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Mental health central to DPS training Previous training topics have focused on religious and LGBTQ tolerance ANNA HESS Staff Reporter
Students aren’t the only ones thinking hard about how to manage their stress. The Division of Public
Safety is introducing a new mental health-based training program for all of its employees, including the Penn Police force and PennComm dispatchers. DPS is working with members of the Positive Psychology Center housed in the Psychology department in the College to craft the training program. The center aims
to promote research and training in the mental health fields of positive psychology and resilience, which is the study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. Karen Reivich, a researcher for the center, is working closely with Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush to create a program
that will help public safety on campus deal with high stress situations and respond effectively and calmly to emergency situations. Over the 2015-16 academic year, DPS will be holding these mentalresilience training sessions for members of PennComm, the police SEE DPS PAGE 7
TRUMP’S UNKNOWN PENN PAST
Penn keeps quiet on Trump, but previous DP archives reveal his connection COREY STERN Senior Reporter
Whether it’s his attacks on Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, his stance on immigration or his daily media appearances from Trump Tower, everybody seems to be talking about Donald Trump. That is, everyone but the Penn administration. Trump could become the first Penn graduate elected to the country’s highest office. (William Henry Harrison studied medicine at Penn, but left after a short time). And although the 1968 Wharton graduate has a substantial lead in the polls, consistently reminding voters he went to the Wharton School, higher-ups at Penn have kept quiet. President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price, Vice President for
University Communications Stephen MacCarthy and spokespeople for Wharton have all declined to comment on any of The Daily Pennsylvanian’s questions about Trump — even about apolitical topics such as Trump’s past service to the University. As has been reported by many news outlets, members of the Wharton faculty said they received an email from administrators asking them to refrain from talking to the press about Trump. While this hasn’t stopped professors from speaking out, it does highlight that the University is trying to avoid the Trump spotlight. In an effort to establish a more detailed look at how “The Donald” has interacted with his alma mater over the years, the DP sifted through its newspaper archives and other Penn resources. Here’s a timeline of the relationship Trump has had with Penn as a student, as an alumnus and as a parent. SEE TRUMP PAGE 2
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A Daily Pennsylvanian article from 1987 highlights how Donald Trump left little lasting impact on University faculty. A March 1991 issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian describes how Donald Trump’s photo was stolen from the Wharton Hall of Fame.
The roads less traveled
Open letter urges admin. to address mental health
Students take unconventional paths toward earning degrees
Timothy Hamlett’s mother is a signatory
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CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
Last May, College and Wharton senior Jacob Slusser officially walked down Franklin Field with the rest of his graduating class. But this fall, he is back at Penn’, completing requirements to graduate at the end of this semester. On the other hand, College junior Annika Neklason plans to graduate a year early, having filled all her credits in just three years. While most students take the typical four years to finish their undergraduate degree, many students take a more unconventional path. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 13 percent of Penn seniors —1 in 8 students—fail to obtain their bachelors’ degrees in four years. Although Penn’s six-year graduation rate of 96 percent and it’s four-year graduation rate of 87 percen are far above the national average of 59 percent, a large amount of Penn students are still left on campus after their classmates graduate. Slusser’s fifth year at Penn has been a mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. “It’s kind of been typical Penn—same place,
On Thursday, a group called the Hamlett-Reed Mental Health Initiative sponsored a silent march for National Suicide Awareness Day to honor Penn students who have died by suicide. The march culminated in the delivery of an open letter to the office of Penn President Amy Gutmann, urging the administration to take more decisive action in
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Penn students marched from 39th and Locust to College Hall on Thursday to honor Penn students who died by suicide.
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protection of student mental health. The letter is signed by Katherine Hamlett, the mother of Timothy Hamlett, and Linda Douglas, the mother of Theodric Reed. Hamlett and Reed are among seven Penn students who committed suicide within the last two years. Though Hamlett remains supportive of the University as a whole, she said she signed the letter in order to encourage the administration to more seriously address the issue that took her son’s life. SEE MENTAL HEALTH PAGE 5
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Donald Trump’s name is displayed on a Class Gift plaque in the Class of 1968 Seminar Room in Van Pelt Library, the only spot on campus that shows evidence of Trump giving back to Penn.
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The Wharton Real Estate Center (now the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center) is established with Trump as one of the 100 founding members.
who loves to put his name on anything he touches — did not have his name anywhere at Penn. A spokesperson for the Development Office at the time told the DP that Trump had “not been a leading contributor” to the University. One administrator indicated that Trump had given over $10,000 to Penn, but would not disclose the exact amount. Still, the article quoted several administrators who openly questioned why the billionaire hadn’t provided more financial support and expressed hope that after joining Wharton’s Board of Overseers, he might be more inclined to make a more significant donation.
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Trump graduates from Wharton with a concentration in real estate. There are mixed reports on his academic standing. Some have reported that Trump graduated at the top of his class, while others have said he received no honors at all.
1983
Trump is named Wharton Entrepreneur of the Year and speaks on campus while accepting his award. He recalled his experiences as a Penn student and explained that he “always will” donate to Wharton.
