only all-gender bathroom is on the third floor.

“I will be fair, Penn is a much better and friendlier campus than most college campuses, but there isn’t any reason we shouldn’t try to be better and gender neutral bathrooms would improve that greatly,”

Burns said. “It’s a frustrating part for a vulnerable population that the administration would rather have new construction rather than meet our needs.”

Cross said the project is pushed “as far as it can go for the moment,” although she believes the creation of all-gender bathrooms will quickly snowball across campus.

“As soon as the first few [bathrooms] go, everyone will want to do it, and we’ll start converting bathrooms right and left,” she said.

That same year, Yale saw an yield rate of 71.4 percent, while Harvard boasted one of 84 percent, according to IvyWise, a New-York-based college consulting firm.

Transfer students can also be a way for colleges to increase the diversity of their student body, Taylor said.

“Transfer students bring great diversity to a student

body,” he said. “They don’t count against a school’s U.S. news ranking so they can admit kids who don’t necessarily have the high school grades.

Maybe they didn’t do so well in high school and come from a community college, maybe they’re veterans of our military who served our country in uniform.”

While transfer students ap-

ply to Penn for a variety of factors, many cited the existence of the Transfer Student Organization as one of the main reasons they chose Penn. Founded in 2011, TSO aims to provide an immediate community to Penn’s transfer students, playing a key role in coordinating and staffing New Student Orientation for transfers.

“When I found out transfers

had their own new student orientation, and that transfers had great representation in all sorts of Penn organizations and activities, I felt a lot better about starting over as a sophomore,” College senior and TSO CoPresident August GebhardKoenigstein said. He added that TSO reassured him about leaving Georgia Tech University and his home state when

he applied to transfer to Penn after his freshman year.

College sophomore Allison Kinne, who transferred from Colgate University to Penn this fall, agreed with Gebhard-Koenigstein. Kinne had also gotten an offer from Barnard College, but ultimately chose Penn because of TSO, as well as guaranteed housing for transfer students.

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GAPSA president sets new goals for this year She will target mental health and sexual assault COURTNEY DAUB Staff Reporter

When she was named the new Graduate and Professional Student Assembly president in May, Haley Pilgrim had a vision for GAPSA, one that she hoped would improve the lives of graduate students at Penn. As she begins her year serving as the first black female leader of GAPSA, Pilgrim plans to embark on campaigns targeting mental health, sexual harassment, and civic engagement.

Pilgrim spent much of her undergraduate career in activist spaces at Northwestern University, where she was a member of the executive board of the College Feminists and organized rallies around sexual assault within the Evanston and Chicago communities.

“My work at NU ignited a fire in me to ensure that students feel supported on campus,” Pilgrim said. “I grew so much as a critical thinker and activist because of the students

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Donald Trump. Avenatti is representing Stormy Daniels, an adult film star who had an alleged affair with Trump and is now suing the president to annul a non-disclosure agreement.

For months, Trump and his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, have offered varying explanations for the $130,000 given to Daniels.

These include denying that the president knew about the payment to the film star and denying that Trump had any relationship with Daniels in the first place.

Most recently, in what pundits call the most devastating day for the Trump presidency, Cohen testified that he had paid Daniels “at the direction” of the president, “for the principal purpose of influencing the election.” This was an astonishing admission, and a sig-

I worked with.”

It was this passion that Pilgrim said inspired her in her roles as copresident of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and as chair of the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership Council in the past year.

She said her time in those leadership roles exposed her to many issues facing the graduate community.

Another focus for Pilgrim stems directly from her history of sexual assault prevention advocacy. After the wave of feedback administration received last spring concerning graduate school sexual assault policy, specifically the lack of standardized and anonymous reporting procedures, Pilgrim established a committee focused on sexual harassment this past summer with students across campus.

Co-Chair for Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering and doctorate student Sophia Reeder said PGWISE supports GAPSA’s executive board goals this year, but finds sexual harassment especially important.

nificant win for both Daniels and Avenatti.

In recent weeks, Avenatti has also turned his crusade against Trump into political ambition, traveling to key presidential primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire in a bid to explore a 2020 run on the Democratic ticket.

But before he was rubbing shoulders with celebrities at the MTV video music awards or holding “resistance rallies” in Texas, Avenatti was a student at Penn.

He transferred to the school after studying for a year at St. Louis University, and lived in Stouffer College House during his early days on campus. He described his time at Penn as “a very non-traditional experience.”

“Shortly after I came to the University, I took some time off to work on a number of political campaigns,” Avenatti said. “Then I largely came back to Penn as

While PGWISE holds its own sexual harassment awareness workshops, Reeder said. With sexual harassment at the forefront of

GAPSA’s goals, she hopes to collaborate in a larger sexual harassment awareness effort.

“I think as a society we’ve be-

come more aware of how much sexual harassment permeates our everyday world with the #Metoo movement over the last year,” Reeder said. “It’s really come to the forefront of our national narrative.”

Pilgrim also hopes to prioritize mental health.

Despite graduate and professional students comprising the majority of Penn’s student population, mental health initiatives have traditionally focused on undergraduates, she said. Last year, Counseling and Psychological Services created four new staff positions to serve four of the graduate schools — the School of Dental Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and Penn Law School. Pilgrim said she wants to go further and address “the root” of mental health issues.

