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Linebacker was one of final players to make Lions’ roster on Saturday RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor
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As hard as it was, Brandon Copeland sat and watched. Only two years removed from his third Ivy League title in four seasons, a period in which he established himself as one of the most dominant forces in a conference historically dominated by players donning the Red and Blue, Copeland was out of football. After playing for the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad in 2013 and signing with the Tennessee Titans in 2014, the former Penn football standout was cut last September, without a team for the foreseeable future. “Football kind of hurt to watch,” Copeland said. “You see people out there who earned their spots. Everyone who is released thinks they can be out there. “I watched it because I love the sport, but I also needed to learn linebacker more, so when I got the chance to come back to play, mentally I’d be a lot sharper than I was when I got released.” Nearly a full year later, Copeland has flipped the script on his career. For weeks on end, he trained every day, focusing on the minute SEE COPELAND PAGE 13
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This past weekend, the 12th biannual PennApps was held at the Wells Fargo Center. The world’s first student-run collegiate hackathon, this year’s event was largest to date, with over 2,000 participants from 147 universities across 11 countries.
A recap of the fall hackathon VIBHA KANNAN Staff Reporter
In 36 hours, Swarthmore College sophomore Rachel Diamond slept for only a total of nine hours, collected more than a dozen items of sponsor-branded free swag and
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witnessed the greatest supply of free bananas in her life. Diamond was a first-time participant at PennApps, which was hosted by Penn at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia this past weekend. Early Sunday morning, she wore denim shorts and a lavender T-shirt , looking far more put together than her fellow participants clad
in pajamas and swaddled in fleece blankets. Her work area was piled with so many sponsor T-shirts that it seemed as if she had taken every single free item offered at the hackathon. “My friend and I came together because we thought it would be fun to participate,” Diamond said. “But we soon realized that we were in over our heads, so we’re just here to
have fun and see the cool projects.” At 8:40 a.m. on Sunday morning, the tension was palpable in the Wells Fargo Center. The teams only had 20 minutes left to submit their “hacks” — hardware or software solutions to real world problems. Loops of white tables were filled with SEE PENNAPPS PAGE 6
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No quick fix for slow Van Pelt Library computers Problems blamed on delayed software update SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter
Van Pelt computers have been experiencing technical difficulties this week. Many desktop computers in the Electronic Lookup Computer Lab on the first floor of Van Pelt have been marked as out of order.
Others have had slow internet speeds and delayed startup times. “The plan is for new computers to arrive on Monday over the holiday to alleviate the problem,” said Marlin Bocino, an intern at Van Pelt. ”We’re having connectivity issues, so this entire week has proven to be slow in this particular area.” “We’re doing a number of things to improve the speed and startup of machines in that
location,” said Joe Zucca, director of Strategic Initiatives and Library Technology Services. Zucca said that the slowness is caused by a variety of issues such as network configuration and student profile configuration on the library computers. He also added that Penn Libraries’ technology department is taking various steps to correct the problem. The library tech department will be adjusting the cycle used to replace equipment so that some of their newer purchases will be put in the ELC to combat the current issues. In addition, he said that the department has been studying how the computers connect to the internet in hopes of speeding up access to the network. New policy decisions will also tackle the problems facing Van Pelt computers. For example, they will be shortening the length of time that files can stay on users’ profiles, which they believe will increase the machine speed. “Right now, there’s a 24-hour lag at the end of the profile before files get wiped. That’s a good thing if you’ve forgotten to take something off the machine and
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Several desktop computers on the first floor of Van Pelt have been marked as out of order. Others have experienced slow internet and delayed startup times this past week.
you have to go back and hope to find it there. But there is a cost in performance in having a profile linger that long,” Zucca said. Zucca stated that the issues were not addressed earlier in the summer because a reimaging project — which updated versions of software available to computers
and also how machines were configured to deliver the software — was the top priority at the time. He said the improvements will be implemented soon, though a specific date is not set for when all the issues will be resolved. Despite the slowness, some students say that it is not a major
problem. “To me, it doesn’t take too long because while it’s loading, I like to get out the work that I’m working on and the supplies that I’ll be using,” Engineering freshman Faith Taliaferro said. “By the time I’m ready to work, it’s loaded, and I can go on the computer.”
