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Provost rolls out new course regulations The changes include limiting students’ courseloads and extending the pass/fail deadline JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

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The closely-examined Best Colleges Ranking from U.S. News & World Report was released this week, and for the third year running, Penn came in eighth. Princeton University also continued its streak at the top, coming in first for the eighth year in a row. SEE RANKINGS PAGE 9

SP2 graduate student dies Cameron Avant Driver was 38-years-old HALEY SUH News Editor

Cameron Avant Driver, a second-year graduate student in the School of Social Policy & Practice, died Tuesday night, according to an email sent to the SP2 community from Dean John Jackson and Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum.

Driver, 38, suffered a “medical emergency” during class for the course “Foundations of Social Work Practice 1,” according to the email, after which his classmates and faculty members contacted emergency professionals and

Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team. Driver died later at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

Driver was on track to complete his master’s degree in social work, with two years left in his coursework. He lived in East Mount Airy in northwest Philadelphia with his wife, Roxanne Logan, and stepson, Christian. He is survived by his parents, Chere Jordan and James Avant.

In Philadelphia, Driver had a history of doing charitable work.

Among other organizations, he volunteered at Philabundance, a nonprofit food bank, and Chosen 300 Ministries, a homelessness service.

He was also a longtime contract specialist for the federal General Services Administration and for-

merly earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in Delaware County, Pa. Driver is the fourth Penn student to die in 2018. Earlier this year, Penn Law School student Jonathan Lumpkin died in an apparent drug overdose, and College sophomore Blaze Bernstein died by homicide while visiting home in California.

Another graduate student, Kristina Krull, died in her home over the summer.

“We know this news comes as a major shock to the school community, especially to faculty and MSW students,” the Sept. 12 email from Jackson and McCoullum read. “Now, more than ever, we ask you to hold each other closely.”

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ASAM welcomes new lecturer Rupa Pillai assumed her new position this fall MADELEINE NGO Deputy News Editor

After more than a year and a half of student and faculty-led advocacy, Penn has hired Rupa Pillai, a scholar of anthropology and Asian American studies, as the newest, full-time lecturer in the University’s Asian American Studies program.

This fall, Pillai began teaching two new courses in the program — an introduction to Asian American studies lecture and a seminar about Asian-American religions — accounting for one-third of the program’s course offerings this se-

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University administrators recently implemented new regulations limiting the number of courses undergraduates can take per semester and extending the pass/fail deadline. The move, which comes as a part of a University-wide wellness initiative, has prompted a mixture of reactions from students.

Provost Wendell Pritchett and Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein announced the changes in an email sent to undergraduates on Sept. 7. The new rules place a hard cap on the number of credits an undergraduate can take, limiting students to seven and a half course units per semester.

Students are also limited in the number of courses for which they can pre-register. During advance registration, most students can sign up for up to five and a half course units. Those who are pursuing dual degrees or are seniors struggling to graduate on time can pre-register for six and a half course units.

Pritchett and Winkelstein wrote in their statement that the limitations were implemented to promote “thoughtful academic planning” and decrease the stress associated with taking too many classes.

The regulations also extended the deadline to declare a course pass/fail, which used to coincide with the last day to drop a course. This semester, the drop period ends Oct. 8 and the pass/fail deadline is Oct. 26.

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ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board Co-Chair and College senior Trinh Nguyen noted that although the courses are new, it is not an expansion of the courses offered within the program. Two ASAM courses typically offered in the fall — Asian-American literature, one

of the program’s core classes, and Asian-American activism — were not offered this semester due to “lack of manpower.”

ASAM Associate Director and faculty member Fariha Khan sent an email to an ASAM listserv announcing the new classes on Aug. 22.

Pillai’s hiring marks a step forward for the program, which has been mired in controversy since early 2017, when Grace Kao, a sociology professor and longstanding ASAM faculty member, left Penn for Yale University. Kao’s departure sparked protests across campus with faculty and students calling on administrators to inSEE ASAM PAGE 3

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Penn grad. launches Philadelphia charter school The Deep Roots Charter School enrolled 360 students CHRIS DOYLE Staff Reporter

For the first time in nearly 10 years, a new charter school operator has opened a school in Philadelphia.

But with its unorthodox curricula and teaching methods, the Deep Roots Charter School has already been received with mixed reviews. At the heart of the growing controversy is Deep Roots’ founder and 2014 Penn GSE graduate George Logan Blyler.

Deep Roots Charter began its inaugural school year with the rest of the Philadelphia school district in the last week of August. It is located on Frankford Avenue in northeast Philadelphia and currently enrolls 360 students from kindergarten through fourth grade.

Charter schools, which are funded by the school district but

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Chair External for the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education Justin Bean said SCUE discussed the changes with the Council of Undergraduate Deans and supported both policy changes. Bean, a College senior, added that he believes it is unhealthy to take seven courses unless absolutely necessary for graduation.

But some students, particularly those pursuing double majors or dual degrees, expressed reservations about the new policies.

Emily Despinoy, a sophomore pursuing degrees in international studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and economics in the Wharton School, as well as a triple minor in political science, math, and Russian literature, said she has concerns that it will become more difficult to register for large course loads under the new policy.

operated by independent groups that are financed by the school district, have been criticized by various advocacy groups for being divisive and perpetuating segregation in the community.

As Vox.com explained, opponents of charter schools believe that “they don’t all provide a high-quality education … that accountability standards aren’t rigorous enough, and that charter schools exclude too many students who are difficult to educate.”

In 2016, amid a national debate around charter schools, Graduate School of Education professor Sigal Ben-Porath also pointed out that charter schools tend to be more racially segregated than traditional public schools. “If one is to start a charter school by improving achievement but also limiting the breadth of education, then why would you do that in a school that targets minority populations?” Ben-Porath asked at the time.

Blyler’s newest school, with

teaching models that strayed from conventions, was initially rejected by the now-disbanded Philadelphia School Reform Commission.

At Deep Roots, teachers undergo training sessions led by hired coaches and administrative leaders before and after school starts. At these sessions, Blyler and other coaches have teachers review the instructional methods and educational content that teachers will later use in the classroom.

Deep Roots also implements a co-teacher system: Every teacher in the school is accompanied by a coach who occasionally intercedes in the lesson. In-class coaches give non-verbal signals, whisper, and even briefly assume the role of the primary instructor to reinforce good teaching habits.

“One of the things I say every day is that it’s a great day for us to improve and it’s an opportunity for us to get better for our kids,” Blyler said. “So everyday

we want our teachers to be better than they were the day before.”

Another unique aspect of Blyler’s Deep Roots model is its service-based curriculum. Each grade at Deep Roots is given an assignment to help different welfare groups in the Philadelphia community.

Deep Roots also enforces a discipline policy based largely on “restorative-conversation,” Blyler said. Students are never suspended or expelled per the discipline policy, except when required by law.

Some school district officials have been skeptical of the methods employed at Blyler’s new school. When Deep Roots applied for its charter license in February 2017, it was rejected

by Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission.

Several months later, when Deep Roots reapplied and was subsequently approved, former SRC commissioner and current School Board member Christopher McGinley, who was the sole

dissenting vote, criticized the school for placing far too great a burden on its teachers, the Philadelphia Tribune reported.