Pilgrim’s GAPSA will launch a graduate peer-counseling group, the Franklins, modeled after Penn Benjamins this month. She said the decision came from the results of a graduate mental health survey conducted last spring, which, according to Pilgrim, found that those in

a part-time student; I was in the College because I was a political science major, but I took a number of courses at Wharton which I enjoyed.”

Avenatti said a course he remembers was a class taught by pollster Frank Luntz that dealt with campaigns, consultants, and elections. In the course, Luntz brought in a number of high-profile political consultants to speak, including longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone, according to Avenatti.

During Avenatti’s time off from Penn, he worked in politics, conducting opposition research and media relations for a firm run by current Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel — a story documented in a Buzzfeed News article recapping his start in politics.

Between 1990-1997, Avenatti said he worked on over 150 political campaigns in 42 states, including Lynn Yeakel’s 1992

Pennsylvania senatorial race, Penn professor Joe Biden’s Delaware senatorial race, and 1965 College graduate Ed Rendell’s bid for Philadelphia mayor.

Avenatti urged Penn students to stay active in politics ahead of what he says will be the most important elections of their lifetimes.

“I think it’s more critical than ever that the younger generation turn out to vote and become politically active,” Avenatti said.

“There’s an enormous amount at stake — if Donald Trump is reelected in 2020, it will usher in dramatic changes in the American way of life because the Supreme Court, in a minimum, will go to 7-2. That could have a dramatic impact on students’ abilities to live their lives and enjoy the freedoms that everyone has fought so hard for over the last 100 years.”

Student leaders on Penn’s campus share Avenatti’s enthusiasm

for the upcoming elections. Penn Democrats President and Wharton junior Dylan Milligan said the student vote could be crucial in November, and credited Avenatti with helping express the public’s frustrations with Trump.

“I think [Avenatti] is a very cogent voice for the frustrations people have with Donald Trump and the administration,” Milligan said. “He’s done a good job of riling people up and getting people upset about the criminal behavior the administration has done.”

But Milligan said he did not want to weigh into the presidential race until after the midterms and maintained that the official stance of Penn Democrats was “no comment.”

This hesitancy to wait until after the November elections before focusing on the 2020 race was echoed by Penn College Republicans, with President and College

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Haley Pilgrim established a committee focused on sexual harassment this past summer with students across campus.

financial distress are “more likely to be depressed, [and] more likely to be anxious on campus.”

Pilgrim also said she plans to appoint a first-generation low-income deputy to specifically address firstgeneration low-income needs.

The new BGAPSA president and doctorate student David Kirui said this move, along with the continued push for the Centralized Diversity Office, shows a foregrounding of issues that are important to black graduate students.

“Haley is keenly aware of the needs and concerns of black graduate students through her roles with BGAPSA and IDEAL,” Kirui said.

“Last year’s GAPSA agenda made no mention of these issues.”

Pilgrim said she also plans to organize a voter registration drive in collaboration with the Undergraduate Assembly to increase civic engagement among graduate students as the midterm election approaches.

“It’s the first one in recent memory, so it’s exciting,” said Pilgrim.

“I really want to build our partnerships with undergrads.”

senior Ryan Snyder declining to comment on his thoughts on Avenatti.

As the 47-year-old lawyer contemplates a run for the presidency, he credits his years at Penn for shaping his current endeavors.

“There’s no question that the relationships formed at Penn and the experiences I had at Penn and the various courses, including the course I mentioned with Frank Luntz, had a significant impact on laying the foundations for who I ultimately became professionally,” Avenatti said.

If the 1996 College graduate can emerge from the Democratic field and gain the nomination in 2020, then the presidential election could be contested by two Penn alumni. Nevertheless, many may have to wait quite some time until that prospect becomes a reality: The Iowa Caucus isn’t until Feb. 3, 2020.

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 35 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor

I don’t support the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit ROAD JESS TRAVELED | In defense of affirmative action

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n Thursday, Aug. 30, the Justice Department supported students who are suing Harvard University over affirmative action policies, claiming that they discriminate against AsianAmerican applicants. In this Trump administration era, this is a major move against national affirmative action in colleges, threatening policies that have been in place in major private and public universities for decades.

This angers, scares, and disappoints me, as an Asian-American student who goes to an “elite institution.”

I grew up in an affluent, predominantly white and East Asian New Jersey suburb. Many of my classmates were high-achieving Asian students, tackling on countless Advanced Placement classes, extracurricular activities, and studying tirelessly for the highest standardized test scores, all to chase Ivy League dreams. The fall of senior year was filled with elated highs and brutal lows, as I watched myself and my friends get rejected and accepted from vari-

ous universities across the country. This process was not without bitterness. One student from my high school was known for filing a complaint against Princeton University for discriminatory policies against Asian-American students.

The Asian-American students who have sued elite institutions in the past few years are not unlike the people that I have grown up with. I sympathize with those hurt by college rejection — I suffered from a lot of it, as well — but I do not sympathize with the privileged Asian Americans that turn to a lawsuit as a result of this rejection, who feel that they personally are entitled to an acceptance from a certain school. Rejection from a school you think you deserve to be accepted to stings, but that does not mean affirmative action is the reason you were not accepted.

In the midst of these lawsuits and debates, people have forgotten what affirmative action represents.