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Advocacy group PCUW embraces gender diversity Name change will hopefully encourage participation ISABEL KIM Deputy News Editor
This year, Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women got a facelift, rebranding as the Penn Association for Gender Equity. PAGE is an umbrella group that focuses on community, advocacy and serving its constituent groups including the Panhellenic Council, UPenn Women’s Political League and Wharton Women. In many cases, member organizations were more well-known than PCUW itself, but with its new name, PAGE hopes to be more active. PAGE “wanted to have something that was more focused on the activism of the group,” PAGE Communications Chair and College sophomore Meghana Nallajerla said. Students outside of PAGE’s member groups expressed little
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The Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women, which meets regularly in the Penn Women’s Center, recently rebranded as the Penn Association for Gender Equity.
knowledge of its programming. Nallajerla said she hopes the name
change will make the organization’s activities more prominent.
Another major reason for the name change was to reinforce
PAGE’s inclusiveness. PAGE, according to its mission statement, promotes “gender and social justice and serves as an umbrella group for a diverse range of constituent organizations at Penn.” Whereas PCUW “did not accurately represent where we wanted our organization to be or the direction we wanted it to head in,” Nallajerla said. According to their website, PAGE hopes to “tackle the issues that are facing women on our campus and beyond and do so in a way that embraces and celebrates diversity: LGBTQ and transgender women, women of color, socioeconomically disadvantaged women.” The name change reflects changing attitudes toward gender identities. “The former name had women in it, and we are trying to be more open to genderqueer people, nonbinary people and men,” Nallajerla said. “As long as you’re interested in gender equity, it doesn’t matter what
gender you identify with: You are welcome.” The old name, with the word “women” right in the title, might have been unintentionally exclusionary to other gender identities, and the new name reflects PAGE’s commitment to including all students and student groups that support women and gender equity. Constituents have generally responded positively to the new name. “Members of PAGE-affiliated student groups are all advocates in one form or another, and so I applaud this reignited effort. It gives us yet another reason to come together and work toward the goals we are so passionate about,” Co-Director of Penn Women’s Political League and College senior Jordan Dannenberg said. And to many, PAGE is way less of a mouthful than PCUW. “I do think its definitely easier 75004 for people to remember,” Nallajerla said.
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students, uneaten food and tangled cords. Other participants were still rolling out of air mattresses and sleeping bags as multiple cell phone alarms simultaneously rang. The Wells Fargo Center, filled with 2,000 of the nation’s best young software and hardware designers, was a huge change in venue. In past years, the event was hosted on Penn’s campus, but the growth in PennApps both in terms of name and participation resulted in the move off campus. “I thought the Wells Fargo Center had a great set-up because you could see all these people working on their projects,” Carnegie Mellon Engineering sophomore and Grand Prize winner Edward Ahn said. “There was a really collective and helpful atmosphere, while if you do it at a university, people will usually separate.” By 9:30 a.m., participants were supposed to have submitted their work. Soon after, the first expo began, where half the teams presented their projects. Sponsors continued to hand out free items, simultaneously pitching their companies to wandering hackers. From L-3 Communications — a defense contractor — to Comcast, from Goldman Sachs to Uber, representatives from companies grabbed any and every opportunity to talk about their company and gauge the hackers’ interest in future internships. “Companies do a lot of recruiting
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at PennApps,” Diamond said. “A lot of large companies like Google, Uber and Microsoft are here, but this is also a good event for small companies to get their names out.” During the hackathon, many of the women’s bathroom signs had also been covered by the men’s bathroom logo. The sign changes were a subtle indication of the gender gap pervading within the tech industry — PennApps had far more male participants than female participants. Nevertheless, Engineering and Wharton sophomore Devesh Dayal, head of marketing and press for the event, said that 20 percent of the applicants were female, which was a large improvement from previous years. At 11:30 a.m. hundreds of students filed into the arena for the second expo round. Many fiddled with their devices and conversed with their teammates as other participants walked around to view their rivals’ projects. Carnegie Mellon sophomore Dylan Steele created an app called Phonograph, which was marketed as a “Spotify that can work without Wi-Fi.” Another app called “uShould,” designed by four students including College junior Q Kalantary and Wharton and College junior Daniel Kwak, was a “health habit forming app” that used elements of hardware to set alarms based on touch sensors. For the next few hours, the arena buzzed as re-energized students presented their innovative hardware and software designs.
Finally, the awards ceremony began at 2:00 p.m., recognizing teams that had found success hacking through different “routes” such as education and health, and those who had won companysponsored prizes. For the Grand Prize winners — Carnegie Mellon Engineering sophomores Edward Ahn, Rajat Mehndiratta, Vasu Agrawal and Cyrus Tabrizi — it was not all smooth sailing to the finish line of their app, FifthSense. Mehndiratta described the project as an assistance device for visually impaired people that would allow them to interact with technology such as smartphones. There were six buttons on the back of the device that people could use to communicate braille patterns. With only 36 hours to finish their design, they struggled with timing their tasks. “We did quite a bit of brainstorming. The first night, we only finalized our idea at 4 or 5 a.m. in the morning when everyone was asleep, so we actually only spent about 24 hours working on the project,” Agrawal said. Their sleepless nights paid off as their hack, FifthSense, won not only the Grand Prize, but also Best Hardware Hack and Best AlphaLab Gear Hardware Hack. “We tried to not only make it ergonomic by testing the natural arrangement of our fingers,” Mehndiratta said, “but we also tried to make it as fast and usable as possible because we thought no one had really done that.”