1987
The University Board of Trustees appoints Trump to a three-year term on Wharton’s Board of Overseers. A few months later, a DP article was perhaps the first to ask why Trump —
Trump’s term on the Wharton Board of Overseers expires. Minutes from the Board of Trustees meetings that year do not indicate that he was reappointed.
1991
Trump’s photo is stolen from Wharton’s Hall of Fame that once stood in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall. According to a report by the DP on the theft, “The portraits, selected by Wharton undergraduates and gradu-
ates, honor Wharton alumni who have benefited the community.” Among the few honored alongside Trump were Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jon Huntsman Sr. and Michael Milken. (Milken’s portrait had previously been stolen and replaced — and later removed by administrators in 1990 after he pleaded guilty to six felony charges.
1993
In honor of their 25th reunion, Penn’s Class of 1968 endows the Class of '68 Reference Center at Van Pelt Library. A plaque hanging in the library recognizing 34 lead donors for the project does not include Trump’s name.
2000
Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s oldest son (now an executive vice president at The Trump Organization), graduates from Wharton with concentrations in marketing and real estate.
2003
The Class of 1968 again makes a donation to Van Pelt, this time to mark their 35th reunion. The plaque in the
Class of 1968 Seminar Room recognizing the lead donors for this gift does include Trump.
of Washington, D.C., at the club’s annual Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner.
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Ivanka Trump, Trump's second-born (also an executive vice president at The Trump Organization), graduates from Wharton with a concentration in real estate.
2007
To celebrate Wharton’s 125th anniversary, Wharton Alumni Magazine names the school’s 125 most influential people, including Trump, who they called “The Best Known Brand Name in Real Estate.” “It would be difficult to find a more ubiquitous public business figure of the late 20th and early 21st centuries than Donald Trump,” the magazine asserted. The profile on Trump, however, did not at all mention his relationship with the University beyond the fact that he graduated in 1968.
2014
Trump is one of the “leading alumni” honored by the Wharton Club
After launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, Trump consistently mentions Wharton in speeches and interviews, putting the spotlight on Penn. “I went to the Wharton School of Finance, the toughest place to get into. I was a great student,” he told NBC’s Chuck Todd in August. “I went to the Wharton School of Finance. I was an excellent student. I'm a smart person,” he said to CNN’s Jake Tapper. When Trump brought up Wharton again to Chuck Todd in a later interview, Todd questioned why the candidate always needs to remind everyone about the school. “They know it’s a great business school,” Trump answered.
2016
Current senior Tiffany Trump, Trump’s fourth child, is expected to graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences.
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THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EXPERIMENT | Reducing gossip in our conversations
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hen Benjamin Franklin refers to “silence” on his list of virtues, he means not totally abstaining from speech, but rather speaking only when one has something useful to say. I decided that this week, I would live up to this virtue by trying to eliminate all filler conversation, including complaining. I especially wanted to focus on expelling that worst kind of idle chatter — gossip about other people — from my chit-chat repertoire. The verdict of the experiment? Cutting the crap out of my everyday language was hard. When silence fell over a conversation, I would search the recesses of my mind for any material, however banal, to break it — which led to me chattering on about a lot of silly, inconsequential topics. It also became clear that a huge portion of what I talked about with people was complaining. We complained
about all of the work we had, our teachers, our friends, our significant others, our job prospects and any other topic we could think of. It goes without saying
difficult for me. I have given up on ever omitting idle chatter, especially complaining, completely from my life. In fact, talking about the issues in our lives can be
tunate sentences that have come out of my own mouth, can turn vicious pretty quickly. Sometimes it was possible for me to extricate myself from a conversation that was
In these cases, it would be an egregious overstepping of boundaries for the Open Expression Monitors to prevent student groups from taking the actions they feel are necessary.” that this insidious negativity in so much of the small talk among students feeds into the general atmosphere of stress and pressure on campus. However, because everyone around me was doing it, I found it difficult to avoid negative conversation altogether. While it might be possible to abstain completely by being either reclusive or incredibly selective in your choice of friends, I realized that both of these options would be much too
cathartic. I thus wouldn’t even advocate completely restricting conversation to only what is useful, and I kind of doubt old Ben was successful in that endeavor throughout his long life either. Though really, it depends on how you define useful; sometimes, the calming effect of talking out an issue in itself lends the complaint a certain degree of utility. But there is no denying that lots of gossip around Penn, including many unfor-
taking a turn for the catty — for instance, if it was winding down anyway, or if I had something I needed to do. When this wasn’t possible, I tried to shift the tone of the conversation by pointing out something positive about the person in question or making some kind of generalizing, neutral statement, such as “Well, we’ll see,” or “I have to admit I don’t understand much about the situation.” Is this a cop-out? Maybe. But I found it to be an easier so-
lution than abstaining from conversation 90 percent of the time or lecturing to my friends constantly. I also wonder if the two problems I discussed above are related. Perhaps a fear of silence in casual conversation leads us to search for something else to say, and of course the first thing most of us would think of would be the issues weighing on us most. So maybe we could learn to embrace the silences of our conversations, rather than avoid them? Some of the closest people I know, like couples who have been married for years, are very comfortable in their silences with one another. This speaks to the fact that lack of filler conversation might be a sign of greater intimacy, rather than lack thereof. Even though I didn’t cut negative talk from my speech entirely, I did reduce it — and I have to admit it made me feel much healthier about myself to know that I
GINA ELIA was not focusing as much on the negative aspects of my life or other people. So in general, based on my experiment, I’d say if you want to try it, go for it. Reducing negativity in our conversation could only improve the overall social and intellectual vibe of this campus. And that’s a great thing.