It is not a tool that is used to limit Asian American and white students from elite colleges; instead, the foundation of these policies is

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to ensure that other marginalized minorities have an equal chance at admission to support a diverse student body. Affirmative action is not aimed to prevent singular cases of exceptional white or Asian students from getting into Harvard — it is used to promote the greater good of diversity and ensure

er underserved communities of Asian Americans, splintering our community and preying on the “model minority,” promoting the misguided belief that “hard work” is the only factor that separates applicants. What their arguments do not leave room for is the systematic oppression that many miJESSICA LI

Rejection from a school you think you deserve to be accepted to stings, but that does not mean affirmative action is the reason you were not accepted.” that historically underprivileged groups receive fair attention.

Of course, it is not only Asian American students that have taken issue with affirmative action.

White students and individuals have also aligned themselves with anti-affirmative action, claiming that these policies hurt their admission chances (for example, the Fisher v. University of Texas case), or that they somehow represent a racist agenda. Edward Blum, a white politically conservative legal strategist, is the founder of Students for Fair Admissions, the organization behind the most recent lawsuit against Harvard.

While anti-affirmative action activists like Blum claim to be rallying allies for Asian Americans jilted by colleges, their arguments inherently pit Asian Americans against other minorities and oth-

norities face, factors that are not in their control.

The fact is, affirmative action policies do help minorities, and many Asian Americans benefit from them. From helping underprivileged Southeast Asian communities gain admittance to colleges to the large and vibrant Asian percentages at universities across the country, affirmative action does not aim to undercut the success of Asian Americans in this country. It inherently serves to uplift other communities, those that may not have a fair shot. It’s not a perfect system, but it is not a system that should be dismantled; instead, it should at least be reevaluated to ensure greater promotion of diversity, especially socioeconomically. Removing these policies can serve as a dangerous precedent to preventing diversity from spaces — especially the

elite/privileged of “top” universities — that desperately need it.

I understand the frustration many high-achieving Asian students feel. When it feels like other students who have the same scores and grades as you get admitted and you do not, there are natural feelings of bitterness and injustice.

However, the greater scope of affirmative action is not for you and your individual desires — it is to promote and uplift communities of color, to give everyone an equal shot at receiving an education. If that means you have to “settle” for a school that isn’t Harvard, then so be it.

To many of my fellow East Asian American students, recognize your privileges. To white students, recognize your privileges.

Recognize that while you may feel personally scandalized by affirmative action, it is not a tool that serves you or any one group.

Affirmative action aims to ensure that marginalized students in various communities have the opportunity and access to the same privileges that you may already have.

Recognize this.

JESSICA LI is a College junior from Livingston, N.J., studying English and psychology. Her email address is jesli@sas.upenn.edu.

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YOUR VIEWS ON HUNTSMAN Closing Huntsman early is not a ridiculous idea SHAH SPEAKS | Cut back on other commitments, not sleep

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hree years ago, if I had heard the news that Huntsman was closing at 2 a.m., I would have been frustrated. Perhaps I might have even been furious that the University was not focusing on the important aspects of mental health. A spot for late night studying and Wawa for late night snacks were essentials of my first two years of college and essential for my success in classes.

At least, so I thought.

According to a report of 18,500 college undergraduates in 2016, Penn ranked No. 2 out of 137 universities for having the latest bedtime. Columbia University’s average bedtime of 1:26 a.m. was the only one to surpass Penn’s average bedtime of 1:22 a.m.

Although we are still learning about the intricacies of sleep, it is well known that sleep is es-

these have been associated with impaired cognition and memory, decreased well-being, lower academic performance, increased appetite, and increased risks of hypertension and cardiovascular problems. Sleeping late is not healthy.

The announcement of Huntsman closing at 2 a.m. is indeed a testament to the University recognizing the issue of sleep deprivation, which is an issue not unique to Penn. It is a concrete action that states: do not sleep late.

Yet, critics of the policy might state that the policy does not address the “core” of the issue, which many might claim to be academic rigor and coursework of Penn. Furthermore, they state that the policy does not prevent students from staying up late.

Students will just find another location, they say.

Does it make sense to resort to removing exams or reducing problem sets as a solution to campus stress? Doing this would undermine the very rigor of Penn that has made it what it is.” sential for our well-being. Thus, sleeping late regularly does one of two things: It either reduces the amount and quality of sleep we get or it throws off our body’s natural circadian rhythm — our natural sleep cycle. Both of

Yes, the academic rigor of Penn is quite challenging and very demanding at times. Sometimes, I too wish that it were easier. Sometimes I too wish that I didn’t have so many readings or that I didn’t have problem sets or

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that my exams were a tad easier.

But this was something most, if not all of us, knew when we applied and came to Penn. We knew we were going to be challenged like we had never been before. We knew it was going to be hard. So then does it make sense to resort to removing exams or reducing problem sets as a solution to campus stress?

Doing this would undermine the very rigor of Penn that has made it what it is. Most students who I have spoken to that state they don’t have time to complete all their assignments are either involved in too many clubs, taking on too many classes, or have a difficult balance of courses.