“Frankly, I don’t know how the finest and even the most experienced teachers could effectively manage the many programs that are in this proposal,” McGinley said at the time. “I don’t see this plan as realistic or sustainable.”

In an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian, McGinley deferred to his prior statements, writing that, although he wishes the school success, he still holds the same reservations.

1990 College graduate and 1996 Law School graduate Farah Jimenez was also a commissioner alongside McGinley when the SRC reviewed Deep Roots’ applications. Jimenez said she understands McGinley’s concerns about whether the school can sustain its many teacher- and student-centered programs, adding that charter schools can also put a financial strain on the district budget.

“I think this was an effort to relieve people’s stress, but I think that most people’s stress isn’t classesrelated, it’s more about finding their place in the University, friends, being far from home, [and] finding a job,” Despinoy said.

She emphasized that most students looking to pursue an aboveaverage amount of credits should be able to do so, as everyone has a different credit capacity and circumstance.

“I could have studied for free in Sweden, so when I pay so much, I’m also trying to get my money’s worth,” Despinoy said.

Engineering sophomore Nelson Ngouenet and College sophomore Declan Stecher both said the new policy could add unnecessary stress at the beginning of the semester.

Although Stecher finds the total course unit cap to be reasonable, he said he disagreed with the five and a half course unit advance registration limit. Stecher, who needs to com-

plete 40 credits for a double major, said it was inevitable that he would have to take six credits at some point during a semester.

“If I want to take six credits, I’m going to take six credits,” he said.

“So if you’re making me wait until the school year starts, it’s adding stress.”

Ngo, who is pursuing a double major in engineering and economics, said he worries the pre-registration cap could keep students from getting a place in crowded introductory courses.

Other students said they would not be affected by the changes.

Engineering sophomore Noah Kamerling, who is majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in computer science, said he would feel overwhelmed taking more than five and half credits per semester and does not need to do so to complete his degree. Nursing sophomore Claire Cardarola echoed this sentiment, noting that most nursing

students do not take more than five and a half credits per semester.

Despite the mixed reactions regarding the course registration limits, students largely expressed support for the extended pass/fail deadline.

“I think [the new pass/fail deadline] is definitely a step in the right direction, allowing students to not feel the time crunch as much is always helpful, and always helps relieve stress,” Stecher said.

The new policies are the latest in a string of administrative changes to promote student wellness. In the past year alone, Penn has created a new wellness portal, conducted an operational review of Counseling and Psychological Services, and hired a Chief Wellness Officer for the University. Most recently, Wharton announced that it would close Huntsman Hall — previously a 24-hour study spot — from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. in an effort to reduce students’ stress.

The regulations changed the pass/fail deadline; this semester, the drop period ends Oct. 8, while the pass/fail deadline is Oct. 26.

Nonetheless, Jimenez, who voted to approve Deep Roots’ second application, said she recognized the utility of the school’s innovations, especially its emphasis on developing teachers.

“One of the challenges of being an educator is that you’re often in the classroom by [yourself],” Jimenez said. “And to be able to have a coach that’s on the side helping provide some real time support and experience is so helpful.”

Penn GSE Professor Rand Quinn made similar remarks, describing the school’s emphasis on teacher growth and its service-based curriculum “admirable.” But he cautioned that any expectations for Deep Roots should be tempered with general difficulties that come with opening a new school.

“This is their first year and there will probably be what is a very steep learning curve,” Quinn said. “So I think it’s still too early to say it’s innovative without seeing it in practice.”

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Penn’s pop-up Lululemon is part of national trend It opened on Aug. 3 and will close in December GORDON HO Staff Reporter

This summer, a pop-up athletic clothing store, Lululemon, opened on 37th and Walnut streets where vintage clothing store Raxx Vintage West stood before. The location follows a national trend to introduce pop-up Lululemon stores at universities in an attempt by the company to market its products toward local residents and college students.

The pop-up store, which opened on Penn’s campus on Aug. 3, is set to close in mid-December, the store’s assistant manager, Crystal Sullivan, said.

The same day the store at Penn opened, Harvard University also unveiled its own pop-up Lululemon, which is said to close on Jan. 6, 2019, Julie MacKinnon, floor manager of the store on Harvard’s campus, told the Harvard Crimson.

MacKinnon said the pop-ups are an attempt to experiment with the college market. The company has opened a store on Harvard’s campus before, but it was later closed in 2010.

Aside from Penn and Harvard, other schools have Lululemon stores either nearby or on campus.

These schools include Stanford University, University of Washington, University of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of California Santa Cruz.

Wharton marketing professor Barbara Kahn, who is working with Lululemon on its marketing strategy, said that from a market-

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crease funding and support for the shrinking ASAM program.

In response to those pleas, School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty indicated later that year that administrators would put out an advertisement for a full-time lecturer in the Asian American Studies program. Amid continuing complaints from students and faculty, Fluharty announced the appointment of English professor Josephine Park as ASAM interim director.

It is unclear if there is an ongoing search for a permanent ASAM di-

ing standpoint, pop-up stores can do well with college students and community members who utilize offerings such as the free Sunday morning yoga classes, which Lululemon stores across the U.S. have also begun hosting.

“The advantage of a pop-up is that it’s temporary. It’s not a permanent location,” Kahn said. “It’s not a coincidence that they are near a campus.”

Kahn also mentioned that other companies, such as Amazon and Target, also have marketing strategies to attract local residents and college students. For example, Amazon offers a six-month prime membership to college students, Kahn said, and Target is opening stores closer to college campuses.

Mindfulness seems to be a key issue in play. Sullivan said she hopes the store can bring mindfulness and stress relief to the local community, specifically for members of the health care field, such as doctors or nurses, who work long hours at the hospital.

When the store originally opened in the summer, Sullivan said the store saw many local residents come. Since school has started, she said the sales are evenly split between students and residents but did not know the exact revenue numbers for the store.

Sullivan said when the company did market research before opening up the store, the team realized there were only two other boutique fitness studios in the area — Hotbox Yoga West Philly at 35th Street and Lancaster Avenue and Tuck Barre & Yoga at 34th Street and Lancaster Avenue. Sullivan said the pop-up Lululemon “want[s] to bring sweat

rector or additional standing faculty members to replace Kao. Pillai said she is looking forward to working with the ASAM UAB and other faculty members to think about the future of the program and how its curriculum can grow and be sustained.

Before coming to Penn, Pillai received a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Oregon. Her research has focused on the intersection of race, migration, and religion.

Pillai said a course she took as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, called “South

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Julie MacKinnon, the floor manager of the store on Harvard’s campus, said the pop-ups at Penn, Harvard, Stanford University, University of California Santa Cruz, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, among other campuses, are an attempt to experiment with the college market.

life” to local West Philadelphia residents who don’t have access to student health centers and gyms.

Sullivan said she was not in a position to comment on why the company decided to open a store specifically at Penn, and the representative from the Lululemon corporate office declined to comment.

“I think that there are a lot of

cultural parts of Lululemon that I would have loved in college, such as our vision and goal-setting workshops,” floor manager Anna Connolly said. “Bringing mindfulness to the community I think is really important for stress management and when you have midterms and finals.”