GINA ELIA is a graduate student from Hingham, Mass. Her email address is ginaelia@sas.upenn.edu. “The Benjamin Franklin Experiment” appears every other Monday.
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THE TITUS TOUCH | When a crab tries to get out of the bucket, there are always other crabs trying to pull it down
ave you ever felt joy as a reaction to the misfortune or lack of achievement of another? If so, it’s okay — you’re not alone. A majority of people in this day and age have experienced this, whether they want to admit it or not. Myself included. With how competitive the world is today, schadenfreude has infested our culture to a point where it has become a widely accepted societal norm. Instead of being happy for your neighbor, co-worker or friend, in some instances we derive pleasure from their misery; this is schadenfreude. If any of this sounds familiar, it’s no surprise. This is because of the way society works today. This norm is magnified on college campuses, due to their unspoken (yet well-known) competitiveness … excluding Brown University. Schadenfreude reveals
itself on a daily basis in universities across the county. It is ingrained in the way some courses operate. Obviously everyone consciously thinks of getting good grades, but due to the curve of certain classes we are also hoping
the best. In some instances, it is hoping that others perform more poorly. Wanting to be the best is completely fine — it’s something that I strive for — although when you consciously want others to underperform it becomes a
tegrity of those trying to gain higher positions. These accusations come from a place of envy. What other purpose is there to go out of one’s way to attempt to slander or tear down another? In many ways Penn is a bucket of crabs. The
With how competitive the world is today, schadenfraude has infested our culture to a point where it has become a widely accepted societal norm.” that others do more poorly than us — consciously or subconsciously. The hyperactive preprofessional atmosphere of Penn in particular does not help with this issue, seeing as it increases the competitive nature that lies within us all. This is to say it forces us to want to be the best. However, being the best in many cases is not solely being
problem. To be the best by actively hoping for the decline of others makes one crass. Leaders on campus and of student groups, I believe, feel the effects of schadenfreude more so than others. It occurs — in some instances — during board elections for clubs or elections for student government positions. The symptoms of this rear their heads in attacks on the character or in-
students are the crabs and the epidemic of schadenfreude at Penn is the bucket. When one of these crabs tries to get out of the bucket to free itself, there are always others that are stuck, trying to pull the escaping crab down. This keeps them in the cycle, even though that crab could be the one to tip the bucket over when it gets out. If, at Penn, we discourage
these individuals trying to escape the bucket, then after graduation and the movement to another, larger bucket — the post-college world — these people may cease in their attempts to escape the bucket and progress the system, only to become another crab trying to pull others down. Let us not get it twisted. As I said previously, this is not only a Penn problem, but rather a worldwide one. The University is just one of many agents in the perpetuation of schadenfreude. The eradication of this culture is hard — as is shifting away from any norms. There is no one, clear-cut path, but awareness of this issue is key. I’m sure many of us consider ourselves to be good people. However, it is easy to talk the talk, but walking the walk means that we do not get joy of any kind from the misery of another be-
TITUS ADKINS cause, fundamentally, that makes us bad people. This is not an attack on anyone. This is just a call to raise the awareness in those who deem themselves to be good people — which I’m sure many of you are — to an issue that numerous others have succumbed to.
TITUS ADKINS is a College junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., studying philosophy. His email address is titusa@ sas.upenn.edu. “The Titus Touch” appears every other Thursday.
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“I suspect that the initiative will allow for further conversations and develop resources so that students there can really take advantage of mental health resources that are going to be meaningful for them,” she said. “My goal in participating and being a signatory is really to bring as much light to the issue as possible so that no other family has to go through this.” The letter condemns the progress of the Task Force for Psychological Health and Wellness — the administration’s response to student deaths — arguing that the administration’s “Band-Aid solutions” have not led to substantial change. It goes on to name six specific proposals: designated Counseling and Psychological Services therapists for incoming students, anonymity for counseling visits, online CAPS scheduling, proactive and regular CAPS communication with students, a focus on student groups particularly prone to stress and emphasis on CAPS during New Student Orientation. The proposals each include a deadline, ranging from Nov. 1, 2015 to NSO 2016. Other notable signatories include student leaders from mental health advocacy groups, student government, Greek life and minority councils, among others. College senior and Class of 2016 president Jesus Perez said he signed the letter in order to fight the negative stigma of mental health and bring attention to the issue as a whole. “Timothy was a member of our class,” Perez said in an email. “Too often we think that depression and suicide are things we can’t talk about. I personally believe our community should stand together to de-stigmatize the conversation. With
this, we bring attention to the prevalent mental health issues we all experience from time to time.” Wharton senior and SOUL Recruitment Chair Jamal Taylor, another signatory, echoed the open letter’s sentiments, saying that the administration has “addressed the issue by putting band-aids over it.” Taylor added that his position as a student leader allows him to act more effectively as a voice for change. “If organizations have their leaders advoctaing for an issue, that shows that it’s something that needs to be addressed,” he said. Students attending the march carried signs with the names and ages of suicide victims. Members of the group maintained silence and solemnity as they marched to the doors of College Hall, drawing attention from passersby as they made their way through campus. Protesters ranged in their reasons for joining the march, but the movement as a whole aims to put mental health at the forefront of discussion at Penn. “I think mental health is a really important issue,” said College sophomore Conrad Mascarenhas, who attended the march and held a sign bearing Madison Holleran’s name. “This was a really good way to draw attention to that in a public way.” College sophomore Ilan Gold, another student who participated, believes that the march is only the beginning to a much larger movement. “This should really only be a start,” he said. “There is a larger root cause that needs to be addressed.” Although President Gutmann was in China at the time of the letter’s delivery, the HamlettReed Mental Health Initiative requests a meeting with her within the next two weeks.