However, I will admit there are aspects of academics that can be improved without undermining the academic integrity of Penn. However, when

we have such discussions it’s important to be very specific and not vaguely claim Penn is competitive or difficult. For instance, the University should certainly evaluate its current midterm policy, which allows students to take three midterms in one day. It is very hard to imagine how even the brightest of students can produce their best work in three exams in one day. With many of these midterms worth 33 percent of students’ grades, it is not hard to imagine the stress this can cause. The fairness of curves in certain departments is another huge topic and its impact on collaboration should be discussed.

The notion that the policy cannot force students to sleep earlier points to another important facet of change on campus: It is

a two-way street. Making Penn a healthier campus requires not only the administration increasing resources on campus, but also the students leading healthier lives. The increase in resources must be coupled with attempts by students to lead healthier lives by sleeping earlier.

Many students will push work for the night so they can fulfill club commitments and social responsibilities during the day.

However, many times we forget that our full-time and main responsibility is just being a student, not serving as an officer of a club organization. We often act like we are CEOs of a company, only to realize after we graduate that they really didn’t matter besides the friends we made.

In the beginning of my Penn career I was adamant that working late was essential for my suc-

cess and I worked best at night.

Except, my grades didn’t back that claim up. I went to Weingarten and asked upperclassmen how they worked to figure out what I was doing wrong. I realized that the majority of my friends who did well academically had set bedtimes, set studying times, didn’t work too much into the night, had some time for themselves, and were involved in one or two clubs. They did not have easier course loads. This was my “ah-ha” moment.

I changed many of my habits, but notably, I started sleeping earlier and I learned to say “No.” And it did make a difference in my classes. It is important to realize that the health culture on campus can’t just be “fixed” by merely increasing resources and throwing money at it. It would be quite simple if money could solve all our problems. We are all required to try our best to take care of our bodies and seek help when necessary.

JAY SHAH is a College senior from New Hyde Park, N.Y. in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program. He is the former Vice President of the Undergraduate Assembly. His email is shahjay@ sas.upenn.edu.

The 24-hour study spot: a preamble to student protest LETTER TO THE EDITOR BY SAMSON HENNESSEY-STRAHS

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he Wharton School’s got new hours this semester. The goal: to improve student health.

Shop’s still open for business 19 hours–a–day, so why have students planned a protest? Is it millennial entitlement? Or is something bigger at stake?

Let’s walk through the decision-making process together.

First, several wellness initiatives were proposed by Wharton undergraduates. Next, there were round table discussions between student leaders and faculty. According to recent reports, the talks ended in compromise. It was all by–the– book and progressive, too.

The claims for reducing the hours are thus: 24–hour student spaces contribute to stress, all– hours studying facilitates poor sleep behavior, sleep affects student health. The argument for reducing nighttime hours is that it could improve student wellness.

But let’s examine the evidence for these claims. Search PubMed for yourself: there’s only data for one. Can you guess which?

Poor sleep is related to poor student health. However, there is no evidence that a 24–hour study spot contributes to anxiety, nor

that public spaces affect sleep patterns. But let’s not discount these claims altogether.

Allow a personal anecdote.

Two years ago, I was an under-

graduate at Cornell University, and during finals week, in the library — of all places —, I came across something strange: a pink suitcase.

Splayed out across two chairs was a young woman, sound asleep beneath a fleece blanket. In her pink suitcase, I imagine, were

enough clothes, toiletries, and books to last a fortnight. Over the next 10 days, neither the young woman nor the suitcase abandoned their post.

While this account is exceptional, it’s true. Perhaps, her behavior was a warning sign. Maybe it was noticed, maybe not. Perhaps, there was a reason why she couldn’t go home.

I would not recommend this practice. In fact, I doubt I could do it myself. Certainly, this be-

havior was never normalized.

However, the student’s planned stakeout was facilitated by an all– hours study spot.

My point is this: 24–hour public spaces have multiple uses, not just a foolhardy all–nighter. They can be safe, inspirational vestiges for a community of hard–working classmates.

Sometimes, at 3 a.m. you need a reminder that you’re not alone.

As for me, I’m an early riser. And in college, I would before FILE PHOTO study dawn in a range of open access study spots. Ben Franklin, too, has an opinion on this: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” If he were on campus today, where and when would Ol’ Ben study?

Community spaces have multiple uses, and changes to them

Sometimes, at 3 a.m. you need a reminder that you’re not alone.” send a cultural message.

Each member must interpret these messages for themselves to form a notion of “Campus Culture.” These individualized perceptions mediate undergraduate attitudes toward mental health and affect utilization of student wellness services.

So where do you stand? To evaluate your perception of Campus Culture, consider for yourself this question: “Why would I ask for help in a place like Penn?”

I don’t know your response, but here’s mine.

Penn is a great place to reach out. There are tons of options available. Just Google “Penn Wellness” and resources materialize.

Eliminating 24–hour access public spaces does not make sense as a means to improve student health. There’s no evidence backing this change. Moreover,

cutting the hours sends a negative cultural message about institutional support for student wellness.

This decision, however, is not ill–intentioned. And it’s easy to fix. Return to the status quo.

However, we can do better than that. To improve student wellness, we ought to innovate.

We are a creative lot, here at Penn. We can think of something better to improve student health and contribute to the campus culture.

A good start, I think, might be free gym memberships for all Penn affiliates.