go beyond what’s on the market to offer creative, proportioned meals that allow you to feel good after you eat them.” Pure Fare was established in 2010 and currently operates out of two storefronts near Center City, one at South and 16th
streets and another at 21st Street between Walnut and Sansom streets. Sehgal also operates Agno Grill at 21st and Chestnut streets, “which has the same ‘pure’ philosophy as Pure Fare but with food from all over the Mediterranean,” Sehgal said. “The folks working at the Houston Market location are Bon Appétit employees, but they have been trained by one of [Sehgal’s] chefs who supported the opening,” Resident District Manager of Bon Appétit Stephen Scardina said. He added that the recipes used in the Houston Market location are Sehgal’s, including a few new recipes specific to the Penn location. The Houston Market location accepts dining dollars. Sehgal manages a staff of approximately 20 employees across her Center City locations. Several members of Sehgal’s downtown staff are refugees from Burma and Nepal and have inspired Pure Fare’s popular Burmese papaya salad. “One of the refugees even taught Bon Appétit how to make that salad,” Sehgal said. As Sehgal is helping to offer refugees a chance at a good life, she is appreciative of the opportunities Penn has given and continues to give her. “I’m so glad to bring what I learned and what I love back to this place that’s had a tremendous impact on my life,” Sehgal said. “I get to see this new youth healthy culture and have my food affect students during such an important part of their lives.” She credits Penn with giving her the courage and resources to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams. “The support network Penn has when you’re there and once you leave is phenomenal,” Sehgal said. “The people you meet and the contacts that you make, and the access to information and to mentors — it all really gave me the courage to do what I wanted to do.” Adding Pure Fare to the Houston Market selection was a no-brainer for Penn Dining. “We asked Bon Appétit to help find an element that we were missing in all of our dining programs, and they really only had to go downtown to find Pure Fare — it all just clicked for us,” Director of Business Services Pam Lampitt said. Penn Dining had been looking to expand its gluten-free and meatless options. “What [Sehgal] wants to deliver with Pure Fare is exactly what we thought we were missing among our food offerings, and with [Sehgal] having gone to Penn, it was all a very natural fit,” Lampitt said. “The opening in Houston Market has gone beautifully,” Sehgal added. “I’m really happy working with Penn and Penn Dining and their great culinary team — it’s been really nice just to get in there and collaborate and learn from one another.”
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Former senior vice president dies at age 100 E. Craig Sweeten leaves a legacy at the heart of Penn RUIHONG LIU Staff Reporter
E. Craig Sweeten, the legendary Penn alumnus who never left the University in heart, died Aug. 7 in Florida at the age of 100. You’ll probably recognize the name Sweeten when walking by Sweeten Alumni House, the red-brick gothic-style house that is home to Penn Alumni Relations. But you might not know the story of the man who dedicated his life’s career to Penn, the school that he deeply cherished. A 1937 Wharton graduate, Sweeten went to work for Penn’s Bicentennial Campaign two days after his graduation and had served the University since. In 1956, he was named Penn’s director of development and has since served various roles within the University. Nineteen years later, he became Penn’s senior vice president and helped gather $225 million in fundraising in 1980. When Sweeten retired in 1981, the General Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania awarded him the Alumni Award of Merit in recognition of his contributions to the school. In the same year, the Board of Trustees voted to name the alumni relations building E. Craig Sweeten Alumni House. Sweeten was married to Nancy Rafetto Sweeten, who has served as the vice dean of Penn’s College of Women and a member of the English department. The Sweetens lived in Venice, Fla. for 10 years and then moved to Bay Village in Sarasota, Fla. in 2000. In 2007, Sweeten remarked about his understanding between a school and its alumni,
saying, “Generations of students come, each generation important in its day, and then they recede like the tides … But you alumni are the one constant in the enduring nature of universities. “Long associations spur convictions, and I have my share of these. More compelling perhaps than any other is the conviction that you, you the alumni, are the rock upon which this institution rests and which fortifies its being,” he continued. Penn continued to show its appreciation for what Sweeten did for the University. President Gutmann wrote a letter to Sweeten in January 2015 congratulating him on his 100th birthday and thanking him for his dedication to Penn. She praised Sweeten’s “thoughtful work” to the school’s Development and Alumni Relations Office and wrote: “Best of all, you have fulfilled your many roles with dignity, grace, and humil-
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LAST WEEK IN PHOTOS Made in America, the campus farmers’ market, late-night activities and other events showcased last week’s happenings.