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Financial aid extends to Global Seminars Program Financial aid similar to that of study abroad REBECCA LAPOINTE Staff Reporter
Penn Global’s new Global Seminars Program offers students the opportunity to take a short trip abroad with an oncampus course — while travel isn’t cheap, financial support is still readily available for all interested students. As a brand new part of Penn Global, three seminars will launch in the spring semester. Consisting of a semester-long course as well as a short travel component, the Global Seminars allow students to take what they’ve learned on campus abroad with them for a short period of time. “We basically teach on campus at Penn for the semester and then go overseas to highlight various elements of the course. We put out a call for faculty, who we’re going to support financially, logistically and in other ways,” Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel said. The courses are generally small, with anywhere from 12-15 students, and also include a very participatory aspect so that the students may interact more closely with the professor. The travel portion of the class will be anywhere from one to four weeks long, depending on the timing of the trip. Working closely with Student Financial Services, the faculty for Penn Abroad was able to
ensure that the Global Seminars Program would be supported with financial aid in the same way that semester-long study abroad programs are. “One of the most important things for us is accessibility for students of all financial backgrounds. With Penn Abroad, a lot of students don’t realize that their financial aid can travel with them. So in that case, a semester abroad shouldn’t cost more than a semester here at Penn because Financial Aid will actually adjust their aid packages,” Associate Director of Penn Abroad Rochelle Keesler said. The fee for the overseas part of the program will cover housing, some meals, all of the cultural excursions and the academic components. Students will be responsible for paying for airfare, although aided students may be able to receive additional funds to cover the cost of flights. “We want to provide these opportunities, and to make sure that for students the money is not an inhibition. We have done almost everything that we can think of to reduce the financial barriers, so that they’re open to anyone,” Emanuel said. Emanuel explained that the budget proposals for each Global Seminar are reviewed carefully to make sure that the costs are appropriate, affordable and justifiable. Each instructor of a Global Seminar is required to submit a tentative budget for their course before the classes are decided upon. Penn Global
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hopes to create a system that is prepared for any possible circumstance or unexpected cost during the students’ brief time abroad. With a significant amount of planning and preparation, the faculty members can gain better insight as to what the costs abroad will look like and how best to prepare their students when the time comes. Global Seminar instructor Amel Mili said that instructors meet with the administrators to review their projected budgets, adding that the professors consider what they think will be academically meaningful when generating budgets for their classes. She also stressed the importance of preparing the students for the trip. “We are including two
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different faces,” he said. “But this year, I’m living with people I didn’t know going into it, since I’m subletting. They’re great guys, but it’s just different from last semester when I was living with some of my best friends.” Slusser, a member of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, said that by the time he graduates Penn at the end of 2015, he will have completed 50 credits. In his LSM graduating class, four out of twenty-four people are graduating late. He said that the high number of requirements in the program may contribute to the lower four-year graduation rate. Nursing and Wharton senior Helen Pun expected that she would need five year to finish her bachelor’s degree. In 2011, Penn had switched the requirements of her dual-degree program, making
it almost impossible to graduate within four years. Pun said that Penn provided financial aid in order to allow her to stay for the extra year. However, not all students graduate late due to high credit requirements. College senior and Daily Pennsylvanian reporter Lowell Neumann Nickey decided to take a gap year his sophomore year for personal reasons. “I was a swimmer my freshman year, and I didn’t really make it on the swim team so that left me a little bit bitter, and I needed to take time off to process that,” he said. Hoping to find closure, he took a year off to coach a local suburban swim team, the Lower Marion Aquatic Club. “It was a really good experience — it wasn’t anything illustrious, I didn’t travel the world, but I got to explore Philadelphia a little more locally and do something that I was very interested in,” Neumann
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STTOP offers immediate support to victims of sexual violence
Various channels refer students to STTOP ISABEL KIM Deputy News Editor
It’s one of those ugly secrets that pervades college campuses: sexual violence happens. But campus resources, like the Sexual Trauma Treatment Outreach and Prevention team, aim to create a fast and streamlined response for those who need it. STTOP offers immediate support for students who come to Counseling and Psychological Services who have experienced instances of interpersonal violence. “Based on what we were hearing from research and self report, that often students, when they go through something, they may not
know it’s sexual assault, they may be afraid to talk about it,” Director of STTOP Di O’Neill said. “We wanted to be available as quick as possible while the student is open to support.” There are nine clinicians on the STTOP team who meet regularly to discuss and keep up to date with sexual trauma and treatment research and policies. “We started talking about it in 2012,” O’Neill said. “We needed a more organized response and clinicians who were informed, in touch with the research on the issue, and more aware of the context and also that we were consistent in how we were responding and providing support,” The STTOP team doesn’t work alone, and it has ties to organizations that predate it. O’Neill is also
co-facilitator of the Support and Empowerment Group for Sexual Assault Survivors, along with Penn Women’s Center Associate Director Brittany Harris. The group started in 2009. STTOP has also worked with the Women’s Center, as well as other organizations who are invested in helping students. Students often are referred to STTOP through various channels, including the Women’s Center, Special Services, Student Health Services, Student Intervention Services and professors. The STTOP program augments CAPS’ desire to quickly get students the help they need, when they need it. Having a dedicated staff who exclusively work with sexual violence survivors in the same day that they request support, streamlines the process.