SAMSON HENNESSEY-STRAHS is a research assistant in the Department of Surgery at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His email address is samson.hennessy-strahs@uphs. upenn.edu.

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When he’s not in his business classes, second-year Wharton MBA student Nick Martell cohosts the podcast MarketSnacks Daily, which aims to render business news “digestible and fun” for everyone.

With a five-star rating, MarketSnacks Daily— launched in May with Martell’s freshmanyear roommate, Jack Kramer — was named Apple’s Podcast of the Week in August.

Martell and Kramer met at Middlebury College, from which Kramer graduated in 2011. Martell, though, transferred and graduated from Brown University in 2011.

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sexual and interpersonal violence,” Hiebert said.

The second change in DeVos’s proposed regulations that Finkelstein said could most impact Penn was the shift from “preponderance of evidence” to “clear and convincing evidence.” “‘Preponderance of evidence’ means that the accused would be found responsible if there was even a 51 percent probability that he did what he was accused of,” Finkelstein said. “All of us [involved with drafting Penn’s policy] thought that was too low of a burden of proof.”

The Department of Education will now implement what Finkelstein views is the correct standard and raise the burden of proof to “clear and convincing evidence” — phrasing she finds an improvement over Penn’s current Obama-era protocol.

Finkelstein said, nevertheless, schools such as Harvard University

MarketSnacks, which the two launched in 2012 as an email newsletter to serve a similar purpose: “To finally make business news digestible for all,” as they write on their site.

Kramer said the two had the idea for MarketSnacks when he realized that there was a “big hole in the financial news space for [the millennial] generation.”

He characterizes the options available for financial news six year ago as dense, boring, and packed with jargon.

The podcast covers U.S. and international affairs as well as mature companies and startups.

Kramer and Martell said they have worked diligently to minimize jargon and industry lingo surrounding topics that are often complex.

Martell said he and Kramer recognized the need for more readily accessible business information during the European

sovereign debt crisis, when they were both working at banks.

While news coverage of the crisis focused on the important topics of bond spreads and the International Monetary Fund, Martell said, the debt crisis remained opaque for many stakeholders.

Martell and Kramer founded the company, which then focused exclusively on the newsletter, while working at their day jobs.

Wharton MBA student Matthew Clark said the podcast is very well-known among fellow Wharton MBA students.

“It really filled a huge void in the podcast market for business analysis,” Clark said. “While many podcasts cover sports, politics, and foreign affairs, there are not many daily podcasts that cover business news,” Clark added.

MarketSnacks also provides

would be far more affected by the proposed changes than Penn, since it went further in the Obama-era in revising its policies.

“Penn has a pretty balanced policy that retains hearings; some schools went so far as to eliminate hearings,” Finkelstein said. “Penn retained hearings, retained the possibility of lawyers representing the accused, and maintained a lot of the due process safeguards that the current administration wants to see in the policy.”

Finkelstein added that overall, Penn’s policy will hold up under both standards, proving acceptable under both the Obama Department of Education guidelines and DeVos’s proposal, with the exception of the issues of burden of proof and crossexamination.

DeVos is expected to formally roll out the new proposals in the coming days, but reports indicate the regulations will not come into effect soon.

College junior Tanya Jain, programming chair of Penn Association of Gender Equality, said the new

rules don’t support survivors and are an example of the silencing of vulnerable populations in order to maintain rape culture on campus.

“We know that only about 2 percent of all rape and sex charges are determined to be false, so these new rules are protecting nothing but rape culture,” Jain said. “Penn is a dangerous place for women and these rules are making it even more so. It’s frustrating and disappointing that survivors are not made the priority during the creation of these rules.”

Overall, Finkelstein said she views the proposed rules as a worrying shift in the spirit behind sexual misconduct policies.

“What I’m more concerned about with the new regulations is not necessarily the specifics, but the spirit and intent behind the regulations, which is to make it more difficult for complainants to come forward,” Finkelstein said. “Though I know the [Trump] administration talks about giving support to victims for coming forward, everyone knows which way the pendulum is swinging.”

analysis to business news and offers accessible commentary and opinions. Clark said he feels that no one else in the podcast landscape offers this type of coverage.

To operate a company while managing his course load at Penn, Martell said that he and Kramer function by virtue of a “one and done” rule in order to be as efficient as possible.

Typically, there is one draft for the newsletter and podcast script without argument. If an editor decides he does not like something, it is removed or edited and there is no further discussion of the topic.

Running the business, however, necessitates that no courses are taken during the evening, Martell said. Evenings are dedicated to the business.

“Wharton is an incredible place to be a founder,” Martell said. “It’s an exciting time to

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Jerel Blades named Ivy League Player of the Week M. SOCCER | Senior captain posted three points YOSEF WEITZMAN Sports Editor

It didn’t take for senior caption Jerel Blades to help Penn men’s soccer find the back of the net this past Friday — and it also didn’t take long for Blades to earn recognition from the Ivy League.

On Monday, Blades was named Ivy Player of the Week for the first time in his career after his three-point performance in the Quakers’ 3-2 overtime win over Monmouth.

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King had already netted an impressive three goals.

That is not to say that the Quaker defense was not up to the challenge. For the first 182 minutes of play in the season, the back line did not concede a single goal. This impressive feat is due in large part to the formidable center back tandem, composed of senior Camillia Nwokedi and sophomore Chase Geffert — both of whom were unfazed by the Wolfpack coming in.