Still, some students don’t see it

that way. College junior Camila Johanek said the opening of the store indirectly displays the financial gap at Penn.

“It just shows who can afford what and highlights the income gap,” Johanek said, referring to Lululemon’s often highly priced leggings which can cost upwards of $148. “There are a lot of impli-

cations that come with that, good or bad.”

Lululemon’s addition to campus is the first time in recent years that Penn has had an athletic apparel store on its grounds, outside of Philadelphia Runner. Raxx Vintage West stood at the Lululemon location starting in 2017, when it replaced American Apparel.

Asian American Activism,” sparked her initial interest in Asian American Studies.

“That course contextualized the experiences of South Asian Americans and spoke to me in a way that, at that point, no courses had,” Pillai said. “I could see myself.”

Pillai added that as an Indian American growing up in Texas, she was used to “growing up as a token minority and not having [her] voice present in course [curricula].”

Since then, Pillai has taught a range of anthropology and ethnic studies courses at Oregon, Brandeis, and Tufts universities.

She visited Penn in March 2018 to give a lecture entitled “Insights

from Beach Pujas: Caribbean Hindu Place-Making in New York City” as a part of an ASAM speaker series.

When she came across the job advertisement for the Penn position, Pillai thought it was the ideal role.

“I remember reading it and I was like, ‘this is a dream gig,’” Pillai recollected.

Park said Pillai quickly rose up in the applicant pool.

“Her research is really exciting, not only because of the community she focuses on, but also for her innovative methods,” Park wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

“We were especially excited about the courses she proposed, in fields and employing critical lenses that

we just haven’t been able to offer here.”

In the spring semester, Pillai plans to teach other ASAM courses, including a course on Asian American gender and sexuality and a class that examines the “forgotten” history of early Asian migration to the Americas, which she previously taught at Tufts.

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OPINION STUDENT LEADERS ON CLUB RECRUITMENT

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 38 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 JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor LUCY FERRY Senior Design Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Design Editor CHRISTINE LAM Design Editor ALANA SHUKOVSKY Design Editor BEN ZHAO Design Editor KELLY HEINZERLING News Editor

Dear new students,

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rriving at Penn in August is a thrilling experience. While meeting new friends and exploring the city, firstsemester freshmen are immediately thrust into all of the best parts of life at Penn.

However, September brings significant changes to this lackadaisical lifestyle. Classes start.

New Student Orientation friend groups start to fade away. You begin to seek out your long-term community at Penn. The dreaded club recruitment process begins. You may find yourself attending info sessions, chatting with club members over coffee, and maybe even spending hours filling out club applications on poorly formatted Google forms.

After applying to countless clubs, you might join the club that you wrote your “Why Penn” essay on. You might be accepted to the club that everyone on your

hall has been talking about.

But many — if not most — of you (authors of this article included) might face a disheartening outcome — rejection.

With numerous exclusive

rally, this feeling of rejection may be demoralizing, and you may even be questioning your place at Penn.

Despite this, club rejection does not define you or your

With numerous exclusive clubs on campus, the majority of applicants are rejected from their desired organization. Naturally, this feeling of rejection may be demoralizing, and you may even be questioning your place at Penn.” clubs on campus, the majority of applicants are rejected from their desired organization. Natu-

place at this University. Over the next four years, you will often be tempted to find heuristics to

define yourself. It will be easy to rely on GPA, internships (or lack thereof), or even club rejections as tools to characterize yourself.

However, this period of club rejection can be an opportunity to break that cycle before it begins. You cannot be measured by a 10-minute club interview.

Your answer to an absurdly specific club application question defines neither your worldview nor how you should be viewed by the world.

In the September of our freshman year, we were both initially rejected from the organizations we now lead (Michael placed 17th in his first Undergraduate Assembly election and Kevin failed to even secure an interview with the University Honor Council on his first try). While failure is a taboo topic on campus, you would be hard-pressed to find any campus leader who

did not face rejection early on in their time at Penn.

If you do decide that you are set on continuing with club involvement at Penn, then rejection in September does not spell the end of the road, nor does rejection in October, November, and so on. Countless clubs have open recruitment (searchable via Get Involved at Penn) and even more are excited to take on new members in the spring semester.

Penn houses a myriad of options for finding yourself. Of these options, clubs only represent a small slice. While it is easy for the club recruitment process to leave you jaded and fatigued, remember that this process represents just the first of countless opportunities which you will encounter over the next four years to find your passions and build your community at Penn.

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he first few weeks of the semester as a returning student are bittersweet in many ways. On the one hand, you come back to the hustle and bustle of Locust Walk, return to classes and schoolwork, and reunite with friends from your clubs. On the other hand, you come back to a world dominated by competition, a constant grind, and the need to decide who will be next to join your groups and your communities at Penn.

This time of year is especially tough as you might find yourself rejecting many new students from the organizations that you care about most. It’s disheartening, draining, and demoralizing to have to tell new students that they cannot share in the experiences that have been so impactful in your time at Penn.

Oftentimes, the competitive culture of Penn causes us to have the mindset that rejection is necessary, clubs need to seem exclusive, and turning students away creates an illusion of elitism that brings status to the club. This leads us to unnecessarily turn people away from our groups simply for the sake of maintaining exclusivity.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Rejection need not be a necessary evil in every situation.

There are many organizations on campus that could have completely open membership if they changed their mindset. These groups could welcome as many new students as are interested in joining. Not only should groups be open to this idea, but we ought to celebrate groups that have open membership for their pioneering efforts to be inclusive and accepting of as many

new students as possible.

However, we understand that certain groups have limitations — whether from funding, mandated size constraints, or some

cants to your clubs with more respect. You are uniquely positioned to reduce stress on people who are embarking on their first few months here at Penn.

There are many organizations on campus that could have completely open membership if they changed their mindsets.” other restriction — that prohibit them from taking everyone in.

In that case, rejection is an unfortunate reality for many potential new members.

Where you, as a member of student groups, can make a change is in treating the appli-

It starts by being human.

Don’t ask interview questions that garner a laugh at your potential new members’ expense.

Take the extra few minutes to copy and paste the potential new members’ names into the salutation of the rejection email in-

stead of just writing “Dear Applicant.” Provide feedback on how a student can improve their application should they want to reapply. Connect students that you are unable to take to other similar groups that might offer them the opportunity to join.

These are actions we should all take, not because we were all once new students, but because we all have a responsibility to treat each other with respect.

Creating a strong community at Penn is something to which we all must contribute. The first semester at Penn is difficult enough — it’s one of the biggest transitions people face in life. We as members of the Penn community ought to humanize the club recruitment process, work toward a better culture, and help everyone find their home here at Penn.

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Until every dorm has AC, stop adding sandwich stations to Houston Hall THE OXFORD C’MON | Students drench their homework in sweat, but not from stress

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y mother, twin sister, and I have spent many hours in my local Chickfil-A. Considering all three of us are vegetarians with a distaste for fast food, this probably doesn’t make much sense. Well, Chick-filA may have problematic politics and a significant lack of vegetarian options, but one thing it never lacks is air conditioning.