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force and all the members of public safety in mixed, small group sessions. DPS employees who respond to calls on the recently established mental health HELP line will also receive the training. “Everyone’s got to take a deep breath when they’re responding,” Rush said. “Our goal is to empower our personnel when they’re all working together to respond to an emergency call.” Reivich has been conducting similar resilience training programs for other schools and organizations, including the U.S. Army, where her program trained about 30,000 soldiers over the last five years. “We teach skills to help people in high stress professions,” Reivich said. “We aim to help them have the mindset that enables them
“In general [the mission of] CAPS is to get students in as quickly as possible, and [STTOP] is aligned with that mission,” O’Neill said. However, it is unclear whether the numbers of students who report incidents has changed much since the STTOP team was created. “I would say that the numbers are pretty consistent,” O’Neill said. As is true for sexual violence on other college campuses and elsewhere, the number of cases reported is estimated to be much lower than the real number of incidents. Still, O’Neill believes that now, the dialogue surrounding sexual trauma and assault is more open, which she views as a positive sign. “Being open about it brings us more opportunity to change,” O’Neill said.
to productively deal with the structures they face, and how to approach problems with a clear mind free of bias.” The training will start in November, and will conduct ten one-day session over the course of the academic year. “These skills will help our department of public safety to increase wellbeing and also help them to be really effective at what they do,” Reivich said. “We do this training around the world, and to be able to bring it to the people who keep us safe gives me a great sense of gratitude and is really exciting for me.” DPS’s pa st t r a i n i ng programs have included programs based on eliminating LGBT or gender-biased policing, encouraging religious tolerance taught by the University Chaplin, and other mental health wellness and racial-bias eradicating programs.
UA and Class Board elections underway Voting begins at 12 a.m. on Wednesday BRYN FERGUSON Deputy News Editor
On Friday morning at 7 a.m., a cohort of Penn students embarked on the campaign trail for positions on the Class Board of 2019 and in the Undergraduate Assembly. On Thursday night, the candidates gathered in Huntsman Hall for a mandatory meeting with representatives of the Nominations & Elections Committee. Vice chair of elections and Wharton senior Matt Herling briefed the candidates on the rules and regulations of self-promotion at Penn. Barred activities include hanging signs on windows and balconies, writing on the Facebook pages of official Penn Facebook groups and placing posters in areas that are not freely accessible to all Penn students, such as fraternity and sorority houses. Herling also reminded the candidates of the monetary guidelines for campaigning. To ensure fairness, candidates are limited to spending $50 worth of resources on their campaigns, including resources they
already own. “[The NEC] is really concerned about fairness and that everyone has equal opportunity,” said vice chair for education and Wharton senior Devin Grossman. “That’s why we have spending limits to make sure we completely balance out any socioeconomic considerations.” Grossman added that this year’s election will be one of the most competitive in the last few years. “Every position is contested, which is cool,” NEC chair and Wharton senior Michael Roberts said. Roberts had his own advice for the candidates. “Definitely one-on-one conversations and going around meeting people,” he said. “A lot of people like to put up funny posters, which are great, and funny videos, which are also really great. But we see time and time again that the most effective way to campaign is to get to know your classmates, and it’s also a good way as a freshman to make friends.” Despite emphasizing the severity of breaking the guidelines for campaigning set out both by the NEC and by Penn, Herling was optimistic about this year’s elections and reminded candidates that, at the end of the day, they are still each others’
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set up the goal by sending a 25yard pass into the box that left Blades alone with the keeper. However, the strong play didn’t continue for the Quakers in the second half. Despite conced ing t he game’s opening goal, the Panthers (4-2-0) dominated possession thereafter and finally broke through in the 51st minute with a goal by sophomore midfielder Darren Rios, one that came on a transition chance after a Penn turnover near midfield. The Red and Blue looked as though they were about to retake the lead in the 63rd minute when Blades was taken down by a collision in the 18-yard box. However, the Quakers’ calls for a penalty were not answered, and, moments later, FIU stormed down the field with Rios able to tap in for his second goal of the match. The Panthers’ third and final goal came less than 10 minutes later after another Penn defensive breakdown led to an odd-man
out against FGCU MATTHEW FINE Associate Sports Editor
It was a rainy trip to Florida for Penn men’s soccer this weekend, both literally and figuratively. With a two-game slate scheduled in the Sunshine State, the Quakers dropped their opener in disappointing fashion to Florida International, 3-1, on Thursday night. Two days later, after nearly two hours of delays caused by lightning, Penn’s matchup against Florida Gulf Coast was cancelled, with no plans made to reschedule. The Red and Blue (0-2-1) started off their Florida swing with a fantastic first half at FIU. Freshman Jerel Blades scored in the 13th minute for the Quakers, notching the team’s first goal of the season and collecting his first collegiate goal in the process. Junior midfielder Matt Poplawski
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In the Quakers’ only match of the weekend, junior midfielder Matt Poplawski assisted on Penn’s first goal of the 2015 season against FIU.