Saturday: Beyonce headlined the Made in America Festival on Saturday night.
Wednesday: The farmers’ market on 36th and Walnut streets is set up every Wednesday.
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Sunday: J. Cole performed at the Made in America Festival on Sunday.
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Wednesday: Penn NROTC cadets lowered the American flag.
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The Weeknd’s performance capped off the Made in America festival.
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Friday: Penn Outdoors Club cooked s’mores in front of The Button.
Tuesday: The view from Huntsman Hall on a clear night.
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Tuesday: Late night snacks at Tortas Frontera.
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Gutmann encourages President’s Engagement Prizes applications Four previous winners will discuss their projects CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
The application process for Penn’s prestigious President’s Engagement Prizes has officially begun. The prizes, first awarded last spring, provide seniors with up to $100,000 to complete a project of local, national or global engagement in the year after their graduation from Penn. Formed under the Penn Compact 2020, the prize aims to foster the practical application of knowledge learned in school. “The key messages are that the prizes underscore our commitment
to encouraging students to put their education into practice,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said. “It’s a way of adding prizes that reward our students for what we take to be a very important priority of a Penn education.” On Aug. 26, members of the Class of 2016 received an email from Gutmann announcing this year’s contest and urging students to apply. “Do you want to use your Penn education to make a difference in the lives of others?” the email reads. “Do you dream of pioneering your own public service project? Could you use up to $100,000 to turn your idea into a reality?” Gutmann said she aims to award three prizes every year — but in the first year of the competition, she
awarded four. The winners included students from all four undergraduate schools. Last year’s winning projects are expansive and diverse, sending prize winners across the globe. 2015 Nursing graduate Jodi Feinberg is bridging the gap between inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation by creating a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation model for home care. 2015 College graduate Shadrack Frimpong is establishing the Tarkwa Breman Model School for Girls and Community Clinic in the village of Tarkwa Breman, Ghana. 2015 Wharton graduate Katlyn Grasso is developing the female empowerment network for high school girls, “GenHeration.” And 2015 Engineering graduates Adrian Lievano
and Matthew Lisle are creating and implementing a rainwater catchment and purification system in Kimana, Kenya. Information sessions will be held throughout the semester, and the four previous winners will each return to campus to discuss their projects. Gutmann encouraged all seniors to consider applying for the prize, noting that even students who do not win will have positioned themselves well by developing a good idea. DP FILE PHOTO “The simple act of applying for The Prizes provide seniors with up to $100,000 to complete a project of the prize, even if not selected as local, national or global engagement after their graduation from Penn. a winner, is a great thing to do because it’s a great exercise and it’s The President’s Engagement includes a written project proposal, likely to produce results in itself,” Prizes are the largest prizes of their a budget plan and a mentor commitGutmann said. “The winners are kind in the United States, according ment and recommendation letter, is incredible.” to Gutmann. The application, which due in January 2016.
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Women and the ‘political pipeline’ Panel discusses lack of women in political roles EUNICE LIM Staff Reporter
"Does sexual harassment factor into women’s ability and motivations to pursue politics?” This question was just one of many that were explored during last night’s panel on college women in politics. It was hosted by the Government and Politics Association, along with the Penn Women's Center and the Penn Association for Gender Equity — formerly the Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women — to address the problem of gender imbalance in not only campus political groups but also national politics. The panelists represented a diverse range of political groups on campus, from Penn Democrats and College Republicans, to Undergraduate Assembly and Penn Political Coalition. They shared personal anecdotes regarding their experiences as women pursuing and achieving higher roles in campus political groups. “I remember going to the first meeting after I was elected into the UA as a freshman. I looked around the room and saw all these guys in suits. There were barely any girls, and probably five minorities and most of the minorities were male,” said College senior Yessenia Moreno, who heads Penn for Immigrant Rights. “It was surprising because I consider Penn to be very diverse, but in student political groups, it isn’t so much.” College senior and UA president
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Jane Meyer also talked about feeling out of place as a woman in a higher political role. “I think there is a vision of what a student government president is supposed to look like, to speak like. And I am unconventional in many ways, so some people doubted me and vocalized those doubts behind the scenes to undermine people’s support of me.” In the span of an hour, the panelists went on to point out how the double expectations for men and women, the accusations against playing the ‘gender card,’ issues regarding harassment in political groups, among other factors, all contribute to a culture where women feel discouraged from participating in campus politics at a higher level. Litty Paxton, director of the Penn Women’s Center and the moderator of the panel, discussed how this has phenomenon has bigger implications. “It’s a political pipeline issue. The lack of representation of women in local, state, and federal levels of government is a problem that starts in college,” Paxton said. “And this becomes a problem when, for example, the major national conversations
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Zelizer thinks pictures would ignite debate SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Staff Reporter
Annenberg professor Barbie Zelizer was recently featured in a CNN article to weigh in on the somber debate of whether news outlets should publish the disturbing footage of the on-air shootings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Though a difficult issue, she is something of an expert on the topic. Zelizer’s research has “always focused on the intersection of journalism, culture and collective memory, with a focus on images in different times — of war, terrorism, natural disasters,” she said. And Zelizer says yes — that the gruesome video should be made public. “I think you can ask yourself one question,” she said. “If the news was bad, would you take it out of the news story? No. So why would you take out pictures?” Zelizer said that there are “repetitive debates about what
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Annenberg professor Barbie Zelizer was recently featured in a CNN article that discussed the controversy surrounding the on-air shootings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward.