“Obviously you have to adjust to your competition a little bit, but we really maintain the way we play and just try to come out and play with the same consistency and effort that we do in every other game,” Nwokedi said.

“Specifically for this game we just tried to keep everything in front of us. We sort of sat in a little bit because we didn’t want them to play through us on the side,” Geffert added.

Unfortunately, only three minutes after kick-off, in the 183rd

middle, who hammered it home the give the Quakers a 1-0 just 69 seconds into the game. Later in the half, he it home himself in the 17th minute to give Penn a 2-0 lead. Blades’ goal came off a ricochet from the Monmouth goalie after sophomore Alex Touche, who was the DP Sports Player of the Week, headed the ball into dangerous territory.

Blades’ night still wasn’t over, though. After the Hawks stormed back to send the game into golden-goal, Blades drew the foul that allowed Touche to score the game-winning goal off a free kick.

Blades figures to be a key piece in the heart of the Quakers’ lineup this year. And if the first game was any indication, he’s ready to take on that responsibility.

minute of the season, the Quakers conceded their first goal. The Wolfpack got behind the defense with an incisive cross from junior Krissi Schuster and a clean finish from Tziarra King put it away.

“We had a game plan, and that’s kind of out the door when you go down in the first three minutes,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said. “It’s like, if you’re gonna lose, you gotta go down fighting.”

That fight took a little while to kick in, however. The Red and Blue appeared to be rattled by the early goal, and had problems maintaining possession. Much of the first half was played in the Quakers half, with the Wolfpack firing off 10 shots and winning three corner kicks.

Halftime was a welcome opportunity for the Red and Blue to adjust their game plan and come out in the second half with a greater sense of confidence. And indeed, they capitalized on that opportunity.

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The Quakers tinkered with their formation, placing great trust in the defense by transitioning to a three-in-the-back formation. This change allowed the Red and Blue to push the ball up the field more and put some pressure on the NC State defense.

In the 63rd minute, junior Kelsey Andrews hit a shot just wide of the net. Then, in the 65th minute, senior Sasha Stephens put a shot just over the crossbar.

The Quakers found themselves knocking at the door, but could not find the back of the net, and the game ended 1-0.

“Sasha [Stephens] said it best: We hold our heads high today because everything we wanted out of today, we got. We had some good opportunities … and I think we walked off knowing that, ‘Wow, we were the better team that second half,’” Van Dyke said.

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Red and Blue sweep competiton at Bison Open XC | Both teams finish with 29 points in first race of year MICHAEL LANDAU Associate Sports Editor

A fresh start. A new beginning. A clean state.

Whatever you want to call it, the 2018 season for Penn men’s and women’s cross country kicked off on Friday in an extremely successful fashion.

Both teams were victorious at the Bison Open at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., scoring a total of 29 points each in the one-day meet.

Even though the competition was primarily intended to be a warm-up for the rest of season, coach Steve Dolan was encouraged by the performance of the two teams. “I thought we got off to a real good start,� Dolan said. “It’s early for us in the season so our goal was to run well as a team and work together to get off to a good start to the season, and I thought both of the teams did a real nice job.�

In fact, the runners had only been practicing together for a week on campus before the meet, making their performance all the more impressive. The teams combatted this competitive rust with some unique strategies designed to ease them into the season. “We encouraged them to run together as much as possible in groups,� Dolan said. “We also asked them to be cautious in the first half of the race and more aggressive in the second half.�

This packing allowed for extremely consistent results, as the women took seven places in the top 10, with junior Maddie Villalba leading the way in third place with a time of 14:13.6 in the four kilometer race. Like Dolan, she thought that the team’s strategy was integral to its success. “We packed together and ran together which was really key for us, and even when it wasn’t the front pack we had lots of clusters throughout,� Villalba said.

The men’s team had a great deal of success on Friday as

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well, with five runners finishing in the top 10. Sophomores Anthony Russo, Ryan Renken, and Daniel Cohen all finished in the top five, with Russo placing in second with a time of

18:53.1 on the 6K course.

Like his coach, Russo echoed that while Friday’s competition was a success, it primarily served as preparation for the next few months of meets.

“It was a good stepping stone for what’s to come later in the season,� he said. “We’re looking to keep building our base mileage, keep getting in good workouts and runs together, and

just stay healthy.�

Continued practice and preparation will be vital going forward, especially because this week’s meet did not necessarily give the runners a complete test of their abilities. The women will eventually build to 6K races while the men will work up to 5 miles, which is slightly more than 8K. While the ultimate goal for the men’s and women’s teams may be to improve on their respective third and seventh place Ivy League finishes from last year, they are now focused on slowly building to each meet.

Their next test will come at the Main Line Invitational at Haverford College in the Philadelphia area in two weeks. “This first month, from the end of August to the beginning of September, is really an intense training month,� Dolan said. “These first two meets set the stage for the bigger invitationals and championship meets to come later in the season.�

If Friday was any indication, the season has a lot of promise.

Penn volleyball splits four matches at Georgetown Classic Quakers take down Georgetown, Norfolk State EVAN VIROSLAV Sports Reporter

There were a lot of firsts for Penn volleyball this weekend.