break. “We came out well although even in the first half we were very defensive, scoring a
counter-attack goal,� Poplawski said. “We did not do a very good job in the second half. All of their goals came in transition, after a
bad giveaway. Just couldn’t recover quick enough which has been a theme so far.� As concerning as the loss was, an injury sustained by senior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne — who had already made three saves — 35 minutes into the game was also startling. Luckily, Penn coaches and players think Polkinhorne will be fine going forward. Freshman Etan Mabourakh came off the bench and was credited with the loss despite having little chance of keeping the ball out of the net on all three Panther goals. Defensive breakdowns plagued the Quakers in this game, as they did in the team’s 4-0 loss to American last weekend. “I would echo Matt’s comments,� coach Rudy Fuller said. “We put together a pretty good first half, we had the tempo we wanted and scored a goal. In the second, a couple breakdowns in transition got us, and that’s something we need to be better
at.� Although the Quakers looked forward to redeeming themselves with a victory against Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday, the game was cancelled due to dangerous lightning conditions at the stadium. The match was originally delayed an hour, with the teams warming up and preparing to play when the storm came back. Now, Penn returns to Philadelphia still in search of its first victory of the young season. There was a ray of sunshine this weekend, as the Quakers played more aggressively after conceding their third goal. “I definitely think towards the end of the FIU game, we were moving the ball really well and started to look a little more dangerous as a team going forward,� Poplawski said. “And that’s something we want to take into our next few games going forward. Getting more shots on target [and] creating more chances will put us in a better position to wins some games.�
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anyone says anything, I know; the Quakers did, in fact, play Washington, a team that was ranked No. 7 in the nation at the time, to a scoreless tie in its season opener. But honestly, that’s a bit beside the point. Of course, it’s impressive that the Red and Blue held the Huskies scoreless, but they have not shown the offensive prowess to match their defensive accomplishments. In 300 minutes of play thus far, the Quakers have scored only one goal. They were shut out in each of their first two matches. They have held only one lead, and they relinquished that in a disappointing 3-1 loss to Florida International
Discussing Penn Athletics... with more personal pronouns The fall season may still be quite young for Penn Athletics, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any surprises. So now, with most Red and Blue teams having gotten their seasons under way, we take the opportunity to discuss the squads that have made us reconsider our preseason expectations. Sports Editor Colin Henderson: For me, it’s gotta be men’s soccer. And before
this past Thursday. These struggles shouldn’t necessarily be surprising, especially given that the Red and Blue lost forward Duke Lacroix — who was one of the most prolific offensive players in team history — to graduation the past offseason. However, I expected that coach Rudy Fuller would be able to put enough talent around Alec Neumann to produces some goal-scoring opportunities. There is still time for that to happen, but that hasn’t been the case thus far. Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: I’m not sure how good we really thought women’s soccer would be this year; it
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self-confidence, belief in self and “team life.� Head coach Ray Priore felt the message stuck. “It gave them a little bit of the mindset of how do you train yourself, how do you work through the obstacles that are in your way as you go through the mission or the play and how what you do individually impacts the whole team,� he said. Rutherford delivered an anecdote for the squad about his training days with the Navy SEALs. Each day, Rutherford and his crew would hop in the pool and then roll around in the sand, carrying the wet, sandy muck on them through to lunch. Afterwards, they would then jump in the ocean and roll around in the same sand again. After a week, the wet sand was no longer a burden but a rite of passage and a ritual. The unit would begin screaming: “Wet and sandy boys, let’s go get it today!� Hall saw this as a message the team could take to heart. “The monotony of camp can
become mentally draining, the physical conditions of camp, the heat,� Hall pointed out. “But if you turn it around in your mind and spin it in a positive way, it can be ‘wet and sandy.’ And that can be our mantra.� The urgency of the message stood out the most for senior quarterback Andrew Lisa. “He preached [for us to] play every down like it’s our last,� Lisa recalled. “For me, ... 10 weeks from now, I’m never going to be on the same field with these guys ever again. So I need to make the most out of this opportunity.� Lisa isn’t the Quakers’ starting quarterback; that title belongs to junior Alek Torgersen. In fact, the Moorestown, N.J., native has never played a down for the Red and Blue. Perhaps that’s why the message hit a nerve for him. Surely, if Lisa does get the nod at any point this year, he will have something to draw upon when the spotlight shines his way. His final 77 days are dwindling, and he sure isn’t complaining about spending them ‘wet and sandy’ next to his brothers in Red and Blue.