pictures should be doing in the news,” and indeed, the video of the Roanoke shooting isn’t the only graphic image that media outlets have grappled whether to show over the past week.
When drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi washed ashore in a Turkish resort town, the same debate arose of whether to publish the graphic images. In this instance, Zelizer sees even more
urgency in showing the photo. “It’s an important picture to show,” she said. “I’m surprised so many news outlets chose not to show it.” Sometimes visuals — and heart
wrenching ones in particular — are the only way to force people to care, or to do something about a problem, Zelizer said. “The idea of engaging people, capturing their attention is a very important goal,” she said. “Engagement propels people to seek out additional information.” The photo of Aylan Kurdi has caused a public outcry for European politicians to address the Syrian refugee crisis. Without the photo’s emotional impact, as conveyed in the media, this mobilization may not have occurred. “Pictures grab us emotionally, stay with us, bypass intellect and move us. That’s an important thing,” Zelizer said. “They remind us why we should care about the news. And a lot of people don’t care about the news anymore.” In fact, images that have sparked great debate often do not stay relevant for long. “These pictures pop up, there’s a debate, lots of real quick action,” she said, adding that the question lies in how long people will stay involved. For this reason, Zelizer believes there should be many pictures, to keep people involved.
Zelizer has often been asked to weigh in when visuals create a moral dilemma for news outlets. She’s been interviewed for PBS Newshour and The Huffington Post, among other publications. Even though professors are usually thought of as somewhat isolated in academia, it’s very natural for Zelizer to move back and forth between her research and weighing in on current events and the news — before becoming a professor, she was a journalist for Reuters. “To go back into the media to talk about that is a very natural journey,” she said. It was when she was reporting in Jerusalem that she became interested in the fundamental question of accountability, which eventually prompted her to pursue the same topic in the academic world. “Who’s going to believe us? Why should they believe us?” she asked. “The public has no way of checking what a reporter claims to be true and factual. There’s this faith based activity that goes on. When I left journalism ... it was to find an answer to that.”
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aspects of his game that needed fixing. At the NFL Veteran Combine in March, he ran an impressive 4.52 40-yard dash. In April, he signed with the Detroit Lions on a one-year deal. And on Saturday, he accomplished a lifelong goal. As teams across the league were forced to shrink their rosters down to 53 men, the Lions made the decision to add a seventh linebacker. Copeland made the team. After recording seven tackles across four preseason games — with a majority of his defensive snaps coming in garbage time, as well as on special teams — the Sykesville, Md., native now has the chance to play in a regular season game for the first time when Detroit opens its season on Sunday. “It still feels somewhat surreal, but now I’m getting focused on the San Diego Chargers and my role,” Copeland said. “Now, you see your name up on the board saying you’re actually
going to be playing this weekend in the game and getting practice reps compared to other years when I was practice squad and not getting many reps. “This is totally new territory for me, and not in a shocked and scared way, but in a way that I’m happy and smiling because it’s pretty amazing.” For Copeland, Saturday was a case of no news being good news. When the league’s 4:00 p.m. deadline for roster moves came and went without a phone call, the former three-time AllIvy selection knew he was out of the woods. “I saw that the clock hit four and I allowed myself to have a little smile crack across my face,” he said. “The first people I called were my mother, brother and grandpa rents, because they’ve obviously been on this journey with me for a long time, the past three years.” The surreal nature of his path to the Lions’ active roster largely stems from the vast period he spent out of the game he loved. But Copeland’s work ethic
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 prepared him for the combine from a physical standpoint, and his success that day in March allowed him to realistically expect to make a 53-man roster. “After the vet combine, that was the time when I realized I had the physical traits to do this,” Copeland said. “That was the affirmation in terms of knowing that I can play in this league. The only person that’d been in my way the entire time was me.” From there, the captain on Penn’s last Ivy title winner connected with the Lions. Despite the team’s depth at linebacker — there are six others ahead of him on the depth chart — Copeland was nonetheless confident in his ability to make the squad still fresh off an appearance in the NFC playoffs. “After the combine, I chose the Lions, and they chose me,” he said. “From a depth standpoint at linebacker, it was probably a harder decision. I didn’t pick the easiest route to making the 53-man roster, but I was always planning on making this team. And throughout the preseason,