In the sweltering swamp that is the boil of a Florida summer, it’s difficult to survive the day, and impossible to sleep through the night without air conditioning. Waking up and gulping down your first breath of the morning feels like you’re swallowing a glass of warm water, not refreshing yourself with

summer may have brought my sister and I closer through shared trauma, but the logistical reality of not being comfortable in one’s own home was stressful and awkward. Blistering heat coupled with a lack of AC is not a problem limited to Florida. In fact, hundreds of students, mostly freshmen, encountered the same issue during their first weeks of classes.

Kings Court English College House, Du Bois College House, and Gregory College House do not have AC, meaning 800 out of the 6,500 students who live in on-campus housing live without air conditioning. During the most recent heatwave, many residents chose to sleep in lounges and computer labs. Penn’s solutions

Considering all freshmen pay the same amount for their dorm rooms, those left out in the heat are sure to question why their comfort is seemingly less important.” crisp oxygen. When the air conditioning in my house broke one very unfortunate Florida night in mid-June, my mother regretted to inform us that a repair was a financial stress we couldn’t shoulder at the moment, and thus, our Chickfil-A oasis was found.

The issue of not having AC during the entirety of that Florida

included providing free Italian ices.

The Quad has had air conditioning for longer than some of the freshmen have been alive, and due to Hill’s massive renovation in 2017, it also has air-conditioned rooms. This isn’t simply a question of discomfort — we all know how disgusting it feels to bear this

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humidity and heat without relief — but one of priority. Considering all freshmen pay the same amount for their dorm rooms, those left out in the heat are sure to question why their comfort is seemingly less important.

Du Bois College House, a building that has historically embraced African American scholarship and culture, underwent a massive renovation in 2009, receiving new appliances and furniture. However, no air conditioning was installed.

The question that remains is, why does Penn choose to carry out a $15.15 million renovation in Houston Hall, yet not allocate the resources necessary for students to be able to sleep in their dorm rooms — rooms they pay a significant amount to inhabit? The word, “dormitory” implies residency, yet students in this most recent heat wave were fighting for spots in common rooms and lounges.

As an ex-resident of Kings Court Room 429, I can tell you there’s nothing residential about the Kings Court computer room.

The Houston Hall renovation cost a hefty chunk. If Penn had the funds to afford such a renovation targeted toward the improvement of dining options, why hasn’t it

argument that Houston Hall can service all students and not just a certain percentage falls flat on its sweaty face when we examine the unfair fact that some students are provided AC in their dorms, while others are simply not.

The barely recognizable downstairs of Houston Hall now fea-

The Quad has had air conditioning for longer than some of the freshmen have been alive.” allocated the appropriate funds to residential buildings? Penn has the money to afford renovations, and a brief look at the money spent in recent years on new dining establishments and classrooms confirms this. The

tures a self-proclaimed “more comfortable and convenient atmosphere.” Does that mean students should have selected Houston Hall as their temporary quarters when their rooms became too unbearable? Hours at Houston have

been altered to more fully meet students’ needs. If Penn can recognize that the needs of students are individual and varied in regard to eating schedules, why can’t they recognize the need to sleep in one’s own room?

Why can’t a comfortable and convenient atmosphere be a goal for all buildings, especially residential ones, on Penn’s campus?

Freshmen living in Kings Court English College House, Du Bois, or Gregory already feel slightly othered simply because they’re not in the Quad. Why perpetuate this phenomenon by not providing the same air conditioning service that students in the Quad don’t even pay extra for?

As far as I can tell, a sandwich carving station is not the king on a hierarchy of student needs. Being able to sleep in one’s own room and not wake up drenched in sweat ranks slightly higher. I think anyone crawling through the summer without air conditioning would agree.

SOPHIA DUROSE is a College sophomore from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn.edu.

Penn says, ‘Make money, not history’

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enn says make money, not history. Penn says play it safe, get the internship, pad the resume, and make those tuition dollars look like pocket change.

Campuses like ours incubate an addiction to the status quo and a reverence for the elite. We are proud — justifiably so — of how hard we worked to get here.

We believe that we have earned our place in the upper echelons of America’s society. For some reason, however, we were never taught to do more with our status than attain it and secure it.

While elite universities have more in common than not, ours suffers from a particular inflection of the common Ivy League arrogance: We value money, not learnedness. Most campuses that look like ours at least nurture a snobbish intellectualism that contains grains of respect for the study of human life. But the climate in which we work is pre-

GUEST COLUMN BY CELESTE MARCUS dominantly Whartonian. We consider bookishness soft, even silly.

If some of us graduate with a commitment to humanistic values and a respect for other cultures, it is despite Penn’s ethos, not because of it. Our most famous alumnus is an accurate reflection of the Locust Walk value system, though his devotion to it is hideously inflamed.

One has to know about other people’s pain in order to feel compelled to mitigate it. What we choose to study affects how we choose to act. If we study politics and history, we think about human beings — but if we study NASDAQ fluctuations, we don’t.

It is a curated ignorance.

John Dewey observed correctly that “we only think when we are confronted with problems” — but which problems? We will think only about the problems that we determine to be important according to our scale of values. And our scale of values does not give

If some of us graduate with a commitment to humanistic values and a respect for other cultures, it is despite Penn’s ethos, not because of it.”

pride of place to the empathy that is acquired not from economic inquiry but from humanistic inquiry. Disdain for the humanities

live in an era and on a campus that pays lip service to innovation and risk, but the praise is hollow, at least among undergradu-

at night whisper that we will have nowhere to go come graduation, and so we must use these four years to hack out entry to paths

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is emancipatory for people who would rather not be bothered by higher and more ethical purposes.

The argument against altruism is that it isn’t good for business — that philanthropy will come only after the paycheck. I don’t buy it.

If you’re clever enough, you can figure out how to make money and solve problems at the same time. It just requires creativity, and there is nothing that scares Penn students more than that. We

ates. Genuine risk is not simply devalued, it is held in contempt.

I don’t mean the sort of risk that compels students to drop out in their junior year and found a startup — in our society now, that is the safe choice, a digital-age conformity. I’m referring to the kind of risk that would emancipate us from the artificial Penn axioms according to which our own stability matters above all else. The demons who creep into our beds

that have already been paved. Get into the system, do not redesign it. That, these demons whisper, is what our attendance here is for.

A Locust Walk frat boy with a pectorally embossed Penn t-shirt logo said a few days ago, “We’re here to make friends and get a job.” Network! Link in! Convince the right people that you are one of them, that there is a seat with your name on it in an office that has already been built. Penn says

stick to the script, because the script — against all odds for Penn students who did not go to elite private schools and could not afford SAT prep — worked out for us. This mentality keeps us from using our powers at full force. It stunts our minds and blunts our imaginations.

But the tools we are given here, including the connections and the opportunities, may be used for many purposes. They may serve as weapons against inequality and injustice — those buzzwords we use so often that we are relieved of the responsibility to think about what they really mean and what they actually require of us.

Or we may use those same tools in the cause of … ourselves.

And we will do so, because there is a ubiquitous, overwhelming pressure to know what is next for ourselves and to be able to answer the burning question, “What are you doing next summer?” in a way that signals permanent residence in our elite ecosystem.