In the Quakers’ first games of the season at the Georgetown Classic, sophomore star Parker Jones, who is also a staffer for The Daily Pennsylvanian, finished without a kill, senior Grace James dished out 36 assists and sophomore Raven Sulaimon notched 17 kills for the first time in their careers. Additionally, new coach Iain Braddack picked up his first two wins at Penn in wins over Georgetown and Nor-

folk State.

Penn also fell to George Mason and UNC-Wilmington, but after the matches, Braddak didn’t let that color his view of the team’s prospects this season. “The sky’s the limit for this program,� the newcomer said.

The Quakers’ (2-2) first match of the Classic came against George Mason on Friday, immediately followed by a competition against the hosting Hoyas. The first match was closer than the final 3-1 score indicated, with the Quakers forcing a 1-1 tie early on. However, early deficits in the final two sets were too much to overcome.

The Red and Blue stormed back in their next match versus Georgetown, eking out a 3-2 victory to end

the first day.

The team carried its momentum into Saturday, notching a sweep against Norfolk State. In Penn’s next and final match of the Classic, UNC-Wilmington flipped the script on the Quakers with a 3-0 triumph.

Despite the disappointing end to the weekend, the team still has plenty to celebrate after kicking off its season. Other than recording its first two wins, Sulaimon and James had record-breaking weekends. “James really shined out there,�

Braddack said of her new careerhigh in assists.

Braddack also spoke of how Sulaimon’s dynamic play had allowed her to be more successful and take another positive step in her career.

“We could really trust her,� he said. “She just found a way to score.�

Braddak recognized that the team still had areas of improvement, but he was nonetheless impressed with the performance of his squad, trusting in their ability to develop from this experience. “This program can adapt and grow and is extremely resilient,�

Braddak said.

Next weekend, Penn will get to compete in the Palestra for the first time this season in the Valley Forge Sports Invitational. Penn will face Radford, Saint Francis, and Lehigh.

After securing a number of firsts in Georgetown, the Quakers hope to continue the trend and grab their first wins at home.

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time. Watson credits Penn with helping to instill the work ethic that would eventually land him on an NFL active roster. “I think it’s something that’s just been instilled in me from my time at Penn,� he said. “It was always, ‘If you can still run, stay after practice and get some extra routes [in].’ Extra reps always help. At Penn, one of our sayings was always, ‘One More.’ One more rep, one more lifting session, one more route with the quarterback, so for me, I’ve just tried to embody that my first couple weeks down here [in Tampa].�

Beyond his offensive output, Watson has earned rave reviews from the Bucs coaching staff and media organizations alike for his work ethic and ability on special teams. Watson started on at least three of the four special teams units in his first two preseason games, and will likely get most of his snaps in his rookie season on those teams.

Watson’s performance in that area was something coaches said made him stand out, and was likely an important factor in the decision to keep him on the final roster.

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Following a strong preseason and training camp, former Penn reciever Justin Watson made the Buccaneers 53-man roster.

Looking ahead, Watson and the Buccaneers will play the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers in weeks two and three of the NFL season. Watson grew up a Steeler fan in suburban Pittsburgh, Pa., providing him with the rare opportunity to play against his childhood team very early in his career. “I’ll have a lot of people coming down [to Tampa] for those two games,� Watson said. “My family back in Pittsburgh and my Penn family up in Philly that I’ve been with for four years — I know they’re going to want to come down for the Eagles game, so those are two

games I’m definitely looking forward to.�

Of the current Bucs receiver corps, only Watson and two others are under contract in 2019.

Both Humphries and Martino will be unrestricted free agents after the season, while the veteran Jackson has a team option, and is also a candidate for retirement. This puts Watson in good position to impress in his rookie year and move up the depth chart into a much larger role by next season.

Watson is joined by New York Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland and Carolina Panthers center Greg Van Roten as Penn football’s three NFL alumni.

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Despite an early injury, Tampa Bay Buccaneers fifth-round draft pick Justin Watson held off fierce competition througout the offseason to achieve his dream of making an NFL opening day roster.

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Alex Touche earns DP Player of the Week M. SOCCER | Overtime goal lifts Penn over Monmouth YOSEF WEITZMAN Sports Editor

Sometimes its better to be tall than to be good. On Friday against Monmouth, sophomore defenseman Alex Touche was both.

In Penn men’s soccer’s 3-2 overtime victory over the Hawks, Touche scored the game winning goal and helped create another goal to earn him recognition as DP Sports Player of the Week.

The London native made his presence felt early and often in Penn’s season-opener. Fifteen minutes after Penn freshman Joey Bhangida scored the game’s first goal, Touche helped the Quakers double their lead to 2-0 by redirecting a corner kick with his head towards the front of the goal.

After the ball ricocheted off the Monmouth goalie, senior captain Jerel Blades kicked it into the back of the net.

Monmouth wouldn’t go down easily, though, scoring two setpiece goals to tie the game and force extra time.

Eight minutes into the first golden-goal overtime period, Touche’s head struck again. This time, he used every inch of his 6’4’’ frame to out-jump his defender and send home junior Brandon Bartel’s free kick and new head coach Brian Gill a win in his first game at the helm of the team.

Looking ahead, Gill should be excited about what Touche will be able to offer the team over the next three years. Touche was named Second-Team All-Ivy last year as a freshman, and ended the 2017 season against Harvard the same way he ended this game: with a goal.