on our bodies,� Caldwell said. “So we decided that we were winning that fourth game [against Fairfield] no matter what. We had a sense of urgency.� Penn had little time to enjoy the victory over the Stags. After having gone nearly a year without playing a game at the Palestra, the Quakers took the court there for the second time in 14 hours as they battled Delaware State Saturday morning. Fortunately for the hosts, the Hornets (2-8) did not pose much of a challenge, going down quietly in three sets. Quinn had eight kills for the Quakers, while sophomores Aimee Stephenson, Covington and Hayley Molnar combined for another 18. “What I enjoyed most about that game was looking at different lineups, playing the younger people and
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set to return, the team certainly had major question marks at key positions such as defense and goalkeeper. However, the tea m has looked quite good through its first four games, going 3-1. The success can be most clearly attributed to the incredible play of Hoover – the sophomore has 11 (!!!) goals on the season, five of which came in Friday’s demolishing of Saint Joseph’s. If her offensive output can stay at that level all season, the Quakers will be extremely hard to beat. We knew she would be good — but not this good. And that’s what’s made field hockey the most surprising Penn team so far.
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In football, as in combat, sometimes the lines of morality are blurred. However, defensive line coach Malik Hall felt Rutherford helped shed light on the subject. “The misconception is that you have to be morally wrong. You have to have your mind in a place that morals [don’t] exist,� Hall said. “But what we learned and what was unique was that in a life and death situation, [Rutherford] said the thing that keeps you bonded is love.� During the dog days of training camp, it can be hot and aggravating in the trenches. But Hall thinks the team has found the inspiration they need to keep chugging on. “Within that 77 days, things are going to go wrong, things are going to be hard, but that’s why we are the chosen few,� Hall explained. “There’s only eight Ivy League schools. And in that group, this is a unique [type of] student athlete.� To the players, Rutherford delivered a message of
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Despite the change, Penn’s defense held strong in the first half, and Crook made two saves to keep the Tigers off the scoreboard. Clemson (6-0-0) then began to
force the Quakers onto the defensive and were able to finally break through in the 54th minute when junior midfielder Catrina Atanda received a cross and buried it in
the side netting for a 1-0 advantage. Eight minutes later, Clemson doubled its lead when a handball was called in the box against Penn, and Atanda dispatched the ensuing
penalty kick. The Quakers weren’t quite finished, however. In the 82nd minute, a free kick from 25 yards out off the foot of senior Erin Mikolai found the head of Paige Lombard, and the senior defender nodded it home for her second goal of the season. But a final offensive surge by Penn proved to be too little too late, and the squad dropped its first game of the season, 2-1, after having been outshot by the Tigers, 19-8. “Overall, I think we played a very even game with them for most of the first half,” Van Dyke said. “They were able to capitalize on some of their chances in the second half, but overall I think we played a very organized and disciplined game.” The team had little time to recover and was right back on the field 48 hours later, but Sunday’s game against USC Upstate proved to be a different kind of contest. The Quakers took the offensive initiative right from the starting whistle, using a combination of speed and dominance in the midfield to pin the Spartans (1-6-1) in their own defensive third through much of the first half. But a few near misses by Penn’s forwards and
routed the Hawks in the second half. On the score-sheet, a 3-1 differential in the final 35 minutes seems to denote a rather close game, but it came at a time when the Red and Blue started shifting their lineup to ensure playing time for all. The second half saw three more goals from Hoover, who finished the game with Penn records in goals (five) and points (10). To date, Hoover has scored 11 of the team’s 17 goals and is just three tallies away from matching her superb 2014 campaign. She credits her teammates for her success, with playmakers like senior midfielder Elizabeth Hitti and junior forward Elise Tilton leading the way.
For Hoover, this could be a record-breaking season. After four games, Hoover needs to finish just nine more times to capture the Quakers’ season goal-scoring record. The Collegeville, Pa., native believes that the developing chemistry between the midfield and attack will continue to help the goal-scoring. “We’ve come a long way,” she said. “Where first we would have to look up and find each other, ... now we can just know where the other one is going to play.” Going into Sunday’s game, Fink wanted the team to continue to prevent entry balls that result in high-quality chances. The team was mostly successful in that regard against Temple — the Owls
had just over 40 percent of their shots reach the cage. Against the Owls (2-4), the Quakers took their foot off the gas pedal and had to rely on sophomore goalkeeper Elizabeth Mata’s terrific play to secure the 2-1 victory, but they outlasted Temple in a hard-fought battle. After a scoreless first half, the Owls opened the scoring but could not hold on as the Red and Blue fought back with a vengeance. Hoover and Hitti were the goalscorers as the team marched to its third straight win. Penn will look to continue to play their game the way they are used to on Wednesday afternoon, when they take on Villanova at home.
In her first few games of 2015, sophomore star Alexa Hoover has erased any notions of an impending sophomore slump, scoring 11 goals so far.
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The first big road trip of the season is always a challenge, and while Penn women’s soccer’s weekend in South Carolina was by no means perfect, the two games the squad played offered plenty of reasons for optimism. Despite picking up their first loss of the season on Friday night in a 2-1 game against No. 11 Clemson, the Quakers rebounded well, defeating USC Upstate on Sunday, 1-0. The Quakers (4-1-0) began their weekend in the Palmetto State with a game against the undefeated Tigers, the first ranked program that Penn has faced all year. Eleven minutes into the first half, the Red and Blue suffered their first setback of the match when senior keeper Kalijah Terilli went down after a collision and did not return, prompting coach Nicole Van Dyke to replace her with junior Carrie Crook.