Most people in our society are not in a position to make change, but we are. So much influence wasted.

But Penn says make money, not history. And so, we do.

CELESTE MARCUS is a College senior from Lower Merion, Pa., studying intellectual history. Her email address is celestem@sas. upenn.edu

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Student leaders propose ‘universal test bank’

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Their goal is to eliminate academic inequity RACHAEL RUHLAND Staff Reporter

For almost a year now, the Undergraduate Assembly and the University Honor Council have been working with the Office of Student Conduct to tackle the issue of the widespread use of “academic archives” among certain groups of students at Penn.

“Academic archives,” according to the UA, are repositories that include, but are not limited to, past exams, assignments, study guides, and old essays that are typically aggregated by on-campus and offcampus student organizations to be used as a resource for their members.

Currently, there is no clear policy specifically addressing the issue of academic archives, according to UHC and OSC. While academic archives are useful for those who have access to them, not all students do. In a schoolwide survey sent out last spring by the UHC, only one-third of the 300 students who responded reported that they have access to such resources.

The UA’s 2017-18 Annual Report published at the end of last spring semester concluded that even though banning academic archives may eliminate inequity among students, the more practical solution is to create a policy where test banks are allowed to exist.

“The main point of contention with a default ban was the difficulty/impossibility of enforcing such a ban,” the report read.

As a potential solution, the UHC has generated a preliminary proposal that would legalize the use of academic archives across the University unless

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In a survey sent out last spring by the UHC, only one-third of 300 respondents reported that they have access to academic archives.

otherwise stated by professors.

The UHC has also raised the idea of a “universal test bank” that would allow academic materials to be distributed more evenly among all students, said College senior and President of the UHC Kevin Myers.

The proposal also involves a series of “Best Practice” suggestions for professors that include changing exam questions every year and releasing copies of past exams to all students.

However, Myers added that the UA and UHC have decided to hold off on formally suggesting these proposals to administrators until the deans and faculty of all four undergraduate schools have been consulted.

So far, Myers has only been able to meet with deans and faculty members of the College of Arts and Science and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, but among the 50 department heads and faculty representatives he has consulted, most have been in favor of the preliminary proposals, he said.

“We have a lot of important

meetings coming up, especially with Wharton where it appears to be the biggest problem, and that could very well change our stance and recommendations,” Myers said.

Following the meetings with the Nursing School and the Wharton School, the UHC will meet with the Council of Undergraduate Deans to present their findings and propose a solution.

Meanwhile, the lack of a standardized policy around academic archives continues to pose an ever-present source of frustration for those who lack access to them.

“I love when professors include a past exam on their Canvas page, because it helps me study and prepare myself for what’s coming, but I also know that there are kids who have years of exams to practice with and that makes all of my studying feel pointless,” Wharton junior Michael Pearson said.

“You can’t ban them because you can’t enforce them, but it sucks to know that so many people have that advantage.”

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Owner of building at 38th street considering sale

CHRIS DOYLE Staff Reporter

Between New College House, the recently renovated Hamilton Court Apartments, and the impending arrival of New College House West, Penn and the student demand for housing continue to transform University City.

But this transformative process can have destructive effects on the West Philadelphia community.

Penn is currently attempting to evict Fresh Grocer from its 17year old spot on 40th and Walnut to make space for an ACME supermarket complex and the six fast food restaurants on 34th and Walnut were evicted to make space for Franklin’s Table to open last year.

Soon, the businesses at the 3800 block on Chestnut Street may share that same fate.

The restaurants at the Chestnut 3800 block have been staples on Penn’s campus for years.

The stores include Abner’s — which holds cheesesteak giveaways whenever Penn basketball has a hundred-point game, the traditional Korean restaurant Koreana’s, and the Indian buffet restaurant Sitar.

Also found at the Chestnut 3800 block is the family-run Furniture Campus Home Store, which

RANKINGS

>> FRONTPAGE ZOE BRACCIA Contributing Reporter

For the third year in a row, Penn ranked as No. 8 in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of universities in the United States. Penn shares the position with Duke University, which came in ninth in 2017.

Princeton University continued its streak at the top, coming in first for the eighth year in a row. Harvard University was second, while Columbia University and Yale University shared third place in a four-way tie with the University

moved from its location next to Urban Outfitters on 36th Street in 2015 and has established a loyal base of customers.

Buried in the building’s basement is Club Atlantis — Penn’s only nearby strip club.

When asked about the building, Professor of Education John Puckett referred The Daily Pennsylvania to his 2015 book “Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University: 1950-2000,� which he wrote with Director of the University Archives and Records Center Mark Lloyd. The book describes the “the dreary 38th street frontage� in unflattering terms, claiming the building “forms an isolated commercial strip uncongenial to Penn Planners� and includes “a seedy nightclub.�

If the building is as much of a blight as Puckett and Llyod imply, that view is not reflected in the building’s market value. According to the city’s property list, the market value for 3800-02 Chestnut has skyrocketed in the last six years by nearly 375 percent.

Multiple employees at several businesses, who asked their names not be included in this article to protect their jobs, confirmed that there have been rumors circulating about new realtors seeking to buy the building. While one says he’s confident that the businesses will remain in the building for years to come, another said he was not

of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dartmouth College dropped one spot from last year to No. 12, while Brown University and Cornell University occupied the No. 14 and No. 16 spots, respectively.

There has been little to no change in Penn’s rankings in the U.S. News report over the past six years. It eked forward in 2013, coming in seventh place, and slipped to No. 9 in 2016, but has otherwise stayed at its current position.

According to other U.S. News reports, Penn is also currently ranked as No. 12 in Best Value Schools, first in Business Programs and No. 32 in Most Innova-

as sure. The employee explained that most of the businesses at the Chestnut 3800 block have a tenuous lease that is extended only month-to-month. The employee reported that termination of their lease in the near future is a real

possibility.

Ted Pagano, the property owner at 38th and Chestnut, told The Daily Pennsylvanian that he has had serious conversations with multiple parties interested in buying the property. Pagano added

that the building’s current tenants will remain as of now, but that no final decisions have been made about the building.

Pagano declined to disclose who the parties looking to purchase the building are. He did,

however, deny that prominent realtor Campus Apartments was among them.

In the past, Pagano’s family has sold his property to Penn.

From 1955 to 1984, Pagano either worked in or helped run his family’s eponymous pizza parlor, House of Pagano’s, on 36th and Walnut. In an interview with the Philadelphia City Paper in 2004, Pagano described his family restaurant as a place that had become an icon in West Philadelphia and a magnet for students, local sports stars, and national celebrates alike. After lengthy litigation, however, Penn was able to purchase the property in 1984. Penn later demolished the building to make room for what is now the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts.

House of Pagano was then relocated to 3801 Chestnut, where it installed a bar, the Campus Lounge, in the building’s basement, according to the article.

Following a temporary, city-mandated closure stemming from the service of alcohol to minors, the basement was converted into a strip club.

That strip club, although having changed ownership several times, is still there today as Club Atlantis— but the club, along with the other tenants on the 3800 Chestnut block, may not be there for much longer.

tive Schools.