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FOOTBALL | Former Penn star Justin Watson earns spot on the 53-man roster THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Editor

NFL rookie Justin Watson has made the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 53-man roster in his rookie season.

Watson was selected by the Bucs in the fifth round of the NFL draft last spring, becoming the first Penn football player to be drafted into the NFL since 2002. Since then, the wide receiver overcame an early injury to impress Bucs coach Dirk Koetter enough to earn a roster spot.

In the four preseason games, Watson caught a total of nine passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns across all four preseason games.

He also had a fumble in his first game.

The Bucs wide receiver competition was incredibly tight this year, causing Bucs coaches to keep an extra receiver. The six rostered receivers are starters Mike Evans, Adam Humphries, Chris Godwin, the veteran DeSean Jackson, and reserves Watson and Freddie Martino. Watson’s professional career did not have the start he would have hoped for.

Soon after the Bucs selected him in the draft, the receiver was forced to the sidelines during offseason workouts in the spring with an injury. The injury meant missing out on important reps against NFL talent, something Ivy League and FCS prospects severely lack.

His response to that setback was to work even harder once he returned, getting in extra reps after practice with Bucs starting quarterback Jameis Winston to try to make up for lost SEE WATSON PAGE 10

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Red and Blue earn split Quakers lose defensive battle to No. 13 NC State against ranked ACC foes W. SOCCER | Penn gives up first goal of the season PAUL HARRYHILL Sports Reporter

In the world of competitive sports, there are games in which the stat sheet does not adequately do justice to actual events that transpired.

Exhibit A: Penn women’s soccer 1-0 loss to No. 13 North Carolina

State on Friday.

On paper, it appears as though the Quakers (2-1-0) were thoroughly overpowered by the Wolfpack (4-0-1), who came to a waterlogged Rhodes Field ranked 13th in the nation. The visitors fired off 16 shots, six of which were on goal, forcing junior keeper Kitty Qu to make five saves — two more than she had in the first two games combined. Compare that to the four shots mustered by the Quakers, and the game looks like it had

the makings of a blowout.

But in person, this game told a different story.

Penn’s back line knew entering this game that the high-octane Wolfpack attack would be a step up from the level of play they saw in their first two contests. In the four games leading up to their bout with the Quakers, NC State averaged nearly 18 shots per game. And, on the scoring front, junior Tziarra SEE NC STATE PAGE 9

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Senior center back and captain Camillia Nwokedi was a big reason why the Red and Blue were able to hold an explosive Wolfpack offense to just one goal in a near upset over the ranked ACC foe this past Friday.

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FIELD HOCKEY | OT goal pushes Quakers past No. 14 Wake Forest GRACE HYLINSKI Sports Reporter

The Red and Blue experienced both a high and a low during their season-opening weekend.

This weekend, unranked Penn field hockey participated in the inaugural ACC and Ivy CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR League Conference Crossover, splitting a pair of games against Senior forward Rachel Mirkin scored the game-winning goal No. 14 Wake Forest and No. 2 in Penn field hockey’s upset win over No. 14 Wake Forest.

North Carolina. Playing against a powerhouse of a program in field and got the ball to fresh- other Ivy League team to UNC and a top-15 team like man Maddy Fagan. Fagan then compete in the Conference Wake Forest, the Quakers knew crossed over the shooting circle Crossover Weekend. Impresthey were in for a challenging and passed to junior Alexa Sch- sively, the Tigers held their own weekend to say the least. neck, who hit a backhanded against the Tar Heels on Friday, Penn started off the weekend pass back to Mirkin. Mirkin but still lost to the powerhouse with a bang on Friday, upset- finished the play off by driving 1-0. On Sunday, they were able ting the Demon Deacons in a the ball to the back of the goal, to beat Wake Forest in a definithrilling double-overtime win. giving the Red and Blue a walk- tive fashion by winning 4-0.

In a showing of two strong- off victory.

What did this weekend willed defensive lines, there Two days later, though, the mean for Penn field hockey? were only six total shots on goal Tar Heels showed no mercy, For one, it proves that in a during regulation play. Penn dominating from start to finish close game against a respected sophomore goalkeeper Ava in a decisive 8-0 win. opponent, the Red and Blue Rosati made three key saves The Quakers were able to are extremely capable of comfor the Quakers to keep them in hold UNC to just three goals in peting and battling for the win. contention throughout regula- the first half, but over the next On the other hand, it highlighttion and overtime. half, Penn’s defense began to ed the defensive holes and the Regulation time came and wear down against the sharp need for a consistently cohewent with no goals from either and fast-paced play of UNC. sive offense. side, leading to the first overIn fact, UNC scored a pair of All in all, the Quakers, after time period when Wake Forest goals within the first three min- gaining valuable experience held possession but could not utes of the second half. Still, against top-15 teams, have a break through Penn’s back line. Rosati stood as strong as she better idea on what they need Later, with just 4:33 left in could in goal, making eight ma- to do to improve for Ivy League the second overtime period, jor saves as UNC hit 16 shots play in order to reach the senior forward Rachel Mirkin on goal throughout the game.

NCAA tournament later toward grabbed a loose pass in the midNo. 10 Princeton was the the end of the season.

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