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and our defense to hold it down defensively. I just think it was a big learning experience; we can’t expect our offense to score four goals every game and not win.” Prior to the break, the Hawks (2-2) started to outplay the Quakers to the tune of two late first-half goals. After conceding two goals in the waning minutes of a losing effort to Liberty on Sept. 4, Fink knew that this mild comeback needed to be stopped before a repeat of Penn’s season opener came to fruition. With that in mind, the squad showed on Friday that it could play with the best, as the Quakers
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On Sunday, forward Maddie Andrews was able to finish a cross provided by Sasha Stephens, a freshmanto-freshman connection that produced the lone goal of the game and clinched a weekend split for Penn.
a solid performance by Upstate’s senior keeper Ellen Bright kept the match scoreless heading into halftime, despite a 10-0 shot advantage in the Quakers’ favor. “One thing we want to be able to do is capitalize on the chances that we have, and clearly that is something we need to continue to work on,” Van Dyke said. Penn’s offensive pressure did eventually pay dividends in the second half when freshman Maddie Dawkins produced a one-time finish off a cross from freshman Sasha Stephens for the former’s first collegiate goal. The 69th-minute goal proved to be the deciding factor in the game, as the Spartans were unable to find a solution the Quakers’ stout back line, recording only one shot against Crook all game. “One of the things the coaching staff was really happy about was the way the team went out there and attacked it in the second game after losing on Friday,” Van Dyke said. “One of the things we pride ourselves on is taking things game by game, and it’s always a good feeling when you can get on that bus on Sunday knowing that you came away with an important win.”
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Penn men’s soccer finally notched its first goal of 2015, but fell to Florida International
The Quakers couldn’t take down No. 11 Clemson, but Penn women’s soccer came close
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
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winning streak ends TOMMY ROTHMAN Associate Sports Editor
The Quakers finally had a chance to play on their home court this weekend. In fact, they had several. Hosting the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Invitational, Penn volleyball defeated Fairfield in its home opener on Friday night before steamrolling Delaware State
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Saturday morning to extend its winning streak to four. However, the Quakers dropped an intense four-set battle to Towson later on Saturday to cap off the weekend. In the first contest, Penn (4-3) was paced as usual by seniors Alexis Genske, who tallied 15 kills, and Alex Caldwell, who racked up 12 kills without an error. Sophomore Kendall Covington was solid as well, killing the ball 10 times and assisting on eight blocks. The Stags (3-4) were led by junior Megan O’Sullivan’s, who had 12 kills, but lost the battle at the net, posting just a .163 hitting
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percentage and registering only five team blocks — compared to .245 and 13, respectively, for Penn. The Quakers squandered a handful of set points in Friday’s opening game, but a kill from freshman Courtney Quinn righted the ship and stake Penn to a 1-0 lead. The second set was another tight affair, but consecutive kills from Genske and a finish from Covington gave the Red and Blue a commanding two-set lead going into the break. The Quakers struggled after the intermission, posting a paltry
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.026 hitting percentage in the third set. Fairfield took advantage, winning the set comfortably to get itself back in the match. But after letting a two-set lead slip through its fingers in its season opener against Maryland, coach Kerry Carr’s squad was not about to let another match get away. Penn came out firing in the fourth set, maintaining control the whole way. “We learned a lot last weekend, after being ahead and then losing. Even having to go five sets every time would be tiring SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 9
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Navy SEAL inspires Penn before season
FOOTBALL | Team feels THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor
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Hoover continues record-setting pace in weekend sweep
self-confidence boosted
The 139th edition of Penn football has 77 days together. From the first day of preseason camp until the final snap against Cornell in November, the Quakers remain one cohesive unit. But despite the brotherhood that the players develop on the field, 77 days of football — with only one day off per week — is still a grind. That’s where former Navy SEAL David Rutherford comes in. A few weeks before the Red and Blue kick off their season against Lehigh, the serviceman came to speak to the Quakers and their coaches, giving the team perspective and inspiration in order to tackle each down and every day with pep in their step.
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In order to ensure that his team felt confident and inspired heading into its season, coach Ray Priore had former Navy SEAL David Rutherford address the Quakers, with the latter offering plenty of insight to the team.
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If you like high-scoring and record-breaking field hockey, then Friday’s match between Penn and Saint Joseph’s would have been a great watch. But if you prefer a two-sided game with less scoring and more reliance on defense, then the Quakers’ game on Sunday game was ideal. For Penn (3-1), it was a tale of two days, even though it won
both contests. The first was captured with relative ease, as the Quakers opened the scoring with two goals in the first three minutes from sophomore attacker Alexa Hoover. Although Penn pounced to a 4-0 lead within the first 10 minutes and ultimately held up its advantage in a 7-3 win, coach Colleen Fink found that the start was a good teaching experience. “Obviously, it wasn’t necessarily what we had drawn up. You always want to come out strong,” Fink said. “Our expectation is for our offense to score SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640