The U.S. News Report is one of the most popular sources of national college ratings, and collects a wide range of data in order to compile its lists. These annual rankings are published after a review of 16 different standards of acadaemic character for each college, according to a U.S. News article. The news organization directly surveys each school, using “hard data� such as graduation and retention rate, availability of faculty resources, and students’ performance on standardized tests.

The factors that are most heavily weighted fall under “outcomes,� which refer primarily to the ability

of a university to retain its class of students through to graduation.

For the first time this year, U.S. News also factored in “social mobility� as one of the measures under “outcomes� by looking at how many graduating individuals from each institution received Pell Grants – need-based financial aid based on the information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In 2017, 14 percent of freshmen enrolled at Penn had Pell grants, the Washington Post reported, placing it as No. 7 in the Ivy League.

Part of the ranking is also determined by the opinions of higher education experts, which include administrators, deans, presidents,

and faculty members, who are asked to rate peer institutions on a one to five scale.

While the U.S. News report is closely examined in the world of higher education every year, the ranking has come under criticism in recent years for promoting wealth inequality on campuses nationwide. In a 2017 report, Politico wrote that the ranking has caused universities to favor wealthier applicants who are more able to finance the expenditures recognized as beneficial to a strong ranking by U.S. News. The criteria that U.S. News uses, Politico wrote, has buttressed “a deeply ingrained assumption that the more a school spends — and the more elite its

student body — the higher it climbs in the rankings.�

The Liberal Arts College website has similarly called the U.S. News ranking “meaningless,� citing inconsistencies among schools, skewed ratings by individuals within institutions, and “missing pieces.�

U.S. News acknowledges that its rankings are not all-encompassing and should not be the sole reason for choosing or favoring a school. “Taken together, the rankings and profiles — combined with college visits, interviews and your own intuition — can be a powerful tool in your quest for the right college,� the article reads.

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The restaurants at the Chestnut 3800 block have been staples on Penn’s campus for years. The stores include Abner’s, which holds cheesesteak giveaways whenever Penn basketball scores a 100-point game.

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The hot water system of Hamilton Court, an apartment complex on 39th and Chestnut streets, went down on Sept. 3. The next morning, property manager David Gaardsmoe emailed all residents about the lack of hot water, noting that management was “working to fix the problem as soon as possible.� In the meantime, however, hundreds of students were left to shower in the cold.

Wharton junior Frances Liu said she believed showering in cold water made her sick, adding that she resorted to going to Pottruck Health and Fitness Center to wash her hair.

Gaardsmoe emailed residents again last Tuesday night, writing that tenants could shower at another building owned by Hamilton Court’s landlord, the Post Brothers, on 47th and Pine streets. On Thursday, as the hot water issues continued, Gaardsmoe emailed all residents to announce that management had rented a shuttle service running on 20-minute to 30-minute intervals from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. to take tenants to the other building. “They did offer an alternative place to take showers, but that was too much of a hassle for me, so I just tried to live with it,� College sophomore Joey Panganiban said.

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for the original system had arrived and a back-up system was put in place. Gaardsmoe emailed residents indicating that the new system would prevent a similar outage from happening again in the future.

Despite this assurance, Panganiban and Liu both expressed worry over hot water issues re-emerging in the winter. The cut in the hot water supply has also been accompanied by other maintenance issues. The initial breakdown in water heating for example, coincided with a power outage in the F building of the complex that lasted for about six hours.

Wharton sophomore Cameron Rhind said he was concerned about management’s ability to respond to maintenance requests, noting that it previously took maintenance three days to fix lights in his bedroom. “I’m very frustrated by the lack of infrastructure to their management team in answering maintenance requests,� Rhind said. “It’s been upsetting because it’s been two weeks now since the start of the semester, the renovations are not done, and we’re having more foundational problems, like [no]

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Gaardsmoe noted that the normal wait time for non-emergency maintenance services is 48 hours, although the team is experiencing a backlog of requests due to the influx of student tenants at the beginning of the school year.

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Guelbart explained that the openings have been stalled due to the difficulty of obtaining restaurant permits from the city, and not due to the re-modeling of the space.

He said all of the restaurants, along with the renovated laundry rooms, will be open for residents by the end of the month.

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Consider the Palestra defended.

Penn volleyball secured its first home victory of the season over Delaware State by a score of 3-1. It was a particularly good night for the hitters as Daily Pennsylvanian staffer Parker Jones, sophomore Raven Sulaimon, and freshman Daniela Fornaciari hit .325, .519, and .429, respectively.

The Quakers (3-5) outlasted a pesky Hornets (1-10) team that would not go away. Neither team was able to create much separation throughout the tightly contested match – six points was the largest lead for either team all night.

In the first set, the Red and Blue jumped out to an early 7-2 lead behind kills from Parker Jones and Raven Sulaimon. However, the Hornets struck back with their own attack and took the lead 9-10.

But the Quakers would not be denied.

The Red and Blue went on a 10-3 run fueled by kills from Madison Goldstein, Taylor Cooper, Jones, and Sulaimon.

The Quakers would not relinquish the lead from that point

on and they took the set, 25-21.

The second set was a back and forth battle early on. Delaware State began to feed sophomore hitter Mayah Ngundam, and it paid off, giving the Hornets the lead at 13-12.

The Red and Blue responded, at least for the time being.

Following a timeout, freshman setter Kylie Kulinski set up Sulaimon for a rocket through the opposing defense and it seemed Penn would start to run away.

But the Hornets seized the momentum right back, going on a 5-0 run to take the lead 18-14. Delaware State held the lead and had set point at 2324. But a timely kill from Sulaimon negated the threat and following back-to-back errors from the Hornets, Penn stole the second set 26-24.

The third set followed a similar script to that of the second, except the Red and Blue found themselves down 10-15.

Following another timeout, the Quakers responded.

Scoring with a balanced attack which included a service ace from freshman Carmina Raquel, the Red and Blue went on a 13-4 run to take the lead 23-19.

When it looked like the Quakers were ready to close out the set 24-22, the Hornets were not ready to go home.

Delaware State squared the match at 24 and had a multiple set points of their own before taking the third set 26-28.

Despite the Red and Blue being able to pull away, the

fourth set never felt very close after Penn took the lead at 8-7 and didn’t give it back. Fornaciari added four kills in the set to help pace the Red and Blue, including the game winning kill to seal the victory.

Fornaciari headlined a group of freshmen who saw significant playing time including Kulinski, Raquel, and Margaret Planek.

“I think all four of the freshmen that were on the court tonight all [stepped] up in their own way, positionally,” coach Iain Braddak said. “It was really cool to see [Fornaciari] continue to get those kills [and] continue to be a player we can count on to score us some points.”

Indeed, the group had career games in their albeit short careers. Kulinski set a career high in assists with 48, Racquel fell just one shy of her career high in digs with 12, and Fornaciari finished with seven kills, one shy of her career high thus far.

The rise of the freshmen can only aid the Red and Blue as they continue to prepare for the upcoming Ivy League season.

“There are no limits to what we can accomplish this season,” Braddak said. “Tonight’s match really showed us what we’re capable of and where the growth areas for us are.”