Copeland knew his play was speaking for itself. “As you go through more preseason games, it’s more affirmation that you’re close,” he said. “I’m making them think upstairs when they’re talking about players and personnel.” Now, having already accomplished his primary goal as a pro, Copeland has the opportunity to establish himself as a regular on special teams. “I want to be an animal out on the field, unblockable,” he said. “When I’m blocking someone [on special teams], they shouldn’t get past me. My guy
should never make the tackle. When someone lines up across from me, I want others to think ‘Ugh, this sucks.’” Throughout his journey to Detroit, Copeland has continued to feel the support of his coaches and former teammates at Penn. Even throughout the lower periods in his career, that support has been unwavering. At the same time, the linebacker has continued to support his program from afar. As someone accustomed to enduring adversity, Copeland has a poignant message to pass along to the Quakers as they prepare to
begin their first season under Ray Priore. “One thing I remember saying to myself senior year ... was always just ‘Climb out, climb out,’” he said. “We tried to climb out of the hole, and at the end of the day, if you find yourself in a hole, you just need to find whatever path possible to get yourself out.” There’s no doubt that Copeland will continue to keep an eye on his former program and those following in his footsteps. But now, with his NFL debut on Sunday, the Quakers can sit and watch him too.
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After failing to make two NFL rosters and spending last fall out of football, former Penn football linebacker Brandon Copeland made the Detroit Lions’ 53-man roster on Saturday afternoon.
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that match in disappointing fashion, 4-0. Fuller does not believe that Sunday showed his squad playing to its potential, noting that the turnaround between games led to a tired performance from his squad. “We didn’t have the legs to do what we wanted to do,� he said. Also in need of remediation is his team’s scoring woes. Through two matches — the first two since former star Duke Lacroix finished his four-year tenure
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coach Kerry Carr said. “It wasn’t because we were outmatched.� Despite many positive signs from her team’s play on Saturday, Carr admits to worrying about her team’s psyche following two tough losses to open the season. However, she was able to refocus her squad based on a simple mission. “On Sunday, our mantra was ‘find a way to win,’� Carr said. And her team would find themselves with a perfect opportunity to do just on Sunday against West Carolina. After once against splitting the match’s first four sets against the Catamounts (3-5), the Quakers dug deep and pulled away in the game’s final stretch to
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Looking ahead for fall sports DP SPORTS EDITORS They say good things come in threes. See below. 1. What individual athlete has been most impressive throughout the early part of the season? Sports Editor Colin Henderson: I’ve gotta go with senior outside hitter and Penn volleyball co-captain Alexis Genske. As the Quakers’ most electric athlete, she may have had unfair expectations put on her last year. But the team’s free-flowing offense seems to suit her well this year and allowed for her to make the DC Classic All-Tournament team this weekend. Sports Editor Laine Higgins: Although Penn men’s soccer is only two games into its season, senior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne is a shoe-in for the most impressive performance of the season thus far given how he spent his Friday night. In Penn’s scoreless, season-opening draw against Washington, the No. 7 team in the country, the Portola Valley, Calif., native made eight saves, keeping the Quakers in the mix for all 90 minutes of play. Associate Sports Editor Thomas Munson: While women’s soccer has been grabbing headlines with incredible play through its first three games, I’m gonna go outside the box here and pick a player who hasn’t spent a minute on the field yet. Senior tight end Ryan O’Malley has been turning heads with his new hairdo and beard combo. The mohawk and full mutton chops are more impressive than anything done on any Penn field so far. 2. Which team has the most to prove between now and the end of September? Henderson: Sticking with my theme from the first question, I’ll go with Penn volleyball. This is a group of athletes that needs to show us who they really are, and that means building off the positives of this opening weekend for the rest of the month.