The Quakers will look to build on this victory in the Mountaineer Classic with games against Morehead State, Wake Forest, and West Virginia next weekend.

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Freshman hitter Daniela Fornaciari had seven kills and four blocks in Penn volleyball’s win over Delaware State — the first home victory of new head coach Iain Braddak’s tenure.

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make some bad decisions,” senior captain and safety Sam Philippi said.

Bison starting junior quarterback John Chiarolanzio has completed 55 percent of his passes and has zero touchdowns and two interceptions through two games so far.

Last season, the Quakers sur-

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mistic about the team’s chances, emphasizing the detailoriented approach the Quakers are using in all aspects of their preparation.

“We want to continue to be focused on everything we do, from the amount of sleep we get to rest to the way we recover to keeping the practices really, really competitive,” Van Dyke said. “That’s what this team does a really good job of. Everyone competes regardless of minutes and we’re just hoping that come game time the games are easier than the practices.”

On paper, the games this weekend do not appear as tough as some from earlier in the season. UMBC and Tow-

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No cupcake games. That seems to be the theme of the Red and Blue’s schedule this season.

Penn field hockey will look to build some momentum going into league play with a pair of tough non-conference games this weekend. The Quakers are traveling to Iowa City where they will take on Iowa this Friday before making a quick turnaround back to Philadelphia to play Sunday against neighboring Drexel at Ellen Vagelos Field.

The Quakers will fly to Iowa on Thursday, the longest trip in terms of distance the program has taken in at least the last decade.

“This is actually our first time flying [as a team],” junior center forward Alexa Schneck said. “It will be an experience, but I’m really excited for it. I think it

will be a good bonding experience.”

The Red and Blue (2-2) hope to make a statement against the No. 16 ranked Hawkeyes (51) in their fourth time playing against a ranked opponent this season. Iowa got the best of Penn last season with a 3-2 victory in Philadelphia.

The two teams have already had a couple of common competitors this year in No. 24 Wake Forest and No. 1 North Carolina. Both squads beat the Demon Deacons and fell to the Tar Heels.

Iowa’s defense has been a particular strength this season, as the group has allowed just four goals in its six games. Junior goalkeeper Leslie Speight and her 25 saves are a big reason for this early success. On offense, the Hawkeyes are led by the dynamic duo of sophomore forward Maddy Murphy and junior midfielder Katie Birch. The All-Big Ten pair has a combined 27 points on the year.

Following Iowa, the Red and Blue will face a more familiar opponent in Drexel (4-2). Penn has won the last three contests against the Dragons, most recently with a tight 3-2 victory last fall. The Quakers are being careful to not take their opponent lightly, though, especially considering the fact that they will have just returned from Iowa City on Saturday. “[Drexel has] very good forwards who are fast and have really hard shots on goal,” Schneck said. “So I think working on our disciplined defense will

help us for that game as well.”

Two Drexel forwards who Schneck may have been referring to are junior Tess Bernheimer and senior Megan Wiest, who are first and second on the team in total points, respectively.

In order to slow down the talented offenses of both Iowa and Drexel, Penn will be making some adjustments on both sides of the field.

“We’re totally changing our formations over the next coming weekend and just looking to improve off of the loss [to Saint Joseph’s],” Schneck said. “[Last weekend] we struggled on outletting a little bit, and we’re focusing more in building numbers in the midfield to generate more offensive opportunities.

Also, in terms of improving, we really want to work more on being disciplined on defense.”

A key part of this defensive effort could be the play of senior midfielder and defender Paige Meily and sophomore defender Reese Vogel. Meily has been placed on the All-Ivy list each of the past two seasons, while Vogel has started in all 21 games since her arrival on campus last year. Additionally, junior goalkeeper Ava Rosati is looking to add to her current total of 20 saves on the season.

The goal for the Quakers is always to come away from a weekend with a pair of wins. If they can accomplish that against a couple of solid clubs this Friday and Sunday, then they will be in a great position with Ivy play starting the following weekend.

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Junior center forward Alexa Schneck has been one of Penn field hockey’s best offensive weapons this season, leading the team with six shots and two assists in four games.

rendered 24 points to Division II Ohio Dominican before giving up 47 points to Lehigh. Though the Red and Blue did win both games, defensive coordinator Bob Benson simplified many of the schemes to allow his defense to think less and play faster.

“We have less plays to memorize. We combined some man techniques with stuff we used to have three different names for that we now have one name for,”

Philippi said. “In a way, we are simplifying it but it’s really building upon what we had last year and advancing it.”

One group who Philippi thinks showed major improvement in the offseason is the defensive line.

Priore brought in defensive line coach Hank Hughes in the offseason. With over 20 years of Division I coaching experience and a stint with a top-15 rush defense in Nebraska in 2015, Hughes

has brought a new energy to the group.

“He’s a great guy, and our defensive line loves him,” Philippi stated.

On the offensive end, one of the keys for the Quakers will be limiting turnovers.

For all the Bisons’ struggles on offense, their defense is coming off a year in which they ranked second in the Patriot League in scoring defense. With a pair of

son have struggled thus far this year, with only two wins between them and -13 and -7 goal differentials respectively. That isn’t detracting from Penn’s concentration, however.

“There are still things we need to work on. We all know that so we’re focusing on this week of training,” Van Dyke said. “Just having the opportunity to showcase how we’ve improved throughout the week is what excites this team.”

With Ivy League play upcoming after this week, one might assume that the Quakers are making adjustments to their preparation and game plan.

Nevertheless, the players are more focused on maintaining constants.

“It’s just business as usual,” Stephens said. “We treat every week like game week whether

we have one or two games and no matter who the opponent is.”

Interestingly, the coaching staff is taking a slightly different approach to the weekend’s play. While Van Dyke noted that overall consistency would be key, she also hinted at some possible changes.

“We want to make sure that we’ve seen everything we need to see, so there might be some opportunities for other kids this week if they have great training sessions,” she said. “We have a lot of talent on this team, so we’re really trying to mix it up and look at different formulas heading into the final week.”

The Quakers will then be looking forward even as they compete this weekend. Their goals might not just be confined to scoring the greatest number.

Senior forward Sasha Stephens looks to build on her momentum after scoring goals in back-toback wins over Delaware and Navy, and being named the Ivy League Player of the Week.

capable running backs in juniors Karekin Brooks and Abe Willows, Penn will likely rely heavily on the ground game.

Still, even with inexperienced quarterbacks, Priore is not afraid to go through the air if needed.

“They put a lot of pressure on the blitz, and they like to go manto-man. They put a lot of guys in the box,” Priore said of Bucknell’s defense. “With that being said, there’ll be a lot of one-on-one op-

portunities and we got to take advantage of those opportunities.”

This game could be a good opportunity for the receivers to step up without Watson in the fold.

This game will not have any effect on Penn’s chances at winning an Ivy League championship.

However, it could give the squad momentum in what players and fans alike hope will be a redemption season after last year’s fourth place league finish.

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Another competition is another opportunity to keep moving in the right direction.

This Friday, Penn men’s and

women’s cross country will travel to nearby Haverford College to compete in the Main Line Invitational, an early-season race that the Quakers have regularly competed in. This year, Penn will compete against athletes from in-state rivals such as Villanova and Lehigh.