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It would become an entire afternoon of firsts for the Quakers. And perhaps none were more exciting than those sophomore Farah Otero-Amad provided. The forward was clearly the player of the game. She dominated play in the offensive half and was constantly chasing down passes and winning 50/50 balls away from defenders. Her play wouldn’t go unnoticed or unrewarded. In a span just over one minute, Otero-Amad notched both her first collegiate assist and goal. Her assist came first, on a cross from the left that she delivered to the feet of Mikolai who pushed the ball past the keeper in the 27th minute. Just over a minute later, Otero-Amad fired a shot of her own between the pipes to stretch
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Senior tight end Ryan O’Malley has been sporting some impressive facial hair during training camp. Penn takes on Lehigh on Sept. 19.
Higgins: Definitely women’s soccer. Not only does new coach Nicole Van Dyke have big shoes to fill after the departure of Darren Ambrose — the program’s leader for the last 15 years — for Vanderbilt last winter, but the team also has a reputation to restore after a disappointing third-place finish in the Ivy League in 2014. It’s high time that the Quakers reconquer their spot atop the Ancient Eight, and Van Dyke is the program’s best chance of getting back there. Munson: Nicole Van Dyke may have big shoes to fill, but they come nowhere near those of Ray Priore. Penn takes on Lehigh and Villanova before the month’s end, and while the Quakers are not favored in either, they could use a pair of strong performances after last season’s debacle. 3. What game are you most looking forward to next weekend? Henderson: Not really a “game,” per se, but I’m looking forward to see how Penn cross country does in the Big 5 Invitational. For me, it never really feels
like the fall season has begun until the runners have started to compete, and a lot of people are looking for big things from the men’s team this year. Higgins: I’m always a fan of the tough non-conference games Penn plays in the early parts of the season, so I have to go with women’s soccer’s Friday contest against Clemson. Coming back to Philadelphia from the two-game road swing through South Carolina won’t be easy — the Tigers are ranked No. 13 in the nation right now and are undefeated through four games. While the Quakers also head into the match without a loss, their previous opponents pale in comparison to the challenge Clemson will present. Munson: I have to agree with Laine here. Penn women’s soccer probably has the best chance of any fall team to put together a special season. Friday in South Carolina is the Quakers’ first chance to prove that they are the real deal. I can’t wait to see how they perform.
the Quakers’ lead to three. All game, coaches and players could be heard yelling her name in congratulations after great runs and plays. Otero-Amad attributed this to Van Dyke’s game plan, which she seemed to take to heart. “We had a lot of time and space on the field,” she said. “Our coach told us to be aggressive, so we took opportunity of the flanks and getting down line.” Of course, no one was more proud of the youngsters than Van Dyke herself. “Everything we’ve asked of them, they’ve done,” she said of the group. “They continually try to lean and grow. Very, very coachable. “They’ve definitely been impacting the game on the field,” she added. “And it’s equated in some tremendous game-winning goals.” Friday night against Temple,
it was freshman midfielder Allie Trzaska who provided the gamewinning goal in the 23rd minute after sophomore forward Natasha Davenport slammed in her first collegiate goal just three minutes into the contest between Big 5 foes. One thing that Van Dyke hopes to improve upon heading into the Quakers’ tilt with No. 10 Clemson on Friday in South Carolina is capitalizing on more of their scoring chances. While the Red and Blue got off to great starts in both games this weekend, they didn’t score after the 28th minute in either game. Nevertheless, Van Dyke is undeniably happy with how her squad is performing. “I think the results are awesome,” she said. “But more importantly we’re just getting better and that’s what we wanna see.”
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reshman back Selena Garzio scored her first collegiate goal Friday in the Quakers’ 5-2 win F against Longwood, showing promise for her future as a member of the Red and Blue squad.
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step.” After Friday’s matchup was delayed 40 minutes due to inclement weather, Liberty quickly scored the game’s first two goals. However, sophomore standout Alexa Hoover scored a hat trick in the span of 23 minutes, giving the Red and Blue a 3-2 lead. Liberty, however, responded by scoring twice in under two minutes to claim a lead it would never relinquish. The Quakers rebounded quickly after Friday’s loss, taking down Longwood (0-3) in convincing fashion on Sunday. Four different players found the back of the net for Penn, including freshman standout Selena Garzio, who notched the team’s second goal, the first of her young career. But Hoover was the star of the weekend. The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year scored all three goals in the loss to Liberty before adding
two more to go along with an assist on an Elise Tilton goal on Sunday. After winning the Ancient Eight scoring title a year ago, Hoover’s five goals in the early going this season once again lead the conference. “It wasn’t surprising,” Fink said of her star attacker’s 2015 debut. “She worked really hard in the offseason [and] we’ve seen a much broader range from her offensively.” This weekend’s games also featured sophomore goaltender Liz Mata’s first action as the team’s first-string goaltender. The Severna Park, Md., native struggled in very limited action in 2014, allowing four goals on seven shots during the Quakers’ Oct. 9 game against Monmouth, her only start of the year. Mata showed improvement in her first pair of games of 2015, registering seven saves against Liberty before adding two more versus Longwood. “I think Liz had a really good game against Liberty. She
had some stellar saves,” Fink said. “She’s shown some really good leadership, and she’s going to continue to work on all aspects of her game.” The weekend’s games — both on the road against Virginia opponents — provided the Quakers with a rare chance for a multi-night road trip. The squad left Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, heading to Liberty’s campus for two nights and then Longwood’s for one. “It was a great experience, it’s always nice to get off campus for a couple days,” Fink said. “The girls were obviously rooming together, we went to see a movie, we ate lots of team meals together. To be honest, I think those are the moments that really define a team. We learned a lot from this road trip.” The Quakers will next be in action Friday, when they host Saint Joseph’s at Vagelos Field. They will then make a short cross-city trip to take on Temple on Sunday.
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After two tough, five-set losses on Saturday, Penn volleyball sealed a weekend split Sunday
Despite falling in its season opener, Penn field hockey scored five goals in a Sunday win
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It is by no means uncommon for a weekend doubleheader to feature clear high- and low-water marks. Only this weekend for Penn men’s soccer, the high point found them threatening to summit the pinnacle of the collegiate landscape, and the low point featured a team that was almost unrecognizable its previous showing. In the team’s toughest back-to-back matchups of the season, Penn ultimately could not string together two strong performances in a row. After impressively drawing against seventhranked Washington on Friday, the Quakers faltered in their matinee performance on Sunday against American. Coming out of the summer, there was no doubt that the beginning of the season was going to be a challenge for the Red and Blue (0-1-1). Their fullyrenovated roster welcomed seven new full-time starters — freshmen and upperclassmen alike — and coach Rudy Fuller has never been one to shy away from a tough non-conference schedule. “It was a difficult task for the guys. To go the full 110 minutes on Friday night and then have to travel down to DC and play a good American team, it was a tough task and we knew that going in.” Fuller said. “We knew it was going to be a challenge, and it just proved too much for us.” The season started on Friday with a hotly-contested match against Washington (2-0-2). After 90 minutes of play mostly controlled by the Huskies, the two teams were both still scoreless. Two 10-minute overtime periods could not break the tie, even though Penn started to level the playing field with multiple quality chances. Senior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 14
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Sophomore forward Farah Otero-Amad netted her first collegiate goal one minute after tallying her first assist as Penn women’s soccer beat Mount St. Mary’s, 3-0, at Rhodes Field on Sunday to improve their record to 3-0-0.
given the undeniably positive atmosphere surrounding Sunday’s matchup with Mount St. Mary’s (0-6), it isn’t necessarily surprising. The party got started 14:23 into the first half when sophomore Darby Mason launched a
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beautiful corner kick to the head of senior Paige Lombard, who sped across the box and promptly put the ball in the back of the net from 10 yards out. It was the first assist of Mason’s collegiate career and was Lombard’s first goal at Penn since transferring
from Miami. After the goal, Lombard was jumping with joy. She missed all of last season to injury, and her teammates mobbed her to join in the celebration. SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 15
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Three games into Nicole Van Dyke’s tenure, Penn women’s soccer is firing on all cylinders. And to hear her players tell it, most of the credit should go to the first-year coach. After their 3-0 victory over Mount St. Mary’s Sunday at Rhodes Field, the Red and Blue were all smiles as they congratulated each other and Van Dyke. “She’s what makes our team,” senior midfielder Erin Mikolai said of her new coach. “Our wins are accredited to her. She constantly pushes us every game and every practice.” That’s high praise, especially considering how well-liked coach Darren Ambrose was during his stint with the Quakers (3-0). But
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And they’re off. Penn field hockey started its 2015 campaign this weekend by splitting a pair of games during a three-night, two-town trip through Virginia. After dropping their season opener to Liberty, 4-3, on Friday, the Red and Blue bounced back to take down Longwood, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon. Friday’s tilt against the Flames (3-0) was eerily reminiscent of the two teams’ 2014 meeting, which Liberty won, 3-2, in Philadelphia. In both
contests, Penn (1-1) surrendered two unanswered goals towards the end of the game, allowing the Flames to tie it up before taking the lead. Last season’s defeat was also one of five one-goal losses suffered by the Quakers throughout the year. After going 9-2 in games decided by one goal in 2013, Penn has since dropped six of its last nine one-goal contests in the past two seasons, including on Friday. “Field hockey is a close game,” coach Colleen Fink said. “It’s a game of chance sometimes. But there’s obviously a big conversation within our staff about taking that next SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 15
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