Coming off a successful outing two weeks ago at the sea-

son-opening Bison Open, the Red and Blue will look to carry the positive momentum into this week’s competition.

The teams from Penn each routed their opposition at Bucknell, with five runners from the men’s team and seven from the women’s side placing in the top 10 of their respective races.

“I thought it was a really

good start,” coach Steve Dolan said. “We’d only been practicing for a week at campus, so it was nice that we were able to pack together and run well.”

The Main Line Invitational will also serve as a warm-up for the key part of the season.

“It’s nice to do a couple of smaller meets and then move to bigger invitationals with really talented teams, so I think these will help us going forward,” senior Marin Warner said.

Warner was among the large group of Penn runners that finished at the front of the previous race; another such performance would bring the Quakers even more success.

The underclassmen are the ones to watch on the men’s side, as the sophomore trio of Anthony Russo, Ryan Renken, and Daniel Cohen all placed in

the top five two weeks ago. The balance of strong veterans and newcomers is one of the team’s strongest assets.

“It’s always an important mix: the underclassmen set the tone with their experience and leadership, and it’s great to have younger runners who bring that enthusiasm to the team,” Dolan said.

Since the opening meet, the team has continued to work hard and improve. Both sides showed a strong ability to group up well and run together, but there is always room to get better.

“This race we’re gonna try to work together,” Warner said.

“Our biggest competition is Villanova, so we’re gonna get as many girls to the front as we can and see how we can do against them.”

At last year’s Main Line, the Wildcats came close but could not edge out the Penn men, with the Quakers finishing with seven of the top 10 runners. On the other side, the women took second behind Villanova despite then-senior Abby Hong’s second-place finish.

Despite losing Hong and other seniors to graduation, both teams still believe they can return to Philadelphia on top.

“We’ve had a couple good weeks of training,” Dolan said.

“Our goal is to get better every two weeks and I think we’re off to a good start, so we’re looking forward to taking another step.”

If the teams stick to their training and run together as a group just like two weeks ago, this Friday will be another early sign for a great season ahead.

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This Saturday will mark a new beginning for Penn football.

For the first time since 2013, the Quakers will be without former All-American wide receiver Justin

Watson, when they face Bucknell to open the season.

In addition to having to replace Watson, coach Ray Priore has been tasked with answering the question of who will be the starting quarterback: junior Nick Robinson or sophomore Ryan Glover. On Wednesday, Priore announced that Glover will start on Saturday but that Robinson will also take snaps during the game. Even with Glover being the starter for week one, this is not necessarily indicative of who will play the majority of snaps for the year.

“Expect [to see both quarterbacks] in the first few games,” Priore said. “We will go out there

and play them both.”

Even with a lot of question marks offensively, the side of the ball with the most to prove might just be the defense. After surrendering the third most points per game in the Ivy League in 2017, Penn has an opportunity to start the year off strong against a team that has twice as many turnovers as offensive touchdowns.

Bucknell (0-2) has mustered only two offensive touchdowns compared to four turnovers.

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This weekend, Penn women’s soccer hopes to conclude a string of non-conference games with a strong finishing kick.

The Quakers (4-1) will play at home early Friday evening at Rhodes Field against University of Maryland, Baltimore County (0-6) before going on the road to face Towson (2-5-1) Sunday afternoon. These mark the games before Penn begins Ivy League play on September 22 against Harvard.

The Quakers will try to build on the momentum they gained from impressive victories this past weekend over Delaware and Navy, winning the Navy Classic in the process. This continued a strong start to the season for the Red and Blue, whose only loss in five games came to No. 13 NC State in a close one goal match.

Those successful results have given the players an extremely positive outlook.

“I’m feeling really confident and I think as a whole we’re all feeling really confident about the way we’ve been playing and the overall chemistry that we have on and off the field,” Senior forward Sasha Stephens said. “I think we’re all in a real good place right now.”

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Penn topped Mansfield 35-13 last season BREVIN FLEISCHER Senior Sports Reporter

The calendar’s flipped to September. The leaves are beginning to change color. The weather is starting to cool.

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Football is back.

After a strong 6-2 season last fall, Penn sprint football returns to action this Saturday when the team travels across the state to take on Mansfield.

Mansfield, a team the Quakers defeated last year 35-13, is the first of many stops on the long road to a Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) title, and with the loaded roster that the Red and Blue return from the 2017 season, that title is more than just a long shot.

Leading the charge for Penn is quarterback Eddie Jenkins, who, in his first season at the helm, was a First Team All-CSFL honoree. The junior is the epitome of a dual threat; he has a strong and accurate arm, allowing him to throw the ball on

time and on target. He’s equally dangerous with his legs — his 408 rushing yards were second on the team a season ago.

“He’s very quick, and he can both throw and run the ball,” coach Bill Wagner said. “He also makes very quick decisions, and we put him in the position to make important reads about whether to throw or run.”

Thus far in the offseason, Jenkins has proven himself capable of shouldering that added responsibility.

“Every day at practice, I try to bring some energy and some leadership, like trying to help younger guys figure out what to do on offense, and a lot of that comes just from the fact that I’ve been with the system for a full season, so I know our offense much better,” Jenkins said. “It has helped me to be confident and to lead our younger guys more easily.”

But this Penn offense is more than a one-man wrecking crew, as a trio of dangerous and versatile seniors flanks Jenkins in the attack. At running back, Max Jones and Jake Klaus combine to form arguably the most dangerous ground game in the league, and through the air, receiver Aidan Kelly has established himself as a consistent threat to opposing defenses.

“Obviously, to be surround-

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After losing two starting offensive lineman from last season, Penn sprint football junior quarterback Eddie Jenkins will look to use his legs agaist an improved Mansfield defense.

ed by those guys that have been there for four years is a blessing,” Jenkins said. “They’re ready for a great senior year, and I’m excited to have another year under my belt. Compared

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to last year, I really feel that I know the offense much better, and I think that the whole offense is set to have a really good season.”

Of course, football games

are not just won on the offensive side of the ball. Fortunately for the Quakers, their defense is as stout as their offense is explosive.

“Our defense looks very

strong right now. Our two senior captains, [Tom] Console and [Guiseppe] Bevacqua, along with senior inside linebacker James Juliano, form a strong senior group that should be really solid,” Wagner said.

“If everyone stays healthy, we should have a really, really good defense.”

While title contention in the CSFL usually boils down to a three-team race between Penn, Army, and Navy, the Red and Blue would be remiss if they were to take Mansfield lightly this weekend, a fact that is by no means lost on the team.

Wagner, when speaking of his opponent, highlighted all the changes that differentiate this year’s Mansfield team from the squad that went up 13-0 on Penn last year before faltering as the game went on.

Among the changes, Wagner mentioned that Mansfield will be led by a new head coach and that this coach has brought in over 40 recruited freshmen.

Additionally, Wagner anticipates an exciting atmosphere playing under the lights, one that will surely have the Mansfield players excited and ready to play.

The key, according to Wagner, is to “anticipate their excitement” and to weather that emotional storm, just as the Quakers did so successfully last season.

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